Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-23

ny improved Ronds md of Bu.i-
nehs Incrcnsc md Better Schools.
MISC Mildred A Towles. OF tho
Reedvil!e High School. Rockville,
Va. has been awarded tho prizo
or &loO In cash offered by tho XII
wants Clubs OF Virginia for tho beat
nssay written by Virginia high
school student in the II. s. Fire
stone National Good Roads Essay
Contest on the sutjeot. How Good
ROADS AFRO Developing My Commu-
nifty" AS tho prize was underwrit-
ten by tho Kiwan,s Club of Rich
rnond. check for the amount OF the
pii@e has been sent TO Miss Towles
Tho award In virginin-Yns made by
Waner Sheldon Rodman. OF the De-
partment OF Engineering oLthe Uni
vcrsity OF Virginia.
Second md Third Prizes.
Tho second prizo OF S25. offered
by the Bureau OF Extension OF the
University Of Virginia was won by
Miss Lorino Scarborough Mock OF the
Pungoteaguo High School of Handus.
Va The third best essay was writ
ten by Miss Eva V. Thompson, OF tho
Grecnville High School. 0recmviiIe.
Va large number Of students rep
rcsenting majority OF tho counties
of tho state submitted essays Tho
four ycarS with all expenses In any
university OF the country. valued at
$1,000. offered by II. S. Flrcstone,
has not been awarded. The three
best essays have been sent TO the
national committee OF Judges
The PriEs Essny.
Tho essay written by Miss Towlcs
10 as follows:
Tho mall truck has Just gone
rumbling by. Defying tho weather,
II arrives daily. save on tho rarcst
occasions. over our sand clay roads,
Only few years ago, in the crn of
mud roads. with post Offices nine
miles apart. there was. often during
tho winter season no overland mall
Tor four or five weeks, and none by
water for three or four month"; Now
with nine steamer malls week, two
daily overland mails and rural free
delivery. we arc In constant touch
with the outside world.
Unsurpassed In its natural re-
sources. Northumberland County, vir-
g'nia. has. until recently. been ono
OF the least developed sections Of the
Comm onwealth. with no trolley limo,
100 miles from the nearest available
railroad. Il IL entirely depende nt upon
It's highways and waterways as ar
ter'es OF commerce and intercourse.
through steamer connections, II was
commercially nearer Baltimore and
even New York than Richmond. only
sixty miles away. Its isolation
therefore. was unique. both geo
graphically and commercially.
Nino Steamers Week.
Improved roads. however. have
! tapped tho springs of our potential
!ueA Every phase OF our commu-
| nifty life has taken on new vigor.
Nine teuths OF our population being
N IN
the most marked reaction TO the
stimulus Etate road 10 Freder-
icksburg and good auxiliary roads
from far gate 10 ALI shipping points
have made IL possible for him TO
mako quick shipments at any sea-
SON and for his team or truck to
pull ten times as great a load as
formerly In half the time. thereby
lowering transportation and living
costs. With farm values. therefore,
increased 200 per cent. his sons, re-
maiiJng at home. arc engaging IN In
tensfHe agriculture. Canneries have
been established to take care Of per-
ishable products. staple products be-
ing now readily t-anspcrtable TO city
markets. To handle tho greatly In
creased output. nine steamers a week
connect our eection with Baltimore,
Washington and Crisfeld. A far ory
from tho days when our meager
Wbs buippeu Dy EdllInR Vessels
Of tho mercy of wind and tide
Good roads have brought greatly
Increased business TO my community.
Larger areas have been opened up
for shipping lumber and tisn- Saw
mfTls are kept busy preparing their
products for market Lands, former
ly uncuhivated. have been made 40
oeSsttle, thereby increasing the pro-
duottyc areas. Consequently, motor
trnfllo has assumed striking proper
tons Tho business OF our banks and
stores. as we'll Rs post Office receipts,
has Increased 500 per cent This at
tests the soundness OF local business
conditions, due to the distr fbut ton OF
wealth by means OF improved roads.
Improved highways have also
made possible consolidated schools
and central churches. Instead OF
one-room, ungraded schools. with
meager. uncertain attendance, we now
have Ave white schools, already over
flowing: two colored high schools and
several elementary schools, clamor-
Ing for enlargem Our churches.
too. have large and regular attend
anoe, emphasizing the superiority OF
motor transit over horse-draw We
hicles or OK teams. common to tho
memory OF our fathers.
Good roads are developing this
community not only commercially |
and socially as we'll A trip TO Rich
mond. which a decade ago was an
arduous three days Journey. is now
n pleasant drive OF six or seven hours. |
via fredericksburg. replete with his,
torlo memories. Closer motor con-
necttons with the outside world have
effective vast i'm provemeufa IN ljutp0