READ!!
ROGER BABSON'S
News Dispatches in this is
sue of the Franklin Times.
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CO-OPPERATE
If IiOuisburg's BuninefM tnUnato
would Co-operate with the Frank
Mil Timet* we would have ?
Rigger and Better Town.
VOLUMN i.XXII
Hnbm-ription $1.80 a Year
I.OUI8BURG, N. CAROLINA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1941
(Eight I'agex)
NUMBER S
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BEGINS WEDNESDAY. MAR. 5, AT LOUISBtlRG ARMORY
; * i ?
MASS MEETING
To Hear Electric Light
Situation Explained,
Suggested? Other Mat
tors Attended To By
Louisburg Chamber of
Commerce
BOard of- Directors ot the
Louisburg Chamber- of -Commerce
met Tuesday afternoon
-TSSm-t fUe Chamber
5 .2 Fls
? "srsu
proved the expenditure of ?' '-50
to be awarded by the 1 ay
luritv office hero in a 11*" dotUUL
flrstprlse and a two and oue-l al f
dollar second prize tor tk
uuU second be^ Uon,, ^ble
S^Cr"o^U the-K. H A had
assured the board that about 135
farm families in the county would
l>e competing tor the ?riite- fr
A letter from Dean 1. O. ttetau
of State College was r?4
to a proposal to establish ? P
duce market' in - tj?
Schaub's letter explained that the
\rmy usually bought
and produce Hues through - keen
eompeUtive bidding
i,6)d oui. II' tie hope fo. the - stab
llBhmeut of a market to ,. WW.
tin. proposal was di ussea
?a eu?lh and the Agr.rulture
'.ommluee will concenuaie .m ehe
?rt?UW UP ot a iead> oultr*
market with the produ.e market
r. ? receive attention later.
A motion was ui'ani.uouily
missed that the tow n twvd be re
Ta^ted to hold a public meeUng
in the court house o> ^on^ othe_
"available auditorium ^6vO?
rjASumliiUveti, oi ? _
-?er and' Light Co. and , up. cm La
lives of- Fairbanks, Morse Ca
could explain their proposals to
the citizen* of the town p . order
ro clear in the mind of the pun
He about the Louisl.um powet
situation which has catiMda
- arrrrr rtrai oi i-miriiirnnrTniioni w e
ottlxMus of the towu as to then
misunderstandings of the electric
^hTm^r of flood-lighting
the court house it was explain^
that the town had agreed to iur
* nish the electricity for ;-he P^Ject
and install the nece^a ry fixtures
urovided the county commission
!-r? arranged for the purchase of
the fixtures and bulbs. The n
ter Is now In the county comrais
-sioners bands. .
The board agreed lo foot the
\rmory rental bill for the Boun
ty-Wide Basket-ball Tournament
to be held in the Armory here
March 5-6-7. It was also agreed
to sponsor the use of the Armory
for a 411 Club meeting to'.eheld
after the short* course at Louis
burg College. .
As relative to the use of th
Armory the board was In agree
ment that no public organisation
would be turned away from meet
Inc in Louisburg because of Arm
?ry rental. The board will be
glad to consider sponsoring the
Armory use for meeting of Pub1^
groups of any kind providing o
rnurse that there is the approral
of the board ot directors before
hand. "
CRASH
Radio stated yesterday moo
ning thai an Eastern Air Use
, plane crashed about four miles
. North of Joaeeboro, near At
lanta, early that morning and
that the wreckage had bee*
found. A boat five of thp pas
sengers were Injured bat their
names were not available at the
time. Among the pawengers
was American Ace Bddle Rick
en barker, an official of the
t'nmpany, but was unhurt.
PROGRAM AT THE
LOUISBURG THEATRE
The following is the program
hi the Louisburg Theatre, begin
ning Saturda. March 1st:
Saturday ? Doable Feature ?
Tim Holt in "Along The Rio
Grande" and Eugene Pallette in
"Ride. Kelly Ride."
Sunday-Monday ? Mickey Roon
ey and Lewis Stone In "Andy
Hardy's Private Secretary."
Tuesday ? Anna Neagle and
Richard Carlson In "No, No,
Nanette." t ?
Wednesday ? "LI'l Abner" with
. Granville Owen and a cast of
favorites.
Thursday-Friday ? Jack Benny,
' Fred Allen. Mary Martin and
Rochester in "Love Thy Neigh
bor."
G.wSHOFt Wee.
Mr. R. \v Shoffner, Extension I
Farm Management SpecialistlVom
N. C. State College, will present i
jplctmres in natural color of (arm|
tours In North Carolina during ,
the Farm and Home Short Course
Program at Louisburg College
| Wednesday Mid Thursday. March
12th and 13th.
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Recorder's
Court
Mr. Jack Taylor ably represent- '
:ed the prosecution in the absence
-?4- Mr, ? John F, .-MatL'hews Tues
day in Recorders Court. The
Idocket, though small, was dhi
' posed of as follows:
(? Lewis K. Pop* plead guilty to .
| unlawful possession of whiskey
ami was giveii CO days on roads
suspended upon payment of costs.
lieu ben Barber, plead guilty to
j unlawful possession of whiskey,!
and was given 60 days on roads, j
suspended upon payment' of costs.
I Charles Alexander was found
: not gliilty of assault on female.
The following caso? were con
tinued:
Thomas B. Cooke, operating au- '
itoniobllo Intoxicated.
OUIe Hunt, possession of still
and material. J
W! P. Penderg rasT operating'
automobile intoxicated and public
drunkinness.
BEGIN WORK ON
NEW OAS STATION
Construction work was begun
Monday morning on t<be new
gasoline service station for the:
Shell Oil Co., on the old Shaw lot
opposite the Franklin Hotel.
Holt & Thompson, Contractors, of
Burlington, have the contruct
and the work is under the super
vision of Mr. O. G. Thompson.
The new station will be of stiucco ]
'?'instruction, of a cream color and
i rimmed with appropriate colors.
Tlio station when complete is ex
1 ccted to cost around $7,000.00.
The space in front and to the side
of the building is to be graded
and paved. It will be modern in
all respects.
The erection of this staMon at
this point will be quite an addi
tion to the town as 10 will elimi
nate one of the eye-sore spots of
I the town.
RIVERSIDE OARAGE
The above is the title of a new
I garage that opened in Loulsburg
| Monday with J. M. Sheppard as
i proprietor. Mr. Sheppard comes
to Loulsburg from Drewry. Read
his announcement In another col
umn.
READY TO STRIKS
Berlin, Feb. 26. ? The signa
tories of the Axis tripartite pact ?
Germany, Italy and Japan are
ready to strike back at any Ameri
can armed intervention in their
"labensraeume" (living spaces),
the financial paper Boersnxeltung
warned tonight.
Writing under the heading,
i "Japan, master In the Western
Pacific". Julius Krtiuss. in the
paper's leading editorial, said
"for Italy, Japan and Germany
this war is a question of life and
death which American politicians
think they can negate by ship
ments of money and munitions."
"The highly-praised American
democracy now ir supposed to be
come a personal Rotosevelfc raler
ship so perhaps tomorrow the
beaten English partner can be
supported by American armed
forces," the editorial said.
"The defense forces of the three
powers are prepared for this
j arbitrary attack and will throw
It back with an iron will and,
superior might. No American
power will be able to disturb the
natural law of the world, deve
lopments. in the iebensraeume' of
tihese peoples and the fulfillment
of their vital demands."
EUROPEAN
WAR NEWS
Cairo, Egypt, Fob. 26. ? The
British announced today the cap
ture of Mogadiscio, capital of Ital
ian Bomallland. and unofficially
claimed effective control of all Its
270,000 square miles, picturing it
us the first entire colony to be
knocked out of the Fascist em
pire.
Mogadiscio, a city of 55,000,
fell to British imperial troops
who had thrust forward 400
niiles from British Kenya and
other columns were declared to
have struck on 60 miles up the
Juba river to entrap the main
Italian forces between the cap
tured towns of Celib and Brava
t*llf | licit lucl nituH n f r*>
UI1U vtlt tuvli IflDX rvwU VI I ~
treat.
Italian prisoners already in
hund were put by "conservative
estimate" at 3,000.
Seizure of vast quantities of
guns and ammunition was an-;
itottHeed. j
British 'sources said the coun
try north of Mogadiscio waft, of
such little importance Miut the
possession of the capital itself ?
along with the substantial defeat
of all t-he active Fascist forces in i
the colony- .-meant possession of j
Somalilund.
London. Feb. 26. ? British
forces have captured and occupied
the fortified Italian island and
seiipluue ..Jiase of Castel Oritzo on
Turkey's southern coast it* was 1
announced officially tonight as
Britain moved quickly to rein- !
force lier alliance with Turkey. j
The seizure of tire tiny island, ;
easternmost point- of Italy's base^ !
In the Mediterranean, aroused^
speculation that Britain, with
Turkey's consent, might be pre- j
paring to seize all of the Italian
Dodecanese islands at Lhe gate- j
way to the strategic Dardanelles. ,
The occupation of the Italian
island base ? a stepping stone to]
Italy's Khodes stronghold only
80 miles to the west ? was re- 1
gardod as a preliminary move to
quick British -aid to Turkey if the I
latter enters the war against the I
Axis.
The taking of Lhe fortified iB- 1
land only three miles from Tur- 1
key's Anatolian coast south of i
Elinali and mMway between,
Khodes and the British base at'
Cyprus occurred yesterday, pre
sumably by British naval and land
forces, and Admiralty and War (
Office communique said.
Castel Orilto, long regarded as ?
an Italian "pistol" pointed at t<he !
rich Anatolian plains, was occupi
ed by Italy in 1912 and Turkey
never has abandoned her claim to
the tiny isle, which has a small
bay. but no naval facilities.
Ankara. Turkey,. Feb. 26.-? Brit
ish Foreign Secretary Anthony
Kdeti and General Sir John O.
Dill, chief of, Britain's imperial
general staff, met diplomats and ;
Turkish leaders here today In con- j
fereuceH which are expected to
determine the course of BrIMsb- 1
Turkish action In the Balkan
rcrlsls.
The Britons were welcomed tu
multously upon their arrival.
Persistent rumors In both Istan
bul and Ankara said Sir Stafford
Crlppa, British ambassador to
Soviet Russia, is flying to Turkey
to consult with Eden. Istanbul
airport officials said they expect
Sir Stafford to land there tomor
row, but BriUsh sources said they
had no knowledge of such a
flight.
It was understood in unofficial
quarters tbat one question to be
discussed by Eden and Turkish
officials Is the passage, of foreign
merchant ships ttirough tbe Dard
anelles to the Black Sea. Some
sources believed Britain Is re
questing that such vessels be al
lowed permission from Ankara.
In this connection, it was point
ed out that Germany now controls
the Rumanian Black Sea port of
Constanta, might soon control
Bulgarian ports and thus might
receive supplies for herself
through them. One Ankara source
said close regulation of traffic
through Tbe Dardanelles would
"benefit Turkey and her allies."
United States Ambassador J.
V. A. MacMurray and the Greek
minister to Ankara were among j
Eden's first callers.
COTTON BURNS ?
Poor bales of cotton belonging
to Mr. W. W. Holding, of Wake
Fores ti, and stored it> the Planters
Warehouse, were the base of the
Are on Tuesday night of last
week. Only one of the bales was
damaged and that only slightly as
the Are was discovered In time
for Mie Are department to put It
out before It got any headway.
Sixty-two Pnmklin County farm
famtliea bought 1,00V peach trees
this winter through a cooperative
order, reports E. P. Barnes, as
sistant) farm agent of the N. C.
State College Extension Service.
The I'ranklin County High 1
School Ba?k?ball Touruuuient )
will get undw wuy iti the Armory ,
in IjOulshurR on Wednesday, '
March "hIi. The tournament will ]
liust three days. The quints par- <
ticipating in this annual contest '
are: Gold Sand, kdward Best, ,
Epeoni, Franklin! on, Youngsville,
Bunn, and Louisburg.
Much county- wide enthusiasm
lux* been sliown by attendance at
all the Itamet this season. Coach
ex of these teams are really doing
.some line work; and the players
themselves are doing thgjr best,
as a whole, to manifest their
school spirit. Cooperation be
tween coaches and players is evi
dent; and sportsmanship is al
tt ays displayed when the losing
team proves that "it takes a
better team to lose than to win".
Your attendance is needed par
ticularly at this time.
The schedule of games to be
played Wednesday are as follows:
2:00 P. M. ? Girls.
Kpsom vs. Kranklinton.
8:00 P. M? Boys.
Gold Sand vs. Kdwnrd Best.
4 >00 P. M. ? Girls.
I.uuisburg vs. Bunn.
7 :00 P. M. ? Boys.
Kpsom vs. Kranklinton.
8:00 P. Girls.
Edward Best vs. Youngsville.
9:00 P. M. ? Boys.
Louisbunc vs. Bunn.
Youngsville boys and Gold
Sand girls drew a bye.
MILLS HIGH WINS
DOUBLE-HEADER
The basketball teams of Mill*
High School swept both ends of a
double-header program run off at
the Armory cour.. on Tuesday
night with Qolii Sand High
School.
In the girls game. Gold Sand
previously unbeaten in county
league play, bowed to the Mills
sextet, 23-31. Seleiua Joy nor,
with 16. paced Mie Mills oilense
and Margaret Person, 14' led the
losers.
The Interesting part of this
game was when with only about
two niinnlen u> pi . . y and ? Mills
High enjoying a one point lead,
began to freeze the ball, and did,
they freeze. It' reminded bas- 1
ket-ball fans of some of the close |
gatnos seen between college teams i
this season. With about 30 sec-,
.imdaiD Mills High mink an-,
other goal to make it safe, and
the gun Bred.
The boys half of the program
furnished a neck-and-neck thrill
er as Mills outpointed Gold Sand,
28-26. Mack Wrenn and Dayton
Hardwlck with 8 apiece led the
Mills attack while George Raynor,
14, and M. E. Watkins. 7. starred
for Gold Sand.
' In county league play the Mills
boys have won 7 out of 9 starts
and Gold Sand 'has racked up 5
wins out of 12 games.
kdwmUbkst takes two
OVUR KKANKlilNTON
Taking udvantage of every
break, the Edward Best basket
ball teams won a double-beader
here Feb. 25 from t>be Franklin
ton teams, tho girls winning by a
?core of 26-13, and the buys by
a score of 25-19.
Tbe battle was nip-and-tucV all '
the way, each team providing un-l
usual thrills. The spectators key-j
ed up by numerous displays of,
good ball playing kept their en
thusiasm throughout both games.
High scorer In the girl's game
for Edward Rest was Carson with
li) points, and Wester for Frank
linton with 6 points. Thome led
In the boy's game with 8 points
for Edward Best, and Perry for
Franklinton with 6 points.
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CHARGES?
Berlin. Feb. 81. ? D. N. B. Oer
man news agency, reported today
In a SoTIi dispatch that assault
charges had been made in the
Bulgarian capital gainst United
States Minister Oeorge H. Earle
as a result of last Saturday's cafe
bottle-throwing incident.
D. N. B. said Earle was accused
of "Inflicting light bodily
wounds." The agency added that
"numerous Bulgarian cltHzens ap
peared as witnesses."
(Earle said tlx; altercation
arose when a man he Identified
as a German objected when the
orchestra played "Tipperary" at
'Earle's request. The man was hit
by a bottle and Earle suffered a
cut on bis arm in warding off a
bottle).
Washington. Feb. 26 ? Officials
said today that Oeorge H. Earle,
United 8tates minister, cannot
legally be arrested or tried on the
assault charges reported to have
been fifed against him in Sofia.
They asserted that Earle has
diplomatic Immanity.
Tin State Department had re
ceived no report late today that
otaargfeg had been filed against* the
envoy.
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RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
WEEKLY LEGISLA
TIVE BULLETIN
Institute of Government
Chapel Hill, N. C. .
Legislative Offices :
Raleigh, N. C.
The biggest news of the eighth
legislative week was the introduc
tion of t<he long-expected liquor
referendum bill and the passage
of the revenue act. The liquor
bill calling for a statewide vote
next November 4 on the question
or prohiblMon, was Introduced In
the House by Representative Mc
Gowan of Pender County on Fri
day. together with a bill to res
trict the importation of liquor
and wine into the State. The
revenue measure; embodying a
group of amendments to the con
tinuing act,, wag given final
passage Thursday when the House
concurred in a batch of minor
Senute Amendments. The bionnial
budget appropriations measure is
expected to emerge from Commlt
w?e this week. The thirty-odd oth
er bills passed during the week,
most of them local In nature, in
cluded acts creating a Motor Ve
hicles Department and a Stal?
Marketing Authority.
t>flhe I7t> bills Introduced dur
Bl L?e week, the preponderance
'if public measures, ouce more.
' ''?'?"I 10 muds, commmr, edu
cation vmd agriculture, plus a
"""dlv sprinkling of municipal and
county legislation.
One hill affecting local units
would place every county aud
municipality whose governing
"Ody does not notify fee Itetire
tnent System's board of trustees
otherwise by January I. 1H4; un
der the statewide teachers' and
.Into employees retirement sys
tem. This would mean That mu
nicipal and county employees
would receive pensions; contribu
ting 4 % of their salary while the
town or county appropriates a
near corresponding amount. An
other bill would allow municipali
ses and ofher political suhdivis
'"n" the Fltate Itrrnake alipuil
zoulng regulations. Others would
permit coroners a fee of $10, inl
st^ad of JB, for holding inquest.;
not require the recordation of
i ights-of-way or easements by
telephone, electric or power cont
imnlea atld nmlfp ih? presence nf
telephone or power lines equiva
lent' to recordation: permit mar-j
I lage anywhere In the State under
a license Issued within the State,
'egardless of county of issuunce,
where the register of deeds has I
aflixed his official seal to the li
cense; authorize municipalities to 1
transfor the city treasurer's du- !
ties to the city clerk; permit the'
operation of School busses one
day prior to the opening of
school; and place local units is
suing bouds, other than counties,
clt-ies and towns, under the Local
Government Act.
The Agriculture bills include!
one to permit farmers to secure
special half-price license tags for
trucks used only In hauling their
produce and supplies, but not/ for
hire; and another to provide for
I ho warehousing of other agricul
tural commodities as well as cot
ton. A comprehensive measure
to regulate and supervise public
live stock markets and live stock
dealers, requiring a permit from
the Commissioner of Agriculture
upon meeting certain health stan
dards, was introduced, and a
greatly extended seed law emerg
ed from Comjnittee In the form
of 1 substitute bill. By another
bill the Commissioner of Agricul
ture Is authorized to establish and
supervise a County and District
Fair Division to classify fairs and
to contribute to premiums accord
ing to a set scale. A Senate mea
sure would remove the license or
privilege tax on buyers of scrap
or untied tobacco, while a House
measure would relieve the Depart
ment of Agriculture of supervis
ion of dog vaccinations.
The administration-sponsored
Highway and Public Works Com
mission revision 1)111 heads the
list of roads measures sent to
Committees during the week. The
bill would reduce the members'
terms from six to four year, es
tablish a statewide rafeer than
district system of representation,
and invest the commission chair- j
man with all Commission author- i
Ity when the latter is not in ses
sion. Two other Important meas
ures would (1) set up a *4,000.
000 fund for construcMon of sec
ondary roads throughout the
State, aud (2) require proof of
financial responsibility for car and
truck operators, on conviction of
motor vehicle law violation in
stead of upon failure to satisfy
Judgment. The recent Supreme
Court Decision declaring Invalid
parking meters because they were
without legislative authorisation
prompted a measure authorising
cities to pass ordinances to Im
pose parking fees.
A measure related to both
healfe And highway would have
(ConMnued on Page Eight)
Ov. Of 3)AfaeT
1 Wednesday afternoon. March!
lirth, will be dr? voted to a thor
ough discussion of production of
better seeds in Franklin County.
;Al*. T. Mow. Chairman of
Franklin County One Variety
Small Grain Community Program,
will preside at hhe meeting. Dr.
!\V. II. Durst, Marketing Specialist
of the Department of Agriculture
above, will present a motion pic
Lwirc and discussion during the af- j
ternoon on production and war- ?
k?'tiMK of leioedeaa seed- Dr. H. .
M. Suiter. Director of Kxperiment
Station in North Carolina will j
also appear on fhe afternoon pro
gram. Tills program is being pre
sented as ;i portion of the Farm
and Home Short Course planned
at Louisbuig College Wednesday
and Thursday. March 12th and
[rait' ? ? r~
CHAMBER OF COM
MERCE COMMITTEES
At a recent meeting the Loufs-!
burg Chamber of Commerce an-,
nonncrd the'following committees!
itur Mia ocating fo?ri I
Publlcltiy: W. F. Shelf on. Chair -
man. A. F. Johnson.
| Finance: T. K. Stockard, Chair- {
?nan. Cecil Sykes. Harry Ulick-j
[ man.
j Membership G. M. Beam.j
Chairman. George Selby. W liber
Uaynor, H. C. Taylor. Jr ' "
Public Affairs: R. W Smith
wick. Chairman. W. G. Lancas
ter, D. F. McKinne. M. C. Murphy.
Advertising: Beu Fox, Chair
man. Sam Mattox. D. F McKinne. ,
Public Service: K. C. Beck, I
Chairman, P. W. Elam. W. B. !
Tucker. , \
Koads: W. B. Barrow. Chair- j
man. W. C. Webb. W. G. 1-ancas- ,
ter.
Agriculture: W. B. Tucker, i
Chairman. J. P. Tiuiberlake. Jr..
F. H.Alleu. H. C. Taylor, Jr. !:
Legislative: W. L. Lumpkin.!
Chairman. G. M. Beam. i
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TRAINING CLASSES
As ;l part of the Natioual De
fense Program, the Federal Gov
ernment is sponsoring training
classes (or rural youth who are
out of school. The work Is under
the direction of the State Board
for Vocational EducaticRi-and the
classes are under the supervision
of the teachers of Vocational Agri
culture in the county schools.
A number of courses of a prac
tical nature are offered. Each
class is supposed to have a mini
mum of ten boys, and will run
through a period of eight weeks
with fifteen hours of instruction
per week. The Federal Govern
ment pays the Instructor and pro
vides a certain amount of money
for tools and Instructional ma
terial. In the Franklin County
schools we have the following
courses:
Bunn School: Mr. JoneB Can
nady Is teaching a class in auto
mobile mechanics. ? G. T. White
I* teaching a course in electrical |
work."
Epsom School: Roy Upchurch ,
of Henderson is teaching A course j
in electrical work.
Youngsville: Mr. W. P. Faulk- 1
ner is teaching a course in car
pentry.
There is a course in operation
in the Franklfnton school.
These courses are free and offer '
the young men an opportunity to !
acquire some valuable training.
NAVY RECRUITING
I
The FRANKLIN TIMES is re
quested to state that a Navy re
cruiting party will be at the Post
Office building In the following
ities as indicated below until
urt'her notice for the purpose of
procuring applicants for enlist
uent in the United States Navy:
Roanoke Rapids ? -First Satur
day In each month.
Durham ? Flrsti Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday in each
month.
Henderson ? First Thursday ?
and Friday in each month.
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DON'T GET
PANICKY
Babson Discusses
Real Values
(By KOGER W. BABSON)
Babson Park,
Florida. Feb. 28.
? It Is tTue that
tremendou s
changes have
taken place dur
ing the past doz
en years. City
real estate can
today be bought
for 20% of what
U sold for a. dot
en years ag-?.
Fifty leading
stocks, which "" '
sold at $285 Id BABSON
1929, can now
be bought (or $75. New York
Stock Exchange seats, for which
ba ii k? n ?? were then scrambling to
pay $ti00,000. can now be bought
(or around $25,000. Yets those
economists who then forecasted
such terrific declines were hooted
as old pessimists and undesirable
citizens. Strange to say, we are
being laughed at today for sug
gesting that a comeback is just as
possiblet
Uu the other side of the pic
ture you will find that- high-grade
bonds and commodities are sell
ing higher than they did a dozen
yeiirs ago. Ill fact, a Massaohu
setls city recently sold $20lh000
Notes of five-month maturity! at
0.03 '/< ? This is at the rate of
12. ?'enln? Or lilt: cost uf.i pack
agi' of ci>taieU?8 ? for the use of
$1000 for live months. A dozen
yen ro--ago Hi Is would have cost
?found twt*t,ty dollars instead of
1 2 Vi cents.
You 1'u.v One-Tliird of Your
Salary In 'laxes
Hul you say these changes af
fect mi ly well-to-do people. All
light, what about taxes? The
two hundred largest corporations
in t lily country iiuKf Ikhi yogrcgTT-?
slderably over $2.0110.000,000 In
taxes. These companies had
about .t,5O0.U00 employees. This
means a $600 !>ax (or each man
and woman employed. Income
taxes have not only doubled, but
the number of people required in
pay them have greatly Increased.
All of this is In addition to big
increases in real estate taxes and
taxes upon everything we buy.
Nearly all the readers of this col
umn are today paying out In tax
es. directly and indirectly, three
dollars out* of every ten dollars
they earn.
Those who forecasted these
great tax increases were howled
down a dozen years ago. Yet, Is
it any more unreasonable to be
lieve that luxes will be much less
a dozen yeurs hence? So long as
the world continues to revolve
around the nun. and so long as
pendulums continue to swing,
then prices, interest* rates, real
estate values, and taxes will con
tinue to go up, and then down!
It is as foolish today to think that
things are going to continue to
grow worse as it was in 1928 to
think thao conditions would con
tinue to grow better.
Don't lie Hooked By Craades
We hear a lot today about bhe
possibilities of synthetics; ? this
means the manufacture of every
thing artificially, from children to
coffins. College professors tell
us that our potatoes will be grown
by electricity, that cotton will be
pulled out of the air, and, instead
of bothering to cook food, we will
swallow a pill three Mmes a day
with a glass of water. Perhaps
we will!
Statistics show that with all the
college professors, medical ex
perts, and dieticians, we are lucky
today if we live to the "three
s<;ore years and ten" which we
read about in the Scriptures of
three thousand years ago. My
guess Is tihat the next tread will
be toward old-fashioned corn
bread and molasses, and that we
will hear less about vitamins A,
B, C, D, E, F, Q, and so on ad
infinitum. We think candles and
kerosene have "gone," but statls
Wcs show that more of both of
thesn are being sold today than
ever before.
Educational Chanjtes Art' Ahead
Let's look at the educational
record: When I was a boy In
Gloucester, I attended a two-room
school house with a stove at one
end and an outhouse in the back
yard. But we did learn how to
spell, to add, and to work. More
over, hi those days our parents
were more interested to have us
get training than diplomas. In
fact, I did not* even get a diploma
when finishing my coarse In High
School. Today, oar chlldrea get
their so-called education la pal
aces with the latest heating, ven
tilation, and lighting equipment,
to say aothiag of the extravagant
toilet faclltliea. 1
Mr. W, J. Cameron, of the Ford
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