When the time came, I got up a crew of men and went to work. I had to go through very heavy timber. It was, for the most part, very valuable timber. Men would come to where I was working and forbid me to cut any timber on their land. Some would go so far as to tell me that they would have arrested if I did. They were not going to let me or any other man cut their timber down! One day there was a couple from Paragould that came to stop me. They were the heirs of the Crawleys. They had a new car. Her man was driving and she would walk in front of the car and pick up sticks and brush. People at this time thought you couldn't run a car over anything as big as your thumb!

     They finally got to where I was at work. The lady did the talking, and she, at once told me how much land she had a deed for; that she double dared me to cut a stick of timber!     I had a copy of the road law with me. I let her get her say out, then when it was my time to take the floor, I told her that I was sure I was going to cut everything in front of me until I got to Cash River Bridge! That if she did not want me to cut the timber on her land, for her to move the land and her timber off my right of way. I told her if she made one more trip down this right of way to fuss at me and hinder me from work, I would have her and her man both arrested and fined for coming out and hindering my work. I gave her permission to go in front of me and take out that valuable timber. If not, I was going to cut the timber and sell them and spend the money on the road. I finally had to order her and her husband off the road and told them to stay off or else come to cut what timber they wanted!

     The men in my township became discontent with me because they thought I was spending to much money and free labor on this new right of way. They would ride down three or four men every day to tell me that they

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