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THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU RSDAY, JULY 7, 1927
The Beaufort News
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itably, gives its citizens good service at reason
able rates and set aide a fund to replace its
plant when it is worn out then there would
.seem to be no reason for selling out. How
ever in figuring costs one must consider intf r-c-st
being paid on bonds and also take in con
sideration any tax yields that would be forth
coming from a corporation owned plant. Then
too the quality of service furnished must be
considered and the rates charged for service
also. The matter should be looked at from
every angle and a careful analysis made of
the whole situation. The Board of Commis
sioners probably have at this time the biggest
opportunity to serve their constituents that
they will have during their entire terms of of
lice. No doubt they appreciate the responsi
bility resting upon them and will meet the ex
pectations of their fellow citizens.
GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES
One hundred years ago, in fact at a later
j date than that, no taxes were levied in North
: Carolina for public education. Such schools
I -.s then existed were private enterprises: they
j were supported by the people who patroniz
i ed them. Education was regarded as pure-
The Greensboro' News calls attention to the ! J Personal matter and one that the State had
fact that the General Assembly, at its recent ! httie to do with The idea of taxing people
session, passed an act making it unlawful to l0, maintain schools was regarded as the height
sound an automobile horn unnecessarily, wan-I ft loi! Now millions are raised annually
tonly and maliciously so to speak. It is a b-v taxation for school purposes and nobody.
fApt'CLs ine practice 10 ue sioppen.
One hundred years ago such things as coun
ty and state departments of health, of agricul
ture, of public welfare had not been dreamed
of let alone put in practice. Now the State
and th? various counties spend large sums in
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THE BOND ELECTION.
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great comfort to know that the law was pass
ed, it will be a still greater comfort if the of
ficers will enforce it. If we mistake not this
law contained several other features too which
the officers would do well to inform themselv
es of. The one requiring all vehicles to car
ry lights at night when on the streets and high
ways seems to be a good one. Cars are Often
seen in Beaufort, as well as elsewhere with no
tail lights. Another practice, not at all un
common here, is for children to drive cars.
The automobile is one of the most useful in
ventions that man has ever devised ; it is also
a death dealing instrument in the hands of
the careless, the reckless and the unscrupulous.
PRIVATE THRIFT PAYS PUBLIC DEFICITS
Socialists say that the government ought to
own and operate all public utilities like rail
roads, telegraph and telephone lines and
many others. The administration of the rail
roads in the United States during and after
the war by the Federal Governmant ought to
have been lesson enough and doubtless was for
aid of agriculture, health departments and
public welfare. It may be that some counties
have strained themselves too much in trying
to maintain such agencies and it may be that
considerable money has been wasted in main
taining them; it is likely enough that both of
such criticisms are just. Admitting though
that there is waste of money in the public
school system and in the other departments
t cannot be denied successfully that they do
much good. The same is true of the millions
nvcfted in public roads. Some of the money
invested in them has been wasted but despite
that fact the roads are of great benefit.
The day of excessive individualism is wan
ing, in fact it has passed forever. People rely
more and more on the national, state, county
r.iid municipal governments to do things for
them. The people must be provided with
Editor of The News:
The article of the Dr3. in the News
shows up very beautiful but Mr. tax
payer how does it look down in the
bottom of your pocket and nothing
thtre to pay the burdensome taxes
that are already upon us?
We all readily admit that such an
institution would be a fine thing, for
the county, but it would be like bay
ing an automobile, as soon as you fret
it the expense begins and that would
be the case with a county hospital.
The trouble today is there are too
many living out of the treasury of
the county and more trying to get
there. The county can send the poor
who have no property nor money to
a hospital for treatment for much
less than they can build and equip a
hospital. We should consider the
poor forever and fishermen who toil
from sun to sun and have to deny
their families of many things they
actually need to get money to pay
their taxes. Dont listen to the sil
ver-tongued orators with their flow
ery speeches and be misled but be
aire to register and vote against any
more bond issues.
Tax Payer
Newport, N. C.
THE HOSPITAL QUESTION.
fare of the unfortunate must have attention.
These necessities must be provided by some
governmental agency. It is too big a job for
individuals. This thing of relying on the gov-
vrme.it to do things for us though can "be car
virl too far. The question is where shall we
drav. the line?
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most of us. If any further information about.! ?00.a a? meir en uaren must e eaucarea,
v0vr,.wai .-,fi norWi tbnrh ;t n their nealth must be looked after and the wel-
be found in Canada. There are two trans-continental
railroads in Canada, one owned by
the government and the other by the Canadian
r,acific Railway Company. They are compet
itors with each other and both are supposed
to be trying to make money. Trio results
which they achieve are widely apart. The
Canadian Pacific pays regular dividends to
its stockholders. This read is also t'.ie larg
est taxpayer in Canada. The government
owned railroad has a deficit every year which
must come out of the taxpayers and of course
f pays no taxes itself. From this it appears
that private ownership n batter for the people
than public ownership in so far as railroads
are concerned.
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MANY COMPLAINTS TO EE HEARD
Ford, world's richest man, says he is e;
to work. Come to think of it, work seems to
liar:! with most men who have won unusual sac-'
(L'ostun Transcript.)
Pens: m women, now want to wear Western fash
is. Persian men wouldn't object if they only knew-
-(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
future separations are likely to find them and cry:
"Lo, here is where the ancients drilled for oil." (Los
Angeles Times.)
American troops havs been ordered to the Peking
war areas, where they get a ggrand-stand view of how
a country withoct military prepardness settles its troub
les. (Indianapolis News.)
i The State Equalization Board will have a
maeting shortly at which it will hear com
plaints from those who do not like the way the j
school funds have been distributed. If every- ; If ay of the girls wearing ultra-fashionable heels
tody who has been kicking about the distribu- '. make footprints in the sands of time, the scientists of
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tion should attend tnis meeiing u win oe nec
esary probably to meet in a largge auditorium.
Rarely have we ever known any public meas
ure that has attracted as much criticism as
this one has done. Of course dividing up
money is always a ticklish job. This is no
ticeable in the case of wills. Each fellow
t hinks he ought to have got a little more than
he did get. And so it is about this school
money. Of course a few counties got large
sums, more than they expected probably, and
so they will keep quiet. Maybe the board
understands how it arrived at its decisions but
the public does not. All the public knows is
that seme counties got a great deal of the mon
ey, scm ?ot pretty fair amounts and others
rot verv little. Hence these complaints. What
the State ought to do is to adopt a uniform
tax rate rate for the whole State and pay
whatever it costs to run the public schools no
natter whether they are located in Carteret
or Cherokee, or some other county.
Editor Beaufort News:
I want to say a little more about
the hospital bond issue. " It has been
told that if you register and didn't
vote it would not count against the
bonds. I want every voter to reg
ister and then go to the polls and
cast his vote solid against the bond
issue. I understand thnt T)r Pnvl
has been offered $10,000 to go "to
High Point and operate a hospital
there and wants to sell out to the
county for $85,000, and I must think
that the county will give him more
to stay and operate this one for
them. Now my dear readers I want
to tell you all that I think it best
if that is what the county wants us
to all vote for they had just as well
fB 11 in this election and keep the cost
of it off the county.
My friends I went to Newport Sat
urday and worked hard and got ev
ery one that I saw to register and
every one that I talked with said that
they were going solid against it for
'.hey were tired of bonds in this
county. Now my readers this has
'.ieen told me, I think if our county
commissioners keep on I think thev
will have to d,) like the Newport tax
Not All is Lost
O.Xawraiceawihorne
Is this defeat? . ,
Is this a certain indication of my standing
with my fellow men?
Shall I retreat? . . , .
Shall I withdraw from all pursuit of place In
public life nor try again?
Is all for naught
This earnest, honest effort on my part to
benefit myself and them?
When I, who sought . , . 4
An office, have employed but fair designs to
gain the goal, can they condemn?
Have I done well
In that no whit of self-respect or honor has
been sacrificed by me?
Does this foretell
Perpetual exclusion from the seats of govern
ment as fate's decree?
Must my star wane
Nor ever cast the faintest glow among the
lesser lights, or is it true
By just such disappointments, and achieve a
creator nrize than 1 Dursue? . ,, tl&uvjjkwfl
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iiiiT 33ii rj n hmA i lit thmwi
payer said in his letter last week.
They will have to build a larger
county home to take care of the poor
for if they keep putting more tax on
there will be more poor folks than
you ever saw before..
Now that is just my opinion my
dear readers and every one that reads
tny letter if you haven't started to
work against the bond issue start to
day and see that every body gots and
registers and then go and vote against
it solid. Don't depend on anything
they say about your name counting
against it if you dont vote, for that
law has been chanced. It is hard t
keep up with their laws for they make
a plenty laws but they carry out but
few of them. Now I want Dr. C. N.
Mason and Dr. George Davis and also
Dr. J. J. Davis to get busy and let
me hear from them. Don't let me
have a!I to say and of my friends
that wants to say a word of consol
ation about this propsed bond issue
dont hesitate to say it and let every
body k.y.v who you are. If you are
a tax pnyer doit bs afraid of your
name. Now please 1 me hear from
you ail.
From your friend against any more
bonds.
E. L. McCAIN,
Newport, N. C.
July 4th, 1927.
In Abyssinia, a telephone nussaes
must firH oe written and handed tir
the operator, who, in turn, shouts it
into the transmitter,, no one else be
ing permitted to use the instrument.
Plans are being made to entertain
between 500 and 700 club members
at the aiv.ual short course to be held
at State CoUegj, July 11 to 1G.
Small gavels made from timbe:.:i
taken from the White House wer?
presented to the four club members
from North Carolina who attended
the National Club Encampment last
week. The gavels are to be retain
ed in the families of those who re
vive them.
Two of James Madison's great services to his coun
1 rymen were writing the first ten amendments to the
Constitution and introducing long pants. (Ohio State
Journal.)
REDS IN PHILIPPINES
A BIG RESPONSIBILITY
No doubt our board of city commissioners
will give careful consideration to the proposi
tion which has been made them looking to a
sale of the city's water and light plant and
the granting of a franchise to a corporation
to operate the plant. The matter is important
right now and its potential importance is still
greater.
Like all questions this light and water mat
ter has two sides to it. It is true that munici
pal ownership of public utilities has been on
the wane for some time. Comparatively few
towns own their light and water plants now,
particularly their light plants. Great corpor
ations that are engaged in the busines of pro
ducing and selling electricity have bought up
about all of the municipal plants. Twenty
five or thirty years ago nearly all such plants
were owned by the towns. In fact that was
the only way small towns could get electric
plants and not many of them had water and
sewerage systems. It is very different now.
The big power companies give better service
than the municipal plants usually give and at
a less cost to the consumers as a rule.
Of course if a town can operate a plant prof-
Tho latest Red outburst has been in the Phillipines
rhe:-e scent service agents of the Unit?d S tates gov
ernment have discovered evidence of a wide-spread
lot to cripple American naval activities in the is
'ands. Chinese nationalists, for whom our pacifistic
adicals have made numerous noisy pleas, have been
working with Philipino agitators throughout the islands,
planning to strike the first blow through destruction of
ihe naval arsenal at Cavite, to prevent shipment of
American arms to China for defense of American work
ers and missionaries in the Orient. It is well that sec
ret service agents should be keeping a close watch on
;he communists and other radicals in the Phillippines
and elsewhere. (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel.)
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Summer Bedroom
FURNISHINGS
It will prove a real pleasure to outfit N
a bedroom in your home from the
splendid showing of pieces to be found here.
Porch Swings
Time for Porch Swings
HOME BUYING
Secretary Hoover of the Department of Commerce
in a recent address, remarked that he was in favor of
the local buying of local products. He argued that
roney is wasted in shipping charges when people send
away a long distance for products created elsewhere
when they could buy articles made near home equally
vell. '
If it pays to buy products manufactured in our home
localities, it would seem to be a good policy also to
buy products distributed through local agencies, that
is through our home stores. When you buy stuff sold
through, the stores of Newark where distribution costs
are reasonable, you avoid the expense of going and
sending elsewhere, and distribution costs are higher in
il.e large titios, c.ving to high living costs Vatti. (New
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