Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-03-16
glnbotham at o'clock D. m, after
which the meeting adjourned.

glnootham at 2 O'Clock D. m, after
which the meeting adjourned.
GOOD ROADS CLUB MEETING.
Filled with enthusiasm and manv N
the ardent advocates wearing badges
reading: Eventually, Why Not Now?''
tne bond issue men met promptly at II
O'Clock on last Tuesday at the tent the
atre on Main street. About $50 being
present.
President Frank M. Moss called the
meeting to order and made brief state
ment of the causes for holding a meet
ing separate from those who advocate
the pay as you go plan.
c. A. Wagner, acting as secretary of
the meeting, read a letter from State
Highway Commission Wilson, who. in
answer to question recently PROFOUND
ed, said that under State aid roads
could be built by either contract or
force account.
Attorneys T. c. Bowen and vi.
Sexton each made short and stirring
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Colonel j. S. Browning called atten-
tion to condition of roads in the vicinity
OF Pocahontas, and in a forcible man
ner showed that they were not in as
good condition as they were wears ago.
w. H. Werth answered the argument
of the anti-bond men as set forth in
their recent pamphlet.
Judge S. C. Graham spoke of the
history of Tazewell roads and the meth
ods of construction, and called especial
attention to the former methods of con-
structiDg same and said that to cheaper
their first cost excessive grades were
left that were a constant tax on sue
ceeding generations and that the cheap
ness of construction was ultimately the
costliest.
George W. St. Clair, after few re-
marks, moved the appointment of a
committee to draft a reply to the recent
pamphlet of the anti-bond men, and the
chair appointed George w. St Clair. S
c. Graham, T C. Bowen, S. ]. Thompson
and V. L. Sexton.
Recess was then taken until 2 p. m.
The attendance at the afternoon meet
ing was as good as in the morning and
the tent full all the time. Rev. c. X.
Brown delivered speech that caught
the crowd, his persimmons story being
appreciated He said that
those fortunate in being we'll fixed with
the worlds goods should not selfshly
want to pile up their wealth only for
their own children, but they should be
willing to share the burdens of provid-
ing for the comfort and welfare of those
not so fortunate.
Z. L. Greever delivered the clearest
and most logical address of the meet
ing Conservatively yet relentlessly,
he tore the arguments of those opposed
to the bond issue to tStters. and left
them not plank of a platform on which
to stand. The only reason for good
roads, he said, was that they were a
good investment, and if they were, why
wait? He said if it paid to invest S42, 900
year why would it not pay to invest
the whole amount and get roads quickly
that they may be of benefit to the pres
ent generation. To get roads quickly
and cheaply could only be done by
a bond ISSUE
+. K. Morton, Lewis Gillespie aud ].
A. Leslie also spoke.
The president then appointed a COM
mittee of three, one from each magis-
terial district. to select three men from
each precinct to carry on the fight until
the bond issue was triumphant. The
selected were: Henry S.
Bowen, Clear Fork, George W. St.
Clair, Jeffersonville, W. B. F. White,
Maiden Spring. The meeting then ad-
journed.