The new South-news., 1909-05-22

CLOSELY akin 10 his brother from Nis-
sours and must be shown where Il
goes. And the general result is. that
he gets full value Tor the amount
paid There are OF course. excep-
tions TO this rule. but such row Is
raised II results are not forthcoming
that corrections are made OF any
thing that may be wrong In n hurry
The counties that are building bet
ter roads are prosperlng IS thcy de-
serve and the people as rule are
pleased with the new order OF things
Rarely have they gone back to the
OH system.
As has been said. n is largely a
campaign OF education and Il Is be-
ing pushed with added Vleor from
year TO year. The great farmers
union organization is one OF the most
poten, factors. Its members are
striving for hettormcut OF condi-
lions generally and road i'm
provcment Ia one Of the most import
ant. The supervisors association has
taken an interest In the proposition
and are asking for legislation that
will enable them TO BRING about the
reforms needed Amons these Is the
proposition for the state legislature
to make an appropriation which viii
become available when supplemented
by county for the purpose OF
building piece of object lesson"
road Nothing win convert man
quicker to good roads than an op-
portunity OF using a piece from time
to time and this scheme being gen
orally endorsed The state fair en-
coursges road sentiment ana arran-
ges for great exhibit OF road build
ing machinery and demonstration
OF the same cnch fail. Prelmin-
nry arrangements for this on "A lar
ger scale than ever are being made
this fall. Many other interests are
becoming interesting and road Inn
provcment grows apace.
Many OF the counties are issuing
bonds and building permanent
roads Some Forrest notably. have
adopted a very sensible system OF
''"'"s ''''' """ '"'"'"e
roads each year. prontlng by the ex-
perience OF this year in the work for
next. Some OF the counties have
built roads that have cost great
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,nu.,n, raahaa haa o,ns,aa,-
ah,. ro.a ,,,, cos, NOR. ina, ca 900
r.r r,,Io washiry,on ,s enend,ny
ann ono -, o,n,anon, roaas a,
th,s ,,,ro othcrs zoo numerous :,
T men,,or are doing moro or less The
: rood hu,le,,n 10 no ,ssued soon
J. svoc, .ho non.r,uen, ~ Avr,cu,,ur.
S vii, oate sp,endia showing in IN,
n wav i~6GA Aprovement Tor the pas
. eishl leen Months.
: AhssIsspp, is Awakening TO tb.
q worth OF improved roads and as ha,
BEEN stated. the next few years vii
s show an ACCOMPLISHMENT not to b,
8 exceIIed by any southern state
T. Nothing is too good for our people
and when they once are made to sec
what It means for them to have
: good ronds. they will take the nee
: esssry steps to secure them without
hesitation.
GOOD SEED IMPORTANT.
The very important matter OF
securing good and reliable seed for
planting has been referred to a
number OF times in this department.
but II IL o. sufYicicnt importance TO
warrant repetition many times. II
: has been the custom too long TO ac-
! cent without question what ia of
J cred and there can be little wonder
that the rcsulr has not been what
was expected or desired. The Gus
tom OF seedmen from other sections
: in offering inferior goods 10 sec-
ton should be efYectually stopped
by Law II in no other way. The
J Following extract II from a private
letter to the department OF aGricul-
ture. written by one OF the we'll
known reliable seed men of the north
e 1t Is here given 10 show how our