Southern good roads . heIlnou ami the |)istrici of (nlumlna. foi the sole pur- A Boy Invents Road Drag. A Mavidsoii cDunty i X. (. ) hoy has iu\ented a Ioaddiag of suipassiiig exi-elleucc and lias put it to in\ent(U is Ivirly .Vustiii lieck. eighteen yearsold. and he li\-es ill SiUer llill township, scnimi milesfnmi Lexington. His father has been dead for manyyears and the boy has Ixcn i-eared by his W. A. Beck, a good citizen and ex-ripiisentativefrom l)a\i(lsoii The boy has taken an unusualinterest in roads f(ir se\ei-al years, lb liist limit aKing Road Dr
Southern good roads . heIlnou ami the |)istrici of (nlumlna. foi the sole pur- A Boy Invents Road Drag. A Mavidsoii cDunty i X. (. ) hoy has iu\ented a Ioaddiag of suipassiiig exi-elleucc and lias put it to in\ent(U is Ivirly .Vustiii lieck. eighteen yearsold. and he li\-es ill SiUer llill township, scnimi milesfnmi Lexington. His father has been dead for manyyears and the boy has Ixcn i-eared by his W. A. Beck, a good citizen and ex-ripiisentativefrom l)a\i(lsoii The boy has taken an unusualinterest in roads f(ir se\ei-al years, lb liist limit aKing Road Drag and used it mi the roads runningthrough his grandfathers |>laiitation. This did 11 itsuit him exactly and he went to work mi a drag thatwould ilo more than the King drau and after exiiiui-menting for many months he built the drag wliiidi henow has in use. The road through his grandfathersfarm has been made the best in his township ami thetownship road trustees an- now lia\iim bnilt se\-craldrags after his A Good Example. An Ixample A\orlhy A emtdation is that set b\(Crimes Hrothers, farmers ami millers, of Lexington. X.(. These gentlemen own a big farm north of thi cit\.touching the city limits. A slnu-t stretch of the roadthrough this farm has been macadamized hut so wellis the whole kejit that it is impossible to till. withoutvery close attention, just Avhere the nini-fool strip <imacadam ends and tlu day begins. The road formore than a mile north of the i-ity is almost , level and dry in all sorts of weather, ami thesecret of its tine conditions is the road drag. After e\--ery hard rain a team and drag goes over the road andit is theieby kept in alnnst perfect condition. in striking contrast to this road is the road just biy 1 the farm of these good citizens. One does not neid tobe told that here the dragging ceased. or wi havenow passed 0rimes Brothers farm. Ruts and holesabound and tia\-il ceases 1o be pleasure^ and becmnes a Drag on Sami Cl
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