11 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1903
Page
1
W. H. Moore president National Good Roads Association argues for issuing bonds to fund road construction in the state. He says rail and streetcar systems exist only due to bond issuance and that bonds can be refunded at a lower interest rate if not paid on time, benefiting current and future generations.
A call urges women to form clubs to aid men in organizing county campaigns for road improvements. The speaker laments mud depriving rural communities of city advantages like libraries and churches and expresses hope women will lead and rally local efforts to carry the road question forward.
Governor C. B. Aycock in Winston Salem urges uniting rural and urban residents through improved roads and education. He defends taxation to fund schooling and roadbuilding, acknowledging initial criticism but predicting future praise from succeeding generations.
Gov. C. B. Aycock declares at Raleigh Good Roads Convention that roads affect schooling attendance churchgoing agriculture industry and commerce, linking roads to liberty and state strength while isolation hampers progress and daily life across North Carolina.
Senator F. M. Simmons in Winston Salem cites studies claiming bad roads cost farmers $600 million annually and raise costs for all, with hauling a ton on bad roads costing triple that of good roads.
M. W. Richards of Southern Railway speaks in Asheville arguing the South can build roads as good as anywhere and urging decision on how to achieve it. He says the South has the conditions and will present a case to northern readers showing advantages to homeseekers.
A growing demand for better roads is noted as the present decade passes into memory for its good roads. People nationwide are awakening to action, studying merits, and ready to support better public highways once they consider the importance and give aid.
M A Hays of Southern Railway spoke at the Raleigh Good Roads Convention arguing bad roads are the nation's greatest tax. He said funds spent repairing bad roads could build good ones and that improved roads boost farm land value, potentially adding billions in statewide land assessments.
A Civil War letter from John D. McLean written January 31 1864 at Camp Near Orange Court House Virginia. He explains paperwork issues and missing papers, notes regimental reenlistment, reports on camp conditions, mentions General Scales Colonel Hoke and Captain Hill, and discusses his father Pa McLean’s land sale request and family health concerns.
Minnie Setzer sued Lee Setzer for slander claiming he charged she took money for testifying in the Mehaffey case. After a full day of testimony and closing arguments, the jury awarded the plaintiff $100 in damages and the defendants announced an appeal.
Boston Dispatch reports a near riot at Zion church as Booker T. Washington faced a hostile audience. About six colored opponents disrupted the meeting prompting 25 police to intervene. One officer was stabbed by a hatpin and a man receiving razor cuts was hospitalized. Washington continued speaking for nearly two hours.
An appeal contrasts wealth and fashion with London's hidden slums and widespread misery. It imagines a public display of the destitute marching through elite streets to awaken the national conscience and force action against urban inequality.
An article extols home telephones for farmers noting time and money saved through direct market prices, weather updates, rapid repairs, urgent medical calls, and instant news. It argues telephones improve home life and social contact, with farmers adopting the device nationwide.
The Newton Enterprise reports Aleck Yount keeps a fish pond with a single carp kept for seventeen years. A pair of initial carp, one injured by a hawk, did not reproduce and the lone 22 inch specimen was caught three years ago and returned to the water.
Rome dispatches report that after four days the conclave elected Giuseppe Sarto patriarch of Venice as pope. He now reigns from the Vatican over the Catholic world. Rome lights up in his honor as coronation is set for next Sunday with foreign cardinals eager to return home.
Fall River August 4 Flint Cotton Mills will shut down for two weeks because of the doffer strike and cotton situation. In all 755000 spindles are idle in the city as plants suspend operations and workers walk out.
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