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LOUISBURG, North Carolina
That Goes Into the
Bank Today
Each pay day set aside a certaifi proportion of your
wages to go into your Savings Account. It is only by
following some definite plan of this kind that you can
get ahead Take out the Savings first ? and economize
on other items if necessary.
The advantages of this plan will be evident to you
after you have tried it for a short time.
,T. H. DICKENS, President H. M. STOVALL, Oashler
E. M. PARHAM, Asst. Oashler
DIBC0T0I8: T. H. Dickens, Ohas. N. Sherrod, H. M.
? Stovall, J. 8. Howell, 0. M. Beam
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FOE-SHERIFF
I wish to extend my depeat apprecia
tions to the many voters In Franklin
County for the support they gave me
in the primary held on June 7th, and
at the same time say to them that I
will appreciate their further support,
and the support of the voters who sup
ported other candidates, in the second
primary to be held on Saturday July
5th, 1924. In the first primary I pro
posed an agreement with my oppoents
to let the high man win and thereby
n?i have a second primary and they
saw fit not to agree, so in justice to
myself and supporters I see no alter
native except to run It off. With your
enthusiastic support I am sure I can
be your next Sheriff and will see it
nominated you will have no reason to
recret your action.
6-20-St JAMES J. LANCASTER.
Tom Tarheel says that since the curb
Market was started in town hie wife
hasn't asked him tor any money ; in
fact, she has made him one or two
email loans.
SiAeache
Backache
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FOR THE imims
ATTORNEY GENERAL SEES ME
NACE TO BOTH PUBLIC AND 1
INDUSTRY IN LOCAL
SUPERVISION.
By JAMES 8. MANNING
Attorney General at State of North
Carolina.
State regulation of the public utili
ties la a comparatively tie* govern
mental function. And yet within
eighteen years It has been adopted by
tbrtytwo States. There, must he a
Mason.
In roufid numbers the population
the United States has Increased
% In twenty years. In that time
the demand {ot and use ot street
railway service haa Increased 186%;
tie of gas service has Increased 201%';
use of telephone service has lncrea
ed 1000%; use ot electric light and
power service has Increased 2000%.
according to figures furnished by the
North and South Carolina Public Util
ity Information Bureau. t
These estimates appear to explain
the almost universal adoption of regu
lation of the utilities. The organized
community life of today ? commercial.
Industrial and domestic ? la built
around these public utility services.
As they function efficiently or In
efficiently. so the community functions
efficiently or Inefficiently and becomes
attractive or unattractive to new
enterprises and new population.
The utilities, therefore, having be
?omo so vital a part of the public life,
the government In Its various units
has taken cognizance of them. Time
was when utility service was regard
ed aa strictly a private commodity.
The system then was one of a utility
and a municipality "horse-trading" or
battling over the terms of contracts
and each trying to get the better of
the other. But utility service rapid
ly outgrew local limitations; electric
and gas central station plants began
aerving many communities from One
large system, often aa many as 100
to 200; transportation lines became
not only urban but lnterurban. A
State-wide Interest, therefore, rather
than a local one Immediately came
Into existence.
It was found that local politics;
graft and local prejudices of ten en
tered Into the settlement of utility
matters with expert engineering ad
vice. valuation, accounting, rates and
aervice counting for but little, leav
ing the public helpless against either
poor, or inadequate aarvlce or unjust
rate*, to sa ynothlng ot blocklngde
velopment and driving capital from
the community.
The common seoae ot tfce American
ptjbllc soon dlscefneA Aat because
Of the nature of the servlcea ot the
utilities, State regulation and super
vision wej-o not only deslrabl# but
necessary. So that, since the creation
ot a full-fledged utility commission by
Maesachusetta In 1906, the States have
rabidly fallen Into line. The ten
dency during these years haa been to
odead the powers ot these commis
sions' and to in ct ease their responsibil
ities' to the public. One exception In
tfcls regard Is noted In the recent
ao(lon ot the South Carolina Legisla
ture curtailing the powers ot its rail
road commission. This la contrary to
t\e trend In practically every State
19 the Union.
publlo service commission?
Stand as arbiters between the pub
llo a*d the utilities. It Is assumed
that disputes will arise between muni
cipalities and their utilities. The com
mtsslons, created by law, represent
the government. They are courts ol
appeal where fact and argument may
be presented and decision rendered.
Such procedure fulfills the American
principle ot representative govern
ment.
The utilities, I am lead to believe,
and by all means they should, Invite
public discussion of their policies, ser
vice and rates. Such discussions
would tend to a better understanding
between the public and the utilities.
State regulation of the utilities ?
not -only desirable but necessary tor
tBe'fbllowing reasons;
First, because utility service Is a
matter of such Importance to our con
venience, welfare and progress that
the public has a right to provide for
Ita complete adequacy and continuity.
Second, because utility service re
quires tor Its provision the Investment
ot capital in such enormous propor
tions and the expenditure of such vast
amount* as to warrant safeguards
?Mpb only properly constituted gov
a?tnent authority can afford.
Charle s <3 . D AW*s
ILUWOIS
Sees Son Graduate
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, first lady of the land, and her oldest sou,
John Coolidge, as he was graduated from the Academy at M> rivrsharg,
ra.. last week. Mrs. Coolidge motored hum the capital to .ittnul the
exercises.
iDttlon and the Influence of localities,
Qua placing it. on terms reasonable
both to the public and to the utility.
Fourth, because wasteful compel
it)omlc and, therefore,' a
Fifth, tp ogdarp that the public aer
rlce commissions of the States ma;
bp i^a!^ Justly and equitably to deter
mine ' and decide controversies that
tpay arUa between the public utilities
and the pUbUc,'* it l? essential that
these nubile "service commissions be
adetyately provided with competent
stall* of engineers and accountants to
de\l *Uh the complex technical ques
tions that constant!; arise, and to
make independent Investigation? to
ascertain the facts upon which theli
decisions will depend. ,
He's afraid his wife will
read the bargains in the ad
vertisements in
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