The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-02-26

warmer, the moon a little brighter
the grass grows little greener, and
the women bit prettier. Here is
the most prosperous and most favored
section on earth today. There is
more prosperity here than any place
| have heard or read of. You are so
prosperous, l have heard, that you
don't want anybody else in the coun-
ty. But you need some good roads
to raise the county notch higher to-
ward paradise. II we would lead the
world, IL we would occupy the posi-.
ton that we ought to, we must have
better highways"
D. w. Shofner.
Mr. Sloan then called upon D. W.
Shofner as the representative of the
Mt. Pleasant delegation. In the
course Of his remarks, he said:"We
came up here with this force tonight
because we wanted the central and
western parts Of the county to get to-
gether. Mt. Pleasant has always "a
vored good roads. favor this bond
issue Of $500, 900, and am also in IA
vor OF naming none but high class
men to spend it ii it passes when SUBJ
mitted to vote of the people. The
commissioners should be above re-
Droach. And If the matter is submit
ted to vote Of the people, l will
guarantee that the seventh district
will give it the biggest majority of any
in the county. | am in favor of good
roads because they better my bust
ness, because they bring improve
ments, better farming, better homes,
and better schools. | am in favor OF
them because they will make farm
life more agreeable and keep more
boys on the farm.
Mayor J. N. Dedman.
Street building has been the hard
est proposition l have had to tackle
since have been the chief executive
Of this city, said Mayor Dedman,
speaking on Our Streets" 1T is
the biggest item Of expense to any
1t has given me the
most concern. We have spent $780,
900 on our streets in the past ten
years and they are no better now at
the end OF that period than they were
at the beginning. The only way in
which we can get better streets is to |
pave the business district in the CEN |
trail part of the city with a permanent |
paving. Macadam won't stand the
heavy traffic that we have here, |
would advise the use Of b;tulithic for
this part of the city, and tarvia for
the residence portions. We can pave
this city if we will take advantage of
the plan that we have of the city pay
ing one-third of the expense, and the
owners on each side Of the
street the other two-thirds."
The question Of paving the city
was submitted to vote of those
present, and the motion was carried
Mr.. Dedman then made
4 motion that the body 60 on record
as favoring the issuance Of $500, 900
n bonds for building Of better roads.
This motion also prevailed unani-
nously.
Col. n. C. Weber.
Col. Weber talked very briefly on
Our Schools" In the course OF his
he said: The plant spends
Ill Of its time in giving life to its
offspring. So does the human race
'or its progeny. Universal education
q necessary for the preservation of !,
he state. The state owes it to the
child, not only to train its mind, but
also to educate its hands. Vocational
raining is becoming more popular
each year.
There is also room in our state for
private institutions. The government
g now looking toward the endow-
nent Of q military school in each
Itate. I believe that the Mcclellan
bill, which provides for such schools,
will pass at the next session Of con.
yress. We have Just consolidated
he Tennessee Military Institute with