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MONEY MADNESS
MUDDLES FARM
PROBLEM STILL
Ulm Finds That North Carolina Agriculturists
Are in Better Shape
Than Urban Business Men. Bulging
Cribs and Abundant Food and
Feed Crops Do Not Satisfy. Money
Looked On as More Important.
The author of this article was
reared on a cotton farm and has
worked on newspapers in Georgia,
South Carolina, New Jersey and
New York. In recent years he has
engaged mostly in investigating and
writing about economic subjects,
including agriculture. In the last
four months he visited several hundred
farms in the Carolinas and
talked with many kinds of farmers
in all parts of the two states.
By A. H. ULM
"While I believe they are better off
than they think they are, farmers
around here are in a terribly depressed
state of mind/'* said an editor
of a newspaper in the eastern section
of North Carolina. Statements like
that had been made to me almost
everywhere and most emphatically,
as to the depressed state of mind
parr, by farmers themselves. This
editors' locality was a good background
for a query I had wanted to
propound.
"I've seen a good deal of farming
in this, and a little in the other countries,'*
said I. "But I never have
viewed a farming community that appeared
to the eye better off than
yours seems to he right now. Your
farmers have made record crops this
year; their storehouses are bulging
with food and feedstuffs as never
before. They undoubtedly have more
of everything, except perhaps monev.
than thev ever hefore noRsessed.
Why, this depressed state of mind?"
"Money Madness" vs. Full Cribs
"Money madness,,r the editor replied.
Continuing, he said: "In the
war days of rising prices, farmers
around here made greater profits
than they ever had dreamed possible.
Land values rose but not disastrously.
But most of the farmers
turned plungers. They operated as if
high prices and gib profits would continue
indefinitely. Then came the period
of falling prices and the plungers
got caught. Most of those in
real difficulty are burdened with
debts incurred in the hope of making
lots of money. Money madness is the
main trouble."
What he said reminded me that
not one of the several hundred farmers
I had talked with in all parts of
the Carolina* had evinced the least
fear of distress for lack of means
to meet creature needs. Everyone
?& THE GIFT STORE calls attenl
prices, that Jewelry is going at
SJL to furnish a gift for every purs
1
f Lowest Prices
I in 25 Years
Walker's prices have
^ reached new low levels
and you are especially
^ invited to share in the
gvL bargains being offered. ~
Your dollar will go ^
^ further here, and your \
entire gift list will reoft
quire the minimupi of
Hy money. Allow us lo
serve you. -
?v g,'1" pico^ca u w uiu
bracelets, necklaces, w
ffg trinkets are appearing,
Jg adornment reminiscent
jfe eantry. Then there is
and manicure sets and
Pre jweetheart, mother or f
J5 We carry books and Bit
novelties, and you
f& CHRISTMAS WRAPI
Jg ping, tinsel cord, and
g Your Christmas shopp
Jg cnases until later if 3
I WILI
that talked dolefully.?as did even-]
most of those who were getting: along;
all right,?spoke of distress in terms j
of money cntv. "I won't make any
money this year." "I have lost money
now for two years." "'When are
I we going to make money again?"
Such are samples of their expressions.
The most doleful wails I heard
were on the score of money that had
been made in farming and lost in
spheres other than farming.
There is no ignoring the fact that ,
farmers, like everybody else, must J
have money and that many of them,
like millions of others, are having a 1
hard time getting the money they *
need. But I haven't heard of any campaigns
like ones carried on in the ?
cities, tor funds to relieve creature
distress in farming communities in *
the Carolinas. In every farming coin- s
munity where I thought to make in- *
quiry about it, I was told that there J
were adequate local supplies to carry
every creature in the community
through the winter.
"I was chairman of the Red Cross 1
Relief Committee for this county last t
winter," sid a prominent man in one
of the worst "hit" farming communities
in the Carolinas. "There was A
practically nothing for me to do.
There were a few cases of creature ?
distress, but they were taken care
of by neighbors of the persons. I'll
have less to do if I am relief chair- \
man this winter, because there arc- *
[ more food and feedstuffs on the J
farms."
No Place for "Money Madness" j
The fact that economic depression
does not necessarily portend creature '
distress in farming communities, as; J
I it does in cities, gives inverse illus-1 "
tation of the out-of-placeness of' I
"money madness" among farmers. | j
Of course mney madness is not J
indigenous to farming circles, which, j*!
after all, probably have been lessj
affected by it than urban conimuni- *
ties have been. But, being more out
of place there, it may be more pro- J
ductive of lasting harm in farming
than in other circles. ,
Farmers are not especially blanked
for becoming infected with the "mon- !
ev making" fever, which, however, ,
has put upon farming a load of bur- ^
dens that probably constitute the
most difficult obstacle to complete *
j recovery of American agriculture, j *
A good deal of the actual fever (
still prevails. I ran into symptoms
of it everywhere I went. Many socalled
farm relief proposals and
measures tend to stimulate it.
Eliminate the burdens that were ^
incurred out of money madness that
was made epidemic by the skyrocketing
of prices during the war period
with all the remaining fever for mere
"money making," and farming in l.
most of the South, and paticularly j
in the Carolina?, will be on a good ^
i footing?especially so in comparison
j with farming in other big areas of ^
j staple crops and, now, with urban .
I j * ]
| uaoiiicno (tilVI uiuuaU J,' III {jeueifl!. j (
tion to the fact that the bottom has bo
from 25 to 35 per cent. less than last y
e and purpose. A call at WALKER'S w
Gifts oj
Jeivel
an like beautiful jewelry. Rings,
atches, diamonds. The loveliest
and there are decorative bits of
of the days of colorful court pagsilverware,
leather goods, toilet
a thousand and one things for the
uster.
1m, emblems, cigarette cases, toys,
can find something for every
e family, at prices lower
y time In onr history.
>ING?Colorful Christmas wrapChristmas
tree decorations. Do
ing now. We will keep your purrou
prefer. Make our store your
, C. WAL
of Lasting Ch
TBS WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E
Execution of Everett
Mull Is Stayed by the
Filing of an Appeal
Former Morgan ton Man May Escape
Death by Lethal Gas in Nevada.
Had Been Sentenced to Die
Week of December 6th.
Morganton, N. C- ? Associated
Press dispatches from Carson City.
Nevada, have brought ihe news that
he execution of Everett T. Mull, forner
Morganton contractor, originally
et for December 6th, has been auomatically
stayed by the filing of
in appeal asking for a new trial.
Mull was tried in Las Vegas, Neada,
in September on the charge of
laying his alleged bootlegging partlcr,
Jack O'Brien, was found guilty
ir.d sentenced to the Nevada gas
louse.
Relatives here knew nothing of
he trouble in which he had become
nvolved and he had expressed himelf
as preferring to let the law take
ts course rather than to appeal to
he homefolks. Finally, however, his
vife, the former May Coffey, who
doped with him when he left Morganton
last spring and whom he afterwards
married, wrote occ of his
laughters a few weeks ago telliDg
>art of the story and beseeching aid.
Since that time newspaper clippings
md letters have revealed many of
he details of the affair.
* iuiii cauj litst spring wnen ne
eft Morganton with between $2,000
ind $3,000 which he had collected
>n the construction of a house, until
he letter from May Coffey last
nonth told of his sentence to death
n the Nevada gas house, nothing had
*een heard from Mull. When he went
iway he abandoned five young daugh;ers,
leaving them in destitute circumstances.
None of the immediate family have
any considerable property, but his
brother here, John H. Mull, forwarded
a retainer's fee to his lawyer in
Nevada with the result that the appeal
was prepared and will be pushed
in an effort to obtain a new trial.
The news reports to the effect that
Sverett Mull's aged parents and
laughters are financing the appeal
ire incorrect. The parents have beer
lead for years and the daughters are
ir.able to furnish much financial assistance.?News-Herald.
DON'T SMOKE, WHISTLE
London?Sir Robert Baden-Powell,
ounder of the Boy Scout movement,
ecommends whistling as a good substitute
for smoking.
Undismayed by the recent Ameri
ran controversy over whether whis;!ers
are "morons,*' Sir Robert saici
ic was personally addicted to whis
ling.
"I find it a satisfactory substitute
[or a pipe,'' he said. "It gives satisfaction
to me and annoyance to ev?rybody
else, much as a pipe does."
en completely knocked out of ^
ear, and that we are prepared
ill convince the most skeptical!
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VERY THURSDAY?BCONE, N. C.
FOURTEEN STATES
REPRESENTED AT I
STATE COLLEGE:
Registration for Winter Passes 800
Mark. Students Come from FarAway
Places. Watauga Leads With
113 Students. Ashe ixext With au.
Amazing Increase Shown in Past:;
Few Years. j
The winter term at Appalachian j
I State Teachers Collc-ge opened last j
week, and figures just released by |
Professor J. M. Downum. registrar. ]
indicate that more than eight bun- ]
i dred students from fourteen states j
are now registered. The complete i
statistics follow: ]
North Carolina Counties
Alamance 1 j
Alexander 6 .
Alleghany 31 j
Anson 1 ;
Ashe 50 ;
Averv 29
Bertie 2
Bladen 5
Brunswick 1
Buncombe 1
Burke 15
Cabarrus 14
i Caldwell 30 j
Carteret 3:
Caswell 5
Catawba 10
I Chatham 0
| Cleveland 34
! Columbus 2
Cumberland 2
Davidson 10
Davie 3
Durham 2.
Edgecombe 2
Forsytli 16
Franklin 1
(las ton 4
' Granvilie 1
Guilford 13
Harnett 2
Graham 1
Iredell 27
Johnston 1
J i Lincoln 40
'' Madison 8
McDowell 10
Mecklenburg 7
Mitchell 3
Montgomery 1
Moore 3
Nash - - ? |p- 1
| New Hanover 1
Orange 2
Pender Mvfe *
Person 1
iPolk T ?v - S
I i\UUUUl(JII ?- 4J35?'??- - - ~ j-'r - - 1 1
"j Richmond a&c -- 3.V 2
| Robeson
, Rockingham - ->6
i Rowan 17
Rutherford 18
Sampson 1
Stanly i- 18
. Stokes -?P 4
Surry 25.
Tyrrell 1
Union M| 14
Wake 1
Wayne ?i4j
Wilkes 33.
Yadkin 30 J
Yancey 101
Other States
Florida?Desoto 1
Hillsborough -- 2
Seminole 1
Georgia?Habersham 1
Illinois?Clark 1
Macon 2
Sangamon 1
Kentucky?Macon 1 \
Pulaski 2
Markland?Harford ? 1
Massachusetts?Hampton 3
New York?St. Lawrence 2
Onondaga 1
Ohio?Hamilton ?--- 1
Pennsylvania?Pike at i- ? - 1
South Carolina?Cherokee 1
Chester 1
Chesterfield 1
Florence 1
Marion 3
_ _ Newberry __ 1
Tennessee?-Johnson 2
Sullivan r-f- 1
Virginia?Grayson 1
Patrick ? - 1
Pittsylvania _ LL- .?- ? 1
Russell 2
j West Virginia?Wyoming 2
j Other States?Counties 29
'Other States?Students 16
North Carolina Counties 64
1 North Carolina Students . 759
Total Number Counties 93
Total Number Students 805
Other Statistics
Number students from West of
Blue Ridge in N. C 242
Number students from east of the
Blue Ridge in N. C 517
No. students from Other States 46
No. male students enrolled 251
No. female students enrolled 564
Increase over last year at this date
(December 2) 104
The increase in students enrolled
for the regular term since the college
began doing accredited work is
as follows:
Spring 1922, 5; 1922-23, 42; 192324,
126; 1924-25, 153; 1925-26. 253;
1926-27, 363; 1927-28, 469; 1928-29,
535; 1929-30, 658; 1930-31, 836;
1931-32, 805 to December 2nd.
COSMETICS ARE NECESSITIES?
Philadelphia.?Are cosmetics luxuries.
as legislators classifv them- or
arc they necessities?
Phildelphia society leaders and
business women say they are necessities.
They expressed their opinions
anent a bill introduced at the special
session of State legislature to tax
cosmetics sales 10 peT cent, on the
ground that they are luxuries.
I Boone Dr
f Gift
w
I DOLLARS GO
| FURTHER HERE
Prices go down at tlie Reral! Drug Ston
K, during heavy buying seasons. That's be
cause of the Rexall plan. The more met
chandise sold the lower the prices. Yet
get the savings. Right now prices an
lower than usual! Make the Rexall Druf
Store your gift headquarters.
1 ELECTRICAL
| WAFFLE IRONS COF
^ Colored Handles With Cord Cole
WITH HEAT INDiCATOR JUNIOR J! 2!
? $7.98 $4.98 $2
? TOASTERS Com
Reversible and Adjustable Qr
i $2.98
I PLANNED Bv a
Beauty Specialist I
fth ra ^ ^ IfV JtSfSsS Face Fowder, Talcum
Ev J\ and Parfuma.
An enchanting e?t of exquisite Cara Noma
kfi* beauty tssentlals. Delicately perfumed.
^| Rougoand Perfume
?jL Delicately tlntod Sharl beauty needs accent
*M- the warm akin tone# of natural beauty.
Ejf? Face Powder, Talcum
6?ld 2 CJ,ke11 ^ S?"P
m>S Duska products bear the endorsement of Good
Housekeeping Institute.
SH
BEWi
Smooth-worn tires skic
Don't wait for acrubber
on every j^StfBgjggj
tires mean safety JfIff ^mB8
more right now gdlfazjsM
than at any time
in the year. It's a fifi
show almost no jHgBBpg^S
wear in cold wet ?Q
still be "new" next
CentralT
Boone and Blowing 1
BATTERY WORK??
Recharging. Fully G
GAS, OILS, GREASINi
AND POLISHING
DECEMBER 10, 1931 ?!
ug Co. 1 1
. GIFTS " | ]
FEE PERCOLATORS ;* J,
?red Handles With Cord v' ,'v. J
JP SIZE 8 CUP SIZE '^3
>.89 $2.98 |
GRILLS |?
iloto Grill Includes Stove, rjK
Iddlo and Chafing Dish. Jy
$8.98 I
OTHER I
CHRISTMAS f
SPECIALS |
COTY SETS
EVENING OF PARIS
SETS $1
WILLIAMS SETS
HOUBIGANTS SETS
MENNEN'S SETS %
-- ft
AT PRICES RANGING 3
'fi
FROM $2.00 UP ft
CHRISTMAS WRAPPED i i
CIGARS AND
CIGARETTES 5
AND CANDY ??
i'<S
AT jfe
POPULAR M
m
PRICES yz
I
I on winter roads
I GOODYEAR
PATHFINDER
Price Each
oi Each la Pairs
25x4.40-21 *4-98 ?4.80
29x4.50-20 S-ftO S-45
30x4J>0-2t S-09 5-55
23x4.75-19 4.44 4.44
29x4.75-20 8.7* 4.47
29x5.00-19 6-98 6.SO
30x5.00-20 7-*0 *.90
28x5.25-18 7-9? 7-OS
31x525-21 8.57 .)?
28x5210-18 8.7s 4.IO
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^ock, N. C,
Rebuilding and
luaranteed.
S, WASHING
SERVICE