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GOOD ROADS OF THE SOUTH RURAL FREE DELIVERY FACTOR Annual He port of the Director of Public Road Which Ik to Appear Soon, Will Contain Much Valuable Information The Object Lesson Method lAuiud !ur eessful li!ej ol' Public Koads In North Carolina, ol'W hlrh 1,939 Are Improved W hat Virginia is Holnjy South May Secure Aid From emigre. By W. W. Prick The annual report of the director of public roads for the hscal year ending Juue 30, 1P0(J to appear soon, will contain much valuable and interesting iuforuiatiou relating to the Southern States and to the efforts that are being made in that section to better the public high wavs iu the rural districts. No other factor has been more potent m the development of the nignways 01 me l uueu oiaies uui iHg the last few years than has been the inauguration and development of the rural free delivery system, and to this source many localities, especially in the rough mountainous sections of Viiginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, lennesee, aud other States in the piedmont section, that were mhicted with roads that were hard to travel in the summer and impassable at times in the winter, have made consider able improvement. A few years ago when the free delivery system was commenced system was commenced there were localities in the states named that made it impossible for them to receive its benehts on account or the condition of the roads, but with its development together with the encouragement that the Department of Agriculture has extended from time to time, many sections now have their roads in a fair state of improvement aud the outlook is good for more development Demit ter. OBJECT LESSON METHOD. The object lesson method, that has besn found effectual heretofore in the woik of road construction, was continued duiing the past year. A large number of object lesson roads were built. The plan pur sued by the department it that upon request of a local community an en gineer is detailed to make a prelimi nary examination for the purpose of determining what character of work is best suited to the locality, what materials are avails lie, and what the probable cost will be. In many cases he makes necessary surveys and prepares plans and estimates. Later an expert and road machinery expert are sent, and iu many cases a full complement of road-building machinery is sent out. This work has been carried on iu various sec tions of the South during the past year, and local authorities have, in many cases, been instructed in sci entilic road-mal ing. It has been one of the chief alms of the road-making bureau of the Departmeot to devise means of adapt ing and utilizing local materials, wherever found, for road-building. In a great many instances it has been found sufficient to send an en gineer to examine into the local con ditions and give advice as to what course ihotlld be pursued. Much of the work that was done during the sast year was of this character. A plan that has been found by the department to work successfully is that of employing each year sev eral graduates of reputable engineer ing schools throughout the country as civil engineer students. These students are given instruction and practical training in all brunches of highway engineering, including la borotory and field work, aud they are allowed a salary of $50 per month and field expenses for a period of one year, after which they are en titled to promotion. XO DATA AVAILABLE. There is practically no data avail able from which it can be ascertain ed how much money is being expend ed is the United States on roads, how it is being spent, and what are the reaults of such expenditure. Such work of ceiupilation and col lection is now being carried on, and reports will shortly be available for every county in the United States. . Director Logan Waller Page, of the good roads bureaa Department of Agriculture, was seen to-dy and asked what progress was being made by the Southern States in compari son with other sections. He said that according to the latest avail able figures in his office there were 49,763 miles of public road in North Carolina. Of this number 1,259 are improved roads. While there was one mile of road to every 38 inhabi tants in the State there was but one mil of improved road to every 1,504 inhabitants. Out of a total of 49, 763 miles of roads in the State, 438 j were Burfaced with sand-clay mix-J tuie, 422 with gravel 399 with stone. The total aniouut of prop erty tax was $624,330.??, and the number of people subject to the tu 161,773, the cash value of the labor tax being $734,306.45. By compar ing the total revenue with the total mileage of public road and with the population of the State it is found that the funds collected-aud expend ed for road purposes amounted to $27.30 per mile, of public road, or 71 cents per inhabitant. VIRGINIA STATISTICS. Iu Viiginia there wre 51,812 miles of public road according to latest measurements. Of this mile age 720 miles were surfaced with gravel, 755 with stone, 100 miles with shells, and 25 miles with slag, making in all 1,600 miles of im proved road. It will be seen from these figures that about 3 per ceut. of the roads are improved. By comparing the total road mileage with the area of the State, it appears that there was 1.29 miles of public road per square miles of area. A comparison of mileage with popu lation shows that there was nue mile of to every 35 inhabitants, but only one mile of improved roud to every 1,158 inhabitants. Exact figures are not available at this time showing what has been done in South Carolina, but W. L. Spoon, road expeit of the good roads bureau, went to Abbeville and Union, aud while in that section gave information and advice cdu cerning the building and maintain ing of good roads to those who ask ed for it. He also visited Marion, When the Hair Falls Then it's time to act! No time to study, to read, to experi ment ! You want to save your hair, and save it quickly, too! So make up your mind this very minute that if your hair ever comes out you will use Ayer's Hair Vigor. It makes the scalp healthy. The hair stays in. It cannot do any thing else. It's nature's way. The bait kind of a testimonial "Sold for over e-ixty yeara." A Md tT J. u. Aer Co., Lowsllc Mm. Alto m&nufkoturra of yers SARSAPAULU. PILLS. CUEMY PECTOBAL. ed for under the bill introduced by Senator Latimer, of South Carolina, ($20,000,000) still Director Page aud other officials think the South will have no trouble iu securiug help when it evidences a determination to help itself. Cheap Round Trip to New Vork On accouni of th home-coming of William Jennings Bryan, who will laDd in New York August 30th, the Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets from Greensboro to New York for $17.45. Tickets will be so'd August 28th and 29th, good to return uutil September 4th. Kockiugham nnd Lunibertou, N. C. Director Logan is enthusiastic or the prospects of good road building m the So"th and he be lieves that as soon as it becomes generally known that communities are willing to help themselves the government will do more for them hereafter than has been done hereto fore. While there is a general belief that Congress will never pass a bill I appropriating as much as tint call- Elon College Co-educational Established 1S00. Thor ough College courses leading to M A.; A. B., I'll. B. and Lit. B. degrees. Strong nnd ex penenced Faculty with highest university training. Good library, reading room, labor atories, literary societies. Excellent music, art .elocution aud business depart ments. Beautiful and healthful location, seven teen miles east of Greensboro, on Southern railway. Best moral and religious influences. Xo hazing; new students met by reception committees from young people's Christian organizations connected with th college. Good equipment. Another large new dormitory, with modern conveniences has been built this year to meet the requirements of growing patronage. Steam heating, elec tric lighting and water systems are now lieing installed in all buildings. Expenses usuallv moderate. Fall term opens September Ctli. For catalogue or further information, ad dress Emmctt L. Mofkitt, M. A., LL. I , President, F.lon College, N. C. 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