COUNTY WELFARE !
OFFICER'S REPORT
Consolidated Report fgr Au
gust and September Shows .
Busy Months for Coun
ty Welfare Office.
Rutherfordton, Oct. 2. —The re
port of Mrs. L. B. Moss, county su
perintendent of public welfare, for
the months of August and September
reveal many interesting facts regard
ing the work of that office. The re
port follows:
' "Five new cases came to the atten
tion of the Juvenile Court, one a de
pendent child for home adjustment,
and four delinquent boys. Two ne
groes were placed on Probation, by
the court, but the two white boys
were handled unofficially, a warning j
and temporary supervision being ex- j
pected to serve in adjusting these i
boys. One white delinquent boy,j
brought in by his father for correc- j
tion, was found to be over sixteen j
years of age, so was warned that j
further difficulty would result in his*;
being turned over to the higher court, j
School attendance wtfl be vigorous- |
ly followed up this year, the Depart- j
ment feeling that patrons of the j
schools were adequately warned
through the work last year that we i
expected strict compliance with the j
Law, and except for illness, excuses
will be carefully scrutinized. Thus
far the attendance has been fairly,
good, although some are still irregu
lar. The major part of school atten
dance work the last two months has
been with families who are careless
about enrolling their children prompt
ly on the opening of school, and as j
soon as these families are located,
measures are taken to bring the j
children in. Repeaters, or families
which were delinquent last year, will,
be more closely supervised, and/ion-j
tinued delinquency will be followed t
by court action. While the Atten- 1
dance Officer does not wish to be un
reasonable, or harsh, certain condi
tions cannot be permitted to contin-j
ue, and where warnings fail to pro- j
duce results more drastic measures
!' will be necessary.
Thirty-nine new cases were re-j
ported for poor relief, but not all ■
required material assistance. Most i
of these cases where assistance was ,
necessary were in trouble because of >
illness in the family. During August (
12 families were given temporary,
aid by the county, and during Sept- j
ember, (en families. For the two j
months twenty applicants were aid- j
ed through outside agencies, thirty- j
one were assisted in working out:
their own problems, and information j
service was given to one hundred and j
twenty-two.
Among the various services rend- ■
ered, in addition to inaterial relief .
or adjustment in the homes, wtyre j
such instances as the following:
Through the cooperation of an in
terested physician who knew of the
case, one family was assisted in mak
ing financial arrangements to send a
patient to a hospital where plastic
surgery was available to correct an
unusual disfigurement. Admission
was arranged for admission of a
child to the State School for the
Deaf. Several clients are referred to
the State Department of Education,
for rehabilitation of cripples. One
child was admitted to the Orthopedic
Hospital at Gastonia, and when an
other was ready for discharge from
the same hospital arrangements were
made through interested individuals
to have the child brought back to
his family. Through the cooperation
of the County Health Officer a wheel
chair was located and offered for the
use of a handicapped client, and also
through his cooperation a test was
made of a water supply which was
thought to be a source of infection
for typhoid fever. Arrangements were
made for the. admission of an unfor
tunate girl to a maternity home, and
through the interest of relatives
dental care was arranged for anoth
er where it was most essen
tial to remove a physical handicap.
Investigations for other agencies
included one for the National Red
Cross, regarding a dependency dis
charge from the U. S. Army. One for
the Associated Charities at South
Boston, Va., supplementing an in
vestigation made previously in con
nection with the same case. Another
in an effort to locate relatives of-a
family now dependent on the Asso
ciated. Charities of Cleveland, Ohio,
and another for a fraternal order re
garding admission of some orphans
to its home for children.
On August 6, Mrs. Mary Camp
Sprinkle, of the State Board of Char
ities and Public Welfare was in the
office to discuss the District Welfare
Conference which is to be held in
! Asheville on October 10. She also ad
| vised that the new Director of the
Division of School Attendance foi
' the State Board, expected to visit
; us to study our school attendance
plan, and he arrived on August 29,
for this purpose. Mrs. Agnes Barn
hardt, superintendent of Public Wel
fare for Columbus county, was in the
county during September for a period
of observation on county organiza
tions.
During the two months we also
, had visits from a field worker from
the children's home society, Greens
' boro; a representative of the state
'child Welfare Commission; the field
worker of the Methodist Children's
Home, Winston-Salem; and from Mr.
Claude Andrews of the State De
; partment of Education, rehabilitation
of cripples,
j Mrs. Moss, the Superintendent of
Welfare, was absent from the county
! the week-of August 12, taking a part
of her two weeks annual vacation,
j but pressure of work made it im
possible to remain away the full two
weeks. For several days during the
week of September 23 she was again (
absent, on account of critical illness'
in her family. During this latter ab- j
sence, however, Mrs. Moss complet-j
ed the arrangements for the District
Conference, of which she is chair-j
man. I
Even with these absences, August'
and September were record months j
for callers at the Department office, j
a total of 259 individuals having ap-1
peared, and 25 additional called onj
the worker at her home after hours, i
Incoming letters for the two months ■
numbered 173, outgoing 143. There |
were 50 phone calls received, 37
made, and in addition two Long Dis
tance out and one in. Eight telegrams j
received and three sent.
Seven pamphlets on child labor j
regulations were distributed. Sixteen.
work cards were issued, and a num-.
ber of identification passes to chil
dren whose original permits had been
lost or misplaced.
The regular meetings of the coun-,
ty board of Welfare were held, and;
the regular monthly conferences with |
the board of commissioners, for the !
discussion of difficult problems and
adjustment of accounts. In addition
five personal conferences with indi
vidual members of the boards, six
conferences with the Judge of the
Juvenile Court, and 47 general con
ferences with various officials, phy
sicians, pastors, industrial officials, j
and school workers. Six visits were j
made to mothers' aid families, and 95 j
visits in connection with the family j
welfare work.
- Early in September a worker visit- j
ed a neighboring county and held a
conference with the board of county j
commissioners there in connection J
with a family problem in which both i
HOW TO SELECT STALK
FOR NATIONAL COTTON SHOW
ABILITY, or at least indications of
ability, to produce large amounts
of a quality product, is the basis of
award at all agricultural fairs. This
is true whether the entries are dairy
cows, swine, chickens or field crops.
Heavy production of quality cotton
should be the ambition of all cotton
growers. The One-Stalk Cotton Show
to be held under the auspices of the
.Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Founda
tion, and The National Fertilizer Asso
ciation, in connection with the Mid-
South Fair at Memphis, the South
eastern Fair at Atlanta, and the State
Fair of Texas at Dallas, was inaug
urated to stimulate interest in eco
nomic production of better cotton.
Prizes totalling several thousand dol
lars are being offered.
In judging the single stalks at the
show, a score-card which has been
prepared by some of the leading cot
ton authorities in the South will be
used. This spore-card has been care
fully prepared in order to give proper
weight to the various plant charac
ters. Actual judging will be done by
competent authorities from each sec
tion.
According to the score-card, a per
fect plant would secure 100 points to
tal score. Since productivity of the
cotton stalk is probably of greatest
single importance, production, as
measured by the amount of seed cot
ton on the.plant, is given a possible
35 points. Thus heavily fruited stalks
would secure a high rating under pro
duction.
A possible 25 points has been allot
text-to lint. Percentage of lint in seed
cotton, length, character and uniform
ity, strength and color, are all factors
that will be considered in studying the
lint. The plant, as a whole, has bee*
given a possible 20 points. Symmetry
of form, amount of wood in proportion
to fruit, character of branches, and
maturity, are considered in studying
the plant unit.
Character of bolls has been allot
ted a possible 12 joints. Size of bolls
will be considered and well opened
bolls are desirable, although a cer-
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counties are interested. On Septem- [
ber' 9th worker talked to* the Rotary (
Club at Gaffney, S. C., on the subject;
of organized public welfare service, j
A number of county, city and State
officials were present at the discus-1
sion, and the Rutherford county or- j
ganization was presented. After the !
meeting conferences were held with |
various groups who were interested j
in a more detailed discussion than j
was possible in a general talk. It j
was also necessary for worker to;
make several trips to Asheville in.
the interest of the district confer-j
ence. The council of social agencies
there is sponsoring this conference j
and has appointed a committee on
arrangements, and one meeting of
the council and one of this special
committee, were attended.
Mileage for the month of August
was 1017, for September 928, a to- j
tal of 1945 miles covered for the two ■
months.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Masters Hugh Smith and David
Early, of Sandy Mush were joint
hosts on Tuesday afternoon from 3
to 5 o'clock, celebrating their res
pective birthdays at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Smith. Quite a number of
their little friends were present and
a most enjoyable time was had in
playing games, etc. Refreshments
were served, after which all le'ft wish
ing the "two boys" many happy re
turns of the day.
A new mower towed by a motor i
handcar is a great labor saver in i
keeping a railroad right-a-way |
clear of weeds. !
tain amount of storm resistance is also j
to be desired. 5
Seed lias been allotted a possible 5 J
points. Plump, heavy seed, uniform in .
size and color, are desired.
Freedom from disease has been j
given a possible 3 points, making a .
total of 100 points. j
Any farmer, whether landlord or ■
tenant, white or colored, or any one j
member of his family, will be allowed !
to enter a single stalk for eompeti- !
tion. Only one stalk may be shown I
from each farm unit.
The stalks exhibited must be grown
in 1929. , j
Stalks must come from a field where j
at least one acre of cotton was grown :
in 1929. However, a»y spacing, fer
tilization, protection or cultural prac
tice may be used. J
Stalks shown must contain the cot—'
ton that grew on the stalk. Picking j!
and refilling will not be permitted.
Branches must not be cut from j
stalks exhibited. All leaves must be : j
removed. ii
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The name of the variety must be 1
shown on the stalk. ' i j
Exhibitors need not necessarily ac- : I
company exhibits, but may ship same,
charges prepaid, to the National One- !
Stalk Cotton Show, in care of the fair
in their districts. Entrants living in
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro
lina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida
should enroll by sending their names
and address to The National Cotton
Show, Atlanta, Ga.; those in Oklahoma I
and Texas to The National Cotton'
Show, Dallas, Texas; and those in
Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Lou
isiana, Missouri and Kentucky to The '
National Cotton Show, Memphis Tenn. •
The premiums for the best single
cotton stalks include SI,OOO as to-;
tal prize, including sectional award,
for the best stalk of cotton in the
South. Premiums at the three sec
tional fairs at Atlanta, Memphis *" l
Dallas follow: firet SSOO at each fair,
second each, third S2OO eacfi,
fourth SIOO each, fifth SSO each, sixjth
to tenth inclusive $25 each, elevenlb
to twentieth $lO each.
PROVIDENCE NEWS
Forest City, R-2, Oct. 2.—People
are getting- badly behind with the
picking of their cotton.
Mrs. J. W. Phillip was called to
the bed side of her mother last week,
Mrs. R. A. McDaniel, of Harrill
town, Mrs. McDaniel, is unimproved
at this writing
Mr. Charlie Waters, of Charlotte,
spent the week-end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Waters and fam
ily.
Mrs. Vance Wilkins, of Henrietta,
visited her father Sunday night, Mr.
J. W- Phillip and family.
Those visiting Mr. W. V. Harrill
and family Sunday afternoon were:
Mr. Hubert Phillips and family, Mr.
Charley Hardin and family, of For
est City, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allen,
of Alexander, and little Catherene
McDaniel.
Mrs. H. Wood had as her guests
last Thursday, Mrs. Earnest Wood
and family, of Greenville, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. John McDaniel
spent Sunday afternoon with the lat-
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ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Harrill.
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Mrs. Allen Lancaster, of Boiling (
Springs, spent Sunday with her son, 1
Mr. Lester Lancaster.
Miss Laura Smith returned home!
from Kannapolis one day last week, j
She had been visiting her sisters, Mrs. j
Helms and Miss Louise Smith.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. S. j
E. Harrill seem to be improving very!
fast.
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Miss Mildred McDaniel spent Sun- j
day afternoon with Miss Catherine:
Waters. j
Miss Zonnie and Frank Brindle, of j
Augusta, Ga., spent last Monday 1
night with their parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. A. Brindle.
Mrs. Lum Chapman visited Mrs.
James Harrill last Fridav.
Mr. Heb Womick is in the Ruth
erford Hospital. He had the misfor
tune of turning over in a car. He
has a fractured skull and his collar
bone and shoulder blade are broken.
He is in a serious condition. He was
traveling on the fresh worked road
last Wednesday afternoon. In trying
to dodge a pile of dirt in the road he
ran off of a piping across the road
and turned over about twice.
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; speaking Turkish policemen to aid
tourists.
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