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THURSDAY. NOV. 19. 1936
WHAT SHALL WE CALL THEM?
When is a baby not a baby ?
Foolish question? But all of a piece
with the grotesque 8tork derby of which it
is a part. Already we are dizzy from the
spectacle of women competing with guinea
pigs, openly admitting to participation in
the baby race; we were irritated, it is true,
by Mrs. Pauline Mae Clark's casual acquiring
of babies sans husband; and by the Ontario
supreme court’s taking it upon itself to rule
on the “validity” of the will after sitting by
for ten years while the race went on, while I
something like one hundred unwanted, un
needed babies have been rushed into the
world on the strength of its accepted valid
ity.
And now, to cap the stack, executors of
the Millar estate will ask the court to decide
whether Mrs. Clark’s five illegitimate chil
dren can be considered “babies.” Many
an allegation has been lodged against the il
legitimate since the world began but never
before have they been denied their claim to
being real babies.
If not babies, then what are they?
mtmmi o Aim v;ni
Hickory is to have a first class airport.
The board of aldermen has purchased suf
ficient acreage west of the city to provide a
site on Which will be erected a landing field
and station with the Federal government co
operating in the matter of furnishing money.
This is a forward step for Hickory. Fly
ing is increasing at the rate of 200 per cent;
a year and a town or city that is without a
landing field ten years from now will be
greatly handicapped in the matter of passen
ger travel, air-mail and fast express service.
Shelby was lead to believe some months
ago that it could get a grant for a landing i
field if we could furnish ample acreage. The!
question arose as to whether the city could!
purchase land outside the city limits. The'
county commissioners were unwilling to in
vest. Acreage of sufficient size for a land-!
ing field cannot be found within the corpor
ate limits of the city, hence the matter was
passed up. This opportunity to get Federal
aid may not come again and we will regret
our indifference.
Air transportation is not exclusively for:
the class that can afford the fare. Air mail j
and express are a great help to the farmer, i
the laboring man and the housewife in speed
ing- up transportation.
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WHERE ARE THE CLINICS
One needs only to run the eye casually
over the various papers which come to an
exchange desk to find news items about ma
ternity clinics in Mecklenburg, tuberculosis
clinics in Wilkes and Burke counties, typhoid
clinics in Cherokee, which indicate that
surrounding counties are concerning them-1
selves with their public health problems.
Young expectant mothers, untrained in)
the tremendously important business of i
prenatal care and care of their babies after!
birth, are being given opportunity to acquire}
this essential knowledge; tuberculosis, es- i
pecially in school children, is being discover-!
ed and treated; and people are being taught!
the importance of preventative serums and ;
given advantage of their protection at nomi-;
nal cost.
In Shelby, at various times, hundreds of!
children have been relieved of troublesome l
tonsils and adenoids in tonsil clinics, where!
the operating physician’s fee was small and
parents were given “time to pay,” making
the operation possible for many, many chil
dren who might otherwise have continued a
downhill fight against diseased tonsils.
Other than these the clinic horizon in
Shelby is disturbingly clear. Further com
ment is, no doubt, unnecessary.
A SHORT SESSION
While the next General Assembly will
be confronted with a mass of important leg
islative matters, it is sure to get off to aj
quick start for the reason that the speaker-!
ship is practically settled now.
For the past two years it has been con-!
ceded that Hon. Gregg Cherry of Gaston j
would be in line for the speakership at the j
next session, consequently no other candi
dates have bobbed up to place his selection!
in doubt.
This enables Governor-elect Hoey u,<l
Speaker Cherry to confer in advance on leg
slative matters and have the mill set for
:arly grinding. Speaker Cherry will no doubt
>e ready to announce his committee appoint
nents soon after the session begins so that
10 time will be wasted in perfecting an or
ganization of the body.
Perhaps at no time in the last quarter
•entury has so much important legislation
■onfronted our state law makers and with
he speakership practically settled, it appears
hat the members will get down to business
with less lost time than in the past quarter
century.
AMENDING A DOCUMENT
President Roosevelt had many of his
emergency laws upset by the United States
Supreme Court’s decision and this naturally
led to speculation as to whether he would ask
for an amendment to the constitution so
hat New Deal laws will stand.
Now that he is re-elected for another
four years there are two courses to follow.
Six justices are past the retirement age, in
cluding four of the five members described
is conservatives. If they do not exercise
[heir privilege of retiring voluntarily, they
may be forced to relinquish their duties be
cause of their infirmities.
In the second place the President could
lead the people to amend the Constitution in
the usual way by ratification by the several
states. This he will not undertake to do.
The talk of constitutional amendment
has subsided and nothing will likely be done
unless the infirmities of age amend the Su
preme Court bench personnel. Any vacancy
that might occur during the next four years
will be filled by appointment from the White
House.. It goes without saying that if he
wants a more liberal interpretation of the
constitution, he will appoint men who are
known to think as he thinks.
| What Other Papers Say
THE FRUITS OF VICTOR*
(The State Magazine)
Every loyal member of the Democratic party
naturally Is delighted over the outcome of the na
tional election last week. It was one of the most
sweeping victories in the political history of the
lountry.
“Sweeping victories.” however, oftimes bring with
them a reaction which isn’t healthful. In the first
place, they do away with that element of aggressive
ness and enthusiasm which is such an essential part
3f politics. With no outsiders to fight against, the
victors sometimes start fighting among themselves.
In the second place, a victory such as the one
svhich the Democrats won last week brings into the
party a large number of undesirables who have to be
recognized and—in some instances—rewarded for their
Work The party would be much better ofr without
them
GROUCHY
(Atchison Globe)
Two women we know were talking ol the divorc
ixi husband of one .
‘ He’s a delightful dinner guest.” said one of
them.
"You should meet him at breakfast said the di
vorced one acidly.
GARDNER’S ADVICE
(Greensboro News*
li the textilians are Inclined to disregard what
Mr. Gardner told ’em. they’d do well to remember
how his warning to North Carolina to live at home
worked out.
Nobody’s Business
By GEE McGEE __
r KriE, UOOUS
Being a wholesale grocer, I come Into contact
daily with numerous travelling salesmen all of whom
are mighty fine men. But everything they have to
offer is ‘going up” They are all optimists.
Take flour for instance: the crop Is 600 million
bushels short (so they say) in Canada, Brazil and
Russia: barely enough In D. S. for domestic consump
tion, and none, at all. that is—no wheat for hogs, pigs,
cows and Bolsheviks. Better book 6 months supply,
which 1 never do. I ain’t smart enough to keep up
with our markets much less ahead of them.
-Every fourth salesman is selling razor blades;
each one has the best in the world, all made from
the highest grade steel on the face of the earth. With
each 100 dozen packages, they will give a nightshirt or
a sofa pillow, and throw in 4 safety razors.
Merchandising is no longer selling goods: it's giv
ing premiums. Everything is 1 case free with 10, or
a tea pot with 5 pounds of coffee, or a rubber balloon
for every penny all-day sucker, or a set of dishes with
a barrel of flour and on and on, till the merchants
have all become nutty from so-called free goods.
(There ought to be a law).
i-There's no such thing as "free goods' or prem
iums. If you pay 25 cents for a package of tea and
get 2 ice-tea glasses free, that means that you bought
10 cents worth of tea and pai dl5 cents for 2 glasses
you didn't need. Every manufacturer is busy trying
to get folks to buy this stuff because of “something
for nothing.”
....Funny thing tho: the public eats it up.” They
never think they are being deceived or swindled: they
actually believe, down in their hearts, that somebody
is really being kind to them. Every store every
where is afflicted with premiums, prizes. 1 can free
with 2 cans. 1 cake of soap extra with a bar of dirt
cutter, etc. Don't blame the manufacturer: it's the
consumer that clamors Cor this type of wool-pulling
Cure him, and you cure all.
SPAIN IN NOVEMBER
-A
Washington
| H Daybook
By PRESTON GROVER
(Associated Press Staff Writer;
WASHINGTON.—A larger pel
cent of the population went to the
polls in the last election than at
any time in recent years and prob
ibly in the his
lory of the coun
try.
That is healthy
for democracy,
most anyone
concede, since
voters go volun
tarily, and not
decree.
The total v
cast has b
projected Iron
unofficial tabula
tions to total 45.
000.000 to 47,000.- PRESTON L CROVIT
000. That would be 35 or 36 per cent
of the population.
• • • •
Women Swell Vote
Part of the marked increase since
1920 has been due to the Women's
suffrage amendment which went
into effect In August. 1920, just ir
time for polling that year.
Figures since 1916 on the popula
tion of the country, the number anc
the per cent of the population vot
ing follow:
Per C«ni
Population Voting Voting
1916 _ 100,000 000 18.500 000 18.5
1920 _106. 000.000 26 700,000 20.4
1924 _ 113,000.000 29.000.000 ^5 6
1928 _ 120,000.000 36 800,000 30 6
1932 _ 125.000.000 39 800,000 31.8
But there is plenty of room foi
enterprising vote-getters. Even tin
extraordinary vote this year ialls fai
short of reaching the nearly 60, pei
cent of the population eligible t;
vote—-that is, above 21 years old. Ii
1930, of a population of 122,681.000
the, census records show 72.943.00i
aged 21 or older.
New Voters Counted
Incidentally, between presidedUa
election years more than 8.000.001
voters come of age. The census es
timates the number at 2.200.001
yearly. That, for electioneers, is £
prize worth going alter. Realizing
that, campaign managers for many
years have set up divisions in na
tional headquarters tor young vot
ers. Young Republican clubs ant
young Democratic clubs are organ
ized in every state, operate na
tionally, and are given campaigr
jobs to do.
But evidently between 1932 :>>
1936, President Roosevelt and th>
New Deal presented a program more
attractive to young voters than th<
one the Republicans presented. Tht
New Deal got more of the 8.000.
000 than the Republicans, if propor
tionate spread of the vote may bt
taken as a guide.
In the eight-year span covered b\
two administrations, the 8,000,00C
possible voters would swell to 16.
000,000. far more than the margii
of difference between the two par
ties. It ts new blood, and might wel
mark the life blood of a party wish
ing to make a new start, such a;
j the Republican party or of a parti
I starting from . cratch such as th<
j agrarian-labor group.
Link Recovery To Decrease
Of British Use Of Alcohol
STATE IS LOSING
BIG SUM YEARLY
SO Millions In Soil
Erosion Taken
Away
COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
\ Nov. 19.—Soil erosion has been de
• preciating North Carolina soils at
an estimated rate of $60,000,000 a
year.
This depreciation is attributed
largely to lost soil fertility, fields
abandoned as a result of gullying,
reduction in crop yields. silted
j streams and reservoirs, and in
; creased flood hazards.
The Soil Erosion Service and the
State College extension service are
seeking to remedy this situation,
but they are handicapped by a
lack of information about actual
I conditions, said Dr. R. Y. Winters,
director of the N. C. Agricultural
Experiment Station.
On many farms, he continued,
terracing is not yet adequate, and
many farms are too small to per
mit drastic changes in the crop
ping system. Serious losses will
continue until adequate means of
control are developed.
Continuous cropping with row
crops has depleted the soil of ele
ments not supplied by ordinary
fertilization. Some of these defi
ciencies have been corrected by
applying copper sulphate, magnesia
manganese, zinc, and boron.
But it is doubtful if all deficien
cies can be satisfactorily and per
manently corrected without chang
! es in the present cropping systems
to provide increasing amounts of
1 i organic matter in the soil. Dr. Win
| ters stated. *
French Minister
Takes His Life
LITTLE, Prance, Nov. 19.— t/P> —
j Roger Salengro. French Minister of
! the Interior, died today in what his
brother, Henri, said was an act of
suicide.
The minister's death was caused
by gas asphyxiation, his brother
declared it followed a short illness
from a heart ailment.
Henri Salengro declared his bro
1 ther’s body was found by a maid
who entered the minister's bedroom
after she smelled a “strong odor of
gas."
Salengro had closed the windows,
stopped up the cracks in the doors
nd opened the gas jet*, his bco
her asserted.
CONNOR IS HEAD OF
WELFARE CONFERENCE
ASHEVILLE. Nov. 19.—(/PV-The
Western District Welfare Confer
ence at its one day session here
elected E. E Connor. Buncombe
1 county superintendent of public
welfare, president of the organiza
tion and Miss Elizabeth Sneed of
j Burke county, secretary.
MANCHESTER, Eng.—Delegate!
to the eighty-third annual confer
ence of the United Kingdom Alli
ance, famous temperance organiza
tion, held here recently, approved i
pamphlet by Viscount Snowder
and Mr. David Lloyd George, whicl
is being widely distributed ove:
the country.
In the pamphlet, the allianci
says, '‘these two statesmen recor<
their conviction that the diversioi
of the huge sums at present spen
in this country on intoxicatini
drink to the purchase of usefu
commodities would promote thi
economic and financial well beini
of the nation and would do mucl
, to solve the grave problem of un
employment."
The meeting pledged support ti
the reconstituted National Temper
ance Federation to which organiz
ations with an estimated member
ship of fully 3,000,000 have en
rolled.
The president of the alliance
Mr. R. Wilson Black, pointed ou
that the- brewers’ campaign hai
not decreased in intensity durini
the year. For the first time adver
tisements have been designed t
convert women into beer drinkers.
It is difficult, Mr. Black said, t
know how far the brewers’ effort
are succeeding in attracting youn
people to the drink habit, but ev
eryone deplores the increase ii
drinking by young people, as re
ported by several chief constable;
In Birmingham last year out o
2782 convictions for drunkennes
1200 were convictions for first of
fenders.
By resolution, a public meetin
which followed the conference sup
ported local option as being th
most democratic and practicabl
policy for dealing with the llcens
; ing question.
| The 1936 cotton crop is said t
' be the best ever grown in Beaufor
i county <N. C.)
i The fur of the Rhesus monke
, will grow longer overnight to pro
I tect the animal from cold.
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Sharon Mission
Society To Meet
SHARON, Nov. 18.—TlJe Wom
an's Missionary society will meet
Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 25 at
| ihe home of Mrs. J. N. Wise of
Shelby. All members are urged to
be present. Officers for the new
year will be elected at this meet
ing.
B. B. Blanton s condition remains
about the same.
Miss Mary Francis Stamey of
Polkville spent the week-end with
her aunt, Mrs. W. M. Whitaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Dover' of
Burlington were visitors in the
community over the week-end.
Ben Davis, Roy Davis, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Fettus of Gastonia visited
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B B.
Blanton Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. E R. Surratt wer*
Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs. J. S
Blanton.
The young people held the*
council meeting Sunday evening
after the league meeting, M *
Evans Origg presided over ’hi
meeting. A very interesting talk
made by Miss Beulah Wellmon our
representative to the cievHand
county retreat.
BOTTLERS OF STATE
MEET IN RA1.EIGB
RALEIGH. Nov. 19,~ w>, ~
North Carolina Bottlers Association
will open its 23rd annual conven
tion here today.
W. B. Garrison of Gastonia *
, •• resident.
Dr. D. W. Daniel of Clemson Co|.
v.e John J. Riley of Washington,
1>. C.. assistant secretary ot the
American Bottlers of carbonated
be ■••rages snd Charles Ross. Ken.
•i' co-msel for the state highway
and public works commission, art
ts ed as principal speakers.
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Looking Forward - - -
That boy of yours probably doesn't see
much beyond play-days, although his im
agination may carry him away in dreams
of stunt flights, and football tackles.
It’s up to you—his parents—to look for
ward to his future.
Establish a bank account for him today.
It will grow with him, and remove the un
certainty from futurity.
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