Southern good roads . rmers of fien-gia wi-ve mailel>risoners. commer(\ and socially, by the inaccessi-bility- ol the farms due to bad roads. He bidieved thatgood roads would solve the problem of diversiticati inon the farms in nuikiiig it possible for truck farmingand then quick marketing of pcrishal)le products whichare now made unprotitable. 24 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS June, 1911 The Good Roads Victory in Iredell County By MR. H. P. DEATON, Editor Mooresville (N. C.) Enterprise It seems that a great iiiaii\- people of tlie state ofNorth Carolina ^\?e\?^^ somewhat surprised tliat thecomity
Southern good roads . rmers of fien-gia wi-ve mailel>risoners. commer(\ and socially, by the inaccessi-bility- ol the farms due to bad roads. He bidieved thatgood roads would solve the problem of diversiticati inon the farms in nuikiiig it possible for truck farmingand then quick marketing of pcrishal)le products whichare now made unprotitable. 24 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS June, 1911 The Good Roads Victory in Iredell County By MR. H. P. DEATON, Editor Mooresville (N. C.) Enterprise It seems that a great iiiaii\- people of tlie state ofNorth Carolina ^\?e\?^^ somewhat surprised tliat thecomity of Iredell should \(ile ujion herself bonds tothe amount of ^400,000 for road improvements, butthose who are acquainted with the pirogressive spiritof the good people of this section, know that they areever undaunted, and they entered upon the proposi-tion with a determination of throwing off the shacklesthat l)ound them to the olil Iashimcd way of travel up(nn^ hill and doAvn aiiotlici-. wearing awav their lives. state Road Near Feekskill. New York. Treated Withstandard Asphalt Road Oil and depreciating stock hy liai-d ]nills throughmud, grades and dcrp ruts. In otlirr words, the ruralcitizenship is of that progressive type who L/elieve inbeing merciful to their stoidi: and leaving a legacy totheir posterity that will be ciuluring and a^: great ablessing as when Closes led the children of Israel to thepremised land out of tin- pest-ridden land of fight was made on a plain. IVeryday business prop-osition, and the arguments put up for the road im-provements were conducted on the same plane as ytxnwould argue to a man the benefits derived Irom theInnbling and loan assoiiatioii. For instance, the total taxable i_)ropert\ jf Iredell county under the old as-sessment was more than $10,000,000. The total roadtaxes from that assessment at 28 1-:! on the $100, gaveus in round numbers .$)00. To borrow $400,000 forforty years at o per cent, would mean an outlay inint
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