" iday, November 7, 1930.
At die
By M. R. Dunnagan, The Pilot’s Raleigh Correspondent
V oiisolidation of counties, suggest-
s a means of combining adminis-
-i\i' units snd thereby reducing
. ating costs, probably will not be
. ii^plished by the 1931 General As-
■ i !y, and, if it comes, will devel-
•ver a period of years and as a
■ It of urgent need for the lowering
ounty costs and therefore tax
s.” said Governor 0. Max Gard-
. in discussing the proposed com-
anons of counties in the state.
:oo much sentiment is attached to
es of counties and county seats
it would lose their identity and too
ny office holders and politicians
Vild oppose the movement for it to
over Txow, even though it would
■libJess result in more efficient and
■omical operation of county af-
ivs,” Governor Gardner said.
He does feel, however, that there
ill be a movement, probably success-
i], to consolidate various administra
te units, mentioning especially the
■ mbinations of counties into school
nits, under one administrative head,
jggestions of counties into school
nits, under one administrative head,
uggestions have been made that this
i' so extend to jails and prison farms
^ r small counties, as well as county
^oor homes, and it is considered like-
y that an act permitting such com
binations will be passed by the Gen
eral Assembly.
Elimination of county road boards
or commissions, and placing county
oad construction, maintenance and
^supervision back in the hands of the
'"ounty commissioners, is one of the
; lans being studied and will be the
. ubject of a report by the government
experts engaged in studying methods
of reducing costs and increasing effi
ciency in State and county adminis
trations. ^
The 100 counties of the state fall
into two general classes, 56 of them
handling their roads through the
county commissioners and 44 by spec-
al road boards, four of the latter hav-
1929, a decrease of $135,648.34.
License taxes decreased about $52,-
000 and franchise taxes about $19,-
000 while inheritance taxes increased
about $66,000 and income taxes about
$38,000 the fifst four months of this
year as compnarted with/ the
period last year.
THE PILOT, a Paper Character. Aberdeen. North Carolina
Page Three
same
Launching a movement which they
hope will result in the inclusion of
Governor O. Max Gardner or former
Governor Harry Flood Byrd, of Vir
ginia, on the national Democratic
ticket next time, 10 district chair
men and as many vice-chairmen of
tbe Young People’s Democratic Or
ganization in the State, reported on
activities in the present campaign and
made plans for the next Jackson Day
dinner, which will probably be moved
up a week or two, early in March, in
order that members of the General
Assembly may attend.
The organization, headed by Tyre
C. Taylor, assumes that Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York,
is successful Tuesday, will be the
candidate of the wet wing of the Dem
ocrats in 1932 for President. They
propose Governor Byrd, but if that
fails, then Governor Gardner might
be the dry levening on the west ticket
with Governor Roosevelt. Some of the
national Democratic leaders have con
ferred with some such line-up in
view and it is not considered impos-
pible.
Governor Byrd will probably again
be invited to address the Jackson Day
dinner meeting, having been prevent
ed at the last minute last March. Will
Rogers, humorist, was also suggested
and may be invited to speak.
Moore county received $372.00 from
the Mothers’ Aid fund of $50,000 ap
propriated by the General Assembly
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1930, which, combined with a like
amount furnished by the county, re
sulted in the use of $744.00 for Gen-
s
ing township or road districts within | Mothers’ Aid, according to the
the county boards, four of the latter! figures compiled for the biennial re
having townships or road districts
within the county. Moore county’s
roads are handled by a road commis
sion of nine members.
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Differences of opinion exist as to
Vrhich method is more efficient and-
economical and the proposal for a
c'^ange will doubtless find many op-
.»onents, as well as proponents. But
’•"e matter will doubtless be up for
nnsideration.
Purging more carefully the lists of
Confederate veterans, widows and
olored servants, pensioners of the
tate as a result of the War Between
^ States, in the 100 counties will
: obably result from the disclosures
" L. charges against Mason W. Gant,
k of Superior Court of Guilford
•our.ty, in the distribution of pension
r-hecks.
Distribution of these funds is in
^ hands of the State Board of Pen-
■ ns, composed of the Governor, thfe
uditor and the Attorney General, the
A ditor being designated more par-
ularly as distributor. Each county
a. a county board, composed of Con-
f; derate veterans or sons or daught-
• .s of veterans for one or two of the
; ]aces, which is directed to meet an-
nvially and purge the lists. Often this
merely a matter of form, details
i lng handled by the Clerk of the
court.
The General Assembly appropriat-
! SI,200,000 for such pensions for
’‘■1 fiscal year 1929-30 and, on the as-
^un ption that several veterans would
e, reduced the amount to $1,035,-
*0 for the fiscal year 1930-31. The
'■'tual number of veterans living now
‘ around 1,700, an average of about
n to the county, while the widows
number three or four times as many.
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General fund revenues collected for
■ h- State during the first f6ur months
he present fiscal year, ending Oc-
’ her 31, amounted to $5,004,957.09,
an increase of $32,486.56 over the $4,-
^72,490.53 collected for the same per-
d last year, the report of A. J.
Maxwell, commissioner of revenue
shows. The gain the past month more
^han offset a loss for the month of
e 'tember, as compared with last
year.
Automobile tax collections, on the
^♦^her hand, amounted to $4,722,653.31
the first four months of the fis-
year, a decrease of $440^337.91
^ om the $5,162,991.22 collected in the
■ ame period last year. Gasoline con-
■ ^mption. license plates and title fees
showed a decrease this year. Fees
the sale of license plates and ti-
■ fees all showed a decrease this
'ear. Fees from the sale of license
Plates for all of 1930 to October 31
'''mount to $6,689,121.37, as compared
’ $6,824,789.71 to this date for
port of the State Board of Charities
and Public Welfare.
The Mothers’ Aid fund was estab
lished in 1923 to give and to worthy
widowed mothers to help them main
tain their children at home. The sum
of $50,000 was set aside for this pur
pose. The 1929 General Assembly
specified that $10,000 of this fund
be set aside for mothers whose hus
bands are prisoners, but only 30 per
cent of this amount was used, due to
the high standards of health mor- j
als and mental qualifications required
of mothers who participate in the
fund.
The general Mothers’ Aid granted
the last fiscal year was $35,345.18,
with an equal amount from the coun
ties, and the prisoners’ mothers’ aid
was $2,978.25, also with an ^equal
amount from the counties. Seventy-
nine counties participated in the gen
eral fund, but only 32 of these in the
fund for wives of prisoners.
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The Society of Mayflowe/ De^^cend-
ants in the State of North Carolina,
with about loO members tracing thoir
line of ancestry back to passen^^ers on
the good ship Mayflower, will hold its
annual meeting in Raleign December
IS. Usually the meeting is held near-
ei the date of the signing of “The
Compact” on the boat before the
jiassengers lauded at Plyn.outn Rock
310 years ago, November 21. Due to
Jhe absence in Europe of the govern
or of the society, Burham Stanish
Colburn, of Biltmore Forest, the
board moved up the date. The North
Carolina society has members who
are descended from 17 of the 22 pas
sengers from whom descent is traced,
including seven members each who
are descended from Captain Myles T.
Stanish and from his successful rival
with Priscilla, the Pilgrim maiden,
John Alden, who finally spoke for
himself.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF
ABERDEEN ELECTS OFFICERS
The November meeting of ^.he Wo
man’s Missionary Society of Aber
deen was held at the Methodist
church last Monday afternoon, with
a good attendance.
Mrs. H. W. Doub, president, presid
ed over the business session atid re
ports were heard from the different
officers. The local treasurer report
ed a goodly amount received from the
recent Kiwanis luncheon and plans
were made to secure the additional
amount required for the orphan fund.
Miss Lois Barkley, Superintendent of
Study and Publicity, announced that
the Vass Auxiliary had in^ted the
Aberdeen society to meet with them
in the study of the Fall mission book.
‘^Trailing th^ Conquistadores, and
NATURAL GAS
COOKING SCHOOL
Lewis Market Building
Southern Pines, N. C.
Friday, 2:30 p. m.—Friday Evening, 8 p. m., and Saturday,
2:30 p. m.—November 14 and 15
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Mrs. Elsie Elder, nationally known authority on Home
Economies will spend two afternoons and one evening
showing what can be actually accomplished on top of a
Range and in an Oven. Mrs- Elder has two ranges work
ing all the time. She bakes cakes, broils steaks, maizes
puddings. It is her life work, and* you will learn how to
cook better even on a one hole kerosene stove by seeing
her work on a Modern Gas Range-
All the foods cooked will be eaten or drawn for as prizes
to be taken home. Plan to attend each session, join the
cooking circle and receive copies of selected recipes pre
pared at their school. Come and bring your friends and
neighbors.
The Shellane Method of installation and distribution of
the Gas Cylinders themselves inaugurated this summer
makes it cheaper to the consumer than any other Cylin
der Gas-on the market today, and now compares favor
able with the cost of operating the old fashioned kero
sene stoves.
Over one hundred and fifty enthusiastic users of this
Natural Gas Fuel for cooking in the Sandhills today.
This School is sponsored by
The Southern Pines Warehouses, Inc.
Local Distributor and Dealer (or Shellane Gas and Ranges
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Chilean Nitrate of Soda
The Genuine Natural Product
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In the new form—100-Pound Sacks.
Of late the factories have been making nitrates
for the farm fertilizers, but there is only one genuine
Chilean Nitrate of Soda, made in the big Natural lab
oratory of South America, with its proper content of
iodine, boron, magnesium and other rare elements. Nat
ural nitrate of soda, not a factory made imitation.
The Genuine Chilean Nitrate of Soda, always the
standard, is now put up in 100-pound sacks^ easier to
handle, keeping the soda in better condition, no holes
torn in the sacks by hooks, no leakage—a super without
a rival or an equal.
Now is the time to place your orders for car load
lots for spring supply. Dealers’ orders solicited in any
quantity, big or small, car loads, less or more for de
livery as needed in the winter and spring. Make your
contracts and have your supply when you need it.
w. R. GRACE & CO.
0. H. STUTTS, BROKER,
PINEHURST, N. C.
New low prices on Nitrate of Soda
in its new packages.
cient treasurer for a number of years.
A special Week of Prayer servicc will
be held on next Monday afternoon
at 3:00 o’clock, at the church. All
members are urged to attend and
bring an offering.
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Thursday, November 13th, was the
date decided upon. Mrs. George Mar
tin, delegate to the district confer
ence recently held at Maxton, gave an
interesting report of the meeting.
This was the time for the annual
election of officers and the chairman
of the nominating committee report
ed the nomination of practically all
of the old officers, and re-election fol
lowed. Mrs. A. L. Burney was elect
ed to take the place of Miss Ber
tie Gk)odwyn, who has been the effi-
Mrs. J. H. Suttenfield of Pinebluff,
accompanied by Mrs. W. T. Wor
sham and Miss Mary Johnson of
Aberdeen attended the Group Con
ference of the Presbyterial held at Old
Cape Fear Church last Wednesday.
PINEHURST LIMBER YARDS
Pinehurst, N. C.
The Headquarters of Things That are the
Best.
THIS WEEK
Another Car of Flooring
Rift Pine, Oak, Gum
And here is the evidence of their standing:
Take Southern Pines, for Instance:
McPherson is putting our Oak Flooring
in his Country club houses
Lachine uses our Oak Flooring on his
Weymouth House
Sally uses it in the Martin house,
Dr. Herr has it in his house by the
Country club.
These are houses of character. They pick
the best. They pick from—
PINEHURST LUMBER YARDS
Pinehurst, N. C.
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