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it- THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1931. The Beaufort News ,ublished every Thursday at Beaufort, Carteret County , North Carolina Beaufort Newt Inc., Publisher WILLIAM GILES MEBANE Pres. anH Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) One Year , -$2.00 Bix Months - - J-00 Thre Months - -50 Sintered as second class matter February 5, 1912 at the j,ostvffice in Beaufort, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. MEMBER NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1931 To every reader of the News we extend our best wishes for a happy New Year. A few of the newspapers that come to this office seem to approve of Senator Morrison's course in voting to seat Mr. McNinch on the Power Commission but many of them do not approve of this action of the new Senator. Some of them predict that he will lose many votes if he should have an opponent in 1932. On the other hand if the Simmons folks can forget what Mr. Morrison said about Senator Simmons they might vote for him. MIGHT BE WORSE AFTER ALL It is said that there are five million unem ployed people in the United States. It is also said that there are forty millions who are at ,work. There has been much talk about the unemployed millions but not much is said a bout the much larger number who are at work and have been at work all during the year now just ended. Of the unemployed one may reasonably deduct a million or so. There al ways are many people out of work on account of sickness or some physical disability. There are always many people out work who do not want to do any thing. They prefer living off other people in one way or another. The number of those who cannot find any thing to do that they are willing to do is large but not so great as some folks think it is. So far there does not appear to have been any marked reduction in wages. The rail roads, steel companies, automobile manufac turers and other big industries appear to be paying the same wages that they did in pros perous times. Of course they have found it necessary to lay off some of their help. When prosperity returns they will increase the num ber of their employes. However that may be a country that has forty million people at work at good wages has not gone to the devil by any means. the individuals who composed the nation. This party was called the Democratic-Republican party and Thomas Jefferson was recognized as its leader. Besides the leaders there were many able men in both of the parties. The struggles between the nationalists and the states rights parties often resulted in com promises but upon the whole the idea of a can tralized national government has prevailed over its opponents. The federal government now performs a great many functions and has powers that the founders had no intention of giving it. A strange thing and rather amus ing too is that some people who profess to be devoted followers of Jefferson are continual ly wanting to bestow more power and more duties upon the Federal government. Some of them think the railroads ought to be run by the national government. The late William J. Bryan earnestly advocated government own ership of railroads. There are others who de sire to have the government engage in the elec tric power business. Some think the telegraph and telephone lines should be conducted by the government and of course there are var ious other lines of industry in which the Fed eral government might engage if the people desire it. It is interesting to watch the struggle be tween those who desire to have every thing run by the Federal government and those who think that the states and individuals should not be deprived of all of their rights and lib erties. What will the outcome be? It is a reasonable prophecy perhaps to say, that if extra powers are granted to the Federal gov ernment in the future at the rate they have been given in the past, that Socialism will pre vail here in less than a century. f r" -j , Press Gleanings I ONLY STATUE-TORY CRIME Before judging those Princeton students who wer.e expelled for removing a statue from the campus, it might he well to have a look at the statue. Oakland Tribune. DON'T HATE THE LAND Good investors buy on a low market, and poor inves tors buy when prices are high. The inherent rights of the masses are too important to let them slip into the hands of a few. Farmers, hold your land, and be the king of your own soul and body in the coming days. It is certain that the land owner is eventually going to bo?s the job. Your home is more important now than your car. Cling to the home; don't hate the land (Williamston Enterprise.) THE NEW YEAR IS HERE AND PRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES The year 1930 sems likely to go down in his tory as one of the worst the United States has ever known in so far as business is concerned. Fortunately there has been no great epidemic of sickness such as the influenza epidemic of 1918 and 1919. Farmers, manufacturers, bus iness people of all sorts have for the most part had a pretty hard time. Many wage earners have not bee nable to find steady em ployment. Merchants, bankers, newspaper publishers, professional people have all felt the sting of hard times. A part of the coun try was afflicted with a teriffic drouth that caused immense loss to the f aimers and other people in that section. Granting that things have been pretty bad, and we all know they have, they will eventu ally get better. There is no road so long that it does not end or turn. The mind of man is able to grasp with its problems today as well as it ever was. The troubles that we have had will pass away and the lesson that we have learned from them will be helpful in the fu ture. The chances are that a decided turn for the better will come to pass this year. At any rate the new year is here and we must all try to make the very best of it that we can. We cannot change the past but we can do some thing with the future. We must conquer our fears and forget our disappointments. Con fidence in our ability to do things and a deter mination that we will do them is what is need ed to make the year 1931 a successful one for u.j all. DELAY ON WORLD COURT Peihaps it is just as well that ths consideration of the World Court protocols should go over until the n. xt ?cs.-ion of Congress. There would not ' ive been time for a thorough discussion at the short session, and there would have been pressure to get the ques tion out of the way with inadequate consideration. The more thoroughly the matter is discussed, and the better the country understands the Court and its relations to European politics and the League, the less likely the Senate will be to vote in the light of senti ment rather than of reason. Kansas City Star, SENATOR OVERMAN The death of Senator Overman removes a pictures que figure from the political stage in North Carolina, and it disrupts a team in the United States Senate which has occupied a strange place for more than a quarter of a century the team of Simmons and Ov erman. Senator Overman was more of a personality than a statesman. He harbored no love for the rough and tumble of battle. He was not a firebrand, nor was he moved by those who were firebrands. If his mind was not dazzlingly brilliant he had the fortunate faculty of seeing the ridiculous in many of the tirades of de bate that went on in his presence. No one enjoyed his distinctions and offices more than Senator Overman and no one was more generally cour teous than he in the discharge of those duties. Good manners were a study with him and his charming per sonality was a gift of nature. If he had a real enemy ceiiainly theie was a minimum of bitterness between '.I'.ir.:. (Lenoir News Topic.) 1 HE DRIFT TOWARDS SOCIALISM There is a great tendency in this country on the part of some people who do not call them selves Socialists, to embark the nation in so cialistic enterprises. The leaders in these en terprises are certain United States Senators like Messrs. Eorah, Brookhart, Frazier, LaFol lette, Norris and a few members of the House of Representatives. And then' there are the editors of a few of the daily newspapers as ; well as some weekly and monthly publications. These people call themselves "Progressives." Their real name is "Radicals" for the policies which they advocate are of a radical nature that if followed to the end would entirely change the plan of government under which we have lived for more than a century and a half. The United States started out as a republic composed of thirteen states or commonwealths. These states were jealous of their rights and at first the republic was a rather weak affair. From the beginning there was a fierce contest between those wh desired to make the Feder al government a strong, centralized, all power ful organization and those opposed to it Alex- i ander Hamilton was the leader the Federal- ists, as they were called. There was another '' political party which contended strengly for j the rights cf. the sinter. r.::d iho liberties of LOW IN ANIMAL UNITS There are only three states that rank below North Caroline on the basis of livestock units per thousand Ec.cs of land in crops. These states are North Dakota, S'.i:'.h Carolina, and Georgia. The Fertilizer Review i.a. i educed livc-toek in each state to animal units, i.-i (in., horse or mule or dariy cow, five hogs, one hun dred poultry and so on, and divided by acres of land in crop-. North Carolina averages 144 animal units per 1,000 acres of crop land. When it is recalled that enly one-fifth of our land area is in crops one gets a better notion of the small amount of livestock in North Carolina. , On any and every basis of calculation, North Caro lina ranks from forty-fifth to forty-eighth as a live stock state, even counting our mules and horses which are work animals. If mules and horses are not includ ed, North Carolina farms are probably the most light ly stocked farms in the Nation. No other area matches eastern North Carolina in this particular. Arizona averages 1,197 animal units per 1,000 acres of crop land. - There are fifteen states that average from 300 to 1,197 animal units per 1,000 crop acres. And outside the South these animal units are mainly meat and milk animals, and not work stock. Even come of the Southern states make a fair showing as true livestqick states, notably Virginia, Florida, Ken tucky, and Tennessee. Exhaustive crcp farming and almost all crop farm ing i-- exhaustive may bring temporary wealth, but the cniy farm regions that have ever reached and main tained a high level of culture and; wealth have been those whose agriculture was founded on livestock. (University News Letter) 'Lexers Frcm -Our Readers SOME FIGURES EXPLAINED Editor of The News: In the December 11, 1930 issue of the Beaufort News there is a state ment prepared by the former Audi tor Plint. In justice to myself and fellow County Commissioners and Mr. Plint, I feel that a statement by me should be made. It is rumored that the former Board of Commissioners spent $55,000 for Auditors and Lawyers and that the $55,197.08 shown in the statement published December 11, is money owed to the Board of Educa tion because of this expense. This is absolutely false. P'iist the Board did not spend half of $55,000 for Auditors and Lawyers, it spent less than $25,000. Second; the $55,197.08 due the Board of Education is an accumula tion of Delinquent or Uncollected Taxes due the Board of Education, $30,918.92 of which was left over from the former Board of Commis sioners. Let us figure some more. The statement of Auditor Plint shows $217,577.51 unc611ected or delinquent taxes. The Board of Education re ceives from 40 to 50 percent of each levy. Let us use 40 per cent. Then $67,031 would be. due the Board (40 per cent of $217,577.51) whereas the former Board reduced it to $55, 197.08. The Board of Education during the two years of our administration re ceived its pro rata of all taxes col lected. The Sheriff prorates his col-' lections each week and settlements Critical Moments WHETHER TO RUN AWAV AND TAKE A LICKING OR GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE AN EDUCATION. are made in checks drawn for each fund none of these checks have been diverted but are deposited as drawn by the Sheriff. C. H. BUSHALL, Beaufort, Dec. 30, 1930. A labor income of $1,318.20 from 2000 bushels of apples grown on 3500 young trees is reported by J. W. Dan iels of route 3, Taylorsville in Alex ander County. 3X0OO0O0XKOXJOKOO0) WE ARE NOT SO ESSENTIAL By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Dean of Men, University of Illinois. CKX0XCKK0000 Josliun, In Ills Chilluns" "Old Man Adam and was a good deal con cerned as to what was going to lie come of t). chll dren of Israel when he passed out of the picture. He had been an aggressive lender: lie had performed marvelous military feats and was, to put it into the com m on vernacular, just about the whole thing. Hut lie was growing old, his strength was waning, he realized that his time was short, his regime j'ist about nt an end, and he was worried. What was going to become of the undisciplined mob wit en he was no longer its leader? "Well." the Lord said to him. "It wan't never n man which died which I didn't have another man to step in his place. Now, I ain't low-ratin' you, Joshua, 'cause you been a mighty good man. And I ain't blnmin' you for git tin' de Idea ain't nobody kin do de job good as you been. Everybody fig ures like dat when dey gets old. But when you dies, de Hebrew chilluns is gonter git along." The Lord was right. Every man who occupies the position of head of h family or an institution or an or ganization Is likely to get the Idea that when he steps down and out ev erything Is going to the bow wows, and often Ids friends feel the same way.- We all wondered and the old man did too, quite us much as anyone else, how the town bank was going to manage when old Bill Marshall passed nn. He had founded the Institution; he hud established the conservative business principles upon which It hud' been run ; he had been the president for forty years. We nil thought him the whole thing and he agreed with us. He lias been gone ten years now nml i he hank still runs along as well as it always did. Young 15111 is at the head of things und If there U any difference he Is managing matters a little hotter than his father did. He has enlarged the business, he's Im proved the building, mid the Insiilu tion has quite as good a reputation as it did when old Hill was alive. 1 d'in't doubt that old Hill Is annoyed, if he knows anything now concerniiiy matters terrestrial, to see that his business affairs are being conducted quite as well without him as they were when he was on earth. "Well, I don't know what we're go ing to do when the Uolbrooks move away," the minister was saying. The Holbrooks had been the life of the church. They could be depended upon to carry anything through which they began, and now they were leaving. But somehow we seemed to get on better after they left than we did before. It wasn't a year until the minister's salary was raised, the church was completely renovated nnd redecorated. And that's Just the way. Very few of us will be long missed when we are gone. The progress of the world or of any organization or Institution in the world Is not dependent upon the efforts or the genius of one man. When one man goes, there Is quite likely to be just as good or even a belter mini to take his place. Joshua didn't nwd to worry. (EV 103U Western Newspaper Union.) Chic Sports Suit Mil If I FOR THE NEW YEAR We wish every one a heal thy, happy and prosperous New Year. . Let me take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for your patronage during the past year. Oftentimes we have failed to live up to the high standard you nave a ugui, expect from your druggist u..t- lintm fi'ioH tn rlo OUI" best and we suspect we will Iitll 111 IIIUI C lllOLttlLV-VLl ww 4-u XTit Voqt Knf vmi PStl rpftt Wlc i c vv j. ecu. kjvlv jv -e assured we will do everything 1 1 i 1. 1 niATQ numanty possiuie iu nupiuv. our service and to serve you in every way we can in such a way that will leave nothing to be desired on your part. Sincerely, F. R. BELL, Druggist Beaufort, N. C. Wife, Gas, Scare Man In Dead of Night "Overcome by stomach gas in the dead of night, I scared my husband badly. He got Adlerika and it ended the gas." Mrs. M. Owen. Adlerika relieves stomach gas in TEN minutes! Acts on BOTH upper and lower bowel, removing old pois onous waste you never knew was there. Don't fool with medicine which cleans only PART of bowels, but let 'Adlerika give stomach and bowels a REAL cleaning and get rid of all gas! F. R. BELL, Druggist, Agent Last week in Macon, Ga., Lou Howard, 35, colored accused by her husband of having and concealing money, swallowed four $1 bills. This sports suit shows the peplum styled Jacket and the widely flared, unpressed pleated skirt. It is made of the popular ostrich tweed fabric and carries out the shade of brown and gray, with gray kaska used for scarf lining and blouse. y ANY ONE HAVING FORD SEDAN Body in good condition 1926 7 or 8 model for sale write Rt. 1 Box 49 Beaufort, N. C. It FOR SALE REMINGTON PIANO, in good condition. Will sell cheap. Can be seen at 614 Ann Street., Mrs. C. W. Clifton. 4t 1-15 ens if window tstsa HE. liyi. that op On the Handing your deposit through the teller's window each week is adding that much toward future security, toward future pleasures, , travel, study, or whatever you have planned for future years. Get in the habit of coming to our window each week with a savings deposit. It will repay you. The Bank of B eau toi
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