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VOL. III. oO. 40.
NORTH WJLKESBORO, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 19th, 1920
; S.pENTS CQBY; SllOC) EARIffi
AMERICAN LEGION PQST WILL
EFFORT TO pYERTHROW THE
auAtin iikjii VK SUPERIOR HON. CAJVIERON MORRISON
BE ORGANIZED HEBE SOON
GERMAN REPUBLIC A FAILURE
COURT IN, SESSIONTHIS AVEEK : FAYORS GRAT RO AH RYSTfAt '
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- I ' I W : i 1 V - I . i tlx V . : I - m
The Mystery . of Hoover And '. the
Greater Mystery of His Democratic
Following. : . F ; ' : . ; . :
i There is not a Httle.obscuritjrin the
political technique- of Herbert Hoove A
That he is a caiididatef for the presi
dency admits -of no doubt, although
& he still sidesteps a. straightforward
avowal of the fact. - At the same time,
he has done what the doughty warrior,
Generalissimo Wood, apparently Is a
- f raid to do"; he has enunciated a toler
ably definite declaration of the. prihcr
ples upon which-he would condescend
to accept the highest Jionor withinthe
gift of mankind. - V 2
While persisting in the attitude that
the honor is one .that cannot with
propriety be actively sought, . he is
not above enticing popular favpr wth
the bait of. a seductive political pro
gram; and his best friend would hard
ly contend that the widespread propa
ganda in his favor is carried on. in
opposiuon 10 nis wisnes. . .
He is a candidate- -tnat mucii is
settled--and it is right there thatUie
aforementioned mystery,has its gene
sis. Is lie a Democratic candidate ? or
a Republican candidate? or both?
ishe an independent? - " ; n
He is on record as favoring the
American two-party- system of. popu
lar government, in preference to the
smaller group system prevailing in
Europe, and with -which he is more fa
miliar, by reason of the fact that most
of his adult life has been spent abroad;
He makes the very obvious c-bjection
. to the European' system that it lends
,. . itself more easily to, minority control
of government than does the American
. system. ." ; . . ..
Thus committed to the two-party
system on grounds of soundest princi
ple, one naturallywouId expect, now
j ' that he has repatriated himself, that
..tejFQuldJ
the :. 'other of TtiiV greatvpafee . But
no! he will do no such thing not, at
least, until both have laid their cards
face up on the table for his inspection.
He permits it to be inferred that, upon
such a showing, he would' sit-in with
the party holding the best cards.
By way of encouraging the competi
- tion for his allegiance, he gives ac
count of himself as a progressive Re
I publican before the war, as a non-partisan
during the .war, and as an inde
pendent progressive now. Replying
to a criticism of his candidacy by that
hestandpatter. Senator Penrose, Mr.
Hoover takes occasion to say that he
is pleased to. regard himself as"equally
objectionable to the reactionary group
t - in the Republican party and the radi
cal group in the Democratic party. -:
As bearing upon the political my
; stery of: Hoover, two other circum
stances are to be, notedJ First, iiis
candidacy is being wished on the Dem
ocrats by those powerful ; elements
whose chief business in politics" always
has been to relieve the common people
of all duty; in- the direction of - party
. policy by the same crowd that put
; the brand of Big Business on the party
in 1904 and then turned it loose in the
"Wilderness of Defeat. This reference
is to master minds, of course, . and
not to the Innocents at Home, whose
, inveterate habit it is to be nood winked
by the bunco-steerers of .politics."
. Second, the best informed observers
' confidently assert that the Hoover
fi game is to secure the Republican nom
mation, and that the noisy Democratic
y campaign is simply the politicians'
method of'hiving the Republican bees
But dark as are the mysteries of
the Hoover. - strategy, , theyN 'are light
, itself by comparison with the work
ings of the '-. Democratic mind ' that
'falls' for the Hoover candidacy.
A Republican and a non-partisan he
has been; an independent he is a
Is this the 'stuff of Democratic lead
ership? Has the historic Democracy
reached such condition of impotency
thati it is to be perpetuated only
through a corruption of its blood ?-
Let the Republicans take . Hoover
and welcome, if they see in- him a fit
representative-of the genius of . their
party "Whatever his abilities as
mining engineer or food controller,
he has yet to show forth qualities meet
for the supreme leadership of the par-
. ty of Jefferson' and Jackson, of Tilden
: and Wilson. - : C
Who Is the Taxpayer the Creator of
Wealth or the Exploiter of Other
Men's Labors? . . ;
The . University News Letter ' pre-
, sents the following interesting analy
sis of Federal income tax payments
" m North Carolina last year: - ' i
The federal income taxes paid ih
North; Carolma. in , 1917 amounted to
42367,705. -v Which is hearl v four
millioa dollars more than all local tax-
es of all sorts town. . county. ' and
state paid by all the tax payers of j
the 'state the same year.. ? ' J.
' This huge total 'of federal Income J
taxes in North; Carolina Was paid as I
follows."::" ' ZZUXX ;;
Ajorporations,- ayeo in mimDer 1
353,098. , . ' .
Persons,;'-10,970 with -net taxable
incomes of $2000. and over, $2,651,504.
Partnerships, 168 in number, $663,-
103.;
, Dealing with' personal, as distin-
guished "from' corporate, income 1 tax
payments, results are summarized, as j
follows:" " y " ' - . I
: ,1.', A' little more than; nine-tenths
of all our federal taxes on personal
incomes in ',1917 were paid by 6975
people, or less than a'third of all those!
reporting net incomes beyond the ex-1
emotions allowed. . . . ' ' '
.2. More than half our federal per-1
sonal income taxes were paid by 97
taxpayers the very rich people withiaeypuon ia mutual, neipiumess. : .
net -incomes of $40,000 a year And I ' All ex-service men of WUks couh
more. . . t v; ! I ty sbould be interested in; tite cstab
3. Our three richest men paid $442,-, usnment oitne postand tneyare re
,795, whch is more than all the taxes quested tot talk the mattert pyerth
paid by the 9741 people with net' in- other former soldiers in-the c"onmtini-
comes between $2000 and $10,000
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) 4. 1 Our richest man with a netvin-1
come approaching a million dollars a
year, paid nearly as much as the' 8000
people with net incomes below $6000 a
year. His-federal .income tax amount
ed to some $500 a day including Sun
days, 'v i - V
j-Upo'n the showing made, the News
Letter writer offers t the -following and William -Valentine wh6 .were in
significent commentary: . charge of a truckiwhichihis after-
.The simple fact is.that. the rich noon ran over and killed' three-year-pay
taxes the bulk of the taxes, both old Rachel Mann, daughter 'of James
local andfederaL And'the mosthope Mannf awell-known, ,clothi-"? ? tore
cheeulness with which they - pay iti
So far as:we know, only one rich man
in the entirte state whimpered about
taxes during the hard days of the war.
"We. have lived, long enough to ob -
serve that most of the fuss about tax- J the driver, Valentine; who was learn
es is made by people , whose taxes are I ing to drive, stopped.; '' .
bagatelle or nothng at all.' And
hese are the multitudes wlio are most
excited by tax discussions of any sort
whatsoever. They have least at stake
and most to gain in tax reforms; 'Tmt'l
usually they offer the greatest" obsta -
. . . i a.
Cie to tne solution 01 tax puzzles miuon are wjinoui protection. , ..
democratic immunities." . . ' r I Two months ago a ! negro truck
In the opinion of Carter's Weekly,
wthe simple fact" above stated, thatlnent woman, . Mrs. Mac .Keene. He
the rich pay the bulk of . the taxes,i
both local and -Federal, is only , super -
ficially true;and the inference that the
multitudes who do not figure on the
rolls have the least at stake m tax-
ation can only be predicated on funda
mental economic error.
It' is these selfsame multitudes
whose , labor creates about 99 per cent
of all man-made wealth on which tax-
es are levied and out' of which taxes ed on the very best authority at Unit
were paid. Their industry earns both ed States army general hospital No.
tne cuvioenas ana tne ta-x.es ux wxc
millionaires. ' If they are not the real
paymasters of the $500 a day-credited
to the multi-millionaire, we would like
our .friend , of tie News Letter to ex-
plain just how that favored individual
manages to earn so much money.
SPECIAL TERM OF COURT
:v ' :FOR CALDWELL COUNTY'
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fY looVfo f
court, has been called for Caldwell
county, for the weer beginning April
5 for the trial o'f both criminal and
civil casesith Judge W. J.Adams,
presiding. This term is called for the
trial of all cases that were docketed
for, trial at the February term, which
was called off on account of .the num
ber of influenza cases -in the county.
Crimirial cases are calendared for the
first four days of the week. These are
to be followed Jy civil cases, of which
divorce cases make . up a:- great ma
jority.. ' . ; ; " , ' " 'I '' ' '
MARRIAGE PERFORMED ON
s COURTHOUSE LAWN MONDAY
The courthouse ; lawn in; Wilkesboro
was the scene of an impressive wed
ding ceremony Monday afternoon a
bout 6 o'clock, when 'Miss, May Phil
lips, daughter of Mr. George Phillips,
of Idlewild, Ashe Coimty, was married
to ' MrLee Cardwell, son of .Mr.. : and
Mrs. Frank Cardwell, of Walsh post
office, ; this ? county." VThe ceremony
was performed by Rev. J. M. Michael,
of Patton Ridge. "We wish; the yoang
couple many yeare of happiness rand
much prosperity. . . ' ' x; ;
, Interest in the establishment of . a
postDf the American Legion "for Wil
kes County, is '. growing day byfday,
and it is hoped , that a local post will
be orgranized soon. - Anv . soldier, sail-
or pi marine who served honorably be
tween Apnl.6. 1917. and November ll,
1918, and any, woman who was1 regu-
Marly enlisted or commissioned in) the
army, navy or marine corps, 'is ehgi-
ble for membership inthe local post.
The Constitution : of the American
region stanas ipr meonowing;
"For God and Country we associate
ourselves: together for - the following
purposes: To uphold anddefend the
Constitution of the United States of
to foster and'perpetuate a 'one hundred
per cent. Americanism o preserve
the memories and incidents oi our. as
sociation in the Great War; to incul
cate a sense of individual bliligations
to the community, state and; nation;
to 'make .right the mastef 0$ might;
to promote, peace and goo$ wfli on
earth;' to safeguard and tr&smit' to
posterity the principles - of.. justice,
ireedom and democracy; to.cqnsecrate
1 and sanctify omr comrad.ship by- our
&ty in. which they live. : Tht$.o
i a mftetinp. whir.h will h hftld sflh for
tne. purpose oi penecung. an, .oram-jine.
zatfon of a locar post, will be anncunc-
ed-later through-the local papers.
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RALEIGH CHILD KILLED BYlVC
BEING RUN OYER BY fcAR
1 ; Rafeigh, March 15. Cleppus .'fcray
slaughter. The accident -occurred- on
"Salisbury street. - - s -
The child's brains " were scattered
I along the pavement, and it is said that
jthe, truck ran for 20 or 30 feet before
' Traffic conditions in vRaleigh have
become current ctmment. . : - .
J It is said that Raleigh is, short
about 15 policemen of what a city this
size should have and that at times
1 entire sections, of the 'residentiaL poi
i.' : !,! . .x. i. -.u ' . "
I driver ran over and killed )promi-
was released on $1,000 bond the night
j before she died at the hospital as' the
result of the accident and has not
yet been tried. ' His case'may come up
this. week.
MESS kALL OFFICERS AT-
h OTEEN RELIEVED OF DUTIES
Asheville, March 15. It was. learn-
vicii, ivuxy, utut jjicuu. vuu
R. Williams,' commander f the guard;
and who had charge Of the guard4 the
day the alleged not took place
in the mess hall, during .which
one of the guards struck a patient,
has been released from hisdutief . . It
is understood ; that Williams has not
cfbeen discharged from the army , but
been transferred to other work.
At the same time there is a rumor
here that-Colonel Lyster, commander
of he
a T"?a
m,s 1 ?
ft . M4JV wc
'Lieutenant Williams, according to
the affidavits" of several otj?16 Pa
tients who were in the messhall at
the time of the. riot, several weeks ago",
jumped on one of the tables and pull
ing a pistol Vfrom his pocket yelled
that he would shoot and order his men
to do the same if the riot did not stop.
It stopped, for mad as the men .were,
they still had : sense endugh-to know
that the lieutenant had the authority
to jQ ag he pleased and-Wd pfoba
bly carry put his 'orders.
DRAFT- SOLDIER RELIEF '
' BILU AT AN EARLY DATE
4 Washington, March 13. Drafting
ofa bill to provide some sort of relief
for discharged ; service men will be
started Monday , by the house ways
and;. means "committee. -J -Chairman
Fordney. announced to day that hear-
mgs, which have been in progress for
two weeks, would be closed temporar-
lily.
Germany Was in Throes of Revolution,
CoVlnter-Movement
Headed By,
Wolfgang Kapp.
London, March 17r-Chancellor
Kapp, head of the government at Ber
lin, has resigned in favor of Presi
dent Ebert, says the Berlin correspon
dent v of-the London Times; under date
of Tuesday, evening. . Eflorts to form
a Kapp ministry have been abandoned.
Berlin, March -13. Germany todaiy
is in the throes of a counter-revolution
ary movement which, was successful
this forenoon in turning the Ebert
go vernment -out of Berlin and setting
up a new administration in the capital.
President Ebert andThis cabinet, of
fering no armed resistance to the rev
olutionary troops which invaded Berlin
from the suburbs, have gone to" Dres
den and established the seat of their
government in that city , , ',
The new government which has been
provisionally proclaimed here with Dr.
Wolfgang Kapp. as ; chancellor, , has
declared the national ; assembly dis
solved and announced that a new elec
tion, will be held. V
. The old government through its ma
jority socialist - members, including
President Ebert,. has -issued a procla
mation j calling for a. general strike
as the only means' of saving Germany
from the return of William II.. .
rcounter-revoiuucnary movement
has affected the troops in large num
bers throughout the country, the new
security guards as well as the old
army .fortes.. ." ,V "
.The Kapp. government, in-a state
ment to the. press, declared itself
neither reactionary i nor monarchistic.
The events that led up to thesexde
velopments were dramatic and rapid
in sequence.', "' V. - i ' ) r
; -When - the news, camev that, revolutionary-
forces . from the big camp': at
Boweii twer4 ovx4dx.4rch-o utxn a
of rank belonging to the government
troops were sent to meet them, as
emissaries of the president, to order
them to 'desist and return to their
quarters. The mutineers, who belong
ed mainly to naval brigades -with some
additions from Baltic troops who have
always been disaffected and undis
ciplined, met the government's repre
sentatives, of whom the chief was
General von -Oldershausen and pro
posed, some terms of an extreme char
acter which were referred to" the cabi
net in Berlin. . .! . . -
: . Berlin, March 13. In his proclama
tion, Chancellor Kapp says: ,
. "One of the new government's tasks
is to carry out the peace treaty while
preserving the honor of the " German
people, as nearly as the execution of
the treaty, is .'possible, and does hot
mean self-destruction."
LPART OF PENITENTI4RY
IS DESTROYED BY
FIRE
Raleieh. March 1 15. Fire which
burned three hours against the impo
tent streams squirted on it by terribly
handicapped firemen, this afternoon
destroyed the roof and a portion: of
the third story 6i administration
puilding in the state prison, causing
a loss of perhaps $50,000 without in
surance..: .' . : -
The fire, originating in : the top , of
the building which fronts the Southern
and Seaboard ' tracks, . seems to have
started from defective wires', though
this - theory isn't infallible. The Ral
eigh firemen making a fine' dash to.
the trouble were forced to lay, lines
of hose 5500 feet long jnd to place
these under the railroad tracks. . Thus
the-fire raged while they prepared and
when the water Was turned on it was
a feeble stream that fought back the
blaze Tfrom tfci main buildings. Ko
prisoners were endangered and most
of the 'furnishings in this apartment
were carried out and saved..
The prison authorities .are hot able
tohnake definite estimates 01 tne dam
age but ife will probably require $50,-
000 to fit the quarters up again. Lupk-
ilythe prison camp is in shape for
any : jam out tnere. - ... . . : 1
RAISE EXPRESS RATESTO ; , t-
4 YIELD 25 MILLION DOLLARS
- Washington; Marchu 13J--Increased
jexpress eharges, Frariging from 10 to
75 ner cent, -.and estimated to yield
S25.TOOO.000 additional : revenue an
nually; were asked by the American
Railway Express company n a peti-
h'm MeA tnav I with the Interstate
Commerce commission. -; (;-; ,J u ;
""The President is nimself again-non-ly
- more so. Bosto6 .Trmscript. "
. Wilkes County- Superior, court for; In
;ne trial ;of; criminal cases; convened i ,
Judge W.
F. Harding, of Charlotte;
presidine,
and Solicitor J. J. Hayes, prosecuting
r n-A iv . m. i jt p a, tm i , i : ' l r .
wic .uwet in oenau oi ine otate.
are held under good behavior: bonds:
An unusual heavy docket is fushing
an abundance of work for the 'court,
and, at; this Writing preparations -are
iT-T-S " . courthouse in Wilkesboro. The speak- ' .
term into next wapIt SJTimiM fve Kol;, .-- " . . .
done "and it is almost
. . Mi&vxvi. ViUO 9JJ
it willj . then the trial
who is charged with
step-father. John RnnfW aArf.'AkfAk
Morrison, colored.: will be SndnrtJ
as well as
ored, who
THe. foUowing citizens comttfctiS
grand jury: s JJ; D. Moore, rfofemaii,
W. J. Brown, G. H. Proffit, J Flyers,
B.Dula,JM. Woods AmbfW Rob-
erts. F. n: ForPRr n sWW.'p.
T. Wood, W. T. Woods,; C. J'Walker,
J. Y,iBrooks A. F. Foster; Afc Shu-
mate) W. W. Myers is officltof the
errand mrv. -. . - ' .; '"
Following are the cases disposed 'of
by the court; -v. . - A'SX
v Hamp, Parsons, isci. fa. clisehlageA,
Judgment against- county, for! cost. .
lorn Cheek, disturbmg religious .ser
vices n oL pros with leave, a ;
and also pay" cost in the action.
Otto Dancey and Gordon Wyatt" as-
sault with deadly weapon; Ndrnros
with leave. : 4- n, vv j
B . Pj Olive: c
TW0 TlTl4-l IaAITA " A i J - ' V's '.-.!
KZ X TV A. ICO V C7 -
-t w 1 i A . . f V - v
u.r . Aiexanuer, mjuiy to ipersonai 1
T,mV TtA aa
sum of $240 to be paid torhiswife at
$20-, per month.
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- George Phillips pointing gun. Not
MIVll Vila - -V ' . T i
f-1
Bmiltluxil; Taiveuy Plggds guil-
ty. Prayer for Mflgment continued bri
ty.
payment of cost
' Thurmbnd ' Horton, larcehy-5ix
nlonths in county jail, to be'hssigned
to roads of Rockingham county.:.' Hor
ton also received a sentence-, of six
mnnf)i o in on
V Jonas Adams, larcenv. Defendant
oMered to, enlist in U. S. army. -'
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John Durham, - burning uilding.
Defendant discharged UporVgiving
bond in sum of $100 to keep the ptace.
Wiley and Frank . yickera, Nol
pros with leave. t ' ! - :'X .
into house. Sentenced to six months I
' 1 0 I
on. roads of Rockingham 'county. v
Sam Williams, . assault with intent
to commit .rape. Sentenced to eight
months at hard labor on Rockingham
vvxi ; , r " V
Bud Lipprd, retailing. Required
to pay into hands of clerk of Wilkes
court a fine of $50, and cost &n action.
Permitted to serve former sentence ef
Catawba country recorder court of six
months on roads of Gaston county. Re-
quired to give bond of -$2,000 showl
happearance here at August-, term of
John Holbrook and .. Oid. Combs.
Upon payment of cost judgment siis-
pended. Defendants must appear b ;
fore clerk of court every first Monday
forrl2 consecutive months to show
good behavior. A ' ' .0
; Mamie Spencer, perjury. .Nol pros.
Ransom ;Staley, maunfactunhg, etc.!
.oaa -iw .--i.
Bond of $200 paid into school fund.
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TAFTi BLAMES REVOLT 6S
PEACE ; TREATY'S FAILURE
Charley Combs; atulf JeSt IS -a TT? vcon! 7fA
of the court W-toffi&P? -e? a?
- 1 ' T r-V,vwt:f- "As far.back as l868, railroads were.
Nashville, March 15. "I believe the projected tKrouglr this section of coun- . -reyolution
: m Germany ..was listened try the proposed - Iorthwestenr -by
the failure of Congress, to pass'on North Carolina road from Greensboro
the peace , trtaty,w declared, former b Patterson; latef by ;the Cape. Fear i
President William Howard; Xaft here Yadkin Valley road irom Wil
tonight, commenting on the 'latest de. Kington to Wilkesboro; In .1883 and -velopments
in that country, a1; 1885, after the sale of "the Cape Fear
i,"? m6derates;under-E;b1f.and an Yadkin Valley road, and the di
Noske were republicans at heart; who vertmg 0f -this, line from5Wilkesboro. i
needed tlie moral support 01 jniscpun-
try, wnicr snouid nave.peejuppuea
by the passage of the trea
e said.
NOTICE.
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All schools in the county iwill have
to make an average attendance of not
less than 15 pupils, before fthey-can
Continue: This - iar. d: ruling ; of the
State'Board of EducatioixYv ';v
; v ' . C. C. WRtCJHT, :
' : " y County Supt. of" Schools.
1 BELLES! BELLES! BELLES;
Come and see : KentackylBelle-rTa
play to be given at Mt. ViewJ atLditor-
ium, Saturday, March 27th, 9:00-1W
P. M. Admifision 85 and 25 cents. ;
Speech in Wilkesboro Candidate for
aLam. '. W.' rviiYv Jy
Friend of Western Counties
V. Honorable Cameron- Morrison - f;
- a
vcxuur OA XNOr; wo.una went .n -;:
If600 as favoring a "robust road sys- ..;
tem" for this State in a speech; deliv-.
ered Wednesday afternoon v ih thej ;
ed upon , local self government;
W :keyote,tf address,: how-
' :
e tpunties , of, the western part of v
: ; ' r .S-
.- ?n the course $ hw. speech, he said;
T arn in favorf of a system of state
higbwaysin North ,lma respon
V . f5 '-SS '
the state, said Mr. Morrison. The . pol
icy of the stated with . references to
public, roads mrist:jbe; deciared." "We,
cannot - go forward -with confusion
about ,the matter.' t believe t! -peo
ple ; 01 this state ant a fe-great.
highwyC of the most , practical, per-
rJ!
federar governments are to establish,
; :"uw
kv." ; N wim-ucuw w. uus
get this sys-,
tem is-found ihithe sentiment 6fMrs
Randolph's celebrated: recipe for cbok-
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uSirauurt ? rirsti- caeca your
Z,Zt, " " ' 1 ' V
- .v. ine way.o. naye a system oi gooa
m m
roads in this state of such character
the. " jrogrfissfye spiritc- of " its citi-; ;
zepiidemafftiaL elects eneralX,
assembly fayorable,"and: not afiala to " '
swing off and do; what tiie, people of : -North
Carolina, demand about this all '
important matter. ..You will also need-, v
a governor Who will help 'frame, and
get behind with all the influence
and power of his great office,' the , ;.
moVeP r. roads, who will
kAlA .nn. Un I M Ann;.4
help enact the laws, and then appoint
a commission which will execute the -
11 of the, people of North Carolina. .
V'! favor a robust good roadspolicy ;
and I declare, to the Democrats and
the peopleof -North Carolina' that if I
I am elected governor of the state .
nnll liflA NAtTA wii nmilfT I iA0PA0o T"
, , . . . ,. ,f
help put a poli through the general
assembly 'which will result, in . the.
speedy' construction of a "great system
of highways, Worthy of. North Caro
una : ,rne most progressive . spaie
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foAw
We have done well, in the past
under" all the circumstances, in", the
matter of road construction but the
state ; which jmade more . money last'
year farming per acre planted, than
iivb uaci 111 uiciuuu uijr wugct . . no
must act boldly dnd without fegr, i v
'"The great counties of .Wilkes, Sur"2
ry, Alleghany, Ashe ,Wataugaj Avery
tr;i 't..ii -' tr-n.: it f- f t T J 11 '- ?
j nd Yadkin, Comprising:
one -of ; the richest and ;, greatest do
mains in the United States has large-
ly been cut off from North Carolimi on
account of bur deficient railroad trans-.
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portataon. The-business of these
coun
ties nas largely been diverted to Vir-4
ginia, on Jaccountrof lack : ofranspo:
tation 'to the centers oL commerce Izi
North
to Mount Airy, the general assembly
provided thatHhe si
stater should pledge
its ' credit to aid in buOding a road
from Statesyille, via Taylorsville and :
Wilkesboro to Jefferson in" Ashe comi-
ty, and that" it would furnish, suf- i
ficient convicts' to do' the fading:.. '
None of thes projects was carried out,
and for years the entire northwestern
part of North Carolina has suffered,
because of failure ohthe part of those
in- power to cause the construction of
such railroads facilities as were ,de-; :
veloped under state leadership for (
other sections of the; state,' although
the , great , northwestern : section paid,
its proportional': share' in .taxes" to .
make up the great "cost to the state '
of balding the N. C. yr. K. C, Cape
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a'certaihty that f1 - ctovea - entnusiasxicaiiy oy,a 7 -of
Wilfitnscore, V aue,,and, his hearers were r
I A. -1 ii.. J1? it
the rnurjeKof his l ? ,? IranKn!!s oi speecn, vU
I ; i-mrmg ms discourse JMr. Morrison : ,
V " V. 1 vvunvica &nuw . wxiere tne suti?- ana.
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