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HICKORY, N. C. FEB. 20,1933
WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR
THE NEW CHARTER. IH.
In previous issues we have en
deavored to show our readers
why they should support the new
charter. First, because under its
provisions the people themselves
will not only be lawmakers. bu>
can actively participate in the
execution of the laws. Second,
that the affairs of the city (theii
affairs) will be placed on a busi
ness basis, economically adminis
tered under their supervision.
This week we want to consider
the matter from the standpoint
that it is a wise man who profits
by other's experience. The ad
ministration of municipal affairs
on the "Government by Com
miss ton" plan cannot be consid
ered an experiment. It has stood
the test of time, and we do not
know of any city today that
would willingly go back to the
old. form of government.
It is stated by some that Hick
ory is too small a town to adopt
this form of goverment. Is any
business too small to be scien
tifically and ecomically managed?
Besides, other cities just as
small, and smaller, have dem
onstrated the wisdom of this
change. The following extract
from the New York "Indepen
dent" illustrates the case in
point:
"One-Man Commission Government.
"Fort Kent is a little town in
Maine, which three years ago
found itself $21,000 in debt. As
the town raised only about $25,-
000 a year in taxes it was felt
that something was wrong, as
this deficit had been created
within a few years. One Jean
0. Michaud, was asked to take
the chairmanship of the Board
of Selectmen, and try to get the
town out of debt. He, however,
refused to take it unless they
would elect him as' well to the
position of road commissioner,
overseer of the poor, school com
missioner, and whatever other
administrative offices the town
charter called for. His proposi
tion was accepted; and he was
elected to these vaiious office?,
the only other two officers of im
portance in the town being two
selectmen who worked with him.
At the end of two years' time,
the town was entirely out oi
debt, and this year, it expects t
have some sui plus .money to put
into permanent improvement ,
this all being done without rais
ing any more taxes than former
ly. The success was due to better
management and closer super
vision of expenditures."
Here is an example of a town
much smaller than Hickory that
proved the efficiency of having a
man at the helm to attend to the
City's affairs. At Fort Kent, as
at Hickory, there were no
charges of corruption in the
city's management; it was simp
ly a case of business men who
could'nt afford to give very much
of their time to looking after the
details of getting the best ser
vice for the least money for the
taxpayers of the city.These bus
iness men realized this them
selves, secured the services of a
man they could trust, gave him
the necessary authority, and the
results fully justified their ac
tion.
What this new form of gov
ernment can do for a city is,
we think, very well illustrated
f n the city of Columbia, S. C.
mis city has been under the
commission form of government
ior two and one-half years, and
when,,it was first inaugurated
therefrtvas a deficit in the treas
uryof approximately $300,000.
Since that time public improve
ments have been made costing
upwards of $500,000 and on Jan
uary 1, last, there was a balance
oi $36,000 in the treasury .Among
the public improvements thecit>
has paved 412 miles of streets,
the first paving ever done there;
uas touKiit two automobile fi:e
trucks,'two pair of horses, and
two wagons lor the fire depart
! uient; incrased the number oi
paid firemen and raised their
salaries; increased the police
force, raised tne salaries of tn»
men and changed from 12 to ai«
8 hour shift; nas given $lO,OOO
to the city school fund annually,
in addition to the regular fund,
just double the amount fonucii>
i^iven; and several miles of side
walks have beed laid. In addition
to this, as above stated, all old
debts have been paid off and $36
JO remains in the treasury.
A very important point in th:§
connection is that the city oi
C iiuinbia has done ail this with
a commission form of govern
ment without increasing the tax
valuations or assessments, the
i icome being the same as during
the old administration.
GIVE THE MOUNTAIN COUNTIES
CONVICTS.
There is a growing sentiment
to abolish the state prison farms
and put all the convicts at wort
on the roads. Gov. Kitchin, we
believe, advocated this, and tht
good roads enthusiasts are boost
ing the sentiment
The Statesville Landmark inter
jects a word of caution It says:
All very fine, but The Land
mark would be pleased if 3ome
of them will state a practicable
oian for the support of the State
convicts while they are engaged
in road work; a plan that will
insure that the convicts will not
again become a burden on the
taxpayers. Up to this good hour
this paper has seen no such plan.
Remember, too, that if all the
convicts are put to work on the
roads there will be enough to
supply but a few counties. The
other counties will have to wait
their turn. In the meantime it
is possible we may hear a >ell
i hat favoritism was pla.ving a
part. We've heard the senti
ment. Let's have a sensible,
jraetical plan for working al
he State convicts on the public
**oads; and be sure to make it
olain who is to be responsible
jo* their sunport.
Yes, and another thin;?:
Tnere are only three counties
eft in the state which have no*
'ither railroad or steamer trans
jortation. These counties ar*
Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga
They are three tf the r'cVst in
North Carolina-rich in timber,
iron ore, grazing lands, and other
resources. There is hardly e
county in the state which ha>
not enjoyed the use of convicts j
from the state with which t
build its railroads. We woul.
like to see the abolition of tht
s ate farms postponed a year or
so yet, long enough for these
three counties, in which railroad
ing building is now in the A. B
C. state, to get the same priv
ileges as the rest of the counties
Paint Now
If you property needs it, dom't wait
There are two parts of a job, the paint
and the work; the work is more th*n
the paint; and it never comes down. -
The cost ot paint is about two-fifths,
ths work three fifths.
Paint won't come down in a hurry;
too many jobs put off.
Men are waiting for $2 or $3, they
don't know it; they are waiting for $2O
or $25.
Why don't men use their heads?
F- B. In gold setts it.
BEN JOHNSON'S ECONOMY.
Saved3,ooo,ooo on District of Col
umbi* Expenses.
By Clyde H. Tqfreoner, -Congressman
•Special Correspondent of the Demo
crat.
Washington, Feb. 18-Th re e
million dollars is to be the sav
ing to the people of the country
as the result of the fact that
Congressman Ben Johnson of
Kentucky is Chairman of the
House Committee on the District
of Columbia. He discovered
that the people in the states are
paying one-half of the taxes for
those who reside in the District
of Columbia and, until he began
to make a flight in Congress
they did not know it. Even
some of the members of Con
gress did not know it.
The practice of the govern
ment standing one-half of the
taxes for residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia is an old one.
It has been going on for years.
Custom is a hard thing to break
down. But there is really no
more reason why the people of
the states should bear half of
the expense of maintaining the
District of Columbia than there
is why they should pay half of
the taxes of the residents of the
capitals of states. The old policy
of the government to stand one
half of the taxes mak6s Wash
ington a fine place, for tax dodg
iig mil lonaires to build their
pa'aces. it might only be ex
pected that when Mr. Johnson
began his tight pressure would
be brought to bear on him to
force him to abandon it. It wm.
The great newspapers of Wash
ington flayed him and ridiculed
him; the Senate set itself up
against him, he was opposed on
the floor of the House, and he
had to fight hard, for every inch
of headway he made.
But Mr. Johnson took the atti
tude that he was sent to Con
gress to serve the best interests
of ail the people and not for tht
purpose of perpetuating soft
snaps for the wealthy of the
District of Columbia. Mr. John
son, after a hard fight, succeed
ed in striking more than three
millions of dollars out of the
last appropriation bill for the
District of Columbia.
"The people back in the states
are taxed to carry on their locai
city, county and State govern
ments; and, in addition, are
taxed to pay one-half of all the
municipal expenses of the city
of Washington," declared Mr.
Johnson. "Congress quarrel s
and fights within itself over the
question as to whether one or
two battleships shall be built,
and without batting an eye or
asking a question votes the price
of a dreadnaught to Washington
each congress. Widows of the
old soldiers are compelled to
fight and scramble for an eight
dollar or a twelve dollar a month
pension, but the widow of Wash
ington policeman is paid a
pension of fifty dollars a month
and no questions asked, while
the eight dollar pensioned widow
back in the stares is taxed to
help pay it The same may be
said of the old so:dier himself.
"The county school teacher
bears her part of a tax burden
in order to pay the school teachei
$l,BOO for teaching 280 hours in
the schools ot Washington. The
school child back in the states
bears its proportion of tax at
nouie for school books, and then
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on horses, eattla, \ UV/
sheep and 7 y "fW
pays a tax to buy school books
for the child of the millionaire
who lives in Washington. The
farmer on the rural route in the
states must carry a lantern on
his road or travel in the dark
while he pays his proprotion of
the cost to put electric lights ~n
the rural routes which lead out
of the city of Washington to the
limits of the seventy square
miles which constitute the Dis
trict of Columbia.
"The school child back in the
states is given desk room in its
humble school at a cost of a
dollar or two, while that child
bears its proportion of tax which
is imposed upon the American
people to give desk room cost
ing twelve hundred and ten
dollars for each chiid which has
entered the school age during
the last five years in the city
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PHONE NO. 271
Land Agent Wanted
H. W. Horton, our agent at North Wilksboro, has Jsold 36 prop
erties ia the past two seasons to buyers we have sent him. We are now
about to establish an agency in Catawba and Iredell Counties and are look
ing for a hustling, middle-aged man, with team or auto, who can devote
one-half or more of his time to our work. No investment
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The great need for our Sotth
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say, decaying vegetable matter,
rotting leaves, trash, grass, ete.,
for that is all the word "humjs"
means.
It is humus that makes your
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row rich. It is by humus that
nature restores the fertility to an
old field when careless man na:
seemingly worn it out. She putt
rrees and g n ss on it aud lets tht
lying leaves, weeds, grass and
imbs rot year after year until
he soil becomes fertile again,
ind yet in the face of all these
facte, thousands and thousands
of foolish farmer- 5 all over the
South will "burn off" their fields
cms year—will burn the brocn>
t»dgf», field-grrss and corn stalk*
hat nature is trying to enricl
the land land with. They wii
burn this valuable plant foot
and moisture-saver that th
famishing earth fhould be fe?.
ing upon—more valuable thai
commercial fertilizers because
of its effects on the soil—and
will buy fertility in a gu&no
nack to replace what they have
thrown awav. And then in the
fall they will say their land is
44 worn out' 1 and complain about
hard times.
Let us hope that no Progress
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unwise. "Use less fire an
more sense in dealing with > ous
fields," as the late Dr. Knap}
once said in a letter to The Pro
gressive Farmer. And Prof
Sherwin has a saying almos
as good, "You can't make
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VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE
AT AUCTION
For division among the heirs of this part of the estate of B. S. A. Aderholt,
deceased, we will sell at public auction on the premises, 1 1-4 miles south of
Crosse Station in Gaston Co., the home tract, known as the John Aderdolt place,
Saturday, March Ist at 1 o'clock p. m.
The whole tract contains 123 9-19 acres. It has been subdivided into 4 tracts
tinging from 23 3-4 acres to 39 acres which will be soid separately, all then as
whole ahd the sale will be left open 29 days for final bids to be bettered, and if
bettered as much as 19 per cent on the whole, it will be readvertised and sold the
highest bid then made will be final.
This farm is well located 1 1-4 miles fromS; A. L* Railroad and high school at
Crouse Station. Churches convenient Best watered farm in the country any
where, each traet as divided has fine spring and branch, plenty of timber. Tract
Nos. 1 and 4 are nearly all timbered with fine oak and hiekory timber; tracts Nos.
1, 2 and 3 are nearly level free from rock, all the land is red subsoil and easily
improved. It is considered the most ideal farm in this part of the country. If y° u
are at all interested in farm lands be sure to attend this sale. Now is the time to
buy real estate. It is growing higher each year. Remember the date, March Ist
at 1 o'clock rain or shine. We offer terms that are in reach of all as follow*:
1-3 cash on day of qale, 1-3 12 months, 1-3 two years with interest at 6 per cent,
from date payable semi-annually deferred payments secured by approved security
and deed with-held until paid in full.
Prospective perchasers will be shown over the land by Ed Reep who liyes on
the farm, or by M. L. or J. D. Rudtsill who live on adjoining farms, and above
parties will show plates*of the land. For further intormation address the under
signed at Henry River, N. C.
... . D. W; Aderholt \ Atr „ n1 *
2 •*-* M.R. Rudisill j A * ents '