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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-03-07

Feeble Rays Of Hope that the L.
~gislators will turn a deaf ear to the
opportunities OF the big spend boys
begins to show. Taxes are already
20 high that paying the rate Is a
heavy burden The man who con-
siders himself poor" is sadly de-
ceived II he thinks he escapes pay
ing taxes. All taxes are paid by all
OF the people. II a factory be taxed
It must add the tax to the cost Of
Its product and the last man to own
whatever 1t is pays the tax. There
is no escape. OF course the rich
man 49, and in Mississippi there are
mighty few such - pays his part
but the poor nan pays his part too
and the more tax there Is the more
he has to pay. The state can no more
pay out more than It receives than
any individual a and the process
Of borrowing to pay currant expenses
Is as bad for the state as it is for
a man. Some administration back
that policy was followed and at last
1t came about that the state could not
buy flour for the Insane Asylum ex-
cept for cash or delivery. In other
words the state was broke. No one
would loan it money because its
bonds were in default already. A
sorry pass for a proud people - If
we may still claim any pride in our.
selves or Dur state. Then came an
administration that cut expenses to
the bone because it had to. Loud
were the :. 's o. those H. r9a.-
cut but there was no help for it.
There was no money to pay with
and none could be borrowed. So we
got along pretty well any way. But
1t was a lesson we certainly should
have sense enough to avoid thence.
forth. Let's hold our current ex-
penses where we can pay as we go
and then retire our bonds as they
come due. Taxes too high simply
dries up the source.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05

PUGH and DOROTHY PUGH, the
proud new parents, were just a
beaming at everyone. E. Friends
say that Drexel was actually pass
ing out big cigars.) Now that
wasn't told to me, I only heard.
.. ED and OZORA BLACKWELL
seemed oh so interested in watch
ing the Pugh's. Wonder why?
(You tell me.) =. LOUISE NEAL
was cute in an attractive white
formal. IF. B. thought so, too.)
Did CHESTER JOHNSON, Jr.,
have a stiff neck the next day?
You know he was mighty busy
watching the attractive gals as
they entered. All in all, every
one agreed that the party was one
of those "just what the doctor or
dered" affairs.
Well, Sal will be leaving you for
now, but she'll be looking your way
again next week. -.
Your Pal,
SAL.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05

can to bring about a change in him
without his realizing it. This af-
fair is only temporary thing.
M. B. S.: Am I right in my
opinion that certain girl, one
night some months ago, had a date
with my husband in our garage,
while I was at the hairdressers?
Ans: She wasn't dating your
husband on this particular night
although he was aware that
some other young man and she
were together. Your husband
wasn't guilty the girl doesn't
mean anything at all to him and
it seems to me that she is married
now and terribly wrapped up in her
husband.
G. H. c.: Is it advisable for me
to make the trip to Colorado that
I am contemplating?
Ans: No, you had better not
go if you still intend to go with
the person who asked you some
few weeks ago. This man doesn't
have the money to make this trip
and carry you, too neither is
he free from the woman he is with.
If you want to go -. go alone.
H. w. A.: My husband is good
to me but he drinks twice a week.
On these days he fuses at me and
tells everyone all our business.
Can't even tell him a secret. Tell
me if I should leave him, as he is
getting so Disguised that I can
hardly stand him.
Ans: Stick to him, as you really
don't have a legitimate complaint
other than his drinking. I suggest
that you be a little more sOciable
while he is drinking L. don't show
your disgust for whiskey. Try to
keep him with you and don't en-
courage visitors. Take him out if
you like, but be as attentive as
possible while he is drinking and
he will do better himself.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05
Barometric Pressure
Affects Mans Health

Your general well-being as well
as the weather may be signalized
by the barometer, according to DR..
William F. Petersen, pathologist and
bacteriologist at the University OF
Illinois.
The next time you feel crouch
coming on consult the barometer.
1t is ten to one, says DR.. Petersen,
that the barometric pressure will be
going up.
The doctor asserted that air pres
sure plays an important role in
health. Sudden death and even
spring fever are some Of its effects,
he commended.
Pain in an Assessed tooth may
be caused in some degree by high
atmospheric pressure; the ability Of
an athlete to perspire and the tone
Of his muscles vary with the air
pressure; the nervous, mental and
even digestive systems react to the
stimulus of air pressure.
III LOA1A4oA PCA 0OA40p IL" = SISA0SA
said, high barometric pressure in
creases the blood pressure and you
feel full Of pep. However, when the
pressure makes the blood sluggish
the effect is to put you in the dumps.
Changes in atmospheric pressure
work the hardest suffering on the
young, old and sick. Ordinarily
healthy persons, the doctor ex-
planned, can readily adjust their
bodies to outside influences.
DR.. Petersen said that changes in
the barometer should serve as a
warning to physicians to be especial
ly watchful over their patients.
On the basis Of a survey the doc
tor concluded that the death rate is
in direct proportion to the ups and
downs Of the atmospheric pressure.
Sudden increases or decreases in the
pressure, he declared, often will
show an adverse effect on patients
who appeared to be on the road
to recovery and sometimes the shock
is so great it causes death.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05
Highway Safety Device
Warns of Curve Danger

When Douglas L. Stemple, Green
ough, Mont, was snowboumd In a
mountain cabin for three weeks. he
had q lot Of time to think about a
near-accident he had on q highway
curve.
AS result, the nations highways
may be made safer by means Of
signal system to warn motorists Of
approaching cars on blind curves
which he invented during his en-
forced idleness.
The device, which works much like
q railroad block signal, is receiving
experimental tests by the Montana
highway department on Mcdonald
pass, west Of Helena.
D. A. McKinnon,. Montana state
highway engineer, has described
Stemple'S invention as IAN impor-
tant contribution to highway safety"
The signal system works like this:
A thin rubber hose is placed across
the highway well back from the blind
curve. When an automobile passes
over it, a red warning signal flashes
at the other end Of the curve, warn
ing other motorists that another ma.
chine is approaching.
It is estimated the devices would
cost about 500 each. Highway Of
flcials said they also could be used
on hills,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05
LincOln's Inn Chapel

In England's more retiring and
less frequented places Of worship the
shadows Of the past still prevail
and serenity fingers. Among these
places is Lincoln's Inn chapel,
flanked on one side by its Fifteenth
century gateway, and guarded on
the other by the more modern build
ings Of the inn. Austere in appear
ance, built on massive pillars, with
an undercroft or cloister where
among other Benchers CromwelTs
secretary, Thurloe, and Prynne lie
buried. lingo Jones planned 1t.
Christopher Wren repaired it, Lord
Grimthorpe failed to spoil it. Great
preachers, Dome, Usher. Tillotson,
Warburton, in later times F. D.
Maurice, have here occupied the
pulpit. Eminent men, Hale, Hard
wicke, Erskine, Pitt, the youthful
Gladstone, have sat below. At its
conservation on May %, 1923, Dome,
then dean Of st. Paurs, preached
the sermon.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05

M. A. D.: Could I get anything
much for my piano if I try to sell
it, and is it the thing to do? Will
my husband get steady work?
Ans: The Piano wouldn't bring
THIRTY DOLLARS. Although the
money means more to you than the
Piano, and since it isn't in use,
there is no advantage in wanting
to keep it. Your husband will re-
main on the WPA for several more
months, but he should be trying to
get regular employment with a fu-
ture. He will make a contact If he
continues to try.
G. R. H: My daughter is work.
ing to get means to start to high
school. Is there any danger of her
being mistreated by certain per-
son where she works?
Ans: Talk to your daughter
and explain the paths of life Z.
do so very plainly so there will be
no doubt in her mind. If she I'M
derstands, she will not make mis-
take. I see no reason at all to
worry about her and this person,
C. C.
M. K. H.: For the past few
years I have been in business and
had pretty good success. I have
tried several different things to
make a better business out of it
and I wonder if I ever will?
Ans: Your business isn't the
type that will make you rich .
but you can expect a reasonable
profit from same. 1t is. my sug-
gestiOn that you improve your
building to some extent and make
the place more attractive spe-
cialize in some particular thing
and push it above the others. Stop
trying one new line after another.
A. B.: I have been married to
this man 81 years, and I believe if
we continue it will be the death of
one of us. He has never liked our
child and she gives him fatherly
respect. Tell me what to do?
Ans: You have allowed some
other woman to come between you.
Now your husband is losing inter-
est in you and your daughter. I
don't advise your running off .
stick to the home and do all you
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05

Jalmer o. Johnson, 1343 Queen
Ave. No., we'll known Mime
apolitan, filed last week for the Re-
publican nomination for Railroad
and Warehouse Commissioner.
Mr.. Johnson for many years was
a member of the executive staff of
the Railroad and Warehouse grain
inspection division.
Recently he has gained attention
as one of a group interested in the
reduction of phone and gas rates.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05

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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05
~ 7W/N 7OWN 7ALK~~

Young N going toward the Sanity City quite often
boy friend from northern Minnesota town. He
Sunday while the golf Finally friend
of hers took the boy n Where did the night of the
Credjafawn dance?
where did that double The cornbread
Langston gu" did it, That little of gel
party kissing everybody boy
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-05
Inquisitive Sal
Hi Folks :

By Helen M. Scott
Hi Folks:
This will probably be a busy
week for many since the great 4th
of July is just a few days off
Many private, club and other pic
MICS are being planned. The Cred
jafawns are holding one of the
towns biggest picnics out at one
of Minnesota's picturesque parks.
Tournament News
Speaking of the glamorous look
ing women and handsome men who
are seen at our various dances
around town, no one can deny that
these same folks look just as chic
and smart in sports attire. &.
NINA SALTERS won first prize
for the best dressed woman golfer
at the golf tournament given at
Theodore Wirth Golf Course last
week. Didn't MARGARET
SLEMMONS look cute in that blue
slack suit with a sporty cap worn
on one side of her head? The
JOHN WILLIAMS looked too
smart for words. They're a splen-
did looking couple, anyway, aren't
they? FLORENCE WARD
and her attractive mother both
made a very striking appearance
in their sport outfits, which were
set off by tailored red jackets.
BOB MARSHALL was there a
counting WANDA LEE McHEN-
RY, who halls from Duluth. {.
Speaking of "Duluthians" who
came down for the tournament, did
you notice STEVE SIMMONS,
DICK TRAVIS and this JONES
boy, who were stirring up quite
breeze among the set of femmes
present? Attractive DINTY
PITTS also just arrived in town
from Canada and made her appear
ance at the tournament. BOYD
WRIGHT, who just returned from
down Georgia way, was giving
BILLIE RITA RHODES the glad
eye. Billie looked stunning in
that red slack suit, didn't she?
RAY WRIGHT can really play
golf. He came out with flying COL
ors, winning the first prize.
LORRAINE HORRIS was there
looking as charming as ever.
MRS. ORA REED, MRS. JOSE
PHINE MURRAY and MRS. D.
INGRAM all were tops among the
women golfers. Was that the
coincidence prize that RICHARD
ADAMO "O1l NCN. ~. I q.
STEWART, HEZEKIAH ALLEN,
CLYDE JOHNSON, DUKE COR
UNI and SAM REED were among
the "Bobby jones'" of the male
entries. The good Reverend played
on Saturday. CLARENCE and
PEARL MCKINNEY are a cute
couple, aren't they? Sal over
heard this wisecrack between two
would-be lovers at the tournament.
She: You make me sick, always
criticizing everything I do. What
are you trying to do, make me
over? E. He: No, dear! Pm try
ing to throw you over, but you're
too dumb to take the hint. {.
Back in Town: JAMES MIREE,
who has been attending Howard
University for the past year, is
back looking the land over. e..
Cupidizing: Now that PAUL
HUBBARD is in town BARBARA
MCCLURE is all smiles these days.
This Weeks Song: That sweet
ballad IMAGINATION" especial
ly when sung by Ella Fitzgerald,
is still tops around the Twin
Towns.
A Bird's-eye View of the
SOcialites Party
The party was given at the
Sterling Club with many popular
people present. PAUL
THOMPSON'S music went over
big with the crowd and added much
to the success of the party.
ALBERT HARPER and MABEL
HICKMAN were there looking as
lovey-dovey as ever. DREXEL
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-04
Thousands Are Now Eligible
To Get Government Pensions

about February /. The social Sc
curity board estimates that 900,-
600 men, women and children
will receive benefits totalling
$1OO,000,OO0 during 1910.
In addition to retired workers,
widows and orphans of insured
workers also will receive month
ly pensions. The total payment to
such q family will range from SIS
to $62.4O a month, depending on
the amount of wage credits &C
cumulated by the husband and
father during the three years
that workers and employers have
been paying into the old age pen
sion fund.
The wife of pensioned work.
er also will receive a pension
equal to one-half her husbands
if she is over IS. Thus the total
maximum payment to such a cou-
pie in 1910 will be $62.4O.
Actuaries estimate that pen
slons of unmarried workers will
average about 500 a month in
1910 and that the combined pay
ments to married men and their
wives will average 500.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-04

The Watauga River in Wa
tauga county is now the lowest
it has been since we started
operations in 1928. The North
Fork of the New River is the
lowest since we began opera
tons in 1891.
One of the greatest secrets Of
success in business is polite
ness. You may. think there's
nothing in it. There's nothing
in an automobile tire either,
but it makes the going much
more comfortable.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-04
Grassy Greek News
MRS. I'll. r. SEXTON,
Correspondent

The following college students
spent the Christmas holidays
with their parents here: Mildred
Cox, of A. S. T. c., Boone; I'm
dine Nye, of w. c. U. N. c..
Greensboro; Doris Spencer, OF
Mars Hill College; Arlene Col.
ward, of Brevard college, Bre-
ward; Helen Sexton, of w. Va
Business College, Bluefield, W.
Va; Joseph Thompson, Stanley
Walker and Howard Sexton all
of University of N. c., Chapel
Hill; Henry Van Hoy Of A. S. T
c., Boone; Harry Barker of v
P. l., Blacksburg, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G.. Cline and
children, of Hickory spent Christ
mas with the latter's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. D. Sturgill.
Mr.. Dale Kirk Spencer and Mr.,
John Reed Porter, of Whining
ton, spent the holidays with the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs
w. w. Spencer.
Mr.. Russell Handy, of Raleigh,
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Curt Handy, during the holidays
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. c. LaRue
and family of Raleigh visited re-
latives and friends here during
the holidays.
Mr.. Ralph Spencer, Of Anawalt
w. Va, spent Christmas with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Spencer.
Mr.. Carl Haynes, of WEIGH, W.
Va, spent Christmas with his ia
Their, Mr.. H. P. Haynes. He was
accompanied home by his sister
Miss Minnie Haynes, who rs
spending a few days there.
Kyle Barker and Miss Shirley
Blevins, of Washington. D. c.,
were guests in the home of c. C
Barker and family during the
Christmas holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Mcmillan
Crumpler and Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
bert Gambill and family of Spar
ia, spent Christmas with Mr.. anc
Mrs. Billy Reeves.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. G.. LaRue
Raleigh, were dinner guests ir
the home CT Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
Spencer Tuesday, Dec. 26.
Mrs. w. J. Pugh, Miss Myrtle
Pugh, Earnest Poe and Mr.. anc
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-04
Dec. State Tax
Shows Big Cain

RALEIGH. - State taxes on
sales, intoxicating beverages, gas
oline and automobiles-all con-
sidered induces of business con-
ditions-surged forward to near
record levels this month.
A report by the state depart
ment of revenue showed that
state tax receipts from all sour
ces during December were &c.
756, 1892, an increase of $685.
1898, or 1894 per cent, over the
total for December, 1888.
A substantial increase in re-
ceipts for the first half of the
1939-40 fiscal year, as compared
with the first half of 1938-39, al
so was shown.
The report disclosed that $685.
125, 160.35 was collected in the
six-month period, compared with
$50, 759, 561.35 in the correspond
ing period last year.
Income tax collections this
month were $194,4O1.68, as
against $111,994.11 in December,
1898. This levy also is considered
a barometer Of business, but tax
es usually are paid on money
made during the preceding year.
Sales tax collections this month
were $1,132,595.23, compared
with $945,014.18 in December,
| 1898. Beverage taxes were $211,-
411.16, compared with $124,474.-
I08.
Automobile license taxes were
So, 405, 1903, compared with ST.
238, 074.32. Gasoline taxes were
$2,16O,138.87, compared with 3d.
079, 172.O5.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-04
Large Number IS And Over
Become Eligible for Reg
ular Monthly Checks.

Washington, Dec. 81. - Thous-
ands of men and women IS years
of age or over will become eligi-
BILE at midnight tonight for gov
eminent pensions of from $40 to
$41.6O month.
Hailing this newest phase OF
the social security program, Paul
V. McNutt, federal security ad-
ministrator, said in a radio ad
dress tonight that New Years
eve would bring to 100000
workers the satisfaction of know
ing that they could expect Csc
curity for the remainder of their
lives.
"For both youth and old age -
McNutt said, "the prospects are
brighter than on the last New
Years eve. We can expect them
to be brighter still on the eve of
1941."
First checks will be mailed
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-04

pressing the idea that it is not
only desirable but necessary for
Mr.. Roosevelt to be renominated
and reelected is growing, main
ly in the official circles sur
rounding him. Ambassadors Ken
nedy and Davies, home on leave
to report on European conditions,
are the latest to join in the cho-
rus. Some are saying that he is
indispensable" in the light of
the European crisis. Yet among
those close to the President there
are some who do not share the
idea that any man in a demo-
cracy is indispensable" and who
hint among their friends that Mr..
Roosevelt himself does not sub
scribe to any such un-Jefferson-
ian doctrine.
There is no serious talk here of
a compromise" candidate, equal
ly acceptable to the New Deal
and the conservative wing of the
Democratic party. The only man
who has been so talked of is Sec
rotary of State Cordell Hull. It
is said on Mr.. HulIs behalf, on
what appears to be excellent au-
thority, that he doesn't want
such a nomination.
The only thing MIR. Hull is
greatly interested in is American
foreign relations, and he is much
more interested in his reciprocal
trade agreements, of which he
has negotiated 81 with as many
nations, than he is with the i'm
pacts and crises arising out of the
war situation over seas. In the
handling of foreign relations in
respect to the war, it can truly
be said that Mr.. Roosevelt is his
own Secretary of State.
Worried over Trade Agreements
Secretary Hull is more than a
little worried over the public re-
action to- his trade agreements,
which are being regarded by va
rious interests in this country as
depriving them of the protection
against foreign competition which
they thought they had under the
Smoot-Hawley tariff law.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-04
Jim Rivers Announces His
Candidacy For Congress
Boone Man First Dem. Since
1913 To Opnese Congress
man 10ughtOn.


BOONE, Jan. Jim Rivers,
Boone newspaperman, has issued
a statement which reveals his
candidacy for Congress, Ninth
North Carolina district, subject to
the nominating primaries of May
20, He IS the first Democrat since
1918 to seek the seat held for 80
years by the veteran incumbent
representative Robert L. Dough
ton. Rivers formal announcement
follows:
With the usual nervousness OF
an amateur office-seeker, l am
today announcing my candidacy
Tor Congress, Ninth North Caro-
lima District, subject to the Dem
ocratlc nominating primaries OF
May Is.
The greater part of my adult
life has been spent in the ordi-
nary pursuits of an average citi-
zen, and these passing years have
impaired certain knowledge of
the problems which confront
most North Carolinians. I would
be unfair to myself and to the
voters with whom the success or
failure of my candidacy rests,
were I to pose as a technician in
statecraft. I deem it the fair,
American way to unfold my case
during the months which are to
come, and to >unco mplainingly ac-
cept the judgment of majority
as to my probable worth in the
Assembly.
mo political clique, patriotic or
fraternal body has applied pres
sure to this, my initial public eff
fort. The hundreds of letters
and dozens of kilograms usually
mentioned by potential office
holders have not been received.
In truth and in fact, no man or
woman has urged me to make
I11S race.
81 am a Democrat, have always
been a Democrat, and take justl-
fable pride in my party's glor-
ious achievements. However, it
hasn't yet occurred - my mind
that We. should make proud his
tory ourA eternal dwelling place,
. OF presu1.le that we have attained
perfection in government.
GAS an unsponsored, hence UNI
fettered candidate, a sort of po-
litical free-lance, I am address
ing myself in this big undertake
ing to not only the preferred
shareholders of Democracy, but
to those thousands of good, Pa
triotic, intelligent men and wo-
men whose participation in party
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-04
APPS TO Best
Stories OF '39
Dra1natized

New York, Dec. 81. - T h e
events which made the "ten best
news stories of 1899" were re-
enacted: today in broadcast by
the National Broadcasting COM
pany.
Selected by the editors of the
Associated Press, these stories
were re-told in an hours pro-
gram after Byron Price, APP exc
cutive news editor, said no eff
fort was made to list them in or
der of Importance:
The sinking of the United
States submarine Squalls.
The visit of King George VI
and Queen Elizabeth to the Uni
ted States.
The death of Pope Plus XI and
elevation of Pope Plus XII.
The Russo-German non-aggres-
sion pact.
Germany's, "blitzkrieg" inva-
sion of Poland.
. Declaration of war against Ger
many by England and France.
Sinking of the British liner
Athena and torpedoing of the
British battleship Royal Oak.
Hitler's narrow escape from
death when a Munich beer hall
was blasted by a bomb.
Russia's invasion of Finland.
The destruction by its crew, to
avoid capture, of the German
pocket battleship Admiral Graf
Spec at Montevideo.