Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-02-18

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one whose name he can piua NH III,
testify exactly to the confrarvAincl',d.
ing the authorities who eovarn -asd
pulloing TOT u Uncle Sam. Mr.. Hud-
sInS Is a gentleman who is usually
Oroau-mlnded in considering public
questlons and | am sure that upon
renectlon n Investigation he will
reverse himself OF this question.
FaFOEs Industrial Tax.
concerning the proposed tax for adj
Vertlslng the city I have to saw: the
city Of Hendersonville has been ad.
Vertlsed through certain published
newspaper, periodical and booklet
channels for a number of years mostly
at the expense OF a few public sniritad
cltlzens who have gone down into
their individual pockets and contrihT.
tea HDerally of their private means to
advertlse the community, while the
~cltlzensR1p as a whole, gets the bene-
Mt OF the results achieved at no cost
TO them whatever. We might have
the most beautiful city in the State.
the most healthful climate and the
most fertile soil in Western North
Carolina, but how are people who do
not live here to know it? It must be
published abroad and the only way TO
publish the facts SO as to reach the
class OF people to whom we wish to
appeal is to advertise on q high class
scale, and to do this costs money.
Why should not the people who are
TO oeneht by this advancement oftha
public welfare help to pay the cost?
No n with even a zone cylinder
heald would undertake to say that adj
vertising does not pay, and If it is adj
mltted that it pays TO advertise" ler
us advertise and let everybody help to
pay o 1t. But if we are going to adj
yertlse let us advertise on a high-class
scale-cheap advertising is worse
than none at all. If as Mr.. Hudgins
says, our advertising matter is to be
piled away at different places with.
tons and tons of other such stuff all
over the country" then let us do no
advertising at all, for such folly would
deserve the just condemnation of an
outraged community. But why should
it be piled away? There are hum
dreds of channels through which high
class advertising can be distributed at
small cost, after it is printed, and by
which it will reach the people we want
to interest. It is, ridiculous to say
that we should spend our means Oh
fixing up and making the premises
look attractive, as O. means of adver-
Using, to attract the outsider. That is
a-mere matter of self -preservationlr
If we don't attract another soul to our
town other than those whom we have
with N now We have got to Elk up
and keep the premises looking attrac-
now from neglect and decay, and if
do FIX, UP. and keep the premises
in attractive" shape so as to appeal
to the outsider Why5not tell him about
it. And If it is q good thing to tell
the world about 1t why should we not
all tell it or help pay the cost of tell
ing it?
& Speaking for myself, 1 am for the
tax"
EIe E. w. EwBANK.
Mr.. Hudgins FaHOrs JudicioUs AdTer-
Using and Road Building but OBJ
jects to. Sand-gIay Construction.
Editor, Democrat:
Commenting on my article dated
I'D you said you did not
know. that expert opinion was unfav-
orable to sand-clay roads, and that
you are inclined to believe them to
be the proper thing for good service
at small cost.
i see that you are laboring under
the same delusion affecting so many
others, viz; that good, serviceable,
roads can be built here
without mourning the usual expense
incident to such work. ServiceaEle
roads can be built in some
sections of the State where condi-
lions are different, and favorable to
such construction, but not here. When
we build good, serviceable roads here.
we certainly will pay for them in pro-
portion to their value. You say let
us refrain from criticism until we
shall have tested sand-clay for a year
at least. What about the Edneyyille
road. which was sanded years ago,
and thoroughly sanded again about
years ago? And what about the
Flat Rock road, which was sanded
every year for three years, n thor
worked in? And the brag
mile near the Observation-Disclosures
line. on the Asheville road built and
sanded just right over two years ago.
What has been the condition of these
roads Mr.. Editor, both last winter
and this? / never believed in sanded
to start with in this section,
it does seem to me that the pres
ent and past condition of roads sand
two and three years ago is enough
to u the most enthusiastic advo-
cate of the method "to begin to think
more seriously on this subject" now.
Let's Think Seriously.
If there has ever been a >sand-clay
road constructed in Western North
Carolina under such methods as arc
being advocated and employed In
Henderson county that is any sort OF
a c this winter, / would like to
know where is it. Yes, Brother