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THK TWICE-A-WEEK OISPATH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER «, ISli
We want to remind our many readers that the editor of ThjS
Dispatch was rnade the object of inaay unkind remarks during
the last campaign, because he dared to raise a voice of protest
in behalf of the tax payers, as to the way our county affairs were,
and still are being administered. He was threatened with libel
suits ^and various ot^pr for^ of prosecution an4 persecution.
There, are many people todUiy" who believe that there are suits
now pendiin^tliat are likely to send him to the county roads, but
notwithstanding these false rumors and thr^ts, we are still at
the bat. We desire to call our residei-s attention to the county
exhibit published in our Es^in^ Mfitemjporary, The Burlington
News, under date of December 2Srd, 1914, or just last week, if you
please. Every tax. payer in this county should get a copy of this
paper and lay it aside for keeps. The county comniissibnersifor
Alamance County gave the. contract to publish the. county ek-
hibit,. or to be more fully understood to publish what is pr^umed
to be all the business transacted by the couaty commissioners and
to cover all inpnies paid out for whatsoever, purpose. You will
understand that this statement does not accouiiffpr what money
is taken in and show you from what source received, it only pre
tends to account for the money paid out, but be that as it may.
or is, we want you to read it and file it away. Reference will be
made to it from time to time to time, and you should have it for
convenience, if fc>r no other reason. You will note from state
ment that quite a number of different people are allowed to collect
the road tax and whether it is all turned into the county treasury
or not, you will never Know because no one else knows, therefore
you mi^.^ t needs remain in ignorance as to this part of your coun
ty tax collecting system, but let us presume that everybody is
honest and all this vast sum of money finally finds its way into
the county treasury, the very fact that so many people have to
handle this road fund and of course they all have to be paid for
collecting it, is convincing proof that we need a change in our
road working system. The Republican Progressive party during
the last campaign jidvocated a change in this system, and said
that the road tax ought to be listed at the same time and in the
.same way as other taxes and collected the same as other taxes | efforts to extinguish the flames -vhit-h
in this way very few would escape paying their just part of the j threatened the life of her chii'l.
mud tax. The Sheriff is paid a salary to collect the tax and it Ruth, who is about three years old.
would be no more trouble for him to collect the additiorial road i ran to the trepiat'e to see what Santa
tax as to collect the part that he now collects, and we believe ckms had placed in her stockiac and
that we can say for the present sheriff that he would gladly do. in her phUdish srlee she got to dose
it. This is digressing from what we started out to say alhough to the open frrato. Herliiiu* "nishtie"
was p^sible to get without a complete audit of the county beaks
by an.' expeA accountant employed for that purpose. Read the
statement and then ask yourself WHO was the liar during the
last campaign.
OUR COMPLIMENTS.
We desire to thank all our patrons, whether subscribers or ad
vertisers, for their support during the year now coming to close,
1914. We appreciate your patience and kindness in overlooking
our many shortcomings and failures. We feel and know that we
jmade them, and, while we do not promise now not to make them
during he coming year,'1915, still we vWll try not to make the
same ones twice.
We wish for air of you. Health; Wealth and Happine?-^. May
you all CQntinue members of The Dispatch Fam?!y, and that ad
versity and the grim reaper of Death may not come your way
during 1915.
A certain gentleman, in whom the people have almost universal
confidence, made a spe^h in Burlington during the last campai^,
in which he attacked, the statement of The Dispatch as to the
probable county indebtedness, in this speech he stated specifically
what the county indebtedness W'as, The Dispatch would be {fiad io
know this gentleman’s opinion since he ha,s read the annual e.x
hibit and digested its contents. The public as well as Th? Dis
patch would be to ha\c this p-cntleman'.s views since he has
learned that the figures jri^on him at thi^fc time was doctorefl.
it goes to show you that you need some changes in your road law
Ijadly, and you should petition your representative to make the
necessary changes. We desire to call your attention to the state-
GOlN.G'tO l.OOR AT STOCKIXii.ievei’j-thinir possible is ijeiiig ito-^e to
CATCHES FIKE FROM GRATE, lailoviate the chitti’s sufferini; anj
Stiitttsville, Dec. — A disire-sitij; j suvo her life.
Christmas accident occurred in Slattjs j An okier brother of the lutl.o r^iri
nile ye.'^terday \vhen little R*Jth Con-jvvii.'^ with her at the fire whon hov
Ker, daujfhtei* Mr. and Mrs. F. H. j.ifo'Vji wus iKniied, but w;i: too fKidly
Con^ei\ badly burned. Mr.-. Con-j e.':dted io r^^ndl*r his sistev aid.
Sev also sustained severe bum.-^t »n her 1 —-U
A CHANGE OF CHARTEK.
There ha.s been but little in
regard to the proposed chanjce cf
charter fo: the City of Burlington.
Several ioval and projrres^.’ve ciiize{i«;
of thi? burg fee! thut the
e»it system under which the town has
Tannageti ^’or a nuini^er d' years,
is not sufficient for our preseiii need?,
and are goinp to undertake to chanjje
the .'iyrtem. Now this is a ni^ttov that
caug^ht fire and in an instant later she
was enveloped in flamos.
Screjiminp with pain and fric:ht, .-hc'
ment of Alamance County indebtedness which appears upon our j started fov her mother, who was in
front page, this is taken from the county exhibit just published j a^nother room. Mrs. ConKer met the concerns all, and all should giv.? the
as referred to above and if it is not true it is no fault of ours.!child and put out the flames by throw-. matter some intelligent thought any
'Oie figures given upon our front page are the exact figures given j 'S’- her own srarment around the lit- action. Do not Tajr back atid refuse
in this county exhibit and signed by the Register of Deeds, who is | tie one.
«l(irk ex-officio, to the Board of County Commissioners. We a.sk
now if any statement we make is hbt exsictly like the figures siven
in this report for some one to kindly call our attention to the er
ror and we will gladly make th^ correction. Our only purpose is
to serve the best interests of the tax payers of this county and
to convince them that the figures given as regards the county
finances just before the last election was as near the truth as it
to those who are trying to devise
When the fire was tinaMy rxtin-jsome better method of running the
Squished it was found that the trttlo; town ehan w« now have, your iictive
(Cirl's entire body, with the exception co-operation and advice. This i,? youi
of her face and hands, had been bli.s-
tered l>y the flames and th hands of
her mother were badly burned. Phy-
•sicijins were called immediatciy and
town, and whether you own littie or
much, you are interested in tho Icind
of laws we will all have to live un
der and up to there has been com
mittee appointed to have a proposed
ch^rte!- drafted and submitted to a
mass meeting to be call^ later, when
this mass meeting is called make :i
stioHK effort to come out and hear the
propo^s«J charter^ discussed, if.thch;
are. jirdviiojRS in the j’fu
jdo not deem wise for a town t'te size.
|Of Burlinjrton, then get right u;/ and
speak out in meeting, glying l!’?m
your views, and why they are voiif
view.s, fn IHis way ‘you can help your-
'.-e.f, your town aijd all its people, but
if you fail attend this tuass meet
ing: and grive^thera the l»aefit of your
influence aaJ help,,^ misiaie may be
made. The Dispat^ is assured by the
committ^ that ii desires the h?arty
co-operatisn of all the citizens o? the
ctiy and every man's suggestions will
be given consideration, this kein? so,
do .not circulate false rumors .w per
mit any, one ilsei to do so until you
have attended one or all of these mrei-
inff.s and thoroughly under.sta,»i!l the
pi opo,‘.td cha«se,s. , The Pispaveh wilt
frojn we&k to week keep you posted a=^
to the proposed changes, but your
IH P.sence, i, neces.sary io have ;ho de-
sidei- co-operation and help frojn all
trhe citizens. Come out :md help, but
doii't ci-iticize until you are .satisfied
that a niii^takc is about to be made,
then open up and show the com;nittee
the errors of their way, let all good
cilitens resolve to help make this town
a Bigger, Better Burlington, id fact,
a.s well as in name.
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THE SWEET RETORT.
■\l a card club the other, day a wo
man tried to add the score, failed and
pa.ssed it to another woman who like
wise, filed, says The Kansas City
Times.
“Pardon me,” said No. 1, sweetly,
“but Vould you mind telling me %v-heth-
ev you were a bookkeeper or teach
er before you were married?”
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MR. GRISSOM WRITES.
Cireensboro, N. C., Dec, 25, 1914.
The Twice-A-Week Dispatch, ''
'' Surlin^n, iff. C. ;
Chairman LInney his called the Re-
I publican State Committee to inset is
i Raleigh on Tue^ay, January 12th «t
j 1 P. M., for the purpose of perfecting ,
'plans for the great Presidential Cssi-"
i'.iign of 1916 that our State nvvy
placed in the column of the otiier
great industrial states of fhe cunntry,
as well i3s for mutu^ e^grstulations
over the Accesses in the gflt-togethejf.
Mtnpaign through which we hava ju^
gone, T3ie Chairman directs that yon -
be given a mos. cordi^il. invitation to
attend this meeti.:,!.' wh.ch will be an I
open 6h6 and in \v!;i -h your aid and
advice are needed for tlie patriotic tari^
poses which your Com..i>,tee wishes
to discuss; your Party needs ,\ou now
and in the coming campaign :\;id it is^f^
hoped that you will attnd and bring
others with you.
Furthermore, the Chsiirmaii asks
that you will iaxtehd a like earaeat in
vitation to youv friends to the end
that every one, who is willing to
stand with us at the he.xt election in
the fight for letuvn to old time gov
ernmental economy, efficiency, and
prosperity, may be assured of a good'"
old-fashioned welcome.
Fail not to come, fail not to invite
others who have been cr will he with
us, and fail not, to aniiwer thi!5 as
•soon as possible.
With the Conipliraents of the Sea
son, I Ijeg to remain.
Faithfully yours,
GILLI.A.M GRISSOM.
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“S^either," was the reply. "I was
merely educated.” {
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If you would prefer to work forj
a week rather than $13, you surely
are supei-stitious.
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A tot of these s,elf-tr.ade men arc
not even self-starters.
OOES.N’T LIKE THE W.4R TA.X.
Olney W. Weave, of the Sedjrwick,
Kan., Pantag!aph, says: “I’ve livked
a dozen stamps today for teJesrains
I’ve sent; I licked and stuck one on a
bin with which I paid the rent. I
licked a stamp to paste upon a note
which 1 reneived, and then I )iuked an
other to make the mortgage good.
I've licked these stamps to show that
I respect my country's will, and now
I’d like to lick the man that introduced
the bill.”—Exchange.
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SERIES NO. 20
of the Alamance Home Builders’ Association is now open and every indication
points to it being g ^‘BIG ONE/’
Series No. 19 in July was the largest yet, but we want this one to be
EQUAI
. TO NO. 19
Do you know anywhere else on earth where you can accumulate so rapidly, so easily and he safe?
wo you Know anywnere else on earth where you can accumulate so rapioiy, so easily ana oe sarei
you ever think that you must grow in wealth with us, that every month brought yoa nearer the coveted
Tis tree, you must move forward month hy mcnth until the end.
Do you know anywhere else on earth you can make monthy deposits and reaiise^^ 8 Per Cent interest over
and above taxes if you remain untO matuiity?
Cent and Absolutely Safety
is fine wlien you are taking no chance; beats a greater possible per cent where there is a question.
BETTER BE SAFE THAM SORRY
We have one-quarter of million dollars worth of stock in force with us—Somebody believes in it, so why not
join this large army to day and make the first payment in the 20th Series,
JANUARY 2, 1915
! ALAMANCE HOME
J. I.. S€OTX President
BUILDERS’ ASSO. i
W. E„„§t|ARPi Sec. & Treas.t|
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