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Fri-day, July 10, 1931. THE PILOT, a Paper With Character, Aberdeen, North Carolina T&ge Thre« WAPTTAT. By M. R. Dunnagan, The Pilot's Raleigh Correspondent Probably not more than 30 of the 100 counties will suffer from the de cision of the North Carolina Supreme ourt Thursday which said in effect ;hat a county^s expenditures which previously were not for ‘^special pur poses” cannot he for special purposes n the present economic emergency, and, therefore, cannot be funded as r.otes for special purposes. This is the important tax case, plac ed before the court recently in two n.-es, one from Durham, the other f.’om Duplin county, striking ^at the constitutionality of the Local Govern- men Act of the 1931 General Assem bly. In both cases, tax anticipation notes were issued for general county purposes, the counties seeking to fund them under the legislative act, when the revenues anticipated did ma terialize. The constitutional limit of taxes to he levied for general county purposes is 15 cents on the $100 property val uation, while additional taxes may be levied for “special purposes,” which must be necessary purposes, in which Schools, roads, erecting new court houses, jails or county homes, are in cluded. Chief Justice W. P. Stacy, writing he unanimous opinion, does not say -he act is unconstitutional. “The Gen eral Assembly,” he writes, “declares that an emergency exists by reason of the present extraordfnary financial condition prevailing in the counties of the State and gives its special approv al for the levying of taxes ‘to the fullest extent permitted by the con stitution’ for the purpose of paying bonds and notes issued to fund or re fund or renew indebtedness of the the Governor, who had sentences of less than 60 days. ♦ ♦ * Because of prices regarded too high, the State Highway Commission rejected all bids on gasoline at the opening of bids last week. The most definite result is the announce ment of Attorney General D. G. Brummitt that he will conduct an in vestigation of prices and practices in respect to the sale of gasoline in this State, to see if there is “combination in restraint of trade,” or collusion in price fixing. The hearings will begin Monday morning, July 20, at 10 A. M. in Mr. Brummitt’s office in Ral eigh. Subpoenas have been issued for the appearance of a number of wit ness, including representatives of the companies dealing in gasoline in this State, .-jji:: >(e i|c 4c ~ ‘ -■*’ Total general fund revenue collec tions for the fiscal year ending July 1, 1930, amounted to $12,927,749.97, or $2,416,492.38 less than for the $15,- 344, 242.35 collected the year before, the report of A. J. Maxwell, Commis sioner of Revenue, shows. The gasoline tax, license and title registration fees amounted to $18,- 714,864.69, or $1,204,067.14 less than the $19,918,931.83 collected the year before. Estimates of the deficit in operation 0 fthe State government for the past two years range from* $1,700,000 to $2,000,000. The report will be out soon. Mr. Maxwell has authorized col lection of the Schedule B. license taxes in July without penalty, due to the delay in getting out notice to taxpayers because of the long session of the General Assembly. The penalty of five per cent a month will not ap ply to July, but it will be 10 per cent counties now outstanding or incurred before July 1, 1931, and declares that | August 1. the payment of such bonds and notes ?hall constitute a special purpose. “But this does not purport,” he continues, “to convert notes issued for a deficiency in the general county j fund into notes for special purposes. 1 If it does, then to this extent the act j runs counter to the organic law, for Fire losses in North Carolina in May amounted to $907,108, nearly twice as much as in May, 1930, due largely to six large fires, including a tobacco warehouse fire of $400,000 in Win- the Legislature is without power to ; Elizabeth City, a $75,000 hotel in . i Southern Pines, a $28,000 business suspend the constitution even in times ; charlotte and a $21,800 bus- of stress. The Constitution is the ^ Reidsville. There were protector of all the peop e. It stands ! ^ _ as. their shield and buckler in fair weather and foul; and in periods of' a panic and depression, it is to them LAxVtjVliiiW ‘as the shadow of a great rock in a ! weary land, a shelter in the time of Miss Alice Littlefield returned storm’.” Thursday after a three weeks visit “When an act of the Legislature is friends and relatives in Saco, susceptible to two interpretations, one Maine. constitutional and the other not, the courts will adopt the former and re ject the latter, as the presumption is i' favor of its validity.” ;'hief Justice Stacy states that this Mr. and Mrs. Henry Graves, Carol Graves and George Cabel Penn of Carthage left Sunday for a trip to Wrightsville Beach. Miss Valeria Miller is visiting her ::ase apparently falls into classes | grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. listed as: “to supplement the gener-| MjHer of Rock Hill, S. C. al county fund, or to provide for a j Mrs. James Ballard and Mrs. Min- deficiency therein, or to take up a note in bank and other current ex penses or to borrow money for the necessary expenses of the county and provide for its repayment, which we have said was not ‘for a special pur pose’ within the meaning of Art. V, sec. 6, of the Constitution.” The act does not relate to cities and towns, but only to counties, and to probably 30 of those in the State, according to Charles M. Johnson, di rector of Local Government. The de cision will not adversely effect the redit or notes or bonds of any of the ’( Unties, except as to the notes in- olved, Mr. Johnson believes, express- the hope that those involved will iie able to get out of their present ifficulties Hv'ithout setrious trou- ole. * * * The North Carolina Supreme Court i-d cleared its slate of all cases ex cept three when it handed down a oatch of 13 opinions July 2 and ■ < ught to an end the spring term of he court. Last summer 30-odd c^ses vere held over and opinions rendered ning the fall term, and for several years the number has been larger than will go over this summer. The mall number is due in part to the fact that only one case, arising under Rivers of Marston are visiting Mrs. W .C. Smith for a few days. The Contract Club met at the home of Mrs. R. T. Woodruff Friday, July 3rd with a picnic luncheon. Visit ing guests included Mrs. Herbert Poole, Mrs. C. T. Grier and Mrs. Ca bel Penn of Carthage. Miss Pauline Bryan of Durham was a recent guest of Miss Mildren Gun ter. Mrs. Clem Everett and Miss Lillian Mclnnis spent Thursday shopping in Sanford. John Farrell of Durham is making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Worth Miller for a few weeks, while he is assisting with the work in the park. Robert Woodruff has arrived for a visit with his mother, Mrs. R. T. Woodruff. Visiting Mrs. H. H. Flemm this week is her son and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Flemm, Charles and Mar alyn from New Kensington, Pa., also her brother-in-law, H. H. Ricken- brode of Pittsburgh. Alex Fields, the efficient County Game Warden, recently placed 3600 young bass i nthe lake. This is by far the largest aUottment ever received for the lake here. Miss Orene Krahnke of Sanford and Miss Cleone Krahnke of Washing ton, D. C., accompanied by a party of friends spent the week-end at the! Shelter cottaige. Miss Caroline Rankin of Greens- Court Calendar for Biennium Completed Judges Finley, Warlick, Oglesby and Harding Preside Here in Order Mentioned The court calendar for North Car olina, showing all courts in each of the 100 counties from July 1, 1931, to June 30, 1933, except those called during the period as special terms, has been completed by Henry M. London, legislative reference librarian, and is being sent to judges, clerks of court and others interested in the terms. The calendar shows what judge will pr^ide, whether the courts will last for one, two or three weeks, whether they are for trial of civil or criminal or both classes of cases and whether special judges will have to be assign ed, since some of the terms were or dered by the General Assembly and conflict with other terms in the dis trict. The schedule of hearings of the va rious districts in the N. C. Supreme court, the times and places of meet ings of Federal courts and of the Fourth District, U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, are also shown. Moore county courts will be presided over by Judge T. B. Finley this fall Judge Wilson Warlick next spring. Judge Jolin’ Oglesby will civil; spring 1933, January 23, one ■ a drug store. Mr. McCrummon is a week criminal; February 13, one week | druggist, and has concluded to em- civil; March 27, two weeks civil, spec- bark in business for himself in a line ial judtge to be assigned; May 22, one with which he is familiar, and as soon week criminal. as the Melvin store is out of the old place. Mr. McCrummen will put in MELVIN’S MOVES STORE TO drug store equipment and stock. LOCATION NEAR POST OFFICE The Melvin store has been one of the well-known business estahlish- This week Melvin’s store has mov- ments in Aberdeen for seventeen ed from its previous location on years, building up a trade that has South street to the vacant room in been based on a reputation for the Johnson building next to the! straight forward business methods,- postoffice, a location the store had : and will look natural in the location some years ago before going over to : it formerly occupied, the other street. The occasion for moving is the sale of the building in Billie Bethune, who has been visit- Miss Rankin taught school here sev eral years ago, when Lakeview oper ated a two teacher school. preside during the fall of 1932 and boro was a visitor in town Tuesday.; ^ p Harding the spring of 1933. Schedule for the Moore courts for the two years follows. Fall 1931, August 17, one week , criminal; September 21, two weeks Mrs. Wallace of Sumter, S. C., is an civil, a special judge to be assigned Aberdeen visitor this week and the second week; December 14, one week guest of her niece, Mrs. C. B. Thom- civil; spring 1932, January 25, one as. week criminal; February 15, one week Mr. and Mrs. Howell of Raeford , civil; March 28, two weeks civil, spec- spent last Sunday in Aberdeen visit-' ial judge to be assigned; May 23, two ing their daughter, Mrs. Percy Eng- weeks, first criminal, second civil, lish. Fall 1932, August 15, one week W. F. Caddell, the Standard Oil criminal; September 19, two weeks Company’s representative here, has civil, special judge to be assigned for been transferred to Wilmington, N. C. j second week; December 12, one week which the store was to the McCmm-1 ing relatives near Pittsboro, return- men brothers^ who will establish there j ed home last Tuesday night. (Packard^reieniL MARION TALLEY Operatic Soprano and Concert Star in the third of a series of Monday Evening Radio Recitals Monday Night, July 13th over NBC Blue and Supplemenatry Net works. Tune in on WPTF, Raleigh, at 9:30 P. M. Eastern Standard Time Monday, July 20th, John McCormack PINEHURST GARAGE CO. Plnehurst, N. C. I I ifoivi Hie # # Don’t Rasp Your Throat With Harsh Irritan nie Oldham were in Fayetteville Thursday shopping. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wynne and daughter, Miss Margaret spent the Fourth in Lakeview with relativeL\ ' Ralph Wallace of Kinards, S. C, ■•.vas the guest of Miss Alma Mclnnis Sunday. R, B. Byrd of Mount Olive spent the week-end in town with Mrs. Byrd and Bobby. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Causey have returned from Moorehead City where they spent the week-end. S. J. Gardner made a trip to Or angeburg, S. C., the first of the week. Mrs. W. S. Simpkins of Angier is^ visiting her people here for a few days. Edgar Stevens and family of Greensboro were Lakeview visitors over the Fourth. Oruid Lee of Durham visited at the home of Miss Sallie McDonald Sat urday and Sunday. Alton Matthews, George Dyer, Her bert Eastwood, Edwin Causey and James Lee Blue left Monday for a week’s camping trip to White Lake. They were accompanied by Mr. May field, agricultural teacher in the Vass- Lakeview school. Mrs. Daniel McNeill spent the he acts of the 1931 General Assem- week-end in Pinehurst with Mr. and bly, the tax case, came before it dur- ng: the spring term. The court will meet August 24 to .2,'ive the semi-annual examination to applicants to practice law in North Carolina, and will convene for the fall term of court August 31. * * North Carolina’s experiment of maintaining all county roads, 45,000 miles, and taking over all prisoners sentenced for 60 days or more, was started July 1 with good prospects of success. The State took over more than 3,000 prisoners and released slightly more than 300, paroled by Mrs. I. C. Sledge and family. Mrs. Cleveland Cagle of Carthage was a recent visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Richfardson. Mrs. Dan S. Ray, Mrs. H. A. Vin ton, Mrs. Harry Flemm and Miss Ef- fie McCallum were luncheon guests of Mrs. J. R. McQueen and Mrs. D. Mc Neill Thursday. Dune and Dave Morrison with their families went to Harnett County Sun day to be present at a family reun ion and picnic dinner—the occasion being in honor of their mother’s birth day. 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