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VOL XXXI
R0XB0R0, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday. Evening, April i5, 1914.
No. 15
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May .1st
HEAR BOTH SIDES.
will readily agree that the benefits; 12 says "That, subject to the ap
Read and Consider the Facts
Herein Provided.
There is a question now before
tiie people of Person County for the time consumed and what it
which is the most vital that has , would be them, will twice pay
oome before them for years, that your tax.
to be derived are overwhelming
in proportion to the small cost.
We dare say that the additional
charge made by your doctor now
is. the question of a bond issue for
improvement of our roads.
You have been told, or will be
proval of the board of county om
missioners, the county superintenl
dent of roads is hereby given dis
cretionary power, with aid of . a
competent engineer or surveyor
to locate, relocate or change any
part of any, public road where in
his judgement snch location re
told, that your best land will be iocation or change will prove ad-
We believe that every qualified seized and your best timber cut van'tageous to public travel' If
down. Of course, the Road Com- you doubt this, read the law as
missioners will have certain au- cited. .
l-rst to get them. As has been de
;,.. nitrated in the past, we cannot
hope to get them by our present
methods. The way left to us is to
vote bonds and by paying a small
additional tax, such as will hardly
he noticeable to any of us, have
money enough to build them.
The first question you ask is
"will good roads be worth to me
what I will have to pay to get
them?" Let us consider this point
rkht here. Under the present law,
ymi are now paying 25 cents on
e very Si 00.00 worth of taxable
property. The new bill for the
bond issue distinctly specifies that
the tax cannot be more than 35c.
on the $100.00 worth of property.
That is. your taxes cannot possi
bly be increased more than 10c. on
the $100.00. For instance, if you
are now paying $15.00 tax, this
could not possibly be increased to
more than $16.50 or $1.50 more.
Are not good roads worth $l.o0 a
year to you The season for plant
ing your ;rops is already very
late. If you could have easily haul
ed your fertilizer during the "bad
weather when you could do prac
tically nothing on the farm so as
to be ready to take advantage of
the first pretty day, would you not
voter in Person County is in favor
of good roads and wants good
roads. The only question is, how i thority. You easily recognize this
as necessary. It is . foolish, how
ever, for any one to say they will
dq the above. Some few, who are
against this bill, are trying to
make a bug-a-boo of the section
in the new bill which gives the
road commissioners certain powers
to use timber and soil to construct
the' roads. Do you know that, un
der the present laws now in force,
the county commissioners, through
their representatives, have the
power to enter your lands for the
purpose of road building take your
soil and cut away your timber?
If they do not do this now, will
they do it then? If the ones who
are trying to frighten you by
quoting the above, know this, why
do they not tell you that the sec
tion in the new bill, in all it's es
sential features, is practically the
same as the laws now in force ? We
will quote right here a few ex
tracts from the Public Laws of
1899, chapter 581, section 11 and
12, as amended by chapter 205
of PublicLaws of 1901: "The said
superintendent , and supervision
are hereby authorized to enter up
on any uncultivated lands near to
or adjoining such roads, to cut and
carry away timber, except trees or
groves on improved lands planted
bor how lives three miles from
you, it means almost an hour's
driving over roitgh roads to reach
his house. With good roads, this
would mean only a pleasant drive
of 15 or 20 minutes.
- Please let us Beg of you to read
the bill how before you carefully.
Important'Announcement.
On another page of this paper
there appears an advertisement of
the Person Dry Goods Co., setting
forth their sensational prices for
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
of this week, and als stating that
their sale will positively close
willingly have given SI. 50 or even tor left for ornament or shade, to
twice this? Just think, one load of j dig or cause to be dug and carried
wood on a rainy day when you jsiw ay any gravel, sand, clay or
can do practically' nothing now, ! stone which ma, be necessary to
would more than pay your tax ! construct, improve or repair said
for the entire year. ; road, and to enter on any lands ad-
Vou, as a farmer, represent a joining or lying near the road in
typo of our host citizenship and, : order to make such drains or ditch
at'ter seeing for yourself by read-' es through the same as he may
ing the bill, that the above is true, deem necessary for the betterment
we cannot but believe that vou of the road. "First sentence section
The new bill provides that ev
ery township shall choose a rep
resentative for the road commit
tee. These men, in conjunction
yyith the county commissioners,
will constitute n Supervising Board
to have complete charge of build
ing the roads. You do not mean
to say. that you would elect any
man to that board who would wil
fully order destruction to your
property. Under the laws now in
force, you have no man from your
township to look out for yon r sec- N B pe t A fo
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um peK,oimii.v. unuei uie new ,know h()W j feh &bout whftt Mw
law, you will have.
The bill also provides that any
land of yours used whatever shall
be paid for suitably. If you do
not wish to accept the offer made
by the board, you have ,the right
to refuse it and subject this to a
If you can ffnd one single object Saturday night April 18th. Since
tionable feature, not another word j printing this advertisement Mr.
will be said. We say this, however,
because there is none. The bill has
been drawn to give every one ab
solute justice and fair play. This
movement is growing in popular
ity every day and will, no doubt,
be carried by a big majority.
Don't let it be said that you were
opposed to the most progressive
step that has been before you in
years. Help to carry this bill solid
by coming out on May 12th and
casting your vote "FOR ROAD
IMPROVEMENT BONDS."
Boone & Person.
cus C. Winstead had to say about
my dishonesty and integrity week
before last. In answering I will
say that his trashy sayings, and
poisonous strikes afforded me a
hearty laugh. Some one said you week's. issue of The Courier will
Featherstone anA Mr. Forst, the
manager in charge of the sale have '.
decided to continue their sale an
other week, which would bring
the close of the sale to Saturday,
April 25th. Their reasons for do
ing this are first, N that owing ' to
the unsettled weather and the fact
that this is a busy time in the
country districts a great many
people were Unable to attend this
great sale, and second, next week
being court week, when hundreds
of people, in the surrounding
country visit town, they will have
an opportunity of availing them
selves the same sensational prices
that have marked the success and
individualism of this sale from the
very start. In . next week's
paper there will appear another
ad. of their Thursday, Friday and
Saturday specials, and the prices
appearing in their acu in this
Negro Iii Bed Room,
On last Sunday night when the
boarders at Col.-W. L. Lewis' re
turned from church - and entered
the house they heard some one in
the Cols, room, tlieCoL and Mrs.
Lewis being away from home. Up
on investigation they found Rob
ert Jones, a negro who had for-.
merly worked there,' asleep under
the bed. He seemed to be drunk or
crazed from dope, being addicted
to both habits.
Messrs. C. G. Cunningham and
B. V. Henry started with him to
turn him over to the police, but 1
before getting to headquarters the
negro broke and ran and left these
gentlemen holding on to his coat.
He was giving a hearing yesterday
evening and was fined ($5.00 and
the cost. He was lucky to get off so
lightly for this thing of entering
dwelling houses is a very serious
proposition, though in justice to
the negro the fact that he was
drunk and being of a good charac
ter aside from his drinking, was
due the light, sentence.
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J USES GOOD BUILDERS' HARDWARE iti THE. HOUS-
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5 OUR BUILDERS HARDWARE HAS THE BEST RE
PUTATION. BECAUSE THE BEST BUfLDERS COME
TO OUR STORE TO BUY THEIR SUPPLIES. (
NOT ONLY DO WE KEEP COARSE GOODS FOR
HEAVY BUILDING BUT THE VERY; FINEST MATERI
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board of arbitration. So you will
laugh at the man who tells you
your lands will be confiscated.
Another very vital question is
this; "Suppose I vote for the bond
issue, what guarantee do I have
that any of the money will r-be
snpnt in mv. tnwnshih? How fm'Tl
know that I will receieve any val
ue for the money spent?" Right
here is one of the fairest of fair
propositions. The bill distinctly
specifies that each township shall
have spent on it 's roads the amount
'equal in proportion to the total
amount of taxes paid in. What
could be fairer? If one township
pays a tenth or a fifth of the total
county taxes, it has an absolute
guarantee that $15,000, or $80,000,
as the case may be, will be spent
in it's 'boundaries on it's roads. It
would be absoutely illegal if, at
least, that amount was not spent
in that township. Besides you have
a representative on the controlling
board elected there by yourselves
to look out for your interests.
If you should ask where the
roads will be surveyed by your
house, or by your neighbor's
oouse, the answer will be "We do
not know." This is left entirely in
the hands of the supervising board
and, as stated before, it is com
posed of one member elected from
each township and the three coun
ty commissioners. You have as
much to say about this through
your representative as any one else
and it is entirely in their hands.
Thefgood roads question is one
that is vital to all, both individu:
ally And collectively. Stop and
realize what it means to you as an
individual. 'Think of the . conven
ience of being able to haul what is
nowa four horse load - with two
horses and how, the two horses
could; trot where the four now are
tugging and straining ..under' the
sam'e load. Think what it would
mean to be able to haul your to
bacco; to market and your fertile
zer home whenever, you; wished re
gardless of the rain and bad weath-
er. Think of the saving of time
the saving to your Horsesthe say
ing to the wear and tear" to your
harness and vehicles. ; ;
Think what it? would mean to;
your, community How it '.would
btoglyodtotliiimakingilmost
eve r.y man in . your; township your
next .door neighbor. Jf your neigh-1
must reply, I said no my father
always said "Boys if you don't
want to get dirty stay out of the
dirti" Then the thought. came to
me that such dirt and trash of this
kind had been flung in the face
of our people until most of our
people are blind as to the real con
ditions thatrexist- m crar couh tya
have been, here a little over three
months and I can tell the Mayor
of Koxboro more than he knows
or ever will know about the coun
ty. There i-; a vast difference be
tween a man walking around with
his eyes opened, and a man being
led around with ignorance and
superstition.
From the moment I felt the re
sponsibility of citizenship in my
boyhood days I have labored both
day and night for the uplift of hu
manity, and for the f utherence of
civic righteousness. To this end 1
now write that the people of Per
son may know the facts and fig
ures just as they are. And as I
write I write over the protest of
some of my best people. One man
has said that the Mayor's write
up brought to the hearts of our
people more shame and disgrace
than any thing that I had said or
could possibly say. If I had a
twelve year old boy that could not
write a more logical piece, and
make a greater display of knowl
edge than Marcus C. Winstead has
made Twould feel uneasy about
his future' success. One of the
most rediculoiis things he said, was2
the assumption that he himself was
the whole of Person County. His
saying, ' ' It strikes us of Person
County that bro. Boone should
haye at least been here long enough
to have known something of the
condition of things before he pub
lished to the world that he was lo
cated among the filthiest people
he has ever known." If I didn't
know more about ' Pe r s o n
County t ha n ' th e mayor
k now s. I' never would
appear before the public as he has
and made such a display , of his
limitationsJi ln all of my writings
Lhav'nt made a statement , but
what I can prove to an intelligent
man.' Yes I have good people, arid
some nrosressive spirits, for
men' and women or our best homes or-
prevail throughout the remaining
days of this truly remarkable sale.
Therefore if you have -not as yet
attended this store during their
Revival Closes.
With the services last night the
revival which has been in progress
at the Methodist church for more
than two weeks came to a close.
Rev, H. M. North did the preach;
ing and his praises are being sung
by all of our people regardless of
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selling out, do so now,? and if yet , T. , j, v Ai
vou have alrpadv madft somP. nr. creed- It was decidedly successful
chases there, pair and see them being more than .: forty additions
again, as Mr. Forst, the manager to that church and many who have ,
in charge assures? us ftat every not joined any church made- pror
.plkr'sworth of bran-tiew, Sum- fp;nT1 : - '
rrrivei
will be put on sale at the same j 1
sensational prices. Remember' Miss Grace Newton left last
now that this sale will last all 'of week for Salisbury where she has
next week, closing Saturday night accepted position as bookkeeper
April 25th. ' for Mess. Maynard Bros.
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For many years this has been Person
County's best store. It is still so and will
remain so for many years to come. The
people have long ago learned to look to us
for something good, the best to be had for
the price. They still do this and there is
good reason for it.
v. Our business has steadily increased and
-during the past three years it has increas
ed by leaps and bounds. The late Spring
hasn't hurt pur business. March wal , the
' best March we ever had. We made a
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The reasons for this are easy to see.
We have the goods the people waiit and
sell them just as cheap as the other fellow
sells the other kind. . I- v ;
We were never better, prepared to fur
nish you with the goods you want and we
are satisfied with a modest profit. Another
thing, our goods are bought right Bought
at the very lowest prices obtainable and;
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