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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-08-25
GOOD ROADS, BUT HOW?
Some Suggestions on This Important Matter
For Public Consideration,

1t is believed that the above title ex-
presses clearly and accurately the atti-
tude OF every thinking man in the coun-
ty. A man who does not think can
safely be ignored, for he is nom entity.
The difference of opinion is found in the
answers given to the question, HOW? ;
1t may be assumed that Tazewell peo-
pie have as much intellect and can think
as clearly as any other people. They
ought not to answer the above question
until they have thought the matter over
carefully and thoroughly. Public opin-
ion IS swayed, for time, by influences,
misrepresentation and lack of informa-
ton, but when it finally crystallizes.
after a thorough understanding of ali
the facts, it is very apt to be right.
1t becomes very important, then, that
we think right, that we begin with a
clear idea of what we want, and what
methods may be adopted to attain that
end.
The following propositions may be
lald down as self-evident, and, there
fore, acquiesced in by all men:
O. Good roads are a great benefit
to any country and are greatly needed.
are really necessity, and Tazewell
county needs them and ought to have
them.
(2). All the people, not a part, need
them, and it is desirable that they act
ually benefit as many people as posi-
Bile
(3). That they benefit as many people
as possible, just as soon as possible.
(4):. That they be built as cheaply as
possible, consistent with proper and
permanent methods of construction.
The man who will dispute any one of
the foregoing statements may be elimi-
nate from any discussion of the sub
Ject, for he is really opposed, for some
reason or other, to any change in pres
snt conditions, upon the theory that
they are ideal.
The foregoing premises being conced-
ed. the real question, the only question
open to discussion, is one of means.
That question of means is: Is there
any practicable and feasible wav bv
which all of these ends may be attained?
That is the question. If there is. it
should be adopted; if not, some second
best object should be our goal
Let US consider what would have to
be done, how much road would have to
be built, to meet the requirements of
the second proposition-that as manv
people as possible be benefited. A
careful estimate of mileage has been
made, and it has been clearly demon
strated that 12Q miles of good road can
be so distributed as to dire city and vi
tally benefit every individual citizen of
the county. Then 120 miles of good
road is greatly to be desired, and we
ought to have that much, if possible,
as soon as possible.
or course the next question is that of
cost. The real cost per mile is, as vet.
an unsettled question, but very prac-
tical experiment, inaugurated on bust
ness principles, is heing made by employ
ing competent men, at a per diem, to
build mile of road. That will give us
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-08-25

Lyman Abbott and Theodore Roosevelt.
had an editorial on the newly projected
subways for New York City, and said.
that 'the money is in pocket, or rath-
er, the city's credit is good for it, which
IS the same thing" New York already
owes almost countless millions.
1t may safely be said. without any
fear of successful contradiction, that all
experience proves that all great public
improvements have been made on bor-
rowed money.
1t would seem, then, that there is no
valid, or even plausible, argument
against the soundness of the theory of
borrowing money for permanent public
improvements.
The next question is: Can TazewelI
county carry sufficient bond issue to
build 120 miles of road? The money can
be borrowed at per cent. on 10 and 80
year bonds, at substantial premium.
A $500, 000.00 hond issue ought to sell
for something near $3.50, 10000. This
statement is based upon what Mcdowell
county, West Virginia, was able to do
with similar bonds. The annual inter-
est on $500, 600 90, at 5 per cent, would
be S25, 100000. The annual 1910 assess
ment on which road levies may be laid
will, it is believed, amount to about
st, OOO, 10000. Raise the levy 10 cents
on the hundred, making it sixty cents
instead of fifty, and we will have $780,
10000 per year for roads. This will be
! increased, certainly by added taxes on
the Indian Creek branch Of the Norfolk
q Western and new coal mines, even if
all other taxable values should remain
stationary, which is an unreasonable
supposition. Our people have been
growing richer and will continue to
grow richer. But on above figures, we
can pay the interest, provide for sink
ing fund, and still have money left to
keep up the roads built and the roads
tributary to them This increase in
taxes would be liberal. A man assess
ed with $500 90 would pay 80 cents more
than he now pays, or the price of a cir
Gus ticket
The other play suggested, ''pay as
you go, ignores the second and third
of our basic, desirable, objects. That
scheme will not benefit all the people,
within reasonable time. Suppose W
| build six mile per year. Some people
will be benefited the first year, some
others the second year, and so on, and
1t will take twenty years, almost a
whole generation, to get the 12O miles.
Somebody has to be last. Somebody
will have to wait for twenty years.
| Somebody will have to pay taxes for
twenty years to build roads for other
people and trust them, or their children,
to build roads for the children of those
who have unselfishly paid these taxes
for the twenty years. Another very
practical thing, based upon human ma
ture, has to be taken into consideration
as soon as a neighborhood or COM
munity has Its good road, its ardor in
the cause will cool, its interest will
wane and soon there will be murmuring
against paying taxes to continue the
work in other communities.
If we can all get something at the
same time, we will all be interested
alike, and will be willing to pay taxes
alike.
1t has even been said that it is impos
sible to get labor to build 120 miles in a
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-08-25
Will Begin Monday, September 5ih.

The next session of Tazewen High
school will begin Monday, September
., 1910. The. following teachers have
been elected for the session:
W; W. Carson, Principal; Misses Lou
Coulling, Mary H. Turk. Virginia Car
rington, Ethel Steger, Julia Davidson.
MRS. Elizabeth ]. Hunt, Misses Ida
Greever and Pearl Vail; Miss Sarah S.
DnFre, piano. Miss Georgia Crockett
will have charge of the art class and
MISS Grace. Mays, elocution, reading
and expression.
The school will open daily at S:45 a.
m; give 60 minutes recess at noon and
close at p: m. Pupils coming from
other schools must bring certificates
from their teachers showing the work
they have done, otherwise they will be
required to take extra examinations.
]. H. LEWIS, Clerk.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-08-25
Personals From Baptist Valley.
Baptist Valley, Va, 4

Baptist Valley, Va, Aug. %.
Mrs. ]. C. Wynn has been on the sick
list for few days.
]. E. Henkle, who has been confined
to his bed for the past month, is now
improving.
]. w. Dalton, of Richlands, was vis-
ng frien0s at this place Saturday and
DdHday last.
Lawrence Lockhart, who is working
for Walton & Co, spent Sunday with
homefolks at this place,
Miss Lille Stevenson, of Thompson
Valley, is visiting her sister, Mrs. C..
W. Bowling, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lambert and
Mrs. A. r. Beavers, of Dry Fork, were
visiting friends here Sunday.
Mrs. Callie Lambert and children of
Canebrake, w. Va. spent Sunday with
her aunt, Mrs. d. T. Asbury.
Mira. Rebecca Lambert of Sinking
waters, was visiting her daughter, Mrs
d. c. Lowe Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Sallie Bandy, who had the mis-.
fortune to get one of her arms broke
recently, is getting along nicely at this
time.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-08-25

Boyer & Co. have complete line of
school books and school supplies. 2
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-08-25

Spun aluminium cooking ware at Boy
er's. Guarantee for Is years.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-08-25

Motion Picture Show-espeeiaify for
children Wednesday and Saturday af-
ternoons at 8 O'Clock. Children cents:
adults 10 cents. ri
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-08-25

The enamel ware sold by Boyer & Co,
is guaranteed not to break nor scale.
New piece if it does.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-01-29

with the Mayors late hammering OF
the Baltimore News. The news col
umns of that Munsey sheet have been
rapidly establishing its indisputable
claim to a place among our "undesir-
able citizens When it would be SEN
sational, it has been too often only
dwelling. When it would assume the
hole of the censor, it has frequently
sounded a good deal like wilmer.
Attempting to be reformer, it has
sometimes been only plain, every
day gossip. All of which is unfortu-
nate for journal that feels itself COM
missioned from on high Cor some
where) to supcrintend the scheme Of
things in general Mr. Mahool gives
it to understand that he is not thinking
OF being superintended, from that quar-
ter. He likewise gives it to under
stand, that while it is engaged in walk
ing around on stills, it might take
little time off for the cleaning OF its
own boots. A very wise and very
well-merited suggestion; and one
which the News will probably have
pleasure in leaving UNDECIDED. The
Mayors singing rebukc is not likely
to penetrate its epidermis. But we are
glad he administered it all the same.
The News needs to bring its reporter
ial department within hailing distance
OF its editorial columns While it is
setting out to readjust City, State and
Nation. we suggest that it readjust its
own management. There seems to be
something wrong somewhere under its
roof tree, or else its editorial depart
ment has gotten there by mistake and
ought to decamp. We have taken "a
powerful sight of notice" of the News
for some months back, and hope the
crack of the Mayors shilsllah may re-
adjust the gray matter in its Uranium.
1t needs rcadjustment-badly.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-01-29
Coming N. e. Conference

The coming Wilmington M. E. Con-
ference, which opens at Salisbury,
Md, on March 10, is exciting more or
less interest as to the choice of new
district superintendent or presiding
elders, as they were formerly called.
The terms of Rev. DR.. A. S. Mowbray
of the Wilmington, and Rev. S. Nor
gan, of the Dover district, expire by
limitation Among those mentioned
as their successors are Revs. c. A.
Hill, c. T. Wyatt and G. T. Anderson
for the Wilmington, and Rev. 2. H.
Webster, c. w. Prettyman, H. G.
Budd and X. T. Coursey, for the Do
yer district. Rev. R. K. Stephenson
and G. P. Jones will likely be continue
ed as superintendent of Easton and
Salisbury Adistrfcts. Many ministers
have ben invited to continue their SER
vices, among whom are the following,
filling Cecil and nearby charges:-Rev.
Messrs. J. T. Price, Charlestown; J. R.
Bicking, Cherry Hill Edwin Gardner.
Chesapeake City; H. A. G. Westcr-
field, Elkton; ]. H. Gray, Hopewell;
Warren Burr, North East; f. B. Tay-
lor, Red Lion Glasgow; F. F. Carpen-
ter, Port Deposit; J. w. Jones, Rising
Sun; v. S. Collins, Middletown; Rev.
DR.. A. S. Mowbray, may be elected
secretary of the Conference, post
which he formerly filed quite accept
ably.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-01-29
THE MAYOR AND THE NEWS

~ UR respect for Baltimore's May
~ or is mounting up. What's in a
name, if no fight is in ].
Barry Mahool. By all the shades of
the ''Immerauld' Isle, by all the blood
OF the Barry Mahools (to say nothing
OF the J.'s), by every instinct OF his
Scotch-lrish construction, the Hon. J.
Barry is in duty bound to fling off his
official dignity and his top coat, for a
hearty twirl of the shllalah, when he
tinds bead that most certainly de-
serves a cracking. No milk and water
sprt OF man is this honorable Mayor,
but red-blooded fellow, with warn
ing in his name and an adorable bit of
dry powder under his collar bone.
Carrying himself we'll in hand for the
most part, this son of the Covenanters
Tate in time" but not last in spirit"
knows how to take the other fellow in
hand, upon due occasion, and shake
some manners" into his makeup.
Taken all in all, we are delighted"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-01-29

and OF Charlotte Hall Academy APP
peared before the Senate Committee on
Finance, opposing the bill offered by
Senator Crothers, of Cecil, doing away
with continuing appropriations.
Speaking for St. Johns were DR..
Thomas Fell, president, and former
State Senator j. Writ Randall, repre-
senting the board Of visitors and COVER
nors. Rev. DIR. T. H. Lewis, president.
appeared in behalf of Western Mary
land College; DR.. James w. Cain, presi-
dent, spoke for Washington College
and Major George P. Thomas, princi-
pal, made an address in behalf of Char
lotte Hall.
All the Speakers made point OF
what they regarded as contractual
relation between the State and the in
situations established by the various
continuing appropriation acts. 1t was
also brought out that the legality of
the repeating measure may be attacked
because at one swoop it undertakes to
repeal many different acts and parts Of
different acts.
All the speakers announced their be-
lief that it would be impossible, or, at
any rate, very difficult, to continue col
leges without State aid, and that such
being the case, it should be arranged
so that they should not be obliged to
come as supplicants before every ses-
sion OF the Legislature.
WEDNESDAY.
The Senate met at noon Wednesday.
after twentv-four hour recess. The
session lasted about one hour, when an
other adjournment was taken until
Thursday noon. In that hour, how
ever, President German, arising to a
question of personal privilege, under
took to show that the Governor is "off'
in his statements as to the sad condi-
ton OF the Treasury. Senator German
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-01-29
I" DOGGIE 'ET FER "

TT MAY not have been much Of a
cow, but it has achieved fame. 1t
= has done what nothing in the
heavens above, nor in the earth be-
meath, nor in the waters under the
earth seemed capable OF ever doing
it has justified the existence of the
Maryland Legislature. The life OF that
distinguished, deliberative body has
been swiftly ebbing. One month, thirty
days, one-third OF its legislative life, has
been relegatcd to what might be term
ed the folly of wasted youth. Men
who live laborious days were beginning
to shoot out the lips and speak the
sneering word when the Legislature
crossed the flow OF conservation But
all that is past. Palsied be the tongue
that shall hcnceiorth disparage that
Legislatures worth Harry Davidson's
COW has saved the situation. As we
were saying, it may not have been so
cverastngly much OF a COW, JUST AS
COW; but its disposition was worth
something. Any live creature that will
permit itself to be torn to pieces by
unknown" dogs Cor known ones for
that natter without a word OF protest
or the slightest interruption of its
placid "Flctcherizing" anything with
horns, hooi and tail that will pass I'M
resistingly from the amending pleasure
OF chewing its 'cud' to the unenviable
fate of being chewed by ours; any such
disposition, we repeat, is not to be
measured by any common standards
OF live stock valuation. There may
have been better cows than this COW, if
one is to Judge by the base carnal mind.
That is to say. there may have been
cows with 4 better dairy conformation,
with more picturesque udderS, more
perfect tcats and greater milk flow.
But can any COW, my friends, and farm
mcrs and expert dairymen, | ask you
as iervcntly as ever counsel appealed to
Intelligent and high-minded jurymen"
(tcn-tweliths of whom are asleep while
the other two are pinching each other
to keep awake | ask you, could any
COW, in all the range of your wide bo-
vine acquaintance. be foend or be eX
pccted to be found, with mildcr kind
or, more yielding disposition? Certain
)y Mr.. Davidson is entitled to reim-
burscment from the Legislature, not
simply as financial recoupment (per-
ish the paltrv suggestionD but, as
consolation to his injured feelings. To
have had such a COW, CHEWED BY
DOGS, when. verify, at the hour of her
ncediul demise. she should have been
morsal Tor the gods! We suppose the
Legislature will promptly and sympa
thctically (cvcn lugubriously mayhap,
t is SUCH a hysterical LEGISLATURE
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-01-29
THEY ARE NOT AFRAID
. He Legislature heard the Gov
ernor's Economy" pronuncia.

" HE Legislature heard the Gov
errors Economy" pronuncia-
ncnto--and the pie counter"
never trembled. In solemn conclave
assembled, after the proper and well
planned play to the grand-stand, the
solonS at Annapolis winkcd the other
eye in concert, and the word went down
the line, "on with the feast, let pie be
unconhned." Going to Annapolis we
asked innocently, of a well-konwn wor-
ker as we lately exchanged greetings
with him on the Peninsula Express"
That's what ] am; and this with d
startling snap OF his tone and bulldog
set to his jaw. WAS you a-thinkin' of
collerin job?' we ventured with a
deprecating air. That's what | am"
came the Jerky, half-herce answer.
More meekly yet we ventured, "P'raps
you've not heard OF Mr.. Crothers' econ
omy'. "Ah, chase it know HIM"
We chased it--that is the conversa-
ton; the worker" chased the Job. and
collared it; as did whole lot of other
workers, until the employees OF the
present Legislature hid lair TO out
number those OF any previous one, and
the expenses OF this Legislature will
be just as "Scandalouslv eXtravagant"
as that OF 1908 Not, OF course, that
the Legislature has the reautcst sort
of use ior this horde Of unemployed
but not unpaid rctaincrs There are
keepers OF the cloak room who have
never seen the room and WHO never
will. There are cngrossing clerks VIII
achieve feat which falls little short
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-01-29
LET US HELP

~ HE stricken people OF Port De-
post have felt obliged to make
- an appeal for help. We may be
sure no such an appeal would have been
forthcoming, unless that stricken town
had felt the necessity for it. We con-
fdently look for a generous response
to this appeal from our readers. Let
us do what we can for our sister town
in her suffering condition. Money may
be sent directly to T. c. Bond, Treas
urer, Port DEPOSIT. Any money sent
to or left at this Office will be promptly
forwarded. The response to this ap-
peal ought to be not only generous,
but PROMPT. Many OF these people
need help NOW.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-01-29

ccipts have shown small but steady in
crease, yet the demands upon the
Treasury have far exceeded such re-
venues. The expenditures Of the State
aggregate the largest sum ever dis
bursed by the State for like period,
EXCEEDING THAT OF LAST
YEAR BY $67I, 2o3.52, AND EX-
CEEDING THAT OF THE YEAR
PREVIOUS BY $I,I7o,S24.4I" And
these are the two years Of an Admins
tration which was to be marked by
wise and economical management OF
the States fiscal affairs.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-01-29
State Comptroller'S Report

The Comptroller's report for the fs-
cal year, ended September 80, 1900, has
come to our table and we find therein
much interesting information. The fol-
lowing local items will be OF especial
interest to our readers:
REPORT OF MANLY DRENNEN,
Clerk OF the Court.
Receipts from all sources -. SIS, 2I8.o6
Disbursements.
BY salary OF deputy clerks -. 81 $1,000
By amount paid for miscellane-
Gus items ................. $4,000
By amount paid for postage and
eNpreSSage ........ ........ sos
BY so much on account Clerks
salary ............ 2,oooo5
$5,2ISo6
That Office also reports from Trad
ers' Licenses $7,32o.o7; Billiard Table
Licenses, $745.86; Cigarette Licenses,
$232.5I; Excess OF fees of Office, $5oI.
Interest. $3442o.
REPORT OF THOS. B. MILLER,
Register OF Wills.
Receipts from all sources -. $1,000 40
Disbursements. -tE
BY amount paid deputy .... 81 900 90
BY so much on Registers sal
airy ..... ...... ...... 2,oo7 40
$3,o67 40
REPORT OF HENRY G. HAGER,
Sheriff.
Receipts from all sources 81. 223 62
Disbursements.
BY amount paid deputy ...... 10000
By amount paid extra deputies. S454o
By car fare and domcstics ....
By amount for sundry expenses 2,S24 48
By so much on Sheriff's salary 2,753o5
$7,223.62
Albert Constable, States Attorney. is
set down by the Comptroller as making
no report.
THE CONTROLLERS WARN
ING.
On Page 5 OF the report the Comp
trollcr says: while our ordinary re-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-01-29

EDUCATORS PROTEST.
Representatives of St. Johns, West
ern Maryland and Washington Colleges
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-01-29

mails. Therefore cows are Sleeper
near enough to it to go in under the
sheep fund" Anybody who wants to.
can object to that logic; we bet the
Maryland Legislature will find it good
enough logic for them If that august
body can endorse bills which turn men
into jackasses, why can't it pass mod
est little, mild-eved sort OF bill that
only turns a COW into Sleeper into
several. $50 is too much for one
Sheep
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-01-29
MARYLAND
LEGISLATURE

The Maryland Legislature, after an
other long and restful recess, convened
at noon, Tuesday last. The Senate was
in session about hall an hour, when it
adjourned until Wednesday noon. The
House was in session somewhat longer
but not so much longer as to tire
anybody.
Mr.. Crothers introduced, in the SEN
ate. bill providing that for the pur-
pose of supervision of the public roads
Cecil county be divided into commits
sionship districts. The first commits
sionship distJlct will comprise the
First, Second and Third election dis
Fourth, Fifth and Ninth election dis
tricts, and the third, the Sixth, Seventh
and Eighth election districts.
Each commissioner district shall
have one representative in the Board OF
County Commissioners; he must reside
in his district, but is to be voted for by
the people of the entire county. The
bill does not affect the present Board
OF County Commissioners
Mr.. Crothers also Introduced joint
resolution and memorial to Congress
to inquire into the enormous increase
in the price of food produNts.
Mr.. Pairo. Republican floor leader OF
the House, rendered his resignation
from the Judiciary Committee, pleading
his inability to attend the sessions of
the Committee.
T.. I ", Il n,l@
more City. introduced in the House a
resolution requesting the Treasurer and
Comptroller not to pay employees out
OF the fund appropriated for the per
diem of the members of the House.
According to preamble to the meas
ure the Treasurer and Comptroller in
the past have paid certificates of en-
ployes and charged the same to the
gross appropriation for legislative ex-
penses, and money specifically appro-
prated for the payment of the members
OF the House has been exhausted by
payments to extra employees. Under
these conditions the House has voted
enough money to make up the def
cheney due to the members through the
unexpected drain on that fund.
by tHe RESOLUTION tHe COlHplTOner
and Treasurer are requested to credit
each member OF the House with his per
diem and mileage, so that the total
shall be deducted from the gross
amount OF $4,000 appropriated for
| legislative expenses. The same method
is to be employed in the appropriations
! specified for desk officers and others
especially designated.
Finally under no circumstances
shall these appropriations be used in
the payment of salaries or mileages to
extra employees or for any other pur-
pose.
EDUCATORS PROTEST. e.
Representatives of St. Johns, West
ern Maryland and Washington Colleges
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does not agree with his Excellency that,
as State, we are on the verge Of
bankruptcy.
he House met at noon, and after an
hours session adjourned until Thurs
day noon Some routine business was
transacted.