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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1932
A ministers’ association recom
mends fasting and prayer as
a means of ending the depression.
Prayer might help, but fasting has
been going on for quite a wlyle
with little benefit.
—Florence Herald
The trouble is that men who
drink like a fish don’t drink what
a fish drinks.
—Duluth News-Tribune
Oh, if women could only learn
to change gears as smoothly and
nonchalantly as they change hus
bands. !
—Arizona Producer
Last year fewer people were kill
ed by trucks. The question is:
Are we getting more considerate
or just tougher?
—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
A statistical report shows that
for every four men over eighty
five years old there are seven wo
men. But it’s too late then.
—Atlanta Journal
TENANTS PREDOMINATE
North Carolina has slightly
more than six hundred and forty
four thousand families, or so In
__„.J930. These are classified by the
census according to whether they
are owner families or tenant fam
ilies. The census reports that
279,946 of these families lived in
homes, and 349,5 5 5 live in rented
homes. The tenure status of 11,
532 families is unknown.
Reduced to per cent, basis, this
means that only 43.5 per cent, of
N(prth Carolina families live in
homes which they own, while 54.3
per cent, live in rented homes,
with 2.3 per cent, unknown. Like
ly more than half of the unknown
tenure status families live in rent
ed homes.
North Carolina ranks thirty
fifth among the states in pe. cent,
of families living in homes which
they own. The only Staces with
lower home ownership ratios are
three or four with large urban
ratios, and several Southern States
with high ratios of farm tenancy.
Georgia has the lowest ratio of
home owners,' 29.8 per cent. Wis
consin has the highest ratio of
home-owning families, 61.8 per
cent.
TYPES OF FARMS IN NORTH
CAROLINA
The 1930 census, for the first
time collected information for
classifying farm by types. There
are nineteen in the detailed date,
but only three or four that are of
much concern so far as North
Carolina is concerned.
There are approximately two
hundred and eighty thousand
farms in the State, S. H. Hobbs,
Jr., tells us in The University
News Letter. In round numbers,
seventy-seven thousand are classed
as cotton farms, where more than
forty per cent, of the value of all
products was cotton. One hund
red and four thousand farms are
classed as crop specialty, meaning
mainly tobacco, along with farms
where peanuts, soy beans, potatoes
or some other minor field crop pro
duced as much as forty per cent,
of the total value of products. Irr
general we can say that there arc
nearly one hundred and eighty
thousand cotton or tobacco, fr cot
ton and tobacco farms in the State.
On a large per cent, of these little
besides cotton or tobacco or both
is grown.
There are twenty-seven thousand
general farms, farms where no om.
product amounts to as much as
forty per cent, of the total value
of products grown.
There are 34,422 farms classed
as self-sufficing, where fifty per
cent, or more of'the value of farm
products was used by the opera
tor’s family.
There were only 2,52 5 dairy
farms, and less than two thousand
animal-specialty farms in the State.
There were only fifty-seven hun
dred farms in the State where live
stock of one form or another domi
nated over crops, against one
hundred and eighty thousand cot
ton-tobacco-peanuts farms. The
farms are largely in the urban
counties, and other livestock farms
largely in the mountain area.
The following table gives the
number of farms by types for the
year 1930:
Type Number
All types ._- 279,908
Crop specialty (tobacco,
especially) _ 103,813
Cotton _ 77,116
Self-sufficing _ 34,422
General _ 26,956
Abnormal . 15,713
Dairy _ 2,52 5
Animal-specialty ...- 1,985
Fruit ____ 1,665
Truck _ 1,226
Poultry - 1,080
Cash-grain _ 1,05 8
Stock ranch _ 127
Not classified _ 12,032
GO EASY
If the enthusiastic wets do not
tame down their predictions con
cerning the immense amount of re
venue that can be obtained in var
ious ways from levies on beer, the
business, in the event it is legaliz
ed, will be conducted with little or
no profit.
Before the war, beer was taxed
at the rate of $1.50 a barrel. Now
the spokesmen for the wets in
Congress talk about a tax of $10
a barrel to bring in $400,000,000.
A tax of this magnitude would
mean that beer could not possibly
be sold at less than 10 cents a glass.
When beer is legalized t'e'tax
es and license fees should be reason
able. If they are high, or if they
even approach the figures suggest
ed by some of the wets, then we
shall have bootlegging of beer by
wholesale and conditions will be
as bad as they are now.
Beer should pay a just propor
tion of the taxes but no more.
BAD BUSINESS
Reports from some of the mov
ing picture theatres tell of booing
and hissing by children when the
pictures of President Hoover and
President-elect Roosevelt are flash
ed on the screens in the news reels.
This is doubtless due to the pas
sions aroused in the elders during
the campaign and the children
must get their cues either at home
or in the schools.
Nevertheless it is bad business
and our school teachers would do
well to inculcate a sense of respect
toward the great office of Presi
dent.
A POOR REMEDY
Thousands of people wire killed
and property damage mounting
into the millions resulted from the
recent Brazilian rebellion, the
bloodiest of South American civil
wars during this century.
And now political leaders
throughout the huge republic are
forming new parties because the
intense fighting did not settle any
thing. War is usually a stupid
way of settling differences btlt this
Brazilian civil war seems to have
been peculiarly stupid. It was re
grouping of political parties.
A FLEET VANISHES
The winds of the world are mis
behaving lately with tragic conse
qences. The hurricanes which
howled over Cuba has its counter
part in the mad typhoon which
lashed Japan. The frail homes of
the Nipponess were blown down,
many persons died, and thousands
are now homeless. The most dis
tressing news is that an entire fish
ing fleet is missing at sea. Forty
vessels are believed to have been
lost. Sad wages for the toilers of
the sea.
the
Watchman
Tower
Hon. Clyde E. Gooch,
Judge County Court,
Salisbury, N. C.
My dear Mr. Gooch:
Permit me to say a word to you
in your official capacity before re
linquishing your duties to Judge
elect Dunn the first of December.
That you have ably and sincere
ly conducted the duties of judge
of the county court the past two
years is not only my opinion, but
also the opinion of those wiio have
observed the court work during
that period of time.
It has been said that four things
belong to a good judge:
To hear courteously.
To answer wisely.
To consider soberly.
To decide impartially.
It is my conviction none of
these essential qualities have been
lacking in your administration of
justice; on the contrary, these vir
tues—for they are virtues—have
been conspicuous.
And it is my privilege to con
gratulate you upon your fine ser
vice rendered the people of Rowan
county. It will stand as a testi
monial in years to come—a monu
ment of which anyone might be
exceptionally proud, and probably
a steppingstone to higher things in
the same field.
To your successor, Judge-elect
Dunn, I extend igy felicitations
and wish for him a successful
term on the bench.
Governor Matthew Rowan.
To The Members of the City Coun
cil,
Salisbury, N. C.
Salisbury has long needed a new
city code. The code that we now
have is approximately 20 years old
and out of date. So fa* as I have
been able to ascertain, there are
only three or four copies available,
the others having bem misplaced,
lost or worn out.
Your decision to have a new code
prepared by the city attorney will
meet general approval. Especially
t aluable will this Look be to the
police department, the court and to
the local bar. It will also be of
considerable aid to the city council
in its deliberations, particularly in
the preparation of or amendments
to the city ordinances. For the
past 10 or 15 yjars the police de
partments, the council, the bar, the
court, and citizens generally, have
had to rely on an antiquated code,
supplemented bv glued-in pages
covering new ordinances and regu
lations. Sometimes these ordinan
ces could be located and some times
they could not.
Then, too, times have changed.
Laws and regulations must be en
acted to meet changing conditions.
The city attorney will find it nec
essary to eliminate many of the old
ordinances and incorporate the more
recent ones.
I congratulate you upon this de
cision. It has long been in demand.
It will fill a long felt need.
Governor Matthew Rowan.
G. A. Kirkland, Coach,
Salisbury High School,
Salisbury, N. C.
My Dear Mr. Kirkland:
Whatever may be the outcome
of the game Saturday with Char
lotte high to decide the western
championship, it cannot detract
from the excellent record made by
the Salisbury high school football
team this fall under your direction.
Winning nine games straight,
with six shutouts, in class A con
ference, is a record, I understand,
unexcelled in high school football
circles in the state. It is record
any city, any school, any team, or
any coach con be proud of. It is
a record for ambitious pigskin ag
gregations to shoot, at for years to
come. It is the best record ever
made by the Salisbury high school
football team.
To you, Coach Kirkland, goes
the lion’s share of this remakable
accomplishment.
It is true you have had the co
operation of the school officials, the
citizens of the city, and above all,
the cooperation and admiration of
the players themselves. ~ The boys
on the team like you—and not
without cause. You have taught
them how to play football; clean
football, winning football.
Permit me, then, Mr. Kirkland,
to extend congratulations: first to
you as coach; second, to the team—
both of which the citizens of Salis
bury are justly proud.
Governor Matthew Rowan
WE HAVE told you .
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TIME AND again that
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VIEW POINT has about
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EVERYTHING TO do
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' WITH THE situation.
SOMETIMES VIEW point
AND EMPHASIS on the
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WRONG WORD get lined
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UP AND then there is
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TROUBLE. A certain chap
i’c
HERE IN town whispered
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TO HER before they
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WERE MARRIED, "Were I
DROWNING IN the middle
OF THE Atlantic ocean—
GOING DOWN for the last
TIME—YOU would be the
LAST PERSON I’d think •
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OF.” OF course, it made
HER FEEL happy but when
HE SAID the same thing
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A FEW years later, it
DIDN’T SEEM to have
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THE SAME meaning and
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BESIDES SHE didn’t like
THE WAY he said it,
SO SHE hit him
WITH A plate.
I THANK YOU.
UUMMLIN 1
OBSERVATION ON TEACH
ERS’ SALARIES
To The Editor:
It seems to me:
That nearly everyone is "root
ing” for a teachers’ salary cut
That whenever the taxpayer
crows the teacher is the target
whether the protests are for sal
ary cuts, "rash treatment” or the
"bad marks” that teacher gave
"my smart little Willie.” v
That those who protest salaries
of teachers are jealous because
they couldn’t hold such a posiiion
if they were put to the test.
That many taxpayers believe
that "five hours and five days” are
all that they actually work. How
about the making up of new as
signments, exams, study and re
search work?.
That if salaries keep on the
downward trend the teacher might
lose interest in ' their work (I
would.)
That teaching Is a profession
and shouldn’t be treated as labor
with a laborer’s wages.
That many readers will think
that I am affiliated with our De
partment of Education, but I am
hot. —A Reader.
WANTS WINE
To The Editor:
This beer situation is puzzling.
Get Real Relief
From Monthly Pains
SEVERE monthly suffering is a
sign of warning.
If you are having aches and pains
every month, heed the WARNING.
See what is Wrong.
Treat the CAUSE of the trouble.
When womanly aches and pains
are due to a wepk, run-down condi
tion, take CARDUI. It has been
used by women for over 50 years. It
is a purely vegetable medicine and it
cannot harm you. Thousands of
women have said that when they had
built up their strength with the help
of Cardui, real relief was obtained
and their general health and feeling
of well-being improved.
If you suffer this way, try Cardui,
which you can get at the drug store.
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FAYSSOUX’S PLACE
Phone 433 113 E. Innes St.
BREAD AT HER HOUSE To
INSURE THE FAMILY OPA
SQUARE MEAL.
While beer is a fine thing for some, 11
[ am inclined more toward wine.
Now-3 per cent wine is absolutely
no good. If there isn’t some agi
tation for good wine I suppose it
never will be allowed. I hope the
men in politics realize that there
are some of us who want some
thing besides beer. In the old
days wine was an excellent drink
for the women. I think I’d not
care to see the ladies with a big
mug of beer.
—Moderate Drinker.
WHERE DID HE GET THAT
HAT
To The Editor:
Will someone please tell me
where Uncle Sam got that picture
on the new three-cent stamp, of
Wfashington in the "ten-gallon”
hat? I’ve been wondering if Geor
ge had just been to the rodeo or
what? After all the dignified por
traits we have seen of the first
President, hatless, the new picture
doesn’t seem to size up. And such
a hat
—Native.
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