The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-02-19
A General Movement Inaueurated In
Lincoln County to Permanently
Improve the Public High
ways.
Another General Mass Meeting to Be
Held the First Monday In
March.
Brookhaven. Feb. Is. 1908

At a mass meeting of represen
tative citizens of Lincoln county,
held this day at the court house to
consider the permanent improve
ment Of the public roads of the
county, 2. P. Jones was elected
chairman, and S.. P. Oliver secre
tary.
On motion of j. w. McGrath
the chair appointed committee
of three on resolutions, to-wit:
j. w. McGath, A. Nations and
L. S. Strait, who reported the
following preamble and resolu-
tions, which were unanimously
adopted, viz:
Whereas, 1t is the universal
opinion OF all who have occasion
to travel in Lincoln county that
the public roads are in deplora-
BILE condition; and,
Whereas, 1t has been demon
strated that the present plan of
working our public roads is not
satisfactory, although costing the
comfy over $13, 900 annually; and,
Whereas, The establishment Of
good roads, we'll ballasted with
gravel or broken stone, properly
graded, and Scientifically drained,
will greatly enhance the value of
our real estate, be an ADVERTISE
ment for our county and save
Thousand of dollars annually to
the farming interest of the coun-
tys besides contributing greatly
tosthe comfort and enjoyment of
these living in the coun try,
Therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the citizens
ofLincoln county, in Mass Meet
ing assembled, do hereby declare
thst it is the sense of this body
|thAt the time has now arrived
wHsn good roads are a crying
necessity in Lincoln county.
1t is further resolved, That a
committee of FIVE be appointed
whose duty it shall be to present
a memorial to the Board of Super
visors of Lincoln county, urging
upon them the necessity of taking
up this important subject at the
next regular meeting; That this
committee earnestly suggest to
them the adoption of the follow
ing plan: The issuance of the
necessary amount of 50-year
bonds, at a rate of interest not to
exceed AZ per cent; the engaging
of first class civil engineer who
has had the required experience
in handling this class of work; the
building of say. ten miles uf the
new road on each of the main
thoroughfares radiating from
Brookhaven, thus giving all the
residents of the county equal ad
vantages.
Be it further resolved, That
each and every one here present
pledge himself to use his best en-
deavor to bring about the reform
asked for in these resolutions;
that the Farmers Union and the
Southern Cotton Association Of
Lincoln county and the Progress
sive Union of Brookhaven, Mis-
sissippi, be requested to join with
us in this movement, and
Further, That this organization
be made permanent.
On motion the following named
were appointed a committee to
present to the Board of Super
visors at their next regular meet
ing, a Memorial, urging the
necessity of taking up this matter
as embodied in the resolutions,
to-wit:
w. E. Parsons, beat i; "a. Ma
tions, beat 2: A. Nj. Summers,
beat; 8 j. E. Carruth, beat 4; j.
ID. Wooley, beat 5.
On motion, duly, carried of w.
F. Parsons, the following named
were added to the comittee from
the county at large, to-Wit: s.
z. Oliver, Dan Bolian, DR.. r. ".
McRee, L. G. Lambright, B. K
Davis.
On motion, the newspapers of
Lincoln county are requested to
publish the proceedings of this
meeting, and if consistent with
their ideas, to advocate the carry
ing out of the resolutions.
i On motion, s. 2. Oliver, III.
Cassedy, j. w. McGrath and ].
+. Greer we're continued as
committee to advertise mass
meeting to be held at the court
house on the Isl Monday of March
to further the object Of this meet
ing.
On motion, the meeting adj
journed to meet Monday, March
End, at 1870 p. ~.
S. i. OLIVER, Secretary.
q. p. JONES, Chairman.
Negroes fred barn near Mer-
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