Henderson gold leaf., 1911-09-21
auFNDERSON IS ALL RIGHT. y
But Some of the Town Commission
ers Are All Wrong.

r., the Editor Of the Gold Lea1:
had not expected to come back il
,.rint again so early, but since read
i.., the letters of three other commits
.,5rlr- can't resist the temptation
ofau4wrring one OF them.
l.-ira first to congratulate my
.,i.rJ Commissioner Powell, fol
.,;rinu. the booster club. Ii MIR
p.,ra and had accomplished moth
',y else with our letters, except get
,fTo Mr.. Powell to join the boosters
49, vould have been well paid for OuT
tr,uIIn. The booster club extends a
t...rty welcome to Mr.. Powell, and
~r hone he will stay with US and
continue the good work:
ur. Powell says that Henderson Is
m rioIt. We agree with him that
jefferson is a great place to live
anI llr best town in North Carolina.
THERE'S no dispute between us about
This The only trouble with Mr..
povru is that he has been asleep for
tln uast twenty years and don't
LnYw if. | hope he will follow the
ryampIc Of Rip Van Winkle-wake
M aIdif he will begin to look around
L4 wiil find more than two citizens
Who are dissatisfied with the ad-
miuj-tration of town affairs.
am very glad that Mr.. Powell has
e4ru 1T to congratulate Henderson
on her new hotels. hope the public
sill pardon me for saying that feel
a inst bride in the new hotels OF Hen
drr-on. and ! have a right to, be-
car-c not only worked and spoke
for the enterprise, but | subscribed
literally of my means toward rails
inc the money to build one. Acting
-. u committee with Mr.. IOllicOffer,
wr left our offices and our work and
uolJ the $4,000 Of bonds; then on a
committee with Mr.. Il. II. Hicks, |
collected every dollar of the S2O,O0O
and paid it out, besides writing and
mailing out over three hundred let
ter5 and notices for the hotel, with
out fec or reward, or hope OF reward.
/ did more work for the hotel, with
ont CONDENSATION, than all the salts
fed commissioners will do for Hen
dprson in IA year, although they draw
over 500 a year.
Now, Mr.. Powell, will you tell US
hoE much money and time you and
that portion of the Board that you
say are satisfied put into the new
hotcln And how much did the town
of Henderson, through its town otfi-
GERS, encourage the enterprise?
You again boast Of Henderson
brain and Henderson capital run
niug the only automobile factory in
the south. am glad to inform you
that both of the discOntented com
missionera referred to have helped to
make this enterprise possible by
Subscribing their money to it. One
Of these discontented citizens is vice
president of the company, and the
other is n director. II either one OF
the commissioners that you say are
satisfied, contented and prosperous
have aided this enterprise in any
WAY. OF Invested one dollar in it, |
ask yuu to tell us when he did it.
tan it he possible that you are en-
dor-mg the Civic League, and that
you approve of the noble and self
sacrificing act of the good ladies OF
our town in placing an arch over
the entrance to the cemetery? | can
almost see the recording angel drop
tear and satan smile, as you wrote
those lines. Mr. cOntentOd commits
sionrrs, both Mr.. Peace and | con-
trbutcd to this work, and aided the
good ladies in every way we could,
and ask YOU to tell us if one penny
OF Your earnings is invested in that
arrh-way. or if either you or the
town helped or encouraged these
good ladies in any way2 Isn't it a
frt, Mr.. Commissioner, that on one
occasion when the good ladies re-
sprctfuIy petitioned the Board to
have some dirt moved from in front
Il Mr. Watkins residence that you
proposed to send them back the i'm
pudeut message, THAT if they want
ed the dirt moved, to move it them
selves. that the town had no Objec-
ton. and did not one of the men
that YOU class discOntented call you
down and object to sending so insO-
lent a message to the ladies?
NralI boast of our new Postoffise,
and the town is to be congratulated
upon having such a handsome and
commodious building But then we
ask Won. Mr.. COntented Commission
er, to tell us one act of the mayor or
any commissioner of the town, either
personally. individually or as town
officers that they did toward getting
this building? Our officers and town
commissioners were conspicuous in
Tins fight on account of their alb
Sence. If remember correctly. not
a SIugln one of them were on the
committee that had charge OF this
matter.
lnoti,c you say several blocks of
macadam have been put down on
The str-eks during the past two
Years. | for one have been unable
TO hnd any streets that have been
Macadamized under your admins
tTrauon. except about a third OF a
block in front of Messrs. Rose, Owen
AMI 'ooper, and you pretended that
3oa Were opposed to putting this
uo"H and did not do it until you
were ipr"ed to by the board. | ask
you, Nr. tontented Commissioner,
you did not state in open meeting
W Tile board that it would not have
oten put down had not somebody,
without authority from you, or the
oo"H graded the street while you
were sick? Did you not ask who had
uonr IL. | ask you to tell US who
"qt n honzed this grading to be done2
hGht here | want to ask if YOU did
uor let the contract to put in the
Sufblng or wall in front Of Mr.. Coop
eF to contractor who made S12.-
VI per day while he was putting in
this work?
lou boast about the Graded
schools. viii you kindly tell the
people what either you or any other
.G5htented commissioner, or the town
ADMINISTRATION has to do with run
Jung the graded school? Isn't it a