T
Smithheld
Tobacco Warehouses
are selling tobacco
as high or higher
than any warehouse
in the state.
Don’t Join the Army of
Unemployed
If you are looking for work don't be
discouraged. Advertise for the position
you want in our Want Ad columns.
47TH YEAR
SIX PAGES TODAY
SOUTHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4. 1928
SIX PAGES TODAY
NUMBER 2
"5
y Arthur
Brishaae
champion hoy and oiki —
TOHI) VS. ROCKEFELLER—
"HAT MADE STANDARD OIL
MAN'S STRANGE nature—
Old of the Livestock Show ac
tivities in Chicago included judir
in«c the healthiest buy and gir;
in the United States.
Thelma Svarstad, a South Da
kota, girl, who won the female
v hit nit ionsliip, is seventeen years
ohl. ! nule, strony, w'eighs 12A
pounds, is o feet 2 inches tall
drink . plenty of milk, n0 tea m
cofife. and expects to be a teach
er.
The hoy champion is William
Tobias, of Michigan, fifteen years
old, who weighs 120 pounds, is 5
feet 0 inches tall, likes boxing,
admires' Jack Dempsey, also drink
lots of milk. Milk dealers, please
notice this in your advertisements.
From a livestock—and many
^ other—points of view, these an.
fine American children.
But somewhere in America there
is a little baby shivering in it>
mother's arms, delicate, with a
thin little body, a big head, wid<
anxious eyes, that some day will
do things the healthiest boy and
girl will never do.
Write that down for your com
fort, if you have a •child that isn't
so robust.
Henry Ford's offhand statement.
“No .successful hoy ever saved
money,” was not meant literally.
He meant that it was bitter to
spend for information than merely
to save a few dollars. Thomas A
Edison, his intimate friend,
“never had any money until he
got so much that he couldn’t
The other "world’s richest man,"
John D. Rockefeller, is surely a
“successful boy," and did save
money, lie advi.^es young and old
to save now, as he hands each one
a tcn-cent piece with a smile
worth a good deal of money. Mr.
Rockefeller will tell you, "Save
money, not chiefly for the money
you save, but because saving
teaches self control, and that’s
the beginning of wisdom."
Ford lias high respect for John
1). Rockefeller. He said to this
writer, “1 never saw John J).
Rockefeller but once. Rut when 1
saw that face I knew what made
Standard Oil."
Strangle is the nature of man.
In New York a young- man con
fesses to strangling a fifteen
year-old girl whom he loved. He
says she wanted to kiss him. That
is his excuse.
.At Brunswick, (la., Walter Haw
jins, in prison, saw his wife, whose
complaint, had jailed him for wife
heating. lie seized a carving
knife, dashed from the prison,
overtook his wife, slabbed her
several times. IIis excuse is:
“f loved my wife so that I
woo'd lather see her dead than
with somebody else.”
It’s no sin to pet on Sunday, but
the way some fellows do it is
Tantalizer
There are exactly enough let
ters in the line below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
field or Johnston county, and
if the right one deciphers his
name and will present it to the
Herald office, we will present
him with a free ticket to the
Victory Theatre. Tickets must
be called for before the follow
ing issue.
.Ed Peterson failed to de
cipher his name last issue.
Today’* Tantalizer:
lgena..al
Five Year-Old Girl
Has Bank Account
Tuesday a visit to the First
land Citizens National Hank found
a little five-year-old curly-haired
girl landing up in a chair be
fore the teller's window watching
Mi- - Vara Sanders count 384 pen
' nies which she had emptied out of
her hank to make a deposit. This
little miss was Irene Klizabeth
(Johnson, the five-year-old daugh
i ter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace John
I son. She was taking a keen in
j lerest in what has already become
?n annual custom of depositing
the pennies from her bank. Site
began saving her pennies in 192fi.
; Her bank account which however
rs presents more than her penny
hundred dollars. Teaching thrift
to ti e young is a lesson they will
not forget,
Proceedings Of
Recorder’s Court
- -+
Onrt Not Held on New Years
i Day; Number Cases Dis
posed Of Wednesday anil
Yesterday
Tec nier’s court was m id \Yed
jnesduy this week instead of Tues
day which bein'*' New Year’? day
wa a holiday. Judge Parker pre
rd !. d and the following cases
iWL-o disposed of:
| State vs. Robert Lee, charged
| with operating a car while intox
j ica ,< <1. The defendant plead guilt;*
and was lined S10 ami coot.
A plea of nolo contendere was
| enured by Charlie Richardson,
colored, charged with larceny and
! he was sentenced to jail for i"1
day- to be worked on the road.
| of John.-Lon county.
lb Mi.tchiner, colored, was in
court charged with carrying con
cealed weapon. He was found
I guilty and was sentenced to be
day.-, on the roads. The road sen
tence was suspended upon pay
S mem of $‘>0 and cost.
Arthur Stalling, charged with
violating the prohibition law, was
found guilty of possession for the
purno.se id' sale ami was given a
four months load sentence.
Karl Starling, charged with vi
olation of the prohibition laws
was found guilty of possession
a ml was lined and cost.
W. K. Beasley and Carson Bare
foot were found guilty of violat
ing the prohibition laws and pray
er for judgment was continued
upon payment of one-half cost as
to Barefoot, and one-half cost and
$S'I line, as to Beasley..
James Fred Honeycutt- plead
guilty on a charge of abandon
ment a t,| non-support, and prayer
] tor judgment was continued upon
Mia:, merit t f cost.
Char lie Smith was found anil
ity uf possession of whiskey and
of t rar.'portat ion of liquor and
was fined SI" and cost.
Iastcr Worley was in court
charged with obtaining a mar
riage license by fraud. Prayer
for judgment was continued upon
payment of cost.
Paul Webb was found guilty
of possession and transportation
and was fined 81" and cost.
Walter Smith, colored, was
found guilty of giving a worth
less check and was sent to the
roads for a period of -'»0 days.
O. O. Nichols was found guilty
of sample assault and prayer for
judgment was continued upon tIn
payment of cost.
(irnham Lowler, Jasper P ink
ley ami Lonnie Allen we: e in
court, charged w!:h operating a
car while intoxicated and with as
sault. None were found guilty of
updating car while intoxicated
Fowler and Brinkley were found
guilty of simple assault. Each
\v*as taxed with $25 and half the
cost. Allen was not found guilty
of assault.
Major Womack was in court
charged with disposing of mort
gaged crops. lie was found guilty
and was sentenced to the roads
for !'0 days. An appeal was taken
Car.-' Belonging to G.
T, Powell and Jos
eph Sanders Stolen
From Street?
Attempt !s Made to Steal Do Soto
Belonging to .1. l>. Herring Mar
ly Thursday Morning
A series of automobile thefts I
taking place here within the past
few days has caused local citizens,
to wonder whose car will be next.'
Sunday night the Dodge sedan
of Mr. (I. T. Powell was missed
about six o'clock, and a search
was instituted at once. About 1
eleven o'clock it,was found parked
by ihe rive)- near the new bridge
over Ncuso river at the west side
of t'iwn. It was thought from '
the amount of gasoline used that
the the car had been driven sev
enty-five or eighty miles. The1
car was aoandoned at the time
it was found, but it did not ap- ;
pear yo bo damaged.
On Monday night the Bunk au
tomobile of Mr. Joseph Sanders,
of the Elizabeth section, was:
stolen while parked in the street
here at the home of Mrs. L. L.
Turner. It was recovered la’o
Monday night in a ditch by the j
highway near Clayton. Appar
nau run mi
tin iy me Oliver
direh and being unable to get it .
our had abandoned it. The ear
was only slightly damaged.
Yesterday morning an attempt ;
was made to steal the practically ;
new DeSoto coach belonging to!
Mr. John D. Herring. The car
wn parked in front of the John- j
Mi'ii apartment house and about
I:■ Im o'clock in the morning three
men were seen pushing it along :
Second street toward Brooklyn.
LTpon realizing that they had
been seen the men fled, leaving
the car in the street at the side
of the apartment house.
None of the thieves have been
apprehended, but it is thought
that the same persons are con
nected with all the thefts.
A CORRECTION
So:ma, Jan. —Through an er
ror last week it was stated that
the Selma Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation had sponsored the com
munity Christmas tree. Instead it
was tile Selma Woman’s cluh.
Since the same earnest grotm of
women work in both organizations,
it was a very natural mistake to
make. Selma Woman’s club has
been extremely active in putting
across a number of worth-while
objectives and programs, their
most recent being this community
Ciiristmas tree. The president,
.Mis. C. K. K«>rnegay, was assist
ed by a group of helpers who sac
i if iced much of their own limited
time in order to make Selma’s
first community tree the success it
proved to he. We are glad to make
this correction.
CHII.l) KICKED P.Y Mi l E
On Tuesday afternoon the lit
tle four-year-old -on of Mr. and
Mrs. James Capps while playing
in the lot at his home near Micro
was kicked by a mule and se
verely injured. His jawbone was
dislocated and several teeth were
knocked down his throat. He. was
brought to the hospital here and
is now resting as comfortably as
could be expected.
TRAIN S( IlEIHLK CHANCED
Mr. J. A. Campbell, agent at
t!ie local A. C. E. station, an
nounces a change in the schedule
of train No. :J4 which will arrive
at 7:12 a. m. instead of 7:32.
This change has been in effect
•free Sunday, Decent Ik r HO.
to Superior court.
Oeorge Leach was found guilty
of violating the prohibition law
and was lined $10 and costs.
Two cases were disposed of
yesterday. Charley Boykin was
charged with an attempt to burn
a house. Probable cause was found
and the defendant was bound
over to Superior court, under a
$i)0O bond.
Acquilla Natron was tried Ho
cruelty to animals and found
guilty. Prayer for judgment was
continued upon payment of cost.
Special Term Of
Superior Court
Altiil.ligh IiiiiUlMT/:! Is (;l]it<J
Prevalent. liar Association
Uecidos To 0<> \htad With
Term To Open Jan 2S
T ■ snu lai toi m of Johnston
county Superior court ordered by
the Governor to open here on
January 28 to continue for two
weeks for the trial of criminal
cases, will lx held as .scheduled.
At. tlie opening of lb corder's
ecu:! yesterday, a discussion was
lu Id by the Johnston County
I’ar A-.sociath n a- to -whether to
hold this term of court or not in
vivw of the widespread prevalence
of influenza. After some of the
members of the bar had express
ed their views, it war decided to
. C|_ ili? calendar as arranged, and
the calendar will he made today
at 2 p. m., and other preparations
for the court will go into effect.
Judge W. A. Devin, of Oxford,
will provide over the special term.
Among the lawyers reported
sick at this time are C< l. f\. S.
Abell, J. A. We lions, James Ray
and A. M. Noble.
nor
Has Narrow Escape
From Passing Bullet
Mrs. K. K. Whitehurst barc
!;. escaped a serious accident
home here. Mrs. Whitehurst
Wednesday afternoon at Her
Has standing' in her yard
"hen a bullet from a pistol or
rifle whizzed by. passing
through her sweater near her
hip. No one was within sigh*,
but it was thought that the
bullet came from the rifle of
some child at play. Friends
of Mrs. Whitehurst are glad
that she was unharmed by
tlx- occurrence.
Death of Mrs. Brewer.
Selma. .Ian. ■).—Mrs. Pherabc
Bowena Brewer was horn in
■H.hns-ton county December 2~.
lsh.7 and passed to her reward
December 26, 1 'd-8 at the age of
On March '2.1, 1 s7 7 she was
m a tried to Mr. Monroe Brewer,
who died several years ago. since
that time Mrs. Brewer has lived
with her children. She was with
hi r daughter, M s. Wa«ie Brown,
in '“Lima when the end came.
Her health had been declining
for several month u Two wevk
beiore her death she had a light
stroke, followed by pneumonia
which at her advanced age and
wiakened condition she could not
survive. She was a devoted mem
ber of the Primitive Bapti t
church, having joined in October,
HHti. A most esteemed friend and
generous neighbor, she was a
beautiful example of a true Chris -
: ian.
She is survived by the fol
lowing children: Mrs. J. A. Wood
ard. KnighUlale; Andrew Brewer,
Brinccton; Herman Brewer, (iolds
boro; Mrs. Wade Brown, Selma;
Mrs. T. H. Fulghum, Wayne
county, and Benny Brewer. I’ike
v:ile. One brother, Mr. .lames
Smith, ol Saratoga, al-o survives.
She leaves a host of friends who
mourn her going, but who look
forward to seeing her again in the
land where there are no farewells.
Tne funeral .-orvico was conduct
e<l by her pastor. Elder J. C.
Hooks, and her body was laid to
rest m the Princeton cemetery.
The pallbearers were her grand
sons: Landis Brown, Lelami
Brewer, Raymond Sasser. Chester
Woodard. Stacy Fulghum and
Ralph Ay cock. The flower girls
were the granddaughters. The
large crowd present and the beau
i'l’til floial tributes were expres
sdons of the love and esteem of
her friends for her.
Centenary Methodist Church.
Sunday school D:‘U) :t. m., T.
C. Young superintendent. Preach
ing 11 a. m. and 7 p. m.. by the
pastor. Morning subject: “And
They Crucified Him." Services
conclude with Sacrament of the
Ford’s Supper. Evening subject:
“Digging Wells.”
Attendance by the members
urged. A cordial welcome awaits
Wins $10,000 £
HO.MAS GRISELLL of Mount
| Vernon, N. V., whose “Two
A American Sketches” won tlrst
prize in the Victor Talking Machine
Company's recent competition tor
compositions within t he playing
scope of the popular American or
concert jazz orchestra. The award
is said to be the largest ever made
for a short musical work.
New Year Brings
Business Changes
The Oaks Stores of Golds
boro Wi!! Open Branch
Hole As Scon \s [.arc
Since ts rebuilt; Other
Ciirn-jes
A N'tw Year is apt to bring
ci ounces in the business realm
ami i->-P is no exception. Already
ir :.vcs are being made and the
personnel of clerks is changing
in. Smithheld.
The Spiers building on the cor
ner of Market and Third streets
empty, the Abdulla Vinsor.
Store company having removed on
.January 1. it.- stock of merchan
di-e to the Selma stole. It c<
tie', known when the building will
be occupied though it has already
been leased by parties in Wagram.
In the near future The Oaks
St res, of Goldsboro, will open
a •< her of their chain in Smith
lieid. Mr. Lamm, of Goldsboro,
was here Saturday and closed
tii:* contract for leasing the store
of Mr. K. I*. Lore on Market
Work has already begun on the
i\ building of this store and a
soon as. it is completed, The Oaks
Store, which is a department
store, will open. This firm lias
in on considering; coming to
Smithfield for some time.
The American Dollar Store
illicit lost its .stock of goods in
•i tire before Christmas, will
n|'M n up again shortly in the
building which has been occupied
by the Home Pride Su-re. The
H utu- Pride Store went into bank
ruptcy about December 1.
Among other change- taking
place is. the sale of the Shamrock
F Ming station which was owned
by Messrs. Heath .Johnson and
Janus Kirkman. The purchaser is
Mr. U. K. Holt, who was formerly
A few faces will be mis.-ed in
some of the business places of
this city during t ho coming
months. Mr. F. C. Sweeney, who
has been with the Farmers Hank
and Trust company for a number
j of years as cashier and who prior
' to taking this position was con
! m.vTc«l with the First and Citi
j 7.c.’ National Dank, is leaving, it
■ i- understood, to return to Wil
mington. hk native home. Mrs.
C. \\ . Hone, who has also been
with the Farmers Bank for sev
'c-ral years, will leave in alumt a
week for Henderson, where Mr.
Hone has a position. Miss Sarah
Turlington, who has been with
the Southern Chevroilet company,
ha- accepted a position with the
laid;. Her place with the South
j ern Chevrolet company will he
| filled by a young man from Flor
ida. who has not yet arrived.
Among those who are leaving
tins t*ity to make their home else
where is Mr. Carry F. Wood, fov
' mer solicitor of the Recorder's
court. He left on January 1 for
Benson, his old home, where he
Missionary Talks
In Selma Church
Mrs. S. M. Enitkson of Ja
p:in Addresses Methodist
Sunday School; Services
I'or Masons
SELMA. Jan. 3.—The members
of Kdgerton Memorial Methodist
Sunday school were very fortu
nate on Iasi Sumia> morning to
have with them a returned mis
sionary. Mrs. S. M. Erickson, who
with her husband is spending a
year’s furlough in i.he United
States.
Mrs. Erickson in a most inter
esting manner told of the work
she ami Dr. Erickson are doing in
Japan, both are trained mission
aries and have walked side by
side in the foreign field for 23
Mrs. Erickson is a delightful
speaker and held the closest at
tention of her hearers as she told
incident after incident, some ludi
crous. some pathetic, all reveal
ing her earnestness of purpose.
•She is the author of two books.
One wiirlen several years ago,
“The White Fields of Japan”, was
used by the Southern Presbyter
ian church in mission study
classes, and the other is. now in
tile hands of the publishers.
"While in Selma. Dr. and Mrs.
Erickson and daughters were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F.
Brief/.
si-.i;' k i:s (> k \i \ si) .n s.
The union service held at the
Selma Baptist church Sunday eve
ning for the Masons was largely
attended and much enjoyed. Rev.
P. M. Sharpe, of the Methodist
church, read the Scripturo lesson.
Dr. S. M. Erickson, a returned
nvi? -h nary from Japan delivered
the sermon using as his theme:
"Spread the Light,” which was a
m -i titling subject and applica
'hli to both Masons and mission
aries. In the course of his re
mark.-. Dr. Erickson touched on
many interesting phases of his
work in Japan.
A special- feature of the serv
ice was a cornet solo by I’rof.
Harold M. Hel'ley. of Puke Uni
versity, the piano accompaniment
1m ing played by Miss Uachel
Cieech of Greensboro College.
The benediction was pronounc
ed by Rev. 1). K. Waddell, of the
Presbyterian church.
LEAVE 1 OK lOLLW.hh.
A mnnlu-r of Selma's younger
<< \ -avi- leaving this week for
iluir various fchuols ami colleges.
They art: Geo. Davis Vick, Jr.,
to Georgia Military Academy;
Harry Candler, West Point; Cronjo
Karp, instructor in University of
Xi-w York; Dr. Elmore Karp, in
terne in Union Memorial Hos
pital, Baltimore; John Daev Deans,
Gordon Brown and Ralph Wood
aid. Duke; Landis Brown. Caro
lina; J. H. Brown, State College;
Carr Whitley, doing post gradu
ate work in chemistry -at John’s
Hopkins lle-pital; W. B. Oliver.
Jr., James Karp. So inn tie Grant,
Ralph Talton, Wake Forest; Sam
Hood, Campbell College; Mi.-ses
Mary Evelyn Parker. Eunice Tem
po and Thelma Ward, N. i < •
W.; Hazel Blown. Mary Parker,
M 07.0 lie Lee. to E. C. T.
Francos Sharpe, Greensboro Col
lege; Elizabeth Temple, Lime
stone College, South Carolina.
Those teaching this year are;
Misses Marion Reynolds, at Ta
bor; Velma Talton and Joe Tem
ple, Benson; Rena King, Cary;
Elizabeth Karp. Rocky Mount;
Bertha Woodard, Ethel Corbett
and Mildred Creech, Fine Level;
John Morgan, Fayetteville.
• A« a rule the fellow who-thinks
lie’s the whole chee.-e generally
smells like it.
MRS. W. T. BAILED OF
k KM. Y IS DEAD
News reached this office
late yesterday afternoon of
the death of Mrs. W. T.
Bailey of kenly. which look
place yesterday morning. Mrs.
Bailey was hurt in an auto
mobile accident before Christ
inas which finally caused her
death. The funeral will he
held today.
has formed a law partnership
with Mr. C. C. Canaday*
Co. Commissioners
m! More Offices
— f
j Gives Up Style Crown
Mrs. P. Dubonnet, formtrlv Jean
Nash, known a- the "best dressed,
woman in the world,” has arrived
from France declaring that she no
longer cares to have that title.
Out Home Agent
IV.i's to Appropriate Salary;
Third Time Home Demon
stration Work In Johnston
Has Heeti Discontinued
Co Board
Yesterday, Miss Minnie Lie
Garrison, county home domonstra
n agent for .Johnston, received
a notice from tin* clerk of the
hoard of county commissioners
.stating that her salary would he
j discontinued. Whether this means
| immediately or after July 1. the
end of the fiscal year, was not
. Luted.
, This is the third time that the
; home demonstration work in
Johnston county has been discon
ucd by the hoard of county
j commissioners, once by a Demo
| eratic board several years ago,
oid a^ain in 1 by* the Repub
: oean board. Kach time the mem
ii.ors of the home demonstrtion
11 iuhis throughout the county raised
-uch a "disturbance that the work
; v.vs kept up.
Mi'S Garrison lias been the
acmt for about eight years, hav
;g succeeded Miss Mamie Sue
•bmes. who was the agent during
'war time-. Miss Garrison has
lain a very efficient agent and
o far as is known there is no
criticism of her work. No reason
has been assigned for discontinu
ing *hc home demonstration work,
but, in all probability the county
board wishes to cut the county
'cv peruse that much. The county
1 appropriates only $U>10 for this
work, the other expense being
oorn by the federal government.
The value of county extension
\\\>ik has been proven] again and
i again, and tiitir is plenty of tes
jlunony to its maul effects here
in Johnston county. F. 11. Jeter,
.igi ictillural editor of North Caro
| ana State College, discusses the
’• refits. of farm and home demon
; nation work in North Carolina
j in the December ‘27 issue of tin
I Manufacturer's Record. Many in
I'dn stcn county will regret to see
a backward step taken in dis
emtinuing this work.
Baptist Church Sunday.
Sunday school d:-1 "> a. m., F.
IT Brocks, superintendent. Preach*
|ing by the pastor at 11 a. m. and
7 j). in. Subject in the morning:
!“1 bought the Architect of Char
acter," and in the evening, "What
to Do With Our Past." These are
[iw* new year sirmons which the
congregation and the public are
| specially invited to hear.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at
Tittle Mtn Form Association.
In Pomona, Calif., 7b dwarfs
! met together to form the Small
i Men's Association of America,
{comprising only human beings
; less than four feet high, of which
I they became charter members.
| Midgets, little men who art* not,
like dwarfs. \n some way stunt
ed deformed, could become as
: ooiato members. There was no
reason for forming the associa
tion except that the dwarfs wished
to band themselves together.—
I Time.
Board Does Not Wish
Proceedings of Meet
ings Made Public
But Transactions
Leak Out
Yesterday for the first time the
Herald reporter was denied the
minutes of the- proceedings of the
commissioners’ meeting held here
this week. Ever since the Repub
1.cans went into office there has
been talk that they expected to
make some cTianges in the salary
schedule of the county officers in
an effort to reduce expense. The
public has been awaiting news of
the expected changes and when it
was known that the board of com
missioners were in session here
Friday of last week and again
on Tuesday, this publication made
nn effort to get official, authentic
information concerning the pro
ceedings of the board.
The reporter was told Monday
that nothing of importance trans
pired at the meeting ktst. week,
but information from other
sources was that certain changes
had been made in which the pub
lic would be interested. Again
IU1.V U I l: JJ I t Sv ,1 Idl I Vt‘ or THIS
paper, according to a custom that
has been followed for the past
several years during both the
Republican and Democratic admin
istrations,'called upon the clerk to
the board and asked to get a re
port of the meeting. This request
was denied with the explanation
that the commissioners did not
wish the proceedings, other than
the postponement of the next
meeting from Monday until Wed
nesday. an(] the announcement of
visiting days for the jail, made
Just what business these coun
ty officials transacted is of
course nuf known but a few of
their official acts began to leak
out Wednesday. The county tax
collector received an official no
tice that the appropriation for his
office in the future would be $250
per month instead of $250 per
month, this cut notwithstanding
the fact that this office must col
lect the delinquent taxes in ad
dition to those of the current
year. The entire salary of the
home demonstration agent was
discontinued. The appropriation
for the office of the clerk of the
court was out $150 per month.
To l’:t< * the ••nf ire sularv of his
bookkeeper was omitted from the
appropriation. The salaries of the
clerk of the court at $300 per
month, of the first deputy clerk
at $150 per month, and of the
peer ml deputy clerk at $100 per
month were duly approved.
In commenting upon the omis
sion of the bookkeeper’s salary,
Mr. Rose, clerk of the court,
stated that the taking of the
bookkeeper out of his office will
be a .serious calamity. Between
$20,000 and $25,000 is held as
trust funds by the clerk of the
court and this fund is subject to
constant changes of one nature
or another, and it takes one man’s
time to keep an accurate record
cf all the moneys of minors, jur
ors, witnesses, and of fines and
forfeitures.
This cut in the personnel of the
clerk’s office led to a little in
vestigation as to what this county
office is doing. Reference to the
official budget approved by the
county commissioners in July re
veals that the estimated revenue
for a year from the clerk’s of
fice is placed at $12,750 with an
estimated total expense of $9,550.
As a matter of fact the collec
tions in the clerk’s office from
December 1, 1927 to December l,
1928 totaled $21,956.08. The ex
pense of $700 per month, which
would include a competent book
keeper, does not seem to he out
of proportion.
This same budget shows that
the estimated revenue from the
sheriff is $2,000, and the cost of
running this office is set down at
$13,315. The register of deeds is
supposed to collect about $7,8G0
with an estimated cost of runutng
that office at $7,300. The new Re
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