West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-01-13


they raise the money so the people of
the district would not be called upon
TO payg There is but one way to raise
money TO build roads and that is by
bonding the district, county or state.
Those who oppose the bond issue
should be manly enough to say that
they would not support any PROPOSE
ton for building roads, IL they had
to pay one penny. Here is where the
colored gentleman is concealed In the
wood-pile. No public spirited citizen
objects TO taxing himself to build up
his community. He knows that IL the
good roads lead to his town and the
bad road leads TO his nelghbor's town
that he will get the trade. Even the
knocker cannot deny this.
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This is the one time that the people
OF Kingwood district should get to-
gether. They should work in har-
mony. There is no legitimate excuse
why they should not. There is moth
ing that will enhance the value of real
estate in Kingwood district more than
good roads. With good roads there is
not farm within a radius OF ten
miles of any town but what practically
places the farm within the corporate
limits of that town. A Cumberland
gentleman told the writer a few DAYS
ago that since they have gotten good
roads in the State OF Maryland that
they can start from Cumberland with
an automobile the same time one OF
the fastest railroad trains leaves Cum
berland and beat the train to Balti
more. Here is the concrete evidence
OF what good roads will do.
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Good roads have solved the problem
of keeping the boys and girls on the
farm.
Good roads save the soul of the
mortal as well as the shoe
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Why does the man who opposes the
bond issue drive around the mud hole
in the road? To avoid staIling and
breaking his wagon.
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One of the great trunk line railroads
spent $6,0OO.OO0 to eliminate grades
and curves. Before the elimination of
the grades and curves the locomotive
engine could haul but fifty loaded cars.
Today the same class engine hauIs one
hundred and fifty loaded cars. With
good roads the farmer can haul the
four-horse load with two horses.
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There is no other person who will
receive as great benefit from the
good roads as the farmer,
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Let Il not be said OF Kingwood dis
trict that IL failed to contribute its part
to extending the good roads through
out the state
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An eminent physician is authority
for the statement that a good county
road is the best human liver regula-
tor known to science.
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You must build the main line road
before you can build the branches.
Let us first get the main line and the
branches will rapidly follow.
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Good roads will go q long ways 10
cure the chronic kicker and dyspep-
tic.
Whenever you hear q man say that
he is in favor of good roads, but he
does not favor the bond issue to build
them, you may put Il down as the
unvarnished truth that he would op-
pose the building OF county roads by
any method suggested. II It would cost
him penny.
f.
There is but one way to build good
roads and that way is to vote the
money and get to work
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Good roads bottle up the profanity
OF the person spashed by the mud and
thus assist IN saving the soul OF one
whom the evangelist cannot reach.
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A Maryland farmer told the writer
that before they got good roads IL took
four horses to haul twelve cross-tles
from his farm to Oakland. Since the
good roads he uses but two horses and
the load IS now limited tQ the capacity
9t the was9p
To those who oppose the bond issue
on the ground that their conscience
protests against leaving a bonded in
debledness 20 postsrity We call upon
them TO quote from either profane or
sacred history wherein Il is recorded
that one generation condemned their
progenitors for bequeathing to them
an Indebtedness which was for the
betterment Of humanity
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Let not the people Of Kingwood dis
trict overlook 'tbe stern tact fhat tie
rest 9t tbs counties Of lbe state weald
io9k yngA pa gs s non-progressive
community should ihe bond Issue be
defeated. Our reputation Coz nrogres-
siyeneHs q sflil quoted az par and We
esnnoi afqrd p loi shai.auoiaaen fan
.poiow the 100 Pc cent mark Let us