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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1920)
PROVIDE UPKEEP STATE HIGHWAYS Divided Into Sections And Placed in Care of Local Contractor, Atlanta, Dec. 6.—The follow ing statement in regard to main tenance of roads which are a part of the state highway system was given out today by the State Highway Department: “All road projects forming a part of the state highway system are to be taken over for mainte nance by the State Highway De partment. Whether such a project was built by a combination of county, state and federal fund, or by a county alone, or by the state alone, will make no differ ence. If it is a part of the State highway system the State High way Department will maintain it. “Twenty-six projects have been completed, and eighty miles of these have been taken over for maintenance already. The bal ance will be taken over shortly. The counties where systematic and scientific maintenance has been already commenced are Spaulding, Henry, Clayton, Wal ton, Hall, Macon, Coweta, Meri wether, Troup, Douglas, Bibb, Jackson, Wilkes. “It is the plan of the State Highway Department to make its maintenance of the state high way system of roads a model for the benefit of the counties in the maintenance of their roads. As is well known, one of the main factors in the creation of good roads is the factor of mainte nance. No matter how expen pensive construction may be, its life is greatly shortened by the lack of constant, systematic and scientific maintenance. “On sand clay roads there will be a patrolman for three to eight miles of road, depending upon the particular requirements of traffic, rainfall, topography, etc. The patrolman will be a reliable man who lives about the center of his section of road. He will be equipped with a wagon, a drag, a dump scraper, a set of double harness, and complete outfit of tools. He will furnish his own mules. His duties will consist of the following; “To drag the road after every rain, to clean out culverts and drains, to cut brush and weeds on the right-of-way; to keep ditches opened; to fill holes and washes; to replace sand and clay when necessary; to renew the whitewash on telephone poles, and other objects along the road; to repair signs, etc. “Concrete roads will be pa troled by a gang consisting of a foreman and four or five men. They will cover larger sections of road than the sand clay patro men, as they can travel and work faster. Each concrete repair outfit or maintenance crew will be equipped with a miniture con crete mixing and pouring outfit, a small automobile truck, and a complete set of tools. Thev will keep the sand clay shoulders of the road at proper grade with holes and washes filled, keep the expansion joints in good repair, fill holes with new concrete when necessary and in general keep the right-of-way dear and clean. Maintenance crews on bituminous macadam roads will be equipped with a complete outfit for mixing and pouring bituminous macadam. “State highway system roads will be easy to recognize by their general maintenance and upkeep. Telephone poles, tree trunks and sign posts along the roads will be whitewashed and renewed at fre quent intervals to keep them white. This will make a road easy to follow day or night. Em bankments and bridge approaches will be protected by guard rails which will be whitewashed. Cul verts and bridge headwalls also will be whitewashed. “Every railroad crossing, road intersection, steep grade and bridge will be designated by signs placed 300 feet distant on both approaches. The signs will be | IT The Scales I I m.lwlm Unbalanced!! I • Wm Mm ® UAL,TY m THE I I heavy end . 1 I ft ■-Our Dry Goods Cost Sale, Besides 1 ' I jL Reducing our Heavy Stock, Has Been 1 1 ftair^*\fP a Blessing to the Community. It | 1 ||h| will be Continued for a Time, and | 1 y| in Connection we will Allow i Mjif jflj HEAVY CUTS IN I \lf!J Hardware, Stoves! I Mtel Furniture, House 1 lojlfc Furnishings § Leather Goods, etc. I Jgß jEypUp j. Conditions are still imbalanced, and we lee! fortunate {$ in being able to lend a hand in balancing things up S by offering a magnificent stock at figures at prices in (;keeping with the times and within the reach of all g THE D. A. McRAE STORE, MT. VERNON, GA. I on the right of the road where they will meet the driver’s eye. Thev will be painted in red let ters on a white back ground, as they are intended for warnings. “Every road intersection will be equipped with direction signs to aid the traveler in keeping the right road. These signs will have , arrows pointing in both direc tions of the state highway and naming the principal terminal points in both directions. In ad dition to these intersection signs, the telephone poles along every 1 state highway will be stenciled with a diamond-shaped sign with 1 black letters on a white back ground. There will be a stencil sign on every fifth pole. “Systematic and scientific 1 maintenance will prolong the Ijfe of paved roads to the maximum, and will keep sand clay roads in good passable condition in all ; kinds of weather. A sand clay road if dragged after a rain soon packs very hard so that washouts are reduced to a minimum and : traffic can move right along after k a heavy rain has fallen. The 1 ' complete system of signs, desig nations and danger signals out -1 lined above should enable a traveler on a state highway to ' make good traveling time either l day or night, without any stops i to inquire his way, and with ac i cidents almost impossible if the i danger warnings are observed.” MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1920. Exchange Notice. To encourage the planting of oats in this section until further notice we will exchange bright, clean, genuine Fulghum oats for other country produce. This will enable you to acquire the best oats for this section without the actual cash and afford you mar ket for vour other produce. J. Wade & Henry A. Johnson, Mount Vernon, Ga. Mount Vernon Wood Yard W. A. GUYTON, Proprietor The Best Grades of Oak and Pine Wood, Cut to any Dimensions. Ready for the Stove or Fireplace. PROHPT DELIVERY AND FULL riEASURE See me for prices. Yards near Mt. Vernon depot Trespass Notice. Georgia—Montgomery Cunty. This is to forewarn the public against hunting, fishing, remov ing wood or timber or in any I manner trespassing on the lands i of the undersigned, and parties , violating this rule subject them-1 selves to prosecution. This the 21st day of October, 1920. W. T. McArthur, 1 j Duncan McArthur, Parks McAllister, j LOANS ON FARM LANDS. Loans on improved farm lands of Montgomery County can be placed promptly at 5 l-2c in terest. in amounts of SI,OOO and above, with the privilege of re paying part of the principal at any interest bearing periods in amounts of SIOO or mubiples thereof, thereby stopping the in-, terest on amount paid. Loans can be made for periods of 5, or 10 years to suit the borrower. Commissions charged are reason able. M. B. Calhoun, Mt. Vernon, Ga, R. E. Ward, Soperton, Ga. i Divorce Notice. Clem Cooper vs Martha J Cooper. Petition for the removal of dis abilities, in the Superior Court of Montgomery County, Ga., Feb., Term, 1921. To Mrs. Martha J. Cooper: You are herebv notified that an application has been filed in the Superior Court of said county, for the removal of ihe disabilities of’ said Clem Cooper the applicant, I the same to he heard in said court j the first Monday in Feb. 1921. That the same is based on the I petition for divorce filed against ! said applicant, Dec sth, 3919, to i the Feb. term. 1920 of said court, j This the 2nd day of Dec.. 1920.1 Clem Cooper, Applicant. I COFFINS, CASKETS, FUNERAL SUPPLIES | Wo Carry at all Times a Full | and Complete Line of Coffins, Caskets j I and Funeral Supplies, including Metallic i Lined and all Metal Caskets. FREE HEARSE SERVICE We Pay Strict Attention to All Details | SUMNER & SAMMONS j j Phone No 25. SOPERTON, GA. j TO ALL ALIKE ! We have no favorites. Whether in Fordsou ;Tractors, Ford Cars or Trucks or Supplies for Them or Service in General, all patrons are served with equal and uniform courtesy —a square deal to all. Play the game with ! us; you can get what you want when you want it. We are in business to serve you. P. *3. Me NATT Uvalda and Mt. Vernon
