Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-05-29
MUCH ROAD BUILT
BY VOLUNTEERS
All Hands Pitch in on Dicks
Creek and Make the Dirt Fly.
A Dangerous Bridge.

"A dangerous Bridge.
Thursday and Friday were "Good
Roads Days" here, as well as other
places in the county. There were two
crews working here both days, from
the foot of the Jump to the Mouth of
Dix Greek, about sixteen worked from
foot of Jump to Rays Fork, with 2
teams, and a crew of about that num-
Der worked from G. j. Lambert's TO
Mouth of Dix Creek with three rood
teams. They all cleaned up bitches
on the bond issue road that was built
last fall. The bitches were filled up
and ready for the summer rains to
wash thema nd the road, but we got
the most of them cleaned up and in
good shape. Everybody in this coun-
try came out and worked, except two
or three, who only worked one day.
Lots of men gave days work that
didn't have horse to ride. Such peo
pie deserve more credit than any,
body. Everybody in this section arc
interested in good roads. l think we
ought to have our representative
try to pass road law that will
require every man from sixteen to
sixty to work the roads four days of
every year, and the people who did
not want to work could pay S1.5U for
each day they didn't work, and turn
he money over to road oversccr to
get men who will work. IL Il man
will neither work nor pay put him on
the chain gang, and let the road tax
go on like 1t is or raise il and take
The money and build permanent roads
and in that way our overscer or the
superintendent could keep the roads
we have in good shape The way it
is now, one man to handle the mon
ey for the district and maybe not
see about the roads once year, or
give some man a few dollars to do
certain work and never go to see if
the work was done right or not
There is bridge here on Dry
Fork which affords no means at al
of getting over it. About two months
ago the road commissioner, or what
you may call the office, was notified
that it was broken in and he said
he would come in few days and iix
1t, and he was notified again and he
failed to respond, and / notice Sat
urday some one else had broken in.
Well > under the circumstances, if a
man was to get horse killed or a
man crippled or both who would be
liable for the damage, the county or
who? think we ought to have
man for every eight or ten miles of
road to lcok after it and keep it in
repair. AS much good road as there
is in this county the people cant af-
ford to not keep them repaired and
keep the bitches open.
Well, the good women in the neigh
borhood sure gave the men who were
at work on the roads good dinner
each day and plenty of it, and the
very best that could be prepared. 1t
was almost picnic at noon both
days. l don't believe this road fever
will stop until the roads are COM
pleted all over the county. Those who
are lucky enough to have them al
ready are willing to help the next, so
everybody boost the good work and
let it go on.
MIR. G. w. Harman and son, d. G.,
of Crump's Bottom, w. Va, are up on
a business trip and visiting A. R.
Beavesr and G. J. Lambert.
Mrs. G.. j. Lambert has been right
sick for several days.
Mrs. Charlie Austin has been i'll ut
the home of her father, Charlie Aus.
tin.
ID. rat Harman was visiting at the
Mouth of Dix Creek Sunday.
The popular salesman, Mr.. John T.
Watkins, of Lynchburg, was calling
on the merchants in this community
last Friday.
There is new store going up at
the mouth of Dix Creek.
C. G. Poe drove nice bunch of cat
tie down the Dry Fork recently, hav-
ing purchased them from John T.
Keesee.
GOOD ROADS MAN.
Quarterly Meeting and Sunday school
Meaffnp