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IIKKK'tt A STORY WITH A MORAL How A Father Divided III* Property Between Hi* Two Son* When old man Hawkins brnihi ing hi* last, ht- called hi* *.>|0 sorus to his bedside, ar.d said. "Boy*, it is my desire that you share equally in waal I have to leave. To you, Clem, I ?aa leaving my farm which U worth f--V 000. and to you, I>aniel, I am leaving |2.V<HN> in tax free municipal bond*." Thu? far, for ail intents and purposes, old man Hawkif.* had d<v;ded hi* estate equally between his two son*. Clem, whose 1^5,(>w was, represented in a splendid farm, determined to , work hurd so that some day when he *a> old he cguld retire and move into town among hi* old friend*. Daniel, whose half of his father's estate consisted of liift.OOO of tax free municipal bonds, rented a comfortable home in town and began to ?Ouk around for work. His acquaintance among the* farmer!- in the county, a* well a* his knowledge of farming, soon enabled h.rn to obtain a posit.or. an cierx in the local farm implement store. ' | At the end of the |ir?t year, Clem discovered that . his farm product.* when aoid tit ill left him a few bills at the general store He attributed this situation merely to a bad year. About , this same time he received his first i tax b.11, and he was convinced that it was a bad year. CJem began to do some figuring.-1 To his alarm he saw that while hi* brother was receiving SI,WO income each year on which he w as paying no, taxes he himself was obliges! to pay taxes or. r.o' income; in fact, on what amounted to a los? on h;* farm operat.ons. Somewhat dismayed, but not fully convinced that such a gro>-s inequality of taxation could exi?t, Clem determined to make the next year a different one, ?o he borrowed money from the bank to pay his taxes, and resolved to work harder than ever the. coming year. In the meantime. Daniel saw that - " " J he ?a? really on the road to wealth. ! Hu po*.tion provided him with an income on whiA he could live comfortably. and at the cam? time left practically nothing, after exemption*, on which he need pay taxe*. In addition he received $1,000 tax exempt I interest on hi* tax free municipal, i bond*. .. . J It was no wonder that he welcomed : the opportunity to campaign in favor |of a new municipal bond issue, this | | time to build a city market,. The fact [mat there was already Fnore than! l enough local grocers w ho were strug-' gling to pay taxes and -still earn a' hiving did not enter into the .situation' at all. C|em v^a? opposed to the bond issue,' ! because he r ealized that it would very 1 materially increase his own tuxes.; However, he had no vote i.n the mat-{ iter. Like the rest of his neighbor*,! tClem was entirely at the 'mercy of : the. nvur.n^p&i voter*. Ju*t prior to the election, Clem ; made one of his infrequent visit* to' j see his brother, Daniel. The work j and responsibility of a farm required j 'all his time with no holidays, so he 1 had little of the leisure enjoyed by jht* brother. <"l*m protested vigorou.-i is to Daniel, pointing out the^large 1 increase m taxation this new bond ;i>(Sie would mean to Clem and his neighbors. Daniel was not very sympathetic and Clem departed consider- 1 ! ably embittered by his brother's attitude. The election carried and Daniel promptly invested hLs $1,000 interest from tax free municipal bonds in the new issue of tax exempt municipal securities. The next year found Clem and his farm still a losing proposition. His taxes were much higher because of the new bond issue, he had interest to pay at the bank on his first loan, and the prevailing prices in farm proL'iuee had declined over the previous I year. ! Slightly discouraged, Clem decided; : to see just what this business of his j wa- worth. To his alarm he learned that hi> property, which had not been kept up any too well for obvious re* ' ? | ?on* of economy, was no: worth more than lly.OOu. but his taxes were hign- | er than in former years. Once mure Clem mad* up, his mmJ to have a good year. v He iJgain bor- j | rowed money from the bank in order ; to pay his taxes, his bank interest and: 'euiae money to make a few improve-] mtnts vn the farm. In the ne*t three years that foD , lowed, Clem sank farther and farther , in debt, while Daniel acquired more' and more tax free municipal boi.ds as various gosernment ventures nj competitive business increased. One, by one the taxpayers were annihilated until a few like poor Clem remained. After five years of the hardest kind of work and self-denial, Clem had 1 only a heav^l\ mortgaged, and somewhat depreciated farm to show f^r his efforts. In desperation he went to the ban*;, only to find that the bank wjis already staggering under "the"load of too many cases like h.s own. The bank could do nothing, but offer him advice, and ironical advice at that. The bank(recommended that! he go to see his brother Daniel, who j now held more tax free municipal | bonds than anyone else in the county, j Living handsomely off his .salary i and tax free securities which were possible through the exploiting of hi* I own brother and other farmer taxpayers, Dan in his city clothes and new car offered a fine contrast to his prematurely older younger broth- I er. Daniel listened intently to his' brother's story and then coldly gave his answer. He would assume the obligations of the farqi provided Clem would deed it to him. Clem could 1 then operate the farm on a share' basis until I>anie! could find someone to buy it. Daniel stressed the fact that it was indeed poor bu.-ine.ss for him to pay taxes and risk his capital' in such an uncertain enterprise when by selling the farm and buving tax- f free municipal bonds he coulu{KOtect 1 his capita! and at the same time have an assured income from a tax exempt source. With great difficulty Clem con trolled himself; he had to, though, because of his family, none of whom were too'weli, since taxation and interest had rubbed them of all the I refinements of food, clothing and other necessaries which are so essen; !tial to healthy living. 1 And so while honest, upright old: | man Hawkins had thought he had j divided fftk wealth equally between his 'two sons, he had, tragically enough, given all to one son when he gave him his tax free municipal bonds. Today, hundreds, yes, thousands of; farmers could tell a story much the >ame as this one. But are they going to continue to do so? They are, unless they rise in a body and demand that there be no tax free securities, and that there must be an equalization in all taxation.?The Employer. Ml. Pisgah Baptist Church There will be services at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist church ' next Lord's Day as follows: Bible school at 10 a. m.; church worship at 11 a. m.; B. Y. P. U.'s at usual time ir> the . evening. The pastor is engaged in a meeting this week at Bowman but will return ; and fill tne appointment next Sunday.! Our annual series of evangelistic services will begin the fifth Sunday evening at 8:15 o'clock. The Rev. W. L. Griggs, pastor of the Ninth Avenue Baptist church of Charlotte, j will do the preaching. Rev.' Mr. i Griggs is a forceful (gospel 'preacher. He has the reputation of being one j of the leading revivalists in North! Carolina. We are grateful that we j have been fortunate enough to secure this great preacher for our meeting.! The public is cordially invited to, attend all the services of our church. I ?Luther Knight, Pastor. Miriam Mills, former beauty queen! of the university of Oklahoma, Ls dead at Norman, Okla., the result of j taking many doses of an illegally prescribed medicine in an effort to j escape motherhood. Neal Myers. 21, junior pharmacy student, is being | hunted by the police in connection with the case. General News Notes i Cotton consumed in spinning mills , of the country during June totaled1 $63,414 bales of lint and 56,042 bales of linters. as compared with 519,705 bales on lint and 63,878 bales of iin-1 ters in May, and 697,201 baie9 of lint and 65,355 bale* of linter* in June of last year. Herman Mille, weighing 360 pounds, climbed 32 steps to a NewYork court room to answer charges , of being in arrears for rent. The judge postponed the case. Miller pro-! tested and then fainted when the court would not proceed. It took 12, policemen to get Miller down the! stairs. Postmaster General Farley at Indianapolis, Irul., made an address in which he predicted quite confidently that the Democratic party will reelect majorities to congress next fall, ami that the Republican strongholds of Maine and Pennsylvania and prob-j ably Vermunt will be battered! j | down. I Following the killing of Helen Spence. notorious girl killer ami con vict of an Arkansas state prison last ! Keek by a convict guard, A. G, Sted- j man, superintendent of the prison, 1 resigned the place to save the prison board from criticism, he said. Sted-1 man is not held responsible for the killing of the escaping girl convict. German newspapers generally on ' Saturday editorially lauded the ad-1 dress of Chancellor Hitler to the reichstag on Friday, when he explained and defended the recent slaughter of what he termed traitors to the Nazi government of Germany. The . list of men slaughtered, said to num- . ber 77. was not made public. I, A ration-wide survev showg^ that', 4 * \ 1 farm wages are the lowest South |, Carolina of any state in the Union, j ( averaging with board, $10.50, and < without board $15.25 per month. The j average for the country with board j is $18.10. and without board $27.39 j per month. Averages in North Carolina are given at $14.25 and $21.25. Ij ! Germany is offering to make arrangements with the United States for the payment of interest on German bonds, despite the moratorium which has bCen declared. The arrangement will be similar to that recently made with Great Britain, under which the central banks of the country would aid in carrying on the necessary exchange transfers. Oliver Lang, Sarasota, F!a., attacked by a shark 8 1-2 feet long in -hallow water, defended himself with i penknife and killed the shark. r1 1 ' 1 1 M Camden Theatre Week Besinnis JulTlf .?** i FRIDAY "CIRCUS CLOWN" With Joe E, Brown arid Basnet Ellis. Also Comedy and Ntnrf ^SATURDAY ^ "RETURN OF C. 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