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M. L. OSWALD
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■eUnd aa Second Clue Matter January IS, 1923, •*
ft, Poatoffice nt Wallaco. North Carolina, nndor tho
Aet of March 3, ISTt. __
Thursday. May 13, 1937.
DUPLIN POINTS THE WAY
The prompt and decisive manner in which
Duplin County disposed of its first sit-down
strike is worthy of commendation and should
be an example for other sections to follow.
The eleven imported berry pickers who
launched the strike on the farm of a Duplin j
grower on Monday, were arrested the same
afternoon, tried next morning, and are now
serving 30-day road sentences for vagrancy,
destruction of property, etc.
While this newspaper' recognizes the right
of labor to better itself, there is littl justifica
icn for th sit-down strikers which have plagu
ed his country in recent months. They are
nothing more nor less than insurrection and
should be treated as such by the authorities.
Duplin has now pointed the way and if other
sections will follow her example we will have
fewer such disgraceful occurances in the fu
ture.
NOT SO LARGE BUT EXPENSIVE
An appropriation of more than $400,000,000
has been approved by the House of Repre
sentatives for the War Department, which will
manage the American army of 165,000 regu
lars during the next fiscal year.
Recent figures compiled by the War Depart
ment show that the United States ranks tenth
in size of regular forces, behind Poland, Ru
mania, Spain, Japan, Ialy, Germany. France,
[Great Britain and Russia. Including trained
reserves this nation drops to nineteenth place
in potential fighting power.
This country has, besides its regular army,
an estimated 309,000 men in the National
Guard and other trained reserves. Compared
tc Russia’s regular army of 1,545,000 and
trained reserves of 19,490,000 we are not in
the select- military circle even though our army
costs us a lot of money.
HIDDEN TAXES WE PAY
A study of concealed taxation recently con
cluded by the Northwestern National Life In
surance Company, reveals that laborers, clerks
and small income individuals pay enormous
taxes through hidden imposts.
The record of 7,964 families in forty-eight
cities were used to compute the contribution
to government and while the figures may not
accurately apply to all similar individuals they
probably come close to the facts in each case.
An $18-a-week laborer, for example, owning
no property, pays $116 a year through taxes
included in the prices of the goods and ser
vices he buys. A man with a $150-a-month in
come, operating a used car, pays about $229
annually in taxes although he owns no other
property and is exempt from income taxes.
The study estimates that “invisible” taxes
in retail food prices average 7.1 per cent-, in
clothing 8 prcent, in fuel and light bills 9.5
per cent, in miscellaneous items 10.2 per cent
and in rent 25.3 per cent. It might be well
for people in our own county to ponder these
estimates when attempting to calculate the
taxes they pay.
The newspaper report of the study that we
have seen does not go further than the recital
above. It is a pity that some adequate study
is not made of the sources of the concealed
taxes, whether due to local government, the
State’s levy, to Federal exercises or tariffs
and other causes. If this was made clear the
people might have some method of relieving
themselves of some of the burden.
Eva as it is the figures should have some
bearing upon the imposition of new tax bur
den*-and some influence upon the debate as
to lowering income exemptions, incrasing di
rect taxes and using sales tax methods.
While it is easy to understand that govern
ment costs money, to appreciate the benefits
that atable government offers and to willingly
anpport the necessary expensesM what we
: enjoy the taxpeyers of the country might as
well keep a weather eye on the use of tne
noney collected by governmental agencies. In
act every spending agency of the people, whe- j
her local, State or Federal, should be required
;o make an accounting in plain, easily under
itood terms, to the voters.
There are increasing demands upon govern*
nental agencies and the future does not prom
ise that the activity of our governments will
iecrease, although some present undertakings
:an be eliminated. In the long run there will
t> need of greater revenue by governmental
jnits and because of that fact- it is more vital
than ever that the people study taxation and
public spending.
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VIEWS MID OBSERVATIONS
By FRANK A. MONTGOMERY, JR.. Staff Writer
THE DUKE AND MRS. SIMPSON
Sometime after the coronation, the Duke of
Windsor and his ladylove, Mrs. Wallis Simp
ion, will become man and wife, and the world’s
nost famous couple will pass on their way to
other.
In order to make this marriage possible, the
Ouke gave up the most powerful throne on
sarth, and Mrs. Simpson gave up another hus
>and. To do these apparently irresponsible
hings, the two must, to say the least, have
•eally and truly been in love. For isn’t it a i
act that a person isn’t responsible for what 1
le or she does when in love? It is, or at least
ve’ve heard so.
Some people will think that these two fam- ]
jus people are absolutely crazy, no more, no '•
ess, in spite of their excuse of being in love, j
rhey’ll figure that they couldn’t possibly be in
'ull possesion of their faculties to do what ,
hey have done. Edward, throwing u*p a
:hrone; Mrs. Simpson outraging the conven
ions by cooly disposing of a busband in order
0 be free to marry. Well, maybe they were,
ind we aren’t exprssing our opinion either
vay, but let us examine the facts.
Take Edward, for instance. He was King
>f England, Emperor of India, and kingpin of
1 vast empire. Responsibilities of a grave na
ure rested upon his shoulders, and, in the
inal analysis, if he tended to his business, as
he saying goes, he had little or no time to
;all his own. The king loved life—which ia
no sin, because every normal person does—
and his job irked him. He knew, as perhaps
th average person did not, that nothing very
serious would result from giving up a job he
didn’t like in order to enjoy life. He knew
that his brother could do his job just as well
and just as confidently as he could and what’s
more, would really like to have the job. So
what did he do? He threw up his job just
as you or I would in the case of a job we
didn’t like—if we could do it and not starve.
He had to have an excuse, so he found one—in
Wallis Simpson. Now, mind you, we don’t
mean to insinuate that Edward didn’t fall in
love with the woman, he very probably did,
but what we’re saying is that this very same
falling in love furnished him with a mighty
good excuse.
As to Mrs. Simpson, after all, could you
blame her? Admittedly, what she did was a
little more outside the pale of established con
ventions, than what her sweetheart, Edward,
did. But, after all, how could the fair lady
help it? Here she was being courted by a
dashing young man who had charm, fame,
money, and just about everything else a young
man should have to make him desirable to a
lady. And so she fell in love, head over heels
in love, in fact. She must have. She didn’t
have any crown to throw away for her love,
but she did have a husband she evidently didn’t
love to discard, and what did she do? She dis
carded him.
Now many women do this very same little
thing here in America, and in other lands, but
Mrs. Simpson’s case was different in that the
white glare of publicity followed her every
move, as it was bound to do. Newspapers
played her up, in many cases, as a woman to
tally without principles. The radio filled the
airways with a conglomeration of facts con
cerning her the likes of which no one had
ever heard before. But, the lady got her di
vorce in spite of all this.
And so now both of them are free to marry,
and they will be as soon as they decently can
after the coronation. Maybe their consciences
will bother them some in the years ahead, but
we wonder. ... Of course, Wallis won’t have
the pleasure of saying she’s England’s Queen,
but maybe she won’t care. She’ll be a Duch
ess, and, after all, that’s something, isn’t it?
As for David, he should care what people
think. Because he’ll have the “woman I love,”
and be absolutely free of a job he never did
care for. Also, he’ll have the satisfaction of
knowing that his brother is pleased in having
his job, and the satisfaction of knowing that
no matter what comes now he can do,as he
pleases and still have money enough left over
to pay the grocery bill.
1 Uncle Jim Sags
!*i jh
Strip-cropping, contour plant
ing, check dams, and terraces
may sound high falutin’ to
some folks, but they keep soil
where it belongs.
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Marriage Licenses
Dan Cupid went on a holiday
I during the past week when only
(two couples were issued mar
riage licenses in this county.
The couples, both white, were
Pernie Brinson and Miss Edna
Wood; Varner Garner and Miss
Nina Lee Mewborn.
NOTICE OF SALE
! Under and by virtue of pow
er and authority vested in the
undersigned commissioners by
reason of a certain judgment
in the Superior Court- of Duplin
County in a certain action en-1
titled “W. B. Knowles, Admin
istrator of the estate of D. J.
Williams, deceased, vs. Mrs.
Ida W. Bostic et al, the under
signed commissioners will offer
i'or sale and sel’ for cash to
the highest bidder at the Court
house door in Kenansville, N.
C., on the 25th DAY OF MAY,
1937, at or about the hour of
12:00 Noon, the following des
cribed tracts or parcels of land:
Tract No. 1. A 2-9 undivided
interest in and to the following
described tracts of land: Be
ginning at a pine on John Mc
Canne’s line, now Wallace’s,
and runs thence South 30 East
81 poles to a stake; thence No.
80 East 40 poles to a stake in
a small pond in Brock’s line;
thence South 40 West 30 poles
to a dead pine, Brock’s corner;
thence South 50 East 27 poles
to Brock’s corner; thence with
Brock’s line North 83 West 132
poles to a persimmon tree, now
gone, thenCe North 80 West 42
poles to a stake near a water
oak, Brock’s corner; thence
North 4 East 58 poles to a
stake, Brock’s corner; thence
North 24 East 62 poles to a
stake, Hussey’s and Brock’s
corner in Wallace’s line; then
ce with Wallace’s line to the
beginning, containing 85 acres,
more or* less. Also a tract
known as the Brocks or Sein
Hole tract beginning on a cy
press on the river bank, Brooks
corner and runs thence with
Brooks line South 40 West 80
poles to a gum, another cor
ner, thence with the Brooks
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line South 51 East 64 poles to
a stake, the other corner, thence
wtih the Hussey line North 57
East' 72 poles to a cypress on
the river bank; thence up the
river to the beginning, contain
ing 34 acres, more or less.
Tract No. 2. A Deed from J.
J. Cottle and E. M. Cottle to
David J. Williams, dated Jan
uary 8, 1914, as appears of re
cord in Book 154 page 577 of
Duplin Registry and bounded
and described as follows: In
Island Creek Township, Duplin
County, State of North Caro
lina, adjoining the lands of R.
W. Tate, Manson Carr and oth
ers, bounded as follows, viz:
Lying on the West side of the
North East River. Beginning
at a stake on the river ditch,
Tate’s corner; thence North
34 1-2 West 21 poles to a stake
on the road; thence South 85
East 78 1-2 poles to a white
oak; thence South 40 West 20
poles to a black gum; thence
about West 54 poles to the riv-1
i er ditch; thence up the ditch
to the beginning, containing 16
acres, more or less.
Advertised this 23rd day of
April, 1937.
R. C. WELLS,
R. D. JOHNSON,
Commissioners.
April 29 May 6-13-20 —859
, NOTICE OF SALE
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j Under and by virtue of the
power and authority vested in
me under an order of resale
made by R. V. Wells, Clerk of
the Superior Court on Monday, 1
May 3, 1937, in a special pro- <
ceeding entitled A. R. Sloan, et
al, Ex parte, I will sell to the ,
highest bidder for cash at the ,
Old Bank Building now occu- 1
pied by Dees Drug Store in the I
Town of Wallace, N. C. on FRI
DAY, MAY 21, 1937, at about ,
one o’clock, P. M., on said day, ,
the following described lot of
land, lying in the Town of Wal-1
lace on the east side of the A. ,
C. L. Railroad and bounded and
described as follows:
Beginning at a stake in the
eastern line of Railroad Street,;
the south-west corner of the
Peoples Tobacco Warehouse,
and runs thence as the line of
said tobacco warehouse east
wardly 100 feet to a stake in ‘
said line; thence southwardly
parallel with Railroad Street
30 feet to a stake, corner of
lot No. 2; thence westwardly
parallel with Main Street 100
feet to a stake in the eastern
line of Railroad; thence as the
said eastern line of Railroad
Street northwardly to the begin
ning, and being lot No. 1, on
map of the B. C. Boney pro-,
perty. i
Advertised, this the 4th day
of May, 1937.
VANCE BEASLEY GAVIN,
1 Commissioner
May 6-13-20
—860
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and virtue of power
ind authority vested in the un
lersigned Commissioner by rea
lon of a certain judgment in
;he Superior Court of Duplin
n an action entitled N. H. Car
er vs. C. C. Carter and Estelle
Carter, the undersigned Com
nissioner will offer for sale and
tell for cash, at the court house
ioor of Duplin County in Ken
insville, N. C., on the 22nd DAY
[)F MAY, 1937, at or about the
hour of 12 o’clock noon, the
Following described tract or ■*
parcel of land, described as fol
lows :
Being lot No. 8 that was al
loted and assigned to C. C. Car- >
ter in severalty bounded as fol- dt
lows: Beginning at a pine on
old Boney line and running
thence South 1 1-2 ast 174 poles
to the Teachey Depot Road,
thence as said road North 62V2
West 22 poles, thence South 85
West 9V2 poles to a stake cor
ner of Lot No. 9, thence as Lot
No. 9 North 1 West 192 poles
to a stake and stump on the
old Boney line, thence as said
old line to the beginning, con
taining 34y2 acres, more or less.
Advertised this the 20th day f
of April, 1937.
P. J. CAUDELL,
Commissioner
April 22-29 May 6-13-20 —857
Mr. Businessman
Our advertising representative
is now busy compiling copy for
our Annual Strawberry Edition
and will call on you in a few
[ days. Any courtesy shown him
£; will be appreciated.
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