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m ALAMAHCE QLKAlfXK, QKAHAM. a. a ,, THE GLEANER GRAHAM. N. C., JAN. 1, 1931. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY. J. D. KERNODLE, Editor. $1.00 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Entered at tne Postoffloe at tirabam. .N Q.. as aeco.... oIhsm matter. The last census, according to a rcent report from the census bureau at Washington, gave the number of unemployed In different classes in North Carolina, males 40,537, fe males 16,879, out of a total popula tion of 3,170,276. This is not a bad showing at the time the census was taken last spring, but conditions grew worse for months afterward, and even now employment condi tions are not as good as they were when the census was taken. Speaking of helping business, there is, in addition to other helps, that of prompt payment of obli gations. A failure of one at the head of the line to pay makes it hard on his creditor. The latter will, of necessity, perhaps, have to pass the trouble to another, and so on down the line. Whereas, if the first, or head man, had paid, probably some one in the line would have carried a portion of the payment back to the head man to settle an obliga tion. Banks and business concerns, de claring dividends at the close of the past year, have put large sums in circulation. Many, no doubt, have strained a point to make the divi dend as large as safety would per mit, having an eye to helping busi ness get back on its feet and re lieve cramped conditions. If one thing more than" another is needed now, it is the circulation of more money. It is the one thing, and only thing, that will leaven business. The General Assembly will ?convene on Wednesday next. The big thing that confronts the new Legislature is devising ways and means for relief from the tax burden the people are struggling under. Gov. Gard ner is working on plans which he will submit to the law mak ers. But the way out is neith er clear nor certain. It is a job that will require the best thought of legislators and busi ness men. Otto Wood is dead. Was 'shot to death in Salisbury Tues day by Chief of Poliece R. L. Rankin. It was a gun battle in which the Chief, Otto and Po liceman J. W. Kesler engaged. The Chief fired five shots. Otto four, andliesler two. Neither ?of the officers was hit. The <Chief put a ball in Otto's head "which caused almost instant 'death. Otto, 36 years old, was sent to the State prison in 1923 for 22 to 30 years tor killing a pawnbroker in Greensboro He had escaped prison four times, the last time on the 10th of last July. The Federal Government hat made available at once *8U,000, ?OOO for highway construction in the States. North Carolina's share of this fund is $1,924,775. The purpose of making the fund Available at once is to aid in un employment relief. For months ?construction of Federal build ings in this and other States lias been under consideration ^without much a-doing. If these [had been speeded up, some re lief would have been afforded from the widespread depression, but the Government has a way of taking all the time necessary, then some, in doing things. Iu V* times such as have prevailed for ? the past year a little speeding is the proper thing. Anson county turkey growers co operated to sell 200 plucked birds to* the, Christmas market. Governor Gardner's Radio Speech J t Gives Out His Plan For Saving The State Government ? $400,000 On Purchases For The Numerous i Government Departments. t I would much prefer to bring you,c my raldo audience, a Christmas message in harmony with the hol iday spirit so prevalent at this sea son of the year, but the early con vening of our state legislature, to which I am confidently looking for i : tax reduction and still maintain a balanced state budget, makes it necessary for me to forego the sea- j 1 sonal message for one pertaining to the needed statutory changes rela | tive to the administration of our j state's expenditures. The prudent farmers, manufac-1 Iturers and bus! ess people of our i I state have for the past year and j more been gradually, but surely, re- | adjusting their business in har- j mony with the financial conditions j that so generally prevail. Out of the i financial stress and stringency un- j j der which we are now laboring greater efficiency and more prudent ! economies are now and will con | [ tinue to be devised and inaugurated and I have an abiding faith thatj the business people and the farm- ' ers of our state will ultimately win' a triumphant victory over our pres ent depressed financial conditions. Of all the many perplexing prob lems which have required solution at my hands as governor of this great state the one of re-adjusting the administration of our state gov ernment, particularly its many and varied expenditures so as to balance , state expenses with our constantly and greatly decreasing tax receipts, has required, and has received my most serious and thoughtful con sideration. Foreseeing a serious shrinkage in our tax receipts during the first year of my administration we inau gurated a general re-adjustment in our state expenditures by which we reduced the cost of our state government ten per cent. The sec ond year of my administration be gan under conditions which clearly i indicated the necessity of still, , greater economy and more rigid efficiency and to meet the condi tions I made a 20 per cent cut in state expenditures to keep expen , ses where they would not exceed our tax receipts. We have made these savings without seriously im pairing the services being rendered by the state, but now approach the point where further cuts would im pair the service rendered unless we make statutory changes and re-or ganizations which can only be au thorized by the legislature of the state through enactment of new statutes. It is my purpose to recom mend to our state legislature, soon to assemble, the enactment of sev eral laws which will provide for the consolidation and re-organization of various agencies and depart ments of our state government so as to promote both economy and efficiency. But I wish to present to my radio audience tonight, a brief discussion of only one of the changes which I expect to ask the legislature to make. I am convinced that a large sav ing could be made by changing the method by which purchases are now made of the millions of articles and supplies required by the state. Our present method of purchasing was established many years ago when the state bought but little. Each hospital, institution and de partment was auhorized by law to buy the few articles they then re quired. This same method has been employed until today the state has ninety-nine different hospital, school, boards, departments and a gencies, all buying articles to be paid for by the state. The same method has been pursued by the i individual hospitals, departments land schools, which in turn have j distributed their purchasing au thority to the heads of different de 11 partments until today we have en ! tirely too large a number of people buying supplies and equipment to be paid for hy the state. This vest ing of the right to purchase by Ieg i islative authority into the hands of 1 so large a number of different insti ; tutlons and people in many in stances fnakes necessary the pur chasing by retail at retail prices. ( When the present method was es tablished we had but few hospitals, but few schools and few needs. At that time the state made purchases aggregating only a few thousand dollars annually and it was then of necessity a retail business. Today In North Carolina the va rious departments and institutions purchase annually about $6,000,000 worth of supplies, materials, and equipment necessary and essential to the operation of the state gov ernment. Of this six million ap proximately two million goes for i the purchase of highway materials and institutions. These vast pur , 111 chases should be handled by one r central department which could 0 thus buy In large quantities from d manufacturers, producers and deal- s ers upon competitive bids at large 0 savings to the state. I What does this outlay of four mil- s lion dollars represent? It represents a the costs Incurred in feeding and c clothing the inmates of our hos- b pitals for the insane, the feeble- lj minded, the tubercular, the crip pled. A large proportion of it goes b to feed the inmates of our penal a and 'correctional institutions, n Equipment and supplies are need- b ed by all state educational institu- o tions. Our annual food bill is $1,- 0 121,840, of which amount nearly ? half a million is spent for meats b and meat products. About $150,000 si is spent for canned goods and the t: same amount for cereal products, a We buy nearly $75,000 worth of a wearing apparel for our institution al population. Our dry gods and it sewing supplies' bill runs to $115,- a 000, including $18,000 for blankets c: alone. To operate the institutional o plants throughout the state we ti have to purchase nearly $400,000 si worth of coal every year and $140,- ? 000 worth of lumber, paints and ? hardware supplies. Office, medical ti and educational supplies cost us d another $140,000 annually. In our si total expenditures for the operation v, of the various state farms amount- 1; ing to $425,000 we find the items ii of $78,000 for fertilizers and $96,- b 000 for feed and forage. The state / printing and binding bill ran about i $300,000 last year. n Practically every one of' the 99 w agencies, hospitals and schools own- b ed by the state purchases separate- o ly and independently. With the ex- k ception of some co-operative buy- v ing of supplies here in Raleigh and n some limited central control which f is exercised over state printing, we u have failed to adopt any of the sys- n tematic or scientific methods of a public buying. Instead of buying In b carload lots at low prices we buy S' in case lots at high prices. Instead of buying a thousand pairs of shoes n we buy a dozen pairs of shoes. In- c stead of buying or contracting for r large quantities of coal we purchase t individual institutional require- r ments separately. Some agencies s buy from the manufacturer, some b from the jobber, some from the n wholesaler, and some from the re- n tailer. a We are up against the necessity a of having to reduce costs of gov- t | eminent in North. Carolina and the p only way I know to reduce the tax li burden is to reduce public expendl- a tures. Economy in state government t demands that we adopt and apply r business principles to our govern- p ment as one step in lessening the a j burden on our taxpayers. Our pub- r lie affairs must be placed on a g | sound business basis. v If there is one development in ' I state government which offers a ' I means for securing economy and rereduced expenditures, I believe it 2 | is that of centralized buying. Our n whole state governmental structure I: I has been built up on the p'hiloso- s ) phy that once a department or in- d stitution has been created it be- t . comes a separate entity. It is so ap- I j parent that but little argument 'should be necessary to establish ; that buying in volume and in open t keen competition and in such quan- p i titles as the state requires, is bound v to result in great savings to the i I state. I find that 36 state govern- I ments have central purchasing or t contracting agencies and that we 1 are in that group of twelve states c which has yet failed to take advan- I tage of this economipal and effi- c clent method of purchasing. Cer- s tainly no successful busines organi- 5 ration could survive long if it per- v mitted each of its units to go out in the market and buy Individually, r thus making competitors of them- t ' selves. i o remedy tnis delect to meet the J demands lor economy and efflclen- < cywhich the citizens of this state 1 are making, I propose to recom- i mend to the general assembly next month a bill providing for the crea- 1 tlon of a central purchasing or con- < i trading agency. An exhaustive sur- 1 vey of our state government shows ! that the establishment of such an i agency would result In savings of I $400,000 annually, or approximately 1 10 per cent of our present pur- ! chases. I woud be willing to Oder to i make a bond to save the taxpayers 1 ; of this state at least $400,000 the 1 I first year of the operation of this i I bill. This figure does not include any estimated savings on highway materials Slnce/I believe that the ' purchasing department of the high- 1 way commission Is buying effective- 1 i iy and cheaply by reason of bulk I uying. Any means offering such substantial saving In state expen ltures should merit the attention f all of us Interested In promoting conomy and efficiency In govern lent. This bill will provide that the re uirements needed by all institu lons and departments shall be amped and bids asked for. Upon eceipt of these bids they will be pened In public with all the bid ers and Interested persons present o that there can be no possibility f graft of any kind. Contracts will hen be awarded to the lowest re ponsible bidders and institutions nd departments will draw on the ontraCts as needed. No monies will e handled by the central contract ig agency. A second duty of the purchasing ureau would be that of seeing that 11 surplus products produced or lanufactured at our various state istitutions would be distributed to | ther state institutions. A sysem j f distribution would bring about j oncrete savings. There seems to e no reason why all our agencies hould not use the brooms manu ictured at the blind school for ex mple, or canned goods produced t our state farms. I am calling attention to this one em of contracting and purchasing s evidence of the underlying prin iples involved in the plan for re rganizatlon of state government 3 be presented to the general as smbly. It is illustrative of the ne essity for closer integration and o-ordination in the administra ion of our public affairs. Our whole evelopment shows that we have et up departments and institutions 'ithout definite ties to other close / related agencies. We have con nued to grow on that theory and asis. It may have been that fifty ears ago with poor transportation nd communication facilities it was ecessary to proceed along the line re did. Our whole tendency has een to unite this great state into ne family but we have failed to eep abreastof this development dth respect to our state govern ient. Our sole aim and goal in the uture should be to co-ordinate and nify our work to the end that the laximum of service shall result at minimum cost. Economies can be rought about without sacrifice of ervice. The time has come in the eco lomic life of this state to face new onditions and to face them cou ageously. I propose to present to he general assembly a series of ecommendations dealing with con olldatlon and re-organization iased upon sound experience in lodern governmental activities. In [taking these recommendations I m actuated by pnly one purpose ,nd that is constructive service to he public welfare. I shall take my irogram to the legislature and urge t upon the members of the general .ssembly as the chosen representa ives of the people. We are fortu late in having a legislature com losed of members who are capable, ,ble and patriotic. I am sure we will eason together In a spirit of sln [leness of purpose In absolute de otion to North Carolina. /Ow Yielding Cows Make No Profit Tabulating yearly records from ,326 cows In the six herd improv nent associations In North Caro Ina, John A. Arey, dairy extension pecialist at State college, finds a llflerence of $54.08 in profits be ween high yielding and loW yield ng cows. "Those animals producing an av rage of $300 or more pounds of luttcrfat a year gave an Increased irofit of $54.08 over another group vhich produced less than 250 >ounds of fat a year," says Mr. trey. "The average of each cow in he high producing group was 7, 97 pounds of milk and 323 pounds if fat. In this group were 464 cows n 18 different herds. The average if each cow In the low producing [roup was 5,197 pounds of milk and 119.5 pounds of fat. In this group vere 857 cows from 31 herds." The average feed cost of the high nilkers was $145.64 a year and of he low milkers was $108.72 a year. Therefore, says Mr. Arey, It cost 136.92 more to feed the high pro luclng cows for one year but in re ,urn an additional $91 worth of nilk was secured. Mr. Arey says he considered the 'eed costs only In making these cal culations. He is convinced had he nquired too closely into all costs, >uch as the expenses of delivering nilk and other items, the cows in :he low producing group would not lave returned any proflit whatever. Some of them were carried at an ictual loss and should be sold for ieef if their production could not le Increased by better feeding and :are. One tobacco farmer in the Stoney Sreek section of Caswell county has planted 70 acres of wheat this win ter to begin a live-at-home pro iram. ' Creosote Fence Posts For Longer Life i I With the expansion of pastures and the greater interest in livestock throughout North Carolina there is ( more need for good fences, and good fences are dependent upon good posts, in the opinion of A. T. Holman, agricultural engineer at State college. "The life of fence posts may be effectively increased by treating them with creosote," says Mr. Hol man. "Effective methods of doing this on the farm are rather sim ple. The open tank process may be used on any farm and all posts therefore, should be treated. Every farmer knows that any kind of tim ber will eventually decay. Some kinds will decay earlier than oth ers due to the uses they are put to and the kind of wood. Fence posts decay first a few inches below the surface of the ground." Mr. Holman says the longleaf or yellow cypress, mulberry and black locust are among the most satis- i factory woods used for fence posts. Sap woods are very unsatisfactory unless treated with creosote. In using the open tank process of treatment, two tanks are employed, one for hot treatment and the oth er for cold. The landowner may set a 100 gallon steel oil drum with the head removed from one end. This should be used for the first treatment and another drum or trough may be used for the second. The coal tar creosote or similar preservative is placed in the first tank and heated to 175 degrees Farenheit. The posts are placed in this tank and allowed to remain standing on end for about an hour after which they are removed and placed in the cold tank. In this, the creosote is main tained at a temperature of not less than 50 degrees. Standing here for 30 minutes will complete the treat ment. Generally the ground end of the post is treated in the first tank and the whole post in the second. The material should penetrate the wood to three-fourths of an inch, says Mr. Holman. Receiver's Re-sale of Real Estate Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a cer tain mortgage deed of trust duly executed by R. B. Thomas and wife, Mabel B. Thomas, in favor Piedmont Trust Company, Trus tee,on the 6th day of April, 1920, and securing the payment of a series of bonds numbered from 1 to 7, both inclusive, bearing even date with said mortgage deed of trust and payable to bearer, each in the sum of $400.00, default having been made in the payment of said in debtedness as in said mortgage deed ot trust provided, and by the further authoritv of an or der of the Superior Court of Al amance county in an action therein pending, and being No. 3682 upon the civil issue docket, the undersigned Receiver of Piedmont Trust Company will, on the second Monday in Jan., 1931, at 10 o'clock, a. m., the same being the 12th DAY OF JAN., 1931, at the courthouse door in Ala mance county, offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the following described real property, to-wi': A certain tract or parcel of land in Alamance County, North Carolina, being lot No. 43 in block C, in what is known as the Ireland property, describ ed as follows: Beginning at an iron stake on Grace street, adjoining No. 42, C. B. Thomas' lot; running thence with said lot 170$ f. with the line of C. B. Thomas to an iron stake; thence with the line of Jim Hayes 50.ft to an iron stake; thence parallel with the line of C. B. Thomas back to Grace street 170$ ft to an iron stake; thence with the line of Grace street 50 ft to the point of beginning. Said mortgage deed ? f trust is recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Alamance County in Book 87 at page 10. The terms of the sale will be cash upon the date of the sale and the purchaser will be fi.rnisbed with a certificate by said Receiver certify ing the amount of his bid aud receipt of the purchase price, and the sale will be left open ten days thereafter for the placing of ad ranc hed bids as reqnired by law. This is a re-sale and bidding will begin at 1868.22. This the 24th day of Dec , 1930. THOMAS D. COOPER, Receiver Piedmont Trust Co j J. JDaJpu Swag, Attj. \ I NOTICE! Sale of Keal Estate Under Mortgage. ' Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain mortgage deed executed and delivered by Willie High tower and wife, Sophronia Hightower. to Dr. J. L. Ker nodle, under date of January 6th, 1926, which note and mortgage deed were transferred and assigned to the Bank of Gibson ville and which mortgage is duly recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Ala mance County in Book 99 of Mortgage Deeds, page 277, de fault having been made in the payment of principal and in terest at maturity of the mort gage thereby secured and the holder of said note having demanded sale of the said prop erty hereinafter and in said Mortgage Deed described and subject to the conditions here- ' inafter stated, the undersigned 1 will on MONDAY, JAN. 26, 1931, at 12:00, noon, offer for sale at public auction at the courthouse door in Gra ham, Alamance County, North Carolina, the following described real estate, to-wit: A certain piece or tract of land lying and beipg in Ala mance CouDty, State aforesaid, in Pleasant Grove Township, and delined and described as fellows, to-wit: the following tract or parcel of land lying and being in Pleasant Grove Township in said County and State, bounded and described as follows; BEGINNING at point ers on Stagg Creek, the N. E. corner of Turner Moore's land; thence with his line N. 83? W. 46 chs. 15 Iks. to a stake, Moore's N. W. corner on the public road; thence up said road N. 28| E. 2 chs. to a stake, a corner of lot No. 5, B. S. Benson: thence with his line S. 89? E. 51 chs. 20 Iks to pointers on Stagg Creek; thence down said creek as it meanders to the first station. Contain ing 23 8-10 (Twenty three and eight tenths) acers more or less. The same being a part of the Griffis lands, being lot No. 4 in subdivision of J. H.McLeod. Increased bids may be placed, is provided by law, only within ben days from date of sale. This the 19th day or Decem ber, 1930. Dr. J. L. Kernodle, Mortgagee. Bank of Gibsonville, Assignee. rbomaa <b Madry, Atty'a'~~ Kidney Acids. Break Sleep ^u?a| tlons. makes you feel tired, depressed and (iiscouraged, try the Cystex Test. aaarffifs thousand, for rapid and Posttlvo ac tlon. Don't give up. Try Cystex (Pro nounced Siss-tez) today, underthe Iron-Clad Guarantee. 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