The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-19
COFFEE COUNTY
VOTES TO BOND
FORGOODROADS
PENsAcoLA.MoULTRIE SCOUTS
AND THE LAKEs-To-THE-eULF
couTs CONTRIBUTED LARGELY
TO THE SUCCESS OF THE LAT
TER.
Special to The Journal

EIba, Ala, Sept. 1S.-Practically
complete unofficial returns from the
voting places of Coffee county show
that in Saturdays election good road
bonds carried by over six hundred
votes out of total of les than two
thousand cast.
The Atlanta-Andalusia Highway
Scouts and the Pensacola Chicago
Highway Scouts through their trips
through Coffee contributed largely to
the result.
Cote has for some years ranked
as one of the best Of Alabama's coun-
ties, lacking, but one thing-good
roads. Experts say that Ccffee's
roads can be made good ones as cheap
~ as any in the land, there being
abundant material at hand and drain
age and topographic conditions being
most favorable.
Some weeks ago a considerable
amount of road machinery was pur-
chased by the county commissioners,
SO that it will be only a short while
before four road crews will be at work
building permanent roads.
The bond issue authorized by the
election is one hundred thousand dol
lars. It is believed that with what
the county can spend out of current
income that a fine system of graded
hard roads can be put in.
The Pensacola Chicago Highway
has had a considerable amount of
work done on 1t, and now it will be
made into an excellent road.
SCOUTS CONGRATULATED.
The following has been sent to the
Lakes scouts in Chicago:
September 16, 1911.
"Col. Frank L. Mayes and DR.. 8. r.
Mallory Kennedy, Pensacola Chica-
go Highway Scouts, care Of Chicago
Automobile Club, Chicago, III.
"Gentlemen-Today's election in
Coffee county upon the floating of
| bonds for the purpose Of road build
| ing resulted in a majority of over
six hundred for the bonds. You know
we do not let the negroes vote in
/ only about 1,S00, so that the bonds
carried by nearly or quite two to one.
"Today's election is noteworthy. in
| that Coffee comes to the front as the
| first Pine County in Alabama to vote
for good roads bonds. Pike, which
borders upon the pine counties. did so.
but other counties in this section have
been unable to do so.
Let us say to you that we feel
that your efforts have contributed
largely to the result Of today's cleo
| ton
| Let us take this opportunity to ex-
/ press to you our gratitude for the
noble efforts you have put forth Tor
| the development OF the south; we are
peculiarly grateful since we are to
| have immediate beneficial results.
| Permit us to extend to you our
heartfelt congratulations, in that you
are more fortunate than most of those
who dream dreams" who have the
| courage to blaze new pathways, who
dare say that the old way Is not COM
| mendable on account of its antiquity
| and that new measures are not to be
damned because Of their novelty-for
you have the good fortune to see the
dreams come into almost immediate
realization; to you is given the pr1vi-
| lege Of seeing the new pathway made
highways; you see the old ways
abandoned for new and better ones
you have advanced. TO you, gentle
men, is given that rarest Of all earth
| ly gists-the Transformation from
Missionaries into developers - from
dreamers into leaders-your good seed
are yielding an immediate and album
dant harvest Of good things for your
fellow-men. For You and your work
we have the most sincere admiration
For what you have done to help us in
Coffee we are grateful.
before the new Blue Book is out,
ICofee's part of the Pensacola Chicago
highway will be in deed and In truth
a highway.
MAY your tribe increased May we
ever have on this old globe men who
dream dreams and see visions OF bet
ter things. May you and yours have
| OF the things of this world and the
one to come an abundnt portion OF
l good things.
/ Sincerely yours,
/ (Signed)
| 'F. p. RAINIER.
| M s. CARMICHAEL,
For the Coffee County, Ala, Good