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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1954
BACK-TO-SCHOOL PROBLEMS FOR
PARENTS BEGIN TO ARISE
About this time every year we begin
to think about sending the youngsters and
the college students “back-to-school. it
involves a great deal of expense to most oi
us but is certainly, in this day and time,
one of the most important projects that we
•as parents have to face. M any parents tail
to put across the idea of economy and the
value of money to their children and there
by bring on many of the financial hard
ships for themselves now and for the same
childer'n they are trying to help as they
grow into manhood and womanhood.
Many students spend twice as much as
they need to spend. For instance, where
they can, they eat away from the school.
This costs, for sandwiches and cold drinks,
as much as 10c to 25c a meal more than
eating at that the school lunch room. 1 his
extra cost is aside from the fact that thev
would and do obtain a balanced meal at
the school. Many students complain about
food at various schools. However, there
is not a school in this entire section of Gas
ton County that doesn’t welcome the par
ents to come by at any lunch hour and see
for themselves what is served and how
much.
Clothing is another example of extra
cost. We do agree that most of the stu
dents go dressed conservatively but some
really “dress-up” and this makes others
want to keep the pace. It is a happy
thought that our local merchants carry
“branded” and quality merchandise for
school wear. They combine appearance
with quailty. Carrying the lines that they
do makes shopping here easier and much
less expensive, both in the beginning and
the long run. You will read of "Great
Values” in sweaters, jackets, etc.; trom
some out-of-town stores. Our local stores
could sell this type of merchandise and
meet the competition but it would cost you
when matched against the type ot apparel
you buy here. Remember this—the mar
ket is full of so-called “Great Values” and
it can be bought for trade here as well as
elsewhere but it can’t be guaranteed. So
trade at home where your merchant has an
interest in you.
FARMING CAN BE SAFE
This year's formal observance of Farm
Safety Week is over—'it was held July 25
31. Now it remains to be seen if the work
done during the Week will bear fruit, in
the form of a real reduction in the farm
accident rate.
President Eisenhower picked the
Week’s slogan—"Farm to Live and Live to
Farm.” He chose well. For that is a mem
orable phrase and it clearly expresses the
general problem.
Farming is highly mechanized to
day—and there will be more and more
mechanization in the future. Surveys in
dicate that machines cause a considerable
proportion of total farm accidents. It would
be more accurate to say that careless or
improper use of these machines is the real
cause. As an example, power take-otl
drives on tractors were once a major haz
ard. The farm equipment industry devel
oped simple and convenient shields for the
drive shafts, fthich are standard on most
recent tractors and can be attached to most
older models. These shields have solved
(that particular safety problem. But the
manufacturerers can’t do anything about
farmers who fail to use the shields—or a
bout home-made additions and innovations
which often create grave hazards.
Plain common sense is a key factor in
the safety movement. A farm authority
has cited a newspaper story telling of an
11 year old boy driving a tractor front hve
in the morning until nine that night. Such
practices, obviously, are invitations to in
jury and death.
It’s up to the farmer. If he will* it,
he can "Farm to Live and Live to Farm.
YOUR KITCHEN—AND FARM
MACHINERY
The modern American kitchen is a
niracle of labor-saving convenience. Elec
ric ranges, refrigerators, washers and all
nanner of other appliances have trans
ormed both the urban and rural home.
That kitchen, strange as the idea may
eem, wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t
or farm machinery—tractors and harves
ers and all the rest!
Here’s the reason. In this nation’s ear
r days, it took 85 farm workers to pro
uce enough food for themselves and 15
{then_now 15 farmers,produce enough
or themselves and 86 others. To come
down to modern times, in the past 10
years farm output has doubled—while the
number of manhours needed to achieve the
enormous production has steadily declined.
That means that vast armies of people have
been able to take jobs in industry. They
produce automobiles, stoves, TV sets and
all the thousand and one other things that
make for better living. To take one exam
ple, a modern combine saves in a single
day enough manpower to manufacture a
refrigerator. There would be only a com
parative handful of people available to
man the factories if we were still depen
dent on human and animal labor to do the
jobs of the farm.
Farm output must be much greater
still, in the future—our soaring population
makes that certain. And again machinery
will make the task possible and at the same
time leave plenty of workers for our other
needs.
MAKING MONEY FOR THE
TAXPAYERS
For several years three great power
development projects have been blocked
by advocates of government-owned plants
(socialism), while they cry that our coun
try is short of electricity. Development
has been delayed for years on theSnake
River in Idaho, the Niagara River in New
York and the Coosa River in Alabama. In
1 each instance private companies have been
.ready, able and willing to build the neces
sary power plants instead of having the
government spend upwards of $1,000,000.
000 of taxpayers’ money for the projects.
At last the dam of opposition has been
broken in one instance. Congress has
I cleared the way for the Alabama Power
! Company to invest $100,000,000 for power
j development on a 100 mile stretch of the
I ( oosa River.
| The company will build five new
| dams, with flood control features and pro
| visions for future navigation improvements.
The project will produce .‘560,000 kilowatts
Apparently the people of Alabama got
j tired of waiting for "political" power.
Petitions from more than 150 organizations
- civic*, farm, veteran, local governments -
poured into Alabama congressmen's office
in support of the proposal. The only delay
now in going ahead with development is
waiting to receive a permit from the Fed
eral Power Commission, which was ap
plied for last Fall. Instead of a tax exempt
federal power plant, Alabama will now
hav a highly taxed private enterprise. Not
uit penny of tax money will be taken from
the citizens of all of the states to build a
power plant for a limited number of cus
tomers in one state. Thus does free en
terprise make money for the taxpayers.
IS’NT IT THE TRUTH
These days there are too many people in too
many cars in too much of a hurry going in too
many directions to nowhere for nothing'.
■‘A smooth sea never made a skilful mariner.
The storms of adversity, like those of the ocean,
rouse the facilities and excite the invention, pru
dence, skill and fortitude of the voyager. The
martyrs of ancient times, in bracing their minds to
outward calamities, acquired a loftiness of purpose
and a moral 'heroism worth a lifetime of softness
and security.”
Here is one joker’s explanation of golf. Golf
is what letter-carrying, ditch-digging, and carpet
beating would be if those three tasks had to be
performed on the same afternoon. The game is
played on carefully selected grass with little white
balls and as many clubs as the player can afford. A
"hole” is a tin cup in the center of a “green.” A
“green” is a small parcel of grass costing about
$1.98 a blade, and located between a brook and a
couple of apple trees, on a lot of “unfinished ex
cavation.” The idea is to get the golf ball into
each of the eight cups in the fewest strokes and
the greatest number of words. After the eight
eenth hole, the golfer adds up his score, stops when
he reaches 87, takes a shower, sings “Sweet Ade
line” with sax or eight other liars rnd calls it the
end of a perfect day.
BALTIMORE, MD., DAILY RECORD
“If we have ‘stand-by controls’ there is one
thing which we should insist on, and that is a
clear, concise definition of the word ‘emergency’.
We had a rather sad experience with the varying
interpretations some of our politicians put on the
word ‘emergency’ i|i recent years.”
SCHOOL OPENING HERE AUGUST 31
Don’t fail to read all advertisements in The
Eagle next week. “Back to-School” bargains will
be offered by all the merchants of the town. Spe
cial School Supply ads will also appear in the issue.
Be sure and get a copy of The Eagle next
Wednesday and read the acfe and do your shop
ping through The Eagle.
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IN AMERICAN BUSINESS
—BY RENOI.DS KNIGHT
NEW YOKK, Aug. 16—This is
the time of year when unemploy
ment. rolls usually show an in
crease. Normally, they go up in
summer due to the influx of stud
ents to the laor force. But this
year the number of jobless re
mained relatively stable—3,346.
000, or 5.1 per cent of the total
work force — while employment
lose 50,000 in July to 62.1 mil
Why the increase failed to ma
terialize is somewhat of a minor
mystery. Governmen officials are
understandably hesitant in attach
ing any special significance to it.
One reason may lie that, with jobs
scarcer this year, some students
started shopping earlier than
usual. Others may be postponing
their entry into the labor market.
That the expected didn’t happen
underscores the pitfalls that lie in
unemployment figures. They’re
fertile soil for political contro
versy. One side' will view some 3
million persons out of work with
alarm. Others will argue that this
figure is close to the irreducible
minimum, even for "good times."
There are some facts the statis-|
tics don't reveal. One is that there
are almost always, in times of
high employment, somewhere be- j
tween 1 and 2 million persons in '
the process of changing jobs. They
can - and do - find new jobs. The
point is that these people who are
unemployed now are not neces
sarily the same ones who were out
of work last month, or who will
be next month.
PEACE OF MINI) — Further
proof that statistics don’s always
tell all of a story can be found in
those on automobile accidents.
One out of every five ears will be
involved this year in accidents
serious enough to be reported.
Cut millions of minor mishaps,
such as scraped and dented fen
ders and broken glass, never en
ter the record.
Yet these small accidents, and
the need for towing or other road
side service when cars break
down, can be hard on the average
motorist's pocketbook, not to
mention the inconvenience and
time lost on the road. The man
who should know is Leonard M.
van Xoppen. vice president of
1'nivcr-al (M.T. Credit Corpora
tion. the nation’s largest inde
pendent auto finance company. He
supervises a car fleet that travels
30 million miles a year.
Cat-owners, he says, are more
insurancse-eonseious than ever.
Hi adds:
“Nothing contributes more to
the car owner’s peace of mind
than the knowledge that insurance
piotects him in case of personal
injury; that the amour; owed on
his car will be paid in full in
event of his death; that bail bonds
up to $5,000 will be supplied in
the event of traffic violations; and
that emergency funds for car re
pairs can be obtained, if needed,
on away-from-home. trips.”
THINGS TO COME — For the
amateur uranium hunter, a
pocket-size geige: counter . . • A
left-handed wrist watch. The
winding stem is on the left side so
that the watch can be worn on the
right wrist . . . An applicator for
painting sash, moulding and tight
coiners Without contacting ad
joining surfaces . . i A portable
fluorescent floodlight weather
SEED
CLEANING
We Are Cleaning
Grain and Seeds For
Fall Planting
ALSO
A Complete Line Of Pasture Seeds
Fall Garden Seed For Every Farm
Need.
tVe Can Take Care Of Your Crushing
And Grinding And Can Supply You
With Your Suppliment Feeds To Make
You A Better Feed
- GIVE US A RING -
CHERRYVILLE FEED & SEED
Max E, Beam
Highway 274 Phone 6719
Cherryville, N, C.
proofed for indoor or outdoor use.
POPULATION BOOM — The
greatest single factor stimulating
America’s expanding economy is
the rapid increase in population—
now up to 161,000.000. Many
businesses are feeling its explos
ive effects, few more so than the
home construction industry.
New private dwelling units in
July were up 11 per cent over the.
same period in 1953, a continu
ation of the present pace would
make 1954 the sixth straight year
of over 1 million housing starts.
While prices of new homes
haven’t come down, quality has
gone up. A basic example of the
latter is the broadening use of
durable clay tile which is being
used to waterproof floor-to-ceiling
surfaces as never before. The
average new houce he= on°-snd-a
half to two bathrooms surfaced
throughout with clay tile..
The fact that industry is meet
ing the tremendous demand of
prospective home owners with
quality products is proof that both
the producer and consumer are
optimistic about the future.
FO RFT Cl N TRADE—P re s i do n t
Eisenhower’s decision to raise the
tariff on Swiss watches undoubt
edly was a difficult one for the
chief executive to make, for he’s
an ardent liberal on forei'.-'i trade.
It was taken by nations abroad as
an indication rf the approach the
government would take in regard
to future tariff problems.
Any misgivings foreign traders
might have on this point should
have been dispelled bv the Presi
dent’s reasons for bis action. The
President said bis decision was
based less on a desire to aid the
American watch industry financi
ally than on recognition of its
essentiality to nations’ defense.
BITS O' BUS’NFPS — Michi
gan’.* rank a- the hading U. S.
auto assembler continued to de
cline. Tt. now assemble? 30.S per
cent, of the nation’s new cars com
I pared with 35.8 per cent a year
ago . . . Present trend indicates
U. S. production of meat this year
will hit 25.2 billion pounds, hip-b
est ever . . . Cotton output in the
1954-55 marketing year is esti
mated at 12,680,000 bales. 23 per
cent below last year’s crop.
Farmers Get Breaks
Too, On New Tax
Cut Measure
Washington—A farmer can now
get a lax cut by building himself
a pond ... or digging a ditch.
This is one of the special effects
of the huge new tax revision law.
In passing out scores of tax bene
fits, Congress didn’t forget the
farmer in this congressional elec
tion year.
The law permits a farmer to
deduct from his income, on tax
returns, many outlays for soil
or water conservation. Even at
the minimum 20 per cent tax rate,
each $100 in new deductions
means a tax cut of $20.
The deductions for that purpose
are limited in any one year to 25
per cent of the taxpayer’s gross
income from farming. Note that
if you have income aside from
farming, you can’s deduct 25 per
[cent of your total income.
' If you spend more than 25 per
leant of your farm income for
l soil or water conservation in any
one year, you can carry forward
the amount over 35 per cent and
deduct it on your return the next
year. You can keep on carrying
these expenditures forward as
many years as needed to get your
full deduction—but you still can’t
deduct more than 25 per cent of
farm incom' n any one year.
Soil and water conservation ex
nenses involve moving or treating
dirt. They can include such things
as leveling, grading, terracing,
contour furrowing, construction
cf diversion channels, drainage
ditches, controlline and protecting
watercourses, ponds, earthen dams
and elimination of brush or plant
in'” of windbreaks.
In the past, expenditures for
of these things generally
have been added for tax purposes
to the original cost of the land.
Usually no deduction was allowed
for them unless the land was sold.
They they could be counted in
figuring whether you made a pro
fit on the sale.
Experts believe half a million
farmers will claim new deductions
under the new law. They figure
thoh farmers will get tax cuts
amounting to 10 million dollars.
Tbe revenue loss would he greet
er. excep* man farmers (pay little
or no income tax already.
Aside from hi« pcrsonol ex
penditures, thoh law permits a
farmer to deduct special assess
ments bv soil and water conserve.,
tion districts if they are spent for
purposes which would he deducti
ble on the farmer’s individual r»
A farmer rail deduct expenses |
starting mat January 1. But he.
must decide, in the first year he
pays for such things, whether he j
wants to deduct them or still fol
low *h<‘ old law. Once he repot- j
his decision, he -an't change his
method with-v* •''.emission from
he rover.up so-vice.
A -iother tax hepeCi farmers
-> the »ev la- nroyides ‘ha* pro
ceeds fro"i sale or exchange of
'diseased livestock are not taxed •
they are reinvested in livestock
within one year.
Farmers also pav no *ax on pro
ceeds from sale of land necessary
to meet acreage limitations under
reclamation laws, provided thehv
invest the proceeds into more land
—presumably in another reclama
tion or irrigation district.
Excess Cotton Draws
Marketing Penalty
Xorth Carolina cotton farmer
with “excess acres” were warned
yesterday that any excess cotton
produced this year will he subject
to a marketing quota penalty of
17.5 cents per pound.
H. C. Blalock, state ASC speci
alist, said fanners are currently
being notified of the measured
acres of cotton alloted for their
farm.
(Marketing cards, which certify
that the cotton produced from a
farm is free of marketing quota
penalties, will not be issued for
farms with “excess acres" until
the marketing quota penalty has
been paid, said Blalock. The pen
alty may he paid at the county
ASC office in the county in which
the cotton was produced.
Unless the marketing quota
penalty on excess cotton has
already been paid, buyers will de
duct a penalty of 17.5 cents for
each pound of upland cotton mar
Blalock emphasiaed *hat grow
ers whose cotton acreage is with
in their acreage allotment are eli
gible for marketipg cards and can
market penalty-free all the cotton
produced in 1954 if it is properly
identified. Growers who are eli
gible for marketing cards will
be mailed their cards before ex
tensive harvesting begins.
G-W English Teacher
Moves To College
Boiling Springs, Aug. 10—Miss
Kathryn Copeland, who has been
retained to teach English at Gard
ner-Webb College, will move to
her new home in Boiling Springs
next week. , 1
The new English teacher is a
graduate of Baylor University,
where she received her B. A. and
M. A. degrees in English. In ad
dition, she has studied at the Uni
versity of California, the Univers
ity of Chicago. George Peabody
College for Teachers, and the
University of Minnesota.
Miss Copeland’s addition to the
English department brings the to
tal number to s;\: Francis B. Ded
mond is head of the department,
and other teachers are: J. V.
Hamrick, Dr. P. L. Elliott, S. L.
I Lamm, and John E- Roberts.
For 'he pa*t 25 years she nas
been Dean and professor of Eng
lish at Anderson College in An
derson Coilepe. This summer she
taupht English in the summer
school at Ajspalachian State
Teachers College in Boone.
In Boilinp Springs she will oc
cupy one of the roll ope apart
ments on Greer. Street.
Big Alfalfa Acreage
Foost Is Expended
Fp...i„py» fmfd with feed short
apes during the past few years as
a resu’t of ’rougVs are expected
to make the crop year 1954-55
one of the preatest in history for
see dine hay erops.
B. T. McNeill, assistant Wake
Count v Nepro farm apent for
the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice. says many farmers will be
seeding alfalfa - the real “King
of the Hay Crops.” Farmers with
one acre are expected to add
another; many of those who have
never tried this forage legume will
seed it for the first time this
To cite an example of alfalfa's
productiveness, McNeill points to
the farm of John Manpum of
Wendell, Route 2. where a single
acre has produced an average of
3 1-2 tons of hay annually for
the past five years. Manpum is
one of tho^e who will add a sec
ond ac re of alfalfa this summer to
take care of one beef animal and
one hai' v an inn' he is raising.
Over in Franklin County, L. D.
Baldwin, Nepro county agent, ex
pects farmers to seed many addi
tional acres of alfalfa. Says Bald
win: ”As a result of a recent ser
ies of meetings, several farmers
have become interested in alfalfa
production. It looks like we are
going to have some alfalfa in
every community in the county.”
[ Alfalfa can be used for grazing,
for hay, or for silage. With proper
attention it will produce from 3
| to 4 1-2 tons of feed per year in
three to five clippings.
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