Washington, June 12 The
Townsend Plan for Federal pen
sions of SSO a month to every
body over 65 years old was final
ly brought to the floor of the
House of Representatives and
knocked on the head, as every
body expected it would be once it
came to a vote.
Dr. Townsend and his followers
had been trying for several years
to Ret Congress to act on the pro-
PRIVILEGE AND LICENSE TAXES
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the TOwn of
Elkin that the following special privilege taxes shall be levied and
assessed for the fiscal yqpr beginning July Ist, 1939, and ending June
30th, 1940. That the license taxes of the State of North Carolina
shall apply and be collectible except as otherwise hereinafter limited
and specified, as passed in regular meeting by the Board of Commis
sioners on June Bth, 1939.
Advertising matter—distributor of, for profit $ 7.50
Automobile dealers or agents 20.00
Animal exhibits for charge, each day 10.00
Automobile dealers or Agents (non-resident Itinerant) 100.00
Automobile, Motorcycle or Truck (not for hire) 1.00
Automobile, for hire—five passenger 10.00
Automobile, for hire—seven passenger 15.00
Automobile Repair Shop 2.50
Automobile Battery Service Station or Vulcanizing 2.50
Automobile painting and/or Upholstering Shop 2.50
Automobiles or Trucks, selling and delivering from automobile
or truck on the streets of the Town of Elkin 25.00
AMUSEMENTS:
Moving Pictures 31.25
Traveling Theatrical Companies or moving pictures:
Ist week, per day 25.00
Thereafter, per week 25.00
Circus, Dog and Pony Show or Wild West Show
(See Schedule—Sec. 106)
Carnival Companies (See State Schedule 107)
Riding Devices, each device 10.00'
Auction Sales (Real Estate) 10.00
Barber Shop, per chair 2.50
Beauty Parlors, each operator 5.00
Beer and Wines (See State Schedule —Sec. 500 et subsequent)
Bill Poster, 50c each board, plus 7.50
Bowling Alleys, each alley 12.50
Bicycle or Motorcycle Dealer 10.00!
Branch or chain stores 50.00 j
Carbonated Drinks, Wholesale Dealer or Bottler 6.25!
Cigarettes, Cigars and Tobaccos, dealer in 10.00
Coal and Coke Dealers 10.00 I
Candy Manufacturer 10.00
Cafeterias or cafe, per chair or stool 50c, minimum 2.50
Dealers in Horses and Mules 12.50
Electric Power, persons, firms or corporations dealing in 100.00
Electricians 7.50
Electric Shoe Shop 5.00 1
Express Companies 20.00
Fireworks Dealers 100.00
Fortune Tellers, and Gypsies 200.00 1
Hotels, Boarding Houses, per room 10c, minimum \ 2.50
Hypnotist, performance or exhibit 25.00
Itinerant Merchant 100.00
Jeweler or Repairer, non-resident 25.00
Laundries, local 6.25
Laundries, Itinerant or solicitors 12.50
Lunch stands, per chair or stool 50c, minimum 2.50
Lightning Rod Agents or Dealers 20.00
Music Machines operated for profit 5.00
Oil and Gas Dealers in. Wholesale 25.00
Oil and Gas, Dealers in, Retail 2.50
Palmist 200.00
Pianos, Organs, Victrolas, Radios or Accessories, dealer in 5.00
Plumbing and Heating Contractors 7.50
Pressing Clubs and/or Dry Cleaners—not more than
three persons 12.50
More than three persons 25.00
Outside solicitors 25.00
Pistols, dealer in 50.00
Peddlers, selling or offering for sale stoves, ranges, etc 50.00
Peddlers, on foot or with horse 10.00
Peddlers, with vehicles propelled by motor, selling or delivering,
per vehicle 25.00
Peddlers, fruits and vegetables (Except own raising) 25.00
Photographers, Canvassers 25.00
Pool and Billiard Tables (upon aplication to City Council)
per table 25.00
Restaurants, per chair or stool 50c, minimum 2.50
Service Stations, or Gasoline Filling Station 2.50
Shoeshine parlors per chair or stool 50
Sign Painter (Itinerant) 10.00
Shooting Galleries 10.00
Soda Fountains, each Carbonated Draft arm 5.00
Skating Rinks 10.00
Slot Machines (Prohibited and outlawed)
Sandwiches, prepared, retail 2.50
Telegraph Companies 10.00
Tourist Houses and Tourist Camps (See State Schedule Sec. 126'/ 2 )
Undertakers, Embalmers, and Retail Coffin Dealers 25.00
Weiner Stands per chair or stool 50c, minimum 2.50
The above is an abbreviated form of privilege taxes levied by the
Town of Elkin for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1940; and further
be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Elkin
that any person or persons, firm or corporations, carrying on business
upon which a license tax hai been imposed, or may be imposed by
the Commissioners of the Town of Elkin, without first obtaining
license to carry on said business, as prescribed by the ordinances,
shall be fined $50.00 for every offense or confined or imprisoned for
a term of not more than thirty days, or both, provided that after the
conviction the fine may be reduced to the sum of not less than $25.00;
provided further, that each and every day said business is carried vfi
without license therefor shall be considered a separate and distinct
offense and indictable, and further that said license is non-transfer
able.
J. R. POINDEXTER,
Mayor.
Attest;
PAUL GWYN, Clerk.
Published by order of the Mayor and Board of Town Commis
sioners in their meeting of June 8, 1939.
6-22 PAUL QWYN, Clerk.
ject, and many members elected
last fall had given pledges to
bring the measure to a vote. They
kept that pledge, but only a few
of them voted for the Townsend
Plan, which was beaten by a vote
of 302 to 97.
As an offset to the defeat of
the Townsend Plan, the House
Ways and Means Committee
brought out a proposal to amend
the Social Security Act so as to
make it possible for the depend
ent aged people of the nation to
receive old-age pensions up to as
high as S4O a month if the states
will carry half the load.
Now both parties are trying to
put the blame on the other for
the defeat of the Townsend bill.
Nobody knows how many votes
there are behind the Townsend
program, but all the politicians
are afraid there are more than
they know about.
Therefore the Democrats are
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
trying to make capital out of the
fact that two-thirds of the Re
publican members of the House
voted against the billy while the
Republicans are saying that 85
per cent, of the Democrats op- j
posed it. Both statements are
true; the vote was 107 Republi
cans, 194 Democrats and one
Farmer-Labor member against
the bill.
Eye on Election
Such tempest-in-a-teapot dis
putes are the sort of things that
indicate to experienced observers
that a national political cam
paign is approaching and that
politicians of all parties and
shades of opinion are grasping at
straws which may help their own
causes or hurt the other fellows".
Nothing that is done in Washing
ton these days, by Congress or
the White House, is done without
an eye on the Presidential elec
tion of 1940.
The belief is growing that
President Roosevelt will put him
self forward as a third-term can
didate, though no prediction
about the President's action can
be certain. The opinion of prac
tical, professional politicians is
that Mr. Roosevelt cannot be
nominated unless he personally
insists upon a renomination, pos
itively and definitely.
That point of view suggests
that Mr. Garner stands a better
chance of becoming the Demo
cratic 1940 candidate than does
Mr. Roosevelt, even if the latter:
wants it. But with the President
in opposition to the Garner can-1
didacy, talk is swinging around j
to some candidate whom the
President would be morally oblig
ed to support, and who could also
get the whole-hearted support of
the Southern wing of the party.
The man most talked of in that!
connection is Cordell Hull of j
Tennessee, the Secretary of State.]
Hull Respected
Mr. Hull has been growing inj
stature as a statesman, and gain -1
ing increasing respect from lead- |
ers of both parties, in the pastj
year or two. He does not "play j
politics" in the usual sense, and
there has been no suggestion of
any political implications in his!
proposal of a way to settle the
vexed question of American neu- j
trality in case of a European war. j
Mr. Hull's proposal is that!
American neutrality legislation |
should enable our government to |
keep a free hand where our na
tional interests are concerned and
| should not put the United States
| in a position where it might in
j jure its friends and help its en
emies.
| Mr. Hull's program, which he
has suggested to Congress, would
prohibit Amefican vessels from
entering combat areas, and Amer
ican citizens from traveling in
: those areas. There would be no
! restriction on any sales of any
kind of goods to any belligerent
nation except that the Munitions
i Control Board might decide that
| certain types of military equip
ment should be reserved for our
! own use. All purchases by for
eign nations should be paid for
!in cash and taken away by the
i buyers in their own shipsf No
loans or credits of any kind to
any nation at war should be giv
| en, and no one should be per
mitted to solicit funds in Amer
ica to aid any nation at war.
| The demand for some amend
ment of the present neutrality
law is so strong and increasing
that it now seems certain that
Congress will not adjourn until
some such law is passed.
I Nothing of consequence seems
to have come out of the much
heralded dinner party which the
President gave to a group of busi
ness leaders. They talked about
the Labor Relations Act, and told
] the President how they thought it
I should be changed. According to
! Secretary of Commerce Hopkins,
! the President didn't say aye, yes
or no to their suggestions.
Vandenberg Will Run
Politically the sensation of the
hour is the open avowal of his
Presidential candidacy by Sena
i tor Vandenberg of Michagan,
i 1 coupled with the declaration that
! the 1940 candidates of both
parties should be pledged to a
single term, so that whoever suc
-1; ceeds Mr. Roosevelt will be free
1 tc act regardless of the political
consequences to himself.
> All Washington agrees that the
i next President is going to have a
tough time of it, especially if he
i tries to cut down Government
, spending and increasing taxes,
which would have to be done if
1 the public debt is not to keep on
growing. Only a man with no
1 further political ambitions could
afford to tread on the number of
corns that would have to be trod
upon to carry out any such pro
gram.
When She Hollers
"Have you noticed how a wo
man lowers her voice whenever
1 she asks for anything?"
> i «"Yes, but have you ever noticed
how she raises it if she doesn't
get it?"
Correct Charlie
Teacher: "How many sets of
teeth does a person have?"
Charlie: "Three."
Teacher: "Three? Name them."
Charlie: "Temporary, perma
nent, and false."
STATE ROAD
A group of young folks from
here visited the air show in
Greensboro Sunday.
There was an airplane crash
near the home of Dan Thompson
Saturday. The lone occupant was
unhurt except for minor cuts
about the face.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Paucett, of
Reidsville, visited the tetter's sis
ter, Mrs. Bessie Smith, here Sun
day.
Mr. Ward Carter, of Benham,
visited friends here Sunday.
Mr. Luther Smith visited rela
tive at Mining Ridge during the
week-end.
Mr. Howard Pettyjohn was the
guest of friends near Oak Ridge
Sunday evening.
Funny People
"Aren't people funny?"
"Yes. If you tell a man that
there are 270,687,934,341 stars in
the universe, he'll believe you—
but if a sign says 'Fresh Paint,'
that same man has to make a
personal investigation."
Few and Far Between
"Sammy, how many make a
million?"
"Not many," answered Sammy
quickly.
Help Them Cleanse the Blood
of Harmful Body Waste
Your kidneys are constantly filtering
waste matter from the blood stream. But
kidneys sometimes Isc in their work—da
not act aa Nature intended—fail to re
move impurities that, if retained, may
poison the aystem and upaet the whole
body machinery.
Symptoms may be nagging backache,
persistent headache, attacks of dizziness,
getting up nighta, swelling, puffiness
under the eyes—a feeling of aervoua
anxiety and loss of pep and strength.
Other signs of kidney or bladder dis
order may be burning, scanty or too
frequent urination.
There should be no doubt that prompt
treatment is wiser than neglect. Use
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Phone 25 Elkin, N. C.
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Bread
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Statesville, N. C.
Thursday, June 15. 1939