R. JONES WRITES FOI
ROADS, SCHOOL BOND BSDE
Following Is a copy of a letter
written by John R. Jones, attorn
ey and former solicitor, to the
editor of The Charlotte Observer
in reply to an Observe? editorial
yesterday:
The Editor •
Charlotte Ol
Charlotte, N. C.
Dear Sir: \
The article appearing the the
Charlotte Observer Wednesday,
June 1, is not in keeping with the
Intelligence and policy of your
paper as heretofore.
Ton admit that the state is in
deplorable need of schools and
better roads, but you Insist that
we should pay as we go and that
the voting of the bonds for
schools and roads is far too cost
ly. I wonder if you have ever
thought of how much the mud
tax, ignorance and crime is cost
ing the people who live in the
rural sections. I wonder if you
have ever thought of ^how they
are held in the savage grasp of
poverty by reason of these in
conveniences.
it your policy should be adopt
ed then at least eighty counties
in the state will continue indef
initely to pay more mud tax and
live in ignorance and poverty. I
have practiced law for forty
years and I was Solicitor of my
district for twelve years and 1
have seen but few men from the
country-side in the criminal
courts who had completed the
fourth grade.
The irony of your article is
downright pitiful. You advertise
on the front page, in the right
hand corner, of your paper, as
follows: "More than 1,250,000
people live within 60 miles of
Charlotte—2 hours SLOW driv
ing time to Carolina's shopping
Center." You insist that we
should trade with you, but you
are opposed to providing roads
for at least eighty counties in the
state so that we can get to your
cities.
There- are 47,000 miles of
road in North Carolina that hare
never been improved. The farms
and small towns built your mag
nificent cities. Tou had railroads,
highways, schools when North
western North * Carolina was
known as the "Lost provinces."
And comparatively speaking we
are still lost, the same old mud
pikes, the same old schools, and,
crime on the Increase, and yet
you insist that we ought to con
tinue to trade with the Carolinas'
Shopping Center.
At one time we gave Charlotte
practically all of our business
and we did everything in our
power to get your businessmen
to build roads into Charlotte so
that we could continue t6' trade
with you, but you ignored us.
Winston-Salem went into action
and got the Boone Trail built
into Northwestern North Caro
lina and then highway No. 268
and Charlotte lost millions of
dollars by this blunder.
Your beautiful streets, your
public buildings, your railroads
and your highways were built by
bonded indebtedness and it has
made Charlotte the metropolis of
the Oarolinas. You say to eighty
counties in the state "remain In
your ignorance, your mud and
your crime, you need help but
you should pay as you go." If
this policy had been adopted by
Charlotte, Winston - Salem,
Greensboro, Durham, Raleigh
and Asheville, then they would
not have accomplished such great
progress in so short a time.
The people living in the cities
nay think they can continue to
press down upon the country
people the crown of poverty and
Ignorance, but sooner or later we
will provide'some method to de
fend ourselves. We are certain
ly not going to continue trading
with these cities when their lead
ers are opposing oar having
schools and roads. Tou admit
that we are seriously in need of
roads and schools but you say
before you can have them you
must pay as you go. This, of
course, means that we will con
tinue to live in ignorance, pov-j
«rty and downright distress.
There is not a city in Nortl
Carolina of any importance tha
the country people did not prac
tically build and why should any
good citizen living in one of thes6
cities oppose helping us. Un
doubtedly this is a wonderful op
portunity for the cities to Join
hands with the eighty backward
counties in North Carolina that
are in financial distress, unabl^
to build roads and schools, and
extract us from our deplorable
condition.
I live in the country, I ussoci-1
ate with the people and J know
their wants and needs. It is true
I live on a beautiful highway and
have one of the best schools in
the county, but while this is true
it would be an act of ingratitude
for me to vote against the inter
est of the people who are so bad
ly in need of assistance.
The cry goes up from eighth
counties in North Carolina to th<i
towns and cities and wealthie •
counties "Come over into Mace
donia and help us.''
I appreciate that the Charlott s
Observer is an independent news
paper and you have a right to
express your views, but I great
ly fear that the policy that you
are pursuing with reference to
the roads and schools was a con
clusion you arrived at without
giving the matter careful cor -
sideration.
Very truly yours,
JOHN R. JONES.
3 BIG AUCTION SALES 3
In And Near WILKESBORO, N. C.
FIRST SALE 10:30 A.M.
FREE! $5 BILLS FREE!
DRIVE-IN CAFE on lot 54x140 on Factory and
River Streets in WILKESBORO, N. C., in front
of Cobles Dairy Plant. This is a good piece of
business property and can be used for many
kinds of business.
SECOND SALE 1:30 P. M.
FREE! $5 BILLS FREE!
12 LOTS ON HIGHHWAY NO. 18 near Mul-i
berry School. This is a good piece of property
subdivided into home sites or can be bought
as a whole. Terms will be announced at sale.
We invite you to attend these sales as the own
er says sell to the highest bidder.
THIRD SALE 3:00 P. M.
30 HOMESITES AND ONE 4-ROOM HOUSE
For Colored People
FREE! WRIST WATCH FREE!
Located off Highway No. 18 on Road to Pleas
ant Hill Church and close to Charlie Loopers'
Store and being a part of Cal Watkins Place.
This property has been subdivided in order that
the good colored people can buy them a
homesite at their own price. This is your op
portunity and your sale. Do Not Msis It terms:
1-3 cash, balance in 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY !
P. E. Dancy or M. C. Woodie, Selling Agents
Sale Conducted By
C. F. ALSTON
WILLIAMS and CLARK
LAND AUCTION CO.
118Y2 W. Washington Street
Phone 4953 High Point, N. C.
214 First National Bank Bldg.
Phone 8902 Winston-Salem, N. C.
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NOTICE
Under and by virtue of the pow
er of sale contained in a certain
deed of trust executed on the 7th
day of May, 1945. by Jasper
Sparks and wife, Stella Sparks,
to W. M. Allen, trustee, recorded
in Book 217, page 264, in the
office of the Register of ,Deedg
of Wilkee County, North Caro
lina, and default having been
made in payment of said note and
deed of trust, and at the request
of the holder of the note and deed
of trust, the undersigned trustee
will on the 17th day of June, 1949,
at 11 o'clock A. m., offer for sale
at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash, in front of the
courthouse in Wilkesboro, North
Carolina, the following described
real estate, to wit:
oejfinmug on a sionts «i< me
culvert on the Trapnill-Doughton
road, runs North 3 degrees East
8 poles, North 30 1-2 deg. East 7.5
poles to a large maple; North 39
deg. East 12.5 poles to a small
jourwood, North 34 1-2 deg. East
7 poles to a large maple; North
33 degrees Blast 7 poles to a pine;
North 13 degrees East 7.2 poles to
a pine; North 5 degrees West 4.6
poles to a poplar; North 58 de
grees West 3.5 poles to a pine;
North 28 degrees West 6 poles;
North 14 degrees West 3.6 poles to
a pine; North 24 degrees West 5.5
poles to a pine; North 32 degrees
West 6 poles to a stone in the old
road; thence South 71 degrees
East 12.6 poles; South 32 degrees
East 8 poles; South 19 degrees
East 5.6 poles; South 27 degrees
East 14 poles; South 13 degrees
East 8 poles; South 35 degrees E.
12 poles to the forks of the road;
thence with the Traphill road
South 55 degrees West 11 poles;
South 81 degrees West 28.6 poles
South 37 degrees West 10.8 poles
to the beginning. Containing 6.4
acres, more or less.
This the 16th day of May, 1949.
W. M. ALLEN,
6-9-4t (T) Trustee.