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HIKE IT "BUSINESS
OF GOOD ROADS.”
M W. C. Clark Compares Divi¬
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dends of Good Roads With
That of Corporations.
« it, r i'||f- Busness of Good Roads
fj is the business cities of and each county individual to
| 0 f f ) towns, roads, and from the ex
havs good people the state,
preision of the over
i of good roads. That
they are in favor
| Ijp g true, what is the best and
, pes t plan to secure them. What
I (1 stockholders of manufac¬
w fid the a
turing plant or railroad do, that had
Laid l into its business for many years,
rioney and labor, with little or no re¬
turns of profit to its stockholders; the
work that had been done was of such
a temporary character it was neces
I sary every' year or two, to do the
same work over, thereby loosing or
wasting money and labor. After this
I I trying experience it was seen that by
the use of more money to build a sub
[stantial I plant or plant road would bed, the be main- nomi
jnal, tenance of the
and the profits would be doubled
lir more, would the stockholders hesi
Itate I to vote the authority to the di
rectors to raise the funds necessary to
■make these improvements by a bond
I issue? No, they would be too anxious
■to receive the liberal dividends on
Itheir investment. Why not apply the
■same rule to The Business of Good
■Roads. Who are the stockholders of
Newton county? Her citizens. Have
[they secured satisfactory returns from
Ihe labor and money expended on
(their roads? If the majority of tiie
litizens want good roads, why not
look at it as any other business prop¬
osition that would be undertaken for
■lie profits it would yield its stoek
jnoney poklers? If the county hasen’t the
to do the work in the substan¬
tial manner required, its stockholders
Vvn property wherewith to back the
Investment. The county commission¬
ers are the directors. Vote them the
|ng Authority to raise the money- by issu
bonds, and place The Business of
pood . Roads ...... on “ a dividend v.i » luv/uu paying paj
fasis. pill be Build credit roads and bridges that
a „ v..w tu to w the uuc county, uuuuuy, and anu it it
nil he a stimulus to every enterprise
fim individual interested in the coun
I
1 his work should he laid out by-
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CORNER STONE
WILL BE LAID.
Impressive Services Will Mark The
Placing of the Stone on July
19th, at 5 O’clock.
The corner stone of the First Bap¬
tist church will be laid with impres¬
sive ceremonies at 5 o’clock Monday
afternoon, July 19, and will mark an
era in the work of the Baptists of this
city, in that it shows the rapidity- and
alertness of the members of this
church in putting forth their time and
means in doing the work they had
planned out for themselves in the
building of the handsomest church
building in the city.
Work was commenced on it several
weeks ago and has been pushed along
as rapidly as possible, considering the
inclement weather we have been hav¬
ing and that they are ready- to place
the corner stone is a source of con¬
gratulation by their many friends.
Dr. J. M. Brittain, who was pastor
of the church at the time the old
house of worship was built will be
present at these services and will
gladden the hearts of many of his old
friends and comrades by being among
them on that day.
NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION.
A Bill will be introduced at the
present term of the legislators to
authorize Newton County to issue
$100,000.00 bonds for Road pur¬
poses. Also to create a bond com¬
mission.
competent civil engineer in sections,
and done to a large extent by the
citizens of the county. If Newton
county does not make these needed
improvements now, the time will
come when she will be forced to
them to keep her trade. Don’t
to be forced to do such work.
Newton county can not afford to
her sister counties lead her in this
business of Good Roads, take the lead
and stay there, and reap the
of business, patronage and progress.
W. C. CLARK.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, JULY IJ, 1909.
MASS MEETING TO
BE HELD AUGUST 18
All Citizens of County Requested
to Come and Discuss Question
of Getting Good Roads.
A meeting composed of committees
from the Farmers Union, County Com¬
missioners, City Council and citizens
was held in the offices of Mr. N. S.
Turner Saturday- afternoon, the object
being to discuss methods and ways
for securing for Newton county thor
oughly good and modem roads. Be¬
lieving that it is possible and highly
probable that some meaure will in the
near future be made to build roads and
knowing that the people of the county
wantthem these committees discussed
plans and details for presenting both
sides of the road question to the peo¬
ple of the county in a practical and
safe manner and to give them the best
information along this vital subject.
These gentlemen composing these
committees formed themselves into a
Good Roads club and after a number
of suggestions from the different ones
decided to hold a big roads conven¬
tion and rally in this city on August
18th, and to have at this meeting
speakers well posted on plans for
building roads, the cost, maintenance,
and the best method of securing them.
A committee composed of Messrs. L.
W. Jarman, G. Q. Livingston and
John H. Echols was appointed to pre¬
pare the program for the day and to
make every effort possible to make
the day one of entertainment and
profit to all who attend.
They were instructed to ask Hon.
L. F. Livingston to be present and to
act as Master of Ceremonies for the
occasion. Mr. Livingston is well
posted as to the advantage of good
roads and with his timely suggestions
as to the way to go after it it goes
without saying that he can tell the
people of this county and his home
district how to get them. Also at this
meeting Hon. Fred L. White, presi¬
dent of the Georgia Good Roads club,
will be invited to make a speech and
give us some information about the
problem. A number of short talks by
different men of the county- will fol¬
low and they will all be full of good,
sound argument on the most impor¬
tant question now before the people of
the county and state. It is a known
fact that where you find good roads
you find good people and land values
up to the highest, and where condi¬
tions are reversed you get the opposite
results. This is reasonable and the
thing we people of Newton county
should do is to get good roads as
speedily as possible and with the
results, both financially- and from the
standpoint of permanent
ments.
A number of the details of the
gram are not at present in shape
publication, but just as soon as
committee settles on the
for the day The News will present
to our readers, and we are
to urge every- citizen in the county
begin making preparations to
that day in Covington and lend
effort and influence in formulating the
best plan to proched with in order
that the ultimate end will be better
and more permanent roads than ever
before in this county as well as the
state.
The fact that the Farmers Union,
the county- officials, the city adminis
effort to get the roads is one of the
strongest testimonials poeaibie
the people ol the county generally are
aroused as to their interest, and de
termined in’the’road to leave no stone unturned
beds of the county.
The object of this meeting is not to
build one stretch of roads as some
SStat to°Su h S*
e
the county up to the standard, with¬
out discrimination of any section or
road. __
Automobiles and Good Roads.
,
If the automobile craze n nigs got*
roads to this county it wi ia ' £ ‘ ‘ l
complished a great goo . a e\\ 1
ago a gentlemen remar e m
hearing that some peop e v °
posed good roads were ma mg an c
fort to create the impression ia
the move for good roads was to hi 4
the automobile owners and not for
tho farmers. Of course this is all
teash. for if the roads are built the
just a. 3 machines. .. rrv... The
owners with their
farmer will really be benefited more
than any one else, because it
will make the country a more attrac¬
tive place of residence and will in-
FOURTH OF JULY
AT OAK HILL
Fifteen Hundred People Mentally
Feasted and Royally Enter¬
tained as Usual.
The Fourth of July at Oak Hill is
one of the great days and events in
Newton county every year, and that
of 1909 fell behind its predecessors
only in attendance, the fall off being
occasioned by the usual pressure on
the farmers in contending with the
abundance of grass in their fields at
that time. The crowd present was es¬
timated at about 1,500 people.
The Oak Hill celebration is a double
barrelled one, consisting of Sunday
school and civic ceremonies, which
gives variety and popularity to the
occasion and draws the multitudes to¬
gether. It promotes the religious
feelings of the people and inspires
the patriotic sentiment of the crowds.
The exercises were held on Satur¬
day, the 3rd, as the glorious Fourth
fell this time on Sunday , and consisted
of Sunday school songs, recitations,
etc., and public addresses on religious
and patriotic themes. The large crowd
was well entertained from the begin¬
ning to the end.
About 10 o’clock Chairman King
called the assembly to order, and
after an opening song, Rev. McDill,
Presby-terian, offered the invocation,
which was followed by the address of
welcome by Prof. J. O. Martin. The
response was by Rev. Hemphill, of
Bethany church. The Sunday schools
of the association then each gave a
song or recitation to the delight of the
audience. The “Jonah” song of the
little children of Prospect school was
much enjoyed.
At 11 o’clock Chairman King intro¬
duced Hon. Murphy Candler, of De¬
catur, who delivered the Sunday
school address in his usual able man¬
ner, and to the entertainment of the
large audience. Mr. Candler magnified
t.hja importance of the Sunday- school
as a conservitor of the public weal,
and earnestly urged the maintenance
of this sacred institution among the
people. Mr. Candler is looked upon
as one of the coming men of Georgia,
and his name has already been men¬
tioned in connection with guberna¬
torial honors. He increased the num¬
ber of his friends by his visit to Oak
Hill.
The dinner followed at about 12
o’clock, and was ample and elegant,
the different ladies seeming to try to
out do one another in providing things
tempting and palatable to a hungry
man. The large multitude was easily
fed and there was food left over for
those who did not appear.
About two o’clock the audience
again asembled in the spacious taber¬
nacle for the Fourth of July exer¬
cises. During the recess the Conyers
Cornet band came on the scene in full
dress uniform and instruments in hand
to regale the assembly. The young
men of the band gave good music,
which was much appreciated. The
presence of the Conyers band added
much to the interest and exercises of
the day.
The speaker for the afternoon was
Col. Jack Nolan, of McDonough, who
delivered an oration that was replete
with interest and that held the crowd
to the end. He spoke of our past as a
| section of the great union of states,
j our present position as the solid south,
impassioned manner and elegant
Nolan maintained his reputation „°t as
1 one ot the best Fourth ot July speak
ers ln the lah ^ t »« the, ‘ . mtr °
duced, who spoke briefly, but in
!-»»vely on public questtons, among
them those of education and the Sun
i «*ool. Prof. Martin is .popular
gentleman and educator and stands
well up wherever known.
To the great regret of the people,
Congressman Livingston was not
present. Duties at Washington and
the heated term prevented his atten
dance. For the third time in twenty -
four y ears f ie was absent from home
at the annual celebration. A resolu
tion of regret was adopted by the as
sembly at the exereises at his absence,
The day closed with music by the
band and the people departed
^ their homes, having had a day of
una jj Q y e( j pi ea8ure
_
crease land values fully 50 per cent.
av-ainst against the the man man who who owns owns the the auto auto
to keep them from voting bonds for
good roads, which, as it is stated
above, will help the man in the coun¬
try more than it will the man in the
town.—Oordele Ramble.
FARMERS UNION
ENDORSES BONDS.
At Meeting Saturday Resolutions
Were Adopted Co-Operating
With Road Movement.
The Newton county division of the
Farmers’ Union held their regular
monthly meeting at the court house
here Saturday and one of the most
important things to come up before
that body- was the discussion of good
roads throughout the county. During
• Resolutions of Newton County ^
Farmers’ Union.
Whereas, There is at present
a movement on foot in this
county for Good Roads, and
Whereas, We believe that a
bond issue would supply- money
to give us Good Roads,
^ Rfsolved, That weareheart
s ily in favor of this movement if
• the whole plan of issuing bonds
k and spending money is wisely
6 carried out in a business like
• way.
ig " G. Q. Livingston, Pres.
R. P. Boyd, Sec.
the session a resolution was adopted
endorsing a bond issue and assuring
co-operation with the county officials
in their effort to give the people thor¬
oughly modern roads.
This action by the Lhiion is a com¬
mendable one and should receive the
thanks of every- citizen of the county.
That they are willing to lend their
services and effort in this much
needed enterprise shows that they
have the interest of all our people at
heart and mean to help them in any r
way they can.
A committee was appointed at this
meeting to act in conjunction with
committees from the county commis¬
sioners, city council and citizens gen¬
erally- in investigating every phase of
road work and the best means of se¬
curing them, and they are taking a
good strong hold of the situation with
the determination to put the roads
through.
The unions from all sections of the
county are requested to attend the big
Good Roads Rally and convention to
be held in this city on the eighteenth
of August, at which time a number of
speakers will present the road work in
all its details.
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STATE SHOULD HAVE
MODEL ROADS
Government Engineer Delivers
Address Before the House
Committee.
“Georgia has natural advantages
that should give her as good roads as
any other state in the union , ... To
obtain the best results, an appropria¬
tion from the state is necessary.”
This, in a nutshell, might be taken
to'show the trend of address of Chas.
H. Hoyt, chief government engineer
of public roads, delivered Thursday
afternoon before the members of the
house committee on roads and
bridges.
Mr. Hoyt’s talk was essentially
practical, and his suggestions for the
betterment of Georgia roads were
prompted by a deep apparent interest
and backed by the expert judgment of
one who is probably the best informed
road expert in the country.
The speaker called attention to the
vast estimated loss to the farmers of
the Lhiited States through the in¬
fluence of poor roads. “It is estima¬
ted at $325,000,000 annually,” said he
“and it is safe to say Georgia’s part of
this sum is well over the half million
mark.”
Regarding a remedy for this condi¬
tion in Georgia, Hoyt called at¬
tention to the*5g na u stupidity shown
in laying roads.” He declared
that in many instances roads
are deliberately^ laid out on a level
which they speedily form “a natural
ditch by which many acres are drain¬
ed.”
Mr. Hoyt said that sand-clay roads
are eminently practicable for Georgia,
where they can be constructed at a
less cost than macadam or gravel
roads in other sections.
“And these roads,” said he, when
properly built, are second to none on
earth.”
Mr. Hoyt strongly recommended
annual appropriations from the state
and the securing of expert supervi¬
sion, without which, he said, much
work would inevitably be thrown
away. His talk appeared to make a
impression upon the legislators.
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