BOND ISSUE PLAN
Is Recommended By the State
Authorities As the Only Practicable
Way To Build Roads.
The State authorities at
Raleigh recommend the bond
issue! plan for building roads, as
is shown by the following letter
sent out in pamphlet form by
the State Geologist :
Raleigh, Dac. 5, 1912.
Every inhabitant of a com
munity, from the highest to the
lowest taxpayer, will receive
direct or indirect benefit from
the construction of improved
public roads, even though from
lack of means or other reasons
he does not possess any stock
which travel over the improved
road. Indeed, so universal in
their operation are the good
elfects of improved roads that
it is difficult to confine their
benefits to any class of people or
any individual line of action.
The old method of obtaining
construction of roads, (which is
still used by a few moun
tain counties), was by a labor
tax which required all able
bodied male residents, between j
certain ages, to work on the
pub'ic highways within their (
respective townships, for a
certain number of days per
annum. This method of road 1
construction did not mean good j
roads, and though thousands of
miles of public road have been
built by this means, it has built
but few miles of graded or im
proved roads, and it is practically
impossible to construct a system .
of good roads in this way. As j
this method will not give us,
good roads, it remains for us to l
employ other methods of raising j
revenue to pay for their con
struction.
There are two methods of
obtaining the revenue for the
construction of good roads in a
county, viz :
1. By issuing bonds and levy
ing a small tax to take care of
the bond issue;
2. By a direct tax on property.
To carry out the work of good
road construction the quickest
and to the best advantage, the i
eountias and townships should'
issue bonds, in order to secure !
the necessary funds.
The issuing of bonds by a
county will mean but a very
small increase in taxes, which
as years go on will be more and
more counterbalanced by the
increase in the value of land and
other taxable property adjacent
to the improved road.
It is a fair and equitable ar
rangement that future genera
tions should pay for a portion of
the improvement of our public
roads, as they derive just as
great benefit from them as the
present generation. Many have
argued that if their county issu
ed bonds to raise revenue for j
good road construction that it
would mean a very large in
crease in their taxes without
their deriving any material
benefit from the expenditure,
not realizing that if they are to
have good roads they must either
raise the revenue by direct high
tax or by issuing bonds, and
that they derive a direct benefit
from the improved roads in the
increase in value of property, 1
the decrease in the cost of main
tenance of the roads, and in the
decrease of the cost of wear and
tear on horses, wagons, and
harness.
Then again, if a county issues
bonds for good roads construc
tion it makes available' sufficient
funds to render possible the ac
complishment of the construe- i
tion of a definite number of
miles of road. To obtain this
same number of miles within
the same time by a direct tax
is practically prohibitory.
The issuing of bonds gives us
almost immediately the benefit
of good roads, while the pay
ment for them is deferred for
many years, so that the county
is enabled to meet the bonds
without unnecessary inconven
-1 ience. They give us good roads j
now, and make the best sort of J
argument for the extension of j
thi3 progressive movement.
I believe that if any county or|
township, which has not issued !
bonds for good roads construe- j
tion, will issue from fifty to one j
hundred thousand dollars of!
bonds and then spend it in the
most economical way for good
roads, that it will have no
difficulty whatever in obtaining
a second bond issue if the same
is necessary to complete the
system of roads within the,
. township or county.
| If a county decided to try
and raise the necessary revenue,
for good roads construction by a
direct tax on the SIOO worth of i
property, it would require an
exceedingly high tax to ac
. complish the desired result, un
i less there was situated in the
county a large city whose ac
cumulated wealth could be taxed
for good road work in the coun
ty. Counties situated in this
way could probably raise a
revenue sufficient to construct
improved roads throughout the
county with a tax not running
over 50 cents on the SIOO worth
of property. The counties, j
however, without large cities or
towns should issue bonds for I
good roads construction.
A bond issue supplemented by
a poll tax should give any town
ship or county in North Carolina
sufficient funds with which to
construct a system of good reads, !
without working a hardship cn
any one, and at a low rate of
taxation,
J. H. PRATT,
State Geologist.
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Two feet, heavy rooted, $2 5n
per hundred, F. O. B. Winston-
Salem. L. A. REYNOLDS,
Clemmons, N. C, 15jan2mo,
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WINSTON=SALEM, - = N. C.
When in Winston on Business or
Pleasure, Call at
O'HANLON'S
DRUG STORE.
If you are in need of anything
in the drug line. Always the
largest stock of drugs in
Winston to select from.
Also the greatest assort*
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O'HANLON'S
Is the
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THE uaNBURY REPORTER
Bad (loads Keep Millions
of Children Out of School.
The following is an extract
! from a very interesting and
I important contribution to the
current issue of Farm and Fire
side: "Out of tweuty-five million
j children in the United States,
; less than eighteen million go to
school." Of these seven million
children who do not go to school,
half of them live in the country,
I where bad roads—muddy roads,
: rutty roads, dangerous roads—
(not only prevent them from
J getting to and from school, but
iby their impoverishment of the
j farmers prevent any good schools
| for them to go to! "Many children
are killed each year walking
railroad tracks to school. Why?
I Because father needs their help
on the farm—he isn't making
; money enough to spare his
children's time for school-days,
because he has to pay so much
for hauling his crops to market
he has no profit left for extra
hirad help! "Isn't it your
problem to, Mrs. Mother? Isn't
jit worth your while to agitate
the question. Isn't it worth your
'while to bring it up in church,
in school, in society, in club, in
I neighborhood—to talk, to inquire,
to agitate, to educate, those who
don't know, to understand that
the expanse of gjod roads is like
the expense of a new threshing
machine, plow or a pJrof horses,
sure to come back many fold in
the course of time?"
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| THE THIRD LETTER.
| From Rev. P. Oliver Against
the Good Roads Bond
Issue.
King, March 4.
Mr. Editor:
Our roads are in a bad condi
tion and this we all realize and
regret, but when we seek for a
remedy let us be careful not to
select one that is worse than the
disease itself. A person suffer- j
ing with a "splitting headache" j
may, by taking an overdose of
poison, soon feel no more aches J
or pains of any kind forever: but
most of us prefer the disease to
the remedy. A specialist who
had made the discovery of a
drug that would convert any and
all diseases into typhoid fever,
would not often be called in by
patients suffering from a disord-;
ered stomach, for they would
readily see that their last state
would be worse than their first
state. Tney tell me that in treat
ing a patient a skilled physician 1
seeks first to find and remove the
cause: then he strives to assist
nature in repairing the damage
wrought by the disease. There
was a time in the memory of
many of us when under our
present almost outlawed system
of working and maintaining
public roads, that our citizens of [
road age met on days when we
could not do much else, had aj
good social time with neighbors, j
and instead of wasting the time j
in a game or some other way, j
we freely and willingly repaired '
the roads, feeling this to be a
duty and an obligation that each !
should perform for the common I
good of all, "every one over!
against his homV as was the
wise policy with its incentive for[
best results, put into operation '
THOMPSON'S NEW
DRUG STORE!
40 Years in Easiness.
The same people in a \' w and more
convenient Drug St«-ie. The
largest line of drugs. and
medicine in the ci '>.
Come to see us whin
you come to
Winston.
Thompson's Drug Store,
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
ortlfitf '
iTToTFi~NTiTi
I A. C. MILL, Prop's. |
I When in Winston Stop at the |
NEIL MOTEL. Good Fare,
I and Nice, Clean Rooms S
t NEIL HOTEL I
V LIBERTY STREET. WINSTON-SALEM. N. C. 9
H A R /N E S S
J. W. SHIPLEY
Kum'Hsor to
1886 HINE & SHIPLEY 1912.
The Old Reliable Manufacturer For Twenty-Six Years
of Harness and Saddlery and Dealer in Lap Robes, Horse
Covers, Whips, Collars, Harness Oils, etc.
See me before you buy.
I. W. SHIPLEY, Sign ot the Gray Horse. Trade St., WINSTON, N. C.
There's a BULLDOG Gasoline Engine
i For Every Farm Need— lyi io 12 H. P.
W —one for your Threshing Machine and Saw Mill, other*
—adapted to Pumping, Sawing, Running Separator*, Chum*,
etc. The Bull Dog IM a strong, compact engine which you
can absolutely rely upon (or long, hard service.
Write today for complete, descriptive catalog, showing
designs and siistloy.srsry purpose.
WlnrjP'M FAIRBANKS CO, BALTIMORE, MD.
Mff/m BUILT BY THE MAIERS OF FAIRBANKS SCALES.
Iby Nehemiah in rebuilding the
broken d>.vn walls around Jerus
alem. The roads were so kept
jas to invite very little criticism,
for we realized that our roads
were in proportion to our uthtr
I comforts and m cessities. But
| for some years m. v, woak-in and
weak-out, our pr« :..-nt method of
building and maintaining public
roads has been he..l up to ridicule
and pictured by tl: >;e who want
to experiment wuii something
new, as a huge f;.i'ure, indeed, '
a consuming nioi.-ter, that is
crouching at our and is not
only unjust, but is depriving us
of a great flood of prosperity and
good things in general, that are
knocking at our very portals for
admission. This disparagement
of the present law has gone on
and increased tili people have !
almost ceased, in places, the per
formance of plain duty, failing;
to realize that any law will fail,
if not complied with. My friends,
lam persuaded that if one-half
the newspaper : ;>ace and the
spoken words had been devoted
to encouraging and urging a
faithful performance of our duties
under the present law, that have
been used to defeat its purpose!
by making it as odi JUS as possible, 1
we would today have a fair sys
tem of roads, —roads that would |
be well in proportion to our homes
and our farms, and this is all we
should crave. Things should be
in proportion. It is a mistake to
mortgage the home for money,
to place a twenty dollar saddle
on to a ten-dollar horse. Our
free labor could be assited by a
reasonable road tax, collected
and spent each year for certain
work, such as small bridges and
important changes that could
not well be done by free labor
(Continued on page 9.)
im. CHAS. L. MARTIN
Dentist.
Office over Madison Drug
Co., Madison, N. C.
D. H. MARTIN, Jeweler,
Stuart, Va.
All work guaranteed satisfactory
P. W. Gunter,
PROFESSIONAL BARBER
King, N. C.
All kinds first class barber
work done. Barber shop open
at all hours.
W. G. Jerome
Real Estate and Insurance
Winston-Salem, N. C.
50(5 Wachovia Rank & Trust
Building. Phone 983.
FOR SALE—Several farms near
Winston-Salem. All kinds of city
property. Life, health, accident
and fire insurance.
W. READE JOHNSON
Attorney-at-Law.
Masonic Temple.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
Will practice in both State and
Federal Courts.
CM AS. o. McMICHAEL, J. E. SAINTSINd,
i Wentwnrth. KeldsWlle.
M'MICHAEL & SAINTSING,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
Practice in Stite and Federal
Courts. All business given
prompt attention. Cliaa. O. Mo-
Mictiael will be in Madison on
Saturdays, at his old office over
the post office.
DR. H. V. HORTON,
Dentist,
Is now back in his old location,
comer 3rd and Main Streets,
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.
building.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
Rooms: 301, 302, 303.
DR. THOMAS W. DAVIS.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Office 405-7 Masonio Temple,
Winston - Salem. N. C.
Hours : Vt to 12:30, 2to 4 and
by appointment.
REID P. JOYCE,
Liveryman,
WALNUT COVF N. C.
Good Safe Teams nd Careful
Drivers
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Attorney-at-Law
4th Floor Wachovia Bank
Building,
Collections a Specialty.
| WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
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R. R. ROGERS J. I. FULTON
ROGERS & FULTON,
LAWYERS.
Offices Jones Building, Liberty St.
Winston-Salem. N.C.
J. W. HALL,
Attorney-at-Law,
DAN BURY, N. C.
Will practice in all courts,
both State and Federal.
Office over Martin' sstore.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS,
Attorney-at-Law,
DANBURY, N. C.
Prompt attention to all business
entrusted. Will praotioe in all
courts
Dr. J. A. McClung, Dentist.
Office—7ol-702 Wachovia Bank
Building.
Phone 420—Hours 9to 1, 2to 5
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.