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, , .. , . Oi 'l:-'-"'-"'-vt:'?i--j'-.'-i -"' . VOL. XXVI llUpNE VATAIJGA COUNTY, THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 1915: NO.C3; 0 1 t4: t a 1st to n:t:i m ike cmtmc. ' r : . I I Mllll I III Ml II Ml Mil I Mil t:A9s cf watassa mm.' 7 A BILL. The General As, oiv. C. jDo Enact: SEC. 1. That 7i and- 2 f of (he County dl Watau ga be and they are hereby ap- pointed The Good Roads Com", mission for Watauga c o u n st y who jshall hold office for the fol lowing terms, to wit: ! The first - named for six . years, and until - his surcessor qualifieBthesecond for four years and until his sue i cessor qualifies; the third for two years and until his successor Commissioners of the county Watauga, shall, at their meeting ..ing in. May following the expim r tion of the terra of the above named cfticers, elect a successor tQJchy who shll hold his office ' for a term of six years, and until ; his successor qualifies. - The said ' Board of County Commissioners f shall fill all Trtcanpies occasioned - by the expiration of the term of -; office, dath, resignation.failure to qualifyV or ar.y other cause. . Pr.vided that not more than v two of said Good Roads Ooinmis ibnerehall be of anyone politi t al party. As soon as practica ) ble, after the election of the mem bers of the Good Roads Commis ; -on1.8hall,.by taking the oath of ; office before some person author ; iiedto administer oaths, meet ; and organize by electing one of I . their members chairman and an i other secretary; The said Good Roads Commission, shall desig nate some bank in the county of r Btfg'td act aa treasurer for ; the Good Roacds Commission. ' Themember of the Good Roads Commission hall ech be paid ; C out of the road fund of the coun i. ' ty f3.00 per day i provided,, that ; they shall be paid for a number of days not to exceed eighteen m any one year. ' The meetings of said Commission shall be held at and the ivpords kept in the court house. Said meeting to be held the first Monday in each month. r SEC. 2. That in order that the ' road work may be properly and - economically carped on the Good ! Roads Commission is expressly ! ' authorizel and instructed to era- ploy a competent road engineer, ; at a salary to be fixed by it, and to be paid out pf ,the road ' fund K as provided for in this act: pro- videtK that the--Road Coinmis- 'sionrs an nnthorized, if p-oper ..'"arrangement can be made tn i Jiiiv jcHMtlys with anotuwr county the Merviwc of a .road engineer, or to employ the ro d engineer I- for'snfh part '. f his time as' they ilcHjii . ;v f , to give prnpr eupervisiun to the work: And pro - Tided further, that if the State . , furnishes the counties engineer- . ing assistance and supervision of their road worK , or if such assis- ' tahce and sTpervisioh is given by t the Unitedi6tat"8, "that theac v eeptance of uch services from the .State or the United States, by the Qood Roads Commission . . shall be,, considered as fulfilling .xiieTequiremeui Dy une uommis- Bion Vi vow secraun. i ne aignway ; engineer shall advise the Good Roachj.Commissioners regardiug V; v the road work, supervise the ma : tr king of plans and specifications, devise a g-neral road scheme for i the entire county, and have gen ' ; ral supervision of all road work; ' and is expressly authorized to ' 1 1 give instruction to the highway - Bupenatvuueiib ncreinaiuer pro vided for. The said Good Roads lkmmis8ion shall, on or before the regular .time of levying the --L Viii .Voir'! county taxes in thtf year lylo, . ondeachyearthereaftr,makean i ; esvunate oiine amount oi taxe3 necessary to carj pth!road work for the following year; aqd. shall hemand of too county com missioners that t hey make a levy of the amount requested . by the Good Roads Cpmiprtters; not to exceed twenty &nu on - the hundred dollars worth of real and personal property,? tjafc' a i d board of couhyl commissioners snail make said levy as' request ed by said Good Roads Commis sion, and said tax, shall become due and collectable atj the time and in the manner that' the inn- eral county taxes are collected rruyiuea, me commisuoners be not required to levy' anainjoTint in excess of 20 cents;' When -t Ve amount so levied, wheij added to the other special taxexceeds 20 cents on the 100. ,worth ot J' ut 8aId whm uuiiecieu snauDe.seiapartas.a good roads fund.fprWatauja county and shall be paid to the Uood Roads Commisson.as here, in provided for.. " 1 .-. ' " SIX3: 8.?;Tatbetereproli with the road work of, Watauga County, the' Godd .Roads Com mission shall elec,t by ballot, a a competent hiehwav suDerinten dent of the County of . ; Watauga, and'flx his compensation. . The result of . Such election shali ,!be decla red and recorded thie pro ceedihgsof jsaid' Good Rods Commission The person-who is elected shall take and subscribe an oath for the faithful perform, ance of his duties as such high way supenntent, and shall , exe. cute an . official bond in ...the sum two. thousahd'flve huiidred dol lars for the faithful; performance of his duties; and for the accoun ting for all the money and prop erty ; whtehvhlCy wnae into! his. hold his office jor two "years and until his successor is elected and qualified, except that the Good Roads Commission may forgpod cause remove him from his said office, and elect hw- successor for the unexpired term. He shall en ter uppn. his duties and Work when and where directed by the Good Roads Commission and by -1 U!L... . !.'' ' '.' li ruv uiguway vogineer, ana Bnau have authority to notify theoveri seers when and where to work on new and amended roads : and shall have such authority and perform suph duties asmay from time tor time, be determined; by the Good Roads Commi8sionrex. cept as otherwise provided in this act. ."' .', ,: SEa 4. That in opening new highwayswideuiDgand straight ening old roads, , and repairing the same, the Good Roads Com. mission, tuough it8.agent8, are authorized to enter upon' any land, locate and build such high, ways. If the Gbod Roads Com- mission and the owner or owners of theVaid land cannot agree as. to the damages, if any; the- Good Roads Commission ..shall, i aftef sixty days after said highway ! is completed, caused to be ; sum moned tluee indifferent -f ret-hoK dere of said county, who shall go upon the" lands and assess damages and benefits under the general road law as it now exist: Provided, "that before entering upon upon land as authorized by this section, it shall be the du- ty of the Good- Roads , Commiss ion to serve noticeauponthe.own er or owners of said land, . noti fying him or them that the high way is to be 'located upon' said land under authority of this act Said notice to he in writing and served personally upon the ownr er, or if the owner be hot . in" the State, pronknownr-trft publica tion oi said notice at the court house dour in the town of Boone lor twenty aay8. ii served per sonally a notfee of ten days shall . - . - . . , i j bo given' 1 T9,t tbe :8ai(1 Good "auo va;iuujuiuu euttu uurvcy and vmake a, map of , the .good Kwfc iand amendmentsto old. roads which are,-- in their opin ion necessary to be made into patijh tocVjyery: Township, in, W tauga , vounty. They shall be given consiroctloh of said roads a.t, such time and at such places, as they deem best, using the mo ney then available for road work. They shali so expend the road funds that when all the road aire ire completed, each township wilLoave received, .as nearly . as pbssible, in the. value of roads Constructed, the amount of mo ney paid in taxes by said Town ship. ; SEC. 5. That the highways in ?aid county constructed or im proved under this act shall have a right of way of not less than thirty feet. The alignment of the road shall be as straight as practicable, and with no grade over four and one half per cent, except as ouch grade is consider ed impracticable by the road en gineer. - - ' :SEC. 6. That the term high way shall be understood to mean all public roads where the Coun ty owns and- controls the right of way or may hereafter own and control. . That' all roads that hae been laid off, out or appoin ted by-virtue of any act of the General Assembly, or any other of the Court, or Board of County Commissioners are hereby de clared to be public roads; and the Good Roads Commissioners as herein set out, shall have full power and authority to order the laying out'of public roads' where necessary, to ' appoint where bridges shall be found- .useless and to alter roads ho as to make them more useful. That from hit orders, judgements and de crees made by the Good Roads Commission an appeal shall lie by the party agrieved to the Su perior Court as is now provided by law in appeals from the Board of County Commissioners. SEC. 7. That all expenses so incurred "by the Good.Roads Com, mission on account of, meetings held by reason of duties imposed by this act, shall be paid upon their order out of the . G o o d Roads Fund provided by t hi s acb. SEC. 8. That any Gpod Roads Commissioner or superintendent making or causing to be made any fraudulent order, whereby money is to be paid out of t h e said good roads fund, or any treasurer knowingly paying any fraukulent order, shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be fined or im prisoned, or both at the discre tion of the court, and shall be re moved from office. SEC. 9. That the Treasurer of the Good Roads Commission shall, on the first Monday of each and every month post on the. court house door of said county, .an itemized statement showing in full an account of his receipts and disbursements for the previous month; and the Good Roads Commission shall re quire it to account tnthem quar terly in each year for the said good roads funds; and it may re quire as often as it deems best, reports from officers and em ployees nccrning their progress andduties. and to what extent and in what manner they h a v e performed the same. . SEC. 10. That the board of county commissioners may, for good andsufficientcause, remove any one qr more of the Good RoadssCoramissipners,- and .the vacancy of vacancies shall be fill ed as provided in this act. ; atAj. li. mat any. moneys that are raised by .epecial tax or in any other manner whatsoever by the county officials of Watau ga county for. the construction, improvement or . repair of the public roads of Watauga county shall beeome- a part of what is herewith designate I. as a. good roads fund which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of t h e Good roads Commission, to be drawn upon and to be drawn up on and expended as directed by the Good Roads Commissfon: Provided, that any money rais ed in any township by a vote of said township, shall be applied only to the roads of said town ship, by. the said Good Roads Commission. SEC. 12. That the Good Roads Commission is hereby authoriz ed.to use the good roads fund and the compulsory labor pro vided for in this act, to construct, improve and repair the public highways in Watauga . county, and shall purchase forsuch work the necessary tools, machinery, implements and stock: Provided that no such purchase shall be made until the order for same has been approved by either the highway engineer or the high way superintendent, or both, if this is deeded advisable by the Good Roads Commission. . The Good Roads. commission is also authorized to employ overseers, supervisors, foremen and labor- ejs as it may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act, and pay for the same out of the good roads fund. The Good Roads Commission is also au thorized to let out any of t h e road work on contract, when in their opinion and the opinion of the highway engineer and the highway superintendent this is more economical for the county. .,,S,EC. 13.,Tba1i$ie Justices of the Peace of ie various town ships, shall meet at soma conve nient place in their said town ships on the first Monday in Ap ril, 1915, and each succeeding yearthereafter, and elect three of their number as road supervi sors, who shall be styled the Board of Road Supervisors for their repective townships, whose term of office shall be one year. The foregoing embodies, in the main all the amendments to bur present road Ihw, save one sectioir, which diminishes com pulsory work on the highways of the county two days, and each hand is given one dav less work on new roads. All of the bill, as prepared, is too much for our space. The amendments, howev er, make interesting reading. The Democrat. Take it In Time. Just is Scores of Boone people Have. Waiting doe&u't pay. If you reflect kidney backache, Uriuuiy truuMesofteu follow. Act iu lime by (Miringthe kidneys. l)oau' Kiduey pills ure especially for weakened kidney. Mitny people iu this locality rec ommend tbeui. Here's one Cite: 'BE. Candill, farmer at Laurel SpriDgs, N. C. eaye; "For five years 1 was a victim of kidney complaint; My -back pained roe so severely tbat iu the morning I ws scarcely able to get out of bed I suffered from headaches and dizzy spells and at times there was a blurring of my sight. The kidney secretions were too -frequent in passage and I was obliged to get op daring the night. I finally-learned ot Doans Kidney Pills and began uslng-them as iJIrec ted. They helped me from the first and I continued taking them until I war benefited In every way." Price 50c at all dealers. Don't tira Ely ask for a kidney remedy get loans Kidney Pills theeame that Mr. Candill had Foster Mil burn Co, Props, Buffhlo, N, Y. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as Adininis trator of the late Dr. U. J Par- ler, deceased, all persons indebt ed to his estate are hereby noti fied' to make immediate settle ment. All parsons having claims against his estate are hereby re quested to present them on or be fore Jan. 1, 1016, or this notice will be p eaded in bar of their re covery. Tins Jan. 1, lyl. ; J. L. H emphill, Adm'r. North Wilkesbaro, N. C. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS Durham, N. C. gave f 1,200 for the relief of the Belgians. Bart M. Gatling hat been - se lected to succeed Willis Q. Briggs as Post Master at Raleigh. The 'Child Labor bill now be- fore the legislature, provides for an appropriation of.$6,000 per year. , There are about one and three quarter million children in theU. S.' between the ages of 10 and 15 years who earn their own living. John Patterson Branch, vete ran banker and philanthropist died at his horaej in Richmond va. the 2nd inst. A portrait of Pres. Wilson, painted by Seymour Thomas has been hung in the White House gallery recently, with the portraits of the other Presidents. Raymond Hayes, a patient at the State Hospital walked .off last Sunday night, and has not been seen since. The Supt. has advertised for any information of him to be wired at once. Rev. A. S. Barnes of 'Beaufort, has accepted the ( Superintend ancyaf the Methodist Orphan age at Raleigh. Heill fill the vacancy causedby the death of Rev J. N. Cole on Jan. 1st. The Lumberton Robesohian tells of a MissNancy Barnes, who lives with Mr. D. A. Rhodes, who he says, is HOj'ears old. she was born Jan. 20, 1805. He thinks that she is the oldest white woman in N. C, A dispatch from Pittsburg Pa. dated Feb.2nd, says that the Ohio river is above the 24 foot level, and is raising six inches an hour. Scores of families in the lower wards of Aleghany City are moving out. Mrs. James Allen of Qoldsboro was run overhand seriously in jured by a run-away horse that was hitched to a buggy. The ac cident occurred in front of h e r own residence whileshe was cross ing the street. Mr. Angier Duke, formerly of Durham, now of N. Y. is to wed Miss Cornelia Biddle of Philadel. phia. The father and mother of the bride have announced theenH gagement. Mr. Duke, is well known in N. C. He graduated from Trinity College in 1902. Rev. M. L. Bryant, died at Asheville, Feb. 1st. He was an alumni of Klon College. He .had been sick at Asheville for some time. Mr. Bryant was gifted in evangelistic campaigns, and ex poxure during these services caused his break-down. Spartanburg, S. C. has a boy in the war. Montague Nichols went to England soon after the outbreak of the war, and enlist ed in the English array. He has taken the oath of allegiance and has been promoted to the rank of second Lieu, in the Royal ar tillery. Gen. Carranza, and his son and a member of staff, were executed by General Santibanes, on Feb. 1st It is stated that Santiba nes executed them because he failed to be restored to command as general in the Carranza army, Mrs. T. J. Jackson, widow of the famous Confederate General, is very ill at the home pf her grand-daughte. Mrs. E. R. Pres. ton in Charlotte. Her physi cians consider her in a precari ous condition. Her advanced age and poor health for some time past, make her recovery very doubtful A Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S C AS T.O E A P R O F S Si GNA ff Fletcher;& Bingham ; ATTORNEYS AT LAW.":;; BOONE, w. - NORTH CACJL). WUl ;praetlM In the soorts f t?a Uuga and adjoining eouBtke. Car fnl and prompt atuntlon tirea to an matters ntrasttd tons. t no. II Dr. G M. Peavler! Treats Dlssasat of the Eye, Ear fiose and Threat BRISTOL. TENN., ; ; , 1 U '14 If, T. E. Bingham, v.. , Lawyer . BOONE, . . . ... ncV Prompt attention eiven to all matters of a legal nature Collections a specialty. Office with Solicitor P. A. tin- oey - . 1-29. ly. pd. : ic -V Silas M. Greene, " JEWELER ; AUbkl, N. C. All kinds of repair work ; done under a positive guar- antee. When in need of any thing in my line give me a call and get honest work at honest prices. Watch Rpairino A Speciai.tyb VETERINARY SURGERY. ;i have besn pattlnc much stodr on this subject; have rseelytd mjr diploma, and am now well equipped ior pat praoiioe oi veterinary Bar 7 i all Its branohes, and am tbf only oW in the county, all on or AddreM me at Vilas, N. . R. P. D l . G.H.HAYES, 1 " Veterinary Surgeon. HT-U E. S. COFFEY. -ATWRiSEi Al LAW,- BOONE, N. C ' Prompt attention given to all matters of a legal nature. t& Abstracting titles and wnection ot claims a special It'll. Dr. Nat. T, Dulancy -SPECIALIST- TS, IAB; sTOII, THROAT AID CHUT . BTKS XZAMISKD WOn OLAS8BS FOURTH STREET Eristol, TenrvVa. EDMUND JONES LAWYER LENOIH, N.O,- Will Practice Regularly in 'be Courts ot W attvpa, 6-1 'ii. L. CLOWE T, A.L0VK, BuMrXlk, N. C. LOWE $ LOVE ATTORNEB-AT.LAW; Practioftln the courts of Avnrr and snrrounding countiss; Cars- ' ful attention given to all matters V of a legal nature. ;F, A, UNNBY, V ? -ATTORNEr At LAW,- ; ' boone, n. c. .fit Will practice ! in the courts of . the 13th Judicial District in all . matters of a civil nature. . ' r Hi ft.11-1911. B. P. LorllL r Lovill & lUoyill ATT03NEYS AT Unr- ; Special attcntica tiyri lb ? ucrcy:y.K s1 vi--t, :"-if..-,,.v,'i"X 1:V''.' St.. vl,vv
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