The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-02
Lexington Bank Backs Him UP
as To$1O 600 For David
son County
FOR THE ROAD BUILDING
Lexington Man Declares All
The Trouble Is With Fourth
Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eraI Blakeslee Who He De-
cIares Does Not Stay In His
Office and Do Business

OIttCc dIlu UU OUSIlGSS
Lexington, May 30.-In reference
to the Wrangle over the Fedora Aid
Fund for bodybuilding in North Car
Dina. Mr.. H. b. Warner. chairman
Of the Central Highway Association,
has issued the following statement:
Il ave read with much interest
the stories sent out by the Washing
ton correspondents in the last few days
in reference to the Federal govern
ment's $4,000 appropriation to as
sist in the construction of the Post
Road in Davidson county, wherein
Lexington and Thomasville townships
jointly agreed to cover same with
$4,000. am not connected off,
cially with the road work in either
township. but | am chairman Of the
Central Highway Of North Carolina"
Of which this Davidson county Post
Road is a link: therefore, l have been
and am still deeply interested in the
Federal appropriation which was
designated by Governor Craig to assist
in building the link in Davidson and
Mcdowell counties. l have made a
humble Of visits to the officials in
Washington and written a great num-
Der Of letters in reference to the mat
ter, all at my own expense for the
good of the cause.
Certain parties have attempted to
make the impression that Davidson
county's funds were not available.
which is absolutely untrue as the fol-
lowing letter from Mr.. George W.
Mount Castle, president Of the Bank OF
Lexington, will show:
dated Lexington, n. c.. May 20,
1914. and addressed % Hon. J.. l.
Blakeslee, Fourth Assistant Postmas-
ter General, Washington, D. c.. it
reads:
From the Washington CORE
spondence in the morning papers
there seems to be some misunder-
standing as to the Davidson coun-
ty money to cover the amount
promised by your department. l
will state for your information
that the road trustees Of Lexing-
ton and ThOmasville townships
made all arrangements with our
bank for this $40, 600 IN February
2, 1914, n we have been ready
to the $4,000 promised by
the government any day since.
: We ave not asked them for
, their notes, but notes are to be
!, given the day the money is de-
!, sired and we wish you to know
: this money is forthcoming at any
> time wanted.
Il have not only done everything
$3.50 So0Ao Nv ~ oSSAl l1C dDOIO
r priation for the Davidson and Nc
Dowell counties, but when it was dis
covered in March that the Winston
0 MISUNDERSTANDING appropriation
had been lost On account of the fac
that their preliminary eports hal
not been made out correctly or sen
to the Washington officials in time
at the request of Capt. p. H. Hanes
| went to Winston and spent a da,
Q assisting him in making out his re
ports. and later went to Washington
0 and did my best to nave this appro
prlatiOn restored | am very sia,
4 that it was restored. Since that tim
he government engineer has report
ed on that o and fnds thai it vii
take 500 600 to build it, and the
need more money than the origina
; appropriation. 1t now appears fron
the Washington correspondence an,
a other Information at hand that the
are attempting to take Davidso
IS county's $4,000 appropriation. an
thereby get the entire $50. 900 avail
: able government money for the Wiz
le-Statesviile' road. TIL
d is a keen dlsa appointment to me. as
IS did not think they would treat US i
n such ar ungrateful manner
There has never been any Serior
d trouble about securing the local ar
h preparation in any Of these counties I
D cover the governments approximation
The trouble has largely been in tn
re office of the Fourth Assistant Pos
master General. who, unfortunatei-
ct for the best interests Of the servic
er spends very little time in his office
"A. Washington The work Of his depar
ne ment is conducted largely by .holt
over Republicans under the civ
Service system. and these Panuh,
he cans naturally are hostile to the IRE
ne ent administration and they ha,
made 1t as unpleasant as possible r,
the officials in North Carolina MY
NJ nave ATTEMPTED to secure this fun
These Republican Civil Service 90