The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-06-02
DR.. c. Y. CLARK
MAKES REPORT OF
THE HIGHWAY MEET
HELD AT COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI,
FRIDAY, MAY 12TH-oNLY
REPRESENTATIVE.
WENT As VICE. PRESIDENT

WENT is VICE. PRESIDENT
The Route Depends Upon The
Freeing of The Pixies Between
Columbia and Franklin Of The
Toll Gates.
DR.. c. Y. Clark, vice-president of the
Jackson Military Highway Associa-
ton, is back from the big meeting of
the Jackson Military Highway Associa.
ton, which met in Columbus, Miss,
Friday, May 18th, and gives out
most interesting report Of the condi-
tons of the situation. DR.. Clark says
that the reports from the Counties
below us are splendid and that In
order to secure the route through Co
lumbia and Mt. Pleasant, that the peo-
pie of this county will have to get
busy and free the pixies between Co.
lumbia and Franklin of toll gates.
This alone will keep the route from
coming this way, thinks Mr.. Clark.
DR.. Clark's report follows:
Editor Daily Herald:
Mt. Pleasant, May Is, 1916
Knowing the interest felt in Good
Roads in this section, and believing
that all should be interested in the
Jackson Military Highway work, as we
know that to obtain this highway would
be worth more to us than another rail-
road, l am asking you to give little
space to tell about my recent trip to
what we hope was the last big meeting
Of the Jackson Military Highway AS.
ISOLATION:
| went from here as Vice-President
for Maury county of this association,
to the meeting in Columbus, Miss, on
the 18th inst, and we had separate re-
ports from every county from New Or
leans to Tennessee, and, in the main,
they we're good, but there are few
short links yet to be built before We
have one connected highway. | was
the only man there from Tennessee,
and conditions in Tennessee are the
worst Of ALL Lawrence county has
voted to issue bonds, but they have
not started on the actual building of
the road but we have great hopes that
they will have their part ready by Oc-
tober LIST, for if any county has prog
ress enough to carry bond election
by the big majority they carried their
recent election, they will not fail to
do their part all along the line. / was
happy to report that our road would
be reday from the Lawrence county
line to Columbia, but, well, from Co
lumbia to the Davidson county line is
where we may fail, and the toll gates on
this portion of the road may lose for
us and all this good country from here
to New Orleans this great project, the
Jackson Military Highway! All at the
meeting were anxious about conditions
here when reported that we had done |
everything that we could, but that we |
had had no luck so far but they said |
they had great hopes of Tennessee,
and | trust we will not disappoint
them. There is no section Of the en-
tire road, from Chicago on one wing
and Buffalo on the other, to New Or
leans that would receive more benefit
than would Tennessee, in actual dollars
and cents, and certainly none should
take more pride than his own state in
this great work to erect such monu.
ment to Old Hickory, and IL he were
on earth today, he would doubtless
say, by the Eternal, it SHALL be
built" and it should be built on the
Did Jackson Military Road, over which
he led his victorious troops after the
great victory at New Orleans, and
which he came back to later, with his
soldiers and rebuilt, and, Mr.. Editor,
t would be shame and disgrace to
his section and to Tennessee If we,
sons of Tennessee, should let this op-
pass to improve our own
section and the South, and to provide
/ great military highway in case our
nation should need it, and also to hon
Or the memory Of Andrew Jackson, and
trust our good people Of Maury and
counties will wake up at
)nce, and open the road from Column
1ia to the Davidson county line. We
IAN get through Maury county over the
Jarter's Creek pike, which is free from
oil gates, but when we strike Will
hanson county, there are gates on this
quite too, and we would all prefer u.s.
ing the present Nashville-C Columbia