Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-02-13
JACKSON COUNTY CITIZENS WAGE
HOT FIGHT OVER PROPOSE.
TION TO MOVE COUNTY
SEAT.
THEIl MOUNTAIN BOYS
: At HONE IN RALEIGH
h1g Batch of Bills From Tenth Di,-
aL1ct c Ratified While Many New o..
u interest Have Been IntrodSeeS
Members of Mountain Country -
committee on Which They g..
By Noah NJ. HollowaIll

oO"mlttee on Which They Serve.
By Noah M. Holloweln
Raleigh, N. C-Western North r..-
.inlans - play such an important nsre
u4 q Tue governmental affairs of -.
SIaoe Inat 1t makes person feel sanoa-
S,,. Tnas IKE he is in the Land of -.
y Wnen ne is really in the State,~
=. Tue most important stations in ~.
Ssaee ana1rs, at this season of the vea~ 80
Mnen me General Assembly is in -
s.9n. tne mountain boys are in era.e
evidence. Many Of them hold -;
lions as o1ncials of the Lesislaturo
10 Deg1n with, there's Governor Tsn.,,.
GFalg' governor sounds gaodl > =
l[o1seVdlle. But after all it's abo,It .,sT.e
otus Sell OF Jackson county eave-
uoss people attach titles to a faI1n,,.
Du1 LOCKE" sounds good enoueb fn,.
ene mountain boys. His private s1,.rs..
e1ly, y. Kerr and his execuFfv.
elerA' GarIand A. Thomason. both han
lEOIh 4AsheV1lle. There's adi,,t.rt
ssaeral Lawrence w. Young. Of Aeha.
vile, but plain Major sonnI1s s.-.s..-
- tne noys who have known him -. :
Ldong time. They insist nov. -. =
caItlng him Major, although he hoI-I-
- !. IA ortant station in the Tniais.s.,-
.ll4alrs ct Nonth Carolina
Ne1t~e comes Commissions Of r,,,,,.-
ana tE1lltta N Il -SfiIOrnan ffs TS5s.s;.
loersonv1lle, of course. Well fha,7 -
handle part of his name is naiel,5 -.
some times they call him ssCorrnse.
s1oner Sh1pman, but you bet 1o,,r ~.
we mountain boys know his real nay.a-.,
ana they certainly don't fail fo addr.e-
nam as Mitch" He is known 4, 49,,
nook and corner of that mount1s..
country and whenever a mountainea-
wants something in Raleigh he mah~-
line for "Mitch's" Office fov. -
able writer has said of him "All do,-.--
SWING open at his approach and m
olmcuIt1es vanish away when he go
OUT TO accomplish a fhinu0 ~
though he is native of western Norf1,
carolina, this does not mean that ~.
warm personal friends are linaitea =.
that section of the S.ate, for his ir1,,1-
ence as a State officer and able neyr~-
paper man is not limited to the e,,T.
lines Of the State.
Corporation Commissioner w IT,
OF Waynesvil1e, is also a favorfta
among the mountain boys, all of whom
adore him.
MISS Meta Adams, of Waynesvflle. N
assistant clerk to the Corporate
Commission.
The names of the members of 4s-
General Assembly from the Tenth Co.
gressional District have been oivem
nom week to week in the columns -
the Democrat and the readers are A.
qua1nted with the work of the -
makers. Western North Carolina -.
claim to several officers of the leeial~-.
ture. e. e. Norvell, of Murphy. -
been enrolling clerk for several -
slons. w. j. Jenkins. of Leathern,na
Macon county, is assistant enroIIfnc
clerk. r. Otis Self is somewhat ) -
ture in the General Assembly. He -
Deen serving in one capacity or anoth-
CT LOT severaI sessions and this year he
was reelected to the important v6af-
ton of principal clerk of the senate
Wn1ch place he filed with such Taa1.1sr-
ed efficiency two years ago tha aan--
TORS just felt it imperative to return
him to his old seat. "Ottis." thew ra11
nim. is right there with the goods al
right and by reason of his conrterv
and cordialfty, to say nothing Of hi1
S6HAE0TR
and Representatives. who in tIefr
daily search for legislative matters
have learned to know him well. ~
Sell comes from Webster, Jacksom
county From that place also come
Tom Moore, an assistant clerk in the
House. M d. Kins1and, of Wayne1-
vile, by reason of his popularity and
ef11ciency has been returned to the
Office of engrossing clerk for fhe
House. In his Office are Miss Minnie
Boyd. of Waynesville, and Miss Mae
Jones, of Ashevf1le, whose work cor
sist mostly in engrossing bills and rea-
oIutions.
II. B. Williams, of Stocksville, Bun
combe county. is clerk to the finance
committee Of the House.
Harold Bolich, son of Representa-
tive Bolich, of Saluda, Polk county. -
page in the House, while Victor Huh
bard, of Murphy, is 1aborer OF the
Senate.
The writer, of recent years adopteG