The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-26

/ iAndalusia companies and fr9El
further holding, owning, control
ing or operating in any mpaHer
| the plants and business Of fIe$e
two concerns. ~;
Building and Keeping Good H6s
Charlotte Observer Z
North Carolina is already prpat-
ing from her good roads not o9Iy
through the use OF these roads bsaf
also from the large amount of
good advertising shesis getting as
result of her ambitious road pro-
gram. The Tar Heel state IS Iead
! ing the entire south Ia the matzeE
tof good roads, and is web in 1rons
ranks of the half dozen most pro-
! gressiye states in the union IN this
matter. Down in Georgia at this
! time the legislature is swsatiEg
oYer the good roads problem. bonds:
lin an amount of S., 90 Q ,08o or
0e0, 900 being advocated hs the IsFo.
! groups in the legislature,
there are other groups who are.
holding back from the advocacy of
any road building program at Az
/ In DISCUSSING the road situation
lin Georgia, The Greenviiiss -, $.
] News remarks: Quite singa1sarSy
iGeorgia called upon F,-ank ssas
chairman OF the North oIf1a
road commission, to con- #dug1
and tell what North Garoiiua vas
! doing in the way OF building roas3s
| Georgia is better able 90 b,isssH
roads than the Tar Feel ststs sat
ishe doesn't do IT, And as q con-
sequence North Carolina is f,rging
ahead of the Empire state yea s b.
year. What. M1. Page told then1
! must have opened their al
their mouths North Carolina
ssued s5o.900;000 bonds forz Iaa6y:
/ last year and proposes to spsM
i $40 s000. 900 a year until the staae
lis thoroughly covered with q sya-
tenn of Improved highways At
present the state is spending sS2
!! 600 q day on her roads. IN 4 sss3 At
I Is pronosed to float another si5.-
900 600 bond issue and later "a
more If necessarv. North Carsaitnz
/ now has S: 900 miles of public high.
ways and viii have 8. 600 addition
al miles before the work Is COM
nteted / of)(, Of which win he hal
surfaced . sss
The Newss n1,;tas nranerlv <shs
serves that good roads are moi tn be
looked upon as an expense but
{; that they are as vital a part sc s.
state,,s economical eau1nnaent asfhaI
i looms of 81 COTTON n1in sNorEf
fcarol;na 10 oo;no r., raay bio = sts4.i..
danas sron, bsr b;g.yr.v es..sian.
in,a,, -. obeerres Tho Nowss !. E -,
caore,a viii lose if She ftlnes nns 1..ss-
/ ye,on hers. for ttlss is 4 mater
s :, in which no state can AFFORD IS te
reca1csfrant Not even S0nts
;;carolipa 3. s:s;ssst:
swell-knawn Georgia 4 fold
The Observer few iavs ago fnat
! 200. rd,ass IF the s;,a of ,f,as r1,ld.a
f,h,sid;ns nrograr mt ruar f,,.
caarg;s that N wi,, .ca,.t tai ss.s,sA
nray,s;ons for tal,n.; care ,,,tIs ,j,,es
roads after thew are built There
is an ah;ect lessons in flnis arxatfar.
! irnynef,iatelv at hand AZ sAfaansss
/ few wears 90 . snlendi ID haxd d-sisT s
face road was bniif from AtIanfa
to Roswe,l ca : distance f.ffs -
;:.uiIes 4 ,itnev line and gaisn s,earar
.r,,c,,ss s,ine for naming exnress 8 ,,d,
/ freight we're inaned iate,v estabIsh-
ed over the route. The Scuthefn
Railway company had been. npsr-
ating little branch line between
[ Atlanta and Roswell, and It lost
! so much business to the truck HE
that it abandoned all service oter
the railroad. Today the road be-
tween Atlanta end Roosevelt sSprac-
tically impossible There IS 10
truck service, no jitney service,
and no railroad service The last
I is worse than the fist.
This is matter which should
have careful consideration In N0Sth
Carolina. The expenditure Of $S0,- &
! 600 600 on the highways Of North
/ Carolina hv fhe stare and canntieS