VOLUME XXXVII. NO. 30
DIRECTORS OF
NORMAL MEE1
Met at the School Last Wcdnesda;
Went Over Plant; Talk By
Governor Ncwland
me quaret'rly meeting of th?
board of directors of the Appalachiai
State Normal school was hold las
Wednesday. The board attended th?
chapel exercises in a body, for th?
first time in the history of t'he school
President Dougherty intrduced mem
bers of the Aboard individually to th<
Ht.d5er.co and some remarks wen
made by some of them. The meeting
was held in the parlor of t'he new
dormitory, those present being: T. H
Coffey, of Blowing Rock; .1. M. Barn
hardi. Lenoir; W. C. Newland. Le
noir: G. H. Gaither. Hickory, aiui
Miss Celeste Henkel, Statesville.
The board went over the <sntir*
plant and were much impressed will:
what they saw. They all expressed
the opinion that if the institution is
1 to meet the needs of t'he state in its
work it must have much larger increase
in appropriations. The mem
bers of the board had dinner at the
central dining hall.
Governor Newland made' a speech
in which he said that all the things
he prophesied in 1008, at' the first
commencement speech, had come true
except the mountains on the campus
and be says these will yet come. It
wil] be remembered that Mr. Newland
introduced the charter bill of
This institution and engineered it
through the house and senate. He
hail never been on the board of trustees
until appointed by Governor
Morrison. * Mr. Bernhardt, chairman
of the executive committee and member
of the hoard of trustees since
190.:. has been most efficient and
deeply int'eiested in the institution.
The older members of the board gave
a hearty welcome to Mr. Gaither, a
new member of the board. Col. T.
H. Coffev, president of the board,
presided.
Miss Celeste Henkel was appointed
:r place of her uncle, the late C.
V. Hvidcel, of Statesville, and is the
first lady appointed on the board.
She the county superintendent of
ifdhools in Irede'l. Mr. F. C. Sande.uh'.
of Charlotte, who had been
. named a member of the board died
be for* attending a mooting.
Recent Visitor*
Kvv. Mr. Smith, of Concordia Colleg'
. was a recent visitor at chapel
ex ere -es. On the 5th. Dr. and Mrs.
Pa< ersity, who
ar? -i'? ndinir some time ii? the mmm
tairm. entertained the students and
facr with music on the violin and
flut? and several solos by Mrs. PattersovDr.
Boyd, dean of MiUigan
College. was arc sent on the same
day. made a short talk. Mr. Riley
Scoti. a pdet from Kentucky, has
been av .the .Normal for some days.
Rev. Jeffcoat conducted devotional
sew at chapel on the fifth. Prof.
Warlick, superintendent of the school
at Randleman, was a recent visitor
to the school. On the 6th Prof. Edgar
Story, superintendent of the
"Wilkesboro school and a former
graduate of the high school department
made a short talk.
JURORS NAMED FOR FALI.
TERM OF SUPERIOR COURT
Th. following iist of jurors have
been drawn for the fall term of
Watauga superior court, which con
venes on September 6th for the
trial of both criminal and civil cases.
Judge Henry P. Lane, of Reidsville.
will preside:
First Week
Brown. Arlie; Carroll, C. C.: Coffey.
J. F.; Coffey, J. W.; Clement,
K. M.j Edminst'en Ira ; Eggers, L. E.;
Farthing, C. C.; Fox, Roe; Greene,
Alex. Gross B. H.; Hamilton, Walter;
Haves. Grady; Hodges, J. P.; Hodges,
I. G. Hodges. H. C.; Hollifield. H. C.;
Jones H. S.; Lewis. .1. W.; Miller, G.
B.; Phillips. Joe C.; Parker. A. T.;
Reece. Spencer. South, S. S.; Shull,
P. P.: Tester. L. D.; Thomas. R. A.;
** Town-end, Cicero; Taylor, C. D.; Wilson,
John; Williams, Canrf?Ton; Weaver,
T. A.: Winkler, Walter; Wheeler,
T. M.; Ward, M. P.; Winebarger,
Hosea.
Second Week
Ward. -J. C.; Anderson. W. R.; McNeil,
Joe; Danner, J. C.; Moody. A.
B.; Hodges, E. P.; Triplett, Spencer;
Trivett. D. J..; M ody. L. E.; Greene,
R. C.! Winebarger, Caleb; Trivett,
W. F.; Greene. L. A.; Watson. T. S.;
Michael. J. W.: Ahlridge. J. A.; Tayir.?
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DEATH OF MR. CORPENING
Mr. Newton Corpening. of Mis
souri, dropped dead July 19. His
health had not been good for months
but he was a very active man for his
age. He was well known in North
Carolina. He owned the Watauga
Hotel, the first hotel ever built at
Blowing Rock. He was twice married.
first to a Miss Moore of Globe,
who died early in life." His second
I wife was Miss Gal lie Winkler, o f
Bourne. She and one son survive him.
?Lenoir News-Topic.
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An Independent Fami
BOONE
?j Mexico's Church Strife .
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Upper, President Calies of MexI
ico and "lower, Archbishop Del Rio,
leaders opposed in Mexico's war of
State against Catholic Church.
FRANCE IS NOT FOR
SALE, SAYS CLEMENCEAU
Promises of Payment of War Debt !
Impossible He Tells President
Paris, Aug. 8.?"Old Father Victory"
again has come to the defense
of France in her hour of trouble.
Georges Ciemenceau. war-time premier,
appealed to President Coolidge,
in an open letter published today, not.
to treat settlement of war debts as a |
I purely commercial matter. The pro|
posed Berenger-Mellon debt agree- j
111 ire -ao*!icu IU uc iiujjuHMUii; uL
fulfillment and to threaten the independence
of France.
The spirited appeal of "The Tiger," 1
who will be 85 years old next month,
came with dramatic unexpectedness '
at a moment when the French government
is hesitating before taking a
definite position on the ratification
of the proposed agreement. Midday
editions of the afternoon papers gave
Che letter prominent display.
Tiie Franco-American negotiations
j leading to promise of payment, for- 1
m< i Premier Clemencenii declared, ]
are impossible of fulfillment because 1
thy would result in a loan "with solid '
security in the shape of our territor1
ial possessions as was the case for 1
Turkey." He warned President Cool- '
:dge that France never will accept f
I such a thing. 1
I "France is not. for sale?even to
| her friends," he said. "Independent
! she canie to us, independent we shall
leave her."
President's Reply c
j Plymouth. Vt., Aug. 8.?The posi- I
' tion of President Coolidge is that the *
negotiations relative to the war-time \
. debt owed by France to the United
I States are closed.
President Coolidge was informed t
tonight through press uispaicnes 011
the open letter former Premier Clem- j c
enceau of France has addressed to I
him on the war debts and it was in- t
dicated his attitude w.as thai flie s
Washington government intends to conduct
its relations with the French
people on all questions through their d
duly constituted diplomatic authorities.
5
Any further outline of the views of i
the chief executive toward the Clem- a
j enceau letter waas unavailable.
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YOUNG MAN SLAYS MOTHER t
Springfield, Mass., Aug. 6.?Rich- f
i arq C. Bearse, a 26-year-old me
chanical engineer, slew his mother by: (
tortuous mutilations early today v
during a maniacal attack that left 0
him apparently a gibbering idiot sit- ^
j ting beside the mutilated body of
his'"parent with whom he had lived *
alone for 14 years since she was divoiced
from the treasurer of Hamp- 1
dcu county. ' V
The police have been unabe to *
learn what started the mutilations
that* brought death from shock, but *
the young man muttered rambling
phrases about taking out his mother's
eyes because they did not look right
and of rending her body to purify her (
soul. *
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Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 8.?Five men 1
were killed when their automobile *
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wiis. shuck uy me west nuuna v/nio
| Limited on the New York Central j
railroad near Williamsville early today.
The ages oi' the victims ranged
from 20 to 30 years.
lUGA ]
ly Newspaper, Devoted to
WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAB
ARLIE WILLIAMS F
KILLED AT VILAS
Frajjcdy Occurred Saturday After- Bi
noon When Cor Turns Over;
Was Buried Tuesday
J ?
Ar'ie Williams. 21-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams, for- f>
iter residents of this county, now liv-; cc
injc in Detroit. Mich., died Saturday! m
night about two hours after being: in-J jn
iu?.?a an automoUJk' wreck atJcc
Vilas. According to reports the young
man seems Co have lost control of the ?
;ar in sotae way while driving at a ^
moderate speed, and in an attempt to
-giit the vehicle it turned over. He. e(
.vas found under the car soon after (
;he accident occurred and at* first se
t was thought he was practically un-| m
njured, in fact no doctor was called. ^
When death came, however, it was
found that a rib had been broken and **
;hrust through one of his longs, and ^
ikely other internal injuries hastened C(
tils death. jr
Mr. Williams was buried at Cbve j
Creek Tuesday afternoon. cj
Deceased had just returned for a
visit from Michigan to his native
county and was recuperating after a ^
ather serious operation. He was said t,,
to have been a fine young fellow and'
his death is deplored.
HOWARD F. COUNCIL LAID TO I ?J
REST IN HICKORY THURSDAY J p
The Church of the AscensioVi. lypis-j w
copal, at Hickory, was filled to over- ^
flowing at 2 o'clock Thursday after- (.
noon when the funeral rites were held
for Lieutenant Howard Folk Council, ,|
eldest* son of Judge W. B. Council
and Mrs. Council, who lost his Ife the c
pre" ious Saturday in a plane accident tj
at Vineyard Haven, Mass.
The body reached Hickory at mid- y
night Wednesday, accompanied by ^
Lieut. Commander A. C. Davis, and c
was taken to the home of his par- M
ents. An honorary escort of six men, y
selected from the Hickory Post of the ^
American Legion, joined the funeral ^
cortege at the station and marched s
beside their former comrade as he j.
was taken home.
Young Council was one of the most c
popular of the yob rig men in Hickory G
and the pallbearers that* bore the
body to and from the church Thurs- n
day afternoon were all former play- j
mates and boyhood friends of the n
young lieutenant. a
A military escort from the Hickory f
post of the American Legion, in which fj
young Councill was identified, march.
cd in measured tread as the body was tl
tiikon h\ fhf* !?I-???? > < 1 -
beside that of Allan Councill, the j,
youngest son of Judge and Mrs. t,
Council!, whose death occurred three
years ago.
Rev. Sam B. Stroup, past'or of
Lieut. Council! through his youth and
early manhood, conducted the serv- jf
ice, speaking in the highest terms of
the life and character of the deadly
ieutenant. j ?
Floral designs, sent* from many j 0,
)arts of the country, hanked the al- t"
;ar at the church and covered the
grave jqjiipletc-ly after the final servce
at the cemetery. o;
rHOUSANDS OF DEATHS
FROM CHOLERA IN CHINA h'
~ tc
Shanghai. Aug. 8. ? With weird
eremoniais in their temples to ap- ^
tease the dragon king, the Chinese
ire attempting to halt cholera which , ^
s daily causing more than 1,000 g;
leaths in the native sections of oj
Shanghai and in the Pootung dis- j ?v
rict, across the Wangpoo river. ; jJ
Foreigners, living in concession
listricts of Shanghai as modern as
European or American cities* have i
een almost immune flom * the! *)(
fcoui-ge only two of t'heir number m
iftving died. j
The Chinese are praying: to the |
ragon king to send rain to relieve the I ni(
Irought and the fierce heat that is |VJ
I vying streams and parching riye'j..
ields. Their officials admit their in- ] ^
bility to cope with the disease, al-jSp
hough they establishing: many J ^
lospitals and otherwise endeavoring I .)C.
o relieve the sufferers of the highly j j."
atal epidemic.
Thousands of natives crowded the
Chinese hospitals whoso facilities are ur
itterjy inadequate. Only a few cases m.
an be treated thousands dying: in ce
iovels without medical attention. a
Only narrow streets separate the ai]
oreign concessions with their 20r- Cj1
00 foreigners. of whom more than
0,000 are Japanese, from the dense-j th
y crowded antiquated Chinese quar- j t<>
er. fb
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>AR1NG DAYLIGHT RAID AT , *
NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE *?
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Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 10.?Two t.;(
taring daylight* raids' on branch lr
>anks by a band of seven bandits pL
jetted them $6,178, resulted in the
leath of George Parker, 19." book- j.j
:eeper, and serious wounding of eN
"rank Gabler, fruit dealer. After rfj
heir two successiui roooenes tne
>andr> headed their automobile for
he heart of the ci'y and tonight po- eI,
:.-e were without a trace of their f
no em. ts. w.
wi
mi - y
Demo
the Upbuilding of North'
MOLINA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 12.
REORGANIZATION f
CO. GOVERNMENT L
usinesn Managers for Count 0 vre
Among Reforms Suggests ^
Commission
' ?
Mo reread City, Aug. 10 ^ ie v Hiring
of county governr , . under
- ..v*'- m?cj na ve ueen u
icd and found effective, the report'
tiints out.
The fiscal management and unity k
? the. official family has fallen
lort in most counties, declared the
>mmission, .because the officials
ive little or no conception of the w
>tal value of service to be rendered st
id duplication of effort and a dis- si
*opprtionai.c distribute n . : vca.ie.
oreover, "there is a diffusion of autority,
lack of conceited programs h
1* county endeavor and curtailment f<
liuthcriti itf?d d'gr.ily^vhich right- ni
illy belongs to the commissioners." ir
ikewise, under these circumstances h<
is impossible for the commission- pi
s to control the budget of receipts sc
id expenditures, and .delegations of
ople are served as they appear di
onlhly and found as appropriated as v;
Ct
When there is no unity of manage- pi
ent in many cases, declares the com- m
ission, which has investigated sysms
in the majority of counties in
e state, counties frequently spend
ecial tax funds for general purposes
id general funds for special tax pur- J.
es while some counties do not even fc
low how niuch it cost's to operate th
eir government. It.
The commission recommends that in
lity in the official family in fiscal
anagement may be maintained by nc
ntering administrative authority in of
business manager, appoint'ed by
id acting for the board He may be t
airman of the board or he may be
e auditor; by requiring ail boards M
at expend public funds to aCc'oui.i sp
the board of county commissioners en
r all funds received and expended;
giving the commissioners authority 01
select all administrative offices, at
ch as auditors, collectors of revenue m
id the like; by a careful administra>n
of a county budget and a ten- hi
alized arcoimrim*- r?f nil fnn/tc onU
srchases. , bt
The commission gave Pitt, New ; t.h
an over and Buncombe counties at
amples of unified fiscal manage- te
ent. j fo
1 lo
An application of lime has apparitly
controlled com root rot in a M
eld in Pitt county badly infested
ith the trouble last year. , Si
I
impotent official famit^., ith busi;ss
managers, budgct'v^- purchaser
agents was recom\! ied by the
>mmission on county^;. ; ernment of
le State Association ""of County
omniissioners here tonight. The re>rt,
written by Dr. E. C. Brooks,
lairman of the commission appoint'i
by Governor McLean at the revest
of the last convention, was pre- '
tnted the county government comittce
of the association by E. P.
purtll, of Rocky Mount, and will be
ven the fuil convention toniorrow.
The report is the outgrowth of a
ieling among the commissioners that
>unfy government methods should be
riproved. This feeling took definite
>rm at the last session of the assoation
and the governor was request.3
to aid by appointing a rcpresenitive
commission to st'udy the mat- .
M". The report, it is said wil be the
asis of legislation to be presented to,
le 1027 general assembly designed i
> improve county government' meth-|
[is.
Digging thoroughly into the whole
roldem of county government the
c? in mission points out in its 6,000-'
ord report that the greatest reform
needed in the fiscal management of
unties. Progress, it declares, in ?
lis respect has not kept pace with
he improvement in the machinery !>
br rendering service either to the 0
ounty individually or to society of
he county as a whole. Saying that F
be "amount of service that may be
endered the citizens of any county is
ependent primarily upon the resour?.f
. U * 1 ?- ?--- r
v?? mv- tuuiii-) ana mc ousiness f
lethods and practices employed," the
eport point's out that many North R
larolina counties have fallen short in Q
heir services because of defective J
ystems of government rather than 1
ck of resources.
There are seven functions that ;3
very county must safeguard if itv I
perations are to be successful, de- t.
tared the report. They are: (1) 1
laintaining unity in the official h
amily of a county in fiscal manage- g
\Lrt; (2) preserving the toxahles of
county; (3) collecting the revenue ;3
airly and justiy; (1) safeguarding t
ic revenue through proper account- l
lg; (5) safeguarding the expendi- y
ares through budget control and a 0
Mitral purchasing agent; (G) protect- c
lg t'he physical property of the coiinv*,
and (7) providing properly the t.
dministration c?f justice. s,
In rounding its report the com- p
lission presents these functions of ;;
ic county giving the defect's which
ivariably appear where they are not r|
roperly safeguarded and offers sug- jy
est ions for safeguarding them. .The 0
iggestions are taken frtijm a number ,
f enunti^-a wtm*. Mw,,. i i. <
CRAT
west North Carolina.
11)26
Second Race in 1 exas
9 ^Nnl
Attorney Gent ral Dan Mbwjy j
above) and Governor Miriam A.
'erguson, who are to enter a second
rimary on August 28, for he gov-1
mors hip of the Lone Star St'atv. ,
"ERGUSON AND MOODY TO
HAVE SECOND* PRIMARY !
Dallas, Texas.. Aug-. i?.?The battle!
or the Democratic nomination fori
;overnor of Texas is to be fought all
ver again between Governor Miriam
L Ferguson and Attorney General
>an Moody.
In the midst* of threats of court
ction to disqualify Moody, the
)emocratic state executive commitee
today certified the names of Mrs.
'erguson and Moody Co go on the j
allot for the run-off primary Au:ust
28th.
The committee refused to consider]
i petition read by A. L. Curtis, of
jelton, Texas, who appeared as at
orncy for Mrs. Ferguson, asking Chat
loody be disqualified on the ground
f alleged irregularities in campaign
dmributions.
Moody in a heated speech denounc- j
d the petition as a <locument "preented
for a sinister political purose"
and declared i * to be "t'aise
lid without foundation."
The commitVeV action certifying
lie names of Mrs Ferguson and j
loody came af ? aa rifttiVosirl I
f the duly primnVy. by a su.hr i
:>mnv;;c whi?T showed .'hat Moody'
iok-d 1.770 vce- of h::\ g a mn?rii\
? v-r i\;l candidates.
IAD CORSETS WITH BOTTLES
OF BOOZE FOR STAYS
Atinnta. Ga., Aug:. 6.?Corsets !
ifh pint bottles of corn liquor as'
ays constitute the latest booze j
ongg'ing wrinkle encountered by'
7y it a . - . Co Vc.ajnt go
Information to this effect' has been !
rought to Atlanta by Louis H. Craw- |
Yrd, United States marshal for the '
Hem district of Georgia follow- J
ig his return f rom Savannah, where;
j conferred with Ml O. Dunning,!
rohibition co-ordinator for the:
Yutheast.
The unique liquor carriers were j
scovered at a picnic given by Sauinah
negroes, Crawford said. The
>rsets. each of which contained 12
:nt_bottIes, were worn by women
errvmakers at the festival.
wrirrc / ?rr i/n *
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Valle Crucis, Aug. 10.?The Rev. j
P. Burke was away for three or I
mr days last week on account of:
e illness and death of his brother, ,
P. Burke, of Salisbury, who died
Asheville.
-Miss Mary Newman, of Chatra?cga,
Term., is a visitor at the home !
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shuli.
C. R. rij^lips. of Chicago. -111 . - wa's j 1
recent visitor in the valley,
iliss Beatrice Shull arrived on ,
onday from New York City, to t
end a month or more with hor par- ;
is, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shull.
Rev. Dr. Phillips, rector of Trinity .
lurch,' Columbia, S. C-. will preach i
Holy Cross Church next Sunday i
ornrng.
Rev. and Mrs. J. Harding Hughes <
ive returned to their summer home
Vaalle Crucis. Mrs. Hughes has j
en visiting in HendeTsonvilie for i
o n-jcl t An a uttL
Mis? Florence Landis, a former
acher at the Valle Crucis School
v Girls, is visiting Miss Susie Tavr.
Rev. A. A. Racr, who was on the :
efhodist circuit twenty-six years i
:o, preached in Valle Crucis last
mday aftefnoon.
FIVE CENTS A COPY
NO RAILROAD FOR
LOST PROVINrF<s
Interstate Commerce Comraiitsioii Rejects
Proposal for Building
. Bowie Line
The f/iiio^ing dispatch from Raieigh
jund t date of August 0, will be
read with interest in this section of
the state"The
proposal that the state of
North Carolina build a stai.e-ow ued
r.ulro-.Mi r.et\\ een a point in Western
Nerth Carolina and a point in Cast
Tennessee, was rejected today by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The proposed road is known as the
"Tarn Bowie railroad," for the man
who has sponsored the idea. Mr.
Bowie had in mind connecting: three
"lost* provinces" with the rest of the
state.
The proposal was to build a road
along- one of three routes. Two of
the routes proposed would extend
from North Wilkesboro to Mountain
City. Tenn., while the other would
have covered a route between Doughton
and Mountain City.
The "Lost Prvinces" are the counties
of Ashe. Watauga and Alleghany,
which have for years been isolated
from the remainder of the state by
mountains.
While the proposal was rejected,
the action of the commission was
without prejudice to the re-sub mission
of the proposition. The commission
doubted that the S10,000,000
proposed to be spent would be
sufficient to construct, equip and
operate such a road; and it suggested
that a single route be selected.
The state proposal was that the
road be built from the proceeds of
the sale of $10,000,000 of state
bonds, the road to be constructed by
the Appalachian and Western North
Carolina Railroad Company, to he
organized for the purpose.
The dista nee from Doughton to
Mountain City, Tenn., was placed at
SO miles and the cost of construction
was estimated at $9,4 70,000. The
distance of the second route, from
Wilkesboro to Mountain City, is
placed at 08 miles; the cost of con
struction is estimated at $7,430,000.
The third route, which uses the terminals
at North Wilkesboro anad
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...uuiiu?ii viv.v, auu wiiuhi utkc in
I more Lerritory, covers u distance of
| S 1 miles'; the cost of construction of
t'his route was estimated at $8,845,000.
The proposal included, as an auxiliary
project, the construction of 23
miles from North Wilkesboro to
Taylorsville connecting: there with a
branch of the Southern railway.
FUNERAL OF T. F. COOFEY
LAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
On last Wednesday afternoon, in
the beautiful cemetery at Manning;
S. C., in the presence of a vast cnoourso
of friends from that city and
surrounding- country. all that was
mortal of our departed friend, T. Fin
Coffey, was consigned to the tomb beside
his four little children who preceded
him to the land "beyond the
river." The funeral services wore
short but most impressive. Mr. Coffey
was an active member of the Bap- *
tist chuich, always in the fore front
when the church of his choice had
problems to solve He was chairman
h ' o d ? 4.S;U or.s at ' ;e time
of his death, and had been for several
years.
The pallbearers and others offiei
atmg m me burial were business men
of the eir.y, with whom deceased was
closely identified for the past quarter
of a century.
Fin Coffey numbered his friends in
Watauga by his acquaintances, arid it
seemed that he could have claimed
the same in the Palmetto State. His
praises as a good citizen, loving husband,
indulgent father and, above ail,
a high-toned Christian gentleman,
were sounded from the lips of those
with whom you got in conversation.
Truly a good man has gone to his reward.
Those attending the funeral from
Boone returned Thursday afternoon
:?t *5:30 o'clock.
WANTS STATE TO TAKE
OVER ANOTHER HIGHWAY
Jefferson, Aug. 10.?A large number
of citizens of Ashe county, accompanied
by a delegation from Johnson
county. Tennessee, went to Roaring
Cap Saturday afternoon, where they
met Highway Commissioner A. S.
Hanes, of the seventh district, to present
to him a request that, the county
highway from Jefferson to the Ten
SeSSee- nne near trade oe taken over
tor maintenance by the state highway
commission.
Commissioner Hanes took the position
that the full limit allowance of
5,200 miles has already been assumed
by the commission, following the
map made by the general assembly.
In his opinion, however, the next legislature
will increa e the mileage on
the map to 8,000 miles. And he assured
the delegation that if this were
done, he would recommend that this
road be placed on ths map and taken
over for maintenance.