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Declares
Jouab W. Baiter Charges State
OlMrtnea* With Utter Dm-!
regard of Ecoaomy; Attacks
Auditor's Office That Co&s
W40,00??.6?r.
? 'Al'5' \ ?'? t* "? ?'-H
J. W. BAILEY in News ft Observer
This statement is addressed tp the
people of North Carolina and partie
ularly to the democratic party, since
it is in control of the state and is
responsible. . . $
Wo now know that the deficit on
current account in the state's finances
is at least $9,515,786^63; this ii the'
finding of the budget commission; it
is recognized as a fact by all save one
citizen. How the state auditor of
this state will ever reconcile the pub
lic statements heretofore made by him
with these facts, is a matter for him
to expikin. It is a- reproach to the
democratic party that it has required
two years to ascertain the true con
dition of the Htatph finances.
It is now mfioWn that the bonded
indebtedness of the state is over one
hundred million dollars; and by the
time the present general assembly ad
journs* it wiQ be $130,000,000 or $150,
OMAfc.
It is now known that the finance
committees of the general assembly
axe laboring desperately to devise a
tax sehemwuuffigient to meet the sit
uation; and that under any circum
stances, taxes will be very greatly in
creased, since the stifle taxes are to
be about $5,0069060 more per year
than heretofore.' This increase will be
in addition to the large increases
made the last six years; and it is a
question whether the people will be
abir to bear the burden- It is cer
tain that the burden will press heav
ily jfcen them. ? J
additional bonds, it is thejuty ottfee
legislature to make a thorough-going
mvefBgation with a view to catting
down the cost of government, and; if
? pwajBk ^mooey
+*9W * . * ?
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fWti* ^ essjnJjy^
tU^e^ state auditor's department for
ezuide, ia costing the ftate 1140.000
a ydar. There is no reasoh'whatever
whjJ^is office should coat the state
?v pver $49,000 a year; A reference to
K*rthe records will show that it has cost
less titan $40,000 a year within the
I srBJ;
tniffi h<h^iI!mdndui^Q 'Sarie*
Th% aotomobile license bureau of
thi^gate, under the secretary of
stas is costing the state over $200,
006 * year. I am informed by the!
jaeaJrtary of state that he has pur
eha** nine Packard cars-the Pack
ard iter being one ef the moat eapen
sive types. The secretary of state has
one of these for his personal use; hie
chief clerk has another of these for
' St^ia^^aHi ?of his clerks
I'fund on page 37, aotomobile de
partment, under
5!??ito?<BqKid ^
licenses and fund'1
I tior? 4 rkUiiary expenses of the of
? ,^TWt * ? ; '. .. . . ,
ing salary of hinweif and lus clerks,
32 shows the cost of
HMri% cLT ^ f0r reP8ir*' re? aCe"
the cost-of the state's printing. , .
- We spent $48,339.64 for survey of
the Appalachian and Western North
Carolina Railway, irt all probability z
dead loss, since the attorney general
declares the act unconstitutional.
We paid interest on the. funded
debt, $2,729,76&50;.and in addition to
this, interest on; notes jfcyahle $831,
^15.82, Bear in mind this is interest
?not principal* ; When our state debt
?mounts to $$50,00$^^ as it shortly
I wi&, the annual intemt will come to
j $6,5e^OOO. ? . - g
r I have motioned a sufficient num
ber of instances to confirm iny state
ment that we are spending money at
a rate that indicates an extravagant
disregard of sound principles of econ
omy as welL, as "the con?fitig$T^\the
tax payer, arid demands invastigi^^^
government account are
009 was a tremendous burden.
For over $40,000,000 of our state
bonds we have no Specific provision
whatever for pasinginidrest or prin
cipal, and since state isrim-;
ning behind state expenses, our cred
it. is threatened.
The state prison has been run at ??
loss of frbxri $250,000 to $300,00(1 in
three years, and its sujmriniaadent
says he will, require about PNtf/OO a
month hereafter above its earnings?
that, is, $SfiK^jper y^ >;fit
^ One other matter, we have built
within the last ftmr-yearsr a large
number of costly structures. There
have been a number of ugly rumors
touching some of these buildings. I
have heard enough to justify me .in
&H?sflBgtaa%^ KgWhltfrqiicteni*.
pare t|ie buildings with the'plans and
gggfcatjocs, wiffi m view to^ ascer
jngs combs up to the. specifications
upon which paywt^ jpu^V -ifes
?f!Cprt ^to' 1<^U
Html* rMXVi^n uu Kfrv it dim
pure authorize tne zaje o? tne state
prison ftum near Raleigh ft? $400,-f
000, beaten;
but only becsuM.. certain individuals
- . ? . fj V . ?!-?-. - .-*?- ? . r- - r t -- IT" "
appeared ana unarmed tne icgttM
tnre that the property was worth in
the neighborhoodofa milUin (tyllaxfc
This project yw supported by a vyy
but for the would-be purchasers. We
OPght 'to. havp an end of this sort of
thing. I observe now that a bill has
been introduced to tjfraWe. the /btate
to purchase the apartment house end
lot. on the earicpH* Edenton aritl TfBP
mington streets "for a sum not ex
?*k8hr ?175,000. This property wnq? i
not sell for more than $100,000 or
$125,000. The house would be prac
tically worthless to the state; it was
with beds bu^lt into the' walls, with
bath tubs and fath room*;: and i? the
state should purchase it, frpWould ]
hkv^te^for Uese ';bhdfc.: bath,
rooms, bfth tubs an4Vother:,-?qijfe: I
mentj and hwrpover, would bay*. j&
tear out the wails and reconvert the
is not a fireproof atructdr^7! and it
^j^?^yejry successful-apartment .
[house even. To reconvert this bpild
ing it Usable for stiehC'b<hrv!
it would not be a fireproof building,
such as the state ought to have. If
thf legislature fixes the Unit to $175,^
ifW t<ttd
?AtLtq Jitjllht i/\ " t|A V/yJf A J 1|*1V * JJJ. J fkj,
r * i v i "iii i ' ~ ? i mi ?
F; ? "?. ', 44..' ?'' ?' ?' ^>52% YrV"!'' ^"T
| tVC6Il y 11/v^UvV SBu *1 jVwvjvvv S yfoT i
[ :- . .
I ?MA?a that) is Tl/?i*ftOQ/l?*tf? AvtW I /Irt ?*<?f I
igr" ? necessary, man i a? not
body until ">^e cut out this waste |
> Mgaai Aps.-*
( Tb Supreme Court. |
Stokes and Ayden to Ridge
Springs Projefls Let By
Count? Board Yesterday at
$20,468 Per Mile.
l> Greenville, Feb. 8.?Contracts for
|?0?eta!ire^kHi of a sixteen .foot con
crete road from Highway "number 11
lto?to)?s and for* aimflar road from
to Ridge Springs (Greene
JtsmnBctf wZw wpn is w ucgin HIM
*
H)e completion of these two proj
tfts vrilt add mnch to the county's
tbfltygfc^hjeh >tbese roads pass as
?^Sli to roe towns tp which they
[Hfe 'p&fd^A&rfe I
they *n stpdipusly doing. They move
m solid-phalanx; they constitute a
?ell organized machine; and so long
as ihejr know that, they can do this,
they win be ex^VRggpt. The only
chec& updfi mdriey - spending in North
*n?h1?s ?ffi<* hold
ers toVtfeftMt the will of the people,
$MW5L&!i ^ *<*"ca,t
and has f^thfuBysupported the par
earnestness ui'ujo aeamf ww.
shall give to the people of this state
and the rank and file of the party it
self a be^ w^^safer way, of
fHjai?* ITlfl to ma.
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^rt MB fe i# i
thltf' *
XII
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M'ti. ?' IH'""'' 11
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do&s liflt .jjiiBt.rihirfft^Ij nfc its ilfit Drof" I
co^? y, y. cnyr)lu5 -3iKn^
*or^ ^^ ^
TlAtffAVpr fpft stOCfM? ^ _ |
rijsftvy; . ? - . _ %.?1^17'''/. - /? '^J.u..- .'? ? ^,,.?<? 11
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Qf w L|K - I 1^?1 ?ill
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Mr John L HbokerC 5, died in the
Eftt Community hospilaf| in CfcMn
ville Tuesday night at 12 o'clock,
bie^eved to have been
remains w^ owt W ^o^^aek,'
t. Hooker; a traveling satemian,
found Tuesday afternoon by
of Poh'ce Hobgood of Parmville,
sitting on the running boardof his
cat
the
'that he suffered an attack of acute in
at
to drive his car. any further and had
stopped thinking some one would
,,afS' -
-feu.. *&;
PBtSBYT^UN AJJXILIARY ?;
Th^ W?mn*r7wdli?ry of tl?
Hobgood, "at iti regular monthly
^|*H4r T. C. Tuma^ oonducted ^
&?& Turn age emphasized ini:
{massive way Jwtitf hundHty, as dem
onstrated by the Washing of His di*-" I
mMpfoefc lit the Last Suppei&*> '??%: I
This ^
[.*? "'* & ? ' ^ ?, ?. V*i|T.S. ,<|Tra'v;'
&utk\? the^eVe^^^i'dvw
days ago j
effects to a second hand ife'diV-hf5 the
J^mviction that, with the earths dftrl
molition, Kewodldtete noffuxOfcr'nae
for them. He safeguarded against a
miscarriage: at the'predictidni," haw- f.
ever, by -jseservi*g-; t?id .right'itoi-JWl
purchase:his effects should he. fafl to
1 ayd the vicinity am,scheduled tiiile.-1
AV: : ?"&:rftr.?,v -; (l,? . ./?;, ''f -
notes of the:
$ MlfclSlERIAt MEETING
[rThe local ministerial board hold ?m- j
ter, on Monday mdttflKf 'at 11:80
o'clodk.' -A A ~
?Th^meetingwas opened with pray- <
*r by'Rev. J. LJRumJ&y after -which::,
N. N. Flemiiiig. j'i?porteEl Tl;tbat
beeprplaced in the stations adtf'jioit
pffite. dinner reeeirtiygistn
niemfaere-'of. the huhisterial;6oatd hy
Mr.; and Mrs. Fred Smith was hibught
write an expression'6f appreciation to
t^4nli j HifiAUQQAfl Thi* cprvu*?
?"i i In >L* Mnf^AiHaf .nhiiiuih
A y fiiitw1 dpfc
? r' * ~ ? ~ j- 4
Complete settlement on two crops
W do with-mem
Stt^lofthe .Tofekeeb firovtert ?oop?r
fl m association
oOft oft&Ml SaWnfey. TOhiary '?&
n? be issued ???? as.
socja^'ni^rtibert ^isSm tiie coo^tive
Wa *hbusds>itfM^astefe' bfek W
co^*he: iastindebtedfte** of'tHe &!'
*xc ifottio?& en^'
lories Utfe aftd
iticcd.- T ' ? ,*:??:Ui&: M X -*???<?-? .
The tobacco co-ope of South Caroli
na' ahd the *3Ct?SF Candida &Kfer
cot Mr wilt ? Vttntt' "fii 'lift#' tt>
oh1 -tt*'
*?>r?Iffe *f&tm ottiirtayV
set temeat/having' fcW&dy
*ul payment ?? tffe* U& Vio(lv?fM *
:*A #%?iitM??g? Thefcnal ^.
nieirt"hy:the 6flfidctotion "With ifi toisAi
be^'ift th? S<mth CtfiuHiftfc "belt b ,
sch^MSM takd '
Starch' lie, according- to the announce
inep^rr M aSfkiCifttioWs
intMWdtiMUMZ X
f> The 'tbWco 'fafroers of the old
bright' bett'ef; Virginia and "North
Carolina ^?are fnrtttbeK ??&?'??'
tl^ment 6n Tddiv^is bflfhe i9!22'?rop
>ii joiCbelrtrfe W, iad/dctotd
Jjuw to their'directs** thfe'^tttleMt -
jmi be followed within 40 days bp'
i^mentsbrtall grudee 'of *h?4r*t92a{ -
tcco which baye been sold and paid
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oif ps iii^inofirs in ?A8t6Vii Ltirolio^:r, ?
;yv, flicJ
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ip
One of the most en joyable of recehi
am ips of Masons Tn aiT attonriance
bJ^if of ?n fratan^tn^
h?2si*?thtitW?i* wid innnrin^
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