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«Bd ThiirtiUjrt al N«r«VWiIl»aboro,^|f. C. ». J. CASZSB ind JUims C, HUBBABD to PaMiihera ^ SlfflSCIUPTION RATES i One Y««r 'yQ.fT.gO Honilis ,76 Pour Months .60 Oht of the State $2.00 per Year lM««d i^the post office at Nortk Wilke. N. C., at second class matter under Act 4,1879. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1938 Knowledge Of Taxes The treasury department is making A,study of the advisaWHty of lowering the income tax startir g point and tax ing' the “little fellow" to a greater ex tent. This move would be designed to broaden the base of taxation. Goodness knows that the base of tax ation is broad enough. The trouble lies in the fact that too few people know it. If broadening the base of in come tax would make people realize that they are paying taxes for the 1,001 varieties of government handouts it would be well worth while. While the little fellow is not paying a direct income tax to the federal gov ernment, he is paying just the same. On practically overything he buys 10 to 50 per cent goes for taxes. The last percentage figure quoted in the preced ing sentence has particular reference to tobacco. Few people know that for ev ery dollar the tobacco grower gets for his 13 months per year wprk of growing a crop of tobacco that the federal gov- eimment gets two dollars in taxes. The Greensboro Daily News verj' aptly gives this information in the fol lowing‘editorial excerpts: “North Carolina’s record crop of last year, totaling 595,530,000 pounds, brought the growers approximately $150,000,000. These figures, in turn, represented a major portion of the na tional poundage and income from to bacco. “While this sum was going to the growers, however, about $250,000,000 to $300,000,000 in all, it is revealed that government exchequers, through levies voted by the identic statesmen who are committed to .solving the sales problem, gaijnered a total rtf $603,,314.145, or twice as much as the giowers received for the entire product of their acres and their labor. Of this amount, $552,254,- 145 went to the munificient federal gov ernment and the remaining $51,060,000 to state governments which are begin ning to hope the overload tobacco gravy train. Thus it is seen what portion of the consumer’s tobacco bill, and con sumption is after all the ultimate detri ment of tobacco demand and prices, goes into the pockets and the schemes of the big-hearted politicos. But you can bet your bottom button that you won’t hear anything about re lief and stimulation from that angle from the boys and girls who rake in the shekels with one hand and pass them out so magnamimously with the other.’’ Government officials are continually hunting new sources of revenue and like to plaster on taxes where the least number of people (voters) will raise a howl. Something new would be efforts to reduce tax burdens and seek a bal ance downward on expenditures instead of upward on taxation. Accident Prevention The Fourth of July wOek-end has again focused public attention on Am erica’s ghastly highway problem. Over the hoUday, more than 500 people lost their lives—the majority from automo bile accidents. As highway experts point out, there are three definite primary phases that must be considered and covered in any accident campaign that is to produce ization of traffic laws and devices in th^e resulte-results. These are: Standard- variow ; elimination of accident- prose roads Jmd intersections; educa tion of the individual driver. At the present time, driving practices that are legal in one state are dlegal across the border. Dozens of types of ^rjiniing lights and sjis are in Ude. *id constitute a f[on^nt be- ^^ent to them motorist who ^ves anyaStaUnce away from his home towm mbtor patrols are knov^ to enforcing' the laws; othem f.acci-' "ate lu:. The result is a leg41* admuiistrative ohaoe, that hree denta.. . EHiminating the accident-prone loca tion'is strictly an Joshuas hot re* wide,'smooth-surfaced road is not ostire conqoaat ot necessarily a safe road^ And a largq^ Caabas, i The i»ree«t«i -oociipiod necessarily a safe road.® Ana a wFaemoa-occopioa collecflon of obotrol aod si*». at IT a-comer does not necessarily make for the former m- they wonU oniy-eapi- safety either. Safety engineers ‘ have,, habitants, and to » large area, in- dealgnod highways and interseetio™ which make it impossible for cars jo cross each other’s path,. which obviate the chance of head-on collisions by the use of lane separators of one kind or an other, and which eliminate other haz- ard.s Practice has proven that this work will cut the accident rate astonish ingly. Here is where government, fed eral , state and local, can do an invalu able work which will benefit all the people. As for education, the thing to be kept in mind is that sporadic campaigns are useless, and that continuity of ef fort is all-important. The great respon sibility that falls upon anyone when he takas the wheel of a car must be con stantly drummed into the public. Eng ineers, law enforcement authorities, ed ucators and the general public must work together. • Only then will the growing toll of highway deaths and in juries be lessened. A Theory Disproved Just 140 years ago, in 1798, a'book was published which speedily became the “best-seller” of its time. Few books have had such a profund effect upon human thought as “An Essay on the Principle of Population as it affects the Future of Society,” by the Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus. It ran into many edi tions and has been reprinted in many languages. The argument of Malthus was that “the realization of a happy society will always be hindered by the miseries con sequent on the tendency of population to increase faster than the means of subsistence.” The Malthusian Theory dominated economic thinking and influenced statesmen for nearly a century. Warf were regarded as necessary to forestall universal starvation by reducing th surplus population. What Malthus could not foresee was that science and inven tion would so increase the production of agriculture that instead of population overtaking the means of subsistence the twentieth century would find a large sector of the human race struggling with the problem of how to dispose of agricultural surpluses. In 1798 practically all of the people of America were tied directly to the soil for their subsistence. In 1938 few er than 10 per cent are required, by the direct application of their labor to the soil, to feed themselves and the other 90 per cent of the population. The 10 per cent not only feed us all, but feed us better than any people had ever been fed in Malthus’ tmie. Moreover, the 10 per cent of the people who work on farms are enabled, by the application of modern machinery and scientific methods, to produce so much more than we can consume that we have seen in very recent years such horrifying spec tacles as the deliberate destruction of food-stuffs by Government edict and the payment of bounties to farmers, not for producing food but for refraining from producing or marketing it. It is certainly permissable to wonder what the Rev. Mr. Malthus would have thought of that state of things. Surely he would have said that a nation blessed with such a profusion of food must have achieved the “realization of a happy society” with which he was chiefly con cerned. We have it on high authority that such is not the case, that one-third of the American people are ill-fed. They clearly do not lack food because popu lation has overtaken production. Why then, need people go hungry? If there is famine in the midst of plenty, what’s wrong with the picture? How much easier our work would be if we put forth as much effort trying to impnove the quality of as most of us do trying to-find excuse for not properly attending to it.—Geo. W. Ballinger. In tasks requiiung mental activity, the hardest part is in getting started. Our reputations are made by what people say of us behind our backs. Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position.—Berton Braley. s:s«iA SCBODllESSON It U toteMiftnc ^ aotlee that men are often .called to sreat aer- A leaaoB from the fr^aaf eUm- toation of' aidebn’a amj^caa be rke from ordinarr taski. (SOeOtt appUod to the ohorch toter. It Ir ,1ras tlfeshtog efSdal, Amoe'iflS lull of toenr fatof-keirtM mem tending hia herd and fig tnji^ and BUidia vaa ploaghlng when eaoh ret^yed^ hls Urtoe mandate. There are wnbOeea •co«i|||^ aVcoDthce of e#rleih opehi to bera, deficient to faith and.yiaion. We have' often«wopdivred ft the ,Qhnrch to Ita eage^eaB'to gsln ph^ito^rabert^^w^t^?a»aa^ jnp a lence tba«^mrell. accord, with fafto A toga -ipf their fiivfOT. the a^ tcfi leea wimi/i **7 ***■• -a .. mained In control and eiUoT^nt. c^furlM rtrhich followed Jbehna, there wan ho united orgahliatioh of all the tiibee,- bat time attd'agato^aa a crlaU dereloped It-wonld be met by the neariiy Israelites, nsnally galranised Into herole action hy the '^inspiration of, some courage ous leader.^ As we pdlhted out In a prerlonb lesson, these periodi cal dellTerers were called Jndges. Oar lesson this we^k considers the' heroic faith of Gideon, gen erally recognized by all as the most outstanding of the Judges. Gideon lived in a disturbed pe riod. The Israelites were harried by the*AmaIek!te8 and the Ml- dianites. Swarms of the latter de scended upon them, from across the Jordan and stole their crops end cattle, and other possessions. Finally, Gideon realized that he had been chosen by Jehovah as the agent for deliverance. He be gan by profnptly destroying the altar to Bail In his community, and insisting upon repentance and worship of the true God. Gideon summoned the members of nearby tribes to gather under his leadership. He made trial of Jehovah, using a fleece of wool, and God patiently convinced him. Then Jehovah put Gideon’s faith to a severe test, advising him so that over two-thirds of his men departed for home, leaving only ten thousand. These were further selected until c:ily three hundred rem.sined. •‘One lesson we may learn from this thinning of the ranks.” says Rev. Alexander Ma’cLaren, “name ly that we need not he anxious to count heads, when we are sure that we are doing God’s work, nor even be afraid of being in a mi nority. Minorities are generally right when they are the apostles of new thoughts, though the mi norities which c’.eave to some old fossil are ordinarily wrong. The prophet and hi? men were alone and ringed around with enemies, when he said, ‘They that be with us are more than they that be with them’: and yet he was right, tor the mountain was full of hors es and chariots of fire. Let us be sure that we are on God’s side, and then let us not mind how few are in the ranks with us, nor he afraid, though the far-extended front of the! enemy threatens to curl around our flanks and en close us. The three hundred he roes had God with them, and that was enough.’’ Spying upon th» Midianltes, Oidcon discovered that a general fear existed of him and his fol lowers. To utilize the slender re sources of man-T'ower at his com mand, Gideon resorted to a trick. “A strategem often used in an cient warfare was now arranged,’’ says Cunningham Geikie. "Divid ing the band ot heroes into three companies, Gideon gave each man a trumpet, an empty eatrhen pitcher, and a torch to he con cealed in the pitcher until the right moment. He had been en couraged by ail incident of the previous night. Gliding in the darkness into the camp of the Bedouins, like the English Alfred into the camp of the Danes, he heard a Midianlte predicting, from a dream he had had, the destruction of the host, and his own name had been mentioned as the leader they dreaded.’’ When the battle developed Gld- on’s plan proved entirely suc cessful. The Midianltes were de feated and slaughtered. They were pursued until utterly shat tered with a destruction so great that Isaiah later referred to it as on a parliy with that of the Egyp tians at the Red Sea. By requir ing Gideon to depend upon so slight a human force, Jehovah ade sure that the Israelites would realize their dependence upon him. roBhfiittos.if they woald onty-oaiil- taltoe bn « faith in tr« ability God’s suppmi to' *ny iiood eanBe,-^..i“.:^-sr'.“>y- i Soi^irtorl^l. North CanJina, 'Wilkes Connty. ; Town rf North WllcMboro ^ U Harris, Ccqi.), liXBpatrkdf Horton (coU, R.. B- Faw, Jr.viwiiri£e, Mrs. R. & Faw, Jr, Annie and Coi^ Green, P. D, ItcGinnlB and wife, D. McGtenii, Hrs. Ve»- die Rotoson and husband, a J. ...Robinson, Grant Fergwm Mrs. Grant'Ferguson, Nellte tie and husband, Prank lattle, (col.), Phoebia Hoskins estate, (col.). Bill Hoskins, admr. M es tate of Phoebia Hoskins, W. A McLean, heirs, and Mrs. C. C. Faw, and Mrs, F. C» Forester and Miss Hattie McLean, Sam A. Lovette and ■wife,'Mrs. Sam A. Lovette, and J. B. Williams, secretary of Building and Loan Association, M. G. Steelman and wife, Mrs. M. G. SteelmM, J. B. Williams, sertetary of BuUdlM and Loan association, and C. C. Faw and Mrs. C. C. Faw, and J, B. Williams, secretary of Building and Loan association. Notice is hereby given that ac tions entitled as below set out have been instituted in the Court for the purpose of securing judgments for the sale of the real estate de scribed in each separate action as herein below set out, and for the application of the proceeds of such sale to the discharge of the amounts due the plaintiff on un paid tax sale certificates and un paid taxes for the year 1935, as set forth in each separate com- ilaint, the said tax sale certificates iiaving been issued to the plaintiff by the Tax Collector of the Town of I North Wilkesboro, Wilkes county, and said certificates now being held by the plaintiff against the defendants named as follows: Town of North Wilkesboro Fore closure Suits for Tues Actions Instituted During the Month of July, 1938 ADVERTISEMENT TO'WN OF NORTH WILKES BORO, vs. L. Fred Harris, colored, Lots 1, 3 and 5 in Block 114, Lot 23 in Block 30. Rebecca Kilpatrick Horton, col ored, Lots 2 and 4 in Block 48. R. E. Faw, Jr., and wife, Mrs. R. E. Faw, Jr., Lot 1 in Block 128, Lots 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 in Block 127. Annie and Connie Green, Lot 25 in Block 30. P. D. McGinnis and wife, Mrs. P. D. McGinnis, Lots 4 and 5 in Block 411. • Mrs. Verdie Robinson and* hus band, B. J. Robinson, Lots 48 and 49, Kensington. Grant Ferguson, colored, and wife, Mrs. Grant Ferguson, Lots 1 and 5, in Block 110. Nellie Little, colored, and hus band, Frank Little, Lot 8 in Block 60- , J I Phoebia Hoskins estate, colored,; Bill Hoskins, administrator of es-1 tate of Phoebia Hoskins, Lot 4 in: Block 105. Sam .4. Lovette and wife, Mrs. Sam A. Lovette and J. B. Wil liams, secretary of Building and Ixian association, Lots 5 and 6 in, Block 104, and Lots 15, 16 and 17 j in Block 410. M. G. Steelman and wife, Mrs. M. G. Steelman, Lots 2 and 4 in Block 40, and J. B. Williams, sec retary of Building and Loan as sociation. „ ^ „ C. C. Faw and Mrs. C. C. Faw, and J. B. Williams, secretary of, Building and Loan association, % of Lots 2, 4, 6, 8. 10 and 12 ini Block 34 and Lot 27. And notice is further given that all persons claiming any interest in the subject matters of any of the above entitled actions must appear before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Wilkes county, at his office in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and set up or defend their claims in six months from the —day of ^1938, or aiwatMtVafaM* K««rOffMw4l Now yoa am havo (•aoioa RCA Victor Iloeblo Tmiiiic—at pciMo wUch liT* yon man lot your moooy tbaa rror boforo. LootyMT, ptople esforly demaaded this fauBooa feature ia radioa ooetiag tllO aad more- They boocht ^eariy aa many RCA'Vietor Elec- trio Tuaiaz radioe aa all other forma of Electric Tuning com bined. Now you benefit by thia freat popularity—at greatly low ered pricea- Doianaof outatandiag 1939 modela. 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BIG TRADE-IN ALLOWAJNCE:PN y(^||ffi||^ at any time before final order to make deed is made, otherwise, they will be forever barr^ and foreclosed of any and all interest, claims, liens, etc., which they may have in and to the above de scribed property and in and to the proceeds derived from the gale thereof. •This the 6th day of July, 1938. C. C. HAYES, Clerk of the Superior Court of 7-28-41 (T) Wilkes County Poplar Blocks -WANTED!- Price: No. 1—$25.00 Per 1 JlOO Ft, FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Lynn or Cucumbo’ Blocks Atxepted S|^e u Pop^ Specifications: Length, 3 to 6 feetp diameter, IS inches and up i Spairk Fluf a Polishing Cloth Auto iP^tUha 6 »*•• Polii^^g To«^hp imutosl . Top ibroMing, CltPt. jpsat l^orgoi^^-GoodyMr 'Wres £rs thtes^JHioitofly Geiran