French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-05-11
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

roads (not good roads I'm name only(,
lcould he made fairly satisfactory pro-
lvided they are properly maintained
This however, must be done systemat-
5ically and scientifically, and l know or
mo- better way than the patrol system
Now Mr.. Patton, / will pay my re-
lspects Ito your remarkable statement
hbout he ledge of rock on the NC
lDoweT road near Bat Cave. You say
nv statement Gin regard to this rock
is. as lust, as trua. as any statement |
thSve made, that cit is a fair sample
I'm other words you say in~ferentially, II
INV statement is true, then every thing
else Ehave said is true because Mt is
Ia fair sample" Thentf I5provelimy
statement to be; true you admit all !
Ihave said is true and tat your state
Iment is absolutely falae. Now listen.
The secretary of the rRad club states
the Total cost -%of putting the road
Through this particular, cliff, including
the cost of dynamite furnished by the
county, and full pay for all labor, was
about $4,000.
Is this enough? If not just go over
to Bat Save. and ask tie people about
it. They alL know and will not only
tell you @abodt this, but will tell.tyou
also that not one foot of this road from.
bat Cave to the Mcdowell line, a dis
Etanee of q Ia miles, is built on your
survey. They say the only thing you
did in assisting them to locate the road
was to look over their proposed route
and condemn it. 3Your Rdrvey was up
one SHE OF the mount nhoH a s. per
scen&grade, and down the other side on.
a 6 per cent grade. The road as ac=.
Itually built parallel with your survey
Averages about 8 per cent, and thesdis1'
lance is less than one-hRlf- that of your
proposed rQuta You Aestimated the.
cost of removing the ledge of rock
would be $1,000. 1t was removed for
1872. Does this look like You are a
.practicaf engineer or an expert road
builder? You give yourself a lot of
praise for helping the+good people
through the cliff, when you certainly
must have known this road was com
.pfeted- tTroughthe- ledge months before
the chain gang went to Bat Cave. The
gang did a lot of good work on other
parts of this road for which these peo-
pie are duly grateful, but the convicts
never touched this special ledge OF
rock in question, except with their
1CCI III pdSSAuS OFC1 " oAu IhSA4
work. These people spent consider
able time in removing the rock cliff"
which was allowed to fall in the river.
forcing the water out ofits bed which
you say you did Talk about misstatE
ing factsE Who has hfsstated sthesA
facts MI. Patton, you or 1? Let the
people of Bat Cave, Broad River and
Bald Mountain decide it.
You seem to think l don't know any
thing about that section of the county.
Why, Press, l was born and raised
there. l know those people and they
know me, and whe6 YOU attemptsto tell
them about me you are barking up the
wrong persimmon> tree. 4.
Il repeat, Mr.. Hudgins, that Sour
statement in regard tQsthis roads, as,
just, as true, as ang5statemenE you1
have made in regard to my wdMks in
Henderson county. 1t is a fair sam
pie" How does that read to you now
Eli. Patton. Don't you wish you had
not said it II am sorryif for you, YOU
have my sympathy in a way. You
viii know better mex time. So Fare
thee well Bro. Watkins,
= =. ~ s. H. HUDGTNS