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DISCUSSES ROAD
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DUeue Buncombe County
, M j ReUtion To MadUon Coun-
' ty and Reasons For Prepar
j Ing The Bill, and Answering
John A. Hendrick's Article.
Asheville N. C, April 28, 1929
Editor, News-Records r . .o
In your 188Ue 01 April iwi
publish a letter from Mr John A.
Hendricks in which he gave An ac
count of his five weeks' ardorous
l-Krora at Raleitrh during the la3t
fV'C'Vssion of the General Assembly? In
his letter he states:
"There was a Bill introduced in
the Legislature, providing that
Buncombe County should have
jurisdiction over adjoining coun-
ties, to the extent ,of directing ,
the Highway Commissioners
where' to build roads. It was
. thought that this was done in . ,
order that the Commissioners of
i Buncombe County might direct
- the State Highway Commission
' to build a road across the Dog
get Mountain," which I iinder
. ' stand would cost some 300,000 -,
or more to grade it."
I happened to be in Raleigh during-,
the last part of the session, and
remembering the fact that the Ashe
ville & Buncombe ' County Good
Roads Assoctotipn, o which I have
been a member for the past 16 years,
had always stood for the proposition
that : all roads leading to Asheville
should have the aid f Buncombe
County, regardless of whether.' such
roads needing assistance -were .with
in or without the limits of the Coun
ty, I prepared the Bill in question,
nnpplv ad a volnntarv. contribution to
the cause of good roads and in order
that your readers may nnaerswna
how utterly unfounded are the fears
of Mr; Hendricks hrregard to pernio
cious interference by' Buncombe Co.,
In the affairs of Madison County, I
quote the Bill as follows: 1
A 3ILL TO BE ENTITLED, An Act
r"o Authorise' 'And Empower" The
commissioners' Of Buncombe TCtfunty
To Co-Operate In .The -Construotion
Of Roads Connecting The Road 'Sys
tem Of Buncombe County With The
Roads Of Other Counties Or Road
Districts.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina, do enact:
Sec. 1. That the Commissioners
of Buncombe County be, and they
are hereby fully authorized and em
powered, in their discretion, to use
any road funds of Buncombe County
not otherwise appropriated, and any
road building machinery or equip
ment and the prisoners of said coun
ty, in the construction of any road,
within or without the territorial
Jimits of said' county, which will con
nect the road system of Buncombe
County with the roads of any other
county or road district
Sec. 2. That the Commissioners
of Buncombe County he, and they are
hereby fully authorised and empower
ed to enter into all such agreements
and contracts with road authorities
of other ' counties or road districts,
and with the State Highway, Commis
sion of North Carolina, for the con
struction of all such connecting roads,
and to bear such part of the cost
thereof, as they, in their discretion,
may deem equitable and just .
Sec. Z. That in the . construction
of any such road or roads, the Com
missioners of Buncombe County may
may take advantage of any State , or
Federal aid available, as well as aid
of any kind .from any other source,
and may construct such road or roads
on grades which will conform to the
standards of the North .Carolina State
Highway ' Commission, and ; with a
view of having such connecting road
or roads become a part of the State
system of roads.' "- -
Sec. 4. v That all public or public
local laws relating to reads in Bun
combe County: shall extend to and
govern in the survey; location," and
construction of ah road or roads
outside said county, the construction
of which the Commissioners of Bvn
combe County may . ' undertake In
whole or in part pursuant to . the pro
visions of this act 'i,'Svo i
Sec 5.- That all laws in . conflict
with this act are, to .the extent of
such conflict, hereby repealed. ; ' ,
Sec. 6. -That this -act shall be in-
- . full force and .effect froi.ahd after
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" Mr. "Editor, tM-above; rwa no
, new. departure v-m leg! tioon
" the subject of good roads. . Sixteen
- 'years ago,1 when representing ' Madb
son County in the General Assembly,
it was my. privilege -to as :1' the
passagre 'of a Bill under i.',-h er
, counties built a link of tos i i ; i
. derson County, by which. : Bonbou.be
1 Comty 'was connected up. with Roth-
- erf ord C o a a f ? 7" this
" road thVff uVJf the-'.edge, of
-Hendersorr4 C. jn ; , t'ici wuu.J
never have
as it did
is now a
20 wh'
line
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. : ' ' I J 'Jv MA11SMA14-. W. uuai
of as kv .k
BILLIpRUDuuiD
vasion of 4ts territory ' hy outside
counties bent on road building? I
never heard of any objection. . Hen
derson ?ounty has sinctinffOTed
the road from Hendersonville to In
tersect with No. 20 at Bat Cave, and
Henderson County is no,w reaping a
rich harvest from thoussndsipf. mo
torists who make theWeiirnMeeing
trip from Asheville, t"!nlmnyRock
returning via Hendersonvilifit1,' V1 ;
Would Madison County have any
objection to the presence of Bun
combe County's road buil4tafforces
in the county engaged inhuttdinrthe
road from Asheville to j6htnW)tCHy
via Mars Hill? My Bill wasiVttended
merely to' give legislatiVawfp -to
such a proposition If vanyVitijeft of
No's. 16-5 and 11 Townshroa' wishes
to commend Mr: HendWeWMr.
Guy V Roberts for eight a
gainst this Bill, I will pay your adver
tising rates for the pub$0f$pn of
such commendation, In c4se 0U;will
not insert it as a news ltm.VV';,
And Asheville is likewise' wfuch in
terested in the extension of its Lei
cester road through Doggett Gap to
Spring Creek, in Madison County. A
short link of this , road Would be in
No. fi Township of Madison County,
and it is too much to hope for to ex-
oect Madison County to ever Duua a.
Perhaps he most scenic trip in West
ern 'North. Carolina VouW be from
Asheville along the French Broad
river to Marshall and to Hot Springs
then up Spring Creek and through
Doggett Gap and Leicester, to Ashe
ville. Whv deny to several hundred
thousand tourists the privilege of
such a trio? Why not-build this road
and reap the benefit from Asheville's
extensive - advertising? Marshall
would he the principal beneficiary.
Why refuse the aid of Buncombe
County, with its chain gang , of an
averasre of more than 150 men, and
with its road building 'equipment
second to none in the State?
: Let any citizen of the Spring Creek
section answer. . . ' V
A was this same:, Mr,: Hendricks
who several years ago .went to Raleigh
at the: expense of M&isoA Count? toj
oiwose the Bill, which, enabled .the
Spring. ;CreeV people,-'; at their, own
Expense and without .assistance from
the. County, to. 'Jun-ltwttle.",theiriSom-munity
Fortunately his abort-sighted
policies failed, and in spite of Jiis op
position, the Bill passed and the re
sult is the splendid 'road which leads
from Hot Springs up Spring. Creek
and across to WaynesviUe, which is
a valuable asset to all of Madison
County
It is a sad commentary lUporfF.lns
ability as a lobbyist that ln;five weeks
spent In Raleigh, at &y$wMfi '.ex
pense, he can make'nhi'jPteAW toast
of no other accomplishment than the
to help Madison County, particularly
defeat of the Bill which a.deefeped
No. 15-6-11; 8 and $ Tfthipej; at
the expense of Buncombe County.
Yours verjv truly, N ) ,
JAMES E. RECT0R.
FREE MOTiOf
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EDUCATIONAL AND EVEXYBODY
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" County Warden Fred Roberta asks
this paper to make the' following an
nouncement: 1 - ' '
Mr.!W.K, Beichler, District For
ester, trill be at the following places
with the Department's motion picture
truck and the public is not only in
vited but nrged to come out, as the
matters presented, are educational as
well as entertaining, Remember the
times and places. . v- , i .', ,
Walaut Crk School fiautV
- 8s00 P. M., May 6th.
Whit Rock Seheol How ,
, . SiOO P, M., May 7th,
Littlo Pino Crook School Hoa
. 8:00 P. M., May 8th,,
BoocJi-GIobSi School Ho-nrv
To Tho Voton Of Marshall-
Ladios aal Gontloateai 4 ,
As I have become citiien of
Marshall and have arranged to re
main here permanently, I hereby
announce' my 'candidacy for the
office of Mayor, subject to the will
4 of the Voters in the, City Election
May 71- ', :
Since coming here it has heen
rnv pleasure to uneet and da bust-
f-ness with the, people o Maniall
anq iiaauoa vuuuijr, tuu am
offering my services mayor.,-.. ;
' Should I be honored by the peo
ple1 as, their choice,' I. promise, to
execute the duties ef the ofTice to
the best ef my ability, and at all
times I shall endeavor to. serve .the
bef t itreEts fif our citLens. ,'
I shall appreciate your, lufp'orti
Thank you. " ',;-''
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: THE;; PUBLISHER'S
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' . ASHEVILLE BECOMES GREATEItCJTY -
By an overwhelming majority in the election Tuesday, April
30, 1929, the people of our Western Noh Carolina metropolis, Ashe-
' ville, declared in favor of the extension f the Cityof Asheville to take
in the twelve communities surrounding OLD ASHEVILLE and making
NEW ASHfEiVILLE the third largest city in the state. The result of
this election becomes, effective June $6, 1929, when three incorporated
towns and a portion of another incorporated town, together with the
other smaller communities will Mend'l into one THE GREATER
ASHEVILLE. As a result of this election, according to the Asheville
t papers, the 1930 census will show a;!, increase of more than 100 per
cent, in population since 1920. At that time the population was less
than 29,000, bat the prediction now i that the population of the 1930
Asheville will be upwards of 65,000.i The people of Marshall and
Madison County rejoice with our sister city in the success of its diffi
cult undertaking. When an election, is 8b decisive, a majority of near
ly 5000 votes, we feel that opponents will submit much more readily
than if the election had barely carried,; The taxable value of Ashe
ville, by this act, will be increased to $116,000,000.00 and the area will
be doubled. Asheville has inade some '-wonderful strides in the last
few years, and its debts are enormous,; W it is hoped this latest de-
- velopment will solve its financial problems and that its future is assur-
' ed. n '
-O'M - it'
. STRIKES THE ORDER OF THE DAY
''.; We, people in this section of the country are literally in the
midst of strikes Both. Gastonia, &;, and Elizabethton, Tennessee,
where the strike situation seems rather serious are about equidistant
. from our section, and neither,, place is very Ear away. This bring the
matter of strikes nearer home to us. -, For years we have read of
strikes and clashes between capital and labor but heretofore these dis-
' turbances have been for the most part jn the north or in foreign coun-
' tries. Like many other evils, they seeuS to be coming south. Under
' our present system of close competition in all lines of industry, capi
talists seek cheap labor. Sometimes-H is necessary for an industry to
. be assured cheap labor in order to be, assured success. On the other
hand, there are cases when capitalists take advantage of the straighten-
. ed circumstances of laborers and, make their demands burdensome,
sometimes almost unbearable. Yet firmest instances, industries are
beneficial to the. laborers rather than harmful, providing them some
thing to do, and instead of being grateful for their opportunity of oc
cupation, they come together in unions and often make unreasonable
demands upon' their employers, : striking and causing much hardship
and suffering binth for themselves and or. the industries concerned.
Usually these conditions are the fesultjof misunderstanding on the
' part of each aide. The employer doef not try to pju himself in the
, t place or the mpioyeq anq see ine
,.- laborer usually h
Vn'iiBvteirthe man
hence' he becomes more and more dissatisfied with his conditions. Very
often he has no idea what his employer is suffering in mental anguish
trvW to'kWthe business 'ob&ff alnd paying. The result of these mis-
uderstendings is a clash and such scenes as we are having at the above
named places. The Golden Rule, if properly . applied, would solve
these problems, but "usually stubbornness prevails instead of reason
and sense and the innocent are caught in the maelstrom with the guilty
and all suffer. What the solution will be is hard to foretell.
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MUCH APPRECIATED COMMUNICATIONS
The following communication from Miss Reva Hodges of
Asheville, N. C., is very much appreciated as is also the one from Mr.
J. Henry Roberts of Detroit, Michigan. Both these subscribers are o
riginally Madison County people and are still interested in the affairs
of Madison County. Miss Hodges was once a resident of Marshall,
having taught school in the county. For several years she has been
confined to her room suffering from a chronic malady, which would un
fit most people for any work at all. However, her indomitable cour
se and 8pirit" of perseverance has enabled her to accomplish what would
' have been an impossibility with the average person. Although in pain
a great portion of her time and hardly able to eat, at all, she makes
dresses, keeps books, writes, and does many things that help to support
herself and mother and niece. Of course they help also. We recent
ly published an article clipped from a magazine written by Miss
Hodges. For one in such circumstances to take the time to write so
well and complimehtarily of your humble servant's attempts is rather
overcoming, tt is certainly encouraging and stimulating to one's best
efforts. This writer has often thought that if he wished to write some
ting bad about a person and hide it in the newspaper, he would put it
in the editorial column, but after this he will certainly not take this
' column to say "anything Dad about Miss Hodges and Mr. Roberts. Mr.
Roberts' article appears elsewhere in this paper and Miss Hodges' fol
lows: . . ;
83 Clyde St.
, . Asheville, N. C.
' April 29, 1929.
Mr. H. L. Story
Editor of the "News-Record,"
Marshall, N. C ,x.
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r-'tw hmpk htnrm last issue of . the; Nelws-Record, you declared
yourself "put to it" to find Material, which weulde interesting enougn ana
valuable enough to your readers to justify ita discussion in "The Editors
Column" while, at the same time, it furnished "safe ground ' on whu the
editoriai feet might tread. Yon also declared-ydur time too limited for the
officient preparation of such-a clumn and intimated that financial ruin star
ed you In the face if you persisted in your present effort Jo prepare it.
j 1 Now while l am sincerely anxious that you should prosper nnan
: dally as all good editors should, -and sr many do not, I am impelled, to urge
you to make. every effort tocontinue the publication ol "ine iwuiors.01
umn" in the News-RecordUH Nothing which has ever appeared in a Madison
County paper has equalled in value to its readers,, the comments on subjects
of mutual interest which have appeared in 'The. Editor's ColuraaT since ft
started. cTherefore, if you would serve your readers as you can in no other
way please try to continue-the ublicatioB of SfThe Editor 's olumnJ
' A for worthwhile 'Material every- consmunity tn-every -county,
has numerous problems which come up front-time to time, so there ,s always
.; one or more t occupy Witr puouc-imno ana an k cthuhuu,k, j-.v
' can be "threshed ont 1 no better way than la theieditorial column of, tiien;
) MW,pSP0'f course the pimians of the people are divided on such questions;
1 and the ditorhd woold ilot tramp on somebody's toes : must needs tread
I carefully hut surely Madison-County has no individual-Tan or, woman-Tf
who is not broaditnindexl enongh to welcome 'a sane wasentation.f , ,the
1 Mf..,,ntwruvni thK. that the v n. v.. ay. readina' sue ti an
hA editorial, become bttter prepared to-
taken their owtt stami. to, r x,oiiur, uwomi
1 Cera the j eople if thtf communtty aiw me oounty, proceea on-wi
tiOn tV.Rt t'l yJur readers fe broad minded;', that they all welcome n nn
''vt.c4 r- .tin. 'isr T.nni'niAM at aav touestion.' and ithat no t :ual
is SO'
obt.
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as a large famiandpt W ejae-but hiaages ahd
n ofWealOi; seerUk6aSy'an4 have plenty--,
swuuwuu axuu m
nghllor.the .sida on JJ?fZ hv
the. editor fer gatherinf Jt-k
aaper for-the consideration .of tk.
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MARSHALL AUTOMOBILE , , ,
'4rmm AEROPLANE
The unusual happened Wednesday
night when an automobile collided
with- an .aeroplane on the Asheville
highway' near Mr. Pike's filling sta
itno. No, the automobile was not up
in the air, nor was the aeroplane on
the ground, but the owner of the au
tamobilSWeJty "up in the air" when
the collision occurred. The owner
of the automobile was Mr. Plato
Worley of Marshall and with him
were three of his friends returning
from AsheviUe. The aeroplane was
to favor, and, by so d.oing, and by concealing some ol tne
let something really distasteful be ' put over" on them . ha f n ttiey
would have when they realized after it was too late, that if the facts w tn
held had reared in Ihe editorial column of KhTve
them warning and time to prepare a defense which would pernaps nave
couctedgthe move of their opponent,. Or, by everybody coming into
possession of all the facts, some of the people . might have .changed tte.r
minds and an amicable agreement reached, for not all questions are settiea
one s"de or the other defeating their opponents. By presenting aH the
tanrocurable on questions of common interest, you are giving everybody
no mK on which side they may be arrayed, an opportunity to do their
dutys ttiey se i without makingstly mistakes because they were misin-
jSSXSAr, do not think too badly ; of tWeople who
real'th4vr6cals" from their community and even the ' Office Kat Kolum
beiwetney read "The Editor's Column." It is only human nature to be
n, interested first, in our own doings and second, in those of our neigh
borSSe ionsf some people not-withstanding and to the contrary.
w3ffoKSling than to see one's own name in print or to read a itte
naner'wnW'we already suspected that it was Jim Jones who escorted Sally
S iJfrom church last Sunday night! Most humans absorb humor
voXTjuXtX factWuld explain the numerous devotees
of the "Offic Kat j Kolum.' m of
our natttKn weaknesses, and take comfort from the fact that there
are 2SK read I "The Editor's Column" even if there are rrhap8
only a "Whaff dozen" who read it before they devour the "locals' from
their communities and Ithe situation from every side,
and
the
in Madison County?
in the county will appreciate, the ettort
and I am
if you can possibly avoid going orone in wis ,
most valuable editorials which have ever appeared in a , paper pnbUshed
confident, will lena you ny mu. wj v... ...
SS5S!?rJr. 'wtiM un" "The Editor's Column."
CUmW'Srgood Mi to? the
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"Home" and Madison County as a wno.e, yourS)
. : ' 1 '-. - REVA V. HOI
"FAlR-vPLAY.''
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"Fair Elayjyn an article published
ihvtHeWW6!-ecord under date of
April lgtK, 'entitled, "Where Is The
Justification" onty dealt With the
question of the County Commission
ers giving to the State of North Car
olina $170,000.00 with which to build
state road in the county.
Mr. G, K. PondeT in replying to
this in last week's Record goes rath
er far afield. The writer did not pose
as a Bureau of Information. The
writer did not feel that he was do
ing any one an injustice by not sign
ing a name. When "Fair Play", at
tempts to attack any one he will not
do it from ambush. Mr. Ponder need
have no fear.-'
The question is asked, "Was the
County in debt at the time the com
missioners transferred, took and us
ed, $100,000.00 that was allowed, to
gether with' $125,000.00 to build a
road from Marshall to Coxe's
Bridge?" The county was in debt
when the county commmissioners a-;
greed to let the State, Highway Com
mission transfer part of the funds
from the Mars Hill road to other state
roads in the county. But the $225,
000.00 above referred to and the
parj of that fund that was transferr
ed vo;bthtsi'i roads was not county
money 'but 'State money. The money
was used by the state and cost the
county nothing, except interest' The
use of the $170,000.00 referred to in
my. rticle. is' county money and to
give Jt tftVttti state would constitute
a bonoedtehtV on Madison County
and would add just that much' more
to our already - heavy tax burden.
If you caBjflnd fault with the State
for transferring part of its $225,000.
00 to some' other road than the Mars
Hill road, when it cost Madison
County nothing, then in the name of
fair play, hew can you justify the
tranjsf erol $70,000.00 to some oth
er cause than that for which it was
intended when it means, , that , our
property must be bonded for tt. If
the county did wrong in letting the
Stabs f.naert of . the, Mars Hill
funds somewhere else that would be
no justification for it to do a greater
wrong. - Two' wrongs never made -a
right,, vv"m, .
VTh .further question is asked,,. "In
settkttent' Vtth ithe oounty what .do.
theVrM'Mber expenses mean?
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FOR; MAYOR
T TKW Vottrs of lianhallt
candidate f Of tho otto ot Mayor
eE r4 ' If oloctotL I sludl
T.aarfear
m liaUos
of t 0
ability. '
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to tao
sy
- '.-tyf-Tit, t,j.-..
Slooorolr yow
on a truck, the
wheels of the aeroplane rolling on
the . ground. One of its tires had
been punctured and the driver waa
repairing it when the automobile
struck it. The light from the truck
blinded the driver of the automobile,
causing the collision.
We've heard a lot of strange
things' concerning the New Ford, but
this is the first time, so far as we
know, that one of them has had an
altercation with an aeroplane.
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prosperity of The News-Record, my
REVA V. HODGES,
partially loaded
. . . . a- 1 -....laaaix. 4. A MlirA lid
TTy - J. nurd Ira WATTnW n 1 1H. IIUUllU-OUll 1CU wwa.
notice the payrolls of some of County
Office Holders. ' .--' V'
."L notice and other expense,,extrJa . 1
to- their salary, -whatj, does this mean J, iV . ,
and" -achat. for? .ct,.O.ese Me. v v. .
make this "onTJhe side or are3.they iV5,Slw, , , ,
really entitled to" it?" V r ;. :
' 'Ldo not know. I have never e)d
a county office. So you see that "Fair "
Play" is not a bureau of information.
But I will say this. Our county of- ?
ficers are elected every two years.
They generally come from the county
and not Marshall. They are average
iMadison County folks. I believe
just as honest as the rest of us. I do
not think anyone is getting anything
on the side. If I did, I would in
vestigate it. I would suggest that
course to Mr. Ponder. ;
Mr. Ponder takes a parting shot
at the Hospital in the words, "Well,
the 'Hospital' went down like the
'Titanic' " " I think the illustration
is unfortunate. The Titanic went
down and with it many helpless wo
men and children. The hospital went i
down and with it will go to their
death many helpless women and chil
dren for lack of medical care. I can
see how a man can vote against a ;
Duke Hospital, but I cannot under
stand how he Can rejoice over it. Yes,
"Fair Play" voted for the hospital 1
and is proud of it. He would vote
tomorrow for a Duke Hospital at- '
Mars Hill.
LET US BROADEN OUT. It will 1
do us good, v -
Signed, FAIR PLAY.
Ah, well; those who' now fear for
the young once hid in the barn to
smoke and to read Deadwobd Dick.
Education must seem less wonder-'
ful to a boy whose educated dad can't
help him in the eighth grade.
The various sections of America
agree on almost evedything except
the proper thing to be ashamed of.
If knighthood were yet in flower,
certain young men would check their
shoes before dancing.
milmr CKariie Say-
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