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IS TAKING \ PLACE BY I UNITED STATES SENATOR *_*_*_?_ * * - Often some highly constructive piece of legislation is thrown into the Congressional hopper and lost to the grind because it lacks dra matic appeal. In other words, its great significance is not quick ly grasped. Such a measure has been offered by my distinguished colleague, Senator King of Utah. It asks the President to call for Federal and state conferences on the subject of taxation with the objective of bringing order ' out of chaos to the taxing field. There is no stogie issue of greater importance to our people today than the need for settling once and for all the proper sources of tax revenue for the Federal Government, the states and their political subdivisions. The pres ent method of double taxation, whereby the Federal Government and the states, and often counties and cities, tap the same tax res ervoirs is having a disastrous ef fect. The situation is steadily growing worse. One example is gasoline. The Federal Government collects a gas tax, every state levies such a tax, and to many sections county and cities have superimposed gas taxes. The result is that to many areas the combined taxes exceed the price of the commodity. An cther example is cigarette taxes. Haaitfc-Wracklng Functional PAINS Bemn functional pains of men struation, cramping spells and jan gled nerves soon rob a woman of her natural, youthful freshness. PAIN lines in a woman's face too often grow Into AGE lines! Thousands of women have found it helpful to take CarduL They say it seemed to ease their pains, and they noticed an increase in their appetites and finally a strengthened resistance to the discomfort of monthly periods. Try CarduL Of course if it doesn t help you, see your doctor. IF WE DID HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SELLING WE'D ADVISE HOME OWNERS TO . BUY FURNITURE A| A ■■■ ■ FURNITURE NOW! ¥ We don't have salesmen on the road selling furni- __ . ture, but if we did we'd have him impress upon r* A W V"' everyone the importance of buying NOW while M A I 1 M old prices are in effect! j \ /■%H| M Every day we receive notices of price increase* which means that we are going to have to boost rill) MIT IT D 17 our prices all along the line. As yet we have not I |J |\ P. done so, which gives you an opportunity, if you arc planning to buy furniture soon, do so now and riAUI) A im save a considerable amount. You'll find our entire 111 [fl I A ¥ line of the highest quality and you'll be pleased ySpSp^F^| : 'a with present prices. ISkin, N. ettes pay a Federal tax of six cents and state tax of five cents or a total of eleven cents on each package. At this rate the use of one package of cigarettes" i each day means an annual tax bill of $40.15. Here are two flagrant in stances of double taxation, others I could be cited. The existing duplicate taxation, made possible through hidden taxes —levies included in the purr, chase price of a commodity with the result that buyers lose sight of the heavy taxes they are pay ing—has been an important fac tor in waste to all forms of gov ernment. Citizens fail to realize just how much taxes they are paying. Finding it easy to grab these tax "Pennies from Heaven," legislators, national and state, of ten lose sight of equity and abil ity to pay, and bow to expedien cy. This is particularly true in times of emergency such as we have recently gone through. And repeal of emergency taxes when emergencies pass is the exception rather than the rule. War taxes levied by Congress were not elim inated until 1928, and many have been reenacted. The primary reason for these conditions is, of course, the fact that our citizens are not tax con scious. I have said that they fail to realize'how much they are paying. Only a comparative few people would be able to sit down and figure their total tax bill on the basis of direct and hidden taxes paid for all forms of gov ernment. If a great number did this, the wave of public resent ment would bring quickly a new era of lower taxes, economy in government and the end of need less expenditures. On the basis of estimates of Federal tax revenue for the fiscal year 1937, every man, woman and child will pay an average of $45.00 to Federal taxes. In 1931, they paid an average of only about twenty dollars. Per capita figures on state, county and local taxes are incomplete, but it Is indi cated that with Federal taxes, the total is to the vicinity of SIOO. For a family of five, this means a total tax bill of $500.00. Ob viously, this tax burden is too great and it is carried because our people do not realize its weight on the family budget. Of course, there are times when taxes cannot be immediately re duced without the curtailment of widespread governmental activi ties. We are passing through such times at present. However, it is not too early to plan for nor- THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA | : mal conditions. Conferences of Federal and state tax experts with the view to drawing the lines for sources of taxation, to the end that one unit of government will not invade the tax field of an other, are sorely needed. The basis for such conferences is already at hand. Four years ago, a subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee, headed by the able Representa tive Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky, made an exhaustive inquiry into the subject of double taxation. Its factual preliminary report offers a startling indictment of existing conditions. In its review of the situation, the Vinson subcommittee offered the following questions which, in its opinion, should be discussed and solved: "First), which taxes are most adaptable for the use of the Fed eral government and which taxes are most adaptable for the use of the state governments? "Second, what taxes may be properly imposed by both State and Federal governments without serious objection from the stand point of equity? "Third, what means should be adopted to set forth a model tax system for the whole oountry. "Fourth, what means can be adopted to bring into practical operation a model system of tax ation?" There is reason to believe that farmers and workers In many sections are bearing the brunt of the existing multiplicity of tax levies. Certainly important ques tions are presented. Have high taxes on certain commodities tobacco is a case in point had the effect of reducing the price the farmers receive for their pro ducts? Have these taxes been a faotor in the widespread replace ment of workers by machines due to the margins of profit and intense business competition? Is the Federal government en deavoring to aid farmers, business men, workers and unemployed on the one hand and retarding the effort on the other by high tax es? These questions and others certainly deserve at least serious question on the part of our tax authorities and economists. Now is the proper time for such con sideration, so that when economic recovery is complete, and condi tions are normal, there can be a readjustment of the tax situa tion. In 1931 our people paid a total tax bill in all forms, Federal, state and local, that amounted to more than $9,500,000,000. The cur- |"" Tjnkat —Toda j I f ' f* S ''^ CHICAGO . . . Little Jean Benson has just celebrated her first birth day. She now weighs 16 pounds, 12 ounces. Little Jean was the world's tinest baby, 12 ounces, at birth. And that's Jean's mother, Mrs. Lester Benson, with her, rent annual bill is well in excess of $12,000,000,000. Certainly it is proper to raise the Question as to whether our people are getting a full return in the form of benefits and protec tion, from the billions they pay in taxes? Legislators, national and state, owe it to their consti tuents to help find the answer. HEALTH NOTES i • SURRY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT RALPH J. SYKEB, M. O, Health Officer SYPHILIS—FART TWO As to how syphilis is contract ed, Dr. Parian says that "Prob ably over half of the victims of syphilis acquired the disease in nocently." As to the mode of transmission of syphilis innocently the ways are very numerous. Of course marital syphilis is rather common if either party has the disease. Kissing is the most im portant single method of spread by accident. In an eastern state 17 cases of syphilis were traced to a kissing game. The spiral or ganism that causes syphilis lives but a short time on dry articles. It survives longer on moist sur faces. The list of articles that have been known to transmit syphilis is impressive and include towels, clothing, razors, handker chiefs, surgical-and dental instru ments, pipes and the like, espec ially when moist or improperly dried. From the above statement one can very easily see the dan ger of having a nursemaid, cook or butler around the house caring for children or cooking that has syphilis. Many of these cases are not infectious but if they should have an open sore in their mouth or on their body they can spread the disease. Syphilis is one of the easiest diseases we have to diagnose in the majority of cases. All that is necessary is to obtain a small amount of blood from the person to be tested and send it to the State Laboratory. They will do what is called the Wasserman test on it which will tell whether the person has the disease or not. Syphilis is one of the most de structive diseases we have at the present time. It causes about five times as much disability as auto mobile accidents. It causes 10% of the insanity. It causes 18% of all diseases of the heart and blood vessels. It causes a large percent of the still births and the death of babies in the first week of life. This disease can and does af fect any part of the body. It has been said by Dr. Osier "A person that knows syphilis knows medi cine." A disease that causes as much human suffering as this; why should we discuss it in a whisper? As to the control of syphilis Dr. Parran has said, "The causative agent is known; a diagnosis can be made as soon as the case is infectious; we have serological tests which will discover other wise latent cases; we have reme dies which I*lll speedily sterilize the infectious case. Unlike such diseases as typhoid fever, syphilis is spread singly from person to person by intimate contact. The source of infection, and those ex posed are usually known to the patient. "Compare these facts with tu berculosis, disease which has de clined by two-thirds, during the past 30 years. For tuberculosis, there is no specific method of cure or of rendering the patient noninfectious. Diagnosis of the early case is costly and difficult. The infectious agent Is widely dis seminated in the population. In spite of these greater difficulties, the practical control and even eradication of tuberculosis in this i country is a goal clearly in sight. Hie great difference between ; these diseases, however, is that, jic the case of tubercuosis, we have promoted public knowledge of the disease;' mobilized the pro fession; created public facilities; and organized community pro grams of control.'' Now that we know all this in formation about syphilis we can control It if we will abolish the National "Hush" policy concern ing this disease. This "Hush" pol-1 icy not only has kept the fact of syphilis from the public but it has also concealed the fact that syphilis ranks with cancer, pneu-! monia and tuberculosis as one of the four great killing diseases. In some foreign countries the hush policy has been abolished for years and with national organized effort syphilis is becoming rare. NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA, SURRY COUNTY. In The Superior Court FOREBELLE ANTHONY —vs— MASKET ANTHONY. The defendant, Masket An thony, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Surry County, State of North Carolina, to secure from the de fendant and to the plaintiff an absolute divorce; and the said defendant will further take no tice that h« is required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county in the Courthouse in Dobson, State : of North Carolina, on the 23 day ! of February, 1937, and answer or! demur to the complaint in said action, or plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demand ed in said complaint. This the 25th day of Jan., 1937. F. T. LLEWELLYN. 2-18 Clerk Superior Court. NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST Under and by virtue of author ity contained in a certain deed of trust executed by Jamer T. Green wood and wile to The North Car olina Bank and Trust Company, Trustee, on the 10th day of Aug ust, 1931, recorded in -Book 198, Pa«e 136, Registry of Surry Coun ty, North Carolina, default having been made In the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby, the undersigned Commissioner of Banks, having succeeded to the rights and duties of the said Trustee, will offer for sale, at pub lic auction, for cash, in front of the Surry County court house door on Tuesday, February 23rd, 1937 at twelve o'clock noon, cer tain pieces of land lying and be ing in Elkin Township, Surry County, State of North Carolina, and described and defined as fol lows: Beginning at the mouth of a creek, corner of lot No. 5, on the North side of the Yadkin River, and runs down said River No. 65 degs. East 36 chains to a sycamore at the mouth of a branch; thence No. 3 degs. East 35 chains to a white oak; thence North 86 degs. West 8.50 chains to a white oak sapling; thence North 15 degs. West 2.26 chains to a rock; thence North 26 degs. East 5.25 chains to the branoh; thence up the branch South 81 degs. West 2.50 chains; North 44 degs. West 2.90 chains to a rock at the branch; thence SORE TH ROAT with a Cold -4| 2. '4-A /lr — 3m Famous I—2—3 Method Now Only 15f ■ At the first sign of sore throat due to a cold, dissolve three Bayer Aspirin tablets in H glass of water. Gargle with this twice. It will act almost in stantly to relieve the rawness and soreness of your throat. At the same time, take two Bayer Aspirin tablets with a full glass of water. This acts to combat fever, and cold aches and pains. Repeat the treatment in 2 hours if necessary. This modern, in expensive way to ease a cold is approved by thousands of doctors. Ask for Bayer Aspirin by its full name not by the name "aspirin" alone. 2 rou. Virtually k a Tablet West 7 chains to a small pine cor ner of lot No. 5; thence South 17Ms degs, West 32.50* chains to a small persimmon, comer of lot No. 5; thence South 12 3-4 degs. East 21 chains to the Southern R. R.; thence with the Southern R. R. South 89 degs. West 13 chains to the creek; thence down said creek South 12 3-4 degs. East 9 chains to the beginning, contain ing 129.9 acres, more or less, and being the same lands allotted to James Greenwood by Commis sioners in the Division of the lands of J. H. Greenwood, dec'd., and designated as lot No. 6 in said Division (See report of Com missioner as filed in Special Pro ceedings entitled "J. A. Green wood et als vs. Philip Green wood," in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Surry County, N. C.) Dated this 19th day of January, 1937. GURNEY P. HOOD, 2-18 Commissioner of Banks. Radio Service BY AN EXPERT , RADIO SERVICE MAN Complete Line of Tubes and Parts Hayes &Speas (Incorporated) PHONE 70 ELKIN, N. 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