Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-02-27
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transferred to sylvia. The battle has
been won except the ballots have not
been cast. Representative Wilkes bill,
providing for an election in Jackson
county to decide upon moving the
county seat, is now a law with the ex
ception of a little amendment in which
the House of Representatives have to
concu before the bill is ratified. It
has certainly been q strenuous fight
and a somewhat interesting one as the
matter has received no little publicity.
For many years the question Of NOV
ing the county seat to Sylvia, only two
or 8. miles from Webster, has caus-
ed black political clouds to gather in
the skies and make the outcome Of
elections quite uncertain. Various eff
forts have been made to get a bill
through the Legislature providing for
the removal, but all efforts were of no
avail. Representative Wikie on the
beginning of the fight said that he was
not a staunch supporter of the bill,
but those opposed to it 1rem some hot
shots into his political camp and he
just had to get off the fence and take
one side of the question or the other.
He decided to support the bill. and his
position was criticised on the floors of
the House and Senate by those oppos-
ing the bill, but the House of Represen-
tatives and finally the Senate clearly
INDICATED him. Various. tactics were
resorted to in the House in the form
of amendments, but the bill finally got
through. In the Senate, where Senator
IIonnoh Ho ah1u n C1i1&o1 ~ e,,~oarRsn-
the bill, there were some warm argu-
ments for ndEagainst the proposition.
1t is not often that Representatives
and Senators are opposed on local
measures as they were in this instance.
Senator Hannah offered an amendment
providing for the purging of the regis
tration books. The amendment was a.
dopted and the bill passed by the SEN
ate. The amendment will doubtless
be concurred in by the House.
The election will be held next
summer. A majority of the qualified
voters must vote for the removal be-
fore the county seat can be made in
Sylvia. In the event of removal Sylvia
guarantees to donate the site for the
public buildings and to pay $4,000 to-
ward the construction of a new court
house and jail and also indemnify the
widows of Webster to the full extent
of the depreciation of their property
by reason Of removal of the county
seat.
The bill providing for the election
has been followed up by n introduc-
ed by Senator Hannah, providing for
the levying of a special tax by the
authorities of Sylvia and the. issuing Of
$15, 900 for the purpose of purchasing
a site, helping to erect the county build
ings, etc.
Only one bill applying especially to
Henderson county was introduced dur
ing the past week, this being a one by
Representative J. P. Patton for the re-
lief of Tax Collector v. c. v. Shepherd
authorizing him to collect taxes for a
number of years past.
The bill over which Hendersonv1lle
people have been 1aboring and SQUAD
bling for some time, relative to revis-
ing the town charter, has been receiv-
ed and will be introduced during the
early part of the week. 1t is believed
that the bill contains a very objection
able snag in that it provides for the
removal of the grave yards in the
town of Hendersonville. 1t is feared
that this provision will be haunted by
ghosts before the bill reaches the other
shore.
Representative Beaver introduced
during the past week several bills Of
interests of Pennsylvania county. Upon
petition of two thirds of the voters
of Brevard he introduced a bill provid-
ing for a $25 900 bond issue for road
improvements. The bill provides for
the safe and economical expenditure of
the money.
OF interest to the farmers in the
section affected is the bill for the bet
ter drainage of a certain section Of Up
per Little River.
Representative Beaver has a bill pro-
viding for a non-partisan board of ed
ucation in Pennsylvania county. 1t
appoints DR.. w. A. LYDIA Of Penrose az
a member of the board for a term OF
six years.
Another bill by MI. Beaver extends
the corporate limits of the town of Ros
maon. Another provides for the paw
ing of streets in Brevard. Mr.. Deav-
err has also introduced a bill to pro-
vide for an election on the question Of
issuing township road bonds. Before
an election can be called it must be
asked for by fifty per cent of the quail
fed voters of the township.
A bill introduced by Representative
Beaver provides for an election on tht