Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
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Farmer Daniel, of Lucasville,
ohio, is visiting relatives here.
Aunt Edy Williams fell on the
ce one day last week and bruis-
ID her hip and shoulder which is
giving her much trouble.
J. H. Wheeler has sold his
farm, Excluding Is acres and
coil, oil and gas on the remain
der,) toe. w. Patrick, for 81, 800.
Charley sold his farm to Sanford
Ferguson, Of Elamton. Price
5000.
Mrs. Amanda Williams, wife
of Charlie Williams, Of Logville
died one day last week. She
gave birth to a child, (still born)
two or three days before her
death.
Mrs. H. H. Holbrook has
measles.
w. e. Holbrook, Harry Bolen
and some of Bryant Fannin's
children, all residents of Jeptha,
have measles.
M. C. Williams, of Relief, Wis
tied relatives here over Sunday.
We have been cleaning from
the Courier the views of differ
ent writers on the question OF
good roads and digesting as much
of it as seemed worthy Of our
consideration. We admit that
good roads are credit to any
community and invite both travel
and commentator, but, to be
brief and easily understood, we
consider it an unwise policy to
bond our county to raise money
for road construction. It's as
much impossible for the mountain
counties to cope with the Blue
Grass section of our state as it is
for the country to keep up witt
the city style. You say it would
be a great help to our children tt
build roads and help the rising
generation. 1t would, if we will
do what we can pay for, but
would it be the best, under eX'
listing circumstances, with the
greatest National debt ever
known, and still soaring higher
with our state in debt millions
of dollars and our county witt
obligations running into thOus
ands, all of which must come of
the tax payers of to day, anC
their children after them, eithel
directly or indirectly. woulC
prefer to give my child a clea
title for one acre of land, thai
to give it 100 acres covered b.
a mortgage. That's the way
bond issue would serve futur
generations. It's a mortgage Of
their property. Let's pay a
we go. Again, those who favO
a bond issue would do well t
figure on what the right-of-wa
would cost, which could be bes
aseertained by first calculating
the width, and then ask eac
land owner his terms on it. The
add to this expense of engineer
and see how for you can build
What's the excuse for that pix
not being built from West Libert
to Index? Right-of-way had nc
been secured, first. Secondly
nothing left after they woui
pay that and the engineers. W
should not expect more OF GU
county officials than a REASONABLE
service, which would be nothin
more or less than to see that eac
overseer has his hands to put /
their full time; use the road fun
each year; do away with as man
unnecessary Offices as they Cal
applying some to road construc
ion; use economy in the admins
tration of the public funds an
enforce such laws as are nece'
sary for our safety and we'll be
ing.
Henry Clay Ferguson died Eel
ruary 2, 1918, of tuberculosis
after an illness of twelve months
He was born January 8, 1888, O
Caney creek. He was marie
to Miss Julia Vanhoose, Septen
Der IL, 1867. They bad tire
children: Wiley w. Ferguson, {
Nehemiah, who was at his bee
side when he died, Mary E. Fee
guson, deceased, and Mrs. z. |
Bolen, of Silver Hill. His secon
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