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POPULATION DATA
(1930 Census)
Salisbury _16,951
Spencer _3,128
E. Spencer_2,098
China Grove_:____1,25 8
Landis _ 1,388
Rockwell_ 696
Granite Quarry_!_ 507
Cleveland_._ 43 5
Faith _431
Gold Hill _ 156
(Population Rowan Co. 56,665)
WHERE DO THE
STATES GET OFF?
We sometimes wonder, with a
bit of concern, whether the pre
sent tendency toward the centrali
zation of all governmental activi
ties in Washington is all for the
best.
This is a pretty big country. It
has more diversity of interests,
activities and climate, than any
other nation we know anything
about. Governmental methods ana
plans which may "fit one part of
the nation may not fit another part.'
And we are not at all sure that any
Government at Washington, how-'
ever wise and intelligent, can legis
late down to the last least detail
for every county and town in the j
Lord Bryce, that wise English
commentator on public affairs, once
wrote that the strength of the
United States lay in the fact that
it has forty-eight separate labora
tories each working out its own
experiments in government. It is
well understood that much of whai
is being projected from Washing
ton is purely experimental, but
why not leave some of the experi
ments to the states?
We think of Prohibition as an
experiment which worked pretty
well, on the' whole, in the states
that tried it, or most of them, but
which failed utterly when it be
came a national experiment. Until
the states found they could lay the
burden of unemployment relief on
the Federal government, they were
handling that situation with what
we must regard as much greater
economy and efficiency than it is
being handled today, and we heard
or noDoay oemg auowea to starve
There is not only the tradition
of state rights to be considered;
there is the distinct difference in
the outlook and the point of view
of the people of different sections
Each has its own special interest!
and problem.
We concede that many matter:
require national regulation anc
supervision. We are merely tryinj
to sound a warning against carry
ing the idea of a centralized con
trol too far.
SOCIAL INSURANCE
We read a great deal these day:
about plans for what is gengfall)
called "social insurance.” Undei
that heading are included all sort:
of schemes for health insurance
unemployment insurance, accident
insurance, widow insurance anc
maternity insurance, as well as oh
age insurance. None of the plan:
seems to have been worked out
very fully as yet. Most or all oi
them involve contributions by th<
state or Federal government. Some
apply only to industrial workers,
some do not discriminate between'
one class and another. Some have
provisions for contributions to the
insurance funds by the workers
themselVes, or by employers, or
both, and some would have the
Government take care of every
body.
The subject is very much alive
just now, and we have no doubt
that vigorous efforts willJ be made
this coming winter to get some leg
islation for the Federal assumption
of some degree of responsibility for
some of these projects. It seems to
us to be something to be looked into
very carefully.
The most interesting of all the
old-age insurance schemes of which
we have heard originates, like so
many other social innovations, in
California. Dr. F. E. Townsend
of Long Beach, a retired physician,
first broached the idea of having
every person over 60 years old,
whether in want or not, receive a
pension of $200 a month from the
Federal government. The idea has
caught on like wildfire, and organi
zations have been set up in twenty
states, we understand, to get sign
ers to a great petition to Congress
for such legislation.
As there are about 10,000,000
persons over 60 in t heUnited
States, and the proportion of eld
erly people is increasing, this would
mean about two billion dollars a
month or twenty-four billions a
year, to be provided out of tax in
come. But the advocates of the
plan have attached to it a provision
that the whole $200 must be spent!
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L-av.ii niumn, diiu LUiUCiJU Lilac pUL
ting so much money into circula
tion would immediately restore
prosperity and make it no burden
»t all.
If that theory is right, why not
go the whole hog and make it $1,
300 a month?
YOU’VE GOT TO FIGHT
When we hear a business man sit
and growl about business, and try
in no way to go after it, we are re
minded of a blotter we recently
saw which carried the following
message: "It’s not the size of the
dog in the fight—it’s the size of the
fight in the dog.” Ever see a little
dog clean up on a big one, and just
because he had a little more spunk,
a little more aggressiveness and a
little more fight in him. Many a
little business has licked a bigger,
older competitor just because it
had a little more spunk and aggres
siveness. People will make a path
to your door if you’ve got what
they want. But how are they go
ing to know unless you tell them
what you’ve got? The big city
stores and the mail order houses .
and catalogue men are fighting for
business—because they know if
they get it they’ve got to fight for
it. The sooner the home-town
business man learns this, too, and
gets into the fight the better off he
will be, and the farther along on the
road to merchandising success.
WE COULD mention a name today
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BUT YOU know how it Is when
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TEACHER,” SHE said. "It’s not
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I THANK YOU. ~
The Strike: Its Cause and Effect
If the present strike affected only those who are out on strike
and the cotton mills, it would be bad enough.
They are not suffering alone. The entire country is suffering.
Business is paralyzed.
Innocent women and children are suffering through no fault of
their own.
Merchants, farmers, garage men, filling station employes, milk
men, truck growers, lawyers, doctors, dentists, clerks—every j:lass
of people is being unjustly punished by the cruel effects of the
strike.
The tie-up in the cotton mill business has put a stop to all the
orderly processes of business. We, the citizens of the state, have
to sit idly by and see nothing done to stop it, we, who are in
nocent, must suffer with the guilty.
Who is responsible for this strike? If the Blue Eagle has been
so all-powerful, heretofore, why doesn’t the Blue Eagle do some
thing about it?
If the mill operattors are not living up to the provisions of
their code, why doesn’t the Blue Eagle make them live up to it?
If the operators are adhering to the provisions of the code, what
justification is there for the strike?
If the Blue Eagle can prescribe working conditions and scales
of wages why can it not also control situations of this nature?
Carl Goerch, of The State, popular North Carolina magazine,
asks these questions as the headliner in a front page article in the
current issue of his magazine, citing the suffering and demoraliza
tion that is resulting from the ill-timed textile strike in North
r’.^rnlina Hp onpc nn r r» mv
"North Carolina’s efforts to pull herself out of the depression
and once more enjoy the fruits of prosperity are being threatened
by the textile strike which went into effect this week.
"Farmers, who expected record prices for their cotton and other
crops, are liable to be grievously disappointed.
"Business, which was definitely on the up-grade, is slowing up
in marked fashion.
"Unemployment, which was largely being done away with, is
raising its ugly head once more.
"Confidence in the future is being replaced by suspicion, dis
trust, bitterness and hatred. The friendly relationship which
existed between employer and employe is vanishing into thin air.
"And we—the people of North Carolina—have got to stand
by and watch a comparatively small group of individuals undo
all of the constructive work that has been done along economic
lines during the past year!
"It is the most uncalled-for situation that possibly could have
been brought to pass.
"This article does not attempt to place the blame. Responsibili
ty for existing conditions may rest upon the shoulders of the mill
operators. Or, the fault may lie with the workers. All this is
beside the point. The one outstanding factor about the entire
situation is that the textile striike had no business taking place.
"The textile industry was the first to adopt a code of its own.
That code specified certain details about wages and labor. If the
mills are not living up to those conditions, why doesn’t the gov
ernment step in and make them live up to them?
"If the owners are living up to those conditions, what justifi
cation have the men for. walking out?
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tions for all lines of business. A scale of price was established for
various commodities manufactured in various sections of the
country. Employers of labor were told specifically how long they
might keep their mills open and how many shifts they could
work daily. Similar restrictions were placed upon all lines of re
tail business. Word was sent out that 100 per cent co-operation
was imperative.
"If the government had authority to go that far, then the
government also has authority for dealing'with a situation like
the one which has developed in the textile industry.
"Those are straightforward facts, without any pussyfooting.
"Absolutely nothing will be gained by the strike. The mill
operators are going to lose So will the men. So will practically
every other citizen in North Carolina.
"And that is where the real injustice comes in. If the effects
of the strike could be confined to the employers and employes of
the textile industry alone, it wouldn’t be so bad. But such is not
the case. The agricultural and business interests of the state will
be vitally affected. So will the welfare of almost every individual.
And all we can do is watch the situation develcyp from bad to
worse.
"Regardless of what issues are involved in a matter of this
nature, no small group of men should be granted file power to
undermine the well-being of the rest of our citizenry.’’—Gastonia
Gazette.
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TODAY AND
TOMORROW
-BY
Frank Parker Stockbridge
DEFINITIONS . take "Liberal”
I hear a great many people using
aid words with new meaning. This
results in confused thinking and
misunderstanding, especially when
folk are talking about political
matters.
The word "Liberal” is one which
I hear often loosely used as if it
meant the same thing as "Radical.”
A Liberal scheme of government is
one in which the rights of every
minority group, however small, are
recognized and protected. It is, I
believe, the ideal of every intelli
gent thinker on political matters.
And it is not necessary to have a
democracy to have a Liberal gov
ernment; in a broad sense the
British government is Liberal, and
so are other European monarchies.
But the government of Germany,
Russia and Italy today are anything
but Liberal; and I seem to see signs
that the Government of the United
States is slipping away from its old
Liberal attitude.
RADICALISM .... its meaning
"Radical” is another good word
that has had its meaning corrupted.
It means, literally, getting down to
the roots of things. Now it is gen
erally understood to mean a man or
a group that seeks to uproot every
thing that exists and turn the
world topsy-turvy.
The word "Conservative” is also
being carelessly used, as if it meant
one who was opened to any change
whatever in the existing scheme of
things. I know a good many genu
ine Conseveratives, and without ex
ception they are entirely sympathe
tic to the ultimate ideals of ever
some who are classed as extremi
radicals. "
One has to be careful, these days
in discussing anything of a politica
nature, to make sure that both par
ties to the discussion mean the sami
thing with the same words.
CLASSES.not her
One of the reasons why th<
United States has become the mos
powerful and the most prosperou
nation in the world is the utte
absence of any "class” systen
among its people. On the one ham
we have no peasantry tied to th
sail; on the other we have no here
ditary aristocracy. Every Ameri
can is and always has been free ti
move from the social group or en
vironment in which he was bori
and reared, into any other group
according to his own ambition am
lability.
I do not believe this system cai
be improved upon. I am concerned
therefore, with every movemen
which would tend to separat
Americans into distinct "classes
in which they are condemned t
remain. I don’t believe it can b
done. We have not yet exhaustei
opportunity for individual indepen
dence. ,
MONEYMAKERS.a typ
I have a friend who occupies
high position in the Federal Gov
ernment and has a background o
wide business experience. Dinin;
with him in Washington a few eve
nings ago, he dropped this nes
idea:
"If I were President of th
United States, trying to bring th
nation out of an economic crisis,1
he said, "I would have the Treasur
Down From the Stratosphere-by A. B. Chapin
Department examine all the in
come tax returns and discover who
are the best money-makers in the
country. Then I would put those
men in the key positions, instead
of filling the high posts with men
who never made a dollar in their
lives. They would be able to point
the way out of the depression with
plans that would work.”
I pointed out that that wouldn’t
be good politics. Any President
that did that would be accused of
"selling out to Wall Street.’’ My
friend agreed that was a practical
difficulty in the way of his idea, but
I think it’s a pretty sound thought,
at that.
ANNUITIES . . . grow in favor
I have a friend, a young doctor,
who isn’t worrying about his
future. As fast as he can get hold
of $100 that he doesn’t need to
use, he tells me, he buys an annuity
contract from one of the big life
insurance companies, which will
begin when he is sixty to pay him
a pension for the rset of his life,
and if he should die sooner, all he
has paid in will be returned to his
heirs.
"Any man who tries to pick his
own investments or to make money
by speculating in stocks is a plain
sucker,” he remarked. "Nobody can
make money in that way unless he
gives his whole time to it, and a
busy professional man hasn’t the
time or the ability to study invest
ments. If the big life insurance
companies can’t do better with my
■ money than I can, then their man
agement is incompetent, and I don’t
believe it is. And if they smash, the
whole country will smash and I’ll
be no worse off in one case than in
the other.”
Insurance men tell me that a
rapidly growing number of business
and professional men are buying
present or deferred annuities, eithei
for lump sums or on instalment
payments.
| PICAYUNES
' HUNTIN’ SEASON DRAWS OR
I There has been considerable’ trad
, ing on the Branch lately. Mr
Burns Baird traded a shotgun tc
Mr. John B. Anderson.
—Big Branch item, Marshall
News-Record.
THE ONE, WE GUESS, ASSUR
\ ED THE OTHER
Mrs. J. R. Vlodfelter recently
, entertained the small children oi
Fairview Sunday school. Plenty ol
c ice cream was on hand and ade
, lightful time was had by all.
’ —Fairview item, Thomasville New:
, & Times.
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i THE JOKE’S ON HIM
At Prosperity schoolhouse, begin
ning at 8 o’clock on Saturday
night, members of Prosperity
; grange will present "The Man Whc
i Left the Farm,’’ a typical mirtl:
. provoking play in three acts,
f —-Gold Flill item, Stanly News &
r Press.
r TWO TRUCK LOADS O’
WHAT?
: The Epworth and Riverside Sim
: day schools went on a picnic at
’ Minnesott last Wednesday. Roney
r Sutton and Graham Kirkman car
ried two truck loads and everyone,
had an enjoyable day in spite of the
rain.
—Epworth item, New Bern Tri
bune.
LAST PERMANENT MUST’A
UNPERMANTED
Miss Dolly Barker was a shopper
in New Bern during the week-end.
She has a new permanent wave.
—Stella item, New Bern Tribune.
WINTER DRAWS ON
Mrs. L. H. Pringle left Tuesday
for her home in Cortez, Fla. She
will stop over several days in South
Carolina visiting relatives. ,
—Bogue item, Beaufort News. ,
MR. HEDRICK HAS COMPANY ,
Harvey Hedrick is a very happy i
man these days. He has, he says, ;
been trying to get the boys to walk <
out and join him in idleness for r
the past five ears and now they’ve t
gone and done it. If anyone, says <
Mr. Hedrick, finds time hanging !
heavy or anything of that sort, he
is at their service, “having developed
the fine points in spending a day
doing absolutely nothing except
those things he wishes to do.
—David Sink, Lexington Dispatch.
BOGGAN TO BOGGAN
Mr. Y. M. Boggan has returned
to his home in Wingate after spend
ing the past week with Mr. J. M.
Boggan.
—Pee Dee item, Montgomery Her
ald.
SLATE, SHINGLES OR A
HOME LOAN ?
W. J. Hatley is recovering his
dwelling house.
—Millingport item, Stanly News
& Press.
'SHORT FOR SLAXAPHONE,
"WE RECKON
Miss Saxton Boss of Walnut
Cove, who will be the music teach
er here this year, arrived Monday.
—Star item, Montgomery Herald.
NATURE NOTE, OF KITTY
CATFISHES
All the big catfish swarming
around the docks to feast on
shrimp heads appear to have little
kittens by the dozens.
—State Port Pilot.
NAMES IS NAMES
Mr. and Mrs. Pink Shell and
children attended the Shell reunion
at Nebo Sunday.
—Jonas Ridge item, Morganton
News-Herald.
Feels a Lot Better ^
When Black-Draught
Relieves Constipation
From many states come reports
like the following from Mr. W. M.
Henderson, of Jasper, Fla: “I have
been taking Thedford’s Black
Draught twenty years. I take It
for constipation that gives me a
dull, tired, aching feeling, and I
have headache, too. Black-Draught
relieves me of this trouble, After
a few doses, I feel as good as new.
I keep it in my home. I have a
big family. When one of us is ail
ing (from constipation), we take
Black-Draught and almost always J
feel a lot better. It has been
worth its weight in gold to my I
family.” ... Sold in 25* packages,
“Children like the Syrup.” ,
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THIS WEEK IN
WASHINGTON
(Continued from page one)
Republican speakers in the cur
■ent Congressional campaign are be
ginning to make use of the Douglas
•esignation and the Morgenthau
igures; with what effect remains to
De seen. Beyond doubt, in the more
:onservative parts of the nation, a
•eaction against the Administration
s setting in, but that this will re
mit in the return of a Republican
najority to the new Congress is not
expected by even the most ardent
levotee of the G.O.P. And any
republican gains are nKeiy to tx;
iffset by the election of some radi
:al members from the Central West
nd parts of the South, who will
lemand that the Federal Govern
tent go even farther to the left
ban it has gone. Moreover, a good
leal of the disaffection is in the
iouth, where it is regarded as prac
rically hopeless to get any consider
ible number of people to accept the
name "Republican” on any party
Danner which .they will follow.
The name of "Constitution
Party” has been adopted and
thrown into the picture by at least
one former Demoract. He is Col.
Henry Breckinridge, who was as
sistant Secretary of War in Presi
dent Wilson’s administration and
has lately figured in the limelight
as attorney for Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh. H has declared for
United States Senator from New
York under the "Constitution
Party” banner. As Ian anti-New
Dealer he may give Senator Cope
land a lively contest, unless the
Republicans nominate a stronger
candidate than any now in sight.
At the other extreme of that
poliitical picture is the nomination
"in Dpmnrr^tir rif'lcpf- -fr\r CZnxr
crnor of California, of Upton Sin
clair, author of many extremely
radical bookstand an avowed Social
ist though his Socialism is more a
mixture of Henry George and Ed
ward Bellamy than the pure Karl
Marx brand. His slogan, EPIC,
which stands for "End Poverty in
California,” is calculated to catch
the Radical voters, but it is no se
cret in Washington that the situa
tion created thereby has the Admin
istration worried. For that matter,
as one able observer remarked the
other day, there are no secrets in
Washington.
The dilemma is whether to rec
ognize Sinclair as a Democrat, and
thereby put the seal of. Administra
tion approval on a program which
out-deals the New Deal; or to dis
claim him, and thereby alienate the
radical element upon whose votes
the Administration is counting
leavyily. The general opinion here
s that the conservative Democrats
of California will throw their
;trength to the Republican candi
lates for Governor and Congress,
which may upset somewhat the
lopes of further Democratic gains
from the Pacific Coast.
A more immediate worry is the
;eneral labor situation, with strikes
ncreasing in number and serious
less and the Administration trying
:o figure out whether it wauld be
letter politics to put all strikers on
he relief rolls or to tighten up on
ts relief program.