The new South-news., 1909-04-24


and must he stopped altogether.
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BUILDING BETTER RoApS.
The writer has stated innumershic
times In public addresses and In
print. that the sentiment for better
roads in Mississippi Is srovinx at
remarkable rate. Where focr years
ago only 26 per cent OF the esuvucs
in the state had broken away frsln
TIE oil oyerseer systc.a OF rood
building. at the present ume. 60 per
cent are working hy cna,fsst, With
a commissioner. OF trying some
other plan for improved highways
There are many workers along thia
line who hold no oirci1l position
but are doing yoomar scrsicc ms
private citizens. Tho follow in. let
ter from r. r. Wflsh, % leak cosn.
ty brings gratifying Information aud
goes to show what an oacrgetic and
enterprisins man can do n he viii
only try:
write TO tcll yyu that after two
aud one-fourth years. taat Is since
! read bulletin from you on GOOD
roads, we have been ahle to get at
least one man interested In better
roads and 10 Join mo in putting
sand on a piece Of chalfy road and
pat sand on Il ana build King
Drag for use after each rain. Our
purpose Is. 70 give an example OF
what can be done with a piecc OF
road OF this character and the ease
with which IL can be improved and
make reasonably good Now
want TO say that this IS not tho
road that We work ~ alt. but a
stretch of private road. | am above
road age and of course am not com.
PEELED by law TO work any. I am
willing though. to work alongside
my neighbors and am determined
TO do my best TO awaken our peo-
roads are. That drag 10 Just sim
ply q revelation TO our people up
here and | predict that before the
end of another year. II can get
our member OF the board OF super.
yisors interested, and | will say TO
his credit that he is doing better
work along this line OF good roads
and God speed the day for VIC need
them. When they see our drag at
work they can't help be Interested
| heard for the flrs, time last ScD-
tember at the Round up OF Farmers
Institutes at the College. from Wal
ter Clark. that we could mako good
road on one OF thcse ole ,chalky
hills by putting sand on II and then
using the King dray. II Looked so
good to me that I have been talking
1t ever since and am bound TO write
yos today And tell you that we hayo
now got the real thing"
Friend Wright has Jus: cause for
feeling good. Then too, the writer
finds cause for feeling good. although
II has been more than two years, that
his work IS beginning to bear fruit
The King drag was fully explained
In n bulletin from the Department
OF Agriculture early In 1907 and
again In October 1907. The sys-
tenn OF sand on gumbo or sfifY clay
roads and clay on sand stretches
was mentioned In the first bulletin
and fully explained on page &c Of
the October 1907 bulletin. A man
like Mr. Wright In each commun-
ity would soon work revolution in
the methods OF road building that
would be worth millions OF dollars
annually to our people.
Last month reference was made in
this department to = car load ship
ment OF Mississippi sugar cane syrup
thekai akcn3f tBRon an an an
Cox of Olio. Amite county. II was
stated at the time that this was
possibly the first time solid car
had been shipped from the state The
following letter from J. j. Groom,
LucedaIe. tells OF another big ship
ment. although IL does not state
whether all was sent at one time CT
not:
month Of the fact that Neyland &
Cox Of OlIo, shipped solid car load
OF syrup and the question as to
whether so much had been shipped
at one time in the past. ! will say
in reply, that three yshrs ago |
planted ten acres in sugar cane and
on the ten acres made one hundred
and fifty gallon barrels OF syrup.
This was an average OF ten barrels
per acre. sold II to the Southern
Syrup Co. Of Montgomery, Ala. They
sent a man to the mill to inspect cv-
cry barrel before being shipped.
They stated that II was the finest lot
Of syrup they had ever seen.
A marked difference between the
shipment made by Mr.. Groom and
that OF Nsyland and Cox, lies in the
fact that the latter was canned and
ready for use. At any rate. II is
encouraging to hear OF these large
shipments and others will be recei-