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MONDAY, DEC. 11, 1939
Construction Or Destruction?
Hear Dr. Arthur H. Con^ton, world fa-
mom scientist, as he describes the contro-
diStion in which the world has caught it-
sSlf today!—
'“A few months ago I had the privilege
of dialing in the dedication of a great new
tdoscope. Here was an instrument in-
Soniously devised to enlarge human vision,
flkose who had built the great observa
tory were seeking to satisfy the human
hunger for a better understanding of
man’s place in his world. Yet the techni
ques developed for building such great
telescopes have likewise been applied to
constructing more accurate range finders
to control with deadly precision the fire of
great guns.”
Dr. Compton points out an essential
choice that has always confronted man—
the choice between using his mind to find
ways to destroy other meni and their work,
and using that same mind to build a better
world. '
Here in America we have followed the
latter course. We have chosen to depend
upon our industries for products of peace
time use, and we have directed our indus
trial research men to find us ways for bet
ter living.
We have led the rest of the world in
raising the standard of living of the aver
age family, and we have done it by re
maining at peace while other nations went
to the wars and turned all their enterprise
to destructive ends.
It is a lesson to be remembered at the
present time.
Checks And Balances
American history has proven that the
practical application of our traditional
system of “checks and balances” is the
surest protection against oppression.
Bas e industry in this country has its
foundation in the checks and balances
system. Banking is an excellent example.
We have state banks and national banks.
The privately owned state banks serve in
a large measure to insure against grad
ual absorption of private cred t by govern
ment bureaus and agencies. On the other
hand, the national banks, members of
what is known as the Federal Reserve
System, tend to unify and coordinate bank-
ing policies and operation throughout the
country. The influence of the former
deeply roots banking to local soil, while
the latter are essential to a sound, inte
grated banking system. Each is a check
against the other.
Robert M. Hanes, President of the
American Bankers Association, recently as-
ierted that independent banking or credit
•would not long survive the extermination
otf this dual system. He further pointed
out that “the banking system lies at the
heart of the question of free enterprise vs.
planned economy, local rights vs. centra
lized control. Without free enterprise
there are no local rights. And you can t
have free enterprise without an indepen
dent credit (banking) system. If business
men or home owners ever have to go, hat
in hand, to the agents of the political pow
er in control for credit, they will have sur
rendered two vital elements in American
freedom, freedom of speech and freedom
of the ballot.”
Find The Tax-Free Man!
“A nation-wide poll indicates that 25
per cent of the people believe they do not
pay taxes,” says the Kansas City Times.
“Presumably these are people wao never
ride in motorcars, who do not live in
houses or apartments, who do not buy food
or do any of the other things that go to
make up present-day liv.ng. ,
"‘That 25 per cent is pretty inythical.
It's the supreme example of
K sew no tex bills and so conclude It does
^ not pay It’s pretty much like saying that
» Semyon din-t the heat or the cold
^’“^t'S.'Sf'i^dde up to ie elmply thrt
ti
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idlscea totol ihore thaa
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other
your entiref income.
^‘^0® enniingi for ov«;»e^^
Sgo to |he tax eoUector inrtead
w^ld 'IRI ahi^t as ~thiit^jjs~^
Diogenes' clssidc search f^the conqi^Im-
ly hdnwt man. He istmld omn to be_WjBa&-
“ one who doesn’t eat, doeiinJt Wear clothee,'
doesn’t live anywhere, doesn’t buy' new**
liapers and magazines—a man, in brief.
need anything to do k with,
of us arihtax^-^M plenty.
ptAtteSorCne
MfFftlTA&PA'
papers ana magazines—a man, ui unci, im—e —y umiuMiwiiij wr ~ ~ ^ " t,/ ,iiT Ti;:^
who doesn’t do anytiiing at all and doe^ liiiian prtised ten
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Borrowed Condtieiit
IMPROVEMENT _
(FVom the Ini^co Chib News)
Some fifty (wsixfy yean ago, it wi
gested; by-a-man whojbelieved that sH of
the great discoveries and inventions had
been made, that the United States Patent
Office Should be close«^ We all5know
how mistaken he was. Since then the tele^
phone, the' automobile, the' radio have
been developed and television is on the
way. Nearl^ 2,000,000 patents have been
issued since that time.
Somettmes we feel that something quite
near perfection has been reached in the
things we use and come in contact with
each day. But there is always a better
way. Everything can be improved. Con
sequently, it’s a good idea to look at one’s
own job frequently to see what can be
done to improve the way of doing it.
llie Farmer?
DECALOGUE FOR NIMROD
(The Renfro Herald)
They’ve been printed before, but maybe
you didn’t see that issue of the paper. Sc
here’s another printing of the ten com
mandments for hunters as released by ,ne
division of game and fisheries of the State
Conservatfon and Developments:
1. Treat every gun with the respect due
a loaded weapon.
2. Carry only empty guns, taken down
or with the action open, into your automo
bile, camp and home.
3 . Always be sure that the barrel and
the action are clear of obstructions.
4. Always carry your gun so that you
can control the direction of the muzzle.
5. Be sure of your tagret before you
pull the trigger.
6. Never point a gun at anything you do
not want to shoot.
7. Never leave your gun unattended un
less you unload it.
8 . Never climb a tree or a fence with a
loaded gun.
9 . Never shoot at a flat hard surface or
the surface of water.
10. Do not mix gunpowder and alco
hol.
The hunting season usually claims an
appreciable toll of human life as well as-
that of game. As in automobile traffic
and other activities in which accidents are
frequently recurring, carelessness is the
prime factor. Do not allow the excite
ment of the hunt to endanger your life or
that df your companions.
AREN’T WE ALL?
(Goldsboro News-Argus)
Sunday newspapers carried the follow
ing tragic little bit of news:
“Chicago, Nov. 25.—Mrs. Janet Lincoln
lived frugally before her death last week.
“The 56-year-old widow paid relatives
i?5 a week for room and board, pleading
inability to pay more.
“Yesterday she was revealed as the
owner of a $287,300 hoard.
“A safety deposit box gave up $279,000
in bills of $1,000 and $500 demonimations.
There was $5,000 in a bank checking ac-
lount, and $3,300 in a savings account.”
A strange story. With wealth in her
hands, the woman was poor, poor because
?he thought she was poor. While she could
have lived in fine comfort and ease, doing
good for herself and for those around her,
she lived in penury and in fear.
How strange, we say. Yet many of us
have mental quirks in our routine exis
tence that are just as quejr.
Many of us surround ourselves with pre
judice, hatreds, fears that in their way are
just as queer as the life of the woman who
lived as a pauper with riches in her hands.
DECEMBER—AGAIN
(Christian Science Monitor)
Come in, December! We’re glad to see
you. You never come until the year is
nearly over, but you’re always welcome.
You are bringing us something, you say?
Your eleven brothers and sisters who have
been here before you this year did, too.
There’s something nice about them all.
And now you are here! What have you
in store for us? Oh, you have something
besides crops and everyday things? You
have starry nights and snow, and frozen
ponds for boys and girls to play on up
north, and sunny southern beaches when
the rest of the country is frozen. Glood!
Also, shorter days and long, pleasant even
ings—but plenty pf time to work and stu
dy and play, and to ponder what the rest
of the year has been and meant.
You are especially for children? Splen
did! Then you surely remember this:
And the children’s face looking up
Holding wonder like a cup.
You bring Christmas? Well, that is best
of all! No othfer mmth ever brings that,
even in these days. Blessings on you, De
cember, and on (Christmas; and on all boys
and girb, fathers and mothers, grand
mothers, uncles, aunts, cousins, ftiends and
firAddfts—on homes, holidays and hap-
*The doctor, who says all men are for
getful evidently never txMrrowed an^ mbn^
ey.—Miami Daily "
-TSSn.
Hit ^te
I^(T, Section lOi; ire ere i^nlred
ptir wee Jk Juumup n>>-
>bf ^^ April w fomarJy^
Tb^^tnutyvifme firm for thie
iU>4i#eilr|i|iiwP^ 'tuC:
workers' more Mae. Btnhge to
stay, this ^w^dlca^/doewnot cause
a dearth of applications for jobs
in this work!
On first thoneht this change
appears I immaterial, hot a more
careful consideration rereala that
a irurden la placed on the farmer.
Adrancing the time of listing
three months catches the fanner
with .practically all of his food
supply and surplus on hand. He
has gathered hla crops and killed
ills bogs, consequently he has
nearly all of his com, wheat, rye,
meat, potatoes, peas, beans and
other supplies, •which are still to
be consumed or sold.
By way of contrast, take the
merchant and the fanner. The
merchant has just completed hla
fall and Christmas sales, depleted
his stock of goods and converted
his merchandise Into cash. He has
not stocked up for spring and
summer trade and his Inventory
shows only a small portion of the
stock ordinarily carried. The
farmer k- holding his greatest a-
mount of products, the merchant
his least. Purtheninore the fann
er’s products are used primarily
for his own consumption, while
the merchant’s goods are sold for
profit. Again if the farmer en
deavors to dispose of whatever
surplus he may have In order to
decrease his tax burden, he must
sell at a time when there is an
abundance of his products and
must accept a lower price. Such
action tends to depress prices in
farm products and thereby reduce
the farmer’s Income. The merch
ant. on the other hand, In being
able to buy his food more cheap
ly and thus lower his living cost
has a decided advantage over the
farmer.
Wealth may be defined as all
useful, material things owned by
man.- Its ultimate source Is land,
and its value Is related to the
density of population. Through
out the history of civilization
facmers have ibeen the producers
of wealth. Yet as a class they
have neither possessed much
money nor enjoyed a high social
status; they have all too often
been the victims of economic,
social, and political discrimina
tion. It is only in those countries
where population is very dense
and farm land comparatively
scarce that the farmer has been,
highly regarded. In the United
States there have been a few fee
ble efforts (mainly verbal) to
help the farmers. The A.A.A.
with its elaborate organization
originally designed to help
tor^
their htnd gnd re(or«|t it,
litate Poreetw’ L S, Holmeh ot
&e Coonmtion
gad Bevelopnient Mid today.
. FRhnen coepenMtinc witl(;
AgHeultuiA' Adjuatmeat Adm»-
fatratlon la egnying on soil bniM-
ihg-jllnltiEfcar gad who m pgHlef*
pathdi* U beaem lagy
ga-gddfttonai er^ at IZOtili
FoorAiarer^
Rgletgh.—The A " OoreriiJ-'*'
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Wgghtagion, Nor. 10/
South todtay won ite long i
igh:—Wtth thoQhaBHiic
gssg(tB-Baw’'lh full ewgy, gad tireffOf equality in freight nugrwh'
condjti«f iMd in tto' . foaeets,
hufteiii ^ |ieH> tnaOy to pro-
vent forget fireejf they will exer
cise OBWiand cadtibn whllo to toe
woodik, it )*« 9rfnted oot^’today
by Kfiamint Siaite Poreeteir W. 0.
MeConnlek, in charge of ftHwet
fire control toe toe D^^artmeiU
of CdiaefifAMi and Deroiopment
ai font acroa of laad tO: toi«t
treea,. according to .a aew.hanattB.
jttat leaned by the AAA to Weah-
;tely 10 per eeat of
;^.foQ»t area Uat year werp
e^flT’lf 'CBXf ■'Wn' phtoX 4f ihnch Jeanaod hnntere, flahennen and
togtoa.
"Tbla ISO will more than pay
for the ooet Of tiWM and for plant
ing them,” aald F. H. Clarldge,
aaaietont foreater to charge of the
State Foreet Noraeriee. “Fanners
can buy enongh trees and get
them'planted for |4 an acre,
planting ahont 1,090 trees to the
acre, so that toe entire four acres
should not cost more than flO,
leaving |14 clear profit or to
epend to planting several more
trees.”
Approximately 4,000,000 baby
forest trees are how almost ready
for distribution from the two for
est nurseries maintained by the
forestry division of the Depart
ment of Conservation and Devel-
oipmei^. Ikiese seedlings may be
purchased for $2 per thousand
from the State Foi-ester to Ba-
lelgh.
Most of these seedlings are
loblolly, slash, shortleaf or long-
leaf pine, although there are sev
eral thousand seedlings of otoer
yarieties available, including ce
dar, white pine, black locust and
•black walnut.
Atlanta Police Chief
Gets Odd Request
agriculture, but politicians in us
ing It as a vote-getting and job
giving .machine are making the
farmer’s Interest.) secondary. It
has been and still is of some
value. But what benefit Is It for
a national government to help
farmers while a state government
tries to tax It out of them as the
change In time of listing In North
Carolina is apparently intended
to do?
H. G. DUNCAN.
Wilkeaboro, N. C.
HIGHER
Farmers cash income from
■marketings and Government pay
ments in October 1939 totaled
2894,000,000, larger by $20,000,-
000 than the Income received in
the same month a year ago.
EARXT
Due to the extremely dry fall,
Swain county farmers found it
easy to save Korean lespedeza
seed as early as the mliidle of
October, says Farm Agent W. B.
Nesblt.
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Atlanta, Nov. 30.—Police Chief
M. A. Hornsby received a letter
from Athens, Ga., today, written
on University of Georgia station
ery, asking “reservations In yonr
public hotel for me and a couple
of my pals.”
.The writer neglected to sign his
name but explained he was com
ing to the Georgla-Georgia Tech
football game Saturday with "a-
bout two gallons of good liquor
which must be consumed at the
game.”
A request was added that "your
ushers wait until we have finis*’
ed the ambrosia before escorting
us to oar rooms."
"Always glad to oblige,” said
the chief. "Our rates are $7 (the
usual fine for drunkenness) a
night—all rooms without hath.”
Use the advertising columns of
this paper as your shopping guide.
wpiipkM, MoCkHnnlak pototod out.
Tko lOM *itom forest fire* to
North Ctnilina laat yMr ww ap
proximately $470,000. Thirty per
cent of $470,000 la $141,000, or
the aaioanf of damage dmie to
forest by the careleseaeu of those
who UM and enjoy them moot
“Notolhg will help ns keep
down toe niunher of foreet fires
in North Canlliia as mnch as the
cooperation ot the hunters and
ttstaemen,” McCormiOk said.
There Is not a hunter in North
Carolina who would 'deliberately
start a forest, fire or who does
not know the damage firee do to
game aa well as to the trees. But
many fall to rMllM that carelss-
UMs in tbro’Wing away cigarettes,
cigars, matches or even pipe ashes
may start large’ forest fires and
frequently do. Improperly ex-
tlnguiahed camp fires also cause
many forest fires.
If the hunters will just try to
be more careful in discarding cig
arettes, cigars and matches and
always make sure that all sparks
have been extinguished before
they are thro-wn away, they can
prevent scores of fires and the
burning of hundreds of acres ot
forest lands. I feel sure the hunt
ers will cooperate with ns along
these lines.’’
the lutontoto Coramern
miaaion ordered railroads to •
out 100110001 diseriminationa in
freight tariffs on a tpecifle sam>
■ber of eommoditlea and apply tlia
same rate mafctag focmnla. for
those to aoatoern Btataa aa ft doea^^
in eastern and northern or "of-
tleial” teridtory. ■*
The decision was adopted on
a B-to-4 vote.
While this hiatorynmaktog d**’
clalon. to the ease brought by tlia
sontbern' governMs apfUee only
to toe eommoditlea named to the
cosaplalnt, it open^. the door for
similar rate adjustments on tex-
tilM and otoer products whMk
the Industrial South is now tarn-
tog oat.
ling with criticism, Obairmag Jo
seph Eastman pointed out that
national attention bu been fo
cused on the governors’ case and
for this reason the decision of
the I. C. C., to which he objoctad, ;
would ibe regarded • as a new
principle In rate making.
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In a dlsMuttog opinion, craek-
Let the advertising eolnmna of
this paper be yoor shopping guide..
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