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MOORE COUNTY’S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY rriwxT? I& JL JLJE!/ A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding VOL. 18, NO. 6. >^ARTHAOE aACLE SPRINGS VASS LAKEVIEW JACK son SPRIMOS PINEBLUFP LOT FIRST IN NEWS, * CIRCI LATIOX & ADVERTISING of the Sandhill Territory of North Carolina Aberdeen and Southern Pines, North Cjirolina, Friday January (5, 1933. ^ FIVE CENTS <»x /?o> State’s Budget Must Be CELEBRATION OF Balanced Immediately,New HOLIDAYS LANDS Governor Tells Assembly MANY IN COURT Daug-hter of Mayor Stutz To Wed V Sees Scrip Payment, Defaults and Destruction of Our In stitutions Otherwise MUST “TAKE IT ON CHIN” “Reverently and in the full con sciousness of the moments responsi bilities I take up the duties of this great office. To me it has always sym bolized the ultimate in political achievement but I find that the real ization of a life’s ambition brings only an overwhelming sense of responsi bility and inadequacy For confronting us at this hour are problems of such magnitude as the State has not faced since Reconstruction days; problems which challenge, in each of us who are charged with their solution, the ultimate of our capacities of head and heart and hand, and give us timorous pause lest in spite of conscientous cf- fort we go finally amiss “For whether we are willing to ad mit it or not the State which we love has reached the cross roads of its fi- nancinl destiny, and upon our present chove of highways (depends its econ omic salvation and exalted ideals in governmental activities, as well as a various and ever increasing demand for governmental services, beckoned us constantly to an increased and ever increasing spending, we launched upon a program and practice, which, how ever "reat its social and economic div idends, lays upon us, in these diffi cult days, a burden and yoke that galls and grinds and terrifies us. There is neither disposition nor desire to quar rel at the past, to fix responsibility or apportion blame for the burden? of the present. The urge was univer sal, the call well nigh unanimous, the condemnation, if such there be. must be shared by all, and the speculation as to culprits is foolish and futile There is too, much of consolation in the recollection that the investments which consumed this spending may be reckoned yet as economic and social assets. North Carolina can stand be fore her sister States unashamed of the part she has played in the delir ious drama of development marking the past decade. “As late as June 1928 our financial condition was not serious or the cause of reasonable apprehension. Our rev enues were steady and in excess of estimates: our farms and factories productive and profitable. We were meeting with case and promptness our bond maturities both in State and local subdivisions and all seemed rosy as a summer’s dream. “But the waves of a great national adversity have now overtaken us and the time has come for reckoning, self appraisal, inventory of our condition and the setting of our house in finan' cial order. Deficit of Sl2..500,000 “Estimates prepared by State offi cials covering our situation as of July 1st, 1933, on the basis of present ex penditures and levies indicate a pre dicted total operating deficit of $12,- r)00,000.00. The figures here present- ed are compiled on a cash as distin guished from an accrual basis. “Recall the fact that we are com mitted to the elemination of the State wide 1.5c levy for the six months school term (which involves a relinquish ment of approximately four million dollars each year of revenue) and the problem of a balanced budget assumes real propoijjions—particularly in view of our platform pledge of every reas onable effort for the avoidance of ad ditional taxes. “Consider too that we have come to this position where we are burdened ■with a presently accumulated deficit of approximately $9,430,000.00 in large part through efforts to keep up, as far as possible, the present level of spending for certain purposes, our re luctance to make further cuts, our desire to maintain these services on a cash basis, and that this borrowing (short time) has itself added to our annual burden an additional load in interest charges of many hundred thousands. Recall that, but for the exercise by Governor Gardner of his powers as Director of the Budget, and the cutting of appropriations there under, we would today (on the basis Recommendations Governor’s Proposals for Solu tion of North Carolina’s Financial Problem Briefly, Governor Ehringhaus’ I'ccomnicndations to the General ■•Assembly include the following higidights: 1. Balanced budget. 2. Revaluation of property. Relief of present property I)iastic curtailment in spend- 3. levy. -1. ing. ."). Reduction in operating cost of government, through consolida tions and abolishmer.ts of depart ments. fi. No new commitments. 7. Xo diversion of highway funds; curtailment of construction. 8. Educational curtailments. 9. Reductions in local govein- ment expenses, possibly through consolidations of counties, and re ductions in costs of tax foreclosure. Judse Humber Has Heavie^it Docket in Years as After- math of Christmas of the last legislative appropriation) have an additional deficit of $8,8.50,- 000.00 or a grand total of $17,8.50.00. “\V’’«n we recall the courageous ac tion of Governor Gardner and his un canny divination of financial “break ers ahead” when the President him self was heralding a new and enlarg ed era of prosperity; when we re call that by this action legislative ap propriations were reduced the first year $450,000.00, then $2,100,000.00, then $2,600,000.00, and this year about that $2,700,000.00; when we remember that but for this action the presently accumulated deficit would be greater by many millions and our State no doubt already on a scrip basis and in financial chaos; when we recall his achievement in reducing general gov ernmental expenses from $8,0.58,000.00 to ?fi,lfi4,000.00, a decrease of 29%; when we remember the setting up by the Legislali:re of agencies which have resulted in damming the tide of municipal debt increase and promot ing a substantial reduction thereof (amounting in principal and interest last year to over twenty million dol- (Please turn to page 8) E, W. Reinecke Weds in Pinehurst Chapel Mi.ss .Jane Sutherland of Illinois is Bride of Resident of Southern Pines Miss Jane Sutherland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Sutherland of Glencoe, 111., and Ernest William Rein ecke of Southern Pines, son of the late Rev. and Mrs. J. W^ Reinecke were married on Wednesday after noon. The Rev. T. A. Cheatham per formed the ceremoney in the Village Chapel before more than fifty friends and members of the immediate fami lies. Miss Elizabeth Sutherland, sister of the bride, was maid of honor, while Sumuel Rankin of Fayetteville, N. C., was best man. A reception was held immediate ly after the ceremony at the Suther lands’ Pinehurst home, after which the couple departed for a honeymoon in Florida. Upon their return they will make their home here. Mrs. Reinecke was graduated from the North Shore Country Day school and from Pine Manor, the latter in 1930. She later studied music at Col umbia University, in New York. Mr. Reinecke, who is an architect, studied at the University of Pennsylvania. ANXFAL MEETING OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NEXT MONDAY The annual meeting of the Southern Pines Library Association /for the election of officers and trustees will be held at the library next Monday, January 9th at 5 p. m. Every one holding a membership in the library, Annual, Sustaining or Patron, is a member of the Library Association and is urged to attend this meeting, announces Geo. P. Hardison, secretary. :niostly LKiroR cases Due in large measure to our pagan ideas of celebrating Christma.s and to the fact that no Recorder’s Court was held last week, this week’s docket was one of the heaviest in years, with booze cases leading by a big majority. h'red Mashburn, a sixty-four-year- old man of Deep River township, a man who for several years had been a .hurch member lea iing an upright li:e, was terribly embarrassed to awake and find himself in jail on Christmas morning. He had been tak en at the home of Carl Marley on the Might before with some liquor in his possession when the officers went there to search the house following the arrest of Mailey and a negro com panion on the Horseshoe bridge. Mr. Mashbui'n, it seems, had met up with a stranger who sold him a quart of liquor for fifty cents, and not bein'4 accustomed to drinking, the small amount he imbibed knocked him out so far as knowing what he was doing was concerned. In court he entere I a plea of con fession and avoidance, and prayer foi' judgment was continued upon pay ment of the costs. Prominent men tes tified as to his good character. Carl Marley and Kenneth Currie, who were bottled-up on the bridge and who threw their suit case of spirits into the stream, were sentenced to serve six months and three months, respectively, and each was given a econd sentence of twelve months, exe cution on this sentence to issue at the will of the court at any time Vvithin three years. John Leviner, alias Fre:l Wilson, white of the Laurinburg section, was given six months on a charge of vio lating the prohibition law and six months for malicious injury to person al property, the sentences, however, to run concurrently. Wilson had been arrested and placed in the Southern Fines lock-up and his liquor, which was to be used as evidence, had been placed in a locker. The keeper of the jail, feeling charitable at Christmas time, allowed the prisoner acce.ss to the runway for a while and the pris oner, it is alleged, broke into the lock er and de'tioyed the “evidence.” Della Takes To Heels When officers made a professional call upon Elliott Bethea and Della Bethea, alias Pump Bethea, colored, to discuss violation of the prohibition ■law’, Delia took to her heels and ran • half a mile to another woman’s home and jumped in the bed without wait ing to shed clothing or shoes. When the officers caught up, she denied that she was Della Bethea, but the officers were not so easily deceived. In court, Elliott was found not guilty and Della guilty. She was fined $20 and the costs and was given four months, execution to issue at the will of the court at any time in three years. i Rober Thomas, Willie Holmstead, Willie Vamper and Leslie Ray, colored, were charged with taking two pairs of men’s shoeK from the Southern Pines Sales Company. Thomas and Ray were found not guilty and the two Willies were given four months each. D. P. McDonald, Ike Hunt and Robert Hunt, white, charged with lar ceny of a safe from Farrell’s Ice and Coal Plant in Aberdeen, were bound to Superior Court under bond of $500 each. Johnnie Adcock of Pinehurst was fined $50 and the costs for driving a car while intoxicated, and he is not to drive a car for one year. In addi tion, he was given four months on the roads, execution to issue at any time within two vears at the will of the I court. Belle Carter, coloi’ed of Pinehurst, pleaded nolo contendere to a charge of violating the prohibition law. She was fined $50 and the cofts and given a six months’ jail sentence, execution to issue at any time in two years. Moses Palmer, colored, pleaded nolo contendere to carrying a concealed ^ "°ROPRIATIONS ," UST PROBLEM FOR SENTINELS Edjjar Ewins, Secretary for 8th Con^ressinal Dislric'f. Out lines Program DISCUSSES ECONOMIES The Sentinels announced this week the aprointment of Edgar Ewing as acting set'.etary of the orginization for the eighth Congressional district 01 North Carolina. He will occupy the position until the district executive committee selects a successor. Asked what the Sentinels plan to do in the immeditte future Mr. Ew ing said: “The first effoit wil! ti.- to j build up strong support for Mr. Lam beth, our Congressman, and for Mr. Cameron, our repi-esentative in the State leji islature. Congress has been in session for a month and during that time has had under considera tion a number of bills of vital impor tance to the country. It is probable that The Sentinels will select the ap- ' propriation bills as the subject of the first discussions. The reason for this choice is that appropriations are of primary interest to a peo, le stag gering under an unbearable burden of taxation. It is in the matter of appro- pr ation--, moreover, that The Senti nels can be of greatest help to their County Gets Report on ,School Requirements Orders Tentative Operating Bud get Sent to State Department of Education Five Honorary Members Selected by Kiwanis Leonard Tufts, J. R. McQueen, S. B. Chapin, Bion Butler and Robert N. Page Chosen MISS ALICE >L\RTIN STLTZ Laughter of Mayor and Mrs. Dorsey G. Stutz of Sou.hern Pines, whose en- neis can be of greatest help to their gogement to Frederick Jackson, of Boston, Massachusetts, was announced representatives. For a reduction in last week. Photo by Eddy. appropriations means that a num ber of people are going to lose their jobs. And the lawmaker who votes for a measure that abolishes jobs makes a host of implacable ei.emies who harass him and cons;'ice to prevent his reelection. Lacking a strong, watchful element in his constituency I—such as The Sentinels propose to supply—the legislator studiously avoids creating enemies by cutting ;down government expense. “In fact, so greatly do many legis lators fear the opposition of those who lose their jobs that they have worked up an argument to try to prove that reduction of government expense votild serve to increase the depression. The aruumeni is very simple. They '■ay that to throw men out of jobs vould ad ' to unemplo;, ment. The other side of the argument comes from many faimers, manufacturers and merchants who say that if they had the money they jiay out in taxes they themselves could employ more men and that if taxes are not reduced they will fail in business and have to throw out of work all the employes they now have. One merchant advanced the idea that if employing large armies of people bv Ire government helps the depression, it might entirely solve the problem to put us all on the State or federal payroll. The politician’s ar gument seems to be destroyed com pletely by carrying it to the ridiculous extreme. The Sentinels believe that when their representatives can rid their minds of fear for their political safety they can and will work out our conomic problems in an effective way. The Sentinels intend to provide polit ical safety for those who deserve it.” Mr. Ewing addressed the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen on Wednesday on the subject of the aims and plans of the men’s branch of The Sentinels, and the members were sufficiently inter ested to see a date for a further dis cussion of the organization in the thought that the Kiwanis Club may be able to lend a hand in furthering the movement. The tentative operating buJget for the Moore County schools for 1932- S.'J was ordered by the Moore County Board of Education at a meeting on Friday, December 30th, to be su' - mitted to the State Department of Eiiucation immediately. It contained a list of one county superintendent, one clei’k, five boar I members, 213 teachers, 18 janitors -and 52 bus driv- eis, including both white and colored. The salavie.s of these employees will not be definitely known until fixed and certified, according to law, by the State Superintendent of Public In struction about Jan. loth.. The report showed 131 teachers in the rural schools and 82 in all char ters. Aberdeen has 2t, ('arthage 28, Southern Pines 28 and Vass-Lakeview 12. There are 22 high school teachers in rural schools and 1(5 in the char ters. The 52 busses travel 1078 miles and carry 2558 children daily. Of this number, 41 busses operate for the rural schools, transporting 1880 chil dren 1243 miles daily. The estimated per capita cost of transportation for the six months term this year is $8.72 compared to a per capita expenditure of $18.44 in 1929-30, indicating a re- Herbert D. Vail of Pinehurst wield ed the gavel for the first time at Wed nesday’s meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen, held at Lovejoy’s in Southern Pines. The new president outlined his plans for the year, an nounced his committee appointments an ’ called for a continuance of Ki wanis spirit and cooperation in all things looking toward community ben efit. Five honorary members of the sev en or eight usually elected to the club each year were announced as se lected by the Board of Dire,tors, a* follows: Leonard Tufts, John R. Mc Queen, S. B. Chapin, Bion H. Butler and Robert N. Page. The report of the treasurer, How ard Burns, for the year 1932 showed the chib had operated within its bud get. The 1933 bu'Iget was adopted. Arthur Newcomb, newly appointed secretary, acted in that capacity to start the 1933 minute book. Edgar Ewing talked to the club on The Sentinels, as reported elsewhere. Red Cross Poll Call Nets SI,158 in Countv (Please turn to Page 8) Lost Planes Land on Private Golf Course Amateur Pilots, F'lorida-bound, Given/ Hejirtv Welcome by Mrs. T. H. McGraw (Please turn to page 8) Three amateur pilots became con fused Wednesday when near Aberdeen and after proceeding southward for a few miles, returned and set down at Cherokee Farm. Aside from the Knollwood airport they could hardly have chosen a more inviting spot for a landing. The field on which they landed had just been cleared off and rolled down preparatory to the in stallation of a three-hole golf course. Mrs. T. H. McGraw gave the unan nounced visitors a hearty welcome, brought them into town for lunch at a local cafe, and saw them safely off for Miami. The three planes were a part of the fleet headed from Northern points to the air races at Miami, and had left Buffalo, New York, early Wednes day morjiing. Pinehurst, Southern Pines and traffic Springs Lead in Gifts to Association The sum of $1,158.09 was realized in Moore county from the .Annual Red Cross Roll Call, conducted during Thanksgivinj" Week, Mrs. W. T. Allen, county chairniin, reported this week. Pinehurst led in gifts, with Southei-n Pines second and Eagle oSprings third, these three towns accounting for about three-quarters of the total. The roll call report was as follows: Aberdeen. $52.49; Addor, $3.00; Cameron, $20.00; Carthage, $59.00; Eagle Springs, $200.00; Eureka, $12.00; Jlemp, $3.00; Jackson Springs, $2.00; Lakeview', $17.00; Manly, $4.00; Niagara, $fi.35; Pinebluff, $73.00; Pinehurst, $394.50; Southern Pines, $259.25; Vass, $4.00; W'est End, $25.00 and Samarcand, $?1.50. Total, $1,- 158.09. JL'RY LIST FOR FEBRUARY TERM OF COURT DRAWN BULLETIN Calvin Corflidge, thirtieth Pres ident of the United States and the only living ex-Presidei>t, died sud denly shortly after noon yesterday of a heart attack. The jury list for the February term of Sunerior court for the trial of c.vil ca IS was drawn on Monday as the board of county commissioners sat in regui session, and is as follows: ^ L. M. Manes, D. A. Freeman, C. C. Wallace, Eli Gisnburg, C. H. Hartsell, Charles R. Whitaker, Claude Auman, M. N. Blue, J. B. Evans, Lonnie G. ! Phillips, C. H. Ritter. Alex Dawson, Walter Caviness, T. M. Sharpe, Fletcher W. Bost, Hugh I Fry, J. H. Henson, J. N. Currie, H. T. j Morgan, J. E. Phillips, Jr. Gordon I Keith, 0. U. Alexander, Jpise S. Phil- ' lips and W. M. Fields.
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