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THE STATE DISPATCH FublMied Erery Wedne«d«.y -3f- TW StatcJ^Kipfttdi pBUuhiBg Cma^mf, C. Or. J, A. Pickefct, - - Pre«iden1 ^ M. HoriUMlAy, - Vice-Preeident Office Flmfc Floor, Weiier Building. Tele|>hoDe No. 365. JJHN E. HAKT, EdH*c ud Maw*er. lAKES £. FOUST, Otf SM«r maA kMutboA liiawit MaMC«r« ■beeriptioiu On« Dollar per jear, p»y abla in adTasee. AM oocDaiuaicaU >ns in regard to either o«w8 itesnd or basinees laKttere shonld addressed to Th« S»*to Di^tcii and cot %o any iadividual eonnected with she oewB notes and comtnanicAtions of mportaace nattst be siiped by tbe writer. We are not responsible for »pision8 of t^(ur corresiKfiMieate. 8nbecrib«f8 wil} take notice that no re- e«ipt lor wabecrip^tioti for Tl* SUI* Di^t^ be honored at this cffiee uolees it i« ■umbered with stamped fi&nre*. Entered a«t :«eound-ola^ icatter Ma^ 20,«tthe post office at Burling too, Miort* (iiroliiift, under the Act o! GonjETW* of March 1879, THiS PAPflR BEPReSENTEO FOR FOREKm '.i^DVlEFSTlSiMG BY TH£ GENERAL OFFICES NEW VORK AND CHICAGO ^RANCHES m ALL THE PRIMCIPAL CITIES Wednetdftfy Febroary 22, 1911. It appears from the n^'wspa- per report that h—11 bR»k« loose in Geoi^a last Saturday aorn- ing. We presume that those (Georgia train rabbera had l>een reading “Diamond Dick,” and other Wild West stories. sition of placing the county of ficers on salary. Mr. J. A. Long was also present, and declared that the commissioners would be overstepping their powers to call any such meeting. The chair man, Mr. Geo. T. WilUainsois told Mr. White that he did not see that the county commissioners had any more to do with the mat ter than he did nnd that he could call such a meeting if he wished, and &ny other citizen could do so, but that it was not within the power of the board to call such a meeting." , At the same time, and at the same meeting, as we understand Mr. J. A. Long was before the County Commissioners urging them to stand sponsor for the County Recorders Court, which means creating anotlier office at the expense of the tax payers of Alamance of probably $1,000 to $1,500—and we suppose Mr. Long carried his point as we notice tJiat a bill has b^n introduced to es tablish this court—and thereby create another (^ce, but then it is not in the province of our l)oard of County Commissioners to call a metting of the tax pay ers to even discuss a matter that will save the tax payers of Ala*^ mance $5,000 annually. The News, The Gleaner, Mr. Long and the County c^cers, notwith standing. If the people of Ala- mani^ can stand it, w^e car?. Gentlemen take the case. Our Peopb WiU Awake SomctmiCf Says the Houston, Tex., Post: “Guilford county, North Carolma claims to have saved $10,305 in one year by putting its officers on a salary b^is, without in any sense impairing the public ser» vice. And there are counties in Texas that are going to wake up to a &imilar possibilities some of these days. ” Guilford is pleased to be able to show Texas counties the way. —Greensboro News. Our county commissioners de- h^ in store for any lx>y who per-, dined to even call a mass meet* sists in catching on to moving i citizens and tax pay- j ers of Alamance to discuss this I measure for the relief of our peo- So the Board of County C^m- pie. We really did not expect missioners say by their action them to do so. When a matter that we Republicans have noth- that efltects the office holder or Trie fate of the young boy at Eion College last Sunday is noth ing more than what the future trains. ing whatever to do with nmking riiforms in our county affairs, that they (the Democrats) will attend to that. We must pay our increased taxes and say noth ing. Well, maybe so. We Wish to call the attention of our readers to the c^HJpon on the front page. This is the last time it will appear, and if you have not a!»*eady sigfnel one, do so at once, as we must have them in our possesvsion not later than the people, we may expect the commissioners to decide in favor of the office holder. The people of Alamance will also w'ake up one of these days.' We Cajuot Show Yoa Wkea Y«« WiU Not Look, “We believe that facts and figures w^ill show that the county less people, ^d less taxes, are adopting this chasige. No, Bro. Crowson, you knc w that our posi tion is right, ami also that you have admitted privately that this chanfpe must cora;t sooner or later. Now why can’t :"ou forget par tisan politics for the time being, and fall in line, and help the over burdened tax payers, whom you profess to love bco muchr Be a man. Arranged to Boirow $25,000, “On last Saturday by arrange ment with a special committee from the Board of County Com missioners, Mr. C. A. Webb, of Asheville, was here and arranged to lend the county $25,000 at 51-2 percent, vfith which to pay off and the floating indebtedness of the county.”—The Gleaner. Interest on $25,000 at 51-2 per cent, $1,375.00 per year besides the principal. When the Dispatch stated during the Itist campaign that the floating indebtedness was over $25,000, the News. Gleaner and others saw that it was a campaign lid. Mr. Tax payer, when you pay your taxes for 1911, compare t/ith your last receipt and then remember, that the Dispatch said: Democratic rule meant higher taxes, and that your taxes ^dll be one fifth higher than ever before. If the tax payers can stand it, we can. Wonder if there is not an ar rangement on the side, for Mr. C. A, Webb to take over the bonds, that have been authoriased by the present Legislature. Wait and see if our guess is not about right. SAURY SYSTEM GilllSESLOSS Alamance will lose between ^500 and $1,000 annually by plac ing the county officers on sala ries. If any man will show the it off longer. Saturday. Thei*e is but about ten j n fibres that 3 . , . . , there willbeasavmg tothecoun-i days more m which the woi-k can! ty by county officers on salaries,! be d^-ne. Act no'.v. Don't i'ut;we will favor tiie proposition.! The county needs to save all! i she can. But we believe that we * We woulu like for the Demo- ‘ shown tnat she will lose | instead ot save money) erai.c pre9>. ot the C ounty to !n- (.hanging to the salary system, i form us if the amcHint of tees re- ■ Our figures are taketi from au- i ceived by ti.e county officers, aslthencic sources, and tha officers' named by Mr. Long and the Bur-; ^h^niseives, who are honest men, | lington Ne vvs. msans that they ‘ our statement j get this much after Sf/onding^^ J^gTJies. —Burlington; half a yeai-9 salary to get elected.; We are not alone in this desire, ■ thei-e areoUie- tan payer, ’‘'ho | and every county offi-i would hko to know too. ifr gets only $2,'200.00. TheTres- j urer $1,300.00, the Ilegister of Deeds $1,600.00, and Mr, Long Now Brother Crowson, how! ^'e produci the exact figures, I We pee from the State papers that a bill has passed the House of Representatives authonzing the County Commissioners of Ala mance county to issue bonds, and provide for interest and a sinking fund. When are these bills add ing to the burdens of the tax’ payers going to end. For God’s sake Mr. Ixmg, introduce some thing U> giva us relief, instead of adding to our burdens—already too heavy. Gave Him the Hone Ltngli. The Burlington News of Feb. Sth in speaking of the action of the Board of County Commis sioners in calling a mass meeting of the citizens to discuss the sal ary sj^tem, and other matters of X payers of interest to ihc junt^ says; r. W. S. \VV.;, tjfore 1 (it- i.,-, ^ s ors liv't ym to ca)l ns of thy ( !• i -. of Mebane ly Coinmis- (iay and ask- eeting of the :*ty for the tJie propo- has about the same figures. AK though we have heard others name much larger amounts, and we learn that our Treasurer stat- ed that he got about $1,300.00 or $1,500.00 but Brother Crowson, we do know that the total taxes, for Alamance for 1910, amounted to over 180,000 and that the ad ditional 10 cents on the $100, which a bill just passed by the Legislature provides will raise the amount to about $90,000 and again that we will have a new assessment this year which will increase the total taxes to over $100,000 for 1911 and we further know that Cleveland County, which has 600 less people, and paid into the State Treasury $1,- 500 less than Alamance, saved from Register of Deeds office a- loneforDec. 1909, $206.05 and $150.00 for January, 1911, (e sti mated), and Vt’o eIlo khow ihat counties, less progressive, with b Dorliam Connty die Salary Sys> tem Skows a Lou to the Cooniy. Contrary to the general expec tation, the operation of the busi ness of the county on the salary system, instead of the old fee system,, shows a considerable loss to the (jounty for the two months that the system has been in op- eraUon. The total receipts from fees in all of the c^ifferent depart ments of the county amount to $2,309.05. The disbursements were $2,522.12. This makes a loss to the county of $213.07 for the two months that the salary system has been in operation. Durham county is twice i^s lai ge as Alamance and if the sal ary system shows a loss in that conuty it will bankrupt Ala mance. — Editorial in the Bur lington News. If the Editor of the News want ed to be fair and honest with the tax payers of Alamance, he would have quoted further from the same paper, the Durham Sun, as follow's: “It has been pointed out that the sheriff, immediately after he went into office on the first of last November, collected some thing like $90,000 of the 1910 taxes, the commis.sion for which went to his private account. Un der the bill which established the salary system the sheriff went in to cvffice on the 1st of Novem ber, but he was not put on a sal ary basis until about December 5th. While he was working On tl le commission or fee basis from November 1st to December 5th, the sheriff collected something like $90,000 of the 1910 taxes.' To make the statement of the' working of the system show' up properly the amount of commis sion that the sheriff received on these taxes should have been credited to the county." “Another item that discrimi nated against the salary system, which was mentioned indirectly in the statement yesterday after noon, is the fact that the fees for the December term of superior court went almost entirely to the private account of the clerk of the court. The greater part of the cases tried had li>een docket- fd before the salary sjystem went into effect. All of thje fees which came from the cos ts in these cases were not credited to the account of the county." Citizens and Tax-jw tyers of Ala mance, you can see from the a- bove, that all effo “ts possible are being isuide to p; ejudice you against the salary sj|item and to keep you from the There is not an int payer in Durham Brother Crowson knows had the 1 bounty gotten credit for the sher iff's commissions for collectinjg this $90,000 tax^, and the, fees from the December^ term of court, instead of ^me going tothe pri- va’te account of the sheriff and clerk, instead of a deficit of $21S. 07, would have been a clear net profit and savinff to the tax pay ers of Durham County nearly $4,000.00. Gentlemen, take the case. Knows, by placing ifficiaU on salary, over |10,000an real facts, illigent tax iJwinty but leir onHinty ili save to iuaily, and Our Bre Protection. We doubt if there is a: to wn in North Carolina the siase of Bur- lingtcHi that has better fire Prc- tection. This to a great extend lies in the loyalty of our “fire laddies.” The Company is vol unteer and the members re ceive but little if any renumera- tion for their Patriotic Services to the dty and its citizens in the way of protecting their homes and property, should a conflagra tion occur, and the fire company deserves the support and encour agement of our people, to a de gree more than they now receive. In the first jptlace/ jis stated they do this work volunta ry, and when a fire occurs they should have the assistance of every one who can render aid and in this connection we want to say that the telephone company can render valuable service to the chief and the f»x}man who, as a rule never rep^>rt at the fire house but inquire over the Phone where the fire Is at and make all haste t ^ the scene, and in a large num ber of cases gest there before the wagon does. In this connection is well to say that it is the duty of the chief to do so, to locate the nearest hydrant, to locate the origin of tlie fire and mak e whatever observations he can in regard to the best means of fight ing the fire thsit he may be able to give instructions, or commands to his men when they arrive up on the scene of conflagration. Then too, wlien a fire occurF, every body rushes to their phone through curiosity to mquire where the fire is, when perhaps if the operator would answer the firemen first or give them preci- dence over other calls, it migu be in many instances the means of saving valuable property, or prehai» the losis of life. In this conection it is well to state that our fire alarm system is not what it should be, a nd'm the city covers a vast area with only four wardls it is often hard to locate a fire by the ward num ber by the blast of fire whistle, then it would be well for the phone operator when a fire is re ported by phone to either get the name of the parties house on fire the exact neighborhood in which it is in and to ireport it to the fire house for the Isenefit of the driv er and then rcspart when called upon by other members^ the Chief and assistant chief especially the neighborhood in which the fire is k>cated. We believe when this matter is brought to the attention of the management c»f our phone system that he will render what ever aid he can for the protection of our homes and property. ‘ Then too, our people should forbear this curiosity for a short time for the benefit of our fire men, who do this work without remuneration or the expectation of such. Let our people think over these suggestions and put them into practice. We perhaps will say more about this in the future, time and space forbids a further discufjsion at present. Foster-Ray. A beautiful wedding was sol emnized at the home of his cousin Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Isley today Wednesday when Mr. Jas, S. Foster a pro^rressive farmer of the Union Ridge section led to the hymenial alter Miss Geneva Ray of the Long's Chapel neigh borhood. The ceremony was per formed by i*;v. J. W^ Holt at 12: 30 p. m. with only a few intimate re-atives and friends present B!!th^ bride and groom have host of friends wliowish them many blessings during life. A stupenduous dinner pi^ar- ed under tlie direction of Mra. In New York they are the standatf dL In no dther city in the world aire men more jiarticiikr about their head drm^ and YOUNG^S are favortitesin the metropolk. Wear one and you will know why. Perfect fit, east, comfo^ble, stylish, durable and unvvying in their pmection of finish. Among the spdag models there is one eminently qyiiMfdJo meety our approval. Get one on your ^ead and you will have the name in your hdid for all time. Derbies and Soft Hats in the newest colorings, 3. FOSTEB SHOE COMPANY, BflrliiftOB, N. C For the bare spot in your parlor, the pivlor suite fails to filL' Plenty of them here in a variety ot designs and upholsserings at prices which nnakc you f uspect they csumott be as gocd as they lock. They are however. We sell only furniture which we can guarantee. M. B. Smith N. C Visit our new CANDY COUNTER the kind that KRESS of Greensboro and WOOLWORTH of NorfcUf has with RED BAND BRAND Candies 10c the lb and 5c the quarter of the lb. As pore and sweet as can be made. 5,10 and 25 Gent Store. Burlington - • North CaroBna. IslejT was €«peteially inviting and much emoyed by all. The Boos Editor 01 The State I^patch who had a special in vitation regrets that he was un able to be present this being his Imsy day. BarfuM FriJaj. Beginning Friday the entit« stock yf the Cpoi)er Dry wiUr ]be closed out by lb. 0. A. Hendrix Mr. Hendrix is * I hustling merchant of l^idsvilleij and jus,bought this stock wtJi the view of selling it, ands^Ih®^] it at once. He jwill reduce j prices on th^ entire stock. Sou] you wanttoahai!« in the bargsJ®] feast you better be pres ent the bc^nnini^. small flame was extinH *!!. ^ in the residence of Mr. 5^' Sbol^tter last night . i
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