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THE FRANKLIN TIMES Issued Every Friday 216 Court Street Telephone No. 283 A. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Huufer SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1JM Biz Month* 70 Kltfht Months .... 1.00 Four Months .... .00 Foreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York City Entered at the Postoffloe at Louisburg, N. C. as secoad A Town politics are beginning to boil and the political bee is singing around many heads, with indications of-| much interest before the primary is over. 7rnrTTY7rwri i n? t^| y ; ^ much tax free se ourity and the possibility of getting on the tax book is so remote, there is little doubt but that a sales tax, with modernized machinery is a proper tax. A provision in the tax machinery requiring all tax oollectors to exhaust personal -property first, aud giving them power to levy on income from property would not only help in the collection of taxes, but would save many a home to the tax payers. The United States Senate is to be congratulated for voting to keep the United States out of the World Court. The TIMES feels that the action of foreign nations in regard to the War debts is sufficient to cause the United States to turn thumbs down on most any proposition they offer. . Since the roads have become such a vital factor in our state life and business and f ince the State has taken over the maintenance of all roads, there is much good argument in favor of the State taking over all county road indebtedness. It would be another step towards relieving the tax .burden on property. ' About the most uncalled for legislation is the Child labor law. The courts are always complaining at the young age and increasing number of criminals, yet the Legislature and .Congress seems always interested in putting the children in a class to encourage such a tourse. The old adage "an idle mind in the devil's workshop," is just as true today, or even a little more so than when the statement was first made. Unless par ents and others are allowed to keep children busy at some work of value, how can they ever improve iii char acter and usefulness. About the best safeguard to the public's interest the Legislature could make would be to completely re move the power of the Governor to make appointments to any position and not vest this power into any one of ficial, but make provision for the public to have a say and not allow anyone to be eligible for appointment who is then or immediately hpforn ha? been holding public office. Under t he-present system we have almost come to the short ballot, and have established a practice of | appointing officials that is not only bad and undemo cratic, but unsafe for the public good. , The idea of consolidating Counties in the operation and control of schools should be resisted by not only all who are interested in better schools and economy, but by all citizens in whatever walk of life. There can be no economy as each county will have to have a subordi nate head, working- under the district Superintendent. To our mind this would increase the cost. But the worst feature we see is the removal still further from the pco* plo All controll of a system so vital in the rearing and equipping their children ? their dearest possession. TW truth is these powers are already too far removed from the people within the school district. If the State of ficials are after economy as they say they are, why not do away with so many overlapping departments. THE FRANKLIN TIMES is unalterable in favor of liberal Democratic government, and always against centraliza tion of power and overlapping departments. THE SIZE OF THE TAX LOAD We saw some interesting figures the other day ? if any kind of figures can be said to be interesting. These figures interested us because they showed just how heavy the tax burden upon the American people is. I| Not counting the extraordinary emergency expen ditures of the Federal Government, made with borrowed money, which have not yet begun to be seriously reflect ed in the demand for taxes, Uncle Sam is spending just for ordinary upkeep of the governmental institutions, iaolnding the Army and Navy and the payment of ex penses arising from past wars, "such as veterans' pen sions, just about 15 million dollars every workifng day, of $4,500,000,000 a year. , . 7. But the Federal tax load is not the heaviest, by any " b. States, counties and municipalities take more | twice as much in taxes from the citizens. The to tal till of the American people runs up Uf 15 millions a year, which comes close to being vej^Jgr ? ' erage Family of four oarries a $500 a year tax load. Some pay more, some less, but that is the average. These taxes bear on everybody. Thoy are conceal ed in the rent bill, the electric bill, tho price of groceries, the cost of everything for which everybody spends a cent. They take, all told, a good third of the national income, which is estimated for 1934 at about $45,000, 000,000. The hardest place to cut governmental expenses is 'in Washington. The easiest place is at home, in towns, counties and states. If every body realized" that he or she is a taxpayer, and that their money would go a lot further if taxes were lower, perhaps there might be* a public demand to get rid of a lot of the tax-eaters who subsist at everybody's expense. OLD AGE PENSIONS Without attempting to pass upon the merits or oth wise of the bill which has been introduced by Senator Wagner of New York and Representative Lewis of Maryland, providing for a national system of old-age pensions, we believe that the great majority of Ameri cans are in hearty agreement with the fundamental ?piim iiilim involved. We know ofiuiiBcKT^ of some ef fective system of providing for those whom in old age, are unable to support themselves in decent comfort. We believe that the plan of building up, during an individual's working life, a fund to which the worker, the employer and perhaps the. State are contributors, which will provide an annuity for old age, is the sound est possible way of accomplishing this end. It removes completely any possible stigma of pauperism, which is inevitably attached to gratuitous grants of unearned benefits. As to what the amount of such pensions should be, and whether the compulsory retirement age should be 6u, 65 "or" 70 years, there is a great diversity of opinion. There is much to be said for the voluntary annuity system proposed for the '"self -employed," whereby the farmer, the doctor, the lawyer or anyone else who is not attached to a payroll, can place a small part of his or her income in trust with the Government, from year to year, to accumulate until the retiring age is reached, when an income for life may then be derived from the accumulated fund. We understand such a system has been employed in England for more than two hundred years. - To the hopeful elderly persons who have beetrltrok ing forward to immediate old-age pension checks from the Government, the bill as introduced offers little so lace. Provision is made for joint state and Federal re lief for those who are practically destitute, but the age at which this relief shall begin may be placed as high as 70 years. This does not bring much comfort to those in theif "Sixties who have been led to believe 'flier e was a chance of getting $200 a month right now. ' 1_ At any rate, the Wagner-Lewis bill is a start toward a goal at which the natiota, sooner or later, must arrive. DO SPIDERS SEEK YOUR DOOR? Whenever a merchant or a businessman queries the wisdom of newspaper advertising, I am reminded of the quaint story which is credited to Mark Twain. A sub scriber of the paper of which Mark Twain was editor wrote to inquire the significance of a spider, which he had discovered in the fold of hi? paper. "It means nei ther good luck nor bad," rermarked the humorist, in re ply to the subscriber's letter. "The spider was merely in the paper to see which merchant in the tftwn does not advertise, so that he might spin his web, unhindered across his doorway." While Mark Twain's remarks are probably merely a delightful fabrication, there are nevertheless at least eight sound business reasons why a progressive business man cannot afford to disregard newspaper advertising: 1. Newspaper-reading is a universal habit. News paper advertising, therefore, reaches each day virtually all who buy, giving them the merchants' news. 2. Newspaper advertising is the life blood of local trade, because it touches all consumer sources in every community. It gives the national advertisier the same opportunity- for complete consumer appeal in any locali ty, carrying news of what is new and gopd to everyone simultaneously. 3. Newspaper advertising cuts selling costs be cause it entails no waste in locality of circulation. This cuts costs to the consumer. 4. Newspaper advertising insures quick, thorough, and economical dealer distribution and dealer goodwill, -because retailers are willing to sell products advertised direct to their own consumers. This insures freshness, newness and the best form, to the consumer. 5. Newspaper advertising enables manufacturers to tell where their products may be bought. This elim inates time, trouble and waste of energy to the consumer. 6. Newspaper advertising can be started or stopped over night, can be prepared between days to meet certain developments and to obtain immediate results. This gives consumers the latest news of lote developments that may help them save money and are better served. 7. Newspaper advertising enables manufacturers to check advertising rosultfc and costs in every* Market they enter. This w an- important element , in keeping jgosts down and distribution at peak fogr manufacturers. ; - Newspaper advertisingcoatsles# money than any other kind, and brings results. Naturally, ,-ldwer prices anjl quick distribution results. . ? The merchant orothet business-man who is not tak ing advantage of the opportunities offered by newspaper advertising to boost hi/Lbosincss now, will atij^be facing Tea'djttstment problems when his competitors ate back on a normal business plane. And the consumers cannot be well served by the non-advertiser for the reasons set above. ? Timea-Becord, Spencer, W. Va. aiimJmitgaiKii* m ? u i? in imxijmMmmm tm SUHDAYKHOOl [ LESSON hyr lUv C harles E. Dunn Peter's . Restoration vx . . Lesson for February 3rd. John 21 : 11-9. Golden Text : John 21:17. Our lesson is found in the vr ?ast chapter of the fourth gospel, which scholars consider an appendix. The scene is the Sea of Galilee. -A large population at that time was en gaged in the catch ing and marketing jf fish, a business that proved to be profitable. The story opens with Peter's pro posal to six fellow disciples to go a fishing. We are then told that they toiled with the net through the ni^ht, but without sue cess. In the morn- ?"* u ing the risen Jesus stood on the beach J and talked with them. At first they did not recognize Him, but when, at His direction, they cast the net at th? right hand side of the boat, and sud denly found it full of fish, they at once knew it was their Master. Im mediately Peter, with characteristic abandon, drew on his shirt, fastened Ins girdle, and plunged into the water, the others following in the boat, drag ping after them the net now so heavy And now came the memorable con versation between Jesus and Peter with respect to the depth of the latter' j affection. Note that to him who had made a threefold denial, opportunity & now given f6r a three-fold confes sion. Peter was offended that the I.I aster should present the query, "Am I dear to you?", a third time. But ha. t';ad no reason to be thus grieved in | riew of his triple, traitorous denial. 1 Jesus here gave I14?-<Rak>yal apostle full opportunity to l>e restored to the fullness of His confidence. And nobly did Peter rise to the occasion. * With threat earnestness he cried, ''Master, you know everything, you can sec thai you are dear to mc." But notice how Jesus insisted that ! Peter's love issuf in practical action "Feet* my lambs" he three times de manded. Well He knew that mental Attitudes not resisting in deeds are unwholesome. Therefore He commis sioned Peter to be* a faithful pastor 01 shepherd of the frail lambs in His fold | To survive the worst business t| depression in fifty years is an! I achievement, and we'll talk about I it just as we talk about our opera- \ tiona. A TALKHDWN urmrsunmi' 1 Group of Men's Suits . . . $9.88 1 Group of Wool Suits, nice neat patterns, belt back, single and double breasted $12.65 Ladies' Coats, $19.50 Values Special $9.88 Ladies' Silk Dresses $1.49 and $1.98 Misses' Coats, Special . . . $3.97 Ladies' Dress Shoes, such as Ties, Pumps and Straps f $1.49 and $1.98 A nice lot of Children's Shoes and Oxfords, Special 98c Men's Dress Oxfords, black and tan, Special $1.89 Nice lot of Bed Spreads . . $1.47 Riverside Plaid, Special 12?c yd. Sheets, good quality, 81x99 98c and $1.25 Ladies' full fashioned* Hose, the newest shades, Special r. . . 47c THE QUALITY STORE NASH STREET LOUISBURG, N. C. IT IS THE TALK OF THE TOWN AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY TONKEIrS BIG JANUARY CLEAN-UP SALE Now in full swing and hundreds and hundreds of new items just arrived included in this Big SLASH PRICE SALE. It is most important for everyone to pay a visit and see for yourself the great bargains Louisburg's Biggest and Best Store is now offering* Yard Wide Sheeting Per Yard 5c Dress Prints, Yard 10c Table Oil Cloth, Yd. 19c Big Winston and N & W Overalls, Pr. $1.25 Ladies Slippers and Ox fords, all styles and quality, broken sizes one pr. of kind, Pair 75c Men's Work Shoes Pair $1.39 Ladies Fall Silk and Knitted Dresses, a few moreleft, each $1.00 ' Ladies Fall Coats, fur trimmed and plain, final close-out as low as $2.95 and up Great values in Men's and Young Men's Suits, One lot of Men's Suits, 1 and 2 of a lcind, $6.95 1 lot of Men's & Young Men's Suits, any kind you may want at this low price, $9.95 Men's $5.00 Raincoats, Now $2.95 Ladies Felt Hats up to $2.00 and $3.00r Your choice, Each 49c Headquarters for . Tobacco Oloth, > all widths, ready-made, positively lowert.fn price.
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