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jr» and TIiurMlayc at Joelh WUI».Kora, N. C. C&MKB tad JVIiflTS Ot HUBBaL&D WMWUict ■ _ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: wJ^lSSl -8^k jC-onths — . lyg Foot Months ZI.!. ZI IsO Ont^ the State „— $2.66 per Year P®** ®*®«» «t North WilkM. I oMfaA A *'*** «a«tt*r onder Art MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1940 MerchAndise Stock Low One of the best indications that 1940 is Romg to be a good business year is the fact uiat stocks of merchandise throughout the country have depleted because of heavy on the part of Mr. John Q. Public. This means that factories will have plenty of orders replacing merchandise and orders mean jobs and payrolls. Jobs and payrolls make business because mon- ey expended for labor and materials pen etrates every section of the country. Well paid workers can buy more farm pro ducts, offording the farmers more in come and they in turn can buy more man ufactured goods and help keep industry humming. Our civilization and system of economics kas become so complex that what helps One class helps all, making it all the more I important that class not be arrayed against ■class and one section not be fighting ano ther. A cooperative pulling together on the part of all the people of the countiy can bring about a great era of prosperity, f.et us hope it is well on its way toward reali ty. Borrowed Comment « CONSUMER PAYS AND PAYS s‘v .. (Hickory Record) m - The fact that the consumer stands the brunt of tiie tax load in North Caroliiyi has been commented on vf^. frequently n these columns. t - Sometimes, though, we forget that Un cle Sam likewise lays a heavy burden on the shoulders of Mr. and Mrs. Consumer. Secretary of the Treasury. Henry Morgen- thau has taken pains to give the,public some specific information :n this connec tion that will bear emphasizing—for the mine run citizen ought to be thoroughly conscious that after all he is the pack horse that has to carry the big end of the Giovemmental expensfe load. - According to ^creta^ Morgenthau the consumer pays approximately sixty-three per cent of all Federal taxes.' From three levies alone in this state. Tar Heel consumers pay more than fifty-three per cent of all the money collected by Rev enue Commissioner Maxwell. These are the sales tax, and the two gasoline taxes— gallonage and inspection. For the last fiscal year the entire state revenue from all sources amounted to $68,- 946,132.57, of which $36,596,443.86 came from sales tax colections—$10,997,883.87 from the three per cent levy; gallonage tex on gasoline, $24,440,996.29; and gasoline inspection fees, $1,167,663.70. In addition to this fifty-three per cent- plus direct consumer levy. Tar Heels have a lot more of the tax load passed along to them in indirect ways. All of which is worth remembering. 76tliCagri ^ NowhSes^ Prairie Schooner To Sky Liner Sometimes we fnd ourselves saying That Americans are like no other people on the face of the globe. It isn't merely a narrow national pride that produces this attitude. it’s simply the fact that our particu lar advantages in possessing individual freedom have made us more adaptable, better able to move ahead, and also better able to accept change as it comes. These reflections occur naturally to mind upon reading a recent news ’tern from New York City about the arri^'al bv airplane from the West of an 82-year-o1d American woman who had made the trip the other way many years ago in a cover ed wagon. Besides being an indication of the great progress this country has made in less than one lifetime, the story helps to -i^feture that pioneer spirit that is part of most Americans and has made our forward progre.ss possible. “I’m not afraid of anything,” the intre pid passenger told reporters. “Why, I told my husband years ago that one day the skies would be full of flying machines and that I’d like to ride in one. I’m certainly thrilled to think that I jumped from a cov ered wagon to an airplane in one lifetime.” The spirit that has brought America so far along the road of progress is as strong as ever. There’s testimony to prove it! Fashions Out of Test Tubes Men’s lack of interest in the clothes their •women folks wear is proverbial. They hate to be dragged along to fashion shows, they scoff at the new fangled hats that wo men atfifect, and they show their scorn for the whole business in every conceivable liFKV* But there was a fashion show held in "New York City not so many weeks ago that made Americans of all kinds and of ♦ sexes sit up and take notice. It was MlUd“TLhions Out of Test Tubes,” aud it was devoted to showing products devel oped by industrial research during the past t ^^"^ese products showed great possibili- ties for America’s future. In the making of them, in finding new and wider uses for them, lay the - promise of more jobs and pajTolls for Americans everywhere. The audience at this fashion show saw b bathing suits, evening dre«es, hats, shoes, Asd other apparel made from glass, coal. ^t*r salt, oil, camphor, soy beaM, nulk, and other substances. In the develop- SSt rf ase» foJ’ products they Industry is working constantly to iSd new uses for the farmer’s surplus pro- interested in the weKare of i^rica^terested in seeing it rnamtam could fail to be inspired £3 SSf fSio- product, for the Amwicans, it spoke glowmg- ^ Votore that lies in wait for this research is given en- - and a free hand. l^pfr^KAMA. NOT ALL BAD NEWS (Winston-Salem Journal) By no means all the news that comes out of Germany even in the present troubl ed times is bad for democrary. For proof, we cite the following dispatch from Frank fort on the Main: “The Bible continues to be Germany’s best seller. According to figures issued by the Prussian Bible Society, 961,000 copies were sold in 1939, and in the last six years the sale of Bibles has exceeded that of Chancellor Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ by 200,- 000. A particular demand for Bibles has evidenced itself since the outbreak of war.” The spirit of democracy cannot be en tirely dead among a people who buy that many Bibles. For the Book of Books is not only the best guide for the lives of men, it is also the most effective force for real democracy the world has ever seen. So long as the people of Germany buy Bibles at this rate, there will be ground for hope that ultimately they will rid their country of both Nazism and Bolshevism. A MERITED PROMOTION (Asheville Citizen.) President Roosevelt’s appointment Charles FVMson, ison of Ithe inventor, 6t‘( fpTHi >• (H -• iip Navy to succeed Virginia’s Claude Swaiisun comes as no surprise. Mr. Edison, s nce Secretary Swanson’s death, has functioned with success and distinc tion as the Navy Department’s acting head, a position which he inherited as As sistant secretary of the Navy. The^ new Secretary may not set the world on fire as a brilliant genius, but as a steady and busi nesslike executive he has already won his place. That Mr. Roosevelt has announced the appointment is answer enough to those critics who have insisted that the Presi dent would not fill this post because he in sisted upon ‘being his own Secretary of the Navy.” A series ot is^lstrict pQultary ^ B short eouryes will H held 'laWashlijitoh, , Jan. Presl- throoghoa^’Noitb Carolina, rt»t- lent Kcoserelt t^day Mi Con- janizary and eontHinln* snfess, the people and the -worid throuiilf'V^bruary, H. is annonne- that Ameriw expects to ,j)y y,; Parrish, Brteaslon pottltryman of State .College. Oonnty agents are In chargs of arraagetatento for the .meetings. In cooperation- with represenjta- at peace ihat;called fdr srpaiil^apt plrtt of unity and an expanded' defense program to safeguard the nation from enemies at home and aibroad. a ' Reporting in person « the ftate of the union as thpN third session of the 76 th Congrese gan, Mr. Rooserrelt made only two anedflc leglslaUvo recommenda- ilons: . 1. Inerted national defense taxes. 2. Extension of the reciprocal trade treaty act which expires In June. He stoutly defended the new deal’s economic and social pro gram and declared that It must be continued and strengthen^ to prevent Internal collapse and tur moil -which spawned foreign dic tatorships. In the same (breath, be admit ted that many domeetlc problems. Including unemployanent, remain unsolved. Castigating dictators, flaying Isolationists and pledging no en tangling alliances with foreign powers, he appealed for non-par tisan consideration by Coniress of domestic and foreign Issnes vital to the nation’s future wel fare. Such a consideration, he em phasized, Is essential because this country and the world are pass ing through perilous times. He urged calmness, tolerance and co operative wisdom, and said: Manldiid’s Best May the year 1940 be pointed to by our children as another pe riod when democracy justified Its existence as the best instrument of government yet devised by mankind.’’ The President emphasized his forecast that America would re main at peace with the declara tion that It is not contemplated to send United States troops to fight on European soil. He said this country has a clean, record of peace and good will. It Is an open book that can not be twisted or defamed,” he declared. “It is a record that must be continued and enlarged.” His predictions of peace coin cided with a request to Congress, made on his behalf by Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, for new emergency powers which would permit the chief executive to commandeer factories, ships and materials of all kinds In time of peace. Naval authorities ex plained the proposal was of a ‘‘precautionary’’ nature. The message, unlike those which the President has sent an nually to Congress since he came into the White House, proposed no new controversial legislation, and, while it asked for national defense taxes. It did not fix an amount nor did it suggest ho>w or on whom they should he imposed. This probably will he outlined in the executive’s budget message which wiU be read In the two houses tomorrow. It has heen understood that Mr. Roosevelt wants an additional 2400,000,000 or 2500,000,000 In revenue from new levies to finance a peace time record defense program of about 12,300,000,000. Uvea of other agricultural agen Cl06. The achedule follows: January 22, at Waynesville In Haywood^ Cquhty; January 22, at Lenoir in' Caldwell county; January 29, at Elizabeth City Ip Perquimans county; January 30, at Rocky (Mount, with Nash and Ekigecombe counties as joint hosts; Febru ary 6, at Rutherfordton in Ruth erford county; February 6, at Concord In Cabarrus county; Feb ruary 12, aj Jacksonville In On slow connty; February 13, at Elizabethtown In Bladen county; February 19, at - Carthage In Moore coiinty; February 20, at Winston-Salem in Forsyth coun ty; February 27, at Washington in Beaufort county; and the twelfth meeting^ in Wake county at a time yet to be set. Parrish and T. T. Brown of the Poultry Extension office will at tend each of the meetings, while €. J. Maupin, another Extension ipoultrysnan; Prof. Roy S. Dear- styne and H. C. Gauger, of the college poultry department; and Dr. C. H. Bostlan, of the Zoology and entomology department, will also assist with the meetingB. ‘This will be the fifth year that district poultry short courses have been sponsored (by the EMension Service. The first year the aver age attendance was 50 persons per meeting; last year it was more than 200 per meeting, with 2,700 farmers and farm women attending the 12 short courses. The meetings are alternated among the counties in the dis tricts from year to year. REDUCTION By following good soil manage ment practices, 50 unit demon stration farmers of Henderson county reduced their soil losses 3,000 tons this past year as com pared with 1936. CHAMPION Remus Edwards, a member of the Mt. Vernon Club, has been named cotton champion of Ruth erford County, producing 960 pounds of lint cotton on a meas ured acre which netted him J60 above expenses. t'. -1*'- '>tf '.‘S .‘.•v, ■ COSTS % AS MUCH AS YOU THINK Out goes the old-fashioned, mistaken notion that electric cooking is expensive. IN comes a new day* of gh'eater clean liness, of less work, of better tasting foods. Ste^ up to electric cooking . . . now that it costs so little. Enjoy antomatic oven meals, that practically cook tiiem- selves .. . give yon more time out of the kitoben. Save with simple, thrifty, deep-well dinners^ Serve tender meats that don’t shrink . . . taste better . . . because flameless radiant heat seals the juices in. Come in today. See our display of new EHectiic Ranges. And see final proof that EILEQi'RlC cooking is LOW-OOST cooking. POWER COMPANY “Electricity Is Cheap—Use It Adequately” Phone 420 — North Wilhesboro, N. C Hours 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. JOURNAL-PATRIOT ADS. GET QUICK RESULTS I New Potato Variety To Get Recognition North Carolina’s contribution to the Irish (potato field, the re cently developed Sequoia, will get nation - wide attention Friday, January 12, through the coasMo- coast network of the Mutual Broadcasting System. Named for a famed Indian chieftain who devlSed the Chero kee alphabet, the now potato has shown unusually high yields as well as a definite resistance to di- NEWSPAPER FACTS (Reidsville Review) Some interesting facts concerning news papers and advertising are contained in a book by Fred J, Haskin, veteran syndicator of information, from which the following are condensed: Egyptians used advertising 4,000 years ago. Most early advertising was pictoral in character. The first newspaper adver tising is said to have appeared in Germany in 1691. It is estimated that about a billion and a half dollars are spent annually for all kinds of advertising in the United States. More than 360 American daily newspap ers are equipped to print advertisements in color. seases and Insects. Since it was The fastest modem newspaper presses formally announced about three can turn out about 34,000 24-page papers months ago, inquiries ~ - an hour, and a somewhat larger number poured into N. c. Stete College olf 12-page or 16-page papers. The first news agency in the modem variety, sense is beelieved to have been that or- To m. e. Gar^CT, head of the ganized by Charles Havas of Paris in 1835. In 1840 he.esUblished a news semce be- tween Pans, London and Bmssels, using ^ developing the carrier pigeons. _ . sequoia. Beginning work 10 James Gordon Bennett began the pub- yg^rs ago with true seed, they se- lication of the first review of financial jgeted and re-seiected the most news in the New York Herald in 1835. promising of the plants until defl- Newspaper editorials were originated nite characteristics were firmly by John Dillingham, an English journalist, established, and one of them got him ini jail in 1645. The complete history of the Se- Sometimes justly and sometimes unjustly, Quoia will be described In the other editors have met a similar fate many i5-minnte broadcast, which win Httipr Rincp originated through Station “ * ^ ■ WRAL In Raleigh to the nation . , , * _ at 6:15 .p. m. The president of the Carnegie corpora- ^^gte with the po tion says that the creation of academic de- tato in Ashe county proved it to grees has increased to a prep(0^rous he a high-yieider, far outciaseing point. Well, thei surplus of sheepskins has varieties now commonly grown in to be used up somehow.—Cinciniliati En- the mountain counties of the quirer. 1 iSUte. Ukewlsa, it showed an al- ^ I I most uncanny resfadl^lM to dl- It’8 a surprising thing some food manii- facturers ham’t come out witii an alphabet i ^ potatoes. gonp to take '/mre of all vitamin’r^idris- mentSk 4061 EilOINEERS B006HT D0D6E GARS W1LASI12 MONTHS.^’ Men Who Know A Great Car Say Dodge Gives Moat For Your Money I F yoa ever had any doubt about what car gives you most for your money, this fact should help you decide: 4,061 engineers boa/lht Dodge to the teat 13 wontha!* Think of it! Men who know a great car when they see it not only praise Dodge, but buy it for their own use in preference to other cars! And remember. Dodge engineering costs nothing eitrat It is part and parcel of today’s new Dodge, with its smart new lines, its gorgeou.” interiors, its host of new ideas. See your Do^e dealer todayl *Oetob»r, 1938, thmaih Sfimnbar, 1939. lat—tBinnu tnOMm. Tsst hi iNw tMSM. c. a a MMtk. nwiAw. • Is u p. au a a L .602 tie. of exbsrtepes In boOdliw better motorearel That’s the eombined record Of Fred If. Zeder, Vice-Chelnnan sad Hesd of Bnrineerinc. Chrysler Corporstlon, snd bis sssoci- stes who designed tbs new 1940 Dodge. Left to right: Carl Bteer, Fred IL Zeder snd Owen SL SkcHoa -‘1?'
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