The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1921-05-10
Observer Sees the Beautiful
Painting. The Man of Gallilee
The Minister'S Farerel After 25 Years OF Service; A
Tribute TO the Late Samuel T. Holrie; Neglect
of Roads is the Most Incredible Folly
Nv OBSERVER.
San Antonio. Texas, MAY Sixth.


ally for short time. the thing that
most impressed ne was the fact that
his attitude toward life seemed TO BE-
as simple and sincere and unspoiled
as when he was a school boy. He was
always kind and gentle in his manners
and in his thoughts. never seemed
ruflled or disturbed. and from
school boy assumed a serious Vel sial-
pie persistence in going about the AZ
fairs OF life that madt him different
from nearly every bOy and most 1.
ihaut the Automobile TAX.
see that the StatcsVillr l.anu..asA
SAYS thar esery owner Of an aUtoMo-
Die who PAYS his own license TAX
ought 40 make himself a committee
81 oue is report those people who un
ears without license tags or with
those ont ot date. or With spurious
dealers tags Not only would this be
a gooG idea in regard To the viola
lions OF the license laws, but OF the
traffic laws and all others. Yet II
one were 10 do this he would be con
sidcred meddler II not traitor. II
is a singular fact that the average
man considers il none OF his business
who violates the law. and most men
let their SyIupathies run towards
person who is caught in violation o.
The small and petty laws, II not OF ihe
mere serious ones. More people VIII
take sides against the officers IN cases
OF otfenses that do not touch them
personally than viii sympaihize Win
the officers. \ traveller who spent
ions time IN China told me that the
Chinese are different. In their prim-
uNe customs there is no place Tor po-
Hcemeu. Ii person IS seen to NO
late a law or custom those nearest TO
nina at the time seize him and forth
with carry aim before the magistrate
au tell what he did So deep is the
reverence for law that an bystanders
feel themselves acgritFed II law Is
violated In their presence. 1t Is a
lane way from that in America,
Money Wasted on Roads.
Ills d b. hoped that whatever has
been gaiutd IN the pa Tor road I'M
proycMeut I'm Union county viii not
for any reason whatever he allowed
To De lost. It's funny how We DO
things. We will start out in great
nj to accomplish somothlus, ana iheh,
II eyefythin- does not 90 along as
smoothly and successfully as had been
expected. everybody gets in a FUNK
and either runs backward or stands
sin few years ago everybody was
talking about permanent roads. MI
IL 4 Page came ont in notable ar
ticle and showed that no roads Were
permanent Since that time publle
attention has seemed 10 be directed
towards the matter OF road mainte-
nance. Half the money that has been
expended in North Carolina Tor ROAD
Improvement has been lost by com
pleting roads an dthen turning them
Loose 10 wear out and wash away
without a lick OF upkeep for years, II
IS astonishing how much OF TINS mas
been done. and it has taken place IN
, every county in the State where ROADS
, have been built. | recall at the mo-
I. ment that drove over the first SAND
clay roads of our section in Scotland
: county. They were new and fine La
ter | did the same in CASTOR county
! and stin later in Davidson county
! Since that time | have been over th'
= same roads and they were about as
! bad as before any work had beer
done. Every one will recall simlla'
oxperieuces Surely Union count!
: people win not be guilty Of the inered
lille folly Of throwing away from mere
!. neglect, what has already been gam
!. ed. Good roads have got to be main
i, tanned some time, or else the mex
!, generation will move out Of the coun
: tv and il will sink to the poorest lev
; el of the unprogressiye sections oil th''
; state. There is no other end posi-
Bile.