Stephenville Daily Empire (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 199, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1950 Page: 4 of 6
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Stephemsille Dirar Empire
THURSDAY, JUNE 8. 1880
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Preee Association and Nation*! Editorial Aeeociation
“Let's Reduce Taxes”
. There is always a campaign for the reduction of taxes.
Everybody wants the ‘.‘government’ ’to spend money on favored
propositions and. at the same time, reduce taxes.
The way to reduce taxes is simple, if that is what people
want. Let the government eliminate all activities that are not
essential to the function of government. This will cost a great
many people their jobs, but it will cut the cost of government
and, thereby, reduce taxes. .
Costs Governments Money
The Welfare commissioner of the City of New York reports
that public assistance in April was provided to 351,961 persons,
roughly figuring about one out of twenty-one people, or about
five per cent of the city's population by the 1960 census.
This relief job cost $13.291343, or about $37.76 a person.
The continued rise in public assistance rolls is attributed to
chronic unemployment problems, with the warning that the
expenditure will increase unless jobs can be found for those
on the relief rolls.
The payment of unemployment compensation and the use
of public money for the relief of individuals have increased by
leaps and bounds in the last generation. Such expenditures ex-
plain, in part, why the cost of government has increased in the
United States.
Optimistic About U. S. Future
There have been warnings, from time to time, that the re-
sources of the United States would be exhausted and that the
population of this country, in some future year, would find itself
hard-pressed to maintain a suitable standard of living.
For the benefit of. readers who may have run across such
fears, we call attention to the -statement of Dr. Harold G. Moul-
ton. president of the Brookings Institution, who says that the
underlying resources of the United States “could support a
century hence a population at least double that of the present on
a plane of living some eight times as high as that of the pres-
ent.”__
This prediction, if accurate, and Dr. Moulton ought to be in
a position to have the facts on which to base an intelligent
forecast, seems to allow ample room for expansion in the Uhited
States during the next hundred years. .After that, we might as
well let some other generation worry. V
Court House
Records
Britos, Lot 5 in Block 18 of the
Tarleton Heights Addition to the
Cit^ of Stophenville; $600.
Barbee et ux to Joe and
Aliee Pate. Lot 8 in Block A of
tho W. T. Cox Subdivision of Block
3 and 4 of tho W. B. Davis Addition
REAL STATE TRANSFERS
S. J. Hunter and wife to John
Wilkins and wife, certain tract of
land, part of the Wm. Sims survey,
Ertith county; fl and other good
and valuable cosiderntion.
S. J. Cook et al to C. M. Howell,
70 feet off of Lot 4 in Block 8 of
the 8outh Side Addition facing
Lillian Avenue; $1,600.
Bill Hohertz and wife to Clifford
White and wife, 101 Vi acres of land
out of the Bartlett Fry and Henry
Pearson surveys, Erath county;
*14300.
T. D. Stevens et al to S. E. Price
to the town of Dublin; $4,800.
B. Fewell et al to L. J.
Johnnie
Jenkins, lot or parcel of land, a
part of tho R. A. Rosa Addition
to the town of Dublin; $60.
J. L. Hill and wife to J. C. Wash-
burn, Lot 4 in Block 18, Tarleton
Heights Addition to the City of
Stephen'
StephenviUe; $600.
BIRTHS REPORTED
Thurman Lee, born May 1, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Edward All-
sup, Do Leon, Route 1.
Sherman Ray, born May 8, s<yi
of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman IVan
Bandy, StephenviUe.
J>ou^M%5f2StopKtlto, Erath May 9, dsu*£
P. S. Ward and wife to Mary
Bell Myers, 8 acres of land out of
Block 7 of the John McLennan
Jr. survey in Erath county; $1,400.
V. C. Fincher and wife to Eugene
Curry and wife, 20 acres of land,
more or less, a part of Block 9 of
the Wm. Motley survey, Erath
county: $8,000.
H. B. Jordan and wife to John
of Mr. and Mra. E. R. Tate, Gor-
don, Route 1.
David Earl, born May H, son of
Mr and Mrs. Thedii Edward Wood,
Tolar.
Linda Rey, born May 4. daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Trussle James
Wood, Tarleton Station.
Donald Paul, born May 17, son
of Mr. and lira. L. G.' Weems,
Dublin.
DEATHS REPORTED
Ellen PerneU Besson, died May
30, StephenviUe, Route 6.
Lula M. Coaby, died May 7, De
Leon.
James Thomas Davis, died May
12. StephenviUe.
Michael Dickson, died May 1$,
Dublin.
Robert Edwin Ham, died April
27, StephenviUe, Route 6.
John McMullin Hudson, died May
13, Dublin, Route 6.
Burrell Elijah Huggins, died
R. White and wife, Lbt 8, Block 1,
of the McAlister Subdivision of
Blocks 1, 2, 3 and 4, of Sloan’s
First Addition to the town of
cphenvUie: $7,000.
John E. Mayfield and wife to
James William Shannon and wife,
Lot 2, Block 1 of Wolfe’s First Ad-
dition in the City of StephenviUe;
$360. C.-
Ira Rborn and wife to J. Lincoln
Lane and Katherine —Lane, the
south. 66 feet of Lot 7, Block 8, in
the City -of Dublin, Erath county;
$4,000.
J. L. Hill and wife to M. T.
Payne, Lots 6 and 6, Block 24 of
Tarleton Heights Addition of Ste-
phenville; $680. ?
R. P. Condron and Wife to Jim
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James Shawn, born May 2, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Arthur
Branum, De Leon.
Morris Lee, born May 23, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Everett
Busby, Dublim
Lee Roy, born May 23, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy Carmichael,
Dublin.
Joe David, born May 2, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Detwin Edg-
mon, Dublin.
Glenda Elaine, born May 17,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
May 10, StephenviUe.
Baby Jackson, died May 27, Dub*
Glenn Edwards, StephenviUe.
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J. Graves, Bluff Date.
Phyllis Virginia, born May 22,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip
1111.
George Stuart Murphy, died May
2, Sherman.
James Mart Myers, died May 14,
Llano.
Warren Gaston Parr, died May
21, StephenviUe.
H. C. Pruitt, died May 6, Iredell,
Route 2.
Jewell Taylor Russell, died May
3, Dublin.
Mrs. Ada Smith, died May 6,
StephenviUe.
James W. Stewart, died AprU
29, Clairette.
David Earl Wood, died May 13,
Tolar.
— Randy Lane, born AprU 27, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Truman W. Go-
lightly, StephenviUe.
Billy Bob, born May 10, son of
Mr. and Mra. Burley Clarence
Golden, De Leon.
Jim Wallace, born May 28, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Lafayette
Haddon, Dublin.
Parkey, 86.96 acres of land out of
the T. J. Ewing survey, Erath
Troy, born May 23, son of Mr.
Mrs. Aubrey Talmadge Hood,
DUtr by United r»»tur* Syndicate. Inc.
With Nichols in Washington
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Preee Staff Correepondent
Who Is to Pay?
The World Health Organization of the United Nations has
restricted its budget to $7,306,000, hag does not expect to get
more than $6,300,000 from the governments during the year
1961.
It is pointed out that 4,he great killing diseases of mankind
can be eradicated. Moreover, projects for long-range economic
development of the world require that they be eliminated if this
goal is to be obtained. Nevertheless, governments and legisla-
tures throughout the world show some reluctanci to appropriate
money for the fight for health.
The United States, it should be noted, is expected to contrib-
ute thirty-five per cent of the total budget. This is a relatively
small amount in comparison with the sums available to the
American Government. Nevertheless, the principle behind the
appropriation’ recognizes disease as the common enemy of man-
kind and its eradication as the common duty of all nations.
This is an interesting development in world relations. It
poses something of an example for the people of the world
in connection with their local problems. Obviously, the experts
figure out what is good for the world and then call fbr the
money to do the job. The funds must come from those having
the money, whether the job is to be done in a poverty-stricken
country or not.
If we should apply this reasoning to the people who live in
StephenviUe, the community, as a whole, would take stock of
its human values and. thereafter, outline the objective of great-
est possible development, calling for those with the. money to
contribute the necessary funds. So far; we have not yet reached
that stage in local affairs and even in world affairs, despite the
highly-touted world organizations, the contributions have been
paltry in comparison with the needs.
WASHINGTON, June 8 (UP) —
You’d think a gal who wrote a
sexy novel would be a little on the
light and airy side.
But not Toni Howard.
She was a war correspondent
for a national magazine and went
through the rough and tumble
side of the last conflict. She came
out of it, if not somber, at least
serious.
' Toni sat down to write a book
I about postwar Germany. She call-
jed .if “Shriek with Pleasure." for
] no particular reason. It was meant
to be serious but somehow it.
wound up a thing with a lot of ecx,
in it. She swears she didn’t
it te be that way. *
Anyhow the black-haired lovely
lady, who is married to an Army
captain in Paris, found herself
suddenly with a best-selling book
on her hands.
She told me all about it over
black coffee at the Carlton Hotel.
_ “The editors cut most of the ser-
ious stuff out of it so we could
cut down the costs and sell it for
leSs,” she said.
Anyhow, Toni, who admits she
would rather read a good book
than write one, thinks we are
handling the occupation business
in Germany all wrong.
The way to occupy a country, she
said after returning from a long
tour of duty overseas, is not to
occupy ft at, all.
"It’s depressing over there,”
she said “Americans live s<N well,
off the fat of the land. The Ger-
man people have been pusher! out
of their homes to make room for
the occupation forces. Before
long you get that depressed feel-
ing. Like you are robbing people
of things they need. The Germans
are not happy about it.
A divorce, very often, is nothing but judicial recognition
that a marriage has been wrecked.
Many enthusiastic spring gardeners are about to lose some
6f their enthusiasm.
The rich and well-to-do just naturally believe that they
should rule the country.
We can’t tell you whether there will be a depression but wc
can tell you that those who have money in the bank will be
bothered the least.
The know-how is less important than the do-it-now.
SOMETHING...
you CAN DEPEND ON!
“We’ve built our bank and our reputa-
tion on our ability to do things for our
customers... by knowing the way if there
is one, by finding a way if can be found.
If you or your business needs that kind of
business, we will do our best to supply it.”
Beats! «f • Safety Deposit Box is so little, you’ll want one,
to meet your Mode.
The StephenviUe State Bank
That Batter Service la Building
Member P.RLC.
SCHOOL HILL
(Mrs. T. J. Wells)
Mr. and Mrs. John Ellison, Mrs.
Jim Wells and son, Jimmie John of
StephenviUe, visited Mr. and Mrs.
F. W. Wells Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Radio Hare of
Comanche attended church and had
dinner with Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Wells.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Risen spent
this week with Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Eddlemon and preached this week
at School Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Petty and
Mr. and Mrs. John Key visited Mr.
and Mrs. F. W. Wells Sunday.
Mrs. Hodge attended a council
at Houston this week.
Rev. Everett of Proctor preach-
ed at this place Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown Chism visit-
ed Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wells over
the week-end.
Reed Bays and Harold Christian
visited Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wells
Sunday evening.
This community had a good rain
Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris Key and
son of La mesa visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Christian while
on their way to Dallas with their
son who will receive medical treat-
ment.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Petty attend-
ed the funeral ot Johnnie Hart at
Lingleville.
Vote For
W.R. DILL’HICKEY
For
DISTRICT CLERK
Courteous and Efficient
THANK YOU!
(P»t. Ad. )
“The longer we stay on, the
worse things will got. I am not
trying to set myself up as an ex-
pert, but I have been there and
can see what is happening.”
Toni said the German people
don’t look hungry, but they have
that tired, don’t-give-a-hang look.
Cigarettes, coffee, medicine and
nylon hose still are the best com-
modities, and the black .market
thrives as it did during the war. .
“When I wrote my book,” the
author said, “I tried to put some
feeling into it, but much of,’the
background information I thought
was important was cut out to ^ave
space. It was not exactly the story
I set out to tell.”
The book was her maiden ef-
fort—or almost. She wrote Another
one once, but never got around to
submitting it to a publisher. She
spent a whole year on the„ one
which did sell.
Toni is working on another one.
This one won’t have much sex in
it. . ,
county; $3,008.60.
P. D. Wylie and wife to R. T.
Wylie, undivided interest in and
to 330 acres of land, more or less,
out of the P. A C. C. Garland, H. T.
A B. Ry. Co., S. A. A M. G. Ry.
~ “ H. Wylie and J. S. Fulfer
, Erath county; $600.
ifalford Price and wife to
Joe V. Beard and wife, 106 acres
of land, more or less, a part of Lot
114 of the Lavaca County School
Land survey, in Erath county; $4,-
981.
J. W. Ellison and wife to Devoe
Dover and wife, part of Lot 9 in
the John Kight Second Addition to
the town of StephenviUe; $820.
H. B. Jonea and wifa to K. R.
Jenkins, 28,666 square feet of land
out of the original Wm. Thomas
survey situated on the south side
and
Dublin, Route 2.
John Lewis, born May 4. son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis
Hollingsworth, StephenvUle.
Carla Ruth, born May 27, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Roland
Jackson, Dublin, Route 6.
Norma Sue, born May 29, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Doi
Kilgore, Dublin.
Rita * “
of and adjoining the right-of-way
of the Texas Central RR in the
town of Dublin; $3,000.
Vernon Mills and wife to W. L.
Moody, tract or -parcel of land, a
part of the Marcus Williamson
320-acre survey, in Erath county,
and being forty acres of land;
$«60.
H. G. Hodges to Fort Hickox,
36.8 acres out of the Janies Rus-
fell Jr. survey, Erath county;
$920.
J. I*. Hill and wife to T. A.
tita Colleen, born May 10,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Mayo, Fort Worth. ]
Cathryn Fay, born May 9, daugh-
ter pf Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ed-
ward Melton, StephenviUe.
Cynthia Juanell, born May 16,
daughter of Mr. and Mra. John
Williams Mills, Johnsville.
Richard John, born May 23, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Esco
Nuckels, Victoria.
Linda Estelle, born May 28,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy A.
Panciera, Dublin.
Kathy Louise, born May 16,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Walker Regan, StephenviUe.
Haxel Kathleen, born May 16,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wil-
liam Rourek, Dublin.
Miliam Kenneth, born May 15,
son, of Mr. and Mrs. Chester W.
Sorensen, Dublin. .,
Barbara Ann, born May 26,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Horace Lee Huston and Miss
Betty Jean Trammell, May 80.
Dublin, Route 5.
Theo Richard Boaz and Mrs.
Bobbie Faye Metsgar, May 30,
StephenviUe.
Wyndell Ray Laney and Miss
Emma Lois Phillips, May 31, Ste-
phenviUe.
Hugo Beyers and Mrs. Zepherine
Marye Irvin, June 1, StephenviUe.
Johnnie Doyle Wheat and Mias
Ruby Vivian Womack, June 2, Ste-
phenviUe.
Felix William Mallory and Miss
Nanelle Harris, June 2, Freeport.
Earl Wesley Behrens and Miss
Beulah Grace Meador, June 2, Col-
lege Station.
Orvall Drew Southall and Miss
Lois Funderburg, June 2, Dublm,
Route 2.
Janeath Aswan Gaines and Miss
Alma Jean McLarty, June 3, Ste-
phenviUe.
Ciardy Eugene Menefee and Miss
Betty NeU McLarty, June 3, Ste-
phenviUe.
Charley Alvin Bagwell and Miss
Yourlanda Petty, June 3, Huckabay,
Route 1.
Joseph Stoute, StephenviUe.
Linda Sue, born May 4, daughter
Court Upsets Tax-Exempt Businesses
In his special tax message to Congress in January, Presi-
dent Truman asked that the tax laws be strengthened to elim-
inate exemptions accorded to educational institutiqps which en-
gaged in private business enterprises. The Treasury Depart-
ment subsequently recommended to the House ways and means
committee strong exemption restrictions on church or education
institutions that carry on unrelated commercial activities.
The action of the president and the. Treasury Department
followed revelations that several^nstitutions ef learning taking
advantage of the tax exemption accorded corporations organited
exclusively for educational purposes, had £one into business
on a large scale. In some instances, the business corporation,
it seems, was purchased by friends of the educational institu-
tion and chartered with the special provision that all profit
should go to the college or university. .
In Washington recently, the United States Tax Court ruled,
that a nationally known macaroni manufacturer could not claim
tax-exempt status and directed that it pay an income tax defi-
ciency of $136,438.62 for a four-month period in 1947, which
was involved in the test case. Judge J. Edgar Murdock, who
wrote the opinion of the court, pointed out that the corporation
was formed to acquire the business of an old company and to
achieve,tax exemption by making the profits go to New York
University, which, of course, is an educational institution en-
titled to full tax exemption.
The judge pointed out that the macaroni company is not
the corporation “engaged in operating the educational institu-
tion” but that it is a wholly separate corporation, “with tjie sole
day-to-day activity” of operating “a macaroni^business for prof-
it." The exemption sought by the business corporation, in his
opinion, “would have a vicious effect upon non-exempt competi-.
tors” because it might enable the tax-free company to under-sell
its competitors as a result of the tax advantage and “thiis either
drive them’out of business or absorb them through its unlimit-
ed power to expand.”
The judge observed that it is relatively new for institu-
tions of learning to invest their funds in business corporations
but that the practive developed out of a necessity of colleges to
obtain more income than the return heretofore available from
investments. Formerly, he declared, "It was not the custom for
educational and other similar institutions to risk their funds in
carrying on a competitive business for the profit in it.”' *
While an appeal will undoubtedly be ta)ten from the Tax
Court’s decision to the U. S. Court of Appeals^and, subsequently,
to the U. S. Supreme Court, it seems to us that the decision of
the judge possesses the force of logic. Apparently, he disting-
uishes between a corporation, Organized and operated fpr prof-
its, and one organized and operated for educational purposes.
If a corporation operates for profit, he reasons, it Should pay the
tax set up by Congress on the profits of corporations. Whether
the profits are paid to stockholders or paid to a tax-exempt in-
stitution would make no difference if the court subsequently
upholds this reasoning.
Careful driving pays dividends to those who drive carefully.
Candidates for office, as a rule, recommend themselves very
highly.
Now that the swimming season is here it might be a good
idea for parents to Warn their youngsters about dangers that
lurk in the water.
Sensible query: “If you are so smart, why aren't you rich?”
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Indian Guest
Miss Prosonna Shah, a native
of Bilaspur, India, who has attend-
ed Texas Christian University as
a graduate student the past year,
is a guest in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Colwick and their moth-
er, Mrs. F. H. Chandler. Miss Shah
visited in StephenviUe last fall
with the women of the mission
study group of First Christian
Church and made many friends ia
the city.
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