The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-11-13
AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT,
Good Roads the Great Need Of
the South.

Good Roads the Great Need 0:
the South.
Negotiations which have been pend
ing FOR some time were closed last week
BY which tie National Good Rosds AS.
acciation, assisted By the o&ca Of Pub.
lio Road Iuquiry, U. s. Department Of
Agriculture, Vii! run Coed kosda
Seeoisl Train" c7sr the lines Of the
SouEhera Railway, stopping at 7aEioua
poia:s fer the purpose Of building
sample roads snd holding meetings
With tic view Of educating the people
along the line in prsotical read build
ing. These arrangements we're per
feoted BY President W. q. Moore,
Of the National Good Roads Asscc!s-
TOD, With the Southern Rail7a9 Com.
pary. It is planned to spend eevsrsl
days at each point, giving ample tims
TO construct road fiou one haif to ore
mile loug.
Presiaeat Spencer, Of the Stu,hern
Railway Company, IS takiyg a great
deal Of interest in this srcjso5 Of good
reads for the South. Ever since tie
organisation OF the National Coed
Roads Association, the Soathsr2 Rsil-
way has beeu represeted at It's Nas,onsl
meetings snd ms1y Of its pubho de-
| mo2gtraticne; and this train Is distinct
iVaiy Southern Rsilaay undertaking,
| to be carried out at a heavy szpeose to
| that oonps5y, AID IS IN iias Iisn the
Developments Co;icy 80 peTsistent!3 fol-
loved in building up the couatry trib-
utaTy to the lines Of the Southern Rail-
Wsy.
The train left Washington Novem-
Der l. It will consist Of about ten
c-rs, on which will be transported all
necessary uschias7y for the building
Of Iosds; cficers, read experts and
laborers. The trip will consumessvsrai
weeks. So much has been written
in regard to this subject Of good roads
that the people Of the South are pEactic-
ally in thorough accord with idea that
good reads sre an acquisition to the
county. It IS hoped that every citizen
Of the South will, if possible, attend
these Good Roads Meetings and witness
the modern and upto. date methods Of
building public highways.
As the lines of competition are being
drawn closer ard margins Of prof: mar
rover, every element looking 20 the
economical production and digsribu-
tion Of the products Of the country
should be employed, and as it has been
thoroughly demons.rstsd that good road
are the prime factor in the upbuilding
Of every section Of the country, every
oitizsn Of the South shold take per-
sonal interest in this subject. The
South needs better roads; every farm
would be benefited thereby, the public
will sppreciste the advantages thereof
and it is hoped the educational fea-
tura carried on By the National Good
Roads Association, supported By the
Southern RailTay Company, will &C.
complish the purpose Of this movement.
The South can have coed roads il it
will, and the sooner the citizsns get to-
gether snd work along some we'll or
garized and practical line thesa results
will be reached the quicker. There is
nothing that will do more to inoresase
the value Ct lands and advance the de-
velopmsnt Of the rural districts than
veil. constructed roads. The improve
ment OF ths road system will have
wonderful effect in stimulating the
settlement of people on farms, and as
these settlements are beirg made SO
will the value Of land increase.
Wherever city Or town is found
possessing Eell-made rosdWays leading
therefrom, the business Of that point
will be found in a prosperous condition.
Therefore. the citizen Of every town in
the south will be promoting his oWn in
terest if he gives this movement his
moral and, if necessary, i2ancia! sup
port. Every State County, City and
Town Officer should give this subjsot
OF better roads serious consideration,
take the matter in hand Immediately
and show his constituents that the
movements for better roads will receive
his utmost consideration and oo.opsra-
aion.
It is universally decided that good
roaGs are wa1t ted. In order to secure
them all must pull togsther, working
systematically and on pracsical lines.
This grand tour planned by the South
eru Raiigay Company is a signal for
action. Ii the States visited ara rot
sI7e to this AID do roe avail them
selves Of the opporsunitg 20 secure n
tornstlon Afforded by the Good Rosds
5pzolai Train," 10 one viii b. 81 faux
Except the ciiizsDs Of the Ssases in
Taloa the exhibits are made. L=t 1t
bs resolved 20 nave good roaas and 10 pus
that resolution in effect st oHcs. For
sae purpose Of interesting the citizens
Of the oommu2ltios acjGcant to the
points where Ch>ss mseglDgs Wlli oe
neid in asacndiog ansm, lo0 r2und-trlp
rases viii be MAZE from poIn:s Il tbs
seeriacSy tributary to tne eenS-al Heet'
ipg places.