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siisiciapmN jtA.W: state' $2.00 per .Year at Hm poet office at Nortli 'WiUws- O^tu aecoad elasa auttar luiRr Act 4. 1878. H: :^flUBSDAY, MARCH 19, 1986 A CSbkaga ]Hychologist 'wbo saya tltat from Se' to SO pur cent of oar executives are crasy alieaien*t take the onaupported word of the of* ' J^or Aoy.—Adanta Constitation. Forest Fires Regardless of whether or not Wilkes people have profited to any great ex tent from sale of lumber and timber products during the past few years, the forests make up one of our most valu able resources. The report recently released by the department of conservation and devel opment through the county game war den indicates that the loss by forest fire last year was comparatively small. This denotes two things—that people have been more careful in not allowing fires to get out and that the fire warden and his helpers have done good work in ex tinguishing the fires which did get started. In the matter of forest fires, preven tion is the most important phase to be discussed. In 16 northwestern counties? which comprise this district, there were 179 fires last year. It is interesting to study the causes of fires. The greatest num ber, according to the report, starting from any single cause were fires that people deliberately set out, 36 per cent being of the incendiary type. Hunters and campers were charged with start ing 21 per cent and carelesQ^ sn^dlEe]^* “ ttggriTmly other im- poiAUit cause wasH^sh burning with 12 per cent This indicates that many who burned brush failed to take the proper precautions. Practically all of the forest fires could be prevented if people were public spirited enough to consider the welfare of their country and had the proper re gard for the property of others. We sincerely hope that some of those who have deliberately set forest fires will be given punishment due them in the courts. Civic Pride It will soon be the season for “clean up week” and these occasions are com mendable from every standpoint, but this is to call attention to practices and conditions that make “clean-up week” so essential and necessary. In a city where many people live close together, even in a small city like North Wilkesboro, rubbish and garbage are not only unsightly but out of place. The public spirited person, man, wom an, boy or girl, who has anything like self-respect and cares anything for the city in vwhich he lives or calls his home town, will not follow the practice of dumping trash and rubbish on the streets or on vacant lots. If you have something to throw away you will find a trash can somewhere nearby where you can deposit it and the garbage collector will haul it off. It takes onl}’ a little effort to walk a few steps and you may not know how much you can help the looks of the town by doing your individual part to keep it clean. And just because a lot is vacant is no reason why it should be used as a trash dump. One of the most unsightly ap pearances is a littered vacant lot used as a dumping place for trash and rub bish. Some people may wonder why we would consume space to discuss a sub ject of this kind but have you ever stop ped to think that you as an individual and your C(«imuni1y is at all times mak ing some kind of an impression, good or And, on some one's mind. Hie person on:-whom the impresdon is made may jnean nothing in your life and on the other hand it may he. someone who : to ,dn iTTst thfnp jfirir nr !^nn4^Nrtook on its ^a^i^hiTanted atthcfc bn a weak a^'d alfifbi^defenSeless nation. Then we heai^^pBt^ of war In the Far East between' /apah and Russia. In the meantime, however, Germany dis closed the fact that it was rei^iiig! and preparing for another war—a of "defense,” of course, though nobody seemed to be threatening Germany. Russia disclosed that it ^s the largest trained and equipped army in the world, and a reserve of 17 million men. Stalin, the Russian dictator, denied that Russia had any hostile intentions toward Japan, but spoke of the menace to world peace that lay in Germany’s bel ligerent attitude. France has been strengthening her armies and the fortifications along the German and Italian borders. Britain, following Prime Minister Baldwin’s dec laration that the British frontier is no longer the North Sea but the Rhine, an nounced the other day a program of aerial and naval reamament to be com pleted in three years. Germany’s ans wer to that was to move its army across the Rhine, occupying territory which, under the Versailles treaty and the later pact of Locarno, it was obliged to keep demilitarized. But Hitler declared those treaties had been rendered void by the new treaty between France and Russia. All of those things are fighting ges tures. They may lead to war, or they may result only in a readjustment of European relations and a possible eas ing of the warlike tension. Nobody knows. All that is certain is that the world is in a state where a single false move may start a greater war than has ever been seen. Such a war would al most certainly destroy civilization as we understand it. ^ L. W. Lunsford Col. L. W. Lunsford, who died at his home in Somers township Friday, was truly r we^litoown man in Wilkes coun ty. Since‘rae'tfiyn of his early youth he had taken an active part in political and civic affairs that brought him in contact with many people of his county and those who learned his true charac ter found that they respected- his integ rity and sincerity. Those who were privileged to visit him in his home found a hospitality and friendship that marked him as a true southern gentleman, a stalwart charac ter who really made and maintained a stand for what he thought was right. Sunday School Lesson By REV. CHARLES E. DUNN JESUS TEACHES TRUE VALUES Lesson for March 2i^ Luke 12:22-54; Golden Text. Matt. 6:33. “Dismiss your fears, little flock: your Father finds a pleasure in giving you the Kingdom.” Here Jesus attacks worry, one of the major af flictions of mankind. “There is no greater plague of our generation,” writes Bishop Gore, “than the nervous anxiety which characterizes all its efforts.” And William Lyon Phelps tells us that “the fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.” The keynote of the gospel is the Master’s com mand, “Fear not,” or “Be not anxious.” Good- speed in his admirable translation, uses the phrase, “Do not worry.” But how can we overcome our 'despondent sinking of heart in such a feverish worid as that in which we live? One solution of the prac tical problem is to live one day at a time. "Do not worry about tomorrow,” counseled the Mas ter, “for tomorrow will have worries of its own. Let each day be content with its own ills." An old rabbi said that “there is enough of trouble in every moment.” How much wear and tear would be avoided if we took all these words to he^! When we learn to live by the day, not anticipating future woe, we thereby relieve our selves of an immense amount of needless appre hension. A good motto is “Semper agens, sem per quietus”—“always at work,” but “always calm." - Hi^ver, the “sovereign ,eure for worry is religious fmth," as a great philosopher assures M. This is why Jesus was so serene. He was ^-mtoxhated. A similar trust is possible for ms disciples. Consider Brother Lawrawe, an overgrown awkward fellow assigned to Utehen duty in a moaasi^. in Uiat dmmfiitig uttie *v^onaI bodt. The Praetiee of the Presence f testimony on tha Joy he found In Us Miister. "Whstever becomes of me." 'Vhether I be lest or saved. cottUmie to act purely for the love', o^wod. Hen w«? And a sure remedy for dfiiinlfi •. til^nt .pf must be fokud tet qnlekly, ia'Be^- admitted'.'by memhen of gncfcr At eny time the: i of .tetetion-^ a d|Ueate porttiit Mdr' -.lax be-dJeoBMOd ud conHdQ^^.^o aiai^. en^ haSdee of aumer^MC^. • r sort of dlseusslon haa al ready begun imj-egard to Preat- dent Rooaevell’s prcnmaal to'lefvy a tax the undistributed ear- plus of corporations. That would mean that liquid funds in cor-1 porate treasuries, wUch tri» bw- ing held as reserves, either a-: gainst a falling off In bustnew or to finance Improrements and extensions as business picks up,^ would be drawn,upon as a new; source ot revenue. The PresldeT^*s proi>osal is to abolish the existing taxes on cor porate incomes, excess profits and capital stock’, which now pro duce a revenue of Sitiont gl.OOO,-, 000,000 a year, and instead, levy a tax which is estimated at about one-third of their total on the corporate reserves. This, the Treasury figures, would amount to about 31,600,000,000, thus In creasing the Government’s In come by 3600,000,000. viewing New Tax Plan The question of how the Pres ident’s plan would work out is what Is pu3zllng members of Congress. First, would It cripple corporations which have accumn- lated large surpluses? Second, would It reeult in an immediate distribution of large proportions of those surpluses In the form of dividends to stockholders, and so reduce the total to a point where the expected tax revenue would not be forthcoming? It Is pointed out on one hand that these surpluses are the prop erty of the stockholders and ought to ‘be distributed to them in the form of dividends. If that were done, they would be taxable as individual Incomes. On tbe other hand, the argu ment is-set up that only the ex istence of large undistributed surpluses has enabled many in dustries td carry on, to keep their plant enlpment up to date, con tinue to employ labor, and pay dlvldeads to stoefchriders during even the depths of the deprenio^ when they were actually running at a tosa'Hew far can that piwm tectlve reserve be drawn Upon without Incurring the risk of ser ious damage to industries and in creasing unemployment? These are serious questions, and are being taken seriously by the members of both •Houses. Looking Ahead The best guess now is that the President’s .plan will not be adopted in its entirety, mainly because there is not time between nqw and the political conventions to examine all of its implications. There probably will be some ex perimental tax on undistributed surpluses, but existing corpor ation taxes are not likely to be repealed, although they may be scaled down. Resistance is vefy strong to any increase in individual in come taxes except in what are termed the “upper brackets.” In comes in excess of 310,000-'liet a year may be taxed at a higher rate than at present. There is al so a strong Indication that there will be many excise taxes. There is little likelihood of higher taxes on liquor and tobac co. There is much more likeli hood of new taxes that will In crease the costs of food and .clothing. The President has ‘asked for nearly 3800,000,000 more a year In new taxes. The chances are that Congress will vote about 3500,000,000. ’This, will not be enough to balance the budget of ordinary expenditures. Neither will It include anything for the continuation of direct Federal relief activities. Somewhere between 31,000,- 000,000 and 32,000,000,000 will have to be provided for relief for the next fiscal year. Whatever It cornea to, that and the budget deficit will have to be made ap by additional Government bor- ed tr_Boeratafj|i^‘^ VI cull COl WiU .Iijuir ■!]_ ,1 fang- pteted.'t'- ■ It la not an easy thliw IL ginte oat a syttim that -lAl ‘ complisb the ohjaattve ot - taklv 30 million acres «dt of cultiva tion and dIatHbate 1600,000,000 to farmofa>for doing so. u. s. coNffiriT^noN ® UPHELD BY MEEKINS FayetteviUe, March 18.—The safeguards of the personal liber ties of the people contained in the first 10 amendments to the United States eonsUtntlon are worth all the NRA, AAA and ’TVA decisions eve/ banded down. Judge Isaac M. Meekins told tbe federal grand Jury at the open ing of the spring tern^.of United States district court here today. He admonished his hearers, to “look twice at the man who fhlkt recklessly about chan^g the state or federal constitution." Judge Meekins stressed a re cent decision ot the United States Supreme court based on the fifth, amendment t(^ tbe constitution, by which wwe spared the lives of three Mississippi negroes who had been sentented to death on the basis of confessions wrung from, them by torture. Be Sure To See the NEW 1936 MODEL ALL-METAL TUBE Westii^hoiise Radio BEFORE YOU BUY Wi&es Electric CoiDpany Refr^ratara, Electrical SnppUes puna N( Toothpidi User IpHnres Etiquette, Halts Traffic Newark, N. J,—Fred Mack, 17, laughed at a funny story and bronght out an ambulance, tied up traffic and attracted a crowd. Mack held a toothpick hi his month. It became lodged In bis throat in such a position that it caused him'to utter sounds pss- sersby interpreted as laughter. A crowd gathered, halted traffic. A policeman tried to remove tbe splinter.. Triplets were been to tb. aaii Mrs. Everett Porter, Soldier, Ky., making a total of eight children. The family iWBelvee $2.40 a wedt from relief funds. Oldsmobile Sal«s and Service Electric and Acetylene Welding, Body and Fender Repairing, Radiator Rearing and General Automohile Work. Wrecker Service Day or Night* Williami Motor Co. T. H. WILLIAMS. Owner. 14 Mile West. N. Wilkesboro PHONE SS4-J. Women Who ftiTe fm TiyCARDDINextTnne! On aocoont of poor nourlatoenh many wommi suffer functional pains at certain times, and It is to tbeao that Oftrdul is offered on tbe record of the asfe relief it baa brought and the good it has done In helidng to overcome the cause of womanly dte- ctanf oct. Mra Cole Young, Lees- vine. La., writes:' T was suffering with Irregular ... 1 bad quto a lot a pain which made me nciroua. took Cardul and found it'helped me in every way, making me regular and stopping tbe pain. This quieted my nerves, making my health much better.”... If Oardui does not bene- Rt YOU, ooosult a physician. eHlriRt'' feme‘s - r . *Wgt r~ 'i r- Whn Steak Goldsboro, March 16.—'Thomas Danford Hudson, two and a half- year^old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Hudson, of Benson, who had his skull and brain penetrat ed by a pitchfork prong Thurs day, died Frida^^t a hospital in Fayetteville. According to the r^rt receiv ed here, the child was playing with an older brother and sever al other children. He was aoci- dentally struck on the head with the pitchfork. ,tMs^ ia*4 and tMa. [dUMB ar^„pafpHedf olker foods dmsea yoQ cannot afford to with anything less than, skm, wbl^ goos right t of the bfouble to aid aooQw and heal tbe ill ~ braoes as tbe g is loosened and — Evm If other remedies luro failed, don't be oisoouB^BeL^ dnignjat is autborted tot Omanulslon and to refi nxmey if you axe not r««lts from ihC rtry Get Creomulalon right J FERTILIZERS MEHE’S A COOD "STEER" TO BETTER CROP PROFITS . 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