The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
FARMERS TO WISH TYBEE.
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY TO
MEET THERE NEXT YEAR.

state horticultural Society VIII
Also Meet in savannah About the
same Time-MaJ. RyaIs Talks OF
the Recent Meeting at ROme-A
Novel Idea Developed in the De-
bate on Good ROads-Wide Wagon
Tires Suggested as a Means of
BetterinR the HOads-A POpulist
Elected First Wee President.
The State Agricultural Society viii hold
its next annual meeting at Tybee. The
meeting will be held either the first or
second week IN August. 1851.
The Invitation 10 hold ..he meeting al
Tybee was extended by the delegates from
Chatham at the meeting at Rome last
week, and was cordially accepted by the
society. although Invitations were extend
ed from several other places.
The society met in Savannah fve years
ago. but this Will probably be the first
time it has ever met at Tybee. 1t will
probably be one Of the largest meetings
the society has ever held Maj. Ryals
says that the members were invited to
bring their wives and daughters, their
sons and sons-in-law and he believed they
were going to do 1t.
The State Horticultural Society, which
met at Griffin recently, will also hold its
next annual meeting in Savannah and II
will probably be arranged for this meet
ing to take place just ahead Of that of
the Agricultural Society. there being
number who are members of both socie-
ties
Maj. Ryals said yesterday that the meet
ing at Rome was one of the best the So
ciety has ever held. There was a large
attendance and the interest was good. Sew
eral interesting essays were read, but the
subject which attracted most attention
was that OF good roads. The discussion
showed that there was a very decided In
terest in this subject among the farmers,
and there were various suggestions as TO
the manner in which the end should be
attained. The convention was decidedly
IN favor of putting the state convicts to
work on the roads.
Maj. Ryals took occasion to tell the So
ciety Of the good work now being done
by Chatham county with her convicts in
road building.
There was one suggestion which was
entirely novel to me-" said Maj. Ryals,
and which I think is worthy OF special
consideration, and that is the roads
might be greatly improved by the use
Of broad-tired wheels with the hind
wheels set further apart than the front
wheels, the idea being that such wheels
WOulu pack uOWn ana ndfuen the road
way IL Is well known that the present
narrOw-tired wagon wheels cut up the
roads and form ruts. 1t used to be
common opinion that the wheels of
wagon should track that is that the hind
wheels should follow exactly in the track
Of the front wheels. This Is an exploded
idea, but nevertheless nearly all wagons
and other vehicles are still built that way.
The tracking of the wheels does not make
a wagon run any easier or enable IL 20
carry any heavier load. The idea Is that
with wide tires, say four inches, with the
rear axle several inches wider than the
front one the wheels would not dig ruts
in the road, as is now the case, but in
stead, would pack down the earth with
the result that smooth path several
inches wide would be formed
on each side of the road, which
would of course make much easier run
ming. OF course this alone would not
make good roads, but it would help, and
would save great deal of wear and tear
which the roads are now subjected to-"
Maj. Ryals is one of a committee ap-
pointed by the society to formulate a plan
| or road Improvement and suggest to the
| next legislature
! Hon. Pope Brown, of Pulaski, was elect
| ed president of the society for the ensu-
ing year, and Hon. James Barrett OF
Richmond, first vice president Mr.. Bar
| rett is one OF the populist leaders in the
Tenth district. The meeting was over
| whelmingly democratic, but Mr.. Barrett
J has been an active member OF the society
| for number of years, and IL was the
! opinion of the meeting that politics should
! not enter into the affairs Of the society.
| The delegates present at the meeting
| generally reported that cotton had been
| greatly damaged by the severe hot wealth
| er, but the corn crop throughout the state
| was generally reported as good.
! Maj. Ryals has been appointed by Gov.
| Atkinson one Of the delegates to represent
! Georgia at the Tennessee centennial ex-
| position, which opens at Nashville Nav
to run for six months. 1t is proposed to
prepare Georgia exhibit for the Tennes-
| see exposition.