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y*L By WILBORNE HARRELL A
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It is a tragic commentary on
the times that most all positive
progressive steps -in the advance
of mankind must *be accompanied
by a negative corailary. At the
turn of the century Orville and
Wilbur Wright bfoke man’s long
eartbbound bonds and gave him
wings. This was a dream rea
lized that had haunted man
the world’ began. From
fcnythQlogical Icarus and Daeda-j
his' io scientific Leonardo da i
- until finaljir on the sands i
Eawk the dream came
It W*s a dream no
n couls now flv. But
ail? Actually is man
off. ■ ; The machine
; Kitty (Hawk has be
holesale killer. It is j
carrying, and unleash-j
a test destructive force
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isage of Our Lord
risl to tie saints at
Tie Revelation 3:1-6)
as located due south
l on the road to Phil-
Detween Mt. Timolus
iver Hermus. It had
history, starting out
|-as of Lydia, conquered by
GJrus I the Persian and then by,
Alexander. ' In 214 B.C ~ it was |
tJiken and sacked by Antiochus,
the Greftt, taken from him by !
the kings of Pergamos and from
them by the Romans. So you
it was the Alsace-Lorraine of
He- day.
It was a progressive , center (
O# commerce. Here the art of j
dyeing wpol was invented, and 1
silver and golden coins were j
first minted. But its outstanding J
characteristic was that even on
pagan lips Sardis was a word
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ever devised by the ingenuity
of science. It is true that the
plane by covering grea?distances
can conquer space and time;,
I and commerce and the lives of /
j all of us are thereby speeded
up. Which is creating tensions’,)
which is creating medical
lems; which is creating death
caused by these- tensions. Yes, 1
. we can fly—but like Icarus, we'
are flying too near the sun, j
l and if we are not careful our ;
J wings will drop off and we will
fall into the sea.
1960 TIDBITS —Let us hope, fori
the sake of France and the-
I
peace of the world, that De
! gaulle proves to be as great a <
I man as he believes himself to i
! be . . .-An oblique prediction:
j Let us hope that Nixon, as
used to express contempt. Loose-*
living and luxury loving com
pelled the historian Heroditus to
designate it as “a city of musi
cians and shop-keepers.” Even j
the heathen would understand
what our Lord meant when He
said, “Thou hast a name that
thou livest, and art dead.”
Life was easy in Sardis, and
the people had become flabby.
1 Worse yet, the church had fol
lowed suit. No one persecuted
; Christians there, and Christians
l in turn were careful to say noth
i ing controversial, and to take
jno stand against sin. They
j were at peace with the world,
the flesh and the devil—'but it
was the peace of death. When
a professing Christian finds him
self in a godless environment he
may express one of two reae
|tions: he may take his stand
’I for Christ, or he may say noth
l; ing (like Lot in Sodom) and
arouse no opposition. The
; j “Christians” at Sardis chose the
i second course. And because of
i this Sardis is one of' only two
President, will do as well as,
Eisenhower . . . 1960 will see
I the end of the Castro regime |
i and the return of sanity to
Cuba. *
j
| This Observation came to my
! attention recently: It is impossi
i ble for anyone to avoid paying
income tax, for the simple rea
-1 son that ANY tax we pay comes
j out of our income. You can’t
■ win, brother, so pay and ■ grin.
I love the earthy feel of new
turned sod
j And, touching, know I touch
the hand of God.
, The stars, pin-pricks, dot thei
i blue, ]
Tiny holes for Heaven to shine
through. ’
• churches for which Jesus has'
no praise whatever (the other
, is Laodicea).
Today there is nothing left
i 1 where once thriving Sardis stood
[ but a heap of ruins and rub
> bish. Wild animals make their
; home there, but no humans.
Living but dead! Outwardly,
the church at Sardis appeared to
be a live church. Its services
were well-attended, it was well
organized and supported, and the
; “best-people” numbered them
selves among its members. The
. pastor was dignified, sophisticat
ed, pompous, a man to be reck
oned with in ecclesiastical cir
cles. But like many similar
, churches in our own day it was
. dead on its feet.
What_ are the symptoms Os a
dead church? The first, I be
[ lieve, is pre-occupation with
past triumphs. The dead church
is content to glory in past ac-,
. complishments and ignore the
. challenge of the present. It em
> phasizes traditions rather than
i ideals" '' ; '
Whatever has gone before is
done—we may be pleased with
it, or ashamed of it. But the
past- is beyond recall. Today’s
church must concern itself with
today’s needs.
There’s a story in Scottish his
tory about a newly elevated
knight who was reproached by
another knight because of his
humble background. He an
swered,, “Sir, the nobility of my
family begins with me. Yours
ends with you.” Perhaps we as
Christians would do well to ask
ourselves whether the great days
of our church are in the past—or
I in the future.
ON N.C HIGHWAYS j
.Raleigh The Motor Vehicles j
Department’s summary of traffic 1
deaths through 10 A, M., Mon
day, January 11 is as follows:
Killed To Date 26 (
Killed To Date Last Year °36
—“•TAX wets FOt THE HOMfOWNM NO. 1—
Theft, Damage And Destruction
Os Property
(This is one of a series of articles on federal income las
filing. The articles are based on informhtion provided by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the
North Carolina Association es Certified Public Accountants,
in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service.)
YOU can get some relief from casualty and theft losses by
taking advantage of the legitimate tax deductions you
are allowed.
To help you prepare a correct -
return and take advantage of
legitimate tax savings, this news
paper is printing a series of four
articles prepared with the help
of the state and national orga
nizations of certified public ac
countants.
Today’s article considers the
problems you may have in claim
ing deductions for theft or casu
alty losses. Later articles will
offer advice on other tax prob
lems of particular interest to
homeowners.
Time and Destruction
There are a great many ways
In which your property can be
damaged or destroyed, as for ex
ample, by fire, storm, flood, or
explosion. Generally, a casualty
which will give rise to a deduc
tible loss must occur with some
suddenness. However, there are
situations where the casualty
occurs over a period of time and
still results in a deductible casu
alty loss. For example, consider
the damage caused by termites.
Say that you purchased your
house in June 1957 and at that
time a check by experts showed
that there were no termites
present. Then, in February 1958,
you discover that termites have
been eating your house from
under you. Can you claim a casu
alty loss deduction for the ter
mite damage? Yes, you can, even
though the damage took place
over a nine month period.
The casualty here, is the in
vasion of your house by the ter
mites. However, it is probable
that a casualty deduction will
not be allowed where the ter
mite damage did not occur over
a relatively short period of time.
The Property Must Be Yours
You must have ownership of
the damaged property to claim a
loss deduction. It is quite con
ceivable that severe damage to
the property around your house
may cause the value of your
property to decline. Although the
damage occurred suddenly, you
cannot claim a deduction for the
Next Article: Buying, Selling or Improving Your Home.
i Lunch Room Menu ]
V- *>|
Menus at the Edenton Ele-!
mentary School lunch room for
the week of January 18-22 will'
be as follows:
Monday: Weiners, toss salad,j
cherry pie, baked beans, rolls;
and milk.
Tuesday: Spanish rice with|
beef, buttered peas, sliced beets, |
apple sauce, butter, school baked
rolls, cheese slices and milk. j
Wednesday: Fish sticks, colej
slaw, buttered corn, butter, corn |
bread, baked custard and milk.
Thursday: Beef vegetable soup,;
pimento cheese sandwiches, block!
2 BIG
AUCTIONS
i FARM EQUIPMENT
After Lonnie Harrell Sale we will sell
all Farm Equipment of the Webb W.
I Harrell Estate listed below:
J Saturday, Jan. 16 -10 A. M.
• I—Ferguson No. 35 Tractor
• I—Set Cultivators for Ferguson Tractor
• I—Set Middle Busters for Ferguson Tractor
• I—Set Disks for Ferguson Tractor
• I—Tractor-Drawn Stalk Cutter
| • I—Turner Peanut Picker with self feeder and bagger;
like new.
• I—lnternational Hay Baler, power driven
• I—lnternational Truck; 1-ton 1953 model
• I—Horse-Drawn Pea Weeder
• I—Horse-Drawn Fertilizer Distributor
• 2—Horse-Drawn Two-in-One's
• I—Horse Cart
• I—Horse-Drawn Stalk Cutter
I • Other Horse-Drawn Plows and Equipment
• 1.500 Tobacco Sticks
• Other Small Farm Items
DON’T MISS THESE SALES
RAIN OR SHINE
|| Homeplace of Webb W. Harrell
Campen - Smith
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I EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA
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loss in value unless your own
property was actually damaged.
You can claim a deduction for
a drop in the value of your car
due to an accident. This is true
regardless of whether you or
another driver is to blame, un
less the accident is a result of
your willful 'negligence. How
ever, if you are responsible for
a car accident and have to pay
for damage inflicted on someone
else’s car, you cannot deduct the
payment as a casualty loss.
Proving a Casualty Loss
Determining the amount you
can claim as a casualty loss may
be very difficult. Generally you
are allowed to claim the amount
by which your property de
creased in value. In some cases,
a repair bill will be considered
sufficient to support your deduc
tion.
The best thing you can do is,
gather together any information
that may help support the
amount you claim as a deduc
tion. For example, if your house
is badly damaged, a qualified ar
chitect can often give a reason
able estimate of the before and
after value. The appraisal fee,
by the way, is a deductible ex
pense.
Theft Losses
You can claim a deduction
for the value of property that is
stolen. The problem in claiming
losses from theft is that you will
probably have to show some
! evidence that the theft took
place. Be sure that there is at
least a police record of the theft
■ and a report of any findings the
police may have come up with.
Also, you might keep track of
newspaper accounts, insurance
! reports, and so on. Theft losses
i are deductible in the year you
• discover that your property is
i missing.
• You can get additional infor
• mation on casualty and theft de
: ductions from the instruction
l booklet issued by the Internal
! Revenue Service each year.
, cake, crackers and milk.
1 1 Friday: Meat loaf and gravy,
i creamed potatoes, peach pie,
,! green beans, school baked rolls,
'butter and milk.
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| SMALL COTTON ACREAGE
’I North Carolina’s 1959 cotton
’l production is estimated at 325,-
! 000 bales (500-pounds gross wt.).
iThe 1959 crop of 325,000 bales
I exceeds 1958 production of 256,-
1 000 bales by 27.0 percent, but
iis 22.5 percent below 1948-57
: | average production of 419,000
j bales.
The estimated 390,000 acres
! harvested this year is the third
:l smallest since 1868.
j Leap Year
It’s Leap Year again . . . and
’ you can blame the Scots for de
claring it open season on bache
lors. i
I
They probably saw the cus
tom of letting a woman pop the
question as away to put money j
in the treasury and take spin
sters off the welfare rolls.
According to the research of
World Book Encyclopedia, Scot
land is said to have decreed in
1288 that ladies “of bothe highe
and lowe estait” shall have the
privilege of proposing during
leap years.
If a man refused the offer.
People make
telephone service
automatically yours
When you dial your telephone it’s easy to
forget that this is still a human business. While
we want you to enjoy this mechanical efficiency,
don’t forget that it still takes people to
make good telephone service
automatically yours ... and people 1
will always remain at the heart
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I They count on Dad 1
I to know the answers I
B 1 When they need a lift on their homework, children usually B
■ turn, to Dad. Mn their book, he knows the answers! With B
■ equal confidence they count on Dad (with an able assist from B
I Mom) to see to it that they get the college education that will B
■ 9 give them a good start on the road to success. Dad has the B
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,B plus cur generous rate of return will add up to "what it takes!" B
I EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA I
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Thursday, January 14, 1960. }
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he was fined as much as one
! pound . . . unless he could
show that another woman had
a prior claim on his affections.
The ladies, however, had to
give fair warning that they were
out to catch a man. If the
i edge of a scarlet flannel petti
-1 coat wasn’t clearly visible, a
, man was absolved from paying
! the forfeit.
| •
France reportedly passed a j
! similar law, and the ladies ofj
Florence and Genoa are said to
| have been given the privilege
1 before Columbus sailed to Amer
-1 ica.
■! The gallant English supposed
; ly didn’t need a law to make
j them give the fair but single
, sex a break. But they backed up
the custom by depriving a man
of benefit of clergy if he scoffed
at a leap year proposal.
Even if he didn’t hurt thlb
lady’s feelings, he was obliged
io present her with a silk gown
... as a- consolation prize.
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“It will always be true that
he is tke greatest who does
the most good.”
True considera'ion involves fi
nancial fairness, as well as
professional abiliiy. You will
find both here.