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Milk tatty Food item | Exempted From 1rax Tax Levy Placed On Meals In Cafes On Jane First Raeigh, July 1.—North Caro lina housewives today will have to pay the three percent gen eral sales tax on every article of food bought in the State, the single exception 9 of ith that deception, the 1935 Legislature removed all exemp tions allowed under the 1333 act. The sales levy Was plac ed, oh meals in cafes on June 1. Department of Revenue offi cials predict a much simpler talk for their collectors and say the chance of evasion of the tax will be fewer, as x eihptions are removed today. The department officially will report today the tax yield ed a total of $14,000,000 during the 28 months it has been in ✓effect. Since the collections reach the department at the end of the month in which the tax is collected from the pub lic, it will be September before the yield of the first month of the revised sales tax will be known. j As the State closed its books for the fiscal year last night, ^revenue officials estimated that a surplus of from $200,000 to $300,000 would be shown for jibe 1934-35 period. A. J. Maxwell, Commission er of Revenue, extended the time for payment of J934-35 li cense taxes through Monday at midnight, since the end of the month came on Sunday. 1W ashingtonNews F&r U. S* Farmers Farm Buying Vital Looks Bor Improvement Figfiting The AAA To End Farm Tenancy The advantage that will ac crue to industry from improved buying - poorer on American firms is well illustrated, ^fcheR, we reflect that of the 30,000, 000 persons dependent on ag riculture for their living: ,78 per cent have to carry wafer from wells or other, sources of supply; 77 per cent have to get along with outdoor toilets; 93 per cent have neither a >athtub nor shower; '76 percent have only kero sene or gasoline lamps; 86 per cent are without elec These figures were called to the attention of the plumbers of America, who met in Chi cago last week, by Morris L. Cocke, Administrator of the Rural Electrification Adminis tration. You may wonder what it has to do with the plumbing jusiness but it would take the nHihufacturers of bathroom equipment in this country from seve nto ten years of steady production to supply the de hand if all farm homes could >e brought up to the American standard. Moreover, installa tion of these, and other fix tures, would furnish employ nent for many unemployed plumbers. As Mr. Cooke pointed out, it 6 wrong to assume that our treat farming population goes vithout the benefits of sani tary equipment because its standards are low. Only the nability to purchase stands >etween the .'‘’'Tier and the development of a tremendous emand for, not only bathroom jrtures, but many other indus trial products and for that rea son, it would seem, industry Vould rally around any pro ■ram that looks to the improve lent of the farm income of this ountry. 1 ;y. _ Incidentally, W. I. Myers, prnor of the Farm Credit aistration believes that * rapidly unfolding improce t in agriculture points to ich greater volume of bus and that as a result of her increases in farm com . prices and farm pur ting power there will be use of time purchases, t credit and other “ox-cart of financing farm pro asewives are appearing in ton to demand a Con .'into of them relating tales of starvation and* privation because of high food! prices. They assert that the packers profited “at our ev pense” from the AAA drought relief and pig slaughtering. At the same time reports from several cities tell of court proceedings instituted by various plaintiffs, seeking to restrain the government from collecting hog-processing tax es levied Under the AAA. Fanners in this county, and those elsewhere, might as well keep their eyes open and be ready at all timeB to repel these attacks upon the present pro gram. They should realize that regardless of the plan under taken to improve their buying power, -there will be adverse interests, some powerful, to to fight against it with every legal power and with ample fi nancial resources to carry on the warfare. * * * The Bankhead bill to aid ten ant farmers to buy their own farms, which was before the Senate in April and withdrawn in the face of hostility, passed the upper house last week, al though denounced by its foes as a paternalistic and illogical scheme. Forty Democrats, three Republicans and two In dependents voted for the meas ure which was opposed by eighteen Democrats and four teen Republicans. With an authorized capital of $60,000,000 and the right to issue bonds up to $1,000,000, 000 the measure would create a Farmers Home Corporation, with power to make Ibans for buying farmB, farm houses, lives&Qfck, equipment, machin ery, furnishings and supplies. No bonds could be issued the first year, and only $300,000, 000 in the first three years. Loans would be limited to an amount paid for an average farm in a particular state. This it is claimed by opponents, varies from 65 acres in Mis sissippi to 1,196 in Nevada and in value from $1,818 in Missis sippi to $19,665 in Iowa. Other critics contend that to supply all tenant farmers with farms of average size would cost $21, 000,000,000 and that it is not the business of the government ti buy farms for anybody. While in sympathy With the purpose of the bill to rehabili tate tenant farmers, this writ er renders no opinion as to the results to . be obtained. Indi vidual farmers, however, are urged to think the niatter out for themselves, to watch the workings of the corporation if and When it begins to operate and to be ready to support it, if good, and to kill it, if evil re sults. CHEVROLET ACCESSORIES, PARTS SALES SET RECORD The Chevrolet Motor Com pany set a new all-time record during May for total volume of parts and accessories sales. The previous record dated back to the boom year of 1929, when August sales reached a peak that stood as a record for near ly six years. Announcement of the new record was made at White Sul phur Springs by M. D. Doug las, manager of the Chevrolet Parts and Accessories division before a gathering of the fad ing field men of the division, guests of the company during a three days’ stay awarded them in recognition of their1 success in rolling up regional and zone records contributing to the high May total. According- to Mr. Douglas, the May peak of sales can be attributed largely to a gener al resumption of touring for pleasure, a natural sequence to the increase in spending pow er throughout the country. “The curve of new car sales shows heavy gains over last year,” he declared, “and new cars themselves create a de mand for accessories—every thing from insect screens to radios. However, our May re cord was far above what could be attributed to the sale of ac cessories for new cars, and it can be definitely concluded that much of the buying was for old cars. “That means tfiat motorists are taking to the road in larg er numbers than during the re cent touring seasons, and are equipping their cars with as cessories that will contribute to the convenience, comfort and safety. They are making their old ears look new with seat covers, modernizing them with radios, equipping them with spot lights, visors, dual windshield wipers, and other articles that add to the con venience and pleasure of both the driver and the passengers.” SOUND POLLUTION FIGHT IS WON BY SPORTSMEN New York, June 30.—The pall of pollution, threatening widespread starvation among wildfowl at Currituck Sound, North Carolina, famed as the greatest winter resort for wild diicks and gbese on the Atlan tic coast, has been dissipated. Sportsmen's organizations, and state and federal game officials have won their fight to keep closed except for shipping the locks of the Chespeake and Al bemarle canal linking the 300 square miles of nearly fresh .Sound waters with the salty and polluted harbor waters of Norfolk, Va. _ Virginia crab fishing inter ests had petitioned the War Department to keep open the canal locks, claiming that while closed they interfered with free migration of crabs. Sports men’s representatives, demon strating their power in the country’s fight against water polution, rallied such powerful opposition at a public hearing at Norfolk that the proposal has been withdrawn, according to the More Game Girds Foun dation. Experts of the U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey, officials of North Carolina and Virginia Game Departments and the sportsmen’s groups contended that to grant the petition would ruin the vast growths of aquatic plants in the Sound up on which a bulk of eastern1 wild waterfowl depended for food during the Winter. Clarence Cottam, represent ing the Bureau of Biological Survey, reported that since the canal locks were constructed in 1932 at a cost of nearly half a million dollars, widgeon grass, duck potatoes and similar aquatic growths had shown a steady comeback. Previous to installation of the locks, ac cording to R. Br North Carolina Cc nservation, pollution coming in through the canal had caus . :e Etheridge, Director of ed a drop in the annual fresh water catch in Currituck of from 2,P00,000 to 800,000 pounds. A decline of 99 per cent in the number of water fowl wintering therd was also shown, according to John C. Huntington, Vice-President of the Foundation. |/^ARDWELL’S XJlOLUMfc PROJECTING PROSPERITY By GUY A. CARDWELL, Agriealtnral £ Industrial Agent, A. C. L. Railroad Co. H. J. Schwietert, of Chicago, Vice President, American Rail way Development Association, reports his attendance at a re cent conference of 200 men and women interested in agricult ure, industry and science, who met to collaborate for the pur pose of devloping new indus trial markets for farm pro ducts. It was the concensus of opinion of those present that if prosperity returns to this country (and of course it will) it must come by agricultural expansion. It was stated that pansion. It was stated that unless agriculture is prosper ous transportation, industry and commerce cannot become prosperous. The conference appointed a committee of fifteen charged with the responsibility and au thority to perfect an organiza tion of a National Council of Representatives of Agricul ture, Industry and Science. The commendable hope was en tertained that the activities growing out of this gathering would: I. Result in the gradual ab sorption of much of the domes tic fann surplus by domestic industry. 2. Put idle acres to work pro fitably. 3. Increase the purchasing power of the American farm er on a stable and more per manent basis, aqd thereby 4. Increase the demand for manufactured products, thus 6. Creating new work for idle hands to do, reviving Ameri can industry; restoring Amer ican labor to productive enter prise; and relieving the econ omic distress of the Nation. This is an ambitious program and one that is worthy of sup port, but little can be done to advance the work of rehabili-j tation of farming and business until those charged with the responsibility and authority outline a cooperative plan of work for both agriculture and industry so that the work mayj be gotten under in an orderly' manner. While American far ming and business is no long er in the depths but is on the upgrade, it is going to require time, thought of a high order and plenty of work to coordin ate agricultural and industrial plans so that they can be made1 to progress in a harmonious manner and not in a faltering manner, nor in such manner as will give one a decided advan tage over the other. I will await with interest practical suggestions for the absorption of the domestic farm surplus by domestic in dustry, the putting of idle acres to work profitably with out further increasing sur I pluses, et cetera. But I am for this group of leaders, and I have sufficient confidence in Mr. Schwietcrt’s practicability to believe he would not endorse the movement if he did not feel that it has a chance to succeed in improving conditions on the farm, in industry and in the field of transportation. UNCLE SAM BUILDING UP FIGHTING FORCES Washington, June 30.—The nation offered jobs in its arm ed services today to 60,000 young Americans. The increase will bring the active Rational defense forces to its greatest strength since the immediate post-war years, officials said. Made possible by recent Con gressional action, Army enlist ed personnel will be increased from 118,000 to 165,000; Navy from 82,500 to 93,500, and Ma rine Corps from 14,900 to 16, 000. In addition, 600 new cadets are being sought for West Point, 250 officers for the Ma rine Corps, and Navy line offi cer strength is to be swelled from 5,499 to 6,531. This in crease does not include the re gular midshipmen appoint ments for Annapolis or the ca dets for West Point, nor pro visions for some increases in officer flying personnel author ized in the next twelve months. The new strength was au thorized by Congress in appro priating $860,68(2,549 for na tional defense in the new fiscal year beginning tomorrow. This is the largest defense fund vot ed by jCongress since the World War period. The Navy receiv ed $458,684,379 and the Army $401,998,170. Recruiting stations are to be opened tomorrow for enlist ments. Instructions have gone to the Army and Navy high command from the White House not to seek recruits from the Civilian Conservation Corps, which is in the midst of a drive to increase its person nel from 300,000 to 600,000. President Roosevelt made it clear that he did not want the CCC used as a "feeder” for the military services. Enlistments and training of the 47,000 Army “rookies”, the 11,000 Navy and 1,100 Marine “boots” are expected by War and Navy Department officials to be completed within six months. The Army plans no new un its, but will use the addition al men to bring existing out fits up to full peace-time strength. The Navy will dis tribute its new personnel on new war craft going into com mission during the next twelve months. Additional Marine personnel will be used to build up the “fleet Marine force” to peace-time strength and for detachments aboard new heavy cruisers. FORD d: DELIVERIES P HALF MILLION Dearborn, Mich.-—Retail liveries for the year of Ford V-8 cars, commercial cars an! trucks passed the half-million mark during the last 10-day period in May, it was recently announced at the home office of thcFpr^iUoy May was the third consecu tive month this year jn which' retail deliveries exceeded 100, 000 units, it was said. The last 10-day period in May was the second best 10 day period for retail deliveries in the last five years. Retail deliveries in the fint months averaged better than 100,000 units per month. The total of retail deliveries of Ford trucks and commercial cars in the first five months was 66 per cent ahead of the total for the similar five-month period last year and greater than the total for any other similar period since 1930. Retail deliveries of Lincoln motor cars in the last 10-day period in May were greatest in volume of any 10-day period thus far this year. Religion and politics are too subjects that should be kept apart—even if the preachers have to stay out of politics. WATCH AND JEWELBY REPAIRING • ENGRAVING Diamond* - Watches • Jewelry A J. CAVENAUGH WALLACE, N. C. Tobacco Growers j jM This is to notify my friends among the tobacco growers of this and adjoining counties that I will be connected with the FARMERS WAREHOUSE in KINSTON during the coming marketing season and cordially invite you to bring your tobacco to the FARMERS for best prices. Chesley Williams liilil CHEVROLET.. 'you/rffotf ALL DURING JULY TEST ITS POWER AND ECONOMY, SPEED AND SAFETY, KNEE-ACTION COMFORT AND STABILITY. LEARN * THAT BALANCED MOTORING IS BETTER MOTORING Your Chevrolet dealer cordi ally invites you to drive the new Master De Luxe Chevrolet without any obligation! He wants you to learn all about 'this car tit how much more smoothly it rides i ; ; how much more perfectly it combines power with economy, speed with safety, gliding comfort with road stability ; ; . and how much more finely balanced it is in all ways! He also wants you to consider the greater beauty and safety of its solid steel Turret-Top Body by Fisher! 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