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I Largest Ad
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C Doyle, B«&L«
and Plummer
Object: The Promotion of the Agricultural, Civic, Commercial, Educational, Industrial and Moral Life of Transylvania County,
VOLUME-XXI
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1910.
NUMBER-7
Indifference of County
• Board to Road Building
Met With 'Renewed Energy
Road Advocates Propose to Vote $40,000 Bonds and Give Brevard
Township and the Town a Thorough Network of Good Roads; Peti
tion Being Freely Signed Calling for Bond Election; Prospects Bright
for Success and the Early Improvement of Main Highways to Hen-
derson and Greenville Counties.
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Tiiv lK-:iv.r pa-srtl hy t--
A niinihi*r«)f ruiiil :iilvociilc-. ni<*t
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ii'I.l. r ■ t
liamls of tliiTC iiion within tht*
fowii aii<l lIiTi't' without, tlu'so
jTvIy oiu“ 1(‘lt lu'in!' W. i’ Woilt, M'. II. (la llow.a v,
tln t'oiint *. IIi<I ir*‘t jxotnl M . (’ooli, jr., 'l\ I’ji 11<-ii,'1 I I
111 thi-ii* t iVorls 1o r-.ul ■ nil it was *1,',-idl'd to cirri!- li.i tis aiitl Uicha r.l Si‘rn'4i;s. I
= :■ ftt’r and l.t!> h in'titii^n. which is hi'iiif.; haii No time is licini; hisl in the cir-1
.-1 !iav.‘ 1a.iini‘lii'd ;i tllt't! i.'.orilv hy M, Jt-, wl.o ciilatiim of Ihc pot:{ion calling:' f‘>r|
>to a *'h*.oim ttniid i <u:-*‘ccuin>^ in ircttin--' n lar;^i' tlif ch-i-rion and tlic niaftcr will h^ |
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t lownsl'ii ji'Vi. Iti-f' hy n»i-*hcr o- siL:n:ttnn*>. ' jjuslicd as riii'udly lis ]>ossilii(‘. It;
'i'lii' j»s'tit)o!i. prnYjfh'S for the is h«'lii'Vcd hv flic ro;:ii cutinisiasts |
i.-jsiiar;--• t">f '!>in lionds, if that a,s si*oii as Brcvanl townsltipj
to I'Uild ah-mt •jn mill's th-hniJcly sottU's th(‘niattcr of [
1.1' jMjid ouN;4 fh-- town lihdts and ini; bonds 1 hi* other town>!iips *■ :
Ihi* |M ini'ipal streets In t'^wti
M'he h ui.is wo’dd na\ e t< si ll lor
n.j V than paj- and h.-ar nut niov-'
: luui '■ (i-'r c'Mi! inti-i
A*''
ROAD BUILDING PLANS
DENIED BY THE BOARD
TURN DOWN TWO PLANS
OF ROAD BUILDING
County Commissioners in Spe
cial Session Saturday Re
fused Road Petitions.
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1 he ! I.-iiera 1 Assein-
i; = t a ]>etiti< '!i .‘'ii'nril
li^y of thf ’pr^'pi i*'.
■ t. >u n.'liip eallinir i ir
. . ri v->a;l d
i t >1 !!'• eu’irt V .
;v' >- i! i-an i t
■ ail a M ••lei-tli'n
J. d; vs I iierea 11 i-r.
a nd Iti e
;ii-
tween (ireenvilic and nendersun
coiinlies will inuk<^ u sijjiilar tnovi*- j
nient for the purpiise of oj.enin'.'j
11]) th'irouu'iifarc s wliert l y the,
e<iir. Iv woidd liav'*a siiiendld svs-j
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!f!M t if hi I'll wa VS. \\ hi(‘h was st>;mht
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UJitS''r l iie ‘firs! jihi’i ted t
t fi • ciiiMit -.’ euniiiii-.-KituTS.
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were insp''i‘l«
lainiMr
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i I trees w--re
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LIST iS VEBY HALE:
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XE\VS FAM\L\ IS (()\\"ING; ^
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(rood liealthy Blood {'lowiti^r
1 liroui;!i Nfws C^icciilutioi?
Veins; lii'i lloiinr Ro!!.
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D(‘Sj)ite tluj ('Hrnt'st pleauinf^s of
hii' taxj)a5('rs fur better road.s be
fore* a special session of the connty
conii>iissien(*rs Saturday, tli<*lioaril
W(!ut on recor<l as opp<ised to any
anii fill tli!! plans suimiitted tor
road bnildinj: in 'i'ran.sylvania.
'I'he coininissioners met about
o’clock for thtj pnriHjse of hen ring
ar^nnient and (MuisidtMirifj;: tht^ road
(pipstion tuid the M‘ss:on con tinned
nniil late in the afternoon, ncuriy
all till'* discussion hcin<’ in favor of
roiids, l)uf the coniini.'sioncrs fhial
ly torned a deaf ear, to the dis-
•;nst of tlu? many road udvoeatcs.
Tlie b<tard nt its sc'sssion on tlic.
]>i-evi(jus Tiu*.*-d.iy had gone on r*‘c
ord as refusini' to scrij) with
which to liuild the le-din*i rrjuits
t h: fuitrh t In* ei tiinrV. Wh^i it ad-
tl;.
! j'.'iu :.<‘d <'11 'riu’sday
I I ji'l ur.der :m! . isenn"
i iion \\h( rei).v tin* couiity
w
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re]>ort (.1 Kiun
n- -t 1 V'l i kin = >1
! ! H «i..r 111 . ii
. • ::i Ivin;^ UJ* tl^is
' . •ilia.
: . CM inft'i .eed I ]: t
.fliers livin-r near
■ iiiity l.i’.e chill 1
-.as dot f in li' ;;
■*mI t hat 1 hey h-ai--
uTidertIIli’c‘J ft't' ItrMii'-fh
r .!i t'rder iha,t tiie‘,,i slue
];.iWi i> that le^aiid l<>
-‘"■r t'hi"‘ ileiiitut^tra ,, rnce-
>tf llie w-rk,,
-■ ■;) veil tici'ev. lt!i.
\S.^re ]^l:i,ltrd :!S re:--ult of
nstr:.t'‘r’s i.ithu i;ei‘ : !o spray-
aiid pniiiiii‘4 deuii n.-'trations
hehl.
1 ; \ KO i.i V K ' . - < K
'I'hio- bulls aiui 'i and lieif-
rrs <d 1 life hr. d i.aiiysi 'ck Wfie
l i 'iu'.’id into the ctuaiiy i hroui^h
‘lie a-’■••ti Ii rlli'ietiee: iflH coW.-'
V . I.- T: st. d and -J; o were ;;iv.*n a
ha ia: • . d rat j' ai.
'riiirty jiure hred h-i.us were
1 l:e county -‘nd loi'' lie;id
e!‘e li'*at’’d lor disr-a'*es
thi'oii^ji an.i'i'i'-'s inJiU-
Where and What the County
Board Found on Their Jaunt
On Thoir Tour for Road Thunder in Henderson and Bun--
combe; County Commissioners Found Information
that Pleased; Some Things Learned.
'i’oin iioftis <*oiitinue.' t>* • s. t the
woi!‘ls aliii-’’ with News snh-enp
tn :;s. A- will he tiieli.-t
])u’)h^!ied w.'ekly. t )u* ciri’idati >n |
depirlmeiit ef thcNi’Wsis .tisoh-n 1 , ,
did heal,hand ,...w snhsenh,.; are ^ (ounty . uniinis.ioners Lyday About a year ago when Mr
comii.- i-i thren-h th. mails, iv , n.sP'ctnn Und,miis and Mr. Bryson were j p, accept th.* i,suit at the polls,
person and thn.u-li Mr. Lotfi. f.uncomlie str-n-th thej o. \v. (’kytun, cha:rniaii of the
The News this week is scndin-to’I'U’ldin-of sand-chiy roads, Mr. I c-onnty n*puhlican i xecativc com-
delind.icnt Mi>enl.erssn,nered.lan-i 'Vnh the N.-us. Und-ins took the pains to Use a Ljuice, told the board that iio was
t ommis>ioner Wood made It plain ^ro,,d deal of thunder handed out 1 m-e]niblieun and that the eommis-
iner;i ix-rs
111'' *po.''i-
.tiidd dn-
jjiiicale any :;;n >unt v.itetl by
;a ‘ownsbi]) for read bui'dintr })ur-
poses and this piaa was e<‘’'sidered
on Sutu-(hi.v, but the c<<nimi.'-siun-
tu s c(nildr:’i .'ce their way clear to
iapjiruvea plan whereby any t.MVii-
sliii» wouhl reta i\«* i* r ru.id build-
in*' an amount Irt'U!. tlie county
cfpial to tliat vc,Ht-d'by si:cli town-
shij).
[ Hoi in* of the si;<H?cli:*s lie fore t!'0
I boanI on ,S‘turday were ij[nit(*
i pointed and tiiey became intercst-
jin;; from a poiiti *ei1 staiHijioiat.
j Win. Iv Breese, jr., inti::uitcd to
the commissioners that th(*y were
i on a le:dn^ side politically when
they refused to C(»-operate in road
; buiidui'^. lie told them that- road
Ibuildim; was tlie ])Opular thin”;,
t'lat the citi/.eiis of the coun-.y fa-
' voted it and that when Cummis-
i sioners Vvould not irranl the wishes
ii-1 the ]>eopu- thi-n the.v would have
-: that t (ve f'tivt-ni'
.'I'rav 1 ’ ani;t
.it t he <T!l;:. “it
; thi' -i:try r.w<\
'I’ll.' reiii.iiii *r
U>ed . 'i hi »•. ■ ■ '.i *
' t h; ta \']iayei s < >1
• he small Me ot
w . h it ■ - ..d
i iou.".tlids lit d >i
- Mil !;e seen from
! t !ci> I; • i in eouiil V
silos w.-re iioilt' ill th'* county
d,nriiii':. the pa;-'t year.
' h"** liutidred fanni*rs vl'ied '.'('O
'■*' hmr- ■iJi'ler a^Ul^'eof t tie
lit
■ r
ith
uii
.1.) !
■. .'‘f
r t:ie thinir-- :!
a 'enl a^'l taii'^eaad advi.'
1'eii building'-.' 1 !•< -teii :
pi-,i\ed; jo 'it.Ills tni’!'i>-h
!• l,i-es paint' ,.r white ; ile.l ;
pa>! ires estaip-h. ?!. I jia-
hn' 111 111 ‘ ^ Mil i;*,- seen from (m-es i-“Mova<t d ; .M) !.:r-iici s HI
1 r ! I eouiily i - dram cr<»p< ' 'O h-'Oie
la I ve:ii i/Mi,lvns p’an!ed • ” ’Hun,tvcd;
i! *-toi!. I xtr.acts tr*aii I!?** ^ iniiiHc ! h; have sur]ilus
repot t - i 1 L. I e* kins, <b‘ni«>n-| f,,]. wintt'r use; .'ir.o
diat u l>'» ■ ^ittln.son eiiuntv. (arisier" |ili5nted cover cr ipstobi
tlie =‘ieft >jit,Hd(i tie of J'Tcat ‘ j
lilt: re.-,t I - • ■■■■tn-;. Ivhllia, eiiiuiiv
eoph; Htnl ='="l|V|t!ee 1 hi-m 1 hat I hi
ih .--b'iiii'l ‘1-'^’ sitirted hr'K'i* .iiinne-
diately in e-d'T tiuieeumpli.>li "reat j
jood. dill"!.'.' ihe eoiiiini4' iM'op vea,r
jj^er s:^miIs. wlrich means There are
;;‘i>inL'' to f*e some se!‘ious wrecks
unless i-c-mittanees are ma.<h* imme-
«lia*'C'ly,
De.il’l' fail to 'kei p an eye on your
subsCTiiitiod liibel. •
New Mibscriptieiiis and n ne'«-al-'
hcretefor.-' pnblisiied with tlii-'C
r.‘ia*ived iltirin-- t'h-> week sliuv*.
tliat '.''I n-*'- I I'eticwais
been I ( Cl
by till* road enj^ine*n- of Ban(*ombe sioners were deinoeruts, that he
county. By some means Mr. Wood j yyted against them, but despite
consulted him and ^ot what lie j t ins fact they were his represeuta-
wanteiL Me consultetl a. man build-1 tivt*s as \vt*li as the reprcseiitittives
!\ . ll -ire • .)?!n j:tvv !
Nv w Sul'si. rihi rs
that lu? found exactly what he was
si'ekintr. He e\]ircsst*s himself as
I heartilv in fa vor of buviuij; a rot‘k
I
i e rnsher dcspit<* t lie O'erw helmi n
■ si'iitiment lierealiouts for s»'id-(‘lay
1
rcmds.
Commissioner Wood went ex
.acth totheriL'hf place to tret .ill hnild;n<^, and tliere *4ot what he I jHititical capital «»f it if the board
the thunder he wanted a^ainsf was scekinLT, infurmation to show |'V'luhl iieip to buiid swine roafis aiid
sand clav roads, lit* informs tlie tiiat <-ind-<-h*v was not tlie stuif 1 that he and 1 he reinibliciins would
1 n a V (' ry i > x pen si vo r oa < 1
Aslieville to Weaver ville
talked up his methods of
from
who
road
ot all other citr/,t}ns ol the eounty
that the road aj;itution had lieen
kept out of polities and that the
j rtpntiiican part^ would not niaki*
I'If
!'i.
' Mr. Perkins dnrin:>" the year vis
■ iteil liis 1 .rui (le'eioustrator-; hHi
j times , isitei! o{h.er fitrmers SM*
[times, lioy.*
.. tSue ail
.1 !•. hit*It
U i. I'ar.soii
'Is i<‘ li» ii<iinj.’Ju Ul
\V. H <1
(■ Stcv.art
J. \V. Dax is
f. li. Fi-^Iirr . _
hus.i IhAVi il
1\ 11. Hark
■['. I'!.
W, .A!, t'uvii . .
Siimurl Mfl all
W . 1*. Smmiu-.v
vania have traveled flu
b j
,, ,, 1 II I 11 1 I (ratiler than «o to the H* i
tiiut Nim Hrvson and lloke lludg-:^
vilh* iiostolhce lor road le •,
corn club work I hi' golden
. . ^ , , ,e- , -1 ' ■!
visits , traveled It.--’ miles iiv rail-jj_ f,.. Wliitmirc . .
soMi' ll \t e'liMfi I iti;it ! road : I.UdU hr tc*am or automobile : j.luhan Ailisoti
^ T. W a rd of 1 »a ua I'rivw 1 (hi ).;!<*" ot herwise : on<*-1 bird of ajrent's j
4 'Is <;t eurii to the acre bv t irm } *>1”'*' spent ni otllce work : < Ki [i<,|nnti Hfthinsua-
'i ((llicial letters were, written ; ;l.OOO j L. l>. Ktid
■nstralii ii int lhods, rh*
lie
fe west vii hi t einj? that of i’
Andt*rs »•! iht !''ha\\s ( reek section
Four hiiiidred tarnu rs were iri-
lluenced t-. n e bi'tler methods in
ecrn ^1 o\\ iii!^.
The a’ »*i .i-/e nnniber of busluds
<*f wheat t ' th<* acre was increased
frMtn Id to ['' uri'l r modern ni(*th-
oils ; .‘Joo ai es of ry< w<*ri! ttirned
und»*r f<.'r soil imprdveim-nt, .‘lU
farmers having been ’.iduccHl to
plant this crop for the tirst time.
circulars on airricultnral suti.iects
were distributeil.
Renewals
!c. R. Sharp
Three hundred farmers in t he j '
] hhet hnipnian
eounty ]iractieed tali plowintr as a '|\ Hcniui.t;
work, and HM» Kilpalnt k lialK<\vay.
rc.sidt ot amii
, , , M. Hamet Brevard, K-1
seh'cted si*ed. | Kalu-rt .Allison . Itavidson River
Xow, Mr F'armer, don’t you !'p. c<>*enntn (lalloway.. Bit-vard
thfiik that a wliooiiintr biu receril, .*flsnu — Brevard
\eus man tliat ht* went to the
! 1- iHier.-'on\ille postol'iici* and cw:i-
.^u'ted i*o>t master Bi ysoii and As-
si>i;tiit I’ost master Hudgins and
tiie mute men, feeiimx sure that
1 h» y Vvould b(? v.ell infonnt*d on
tlie t‘onditi'-n of tin* roads. Mr.
WDod fj;ol all the sarid cl<*.y intor-
matiou he was looking for, but lie
I'is^ah Feres Jhave to itviorm the Nt*ws
lircvard |
l.ake Tdxaway ins have been amoni^ liendi‘rson-
i’isgah Farest ville’slwt,> bitlerest ••ppoueTlts of
sandclay roads. They fiivored
eonereto or hitulithie roads and I
bitterly fought baiuhelay. They
•say sam.i-elav is u fail are.
Ri ad EuK'Ot-'t'r Pres Patton will
douhtle.ss t»laaly tell any(Hie why
Mr. Bryson op|>osed his methods <jf
road building.
The 1 ural route men left the im-
pri's.-'ion with Mr. Wood that the
roads were almost inipa.ssable—and
ht“ says lie didn’t take the pains to
travel over them.
Tt'.crt^ are six rural routes out of
Hendersonville and siu(!e the yoy-
ernmenL requires that the same
route lie not covered twice by the
in -I-
e- ! :--t
ivn-v.,1,!
’e>l. i t .s.
l!rt-\ ai 'l
lir(.\ard
Brcvrttd
bn vard H-1
. . 1‘is^ah Fyrt* :i
I’isgah Ftjrrsl
..Pis{i:,ah Forest
. Balsam (ir<m^
.......Crdar Mt.
I’isgah l-'arest
..Hunker, Wash.
. . -Brevard, K’-]
. JVnrose
_ -Calvert
Candler
Rainier, Oregon
..Bunker, Wash.
.»them in every way possible iu
( ommissioner \\ ood cami; hack 1 tiijs jjrof^ressivi' work.
with flu; imj.ression (nof tlu* ]>roof) I {^-niiment is .so stron<^ for good
that some of tin* sand clay roads in ’’oads that the jiastors havi^ taki*n
liiMiderson coimty were axle-dee'
in muil : that tliey wen* in mu
w’orse Condition than those of'I'* - -i-
syl vania.
Numbers of people in T’ <t. yi
1- ■
1-
:l!i
..--Seiiea
. - Brevard
Cherry field
Brevard
. -Brevard
ilH
, . , ^ , n -• I'- tiillespie
which not a sii;^jh* mat! in Ileiuu’i- lin.vrui Club
son (tounty i*an authoritatively dis- \V. U. U arren
Such proi.'ress as tl
( ontinued on pap;e three.
pute? Such proi.'ress as that was
H. <• .! r > in
! 1.. W. 'irooks
Brevard
Brevard
Brevard
Seliea
_ - Brevard
Xheriytk'ld
forniation') and they rep f
found them in exeellect
.1. U. lianilin irjoin s > iie
' that for the past wveral v;=
has t'requi*ntly travd the |iritiei-
pal roads of Hendt rsou cuuiitv and
ilidn’t find any !it any i:me tliat a
iiorse could not travel over in a
trot.
(,’onmiissioner Woi : s’-iys that he
has not inspected t! Henderson
county roads nor has he consulted
Fhif^ineer i'atton on- of the ehain-
l)ion road builders of the iSouth,
whose expert opiivion of sand-elay
roatls was I iiiti.-iied in the News
on Fob. 1.
Felix liauL of Cedar Mountain
mall carriers dnnng any one day
the .six mall carriers have to travel | town Thui.->day.
insignificam trails, to nuikenj^^g E. Mull and family and T. Z.
their routes, were in llendersunville
‘he (jui stion in the puljnt. Kev.
►\)OV(*y of the .Metliodisr
»ho at tile good roads
_*ting suggested the plan of
th« lunty's duplicating any
iue t of bonds voted hy a town-
was iilain in his sermon San-
l, V mornin*; in saying that pres-
, = (‘ouditions were a disgraci* ;
at a 'uaii couldn’t walk ilown the
oad without getting out and tres-.
passing on somebod.v's land. The
pastor says he has been unabh* to
make his calls in the ct>nntry for
the reason that the mail has inter
fered with Ilia walking facilities
and that he has no horse.
Kev. A. W. McDaniel of the Bap
tist church brietly referred to the
road situation in his sermon on thi-
night of Feb. ti.
TltUEATKX TO IIKSKJN.
Pressure was bronght to bear on
the commissioners Tuesday to such
en extent thar Commissioners Ly-
dav and Fisher are said to have
threatened to resign their otlices.
'J’hey are said to have deidared that
the.y vvould resign before they
vvould a])prove any of the plans
submitted by the road men. Com
missioner Wood is said to have
])revented the resignations since
he i>h'adi‘d with his otlieial associ-
latesto consider the matter of res
ignation until SSatnrday, when
nothing new on this snbjeet was
heard.