Fritiay, June 26, 1931. THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North narftliim Pa^e Three *ifeCAPITAL By M. R. Dunnagran, The Pilot’s Raleigh Correspondent The North Carolina Supreme Court hn:? before it the first constitutional nri Mem arising from the actions of 1931 session of the General As- rinbly of importance to juany of the 100 counties arid 432 mur^icipalities in the state. Two test are before the court, one from Hirlin, the other from Durham njitv, and were heard by the court la- Saturday, in order that the prob- leni might be disposed of as soon as possible. The question is this: Many units of government have issued anticipation notes to pay current expenses and to repaid by revenues later. Some of these units failed to realize the rev enue sufficient to meet these notes. The Local Gov;?rnment Act per- ly required. A lieutenant will be in charge of each of the five major di visions. The State Board of Equilization, which has the monumental task of op erating the six mon'ths term of school in the 100 countie' of the state, devot ed much of its attention at the two- day session last week to the acute problem of school consolidations, un der the school bill which requires the abolishing of elementary schools hav ing an“average daily attendance last year of less than 25 pupils and high schools with attendance of less than 22 pupils and high schools with at tendance of less than 50 pupils. Reports from nearly all of the county superintendents indicate that many consolidations can be made on mit? the funding of these notes by basis. The board^s attitude is to issuance and selling of bonds, the in terest and principle being payable “from an unlimited tax upon all tax able property” of the unit, placing it a tax for a special purpose. The Supreme Court is to decide wnether such funding is for a special urpose, in that the present economic condition make it an emergency, as provided in the Local Government A. t, and such bonds retired by special tax levies; or whether such tax ^vould be for general current expenses and, therefore, against the constitu- have the county school authorities work out and recommend consolida tions desirable, so as not to disarrange local conditions any more than is nec essary in carrying out the provisions of the law. A large saving in salary and maintenance costs is expected to be saved hy these consolidations. The board had before it Director A. S. Brower, of the new Division of Purchase and Contract, v/ho is also expected to bring about extensive economies in the bulk purchases of big items, such as coal, school busses, MISS KATHERINE FOWLER BRIDE AT SYRACUSE, N. Y. Anjiouncements have been received locally of the marriage at Syracuse, New York of Miss Katherine Dillaye Fowler, daughter of Mrs. Albert Perry Fowler of Syracuse and Henry Wil kinson Bragdon of North Andover, Mass., which took place on Saturday, June 20th at the bride’s home. Miss Fowler is well known in the Sandhills, having spent the past sev- Commission. The failure of the Bank of Clinton is of local interest due to the fact that L. A. Bethune, former resident of Aberdeen, is president of the institution. Frozen assets caused the closing, it is said. COSTLY NOW TO SERVE OLEOMARGARINE IN N. C. of Agriculture issuing liceness to eat- i months, from June 1, to December 31. ing places on satisfactory applications ! Violators of any provisions of the for license. Commissioner Graham law are subject to a fine of from has ruled that the tax for this year i $100 to $500 or imprisonment of not will be seven-twelfths of the annual ; more than three months, or both, in rate, the license running for seven ; the discretion of the court. Oleomargarine, colored to resemble butter, cannot now be sold legally in North Carolina, and in hotels, dining eral winter^ at Pinebluff, The young rooms or cafes where oleomargarine is couple will make their home after Oc tober 1st at North Andover. L. A. BETHUNE’S BANK OF CLINTON CLOSES DOORS Both banks at Clinton failed to open for business on Monday morning of this week, leaving the town without banking facilities. The Bank of Clin ton and the Bank of Sampson have been taken over by the State Banking sold must appear in gothic letter an inch long the sign “Oleomargarine served here.” The new law became ef fective June 1 and is administered by the Department of Agriculture, which is directed to prescribe the necessary rules and regulations for its enforce ment. Manufacturers of oleomargarine must pay an annual tax of $1,000 and the wholesaler or distributor must pay $100 annually, the Commissioner Weymouth Heights Southern Pines, N. C. ional prohibition of a levy of more other requirefhents common to than 15 cents on the $100 of property valuation for current operating ex penses. This action has a bedring on the law enacted by the recent General As sembly which would permit 30-odd ounties to levy taxes for court and jail costs and the cost of the quadrien- nial revaluation of property as spec ial purposes and in addition to the Ir.-cent limit for general expenses. Belief is that the act is unconstitution al, but it was enacted as a method of “keeping county commissioners out of jail” for exceeding the 15-cent limit of tax levy. * « Dr. (^harles E. Brewer, president of Meredith College, Raleigh, has been elected; Niati(onial Councillor of the Junior Order United American Me- -•hanics and national headquarters of the order will be here for the next two years. He is the second national head from Raleigh. % sie “Where,” asked Governor O. Max Gardner in a radio talk last week and referring to the estimated annual am(?unt of money sent out of this for food and feed—“where is s -1^0,000,000 to come from this \ a ? Can it come from cheap cotton and cheap tobacco this fall? Do you think we aie not going to have cheap f-otton and cheap tobacco this fall? ? ‘‘Let's can and preserve every dol- -'ir’> worth of the surplus vegetables, and food stuffs that we raise,” thf Governor pleaded, stating that “Last year we allowed between $5,- ^•0,000 and 810,000,000,000'of veg- '•’bles and fruits to dry up and rot « 1 waste.” He asked anyone who "ulr not gatiicr and keep his produce, t invite his neighbors or tenants or 1"' s lelatives or friends in town to om= get and preserve it. Let’s not only produce the $30,000,- ‘ 0 additional of food and feed stuffs ' we set for our goal in 1931, but also save it, once we have pro- 'd it. Let us raise something to rr and then save all we raise. I uii think of nothing more comfort- ' ight now than, to feel sure there w Miifi be no soup kitchens, bread if' and stark hunger in this state ' year,” he said. all of the schools. The board will meet again soon to go further into plans and methods of school operation for next year. * * ♦ No call has been issued yet for a meeting of the Constitutional Com mission of nine men, authorized by the 1931 General Assembly and named by Governor Gardner, to study the needs of the Constitution, submit a redraft or amendments to che 1933 General Assembly, which will, in turn, submit the proposed changes to a vote of the people at the following election. Governor Gardner’s appointments to the commission are Chief Justice W. P. Stacy, of the N. C. Supreme Court; Judge John J. Parker, of the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Charlotte; Judge Michael Schenck, of N. C. Su perior Court, Hendersonvil le;Lind- perior Court, Hendersonville; Lind say C. Warren, Member of Congress, Washington, N. C.; Burton Craige, lawyer, Winston-Salem; A. J. Max well, Commissioner of Revenue, Ral eigh; George Butler, lawyer, Clinton; Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of The Pro gressive Farmer, Raleigh, and J. 0. Carr, Wilmington. Governor Gardner said he had “en deavored to recognize all sections of the political and social (ypinion.” PINEBLUFF Crate Nails 4d Cement Coated Crate Nlails. 5 and 6d Crate Nails 8d Boxcar Nails Crate Hatchets Paste and Ink Baskets and Crates BURNEY HARDWARE CO. Aberdeen, Phone 30 North Carolina H n ♦♦ n n Gradually Weymouth is becoming a summer home as well as a winter home, new folks corning in from time to time to establish themselves in this desirable sec tion. Free from fogs, from humidity, from extremes of summer heat or from winter cold. Always the pine trees are protection, summer or winter, as well as a pic turesque feature of the surrounding neighborhood. S n ♦♦ ♦« ♦« n S Folks in Southern Pines read in the Northern pa pers of the people of the North being overcome with heat, but they never hear of heat overcoming any one in the Sandhills. No summer hurricanes, no winter bliz zards, just the mild average of a mid-South tempered climate all the year. " s. B. RICHARDSON Real Estate PATCH BUILDING Southern Pines. North Carolina tmmn ttstiiiitiiiiiniitttitttnxiiiiittittttitttt Don’t Rasp Your Throat With Harsh Irritants aptain Charles D. Farmer, of the 'ta^e Highway Patrol, has started a 'hool for three weeks to train 100 -■‘^kies” to fill about 35 places on 0 patrol, which is to be increased ' om the original 37 to 60. The train- li ground will center around a pa- ;non on the beach neai^ Morehead y and the lieutenants who trained ■■ years ago in Pennsylvania will instructors. While the General Assembly did t actually increase the number of '•atrolmen, it did give certain leeway ^ - the State Highway Commission to nake such change and additions as ore considered necessary in the re- jganization. The additions will be riade without additional cost. Salaries have been cut and the expense ac- ounts have been eliminated. The plan, as announced by Chairman E. B. Jeff res, will be for patrolmen to have Thun^ day and Sat» ttrday evening over N. B. C. networks.