6-MOOTHS' SCHOOL TERM IS BIG ISSUE BEFORE THE SOLONS (Con tinned from pagt on*) but the Butler, bill introduced. would orovide an. eight months term, 40 days of which the county board of education could suspend, , if attend ance dropped low. ThisbiU would re quire the state to provide >80,000.000 and that a state-wide tax rate of 23 cents per $100 property valuation W levied and collected by the counties, the proceeds tumed into the State School Fund" in the state treasury ? and salaries and expenses be paid from this fund on order of the county boards. The State Board of Assess ment would be directed to raise or to lower the 23 cent rate as conditions warrant. Teachers would receive their j present salaries under the state sal ary schedule for twp years, less the last increment earned through train ing and experience. Extra pay for . teachers may be raised by local taxes, 1 not to exceed 6 per cent of the total r teacher budget. A bill that would cut teachers' sal- 1 aries 10 per cent, already introduced, was the subpect of an exchange of letters between State Supt. A. T. Allen Governor Gardner, the former ashing if the latter favors a 10 per cent cut for teachers. Govern or Gardner replied that he did not favor a cut for teachers alone, but said he knew bills would be intro duced cutting their salaries and con cluded that if one group should be cut, all public employes should be treated alike. He estimates that $4, 000,000 will be saved the taxpayers and states that others have received ; cuts in salaries to that exten or more. The McDevitt bill would require , reading at least 10 verses from the Bible, without comment, in all public , schools daily. 1 A break, or near break, between Govt ; nor Gardner and Lieutenant : Governor R. T. Fountain, president of the Senate, has developed over President Fountain's appointments on i the committee to consider Governor ' Gardner's administrative reorganiza- i tion plan, including the "short bal- , ] lot." Inference is that the commit- t tee was "stacked" with members op posed to the Governor's plan. Gov- 1 ernor Gardner hopes, however, that j the plan, including appointment of all officers created by statute by the Governor, will have fair considera tion. The Purker bill, not exactly the Governor's proposal, would abolish the present Highway Commission, j creating a commission of five, named j by the Governor, with legislative ap- s proval, who would create five dis- s tricts, with the chairmen of county c boards, elected by the people, as mem- c bers of the district commissions. It j could have the State commission take a over county roads and provides a six- f cent gasoline tax to provide for their $ maintenance. I Sales tax bills, based on laws of t four states, West Virginia, Kentucky, ' s Tennessee and South Carolina, have j now been introduced in one or both c houses^ However, the Budget Rev- j enue Bill, introduced early in the , week, has itself been dubbed a sales j tax bill. In many of its license tax t provisions a small flat tax is contin- ^ ued, but the bulk of the tax would be , raised from gross sales. The Ft- ( nance committees have decided to \ consider the Revenue Bill first, begin- j; ning this week ? with a sort of infer- ; ence that if it will raise" the needed s revenue, then the sales tax bills will not be necessary. 1 Lobbyists are expected in ava*!i lanches for the Revenue Bill hearings ' < this week. Taxes on Insurance co?-;< panies have been increased; a surtax 5 has been added to the taxes paid by | public service organizations; motor , vehicles for hire, passenger ?ns3 , freight, as well as bosses, will be , taxed on a basis of- net weight of j the vehicles, the rate undisclosed. In ; addition to small annual taxes, grow | sales taxes are imposed on many ] items, a few following: motion pic- , ture and. vaudeville houses, 6 per t cent, or 3 if the distributors' tax of ' . 5 cents has been paid in the state; ; cash registers, adding machines, | typewriters, and the like, 1 per cent; soft drink bottlers, 3 per cent, and , wholesalers or jobbers, 3 per cent; | packing houses, 1 per cent, plus , county tax; soda fountains, 10 per cent of invoice cost of syrups; ice, cream manufacturers, 1 per cent. The tax on Building and Loan asso ciations is increased from 8 to 16 cents for $100. Stocks in foreign cor porations are not taxed, but a tax of , 5 per cent is placed on income from ] such stocks. W A bill to extend the provisions of f Ae Barber's Law, now limited to towns of 2,000 population or more, ' which requires examinations of bar- . bers and inspection of shops, has been introduced, making it state-wide. The bill to require examination of em blamers was tabled ; therefore, killed. ' Several bills have been introduced dealing with tax sales and foreclos ures, and i general policy will prob ably be adopted. Numbers of local bills would postpone foreclosure for specific counties; some would reduce the penalties from one to one-half of one per cent a month, increase, while others would eliminate the penalties altogether. Still another would per- : mil payment of income and property taxes in two or four installments, de pending on amount | Two resolutions may be considered throueh assemblv. one memoral izing Congress to pay World War vet erans the face value of their adjusted compensation certificates; the other asking that Congress provide legisla tion by which Federal Land Banks and Joint Stock Land Banks would not be required to foreclose mort gages on farm property. Other bill3 introduced and of gen eral interest are: Abolieh the State Highway PatroL - Require a driver's license of -all automobile operator*, costing $1 for INCREASED COSTS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL Instructional Cost* Are Creep ing Up. According to School Facts Raleigh,- Jsn. 28, ? "There is tt tendency for the expenditures icr in structional service in the public schools to increase," says this month's issue of State School Facts. The total expenditures for this service was 121,374, 348.17 during 1928-29, theJ last year for which such figures are available. "But," that publication continues, "this increase is slight when com pared with the increase in factors af fecting instructional services costs, being only 4.3 per cent greater than the expenditures for like purposes during the preceding year when the total costs for such items amounted to $20,523,734.12. On a per capita basis the average expenditure for each wnite pupil enrolled was $30.32. "There are several factors'" ac cording to School Facts, "which di rectly affect the per pupil cost of in structional service. There are four factors, which are discussed by th? departmental publication as bearing on the question of per pupil expendi ture. "The number of pupils to each teacher employed is one of these fac tors, for the smaller the number oi pupils to the teacher the larger th< cost per pupil and visa versa, Th< average number of pupils per teacher and principal employed in this state was 33 in 1928-29. "The amount spent to the number of teachers and principal employed iB another factor affecting cost In the white schools, the average sum of $987.92 was expended to each teach er and principal. "Still another factor affecting cost on the per pupil basis is that of training of teachers. The better trained teachers receive the higher salaries. The average training in 1928-29 was 2.52 years in college. "The average length of term also materially affects per pupil costs, rhe longer the term, other factors be ng the same, the larger the cost. During 1928-29 the average school ;erm for white schools was 169 days." PUPIL COST OF THE SCHOOL IS GIVEN Raleigh, Jan. 28. ? From $39.40 in | Jurham county to $15.81 in Cherokee j s the range in per pupil cost of in- f itructional service in tne rural white ' r ichools of the state," according to the ' s current issue of School Facts, publi- j 1 ation of the Department of Public : s instruction. In the 34 largest charter :*! lystems, the range in this respect is ' s rom 66.87 per pupil in Asheville to 127.36 in Henderson. "Among the colored schools differ mces in instructional service are also ? ipparent," says School Facts, "the | ?ange being from $30.00 in Mitchell, a f :ounty having only one school of nine t )upils, to $5.81 in Edgecombe county. ; ? "An examination of the affecting 'actors for these systems," that paper :ontinues, "will explain in a general vay the wide differences in their per ? jupil instructional service costs. For ixample, Durham county has a school erm of 160 days, employs teachers ind principals with an average of 5-34 years of scholastic training, has in average of 30 pupils to each teach- 1 >r and principal employed, and ex- . jends annually for teachers salaries 1 ?ri average of $1,196.24 to each teach- J ;r and principal. Consequently, the :ost per pupil in Durham county is , 539.40. "Cherokee, on the other hand, with j in average term of only 131 days, ( ;mploys teachers and principals with ( an average training of .34 of a year ( in college who instructs an average of 34 pupils each and expends $535.35 to the teacher and principal, has a per < pupil cost of $15.81 for instructional iervice. "Taking into consideration these ; factors, it iB clearly seen why in structional service costs per pupil vary among the several rural sys tems. A county employing better \ , trained teachers and operating a longer term will necessarily have a larger annual expenditure per pupil1: for this purpose." Lee county 4-H club boys are plant ing 200 black walnut trees on waste places about over their father's farms this winter. The bad men would be easy to handle if they didn't have so many redeeming qualities that force ua to like them in spite of ourselves. Columbus county tobacco growers] are standardizing on the Cash variety j this season and are recleaning and treating their seed for disease before j planting the beds, reports county agent J. P. Qulnerly. two years ior regular drivers and ?3 iot two years for chaffeurs. Making the colors of automobile tags those of the State University, white and light blue, alternating these colors between the letters and the background each year. Allow deputy sheriffs, as well as sheriffs, to lay off homesteads. | Provide for women to serve as jur ors. Changing the state-wide primary day from the First Saturday in June to Tuesday after the first Monday in June. J> rcase of at least 40 per cent in the cost of licenses for farm trucks. Eliminate requirements of a pri vate elimination and voluntary as sent in acknowledgements of convey ances by married women. Extend time of open seasons for squirrels, making it -September 15 to January IB, and for raccoo'is, taken with dogs, making, it October 15 ?o February 16. os and Society News ana Club Activities '! ^""""TOss WOOD HAS ? Birthday dinner V Miss Gladys Wood entertained a j ew friends at a dinner last Friday 1 light, the occasion being the anniver- l. ary of her nineteenth birthday. Fol- 1 owing the very delightful dinner, 1 1 everal invited guesta called andi' lancing was enjoyed. Punch w?a 1 erved throughout the evening. j BRIUGE-UANCE ENJOYED Miss Reba Kitchen was hostess at j i very enjoyable bridge-dance at her lome last Saturday evening. About en couples were present. Miss Kitch- ] n was assisted by her mother, Mrs. ] V. 0. Kitchin in serving a delightful alad course. CLASSIFIED ADS , VANTEDVfhiUi woman fer cook and j general housework. Must be exper enced, and come well recommended. ' \pply No. 230 West Main St. J22tf ? OR SALE ? Five room house, run ning water, lights. Four acres land. \bout six miles from Brevard on lard surface road. Inquire News of- . ice. F22-29p IILLESPIE'S STORE will pay 70c 1 in trade for good corn per bushel. VICTOR RADIOS . . Victor Phono graphs . . Victor Records . . If it's a Victor, it's good. For sale at Houston's Furniture Store. M12tf "PROTECTION" For face and hands on these chilly days use Beauty Cream. Get a com plimentary package any Saturday in January by presenting this advertise ment. Brevard Pharmacy, Jesse B. Pickelsimer, Ph.G., Prop. thru J NEWEST MAJESTIC RADIOS at Houston Furniture Company, Bre vard. Guaranteed no "A-C ham." A high class Radio at a reasonable price. fly 31tf FIRE WOOD. Stove Wood, Kindling, Sand and Gravel. Trunks and Baggage and general hauling. Rates reasonable. Siniard Transfer Co. Phone, 118. Aug 13 4tc DENTAL WORK done for corn or any kind of Produce. Will allow you above the market price. Dr. McLean WANTED ? Every one interested in Radios to call and see the wonder ful Atwater-Kent Radio. Hear it and see it at the Houston Furniture com- ? pany's store. J15tfc PLUMBING FIXTURES? See Jess Smith at Smith's Garage, before buying. The prices are RIGHT. 1 TO TRADE ? Good Miami property | at less than assessed valuation of $3500, for local or other securities. Give particulars. Write F. care The Brevard News. ltp I MEN WANTED ? 1,000 men wanted I try Ward's Barber Shop for real Barber work. J29? WANTED TO RENT? Small house I with garden space, in or near Bre vard. Write Box 596, Brevard, N. C.l WUWf,j?0-Cash paid 'for good spujyJ . . corn. Highland Lake Mills, Rock, N. C. ltc Plt^R te&$?cjb*t ? The Ladies of i rJlMSw'' th? ?"???? &^?S*d w,,h nusical program g"""- I ft ALL TEAM SNTERTAINEV BY MISS McCRARY | Mrs. J- A. McCrary and Miss Lil-i] ? McCrary entertained the members /< f the Fruited Sextet last Thursday irening with a supper following th? asketball game played between Bre ard High girls and Fruitland. A ?ry enjoyable evening was spent by le guests who left at a late hour to j turn to their school. Chaperons f the party to Brevard were Mr. ling and Mr. Lance. ADDITION OF MEMBERS TO THETA DELTA BETA [ At the regular meeting last Wed nesday evening of the Theta Delta Beta Club, Miss Sara Louise Andrewes leceived initiation. Three names were ?ought up for membership, each hav been passed. They were Moultrie luck, Milton Sellers, and Langdon flish, all of whom will be initiated (Thursday) evening. FORTNIGHTLY CLUB MEETS The regular meeting of the Fort htly Club was held with Miss ia Trowbridge on last Thursday moon, all members but one and > guests being present. toutine business was transacted 1 the program was in charge of ?s. J. P. Zachary who gave a very eresting reading of humorous na _e HThe hostess served a very delight salad course during a short social r that was enjoyed. WOMEN'S BUREAU TO MEET MONDAY Members of the Women's Bureau urged to be present at the regu meeting on next Monday, Feb. 2, the Chamber of Commerce rooms, K there are some matters of im portance to be brought up. 1ENRY AND MRS. McKEE |u ARE GIVEN APPOINTMENTS I ' s Representative W. M. Henry, fromij h5_ c6unty, and the state senator j :'rom this district, Mr8. E. L. McKee, ' lave been given unusually important f .?ommittee assignments. Mr. Henry s a member of the following com- 1 nittees: corporations, propositions < ind grievances, senatorial districts, f irintin#, and commerce. 8 Mrs. McKee is chairman of the pub- 1 ic health committee, a member of the p ?onservation and development, educa- c ;ion, electloTi laws, finance, internal t following committees : appropriations, j mprovements, printing, public roads. \ INSURANCE GAINS j MADE DURING YEAR ; It Greensboro, Jan. 28. ? Substantial j ;ains in assets, surplus and insurance | in force in 1930 in spite of any busi- j ness depression that may have ex-'t isted ,and justified confidence in the ( jutlook for even better busineas in c 1931, were reported at the annual ? i meeting of the stockholders and di rectors of the Jefferson Standard Life j Insurance company on Monday. The Jefferson Standard company, . the largest insurance organization in i the south, was shown to have in- 1 j creased assets by $4,212,859 to a new high of $52,958,979 on January 1, to a have $370,000,000 insurance in force, surplus and capital in excess of $3,- , 000,000, premium income over $11, 000,000, total income over $14,500,000 to have paid out in taxes in 1930 over i $314,000. The company has paid $47,342,455 | to policyholder? since its organization of which $6,950,460 was paid in 1930. The directors expressed unqualified approval of the condition of the com pany's affairs and declared a regular , dividend of 5 per cent totalling i $50,000. Julian Price was retained as presi dent of the company and no changes J in the executive staff were made ex cept in the important particular that W. T. O'Donohue was made secretary and holds that post in addition to vice-presidency, while A. R. Perkins was elevated from assistant agency manager to agency manager. W. S. Ryland and J. C. Watkins, Greens boro, were named directors to fill out two vacancies while the following were renamed for four-year terms as directors: Dr. Elbert Anderson, Ral eigh, P. C. Lindley, J. L. Latham, J. A. Kc-Ilenberger, C. E. Leak and H H. Holderness, Greensboro, and R. E. Buck, Charlotte. Mr. Price, Mr. Wat kins, Mr. Ryland, J. E. Latham, J. W. Cone and A. . L. Brooks, Greens- . boro, were named the executive com mittee. Former Governor A. W. McLean joined with President Price and oth ers who addressed the meeting in cx- . pressing confidence that North Caro lina is basically sound and has such natural assets and business leader ship as will make the future one of assured progress. One of the weaknesses of advertis ing is that it'e so difficult to say any thing about a thirty-cent cigar that the nickel-cigar man hasn't already .printed. ~ : Some of the best fun in life is a | by-product of the day's work. I Hogs fed according to the Shay plan in Chatham county Ipsi season .ptiul an. average, of ?1 .70 a .bushel for ?.all ciu'u fed' to them. , $S WORTH $125 NOW IF YOU START ONE Please, for your community's sake, take five dollars to the Pisgah Bank and purchase one of the $5 checks frotn Mr. Orr, and pay it on your bills or make purchases with it, so the cir culation of these checks may be all the more extended. Each (5 check itarted in circulation here, means payment of |126 in account* or pur* : bases from local houses of this imount. Up to Tueaday noon, 80 checka had ?en purchased and put into circuia-, ;ion here. These thirty checks mean i circulation of $37,500 in the com- , nunity. If thirty more checks were j itarted here at once, it would mean [ i circulation of $76,000 in the com nunity. This sum in circulation would >ay up practically all local accounts ind stimulate business in a manner hat would be surprising. That five dollar bill in your pocket s not doing the community any good, ftiat same five dollar bill, converted nto one of these checks, will pay liU5 in accounts, or purchase that imount in merchandise. Let's put hem to work in earnest and clean up ;11 local accounts. One thing that all of us should re nember is this: Do not keep the heck in your possession. Just as ?oon as you can, hand it over to some ine that you owe, or make purchase if some needed article or merchan lise that you must have. The pur >ose of the whole thing is to keep he checks moving. Let's get down to business, and i :lean up everything here. We are ; lot whipped. This is a good town, or, tt least, it is lust as good a town as ( ve make it ? no better, no worse. . A ? Lawrence and Ruf-| In Wilkins spent Sunday in Mt. Gil- . ^ad, N. C., with the former's father, . j. W. Andrews. Robert Morris, former student ofi ^Iemson College, is in Brevard for ? everal months. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Pridgen of, charlotte, were week-end guests of i he letter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. i ames P. Barrett. Tom Patton returned Sunday, to tiverside Military Academy after a hort visit with his parents, Mr. and 'Irs. H. H. Patton. Miss_ Myrtle Bryson is visiting rel atives in various part of South Caro- ! tna and Georgia. , Mrs, George Simpson and children, ' xeorge Jr. and Bobbie Lane, returned ' rom visiting relatives in Columbia ' nd Patrick, 3. C. Miss Mary Allison has accepted a losition with the Champion Motor ompany at Canton, and left Monday o assume her duties there. Miss Ruth McCall is spending a ? reek's vacation from Plummer's tore, with relatives in Easley, S. C. Miss Madge Whitmire of Biltmore pent last week as guest of her grand nother, Mrs. Gaston Whitmire. Mrs. M. Foxman and daughter of Isheville, spent the week-end with Jrs. L. Pushell. Miss Adelaide Silversteen has re urned to Salem College, after spend ng the week-end at home. Ruffin Wilkina of Davidson Col- 1 ege, spent the week-end with his nother, Mrs. Madge Wilkins. Mr. and Mrs. Alvoid Kitchin were linner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Glazener in Hendersonville. Pauline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dock Galloway, is greatly improved .'ollowing a two weeks illness of 1 >neumonia. i Mrs. Paul Smathers was a visitor ' n Asheville Friday. I Miss Mary Burrows is visiting Miss Innie Yongue. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Duckworth ?nd son Billy, of Marshall, spent the veek-end with Mrs. Duckworth's par mts, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Harris. Prof. 8. P. Verner was in Asheville m business last week. Mrs. Alfred Hampton was quite ill it her home last week. Mr. Reagan of Weaverville, was in Brevard Monday on business. Roger Sutton has returned to his week with friends in Brevard. home in Franklin after spending a Johnnie Hudson, of Baltimore, Md., is visiting his wife and daughter who are guests of Mrs. Hudson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Breese. Frank Duckworth of Johnson City, Tenn., was a week-end visitor in Brevard. Mrs. Joe Tatum spent the week end in Asheville with Mr. Tatum, who is now connected with Eckerd's Drug Co. Miss Bertha Jean Hampton was the week-end guest of Mrs. Irene Duck worth McKay in Asheville. Mrs. Daisy Mackey and Mrs. A. H. King have returned after a week's visit to Birmingham, Ala. T. 11. Shipman was on a business trip in Georgia and Tennessee last week. Paul Smathers returned Sunday after several days in New York on business. Ernest Miller spent the past week end in Asheville with friends. Frank Henry was a Visitor in Franklin last week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Barker of Providence, R. I., and Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hunter of Swannanoa, were, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Clayton. Miss LaVerne Waters left this wvek for William and Mary College where she expects to take" a post graduate course. Carl Kilpatrick is reported as be ing improving following a very ser ious illness, during which time he. was confined in the Aston Park hospital, Asheville. He was able to return tc his home last week. ' . Ms. Will Parker and family have moved to Etowah where they will make their home. TRACE THE CHECK THROUGH ITS WORK Fbtt Cheek to Receive 25 En dorwmentt ami la Re deemed at Beak I Substitution of the Golden Rule Debt Paying Plan check for currency is proving moat popular in the town aaa county. Many people have depos ited the neoessary $5 with 0. H. Orr, at the Pisgah Bank, and started the checks in circulation. Each check muat have 25 endorsements before it can be redeemed for the cash put up to insure its circulation, hence each |S check pays $125 in debts or ii used to that amount in purchase of goods. The plan was started here by the Ministerial Association, when a mast, meeting was called and the plan eut linsd and adopted. The first check to be given the re quired 25 endorsements, and turned into the bank for cash, was out of the bank less than six hours. Rev. R. L. Alexander deposited $5, procured a check for $5, and passed it at noon last Friday. At 6 o'clock that eve ning the check had been endorsed 25 times, paying $125 in bills, and was presented to the bank next morning, where it was redeemed with the $5 in cash which had been deposited there at noon on the day before. Here is the way the check traveled, paying $5 debts each time it passed hands and received another endorse ment: R. L. Alexander to W. F. Hart to Mrs. L. M. Hart, to R. L. Alexander to Jerry Jerome to R. L. Alexander to Jerry Jerome, to R. L. Alexander to W. F. Hart to Jerry Jerome to R. Alexander to Presbyterian church to W. F. Hart to Presbyterian church to R. L. Alexander to Brevard News to R. F. Tharp to Brevard News to Henry Henderson to Mrs. T. B. Sum mey to Mrs. J. B. Summey to Pres byterian church to R. L. Alexander to Jerry Jerome, treasurer Presbyterian church to R. L. Aexander, pastor, and then to the bank where Mr- Alexan der received the $5 which he had in the first place deposited with Mr. Orr for the check. Other checks out are passing along through the channels of commerce and trade, and hundreds of dollars in debts are being wiped away. It is believed that several other citizens will buy the checks and start them in circulation. The plan is simple. Any one having a {5 bill and intending to pay it on account, or to make purchase from local merchants with it, may go to the bank and take one of these checks and pay the bill with it instead of paying the $5 cash. Then this one five dollars must do $125 in business and debt paying before it stops circulating. Mr. 0. H. Orr, at the Pisgah Bank, will explain the plan in detail to any one inter ested. Some people may ask: What is there to be gained? Why not take the $5 in cash and pay a bill with it? Here is the difference: The $5 cash is more than apt to stop with the first man to whom it is paid. Not so with the $5 check. The holder must pass it along to some one he owes, or in payment of goods and merchandise, until the check has paid $125 in bills. The plan is working good here, as it Is in many other sections of the coun try, and many local debts are being wiped out through the medium of this check. GLADY BRANCH SERVICES TO BE HELD EACH SUNDAY Services at Glady Branch Baptist church will be held each Sunday, be ginning this week. Heretofore ser vices have been held only on the first and second Sundays. Rev. I. N. Kuy kendall, pastor, announces for his text next Sunday "8ide Doors to Heaven." Rev. J. L. Bragg of Enon, filled the pulpit last Sunday evening. wwwwwvwvvvwwvwww We Pay Cash for * Chickens and Eggs Heavy Hens 16c Light Hens 12c Roosters 7c Eggs 18 Corn 75c bu. B. & B. Feed Sc Seed Company BREVARD, N. C. 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