THE GLEANER
OEAHAM. N. 0., SEPT. 21, 1239
ISSUED ETZST TEC B EDA T
J. O. KERNODLE, Editor
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Congress Meets Today.
The special session of Congress
meets today (this paper had it
different last week). The Pres
ident held a conference with
party leaders, Bepnblican and
Democrats in Congress. Among
those invited were Alf M. Lan
don of Kansas and Col. Frank
Knox of Chicago, Bepnblican
candidates for President and
vice-president in 1986.
The purpose of the meeting
was talk and advice about the
proposed change in the neutral
ity statute.
The tiews of those present
were almost as numerous as the
number present. There was
complete aggreement for Ameri
ca to stay out of the war, not
withstanding American senti
ment is overwhelmingly with
England and France.
This afternoon the President
> will address a joint session of
the Senate and Houae on why
he thinks the embargo on the
shipment of war supplies should
be lifted.
The Congress, it ie foreseen,
will have a stubborn and bitter
straggle in disposing of the
neutrality proposal, both the
prt* and cons are holding to
the view t hat their's is the way
to keep out of the war.
SALES TAX
Pual Leonard of Statesville,
undaunted, is going ahead with
his fight on the three per cent
sales tax. He is carrying it to
the U. S. Supreme court. He
opened a store in Winston-Sa
lem and refused to pay the tax
on the ground that it is uncon
stitutional. First, the case was
heard in the Superior court and
Leonard lost. He appealed to
the State Supreme court and
lost again. His hope is that
the U. S. Supreme court will
reverse the State courts.
A recent decission in the Cal
ifornia courts went against sales
tax, based on the provision of
making one citizen responsible
for taxes to be paid by another.
The California case has also
been appealed, but by the State.
So the U. S. Supreme Court
will have both sides of the case
to adjudicate.
i It ia on behalf of N. C. Fair
Tax Aasociation that Leonard
is prosecuting the action.
In this State the sales-tax
was put on to help out with
i lengthening the school term
and it served the purpose. It
was an emergency measure. If
it should be eliminated, then
some other source for revenue
would have to be found, or
other taxes increased, else the
schools would suffer.
At first there was consider
able hue and cry about the
added tax burden and the
imposition on the merchant for
making the collection. The
merchant was given his choice,
whether he would collect from
the customer or pay it himself?
(he same provision still holds.
At one time every sort of pur
chase was taxed; now the es
sential foods are exempt.
Tooff-set in some metis ure the
little burden that the tax im
poses free school books are fur
nished by the State for the
primary grades. If the tax is
an evil, is it a greater or less
evil than illiteracy?
Governor Hoey's subject,
"The Church's Contribution to
Higher Education", on the
Founders' Day program at Elon
College last Thursday, gave him
plenty of latitude to take any
view he might chose. The Eu
ropean war was in his mind and
what it was possible for it to do
the cause of education. Among
other things, looking to the
crushing of Hitlerism, he said:
"In this hour of peril and
threatened disaster to every de
mocracy on earth there should
be no hesitation on the part of
this government in making
available to any nation the sup
plies which we can furnish to
all who come and buy them.
International law justifies this
position."
War News
Hitler's army began its war
in Paland on Sept. 1st, and to
date occupies mere than half of
it. Hitler claims Warsaw has
fallen, bnt the Poles are still
resisting hopelessly.
France and England are in
vading Germany in the east
against stiff resistance.
Russia has entered Poland on
the west?that is probably the
Hitler-Stalin pact.
German submarines have-so
far snnk 22 or more English
ships and England has destroyed
six or more submarines.
An English airplane carrier
has been torpedoed. It carried
a complement of about 1100
men. Many of tbem are still
unaccounted for.
Towns and open country have
been bombed. The news re
ports do not give the numbers
thus killed nor the losses in
battle.
It is a furious war and is all
that the word can mean?in
any way.
Australian Says His Dog
Has Human Intelligence.
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. ? Aus
tralia claims to have a dog with
I human intelligence.
The dog is Beau Rex, an Alsatian,
belonging to Jim Murphy, a miner
and prospector of Edmonton, North
Queensland.
Beau Rex, his owner claims, can
carry two rifles and 50 rounds of
ammunition; a miner's pick and
shovel and 30 pounds of stores; two
sets of golf clubs and 30 balls; first
aid kit weighing 40 pounds; six um
brellas and hold a seventh one in
his mouth; also retrieve any hidden
object over a distance of two miles,
day or night; find a buried object
over the same distance and return
with it after following a two-mile
trail through heavy traffic, around
corners, over fences and through
shops and houses; fetch anything
up to 40 pounds in weight from the
water on cry of "Help."
Also run out 100 yards of field
telephone wire on a spindle strapped
to his back; arrest any person by
right wrist on command; guard any
object placed in his keeping.
These, says Murphy, are just "a
few" of the things Rex can do.
Flyers Count Wild Life
Taking a census of wild life, par
ticularly the fur-bearing animals,
calls for experts who can read snow
tracks. Following fresh trails, the
census-taker can locate dens or bur
rows and then from a careful study
of the various footprints around can
tell how many animals live there,
and the approximate age groups.
The bureau of biological survey has
found it quicker, more economical
and reliable to count deer and elk by
spotting them from airplanes. Air
plane counts also have been found
helpful in estimating the number of
waterfowl in lake regions..
To Europe In Bed
William Strong in his "How to
Travel Without Being Rich" tells of
a cripple who could not leave his
bed but who insisted on going to
Europe. From home to train and
steamer he traveled, carried in his
bed, and spent two winters there.
State College Answers
Timely Farm Questions
Question: What can I do to
cure my laying hens of colds?
Answer: This condition is us
ually caused by poor ventilation,
overcrowding, improper feeding,
or parasitic infestation which
weakens the birds and makes
susceptible to colds. All birds
showing symptoms of of colds
should be isolated and the cause
found and corrected. The house
should be cleaned and disinfected
and the entire flock given Epsom
salts at the rate of one pound to
each four gallonB of drinking
water. Keep a good germicide in
the drinkine water wnile there is
evidence of the trouble. Cod liv
er oil or other fish oil with a high
vitamin content should be added
to one of the doily groin feedings'
Where the dUeoee la well eetob
llehed it is not economical to troot
individuals ond theee eboald bo
destroyed.
Question: How soon of tor
plowing in tobseoo stalks eon
seed for the succeeding crop be
planted?
Answer: Any green material,
snob os oowpeos, crimson clover,
toboceo stolks, or olmost ony
other etop will ferment the eoll
for obont two weeks ofter being
turned under. This fermentation
will effect the germination of ony
seed planted during thot time.
However, after this period there
will be no further ill effects. The
turning under of (bis organic
matter will, in most coses, give
an increase in yield of the follow
ing crop, especially where the
crop turned in is legume.
Question: Should pea vines be
turned when they are|greec or is It
best to wait until they ore dead?
Answer: Contrary to popular
belief, there is practically no dif
ference in the ultimate value of a
legume crop whether it is turned
under green er after it is dead.
However, a crop turned under
green will decoy mors qniokly
and therefore become available as
plant food in less time than one
that Js allowed to ripen. Where
the peas are to be followed by
corn or cotton next year, they
should be allowed to motors and
die and then be turned in the late
fall. Otherwise the .vines may be
turned under when green, pro
vided the following.,crop is not
seeded too early. ;?
/(! According to the United' States De
w' partment of Interior, travel business in ^ W
9 North Carolina last year amounted^to ./
Ktt $$4,350,000, This"was .an increase'of Jjf
1 129,000,000 ow that of the previous j
y^U WJNB
Credit for, such an unprecedented fn- -
t crease cannot' be attributed to better
M* business conditions generally through?
#- out the country.. For IMS- was not
1 nearly so good a business year as 1937, Jr
9~ either in North Carolina or in the eoun- \
Vj try as a whole.
JS The tourist business did -not take such ^
K" a leap forward in Tarheelia by mere ac- j
cident Such a tremendous increase p>
1 i didn't just happen. Something made it y,
P?. happem w
The only reasonable explanation of ?
V~~ such a growth in volume of travel busi
j W* ness in North Carolina is to be found in
V* the -pulling power of State advertising.
; , f It was n^t an accident, either, that
JLa the gasoline tax collections in this'state
Kve last year showed an increase of $1,200 -
, Lica 000 Ovpr'the normal consumption of gas
'i J bj/ North Carolina ears, and that the
C . **!? tax paid,.by visitors aniouhted to ?
"more than one million dollars: '
Wj This means that the State is getting
V" ' back Jn xevoiue sixteen dollars for
Jg r every! dollar invested in'its advertising
t program.
7 Mm Such results as these prove that North
we. Caroltta is realising handsohte divi
^hr dends en the money spent for'space ii
L the best advertising media of the coun
}? thy. And it will continue. \6 profit b
.'V 9 such returns in the years that ai
>T / ?head.
W\ m There is no good reason why the tour
> \ W business in North Carolina' should i
m be built up to more than one. hand'
?"'ton dollars syesr.
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vkkh appeared in the Winston-Salem Journal
and was reproduced in the Raleigh News-Obeerver.
In a poor business year ?1938 ? advertising paid
North Carolina Id to 11 Travel business increased
489,000,000 over 1987. Gasoline tax collections in
creased tU800,000?dsspits greatly decreased auto
aaeMe sales during 1930. Every cites* ?f the State
is pr siting directly or indirectly irons these *a?
; turns on North Carolina's advertising. Advpr
1 tlscsnents featuring the State's Industrial and
Agrtesdtural advantages are Itasftisg Industry
j and farmers to the State. D*pmrtw*mH Cor%9*r
uatienawd Pwdapsuot, Ralslgfc, North Carotin*.
Advertising Pays.. NORTH CAROUNA,
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