Friday, January 4, 1935. THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina Page SeveB Tax Payers of State Producing $44,000,000 for Government\ Correspondence Editor, The Pilot: How I wish I had the tone of an angel that I could command the ap propriate language to tell this little. story in a fitting manner, but as the! l^^-mmends the 1933 General Assem story to me is so j^ublimely beauti- fcrth Carolina’s Finances Main ! Topic of Interest as Assem bly Meets With the opening of the General Assembly in Raleigh this week and | ANGKL ON BROAD STKEET t'le discussions over State finances that will mark the sessions of Sen ate and House during the next few weeks the following figureg, taken from an editorial in Wednesday’s Charlotte Observer, will be of inter est. Says the Obser^^: The tax payers of North Carolina are now producing annually about $44,000,000 for Governmental pur poses. Roughly, this is secured as follows: Inheritance taxes, $500,000; sche dule B taxes, $2,500,000; corporation franchise taxes, $6,500,000; income taxes, $5,900,000; sales tax, around $6,000,000; and beer tax, $300,000. That gives a total of $21,700,000. In another division we find the gasoline tax. It yields $15,500,000; the gas in spection tax yields, $500,000; the au tomobile license tax yields $6,700,000 and title fees produce about $100,000. That makes the total receipts $44,- 500,000. On the disbursement side we have [Asks $22,000,000 For State’s Public Schools Time to Uilance the Budget of Child Opportunity, Says New Superintendent The Week in Vass Evander Baker, aged 73, passed away at his home between Vass and Lobelia early Saturday afternoon fol lowing an illne.ss of .several days of An appropriation of $22,000,000 a Pneumonia. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev .M. D. McNeill of Cam eron from the Baker home at 1:00 year for the next two years for the public schools of the state is to be asked of the General Assembly by Clyde A. Erwin, new State superin- tendent of public in.struction, in a | program he will submit. Mr. Erwin ful and my words so pitifully limit ed, I feel that I am treading on the sacred ground of the poet; however, I must try. Recently as I stood on Broad bly for enacting the eight m school law which kept the door open to every child in the Slate for eight months and attracted nation-wide at tention. He' is concerned about the large number of teachers who are .“eeking other fields and con.siders this ed in Cypre.ss cemetery. Pall bear ers wore T, J. Smith, J. W. Smith, Daniel McGill. Kay Dawson, Elmer onths Fairly Cameron. Ml'. Baker is survived by his wid ow, the former Miss Mary .Tane Pat- fcrsnn, who at present i? ill with in fluenza, and one sister, Mrs. Mc- Eachern of Raeford. Street talking to a young man that j ^ Education for the 900,- I liked very much, an elderly gray Friends throughout this section learned with regret of the death of , 000 children now marching into a haired lady, (no not old and gray; complex and exacting social order Annie Crisp of Falkland, moth haired, for as I see her now she was provided now, Mr. Erwin «r of Mrs. Charles A. Lawrence of young and beautiful, and what might j points out. Even if the appropriations Vass, which occurred on Thursday of have been once golden tre.sses, now, sufficient two years ago, week following less than gray, was I am sure a crown of i glory that brightened Broad Street .-J i.i. u*. t-he biennium now drawing- to a like a golden sunset, and what might I , ® , 111 close, we have balanced our tinan- have been creases and wrinkles caus- , , ^ ^^ 4.1. 1 • ' cial budget. Our record in this re ed by age on the now glowing face , ^ spect is unsurpassed in the nation. WEST END Mrs. J. A. Monroe is improving at the Moore County Hospital. Milton Lyons was home for a fev week’s illness of pneumonia. The Rev. and Mrs. Lawrence and children went to Falkland cn a holiday visit on Wednesday after Christmas and Mrs. Crisp became ill on the following was I am sure smiles and dimples, j' simnlv but earnestlv that Friday. Mrs. Lawrence remained that gave it an angelic halo that was ; ^ simpiy nut earnestly, that ^ _ ^ beautiful to behoiU). we balance the budget of child oppor- , tunity.” The program outlined by Mr. the followinE'- Public schools $15- Erwin for the next two years follows: tne loiiowmg. fuduc schools, $15,- matter of 500,000; debt service, $4,000,000; pen- themselves. After the con- sions, $715,000; executive and admin istrative expenses, $1,000,000; educa tional institutions (the University, its branches and various other State supported colleges and teacher train ing schools,) $1,188,000; charitable and correctional institutions, $1,125,- 000; and court expenses (supreme and superior,) $300,000. TlKit accounts for about $23,828,060 of {he $44,500,000 Income. In the highway division ap pear other disbursements; for debt service, $8,570,000; for administrative costs, $110,000; motor vehicle bureau and highway patron, $380,000; state highway maintenance, $2,088,000; county highway maintenance, $4,625,- 000; construction of state highways, $6,300,000; repayment county loans (highway,) $500,000; loan to general fund, $1,000,000. That brings the disbursement total to $44,401,000 in round figures. MANY COTTAGES LEASED HERE DURING PAST H'EEK versation was over this lady looked straight into the eyes of my friend and then with a glow of love and kindliness breaking over that beau tiful face, "Young man, I like you. 1. A State appropriation for the eight months term of not less than $22,000,000 for each year of the biennium. with her mother until the end. Mrs. Crisp had visited in Vass on several occasions and had won for herself many friends here. \’ass Prrsonals Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cameron and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Foster attended 2. Legal encouragement for the ^ ^^e funeral of Alonzo Howell in Dori.s McRae and Vera Stutts. Miss Ruth McNeill of Vass, Miss i Ollie Seagroves of Carthage, Miss Vi-1 days the past week. He spent Christ- vian Matthews of Oteen and Claud! mas in Pittsburgh with his mother Matthews of New York w'ent from i and returned to Chapel Hill, where he Va.ss to Iloseboro on Thursday after-: Is in school, last Friday, noon of last week to have dinner with ’ M- C. McDonald, .Jr,, motored Mi.ss the Rev. and Mrs. Arthur L. Thoinp-, Edith Dunlap lo Hart.sville. .S, C., to son. Arthur and his wife are most enter Coker College where she is a pleasantly located in a new brick freshman. par.sonage which was newly furnish-' The C. C. C. boys entertained with ed for them when they were married a musical program and Mr. and Mrs. last spring All cxcept Miss Sea- Balwyn sang last Fiiday evening, groves attended high school with Ar-j Little Mi.s.s Ruth Eifort entertained thur and the reunion was an espec-; at a birthday party Saturday after- ially delightful one. | noon After a stay of .several weeks in ■ West End’s new pastor, the Rev. the Lee County Hospital, / rchibald Mr. Cotton, preached his first sermon McGill was able to return to hi:s home here Sunday and has been cordially on route 2 Saturday. | welcomed to the community. Monroe Chappell joined his wife' W. W. Pulliam is home for a few and baby at the home of relatives in | days. Blackstone, S. C., last Friday for a' Dr. W'ilcox and family have moved stay of a few days before they re- to We.st End. turn home. | J- B. Von Canon left Saturday eve- Mrs. W. J. Cameron spent one day Chicago Furniture Show last week with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Kishie Cameron, of Jonesboro Route where he will show new bedroom suits manufactured at the furniture 3. Mrs. Cameron, who is 81 years of accompanied by age, wa.s feeling fine, much better | Canon. than for several months. I ^ T ^ r ^ ; »<>'VTV HEIJ) OX TWO Miss Lena Cameron of Greensboro rnu . , , .... CH.XRGES OF ASSAULT has been visiting at the home of her t. * , j X ... ^ ^ Thomas Dowty, colored of Pine- tather, D. A. Cameron. i, * j . hurst was on Monday in Recorder s Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Griffin, Phyllis Court bound to Superior Court under Hayes and Edward Griffin of San- bond of $1000 on charges of assault- ford were guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. ing Fred Patterson, colored, with ia- W. Griffin. tent to kill, ajid assaulting Clarence Mrs. W. B. Lambert spent last McNeill. The trouble took place last re-establishment of the ninth month, cameron Monday. Mr. Howell, who week-end in Carthage with her moth- juiy w'hen Dowty, it is alleged, while You are a fine young man, and you provisions for an enriched cur- Sunday at his home in By- er, Mrs. Cagle. are doing a lot of fine things. I have *'*culum in communities able and will- been watching you and I know you these provisions, are fine. I juqt wanted to tell you ] 3, A broadened and more effec- this. I don’t think we should wait tive vocational education program, until one is dead to say nice things! 4. The establishment of higher about them.” | professional training standards for And then I could not refrain from those who are to teach, quoting the following lines which 5. More adequate compulsory at- seemed so very appropriate: “If you tendance laws, together with finan- are ever going to love me, love me cial provisions by the State for while I know. All the swee: and ten- ^ proper enforcement, der feeling which from real affection j g Provision for closer correlation flow; Do not wait until I am gone g,nd cooperation between all agencies and chisel it in marble warm love dealing with public education, words on ice cold stone.” Yes, there was an angel on Broad Street for I .saw her. Jan. 4, 1935. , —PEDESTRIAN. Numerous rentals of cottages in Southern Pines were reported by var- [ ious real estate agents this week, i Mrs. John Roudebush and her daughter. Miss Roseanne Roudebush, | of Easthampton, Long Island, have taken the Lewis cottage on Maine avenue for the season and have taken possession. Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Megarel of New York are in the Ramsey cottage on Ridge street for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Julius T. A. Doolittle of New York have arrived for the season and are occupying the San born house on Pennsylvania avenue. Mr. and Mrs. George Eutis of War- renton, Virginia have leased the Ton- nele cottage on Youngs Road and are down for the winter. Both Mr. and Mrs. Eustis are enthusiastic follow ers of the hounds. Another family prominent in hunt ing circles, Mr. and Mrs. S. Lawrence Bodine of Newton Square, Pa., are here for the season, occupying the Bilyer Farm residence. Mr. Bodine is master of the Rose Tree Hunt, out side Philadelphia. MARRL\GE LICENSE A marriage license has been issued 1 rom the office of the register of deeds of Moore county to Gurney Wil- Many a house has been rented by a liams and Annie Allen, both of Eagle Want Ad. Springs. num, was the father of Mrs. Cameron and Mrs. Foster. Mrs. J. M. Tyson, who has been sick for about three weeks, entered the Moore County Hospital several days ago and on last Saturday un derwent an operation. She is getting along very well. M. Clifton Blue, editor of the Sand hill Citizen, suffered an attack of appendicitis on Friday and under- ' standing in the door of his brother’s Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cameron and house, shot Patterson, putting out family of Manly were Sunday dinner both his eyes and sending a number guests at the S. R. Smith home. of shots into his body, and also as- Mr. and Mrs. Redga Thomas and saulted McNeill with the same gun. little Mack spent Sunday with Mr. Dowty made his escape, but was tak- and Mrs. R. L. Oldham Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson of Ellerbe were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McCraney Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Hemphill spent a part of last week with rela- en last Sunday in Danville, Va. went an operation in the Lee Coun- tives in Cameron, ty Hospital on Saturday. He is said Mr. and Mrs. Richard Griffin and to be getting along nicely. children and Sam Freeman of Ham- The local B. Y. P. U. held its elec- let spent two days last week with tion of officers Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Griffin, the following re.sult: President, Ray- C. L. Tyson and daughter Marie mond Evans; Vice-President, Ruby were Raleigh Visitors Saturday. Brewer; Secretary-Treasurer, Ernest Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith spent Clayton; Assistant Secretary-Treas- last week with their daughter, Mrs. urer, Pauline Crissman; Quii- Leafier, Jake Hennings, in upper Hoke coun- I Mrs. B. C. McRae; Group Captains, ty. Explains the marvelous Treatment which i* bringina amaring relief. Sold on ironclaa money~bact guarantee. PRICELESS INFORMATION —for those sufforiifg from STOMACH OR .Dt^^DLNAL ULCERS, POOR DiCFS- TION. ACin DVSPEHSIA, SOUR STOMACH. GASSI- NESS, HEARTBURN. CON- STIPATION, BAD BREATH, SLEEPLESSNESS OR HEAD* ACHES, DUE TO EXCESS ACU>. A<»k for a copy of i%'tttard’s Mesjage. Wt aiv Authorized Willard Ueulers. BKYAN DRUG CO., -Alwrdeen, N. C. It Pays to Advertise in The Pilot. When Coughs Hang On-Worry Don’t fool with sweet syrupy con coctions. Get busy at once and put that tough old hang-on cough out of existence. There’s one real way to put an end to all your worry. CJo to Broad Street Prahmacy, Southern Pines, and get a bottle of strong, yet effec tive Bronchuline Emulsion, a smooth, creamy creosoted emulsion that strikes right at the source of the trouble—it’s g:uaranteed. & I LEGAL NOTICES ADMINISTBATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of the estate of J. A. Gunter, deceas ed, late of Moore county. North Car olina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exliibit them to the undersigned on or before January 8, 1936 or notice will be pleaded In bar of their recovery. All persons indebt ed to said estate will pleaue make irnrT*