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THE SUN, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1919 Published Every Thursday by The Sun Printing Company R. E. PRICE, Editor L. D. MILLER, Manager Entered at Postoffice, Rutherfordton, N. C, as Second-Class Mail Matter. One Year $1.50 Six Months -75 Four Months .50 THE SCALES BILL It is very important just now that the good citizens of the county do all that they can for the passage of the road bill which is pending in the legislature, known as the Scales Stevens bill. The Federal Govern ment will possibly offer North Caro lina $2,280,000 annually for the next ten years to construct highways, provided the State returns dollar for dollar. Rutherford county will get $66,000 a year for ten years from this fund and the State fund combin ed. This county will doubtless re ceive more from the State than it will pay as we have no large cities in our county and fewer motor pro pelled vehicles than many of the counties of the State. A tax of 75c per horse power on motor propelled vehicles has been proposed as a means of raising the State's part of this fund. This small levy will not equal the wear and tear of tires and car in one year's time, besides the satisfaction of having a good road to travel over. Much time and worry will be saved. If the county and State fails to ?et the State and Federal aid it may be years before our roads wil be in much better condition than many of them are now. It is time now that every progressive citizen who wants better roads, write his senator and representative at Wash inerton and Raleierh. The time has come when we must do something Our roads are in a deplorable con dition in many sections of the coun ty. It has been estimated that con crete roads as proposed by the Scales-Stevens bill will sav auto aro bile owners about $100 a year m wear of tires, use of gasoline, etc It will benefit them more than any other one class of folks. South Carolina is proposing $25,000,000 bond issue now for good roads and an assessment of $12.50 to $20.00 per car. It will mean much for the Palmetto State and will doubtless be a law soon. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland and many other States of the union are considering large expenditures of money this year for good roads. We must see that North Carolina and Rutherford county are not behind in this all important progressive move ELLENBORO'S PROJECT The progressive town of Ellenboro and Colfax township propose a mem orial high school to the boys of that township who rendered service in the Avar. No better or more fitting mem orial could be erected than a good school. Such an organization will serve two purposes in one, namely: Give the boys proper credit which they deserve and give that section a school which it deserves. The sec tion under discussion is one of the most thickly populated and growing parts of the Piedmont section. It needs a good farm life school. The time has come at last when the world is beginning to rightly realize that a farmer or house keeper needs training as well as the lawyer, doc tor or dentist and the sooner we all believe sueh the better will the world be for such conviction. It takes as much brain and skill to be a good far mer or cook as it does to plead law or practice medicine. Are they not as important vocations? Colfax's plan will succeed sooner or later for it is founded upon the right principles and right never fails. The "flu" may rage, the wind may blow, the conditions may seem dis couraging but the plan must and will succeed. Help to educate your chil dren at your door, rather than spend three or four hundred dollars a year to send them oft somewhere. They are crying for your help. Don't be a stingy, grouchy money fiend, but have pride and help your own county and community. j GOOD DOG LAW NEEDED "Any dog law which does not pro vide for the licensing of the dog, its identification by a tag and a central State control for enforcement of the law, will not be found satisfoctory," said Mr. R. S. Curtis in an interview recently on the question of a dog control law for North Carolina. Mr. Curtis has charge of the sheep work of the Animal Industry Divis ion, and has been very much inter ested in the dog law bills which have been presented to the General As semblv. He has tried to show the different committees that there is an unaualified demand on the part of the livestock growers and the public generally for a law which will both protect the good dog, and promote the prosperity of the State by en couraging livestock development. The license fee is absolutely nec essy in that it will provide for reim bursement when stock is killed. The tag is absolutely necessary as means of identification, and the cen tral control is absolutely necessary in that it assures a proper enforce ment of the law. Experience has proven that when this is left to the discretion of loca officials that there is unsatisfactory enforcement. This was brought out strikingly in laws recently passed in Ohio, West Virginia, New York, Illi nois. Kentuckv. Massachusetts, ana Pennsylvania. Here, the Board of Agriculture or Secretary of the Board, which corresponds to our Commissioner in this State, has charge of the enforcement of the dog law. Some of these states passed laws at first, leaving the matter to the local officials, but these have al been changed in the last few years and the enforcement of the law put in the hands of a central designated authority. There is hardly any argument a gainst a dog control law, as the peo pie of the State are unanimous m their desire for one, but, according to Mr. Curtis, the question now is to see that the best law possible is se cured. None of the bills which have been offered the General Assembly, espec ially the Senate Bill which is now un der consideration, proposes to exter minate dogs, but simply to contro them, and if enacted into law, and properly enforced, will be a protec tion to good dogs, rather than means of elimination. The bill which is before the Senate also does not mean that sheep alone are to be protected, but is founded on the fact that dog control is necessary for the greater production of all classes of livestock, and for the conservation of human health. o- BUSINESS MEN SHOW CON. FIDENCE O "Advertise," says Richard Spillane, the note and gifted writer on business matters and business problems, in Com merce and Finance. "At a luncheon the other day," continues Mr. Spillane, the editor of a monthly publica tion that has a circulation of 1,800,000 said that for one of his Spring issues he had $892, 000 net of advertising in hand. Net means with commissions de ducted. He expects before the forms are closed he will have $1,000,000 in that one issue. "Sofar as known, this is the greatest amount of advertising ever booked in the history of the publishing business. ''What is of far more import ance than the establishing of this record is the evidence it gives of the confidence pf the American business man. Ap parently the people who have ar ticles to sell have no doubt a bout the immediate future in a trade way. If they had, they would not make such heavy in vestment in advertising. "The publication with the $892,000 booked is but one of the many to feel the impulse of broadening business. "And why should not business broaden? "America has more wealth, and a wider distribution of wealth, than ever before- The people have been on short al lowance in respect to many of their needs tor several years. There is a considerable shortage aside from the normal dfei;ard, to be met. In addition, the con. sumption pf ail ei&gsgs of goods increase year by year, not only by growth of population, bt feer cause man requires more and more with the advance of time. "If advertising is a safe in dex, and it would appear that there is no better, there is big business ahead. "Advertise!" GOOD ROADS COLUMN The Many Advantages Of Bet ter Roads And Highways If you have any suggestions to make about good roads this column is open to you. Editor. o- O WE will thresh cane seed February 21-22. La wing EL Camp, Gilkey StvP'-Srl Ro?d Rill Now PndinEr Before Legislature A bill to be entitled an act for the construction and maintenance of a State system of highways and to en able the State to secure the benefit of Federal aid and for other pur noses. The General Assembly of North Carolina do neact: Sectionl. That for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a system of State highways, the funds collected by the State as a license tax on automobiles, motor cai's, mo torcycles, motor trucks or other ve hicles from which the Sate now does or may hereafter collect a li cense tax, shall, after the expense of collection has been deducted, be paid to the Stfte Tresuer to be known as the "State Highway Fund:" to be expended by the State Highway Commission in the construction and maintenance of the system of State highways, which shall be constructed so as to form a system of modem hard-surfaced highways, connetirp by the most practicable routes the county seats and other towns of ev ary county of the State. Sec. 2. That in so far as practi cable the State Highway Commis sion is hereby directed to expend the State Fund heretofore provided with in the county in which it originates. Allotments of the funds however, are to be made in such a way as, in the judgment of the State Highway Com mission, will provide in the shortest possible time the completion of the system of highways contemplated by this act. Sec. 3. That the State Highway Commission is authorized to work on this system of State highways, and on the production of material for such highways, all convicts, either State or county, that can be arranged for by agreement with the State Pris on Board or with the county authori ties. Sec. 4. That the State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to use all Federal Aid funds that are now available, or which may hereaf ter become available to the State, due care being taken not to violate any of the agreements or contracts now in force with the Federal ""Gov ernment or any of the agreements or guaranties between the counties and the State Highway Commission, Sec. 5. That for the purpose of enabling the State to avail itself to the fullest extent of all Fedei'al Aid funds that are now or may hereafter become available for use in the State, the State Treasurer is hereby direct ed to ascertain the amount needed tc make up the deficit, if any, between the fund available to said State High way Commission gnd the amount needed to secure for the State the full allotment due the State from the Federal Government for the cur rent year; and that upon such ascer tainment being made, the State Treasurer shall pay such deficit out of the funds jn his hands as State Treasurer not otherwise appropriat ed ; and if there be no funds available for such purppge pr not sufficient funds, then in such case the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to issue bonds of the State of North Carolina, payable ten years after date, and not to exceed the a- mount needed as ascertained, as here inafter provided, such bond issue, however, not to exceed in any one year the sum of one million dollars. Sec. 6f That all of said bonds shall bear interest not exceeding four per cent per annum and pre to be dated the first of January or July. Sec. 7, That all bonds authorized and issued under this act shall be coupon bonds of the denominations of one ($100) hundred and five ($500) respectively, as the said State Treasurer may determine, and shall be signed by the Governor and the State Treasurer and sealed with the great seal of the Siate. Sec. 8. That the said bonds and coupons shall be exempt from all State, county or nuinicipal taxation or assessment, direct or indirect, spe cial or general, whether imposed for purposes pf general revenue or oth erwise, and the interest paid thereon shall not be subject to taxation as for income, nor shall said bonds and coupons be subject to taxation when constituting a part of the surplus of any bank, trust company, or other corporation Sec. 9. That it eiiall be lawful for al executors, administrators, guard ians and fiduciaries generally to in vest in said bonds. See, 10, That the following li cense fees or registration fees shall be charged and collected annually on mojfcor vehicles registered under the provisions of this act: On each mo tor vehicle except motor trucks and motorcycles a license fee of seventy five cents per horsepower, the meth od of computing the said horsepower being the formula adopted by the Society of Automobile Engineers; on each motorcycle a license f&i pf five dollars; on each motor truck with a carrying capacity of one ton or less, twenty-five dollars; on each motor truck with a carrying capacity of more than one ton and less than two tons, a license fee of forty dollars; on each motor truck with a carrying capacity of not less than two nor more than three tons, sixty dollars; on each motor truck with a carrying capacity of not less than three nor more than four tons, a license fee of one hundred dollars; on each motor truck with a carrying capacity of not less than four nor more than five tons a license fee of one hundred and fifty dollars; on all trailei's, ten dol lars for the first ton-carrying capac ity, and twenty dollars for each ad ditional ton: Provided further, tnat any applicant for the registration of any motor vehicle on or after the first of March of each year shall be required to pay for said registration for the balance of the registration year ending June 30th, only one-half of the registration fee provided for in this section: ;Provided further, that no county, city or town shall charge any license or registration fee upon motor vehicles exceeding one dollar per annum: provided further, that no motor truck with a carrying capacity of more than five tons shall be licensed or allowed to be used up on the public roads of the State. Sec. 11. That in those counties in which modern hard-surfaced roads of concrete, macadam, or similar types of surface, constructed at the coun ty's expense or cooperatively by the county and the Federal Government, the State Highway Engineer at such time as authorized by the State Highway Commission, together with two engineers of the United States Office of Public Roads and Rural En gineering, shall assess the present value of said road and pay to the county an amount not to exceed one half the value as assessed. The road will then be maintained by the State and become part of the State high way system as provided for in this act, Sec. 12. That the State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to take charge or to cooperate with the county road officials in the construc tion of the State highway system and its maintenance. Sec. 13. That rights of way for the construction of the system of State highways as provided for in this act, shall be provided free of all cost to the State, Sec. 14, That a general scheme for the marking of all State highways with signs indicating general direc tion, names of near-by towns and cities and such other data as are con sidered necessary for the proper di section and information of the gen eral public, shall be inaugurated and followed out by the State Highway Commission at the expense of the several epunties. See, 15. That the Sate Highway Commission and the State Forester shall cooperate with the county road authorities in the proper selection, planting and protection of roadside trees. The State Highway Commis sion is hereby empowered tp make all necessary rules and regulations for the protection of the said State high ways and of the roadside trees herein provided for. Sec. 16. That all laws and claus es of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 17, That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. County System Out Of Pate The following telegram appeared in the Asheville Citizen, January 29 from Mr. W. A. McGrit, of Wilming ton, president of the North Carolina Good Kjuads Association to the Ashe ville Board of Trade and wili be pf interest to our readers: "Your letter twenty-f ourth ; let's rally our forces immediately in sup port of the Scales-Stevens bill and bring powerful pressure to bear on legislature fpr system pf state high ways, The press of the state, all commercial organizations, county forces and municipalities should have a part in this grand and glorious enterprise, and your appeal should reach all of them. Members of the gentraj assembly are progressive, wide-awake men, and there is a strong sentiment in favor 'of a state road tax or bond issue to meet fed eral aid dollar for dollar. May Ashe ville 's voice ring clear from moun tains to sea coast." "The county unit system of road construction and maintenance i s wholly out of date," he said, "which has been clearly indicated by the re actionary authorities of Cock county, Tenn., and Rutherford county, N. C. In both these cases the county unit sysism is obstructing progress of Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina by the refusal pf the atiwiities in Cocke county to build a six pr eightrmile link of road on the familiar Dixie highway between Bridgeport and the North Carolina line, or eyen to make temporary re pairs in the way of filling up a few mudholes and deep ruts f rpm fifty to 200 feet in length, enabling auto mobiles to pass over this road, this bad stretch being only two or three miles in; length. The repairs to the road could have been made to enable the passing of automobiles for $300 to $500. "On the other hand, in Rutherford county," this official continued, "two bridges were washed away on the Asheville-Charlotte highway a few miles east of Chimney Rock by the heavy rains during the latter part of October. The county authorities had placed some of the material on the ground for replacing one old wooden bridge with a steel bridge at Uree, and with that bridge washed out no particular effort was made to hurry the replacement of the steel bridge, which required only three months to build.But the other bridge just be low the Logan place was a low water wooden bridge. The cost to rebuild his bridge would not have exceeded $300. The county commissioners were apealed to by the people in that section, by business interests from Asheville, Hendersonville, Char lotte and other points to replace the small wooden structure, but they de clined, stating they hoped to build a steel bridge over the river at that point during the spring and summer. This prevented the opening of a through state highway from Wilming ton by way of Charlotte, Shelby, Rutherfordton and Hickory Nut Gap to Asheville. The county commis sioners at Rutherfordton have con sistently refused to comply with the laws of the state to appropriate $150 a year for the maintenance of the Asheville-Charlotte highway, as is required of Asheville and Buncombe county, nor will they co-operate with the state highway commission in the maintenance of this road through Rutherford county. "These two cases are glaring ex amples of the out-of-dateness of the old county unit system of construc tion and maintenance of through trunk highways, and it is the hope of good roads enthusiasts and sup porters throughout the state that the legislature will at this session en dorse such legislation as will make trunk highway connection and main tenance possible through the sta. highway commission." BARACA-PHILATHEA STATE CONVENTION THE SUN ONLY $lr50 A TEAR Sunday School Workers Meet In Greensboro In May I wish to announce to the Baraca and Philathea classes that our next meeting of the North Carolina Bara-ca-Philathea Union will convene in Greensboro May 16-18, closing Sun day night (the 18th) with a consecra tion service. The State executive committee had an interesting meet ing in Greensboro last Friday the 7. A program committee was appointed and we are expecting one of the best programs ever. The Baracas and Philatheas and the people generally of Greensboro are already at work planning for the convention and I just want to urge that every class in this section be represented at the convention. It will mean much to the ones attending, and much to the classes who send the delegates for they will come back home enthused with a lot of new ideas and plans for class work. Mr. Hudson has informed me that he has appointed me State organizer for the National Union, and has re quested me to secure for Baraca Philathea headquarters at Syracuse, N. Y., a correct list of classes with the names and addresses of the pres ent officers. I shall be very glad if the secretaries, or some member of the classes will mail me a list of their class officers, name and denomination of class, etc. We want to paricularly emphasize the secret service work in the classes. It was decided last year in the con vention that we stress this phase of the work this year, and make an ef fort to have a committee in every class. In fact, it takes this to make a "four-square" class. It is the most efficient method of developing work ers in the church, and soul winning in the class. If at any time I can be of service to any class, I shall es teem it a favor for you to call on me. I shall be glad to send litera ture to any one desiring to build up the class activities or organize new ones. 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