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Those Good Roads. Editor Progress —Considering the question of good roads of vast importance and untold benefit to the citizens of Toombs County, I wish to express my views along this line through the columns of your paper. I consider good roads one of the best assets that could be added to any county; it would bring her citizens in closer touch with each other; it would mean the saving of one-half the time to ■ the traveling public compared with the travel over bad and sandy roads. It would permit doubling the capacity of one’s load to and from market the value of which could only be estimated by the amount of travel and hauling one would do in a year. It would mean the enhancing in value of our real estate; it would lessen labor on farm animals and lessen by half the wear and tear of our vehicles, the value of which could be only estimated by the amount spent for vehicles used over bad roads. These are facts that I do not believe could truthfully be refuted, and worthy the consideration of our citizens. Through the wisdom of our former legislators they so fixed the law permitting each county in Georgia where they so desire to have their pro rata share of felony convicts to work on the public roads free of charge except for the feeding and caring for. What more could a people interested in good roads ask for? It is true each con vict necessitates to the county a certain amount of expense, that of feeding, clothing, sleeping, guard ing and something to work with, but is not the laborer worthy of his hire? No reasonable minded man could ask for cheaper labor to build our roads, and yet these expenses have to be met by our citizens in one of the two wavs, by direct taxation or the issuance of bonds. Getting good roads by convict labor may seem very ex pensive, but m my judgement it. does not cost exceeding one-half what it would to let our roads by contract to one who would have to bui'd them with hired labor, all expenses considered including con tractor’s profit. If I have been correctly inform ed by those having our public road work in hand our present force of convicts number about thirty and mules about twenty-five with an l expense of about SI,OOO 00 per j month, or on an aggregate of about $12,0000,00 a year; while at the same time our source of reve nue to meet the above expenses all told amounts to about SB,OOO a year, so it must be apparent to everyone interested in good roads that some change is absolute ly necessary. Then the question arises in our minds how can the deficit be remedied or met. The first solution to the question is by reduction of our convicts and mules to such a size force that SB,OOO per year would defray the expenses of maintainance. This would require the reducing of the present force about one-half, or practically leave us with only a repair or patch gang of convicts. The next solution to the question is the increasing our tax levy for road purposes about one-third. This increase would meet the ex pense of our present force of hands. This force of hands, lam informed, build about four miles of clayed rood per month. Double this force we would get eight miles per month, and to treble our present force of convicts we would get twelve per month or about 150 miles per year. But this increase of convicts and road work would necessarily increase our tax levy for road work about fourfold or practically $lO 00 on the thous and. Which increase can only be levied by our legislators having the present road laws so amended as to give the Ordinary or road commissioners, as the case might be, power to levy a tax sufficient to meet the expenses of such a number of convicts as are being used on our public roads. You can readily see to raise a sufficient amount of money to meet, the ex penses of a sufficient number of convicts to give us three or four hundred inib'S of clayed road in a reasonable length of time, sav two or three years, it. would require a very heavy tax levy about SB6OOO a year for about three years. This amount \v< uld meet, also oth er expen-es such as additional mules and road machinery. Why a bond 'ssue is preferable. $100,000.00 5% bonds for ten years \\ ould omount to $l5O 000.00 at the • xpiration of ten years. The 5% money is cheap compared to the pleasure and profit to be derived fr>m good roads in ten years which I have already point ed cut. At our present rates of expense $72,000.00 would defray. the expense of ninety convicts for | two years, during which they would construct 800 miles of clay ed road leaving a balance of $28,- 000 00 to buy additional mules and road equipment for two years at the end of which time we could sell off at lea3t three-fourths of our mules and road equipment without their having depreciated in value to a very great extent, this amount coming back into the treasury at the end of two years with the annual additional funds in from our present tax levy for road purposes, and the in crease of taxable property from different causes supposing our in crease in the county to amount to $400,000 00 annually placed in the treasury as a sinking fund would more than meet the bonded in debtedness together with interest at the expiration of ten years. I have endeavored in this letter to avoid writing anything that would he misleading to your readers or the citizens of Toombe County, so I respectfully submit it for their careful consideration. Trusting that something may be done to give us good roads in Toombe County in the earliest time and at the least possible ex pense if its, to pass around the hat. Respectfully, Jno. M. Meadows, M. D. Macon, Dublin & Savannah SCHEDULE. Leave Arrive No. 18 No. 20 Stations No. 19 No. 17 a. m. p. m. a. m. p. m. 700 330 • Macon 11 05 440 7 50 4 IS Jeffersonville 10 17 3 47 8 34 5 04 Dudley 9 3i 2 57 900 530 Ar Dublin Lv 905 225 905 535 Lv Dublin Ar 900 230 9 42 6 09 Rockledge 8 26 1 51 10 02 6 27 Soperton 8 09 1 34 10 40 700 Ar Vidalia Lv 735 100 Connections—At Vidalia with S. A. L. Ry. and Georgia & Florida; at Rockledge with Wadley & Mt. Vernon; at Dublin with Wrights ville and Tennille, C. of Ga.. Dublin & South western; at Macon with Southern Rv.. C. of Ua., Ga. Southern & Fla.. Macon & llirming ham and Ga. Railroad. .1. A. Strkykr, Gen. Pass. Agent. FRANK F. GODDaRD, Attorney -at-Law, Public Accountant and Auditor. Lyons, Ga. System Installed. Thorough lv Practical. No Red Tap?. Audits made for Corporations, Firms and Individuals. WE ARE IN THE Real Estate BUSINESS. Ist. For the Benefit of Lyons. 2nd. For the benefit of Toombs County, 3rd. For the benefit of ourselves If you wish to buy a nice Lot in Lyons, either to improve or for investment, call on us. If you wish to sell your house or your Lyons property, then come to see us anyhow, because Mr. wants to buy it If you wish to buy a farm in Toombs County, let us show you what we have. We have newcomers in our office every day, wishing to purchase land in Toombs County. So if you wish to sell your farm or lands, then list it with us Williams Realty Co. Toombs County Bank Bldg , | Lyons, Ga. iip\|, $8.50 TAILOR-MADE ITICIN. TROUSERS FOR 90c. Fora limited time only. In order to introduce our high grade, made to measure tailoring di rect from maker to wearer, we are offering , to eveiy man in the United States a pair of our high grade regular prie< d 18 50 tailor made trousers cut to your measure forSKlcents. Ev ery man can appreciate the convenience of having an extra pair of these sty; sh lay lor made troust s as it, is a source of much pleas ure wheth, r lor holiday, outing or evert day wear. We don’t limit you to any certain pat tern. but you can have your choi e from a select stock of the most fashionable and desir- j ible materials now being shown by the higher j •ri - ed custom tailor;, in the East. We are j . .ing this remarkable offer merely u> intro iluce our new Premier System of high grade tailoring cut to your individual measure, direct from maker to wearer, saving you trorn H to j H the cost of what you have been paying for your clothing in the past. Remember this offer is for a limited time - only. We are a reliable j concern, and mean just what we say Send stamp for samples and measurement blanks. . Ask lor our special suit offer and sample cata logue. Don’t delay. Send in at once and get the full beneht of this liberal offer. \\ rite us. The Premier Tailors, 185 E. Madison SL Chicago. 111. TllE LYONsi PROGRESS, MARCH 8 iDJI X :: ♦ March 4th, 1911 <• i > <> o <> . ► <► . ► <► «» < > o <► <. ; I Let above date remind you that deposits in our Savings Department, !; 1 > < > «I when made on or before the FIFTH of ANY month draw interest from the ]! * FIRST day thereof, and that the time to place idle money safely at interest is !! ;; When You Get It. This should appeal to Farmers who still hold a portion of ‘! 4i * * ” the 1910 cotton crop, and to others making collections at this season. :: . •; ' ’ Four k per cent, and SAFETY for your idle funds is what we offer. ;; ° ' > While we reserve the right to require 60 days’ notice as to a withdrawal, it is ;; << also true that we have never required such notice in the more than SIX ;; i » << YEARS that our Savings Department has been operative, and that our policy ;; , , of keeping a strong Cash Reserve makes a deposit in our Savings Derailment ;; :: practically available on demand. . i! :: ;; Procrastination is the thief of time. Deposit your money WHEN ;; jj YOU GET IT. Bank with us BY MAIL. ;; I Special Invitation! 5 ) M- The officers of the Uvalda Bank extend a special y invitation to their many friends and customers to y call around and inspect their new banking rooms* y The Cashier will take pleasure in going into detail and ex= g plaining their system of banking, and it matters not how small your account may be it will be appreciated, and you will be y treated courteously and made to feel at home. We cultivate the acquaintance of our customers, and want as \ far as possible to know them personally, so you can’t please us y better than to call and get acquainted, and tell us who you are, ■ where you live, what you are doing, etc. We are interested in m you, and want to know you. X J. J, MOSES, J. B. JONES, Jr., W. F. McALLISTER, P President. Vice=President. Cashier. y Oirectors. m J. J. Moses, J. B. Jones, Jr., H. B. McNatt, ■ W. P. Calhoun, W. E. Beugnot, R. C. Hogan, W. A. Peterson, J. J. McArthur, W. F. McAllister I Fire Insurance. 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