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MONDAY, JULY 25, 1938
Neglect Is Costly
Every motorist knows that to neglect
to change oil in his car at certain times
or to neglect to put in oil when needed
may cost him an engine overhaul job
or an engine replacement costing fifty
times what the oil would have cost as
prevention.
Maybe it is a poor comparison but
neglect of children may pnove more
costly that providing something to pre
vent them from ruin.
Practically every progressive city is
providing parks and playgrounds for
children. North Wilkesboro is sadly
lacking.
It is indeed commendable jthat the
Lions Club is providing a swimming
pool here for the remainder of the sum
mer. It should prove valuable as a rec
reational spot for children.
The law says that children must at
tend school until thfSy reach the age
df 14. The law says children under 16
shall not have regular employment and
there are two years for children who
stop school that could be called the
crucial age. It is the age when they
drift into crime unless their attention is
diverted into wholesome channels.
Wholesome recreation has proven to be
a preventive for youth who without rec
reational facilities might drift with the
current of bad influence.
Such projects as the American Le
gion’s junior baseball program have
been helpful in this respect. Supervis
ed play and sport training is being af
forded more than 100 boys in Wilkes
this year. But baseball does not appeal
to all, the girls, of course, are not in
cluded. It is in the towns where the
need for recreational facilities is felt
most keenly. In the country the youth
can find a swimming hole, gather for
horseshoe pitching and amusp them
selves wandering over the hills and
mountains.
Not so in the towns; there the child
not in school is inclined to become a
street urchin with days upon days of
leisure time.
Some argument the other way is the
point that children should not quit
school at 14. It is true they should not
as a general rule but many of them
do and all are not to be condemned.
Some of the most brilliant people, a-
mong w'hom were Thomas Edison, were
school failures and loathed the class
rooms. »
Parents who find themselves too busy
making a living or earning money to give
thought, time and means for promo
tion of wholesome influences and fa
cilities for their children may pay dear
ly if and when they realize they have
failed in the greatest job entrusted to
them—rearing children who will carry
on in some way or other when they
reach the age of responsibility.
here _ ,,
wage eiitsr exclaimed Colonel Smner-
vell, WPA administrator.’’ '
ft In this nation we have a pic^e of
a big hearted government doing appar
ently everything in its power to ftonish
work and means of existence to its un
fortunate citizens who for various rea
sons have no jobs. And in that picture
we find those same unfortunates actual
ly forming unions and paying dues out
of-monies literally handed out by the
'^gdvemmiBTit'to provide for their exist
ence. And we hear of instances where
violence is. used in efforts to get more
■for nothing*from the government. The
unscrupulous an^ong the needy are
making a raoJ^et out of government
assistance.
The Outlook For War
That able student (of public affairs,
Walter Lippmann, has been making an
on-the-scene survey of the European
war situation. He gives it as his opinion
that the danger of a general European
war has passed, at least for the near
future. He points out that France and
Great Britain have prepared themselves
in the past year or two for a stubborn
defense against aggressions from Ger
many. And he makes another interest
ing point, which is that the lesdons of
the warfare in Abyssinia, in Spain and
China have made military men re
vise their former belief that a surprise
attack by airplanes and motorized
troops is bound to be successful against
the best organized defense.
Unless Germany can win by a knock
out blow in a single season of cam
paigning her hopes of winning is gone,
says Mr. Lippmann. In a long-drawn-
out conflict the advantage is still with
the defensive. “The terrorism of mod
em vjeapons causes the defenders ito
feel that they can expect no mercy, and
that, therefore, there is no alternative
but to fight to the death.”
In a long defensive war Germany,
even with Italy fighting on her side,
would be at a disadvantage. The re
sources of practically the whole world
w;ould be mobilized against the aggres
sors. So Mr. Lippmann comes to the
Scattered Comment
New York: Welfare Commissoner
William Hodson discloses that more
than twenty-five members of his staff
tad been beaten in the last six months
by disgruntled relief recipients or ap
plicants for aid.
Kingston, R. L—Professor E. Rogers,
of M I T., told the graduates of Rhode
Wand College today: “Your most se-
tiae and profitable career in the future
^ be on the public pay roll, support-
6d W the rest of the population”.
“ilt Lake City: The attempt of the
Mormon church to take their unemploy-
,a off relief and WPA rolls has failed
President Heber Grant said today, not
^‘,ie the church is unable to provide
for them but because ‘Government
have proved too great a tempta-
Workers ar^ed
e ^ aad a tasicab yest^ay
conclusion that the Hitler government
will not precipitate a war unless and un
til it can, by peaceful means, gain con
trol of the Danube Valley and so have
free access to the resources of oil, min
erals and food supplies of that region.
Borrowed Comment
HAMS AND HABITS
(Statesville Landmark)
“One thing about hogs,” says the Ra
leigh Times “is that they are not
‘drowned out’ like tobacco, burned out
like corn, or subject to boll-weevil like
cotton.” The Raleigh paper is mpved
to this comment in discussing the ques
tion: “Why not Carolina Hams from our
own Smithfield?”
But did the Times editor ever raise
hogs? If he has he probably knows that
these burned-out, drown)ed-out, weevil
infested crops are not alone in their
worries. Hog-raising is no gravy train.
It has its problems and disappoint
ments just like any other industry. But
w'e are quite willing to agree with the
Times editor that it is high time North
Carolina producers should be creating
their own market, without playing sec
ond-fiddle to Virginia by. furnishing
the hams that finally are marketed
under a Virginia label.
That paper thinks that “Apart from
the necessity of raising sacrificial pigs
for summer barbecue, nothing is more
hopeful about the rural scene than the
departure of making a money crop out
of swine that nowhere else can be
raised as certainly and as on Central
and Eastern North Carolina farms.”
Without admitting sectional suprem
acy in North Carolina hog-raising ad
vantages, we are agreeing that our
farmers are neglecting c. good bet in
not making a money crop of swine by
getting all that is to be had from them
through processing.
Some of the best formulj^ for curing
hams are held right here in Piedmont
and Western North Carolina; recipes
that out-smart the famed Virginia pro
cesses. Some of these formulas are long
drawn out and tedious, but the results
more than pay for the time. Others are
short and snappy, and one in particu
lar tends to longer profit without sac
rificing quality.
All of North Carolina ought to be
about the business of building and bol
stering our own fame for ham pro^ivj
tioii instead of enriching sdW
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Growers who have demonstrat
ed on their own land how good
farming practices balld up the
soil and Increase farm Income
will be featured on the men’s
program for Farm and Home
Week at State College, August
1-5.
These growers and extension
specialists will oolnt out the value
of crop rotations In increasing
crop yields and controlling In
sects and disease, tell how live
stock aid In soil Improvement
and balancing the farm program,
discuss the importance of good
seed, and show the place of poul
try in a good farm program.
An address Tuesday morning
on “Where Are We Going In
Southern Agriculture?” by J. A.
Evans, of the Georgia extension
service, and two talks Wednes
day and Thursday morning by
Dr. 0. E. Baker, senior agricul
tural economist, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, will be of special
interest, said John W. Goodman,
of Slate College, secretary of
Farm and Home Week.
The only addresses to be de
livered on an evening program
will be given by Gov. and Mrs.
Clyde R. Hoey on Thursday. The
other evenings will be kept open
for band music and recreation.
Lynn Ramsaw Edmlnster, of
the U. S. Department of State,
will speak Tuesday morning on
trade agreements with other
countries and their importance in
helping southern agriculture find
a market for its surplus pro
ducts.
Friday morning, representa
tives of various agricultural or
ganizations will explain their pro
grams for sponsoring agricultur
al legislation beneficial
farmers.
The tours to be conducted in
the afternoons will Include visits
to laboratories on the campus,
the college animal husbandry
farm, poultry farm, and tobacco
experiment station, and to places
of interest in the capital city.
nishiiigs, health, clothing, parent
educ.itlon and child training,
photography, recreation, horticul
ture, the niceties of life, and get
ting the most out of hooks.
Discussions of freezer-lockers
at the joint program for men and
women Friday morning by exten
sion specialists will be of par
ticular interest to the women,
said Miss Ruth Current, state
home demonstration agent in
charge of the women’s program
for the week.
Tuesday and Wednesday after
noons will be open for tours over
the college campus and to points
of interest in Raleigh. Also on
Tuesday afternoon’s urogram will
be demonstrations on the use of
herbs in cookery and on cake
decorating.
Each person coming to the con
vention can spend the week in a
dormitory room for $1. Meals
will be nerved at moderate price
in the college cafeteria.
Home Coming July
31st At Ridge
On the fifth Sunday in July,
commencing at 10 a. m., there
will be held at Oak Ridge Baptist
church, *wo miles north*ast of
Mountain View school, or Hays
I Let every one who can come
I and enjoy a full day together a-
, gain.
1 C. W. WILES,
; Church Clerk.
, , .1 Reading the ads. get von more
postoffice, a home coming service.
All (he members are requested to
Reading the ads, get you more
for less money; try it
bo present, also those who once
were members nut are now mem-'
bers at some other church, are
especially invitgd. The public has
a cordial invitation. Also all for- .
mer pastors of the church are
asked to be present and take part
in the davsi program. We expect
a singing choir from Liberty
church in Davie county to be pres-!
ent, also other choirs from local j
churches to render music. There ^
will be no public picnic but every- ]
body is requested to bring din-;
ner, which will be served family j
style on the grounds. There will ^
be a sermon by the pastor or
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Special Program For
Women At Meeting
The annual meeting of the N.
C Federation of Home Demon
stration Clubs on ’Thursday will
head the list of activities tor wom
en at Farm and Home Week at
Stats College, August 1-5.
Along with the transaction of
business and the election of of
ficers for the coming year, the
federation will hear talks by
prominent speakers, including
Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey and Miss
Grace E. Frysinger. of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Another outelandlng program
will be given Friday. Honor Day,
when certificates are to be pre
sented to women who will have
completed attendance at their
fourth .annual women’s short
course. The main speaker for
Honor D.ty will be Judge Lois
Mary Mclirlde, of the Alleghany
County Court, Pittsburgh Penn.
Tuesday and Wednesday morn
ings the women will attend class
es in foods and nutrition, food
conservation and marketing.
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