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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ,
30.
Few People Attempt
Suicide On A Full
Stomach, It Is Said
Every year in the United States
between 15,000 and 20,000 persons
commit suicide. Every year, twice;
that number try to take their own
lives, but fail. From this great num
ber of cases, statisticians have been
able to construct a fairly definite
pattern of self-destruction.
F'or no established reason suicidal
attempts are most prevalent during
the late spring and summer. June
annually brings the harvest toll. De
cember the lightest. The first day of
month, when the bills come m, is
chosen most often. The likeliest day
of the week for suicide is Monday, the
likeliest hour of the day, li o 7 o'clock
in the evening.
Last week, more tacts similar to
these were available in The New Eng
land Journal of Medicine. After
studying the cases of 1,148 would-be
suicides in Boston City hospital, Dr.
Merrill Moore, a Harvard University
psychiatrri.st, reported in a Journal ar
ticle that:
Poison was the most commonly se
lected agent for suicide. Ordinary
illuminating gas was the next.
Few persons attempted suicide on
a full stomach.
Married women tried suicide most
often, followed by unmarried women,
married men and unmarried men, in
that oi-der (but annually, about three
times as many men as women suc
ceed in killing themselves). Few
widowed persons and still fewer di
vorced ones attempted suicide.
Among 2W IJoston hospital pa
tients who could be persuaded to give
reasons for their actions, men most
commonly financial difficulties. Wom
en most commonly blamed domestic
difficulties and. emotional dissatisfac
tion. Like all mind specialists, Dr.
Moore thought that suicide could be
brought on by any one of these spe
cific troubles, by ill health or simply
by the feeling of an individual that he
"didn't count" in the scheme of things.
As preventives of suicides, Dr.
Moore praised the love-lorn and per
sonal problem columns ot newspapers
'because thev answered the need of
perplexed individuals for somebody to
talk With about 'their problems. For
others interested in saving any would
be suicide from death, the psychia
trist suggested talking with him quiet
ly,., or taking him out to ''.dinner, "a
simple action, yet one that has been
known to save a lite."
READY-TO-WEAR MGR.
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MKS. ROY CAMPBELL
manager of the .ready-to-wear
department of Massie's Department
Store. Mrs. Campbell has been
with the firm three years. She also
trims the ready-to-wear windows.
Montana has y.eide.i up thi? hone
'if a huge dionsuur, supposed to have
inhabited the earth eight million years
ago. If Zane Grey could only dig up
some records of that period what a
thriller he might write.
Incomes Of U. S.
Run 10 To 15?
Over Last Year
National income has been going up.
and today Americans are getting be
tween 10 and 15 per cent more than
they did in 1936, according to studies
made by the Commerce and Labor
Departments.
A further rise in real ir.eume was
reported today by the Commerce De
partment through increased earnings
of labor, capital and agriculture which
have not been fully offset by higher !
living costs. ,
The survey eoveren tne first eight
months of X'J-'.l and estimates the in
crease over last year in some cases as
high as 15 percent. The income of
labor, for example, through greater
employment and higher wages, is up j
io per cent; dividend payments more
I than .'i.'J per cent, and farm income '
I about 14 per cent.
I At the fcame time, the figures on
retail prices assembled by the Labor
Department show a steady increase
over those of a year ago. The Index
for all foods for July stood 2.3 pet
cent higher than a year ago, with a
ratio of 85.9 of the 1923-25 average.
Food cost increases were larger along
Atlantic seaboard areas.
Other figures available nere indi
cate that the nation is better otf than
in recent years. Unemployment, for
example, is generally placed at
7,500,1)00 as against 15,000,000 at the
peal; .,!' the slump.
The expense of the relief load has
Agricultural Out-Look
In Nation Promising
Perennial Flowers
Can Be Planted Now
For the United States as a whole
Ami exceDtinir limited areas, the farm ;
There is still
nerenniai nower
Ijiraj to plant most
seed. They should
production anu price aIC pUt in now on Weil prepareu seeu-
brightest since 1930. The prospects 1 be(js anj protected by a covering of
are now for good demand for farm it,avt.s straw, or hay during coldest
weather. Most of these perennials
will bloom net summer. Some of the
principal ones in this class are: sweet
alysum, snapdragon, columbine, candy
tuft, Shasta and double English daisy,
delphinium, pinks foxglove, forget-me-not,
gaillardia, hollyhock, lobelia,
phlox drummondii, hardy poppy, scabi
osa, sweet William, vtrbe.-.a and wall
product
porting
tn n in
tioii.s are
for good demand for farm
Most every section is re- I
favorable production condi
most crops. Drought condi-
almost entirely lacking this j
year. Wheat growers thi
enjuying unusually good
prices. Industrial activity
ing in strong demand tor
products.
year are I
crops and f
is result- '
agricultural i
Twist Of Pig'
Tail Is Stu
' Fill's ,
f'L2z:;r
.lUs-
! Hooker Washington Home
. . Sought As A Memorial
u,
Representative Arthur W. Mitch
Chicago Negro Congressman, has pro-
1 posed to purchase the birthplace at
! Rocky Mount, Ya., of Booker T. Wash
' ington as a national memorial for the
' famous Negro teacher.
If he can obtain at a "reasonable
price," the cabin where Washington
was born into slavery sometime in the
' 1 USD's, Mr. Mitchell said he would do
1 Hate it to the Federal Government.
been lessened at the same time as
the worker's handicraft has gone to
the creation of more productive goods.
In March, 1933, the number of fami
lies and single individuals receiving
relief was more than 5,000,000. At
the end of July this had dropped to
2,900,000.
flower.
Sow pansy seed in a protected place
and transplant later, or thin out and
let remain where they are.
Daffodil, snowdrops, crocus, early
narcissus and Roman hyacinth bulbs
should be planted during September.
Delay planting tulips and the exhi
bition hyacinths until late September
or early October.
For a green winter lawn sow Eng
lish or Italian ryegrass on top of the
Eermuda or other grass the latter
part of this month or during October.
In preparation, mow and rake the
lawn thoroughly. Then run over it
with the mower again, and sow the
seed broadcast without further pre
paration. Use 1 or '1 pounds of seed
for each one hundred square feet of
lawn. The Progressive Farmer.
expei'in.,..
detei'i;;;!
A girl traveled 15,214 miles' to mar
ry. Hope she always believes he was
worth the trip.
I
The agriculture
Washington has
that periodically
problem does the
the right or left ?
Hear ye, hear Vl
ways.'
"The answer." said
the bureau of animal
division, "is that thei,
i so consistent as tl,
the pig's tail-ein-1 -
Habitually entwine,,
the question, Zcller w
government's
Beltsville, Md
the answer.
The route of the pa. ,.
not something to 1,L.
charts and granhs Th. ,
course for researc hers -counting.
So they counted.
The experiment had been
on a small scale bef
nau approximated th
eluded.
The tail-tellers marcheij
200 many-sized and devi,,,'
pigs and took a quick but
count. The result was-
98 rights.
98 lefts.
Four borderline
So ends the
this pig tale.
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cases.
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Legume Crops Make
Nutritious Forage
s soil-forage
Legume crops, .well known :
builders, also make excellent
for livestock.
Thev give larger yields ot more nu
tritious hav than the common hav
crops, said Dr. I' rank Sherwood,
nutrition chemist of the central ex
periment station at State College,
Since legumes are more palatable
than other hays, he continued, live
stock will cat them wit h less waste
Legumes are rich in protein ele
ments not found in the proteins of
cereal or gram crops.
Animals need all tne elements ill
forming skin, wool, or horn material,
in building muscles, and for internal
orpnns and tissues. A combination of
legumes and corn provides an excellent
protein mixture Tor cattle.
Legume hays are too bulky for
swine, however, and the corn fed to
swine should be supplemented with
Concent) ated proteins such as is con- :
tamed in fish 'meal or tankage. I
Legumes are rich in calcium, but
contain a small, amount of phosphor
ous. Cereal grams and especially
cotton.seed meal and soybean meal are
rich in phosphorous and supply this
material when included in the animal'o
ration.
, The high vitamin content of legumes
iilso make a good feed for milk cows
and growing animals. Only fresh,
tender pasturage exceeds legume hay
in vitamin content.
Jf young pigs do not have the run
of a pasture, as little as five per cent
jjood Jegume hay added to their ra
tion will determine the diflerence be
tween profit and loss even loss of
the pigs'.
Wallace Berry Has Had
Varied Experiences
'Wallace Berry, well known movie
actor, a former elephant man, and one
time chief of Ringling's herd, was in- I
jured m a Hollywood studio last week.
He was acting the part of a Western i
bad man in a picture. He tripped, ac- I
cidcntally shot himeself with a blank, i
The wad cut into his knee cap and i
Berry was rushed to a hospital in an i
ambulance. As he rode toward the ;
hospital he said, "This is the first:
time I haven't driven myself. I'm more 1
' afraid of riding in this thing than of '
being shot." t
Wallace Berry was 16 when he'
joined the circus and began to care '
for the elephants. Later he became a j
musical comedy actor. The movies j
then got him and he has been with j
the films ever since. Every time his
popularity wanes, it has suddenly re
vived, .
When a couple marries the woman
is Tnerely trying her luck while the
man is risking his. .
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