The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-11

spirit 81 road construction. rhe la
test township to mo,, j. Wfson
Mills. Its people have put ;heir hands
IN their pockets 10 baild good roads.
It : time. on the TRIP here today you
could tell when . had left clayton
township and entered Wilson Mills
township by the eharaeter 81 the
roads. In a few places IN the latter
tow ship il Was hard L" get through
Whereas in CLAYTON township Ne
could 70 as fast a. the machines weuld
carry you, the country roads being bet
ter than the streets IN Raleigh or
CLAYTON. The contrast WAS even
greater when, by mistake. Ne struck
d side road some miles from smith
field which was as 'tun" as some OF
the worst roads in Make. Ru, John
ston is alive and 1t work. The big
GOOD Roads meeting here attracted
200 people. who seemed /" u. a unit
on being determined 10 have good
roads and being willing To pay for
them. Two more big rallies have
been planned in the county ana the
people in all sections are desiring -
have a hand in the revival that Viii
put good roads all over Johnston
county. Mr.. James :. WeiIuns. who
il enc of the leading members AZ the
Executive Committee Of the North
Carolina Highway Association. is
chairman OF the forces organizing To
build good roads in his county and
has the cooperation Of the progressive
men in all parts OF the countN.
Johnston county is alive with the
putting its prosperity on the tax books,
as the following statement, made by
Mr.. +. n. Brooks here today, shows.
County Assessor II. II. Cover has
received the books from the various
township assistants and has made the
following tabulation and estimates fer
the county There was listed in 1910
for the county 47l.o71 acres al land,
and d total assessment Of S~t.thS, ga.
In l9l1, on the new system OF listing
and assessing there has been 49, y
acres of land listed and assessed at
$1O.690,9S1. From these Figures IT Wil
be observed that there is 4 gain ia
acreage listed in 1911 aver 1910 IF
1895 acres, and an increase III The
valuation Of So. 0o2. @01. Tht lands ~
the county were listed in 1910 at an
average Of S6.@21s per acre. In 1911
the assessed value per acre the county
over is $9.4S1s per acre, an i~ncroas"
Of S2.55& per acre.
"These figures are in the rough,
and while they might not be "\a'tiN
correct, Vet they are. approximately 50.
Assessor Cover has been exceedingly
diligent in look ing after the work IN
this county. as the figures above gwen
would indicate. While the system has
been an experiment this year. and
there of course could be some m
p~rovements made thereon by the next
Legislature. Vet it IL a great improve
tment over the old method Of assessing
property
The meeting here today shows tn"
united sentiment Of the people Of the
county for Good Roads and the sri'h-
did spirit of cooperation ana ar1fE
between the people Of the county aud
the town. The speeches Of Pr"sid"nt
Alexander. Of the Farmers tri"i''
Judge Avery, col. olds and the Afiter
We're intended to ~ tn" good
work. Or. Alexander spoke par
ticularlg 10 the farmers and impress
ed upon them the prime Importance
Of paving the necessary sun Tor good
roads as a GOOD investment Judge
avery contraetea the wonderful al
vance in every way in Johnston znSa
he held court here twenty YEA ago
Coz. Dlds todd Of road construction N
Europe ana pointed out the pa a.aI
way for Ncrth Carolina to construed