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VOLUME-XVII BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1912- NUMBER-32
UNIFORM RANK W. 0. W.
ANOTHER MAN WANTS
GOOD ROAO BUILDED
TOWNSHIP ROAD LAW A
FARCE
If County Expects to Get Out of
Mud, Must Send Right Men
to Legislature
Three cheers for Will Gropjan—
and him in Brevard township, too.
Who’d a thunk it! But Will’s
head and heart is right ;'that is the
reason he takes the right view of
the road question. That is employ
a competent road bnilder for the
county. Look out, Will (our nomi
nee). You remember yon told me
to advocate a county road law re-
qr.iring all road tax from all
sources to be collected into a com
mon county road fund, and spent
on the public roads according to
class and importance, without dis
crimination as to townships, would
be to court certain defeat. Grogan
is not the only man in Brevard,
Boyd and Catheys Creek townships
■who advocates a competent road
builder. And of coure to advocate
a competent road builder for each
township is foolishness.
Give ns a county road law pro
viding for a liberal road tax for a
general county road fund, giving
each township the privilege of vot
ing a supplementary road tax.
Then provide for the employment
of convicts by the »:ounty. Let the
law provide for the election of one
road commissioner from each
township, w^hose duty it shall be to
classify all roads in the county ac
cording to importance, employ a
competent road builder, and direct
the expenditure of every dollar of
the county road fund, the super
visors of each township to direct
the expenditure of. the supplemen
tary township road funds. Em
power the road commissioners to
lay off new roads or change any
old road regardless of whose land
it might damage, assess and pay
the damage.
Under such a law this county
could well afford to buy a complete
outfit of road building machinery,
and teams to use the machinery
with. Without which it is impos
sible to improve our roads. And
when the county road commission
ers prove their wisdom by calling
on the state to furnish a competent
and expert road engineer to help
lay off, grade and permanently lo
cate same, so that every dollar
spent can be done toward i>erma-
nent improvement, and not abso
lutely wasted as at present. I ^ay
that when the road commissioners
prove to the people by their wise
and economical expenditure of the
county road funds that it is possi
ble to have better roads, I will
pledge old Dunns Rock to come to
the front with her colors flying
high above the mud, white and dry.
It begins to look to me now that
the man who refuses to advocate a
county road law with all the abil
ity, wisdom, power and tact he can
command is courting certain de
feat. Get out of that measley little
selfish idea of a township road law.
See Luke xi :52.
You can’t have good roads under
any form of township law, and by
a township law you hinder those
■who would have good roads.
. I We will .grant that Brevard
conld paddle her own canoe and
build every road up to the standard
to the township line. Then what
haye you accomplished? No other
townshit) can do it.
Under the present conditions I
can sell on e-half cord of wood, de
livered in Brevard, for $1.50. If
the roads were improved only to
the township line, I would still
have to charge the same price.
a good road all the way and
I can haul one cord of wood, which
I can well affofd to sell for 12.50.
Grogan claims his knowledge was
gained by traveling over five town-1
shins. A very good argument.
His article of last week proves a
man can learn something by trav
eling over roads. But if he can
gain all his road knowledge by
traveling over five townships kept
up by our present system, what
ought a man to learn who has trav
eled over eleven states with a horse
and buggy, and in some of the
states to almost every man’s door?
I should say that was going some.
And he ought to have some knowl
edge of the fundamental principals
of road building, especially when
almost every county in which he
traveled was kept up by a county
road law, and by the most approved
methods. Such has been my ex
perience and observation.
“^ow, I am no candidate, not even
for road overseer or road builder,
for I feel my incompetency. Yet I
do claim to know how it is done,
and I know that the task is too
great for a man, or collection of
men, who has never in his life been
out of Transylvania county.
Gentlemen and fellow citizens of
glorious old Transylvania county,
let’s for one time in our lives lay
aside fool party prejudice and have
the courage of our convictions and
vote for the man who will pledge
his powers to throw off, to free us
from this infamous, unwise, un
progressive, unjust, selfish, sec
tional farce. Let’s vote for the
greatest good to the greatest num
ber, and prove to the woi'ld that
we have caught the spirit of wis
dom and progress worthy of our
present time. The greater my
neighbor’s prosperity, the greater
is mine. Fellow citizens, I warn
you now that if you let this oppor
tunity pass to send a man to repre
sent this county who has the cour
age of his convictions and will
fight to the death for his convic
tions, and those convictions are to
throw off this insane township road
law and enact a wise county road
law and forever close the mouth of
the old ancient moss back whose
only prayer is: “Lord, bless me and
my wife, my son John and his
wife, and let the devil take the
re^.”
I tell you if we lose this opportu
nity to throw the brakes off the
wheels of progress that the next
legislature will put them on with
iron bands which no man can break.
Let the supervisors of each town
ship call a meeting requesting every
voter to be present for the express
purpose of discussing ways and
means for better roads, to elect
delegates to a county good roads
meeting and be sure to elect every
voter as a delegate to the county
meeting instructed to vote for a
county road law and the man who
will make the law.
F. Henderson.
THE SINGING CONVENTION
Left out last week.
The singing convention was a
happy event for many people. It
was encouraging to the visiting
choirs to meet with the kind heart
ed people of Gloucester and partake
of their generous hospitality. And
the convention seemed to be very
much appreciated by the citizens
of Gloucester, for we heard the re
mark several times, “this is ahead
of anything we have yet seen.”
The next meeting of the conven
tion will be at Cedar Mountain on
the 4th Saturday and Sunday in
October, and we hope all of the
choirs in the county will be repre
resented. Come one and all and
lets try to make this the greatest
singing contention ever held in
the county. It will do your soul
good to come and hear those won
derfully sweet songs.
It is gratifying to the president
and vice president to see the im
provement already attained from
their untiring efforts to bring vocal
music to a higher plane in our
church services in the county; so
let every lover of good music lend
a helping hand in this great work.
W. C. McCall, Pres.
JuDsoN Corn, Sec.
Transylvania Co. Inter-Denomina
tional Singing Convention.
DIRT ROADS WIN
PRAISE OF OSERS
NO ATTEMPT AT MACADA
MIZING
Work in Williamsport Region
Excites Admiration of Farm
ers and Motorists.
Philadelphia Record.
Williamsport. Pa.—^The dirt roads
over the hills in this section are
undergoing such a transformation
at the hands of the State Highway
Department that every teamster
and automobile driver is singing
the praises of the state’s recent
campaign of road up-keep begun
under the Sproul road law. No at
tempt at macadamizing has been
made, the only material used being
the natural soil.
The secret of the improvement
lies in the fact that all cross-gutters,
or “thank-you-ma'ams” have been
taken out, the road crowned in the
centre, a good, deep gutter dug at
each side of the road and the road
bed itself rolled and smoothed,
with every loose stone in sight
thrown out of the way.
The highway from here to Muncy,
and the fifteen miles of road from
here to Jersey Shore, both of
which were in such shape just be
fore the state took hold of them
that automobile drivers shunned
them complately, are now in boule
vard condition. The same is true
ot the road along Lycoming creek,
on the way to Elmira, N. Y., a
beautiful route, but heretofore only
partialljj enjoyable because of mis
erable roads. The road for the
most part runs through townships
in which the taxes were already
heavy, and but little good work
was ever done on them. The stat«
road crews each consist of a half-
dozen men under the direction of a
foreman, and one crew is given five
or six miles of road to mend.
It was at first declared that the
road-building would be a matter of
political ineflSciency, but the work
done and the results accomplished
have turned the sentiment into a
really enthusiastic acceptance of
the plan. Farmers are drawing 40
per cent, larger loads to town than
previously, and another direct ben
eficial result as an object lesson is
that many of the township super
visors, securing the improvement
in the roads made by the state em
ployes in removing the cross-gut
ters, have also begun this method
of repair.
In Eldred township, this county,
between Williamsport and Warrens-
ville, a distance of nine miles, every
cross-gutter has been eliminated,
and the road is as smooth as a race
track. The supervisors have been
publicly commended for the great
change wrought in the roadway.
Farmers, milkmen and truckers
whose busiMess takes them over
this route, declare that they are
drawing much heavier loads than
before and at much less exertion
and wear and tear. One man who
drives fifteen miles says the good
road has given him a half-hour of
advantage in time each way.
It was contended by local road-'
makers, when the state began its
system of crowning the centre and
the removal of the cross-gutters
that the roads would not keep up,
but would go to pieces at the first
hard shower- This contention has
been knocked to smithereens, for
this section has experienced sorne
of the hardest storms. known this
summer, and the roads mended
under the new style behaved so
splendidly as to create wonder.
Usually under the old conditions
it took two days to dry after the
rain, whereas under the new drain
age system, wagons and automo
biles went over the road dry shod
inside of tan hours.
At Hendersonville August 27, 28
and 29.
The news that the regular en
campment or the fourth district
uniform rank. Woodmen of the
World, composed of the states of
North Carolina, Virginia, West
Virginia, Maryland and District of
Columbia, will be held in Western
North Carolina the latter part of
August, will be received with much
interest by all who are connected
with the order.
The encampment will be held at
Hendersonville, in Laurel Park,
and will be distinctly military in
every respect, and is one of the six
held in America. The tents used
will be the army regulation pat
tern, and the arrangement of the
camp will be under the supervision
of an experienced military officer.
The baseball park will be used for
drill and battalion maneuvers and
for the official contests, which are
a feature of each encampment.
Two free trips to the national mili
tary encampment are offered as
prizes to the company or companies
showing the highest percentage in
drill. It is expected that at least
300 members of the uniform rank
will attend, and the number of sov
ereigns in attendance is confidently
expected to reach the 2,000 mark.
Ten companies have guaranteed
their attendance, and in addition
there will be h number of the gen
eral officers who will be there.
This is the first official encamp
ment ever held in' North Carolina,
and Hendersonville is fortunate in
securing it, since the competition
was open*to four states. The offi
cers are to be congratulated on
their selection of the Land of tht
Sky, for nowhere on earth can a
more beautiful country be found.
The securing of the encampment i-
due largely to the efforts and mem
bers of the 137th regiment, which
is located in this district, with
headquarters at Asheville, with
Col. H. E. Walter district manager
in charge.
The Woodmen of the World band
of Lenoir will furnish music.
MORRIS LAND SOLD
An important land deal took
place recently when T. W. Whit
mire negotiated the sale of the
Morris property in North Brevard
to C. J. Kelloway of Wilmington.
The property consists of a dwelling
house and 33 acres of land, on
which is a large orchard. The con-
sideration was $4,000.
Mr, Kelloway’s wife is staying
this summer at Beech Nut Farm,
and he makes occasional visits
there. His business is connected
with the railroad. There is a prob
ability, we understand, that Mr.
Kelloway will at some future time
move here and take charge of his
newly acquired property.
ETOWAH NEWS
The people have been enjoying
the dry weather of the last few
days.
Miss Effie Shipman of Route No.
1 visited Miss Annie Blythe last
week.
Mrs. T. S. McKinna is very ill.
We hope for a speedy recovery.
The revival meeting here was a
great success. Twenty-four per
sons professed faith in Christ.
Eight united with the M. E. church
while several others are expected
to unite with the other churches
in the community.
Bev. W. H. Pless left Monday
for Marion, where he will assist
Bev^ D. L. Earnhart in a meeting.
Rev. P. P. Orr expects to fill Rev.
Pless’ appointment at Little River
chapel Sunday. There will also be
services Saturday night.
Rev. A. J. Manley began a series
of meetings at Boilston Sunday
night. Quite a number of our peo
ple are attending the services.
Osee Orr is vising his uncle. Dr.
E. S. English, of Brevard.
As news is scarce this week 1 -will
close with best wishes for all.
Bill Wray.
REGISTER OF DEEDS
OF NAYWOOD SOICIDE
JAMES NOLAND SHOOTS
HIMSELF
Embittered on Account of Vile
Ingratitude of His
Friends.
Waynesville, August 5.—Embit
tered, it is believed, by reflecting
upon “vile ingratitude” of those
who he felt should have been his
friends, James Noland, register of
deeds for Haywood county, shot
and killed himself in his bedcham
ber early yesterday morning.
Mr. Noland was a candidate for
renomination in the democratic
primaries of Saturday. The theory
is that he knew of many votes
against him upon whose support
he had counted ; people, it is said,
for whom he had done favors, such
as lending them sums of money or
signing bail or other bonds, voted
for his opponent.
Mr. Noland shot himself with a
pistol, apparently just after rising
from bed, about 7 o’clock yester
day morning, and died at once. He
was one of the most prominent
men in the county and was about
35 years old.
In the house at the time of the
tragedy were Mrs. Noland and sev
eral of her children. Mrs. Noland
did not hear the pistol shot, but
her attention was attracted when
she heard the body fall. She sent
her little daughter to inquire what
the matter was, and a moment
later the child ran back crying that
“papa was on the floor, all bloody.”
■'irs. Noland rushed to the room
>nly to find her husband expiring
while blood streamed from his tem
ples. The bullet, fired into the
right temple from a 33 caliber re
volver, had passed entirely through
the head, emerging at the left tem
ple. Death w^as almost instanta
neous. County Coroner S. L.
Stringfield was summoned, but he
decided there was no occasion ior
an inquest, suicide being evident.
The funeral will take place tomor
row.
The suicide is ascribed by some
of his friends to Mr. Noland’s fail
ure to obtain renomination at tlia
primaries Saturday. He had a lead
of 12 votes, but another primary
would have been necessary. A
hard fight had been made on Mr.
Noland and for some days he had
seemed unwell or depressed. For
several days he had scarcely eaten
anything. Late Saturday he com
plained to several • of his friends
that support in the primary had
not been forthcoming irom persons
of whom he had expected it, and
he seemed both bitter and dejected,
it is said. Shortly before midnight
he left for his home two miles from
town, and on arriving at the house
ate a light supper, which he asked
his wife to prepare. He did not
discuss politics with her, it is said.
Mr. Noland was one of the most
poptilar and best known men in the
county, and was a man of consider
able means, his estate being esti
mated at from $30,000 to $40,000.
He is survived by a widow and
seven children, two boys and five
girls. He had served for two
terms as register of deeds. He was
a native of the county, and was a
farmer and dairyman.—Gazette-
News.
The board of aldermen held their
regular monthly meeting last Monday
night at the mayor’s oflSce. Pr^ptically no
work was done at the meening. Another
uieeting was appointed for Saturday night
of this week.
“Were all medicines as merito
rious as Chamberlain’s Colic, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy the
world would be much better off
and the percentage of suffering
greatly decreased,” writes Lindsay
Scott, of Temple, Ind. For sale by
I all dealers.