Southern good roads . can, of Carteret county. The commission organized on March the thirty-firstaud elected ]\Ir. AV. S. Fallis as State Highway Engi-neer. It will be of interest to the people of the state toknow something of the personnel of this importantCommission. Below is given a brief sketch of its mem-bers. GOVERNOR LOCKE CRAIG. Locke Craig. Governor of North Carolina, ex-otficio chairman of the State Highway Commission, was born in Bertie county. August 16, 1860. He was graduated with honor from the University of North Carolina in 1880 and after completing his law course at the samein
Southern good roads . can, of Carteret county. The commission organized on March the thirty-firstaud elected ]\Ir. AV. S. Fallis as State Highway Engi-neer. It will be of interest to the people of the state toknow something of the personnel of this importantCommission. Below is given a brief sketch of its mem-bers. GOVERNOR LOCKE CRAIG. Locke Craig. Governor of North Carolina, ex-otficio chairman of the State Highway Commission, was born in Bertie county. August 16, 1860. He was graduated with honor from the University of North Carolina in 1880 and after completing his law course at the sameinstitution, located at Asheville in 1883 for the practiceof his profession. In 1892 he was the democratic elec-tor for the (then) Ninth Congressional District, and in1896 was named Elector at large. In 1898, while can-vassing in the eastern jiart of the state, he was nomi-nated by the democrats of Buncombe county for thelegislature and was elected by a majority of sevenhundred. Tliis was the General Assembly which pro-. GOVERNOR LOCKE CRAIG posed to tile people of the state the suffrage amend-ment to the constitution, and ilr. Craig was recognizedas one of the most influential and fearless leaders inthe advocacy of this In 1900 he was re-elected to the legislature by an in-creased majority in a campaign which will be longremembered by the mountain people as the fiercestand most exciting ever conducted in that section. In 1903 Air. Craig Ijecame a candidate for UnitedStates senator, in which contest he made a most cred-itable showing. In 1912 he became Governor of North Carolina andin his campaign speeches he stressed the urgent nec-essity of building and maintaining good roads. Gov-ernor Craig realized the great need of the state in thisdirection and, through the magic of his oratory, un-doubtedly advanced the good roads cause in the manysections where he addressed large numbers of people. During his administration he has stood for bettermethods of road building and ma
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