The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-09-06
Good ROADS DAY.
Sept. 18th Appointed by County Judge
for Lawrence County.

that | would name a day in the
near future and call it good roads
day will now proceed to do this
and will name the 25th day OF
September, 1912 as the day and
will call it good roads day for Law
renee county,
Now | am appealing to all class
es OF men in the county it means
old men as well as young, if you
can not work much come out and
show which side you are on.
mean for this day to test the
road sentiment in Lawrence coun-
ty, every man and boy that is pro
grossive enough to want better
county, better schools, better church
es, better Sunday school and bet
ter and happier people will cheer
fully respond to this CALL and
have faith enough in the good
people of Lawrence county to be-
lieve that you will talk this matter
up between now and then and that
you will all be anxious for the day
to arrive. have chosen the day a
little late from the fact the circuit
court is in session, but the term
will have ended before them. 1
want every man left without excuse
If possible.
We can all see that we have a
better county than formerly we have
not had murder in our county for
a long time, and let us hope that
our circuit court docket will not be.
disgraced with blood again soon,
the people of Lawrence county owe
Judge Hannah and prosecutor
Waugh a debt of gratitude that they
never can pay for enforcing the law
If the Judge could get the co-opera-
ton of the people he would put all
these liquor peddlers out of bust
ness, then the sun would begin .o
shine, there would rarely ever be
a murder cause on the docket, and
the misdemeanors would get less,
am depressing from my subject but
this is side issue.
Now l am expecting every over
seer in the county who has not
worked his section persuant to the
orders of Fiscal court to summons
your allotted hands and put in at
east four days work, and then you |
must report. suggest that you
make report to your magistrate as
t viii be more convenient If you
lave hands to report who both fail
Ind refuse to work as the law must
,e enforced.
have recently learned that there
re some overseers in the county
hat absolutely failed to put in
my time last year. | want to say
or your benefit that for any viola
ion of the law on your part that
GU are subject to a fine of not
ess than $500, and no more than
25.00. and that a magistrate can
ot issue a warrant for an over
eer they are either prosecuted un-
er a warrant of arrest in Quarter
Y court or by indictment in the cir
uit court.
Now will expect each magis-
rate of Lawrence county to get
usy, and see that every overseer of
our own magisterial district warns
ut his hands and give them
nance to comply with your order l
,ill expect each magistrate to make
written report to me not later
han the 18th of Oct. 1912, of all
be overseers in your respective dis
riot who has failed to warn out his
ands and work out his road.
In working the roads desire to
all attention to two particular
hings one is drainage and the
Their is filling up the holes, cut
itches and keep the water off OF
he road and put stone in the low
laces and beat it up we'll.
There is another item that |
gant to call the farmers attention
o and that is the channels OF the
reeks in different sections of the
ounty have grown up in willows
nd other growths until there Is
lot room on many creeks for the
water to run in the usual channel
nd as & result the water has spread
ut and washed away the county
DAD, in places like this If the
and owners will not clean out the
hannels of the creeks and water is
the road by reason of
hannel being INSTRUCTED the over
GERS had best clean channels out
md make room for water.
In as much as my article Is get
ing lengthy l will finish 1t at an
lther time. hope that everybody
Ancerned will get interested and
oN out on the 25th with teams etc.