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MAY 6, 1937
In Washington
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What's Going On
by
Robt. R. Reynolds
United States Senator
It is now evident that our peoph
"t . are becoming tax-conscious. Thi
usually Happens when citizens gen
orally begin to ask Whether they an
receiving: fuli return for their ta3
dofiars. It is also an indication of ?
widespread feeling that huge gov
ernmcntal expenditures, national
state and load, cannot, in the fina
analysis, make a permanent contribu
tk>n to national stability.
As a result, a certain amount o
uncertainty exists, particularly i?
business and industrial circles, tha
will not be fully removed until fed
eral policies are well-defined, unti
federal expenditures are fixed, an<
until some assurance is given tax
burdened citizens with regard to tin
taxes they will pay in the future.
,No better evidence of this can b
found than the fact that "behind th?
scenes," experts on taxation in boll
the executive and legislative branch
es of the government are hard
pressed tc suggest new sources o
revenue should federal expenditure
exceed budget estimates. Here i
also evidence that tax reservoir
avc 'trsctl U4JJUCU ituuuai W U1C iinill
Several things stand out. First
that in the scramble for revenue, a)
agencies of government have adopt
ed the course of least resistance an<
levied taxes that would bring a mini
mum of protests; second, that whil
rates of taxation have been steadil;
increased, there has not been a corrc
sponding increase in tax receipts
and third, many new taxes have beei
imposed which, to say the least, ar
of extremely doubtful merit.
About 150 years ago, a famou
writer on economics laid down fou
principles to which taxation shoul<
conform. They are as follows:
"People should be taxed as nearl;
as possible in proportion to thei
respective abilities, all taxes shout
be defnite and not uncertain or ar
bitrary; they ought to be levied a
the time and in the manner whicl
causes the least inconvenience to th
people, and they should be so cor
trived as to take out of the pocket
of the people as little as possibl
over what is needed by the publi
treasury."
Instead of following these soun
methods, taxes have been too oftc
levied on the principle of gettin;
the most money with the leas
trouble.
In n ronnrt mo/lft trv Um Iiaiio
ways and means committee, which i
charged with initiating all revenue
raising legislation, appears this pci
tinent paragraph:
"Large as the increase in our baxe
has been, nevertheless such increas
has been insufficient to meet the in
crease in expenditures, therefore th
majority of our governments are ir
creasing their public debt. It seem
proper to conclude that this situs
tion must be remedied at an earl
date, if the financial stability of ou
government is to be preserved."
Throughout the report in questioi
is much comment with reference t
the need of reducing federal expei
ditures as a sound approach to tii
tax problem. In fact, the Presider
has placed the current situatio
squarely before the congress an
warned that expenditures beyon
budget estimates must be accoinpai
ied by new revenue. It is to b
earnestly hoped that new taxes ca
be postponed until 1938 and tax r<
vision carried through on a soun
and equitable basis. This hope i
shared by leaders in congress.
WEEK-END AUTO
WRECKS TAKE AT
LEAST 72 LIVE
Week-end automobile accident
added at least 72 deaths in a natio
which already has noted a risin
number of fatal accidents over th
1936 record.
The national safety council in it
report of the first quarter of 193
said 8,500 persons were killed in ai
tomobile accidents, a 26 per cent ii
crease over the like neriod of lai
year.
East Tennessee & Western Norl
Carolina Motor Transportatioi
Company.
Buses leave Boone for Johnson Cit
Knoxville, Chattanooga, all At
bama and Western States points i
7:30 a.m.; 12:20 p.m.; and 9:05 p.r
Leave Boone for Lenoir, Hickor
Statesville, Salisbury, Charlott
Asheville, Wilmington and a
South Carolina, Georgia and Flo
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and 5:10 p. m.
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WEEK IN WASHINGTON
(Continued from page one.)
been formulated. Washington gosi
sip has it that Chairman Eccles of
the Federal Reserve board is contemplating
resigning unless his recommendation
for more taxes to balance
the budget is adopted and
passed by the administration.
The hope that new taxes may not
be necessary is predicated upon the
collection of some S500.000.000 of
payroll taxes under the social securi1v
ai?t A TTnifncI Stntau rirrnit
" court ot appeais has declared that
act unconstitutional. The attorneyl
general is urging an immediate re"
view of that decision by the su*
preme court. If the high court up
1 holds the lower one. then a new tax
law will be inevitable.
i
Washington, April 20?A situation
is developing here which, to some
f | observers, seems to be tending tor
j ward a parallel with the situation
which existed in the Wilson and
J j Hoover administrations. In the last
j j two years of his second term Mr.
_ | Wilson had a definitely hostile cone,
j gress standing between him and his
plans, and for three of AJ r. Hoover's
el four years he had no influence with
e the majority in congress,
i For the past four years Mr. Roose
volt has had congress eating out of
' his hand. It would be putting it too
strongly to say that he cannot still
s force congress to do what he wants
s to have done, if he is willing to put
on the necessary pressure. But it Is
., fair to say that resistance to Presi1
dential pressure is Increasing in both
- houses of congress, and among
' members of the President's own
- party. It can no longer be safely
L' predicted that whatever the Presi?
dent wants congress will give it to
~ him.
^ This situation is mainly of the
e President's own creation. It arises
from two definite circumstances,
s One is the honest and sincere appall
sition to his proposal for packing
d J the supreme court. That opposition
is increasing in strength in both
y j senate and house. It has been
^ | strengthened by the demonstration
furnished by the court itself, in its
t decisions on the labor relations act,
h that the justices are abreast of the
e times and fully aware of changing
i~ conditions.
s The other circumstance which has
e weakened the President's authority
c over congress is the growing re^
sentment felt by influential senators
^ and house leaders at the readiness
g! with which, as they believe, the
President continues to listen to and
be guided by counselors who arc
e regarded on Capitol Hill as theorists
s rather than practical politicians. On
' these advisers rather than the President
himself, his friends in congress
place the responsibility for the faile
ore of tiie undistributed profits tax
j. 'aw, enact id last summer, to yield
e the revenue expected. Government
i- income for the fiscal year is short
s nearly half a billion dollars of the
- estimates. That makes the national
>r financial situation even more cloudy
1 and uncertain than it was before.
^ President Kecomniemlx Kconomy
q The President's latest rccommendations
for economy, if adopted,
e would cut the expenses of governtt
merit by about half of this year's
iv | deficit. But unless government hor<1
rowing is to continue on a huge
ll scale, recouree must he had to much
broader and heavier taxes and foi
n greater curtailment of spending. In
any event, all hope seems to have
d been lost of bringing the budget into
is balance before the fiscal year 1939.
Continued increase in the national
debt by borrowing money for current
expenditures is feared because
it is regarded as the certain road tc
S inflation with runaway prices for all
sorts of commodities. Increased tax3
ution is feared because of its politin
eal unpopularity. It is realized bj
g most members of congress that the
lC large accumulations of wealth cannot
stand much more taxation anel
1? I keep on doing business/ but thej
fear that their constituents do not
realize that, and would resent anj
new kind3 of taxes which appearec
to put the bureien on the poor. Anc
= they fear a reduction of expenditures
Jj i for relief for the same political rea(
son.
The indications now are that th<
y> relief appropriations for next yeai
n' will be at the rate of two billion dollars
or more. Their necessity is be
a ing sharply challenged, not only bj
the administration's avowed opponents
but by many of its friends. Sendl
ator Vandenberg of Michigan has
r. revived the demand for an actua
count of the number of unemployet
persons, in a letter to the socretarj
of labor, in which he contended thai
the number of unemployed is actual
N 'y under three millions, instead ol
uie eigm. minion or more wmctl tin
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WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVEB
H FARM NOTES
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I
B.v \V. It. Collins, County Agent
Prices for wool and lambs are
better than they have been for several
years. The Jersey City market
on Monday, April 26. quoted good
i and choice spring lambs at S15 to
IS16 per hundred pounds. The same
grades a year ago were quoted at
S13 to 514.
1 Thp atroa)
I- i. .< w; mm r.tv w vjuvi"
ing prices on domestic wools at
fully 10 certs per pound higher than
I at this time last year. Prices start*
ed strengthening last October, and
climbed steadily upward until about
' the middle of January. Prom that
j time until the middle of March the
I price came down some but the past
jfour to six weeks it has been steady.
Our best North Carolina wools are
| designated as "three-eights comb|
ing." Price quotations April 24,
11937. on this wooi <tic 47 to 40 cents j
per pound. On April 18. 1936. the |
same class of wool was quoted at 35 j
to 37 cents per pound. On this particular
grade of wool, therefore, the
price is now 12 cents per pound
stronger than last year.
Farmers Should Take Good
Care of Wool
It has taken 12 months to grow
| a crop of wool and too often its
j value is greatly reduced by careless
j handling at shearing time. Here are
]a few simple rules:
, 1. Shear as soon after May 1st as
the weather is warm enough to bring
the grease up into the wool.
2. Do not shear when wool is
damp.
3. Tag the sheep by removing
:a.ij uung jocks.
4. Shear on a clean, dry floor or.
ion a clean canvas.
| 5. Do not allow individual fleece
j to be torn apart.
6. A better job can be done by the
[use of a shearing- machine than with
Ihand shears.
Avoid 'making: second cuts for this
I reduces the value of the wool by several
cents per pound.
9. The tags should never be tied
with the fleece.
10. All grease lags, black wool
from face and legs should he bagged
separately?-but never bag heavy
dung tags.
11. AH wool should be packed?
not too tightly?in a clean wool bag
and stored in a clean dry place until
ready for market.
Not only is it important that wool
be carefully sheared and handled,
but the. farmer should get its value.
Last year farmers who soid their
wool co-operatively with their neighbors
received more money than those
who sold individually. The Watauga
county wool pool brought 36
cents per pound last year. With the
price up it should bring close to 50
cents this year. Of course not all
North Carolina wool is worth as
much as the wool grown in our
northwestern mountain, counties, but
it ts worth considerably more than:
the average grower will get if he
sells individually.
Concentrate all your thoughts upon
the work in hand. The sun's rays
do not burn until brought to a focus.
? Alexander Graham B-eli.
labor department estimates.
Confers With Labor Leaders
Miss Perkins, secretary of labor,
took the lead in exploring the whole
labor situation, in the light of the
validation of the administration's
! labor legislation bv the suDreme .
! court, when she called a conference
of labor leaders, industrialists and
others to discuss the next steps J.o
be Uikcn and their practicability,
i Not necessarily as the outcome of
: tliat conference, but as the result of
? the widely-held and growing belief
that the way is now open for a
1 broader and more clearly-defined
federal labor policy, attention is be:
ing- given to proposals to amend the
? labor relations act. Proposed changes
? include recognition of the right of
employees to present their griev
ances, as well as of labor; some
r means of insuring the responsibility
k of labor organizations in the matter
of contract obligations, and other
I agreements, and particularly the
r broadening of the 'labor board's pow
era to enable it to become a mediar
tor for the prevention of strikes and
I an arbitrator in labor disputes, sonicl
what as the railway mediation
> board now functions.
Entirely" apart from matters of
national importance, the bitterest
i conflict now raging in Washington
* is over questions of art. The
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial com
mission, headed by Representative
1 Thos. J. Boylaruof New York, pro
poses to build a classical Greek tem
pic facing the Lincoln Memorial on
* the other side of the tidal basin. A
1 storm of protest is raging about Mr.
I Boylan's head from two sources. One
r is from those who do not want Co
L see more than 700 of the Japanese
- cherry trees around the basin de?
stroyed. Their April blooming this
s year drew more than 200,000 tour
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BECOM1N6 EXCITED, J V <SO TO nf s
MOTHER..1 /
|Y THURSDAY- BOONE, N. C.
Uncle Jim Sags] J
Grasses and legumes check
costly soil losses and help pro- t
vide plenty of cheap feed for
liwstocV
MlTH NOTES 1
j
Midwife Classes?Prrnsdil Clinics j
According to state law each mid- j
wife must renew her permit eachj
year, only those midwives who do j
so are practicing legally. In order
to renew her permit or register as a
midwife, she must have a health examination,
including a wassermann
test for syphilis, bring her bag and
equipment for inspection, and pass a
satisfactory examination.
For the past two years the district i
health department has held classes
for midwife training. This year in.
addition to the regular classes and
in connection with them, the health
department will offer an additional
service?prenatal clinics for the midwives'
patients. The first of these
combination class-clinics will be held
at the health office, over the postoffice
in Boone, on May 11, beginning"
at 9 o'clock. We hope each midwife
iri the county will come and bring
her patients along with her for examinations.
Proper prenatal care will greatly
lessen the dangers of childbirth for
both mothers and babies. We urge
every expectant mother as soon as
possible to decide what doctor she
will have and secure his services
early in order that she may have |
the proper prenatal care. For those ,
who are unable to have a doctor and ,
have a midwife, instead the health
department offers these free clinics
during" the summer months. '
Infant and Pre-School Clinics
Infant and pre-school clinics will -1
be held at the following places on 1
the dates named: ;
May 7?Dutch Creek 9:30 a. m.; |
Clark's Creek, 11 a. m.; Valle Cru- ]
cis 2 p. m.
May 10?Matney 2 p. m.
May 14?Green Valley 10 a. m.; J
Riverview 2 p. m. ;
May 17?Boone Colored school 2 <
p. m. 1
May 18?Grandfather 10:30 a. m.;
Foscoe 2 p. m. ]
May 21?Mabel 10 a. m.; Cove <
Creek 2 p. m.
May 24?Triplett 2 p. m.
May 25?Collins store 10 a. m.; '
Cool Springs. Beaver Dam, 2 p. m. '
May 28 Windy Gap 10 a. m.; Ho- :
minger 2 p. m.
MOTHER'S DAY
Oh! Mother's Day, such a blessed
day,
The sweetest day of all the year;
For it is then we wear a flower to
say
Whether we have a mother, or
memories dear.
Oh! how sweet would sound moth!
et-'s voice.
Calling around the old home place;
If I could see her, I would rejoice
To once more see a smile on her
face.
| Give praise to mother on Mother's
Day,
Thank her for ail the love she doth
give;
For you can't when she's gone away;
So praise her while she doth live.
Our mothers are so sacred and pure,
AlnrQiic +J11
<?'>? ?VJ o ?uiniug niui 11 bill
night;
No one ean take her place, I am
sure,
As she tries to make for us alright.
JEAN WILCOX.
Boone, N. C.
COLVARD REUNION
A reunion or gathering' of all the
j Oolvards is to be held at. Union
church on new highway No. 16. near
Wilbar postoffice, Wilkes county, on
Sunday, May 23. Everyone by the
name of Colvard or a direct descendant
of a Colvard is invited to attend.
This will be an informal gathering
and no special program is being
planned. It will just be a get-ac- !
qualnted meeting at which definite'
plans will be made for future re- j
unions. Everyone is asked to bring I
a basket and a picnic dinner will be
enjoyed by all. We hope all Oolvards
and Colvard relatives will make it
a point to be present.
W. E. COLVARD,
Temporary President.
HOWARD CLARK,
Temporary Secretary.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administraor
of the estate of M. R. Wilson,
leceased. this is to notify ail persons
ndebted to said estate to please
ome forward and make immediate
settlement. AH persons having
laims against said estate will please
irestnt them to the undersigned ad-!
uwustraior wiuun one year irom uie
late of this notice, or it will be plea ! j
n bar of their right to recover.
This 29th day of April, 1937.
ROLF E. WILSON, |
Administrator of the Estate of M. R. j
Wilson, Deceased,
r. E. Bingham, Atty. 4-29-Cc I
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE
By virtue of the power of sale con-'
ained in a certain deed of trust cxe- j
:uted by the undersigned trustee by
7. D. Taylor and wife, Lou H. Tayor,
on the 24th day of November,
1932, said deed of trust being rertviued
in the office of the register
>f deeds for Watauga County in
3ook 19. at page 116, said deed of
rust having been given to secure the
aim of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars
$2,000.00) and interest to Dr. H. B.
?erry, and default having been made
n the payment of the moneys thereiy
secured as therein provided, and
he said Dr. H. B. Perry having rcjuested
that the said lands be sold.
I will, on Monday. May 10. 1937, at
1:00 o'clock P. M., at the courtlouse
door of Watauga County, sell
.o the highest bidder for cash a onelalf
undivided interest in the followng
described real estate, to wit:
First Tract: Lying and being in
IVatauga Township at Valle Crucis, j
Vorth Carolina, and bounded on the
north by Dutch Creek, on the east
md south by the lands of the heirs
>f VV. H. Mast, on the west by the
public road am! the Methodist church
ot. For metes and bounds, see deed 1
from J. H. VonCannon and R. L.
Lowe, recorded in the Register of |
Deeds' office in Watauga County in |
3ook 10, at page 411, dated 12th j
iay of January, 1910, containing 3-4
if an acre, more or less.
Second Tract: Dying and being in
IVatauga county, Watauga Townhip,
three or four hundred yards
from the above described lot, and
bounded on the north by the lot of I
J. L. Tester, on the east and south
by the lands of D. F. Mast, on the
ivest by the public road, containing
5-4 of an acre, more or less. For
metes and bounds, see deed from D.
F. Mast and wife to C. D. Taylor and
If. B. Perry, recorded in Book 30, at
page 373, in Register's office of Watauga
county. This deed conveys
only one-half interest in the two
tracts above mentioned.
Third Tract: Lying and being in
Laurel Creek Township on the waters
of Beech Creek and Laurel Creek,
adjoining the lands of Minervah
Presnell on the north and Prcsnell
on the east and Ben Ward on the
south, Mrs. Belle Mast on the west, |
and others, it being a tract of land
bought by C. D. Taylor and H. B.
Perry from Roby James and Sam
Hix and where Lewis Presnell now
lives, containing 200 acres, more or
less. For further description and
metes and bounds, see deeds from
Roby James and Sam Hix. recorded
in Register's office for Watauga
county in Book 32, at page 597, and
Book 34, page 217.
These tracts will be. sold separately.
This 9th day of April, 1937.
R. A. FARTHING,
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