Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-09
The Good Roads Rally But Cut
Down The Attendance
to Some Extent.
CAMPAIGN WAS BIG SUCCESS.
Demonstration of The Drag
Given on West Thirteen
tn Street.

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tice what has been preached during
the past week. Having better roads
for everybody everywhere is now up
to the farmers themselves. They
arc the ones to start the drag agoin'
and keep it going. Every farmer is
his own road boss now and carrying
out the ideas of Mr.. King will finally
eliminate the county road supervis-
ion, or nearly so. Mr.. Kings inven-
ton is albright and if farmers will
do what he has told them to do dur
ing the weeks campaign bad roads
will in a short time be thing of the
past.
The grand closing day of the cam
paign here last Saturday was sue
cess and showed how deeply interest
ed farmersare in the plan toimprove
the roads.
Rain began falling before daylight
and kept at it at intervals until about
II o'clock, the hour that the parade
was to begin to move. The baseball
park was the place selected for the
gathering and speaking but Jupiter
Pluvius decreed otherwise and the
Circuit Court room was opened by
Jailer Mullins and Mr.. D. Ward
King and other speakers entertained
the crowd until1:30, when the throng
left, headed by the Third Regiment
Band and Co. d for the Cooper ware
house, where sumptuous dinner
had been spread for the people of
the rural districts. This dinner was
what had been promised, and more.
The committee in charge of prepare
tons were equal to the demands,
and with the assistance of a number
of ladies had prepared a feast fit for
a king after days chase.
If the weather in the forenoon had
been favorable there is no doubt
that the crowd would have been the
largest in the city's history. AS it
was, the streets were filled, many
people coming from distance, neigh
boring towns being well represented.
The membership of the good roads
association. into whose hands the en-
thusiasm of a busy week has been
put the task of carrying out the COM
pletion of a great work, is composed
of the very best farmers of the
crunty. They will have the hearty
of the Hopkinsville Bus
mess Mems Association; with such
combinationit's foregone conclus-
ion that the beginning of an era of
good roads in Christian county will be
that will live in our his
tory. But let no man think h a !
what is to be done can be done with
out his assistance and let everybody
fall into line and pull together with |
a will and the bad roads will soon be
out of date.
1t is estimated that 1900 persons
we're fed.
At the speaking at the court house,
Judge Walter Knight presided
County Agriculturalist Morgan was
me first speaker, and he urged the
Christian County Good Roads associ-
alton, the organization growing out
If the weeks effort, to adopt for its
logan Every road in Christian
ouniy piked in 1920" ]. w. New
nan, state commissioner of agricul-
ure, felicitated both the farmers
nd business men on the evident
pirit of good will and cooperation
xisting between them.
After dinner one of the city teams
yas hitched to a specimen drag and
4 spite of the very muddy condition
f the new extension of West 18th
treet, Mr. King gave a demonstra-
Ion Of his drag, driving the team
imself. He invited questions and :
Explained in detail how to operate
he drag.