fegSiaMSi OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
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MARION, N. G, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1911. -
VOL. XV NO. 41.
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GOOD ROADS AND THE
CENTRAL HIGHWAY
Not An Automobile Road:farm-
ers W i I 1 Get ; M ost; Ben efits
mornings.
; Heretofore : when good roads
Have been proposed the cry has
gone up-: in - opposition to "bonds
for our children to have to pay.1'
Then again by the same people,
' ; ' : from Good Roadsr Sk Jv : - same people,
H A- ':-il;:broken up. Jby.taxes if we
.It is said by a few-that; the Cen- should buildgobd roads, (and some
tral 'Highway is. tolbe an automo- of the wealthiest men in the coun-
to town, to t church, or wherever
they go1, and that the farmer does
not as much need good roads and a
mpdless-roadbed to haul his pro
ducts over as any millionaire in his
automobile traveling "with his wife
and daughters for pleasure.
i . I want it understood, too, thatl,
and thosft of ns in th? cnn nt.tr tcnn
bile rod. i This is not so. It is ty whose DrdDertv. ia not on thn I ar torlrinrr f Vi a rnfi u:k
true some automobUes " will, of tax books far above one-tenth 'of way, are Hot only anxious to see
tsoUrse, pass oyer it after it is its real value talking this way), that road built, but stand readv at
built, which is the. case oh every Then the excuse, .by the same few, any time to advocate and work just
good road m the landrand on; the as leaders; that the mules and hors- as hard for any other main road
Toads we al ready hay e here, f or es scare 'at the "automobiles." through any other portion of the
that . matter qut for every one I his used as an argument against county:
twner q ah automobile who is in- good roads, as if the people, tKous- McDowell county is as good as
verestea m uiis uiguway acous: nuus auu tuuusauus or people, mi tsuncomoe or Mecklenburg or an
Bnd men who do not own one, are McJLJqwell pr any.' other, county other cbunty when we make for
interested and "enthusiastic for it. should stop building good roads ourselves good roads which has
It was not automobile people tor themselves because a few, a made these counties what they are.
who first proposed the proect and half dozens people, spin about in I appeal to every man in each
who passed ttje act or tne ueneral auiomoDiies, wnich the farmers neighborhood - through which it
Assembly chartering this road. It have to meet anyhow as it is in may pass to help on with all his
is nof automobile people who are practically every section-of the might-this great Central Highway
'Working for this highway. I am couhtry unless it be a "roadless" which would go so far toward mak
the trustee for McDowell county section indeed. ! .. ing of our community which God
tappointed by the : Legislatu re up- After opposing both bonds and intended it to be one of the rawt
.'Dn the suggestion of our Represen- taxes, now they (but thank God attractive garden spots, for all
lative or our Senator) and a mem- there seems to be but few of these) purposes and all classes, on the
ber of the Central Committee (of say they're opposed to contribut- earth. W. T. Moroan,
visix) for the highway as a whole. I ing time and labor of themselves Trustee for McDowell Co.
town no automobile, and want none, and teams; opposed to bonds, op-
!They do not appeal to fne. ; posed' to taxes for roads, and op- Resolution, In Regard To Working
Senator P. H. Mashburn,.of the posed to voluntary labor, and still The Central Highway.
pubHcan party, ho in the Stete the last one of them claim they 're At the reeular mectirig 0f the
BenaK they 0f Coanty Commissioners
1ng the bill providing for this high- expect Carnegie to come down here week the following resolu
way, has' norautom tioh was adopted:
YViison, ot tne uemocratiC; party, :.;u uu,wiu..ywr,ui auytuiu "Whereas, the trustees of the
Representative from McDowell which be is unwilling to turn his QTfL Highway, a highway
Avhen this bill was passed, is a far- hand to try to effect. He may try Anthnrir hv thft (npml Am.
ner, and a whole-souled and intel- to make himself think he is, and bJy requested that
Iigent onp, and ne owns mo auto- tu ioui uuiers, uut uy lueir each 0f thecounties through which
mobile. Were these good- men iruiis ye suau kdow inem now thi3 highway, passes shall designato
, elected by a few automobile own- just as m oiaen times.. , July 4th as Good Roads Day, and
iBrs.? Is there a man in the coun- ' "If the automobile people use the weok beginning "July 5th as
ty who would for one moment dare the roads let them build them," we Q6od Roads Week to bo used in
to think that these men did not have heard it said. They use every stimulating interest and enthusiasm
mean to serve the best interests of road in the country that's fit for in the Central Highway and in the
Ihe farmers and masses of the peo- travel, of course. And they, as,a actual construction of the highway;
fcta by their approval of this bill rule, go where you will to look in- and as it is a well-known fact that
after they had heard it discussed to it, pay mOre than their propor- the people of Jowa built by con
fend knew what its purpose was? tion of the taxes for roads, schools certed actjon a highway across
I draw my living as .a lawyer, and all other purposes, in propor- that State in one day; and thaj. the
mainly, from the v farmers' and tion to the use they make of tjie State of Tennessee is contemplat-
masses ot. tne peopie-rtne. ciass io ruaus. , uuu. tuo uiuab insula ing tne construction oi a mguway
ACCIDENT AT HANKINS
Young Gaither Hemphill Killed by
a Falling Tree Other
Local Happenings.
..
.Hankins, Juno 12, Gaither
Hemphill, a grandson of James C.
Hemphill, was killed Instantly on
last Friday morniDgnar Htnkios.
The boy was 12 years of agcu
was out hunting with his grand
father when the accident occurred.
Mr. Hf raphill cut it tree down for
a squirrel and the boy ran under-
neatn .tnc lauing tree: no was
PEOPLE'S FORUM.
Advocates County Booklet
2je To Editor Pwxjrcxs:
n hue I am in favor of good
roads in McDowell county and
Western North Carolina and knot,
that good roads' U ono of the best
assets any coanty can haro, jet it
struck bv a limb and his skull must 1x5 remembered thifit Ukcs
prushed in, dying instantly. The m0D( 10 bai!d lots of
remains were taken to Nebo where iL Don 1 oa that it would
interment was made Saturday. Mfc tho town and coanty alitUa
James Barnes returned home last ra6rolf.do a ,lUlc ertisicff
week from AtlanU,' GaM and is sucn " issuing a coanty bookht
very low with typhoid fever. describing the lay of tho lands.
Miss Ardon Burnett, wh'o his the products, cattle, horses, nnk
uuder treatment at Grace Hospitil sheep and bogs, with cut of soma
of Morgnnton for some time, h n fiWi.K4. .
returned homo but is still ia poor ! T ,'na Iic.d fra.e of
henlth. . I ,auus DOW JQ cuiurawon
Mrs. J. Y. Finlcyof Marion was I Coff estimates of what West-
the guest of Mrs. J. C. Burnett, cr orth Carolina lands can now
Sunday. bo purchased at and Ullinir all about
IL D. IWnrs, tells us ho killed a th tMim
large serpent on Ball mountain re- ..r. i t
cently. Tho snake measured 7 feet - WUU fiCU ia
and weighed Ci pounds. would 0051 !rv tX.OO to
A yard of lumber on niife cast Psr thousand and there lx
of Hankins belonging to th Drexel not a farmer in McDowell coanty
Furniture company wn destroyed who would not williozly give from
, Ia.st ounaay. i suppom 50c 510 lo mske up the neces
sary amount for this purros, I
that the lumber caught fire from a
pile of burning saw duu near b.v.
' Thomas Gowanmf Garden City
was a visitor here Sunday.
Born, U Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Morgan, J mm 9, a son.
have received letter from Maico
to California asking about different
bi.productaof Western North Csro
Una, A letter just received f rosi
Tho farmers of this section will a. party in Haxic, Kanua, reads as
begin to reap their harvest the follows:
latter pari of this week.
Grady Craig, who has been in
Little Rock,. Ark. for the past
year, is with homefolks here.
. Hcsrcnii.
Which I belong by birth and by highway for automobilists in the
o-rfttitude for ; country more than ten times as
w uxu&u, zra .- , ,
their confidence and patronage I many wagons and vehicles travel
would do anything in my power to the road as do automobiles. These
help them, and! under no circum- nine-tenths are mostly farmers. In
Stances would I knowingly turn McDowell county the farmers pay
upon the "hand that feeds me" and approximately one-fourth of the
betray their interests. I have not taxes spent on roads. The people
one cent to gain, not one single in the.: towvns, the corporatioiis,
day's salar v. (there is no pay in the railroads; etc.,' pay the other three-
position, not even expenses) by fourtns. Jtfor every aonar in roaa
Working for this highway. I want tax that the farmers of the county
It to come this vway oecause Irbe; pay into the road funds two dollars
iieve it means so muchloour ec- is : collected . out of the railroads
tion and to the f armerswho, ; as I and other corporations in McDow
see it, would get far more benefits ell county for the same purpose,
fromit than any other class if our Had we thought seriously of that?
citizenship. The ordinary business ' . The idea that only automobile
man living in a country town like people want good roads I have no
ours who does not keep constantly patience; with J. I say the farmer,
before his eyes, arid coupled with who drives his oxen, ! mules, hors
his efforts, the welfare of the far- es,! wagons, or buggies, needs, and
mers of his section is of little ben- hs as much entitled to good roads
efit to his town or his - country, no the best of roads as the richest
matter how much money," as a sort automobile owner in the land. It
of human parasite, he may be able is the farmer who'is the .lord , of
to make, nor how much empty land? He owns his home and lands
fame he may gairil' ; arJvTr': around him; has his year's proyis
As a furmoA1 eri t irnAta what ions laid up, and more growing
:it means to not have a good; road upon his fields Every -farmer,
' ''. - ii "i. j-i tii':i?K I inflmnHnri '-';triat". the 5 farmer's-
new ground" to the curing of the wife and daughters are not as gooa
Bridgewater News.
Bridge watr, Jane 12. Mr. aod Mrm.
A. P. Hunter spent Sau3T nexr MArioa t rrIVn t -7?T. .7 t J 'L " 1
, v. ii represent at least two daren fam
lues who wish to mske a chsnrc
They will bo influenced largely by
McDowell Realty Co.,
Marion, N. (X
Thank you for your letter. I
am decidedly interested. Wbatdo
horses average in price and weight
with you! Arc your cattle mostly,
scrubs, or have you a good quality
of cattle and stock? Arc your.
hogn razor-btcks or well bred opt
from Bristol to Nashville in one
day. r :
" We, the" Board of County Com
missioners of McDowell county, in
regular session, June 5th, 1911, do
herewith declare July 4th, 1911,
Good Roads Day for McDowell
county, the object of which shall
be to stimulate interest and enthus
iasm in the construction of theJ
portion of the , Central Highway
that passes . through this county.
We request that good roads meet-
with their son, F. K. Ilaater.
Mrs, J. O. Luck nndtUughter. Annie,
T 1 . . M
.k.v xr. 'i xT xr r- tJ.A? report of the country Hook
""j"" . orer. I want to spend a year In
laat weeM. . , . a country to try tho climate as to
Miss Mabel heKU . hwlthfuKcss. etc What amount
;v tK ; tlia criorinfr ; nf ' the as anybody living ana as mucn en-
WrS MwJijAvrnYr l titled to cood roads to drive over
, tffi?li(ajt5ornf tc
P. Honter. f.
Rev. O. IL Wearer, of Ntba wlU
preach at the Bptlt church htrrd the
third Sunday at 11 o'clock. . Ho will
hold eervloca here ftgiJarly ervrj third
Sunday.
Ur. D. Monroe,' who baa born p&itor
here at tho Presbyterian church for the
pat four yearn, naa accepted a call to a
i church near SalUbnrr. , We regret rtry
much to gire him np. Thli learea onr
church withont a pastor-
"Born, to Mr. and Mia. 8. M. Gibnon,
a son last Toeeday, the 6th.
Oar yonng people here went on a
fishing party down the rUer Teral
yor county? It takes $2000 or
more here." ,
a Don't you think that the people
of Marion and McDowell county
ought to do something as a whob
Ui btw id vertigo what we have
to offer. (It paid the little boy to
adrcrtise; it will pay ca.)
SfEscianni,
In Memoriam,
Reaolntion adopt! by ML Ida Lodxt
No, 5a, K. cf P.Cartle Hall.
Whrreaj It haa pleaded the Ssprrs-a
ngsfshall DO held in evcry town frora Bridgewater Thursday. I mldit D. K. Loooa. and caU hia fra
There waa much nahlnx and more loach I labor on earth to rtfmhisest la rralnia
eating, bat no fiih canght (just aa we abore cot ftihlnced wtta hasd, eternal
expected and "I told yon to") but they I la the heaTtn;
all h a moot enjoyablo day and after I Therefore rcaolred thai la the death
returning to :Bridgewtter, and to the! of Brother Loaoa a leadiar dtlxru-
Rye field ipxing .for a rest, they all gtctlenoaa and aa exemplary K. cf P.
eeemed anxious to try their tjalcr I haa departed. Ia the psjainc of Brctbtr
lnrk" aitn In the near fa tore.-" Tboae Lcaoa w lam one cf tiie ooit fAlthfal
v. n ir. meiabera UxaS the LoSice a erer pa.
roan laie, .iiauye, ixceua ana Xtoraa eUaoe. asd he mrrrr femt hi cbiirm-
Ballew. Myrtle and Florence Hemphill, I tioaa cor allowru hie latere la the
SAdreScahL and JoHa Bait: Mecsra. I fraternity to waze.
aloncr the Central Highway, at
which there. shall be addresses on
subjects pertinent to good roads.
"We4 further declare that tho
week beginning July5th shall bo
known as Good Roads Week, dur-
ins which time we earnestlr re-
quest and urge all those who are
interested in the construction of
the Central Highway ,fo donate
their services for the week, or an
amount of money equal to the. val
ue of their time to bo used during
this week in constructing the coun
ty's portion of the Central High-way.-
, , '..,. ...
"We: herewith appoint the fol
lowing 'men to have supervision of
the work" on that portion of the
Central Highway allotted to them.
; v vvV , ;- H, Ai TATE,
. Ch'm. Bd. Col Corns.71
Abner, Ben aad Robert Bealj, chaper- t Farther reeol red. that la raettcry cf.
brand., " . period of 55 daya after the a4ortiaa cf
we are especially gia4 to hare Dr IL I thee rceomuoaa.
Moaser, of Hickory, with ca .thia ram
mer And. hope him all encoeea la hU
tiraclicw and trust he will like onr ecm-
manity here to much tht he will locate
hr permanently after compleUng hia
mediou cooree -next fprinje.
tThe Grst watermelons for tho
season were received hero during
tho week.
Farther reeolTtd. tht thU k!re tra
der 1 U drpet tyxapathy to the rarrlr-
n wire ana xneratn d Uv uriir.
That . a ccoy of theo reeolstlacj ba
girea thftn; a copy be fsmUhed Th
Market Irocrtm for pnUlrtloa as I
that the roaalatloaj b tpresad noa the
recorda. -
rratemally.
B. P. Dans, )
Eo. P. For. Oxa.
, C. B. McBiiaYxa 1
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