Salaries of State Dept. of Agriculture and N.C. State University Employees, April 4, 1924

Here’s Where Lots of Tax Monies Go. . . List of Officers, Employees and Salaries in the N.C. Dept. of Agriculture

By Dr. H.Q. Alexander

Below is published a list of officers and employees of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. While we are all thinking and talking about taxation, wouldn’t it be well for us to study this list, and lists of all other state departments, and ascertain if the state is paying out too much tax money for folks in these jobs? In other words, is the state of North Carolina receiving good returns on the investment of the following amount of money in the Department of Agriculture?

Read it, study it, and express your opinion on it.

W.A. Graham Jr., Commissioner--$4,500

K.W. Barnes, Secretary--$3,500

M.H. Hill, Bookkeeper, $2,500

Mary Knight, Stenographer and Clerk--$2,000

C.W.H. Creighton, Night Watchman--$1,550

James Higgs, Janitor--$1,000

Chas. Higgs, Janitor--$900

A.O. Alford, Bulletin Clerk, $2,250

H.H. Brimley, Curator--$3,500

H.T. Davis, Asst. Curator, $2,100

Robert Jones, Janitor--$770

W.G. Haywood, Head Chemist--$3,000

E.S. Dewar, Chemist--$2,400

Z.B. Bradford, Chemist--$1,900

C.L. Williams, Chemist--$1,900

R.L. Mills, Chemist--$1,700

F.W. Sherwood, Chemist--$2,500

L.M. Nixon, Chemist--$2,000

B. Naiman, Chemist--$1,700

M.S. Birdsong, Clerk--$2,600

Mrs. F.H. Hatch, Clerk (one-half salary)--$750

John Mangum, Watchman--$650

Moses Lord, Janitor--$1,000

L.B. Rhodes, Chemist--$2,500

H.L. Cooke, Chemist--$2,000

F.T. Ward, Chemist--$2,000

J.L. Burges, Botanist (head of division)--$3,500

Susie Allen, Analyst--$1,900

Mrs. Robert Pearsal, Seed Analyst--$1,600

Gussie Finch, Seed Analyst--$1,500

F.O. Bartel, Head Drainage Dept. (partial salary)--$2,500

F.A. Wolfe, Head Plant Diseases--$3,600

E.G. Moss, Tobacco Specialist, $1,000

Joe Hunter, Multigraph Operator and Janitor--$1,200

B.W. Kilgore, Extension Director & Dean of Agriculture [at N.C. State University]--$7,500

F.E. Miller, Assistant Extension Director & Dean of Agriculture--$3,000

F.H. Jeter, Agriculture Editor--$4,200

C.D. Matthews, Horticulturist--$3,600

E.D. Bowditch, Assistant Horticulturist--$2,400

Robt. Schmidt, Assistant Horticulturist--$2,500

Mrs. O.H. Bishop, Stenographer--$1,500

Wm. Moore, State Veterinarian--$3,500

L.J. Faulhaber, Assistant Veterinarian--$2,400

J.G. Sallade, Assistant Veterinarian--$2,200

Margaret Schel, Stenographer--$1,500

Earl Hostetler, Extension College--$3,000

Stanley Combs, Extension (College)--$2,500

B.F. Kaupp, Extension (College)--$3,600

M.V. Lowder, Extension (College)--$1,400

N.T. McLeod, Extension (College)--$1,200

J.O. Halverson, Feed Chemist--$3,000

Margaret Jones, Stenographer--$1,500

Lillian Bender, Stenographer--$1,200

C.B. Williams, Agronomist (State College)--$4,500

R.T. Winters, Agronomist (State College)--$3,500

G.M. Warren, Agronomist (State College)--$2,000

W.F. Pate, Agronomist (State College)--$3,200

S.K. Jackson, Agronomist (State College)--$1,900

H.B. Mann, Agronomist (State College)--$1,800

S.F. Davidson, Agronomist (State College)--$1,900

W.A. Davis, Agronomist (State College)--$1,800

L.G. Willis, Agronomist (State College)--$2,625

Franklin Sherman, State Entomologist--$3,500

R.W. Lieby, Entomology Division--$2,750

C.S. Brimley, Entomology Division--$2,000

T.B. Mitchell, Entomology Division--$2,100

J.C. Crawford, Entomology Division--$2,000

J.A. Harris, Entomology Division--$1,800

J.A. Marion, Entomology Division--$1,600

B.F. Brown, Bureau of Markets and State College--$5,500

Gorrell Shumaker, Bureau of Markets--$3,000

R.O. Moen, Bureau of Markets--$1,500

P.H. Hart, Cotton Grader (U.S.) Cooperating--$3,000

J.P. Brown, Bureau of Markets--$4,200

J.H. Hatch, Custodian--$2,100

Mabel Haynes, Stenographer--$1,500

Mrs. A. Leazar, Stenographer--$1,000

Frank Parker, Statistician--$3,500

Wm. H. Rhodes, Assistant Statistician--$2,400

Mrs. Robt. Simpson, Clerk--$1,500

Mrs. C.C. Haig, Clerk--$1,500

Mrs. B.S. Denmark, Clerk--$1,500

Mrs. R.W. Horton, Clerk--$2,000

T.W. Hancock, Clerk--$2,000

Machine Operator--$2,000

R.B. Ethridge--$1,500

Frank Hall, Janitor--$840

Moses Mitchell, Janitor--$780

Wm. Allen, Food and Oil Chemist--$3,800

Sarah Allen, Clerk--$2,000

Miss Palmer, Stenographer--$1,500

W.O. Owen, Chemist--$2,200

C.R. Warlick, Food Inspector--$2,400

C.H. Hudson, Assistant Chemist--$1,600

Gordon Powell, Janitor--$840

From page 6 of The Charlotte Herald, April 4, 1924. “The Charlotte Herald Is Pleading the Cause of the Man Who Works for Wages.”

According to the online Inflation Calculator at 13dollars.com/us/inflation (accessed April 4, 2024), a $1,000 salary in 1924 would be worth $18,147.74 today (April 4, 2024); $2,000 worth $36,295.44; $3,000 worth $53,483.