Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-01-13
Bitter Opposition to
Loss of CeredO Dist.
Question Being Discussed
in All Sections of the
County.

or rather anti secession. But today |
1t lis the secession of Ceredo district |
from Wayne county and not the
south from the union. To bring
down load of criticism and hot
words one has only TO ask a good |
Wayne citizen what he thinks of
giving Ceredo district TO Cabell
county. la fact Wayne county will
not give away Ceredo district. If
they lose this strip of territory, if
sentiment in the upper end of the
county is criterion, it will be only
bitter fight in the legislature.
Wayne court house people believe
that the question of a road in the
lower end of the county has little
to do With the fight for annexation
by Cabell county, and they point
out that the district itself does not
desire annexation
WILL BUILD ROAD.
The county court has given as
surance that if Ceredo district will
not leave Wayne county the road
from the Ceredo corporation line to
Huntington would be built i'm the
spring. However, the court would
not build a road if there Is any prob.
ability OF Ceredo district being an.
nexed by Cabell county.
j. w. Rife of Kenova, chairman
of a committee investigating the
road matter, told the writer over
long distance this afternoon that
the committees report would be
made to the Wayne county court
next week.
The road as approved by the
committee will cost in the neighbor-
hood Of $25, 200 and will be made of
brick or concrete. The committee
has met several times and is still en-
gagged in securing data concerning
the construction of such a road.
DIR. Rife said that he has been
told by members of the county
court that the organization will look
with favor on the building of the
road in case the secession talk is
dropped.
"The people of Kenova, Ceredo
and Westmoreland do not want to
leave Wayne county," declared DR..
Rife. "There is lot of agitation
by people outside of Wayne county,
but these shouldn't be considered.
Also the people of most of the Cere-
do district are in favor of the coun.
ty spending the money for the road.
OF course, in some other sections
the people naturally want all the
money spent on their roads"
SOUTH SECTION DESIRES ROAD.
Conversation with many promi.
nent citizens in the vicinity of the
county seat at Wayne court house
brought out the information today
that the majority there are anxious
and willing that the county court
should exPeud money for the road
in Ceredo district. OF course there
are those who are even Directing to
the road as we'll as fighting the loss
of the county tooth and nail That
Ceredo district is receiving her pro.
portion of the taxes is asserted by
county officials at the court house
in Wayne.
.. J. Rife, editor of the Wayne
News, said today that a canvass had
been made of the state senators aud
that the annexation movement will
fall fiat. That Senator X. Depnis
Steed of Lincoln county will lead
the fight against the secession of
that part in Wayne county, is the
assertion of prominent Wayne court
house men.
Representative b. J.. Prichard of
Wayne court house declares that
the movement will be beaten in the
general assembly. Mr.. Prichard is
considered regular" fighter when
ne gets started. lie bitterly oppos-
es the loss Of the lower district Of
Wayne county.
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