LEGISLATURE NOW j
READY FOR LABORS
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Tax:. tion and Crippled County;
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Big Question
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Kuleigin Jan. 7.? Fifty senators
and 121) representatives, less one re
moved by death, are gathering in Kal
t-igh this week to begin what may I
well In termed one of the most im
portant sessions the General Assem
bly has ever held in North Carolina.
Aionjr with them are lobbyists repfce- ,
senting every kind of interest, intent
%ipon preventing detrimental and en-;
counting favorable legislation, from
?very p6int of view.
State and county government reor
ganization, growing out of Governor
Gardner's Brookings Institution re
port, taxation, highways, schools,
State's Prison, these are the princi
pal general classifications of the prob
lems that will face the 170 law-mak
ers during their 60 or more days of j
deliberation.
Taxation will be the most vexa- !
tious problems, since it will be neces- j
sary for the Legislature to provide
additional revenues to carry on the
State's activities on the present basis
i>r greatly restrict the expenditures in !
order to balance the budget. Even
?wi'h the $2,000,000 surplus brought
<iv < from the last administration,
a.*i?l the 10 per cent cut last year and
21' >er cent cut this year in most of
tl. appropriations, estimates place
th deficit at the end of the biennium
at <1,000,000.
I Jovernor Gardner guarantees n
$?100,000 saving by a purchasing and
wii trading agent for all state institu
ting this is striking popular fancy, to
Huns and departments, and it seems
-such ?. extent that cither the agency
i>r ar '"ast purchasing control will
be established. Another $300,000 is
the estimate on savings by consolidat
ing administrative features of the
three higher educational institutions
into one State University, through
eliminating over-lapping in instruc
tional activities.
The addition of one cent a gallon
on the gasoline tax is not exactly
popular, but officials see no way
around it, if the state is to take over
the county roads for maintenance,
which now appears likely. The Prison
Commission report also favors the
;rtato taking over the remaining
county convict camps and assuming
control over all convicts as an econ- .
<?iy measure, along with a complete
reorganization of the prison system
and building a new central plant.
Tn avoid criticism-?
Say nothing,
Do nothing,
Be nothing.
Men write clever sneers at religion, j
but they never have one carved on
their tombstone.
GREAT WASTE IN
COUNTY ROAD WORK
Tax Commission To Urge All
Road Boards Be
Abolished
Raleigh, Jan. 7. ? Highway con- '
struetion and maintenance in the
counties in North Carolina has been 1
conducted on an uneconomical basis
in many instances, due in part to the ,
(act that the county is too small a
unit for economical road work, the j
joint report made by U. S. Bureau1
at Public Roads, the Highway C6m-\
mission and the Tax Commission, as i
the result of a study duripg the fall,
points out. I
Many counties have issued bonds
for road construction, supplimentcd
the funds from current revenues, re
sulting in annual deficits, which are
covered by short term notes and then
refunding bonds, until it is impos- !
sible to find just how much has been
spent for roads, the report shows, ;
pointing out, however, that the out- '
standing highway bonds are far in
excess of the value of the 45,090.15 j
miles in the county systems.
Forty-seven of the counties use I
convict labor on their roads, but it is I
ryident these counties are not getting I
the work done at a low per milei
cost, the report shows. The average I
19.3 cents per $100 valuation, it is ,
tax rate for county road work is
shown.
These three agencies do not recom- 1
mend that the state take over the
roads, but the Tax Commission pre- 1
viously recommended a six cent gas- '
aline tax and approximately $6,000,
00 for county road maintenance by
the state.
BAPTIST CHURCH
MAKES BIG GAINS
Raleigh, Jan. 7. ? A gain of 77
churches and net gain of 10,894
members of Baptist churches in North
Carolina in 1930 over 1929 is shown
in figures compiled by Perry Morgan,
secretary of the Department of Sun
day .Schools and Statistics of the Bap
tist State Convention. The statistics
show there are 407,920 white Baptists
who arc members of the 2,384 church
es in the state. Baptisms numbering
20,126 were reported by 1,732 of the
churches. The grand total of all
gifts by all the churches was $3,403,
881.37. The Baptist State Conven
tion maintains three standard col
leges, four junior colleges and two
preparatory schcools, of which the 1
equipment is worth $3,634,382.17 and '
in which the enrollment is 3,815, |
manned by 223 officers and teachers, i
the report shows.
TRIBUTE PAID TO
MEMORY OF FRIEND
Sylvanus Galloway Loved by
Friends Everywhere ? His
Minister's Praise
(By Rev. A. J. Manly)
The Pule Horse and his Rider is '
passing through the land with the
messages of death to the old and the
young, to the saints and the sinners.
May we all ask the serious ques
tion, "Am I ready to go?"
Sylvanus Galloway was bom Nov.
"0, 1862. At the age of sixteen he
joined the Baptist church. He was the !
Sonior Deacon of Macedonia church
for many years and was considered
a wise and safe counsellor. He was
respected as a Christian and as a |
citizen throughout the county.
He loved his family, his church, 1
and his county with as pure love as
ever flowed from a generous heart. |
He was married on January 27th,
1S70. to Porcas Fisher. To them
were born ten children, nine of whom
are living, as follows: Mrs, J. Frank
McCall, Cherryfield; Otis and Oscar
of Gloucester; Klzie, of Canton; Al
vuid, of Brevard; Erastus of New j
Mexico; Mrs. Zelma Sloss and Mrs.
May Burton of Los Angeles, Calif.;
twenty-seven grandchildren and IS
great-grandchildren; one brother, R.
J. Galloway of Glenville, one sister,
Mrs. Selena McCall, age 88, of
Black Mountain, and hundreds of
friends to mourn his departure, but
wc feel that our loss is his gain.
He died December 3, 1930, and the
funeral was conducted by Rev. A. J.
Manly and Rev. Judson Corn. As
these ministers have been his pastors
for so many years, we pray that we
may live to see his children and
grandchildren prepared, so that when
God calls the loving wife and mother
home, may she be able to say to him,
"Our loved ones are all coming
home."
GLADYBRMCHIS
ACTIVE AT CHURCH
Activities at the Glady Branch
church give emphasis to the great
amount of work being done there by
the church and the Sunday School.
Since the coming of Rev. I. N. Kuy
kendall as pastor, renewed Interest
is being taken in all departments of
the church. Re-organization of the
Sunday School, with Flave Holden as
superintendent and Paul Glazener as
assistant, with a splendid corps of
teachers, gives promise of an unusu
ally fine year in that work for 1931.
There are 80 members of the Sun
day School, and a cordial invitation
is extended by the officers and teach
ers to all people to attend the school.
EXPENSES CUT BY
THE TOWN COUNCIL
Salaries and Wages Slashed ?
Other Items Cut from
Expense List
Officials of the town of Brevard
have slashed (salaries and wages, re-~j
duced forces and effected other sav-|
ings to the tune of $200 a month. 1
Final action was taken on this mat- (
ter Monday evening, when adoption]
wa3 made by the town council of the
revised payroll and schedule pre
pared by the special committee.
Town Clerk H. H. Patton's salary j
was reduced $20 a month, while the \
salaries of the policemen were each 1
reduced $10 the month, with this re- ;
duction also applying to the office of ;
superintendent of streets and water. I
All employes were included in the re- J
duction of salaries and wages, and ;
the mayor and members of the board
are to receive $4 instead of $5 for
each regular meeting.
Street lights were ordered reduce
in number until the beginning of thi
summer season, in order to rcduc
this expense item. Taken all in all,
the savings amount to almost $200 a
month.
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j Pisgah Fbrest News
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The community was saddened Fri
day evening when the Death Angel
entered the community and claimed as
its victim, Mrs. W. S. Allison, ago
59. For a number of months, Mrs.
Allison had to suffer quite a bit, but
she always bore her suffering very
patiently. Last week her children
received word that she was very low
and they gathered by her bedside to
hear her request to them to meet her
in Heaven. Funeral services were
conducted Sunday morning at 11
o'clock in the Boylston Baptist
church, with interment in the ceme
tery there.
She leaves to mour her loss, her
husband and three sons, Turner, of
Brevard; Arthur, of Bat Cave, and
Stanley of this place; four daughters,
Mrs. Frank Long, Horseshoe; Mrs.
O. P, Anders, Greer, S. C.,; Mrs. Em
mett Reese and Mrs. Dewey Burns of
this place; her mother, Mrs. Colum
bus Townsend, Waynesville, and four
sisters and one brother.
Mrs. Jude Albert of Asheville,
spent last week with her husband
here.
Jule Orr and Allen Campfield
Bpent last week in Macon, Ga.
Miss Mildred Barnett had as dinner
guests Sunday, Misses Florine Car
ter and Orlena Capps and Floyd
Campfield, Valry Carter and C. L.
Corn.
Miss Lexine Orr returned to her
home in South Carolina on Saturday
LIBRARY REPORT
MOST INTERESTING
Many People Reading, But Few
Paying Toward Oper
ating Expense
Report of tha work of the U. D. C.
library for the month of December
shows that there was much reading
during the holiday season. The re
port shows that 273 adults and 80
juniors took books from the library
during the month. There were 235
adult and 90 junior visitors during
the month.
While this phase of the work is
most encouraging, there is another
side that is not so encouraging to
the ladies who assume responsibility
of the library's operation. This has
to do with the finances. During the
month of December the receipts were
only 51.60, with 32 cents due from
overdu'es. Expenses of $1 for lights
must come from this sum.
It is now time for payment of an
nual library dues, and those who real
ize the great value of the U. D. C.
Library are urged to pay dues at
earliest convenience.
after spending a week with her
grandfather, Joe'Orr.
Wils Long of Hendricks, W. Va.,
is visiting his cousin, H. Hedrick.
Lance Carter spent the week-end
with friends on Mills River.
James Barton and C. B. Allison
were calling at the home of Mrs. E.
Crow on Sunday.
John Radford is suffering from a
stroke of paralysis.
Misses Florine Carter and Mildred
Barnett spent Thursday in Brsvard
with the latter's aunt, Mrs. P. Sit
ton.
Miss Myrtle Frady is spending
several months in Washington, D. C.
Fred Allen and Roy Macmahan of
Swannanoa, spent several days last
week with Frank Allen.
Mrs. Sally McCall has returned to
her home here after spending a week
with her father, Mr. Sharp, in
Haywood coui.ty.
Mrs. D. W. Hollingsworth and
grandson, Herman, were recent visi
tors of Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, on
Boylston.
U. H. TINS LEY BACK AT
OLD TRADE, AT MAZTIN'S
J. H. Tinsley is with Martin's
Barber Shop, back at his old trade
with the razor and scissors. For many
years Mr. Tinsley was engaged in
the barber business here, and is
known to practically all citizens of
the county.
Doctors say it is unwise to leap out
of bed the moment you are awake.
Especially if you have been sleeping
beside an open window.
SEVEN VETERANS S p
IN THIS COUNTY |
Thin Grey Line Nearing the
End as Father Time Claims
Those Who Are His
Raleigh, Jan. 7. ? Only 1,430 Con
federate veterans remained on the
! state pension rolls at the last semi
annual payment, as of December 15,
at which time there were 79 negro
servants drawing $200 a year, or
$15,800 a year. The veterans , drew
$253,075 in December, while the twb
classes of widows of veterans, the^^
totally disabled and confined to the*
home, numbering 322, and those mar- ^
ried before 1880, with a few others
added by the State Pension Board
who were married to veterans be
fore 1899, numbering 3,633, received
$229,950 in December.
Haywood had the largest number of
[veterans, 38, while Mecklenburg and
I Surry had 36 each. Yancey had 33,
Davidson 32, Wilkes 30, Rowan 29,
and Gaston and Yadkin 28 each.
Wake had 23 and Surry ? 21 com
pletely disabled widows. Mecklenburg,
'had 95 and Iredell 92 class "B"
jows. Thirty-one counties had all tfflf
j 79 negro servants, Granville with 8,
I Gaston with 6 and Harnett, Union
|and Yadkin three each. Dare has on
ly one veteran on the pension roll and
Tyrrell has only four class "B" wid
ows.
SEVEN VETERANS HERE
Transylvania county received a
total of $2,727.50 from the last semi
annual advance distribution in De
cember, including $1,277.50 for the
seven veterans; none for negro ser
vants; $450 for the three class "A"
or completely disabled widows, and
$1,000 for the 20 class "B" widows,
according to the records of State
Auditor Baxter Durham. When a
veterans dies during the six-month
period before the check is distributed,
the money goes to the next of kin. All
actual veterans get $1 a day, orsemi
annual checks of $182.50.
OTTO WOOD KILLED
Death of Otto Wood, notorious one
handed lawbreaker - and prison es
caper, shot down by Chief of Police
R. L. Rankin in the heart of Salis
bury last Wednesday, removes from
the front pages one of the most dan
gerous -criminals in this state since
the passing of the famous Lowrey
gang of outlaws. Wood whose list of
crimes ranged from misdemeanors to
murders, had been declared an out
law after his fourth escape from
State's Prison, on the ground that he
was a menace to society. His daring,
boldness and foolhardiness, probably
coupled with his desire for publicity,
brought him to his grave.
A DAUGHTER
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Turner Al
| lison, on Tuesday, Jan. 6th, a daugh
i.ter. ?,
We Are Forced to Raise a Large Sum of Money In a Short Time
In order to do this we are starting a General Clean Up
Sale in which you can buy merchandise at our store in
many instances at less than the wholesale cost ? See Our Windows
Sale Starts JANUARY 9th-and Continues During January
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