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Page Four THE PILOT, a Paper With rharacter, Aberdeen, North Carolina Friday, May 29, 1931. Business Barometer Sligrht Rise in Farm Prices, Some Gain in Industrial Ac tivity and Employment Legislature Ends Record Session; Johnsoif Reviews Accomplishments (Continued from page 1) Farm Prices j county. The new Road law will The slight rise in the general av-j take off eleven cents nriore, m^ing erage of prices received by farmers total reduction of fi ty two cen s. which took place between February! The county levy for all purposes l^t 15 and March 15 was sustained during jyear was $1.04 so that the county- the following month. The index of |W.de levy for this year should not b^ farm prices for April 15 remained than between fifty and fi ty-five at 91, one point higher than the low- or a reduction of one-half of est level reached so far in this de- jthe county-wide tax. Reports to the pression o nFebruary 15 and 36 contrary notwithstanding, it was Tiev- points lower than the index for ipril 'er hoped by the proponents of either 15 last year jform of sales tax in the General As- „ . i-. j-x- I sembly that such tax would wholly Business Conditions i i j 4. 4. ^ j 4- • 1 ' I’^lieve land, and the enactment of The gam m mdustrial activity ; , . , • .1^ u , - . .1 4?- 4- 4.1, ^this legislation reducing the tax bur- made during the first three months , ^ -w,,,. ^ . ,1 • 4. den by one-half b y shifting the bur- of this year was apparently maintain- ■ , x. 1/ f , T • A M ill- u io the shoulders of those most ed during April, although some basic ' j -xi. 4. i. • ^ ^ ’ able to bear it and without the impos- industries showed recessions. Pig iron, electric power, automobile and ^ a ’ \ , ’ . . brings. I believe, to the old burdened cotton cloth production increased . > ition of any kind of a sales tax. landowners a larger measure of re lief than could in any manner other- ‘The Legislature has nothing to do more than usual, while steel produc tion made more than an average seas . 1 j 1- n X oie/^'Wise have been provided oral dechne. Car loadings were also _ . . higher in February than in March, , ... i • j • 4.i,„ j with the special taxes levied in the but buildmg contracts awarded failed ; ^ i j* 4. • 4. ^ 4.1, « .u • T Ac. .different school districts, and these to retain some earlier gams and ae- 1 j v,! • 4.’ , , . . ^ j special taxes will no doubt remain tns clmed during April 10 a new low \ ^ ^ 4. 4.1. 4.- • same, subject, however^ to the retire- m/ • • • j 4. • 1 uieut of bonds and any reduction in The gams in industrial activity of ^ 1 i u ^ .1 . I expenses that the local boards may the first quarter show an increase in ^ 4. m. -d „ „ ■ A rrn be able to effect. The Revenue Bill, payrolls from an index of 70 in Jan- , , n X rro • T7I u ^^A i ss evcryoue knows, overshadows all uarv to 72 in February and March, 1 , . , ,. , .4. 4.- r , rrrr other legislation and the attention 01 while employment increased from ^ • -r. , . rro • Ti/ror..>i, i the people of the state was thereby in Feoruary to 78 in March. 1 , I distracted. A number of larger meas- A general recession in activity in “fe® f "t’"' the cotton industry has followed the ibly ca culated to bring forth further j; -I? tax relief and to insure a more eiii- recoverv of February and March, oat j ^ ^ prices have held above the Dec^m- 1"^"* economic administration of ber low point. In this country sales ;Our governmental affairs, of standard cotton cloth fell in April ’ The Road Law j ' to the lowest weekly level since June ^ “I have already mentioned the new 1930 and with that exception, since ,Road law. This provides in short for records became available in October ^the taking over of all the public 1927. Cloth productiotn increased, j roads of the state by the State High- however, because of the large amount way Commission, a reorganization of of unfilled orders that had accumu- 'the commission doing away with dis lated. Exports of raw cotton from the j tricts, and providing for a new board United States were higher in April | of Highway Commissioners. Except this year than last and domestic con- ! for the saving to the tax-payers of sumption increased for the month, | the county the wisdom of this legisla- contrary to the usual seasonal trend, jtion is, of course, problematical, the and was nearly as high as in April | success of the plan being largely de- 1930. World production for 1930-31 | pendent upon the new Highway Com- is turning out to be less than reports ; mission and those who are put or left early in the season indicated, appar- jin charge in the different counties ently showing some effects of low ' over the state. cotton prices. Sales of fertilizers in “This Legislature has consolidated the cotton States are much below last North Carolina State College and year and the weather so far has not North Carolina College for Women been especially favorable for the com- with the Univerity of North Carolina, ing crop. This should effectuate a large saving Winter Wheat to the people. The Legislature found The condition of winter wheat in numerous duplications of work in the United States on May 1 indicates these different colleges. All of them a crop of about 652,902,000 bushels, State institutions and there was compared with 604,337,000 bushels no good reason for tbclr continuance pioduced in 1930, and a five year av- gole and separate entities. With erage production of 547,427,000 bush- the consolidation into one great un- iversity most of these duplications can The improvement in winter wheat K0 eliminated and the high standard prospects during April is the result of efficiency in the three institutions of generally favorable growing con- can be maintained, ditions in all but a few of the lead- Purchasing Agency mg winter wheat states. Moisture has ,.^0 my mind, one of the most een sufficient for the needs of the needed features of legislation enact- plants in most states. creation of a central Pur- Potatoes chasing Agency for the purchase of Conditions of the early potato crop purchasing supplies for all of the m southern states averaged about 79 g^ate institutions and departments. It per cent of normal on May 1, compar- ^ ed with 74 p.>r cent a year ago and a standardize, insofar as possible, the six-year average of about 77 per cent, supplies used by the departments and The commercial crop in the 8 earliest institutions, including fuel, clothing, states may total 15,831,000 bushels, ^,11 other supplies, and to or one-fifth more than last spring. |^.^y these supplies in bulk at the Prices of new potatoes at shipping possible rate. It can be readily points dropped sharply during the seen that with efficient management Week ended May 9. ^ newly created agency should I save North Carolina millions of dol- MANLY ' lars. I “The General Assembly also creat- C. D. Morse spent the week-end in ed a Local Government Commission Wilmington with friends. |for the purpose of advising, instruct- Mr. and Mrs. Claud Ferguson re- ling and overseeing the different turned Saturday from a week’s stay | county, town and school district gov- in the western part of the state. ^ernments over the state. Moore county Miss Cornelia Phillips and Alice has been indeed fortunate in the type 44 Per Square Mile V ^ That is Population Density in Moore County, Census Figures Show Moore county had a population density of 44.2 persons to the square mile, according to the 1930 census, which gave the county a population of 28,215, living in the 639 square miles of its land area, a report of the Department of Conservation and Development shows.. The average density of popula tion in the state is 65 persons per square mile, or 3,170,276 persons living in the 48,740 square miles of land area. The range is from 287.8 persons per square mile in Forsyth to 13.2 persons per square mile in Tyrrell. Forsyth, Durham, Gaston and Mecklenburg have more than 200 persons per square mile, and more than 100 persons live to the square mile in New Hanover, Guil ford, Buncombe, Wilson, Rov/an, Wake, Cabarrus and Cleveland counties. Forty-four counties have less than 50 persons per square mile. Moore County Loses 600 Autos in Year SERVED OVER And There Are 41,217 Fewer Oars in State Today Than Year Ago Motor vehicles in North Carolina decreased from a grand total of 384,-' 647 on April 1, 1930, to 340,838 on April 1, 1931, a drop of 41,217, or from 338,647 automobiles and 45,408 trucks to 298,623 automobiles and 42,- 215 trucks, the records of Sprague Silver, director of the Motor Vehicle Bureau, show. Motorcycles dropped from 785 to 737 and cars of non-res idents registered decreased from 2,- 075 to 1,750. Almost every county in the state lost in numbers of automo biles and trucks. Moore county had 2,675 automobiles and 500 trucks on April 1, 1931, as compared with 3,275 automobiles and 550 trucks of the year before. Major Sprague Silver’s records show. MRS. C. R. WHITAKER HEADS STATE TUBERCULOSIS BODY MILLION times a day Parker spent last week in Boone. Miss Essie Parker has returned home from Erwin where she has been teaching. Misses Reba and Edna mae Morse of Wilmington are visiting their cousin, C. D. Morse. Mrs. J. F. Wilson and Mrs. Alice Tyner visited relatives in Cameron last week. Mabel Wilson, Margaret Cameron and John Chisholm are in the South ern Pines High School graduating class. Roma Hill of Spartanburg, S. C., spent Saturday with his sister, Mrs. W. L. McDonald on his way home from a trip to New York and Phil adelphia. LIST PERSONAL PROPERTY AS WELL AS REAL ESTATE The list takers say that personal property owners who do not own real estate are ignoring the duty of list ing their personal effects and poll. This is the last week of the list-tak ing and if you wish to avoid penalty you had better droD in before Satur day and see the list taker. of men it has had in charge of its affairs, and insofar as Moore county is concerned there was no need of this commission, but there are num erous counties in North Carolina that have not been so well governed, and in order to save the credit of the state and to insure to the tax-payers a proper administration of their lo cal governments and a proper expen diture of the tax money, the establish ment of this commission was neces sary. This commission is already func tioning and it will no doubt put and keep the county and local govern ments throughout the state on a more solid and business-like basis. Personnel Conimission “There is no doubt but that there are people in the different depart ments drawing too much money, and there is further no doubt but that there are employees whose services could be dispensed with. With the multitude of diities on the General Assembly it is wholly impossible for a Legislature to go through the dif ferent departments and weed' out the unnecessary employees and cut sala ries where too much is being paid, without grave danger of doing vio lence to the orderly and efficient conduct of affairs; and knowing this, and knowing too, that something should be done, the Lesislature creat ed a Personnel Commission, with full power and authority to make close in- vetigation and to fire and reduce sal aries in any and all departments of our state government. “These are just a few of the big- enacted. The only important piece of legislation affecting Moore county ger state-wide pieces of legislation solely was the increasing of the Board of County Commissioners from three to five and the appointment of G. C. Seymour of Aberdeen and Frank Cameron of Cameron as the two ad ditional commissioners. I have been gratified to know that this action has met the hearty approval of the three members of the board that has been so supplemented, as well as the ap proval of the people generally over Moore county. “I cannot let this occasion pRss without paying my small tribute to Moore county’s able representative, Hon. U. L. Spence. As is known, he was made chairman of the Finance committee of the House, which is the most important post in that body, next to the Speakership. As he has always done, he discharged the duties in trusted to him in a thoroughly effi cient and capable manner. He has la bored day and night since the con vening of the Legislature,* with an eye single to bringing all possible relief to the taxpayers of Moore county and of North Carolina, and shift a part of the uneven burden off the land-owners and place it evenly and equitably where it belongs. Moore county and North Carolina are most fortunate in having a public servant of his high caliber. “I know, of course, that Mr. Spence needs no commendlation at my hand, but his zeal and interest in the wel fare of the people, and the distin guished services he has rendered have been so marked and so apparent to me that in simple justice I feel that I ought to say this.” Mrs. C. R. Whitaker of Southern Pines was elected president of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Associa tion at the ajinual meeting of the board of directors held last week at Greensboro. Other officers were chos en as follows: Mrs. Max T. Payne, Greensboro, first vice president; Dr. William H. Smith, Goldsboro, second vice presi dent; Dr. L. B. McBrayer, Southern Pines, managing director. Mrs. Gor don Finger of Charlotte, is the retir ing president. Dr. McBrayer’s annual report as managing director revealed much helpful activity in the last year. Dr. R. L. Carlton of Kinston-Salem, the state body’s representative, a direc tor on the board of the national tuber culosis association, who attended the annual convention of the national as sociation at Syracuse, N. Y., last week, reported on that meeting. CARTHAGE COMMERCIAL SCHOOL STARTS JUNE 15 t m ^ ■’p's Delicious and Refreshing Of interest to High School grad uates is the announcement of a com mercial school at Carthage, opening June 15. The schoo<l wull be a branch of the Southeastern Commercial College, Inc., of Salisbury. Miss Cornelia Phillips spent last weeks in Boone, TUNE IN on our radio program. 31-piece, all-string orchestra. Grantland Rice interviewing world celebrities, • Every Wednesday Night • There's nothing like an ice- cold bottle of Coca-Cola to brighten your day. Nothing quenches thirst quite so de liciously and completely. Or leaves you so refreshed. There is nothing artificial in it. Pur ity and flavor are protected by twenty-two laboratory tests; sterilized bottles, filled and sealed air-tight without touch of human hands* COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY ABERDEEN, N. C. RRRTH VSS Open Fonnula FEEDS NOW AVAILABLE HERE ESI MORE PROFIT FROM HENS and COWS mSAVE MONEY ON YOUR FEED BILL BY BUYING FROM THIS FARMER-OWNED ORGANIZATION / Note the following: prices: n NIAGARA Mrs. Bella Wilson left Saturday for a few weeks’ stay among relatives in Pittsboro. W. T. Smith of Raleigh is spending a few days of his vacation with rela tives here. Mrs. A. C. Hartford and family and Mr. and Mrs. Finen, who have spent the season here in their newly pur chased home, the New York cottage, left on Monday for their summer home in Tilton, N. H. Mrs. J, W. Frank and party mo tored to Fayetteville on Wediiesday. Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Williams and children of the Piney Knoll cottage left on Monday for Bethlehem, N. H., where they expect to spend the sum mer months, returning here in the early fall. SELL HOTEL FURNITURE P. Frank Buchan and R. F. Beas ley of Southern Pines purchased the first floor furniture from the burn ed Southern Pines Hotel and have been disposing of it at bargain prices at the former Atkinson-Thontias furn iture store on Broad street during the week. T. S. Burgess purchased the bed room furniture from the upper floors which he has been selling at fire-sale prices. DAIRY AND HOG FEED VSS Corn Gluten Feed $1.60 VSS Cotton Belt Supple mental __$2.05 VSS 24% Dairy ..$2.18 VSS Hog Feed $2.22 VSS Wheat Bran $1.60 VSS Linseed Oil Meal 2.00 POULTRY FEEDS VSS Startingr and Growing Mash $2-91 VSS Growing Mash $2.54 VSS Egg Mash $2.35 VSS Laying Mash $2.60 Wayne Egg Mash $2.55 VSS Super Coarse Scratch..$2.16 VSS Intermediate Scratch .$2.26 Oyster Shell, 100 lbs. $1.10 I: PROFIT REFDND CERTIFICATES WITH EACH PURCHASE No Better Feeds Can Be Bought at Any Price They are distributed in this section by— "NA/". O. Gi'aHam VASS, N. C.
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