Rotten road system sparks county dispute in Rominger letter
Rominger criticizes the county road commission for a five percent tax claim and ongoing bridge neglect. He argues a two percent levy and proper township shares would be fairer, urges renewed oversight, and calls the road system a political issue for the next campaign. The piece also notes Knights Templar, railroad station hearings, a public bond sale, Poland’s wartime reparations, and a rural sale listing.
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Democrat
County Road Commission
The
Commission
Road Contracts Let in North Carolina Big Awards
The state highway commission awarded contracts totaling about a million dollars for 55.80 miles of new road and bridge work. Major awardees include A. B. Harris of Dillsboro for 14.02 miles of hard surfaced road Newton to Lincolnton at 432,536.00, with bridge work by A. O. Mann & Co. of LaGrange, Ga. Other bids cover topsoil roads, gravel routes, and bridges across multiple counties. Awards set for May 25 aim at 198 miles of hard surfaced and macadam roads statewide, part of a drive toward 1,000 miles by 1922.
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State Highway Commission
A. 8
Harris
Dillsboro
Newton
Lincolnton
A. O. Mgnn & Co
LaGrange
Lake Waccamaw
Freeman
Columbus
Carthage
Sanford
Atlantic Biulithic Co
Richmond
Stern Bros
Statesvile
Raw River
Alamance County
Atlantic Bridge Co
Roanoke
Pitt County
Bethel
Edgecombe
J. P. Dious
Powers & Thompson
Willard
Transylvania County
Brevard
Rosemond
Sam L. Davis Construction Co
Grensboro
R. C. Stevens
Asheville
Alexander County
Taylorsville
Iredell
C. B. Hester
Greensboro
Cumberland
Cabarrus
Rowan
Forsyth
Jackson
Avery
Camden
Brunswick
Yancey
Cherokee
Northampton
Onslow
Alamance
Hoke
Catawba
Lenoir
Caldwell County
Notice of Administration for Fred R Farthing Estate
Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Fred R Farthing deceased of Watauga county North Carolina this is to notify all persons with claims against his estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before March 16 1928 or plead their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate should settle promptly. This 16th day of March 1922.
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Fred R. Farthing
Watauga County
N. C
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Watauga
Raleigh
N. C. Ward
Seattle
New Orleans
Wash
Knights ‘Templars
Leonidas P. Newby
Knightstown
Ind
James K. Orr
Willam H. Norris
Manchester
Iowa
G. W. Vallery
Denver
Col
William L, Sharp
Chicago
Winston-Salem
Union
Corporation Commission
Winston Salem
Poland
Warsaw
Russia
Riga
N. T. Byers
Zionvile
N.C. R.F.D
Watauga Bank
J. W. Bryan
North Carolina Public Health Officers’ Association
Papper
I. J. Smith
Wilson
J. A. Morris
Granville County
W. 8. Rankin
State Board of Health
Miller
State Board
State College
North Carolina
M. L. Chipman
Brooks
Board of Education
Fidelity Bank of
Durham
Supreme Court
George F. Blair
Blowing Rock
Wrigley
Wrigley Factories
H. A. Stacy
Bradyville
Tenn
Star
Rutherford County
Thedford
Mr. Stacy
N. L. Mast, Pres
G. P. Hagaman
W. D. Farruina
Ass’t
Miss Pearl HopgEs
Austin F. Louis
Watauga County Bank Loone
Ford Motor Co
Edsel B. Ford
Mr. Ford
J. B. Taylor
A. Y. Howel
Cashier
G. M. Suppektu
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