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NKKI
A eertain man during his eighty
years of life saved np (40,000 which
he hoarded in tobacco-. can*, hiding
them about hia shaclfy" home. He
denied himself the comfcras of life,
robbed his family of neceealtiea aa
well as pleaaurea and real UlttiS.
held himself aloof from his family
and real living, held himself tripot
from kis fellowmen, had nothing in
common with neighbors, had no
community interest. Ha Just exist
ed in a sell-centered.' sub-normal
pursuit of more money, which as he
used it, was not worth as mnch as
a single smile, an apple in the haada
of a hungry child, or a bit of finery
for some worthy girl. Then his
shacfacaught fire, and his MMOO
went ap In smoke. Money Is value
less If it is not used. Put your mon
ey ifil bank, or invest It. Pat It to
use ansas Republican, Newton,
Ka
LiOOK. OCT ' ** ' ____
FOR SURPRISES
The Presidential campaign la now
in full awing and the voice of the
spellbinder la heard in the land.
Whetwver two or three are gathered
together politics will be the main
theme -of discussion for the next alx
weeks. All the slgni Indicate that
more worda will be aplit on behalf
of the. rival candidates this year
than ever before.
All Signs point alao, to the belief
that there are going to be a lot of
surprises at the coming election. It
la our opinion that the general rn
of people are giving much more
serlods thonght to politics io all its
phases than ever before. That ia
quite natural, considering the se
riousness of the conditions through
which the nation haa been paaalng.
We have an idea that ltt) ia go
ing to turn out to hare been a pret
ty bad year for a lot of the old-faah
loned. four-feet-ln-the-troogh kind
of politicians in both parties. Re
gardless of how the Presidential
election may go, we have a notion
that there are going to be more new
facea In both Houses of the neat
Congress than have been seen there
at once in many years. We have a
notion, too, that there will be a lot
of new blood in atate and county
offices, all over the country.
We see no reaaon to expect that
any of the emaller parties will poll
enough votes In any atate to affect
the apneral results of the election
aa between the two major parties,
but we have a strong suspicion that
there will be more votes cast tor
Norman Thomas, the Socialist can
didate. and for other caadldatea of
the minority parties, thai have ever
been polled at any preceding Presi
dential election. The people are In
a state of political unrest, and noth
ing tfefct might happen on Novem
ber 8t?would surprise us.
smaJL town is
NECESSARY
Two things have come oat ot the
depression that are worth noting.
The large centers of population have
discovered that they cannot get
along without the country. The
small communities have discovered
that they can make their own. life
without worrying concerning $rge
cities. ' For long it was a habit of
big cities to display airs of superi
ority to the so-called "rural com
munities." They have pretended to
believe that the small town was
passing Into eclipse, and fliat people
would flock to big cities ana make
them more and more important and
influential. And, alio, W> lot' of
"country" people, lured by the gla
mor of: the cities, have toft the coun
tryside. They hare discovered,
many >f them too lsjte, tkat life to
the small communities have a thou
sand advantages not posse? ed by
large centers, and that the mush
room development of big cities has
been a bad, not too good thing. To
day the small city is taking on a
new dignity and individuality. We
see everywhere the proof that the
small community is realising its
possibilities, forgetting to ape the
manners of the more artificial "cen
ters of population," and attending
enthusiastically to the duty of build
ing a destiny for Itself. As the small
community becomes strengthened,
and as the farm community becomes
more independent, the large city will
prosper too. What we need In
Ameridk is vitality of individual ef
fort, and this Is what the small city
will (tie in the next generation as
it did to the past. The dlsillusion
who thought that the bright
were what made life worth
will be drifting back to the
M> to capture one* again
he sincerity, the integ
er
school at onfeUW bqforat WtlfJWfcd'
the next el*hf or ut*e nAmtfes 1*7 In*
the foundations fw t*eir Jndeprii
dent and ln*mdual lkm. Sotte of
them will Joaifn a good d?aV> Some
of them will Dot learn very mw^i.
The one thing thai most children
learn in school, and the moat im
portant thlas that, 4a; of tfom-Mn
U, after all. nbt what is' in 'the books
bat how to iiT?:.r r.r- ? " ???
It has always ne?mad to WL-tl%t
the real life of thl! tkMI #tll or
her school life. During these tOr
mative years the child's principal
Interest centers about school. It is
the one place where he can mingle
on the equal terms with all at those
around him. severaihoura a
day he works' an jTplaya la the com
pany of his ow? i?e
learns, through the nece#sa.rjr <U*Ci
pllne of the schoolroom, ty lMtnth
such natu+4 *? t?a^ to
disorder, but he learns from tie
contacts with otter boy*" not only
the wisdom of non-interference with
the rights of others,, but the import
ance of standing up '-for bft own
rights. In' ottter wordtf the most
valuable funcfloo of the school la to
socialize its pupila. (aJielp tt)em to
learn how to lKo, la the ofowd.
In the old days of big families
the children - learned -theee things
from their own brother* and sisters.
Famlllea.of efeht. ar. taa.pn < ttarv
youngsters are not aa .common in
these days. andlhe'dtscrnTtne of the
erowf la bjpt' o^Wte^ spd *e*rtfed
in the school ttn)<ytpher?^ A1"* il ls
becoming mora and more' essential
that our yoqpg folks should go oat
into the wrfrjd with a better under
standing of their place in it.
We think the best schools are the
ones in which the pupils are requir
ed to do most for themselves and
have the least .(tone for them by
their teachers and others. All that
any system of education can do tor
any child Is to stimulate him 1o' use
his own native intelligence. But out
side of the eaarfealam, beyond and
above the formal routine of the ac
quisition of knowledge, far more
important is the socialising and civ
ilising influence of constant asso
ciation with other young ones of his
own age.
To The Many Read
ers Of The "lilies"
Id last week's Issue read , That
Hr. J. O. Purnell wrote about how
to lower the taxes in gar County
and that was to lower the, salaries
of the County oflwn.- B? ^mention
ed one office that was paying oyer
three hundred dollars per month.
The TIMES stated that'Ws Was ari
error, that that ofllce paid only
$277 per month: Well, I will guar
antee that that lsmgretjianany
one-horse crop of cotton Tn Frankr
lln County will bring. You criticise
Mr. Purnell for his plan of lowering
taxes. Well, I gueas Mr. Partial
feels the depression as he haa.lto
office. I have been creating . ?lft
him for 36 years Qpd.-flftd Aim' up
right and a good '.maa^ and fee* Reel
ing for his fellow%i$. Ton stated
that the taxes ought to be collect
ed. Well, why have so many young
able-bodied men never paid taxes?
Those people hare th ^benefit of'gfted
roads and schools and pay no tax A.
Bat the poor fellow Vljfr a 'pig and
an old cow has to pay ta^as. I am
not opposed to high salvia* offi
cers but not until every person is
willing to take a part of tMrtmrden
on himself will times ever be any
better.
Just a few words why we cannot
pay our taxef. la the laat fo?r
years we hare had three "Wd crap
years, two rial d?fr rears and one
a wet y ear. -Xaat&ea* .'?re^nade a
bumper crop that ?ol< tor latt the
cost ?' production. -- WUW are - #e
getting (or chlckeaa, eggs and but
ter? Everything that we are sell
ing is at starvation prices. We are
so poor we have to sell (or what
we are offered, i f '' * .
Well, it wiy not bw long be(ore
we *111 not o*? any Jnomes. I know
of a home o( two old people who
have worked hard alt of their lives
to pay (or this home and on the
on the wall o I thj living room, there
[hangs' a beautiful picture with this
[inscription, "God- Bleaa Oar Home",
'Bat this picture will have to ba talc
County or some Land Bank. But
we can own -*? homa that ha#~ ?<i
taxes nor mortgages on it if we
only trust in EM,
O. H. PERQERSON.
(Note? TM TIMES had ?o in
tention of criticising Mr. Pumrll,
We, too, regard Mm as an except
tlonaliy fine gentleman. And we
agree with yon thaVAiraea. ia-so-Jar
as taxes are concented, wnr be ho
better until all are willing (or
made) to ahare their share of the
harden We believe thai If yon
j would Investigate the tax situation
in Franklin Coanty yon would come
to the conclusion, as we* have, >!??*
it the "big fellow", or the one most
J able to pay, were made to pay his
taxes it would redsce the taxes on
the little fellow to the poipt where
he could pay, ft, ev?n In dapreaaloB
i tlmea. ? Editor.]
, (oiks frdm going on a long
l4>W f*?/?U,t tl*s distance between
relatives is too (ar.
?i'l ii L- n
Cider Improves with age. Bat the
good usuaHy dies youngs- 1 ^
lArgumetfcR
i E d |i ca.t ion
or -i I
an**
k (Coni
. "Curiosity la tlw-HwU of knowl
edge. It from** the mtM to ask,
to aeek to dlatoeer, tb'lten; let
this particular function of the Bind
Be freely exercised; stimulate a de
?re to know-, ' and be not satisfied
with the little 'we do know, but be
ious, and keep the desire to lewn
Ire by eoastant exercise; the
Ind requires exercise aa much as
body, we should read And think
id talk with those around us. the
mulous of conversation la abeo
| lately necessary to consolidate our
knowledge.
" Old ace Is prone to be sluggish, as
ire trow old we should guard
^gainst mental inactivity In every
phase of life, and try to live, while
lie good Lord permits us to
breathe".
MRS. R. P. DAVIS,
Warren County. 1812.
Mr*. R. P. Davis was the mother
dt the tote M. S. Davis, President of
(IfMlsburg College and grand-mother
fot Rot. E. H. Davis of LouMburf.
A Resolution To
Support Schools
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The following (resolution was
unanimously passed by the Laurel
Council, number 10#. of tha Junior
Order United American Mechanics .
n? regular seaalon Tuesday night, .
Sapt. 1*. 1433: -
' We, the members of the Laurel '
Council, number 109, of the Junior :
Order United American Mechanics, I
naming been informed that a pati-j
tion was presented to the Board . of |
Education of Franklin County the
first Monday in September aaking
f<Vr an electjon to vote off the ex
landed , term In the Gold Sand Dis
trict, hereby wish to go on record
M being opposed to any such pro
posal tor the following reaaons:
1. Being loyal members of the
ffcilor Order United American Me
?lanlcs, which stands for the up
Mllding of our community and the
public school system, will never
consent to go back to a six months'
school, thereby destroying our high
school of which we are so proud and
?rippling our elementary schools.
We hereby pledge ourselves to work
against and vote against any auch
proposal that may come In our dis
trict.
'? t. We also realise that by .iqtlng
off the ?? leaded tern* w* would gat <
no help or aid from the Tax-Reduc
tion Fund, and by having to pay Uie
interest *1*1 installments otf ' tihr
indebtedness, our local rate would
be much higher than it now la with
an eight month* school. ' *
3. About all we have left l^wtutf,
training we can give our boys and'
girls, and we. do not propria to haaa
this training denied them.
Signed: f tM
? LAUREL COUNCIL,
No. 109. Jr.. O. U. A. M.
Dated: September lt,r 1932. I
Blalock "
Talks Cottonr
Raleigh, Sept. 12. ? The loan "of
$60,000,000 by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation to at'eMtUP
cooperatives and the stabilization
eorpo ration to enibl; these organi
sations to bold cotton off the .mar
ket has been described by U. Ben
tea Blalock, president o( the Asi?Efc
can Cotton Cooperative Association,
ast?"a more la the right direction
aag one in which we are glad to
co?p?rate in the Interest of all cot
toa producers."
Thirty-live of the fifty millions
gMs to the cooperatives to enable
tl^n to hold their 1930 cotton off
tt|? market until July 31, 1933, and
thjf remaining $15,000,000 will be
uayd by the stabilization corporation
to keep its holdings off the market
until March 1933.
*Thls is a day when cooperation
is <orety ?eded," Mr. Blalock said;
"and It is to be sincerely hoped that
all cotton producers In the South
an? our Southern bankers and our
seed loan borrowers will cooperate
to the fullest extent with the Re
construction Finance Corporation,
the F?rm "Board, and the coopera
ganlzations in maintaining a
*i of. marketing that will not ?
prices to_ lower levels."
,:lng ont^Hiat the eooperar :
in tfce interest of all cltton ?
**e.*o?ing bxaA of
, transaction in that a large por
I df the interest will be charged
3nm their 1930 cotton Jn addi
i charges, Mr, Blalock
Imes wondered if the
cotton producers and others of the
South fully appreciate what the co
operatives and the farm board have
trted .to do to obtain better prices
for cotton, the South's chief money
crop. J
Br. Blalock referred to the seven
mQlla* bale cotton holding move
meat. ^lausched last season by the'
coopej^tlres, th? farm board and
Soatlmrn bankers and which he
saM Steadied the market and gave
a very substantial Increase in the
prfco "to producers." , I
*yt is to be slne?rely hoped that
th? btfhkers of the South will again
voluntarily help xatard as much as
poesiUft the sale 5T this year's crop
and M have it marketed orderly,"
Ihe ad?sd. , 4
fitting out that
' ilon of IM Depart
Itwe ehonlfl cool
' ettent In the movement to
orderly the prsnt crop, Mr.
said:
only wtttM Utt movement
terlally In the making of
Aa^ Awful U.d for ?
F.*V?
V
V/HOA -BUDDY,
it LOOKS UKt .
ME an' you ?*
GOW' THE V'
same way r^nrspidN
(o$heH\!/o*u>
%
to farmers this KUOI but If prices
can be maintained around nine cents
and above the seed loan division
may be able to unload tor Hi bor
rowers the several hundred tbou- '
sand bales of cotton it accepted last
season at eight cents per pound as
collateral on loans to producers." j
Small Crop
Here the head of the American
Cotton Cooperative turned to statis
tical data, sarins: |
"We have a prospective American
crop of 11,310,000 bales, or about
3,260,600 bales below the average
production for the past five years.
If only about 3,(00,000 bales of this
present crop could be held off the '
market for a while it would leave us
only about 8,800,000 bales for im- .
mediate sale, which la only about
100,000 bales more than we export
ed last year, to say nothing of do
mestic consumption.
"If it la wise and proper to use
$10,000,000 of Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation money in this
'holding off the market' movement,
why is it not proper that another
branch of the government, the U.
8. Department of Agriculture, can
not also join in this movement?
"And then a step further: Why
not we people of the South also put
a little money In this Bouthwlde
effort?"
They are still called hotel "ac
commodations" though the price
may be ten dollars a day.
APPRECIATION
We wish to gratefully express eur
thanks and appreciation to the
Louiaburg Klwanla Club tor the
liberal cash donation made to us,
and also Mr. Ben H. Meadows tor
his personal gift of a number of
splendid pictures for the rooms.
Such acta of kindness make our de
sire and determination for more
and better service greater.
Loulsburg Community Hospital.
The old-fashioned woman who
was a good seamstress haa a daugh
ter who knows how to pot the nee
dle on the phonograph.
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EACH DAY BRINGS REPORTS OF DECREASED
YIELD OF TOBACCO.
EACH DAY BRINGS REPORTS OF INCREASED
PRICES FOR THE 1932 CROP.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 27th, 1932
IS THE OPENING DATE FOR
Louisburq Market
Oijr warehouses are all modern and fully equipped for
your convenience. Our warehousemen are all exper
ienced in the tobacco selling game. And our buyers are
*!> 1* "t ' ' '
good judges whp are willing to pay fair prices. We have
'a full corps with alf important accounts represented.
This is a combination that will be profitable to you.
Bring your tobacco to LOU1SBURG.
Southsidc Warehouse
"
Sam Meadows and Grover Harris, Proprietors
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k llnion Warehouse
Ricks Pearce, Pier Williamson and (jeorge Ford, Props.