The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-14
HAVE YE MADE
A ROAD TODAY?

"Whither have we made road
to-day?-I Samuel 27:10."
This is question asked of Da-
vid by Achish, king of Gath,
with whom David had taken re-
fugo to escape the settled pur-
pose of Saul, Israel's first king,
to STAY him.
The question propounded by
Achish is as persistent in this
twentieth century-and of far
greater Importance to humanity's
!wealth-as it was three thousand
years ago when David was lay
ing his plans for becoming the
ruler of a nation which subse-
quently under his reign became
the greatest among the world
powers.
To every community in Texas
we press home the question:
Whittier have We made road to-
day?-Houston (Texas) Post.
The ancient Empire builders of the
lands bordering the Mediterranean
knew the value of good roads, and Per-
STA and Egypt and the countries north
to the Black Sea were bound togeth-
err by laboriously built highways, over
which camels journeyed during the
old centuries in vast caravans, Then
empire passed to Greece and at last
to Rome, a metropolis that spanned
Europe with a system of roads and
made the eternal city the mistress of
the known world.
Achish's question is as pertinent
now as it was thirty centuries ago.
Putnam county has constructed
some good roads-but we need more
of them. The governor knows all
of Florida is in need of more good
roads and he feels it k :ses,..Zgt, Fol.
lowing the ex example of some of the
fatherly RIVERS of the olden time, he
has Issued call to his people to
gather in companies on Friday, Nov
enlber 21st, and give their time,
muscle and energy, under intelligent
direction, to the making of new high
ways and in mending some of the
old ways.
A special piece of work is cut out
for the Palatka people in helping
Hastings to build link of a couple
of miles, on road to shorten by
four or five miles the way from this
city to the well developed farming
district south of Hastings. R. NJ.
Burt, the Hastings hustler, was at
the last meeting of our hoard OF
trade, and with a large map stretch
ed out on the wall fully explained
the situation. The result was a
healthy contribution, and the list
with names of subscribers and work
ers can be found at the office of P.
j. Becks, and it is hoped that it NAV
be largely heightened. The ladies
OF the Hastings district plan a pic
mic dinner for the workers. Picnics
are also planned in all the districts
as the women folks are quite as
much interested in having passable
ROADS as the menfolks and accord |
lngly their militancy on that occa-
sion will take the form of provisions
Tor the inner man, the dispensing q
smiles and words of encouragement
TO the weary ones, and in the swing
ing OF banners bearing the war crv
OF Work the Roads," instead of
Votes for Women"
This is what the Hastings Journal
says about the Hastings-Palatka
road:
A project has been on foot for
some time to get road opened
from Hastings to East Palatka
on The township line bv the Rab1
renberg farm. The road can1os
IN by the Wilder and Lehigh
arms and the farmers in there
vii be- only about eight miles
from Palatka. ~ '''iie'
Both Putnam and st. Johns
counties have decided to declare
II a county road.
The proposition was taken be- D
lore lore the Palatka board of trade Y
Monday night by R. M. Burt and i,
the board was asked to make The :,
road the object of the state road !
DAY on the 21st of Novemher /
with everybody turning out and )e
putting the road through, Tho
proposition was endorsed and tho
farmers will all be asked to +,1 'r
out on that dav and nnan i VIII "