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CAROLINA PAYS HUGE SUM INTO U. S. TREASURY North Carolina is one of Uncle Sam’s biggest assets as a revenue pro ducer. During the 12 months which ended with June 30, 1930, it paid in to the United States treasury the sum of $275,000,000 and stands second to New York which calls itself the Em pire state. The "magician” who collects this vast sum is Gilliam Grissom, and he smilingly says that the federal rev enue is collected from two "em pires,” North Carolina and New York, and 46 smaller states, said Col. Fred Olds of Raleigh in discussing the question. The story of the rise of this state into such prominence as a national asset is worth the telling. He took the position of revenue collector for North Carolina October 24, 1921, succeeding Josiah W. Bailey. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1922, Bailey’s part of the collectons for the one-third of a year and Grissom’s for the remaining two-thirds totaled $12 3,000,000, and this state ranked as eighth in the nation. For the fiscal year ended June 30. 1923, the total was $141,000,000. In 1922, collections $123,000,000 ranking eighth. In 1923, collections $141,000,000. ranking seventh. In 1924, collections $158,000,000, ranking sixth. In 1925, collections $167,000,000, ranking fifth. In 1926, collections$193,000,000. ranking fifth. In 1927, collections $206,000,000 ranking fourth. In 1928, collections $255,000,000, ranking second. In .1930, collections $275,000,000, ranking second. Thus in eight years time North Carolina has climbed from the eight place to the second. Something else has happened. Just before Collector Grissom came the collections cost 24 cents on a $100 but since the cost has been reduced to only six cents on the $100. But the average cost of collections in the C5 revenue districts in the United Stat-.s is $1.20 on the $100. In this stat^ such a large proportion of these re venue taxes is in "stamp taxes” on tobacco, which are easily and cheaply collected. So the cost here, six cents on a $100 is only a 20th of the ave rage in the other districts in the United States. "Remember The Good Old Days When—” You poured your bottle of mo lasses in your dinner pail of cold grits, sweet potatoes and bacon and made it all taste like deserts? You put rubber on the school house stove just to make the room smell good? You got a thrill from holding to the back of the buggy and taking great strides to keep up when the horse trotted? You thought the May Day picnic the greatest event of the year because you could help swing your best and show how strong you were? And could see your dad and the other older men run races with their feet in sacks or holding an egg in a spoon? A quatrain we all should remem ber? the six best doctors anywnere And no one can deny ic, Are Sunshine, Water and Air And Exercise and Diet.” Colored globes in drug store win dows and the lamp lighted mortar and pestle out on the walk were ob jects of mystery and charm? Drug stores advertised "fine whiskies and wines for medical purpose only?” Boots and bottoms of trousers stuck in ,them and filled with snow—and getting them off with a chair or boot jack and getting them on by stomp ing them around the room? Trousers made of jeans, and how stiff a new pair were? Mother tied a string around a loose tooth and the other end to a flat iron and then dropped it to the floor? Mother soaked a bit of brown paper from the butcher’s in vinegar, sprinkl ed it with black pepper and applied it to the cheek for an aching tooth? -< , Your beau brought you a poke of striped stick candy for your treat? When you had to hjeat mutton tallow to rub in your copper-toed boots? When the kids had to wait on din ner until company had theirs first? When your mother on her hands and knees scrubbed the old wooden floors with sand? When dad gave you a bright red apple as pay for the most paper lamp lighters you made? When sister did-her hair up in spit curls?—Weston’s Record. PRECOCIOUS "And has your baby learned to talk yet?” "My yes! We’re teaching him to No moon, no stars; no dawn;- Noth-ing to Reproduced by permission of the copyright owners. HE two boys who wrote "Now That You’re Gone” can always be depended on for a good song. Gus Kahn, who writes the lyrics and Ted Fiorito who is responsible for the music, have countless hits to their credit, and everyone on Tin Pan Al ley considers them one of the most consistent song writing teams in the business. “Now That You’re Gone” is one of the best they have ever turned out, in my estimation, and I get a real kick out of singing it on my Cremo programs. It’s one of those slow, emotional numbers we call "torch” songs and its melody is well above the average. The lyric too is unusually strong, picturesque and co herent These boys have undoubtedly set out to write a song that would stand out. I don’t think there’s any question but that they have succeeded with a bang. In a song of this sort the matter of tempo is quite important if the one singing or playing it wants to get the most out of it. I find that it must be taken slowly, so that its melo dy, which keeps climbing up the scale to a climax, will not be fumbled and its rhythm spoiled. But any way—fast or slow—it’s cer tainly my "Song of the Week.” Reviewed by Prosperity Seen Through Short Day New York—The shorter work day as justice for the workers and an eco nomically sound method of promot ing prosperity was advocated by Mary Anderson, director of the Woman’s Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor, in an address before the Ameri can Woman’s Association here. Miss Anderson said that according to the 193 0 U. S. Census of Unem ployment, 43,000 women in the pro fessional and semi-professional clasi fications were out of work and that from 4 to 10 per cent of the working women in various industries were in the army of the jobless. "The shorter workday,” Miss And erson declared, "means more employ men for everybody, more regular work for those employed, increased time for the worker to make use of many products that can be consumed only in leisure hours, increased op portunity for training and research. increased demand for the services of all types of workers, including those trained in the various professions. “Unemployed workers in the coun- j try furnish the greatest potential i market for American goods in the i world. If they could afford to buy j what they need in order to maintain j an American standard of living, the j danger of industrial depressions would ] vanish,” j Miss Anderson took a well-merit- j ed crack at the wage cut ignoramuses j who say that wages should be reduced j because of an alleged reduction in the j cost of living. "Wages,” she said, “have been re duced more than the cost of living in j the past two years, according to fig- 5 ures brought together from various j Government sources and recently made public. Since 1929, while cost of living has declined 12 per cent, the income of factory workers (not in cluding salaried employes) has gone down 37 per cent.” Do Your Chrisfmas Shopping NOW! L A UP FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY At Prices That Wilt Suit Your Purse! A FEW OF OUR MANY SPECIALS Genuine Diamond 14K Solid Gold Mtg. Special j $8.95 1 Delta Pendant Set Genuine Cut Crystal $5.45 wp HANDSOME CIGARETTE LIGHTER AND CASE _ ELGIN WATCH $35 Reduced $2250 Also a fine line of Allendorf Gotham Watches. 123 YEARS OF SATISFACTION Salisbury Pawn Shop 124 N. MAIN ST. OPEN EVENINGS | A Full Carload of Tires I 1 We have just received a huge shipment of Tires bought at Job Lot Price* | and we are going to inaugurate the greatest 1 Tire Price Reduction Sale Ever Pulled Off in Salisbury I Mail Order Houses and other big corporations all look alike to us. They I are small potatoes and few in the hill when it comes to Price Cutting on | Tires. We bought these Tires right and our customers are going to reap | the benefit, and we don’t mean maybe/ j | Just Look | AT THESE PRICES: I 30x3 54 O. S. _ _$3.50 1 TUBE _ 85c | 29x4.40 _ $3.85 ! I TUBE _ 90c l 30x4.JO _$4.25 1 28x4.73 —.J. $5.75 1 29x4.75 ... $6.25 I 30x5,0_$6.48 | 31x5.00 _ $7.00 1 31x5.25 . $7.00 WHY NOT GIVE A COOPER TIRE FOR A CHRISTMAS | PRESENT? | IT WILL BE f REMEMBERED j EVERY DAY IN j THE YEAR | i A Full bupply ot Heavy Duty Truck Tires Priced Right f I OTHER SIZES PRICED IN PROPORTION. o We have a size and a price to suit you. Drive in and let us fix you up! i Then you can quit worrying about tire trouble. js \ Our Positive Guarantee Against Defects and All Road Hazzards Puts ic \ You On [the Safe Side. Let Us Do All the Worrying! j SALISBURY Service Station DISTRIBUTORS FOR COOPER TIRES x Corner Kerr and Main Streets x | Phone 9126 G. E. RUSHER, Owner Salisbury, N. C. GAS - OIL - GREASING - POLISHING - TIRES - TUBES | LAST CHANCE TO BUY FURNITURE ] j At Wholesale Prices—Saturday and Monday | | Just Two More Days Before We Move To Our New Store | f Now is your opportunity to buy Valuable Christmas Presents at a Real p I Saving . . Not shopworn furniture . . All New . . But we had rather sell | s than move it! P i--'—r———————- § | KITCHEN CABINETS Fully Equipped | $23.50 "p 3- Piece Velour Living Room Suit $39.00 value. $35.00 3 -Piece Mohair Suit $69.00 value. $45.00 Odd Vanities $30.00 values. $12.50 Metal Smokers $1.25 :<s Overstuffed ® Chair and H Stool $30 value $15.00 | PULL-UP | CHAIRS 1 $g.00up | GENUINE SIMMONS IRON BEDS | IN COLORS £ $5.00 up ^ Mattresses_*__$ 3.0 0 up 1 Springs-$3.00 up | SECRETARIES | Walnut or Mahogany j j;t Values up to $5S.OO. ;i $21.50 “$34.50 I t — i ft | We Have a Lot Of Slightly Used Furniture at | REAL CLOSE-OUT PRICES! b: - | Salisbury Cut-Rate Furniture Co. | E. Innes St. Phone 1099 jCt j | We Deliver Free In Surrounding Territory -
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