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NVnJ.K, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1910
No.
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ilal Contest
-ngton, Dec. 27.The legal
jt over the constitutionally of
-ration tax provisions of the
-j-Aldrich tariff act was renew
in the Supreme Court ' of
Dufted States when -former
x Foraker of Cincinnati, On
ilnet attacking the law. He
jthe many attorneys retain-
case when it wasfirst
ito the court in March
feator Foraker is expected
ioral argument when the
before the court for re
iout January 16. . .: ,
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Mo will wear big, fat rub
b?ever bad the weather,
iMtoget married.
Musical Recital
.Thursday evening, December 22,
an exceedingly enjoyable musical
recital was given by Miss Evah
Blythe, the talented rfendhtoi. f
Judge and Mrs, O. V. F. Blythe. at
nernome on Washington street
The recital was divftn in honor of
tne Philathea and Baraca classes of
merirst Baptist church, the major-
iiy oi wnom were nrspnt Mrc
vvk. yvmtaker. teacher nf tho PhOo
- - - - v -v ixd
tnPA rl qoo ..r
v,uo was present as were
many, others interested in this
oranch of the church's work.
Following is the Droram rfnnVr-
ed by Miss Blythe who has a frflP.nt
of very exceptional orden
Hano Air de Ballet Chaminade
Violin (a) Hearts and
Flowers Tobani
(b) Berceuse (from
Jocelyn Godard
Song-The Song the Angels
Sang R. M. Stults
Piano-(a) Etude Ara
besque TheaLack
(b). Danse Caprice Grie
Violin (a) Trameri Schumann
(b) Pizzicate Serenade
F. A. Franklin
Song (a) Serenade Vero
nese P.Elliott
(b) The Lady of Dreams
Violin (a) Angels Serenade
Braga
(b) Cradle Song Atherton
After the circle the guests were
invited into the library and each
given a nice present from a beauti
fully decorated Christmas tree.
.When the hanks, of both the above
classes and the guests were extend
ed to Miss Blythe by Rew K. W
Cawthon : then the exchange of
'greetings and; the guests retired. V :
Don't forget the Good Roads
at the Court House
, December 31.
Meeting
Saturday
End the Old Year right by attending
that , meeting
THE BEST GIFTS
for Xmas are useful Gifts
.' Here, are a few suggestions for useful gifts:
FORT THE BABY' j y
'arekin Coats Bearskin Ckpsf Baby Sweaters,
Baby Saques, Baby Fur Setsf Baby
Underwear and Shoes
FOR INDIES AND MISSES l
ats, Sweaters, Fiirs, Skirts, Millinery, DressJ
Geods, Gloves, Handerchiefs, Scarfs,
Shawls! Tobosraris and Purses
FOR MEN AND BOYS
othing, Shoes; Hats,TCaps; Neckwear, Shirts, 1 1
r Suspenders and Handkerchiefs -
IP T" . .
"The.Undeselling Store"
Agents for Standard Fashions
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That Smoker
The following poem, though some
what pessimistic in its point of view
will be read with interest, not to
say excitement, by some of the per
sans concerned. 1
Tuesday night, at the Masonic Hall,
According to the Master's urgent
call,
Came the brethren through mud
and soak
To see Rector, Hodges and Morris
smoke.
But as ever, and as certain as fate,
Very few came, and they were late.
Frank Wetmur was out at his home,
And the Master remained under
- his dome.
The frail recollection of one Robert
Oates
Dimly , flickered among the Masonic
goats.
Then the fire light shone gray on
the wall,
Add the query rose, "Who made
this calif
Little was said about orphans and
the poor,
Schenck vowed that he'd stay late
no more,
That his ardor was as warm as it
"But two more are now at my
home, you see."
Buckner yawned; Hodges said,
"This is a fudge.
The cigars are not coming, are they,
Judge?" ' '
Morris said, "Edwards, this meeting's
) done harm, " y ' :-
Let's go home where we too, can
warm."
Thus closed the Masonic holiday
Smoker,
Nothing tb eat, nor give life to the
joker. .
As a failure,' it was a huge success,
A fizzle it was, and nothing less.
:J From Yours, No More.
Fruitland
Son
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Justus Efaarmaey
Everything in Drugs
"The Dru-r Store on the Corner
Start the New Year Fight
: vBy Getting: a r '
5 enable you. to .Navigate. the streets
01 this town on: Moonless iNigntsv
m street, ' Opposite-iVionU.ii'.r.
Institute
The Spring term of Fruitland
Institute will begin January third,
1911. An art department will be
added to the regular course hereto
fore given. N. A. Melton,
Principal.
Taxes Past Due
Your tJtate and County Taxes are
now due and should be paid before
January 1st, 1911. Come in and
ssttle and avoid cost
V; C. V. Shepherd,
County Tax Collector
Two
Miles
in the Air
Aviation Field, Los Angeles, CaL
Dec. 1 27. Seventy-five ' thousand
people saw Arch Hoxsey of the
Wright team of aviators break the
world's record .for altitude here
yesterday. He soared more than
two miles up in the sky, his baro
graph registering 11 ,474 f eet or al
most a thousand feet above the
altitude by Le Gagneuxat Pau,
France.
Hoxey accomplished his feat in a
forty mile gale. .
Navy Needs
Aeroplanes
; Washington. Dec. 27. Two aero
planes, or at least one two seated
machine, should constitute part of
theequipment of each of the; scout
cruisers of the .United States navy.
' This recommendation is made in
a report to Secretary Meyer by
Captain-Washington I. Chambers,
Who was delegated by the secretary
to. - study; - the -''possinlUtyor the
aeroplahV in warfare.
. L Paying attention ttra'; grl;young
man, is apt to res'ule . iri your having
a lot of other things to pay.
Letter from
P. F. Patton
Editor Times:
There has been a great deal said
and written recently in regard to
the snbpect of good roads and as
ur present representative is anxi
ous to have the people of the coun
ty advise him as to what changes
they ,desire ltt the present road
law, I feel it my duty as the pres
ent supervisor, to take this public
way in showing what it has cost
the county to run and maintain
the chain gangrforthe past twelve
months, and in doing this, I wish
also to give my views of the pres
ent road law and what changes in
my opinion are necessary.
First, I would like to say that
if one half the energy spent in try
ing to make new road laws was
exerted to enforce the present
vroad law, there would be a great
deal more work done and our
roads would be in much better
condition. Allow me to say, if
you will,, that NO ROAD LAW
CAN BUILD ROADS. If we had
the most perfect law that human
brain was capable of placing on
the statute books, at would not
build roads, neither would.it meet
with the approval of the people,
unless public sentiment was in
favor of good roads. To illus
trate this, let us look at our ad
joining State of Tennessee, who
has passed and placed on their
statute books the 1 est law which
the brains of the State could
mould to prohibit the sale of
whiskey. I have recently been in
the city of Memphis, Tenn., and on
almost every corner the bar roon.
doers were wide open and the
whiskey was still m the shelves
any person could buy what they
wanted at any time. This is true
because the public sentiment of
the people was not in favor of the
law prohibiting the sale of whisk
ey.-. Such would certainly be true
of the road law which was not fa
vored by public sentiment.
- As I said before, no road law can
build roads, ; however perfect the.
law may be. It takes brains,
money and muscle to build good
roads, and if :the people , of Hen
i defson county will get pubhc sen
timent in: 'favor o vgqbcti roads.
these things will hefurnished.1 ;
i -Atthe court houser last Wcd-
j nesdayr:Judge'Ewart -called a
meeting of the citizens of the
county to discuss ways and means
o fimproving our roads and road
law. At the opening of this meet
ing it was announced that Hen
derson county had the poorest
roads of any county in the wes
tern part of the state, and that
some steps should be taken to im
prove them. Then it wras an
nounced that the subjects to be
discussed at the meeting were :
ls,t, To exempt from road duty all
the boys between the ages of 18
and 21. The next subject was to
reduce the number of days' labor
to be performed on the public
roads from 6 to 3 days, and the
third subject, as to whether it was
advisable for Henderson county
to maintain the chaingang, and
fourth whether it would be advis
able to do away with the free la
bor system and keep up our roads
by taxation and the contract sys
tem. In my opinion, if these
measures were passed the meeting
we held would not be a Good
Roads meeting, but a bad one
the worst that was ever held in
Henderson county. If these meas
ures were passed, I would like for
some one to tell me who would
keep up the roads of Henderson
county. Do we expect our ad
joining counties to come over and
build our roads for us ? Or is our
Guardian Angel to come and build
us roads of gold?
First, let us take up the subject
of the young men between the
age of 18 and 21. It is true, I
think, that it is a hardship for a
young man to De compellea to
serve the public before he is given
a right to vote, but what duty was
ever performed and what good
was ever done that some one did
not have to suffer. I would hac,
to think that there was a young
man in Henderson county between
the age of 18 and 21 who would
not be "willing to lend his muscle
to the county for 6 days in every
year for the benefit which he de
rives personally from good roads,
and I do not believe they are here.
I have never heard any kick since
I have had charge of the roads,
from any young man. It has al
ways been from some one trying
to make a new law, or change pres
ent conditions.
Now. in reference to reducing
the number of days from 6 to 3.
believe every one will agree with
me that we need better roads not
worst ones. How can we expect to
accomplish this if we are going to
. reduce the work that we are now
performing. I am by4he old men
as the young onesI would cer- .
tainly hate to think that thery was
any man id the county who was
not wililng to perfoim six days'
work, if it is necessary in order to
have good roads, and 1 believe a
large majority of the people would
much prefer to perform labor on
the roads tha nto pay taxes, and
it is an inevitablei fact that wt
must either furnish money or mus
cle. Third, we come to the chain
gang. I would be glad if every
citizen in Henderson county would
read carefully and 'study the fol
lowing figures and compare- them
with my estimate of what the cost
of free labor would have been to
perform the work done by the
chain gang for the last 12 months.
First, let me say that in 1908
there was levied a tax of $4237.55
for road purposes. After deduct
ing the commission of the tax col
lector and taking off the insol
vents, there was left $3800 net to
be expended on rdads. Out of
this $3800, the road overseer of
the county received $1500,. which
left net to be expended by the
chain gang $2300 for the year. At
this time, after studying the mat
ter carefully. I decided that, our
convict labor was so much cheap
er in dollars and cents, and could
be worked so much more satisfac
torily than free labor that I asked
the county commissioners to in
crease the tax for the year 1909 to
20 mills or 20c on the $100, which
produced the gross amount for
this year of $7682.34. The tax
collectors s commission for col
lecting the tax amounted to
$347.24. and the insolvents, $27.95
making a total of $595.19, and
leaving net to be expended for
road purposes $7087.25. From this
amount must be taken $1500 to
pay the roacT overseers, and out of
this must also be taken the money
to bu ytools that are used by the
free labor of the entire county
and I will, say in passing that most
of the townships have been furn
ished with a road machine, which
is a great labor-saver. For this
we will set aside $587.25, which
will leave the net amount to be ex
pended by the county chain
gang for the year $50Q. For
tunately for Henderson county,
but unfortunately for the chain
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