The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-26
Current Comment
The Unit System for County Roo
BY Henry Willis

BY Henry Willis
The Unit System for County Rood
work is proposed in a bill to be in
troduced in the next session OF the
Legislature january 1946) by Sen
ator Stewart Watson Of Holmes
County, so says a news item in the
Daily News of the 18th inst. Cover
nor Bailey, having been consulted,
frankly states that he likes the idea.
Under the present system each Beat
in a county has its own system, owns
its own road machinery, hires its
own crews and uses them where
and when it wishes. In practice the
result is something less than the
best possible roads for the expendi-
lures made. Under the Unit System
the County would be treated as q
unit with the result-hoped for
that through roads and feeder roads
would be worked under the direc-
ton Of a competent engineer who
would designate the roads and times
Of working. II Is certain that a COM
petent and honest Engineer would
secure better roads at less cost, using
equipment to better advantage and
with less idle time per machine and
man. Coahoma county is cited as
one that has been using the system
for some years and has secured a
splendid system Of local highways
at much lower cost than neighboring
counties have paid. The able Senator
has given a great deal of thought to
road matters and his excellent ideas
are worth attention.
Age Ind The Drivsr-on the az.
erage 16-year-olds drive autos 2,000,-
900 miles per fatal accident. 25-year-
olds drive 12,0O0,0 900 miles per fatal
accident, 48-year-olds 25,000,000 and
os-year-olds 22.o00.000. according to
the Rotarian magazine, which points
out that the youngsters who are not
learning to drive properly and will
be the adult drives Of tomorrow
should be taught right practices on
the highways. One ices adult hogs
on the roads as well as elsewhere
but the balance Of US needn't be
hogs. neither on the roads nor else
where. =.
Here is a ~ Page. Single Space
Letter from the Chairman OF the
Committee for Improved Education
for Negroes in Mississippi. 1t is adj
dressed to the Governor; the Col
lepes Trustees: the Legislators; the
Congressional Committee on Educa-
ton. To boil it down-the negro de-
mands equal educational facilities
with the whites. Since the whites
are provided with II grade schools
and every white child is transported
thereto, the negro demands that for
negroes the antiquated one room
school be supplanted by gradeo
schools with up to IL grades n the
pupils be transported thereto by
brsses. Since the white children have
3 or 9 months school, that M negro
shall have 8 or 8 months Schools
He demands that "colored teachers
no Maid the same salaries for equal
work as white teachers. Since the
State maintains training colleges to-.
white teachers, that it MAINTAIN
training colleges for colored teach,
org Since there are Agricultural
HIGH Schools for white children SO
+here must be Agricultural High
schools for negro children. Since
the State maintains a University OF
Liberal Arts for whites, it must also
maintain a Liberal Arts School for
negroes. of equal rank and facilities
Since there are no trade or PROBES
sional schools that negroes may AT
tend the lack must be corrected
srbat's enough to show the DRIFT. lg-
more it? Just wait a bit. The Urea
and Good President who has recent
" gone to his reward for more than
twelve years of careful regulation
of our affairs, appointed a Supreme
Court and was much heartened by
the sound of our cheering thereat'
Here is what the last legal resort
savs-In the state of Missouri d
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