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Friday, September 18, 1931. THE PILOT, a Pai>er With Character. Aberdeen. North Carolina Piure Three At the APITAL For Governor Ktm»HiiiiHt:»m:»Hiii»;»iiiimiiiiii By M. R. Dunnagan, The Pilot’s Raleigh Correspondent Extensive reduction of government al costs, in state, county and city, even in nation, is the main, the over shadowing, in fact, about the sole is sue on which A. J. Maxwell would go tefore the people as a candidate for :he Democratic nomination for Gov- , rn r, in a statement issued “to the people of North Carolina” Sunday. No new sources of revenue are available and those now tapped have been placed in a dangerous position, ?.!•'. Maxwell holds, stating that a re- a.ljustment of public burden is essen- l al, when the annual tax bill of $102,- • 00.000 is nearly equal to the pres- value of the combined corn, cotton an.l tobacco crops, or greater than *he entire total incomes of all do- and foreign corporations in ^hc ^-tate. Proper reduction of cost of govern ment will meet many obstacles, but it can be done, Mr. Maxwell pledging I \ SUMMER MEAtS musf satisfy MLALS with MIAT Always Satisfy • Make Your Choice rrom Our CHOICE MEATS Infinite Variety 'L.x.cellent Quality Sanitary Cash Market E. B. Maynard, Pnp. SOUTH ST. ABERDEEN his best efforts and experience to do ing it. He would cut nearly $100,000 of the $116,000 extra legislative bill, by abandoning the custom of much help. He would charge the 1,124 non resident students at the State’s three higher educational institutions fees that more nearly represent the cost of their education to the taxpayers of the state, saying that 26 per cent of the investment and expenditures are for the benefit of non-resident stu dents. The consolidation plan will re duce costs, he adds. He would utilize the 6,000 vacant school rooms, an actual extravagance, w'hich taxpayers must meet in in terest and principal of bonds. While favoring a broad school policy,. he would apply the test of practicality and ability to pay to every phase of school cost. Three million dollars will be saved this year without lowering of existing standards, Mr. Maxwell states. A common laborer outside the pris on is able to provide the common nec essities for a family and one inside State’s Prison should produce enough to take care of his own necessities, Mr. Maxwell states, mentioning the more than half a million dollar def icit in two years. Prisoners could be utilized in beautifying as well as maintaining highways and in forests. The policy of placing them on the roads should be extended until the prison pays its way. i|i % “An unrelenting stand to limit public borrowing to actual necessities and to decrease our public indebted ness and its annual load of interest,” is one of the important and difficult tasks of the next administration. “A large part of our tax burden today is directly due to bad management and mismanagement of public funds, and to an alarming frequency of actual defalcation,” Mr. Maxwell states, say ing public funds must be protected. Local government does a large part of the spending, spending di rectly related to the tax on prop erty, and these costs must be re duced. Some counties are passing on the reduction due to State assump tion of functions formerly given to them; others are not. They, cities as well, should reduce their spending to add to that made by the State. « * * ‘ “While Great Britain and other ' countries are making drastic read- ! justments to fit the times, Washing ton goes heedlessly along spending at the rate of a billion and a half dollars a year in excess of revenue, and continually increasing the burden of tax free bonds,” Mr. Maxwell : swings at the Federal Government, , saying such extravagance should % XX A. J. MAXWELL KiU Your Peach Borers Now The one certain agent, fresh from the factory, and in tin cans now so that it keeps indefinitely is PARADOW the Dow Chemical staple The peach man knows Paradow. Or at least if he does not he loses money by not knowing^. Paradow is a chemical from which g-ases heavier than air are releas ed, and the gases go down to the tree roots and destroy the borers. Paradow saturates the ground around the roots and kills the root pests and cleans up the tree and stimulates new life and ac tivity. Pinehurst Warehouses Pinehurst, N. C. Paradow is also a good protectiwi For Your Roses “not be tolerated to support the most extravagant and most important Federal govemmont in the history of the country.” ♦ ♦ Mr. Maxwell would not cripple or abandon any form of public service that is worth the cost. He would adopt the beginning made by the last General Assembly and fostered by this administration. He would, when practical, remove the 15c-levy on property for schools, but would em phasize proper spending rather than seek new sources or increase of pres ent sources of revenue. * ♦ ♦ The general sales tax is unjust and unfair, in part for the unequal com petition which it would impose on do mestic business, particularly near the borders of the state, and because it violates the traditional policy of the Democratic party that taxes should be measured by ability to pay. A luxury tax has most of the objec tions of the general tax, with another peculiar to North Carolina. Three- fourths of the proposed revenues would come from tobacco products, its adoption inviting other states to do likewise, thus cutting down ma terially the market for a commodity manufactured and grown primarily in this state. « « The program of the present admin istration has stopped and turned backward the rising tide of govern mental costs. Unless rigid economy is. used in State and local government, the relief given by the last General Assembly to property will be restored to the former high levels because of demands for increased spending, as was done 10 years ago when the State tax on property was removed entirely, Mr. Maxwell states. Al though believing firmly in local self- government, he advocates protection against abuse of power by all public officials. ♦ * * Relative to the quadriennial reval uation, Mr. Maxwell recalls that he was busily preparing for that assess ment—had a school in Raleigh for assessors—when the General Assem bly interrupted preparations. He fav ors revaluation, but asserts that re valuation will not relieve from the excessive tax burden. “The only ac tual relief is in actual readjustment and reduction in the size and volume of our spending,” he states. Mr Maxwell thinks the people should have a period of thought be fore an active campaign is opened, thus opposing a long-drawn-out fight. He states that his statement is what he believes, not colored for campaign purposes, is based on intimate knowl edge gained over a long period of years in close gtudy of the State’s problem and tax resources. Whether he wins or not, he feels that North Carolina will be better off for all classes of citizens in his use of his candidacy to carry this issue to the people. ♦ * * Grovemor Gardner has called a meeting of leaders in many fields of activity in the state for this Friday in Raleigh to outline a State program for relief operations in North Caro lina this winter. Pointing out that the activities of the administration last year were largely to aid the unemployed in se curing work. Governor Gardner states: “This year it will be the policy of the administration to emphasize re lief and to undertake to arous the consciousness of the state to a prop er realization of the obligation to provide for the unfortunate in this period of depression.” Stuart W. Cramer, North Carolina member of the Federal Commission on Unem'plo3^ent, has been invited to meet with State leaders here Fri day. Subscribe to The Pilot—$2.00 per year, payable in advance. mmn Sandhill Tobacco Warehouse Opens TUESDAY, SEPT. 22nd, 1931 We are fortunate in securing the services of Mr. R. D. Cothran, of Manning, S. C., to run our sales. A man who has had 28 years ex perience as sales manager and ware houseman, and is one of the best in the business. Bring us your tobacco and get the top market. We will give you services second to none in North Carolina. Prompt and courteous attention. Fair Deal- XX H XX XX ♦♦ H XX H XX XX XX I :: y XX mg. Sandhill Tobacco Warehouse McLEOD & MAURER, Proprietors. ABERDEEN, N. C. PAGE & COMPANY Bonds and Securities ABERDEEN, N. C. WE WILL OFFER FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER One Vacant Lot ADJOINING THE OFFICE OF DR. A. J. McLEOD Sixty Feet Along Main Street and One Hundred Forty Feet Deep. All bids will be sealed bids and should reach the office of Page & Company, Aberdeen, North Carolina, not later than Wednesday morning, Septem ber 3rd. No bid under one thousand dollars will be ac- cepted. Terms of sale, one- third cash, balance, one and two years. Ralph W. Page. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimmmTTTTTTTTTtmumiitrmr
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