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J 1 J Moell Bro&rPwpfetWCr (T'l u-i ii-i ii Vi urn miin f.i -t ' - -r" , t 1' If VOL. XXX ROXBORO, QimC(M0IIHrn If Hl-l$13n'- . ; V - ,-M!&a rr BOND ISSUE FOR IMPROVED ROADS. ? Realizing that there are vari ous objections to the present oad law as passed by the last session of the legislature, togeth er with several gentlemen friends of the road law in its present shape, I went before the Count v Commissioners on Monday isi inst., and requested them to take no action looking to the tailing of an election at this time Having no interest in the mat ter of improvement of the public , - ' fc .4-' ' roads except Jn common uwith every other citizen of the coun ty, and being desirous of obtain ing the views ol our people tof gether with their co-operation in perfecting the bill, in order that each citizen may to the full est extent have a voice in the matter, I suggest that the peo ple take the matter in their own hands, as there wili be an extra session of the legislature called not later than next . January. If the people will take hold of the matter, discuss it among them selves, hold township meetings, and before the extra seession meets have a mass meeting of the people of the county, I shall be perfectly willing and glad to offer any amendments to V the present bill that they may agree upon. X?! There are objections to the. amount of thebpnd;e think it is not enougn and 'oth ers too much. Fix the amount yourselves gentlemen. ' Some object to the present High Way Commission and the manner in which they are select ed; it is up to you to act. i! offer as a suggestion that when ! the election is had on the bond issue that at the same time each township elect one of their citi zens to constitute a board of road commissioners or by some other name, who by themselves, ley of 19 centg on the nun(ired or together with the County Com bollars worth of property would missioners, elect a highway . raige $7853.oO, and observing the commission, composed of say 3 constitutional equation' as be or more persons to take charge ( tween pr0perty and poll, a levy of the public roads and expend j Qn each poU of 57 centg would ;the proceeds of the bond issue raige $1446.oo, making altogeth to the best advantage-delega- er 9299.00 about $300.00 more ting such powers to the . said- than necessary. Now as to how Highway Commission as to how thig would bear on eacn town the roads should be, worked, ghip The railroad(i8 and bank etc., whether by contract or. the gtock which are assessed differ- AND AT ong, Headquarters For 11 !fl 11U?:.Y. MiHt- MBMWIM. t&ey.V jWM 1 1 111,11 1 1.1,1 1 1 1 j 1 1 1 1 1,1 i I lf,l II 1 1 IWWW, aseunf ' mnnhinprv nnrt ?0 7-f-wV.v, TTTf"; V 1 other kinds of ? equipments as they may think best. The de tails can1 hardly- be enacted into law, but should be leflt to the commission that f you "' elect to manage your roads. I regard this an an opportune time for the improvements of our roads, - as we can have for our information j the experience, of others who have tried the various plans and methods of building roads. Everything seems to be drifting towards what is known as sand clay roads. Of course we could not thinkpf? macadamizihg the cost wpuld be too great. In many parts of our country a great im provement could be hadf by changing the roads putting them on ridges where they would re quire but little attention. There are' many low places where'small streams cross the roads, by put ting in culverts and good bridg es the improvements would be permanent. But this work pan not be done as it should be with out more money than we have. In fact the money that .we are now collecting cannot be made as efficient as it would be if we had a larger fund. Much has j porate limits. I can see very been said as to our ability to pay well how a large property own the interest and provide a sink-1 er living in Roxboro. might be ine fund to take care of the opposed to the bond issue, but principal when due. Let us see how it Willi work. The proposed issue of. $150,000 of 5 per cent I year round can oppose it. when bonds would require that $7500.- j the town of Roxboro pays, more; PO.ollejetldlfiai -yea-tci pay-Uhanef ougAth the interest, and in order to pro- is beyond, my comprehension. The vide a sinking fund to take care ct to maQy have not giY" o fthe principal when due one- j en the subject thought and in fifth additional would have to j vestigation as to its benefits be collected, which would create ! compared with the cost, a fund of $1500.00 a year thej Another objection that I have two together would amount to i heard-that the bill requires that $9000.00. I have taken some ; the road should be built 30 ft pains to find just how this would j wide, which is not the case. It be apportioned and how it would ; gives the right of way of 30 ft., 0ffof oQoh fnwnshin in the p.oun-! not that the road should be ty as taken from the State Au ditor's renort for year 1912. A i. J . J' ' I Co. pay '$1209.00 ; Allehivllle Town Ship! wpuld. pay $689.004-.Bushyf wiltstateHhatjwhen the present fr'adfto "spend. We hope, the in Fork lioMoO; r Cunninghahii layl dewhicu:3yefi6,, ,work-;:, coining 'board'Vill' take! Up - the' $6'02.00 : Fat River $725.00 : j ingtwas passed it only suspendi work and push it' through t Hdlloway's; $587.00 ; Mt Tirzah $624.00' ? Olive kill" $683.00; Wpodsdale $556.00 ; feoxboro. $2812. ' In this calculation" I have ommitted fractions which' would make a difference of only & few dollars as a whole. Tak- ing these figures any tax payer in the county can figure ly how it would ef feci him; wiiilQ it would . require at. the start a levy of 1 9 cents on property and 57 cents on .the poll. J give it as my opinion, for what it may :be wortbi that inside of five years' the - levy could be reduced to 15" cents ;on property and 45 cents on the -poll,, by reason 6f the great improvement In' pro perty both in the town andcouh-;5 ty because of the .spending of the $150,000 for improvement of our roads. The fact . should not be overlo6ked that every bouse built in Roxboro, or any other property or enchancement of values, is taxed-for the improve- ment of the roads, every dollar of which is spent outside the cor-, how any one. living in the coun ty who travels . the roads thej built 30 ft., which would be en tirely too -wide and expensive to ) keep up. 21 It., I believe is the width adopted by many coun ties. The clause, requiring that the amount spent in each town ship should approximate the amount collected, in my opinion is wrong in fact, I never thought that township lines should have much to do with roads, and that the county should be the unit, and the money spent all over the county in accordance with the needs qf. the different sections and to the best advan tage. I incorporated that fea ture in the bill in order to meet what seemed to be a popular de mand. It can be amended or it can stand as it is. It is up to the people to say.-J remember quite well when some of us were trying to" secure a railroad through the county I heard time and again the, same objections that we hear now, so the cry is not new. We also had the same f objections when the old road law was changed to the present sys tem. How many would be will ing to do away with the ; rail roaid) i ftfchey could, or would pre fer to go baick to the old system of working , roads. Every man between the ages ol 18 and" 50 years ' be required to ..work six days in the year., However, I have heard of two men in the county as expressing the wish that we might go back , to , the old system. I will state just here for their .information that the only "law' that stands' between them - an Idthe six days " work is ft'nrlt thpfeit-dav. law" would h&n t haverione. the best thev could death was , a creat shock to " the ? l " .Tt T . :W -H " . v '7 - ' w ' , A.;f;J"'5nv-.Ari - effebti Kvtswav ot exnlknatioi f with the- amount of JnlonertheVi entire, town and comniitTOirR ed ina bid: law underwhich .the six.days worTr -was '.required as lofe '4s;:the dispensary , law .was in force a" fact that probably the county authorities had overlook- ed-.an-d.t6 .which thetr attention had never been called, vu. x -: iis.up to the people to infoxm ; exact-jtheinselves and be prepared to meet; the demagogue, ; a few , of whom we still have with us; who j either does not inform himself , or is dishonest in many of his state- ., , .. .... . .... merits, or presumes on the ignor anc-pf the-people.r, l .Thei assertion thatpur; people are tuuauie : w mear iuq , uurueus Jmposed"by ith1sfl)lll" is.4a refiecf tioh. fron.many standpoints. ;I confess i& more' or less pride of mycounty ;;ana; peopie - as a whole, and believing as I do that we are entitled to as good things as other "people, and that we are not-too poor to have them, and beink perfectly willing thatev erildollar's worth of property that I may own or control,' including the Roxboro Cotton Miis, should be taxed to help improve the roads in the most remote corners of the county ; yetf the people who travel the roads do not want this ; assist anc, and improvement, but prer fer to trudge along in the same old ruts,, stand still an dsee" the ,bulilBSsfea from us to- other 4owns that have had the enterprise to build good roads forgetting the fact that whenever we either sell or buy anything from other mark ets, attracted there by reason of their better roads, we are pay ing tribute and a share of the taxes to those people that have had the enterprise and foresight to make these improvements, then and in that event I believe that personally I can get along quite as well as any one and will endeavor to be content. As stated in the, outset, we are to have an extra session of the months, certainly not later than I next January, and if the folks want the present bill changed or amended in any way or re pealed if they wish, it is up to them to act ; and while, I have not seen or conferred with Mr. Whitfield in regard to this line of procedure I am quite sure that he wWd be willing to co operate in making such changes as the people may agree upon. J. A. LONG. Citizens Mass Meeting. Pursuant to the call of the Mayor a mass meeting was held in the court house on last Fri day night for the purpose of naming a Mayor and five Com missioners to serve the -town for the coming two years. The fol-. lowing ticket was named. For 'Mayor, L. M. Carlton. For Commissioners; .Dr. B. E. Love, Dr. E. J Tucker, . E. G. Long, J. M. O'Briant and T. J. Henderson. - . '. ' Mr. Carlton was placed in no-, mination by Mayor Winstead, who stated that he was not' a candidate for re-election. The' entire ticket- as named was nominated by acclamatiori. f3ach member "of the old board declined . to fallow his- name .to be considered.' The oldl board has seen, many improvements made during their,: administr a- o completion," and. when' completed the streets of the town which have been worked-will be quite an advertisement, as well as a1 monument to the old board. The action of the mass meet- ing seems to be satisfactory to . the town, as we have heard no: kicks, and we suppose there will be no opposition ticket in tield. the REV. K; D. HOLMES Pastor of the Methodist Church , at Sanford Died Suddenly, j A ..Sanford April 25.; K. D. Holmes . p as t or. of r the. Steele St., Methodist Episcopal Churchy died suddenly early Thursday morn- for ale at f j'yU ,.Q ing. ,The news -oT his -sudden! ' Long Bvadsher &Qo;f;r 32 HORSE POWER, FULLY EQUIPPED F. 0. B. Detroit, Mich., $1,000.00 LONG MOTOR-CAR CO. -DISTRIBUTORS Bv srood luck we were able to purchase a large lot of new millinery sampler last : week at a big saving in price,1 Guotockv ? is in a better shape today than it was the; vtWM. first of the season and that we nave Deen able to snow, -A.ys- lew Ratines 1 ..: f; snipmeni; 01 me most trie iiicimei, nctuueb, from 25c to 50c. Thompson's Glove Another shipment corsets, : They must be the, best judging till ?AvU -Lis. TTTrtTT Dll ' ' . ''' ' ' iruiii ujc way-wicy dcii. , , , r We'are keepihg our, ; t vthe time 'with the; newest - things s& fasty$iiili fi 1' as theyiome;dut;V;::vr ;r Yvgil V ,We are 'always, pleased to serve yoii. f Hojmes. was in; his; usual;: health Wednesday, and was . - on . .the -. - street, late in, the afternpQny,re-f.;i;C ; "turning to?his home "about -7 clock and was', taken , suddenly V Ul with acute indigestton;4rpm; which he died about 1 o'clock. Mr. Holmes, has been 'pastor of , the Steele ,, Street Methodist, Church for two and a half years,1;; coming '.eJj$ifc. ffKiii where he had been pastor, of ther. !. Methodist Church for four years, . ' He was well loved , by - nis congre- . gation and wili be greatly miss ed in this - community. He is survived byn 1 his;"Kgretl,c5t wife and six : children- Funeral arrangements fhave not yet been completed. CJortright shingles are thd bestj :'f iiir' -. - i.'c.i- the best values $ : TT-iv.r.i':. popmar"gooasron;r??; ranging Hi; price 1 J v " ' , . r4 ; 'A; ' Fitting Corsets of these popular JU A - " stock : filled ' in ; all - tiilJ ; ; : r j'J - if nnrm'rtv ?V'.'..; 'T'.tv'Mi,-'-. 'c'-rJ,?'--?,-. : -"'-v; t J- .1,1V; . U---'-t":t,A-:-f'-.;r;f.!.' . . U f-y '.. v.-.;.. ? -S-JL. "
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