The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-11-05
Nv a. M. WHITE.

and taxes us yearly toi, Iva liza" 40
the story of the public road. How lit
tie indeed is the necessary cooper
alton accorded the commissioners
and the builders for the upkeep and
stability by the individuals living
along their road, and until this is
done. until this interest is taken by
you, you will never enjoy a prolonged
Stabilized road in your community.
The first and most important thing
to consider is "How may / drain my
land without detriment to my pubic
road, for it is just as necessary FOR
the advancement of my farm as any
one item of my improved farm equip
ment. If / let my road wash away,
my taxes will never be reduced ana
| II will cost me more in transporta-
ton of my products. l must get after
my farm hands for l believe they are
| doing more damage to my pubic
road by blowing than the legitimate
| travel, unless it is the water drain
ing. I must look after this and will
certainly watch my plOw hands mere
after for I do hate to go bumptey-
bumpety down the road for it was
such good road soon after the camp
worked it. Why! lets see! the coun-
ty is doing all it can for me; they
have built me fine, nice road, built
me bridge across that big creek
down there that used to worry me
lots during wet weather, but now
can GO to town any day in the year
regardless of weather conditions, and
these facts are certainly enough to
awaken me. And believe me- am
going to change that water out OF
the road, that l turned into it last
wear, besides that place in the road
is getting bad and I have to slow up
there every time. / am going to in
struct all my employees not, by any
means, to destroy or any ways in
lure the grass and weeds along the
edge and side of the road, for obser-
walton certainly proves to me that 1t
preserves the road, for notice
where these weeds and grasses are.
cut that it finally gets down into the
road bitches and catches all other
trash, forming series of dams which
turns the drain into the middle q
the road, and it's goodbye road.
live on the hill of course, and the
road passes right in front Of the
house. fact l consider The road
as part of my front yard. | didn't
let the county hands shape in can
tour that part of the road directly
in front of the house last year, but
am going to do so the next time they
come. In fact, ! am going to assist
them all | can, for there is a gulley
running right down the center OF the
road, caused by the drainage from
around my house. If possible l will
turn this water away from, instead
of into the road. That gulley is
sore eye to me for l am the one that
uses this part of the road the most
and of course the one that stumbles
into it the most and the worst part
Of it is, am to blame. l wish those
county hands would get here soon for
my road is getting bad and you car
bet your last dollar, l will be inter
ested. | must look after my tenant
houses as i've never done before,
must make new rules to fit these
times for l am progressive farmer,
and must use methods that are pro
gressive / am going to make one
rule especially which will lead to my
comfort as we'll as ather passers-by
When a tenant leaves my farm, he
must, just befort leaving, clean all
trash around his house, for this trash
unless moved will finally get into the
middle of the road. l shall apply |
the slogan, Move and take your
trash with you" That last tenant |
house down the road there is the big
SSSI ulcoS SOu ONCI saw Gill W |
ginning to feel that it reflects on me.
Tomorrow I'll see he cleans up and
hauls off all those tin cans and glass |
bottles that his kids have been break |
ing in the road just to hear them pop. |
That woodpile where he chops must |
be moved to the lower side of the |
road and not in the road, as it has |
been for the past ten years. The |
road must not be used any longer
as a wagon yard since the accident
Does the foregoing in parenthesis
fit you? 1t so, don't you think that !
you owe it to your neighbor to cor
rect these vital details. Let's cor
rect our part then ask the county
commissioners to correct theirs.
They can build you much better
road with your cooperation. am
glad that the new commissioner ia
vors dragging roads. He should have
told us the manner in which, and
the time of, dragging. Has he stud
led preface, face and surface of
road9 If he favors dragging | am