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imd TlivoradB^ at N. C mk JVUD8 C. HtTBBABi) 9fBSCRIPTrON RATES: 11.60 .76 .60 *f the State $2.00 per Year - post etfce al Norik WSkor- Cv H ■eeoad dbaa ■iHor nder Act A 16T». THURSDAY, DEC. 1, 1938 ^arar^roblan ..the' AIN’T IT SO ® (Marysville, Kan., Advocate-Democrat) There is a story going the rounds in Marysville about a farmer who bought a radio from a local dealer only on the provision that it wouldn’t get political speeches. Not long afterwards a hot tetter came to the dealer, complaining that all the farmer could get on it was political speeches. When the dealer in vestigated, he quickly found the reason. The aerial had been strung between a windmill and the bullpen. Power To Destroy When Justice John Marshal said that “Power to tax is power to destroy”, he uttered a mouthful. Taxation has been gradually going up in this country since shortly before the World War. It surely has reached, or almost reached, a limit. It is a common belief among the masses that a corporation making a big sum of money in any one year should be forced to pay the greater part of it to the government. Such procedure can be rightfully classed as destruction of business. The economic welfare of the people of this nation depends greatly on the prosperity, if any, of business. If busi ness prospers, the laborer can prosper. We once heard a person make the remark that a manufacturing plant which makes $50,000 in one year should be willing to turn over $40,000 to the government in taxes. If the govern ment takes three-fourths of the corpor ate income in taxes it destroys business in several ways. Excessive taxation means that the corporation has no funds with which to expand its enterprise.-^, and expansion means jobs for laborers. Excessive taxation lessens the desire on the part of the owners to forge ahead and create business. In other words, why should they work their hands to the bone for business if gov ernment is to take three-fourths of tlv business? If a corporation has no reserve and no surplus is allowed to accumulate, it has no choice but to close when busine.ss becomes lax and orders are few and far between. Often a plant continues to operate at least part time even when business is slack and future prospects not so rosy, provided it has a surplus in which to dig for the payroll. America needs encouragement to change into high gear and go to work in full blast. Taxation at pre.sent is a on business and an increase would work on busine.ss like .stepping on hy draulic brakes of an automobile w-hen danger is seen directly ahead. A Revolution In the excitement of looking over the 1939 automobiles at the recent National Automobile Show in New York, few spectators realized they were actually taking part in a revolution. And what a revolution — bloodless and life-saving. A vote was being tak en on questions pertaining to automo bile operation and regulation from th standpoint of safety. One of the questions was: Which one of the following has been the most effective in making you think seriously automobile acciden^J 1. pemou al enforcement experiences *■ of 3 900 votes had been cast, No. 1 m NO. 2, 244 and NO. 3, 1,704. ^ced. Dtirinff the past year ^ S^Ting yean, is thA hew for the poducts of the sb0.' The Farm Chemurgic Council has" spent ..much money and time in laboratory research to discover’industrial uses for farm crops, and with discouraging success. Now the United States Department of Agriculture is "starting out on the same line. Four regional laboratories are to be established under a new Bureau of Agricultural Technology and Engineer ing. headed by Henry G. Knight, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, The purpose is to find new ways of ty ing agriculture to industry, by develop ing industrial uses for such items as com, wheat, fruits, vegetables, potatoes, cotton, sweet potatoes, peanuts, tobacco, apples and milk. Those, are on the list of farm products in which the first re search efforts will be made. In the meantime, an important step toward industrial utilization of the po tato crop has been made in Maine. At Houlton, the center of the great Aroo- stock potato district, two new starch mills are being built. One of them, with a capacity of 2,000 barrels of po tatoes a day, will turn out 20 tons a day of starch for the use of New England textile manufacturers, by a new process which takes only six hours instead of 72 from raw potato to finished starch. , The other will make a type of starch new in American industry, which has heretofore been imported. That is the sort of thing which wi) do more to put agriculture on a stable footing than all the benefit payments, crop control plans and price-fixing proj ects that anyone has proposed. 2, personal accTdent'';ip'eriences; 3, safety educa tional experiences.” At a time when a And there is your revolution, namely nubUc understanding which rwulted consistent and regular safety edu- show that only by personal co- ^ation to drivers and law en- autoorities can automobile forcement curbed or re J'd^kthfl year or two the Judging from some vVork crews we have seen, the correct proportion of foremen to laborers is about three-to- one. ACHIEVEMENT TALKS By LUCIUS HUMPHREY Author of “It Shall Be Done Unto You” “God becomes a reality to the individual in experience.”—Lucius Humphrey. Today, I shall tell you about a boy, member of a large and poor famiuly., whose father was dead, and who want ed a college education. He had only enough money for the first year’s tui tion, but. none for food, lodging, book.s or clothes. A friend sent this youngster to me. Very frankly he told me his problem. “Are you willing to build up a mental picture of yourself at college succeeding in your work and earning enough money to cover all your expenses?” 1 asked. He said he would try his harde.st. I explained that fears and doubt- arise in the Habitual Mind, the com monplace every day mind; that above this is another mind-phase, the Chri.-^ Mind, which knows no fears and which realizes that it can call upon the high- e.st spiritual factor in Man, the God Mind O’- Higher Intelligence, for the so lution of all problems. This Chri.st Mind, I explained, through imagination, connects the Habitual Mind with the God Mind, making of the three mind-phases one mind—a perfect implement for creation in the visible world. “Do you mean to say that I can creat- my -whole future by picturing it mental ly, and then having faith that this God Mind will supply all the new ideas nec essary to the development of my plans?” he asked. “Where do you suppose that Edison got his great ideas if not from the Source of all ideas?” I told him about my years of friendship with the great inventor and how he relied upon thi? Source. “Have you faith enough to take-that one year’s tuition and go to that college town, believing firmly that the necessary- ways and means will be forthcoming?” “I’ll do it!—^I’ll go tomorrow!” the youngster said. Next day he started out on the great est adventure of his life. Arrived in the university town, he went straight to the registrar, paid his tuition, rented a cheap room and started out to find a job before his few remaining dollars were gone. He found one—^I don’t believe anyone could have resisted that victory- breathing youngster. On he went, like an army with ban ners, taking the law course in his cour ageous stride. Today he is a leading lawyer in a Middle Western city. Faith is indeed “^the substance of the things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Rcitta Rvth XUer; ai7 IK, 1914, Hte J^ovemlNir 14, ai yMtt, 8 mojMkE Md 11 day*, is 8ttrilv«d by inbther, 1 Bller, one gistw. MeHw L«e, and a host of relativea and friends to; mouiu her passing. Funeral serrlce.g' were held Wednesday, November 16, at Mt. Pleasant Baptist church with Rev. Grady Hamby, of Boone, In charge. | Burial was ?n Mt. Pleasant cemetery. 4 .t'”,- Ads. get attention—and reanltal NOTICE OP SALE OF BONDS I4A000 Town of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina Refunding Funds Sealed bids will be received un til 11 o’clock, A. M., December 13, 1938, by tile underaig^ned at its of fice in the city of Sleigh, N-. C., for $48,000 Ref-jnding Bonds of the Town of North Wflkesboro, N. C., dated December 1, 1938, ma turing annually on December 1, $12,000 1946 to 1948, inclusive, without option of prior payment. There -will be no auction. Denom ination $1,000; coupon bonds not reglsterable; principal and inter est (J & D 1) payable in lawful money in New York CTty; general obligations; unlimited tax; deliv ery at place of purchaser’s choice. Bidders are requested to name the interest rate or rates, not ex ceeding six per cent per annum in multiples of one-fourth of one per cent. Each bid may name one rate for part of the bonds (having the earliest maturities) and an other rate for the balance, but no bid may name more than two rates, and each bidder must speci fy in his bid the amount of bonds of each rate. The bonds will be awarded to the bidder offering to purchase the bonds at the lowest interest rate to the Town, such cost to be determined by deduct ing the total amount of the pre mium bid from the aggregate amount of interest upon all of the bonds until their respective ma turities. No bid of less than par and accrued interest will be enter tained. Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked “Proposal for Bonds” and be accompanied by a certified check upon an incorpor ated bank or trust company, pay able unconditionally to the order of the State Treasurer of North Carolina for $960. The right to reject all bids is reserved. The approving opinion of Storey, Tborndike, Palmer & Dodge, Bos ton, Mass., will be furnished the purchaser. LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION, By; W. E. Easterling, Secretary of the Commission. It We wish to take this method of informing our many customers and friends that the CARDWELL LUMBER COMPANY, of which the late C. H, Colvard was owner and manager, will: continue to be operated un der the management of Messrs. S. T. Colvard and Carl F. Colvard, and that the patronage of the peo ple of Wilkes and adjoining counties is respectfully solicited. ..The policies of the company will remain the same as in the past, and everything .possible will be done to give our patrons the best of service, the best of materials, and the best off prices. BUSINESS WILL CONTINUE AS USUAL In announcing the continuance of our business, we wish also to express our gratitude to our many pa trons and friends for their patronage and coopera tion extended in the past and hope that our service and our products will merit a continuance during fu ture years. If there is anything you need in the building material line, or any service that we may render you in work ing out plans for that new home or remodeling job, we will be happy to serve you at any time. S. T. COLVARD CARL F. COLVARD CardweD Lumber Co. ALL KINDS BUILDING MATERIAL—ROUGH LUMBER TELEPHONE 138 NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.
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