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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-30
TAX RATE

ing over $500 for the first time in
many years, it is time to look into
the cause and see what we are get
ting for our money. An increase of
twenty-five points in one year is no
small matter and the taxpayers have
a right to know the why's and where
fores.
In looking over the table of fig
ures published in the EVENING
NEWS Saturday the first thing that
attracts attention is the big jump in
the county tax. Every city, bor-
ough and township is affected and it
is natural to inquire what the free
holders are doing with the money.
They blame the extra primary in
May held for the purpose Of choos-
ing delegates to the national conven-
lions, and the maintenance of county
roads and bridges. But, after care
full consideration it is hard to see
where these things should require
such an additional amount of money
if the economies promised have been
carried out.
1t was charged that the former
Republican board was grossly ex-
trayagant and wasteful. We believe
the taxpayers were convinced of this
and for that reason turned the old
board out and put the present board
in control. 1t was reasonable to ex-
pect that much would be accom-
plished by the economies that the
new board would bring about. In
other words, we had a right to ex-
pect many improvements through
out the country on the same amount
Of money that the old board was re-
ceiving.
In this we have been disappoint-
ed. 1t is true county roads are bet
ter today than they were when the
present board took charge, but it is
also true that the valuations
throughout the county are a great
deal higher and the county tax rate
has gone up considerably as we'll.
We cannot see therefore, that the
present Board of Freeholders is
much better than the old board, for
if the old board had raised the valu-
atoms and tax rate so as to get the
additional income that the present
board has, they, too, might have
given us the improvements that are
now blamed for the increased rate.
Any board, if given money enough,
can make improvements. The board
that can bring about economies suf-
fcient to make necessary improve
ments without asking for additional
funds from the people is the board
to be given credit for faithful serv-
ice.
The tax rate in MiddleseX has
peer going up steadily ever since
the present Board of Freeholders
has been in Office. 1t is about time
{ the people placed the blame where
it belongs. 1t is a striking contrast
hat the city government a go
ahead with improvements, paving
streets, building schools, enlarging
the fire and police departments, with
comparatively little if any increase
in tax rate, while the county board,
in order to make any showing at all,
must keep the tax rate climbing.
1t will be noticed that Perth Am
J boy. New Brunswick, Woodbridge
and Roosevelt are the four greatest
contributors to the county treasury.
/, Leaving out New Brunswick, 1t will
be interesting to note just what
Perth Amboy, Woodbridge and
Roosevelt have been getting for the
money thus collected. Perhaps some
contrasts with the work done in 9TH
er sections of the county where the
tax is insignificant in comparison
with this section will not be amiss
at this time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-30
Nav induatrY.

Nov that so many automobiles are
passing your house." said the visitor,
II should think you would keep your
hens shut up" WHAT said the farm
er, "and cut off my greatest income?'
Judges Library.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-30
Her Idea Of Fla Leaves.

The story Is told of a young lady
from the east who. seeing a fig tree
for the first time, exclaimed: why
always thought fig leaves were
larger than that!"-San Francisco
Argonaut.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-30
PUBLIC SERVICE TIME TABLE,.

Cars Leave Staen Island Ferry: :,
For New Brunswlck-6:10 g. m. and
every 80 minutes Until $40 p. n also
at $40, 1o:4o ard tl:4o p. M. tsatur-
days only at 12:10.S
For ~Keasby-6:25 a. m. and every
Is minutes until $40 ?. m. Then every
80 minutes until 11:40. -.
FOR Rahway-5:bG 8. IN. and every 80
minutes until 1890 =. m.
For Boynton Beach-6:00 a. m anc
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-30

Sympathy Not Called For.
Married people get along much bet'
ter than we think they do, though we
don't see how they possibly cam
.commoners' Righta." by Constance
Smedley.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-30
N9EEPfGIEfEN


W yY HAT il the bread is bitter In.
thine inn, and thou unshod
To meet the fints? AT least it may be
said,
Because the way is short, I thank thee,
God. e. B. Browning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-30

The EVENING NEWS goes into
ueql 6lIuIoIA s!ql VI seuoq eIom
any other publication.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-30
STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT.
AARL w ALLN NNI.K

One Way 40
Round Trip 50
5O-Trip Ticket 1900
Monthly Communication ,.............. 9.O5
Timetable in Effect September so, 1912.
TO NEW YORK
Cos: G:sG; zoo; S7:2S: 1923: $500: 500;
$50; $50; 1910 4. NJ. 1915; 1852; $50.
S:4Oi 4:25; 5:25; geo; 1857; 800; 1925;
1870 p. M.
Sundays and Holidays-
els; 7:46. S:46i 9:45; 1916; 11:46 \. NJ.
IL :46; 1916; 3;05; 4:05; $40; Sis; 5:l5;
1915: 1000 p. NJ, and Holiday Nights Onty
p. M,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-30

WITH OR WITHOUT YOKE. WITH SKIRT
THAT MAY BE EITHER TUCKED OR
GATHERED.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-30
Buying Love Instead of Winning Il.

1C CERTAIN woman a very anxtoust to win n aHecuon oI d cef".
n other woman, She loved this other woman vry deeply, u q o VIVA!
~ she would, she could not win Affection in return She received
a u courtesy, k1ndpess, but n real regard
But this rs the way she went about trying to win the affection shs
wanted. She loaded the other woman down with sLfts She vas Away
inviting her 10 some place, Or providing her with amusement In some foIng
She hyshed attention upon her OF one kind OF another. And she fell
genuinely hurt that, despite all this. the woman "a still cold, She knew
that this woman did not cse for her one-tenth as much as se do fot
other friends who were not half so attentive.
But the trouble was that she was trying to buy love instead oJEnnms
IT, she heaped favorA upon the other, but she did not do the thin4s1haF
would have made this other woman ear for her,
aha had a dozen and n little mannerisms that this woman positively
loathed. and that annoyed her almost beyond endurance. Not n Of these
piece of pottery or a Jewel when in the very giving of " she was exasperated
almost beyond her power to conceal? !
Love Is not to be bought 1t has to be won A man cant win a 9Th
that is the right sort OF girl, merely by iavfshtng gifts upon her. He's gj
to he tn SORT OF man she cAn los. And 1t may be sol little manner,
Ism some trick OF speech or conduct, som carefessness or untidiness Id
dress that keeps love way.
For though perhaps we shouldn't mind these things, som of us do
IND vben they do count, We should take them into account. :
A man In every way admirable is desperately in love with a certain
yl She admires him thoroughly; and, but for & few things, this a;
rtration would no doubt grow into a deep and sincere love. But his walk,
hts care sspe ssi in certain msttere Of dress fill her with disgust. She kpopf
III never ould overcome the repulsion she feels because OF these things,
M so, y who might really BIO very happy ire kept apart.
And tr the ami reason this woman o grievtng and lonesome and
ondsrine why she cannot make the other car for her.
Ioye is a thing that must be attracted, It "a be captured In nd
other way.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11
Shipping North Carolina Lumber to
Germany.

Wilmington, n. c., Jan. 4.-Large
quantities of timber are being ship
ped from Wilmington to Berlin,
Germany, to be manufactured into
veneers and are largely used in the
manufacture of pianos, automobiles,
buggies, carriages, wagons and army
equipment There arrived in Will
mington yesterday by raft from Sand
Bluff, Bladen County, the largest
poplar log ever seen in this county.
1t contains 1850 feet Of timber. The
cut was % feet in length and thirty
inches in diameter. Mr.. H. E. Glaes-
err, of Berlin, who is in this section
buying timbers, says that the poplar
log referred to is the largest he has
ever seen in this country. Mr.. Glaes-
er has been buying black walnut,
yellow poplar, red cedar, gum, rose
mary pine, yellow pine and other tim
bers for shipment to Germany. There
are in Wilmington now half million
feet of popular which will go by rail
to Norfolk and thence to Hamburg
by the Hamburg-American line.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11

Cfrain-fsang Guards Have Trouhae
Near Mount Oiive-Dne Prisoner
shot and Osher~ Tsarasiaed-

special from GoIdsboro 10 FRI
days Charlotte Observer saya:
Mr.. Fred r. Mintz. Of Nj Olive.
arrived here to-day a. noon and re-
ported that there was . Enntiny this
morning IN the county convict camp
nox located near that town. where
the convicts are working the roads
About twenty Of the gang refused tn
20 out TO work this morning With
the Others and the leader Of the mt
tinous crowd. q negro desperate
named Hussey. made dash al the
guard With a drawn knife. He vas
promptly stopped. however. by load
of shot, the guard aiming at his legs
In order not TO kill him. While the
wounded convict was removed 10 the
camp hospital the other mutineeTs
were each given sound thrashing
by the superintendent, after which
they were prompt TO re-
spond TO the order 20 go TO work"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11
LYScHrSs prDx-T HELP .DRys--


Newark. OHIO. Jan. Tia : Rose
law election held yesterday. Licking
county. the scene O. the Iynshing In
July. 1910. Of Carl Ethsrtngfon.
dry detective. voted 10 discard
county prohibition and 90 return 20
open saloons- The majority for the
vets vas i.237 The city o. sew-
ark gave = wet. majority Of ASA.
The county and city voted dry
three years ago The lynching of
Etherfngton. a Ken,uckian. Who had
sho, and killed the proprietor Of an
alleged "speak-easy." was made an
issue In the campaign just closed.
the "'drys" referring TO IL as the re-
suit OF liquor trafic. The "wets"
contended that there was no public
sentiment In favor OF local prohibit
ton, and that the non-enforeement
OF the Law had resulted in not only
the loss OF revenue. but had also al
lowed the sale of liquor to flourish
without regulation.
The rural precincts gave small
pluraiities for the 'drys-" OF 20
Ohio counties that voted dry" under
the Rose law three years ago. Is, in
Guiding Licking county. to-day have
returned to the wet" column.
Seven counties, by elections held re-
Gently, have reaffirmed their stand
for prohibition.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11

N&@AVasse. Ae0n~. GSPs1c1-
Women Of the soushsTz Pr~s,,..
Ran Church are seadinE their kswss,
and ctaer valuable persoaAl As,s,,
ings TO the Foreign MIsssoa Boars :.
tals sity for the purpose o; ptss.,
out an Indebtedness % tiee.eas :,
CURED By the Board.
Grave danger ef the recall o; -.
eagn missionaries faced the ss...
and an appeal was made TO teo ls,,l
women Of the Church 20 meet II. a.
sacit.
From oil over the South 80.
have sent te~elry. silver oraA=ss,,
and money 10 the Board. 4 eoz=n.
tee 10 disposing Of the gista a. rAssss,
- possible and forwarding TIE "a.
ceeds TO missionaries whc~e salA.su
are overdue.
As ye, the gifts have not be~a a.,
fiesent 10 meet the deficii and 1 &c..
ond appeal has been made to soutAA.
ern women. which has brought IA,
accompanied BY le,;sr,
OF self-sacrifiee aud determiaA,gos =
sustain the Charch's efforts ia 4.
foreign fields
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11
Wilson Man Left Home to Commit
Suicide But Changed His Mind.

Wilson, n. c., Special.-Just as
the citizens were preparing to drag
Contentnea Creek this morning for
the body of w. c. Harrison, tele-
gram arrived here from the supposed
suicide, stating that he was in Char
lotte and would return tonight
Hardison left here yesterday after
noon and his horse and buggy were
found at his home, near the creek,
and in the buggy was a note to his
wife, stating he would never be home
again, and his hat was found this
on the bridge across the
creek, indicating that he had jumped
from the structure. Why Hardison
his mind is not explained.
He caused a real sensation.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11
CHARGE. MsrpESs. CHARGE:
Baltimore sun !

Baltimore sun.l
Three million more men than wo
men IN the United Staies-tne osnSial
census figures are net to BE dsaied-
yet there are s;ill some persons who
never have b~ea married. Here in
Maryland. sad 20 relate. there are not
enough men 10 20 round: but this
does not account for half the anas-
tached ladies' True. widowers an
mex more than their Jus, proportion.
and a Maryland widow 10 almost ir-
resistIble: but IL Ia n mystery hos
any man In Baltimore manages TO re
mafn single, for al eligible bachelor
tn this community Ii surrounded by
so many pretty girls that his heart
must be made Of adamAnt to resist.
Baltimore girls are 80 beautiful that
Nature naturally produces them I'm
preference TO ugly boys; but they
were not born to waste their sweet
ness on the desert air.
In the olden days woman never
told her love. but modern woman
does not let concealment like a
worm in the bud feed on her damask
cheek" She plants sofas in the
front parlor. puts pink shades on the
lamp and In summer hangs ham
mocks on the porches and trees. Man
proposes" as the proyerb saith. but
woman paves the way. And some
times man does not propose: that's
the pity OF il. He drinks oceans OF
tea, takes up years OF time and still
sits silent on the sofa. like bump on
a log. Shall woman, then. still stand
on her pedestal, like Patience on a
monument? Marriage Is woman's
chief business and mere man should
not be allowed to interfere with Ii.
| he doesn't take the initiative, IL Is
his own fault.
Now comes Leap Year, when, b.
right almost as ancient as Magma
Charta, woman has the right to speak
for herself. Not that she doesn't do
considerable speaking at other times:
but now she can pop the question
without talking all around the main |
point. Dilatory man must make up |
his mind to meet the issue. He can
not take refuge in flight. There are
not enough desert islands TO hold all |
the old bachelors. He must grit his |
teeth and face the music. Charge, |
charge! Let no eligible man |
escape. If any bachelor Is left un-
roped and unbranded by the end Of
1912, it will be taken as evidence
hat no one wants him.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11
North Caxolina Groom Was Strand
ed In Chattanooga, Bat Reaches

North Caxolina Groom Was Strand
ed in Chattanooga, Bat Reaches
Home.
The following special from Chat
tanooga, dated the 9Th, appeared in
Sundays Charlotte Observer:
Application for ticket to States
Vile, N c., was made at the Asso-
ciated Charities to-day by a man Civ
ing his name as T. F. Holcomb, Jr..
who was accompanied by his wife,
they having recently married in In
diana and on their way to visit the
groom's father. T. F. Holcomb, Sr.,
at Elkin, n. c. The man claimed
that his pocket-book, containing
$500, had been stolen. His wife had
ticket to Statesville. A telegram
has been sent to the address of Hol-
combs father. telling him Of sons
predicament Action will depend On
the answer"
The Chattanooga authorities must
have received q satisfactory answer,
as the Statesville Landmark states
that the couple reached home Satur-
day.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11
THREW CHILD FROM WINDOW
Dead Infant Found Near SeabOard
Tracks Southeast of Charlotte.

Tracks Southeast of Charlotte.
Seaboard Air Line officials were
busy yesterday in an effort to dis
cover the identity of the mother who
threw her infant child from the win
dow of passenger train No. 46 at an
early hour Sunday morning at a point
four miles southeast Of the city. 1t
Is not known whether the infant ever
breathed or not. 1t was discovered
Sunday afternoon by Mr.. H. D. Har-
key lying near the Seaboard tracks
on his place near the well-known
Logic homestead. He reported the
matter to Chief Of Police Christen-
bury, who In turn reported the mat
ter to Coroner Il. A. Hovis. Coroner
Hovis took charge Of the affair and
is now seeking to get at the bottom
of the affair.
Captain Murray Benton. who was
in charge Of the train. alss reported
the suspicious actions of a woman
who boarded his train in Charlotte
and instructed the yardmaster here
to be on the lookout for some trouble,
the exact nature Of which he was not
certain. In the meantime the body
OF the dead child had been discov-
ered.-Tuesday's Charlotte Observes.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11
Some Democrats Talking OF the Pos
sibility Of q New Party.

sibility Of q New Party.
Tuesdays Charlotte Observer
printed the following story as q spe-
cial from Washington:
Judge Walter Clark. OF the North
Carolina Supreme Court bench, held
an extended conference here to-day
with Senator 'IaFollette. the leader
OF the insurgents of the Senate, in
the marble room of the Senate.
Colonel Bryan and Mr. I.aFollette
conferred at the union station last
night.
THE progressives. Republicans and
Democrats, are very active to-day.
There is considerable talk OF organ
izing third party. A leading pro-
gressive Republican Senator said to-
day that If the Republicans nominate
Taft and the Democrats name Har-
mon the radicals OF the two old par
ties will organize another party.
The many conferences held here
within the last "a hours may be pre-
Hminary to . permanent organize
tion."
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11
Killed Over Piece of Candy.

A piece of candy provoked a quar-
rel which ended in the death of Jas
White, a negro convict, in Jail in Win
ston. William Jones, the slayer. also
a negro convict, struck White with a
bottle, cracking his skull.
The men were playing cards in a
sort of general exercises room in the
county Jail Wednesday night. when
Jones crept behind White and struck
him with the bottle. White lived un-
til Thursday night. The trouble
started because Jones asserted that
White had hidden a piece Of candy
in a ventilator in the Jail. which he
would not share with the other con-
viets.-Statesville Landmark.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11
Bridge OF Tee Forms at Niagara Palh

Buffalo. Jan. s.-The nrs, q.
bridge OF the season at Niagara Pan,
has formed. and an anbroken she~.
OF Ice extends from the American
shore across the upper Niagara rivts
10 Electric Beach.
The scenery In the State roser,a.
ton Is up to the standard. and hua.
dreds OF visitors are expected today
Precautions will be taken 10 keep n.
more yenturesome tourists from ,es.
turing into dangerous byways. lurea
by the ice bridge.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11

A special from New York Tuesday
says:
Private detectives arrested here
this afternoon a man who said he was
John Mcnamara OF this city, on a
warrant charging him with having
dynamited and robbed the Bank of
Montreal. Canada, at Westminster. b.
c.. of $4,000 on September 14th
last. Mcnamara is being held for
the Montreal authorities"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11
State News.

Revenue officers located and de-
stroyed a blockade disiiilery near
sparta a few days ago. The sill ~as
in good condition. but no one was
found at IT. No whiskey or beer vas
found.
colored man named Charles
Smith was found dead In the Oil miii
IF the Cotton Oil and Ginning Com
sauy. OF Scotland Neck, a few days
ago. He went 10 sleep. 1t Ii thought.
and a bank of cottonseed fell over
Aim smothering him.
Albert LilIard. a we'll known bust
ness man Of Caswell county. COM
mftted suicide by shooting himself a
few days ago. He had recently re-
turned from Morgantcn for treat
meut. He was 3s years OF age.
J. R B. Carraway, who was con-
victed of embezzlement at the April
term of Federal Court, OF 1910. al
Eeybern. and sentenced to term OF
Ave years in the Federal prison at
Atlanta. has been paroled and has
returned home.
The Scoggin Drug Store at Louis
burg was destroyed by fire few days
ago. The building was owned by
DR.. s. P. Burt, and insurance was
carried on same to the amount or
$4,000. The insurance on the stock
of drugs and fixtures was $4,000.
One of Rockingham County's larg-
est farms, containing 1,184 acres,
bordering on the Dan River, was
bought by Mr.. ]. H. Moore, of Madi-
son, a few days ago. Until 1875 this
farm was the property of Judge Set
tie. The price for the farm was
about $4,000.
The Walkertown Milling Company,
OF Winston-Salem, valued at $40 900, |
with insurance only $4,000, was de-
stroyed by fire Saturday, January
9Th. The fire was caused by the |
machinery getting too hot. This
company was one of the largest
plants in the Piedmont section.
AS a result Of the organization
of the United States Court, posi-
ton known as special master in
equity has been created, and Judge
James E. Boyd, of the United States
for the Western District, has APP
pointed Augustus H, Price, of Sails
bury, to said position.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11
MUCH TOBACCO WAS GROWN.
The Value Of 1911 Crop I'm Tire,
States Aggregated 81, 2O6, 400.

The tobacco grown In Virginia
North Carolina and South Carolina
during 1911 aggregated q total farm
value on basis OF the prlce paid to
producers on December LIST OF $685.
206, 400. according 90 Department OF
Agriculture statistics just announced
OF this, Virginia's share was 312.-
ASSOC; North Carolina's, $11,530.-
400: and South Carolina's. 1885. 900.
Their production was: Virginia,
12S.000,000 pounds. or 500 pounds to
the acre: North Carolina, 80, 400. 900.
or TO pounds to the acre. and South
Carolina, 100000 pounds, or SO
pounds to the acre.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11
Bessie Smiths Body Found in Greek

Bessie Smiths Body Found in Greek.
The dead body of Bessie Smith,
three years old, who wandered away
from her home in Orange County on
Wednesday after Christmas, was
found in Collins Creek, mile and .
half from her home, by q searching
party, composed of University stu
dents and people of the surrounding
country.
Usually this creek has little water.
except In some deep holes. The re-
cent rains made the current very
swift and the child evidently fell in
to the creek on the first night she
was lost. Her body was found Sum
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11

4 roy hOnIEOneEldu-
Bee trees are rare enough In tAa
country, but a bee log Is very ~
usual. Bib Saunders, the seventeen
year-old son OF Mr.. ID. w. SaundeFr
prosperous farmer of near Troy.
found a be log near his home some
time in November. He made several
efforts TO sell ii for twenty-five cents.
but failed to get an offer. Last Thur
day he decided to take the honey ana
about dark began the task. To hh
establishment he found q continuous
line OF honeycomb eight feet IL
length. and most of IL filled with
good quality OF honey. He sent hon.
for buckets and saved IL ali. There
were thirty pounds OF nice honey
worth on the market s3.75.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11

Federal Government Asks for Disco
luton OF Turpenttne Trust.
Macon, Ca, Jan. S.-The federal
government to-day filed a petition In
equity in the United States district
court asking for dissolution OF the
American Naval Stores Company,
known as the .'turpentine trust" on
the ground that 1t is a monopoly in
restraint of trade.
This civil suit follows several
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-11
Mother OF Fourteen ChiIdren KfIle.
in Accident.

Mrs. J. H. Smith. OF Central. 8. C.
was fatally injured Saturday when
the buggy In which she was riding
collided with Southern Railway
train.
MRS. smith was the mother of four
teen living children and was q MEM
Der OF prominent South CaroIIra