The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-23
GOOD ROAD Law
vs. BAD ROADS,
a~UIrasNILLE IN. VA.I

February 20, 1911.
NNeare away:out here ID The. woods
admitting che beauties OF mature and
posing on the NOISY logs and rocks.
The editor of the Grafton Sentinel
does not like moss as she. cut a swath
through; II allsthe way from Grafton TO,
Boothssille. Now Il he had slspped
on the way in the shades OF Sugar
Grove afdstook a cooling draughS out
OF the moss covered bucket that hangs,
In uncle's we'll he would not have got.
ten so hot ind might have aeerted the
brain storm" or not talked SO flighty
Slightly. Why he even called uncle,
a moss back in regardlto what he said
about a bridge on Losarum. The Sem
unel says "of course the people over.
IN that section NEEDED the bridge or,
there would never have been a wooden
one constructed at this point,
In answer to this. the former bridge,
was built when the late APT. Arm.
strong was one OF; thescommfssioners
and owned every thing in sight Of this
structure. and self interest Is liable to
lead a man astray, but Mr.. Armstrong
made SO many good hits In road build.
ing that very little was said about this
mistake. The Sentinel claims the con.
crete bridge lately placed on this site
VIII last q thousand years, but II Is not
likely to be needed that long rs there
Is nothing there TO! attract people only
TO hunt the wild game. Nowitis prob
able before the ekpiratiobsotJ tnis time
all Of the game Will be Hiied on and
possibly some OF the land cleared. Tho
Sentinel also says this bridge cost the
county about six hundred dollars, now
his arithmetic and! ours SdoS not tally
together. We learn there was a con.
tract made with a bridge company at
cost of nine hundred and ninety.fve
Also two. columns at two nun
dred dollars and flllinf fifty dollars,
making the total cost twelve hundred
and forty;lye l$1,245,00 10 dollars. Now
this Is what the rule Of addition makes.
II. The Sentinel must have used the
rule of satisfaction to get 1t SO low: as
six hundred dollars.
Now II he al Just get other ex.
penses down accordingly and hold
them down until after the sheriff col.
lects taxes. then he might try his hand
on the tariff. II he is able to cut II
half way then he has discover the key
TO the philosophers stone. lf%
1t adds the present good roads sys,
tenn as 1t now stands is a good one
though 1t might be a little detection"
Well Booths creek, district got the. de-
fectiye part Of II. Now II any other,
district got the good part OF It, hope
they wifi speak out and tell us yffl,they
are not speechless.
Rev. C%henoweth. pastor OF the Bap.
fist Church in the First ward. Fair
mont, was here In our town assisting
Rev. p. H. hurry in a series Of meet.
ings. His sermons were OF no ordi.
nary character. There Is a striking
resemblance between Bro. CheHoweth
and Col. McGraw. The writer told him
he not only looked like McGra@' but
was fighting the same element the
the world, the flesh and,the principal.
ties OF the earth.
The death angel visited our town
and claimed NIL. Craig, aged seventy
seven years. HetWas originally from
Johnstown, Pa, and served With Can
tain Maulsby'ssB Battery U.S s A., dur.
ing the Civil war. The deceased leaves
q wife anil two children, Miss Maggie
at home and Harry, OF Morgantown.
Mr.. Craig was the most liberal, man
In our village since the death Of 10.
seph Reed. Sr. Who will raise up to,
fill their piaces?s
GEO. F. !CLELLAND.