Southern good roads . f tlie somewhat informal campexperiences whitdi it is my purp >se to jiortray. I like to think of this road question as a is a form of symbolism, but a very ajiproiuiate limy not .ijo (piite as far as Shermans deliiiitioiiof what war is. but sometimes, when we strike the(]uestions we do run u]i against, we feel it is almostliell. if not C|uite. Ad ipting the symbolism, we areconscious that we have a v(U-y real public enemy in SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS January, 191i bad roads. To personify them, they are ainoiigst themost serious criminals at large in the st
Southern good roads . f tlie somewhat informal campexperiences whitdi it is my purp >se to jiortray. I like to think of this road question as a is a form of symbolism, but a very ajiproiuiate limy not .ijo (piite as far as Shermans deliiiitioiiof what war is. but sometimes, when we strike the(]uestions we do run u]i against, we feel it is almostliell. if not C|uite. Ad ipting the symbolism, we areconscious that we have a v(U-y real public enemy in SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS January, 191i bad roads. To personify them, they are ainoiigst themost serious criminals at large in the state what they do. They steal not only horseshoesand harness, and axle and tires. They go farther andsteal our time, our opportunities for education, for re-ligious instruction, our contentment and happiness,and all those things with whicii we are so familiar inpublic addresses about roads. These are real andvaluable things that are ftolen. from us, and worthlarge sums of money. They carry on a vast kidnap-. ClarLe , , W lult-iville IvuaJ, 3u i-eet , Tui> Suil CunstrucLlnn, Two Years Old. Shiited Roadbed in Background, Slightly Leaving Old Bed For Storm Ditch, Looking South-East ping Imsiness. Did \iiu e\er think how many familiesand young men had rnads have kidnapped from thecountry, from tlie pure, free life of the rural districtsof our states, only to throAv them into the polluted andprecarious maelstrom of city life? So we have to fight this public enemy acting througliits chief allies, water and grade, those ever-workingforces of nature; and we need all the organizationthat an armj in a serious campaign relies upon forefficiency. Wherever successful road work is goingon, such organization exists under competent direc-tion. Usually at its head stands the Council of War,to-wit: the Board of Commissioners whicli plans thegeneral campaign, determines policies, and supplies andcontrol the sinews of war. We have next the general-in-chief. the
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