THE GLEANER
GRAHAM N. P., SEPT. 1, 19.'iO.
ISSUED KVEKYTHURSDAY.
J. D. KERNODLE, Editor.
$1.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
Entered at t.no Poe'oflice at Graham.
N. G.. ok we..,, class matter.
' ?
With cotton and tobacco selling
at the cost of production, the out
look for the farmer with his cash
crop is anything but inviting.
Republican campaign orators and
writers are rowing up a swift
stream this year when it comes to
speaking of the wonderful prosper
ity the counry is enjoying under
Republican rule, high ariff and
such like.
We are printing in this issue a
letter written by W. E. While of
Mebane, to the chairman of the
county board of elections. Mr.
White wants the Burlington town
ship registration matter settled
with as little cost and friction as
possible, and makes suggestions.
tie of King's mountain on October
7, to make a speech. In early Oc
tober he is to speak at several other
points. In Washington it is con
strued that he is making an effort
to mend his political fences, now
badly out of repair. The fact is
the whole party enclosure needs
looking after to keep the faithful
inside the pasture.
Dieudonne Cost? and Maurice
Bellonte, flying from Paris to New
York, landed safely Tuesday eve
ning, making the non-stop flight in
37 hours, 18 minutes and thirty sec
onds. Colonel Lindbergh went
from New York to Paris in thirty
three hours and 29 minutes. Coste
and Bellonte are the first to make
the non-stop westward flight, and
their feat is on a par with that ol
Lindbergh.
Wheat prices lowest known in 1C
years" is the heading in this morn
ing's paper in regard to the grain
markets, the news coming from
Chicago, the largest grain market
in the world. Corn followed wheat
downward. September wheat open
ed at 83 VB cents and closed at 82 1-5
cents per bushel. September corn
opened at 98', 4 cents and closed at
97 5-8 cents per bushel. Such fig
ures as these will inspire but little
confidence in the farm relief com
mission whatever functioning thii
mission. Whatever functioning thii
pear to be getting the farmer out
of his dilemma.
Republican senatorial candidate
George M. Pritchard, made a de
mand of the state board of election!
that the United States senatorial
ticket be not combined with the
state ticket, but placed on a sepa
rate ballot. He was raising some fu
ror on the subject. The board or
Wednesday did what he demand
ed, but it is believed he did nol
want what he asked for, and got
By separating the tickets the boarc
relieved him of a campaign iten
that he could have used to some ac
count.
President Hoover will be at thi
anniversary celebration of the bat
Mr. W. E. White of Meban<
Writes Dr. Long, Ch'm'i
Board of Elections, Abou
New Registration.
Mebane, N. C.. Sept. 3, 193
Dr. WU1 S. Long.
Graham, N. C.,
Dear Sir:
I have read in the county pres
the controversy about the new reg
lstratlon in Burlington.
I have known you a long tlmt
and I knew your father, since I eai
remember anyone; and I consider
ed him, and know that my fathe
did, as one of the outstanding citi
zens of Alamance county, who ha
done as much, or more for educa
tion in our county than any othe
one individual. I have always ha
a high regard for you on accour
of your father and uncles, and
do not believe that you would in
tentlonally do anything official!
as chairman of the election boar
for the county of Alamance, ths
you did not think was honorable.
I regret that anyone should lo;
their temper, over politics. I belie \
Tax Rates and .
Tax Reductions
AN ANALYSIS
By Hoti J. Dolph Long
Former County /Attorney And
Democratic Nominee Fcr
The Legislature.
Mr. Leo Carr, Chairman,
Democratic Executive Committee,
Burlington, N. C.
Dear Sir:
The 1930 tax rate has been fixed
at $1.43 on the hundred dollar val
uation of property. This is a re
duction of ten cents over the 1929
| rate, which, was $1.53, and that rate
j was a 2 cent reduction over the 1928
irate of $1.55. The 1928 levy was
the last one made by the prior
Democratic administration.
The Republican officeholders, in
their statements with reference to
the reduction in the tax rates, pur
posely avoid any reference to the
1928 rate of $1.55, which was a re
duction of 15 cents over the 1927
rate of $1.70. The county fiscal
control act was passed by the gen
eral assembly of 1927. This act
made it necessary to include in the
1927 budget any outstanding obli
gations, not otherwise provided for,
and levy a tax sufficient to pay
such obligations in 1927. The county
had completed certain road con
struction work, and in 1927 levied
a special tax of 11 cents to meet
these road construction obligations.
The levy in 1928 omitted this spe
cial rate of 11 cents, and reduced
the school rate from 74 cents to 69
cents which, together with the oth
er normal rates, made the rate for
1928, $1.55.
The entire reduction in the tax
rate, which the present administra
tion has made, has come about be
cause of the state appropriations to
the school fund and road fund, as
made by the general assembly of
1929, whereby the school equaliza
: tion fund was substantially increas
ed, and approximately 20 per cent
I of the tax on gasoline collected by
, the state was apportioned to the
several counties.
I I have just noticed the statement
, as published by the board of educa
tion of Alamance county, from
' which it appears that a tax rate of
i 64 cents on the hundred dollar val
( uation of property is sufficient to
meet the school budget for 1930,
' and this Is a reduction of 6.3 cents
' over the school rate of 1929, which
was 70.3 cents. This leaves only 3.7
! cents of the reduction as made this
, year, as having been made by the
. board of commissioners of Ala
mance county. I should say, how
ever, that the board of commission
s ers have actually fixed the school
. that the great majority, and as
'[great a percentage of the members
5! of the Democratic party are just as
; honest as the Republicans, as we
!are all one people, and we should
[ not have any differences, or rather
? any personal differences, when it
? j comes to politics.
jj I heard from responsible parties
I in Burlington, two or three months
ago, that the statement had been
! made that they were going to have
' a new registration in Burlington,
? that they could easily get a Dcmo
licrat on the books, but the Republi
cans would have trouble in doing
'so; this refers to some Democratic
i politicians, and not to Dr. Long.
? i I recall a good many years ago,
1. that we did not have a new regis
i tration, but we did transcribe
.lor change the registration to a new
book, eliminating all those who had
(died or moved away, and simply
; transferring those who were living
-! and who were eligible to vote at
Mebane. This cost nothing, and
21 it was no trouble to the voters.
II I would respecfully suggest to you
and your board for your considera
t, tion, that Instead of a new registra
tion for Burlington, that you sim
ply transcribe all the names that
0 voted in the election in November
1928, to the new book, eliminating
i all names that were on the book
I prior to that time, who did not vote
s in November, 1928. This woulc
- answer every purpose of a new reg
istration, and would save the coun
t, ty some money and the people s
a lot of trouble.
I simply make this as a sugges
r tlon for your consideration, and :
- believe that it would eliminate al
s controversy, and be entirely satis
-1 factory to everyone who is involve!
-r: in this new registration, in the clt;
d of Burlington, whether they are Re
itlpubicans ar Democrats.
1 I am sending copy of this lette:
i-1 to the county press, with the re
g, quest that they publish, and I an
d doing this simply in the interes
it of harmony and good will and goo<
feeling.
se Yours very truly,
re W. E. WHIT!
tax rate at 65 cents on the hundred
dollars, and I am advised that the:
reason for this is to increase the
school revenue sufficiently to pro
vide a surplus against which com
missions may be charged for the
collection of school taxes, and even
at this rate there is only a 4.7 de
crease made by the board of com
missioners.
The state highway commission
certified to the board of commis
sioners of Alamance county prior
to July 1, 1929, that the amount of
money available from the gas tax
fund for Alamance county, for the
tax year 1929, was $34,320.00. This
sum In itself provides revenue to
the county in cash, without the
cost or trouble of collection, equal
to the sum produced by a tax rate
of 10 cents on the hundred dollars,
upon the entire property valuation
of the county. Notwithstanding this
available revenue for the year 1929,
the board of commissioners of Ala
mance county reduced the tax rate
for that year only 2 cents on the
hundred dollars. A like sum of
334,320.00 from the gas tax fund is
available for the tax year 1930, and
has enabled the board ot commis
sioners of Alamance county to make
such tax reductions as have been
made.
I understand that the p^sentj
board of commissioners applied this j
revenue from state highway com
misison to its debt service fund.
They reduced the rate on that fund
from 38 cents 'the last rate levied
by the Democratic board) to 33.5
cents in their 1929 levy, but they
increased the total road rate from
29 cents ' the last rate levied by the
Democratic board) to 30V4 cents.
This rate is levied for road main
tenance. I note that in their rate
this year they have reduced the
debt service levy to 31 1-2 cents
and the road maintenance levy to
28 cents on the hundred dollar val
uation.
The school rate reduction of 6.3
and the gas tax reduction of 10
cents should have given a tax re
duction of 16.3 cents on the hun
dred dollar valuation of property.
Very truly yours,
J. DFLI'H LONG.
Chairman Leo Carr Claims Demo
crats Entitled To Credit For Tax
Rate Reductions.
To the Editor of the Gleanor:
The Graham Messenger has pub
lished certain articles recently com
paring Democratic and Repub
lican county administrations. The
writer of these articles who, for
some reason does not disclose his
name, has had much to say regard
ing "fairness" in politics, and the
first act of this undisclosed writer
was to attempt to deceive the peo
ple of the county in comparing tax
rates under the Democratic admin
istration with thai ofthe Repub
licans. He gave in his article of
July 15th the Democratic rates for
1925, 1926 and 1927, showing an in
crease, but omitted the rate for
1928 in which the Democrats re
duced the tax rate 15 cents and fix
ed the rate at $1.55. The rate was
reduced only 2 cents lower in 1929,
and should have been lowered con
siderably more, as will appear from
NOTICE J3F SALE
Bv virtue of the authority given to
the undersigned Trustee in a certain
deed of trust executed by National
Heal Estate Company, dated July 28,
1928, and recorded in the office of the
Kegister of Deeds of Alamance County
in Book No. Ill and Page 94, (default
having been made in the payment of
the indebtedness thereby secured), the
undersigned Trustee will offer for sale
to the highest bidder at the courthouse
door in Graham, North Carolina, the
following described land at 12 o'clock
Noon on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1930.
Til ACT No. 1: Adjoining West Wil
iowbrook Drive, lots Nos. 1 and 3-A and
bounded as follows:
BEGINNING at corner of lot No. 1
on West Willowbrook Drive, running
thence parallel with Davis Street N. 86?
W. 150.3 ft. to a corner in lot No. 12;
, thence S. 3 36' E. 150 feet to cornei
of lot No. 3-A; thence with line of lot
No. 3-A S. 86? K. 157 feet, corner or
Willowbrook Drive; thence N. 7? 6' W
. 75 feet to corner with lot No. 2; thence
N. 0 9' W. 75 feet to the BEGIN
NINO. Being lots Nos. 2 and 3 in sec
? tion 2, Block C of the survey of Brook
r, wood.
TRACT No. 2: BEGINNING at ?
, corner of lot No. 3-A on Avcock Ave
i nue; running thence N*. with the line of
' : A and 3 143.1 ft. N. 3a 36' W. t<
? I corner with Lot No. 12 on lot No. 3
.j thence S. *2r 19' W. parallel with Ay
cock Avenue 280 feet to corner with lol
J No. 8; thence with the line of lot No
s S. 3? 36' K. about 143 feet to Aycoel
? ' Avenue; thence with line of Aycoel
[ Avenue N. 83 7' 11. 280 feet to tin
. BEGINNING. Being lots Nos. 4, 5, 6
and 7 in Block C, Section 2 of the sur
? vev of Brook wood.
1 TRACT No. 3: A certain tract oi
I parcel of land in Burlington Township
Alamance County, North Carolina
bounded as follows:
1 Being lots Nos. 1, 2, and 3, Block (
T of the sub-division of the Jas. A. Tur
_ rentine lands ns platted by A. I. Schis
lor. Surveyor, as shown on the pla
? record in tho office of Register of Deed
t for Alamance County in Plat Book Nc
i 2, Page No. 3 of said sub-division.
TERMS OF SALE: CASH.
This the 9th dav of August, 1930.
NORTH CAROLINA TBU8'
I COMPANY, Trustee.
letter of Mr. J. Dolph Long, pub
lished in this issue of your paper. If
this writer wanted to be fair in pol
itics, I ask him why he omitted the
1928 tax rate if It were not for the
specific intention of misleading the
casual reader, who does not look for
details?
This writer tried to make much
of the fact that the Democrats had
increased the bonded indebtedness
of the county, whereas the Republi
cans have issued no bonds. To be
sure the Democrats had to issue
some bonds with which to build a
new and modern courthouse, a
modern county home, a stockade,
18 or 20 miles of hard surface roads,
about nine miles of catchnite
road, at least 150 miles of sand clay
road, numerous bridges, many ex
cellent school buildings and to
maintain the roads in excellent
condition at all times which they
did and which the Republicans
have failed to do until the last
month or two when they have
started working them to get ready
for the election. The writer of
this article referring to the pay
ments due on bonds uses this lan
guage: "This makes a total of
money that has to be paid by the
taxpayers of the county of approx
imately $175,000 for which the coun
ty and the taxpayers get absolute
ly nothing." Again I ask that
writer if he thinks that statement
has any truth or fairness in it?
In the same article it is stated
that the Republicans have saved
$150,000 on road maintenance. This
type of economy is the most reck
less extravagance that public offi
cials could commit for in the 21
months the Republicans have been
in office the damage done to the
roads through failure to properly
repair and maintain them is, in the
opinion of many citizens of the
county, three or four times greater
than the $150,00 which the Republi
cans claim to have saved.
Then Mr. Editor, I want to say
that the records indicate that the
annual payment on bonds met by
the Republicans their first year in
office did not exceed that paid by
the Democrats by more than $10,
000. If they spend each year only
$10,000 in excess of what the Dem
ocrats paid annually on bonds, and
if they have saved $150,000 more
than the Democrats did in road
maintenance and in addition to
this have received approximately
$75,000 from the state gasoline tax
which the Democrats did not get,
making a total of $225,000,1 want
to ask them what they have done
I with the money? It certainly has
not been reflected in a reduction
of the tax rate, for as Mr. Long
points out in his letter referred to
above, they have this year reduced
the tax rate only 3.7 cents on the
hundred dollars valuation.
Now, Mr. Editor, I am informed
that the Republican board of com
missioners has recently ordered
that the sheriff shall charge the
school fund and all special tax
funds in the county 2 3-4 per cent
Mortgagee's Sale oi Real
Property!
Pursuant to the authority vest
ed in the undersigned mortgagee
by that certain mortgage deed
'executed by Win, Gaston Foust
to the undersigned, dated Sep
tember 26, 1929, recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds fot
! Alamance County, N. C., in Mort
gage Deed Book 115, at page 27,
which said mortgage deed was
given for the purpose of securing
the payment of a certain note ol
even date therewith; and, where
as, default has been made in th<
| payment of said note, the under
signed mortgagee, under th<
terms and provisions of saic
1 mortgage, will offer for sale, al
public auction to the last, anc
highest bidder for cash, the fol
I lowing described real property, al
the courthouse door in Graham
[ N'. C, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th,
l 1930, AT 12:00 O'CLOCK,
NOON:
A certain piece or tract of lane
. lying and being in Burlingtoi
Township, Alamance County
State of N. C. and described ant
' defined as follows, to-wit:
r A certain tract of land adjoin
> ing the lands of Walter William:
> and Lindsay Jeffreys, beginning
i at the Northwest corner of W. F
Williams 011 Jeffreys Avenue, run
1 ning with Jeffreys Avenue Nortl
1 43 ft. to an iron stake: thence a
right angles Fast with Lindsa;
.'j Jeffreys' line 84 ft. to an iroi
I stake; thence in an Easterly
' direction 30 ft. to Northeast corn
'jer with said Williams' lot; theno
' with W. I". Williams' line 114 ft
' to the beginning.
This sale subject to advance
j bids as provided by law.
s This the 26th day of August
>? '930
K. F. K1RKPTRICK,
Mortgagee
r LONG AND ROSS,
Attorneys.
j
commission for collecting said)
funds. This has never been heard of1
before, in this county since the
sheriff's office was put on a salary j
basis, and they are doing this in the j
face of the statement in their ar-j
tide that they have saved the coun
ty $150,000 on roads. Again, I ask
if they saved all this money, why
is it necessary for them to charge
the school children of Alamance
county for collecting these taxes?
The amount of money they will
get from the school fund by this
charge will be approximately $7,
000, or the equivalent of a 2 cents
tax rate. This means that the Re
publicans levied a tax rate of $1.53
for 1929; that they couldn't operate
on that amount; they found the
Democratic board of education had
sufficient money on hand by rea
son of its economic operations and
they are taking this money by
charging the commission named
above. In other words, the Dem
ocrats are responsible for the re
duction of 2 cents in 1929. They are
responsible for 6.3 cents of the re
duction in 1930. So we see that in
the two years the Republicans have
been in office the board of commis
sioners has in reality contributed to
the total 12 cents reduction in tax
rate the meagre sum of 3.7 cents.
The high tax rate of $1.70 in 1927
has been explained by Mr. Long.
The reduction since that time has
( been made as follows:
1928 Democrats 15.0cents
1929 Democrats 2.0 cents
| 1930 Democrats 6.3 cents
1930 Republicans 3.7 cents
Total 27.0 cents
The rate has been reduced since
!
Notice i
Trustee's SaW Real Estate
ance^R A,amance Insur
uReal Estate Company on
the 2;th day of October, 1926
executed and delivered to W f'
-Sharpe, Trustee, a deed of trust
on certain lands in Alamance
County, State of North Carolina
herein described, to secure the
payment of the sum of $2,700.00
&URe'Y\ "Alamance Insurance
Estate Company, to Ala
tToTL Builders Associa
tion named as third party in the
deed of trust herein referred to
which deedI of trust is reCorded in
le office of the Register of Deeds
for Alamance County, in Book of
Deeds of Trust No. 86, page 192
to which reference is hereby
1"?^ Sa K n?te and deed
trust haying been sold and as
signed to Continental Mortgage
Company, Assignees, and Ala
mance Insurance & Real Estate
'Company having sold the prop
erty to other parties, and default
mg heen made by them in the
payment of the monthly install
T^Y iT'" P7JVlded; the whole
of said debt and interest becomes
dm. and payable as provided in
said deed of trust; and the said
Alamance Home Builders Asso
ciation has requested the under
signed trustee to execute the trust
therein contained;
NOW, THEREFORE, notice
IS hereby given that under and
by virtue of the power contained
in the said deed of trust, the un
dersigned trustee will, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
1930, AT TWELVE
O'CLOCK NOON,
at the Courthouse door'in the
town of Graham, by public auc
tion sell to the highest bidder for
cash the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
. A certain tract or parcel of land
in Alamance County, North Caro
lina, adjoining the lands of S. E.
Jeffries, C. F. Rauhut and others,
bounded as follows, to-wit i
Beginning at a rock or stake on
east side of Mebane Street, 71-1/3
ft. from Morehead St.; running
thence south 36 deg. 36 min. east
parallel with Morehead St. and
with S. E. Jeffries line 203-1/4 ft
to a rock or stake on C. F. Rau
hut s line; thence north 53 deg.
24 min. east with said Rauhut's
hne ft. to a rock or stake
which is also J. W. Cates corner
thence north 36 deg. 36 min. west
203-1/4 ft. to a rock or stake on
Mebane St.; thence south 53 deg
24 min. West 71-1/3 ft. to the be
ginning, being a portion of lot
Ao. 20 of the town plat of Bur
lington, located in the eastern
part of said town.
Said lands will be sold to sat
isfy the debt secured by said deed
of trust and such title will bt
gi\en as is vested in said Trustee
I his sale will be made subject
to increased bids as provided by
law, and will be held open for ten
days after sale to give opporunity
for such bids.
This 20th clay ot August, 1931
e CONTINENTAL MORI
GAGE CO., Assignees,
ALAMANCE HOME
BUILDERS ASSOCIA
TION, Party of the Thir
Part,
W. E. SHARPE, Truste,
M. C TERRELL, Attorney.
\ *
1927 a total of 27 cents. Hie Dem
ocrats are responsible for 23.3 cents
of this reduction and the Republi
cans only 3.7 cents. And yet they
pose as disciples of economy. I
am willing to leave It to the sound
judgment of the people of the
county as to who has the best rec
ord for tax reduction.
This August 30, 1930.
LEO CARR.
Notice of Re-Sale of
Land.
U nder and by virtue of the pow
ar of sale contained in a certain
mortgage deed, executed by C.
L. Wall, trading as the Carolina
Garage, and Fannie G. Wall,
wife of said C. L. Wall, to At
lantic Bank & Trust Company,
Mortgagee, and A . W .
McAlister, Assignee, dated
June 20th, 1924, and recorded
in Book No. 83, at pages No.
212 and 215 in the Office of the
Register of Deeds for Alamance
county, North Carolina, default
having been made in the pay
ment of the indebtedness there
by secured, and demand having
been made for sale, the under
signed Mortgagee and Assignee
will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash at the
Court House door in Graham,
N. C., at 12 o'clock, Noon, on
SATURDAY, SEPT. 6, 1930,
the following described proper
ty, located in the county of
Alamance, North Carolina.
A tract or parcel of land situ
ate in Alamance county, North
Carolina, and bounded as fol
fows: That tract or parcel of
land situated, lying and being
in the County aforesaid, adjoin
ing the lands of Gordon Lewis
and others, bounded as follows:
Begins at a rock on Lewis old
line, running north 62 poles to
a hickory; then west 165 poles
to a rock; then south 124 poles
to a rock; then 10J- poles to a
poplar; then north 90 deg east
166 poles to the first station,
containing 74? acres of land,
be the same more or less.
The bidding is to begin at
the sum of $1470.00.
This the 9th day of August,
1930.
ATLANTIC BANK & TRUST
COMPANY. Mortgagee.
A. W. McALISTER, Assignee.
Hoyle & Harrison, Att'ys.
Mortgagee's Sale of Real
Real Estate.
Under and pursuant to tqe
power of sale contained in that
certain mortgage deed executed
by J. G. Black and wife, Mattie
Black, to the undersigned, Mrs.
T. L. Fitzgerald, on the 20th
day of November, 1921, and re
corded in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds for Alamance
County in Mortgage Deed Book
81, page 170, default having
been made in the payment of
the debt secured thereby, I will
offer for sale at public auction,
to the highest bidder, for cash,
at the courthouse door in Gra
ham, North Carolina, on
MONDAY, SEPT. 22, 1930,
at 12:00 o'clock, noon, the fol
lowing described real property,
to-wit:
A tract or parcel of land in
the County of Alamance and
State of North Carolina, in Gra
ham Township, adjoining the
lands of Willis Covington, col
ored, Jesse Bradshaw, and
bounded as follows:
Beginning at an iron bar, said
Covington corner, ou North side
of a street running from prem
ises of Will Shepherd to premis
es of Oneida Cotton Mills: run
ning with said street S 87^ deg
E 57 ft to an iron bar; thence
N 2? deg E 198 ft to a stake in
Bradshaw's line; thence ,vith
said Bradshaw's line N 87-J deg
W 57 ft tc a stake in said Cov
ington's line; thence with said
Covington's line S 2$ deg W
198 ft to the beginning, con
taining Thirty-four One-hun
dredths (.3d) of an acre, more
or less. On said lot is situated
a five-room cottag.
This sale will be made subject
to advance bids, as provided by
law for mortgagees' sales.
This the 21st day of August,
1930.
MRS. T. L. FITZGERALD,
Morigagee.
J. Dolpli Long, Atty.
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