Southern good roads . ks o\ir broken pavementand through puddles of mud, ariiving at clmrcli wetami dirty, hardly sweet natured when he enters hispew. ^ly congregation shall surely hear o[ the goodroads movement. The city of Etowah. has provided a. bond issue(! ^r^ for street iiiipro\einenl. Hill township, near Iawhnsk-ie, (3kla., has \dteda bond issue of .|;.30,000 for the building of roads. 20 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS October, 1911 Cause of Good Roads Vital to the South In a gieat religious convention held in the south afew years ago the president, in his annual address re-v
Southern good roads . ks o\ir broken pavementand through puddles of mud, ariiving at clmrcli wetami dirty, hardly sweet natured when he enters hispew. ^ly congregation shall surely hear o[ the goodroads movement. The city of Etowah. has provided a. bond issue(! ^r^ for street iiiipro\einenl. Hill township, near Iawhnsk-ie, (3kla., has \dteda bond issue of .|;.30,000 for the building of roads. 20 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS October, 1911 Cause of Good Roads Vital to the South In a gieat religious convention held in the south afew years ago the president, in his annual address re-viewing the religious activities of his denominationurged that it was incumbent uj)on the members andactive church workers of the south to aid to the utmostof their ability in securing the building of good what avail said he, will be our efforts to ad-vance the building of churclies in the smaller townsand countrv tlistricts of the south if impassable roadsfor five or six months of the vear make attendance im-. Leaning Rock, Yonahlossee Turnpike, Linville, North Carolina possible? The building of good roads as he regard-ed the subject, was a Christian duty, and among theactivities suggested by him for work for the advance-ment of religious life in the south, tlie awakening ofthe people to the importance of good roads was stress-ed as one of the essential things. No man who studiesthe matter can look up^n it in any other light. It is doubtful if there is any better influence for thebetterment of life, the advancement of every influencefor civilization. Christianity and education and thematerial upbuilding of 1hc south than that of goodroads. Transportation is the fundamental thing in allhuman affairs. We must move frrira place to place : wemust travel by rail or water or land; goods of allkinds, the product of the farm and the factory alike. must be transported. The produce of the farm is val-ueless until it reaches a market. The cheapness andfacility with which that mar
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