Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-02-20

UU0 yearly for eleven yeats Al
the rate of $4,000 per mile for the
rosds as proposed to he built. nj.
would give the State over 5a1
miles per year average some.
thing very tangible for the peopIe
to regard while impatiently 10 ,k
ing forward to that glad day " hen
the entire 6. 200 will be available
for the public use and benefit
What vistas of new Thoughts anal
new opportunities these highwa, S
would open up can be left safely
to the Imagination of the people
1t is not only in what are com
monty considered the Isolate d
places OF the State that lack of
highways shut in the people and
rob them OF their right to live and
prosper in their pursuit of happi
ness. In many counties there
are sections absolutely inacces
slble to wheeled vehicles in rough
weather, and. in order to carry
this agument to its fullest. it must
be told that the wealthy county of
Jefferson has some mud paths
which would do justice TO the
poorest of mountain communities
This is lrue for the very good rea.
son that there are so many COM
munit'es clamoring for 70 DIS and
more OF them these enlightened
days that even the wealthy county
OF Jefferson cannot keep up with
the demand 1t is because of all
these facts that Speaker Terrell,
born and reared In a country CON-
munity Wants roads for the people
OF the Commonwealth, ard will
give thought and labor to cause
the construction of good roads
thru State aid for the enterprise
There can be no doubt that one
good reason why more Kentucky
lowland capital is not invested in
the development of Kentucky re-
sources is the fact that especially
in the mountains the virgin lands
far from railroadsare hard to get
to, and few are the capitalists OF
sufficient physical endurance and
leisure to spend days prospect
ing"
The Times pickt up this advo.
cacy of Government aid to roads
twelve months after the SIGNAL
first mentioned it. AT that time
the Times was mis htrly "agin"
the proposition on principle >
now on the subject. it hollers the
loudest how we apples do swim"
''ONE of America S greatest teach F,
arS is the conclusion reached by |
he Educational Committee of |
House of Representatives atWash-
ngton when the work of Mrs.
CORA Wilson Stewart, of Moore
head, Rowan county, Ky. was
Investigated. There are now but
TX illterate persons in Rowan
ounty. No other county IN
America has such rec r.
every citizen, except the six
Mentioned, can read and write
nd yearly all of them do some
This remarkable con-
ition was brought about by the I
York and efforts of Mrs Stewart {
loonlight schools were stablisht
lfuoul the county to. accommo- :
ate workers who could not 90 to =
chool in daylight. A number of !
upils were 70 and 80 years old
eachers and others volunteered +
heir services ard under the guild Z,
g hand of Mrs. Stewrrt so much ~
lthuslasm was created in the
DIRK that in less than three Years
owan county has gained the
-oud distinction mentioned here
b. Mrs. Stewart has been Coun Il
Superintendent of schools and s.
lere is call thruout the Com 9
that she become i,
for State Superinten II
mt at next election. a
G.
1T is a foregone conclusion Z
at Congress will pass the bill ~
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