Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-09-09

IN three counties-Christian, Todd
and Trigg land enthusiasm was high.
In the towns, business men quit work
and took part in the movement and
in the country practically everybody
joined in the work of repairing turn
pixies and grading dirt roads
The Hopkinsville man who is en-
titled to the fullest need of praise in
working up local strength for the
movement is B. d. Hill, secretary of
the local Dixie Bee Line Association.
He has worked untiringly and the
local people finally caught his enthu-
siasm and made the road working
day big success.
In Christian and Todd county the
special incentive is to improve and
clean up the roads which are pro-
posed as links in the Dixie Bee Line,
but practically every road in the two
counties was worked. In Trigg coun-
tty they have no Dixie Bee Line prop
osition to work to, but they caught
the good roads fever and turned out
to man in every neighborhood.
In Christian general holiday was
proclaimed by municipal officials all
along the line. By an early hour the
workers reported for duty. the bust.
ness men meeting the farmers and
their help, and everybody able to
WELD a shovel, drive team or dc
anything was on hand. Each work
er was expected to provide his own
dinner bucket, except on the Clarks'
vile pike, where Judge w. T. Fow-
Ter, on the section next to town, pro,
vided dinner for all.
There are three routes being ad.
vocated in this county for the Dixie
Bee Line and so to show no PARTIAL
ty the town people were divided up
as nearly equal as possible between
these three routes. All people living
north of Seventh street aided on the
jacksonville road; those living be.
tween Thirteenth and Seventh streets
helped on the Pembroke road, and
those living south of Thirteenth
street on the GAINESVILLE pike.
TODD AROUSED.
In Todd county the enthusis SIN is
equally as great and the people there
have not waited so far as the Dixie
Bee Line route is concern d. But
yesterday was the first organized
effort in which everybody partici-
pated.
TRIGG IN EARNEST.
,Trigg county will take two days
at it, yesterday and to-day having
been declared holidays for the occa-
sion.. So deeply in earnest are the
people of that county over the prop
osition that they prevailed on Judge
j. T. Hanbery to adjourn court. the
term having begun Monday for
those two days, so that the lawyers,
court officials and juries might be
on hand. Judge Hanbery not only
granted this request, but he assured
the good roads committee that both
he and CommonwealtkAs Attorney
Denny Smith would be out bright
and early each morning prepared to
do anything they are called on to do.
Having no great highway to work.
Trigg county proposes to take two
of its most important roads stretch
ing entirely across the county. as
the object of their efforts. But the
work will not be confined to these.
and smaller gangs will be at work
in every locality on the roads of
their neighborhood. The two trans.
county roads are thirty miles long
each. so if the activity shouldn't be
extended beyond these it would be
a total of sixty miles. no significant
amount.
Bot more important than the inn
mediate good efforts upon the roads