The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-02
ABRUPT ENDING
OF BITTER FIGHT
Charges Against Highway
Commission Withdrawn
BOTH SIDES WIN


'i"~e the oid i'""a ne fcu-
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,,o right
,rrlata enrprtaa Us4 z,.rurp sonr
aref the ooHFsH'As - hat4 -
County Commissioners Yesterday morn
inz At ten o'clock when the hearing
~ ratf.forars for the remcya ~ tra
filgh"aH 'ohhliiisSiohei ''HH ohieT'
came 10 an abrupt conclusion II came"
a. a pleasant surprise to many VII
~ H. naartrg 10 ,,s,v.
All 81 yesterday anH TO-DAY ~ the close
Of the night session Thursday il NaS
Frankly stated b. col =. a RYAN. al
+i,far. 80, 49,.
ca,ii5 >. So arfartainat ~
-, 49,
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- uaa1Na -, I, al a. ..t4a,~.
- +. 80 m,4 ~
80 ~. 1aot'7 i, iaatna.t Il.
~ $50 - -, rnrrant IL ~" ..l,Nr
Tbrrsdav riaI, r,iDted +, l.rg
drswp confli2, bat,aan tba gbu.ag
go, rtssIou .na tbA citfzers ~ Vake
-, ,a..,shir 49, 49, ,r. -
4a,tttnua4 49, ~ ,arnn,aI AZ tto
,.t.sior - rnf.cnrd,ct 4, ,tr,.. AN
-
: 80 :. -
~
go - - a. had h.ar intrn
d,,cai - III InaLed astf Il y.n,1d ~
irnossihle RI conclude even The TAX
mo ~ taetn,on, Yesterday Nnraoyer
thero had haon ~ i,tinatln, :, =
n.a.E - 80 ~ fi.b, - oitba, 81
= - 49, -
" - 49, aiaca4 80 80
in baIr az bo,ir aftar he hn,r.na ~
rasrrad ,aetarda, marnino
H. Su,nrisc Snr,,no
Tho cancr,stor of M cnTflic+ uas
hro1Igb, abonf when ON c~oss-examf-
nation chairman " Q Riddick Of
~ 1Jiabn,.w Ccrn r,fssfop ,astfod mo-
- had na ~ 80 a. nragaat &c.
HI intertion !, close IA tba .aIa
oods" - pan HoIdfno raad ana ~
Oxford and Refeieh road across Rich
lands creek ?. mile and q oiarter 10
wake Forest hatvaen which roada rho
ra,r roaI ie 1ocatad ana il ro,r welI
ar,a+iua
w
petitioners. arose to make statement.
said that:
The petitioners in the matter had
acted IN good faitn. that thew had not
wished to take the action that had led
TO the present situation ana that their
contention had been from the begin
/ ming that the old roads might be left
omen Now that the Chairman Of nc
con,missionbad ctotad thot II ;s ond
bas hnan tho n,rnosa ~ 1aove +ba oid
roads onan ~ ,n.int.t, 49, - naad
raseobla condition as ba bad s+s+od
men the natitioners we've ]nilIina 10
sion The matter where il is ana have
no further conflict
~ D. 90.
r- -
80 fais aatiaa : 49, :
% niaa y II s"hen Vic
ing. do not believe this controver-
sy would ever have seen the light
OF day.
He then spoke of how regretable
TO many Of the leading citizens of
Wake Forest was the bitter ~controVer-
81.
With his statements it dawned upon
the crowd present hat the fight was
nearing its end. and this was confirm
ed in the statement of Mr.. J. II. Pou,
attorney for the commission. in reply
TO Prof. GulleT's remarks. Mr. Pou
said that
The commission did mot want an
acGuittaI with their band tied ac n anv
ff1fure agtion more than tn TIA ,ron-
ise as had been their nurnosa 70 r,oin-
tain the old roads in good nassahle
condition. that charges Of misoondnct
in office had been made and theI
could be satisfied with nothing short
of a withdrawal of these charges and
+ complete exhonoration before rhe
County commissioners and the neople
With this the commission was willing
TO stop the action al is present stage
Col : q Ryan for the netf+ionare
the charges of "~n,iscondnct
and the highvav commission stood
f completely exonerated Thus closed
one Of the bittereet fights in the his
tory Of Wake county public affairs.
,haifhlan fiudick Letter.
Chairman Riddick said that he
wanted to make a statement in regard