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VOL XXX.
BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY JULY 10, 1919.
NO 39
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The Unjust Road Law.
Mu. EniTOit: I wish to bring
to the attention of the people of
Watauga county the unjust and
unfair amendment that was pass
ed In the recent General Assem
bly of North Carolina. When the
men who the citizens had elected
and vested power to represent
the people made or had drafted
a law for Watauga county to work
her roads under free labor sys
tem, and after the said county
had voted bonds to build a
highway or highways in our
county, and then pass a road law
compelling the peop'e U Jwork
the road under the Free Labor
Acts or pay to the State Highway
Commission the sum of $2.00 per
day when the citizens are paying
taxes to support the bond issues
of our county, and by the passage
of this amendment, this is not
just and fair to. the people who
supported, voted and are willing
to ' pay the taxes to build and
niai.itiiin a road system by the
tax method thereby eliminating
compulsory free labor on the
public roads of our county.
The free labor law is unjust
and unfair to the young men who
have never reached their major
ity, who have no voice in free
government, but have to work
like a slave in olden times with
out pay or compensation which
is unfair and unjust. In th
days when men thought that
slavery was right their masters
clothed, fed and cared for their
slaves, but under the free labor
law every man from 18 to 45 yrs.
of age must furnish his own tools,
his own dinner and perhaps walk
from one mile to several mUes to
work the road without any pro
visions made whatsoever by the
ones who make our road laws for
us.
Is it fair and just to make the
men who own practically none of
this world's goods work the pub
lie road while the man of wealth
hauls great loads and rides over
the roads built by the poor class
who depend on their daily labor
for thoir dailv broad.-' If this is
fair and right. God forbid! Many
of the toiling, laboring class of
nponle have to make sacrifices
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under the present free labor sys
tern in order to work the road
They often leave their farms with
their farm work undone, with
crops to be planted and crops to
be harvested that cannot be taken
care of and I want to show to the
p?ople of fair judgement and
mind what a deplorable condition
the present road law leaves the
people in when labor is so scarce
and no one to work on the farm
or the crop must go to waste.
I find by experience that the
present road law will not work
because it will not accomplish
what those who made it wish and
pvnpf.tit to do. as an overseer
L
cm warn out a dozen hand son hi
road and part of them will come
late, others will condemn and
curse the road law and system
and our law makers, so it can rea
dily be- seen that something is
wrong and I have come to the
couclusion that the road law is a
farce and will never accomplish
the results Expected, and should
b J repealed and abolished forev
er, and the roads kept up by tax,
ation, the only proper way for a
prosperous and progressive coun
ty to keep up her roads: This
method and system will place the
burden of keeping up the roads
more on equalization with fair
ness to the different classes which
oojrht and should be.
When the people of Watauga
crjntv voted road bonds the very
best citizens of our county made
speaking tours in every voting
Drcinct promising the people if
The Jointed Railroad.
Iditor Charlotte Observer:
Our attention has been called
to "Mountain-Top Observations"
on your editorial pageof the issue
of June 11.
We appreciate the reference to
our passenger trains and to our
passenger service; also what you
quote Prof. Dougherty as saying
about our freight rates. We beg
to correct some errors you have
made as to the divisions of this
road. You say it is divided, for
the purposes of freight tariffs
into three divisions; one between
Cranberry and Montezuma; and
one between Montezuma ana
Shulls Mills, and a third between
Shulls Mills and Boone. This is
not correct.
The Linville River railway ex
tends from Cranberry to Boone,
distance of 32 miles, with a
branch line from Montezuma to
ineola, a distance of miles. '
The East Tennessee and West
ern North Carolina railroad ex
tends from Johnson City, Tenn.
to Cranberry, N. C, a distanceof
34 miles.
You refer to the rate on drain
pipe from Chattanooga. This is
3 cents higher to Boone than to
Lcmoir.
The rate from Knoxville to
Boone on classes 1 to 0, and A. B.
D. average 16 cents higher
to Boone than to Lenoir.
The parcel post rates in the
first and second zones is less than
freight rates. The postofflce de
partment requires the railroads
to 'carry this freight on passen
ger trains at so much per foot of
car space, which is in most cases
less than the railroads gut for
goods carried on freight trains.
and then zones its rate for parcel
post regardless of what it costs,
the railroads to carry the same,
and thus become a competitor
with tho carrier for its legiti
mate business. This acccounts
for the shipping of tobacco from
Winston-Salem into nearby coun
ties in North Carolina.
The Linville River railway was
built across three high spurs of
the "mountains and while it is a
scenic route all right enough, it
is expensive to operate with its
40 per cent grades. It crosses
the shoulder of the Grandfather
mountain at an elevation of 4,1T0
feet above sea level.
GEO. W. HARDIN,
General Manager,
Johnson City, July 1.
The Reckless Drivers.
An Asheville man traveling on
the Hendersonville highway with
his mother and sister in an auto
mobile, was run into by a public
motor vehicle. The man was
kiliod and the members of his
family were badly hurt. On the
other side, the driver of the pub
lic machine was taken to the hos
pital in an unconscious condition
from his hurts, and charges of
responsibility for the occurrence
were made against him. It ap
peared to have been an instance
of reckless disregard of the high
way laws, but the man in the hos
pital died, to the prevention of
any possibility of making defense
Tiie accident serves as a remin
der of the general sense of con
tempt many drivers of autos
have of the State laws. Night
riding is made dangerous by the
recklessly speeding machines
with glaring headlights, and day
riding is but little less safe by
reason of the dangerous tenden
cies of drivers in rounding curves
without sounding a warning and
a general inclination not to give
the road." It is probable that
the man responsible for the inci
dent under consideration was
whooping it by with the determi
nation to make the other man
,'ive all the road, and scarcely af
fording opportunity for the nec-
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essary turning out. in some
parts of North Carolina, and es
pecially around Asheville, a man
takes his own life in his hands
when he sullies forth in an auto
mobile either for pleasure or bus
iness. The parties rasponsible
for the avoidable accident often
escape accounting in a local court
and when tried are dealt with so
lightly as to constitute their of
fense merely a sport. We had
been in eager expectancy that the
man in the hospital would recov
er from his injuries so that the
case in which he and another
were fatally involved should get
into court for there had been held
out promise of a trial that would
have been calculated to make an
impression upon the minds of
reckless drivers. Charlotte Ob
server-
free labor on public roads would
be abolished forever and that the
roads would be kept up by taxa
tion. Wilkes county abolished
free labor on herpublic roads and
Watauga county should do the
same as her most renowned
speakers promised the people if
they would vote tho bond issue.
Is Watanga county going to re
main a back number while her
sister counties come to tho front
by keeping up their roads with
taxation and not by free labor.'
It is almost impossible to en
force tho free labor law as the
people will not work on the roads
worth anything when they know
that they will not get a red penny
for their labors, and some classes
that, An work are generally the
ones who get the least benefit
fmm t.hfi road as they own no
teams or automobiles and there
fore keep up the road for the
class that use it, damage and in
jure it while they keep it up with
out nnv hope ol reward. Is tins
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system right?
By taxation and frcelaborabol
ished totally you, can get more
work out of 3 men who work for
pay than you qui get out of 12
men who pretend to work under
thft present road system.
90 per cent of the citizens of
Do Your Best.
Everyone sho'Md do all he can
to provide for his family and in
order to do this he mustkeep his
physical system in the best con
dition possible. No one can rea
sonably hope to domuch when he
is half sick a good share of the
time. If you are constipated, bill
ions or troubled with indgestion,
got a package of Chamberlain's
Tablets and follow the plain prin
ted directions, and you will soon
hi fu-jling all right and able to do
a day's work.
Mr. H. W. Norton Writes of County Cele
ebration on July 4.
Mr. H. Walter Horton, one of
Boone's newly acquired and most
progressive citizens, wrote the
following little story for the Char
lotte Observer, and was kind en
ough to hand us a copy. As it is
a good resume of not only the
great celebration held in Boone
on the 4th, but of the activities
in our town, we publist it with
very great pleasure:
Boone, the metropolis of North
western North Carolina, and the
most famous because it is named
for, and on the trail of the pioneer
Daniel Boone, and also its alti
tude being the highest of any
county seat east of the Rocky
Mountains, has never in her his
tory had such a crowd within her
gates as assembled here today to
honor the returned soldiers of
the World War and other wars.
Between eight and ten thous
and of the purest Anglo Saxon
blood to be found in the United
States motored, wagoned, bng
gied or walked to Boone and by
ten-thirty the town was crowded
from one end to the other. The
parade, under the efficient direct
ion of Prof. I. G. Greer assisted
by three aides from each town
ship, started from the court house
promptly at ten thirty and moved
toward the Appalaching Training
School campus. In the parade
many of the progressive business
interestss of the town were rep
resented, among the most at
tractive being the Ontario Drill
by D. J. Cottrell, Agent; and the
Nash Motor Car, the Training
School beside tho patriotic floats.
At the picnic grounds Capt. E.
F. Lovill delivered the address of
welcome, and then Major Bui
winkle, of Gastonia delivered a
rousing patriotic speech. Dur
ing the speaking the ladies were
spreading on a table four hun
dred feet long the choicest good
things from the pantries of hun
dreds of the best homes in every
prrt of the county. Hundreds
more could have been served
from what was packed back in
baskets and carried h o m o,
which is no small compliment to
the patriotism of women of Wa
tauga. It was the greatest cela
bration the people of Watauga
ever had, with not a sign of (lis
order of any kind, which so often
mars the pleasure of such occa
sions.
Slony Fork township speaking
for themselves wish to state that
they are willing to keep up their
i Am n .t a. I
o wn roaos respociiuuy unaer uie
old system of f re labor until the
present road law is repealed and
abolished, but are not willing to
go several miles to the utmost
end of the township to construct
a road for another section when
some of the people will have to
walk almost a half day to get to
t his section before any work can
be done.
Stony Fork township is ready
to pay her taxes to keep up her
roads but under the cruel, un
just and unfair free labor road
law, will repudiate this system
every time, and in the name of
justice ask that the present road
law be repealed and. keep up the
roads in Watauga County by the
modern and progressive way, the
only successful way, by taxation.
Respectfully,
G. C. GREENE.
Stony Fork, N. C.
The FOURTH, as Seen By a Visitor. ,
Mu. EuiTOU: I am glad to have
been in your townonthe Fourth.
was surprised and pleased. Tho
ideal weather added much to the
occasion. The old soldiers may
God bless them every one were
there; the Boys, fresh from the
bloody battle fields of France;
the citizens of the town, county,
and the near-by counties, and
isitors from a distance were all
there. The great crowd gather
ing on Main street, marching in
a most orderly way to the college
campus, followed by the college
students, and the splendid pub
ic school of the town, the good
array ol marshals doing wen
their part, impressed one with
the greatness of Watauga coun
ty. The splendid brass band, the
fife and. drum played by veterans
of the Civil War; the thrilling
speechof Major Bullwinkle touch
ing every patriotic nerve.
The sumptuous dinner spread
on a series of tables 400 feet long
and too short the feeding of
more than six thousand people
and the great Abundance left, is
to the everlasting credit ef the
many line housewives of your
county.
I was told by many how the
county editor introduced the idea
of the big meeting; how he work
ed with open pocket-book, head,
heart and hand to make the occa
sion go; how the people back into
the most remote corner of the
county, fell solidly into line with
money, dinner-baskets and fine
co-operation. It may now be said
again 'In unity there is strength.
With hearty congratlations to
you, and every one who helped
to make the occasion the great
success it was, I am,
Most Cordially,
A VISITOR.
Oh Where Is Your Dog?
Oh, where is your wandering
dog tonight, while you sweetly
slumber and sleep? Is ho safe at
home under lock and key, or out
killing a neighbor's sheep? Does
he work each day for his bed and
board, and never do mischief oi
harm, while faithfully watching
the house and home, and all of
the stock on the farm? If he's not
worth while in some 'useful way
and doesn't pay for hiskeep: con
sign the cur to the buried bow
wows and end his raids on the
sheep! If you don't attend to this
job fcit once, you may have a bill
to pay; for your dog may join in
a killing bee, when you are from
home some day. Food is too pre
cious to throw away on a vicious,
worrying hound, while wool and
muttonarc needed by all, here at
homo and the world around. A.
S. Alexander.
The chief concession of Germa
ny lies in the provision that she
will be admitted to decent socie
ty when she proves her claim to
decency. That is fair enough.
Rochester Herald.
Abont Rheumatism.
People are learning that it is
only a waste of time and money
to take medicine internally for
chronic or muscular rheumatism
and about ninety-nine out of a
hundred cases are one or the oth
er of these varieties. All that is
really nrcessary to afford relief is
to apply Chamberlain's Liniment
freely. Try it. It costs butdac per
bottle. Large .size GO cents.
Don't Quit
READING NEWSPAPERS NOW
Boone, a part of North CaroU
na territorially, but tied to Ten
n.issee commercially and socially
is enjoying a new sense of pro
givss, as evidenced oy the many
substantial buildings that are go
ing up. The new station is til
most completed, and it is a nice
one too, and then t here is ti e
Ford Garage, a neat, modem
brick building going up on De
pot Street, and just across the
street is a wholesale grocery go
ing up, built by Messrs Boldin &
Turner of Lenoir, and just west
of the depot Mr. J. T. Miller is
erecting a bungalow, and up on
Main Street the Highway Motor
Co. of Boone and North Wilkes
boro is building a garage and ser
vice station of brick 10 x 76 feet,
and north of main street Mr. O.
L. ColTey, Clerk of the Court, has
just finished a handsome bunga
low, Hon. F. A. Linnoy is erec t
ing a bungalow pn Green Heights
Mr. A. D. Blair is building in
Ea;t Boone, Mr. II. W. Horton is
getting material together for a
bungalow on "Pint-tops" one mile
south of Boone, and in addition
to this a new bank, to be called
the Peoples Bank & Trust Co.,
has been organized, and will soon
open for business. The Road
i Commission has bo lght and will
improve the Boone & Blowing
RockTurnpike, which has already
had the toll gate removed, and
last and by no means least the
town officials are getting ready
ti build concrete sidewalks and
streets, and a water system will
be put in soon by a private cor
poration if the present plans are
carried out, so Boone is at last
beginning to feel the impetus her
natural resources entitle her to.
Just because tho war is over, or
because you may bo busy with rais
ing a new crop, is no reason why
you should cease to keep up with
tlie great problems facing the world
ami the United States.
The period of readjustment is at
liund. New conditions aro coining
to pass and new issues must be met.
You must read a daily newspaper
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CAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD CO.
LINVILLE RIVER RAILWAY
Time Table No. 84
M. Sunday, JuneJSth, 1919 (Eastern Standard Time)
STATIONS
(E. T. A W. N. C. R. R.)
Miles A.M. T.
In Effect 6.30 A.
EASTWARD
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P..M.
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1.28
1.38j
1.41
1.48
1.56
2.05
2.10
2.17
2.25
2.32
2.60
A.M.
"9.201
9.32
9.36
9.40
9.47
9.57
10.00
10.07
10.18
10.28
10.33
10.40
10.47
10.65
11.13
3.7
5.6
6.7
9.5
11.2
12.3
14.2
16.6
19.4
21.7
24
25.7
27.4
32
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Lv. Johnson City
Milllgan Collepe
Watauga Point
Sycamore Shoals
Elizabcthton
Coal Chute
Valley Forge
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Pardee Point
Blevlns
White Rock
Crabtree
Rnau Mountain
Shell Creek
Elk Park
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11.001
10.45
10.39
10.36
10.30
10.22
10.15
10.10
10.00
9.52
9.45
9.38,
9.33!
9.25'
9.07i
8.551
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P.M.
(Linville River Rallvny)
P.M. A.M.
4.00
4.15
3.10
3.30
3. 38
3.45
3.52
11.301.
11.50
11.58!
12.05!
12.15!
P.M.
4.02
4.22
4.271
4.36!
4.45
4.551
5.08
6.17
6.30
P.M
12.251
12.45
12.50
12.58!
1.051
1.151
1.25
1.32
1.45
P.M.
3.2
6.6
8
10
12.2
12.2
16.6
18.1
20.6
22
24
26.3
28.5
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Minneapolis
Vale
Newland
Montezuma
Plneola
Linville
The Can
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Townscnd
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Shulls Mills
Dannerg
Hodges Gap.
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8.30!
8.20
8.15
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6.45
6.30
6.23
6.20
6.13
6.06
6.57
6.621
6.43
6.35
6.28
6.22
6.17
6.10
4.62
4.401.
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4.07'
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3.52
7.55!
7.35'
7.21!
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7.131
7.051
6.62
6.44
6.30!
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8.001
7.45
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2.621
2.40
2.32
2.15
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