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Ecads Will be Worked by Means of
Taxation.
MEANS BETTER PUBLIC ROADS.
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The Board of Supenrisors Consists of
Geraldn? Rice, W. M. Warren, A.
F. May, W. J. May, W. H. Taylor
and J. C. Watthews, Wlio ‘Will
Have Control of H.oads, After Juno
1, For Two Years—Read the Bill
Carefnlly,
Below mil be found the load lov,'
recently passed by the Ie,£cislatnre for
this act elect one of their nuniber That if at any time the
chaiunaii of the said Board, and one Mannings Township Road Supervia-
ot their number Clerk, .who shall hold having the roads worked by
office until June, 1910, or until their eonvict labor then the Mayor, of
sucessors are elected, and then every Spring Hope and justices of peace of
two years, thereafter, tliev shall elect ^^annings Township are hereby auth-
a Chaiiman and a Clerk. At the orized and empowered in their discre-
same time they c;hall elect one of their t5 sentence parties convicted in
number or some other suitable person fl^eir respective courts wherein they
as Treasurer, who shall be known as ^ave jurisdiction to work on the pub-
Treasurer of Manninsrs Township roads of Mannings Township for
Road Fund, who shr.ll hold omee nn- a period not over thirty (30) days,
111 his sueessor is elected and qauli- •'>"'5 ‘lie Supervisors of Mannings
ties, and his successor shall be elected | Township shall order the cost paid in
thereafter at the same time as the' case out of the Township Road
Chairman and Clerk. That the Clerk Fund, but no convict under this act i
may receive such sum as compensa- shall be required to wear stripes. j
for services rendered as the! That it shall be unlawful
Board may think right. The Trcas-|fo>' person to block or All up any
i-er shall enter into a bond in the | Of waterway by the side
Mannings‘t'ownsh'ip. The readers of thousand dollars, and also across any public road in Manning
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The Leader are advised to read tlie act
carefully, and to preserve this copy
of The Leader for fatnre reference.
Kvery lax payer should bo interested
in this law, and The Leader is glad tj
be able to print it is full.
An Act Entitled an Act To Improve
the Public Rcada of Mannings
ToTvnshlp, Nash County.
The General Assemuly of
Carolina do enact:
Section L That in order to pro
vide for the proper eimstruction, im
provement, and mainlenance of the
I’ublic .Roads of Mannings Township,
■County of Nash, the Board of County
('ommissioners of the said County, at
take and subscribe an oath fuithfnilv, Town.ship, by turning water from hill
to discharge and perform the duties side ditches into said roads, with nec
essary arrangements to carry off said
water, without injury to road, plow
ing into, nr dumping trash rubbish,
or underbrush into anv such ditches
of his office
Sec. 7. That tlic Clerk of said
Board shall be required to keep an
account of the business of said
Board when in session or sessions, | or waterways. Any such person vio-
niachinery, tei'^ms, tools, and all other j l*^t'ng this section shall be guilty of a
property'bouffht or other\yise belon?- nlisdemeanor, and upon conviction
North Township, and shall shall be’lined not more than $50 or
issue his orders on tlie Mannings i“Pi'>soued not more than thirty (30)
Township Treasurer for all accounts days, or sentenced to the roads under
of whatever kind approved by the i of tl'i® act.
Board and signed by the chairman,
and said Cl'^rk shall keep on the stub
of his "order bo issued what ii is for.
and to 'vhom issued, and shail also
its regular annual meeting, in June,.^ame u|)on his minutes.
■’909. and at each regular annnal That the.Mannings Town-
meeting thereafter, is authorized, and I^oad Supervisors may elect Su
it is made the duty of .said Board to pennfeiident of roads, wlio after re
levy a lax upon all property subject iClerk for all .macnin-
to taxation, under the State law’, in l^’’^’ other tools, wagons, carts.
Mannings township, in said County, | etc., shall have charge and
not less than ten (10) cents and I of hands, labor, teams,
riot more than thirty (30) cents on, ^°o!s of every kind, machinery, etc.,
one hundred dollars worth of prop-1 '^®6d on the said roads, subject, how-
srty, and not loss than- thirty (30) 'o the supen’ision of the Super-
oents nor more than ninety (90) cents of said roads. That said Su
perintendent shall give a bond in such
sum as required by the Hoad Super
visors. which bond w-ith the bond of
the Treasurer shall be filed with the
Register of Deeds and recorded in
the Nash County Registiy, and said
Register shall receive from the Man-
jn tho pol!
Sec. 2. That the Board of County
^Commissioners, of Nash County, is
hereby directed and required annual
ly to cause to be made out a full and
laomplete list in accordance with sec
tion 1 of this act, to be placed in a '
separate column on the regular tax
books of the County of Nash for
Mannings Tow^nship, to be tureed
over to the Sheriff, of said county of
Nash, for collection as required by
nings Township Road Fund such sum
as allowed by law in recording other
bonds. The said Superintendent be
fore entering, upon the duties of his
office shall take and subscribe an
!aw, and the Sheriff aforesaid, is re-|0^th before a magistrate of. said
Huired to..collect said tax and account |"township, for the faithful discharge
for the same under tlie same rules |0^ duties..as required by this act.
and laws and penalties, as he is re-
Sec. 13. That if the poll tax of
section 1 of this act is not collected,
then in that event all persons be
tween the ages of 21 years and 43
years, not living in Spring Hope, and
subject to work the roads under the
State law, as it now exists, shall be
required under an overseer appointed
by the Mannings Township Road Su-
penisors. as herein befoie mentinoed,
to work on the public roads of Man
nings Township, four days in each
year, dating from June 1, 1900, pro
vided any one so subject to the roads
may quarterly pay to the Clerk of the
Road Supervisors or to the overseer
of the road, the sum of one dollar,
shall be excused from working on
roads., provided, however, that if poll
tax is collected, then all persons re
ferred to above shall be exempt from
free working of public roads, from
and after June 1. 1909, and any per
son after having three- days’ notice
in the same manner as hands are or
dered to work public roads under the
State law, and shall f.iil to do so, or
pay the dollar, shall be punished ac
cording to the State law for the same
offense.
Sec. 14. That said Mannings .Tow’u-
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The Superintendent shall receive such Supervisors are hereby
. jairei to collect and account for s'alaO’ n.ay be fixed by the Man-|““^^onzed and empowered that when-
■,.S;.ate and County taxes, and ho shall Township Road Supeni.sors. It 'f '
re,eive the same compon.atlon - ‘I'e further dutv of -S »-Su- 'oik m .,mmer and fall sea.sons
That tw .V.; Sh6r.iT r,rul he PW ^ rdent ,t,* may^ or.^w such sui^s of money.
. ‘shKll be li.a»ie iiVr the .«fV* 'i-i .sfijti’. jeeojil ea.-h ,t »_ e . ;• -•) ^'r wn. tar
i/H-,jsiuv»6i: .tsou if hnbie unt f ‘ "■ '‘o^rnea.l of tlie.miab o • ••«««■ suau mjf ..’ff MRme,
. ’m)-d vvtnfy .uui ^ t-fia sai'] j
.'Sec. 3. That the Sheriff, aforesaid. rt5«?-nuni(;er' of fibure'Wbrk perfortnfnf
account to the Treasurer of >‘®ch, aud. the amoutit paid each
i4a.nnings Township Road Fund,
t5 be elected by the Man-
™ngs- Township Road Supervisors,
person, together with a list' of all
tools, implements, carts, w-agons, ma-
chmery, or other apparatus received
Jifl'eafter appointed, in like manner j o’’ t'le disposition of same. But if
.an' jie accounts to the ' Treasurer of Mannings Township Road Super
N«,«h County, for State and County
■■xcs by him collected. ' ’
l?ec. 4. That the Treasurer of Man-
aiiij'-s Township Road Fund shall re-
'■w-'jU and hold said taxes, and give
j!)-' receipt to the Sheriff, aforesaid,
;£u^ the same, and he is required to
ke^. an account for his receipts and
ilfe'jutsements, in a book kept for
..’■i.s puipose, which book shall at all
t,iliies be kept open for the inspection
fi ..the aforesaid Supervisors. ■' That
1 he said Treasurer may receive in
.fifSipensation for said work, a com
mission. of not more than three per
cent (3 per cent.) on , the disburse-
-. iicnts, to he fixed by the Manning
T-vnship Road Supervisors, at the
time of liis annual settlement with
the Pnpen'isors, at their regular
meeting in June of each year.
Sec. 5. That Oeraldus Rice, John
C. Matthews, W, M. Warren. A. F.
May, W. H. Taylor, and W. J. May
are hereby appointed supervisors of
Public Hoads of Mannings Township,
Nash county, and shall be known as
the Mannings TJwnship Road Super
visors, ad shall hold otlice as follows;
The first two until the first Monday
in December, 1010 ;the second two
nntil the first Monday in December,
1912, and the third or last two until
the first Monday in December, 1914,
and each and all shall continus in
office until the election and qualifica
tion of his or their successrs. The
successors of the tirst tw’o shall be
elected as other township officers are
elected at the regular election for
State and County officers in 1910,
and shall qualify on the first Monday
of December next after the election,
or in fifteen (1§\ days thereafter,
and the others in the order mentioned
above every two years thereafter. That
the s^ld\.p£>«rd of Supervisors and
their spcesfors in office shall before
entering upon the duty of their office,
take and subscribe an oath for their
faith'ful ]ierformance of duty.. That
all vacancies by death, resignation
and other cause, except expiration of
term, shall be filled by the Board for
the unexpired term.
Sec. 0. That the Mannihgs Town
ship Ro&d Supervisors shall at., the
first meeting after the i-atification of
visors think best they may instead of
electing a Superintendent have the
roads worked by contract, letting out
said road to ditferent parties, and
may furnish to said parties or con
tractors snc-h tools, carts, scrapes,
etc., as they have, and may whenever
they think proper require of said con
tractors bond for the faithful per
formance of their contracts, and when
they have a general Superintendent
they may work hired labor,or convict
labor as they deem best.
Sec. 9. That the Mannings Tov.'n-
ship Hoad Supervisors are hereby, in
vested with the full power and auth
orized to purchase .such material, ap-
parratus, implements, and machinery,
such as shovels, picks, road scrapers,
rollers, plows, and all other necessary
material, tools, or machinery as in
their discretion are to the advantage,
and necessai-y for the work of the
said roads, as well as to purchase such
horses, mules, or other teams, and to
employ such labor .as may be-neces
sary to carry on said work, and to
pay for the same out of the Mannings
Township Road Fund.
Sec. 10. That the Mannings Town
ship Road Supervisoi-s be, .md are
hereby authoiized and empowered to
discontinue and crrfate new roads, to
widen any of the public roads of
Mannings Township, wherever and
whenever in their opinion wider roads
are the better for keeping up said
roads, not exceeding twenty-four (24)
feet nor less than t’,venty (20) feet,
and when it can/be done an aqual
amount shall be taken from each side
of said road. They shall also have
rifiht to enter upon adjacent lands
not in eultivatiou at that time, and
take therefrom gravel, dirt, or rock,j
and timber and material, for the pur
pose of working said roads, shade,
grove, and fruit trees excepted. Any
pei-sons so aggrieved may present
their claims to the Manning Town
ship Road Supervisors, and if they
can not agree upon the damase done,
then it may be left to two disiuter-
ested p,arties and if they fail to agree
they may call in the third man, and
if either party dis.sents from the said
decision they may take the legal pro
cesses of law to settle the same.
jlec; 1,5. no part of the tax
collected under this act shall be spent
on the street.s of any incorporated
town, or otherwise efiiect them in their
present manner of working their
streets.
Sec. 16. That this act shall be in
full force and effect from and after
its ratification.
Sec. 17. Thai all laws and clauses
of law’ in conflict with this act are
hereby repealed.
More Than 10,000 Murdered in
Ada&a.
Adana, By CabW.—The estimates
of from 20,000 to 25,000 Christians
killed by Mohammadans in th« prov
ince of Adana made a fortnight ago
mnst be revised. It is now ascer
tained that the number can hardly
reach more than 10,000, possible less.
Thousands who were supposed to
have bc.?a killed in the country dis
trict have since come into some one
of the large towns- for relief. It re
mains a fact that much brutality was
suffered by v-t,men.
Alabama E,at6 Case.
'Washington, Special..—Tlie Su
preme Court of the United States
Monday danied the applications for
writs of certiorari in the injunction
casts between the Al'ibama Railroad
Commission .and the various railroads
of that Stilt--’, involving the consti
tutionality of the Alabama railroad
rate Lt.v. T'le effect of the defisioii
is against the bringins: of the cases
to this court, as that was the purpose
of the petition.
Steel Wire to be Lcwered
Washington, D. C., Sp3oial.—The
lowering of duties in the case of
eight or ten classes of wire goods con
tained in the steel schedule upon mo
tion of Scaa or A.ldrich. in '•harge of
file tariff ’oil!, gave gieat enconrag-
ment to Ssaators who are advocating
a revision downward. With evident
pratificaiiou f’enator Beveridge sreet-
cd these pfiiipoped .-’.mendirerils by the
chairman oi' t’.ie finance coi'jmittce by
doclaring: • ‘-Vood, that’s making
progrt:iS. ’ ’
The Ka-nsas legislature Intimates,
Bays the Atlantic Constitutton. that
■blind tigers *'111 hereafter have to ao-
sume names other ttan that ol "drug
gtO're.”
I rifE 'RU'RAL EDITO'R I
The following in the National Printer-Joumalist is from a poem,
written by Mr. J. Duuaars, and read before the mooting of the Ohio Edi
torial Association at its sixth annual meeting in Dayton on .Tanuary 19,
1859, and republished by the Sprin'fieid, O., News. It contains thought*
and hints of interest and value lo ail newspaper makers even i« the year
Bi 1900: '
Once on a time—so run all tale prefaces-—
(I make no mention here of dates or places,)
I knew au Editor—’twas long ago.
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Forth came his paper, neatly launched and freighted
And when it came, the village was elated;
Ignoi'ing parly, in a party sense,
.^.voiding nil that might excite offense.
It praised the town, its prospects, its advances,
Its enterprise, resources aud fin.mces;
It praised the schools, the teachei-s so profound,
Until their fame was known for miles around;
It prrisc'd the village parson’s eloquence.
His modest bearing, lack of all pretence;
But-mcst his Icr.niing aud his solid sense;
So it fell out, between the spring and fall.
That worthy, from the city had a call,
With such an offer for his preach-ed w’ord,
That he felt sure that call was from the Lord;
It praised the doctors as uncommon skill’d,
Adding with great suaviter and grace,
Their treatment cured more people than it kill’d;
It spoke—and of its trath some doubts will spring—
Of honest lawyers—an uncommon case.
In short, it praised so well, that people grew
To think that praise waj> merited and due;
It was bis fault, and grew from an excess
Of aim to please and profit—nothing less:
And had been to self but half a friend
He was to others, he had met an end
That you might safely aim at and commend.
His influence was felt—the town’s fair fame,
With all who read his paper, found a name;
The city plcasnrists resorted there.
Enjoyed its quiet and its healthy air;
The artist came, and sketched suck charming scenes,
That they were sought to grace the magazines;
And thither, too, came men of enterprise—
Bloiks rose on bl-ocks. and mills and factories,
Hotels palatial, and stores that 'ried
With those on Broadway, or along Cheapside,
In brief, the town, that ere the printer caaae.
Had scarce “a local habitation or a name,”
As though ’twere touched by magic, grew to be
An inland city.
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A bunch of bad segars, tWat some one sends,
Expecting thrice their valne in a ‘'local;”
Unopened invitations frt/m his frieuds.
Asking liis presence at a oonccrt vocal,
Or at a lecture, party, hop or ball.
At such a date (please mention) and such HaU;
Novels and books not worth a decent rating.
Sert out—they send few others but for cash—
Bj’ castei’n firms, who take that way of bait! ig
The ountry press to advertise their trash:
In short, an hundred .things by men d^ised
To (J’et their baiibies ,chc^i>pV)’^!’*^r’fi){'P
‘i‘: T)ii>r>,’pat:!'fit' toUert .nV-'.flwlpl ' •"
TH' ;:|bf)rtd ' i.ef» 8fc‘' > 4“'
Ore-.-, lijcn in p»rssn. Jinnin his larder;
And still he toiled, from dawn to twilight gray,
The tirst of men to court—the last to pay!
Some said that he was rich—it might be tme,
Provided that you reckoned what was due;
But this his dearest friends both said and knew—
His wants were many, but his dimes were few. '
His paper bills came in, which must be paid,
Bo, to delinquents he appealed for aid;
He would take pork, potatoes, corn or oats,
Axe-helves or hoop poles, or, at worst, their notes,
In short, take anything they had to pa)'.
Provided it was brought by such a day.
And thus he turned short comers, always pressed,
A sad example of Pope's sagest saw,
“Man never is, but a-1 way's to be hlessed,”
The victim of a fate that knows no law.
! Beset by butcher, by his baker teased,
By creditors beseiged, by bailiffs squeezed,
He j’ielded slowly, in the desparate strife,
His dingj' office and his troubled life,
■ And gave to quiyt earth and modest stones
His many virtues Jind his aching bones.
Some generous friends have built a cenotaph
Of spotless marble o’er tho sleeper’s breast.'
Oti which the passer reads this epitaph:
“Here lies a man who died of too much trust 1”
’Tis a plain story, rather roughly told.
Of one who trusted others and was “sold;”
By hope allurtd, in turn by fear a.9sailed. '
He gave credit all he had, and failed.
The moral you can draw, Tho Country Press
Should seek for independence—nothing less.
Ready to aid the good, sustain the wise.
Direct and counsel proper enterprise.
Revealing to the public naze the way
Where toil may profit, and where skill will pay,
Wlierc revenues are reaped and fortunes grown,
But should be carefn! to preserve its own.
The Country Presi.^! though limited its sphere
Of influence, demands attention here.
Where it is free, the people will be free;
Where it is pure, the people will be pure.
Where ^unep the light, there libe.rty shall be;
Where it stands “firm, there freedom shall endure.
In the great march of mind it leads the van.
The guard of pubhc right, tho friend of man.
Though humble to'lers, they are not the least
W ho sow the seed anil garner for the feast;
By little means fhe noblest ends are gained,.
By S’Doll advances victories ettained.
0. humble toilers! ye who g\iide the press.
Though slow the propress, sure will be success.
Pf.Uieut in labor, strong in hope; in faith
Outreaching time, and circumstances, and death,
'3e yours the aim, by Heaven at tirst designed,
'. r.''ise to higher range of thought the mind,
1 tilding amid tiie floods of selfish life,
The storms of passion and the waves of strife,
A fa;rer island in each hiiman soul. '
here Love shall dwell, and Virtue have control,
An Eden blessed, and fairer than the oUl.
By poets sung, by prophet lips forctr>ld.
The hoirc of Tiin:5cence, Religion’s shi’ine,
'\vbere God may reign, and Man become divine.
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