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Tuesday. May '.10. 1030.
The declaration recently sponsored by Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Catt is very striking in that
she accepts part of the responsibility in teach
ing her children to respect the rights and opin
ions of others
In our mad attempt to push our children to
the front, we have forgotten to call to their at
tention that there were others in this world to
be considered, that one must accept his share
of the responsibilities and hardships as well as
his share of the pleasures and the good things
in life.
Mrs. Catt's declaration:
"Thankful for the benefits of a free country,
I, an American mother, will do my utmost to
help my children understand, cherish and
guard the five freedoms upon which this na
tion was founded: freedom of speech, press, as
sembly, worship and petition. I will teach my
children by my own example that they should
respect the rights and opinions of others if they
would defend their own, and thus preserve our
heritage of liberty against any and all doctrines
opposed to the traditions of our nation."
We don't have to be mothers to subscribe to
these sound doctrines 'wholeheartedly.
(riimhlinu Mail
It is claimed that the gambling bill in the
United States would more than offset the fed
eral. state, county and municipal tax levy each
year, and yeai we go on making more- plans
for gambling and at the same time attacking
taxes. Possibly the country and the people in
it would be better off if a strong movement
was started to lessen the gambling bill and ap
ply the saving on the tax account
We are gambling mad, and m our crazy ac
tions we are promoting a big campaign to ele
vate gambling and tear down tthe basic struc
ture of government. Destroy the power to tax.
and the government itself will be destroyed
Taxes are high, it is agreed But it is a settled
fact that with few exceptions, the American
people have more to show for their tax mon
ey than they ever stop to realize. It cannot be
denied that we accept- the- gambling hill as a
matter of fart, and then attack the taxing svs
tem, a system that gives us police, fire, health
and other protection and provides those con
veniences that are impossile for the taxpayers
to provide as an individual.
And then we demand more and more, but we
hesitate to support those demands. We go right
on increasing the gambling bill, however, and
think nothing of it.
It is high time that we got away from the be
lief that taxes are ruining the country, and
realize that such factors as gambling, crime in
general and the wild dash fur pleasure are do
ing more to wreck the country than the tax col
lector is doing
Sanctioned bv the State of North Carolina, a
new gambling orgy is getting underway with
the legal return of the slot machine. The little
tot on the street is fast developing the idea
that it is all right for him to play the machine,
but that the government, federal, state and lo
cal. is exercising a foreign right to levy taxes
for the varied governmental program.
We are fast substituting the basic ideals of
society with questionable objectives We resent
the efforts of the church to keep Christian
morals afloat. We question the rights of the
law makers to formulate laws for the protec
tion of society, and every act advanced for the
good of the group is frowned upon by the indi
divual. We are fast building up the belief that
it is the inherent right to act in accordance with
individual desires regardless of the rights of
others. We believe it is all right to squander
our earnings at the gambling table, but think
it is all wrong for the government to exercise
the power of taxation even when that power
.ts exeicisod in the interest of societv.
Hertford County Herald.
It is all in tho way you look at a thing whe
ther you are a radical or a conservative. Presi
dent Roosevelt's speech this week to the retail
ers of the nation in his first major address on
internal problems and the policies of his ad
ministration in several months is an example
in point Much criticism of the New Deal and
President Roosevelt has applied the word 'rad
ical" to the President and his policies. This rad
icalism. such as spending for relief and public
works and protection of bank deposits and
prevention of stock market manipulation, has
been attacked from many quarters by those
who have called themselves conservatives,
maintaining that the radicalism of the Presi
dent made him a dangerous person who was
threatening to reverse the American way of
life into something or other- at least the New
Deal policies of the administration were radi
cal.
But the radicals are really those reckless,
wishful people who close their eyes to facts
and would return the country to the do-noth
ing, hand-off policies practices by government
before 1929, the president told the retailers.
They are radicals because they would gamble
with the future of America, trusting to luck
that prosperity and well-being would return
to the nation under a system that the sad ex
perience of the depression years proved to be
disastrous.
The speech was a strong defense of the ad
ministration program and expressed a deter
mined purpose to continue these progressive
policies which brought recovery to the country.
It condemned as dangerous radicals those who
would gamble with the natural resources of
the country and the lives of millions of unem
ployed, who have been put to work conserving
and making productive our resources through
| public works programs, by returning to the
old hands-off attitude of the federal govern
ment which permitted exploitation of human
and natural resources for the benefit of a few
I great and greedy.
Gems For Your Scrapboolt
"Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of
llie hands" Addison
A capitalist in the modern sense of the word
is a fellow who wants to eat the cake and give
you the crumbs.
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Champion* for the Champion! When Floyd Roberts flashed to victory in last year's Indlanapolia 500
mile race in the record time of 117.2 miles per hour, he gave a major portion of the credit to the
Firestone Tires that carried him through the grind without any semblance of trouble. On May M,
Floyd will again ride on the tires that hare carried the last 10 drivers to victory at Indianapolis.
Every day of the year he and his family ride on Firestone Champion Tires because hie experience ou
the speedway has taught him the importance of safe equipment on the highway.
(Grants To Widows
After Transferred
Will Remain Same
The requirement that widows of
Confederate veterans eligible for
public assistance payments be trans
ferred from the pension rolls by
July 1 will not prevent other pen
sioners from receiving their pay
ments on that date, Mrs. W. T. Bost,
State welfare commissioner, said in
answer to queries from county de
partments on the new legislation.
"Beginning July 1 in accordance
with chapter 187 of the public laws
of 1939, all pensioners remaining on
the pension lists will receive their
checks from the state auditor's of
fice each month instead of twice a
year," the commissioner said.
"The transfer of eligible widows
and the change in method of pay
ment of remaining pensioners were
two separate acts of the assembly I
and no hardship or delay will re
sult when the laws take effect," she
announced.
All widows of Confederate sol
diers, Mrs. Bost said, will be trans
ferred to the public assistance rolls
on July 1 if they are eligible for that
type of government assistance, while
those not eligible will remain on the
pension rolls and be paid entirely
from State funds.
Checks going to those transferred
will be paid jointly by the State and
Federal government resulting in a
saving to North Carolina of approx
imately a quarter million dollars
which will be used to further the
public assistance program for oth
er needy aged in the State
All payments to those transferred
will be equal annually to the amount I
Solution Of Milk
Problem Offered
While dairymen the country over
prepare for an extensive promotion
of June as "1939 Dairy Month" in an
effort to dispose of what may fce a
record butter crop, women of the
National Consumers Tax Commis
sion came forward last week with
what appears to be an ideal method
oT'efimjnating the expected surplus.
Simply get rid of the 46 hidden taxes
on a pound of butter, say these op
ponents of unseen levies, and con
sumers will have enough money
available to purchase the entire
month's output Their figures bear
them out too. On last year's produc
tion of 1,600,000,000 pounds, approx
imately $50,000,000 w'as paid'in hid
den taxes. At 25 cents a pound, this
would buy up the expected June
output of nearly 200.000,000 pounds
and leave something over foT bread.
The 29 federal taxes, and 17 state and
local levies account for 11.3 per cent
of the retail price, the commission
estimates.
they are now receiving under their
pension, while even though those
remaining on the pension rolls will
receive their checks monthly, the
yearly total will not be affected, the
commissioner stated.
Class A Confederate widows now
receive $300 a year and their old age j
assistance grant will be equal to $25
a month under the new system of
payments, and larger if sufficient
need is shown. No grants will be
more than $30 however. They will
not be required to sign application
blanks for the grants, the transfer
of those eligible being automatic
when the law goes into effect on j
July 1. I
Morthampton Raisers Report
Much Sickness Among Hoga
Much sickness among hogs of
Northampton County .due principal
ly to cholera and improper feeding,
have been reported by a number of
growers.
N. C. Birth-rate
Shows Decrease
North Carolina's birth-rate show
ed a noticeable decrease the first
four months of 1939. So did the death
rate, however, patting the law of
compensation into effect.
Figures compiled by the State
Board of Health's division of vital
statistics, of which Dr. R. T. Stimp
son is the director, show that during
January, February. March and April
this year, there were 25,435 babies
born in North Carolina. This was 529
fewer than were born the corre
sponding period of 1938, but there
were at the same time, 575 fewer
deaths.
Decreases were noted as follows in
deaths from certain specified causes:
preventable accidents, 8: suicide, 36:
diarrhea and enteritis among chil
dren under two, 20; pulmonary tu
berculosis, 21, and pneumonia, 228
The number of homicides was the
same for the corresponding period
of each year?117. There was a de
crease of 21 in deaths among chil
dren Under one year of age and of
19 in the number of maternal deaths.
But so far this year there has been
an increase of 117 in deaths from in
fluenza. Cancer showed a gain of
38 deaths the first four months of
1939
?#?// Member t Plan To
Piirchane Baby Beef i.alvet
?
Jasper Tyson, Wilton Cox, James
Blanchard and Press Pate, Creene
County 4-H club members, are plan
ning to purchase baby calves to feed
out this fall and winter.
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you in any and every way consistent with sound
banking principles.
Our officers and our entire banking force
and service is at your command constantly.
We will appreciate the opportunity of hav
ing you call upon and consult with us on all mat
ters of this sort.
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