Rowan County Herald
Successors to
The Carolina Watchman
Published every Friday morning
by The Carolina Wathchman
Publishing Company, Salisbury,
N. C.
E. W. G. Huffman, Editor and
Publisher
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March 3. 1879
POPULATION DATA
(1930 Census)
Salisbury - 16,9'
Spencer 1 1 ^
E. Spencer_2,098
China Grove_1,258
Landis _ 1,388
Rockwell _ 696
Granite Quarry_ 507
Cleveland _ 43 5
Faith _ 4 ; ‘
Gold Hill _ 156
Population Rowan Co. 56.-ei
WHAT ARE THE FACTS?
That is the fundamental
question which all business
depends. Opinions and be
liefs are all right in their
place, but they have no
place in business operations
unless they have facts to
support them. Theories and
theories get scant attention
in this or any other well
conducted business, unless
they fit in with every
known fact. The best
theory in the world falls
down in the presence of a
single proved fact which
does not fit it. It is the
theory which has to give
away, not the fact, when
the two find themselves in
conflict.
Government, unfortunate
lv, is seldom or never con
ducted on that basis. Gov
ern”' ert does not have to
show a profit from opera
tions. It is Government’s
function to spend money,
not to earn it. Indeed, it
would arouse considerable
public indignation if any
Government in this country
engaged in any important
way, in operations for pro
fit. So long as income flows
freely from the taxpayers,
• the Government is primarily
a spending institution.
There is, however, a duty
too often overlooked, to the
' sources of the money Gov
ernment spends. The tax
payer is, as Professor Sum
ner long ago pointed out,
the “forgotten man.” On his
behalf, it would seem but
fair that Government, be
fore scattering tax money
too lavishly, should inquire:
“What are tre facts?”
“SCHOOL’S OUT”
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For nearly twenty mil
lion American children this
is an important time of the
year. School’s out—or soon
will be—everywhere, and
the long Summer vacation
is berinning.
Much criticism has been
levelled latelv at our school
system. It is charged with
not fitting children to find
jobs when they are through
school. Without stopping
to debate the question
whether or not that is the
i prime purpose of any school
except a farm or trade
school, let us look at anoth
er side of the picture. What
do American children de
finitely get out of their
schools besides book-learn
ing.
It seems pretty clear that
they get a social outlook on
' life as a whole which the
’ unfortunate children of the
schools never Set. In the
rich, educated bv private
tutors or in “select” private
• give-and-take of association
with children of their own
age, of all rocial and econo
mic strata, it is a stupid
youngster indeed who does
not learn that human na
ture is the same whether
, one’s father is a banker or
„a bootblack. In the public
school every child finds his
or her own level, regardless
of pedigree. And that is
probably the most valuable j
education the children of a1
democracy can have.
FARM TENANCY
Nobody as yet knows the ex
act facts about farm tenancy.
There is no general agreement
that tenant farming is in itself
an evil; but regardless of that
every effort to get at the precise
facts about it is useful and com
mendable.
The latest study has been
made by the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers, which
report that the 800,000 southern
farmers listed as tenants are
really share-croppers, and that
another group of tenant farmers
in the North and West are
voung men renting family farms
from relatives.
The net result of this analy
sis would indicate that tenant
operators in the true sense do
not account for any more than
24 per cent of all farmers; that
about one-third of these are clo
sely related to the land owner,
so that not more than 15 per
cent are independent tenants.
This group in turn divides
naturally into three sub-groups
a small group, which may amo
unt to 5 per cent of the total,
who are tenants thru choice:
a second small group which may
represent 5 per cent of the total
who are tenants thru misfor
tune or limited capacity (margi
nal farmer types), and a third
group, who may represent the.
remaining 5 per cent, who are
tenants because of youth and
who presently in the natural
course of events will become
owners.
In the light of such facts, it
would seem wise for Congress
to go slowly on any appropria- j
tion of large sums for the relief
of tenant farmers.
THE SCRAP BOOK
WE ARE not going to men
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TTON A name today, and
THE ONLY reason we are
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NOT DOING it is because
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IT IS against the rules. It
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HAPPENED RIGHT here
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IN THE city, and you know
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THE CHARMING young
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LADY QUITE well. And
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WE MIGHT add that most
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OF YOU know the young
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MAN. “DID anyone ever
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TELL YOU how wonderful
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YOU ARE?” she asked him
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THE OTHER evening. His
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CHEST SWELLED. “No, he
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REPLIED. “THEN,” said
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SHE, “I’D like to know
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WHERE YOU got the
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IDEA.”
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I THANK YOU.
May: That fellow I used
to know has asked me to
go to the Fireman’s Cost
ume Ball but I don’t know
what to wear.
Fay: Why not gos as an
old flame?”
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SOIL BUILDING |
CROPS ARE ON !
THE INCREASE
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North Carolina farmers
who cooperated in the soil
conservation program last;
year increased their ace-'
age of soil-conserving |
crops by 550.000 acres- ac
cording to E. Y. Floyd, of
State College.
After tabulating figures'
compiled from the work
sheets covering the cooper
ating farms- the State AAA
office announced that 1,
800.000 acres of conserving
crops, mainly legumes, were
seeded last year as a direct
result if tre program or in
in connection with it.
| An even larger acreage
[is being seeded this year as
farmers take advantage of
the opnort'unity to build up
their soil, check erosion
and balance their farming
operations while earning
payments from the govern
ment, Floyd stated.
He also pointed out that
last year some 550,000 ac
res of cotton land were div
erted into conserving crops;
200.000 acres of tobacco
land and 40,400 acres of
peanut land were also div
erted.
By diverting cash crop
acreage and carrving out
soil-building practices, N.
C. farmers earned $12,403
903 in 1936. Similiar rates
of payment are offered
again this year, Floyd said.
In 1936, more than 127,
000 work sheets were sign
ed, covering 14,500,000 ac
res of farm land. Of this
acreage, 5,750,000 acres
were considered crop land.1
With additional work
sheets signed this year, it
is expected that' 150,000 j
or more work sheets will be;
in force for the 1937 pro-|
gram, Floyd pointed out. j
The deadline for signing
a work sheet is June 12. j
However, farmers who had
worksheets last year will
not need to sign again.
Two pure bred Hamp
shrei rams have been or
dered ecently by Pasquo
tank sheep growers.
UNDER THE DOME
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exercising undue influence
and of attempting to de
prive Congress of its right
ful powers. There is great
er insistence that the Presi
dent should take the law
makers themselves into hi?
confidence, and confer with
them over new legislative
proposals.
In short, the feeling in
Congress is that the emer
gency. which justified the
exaltion of the Presidential
office into what amounted
to one-man government- ha?
passed. And since the av
erage Congressman is ais
conservative as his consti
tuenth back home will let
him be, the tendency on
Capitol Hill is to siftpedal
on new reform progran|
and to try to consolidate
and make workable the re
form acts already adopted.
The President, on the
other hand, is said by some
who have talked with him
lately to feel that the emer
gency, in the broad sense,
has not passed. He talks of
crises till ahead, giving the
impression that he intends
to urge upon Congress a
urogram of social reforms
boad enough to alleviate all
poverty forever. It is in the
interest of that bo0"^ and
not yet fully-disclised pro
^icuii, siwcwu uusei veis
here believe, that the Presi
dent desires to revamp the
Supreme Court bf adding
enough justices who can be
counted uoon to re-interpret
the Constitution, rather than
to assure the validation of
any legislation as yet enact
ed or proposed by the Ad
ministration.
New Relief Plan
The latest proposal for a
solution of the problem of
relief originates wi'h Sen
ator George of Georgia, and
is receiving considerable ap
proval among Senators and
Representatives who have
long been concerned over
the prospect of continuance
of Federal relief indefi
nitely and indiscriminately.
Senator George’s plan is to
handle relief the same way
that old-age pensions are
handled under the Social
Security Act. That is, to
match state and local relief
funds dollar for dollar out
of the Federal treasury, and
put the administration of
relief squarely up to them.
This would put a brake
upon the demands made by
the “Mayor’s Lobby” and
the state governors for more
Federal relief money. No
political Subdivision could
?et a cent more than it was
"eadv and willing to put up,
itself. In theory, if is re
garded as a sound and
workable plan. In practice,
politics being what it is.
it seems doubtful if it would
be welcomed enthusiasti
cally by the states which
have put up no money, or
none to speak of, for relief,
but have obtained hundreds
of millions from Uncle Sam.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
| Joseph’s Readiness for
.Service.
Lesson for June 6th. Gen
esis 41:33-44.
Golden Texts Proverbs 22:
29.
1 We first see Joseph as
unpopular with his brothers
i because his father favored
him. Then we note how
finely the lad bore himself
| when adversity, through
through the connivance of
his brothers, laid its heavy
|hand upon him. Garfield,
shortly before he became
President, said to some stu
dents, “Do you want to1
make the most out of your
life? If you do, you will
!need three things, a strong
'arm, a clear head, and a
! brave heart.” Joseph pos
sessed all three, and so was
well equipped to endure the
slavery into which he was
sold, to resist’ the seductions
of Potiphar’s wife, and to
make the most ot his con
finement in prison.
And now we see him, by,
a miracle of providential
good fortune, elevated to
a post of the highest re
sponsibility. Storing the
surplus corn of the plenti
ful years in granaries with
the administrative skill of
a Herbert Hoover, Joseph
was able to soften the rav
ages of a prolonged famine.
Humbly he gave the credit
to his Maker. ‘<God,” he
told his brothers, “did send
me before you to preserve
life.” But the man himself
deserves a full measure of
approbation.
How large a part does
luck play in life? The god
dess Fortune, with a band
dge of her eves, stands by a
wheel, turning it round and
round, and drawing from it
blanks and prizes without
regard to merit or demerits.
Is that real life ? No! Capa
city-counts. Joseph went to
the ton because he had the
stuff in him that makes for
success. Luck figured in
the upward curve of his
spectaculer career. But the
central factor in his ascend
ancy was his nluck, his in
tegrity, and his readiness
to take advantage of every
oneniog bv saving that he;
v,ori the “breaks”. For he;
nlaved the game of life^
-mth suck courage that for
tune could not help but;
smile upon him. ]
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(By Frank P. Stockbridge)
COUNSEL . . of many
An ancient proverb- j
found in the Bible, is that;
“in multitude of counselors;
there is safety.” Like many,
other bits of ancient wis-,
dom, this one is often neg-;
lected or scoffed at. Men
Mke to set up their own in
dividual judgment as sup
erior to that of that of the
nublic. And too many are
willing to let one man dOj
the thinking for everybody.
But, as in the case of
much of the wisdom of the
ages.- modern scientific re
search proves that the old
ones were right. An inter
esting series of tests among
college students, conducted
hv Dr. Herbert Gurnee of
Western Reserve Unversity, j
showed that the combined;
lodgment of the group on
any question was alwavs
more nearly accurate than,
the judgment of all but the
ablest.
To me this is interesting
as another demonstration of
the soundness of our demo
cratic system. Whenever
miblic questions of vital
imnortance have been re
ferred to the peoole for!
their collective judgment,
their answer has been right.
Most of our troubles arise
f'mm letting a few do the!
thinking for the many.
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SEA . . . fascinating
I don’t get out on salt
mater as often as I would
like to. There is a fascina
tion about the sea, which al
most every human being
fppifl. The mvsterv as to
jwhat its deaths ride, and
the tremendous power of
jits waves, make even a trip
down the coast something
fo stir the emotions..
As I write this I have just
landed in Florida after a
voyage down from New
York. For the first time in
several years I have renew
ed my acquaintance with
the porpoises. I kept an eye
out for whales, but it is a
little early for whales in
northern waters. Last time
I took this cruise, in July,
we an through a school of
whales off the Jersey coast.
Travel by sea was never
more comfortable and less
expensive than it is now,
nor safer. I know of no
more useful and healthful
vacation thaa to take a
’■ound-trip cruise to south
ern ports. I recommend it
fo eveyone who can spend
A50 or more for annual re
laxation.
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FLORIDA .. . winter mecca
I had not visited Florida
for ten years until now. It
is a different place from
what it was in the height ofj
the frenzied real estate!
boom. It still has the al-j
most-perfect year-round cli
mate which makes it the
Winter Mecca for a million
or so toursits, but the real
Florida has developed im
oortant industries and agri
cultural oroduction beyond
all belief.
I saw huge dredges in
the St. Johns river, as our
ship entered the harbor of
Jacksonville. They were
digging oyster shells from
the bottom of the water and
loading them on barges. II
asked about that when I!
got ashore, and was taken
to see the factory where
these ancient shells, which
have accumulated over mil
lions of years, are converted
into the raw material of
eggshells for the whole
world!
They grind them into
“grit” for chicken feed, to
supply the lime the hens
need for their eggshells.
The$ were loading 2,000
tons on a ship for England
when I was there. There
are enough shells in the St.
Johns to supply the world’s
needs for a century.
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CLIMATE . . . invigorating
When the thermometer
goes above 80 in the North
we call it a hot day. Life
is uncomfortable. n 8A0
degree temperature in
Florida is just a nice, pleas
ant Summer day. There is
always a cooling breeze,
and there is really some
thing' invigorating in the
atmosphere.
One does not get very far
away from salt watej. and
sea-breezes anywhere in
Florida. Indeed, the Flor
;^a beaches, both on the
Atlantic side and all along
+he Gulf coast from Key
West clear to Pensacola are
becoming increasingly pop
ular as Summer resorts for
oeople who live in the inter
ior of Georgia, Alabama,
and Mississippi.
T have been around the
world a good deal, and
s^mnled almost every kind
"f climate there is. I haven't
found an? where the aver
00re of vear-’round comfort
;<s as high as it is in Florida,
all things considered.
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PPOSPPPTT'Y . f,nm na»?f,r
Ov»o r*ooc, l^p-^Tp fn j^,.,
in the South verv long,
^Fpse d 'i VS' ro^lkp thof
+1m whole South Atlantic
and Gulf region of the Un
ited States is riding high on
a. new wave of prosperity.
I have talked with businers
men and bankers from
many Southern states in the
past few days. Everv one
has a story to tell of new
and profitable industries,
better prices for Southern
farm poducts, a widespread
feeling of “good times.”
The biggest thing in the
whole South is the utiliza
tion of the quick-growing
“slash” pine for paper mak-‘
ing. A dozen paper mills,
corting several millions
each, have been built or
are building in Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Missis
sippi and Texas. There is
an unlimited and self-re
placing supply of raw ma
terial right at hand.
1 look for the time when
the world’s chief source of
all kinds of paper will be
in the Southland.
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