The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-04-02
CHARLOTTE NEWSPAPER
CRITICIzES DICKSON
Advocates Increasing Taxes by Issuing
$200,00O00 More Road Bonds
County Seat Removal.

we contribute 10 their building
fand,' truly expresses the senti.
ment Of the political ring at Char.
lo,te, aud shows that they want to do
al the riding and let the rest OF the
taxpayers do all the pulling.
The way the town Of Dickson has
been treated in the past by the
county machine al Charlotte, yeti,
ties that they have no. one cent TO
contribute to the building fund OF
any part OF tie county except Char
iotte.
Dickson County has a courthouse
at Dickson, but the tax. payers oi
the county did not contribute one
dent to the building Of this court
house, Ii was erected by public
donations trom the people OF Dick
son,
We have a modern lire proof Jail
at Dickson, but Dickson County
did not pay one cent on this Jail
The taxpayers OF the town OF Dick.
son built the jail.
The town OF Dickson Excluding
the railroads. pays one.fourth oI
the county school tax, and while
all school houses OF the county are
built from this tax fund. yet when
Dickson erected the $50, 10000
Public School Building, which is
an ornament to Middle Tennessee.
Dickson County School Fund did
not assist Dickson one cent.
The people oil Dickson voted for
the $3.50 10000 road bond issue.
Including county taxes from all
sources, the Taxpayers Of the town
of Dickson pay one-ffth OF the high
county tax levy for the road bond
issue, and yet the town OF Dickson
has been denied one foot OF pike.
Two or three years ago the ques-
ton was agitated to build pike SO
the people Of Charlotte could ge; 10
the railroad. A company was organ
lied and a pike built HON Charlotte
to Dickson, and the people OF Dick
son and those living on Barton's
Creek paid ur.fiiths OF the money
Tor building this road. while the
people OF Charlotte paid one. fifth.
This pike from Charlotte to Dick.
son cost abou, 81 500 90 per mile.
The stock IN this Turnpike Com.
pany can be bought by the county
for about Is cents On the dollar,
but Dickson County's political boss
and his henchmen prevents the
county from buying this pike at
5 $1,000 per mile, when at the
same time they approve spending
the countys money to build new
roads that are costing from $4,000
to S., 900 per mile. Dickson coun-
ty is one OF the worst boss-ridden
and political governed counties in
the State. We have the highest
tax rate Of any county in this sec.
,ion Of tennessee, and yet the coun.
ty has no public buildings, no pub.
lie improvement OF any consequence,
| and the reason for our backwardness
| and lack OF progress, il, that the
political gang at Charlotte wants TO
run Dickson County IN the same
fosy way as Charlotte IL run.
Seventeen years ago a big ma
ioriiy Of the voters Of the county ex-
pressed themselves at the ballot
box in favor OF the County Seat
being at Dickson. The Law requires
two.thirds of the voters 10 favor the
removal OF the County Seat, and
yet Dickson, in the vote Of 1898,
lacked less than 100 votes Of Sc
curing the necessary two-thirTis We
can see no sense Of justice in the
iCharlotis News aud the politicians
! of our county continually 6shlil