THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Published Every Thursday by
ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc.
Elkin, N. C.
THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1934
Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as
second-class matter.
C. S. FOSTER....: President
H. F. LAFFOON Secretary-Treasurer
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In the State $1.50 Out of the State, 92.00
EditorialAssociation
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Algebraic problem: "When does a triangle
equal a wreck-tangle?"
If bootleggers can't make money one way,
they can go in for counterfeiting.
Since North Carolina went dry the citizenry
have enthusiastically subscribed to the drink-at
home theory,
The stage and screen actor who is seeking' a
place in Congress, if elected, will find a lot he
hasn't known about the "acting" business.
If many more honors come to Farmer Bob
Doughton, he will be so tied down that he can't
be drafted to run for governor.
A girl who will spend a lot of time making
up her mind about which coat to buy, usually ac
cepts the first man who proposes.
Headline says: "Too many drivers are road
hogs." The phrase could easily be reversed to
read: too many hogs are road drivers.
The funny part about it is that since busi
ness has improved so that firms have been able
to repay their government loans, they how feel
free to criticize the administration for holding
up prosperity.
Two North Carolinians have just come into
inheritances of approximately thirty million dol
lars each. Profits from tobacco, both. But not
even a bar of soap to soften the calloused hand
of the farmer who raised the weed.
Times Have Changed
Critics of the administration are crediting
President Roosevelt's "brain trusters" with all
sorts of reactionary ideas, but some of these evi
dently do not originate with the college profes
sors.
Years ago Governor Sterling, of Texas, asked
the legislature of that State to pass a cotton con
trol bill that was designed to curtail production
as a means of raising prices. But his legislature
gave him the horse-laugh. Concerning this The
Charlotte Observer says:
"The Governor's theory was that it was more
to the advantage of Texas farmers to grow 3,000,-
000 bales and sell for 15 cents than to produce a
5,000,000 bale crop and sell for 5 cents.
"And it takes but little arithmetic to work that
equation out.
"But he was called a fat-head and worse.
"Had he never heard of the Constitution? of the
United States, the bill of rights and the funda
mental principles of a democratic form of Govern
ment.
"But the former Texas Governor can go off
somewhere and chuckle now to his heart's satisfac
tion.
"The policy he advocated for his State has been
made into National law for all cotton farmers by
the Congress of the United States and the very
practice which, when he suggested it, was called
the last word in tomfoolery is now being hailed as
the essence of brilliant statesmanship."
Significance of Crop Control
As a general thing, the various crop control
measures adopted by the present administration
has met with favor among those directly affected
—the farmers. There has been criticism, but
that was to be expected. And there has been
complaint that the restrictions border very close- j
ly on autocracy, but in the main the farmers ac
cept the program with faith that it is an experi
ment only, and for their immediate good.
To raise the price level of farm commodities,
of course, has been the primary purpose of crop
control. The inflated price of almost everything
else made necessary some sort of organized effort
to lift farm prices to a corresponding level. But
the farmer will lose much of the significance of
acreage reduction, if he measures the benefits by
the yardstick of higher prices, and ignores the
opportunities that accompany crop control.
If North Carolina farmers have made error
in the economic planning of agriculture, it is in
their failure to diversify their efforts and pro
duce, in addition to their cash crops of cotton and
tobacco, a sufficiency of foods and feeds.
As a result of the government's provision
for control of crop acreages in cotton, wheat and
tobacco, the farmers have an abundance of land
for diversified activities, and there is surplus
time for intelligent planning for auxiliary pro
ductions.
The farmer now has the time and oppor
tunity to farm with his head as well as his
hands, and he will be wise to turn to raising his
own pork and beans, and flour and fodder, and
turn his surpluses in these into cash.
The time was when cotton and tobacco were
the only cash crop for the Southern farmer. But
he is now linked with ribbons of cement to urban
centers, where he can turn his products into cash,
whether they be radishes or bales of cotton.
Debt Payments
Congress has provided that nations in de
fault of their obligations to the United States
government, shall not share in any American
money available for loans. If this policy is ad
hered to its significance will seriously be con
sidered when the war debt payments again be
come due.
Not that European nations are expected to
come across with the -dough. There may be
"token payments", but President Roosevelt has
made it clear that these will not be considered
as breaking a gap in the law. He is positive, too,
in his opposition to American participation in any
general conference to consder a settlement of the
world's debts.
The White House is willing to enter any dis
cussions concerning revision or readjustment of
existing debt funding agreements with individual
nations, but it is not going to be hamstrung with
a group of howling wolves all at the same time. I
In plugging the money channel to Russia
along with other nations the United States will
be taking action that is open to question as to,
its consistency. The present Russian government
does not owe the United States anything. The j
money due us from that nation is a debt made
by a former governmental regime, and to insist
on its payment would let the gap down for de-|
mand for payment of the Confederate debts by |
this government. Both are in the same category. |
Americans foolishly made loans and ex-;
tended credit to the Kerensky government which
engaged the money in fighting the present Rus
sian regime. To try to enforce payments of these
debts would be wielding a club that is loaded with
grief.
When recognition of Russia was made an
accomplished fact, the big industrial concerns of
this country envisioned bright prospects of busi
ness intercourse between the two nations. Rus
sia is a big user of modern machinery and elec
trical appliances, and somehow she manages to
have the money with which to buy these things.
To put that nation in the same class as those who
have practically repudiated their war debts is
unfair and untenable. We need the Russian busi
ness and should not shift it aside for no better
reason than her failure to pay a debt she did not
make.
In the last analyses we should not be con
cerning ourselves too much about the loans made
by private concerns to European nations. The
money was needed at home when the loans were
made, but selfish interests sent it to Eurooe. If
we had the millions that were lost in this invest
; ment in comic-opera politics in Europe, we would
; not now be raking and scraping to get the money
I to pay our own obligations.
A Responsibility
The observance of "Mother's Day" brought
many pleasant memories of her whom we always
delight to honor, and untold millions paused in
their busy whirl to pay tribute to her love and
devotion and sacrifice.
But few of us stopped to consider the signi
ficance of motherhood and give sympathetic
thought to conditions that are not always favor
able to safeguarding the mother in the achieve
ment of her greatest destiny.
Medical science is authority for the state
ment that in the United States, where Mother's
Day originated, two-thirds of the women die an
nually in childbirth could be saved by adequate
maternity care. In 1933 more than 9,000 women
in the United States died needlessly to bring a
human being into the world.
None of us can escape the responsibility for
this needless toll, but it is a responsibility that
rests most heavily on those who have any part
in deciding the details of the care the ex
pectant mother is to receive. It is a responsibilty
that must be met, before we can be consistent in
our laudation and acclaim on Mother's Day.
The expectant mother deserves every possi
ble safeguarding facility that can be thrown
around her as she brings life into the world. Not
all communities have these facilities at a price
that every father can meet, but he should go the
limit in finding the best that can be had at the
price he can pay. It is a 'serious responsibility
that deserves serious thought.
With our various men's clubs dedicating
themselves to "boy's work", "underprivileged
children", etc., they are neglecting another of
equal or more importance, in not directing public
attention and crystallizing sentiment to the end
that adequate facilities be made available in every
community for the expectant mother to have
more than a fighting chance. Charity work has
all but broken many of our hospitals already, but
if the public will do its part the nurses and doc
tors will co-operate in seeing that no woman ap
proaches this great task without proper attention,
no matter how poor she may be.
Elements Take A Hand
The worst spring weather in forty years has
been experienced in the prairie states, and the
elements have removed around twenty million
bushels of wheat from the estimated production
for this year.
A sympathetic government will go the limit
in bringing relief to these farmers, many .of
whom were undecided about whether thay
wanted to sign reduction contracts or not. They
will be paid for acreage reduction enforced by
the drouth.
It will be easy for some to see in this mani
festation of nature, a rebuke to those who choose
to hoe their own row with no co-operation ex
tended their fellows. Be that as it may, the "ele
ments" have taken a hand in the crop reduction
nrogram in a right effective way. and chronic
kickers will have to vent their spleen on other
than governmental agencies, and that in itself
will be a novelty.
Lenoir News-Topic says: "One of these
years John Dillinger is going to forget to pav
his federal income tax and get into some real
trouble." *
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Ancient Catalogue of
Jonesville Academies
Interesting Document
Is Copy of Catalogue of Old Male and Female Academies of
Jonesville For the Year 1855-56. Tells of Location
and Cites Health Giving Qualities of
Water And Climate
(Statesville Landmark)
Mr. John W. Summers recently
brought to our office a copy of the
catalogue of the old Male and Fe
male Academies of Jonesville, for
the year 1855-56.
By way of information to pros
pective students the following is
given in the back of the ancient cat
alogue :
"Our next fall term will open on
Wednesday the 9th of July, and the
Spring session for 1857, on the first
Wednesday in January.
"It is important that all young
Ladies and Gentlemen, wishing to en
ter, be present on the first day of
the session, or as soon as circum
stances will permit—
"No pains will be spared for the
advancement of our scholars; while
at the same time a close watch will
be kept over their morals, as well as
their intellectual faculties. Our
eyperience clearly proves that if the
seeds of peace are not sown early in
the heart of the youth, the roots of
sin and iniquity will soon spring up
and hazard his salvation for time
and eternity.—"
"Our buildings are large, hand
some constructed, and well furnished,
being situated in a beautiful grove
and a suitable distance apart. Our
rules are strict, but mild in their na
ture; and we expect the co-operation
of parents and guardians in enforc
ing them.
Location
"Our village is located in the
mountains of North Carolina; about
fifteen miles from the Blue Ridge,
where we have the pure breezes as
they come from the mountain peaks,
and good cool water to slake the
thirst, and invigorate the system.
Many, from time to time have en
tered our schools in delicate health,
and in a short time their cheeks
were tinctured with the rose and
their health entirely restored.
"We are free from the demorali
zing influence of alcohol, and the
| temptations of dissipation and ex
! travagance to which most villages
I are subject. The moral influence
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thrown around the youths at this
place is unsurpassed in the state.
And we hope the healthfulness of
our climate, the morality of our vil
lage, and the untiring perseverance
of our teachers, will secure a liberal
patronage.
It is found from the old catalogue
that the entire cost of attending the
academy for a session ranged from
S3B to $45. All bills were payable at
the end of each session or interest
would be charged on the amount
owed.
In another place this passage is
found: "And because the poor
young man gets indulgence, we con
sider that no reason why we should
extend credit to the rich and those
who are able to pay. So we hope
the rich will pay us, and that will
enable us to help more of those who
are not able to help themselves.
"We are working for the good of
our country as well as for ourselves."
As for places where the students
may have found board and room
other than at the school, the cata
logue informed them that: "Prompt
ed by a desire to do good, more
than to make money, the citizens of
the village board at $1.50 per week,
everything furnished except candles.
"Board can be had in the im
mediate vicinity at $5.50 per
month."
On the board of trustees of the
Jonesville Male and Female Academ
ies for the year 1855-56 were Rich
ard Gwyn. C. B. Franklin and Wil
liam B. Woodruff, of Surry county;
Dr. B. B. Benham, John I. Woodruff
and H. G. Hampton, of Jones
ville and F. A. Harris of Wilkes
county.
The members of the faculty in
cluded Rev. W. L. Van Eaton, prin
cipal; D. S. Cockerham, assistant;
Miss R. Frost, in charge of the
Female Department and Miss Rocin
da J. Dougherty, in charge of the
Musical Department.
In the list of female students
there was listed a Miss M. E. Camp
bell, of Alexander county, who mar
ried a Mr. G. J. Allen, and they
Thursday, Slay 17, 1934
were the parents of Dr. A. T. Allen,
State Superintendent of Public In
struction.
Miss Sue P. Gunn, listed from
Iredell, married a Wagner, and was
the mother of Dr. James W. Davis'
mother.
A Miss Adelia A. Petty, her resi
dence given as Wilkes county in the
catalogue, was the aunt of Mrs. J.
H. Rickert and Mrs. J. S. Hill.
Miss Mary E., S. E. and R. A.
Turner were sisters of the late Mr.
W. D. Turner.
Contracts Not Affected
By New Basic Crops
North Carolina growers who have
signed crop control contracts will
not be affected this year by the ad
dition of six more crops to the list
of basic commodities.
"For this year, the only basic
commodities which the signers will
not be allowed to increase in pro
duction are the original seven: cot
ton, tobacco, wheat, com. hogs, rice
and milk." announces Dean I. O.
Schaub of State College. "The new
crops on the list, beef cattle, grain
sorghum, flax, barley, rye and pea
nuts will not be considered as basic
commodities by growers who have
already signed contracts to reduce
their cotton and tobacco crops."
The contracts specified that grow
ers who signed to reduce one basic
commodity must not increase their
production of another basic com
modity. But they were given per
mission to increase the production
of other crons. so long as the total
production of the farm was not in
creased.
Since firming plans for 1934 have
alreadv been started, it would be
difficult for farmers to alter them
now, Schaub said. Therefore it was
decided not to force them to include
*he new basic commodities among
the crops which must not be in
creased this year.
TO ABANDON SMALL CODES
The administration has decided to
abandon NRA codes for hundreds of
thousands of small industrial plants
and service establishments. This
decision, confirmed in authoritive
quarters Friday night, marks the
f'rst major retreat of the blue eagle.
The eagle bit off more than it could
chew in attempting to regulate
Drices, trade nractices and a host of
details of operation of a myriad
small businesses.
A Cornell University professor will
soon sail for China to aid in research
there to improve the diets of Chinese
farm families.