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Editor BfhrUm Vftllsy News;
Please give me space in your
Taltuble paper to make a ^ew state-
xnentB of fact oonoeming an effix-
Bion from oar representative about
two bills which he alleges I sent to
the senator from t)iis. district, ask
ing him to haye them enacted into
law. I am nnalde to see why ia.ny
representative shot^ld take the
coarse that Mr. Deaver did in re
gard to those two proposed bills.
In regard to the first one, referred
to in his effosion as “Bill No. 1,”
the facts are these: Under chapter
487 of the public laws of 1907.
which is oar present road law, it*i8
provided, in sections 13,14 and 16,
that any township* in the county
may petition the board of commis
sioners and procure the calling of
an election to vote bonds for good
road purposes. Mr. Deaver’s pro
posed bill, a copy oi which he sent
me, showed that he was repealing
the present, road law, re-eiiacting
the law which was adopted for
Transylvania county in tibe year
1909. Mr. Deaver*s law does not
contain kdj ^Hrovisions for the vot
ing of bonds for good roads, and
consequently, under his proposed
law, neither the county nor any
township in the county would have
the right to vote co the question of
bonds for good roads.
After consulting with some of
the good citizem of the county we
thought it might be well to get a
law passed giving the people the
right to vote on the question, should^ approved by Mr. Galloway, to our
the public road qcMstion was thor-
ooghly diwoflsed and it seemad to
be almost the unanimous opinion of
those present at that meeting that
the towship system of public roads
of the county siiould be abolished
and a general coonty system adopt
ed in lieu thereof, with the board
of county commissioners placed in
general charge of all the |raUic
roads, with power to employ a gen
eral overseer or supervisor for the
roadiM>f the county, and with the
further power to employ one man
in^ach township to take charge of
the roads, ^e meeting appointed
a committee to draft a bill along
the lines indicated. Messrs. T. S.
Wood, T. T. Ix)ftis, D. L. English,
Welch Galloway, O. W. Clayton
and myself were appointed as this
committee. Mr. Galloway was
away from home, but approved the
proposed bill when he returned.
Mr. Wood could not attend the
meeting of the committee on ac
count of sickness in his family^ Mr.
Loftis was bus^ and did notat^nd,
so Mr. En^ish, Mr. Clayton and
myself drew the bills for the com
mittee Mr. Clayton and myself
agreed on a bill which was approved
by Mr, Gallow&y. Mr. English
drew a bill, as a member of the
committee, adopting a general
county system, but differing in a
few minor points from the one
drawn by Mr. Clayton and myself.
Mr. Clayton and I forwarded the
bill which we drew, and which was
they ever care to exercise that
right. Mr. O. W. Clayton arid my
self drew a bill containing the ma
chinery necessary to allow the peo
ple to vote bonds by the county as
a whole, if they so desired, or to
allow any township in the county
to vote bonds, it it so desired, and
put the limitation of the amount to
be voted therein the same as now
provided by'law in» section 15 of
chapter 497 gf the laws of 1907,
above referred to. We sent one
copy of this bill to Senator Hannah
and one to Mr. ‘Dearer with our re
quest that th$ bills be considered
and enacted into law; stating that
we could see no danger whatever
in the bill, as no bonds could be
issued under it until an election
was called and the measure ratified
by a majority of the qualified voters
of the county or township; and the
amoqnt o^ bonds to be voted was
left Entirely to the discretion of the
people, not to exceed the amount
now provided for by the present
law.
Now so far as I am concerned I
am willing to leave to the voters of
Transylvania county any question
which may affect their interest, and
abide by the decision of the major
ity of the qualified voters of the
county, or any township or district
in it. But Mr. Deaver neems to be
very much opposed to allowing the
people of the county, or of any
township ^n it, to ca^ their votes
upon the question in which tiiey
are more vitally interested, in my
-judgment, than any otbw public
question that oould be brought be
fore them.
Why didn’t Ifr. Deaver tell the
whole truth about it? He tried to
nuEke it appear in his statement
that I, f (NT some sinister or selfish
motive, was trying to get the legia-
latore to foroe honds f pon the peo*
pie of thu oon^. If ho wanted
to be fair and decent about it why
did he not tt^U tha people that not
a single dollav** worUi oi honSte
coidd be it«nBd 1j^ Ui» otMatyoi!
towokhip ante ysoviitonsof
th» m mm «C «k»
^naUfifld fotta pIm| tefls OMit to
tmror oi It..
senator, but Mr. Hannah has n^ver
even acknowledged the receipt of
it, nor had the courtesy to write us
whether he is for or against it, and
the matter, so far as we are con
cerned, was dropped there. We
have never written to enquire
about the bill for the bond issue or
the one in regard to the roads.
Neither have we ever written to
any other member of the-*general
assembly concerning either bill, be
lieving the matter had Ibeen alto
gether dropped, and that our
chances for getting any relief on
the question of good roads for this
county was at an end for at least
two years. But to my surprise
there was an article in your paper
last week concerning the matter.
In regard to the tax levy in the
bill I will say that it was provided
that the commissioners must levy
not'less than ten nor more than
twenty cents on the hundred dol
lars worth of property. This is the
exact provision of the present road
law, yet Mr. Deaver states in his
article that the bill ‘‘levies a spe
cial tax from ten to twenty cents
on the hundred dollars w^orth of
property in every township in addi
tion to the bond issue.” when it is
plainly provided in section 11 of<
said proposed bonding act that if
the oonnty voted bonds, or if a
township voted bonds, then and in
that event the taxes levied under
the law for road purposes, and
which M now Applied (or misap-
idied) to tfle roads of the various
town^ipa by the township authori
ties, or a snfiOcient amount thereof,
shall go to the payment of tiie in
terest on the bonds. Now why did
Mr. Deavm: try to mislead'the peo-
I^e in regard to tlds?
As to the genend xoad biB it was
the pnrpose of tbose who drew tt to
adopt a coonty system and pat the
maeaeenwart of tlis pablio ffomfti
OBdar the sopervteton of ^
of oommiMsionsrsr tfaey to fix tha
salacj ixf ^ yaSptoyeea^^bnt Ifo^tat
tli» ampimt* wMdi tknr
ooiddaot gd. Il^ve
•nthofitx
tm tim
ednoefn^, in
amount that is
lor the past aer-
'i^r the pajrment of
for lookin(|^
a|t0r thd be more
enoogh to *pil|f^ . ltbe gt jeral over*
amt and an ejiii^iaan to look after
the roa^ in ii^ township.
Now as to which is the byst sys
tem,^* townirtiip sys
tem, 1 wfiT n^fer'tile people to Hen
derson, Hunoomba and Haywood
counties 3 i^l of these oonnl^ are
building splendid roads ai|l devcA-
o{4ng their coanty under a general
county syptem. But how aboot
Transylvania? We have had
township system for many years,
add it looks to nu^ like we are in a
deplorable condition. There is not
a man in the county who hod a
t^m dnring the winter but did not,
in my jungment. lose more than
half the time of his team during
the winter months as a tax for the
want of good roads. In fact the
business of the county has almost
been stopped on account of the
mud, which is a tax upon the peo
ple for the want of good roads. We
have no roads, no road law by
which conditions can be bettered,
and no repr^ntative in the gen
eral assembly through whom we
can get relief. ‘ I do not profess
be a poli^eiaii.<v a political leader
or adviser, bat it atrikes m^ that it
is tii^ for the good people of Tran
sylvania county to come together
upon the mea»are8 necessary to^
ptdl our county out of the mud. de
velop it and put it side by side with
our sister counties in the race for
material advancement.
Respectfully,
W. W. Zachary.
KATMtfti. MUMMY
Another of Gonleil-
emcy PatM Awiy^
• '7. ^
ndrew Jackson ^Galloway was
November 13,1833; died Feb-
1ft, 1918.
The\ birth of the subject of this
sketch reaches back to that m^o-
rable night (November 13.18^) of
eighty years ago when the shining
firmament, for some unknown rea«
son to mortal man, became much
disturbed and there was a real
shower of meteors dropping from
their accustomed places in the
iltal^ sky. and the old inhabitants
termed that memorable night **the
night when the stars fell.’*
Out on the soathera slopes of the
Blue Ridge, in what is now known
as bid Toxaway, Transylvania
county, but what was thou Macon
county, if that territory was in an
established county at all at that
time, Andrew Jackson Galloway
was bom on^the night atx>ve m^n-
WEDOmCBEUS
The Wallis home on Main street
was the scene of a very pretty wed
ding yesterday when Miss Jean
Irvin Boswell, sister to Mrs. W. J.
Wallis and Mrs. J. C. Witmer, was
uni**^ to Mr. Samuel McCclloch of
Round Oak, Ga. The reception
rooms were decorated with flowers
and evergreens, the color scheme
being pink and green, which
Showed up beautifully against a
background of white.
- The glare of day was kept out by
heavy curtail, and a soft glow
was shed through the rooms by
multitudinous shaded candles in
silver and crystal stands. About
twenty friends were assembled to
witness the marriage and wish the
happy couple “(3od speed.”
Punctually at two o’cltxsk the
wedding party entered the parlor
where the officiating clexgyman,
Rev. B. P. Smith of Asheville, per
formed the ceremony. The groom
was supported by his brother, Hr.
Robert Lee McCoUoch of Atlanta,
Ga. Mrs. WaUis, beautifxdly
dressed in pink, with arms full of
pinK carnations and fern, was
matron of honor.
The bnde, dressed in clinging
blue silk and lace, with a magnifi>
boqnet of bride roses and asparagus
fern, entered on her father's arm.
Mrs. David Ward played tlra wed-
cUnfc march. The ceremony was
simple but solemn and beautiful.
After tenderii^ congratulations
to bride and groom the gnosts were
SCTved with delicious refaeahments,
and all joined In drinsins health
and proaperi^ to the haff^ oonple«
the loast being gf-ven hf Bev. 0. S>.
cn&apaum.
fir. and Mrs. MoGoKoidi left fbr
tha hoo^fiMMMi utk afleiBoen
twin ' niitt BMka tMIr home
at Bonad Oak, <iia. hrida baa
eiidaaiied hata^ to
/
oC Bmvavdt anA' all’^wlka. ,1qkvw her
tioned. His parents, William \J.
Galloway and Jeanett (Sslloway,
were natives of this same settle
ment and grew up with that gen
eration who were of the first set
tlers of the Upper French Broad
and Savannah valleys.
Brought up at a time when the
tilling of the soil was the only gen-
en^ riKance for a livelihood, he
madeitcrminf; bis chief occupatien,
and at tlie age of twenty-four years,
on the 15th day of February, 1857,
was married to Alpha M.. Aiken, of
'what is now. Pickens county, S. C.,
she being six years younger than
he.
They settled on what is now
known as the ^^mit of the Blue
Ridge in Tnnsylvania county
about three miles 900th of Rosman.
Thirteen children were born of this
marriage, one dying in infancy,
another at ^he age of twelve, and
the others—living and dead-«-saw
and have seen the years of matur
ity. Mrs. Marthi Chapman of Que
bec, N. C.; T. H. Galloway, Mrs.
Jane S. Bagwell and Welch Gb.Uo-
way of Brevard, N. C.; Mrs. L. E.
Hines of Easley, S. C.; Mrs. Lou
Webb of Dallas, N. C.; V. H. Gal
loway and Avery Galloway of
Horse Shoe, N. C., and Flem Gallo
way of Lake Toxaway, N. C.v are
still living; Benj. Galloway, Ama
Licus Galloway, and Mrs. Dora
Kitchen are dead.
His wife still survives him and
their married life, which was one
day more than fifty-six years, was
one of contined marital happiness,
au4 a more devoted couple, even
down to old age, oould not be found.
He joined the Confederate army
in August, 1862, and remained un
til about the close in 1866, and was
always a staunch and firm believer
in Southern rights.
He was looked upon as one of the
most industrious men this country
has adorded, and if there was one
thing he deplored it was idleness
and want of care, and until he be
came pl^sically unable t« work he
was always doing things that oth
ers might have looked upon as un
necessary.- As Abrttham of old might
be traced by the altars he erected
thronghout the land of Canaan, so
conM A. J. Galloway he traced by
labw wrought- upon mountain top
and in valley to theoleartog of new
fi^da in utder that he might be
able to live in that independent at-
where borrowing was
nntoiowm and every man had
enongli and to ^lare.
From Um ipuMit of the Bine,
BUifa lia to L^e
Itoaway Is oow'lont^d. and. ti
in that hiantlfcA valliiy he
to 0^ lands to 1887. and
tiKinfh tsmiipi^ ^ad < baen
in tiiat fwnnwHr.' ha:
iliiiiMShiift'niaw fwA 'nifMa-hisidiMa
lanHS w sa, zoaaa
todi^ aa
Ohaaed a farm on the weat fp^k
Fronoh riv«fr, whlc!^, Ito
others,%ad **gone down” from n^
letot. Here ho began to reb^illd the
waato places and again he f pon had
one of the best kept farms on west
fork of French Broad.
Hia family haying 'scattered and
his health.havii^g broken, this farm
i^aa sold and he purchased a small
iarmnear Horse Shoe in Hendert
son county where he lived uniil his
death which occurred, on Sunday
night, February 16th, 1913, having
reached aboot. four-score years.
For nearly half a century he had
been a member of the Baptist
church and his last days jrere hia
best days in the faith. Hft suffer
ings had become almost unbeatable
and not long before his departure
he expressed a desire to be at reat,
and it seemed to come as an an
swer to his request, and he 'di€>d atf
one who “wraus the d*«peiT of hf^
couch about him and lies down to
{peasant dreams.”
As peacefully as a child closes its
eyes in sleep he passed out to be
with Him whose divine presence
meant so much to suffering human
ity while He walked and ^talked
with the toiling millions in the
fiesh and whose spirit has lightened
/up the dying couch of so many who
have waited for His coming to re
ceive them unto himself.
All that could be done to make
his last days void of suffering was
done l)y loving hands and kindly
neighbors, and the many who came
to' offer their services was an evi
dence of the high esteem in wMch
he was held by those who know
him best.
The funeral services wer^ con
ducted at the home by Rev. Liner
of tbe Baptist church and hik body
was laid to rest in Old Shaw%
Cr^k Camp Ground cemetery by
the side of his yorngest daughter^,
Dora. “An honest man is the
noblest work of God. ’’ This can be
truthfully inscribed on the monu-
irentthat marks his grave. May
those who survive him have the
presence of the same divine spirit
to tint the sunset of life when they
shall cross the bar.
One Who Kiibw Him.
W/\SN1NGT0N’S birthday party
The birthday of the “Father of
His Country” was celebrated at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S.
Silverstein last Saturday night In
truly appropriate style.
The guests, some seventy-fdnr in
number, were greeted at the door
by the nephew of Mrs. Silverstein,
Mr. Howard Mount, who was
diressed in the style of a colonial
gentleman, with powdered hair,^
knee breeches and buckled shoes.
Mr. Mount ushered each guest into
the presence of the host and hostess*
i^ho directed them to the dsessing
rooms. On the way upstairs Misses
Miriam and Dorothy Silverstein
presented each gentleman with a .
hatchet pin and each lady with a
bu^nch of che^es.
The Langren orflbostni frrm
Asheville discoursed sweet strains
from a secluded alcove. Each guest
found a partner by comparing sev
ered slips of iNtper on which was
written somfe famous exploit of
“Master George” or “the General.**
Delidow cake and cream was,,
serred di^ng the eventog. Tto
dining table waa deoomted witti
santries bearing the fla^ while the
mtioaal oolors w#a evarywhoira
•*en evidence,” beajitlfoily dmpad
from celling and wipila.
Mr. aiid Mrs. ^i^rsteto ware as-
siaM to cariBi^ the oomfort and
^ o£ ^Mir by llni.
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