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tain schools. hospltalK and pvbllc
services such as water supply,
paved roads. ipoUce and fire de-
I partments. Government must ool-
I lect money from everyfbody to
. I maintain an army and navy for
I national defense.
But the tendency of both the
tXOTON growui*
i^^^ilobody has yet discovered a |
to make taxes painless. Poll-,
make a great point of: I’ederal government and the gov-
^Ing the pwblic that the taxes ' ernments of states and munlclpal-
-ehirh they levy do not come out! Itles Is to impose heavier and
of the “little man’s" pocket, but I heavier taxes for things which we
are paid by the rich and the great 1 conld get along without,
eora^tlons. 1 ^ ^ estimate recent-
Nothing could be further from ; ly, made by disinterested experts,
the truth. We all pay taxes, whe- i that more than a f.fth of all the
ther we know It or not, and the i money that passes through the
initbbi^ob>
In tWie o3ri wsKrJI^i^d^i
today gjjiiinrrdd
f ' j^ng a .course of lnstruc>
in to 20,000 college ' students
innually.
■“Only by such an approach,’’,
said a siimnltaneoas statement’
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ii vttit i» Opp?Wit|#i
wffl saTd |(i^,aad
hare jiut
er mercftahtliee' and ntM4^,j
down to ti^ lowest apteii..
««y to- -
.^m 'the civil aeronnatlca.aathor- GQOPVnJi Ill
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Happy
New
Year
TO ALL OUR
CUSTOMERS AND
FRIENDS
MAY WE EXTEND OUR
SINCERE WISH THAT THE
NEW YEAR 1939
BRING YOU A FULL MEASURE
OF
HEALTH-HAPPINESS
— and —
PROSPERFIT
For your past business we are genuinely
thankful, and shall endeavor to even
more merit your future patronage.
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Hadley
Hardware Co.
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
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An 89-foot brigantine, the Florence C. Bobinson, with 11 yoong adventurers aboard, pnt out to sea re
cently on a 7,700-mile voyage to Tabiti, where the boat will be turned over to a copra trader. Fictnred from
left to right are Larry O’Toole, Boston artist; Dick Hemminway, Croton, Mass., and Arthur Hanson, Boston.
Sterling Hayden (inset) is the 22-year-old skipper, and the youngest man aboard. Dennis, the live pig, will
never see land again, for he will be converted into chops and roasts for the crew.
hands of everybody goe.s for tax-
. of one sort or another. That
means that you and I work more
82 tax would drive them out of
the state, for competing sulphur
miiic:'. In Texa.s only paid a $1.03
than ten weeks every year for. tax. Louisiana production of sul-
natlonal, state and local govern-! plmr was falling off while that of
ments. I think that Is too high a ' Texas was increasing,
price to pay for what we get. I The legislature saw the point.
Many other people are beginning! voted to lower the sulphur tax,
to ask what they get for their land to clinch ft .submitted the
tax money. I think a change has | new tax rate, same as Texas pays,
got to come. ] to the people as a constitutional
GASOLINE diversion amendment. Result: the sulphur
... I people are spending half a mil-
fine highly improper use of the | dollars on expanding their
taxing ipower, which many states
have adopted. Is to tax the gaso
line consumed by motorists and
then use the funds for other pur
poses than highway Improvement
and maintenance.
The gas tax Is one of the eas
iest and surest to collect. Drivers
pay It willingly because they want
plant and putting hundreds of
people to work, which Is worth
more to Louisiana than the added
tax would come to.
SECl.TlITY borro%vinR
Almost everybody who 'has a
job. and his or her employer, pays
a Social Security tax to the Fed
eral government, to Insure their
Benham Honor Roll
First Grade: Mildred Carter,
Verna Lee Byrd. Wlllene ’’.nff-
man.
Second Grade: Bobby Black
burn.
Third Grade: Vallie Brown.
Conrad Hemric.
Fourth Grade: Lois Collins, Al
ma Burcham, Clara Bell Couch.
Fifth Grade; Paul Inman,
Mildred Walker, Leatrlce Phil
lips, Helen Holbrook.
Sixth Grade: Virginia Ross,
Walsie Holbrook, Lillie Carter.
Seventh Grade: Annie Sue
Walker, Berlene Matthews, Vir
ginia Casey, Clyde Dranghn.
To join in wtishing every patron, every
friend, and every friend of a friend . , .
a New Year of improvement in every
phase of life, is a happy privilege with
us, and we take this means of letting
you know our thoughts for you.
May the New Year 1939 be filled with
all the good things of life, combined
with . ..
Health and Happiness
“Just a Good Drug Store ”
WILKES DRUG CO.
Telephone 48 “On the Square’
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
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roads built better and kept bet- uypUhood.-. when thev gel too old
ter. When the money goes to pay ,york
for other thing.? they have a right j ^ ^ax
to be sore. j ^[,oney so collected is handled the
My notion is that no special, insurance company would
taxes should ibe collected except
for special purposes, and that
any public official who diverts, j
them to other purposes should go '
to Jail.
handle it. As It Is, It is Immedi
ately borrowed by the Govern-
spent for all sorts of
purposes.
'Tlhe taxes under the old ' a,?e
There are far too many polltl- | pyevlslon of the Social Security
clans out of jail who ought to be
behind bars, anyway. One of the
weaknesses of our democratic
form of government is that we
have become too tolerant of po
litical graft and corruption.
liOUISIANA reduction
I take ofl my hat to the people
of Louisiana. When the nuestlon
was put to them at the Novem
ber election whether a tax which
was ihturtlng a big industry should
be reduced or continued, they!
voted ten to one to reduce It.
That is plain common sense;
and when such questions are put
up to the people generally they
show more common .^ense than
the politicians give them credit
for.
Some years ago the state Im
posed a tax of $2 a ton on sulphur
extracted by the Freeport Sul
phur Co. from a I-rfuiislana mine,
j At the same time tih© state started
a drive to gel industries to locate
in Louisiana. The sulphur com-
■I pany showed officials that the
Act now run close to a thousand
times a thousand times a thons-
and dollars a year—a. billion dol
lars. If that money were Invested
In ibusiness enterprises it would
make more Jobs, increase wages
and benefit everybody. As it is,
it merely-makes It easier for the
Government to spend for other
purposes without the appearance
of increased taxation.
I look for a change in the So
cial Security tax system before
We appreciate
the business
given us during
Jim year.
is.
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We earnestly desire to continue
to ser\’e you during this year
and throughout the years to
aome.
'939
long. Whether it will be a change
for the better or not depends on
the good sens6 of Congress, which
I am not prepared to bet on.
GOAT-IRNMEVT dangers
No Government is a good gov
ernment unless it does just as lit
tle governing as Is necessary to
enable the people who live under
It to goverr their own lives and
affairs.
Think that over.
There has been growing up in
the world, particularly In Europe,
I the idea of Government as an Im-
I personal, paternal institution
i whose function is to take care of
I everybody and relieve the Individ-
' uals who live under It of their
I personal responsibilities.
In a very real sense, any gov
ernment is the enemy of the peo
ple. Unless it is constantly watahi-
ed, criticized and rebuked by the
people, even the government of
a democracy tends to .become op
pressive. When the peo-ple accept
every act of government without
question they are In danger of
losing their liberty. For all his
tory proves that once men are
given power over others they be
gin to seek and seize more and
more power.
Probably Too Hot
Outside the cold wind whistled
and snow was swirling through
the darkness. Within the farm
home sat a group slhrouded in
sadness because of the death of
John, the head of the house.
Neighbors were trying to offer
consolation to the widow, who
was .apparently grieving her
heart away. They talked pt casual
things to try to divert )DinA{
from the occasion of shdneBS bnt
everything seemed to suggeet
something about her departed
husband.
"It’s a good fire we have,” one
neighbor said in a kindly tone.
"Yes,” said the grieving widow,
“John cut that wood with his'
own hands and he did love to j
sit by a good fire. I hope! there I
is a good fire where he has |
gone!” 1
Mrs. Goforth Dies
Funeral rites were held Thurs
day at Mount Pleasant Baptist
church for Mrs. Desa Goforth,
wife of D. W. Goforth, who died
Wednesday at her home in Lewis
Fork township.
Some people want to twist the
law to suit themselves, while oth
ers prefer to conform to It and
risk the consequences.
Ads. get attention—and resolts.
Pay Your
and start the New Year
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with a clean slate
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C. T. Doughton
Sheriff of Wilkes County
AND TO EVERY CUSTOMER AND FRIEND
WE WISH A VERY
Happy and Prosperous New Year
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T. H. Thompson, Owner
iyPfti|AnBe No. 413 North Wijkes^o, N,
j N. W. A. A. Teams
i Beats W. Jefferson
I North Wilkesboro Athletic As-
! soclatlon haakebball team defeats
ed West Jefferson all stars 34 to
30 in a fast gaime here last night
In the high school gymnasium.
Jones was high scorer for the
locals with 12 and Johnson led
for West Jefferson with 13. Oth
er players for North Wilkesboro
were Eller 6, Church, Forhand
7, H. Jones 2, Crews 6, Garwood
! 2. West Jefferson players were
Grayson, Oliver 2, J^ohnaon 13,
Weaver 2, B. Garvey, Eller 8,
Sturdivant 3, J. Garvey 2.
North Wilkesboro . will play
West Jefferson there. Friday night
and Elkin at Elkin on Tuesday
night.
Exciting clearway of all winter
mevdiandise snch as ladles’ and
children’s-oeata, nvMaters, wool-
euSt’-dSesaetr and pracHdal.
llgke ;
this nr ’ ‘ ® ^
buy all
.ms,.
Blowing
in the New Year 1939 . . - and we
hope the nttle fellow hlowi
you heaps and heaps
— of —
Joy and Prosperity During 1939
As the curtain rings down on the good year 1938, arid as we enter upon
the New Year 1939, we enter it with a feeling of deep gratitude to every
one who has in any manner contributed to the success of our business^
through purchases or good-will. We want every friend and every pa
tron to know that we greatly appreciate your business, and it is our most
earnest desire to serve you well during the new New Year—1939.