The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1910-09-20
GREAT INTEREST IN ROADS.
Time is Ripe for Movement and
Everybody is Ready---What the
Association Will DO.


continues TO receive the endorsement
Of everybody and the active support
Of nobody"
That is the way il has been in
Union county till nov = everyone
saying I'VE ought TO have good roads"
and not a mothers son Of US doing
anything to get them. But it is not
going to be so any longer. Leading
men all over the county are promis-
ing to be at the good roads mass
meeting in Monroe at 2 o'clock. 0c-
tober Bird, for the purpose of FORM
ing good roads association.
The object Of a good roads associ-
alton is to find out how to get good
roads and then get them. OF the
work of good roads associations DR..
Pratt says:
1T is not possible to state in spe-
cifc terms just what can be accom-
plished by county good roads associ-
atoms; but it is an undisputed fact
that a great work can be done by
them in arousing and stimulating
interest in the question of improved
roads. Our people are already be-
ginning to realize the great value of
good roads to the county and State,
but many of them have not yet be-
gun to realize the NECESSITY Of show
ing their interest in this important
work by individual action. By the
formation of county good roads as
sociations and through their cooper
alton with each other and with the
State Good Roads Association, it is
believed that decided benefit will
result to the cause Of good road con-
struction and maintenance through
out North Carolina.
In the first place, the best results
in any movement can only be obtain
ed through organized effort and this
is especially true Of the good roads
movement. We hear too often, 1t is
impossible to get good roads, and
yet if these same people would band
themselves together, they could very
readily obtain good roads in their
community.
The State association, co-operat
ing with other good road forces at
work throughout the State, will be
able to send literature to the men,
bers of the county associations which
will give valuable information re-
garding the good road movement to-
gether with suggestions for the i'm
provement Of the highways in their
respective sections of the State.
THE county association can exert
a great influence upon good road leg
islation and also in bringing about
the passage of the road laws that
will be for the best interests Of the
State and counties. The county as
ISOLATION can readily ascertain the
sentiment Of its county as to such
legislation and can create, through
publications and personal interviews,
a strong sentiment for good road
laws.
1T will pay to organize a county
association even if, at the start, there
are not over six to ten members, al
though the effectiveness of the as
ISOLATION will be increased with the
increase of membership and this be-
comes one Of the objects of the associ-
alton. A suggested constitution for
a county good roads association is
given below:
ARTICLE !.
The name of the association shall
be The Union County Good Roads
ASS ociation Of the State OF North
Carolina
ARTICLE II.
The purpose of the Association
shall be the improvement Of the roads
of Union county, ami also to ef-
tectuate that purpose, the education
Of public sentiment regarding good
roads, and the promotion Of all other
proper means having such result in
view.
ARTICLE III.
The membership shall be divided
into two classes: Active and Hon
orary.
Active members shall be such per-
sons as pay yearly dues Of one dollar
($l.0O) each.
Honorary members shall be such
persons as shall subscribe ten dol
lars $1,000 or more annually to
the funds of the Association, and do
not desire to be active members.
ARTICLE ".
The officers Of the Association shall
be a President, Vice President, and
a Secretary and Treasurer, who shall
be members of the Board of Direc-
tors.
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