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The Lincoln County News W. A. FAIR, Publisher, Entered as second-class matter December 31, 1906, at the Post Office at Lincolnton, 27. C. , under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. ISSUED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1908. IS HE SINCERE? Mr. Jonas also says in his arti cle; ..; "I am lor finishing the . school build ing, but I wii.i. not support a measure gotten up in disregard of the law and the constitution, which can be only the breeder of strife and useless litigation. Let's acknowledge it was all an inex cusable blunder, and set about to finish the building in a lawful way. It's not a matter'of tax, but obedience to law. We cannot hope to pain anything by advocating a measure that we all admit was gotten up contrary to our consti tution." . Is Mr. Jonas sincere in the above statement? Who says this bond issue is in disobedience to law! AVhat remedy does Mr. Jonas propose! How does he pro pose to raise the money to com plete the school building, and to pay off the 6000 debt already upon it Will Mr. Jonas, and the other signers of the petition, reach in their pockets and each lend the school committee as much as Mr. Love loaned; if so, then we will have more than enough to pay the debt and complete the building. Which of the following two motives inspired Mr. Jonas in tak ing the position he has in this mat ter, viz: 1st, Is he trying to build up the Graded school and to help our town? . 2nd, Or Is he trying to build up the Republican party (which is fast falling to pieces) in this sec tion? Referring to his article, Mr, Jonas ..; also 6ays: "Lpfc it be distinctly understood that the Ee publicans, as a party, have little interest in the muddle, etc. " If he is correct in this statement why is it that J. Mon Hoyle. (Chairman of the Republican County Executive Committee), W E. Grigg, C. A. Jonas, and J. T. DeLane are heading .and leading the opposition to the school bond issue? "A MESS AND A SCANDAL." In speaking of the school bond issue Mr. Charles A. Jonas, the "brilliant" leader of Republican forces in Lincoln county says: "I understand that people who op pose the bond issue tor the (Jraded .School are boing eluded for aiding the republicans. Let it J)edistinetlynn derstood that the republicans, as a par- -ty. have little interest in the muddle, except in so far as it bears out their contention all along expressed, that the democratic party may be counted up on to make a mess and a scandal out (ll'prprv Imlilie tlifinunm it fntjfic tinljl of. This is not due to the depravity of the mass of democratic voters, but to the arbitrary disregard for law autl decency practiced by the demagogues who control the party in almost every town in the state. ". - ; , As a matter of fact, is there a "mess" or a "scandal!" Is anyt one charged with theft or dishon esty, and if so, who! LET MR. JOXAS SPECIFY WHO, Do the signers of the petition to the T reasurer of the School Board and to the Treasurer of the town of Lincolnton make this charge! Mr. Jonas signed both these peti tions and perhaps he can state just wherein the "scandal" lies, and who are deemed the guilty parties. A petition has been prepared and presented demanding the priv1 ilege of auditing the books and accounts of the School Board, and also those of the town Treasurer, and "a mess and a scandal" isi i charged by Mr. Jonas. Do the signers of these petitions endorse Mr. Jonas' charge of "scandal?" Please do not all answer at once. , The government deficit continues to grow larger each month. Uncle Sam himself is feeling the panic, and he will be compelled also to go to retrenching. COME CLEAN, GENTLEMEN. Iu our editorial of hist Friday we said: e think that it is a fact worthy of comment that the opposition to the bond issue and the severest criticism of the Grad ed School Board is being led by Republicans. This editorial was written two days before we heard of the petition of certain taxpayers to audit the Treasurer's books. We do not wish to be understood as claiming that the petition is en tirely a republican document. We had no reference to the ' petition whatever, for the simple reason that we did not know, at the time we wrote, of such a thing. There are names of some very good dem ocrats on that petition and they are there iu perfect good faith, we believe. We repeat, that the fight on the bond issue is being led by Repub licans and here are our reasons for; this statement: Several weeks ago Mr. A. K. Loft-in came out iu an article in this paper and "opened the ball." He used the followiug language: . ''It appears from the personal at tacks recently made upon Hip. that there are those who, in a .moment of passion, are forgetful of the safety of the children of the tow n. But their abuse of me falls short of their mark if they hope to drive me from a position that I know to be right, .simply because that opinion runs counter to the wishes of a coterie of leaches who it seems arc extracting the lifoblood from the-tax layers of Lincolnton. " Then Mr." -"Equity" piped up, and while we do not really know just who Mr. "Equity" is, yet Mr. W. E. Grigg handed in both articles and he is the man who is responsible to us for them. Some pretty lively "side-stepping" is being done about these articles of Mr. "Equity" and until otherwise advised we hold Mr. Grigg respon sible. - . Then conies along Mr. J. T. De- Lane under the nom de plume of f 'Justice," and, to his credit be it said, he was man enough to come out in the open and show his col ors when asked to do so. Mr. Chas. A. Jonas then "butts in" and has begun writing about "a mess and a scandal," but he is not dodging behind a false name. Every communication, so far, implying that "there is something rotten in Denmark" has come from a Republican.. The questions asked by 1 'Tax Payer" were handed in by a Dem ocrat, but one Avho is an avowed enemy of some of our town offi cials. These questions - are, how ever, no more than what the pub lic is justly entitled to kuow aud which have been answered by the School Board as far as is practica ble iu a newspiipev and forjfurth er detailed information they in vite anyone who so -desires .to in spect their books and accounts. From the above we think it is pretty conclusively ..shown., that the bond issue is being ioughtby some Republicans. who have the support of a . few . Democrats who are hostile to certain men on the Board. We want the good peo ple of Lincolnton, and the outside world too, to know these facts. They are very important facts when it comes to forming an opin ion on this grave question. Hon est men are prone to believe other men are honest too, aud such in sinuations as have been made here in Lincolnton recently concerning men on our town and School Board by men who have standing and influence are listened to by those who are not thorougly-informed. This is why men who are not un friendly to the members of the town and school Boards have sign ed these petitions as they say, to get at the facts ic the case. They want light in order .to make up their minds in unbiased and un prejudiced judgement. And this is alright But instead of going and in specting the books, as invited to do by the school Board, this self constituted committee asks "to audit" etc., as follows: " "We, the undersigned, tax payers of Lincolnton, respectfully request that we be permitted to Inspect and AUDIT the cash book-ledger-minute books-1 cancelled checks-vouchers check books pass books and to make a general ex amination of all papers pertaining to the school board and new building, and to examine any and all papers showing receipts and disbursements, and also the contract for erecting the school building, through a committee consisting of V. K. tSrigg, Chas. K. Robinson and such other help as they may deem necessary." Now, as we understand it, no individual or committee has the right to demand these books, papers, accounts etc, to be given over into their keeping for th purpose of "AUDITING" them unless charges of a sufficiently serious nature are preferred '. to justify the Courts to order such a course. So it would seem that this committee has proceeded prematurely, and they have de manded the privilege of auditiug these books, yet they have prefer red no charges. Insinuations aud vague hints are not charges. The News wants to see fair play in this matter, and Ave say, come clean, gentlemen! If you have charges to prefer, make them like men. Do not beat about the bush, but state your specific charges. If there are auy ' grounds v for charges the News certainly has no desire to suppress them. We want to see the matter cleared up finally. If we have one dishonest man oil our School Board or on our Board of Aldermen the News would be delighted to have him pointed out, for then we could all join in "cussin" him to a stand still. ". Let the V a -completed School building stand as it is; let our peo ple lose this magnificent piece of property; let all the debts go unpaid and let our BOYS and GIRLS go without an education! WHO CARES FOR PAYING DEBTS! WHO CARES WHETH ER OR NOT OUR TOWN GETS A BAD NAME! .WHO.. CARES IF OUR SCHOOL PROPERTY ROTS AND DECAYS WHAT IS ALL OF THAT TO US, JUST SO WE CAN SPITE THE MEN WHO HAVE WORKED AND SLAVED FOR US; JUST SO WE CAN PREVENT THE MEN WE HATE FROM GETTING THE MONEY THEY HAVE LOANED FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR SCHOOL; JUST SO THE MUGWUMPS CAN JOIN WITH THE H ANDFUL OF RE PUBLICANS HERE IN THIS TOWN AND CREATE STRIFE, DISCORD AND DISSENTION SO THAT THE DEMOCRATS MAY BE DFFEATED IN THE NO VEMBER; ELECTION. SO SAY THE OPPOSITION. If it were not for the good name of our town and the welfare of the littieboys and' girls we would al most say let th(T"Republican Mugvvump'i crowd defeat the bond issue for the School building, for if this bond issue be defeated the school will not open again next fall, or the next or thejiext for several years, but all of the tax money that now goes to educate our boys and girls will be used to pay for the buildiug that now stands use less though nearly completed. J. T. DeLane, C. A. Jonas, W. E. Gkigg and others who are op posing the School Bond issue say that if it carries at the election it will not be constitutional and that no one will have to pay out one cent of taxes on it. If they be correct in this position why are they fighting it; why not let it go aud not pay the tax! Mb. Chas. A. Jonas says that while the Suprume Court has de cided that an act passed similar to the School bond issue act is constitutional and that while "good lawyers" say that the present Bond Act is constitutional yet the bust lawyer (C. A. Jonas) over rules the Supreme Court and says it is not constitutional. ? Somebody is going to lose his reputation as a prophet in this bond issue mixup. Predictions are made with cocksure certainty by both sides, and both can't be correct. ; DEMPHOOLISHNESS IN LINCOLN TON. First Citizen: "I am going to vote against the bond issue for the old towu faction that I belong to is agaiust it." Second Citizen: "Well, I'll vote for the bonds, for my faction is for them.":' ', v Third Citizen: "I'm agin 'em; I don't like Mr. - - who is on the board." Fourth Citizen: "I say let's have the bonds; Mr. who is on the board is a personal friend of mine." Fifth Citizen: "No bonds for me; I got cured long ago when I voted 'the Holy Bonds of Matri mony for mine.' " Sixth Citizen: "I say bonds, bonds, bonds; I've tried the Holy kind for these forty years, and I am convinced it was the simplest, best and safest way to suffer." i Seventh Citizen: "No school bonds for me; I think the commit tee should have let out the contract, EVEN IF IT HAD COST $5000 MORE TO GET JUST AS GOOD A BUILDING." "Eighth Citizen: "No; I think we ought to stick to the committee, EVEN IF THEY MAKE THE BUILDING COST 5000 MORE THAN IT WOULD IF IT HAD BEEN LET OCT ON CON TRACT." Ninth Citizen: "Why in the h didn't the committee submit their plans to me and let me see all their bills before .they Were paid? They didn't do it; there fore I'M AGIN IT! ! !" Tenth Citizen: " Well. I'M AGIN YOU!!! They didn't show me the plans, aud I don't know wliat they've spent, nor where it went, and I don't give a hurrah; but I'm for the bonds." Eleventh Citizen: "The whole thing's UNCONSTITUTIONAL, because, because, er well, I don't know why because but it is; so count me to vote against 'em, or to stay away from the polls." Twelfth Citizen: " They're not UNCONSTITUTIONAL, because, because, er well, I don't know why not, but they're not; so you'll see me there a-votiu'-and-a-votin' ' 'em, too." ". Thirteenth Citizen: "I say kill the issue and make the committee take the darned old building, or lose their money; they went wrong from the first" : Fourteenth Citizen: "Well, I don't kuow how that is; but they say the town has to pay for the job, blunders or no blunders; and so, I'd rather have bonds aud a long, easy time for paying them than taxes so high you couldn't see the stare- and theclcctric lights." v " Fifteenth Citizen: "To h with everybody!'.' ; Sixteenth Citizen: "To h with everything!" Visitorr "Gentlemenr gentle men, what's the row!" All: WE'RE DAMNIN' EVE RYBODY, AND KILLIN' LIN COLNTON." ' Visitor: "Good sakes!" : L. E. RUDISILL. Death Wa On His Heels. Jesse P. Morris, of Skippers, Va., had a close call in the spring of 1906. He says: "An attack of pneumonia left me so weak and with such a fearful cough that my friends declared consumption had me, and death was on my heels. Then I was persuaded to try Dr. Kings New Discovery. It helped me immediately, and after taking two and a half bottles I was a well man again. I found out that New Discovery is the best remedy for coughs and lung disease iu all the world." Sold under guarantee at K. L. Lawing drug store. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. "How we have changed since the old days!" 1 'What do you mean!' ' , "Why today it isn't so blessed to give as it is to be a receiver.' Life. . ; . - An Explanation. In the statement issues , regard ing the New School building the Committee states that those plans were given to several contractors for bids but no bids were received, I received a set of plans for an addition to the old school building, but never saw the plans for the new. Building. After getting these plans I asked Dr. Yoder if they would require sealed bids, as I did not care to make an open bid against one of the School Committee. He replied that the matter of sealed bids had never been discussed, but he would bring it up in the committe and let me know if .the bids would be sealed. I heard nothing further from him, aud a few days later Dr. Yoder sent for the plans. This was my reason for making no bid on the work. In my conversation with Dr yoder I told him further that r if the buildiug would be let on a persentage basis I would like to have a chance at it that way. He replied that this would be a one sided affair. I would have been glad to take this building at G per cent. A. Haynks. CREATING AN APPETITE DRINK. FOR Don't Allow Them to Make a Drunkard of Your Boy or Your Neighbor's Boy. The following from , the speech of one of the officers of the Ohio State Liquor League is both a text and a sermon: "It will appear from these facts, gentlemen, that the success of our business is depen dent largely upon the creation of an appetite for drink. Men who drink liquor, like others, will die, and if there is no new appetite created our couutcis will be empty as will be our money drawers. Our children must go hungry or we must change our business to something more ; remunerative. The open field for the creation of this appetite is among the - boys. After men are grown and" their appetites are formed, they rarely change in this regard. It will be needful, therefore, that missionary work be done among the boys, and I make the suggestion, gentle men, that nickles expended in treats to boys now will return in dollars to your tills after the appetites have been formed. Above all things, create an appetite." The "Home and State " : ' ! PLANET That Mean's- Quality Don't fail to see the new No. 76, All Steel Planet Jr. Riding Cultivator7 It costs moreT-but it is the BEST made. Cole's Cotton and Corn Planters Garden Plows, Garden Rakes, Garden Cultiva vators. Pittsburg "Electric Weld" Garden Fence. Devoe Paint We Have the Goods of Quality, RekJ I Hardware The News Office For Job Work AH the Time. That old question: "What is whiskey," is going the rounds again. It's the hardest thiug of all to get the ays when you want it real bad. If you don't be lieve this ask some poor sufferer who has tried. A man in Michigan tried to com mit suicide the other day by eat ing axle grease. . He failed proba bly because the creamery butter he had been eating had rendered him immune against other prepa ionsof The Lincolnton Market. Young chickens, . -, - V per lb 18 .. per doz 12 i-2 . per lb 15 .. per lb 8 to 10 ., . " perbu. $1.00 perbu. 90 to 1.00 Eggs................ Butter .............. Hens ..... Irish Potatoes....... Sweet Potatoes...... Charlotte Cotton. These figures represent the prices April 15. th .. 10.00 ...... .... 10 1-8 paid to wagons Middling..... Strict middling. Good middling...: 10 1-4 Watch Cleaning And Oiling A Necessity. If you want your watch or clock ta give you satisfaction and last a lifetime, you must have it cleaned and oiled once every twelve or eighteen months. If you will let us do your work, you can always rest assured that it will be . done right and the price will be reason able, W. M. SHERRILL, Jeweller and Optician, lincolnton, N. C. NOTICE. All persons are required to pay their Poll Tax on or before May 1st, 1908, as the Law requires you to exhibit your Tax Receipt in order to vote in county election this is election year. x JOHN K. CLINE, Sheriff. 6 0 0 Q 0 0 Company g V) r J' JEWELRY I I ji I JiJ j tSM iff
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