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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year .i. S1.60
Six Months .76
Pour Months .60
Out of the State $2.00 per Year
^ ISatared at the past office at North Wilkee*
bva, N. C., aa second clast matter under Act
ed ■ai^ 4. 1879.
MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1939
Elzemption And Rates
According to county government sta
tistics compiled by the University of North
Carolina, the tax rate for Wilkes county
would have to be increased about 32 cents
on each hundred dollars valuation of
property if $1,000 was exempted from ev
ery homestead for taxation.
K is recalled that the amendment au
thorizing that exemptions be allowed up
to $1,000 passed in the election of 1936.
However, the legislature has not passed
'any law allowing such exemptions.
The table as released in the “News Let
ter” shows that the tax rate would not
have to be raised very much in counties
which are wealthy—having a large total
assessed valuation. The increases would
be bigger in counties which have relative
ly small valuations, few property owners
in the wealthiest class and few large cor
porations.
This is shown by the fact that the in
crease in tax rate of Forsyth county to off
set the exemptions would be only three
cents while in Avery it v/ould be 94 cents,
Ashe 73, and so on down the line. A $500
exemption would mean an increase of
about I8I/2 cents for Wilkes if county ex
penses remained as they are now.
Advertising Wilkes
If Wilkes county and North Wilkesboro
-put) up $500 each for two years to be used
in tellinir the world of the good things
about the Qounty, it will be the first coun
ty in this section of the state to take that
step.
If the program is carried out, it will
bring results and the mea.sure of its suc
cess will be determined mainly by how the
people cooperate and how they receive
those who come to the county to investi
gate its possibilities, advantages, resourc
es and pleasures.
There are many ways to approach the
problem of advertising Wilkes with a
view toward attracting attention of tour
ists, investor-s and those who are seeking
a good place to live. \Ve need not exag
gerate or misrepresent the facts. The
truth, told and distributed in an attractive
manner, will serve the purpose amply
well.
Discussing the forward step of county
advertising, an editorial in Friday’s Win
ston-Salem Journal carried the following
comment about Wilkes, under the head
ing “Wilkes Looks Ahead”:
“Wilkes county is looking up and
ahead. A bill has been introduced in the
State Senate providing that the town of
North Wilkesbo4o and the cour.yy com
missioners may each put up $500 a year
for 1939 and 1930 for use in advertising
Wilkes to the world.
“Well, why not? Wilkes has plenty of
advantages to advertise It has come far
jince the prototypes of the characters in
“Rain on the Just” sowed,- reaped and
fermented their grain in mountain stills.
"Wilkes is one of the best farm and or
chard counties of the State. Its wealth
of apple blooms in spring reminds the
world traveler of old Normandy. Its
mountain scenery 's picturesque, softly al
luring. Its people are sturdy, for the
most part pious, energetic, and many have
poetry in their souls. Wilkes epunty has
given to North Carolina one of its greatest
poets of the present generation, in James
Larkin Pearson.
."And there are many other things.,Per-
^ps it would take Mr. Pearson, or some
htiier literary native'of Wilkes i» describe
of its attractiofi»--«nd Wittes has
enongh sous and daughters in this field to
do a good job of K.
^‘Perhaps if the advertising bill goes
will put some of 1h«n to work
dobig this. ‘ Maybe they can trainslate that
^d dkeam of an apirio Uoiwmi fd^Hval in
be" eo-oimrating effectively with th-
State Adveitising Campaign. That means,
of course, that it Will be in position tc ob;
laki; the ma^dmum. results: Iriom tho lafger
pro^m.^ tf^ Wittes gofea through w,tj
this ehtcprfiiie, it wiH be a splendir
example foir Other counties and c^ea it
Nort^
Spring Time 1* Cleim-Up Time
April showers and May flowers aren’t
far away. 'That means spring cleaning
time. * :.y
And spring cleanmg shouldn’t
just shaking out the rugs, " washing
curtains, and dusting that little-used spare
bedroom. It should mean a definite, well
planned program for putting property in
apple-pie order, not only to improve its
value and appearance, but to help prevent
that dread destroyer that strikes when we
least expect it—fire.
Trash-filled outbuildings are perfect in
cubators for fire from a carelessly di^opped
match or cigarette. Check over fireplaces
and chimneys—from now on, such inci
dental heating units will be used more
and central systems less. As warm, sun
ny days come, be especially careful that
grass is kept cut ana fields clear of debris.
Never bum brush when there is a wind,
and have water handy in case matters get
beyond control.
Above all, go through the house from
cellar to attic on an inclusive “junk-dis-
pos’ng program. Those old newspapers
and magazines you’ve put carefully away
and will never look at again—that broken
furniture that belongs to the worst period
of design—^those odds and ends of “gay
nineties” clothing—that jumble of worth
less inflammable knicknacks in the hall
closets: G.et rid of them all. Give them
to a charitable organization or the junk
man. And you’ll materially reduce the
chance of a fire hitting your home.
Voluntary destruction of such articles
means only their “actual value” loss, if
any; to keep them may mean the involun
tary destruction of your entire household,
which would include the junk which may
have caused the fire.
Borr6wed Comment
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^ «f OB » inuUl Wittvf loA^ariii|'^eae troebloKmie ^
ECONOMY COMES BACK
(Washington, D. C., Star)
Campaign promises of economy and ef
ficiency in Government are not always
made to be kept. There is real news,
therefore, in the economy wave which
seems to be sw-eeping through many states
in the wake of new gubernatorial regimes.
These developments in the states are
straws that show which way the wind i
beginning to blow. The American peo
ple are tired of waiting for prosperity to
come around the comer under the whip
lash of improvident spend-and-tax poli-
cie.s.
There may be food for some thought in
all this for the administration’s fiscal pol
Icy formulators.
but
PEACE—AND WHAT?
(Shelby Daily Star)
Peace has about arrived in Spain,
after that peace, What?
Recognition has beeh given the victori
ous Generalissimo Franco by France and
England and thus another step is taken
in the march of the totalitarianism in the
wmrld.
Franco could not have won the Spanish
civil war without the aid of Germany and
Italy. Germany and Italy are under the
domination of dictators who do not act ex
cept to their own profit and gain.
Despite all of this. Prime Minister
Chamberlain facing his accusers of be
trayal in recognizing Franco, assures the
English house of commons that he has ev
ery assurance that Spain will
free and independent state.
Under the involved situation in Europe,
Spain cannot remain a free alnd independ
ent state. Germany and Italy will have
much to say about the policies of the new
governnient. They have forged a bit
further into central Europe through pow
er and influence and that is but a step
ahead of physically advancing their hold
ings. The position of Prance is far more
rema:n a
dangerous under the peace which is t0.j. - ^ .
come than it during the actnal con- lew fi
flirt in Spain. It puts two powmiuFand*"**^'^*"*^
aggressive opponents’ along another bor
der. ,
Since the Democratic doctrine is men
aced it involves a ^period of anxiety for
America for it is in this coontiy that the
dortiine of democracy . Tloiulshes to its!
; .ISlSIlOwer Md ii'^is ^ ^hr country that RittiiC
WttBaining democracies of Soi^pe;
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WAaeONGTON . ^ V. arts
Whenever F have an opportunity
to roam'aroinid Washington, the
place where I lived and went to
school fran.the time I tjas ten
mttH I was 2JL, 1 get new imprea-
fikma of the Natif^s l^ftaM»^
the people who lire in it.
■VHore and more I am imp«Sied
with the feeling that Waahington
is becoming tte nation’s centdr
not onljj politically hot in the
fields of sckaiee and aiia, as well
as of information on ev^ imag
inable aabject. ^ ,
In the Library of Congress for
example, there are more books
and documents than in any other
one place in the’world, all in
dexed and available for reference.
A new eight-mlUion-doIlar annex
has just be«t added to the Libra
ry to accommodate the growing
store of knowledge on every sub
ject under the sun.
The new National Art Gallery,
the gift of the late Andrew Mel
lon, is nearing completion. It
will house the finest collection of
paintings in the world, it) addi
tion to two great art collections
already in Washing^n. Nearly
all the important scientific socie
ties have headquarters in Wash
ington, and more and more nation
al business organizations are es
tablishing themselves in the Cap
ital also.
PEOPLES . . Negroes
Every race and nation of the
world is represented in Washing
ton, either by an ambassador ,and
his staff, or by larger groups.
Of the racial strains which
make up the American people
there is a higher percentage of
Negroes than the average for the
whole nation. The largest Negro
institution of learning, Howard
University, is located in Washing
ton, turning out doctors, lawyers
and teachers who go forth to
serve the people of their own
race.
There is . large number of Ne
groes of both sexes employed in
the Government offices. Nearly
all official elevators are run by
colored girls, and the messenger,
doorkeeper and janitor staffs of
the departments are practically
all Negroes. They get good pay,
life jobs and pensions at retire
ment age. A few Negroes hold
rdally important Government po
sitions, but they are the cpccep-
tions.
The majority of Washington
Negroes live in alley slums, which
furnish about the worst living
conditions to be found in any
large licy. Many public officials
have tried to do something about
tile Washington slums, but little
has been done effectively.
VOTES . . . segregation
For year.s there has been a
strong movement to give the citi
zens of the District of Columbia
the right to vote. So many of
those holding Government' offices,
however, find it important to re
tain their voting residences in
their home states, that the move
ment to give the District resi
dents the franchise has been
blocked by the fear of Negro
control of the local government
as much as by any other one
cause. Nearly a third of Wash
ington’s permanent residents are
Negroes.
While separate schools are pro
vided for the colored folk, they
cannot legally be segregated in
street cars or excluded from seats
in theatres. Once acro.ss the Po-
tomas, in Virginia Negroes have
to ride in “Jim Crow*’ cars.
PREJUDICE . . . equality
I seem to have got into a dis
cussion of racial prejudices. That
subject is up toward the top of
world discussions right now. It
is almost unescapable.
I know few, if any, persons Mho
do not have a feeling that some
or all people of other races than
their own are inferior in one way
or another. I believe that is an
inherent 'and ineradicable trait of
human nature. But such preju
dices are no excuse for depriving
those we dislike of their common
human rights.
We can admire the achieve
ments of persons of a different
race without giving a blanket in
dorsement of the whole race. The
wise thing, it seems to me, is to
tolerate all races and welcome
whatever contributions they can
make to the general good, with
out either banishing them, as Hit
ler is doing with the Jews, or op
ening the doors of oar private
the Prol
ms of
-oenfeies have bean
CeciaJnl^jnpdicid Ability is
more common among Negroes
than^among the white races gen-
«»Uf. o
Many eminent critiea of today
lag. The Ehmopean-trained craft*
mail haa a* head start on them.
He ia a master of his trade when
the American bojn are just begin
ning to learn it,
For the genlhs and the intellect-
oal Aho do better in the white,
erilar.occupations or the:proles
alone, there is moch to be said for
4be American system. But 4 can
not help feeling that it handi*
caps a great many yoahgstma
whose capacity ia for tile hoii of
Work which not aril so much
for sehoolfag as for skill in the
use of hands and toria. They are
the ones who really create wealth.
LIBERTY . equality
One thmg the Kirschenblatts
found in America, and which lit
tle David will grow up to consider
the natural state of everybody, is
liberty. In .the dark and trou
bled countries of Central Europe,
where he came from, few of the
people have anything hrhidi.we
ot America would call libertjy,
and none of his race has it‘at all.
In America David Kirschenblatt
will find that the fact that he is a
Jew does not put him under any
more restraint than his Christian
schoolmates are under. He will
not be denied civil and social
rights because of his racial strain,
he will be free to think as he
pleases, speak as he pleases, do
as he pleases so long as he doesn’t
do anything to infringe on the
equal right of anybody else to do
the same. If he doesn’t like the
government, he can say so as
loudly as he pleases and nobody
will put him in jail
We take our liberty so much
for granted that we cannot real
ize what it means to people who
come from a country where they
have lived in constant fear of the
secret police, of being robbed of
their possessions by the govern
ment, of being denied the right to
live and travel whe;e and how
they please. Perh-'.ps we need
some new blood in America, to
help bring back the old ideals
of liberty as the most precious
thing in the world, the one thing
worth dying for.
om
ivM7 Hood Aailkas
shoi^ insist u)^i -aopediilly if,
the legal rights of one of anotii-
er race jure-infringoiL’ But sodal
equdd^n sometiiiiig^ iiaO)i / Tlg
rildtti ta cbooee4^*»,>i»iioclshw
said fHsods it « as ffg (
to Wondiip acCorting'yin
oadVJhiiBritel eonscienee.^-
Waabiagton, Maietk 9.—Col. earlier today to plead witlNi«i*-
toir adviaad Pnaident
WAX POTATOES
Two Cornell University scient
ists found that treating seed Irish
potatoes with a 30 per cent 231-B
wax emulsion while still in a dor
mant condition resulted in a stim
ulation of sprout growth, an earl
ier emei-gence of plantr, and
corresponding increase in yield.
Bocoavrig
today- that on leas Ikmgress -pro
vided the |160j)00j>00 it slashed
from , the relief bSl. earlier tiiu
sesoioh there would ha "terioa*"
redactions jn „ employment
next montiillX.
The WPA tbkt told tk,f pren
amfeteoee- today that -when he
talked to Mr. |(ooaevelt Weifaies.
day^Jie inCbnnld him that even
itioi^ the fl6O,e00JX)0 was ap
propriated by Congi^ it still
would be neeeasaiy^ to trim WPA
rolls about 160J)00. He added,
however, that this redaction had
been intended by the President
under original plans when the
chief executive asked Congress
for an |876J)O0JK)0 fund.
Congress, in approving an ap-
propriatimi of $725,000,000, said
the administration could come
back for more nxmey if an em
ergency arose. Mr. Roosevelt has
;b^inning of the Mxt-
on July 1. ^
Havkhtirton weHt: to
eeta for “white col&r”
ployed. ^
j % told the soiate commit
miempkjyinent that the pa^i
Byrnes bil] to create a. new- d^
partmat of pobiie woitce and au'
ter the social security syriem
mode an ai^rant proviaion idt
continuing such projects.
’This is a serious omis^on
which would deny to a large num
ber of needy unemployed peisooa
an opportunity to secure WPA aa-
sistance on u^ful public work of
type fm which ^y are (piali-
fied in terms of their experience
in private employment”, he said.
First indoor rodeo in California
will be staged 'in the Livestock
Coliseum at the World’s Fair of
the West, Slay 12 to 22.
See our field and
seeds befere you buy. PEAKE ^
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