The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-02-11
THE GOOD ROADS CONGpEss

matchmaking week in the b;..on
~ - long paying the burdensome AK on vshto,.. n horse.
A" ~ I'D roads. have resolved e ho,s - -, 80.
pos " .1se way and means Whereby - - 49,.
he burden which il he's N"st any people have borne. They have
N -. bra Il une0mplaingly. rron -. 49, -.
-non her father. Ananias Dare, swore eel - 80 hd 80.
while lie was bura2'"s ar1 s doctor, to last night when a good
ra.s wbmht the Recording Angel ought to blot ou+-dnriu. all ,hsse
years complaint >sa"'' "a DAD have been loud an long. Bad
n go. .hev have denied the socialp 1eaxures r. ountrv -. which
h farm 'neS Nc at living: th h. 'as"re 20 unit hfe ~hieh
~ evil With which the STATE -. haou ase,;otaa ~ -
80 1870. ha.n tho Ha III the path OF better school. n h rnrs1 districts.
have been ne l%D l%+snsion II the FREE . .n 90 ~, a. n f"ra. s'r.e
asssttn+. tbe imoeliment # farm life that bax nreventea the nro-
or.ss In ae,iculturc tbt has attended other oceuoations.
We have complained of bad roads long enough. The time h come
e. .u;. ,,ss;,e hole in the road, mud pudales had eradas ard m;rv
nations That has served its purpose If It has aroused the people
to a determination to build GOOD ROADS. But h m has come
NOW er oorcert al action that insures innrovenen+ HanniIv there
is n o Nee t"E o. Carorns ek, as aas . 1pe1,me ma pasea
ca,+ c a Alexander and Capt W. E.. Ardrev In. h1azed RI. "a that
combines success With popularity. I II the Eastern # the State,
unu 49, c~aren have shown an :. 49,. m.th nsrssct
hall roads while many owl have made good streets OF shells.
Edgecombe, Wilson and some other counties in the Eastern section
.ss bv Iocal tax the WAY 49, -, 10 ansr. ~ 9TH
.r untie = make good roads. Wake in the section adjacent to
Raleigh. Durham, Alamancst an Guiford counties have furnished
oh;sot 1ss.ous IN eood road building in central North Carolina. Bun
eombe is making magnificent roads N the mountains, while Haywood
is also doing good work n that direction. Forsyth set h pac
IN Nor+hwestern North Caroline. other counties that have employed
eonvict 1abo o. the public roads 10 SEINE extent in the pas e are
Cleveland, Davidson, Franklin, CASTOR Randolph, Rockingham Row
IN rn;on and wovTe Sem O. these counties 10 already done
much permanent work. Others have just begun. Others have made
but q tentative beginning. But they compose the advance guard of
the progressive Coed Read Building counties. and they afford object
lessons TO Iii the other counties which will soon b eusingt their con-
victs to build public roads. What these counties have done, other
counties an do : least in some part. The counties having u large
towns cannot do Is much at those counties fortunate enough % have
wealthy towns located Il them, but they a devise and carry out q
system that will give better roads, and thus add to the value of their
lands and increase the general prosperity.
Considering how lcns North Carolina waited before beginning the
work of road Improvements the progress during the past few years
has been marked. But even more gratifying than the actual work
done, is the universal approval of a road tax in those counties
where the people ave seen and felt the blessing of q fe" GOOD
ROADS. And quite as encouraging is this additional fact: people
of the State are becoming greatly interested in GOOD ROADS and
ready t be taxed to secure them. Thisl last tcmen Is the 91st OF
the whole matter. Of curse everybody wants GOOD ROADS but
they do OF really wan them very much unless they w4inns o
be taxed to build them. THAT is tne test. By that test quite a m
Der of counties have shown their deep interest and others z seeking
information as o the best methods CT road improvement. Good
Roads Associations have been established in several counties il the
State, notably in Buncombe, of which Mr.. Thomas w IS
president. aa in Guiford, Of which MI. J Van Lindiey Is president.
The Buncombe Good Roads Association has sci the pace fer other
There scores o. private citizens began the work y
Improvement, holding meetings c arouse public interest, contribut-
ing sun Of money to make some special improvement. There is no
estimating the educational value Of the good work o # that ssocna
ton. 1t has stimulated public interest and created a healthy public
North Carolina had a GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONS patterned after
the in Buneombe, animated by the I'M progressive spirit"
would not be many years before the record II III improvement IL n
public roads would constitute the brightest page in the recent his
OF North Carolina.
The GOOD ROADS CONGRESS. which will be held II Raleigh
and Thursday, February 18th and 18TH ads air to u
the most important meeting held in the capital Of the State IN MS
decade. Prominent men from this nd tn state Will aoafess ne
during the session OF the Congress h delegates WALL
have an opportunity 0 see an object lesson IN Road Building by
the best road experts in America. The programme OF h Congress
appears o. h frst page # this paper.
The people # Raleigh invite all progressive mcn in h State, VIII
interested in road building to attend thisG GOOD ROADS CON-
GREss, and o assist in the campaign of education for better roads.
GOOD SCHOOLS and GOOD ROADS re the States chief needs
They II iaterdependent and should go together-hand in hand.