I Davis, in his discussion of the mat
ter with several reputable citizens,
said that there was no comparison
between the two routes; everything
was in favor of crossing the river
at Epes.
“You may know that the home of
Mr. John Rogers, chairman of the
state highwa> commission. Is at
Gainesville; that he owns over 12,000
acres of land in Sumter county, and
his close relatives have l^rge land
holdings on the Greene county side
of the Tombigbee river, near Gaines
ville. This being the case, his per
i sonal interest weighing on one side
i and the public interest on the other
render him, in my opinion, unfit to
locate the highway in Greene county;
hence the appeal to you to investi
f- ite and see that the highway is
'ocated according to law, and not to
forward private interests.”
This letter was signed by W. D.
Johnston, Sr., now deceased.
HARDBOY rKUili
GREAT FLAN KM AN
AUBURN, Ala., Nov. 28,'^-lSpe
cial.)—One of the bom ends to play
on an Auburn team in many years
is Clyde Augustus Pruitt, better
known as “Hardboy,” in southern
football and collegiate circles.
Pruitt bails from Thomasville. Ala.,
Clarke county. lie received his pre
paratory training at the Pine Hill
I High school. Although the popular
j grldder has just passed his teens no
football was played at the Pine Hill
i institution during his training there |
| and those familiar with the "Hard
! boy” say that lie had not heen in
| troduced to the pigskin oval prior to |
his arrival at Auburn. He entered:
Auburn in the fall of 1917 anil served :
a year’s apprenticeship on the scrub
j team of that year.
