The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-09
PITT INTERESTED
IN GOOD ROADS
Monster Meeting Held
at GreenviIIe
ADDRESSES BY EXPERTS

Among the Speakers Were Congress
man John I'll. Small, Lester e. Boy
kin. DR.. j. Hyde Pratt and Col. J..
Rryan GriInes-Speeches We're Full
If Interest and Created a Great I'm
prcssion-AlI Sections Of h County
Represented at the Meeting.
BY ANDREW JOINER.
Creenville, N. c.. Aug. 1.-There
Was held here in Greenville, the coun-
ty-seat of Pitt county, today n of
the biggest good roads meetings ever
Mold anywhere in North Carolina. Over
a thousand people, representative far
mers and professional men from all
over the county were present. whe
Mr. II. A. White, president or the
Greenville Chamber Of Commerce,
called the meeting to order at ten
o'clock. and before the session was
over the splendid and handsome audi
forum Of the Assembly Hall Of the
Administration Building Of the Teach
ers' Training School, which seats q
thousand. was completely filled. and
many later occupied the gallery.
Chairman White, after announcing
that this vas the first good roads
meeting ever held in Pitt county, and
the biggest in the South, stated that
the citizens had been called together
to hear discussed, the question of
good roads and to consider what was
the best method t adopt to secure
them.
He then introduced Congressman
Small, who he said, while a great
waterway" man, was also a great
highway man
small Makes Great Speech.
Congressman Small received an oVa-
ton when he arose, and made a splen-
did speech. He began by saying that
this is an economic era, not only in u
country but in every country Of the
world. That citizens who devOtes his
unseltsh attention to these practical
economic questions, is a benefit to his
section. and that section which busily
and C~onservatively considers and acts
upon these great practical questions is
the section that commands the atten-
ton Of the WiSeSt, while advancing the
prosperity and happiness of its inhabi-
tants.
Among the great questions is, first,
that OF education. Our people have
taken mold of this and no where more
than in Pitt, has the spirit shown by
acts, the determination of it's people.
You have voted bonds for the location
and erection of this magnificent State
Training School for Teachers, and all
over your county are splendid school
buildings, full Of bright children being
tausat by skilled and experienced
teachers.
All over North Carolina this edu-
catouai advance has been not only
marked but magnificent, and your su-
perlntendent Of education is ranked
among the leading ones of the United
States. Great ~appiause.)
Ihe second great problem to us Of
the East is that of drainage Of swamp
ana other ands. Not only to drain
lands covered with water, but to drain
lands has are not yielding a sufficient
return tor cultivation.
Mr- Small here gave a clear history
OF drainage. showing how the people
were moving forward to bring about
an intelligent system Of drainage.
me third of this group OF economic
questions was hat of the preservation
VI mat luabl asset of timber prop
euueS. This came under the head of
ne prlnclp!e known as CONSERVATISM
VI natural resources. He told Of the
great waste in cutting timber and the
"eSl means Of preventing this waste
%Ho preserving by intelligent forestry,
~ i0ture crop of timber for future
generations.
Next came the conservation Of the
4boS' valuable of all assets, the soil Of
m9 country since the real wealth and
pLoSpeTlty of all loans depend upon
we crops. He spoke Of what was be
ang oone for impoverishme of the
'' ana the prevention Of waste and
1 production of better crops.
Ahother was the proposition of the
of l 81 the land for the protection
~ me fish and the safe conduct OF
i9hihg industry. He told how to
'p1Sate fish and of the recent acts
me legislature providing a fish
a. t"L1''ttee to report its conclusions
g Inc next Legislature.
w"e next great question connected
tioa water was that Of transpOrta-
49, Tie discussed what had already
oeen done towards making not onl,
H''eans n~aNigable and keeping
tia open fer transportation. but Of
"e great inland Waterway nlan now