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Perquimans Weekly
Published even Friday at Hart
ford, North Carolina.
MAX CAMPBELL.- .-Editor
Entered as second class matter
November 15, 1934, at Post Office
at Hertford, North Carolina, un
der the Act of March, 1879.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES
, In Perquimans, Gates, Chowan
and Pasquotank Counties, per year,
$1.50. Outside Perquimans, Gates,
Chowan and Pasquotank Counties,
per year, $2.00.
Advertising rates furnished by
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY' 17, 1950
Time To Ease
Excise Taxes
There are many reasons why the
excise taxes, levied as a special war
contribution should be repealed, now
that the war has been over for nearly
five years.
.There is general agreement, it
seems, that the levies should be set
aside but some difficulty arises in
connection with the proposal to find
new sources of income to equal ine
revenue that will be lost to the government.
An example is Me twenty-five per
cent tax on domestic telegraph mes
sages. We hold no brief for the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, but
we are frank to admit that the levy
of such a tax, while necessary as a
war measure to discourage over-use of
the facilities of the company, is no
longer justified.
The same can be said of other levies
placed upon particular lines of eco
nomic activity. Nearly everybody ap
proved these charges during the war
emergency, but the businesses affect
ed are now entitled to be treated as
other businesses are treated. Let's
not forget that the Congress, after the
war, reduced corporation income taxes
by approximtely five billion dollars.
If necessary to eliminate the special
taxes on certain goods, services and
businesses, the Congress might in
crease ' corporate taxes enough to
take up the slack.
This does not mean that all excise
levied should be abolished. It merely
means that those initiated or increas
ed as a special source of war revenue
should be reduced to normal and that
the businesses concerned be allowed
to compete for the consumer's dollar
on the same basis as other economic
enterprises.
Drunken driving took a downward
turn in January as compared with
the previous January, the North Caro
lina Department of Motor Vehicles1
has reported.
A total of 540 persons were convict
ed of drunken driving last mouth in
the State, a drop of 90 over the 630
convicted on the same count in Janu
ary of 1949. Forty-five of the defend
ants were convicted on the second of
fense. Revocations for drunken driving
brought to 799 the total of revocations
for January. Two hundred and fifty
eight persons had their licenses sus
pended. Thirty-seven persons were convicted
of driving after their licenses were
revoked and nine of driving after li
cense suspended. Two persons were
found guilty of hit and run charges,
involving personal injury, and two of
hit and run, involving property dam
age. Other convictions were as follows:
Two offenses of reckless driving, 18;
speeding over 75 miles per hour, 47;
two offenses of speeding over 55 miles
crease of population m the world, per hour, 13; larceny of automobile,
More Food Means
More Work
The idea of the world as a welfare
state is decried by Sir John Russell,
well-known British research scientist,
who thinks that is wrong to believe
that the world will provide food sim
ply out of a sense of duty. He points
out the stern fact that if more food
is to be produced, more work must be
done to earn it.
It's about time that somebody took
occasion to emphasize this fact. We
have been hearing about the great in
amounting to aoout oo.uuu persons a
day, and being warned that unless a
great increase is made in the product
ion of food, millions of people will
starve to deatii. Moreover, there has
been a half-baked idea that it is the
business of this country to see that
everybody in the world has a . full
stomach at the end of every day. ,
sir Jonn p&s oeen recognized as a
leader in the field of agricultural re
search. He points out that food is
growing On only seven to ten per cent.
of the : world's land surface, s This
means about eleven billion acres of
the total land area out of 35,700,000,-
000 are "climatically suited to crop
growth, but the (present area in use
is between three billion and four bil
lion acres." :
This food -producing area represents
a world average of about one and one-
half acres, "a head," whereas, if all
the suitable land area was in use it
would mean about five acres for every
person. '
The natural scientist thought that
there should be continued conservation
of soil and prevention of erosion,
avoidance of waste and other prevent
able losses and that intensive culti
vation of land already in use should
be carried on. He found, however,
that the farmer himself, and the en
vironment which influences him, often
lag behind the opportunities that nat-
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uiiu science fixers.
"There is no need for pessimism,"
concluded Sir John. He points' out
that erosion is simply the wrong use
of land and the remedy is the correct
use of land. This is largely an ad
ministrative problem, to be solved
through widespread understanding
and cooperation of individuals for
common interest.
One of the greatest problems today,
in the opinion of this British scientist,
is for democracy to learn that great
possessions imply great personal le
sponsibilities. This truth, he asserts,
was known by the old aristocracy but
democracies have yet to learn it. The
process of making the people under
stand this truth is underway but ur-
til it is more generally accepted,
there will be no solution to pressing
world problems.. ..
Drunken Driving
Convictions Drop
During January
10; manslaughter, two; involuntary
manslaughter, two; iriosporting liq
uor, 28; improper use of operator's
license, five; unsatisfied judgment,
13; incompetency, seven; habitual vio
lator, 12; failure to maintain proof
of financial responsibility, 87.
- In addition 8,271 persons were found
guilty of moving violations, , which do
not require revocations or suspensions
on first offense. Of the number. 7,
053 were North Carolinians and 1,218,
out-of-state drivers.'.
Speeding topped the list with 8,073
cases. Failure to have drivers license
was second with 1,851. Faulty equip
ment was listed in 727 cases and Im
proper lights in 297. , Ninety-six per
sons were found guilty of passing a
school bus and 387 ran through a red
light ' ufr'yy- .
CATHOLIC SERVICES.
Friday, February 17, the Most Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered
in the Plymouth Court House court
room, second floor, Plymouth, at 8:10
A, M., including sermon "Preparation
For Lent," Holy Communion, follow
ed by Rosary, religious education,
with confessions there 7:35 to 8:05 A.
M. rr.;.
Quinquagesima Sunday, February
19, Holy Masses in St Ann's Catholic
Church, Edenton, at 9 and 11 A. M
each including sermon on 'The Rule
of Faith", Holy Communion, followed
by Rosary, Sunday School, with con
fessions there 8:30 to 8:55 and 10:30
to 10:55 A. M., stated Father F. J.
McCourt, pastor who invites every
body to all services. .. .' i;.
Ash Wednesday, first day of Lent,
February 22, Blessing and Distribu
tion iot Ashes at 7 A. M., in Edenton,
followed at once by Mass, Commun
ion, Rosary, with confessions 6:30 to
6:55 A.M.
. DoulteTreVJe. . 'i
"Mr. Bevins, you must by all means,
avoid excitement," the doctor warned.
"And you must cut out-beer and whia-
ky. Drink nothing but water." ,
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moaned. . ' - ' -
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manded. - r ';
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int, "the ida of drinking water excitn
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