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. n ti i ii iiwmn nniw.il ii ...wiiuiiMHiiiMnii iiiu iimi i nw i win m mm .1 iu. im n iw.n 11.111 111 l 11,1111 ijn ji .1 n mim 1.11 hiiii.ih.hi.ui 11. smuhmiii mi i.i.w.inni mwpwm hhipi iiwiii 111 1 ' ' -IB 1. um ml sv-m-wisimii 1111 msj I'B vmi 'T - ie Aslanlle Gazette 1xtw$. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M. Weather Forecast: Showers ; Cooler. .V0L.XV, NO. 106. ASHEVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 6, 1910. . : ' : " ' N ; ; 3c PER COPY. THE hSHSLUTIOH III PORTUGAL APPAREfjiL? IS ACCOMPLISHED King Is in Exile, bnt His Whereabouts Unknown Lisbon for Time at Least in Undisputed Control of Revolutionists Populace Peacefully Celebrates Advent of Republic Details Are Still Meagre. PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT HAS FORMALLY Manuel Reported at Cintra, at Coxias and on Board Yacht En Route to England There Are Rumors of Advance of Loyalist Forces on Lisbon, and Threatened Civil War, but These Are Unconfirmed. KINO MANUEL of Portu- gal is today in exile from the capital, which remains for the "time at least in undisputed control of the revolutionists. Public order has been restor ed at Lisbon. The populace are peacefully celebrating the advent of the republic. Pre mier Teixeira De Sousa this afternoon formally relinquish ed the reins of government to Provisional President Theo phile Braga and his associates. This much is known from a few cable dispatches that the cen sor has permitted to go from the capital and from wireless messages from vessels in the harbor. Of other events throughout Portugal little defi nite has been learned. Intense interest centers in the whereabouts of Manuel and the question whether the re- public wUhendure J His majesty is Variously re ported at Cintra, at Caxias, and 6n board the royal yacht Queen Amelia,' bound for the protect ing shores of England. It is quite certain the queen mother, Amelia, and the king's grand mother, the dowager empress, Maria Pia, are on this vessel, enroute for Gibraltar. Communication between Lis bon and the provinces has been uevered. The attitude of the people in the country is in doubt. There are rumors of loyalist forces moving on the capital and threatening civil .war. These are not confirmed. r Liverpool, Oct f. The Portuguese consul hare has received a cablegram dated Lisbon, timed noon today, say ing all It quiet at the capital. Berlin, Oct. . The foreign office haa received a telegram algned "Theo phllo Braga, provisional president of Portugal," announcing the formation of a provisional government and the proclamation of a republic, ana guar anteeing publlo security. Identical notes have been sent by Braga to all the other powers. King's Whereabouts Unknown. London, Oct . Bir P. I.. VUHers, the British minister at Lisbon, tele graphed the foreign office today that the republican revolution apparently Is accomplished, and it seemed there was no reason to fear further vio lence. He aaya the whereabouts of the king are unknown, but he Is a sured Manuel Is safe. , He Is not how. ever, on a British ship. A special from Lisbon says the fighting lasted 40 hours,' both parties showing extraordinary courage. There la no organised polios force, but the population Is orUerly. Twenty Wounded St Oporto. Vigo, Spain, Oct I. Portuguese newspapers say the Initiative In the revolution was taken by the six teenth regiment f Infantry, aided by an artillery regiment blue . jackets and 1000 armed civilians. The police a Lisbon were overcome without dlf flcultr. Twenty Were wounded during clashes at Oporto. Radicals Parade at Barcelona. Barcelona. Octi I. Numerous bands of Spanish radicals paraded the streets today until the police dipersed them. .Straggle Continues. . Madrid, Oct . The struggle be tween revolutionists and loyalists at Lisbon continues today. Advices from Lisbon are meager. The report of continued fighting, how ever. Is from a news source and may have escaped censor J Dispatches last night conveyed tne Impression that revolutionists were not In complete charge, but as the monarchy previous to the outbreak exercised a - strict censorship, the revolutionists now it fontrol of the cable and wires can dictate what the outstuo world shall know of the present troubles. One lmimtch enrly today said that troops r .tttiful lo the king still held Im t piitnie lent nlht hut eilmlt s I . f i -1 ' ' Henna, niter 30 lieu' THEOPHILE BRAGA TAKEN OVER THE REINS of fighting, had the upper hand. It Is said that a moderate estimate of the losses on both sides Is 200 dead and 450 wounded. A republic waa proclaimed amidst frantic enthuslnsm. The discipline of the revolutionists Is excellent. Man uel, It Is said, left the city and Is probably aboard the yacht Queen Amelle, sailing for England. It Is said the queen mother and the king's uncle, the Duke of Oporto, are still aboard the Queen Amelle. The pre fect of Badajose province had com municated the republican proclama tion to the Spanish officials. The Republic was proclaimed this afternoon at Oporto and Eatremose. One of the new ministers in the pro visional government is touring the country urging the people to remain quiet. Only Troopa on the way to Join the revolutionists were allowed to enter Lisbon. Uneasiness at Valencia. Valencia, Spain, Oct. 6. Uneasiness Is felt here following the Portuguese proclamation of a republic. Civil guards are patrolling the streets. Troops are held in readiness for any emergency. Modification of Fleet's Schedule. Washington, Oct. . The ' Portu guese turmoil may result In eliminat ing Lisbon as a port of call from the European Itinerary of the Atlantic fleet. Cholera at Italian ports will cause-- farther modification -f the fleet's schedule. .' ' ' ' COMPETITION IS SHARP FOR PUCE ON TICKET Keenest Interest in Meeting to Be Held Tonight to Select Candidate for State Auditor. Oasette-News Bureau, Chamber of Commerce Rooms, Uollemon Building, Raleigh, Oct. 6. There Is the keenest interest In the meeting of the state democratic exec utive committee called by State Chair man A. H. Eller for tonight to name candidate for state auditor to sue ceed the late B. F. Dixon, for the last two years of his term, beginning next January. The Indications are that there will be a very full attendance of committeemen owing to the large number of candidates for the nomlna tlon and the sharp competition that Is entering Into the tight, there being announcements of new aspirants al most every day. The list now Includes Capt 8. A. Ashe of Raleigh, Major H. A. London of Plttsboro, Capt W. P. Woody of Randolph, W. M. McLaurln of Scot land county, Capt E. F. Lovell of Watauga, Charles M. Thompson of Davidson, J no. C. Scarborough of Murfreesboro, Capt. W. T. R. Bell Of Rutherfordton and others. In the meantime the duties of the audltorshlp are being quietly discharge ed by B. F. Dixon, Jr., whose commlS' slon from Oovernor Kitchen as suc cessor to his father, holds to ' next January, when the auditor elected will qualify. ALL NIGHT WATCH KEPT AROUND MONTGOMERY JAIL Men Guarding Slayer of Policemen Removed This Morning, and Or der Has Been Restored. Montgomery. Ala., Oct . After an all-night vigil the possemen who cuarded Montgomery county Jail wherein ts confined John Adams, tne slayer of Policeman Berry and As slstant Officer Ellington, withdrew from the jail this morning. Today order has been restored. Cotton Seed Bringing 4ft Cents. Charlotte, Oct S.-JThe farmers who re having cotton seed to sell are re. Using a good price. The seejd brought 41 cents per bushel on the 'local mar ket yesterday. At the beginning of the season the seed brought 65 centa It Is now bringing 45 centa with a steady demand. Thfcse high figures are brought about by the unprecedented high price of cotton seed oil. At the opening of the season cotton seed oil was sellln at 76 cents per gallon. - As the seed began to come In the price Ml to ( cents where It now stnmls. This cans ed a corresponding decrease In th price of the seed. . L CREDIT Advantage of Former at Loan Baiii Argued Before American Bank era' Atiooiation. CAUSE OF MANY FAILURES FOUND IN PERSONAL PAPER Think Marketable Collateral la Coin- lug More and More to the Front as Credit Basis. Loa Angeles, Oct. 6. The advan tage to the trust company In making loans upon marketable collateral rather than upon personal credit waa discussed today by William C. Polllon Ice-president of the Mercantile Trust company of New York before the trust company section of the Amer ican Bankers' association. Mr. Poll lon said: We are all familiar with the claim, of many years' standing, that no class of bank loans Is so safe and desirable as good, double-named, commercial aper, and that Is almose universally accepted as true by the bankers of the country. "Nevertheless, I am of the opinion that, year by year, a larger percentage of the total loans oT the banking ln- stltutlona of the United States will be made upon marketable collateral rather than upon unsecured personal credit. "it is true that only a small per centage of the large amount of com merclal paper discounted by banks is defaulted upon, yet the cause of the failure of the hundreds of banking In stitutions in the United States has been the inability of these in stitutions to realize upon their dis counts to customers at maturity, even times of no particular monetary, stringency; whereas, if only part of these loans hul bee nsecured by mar ketable collateral, payment would have been made at maturity. In most cases, when required. This would have been possible because the bor rower, In all probability, would have been able to secure a renewal else where, falling ' which ft : sufficient amount of the collutoral ceo Id have been sold to liquidate the loan. Marketable Stocks and Bonds. . . . For the benefit of those present who are not entirely familiar with the customs governing loans to banking and brokerage houses of New York banking institutions, I will say that such loans are made almost exclus ively upon stocks and bonds listed on the New York Stock Exchange, hav ing an aggregate market value of 20 per cent in excess of the amount loaned thereon; so that a loan of 1100,000 would be secured by market able collateral worth at least $120,000, and this surplus margin the borrower agrees to maintain at all times. In the event of a decline In the market prices of these securities, the borrow er makes up the deficiency by depos iting additional collateral. At the maturity of these loans, If the lending institution desires repayment, the bor rower can invariably do this by secur ing a loan elsewhere, when necessary, even though a higher rate of interest might be required by the lender. 'The major part of such loans Is se cured by mixed collateral, partly rail road and partly Industrial securities, and loans of this character command a lower rate of Interest than In the case of loans secured by only one or two classes of collateral, which re quire a larger percentage of margin, sometimes as high as 60 per cent In excess 'of the amount loaned thereon. A Great Advantage. As the result of an experience of tO years with this class of loans, I ven ture the opinion that it possesses a great advantage over the double- named commercial paper. In that It has much greater convertibility and the additional advantage that oven though the borrower has become In solvent nts security haa not necessar ily become Impaired because of this occurrence; or. If the security is not adequate, the borrower has not neces sarily become Insolvent. There have. of course, been occasions when Dom these misfortunes occurred at once. usually In times of panic In this event experience haa shown that the most advantageous course lor tne lending institution to pursue haa been to carry the loan until the market value of the collateral reaches a point where it can be sold for an amount sufficient to liquidate the loan with out loss. I am strongly of the opinion that fully 10 per cent of such default ed loans can be liquidated without loss to the lender, If such loans were (made with reasonable prudence in the first Instance. , "It la self-evident that each year, a larger proportion of the business of thu world Is being transacted by cor noratlons. which ts not strange, In view of their advantage over the lim itations ef Individuals. Millionaire PabUatier Suicide, New York. Oct. Prank M. LuP' ton. oresdent of the F. M. Lupton company, incorporated, publishers of the People's Home Journal, a mmon aire, committed suicide today, cutting his throat In a bath room In his home in Brooklyn. He had been sufferng from melancholia forllowlng an op eration. His age was 51. , Illinois Coal Mine I on Fire. Anvllle. Ills., Oct. Hartihorn's coal mine. Bear here. Is on Are. Th miners working In the first level have i.i n taken out. It Is said 160 are uil In tlm mine. mil is HUSBAND FIGHT FATAL DUEL He Used a Shotgun, She a Revolver, and He Is Dead The Quarrel Started Over a Match and the Building of a Fire in the Kitchen Stove She Is Held by Coroner. Lake Charles, La., Oct. 6. A duel between husband and wife, he armed with a shotgun, and she with a revol ver, has had a fatal' ending. Dr. B. Templin Smith died here from wounds Inflicted by Mrs. Smith in the duel on the morning of September 26. The sensational story was brought out before the coroner's Jury and Mrs. Smith was held responsible for her husband's death. It waa through her testimony that the story came to light. There had been a quarrel over a match and the building of a kitchen tire. The physician slapped his wife and, when she protested against such treatment, he commanded her to get a weapon. 1 ! "Get your gun,, I'll get mine and THE MILLS WILL REOPEN: MONDAY : " '. ' Trouble Between Federation of Matter ; (I ' '.-. Cotton Spinners and Operatives . ,' y Hat Been Settled. Manchester. England, Oct. G. The trouble between the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners and Opera tives, which resulted in a lockout of 130,000 operatives,, was settled today. The mills will re-open Monday. CABIN PASSENGERS ON SANATA ANNA LANDED Steerage Passengers ' on Cholera Stricken Ship Will be Landed on Hoffman Island.; Washington, Oo. Quarantines official at New Y Instructed to impose a five (leys' inspection upon ahipa from the cholera stricken dis tricts of Europe, upon which any sus picious infection may be discovered. New York, Oct. 8. The flurry of uneasiness over the possibility of the entrance of cholera at this port waa abated yesterday with , reassuring statements' from this state and fed eral health officers and the release of 615 cabin passengers who had been detained at quarantine since Monday night aboard the steam ship Santa Anna and Moltke from Italian ports. The ves sels are still held, however, and the steerage passengers of both, 2060 In all, will be transferred today to Hoff man Island for observation. On the Moltke there is merely one suspicious cose but on the Santa Anna a cholera victim died at sea, while In addi tion there are In the steerage two cases of intestinal trouble requiring treatment. Cleared of their steerage passengers the vessels will be fumi gated until It Is regarded as safe to allow them to dock. The steamship Virginia, which com pleted the trio of cholera suspects held up Tuesday night, receivea a clean bill of health yesterday and was allowed to proceed from quarantine with all hands, steerage included. LIST STANDS AT 36 DEAD, 31 INJURED; INQUEST ON Licrnian and Young, Motormen, and Leonard, Conductor, Are Expected to Testify as to Ute Wreck. Carllnvllle, Ills., Oct. . An Inquest over the bodies of the Illinois Trac tlon wreck victims la In progress here todav. There Is no change In the casualty list 36 dead and SI Injured John Lierman, the motorman, ana Conductor Leonard of the northbound car, and E. J. Young, motorman ofthe southbound car, are expected to tes tify. Later. All miners of the Electric (Hartshorn) mine were taken out shortly after 11 o'clock this morning. The . Are was confined to the lower levels. The managers say that as the mine Is fireproof there Is no danger. The fire waa caused by a smudge. It is not known how It started. PIANO COMPANV CHARTERED, diaries Nichols, W. J. Klncaid and M. W. Itrowit O I ncorporelora To Make and Sell Instruments. Qaxette-Newa Tlureau, Chamber of Commerce Rooms, Hollemon Building, Raleigh, Oct t. A charter Is Issued to the Ashevllle Piano company, capital $50,000; by Charles Nichols, W. J. Klncaid and M W. Brown, to manufacture and sell nlanos and other musical Instru ments. . Statue) of Muhlenberger rnvelled Philadelphia. Oct A statae of General Peter . Muhlenberg, colonial preacher and revolutionary figure, waa unveiled en the south plasa of the city hall here to'iay. A feature of the n'iIHng was the parade of SO,- 000 ill Vtilch Germ nil and trb races purl Id lis. ted. Th''" were eratlone In 'iermmi ami Ifinti AND WIFE we'll shoot this out right here," he cried. They met, both armed, in a hallway of the residence. Whether the doctor tried to use his shotgun has not been brought out in the testimony. Mrs. Smith fired twice, and her husband staggered to his room, where she fol lowed. The woman knelt by his side on the floor and cried, "My God, I had to do It." Then she says he asked her to "go ahead and finish him." The district attorney formally charged Mrs. Smith with mnnxlaugh ter. She Was arraigned for brill. Just bofore his death Dr. Smith made a statement to the district attorney. This will not be given out until the trial. TL ENGAGEDJNFIST FIGHT Judge Merrimon and F. A. Sondley Mix at Wayhetville, but Their Friendt Intervene. Special to The Gazette-News. Waynesvllle. Oct. 6. With the ad journment of court yesterday after noon a sensational Incident occurred when Foster A. Sondley and Judge James H. Merrimon af Ashevllle be came Involved In a personal difficulty. Judge Merrimon and Mr. Sondley are appearing as attorneys in the famous copper mine suit of Westfeldt-Adams, and during the court session yesterday an acrimonious altercation arose be tween the two prominent attorneys. Judge Justice, presiding, called the attorneys to order and the taking of evidence In the case proceeded. It seems, however, that when court ad journed Mr. Sondley and Judge Merri mon met outside of the court room and that Mr. Sondley called Judge Merrimon a liar whereupon Judge Merrimon retorted by calling Mr. Sondley a malicious scoundrel. The men went together and blows were exchanged but before any damage could be done the combatants were separated by friends. The incident created considerable excitement here by reason of the standing and the prominence of the principals to the affair. Judge Merri mon la appearing In the copper mine suit for Mr. Adams or the North Caro lina Mining company, while Mr. Sond ley is of counsel for the Westfeldts. The trial of the cases Is moving along well and will probably end the last of this week or the first of next. The plaintiff yesterday afternoon closed its aide of the case. TEXAN ORATOR IS COMING TO ADDRESS DEMOCRATS Chairman Eller Wire Mr. Swalu Thai Hon. Jack Beall Will He Here Next Wednesday Nig. Chairman J. E. Swain of the demo cratic county executive committee this afternoon received the following tele gram from A. H. Eller, chairman of the state committee: 'Hon. Jack Beall of Texas will speak In Ashevllle next Wednesday night He Is a great speuker." The speaking will be held In the county court house and It Is expected that a larre crowd will be out to hear the distinguished democrat from the Lone Star ttate. tiERMANY IS SORRY. Apology for Police Attack on tlie Newspaper Corespondents. Berlon, Oct. 6. The Imperial Chan cellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, has sent a letter to the Foreign Cor respondents' association expressing! regrets at the Moablt Incident in which several correspondents were assaulted by the police while watch ing the riots I nthe district and ln forming the aasocaton that the mat' ter under Investigation by the Mln Ister of the Interior. The Chancellor Invites sugestlons for specal- meas ures to prevent a recurence of such Incidents. The Police President Herr cor Ja gew, has also written to the assocl atton, reasserting his position that the laws make no provision to pro tect reporters In mobs. He Intimates that badges for newspaper workers may be Introduced In order to save reporters from mistakes by the police. A True Case of Cholera. New York. Oct.t.-.Health officer Do ty of the port announced today that bacterlollglcal examination showed that Rudolf Bellltsch, a coal trimmer removed from the steamship Moltke Tuesday Is suffering from a true case of cholera, Two Bodies of Barge Victims Recov ered. New Tork, Oct . Two bodies were recovered today, the first of those of victims of the swamping of a barge of the battleship New Hamp shire last Saturday night, when about 2 0, It Is believed, were drowned. A GENERAL DENIAL MADE DY RIG JOHN Broderick Says He Neither Gave Money or Anything Else to Holttclaw or Anyone. ' H0LTSCLAW WAS IN HIS BAR; BUT VISIT NOT SIGNIFICANT Woman Tells What White Said to Her When He Took Her Out to Dinner Lat l ull. Chicago, Oct. II. State Senator "Big John" Broderick, under indictment at Springfield on a charge! of bribery In connection with the election of Sena tor I,orimer, took the witness stand in the senatorial investigation today and entered a general denial of the chargeB. He denied thut he had promised to give, or had given, money or other valuuble things to State Sen ator Holtzcliiw, or any other person connected with the election of Lori mer. He added that Holtzclaw had been in his (Broderick's) wost side saloon, but declared the visit had n.i significance. Talked to a Wontun. Attorney Hancey tor the defense yesterday summoned Miss Katherinc A. Woods of Eust St. Louis, Ills., to re but the testimony of Representative White. Miss Woods declared that in the fall of 1909, White took her to dinner and told her that he was writ ing a history of his life and the occur rences in the legislature and expected to make a fortune out of it, and that Lorlmer and hlB "bunch" would have to pay him enough to keep him for life, or he would make it hot for Lor Imer and his friends. The witness said that White told her that he was going to run for con gress and that he had spent $3000 on his history. He said he did not fear results, for he had Influential friends. Her testimony was In direct contra diction of what White said on the stand. William H. Sturmer, assistant man ager of the Briggs hotel, which is Browne's headquarters In Chicago, said he had. heard White threaten that he would fblsely sweur that he hud been bribed to vote for Senator Lorlmer and ho compel Senator Lorl- nier and hi friends to enrich him. The conversation, the witness said was In the presence of hlmBelf, White and a traveling man. KYed Zentner. Sturmer testified that White was drunk at the time and that Zentner had been drinking all the evening before the alleged threat of White was made. Fred Zentner related the same circumstances and conversation. A GREAT LABOR FIGHT T Buckt Stove and Range Company Brief, in Famout Litigation It Filed by Attorneyt. Washington, Oct. 6. What is prob ably the greatest lubor fight waged In years In the Supreme court of the United States opened today when Daniel Davenport and J. J. Darling- ton, attorneys for the Buck's Stove and Range company of St. Louis, filed Its aide In the famous controversy over the "We-don't-patronlze-llst" of the American Federation of Labor. The case will come up for argu ment before the court, probably next week. JOHNNY EVKRS' UX1 IS RESET; AN UNIWl'ALLY BAD FRACTURE Doctors Say Crack Second nasniutn Must Have Lr Elevated 45 De gree for at Leant 48 Hours. Chicago, Oct. f. Johnny Evera, the Chicago National's crack second baseman, had his leg reset yesterday, The doctor declared It one of the worst breaks he ever saw. For 4$ hours at least Even must lie with his leg elevated at an angle of 45 degrees. IMeaclM Seat Will lie $1. Philadelphia, Oct. .'John Heydler, secretary-treasurer of A the National league, after a conference with other members of the committee having charge of the arrangements of the approaching world's series, has announced that the bleacher seats would sell for $1 instead of tO cents as was announced at Cincinnati There will be temporary seats erected In the outfield which will be gold for 60 cents. THE WEATHER. For Ashevllle and WInlty ehow ers and cooler to-night, Friday partly cloudy. For North Carolina showers and cooler to-night Friday partly cloudy In west showers and cooler In east portions. Col. Roosevelt Leaves For the Booth. New' York, Oct 8. Theodore Roosevelt leaves this afternoon for nine days trip through the svtth. He goes to Atlanta, then westward to 11 Springs, Ark., then north lnto Illlno and Indiana and buck here. DR. JOS. H. PRATT CHOSEN PRESIDENT Officers Were Elected Today by South ern Appalachian Good Roadt Attociation. MR. CHAMBERS, DR. AMBER, ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Resolution at to Convict Labor In MlmN and on Farms Causes Itnthcr Warm Discussion. Staff correspondence of The Gazette- News. Knoxvllle. Oct. 6. The Southern Appalachian Good Roads association today elected Joseph Hyde Pratt pres ident; treasurer, W. L. Spoon; secre tary, F. H. Hyatt of Columbia; C. Kehr of Knoxvllle, and J. H. Marst el ler of Roanoke vice presidents. E. C. Chambers and Dr. C. P. Ambler were made members of the executive com mittee. On the resolution committee's report discussion ensued as to cond emning the use of convict labor in mines and farms. Governor Wilson of Kentucky led the discussion against . throwing the association Into. . the breech in a heated political discussion. The resolution adopted simply ap proved the use of convicts on roads, state aid to highways is also lncor-' porated. President Flnley of the Southern Railway spoke on good roads in relation to railways. .Mr. Chambers' Address. The address yesterday of President C. C'liambera of the Ashevllle and Buncombe County Good Roods abso lution was in part as follows: 'Up lo the organization of the Ashevllle and Buncombe county asso ciation 12 years ago, road conditions were rarely raised by the Individual n our section, but left to county of ficers and supervisors. Every one re- llzing there was something wrong as to the method and construction of our roads, but no one offering a solution of the problem. "The most wide-awake citisens In Ashevilla began to advocate the Im proving of our streets. Mr. Vander but modern roads on his ,ttme, wun the result that these two object leg-. sons brought about the formation of our local Good Roads association, and since that time the Improvement of our roads has gone forward by strides and bounds. It was a hard task to educate the average citizen of the rural communi ty that money spent for road Improve ment of a permanent character was money well spent. Those of us wb had traveled realized that a campaign of education was necessary, and for that reason our local Good Roads as sociation was organized. , Our local organization was started n 1899, at which time mere were practically no improved roads In the county of Buncombe outside of Ashe- llle and the Vanderbilt estate. We believe our organization was the first of the kind in the south. lis Main Purposes. "The many purposes of our organi zation have been to stimulate interest n good roads; to advocate, and by example, push a policy of road edu- atlon; to arouse Interest in the city and county; to particularly show the omlng generation the value of good roads; to keep away from politics; to remedy defects In law and practice; to suggest new laws; to do away with the methods of road construction that were In vogue at the time the county was first settled; to see that no new roads were located without , proper grade; to make good road addresses; to sen that old roads were relocated; hills avoided, gullies filled, bridges built, fords abandoned, and In fact to keep our citizens informed as to what other wlde-awuke communities were doing and by hammering away, point out the defects In our methods and to show the advantages to be gained by adopting more modern methods', to open up new roads to points of In terest and furnish the press with ar ticles and data; inspect roads and bridges and acquaint the county com missioners with conditions found; to erect signboards; to see that roads once repaired were properly main tained and not abused; to advocate wide tires; to educate the citisens to the point where they would realise and see the necessity of good roads and bring them to the point where they would realise that an Increased taxation for good roads waa from a financial point of view the best In vestment they could make. "Shorty after the organisation 1 of our association we raised by subscrip tion the sum of tSOOO and re-graded and macadamized the road from Ashevllle to Blltmore. What, Haa Been Done. "Since the organisation of our as sociation the county haa built 70 miles of macadamized roads and is now ex perimenting with sand roads and gravel roads; grades have been changed; whole roads re-located; Ashevllle has more than three times doubled her pavement The county has three rook crusher plants and has full equipment for road building at each plant Our convicts, as well as well as many from adjacent coun ties, arii at work on our roads; we were Instrumental In securing a na tional good roads demorustra-'lon train, which force built ne a strip flf-road as an object lesson; we send dsUgn' to both north.vft and eastern sut-s to attend good rJs meeting fw I there has scarcely been a good r" meeting held In North Carolina In I -pent years at whirl. tber b- i been r.-l-ri'-eittailv of Ail"-- i (Omllnui-d i ! ' a
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