The farmer and mechanic., 1912-04-23
(By EDW ARD r. BRITFON.)

(By EDWARD E. BRITrON.)
Pinehurst. y. c., April 1S.-The
wand Of q magician has touched
Moore county. 1t is Effort joined 70
Co-opera ton And from this has come
Good Roads, the moving spirit behind
these being leonard Tufts. who has Il
most able assistant in J. K. Mcqueen,
former member Of the North Carolina
Legislature. What has been accom-
plished in four Years is but little snort
of marvellous.
That is tie verdict Of many Of
the officials and citizens Of Wake
county who are here today to see
what has been done IN the Southern
part Of Moore in the making OF
good roads, and the results which
have come because Of these. They
ale here by invitation Of MI. Leon
ard Tufts. preSiden, OF the Capital
Highway Association, and all round
good roads enthusiast and good
roads maker 1t is a tribute to what
| he has accomplished in the visit OF
these men from the Capital County of
the State TO Moore county, that they
| may sit at the feet Of lioadnaker
/ Tufts ana learn lessons to be put
to use in Wake county.
! In the party that came to Pine
hurst last night-where they are
guests of Mr.. Tufts at the Holly Inn
are Chairman .. L. Johnson,
Messrs. s. S. Franklin and l. II. Linn,
| members of the Wake County Board
Of County COmn1i ssionerS; y. c. Beck
with. the county attorney: George L.
Norwood. county treasurer; Henry G..
Holding. county auditor; Henry T..
LltchfOrd. president. and Fred a.
Olds. secretary. Of the Raleigh Cham
Der OF Commerce. j. b. Pearce, presi-
dent of the Raleigh Merchants Asso-
citation, A. II. Green, former chair
man of the Board OF County Commits
SiOners: Mai. H. S. Leard of the
Seaboard Air Line; j. F.. Clark, of
the Raleigh Daily Times. and Edward
r.. BriItoH. city editor Of The New;
and Observer
The members Of the party were
given a most cordYai reception last
night by Mr.. Tufts, and early this
morning. after a walk through the
beautiful grounds of Pinehurst wen:
IN three automobiles for trip
through three townships of Moore
county. first having enjoyed a visit to
the dairy and hog enclosure at Pine
hurst. where many fine animals were
seen. The systems employed and the
arrangements Of these places were
. such as to win warm praise from the
: visitors. who were delighted to fine
, SNNA COnUItlOnS
, Then began the automobile ride
IN which the spin was of over fit,
: miles. 1t went through portions O.
I Mineral Springs. McNeilrs and Sand
) | hills townships in the southern par
!. OF Moore county. and it was entirely
!: over good roads. Not make -believ,
good roads. but the real article, an.
at no time in the ride was there .
necessity for halt. In it there wer,
nd
!, deem. the automobiles flying over tn,
: good roads Of sand and clay, some
times with topping of gravel. It wa
? revelation in good roads to all tn
= visitors.
What has been done in this sectio,
2 OF Moore county has been done il
four years, and now there are abou
I hundred and fifty miles of goo,
roads, some forty or fifty Of these be
4 ing In Mineral Springs township. il
O Whlch Is PlnehurSt Here it was tha
the good roads work in Moore count
9 began with the road from Pinehurs
70 southern Pines, and the notabl
4 thing Is that the great work has bee
done py private subscriptions Whic
6 nave ceme from the farmers in
sparsely settled country There ha
'e only recently been s1,5e0 a wear avail
able, by special tax. in Mineral Spring
township, vet with this and with th
IS private suoscrlptlons-much Of thj
20 paid IN the actual work, there ha
been built sand-clay roads that are {
IA the best. The cost of these ROAD
20 have averaged about 5000 mil
Local conditions as to material
DO and the contour Of the country. 3
we'll as labor at minimum eos
have cut the figures to the bone. Th
matter of grading has been larPe]
left te the future. as little Of this
30 needed, and the cost has been a,