A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING Of AMEilGAN HOMIIS AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
VOi-
BURLINGTON. N. C., FEBKUARY 23, 1910.
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I! ONLY AN EXPERT JIIG-
OLER, BUT A PROFESSIONAL
SlOE STEPPER AS WELL
Qu esteemed contemporary, the News, in order to show its ap-
prec) ition for the favor of being awarded the contract to publish
the t iunty exhibit and feeling that it had not rendered proper ser
vice -or value received, rushed into a comparison of expenditures
[iv ti ? Republican and Democratic county administrations just at a
time A hen everything was quiet and ^aceful, and our citizens
^ert pursuing the even tenor of their way, little dreaming of
toun .Y politics, much less publicly discussing them. But the hog
»,i!l eturn to his mire and the dog to his vomit. So with the Edi
tor c' the News, he must return to his juggling lest the pen refuse
to d( his bidding, and his hand would lose its cunning. Did the
KeN'. feel that the Democratic county administration needed a lit
tle 1> 'osting at this particular time in order to hide its many short
comi jgs? and is this why it opened the campaign so early? If it
ijid, .'.e want to say the people are aware of the cold deal given
then in the location of macadam roads by the administration you
are t ying to boost, and they are on to the juggler as well. You may
not f rid it so easy to get them to blindly believe all that you say in
iture. as you have in the past, and above all, the people of
county believe in, and love fair play. You may obscure
iCts by muddying the waters and deceive them once, as you
liie last campaign, but have a care for the future. The tax
^ tif this county are last learning that the figures have been
;(i Upon them, and they will render their verdict at the prop-
we called upon theNews to say if this ^ co^t and to answra Merit Bootted anaiUc»nl*Slnjied
yes or no, and Without even a blush, the _ » »
paper, he answered no, and this is tJss opy t]]i|il!that he hjis come mi"*" aquarter of a centtii^
near tlie truth, for which we connnenSihii^^Bett once than World Almanac has fe^n
never, but even then he refered us bu(r|^j^'K[s"^rst false statement splashing rerards in maintaining
$23,9^.01. We are glad for our neigiiiio^s sake that the Iord is the information of the la>nd in a
not dealing out the same kind of pun ifchjheht that He dealt out to ^®st admirable manner. Its ac-
Aninias, and Saphias in the days of old, and the fact that he is curacy has been vouched for by
not may be responsible for our neighbor’s reckless statements. j thousands—yes, ihiilibijs, ahd it
Now let's see from the juggler's fibres just how much | itself the "wfell d4-
the Democratic board did spend the first of their administra-1 position among reference
saisry
tion. Here is what he says himself, iet^s see; if we can get him
stick to his own figures.
STATEMENT OF EYPENDITUl^IlS POIl 1909 SPENT BY
DEMOCRATIC B0^RD.
HOME OP AGED AND mFlKM.
Simon Thompson, Supt. 3 months
J. H. Tarpley, Supt. 9 months
Inmates Account
Outside Poor
Work House
ROADS
W. N. Thompson, Supt. 12 months
General Road Account
to
$75.00
225.00
1,555.42
1,147.79
6,407.69
safciry
f
ight: We guarantee
ice time. Mrs Tap-
illy does everything
:hat our friend Har-
of Union Ridge,
of his mail wagon
all on account of that
[by Jit his house. Con-
1 brother W’alker, and
[for the little lady.
Ickv.ith, of No. 2 went
IChatham county on a
Ita\ ed so long that
k-tc-n got uneasy and
|novr if brother Beck-
Bt, strayed, or stolen.
I hat he was just stray-
Ican't lose a Chatham
and no one would
til him. So he was
He v»nll come back.
|.am county neople are
wish we had some
|m up here.
F. D. Ko. 9.
ie Belle Sanford en-
lite a number of her
ler home on the even-
fth by giving them an
idy party which they
I very much.
|v^ Long is pending a
[ith her brother, Peter
J Elon '^ollege.
Ion Walker is still at
lospital and is slightly
Inks Quakenbush is
at this writing,
lie (jreeson has been
Ibut is improving
^ms last week in
C. Ingle’s house, i
o was going to build s
ise on the George Holt
^^hen I should hav«
house.
Irgaret Moser died la'
Tter a year’s il-ness.
THEY
GONE.
pUNA.
,;ie
Aia
the i.
did i
tl' UlVic'.
Thv Republican party is not ashamed of its past record in Ala-
liiciiK' cuunty affairs, and it welcomes a campaign of education and
iiubli }ty* Every man, woman and child of school age Inthiscoun-
is iamiliar with the Republican record, and if the Ne\ys vdll
eoiiti ue its juggling a little while longer, they will be familiar
'^ith he party the News represents. Now if the News wanted to
be ^'aii' with its readers and the Repubhcan party, why didn't it
sek'Ci the first year of the Republican adrainistraaon to compare
with ;he first year of the Democratic administration? But when
ii cor .es to politics the News does not know the moral code of
faimtss, therefore it selects the last year of the Republican county
admii istration and tries to compare it with the first year of the
Democratic administpation. -The News knows, and so does every
payer in the county that these two years are not a fair com-
ptunst n, because the floods came (which no one could control) and
Washi-j away a large number of bridges and displaced many others,
and if: this year the Republicans were compellied to spend the sum
oi thi; r«en thousand, eight hundred and seventy-nine dollars and
thirty four cents for bridges, whereas the Democratic board last
year oly spent two thousand, two hundred and forty-eight dollars
and sixty six cents for bridges, a difference in favor of the repvib-
iicans of eleven thousand, six hundred and thirty-one dollars and
eightt en cents. Then is this a fair comparison ? We say no, and
our farmer friends regardless of party who live in the country and
hav{; :c> travel over these bridges will say no, and no amount of
juggii’.g the News can do will make them believe otherwise. The
last y^ ar of the Republican administration there was held two elec
tions, iind the expenses of these two elections was twelve hundred
and ei/hiy-two dollars and fifty cents. The first year of the
Democratic administration there was no general elections, and the
eiectiorj expenses was only f6.60 making a difference of twelve
hundred and seventy-five dollai’s and ninf'ty cents in favor of the
Repul :icans. In these two items alone, and over which the Re-
pabiicc.ns had no control, the Republicans had to spend twelve
’ihou}?.!]id, nine hundred and seven dollars and eight cents more
than i r e Democrats. The election had to be held and the bridges
had It be built, or let the rural citizens ford the streams at the
'iik o: their lives. In this instance as in all others the Republican
party net the situation like men. This heavy drain upon the
coanti, finances made it necessary to boirow nine thousand dollars,
ana \Yi .en the Dispatch asked the News what was done with the
ten th rusand dollars borrowed from the highway commission, the
News a vs they paid off the nine thousand dollar debt of the Re-
l ublioi .ns, but "it tui*ns out that instead of borrowing only ten
thousa id dollars which we charged them with, the Democrats
had bi.-rrowed eleven thousand dollars, ten thousand^ from the
highway commission and one thousand from one of +heir own, Mr.
E. Lot J/, making eleveri.thousand dollars to pay off a nine thousand
dollar iebt, contracted by the republicans. Just how much more
they h ive borrowed no one but the Juggler knows. Now will the
News iandly tell the tax payers of Alamance county just why they
had to borrow eleven thousand dollars to pay a nine thousand dol
lar delt. No juggling this time, come clean for once in your life
and te;j the plain naked truth. The old chestnut that it was used
to pay off Republican debts won't go any more, that stale yarn is
worn thread bare. .
Tt;e nine thousand dollar debt due the Bank of Alamaece is all
your exhibit, published in your own paper shows existed, and that
lias been account^ for, what did your board do with the other two
thousand? TWs is what the tax payers want to know, and they
want t he expert juggler and professional side stepper to tell them.
They leel that you have given the matter considerable study in
your efforts io juggle the figures satisfactory, and therefore you
are m a tetter position to tell them than any one else. They have
a syspicion that since this matter has been under discussion that
pc-ssil iy a consultation has been held and that you have been al
lowed to look at the books, a privilege that the rest of us do not
tnjoy, Is this suspicion well founded, or will you side step the
Question ? In this connection the Dispatch desires to say that it is
in this controversy against its will, because we prefered to eschew
politics until a more convenient season, but we do not allow any
or paper to make such a reckless statement as made by the
Kew« to go unchallenged, and we propose to pursue this subject
until the News acknowledges in words or acte that the figures
na\e i)een purposely juggled to suit the occasion. So lay it on
Medici' and d-m-d be he who first cries hold enough.
*'0w the News says that the total expenditures by the Repub
lican !)oard the last year of their administration, for the year 1908
^as K if), 144.27, and the total expenditures by the Democrats the
' ’ ’ ear of their administration for the year'09 was $23,928.01. Now
was the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,
thf!! he Dispatch would shut up like a clam, but it is wholly false
'-id ! it only wholly false, but malisciously false, and the person
it knew it false when he made it. We have prefered here-
’ -^1 to call it juggling, but when the attention of the News
.0 the error and an opportunity given for a correction, which
' i'orih coming, but a re-iteration of the same false state-
t.'ien the situation called for stronger terms, and we shall
-i'tatG to use them. The Dispatch charged the Democrats
Patterson Township
Coble Township
Boone Township
Morton Township
Faucette Township
Albright Township
Newlin Township
Thompson Township
Melville Township
Pleasant Grove
Burlington Township
Haw River
■ 0:
600.00
1,987.25
64.93
66.19
119.39
120.62
132.95
108.44
336.96
247.67
310.49
111.92
741.73
9.53
2,248.23
2,884.^6
867.33
3.91
1,075.58
14.00
6.60
142.67
697„85
1,618.21
6,333.33
9,000.00
2,9^. 00
Bridges
Superior Court
Jail
Small Pox
Listing and making Tax lists
Pension Poard : '
Election .
Interest on County Notes
Commissioners Court '
Miscellaneous
Amount paid, interest county bonds
Amount paid National Bank of Graham :
Amount paid Ac’t's past due and presented at 1st meeting
Amount paid paid on road leading foom Glencoe road to
Big Falls 685.00
Total | $ 42^874.34
This does not include the amouTi; I Ibaned out on sinking fund,
although this is an expenditure so fa? as th^^ board is concerned, as
this money is not supposed to ever cojiie back into their hands for
general purposes. What does the juirgler say to this? Did 'the
Dernoc-ratic board disburse why- did you
say they only spent $23,928,01? If ^ not disbwrse thi^
money, then the debts made by the Republicans have riot been
paid off, and why did you say they iuitl? If false in one false in
all, is the English maxim. Then ag-aiR^you said that thj Demo
cratic board during its first year loati # out upon the sinking fund
$4,275.00, and when we called for naines, dates and amounts, this
I amount dropped to $3,275.00, a diffof ^hce of one thousand dollars.
Were you juggling in regard to this rtein or were you honestly
mistaken? and if mistaken about th
all the other items? Here is where
rhore. When the Republicans went
out as a sinking fund the sum of $6
lished by the News in the county ex
books which has outclassed every
competitor. Edition ^teredition
has gone to press—the hij^h water
mark of circulation has been
reached—so take wairriing aiid get
a copy today before announeCT
ment is made “out of
1910 edition on all news
25c.; by mail, 35c., west
falo and Pittsburg,
NO* 41
ElON nUfliE WTCS.
stiands,
of Buf-
Attempt Highwity Robbieiy.
Will and Robt. Burch M Spray
who had been visitinjg, their uncley
Mr. Charles Bradsher, neeo* this
city, attempted highwa:y robbery;
on Mr. Bradsher at an early hour
last Sunday morning at the rail
way station here. It appearis
that Mr. Bradsher accompanied
the boys to the station pi*epai^-
tory to their return home and as
they neared the depot, the boys
knew Mr. Bj'adsher had a neat
sum of montsy on his person, they
demaned it, threatening death if
he refused, upon a refusal tocom-
ply with the request, they as^
saulted Mr. Bradsher in a brutal
manner. He received several
ugly gashes about the head and
face inflicted by a knife, whil^
the other boy used an iron rod to
persuade the uncle to part with
his wad. The boys were fright
ened away and are still at l^ge.
Mr. Bradsher had to have medi
cal attention.
you not mistakein about
you have been juggling some
«'Jit of power there were loaned
iOd.OO and the statements pub-
I iifoit shows that there is now
only $7,275.00 or only $1,275.00 more than when the Republicans
went out of power. Now you know rijis is the truth, and will you
please tell the tax payers why you t;r iod to deceive them ini regard
to this item. No juggling or side sl cfiping they are entitled to
know and you should have the manb'j'pB to tell them. Be a man
and admit that you were only juggliirg. they may behave you next
time. Now finally, will you please txiii the tax payers what, your
Democratic board done with the $2,! ;!,>0.00 belonging to the sinking
fund, and paid back to them by the ( Isristian Orphanage at Elon
College. Now of course we do not thkik any of them stok this
money, because they are all supposed to be honorable high
toned gentlemen. But we thought perhaps there were some more
old Republican debts outstanding and that your board had paid
this money out for this purpose. Is this surmise correct, oi; pos
sibly your Democratic board has the lindney now in the trejasury.
Would you mind telling the tax paye!';: the amount of cash in the
treasury at the close of the fiscal year, or when you began: the pub
lication of the county exhibit.
We asked you to tell the tax payej-s how much money was in the
treasury in our issue of the 9th. inst But you side stej»ped the
question, and failed to answer. Surely a party that has been as
economical as you say the present 1 democratic board has been,
and has only spent a few thousand ckiliars for all purposes during
the year 1909, must have loads of money in the treasury. You say
the RepubHcans spent nearly twice as m^jch as the Democii^ts, and
yet the RepubMcans only borrowed nin3 thousand dollars, so wi th the
eleven thousand borrowed by your fcoiird, and the two thousand dol
lars paid back by the Christian Orphanage, makes four thou
sand dollars left to their credit after the Republican debts was
paid. The present board ought to be in fine shape financially. But
we notice that a committee was appointed a few days ago to have a
bridge built across a certain stream at the McBride Holt place, just
as soon as the money was in sight, i s It possible that there is no
money in sight after the extraordinary showing made by your pre
sent board. And that too when the are no old republican debts
to be paid. The total income of the county is $32,^8,34 and the
eleven thousand dollars bi>rrowed, and die two thousand dollars paid
back by the Christian orphanage making a grand total of forty five
thousand two hundred fifty three dollurs and thirty four cents. And
your board according to your own stiitement twice repeated says
that the democratic boardonly spent Sl^, 928,&1 the first year of their
administration, and if this statemeriv was true, which of course it
is not, there would now be in the tr .;astiry the sum of $21,3^. 33 all
of which would be in sight; Will you lellthe tax payera if this
amount is now in the county treasu^t'y, and if not what has become
of it. No side stepping, just give th?f faicts which will be highly
appreciated" by a long waiting publie; Now in conclusion. The
News says that two hundi'ed thous;iod dollars worth of good road
bonds was issued by the repubhcan fci3ar€, the last year of their ad
ministration, and that if we insist in ;'Mrging the amount spent by
the highway commission upon the pulilijc roads of Alamance^ county
to the Democrats the News will chiiige tl^^ with the
good roads bonds. We want to say ;x>r the benefit of the News,
that no good road bonds or any oth'ctf kihd was issued by the iiepub-
* —- lican county administration. ■ The Si'rpvs cannot find any bonds
OOP di ng the Sst year of thei9"administeati^^ p0261,34, and I bearing the names of the repubhca- :oard of county commissions.
Mrs. Tempie Shepherd Dead;
Rev. J. D. Andrew; was called
to Brick church in Guilford coun
ty last Saturday toassist the pas
tor Rev. J. L. Bowers in conduct
ing the funeral of Mrs. Tempie
Shepherd, the wife of elder Abra
ham Shepherd of that con^e^-
tion. Mrs. Shepherd was a'little
past 71 years old and was the
mother of 9 children 6 of whom
are still living. Her maiden name
was WhiteseU and she belonged
to a family of 16 brothers and
sisters. One lone sister, Mrs.
Geo, Coble, of the Mt Hope
neighborhood, still survives heh
Mrs. Shepherd was a most excel
lent woman, faithful to her fam
ily, industrious in her Home and
loyal to her church. She will be
greatly missed by
friends.
Special to tlie IMepatcb.
Elon College, j'eb. 18.—The
college has decided to offer aa
eigHt W^k-^ course to the pub
lic school teachers of the State,
be^nning April 5. This normal
will,be of the chiaracter usually.,
offered in summer teachers insti
tutes, and tejicherd : who avail
thenaselves of this opportunity
hkve every ^vantage of
college life and community. The
library, the re^ng room, the
athletic field, i^e physical culture
course and the lecture rooms will
all be at their disposal There
will be rio charge for instruction
which will be given by the pro
fessors in their respeetiye depart
ments. Only 00 will be charg
ed as an entrant^. fee. State
Superinterident Joy her j Superin
tendent PJerning, of Alahiance
county, and the Supenntendents
of many other cojiiiiies have
given theiir hearty approval to
this, and have a^^ee'd that the
certifice from this normaldepart-
meht may t^e this, place of at
tendance bn the county institutes.
Drs. Joyner and Fleming will de
liver a cojar^e. )f; lectures while
the normal is in process.
The interest in athletics is in
creasing day by day and will
burst into feyer heat when the
new coaeh, Mr. L. L. Hobbs, Jr.,
of Guilford College- shall have
^rrived. Mr. Hobbs is, no strang
er to baseball in N«>rth Carolina,,
and it is expected that he w
eflScient and effective work in the
position to which he has t:^ea
called by the athletic association.
Already several practice games-
of bs^ieball have iai^nifed for the
coihing sea^n. It is not the in
tention of the colleig^ to put out
a, regul^ college team this year,
but to put oat a team which will
play practi^ games with other
institutioris and looking to the
putting out of a regukr colleg;e
team in 1911. Thiis ,decision has
been arrived at after careful
consideration ^ the • evils of pro-
fesiionalism in college ' Athletics,
which will be eliminated from
the team this year. By 1911 the
athletic authorities hope to be
abJfe to put out a winning college
team,, absolutely from prefession-
al players,, which can make sl.
creditable showing with the oth
er college teams of the State.
Hi^raaday-WitUajRis.
The marriage of Thos. L. ttoma-
day and Miss Bessie Mack Wil-
tamiiy and Hams at the Reformed Parsonage
; at 7 p. m. last Wednesday Feb.
16th 1930, come as a surprise to
■ many friends. The cere-
Death 01 Harvey Steele^
Harvey Steele died at the home
of his mother Friday night at 9:- I?*? Rev. J. D- Andrew. Im-
30 after a very severe attack of ^
pneumonia lasting only seven ,« ^
days. Mr. Steele was a young ^opwi s father
man only seventeen years old of l of town- Mr. Horna-
good morals and has many friends ^ successfuV^rmer having
not only in this town but also!
near Mt. Pleasant church wh^rej ^A*«»®^"i^timeagoprep^^
they formerally lived. The funer
al was conducted at the honie by
to his life work. Mfss William's
is the oldest daughter of L. N.
Rev. J. D. Williams burial taking \
place Sunday at Mt. Pleasant
cemetery. He leaves two siistei^
two brothers and a mother to
mourn their loss.
Yisitation b? Bbhop Otiishire.
Right Rev. J. B, Cheshire I). D.
Bishop of North Caroiina will
make nis annual visitation to St
Athanasius Episcopal church on
Monday Feb. 28th, krid Tuesdaj^r
March 1st. Services vriU be held
in the church consisting of even
ing prayer and a sermon hy the
still in the city graded scholols
which position she gave up to ac
cept the mdj-einesponsible position
of mistress in the home.
Death «rf Mr». Banks (jnacfcenhiuii.
Mrs. Banks Quackenbush died
at her home in east Burlington
Monday morning at 7 o'clock and
was buried Tuesday at Pine Hill
cemetery. The funeral service
being conducted by her pastor,
Rev. J. D. Williams, of the Meth
odist Protestant chiurcl^ at onife
o’clock Tuesday. Mrs. Quacken-
Bishop onjlonday mi^^^^ bush Was 36 years of age. She'
* 4. „ „ leaves a hushand and cme chiM^^
Spend an hour of pl^isure/and
recreation at the Grotto.
and celebration of the Holy Copi-
munion Tuesday morning a.t 11
o’clock confirmation will be ad
ministered at both services.
The good road bonds were authorized by the voters of Alamance
county during the republican administration. But were not sold
and the money received there until ifter the i*epubliean went out
of power. The News who claims to know so much ab6ut Alamance
county finances should have known thi^ which we suspect it did.
But would not admit it for fear that this fact would interfere with
it j uggling arrangments. Now, in conclusion. Will - the News tell
the tax payers of this county if it ever heard bf fifty thousand dol
lars worth of bonds being issued by Alamance county; and what
party was in power, how lohg they had been inv poWer; and for
what pilrpose was the bonds issued, and what waa' done - with the
money? No juggling, no side stepping. - If you will tell this and
tell it straight, it may help you regain your lost prestige aaused by
your expert juggling trick;
He juggled in and he juggled out, but with Whis’lu^lin he
couldn’t get out.
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