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PAGE SIX
The Romance Racket
by MARIE BLIZARD
CHAPTER 1
THE lIANDri that held the pearls
were waxen and trembled with ague.
Their touch sent a chill through
Carol Kennedy as she half turned
and leaned forward to have them
vlasped about her slim white throat.
Straightening, she touched them
briefly as though to feel their beauty.
The touch of their cool smoothness
on her fingertips brought a light for
an instant to her eyes.
Aunt Helen begat, to speak. Cyn
thia dropped her hand to har lap.
“Matilde’s pearls. Howard, how
generous of you to give them to
Carol. Quite a gift, my dear, for a
girl on her twenty-fourth birthday.
What have you to say to your Uncle
Howard, my dear?”
“Suppose 1 stand up and te’.l him
what I think of all ot you ard his
pearls," Carol thought grimly. "Or.
perhaps. I’m expected «• make a lit-,
tie courtesy and kiss him on his yel
low old brow.”
For a moment she couldn’t speak.
Her hands crept toward her throat.
The pearls seemed to be coiled* about
it. More gifts, more bonds forging
her to The Family! Slowly she
looked at each of them In turn. The
aunts and cousins sitting around the
lavish table in the great dining room
of the old house where even the
candle-lights dared not dance in
shadows on the walls.
So this was her birthday dinner,
was it? Well, she knew they had
come not to do her honor but to lay
down the rules of her life for another
year. They’d done it now ever since
her mother had died. However, this
was the important year! Her vast
fortune becomes entirely hers with
this birthday. What would they
have to say about that, she won
dered. Plenty!
Uncle Howard was waiting to be
thanked for the pearls! Or was he?
Carol smiled at him dutifully and
saw no answer in the sardonic grin
on his parched face. What enjoy
ment did he get out of giving her the
pearls that belonged on the throat
of a woman as soft and beautiful as
Matilde had been? Carol was neither
soft nor beautiful. She was a plain
girl and suddenly the truth of it
stabbed through her heart.
“Well, Carol, has the cat got your
tongue?” Uncle Fred tried a light
touch.
“Oh! Oh. no. of course not. I
mean . . . well, I mean. ... I hadn’t
expected such a beautiful gift.
Thank you. Uncle Howard”—and
turning to the rest:
"And thank you all for this birth- j
day party.”
“It's nearly over, Cousin Carol. I ;
know you won’t mind if Owen and I |
leave. We’ve promised to show up
at the Meacham’s party tonight.” i
Carol felt disappointment sweep i
over her like a child when told that
the party Is over. She said: ]
“Os course not, Kathy. It was aw- ]
fully nice of you to come and thank i
you for your gift . . . and thank you, i
Dr. Craig, for the flowers.” «
For a moment Carol’s eyes fixed i
on the stern dark face of her cousin’s i
fiance lit now with kindness as he ]
bowed over her hand.
“The pearls are very becoming to i
you. Carol. They add to the air of ]
regality about you tonight with your i
hair coiled in braids like a crown. [ <
hope this year will bring you many
happy things,” he said with deep 1
resonance that brought a flush of i
pleasure to her plain face. i
“Don’t be afraid to use that little i
lipstick, dear. You’ll find it will help 1
enormously.” Kathy said, gathering i
cigaret case, vanity and gold-mesh
bag together creating a little flurry 1
tn the midst of the family that ad- j
mired but did not approve of her,
Soon she was gone and what little
sparkle had lighted that dull dinner ]
party left with her vivid red-clad fig- ‘
tire.
“Now, I’m In for it,” Carol thought <
and sat back in the shadows of her
chair. i
Uncle George cleared his throat. 1
“M” SYSTEM STORE
Free Delivery Service Phone No. 177-J
New supply of home grown tomatoes, crisp firm lettuce, veal,
* fresh dressed fish and select oysters.
Cup and Saucer Free With Each 24 lb. Bag: Ballard’s Flour
SALAD DRESSING, Crescent, 32-oz. jar 25c
SANDWICH SPREAD,Crescent,32-oz. jar 2sc
PICKLES, Quart Jar, Sour....
WORCESTER SAUCE, Full 5-oz. Size 15c
MUSHROOM SAUCE, Delicious 27Vzc
CHEESE, Full Cream, lb 22V6c
BUTTER, Armour’s Cloverbloom, lb. . . 33c
PINEAPPLE, No. 2 Sliced, 2 Cans 35c
POTATOES, No. 1, 10-lbs 15c
SNOWDRIFT, 3 Pounds 52c
CRISCO, 4 Pounds 68c
WEINERS, Choice Fresh, lb. . . 22V2C
BACON, Fresh Sliced, lb 40c
TOILET TISSUE, Sani-Silk, 4 Rolls 24c
In that moment Carol Kennedy became a new girl.
His wife, Aunt Helen, glanced at the
others quickly and warningly for
silence. Aunt Grace folded her nap
kin and waited. Uncle Fred resigned
himself to listening. Cousin Martha
sipped .her wine.
Uncle* Howard, the ancient one,
studied the stem of his brandy glass
and looked back into his memories:
there was nothing anyone in his fam
ily could say to interest him.
The silvery chimes of the clock
sounded the hour of 11 before Uncle
George began:
“Carol, you know this Is the most
important of your birthdays and . . .”
“Yes, my dear, and we. your fam
ily. are worried about you . . .’* Aunt
Helen Interrupted her husband.
He fastened a reproving glance
upon her and continued. “Worried
isn’t exactly the word. You are alone
in the world —except for us, of course
faced with the responsibility of
your wealth. You are, it is true, not
a child but you are unmarried and
we feel that we should take a more
pronounced part in advising and
guiding your welfare.”
Carol wondered If he meant order
ing the groceries or selecting her
reading material.
"As a matter of fact. Fred and I
have a proposal to make to Carol .”
It was Aunt Grace speaking. “I am
frank to admit that I haven’t done
my duty by my favorite niece” —she
didn’t notice the slight lift of Carol’s
eyebrows—“although I did so want
to give you a coming-out party—you
know, Carol, you wouldn't hear of *t
—and now that KatSy is going to be
married Fred and I would like to
have you close up that big house of
yours and come to live with us as
our daughter.’’
•It wasn’t often Second Cousin
Martha contributed her opinion. It
wasn’t often it was welcome. Now,
gathering her courage and making
nervous little gestures at the velvet
band on her withered throat, she ven
tured:
“I thought perhaps I might offer
to go and live with Carol. In that
great house she must be very lone
some."
Uncle Howard ceased his contem
plation of the dregs in his glass.
"Splendid, my dear. You and Carol
would be great company for each
other.”
A slow flitch rose tn Carol’s cheek.
Anger—how odd the word seemed to
her—rose in her throat. Carol was
HENDERSON (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1935 1
finding new emotions within her this
night. So Uncle Howard thought
Cousin Martha who reeked of moth
balls would be good company for her!
A desperate longing for escape,
from them all. from this room, from
herself, rose within her. She who
had been so mild, so amenable, so
pliant to their wishes all their life,
longed for words to startle them into
silence, to leave them aghast!
Steadily she brought her head
about to, face Uncle Howard. How
eyes were! The mocking
had gone. They were like black
beads in his parched face yet they
seemed to be sending a message to
her. They seemed to be saying,
"Courage! Spirit! Have you none?”
And looking back at him, she saw
another younger pair of eyes, dark
and kindly, bent over her own hand.
In that moment Carol Kennedy be
came a new girl. Inwardly she trem
bled but unconsciously she straight
ened her shoulders and addressed
them all:
“It is. as always, most kind of you.
to want to help me. But I’ve plans
of my own. I’ve . . —she was a lit
tle breathless —“I’m tired of being
the ugly duckling of this family. . . .
I’m . . . well . . . you’ll see. . . . I’m
giving my house to Uncle George and
Aunt Helen. That’s what you w mt,
isn’t it?”
The candles sputtered—as they all
would later.
"What Aunt Grace wants Is a trip
around the world at my expense.
You may have It. Aunt Grace, and
take Cousin Martha along for com
pany.
“I’d appreciate it if one of you will
take Nanny and the servants. They
won’t be able to stand the kind of
life I am planning.” She paused and
looked at them brightly.
“I’m taking an apartment in New
York. I’ve work to do and . . . and
cocktail parties to give . . . and life—
do you all understand —life to learn
about! I mean to do it!”
In the speechless silence that fol
lowed, she turned wordlessly to Uncle
Howard. “You’ll help me." her
glance seemed to say.
“You won’t need help,’ his glance
answered her.
There was the merest hint of des
peration In the slight nod she gave
them all as she rose and walked gal
lantly from the room.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
HURRICANE FRINGE I
RAKES HENDERSON
Very Little Wind, But
Drenching Rain Thurs
day Afternoon, Night
This city and section were raked
Thursday afternoon and night by th*.
outer fringes of the tropical hur
ricane as it blew out to sea after
ravaging the lower Florida peninsula
with a terrific toll of life and pro.
perty.
Very little wind struck here, but a
drenching rain fell intermittently dm
ing the afternoon and evening hours.
There was no information today as
the extent of the precipitation, but it
is estimated that an inch or two fell
in a short period of time.
Skies had cleared and there was
generally fair weather today, with
promise inthe forecasts of a continua
tion of it to the week-end.
The rain was really needed for fall
crops, which for the past several days
have been retarded in growth by lack
of moisture.
Everybody To Help Pay
Federal Tax Load Soon
(Continued from Page Onp.l
and not from th United States Mint.
So at this time, when millions of boys
and •t•:)s are returning to schools and
colleges, I want to make a personal
suggestion: Urge the necessity 6f get
ting a thorough grounding in three
vitally important subjects—history,
government and economies.
One of the outstanding troubles
with the ratior today is ignorance,
among business men and investors, of
those three subjects. The great cam
paigns for rau : ca ; and costly reforms
convince me of this. This Congress
probably passed more extravagant,
wasteful, and unsound destructive le
gislation than any other in the history
of the nation. The Social Security Act
alone calls for annual taxes of around
.$2 500,000.000 within six or seven years
which will nearly double our present
tax bill. Yet voters unwittingly favor
the extravagant measures and will
vote for congressmen who support
them because they think that “big
business” and the “rich” will pay all
the bills.
Invisible But Inescapable Taxes.
I have here on my desk tjie income
and expense statement of the Federal
government for the fiscal year whiefi
ended June 30. Receipts from items
such as cigarettes, gasoline, electricity
and the like amounted to $1,657,000,000
For the sake of illustration, let us
take a man earning SSO a week and
see what taxes the “untaxed” really
pay. If he smokes a package of cig
arettes a day, he pays a tax on them
of about S2O a year. Every time he
buys ten gallons of gasoline he pays
a combined Federal and average state
tax of fifty cents which which would
amount to S3O at the end of the yeat.
In addition to his license and regis
tration fees of $5, he pays a federal
sales tax of sls to S2O on his new
car and then he receives a local ex
cise of $lO to S2O annually.
The average United States electric
ity user knows that his annual hill
runs around $35 but he probably does
not know that one-seventh or $5 of
this represents faxes. Likewise, the
gas and elephone bills of an average
consumer include taxes totalling at
least sls per year. In 1933 the pro
cessing tax was added. This took an
additional *521,000,000 out of consum.
ers’ pockets last year. The tax &-
mounted to 3 1-2 cents on each shirt,
8 cents on each sheet, 1-2 cent on
each pound of sugar, and 3 cents on
each pound of fresh pork. Receipts
from this source average $4.50 pe»-
capita each year, or $lB per family
head. And remember everybody must
be clothed, fed, and sheltered so no
body was in the tax-exempt class as
far as this excise was concerned.
Two-Thirds Rent; One Third Taxes.
The above does not nicliide taxes
which real estate owners pay and
pass along as rent. Let us say that
Nice Choice
Country Hams
Cured to the Queen’s Taste
M. G. EVANS
Phones 162 —163
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If FRESH HR Sugar ) refined in the Southeast,
C 1 / / only an overnight run
m from most Southern mar
gjL TW kets, so that it reaches
you shortly after it leaves
m %** Y /-# ~7v the refinery. That is why
m vk /djgp A \ Dixie Crystals is so good
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our average citizen is living in a $5-
000 on which the tax is around
$l5O a year based on a S3O per thous
and tax rate. His rent is $45 per
month. The landlord should impress
upon the tenant that he is charging
•jnly S3O for his rent and that the
other sls represents real estate tmC
other taxes. Adding the above itmes
w"mch just begin the list of invisible
taxes, we see that the average man
who pays no rear estate or income
taxes really pays at least S3OO per
year or six weeks salary in invisible
taxes. And it is this invisible tax
which is now rapidly increasing.
Twenty-five per cent of the total
revenue of the federal government for
the past year came from income
taxes. If you are lucky enough not to
have paid a direct income tax in 1931
“don’t kid yourself” that you escap
ed paying a tax. For instance, do you
suppose that General Motors dug into
its jeans and paid its $15,000,000 in_
come tax itself? Certainly not! Your
share of that income tax $lO on your
new automobile —was hidden in the
sales price. So before congratulating
yourself that the spending spree :n
Washington and elsewhere does not
hit you just r,ead the above again
and remember that you are footing
he tax bill along with John D.
Rockefeller and Henry Ford, —but it
hurts you more!
Thirty Cents Out of Every Dollar.
Now to cap the climax, Congress
has passed the Social “Security” Act
which will double federal taxes in a
few years. The SSO per week worker
must soon hand over S7B of his an
nual salary to the government. His
employer must contribute $156 —-
which will also come out of his mon
thly pay cheek in one way or another.
Not one voter in ten realizes that
taxes, even if paid by "big business,”
must be passed on ithr to stockhold
ers in the form of smaller dividends,
to workers in the form of lower
wages, or to consumere in the form
of higher prices. Some day voters will
discover that “soaking-the-rich” sim
ply means “soaking-the-poor.”
The total income of all people in
the United States increased from $44,-
400,000,000 in 1933 to $49,400,000,000
in 1934 —"a gain of eleven per cent.
But in the same period Federal taxes
paid by American citizens increased
twenty per cent. The total tax bill of
the nation, including Federal, state,
and local taxes, equalled one-third of
the annual income, or thirty.three
cents out of every dollar—and still
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To Farmers Warehouse
Larger quarters, more complete
stocks and better facilities for
serving you.
Blue Belle Flour, Feeds, Lard,
Sugar, Salt, Coffee, Meat and
Heavy Lines.
Shell Gas, Oils and Kerosene.
Dickson & Co.
Horner St. Phone 659
See Us For
Best Meats
—and —
Service
TURNER’S
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Phones 304 and 305
the Federal government had to bor
row money to pay one-half its bills!
Some day somebody must pay the*
piper. The great trlism—"No one ever
got anything for nothing”—applies to
legislation and nations as well as to
men and women!
Business, as registered by the Bab
sonchart, is now only 19 per cent be
low normal, and 12 per cent above a
year ago.
Breathing Spell For Indus
try Now Here, Letter Says
(Continued from Page One.>
mass of our population in the sound
ness of our economical life, and in the
honesty and justice of the purposes
of its economic rules and methods.”
Howard discarded hostility from
“financial racketeers, public exploit
ers and the sinister forces spawned by
special privilege,” but asserted that
many business men “of patriotism
and a sense of public service believe
the wealth tax hill a revenge on bus
iness,” and expected a “recess from
further experimentation until the
country can recover its losses.”
Wl W* s
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fresh daily in our own
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quart for your home!
Brookside Dairy
Farm
Phone 430-J ;
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“Service” Is a Word
Often Misused
Good banking service, as we in
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giving ordinary attention to your
business. At this bank T en
deavor to take a personal inter
est in our customers, and study
their individual needs so that we
may serve them to their complete
satisfaction. SERVICE and
SATISFACTION—our aim is
to make BOTH a part of every
banking transaction!
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Exclusive• A R e„ ls ,, )ir
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A balanced rati,,,, in n
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The Home of “The
Best Meats’’ For the
Best People
Chuck Roast 17c ll (
Rib Roast 21c lh
Boned and Rolled
Rib Roast 25c lb
Sirloin Tip Roast . . 29c lb
Round Steak 25c lb
Sirloin ISteak 3i c
T-Bone Steak ;>o c
Boneless Stew 19c lb.
Fresh Ground
Hamburger 19c lb.
Milk Fed Veal
Roasts 25c lb.
Cutlets 31c lb.
Rib or Loin Chops . . 23c lb.
Shoulder Chops .... 19c lb.
Pork Chops 30c lb.
Pork Loin Roast .... 30c lb.
Shoulder of Lamb .. 16c lb.
Loin or Rib Chops of
Lamb 29c lb.
Dressed Hens 25c lb.
Pork Sausage 25c lb.
Spare Ribs 20c lb.
FRESH FISH
Trout or Croakers, 4 Ills. 25c
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Next To Fire House.