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, POPULATION DATA
(1930 Census)
Salisbury _16,951
Spencer _3,128
E. Spencer_2,098
China Grove_1,258
Landis _ 1,3 88
Rockwell_ 696
Granite Quarry_ 507
Cleveland_ 43 5
Faith _ 431
Gold Hill _L 156
(Population Rowan Co. 56,665)
OLD AGE PENSIONS FOR
EVERYONE
The movement for nation-wide
old-age pensions seems to be grow
ing with great rapidity. We arc
not referring now to the California
project of giving every person
over sixty years old two hundred
dollars a month to spend, but to
more carefully thought out plans,
such as several states have tried,
of seeing to it that no person who
is past the age of useful, produc
tive work, shall be permitted to
starve or freeze to death.
The human race has come a long
way up the ladder of moral evolu
tion. Among some aboriginal
tribes it is still the custom to kill
off the old men and women when
thev can no longer bear their share
of the social burden of subsistence.
It is sanctioned by long-established
custom and is regarded as neither
sinful nor criminal. In some of
the islands of the South Seas the
elderly, when they feel their pow
ers failing, quietlv remove them
selves by plunging into the shark
infested lagoons.
In a Christian civilization, how
ever, we cannot contemplate wit!
equanimity a system which permit!
the aged to drag out their declin
ing years in misery and want. The
system of herding them into poor
houses served for a centurv or two
but it put the stigma of pauper
ism upon all of the inmates.
Any system of old-age pensions
it seems to us, if it is to conforrr
to the humanitarian spirit of the
age. must apply to all alike, wheth
er distitute or not. If a J. P. Mor
gan or a Rockefeller reaches the
pension age, he should get his mon
thly check just the same as the de
stitute day-laborer or farm-hand
Only in that way will the stigm:
of pauperism be avoided.
"EASY MONEY” IS GONE
FOREVER
We hear a good many people
talking about "Recovery’’ as ii
they believed that the aim and pur
pose of all the things that are be
ing undertaken in the name of that
commendable objective was tc
bring baok the "easy-money” dav>
of the later 1920’s. We don’t think
that any thoughtful men, in 01
out of politics, expect or desire
anything of the sort.
Those days were times wher
the hope and belief that there wai
some short-cut to riches pervaded s
large section of the American peo
ple. We fear that there are many
ambitious young men who cherish
the same sort of hope. We be
lieve that most of them are doom
ed to disappointment.
1 To be sure, not many people ac
tually did get rich in a hurry, bu
everybody, figuratively speaking
had a try at it. And enough a
chieved sudden wealth to inspir
others with the belief that it wa
easy. As 3 matter of fact, it nev
er was easy. The public simpl;
didn’t hear about the hard, patien
work that those who succeeded dii
before riches began to come thei
way; they only heard of them afte
they had won their wealth.
We do not understand that ther
is a purpose, anywhere, to restor
conditions under which anybod
can expect or hope to get riche
without working even harder fo
' them than those who gained then
in the past worked. There alway
have been, always will be, a few ti
whom making money is a natura
talent, under any social scheme
will always accumulate more thai
the majority. And we believe tha
there are as many opportunities a
ever, perhaps more than ever, fo
the accumulation of wealth.
Tr eppme rn ns bnwpvpr rh:ir fni
1 good many years to come then
is going to be a much closer scru
tiny of the means whereby mer
become wealthy, and importani
riches are not going to be earnec
except by those who, in earning
them, do something which defin
itely benefits society as a whole.
TODAY AND
TOMORROW
—BY—
Frank Parker Stockbridge
TAXES . . . time to halt
I don’t know of any community,
county or state in which taxes havt
not gone up in the past two o:
three years. Certainly there is
none in which taxes are not mater
ially higher than they were ter
iyears ago. I’ve just got my tax
.bills for 1934, and perhaps I’m
unduly concerned; but I can’t help
I coming back to the belief I have
long cherished, that sooner or latei
| we’ve got to abandon the tax or
i capital and hnd other ard mort
equitable ways of raising money
with which to run our various gov
ernments.
The real estate property tax is a
tax on capital. Nothing like it ex
ists anywhere else in the world, sc
far as I am informed. It was ad
opted in America in the pioneei
davs when there wasn’t anything
else much, to tax except land. 1
like- the English system much bet
ter. There property is taxed on rhs
basis of what it earns—the inconu
tax carried down to the income ol
everybody who owns a piece oi
property that is rented. Of course
there are other taxes, but they d(
;net constitute a lien on real pro
perty.
Property' taxes can’t go mucl
1 higher, in most parts of the nation
without stirring up a revolt agains
the present sy'stem.
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INCOMES . . . the average
The average income in the Unit
ed States is said, by' Henry Wallae
in his new book, to be about o
under SI,500 a year. That includ
es everybody' who works for a liv
ing—except farmers. He figure
that the average farm income ha
been cut down from about SI,301
^ rmii- rr. i ci m oeUinrv 111-a C t flfl
year.
Of course, Mr. Wallace is talk
ing about cash incomes. Out o
his $1,5 00 a year the industria
worker has to pay for food am
lodging. If he has $500 a yea
left he is either a financial wizan
;or just plumb lucky. But th
farmer, out of his $5 00 cash- in
come, has to pay taxes and, like a
j not, mortgage interest, to say noth
j ing of insurance and other item
:he can’t "work out,” so it’s abou
i as broad as it is long.
I The fallacy, it seems to me, lie
in comparing the farmer with th*
wage-earner. The proper com
parison is between the farmer am
the business man, owner of his owi
business. The farmer is a capital
ist, and subject to the risks that al
capital is subject to. That isn’t t(
I say mat ne aoesn t nave plenty u
trouble, but at the worst he is no
in such imminent danger of starva
tion as the unemployed industria
worker.
a- g s
I don’t know how many kind:
of Internal Revenue stamps then
are, but it strikes me that the easi
est and most painless wav for am
government to collect taxes is b\
making it illegal to sell anything
that doesn’t bear a Governmen
stamp. I know that’s merely an
other way of saying "sales tax,’
which is a phrase that always make:
r IF YOU will take about a minute
J OF YOUR time, and try to think
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r OF THE names of the folks in our
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LITTLE STORY today, you will
a a a
HAVE NO trouble in doing so.
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' HOWEVER, IF you do, ask your
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r NEIGHBOR, FOR he will know.
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"YOU BOYS of today want too
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’jMUCH MONEY. Do you know
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, WHAT I was getting when I
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MARRIED YOUR aunt?” said
a a a
’ A CERTAIN nephew. "No,” was
THE REPLY. "And I’ll bet you
a a a
, DIDN’T EITHER.”
a a a
I THANK YOU.
politicians see red. Nevertheless,
some of our most important sources
of revenue are from the sales taxes,
already in force.
There are revenue sKimps on
every bottle of liquor, every barrel
of beer, every pack of playing
I cards, every pack of cigarettes or
box of cigars. Shares of stock can
not be legally transferred without
cfirlcinty tnmnt nn rViPnv
Everyone is familiar with the sales
tax on gasoline.
The only reason why stamp or
'sales taxes are not imposed upon
j flour, potatoes, shoes, hats and
banned goods, is the fear of the
politicians in power that the ordi
jnary man would thus be forced to
realize that he is paying taxes, and
! would vote the politicians who im
: posed them out of office. There
j isn’t any other reason at all.
REALITIES ... are few
Most of us live in a dream world,
in which we think that there is
some magic process, if only we
could find it, which would make us
'happy and prosperous. When
something unpleasant happens we
| are prone to attribute it to mali
■cious fate, which can only be over
come by finding some new incanta
tion which will work the right
magic to set everything straight
again.
Pew people are courageous
enough to face realities. The reali
ties of life are terrifying to those
who have been brought up to be
lieve that "somebody” is always
going to look out for them. They
are not at all frightful to the few
who realize that nothing in life is
i essential to happiness except food
and shelter.
I trv to be tolerant of everybody
i else’s foibles and frailties, but I get
. disgusted with people who think
thev are being badly used merely
because they can’t have everything
thev desire at the moment they de
sire it.
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: DRINKING . . . and accidents
■j Vermont reports five times as
many automobile accidents since
the repeal of prohibition as in any
> year previous. Vermont newspap
ers and officials are unanimous in
1 blaming this on liquor. The Gov
i ernment collected $86,000,000 in
taxes on distilled liquors and $169,
• 000,000 on beer in the year end
ing July 1, but only $4,000.000*on
I wines. Better wine is made in the
1 United States than in France or
I ing people.
The dream of sudden prosperin'
Through repeal has proved merely
a dream. Hundreds of concerns
That got liquor licenses in New
York, thinking everybody was go
ing to rush to the bars, have aban
i Honed them rather than pav the
high license fee. Many liquor
dealers have gone broke,
j It took a hundred years of edu
I cation to arouse public sentiment
ijagainst the abuse of alcohol. Now
■ the effort seems to be all in the
l other direction. Prohibition was
i unworkable as a national program.
: It will take a couple of generations
: to bring us back to a sane, balanced
understanding of the liquor ques
tion. Meantime, drunken dsivers
will kill off a growing percentage
of sober folk.
The modern man may not know
how to run a garden, but he knows
■ I where he can buy the vegetables
| and get trusted for them.
1 Last spring the boys couldn’t
| attend to their work because of
j baseball, and now thev won’t be
table to on account of football.
| PICAYUNES |
THE LOST IS, FOUNDERED
F. C. Craven lost a fine milk
cow last week, the cow was found
ered.
—Bethany news, Lexington Dis
patch.
WHICH’N?
Rev. N. B. Phillips, pastor of the
Baptist church, preached a fine ser
imon to a capacity house Sunday
’evening. His subject was "The
!Sign of the End as Seen in the
'jew.”
-Hast nat ivock tunopunucncL,
! Hendersonville Times—News.
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!MUST’A BEEN THE ONES WE
1HEARD SIN GIN’ SWEET
! AD-O-LINE
I LOST—Pair of bi-vocal glasses
—Return to Mrs. Hardenson, Rose
niont Inn—Liberal Reward. 2t Pd.
—Adv., Western Carolina Tribune.
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\NOT WHEN THE YOUNG DE
MOCRATS ARE AT THE
PIE COUNTER
.... but it is also not easy to
think of a Republican said to be
about 4 years of age and weighing
around 200 pounds . . .
—Excerpt, editorial, Charlottee
News.
ALL THEY NEED TO GO INTO
THE POWER BUSINESS
;c a run/
Mrs. H. F. Wade has returned
from a visit to her daughter at
Scotland Neck. With her came her
granddaughter, little Virginia Lake
Allsbrook, for a stay in Zebulon. :
—Zebulon Record.
WE’VE HAD SOME EXPERI
ENCE LIKE THAT TOO
His expensive experience and fine
personality and ability are consid
ered valuable assets to the head
quarters staff. (
—Excerpt, Lumberton Robenson- .
ian.
A La TURLINGTON
Dr. Daniel in his funny talk be- .
fore the Mt. Olive festival the other (
day told the story of the Goldsboro
lawyer who early in August was .
guest at dinner of a well known j
farmer. ,
The hostess asked him if he <
would have some corn. ;
Instinctively the lawyer passed ,
his glass. ,
—Goldsboro News-Argus. ;
SANITARY PIE
Mr. Wash Tart visited in the ]
Pleasant Union community Sun- i
day.
—Ebenezer item, Goldsboro News
Argus. ,
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A HACK OFF THE OLD BLOCK ,
AT TONG LAST
Mr. and Mrs. Hack Watkins an- ;
nounce the arrival of a son on i
September 15. This is their first ]
boy after six girls. He’s already 1
called "Hack, Jr.”
—Cleveland News, Smithfield
Herald.
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MUST’A LETT TI1EIR AXES AT '
Till. EIRE HOUSE
An oil stove caught on fire at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. S. :
Young on South Main street Friday 1
evening. The fire department
promptly responded to the alarm,
but no damage was done.
—-Item, Davie Record.
BOTH OE ’EM BITIN’ THEIR
THUMBS NOW, THOUGH
The daily press has done a com
munity service in almost totally ig
noring the Ham revival in Char
lotte Roth The Observer inH the
News have given scant attention
to the assertions of the evangelist
and thus localized the furor which
often follows in a community when
such meetings are carried on. We
do not remember to have seen any
.report of what the speaker usually
has to say in uncalled for and un
just attacks upon the Jews. The
News had one editorial reference to
a wild statement about Jacob Schiff
and the assertion that the Jews were
running the government at Wash- i
Jngton.
It is hard to understand why one
.would think that the cause of i
Christianity could be be served by :
attacks upon other religions or races
or why otherwise good people j
should fcr a moment wish to hear
them. Mr. Ham’s fire has been
neatly localized.
—Beasleys harm oL Home weekly.J
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THIS WEEK IN
WASHINGTON
(Continued from page one)
:ontinuance of the plan, it is to b<
bandoned after one year.
Another poll, conducted by ar
>utside agency, is giving the Ad
ninistration something to thin!
ibout however. The National In
lustrial Conference Board, of whicl
Virgil Joddan is rhe 'head, anc
vhich has a good reputation as at
mpartial fact-finding organization
ent a questionnaire to the edito:
>f every newspaper in the Unite<
States, daily or weekly, asking sev
ral questions about public send
nent in each community in respec
o various phases of the Recoven
>rogram. Nearly 5,000 of the 12,
)00 editors addressed sent in re
dies giving their best judgment o
heir communities’ attitude.
The majority, in many cases a:
>verwhelmins» maiorirv. renorrei
Democrats Avoiding
Sales Tax As Issue
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|Party Chiefs in State Not at All Inclined To
Take Stumps to Praise Alleged
Merits of Levy
r Raleigh.—Red-headed stepchild before election day November 6,
that it is, the sales tax is not com- but he is thinking about, he says,
i ing in for any pats on the back getting out some literature with
, from the officials at state Demo- a state flavor to it.
■Jcratic headquarters here, nor is it Literature now being distributed
lj likely the Democrats will spend was sent here by the national De
imuch time on the political stumps j mocratic committee and the minia
praising alleged merits of the tax.! tUre handbooks carry on their front'll
No mention at all was made of pages this inscription: y^
i the sales tax in the state platform "What New Deaj Has Done For <4
• j adopted by the Democratic state Relief Recovery5 Reform.”
^convention here in June. t-, „ t-i ■ . ,
‘ 1 hat Governor Ehringhaus, who
j But while the Democratic chief-;persuacJecJ the 1933 legislature to
Jtains are putting the soft pedal oniaccept thc sales tax as a two-vear
! the sales tax they are not turning -'emergency measure,” intends to
I deaf ears to reP°rts that ln some urge the 193 5 General Assemble
counties, especially some of those to‘re_enact it is no longer doubted
I located in the western part of the in political circles.
■ state, the tax is a big issue. Some ., , . ,
r i_* rx While the governor is keeping
: of the biggest Democratic guns] . . ° '
l are to be sent into the counties iclu'et:’ ir is being heard eftorts wil1
[ where the tax is such an issue. j be made to persuade the legisla
Chairman Wallace Winborne is! ture to remove present exemption
not preparing any state handbook j now allowed on certain articles of
of party achievements during thejfood in hope that the revenue from
1 current biennium for distribution the sales tax wdll be increased.
hat people generally were opposet
o compulsory unemployment insur
ince, tor old-age pensions, agains
urther increase in the nationa
lebut, for reduction in the Federa
aayrolls and the application of thi
Zivil Service law to new jobs, a
gainst price-fixing of both agri
rultural and industrial products
igainst restriction of agricultura
>r industrial production, opposed t(
lovernmcnt competition in an)
find of business, to Governmeni
aking over the banking system
igainst power of the Executive U
ihange the value of the dollar, op
aosed to the use of the taxinj
power for the redistribution ol
vealth, for private profits in busi
less, against regulation of profit
except public utilities, for Govern
nent fixing of minimum wage
ind maximum hours of labor, a
gainst compulsory membership it
abor unions, and for levislatinr
Catawba Preparing
I For Guilford Game
—
j After being held to a scoreless tie
[on Saturday afternoon bv the Elon
college Christians, conference
champions of last year, the Cataw
ba Indians are working harder than
ever for their homecoming game
here Saturday with the Guilford
, Quakers.
i Monday afternoon saw the
I,Tribesmen engaged in a heated
j scrimmage, with the varsity scoring
[three touchdowns against the sec
ond team. Red Meehan, the state’s
‘ leading scorer who has 3 6 points
, to h*s credit all gained in three con
t#sts, continued his powerful line
driving and chalked up one score.
. Tony Maggiello, the battering-ram
for the Catawba backs, intercepted
. a pass and galloped for a touch
' down. Tony never carries the ball
|m a regular game being used en
tirely as a blocking back, but he!
moves his 18 5 pounds with as much
ease as a ballet dancer. Ding Dinges,
; the lad who won the title of "The
[Altoona Express” by his brilliant
runs in the Erskine game, wiggled I
Joose for a 30 yard run and a touch- 1
down. After the varsity had com
pleted its day’s work, Coach Kirk-:
land scrimmaged his second and
teamS- for about 30 minutes.
Values Of Salisbury
The value of products manufac
tured and printed in Salisbury, a
census bureau report revealed, to
talled $4,712,002 compared witn
$4,576,750 in 1931 when the pre
vious census of manufacturers was
taken. A slight increase in the
number of wage earners also was re
ported, totaling 1,5 84 in 1933
against 1,445 in 1931. There was
a decrease in the payroll, however,
totalling only $924,656 last year
against $1,118,315 in 1931.
naking sympathetic strikes anc
ockouts illegal.
Salisbury Man Break;
Leg In Unusual Waj
Frank Gallimore, salesman fo:
:he Southern Public Utilities com
aanv, is suffering from a broken lej
is the result of an unusual acciden;
ate Monday evening.
While horseback riding in th<
:ity about dusk, an automobile
.werved into the main road from ;
;ide road, and to avoid a head-ot
:ollision, Gallimore pulled his horsi
harply to the side. The horsi
sartly slipped off a small bank, anc
r» etrnoolino ta rinkt 11 <
Rural Stores Show
Increase In Sales
Washington.—August sales of
general merchandise in small towns
and rural areas were 17 percent
greater than in July and 5 percent
greater than in August last year,
the Commerce Department report
ed.
In the Far West such sales we*
33 percent above the 1933 level
and 17.5 percent greater than in
July'. In the South the respectis
gains were 1.5 and 1.5 percent,
respectively.
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nore was jammed against the fend
:r of the auto, and his leg broker
n several places. He is a patieni
n the Rowan general hospital.
ONCE li^ed like an Arabihr
knight Prince—now eating in ;
:harity restaurant. Read the stor}
>f the mighty fashion king of Pari:
vho was reduced to poverty. Oni
>f the many interesting illustratet
tories in the Amarican Weekly
he magazine which comes with th<
5ALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERI
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NORTH CAROLINA SAYS ABOUT RATS
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