Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-12
Held Important and FnthuSi-
aStiC Meeting Last Tues
day Morning.
DAY OF MEETING CHANGED.
Convict Labor On County Roads
Was Freely Discussed By
All Present.

The Christian County Good Roads
Association met at the rooms of the
H. B. M. A. Tuesday morning Ow-
ing to the inclement weather the at
tendance was not as large as was
desired, but what was lacking in
attendance was made up by enthusi-
asm.
The President, S. l.. Cowherd, pre-
sided. The minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved,
after which the members INDUCED
FOR nearly an hour in discussing the
merits of the split.log drag and the
results that will follow it's persistent
use by the farmers. One point that
was forcibly emphasized was that
everybody ought to be encouraged
to use the drag. 1t was pointed out
that the Fiscal Court would furnish
farmers a drag without cost, provid-
ed they would drag one mile of road.
Reference was made to the recent
statement of w. A. Glass that he
had been using a drag for ten years
a ong his farm and it is one of the
best dirt roads in Christian county.
B. F. Fuller, one of the members
of the present Fiscal Court, as stated
by one Of the men in attendance, had
used drag on mile of road with
splendid results and he is now con-
sidered a split-log drag enthusiastic.
Everybody agreed that the drag
was the thing for making good roads
and the President impressed the
fact upon those present that the
main thing up to the Association
now is to get the farmers in every
section to begin using them. This
called for report from the publicity
committee. 1t is the duty of this
committee to keep before the people
through the newspapers, and in ev-
cry other way possible, the import
ance of using the drag and effecting
a systematic report of all who use
them in the future.
Dave Smith thought that the AS
ISOLATION ought to know how many
drags are used and offered a resolu-
ton empowering county agricultur-
alist Morgan to enlist the interest of
the farmers clubs by appointing
members as committees in each club
to get the farmers more interested
in this system of road Improvement
In order to secure publicity, after
Mr.. Smiths suggestion had been
freely discussed, it was thought the
right thing to do was for the men,
bers of the twelve or fourteen farm
ers' clubs, as we'll as Church Hill and
Wheatland Oranges, to- cooperate
with Mr.. Morgan in increasing the
further use of the drags and inform
Mr.. Bleich, the Secretary of the AS
ISOLATION, so that the newspaper men
could apply to him for needed infor-
nation in their efforts to keep the
people informed of what is being
done in the way of road improve
ment throughout the county. Every
magistrate in the county is to be re-
quested to aid in securing this in
formation. T. j. McReynolds, Car
den Coleman, and others made talks,
in which they expressed the belief
that in a few years the farmers will
all be using the drag and every main
road, as well as farm roads, will be
so perfect that it will not be neces-
sary to build pixies. Esq. Morris
pricked up his ears at this assertion
and stated that when the people did
this the Fiscal Court would be able
TO build fifteen miles of new pike
every year. Then President Cow
herd, who acknowledged that he is
now a much stronger believer in the |
drag than he was before Mr.. King
came here, said: 1--WE will not want |
any pixies. The best road in the