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Fri<Jay, February 6, 1931. THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen. North CaroHiw Page Three ^feCAPITAL By M. R. Dunnagan, The Pilots Raleigh Correspondent Dr. Poate Attacks Proposal To Do Away With State Board of Health Calls Suggested Reorganization ^ “Dis-Organization,” Imbec- ilis and Incredible Rarely has there been so much in terest created and so much oratory missions of all justices now serving, appointed by the Governor or elect- turned loose in the Cxeneral Assembly | ed by the (Jeneral Assembly, would expire the first Monday in December, 1932. The other bills would require all justices to secure all blanks for pro cesses, writs, warrants, bonds, affi davits, judgments, summonses, claim and delivery, attachment and eject ment papers from clerks of the court, each numbered, and to make report of disposition of all actions to the clerk. They would have to secure certificate of the court clerk before sending pro cesses out of the county in which they reside. of North Carolina as during the past ^('eek on the so-called act which fixes the policy of the legislative body as i.equiring the State to take over and operate the six months school term, a measure which was adopted in both houses by substantial majorities. By it, direction is given to provide a bill raising the necessary revenue from sources other than ad valorem taxes. WTiile the school measure held the spotlight and consumed three-fourths the meeting time of both bodies during the week, with three night ses sions, a side skirmish, dealing with the reorganization of the State High way Commission, taking over the county roads and raising the gasoline tax to six cents, was staged in com mittee and gives promise of taking ■ he center of the stage this week when Governor Gardner expects to bring it and the Constitutional Con- Tention matter before the General As sembly. * t * The Appropriation committees have Heen and will continue to be active for some weeks, hearing departments, institutions and agencies of the State which are seeking more funds for op eration the next two years than the Advisory Budget Commission allowed in its recommended Appropriation Bill. The Finance committees are con- :;idering the Budget Revenue bill, which increases the revenues about $0,000,000, and will soon get onto the several sales tax bills which have been i-eferred to it. From $10,000,000 to S13,000,OOD in additional revenue will have to be raised to provide the State- operated schools, under the measure adopted, and a sales tax may have to be resorted to. Proponents active for the school measure are inclined toward a sales tax, at the same time saying power and tobacco companies should pay ad ditional taxes, income taxes should be increased and a tax placed on stocks in foreign coiTJorations. They were successful in blocking amendments whicli would (provide the State opera tion of schools, when and if sufficient revenue could be found without plac ing undue burdens on any of the tax- ■ayers of the State. Opponents of the measure, practi cally all of whom said they were not opposed to the State operating the schools, thought it sensible to mak^. every effort to find the revenue be fore adopting a policy which they might not be able to carry through. Only one or two references were made to the loss of local self-government through State operation of the schools, by which county and local officers 'v^’ould lose all authority in school niatters. The distress from the econo mic depression is considered the main reason for such drastic measures. * ♦ * Close on the heels of enactment of the measure came a bill directing the ■tate Superintendent of Public In struction and the State Board cf Equalization to prescribe a minimum ^holastic standard for a six months term, fix uniform salaries for super intendents, principals and teachers and all costs, determine the number high schools in each county, create a cential purchasing agent for the public schools, reassess and equalizs the i.'ioperty values in all counties by May 1, 1923, and levy an ad valorem ■ax of 20 cents on the $100 all over thi state, to be paid into the State "'j’easury, the State paying the bal- of the cost. County commission- could add 20 cents for longer -Is, higher salaries or other costs, cities could supplement the term an.:! f oacher pay as much as they de- '* ' The counties and districts would ■'1 have to pay their bonds and debt ■ 'untv government would be fur- improved and cities, towns and u-r-iai tax districts brought under ■iivi .jai control, as counties now are, hdlr, introduced, with administra- i'" sanction. Uniform blanks and - '^ eeping systems would be estab- lipJ. ,i ij^ counties by the County i riment Advisory Commission 'anks named as depositories required to furnish surety Hifs or U. S., N. C., county or mun- ;' 'r i bonds to cover deposits, thus ^ 'Uving safety of public money. * ♦ * ■lu.^tices of the Peace will be limited U' iumber and restricted in activities • two bills introduced become law. ■ ^ provides for election of two jus tices in each township and the resi- lent judge may appoint one addition- 9^ for each 20,000 population, all to oath before the clerk of th? -' ■H’t and serve for two years. Com- By Dr. E. M. Poate The report of the Brookings Insti tute has been sent to the General As sembly by the Governor. This week, a committee of the General Assembly is considering that portion of the said rei>ort which recommends a “reorgan ization” of the State Board of Health, the State Boards of Medical Examin ers, Dental Examiners, Nurse Exam iners, Osteopathic and Chiropractic Examiners, and the State Board of Pharmacy, etc. The “reorganization” suggested is an entire dis-organization. It is pro posed, simply, to abolish the whole outfit—Board of Health, medical, den tal, pharmacal, nurse examiners, and Another bill would allow county t commissioners in any of the counfes IAnd even he is to establish criminal county courts, meeting monthly at specified times, to try and dispose of cases below felon ies and bind over in such cases, with judge, associate judge and clerk, who shall be clerk of Superior Court, un less he decline, and with county-wide jurisdiction. Jury trials would be pro vided on demand of either side, and appeals taken to Superior Court. The bill would not interfert with present courts. Passenger busses and motor truck lines would have hard sledding if a batch of bills introduced, admittedly stponsored by railroad companies, are enacted. One would require a return of all property, tangible, intangible and otherwise, for taxation, includ ing “rolling stock.” Another fixes the method of securing franchise, laying down rules as to baggage, separate compartments for the races, stations, drivers permits and complete regula tion by the Corporation Commission. Still another limits the length, width, height and load of trucks, limiting trailers and semi-trailers to one and requiring them to operate within the line of travel of the truck they follow. Their speed, if the capacity is more not to be elected: he would be a sub ordinate official in the Department of Education! This is the very apotheosis of im becility. None but impractical doc- trinaries could have conceived it. Its stupidity is incredible. North Carolina was first of ail the states to establish a Board of Medi cal Examiners. The system has work ed so well that practically every other state in the Union has copied jour iplan: so v^^dl that similar exam ining boards have been set up foi* dentists, nurses, pharmacists, osteo paths, veterinanrians, etc., all ac cording to the same general plan. The State Board of Health has built up a world-wide reputation. Yet it is now proposed—not on the authority of any responsible official, or any experienced physician or pub lic health officer, but by a purely theoretical outfit of “experts”—it is now proposed to scrap the entire sys tem. Costs Taxpayers Nothing As constituted, the system is flex ible, responsive to .public opinion, ef ficient: and (a most important point in these days), it costs the taxpayers nothing. Self-government, representa tion, are fundamental principles of th All such doctrinaires seem to reason alike. Behind such divigations as this lies always their basic assumption: that the people are not fit to manage their own affairs. Therefore, “ex states have adopted it) and instead .government” ought to be hire a commissioner of health. * called in and given a free hand. Pay him a fat salary, too. Of course! | know what’s good for you. Say $4,000, as a minipium. He must' they propose a dictator. 666 have his secretary, too. Pay her. He must have his deputies, too: a deputy com'missioner for medical examina tions, a deputy for dental examina- that is. (And even this election is yielded grudgingly, as a sop to “the mob”; they’d much rather choose the dictator themselves.) Give him full tions, another for nurses, for osteo- i Powers—and let him uplift the rah LIQUID or TABLETS Cure Colds, Headaches, Fever. 6 6 6 SALVE Cur«s Baby’s Cold Dr. J. I. Neal Veterinarian At Pinelhurst Race Track 10 to 12 Daily paths, for veterinarians, and so on down the line. Each deputy (at $3,- 500, say) must have his secretary, too: each must have his examiners, his clerks, his neat little group of bureaucrats, responsible only to him, as he is only to his boss, and as the commissioner is to his boss, and the last-named only to the Governor. What a lot of ?^tisfaction the ordi nary private citizen could , extract from any complaint made against the deputy-assistant clerk who refused to j serve him! j Efficiency Smothered The very least possible yearly pay roll of such an outfit would be, say, $30,000—doubtless much more. Add office-rentals and overhead—and talk of “economy!” . . . Meanwhile, all ef- j ficiency would be smothered in red ; tape, and North Carolina, instead of ' remaining in the forefront in matters j of public health, would become a i laughing-stock. God forbid! ble, whether they like it or not. Representative government may be cumbersome. It may not always be fully efficient. But it is better than a government o fthe people, by the Brookings Institute. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness during our recent bereavement. —J. M. FIELDS and Family Pinehurst, February 3, 1931. CLEAN COAL Delivered Premptly Phone 139 H. W. DOUB ABERDEEN REMEMBER •The priceois the Ark Southern JJinrs, N. €. A Country Day-School for Boys and Girls with Kindergarten. Limited Boarders Received, t Organized games twice weekly in cluding basket ball, volley ball, and tennis Dancing Classes Wednesdays COACH or BUSINESS COUK p. o. i. D*tr*it It challenges the performance of any six, r^ardless of price. It introduces Super- Six smoothness to the lowest price class. It looks like a far more eroensive car. It is bigger, v. 'der and roomier than many cars that sell for hundreds of dollars more. It is the Value Sensation in a year of sensational values. and you get RARE RIDING COMFORT 4 . miles an hour. Lawyers would be given greatei* iieeway in Workmen’s Compensation cases by a bill introduced. It would let them and their clients agree on fees, without control by the Industrial Com mission and hearings would be the same as those in Superior Courts by service of summons and filing of pleadings by both sides and the los ing party would have to pay all the costs. * He * Costs of foreclosure sales for taxe^ would be greatly reduced by the bill which would limit attorney’s fees, or allowance for such fees in case of a regular county attorney, to $8 when not more than 10 actions are brought; $6 when not more than 20, and $4 when more than 20 are brought. than two tons, would be limited to 25 Democratic party; and the members of the State Board of Health are chtser, part by election of the State Medi cal Society, and part by nomination of the Governor. Would a lay com missioner, appointed by and suborai- nate to the Commissioner of Educa tion (who, in turn, would be appoint ed by the Governor), and charged with numerous other duties beside, be »noi'e competent to administer matters (.f public health than the present bo.ird | of nine outstanding physicians, i **p- j resenting all parts of the State? j If the public is to be protected, j prospective doctors, pharmacists, j nurses, etc., must be competent and | well-trained. Who is better fitted to | examine candidates, and determine j their qualifications: The present | Board of Medical Examiners, consist- | ' ing of physicians of the first rank j or a single lay commissioner of health ! I who is charged, in addition, with all I the duties of the present State Board * * * j of Health ? And which would be more Other bills introduced and of gener-1 swayed by political influences, the al interest follows: | present board, or such a lay, commis- Increase State Highway Patrol | sioner, not elected, but appointed by DR. E. D. HARBOUR OPTOMETRIST at Tarlton’s Jewelry Store every first Tuesday in each month. 1 to 4 p. m. MARTIN MOTOR CO. ABERDEEN, N. C. * THEPINEIIURSTWAREHOUSES PINEHURST, N. C. from 37 to about 125; provide funds for its operation by license tax on drivers of $1.25 for first and $1 a year for renewals and $5 a year for chauffeurs. Raise maximum rate of tax on in comes from 6 to 10 per cent, remove the constitutional exemption and leave exemption to the legislature. Provide ready method of abolish ing special taxes in special tax dis tricts. Require quarterly reports by State Highway Commission to all! county commissioners of apportion ments and expenditures of highway funds in their respective counties. Increase pensions of disabled Con federate Veterans from $365 to $000 a year, payable monthly. Reimburse counties from Stata Highway funds from allotments to the counties, on basis of area and pop ulation, cash loans, donations and amounts spent by the counties on highways of the State highway sys tem. Refund proportionate part of li cense fees paid fo^ plates for auto mobiles burned or otherwise rendered useless. Prevent erection of electrical or rre- chanical signs on State highway sys tem expect as approved by the n^o- tor vehicle commissioner. Provide that certificate from the Commissioner of Revenue as to owner of an automobile with certain lice^^ e number and involved in damage ot injury be prima facie evidence of own ership of the car and that it was »p- erated by or at the direction' of the owner. Big increase in the license fees charged peddlers and those engaged in selling bankrupt or fire stocks of goods. a Commissioner of Education who, m turn, would be appointed by the Gov ernor? Such a commissioner would be twice removed from all effective pub lic control. Scheme Is Absurd The whole scheme is fantastically absurd: but unless the people of North Carolina will rouse themselves, and express their wishes in no uncer tain terms, we may find ourselves saddled with this monstrosity—and helpless for at least two years. The chief absurdity is that th^i scheme is declared to be not only ef ficient, but economical. Our present system of licensure, medical,, nurs ing, pharmacal, etc., costs the tax payers nothing whatever. Yet it is suggested that we scrap it (though it has worked so well that the other EYESIGHT SPECIALIST Will be in his office over the j g Post Office, Sanford, N. C., every | g Wednesday, from 10:00 a. m. to 3:00 jg p. m. 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