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i > Fri(ia>% January 9, 1931. At the THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Carolina By M. R. Dunnagan, The Pilot^s Raleigh Correspond^^T Fitty Senators and 130 Representa- removed by death, are catlu iiTig in Raleigh this week to be- what may well be termed one of iiiiportant sessions the Gen eral Assembly has ever held in North Carolina. Along with them aro lobbyists representing every kind of interest, intent upon preventing del- liniental and encouraging favorabla legislation, from every point of view, <;tate and county government re organization, growing out of Govern or Gardner’s Brookings . Institution report, taxation, highways, schools, State's Prison, these are the princi pal ^reneral classifications of the prob lems that will face the 170 law-mak- ers during their 60 or more days of deliberation. Taxation will be the most vexa tious problems, since it will be neces sary for the Legislature to provide additional revenues to carry on the State's activities on the present basis, or greatly restrict the expenditures in order to balance the budget. Even with the $2,000,000 surplus brought over from the last administration, and the 10 per cent oi^t last year and 20 per cent cut this year in most of the appropriations, estimates place the deficit at the end of the biennium at SI.000,000. Governor Gardner guarantees a $400,000 saving by a purchasing and contracting agency for all State in stitutions and departments, and it seems that this is striking popular fancy, to such an extent that either the agency or at least purchasing con trol will be established. Another $300,- 000 is estimate on savings by consol idating administrative features of the three higher educational institutions into one State University, through eliminating overlapping in instrution- al activities. The additional of one cent a gal lon on the gasoline tax is not exact ly popular, but officials see no way around it, if the State is to take over the county roads for maintenance, vrhich now appears likely. The Pris on Commission report also favors the State taking over the remaining county convict camps and assuming control over all convicts as an econ omy measure, along with a complete reorganization of the prison system and building a new central plant. * ♦ ♦ Only 1,430 Confederate veterans re mained on the State pension rolls at the last semi-annual .payment, as of December 15, at which time thera were 79 negro servants drawing $200 a year, or 815,000 a year. The veter ans drew §253,075 in December, while the two classes of widows of veterans, the totally disabled and confined to the home, numbering 322, and those married before 1880, with a few oth ers added by the State Pension Board who were married to veterans before 1899, numbering 3,633, received $229,950 in December. Moore county received a total of S3,410 from the last semi-annual ad vance distribution in December, in cluding §1^460 for the eight veterans; none for negro servants; $750 for the five class “A” or completely disabled widows, and $1,200 for the 24 class “B” widows, according to the rec ords of State Auditor Baxter Durham, ^^hen a veteran dies during the six- month period before the check is dis tributed, the money* goes to the next of kin. All actual veterans get $1 a day, or semi-annual checks of $182.50. ♦ ♦ ♦ Death of Otto Wood, notorious one- handed lawbreaker and prison escap er, shot down by Chief of Police R. L. Rankin in the heart of Salisbury last Wednesday, removes from the front pages one of the most dangerous crimmais in this state since the pass ing of the famous Lowrey gang of outlaws.' Wood, whose list of crimes ranged from misdemeanors to mur ders, had been declared an outlaw af ter his fourth escape from Statens Prison, on the ground that he was a menace to society. His daring, bold ness and foolhardiness, probably cou pled with his desire for publicity, brought him to his grave. * ♦ ♦ Highway construction and mainte nance in the counties of North Car olina has been conducted on an un economical basis in many instances, due in part to the fact that th.^ county is too small a unit for econ omical road work, the joint report made by U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, the Highway Commission and the Tax Commission, as the result of a study during the fall, points out. Many counties have issued bonds for road construction, supplimented the funds from current revenues, re sulting in annual deficits, which were covered by short term notes and then refunding bonds, until it is impossi ble to find just how much has been spent for roads, the report shows, pointing out, however, that the out standing highway bonds are far in excess of the value of the 45,090.15 miles in the county systems. Forty-Seven of the counties use convict labor on their roads, but it is evident these counties are not getting the work done at a low per mile cost, the report shows. The average tax rate for county road work is 19.3 cents .per $100 valuation, it is shown. These three agencies do not recom mend that the State take over the roads, but the Tax Commission pre viously recommended a six cent gas oline tax and approximately $6,000,- 000 for county road maintenance by the State. ♦ ♦ ♦ A gain of 77 churches and net gain of 10,894 members of Baptist churches in North Carolina in 1930 over 1929 is shown in figures compiled by Perry Morgan, secretary of the Department of Sunday Schools and Statistics of the Baptist State Convention. The statistics show there are 407,930 white Baptists who are members cf the 2,384 churches in the State. Bap tisms numbering 20,126 were report ed by 1,732 of the churches. The grand total of all gifts by all the churches was $3,403,881.27. The Baptist State convention maintains three standai d colleges, four junior colleges and two preparatory schools, of which the equipment is worth $3,534,382.17 and in which the enrollment is 3,815, man ned by 223 officers and teachers, th3 report shows. Mrs. Prevost and daughter, Miss Angelete Prevost of Randleman were recent guests in the home of Mrs. J. V. Farree. Announce Prizes For Oratorical Contest Sandhill Post, American L^ion, To Choose Representative for District Meet All of the high schools in Moore county have been sent notices of the Annual Oratorical Contest sponsored each year by the American Legion. The subject of this year’s oration is to be “The American Legion.” The State Americanism Committee has prepared a list of books and papers in which the students desiring to en ter the contest can get such material as they may need. The county contests, at which eacn county champion is to be selected, will be held on February 20th. (Place for the Moore County Contest to be an nounced later). The various schools are to select their representatives hy January 20th. A district contest will be held on March 6th and the win ners in that will go to Raleigh for the State^Contest on March 20th. The Sandhill Post offers prizes to the first and second best orators in amounts of $J^5.00 and $10.00 respec tively. The State prizes are: First, gold medal and $75; second, $50.00; third, $25, and fourth, $15. Commander A. L. Fletcher of Ral eigh has written a history of the American Legion in this state, and students participating in the contest will find much informative materal there. L C. Sledge, of Pinehurst, Ameri canism Officer of the Sandhill Post has charge of the contests in Mooie county. LAKEVIEW iiuimixuxtxxuinnimm RAC :: U u ♦♦ Eij^thh Annual Mid-Winter Trot Twelfth Annual January Pace First Annual Pinehurst Class ,. *' * i J Full Program of Equestrian Specialties Good Sports Grood Music AT PINEHURST WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14th, 1931 2:45 P. M. - ^ — Box Seats on Sale at the Carolina Hotel Livery Desk. |; Miss Jean Zimmerman of Cuthbert, Georgia, who was the attractive house guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Warner last week, returned to her home Sat urday. Mrs. H. W. Oldham and daughter. Miss Mary Oldham of Jonesboro, are spending some time with the family of Mr. and Mrs. John Caviness. Fred Abbott of Saco, Maine, was a visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Gibbon recently. Mr. and Mrs. Worth Miller have gone to Rock Hill, S. C., for a visit with Mr. Miller’s people there. R. T. Woodruff and Robert Wood ruff, Jr., left Monday night for New York City after spending the holi days with Mrs. Woodruff here. Claude Matthews, who is located at Jamestown, New York, returned to his work Saturday. He was accom- .panied as far as Durham by his sis ter, Miss Vivian Matthews, trained nurse, who is located in Durham. Mrs. H. C. Trexler and daughter, Miriam, of Somerset, Ky., have re turned after a visit of several days with relatives in town. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wynne and daughter. Miss Margaret Wynne of Greensboro spent some days with the family of W. H. Richardson last week. Wilton Adams and Plymouth Penn of Greensboro were visitors at the Eastwood home for a day or two last week. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Byrd, Miss Johnsie Eastwood and Tobie Good win of Raleigh were dinner guests of Mrs. Ralph Gibson at her home in Aberdeen Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Weatherly Cook and children of Laurinburg were week-end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Priest. Mrs. Earl Kelly and children left Monday for their home at Laurel Hill, after a week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Smith. J. R. McQueen left last week on a trip north. He will be away several days. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Gardner have gone to Orangeburg, S. C., where they will spend some time with the family of their son, Dallas Gardner. They will go on to Florida for the latter part of the winter. Miss Frye and Bardin Thrower of Red Springs were guests of Mrs. J. B. Eastwood for a day or two last week. Dune Blue, little Miss Loraine and “Buster” have returned from a few days visit with relatives in Greens boro. Miss Angie Newcomb is spending a week at the “Woodworth” South ern Pines—the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Ruggles. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Upchurch and children were the dinner guests of Miss Jennie McCrimmoji and her brothers, Tuesday night. “OLD OAKEN BUCKET” Have you had a good laugh this year? If you haven’t, go to the Vass- Lakeview School building at 8:00 o’clock on Friday night of next week and see the all star cast in “The Old Oaken Bucket.” J. R. Auman, head of the boys athletics, is staging the per formance and you’ll surely get full value for your money. - Page Three eSBAT ABIEBlCAIf YA1.1JB i \ t / !. Ai the National Autoimobtte Chevrolet wins firstplace for the fourth time Flrvt place at the National Automo bile Shows—a poflltioii granted on the basis of annual sales yolume—is again awarded to Chevrolet. This is the fourth consecutive time that Chevrolet has achieved this honor. And the reason lies in the exceptional value which Chevrolet cars <x>nsistently provide. This year, in its bigger and better Six, Chevrolet is offering an out standing example of the value which has brought it such record success. In fact, no previous Chevrolet car has ever represented such a high degree of (juality and advancement, and sold at such low prices as today’s Chevrc^et Six. » New low prices « Roadster, $475; Sport Roadster with nimble seat, $495; Coadb or Standard Fire- Window Coupe, $545; Pliaeton, $510; Staiid- ard Coupe, $535) Sport Coupe (rumble seat), $575; Standard Sedan, $635; Special Sedan, $650. Special equipment extra. Prices f. o. b. Flint, Michigan. NEW CHEVROLET SIX See yonr dealer below Allred Chevrolet Co., Aberdeen, N* C. Keith Motor Co., Inc., Vass, N. C. ALSO DEALERS IN CHEVROLET SIX-CYLINDER TRUCKS, $35S to ^€9S, f. e. b. Hint, Miehican The Variety Store Pinehurst, N. C. Here Is a Surprise for a Prudent Buyer A PRACTICALLY NEW BEDROOM SUITE Early American Antique maple, genuine hair mattress, box spring-s. Bought not long ago for the guest room in a large house. Never used. Replaced recently in refurnishing the house. Offered now for not more than the mattress and spring's would cost today. Complete with Pillows, Mirror, etc. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY A liquidation sale of a furniture establishment disposed of some things, among them a living room suite. Not a blemish, but it could not go into another store as new goods- You get the low price on it but it is worth as much as the day not long ago when it came from the factory to fall into difficulty at the first store. LOOK THEM OVER It is interesting to see the things we are finding, and it is gratifying the way the folks are securing the things we procure. To be candid the sales here at the Variety Store have far exceeded anticipation. We expect to help the folks of the Sandhills refurn ish much of their houses at prices that are novel, and with equip ment that is far better than any-body expected to get for the money. Incidentally if you have anything you want to dispose of we will be glad to talk to you. Things that have a value can find a market. The Variety Store COnnUNITY BUILDING PINEHURST, N. C. n tt ww H H mill
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