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THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN WM. H. STB WART, Ed. and Prop: Published erery Tuesday at 120 West InneB street. Entered as second-class matter Jan. lfith. 1905. at the post office at Salis bury, N. C., under the act of Congress of March 8rd, 1887. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. Watchman and Record, one year, two papers per week, cash in advance, $1.00 per year ; six months, ouc. Salisbury, N. C, Sept. 14th, 1909 It is related that an inspect tor at the New York custom house found a dollar bill, in his pocket for which he could not account. Expressing the belief that some passenger whose baggage he had exam ined had thought to bribe him by slipping the bill in his pocket ' 'unbeknownst" to him, the inspector forwarded the bill to the Treasury De partment with the explana lion, ana the money was credited to trie conscience fund. It might be well to keep an eye on that inspector. Sometimes the honesty game is played up to divert atten tion so that some business may be done. Statesville Landmark. Of course, we don't know what this inspector's motives were, but we suspect he knew. For instance a few weeks ago J. H. Corriher, n fi i i one oi oaiisoury s mail car riers discovered some small change in a letter box, about 36 cents. All letters and packages in the box were ful ly paid with stamps affixed, lie took the money, wrote out a report of'it and turned it over to Postmater Ramsay. This' was the proper thing to do. Very likely that money was put in that box to test the honesty of that parties larly carrier. It was known who would take up the mai and when. If no report had been made - Mr. Corriher would henceforth been slated for an ex-carrier. He was tried in the balances and was found to be full weight and more, bo why not with the New York inspector? It may have been just as well to have reported the find, stated his willingness to turn the money over to its owner, and held :a. ti i . it. n was as mucn nis as it was the government's, but the amounts in either case were too little for this. Two citizens were discuss ing the proposed township bond issue tor good roads. yV S J 1 -a m vjne oi mem, a man wno is not seized of over much of this world's plunder and whose tax is small, declared against the measure. It hap pens that he leans toward so cialism and ever and anon swats the rich, the trusts, the multimillionaires, the privi leged classes, and so forth. The other man knew this and lifted up his voice, which was slightly tinged with sarcastic profanity, and said: "You are all the time railing out against the wealthy classes. I have heard you say what you would do to 'era if you had power. Here is a chance to swat them good and hard . Their property will bear the heaviest part of this tax. You will pay but little. The average man will pay but lit tle. The rich will pay most. Vote the bonds and hit 'em hard!" The amusing part of the situation is that practi cally every man in Lexington township woh owns consider able property is enthusiastic ally in favor of better roads. It is one of the strangest things in the world that men who get the most benefit from an improvement and who have to pay the least for it, are the men who fight the improvement to the last difp.h and then some. Lexington JJispatch. ji course it is none oi our business as to this or any other bond issue Lexington or Davidson county may vote on, and, it is not our inten tion to butt into our neigh bors affairs; but as the state ment above is the favorite stock argument of bond aoN vocates in general and is so outrageously false, that we are willing to use a little space in showing up its ab surdity and telling why the poor man should never fail to hit bond issues and all schemes to increase the tax rate the heaviest blows he is capable of. "The rich will pay most." Xat'seee. How clothe pay t? Well, this if the way he does it. This is the way he hasalways done it. He owns two stores and three dwell ings. The increase in the tax rate, on account oi the bond issue, may amount to $1.25 on his stores and 75 cents on his dwellings. JNow watch him shoulder this ex tra tax and be glad. Ye3. He will just simDly ro to his renters and inform them, that, owing to the increase of taxes occasioned by the re cent bond issue, he finds it necessary to. increase the rent on his buildings. Yes, good man, who bears his country's burdens, he adds about $5.00 per month to the rent of his stores and $3.00 on the dwellings, about four times the tax. Yes, he pays the tax, after taking advan tage of the poor renter, the merchant and his customers, m ' m among whom is mat poor man paying some more of that same tax. In short a bond issue gives the rich a chance, not only to gouge the poor, but to escape, indirectly, the payment of any tax, and he has never yet failed to take advantage of such an oppor tunity. We believe the con. sumer, the renter and pro ducer pays 75 to 90 per cent of all taxes, if not more. He always pays more than his part. He is the under-dog in the fight and he is too oft en willingly so. Such argu ment as the above is rotten tomy rot that has decayed, if not worse. It is a little mean er and more assured than the oft repeated buncombe about enhancing the value of farm to have good roads, which is always coupled with the statement that a man can get more for his farm, just as if there was gomg to be wholesale breaking up of homes and auctioning of farms along the new road. If a man stays on the farm and it increases in value, because of the road, it may mean the loss of hisihome. It will not produee an extia bushel of wheat and yet his taxes wil oe nigner. Yes, poor man, hit the bonds hard whenever there be an opportunity. i It is just as well for us to learn now how to build roads and other things, and pay for them as we go, as at some fu ture time. This will have to be learned as there is certain ly a limit to bond issues. We cannot go on issuing indefi nitely nor do roads last in definitely. The best roads built today will not last over ten years, and with bond is sues running 30, 40 and 50 years, it does not take a very colossal brain to see the fool hardiness of issuing bonds for such a purpose. This is no argument, however, against good roads. We should have them, but let's pay for them as we go. We not not want to array class against class, nor is it our desire to be a calamity howler, but the shortsighted ness and injustice that exists all. over our land toward the poor, as evidenced by such outs-croppings as above cited, if not discontinued or mate rially modified, will, sooner or later, plunge this country into a revolution, bloodier, more cruel and more sweep ing than any the world has ever yet known. Talk about the poor not payinar taxes. why he does little else. Be ing the last factor in our sys tem of economiss every mouthful of bread, every bite of meat, every dollar of rent, every basket of coal, every tool, every piece of wearing apparel, in short everything that he gets, and having nothing he must buy all, and it must be paid for with the taxes and profits always add ed. And more, he pays f)r it by the sweat of his brow, by days, nights and years of manual labor that means much, very much, when com pared with the easy methods of making a living in vogue among the rich. This old world is chocked full of injustice and unequal chances, and, and while we have no more hope of social ism freeing us of these things that Republicanism, or Demo cracy, all these isms being the mere connivings of sinful man, it does seem that en lightened beings could im prove conditions if only they would. The Odd Fellows at Granite QuarqM The thirteenth district conven tion of the I. O. O. F convened in the hall of Stone Lodge, at Granite Quarry, Wednesday, and a very interesting and instructive address was delivered by Mr. Bar- nette, of Charlotte, a member of the twelfth district and was listen ed to with attention by the large audience present. The session was called to order at 4 o'clock by the president W. M. Ruth. The night session was called to order at 7 :30 and the initiatory degree confered by Cordon Lodge, of Salisbury. Short but interest ing talks were made by supervisor R. M. Leonard, Sheriff Jas, H. McKenzie, W. A Foglemau, A. B. Saleeby and others. All were en tertainiig and instructive." A vote of thanks was extended to the citizens of Granite Quarry for their cordial reception and entpr tainment, and also to Mr. Bar- nett. The officers for the coming year are: President, Dr. L. S. Fox, rf Salishury; vice-president, D. E. Duncan, of Granite Quarry ; secre tary, A. J. Broad, of Spencer; marshall, C. B. Peebles, of Ad vance; inside sentinel, J C. Hed ges, of Lexington ; outside senti nel, W. G.' Kirk, of Thomasville. At 11 o clock the convention closed to meet on March 10th, 1910, with Advance Lodge, No. 341, at Advance, Davie county. Rev. Hughes, archdeacon of the Raleigh Convocation, conducted services at St. Luke's Episcopal church Sunday morning and night. Rev. Cheatham will be here to conduct service on October 1st. John Wright, son of Geo. W. Wright, was painfully wounded in the right hand Friday after noon by a bullet from a Flohert rifia which fa was handling. AFTER SUFFERING TEN YEARS Cured by Lydia E. Pink ham's VegetableCompound Mablton. N.J. I feel that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has given me new me. 1 suffered for ten years with serious female troubles, in flammation, ulcer ation, indigestion nervousness, and could not sleep. Doctors gave me up, as they said my troubles were chronic I was in despair, and did not care whether I lived or died, when I read about Lj dia E. 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It is invaluable in its helpfulness and suggestive ideas for a profitable and satisfactory Farm or Garden, Catalogue mailed free on request. Write for it. T. W. WOOD & SONS. 3 Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. Cj H GLOOMY DESPONDENT THINKING OF THE j SUICBDE STUNT I r mo SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR Stirs the Liver to Healthy Action MKESllFE WORTH LIYINC. QQQQQQQQOOOOOOOOOObOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BELK--EARRT (WAITS The Big Cheap Store. riiss Adelaide E. White Voice Culture and Singing. Terms on application. Voices tried free Convenient hours arranged for country and out-of-town pupils. Studio 402 E. Inniss St. Phone 146 9 14 -4 1 Our Buyers have just returned from New York- and the new goods are rolling in everyday. Buying for six big store all at one time enables Belk Bros' Stores to buy in large quantities and from first hand. This is why you get better merchandise here for the price than you gete Isewhere. We Buy Right and Sell as Cheap as ITJe can. 3BIvB: HIE5Zr CO, fawi mm New Fall Merchandise Now en route from the Northern Markets for the Greater Empire Store Company. By the time this paper reaches you we will be working over time unloading and pricing the greatest line oi Fall Mer chandise this town and surroundings ever saw. Dry Goods Ladies Suits Ladies Hats Furniture Burt's Shoe Stock The mm poo of every kind and description that's new and good, bought at prices that nothing but cash and quality moves. that have never been equaled in this or any town in North Carolina for style and quality at such reasonable prices. If we don't sell every lady in Rowan County a hat this fall it will be because she don't buy one or don't see ours first. A line as good as the best carried anywhere with prices cheaper than the-eheapest. Here's where we are Stronger and Cheaper than anybody quality for quality style lor style and price for price. Anything your want for dress, School or Work Shoes at a closer margin of profit than good Shoes have ever been sold in this town ire ompsum FIVE BIG STORES C0MBIWEB, Empire Block, Salisbury, N. C. 8 V 8
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