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for three months
I Entered as second-class matter in the Post Office in Dunn,
I N. C., under the lews of Congress, Act erf March 3. 1879.
I Every afternoon, Monday through Friday
I C. T. (Tim) Johnson
The death of C. T. (Tim) Johnson, widely-known resi
dent Benson, has removed one of the pioneer business
rgpfi -eastern Carolina and one of the leaders in the de
velopift&ifc of Benson and the Benson section.
For more than 60 years, Tim Johnson was a business
• leader in his town. He died at the age of 80, and it wasn’t
untir iast July that he finally retired from business due to
infirmities of old age.
Mr. Johnson was born and reared on a Johnston Coun-
MtjptfßLiu, -moved to Benson after he became of age and had
presided there since.
« He knew the ins and outs and the ups and downs of
Ebusiness few others, just'as . knew the history of this
Sfine section of the State.
| Tim Johnson was always a busy man, always active.
I fltotil-forced to bed, he remained active and even after ill
iness-struck him down, he retained a keen mind and a keen
f interest in affairs of his community, State and nation.
2 He came from an outstanding family. Like his other
brothers who have made a success in the business world,
t‘he proved that he had the stamina, the perseverance and
s,’fibe' CfthYacter required to make a success.
§ And even though he was a busy man, he still found
?■ time to devote to hjs church, to civic projeets and to the
fjOuiouß organizations and movements which he thought
•were good for the community.
| M&- was a man of great personality, who had a keen
jgnsejaf humor and wit and a man who made friends with
all wftcrcame in contact with him .
| ] **' Among his accomplishments was the rearing of an
I oy,tsta»ding family. Like him, his sons have found a promi
nent place in the business world and are succeeding in
their chosen fields of endeavor.
~ ’Ttfn Johnson has passed on, but he has left behind
many monuments to the outstanding life he lived and
i a sp£en3id family to cany on in the finest Johnson tradi-
Benson won’t be the same without him, and this whole
shares with Benson the great loss in his passing.
Why So Little Talk
Qi~ War In Europe
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F. N. McLamb, prominent Dunn business man and
Widely-known religious leader, returned from Europe this
summer and reported that people there paid almost no at
tentton at all to the Korean War. (That’s the war Ameri
can boys are fighting almost single-handed.)
McLamb pointed out that while American newspa
. pers devote big headlines to the Korean battles, they are
fpfmnSniy a paragraph or so in the London and Paris news
,-napep.
Lyle C. Wilson, distinguished United Press- correspon
■ ? dent, reports in a dispatch from Paris that:
“They’ve got peace over here. You hear less war talk
5 in Paris in a day than you might in two hours in the Na
| tionftl‘Press Club far back home, or in the Senate, for that
; g matter.”
I f - . WJiJtlhe difference?
* S' ‘•Jjag’ Americg been excited into war panic and hysteria?
H | It is odd that a nation (vhich fared so badly in the re-
I cent wagjpays so little attention to talk of another war to
: dgy. In fact, it is amazing when one considers the fact that
3 so ‘many "Frenchmen died and that the property of that
| Ijßnatr&ation was devasted into shambles and rubbish.
i *** " Ti«*se facts make us wonder just who it is promoting '
‘ | 3 TMid-stirrjfig up all the war talk in this country.
Is s.omebody doing it deliberately. If so, who?
f. Os course, it may be that the Europeans know that '
•whenever war comes along that the good old U. S. A. will '
: treasury and kill off our manpower to fight it for
3B® authorities say that history repeats itself,
ft: The point we’re making is this: If there is real danger
■"I of war, then the European countries ought to show a little
ftL jnoro interest.
■r "TQready, taxes are high enough and manpower is
'? I scapqp enough because of those wars which always occur in
ft; | «ther countries.
OFFICES LISTED IN Most western—Neah Bay. Wash.
S-,,'# "IN SUPERLATIVES Most southern—Key West, Fla.
Most centra!—Lebanon, Kans.
‘ --» BuSEON IB—Thm Dolan, a Bos- Most southeastern Tavernier,
.top-ptet office official.. Has com- Fla J
| at postal superlatives: Most northeastern—Keegan, Me.
•' - Most northern post office fn U. ’Most southwestern—Arlight, Cal.
FUNERAL HOME
These Days
SOME THOUGHTS ON TAXES
Adam Smith, in discussing taxes
on property, wrote:
•'While property remains in the
possession of the same person,
whatever permanent taxes may
have been imposed upon it, they
have never been intended to dimin
ish or take away any part of its
capital value, but only some part
of the revenue arising from it.”
The original. ideg of the income
tax was not to deprive citizens o i
their savings nor to diminish their
possessions but to raise revenue
for the use of the government.
The new taxes imposed by the
inequitably taxed president are ac
tually reducing the possibility of
savings a .d therefore of coming
into possession of property. The
present taxes involve not only a
redistribution of earned wealth but
a confiscation of earnings.
Kail Marx aimed to abolish love
of country so that the world revo
lution would co-r.e more quickly.
Whereas in the United States the
theory of -ife was that there would
be a constant improvement, so
that workers would own their own
homes, but **’pi' own insurance
policies, even go into business for
themselves, Karl Marx really hoped
for increased poverty so that the
proletariat wou’d be more numer
ous.
In America the aim was to in
crease the middle class; Marx
sought to abolish the middle class.
Harold Laski put these ideas in
this language:
". . . If Communists are charged
with seeking to abolish love of
country, the ‘Manifesto’ answers
that the workers can have no
country until they are emancipated
from bourgeois domination; with
their acquisition of political power,
the hostility between nations will
disappear So. also, it will change
traditions' ideas in religion and
philosophy. Since it puts experi
ence on a new basis, it will change
the ideas which are their expres
sion ”
In a word. Communists seek, in
every respect, to abolish our world
as we hr.ve knewr. it for at least
5,000 years. *
Among the mem res which Marx
advocated for the accomplishment
of the revolution were these (the
numbers aie his: there were alto
gether JO 1 :
”1 Abolition of property In land
and application of all rents of land
to public purposes.
“2. A heavy progressive or grad
uated income tax.
“3 Abolition of all right of in
heritance.
“5. Centralization of credit in the
hands of the state, by means of a
national bank with state capital i
and an erclife've monopoly.
”6. Centralization of the means ■
of communication and transport in
the hands of the state."
(It will be noted that since 1848, :
when tins list was published, many |
so-called capital:.'* countries have i
accepted Marx’s program.)
The income tax is high on the
list. The graduated income tax can
reduce the individual to a con- j
starkly lowering standard of liv
ing It ran prevent savings by |
leaving r.ithine ever after living
expenses. The tax guarantee pov
erty.
When to the income tax is added
a complex system of excises and
hidden taxes it is possible for
government to arrange for an
economy which permits the ap
pearance-. of high wages and evfen
high prices while all the time
the standard of life is being de
preciated and the middle class is
being squeezed out of existence.
In this country, we are now ob
serving precisely this proems, par
ticularly as it affects the white
collar and professional classes. For
them, very little hope of self-im
provement is left. Their doom is
to find rated jobs in government,
jobs which pay little, permit of no
initiative, require featherbedding to
survive and end in a low Italian!
retirement pension. If that Is pie
in the sky, it certainly is not of
the American dream.
If we complain that too many
Americans are on the government
payroll, we are is error. For «
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“How do I get to Cedar Avenue an’ Sixteenth Street?” *
Dear Boss— Phil \Silvers gave the finest ooraedy performance I’ve
ever seen on Broadway, on opening night of "Top Banana, a miralcel
of timing, pace and all-around stag savvy. Whether or not his voice
can sustain that beating, eight times a week, is open to question,
because when he’s not on stage, there Is no show. The high comedy
promise Silvers showed in the locker room scene of “High Button
Shoes” has come to full flower in this one .... Cornell University’s
100-piece band can take a bow. Despite the Cornell-Princeton game
sadness, the band stopped off at Madison, N. J., to play for the Bayley-
Ellard H. S. night game. The little high school needly help badly as
the team was heavily in debt.
Jesse Wool worth Donahue aHing Beverly Baker, tennis eyeful,
honeymooning with John Fleitz Montgomery Clift and Ue Taylor
romancing at Ruban Bleu .... Eddie Foy Jr. rallied after blood trans
fusions .... A daughter for French playwright Marcel Pagnol Bob
Joseph, producer son of City Controller Lazarus Joseph, * and Gloria
Strooch serious Plans rejected to tear down Roseland Bldg, for a
new office bldg .... Book of the Month’s December selection, “Closing
the Ring” by Winston Churchill Mrs. Robert Cummings coast
bound Ronald Howard, here for "To Dorothy, a Son,” a dead ringer
for his late dad, Leslie ..:. Bert Lytell lining up "Lights On” show at
Carnegie Hall Nov. 18, for the National Council to Combat Blirxlness.
Resignation of Robert, Moap, exec sec’y of the Eastern Paralyzed'
Veterans Association, effective Nov. 30. rfif l&B’TieM the poslUdrr since
early 1947, when the Eastern PVA was first organized, has done a mag
nificent job Henry Lustig in Arizona, ailing Macoco’s r »tt’y.
Milton Oolden, and Charlien O’Donnell honeymooning on the Liberte.
Edgar Bergen in town .... Allie Reynolds getting AC’s MVP aw»ro?
.... Bugs Bear out of New York Hospital after a checkup ?zupck
thumbed out a deal for Betty and Harry James to do a group oi record
ings to be called "The James Family Album” (Betty and the studio stall
miles apart) A son for the Dave Riches (TV’s “Nig Town”) ....
"Death of a Sales Tax” would be a bigger hit. wires Donald Richards.
The Emil Mossfearher Jr*, expect Sir Stork (he's on the U. S. yact
racing ptam) Sugar Ray Robinson turned down London Palladium
offer f,.. Jack Jr. in Fordham U.’s “The Inspector General.”
Pinky Lee starts Ms TV series Nov. 2S .... The Eddie Lanes expect
Sir Stork (she’s Latin Quarter eyeful Joyce Evans) ,:.. Jimmy Van
Heuseh recovering from a heart attack .... Decca's “Mimi BtenzeTl
Sings” album in the music shops .... The Ella Raines-Lt. Col Robin
Olds baby due Dec. 15 Gene Autry and Herbert Yates cooking a
deal at 21 Paramount handing out subpoenas for the premiere of
‘Detective Story” Thornton Wilder resting on the Italian Riviera.
Jack Dempsey out of Santa Monica Hospital.
Mrs. Edward G. Robinson and Clara Bell Walsh at the first nights.
.... Robert Goelet and Isa Sidney a singing love duet Ticket
scalpers running wild .. . .Dave Salter’s wife died. He’s the president
of tlie Honor Legion of the N. Y. F*olice Dept .... Ingrid Bergman's
i attorney, Roger Marchettl, flew to Rome for a confab with her .
Danny Thomas a terrific smash In ’TU See You In My Dreams.”
"Stop the Music’s” singing star, Dick Brown, signed by King Records.
j The Jose Wades (Pamela Currah) expect Sir Stork Duchess
i of Windsor’s favorite escort, Jimmy Donahue, back in town . ...V N. Y.
I Society, sth Div., holding its Armistice Day reunion, at the China D’or
(contact Arthur ’McNann, 25-12 Steinway St., LIC) Never saw it
so tough to make a bet on BrOadway.
Henry Fonda’s "Point of No Return,” New Haven previewers re
port, a male "Lady in The Dark.” .... Election campaigning at fever
! pitch on uptown street corners ... Bertica Serrano a click at Havana-
I Madrid .... The Don (MGM) Weisses named her Deborah All-
American selectors will have their toughest pick this year with so manv
standout backs. Try to split apart Ohio State’s Vic Janowlcz, Prince
ton’s Dick Kazmaier, Columbia’s Mitch Price. Use’s Frank Gifford.
Illinois’ Johnny Bright, Nebraska’s Bob Reynolds. Miami’s Frank
Smith, Kentucky's Babe Parfilli. Notre Dame's John Pettibone.
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we pemvt our white collar arid, cul
tural classes tc be taxed out of
opportunity for self-Improvement,
they must take government Jobs as
no others are available to them.
In the past,' such Americans made
their own opportunities out of their
ingenuity, their rbility to save or
to borrow from their neighbors.
They were not inhibited by gov
ernment through taxes.
In a word, the revolution which
the new deal under Hariry Hopkins
introduced and the Fair Deal under
Leon Key-erling seeks to oqmplete
is beinz accomplished with even
peater s<dH then Lenin exhibited
in Russia. The Bolsheviks employ
ed terror and murder and confis
cation as wae|i>g l.
The Americas rrvehittan is be>
tog aooanuflihetl by means of tag-.
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es, principally the Income tax, by
premeditated wasteful expenditure
«f the people’s money, and by de
preciating the currency. And the
revolutionists can truthfully say
that it is done with our consent.
We authorized the revolution by
our votes.
The United Stetes Department
of Commerce reports that the 1850
retail sates fbr hair preparations
totaled tWOyOOO.OOO. plus. $100,006,-
000 for ha'r tints.
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McLEAN, Va —Did Fanner Oth
auaV Abasoac, which does not
base its predictions on caterpillars.
i foresees a lane: cold winter, with
| Plenty of the beautiful white snow
'and a good deal of skfaUUmi <to the
I*
j AD signs, except the hugs, point
l this way. These are fuzzy worms
j with 10 feet and Stripes. Scientists
all over have been predicting wea
ther by Ox width of these deco
rations. AH I know is that my
place here in Fairfax County is
crawlipg with these beasts and
' they can’t make up their minds.
• Some have wide stripes and some
narrow.
I have carefully ,
and all I got tor my efforts was an
itch; they sewed to shed some of |
their fur when touched. .Other in
dications are better.
Tommy, our horse, is growing
hopaelf such an overooat as no
nag ever had before. He’s also pro
ducing his own ear muffs, while
his appetite grows belter and bet
; ter so he’ll have plenty of inner
heat to withstand the coming rig
ors.
The moss along the edges of our
creek never has been so thick. The
; mud is gooier than before, while
* up and down the pike are travel-,
‘.ing the salesmen peddling snow
-1 ’ grip tires. These gents took cold
1 already.
The grass tong since has stepped
growing, while top quality hay is
1 selling for $45 a ton. I have proven
1 to my own satisfaction that the
: higher the price of hay, the ookJer
the weather wiH be. The same goes
for the cost of fuel oil; I laid in
1,000 gallons of that the other day
and I didn't notice it was getting
any cheaper.
The battery on my tractor gave
up the ghost: the filling station
> man claims he's running short
of anti-freeze. My bride says she
needs a new. warm coat. The leaves j
are especially thick underfoot. The
smoke curls up from .the chimney
and quickly disappears. All these !
, are signs of shivers on the way.
Our hens have so many feathers
suddenly that they look like os
■ triches. The .water pump is begin- i
ning to creak. All the apples have
fallen off the trees. The gutter’s i
sprung a leak.
Fourteen two-legged signs of bit
ter cold en route, by actual count,
have tried to sell me storm win
dows. My buzz saw screams unusu
ally loud and there’s no sap left In
the begonia plants. Skunks have
built themselves a weatherproof
rambler under my barn. The jack
rabbits are especially frisky.
The sitawberry plants upon which
I lavished such care have disap
peared. The field mice are gang
ing up on my cat. I wouldn’t be
suprised if this isn’t the coldest
winter since 1896.
There's a halo around the moon.
The back door squeaks. It’s rain- j
ing now, but it feels like snow.
Goal oil’s 20 cents a gallon.
The Weather Bureau claims I’m
talking through my fur cap. Says
there's no such thing as predicting
now what kind of winter weH have
■ in January. I wish the bureaucrats
: with the barometers wouldn’t be
so dogmatic.
Farmers like me have been writ
. Ing almanacs now for 200 years
i and we’ve never been mistaken
. yet: at least, you won’t get one
■ of us to admit it. Not in 19S1 you
; won’t, when the corn is studded
with red kernels, the potatoes in
the cellar aren’t even beginning to
. sprout, and a long, hard winter.
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 6, 1951
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4 BY LOUIS dearborn •
Thanks To The School Folks
Did you escape the usual Hallowe’en depredations
Wednesday night? Did you find that your car windows
were not soaped? , Did you notice that your , porch and
front walk were without the-outlandish markings and dis
figurements of former years?
If everything was all right you owe thanks to the
school authorities of the county. In most schools a Hal
lowe’en party kept the small fry entertained and out of
mischief- , i
Uncle Sam Cots Again
Did you notice the difference in the old pay check this
week? I certainly did. Uncle Whiskers has helped himself
| to another slice from my personal melon.
To most persons, this is the only tax they are particu
larly conscious of paying. However there are hundreds of
other hidden taxes, ail of which have gone up in propor
tion to the increase in the withholding tax.
Buying a car; buying gasoline for the present family
buggy, or even the purchase of a package of cigarettes, will
cost more under toe new tax law.
We don’t enjoy paying them, of course, but pay them
we will, with what grace we can muster.
QoHe A Night
Your reporter was somewhat busy on a visit to Buie’s
Creek Monday evening. In the auditorium the Grass
Roots Company was playing “LaTraviata” and in the
Buie’s Creek Baptist Church the Little River Baptist As
sociation wss holding its session.
In trying to cover both, we had to gravitate between
toe two, plus camera, since both called for picture cover
age.
In the play there was an opening drinking scene,
which we left to hear a temperance lecture at the Little
River Session. It all became slightly confusing.
Anyhow, we can report that the ill-fated heroine of the
play paid the penalty for her misdeeds.
Formers Know A Good Thing
The success of the “Nickels For Know-How” election
i shows that the North Carolina farmer knows a good thing
when he sees it. The five cent a ton premium pn feed and
i fertilizer should prove a profitable investment.
The 'vote was understandably light, however, because
most farmers were in favor of the measure and conceded
that it would be voted favorably anyhow.
Now if toe Agricultural Research Foundation will
only come up with a sure and inexpensive way of beating
the boll weevil, everybody will be happy.
Co id Weather Welcome
Cold weather made its appearance this year with de
vastating suddenness Friday and caught many of us un
aware. A case in point is our family oil tank which had
about three gallons when Jack Frost hit.
The present cold with its promise of more to come
should warn us to get everything in readiness for winter.
We should get our supply of afitd-freeze and stock up on
everything necessary fer frigid weather.
We should, of course, but do we—ever.
Hope to see you all right here again next week.
Clerk Reports October Revenue
Clerk of the Court Robert Mar- from civil and criminal actions in
gan reported today that "courting" the same court totaled an addlt
—that vort array of matters that ional $1,5061)3
arise from and cut of court pro- Other niazdes reported came from
eeedings—ran into big business in the followwing sources from pro-
Harnett County during October. bates, $246.35; from civil and crim-
The clerk’s end-of-the-month re- inal actions and special proceedings
port filed with thr county board j n superior court $196.14: from
of commissioners listed total re- fines in superior oourt, 11I.$0: and
oetpts of $4,120.17. all of which have from tust commissioners. $2230.
been deposited with the tax oollec- ~
j tor. •"
Fines ir. Recorder’s Court alone The United States set a new
) accounted for $2,08635, and receipts record in 1940 when, for the first
1 j time in medical history, this ccun
> plentifully laced with blizzards, ob- try ikeorded only one death lor
, I viously is on the way. each 1,000 births.