; Volume XLV Jjg gjj fgUUhjd lgg c-uoUut April l, m lenqIR, N. G, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1920
Price. Fit Cants tit Copy
No. 23
THE RAILROADS ARE IN
HANDS urns A6i
Government Operation Ceased Tuet
dr 12:01 -m. Benefit of
the Experiment Worth the
Co1. Think Mr. Hine
At 12:01 o'clock Tuesday morning
th egovernment returned to the own
ers 240,000 miles of main line rail
road and terminals and equipment,
valued at approximately $20,000,
000,000, over which its direct author
ity has been exerted since Dec 28,
1917. President Wilson signed the
railroad bill iate Saturday afternoon.
Director-General Hines, it ;s an
nounced, will continue in his present
capacity until about May i. Al
though without any railroads to di
rect, he still faces the settlement of
literally thousands of claims, con
tracts and grievances. Only 147 of
the 230 compensation contracts with
the corporations actually were signed
during government control, and the
remainder will continue to be subject
of negotiations. Damage claims
have arisen, 0f which many still are
pending. Labor has several thou
sand fcases before the government
wage boards, and Mr. Hines has as
sured the labor spokesmen these will
be concluded. Some will require the
payment of retroactive wages, if de
cided in favor of interpretation of
agreement, which labor of course will
refuse to have altered by the corpo
rations. Many affect general labor
policies and represent vitally impor
tant questions from the labor view.
In noting the change the Associat
ed Press says the roads go back to
private control under largely new
conditions. The railroad bill, signed
Saturday night by the President,
gives the systems certain new priv
ileges, but as an offset it enlarges
the interstate, commerce commission,
both in power and personnel. The
corporations no longer are masters
completely 0f their bond issues, nor
are they allowed to stand solidly
against labor, for labor's demands, if
not met by arbitration and negotia
tion between the parties concerned,
go to the hiKh court provided in the
bill on which sit, in addition to labor
and railroad representatives, public
representatives as well.
As for finances, Mr. Hines has as
serted that the corporations would
have had difficulty in obtaining the
necessary credit had the- government
not extended its care to them during
the war. This difficulty has been
swept aside to some extent, for the
roads can obtain loans from the gov
ernment in these days of strained
credit, it was explained. The inter
state commerce commission also is
bound by law to consider the roads'
financial status in rate making so the
properties may always stand on a
solid base.
Development of water transporta
tion instituted by the railroad admin
istration is to be continued under the
direction of the war department. The
-whole organization which has han
dled this part of the railroad admin
istration s duties will be transferred
to the jurisdiction of Secretary Ba
ker. This includes the operation of
barges and towboats on the Missis
sippi river between St. Louis and
New Orleans; between the Alabama
coal fields an dthe Gulf 0f Mexico
on the Warrior river project; on the
New York barge canal and on the
Delaware nnH Raritan canal
In operating the railroads the gov
ernment acpumulated a dfM nf
$715,500,000 in 15 months. But
while the. deficit appears large, "Fed
eral operation nas cost the public
considerably less under the condi-
(Continued on page four")
WORKING MAPLE SUGAR INDUS
TRY IN WATAUGA
Mr. W. M. Hensel of the. U. S. de
partment of agriculture and the
State bureau of extension, a special-
ist m sugar plant work, is in Wa
tauga and Avery counties planning
and making preparations for greater
aeveiopment or me mapje sugar in
Last season was Mr. Hensel's first
w " tnese counties, tie estab
lished a sugar plant at Lincille City
OH tll8 TlATMrt.V Of thf Y.inir.Mla Tm.
- --vyv-rf .iiVUil.
provement Company. He has made a
t-Biciui survey oi me possibilities oi
the maple sugar industry in this sec
tion. He has carefully gone over the
territory and has estimated that there
rfl 1 (Inn nnn raai that j..:l.
-- -j "i""" n.. -. win minis"
ft sufficient amount of -sap for mak
ing an average of one gallon of syrup
for eahc tree. Syrup is now gelling
for $4 per gallon. A $4,000,000 In
. xlustry for these counties would be a
xiauusuuie turns-
BLOWING ROCK TO VOTE ON
' STREET BONDS
Recently the commissioners of the
town of Blowing Rock passed an or
dinance providing for an issue of
$15,000 street improvement bonds.
In this ordinance was a clause call
ing for an election on this bond is
sue, provided a petition signed by a
certain, number of citizens was pre
sented before the maypr and com
missioners asking that tha question
.be put to a vote. Such a petition,
signed by one-third of the .voters of
the town, ha sbeen presented to the
mayor and commissioners, and a call
has now been issued for the election.
The election will be held on the 80th
day of March. A new registration
ia been called, with Mr. H. E. Cof
fey as registrar and Messrs. G. S.
Watts and Ed" Bobbins judges of
election.
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THE STI1E-
E DEBATE
Lenoir and Oak Hill Granite Fall
Will Probably Enterr-Lenoir's
Preliminaries to Come Off
Tuesday Night
Two Caldwell high schools Lenoir
and Oak Hill have entered the
eighth annual contest of the high
school debating union conducted by
the University of North Carolina.
Granite Falls will probably enter the
State-wide debate, bringing the coun
ty entries up to that of the past
years.
luesdav niebt Lenoir debaters will
have their first preliminary for the
coming tryouts with Hickory and
worganton.
In all 250 hiirh. schools have en
tered the union for this year. Eighty
four counties are represented. Guil
ford and Roberson lead with nine
schools each in the contest. Bun
combe and Mecklenburg have eight
each, Johnson and ritt have seven
each, and Gaston, Iredell, Nash, Row
an and Wake are represented bv six
schools each.
The State-wide debate will be held
late in March, the final contest at
Chapel- Hill for the State champion
ship and the Aycock memorial cup
early in April. The query which will
be debated is "Resolved, that the
United States should adopt a policy
of further material restriction of
immigration."
As an aid to the debaters the Uni
versity has distributed to all the
schools in the union a hundred-page
booklet on "Immigration" with briefs
of both sides of the question, argu
ments by authorities, material for
speeches, and references to further
material. Seventy-five copies of this
booklet have recently been ordered
by West Virginia University, which
is starting this year a debating union
modeled on the North Carolina union
and which will use the booklet for
distribution among the schools of
that State.
The winners since 1913 have been
Pleasant Garden, Winston-Salem,
Wilson, Graham, Waynesville, Wil
son and Durham. Sixteen hundred
and sixteen high schools have partici
pated in the debates in the seven
years, and it is estimated that an av
erage of 80,000 person's have lis
tened to the debates each year.
BOONE METHODISTS SECURE A
GOOD ARCHITECT
Boone Methodists have secured Mr.
G. W. Carlton of Chattanooga, who
drew the plans fo rthe Lenoir Mets
odist church, to draw plans for the
new church which they are planning
to build. Mr. Carlton was in Boone
several days ago to go over the
ground with the local bhilding com
mittee. The plans selected give a
seating capacity of 285 in the main
auditorium. It is so arranged that
six classrooms may be turned into the
auditorium, giving a total seating ca
pacity of 750. The building will be
similar to the Methodist church here,
with assembly and classrooms in the
basement and six classrooms with the
pastor's study and ladies' parlor to
the rear of the pulpit. In the dome
a classroom is arranged with a seat
ing capacity of 150.
IN BOONE, OTHER NEWS
Grief at the Death of Capt. Jones;
Boone National Forest Named;
Had the Longest Spell of
Wintery Weather
(By J. M. Downum)
The people of Watauga regret to
hear of the death of Hon. Edmund
Jones, as he was always a conspic
uous figure during court week and
always pleasant, cordial and helpful.
Influenza has sprung up again in
Boone, this time in the families of
Mr. F. A. Linney and Register of
Deeds Roy Gragg, taking hold of
most of the members of these fami
lies, ubt at last accounts they were
better.
Miss McCartney, who had gone to
nurse Mr. Linney's family, was
brought to Lovill home Friday night
sick with influenza, and two young
ladies from the school who had gone
to assist in nursing the same family
came to the home Sunday possibly
sick with the same disease. They are
Misses Agnes Garland and Katie
Holshouser. Until these cases were
taken the situation had improved
very much, there being only tne case
in school.
Watanga is now passing through
the longest spell of wintry weather
that has come during the entire win
ter,' but ft has cleared away and the
weather may be pretty before this
message leaves town.
Noting the fact that President Wil
son has proclaimed that the govern
ment purchases of lands in western
North Carolina shall be. called the
Boone National forest," the people
of this section are esneciallv inter
ested in the proclamation nwincr to
the fact that aside from Mount
Mitchell, the highest,peak east of the
Rockies, the next most important
peak is Grandfather mountain, the
highest point of the Blue Ridge,
and this, it will be noted, is in the
only national park east of the great
river, and is a distinct honor to the
1 great pioneer long' after he has
passed from the scenes of earth.
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Instruct Delegates for Pritchard for!
President Amid Much Oratory;
Watson for Delegate to the
Chicago Convention
Caldwell county Republicans have
instructed their delegates, elected at
the county convention held here last
Friday, to vote for the nomination of
Jeter C. Pritchard for President,
John M. Morehead for national com
mitteeman, Frank A. Linney for
State chairman, W. B. Watson for
delegate from this district to the
Chicago convention, and Moses N.
Harshaw for Congress.
The meeting was well attended
and quite a bit of enthusiasm was
displayed. The convention was for
the election of State, congressional
and senatorial delegates. The fol
lowing men were elected: M. N.
Harshaw, E. F. Wakefield, Dr. A. B.
Goodman, W. B. Watson, T. M.
White, T. C. Robbihs, T. F. Seehorn,
S. S. Jenninp-s. A. V. Miller. W. E.
Starnes, A. A. Blackwelder, Robert
Campbell, J. R. McNairy, Alonzo Mc
Ghinnis n M nine. F R TMllov.
J. W. Hnlli'fioM Will EstPs "or, anv
other Republican who wishes to at
tend. Aside from the election and in
struction of delegates the outstand
ing feature was the speechmaking by
Moses Harshaw, Jr., and E. F. Wake
field. "I think every man ought to take
enough interest in his country to see
that men that represent his views are
elected to office to the end that the
principles he favors may be enacted
jnt olaw," said the young speaker.
'"Being a soldier of the government
I don't think that I ought to be a
bitter partisan or become too much
agitated ove rthe election while I
wear the uniform," he continued.
"However, my enlistment as a soldier
will expire about Aug. 1, when I hope
to return home and be of such ser
vice to you and my country a3 I
can- I shall be young, of course, in
the campaign, but I hope and believe
I shall be right in my party affilia
tions. I think every man should ally
himself with that party whose prin
ciples he believes will best subserve
the interests of his country. I hope
in-the fall campaign I shall be able
to Civp nf.niitit nf t.hp faiiU tVia in
in h It may be of interest to you
i , . i i- ..i
ay mat wnen my umes expiiR
as a soldier I will have served the
government three years. During that
time I have visited the large cities of
America and a great deal of the
country. I have twice crossed the
Atlantic ocean, visited the. most of
Le large cities oi rTance, took part
in some of the greatest battles in
the world war, among them St. Mi
hiel, Champagne and Argonne For
est. I've heard the cannon road and
seen the airships dro ptheir deadly
bombs and saw my friends killed, but
thanks to the good Lord I escaped
unhurt. After the armistice I went
through Belgium, Luxemburg and
into the enemy's country on the
Rhine, where I remained eight
months and returned last August to
Hoboken, N. J.
"Again I say I'm glad to be back.
In all, the world I've seen nothing
that equals good old North Carolina
and Caldwell county. I hope to make
this good country of our my home,
my present intention being to make
a living on my native heath practic
ing law."
CIRCULATED INFAMOUS LIE,
SAYS REV. ALBERT SETZER
The following statement by Rev.
Albert J. Setzer. the. blind nreacher,
about whom a news story appeared
last week telling, of his warlike in
clinations, makes a denial of certain
parts of the news story and charges
the person who circulated the story
with telling an "infamous lie." The
story and the facts in the story were
given the News-Topic by a good cit
izen of Mr. Setzer's community. Mr.
Setzer denies a certain part of the
story, yet he fails to say just what he
Qia do on this occasion. His state
ment follows:
"I observed in a recent issue of
your paper an article published con
cerning me. I want to say that a
part of this article is not true, ana
for two reasons I want the matter
corrected. First, I believe that the
public is entitled to the truth, and
! 1 fpcl eoficfioH that", this fa tha mir-
pose of your paper; second, a report
, of that kind is- calculated to injure
me as a minister of the- gospel anq,
puonc scnooi leacner.
"Part of the article stated that I
had secured a revolver and went to
murder my rival and then commit
suicide, but before J. cold acocm
plish my purpose I was disarmed.
'I Wish to say that is positively
false. A thing like that never en
tered my mind. I do not know who
circulated the report, but I want to
he plain: Whoever did it circulated
an infamous lie."
SAY. WEATHER HAS BEEN SE
VERE ACROSS THE RIDGE
Visitors here from Boone say that
wi'Hiner uuuug uie past wee
I heen very severe. Snowstorms, cold
winds and " zero temperature have
I nrtvn.'l.J 4.. wnnl J... 4k... .air
"There is very little influenza in
the county now. Attorney F. A. Lin
ney has been one of the last to have
the disease. . ,.
,Mr. Brownlo Reece of Mahel,
Watauga county, has caught 18 'pos
sums, one muskrat, one mink and five
'ed foxes during the present winter
season. He sold the pelts for $105.
0EA1H OFi'CAPTAIN JONES
S UNIVERSAL GIF;
Death Followed Apoplectic Stroke
j i it - r -
Wednesday He Wa One of the
State i Leading Men and
Wat Greatly Beloved
An unexpected apoplectic stroke
Wednesday morning of last week.
followed that night by the death of
Lapt Ldmund Jones, brought brief
to the entire county and to hosts of
people all over the btate. The news
Wednesday shortly before noon that i
Capt. Jones was stricken spread like '
wildfire. .All during the remainder
of the day and up until the hour of
nis deatn anxious inquiries were
made of every passing person.
Death came shortly after 10
o'clock Wednesday night. CaDt.
Jones never regained consciousness
after the stroke of the morning be
fore. The funeral services were post
poned until Sunday to await the ar
rival of his son. Edmund, from Clint.
Tex. His daughter, Miss Sarah Dav
enport Jones, and his youngest son,
Eugene, arrived early Friday morn
ing from Raleigh.
At 12:30 o'clock Sunday the fu
neral services were held in St James'
church by Rev. E. N. Joyner, assist
ed by Rev. C. B. Bryan of Peters
burg, Va. From the church the re
mains were taken to Happy Valley
and interred in the burying ground
at the Chapel of Rest. At the grave
Rev. H. "A. Dobbin assisted in con
ducting the burial servics.
The pallbearers were W. D. Jones,
R. M. Jones. W. J. Lenoir. Waltpr
Jones, Wm. F. Scholl and Bryan
Jones.
The great friendship and the es
teem in which Capt. Jones was held
were attested by the abundant floral
offerings.
In descent through Edmund W.
Jones. Edmund Jones, the elder, Wil
liam Lenoir and William and Martin
Davenport, his family has always
been a potent factor in the public af
fairs of the colony and State during
the Colonial, Revolutionary and postr
Revolutionary periods and in the
years preceding and during the civil
war, in which latter period Mr. Jones'
own personal activities were exer
cised. Mr. Jones' father, Edmund Walter
Jones, one of the most highly es
teemed men who ever lived in Cald
well county, was born at Palmyra,
in the Happy Valley, but in the early
'40's transferred the Palmyra estate
to his sister, Mrs. Samuel L. Patter
son, and established himself at Clo
ver Hill, on the opposite side of the
Yadkin river. He married Miss So
phia Caroline Davenport, daughter of
Col. William Davenport, who was a
munificent friend of Davenport Fe
made College, named in his honor.
Edmnud Jones the second was the
youngest surviving son of this mar
riage, and at the beginning of the
civil war was a lad of 13 years (born
April 15, 1848), attending a school
conducted by the late Capt. Edward
W. Faucette near the village of Pat
terson. Subsequently he attended
the State University at Chapel Hill,
from which institution he withdrew
in his junior year, before he was 17
years old, to enlist in Company F.
41st regiment, N. C. State troops
(3rd cavalry), Confederate army,
and participated in all the activities
and many of the battles of the Army
of Northern Virginia up to the end
of the war at fateful Appomattox.
He had three older brothers in the
service Col. John T.' Jones, killed
at the battle of the Wilderness; Capt.
Walter L. Jones, killed at Gettys
burg, and Capt. William Davenport
Jones, who, although wounded, sur
vived the war and died about eight
years ago.
Although Mr. Jones' college course
at the University was interrupted by
his withdrawal to enlist in the Con
federate army, his course of study
there gave him the foundation for
the broad system of reading, learn
ing and general education that made
him conspicuously interesting in hi3
political and literary disquisitions
and as an advocate before the courts
and on the hustings. His much loved
Alma Mater, through a happy inspi
ration, some years ago, called to
gether all of her dear sons who left
her to go to the war and gave them
their displomas of graduation in their
declining years. This evidence of
his Alma Mater's love a.nd considera
tion was prized by Mr. Jones af one
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DANIEL C. ROPER IS TO RESIGN
MARCH 1STH
Resignation of Daniel C. Roner aS
commissioner oi internal revenue will
leave vacant one of the most impor
tant posts in the government Mr.
Roper's intention to leave the bu
reau of internal revenue, which he
ha sxpanded for the collection of war
taxes until it is pernaps the greatest
tax collecting agency in the world,
has been made known to officials in
Washington, but his formal resigna
tion will not be tendered until after
the first installment of excess profit
ana income taxes ior jg paid,
March 15. He has not announced
his future plans.
The man who succeeds Mr. Roper
will have the task, not only of col
lecting $6,000,000,000 in taxes this
year, but also of enforcing the nation-wide
. prohibition law. While
President Wilson is known to have
the prospective appointment under
consideration, there has been no inti
mation of who will be named for the
post : -'. . v
INCOME TAMME
TO BE FILED BY MAR. 15
Internal Revenue Man Here Next
t i . a . L4 . 1 V.
Week to Assist in Making Out
Returns Other Dates
This Section Given
C. H. Hayes, chief field deputy of
internal revenue in his State, is send
ing out internal revenue officers to
assist corporations and individuals in
making out the proper income tax
reports. Next week, Monday, Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday, P. P.
Jones of the internal revenue depart
ment will be in Lenoir to assist per
sons here in making out these re
ports. W. S. Gardner will be in
Boone today, tomorrow and Satur
day. Complete returns, both of individ
uals and corporations, must be in the
hands of collectors of internal rev
enue on or before March 15, 1920.
Considerable discussion has arisen
here as .o whether or not there would
be any extension of time. Exten
sions will be granted only in specinc
cases where there is urgent need.
This extension cannot be granted by
anyone here, and where an extension
of time is desired permission must be
socnroH frnm .1 W. Bailev. internal
revenue collector for North Carolina,
Kaleigh. N. (J.
Last year", if for good and suffi
cient reasons it was found impossible
to complete a return by March 16
corporations were permitted to file
on or before that date a tentative
return and were given an extension
of 45 days in which to file a com
plete return. Conditions which then
justified this do not exist this year.
Where addtiional time is actually
required, because of illness or ab
sense, the collector of internal rev
enue may grant an extension of not
tn dvpbpH SO Havs unon written at-
plication therefore made before the .
return is due. If betore tne end oi
the 30 day extension an accurate re
turn can not be made an appeal for
further extension must be made to
the commissioner of internal revenue
in Washington, with a full recital for
the causes of delay. The commis
sioner will not grant an additional
extension without a clear showing
that a complete return cannot be
made at the end of the 30-day period.
The tax may be paid in full at the
time, of filing the return or in
four installments, the first of which
must accompany the filing of the re
turn. The subsequent installments
are due on or before June 15, oft or
before Sept. 15, and on or before
Dec. 15.
.Taxpayers are urged by the bu
reau of internal revenue not to de
lay in the filing of returns and to pay
taxes in as few installments as pos
sible. During the coming days of
the period for filing returns collect
ors of internal revenue are over
whelmed with work and cannot de
vote as much time as is desired to the
instruction and assistance of taxpay
ers, rrompt action means Deuer
service and the avoidance of probable
later dimcuities.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Rutherford Coun
ty as Farm Demonstrator Mr.
Moore Assumed Charge of
the Office Monday
The resignation of R. M. Smith as
county school superintendent, pend
ing since about the middle of Febru
ary, was accepted at the regular
meeting of the county board of edu
cation Monday, and former County
School Superintendent Y. D. Moore
was elected as Mr. Smith's successor.
Mr. Smith's resignation came as a
surprise to his many friends here and
over the county. It was not known
that he was contemplating any other
line of work until last week.
Mr. Smith was elected county su
perintendent in July, 1914. During
the five and a half years at the head
of the school system of the county
many improvements have taken
place. Th eschool expenditures dur
ing this time have increased from
?32,000 in 1914 to $64,000 last year.
Twelve new school buildings have
been built, five consolidations have
been effected, and four special tax
districts have been formed.
The new school buildings erected
Hurina- Mr. Smith's terms are at Ba
ton, Whitnel. Philadelphia, Yount,
Patterson, Collettsville, Rufus, Globe,
Warrior, Laytown, Hibriten, Saw
Mills, and the completion oi tne
handsome high school building at Oak
Hill THa Oak Hill school had formed
a consolidation and with a specie1,
tax had begun the erection of the
new building during Mr.' Moore's
term in office, and shortly berore Mr.
Smith succeeded him. During the
present year Mrv. Smith had planned
further improvements. Two more
special tax districts were being work
ed on and plans had been made for
painting and improving some or tne
buildings already built. Recently he
had ordered paint for fifteen of the
school buildings. There are twenty
buildings in the county already
painteed.
Mr. Y. D. IMoofe, who succeeds
Mr. Smith, is well equal to assuming
again the work he left in 1914. The
six years off the job will have added
vigor and new ideas for building up
a greater county school system. He
enters his new, work with a forward
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DELAY IN CMESS
BRINGS SHARP SPELCH
Points Out That Nothing Has Bee a
n a . a:j i .
Done to Aid the Country in
Greater Production and to
Reduce the H. C. of L.
"Joshua commanded the sun to
stand still in order that he might
fight the battles of the Lord, and
the sun obeyed. Will Hays, the
chairman of the Republican national
committee, has commanded this Con
gress to stand still for the purpose
of political expediency, and it has
obeyed." inis was tne assertion made on
the floor of the House by Representa
tive Robert L. Doughton of this dis
trict in attacking the failure of the
Republican majority to aid the farm
er to feed the world by carrying out
the rural good roads program initi
ated by recent Democratic Con
gresses. Mr. Daughton point out the "vital
connection between good roads and
farmin gand the still more vital con
nection between farming and the
high cost of living" and denounced a
"penny wise and pound foolish econ
omy bound to work great injury to
th eentire country," asserting that
"what we need to do is to encourage
and stimulate and not discourage
those engaged in the most important
of all pursuits that of raising food
for our own people and the hungry
nations 6f the world."
He pointed out that the 63rd Con
gress inaugurated a comprehensive
good roads program providing Fed
eral aid for States that agreed to
stand a proportionate share of con
struction, and that the last Congress
had increased the total to the extent
of $275,000,000, being available
during the period of 1917-21. By
contrast he asserted that the present
Republican Congress has done noth
ing, and in addition has held up a
bill directing the war department to
turn over to the highway authorities
of the various States roadmaking
machinery, machinery, etc.
"It would be interesting to know
why this legislation has been so long
delayed," said Mr. Doughton. "Is it
possible that it is being strangled
for political expediency, or has the
Republican national chairman given
orders that it must be killed by lopg
delay? If this kind of tactics is to
be continued by a Republican Con
gress, then iMr. Havs will need to
offer more than $10,000 for some
one to write a satisfactory platform,
and ned to apponit a larger advisory
committee, containing 177 members.
You need not be deceived; the peo
ple will not be mocked.
"The farmers of the country know
what party has given them substan
tial relief by the enactment of nu
merous pieces of legislation in their
interest, such as the rural credits law,
good roads legislation and so forth,
bringing more favorable conditions
to those engaged in agriculture. But
when they ask relief or help in any
way of this Congress they are con
fronted with the response that every
thing must be subordinated to 'econ
omy.' When the people ask bread
they are given a stone.
Political expediency is the gov
erning policy of this Congress, and
has been since the day it first assem
bled. Instead of considering first the
needs of all the people, the needs of
the Kepubhca nparty in the coming
compaign are given the right of way.
"As the matter now stands the last
appropriation for caryring on the
work of road building expires at the
end of the fiscal year 1921 and the
department of agriculture and tha
bureau of roads do not know whether
to go ahead with plans for the fu
ture. If this Congress intends to
continue the splendid work now in
progress it should by appropriate
legislation extend the present road
building plan, or one similar, foir a
period of at least three years so the
bureau pf roads can go ahead with
its work."
"As a result of our legislation,"
said Mr. Doughton, "the country
prospered before the war, during the
war, and since the war. Where if
your program of constructive legi
lation, either enacted or contenfcf
plated, to match such legislatioiT as
the Federal reserve law, rural cred
its act, farm demonStrationact, buy-
reau of markets, parcel post VjCr '
Federal trade, commission, an(Vn' v
merous . other salutary m" '
which might be mentioned Tou will
dft rePeal ny j ftis legisja-
tion, not even the Unrwood tariiT
bill, against which vJU inveighed in-
0
Wlf 5 of manly Mcdowell is
DEAD IN MORGANTON
Mrs. Tilly McDowell died at her
home in Morganton Wednesday o
ast week after a short illness from
influenza. She was the wife of Manly
McDowell, one of North Carolina'
foremost and best known citizensy
and was reared in Burke county, be-r
longing to one of the county's most "
historic families, and 'was formerly
Miss Tilly Falls. She is survived by
her husband, who is just recovering"
from an attack of influenza, and two
children. .
EX-CONGRESSMAN J. M. GUDGEZ
Ul3 AT ASHEVILLE i;r
James M. RndtrAi. Jr.. an hv-oniw
gressman, end for many years a cen
tral figure in western North Carolin
nnllticR. rfinil aiiHnnW n Via '
,in Asheville Sunday morning front..'
heart failure.