Financial Statistics of
State Government, '25
Washington, D. C., Sept. 14 ? The
Department zt Commerce announces
a summary of the financial statistics
of the State cf North Carolina for !
tho fiscal year ending June 30> 1925. !
Expenditures
The payments for maintenance and !
operation of the general departments
of North Carolina for the fiscal yeaV*!
ending June 30, 1925, amounted to
$16,679,744, or $0.09 -per capita This
.includes $1,842,788, apportionments!
for education to the minor civil ?
divisions of the State. In 1924 the
comparative per capita fcr main
tenance and operation of general de
partments was $5,79, and in 1917,
$1,96. The expenses of public ser
vice enterprises amounted to $26.- j
296,950. The total payments, there
fore, for expenses of general deoart- ;
ments and public service enterprises, j
interest, and outlays were $47.424,
739. Tile totals include allpayments
for the year, whether made . from
current revenues zr from " the pro- J
ceeds:. of bond issues. ? '
Of the governmental-, costs reporl i
ed above, $25,212,575 was for high?
$3.310.684 -being for majnten- !
arico and $21,901,891 for. construction. |
Revenue
The total revenue receipts of
No. th Carolina for 1025 .were $28>
4 l'J, tOly cr $10,37 per capita. This
v a* ?7.288,672 more than the total
p.yirc-nts. of the year exclusive of
the ; ay:nent<? for permanent^ im
provements. bit $t9,00S, ?78 Jess
than , the tofcnl piym-nks ineladin?
-those, for permanent improvements.
The^e payment** in excess of revenue
. receipt? Wre met from the proc?eds
of ?!r:bt r Mirations. PtopeHy xml
? ftpecial taxei "teprcsenteii 1 8 "5 per
< i- t f the total revenue for 1925,
27 0 per cent h>r 1021, and 50.2 per
:cenf t'nr J017., The increase rn the
I'.vo'Jnt pf property nnd special tn'xes
. collect, whs 02 R per cent from 10
.17 to 1924, but there was a decrease
of K0 per ront. Nn\ 1024 to ,1025.
Ti e per capita prlnerty ahd special
tnxe- wer.' it .02 in 102 5, $2 10 in
10'M. and $1.20 in 1017. The rc
reirts from general property taxes
in 102Knnd 102"* were negligible, be
ing simply delinquency. |
Earnings of general' departments,
. < r compensation fo)r services rendered
hv stafc officials. represented 11.2
per, cent of; the total revenue for 10
25, ! J,.r> pipr cent for 1024, and 20.1
per tent for 1017. !
B.Kincs.s and -not>biSsine>'>? 'licenses
coiv-v't ited 40 h Per ent < f the -Vital
n"- f.)< .10.1 per cent for
J024. and 10.1 >?- cent for 1017.
Th^ pefcewtas^ of increase in re
c/ptr from hrsiness and n n-)>usi
rc::< r.ffted f-?r 1025 was
due. primt'naV;v .to increased
nmoim's ri'H'i'vfJ from automobile
lii'<'rt?' ? and f-.rr: tk.e ; sales tax en
gasoline'. |
V.< ri-.ts business licenses
.c-nq t chiefly ?axes. exacted frorA
. ranee and -her incorporated
eomrvikS In'1 from sales tax n1
f i.soline, whi' ? those f.cm nnbusi
ness ''Pernios '-omprKe chi?f!y
on met <r i
Indehfe.Tfnesa
Th' n*st indebtedness (funded or
fixed <J."ht less sinlwinsr find a?-3ets)
of S?or;h Carolina >n June 30, 1025,
iva? SD1 .i>4<i,4HO, or $33,44. per capita.
In 1021 the per capita iMbt was
g. U. LJ!
I Bad
Color
(liver trouble)
Occasionally i am trou
bled With npells of conati
jj pation and inactive liver," say a
' Mrs. John L. fence, Broadway,
Va. -I ? always use Thedford'a
Black-Draught when I feel a spell
of this kind coming on- for it
saves mo a bad heaJacne. My
color get* aallow at times. X get
real yellow, showing that the tro
uble c-omea from the liver.
"I have found Black Draught to
he the fineat kind of a remedy
T for this. I take Black-Draught
|j and make a tea out of it, and take
it," along in smalt doaea for sever
al days*. I have imgr found any
thing that served me' so well.
''Since I have known about
Black-Draughty 1 have not suffer
ed nearly so much with head
ache, cauwed from indigestion. If
I find my tongue ia coated, and
I wake up witii a had taste in
my month, I know I have been
eating indiacrtetly, and I imme
to utraifhten me out."
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$>.o 28, and In 1317, H.8*). In
crease shown for 1925 bsinaj dur t:
a bcpd issue for highway pcrpoSes.
Singing Evangelist Wed?
Rev. M. F. Sim?, pastor of >he
Rocky Mount Baptist church, C.:it
ne'Uville, Pa., announce..*- t!:c r.nr
riafce of his daughter Mary Eliza
beth , to Prof. T. H J effort, of Rox
boro. Nr. C- The wedding: was sol
emnized by Rev. J. F. Harraway at
the home of R. A. Bryce, M D.,.
friend cf the gro:m, en January 3,
1026.
The brifJeis a ?sinjfin.sf
who his been enj?a;?c/i actively In
that work for Mx ygarr ani ha3
traveled c^clen?ivdly over the east
ern" p\r tof the United States- as. fir
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? York New jSr^ljur/ \ ?!?-? :? in.
New York' at the-. -c..i i'r.w.
Prof. .1 _? ff -'ra re* sfived his .deifr;^ '
at' tV.c Ap.'icultura!. .ard Technical
College at CJreonsb r , N, C., and i?
Principal of school in Columbia.
County. Bolton, K, C. ?" .
The (Icliyed weeding reception,
will be lipid at th? Rx'ky Mo unt: Bap- i
tist Church on Wed^'Oiv, ?cptem- j
be? 15th. Following: this the gram's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jeffers,
will entertain at a reception Sep
tember 17th at their home. I
Charlotte Cow Sets
New State Record
Oxford'* Noble Brownie, a Jersey ?
cr. v.* owned by R-. E. McDowe'l of!
Charlotte, N. C., Has completed her
third offxial prcducticn test and has
established a new higrh record for
this State for Jerseys tested in
| sector four-year-old form. In this J
test Brownto produced 806.35 ib$. of .
'jatte.fat and 13735 lbs. of milk in j
- {
?05 days. Tiity; Ti*c#rd higher by j
100 lbs. of b'utterfat than ; the pre
vicus State record.
A.' a junior two-year -olid* Brownie
wo?i a Silver Medal fcr producing
| 541.17 lba.'of butterfat and 9477 lbs.
of milk in 334 days and a year, later
sfye becama the champion junior
three-year-old Jersey by producing:
7.61.95 lbs. of /butterfat and 11011
lba*. cf milk in 3&> days.
Brcwnia is the daughter of Prin
ces FTWe, the champion producer,
all breeds, S~uth of the Mason and
Dixon Lire and Dixie's first cow to
produce 1000 lbs. of butterfat on of
ficial test. "
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Work
THE COtHRIKR
Like addin
more
cylinders
On the steepest hills you get the
full effect of Esso. A swelling
flood of power sweeps you up
ward, smoothly, quietly ? with
out a shift. Where all your
motor's power is needed, Esso
is like adding two more cylin
ders. Try a tankful today.
The ajsfomWtiii^^
Costs 5 cents more -worth it
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Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for
Colds Headache Neuritis Lumbago
? 4
Pain v Neuralgia .Toothache Rheumatism
, Fourteen ?ito? -were boitt by farm' |
er* In Buneonib* Coonty in th? fall I
of 19 23. I
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S?ll tobacco ob jrrirue is- a wise
tmggeation recexrtly of ade by "on?
agricultural leaWcr..;^
DOES NOT 'AFFECT.THE HEART
Accept "only"~ "Bayer" pack ago
which contains proven directions. ;
Handy 'Barsr" boxes of 12 UbWti
.Also bofetUa of 24 and 100 ? Druggist*. A
Amfiriu U lb* trulo mark of Bam MuiuCactun Ifeeoaeetlcaddaatar 8aUc/Ucad4
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