Washington. December 21.? Since
11 day or two after Thanksgiving
newly-elected Senators and mem
)'<*!' s of the House of Representa
tives have been flocking into Wash
ington to make thieir arrangements
for the session which begins on
Jrauary third. They have occupied
themselves with arranging for liv
ing quarters for. themselves and
their families, if any, and putting
In their applications for particular
ottices they desire, which are about
to be vacated by members who were
not re-elected.
To most of these newcomers the
?'ilmosphere of Washington is njit
t ntirely unfamiliar, but for many
it is the first experience of being
<??11 the inside looking out instead of
on the outside looking in.
) Naturally, they have been mak
ing inquiries an to what there is
in their new jobs, besides the glory
<>t being in Congress and the task
?i taking a hand in shaping the
Nation's laws. What they have
learned about the money value of
their jobs has frankly surprised
some of them. Few persons outside
of Congress realize what a .com
lortabie position, financially, Sena
tors and Representatives occupy.
There is the salary, to start with;
SI 0.000 a year for each member of
each House.
20 ('Puts For Mileage
Then there is the mileage. Every
Senator and Representative is en
tllled t<i draw 20 cents a mile tor
? iie distance from his home to
- Washington, when the session be
gins. and back home agaii^ when
the session ends.
For a member from Maryland or
Virginia, who can set to Washing
ton in an hour or two, the mileage
is not a big item; but a member
from California gents around $1,300
each session, while his railroad
l. re. including a Pullman lower
b< rth. runs to less than $300. nuik
ii.p a thousand dollars clear profit.
He draws hiR mileage whether he
;:.ies home between sessions or |iot.
Then comes the item of clerk
hite. Each Senator is allowed to
hire four clerks and Uncle Sam al
lojvs him $10,320 a year for that
he may not call on the Government
?i pay his secretary or any other
cierk more than J3.H00 a year ? $7!?
a week. Of course, he can pay as
much more as he wants to out of
his own pocket, and there are in
f'tances of wealthy Senators who
turn over their own salaries to
? u^iieir secretaries. Must of them are
viu<>re thrifty, however.
ThPi*/* iu n n I'pctrictinn iir?nn
whom a Sennt<Vi' or Representative
i..av employ, so many of them put
their wives on the payroll as their
swretaries and sometimes their
? his or daughters as clerks, thus
keeping the money in the family.
Vice-President Garner's official
s ecretary for many years has been
Mrs. Garner, and it is only fair to
-r.y that in the opinim of those
who know she does a magnificent
V.i) of managing the work of the
Vice-President's office, as she did
when he was a! Representative in
the lower House.
Members of the House of Repre
ft.i tatives get only a $5,000 annual
rPowance for clerk hire, with the
wme limitation of $3,900 as the top
salary officially paid to a secretary.
Postage Is Free
Then there is free postal-'. Sena
(f.rs.-.jnd RepirenUntitivSs have the
.<? frunkirig privilege." They can send
letters or any other sort of mail
matter anywhere without using
!? tamps.
Another source of revenue for the
thrifty Senator or Representative is
the stationery. allowance of $125 a
year. A member can use up his al
lowance in carbon paper, rubber
bands, erasers and typewriter rib
bons. if he wants to ; or he need not
ime any stationery at all. in which
case he can draw the full allowance
in cash.
Then each member has his own
suite of private offices in the hand
some marble buildings adjacent to
the capital. The offices are all large
i-nd expensively furnished in solid
mahogany and leather. Represent
atives who are qot chairmen of
committees have to put up with two
rooms; Senators get three office
rooms and a waiting room. There
are private lavat?rieg and baths
attached to each of those suites, and
a constant supply of clean towels
and soap.
A thrifty Representative or Sen
ator really does not need to pay
icom-rent if he is unmarried; he
tiUUL Hz EE OF LI IE
FOR NEW YORK FAIR
j NEW YORK ? This 60-foot statue was earved from an dm i;i I'ouih
i Thidn-or, Conn., by l^awrence Tfnm,? Steven^ to repre.-ent the Tree of
| f.ife. As the largt'ii wooden slatue in the world, it will In- *ern with two
j : mailer statues next spring in Bowling Green I'la/.a nrar the Contem
? - orarv Arts Bniiding ai the New York World's iV.ir 1939. Slit! wv
?nifhe^. it i* a jnwa for .New England sightseer*. llenUan julomrs
j ; anird the ehii it* 17X1.
ci' n set up a comfortable daybed!
in his inner office and do all his
s-eeping there. The late Senator
Pi rk Trammell of Florida lived in!
his office for several years and
made 110 bones about it.
Senators- get other free services!
which not all Representatives!
share. There is the Senate Garage j
1 for instance, underground at the!
lop of Capitol Hill. It has uniform-j
od attendants, comfortable loung-i
inf. quarters for Senatorial chauf
feurs. and space for housing 361
tars. As there are only 96 Senators,
this leaves 265 stalls which are al
lotted to Representatives who are
considered to have special privi-j
leges.
S \> i 111 in i ii tr Pool For Senators
In the basement of the Senate
I office building are the swimming
fool and Turkish baths. They give
itie? service to Senators.
The Senate and House barber
shops provide free service, includ
ing manicures, for members. Forj
the members of -each house there is j
i> private dining room in the Capitol j
building, where all labor costs and|
expenses outside of the actual cost
of food are paid by the public.
When a Senator or Representa^
live dies the Government gives him
a free funeral, usually including!
the expenses of a committee *0 es-i
cort the body to its final resting
place back home. Some such Con
gressional funerals have cost the I
taxpayers as much as $9. 0(ld. Nori
does the death of a member leave
his family entirely destitute, for the
widow is given a full year's salary'
i-i cash.
There are many minor perquisites
vhich make the job of a Senator or.
Representative both pleasant and]
profitable, as the newcomers now
in Washlngtbn>are beginning to find :
out.
SWEET POTATOES
Martin County farmers are sell
j ing about two solid cars of sweet
i potatoes a day since the market
opened last week. They report
'having 125,000 bushels of the
L cured sweets and say the quality
1 is much above the average.
INCOME
The Bureau of Agricultural
Economics has estimated that
cash income to farmers for 1938
would total approximately $7,
625,000,000, a decrease of about
11 per cent from the $8,600,000,
j 000 in 1937.
FROM INGLESIDE
John Knox Beasley suffered a;
painful ankle sprain injury in '
football practice last Thursday !
that put him on crutches. Knox i
regrets the prospect of having to ;
forego his school duties, as much j
as he does the accident', his friends j
say.
There is hardly any question
but that gambling rackets of any i
character are highly deleterious '
to the moral health of any com
munity ? especially among the
youth.
In reporting fine hogs Ingleside
community is here with the goods:
John Pinch, one. 475; Henry P.
Finch, two. 560 and 612; Tom
Connell Wilson, six. 830, 354,
360, 374, 382. 390. Mr. Wilson]
has several more in the same |
class to follow at the next killing, j
"Two-thirds of all the deaths
from tuberculosis occur before the i
age of 45.
One out of every four deaths oc
curring among girls and young
women between the ages of 15 and
30 is caused by that malady.
The annual death toll from tu
berculosis in the United States I
would be 250,000 if the death rate
of the early 1900's still prevailed.
Under present mortality condi. '
tions the annual death toll is
about 70,000." I
There would be no need for J.
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang 0nx
No matter how many medicines *
you have tried for your common
cough, chest cold, or bronchial irri-'i
tatlon, you may get relief now with
Creomulsion. Serious trouble may
be brewing and you cannot afford
to take a chance with any remedy
less potent than Creomulsion. which
goes right to the seat of the trouble
and aids nature to soothe and heal
the Inflamed mucous membranes
and to loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm.
Even if other remedies have failed,
dont be discouraged, try Creomul
slon. Your druggist is authorized to
refund your money if you are not
thoroughly satisfied with the bene
fits obtained. Creomulsion is one
word, ask for it plainly, see that the
name on the bottle is Creomulsion,
and youll get the genuine product
and the relief you want. (Adv.)
; B. Hunt and R. Clyde Edwards to
worry over crop control or any
thing else if they should decide to
devote their talenis to building
and repairing houses. It seem* to
he a hobby of Mr Hunt, tyi con
vert a large oive-rouni striicture
into a comfortable residence of
many rooms. Removing all parti
( lions, counters and shelves from
his vacant store house, 22x40 feet,
they built six good rooms for liv_
ing quarters, also adding eight
new windows. A credit to any
i workmen, Messrs. Hunt and Ed
wards might attach their sign to
this and other1 similar jobs, but us
both are good farmers, they will
probably stay with the soil
The house which was completed
last week, is occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. D. Ij. Ayscue.
George H. Finch, who operated
a service station here the past 20
months, has moved with his fam
ily about six miles southwest of
I.ouisbuig. Many friends regret
their leaving.
Active vigilance against the
long and continued series of rob
beries in this and* nearby commu
nities. on the part of officers, vie.
tiins of the thefts and others, has
utterly failed of results. The rob
beries consist for the most part of
chickens, meat, cotton, tobacco,
corn, trailers and even rabbit box
es. The trailers, il is presumed, j
were used to convey the tobacco
to market. John Jones was the (
last mau to lose a trailer, which
has not been located. They are us
ually abandoned after transport- 1
ing the loot to the desired desti.
nation, and are practically of 110
use when discovered in some wood i
ed roadside. Chickens tigur.e in 2 1
of the more recent reports of min
or thievery. But this latest big,
haul which for obvious reasons
i was lield from the press, appears
I to climax many former reports of
that nefariously unsavory na
! ture. Three weeks ago J. F. Munn
; lost between seveu an(l~>i?ht hun
; di ed pounds of his best ij>bacro
| taken by thieves from his pit at
| a late hour of the night. ThX^o
| bacco was estimated at a value of ;
| $175 or more. No clues were
found by those investigating the
robbery.
Observation by the late fs. frank
lin: To, get a person interested ili|<
? i'U. let him do 'you a favor. 1 i
VtKKP ( VI'TLK 2
\V. P. Rose <>i (ioMsboro says *
the CO feeder steers to which he
is giving a ration of home-grown
feeds are gaining ?? t tl ?? rate of
one pound pur anin\i1 each day.
James Bryan, also of (loldsboro.
has purchased .13 pure bred Here
ford heifers and two bulls with
the idea of starting a beet cattle
herd on his farm.
For that matter, wouldn't it be a
wonderful experience to be fright
ened half to death by an industrial
?'nd bu$ine,ss boom?
HOW DO you GET
SO MUCH WORK DONE ?
My NERVES WOULD BE
A WRECK
EVER SO OFTEN, I
'*( LETUP
LIGHT UP
A CAMEL
$**** CAMELS COSTLIER TOBACCOS
7^ ARE SOOTHING TO THE NERVES ;
r
SAVE AT TAYLOR'S1
;
TO YS - All Kinds
TRICYCLES . $1.25
WAGONS .... $1.00
BICYCLES . $29.50
DOLL $1 .29
CARRIAGES . *
Try Our
"LAY AWAY PLAN"
A SMALL DOWN PAYMENT ON
ANY GIFT ? WE WILL HOLD
SAME UNTIL XMAS.
FOOT BALLS 4. . $1.00 Up
AIR RIFLES. SI. 25 '
POCKET Knives 25c
22' RIFLES $5.00
BASE jBALLS . 25c
USEFUL GIFTS Sjf?
32 Piece
DINNER SETS
$2.75
ELECTRIC IRONS
$1.89
PYREX EAc
CASSEROLE .
HUNTING COATS $3.49
SHOT GUNS S7.50
FISHING ROD & REEL ... $2.75
Enamel Roaster . $1.39
Knives & Forks . $1.25
Electric Toaster . $1.98
Electric Hot Plate. 89c
1
3 Pc. LIVING S7A.50
?ROOM SUITES . . .
3 Pc. BED $1C.OO
ROOM SUITES ... W
KITCHEN $^1 .95
CABINETS
GIVE FURNITURE ?
Gifts Everlasting
9x12 Linolieum Rugs . . $4.49
Fitted Cases i
GLADSTONE BAGS. $6.50 g
ALADDIN LAMPS . . $4,951
ELECTRIC LAMPS. $1.00 "
COOKING RANGES $21.95
Hf T A VI OD HARDWARE AND
. L. I ft I LUK furniture
THE HOUSE OF HAZARDS ,
H
,'60SH- THE POOR 30V IS
TAKING MY THREAT AWFUliy '
SERIOUSLY... I MAD NO IDEA
ME WAS SO FRIGHTENED
I OF HIS D^D, ?r
Br MAO ARTHUR
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15c and 3Qc
Matinees: 3:30 Daily
10c and 25c
Saturdays Continuous: 2 - 11
10c and 25c until 6 o'clock
A. Merry Christmas
To All
LAST TIMES TODAY
FRIDAY, DEC. 28r?l
SOUTHERN PREMIERE
Donald (Small Fry) O'coanor
Robert Kent - June Travis
"TOM SAWYER,
DETECTIVE"
Rased oj> Mark Twain's faru
ius character.
Also Latest March of Time.
iATl'RDAV, DEC. 24th <
Double Feature Day
.1 MFSgiTTFERS
"Overland Stage
Raiders"
and
(iLEXDA FARRKM,
"Torchy Blane
In Panama"
Also Chapter No. .11
??DICK TRACV Kl-JTIRNS"
Gala Xmas Eve
Mid-Nite Show
l)oors Open at 11:45
A l/I i SKATS ? StK
Hob Hope - Shirley Rows
"Thanks For The
Memory"
With
Olio kinger, ('lias. Butterworth,
"Honey Chile" Wilder
Hear the New Song Hit
"TWO SIJCKPY PEOPLE"
XMAS DAV & MO\l?AV, DEC. 2? ,
James Cagney - I 'at O'Brien
Humphrey ltogart-l>ead End Kid*
Ann Sheridan - (ieo. Bancroft
"ANGELS" WITH
DIRTY FACES"
?I Stai*s 1 liberty Magazine
Recommended without reserva
tions as smash entertainment and
one of the year's outstanding pic_
tures. Come early for best seats.
Sunday Shows at :i:ttOjand 0:00
Moil. Shows - 7:<M> nad 9:(X)
TUESDAY, DEC. 27th
Henry Armetta - Thomas Ik^ck
?loan \'alci'ir - Henry Arthur
"Road Dmon"
With
"liajangles" (till liobinson Him
self, A new Sports Adventure
Seabee Hayworth
IS BACK FOR THE THIRD
TIKSDAY WITH A COMPLKTR
NEW SHOW.
WEDNESDAY. DEC. 38th
Boris KarlofT - Evelyn Brent
Grant Withers
"Mr7 Wong,
Detective"
Liberty Magazine gives this pic
ture 3 Stars as good entertain
ment.
THURS.-FRIDAVf? -DEC. 20-30tli
WISE RAINER
Panlette Goddard (Mrs. Charlie
lin), Alan Marshall, Henry Steph
enson, l?ana Turner
"Dramatic School"
Also News of the Day and I
Novelty Short
COMING NEW YEAR'S EVE
MIDNIGHT
Joe E. Brown In "Flirting WiUx
Fate" with I*o Carillo.
Free Theatre Tickets !
COMING SOON
Dirk Powell, Anita Louise,
l.ouls "Satrhelmoutti" Armstrong,
Mixine Sallavan in "(iolim Place*"
"Out West With the Hardy'*.**
"Dawn Patrol."
"Sweethearts."
"Kentucky." 7
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANT
TlME? IS THEATBB
ECON<*MY CARDS
Kt30 in Admission* for