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"tea jsn.-i)-ir7"-j, It,. V r" " mp . r' - IKItijiMfeir i i t i 1A s fcv I . it i VOI. XXVI, NO. 6 I. W.EWBANK'S 1WB"wa Ui RUAD BILL. .Editor Hustler: , Replying to your direct request thai I state my views and position relative io the proposed road law I have, to say: Having-displaced all the char lotte russe, chocolate eclair and syii abiib in my vertabrae with a princi ple so powerful that the "gates of Hell cannot prevail against it," T Tfiiiture io comply with your request. y When the road law was r.r-w aguat t$d I stated to those who approached ne with the matter, that we had road laws enough, but' that what we had was not carried out; that I feared that meddling with it would only atari the usual bi-annual road law squabble, and for that reason I did Jkot want to serve on the committee to formulate a new bill. However, .many persons familar with the road conditions in the county' continued to agitate for a change, with the result that several mass meetings were held which the public generally country 'and town was' asked to attend with a view to formulating a- bill'" 'that would get universal support by' the people of the county. At one of these mass meetings a committee was ap pointed to draft a bill and, when pre pared, to give notice so that another mass meeting might pass on the work of the committee and change or amend it if necessary. At this mass meeting the proposed changes in the road law. were read and debated, paragraph by paragraph, and as ob jections were made amendments were i greed upon until a bill was proposed i jat met the unanimous opinion of the feathering. This draft of a proposed road law was sent to Raleigh for pas sage by the Legislature. It passed the lower house before any objection .was heard from any source whatever, as far as I know. Then objection is suddenly made to the passage of the bill on the ground that it takes the road-machinery out of the hands of the Democrats and commits it to the hands of the County Commissioners, "where it ought to be. I supported the passage of the bill for the reason that it comes within the Democratic doctrine of .local self-government and because -it marks the beginning of the end of what I JxaVe always regarded as political pi racy on our part. . Shortly after the constitutional i ' Amendment which eliminated the ne fi ero from politics in this State and Mr 'the passage of th'e Uw il,t ieyuir..-d h ' - ix a. ont of nnll tax nrior to the '. U1D . yaj . Mr i V- first day of May to enUtie one to ' fa in nnv election, I receive & letter from our then County Chairman. 3 inviting me as a democrat Just come V:' of age, to attend a meeting, of the X ' Executive Committee -at which he'dc- sired a large democratic mt'er-.-aac m addition to the members ot the Com- ; suttee. I wen. . (.. when the Committee was called to -J : order the Chirman stated that the ob- '.ject of the meeting was to consider 4 the advisability - of passing a bill 'r through the Legislature authorizing 'I Reappointment from Raleigh of 1 "about 80 democratic justices of the fpeace who would be empowered to 'tteet on a certain day in June and ''-detect -a Tax Collector. Many in the -J 5 gathering. spoe ' ' 1H faroring it, and when the voluntory expressions of opinion had been given If v some one called upon me to give my views I then gave it as my opinion Si Sit to enact any such legislation : U '- would be a fatal mistake; first, be ll cause it was or would be indelibly tlCademocratic and, secondly, because ' U S-ouId antaonize the honest con ductions of men who cast their rotes 'i,.-. -. . . nii.il.nin. i-ii,a rtJves and m'is Vather than fid! - blindiy any fWC-rty leadershio an,: that sue, r nen v a. 4. w in Tmi)atTi7 iari.y m- obtalncl Enothe" f?r ' not difflc"" t0 ""r 1 to support. I concl'ineu my 2 ' 'I a"Siho.d i8 ,a predletea.by ' rproponenU of the measnre it was more tow - :rt :! tta. Mr. K. 9. Morns. V .i rbst opuur repnbUcan:in M ISuntr..ased t.-P. - of SS for election to the See. I " i " C OL. J. C. WOODWARD HERE Col. J. C. Woodward, president of the Georgia Military Acacemy, left yesterday for Atlanta after a stay of several days in Hendersonville. Col. WovU v-ird bus i pen busy with details of the incorporation of the proposi tion and also has spent much of his visit here out on the school property making iioies.of necessary changes and iripro ements. An expert photo grapher Las been here with him, and is delighied with the beauty of the properly. A catalogue or booklet win be gotten out at once in a manner to do full justice both to the school property itself and to this sectioi of the mountains. An informal gather ing of business men met Col. Wood ward at Mr. Latham's office last night for the purpose of discussing the de velopment of the school, or rather of hearing it outlined by Col. Woodward. An announcement made which is of especial interest is to the effect that the name finally decided upon for the school"-is: Carolina Military Natal The. state, coii'eutiw.i, W O. W., will be held at Salisbury, cojnmencing Tuesday the Ilia. A good strong delegation will leave Hendersonville Sunday, including V. E. Grant, John T. Wilkins, S. V.. Uryson, A, 11. Hawkins, J. M. ;tpp and S. H Hud gins. The order bus grown tienien dously in the last !e.v youra both In membership anl financial streuyiii of register of deeds heading the whole republican ticket. The proposed leislation was approv ed by the Executive Committee, was enacted . Into law by the Legislature and the requisite number of justices of the peace were appointed from Raleigh. They met according to the plan and elected "a Tax Collector and from that day to this. the. republican majority has grown until it has reach ed as high as nearly 700; and this notwithstanding the fact that for every republican that has come into the county from abroad at least two democrats have moved into the coun ty. - No prophesy that has ever been re corded in Holy Writ has been more wholly and completely fulfilled than that made by me at that Committee meeting more than 20 years ago. The High and Mighty Ruler of the universe has ordered as immutable law that a rightous principle can not be kept eternally under the dominion of a false, immoral or unjust one, how ever long the false one may succeed in maintaining an apparent ascen dancy; and the agency that supports the wrong end of the proposition will, soon or late, pay the penalt for transgressing what is absolutely im mutable! It's God's law, and no man made contravention can withstand it. We have paid the penalty. "Repent ye and be saved" is as good political doc trine as it is -eMgious faith! I am for the .-cad as passed because it is an article cf repentance. .4 declara tion of good faith and a roseate prom ise of erly .-z-ocntic powe- in llen derscn oaniy. It hi toeu argued to me that we' are justice' ir. cperating any sort ot legislative :?lu me through ou power m the S itc to .ake local public offices out of -h i of the republic .is n the gronni iht they would do much worse by js it hey had the power in the State. Kir the sake of argument let's concede i;. If that is true -our whole scheme of government js just one gri:.l. YoV'sal scheme of subli mated hfKKTit j ! Both pmies pro claim f 'cm tne I ouse-tops their insis tent ce-jiands for straight ; election; fair counts a".;d honest adminis?.atlon of ofilce. yet. f one must oel'eve In this ori.ic:i-e of take or win by "hook-r !y crook" this hue ani ry for ho.i;tf la aimrly a universal cloak o cover the luuliy tlat dare no tae 8tand! True ep- crac d 'not. Wlcve In a-y saeh doctritn W ! 13 not believ tr are myv.j individuals that hold to It fUiiiocracf stands .for honest- s EaaiV- deal foi everybody n4 that is wq iu'uemocracy of H 'derson Colinty tts. sne nan am the od t:U And. we are towar U 4...crti victory in dersoa iJcunty . Taat's another pra- phesy.-. - ?i SsrisANK HENDERSONVILLE N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1919 COMMISSIONER M. L. SHIPMAN STATES HIS POSITION ON ROADS. In Letter to T. B. Allen Says He Work ed Hard Years Ago For Democratic Road Control, But Has Been Neu tral In This Eight. Raleigh, Feb., 27, 1919. Hon. T. B. Allen Fletcher, N. C. Dear Senator Allen: Your favor of the 26th reached me in due course. The road bill is on the Senate calendar, after passing the House, just as it was first written. However, after the opposition arose to this bill, Mr. Jackson received telegrams from two of the Commis sioners, pledging themselves to ap point two democrats on the Road Commission. Mr. Latham, president of the Board of Trade, has been down here for several days, in the interest of the bill prepared by the organiza tion he represents. I am informed that an agreement has been made be twen Jackson, Latham and Senator Cloud, that the two democrats to be named by the Commissioners shall be recommended by a mass meeting of the Democrats of Henderson County. With this understanding, Senator Cloud agreed-to let the bill go through and I suppose the matter is settled. I have been overwhelmed with offi cial matters, and this has prevented me from taking any hand in the road fight. Of course I have not, ana could not endorse the proposition of taking the road system of the county away from the Democrats and plac ing it in the hands of the Republicans. T have tried to be neutral in the mat ter, and think I have succeeded pretty I well for a man entertaining the view that the members of my party are just as capable of handling local mat teii as are the commissioners of the opposite party. You know how" hard I wo. Ked dtfwn here years ago, to sec :re'the enact ment of a law which would place the control of the roads in the hands of (lie Democrats. I cc:id tsofn-j con sistently take an opposite view of. tho matter and retain my political integ rity, without putting my conscteme to a severe test. Furthermore, it ??ould be an ud nission that the Democrat of Ilen ccrson County ar3 incapable of haafl ling the road system, and fr this rea son it should be placed in the hands of the Republicans. I do noV beltove this to be true, and feel that nn in justice is being done the party by the suggestion first made, to place the en tire matter in the hands ot the C-u:t-ty Commissioners. Now, since the commissioners have pledged themselves to appoint two Democrats and "a mass meeting of the Democrats to be held for the purpose or recommending these men, I re lieve we should all get together and tiy to prevent any break in our ranks, and at the same time unite in o-.ir ef forts to make Henderson the banner good Toads county of western North Carolina. Agitation can do no good, but may do us incalculable harm. Thanking you for let--:." me knw your, position in this matter, which was communicated to Senator Cloud, Klong with message of both sj". to the controversy, and with high perso nal regards, I am, Your sincere friend, M. L. SHIPMAN. MARY PAUL1XK STEPP Mary Pauline Stapp, the in'ant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Stepp at' East Hendarsoa ille, did on Friday, Feb., 21, and was buried at Dana in the cemetery at Refuge Church on Sunday. MRS. J. A. JONES. Mrs. J. A. Jones. died on Tuesday, of pneumonia, at' her home in Char lotte. The interment was Wednesday iafternoon at. 3: 30 o clock:- Mrs. Jones was'a faithful member tif 'Trin ity Methodist Church of which Usv . Sv.W. Moores is the pastor. She is arrived by her husband, who. is ill with influenza. Mrs. M. D. Coburn, wfeo $e a sister and ctr Members or the family, . Mrs. ; Jexee.. lavght in Fairvlew Institute yad . has ; many frleadt in that section. ."'.... ' 1 GENERAL ASSEMBLY DUE TO ADJOURN SATURDAY. Warm Letters on County Road Bill. School Board Bill Passes Senate. Revenue Bill Passes, and Machin ery Act on the Way-Highway Bill Hanging Fire. Raleigh, March 3, 1919 The Gene ral Assembly is due to adjourn next Saturday night It will have been in session sixty days at that time and the members must serve without compen sation if they work overtime. It will probably be Monday or Tuesday be fore all the bills can be enrolled and ratified and a quorum is a likely pro bability until the 11th. After that time the people of the State will have a re spite from the nervous tension and anxiety usually created by a body of men, inexperienced to a large degree in public affairs, seeking to save the State "without . any well developed plans as to how it should be done. But the agony wil soon be over ana the 1919 legislative period a thing "or the past. The Henderson county road bill, in troduced by Representative Jackson in the House, passed final reading In tbJe Sjenate on Friday and is now a law This bill encountered stubborn oppo sition in the Senate which delayed its progress for more than a week. Pe titions and counter petitions- came from the home folks and Senator Cloud was overwhelmed with letters and telegrams from both sides to the controversy. Finally an agreement was reached and the bill "went on its way rejoicing." Proponents of the measure consented to the appointment of two democrats th-3 roid commis sion proposed in the new bill and pre sented telegrams from two members cf the board of county commissioners pledging themselves to that course. An understanding wa3 also reached io the effect that the demJratic men isjts of the comimssion ac2 to be re 'lumended to the commi?iitni'rs f.r appointment by a smass meeting r d. inocrats. Thethiid nieui'i-s a. r. pubiican setecud by ta t -v..ty c.-'i missioned ari'i tho thru! inemhtrs r t . road con;iij.so;i are a:itit;riAtJ to eiL-ploy a fu.l time supvrvi-v-r The act riovides fjr a bond isstvr an. :nt- k l $25,000 -o be expende l for n.aiu-t'.-ice. Priati l copies of the la I be forwii-1 i to the county c m-l-A.sHiohers so)a after tho .'iclj-airMiuut ; of ihr General A6.mbJy. Xi. S. .Y. l.r'stii, who tixl-i n t t ; .'Hy in oppositi. n to the h U. in N York wUn ih cO:npromie was i-hed by jr'i-Ci twr democrats are & i ve membirshij on the road com mission. He reached Raleigh Thurs day on his return to Hendersonville and looked in on the Legislature for several hours. While prefering his own bill, Mr. Bryson -appeared to yield gracefully to the decision of his friends to accept the solution outlined above. He rightly feels that the fight he made has saved his party from the humiliation of a complete surrender of the road system of the . county to the republican commissioners. "We gain more than we lose," is the way he figured it out in a message sent to a Hendersonville friend soon . after reaching this city on Thursday. He did suggest an amendment to the bill before its passage on second reading in the Senate providing for submit ting the bond feature to a vote of the people, but advocates of the measure objected and no effort was made to force the issue. Many of the letters received here to the yoad fight make interesting read ing. Some of them would not look well in print. The home folks were evidently worked up to a state of genuine excitement. A few took from four to six pages of typewritten mat ter in the effort to prove that they arc real democrats. But the fight is over now and a democrat Is a democrat still. The bill providing for the election of school boards by the people throughout North Carolina went through the - Senate on its third and final reading on last Thursday and is resting with the House committee on education. Little . opposition devel oped to it m the Senate and the House wil have to wrestle with the ; problem- this week. The members realUe that if that bill gets through it means a serious break in the educational system of the State and a "dloal change of policy, in many of the eoun ties. that hae so iong predominate m (Cotied oa Editorial Page) HENDERSON CO. ROAD BILL FINALLY PASSED AND RATIFIED Petition and ttauutrr Petition Pre sented In Warm Contest Before Legislative Committee. J. Mack Rhodes and J. 0. Bell Appointed Road Trustees in. Fulfillment of Commissioners' Pledgee-Mr. Rhodes Declines; Mr. Bell Undecided. The Henderson County road bill at last is passed and rathkd aud is now law, in the form in -vhkh. it as originally drawn and approved by the mass meeting at the city hall some weeks ago. Mr. S. Y. Bryson made a determined effort to amend the bill in several particulars, the most im portant being a clause by which the board of three road trustees woula have been elected by the magistrates of the county, thus zotaining in demo cratic hands control of the road ma chinery. Mr. Bryson's effort was backed up by petitions signed by seve lal hundred democrats of the county, and for a time it looked as if the Bry son bill or npne would be passed. Mr. Clarence Latham, president: of the Foard of Trade, hurried to Raleigh and succeeded - i delay: n,? action until triends of the original bill had a chance to express their opinions, with the result tint a petition in advo cacy of the original bill was present ed by Mr. Lathii, this petition on t&ining a much larger list of signers than the Bryson petition, and also carryin? the names of 154 democrats who first signed the Bryson petition, which was thus reduced by that num ber of names. The contest between Mr. latham and Mr. Bryson waxea pretty warm at the capitol, and the eat of .l a argument was reflected to come extent in the attitude of their friends in Henderson County. How ever, Mr. Latham finally won out, and the diffeience of opinion has not re sulted in any quarrel within the demo- ciatic organization . - While tie passage of the measure was still m doubt County Comission ers Maxwell and Russell pledged them selves by wire to appoint two demo crats on the. board of road trustees in case the bill passed. This pledge has been kept by the appointment of Mack Rhodes and J. O. Bell, A. J. Maxwell being the third member of the board. Owing to pressure of other business Mr. Rhodes is unable to ac- cept the appoint nent and has stated flatly and finally that he cannot un- dertake this additional and impor- tant work. Mr. Bell has neither ac cepted nor declined the appointment, stating yesterday that while he had the matter under advisement he is so rushed with other business that he will be unable for several days to announce bis decision in the matter. lu mother column of this issue are printed aa open letter from E. W. Ew- bank and a letter from M. L. Ship- man to T. B. Allen, in which the writ ers Btate 'heir respective views on this road bill. Our readers will also find printed below a summary of the mos.t Iiurortant changes effected by the new legislation, and a list of the sfgners of the petition which was vresented by Mr. Latham and was largely responsible for the success of his effort. The Important Changes The most important changes effect-, ed by the new act are contained in sections which place the enforcement of the law in the hands of three coun- ty road trustees to be elected by the board of county commissioners, one of the road trustees to be selected from the commissioners and the otlier two from without, and direct that the board of county road trustees shall employ a suitable and competent f all- time man for general road sui ervis or, with power to disharge biai at any time. Certain main roads are placed di rectly under the control of the road trustees. . - A bond issue of f 25,000 is provided for sand-claying or -otherwise hard surfacing the main thoroughfares. It is made the dut of the trustees to regard maintenance as of more im portance than construction, and the erection of sign boards at cross roads and road-forks is made mandatory up on the trustees. The labor' assessment of five days or 12.50 is changed to five days labor or $4.00. -Road , "hogs" are taken care of by a pecifle provision that; when vehlolei meet each person shall "reasonably drive his vehicle to the rtrfit cf the i PRICE FIVE CENTS MISS MABJORIE PATTERSON Miss Marjorie Patterson died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Patterson, at East Flat Rock, Sun day, March 2. Miss Marjorie was 1 years of age and had been a victim of influenza-pneumonia. The funeral services was conducted by Rev. Dr. Green and the interment was at MucT Cr,eek cemetery. BLY DAYIS A marriage of Interest is that of Daniel Bly and Miss Madalene Davis, of New York City, which occurred at the home of the bride about the mid-, die of February. The wedding was a quiet home affair. Mr. Bly is the old est son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. T. Bly. He has been assistant manager in the office of the F. L . . Smyth Manufacturing Co., for a long time. 1 WEBB SELECTED FOR JUDGESHIP Washington, Feb., 27. President Wilson said today that he would ap point the federal judge for Norlh Carolina right away, and added that he had made up his mind to name Representative Webb. DEWY HOOTS Miss Eva Hoots, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Riley Hoots -and Dewe Jones, were married Saturday ev3aia& March 1, by Major Justice at Upward ChurcUi SAM BRYOX NOM IT A TLD FOR ANOTHER TERM. Washington, D.C., Feb., 26. Among Other nominations to fill North Caro lina postoffices made today, was that of Sam Y. Bryson, for postmaster at Hendersonville. Farrier C. A. McCrary, who serveG iU the medical corps of theveternary hospital at Camp Sevier for 15 months has been discharged from service and returned to his home on route ,,,$ .... near here. :o: Charles French Toms, of Asheville iid.s been in town this week on a Ininc iness trip. :o: Farrier M. C. Shimnan. from Etovr- ah Route 1. who has been in serW at Camp Sevier has been dismissed from service and come home. middle of the travel part of the road." All violations of the road law. trr officers, employees or others, are placed directly under the jurisdiction of the superior court in the first In stance. Sec. 26. Provides ' that: The board of county road trustees shall have directly under their control the following roads: Haywood Road, from the corporate limits of the town of Hendersonville to the iron bridge across Mills River; Asheville Road from the corporate limits to the Buncombe County Line; Edneyville Road from the corporate limits to Broad River Bridge; Blue Ridge Road from Its intersection with the Edneyville Road to its inter section with the old Ridge Road . a t the Hampton Hyder Place; Greenville Road from he corporate limits to the South Carolina Line; Spartanburg Road from where it leaves the Greenville Road to the Polk County Line; Crab Creek Road from the cor porate limits ' to the top of the xidge at the Crab Creek v Church; Shaw's Creek Road from the corporate limits to the iron bridgo across $he French Broad River ' at Hor$e Shoe." . N. Signers to Winning Petition. - Allison, C. N. Anders, Richard Allen, B. W. ' Atkins, dT -Amburg, G. L. Allen, J. L. Anders,-Enoch Andrews," J. A. Andrews, D. W. Bell, J 0 . Baldwin, W. E. Bland, CV F. r Bangs, W. H. Barker, A. IV Byers, Z. .0. Bennett, o sr Bennett, lirtt Brown, J. . 1. Bennett. W. A. Furckmysir J. A Brooks, B. (Continmad oa Page t) - m . 4 r - V ' 4
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