The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-04-28

spell of weather and the damage! You
all know as much, and more, of the late
awful season the cotton and corn belt has
experienced better than the writer does.
Our reading tells us that there is WIDE
destruction of the cotton plants that were
above ground and that oil mills have been
wired to hold up crushing cotton seed that
the sufferers may obtain seed to replant
Nothing like this has occurred for forty
years. ea
Many of the older citizens of beat I,
will regret to learn that Mr.. Harrison
Taylor, the oldest citizen of Jackson, died
last Sunday. He was carried from his
shop one day last week to his comfortable
home, when the end came in the presence
of all his surviving children. He was 81
years of age, had pursued his avocation
in Jackson for 81 years, as mechanic;
and as a citizen, and man of quiet
turn and of generous heart, he was popular
with both old and young He was, at the
hour of his death, the Oldest citizen in that
city. hls remains were laid to rest Sun
day afternoon.
There arrived in Jackson last Friday,
a man by the name of Chas. w. Thatcher,
called the Apostle of Good Roads His
mode of conveyance was in a pretty we'll
worn road wagon drawn by two small
mules, leading a little burro tethered be-
hind the wagon. 1t is said that he has
been travelling the public roads of the
country in this manner for from to S
years past, all at his own expense. 1t
seems that he has made the study of road
building hobby, and being a very intelli-
gent gentleman, people delight to hear him
talk of his experiences, and listen with
interest to his lectures before an audience.
1t seems that Mr. Thatcher seeks to address
gatherings of young people at schools and
college mainly, in doctrinating their
minds with an interest in the subject of
good roads, and thus bring about fruits
of his labors in lecturing, some future
day 1t is said that in travelling from Me
ridian to Brandon he found the worst
roads he had yet seen in all his travels.
He seems to fully understand what it re-
quireS to make roads real good, even
with material lying along side. He adj
viSeS with road overseerS and all others
concerned on the subject of good thorough
fares. This man will certainly sow good
seed as he travels and talks. One main
thought Mr.. Thatcher is harping on is the
building of boulevard by the United
States government from the lakes on the
north to the gulf waters on the south. This
boulevard aims to be we'll made roadway
of one hundred feet width, sixty feet of it
to be for actual travel, and in the middle;
while the twenty feet on each side is to be
planted in useful nut-bearing trees-notably
the Pecan-and the whole be made smooth
and uniform the entire route. This is
certainly a grand undertaking. But the
day will come when such great con-
veniences will be demanded by the people
for econmy and comforts sake. And
be it known this is a day of big things.
Big grey hounds are blowing the sea
from shore to shore, big money is now 60
ing-when it goes at all-into big enter
prises, big rail roads are spanning the
continents; big dread-naughts for sea-hght-
ing are being launched big business estab-
lIshments are being reared to the clouds,
big exposition on tap nearly every year or
two,big canals, cutting continents in two for
the big sea going vessels to 60 through,
dAN OSAiIS5 Jug COt3 ain WIN u ONhANA
constructions and transact-ons of big types
and grand scale are fast materializing;
and the young people who fail to in
diligently catch ON to knowledge of these
big doings now as start in big movements
is iii its prime, will find themselves handi-
capped for lack of adequate knowledge
in time to cope with the onrush of all
these big things when under full swing
Study your lessons, boys, while boys, and
you will have knowledge as men when
grown.