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SALARIES Versus FEES
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Salaries For County Officer*.
The sentiment In favor of placing
county officer* upon salaries is gain
iiiL strength In many sections of the
state. The I.umberton Robesonian
says It Is growing In Robeson coun
ty. That paper advocates the chauge
from the present fe ? system. The
Salisbury l'ost of reoe i issue stated
that ibe subject was being much
discussed in Rowan county. In
Wake county the question has be
come prominent and during the re
^.en* tnti primary campaign was
most urgently advocated by The
News and Observer and the faction !
of which It was the organ. In other
sections of the state the Idea Is
growing in popularity.
The system has been In operation
In several counties for some years,
and in all of them has proven so
satisfactory that the people of not a
jingle one of them would be willing
to go back to he old plan of paying
fees to the officers.
It is highly probable that the
next legislature will make the
change In several other counties.
There will be efforts made to have It I
do so at any rate and It will be apt
to succeed In most In which It Is urged
with earnestness. It Is a change
which t-hould not be made hastily,
however, In any count.
In such legislation something be- !
sides t'ie saving of money to the :
county should be considered. All
county governments should be eco
liomica'iy administered, but at the
same time regard should be bad for i
the Interests and welfare of the peo- I
pie In (ther respects. Care should
be taken against placing salaries so !
low thai efficient and competent '
men will not be willing to accept the '
offli-es. II there is anything like a '
general movement In this matter In
the next legislature this Is a danger
which will have to be carefully look
ed out for and avoided. There !
iiist be no semblance of putting
the county offices up to the lowest
bidder, nor must demagoglsin be
Allowed to play a part In determin
ing this Important question.
The greatest difficulty In such
legislation will be the designation of
tlu salaries. There can be 110 gen
??!.: 1 enactment on the subject. The
fame law could hardly be made to
uppl) to any two counties. Each
county which adopts the new sys
tem must have a schedule of salaries
siitred to Its conditions; and to make
the salaries conform thereto with
out injustice to the future offlce
I olders and still be within the
bounds of strict economy will be no
out} undertaking. Also. while
there are some counties now under
the fee system which would be bene
fited by the change, there are
others which would not be. We
hope the growing sentiment for the
change will not cause anything like
a stampede to the injury of any
county In the state while those
which It would help will be given
tht benefit of the change.?Charlotte
News.
Cut Out the Fees.
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Tiu Merchants' Journal and Com-'
meree, of Lynchburg, fires a hot shot
at the fee system. It says:
"There are sonic clerks of th<?
court, sheriffs and registers of deeds
w lir draw larger fees In their rc
spt Hve offices than the salary paid
nny Governor in any Southern State.
There are solicitors and common-1
?veftlth't attorneys in small districts
who drnw larger fees than the sal- I
iry of the Af ornej-General. There
art men who serve as aldermen for
nothing. There are county superlu-1
tend en Is of public schools, and yet
the politician will have you believe
that he Is making a great success.
Yes. for himself and his allies. This
fee system is wrong. Would any
.business man pay $9,000 per year to
a man to record the deeds? They
would, doubtless, do like the man
woo is elected to the office?hire a
competent man for $1,800, and put
fW difference In his pocket. No seed
to complain about the Inequality of
taxes, the extravagance of public men
until every county officer Is placed
an a .tjflJary basis and every munlcl
1 oaitey has paid men to control Its
"affairs?the commission plan of
government, If you please."
The fee system Is indefensible from
a business viewpoint. That is the
best reason why It should go ?Rich
mond Times-Dispatch.
CASTOR IA
For Infauti and Children.
The Kind You Havs Always Bought
Bears the '
Signature of Ljlafrfr.
Down With the Fee System.
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The Bedford Democrat lives up to
Its name. It U attacking vigorously
the antiquated system of fees for
certain officers. We earnestly hope
that the Democrat will keep hammer
ing on this reform until It has ac
complished definite and satisfactory
results. In its latest issue, our con
temporary says:
"We do not know of any well regu
lated financial Institution which pays
Its employes otherwise than fixed sal
aries, yet In the work of State, coun
ty and municipal government we
find that fees and commissions still
attach to the compensation of offi
cials. It is an old established cus
tom and difficult to eradicate. Con
ditions and circumstances may
change, but an old established cus
tom remains long after Its days of
usefulness and light of reason have
departed. An officer's time belongs
to the government which employs
him. and he should use that time In
looking carefully and Intelligently
to the Interests of the State, county,
town or city which commissions liim
as an official. In other words, he
should discharge fully the dutler of
his office. If there be a failure to
discharge the duties of the office
the officer should be removed. It Is
nothing but good business for a man
to know what he is to receive for
his services, and It Is likewise good
business for the paymaster to know
the exact amount to be paid for the
service rendered."
As the Democrat says, it Is diffi
cult to root up and destroy a custom
that has engrafted Itself so long up
on the machinery of local government.
Still, it ought to go.
The press In other localities would
do well to take up tills fight. It is
simple Justice to the people that the
fee system should go.?Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
We Should Pay Officers a Salary.
In this Issue of the Democrat ap
pc ars a timely article, signed "Dem
ocratic Tax-Payer," advocating a
change In the method of paying coun- j
, ty officers, from the present fee
| system, to that of a salary basis. Al-1
so In this Issue appears an article by !
i Mr. S. H. Hobbs, In which he also
preseuts tills question of a straight
sulary basis for paying county of
ficers, along with a couple of other
public questions he asks our readers
to consider.
We here comment on only one of
| these question?that of establishing
u salary basis for paying county of
-ficers. And we state here and now
| that we are In favor of it, and ex
pect to advocate a trial of this method
from now on till the change is
made. We are in favor of It because '
we believe it would save a consider-1
r.b! ? sum of money, several thousand
dollars, to the county, and yet pay
the officers sufficient salaries to
enable competent men to accept the
places. We are in favor of fixing the !
salaries sufficiently large to justify |
able and trustworthy men in accept
| In? the offices: and we repeat, we
btlieve this can be done, and yet
save a considerable sum to the
county.
In the next place, the salary basis
will show exactly what the office
holders cost the tax-payers, whereas
the present fee system is altogether
indefinite. We all have a right to
know what the county government
costs us. We are confident that It
can be shown that the present sys- '
tem allows them more than the work
they do should cost the county. Think_
the matter over. We are not just
now leaching this conclusion. We
liav ? considered it for quite a while,
and have made sufficient inquiries
as to how It pleases where the sys^
tein is In operation to fully justify
an opinion that we need the salary
basis of paying officers in Sampson.?
Sampson Democrat.
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Judge Knew Her Worth.
The native wlht a stogie met1 the
native with a pipe.
"Howdy. Zeb?" quoth the stogie na
tive. "Hear 'bout th' fuss down to '
"Nope." drawled the man with
th' Court House?"
the pipe. "What was it about?"
"Why. Jim Simpson has been suing
Aimer Hawley for allenatln' th' affec
tions of his wife, an' Jedge Musgrave
told th' Jury to bring In a verdict
of 6 cents damages, 'cause he thought
that was all the damages was north
to Jim. An' Jim's wife got mad nn' ,
threw a chair at th' Jedge. an' he
had her arrested an' put in th' cool
er.' ' i
"Hut didn't th' Jedge go a lettle
too far when he fixed her value so
low?"
"Not at all, not at all. Y' see,
he was her first husband."?Ex.
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A GUM SHOE POLITICIAN.
A Glowing Tribute Paid the Honorable
Marion Butler by the Greentbo
ro Daily Newi.
Is the memory of the people col
lectively less liable to hold to Impor
tant past eventi, than that of an
individual? And If a man Is not to
be properly and correctly Judged by
hit past record, by what shall he be
judged? Can the people of any
party place confidence In n man who
lias been traitor to another party?
When Marion Butler was a Demo
cratic state senator from Sampson
county, a brilliant, dashing young
fi How, he at once attracted some
attention. A group of Democrats
were one day discussing him, having
read what the newspaper were say-;
lng of him, and there was expression
ot almost unanimous opinion that he
was the most promising of all the
younger Democrats In the state.
But one man present?also a Demo
crat?who had been silent, spoke up; I
and quoting from memory, after the j
lapse of some 20 years, this is about ,
the language he used:
"I can't agree with you gentlemen
in regard to Marion Butler. It is '
true that he is bright and daring and
shrewd. 1 was in college with him
and I know him. He is as traitorous
as he is bright, as treacherous aa he
1> daring, and as contemptibly mean
as he is shrewd. A man who is dis
loyal to a friend will be a traitor to
his party or to a public trust. Just
watch him. It will not be many
years before he will show his true
character, and those who are prais
ing him now will be cursing him.''
Prophetic words, or words spoken
from a knowledge gained from In
innate reiauonsnip ana experience, |
no matter which. Refresh your
memory as to the sequel.
About two years later, when the
Democratic party nominated an Al
liance man, Ellas Carr (In 1892) for
governor, Butler wrote an editorial
in his paper, The Caucasian, then
published at Clinton, urging the Al
liance people to stand by the Demo
cratic nominee and not Join the Third
?-pi People's party, then in process
of formation urging such course on
the ground that they could not help
to succeed iu, 'jje Third p^rty move
ment except through the suffer
ance of the Republican party, and
we would be at the mei'cy of that
party both now and hereafter."
Listen! Two weeks after the date
of the paper containing that appeal
writt. n by Marion Butler, the same
Marion Butler was chairman of the
Populls-t convention iu Raleigh that
nominated Pat. Exum for governor
against the farmer candidate, Elias
Carr. In your mind you can trace
the events of the succeeding years
and the part played by Butler in
those events. After a few yeras his
political star went down, and he
left the state taking up his abode
in Washington city, from which place
he has used his foxy and traitorous
ingenuity to knife his former associ
ates and allies l ack here in North
Carolina, returning every convention
year to throw into the ranks of the
Republican party all the bitterness
au 1 discord it was possible for hin^
to discharge.
And this year he has bobbed up
again.
Where is he now? and what is he
doing?
Down at Moreheaa i ity, in me
test apartments In the mammoth
A'lantlc hotel, where the cool ocean
breezes give him comfort and im
munity from the hot summer sun.
with a corps of stenographers, daily
bombarding the Kepublicans of the
state with advice, and sticking his
long, keeu-bladed knife in the direc
tion of the vitals of the men who
have remained true to themselves,
their party and their home state.
How do you like It?
Think of it gentlemen of the
fields, the mill, the shop and the
business office. A gunshooi politician
from away from home has "come j
back." and in ease and luxury
sits complacently stroking his point
ed head, and with cool breezes and
cool drinks galore In a far-famed
summer resort, is promulgating plans
and schemes to dupe you?you who
in the dust and din and smoke and
toil of earning your daily bread,
have not the time to study the dark
and devious ways of the scheming
politician and to distinguish be
tween a real patriot and servant of j
the party and an adventurer and a
traitor.
Take time to consider, and to
verify the absolute truth of the fore
going. and then say If you are will
ing for Butler, or the Butler type of
man to become your dictator, and to
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submit the welfare of your party to
traitorous hands.?Greensboro Dai
ly News.
"ARNOLD'S
^cure BALSAM
CHOLERA INFANTUM By
Hood brothers
SMITHFIELD. N C.
i SALE
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| Spiers Summer Sale gj
[JJ Everything Reduced for Cash ffj
jjjjj Until Sept. 1 st, Except on New Fall Goods /jf
i Children's 35c dresses 29c
50c " 39c
2.00 " ....1.59
Ladles' 1.50 " 1.29
2.50 " 1.89
4.00 " 3.38
4.00 Coat Suits 3.38
5.00 " '* 3.89
6.00 " " 4.33
7.50 " " 5.89
Ml 1.00 Shirtwaists 79
1.50 1.23
12>4c dress ginghams 9V&c
My 10c 7%c
Job lot 6c
yU 50c window curtain goods 39c
|M 30c 24c
"'c window curtain goods 21< An
20c ....17c JS?
30c silks 23c aft
40c 33c M
50c ????/ 38c iU
10c percales 7 Vic /A
12Vic 9%c JW
10c suitings 8c Ml
12 Vic 10c
5c laces 4c lH
10c " 7%c IM
JOBS IN EMBROIDERY IM
12V4c bleaching 10c MB
8c 7%c ||1
i LADIES' TRIMMED HATS RtGULAR PRICE $2.00 OR OVER, 1-2 PRICE
J A cash discount of 10 per cent will be allowed on all
j purchases of 50c. or more when not otherwise reduced.
I We are forced to sell at these prices for cash only, as in
I many instances they are less than cost.
| Make your investment now- Buy up ycfur Staples and other
I Needed Goods for the Fall 10 per cent saved for three
r months is equal to 40 per cent annual interest, a big saving.
j SPIERS BROTHERS
POLITICS 1
1 DOES NOT AFFECT OUR BUSINESS $
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fjp We are better prepared than ever to furnish the Builder's Trade tip
f\\ with any kind of Builder's Material, Flooring. Ceiling, Sash and if)
t* Doors made to order, Door and Window Frames, all kinds Builder's 't*
'fl Hardware, Nails, Locks, Hinges, anything you need in building. ^
3? We also carry a very extensive line of Cook Stoves, Ranges,
Jjj Heating Stoves. Paints, Oils. Varnishes, Etc. We are receiving ^
? this week the best and most extensive line of BELTING and MILL
f SUPPLIES EVER SHOWN IN JOHNSTON COUNTY.
* JINO. I. BARNES & BRO. $
T CLAYTON. NORTH CAROLINA %
Stoves! Stoves!
Hardware,
Tinware,
Crockery,
Glassware.
Galvanized Roofing, any
standard length. Stove
Pipe, any size.
Going cheaper at
S. B. Johnson's
SMITHFIELD, N. C.
Dr. W. B. Johnson,
Dentist
UPstairs in Sanders' new
building.
SMITHFIELD. IN. C.
Dr. Paul Fitzgerald
DENTIST
Offce Over B&nl.
Selma, : : N. C.
iHOOD'3 CROUP, COLD and PNEUMONIA REMEDY
scientific combination of camphoi menthol and other valuable medicinal,
iaiit' i, i ? and ml : tents N? <]>lum or other dangerous drugs. Sold on a
guarai 1 < N? v? r >.? 1 rd of a dissati* led customer. Price. 25 cents at druggists' or by
luail for : c? lis from
| RQf>l) B?dTIlDJS, Manufacturers, Smill) field. North Carolina
ANNOUNCEMENT
| TO MY FRIENDS: |
It is with pleasure that I announce to you that I will
be connected as Auctioneer with the Banner Ware
house, Diaper & Handley, Props., Goldsboro, N. C, jj|
this season. I feel very grateful for the patronage
that you have given me in the past, and hope you
will give me a liberal share in the future. The only
promise that I make is that I will do I can to make
every pile of your Tobacco bring full market price.
The Goldsboro market will run all of its warehouses
this season and will be managed by experienced and
strong men, and we will have a strong corps of
buyers, representing all of the tobacco interests,
therefore we will have one of the strongest markets
in this section. Hoping to see you in Goldsboro and |?
at the Banner Warehouse, i|
I am your friend,
I C. B. PAYLOR. 1
jij^Opening Sale August 18th, 1910. jj|
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