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Of Thoughts
From Here
There, Yonder
VOLUME XXV
WARREN i ON, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH j920
Number 18
A SEMI. WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TWTTHE INT Elf ESTS OFW ARRENTON XWWAB KEN COUNTY
ColyuHi
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(By W. BRODIE JONES)
Possibly-there has been too great a
tendency in the past months to ex
travagance in many ways; possibly the
pubLc feels that it has been called
upon to help the Other Feilow too
much; possibly taxes and election yeai
engage attention But be these things.
s.s they may
When a plan is launched for the
erection of a memorial to the men who
went forth in the days of the country's
need, when sacrifice was counted as
naught, when patriotism under the fire
of war made nobihty of soul common
place then
Despite those things which we have
done n the past, despite the manj
.3 ioj funds, despite the apparent
lethargy, the peop.e of this county in
honor of as brave men as faced danger
.n appreciation of as true men as
made the sacrifice supreme, will answ
er this county call for a purpose which
is to reflect their spirit of high ser
vice thruout time.
A c: editable answer ; fh
thing possible. Evory citizen of tibia
ccunu cn ao no iesd ,uu
move with their iniiuence and their
money.
No life can be pure in its purpose and
strong in its strife
And all life not be purer and stronger
thereby. Owen Meredith
There's no situation in life so bad
it can't be mended. Pickwick Papers.
"Business is not made by staying
awake nights, but by keeping awake
daytimes."
Attention to detail is the secret of
success in every sphere of life. Hugh
Black.
Not Too Healthy.
"It is healthier to be cremated," says
an English physician. Maybe so, but
for our part we know we should never
be the same man again.
Boston Transcript.
Before But After
Wife (as doorbell - rings) "That
woman always comes here just before
d'nner.
Hub "Then it's evident that she
comes here after dinner."
Boston Transcript.
Searching Question.
She "I'd like to ask you a ques
tion!" He "Ask it, dear."
She "Am I the only girl whose
money you ever loved?"
New York Globe.
No Disagreement
"A man never ought to be allowed to
leave so much money," says a Labor
writer, discussing the will of an Amer
ican. It ought to be pointed out hat
the millionaire in question did not
really want to leave it. London Punch
The Court's Decision.
Plaintiff's . Counsel"Your honor,
unfortunately in this case I am oppos
ed by the most unmitigated scoun
drel" "Defendant's Counsel "My learned
friend is such a notorious perverter
Judge "Will counsel kindly con
fine their remarks to such matters as
are in dispute?"
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Essentials.
"And so you learned French thoi
oughly while Over There Son?" saiu
the proud father of the Returned Sol
dier. "Sure! I got so I could say Hello
end Good-night and order ham and
eggs, and I could ask a fellow to lend
we money and tell a girl I loved her
better'n anything and that's all a fel
low needs in any language."
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Met His Match.
Struck by the notice, "Iron Sinks,"
in a shop window, a wag went inside
nd said that he was perfectly aware
of the fact that "iron sank."
Alive to the occasion the smart shop
keeper rettaliated:
"Yes, and time flies, but wine Vaults,
sulphur springs, jam rolls giass
slopes, music stands, Niagara Falls.
moonlight walks, sheep run, Kent
hops and hoMday trips, scandal
spreads, standard weights, India rub
ber tires, the organ stops, the world
goes round, trade returns, and "
But the visitor had bolted. After
collecting hie thoughts he returned
and showing his head at the doorway,
shouted: "Yes, I agree with all of that
Perfectly and marble busts."
Irish World.
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Mave At Spile and Lose At BungJ
Continues Unless Revalu
ation Act Is Obeyed
CEASE DRIVING WEALTH
OUT OF NOltTH CAROLINA
tax on his estate would pay off the en
Present System of Taxation Ife tire bonded indebtedness of the State
Mandate to People of Means
to Get Out to Save
selves rom Ruin.
lhem-
The News and Observer says:
"The final and most vigorous of the
series of "Sermons on Revaluation"
written by Governor T. W. Bickett
was released yesterday, clinching as
he declares, the argument in favor of
placing the property in North Caro-
Lna on the tax books at its actua
value and reducing tax rates to nguies
that will attract rather than drive
away wealth from the State. The
sermon is as follows:
"In former articles I have endeav-
orcd to show the rason for and the
righteousness of the Re-valuation Act.
In this last article I propose to dem-
onstrate that the act is justified by
far sighted selfishness. If the people
of North Carolina were dead to aJing of their lives in wholesome and
tuiioiuci anuiis ui ti uuii ctnu justice
which considerations are the mud sills
of the Kevaiuation Act stui -an en-
lightened sellishness would lead them and wonderfully lighten the burden o taxation treat all pe0pie and all prop
to adopt the fundamental principles of taxation on those who e e already ei.ty exactiy aiike ?
tlie Re-valuation Act. here. It is a penny wise and pound -g. Do we desireto have true value3
"When 1 was a boy living in Union foolish policy to maintain a tax sys- and low rateg or values ridiculously
county I often heard the expression, tern that literally drives our own men jow and'rate3 terrifying high?
"Saving at the spile and losing at the of wealth out of our borders and A Do .we desire to maintain a sys-;
oung." inis is precisely wnat tne old
ta: system has been do.ng in North
Carolina. We have maintained tax
rates so high and tight that nothing
could leak at the spi.e, but the bung
wiue uycu aim imuugu it tne w U attract b.g capital rignt now that is the plain truth. The machinery was to school principals and teachers
wealth that ought to have stayed in is seeking investment where the tax designed to reach this objective. If throughout the district with the re
North Carolina hac been constantly rate3 are not confiscatory. In one of n any case the machinery has failed quest that they be posted on bulletin
running out. our progressive towns in eastern to accomplish the end for which it was I rds and in other conspicuous places.
"Some three years ago a man of North Carolina the present tax rate, designed the remedy is to correct the , All pupils of ail public and private
wealth, a native of Noith Carolina, State, city and county combined, is machinery and not to abandon the schools in this district may enter the
who had recently moved to a distant i over $4 on the one hundred' dollars act. j contest. Students of universities,
state, came into the Governor's office, worth of property. A million dollar "The Re-valuation Act is headed colleges, business colleges, institutes
and I teased him about abandoning
his old State when he got rich. At
once he became serious and said,
"Governor, I never hated to do any
thing in my life as bad as I did to
leave North Carolina. My people have
lived heie for generations. I love
the State, its climate, its soil, its peo
ple, its traditions, but the simple truth
is that I cannot afford to live in North
Carolina. My people have lived iiic
for generations. I love the State its
climate, its soil, its people, its tradi
tions, but the simple truth is that I
car-not afford to live in North Caro-
"Y.hy?" I asked.
"In the city in which I live," h re
plied, "the combined city, county and
State tax rate is $3.25 on the one hun
dred dollars worth of property. Now
my property consists largely of high
clas?, low interest bearing securities.
They will not average more than five
per cent.. The result is that every
time I get $5 income from my prop
erty I have to pay $3.25 of it for the
support of the state county and city
government, and this leaves me only
$1.75 for the support of myself and
familv. It costs me $200,000 a year
more in taxes to live in the State of
North Carolina than it does in tne
State to which I have removed.' " j
"A short time ago this man died in
the distant State to which he had re
moved. The North Carolina policy in
oii- rir-nve him out of the State. By
maintaining rates that practically con
fiscated his income the State got noth
ing. If he had remained here under
a low rate the State, the county and
the city wolud ha received a fair
sum in taxes on his property, another
fair smm in taxes on his income, and
when he died the State would have
inherit-'
tCVClVCU inw-- i
ahce taxes on his estate. As it Js we ,
got nothing. This is a saving at the
spile and losing at tne Dung wlw,
vengeance.
"Everybody knows that when Mrs.
BWham. a North Carolina woman,
js-.i trfVv the inheritance taxes
v,ot cte tiaid off the entire bond-
on her estate paio ou "l K i
ed indebtedness of the State .of
tucky, and left a considerable surplas
to go into the Treasury of the State
"There is today one man, a native,
of North Carolina, but a res .dent of
another State who, I have reason: to
believe, would like to live in North
Caiouna, but he cannot affoid, ;fie
says, to pay three-fourths of his in
come to the State while he is living.,
Now if we maintain a low rate arid 1
that man should come back to North
Carolina we would get a handsome i
revenue n taxes at a low rate on his
estate while he is living. We would
get a reasonable income tax while , he
'lives, and when he dies the inhe.itance j
fNortn Carolina and leave enough
1 A.- I !1 .J L.-J
surplus to build many miles of hard
surface roads. To maintain rates so
frightfully h.gh that th.s man ahd
hundreds of others like him are driven '
out of the State is saving at the spile
and losing at the bung. . K
Will Bring Them Home. b
"North Carolina is a wonderful at-
tractive State in wh-ch to live. We
I have here a climate more intoxicating
than anything that yoa can buy in the;
open market, a so.l that wU produce;,
anything for the comfort of man and
beast, glorious scenery on land and?
,sea. If to all these attractions we add'
the lowest property tax rate of anyf
State in the Union, and this we shall ;
do under the Re-Valuation Act, thenv
from all over the United States men
who have scored in the big business
world and who want to spend the' even-
utu ivtivtt surcuunuiugs win iiucn. tu
North Carohna. Ther coming will
greatly add to the wealth of the State
borders anci
,
irigniens omers irom coming in
Attract Big Capital.
A low tax rate will not onlv keen
our own capitai here and lure retired
capitalists from other States, but it
i cnterpris in that city wuld have to
pay in taxes over ijs40,0v0 a year,
Such a tax rate quarantines that town
aga!nst money from the outside. Di
vide that rate by four and new enter
prises would spring up, new wea th
flow into the town and the burden of
taxation on the average man would i?
proportionately relieved..
Fially, brethren, I desire to leave
four questions on the door step3 of
INTRODUCING SAHL
QUEEN OF WITCH
Sahlukene Cole,
once .queen of the
Zulu witch doctors,
has abandoned her
practice and is study
ing Christianity. Cele
was known as pre
mier "caster out" of
"maidenly spirits" ia
Africa. The Zulus be
lieve these spirits
have power to ; keep
eligible young men
from proposing. At
least, the Zulu debu
tante thinks this true
f -i
dQes not come quick-
ly she seeks the witch
doctor. Tribal wars
in recent years havo
made men scarce ia
Hululand, so Cele was
0ing a tremendous
business when a field
-orker for the relig-.
ious, social and eco
nomic world survey
of the Interchurch
Vorld Movement met
her. lie saw Cele
banish spirits with in
cantation and the
sraoice irom a nre
consisting of herbs,
leaves, cuttlefish
powder, elephant's
floch and a live
python Cele e X
plained that the
python's ability to
hnM t i p h 1 1 v uras
passed on to the maiden that she might
errin. It was throuen the efforts of Lr,
medical misslonarv. that Cela became
Dr. McCord is now in the United States in the interest of a medical institute
6 De started in Durban. Here the Zulu witch doctors will be taught
medicixxe and surgery,
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MICKIE SAYS
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every man s
gence.
Four Pertinent Questions.
Do we really desire to make the
tax books of North Carolina speak the
ruth ?
2. Do we really desire to wipe out '
discriminations and in the realm of I
,' . -r, And-,
iiio.iiivo.iii ojr o-
and property out of North Carolina, or
a svstem that will draw both men and
property into the State?
"The objective of the Re-valuation Act
straight towards truth and justice
a Codly government in a goodly land.
Egypt lies behind.
WEATHER FORECAST:
Generally Fair Wednesday
not much change in tem
perature; rain Thursday
and windy Friday.
'OCTORS
1 M. 1 Jf ,-,
keep her husband in an everlasting
James B. iMcuora. a uonsiesauuuju
interested in Christianity.
conscience and mtelh-
UEENE
Obstacles Lin-
Overcame
DISCOURAGED?
REMEMBER THIS:
When Abraham Lincoln was a
young man he ran for the Legislature
in Illinois and was badly swamped.
He next entered business, failed
and spent seventeen years of his life
paying up the debts of a worthies
partner.
He was in love with a beautif u
young woman to whom he became en
gaged -then she died.
a constant burden to him.
Entering politics again, he ran for
Congress and was badly defeated.
He then tried to get an appointment
to the U. S. Land Office, b t failed.
He became a candidate for the U.
S. Senate, and was badly defeated.
In 1855 he became a candidate for
the Vice-Presidency and was again
defeated.
In 1858 he was defeated by Douglas
One failure after another bad fail
ures great setbacks. In the face of
all this he eventually became one of
the country's greatest men, if not the
greatest.
When you think of a series of set
backs like this, doesn't it make you
feel small to become discouraged, just
because you think you 'are ""having a
hard time in life? Exchange.
Prize For Best
Thrift Poster
For the best posters drawn by school,
ul. - m.. t . n
i tire , war .uoan urbanization 1 ox inis
l ing to more than one hundred dollars,
according to an announcement iiist
(made. The rules of the contest,
which closes March 31, have been sent
and normal schools may not take part,
;the announcement says.
Six prizes will be awarded in this
state. All the schools will be divided
into two classes: Those in cities with
a population of more than 8,000, ac-
, cording to the 1910 census, will be
known as Class A Schools. The
others will be class B Schools. In
each class three prizes will be given
$5, $2.50 and $1. Also in each class
two grand prizes for the Fifth Fed
eral Reserve District will be awarded,
these being $10 each. t
In addition to the cash prizes the
winners will receive personal letters
of congratulation signed by the direc
tor of the War Loan Organization
and the governor of the Federal Re
serve Bank of this district.
All posters submitted must empha
size the value of saving and the ad
vantage of investing in Thrift and
War Savings Stamps. The posters
may be made in any manner desired.
No contestant may enter more than
two posters. Anyone who desires
.copies of the printed rules can get
j them by writing to the War Loan Or
ganization at Richmond, Va.
HIS GIFT TO HEU.
I'd like to bargain with a merman for
a thousand peals,
These "Gems Serene," a gift for the
: most wonderful of girls;
But her soft throat, her fair slim
throat of satin-tender sheen,
Would change them into emeralds; of
envy they'd turn green.
I'd like to find a pixie that down in
the earth would delve
For many flashing diamonds; I'd give
; her twelve times twelve
But, oh, her eyes, her shining eyes
would dim their , lustre quite.
I'd like to filch a crown for her from
: off the brow of Night.
But what I'll really give her if I have
; the nerve and dare
Is just a spray of mistletoe and place
it in her,b,air.
Cora Dapham Hazard, In New York
Evening Post.
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Meeting of Friday Night Pro
posed Forty Thousand
Dollar Structure
I ASS MEETING IN COURT
LOUSE FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8
Building To Be Used As Rest
Room For Entire County and
Place of Meeting For Club, A.
Legion and Other Bodies.
The meeting called last Friday night
in the office of Hon. Tasker Poik for
discussion of a club for Warrenton
grew under the leadership of Mr. T. D.
Peck, Hon. Tasker Polk, Mr. V. F.
Ward and others into a united purpose
of a forty thousand dollar memorial to
Warren county soldiers expressed in a
servicable building for the people of
the entire county.
Tentative plans calling for a build
ing in which a club as proposed by
Mr. Peck in former letters to the War
ren Record could hold its meeting as
could also the America Legion and
other public bodies which from time to
time convene here. A public
library could be established. The
fact that it was to be not a local but a
county building for the people of the
entire county was stressed.
Thirty Warrenton people present
were in accord with the idea as out
lined in a general way. A committee
consisting of Frank H. Gibbs, V. F.
Ward, C P. Allen, Walter Gardner, C.
F. Moseley were named to procure in
formation from' Wayne and other
counties where servicable 'memorial
were under way.
The committee was urged to immed
iately obtain this information and be
prepared to submit a report at a gen-
jeral mass meeting called for Friday
j night at 8:00 in the Court House to
which the people of the county were
! invited.
I Funds were to be raised from the
public spirited people of the county
j who appreciate the war record of its
men and who wish to perpetuate their
memory in a servicable manner. The
county Board of Commissioners and
the Board of town Commissioners, it
was alleged, would contribute to this
purpose.
It wag pointed out that though the
campaign came upon the heels of re
lief drive following relief drive since
the beginning of the war, it was felt
that this was a local call for county
benefit, that it was a servicable invest
ment for the people of the county and
as such would merit the support of its
entire citizentry.
The meeting closed with an earnest
request for a large attendance next
Friday night when definite plans will
be formed following a report of the
committee on information and discus
sion by the public spirited men and
women of the county who are expect
ed to be present.
Mr. JIM LIMER !S 'SOME HUNTER
From out in Elberon comes the fol
lowing "hunting" tale. Tho it might
appear at first glance a little dubious,
Mr. Limer has two witnesses to prove
his story:
Mr. Jim Limer was out hunting re
cently and was having the usual run
of luck when he saw a likely looking
hollow for a squirrel. He shot into
the hollow and out poked the head of
an 'possum. With the other barrel he
killed the o'possum but, alas! it
dropped back into the hollow.
Not wishing to lose his kill ho se
cured an axe and cut down the tree.
And found in this one tree 2 squirrels,
two o'possums and 12 pounds of
honey.
"It requires 28,000,000 tire3 to
equip the passenger automobiles and
motor trucks used in the United
States."
Plutarch or somebody said that "To
conduct great matters and never com
mit a fault is above the force of
human nature." Mistakes arc sure to
occur in proportion to the things yoa
undertake. Thus the fellow who never
does anything will make no error
but to do nothing is the biggest mis
take in the world. Selected.
DME