FROM MR. R. L. NUNN
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THE MUD TAX FIERCE
Mr. Petree Forgot To Count the
Extra Cost of Hauling Nine
Million Pounds of Fertilizer
Over Bad Roads.
Westfield, March 17.
Editors Reporter :
When I wrote my last letter
for your paper some three
weeks ago on the proposed bond
issue for good roads in Stokes
county, I thought at the time
that I would not write anything
further on the subject, but
since Mr. Oliver continues to
write and urge the voters of
Stokes to not vote for the bond
issue, I feel it my duty to write
another letter for your paper
and set forth my reasons for
being for the good roads bond
issue. For the last four years I
have been traveling the most of
the time, and most of my work
has been in the rural districts of
North Carolina and Va., and I
have had ample opportunities to
study the road question.
During these four years I
have traveled over many miles
of macadam, sand-clay, and top
soil roads, and over many miles
of mud roads, and I have asked
hundreds of questions of citizens
in counties where they have a
system of permanent roads of
either macadam, sand clay or
top soil, and have yet to find a
man who after having helped to
boild the roads in his county, is
willing or wants to go back to
the old way of working roads by
free labor.
I find that every county in this
State or Va. that has made a
success of road building has
issued bonds to build them.
Mr. Oliver and all other anti
good road men take the same
stand. They claim that they
are for good roads, but don't
want to vote bonds to build
them. They say that they are
willing to be taxed 30 cents on
the SIOO valuation of property
and 90 cents on the poll, and use
that moijey each year on the
roads. Now, I will just bet my
old Rhode Island Red rooster
that if that mass meeting at
Danbury had of framed a bill
that way, that most of these
same men would have been
howling for a bond issue.
Oh well, not all of course, for
I believe that some are honest
in their opinion that the bond
issue is not the thing, but with
a large part, I heartily believe it
is nothing but an excuse to not
vote for the bill.
And there is another reason
why some people are against it.
It is because they were not
there and did not have a hand
in helping frame the bill, con
sequently it is no good in their
estimation. I just know that
is what ails some of our people
in Quaker Hap. If they had
helped framed the bill it would
have been all right, but as they
didn't happen to be there on
that day it's all wrong.
Not much to a fellow like that,
is there ?
If he can't ba the whole show
himself, he wont be anything.
Now, in all seriousness, what
are you going to do in this com
ing election ? Are you going to
just look at one side of this great
issue, namely: the cost of build
ing roads and maintaining them,
and not count the cost of bad
roads we have today in this
county ? If you are, many of
you will vote against the bond
issue, but if you will carefully
study the cost to you of bad
roads you will vote for the bond
issue.
In last week's issue of the
Reporter Mr W A. Petree has
an excellent letter in which he
sets forth the facts in the case
so anyone can understand them,
and he proves by very conserva-
tive figures that the voters of
this county are already paying
more taxes on our bad roads
; than we would have to pay to
build good roads, and yet he
says nothing about the immense
amount of fertilizer that is
hauled annually over the same
bad roads in Stokes county. If
he had not forgotten this his
figures would have been start
ling indeed as this county uses
around nine million pounds of
fertilizer annually.
Let's take an average two
horse farmer in my section of
the county which is 10 miles
from the railroad, figure a little
and see what his mud taxes is
for one year. A man with a
little assistance working two
horses ought to make 6,000
pounds of tobacco, 100 bushels
of wheat and 300 bushels of
corn. It will take 6,K)O pounds
of fertilizer to make this tobac
co, 2,000 pounds of fertilizer to
make his wheat and 2,000 pounds
fertilizer to make his corn and
we consider these figures very
conservative as many farmers
use more fertilizer than that for
wheat and corn. Now, let's
see what it will cost him to
market his tobacco and haul
home his fertilizer. The average
load of tobacco hauled to Wins
ton-Salem is 1,000 pounds, and
we get it hauled for 50 cents per
hundred, and that means six
loads at $5 per load, S3O. It
costs •20 cents per hundred to
get anything hauled from Pilot
Mtn. to our section, and to get
his 10,000 pounds of fertilizer
hauled or haul it himself it will
cost S2O, and a total of $50.00
for these two items, fertilizer
and tobacco.
If we had good permanent
roads this same man could haul
that six thousand pounds of to
bacco at three loads, 2,000
pounds each, thereby saving
$15.00, and instead of hauling
6or 7 bags of fertilizer per load
he could bring from 12 to 15
bags, saving at least SIO.OO,
making a total of $25.00 saved
in these two items, not to say
anything of the wear and tear of
his harness and wagon, and this
would pay that man's taxes for
several years. Now, this is just
two items, but there are many
more. The trips to town after
repairs for machinery, etc., and
for that curse to Stokes coutyn
(chop) and many other reasons
is why a man should vote for
the bond issue.
I am for the bond issue he
cause I think it the only feasible
way to build roads, as you sell
your bonds that you issue, take
the money and make roads, and
while we are paying for them
we will be getting the use of
them, whereas, if we were just
to pay a little tax each year and
take that money and dribble it
out on the roads we would never
have any as long as the world
stands.
Now, fetlow tax-payers, I
have had my say that lam for
the bond issue and shall vote for
it, and you of course will do just
as you please about voting for
it, but please don't do anything
that you will be sorry for the
balance of your days, and
remember that a large per cent
of our people were a&ainst the
stock law once, but who would
or could for that matter go
back to the old way ?
An old gentleman told me the
other day that he made a mistake
once in voting as he voted
against the stock law, but he
says that he will not make the
same mistake this time as he
will vote for the bond issue.
Yours very trulv,
R. L. NUNN.
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(Continued from page 4.)
we have previously talked about)
"You know I told you thousands
of girls here had to sell their
virtue to get enough to live
upon. I know I did not over
draw the picture. No one
knows the miserable condition
of most of the wage earners,
until he goes to their homes like
I have done. It is enongh to
make any one shed tears of
indignation and to ask the God
of the Universe, "How long
shall these things exist ?"
The clipping the gentleman
sent relates to the findings of a
commission appointed to investi
gate the cause of the downfall
of women as related to low
wages and home environment.
For lack of space I can quote
but one paragraph from the
clipping which is as follows :
'' The afternoon session closed
with a hapless parade of un
fortunate women, aged from 21
to 38, who one and all told the
same story of their down fa l l—
tales of miserable wages
that did not meet their needs
and so led to the first step to
wards an evil life."
I do not claim that bad roads
are the sole cause of these piti
able conditions, but I do believe
that they are one of the most
potent factors in bringing them
about. Then r if this "body of
death" is helping to blight the
human soul does it not carry its
influence into eternity ? and is
it not our duty, dear reader, to
do what we can to remove it ?
Call the debt the proposed bonds
would bind on us a "body of
death" or whatever else yov
piease. Surely it could not be
so objectionable, heavy and
burdensome for our people to
bear or carry as the other "body
of death"—the burden of bad
roads; for in the one case we
wouid carry the bonds for the
sake of humanity, for the sake
of keeping the environments of
our homes in such condition as
would give more contentment to
our children and tend to shield
them from the temptations of
city life and keep their souls
in purity. We would carry the
burden for the sake of quicker,
easier, and cheaper ways of
travel, for the sake of better
church, school, and social ad
vantages and for the sake of
easier and longer lives both for
ourselves and our horses and
mules and all the other advan
tages good roads would bring.
Whereas, in the other case, we
would carry the burden of bad
roads ? only for the privilege of
being allowed to keep on carry
ing it. And I have showed that
on just a few items it will cost
us *2, (592,171 00 to carry this
burden for the next 30 years.
And it seems to me that it would
be only an act of patriotism for
us to assume such obligation as
may be necessary to lift this
burden from the shoulders of
our people. 1 see no virtue nor
dignity in carrying it any longer
than we are just obliged to.
Mr. Editor, while this letter is
long, comparatively speaking, I
have mentioned only a few
thoughts bearing on the proposi
tion before us. You can add
others if you wish. I will rest
till next week.
I may say that I am indebted
to Southern Good Roads for
many of the quotations in these
letters.
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Stokes County. ( Kiouers. February 20, 191.').
In the matter of road election in thei ,
several townships of Stokes county / Notice to the qualified voters of Stokes
under an act of the General Assembly,; count y of the f" 11and holdm K of
session of 1013. ) said election.
In pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, passed at the
session of 1913, it is ordered by the board of county commissioners of the county of Stokes that an
election be held under the provisions of said acr, at all the election precincts in the several townships
in Stokes county on the Ist day of April, 1913, for 'he purpose of ascertaining the will of the quali
fied voters of the respective townships upon the question as to whether or not the said townships, or
any of them, shall shall issue township bonds in tiv j amount stated below for each respective town
ship, with which to raise funds for the improvement of the public highways thereof, as follows:
Yadkin township, fifty thousand dollars.
Meadows township, forty thousand dollars.
Quaker Gap township, fifty thousand dollars.
Peters Creek township, thirty-five thousand do'lnrs.
Snow Creek township, thirty-five thousand dolla-s.
Sauratovvn township, fifty thousand dollars.
Beaver Island township, twenty-five thousand dollar?.
Danbury township, fifteen thousand dollars.
Said bond? to run thirty years, bearing semi-annual interest, with a provision for the levy of taxes
to create a sinking fund with which to pay said bonds at maturity, to begin fifteen years from date
of issue.
That for the purpose of holding said election it is further ordered by the board that the following
registrars and judges be, and they are hereby appointed, to hold said election unde»- the provisions of
said act:
Danbury precinct : L. J. Young registrar, and J. D. Smith and J. L. Coleman judges.
Wilson's Store precinct : J. Walter Fowler registrar, and J. C. Wall and J. B. Greene judges.
Germanton precinct : L. M. McKenzie registrar, and S. O. Watts and Geo. W. Newsom judges.
Boyles' precinct : R. M. Covington registrar, and L. It. Pulliam and F. L. Fowler judges.
King precinct : J. W. Spainhour registrar, and J. S. I). Pulliam and H. S. Greene judges.
Pinnacle precinct : A. ,1. Boles registrar, and W. A. Sullivan and R. F. Fulk judges.
Covington's School House precinct : D. A. Simmons registrar, and Jesse George, Jr. and Wm.
Martin judges.
Francisco precinct : I. E. Jessup registrar, and J. J. George and J. C. Flippin judges.
Lawsonville precinct : H. H. Reid registrar, and Jesse A. Lawson and Joseph Martin judges.
Sandy Ridge precinct : W. A. Jessup registrar, and T. M. Martin and F. M. Amos judges.
Mitchell's precinct : Alex Flinchum registrar, and L. J. Duncan, and Jno. W. Gann judges.
Pine Hall precinct : J. C. Flinn registrar, and W. M. Chisman and T. G. Reynolds judges.
Walnut Cove precinct : J. F. Hawkins registrar, and Joel I. Blackburn and P. H. Linville, judges.
Freeman's precinct : J. C. Neal registrar, and M. D. Linville and A. D. Murray judges.
That at said election all qualified electors who favor the issuing of said bonds shall vote a ballot
"For good roads bond issue," and those who oppose the issuing of said bonds shall vote a ballot
"Against good roads bond issue."
That said election shall be held as near as may be under the general law for the election of mem
bers of the General Assembly.
That the registration books shall open for the registration of voters on the 2Sth day of February,
1913, and shall close on Saturday the 22nd day of March, 1913. That said registration books shall be
kept open on each day (Sundays excepted) from nine o'clock a. m., until sunset. That on each
Saturday during the time aforesaid, the respective registrars shall attend at their respective pre
cincts with their registration books for the purpose of registering voters. That Saturday the 29th
day of March, 1913, shall be challenge day.
That the respective registrars and judges of the respective precincts make return to the board of
county commissioners of Stokes county of said election on the Thursday next following the election
in accordance with said act.
That the clerk of the board cause notice of this order to be published once a week for at least
thirty days next preceding the election in the Danbury Reporter, a newspaper published in Danbury,
N. C.. and further cause notice hereof to be posted at five public places in each township, for thirty
days next preceding the election, and also cause notice of the order to be served by the Sheriff of
Stokes county on the registrars and judges hereinbefore named.
By order of the board.
This the 20th day of February, 1913.
JOHN G. MOREFIELD,
Clerk Board County Commissioners.
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