News-Journal
PUBLISHED EVERV^FRIDAY AT RAEFORD N.
INSCRIPTION RATES ^• $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
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QICKSON
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Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the post office of Raeford, N.
’ C., under Act of March 3 1879.
THE relief the FARM
NEEDS.
The Charlotte Observer,
M'hich i.s in fact an observer
as well a.^ in name, has been
driving some thought to the
farmer’s plight and to the
possibilities of relief from the
tribulations that have overta
ken farm and everybodyelse,
but particularly, the farm, and
the Observer figures on taxa-
ation. In the la.st 25 years,
from its statements, our taxes
have increased 700 per cent,
our population about 50 . per
cent, that-is to say our tax
es have increased 14 times as
much as our population, and
the total at thg present time
of all .state, national- and local
taxation annually is close to
six billion dollars. Worse than
that insupportable burden the
taxes are still rising.
Taxes have increased to 14
times what they were 25
years ago, according to the fi
gures the Observer has pre
sented. To understand the
plight of the farmer it- is only
neces.sary to say that in the
25 years the'prices of his com
modities have increased in
some things to double the
prices'at the beginning of the
period while in some things
the increase is. barely nomi
nal-. The prices of cotton and
tobacco this year promise to
be not much higher than dur
ing the average low years of
the past, although the taxes
are 14 times higher. Tobacco,
furnishes an example. If the
farmer turned over to the
state and/ national govern
ments all the money he gets
for the sale of his tobacco it
would not pay half the
amount levied against tobac
co in taxes. The tobacco crop
of last year, sold for $285,-
583,000. The tobacco tax was
almost half a billion dollars,
or almost double the value of
\be crop as sold by the farms.
There is what kills the tobac
co farmer. Take a parallel pos
sibility. Suppose the cotton
farmer faced a tax of $100 on
every fifty-dollar bale of cot
ton sold. How long would
the farmer and the countrj'^
survive? Or the steel mill pay
ing a tax of $60 on ever ton
of rails sold for $30, or what
ever the price of rails n:\ight
be, or the lumberman paying
$40 tax on every thousand
feet of lumber sold for $20.
No industry" can thrive when
singled out' to carry such
enormous abnormal burdens.
Then along comes another
form of crucifying the farmer
with taxes, A few days ago
the papers were telling of
some sales of land for taxes
in an adjoining (^nunty. With
the rest was a pathetic story
of an old negro who saw his
land offered for sale for pos
sibly twenty dollars in taxes.
He could not pay .the amount,
but some friends among his
white neighbors paid the mon
ey for him and saved him
from losing his place. But
lie
were not
an. old story repeatedT.eveiy'
year in all the counties. Land
is sold for taxes, and n farm
worth $2,000 may be sold for
thirty or forty dollars to se
cure that’ amount to pay the
taxes. The unrighteousness
of the whole thing is -seen
readily if we follow it a lit
tle way. If the farm will not
sell for more than say $40, it
is preposterous to collect $40
in taxes on it. And the price
the farm brings is the best
evidence in the world of the
value of the place. A farm
that is sold froni its owner for
$40 should have assessed
against it not $40, but proba
bly a dollar or two. To take
from a man his farm as his
contribution to the year’s tax
es is simply a confiscation of
the whole property, and it is
hard to imagine an^hing that
is more inexcusable or more
like absolute piracy. How the
constitution of North Carolina
can be interpreted to sanction
such blackjacking is incon
ceivable.
Probably three-fourth of
4Jie evils that beset the far
mer can be traced directly to
the plainly unfair and bur
densome taxes laid on his
shoulders, and the uneven
chance he has to get for his
products a reasonable price
as compared with what he has
to pay for- what he buys. Ev
erybody is taxed to pay all
these vast sums, and from the
consumer comes the indirect
taxes like the tobacco tax,
but money thus taken makes
it more difficult for the con
sumer to buy, and thus les
sens the price and the market
for what the farmer makes.
Last year North Carolina
raised approximately $100,-
^00,000 worth of tobacco. It
is one of our boasts" that the
$200,0001000 in taxes on the
tobacco manufactured in this
state, or . twice as much as ^he
crop was worth. ’And with
this, state taxes on tobacco Jn
one foirin >br,. another added
morew ' The’ drop this year
seems likely to bring less, but
the taxes wall be the same dr
maybe larger. That looks like
the hole the pig went out un
der the fence.—^The Pilot.
CAMP PRESENTED
O. A. Weaver^ of Thomaston^ Ga.,
announced the donation of three
hudred acres on Pine Mountain^ 20
miies from Griffin and ten miles
from Thomaston to the Flint River
Council Boy Scouts. The site ex
tends from th€| top of Pine Mountain
to the valley below. A cold Spring
ont op of the mountain and a clear
stream at the base make it an ideal
camp site.
It will be improved with perma
nent buildings and a large lake will
be built at the foot of the mountain.
It is planned to make the camp not
only a recreation place for t^e bays^
but a game and bird preserve. J.M.
Molder is Scout Executive for the
Flint River Council. There are 18
troops in tlm/area^ representing half
a dozen towns. New • troops will
shortly be formed in three other
towns in the area. ,
■Miss Lorena Andrews left for
'Greensboro W’ednesd^y^ where she
will enter N. C. C. 'V^.
Mr. Robert Looper^ of the U. S.
Marine Corps^ is visiting his moth
er, Mrs. J. P. Smith.
NOTICE!
By oredr of the County' Board of
Education on the 8th day of Sep-,
tember^ a rward of $25 is op!ered
for sufficient evidence to convict the
party or parties for damages to the
school building at Mount Pleasant
in Little River Township. Hoke
county.
GIVE you Ice of the “lasting’
kind . ■. . crystal clear. Daily
without fail. Just get your card
And better still a book of
tickets.
liPCKUPCil MILUNIi I WE CD.
I have reduced the prices of my entire
stock. I haye based them on It) cents cot
ton. I have bought the best merchandise
that money can buy and am 6ffering it
at the lowest prices you have seen in many
years.
Come in and see for yourself.
ISRAEL MANN
FURNITURE
PRICES
ARE THE LOWEST IN PRICE THEY §
HAVE BEEN IN FIFTEEN YEARS!
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"PETTY SERVICE
You will have no delays or long waits when
you bring your car to ii.- for repairs.
We give “peppy” service. Your car will al
ways be ready when inoniised.
Our workman are' EXPERTS.
Our PRICES are RIGHT.
Let US care for-yOUR Car.
Look over our display of Living Room,
pining Room and Bedroom Suites and
you will find what you want at
prices that will surprise you. We have §
a nice new' line for your every need and
we invite your inspection.
We sell the Majestic Radios—*‘The
THIBBOTBS
RAEFORD, N. C.
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Mighty Monarch of the Air.’*
Reeford
c
iture Co.
Phone 217
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Just Arrived
A CAR LOAD OF POULTRY FEED, DAIRY FEED. HOC
. FEED, TANKAGE, MILL FEED. /
Start feeding your hogs, poultry and cattle now and; get.
them in good condition for the cold weather later.
McNEILL GROCERY COMPANY
THE SANITARY FOOD MARKET
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Or Raeford Fish Market Next to Raeford WholesalCi
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Help For
Cotton Farmers
The N. C. Cotton Growers Cooperative Association,
through the aid of the Federal Farm Board and the
American Cotton Cooperative 'Association, is now ad
vancing 90 per cent of the average price being paid
for cotton on the local markets.
PRESENT ADVANCE NINE CENTS
If, however, your cotton grades better than- mid-
ling 7-8”, you will receive a second check as an ad- ,
ditional advance on grades and staples.
NO CALLS FOR MARGIN
There will not be any calls for margin if the price
of cotton should decline. In other words, there will ^
be no comeback on the producer when he puts his
cotton in the seasonal pool.
We borrow money at extremely low rates of in
terest, now only 4 per cent.
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Our storage and Insurance rates are very low.
NO HANGOVER FROM 1929 CROP
Cotton upon which we advanced 16c last season
has been taken over by the Stabilization Corporation.
Members who delivered cotton better than middling
/-8 will receive additional payments amounting to
$175,000. There will be no loss, either
to the Association or its members, if this cotton is
hnally sold for less than the amount advanced.
Don’t Force Your Cotton On An Unwill
ing Market.
All farmers know that cotton is selling less than the
cost of production. Judging the future by the past,
they also know that coton' will bring a better price
if held off of this depressed market.
14,000,000 bales is not more, than the World will
consume at at a fair price, if marketed in the proper
way. ■
SELL YOUR COTTON AND KEEP IT
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TOO.”
Whether you raise one hale or 5,000 bales, it will
pay you to join the ..Cotton Association and receive
as first payment approximately what your cotton
.would bring on the street. AND YOU WILL STTT f
OWN THE COTTON. .
For information, see or phone our.field representative
A. D. ENNETT, Laurinburg, N. C.
Raeford Warehouse
Jesse Gibson, Dundarrach
W. T. Boseman, Rockfish
Edinburg Gin Co.
Montrose Ginning Co.
R. F. Stewart, Adder
North Carolina Cotton Growers
Cooperative Association
RALEIGH, N. C.
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