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Johnson Spikes To Make Him yi Prefers Present Pos ! Until Job At Hand Is Finished \ well defined and State wide tv :ii for Charles M. Johnson, now t:u. Stat-. Treasurer to be the next1 Uovrno f North Carolina has been definitely crushed by the following letter to the Scout; "Editor Scout;- I will not be a candidate for the office of Governor! in Ike I'"" I'emocrutic primary. ""Hundreds of unsolicited offers of : support have come to me. and it is, Bv - core wish that my friends will i not think me ungrateful in reaching thi- "levision. They are entitled. 1 think to an explanation. "The handling of State's finances j, ;n important responsibility, and for tin- nr. sent f am content to serve m " "to*. Tr, <ui , in the work of Local : Government Commission, and in other capacities, convinces me that I can under my most worthwhile servie !' t ;|))C to the S' ate, and t < 1 its local units of Government, in my 5 present capacity. U, therefore, again ask sup- ( port i t ic Demochats of the State < tor renomination to the office of Stole Treasurer. !inqui?h the ofi Staii ,:? ? and have the satisfact:? n < \ knowing the State is in the lest fii . u-ial condition of its history \\Y h- arranged tin- State Sinking ! F selling some maturities which v. i not desirable for Sinking i Fund purposes and buying others i desirable, and at the same tii. a profit of nearly a half , million dollars for the State. "The Treasurer is by statute Chair- ; man ? the Local Government Com missioned and also Director of Local! Government. 1 have held that pos- I ition since the Act was passed and j during that time we have refinanced 4 by exchange by agreement with the bondholders well over one hundred million dollars in bonds of fortyfour counties and 104 cities and towns at an interest saving to those local units of approximately forty-six million dollars. "There are yet six counties, several 'ax districts and twenty-five eitiefand towns which must be refinanced. "A vital factor in this refinancing the ability which it affords of buy jag bonds at less than par. I have bad wide experience in this field ' have made contacts with dealers and holders of bonds all over the country. clo e acquaintanceship and association with municipal and county of the State, and the fact at niy ability to secure their coopnation has been demonstrated, - lengthens my opinion that I can candor my best service to the people Jj the position I now hold. -j OLD "MA" NATURE KEEPS BOOSTING n p drvrkt t* * ?? - - I rurULA HUN Old mother nature is continuing to | increase the population of North Car "iina, by keeping up the birth rati' and cutting down the number 0* I deaths. Reports from Raleigh show I ihat during the first half of 1939, ending June 30, there were 38,404 h,rths and only 16,409 deaths. Dur 'ng the corresponding period in 1938, I lhe^ were 17,541 deaths. I fi at^y'n^ reductions were re ected ip the number of deaths among babies under one year of age jnd in maternal deaths; also in deaths I ?r?m,tu^.erculosis, pneumonia, pella n ', ockiaw and typhoid fever. The | I r ^ea^s ^om preventable I I 26? however, was higher, with I I tV more drownings through June of 1 rtH.^ear than during the first six I **<0* Of 1938. I h*. ,ecrease waa shown in .the num-1 of suicides. I THE CHEROKEE ! Big Boom 1:0 Governor "The job is not yet clone, and my desire to see it well finished contributed greatly to the decision 1 have made. fflti fi m Ml vJfc * H ERE'S the outstac QUALITY ? ENDURAN ECONOMY. Here's a tire known superiority in VALUE and TENS OF MILLION Quality High Speed Tires The enviable reputath was built with this marvel Here's a tire known every car owner as the M OF TIRE CONSTRUCTI Here's your ONE OPI to buy HIGH GRADE, Firestone High Speed Tires at these SPECIA1 PRICES. COME IN TODAY W LASTS?SALE ENDS JUL ^yy J See Firestone Tires made in Building, at Nete York Work at the Golden Gate Intern PALM SINCLAIR ! SCOUT, MURPHY, N. C.. THURSDA NEW WORK PLAN TO NEED OUTLAY OF $350,000,000 Established policies of the Public Works Administration remained un changed in an absorption of PWA by the newly created Federal Works Agency. Acting Regional Directoi Kufe B. Newman Jr., announced to day. MlMtP' yvr r yztIrl iwJ'M iding tire value for / CE ?MILEAGE and 4(k? i everywhere for its S of these High have been sold, 'i ff in of Firestone ^3 JE J ous tire! > *' EMmm for years to VHMg time-proven flHHNHBH Gum-Dipped ^jg^gggf^jl L BARGAIN HILE STOCK the Firestone Factory and Exhibition Vs Fair. Also visit the Firestone Exhibit 1 lational Exposition at San Francisco ER'S STATION MURPHY, NOI Y. JULY 27. 1939 In speaking of the Presidents proposed program of self-liquidating rullic wo?ks before the Senate Com , , Iia'.^ring: and Currency, Ad ininistrator Carmouy said: "The 1938 program of the Public i Works Administration will be at its I peak during the next three months ; and. by late summer there will be " only a small trickle of money going : out for construction. "Our national economy would benefit from new legislation providing litis i .* MMFS Exci^" He? p;ts>^ VWinPH blowouts. | |k two a patented m&UPVl feature protection provides ^H\ the dange fKT!Wi^B longer Listen to the Voice of Firestonefeaturing Rict > and the Firestone Symphony Orchestra ur Walienstein, Monday evenings, over Natiot RADj SINCLAIR ITH CAROLINA projects of the self-financing type. "A $350,000,000 program of public works made up of projects com par able to those undertaken in the past l'WA programs will provide a total of approximately 420,000.e'JO manhours of employment^ From three to six tons of ice are used daily in the Frozen Alive show at the New York World's l'eirr Pretty grls are sealed up inside the ice. ^fm - >-'y^SSWff df/l Firestone Tires a Get These e ^avr>n?:>oe\ iping ? a Firestone cess that providesextra gainst the dangers of tra Layers of Gumrds under the TreadFirestone construction I hat provides added against punctures, iflc Non-Skid Tread? greater protection against :rs of skidding. I ??H??provide If bard Crooks. Margaret Speaks ider the direction of Alfred twide N. B. C Red Network MI'S . STATION
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