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OCT. 8, 1930. STOKES PROF. MEN POORLY PAID Doctors. lawyers and Dentists Here Pay Less Tax But That Isn't Much Help. Raleigh, Oct. 6. Stokes county has a total of 5 lawyers, 3 of whom receive less than SI,OOO a year for their profes sional services; 11 doctors, of whom 6 receive less than that amount, and 2 dentists, of whom 1 is living on less than SI,OOO a year, according to Their individual statements, made to representatives of and recorded in the Department •»' Revenue. The professional man » received less than SI,OOO iar for his services the year u which, of course, in- I /eludes those just beginning to f practice, have to pay only one -1 half of the $25 license fee im posed on those making more than that amount. Figures compiled in the Revenue Department show that slightly less than one lawyer out of three, 30.75 per cent, or 638 out of the 2075 paying the liense fee to practice, made less than SI,OOO. Doctors fared better, only one out of 15, or 13.4 per cent or 268 out of the 2,000 paying the fee were en titled to the half rate. Dentists almost reached the lawyer class in compensation for their ser vices. out of five, 20.05 per cent, or 137 of the 684 listed as pay ing, received less than SI,OOO a year. The N. C. Year Book lists 2266 lawyers, the State collec infees from 2075: it lists ■ « "follow the Arrow to Follow the Fashion." SCHOOL CLOTHES FROM "FOLLOW THE ARROW" w|m STYLE and VALUE are offered in High School 2=Trouser Suits as low as $lO Styles you will want to wear, true representatives of authentic university trends —in single breasted 2-kutton models— in longer wearing worsteds, chevoits and tweeds, featuring the new fall colors in Browns, Blues, Grays and mixtures. We take pride in the fact that this store has always been able to offer Men's and Young Men's clothes of the finer qualities at lower prices. This fall we have the biggest values that we've had in years, due to our manu facturer being able to buy the best woolens at the low est prices in years which enables us to offer you better suits than ever at lower prices. Boys' 2-Knicker Suits £*7 ft C an( J J% OO up Young Men's 2-Trouser Suits $13.50 sls S2O $25 2049 doctors, the State getting fees from even 2000, and lists 732 dentists, 684 paying l.tense fees. In some cases, of course, the men are inactive, teaching or engaged in other activities. The State Highway Commis-j sion at its meeting here this! week, Thursday, will consider, the recommendations of State 1 Engineer John D. Waldrop for' the distribution of the i l 8500.000 highway equalizing j fund and the roads on which this fund is to be used, all of which loads are subject to Fed- 1 eral Aid. The result will be that these highways, construc tion work on which will amount' to about a mllion dollars, wiil be included in a letting this 1 fall. The Commission will also act , i upon the low bids of $625,077.- 1 j ,70 submitted last week on 10 highway projects. Three of ! which are for widening 16-foot ' highways to 20 feet. All of j the 10 projects except one are Federal Aid jobs, the commis- J sion seeking to utilize all avail- I able Federal Aid fund.-, with I the money it has on hand to match this aid. One hundred or more miles is expected to be added to the ! State Highway System at this j week's meeting, carrying the! 1 system's mileage above the! i I 9,000 mark. The system now I j embraces 8.991.3 miles. i The county road sy-tern's of 96 of the IMO counties. Brims-1 j i wick. Catawba Columbus and I I Gaston U ing absent, embrace a total of 02.202 m les. Chuir j man K. A. Houghton. «.■/ the State commission, has found from a survey, coming as a re sult of the movement to have the State take over all the coun ty systems. While the State's outstanding bonded indebtedness for high ways is now $107,399,600, plus $3,250,000 in bond anticipation notes, the 96 counties have i total bonded highway indebted ness of SB6 612,280, or a total highway indebtedness of State and counties of $200,000,009, assum ng that the four missing counties have bonds of about $2,750,000. North Carolina's general fund collections for September just passed were $630,278.98. as compared with $693,351.96 for September 1929. while c 1- Ictinns for the three months :i the present fiscal year totaled $3,083,821, as compared with $3,162,972.72 for the same three months of the past fiscal year, the report of A. J. .Max well, Commissioner of Reve nue, shows. A decrease was also shown in the automatic tax collections, which amounted to $1,213,428.65 last month and for September 1929, totaled SEE O.M.SOUTHERN FOR YOl T R Seed Wheat, Barley, Rye and Oats. Special Price on Daisy Middling.** and all Kinds of Flour. Meal and Feed Stuif. MONITOR ROLLER MILLS, WAI.NI T COVE, N. THE DANBURY REPORTER J $1,315,641.49. Collections for i the first three months of this I fiscal year were $3,537,649.70. j and for the same period last year were $3,825,571.47. Auto- I ! mobile license plates for 1930 | sold to September 30. brought l in $6,640,725.57, while 1929 plates in that period brought in $6,760,712.25. Tents arc being ordered daily by wire ty provide shelter for the unusually large exhibits of livestock, and agricultural ex hibits are being turned down for lack of space to display them at the North Carolina State Fair, October 13-18. Man ager T. B. Smith stated today, j The premiums this year are valued at more than 825.000 and exhibits are in 20 depart ments, e:.'.h in charge of an expert l'r:... State College. The dog show is expected to have between 150 and 300 entries, while the pet show, a new at traction. i creating much in terest. The amusement program in eludes free acts which cost in excess ol 810,000, includii.i? the nightly presentation of "Sensations of 1930, a musical ' for t Girls Winter Coats . i f* ■■!' •'*. '■ A "'t'-su\ • /•» "■ v i>iect d sa.9B $17.75 *;) 0 trri to I (wA* «n,ln.T / SMARTLY •nii-if.i K-' 1 " i I \ i '' 1 ~ A.l _rm p: coat* that wear and J V-4 I) l * )■"*& mßM''' "'' c- v v *\Lv?v--t\p occasions JW. J Vfv% 7h " '-wtwM.- aml thl tlie ilt 'te v^ t / SL '■'*£.% t \\ v k V. r!;!ii:.nship arc ti- >, >♦ "* Ij\ feS t v'' B■ 2PSB the 'n - ,•, ilwin' PE 2o^ Y WIXSTON-SALKM. N. C\ group of oott'itJf. dre.-ses for school [«, street wear. »»- * ' £ if Winter Coati Dresses Drcsto Sizes 3 to 6 1 to 6 For St feed Adorable fur - trim. Darling button-on Styles y'plaid^ men dress-up" coats novelties and plain and practical tweed styles of one-pie .'C colors. Sizes 7to 14. coats for playtime. dresses with bloomers Splendid values at Durable fabrics $3.48 to mrtch SI .98 $2.08 comedy revue with 32 charact ers. Eight other free acts, in cluding Wirth and Hamid, will be presented with music by Cervonne's band. The Mel ville-Reiss shows, with a 40- car outfit, including 17 shows and 10 rides, will be on the mid way. Already 132 horses are entered in the daily races, with purses of $6,600. The baby show, a new feature, i- attract ing attention. •T. Walter Lambeth. Thcma-- ville, manufacturer and former State Senattor. was named as candklate for the full two-year. SOW WHEAT SEE RILEY TURNER Walnut Cove, N. C. FOR GUANO I KEEP East Coast Fertilizer And all kinds of FEED STUFF Prices Right===See Me Before Buying PAGE THREE term as Congressman in the Seventh District, and Hinton James, Laurinburg banker, for the unexpired term of the late W. C. Hammer. Mrs. Hammer was nominated by the Demo cratic District Committee for the unexpired term Friday, but declined the nomination. Colin G. Spencer. Carthage. Repuhli j can nominee fur the full tern.. I was named as a candidate for j the unexpired term. | Frank W. Hancock. Jr., )x --| ford, nominee for the full terr i in the Fifth District, was als . I (Continued (in page 5.)
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