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Consolidated .
Nov. 2nd, 1911.
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VOL. XVI
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1914.
Madison County Good Roads
First, a calf wended its wayj
alonir the hillside, and, crazing
here and there, knocked the dew
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xrom ine van grass oui icm uu
hind it the broken stalks, and a
passer by, wishing to avoid the
wet and the dew, followed in its
trail, and a second and a third and
at last befora the day was done a
beaten path was formed. A horse
man came and saw the track and
followed it. It was the thoro
ughfare and traveller and horse
and stock followed it and it be
. come the public highway, pro
tected bv law and secure to man.
Through our mountains the roads
have followed the ways of the
past, and up hill and down at
slicht grade and steep, the wag
ons and the horse, the footpasser
nnd the stock have follwed the
time-worn roads that have been
rnmnlained of. but that were laid
out not by human skill or human
choice but by a wandering calf
But as" the years have passed
men have come to wonder why
we have followed the beaten
paths at so much discomfort and
at such an expense to wagon anu
Konet. Ronda that have no rea
son for being "and which ha've
been maintained at such an ex
pense and discomfort to all.
- Mn lmve to be told that dis-
fnrt is m-emeditated and that
t.imft exDended on a bad road adds
in the cost per ton of the thing
hauled. They have to see that
also life and that
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time saved is money saved. ,
It is necessary to show-that a
ton hauled over a rough road and
steep is done at the same cost of
power and at twice the cost ot
time as douoie man wciguv
good roads. So for many years
wAhave-rbeen satisfied with our
'' old roads that were fair, for a
part of the year and almost im
passable for the rest of the year.
That wagons and buggies wore
out in half the time they should
becauae of the roughness of the
- road, "And this conviction came
to us presto a change and a rapid
change, and the county starts on
nnnr era. of Droeress and ; new
- roads appear and the riches of
the county increase, and men De-
gin to wonder why they were
content to travel the old trask so
many years, following the aim
less wanderings of a preadamic
calf that' wandered over the hills
in search of provender.
Madison county is laying out a
good system of roads that are
to follow and which are not
a drag to the horse and add pleas
ure to the driver. In the last
legislature a law was passed per
mitting the county to issue bonds;
for good roods, and when this
was done half thbso bonds were
issued and the good 'work began.
With a road commission com
posed of Fowler Shelton, Guy V.
loberts, Geo. W. Wild, S. W.
Brown, and A. F. S;rinkle, the
plans were made out. Engineer
Clintr was employed to lay these
roads out, and so through the
county there have been surveyed
the routes that are to be followed.
The money was appropriated to
the different townships according
to their taxable values and in a
great n any of them the work
has been begun and a fair sys
tem has been given to us. With
a grade of 4 to 5 we can trav
el in comfort in many directions
and where it was impossible, be
fore to go with a machine. The
time is coming when wo can
travel in almost every direction
easily. .
From Marshall to Walnut, to
Mars HiU out Walnut Creek,
from Sandy Mush, down Spring
Creek, up Big Pino from the
state line at Paiut Rock to Hot
Springs, from thence to Hurrj-
cano and Walnut Gap, from Lone-
some tiap una into uaurei we
nick and shovel and dynamite
have cleared rock and hill, and
thft mad winds its way. making
eaav the task of the farmer in
marketing his products. The
state highway has been worked
and the convicts that- the state
has given us have built a road
Mint is eeod. and soon we will
have through connection with all
'the points east and west.
Not all bv any means of the
amount of bonds sold have been
nsnd and many townships have
not used them at all as yet, but
eno'ueh still remains of those
that have cone heaviest into the
road building to place the sand
uuom them which will keep them
from getting tod muddy during
the winter. Where before the
horses sweated and pulled they
nnwTpst nullincr. And where a
lot of lumber stalled in the mud
nnra TOO RAA fafimS trOttiflg at
their task. :
Owner - haDDV. teams rested
farmers satisfied,. 1 a.n d wortl
more, broad highway where one
can nass with ease another ve
Ihicle, and the county richer by
many limes the money spent on
the roads in bonds.
So Madison goes on in , pro
gress, and will grow as the years
rm?s. '
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When Road Was Just Begun Up Spring Creek,
self to the front in this question
of eood roads. When once the
citizens cf our county feels that
he needs a thing he goes after
it and gets it, and we are in a fair
way to have all that could be de
roads will bo the betterment of
our schools. ' The complaint of
many is that they cannot travel
the. roads, to school. And we
will . improve our schools if wo
hav hp.tter roads-. Good roads
onrl had schoolhouses do not go i sired
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together, and we cannot have i . it is necessary, however, that
good schools until we have good we all , wori together ior uus
roads One has its influence on great improvement and not have
fVm nthpr Wo would like to im- anv hangers back and carpers
oress this on the mind -of the because the roads are not being
.uoiAr hui t as we want is to oe. J!ivcij
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The elorv of France and the one together and pulling togetn-
. . . . ,io er. we will get a system or ronua
countries oi BiUi ope is its aui, i ... .j i . v
co rr-u Z KiU in thA that w be our pride and the
some of which were built in the i,a-w
time of Caesar, and which have cnuaren
6010 , u krrow ud and speak of us will give
come to us tnrougn a tuuu0auUo r l. - -
vears. He built groat roads for J "A V"T : :r
jeaio. no uuu p, , . VioVinr lived in the
his soldiers to pass, and these .
:u., thft neo. days of good road building.
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r u a. oiort hnt stacles to over come in our.build
not for the tread of armed host, ing of roads because of the hills
but that the great army from the and mountains. Grades have to
farm may bring to the marts as be nei,j t0 and mountain sides
easily as possible the products oi have been taken off and the gul
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these may oe marneieu us tucr , , , . . q
ly as possible and at least cost of " -"
.T- .i cf..ni, t.ft t.hA seller, is herculean but it , is beio,dope.
and t'lereforo cheaper to the We" should givo credit to those in
buyer. " v : clijirge of the work and see that
-And our county is -pushing it- they are upheld in their efforts to
lies filled, but it has been done
give us the best possible for our
money.
It is a joy now to ride toward
Mars Hi'.l toward Walnut and
our heart beats with pride where
before we traveled with discom
fort and vexation of spirit. '.
Tho rnuntv is already feeling
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the impulso-of a now hfo coming
'rora these highways which pass
ns great arteries through its cen
ters. It is necessary that these
arteries should bo large and well
built and if we have them so, the
blood of trade will course freely
through them and those from the
outside will be able to come in
and help us and from a hermit
county isolated from the tourist
and. the traveler who shuns u
because we have no way of travel,
hosts will come in to enjoy the
scenic beauty for the eye, and
our health giving air for the
weary and the sick.
It will mean that we will be
able to bring to the railroad the
milk and drive our cattle easier.
It means the . increase of land
values everywhere and we will
see.it in the near future.
We need not fear comparison
with our neighboring counties as
our B.i stem compares favorably
with'the best of them.
The old roads are a thing of
the past. The old generation has
nassed and a new one has come.
The manners of the past have
gone, the old houses have given
wav to the new. The still has
seen its last day, a new era has
come and we are awakening to
the fact and we are a part of the
new Madison that is striving to
take its place with other counties
that have awakened to the fact
that the world is moving.
- PerhaDS there is nothing that
has so changed in the last decade
as the opinion and ideas in
regard to good roads. All over
the country, north and south, the
ouestionof supreme importance
now is the improvement of the
roads. States are spending nat
ions on their highways Cougres
ses are held to talk over the best
moans to tet them. Evory place
the farmer is to the front in ad
vocacy of the idea. And down
here in Madison, we too have felt
the idea stirring, and feeling it
we have started in and we did
if. cmnrt and heavy. 30U,UUU
strong and so we go marcning ou
to erreater achievements, acbieve-
mpnts that would have stunned
our forefathers but which are to
be expected in this day and hour
And our vision reaches, out into
the future and wo see the county
threaded not with some main
highways only, but from these
tro out. the ramifications until
'every byway is a .highway and
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every home has its good road
leading to the front door macad
amized and kept, for it is the roy
al road to wealth and ease.
Patton Brothers
General Road Builders.
Perhaps to the average person
tho part the contracting engi
neers and general contractors
play in the up-building of a com
munity is not first apparent, but
we must think that a little
thought on their part will show
at once that.more than any other
bod v of men that they are respon
sible for the acquired, advantages
Urbich a town and county may
possess. The firm of Patton
Brothers was formed in kast
Tennessee some ten years ago,
and since that time they have
constructed miles of roads which
reaches the inspiring total of
more than two hundred and fifty
miles. Macadam roads, thous
ands of yards of stone and con- .
i rete walls, etc.
They were successful bidders
against well-known competitors
for the construction of twelve
miles of graded roads in Madison
County -which includes 75,000
yards of excavations and they
are making wonderful progress
however, this wonderful progress
should not be a surprise when
we take into consideration that
they have all the latest machinery
tt. mniloi-n rnn.rl inakincr. and
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that they employ from seventy
five to one hundred men and are
working forty head of horses
and mules.
The firm is "eompeseUif -
Messrs W. A. and K. S. Patton.
Their contract here .is a very
arge and difficult l one and is
under the management of Mr.
W, A, Patton, the senior mem
ber of the firm.
Thev are always found ready
and pleased to figure on any kind
of road consrtuction, and they
are equipped and prepared to bid
on work in any section of the .
country.
,Guts shown on this
page illustrates the dif'
fkult road building
Messrs. Patton Brothers
are doing in Madison
Co., near Hot Springs.
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