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THE CHATHAM RECORD rU’.IJSHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. msCLSSiON Ur COUNTY GOVERNMENT | u . lto Student of the Tui vt.rsi(v Makes Study of foutily Administration . Carolina counties have been in all three phases of coun :V^ce, that is, taxing, collecting impending, according to a study l bv Paul W. Wager, of Hector, v a graduate student in the e rdty and a research assistant biology, "ho told of the de ‘ e les in a paper just read be l'^e North Carolina club. The I comprises University students Icially interested in studying the tf ’ s needs andremedfcis. r assessing property the state is ••further away from a standard nation than ever before” despite Revelation act passed by x the Le ature in 1919; Mr. Wager said, explained that as a result of this v e a value of all proper m from $1,099,000,000 to $3,- 000,000 or an increase of nearly . . it and there were added to T ‘ iX boo ks more than one million ! ! -f land that had previously iped taxation. however, that j this revaluation was 1 'tiring a period inflation I rfrgr the slump there had to be j P'-.'iuit.r.ent which was left by j Armature in the hands of the I L .chanties with the result | t we are now further away from tarind valuation than ever be-; he delinquent taxpayer was dis- w i rext . Mr. Wager’s study re ea -bat the usual procedure of E(r his property for sa e was lit jjoit of a farce. In actual prac ;ie said, no bona fide sale is .uctecl, I* irst, nobody wants to b ase (i annoyance involved eaini' a valid title, and the coun- , g,: a ls won’t buy for fear of the I elf or.. Thus the unpaid j stand against the land, and j a new set of county officials iin who don’t cure to be made j ipv.lar by trying to collect old i 5 and th: slate is wiped clean, j Wager found that in some j ties the loss from unco 1 . due to tax methods, was as kas 10 or 15 percent, ten, too, he found the cost of *ting taxes unnecessarily high i result of paying the sheriff on immission basis, that official be paid five percent on the first | DOO collected and two and one- j percent on the balance. With s averaging $280,000 per toun le thought that is a pretty lucre commissi- n. Mr. Wager referred be treasurer as another unneces -1 county expense, which office flur.tics have already abolished »vor of banks which handle the S without cost. >e other main source of waste ound to be in the expenditure of ’ 1922 there were only 14 coun ’whost current expenditure were %i SIOO,OOO, while there were a that spent over $500,000,” he "Strange as it may seem, only l or four of these counties have matk business-like methods of 1 these funds. No business no complete audit, and no 1 l °dical bookkeeping. Most of the • a k are elected because they are fellows and need the office.” • Hager cited a long list of ac- ' recently brought to light 3 the state which illustrated binis of waste, inefficiency, and bnal fraud: county it was discovered a carload <of flour had been to a merchant. If the flour h ’ er returned there was no re t° show for r/! ’iff had collected about $2,000 u ‘ e reports had teen sent in e editor. In Lenoir county an ; ave(i the county about $30,000, ■ ; ue auditor- did not charge any With i.r ntional wrong-doir.g l aresu 1 . of laxity in the keep tly- records. county the sheriff was , J short. Yet the voters re lated him. He later withdrew aß| ldacy. i n another county of the court misappropri ate $27,000 before finally he ight. 15 a common thign to begin collections for the new Y ear L he books are closed for the llls year." Mr. Wager said. “In this way shortages may be conceal- 1 ed for years. In the county the commissioners had not had a settle ment with the sheriff in four years. ‘‘ln our national government we have a chief executive who appionts the heads of the departments. In a city either the mayor or city mana ger has the appointive power. But in the county there is no chief exe cutive and no gradation of authority. Even the county commissioners have no effective control over the separ ate offices. They simply audit the books for payment after the debt has been contracted. If the bill is reasonable they pay it, if it is un reasonable they fume a little and then pay it.” Mr. Wager mentioned the princi ples of business efficiency in oounty administration which it was said "would help to lessen the waste of public funds: 1. Lust all property at a uniform rate of valuation. 2. Attach a heavy penalty to the willful concealment of taxable wealth. 3. Abolish township assessors and all other township officers. 4. Abolish the office of. county treasurer. 5. Collect all unpaid taxes from personal propeity if possible. Land should be sold as a last resort and I then it should be a bona fide* sale. 6. Except in the poorest counties, put all officers on a salary basis; every fee and commission to be col lected and accounted for. ! 7. Devise and install a simple and uniform accounting system in every county, with a manual of in structions. 8. Secure adequate appropriations to provide the state auditor with a competent set of field agents so the manager to execute the orders of the board, act as purchasing agent, audit the bills as presented, and pre pare the annual budget. 10. Establish a budget system hi every county and publish each year an intelligible report of the finances. 9. Provide a full-time business annual audits may be completed. o A Hallowe’en Party Carbonton, Nov. 3. —On Friday evening, October 31, at the home of 1 Mr. and Mis. J. M. Dismukes, a de- , lightful Hallowe’en party was given Lighted pumpkins greeted the guests ' at the door, where they were receiv ed by the hostess, Miss Ethel Dis mukes. The guests were then shown intto the weird parlor which was dim ly lighted and at every corner and window could be seen the spooks of Hallowe’en. This home was beautfiully decor ated with long-leaf pine, and jack o’lanterns hanging here and there profusion of Hallowe’en decorations, including black cats, owls, and bats. All the guests were invited to fish among the- ghosts, witches, and a in the pond, where they caught bag’s of chocolate candy with walnutts in it. Next they were asked to have a peanut in which they found their for tune, each one being required to read his aloud. Among the other games was the pining of a pipe in the man’s mouth. Each guest was blindfold? 1 and asked to pin the pipe in the man’s mouth. Mr. Bill Tyson, being the lucky one, received the prize. The guests were then invited into the din ning room, which was beautifully de corated with autummn leaves, pot plants, and chrysanthemums. Each one found his place by means of a small pumpkin on it. Hot chocolate and sandwiches were served. SANDFORD’S NEW FURNITURE STORE With a third great furniture store opened, Sanford would seem to be prepared to do a great part of the house-furnishing business of this great section of central North Caro lina. The new concern is the Cen tral Carolina Furniture Co., with lo cation on Steele Street. The com pany is a corporation, but in its man agement and sales force it has a strong personal appeal to Chatham folk. Mr. C. L. Gunter, of that for- ; mer part of Chatham lying near Moncure, is the genial and efficient manager, which Mrs. Gunter is a right-hand man in the institution. As salesman Chatham folk will recognize Mr. Fred Rpy, who was reard near Pittsboro. The new store had its big opening last Saturday, as announced in its page advertisement in last week s Record. l gg= SEE YOUR LABEL AEi PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY’, NOVEMBER 13, 1924 THE CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS COMING Pittsboro to Have Amateur Dramatic Group of University Next Wednesday Evening The Carolina Playmakers, of the University of North Carolina, will present three plays at the School Auditorium in Pittsboro on Wednes day, November 19th, at 8:15 p. m. These plays are based on the folk lore of this State. They are written and produced by students of the Uni versity. The productions of the Carolina Playmakers compare favorably with the best plays presented in the first class theaters of the largest cities of the country. Everywhere they have shown, they have received the high est praise from the press and the pub lic. In fact, these plays are of such merit that the Carolina Playmakers BROWN’S CHAPEL ITEMS Mr. William Mann, of Carrboro, spent Sunday with Mrs. J. T. Mann. The Brown’s Chapel school oopened Monday, October 27, with Mrs. Earl j Dark as teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Issac Durham are planning to move too Carrboro, N. C. Miss Annie Mann returned Fri day after spending a week with Mr. Osbqrne Mann, of Gibsonville. The bark of the o’pposum dog and | the toot of the hunter’s horn is i heard now alirtost every night. The j little shy animals are right plentiful ; this fall. j Mrs. C. B. Way and daughters Mildred, and Louise, and Mr. Obra Thomas, spent last week with their mother, Mrs. J. J. Thomas. Nearly everybody is opposed to j child labor and a good many to man ; labor. Mr. A.. Dark has just completed a 1 nice five-room bungalow on Roscoe Route. Mr. J. J. Thomas and son, Jessie, ! and Mr. Arthur Thomas and Alvis Thomas, of Saxaphaw, spent Satur day in Durham, at Watt’s hospital with their brother, Mr. Murphy Thomas, who was seriously hurt last week at a cotton gin in Orange ! county. Mr. Thomas' had his arm j torn off. Rev. C. B. Way, of Lexington, formerly a newspaper man, now a minister of the Methoodist Protest ant church, is going to Shelby by order of appoointment of the con ference just closed at Reidsville. Mr. Way is Mr. J. J. Thomas’s son in-law. There will be all day services at Brown’s Chapel, November 16. Rally day exercises in the morning, din ner on the groound, and speaking in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Thomas and children, Josie, Verdie, and Rosa, and Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Thomas at tended the birthday dinner of Mr. J. W. Bailey Sunday at Burlingtoon. FEAST AT COUNTY HOME The old folk at the County home were given a picnic Friday afternoon by the good ladies of the Woman’s Club, assisted by generous contribu tions froin other good folk. It was a real feast, and was thoroughly en joyed by the inmates of the home, who had the grounds as clean as a whiffle and were all-expectancy of the long-promised treat. The affair was given under the auspices of the health committee of the club, of which committee Mrs. Hayes is chairman, and who here with thanks all contributors and help ers for their assistance in making the occasion the great success it was. » <1 - McCall’s Magazine For 5o Cents McCall’s Magazine sells for SI.OO j a year, but the Record has received a rate that will allow us to give it to , t subscribers in connection with a year’s subscription for 50 cents. $2 pays for Record and great monthly maga zine. This offer is good for only the balance of November and December. McCall’s publishes several novels a year and scores of fine short stories. The fashion pages ar4 a treat to the women folk. Send $2 to the Record and get 52 copies of your county pa per and 12 copies of a ten-cent maga zine. were requested by one of the leading theatrical producers of New York City to play in that city. The Playmakers are now on a tour of the principal cities and towns of North Carolina. Pittsboro and Chatham County are indeed fortunate to have the oppor tunity of seeing a theatrical produc tion of real merit. There are six teen people, young ladies and men, in the company. They carry their own scenery and stage equipment. We hope that our citizens will show their appreciation of an entertainment of this kind by giving them a large house. The prices es admission are: Adults, 50 cents; children 25 cents. MONCURE NEWS ♦ l ‘ * Mr. and Mrs. Roy Benaly and Mrs. L. L. Boone, of Rockingham, j spent last Sunday with Mr. A, B. ! Womble. ’ Mr .and Mrs. Jesse Boone, of Pittsboro, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Womble. Mrs. Louise Marks, of Carrboro, has been spending sometime with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Womble. Mrs. Ida Watson, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. D. Gunter, of | Pittsboro. 1 Rev. G. F. Johnson will preach at New clam church next fourth Sun day morning at 11 o’clock and at Hawks Chapel church in the after noon, at 2:30 o’clock. He is making this change on account of conference. Mrs. S. V. Holt, spent last Sun ! day with Mrs. J. J. Reynolds near : Merry Oaks. Mrs. Daisy Moore and s6n, Allen, motored to Durham last Thursday, j Miss Annie Hershey, of Pennsyl vania is’ spending this week with her uncle, Capt. J. H. Wissler. Misses Zula Patterson and Daisy Lee North cutt, spent last week-end j at Franklinville .with the formers parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Self, Mrs. Roy Walls, and Misses Alice Weber and ! Hilda Wilkie attended the teachers’ | meeting last Saturday at Pittsboro. : We hate to see the people leave eth Phoenix Camp as they finish up their work. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Lilly and little daughter, Ruth, who boarded at Mrs. E. F. Watkins, have moved to Oakboro. Messrs. George Spittle and W. L. Snoodgrass, and Sam L. Robbins, who were stopping Wickers’ boarding house, left last Friday evening for their home at Pittsburgh, Pa. Miss ssther Womble, of Peace In stitute, Raleigh, spent last week-end with her mother, Mrs. B. G. Woorn ble> Mrs. Emma Churchill, who has oc cupied the railroads company’s house on Main street for several years, moved last Monday with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hackney, Jr., where s)ie has rented rooms, on,Manning street. Mr. John Upchurch and family will move into the house vacated by Mrs. Churchill. Mr. Upchurch is the sec tion foreman on the main Seaboard line. Rev. J. J. Boone, preached his last sermon at Moncure church last Sun day morning at 11 o’clock. It was an exceptionally good sermon on “The World is Growing Better. and Not Worse.” He left Tuesday morning for Wilmington, where the North Carolina Conference is being held this week. We hate that this is his last year with us for he has been with us four years. We feel that he has done much good oon this circuit and has proclaimed the. true gospel, picturing and holding up Jesus Christ in all his glory and completeness of personality. He is a consecrated minister and in wat ever field he shall be sent his life and sermons will live among his poeple in Chatham county. May God’s blessings go with him aild family to their new work. Messrs. C. C. Thomas and B. J. Weathers are spending this week visiting Jacksonville, Tampa, and oth4r pooints ip Florida. Mrs. J. C. Sowers and baby spent last week-end with her sister, Mrs. J. E. Cathill. . • i .L. COMMISSIONERS’ PROCEEDINGS The commissiooners met in regu lar session Monday, November 3, and approved the following bills: Salaries for commissiooners, coun ty officers,., county home superinten dent and others as usual. Martha Snipes, washing county home, $ll.OO. Ad. Pendergrass, hay for county home, $31.25. Maggie Brown, Cook, sl6. Mrs. W. F. Beard, apples, $6.35. Carson Melvin, hauling hay, $5.00. J. M. Hammock,, horse shoes, $2.10 C. T. Desem, summoning witnesses, $3.50. C. C. Poe, extra work on tar books, $300.00. Dewey Doorsett, court services, $12.00. Stamps for October, $213. Goldsboro Hospital for insane, Clothes for Robert Gattis, $2.25. Oscar Oakley, transportation, clothing, etc., $19.02. C. C. Poe, postage, $7.50. C. T. Desem, complete still, $20.00. S. J. Johnson, two stills, $20.00. Income Tax Index, E. & Brough toon, $15.14. Mrs. J. T. Henderson, supplies, $11.45. People’s Sanitary Supply Co., floor oil, $30.00. Connell & Johnson, supplies, $91.- 55. Connell & Johnson, supplies for ! court house, $4.45. i H. L. Bryan Co., supplies for i sheriff’s office, $7.10. Dr. R. W. Palmer, two days work j a s building committee, SIO.OO, Rob. Brown, labor at county home j $25.00. Dock Gunter, auto hire, burial of I Tom Green, $3.50. j Dock Gunter, auto hire, burial cf Tom Green, $3.50. Mrs. J. Vv\ Johnson, sewing, $9.50. i Coroner Brooks, inquest Hattie | Andrews, $15.00. Jurors for Hattie Andrews inqlest.! j $15.00. • j A. M. Webser, still and worn, sls. ! TV ork on jail sewerage, Virgil Davis, 50c. Meat Market supplies for county house, $28.92. G. H. Lagnley, burial Mary Thom as, $21.00. B. A. Phillips, burial __aney Meedv, SIO.OO. % ! A. J. Johnson, services to grand jury, $12.50. Johns Burns, jail Tees for October, ! $170.80. T. M. Bland Co., suplies, $44.25. Connell & Johnson, sl3. G. R. Pilkington Pharmacy, sup plies for home and jail, $6.60. J. T. Mills, six days as registrar, $19.83. Telephone Co., phone rent, $28.05. Hartford Bros, for'bridge work, $750.00. Ot. and Minnie Bivens, children of .Frank Bivens, were placed in county home and Hattie Bivens in home of W. H. Ward till their father is re leased. mn n RED CROSS ROLL CALL The Annual Roll Call for member ships in Pittsboro will be made dur ing the period , between Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day. That is, Nov. 11-27. The Chairman of Roll Call, Rev. R. G. Shannonhouse states that he has already received several memberships without solicitation, and he hopes there will be others given voluntarily. On the 18th of Novem- North Carolina, for divorce and the however, by the Red Cross Represen tative from Ft. Bragg and the local chairman. The annual membership fee is ONE DOLLAR. And fifty cents out of every dollar will be giv en to thq Red Cross organization in Chatham County. Os every Five Dol lar contribution four and a half dol lars goes to the local organization. Don’t forget the Red Cross. It is the national organization for Human itarian work. And it is always ready. IN HARD LUCK Young Edwin Johnson was taken to Watts Hospital at Durham Sun day for treatment for a stomach trouble. The young man seems to be having bad luck. It will be re membered that some time last year Young Edwin fell off a mule and his leg was broken. He as taken to Watts Hospital and lay there for several months before he was able to return home. SEE YOUR LABEL 1 L, CORINTH ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. M. I.Ellis, of Mt. Ve.rno Springs, spent Sunday | Mrs. Ellis’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Harrington. Miss Fannie Tutor, of Sanford was j the Sunday guest of Miss Carrie Lee ! Cross. Miss Clifford, of Wendell 1 was the week-end guest of Mrs.. W. W. Hor ton. She, with Mr. and Mrs. Horton spent Sunday with their homefolks at Duncan. Mr. R. S. Ashworth and family, of iFuquay Springs, spent Sunday with Mrs. Ashworth’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Buchanan. The Methodist Epwqpth League of Broadway will put on a one-night play this week at Corinth school house. The title of the play is “Out in the Streets.” It is a good, clean play, very amusing, and wil 1 hold your attention from first to last. Among those taking a part is Mr. Chandler, who in the the past has has been very loyal to us in the plays that Corinth has presented at Broad way. It has been sometime since there has been “anything doing” at Corinth school. Let’s all come out and give ’ them a full house. Our school will get 20 per cent of the proceeds. Ad • mission will be 15c and 25c. We would like to urge all the school patrons who are on the “wood list” this time to get their sup ply at the school house right away so we can have it sawed and stored away. Again the stork has called in our communtiy—twice ,this time on the same day, November 6th, first at the home of Mr. dnd Mrs. A. A. Mims, at Corinth, and then just a little later he aroplaned back to Buckhorn and called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Thomas. Two little girls, both j doing nicely. Norris says that his j has sure got a good pair of lungs, that she can make more racket in a I minute that he ever made in a week. Wake county commissioners seem |to be very “able” men. In fact they seem to be “able” to “carry on” in spite of their “meddlesome” grand jurors and “haughty” superior court judges. We have heard three people say that one reason why they voted j against the Port Terminal hhi ->vns be cause Gov. Morrison was for it. Any way, if it is ready the thing to do some near future governor will get behind it again and put it over. Yesterday the Sandhill Power Co. system was peivnanenttly connected with the main transmisson system of the Carolina Power and Light Co. So now Siler City, Bonlee, Goldston, etc., are no longer dependant alone upon the little steam and water pow er plants of that system, but have the benefit of service from any of the plants on the Carolina-Yadkin sys tems. There still remains a great deal of work to be done tto bring tthe trans mission and distribution lines of the old Sandhill system up tto the stand ard of the Carolina properties. Bad weathter may still sause these old lines to fail now and them until they can be improved. JUSTICE BLAIR’S COURT Messrs. Ed. Avent and Lonnie Cooper fought it out for several hours before Justice Blair as to the terms of a cedar contract on Satur day, Nov. 1. Attorney V. R. John son appeared for Avent and Wade Barber for Cooper. His honor set tled it 50-50, whatever it was all about. On Nov. 8 Joe Alston was fined $5 and costs for reckless driving and later was hailed before the ’Squire again for driving a car without li cense and was let off with coasts. The license, of course, to be forth coming. Attention, Baptists I * Rev. Mr. Stukenbroke, who is visit ing the churches of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association in behalf of a successful closing of the 75 Million Campaign, and the inauguration of the 1925 program, with Mrs. Stuken broke, will visit Pittsboro Friday. Mrs. Stukenbroke will speak to the ladies of the Pittsboro church at 2:3<> p. m., while he will speak to botth men and women that evening at 6:30, the hour being fixed so early to pre vent conflict with the services at the Presbyterian church. All the mem bers are urged to be present as welt as the public in general. BUILD A TTr »M£ NOW! " NUMBER 23