■29*
realisation at onr
be attained in slat
From freak lo weak
will ba upa and down* but
nat result la a consistent
•—Preaidant Roosevelt.
ALLEGHANY TIMES
DEVOTED TO THE CMC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY AND BORDERING COUNTIES
ALLEGHANY COUNTY, SPARTA, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY, II, 1934
“It la the people of the
UnitedStatea who have got te
put it across and make it stick
and they are doing it,”
—General Johnson.
S
KiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiMiamiiMiiHiii
I1IIU
No. 34
KEVELT GIVES
ORDER TO EXTEND
FEDERAL PAY CUT
h Action On Stati»tici
owing That Cott of liv
ing b StiD Low
Mhlngton, Jan. 9.—PrtiUwt
evelt guarded hi* bulging
today with an order for a
nonths’ continuation of the 1ft
cent. Federal pay cut a* he re
ft from House Democratic lead
renewed assurances of support
tar as humanly possible.”
Sting aside the day principally
the preparation of new working
rial for the loyalty-pledged
ress, he drafted messages pre
g Immediate Senate conaidera
of the St Lawrence Waterways
ftnri a government guarantee of
farm credit bonds,
ese two propositions are expect
0 give Congress plenty to do
s it is getting started on the
- appropriation and revenue
Expected Today^
th messages probably* will go
ard to Congress tomorrow, and
1 the word of the President the
cates of the St Lawrence de
>ment are depending hopefully
rlnning the necessary two-thirds
ed tor ratification of the treaty
Canada.
ng the day the activities of
rress spread out along more thar
If dozen tangents,
anding to the fore in spectacu
ievelopments on Capitol Hill was
mony which the Senate Commit
investigating ocean and air mail;
lived as it resumed its hearings,
unes Maher, Postoffice Depart
t stenographer, told the commit
that Whiter F. Brown, Postmaa
Seneral under the Hoover ad
miration, ordered large amounts
bis correspondence burned just
ire he .left office,
few minutes later Paid Hender
. Second Assistant Postmaster*
eral under the Coolidge admon
ition, reported to the committee
, Brown awarded approximately
ft miles of air mail line cos
ts, extensions of existing lines,
tout competitive bidding,
bis w£s done after Congress had
iaed to grant Brown such au
lty, the witness said. Brown, in
r York, denied anything illegal
been done, or that any official
egpondence had been destroyed.
Under inquiry*
he Senate, under the urging of a
Couzena, of Michigan
Lded to inquire into three noml
irma that came from the White
me for confirmation. The ap
iteee were: William I. Myers,
n York, governor of the Farm
dit Administration; W. M. W.
awn, of Texas, member of the
srstate Commerce Commission,
I George C. Matthews, of Wiacon
Federal Trade Commission mem
He Senate, yet to handle the tax
; prepared to get the liquor tax
y out of the way when it report
to the floor the measure passed
the House last week,
iteanwhile, the Hoiim passed a bill
ligaor in the District of
umbia Debate had brought forth
tests against its private licensing
tem as meaning practically the re
n ofthe saloon.
pi® Senate Committee’s only
endment to the House liquor tax
asure would reduce from $1,000 to
10 the license tax on brewers. The
a-gallon tax on distilled spirits
1 eg a-barrel tax on beer were left
modern ships.”
The House ways and means com
plugging again into the bust
ms of shaping a $*70,000,000 tax
11, was told by Representative Pat
LARGE LYNX KILLED AT
DEVIL’S GARDEN MONDAY
One of the largest lynxes ever
seen In the county was captured and
killed Monday by Clive Holloway and
exhibited in Sparta. The animal,
which weighed 26 pounds and was
about three feet in length, was cap*
tured In Devil's Garden, a rough sec*
tion of country on the south side of
the Blue Ridge. Tears ago these large
cats did considerable damage to the
live stock of the early settlers, kil
ling pigs, sheep, and other small ani
mals, but - at present they are not
found In large numbers, the few still
existing being found in rough, spar
sely settled sections of the moun
tains.
Smlthey’s Store bought the lynx
exhibited here, and after having It
mounted will put It on display in the
store.
E. L WAGONER LAID TO
REST AT WHITEHEAD
Funeral services for E. Leff Wag
oner, who was killed in a train-auto
mobile wreck at Manassas, Va., were
held at Liberty church at Whitehead
last Friday at noon. Rev. Carl Mc
Knight and Blevins conducted the
services and the final rites were in
charge of the local Masonic Order.
▲ large crowd of sorrowing relatives
and friends were in attendance and
the floral tributes were many and
beautiful
Flower girls were as follows: Marie
Wagoner, Mrs. Hugh Choate, Mildred
Wagoner, Kathleen Wagoner, Imo
gene Miller, and Mrs. T. R. Burgiss.
The deceased is survived by his
wife and the following sons and
daughters: Bryan Wagoner, Winston
Salem, Bailey Wagoner, Whitehead,
B. Leff Wagoner, Jr., Whitehead,
Mrs. E. J. Pugh, Laurel Springs,
Mrs. J. K. Blum, and Mrs. Sam Por
ter, Whitehead. ■*.
WHITEHEAD-LAUREL SPR
~ KG* ROAD TO BE SUR
FACED SOON
On Wednesday the State Highway
and Public Works Commission open
ed bids on 10 road projects, estimated
to cost about 0400,000. Among the
bids was a project for bituminous
surfacing on 8.S8 miles of Route 18
between Whitehead and Laurel Spr
tags. The work of grading and sur
facing this road with gravel was com
pleted in the fall, and for some time
it has been expected that the State
would start the work of hard surfoc
lng it.
For some time engineers have been
engaged in surveying the section of
road from Twin Oaks to Roaring
Gap, but nothing definite as to pro
posed changes in straightening the
road has been made public. It is ex
pected that the survey will soon be
completed and sent to Raleigh for
approval by the Commission.
The local CWA office reports sev
en road projects underway in the
county, s*«er^Uij*wh ich will soon be
completed. It is thought that CWA
workers will be used by the contrac
tors on the work between Whitehead
and Laurel Springs.
Gymnasiums for the Piney Creek
and Sparta high schools have been
approved and work has already start
ed.
man (D-Tex.) that income taxes
should be publicized. Tax secrecy,
said the Texan, was a "badge of
fraud." Billions of dollars would
have been saved for the government,
Patman declared, if the returns of
Charles E. Mitchell, J. P. Morgan
and others had been available for
public inspection.
The committee. Chairman Dough
ton indicated, might be able to re
port out the measure late next week
The bill now proposes a 4 per cent
tax on an net incomes instead of
the existing 8 per cent levy for
those above |8,000, boosts surtax
rates and imposes substantial levies
against personal holding companies.
Living Costs.
Mr. -Roosevelt based his order for
continuation of the 15 per cent pay
cut on the findings of the Depart
ment of Labor that living costs for
families and wage earners in 32
principal cities were 21.1 lower dur
ing the last half of 1033 than for
the base period of the first six
months of 1928. Another report also
showed that living costs during the
last three months in the city ol
Washington were 14.6 below the base
average.
The President already has recom
mended that the maximum pay cut
for Federal workers be made 10 pet
cent after July 1—an automatic res
toration of 5 per cent of the cut
which will have been in effect foi
one year.
DOUGHTON SLATED
FOR NEW POSITION
Washington, Dec. 28.—Representa
tive Robert L. Doughton of North
Carolina, chairman of the powerful
House ways and means committee,
is slated to be appointed to the Fed*
oral Tariff Commission within a few
| weeks.
Democratic friends of the North
{Carolina Democrat say the appoint*
ment will be made by President
Roosevelt probably after the Admin
istration’s liquor and general tax re*
vision measures are passed by the
House.
Both of these measures are being
handled by Doughton’s ways and
means committee, the group charged
with formulating all revenue and tar*
iff measures for Congressional ac
tion.
uougnton is serving ms iweniy
second year as Representative from
the Ninth North Carolina district
He has been a member of the ways
and means committee for many years
and has made a study of tariffs.
Indications are that Doughton will
be appointed to the vacancy created
by the death of the late Represent
; ative James W. Collier, Mississippi
Democrat Collier was appointed to
the commission by Mr. Roosevelt last
March, after his retirement as chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee.
In one Demoncratlo qua ter today It
was said Doughton later will suceed
Robert L. O’Brien of Massachusetts
as chairman.
N. C. LegUa Land* Place
Amo.g “Big Tea”
Legionnaires in all sections of the
State will be more than pleased to
learn that the American Legion, De
partment of North Carolina, “made
the grade" again this year and land
ed in the “Big Ten" on the National
Telegraphic Roll-Gall of the Lsgion.
It will be recalled that the National
Telegraphic Roll-Call was conducted
on Nov. 17, 1938, at National Head
quaters of. the American legion. Its
an annual event and there is great
rivalry among the forty-eight state
and ten foriegn departments of the
Legion, for the honor of getting into
this select group which is composed
of the ten departments with the
highest percentage of quota enrolled
at that time.
The conditions of the National Tele
graphic Roll Call require that De
partment Record cards and dues
were to be mailed prior to midnight,
December 1, 1933, in support of the
number reported on the Roll Call,
and any Department which failed
to “follow up" their report with at
least the number reported would be
considered as having defaulted.
The final confirmation tabulated
from national headquaters, just re
ceived, of the Fifth Annual National
Telegraphic.Roll Call conducted Nov.
17, 1933, reads as follows:
"It appears that all Department
Record cards and dues which were
to be mailed prior to midnight, Dec
1, in support of the Fifth Annual
National Telegraphic Roll Call, here
at National Headquaters, have now
reached national headqquatera. We
are, therefore, tabulating herewith
the confirmation which will be con
sidered final. Since the Departments
of Canada, Georgia, Maine and Nev
ada have defaulted, the Departments
of Idaho, Maryland, NORTH CARO
LINA and Tennessee qualify among
the RIG TEN Departments.”
This makes the third time in the
last five years that Department of
North Carolina has qualified in this
national event, thanks to the splen
did cooperation of alll the post, Dis
trict and Department officials of the
Legion in NXJorth Carolina, and other
individual, go-getting Legionnaires in
the various Legion Posts throughout
the State.
NEEDLESS?
Rockingham, Jan 9.—Judge Hoyle
Sink made somewhat of a departure
from the usual charge, in his re
marks to the grand jury in superior
court here Monday.* In short, he
spoke vigorously against having any
grand juries now—a relic of the past.
He said the counties of North Caro
lina incur an unnecessary expense of
half a million dollars annually by
having grand juries, which easily
could be done away with. He wound
up by asking this grand jury to ex
press itself, upon the conclusion of
their deliberations this week, upon
whether they felt such a body was
worth while—both in expense to the
county and their own time and in
convenience in coming here for duty:
and if they felt such was not neces
sary, then to petition their represen
ative in the next Legislature to enact
a bill doing away with this feature
of the judicial system.
BLUE RIDGE ROUTE FOR
THE SKYLINE DRIVE
UNCERTAIN
At a recent meetin of the County
Committee of the Blue FUdge Divi
sion of the Skyline Drive, a number
of interesting talks were made with
reference to securing rights-of-way
along the crest of the mountain thro
ugh Carroll. Several of the members
were present and made reports.
It seemed that practically all of
the ground had been covered, but
in places there was some resistance
offered by the land owners A por
tion of the owners who did not sign
for free rights-of-way were holding
back due to the fact that they did
not know whether they would be em
ployed, if the road came this route
or not This question, it appears, is
easily settled. One of the principal
purposos of the building of this road
Is to create Jobs for the unemployed
to the communities through which it
pasts Every man who is willing to
do an honest days work, and lives
near tbta route will be employed, so
far as possible and especially those
who own land through which it will
pass.
Other Route Organized
It b«ui been learned that the Nor
thern Route, whoch will pass thro
ugh Walkers Mountain, offers some
beautiful scenery, and the organiza
tion working for that route have met
| with very little difficulty in securing
right-of-way signers.
Can we afford to let the road go
that way Just because a few citizens
: of our county object to having a
good road pass through their place,
enhanaing the value of It many times
its present? The Answer is NO. We
got to get down to business and get
this right-of-way.
Some Money Needed
Of course there will be some funds
needed to take care of a few fellows
whose small strip of land is litterally
gutted by this project, but these will
probably be very few.
Carrol News, Va.
METHODIST CHURCH NEWS
(C. W. Russell, Pastor)
Service at Shiloh, Sunday A. M.
at 11:00 o’clock, and at Piney Creek
Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
I will attend the Conference wide
Missionary meeting at Centenary
Church, Winston-Salem, Thursday.
Three of our Bishops will be present
in interest of the cause. I would be
glad if many of the members on the
charge would attend this meeting.
This is one of the 34 meetings held
in Southern Methodism extending
from the Pacific to the Atlantic
coast
We are happy to know that Mollie
Hampton a member of Shiloh church
is home from the hospital and gradu
ally improving.
F -
Baptist Church Appointments
Regular time and place of preach
ing by Rev. C. H. Mcknight, Pastor:
Mount Carmel: First Sunday at
11 x. M Saturday befort at 2 P. M.
Chestnut Grove: First Sunday at
2:30 P. M. Saturday before at 11:00
A M.
Belview: Second Sunday at 11:00
'• A, M. Saturday before at 7:00 P. M.
Pine Fork: Second Sunday at 2:30
p. M. Saturday before at 2:00 P. M.
Liberty: Third Sunday at 11:00 A.
M. Saturday before at 2:00 P. M.
SPARTA BAPTIST CHURCH
Services Sunday at 11:00 A. M.
and 7:00 P. M. by the pastor, Dr.
G. A. Martin, It is hoped that every
member will be present.
The pastor will preach at New
Hope at 2:30 P. M. The members
are urged to attend.
UNITED DRY FORCES TO
MEET IN STATE-WIDE
CONFERENCE IN
GREENSBORO
The United Dry Forces of North
Carolina will assemble in a State
wide Conference at Greensboro, on
'January 16th, for the purpose of pre
fecting a permanent organization to
continue in Noarth Carolina a con
structive program of education in fa
vor of temperance and against the
evils of alcohol The county and oth
er local units of the organization that
fought to keep North Carolina dry
in the recent election desire to con
serve the benefits of the recnet Cam
paign and to continue their efforts
to keep legalized liquor out of North
Carolina, and to improve the enforce
of our present prohibition laws. Many
local units have already become per
manent, and it is antictpated that the
Greensboro meeting on January 16th
will set up a permament State-wide
organization. All persons in North
Carolina interested in the promotion
of temperance are invited to attend
the Conference, and all members of
th Central Committee, all Candidates
County Chairmen and Managers of
FURTHER INVESTIGA
TIONS HADE INTO
DEATH OF SLAIN
WILKES GIRL
Expect To Show Girl Did Not
Write Note Found In Her
Pocket
North Wilkes boro, Jan. 9-'—A.
coroner’s jury will re-open its in
vestigation tomorrow into the mys
terious death of Leota Childress, 18,
after her body is exhumed from a
country graveyard near here.
Although the coroner's Jury origi
nally returned a verdict that the
girl came to her death at the hands
of unknown parties, additional evi
dence will be laid before it as the
result of a subsequent investigation
by Solicitor John E. ones.
The exumation of the body was
ordered by the Solicitor in order that
the course of the bullet through her
body could be traced. Meanwhile
the reports of handwriting experts
on specimens 6f the girl’s hand
writing, as samples of the penman
ship of Andrew Smoot, her 27-year
old former suitor, will be given to
the jury.
Smoot is held in the county Jail
on a warrant sworn out by Solicitor
Jones after investigators of the sher
iff’s office had listed the strange
death as a suicide.
The Solicitor said he sent the spe
cimens of handwriting to the ex
perts with the view of showing that
Leota did not write a weird note
found in the dead girl’s pocket de
scribing a visit of three robbers to
her home who had threatened her
with death unless she revealed the
hiding place of the family's money.
Her body was found by neighbors
on a party telephone line who said
they heard her cry for help, and
say robbers were threatening and
mistreating her. She had been alone
in the house, her foster-parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Wamick Tilley, having
gne to town for the day. When the
neighbors arrived, the house ~ gtvc
the appearance of having been ran
sacked.
TO ALL FOREMAN, ASST.
FOREMEN, AND TIMEKEEPERS
WORKING ON C. W. A- PROJECTS
IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY.
Instructions just received < from
Safety Department Washington, D.
C. All Foremen are notified to in
struct all truck drivers to the follow
ing:
1. All motor vehicles transporting
persons must be brought to a stop
before crossing railroad tracks whe
ther required by local regulations or
not, and shall then proceed only «
the way is clear,
2. All motor vehicle drivers and
especially those transporting persons
must strictly observe all State and
local traffic regulations Including
coming to a fuU stop at all stop signs
and before entering a main highway.
3. Overloading of trueks transport
ing passengers must not be tolerated.
4. Dump trucks shall not be used
for hauling persons.
5. Men riding on trucks shall not
be permitted to hang their legs over
theside or rear of the truck.
6. Wherever practical every truck
driver shall be placed under the super
vision of a job foreman or superinten
dent, who shall be responsible for
seeing that the driver observes these
rules. !
7. Where practicable, a foreman j
shall accompany each truck load of
men transported to or from work,
and shall see that both the men and
the driver observes these rules.
C. A. Miles,
Local Civil Works Administrator.
THESE RULES MUST BE CAR
RIED OUT.
SLIM CHANCE
Washington, Jan. 9.—Chances of
Walter Murphy, of Raleigh and Sal-,
isbury for appointment to a post
with the Internal Revenue Bureau
are getting slimmer, it was learned
today.
Where six weeks ago it was re
ported at the bureau that there was
no job big enough for Murphy, and
therefore that a new one would be
created for him when Congress con
vened, today doubt was expressed
that Murphy will get any sort of
an appointment.
Reasons for the shift in attitude
could not be learned. Guy V. Helver
ing, Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, when questioned regarding the
matted, was non-committal. When
his attention was called to the pa
tent change of sentiment regarding
Murphy, he said, “Oh, well, things
are constantly changing around here,
you know.” He would not discuss
the matter further,
the United Dry Forces are particu
larly urged to be present.
Yours very truly.
Cale K. Burgess, Chairman,
COMMISSIONER OF REVE
NUE MAXWELL TELLS
KENTUCKY LEGISLA
TORS ABOUT GOVERN
MENTAL REORGANIZA
TION IN NORTH
CAROLINA
“Governmental Re-Organization
The subject assigned me to discuss
is '‘Governmental Reorganization,” I
with special emphasis on State ap
proach. For the purposes of this ad
dress reorganization will be consider
ed from the standpoint of functions
and responslbilitise. I have sometimes
wondered if our discussions have not
over-emphasized the mere mechanics
of governmental problems. For IN
stance, I have never been able to
become excited over the method of
selecting certain public officials-whe-1
ther by election or appointment. Con
spicuous examples of success or fail
ure may be charged to either method.
In like manner reorganization that
consists merely of regrounidng re
sponsibility Of performing the same
public service in substantially the
same way may be said to be a doubt
ful experiment. Mere chance is not
inherently virtuous, and on the con
trary there is distinct advantage in
adhering to custom and precedent.
There is less friction in doing the
same thing in the same way. This is
particularly true in public affairs, af
fecting so many people. In the ab
sence of change it is less difficult
for the citizen to know what he is j
expected to do and how he is to do
it. The proponent of change should
always bear the burden of proof of
the advantage of change.
But whatever may be our mental
attitude with respece to these pro
blems, changes have come with scope
and volume that challenge the re
sourcefulness of statesmanship to
meet. We are in a new social order,
that is testing the fabric of everyj
uhit and agency of government If ^
our demoncracy is to meet this sup-1
reme test it must demonstrate its;
efficiency as well as its altruism of
purpose. It must meet these obliga-1
tions without having to absorb a ruin
ous proportion of the earnings of
the people to sustain them, and in
pursuit of this purpose it must dili
gently seek for and eliminate waste
and wasteful piethods wherever they
can oe round. • I
The tremendous expansion that has
taken place in the scope and charac
ter and volume of public service
within Comparatively recent years i
compels the best thought we can give J
to the problem of organization to
meet these increased responsibilities
Is the governmntal organization,
planned originally for much simpler
needs, best suited to these larger
tnqkw ? Or can some other methods
tie employed to produce an equal or
better service at less cost? Taxpayer
press these questions upon us with
a searching inquiry.
The best thought that I can bring
to you on this subject is to present
something of our own experience in
dealing with these problems.
Indeed, it may have been in the
thought that my State may have
made some contribution to the an
swer to these promlems at your con
ference.
Our State has undertaken some
interesting experiments in the nature
of a complete reorganization of the
most important and essential func
tions of public service. They are as
revolutionary as the times and con
ditions that produced them. I shal
not present them as an advocate.
They may yet be experimental in our
own State, though there is no thoug j
And however successful they may be
ht or suggestion of turning backward. |
in North Carolina it does not neces
sarily follow that they would be prac
tical or desirable in another State.
Each State has its own problems, re-;
lated to its own conditions and tra
ditions, and must shape its policies!
with relation to them.
The beginning of our grand ex
periment, and the forerunner of oth
ers that followed, was the completion
in 1921 of a system of State revenue
entirely indepndnt Of property taxes.
Prof. James W. Martin, of your j
own University of Kentucky, pub
lished within theyear a comprehen
sive analysis of experience of the
few States, like North Carolina, hav
ing separate sources of State revenue
contrasted with th experience of Sta
tes that have held to the old system.
He fairly found advantages and dis
advantages, and his conclusions were
inconclusive. Perhaps the best tribute
to its success is that in the twelve
years of its operation there has not j
been a suggestion of turning back, I
and on the contrary it has been em
ployed far beyond its original con
ception, and has made possible the
| other reorganization characteristics
of far reaching imporatnee that I
! wil later refer to, and that can now
fairly be said to represent its great
PREACHERS MAY GET 11
GALLONS of WINE A YEAR
i \
Wine may be obtained by a I1mm»
ed preacher having charge of a con*
gregation for sacramental purpose*
to the amount of three gallon* each
90 days, and hospitals and sanltor
iums may secure whiskey used to
curing inebriates when it is admin*
istered by a licensed physician, At*
torney General D. G. Brummitt hi*
held in a series of opinions dealing
with the liquor laws.
In both of these he points, out that
this is under the Turlington Act and
that transportation companies haul*
ing loquor must keep complete re*
cords as to dates and places of ship*
ments, senders and receivers, and >
keep records available.
Mr. Brummitt also holds that In*
toxicating loquors may be shipped
through the State from one wet
state to another wet state, but may
not be shipped from or into this
State. He admits that permitting
liquor to be carried through the
State will cause much trouble, as it
will be almost Impossible to prevent
its being delivered in this State,
which is contrary to both State- and
Federal laws.
Harnett County Hewe
st achievement.
On th debit side Prof. Martin Mads
the separate system of State revenue
with its corresponding relinquishment
of all the property taxes to focal
governfents, contributing to a heavy
increase in expenditures of focal
govrnments. This criticism is undoubt
edly sound. It may also be truthfully
said that such rapid increase of ex*
penditures was responsive to the
trend of the times. But it is a fair
criticism to say that, this program
was inaugurated in 1921 without ade
quate safeguards to restrain increas
ing expenditures
These safeguards have ben supplld
No state has a more trorough system'
of executive budgetary controlof aa-_J
penditures,"extnding to very dollar of
public funds xpended by any aflSfuy
of the Sate, and there has been a'
drastic use of this .control.
We also have complete State oms*
trol and supervision of the tom of
credit by every local unit of govern
ment.
While these measures were some
what tardy in conception they kart
been quite effective since their -in
And while there has been a heavy
increase in expenditures of both State
and local governments since separyt* j
tion was adopted in 1921, the out
standing characteristic of the Wff
program has been the constant as
sumption by the State of burdens
and responsibilities formerly carcfed
by the local units, and the important
factor of tremendous economy mads
possible by a unified State control
economies reorganization in its most
comprehensive sense.
The big items of public expends to
day are schools and roads.
Over a period of years the Stats
enlarged the mileage of main high
ways taken over into the State-sys
tem. In 1931 it went all the way and
took over the whole operation of
mairitance of every mile of public
road in the State, except city streets.
That operation was almost perfectly
logical in two respects:
1st. it took the remaining burden
of highway maintance off the proper
ty and placed the whole burden dir
ectly on those who use the highways,
and on a tax basis that moters te
every user his exact proportion at
cost related to his use of the high
ways.
2nd. As an economy measure it
cut the cost in half and at the hall
cost provided a very perceptibly *
higher standard of maintance.
Here we have a form of reorganise
ation that is actually saving the tan
payers of North Carolina four mtt
lion dollars a year, and at the sams
time giving them a higher standard
of service. This is not an Indictment
of local government It is a mens
recognition of an adaptable machin
ery, and operating it at maximum
efficiency without regard to county
or township lines, can buy as much
for fifty cents ac cramped local
government can buy for a dollar.
The State also took over, as a pari
of its road program, all county
gangs, and redistributed them In
standardized, sanitary and fire-prod*
prison camps.
For a number of years the Slats
had been increasing its participsthm
in the cost of the public schools,
both as a means of further piopeily
tax releif, and also as a mesas at
equalizing educational opportunity
without unbearable taxation in eoum
ties having the least taxable wealth.
In 1931 it increased this participa
tion to one-half the cost of the soar
stitutional six months term, and 4h
1933 it absorbed the entire cost- tat
the whole customary eight
term, and without any property tl*
contribution to this cost.
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