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rVLL ASSOCIATED PRK88. LEASED WIRE. MAlSTAINa KEWt BUREAUX V WASHINGTON. RALE'.CU ADD OEEENB BORO. SPECIAL CORRSSPOlfDSNTB THROUGHOUT THE STATE, - '., fftilE AmMl voi;,xviii,no. 111. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 20, 1913, LAST EDITION 4:00 P.M. Weather Forecast GEXEHAI.LY FAIR. FCJi STR OKfCl 77 P Inm III nrnmn (nrnnninniTin., f..- , 7 - "juav mi ul u k i in l k k iik 1 1 1 f it I iiini - 1 1 h niiii n n iiimn L 1. 111! Bill ! I II lil 1 III! I I I II II I I I I U I I 111 LU II IHI- .ui-u.n.i Liinmu in-uiiuiiiiiuiiiuiiv nHnyHn uu y.i IIIIIU BANK CONTROL Representation on Federal Re servo Board May Not Be . Given Banks Under New Bill. EXISTING MACHINERY WOULD BE RETAINED Framers of Bill Desire to Avoid Any Confusion in Change From the Existing System. SENATORS CAUCUS Oil REVISION 11 Only the Income Tax Feature Is Held Back for Revi- IN TIE STAND PRICE THREE CENTS . By Associated Press. Washington, June 29. Congress turned Its eyes away from the turilT today and scrutinized the administra tion's currency bill, ..-:.''... While the measure will not be intro duced In both houses until next week, the tentative draft brought about In formal discussion generally by which President Wilson and the democratic leaders hoped to develop complete harmony when the bill is launched. While It has been known for some time that framers of the measure Secretary McAdoo, Senator Owen, Representative Glass and the presi dent contemplated a system of 12 reg-ional reserve banks In districts whose areas were not necessarily enual geographically, hut f.iiinm n, lines of trade and domestic commerce. umes lnat specified, on earthen, stone sion. Ey Associated Press. Washington, June 20. Democratic senators caucused today on the tariff bill as revised by the mujorlty of the finance committee. Only the Income tax feature was held back for revision. The committee expects to meet Sun day to complete that work. Chairman Simmons Indicated he ex pected opposition In the caucus to the sugar and wool program, but believed those schedules would not be changed. The amendment permitting the ficaiuent io proclaim snecn.1 rnt. when foreign nations discriminate against the United States provides wiai ne snail exercibo this authority uenuin articles,. as rollows: Fish, fresh, smoked and rtrlorl pickled or otherwise prepared, one cent per pound; on wheat, 10 cents per bushel; on wheat, flour, 45 cents per barrel; on coffee, three cents per puunu; on tea, iu cents per pound un tne following articles a duty to exceed one and one-fhnrth 'I Probably Will Be Crimi nally Indicted", He Says, Testifying of Harves ter Trust. REVENUE SERVICE ' Relief of Special Employes Fol lows Appointment of Dem ocratic Deputies. MINOR RACES REBUKES ATTORNEY FOR THE GOVERNMENT CONGESTION GIVEN AS REASON FOR ACTION 'You Don't Know Much of Deals," Former Morgan Man Tells -Federal Prosecutor. w. Revenue Men Elides Civil Service but They Have Not Indefinite Committtloiis. s Owing to congestion in the list 'of special employes ol the internal reve nue service in the division under In ternal Revenue Agent It. B. Sams, the following special employes have been relieved of duty, to take effect June 30:. W. A. Joly, H. C. Weaver, Prank West and G. O. Alexander. - It is un derstood that this means a permanent relief, although the men hnvo h, not interest centered today in the powers "'of supervision to bo exercised by tho federal reserve board of nine mem be over the reserve banks. Although originally it was planned to give the banks representation on the federal reserve board, it was ar gued that the banks practically would have the entire management of the federal reserve banks and that by placing the board entirely In govern mtnt control, a check on the opera tions of the reserve banks might be assured. The underlying idea of the bill in the minds of the framers has been to effect an easy and 'X unembarrassing- change from the present banking sys tern by using existing machinery.. An Important Problem. -' ... The bill Is expected to be the subject of liberal amendment. Provision for retirement of two per cent bonds by which $700,000,000 of national bank notes now aro securod, so as to pro vide against depreciation, will be one or tho foremost problems. The provision for noto issue, the administration hopes, will not be changed. It is said to be the result, of a careful canvass not only of promi nent bankers, but business men who thought It practical and sound. Operation of thy plan is explained in this way: "Whenever a state or notional bank dealres to 'obtain cur rency, It . applies first to tho federal reserve bank in its region, accompany ing with Its application a tender of collateral security; The security thus offered must be notes and bills ac cepted for re-discount under rules laid down by the federal reserve board, which may issue up to $500, 000,000 In notes. The federal reserve banks must hold 33 t-3 per cent in gold of the amount pf notes advanced. The notes also become a first and par amount lien on all the : ssets of tho federal reserve banks. The element of elasticity Is obtain ed, according to administration ofll cials, In levying an interest charge on the note lssuo. This rate Is to be es tablished by tho federal reserve board with due regard to tho prevailing charge in tho money market. It Is calculated that a fall In the demand for money accompanied by a decline in the market rate of Interest would furnish an Incentive for the retire went of the treasury notes. in permitting the federal reserve board to direct the transfer of funds among federal reserve banks, the board may at Its own discretion act as a clearing house for shareholding imnks. Tlio Ito-DiMt'ountlnz Feature. Attention was centered today In the re-dlscounting feature as, one of the lundamentala on which the entire Plan is based. The power of the re gii rial reservo banks is specially broadened to discount notes and bills of exchange arising out of commer- transactions. It Is thlM power which, In times of stress, adminlstra- !on officials think, will alleviate money stringency. While the federal rewrvc board, through Its agent In the icueral reserve bank, would have the '.nt to determine and define the craroeler of the paper eligible for "iHcount, that dellnltlon will not In clude notes or bills drawn for the pur- pose of carrying or trading in slocks ""a Ponds, or other Investment securl- ", except on bills having a maturity of not excelling four months and se cured by United Stales, stato, county or municipal bonds. Notes and bills Kcnerally arising out of commercial transactions must have a maturity tt ""i morn than 45 days. The Glass bill proposes that tho new currency luw shall become effective ninety days after Its passage, though Period of 28 months Is allowed for Khlfilng 0f present reserves to the new 'ilcrsl banks. Favors Money Trnwt Inquiry. 'epresentatlve Neely of Kansas, a "'mocrat of th house banlng and cur r" m y committee. In a long speech In ne house today advocated a renewal the money trust Inquiry. lie em piiutirniiy announced, however, that " f a voted Immi ill.ite currency rc- 'iii. and chlnaware, lemons, cheese, wines oi an Kinds, malt liquors, knitted goons, silk dresses and piece aoods leather gloves, laces and embroideries of whatever material composed and articles made wholly or in part of same; toys, jewelry and precious, semi precious and Imitation precious stones, suitable for use in the manufacture of Jewelry. "In the. following, in addition to the duties as provided: sugars, tank bot toms, syrup of cane Juice and concen trated molasses testing by the polart scope not above '75 degrees, 15-100 cent per pound, and for cverv addi tional,: degree , by polariscope test. additional one 1-00 cent per pound; on molasses, two cents per gallon." AS! OFFICERS RE-ELECTED Association Accepts Invitation of Durham to Meet There Next. ..By Associated Press. Chicago, June 20. As George Perkins, former P. Morgan viewed stand in the International Harvester company anti-trust hearing here to day, Edward Grosvenor, attorney for the government, knows little of "deals." 1 . The particular "deal" in question was incidental to the formation of the International Harvester company (a project fathered by Mr. Perkins) par ticularly with regard to the witness' efforts to purchase the McCormick, Deering, Piano, Osborne and Milwau kee Harvester companies. Mr. Per kins, under cross examination by At torney Grosvenor, stood by his testi mony, that these concerns Were under consideration but not these alone. . Tho ..ii'.. .i m ..... t . . ......... ! r . ""- '""- always kept, and as . rni c,,,i( IS exp.aS tha-ZXev-Trna18 TTl . - ---- r-rv.,,,,, ceneve mat tnev win nnt i, gooa ollicers. In this case temonrnrv partner of the late J. j working under civil Service and there sd It from the witness 18 a chanG,e. foJ them to be transferred tii i eappoiniea. ..... . What is really happening, however, is a slow reorganization of the revenue service under Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue Osborne, who is the dem ocratic encumbent. Within the past tew weens mere nave been seven ap pointments of deputy collectors un der Mr. Sams, and all these appoint ments have beer, of democrats. It is said that Collector George H. Bi iwn is co-operating in every way possible wun Mr. usnorne in having the men uesired by the latter appointed. an revenue men are now under civil service; although the special em ployes were not in this class until lost October. A list of eligibles who have passed the civil service examination is always kept, Takes Easy Victory from Yale in the Four Oared Race at New Londan . Today. THE FRESHMAN EIGHT IS CLOSER CONTEST NAVY AVIATOR FALLS TO DEATH AFFECTS 45,010 CHICAGO LOCKDU Yale Youngsters Press Crimson Close Thousands of Spec tators See Annual Re gatta in Rain. June in i That was a formality. "Didn't you get all the men to gether and discuEs the proposition?" persisted Mr. Grosvenor. "That," replied the witness with em phasis, "would have been the last thing in the world I would have done. You cannot know much about deals to suggest .such a thing. I was par ticularly inteirtpted In appointments are made, and If the ap pointees later stand the civil service examination successiully thrjy may re eeive permanent " appointments. A number of the men named lately as uepuiy collectors have only received temporary appointments. It Is believed thetiithe-reorganiza- o p. r i f ill with pn .e Special to The Gazette-News. Wilmington, June 20. With th unanimous re-election of all the old officers and the selection of Durham as the next meeting place the 11th annual meeting of the Merchants' as. sociatlon of North Carolina, which has been in session at Wrigbtsvillo Beach adjourned. Two cities, Durham and Salisbury, invited tho association meet with them -next year, but it was unanimously decided to accept Dur ham's Invitation as the association has never met there. Following aro tho officers: President, Joo Garibaldi, Charlotte vice president, E.U. Munson, Wll mlngton; secretary, E. W. Berryhlll, Charlotte; trasuror, S: P. Burton Ashevllle. Reports from the local associations were made by their' representatives or read by tho secretary, and showed that splendid progress is being made. Norman Johnson called attention to tho importance of having some defi nite plan for Increasing the number of local associations. He stated that one reason many of the smaller assocla tlons had failed was because they had attempted to pattern too closely after the larger organizations of the cities. He suggested the advisability of de voting more time to the study of strictly mercantile matters and less to the delinquent list. While he did not believe the state association could af ford the expense of a regular organ' Iter he thought that the state could be divided up Into sections, and the associations already In operation could look after working up new as sociations and probably do better work than a regular organizer. Edward K. Broughton of Raleigh. R. U Poston of Statesvllle and J. T. Porter of Charlotte were appointed a committee on organization to lncor porate Mr. Johnson's recommenda' tlons into a report which was later read before the convention and adopt ed. J. Norman Wells of Greensboro presented the report of the resolution committee. I'nlcral 'Warning to "HnckcrH." Tly Associated Press. Washington, June 20. Ist the In vesting public be "roped In" by adver tisements giving glowing accounts of the big profits to be derived from cul tivation of the date, the department of agriculture today Issued a note of warning that such claims are exag gerated Hnd misleading The department has neen conaui-t- Ing experiments In date cultivation In the arid region of the southwest for vears, with Some i!cre of success. The experts point out, however, thiil while date growing promises well. It Hot scheme for a non-resident or in ih"iitee corporation to attempt. keeping the ' nt th. I . M I .. l.T" ?' men apart.. Had they come together h '..Vl " "'"""" w l hey would have known I was trying men may 'kept In he se'lcTun to get the five or more firms and they the new ones are "c ItZ would have advanced their price, on work. There seems to he ,h,1 n I. y" flir,T,lr!fn::l.on that ih any friction or .... u u n.c luunn u nirmr rcao inn..., j i it .. .., , , . . ".NwnraiiM m me reorgan iv Willie 1 IOOK I'.iitloii tv, , .. at it na a enntr.iel I .. . ... . """' "uw '"'ming tne v . . j "V positions nave expressed their willlne- wVa? TS&STiZ?- ThBt 'Isere6"! To? ST "You could have learned this long SoVVelr terms ofTfflc.X ago," replied Mr Perkins, "if you had, with the expiration of the commission only called me then. I had to wait of tho collector commission until now. I probably will be crim- ' ' Inally indicted for having given you ' mis lniormatlon," S DEATH SENTENCE BY By Associated Press. Regatta Course, New London Z" tuullctln) Tlio 'varMity starti-d At 8:4(U4. Harvard led by two I'liiimn nt mo nrHt mile. Regatta Course, New London, June 20. Rowing true to form, Harvard crews won both preliminary races in the annual regatta with Yale here this morning. Disagreeable weather con ditions appeared to have no effect upon the Crimson oarsmen, for, in both 'varsity four-oared and freshman eight races they led their Ell rivals from start to finish. It rained steadily during the entire forenoon, but the Thames was almost without a ripple. The four oared race was little more than a procession. Harvard took the lead at the pistol crack and steadily increased it. At the finish of the twu miles five lengths separated victors and vanquished. The official time was: Harvard, 11 minutes 52 sec onds; Yale, 12 minutes 11 seconds. The struggle between the first year crews was a real race. Although the Crimson won, tho showing of the Eli youngsters was excellent. Both eights caught the water at 10:32 and raced up river toward the two mile uiarK at a 3X stroke clip. In the opening dash Harvard showed a little uiore finish and drive in its stroke and gradually went Into the lead until at me . urst., half m Denmark the Cam.' unuge crew led hy half a length row trig at 38 to vale s 32. IS OF PUREJWILK SUPPl American Medical Association Section Discusses Its Im portance to Children. When 150 Marble Workers Strike, Contractors Dis charge 20.000 Workers. By Associated Press: Chicago, June 20. A deadlock existed today between BOO members of the Building Construction Employers' association and the 20,000 members of 17 building trades unions who were locked out yesterday. The contrac tors discharged the men after 150 marble workers employed by a firm furnishing ornamental fetojie or a large bank building struck for hlirhor 1 1 wages. They have been out six weeks e . anrl tho amninAM .... - assert mat tne lockout will continue until these few return to work. More than 25,000 laborers whose work dovetails in with that of , the locked out men automatically lost their jobes, making a total of 45,000 men thrown out of work. The lock out affects more men than any simi lar action in the history of labor un ions in Chicago. The lockout suspends work on im provements aggregating an expendi ture of $35,000,000. Hydro-Aeroplane Capsizes 1600 Feet in Air and Two Of ficers Drop Into Bay. i ENSIGN BILLINGSLEY DIES; BODY NOT FOUND Lieutenant J. H. Powers, Seri ously Injured, Is Taken to Hospital at'Annapolis WILSON 5 Moses Drakeford, Convicted Assailant Give Life tenca in Penitentiary. Sen- Special to The Gazette-News. Raleigh, June 20. Governor Craig today commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence of Moses Drake ford, a negro, convicted In Richmond county of criminal assault. Judge Llragaw wrote the governor saying. he sentenced the prisoner only on condi tion that application should be made for commutation, there being serious doubt of his full guilt. State Treasurer Lacy said today he had sold $50,000 in bonds since June 11, when $150,000 were sold. The treasurer says he will sell at par until July 1, provided the bids are accom panied with two per cent of the pur chase price to show good faith. Con trary to the general belief, there are no demands for bonds in $100 denom inations. A petition was received today by the corporation commission from cltUens of Lagrange asking for a new depot there to replace one destroyed by fire last month. The farmers around Rose, between Goldsboro and Kinston, petition for a nation. Truck Stalled on Crossing A Few Pieces of the Truck Were Saved. Masked Women Rob a Postoffice Overawe Official with Pneumatic Uuns, Got 175 anil Matches and "Heat It." Ry Associated Press. Outhrle, Okla., June 20. Two wom en wearing masks entered the !ost offlce nt Georgia, Okla.. early today, covered the postmaster with pneu matic guns and looted his till. They secured $75 in currency, a bag con taining 000 pennies and two gold watches. The bandits then told the postmaster to sit down. "Now yob eep quiet until we bent It from this org or we will flog you." said one. The women walked out, m"hunte-3 ories nnd rode away. No attempt t pursuit wits made. .' A train ran Into the automobile irucK or Hlayden, Fakes & Co., this morning at 10 o'clock near Gudger's bridge and completely wrecked it. The automobile, loaded with showcases and other things, had stalled at the crossing. There was no one hurt but glass was scattered a "considerable distance. Ihe truck was on the Wav to Rlaek Mountain and was carrying four new snow cases and an Ice box, among other things. It was' being driven by the regular driver. Sexton. Attemnt- Ing to get over the track at the cross ing, the front wheels got on one side or the track and the rear wheels on me otner, and there It stuck. The driver was unable to go forward or oacKward. Before he had time to get help or lane otner measures he heard the train coming. He ran down the track and tried to fla the1 train, but the engineer did not see him or under stand what he was trying to do. The train smashed into the truck and damaged It so that the driver reported that It was not worth bringing home. However the pieces Will bo brought DMCK. It is said that there is a little rise in ine roaa wnere me track crosses and that a curve In the railroad kept the machine from view until It was too late to stop tho train. U. S. TROOPS LAWLESS? texas Man Alleges Ilordcr Patrol Is as Vnruly as Roving Hand In Mexico. By Associated Press. Washington, June to. Charges that American soldiers on the Mexican borden are at lawless aa the roving bands across the line, were to he laid before Secretary of War Garrison to- day by J. J. Kllpatrlc, a merchant of Cnndelarla, Tex. Mr. Kllpatrick wa prepared to as sert that the American soldiers are unruly and that they fall to afford protection to Americans. Candelarla Is a border town of about COO Inhabitants, virtually All of whom lire Mexicans. Mr, Kllpatrick and members of his family are siild to be the only Americans In the pine. I By Associated Press. Minneapolis, June 20. With only three sections in session, the sixty- fourth annual convention of Ihe Amer lean Association of Medical Milk com uiinmuiis picas were made for pure miiK, especially for children. Er. T. C. McCleve of Berkeley. Pel. dlscusned the common misconception oi certified milk. He gave enoecla credit to the American Association of Medical Milk commissions for the work that Is being carried on to obtain for the consumer a purer supply. Dr. Henry L. Colt of Newark, N. J showed the supervision and control employed by the milk system to insure a product uniformly reliable and safe as bused on fixed standards. Dr. Henry F. Helmholz of Chicago told of the role that certified milk is playing in the infant welfare cam palgn and urged tho Importance of good milk. PERRY CELEBRATION Navy Department Making Irepara lions for Event which Begins on July 4. By Associated Press. Washington, June 20. The cele bration of Perry's victory on Ijtko Erie, beginning July 4, being regarded as essentially a navl event, the navy department Is making special prepara. tlons to participate. Ensign George M. Lowery today was detached from the battleship Arkansas and assigned to the special duty of collecting and arranging for public exhibition all available relics and mementos of the famous naval engagement. He pro ceeds at once to Erie, Pa., to -carry on this work. The ceremonies will begin at Put- In-Bay July 4 with the laying of the cornerstone of a monument to. the naval hero to be followed by a week's celebration at Erie during which Sec retary Daniels will deliver an address. The historic old brig Niagara, Com modore Perry's flagship, raised from the bottom of the bay, will be the cen tral feature of the celebration and on It will be placed the relics. Burke Man Denied Pardon. Special to The Osiette-News. Raleigh, June (0. A. V. Rettllmlre of Burke county narrowly missed get ting pardoned today for hla part In tearing up the furniture of a jail where he and three others were con fined for being drunk. There were a number of petUi'Vna for pardon and one strong protest against It, the pro test being received a few mlntitp be fore the pardon would have been Issued, TO SUNDRY CIVIL BILL Will Write Memorandum Giv ing His Attitude Toward Exempting Clause. . By Associated Press. Washington, June 20. After the cabinet meeting today it Was said at the Whito House that President Wil son would Hign the sundry civil appro priation Dill with its provisions for- niaiung use of funds for prosecution of labor unions and farmers' organiza tions under the HiiU-irust law. The president, however, will write a memorandum giving his attitude to ward the exemptions and his reasons for signing the bill. By Associated Press. Washington, June 20. Ensign W. D. Billingsley of Mississippi was killed and Lieutenant J. H. Towers of Geor gia was seriously hurt by the collapse of their hydro-aeroplane while flying over Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis this morning. The two officers started early today from the naval academy in a hydro aeroplane for Claiborne, Md. When about five to seven miles from An napolis tho hydro-aeroplane at an al titude of about 1600 feet capsized. When it had dropped about 400 feet. Ensign Billingsley fell or was thrown 0"t. His body has not been recovered. Lieutenant Towers remained in the machine and fell with it into Chesa peake Bay, where he was rescued and hurried to the naval academy hos pital, injured although it is not known how seriously. Boats from the navy academy are searching for Billinglcy's body and for wreckage of the machine to find evidence of the cause of the ac cident. The death of Ensign Billingsley makes a total of nine fatalities in the government service since the army began experiments with heavier-than-aii- machines at Fort Myer in 1908. His death is the first in the aviation corps of the navy. Billingsley was born in 1887, was graduated from the Navy Academy in 1909 and was attached to the aviation corps in that year. Lieut Towers was born in 1885, was graduated from the naval acad emy in 1908 and assigned to the avia tion corps last December. i ' A TRIAL POLL SHOWED IS REPORTS ARE EXCELLENT ON CENTRAL HIGHWAY Netx Convention of Roads Association to Held at Morehead. Good Be As Meeting Place for Hotel Men's Convention in tho Year 1915. Secretary N. Bu. kner of the board of trade, who was one of tho delega tion mat went to Loulsvlle to attend the convention of the National Hotel Mens Mutual Benefit association the first of the week, returned to Ashevllle last night. To a Gazette-News repre sentative this morning he said that he has no doubt whatever that the con vention will come here in 1915, for the purpose of securing which the Ashe vllle delegation went to Louisville. He said that on Thursday morning he found 38 of the delegates to the con vention In the lobby of the geelback hotel and polled them to find out how they stood. Three of them were di rectors and were In favor of Ashevllle. Of the other 35, 32 were for Ashevllle. while the remaining two favored San 1' rancisco. Mr. Buckner Is also enthusiastic over the publicity work that was done for Ashevllle by the work of the dele gation. Ho thinks that it will mean much to the city in other ways. Large photographs of points in and around Ashevllle were left as permanent fix tures in the city ticket office of Louisville. ESTIFY BLOW ON JAW DIDN'T KILL M'C ARTY By Associated Pross. Calgary, Alberta, June 20. Testi mony of persons active In promotion of the prize fight which resulted in the death of Luther McCarty In the Hums arena here May 24 was continued when the hearing of Arthur Pelkey, who Is charged with manslaughter, was resumed today? Six witnesses re mained to testify for the erown'whlle imeral medical experts were ready to ppcar In behalf of the defense In an effort to show that McCarty was not Hied by a blow to the jaw, aa con tended by the prosecution. Militant Kw-aiNMi Attired aa Man. By Associated PraM. London, June 20. Miss Mllli n Len- ton, the militant suffragist wio was convicted of having started the r in the Kow Tea Garden pavilion and ho hu given the police muh trouble, hss escaped In men' cbuh- ng from the house where she whs tlvlnir In 1 ....1 .,,lnill I, ....h.ii... 'of her license. Special to The Gazette-News.. Lexington, June 20. H. B. Varner, president of the North Carolina Good Koads association, announced today that the next convention of that body will be held at Morehead City, July 30 to August 1. Local organizations throughout the state, towns, cities, counties and commercial organiza tions, will be asked to send delegates and a big attendance Is looked for. The convention will be preceded by a tour of Inspection over the route of the Central highway, starting at the Tennessee line in Madison county and ending at Morehead City on the first day of the convention. The start will he made on the morning of July 25. Mr. Varner, who Is chairman or the Central highway's board of directors, will be accompanied throughout the tour of Inspection by Governor Locke Craig and Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt.' state geologist. There will be short stops In the towns and villages through. which the highway Is to pass. , . Mr. Varner has had most encourag ing reports from all along the line and looks forward to a very pleasant trip.1 Since the last tour, a great deal of work has been done. The people of the mountains are very much interest ed In the highway and many town ships have voted bonds for building their links of the road and consider able sums have been appropriated by board of county commissioners and raised by private subscription to fur ther the work. From Ashevllle an other branch of the highway Is pro- -Jected, passing by way of Waynesvllle to Mt. Sterling, at the Tennessee line. and there connecting with the good roads of Cocke county, Tennessee. The old route, through Madison county re cently provided a bond Issue of SHOO,- 000 and the Central highway will be taken care of from Its proceeds. Bun combe county roads are In good con dition throughout, the Central high way being no exception. Nebo. Marion and Old Fort townships. In McDowell, have voted bonda aggregating 186.000 and Old Fort has made application for the 110.000 offered by the federal government for road-bulldlng and has provided 120.000 to go with It. The road from Ridge Crst to Old Fort Is bad hut It will be male a model high way. Morgnnton tnvhshlp, In Burke, has voted bonds for J50.000 and Hick ory and Newton townships In Catawba- voted the same amount each. There Is a fl"e bridge across the ('stawlm, connecting with the wonderful rosilf of Iredell and tl Is easy exiling until Davidson county Is reached. Hern very little hss been dune. (Iiillroro, Alamsnee, Ornngn, Wake. Jihninii, Wsvne. I.enolr, t'riiven ami i'i-t, , i present no serlmm i,.t ft' t:.. Home of the tmeU i.r IV.t, t I and fjii t'i !,.!.. ti.iv. I.
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