The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-29
BROAD RIDGE BREEZES
Church and Sunday School-Farmers
and the I'll. C. L.-SchoOl Closes

Church and Sunday School-Farmers
and the I'll. C. L.-School Closes
Friday-Roads and Bond Issue
Cores pondence of The Robesonian.
Broad Ridge (Lumberton, R. ~,
March 26-We have fine Sunbeam
school at our church, well attended
prayer services every Sunday even
ing except the 4th Sunday. Preach
ing on second Sunday at 3 p. NJ, Sat
urday before at II a. m. and at p.'
m. on the Third Sunday. Most Of
the services are well attended.
Mrs. Sturgeon Bailey of Lumber
ton was an attendent at our Sunday
school Sunday. Messrs. Ed Britt and
Oliver Stephens Of the Mount at
tended prayer services here Sunday
p. m. and Mr.. w. O. Rice Of Long
Branch.
Miss Neoma Bissel of this section
! and Mr. Dalton Stephens Of the Or
rum section were happily married
, Sunday.
We are glad to hear from our old
Maj A. S. McKinnon. He sounds
deep to me on the high cost Of liv-
, ing; when he went after it, he brought
the facts about it. The fact is that
Irish potatoes can be secured at 81
per bushel from good farmers and if
j this is not satisfaction the good far
mer will lease his farm to the boy
coters at So per acre and let them
raise the potatoes. I suppose that
other farmers all over our good old
lard and country will make same or
even better propositions to get to
turn over to them. Get out and grow
something and make start Quick.
You can get 1922 at $34.75 per ton
to start you off, top dresser $50,
soda-oh, you just can'tget that at
any price.
School will close Friday, the 30th,
with big exhibition Friday evening
beginning at 1 o'clock. Mr.. Frank
Cough is expected here to address
the people. Senator Cough, this is
an invitation to you. Come without
fail.
: About roads and the bond issue
the way of securing money to build
roads looks good as you have il
! down, but I would like to know about
section 10. Suppose my taxes now
=. are $25, what will they be for the
j.. next Al years each year? Take this
as basis and explain for the benefit
of those who do not know. 1 am il
4 favor of good roads and I believe
there is way to make them. Office
wages today seem to me are toe
high. The chain gang foreman gets
good wages, the jailer gets raise
t when he asks for it, and as I See il
when all the officers get their wages
: it takes up some money. Oh, those
: aren't all Of the officers.
t I'm regard to the question asked
above, as we understand it you
1 taxes would be the same under thf
:. bond issue as they are now. That is
2 the same tax rate would raise mon
< ey enough to pay interest on the
Y bonds and provide fund sufficien
to maintain roads and bridges, ]eav
ing the $4,000 that would be Dor
rowed under the bond issue eacl
q year for 6 years to be used in build
d ing roads and bridges. If bonds ar,
: not voted and We continue the pres
ent makeshift method Of patching III
roads, of course no one can guaran
9 tee that for the next Al years you
IL lakes will b. the same, or less, O.
=; more. The rate is fixed by the coun
Sc ty commissioners and depends upo1
5. how much money is necessary. Blu
certainly the chances that your take
q will be increased during the next 4
years are much greater without tn
is bond issue than with it. The beaut
about the Clark bond issue is tina
money can be secured to build road
without increasing your tax or tn
tax of any man. After the electio