i HR ‘4Ou5j5!ai-PATRI0T.
Montlu
^Om of the State |2.00 per Year
at tiM pMt attca at North WOkm-
, aa aecood claw matter ondar Art
vtmt
MONDAY, JAN. 22, 1940
man in Newark, It
taxed. He said ke bad lived
a number of yean, aluw^ ?**^*® ^
aalaiy and had never
He even sounded a little AUtv About rt.
“Well, Netrark ; officials diacovwed the
man owns no real estate. But they’rt
ing to assess him for personal property^
1 and maybe they can find a few other taxes
to levy against him-, just to make him feel
that he belongB.
“Anyone else who wants to complain in
a aWisr vein may do so.“ A few more in
cidents like that and Congress won't be so
worried about its tax program in an elec
tion year.”
The man has been pajrinx taxes, and
plenty of taxes, but he did not know it,
EJvery time he made a purchase he paid
taxes in the fonrt of a big part of the pur
chase price. What this country needs is a
tax conscious people. If every penron
knew how much tues he or she is paying
in Ihe form of higher prices we would
have greater economy and efficiency in
government.
State Juniors
.ToTakeOvk
. anAjKsiiM*! nuaww of (ttO hi-
; turlaw 4epartm(iat;^jMiiw A.
Borrowed Comment
Doughton To Retire
Many people in all other sections of
North Carolina as well as the Ninth Con-
yessional district regret that Representa
tive R. L. Doughton is to retire from con
gress at the end of his present term on De-
eember 81.
^ He will have completed 30 years of dis
tinguished service in the House of Repre-
•Utatives, a record whish shows plainly
its duration that the people of his dis
trict approve of the manner in which they
Were being represented and the man who
la doinr the job.
R. L. Doughton was bom in our neigh
boring county, Alleghany, and in his early
life learned what a day’s work was. He
was perhaps the “workingist” man who
ever went to congress. He begins work
early each day and works until night or if
duties are pressing on into the night. His
early training on a mountain farm made
him appreciate values and no doubt install
ed in him integral characteristics which
have been exemplar in his career.
In congress he rose to a position of nati
onal prominence, being chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee, one of the
most powerful and influential congress
groups. In that important position he has
served with matchless efficiency and pilot
ed many really important measures
through’the house without amendment.
He IS prominent in the Democratic party
but his life and career have won for him
the respect of members of the opposition
party as well.
To enumerate the things which he did
for all North Carolina as well as dis dis
trict would be too great a task, so let us
sum it up by saying that North Carolina’s
most outstanding figure in the nation’s
capitol wil complete his career in congress
at the end of this calendar year.
All North Carolina should be grateful
to Representative Doughton for his service
in the nation’s capitol and for the attention
which he has helped to focus on this state.
We should not forget his record of
accomplishment and as he leaves the
House of Representatives good wishes of
the people of his district will be with him.
IT BECOMES STRANGER
(Shelby Daily Star)
The confused pattern of Europe at war
becomes more tangled as the days pass
and as the wars continue, one cautiously
and slowly and the other with outbursts of
intense fury.
Fortunes of the nations involved are de
licately balanced and thus the winds of
circumstances sway this balance first one
way and then the /ther.
But perhaps the strangest of all develop
ments thus far considering the initial Rus
sian-German alliance is the accelerated
trade of German war supplies for the oil
products of Rumania. Rumania is rich in
oil. Germany needs that oil desperately
ho prosecute the war or even for proper de
fense. Just how desperately the nation
needs oil is demonstrated by tte traffic be
tween Germany and Rumania.
The only threat to Rumania is Russia
because of disputed territory near the bor-jj““J‘“‘past state councilor, state
lifladngton, Jan. 18.—I1i« State
OiHuieU of tie Jtialor Order Unit
ed American Meohanies today
voted to take over the Nattonal
Junior Order Home and o(»erate
it for the North Carolina conn-
cU. '
Meeting In Sam Vance Memor
ial auditorium,’'the oonneil paaaed
a resolution autboriiing the state
offlcera to enter Into an agree
ment 'With the national council
which would turn over the prop-
ertiee of the orphanage to the
state council at an annual rental
of $1 per year until the national
council meeting le held.
The council also authorised the
le'vylng of |1 per mmnher an
nually to pwride for the main
tenance of the orphanage. This
tax will he In addition to the |2
orphanage fee levied at the pres
ent time.
To Transfer Oblldren
The children now being cared
for at the orphanage at Tiffin,
Ohio, who are from North Caro
lina will be transferred to the
home at Lexington. Children who
are from other states and now
at the Lexingrton home 'will be
transferred to the home at Tiffin.
At the present there are 236
North Carolina children at Tiffin
and 76 children at Lexington who
will be sent to the Ohio home.
It was pointed out that the na
tional board of officers has a-
greed to recommend to the Na
tional council and use its efforts
to have the council deed the
Lexington property to the North
Carolina council without cost and
free of all encumbrances.
The resolution provided that a
board of trustees be named. The
board will consist of the state
councilor, state vice-councilor.
WUmeth of Philadelphia, national
oonneil eeoyetary;..Rev. J. A. M
tOStteld at kooky Mould, slate
n; K L. RUUUe of Saotord,
of ^'bnaoM ottanilt-
teei K L^ tSortlt «2 banCDI^>*8
8l|^;ep«iielhbfj dyav
airtwtaiiit ,state oouneil
3. V. epruUl of LaatafiOttpR C.
Slake, of Plea^t Hlff.
Oeorso,R Usaell of Saliabiiry, 3.
A. Prttohett airf C.
Bd Taylor at Southport, inesiben
of the board of 'tmateee of the
state'enrollment fund; Voreet O.
Shi^ of Sdotlaad Neefe, and
Qeeigo W. Wrann of AAevillo,
field seerttertesj W..C, Ha^r of
Wilson, H. 3, StokM of "Roc^
Mount, B. C.. Clark of Saltebury,
U, Ray OdUer at Sallabary,. J. M.
Sharp of Reidrvllle, remresenta-
tives.
60 Millifm Spot
In State By CCC
Since April 1933
der. Ru.ssia is supposedly friendly to Ger
many and Germany to Russia. The only
need for increased war supplies of Ru
mania comes from the threatening attitude
of Russia.
Thus Germany ,'s placed in the amazing
position of providing war supplies, planes,
guns, tanks, ammunition, and the like for
Rumania to protect itself against Russia
which is supposed to be a close partner of
Germany in the rapidly shifting scene of
war in Europe.
Such a situation is loaded with, explo
sive possibilities. If Russia should move^
i aganst Rumania, German made war equip
ment would be used aganst Russia by Ru
mania. Germany, in fact, is fortifying Ru
mania vrith all possible speed against Rus
sia.
But armies, defenses, invasions today
operate on oil. It is vital to war as to
peace. Germany lacks oil. Germany, it
appears, is willing to risk Russian friend
ship to get oil from Rumania. And Ger
many, it appears, when conditions demand
can double cross a friend with no tinge of
embarassment or regret.
Senator Borah
Senator William E. Borah, dean of the
senate and one of the nation’s really out
standing men, was removed from the nati
onal and international picture Friday night
by death.
The American nation addmired Senator
Borah because he stood on his own feet.
Often his views did not coincide with, the
majority but millions looked up to Borah
in admiration because of the courage of his
convictions and his readiness to vigorous
ly oppose anything which he did not think
was for the best interest of his country.
In political circles he was classed as a
Republican but he never hesitated to as
sert his independence and support or fight
any measure advanced by members of
either party, according to his convictions.
He was one of the nation’s best states
men and perhaps could have been presi
dent if he had been more regular in party
support. But he was content to remain in
the senate as a symbol of independence.
He did not have to depend upon party
organizations or political machines to get
in office and remain in once the people
put him there. The voters of Idaho had a
habit of returning him to the senate and
his opponents ^ared badly at the ballot
box. Members of both parties in his home
state voted for him regiHarly every six
years because they wanted him to stay in
office.
He was one of the best known authori
ties on international affairs and long ad
vocated American freedom from any en-
Ungling alUances with other nations. He
reived some criticism because of his iso-
Ixtionat’s views but even his critics admir
ed his courage.
Senator Borah leaves a long record of
public service, a record admired by the
AfwrieaH people.
RESPONSIBIUTY
(Statesville Daily)
The Senators were discussing the nati
onal budget as it had been outlined bj' the
President, a budget that involved consider
able cuts in appropriations for causes dear
to the senatorial heart. Senator Adams
had the floor and made this observation:
“I am merely saying that the Pres-
idednt, I think, with a twinkle in his
eye, has put this babe on our door
step. He is going to be in position to
say, T gave you a budget recommen
dation which will not increase the
debt limit. If you, the members of
Congress, see fit to put back those
items, you are the ones who are re
sponsible for going beyond the debt
limit, or else you should levy addition
al taxes.”
Senator Adams thinks Congress is in po
sition to meet this situation, and declared:
“I want to see Congress say to the Presi
dent: ‘You have made these cuts. They
are your recommendations, and we will
stand by them. It is your responsibility if
you have cut too deeply '
council secretary, state council
treasurer and 18 memibers to be
elected by district councils. This
■board ■will be authorized to en
ter into all contracts and agree
ments and establish rules and
regulations for the transfer of
children and maintenance of the
home.
Gaither Presides
N Sanky Gaither of Harmony,
state councilor, presided over the
session.
W. H. Shuford, superintendent
the rules governing the orpban-
of the home, advocated changing
age. He said “there has been a
tragedy ai the Lexington home
and that is that we started out
with a modern plant with a plan
40 years old. We ought to plan
a program that will fit into the
weifare program ten years from
now.”
Shuford said the entry rules
should be changed to take care
of cases in which real need exists
so that children may be entered
in the home without great delay.
E. H. Harris, of Tanboro, fath
er of the state secretary, E. V.
Harris, contributed $5 as the first
individual donation.
E. C. Byerly, representative of
the Lexington Council, presented
a check for $886, which he said
was the orphanage tax for two
years from the 443 members of
his council.
D. P. Hudson, of High Point,
gave a check for $70 from Me-
chanicsville Council, 347.
Among the outstanding mem-1
hers of the order attending the
meeting were: Andrew Ruppel of
What the Olvllian Conserva
tion Corps has meant to North
Carolina since its establishment
in April 1933, was made known
this week when T. Ik Grier, State
OCO selection aupervlsor for the
State Board of Charities and Fub-
11c Welfare, reported an estimate
of $60,114,000 in Federal obliga
tions spent or contracted in the
state through October 31, 1939.
Number of enrollees Employed
in 39 CCC camps in October was
7,72'3 and accomplls h m e n t s
through the preceding month
were listed as 2,720 miles of min
or roads, 170,000 acres of forest
stand improvement, 173,000 man-
days of forest fire fighting and
prevention, 92,600 erosion con
trol check dams, 123 lookout
houses and towers, and 22,600,-
000 square yards of seeding,
sodding, tree planting and gully
control.
Estimated allotments’ sent by
enrollees to their dependents at
home came to $12,840,000 which
resulted from the labors of 68,-
070 North Carolina youths given
employment in the corps since its
organization.
“In the healthful atmosphere
of outdoor CCC camps, enrollees
are taught how to work and how
to make a living,’’ Grier said.
“iMlllions of acres of forests,
parks, and farm lands furnish the
laboratory in which young men
and war veterans gain practical
experience and training.
“All camp facilities are utilized
to instill in each youth sound
habits of work, pride in accomp
lishment and the importance of
regular habits, orderliness, neat
ness and clean living. About 91
per cent of all enrollees attend
camp education and training pro-
groms,’’ Grier stated.
'.^A dpap
(CBdar 18 ]N«9rb afei 88
:No»th ^
It ter
eqwertlpof 4>t tha SUto Boar4. tf
PQbUa’Weltbre^ W.
C. Prtlk dlreetor. Hid. this week.
IS-yHOK^d wli^ boiT wu
htiij on a charge.of dlstniblng tb-
llgtoas worship; a wbito girl, IS.
tor adnltHy; nro negro boys
f««!d 18, one tor noe and one
tor pehllc dmnkenneHt a negro
boy, 14, for ailing whiskey and
a white boy of tbe same age for
“back coets";. 15-year-old white
boys for forgery and breaking and
entering and another aged' 14 on
the lattqr count, were listed a-
mong the number held dnrlqg
the month.
Two counties, Carteret and
Halifax, jailed one child twice
during tbe month, Bzell said, hut
added that he was considerably
gratified that the number held
the Jails reporting was bo much
lower than the previous record.
The number reported held in
each connty was as follows; Nine
in Halifax, Alleghany, 6; Anson
and Robeson, 5; Cumberland,
Greene, Sampson, Stanly and
Wayne, 3; two in Brunswick,
Cleveland, Nash, Rowan, Scot
land; One in Bladen, Cabarrus,
Carteret, Catawba, Craven, Eklge-
combe, Martin, Pitt, Rutherford,
Wake, Wilkes, and Wilson.
November reports showed 119
tor
^0m Hrho bail be other
Maf.. f ja ■ , Of
DUItWu
flalimmiy,. Jaa. ll.'i’—
fatal for Karr liathattr,
It,'* Party thia azenAiB-'M she wga
tiadbigDiiig trHtihtot at a loail
boapKal:
’The girt tuffered huras yeatei^
day afternoon warn a hoeseeegf
she,.wu wearing beeasna lipflUd
H she stood before an opeb fire
at tSb home of her nncle, Cbartee
Brlndle, at Cooleemee, near-here.
The girl wu an orphan' aad
U'fed at the benne of her uncle.’'
Are They Whisperinc
“YOU’RE SKINNY”
It’s a shame for a girl to adu
good tiisM becuM she looks slda-
ny. She auy aeed tbs Yitaada B
Complu and Iron of 'Viaol ia her
diet to aid appetite end add attree-
tire posndA Get Viaol today.
RE» 9RoSS PRABMACT
Dr. E.S. Cooper
—CHIROPSACT(»—
Office Next Doer To
Reiiis-StardiTaBt, lac.
—Teteidioao 20S-B—
Offin Closed Brary
Tharaday Aftotaaae
1 % Penalty
On 1939 County Taxes If Payment
Is Not Made On Or Before
Febraary 1st, 1940
'Use the adTertising columns of
this paper u your shopping guide.
NOTICE OF SALE OF
REAL ESTATE
Under and by virtue of the
power and authority contained in,
a certain MortMgre Deed dated
November 26, 1936, executed by I«.
'W, Lunsford and ■wife, S. A. Lims-
ford, to H. C. Lunsford, it being
recorded in the office of Register
of Deeds for Wilkes County in
Book 166, page 146; and, the same
having bera assigned by H. C.
Lunsford, Mortgagee, on the 28th
law-making boils down to re- ^ving,’ panting
sponsibility shi'fting. If the President has and conveying unto the said E. B.
cut unmercifully and 'without justice, no Halsey, his heirs or assigns, aU rf
matter about the babe on the doorstep, it
should ba th, duly of Congres to resloio fc
the cuts, if restoring is in the national in- Same under the terms of the mort-
terest. It should not be merely a matter gagee; and, default having been
that way. 1 of "ton o’clock A. M., at the court-
Maybe the President purposely, and [house door in Wilkesboro, offer for
with a “twinkle in his eye” proposed this' t® highest bidder the fol-
economy in order to shift responsibility to de^l^ real^t^
Con^e^ There are a lot of things that to wSl? StS
point that way. But the collective wisdom stitto aforenid, to Somers Town-
of Congress ought to be strong enc>ugh to ship; Lying and being on the wat-
ihoulder it. ers at Big Banting Creek and
_ i bounded as follows:
BEGINNING on a black oak and
1 Here is a simpler way to keep up with running West 80 chains to a stake:
the Joneses. Just slow do'wn ^d in a few Sonth 47 chains and 67
Wanted To Be Taxed
tor Soaper, Nana. aiwi n Itoks to the b^toe-
-^Not »o long ago toere was a news item
wNawark. N, J., citizen who actual-
Uke the‘'man biting
0B*Se incident, the Beids-
would say that it
- that it has really
ing; conttoing 126 seres, more or
It looks as if the government had found lew; ^ ^ »
the ideal solution of the problem of what ot
to do on reaching (me’s K^lwiy, tae
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Optimists who pretend to believe the
worst never happens will have some
trouble classify^ StaliB.—Pittsbursh
Post-Gazette. >