The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-15
STRONG MOVEMENT FOR BETTER ROADS Lincoln County, Missy Is Doing
 Good Work MANY COUNTIES IN LINE Roadbuilding Machinery Is In Big De- mand In Many Parts of the State.
 Ginseng Culture Is Profit
 able In Mississippi.
MANY COUNTIES IN LINE

Jackson, Miss, June 14.-(Speelal.)- To revive and stimulate interest Ill public road building is duty that Is pleasantly undertaken by the aYenee newspaper in Mississippi. and during the past few years a great deal ol progress has been made in this direc tion. The goal is to be better hlgh- ways. of course. and some of the coun- ties have saddled upon themselves very heavy expense in order to attain the end desired
 Not long since the Brookhaven Lead CT printed a photograph of an OK wagon on which was a load of scho'' boys and girls, 100 in number, and who had travelled over Lincoln county ro'is some 12 or 15 miles to attend the neld day exercises. No such loan coulo have been pulled over any other coua- try road in the state, perhaps, and that Lincoln county roads will stand such exneriments is due to the fact that Lincoln was the first county Tn tne state to adopt the contract system ol working the public roads, and has been working them that way 10 or l2 years. Several other counties have fallen n line and are now doing what Llncolc did 10 years ago, but already better roads are toasted in many sections of the state. The manufacturers of road building mach inery are doing goou business in the state for the hfst time in their lives, and the chances arc that the road building industry is yet in it's infancy here. however, It 's believed it has come to say, and thas in A few more years Lincoln will nos he able to boast of being the only coun ty in the state where wagon loaded with 100 boys and girls can be sateiy hauled.
 A c. Golf of Youngtown, Warren c<ln ty. writes a letter in which he tells of the possibilities of ginseng culture in this state, and which proves that there is millions in it." if properly managed. On one-third of an acre MT. Golf has sold $500 worth of root9 s360 worth of seed and planted l6o'oo' seed himself. He has sold plants to be delivered this fall to the amouft oi s1.557. However, he states that 1t takss five or six years to get the crop to that point where it will mature the roots so as to bring the highest mai- ket price. which is $5 to $lO per pound.
 The state board of examiners nave been busy the past several days on the examination papers submitted DIV scores of young men and women who desire to secure license to teach schools. and all of them. with but few executions. demanding irst-grade cer- tifcates.
 The board has examined the papers of 63 who come up from Hatt1espurs examinations, and of whom some lo UT 12 failed to pass.
 There were s1 applicants from tha examinations conducted at Blue Noun ta;n and of whom about 25 per cent failed.
 There was 42 from the Pontotoc eX- aminations and of these nearly one half failed to make the required marks
 From the examinations at the l. l. and C. came 22 applicants, of whom 25 per cent failed to pass.
 It often happens that these app1- cations for license to teach come from poor girls who write long and piteous letters to the state board. and 1t IS irving ordeal when one of them who is known to need the work is forced to be turned down because not com petent to teach but the examiners are conscientious men, and do their duty, hewing to the line regardless Of where the chips may fall.