Newspapers / Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.) / Nov. 6, 1930, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
$*? ' 'V . I aft TWO " ' * ; ~ r Scuth's Farming is Behind the Times ?{ Chaps1! Hill.?" The farming; ineth-j ods of the South have become obso let*1, bus! the farmers who steadfastly refuse to change their methods to meet new conditions that have arisen in recent years are doomed," Hugh McRae, of Wilmington, prominent planter and civic leader, who is president of the North Carolina Social Service Conference and acting chairman of live Southeastern Council, declared here Friday night' in address bt-fore the retrulnri meeting of the North Carolina Club. I "Practices in other parts of tiie? nation have left the average Southern farmer with little more chance of success than has a hand - loom against a modern power-loom." MrMrRac asserted. "Most of the landowning farmers have moved to towna majority ,.f the farmers are tenants; only the home-owning farmers have gardens and are prepared to live at home." "Since the period of deflation following the World War, farm conditions in North Carolina have become critical," Mr. McRae stated. "The coming of ihe boll-Weevil has been an importau" factor. Surveys give proof of the widespread distress among the small farmers of the | South. This year's cotton crop averaged less than a half-bale per acreThis means to the farm family a starvation wage. "There are large areas in the South which have at the present time reached the condition of agricultural slums; yet there are known systems of agriculture?suitable to the Southern conditions, which, if adopted, would change the downward trend. Two things are broadly essential: (11 A 'Livo-at-Hornprogram worked out to extreme limits, not applying to the farmer only, but equally to the entire population of the South. <2* A system of diversified agriculture which includes the raising of small grain and the ' introduction of animal husbandry." GOVERNMENT BUREAU SHOWS AN INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT A slight increase in the number of persons for whom jobs were foui\d bv the State-Federal mpioyme it bureaus was noticeable last week over the preceding: week, according to the report, issued yesterday, which showed 3*27 persons placed as compared with 20(5 the week preceding. Place-1 ments among skilled workmen and! domestic help increased while thosej of unskilled and clerical ard professional workers decreased. The various bureaus reported placements as follows Asheviile 63, Ratlin 1, Charlotte (50, Raleigh 30. and "iViiiiuugtonr6*r Comments were submitted by the bureaus as follows: "Arheviile?there has boon very little change in employment conditions during the week. No huiidir.e or construction work of any nature begun. Surplus of clerical help and unskilled labor- Demand for skilled labor fair. I "Charlotte?Conditions in general j seem to be on the upward trend, some improvements shown in the demand for skilled labor, however.! vnvic ?>? -* <111 mizi cSsf 01 applicants j for unskilled work and less demand than previous week. Supply and demand of domestic help about ecjuai Surplus of clerical workers with a fair demand considerih?i: conditionsTextile work fit a standstill. No demand for farm iabor. "Raleigh?Large surplus of clerical workers and skilled labor. Owing to the Negro .State Fair there were fewer applicants during the week than formerly. The demand for domestic good. No demand for farm labor or textile workers. Very little construct:*^ work under way an^ building "Wilmlngton^r-Fair demand for unskilled labor and ^siuiled mechanics. Large ^surplus bf clerical help witli scarcely any demand- No demand for farm help..": ftWsmz - 4r ??? :M I 'POSSUM DOGS TREE, KIDS FIRE THRICE, BEAR BITES THE DUST (McDowell News) jit 'seems that 'possums are a bit -scarce this season and that those that do roam the woods are wary creatures. Hunters though are willing to trudge the woods for hours and over miles of country for the fun ol catching the 'siminon loving brutes, maybe. Most of the old heads, however, are willing to stop an unfruitful hunt by midnight, but not so with the t sport loving youth Last Mo7iday night three youngsters, Clyde Epley, aged 9; Clifford Day, aged 12; and r. Morgan hoy of about 12 summers, fared forth with a couple of good possum dogs in search of some fun as well as a nice, fat, night-loving marsupial. Luck was rotten and along about midnight even the pups were in the depths of despair. They couldn't find a trail that was under twenty-four hours old. The boys were determined not to come home empty-handed and continued the hunt. Along about 1 o'clock the dogs struck a trail; not that of a possum, i j- .I . - - - out. cney were too excited to impart this particular bit of knowledge to their master, and away they went with the kids following as fast as the rough ground and their short legs would permit. The dogs finally treed the possum well up in a fair sized tree, too large for them to cut. Young Day loaded his -22 rifle and banged away at the catlike eyes that glistened in the beams of ins flashlight. Mr. Possum failed to come, down and he shot twice more. On xhe last shot the animal wavered, lost his clutch on the tree and tumbled to the ground. It was the largest and the blackest possum that they had ever seen, only it wasn't a possum It was a 75-pound bl?ck bear Dr. C. B. Baughman, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, Johnson City, Tenn., will be in the office of Dr. J. B. Hagaman in Boone, on the first Monday in each month for the h> practice of his profession, jg| l6^w-tf f'Way "Miic-a-Minute Murphy.' who held the world's speed record tn 1SW. at a recent meet of old bicyclists held at Gwynvdd, Pa. Funds Needed for the Support of Orphanages Editor Watauga Democrat: If you have the space to spare, kindly Carry this brief reminder of the approach of Thanksgiving to your readers and thus contribute t a wider circulation of the appeal for liberal contributions to the various orphan homes of the State. The needs of the homes were never o urgent as they are today and the citizens of the State are asked to rise to the dignity and demand of the bout b\ each doing his level oesi to neip sweu the oxpnanage l&esisuries duririg tbe Thanksgr. ing period. Tiu' pastors ?f churrhes, aii.nday School supr?rttc(^ynts. city oWc-.uls, superintendents of county and City schools, county officers. lawyers, doctors, business men, lodge oificials. community clubs, farmers and housewives, wane earners and alt othc classes of cur cHisrnshi:, are leijucf to! in enlist in the effort to help the destitute and honor the imply. It is personal effort that usually brings results and special committees of churches, fraternal orders ant! community organizations. to bring the mutter to the nttontirm of the public, would be wiseFhose capable of estimating the Value of the life of a child bereft of the blessings and comforts of a home should cheerfully enlist in this holy movement to provide means; of sustenance for the orphanages during the long dreary months of the approaching winter. The income of a day is suggests I. Very respectfully, M. I.. SHIPMAN. Chairman Publicity Corn. Raleigh. N- C. | Sunday School Lesson I j RF,V. SAMUEL D. PRICE, L>. D. International Sunday School Lesson for November 9th THOMAS?THE HONEST DOUBTER Jo.Hn xi. 14-16. xiv. 5-8; xx, 24-29 John xxi, 1-2 When ;i special name is related to a person it is hard to get away from it. That nickname may not characterize the individual with any fairness blit i>e merely the emphasis on some peculiarity. It has been just that way in the case of Thomas during al! of these .900 years. He has been called the Doubter, and even that appellative is not altogether fair. Thomas, in fact, is a truly great character and deserves more recognition than is generally given to him it was toward the latter part of the ministry of Jesus, when he was in Berea, that word came from the sistc-s at Bethany that their brother Lazarus was sick unto death. At this perior in His ministry there were increasing threats against His life byleaders in Jerusalem- All who were with Jesus were evidently pleased when 110 intention appeared of going to the help of I-azarus. But after two days Jesus said He was going there. Usually Peter was the impetuous spokesman. This time it was Thomas who declared, "We will go with you." H We know that he was not present with the Ten when Jesus came into their midst in the upper room on the evening of Resurrection Day. When these tremendous facts were narrated Thomas made his own terms for proof before he would he ready to accept their statements as truths. The next Sunday Jesus came into their midst and directly addressed Thomas, ask iiik mm lu sees me proois tnat fie had called for?to feel of the nail prints and where the sword had been thrust in His side. The Presence was enough and Thomas gave a glorious declaration of faith as he asserted, "My Lord and My God." Joe: "How were your grades last quarter?" College "Jules Verne " Joe: "How's that?" College: "Twenty thousand leagues under the C." SPFXIALNOTKES FOR RENT?Nice new five-room house in Daniel Boone Park, modern conveniences. See Edw- N. Hahn. 10-16-4t FOR SALE?Good cooking apples, 50c; ur.selected picked apples, 75c. Well-sprayed, clean fruit and a number of varieties. Rich Mountain Orchards, R. L. Baldwin, Manager, Zionville, N. C- 9-2 5-8t ? ?i? THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER'Y NINETY DISASTERS GALL j| FOR RED CROSS RELIEF, || | AT COST OF $1,200,000 [ Vide r.haimsn Fieser Cites Rp.tr!- = iriess to Act of National Soci- j = ety, Which Lessens Loss of || Life?3.500 Chapters Aid in == Work. H Readiness to act in an emergency. = should a disaster strike, has become z~: part of the Red CroKS Chapter pro- ~ ?ram in tnmicatido of communities. = The need for this training cf lorai == committees was revealed iasi year. sz: when more than uia*ty communities gzr y ih'"As in former y-ars, tornadoes izr brought t.:r g Twenty- z= foui serious tornados occurred. Fire as also took *oI! of life and property hi j=: tw ; tr 'omniunith =. Seven forest = fires did great damage; eighteen areas == were affected by floods, and nine z=z storms caused "neavv losses. Other rzz disaster? were clocHlnirsts. cyclones. ? epidemics. mine explosions and sliipwrecks, in the insular possessions cf the United Slates the Red Cross gave relief in twelve disasters, chiefly from EEE hurricanes. In foreign countries re- EEE lief was given by the American Red EE: Cross in six inefances o? earthquakes. |E=Ej j WK.IUC nnu 10 zzz: The disaster relief work of the Red zz | Cross cost $1.20S.1M last year. Sta-; jz= listics showed an approximate death ; ? rate of 7S0 persona in fbeoe disasters: j EE buildings destroyed or damaged. j ? 19.57S; persons injured, 1.4S7. and per j zzz. sons assisted by the Med Cross. 96,872. ss Through disaster preparedness of :EE Red Cross Chapters, undoubtedly great zzz : numbers of lives were -aved, and ; zrg much di-' < an . ' f .v the ' zzn j calamities was prevented, according | to .James L. I'iceer. vice cJiaifjoam i\i = ' . havge of domestic operations of the ? 1 Red Cross. j = 1 "This type of work is supported by ~ the memberships of citizen^ of t !*. United States, their volunteer coutri- , rzH buttons. atifl ihc:r devoted worn," Mr. i zzz Kictier said. j ? "Every man and wonan is urged to join as a membc r of the local Red =: Cross C'oap'er, not only to be a part- nrg 1 per in > , the Tork through jfi Uis inemheichip, hut also to serve ~ should vtu ?; i lueiiuj ovOlir." ZZH ! = Life- Savers Numerous n ' J rrrrthan a quarter of a million pet > a,- - entitled to wear the American Red Cress iusignia, deaot j ing they have been taught the expert jr=_ lifo saving methods of the orgunlsa-j EE tioii. The butcher enrolled to date is Inzz Six Foreign Countries ~ Receive Red Cross Air! ^ Relief was given by !he American EE j Red Cross during the year in six tor- * J eigu nations in disasters ranging from a tidal xvave iu Newfoundland. an , i earthquake in Persia, floods in France I to lie'p tor rttagetj from Russia and fl prevention ot a smallpox epidemic in I Costa Rica. The $5,000 Red Cross contribution B to Newfoundland, foilowlns 'be tid 1 fl wave, which took twenty-six lives and I destroyed many hoinex and fisiiii B hoats. waa Hie first from an outside fi country to reacn the distressed pe ; .. . 8 The Sii-.il oi $5,000 was given to the fl tuud for 1 ae retiet of the tlealjoLite B refugees of German descent, wild had B determined to leave Russia for new E lands. About 13.000 passed thronr.h fl Germany, where the German Red fl Cross, aided by Red Cross societies ot B other nations, helped tliem. The r.ia- 8 jority are being transported to cov. I countries in the western world and fl the American Red Cross has transmit- fl ted contributions from icdividuuis in fl this con .-.try When Costa Rica was menaced by fl a smallpox epidemic-, the American I Rod Cross aea: filty thousand tubes of B vaccine, iu two airplane loads, un- I doubtedly saving the country from a I serious outbreak of the dread disease. I NORTH CAROLINA'S CIGARETTE:! TAXES SHOW A BIG INCREASE |1 Washington.?The Internal Revo-IB nue Bureau has issued a comparative "fl statement of internal revenue re-IB ceipts from the tax on tobacco manu-|B factures for the first nine months |B of the calendar years 1929 and 1930. || ..... ^ivcn oy siaws, inoi-1 cates an expansion of the cigarette; business, but no material change in: the volume of business as it affects1 cigars, manufactured tobacco and snuff. | Cigarette manufactures in North Carolina, for the nine months period.: naid the government, in internal rev-! enne taxes, $179,668,105 20, while for the same period, for the year Previous, the same manufacturers naid S168,-197,536.95. The State paid $33,534 tax or. cigars. The total tohacco tax for the first: period was $312,737,531 as compared J , , to $341,447,987 last year. The in- ^ crease was due entirely to an ad vance in the cigarette tax. which AJL, jumped from $271,671,338 last year y to $276,204,079 this year- 35 TTie tax collected on cigars de- .J clined approximately $2,000,000 to'1 $14,306,687 while the tax on man- I? ufactured snuff dropped'from $52,- ' 384,109 to $51,135,755 and the tax . on cigarette papers increased from J1 $1,011,652 to $1,091,011. ?; READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS v\fl ||)CBjRffi?3i&rt/?ara. Mi... ifafk -JSimiMBii.:. ' THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. Day <'{ si \J3 ijn THEY DII . . . They F Fo those who have rest in F landers Fiel Nation's pitifully honor a debt wl power or wis We rise, a hundred an to silently attest our * * PROGRAM FOR PRO! More High-grade Diversify Watauga C "The Hon STOV The days are growing si be on the pumpkin." I Furnace or Heating St and winter. We offer yi FURNACE. The fire I anteed for five years. A See us before y < equipment It will FARMERS HARDW wvimwavvjwavw.vvwvvvavawv Sir Thomas 2 Lipton Said: 2" avvvuvwvwwvuvmvvuvwuwvwvwuvvv ?Nov. Uth | 1918-1930 | ) NOT ASK | reely GavI returned?to those who EE ds, Armistice Day is a =: sincere attempt to == lich is beyond our = sh to discharge. != id twenty million strong, |j| undying appreciation. j|| * * EE 5PER1TY IN WATAUGA ?j Livestock, and More E lounty Bank | ie of Thrift" 1 ES! ? I Korter. ' 'The frost will soon It is time to buy a Parlor ove, you will need this fall ou the ANCHOR PARLOR jack in this furnace is guartnd the price is right. ju buy your heatine for the winter. I pay youARE & SUPPLY GO. _ WWWWWWWWWWV" WWWiWMNWWWVV place makes money without adver- ; j g except the mint." Is your business ; I ing money? Use the advertising col$ of the WATAUGA DEMOCRAT ; S tfW^VUWUWWUVVWVWVWWWWWWWWWWV. "
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 6, 1930, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75