The weekly soliphone., 1917-08-09
ALBERT MILLER, A WELL KNOWN
 CITIZEN, SAYS MONETTE IS TO
 GET TRADE WE OUGHT TO HAVE

on his back action and virtually said ITO helt with your ideas Tn county judge and I'll do as damned please" Of course he didn't I'use this exact language, but it al amounted to the same thing. Ht threw cold water and exaggerated ego upon plans he couldn't under stand because of a lack of business capacity. The people of ParagoulC were at that time, ready to put their shoulder to the wheel anG their signatures to the paper. They
 were backed up in this desire by people in the country who know in progress to the same extent that town people are interested in progress. But we are not blaming the county judge. As Ben Crowley's Pawpaw Gazette said few days ago, Don't blame him. he ain't done nothing." This is correct summary
 What we want is ACTION. If il is necessary for the county judge to go out into the country three oi four days Q week and see that good roads are built, or that bad roads are repaired, he ought to dc this, even if it is necessary to walk out of the office at the court house and run the risk of losing $25O that might roll into his pocket by virtue of performing a marriage ceremony The Daily Press will CO., operate with Judge Branch or Judge Anybody Else who wants to build roads, and he will never hear one word of criticism so long as his energies are directed in the right channel. He is to be commend ed. for having closed contract for purchase of the three traction en- zines. It was an excellent deal and the county got a good bargain. He is to be commended if he puts these graders to wofk and steams up a little-just little is better than nothing. He needn't worry about the marriage fees s-there are plenty of Justices of the Peace and Preachers to tie all the hymenial knots that need tyeing, and he was elected to serve for salary in- stead of fees.
 Mir. Miller has called attention to a vital business proposition, and we are going to drive this idea home to the merchants and business men of Paragould if it requires all the news ink and white paper the Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain can haul into the city. This idiotic pol icy of doing nothing is criminal. It's robbing the present generation of it's just dues and it's an imposition upon generations that will come along years hence to curse us. MT. Miller states that even now petit tions are being circulated in his sec tlOll TOT tlie purpose or tdklllS tEdue from Green county and carrying it to Monette If we are to lose the trade we already have because of official incompetency and pure GUS sedness, then, indeed, it's up to the people themselves to rise up and say things of a persuasive nature.
 , Say to the people. of sParagould foE mesy said ,AIr., MilleEyfhis morn ing, 1f'tllat. a:Nwanttfto hffiigs my farm products there and my neighbors also want to trade with them We all look upon Paragould as our logical, business center, but when the county neglects to take even a passing interest in our welfare, we feel that the time, has come for us to look out for ourselves. For this reason a great many farmers who have been going to your city will soon be driving into Monette be- cause of the excellent inducement offered by Judge Fuller in the mat ter of bridge and road construction. ''