Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-11-08
WILL HAVE
BETTER ROADS
The Longest Step Forward
Ever Taken In This
County.
5 BIG DAYS AND BARBECUES.
Fiscal Court Gets Interested
and Readily ApprOpri-
ateS $3.50.

Another big feather in the cap of
the Hopkinsville Business Mems AS
ISOLATION and another of equal pro-
portion for the most progressive
Fiscal Court in Kentucky was won
last Thursday.
The Fiscal Court was in session all
day Thursday and in the afternoon
its deliberations were broken off by
the appearance of a committee from
the H. B. M. A., who were to meet
the court and lay before it plans for
a forward movement in improving
the roads of the county.
The proclamation of the Governor
asked for people in all the walks of
life to observe a road day and every
man physically able was requested
to put in one days work on the roads
of every county in the State. The
weather was prohibitive, and if it
had not been, the H. 3. NJ. A. had
plans Of its own that would do more
in improving the roads than could
possibly result in general turnout
and unsystematic days work by the
citizens.
The II. B. M. A. committee laid
before the Fiscal Court a PROPOSE
ton to the Court for improving the
roads of the county and told the
court that the Association had Sc
cured subscriptions, amounting in
the aggregate to $3.50 towards hold
ing meetings in the county to get
everybody interested in the move
ment.
1t then asked the court to appro-
pirate like sum. The court at once
saw the wisdom Of the plan and
readily donated the $3.50.
Further discussion gave impetus
to the movement and different ways
of proceeding were freely discussed.
Enthusiasm seemed to take hold of
everybody at nee. This led to
definite action and a committee to
act in conjunction with the H. B. M.
A. was named and is empowered to
arrange a program and make all
necessary arrangements.
The committee wants, and every
body else seemed to want, four diff
ferent places of meeting in the county
and one in Hopkinsville. At these
five meetings, which may probably
be designated as demonstration
meetings, the King log drag system
will be exhibited with a discussion of
road improvement. Also COM
petent persons to deliver speeches
on the five days will be procured by
the committee.
But, in order to get the people
generally interested in road improve
ment it is necessary to get them to
turn out and see and learn for them
selves what road improvement really
means. To get the people of the
county interested in a matter in
which their personal interest is most
vitality concerned, it is pretty well
settled, to have a big barbecue at
each of the five places where the
meetings are TO be held. Mr.. +. ID.
Jones, who was present, made the
offer to give ten sheep for the bar
becues and there is no doubt that
other liberal and wide-awake farmers
will do as much.
This is the kind of spirit that has
placed this county in the front and
won fame for her citizens that any
county or state might well be proud
of. And this spirit of generosity and
progressiveness on the part of the
II. b. M. A. is what has brought
Hopkinsville so prominently in the
imelight all over the union. II does
one good to see the city and county
working shoulder 10 shoulder for the
general welfare, demonstrating tina