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Your taxes at work
Back in the 1920's the Texas viaduct in
Texarkana was a creaky span of metal and
wood carrying what traffic there was across
the railroad yards from South State Line to
downtown Texarkana.
The planks were broken then, the iron
rails were rusty, and the walkways made a
pedestrian nervous that the structure might
not hold him.
Cars weren't so plentiful then but those
which needed to cross the old viaduct found
the grade too steep and the turns too sharp.
The antiquated bridge needed replacing
then but South State Line was a poor area and
Texarkana didn't show much interest in tne
expensive project.
The viaduct is a half a century older new
and it has gotten progressively worse with no
one getting all fired up over paying for its
replacement.
Somebody there found out the federal
government might put out the money to re-
build the structure and suddenly Texarkana
decided it was a high priority job that was a
bargain in any taxpayer's money. So the ci'cy
asked for help and got it.
The federal government apparently had
an abundance of money for such pork barrel
programs and since it didn't cost the local peo-
ple much of anything, plans were made and
citizens gave their approval by ballot.
So an old eyesore in Texarkana that Tex-
arkana didn't care enough about to replacc a
generation ago will be rebuilt now with federal
tax money.
Such spendthrift habits by federal officials
are so commonplace that we normally wouldn't
think much about them. Every day you hear
and read of similiar fiscal foolishness Naples
has shared in some of it.
It is of particular interest now, though,
because your income tax was increased by ten
per cent effective April 1 because the federal
government needed the money for essentials
and was running too far in debt.
June 29
J. M. Lasater
June 30
Dorothy Johnson
Linda Gale Watson
July 1
Skeet Welsh
W. G. Granberry
Johnny Wyninegar
Harold Wallace
July 2
Leon Coker
July 3
Cynthia Kay Daniel
Joanne Mize
July 4
Sally Narramore
Larry Carl Talley Jr.
Jackie Coker
Montez Miller
Stanley Witt
July 5
Mack Allen Young
Mrs. Louis Clark
ALWAYS USE SEAT BELTS
BUCKLE UP
KsesSr-
SAGE OF SULPHUR BOTTOM
Leaps at chance to talk
about unimportant topic
(Editor's note: The Sage of
Sulphur Bottom on his iohn-
son grass farm takes a minor
look at the tax situation this
week, more or less.)
Dear editar:
I don't know that this is very
important, but there are so
many starkly important things
staring us in the face from one
side of the world to the other
these days that when a man
runs across an unimportant
one he ought to grab hold of
it. There aren't too many of
them left.
At any rate, I read an article
on an inside page of a news-
paper last night about a motor-
ist in England who refused to
pay a 12-cent toll to cross a
bridge because, he said, the
tax was imposed 900 years ago
by King Canute and couldn't
possibly apply to a modern
automobile.
Despite the fact that since
the year 1023 people have con-
tinued to pay the tax, he said,
900 years is long enough and
be refused to pay
Of course they took him to
court and made him pay any-
way.
Clearly that man doesn't
know the first thing about tax-
ation.
He should have been grate-
ful that King Canute thought
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Naples, Texas
10 a.m Bible Classes
10:45 a.m. .. Worship Service
6 p.m Worship Service
FLOWERS
DOUGLASSVILLE
Wind storm scatters debris Thursday
up the idea of charging him
only for crossing the bridge.
Had Canute been on the ball
he would have taxed a man to
come onto the bridge then tax-
ed him an equal amount to get
off the other end.
Have you got time to figure
up how much tax money Eng-
land would have brought in
during the past 900 years if
that bridge tax had been 24
cents instead of 12? Probably
could have made enough to
have left the tax off of tea and
saved us the trouble of holding
presidential elections.
Another thing that man does
not know about taxation is that
a tax's age has nothing to do
with it. The longer ago a tax
was thought up, the more used
to it people become and the
easier it is to collect.
The easiest tax to collect is
one that was thought up and
put into effect before you
were born. If we're smart, we
will be figuring out some taxes
row to go into effect just be-
fore the next generation ar-
rives.
The fact that King Canute
may have tol<i his people that
bridge tax was just 3 tempo-
rary measure till England got
on its feet has nothing to do
with it.
Any man who has studied,
the matter knows that there's
nothing more temporary than
a permanent wave or more
permanent than a temporary
tax.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
By Mrs. B. W. Swint
Several of us in this vicinity
are removing the debris that
came our way last Thursday
evening from the wind storm.
The Vacation Bible School
program was given Sunday
evening at the Methodist
Church. A fuli house enjoyed
the program and the display
of articles that were made by
the children dunng the wee*
Members of the League and
MYF of the First Methodist
Church of Texarkana were vis-
itors at the Morriss cabin Fri-
day evening and Saturday
morning. The leaders of these
young people accompanied
them.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Gran-
berry entertained Mrs. Howard
Wilson of Linden on her birth-
day Friday evening. Other
guests were Mr. Wilson, Mr.
and Mrs. Sikes and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Nichelson.
Miss Jonny Murphy of Maud
was a guest in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Nichelson Satur-
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McCoy
and Junella were Saturday
evening guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Leo McCoy at their cabin.
Mrs. Weaver McCoy and
Mrs. Maud Allen visited with
her father, Lawrence Thomp-
son. and Miss Maggie Williams
in Pine Lodge Thursday.
The Naples
MONITOR
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THURSDAY. JUNE 27, 1968
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By Ace Reid
Mrs. W. S. Kirkpatrick of
Texarkana visited with rela-
tives and friends here Thurs-
day.
B. W. Swint and Lynn, and
her friend, Ronda, of Austin,
visited with his mother from
Tuesday until Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Morr'ss
and Mrs. Eunice Rutland visit-
ed with the children of the
late Mr. and Mrs. George Bry-
an of Avery Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wetzel
and children of Grand Prairie
were Sunday guests in the
home of Mrs. B. F. Cox.
We are very glad to have
the Horton family of Dallas
move to our town. Mr. Horton
works at the Red River Army
Depot near Texarkana. They
are at the apartment of Mrs.
R. P. Rutland.
Second Lt. Joe Sanders Bak-
er left Friday for Pesacola,
Fla., for further training in
the Marine Corps.
Miss Alice Ormand, Mrs.
Metta Swint and Mrs. Nell Ei-
tel were Wednesday luncheon
guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. S. Granberry.
The revival will begin at
Union Chapel at 7:30 p.m. on
July 7. The Rev. Walter Lyn
Zimmerman will be the evan-
gelist. He is the son of Mrs.
Walter Zimmerman and the
iate Mr. Zimmerman.
The revival at the Douglass-
ville church will begin at 7:30
p.m. on July 14 with the Rev.
Carlton Dyers of Queen City
as the evangelist.
Thank yoa
Our thanks to each one of
the many friends whose loving
expressions of sympathy help-
ed us so much during our re-
cent sorrow A special thank
you to the Elsie Smiths, Bun
Ilalls, Elbert Tucks, Pjrter
Presleys, Lacy Mills, R. J.
Welches, Clifford Wyninegars,
Lee Davises, Johnny Spencers,
Ed Smiths and Martin Thig-
pen for the floral arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Clyde Whitecotton
and the family of
Mrs. Mattie Kerr
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Attend funeral
for Mrs. Carlisle
Among those from out of
town who attended the funeral
service here for Mrs. Esther
Carlisle were Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Carlisle Jr. of Hermit; Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Robinson of
Santa Fe, N. M.; Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Sage and Dan of Mid-
land; Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
O'Dell, Mr. and Mrs. Wade
Anthony, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Wilson and sons, and Mrs.
Joyce Day and son of Abilene:
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Martin of
Lubbock. Mr and Mrs. R. O.
Anthony of Houston; the Rev.
and Mrs. Wayne Sage and
children of Fieldton; Mrs. Jare
Stevens and daughter of Odes-
sa; the Rev. Norman Davis of
Tyler; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
McDonald of Garland; R. L
McDonald of Greenville; Mr.
and Mrs. David Terrell of
Daingerfield, Airman First
Class Charles M. Carlisle of
Wichita Falls: Mr. and Mrs. L.
M. Montgomery and son. Mrs.
A. W. Stewart, and Mrs. Hiram
Wells of Texarkana: and Mrs.
Genevieve Stubbs of Mt. Pleas-
ant.
MARIETTA
Couple spending week in South Texas
By Mrs. R. L Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Lum-
nius are spending this week
in Orange and other coastal
points.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Robinson
and daughters spent a recent
week end in Monroe. La., vis-
iting friends and seeing some
day lily gardens.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McCord
were in Hoc Springs recently
for the week end.
Mrs. J. W. Welsh has re-
turned from Hawaii where she
attended the wedding of her
son. Jerry Lindsey.
Miss Molly Smith of Dallas
spent the week end with Mrs.
Irene Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lum-
mus. Candy and Bill, vacation-
ed last week in Arkansas,
NEW HOPE ACTIVITIES
Sabbath School ... 9:30 a m
Worship Services .... 11 a.m.
Prayer Meeting .... 7:30 p.m.
Mississippi and Alabama. In
Mississippi they visited brief-
ly with relatives of Mrs. Lum-
mus whom she had not seen
in 28 years.
Week end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Hall were their
daughters, Cynthia of Texar-
kana, and Mrs. Max Ray Ev-
ans of Wichita Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Crook
were in Clarksville over the
week end to attend the marri-
age of his brother, Leonard,
on Saturday evening. They al-
so attended the rehearsal on
Friday evening.
Two University of Texas
classmates from Tyler were
guests of Ted McCoy over the
week end.
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