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R. C. Rivers, Pr&prietor,
THTR8DAY, MAY 3, 1917.
Rob. Uedsif Pattorsoi Discissos Good
toads.
Mr. Editor: I bad hoped to be
abfe to go to Watauga this week
to give what aid 1 could towards
asking the voters of Watauga
County to sustain, by their bal
lots, tbe most important propo
sition that has ever been submit
ted to them. The people of Wa
tauga are facing a crisis in the
history of the county. No more
weighty question could be left to
the decision of the people than
that of building throughout the
different townships of the county,
a system of improved roads.
Watauga is, in my opinion, in
its trees, its flowers, and its
mountain scenery, the most beau
tiful county in the State. Nature
has richly endowed it with fertile
soil, valuable timber, pure air
and water, and in fact, with ev
ery thing that is necessary in sus
taining a strong, healthy and
prosperous population. But
there is no need for any one to
tell what nature has done for
Watauga County. The matter
for discussion now is what are
tbe voters of the county going
to do for themselves.
The great drawback to this
beautiful country is the condition
of tbe roads. It keeps people
from coming into the county, it
drives others who wore born and
raided there, to leave their
homes, it cuts the profits of the
farmers in half, it prevents thou
sands of dollars being spent there
every year during the summer
months by tourists, and it robs
the owners of timber lands of
half of the real value of their tim
ber. What person in the county
' would not favor good roads if
they were built free of charge to
the tax payers? No one. The
only objection that can now be
made is that the improvement in
the roads is not worth the tax.
Suppose we submit this question
to the inhabitants of those coun
ties who have already voted
themselves out of the mud. If
you would offer to any county in
the State to. return the bond mo
ney in full, and at the same time
to restore the roads to the con
dition existing before the bond
issue, the offer would be rejected
by a unanimous vote. No coun
ty would take such a backward
step, for its people would know
that this expenditure for good
roads was the best investment
ever made by them, If it has
proved a good investment for
t'lera, it would be a good one for
Watauga.
I am sure your county will e
ventually vote for good roads
bond?. Once agitate the ques
tion and the people will approve
it. This is the history of this
. ,i'cat good roads movement. It
finally overcomes all objections
and conquers all foolishness and
prejudice. Yes, the young men
of Watauga will not be required
to plow through the mud as their
fathers have done. If it is com
ing, why not have the good
roads now? A delay may keep
out other improvements and en.
terprises.
If good roads are voted down,
will tbe Virginia and Carolina
Railroad be extended from Todd
to Boone? I do not know. But
certainly a vote against dirt
roads will not hurry up the build
ing of this or of any railroad in
the bounds of the county.
May Watauga on the 8th of
May roll up a great majority for
better roads aud take her place
among the progressive and for.
ward looking counties of North
Carolina.
Lindsay Patterson.
: The Selective Conscription Bill
was passed by both houees of
Congress on last Friday by big
majorities. The ages provided for
in the House bill was from 21 to
27, while in the Senate it was 21
to 40.
1. 1. lortoi Eiarossss lis Opinica Oi
it toads.
Editor. Democrat: lam sur
prised to find that there is a con
siderable sentiment in the coun
ty against road bonds. Some
give as a reason for opposition
that "the war is on and times
are hard." There is no better
remedy for hard times than the
distribution of surplus money in
the county. The extension of the
Virginia-Carolina Railroad to
Boone is dependent entirely on
the voting of bonds for building
good roads.' The railroad Com
pany will spend five hundred thou
sand dollars in Watauga coun
ty while constructing this road,
and this property, with other en
terprises that follow, will be sub
ject to taxation every year after
the building. The bonds will be
sold for more than two hundred
thousand dollars and this with
fifty thousand dollars Federal
aid, will be broughthere and dis
tributed over the entire county.
Five hundred and fifty thousand
dollars of this money will never
be paid back, and the two hun
dred thousand bond money will
not be due for twenty years or
longer. This amount of money
in the county will undoubtedly
put Watauga in condition to
pass through any panic or war
crisis that may come, in good
condition.
Others say that "we don't want
our county in debt." A countv
that boasts of being clear of
debt usually has little else to
boast of, unless it is undevelop'
ed natural resources. Our banks
boast of large deposits, which
means indebtedness to the am
ount of the deposts. If a bank
can afford to borrow money at
4 per cent and loan at 6 per cent
which gives only a margin of 2
per cent, the county can certain
ly afford to issue bonds for f 200,
000.00 at 4 or 5 per cent, and
invest in good roads which will
pay enormous dividends to ev
ery citizen, and will bring five
hundred thousand dollars or
more of taxable property into
the county the flrstyear. Anoth
er says that ' I am a poor man
and can't afford to vote any
more taxes on myself." This
man has worked six days this
year on the road and will work
the limit which is 7.00 in work
and he will pay .G0c poll which
makes his annual road tax f 7.60
and if the bends carry, his road
tax will be only ,90c, as there
will be no free labor, and every
man will get money for each days
work done. The State has built
the Appalachian Training School
in WataUga County, at a cost of
one hundred thousand dollars,
and the school is maintained al
an annual cost of forty thousand
dollars. This institution is run
for the benefit of the citizens in all
parts of the State.
Adjoining counties have built
and are building good roads to
our borders, and they have a
right to expect Watauga County
to extend the roads to the school
and our State officials expect the
same. We can not afford to dis-
sapoint them. There is not a
roan who has property in Watau
ga County and lives in another
County or State, that is not in
favor of the bond issue and if tie
nonresident tax payer is in favor
of voting bonds for road buil
ding every citizen living in the Co.
should favor and vote for the
bonds. I came to Darby on the
noon train during Feburary and
did not get to Boone until noon
on the following day though
traveling in a two horse buggy.
I would not try to make the trip
again under any circumstances
roads in samecondition. On my
return March 10th, I went to
Elkland, the nearest R. R. sta
tion on horseback, aud traveled
more than 400 miles by rail in
order to get to Elkin, a distance
of Bixty miles through the coun
try. Wilkes county has voted
bonds on the east, Johnson Co.
Tenn. on the west and with the
help of the state and National
Government will build a high way
to the Watauga county line on
each side. atnuga cannot of-
There seems to be two chief o&
jections to the bond issue. The
first is that some of the town
ships will not get their share of
the money. The law says that
each township SHALL have its
share, and the Road Commission
ers have declared their intention
of so applying the money. They
are men of their word, and are
legally responsible for their prom
ises. The secound objection is
that taxes will be too high Will
they be higher with ihe bonds
than without them. The Road
Commission is in earnest about
building a system of roads for
the county. The law gives them
the power to raise thirty thou
sand dollars a year without a
vote. This would mean higher
taxes, and at the same time is
unfair to those outlying town
ships that would have' to wait
for years before they could be
reached. Tbe Commission and
tax-payers representing at least
two-thirds of the property of the
county, favor the bond method
because it is fairer and cheaper.
Til Bond Issio is Watauga.
Editor Democrat: I am neu
tral on bond issues, and what 1
am about to say, will be by way
of explanation.
The value of the'boud issue to
the people of Watauga would be
determined by the skill o! the
Road Board,
It could be made a great bless
ing or a great waste. Road mon
ey is not often lost by dishones
ty. It is wasted by incompetency,
by misapplication by the Road
Board, Board, incompetent fore
men, and consequently poor la
bor und work that will go down
by freshets. A leading argument
against the bonds in Watauga,
is the long time they would have
to run at interest. Let me argue
tbe case briefly.
A county is a lot of people try
ing to act together as one man,
and therefore the principles that
will lead an individual to sue
cess or failure will do the same
for a county. A young married
man borrows money and if be
handles it well, it gives him his
start in life, but otherwise his
property is sold under the mort
gage, and he becomes tenant un
der the purchase If the young
man manages well, when the
loan falls due he may go to his
creditor and say: "My friend,
can't you Bpare me that money
another year?" The creditor re-
plies: "Yes, sir, if you will pay up
theinterest." But if he had said
"No", then theu the young man
would have been forced to sacri
fice a piece of his property to pay
the debt. :
The county is the young man
about to borrow money. The vo
ter'will show how much confi
dence he puts in himself, and if
the bonds carry, the fiual work
will prove whether or not he
knew his ability.
Forty years from now there
will be a new generation who will
be as far ahead of us as we are
ahead of our fathers of forty
vears aero. Thev will be thn ones
who will have profited by the
rnfUlH Anil lr . t hpin nurtlmnnn.
cipal. If I lived in Watauga and
Deiievea tuat tne money would
be applied as 1 know it would be,
1 Mould vote for tbe bonds.
S. M. DUGGER.
Banner Elk, N. C.
ford to block one of the biggest
highway propositions in the
South that will bring thousands
of dollars into the county annu
ally. The eyes of the adjoining
counties, state and the nation
are on Watauga and on the 8th
of May they will see the county
carried for good roads by the
biggest majority that any coun
ty has ever gone. I am now pay
ing interest on five, town, town
ship and county bond iasucn, ev
ery one of which I favored and 1
am positive that every man who
votes against this bond issue,
will vote agaiust the best inter
est of every man, woman and
child in Watauga county.
J, B. HORTON
FOLEY KIDNEY FILLS
. LariEBtrjKi. 2539.
State of North Carolina, Watanga
county. omeeor entry taker for said
conuty.
David Gwyn and A. W. Bay locale
aud enter 200 acres of land on Beech
Moon tain on the water of the Beeeh
Creek in Laurel Creek Township. Be
ginning on the Whitfield Farthing
corner and a stake and a sugar tree,
thence running various courses so as
to include all vacant land on the
head waters of Beech creek and said
township. Entered April 10, 1917.
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TIME TABLE NO, 2
In Effect 6:00 a. m. Monday March 12, 1917. Central standard time
EASTWARD
STATIONS
No. 2
No. 4
P.M.
1.00
1.25
1,35
1.55
2.10
2.35
3.00
3 30
3.40
4.00
4.20
4.30
P.M.
P.M.
530
5.45
5.55
6.05
6.15
6.30
Lve. Cranberry Arr.
Minneapolis Jet
Vale
Newland
Montezuma
Tineola
Linville
The Gap
Newmans
Townsend
Foscoe
Arr. Sbulls Mills Lve.
P.M.
Nos. 1 and 4 are daily passenger trains.
Nos. 8 and 3 are mixed trains and ran daily except Sunday.
West bound trains have right of track.
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WESTWARD
No.l
No. 3
A.M.
7.55
7.40
7.30
7.22
7.15
7.00
A. M.
7.15
7.00
6.45
6.40
6.25
6.10
6:00
A.M.
A. M.
GEO. W. HARDIN, Supt
W. O.COFFE1, Vice Pres.
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