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.
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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.
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“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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
<lefinite headquarters and establish
their residences, paying their own ex
penses while at home. The patrolmen
will concentrate in the 25 cities anc
towns selected as division headiquar-
ters and will thus not be required to
travel such distances as was previous-
Mrs. Vance Adams and children,
Elizabeth ana June, have returned
from Scotland county where they
have been spending some time.
Miss Diahl Utley has returned from
Pinehurst where she has been visiting
her aunt.
Mrs. W. Warner and family have
moved into the Millett house.
M. F. Butner spent Tuesday and
Wednesday in Winston-Salem.
Miss Margriette DeYoe has return
ed from the Hamlet hospital where
she underwent an operation for ap
pendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gigee are
spending some time with friends in
Holly Springs, Fla.
Mrs. Meiderer of North Arlington,
N. J., is visiting her sister, Mrs. El
mer Austin.
Mr. Warner and son, Douglas of
Springfield, N. J., are spending some
time in Pinebluff.
SPECIAL LOW
ROUND TRIP FARES
July 3,1931
ABERDEEN TO
Washington ?
* Baltimore
xBaltimore
Richmond —
Portsmouth
Old oint
Virginia Beach 7.00
*Via Norfolk and Boat.
xVia All Rail.
Tickets limited July 8.
For information call on Ticket Agent.
10.00
11.00
6.50
6.50
6.50
H. E. PLEASANTS, D. P. A.
Raleigh, N. C.
Reach for a LUCKY instead
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asks you to do is to open your mouth wide, and to
say "Ah" He is examining the delicate lining of your
throat. "Ah!" There Is not a man or woman who
could even make this simple sound, if in the throat
there were no Adam*s Apple* For your Adam’s Apple
is your larynx—the voice box containing your vocal
chords. And what a delicate piece of Nature’s handi«
work the Adam’s Apple is. A slight cold—even a tiny
particle lodged in the throat—and our voice often
grows husky. In acute cases, we may even lose our
voice for several days. Don’t rasp your throat with
harsh irritants—Reach for a LUCKY instead—remem
ber, LUCKY STRIKE is the only cigarette in America
that through its exclusive "TOASTING" process ex
pels certain harsh irritants present in all raw tobaccos.
These expelled irritants ore sold to manufacturers
of chemical compounds. They are not present in
your LUCICY STRIKE. No wonder 20,679 American
physicians have stated LUCKIES to be less irritating.
LUCKIES are always kind to your throat. And so we
"Consider your Adam*s Apple."
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