Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1905-06-22
For the Obserser
Who the Taxa

'no u'inAiuk hen and their children
Of our town aud community, those
who patronize barrooms. The MAJ
from the country comes ia Town -
trade and it he is a drinking man,
sometimes before. he a hitch his
horse some street loater lwho gets
bis drinks free from the bar mani
slaps him on the back and saw.
come lets take a drink knowing
that when the man gets .dhe driukl
he will be like the Irishman who
went TO town and got on bis first
drunk. On returning home two
days after, his friend Mike asked him
how it bappeded? "Faith,"n saws
Pat. II never. can tell ye;" exa.tiv
how it did happen, all I remember
IL, | took one drink aud that one fell,
80 lonesome / took another 10 keen
it company, and bejabbers the two
quarreled, 90 l sent another down to
keep the peace. The; next thing /
remember | was in the calaboose
with a broken nose and my money
gone" We all know when a bar.
keeper comes to Hillsboro, planks
do wn $3.50 for to wn tax, 800 each
for State AMI county, $500 for house
rent, making $3.50, aud not a dol
lar yet for fixtures, liquors and clerk
hire, be means Tor the drinkers to
pay this with. interest.
Does the rich man or the poor
pay this money back ?. l believe 90
per Gent OF every dollar of this
tax comes out OF the pocket of the
poor man. The rich mar will order
his five gallon demijohn or his dozen
bottles TO the case Of high grade
liquors as he does now and did be-
fore bars were closed. So the poor
man starts eff with his is.short" and
winds. up on a "ong," double price
each time on account Of hiyh u.
cense. He is the one who paves the
streets while his poor wife is at the
wash tub. or bis children (who
ought to be in school) are in the
factory.
Now you bsr.room advocates
with your smooth paving tales, why
uot come out in the open, advocate
q bond issue or raise the town tax,
inst any way friend thut sofN incEude
yourself IN the payment Of TIE tac
to pace the streets. Don't put all
the burden on those soho haze bar
deas enough, Don't take bread from
the children TO pave the streets, ii
you do, perhaps some day your fine
horse might take q notion into his
| pretty head to see how fast he could
run On the good road, some Of your
loved ones might be injured Tor life,
who, knows Such aseidents dc
happen, perhaps some Of you can re
call such. Let's all chip in and push
things. along in. the right sway..the
way that no man or woman need be
ashamed Ct. Listen friends--it you
have tender feelings You can expec,
your feelings to be hurt, SO long q,
you have a conscience and 0dvocat.
q Business you know is against til
pedce Of the homes Of this comma
nifty. So long as the sweet tones O
church bells can BIZ. heard all owe
Orange county calling toge.he
Christians, such men as Joseph W
Pickett, J. F. McAdams and tina
good woman vino stood by the roat
side pleadiog for men to sign q peti
ton to protect her home and he
neighbours home from the evil inau
ence of bar-rooms in Hillsbcro-yet
your road will be RI Ugh, your feel
ings will be hurt. Come out on tn
side you rightly belong on, quit aid
ing blockadiog and those, who kee
blind tigers, add oon they will g
to work and make an honest Twins
) How many blookaders and bin
. tigers would there be in Orang
] county it the officers would do the
3 sworn duty and the good citizen
would aid them? Not one.
n. w. BROWN.
June 10, 1905.