Evening journal., 1912-04-24

40 IL over again. | have the best OF
good feeling for Mr.. dupont and the
road, and would do or give anything
can for him in the way of the road.
II had not thought il would be
OF immense benefit to the whole coun-
~ from'a business standpoint. | never
would have given 1-2 acres of fine
land TO the road There is no we'll
grounded protest anywhere against
the road, to my knowledge. You may
certainly quote me-"
John H. Long, who is a rural mail
carrier, started in the door of the
bank as THE EVENING JOURNAL
representative bowed himself from
Mr.. Lingo's private office, and he was
asked who he was and what we're his
opinions on the road.
"LETS HAVE THE ROAD.
ou cannot write anything too
strong to express my hope that it will
be built at once" he replied. "It is
surely the greatest development Sus-
sex county ever had for it, People will
come to see in a short while. and ap-
preciate 1t more and more People all
along my mail route are heartily in
favor of it, It will provide a channel
TO get out, and that means money to
the farmer, berry and fruit grower
property has advanced in price one
third or more because of the road.
Business people here felt the boom.
also Nobody cares what Mr.. DUPONT
puts along the road Electric lines or
railroad lines can do nothing else
but make competition and aid and
benefit everyone. Let's have that road.
and nave il soon."
G. A. Cannon who owns a maeni-
heent farm midway between Dagsboro
ana Millsboro, was experimenting the
work OF number of men i'm prspar-
ing some recently cleared land for
cultivation when the writer was
driven through half mile of his land
and talked to him about the road. Mr.
Cannon is one of those plain-spoken
men who look you straight i'm the ewes
When they talk.to one and who gives
one the hearty grip of an honest man
when he shakes hand with YOU One
remembers shaking hand with him for
an hour at least Mr.. Cannon ex-
pressed this opinion and authorized
its publication:
I want tnat road Certainly 7
want IT, I offered Mr.. dupont a ripht
of way through my farm from end 40
end and side to side. but IL doesn't 90
through me. il goes just past my land.
Why, that would be of untold advan-
tage to everybody. farmer. business
man. property owner. or laborer. 7
am sorry didn't know Of the meeting
in the Board of Trade at Wilmington
in time or I'd surely have been theca.
My will is that way. It is an out
rage to oppose lin the slightest de-
gree.
WOULD WELCOME SURVEY.
Il would have been only too glad
to have had the survey strike me
from side to side of my land and
from end TO end | would be only too
glad of a chance to give a right Of
way. / cold them that. and I am
still of the same opinion. We farm
ers have no outlet TO the markets. and
arc tied up. and / never knew of any
place that ever built up or advanced
unless there was an outlet for trade.
Il know of no well-grounded or
reasonable opposition from my view
point. Mr.. dupont has acted the part
, of an honorable. broad-minded. gem
erous gentleman throughout the
whole proceeding. He is one man out
of a million TO stand what he has
taken. No other man would have
made such a proposition. | think il
an outrage to oppose il. They wanted
to bond the State for $4,000 for
a State road some time ago. and now
when a man comes and offers to build
a road with no expense except that of
future maintenance to State OF people,
/ say let him do il. and thank God
for such a man, let him be who he
will. irrespective Of person or poll
tics"
The above statement having been
made in the presence of Isaac A. Hud-
son, a close friend # Mr.. Cannon
he was asked if he reed with the
sentiments expressed ~ certainly
do" he replied. and You can quote
me as saying just the very same
thing.
, Mr. Hudson. who. in addition to be-
ing a prosperous farmer. is a rural
mail carrier. said that all the people
on his route favored the boulevad.
DIR. GUM A CHAMPION.
Probably better known and beloved
in a section including Frankford and
all of the territory for ten miles in
each direction, than any other one
, man, and the one man among mer
here who knows Sussex county anC
who has been in the most intimate
touch with the entire population
is Doctor f. NJ. Gum, Sr., or "OlC
Doctor Gum as everybody terms
him with well-warranted affection
Or. Gum is described by one Of Frank
ford's representative men as "a broad
: minded. progressive. man-loving, up
to-the-minute sample of the old schoo
gentleman. He knows people anC
conditions from A to z, and If h,
makes a statement regarding anythin;
q whatever, no matter how trivial, Vol
can rest assured he makes it only af
ter much careful thought, and that i
is correct"
DR.. Gum, who is a strong advocat,
Of the DUPONT boulevard, said:
Men throughout the land vary il
their opinions regarding every pro
iected public measure. Some ar,
bitterly opposed to every i'm
portant public improvement. an,
some are favorable to them. But il
this instance, there is practically bu
one sentiment, one idea, one hope
in this section of Delaware, and tha
is that the DUPONT road be built "A.
speedily as is possible. There ar,
one or two cases in this section wher,
the road project is being opposed
but, my dear sir. these two cases, an,
one in particular, is from a MAJ
whose opposition to the road is in
herited. His father before him on