Southern good roads . 1)15 is a ,\ ea r of years. I aiise ol the I wo expositions lU ihe iacilic coast, and the fact that the .?!;:!() whichAmericans annually spend in louring Kiirope iiiusi mow be spent III sollle less hostile held. Dr. dolinson said thai il was a (|Uestiiiii of palriotisiii coiihl be aroused to raise .$ com[ilete a r lad through what is practically a na-tional ceiiiet er.\-. the most sacred the nationpossesses—the liatilefielils through which the Ioadshall run. lie calleil atcntion to the fact that was raised b\
Southern good roads . 1)15 is a ,\ ea r of years. I aiise ol the I wo expositions lU ihe iacilic coast, and the fact that the .?!;:!() whichAmericans annually spend in louring Kiirope iiiusi mow be spent III sollle less hostile held. Dr. dolinson said thai il was a (|Uestiiiii of palriotisiii coiihl be aroused to raise .$ com[ilete a r lad through what is practically a na-tional ceiiiet er.\-. the most sacred the nationpossesses—the liatilefielils through which the Ioadshall run. lie calleil atcntion to the fact that was raised b\ viiluntar,\ subscri])t ion foi-the Lincoln liigliwa,\\ and tliat the South rcspomledgenerously lo the call, lie could see II 1 reason why afund should not be opened to popular subsciipt ion alonce for till mpletiou of the uiiiiiiproxed line ill Vir-ginia. If this be dollc. he belieXes thai the SouthernXational llighwa,\ will be comiileted in time for thereturn tiavcl from the Iacitic Ciasl in October andXovembe].. Fine Koad in Bunromlic County, North Carolina SOUTHERN GUUU RUAUS March. 1915 Meeting of Va. Road Builders Association By GEORGE E. WRAY, Pilkinton, Va. The fourth annual meeting of the body nu-t in Rieh-moud Feb. 9 and 10. under the presidency of Mr. W. There were nearly 2.)0 meniliers present dur-ing the various sessions. After the usual preliminaries. Slv. R. C. Stearnes,state superintendent oF puljlie instruction, spoke onroad improvement in the relation to the public pointed nut tiiat France has enough first-class high-ways lo encircle tlie glolie fourteen times, while on aVirginia road the nearest and easiest way to reach theantipodes, is to go down thnuigh the mud and come outon the other side. In France a horse will draw ^i:!!!!! pounds f(U- twentymiles over a rolling Iountry while in Virginia i>ne horsedoes well to dra-w pounds on a levid i-oad. In ref-erence to the hmad highway wliich leads t 1 the school-
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