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THE DANBURY REPORTER.
N. E. PEPPER, Editor and Publisher
Issued Wednesdays at Danbury. N\ C., and entered at the Danbur
WKPXESDAY. JIW'E 13. 19:J4.
The Sales Tax.
The greatest e\il in North (aruiina today is the sales tax.
At least this is the violent fancy of quite a number of persons vvhi
don'r know anything about it. or who. knowing, are too unfair ant
prejudiced to do it iustiee.
There's many a cross-roads statesman and many a tilling statioi
philosopher who condemns the fiscal policy «!' the State without ail'
evidence except wlutt h ( > heard some hot-air artist say, or read ii
s«'me biased newspaper.
We ssrupose 'I there is any hot-bed ol condemnation for the sale
lav hotter than some other hot-bed. St is a certain city. Main
HH-rchatit* in lli.it city seem to I:e "obsessed" 'lhey have t;iuul"l
their clerks to remind each customer that buys an article, that th
sales tax is responsible »«•»• all the ills that tlie inlying public is hei:
to. The law imposes a sales tax of 3 per cent., but they charge i
cent on »very 10-eeiit purchase, and when you buy 10 articles yow
have paid 10 iter cent. s;;les lax.
Whether the extra levy of 7 per cent, is rung up in the returns
to or credited to the store's profit fund, is doubted.
If the latter suggestion is true, then the merchant is using the
wiles tax to make unwarranted money.
In Stokes county we ha\e people who actually blame the depress
ion on the sales tax. We heard a farmer say the other day that the
tuiles tax law was the greatest curse e\er beJore placed oil the
statute books.
This same farmer owns a \aluable farm of probably >OO acres on
which the tax rate is .51. 54. If the sales tax were abolished, his tax
rate would be 53.63. 1
Wonder if he would relish the change hack to the ad valorem ?
They say let the corporations pay the taxes, not realizing that a
few giant successful corporations standing like oak trees in a forest
»*her,, everything most has been blown down in the gale, are already
taxed as mu h as wis e and conservative law-makers think they are
Mble to bear.
They say, tax the corporate real estate again—but this will mean
tuxing the farmer's land again, too, will it not •*
The sales tax law was passed alter long and painful travail by
law-makers honestly searching for sources of revenue to meet the
Mate'* necsarv expenses. It was passed as the only logical and
sensible thing to do under the critical circumstances.
It was passed at a time when the credit of the State was breaking
down. Hanks refused to lend us any more money, or to renew exist
ing obligations. The State's bonds were below par, and interest debts
were pressing hard. Our school teachers were unpaid. The integ
rity of the state was being seriouslv compromised.
What was to be done ?
What herculean task was accomplished in the fa«> of the state'.*
ijost serious crisis ?
Here it is:
The credit of the State was saved, or standing in the money
markets i! New York was restored and strengthened, the interest
t,n the state's bonds and obligations was paid, the school teachers
received th. ir pay checks, the same time the tax on the farmer's lan-'
vas taken >fl. and our Stokes tax rate reduced from 51.75 or there
about s to *1.51.
It is admitted that the sales tax is burdensome. So was the ad
valorem tax on real estate, which has been repealed.
There !t:av he i remedy to t•»!*»» the place of the sales tax. but
ii has ?!. t v't found, and until it is found, those politicians who
i,re tf; i• to rb-lcat the State's fiseal policy in these trying times
should tin tl'air mouths.
The i;i; t is th::t the State is staggered with debts created in boom
times, and now we are looking pay-day in the face. Nothing short of
an all-embracing system of taxation can cope with the emergency.
The silts tax is the creation of the best minds the State, and ils
saving race is a substitute for chaos.
County Chairman.
It is learned that a tight is brewing over the chairmanship of thi
Democratic executive committee in the county. I
The chairman of the party holds a vital position. He must not
be a man upon whom all the tactions cannot unite. He must not
only be a man of e\|»erience and true and tried Democracy, hut he
mast be free from cliques, and animated only for the common weal
and he should enjoy the entire confidence of the voters.
The Democratic party in Stokes has been increasingly successful
during the last few campaigns. The chairman is the leader, the
standard-hearer. He should always be clear of bias, and not compli
cated with entanglements which might result in estranging groups
from support of the ticket.
If he is the product of spite, malice or ambition, the element ot
danger to the ticket enters.
Mrs. W. W. Noel Dead Game Warden
Mrs W. W. Noel, who former- LisK' Here
ly lived with her husband near j w - c - assistant State
Danbury. died suddenly at Ger- Game Warden, was here today
manton and was buried at Sandy. visiting County Game Warden T,
Ridge Wednesday. t L. Booth, ? .....
THE DANBURY REPORTER
THE BIG STOKES
FOREST RESERVE
(Continued from Ist Page.)
" and erosion. Second: The gov
■ eminent seeks to reforest these
denuded lands by aiding nature
V, restore the timber growth. 1\
i'o this the government protects
the h;nd from the raging forest
fires, protects the young growir;;
i> timbei fiom destructive methods
i l jy cutting and moving the mature
timber and as the nee I arises ac
> tual'y reforests the land by plant -
• irg young trees and seeds.
• How il.es the government ac
quire tius - lands? Just as any
"• individual w uKI b;:y the land. If
• the lan;' within the proposed
' boundaries are found to be o! the
• p>i :»«■!• location, class and quality
the Secretary of Agrieulluie,
through the proper i'.gents of the
1 I'nitei States Forest Service.
negotiates with the owner and
' if the owner desires to sell, and
ja price can be agreed upon, the
owner signs an option and the
government surveys the land, has
the title examined , both at
its own expense, and if the title
| is found to be satisfactory to the
! Attorney General of the I'nited
, States, the owner signs a deed,
| and the government pays the
purchase price. If the title is
found not to be good, the govern
; clears the title at its own cx
; pense by proceedings in the I'nit
ed States Court. This is known
I
as a Condemnation Proceeding
tinder the right of Eminent Do
main, and has led some people to
believe that th e government takes
:
the land arbitrarily and without
; the consent of the owner. This
! has never been done.
| Will the county lose or gain by
II he establishment of this Nation-.
,al Forest ? Judging by the re-;
I suits in other sections of the,
i United States and especially 51 (
i Western North Carolina, we fee) j
safe in saying that Stokes county:
and this entire section of the;
State will gain much more than j
it will lose by this means. It is j
true that when the government i
acquires lands they are taken off (
the tax books and the county and j
State will of course lose whatever!
; I
'hey would otherwise get from the
taxes of these lands. Many, how-1
ever, do not know that under the|
law. the Federal government j
must 111111 over to 'he counties
compris'tn: the Nati:>nil •'» (•■••tJ,
twenty-fi\ per cent, o' all re-'O- 1
nue derived by the Federal gov
ernment from the lands, includ
ing sales of timber, grazing!
privileges, leasing and rentals for,
recreation sites and other pur- {
poses. In the old areas this has
been found to yield to the coun
ties more than was lost in taxes '
In addition to this under the law,
the Federal government,
the Forest service is required to
expend an additional ten per
cent, of the National Forest
revenues in the construction of
i
, roads within the boundary. Fur
thermore, under the national Re
covery Administration, many mil
lions of dollars have been set
aside for additional road building
and forestry work, which has
( been done through the C. C. C.
; camps, thus giving the commun
i ilies in which these camps ara
located miles and miles of ad-
I |
i ditional roads through on: Na
j tional Forests, and in r 4 I*jti i.i.i
therefore instructing the youth of
the land in practical forest ly, in
| eluding natural history, geology
and other vaiuable subjects, to
say nothing ol the moral and
physical training given them.
Will the government take over
•. all the lands within the proposed
e boundary? This question is irn
e pliedly answered above, but it
0 should be kept in mind that the.*
a government only pure liases land
it suitable for the protection o ; " the
,r streams, in other words, v.:;
s shed lands, and lands prima? ; iy
, suitable for the growing of tim
.. her. and that it never takes a.'iyi
. lands unless the owner desires t >
sell. Of course, there would l.c
. many tracts of farm lands thai ;
the government will not even of
j- fer to buy nor consider buyinr
1 and theie will be many owners
r, who do not desire to sell anel all
f . such tracts will be left out. If
in the future, lands that have not
■> been offered, but come within the!
classification desired by the gov-'
j ernment. and the owners desire!
i to sell, the lands will be ac pitted. I
Will government of tii.->|
, lands prevent mining ;r d ma'iu-j
. facturing within the boundary ?j
No. Anyone whe> sells land u, tie
. government can r.Jtvv? miref.
, and mineral rig- *-of w.ij s. ait .1
I even timber, with the -iglit i. d 1
knowledge of moving sa.n? under
the proper government regu'a
tions. In other words, govern
ment ownership de>es not de
stroy but greatly enhances the!
1
utility of our mountain land. The
government has been acquiring ■
privately owned lands to add to'
its National Forests for about '
twenty-five years, and a little in- j
vertigation will convince anyone,
our government has ever adapted, f
Long ago the Eurojiean j
| nations realized the necessity of!
taking steps to conserve their'
i i
natural resources, but prodigal!
| America was slow in doing so. 1
| A few years ago our farsighted
statesmen discovered the alarm
: ing fact that at the rate we wer? j
! going it would be only a few
more years until our supply of
j virgin timber would bo exhausted'
: and that our navigable streams'
( would b e all filled up. A natural
| result to that condition would
!be devastating floods and un
i |
■equable climate and a country of!
I i
wonderful scenic beauty diverted
' I
| into one of unsightly desolation.!
! Ther e «re many other features, j
including conservation r.nd pro-'
tec! ion of wild Howe, s, firh and
i
game, that appeal to sense
,of the beautiful that enter into!
the question but space forbids!
their discussion at this time,
j Another benefit that cur people*
should not lose sight of is that
the establishment of a National
, Forest means the protection of I
private property within the for-
I est from forest fires and in other
•ways an' at the same time
; means an outlet over the good I
i roads for the isolated citizen io
• market his timber and other
I products and an inlet to this
i
community to the pleasure
seekers and those seeking
i.
.; ing to purchase the products cf
j the community. It also meirs
; ( that a number of gove - ir.'.e.it
: employees will be stulioiV-d in
t our community and will spend
,! their salaries among us, anel that
the expenditures made by the
. government in the acquisition of
. the lands and in the maintenance'
. of the forest will be of much eco-'
i nomic value to our people. . It is 1
■ the policy of the government not
.•to hoard timber,.in, the National
I '' ' ' • •
Forests, but to put it on the mar-
COURT SERVICE
Jurors For First Week (Criminal)
Court, July 2, 1934.
SAI'RATOWN TOWNSHIP.
T. W. Tut tie.
T. M. Welch.
YADKIN TOWNSHIP.
B. H. Riser.
! A. W. Gordon.
R. A. Wail.
W. A. Palmer.
| 11. Laws.
I Ralph Hail.
J. S. ii 'bertson.
J. H. Sizemoie.
J. W. Coon.
Will Moore.
J. A. Boy Its.
J. M. Stewart.
B. R. Lane.
J. T. Johnson.
C. Ross Newsoni.
Bit; CREEK TOWNSHIP.
J. C. Frans.
J. F. Overby.
F. M. Smith.
W. A. Christian.
George E. Nelson.
W. R. Mitchell.
DANBFKY TOWNSHIP.
J. C. Hill.
J. Tinzie Mabe.
PETERS CREEK TOWNSHIP.
P.E.Lawson.
F. C. Smith.
W. D. Hall.
R. A. Robertson.
C. R. Lawson.
P. H. Robertson.
(fl AKER GAP TOWNSHIP. I
John T. Simmons.
J. H. Nunn.
S. W. Mickey.
R. A. Hunter.
A. M. King.
SNOW CREEK TOWNSHIP
W. S. Smith.
J. M. Vernon.
C. J Steele.
J. J. Martin.
Gaston Tuttle.
W. D. Biowder.
Jurors For Second Heck (Civil)
Court, July 9, 1934.
({FAKER GXP TOWNSHIP.
J. Wesley Pell.
S. D. Simmons.
J. R. T.lley.
YADKIN TOWNSHIP.
J. P. Tuttle.
T. W. Gentry.
A. 1.. Tillotson.
C. L. Johnson.
M. L. Wall.
W. M. Logging.
J. M. Smith.
.MEADOWS TOWNSHIP.
S. L. Johnson.
S. L. Holland.
i
SNOW CREEK TOWNSHIP
W. M. Jessup.
J. W. Martin.
H. C. Z ; glar.
W. J. Martin.
BIG CREEK TOWNSHIP.
R. M. Hundley.
J. Walter Simmons.
W. E. Collins.
BEAVER ISLAND TOWNSHIP.
J. T. Dodson.
Frank Martin.
SAI'RATOWN TOWNSHIP.
J. L. Mitchell.
H. H. Fowler.
J. F. Manuel.
ket under competitive bids as it
matures. Government ownership
of the forest lands guarantees
that our timber supplies will not
only be preserved, but will be in
creased from year to year, and
will be a continuing source of sup
ply for all times.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE IS, 1934,
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
p ESTATE.
Under find bjr virtue of a pow
( er of |ale contained in a certain
| Mortgage Deed made and exe
; cuted on the 24th day of Janu
! ary, 1!33, by R. C. Pitts, in favor
of L. J. WeaviJ; and default hav
ing been made in the payment of
the note secured thereby, the.
undersigned Administrator of the
Mortgage will offer and expose
for sale to the highest bidder for
cash at the court house door in
Danbury, Stokes County, North
Carolina, at 12 o'clock noon, on—
FRIDAY, JI'NE 29T11, 1934,
the fohowing described property
to-wit:
Begr'nning in the Ftokesburg
road near a hickory in White's
iine, runs South 64 degrees West
9 chains to a black gum; thence
South 85 degrees West 6.50 chs.
to a black oak; thence South 71
degrees West 5 chains to a pine;
thence South 36 degrees West
4 chains and 63 links to the ,
center of Box Mountain road
near the bridge across Red Bank
Creek; thence down said creek as
it meanders 13 chains and 85
Creek; thence down said Town
links to the center of Town Fork
Fork Creek as it meanders 24.35
chains to a stake and pointers
at mouth of a branch; thence
South 34.75 East 21 chains to
center of Stokesburg Road;
thencp South 43.75 degrees West
with said road 55 links to the
beginning, containing 34.81 acres,
more or less. Recorded in Book
88, Pages 14 and 15. in the office
of the Register of Deeds of
Stokes county.
This 2Sth day of May, 1934.
W. C. WEAVIL,
Admr. of the estate of L. J..
Weavil.
Swai m & Jackson, Attys.
204 Masten Bldg.,
Winston-Salem. N. C.
NOTICE.
State of North Carolina,
County of Stokes.
P H. Robertson having duly
qualified as administrator, c t. a.
for R. M. Robertson, deceased,
all persons owing said estate are
hreby notified to make immediate
settlement, and all persons hold
ing claims against said estate ar
ing claims against said estate are
notified to file the same in due
time, or be forever barred.
This 7th day of June, 1934.
P. H. ROBERTSON, Admr.
R. J Scott, Attorney.
.meao bgkq cmfwy mfw yfwwww
ADM IN ISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualified as admint.ura
trix of the estate of J. R. Cookus,
deceased, late of Stokes county,
North Carolina, this is to notify
all pei sons having claims against
the estate of said deceased to
ehxibit them to the undersigned
at Walnut Cove, N. C., on or be
fore th e 26th day of May, 1935,
or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please n:ake immediate payment.
This 26th day of May, 1934.
MRS. ELIZABETH GRCBBS.
Administratrix of J. E. Cookus.
Joa. W. N-sal. Atty.
Mr. and Mrs.
Greene Entertain
Walnut Cove Route 1, June 12.
—Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Greene en
tertained recently at their homo
in celebration of the twentieth
anniversary of their wedding.
The home was thrown ensuito
for the occasion, and was very
attractively decorated throughout
with beautiful pink and white
roses, carrying out the lovely
color scheme of pink and white.
Upon the arrival of the guests
they were greeted by Mr. and Mrs.
Greene, and directed to the regis
tration book which was in charge
of Miss Erlene Greene. An hour
was spent in friendly conversa
tion; pleasant memories were re
vived, and Mr. and Mrs. Greene
lived again the happy event of
twenty years ago. Music for the
! evening was furnished by Mrs.
Marvin Johnson, Sam Lewis, and
W. C. White at the piano, and
Harry Blaylock with string
I instruments, , „ _