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A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the Peopie and for Honesty in Governmental 'Affairs.
Vol. IX No. 34
Salisbury, N. O., Wednesday, August 6th, 1913.
WM. H. STEWART, EDITOn
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Uaroiina Watetaiim
WiEW 'ROAD "LAW
AN ACT TO PROVIDE A ROAD LAW
FOR THE COUNTY OF ROWAN,
- .AND FOR LEVYING TAXES
, FOR. PUBLIC ROADS IN
' ROWAN COUNTY.
Tue General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact :
Seo. 1 . That the board of com
missioners of , Rowan County be
and aire hereby authorised to levy
annually ; i speciflo tax not to ex
ceed thirty-five cents on the one
hundred dollars valuation of
property, real and personal, in
aid county, and not exoeeling
one dollar and five cents on each
poll (the constitutional equation
to be always observed) to be ex
pended for biulding and repairing
the publio roads in said county,
and for all neoeesry expenses per
taining thereto, iuolnding buying
read machinery, equipment and
supplies, Said specifio tax shall
be levied and collected each and
every year, as other taxes are
levied and oollected.
Seo. 2. That the board of com
missiouers of Rowan County may
on the first Monday in the month
of June, one thousand nine hun
dred and thirteen, and anuaally
thereafter, levy a tax of not less
than fifteen (15) cents and not
more than twenty five (25) cent a
ou the one hundred dollars valua
tion of property subject to taxa
tion in the several townships of j
the oounty of Rowan, property in ;
incorporated towns in the several I laid superintendent shall have di
townships excepted, and not less j rect charge, control and manage
than forty five (45) cents, and not ment of maintaining and keeping
more than seventy five (75) cents in good order all macadam roada
and every poll sub-
toll tax in the sv-
JwDshin of the county cf
lowan, pons in incorporateu ,
towns in the several townshps ex-1
oepted, whioh said taxes shall be
toll ec ted in the same manner as
the other taxes are collected for
state and county purposes, and
hall be kept separate and apart
in the tax books of the said coun
ty from other taxes, and shall be
known as "Township Road Fund,"
and said taxes shall be used in
the construction, improvement
and maintainace of the public
roada of the several townships,
and in each township shall have
its own apportion merit of the tax
es levied and oollected therein,
and the said taxes levied and col
lected in the several townships
shall be used exclusively in the
construction, improvement and
maintenance of the publio roads
of the township where levied and
collected under the direction of
the board of commissioners of
Rowan and a committe of
three appointed in eaoh town
ship by the board of com
missioners for . the purpose of,
consultation with said board as to
how the taxtes levied hereunder
are to be expended in their several
townships. Provided, however,
that no part of "The township
Road fond" tax levied in this sec
tion shall be used in the oonstuo-
tion, maintenance or improvement
of the streets of the incorporated
towns of the several town
ships of said county: Pro
vided, however, upon the petition
of sixty per cent of the freehold
ers and qualified voters of any one
or more townships petitioning
against said tax levy, the board of
oounty commissioner! may not
levy said tax in said township,
may continue to work roads in
aid township or townships in ac
cordance with provisions of chap
ter two hundred and nineteen,
Publio Looal Liws, one thousand
nine hundred and eleven.
Sco 8. That there may
be
electen oy saia Dcara or commit
sioners at one ot tneir regular
meetings a competent superintend
ent of roads, skilled in the modern
method of road building, who
shall be paid a reasonable com
pensation, to be fixed by the board
of cotomissioners, and said super
intendent of roads may be remoy-
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ed from office at any time by said
board of commissioners when in
the opinion of the board there ex
ists good and sufficient cause for
such aotion, and for malfeasance
or misconduot in office, and may
be removed, by them without far
thtr noticejthan may be necessary
to give him a hearing, and said
board of commissioners shall have
power to fill any vaoaney in said
office of superintendent of roada
that may occur, by removal orjoth
erwise. The said superintendent of
roads compensation to be paid
out of the fund derived from the
road tax levied under section one
of this act.
Sec 4. That it shall be the
duty of said superintendent of
roads to give so much of his time
at may be required by the board
of commissioners to building, di
recting, maintaining and repair
ing the highways and public roads
of Rowan Oounty; he shall have
charge of the supervision, main
taining and building of all
publio roads and highways in
said j county, including the su
pervision, ot the convict force,
whioh shall be committed to
bis custody by the
oounty commissioners
board of
and the
0f said county,- either with work
by convict forces or by the edl-
ploy ment of some one under his
ehreotion, to repair and maintain
the same, subject to the approval
of the board of county commis
sioners. 8eo. 5 That said boaid of com
missioners or superintendent, sub
jeot to the approval ot said board,
shall appoint, with power to re
move at any time, snoh guards or
other employees as may be needed
to take charge of the convict
foroe, said guards and employees
to be paid such compensation for
services rendered as may be fixed
by the board of oounty commis
sioners. Sec; 6. No superintendent,
guard, or other employee of said
commissioners shaU be held either
criminally or civilly liable for any
injury inflicted upon any conviot
in his custody or under his super
vision ! while in good faith and
with due care enforoing snoh dis
cipline as may be necessary to
carry out such rules and regula
tions in the workiug of convicts
apon the highways or publio
roads as said commissioners may
from time to time enact and pro
mulgate. If any superintendent,
guard or other employee who may
have such persons in his charge
shall willfully or negligently per
mit any prisoner to escape from
his custody, such superintendent,
guard or employee shall be guilty
of misdemeanor, and unpon con'
viotion shall be fined or impris
oned in the discretion of the
court ; provmea, mat no superin
tendent, guard or other employee
shall be held criminally or civilly
liable for inflicting any wound or
. t
otner injury upon any prisoner
who may atsempt to 6soape from
his custody or control, if suoh su
perintendent, guard or employee
shall have reasonable ground to
believe it necessary to so wound
or otherwise injure suoh prisoner
in order to prevent his aotual es
- cape from custody ; any superin
tendent, guard or other employee
I from whose custody any conviot
' shall have escaped, or anv other
officer or private oitisen, thai
have the right at any time there
after to re arrest suoh esoaped
cenviot and to use suoh means ao
tually necessary to that end; and
no person, in arresting or at'
tempting to arrest an escaped aon-
riot, shall be held civilly or otim-
mally liable for any wound or
other injury which he may inflict
upon snoh oonvict while attempt
ing to arrest him, if he shall have
had reasonal le grounds to believe
that it was necessary to resort to
suoh means in order to make such
arrest.
Sec. 7. Thai all nsrsons con-1
fined in the cooatj jail nader a 1
final sentence of tha court fori
crimes, or imprisoned for non-1
payment of costs or -fines, or under
final judgment jn oasee of bastar- J
dy, or under the vagrant acts, all j
insolvents who ahall be imprisoned I
for non-payment of costs, all per-1
sons who stall be sentenced to the
state prison f r a term of not
more than ten yesrs shall be
worked on the publio roads of said
county unless otherwise ordered
in the4udgment of the court, and
all suclrj convicts shall be fed,
clothed; and otherwise cared for
at the expanse of said road fund;
provided, that in the ease of serious
physical disability, certified by
tha county physician, persons con
vioted in anv oourt may be sen-
tenced to the state prison or the I
oounty jail. not begin work or receive any pay
Sec. 8. That the said board of from the board of commissioners
oounty commissionsrs it hereby of Jba county for any work until
authrised to accept oonvicts from heor they shall enter into a writ
other counties of the state ten" tejt contract in the name of the
tenoed by superior oourt judges, board of commissioners of Rowan
whenever in their judgment it is County to build, maintain and
deemed advisabls to do to, and keep in good repair, Iree from all
the cost of transporting and main- holes, ruts and dangerous places,
saining such convicts or prisoners also well drained with good crown
shall be paid from said road fund upon the road, the section of pub
provided in Motion one of thit ast. lie road being so contracted for,
Seo. 9. The superintendent of and also to keep in good repair
health tha oounty shall at- the bridges thereon free from any
tend the oonviots as though dangerous places and giving to the
they were confined in the I
oounty jail. If the superin
tendent of health shall be unable i
to attend the conviots, from any
cause, the county commissioners
are hereby authorized, contri
with a physician to attend such
convicts.
Seo. 10. The board of oounty
commissioners of Rowan County,
may in its discretion, work laid
oonviots on the streets within the I
oorporte limits of the city of Sal
isbury and upon the streets within
the corporate limits of any other
incorporated town in Rowan
Oounty.
Seo. 11. If the board of com
missioners of Rowan County elect
a superintendent of roads of Row
an Oounty under section three of
this eat, then and in that event
the said board of commissioners
shall provide for the superinten
dent of roads an office where he
shall file oopies of all correspon
dence, letters, contraots, pro
posals, plats and surveys of
roads, and shall keep an ac
curate reoord of all aooounts
and contraots with the supervisors
or any other person who is deal-
ing with the said board of com-
missioners in matters relating to
the publio roads of said county.
The said superintendent of
roads shall set apart at least
one day iu every week
when he shall be in his office
to attend to suoh road matters as
may ooms before him, and the re -
mainaer ot wie time ine saia sup-
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erintendent shall either be super -
vising the building of the publio
roads of said oounty or directing
the management of the oonviot
foroe and making provisions there-
for. The said superintendent of
roads shall not purohase any pro-
visions, materials or other things
for the building and repairing of
the roads of said oounty or any
provisions for oonviot foroe from
himself or from any firm or or-
poration in whioh he may have an
tutecvB ur uuiu any siccx, nor roads of their respective town
shall the said superintendent of ships and for inspecting the publia
roads hire or emnlov his own a (h. mav ha rfivantoit k.
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teams to ao any work for the
oounty or upon the publio roads
thereof. Any superintendent of
roads violating the provisions of
this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and . upon convic
tion thereof shall be fined or im
prisoned at the discretion of the
oourt .
boo. iz. Tne said board of I
commissioners, or the superinten
dent of roads subject to the ap.
pzovsi of tha aaid board, if f
'shall be deemed advisable, shall
I appoint one person in eaoh town
I ship ef the oounty to be known as
I township supervisor, who shall
be under control and orders of the
superintendent of roads, and it
J shall be the duty ;of said super-
J visor to divide the publio roads of
I his township into sections of not
lets than one mws&nd not more
than ten miles, n4 he shall fur-
nish plat of all such Motions of
publio roads so divided, with th-
culverts and bridges mentioned
thereon, to the superintendent of
roads, to be filed it his office, and
it also shall be hit duty, with the
approval of the superintendent of
roads, to let by contract at a fair
and reasonable price, for a period
of one year, to the-beat bidder,
the building, maintaining, and
keeping in good repair the djffer-
ent sections of, public roads in his
township, or in oa?ea new public
road is ordered opened hi, the
board of commissioners oi said
oounty, it shall be his duty to let
out the said oontraot as above
mentioned. The jsaid bidder or
bidders, to be knowq thereafter as
contractor or contractors, shall
road the waal widtiTTwreqaired
by law. The said contractor or
contractors shall also furnish at
the time of signing said contract a
good and sufficient bond in the
earn of one hundred fillers, or a
larger amount if the coutraot may
warrant same in the estimation of
said board of commissioners, to
the board of commissioners of
Rowan County tcr faithfully dis-
eharga the duties mentioned in his
eontract and as required of him
I or them by law, and if said con
tractor or contractors shall fail to
discharge the duties mentioned in
said oontraot, or as required of
him or them by law, the said
board of commissioners shall have
a right to recover the amount
mentioned in his said bond in any
of the courts of Rowan Oounty.
The superintendent of roads upon
aoospting the above mentioned
oontraot shall write his approval
therein and file same with the
register of deeds of Rowan Conn
ty, and tha said oontract shall be
binding upon said county when
approved by the said board of
commissioners, ine supervisor
shall from time to time, as he may
be directed by the superintendent
of roads, view the section of pub-
I He roads so contracted for, and as
I the hnildine- of said so contrantnd
for progresses under the contraots
ao let. the said supervisor shall
give an order to the superinten-
dent of roadr for navment of suoh
1 amounts of money as to him may
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i seem due tor tne wore so com-
1 pleted, and for no more. And i
I the superintendent of roads shall,
upon examination of said order,
find the same correct and due for
work already completed under the
oontraot so made, he shall endorse
taid order and send some
to the boardof commission-
era for payment. The said
supervisor shall be paid for
the time actually engaged in
letting the contracts fpr. the build-
ing and repairing of the publio
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tha .nnarinisniianfc of rnri in .
sum of not less than two dollars
per day. -Said accounts shall be
itemised, signed and certified as
correct by said supervisor, and be
examined and endorsed by the su
perintendent of roads before pay
ment. Hap. 18. The board of commis
sioners or the superintendent of
Wads with the approval of the
board vpf commissioners, shall
hav the right, if it be deemed ad
visable, to direct the supervisor as
before mentioned to build, main
tain and keep in good repair the
publio roads of his townships by
employing laborers and teams to
do the Work on the public roads
of the respective townships of said
oounty. It shall be the supervi
sor's duty to keep the publio
roads of his township free from
all holes, ruts and dangerous
places and well drained, with a
good crown cn same, and keep the
bridges in good1 repair, , and while
he is working said publio read it
shall be the duty of the superin
tendent of roads to visit, super
vise, direct and oontrcl said road
works at all times; and it shall
be his duty, subject to the approv
al of the board of oommusioners,
to fix the price to be paid for la
bor and teams and other necessary
expenses in repairing and main
taining said public roads, and he
shall at all times go.ern and have
control of the supervisor in lui l -
ing, maintaining and keeping in
good repair the pnhiic r ads of
said townships. The supervisor
ahall cive s good and soffi :i i1
bond iu the sum of three hundred
dollars, to be payable to the i ai
uf commissioners of Rowan Ooi .
ty, for tne faithful discharge of
hie dnty, and if he shall fail to
discharge his duty aocordiug to
the law, the said board of com
missioners shall have the right tr
reoover the amount in any of the
courts of Rowan Connty. Ibe
board of commissioners of said
county shall have ths right to fix
the oompensstiou for the super
visors of the various townships cf
the county, whichF shall not te
ess thau $2 00 par day for ten
hours work The sard supervisors
shall not employ their own teams
for working the publio roads or
purohase any material for road
building from jj&sjffNInn less
they first -tfmlytTCoaTd of
county commissioners of the use
of their own teams, and the other
teams could not be had for the use
so mentioned . If any supervisor
shall fail and be willfully negli
gent and careless in the discharge
of his duties as suoh supervisor is
required by law or fail to obey the
provisions of this section, he shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
non oonviotion thereof shall be
fined ot imprisoned at the dis
oretion of the court .
Sec. 14. The said supervisor
shall keep a oorreot and acourate
reoord of the contraots and ao
oounts made and shall furnish to
the oouty commissioners or the su
perintendent of roads an itemized
statement of all laborers and teams
hired, and the prioe per day for
each, and also a statement of all
material purohased and the price
Daid for same, whioh statement
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shall be duly signed by the said
supervisor as being just and cor
reot. The superintendent of roads,
if approving said itemized state
ments, shall siirn them and send
them to the board of commission
ers of said oounty for payment.
The said board of commissioners,
upon examination and inspection
of said aooounts and contracts for
hire of labor and teams and for
material furnished for the build
ing of various roads in the said
oounty, find the same oorrect and
no overcharge made thereon, they
shall order payment of the same.
Seo. 15. The superintendent of
roads, with the approval of the
said board of commissioners, if
deemed advisable, shall have the
right and authority to enter into
a contract with anyone who will
take same at a fair and reasonable
price, for the building, maintain
ing and keeping in repair and
free from dangerous places, well
drained, and with a good orown
thereon, and keeping in good con
dition the bridges of any or all of
the publio roads in the different
townships of said oounty. The
said contraotor, before entering
upon his work or receiving any
pay for same, shall enter into a
written oontraot in the name of
the board of commissioners of
Rowan Connty to keep in good re
pair, free from all holes, ruts and
dangerous plaoes, with a good
orown on same and well drained,
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
THE ROWAN COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL
ASSOCIATION WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL
CONVENTION IN MT. ZION REFORMED
CHURCH THURSDAY AND FRI
DAY, AUGUST 21 AND 22.
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The forty-fifth annual conven
tion of the-Rowan County Sun
day SohootAu0eiation will be
beld 'Ja alt-c vZin Reformed
Ohurah, near China Grove, Rev.
J. H. Keller, pastor, Thursday
and Friday, August 21st and 22nd.
The officers of the astooiation
wis srwT m
are sb 10110 ws: a. vr . latum,
president, Salisbury ; Rev . 0. B.
Heller, secretary, Spencer; W. L.
Klutts, treasurer, Salisbury ; Hon.
John S. Henderson, A.B. Salseby,
P. S. Carlton, Thos. P.Johnston,
Prof. R. G. Kizer and Dr. C. M.
Van Poole, are the executive
committee. Prof. L. H. Roth-
rock, superintendent of teaoher
training; A. B. Saleeby, superin
tendent of organized class work ;
Miss Daisy Fisher, superintendent
of the intermediate and cradle
mil work: Prof. R. G. Kizer.
superintendent of Home and !
visitation.
The local committee oonsists of
Dr. G. A. Ramsaur and J, .
Oorrell, ot China Grove.
The program as arranged is at
follows :
Thubsdat Morning, 21st,
10:80 8oug Servioe.
10:45 Devotional, Rev. J. H.
Keller.
11:00 "Why are we Here?"
Rev, B . S. Brown,
11:15 Roll call of townships
appointment of enrollment com
mittee.
11:25 Remarks by the presi
dent, E. W. Tatum.
11:80 "Principles and Methods
of Organized Sunday School
Work," Rev. Lewis Collins.
12:00 Offering, announcements.
Thursday. Afternoon.
2 :00 Song Servioe.
2:15 Devotional.
2:80 Treasurer's Report, secre
tary's report.
2 :45 Report of township secre
taries. 8:05 Song.
8:10 "A Reasonable Sunday
School Standard," Rev. Lewis
Collins.
8:40 "The Boy Problem and
How to Solve it," Rsv. F. J.
Mallet, D. D. -
410 Appointment of commit
tees.
Announcements.
Fritat Morning, 22nd.
9:80 Song servioe.
9.50 Devotional.
10 00 "Personal Work, Soul
Winning," Rev. M. M. Kinard,
D. D.
10:25 "Organised Class Work,"
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K, A
(Baraca, etc.) Prof. L. H. Roth-
rook, A. B. Saleeby, A. L. Smoot.
11:00 "Round Table and the
SniehR6v.- Lewie- e2
tins.
12 :00 Election of officers, exe
cutive committee,seleotion of place
of next meeting.
12:15 Election of delegates to
state convention. Offering and
announcements.
Friday Afternoon,
2:00 Song service.
2:15 Devotional,
2:80 "All the Church in the S.
S, and all the S . S. in the Church,
Rev. Lewis Collins.
2:50 Report of intermediate
and oradle roll superintendent,
Miss Daisy Fisher,
8:80 Miscellaneous and new
business.
8:45 Rsport of committees.
4:00 Installation of officers.
Closing remarks by delegates.
Closing exercises, song, prayer,
doxology, benediction.
Every Sunday School worker in
the county is ivited to be present
and take part in (he convention .
Be there for the opening session
and stay till the cIobo. Many of
the subjects are intended for open
discussion in whioh all are at
liberty to take part.
Every Sunday School iB entit
led to as many delegates as will go.
Mt. Zion folks are expecting a
orowd, do not let them be disap
pointed. Every township seoretary is
urged to send reports as early as
possible, Please see that your
township has a complete report
and then hurry it in to the secre
tary. All delegates, ministers and
visitors who will oome by rail to
China Grove, or who expect to re
main over night, will please notify
J. E. Correll, seoretary of the
entertainment oommittee, China
Grove, N. C, as early as possible.
Costly Treatment.
"I was troubled with constipa
tion and indigestion and spent
hundreds of dollars for medioine
and treatment," writes O. H.
Hines, of Whitlow, Ark. "I weut
to a St. Louis hospital, also to a
hospital in New Orleans, but no
oure was effected. On returning
home I began taking Chamber
lain's Tablets, and worked right
along. I used them for some
I time and am now all right." Sold
I by all dealer.
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