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^ D. J. CARTEB asd JULIUS C. HUBBARD Publishert SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year Six Months $1.60 .76 .60 Four Months Out of the State $2.00 per Year Enteml at the post office at North Wilkea- boro, N. C., as second class matter under Att of March 4, 1879. MONDAY, JAN. 29, 1940 (Renfro Herald) The first checks covered by the Social Security fund are to be paid beginning ui February. The plan has been in force for three years and suffered much criticism. Next Month men and women 66 years of age and over, will each be paid from $10 to $41.60 a month, from this old age pen sion which has been suffered by many and not always silently! Despite the objections the old age pen sion is really only a humane effort to abolish suffering and need when age comes and work is not available and sup port is laid at the door of Mr. Taxpayer. The people in our county who believe they do not need someone to save their money for them in their old age are greatly out ^ iniiciieu RoadiNly 1 RaielaJi; J*n. roajt # Mount mttihell and' Into M^nt North Carolina --- - W*!’) PHESS ASSOCIATION Rural People While we may or may not agree’ w4h all contained in the article which follows, it contains much food for thought. The arti cle, as reproduced here, is by 0. E. Baker and appeared in the mo.st recent issue of News Letter, a publication of the Univer sity of North Carolina: My Boy To Be A Fanner You may wonder why in these hard times for agriculture we should wish our children to beco.me farmers or farmer’s wives. May 1 tell you? 1. The farmer and his family have more and better to eat than have most city people, and in times of depression they are more certain of a livelihood—if they have not mortgaged the farm. About six mil lion people went from the cities back to farms during the years 1930-34 seeking shelter and sustenance, and two million of these were still on farms when the census was taken January 1, 1935. 2 . The farmer has better health than the city man and lives longer—fear to five years longer—according to a recent study made by the ^Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. If the farming people had equal medical faciiit’es, the difference in duration of life would be still greater. 3 . The farmer becomes a wealthier man than the majority of city men. judgintr from the per capita wealth of rural and urban states. This may not be true in the It is true in the North because of the millions of city people who have al most no property at all—except an auto mobile and some second-hand furniture. 4. The farmer is more likely to enjoy his work than are most city people. Most city work is montonous—tending a ma chine in a factory, operating a typewrite:, standing behind a counter in a retail store hour after hour. The farm boy or girl may dream of a professional career in the city, or of being a successful business man or woman, but it is certain that relatively few voung neoole from the farms will rea lize this ambition. Most of the young men and women who go to the cities will con tinue to do the simple tasks of city life—if they find work at all. 5. The farmer is more likely to rear a family and promote the welfare of the Na tion and the race. The family is becoming smaller and weaker in the cities. Only two-thirds to three-fourths enough chil dren are now being born in our large cities to maintain their population permanently without accessions from outside, ’"'he con ditions of liv ng and the philo.sophy of life in the cities tend toward the T"''^inc* ion of urban families. The rural philosophy of life, with its recognition of the family as the fundamental economic as well as so cial institution, tends toward sunival. If there is one word that science teaches to be more important than any other it is the word “survive.” I cannot minimize the difficulties facing the farmers of the United States. The ap proach of a stationary and probably later declining population suggests a long peri od of low prices for farm products.. The me.ssage I hope you can give to the boys and girls whom you talk with on your re turn home is that the prospect for becom ing rich through farming is not bright, but the opportunity to serve their Nation and evilization is, in my opinion, greater than it has ever been. I would that they could soe the rural people as the conservers of the traditions, the literature, the art, and, it may prove, of the science that has accu mulated during the centuries. I would that . they could see above them a cloud of wit nesses, the farmers and farm women of the past, their ance^rs for a thousand years, heroes and heroines many of them. If modem civilization is to preserve its fltren^h, the young people must, I believe, see the beauty of the river of life; they must realize that the individual is only a link in our endless chain which reaches back through geologic ages. I would that they could see in front of them the oppor- --luniiy to build not a transitory urban but s permanent rural civilization; a civiliza- tion not founded on selfishness as the mo- '-tiTating principle but on cooperation, in which the economic objective is to produc^ «oficient for everyone while conserving the natural resources, and in which the social if •objective Is service and preservation cf the i strength of the people.—O. E. Baker, U. S. Wars are Ming waged on many fronts. But the most Important battle' spring by j the of the day is being fought and Highway and Public Works Com- Mltchell State Park will he ^te won on the farms of America, where more than 700,000 farm families are fighting to climb the economic ladder front want poverty to security. mission so that Civilian Conserva tion Corps trucks will hare no difficulty In getting to and from andi*^^® camps within,the park. Annonneement to this effect Rum Off ABot^,^Jan. a#. COliley Greene; 60,'6f BMver Dajh com- hiunlty, was instantly killed, and Grady jaier was injured so critic ally he is not expected to Hve, when^ tbMr automobile in which they were riding ran tiff the high way this afternoon during the oeswMd a Oiaoivii*a Gap, about 12 «ilMW«ii. „ of Boohei Eller, who was said to have been the the 'was^rDo^t t«% local hpaiiltid,^ Three o&er persons'ip-the tomoblle, Whose names were not ' available,'' were Injured only SUghtly. Ads. get attmtion—and MenUsa ’ Use tne advertising cohinuis of . Thi-ough the mass of deteU and ’"’as made by Vice Chairman statistics concerning the amount of Q* Gilley of the Board of Con- money loaned and repaid to the serration and Development after number of cows, chickens and pigs oonferring with state highway on the average farm, shines the cfflclals. courage of the small farmer in his As a result, a full size CCC heroic fight to ragain his lost in dependence. Undaunted by low agricultural prices, high tariffs, prohibitive numbered by the many who are to.hampered intemati- insect pests and the find .such a fund a real life-saver, a hc .^rade, chap who has the social security money taken from his salary, and who is not apt families to be in need of help when age creeps jeurity Administration arc getting upon him, that fellow is only making his back on their feet through their worthy contribution to a cause that would own effori-T. later be thrust upon him in taxation. No Typical of the daily small bat- one skipped, no one overlooked, the rich ties that are being won by farm- and poor alike are paying into the fund ers on the Rural and all alike will profit from it. As the first checks go into the mail we know that after three years of paying out. the pension for the aged is now paying in for the re lief and support of many American homes. It is the American home that maintains the highest standards ol living in the pat tern of economics. camp of about 250 men Is expect ed to be- located In Mount Mitch ell State Park this spring to con tinue development work within the park. low-income farm Collranc Expects Cut aided by the Farm Se ll! Use Of Fertilizer CELEBRATING SOOTH ANNIVERSARY OF INVENTION OF PRINTING Raleigh. Jan. 23.—D. S. Col-: trane, assistant to the commis sioner of agriculture, predicted. Rehabilitation today that curtailed tobacco acre-] lirogram of the FSA, is the story' age this year would cut fertilizer , of the comback trail of Lincoln use in North Carolina about 15 ' Wbalcy, of Sovierville, Tenn. j per . cent. | But let Lincoln tell you his' Coltrane estimated that the j slory. ’ agriculture department’s Income | “I had a little farm in the from fertilizer taxes would be | Smoky Mountains Park and was $40,000 to $50,000 less than had' getting along fine and making been anticipated due to the reduc- ' money. I had my fruit, my cat- ^ tlon In use. tie, my hogs and my bees in the Tobacco uses about 800 pounds mountains. I sold out to the Park of fertilizer to the acre each and come down to this country, 'year, Coltrane said, while only a- “Well, I rented land but I did 300 pounds Is applied to the not understand how to farm and jf cotton and 150 pounds to (Sussex-Surrey, Va., Dispatch) The entire world is this year cel'^hrating the big farmers just about figured ^0^^ of corn, the 500th anniversary of printing. It was me wages out of it. I had two Carolina farmers use' in 1440, fifty-two year.s before Columbus good "mles, two go^ cows, five or I discovered America, that Johannes Guten- hogs and $600 m the Bank of sold in the United; berg discovered printing by movable type. Sevier County. My ®hil^en vrere it is proper and fitting that the first booklf’^ only one of them as ferjjjj^er .bill priated from this type was the Bible and aJcIo.,p to $30,000,000. today the Gutenberg Bible is the most fam ous and expen.sive of all printed books. 1 % Penalty On 1939 County Taxes If Payment Is Not Made On Or Before February 1st, 1940 Pay Your 1939 Taxes Now And Save This 1% Penalty. C. T. Doughton, SHERIFF OF WILKES COUNTY Printing is one of the oldest crafts in ‘Mv wife got sick and had to , ' state uses as much nave an operation. One of my boys had to have an operation and in recent years the has been I No other , ne.\t. One of my boys got hurt America for the first printing press was set i clearing new gi-ound and was sick up in th's country in 1640, so we are also | three months. One of my girls^ Postal Revenues Reach New Peak celebrating this year the 300th anniver--sucked a latch pin down her wind-' _ ^an. 22. Uncle .tary of printing on the American contin- pipe and it was open.. I came S^»ms postal revenues reached pnt. ! down to one cow and all my mon- Dur.'ng the past five centuries printing ey was gone to the doctors. Oh, has grown from a typographical infant in to a great industry that effects every man, woman and child in every walk of life. The printed word has brought enl'ghtment and progress to the world. Without it civiliza- of t^.e'^^redabruiirtu^esth^t'^nteV. new peak in 1939. I Po-stmaslor Farley aimniinceri -1 how blue iVas right in the de- today tha> roceipis for the 12 mnntlis to’aled S7.53.Sfi7.-i 11, a “But I would not give up. I had a family of ten. I leased a body of land from Mrs. Mae Lay- mon to clear. Me and my children Middle Ages, when Gutenberg fcarved his first movable type. We may think that this progress and en- lightment has been slow, but it has been more rapid and pronounced since the in vention of printing than in all the years of recorded history that went before. That it win be r^mt nued is testified to by the fact that during this five hundred years the Bible has been the most widely printed and sold book of all, and that it still is to day. The printed word is on the way to lib erating the world from the bondage of ig norance : it is bringing light into the dark ness. “Give light and the people will find the way.” WHAT A MAN! (Emporia Gazette) The other day on the first page of a magazine of national circulation called the Pathfnder, was a large picture of the President and the vice-president of the United States. The vice-president was look ing sincerely into his soup, but the Presi- Well, there was nothing to plow. “I met Mr. F. A. Newbert I told him I wanted him to help me as he was a Rural Rehabilitation Supervisor for the Farm Security Administration, He helped me get a loan in 1936 and I borrowed $150. Mr. Neubert gave me all the .ifl- vice he could about how to farm. I was in debt about $200 besides my loan. About two years after this I borrowed $150 more. Mr. E. increase over reve nue of S72.S.S31.1)3. P’or the 1938 j calendar year, the previous rec- I ord mark. ' I . Farley said postal business ;l during the recent Christmas holi-{] day period was greater by a m;l-|| lion dollaj'3 than in any previous 11 December. 11 The month's revenues amount-11 ed to $88.943,.338 compared with I $87,889,911 for December, 1938. Sheathing Insulates dent was obviously, conspicuously and yet old fmieswtJ^^^^ Vario-us sheathing -boards on the market now not only retard E. Hunley was the R. R. Supervi-jthe infiltration of wind, dust, and sor. He gave me all the advice moisture but also insulate against, he could and I bought a horse for heat, cold, and noise. The sheath-' $136. ing provides maximum protection “Well, I went to work doing all when used on outer walls in I could and following the plans of .combination with color paneling the RR Supervisor. I feel like I'pn interior walls. | was put on my feet by the Rural I Rehabilitation program. I certain-! Teacher: “Thomas, what is your ly am thankful for this. I greatest ambition when you grow “During the last three years I up?” ' have set three of my boys out to Thomas: “To be able to wash housekeeping. I am just about mother’s ears and get even with out of debt. I have plenty of com her.” | and hay to do me, two good brood | cows, two milk cows, one calf, nine We Always Appreciate I 8p41 airoaage WHEN YOU HAVE SOME THING TO SHIP FROM NORTH WILKESBORO TO STATESVILLE and POINTS BEYOND, JUST PHONE US. WE WHaL call PROMPT LY. North Wilkesboro and Statesville Exi^ress Co. Phone 74 Sam Cashion, Manager modestly licking his fingers. i . , i How can yon beat a man Uke that? irjptab * J Every man in the United States, whether year he licks ’em or not. with his evening, -Mr. james B. Bird, the pres- clOt,n6s on, iIRS moni6nts wllGn Hg fGGls H ent RIt Supervisor, is helping me seven devil lust coming over him t^ 'i>k all he can. I am doing lote of his finger rather than to use his napkin, work this winter. I will have 20 And thii. gesture of the Pres dent will get,acres of tom, about twenty acres him more votes than his foreign policy. In of wheat, one»acre of tobacco, one- fact, people may mistrust his foreign poli-palf acre garden, two acres for cies, may think it leads to war which will|‘h® canning of beans and a lot of make him an imperator. But iinperator or vegetables, not, they feel some way that a man who think this is the best thing can let down and lick his fingers before h v.!. the camera has a golden heart It is idiocy—^this popular idea to which the President is unconsciously appealing. 1 It :s no more idiotic than the vagaries of ' the Coolidge myth. But these foolish no- Chile Feels Quakes Concepcion, Chile, Jan. 22.— tions get votes in he box and VOteslU the earthquake tremors box are vox populi, which, in the course of today, alarming the years and the decades and generat'ons P®i«i»tion and musing minor generally becomes vox dei property damage. No casualties * 11 ij 1 . . ^®'‘® reported. The tremors came two days short of the first * ^ ^ WAVGS End tllG anniversary of a severe quake in government at Washington still lives. which thousauds were killed and Injured. Observatories at Hamburg and Erfurt report that i the explosion, in the Milky Use the advertising cohimiis of way, of a sun simiYar 'to oiira has produced 7®" shopping guide a celestial catastrophe of colossal propor tions” ; anyway, there seems to be one less sun that never sets on the British empire. Norfolk Virginia-Pilot. In two week-end holidays nearly many people were killed in America How To Relieve Bronchitis AS BrootOdtla, acute or chronic, to an, gg Inflammatory condition of tha nin-| have been kiled on the“westem froit In ' Europe since the war began, but there was this big diference: over here it was done in fun.—Mason Telegraph. tubea. Oreomutoion goes .. 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