The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-02

, county when this one in Sumter al
 ready runs to the Greene county line? Or shall the commission act
 wisely and tie onto this Sumter
 county road and thus complete the
 highway from Eutaw ito Livingston
 and at the same time ill so doing
 have part of the road to Pickens county constructed. With the roao
 from Livingston to Gainesville al
 ready built. we call attention to the
 fact that the distance from Eutaw
 SN Gainesville via Clinton and M Hebron is only three miles farther
 than from Eutaw to Epes via Beli- gee.
 Served By Railroad.
 "3. The people of Boligee and vi- cinity and the people of Epes and
 vicinity are served by the A. c. $
 railroad and there Is hard road, built by Greene county leading from
 Eutaw to Boligee. Certainly il seems like the people of that section have been well cared for by Greene county. Attention Is here called to
 the fact that The Age Herald article
 stated that the 13 miles of road from
 Eutaw to Boligee are already in per
 feet shape. This has nothing to dc
 with the question in hand. The road
 referred to was built by Greene [ y and 1t was never contemplated that 1t would become a state highway, as it was not constructed the width re-
 quired by law and the highway de-
 partment. Therefore, 1t is error to say that this part of the road from
 Eutaw to Epes would not have to be
 reconstructed. It would have to be
 practically reconstructed and new grades put in.
 A. The commissioners court of Greene county at it's August term, 1917, passed and adopted a resolu- tion recommending to the state high way commission that the state trunk road No. z, to be erected through Greene county. be constructed along the Clinton-Mt. Hebron Gainesville route (and this route was designated by the act of the legislature of 1915, Page 365). When this resolution was passed Judge B. B. Barnes was pro- bate judge and ex-officio chairman of the board of county commissions CTS. and like resolutions were passed in 1920 and 1922. At the February term, 1923. the county commissioners of Greene county adopted like reso- lution, and at this time Judge A. P. Smith was probate judge and ex- officio chairman of the board of county commissioners. It will thus be seen that two administrations of the county were unanimously in fa- vor of the Eutaw-C -Clinton-M Mt Hebron Gainesville route. The commission CTS court acted on these resolutions, no doubt, because they believed 1t was to the best interest of the public, and undoubtedly they knew that a great majority of the people of Greene county favored this route. No protest of any kind has ever been presented to the Greene county com missioners in regard to their recom- mendation of the route from Eutaw via Clinton and Mt. Hebron to Gainesville, but great numbers of our citizens have urged the adoption of this route. We state as a fact that S5 per cent of the taxpayers of the county favor the route as recom- mended by the Greene county com missioners, and we base the state- ment not only on expressions from the people. but on the further fact that very large number of the tax payers have signed petitions directed to the state highway department, urging and requesting that the route as recommended by the commission CTS of Greene county be followed. County Officials Favorable.
 "5. The highway commission and its chairman have been repeatedly urged and requested to construct the road from Eutaw to Gainesville. via Clinton and Mt. Hebron Not only have the two commissioners court already referred to adopted the reso- utions as above stated. but the conn court actually filed a De- -ition with the highway department lrging and requesting the construc- ion of the road along this route. And in addition to this, citizens of he county. including the probate Judge and some of the commission ITS of the county, have appeared be-