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TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Thirtieth Year. NOi 31.
Monroe, N. C, Fri " Hay 25, 1023.
$2.00 Per Year Cash
T "TOE UNION COUNTY PAPE
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Good Roads Have Thrown Gates
of the World Open to Women
IT IS TIIEY VIIO
COSONGELECTION
Mrs. Harrell, Out of Abundant
' Experience and , ObserVa- .
tion, Speaks to Them :r
IF ROADS-COST TOO MUCH.
SO DOES CIVILIZATION
By Mrs. Lina Covington Harrell
In the early spring I heard of a
chicken farm below Feachland which
was said to be a place well worth ga-
lng to see, as there were about tnree
thousand white chickens there, in thej
various interesting stages of baby
hood. So one afternoon I 'collected a
neighbor or two-and started to -investigate.
After leaving the highway at
Peachland the road began to appear
something of a snare and a delusion.
But it was the way to the chicken
farm; others must be traveling it, so
of course we could. We kept. on. Soon
' however, we were convinced that no
road could be so bad that it couldn't
be worse. The further we .went- the
worse this dne got, until at last the
inevitable happened; we were' stuck,
with the rnrlnt secureness of har
dened cement, in the .most choice of
the seemingly endless 'chain of mud
holes extending iore and aft.- -Three
women on a 'strange, road, lar from
home ar stuck and .neither man
nor beast in sight It was a 'very
bleak situation, for with all Our
ri?hts it is still impossible for three
women to prize a peavy car out of
several feet of mudl . But the. Lord
does provide. After so long a time
a mule's head appeared far down that
mud-hole avenue. Td Jike to'.do some
thing handsome for that mule some-
oay. His patient, jogging- treaa, ana
the mild syncopa'tiontot.hi ears as
he approached,, was the most, beauti
ful thing.I ever Bawl Then from the
' other direction came a line of hjmber
wagons, ana soon we were me center
of much activity,' When we had been
iriToJ anH Khunteif . ahnut- fnur. mad
'-i hole .further on our ..way- we. thought
to Inquire- if there was another toad
tnat wouia get. us oacic to juarsnvme
without gob through all this, agony
again. The men shook their heads in
pessimistic negative and the one col
ored man in the crowd offered' this
cheering Information: " v
"Yes'm, thera's another road yo'
kin. co. but it's Vorser'n dis one.
Yes'm, yp' sho better -stick to whar
yo' is." 1 v,.f ,-. -' .v ::, '
By this time' the cnicken farm had
ceased to be any attraction.-Just to
mington highway once more was all
we asked, so after considerable ex
penditure of time and effort we were
turned around, hauled through that
slough again, and at last placed on
firm ground ana Btarjea aome.
I learned from the men who so
kindly helped us. that this prizing bus-
' iness, while very annoying, was noth
ing new to them, as .they were haul
ing lumber over this road daily and
had the sticking process to go, through
with many times before they got to
town. Think of the wear and tear on
men and beasts, to say nothing of
the time lost, in marketing that lum
ber! In actual money it would amount
to a good part of the profits, on the '
lumber. I am glad to say. Anson coun
ty has done the right thing about that
road now, so anyone,, wanting to go
to the chicken farm need have no
fears. However I nave never had the
courage to try it again. v f ' '
.But it was not the monetary loss
of such roads that occupied my mind
as we three women sat there helpless
that afternoon, and didn't know what
to expect next I had.- plenty of time
for seme long, black thoughts before
that mule's head appeared, chief of
which was this: suppose all, the roads
in the state should be allowed to go
doWh and become as this one fester
ed eruptions of mud holes in winter,
and back-breaking, axle-breaking ter
rors in summer? What. would such a
condition mean to women who are
jus becoming accustomed to the free
dom of good roads! In either words
' what do good roads mean to women?
The men of keenest business vision
have already figured down to a fine
point just what is to be gained in a
material way by continuing the good
roads work via of the bond issuo; and
they almost grow apop!v.;ic at the
mere thouirl-t that the' issue might
not oar.y at tho June election. It
... would indeed be a tragedy if the Un
ion' cov citizens should be misguid
ed in t. Instance as to hold the dims
too closa to see the dollar; but the
vprv real ,trs led v for the women
would not lie wholly in dollars and
cens. Naturally whatever affects the
f ,'v tank roll, a.'fects the women
too, but women are peculiarly con
(t'rurtfd beirsrs who require P'ore
than .three meals a day, which they
l ave prepared themselves, and a fl
ilav's labor in' the hou-e or i'ul-.l or
I, ;,t.) keep t'lom gon
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ASKS COMMISSIONERS
FOB INFORMATION
To the Editor of The Journal:
As a taxpayer of Union county I
am much interested in the propos
ed bond, issue. .1 have noticed
articles in The Journal ,to the ef
fect that it will cost the taxpayers
of the county. 30c on the hundred
valuation 'in the ventthe bond
issue does, : not pass, and it is
claimed on the other hanffthat
it will only, cost -20c per hundred
valuation if the bonds are passed.
Respectfully, ask that the county'
commissioners explain these fig
ures and if correct state so thru
the 'column- of the press.
V May 24, 1923. H. C. EPPS
A, Few Words on . Good Roads
sr , and te Bond Issue
; ' ' ; By Henry Green ' '
The writer returned a few days ago
from a short visit to Leesurg, Fla,
one of the most progressive towns
in the central part of the state. While
Lees burg already has perhaps more
good roads leading into it than Mon
roe has, they have just put over a
bond issue of seven hundred . thous
and dollars for road building in. the
Leesburg district of Lake county. ,
This is the home of Mr. James H
Williams, a former citizen of .Mon
roe, and who was, for a number of
years, treasurer of Union county,
Mr. Williams is a very enthusiastic
advocate' of .good roadsand said to
me," "Tell my friend, Eugene Ash
craft, that I can't go with him in his
ideas on the bona issue." Air. Wil
liams takes all the Monroe papers
and keeba "ftp with what is goingjon
in his old home town-, r - '"
'Our good friend, the quill pusher
of the Monroe Enquirer, seems to
have gotten a boll weevil fastened on
his pea, and is using it in his catch-all
column to fritrhten his readers against
voting for a bond issue for the contia
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Mow, i think the editor oi tmv&n
ouirer is honest m his ooinions. but
a he would pick up and hike out over
the country a little he ; wuld find
that . the,, most 1 prosperous states,
counties- and communities "are the
ones that have spent the most money
Ion improvements. He would find that
road building, good schools, .etc, are
not limited to cotton : growing' com.
munities alone, some of the most pro
gressive communities being in sec
tions where cotton is hot grown at
all. Union county , has grown into
diversified cron section of late years,
and should his prognostications come
true, conditions here, would not be as
they are in Georgia and South Caro
lina ' where farmers depend entirely
on a cotton crop to. feed and clothe
them. We can raise almost anything
in Union county that is raised any
where except a few of the) tropical
crops; and if the boll weevil obliter
ates the cotton crop, the farmer will
need tood roads all the more in 'or
der that he may ' get .his vegetables
milk r.nd butter chickens and eggst
ar.d other' larm products to market
ou:ckrr. . -" . .
in nearly every section of the state
where the farmers have turned their
attention to some other crop adapted
to their immediate locality, they, are
making more money than they made
on cotton. Around Laurinburg, one of
the ; best cotton sections - in
the' State, they have turned
extensively . to the cantaloupe
and watermelon. , Further east
they are raising strawberries. In the
sand mil belt, extending from Lam.
dan, S. C, to near Sanford, N. C, the
peach tree is taking the day. In the
piedmont and mountain sections we
f iAd dairvinsr. live stock and Doultrv
raisuig, as well as the vegetable busi
ness developing rspioiy.
The farmers of Union county,; tak
en as 'a whole, are intelligent and
thrifty, and instead of going home,
sittinar down on their front porches,
folding their hands and surrendering
to the boll weevil; as the Equirer
seems to surgest, I predict we will
find them diversifying their crops
more and more as it becomes neces
sary, and. going ahead with- road
building, bringing their farms within
easy access to the markets, and en
hancing the value of their homes, if
it does take a few more cents on the
hundred dollars in taxes. 1
Mr. Broom Expected Home from Hos
, : . pital
. Matthews, 'Et. .18, Kay, 23. Guess
everyone has forgotten their ', old
scribe from this section of Union
Mecklenburer. Anyway here - l am
scribbling t j The Journal again after
being ' sent for the last few months
Crops on, an average are looking
fine around here, 6a; I should of said
cotton,-for there has been little corn
planted, yet everybody has a nice gar.
den t,," year.. , '
Mr. Floyd taker-spent Sunday
Waxhaw visiting friends ar.d rela
lives. .
Mrs. Jlert Conder and children
Churlotte visited her brother, Mr.
W. Uncher, b-;t we--k.
" The niP'-y L'.or-'i of Mr. 'J.
rroom wi:l la f
u riui 'i 1 r .
vi k from t e 1
Cowe on I:'..'.. -Cln;l'8
f t nu, -i I
1 to 1 -r that 1
id w.ll le home th
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MS MEAL Oil
ins TOE AND IiM
ON inSOVERALLS
Faulk Didn't Believe It When
Told That he Had a Fortune
and Didn't Know It
BUT HAS PROVED THAT
TOM jpROOM WAS RIGHT
Mr. E. F. Faulk owns a farm of
ninety-three acres in Goose Creek
township. v One spring day three or
four years ago, Tom Broom, farm
demonstrator, slowed down his Ford
where Mr. r aulk was standing by the
road fussing and fuming because it
had rained so mueh he could not plow
his bottom lands for corn. Before
that day he had never done much but
grow cotton and corn. v
I see you hava a fortune here and
don't Enow it," said Mr. Broom. Mr.
Faulk was not feeling any too good.
He had worked hard all his life, even
then, tied as he was to cotton, he was
troubled about what he was to do
when the fearful boll weevil that he
had been hearing about should come
to his fields, lie had no cows and few
hogs. . So his nose turned up just a
little in sarcasm when he looked up
at Broom and said, "I have been
working hard an my life and have
not seen any fortune yet, and if . you
are smait enousrh to teU 'me where I
can find one, go ahead.".
Broom saw that it was up to Aim
and . he began explaining what he
meant. He saw a farm of fine rolling
clay mixedi with gravel, with many
bottoms, Often too wet to plow but
all the time capable of growing a lot
of grass. He saw those hills crying
for .legumes and some stable manure,
and none being given them. So "he
began to talk. -.' . ;
wire ud these bottoms, he said,
"get you some cows, milk them, boy
a separator, and sell the cream, let
th4 bottoms go 'to pasture put the
manure on the hills, make more corn
there than you now make on the bot
toms, and make a bale oi . cotton
to every acre, run your farm with
cream money and have your cotton
as a profit at the end of the year."
; Mr.. Faulk was not ."wholly convert
ed 'to the new idea but he said-he
weulathink about it.; 'VDon't orev'
said Broom, as a parting shot, "that
5ai'V.,v!2S -:h
on the toe. of his shoes and.Mttie
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10 mr. rauic ana ne asaea now inai
'i"..M'TtAM
ItT lten
v. "-"ihaps one will he needed at his ousi-
two pay days every month while the or wm a pre88lng engag-
cotton farmer has only one a year.
HisrBest Bit of Farming
That was one of the best , bits of
farming the farm demonstrator ever
did for he planted the seed that has
grown just the kind of cron he pre
dicted. , On Wednesday tle -', . writer
visited Mr. Faulk's farm and found
that everything predicted had come
true.. He is milkm-' fifteen cows,
sends hip milk to Charlotte every" day
ana gets back a check twice fr month
fAi Alfrhtv "lAllora oanh BnH afyma
cents, just at this time. He has five
small pastures wired up, and his hills
.
produce a bale of cotton to each cre.
He has money in the bank and in his
overalls, and Is looking forward to
the time when he will have exchanged
his present grade cows for thorough
breds, and his good wife, smiling,
cheerful and happy, says she is going
to change her .present large number
of chickens for one pure bred vari
ety, just as soon as she decides which
she likes the best. And their boys,
smart and keen eyed, ride their mules
to the field as happilv as others who
know no better start out for, a joy
ride.
And that is traveling some , for a
couple who started life on.rented land
with the head of the household plow
ing an ox. .But Mr. Faulk, recogniz
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mg that honor comes to a man not
from where he is, but front the man
ner in which he arrived, is not asham
ed to tell you that he began bv plow
ing an ox. Mr. and Mrs. Faulk have
been educating their ten children as
They came along, and sending' some
of them to school on the school truck,
they feel that they are a useful and
happy part of the great world about
them. And they begin to' be a part
of the great-world by being an or-
ganized part of their community, for
Mr. Faulk and his neighbors who are
also doing as he is, have a milk asso
ciation with one of their number as
their 'agent contracting for their out
put in bulk and fixing a neighborhood
price and sending it off by truck to
market every day.
Mr. Faulk Tells About Lf
"Where's your Pa?" the writer ask-
ed one of the Faulk kids with his hat
tun or eggs, as ne stopped nis roratget It. 'Twere rouy to oe wjseu
in tne roaa aoout wnere itroom naa
stopped his on the useful day sortie
years ago. "lie's over in the field,"
said the boy, with a native poleness
and a keen interest which showed that
there is a family spirit in that house
hold, "Sit down here et the house and
I'll run and get him." '
The little p. tV -an's offer was de
clined and I.e. wns requested to lead'
the way to t: e field where his father
as at work, v .. . ti he c,J. i p :t
ed to talk pcoiit h s ' -cows,
I.'r. Iau'k s , , i l
to one of (' bill!:;-' i ft,
i 1 r- ' If!:' ; e
i witn
down
CAN STULIP DAD;
BUT CAN'T KEEP
1' - fflM STUMPED
fyr'ne Plants Himself Upon the
, "Impregnable Rock of Scrip
ture" and Can't Be Moved
WOULDN'T LIKE TO BE IN A
GROVE FULL OF WEEDS
i ' By Dene Ritch .
s Stouts, May 24. The Children's
f y was quite a success. I must
apologize for forgetting to announce
ti ls important event last week. It
'was announced la both papers any-
and the people responded won
derfully. The church is famed for
its large congregations on such days
as these. The crowd last Sunday did
npt break past records but it-was
certainly up to the standard.
t air. and Mrs. Ellis Helms enter-,
tanned' a number of the younger, as
well as the older people last Saturday
erening. ; Over one hundred , were
present. : A numer of games were
played i after iwhlcuf .'delicious ice
cream and cak;wereferved, Mr.
and Mrs." Helms , are t))e compli
mented on- their graelou'&i '"jpitality.
Little M1S jLoulse - ' .rgette of
Charlotte, pretty- grand Aughter of
Mr.' F.' M. Yandle, iSvnding the
week with relatives ,
, Miss Virgie Moser of Monroe spent
the week-end with her brother, .Mr.
Joe Moser: and" his family.
'The following people from Char
lotte attended the Children's Day
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Polk, Mr. and
Mrs.' Johnny House, Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Moser, and Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Conder. These couples were accom
panied by their respective children.
These boys were also home for the
week-end and , the Children s Day
Messrs. John and Murphy Conder,
Mr. Clyde Long and Mr. Joe Hay
wood. Mr. -Haywood is of Monroe,
the remainder of. Charlotte.
Mrs. W. T. Ballentyne and Mrs.
C. W. Harkev were eatertalned at
sUmptous dinner whlcff was given last
Saturday oy air. ana Mrs. ra. u
Ohrley Of Indiaif Trail.
' IPlease, everybody, pay due consider
ation to the following statement: The
Old Bethel grave yard is to be cleaned
aext; Saturday, 'afternoon, un z
ratv2 ofetock. There .are few people
in Union county who are not vital y
1" rn
am sure that no one likes. the idea
ol his Krave--if he were in one
- ,n - . j ,n briers and weeds,
Surely we owe, enough respect to the
Idead to keep their graves clean. PerA
ment next Saturday afternoon, but
do. I beseech you,' arrange to come.
Then, don't break your arrangement
What are a few paltry dollars com
pared with self-satisfaction and a
conscience which says, "I have done
mv dutv"T .
I like to argue with anyone, especi
ally my Dad. Whenever he makes a
;take eltne' Blde for tbe gake of argu
statement. I take issue wun mm.
ment. Recently we have been dis
' . . .. . '
cnasiner evolution. i am now renuius
"Well'a Outline of History." Dad
scripture, however, sometimes proves
too much for him.. I teu mm wax
our most learned scientists contend
that man . has evolved from some
Inwer form of animal. It is true that
the bodv of man closely resemoies
ht of the aoe. Lots of men's features
are a striking resemblance.
have known people to be duooeo
The Mlsslne Link" in Darwin's the
ory. Furthermore, mere now exiva
a type of people who are little above
the ape In habit or In mode of living.
It is hard to believe and difficult to
compare the barbarous cannibal,' a
human befhg who eats human flesh,
with th civilized people of the mod-
em ase. Whether 'or not man has
developed from the ape, it is certain
that in the primenal a sen he lived the
life of a savage; and that ib some
extent he was Inhuman. ; '
Then upon my calm reasoning pad
breaks forth with the following dis
concerting questions or others equal'
ly .enabara.iing: ' r '
"Do apes have souls? 1 If not, when
did the souls originate in man?" -
"Then why are sorae-v apes leu.
-hv didn't they all evolve?
t fantfullv try to evade the cues
(ions, and I dodge the issue by add
ins weaklv :
, "The world Is progressing by evo
lution. We are going through a pro
cess of development year by year. , It
Is obvious that man has made won
rtprfiil nroeress whatever his -de:
I I am bow wondering where alVv
color schemes are being taken which
re beine carried out, and If the peo-
i pie who come for the week-end ever
What a Pretty Act .
.(Youths' Companion)
: The wit .of Sir John Macdonald,
the Canadian politician, is well known
throughout the dominion. One day,
savs Dr. W. S. Kamsford m the Story
of a Varied Lne, an opponent on the
floor of the House of Commons at
Ottawa accused Sir John of having
stolen Part of the pol tical programme
of the opposition, "llr John," he de
clared, "has stolen the brains of t',i3
opposition!"
Q ;vk as a flash Sir J
his ! et. ar7i",nl-vr to V a
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Vance Is Small But Kendall Says
She Will Be Strong at Roll Call.
HE; . ROAD COMMISSIONERS
TELL HOW THEY PROPOSE
O SPEND BOND MONEY
In compliance with the request of
many interested in the proposed bond
issue as to how the road commission
proposes using the money derived
from said issue, should it pass, the
following statement is made by the
road commission: 11
Before going into office the roads
of Union county cost over $5,000.00
per mile, due somewhat to the high
prices existing at that time. Since
the present commission has taken of
fice the cost has been reduced to $2,
750.00 per mile. After much experi
ence and observation in the building
of roads the present administration
is satisfied that it can build roads
at a still lower cost and proposes to
expend not over $1500 or $1800 per
mile. ' It is their plan to employ
farmers and Union county citizens
altogether, -where practicable; in the
building of roads under. the new is
sue, ihe money is k m spent prin
cipally with ' home ople in ' order
mat the money may,u main in union
county. Much of t; work is to be
let out on a dauy age basis with
competent loreroeB- charge. The
foremen will be selected . front the
county at large as well as the labor
ers. lti is not the plan of the com.
mission to let out work to, foreign
contractors and very little work will
be done by the cubic yard. It being
the experience of the commission that
road work can' be done considerably
cheaper on a daily wage basis. The
principal part of the work will be
done at such tame of the year as when
farmers can-afford to do the work.
The toads that are now uncomplet
ed will be completed. . Connecting
links, wherever necessary, will be
made. Roads that have a good type
of top soil will be rounded up, grad
ed and put in a first class condition
a minimum basis, that is. as the
New Town road was Tebuilt. a fore
man being employed on a salary and
the road commission paying the pay
roll, all of which was supervised by
the road commission and its- engi
neer." This particular road was re
constructed for approximately $30U..
00. ner mile. 1
There are numerous small wooden
bridges in the county that are in
need of repair and replacement , It
is the purpose of the commission to
replace these bridges with concrete
pipe and culverts. Ihere are sev
eral larger bridges : that should be
rebuilt also.' '
It is the" belief of the commission
that with only half of the proposed
issue, that is. $250,000.00, the prin
cipal part Of the roads can be put
in first class condition. In other
words, practically all important roads
can be graded and top soiled. . ,A
considerable part of the money will
be spent in patching up and, putting
in first class shape such other roads
as a demand may develop for by peti
tion or otherwise. Eyery tax payer
will get benefit from the new issue
and practically every road of the
county will be looked after.
i J. D. McRAE
TV G. COLLINS
, , J. F, .THOMPSON
T
FIVE MEMBERS OF FAMILY
ARE KILLED BY A TRAIN
.Franklin, Ga May 21. Five mem
bers of the household of Bert Wil
liams met instant death and another
man was probably fatally injured late
today at Carlisle, two miles west of
here, when Baltimore and Ohio pas
senger train No. .64 crashed into a
senger train No. 64 crashed into truck
which was moving the Williams fam
ily from Franklin to a new home
in Germantown. Another, man escap
ed serious injury.
The dead: Mrs. Margaret Williams,
53: Sarah Williams, 13, a daughter;
Mrs, Lela Williams, 20, a daughter-in-law
and her two children, .Mary
Louise, 3, and a baby boy, four
months old. '
-The injured: Jess Gross, 50. driver
of truck, broght to-' his home here,
internal injuries, expected to die:
Solon Kindred, 60, bruised and cut.
The two women and three children
were Seated on a sofa on the rear of
the truck which was loaded with" fur
niture. . -
A- freight train had just passed
over the crossing on the main street
of Carlisle and Gross drove onto the
tracks, unaware tf the approaching
train, view of which was obstructed"
by the freight train. The bell at the
crossing was still ringing when Gross
drove onto the tracks, it was said.
Bert Williams, who was- following
his family in a motor bus arrived at
the scene shortly after the crash,' un
aware that, the truck had been wreck
ed. With other curious he edged his
way through the crowds until he look
ed on the face of his dead wife, her
arms holding his dead four months
old grandson. He fainted. After being
revived he was brought to the home of
friendS here, - : ,-.'..'
The time for listing taxes in Mon-
! roe township and the city of Monroe
es next lnursday. me tax list
ers are at the court houe and you may
.save trouble by calling on them
Vioo'i'Uy. '
. ,.:--.-:-.V- ; l:'.;-.
FOR ONE TIME MR.
IIAIGLER SAYS HE
IS FOR BOND ISSUE
... . . . , . .
Thinks It Is Not Right For Him
lo Enjoy a Good Road
And Not Help Others .
HANEY THINKS WASTE
HAS BEEN OVERSTATED
By L. E. Huggins .
It has been my-privileee to talk
with large number of farmers and
business men of the county recently
in regard to the proposed bond issue
for the continuation- of the road
building program. Nobody can be
found who opposes food, roads. No
body is stupid, but there are some
who have not yet decided lo vote for
the issue, among them soroe mighty
good men. Few of them will tell you
that they are not going to vote for
the issue, for they want to study the -
question and thoroughly .understand -the
significance Of stopping the work
where it stands and losing to some
extent what ha already been done.
J hey wonder what will happen to the
lateral roads that have not been
touched and what direct tax rate it
will take to put them in good shape.
i IUO JJOJ-M-JUU-ljU lUctt IB line, u.
the people -were able to stand the
sudden , strain, but it. Would be too
burdensome, they argue. Ninety per
cent of the business, of the country
is done on a credit, because it is the
only way it can be done. The towns
and cities that vote the most bonds :
and make the most improvements are
the ones that are forging to the front
fastest. So with the states and coun
ties, the pay-as-you-go towns and ci
ties and . states and counties never
go very far. They can't Money is the
cheapest thing we can buy. It is
brought from the monejr centers of
the North and put into the channels
of trade to make business lively, to
build ' manual cturingnterprises that
create markets Ijrcoantry produce "
if we provide "roads over which it
can be marketed. Money that 'is bor
rowed at six per cent, often earns 25
or 50 per cent That is why business,
is done on borrowed, money. Some .
men have1 more money than brains,
while others have the brains to use
mi oh mnnpv to aHvnntatrA. : .-(
Kendall Wants More
But I started out to tell what peo
ple are saying. "Tell the readers of
The Journal that as for me and my
house, we will serve the Lord," said
W. P. Kendall of Indian Trail. He;
continued, "Vance is the smallest In
the kingdom,- but when the roll is
called we'll be there." He then ex
plained- his scriptural quotations as
meanincr that Vance townshin will
vote for the bond issue by a large
majority. He is enthusiastic over the
issue and doesn't think it will do at
all to stop the program. .
Veteran Minister Talks
Rev. R. H. James of New Salem
township favors the issue. He believes
that something should be done to pro
vide roads for the sections that are
paying tax to liquidate the indebted
ness for roads already built, but who
have no roads in their own communi
ties. He has food argument His posi
tion is that the main arteries have
been built at the expense of taxpayers .
of he entire county and that now we
must not stop before reaching the
less Important roads. It appears just
and right for the towns, railroads and
other corporations, - who are depen
dent upon, the agricultural interests
of the county, to pay tax to help,
build roads in the outlying townships
that have no corporation tax and that
therefore must nave outside help.
Mr. E. M. Griffin of New Salem i
township lives two miles from the
good road to Marshville and three
miles from the one to Monroe, and
ha mrnnta vnv Af fyottino. Ant ftt thd
trap. Mr. Griffin ' states that practi
cally everybody in his community will.
vote lor tne Dona issue to provide
roads for those who have them not
Used Fence Rail to Lift Buggy
"It'll never' do to stop the road
building program," said Mr. E. F.
Haney of Marshville township yester
day, Mr. f Haney thinks there have
been some mistakes made and proba
bly some money spent unwisely in the
county, but he thinks a bigger re
take would be to vote agains'
bond issue and therefore defeat . .
good 'roads program. He told of a
time when two fellows came to Mon
roe in a road cart and their hor-3
almost stalled pulling through mud
holes.' Another instance he related
when a horse actually stalled with
two men in ii buggy and broke a good
trace trying to pull out "But," con
tinued Mr. Haney, "there-were fence
rails along the road at that t - a
which were used to prize out t: e
buggy end build up under tlie v,he 'i.
There are no fence rails now en J I
don't know what a fellow would !j
with roads of that kind."
Mr. Har.ey in also of the ' ' n
that road-building is a l ; r j ; i
many people think, lie I r -
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observed the woik on 1
tells of how t' " rv ' s v
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