Southern good roads . of his fervent, matchless eloc[uenceon Davidsons hard-headed Dutchmen Init it availednothing. They were fearfully sot in their ways andwhen the election day came the voters rose up in theirmight and wrath and fearful was the slaughter. Thel)ond issue was overwhelmed by a vote of more than2 to 1. In all the length and breadth of the big countyof Davidson there could be mustered only a little morethan voters who favored the bond issue. All ofthe rest of them were against progress, satisfied withthings as they were and against everything that madefiu progress. 1 found
Southern good roads . of his fervent, matchless eloc[uenceon Davidsons hard-headed Dutchmen Init it availednothing. They were fearfully sot in their ways andwhen the election day came the voters rose up in theirmight and wrath and fearful was the slaughter. Thel)ond issue was overwhelmed by a vote of more than2 to 1. In all the length and breadth of the big countyof Davidson there could be mustered only a little morethan voters who favored the bond issue. All ofthe rest of them were against progress, satisfied withthings as they were and against everything that madefiu progress. 1 found it interesting to watch the voters on thatfamous day when the cohorts of King ilud playedhaxoc with the little baud of heroes who stood for bet-ter things. The town people were for the bonds most-ly, except a few who felt that the towns of the countywere already . Scene on the State Central Highway in Davidson County, N. C, Constructed by Henderson & Morrow. A Perfect TopSoil Road, in Front of the Old Hayden Place, now Owned by Sheriff Shaw and Postmaster Finch, Lexington, N. C. September, 1915 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS
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