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1 1 ? ? GOLD New gold discoveries are reported from Mexico and South Australia. ? How rich they are has not yet been determined. The Australian "reef" has long been a tradition under the name of "Aladdin's Cave," so rich is it supposed to be in the precious met al. The Mexican bonanza is said to be also rich in silver, lead and petro leum. Both regions are in territory occupied by hostile natives. If either report proves true there will be another great slaughter of a 5 originees who stand in the way of the white man's greed, and there will be such an addition to the world's gold supply as to still further complicate the money problem. Gold will be cheaper, which mean.- hat prices will be higher. It is doubtful whether so ciety as a whole will be any better off. VACCINATION The health officer of Newark, N. J., recently required everybody living in a certain section of the city, some 1,400 persons, to be vaccinated. There was, of course, the usual pro test on the part of ignorant and wrong headed persons who "don't believe in" vaccination. The world is full of peo ple who "dont believe in" the facts of modern science. Not long ago tBe same sort of people "didnt believe in flying machines." The fact is that vaccination has re sulted in 132 years, in making small pox a minor and controllable infec tion in every civilized country. Vaccination is not pleasant, and there are people who are unhappy when they are deprived of the privil ege of shooting off revolvers at ran dom. Society has to protect the many against the undisciplined few. wheth er the menace be pistols or smallpox. TRICKERY The more I see of the motion pic ture business the less respect I have for the methods and morals of. the movie magnates. The latest scheme to lure the pen nies from the pockets of the public is to sell advertising in the talkies. Some of the films which are being shown are honest enough. They are distinctly labeled as advertising, and anybody who doesn't want his eve ning's entertainment commercialized can get up and go out. But therer are others in which the advertising, for which the movie producers take mon ey, is cleverly introduced in so-called feature pictures. Yet the local exhib itors are asked to pay just as much for the3e films as for any others. CHAINS There is nothing illegal about chain stores, but the Supreme Court of the United States has decided that any state has the right to tax them at a different rate from other businesses. There is nothing unreasonable about this, so long as the tax is not high enough to drive them out of bus iness. The chain store fills a place in our present social-economic sys tem, as is proved by the amazing de velopment of numerous organizations operating hundreds or thousands of retail outlets. The independent local merchant, however, fills a much more important place in his community, and ij entitled to protection. Local mer chandising methods, especially in the smaller communities, have been great ly improved by reason of chain store competition and example, and it would be a loss to most towns if chain stores should be suppressed and the old, slip shod, inefficient retailing methods which once prevailed almost every where, were to return. PENSIONS I take off my hat to John Hawkes, of Beacon, N. Y. Mr. Hawkes is 72 years old. He heard that the State of New York had adopted an old age pension law, so he went to the town hall and applied for his al lowance. As he was out of $ork, the application was granted and he col lected $90 in the course of a few weeks. Then he learned that th eold age pension was only for persons who were dependent upon others, or un able to earn a living. That put an other light on it in the eyes of old John Hawkes. He went out and got himself a job and before long walked into the town hall again. He laid $90 on the clerk's desk and told him to give it to somebody that couldn't earn anything. He was willing to take an old age pension hut net when it car ried the stigma of pauperism wit) itf John Hawkes is the sort of Ameri can that one can be proud of. He pots self respect above money. There are too many men younger than he who are content to live on charity; too few who refhse to accept anything they have not earned. j Exactly 30 per etefTsf the total pop in of North Carolina, or 1,141, 129 people, who are tew years of tee, or over, am gainfully employed "!&??; ?.?- km Wbm a policeman, of Nofwalk, Coon., stopped a motor ear and asked ; r.Cf GATHER PEACH DROPS TO CONTROL WORMS Along with spraying, it is impor tant to pick up the dropped peaches and destroy them in some manner to control the. worms of the peach cur culio. In the opinion of C. H. Brannon, extension entomologist at State Col lege, picking up "drops" is just as im portant and is as much a part of cur culio control as is spraying or dust ing the fruit. Worms in the dropped peaches aoon bore their way out of the drops into the soil and if these drops are picked up systematically and destroyed, many of the curculio worms will be killed. Mr. Brannon says the first gather ing of the drops should begin as soon as enough are on the ground to jus tify the labor. At least two more collections should be made five or six days apart. This procedure will get most of the worms falling to the ground in the infected peaches. It is important, however, to so han dle the drops as to destroy the worms as the collections are made. One good way is to bury the peaches in a trench 18 to 24 inches deep and to cover the infected fruit with a layer of quick lime before filling the trench with soil. Indications are that there will be a good crop of peaches in North Car olina this season. The best prices will be paid for that fruit which is^ free from insect and disease damage. Wormy peaches especially are not wanted and the grower must wage a fight with the curculio to prevent these worms. Picking up the dropped fruit should go along with spraying, through the season, to pontrol these worms, declares Mr. Brann^p. There are 3,729 plants in North Carolina which had an output amount ing to $5,000 or more each in the last census year. ' KEEP THE GARDEN GROWING FOR A FOOD SUPPLY Though the rush of farm work is heavy in all parts of the State at this time, the garden should not be neglected and at least 10 to 15 kinds of vegetables should be growing in the "garden now. "We are blessed with a climate and ; . . ?. - ? f i. soil.that will grow almqst any veg etable that can be grown in the Uni ted States," says C. R. Hudson, farm demonstration worker at State Col lege. "The four things needed in successful vegetable culture are warmth, moisture, plant food and cul tivation. Warmth and moisture are supplied by nature, and so the garden is half made to begin With. All we need to do then is to supply a good amount of plant food with fertilizers or manure and to give the soil a good cultivation both before and after planting. To have tender, crisp veg i ? etaWes the plants moat grow rapidly. If tfcey grow slowly, or tfae weeds and grass are permitted growth is slow, the vegetables are t/vnlrTv stnA ic Inur ? ?/' fit. Hudson emphasises the fact that a good garden is more badly needed; this year th'an-in a long time. j Pew farmers will secure any great cash i income from their crops this year according to present indications; but a garden will supply muds of the food needed this strainer and the sur plus may be canned or sold' on the Mi i i i . ? J ? ?. ???*? ? . ? ,v " . 1^11 ?? ~.Mm m .?a* ??* market. | Ikaaj* any or all of-the following shcmld be growing in the garden now i carrots, cucumber, okra, parsley, pew nips, peas, pepp^fe^adi^^' salBify, squash, egg plant and tomato. Then the garden owner should not neglect to plant either in the garden or. as a field Crop some cantaloupes, water melons and sweet potatoes. These, grow well in North Carolina and cost little to produce. They are valuable I ? I I ' Hi J' .. ^ -? ~ jfl as food crops to that t%r tia&k variety to ths diet, ar? add vitamins and are very palatable. ?* i >5;V '" f t VSm r*?Sfe A - naming" courtswp came to, dpae reeentiy at law* Margaret Smoke was maniod to <Ntk vid Adt. " ???'? The postal service in North Caro lina gives employment to 4,570 people. Postal receipts in 1929 amounted to $6,604,000 in tills State. ' ? ? J ustt ,? \ ?? V v "? ?" in kA^. -AA. . i. -| I ,as I ^ ?' '' J."!?L ?' '-?? ' ODD?BUT TRUE _3~?.. . , . r ?***VSSICi'? 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MAKING OF 4,000 TO 8;000 DRAWINGS, EACH OE WHICH MUST GO "THROUGH FROM 6 TO \0 DIFFERENT PROCESSES TO GET f IT ON THE FILM Flag I By Ted Brown >' ' Hand That's Feeding You! u >; ? l'? / ? i I I In times of Depression, like those through which ?' ! v. we are now passing, we should do everything we possibly can to support and encourage our Local Business Houses and Financial institutions, for they are doing all they can to hold things up for our future welfare. y / DONT bite the hand that's feeding you by going elsewhere to spend what little cash you have, but # patronize your home merchants as far as possible ' 'V " * N ? *4 I t e % Stick To and Encourage \ Your Home In stitutions ? ' J ? f You will always find them doing their best for you and the community in which you reside. THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR . - . : i Trouble "De-feeted" ? ,,. ? . oh ?w!?* out ?ro vwjNwfft now! whkT 1 'yr "'* Mf??mmm>m???4?i NOW Mtf iHKf W WfK It ALU* HAPPEN* t JU$r?HCM <W? 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