The Forrest City times., 1911-11-03
Fifty Road Boosters Take Trip Over New Road ., Built by Judge Rolfe
 With Convict Labor
JOE STANTON, SUPT,, DOING FINE WORK
Nine Autos Filled With Enthusiastic Admirers of , Really rlne Road Which Has Risen Phoenix
 Like Out of Slough of Mud

over il, have no flea of the vast i'm. proyements that have been made in .he county road leading west from Forrest City to Wheatley. on which ladge Rolfe has had gang of con. ritts 1t work for some time under he supervision Of Mr Joe Stayfon Those. however. who have hitherto 1een over this road. know that il vas
 in many places. and for long stretches almost impossible, even during good weather. The road just this side of where it crosses the ra lr0ad. was for. merly regular hog walloW or slough This k being drained by cutting ! fitch west along the side of the rail r8dd and q gang of couyicts under Nil Whitby were busy at work cut tinI this ditch Monday IL has also been filled in, graded and rounded up Il the center so that il iS now high lad dry
 Farther along where the road for uerly ran by devious and sundry ways through regular frog pond. where )ne never knew what minute lie might 20 out of sight new road has 1een cut out straight through the timber, and the trees and stumps re. moved so that an automobile did not nave to slow up, but pursued it's way al l0mile gait This is now as fine piece of road as one could wish to >ee
 Judge Rolfe undertook last week at the meeting of the Quorum Court to give the members of the body some idea of the work that he is having lone on the road, and finally wound dp by extending them very cordial invitation to be his guests ill q tour 4f inspection over the road. with 8heatley as their destination. and Tor dinner at that place, in order that they might see for themselves iast what he was getting for the money that he k spending Tie in- Yitation Was heartily accepted and Monday was fixed as the day
 Monday morning dawned with threatening weather and a dfizzling rain, which prevented many of tue magistrates from going. hut there were several promptly oH hand. and ogethe with number of interested ritizens eleven automobiles were lined lp on front street and filed. and lie stat made about l0:30 o'clock ,Here being forty-eight in the party
 Judge Rolfe in his ear. driven by lis neite. Mrs. c. N Warren, head ed he procession. Capt. MerWiu and the "rllrr had the pleasure 10 occupy stat in his car, and at Palestine. Mr. B | McCrary joined us, and tght here we want te compl ment Mrs. Warren upon the splendid manner in which she drove and con troIled her car, which she did ill d manner that would be d credit toI any experienced chauffeur, taking Us safely and without accident or delay 10 9ar destination in record time. Some 4 the other cars were not so forum ale, though with the exception of d sight collision between two ears and 'he blowing out of couple of tires, casualties, and the trip was made without other incident, each and all enjoying the ride to the utmost, and admiring the fine road aS they sped along.
 Following Judge Rolfe's car, with those named above, were ten other ears, with passengers, as follows:
 J. W. Barnhart-F w. DeR0'itt. \ !. Naccaro, and son, Gazzola.
 Mir. Otis Stevens -Squires W o Firtle, W, l. Brown and W, E. Me Laren.
 MT. Chas McDanie <. r. Me Daniel, Dr McDougal, Sauires Divine Carr and Ellis Hurley.
 Mrs. S B. Trapp Sid B. Trapp, H. NJ. Davis, and NJ. |. Henley.
 MT. Bard Nichols John Ayen and Arthur Hamilton.
 NIT. Eugene Williams-Squire c. w. White, F. G. Pettus, L, H. Royal NJ. B. Norteet and (. \. Wilkinson. ! Mir. Adolph Chilner Ed Bonner, br. ]. E. Stone. F. K Fogg and Dr. Boggan
 Capt. ]. C. Stern !. $ Youmans, of Pataskala. Ohio, W NJ. Partridge, F Chas. E. lzard and Squire II. (. Smith.
 Dr. Bogart J. T. Johnson.
 l.. k. Grobmyer-Mrs. Grobmyer, Miss Annie Mae Grobmyer. Lee Grob- myer and ] E. Terry.
 The road to Palestine k the best that we have ever been over ill this county. In fact it is in as near perfect as such road can be put.