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miS UNION COUNTY PAFEH SVEIIYEQDY E"AE3 IT." "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT." iui l m PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Thirtieth Year. No. 33. Monroe, N. G, Friday, June 1, 1,923. $ -er Year Cash T!:0'Tn'Tr:"'A ml iiartin, foot sore and weary, C nHTTii'Tri ATI III I CI IN IIKhll MH Mll.l.ii Wants a Little Easy Travel For Himself as Well as For. Coming Generations v X..';- 7v'; X-. ''X- MR. P. J. C. EFIRD WANTS TO TRADE IN HOME TOWNS By ,L. E. Huggins "It's hot so much what you spend, if you get value received," remarked a citizen yesterday. He then ex plained that-a few yeaVs ago. about the only thing he; received for, the taxes he paid in was his tax receipt. "Now," he continued, "I pay more tax by far,, but I have no kick coming be cause I am getting something in re turn." This citizen declared that he has a good school within easy reach of his home, good roads over which to travel and that he is making two or three times as much money as a ' few vears: asro. and further that his taxes are much easier paid now than when he raid little tax and got no thing for it but his tax receipt. He is satisfied and will vote for bonds June 9th. SmaH Coat Per Day Another- progressive citizen is of the opinion that the principal reason lor so many peopie aicaing on mgu taxes is that the money all comes due at one time and looks big, when as a matter of fact the amount paid for taxes is small as compared with that expended for other purposes. For instance, a man who pays $36.50 a year for taxes, to build roads, pro vide schools, build bridges across the streams, take care of administrative expenses, etc., believes' his taxes are heavy, when as a jnatter of fact it is costly him only 10 cents per day 1 to live in" civilized and enlightened atntoerahere. ; He might reside in Africa or some uncivilized country and save the ten cents pep day,, but he doesn t want to do that. Earning Capacity Increased Another consideration is found in the fact that men., earn much more money in a civilized country than thev could nossiblv earn in one that is uncivilized. Likewise, a person pah earn larger pay for . his labors in ra country that has provided a system ' nf ttnoA caada, thanh in . end that is 'full of Tna6V'fllea.,ThiVis- clearly demonstrated in a statement '.by C. , A. Wallace of New Salem township ' Mr. Wallace states that he 'operates a saw mill, as do others in the same township, and that it is almost lm possible to get the lumber to market on account of bad roads, in 'certain sections- of the township, He states that there is a positive waste of thou sands of dollars in tree tops and slabs, from saw logs, because the roads are in such condition that it makes it un profitable to carry them -to market, ' to say notmng ox tne extra expense in marketing the-lumben In this connection it might be well .to relate a fine crop of wheat during a ew(Wo;, rtanwBfH ' rt9 -ftnd tn weeks in the dead of winter last year. How did he do it?' Why, a saw mill man gave him the slabs from the mill to get them removed out oi tne way. :"B'v.if"J'u:u" "i.L . , "C .ii K .:a VS L.rT' w C ' iwUK'lv -' uuu ? cuuuti v . ioy " twelve months from the proceeds of what would have otherwise been wasted. Enough fine saw timber has "r""rrrV'"r'"2 r i; C..n " Vk. system oi ! good roads, because there was no profitable way of market- ing ii. iwo Loads instead oi une ' Neal Pope of New Salem township has over a million leet ox timber readv for the market and it is delight to haul the lumber from Olive Branch to Marshville, but, oh, that road from the timber to Olive - Branch! ' He states that it costs more to haul it over the 2 1-2 miles, of mud holes from his home to Olive Branch than it does to carry it all the way from Olive Branch to Marshville, a dis- tance of nine miles. He is forced to! make two (bads from . the lumber yards to Olive ,' Branch in order to get enough lumber there -to make one load from there to Marshville. He wants more good roads. and will vote for bonds. , iyV-'Vv' ,X - . : Saves' Yonr Car XXXy' Harvey Stegall, who lives in that name section of New .Salem town- .UJ. . v. 1... i AnA within Vol'f 1 Zl nrB0 for lm. is especially devoid, of ver- wn wara has alwavs been of an 2?rJV f," 'yL'i5eenwIi, i?'?r"Ai .rEi.Tli quite an estate and has always rnade,118" Tr-' ai '? mor 1 S. . .i - 1 sbending. the night (pardon personal the book, op"en. " Recently he pon) with the Indian, -Trail cor. chased an automobile and is keeping " - ,V i'Zi with ho nrnox nf th tim.a.J. (The old ta&n s mistake Is about K?r oiir.ii ZMiY: h il -aiizr. th7VasU and heaw expVse Incurred by any section that is con - lt withXhuH road.- He . dedar tent with bad roads. He declares .flDmoffa tA Viitf oTl ia (Frontal in getting over the 2 1-2 miles of bad roads from his home to Olive Branch than in making the entire trip from. Olive Branch? to MarBhville, a. dis tance of nine miles. He believes that if the pcfople of Monroe, Marshville and other sections of the county that have srood roads will visit his section and see for themselves the kind .of roads his community is having t0 put up with, thev will be willing to pro- (Conluod on page two) 1 FORMER MONROE MAN 1 WAS IN SCHOOL FffiE A former Monroe Man came S losing his life in the Camden school nre but when nnauy reaching saiety was the means of rescuing many oth ers. it was Mr. Louis Moore, ' who was here with Holloway Brothers in 1918 and 1919.' He was a member of the orchestral which was furnishing the music for. the occasion and was on the school rostrum. A few days- ago Mr. J. T. Holloway visited the scene of the fire and received from Mr. Moore a description of the trag-1 edy that furnishes a phase which has not yet been given in the newspapers. ine exu to ine stairway was. ui uir opposite end of the hail ; from the stage. The stairway was .very nar row and the entrance to it from the hall was large enough only for one large person to go through at a time and get upon- the descending stair way. The stairway nad two or tnree little cloak rooms built -upon it. The partition shutting off the opening- through which the stairway emerged through the floor of the hall 'was made of beaver board. When the rush for the stairway took place this railing of beaver board gave way and a mass of men, women and children fell headlong down the stairs. This caused the stairs, to fall about the tow and middle and the mass was jammed amid broken timbers iand splinters under the foot of the stairs, from which they could not be rescued The lamp was thrown from a table by a movement of the stage curtain. It began to burn and a boy on the stage caught the front curtain and at tempted to jerk it out of the way. This scattered fire and oil everywhere. When the lamp dropped the audience rose but some one shouted that there was no danger. But just then the boy caught the curtain and, jerked it and this caused the second- and fatal name Mr. Moore thought: he had plenty of time to get out at the stairway after the others had gotten out, not knowing that the stair had fallen, so he .took his time and threw out the band instruments. When he started for the entrance the smoke had be come dense and the chairs with which the hall was seated were so tangled up that he could scarcely get through, He did. succeed in getting to the window at the end where the stair way) was and the first thing he did was, to grab a baby from tne arms of its mother and toss it into the hands of a man below the . window, Then the mother . was,, thrown out Sewing "that he wa rescuing ' them, children cried. , "Take me next. Mr, Moore.".! He handed as many out of the window as. he could and then got out himself, but did not know till he got out that the stairway had fallen. FORGOT THE PIGS AND " "SLOPPED" THE HORSE By Deane Bitch Stouts, May 31 A marriage ot I nLxAot ArtAiiiAil In T a nsta a lO i1 on Thursday, May 24. Mr.-Clifford Hargette and Miss Bonnie Hodge were the happy . participants. Mrs. Hargette - is the second daughter eft Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Hodge or C-iar here. Their many friends extend to them congratulations. Mr. Luther Ritch of 'Rock Hill, S. C, visited In the home of his uncle, Mr. J. P. Ritch. last week I Mr. and Mrs. John' Hargette o Charlotte visited here during lh week-end. ' Since there is no Important nevts this week, I shall relate a little inci- J . . 1 MH J A rrvt. la ha ! Proverbial true story taken from act al life. He started 'to the barn one recentiT to feed the horses and xcoyr8i 8n'd Bnd tne plg9 and veu. 1 everything which ia f eedable. In one hand ne carried a basket containing corn, in the other a bucket of pig feed commonly known as "sIod. His miud i was far away as. he walked alone. He ' thought perhaps of good roads, of evolution, or lust the general things - Which men think about. He was deep- ly engrossed. He walked into the horse stable and poured into the poor old horse's food receptacle the llauid : which was the fore-ordained dinner, of the pigs. This brought, him down to earth with a lolt. He uttered (let us ho Del not a sound, but silently re- ' moved the watery waste. This inci dent was Kept a proiouna secret un til yesterday when he in a burst of confidence confided all this to me, The reason that I write 1,-out it is unusual and anything unusuM is al ways news. : ' ', - I want to state in .conclusion for fear-that no one has noticed it that bosity as well as interest this week Theonly plauslblo explanation otfi cusfrthat I can give is that I am in equal to the one a well known Mon ' W' teV . Sltti 1 e ,cH'ahnn;pa: ' Paring to take off his. shoes,' he got ."" 1 U10 an argument with his better half, The better half got the best of him so much that be lost his temper, spit on the floor and tljrew his shoe into the fire.- The Journal.) i, - X) X (' - ' Card' of Thanks ... .: . . ! desire to thank all my friends apd neighbors for all their , loving kindness and attention duiioe the sickness and death of my- daughter, May God's .blessings reBt upon all of JtJiem. V. E. Knotts. , - Claude Kitcliin, Illustrious Member of Congress Buried at Scotland Neck Today. Wilson, - May 31. Representative Claude Kitchin, former minority leader in the lower house of Congress, died at a local hospital at 6:14 o'clock this morning. He had been tailing since the Spring of 1920, but did not become seriottsly ill until a few weeks ago when he was brought here from his home in Scotland JNeck lor treat' ment. -; ., . "" ' , l - . His death had been expected for the last three days, and shortly ba- fore last midnight he beganto smK raDidly. He had been in a semi-con- scious condition since . Monday but; rallied yesterday afternoon andvseenv ed much brighter. . The end came peacefully as morning dawned today. At ihe bedside of the fallen leader when death came were his wife, Mrs. Kitchin,-a son, Mills Kitchin, a daugh ter. Mrs. Lewis Suiter, and a brother, Dr, Thurman Kitchin. They had been with, him throughout the? night . Wilson Honors Memory, . .. The remains were removed to a local undertaking establishment and prepared for burial. All . business houses were closed and the shells of churchea tolled in Wilson this after noon at 1:30 o clock when the body of Congressman Kitchin, in a motor hearse, moved slowly through the city and f started toward Scotland Meek, birthplace and home ot the dead statesman, where funeral ser vices will be held tomorrow afternoon. Congressman Kitchin was born in Halifax county, the son of William H. and Mary Arlington Kitchin, near Scotland Neck on March zi. 18ba, making' him 64 years old on his last birthday. He graduated at the age of 19 from Wake Forest College and was married to Miss Kate Mills,-! daughter of. Prof. Luther R. Mills, of Wake Forest on November 13th of the same year. He was admitted to the" bar in September of 1890 and had since been engaged in the prac tice of law at Scotland Neck when not, in Congress. ;:X X i elected to Congress : -a He was elected to the 57th Con gress in 1900, taking his seat in 1901, and has been returned to each suc cessive Congress. - When internal dif ferences broke out m the Republican ranks in 1910, due to the national dis gustu with the Payne-Aldrksh tarifTjijded would -never? fet pad with law, XJIlr. . Kitchin 'fighting: shouldeef to shoulder '1 with Chamo Clark, launched a determined attack against the rulership : of Joe Cannon which culminated in his organisation of the House of the Democrats and- the elec tion of Mr. Clark as speaker, v from the dramatic days of the late nineties when, with his (distinguished father, William H. Kitchin also at WHY NOT TEL TRUTH NOW AND THEN ABOUT IT? Statement That County Pays $60,000 a Year Interest Is ' Not True At All NOT THAT MUCH IF NEW ISSUE IS MADE There seems to be a' general mis understanding in the county as ' to how road bonds are sold and the money used. For instance, it has been circulated aU over the county that we are payiifg $60,000 a year interest on the million dollar's worth of , bonds already sold, when as a matter of fact, as obtained from the road com missioners books, none of the bonds have been Isold at a. higher rate of interest than 4 1-2 cents, while many of them were sold at only 3 1-2 cents interest, making an average of about four per cent- . f iguring tne nrst year s interest at 4 per cent, the amount paid in in terest has never been more than $40, 000. Sixty thousand of the million have already been retired. When the interest is. figured for thenext year the sixty thousand must be subtracted from the. full amount until the last payment will be between one and two thousand instead of sixty thousand, as some would have us believe. The last issue of $250,000, sold March 17, 1922, bears interest at the rate of 4 1-2 per cent but the is sue brought .a premium of $17,698, thereby reducing? the debt to- that extent. . In addition to the premium a -large part of "the money has been oh time certificate of deposit in 'the banks of the 'county, the interest pay able to the county 8n the amount be ing $3,432.16,. still further; reducing thl debt . ,C ' The . county has never paid .sixty thousand dollars year .interest on its road bonds and never , will. X If the next issue is made the total amount on all issues will not be six ty thousand a year. - ; ;-y What is there, about - this' matter that makes some" people think.it nec essary to tell everything but the truth ? - r'y -X'- , When a man insists on proving the truthfulness of his remarks always let him do it. ' m X - , , , , A woman's teeth usurp the func tions of her tongue v".i3r. . they chatter. . ' .- . , , ; the State's Most! one time a member of Congress and his brother Willian Walton Kitchin, also once a member of Congress for several terms and later Governor of North Carolina, he threw himself in to the fight and to rid North Caro lina of negro dominion and defeated George White, a negro Congressman from this district, until the time of his breakdown three years ago, Mr. Kitchin's career had been one con tinuous battle year in and year out. No Representative, who has set on the Democratic side of the House, has been feared as much by the Re publicans for his ready wit and bit ing sarcasm, combined with a strict integrity and innate honesty, served tq put the ablest debaters on the op posing side to rout. " His forte was in debate, and here he was a master. Despite his keen thrusts, he was ad mired oy nis Kepuoncan v colleagues, and one of the fine and beautiful things on his fifty-third birthday was an impromptu tribute in the midst of a partisan debate in the House by the late James R. Mann, then major ity leader for the Republicans and fcr many years a member of Con rss. Mr. Mann's tribute brought applause, from both sides )f the House. J Never Lost His Temper In the 23 years, of his services in the House of Representatives, includ ing four years as its leader during Democratic control, Claude Kitchin never once lost his temper in the thick of bitter and stormy debate. His big, round, face always was light ed with a smile or a grin, "as he slaughtered the enemy," and Republi cans often declared that Kitchin kept smiling "as he operated on them , be fore the country." ' Back in the days when he was a struggling young North Carolina lawyer, his temper was like that of a wild man, a$ he himself expressed it One day a country trial justice decided a case against him. and Kitchin started to clean up the jcourt. It was an exciting moment. ' s "And then it suddenly occurred to me," he told friends later, "that if I expected to get along I had to put ice on my head and a bridle on my tongue. Right then ana there ae Brick in a Towel James R. Mann, a veteran Rep. resentative from Illinois, (who often crossed swords with Kitchin in the House, declared on the occasion of the latter'5s retirement as Democratic leader, that he was vicious in de bate because his attacks, like a brick in a towel, were wranned in smiles. Monroe Route Sir News t Monroe, May 31.r We are having auite a bit of rain at present. The farmers of this section have but very little corn planted. Mr. Willie Godfrey of Wlngate was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J, A Pres ley Sunday afternoon., Mr! Godfrey will give the Sunday school at the Hemby school house a lecture next Sunday at 3:30. X Everybody , is cor dially invited to come and hear him. . Miss Bettle Benton of Charlotte spent Saturday and Sunday with her cousin. Miss Auta rresiey, Mr. -and Mrs'. V. A. Yandle were the guests , of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Yandle, sunuay, Mr. and Mrs. 'Albert Ritch of Char lotte w ere the guests of Mr. Rich's sister. Miss Mayme Ritch, Sunday, , Miss Auta Presley spent last week in Charlotte with , her grandfather, Mr. M. F. Helms, who has been quite sick; but we are glad to say he is im. Droving n Icely. . '- ' ' ' Mr.Brooks Presley spent a few days in Charlotte recently. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Helms and chll dren spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. J. Davis Helms of Ebe- I nezer community, Mrs. G. fi. Helms and chMdren are spending a few days with Mrs. Helms' i sister, Mrs.- C. P. Helms or Charlotte. . Quite a number pf friends and rela tives of Charlotte attended the funer al and burying of Mr. Vance Wentz Saturday afternoon. Magnolia. . .: ,:?;? Holed ' In v " y . Novice: "I suppose, caddy, that you have been around the links with worse players than I." X .X-. Not a 'word." 'X': v, l;y -Novice: "I say, caddyl I suppose you have been around the links with worse players." . v X" Not V word. ' Novice: "What's the matteT, , are you deaf?" ' :' . a Caddy: "No, sir. X I was just try ing to remember." XX .XX .... .x, During the discussion in the House ot Commons of Lady Astor's temper ance ' bill, W. A. Jenkins said that Americans were,: divided into two classes, those whol "still had a little," and those who "had a little still." Associated Press. Sambo: "How long you in dis jail fo, Henry?" . Henry: "Two weeks." ' Sambo: ."Whaxt fo?y Stealin' chicks?" Henry: "No, sir I slammed my wife Lizzie with a flat iron and killad ed her." ' ' X- Sambo: "What , you niean to tell me, nigger? Only get two weeks fo killing your wife?" . X Henry: "At's all; then they go'n to take' me but and hang me. X X ' X( '.';.-.' :'' '- ' STATEMENT BY THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS To the People at 'large: Much talk is rife as to why the road commission refused to aid in the hard surfacing of the one mile! stretch of the Jackson Highway ex tending from the present city limits to the residence of Major W. C. Heath, y. I The reasons are as follows: : 1. .The Jackson Highway has been taken over by the' Staje and it is, therefore, their duty and not the county's to maintain or reconstruct it'. .-" ':.: 2. The attorneys for the road com mission have advised that the county. has no legal authority to aid in .the construction -of a State Highway and is expressly denied such authority. If these reasons were not sufficient and if the law would permit the spending of county funds for sueYan enterpnse, a further reason is found in the fact that according to the Couny's Bngineer the project would . Al A ' . 1 . ' 11 1 1 cost uie county in me neignDornooa or $12,000.00 and the State offered to furnish only $3,000.00. Even taking the State's Engineer's figures, the cost to the county would be $8750.00. With their figures the county would be paying 74 'per cent of the cost of constructing a State Highway while the State would pay only 26 per cent. If the figures were reversed the prop osition might appear more reasonable. Taking the county engineer's figures the State would pay 20 per cent of the total cost to the county's 80 per cent. X .i "-X. In addition the State expects the couny to furnish all water for the job. In a letter of the 29th instant they state that the countv ia exneced to furnish all material, the Highway commission only to do the work. This would put the county in worse pre dicament still, for 'the furnishing of "all material" means the furnishing of all lime, cement, sand, tarvia. tar and whatever else that might be nee. essary. This would put the cost to the county-ol twelve or fifteen thou sand dollars or more. This compared to tne state's S3,uuu.uu makes the whole proposition out of the question. JNo three citizens of . the county, whether they lived on the highway in controversy or not, would agree to this unfair proportion of expense. . Is the proposition fair to the tax payers living on other roads of the county, particularly county roads as distinguished from State roads? - If the road commission did this work at such unreasonable terms could not Oia1 Canton, Haiahl tsitiiearightfah, ma liK? ly expect the same Waxhaw, Wingate, Marshville and all towns on state roads in the county. ihe road commission is as desirous as anyone that , this stretch of road be built and hopes 'that the State will see nt to do tne work at an early date, Sooner or later they will dr the work without any aid from Union county as this county has not secured its full share of the $65,000,000.00 State bond issue. The county road commission is ready and willing to co-operate with them in every possible way that it can. . . ' . . . ,, J. D. McRAE, Chairman. T. G. COLLINS, Secretary, J. F. THOMPSON, 3rd Member, Lad Killed By Mule Throwing and Dragging Him. Pageland. May 30. Maurice Gib, son, son of Mr. Charles Gibson, was killed yesterday morning by a run away mule and his body was badly mangled. , Mr. Gibson lives on the Luke Graves place east of Pageland. He was taking a mule from the field to the house to change for a horse. The mule had the plow gear on and is supposed to have become frighten ed and thrown the boy, who became tangled in the gear and was dragged about a mile to the home of Mr, Mott Dees. ;' - The commencement exercises of the Pageland High School were held Monday night. Dr. Oliver Johnson of Winnsboro made the address of the occasion. He preached the Baccala ureate sermon in the school auditor ium Sunday morning. The following are . the graduates from the high school this year: Burrus Cato, Beu- lah Dawkins, Nell Gathings, Ruth Mancrunv, Coit McDonald, Atley New; Jonnie Perry, Nina Plyler, and .Una fiaybourn. Cotton is small for the season in this community, but the grass seems to be growing luxuriantly. The annual family reunion will take place at the home of Mr. U. A, McManns, live miles west of rage, land, next Sunday, June 3. The pub lie is invited. . Mr. McMa'nus will celebrate his 76th birthday and will be delighted to have his many friends present. Mr. McManus is the father of 24 children and they will be pres ent with their families. X Indian Trail Route News '""Mr." and Mrs. Boyee Helms of Char lotte are spending this week with Mr, Helms' father and mother, Mr.- and Mrs. D, F. Helms. y- y Xr, Miss Mary Helms Of Unionvllle, who has been going to school at Greenville, will return to her home Saturday where she will spend ' her summer vacatiori. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Connell and children spent last Sunday with Mrs. Claude Furgesbn of Clear Creek com munity. - -- Mr. Jack Duncar. of (Soose Creek returned to his home Monday after ?i-vllng the week-end with friends at Stanley,. N. C. , , "Pa. what's auburn mean?" "Auburn, my son, is a word used k. Knnrtan tn keen frAm hnrri-nor 9 red-headed girl's feelings." ; - . EXACT MILEAGE CONSTRUCTED BY THE TWO BOARDS 'igures From Auditor Show That Present Commissioners , Have Been Economical COST OF ROADS IS BEING REDUCED That the1 administration of the present board of road commissioners has been, and is, economical, is prov en by the official figures from the auditor s examination of their books. They built more miles at less expense than former boards and are prepared to reduce the Cost still lower. They have given an official signed . state ment saying that they do not expect to issue but half the amount of bonds authorized for the first year and that they believe these will be sufficient to put all the roads and bridges in good shape and round out the system by giving connecting and lateral roads where they are needed. , Nobody knows how the people will vote on the question, but common fairness would suggest that the road commissioners be given credit for what they have done. If the people wish to do without more roads and better roads they are entitled to have the facts before ' them before they-, make up their judgment. Many peo ple are aga:nst bonds for reasons which they believe to be true but up on which they have been misinformed. Arguments one hears are that old road contractors can hold over and force the county to give them work under the new issue: that money has been wasjted; that only 100 miles of roads have been built; that too high , prices were paid: that the adminis strative expense has been too great; that tne county Has made a mistake in, buying the four . maintenance trucks. All these arguments are eas- 1 ily refuted as they are utterly with out foundation. . The -statement that former con tractors can force the county to give them work under the next bond issue is both false and absurd and it has ' already been emphatically denied by the road commission in The Monroe Journal of several issues ago. In v addition the law firms of Vann & Milliken and J C. Sikes have backed a'ito,'kj;; taSmn$ -WCr.wt,'atoo- .NihiA.-;7. X The statement tU money has been wasted is disposed of by the fact that the present commission has built 126.7 miles of roads out of $386,301. The present commission can only be held accountable lor two. issues of $250,000 each, and $113,699 of this money was used in payment of debts of the old commisison. leaving them with only $386,3$1 for the construc tion of roads. This sum, i. e., ?3S6. 301 is the total bond money, exclud ing premium and earned interest, that the present commission has ex pended since April 21, 1921. Out of this sum they built roads at an aver age cost of $2750 per mile; including culverts, drains and bridges, whereas the 103.91 roads built by the old commissioners cost over $5,000 per mile. This information is taken from the Auditor's report of Nov. 30 1922. The continued statement that only 100 miles of roads have been built out of the million dollar indebtedness contracted by . several road commis sions is gainsaid by above referred to Auditor s report. The mileage of the roads totalling $126.27 are as follows: Monroe-Pageland road, 4.1 miles; Marshville road 1 mile; Marah- ville-AnsonviIIe, 5.28 miles; Stack, road 2 miles; Monroe-Weddington . 10.5 miles; Marshville-Pageland road 2.5 miles; Morgan Mill road, 6.18 miles;; Providence road 9.16 miles Secrest Short cut road, .85 miles; Concord road 9.56 miles; extension Concord road, 9.56 miles; Marshyille Olive Branch road, 9 miles, . Gold Mine, 1 mile; Union ville road, 2.11; Church street extension, .4; Midland Hopewell church road. 75; Matthews Weddington road, 4.25; Canada Ford road, .25; New Town road, 12; Rocky River road, 3; Wolf Pond, 9: Monroe Olive Branch road, 6; Indian Trail road, 3.50; Lancaster, 6.60; Monroe- Weddington road, 3.33; Charlotte ' Avenue, .5; Weddington- Indian Trail, road, 2.75; Fountain Hill road, 2.50; Stephenson School' House road, 2.25; Marshville-Mt. ; Crogan road, - .75; Patrolanil inol 1 Prtta,. ,n A 1. Wingate road, .5 Stockade-Morgan Mill road, .5: CheraW road, .5; Grace ; Chapel, 1.10; Waxhaw-Osceola road, .10, total, 126.27. The mileage of roads built with ap proximately $613,000.00 by, previous' commisisonevs are as follows: Jack son Highway, 18.85; Wilmington Charlotte ro?d, 25.83; Monroe-Pageland road, 7.50; Marshville road, 9.75; Monroe-Lancas'er road, 3, Marshville Ansonville road,. 1; Stack road, 4.50; Monroe Weddington road, 1.50; Mor gan Mill road, 8.25: Providence road. 8.23; Concord road, 5; Lawyers rtad, , 4; Antioch ana Wesley Chapel, 4; Matshville-Olive - Branch, 2; Gold Mine road, .50; total, 103.91. It may be recalled that of these 103.91 miles of roads the former commissions paid only 25 per cent of the. cost of the Charlotte-Wilmington road . and the Jackson Highway. : . Thfl road commission has 'on iRIn in its office three charts showing prices given 'for various class of work in North Carolina by the State Highway I Commission. Union countv's prices i compare favorably with them. The nrirp rantre as follows; rlpsrinf an ! J (Continued on Page Eight.)
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