Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1919-04-18
DO THEY PAY

costs money? Do you know that
high priced good service is better
than low priced poor service? Do
you know that no man can give good
service that has not enough money
to properly equip himself for the
kind of service that he tries to rem
der? Do you know that poor roads
keep you poor and cause you to get
poor medical service?
The expense of coming to see you
and the expense of living keeps the
doctor so poor that he is unable to
buy the equipment that he should
have and you suffer as a result. We
have many doctors in this town and
county that could and would like to
DO Xray work but they can't afffrd to
buy the machine because it costs so
much to come to see you that they
have no money left and then you
cannot afford to pay for the work be-
cause you have to use four mules
to haul a load of coal, corn or any
thing to market when you should
haul the same load with two if you
had good roads. You do not have
good roads because you do not make
them. You will not work them.
You had rather feed what you do
make to four horses and drag what
you have to sell thru the mud than
to spend half what the bad roads
cost you and have good ones. Stop
and think about it. Which is the
best investment? Which will pay
you the most Did you ever have
any trouble in getting a doctor to
come to see some of your family
when the roads were bad? Did you
ever walk the floor and wish the
doctor could get there quicker?
Then did you ever ask yourself the
question, why can he not get here
sooner?" You know the answer.
Pike or no pike, there is no reason
why we should not have good roads
eight months out of the year.
Now someone says, He has an au-
tomobile and wants us to build a
road for him." That is the truth too |
| have an automobile and what do |
you think / have it for? | have it |
so that can come to see you quicker |
when you are sick and get back and |
see someone else. l want the road |
for my automobile it is true, but
which gets the most benefit from the |
road and automobile, you or 1?
Ask yourself the question, do bad
roads pay?" and If they do, keep
them. If they do not, let's make
good ones out of them. 1t is up to
you. Think it over. Use your think
pan. Let's get out of all the ruts
that we can.
This is the Twentieth Century, we
are living in it and not in the dark
ages. All around us people are liv-
ing better than we. Let's wake up
and get all the good out of life we
can. Let's have comforts. Let's
have progress.
You know that the outside world
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came in and got all our timber and
mineral wealth for a song. Many
other good things go to neighboring
towns and counties because we will
not reach out and get them. Let's
reach out and keep on reaching.
We have all been more or less dis
appointed in the new road construc-
ton it is true, but that is no reason
why we should quit. Nobody loves
a auitter and | verify believe that the
Almighty looks on one with holy con-
Tempt.
Some will say, "Oh, this is good
enough for us" That is not true.
Nothing is good enough that we can
make better The times demand that
we improve the roads in this County
The people not only of this County
demand It but also the people of the
whole country demand It and are ask
ing what is the matter with Knox
County Let's stop apologizinS and