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NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT
SUCCESS was the way Civilian
Defense Commander Frank Sherry
summed up Sunday night’s black
out in Roanoke Rapids. With the
exception of only a few lights left
burning in stores and residences
while the occupants were not at
home, the city really blacked, out
last Sunday night.
It will be recalled that some fa
mous general from the North in
the War Between The States made
the classic remark in describing a
certain area in the South that
"that land is so devastated that a
crow flying across there would
have to take his own rations or
starve to death.” In comparison
Sherry contends that “a lightning
bug flying from Camps’ Store to
South Rosemary last Sunday night
would have had to carry a flash
light or surely be lost!"
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at least one blessed e
VENT occurred during Sunday
night's blackout. A colt was born
at the Dennis Hitchens farm just
across the river near the Gaston
community. Hitchens’ property
was in the blackout area, and he
did not discover the new arrival
until after the time was up. The
colt and its mother are reported
to be doing nicely. Hitchens plans
to name the animal “Blackout”
owing to the odd circumstances
of its birth.
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IF THE WAR in which we are
now engaged cures us of one of
our greatest national vices—wilful
waste—it may some day be looked
upon as a “blessing in disguise!’
(After writing the foregoing I
seem to recall my dad saying
much the same thing about World
War I, tho’ I was 'most too young
at the time for it to impress me,
so I’ve gone along like most ^ of
us just “wasting away
Seriously, tho’, it is a fact that we
are the most wasteful people in the
world today. It was only a few
years ago we were plowing under
food and killing young pigs be
cause we had too much food, while
people in other lands were literally
starving. Today, we are not so
wasteful. Today we’re saving a
luminum, metal of all kinds, rub
ber paper and other valuable ma
terial which we formerly tossed
into the trash can. “Wilful waste’
is said to make “Woeful want”, I
am told, and the same is true in
reverse.
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so-tts in economy this year that
will perhaps stick to us for the
rest of our lives. If so they may
be counted as one of the few
“blessings of war” and even from
this point of view it appears there
are indeed few «blessings» We
might follow the example of a
friend of mine in saving our shoes,
for instance. This particular ac
quaintance habitually keeps an ex
tra pair of shoes at his office. He
wears the shoes he puts on in the
morning all day, but before going
home in the afternoon he changes
to another pair he keeps at his
place of business. Thus, he tells me,
he more than doubles the life of
his shoes. He oftentimes buys two
identical pairs of shoes at the
same time (something the ladies
would not dream of, bless their
hearts) and by rotating them in
this manner he says they will
practically outlast five pairs of
shoes worn continuously. It has
something to do with perspiration,
I believe, tho’ the scientists un
doubtedly have a better name for
it. Anyway, this particular friend
happens to be in the shoe business
. . . his salary is such that he
could easily afford to buy shoes
for a four-legged tap dancer if
such a person existed (perish the
thought—two legs is more than e
nough for a tap dancer) but it
happens to be a hobby with him to
make his shoes last longer. And, it
is a hobby we might all well ac
-~-i
quire . . . particularly during war
times!
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THE INCOME TAX DEADLINE
is causing many of the boys tc
look at their “hole card” these
days and squirm! We had an in
come tax back in the days of
World War I, too, I am told . . .
I was too young to worry a great
deal about it then, and from a
standpoint of income I haven’t a
great deal to worry about this
time, tho there’s the old adage
about “Nothing is great or small
except by comparison ...”
Anyway, my I• T. expert in
forms me we had two income
taxes in World War I days . . .
there was what was called the
‘old” tax and the one levied under
the War Revenue Act of 1917.
Each levied 2 per cent, upon in
come, and certain surtaxes.
Under the “old” tax, there was
an exemption of $3,000 and under
the War Revenue Act an exemp
tion of $1,000. If the owners of
the income were married, there
was an additional exemption of
$1,000 under each tax. Thus there
was a total exemption of $4,000
under the “old” tax and of $2,000
under the War Revenue Act.
There was also an exemption of
$200 for each dependent child.
Now, let us compare the double
income Tax of 1917 with that un
der which we labor today.
Suppose a man was married, had
no children and had an income of
$10,000 in 1917. He was allowed
$4,000 exemption under the “old"
law and was taxed 2 per cent, up
on the remaining $6,000, or $120.
He was allowed an exemption of
$2,000 under the War Revenue Act
and was taxed 2 per cent, upon
the remaining $8,000, or $160. Thus
he paid a total tax of $280.
But in this year of grace and
World War No. 2, a married man
with no children and an income
of $10,000 will pay a tax of $1,305,
or thereabouts, according to al
lowable deductions.
However, here in North Carolina
we pay two income taxes today
one to the Federal Government and
one to the state. All of which
bears out another “old adage” that
at least we are certain of two
things . . . death and taxes!
NEW HEELS! The United
States Rubber Co. announced this
week with a pretty straight face
that it was about to come out
with something new in a civilian
heel.
Anyway, United States Rubber
says it’s perfected a process by
which reclaimed rubber will be
used, and that the first batch is
already on the way.
They’ll be serviceable, the dis
closure says, but concedes that “the
new civilian heels will not be the
equal of the quality heels" of old.
Oh, well. The taxpayers are
fairly toughened up now. We can
take a few run-of-the-mine heels,
likely.
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NEW ASSISTANT MANAGER
at Roses 5-10-25C Store is Wallace
Wishart, native of Lumberton,
transferred here last week from
the Suffolk, Va., store of Roses.
Wishart replaces W. H. Jones, who
has been assistant manager at
Roses here for about a year now.
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Jones was transferred to Suffolk
to the same position, so in reality
the Rose men literally “swapped
jobs”.
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ADD SCREWBALL STATE
MENTS: "I could plainly see the
approaching car was a taxi,” said
the pedestrian, “so I did not have
the slightest hesitancy in crossing
the intersection, for I knew my
life and limbs were safe.”
Rifes Are Held
For Mrs. Cullom
Mrs. Rebecca Hockaday Cullom,
47, wife of Henry Cullom, prom
inent local jeweler, died at her
home here on Friday night after
an illness of 14 months.
Funeral services were conducted
from Bethlehem Church on Sun
day afternoon, with Rev. F. W.
Haney, pastor, in charge, assisted
I by Rev. Paul H. Fields, pastor of
Rosemary Methodist church. In
terment followed in the Powell
family cemetery.
Surviving are the husband, three
sisters, Mrs. Walter Smith, Misses
Kate and Nellie Hockaday, all of
Roanoke Rapids, and two brothers,
Sam and Jerry Hockaday, of Roa
noke Rapids.
Mrs. Cullom had been a resident
of Roanoke Rapids almost all of
her life. She was a member of
Bethlehem Baptist church and was
well known and respected in the
city and section.
Active pallbearers at the funeral
were Louis Johnson, W. C. King,
A. N. Martin, P. I. Powell, D. P.
Wike, John Ferrell, John Crutch
field, and Ft. I. Starke.
Breaks Hip In
Fall At Home
Mrs. Eva Bishop of Weldon is
in the Roanoke Rapids hospital
with a broken hip suffered in a
fall at her home early this week.
The well known Weldon woman is
said to have fallen down the stairs
in her home. She is resting com
fortably after receiving treatment.
CARD OF THANKS
May I take this opportunity of
thanking our friends and neighbors
for their kindness to us during
the illness and death of our wife
and mother, and also may we
thank Dr. Weathers and the nurses
for their kindness.
Henry Cullom.
Dr. E. D. Harbour
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