BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 17, 10*1
Number 50
?
VOLUME XXXVI
MURDER CASE GOES
TO JURY THURSDAY;
TAL PETIT SET FREE
Two Lawyers to Speak Thurs
amy Morning In Completion
of Hard-Fought Case
? LOUIE WHITMIRE IS
STATE'S STAR WITNESS
Whiskey Played An Important
Role In "Tragedy That.
Costs County Much
When court adjourned Wednesday
evening, three lawyers had addressed
the jury, two to complete the argu
ments Thursday morning, after which
Judge Sink will deliver his charge,
and then the fate of Arthur Petit,
being tried for murder of Jesse Mast
ers,- will be in the hands of the jury.
The trial started Monday morning,
the jury being se^cted by noon, and
much evidence was heard the first
day. The following jury was named
to hear the case :
W. H. Ledbetter, J. B. Huggins, i
Carl Allison, Frank Wilson, W. H. .
McKelvey, Lynch Moore, all farmers ; ,
Eugene Carter, carpenter; J. A.;
Schachnei*, manufacturer ; Homer j
Israel, state highway employe ; W. i
C. Morris, R. E. Maekey, employes '
of the Carr Lumber company ; An- 1
thony Trantham, merchant Frank :
Woodfin, merchant, was selected as '
the 13th juror.
Louie Whitmire, himself tried and
convicted of the murder of Jesse
Masters at the December term of ,
court in 1926, found guilty and sen- 1
tenced to fifteen years imprisonment, 1
and having served four years of this
sentence, was paroled, was the
state's first witness. Whitmire testi- '
tied that he left home early on Sun- 1
day morning, August 15, 1926, in
search of a drink of whiskey ; that he
started to Old Toxaway by the Blue '
Ridge road, and passed two men sit- 1
ting on the side of the road, and two ,
men in a car, not knowing at that ,
time either one of the four men. A |
few minutes later he met Jesse ,
Masters coming down the road. Jesse
offered him a drink, and suggested
that they walk back to where the car ,
was parked and all drink together.
This was done. The car left for South i
rolina, with all four men it it, ?
leaving the witness alone with Jesse
Masters. Shortly thereafter they are .
joined by Arthur and Tal Petit. ,
Masters suggested that they walk up !
a trail, out of sight of the road, and '
drink all they wanted to. They fol- ]
lowed the trail to a little knoll, and '
just before being seated witness said I
Arthur Petit whispered to him and ;
said that Jesse Masters had a roll of f
money. All were seated and began
drinking. Shortly thereafter Arthur
Petit and Masters engaged in a
quarrel, both rising and a fight start- .
ed. Witness said that Arthur Petit i
struck Masters in the head with a
rock, knocking him down. As Masters |
( Continued on i>age twelve)
CLUB ATTENDANCE
IS ON THE UPGRADE
Attendance at the Brevard Ki
wanis club has been exceptionally!
good during the past month, reports
Secretary Charles Douglas. This 1
Thursdays meeting of the club to be i
held at The England Home will be
in charge of Jerry Jerome, scheduled |
to have charge at the last meeting, j
but who was called out of town on j
account of the death of a friend. Mr. '
Jerome is expected to deal with fig-!
ures and statistics pertaining to the !
Town of Brevard.
Mrs. Harris, hostess, announces '
that she will serve a Christmas din
ner of that l'egal bird, Turkey, at
tke luncheon today.
. -
THREE MEN HELD IN
COUNTY JAIL AFTER
SPECTACULAR RACE
i ?
Patton and Deputies Take Men
Who Had Raced Through
Three Counties/
ONE FELLOW KNOCKS AT
DOOR SHERIFF'S HOME
? Men Were Wanted for Alleged
Attempt at Hold-Up
I Below Marshall
I Three men are being held in the ;
i Transylvania county jail and the
? fourth is l>eing sought by Sheriff
l'atton's office, in connection with an
(alleged attempted highway robbery
'which occurred Tuesday near Hot
[ Springs. The three men arrested gave
1 their names as Archie MacPhail,
(Hammond, Ind., James Prine, Tol
edo, Ohio and Jacksonville, Fla., and
; Richard Cloud, Indianapolis, Ind.
Two of the there were captured near
| Cedar Mountain, while the third was
taken at the club house at Pisgah
Forest, after having asked Mrs. T.
E. Patton, Jr., wife of the sheriff,
where he could find a hotel or lodg
ing house.
According to information received ;
here, the four men were pursuing an
other man on Highway 69, and the
pursued man told a highway force
working on the road five miles from J
Hot Springs that he was being pur- j
sued bv four men in a Buick car, and !
that they were making effort to hold
him up and rob him. He passed on,
and directly the Buick car, it is said,
approached the force of highway
workers who had blocked the high
way. After making threats against :
the members of the highway force, I
according to the feports, the men !
turned and fled back toward Ashe- :
ville. Marshall officers, upon being!
infolmed of th*? alleged attempt at
highway robbery, notified the Ashe- 1
ville authorities, who, in turn, called}'
Sheriff Garren at Hendersonville. |
The Henderson county officers locat- j
ed the car and chased the men j [
through Hendersonville. The Buick j:
a Master Six, left the main highway |
and took the Green River route to ? ;
Cedar Mountain.
Hendersonville officers had notified
Sheriff Patton who, .with his deputies ?(
and Chief of Police B. H. Freeman
and several men who had volunteered
their services, went to the Cedar
Mountain section. Sheriff Patton,
Chief Freeman, Deputy Tom Wood
and Eck L. Sims arrived at the
Green River road intersection just a
few minutes before the car was seen
to come in sight. Sheriff Patton and -
his assistants then took their stand ,
in the middle of the road, and called j
upon the men to halt. Instead, the i
driver of the Buick backed the car
into a field, turned around and hast- :
ened back down the road. Sheriff <
Patton and those with him were firing ;
at the car, and one of the tires was j
punctured by the bullets. Soon there- ;
after the men left the car and took <
to the woods, with the officers in
pursuit. j
MacPhail was the first man taken, i
He is rather heavy and is unused to
running up and down mountainsides. I
He soon gave it up and called to the s
officers, asking them not to shoot and j
he would come to them. He had about i
$300 on his person when officers j
searched him. MacPhail was sent in- 1
to town, and the chase for the others i
continued.
Soon after this capture Sheriff
Patton and his assistants spied Prine
and he also called upon the officers
to permit him to come to them, ask
ing them not to shoot him. Prine had
the tidy sum of $1,658 in his pock- i
ets, much of it being in one hundred 1
dollar bills.
Search for the others continued for
a time, and Sheriff Patton and his
co-workers came into town for sup
( Continued on page twelve)
County Teachers Hear Address by
Miss Camp, Educational Director
The county teachers met in regu- '
Jar session at the Brevard High '
school auditorium Saturday morning i
at 10 o'clock, with Prof. J. B. Jones
presiding.
Miss Camp, a director in Western!
r Carolina Teachers College, was in- 1
troduced by Prof. Jones, after which |
she entered into an interesting and
instructive talk on the resolutions
adopted by the teachers at the Teach- ;
ers meeting held in Asheville during
October. !
Miss Camp declared that North i
Carolina has one of the best school
systems in America and that its high '
standard was due to the skill and
experience of the teachers in its
schools. I
She urged the teachers to get tho
facts before the citizens of the coun
ty and to be active in all civic, social
, aad religious affairs, as a citizen as
^.<*?1 as a teacher. She advised the
F , Trtithod of mixing with the people of
county i. order to uplift the
.'VI.
umme - - ? ? -
, standards in e.^y manner possible.
"Teachers s>^!ld work, diligently
/to raise the sWndard' and general
level of children in the schools to a
^higher, a better level of citizenship,"
Camp firmly declared. She as
sured the teachers that they should |
rot be cxpected to train their pupils j
to a higher and better standard than
the parents themselves practiced in
the home.
In summing up the adopted resolu
tions, Miss Camp said that the teach
ers should receive salaries that
would permit a satisfactory amount
of travel, in order that the teachers
might travel and in each instance
bring valuable material and informa
tion from these travels to the pupil3.
The teachers unanimously voted to
join the North Carolina Educational
Association one hundred per cent
and in connection with the Associa
tion study the valuable teachers
manual, "Outline Course of Study."
Prof. Jones, in remarking upon the
decision, declared that in his opinion
the study book is to the teacher what
the hammer is to the earpentev.
At the conclusion of the program,
the teachers assembled in the various
departments for further study. The
high school department -discussed
"Teaching the Pupil How to Study."
Miss Camp taught a <Jemonstration
cl^ss of the CSrsmmar Crsde children
and Miss Wa'"-? a derj> cassation
/*?<? sof Pr>m?: - 'v mipils.
Chairman Kizer It Encouraged by
Growing Interest in Charity Work
?"Gratifying response has been re
ceived by the County Welfare Board
during the eurly days of this week in
their efforts to forward the drive for
the needy of the county," Chairman
A. H. Kfzer announced Wednesday.
The most appreciative addition to
the supply of clothing to be given to
the needy during the cold winter j
months was the supply donated by i
students and faculty members of the |
'Brevard Institute.
The students and faculty members '
sent "the boar ' an unusually large
amount of clothing, all in ^good and
serviceable condition for months to
come. Leaders in the Welfare work
expressed the opinion that the donors
were sharing their own wardrobes
with needy persona and indeed mak
ing a tremendous sacrifice in giving
choice and serviceable clothing for
this benefit.
Many citizens have indicated their
desire to aid in every manner pos
sible in the work and many encourag
ing comments have been received
the board members revealed early this
week.
Chairman Kizer, announced that a
meeting of the executive committee
of the County Welfare Board would
be called during the latter part of the
week for thg perfection of plans for
a systematic drive, which will launch ;
the movement into a scope of great
ber^fit to needy families in this |
county. .
STATE CALLS UPON
COUNTIES FOR CASH
State Treasurer Nathan O'Berry is
calling' upon the 100 counties of the (
State to respond promptly with the (
portion of the tax collected of the j
15-cent ad valorem levv and tjie $1.50
on polls, pointing out that $3,800,000 I
in teachers' salaries, nearly $300,000
in Confederate pensions and several
million dollars in interest" and bond
retirement funds are needed or will
be require at once, and that the State
Treasury is at a low point now.
The tax is due now, but payable
at par during December and January,
and the counties are required to send
in State funds collected twice a
month. Up to last week 75 counties
had remitted a total of slightly less
than a million dollars. The total esti
mated from the 15-cent tax is $4,
300,000.
The combined statement of the Au- j
ditor and Treasurer for November j
shows a general fund cash balance at i
the end of the month of $2,374,554.97, '
after $3,800,000 had been borrowed on |
revenue anticipation notes, requiring ,
a six per cent interest rate, a few :
liays before. The highway and other j
special funds showed a balance of $G,- j
174,760.08. These balances with obli- ,
fated cash, showed a total cash bal
ance in the Treasury of $10,391,
453.10.
SERVICE IMPROVED
BY CHANGING ROUTE!
Postmaster Roscoe L. Nicholson an- I
nounced Monday morning that Bre- >
t-ard Route 2 has been changed in or
tle? to serve a larger number of cit
izens. The xnew change did not in
crease the mileage of the route.
The route formerly ran up the
Davidson River road to Glazener's
corner. The new route leaves the
river road at Hedrick's store at Pis
?ah Forest and runs by the Davidson
River cemetery, and continues to
Slazener's corner.
This route serves from 15 to 18
additional families without inconven
iencing any others.
Many of the new patrons of the
route, were hearty in their expres
sions of gratitude to Postmaster
Micholson for enabling them to have
tiiil route facilities. A committee
from Pisgah Forest also rendered
valuable assistance in securing this
new route.
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE FOR
HOLIDAYS ON TUESDAY
The Christmas holidays will offic
ially begin Tuesday afternoon, De
cember 22 when the county schools
will close their doors for a twelve day
rest. School work will be resumed
Monday, January 4.
A large number of collegians and
teachers are expected in Brevard for
the holidays.
MORE LETTERS TO SANTA j
Several letters to Santa Claus were |
received at The Brevard News of- !
fice Wednesday, too late for publica
tion this week. They will be printed
in next week's paper, and Santa will
get them o. k.
MR. MONT1ETH ILL
George W. Montieth. father of Mrs. 1
James F. Barrett, is critically ill at !
the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. J. '
O'Neal, Newport, Tenn. Mrs. Bar- '
rett is with her father at Newport.
ROSMAN WOODMEN ELECT
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR
Officers elected by the Rosman j
Camp Woodmen of the World for the
ensuing year are, "A. M. Paxton. past
consul commander; W. E. McLean,
consul commander; J. B. Henderson,
Adviser Lieutenant; J. R. Raines,
banker; A. M. White, financial sec
retary; L. B. McLea-n, escort; Dr. J.
B. Wilkerson, physician ;_C. E. Leath
ers, watchman; W. I. Reisce, sentry;
W. A. Wilson, auditor 8 years. Ros
man has an excellent camp and is do
ing good work.
-A SON. IF YOU PLEASE
Born, to Mt. and Mrs. Glen Look
abiil, on ?teens ber 7, a son, and not
a daughter,- as new arrival to
the -popular young couple was an
nounced in The 'News last week.
f
i
;$2,677,50 PAID IN
PENSIONS TUESDAY
i
RALEIGH, Dec. 16 ? Vouchers for
(a total of $448,605 for 1,094 Confed
erate veteranSj their widows and nc
[gro servants, all numbering 4,950,
[have been mailed out as the semi
annual pension fund by State Auditor
Baxter Durham for distribution on j
Tuesday of this week by clerks of Su- 1
perior Court in the 100 counties of !
the State.
The 1,094 veterans surviving get j
checks for $182.60, or at the rate of
$1 a day for the half-year; the 530
class A widows receive checks for
$150; the class B. widows, numbering 1
3,243, receive $50 checks, while the 1
83 negro sen-ants of veterans receive 1
$100 checks. The veterans receive 1
a total of $199,655; the class A wi- 1
dows $79,500 ; the class B widows j '
$151,150, and the negro servants
300, Auditor Durham's figures show. >
The extent to which the thin gray *
line if getting thinner and grayer is
shown by the fact that while only :
1,094, an average of only slightly <
more than 10 to the county, are living !{
today, five years ago at this date the J i
number was 2,082 and eight years ; c
ago there were 4,111 veterans who j
had followed Lee and Jackson, thetj
Auditor's records show. 'c
Transylvania county now has 29 i t
pensioners who receive a tot al of $2,- j 1
67T.50 this week, including 7 Con- i
federate veterans, receiving $1,277.- ;t
50 ; 2 Class A widows, receiving $300 ; j (
22 Class B -\yidows receiving $1,100; |e
and no negro servants who aceom- ' 3
panied their masters in their military h
service.
MRS. ENLOE'S DEATH ;
CAUSE OF REGRET!;
N
Mrs. Ella Enloe, who died at the i
home of her daughter, Mrs. O. I *
Duclos, Monday morning at 2 o'clock, I
was buried at the Glazener cemetery, j*
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor of Bre
vard Baptist church conducted the
services, which were held at the J
home of Mrs. Duclos.
Surviving Mrs. Enloe are two '
daughters and two sons, Walter and t
Willis Enloe, and Mrs. J. Heath and {
Mrs. O. Duclos.
Pallbearers were Milan Nicholson, 1
George Shuford, Fred Shuford, Gusj'
Gillespie, Nate Norton and JackjJ
Ashworth.
LITTLE RIVER SCHOOL j!
TO HAVE EXERCISES | J
Christmas tree exercises will be ! j
held at the Little River school house j .
Tuesday evening, December 22, be- 1
ginning at 7:30 o'clock. Principal H. j I
P. Nicholson announced Monday. |
James F. Barrett, editor of The Bre- 1
vard News, will be principal speaker j
of the evening.
It has also been announced that
Mr. Barrett will teach Sunday School
at the Little River church, Sunday
morning. December 20.
MOUZON TO PREACH i;
AT THE INSTITUTE i
i
% i
Supt. J. F. Win ton of Brevard In- i
stitute announces that Bishop E. D. <
Mouzon of Charlotte, bishop of the
Episcopal District embracing North i
Carolina Methodist Episcopal Church, I
South, has accepted the invitation to ;
preach the commencement sermon for ,?
the graduating class next May 29. <
It has been desired for several
years to have Bishop Mouzon visit the ]
Institute and the local church, but he
is in such demand as a preacher and |
speaker that it is necessary to en
gage him several months in advance.
It is felt that his visit will be a
great benefit to all the Methodist in
terests in this comjmsnity.
CHURCH MORRIS TAKES POST
ON THE NIGHT POLICE FORCE
Church Morris began his new du
ties as night policeman Sunday night,
having been elected last week to this
position by the town council. Jimmio
Deaver has been retarnecl to the work
of supervising the watershed. Under
the new line-up, Chief Freeman will
be on duty during the day, with Mr.
Morris at night, and Mr. Deaver in
charge of the watershed.
ROAD CELEBRATION
PLANS COMPLETED
AT JOINT MEETING!
Greenville Delegation Visits !
Brevard, and Committees
Are Named
HIGH STATE OFFICIALS
TO BE ON PROGRAM
Will Be Held On New Year's
Day at Caesar's Head
Hotel
Major Richard F. Watson. T. ;
Charles Gower, Otis P. Mills, L. M. |
Glenn and Judson Chapman, a dele- ;
gation representing the Greenville1
Chamber of Commerce, met Tuesday I '
afternoon in Brevard with President I
Jerry Jerome and a committee which j,
he had appointed, and worked out a j
program for the highway celebration,',
to be held at Caesar's Head on New j
Year's Day. j(
A program committee was appoint- 1
ed, three from the Brevard Chamber '1
of Commerce and three from the |.
Greenville Chamber of Commerce, to 1 1
arrange the program for the celebra- .
tion. John M. Holmes. Judson Chap- j
man and T. Caarles Gower were nam- , ;
ed by the Greenville group, while , ,
President Jerome named James F.
Barrett, Ralph H. Ramsey and J. M.
Gaines from the local body to serve 1 J
en the program committee. 'j
Gov. 0. Max Gardner, of North,'
Carolina, and Gov. Ira Blackwood, of ' j
South Carolina, will be invited to at- j
tend the celebration. E. B. Jeffress, .
hairma'n of the North Carolina State '
Highway commission, and C. 0. Hear- j
in, chairman of the South Carolina
Highway commission will be honor I
juests, according to plans outlined by 1
:he program committee. 1
Among other notables to be invited c
ire Zebulon Weaver, North Carolina |
?ongressman. and Congressman Mc
swain, of South Carolina; United ,
states Senator James F. Byrnes, and J
>thers.
c
Mayor Mann, of Greenville, and ?
Hayor Ramsey, of Brevard, will be in ' _
?harge of the day's entertainment nf 0
he guests. Major G. Heyward Ma- i
ion, Jr., will act as toastmaster. V'? I
V. Floyd, the man responsible more ' g
han all others, it is said, for South |
Carolina's road program, will be an j
specially honored guest, as will Hon. i
1. E. Geer, in whose honor the Geer
lighway is named. I
J. Paul Lucas, vice president of the i
Southern Public Utilities company, p
ind Frank Poole, of Greenville, will j
>e principal speakers of the dav. I
The celebration is being held tr p
nark the completion of the Brevard- 1 B
Greenville highway, a project for n
vhich many men of both states have |
ong worked upon, and which is ex- ?
>ected to mean much to this county
ind to Greenville. Opening the com- . .
>leted highway will bring Brevard j*
ind Greenville within an hour of one jl
mother. *
A barbecue is to be enjoyed at the
loon hour, the celebration to be held
n the dining room of the hotel. At
endance will be by invitation, and
ickets will be issued at early date for
listribution. ? s
Representing Brevard at Tuesday's' J
neeting were: Jerry Jerome, presi- o
lent of the Chamber of Commerce ; ; s
r. "M. Gaines, vice president; Duncan s
tfacDougald chairman of the High- j
vay committee of the Chamber of , a
Commerce; Henry Carrier, Randall s
iV. Everett, R. H. Morrow, H. H. : I
?atton, Mayor Ralph H. Ramsey, S. j s
*. Joines, S. B. Howard and James la
?. Barrett. - tl
FARM MOVEMENT IS
GIVEN APPROVAL BY
LEADING FARMERS
Asheville Papers Commended
for Inaugurating the
Movement Here
WILL MEAN MUCH TO
AGRICULTURE IN W.N C
Large Delegation Goi/g From
Here Gives Good Re
port of Meeting
Transylvania county was well rep
resented in the mass meeting at the
Plaza Theatre, Asheville, Monday
night, when farmers, farm agents,
business men, editors and bankers
from 18 mountain counties launched
the Western North Carolina Farm
movement which is designed to dou
ble the farm income of this section in
the next ten years.
The meeting was enthusiastic and
the Transylvania representatives re
ported that it was 0U2 of tbe most
constructive steps that has been taken
for the benefit uf Western North
Carolina for the past ten years.
The meeting was sponsored by l'he
Asheville Citizen and The Asheville
rimes, the two great newspapers of
Western North Carolina.
The principal speakers were: Fred
?rick E. Murphy, publisher of The
Minneapolis Tribune and Charles F.
Collisson, Agriculture editor of The
rribune. Charles A. Webb, president
>f The Citizen-Times presided.
The two principal speakers offered
;he suggestions and ideas to the large
issemblage, that had been used and
'ound successful in Minneapolis.
The speaker revealed that 22 im
>ortant points, essential to the suc
:ess of an agricultural section in
cluded: . --
1. Grow sufficient for our needs.
2. Model schedules of space allot
nent to crops and products on each
arm, according to size and location,
rhese are to assist those frrmers 'who
an't plan to best advantage.
3. Standardization of breeds and
iroducts, each county deiiding its
>wn.
4. Quality in everything.
5. Increase i n cattle, poultry,
heep an hogs.
0. More and cheaper feed procrue
ion. *
7. Permanent pasture improve
lent.
8. Soil improvement.
9. Good seeds. Certified whe-re
essible.
10. Vegetable and trucking.
11. Cheaper production so the sur
ilus can be shipped and sold outside.
Educate farmers as to wholesale
lethods.
12. Urge consumer to consume
( Continued on jxigc twelve)
IAINS OVER COUNTY
HELP WATER SUPPLY
9
According to reports from various
ections of the county coming to The
Jews office since the heavy rains
ver the'" past week-end, the water
upply which had become limited at
ome places, was much better.
In a number of instances, welfc
.nd springs and some of the smalle*
treams were practically dry. Th>'
French Broad river and other larg*'
treams were reported to be bank fu'l
,nd overflowing Sunday night after
he heavy rainfall.
State Has Spent $218,000,000 On
Highways During the Past Decade
RALEIGH, Dec. 16? The North
Carolina Highway Commission has
spent $183,446,970.70 for highway
:onstruction and $35,657,364.95 for
maintenance or a total of $218,104,
)35.71 for these two items during the
past 10 years of the State's big high
way program, figures compiled in the
jfFices of Chairman E. B. Jeffress
show.
Funds received for highway work ,
during that period include $115,000,
300 in highway bonds; $23,769,000 in
Federal Aid; $123,211,000 in license
and gasoline tax; $18,769,000 from
:ounty loans and $12,430,000 as in do
nations from cities and towns which,
less the 5/3,000,000 county road funds
Df the past two years, included in the
license and gasoline tax item, gives
a total of $282,025,000 received by
the department in that time.
The difference beiween the $282,
025,000 received and the $218,104,035
spent for construction and mainten
ance, nearly $64,000,000, is accounted1
f or by such items as $42,000,000 for!
debt service, 311,750,000 in repay
ments of county loans and city And ,
town donations, $8,000,000 in admini- (
stration and general maintet.nce ex
penses, and other smaller items over;
the. 10 years.
After the big highway construction
program was launched at the start of
the fiscal year .1921, the peak of c.;n
g'ruetion cost w*s reached "n 1524-25,
when the cost exceeded ?40.000.00".
A gradual drop is shown from then
Mm ...
until 1929-30, when the costs of con
struction went to ?9,000,000. Last
year the emergency Federal Aid
funds helped to raise the account
above $10,500,000 again. Maintenance
costs, including betterments, have
gone up until they now range betweew
$4,000,000 and $4,500,000 a year.
Maintenance cost and coniftiiiitjwr ? ?*
work awarded each fiscal year, ending
June 30 of the year given, follow:
Year Maintenance Construction
1922 $1,891,381.64 $22,024,: 78.12
1923 3.169,459.42 14.40S.S39.S3
1924 3,210,377.70 19,687,314.44
1925 3,234,166.38 40,308,081.39
1926 3,642,155.65 26^00,186.88
1927 3,473,111.62 14,916,705.47
1928 4,452,516.32 15,088,011 .81
1929 4,061,96.1.01 10,090, v71.2?
1930 4,491,238.03 9,147,286.80
1931 4,030,995.23 .10,576,244.82
Total 35,657,364.95 182,446,970.76
The figures are for State roads
only, up to June 30, last, when the
State tock over the county highways
for construction and maintenance, on
which extensive work has been done
during the past five months.
I Chairman Jeffreys estimates that
from $500,000 to $1,000,000 more wil
have to be spent on State highway#
| included in the Federal Aid system
before these roads will he finally ac
cepted, fin the State can use Fede*0 .
Aid on almost as fr-oads it may' sekjfct,
and thus utilize the increased'"
cral Aid to be giveif the states Airihjf
?the next few years. _-..r