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yiTTTRSDAY. MAY 1, 1930. Operating Cost County Homes HoW Vance County Ha* Shown t he Way — County Home Is Converted into Hospital poor Boarded in Private Homes —Money Saved. The cost of maintaining the in tps in the hom« of the i-qvipj; widely. Probably the tvVe r * r,rp £i yen fVp<l e poor p°o ie V? v!n< more widolv than the A large expenditure per in flate doe? no<- necessarily -superior care. As a matter of fact m e of the counties that. are known L onvp their countv home inmates care a low main tenance cost. Thp county horn* «V'tem is both the lea«t sunervised and most inefficient public business in tne state. There are eightv-eight counties that maintain county poor bouses. Sixty-five of these gave adepuate reports for the year 1929 to the S ate Department of Public Wel fare. These sixty-five counties c ,red for 1.674 inmates at a cost 0 f $440,182. not counting interest cn the 82.784.714 invested in the countv home plants of these counties. The percapita cost' with or considering the investment was $162.95 per year, and if the in vestment is credited with five per fP«t. the annual cost averaered $346.12 uer year. The cost varied f - >61.66 per inmate per month Clay county to 86.49 in Hyde con” tv. The state average cost per -- home inmate was almost , ly one dollar per day. VANCE SHOWS THE WAY county home method of ’• the poor is very expen- T'- , ° State Department of. r e’fare soys. “The poor • mo'ntained far more com for less monev, if the ex of funds were carefully ! by someone trained in Oration of poor relief. ■. Mrs. W. P. Wad v intendent of Public Wel- Voncp county, has tak°n v’mates from the county t placed them in private j v are much hanmer. They ■ cored for under Mrs. Wad ■" rv’?ion. and vet they a”e • -'ting ‘county only month! The county home •■' converted into a county I subsidized by the Duke Only five of the for nates remain, all of these need of hospital care. A -ins: has been effected in ! :nty. Constructwe health I being done which in the j reduce the number of j r charges > t') it n 1 }" oit v* Ti' cli li a s he Vance poor house | whole community. In of 3.315 days of care I o 166 inpatients. This) 166 indigent sick per provided for in the rrt'OTi. Out-patients who 75 visits to the hospital f r various sorts of treatments numbered 102.. In addition, the edridden aged poor were taken care of. ‘ln a number of counties the size of Vance, $7,000 or more is spent merely for the maintenance of a county home. Yet the grand total cost of operating the institu tion in 1928 was only $7,220.03. The sources of this operation in come are interesting:s4,Boo was appropriated by the county, S7OO 7y social and civic agencies, $l5O hv the town of Henderson, and $2,508 by the Duke Endowment. In addition to a cash balance left over from the year before the hospital had a surplus of nearly hvo thousand dollars when the year closed. yy The State Department of Public el; are is advocating the abolition the county home. “The old man and woman in need of help will Oe happier in the home of kinsman or friends. A vast amount of money could be saved if carefully super vised relief given to the aged were ! replace our present system of county homes.” Such a system | 'Vould necessitate very close super vision on the part of local welfare officers. 1 - 7he county borne system is to j! e retained, it is manifestly absurd evp ry county to attempt to pro 'ae for every county to attempt v ’ rOV! de a separate home. One °f the county homes have or fewer inmates. The small ' should take advantage of which authorizes two or ’ indies to build and main v group homes for the \ few counties are paving "unties to carp for their 7 so far no two or more have been able to agree uty-group home idea, -for ■ reason that each county lome located within its o a doubt the majority of ' could be better cared for vcs, under state supervision, inmates who need medi . ' , ir a PPears that well- placed j n homes similar to the one sV”-; a ‘ iCe offer the proper 1 . utlon - The Vance county idea e j. ' , u< a s being a sensible and 0 j? !(,rn . lcal solution of a problem i s , l '‘ m? or the county poor.. It or |,o ‘ } e un der our laws for two ere - 6 coun ties to join in the ch , ■ n c °unty hospitals. The s] r ] ‘ Patients would get a sub- W;,i . the Duke Endowment, this ' Uva ke counties will look into matter.—S. H. H., Jr. Umy Weighed 85 Lbs., Gains 15 Pounds ngF ’ • ■ ■ Hjp - l MRS. REBECCA WALKER “I only weighed 85 pounds when I started taking Sargon. Six bot tles of this wonderful medicine in creased my weight fifteen pounds, and I don’t feel like the same woman. “I suffered so with stomach trou ble that I even thought I would be better off dead. I was so weak I could hardly get about. “Sargon Soft Mass Pills entirely rid me of constipation. I believe this wonderful treatment saved my life.”—Mrs. Rebecca Walker, ED wood, Kans. Many who wisely put Sargon to the test express amazement at the speed and thoroughness with which it goes to the very source of their ailments. C. R. Pilkington, Pittsboro; Wig gins Drug Stores, Inc., Siler City, Agents. —Adv. A FIELD FOR CANDY j One important industrial oppor- I tun it v that is being neglected by | North Carolina is the manufacture !of candy. Only 4.41 per cent of j the candy consumed in'North Caro lina is made in the state.. We im j port more than 95 per cent of all j the candy we consume yearly. There are only a few states that I rank below ours in the percent of j candy consumed that is imported, | and we import much more candy | than any of the states that rank i below us in per cent imported. In (other words, we offer a large mar | ket for outside candy manufac- I turers. | North Carolina consumes nearly (twenty-one million pounds of candy ! annually, or approximately seven / pounds per person. During the last j few years this state has led all the states in increase in candy con i sumption. From 1925 to 1928 we j led all the states in increase in j pounds of candy consumed, 43.24 per cent; we led in increased value jof candy consumed, 54.89 per cent; ! and we led in increased per capita J consumption, 37.08 per cent. These ! data cover sales by identical con cerns to North Carolina, by years. The factory value of candy con sumed in North Carolina yearly is around five and a half million dol lars; the retail cost being approxi mately ten million dollars. This does not include salted nuts, mints, tablets, etc., but only strict candy. The figures cover only recorded sales, and are, therefore, minimum. We send out of the state each year many millions of dollars for candy, much or most of which might be made in the state. It is an interesting fact that this state has led all the states in in creased candy consumption. It is far more significant that we manu facture less than five per cent of the candy sold in the state. The large population of North Carolina offers a local market for a possible new industry in the state. Indeed no other state with so vast a local market does so little to supply the demands. We need a large number of high-grade diversified industries, and here appears one important op portunity. 3> Germans Save by Going Hatles* The Berliners don’t take me for an American as I go around all through the city because I adopt their custom and go without a hat. (As a matter of sact I had lost my hat on an airplane trip.) Americans as a rule sport costly hats. But it is a great convenience not to have to bother with a hat. In Europe the custom is strictly to check hats as well as wraps before going into any place of entertainment —and the check-room attendants of course always have to have tips.. Then there are always delays—which are a nuisance. I have saved enough by going hatless on this trip to pay for a good hat. Hats are an expensive luxury—and that’s the way the thrifty Germans look at it. Some of the German men take a hat along with them, in case of need, and carry it by hanging it to the vest by a little snapper. Or carry it in their hand as they Walk. A large percentage of the Ger man men are bald, and this is accentuated by the custom of crop ping their heads close, in soldier fashion. They stay out in the sun all they can and many of these round heads look like fine old nieces of polished bronze —The Pathfinder. $ Longfellow said that man must be either a hammer or an anvil, but he overlooked the fellow who is simply bellows.—The Pathfinder ® A handful of rice is wealth to a starving man.—Japanese proverb. Four Republican,. Three Democratic, Senate Candidates w- Last minute announcement and filing of Irvin B. Tucker of White ville as a Republican candidate for the United States senate was the big surprise among political devel opments last week. There are now four qualified candidates for the Republican nomination: H. Grady Dorsett of Wake Forest; George E. Butler, of Clinton; George M. Pritchard of Asheville, and Irvin B. Tucker of Whiteville. There are three bona fide candidates for the Democratic nomination: Furnifold M. Simmons, present senator, of New Bern; Josiah William Bailey of Raleigh, and Thomas L. Estep of Alleghany county. Os the Democratic candidates Senator Simmons is running on his record, and his supporters are para mounting his 30 years service and his adherence to his personal con victions in 1928 even to the extent of failing to support the nominees of the Democratic party. Mr. Bailey is running on a platform of service to the party and the state of almost equal length with that of Senator Simmons, a record of consistent party regularity, and support of education and prohibition even be fore Simmons was won to these causes. Mr. Estep is running on a ilia fife •’ iUS 7",y.;''7 ■ T ' < ' ' v -. ..• At;;. .k| really know I your cigarette ? I YOU’RE PARTICULAR about the other things that are so intimate 1111 l a part of your personality. What about your cigarettes? There are §8!lJ i several hundred grades of leaf tobacco. What kind of cigarette l!i!B do you smoke ? 11118 If you smoke Camels you smoke the choicest tobaccos grown. 11118 For the famous Camel blend is based on the use of tobaccos of 111118 superlative quality. It is only from them that you can expect that |il|B smooth, rich, mellow mildness and that fragrance and aroma found Plfl in such perfection in Camels. 111118 We buy the right tobaccos . . . the very choicest delicate leaves !ll|| ! of Turkish and Domestic. In their curing and preparation we use ISIIB the most modern and scientific methods. And we alone possess 11118 the knowledge of the marvelous Camel blend. Illl« That’s why Camel is able to furnish real cigarette pleasure to 111!® more millions than have ever given their patronage to any other 111118 cigarette. IllllJ Don’t deny yourself the luxury of lilli cAM ELS 1 j-iWxj-ivß © 1930, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco SMw Company, Winston-Salem, N. C. S-S&SsM THE CHATHAM RECORD; PITTSBORO. N. C. fraiikly out and out 'wet platform. It is conceded by everybody that the race is between Simmons and Bailey; both sides are claiming vic tory. At this time it appears that Mr. Bailey has the lead. His policy of silence is worrying his oppon ents. For the first time in his record Senator Simmons has been placed on the defensive and his managers are seeking to revive the church and liquor alignments of 1928. Mr. Bailey declines to dis cuss these issues, merely reiterating that he is running as a regular Democrat. The Republican senatorial can didates are all well known over the state. Mr. Dorsett is a retired Baptist preacher and he was the first to file notice of his candidacy, thus forcing the Republican party into the primary for the first time since it was legalized 12 or 14 years ago. Mr. Butler is a younger brother of former Senator Marion Butler, is a succesful lawyer and has been district governor of Rotary. Mr. Pritchard is a son of former Senator and Judge Jeter C. Pritchard, is at present congress man from the 10 th district, and won fame a year or more ago when he refused to accept an office next to the Negro congressman from Chicago. Mr. Tucker has been for eight years district attorney for the eastern federal district, and his rec ord as a prosecutor is clean. He is an extreme dry and his prosecu tion of liquor cases has ben entirely free from any charge of corruption or politics. The Republican, race is going to be very interesting, and at this time it appears to be any body’s plum. The only state office to be voted on the primary will be for one corporation commissioner. Judge Geo. P. Pell is a candidate for re nomination and is being opposed by James H. Holoway of Raleigh in the Democratic primary. Other state officers have no Democratic opposition and Republican candi dates will be certified and will not appear on primary ballots. €> THE SILENCE OF BAILEY —<s> (Charlotte News) Mr. Bailey seems to be worrying his opponents to no small degree by his prolonged and exaggerated silence. They would like to have him talk. His position on certain matters, his attitude toward prohibi tion, what he thinks of Chairman Raskob, why he said what he did say in favor of Senator Simmons in other years, how he can extricate himself from alleged political pre dicaments that former utterances of one sort or another in the long ago,—these things the Simmons forces would like for him to become blatant about, but he sayeth not a word. We are not fighting the fight of Mr. Bailey, but for the good of the party and to make ,%ure that the- State does not commit itself tins fall to a Republican senator, we have a mind to suggest that this continued silence on the part at Mr. Bailey is commendable and that more of it from the other side would be helpful, also. What the Simmons and the Bailey forces think about each other, re spectively, if not respectfully, shonld be kept from public proclaaaation. PAINS No matter how sevens you can always have immediate relief: /T\ OO Bayer Aspirin stops pain quickly. It docs it without any ill effects. Harmless to the heart; harmless to anybody. But it always brings relief. Why suffer? BAYER ASPIRIN PAGE THREE
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