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THE AMERICAN PR^yASSOCIATtON
Soxboro, N. C.Feb. 27th 19?4
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WHAT WE PAY OUR GOVERNOR.
Doubtless there are many who
Mm thought that we did not pay bni
state oflipiala especially our governga-.a
living salary, but to all thOBe
Ss^tsfsfTo an article published else-Vims
which we clip from {he Eliza.
? Mil Clly Independent. The author
says he got the figures from the auditors
report, hence we take it ^hey
awe correct, et least we have seen no
-deadal of them. >
It has been known of all men that
no one could serve as governor of
North Cerolina VnH ----- at
-the end of his term?Hiot to count the
'expense oT the"pripiary for th? nomination,'
but few realised that we
were paying oar present governor
more taan twenty five thousand dollar?
per year. Of course, his salary
is only six thousand five hundred dollars,
bat-, the extra* were eighteen;
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thoo?and-flvp ' hundred and Sixty
three dollars and ((ixty eight cents;
0 making hit total salary just $25,0*13.68.
So, yoo see we arc not acting so nig-|
gardly with our governor after ajl.
We want to be present when the
""first man on the stump attempts to'
justify this expenditure T>y the governor
who boasts of being just one
of "the plain people." j
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I ?Voor Ricjiard; like all of uf who
try to bring to pass any kind of a
reform, is being bombarded these,
days by some of our correspondents.
"Wo admire Poor Richard, and while
it is true, he sometiihes calls a spade
a spade with some Jbluntneas, he isi
honest, and has undoubtedly been of
jgreat value to his community. Weill
-can we remember when his^township
was too well known from the quality
and quantity of booze made on the
spring branches, and we gladly join
m winiB ?mii mm in trying to con-i
vince the good people in that: section
that, their community was . too rich
in fertile lands to blacken it with
audi a reputation._ And, as Richard
says, today it is reckoned as one of
file *ery best sections of this good
Comity.
Mr. Glenn in a commufftntfion on
another page takes the Highway
Commission toe task for not doing
more work in Mt. Tirzah township.
We bold no brief for the Highway
Commission, they are well able to
take care of 'themselves, but in justice.to
them we wapt to say we must
not overlook the fact that by large
odds the greater paft ot the money
paid into the road fund goes for interest
on bonds trte proceeds of
* -which went into building our present
good roads.
* We see it stated id the Durham
Herald that Mr. W. L. Foushee will
ha a candidate for the Senate from
thai district. W?-hepn -Mr Smishy
wilt bd successful, bnt we want to
-say if his adopted home does not appreciate
him and' his Arvices well
enough to g"ive him tljls honor, just
came back to the County of his natjjrity
and we wilt guarantee to send
Jihn as our representative
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B yoo are not reading the articles
which we are printing _from- week to
.wdek from Mr. C. W. Hunt you are
- mbmmg seme racy matter. Mr. Hunt
thi? rhm of news warn, printed you
anaild soon nee a change in the af
ftahe uf the flute. ?
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TAVBTOt; SOMETHINC. TOSBt.l,?.
Jti35 _aiL evtra pig, cow, come
rh V%Venc, ygsra. Uuitftr ? anjrthin*
? ' _ Make us* prove, (hat we can ?aave
f^^^ssmieBfftwrywr'Biiniiiiiit malciiai
*ir-' end Wllliicrs hardware?ROXBORO
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MR. BAILEY REPLIES.
Raleigh. N. C*.. February 18 J924.
To the Editor,?
The Courier, ~
Roxboro, N. C.
i'ear ir:
. I. see in your paper of February
l'3th, an article entitled "Mr. Bailey's
Tax Controversy"?being an editori-'
al from the WILMINGTON STAR.
I take it that you will .permit me to
say in your" columns that this editorial
does not represent my views
?now, or at any time in the past.
My views on taxation were presented
in the first article of. ihy announcement,
which reads as follows: i
. "The demand of Justice a ad . the
common welfare, that land, shall be
relieved Of the unjust share of the
burden of taxation no4f imposed upon
it. This may be done, and must
be done. Land ought to'bear its fair
aharO of taxation, and no more. The
burden now upon our farms and
.amall homes is greater than can. be
boqie."
- It is -fl hope) well-known, throughout
the -ktate, that I have for years
consistently fought against the' overvaluation
and over-taxation of farming
lands. In this fight J was associated
with Mr. R. W. H. Stone,
President of the FA?MERS UftlON;
his address is Greensboro, N. C.;
and anyone doubtfjul on the subject :
may write, to him. 1 '
-I protected with all- the power I
anBlnal til? Dmralnotinn A ?? A .
was about the only public man in the :
State that did, when it was on its '
passage in 1920. i
I have never been in favor of the i
State. valuing property for taxation. '
One of the .chief pbjects of my i
candidacy is te-re'ftiove from farms 1
"and: small homes, the, unjust burden <
of taxation that they are' now bear- i
ing. The State has taken oyer, all j
the- sources of taxation,; except prop- i
"erty; and has put upon property the i
bbrden of maintaining the schools, 1
county-roa<jp, "county and city govern- <
ment.. The consequence is that' land i
is bearing very much more than its
share of the cost of government. Not
only bo; the State in the last Legislature
exempted from taxation over
$100,000,000 of stocks in foreign corporations.
In addition, the wealthier ]
dosses escape taxation, by purchas- i
ing "tax-exempt bonds. - 1
Just why anyone should be interested'
to misrepresent my views, "I i
' must leave -to the readeh to determ- 1
ine for himself; and I must ask those I
who know me throughout the State,
to correct these false representations
wherever they see them. , .
1 intend to treat my opponent fair- "
ly, and I hope the newspapers" and
the people of North Carolina will gee (
that -I am treated fairly. . ,
Respectfully, .
J. W. Bailey.
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WHAT USE HAS PERSON COUNTY
POP' no AO rnuuiaainvvDDv
It. would seem to one travelling on
the IJoxboro and Durham highway
that the above Question was unnecessary
for- clearly enough iT all our
roads were concreted; Sjf should have
no need of Road Commissioners. But
we all know it to be a self eviden*
fact that the roads are not all concrete^,
hence <fe need some kind of
machines^ for the up keep of said
roads.
But the question that naturally
confronts us is What kind of machinery
we should .have for seeing Co it
that our roads are built and proper ljrworkedr
Were I a citizen of Wake
County I could see very well the need
for Road Commissioners because in
Wake County as well as two or three
counties of the state the road building
program is rauph larger besider
the number of miles of roads to be
looked after is so much greater in
those counties -<khan in Person.
Now we have County Commissioners,
and as good ?ne* as any
county in the state, the writer believes,
whose business it is to look
" aflui the-general welfare of conditions
of the county. To uje.it seejps
that road woiTTIs naturally a part of
this program. I should like to knowwho
in the world ever hearjl of Per-I
son County Commissioners complain
I^wiui wri| uver wUflM. inerq VIV l
a time not many years past when our
County Commissioners had charge of
the roads and: they handled the- situation
far more efftriently than it isf
(handled at the present time. Take
(for a concrete example the roads in
Mt. Tirzah Township. Some of them,
parts' of the main line ton, hqva'heen
- neglected and nralti'teil until?*nuw
they are only a little better thairntr
1 road. The Writer hap ejeaejy in mind
ihe "t a Tnii-i.. iia.a
that leads from Mt.. Tlraah to tfie
. Durham Counts line a distance of a
little oyer twh mires' and the roatj
travelled not a little has /lot been
uck on it'yet in the Wjtg "f remdS
or of building a new one. Thtm tjw]
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THE ROXBORO COURtgft Febi
whole corner is shot out from f re*
delivery or any other rconvenience
Npw ?his is just the kind of deal being
handed to the_ people of Old Per- <
son County'byTho honorable body of i
Road Commissioners, and there are
other roads in the township that are
equkjly as badly neglected. j
-Now, if. we are going" to imitate a
county for carrying on our road
building' prog rant why not take for"
example a model county like Dur .
ham where Road Commissioners are
unknowfr. In 'Durham County the
County Coramissibners have full
charge of building the roade and this
is done very efficiently and there is
no complaiitlng so far as I can learn
of County Commissioners being over
worked. Now i^he-Durham County
Commissioners can look after the
roads' in tlfclr .cdfcnty pray tell me
what is the matter with our efficient
body of County Commissioners?
. The people in Mt. l irzah Township
have tried hard to get the road worked
but all to no avail. They have
written letters have sent "a petition,
nrittee, yet their excuse is they got1
no money. ?I would ask our honorable
body where under the canopy ^of
heaVen Is going with our Road' Tax-!
es? According to our sheriffs nwn
report he has received for the,present
month $79,600.00. This we take
(or granted is but a smaller per cent
of the taxes for the entire year. Now
if we have been rightly informed
forty per cent of the taxes paid goes'
(or work on tjhe roads. If this be
true why in ^ the name of common \
sense is.it that Mt. Tirzah Township
can't get a bit spent on her road.1
The people in this township are _ as,
law-abidjhg and as prompt to pays
their taxes as any people' in'the
county. They stand ready with heart
and hand to support any progressive
n$ve?ent that -is for the' betterment i
>f the couMy. .But now they are denanding
Wd have the right'to know
what .is ' becoming of, or-why they _
an't receive some benefit , from the fl
axes they pay.
O. T. Glenn.
VALUABLE TOWN PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
On March 3rd at 11 A. M. on the
premises I will sell at public auotion
the house and lot?- belonging to the 1
ate Mrs. Harriet A. Ibuhlett.
This property will be subdivided
and sold, and then sold as a whole.
Terms, one fourth cash, balance in
5, 12 and 18 months.
B. fi. Love,
Commissioner
WHYSUFF^
With a nervous rundown condition i
jf the system when SPEARGOLAX I
will build you up. It disolves all thjt I
aid foul, poisonous matter that has
been-4 clinging to the sides of the
bowels for months, that other tonics
and pills have failed to get. It cleans I'
the system tfiorpughly, it putifles tije
nprvpo crivpo VArt o- ert\t\A annAtifr* i
it puts vim, vigor and vitality in the
veins of man and , womanhood, it
overhauls the entire system, gives
you the sleep of childhood, purifies
the blood and makes you feel lik{ a
new person. ? . "
Ask your nearest drug store for !
SPEARGOLAX, and accept no substitute.
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Be stingy with the seed planted
and have a smaller Irish potato
yield, is the 'result secured by recent
tests at th?f-_ North Carolina Experiment
Station. j
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I We Have
SAWED.PER LOA
SAWED PER COR
NOT SAWED PER
HEAVY AND FAr
I OUR MOTTO:
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Trinity College ,
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term, Jiljie 10 t<vju3y 21; C
Affiliated school for elementary It
4 t - ?- ?:??u?fijfit? 2n
. , . For teachers, college students. ;
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2 - Holland. He}
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ANOTHER NEW '"BUILDING.
A new flliing station U being erect- j
sd on^SoSitb Main Street oh the prop- ]
arty belonging to the Wnstead estate,
adjoining the >j?ore ol Mess.
Aubrey Kong & Co, Mr. C^eo. W.'
Kani has the. contract, i ' . "
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Phone us your or- j
| der. Everything* for j
the table. ?- i
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I We deliver and save 1
you both
Worry and Money.
BLANKS I
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MONUMENTS
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TOMBSTONES
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nf MfttmifiMa,! L:1
IjTombstones or grave
m a vItavo ~ '
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durable stone, at lowest
prices. Everything
guaranteed.
Write or see
J. M. PHILPOTT,
FJoxboro, N. C.,
tf. Route 1.
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Sudden Service
Depot Street . |
Summer School
Ocond tenn, July 22 "to Aug. 30.
eaehera at Oriental, Jft"C? Aune
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1 It's Winter
I RUBBtR BOOTS AN1
COATS ARE WH/
I We have them for y<
| winter garments which
1 that you can buy belov
S winter apparel is what y
a there are'many who wa
v^NEW SPRING M
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We also have these r?
i stock of Spring hats and
H play. Misa.-Chilcote has
ness for your call on h
1 will be glad to show yoi
1 yery newest M-illinery <
I venience. '
i Many of th.e new Coal
|| have arrived and. mbre
Is day. Splendid line of Sp<
% ertralready here. They ;
|f "Suit's The Thing!" de<
?tpBon: We want you to s<
I They can't be beat eith
i... or price.
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MONEYis
Constructiv
Money in the bank makes a
and enables him, when he has
into a BUSINESS.
_ the man who attends to b
money of his own earnings, i
owners of large enterprises art
their business.
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No man can afford NOT to
what he makes. '
.We welcome yoi
ThePeop
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PURE BRED HER1
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D HEAVY OVER- |
\T YOU NEED. | . .
>u and many other g
are now in season |
/ their value. V/hile I
ou need for comfort |
,nt to come out in: I
ATS, COATS J
JITS.
1
iady for you. A full |j
accessories is on dis- fj
everything in reacii a ?
er department and n .
i her offerings^>f th^ l?
it your earliest con-, p
ho Qlllfo Hvaonan
to, k/uuo anu lyicoocs ra
are coming every p A
>rt Skirts apd Sweat- P ffl
are swell, ?00. -"The ?
:rees Paris this sea- j>|
te our line of suits.
er in style, tailoring ij?
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a great
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feel INDEPENDENT
savecTenough of it, to buy
usiness and saves some
s the kind of. a man that A
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bank and save a part of *
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QRO NURSERIESGreensboro,
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