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rPTTPOnAV ATTrfTTCm ft -IftlO rC.L TvO THE REVIEW: REIDSVILI.E, X. C. jFACTS ABOUT THE FOLKS OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY a (Continued From Page 1.) jfcelves to aid Mr. Hoover in the con servation of food supplies. Others (odav are helping Uncle Sam by the )urchaKe of Thrift Stamps. At the meeting of the Committee on War pavings Stain ps in Raleigh recently, Btockingham was reppresented by a Jarger delegation than any other irounty in the State. ' (Marriage, Birth, and Death Rates. 1 The development of a community 3s closely related to the marriage, lirtl), and death rates. In the number of marriages per .thousand of population in 1914, we ranked twenty-second, which is to Bay, only twenty-one counties made ft better showing. We ought to have She same high rank in birth rate. , but in this particular 61 counties made a better showing Jn 1915. Those who believe that there is a world wide; danger of race suicide should riuujr uiese iact closely. We are jiny near the top in marriage rate 'ut ui near tne bottom in birth rate. The reasons therefore chal lenge the thought of all who are in terested in our future. In our death rate, 12.1 per thou eand fnhabitants.br 1915, we are a little below the avevrage or the State and well below that of the United States. Forty-one counties made a better showing, but. our excess of births over deaths was 20 per thou sand inhabitants, and, comparative ly, this is an excellent showing. Factory Work and Motherhood. Whether our low birth rate ig in any way related to the fact that many of our girls and mothers work in the factories fa a question which our industrial Captaiins, as well as our health departments, can well afford to ponder over. It is an eco nomic as well as social problem. It; concerns wealth as well as welfare. And the problom here, as well as elsewhere, is heightened by the ah- ' pence of so many of our men in the service of their country. If our farms are to be improved, our waste ! lanos maae proaucuve, and our in - rjjmfrles expanded, our birth rate Jnust far exceed our death rate. It is just as important to lower the death rate as ft is to increase the birth rate. The difference between the two is what counts. The economic and social conditions in which most of our children live present the most vital probem that any community has to consider. In many of bur well-to-do homes we usually find only one or two children or perhaps none at all. On the other hand, in most back alleys and In many factory settlements we find as many as six, eight, ten or even more children in the home. This does not mean that the wo men illnour factories tand to have mot children than women who work outside. Many of these large fam ilies have Just moved in from coun try communities. It dos show.howev er, that the birth rate is related to farm conditions, factory conditions, home conditions, and a score of oth er causes that need to be studied by Pining Rooms EVERY woman is interested in the question of dining room furniture. If she is wise she will choose not only for beauty, but fcr durability as well. And as not one in a thous and is an expert judge of materials and workman ship, the safest plan is to make selections at a house which can and does guarantee the quality of its merchandise. Our collection of dining room furniture invites inspection and courts comparison. At this particular time we are offering some spec ial bargains which are deservedly popular. 10 PER CENT. DISCOUNT ON YOUR PUR CHASES MERE. BURTON-CHANCE-WALKER CO. Furniture and Undertaking our thoughtful people. A main question for our leaders to ask is. How are we to raise the level of our community? If ignorance and poverty tend to multiply them selves faster than education and wealth, what 1 onr problem? Do not these people who furnish the worker! tor oar industries and the Ox h ten toi our armies deserve the very best that we can give? These are some of the things that we need to think about. And our readers are alive to these problems. The factories have won derfully improved the conditions tin der which their employees labor, as well as the hemes in which they live. Si Ftik oi ou m recent, tenant coufcs rival many of our most com fortable and coveted bungalows. Be sides all this, some or ouivfactorles employ one or more trained nurses to look after the health conditions or their employees and to care for them while sick. Our Health Work. In this connection we ought to mention the health work done in Rockingham. We have come to realize fully that it is important for a immunity to do everything in its power to keep the people well, and so several competent physicians and nurses are enipJoyed to look after the concerns of community sanita j lion and health. They are public j health workers paid by school and factory authorities. All children in the schools, both white and colored, are examined, and as far as possible cared for by the school nurses. Besides being good for the children, it is an advan tage to keep them able to be regular in their attendant, at school. As a result of the co-opepratiin r' various agencies in this work, much sickness had been prevenVd, many epidemics avoided, rmalipox almost eradicated, typh'' I moved toward zero, and the rneral death rate ap preciably lovpied. However, Rockingham County em ploys no whole-ltime public healh officer, as do thirteen other "ountieg or the State. Here is a step forward tlat our county commissioners need to take. .. Social Welfare Activities. Otherwise, ILckingham Is striving to do as much for the social welfare of Its people as any other county In the State. Our good women have organized various clubs and socie ties which contribute to the vobd fel lowship of our people and the beauty of our towns. The Junior Order oif American Me chanics has contributed largely to the social welfare of the county. The taxpayers have provided a county home for those that need it. . Varilus charitable' organizations look after the needs of the deserving poor, while a good school is in reach of every child. At Leaksville Spray we have an up-to-date Y. M. C. A. building. It has a hospitable open door for the men of other com munities who go to live in this brisk mill center., Reidsville needs such a building, and both towns need Y. w. c. A. landings. The Graded School in Spray has provided a gymnasium for the girls. Besides the social agencies named, Resources over Five Million Dollar 3. OF PROVED ADVANTAGE You have every assurance afforded that our Hanking by Mail service is ad vantapeon to depositors living at a dis tance fromDanville. Hundreds of people in all parts of the country forward their deposits to us by this plan year after year, thus proving I he practical value ' of our service to you. v Small or large deposits draw 4 per ct. interest in Savings Accounts and Certifi cates with. ft?' Established 1.872 2 - 1HE rlRST NATIONAL JJ ANK of Danville ?Va.. JaS. I. Pritcmett, Pr aidant. B.V. Booth. Vic Pre.Cooh. D.A.Ovkrbev.VIc President. H.CPATTON.Asst. Cashier. T.C.GUKRRANT.Atst Cashier. we have well -equipped plpaygrounds at some of the schools and in several of the factory setttlements, as wel as public playgrounds and parks in the towns. For work of this kind, the various mill authorities deserve special mention. Some of them piivide reading rooms and games for Tiio amusement ana instruction or their people. In some of these mill communities, baseball is one oY, the most popular games, and it is gen erally promoted by the mill owners. The people take a lively interest in baseball and look forward to the sea son each year with great anticipa tion.'' ' . In Spray, open-air motion pictures some for amusement, Others for instruction in public health and sani tation have added to the equipment for recreation. These with the band furnish recreation for the entire community; The Graded School building fn Spray is a center for all the social agencies of the town. Here are held community meetings of every sort. The amusements are free or inexpensive, and the instruc tion concerns the common affairs of life the school, the Red Cross, War Savings, the Liberty Loans , health and morals, and what not. We have heard a vast deal about making the school a center off community life. The school in Sppray is exactly such a center. An Educated People. Whether or not we can consider ourselves a well-educatel community depends upon what showing we make when compared with other counties and communities. In the matter of white illiterates, ten years old and over, 52 counties In North Carllina make a better showing than Rockingham, and 51 counties have smaller ratios of na tive white illiterate voters. In 1910 there were 2,302 whitea in the county ten years old and over who could not read and write, which was a little more than twelve people u every hundred. Included m this number were 848 white voters. They were over one -seventh of our total white voting population. For our State, this is not' such a bad record, I but we should remember that North ! Carolina is almost at the bottom of the illiteracy list. Only South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missis sippi, New Mexico and Arizona rank lower lln total illiteracy, but these HOW ROCKIN Rank In Important particulars. Th the number of counties that make a better showing. Rank. 28th in land area, 1910, acres ... .... .. ... .. .. , . .. .. 10th in total population, 1910 census . , , 11th in density of rural population, people per square mile . , 68th in rural population increase from 1900-1910 .. .. .. .. . 13th in total white population in 191 0 ......... . .. .. .. 23rd in total negro population, 1910.. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. . 11th in ten-year decrease of negro population, per cent decrease, 1900-'10 . .. .. .. .. 53rd In native white illiterates, ten years old and over, per cent Total white illiterates, 2,302. State averoge, 12.3 per cent; United States average, 4.2 per cent. 52nd in native white illiterate voters, per cent .. .. .. T". .. ;.. .. Number, 848. State average, 14 per cent; United States average, 4.2 per cent. 22nd in marriage rate per 1.000 population, 15 years old and ov- er, 1914 State average, 10.1 per cent; Pasquotank, 23.4 per cent. To tal marriages In 1914 per 442. 62nd in birth rate per 1. 000 of population, 1911 ...... .. .. Average for the United States, 26.6 in 1913; average for North Carolina, 33.4 in 1915 42nd In death rate per 1,000 of population, 1915 .. .. .. Average for the United States was 15 in 1913; average for North Carolina, 13.2 in 1915. 86th In church membership, per cent .. .. ... .. .... 15.657 people ten years old and over outside the church. Average for North Carolna, 44 per cent. 42nd in homicides, average annual rate per million Inhabitants, 1910'14 Average for the United State. 73. Average for N. C. 9S. 79th in tenancy, town and country, per cent .. .. .. 75th in farm tenancy, percent ' . . .. .... Foreign-Born Population in 1910. Canada . . . . 8 England fVance . Germany Holland . 18 1 4 1 s v. ll or Mexican populations. With these facts in mind, every voter in the county ought to wel come the opportunity to cast his bal lot 5n the coming election for the amendment to the Constitution which provides a six months school term for our rural communities. Church Membership. Only by comparison can we realize our status as a religlious people, The table that follows shows that only 38 of every 100 of our people ten years of age and over are members of any church of any name orfaith In this particular, 85 counties make a better snowing. vve are snguuy more than one-third efficient as a church community. We can never boast of our religious status as long as 15,657 of our people In 1906 were not on the rolls of any church what soever. It is not encouraging to realize that we were 6 per cent below the State average of church member ship and 1.1 per cent below the av erage for the; United States, but such are the facts as they appear in the last published census ot' religious bodlles in the United States. However, we have many faithful church and Sunday School leaders and almost everywhere we see oia church buildjingy lm(r'jroveld or re placed by magnificent ones. It indi cates the willingness of a small group of people to give freely off their wealth for Christian welfare. Our church membership ratio is too low; our active, deivoted church and Sunday School workers are too few, and a vast work lies ahead" of our church people in Rockingham. A Working People. We need no figures to pprove that we are a working peopjle. The grtat hordes of operatlvev3 pouring fnto our industrial plants In the mornings and out again at nightfall are proof enough. It may be consoling to some and a warning to others to know that we have a large number of girls and wo men in our factories. There were over 1,100 of such workers In oor nVIlls and factories in 1915. Many oV our business people and industrial captains will say we stand high in this matter, while our doctors and public health workers, maybe, will call It low. No matter what oipinlon we may have, we mcst take off our hatg to the women workers of Rock GHAM RANKS. rank at thei left margin Indicates .370,560 . 36.442 54.6 ,. 5.7 , 25,965 . 10,474 6.3 12.3 14.4 12.2 32.5 12.1 38.0 75 60.2 54.5 Sweden Japan .. China .. Scotland Russia .. Italy .. IndJaa .. Ingham for the part they are playing Jn helping to support their homes and to build up our indusries. And we shout, "Long live the factory managers who are Improving living and santtary conditions in the fao--torieg and factory communities, who are providing playgrounds for the young, night schools for the men tally hungry, nurses for the sick, and who, without being requested to do so, are increasing tne wages or their workers time and again to meet the Increased cost of living." A Satisfied People. With conditions of this sort, no wonder neonle. are contented. A3 long as we continue to give attention to the important concerns or four so cial life, we are not likely to be bothered wiith the labor troubles of the North and West. As long as the wago of our industrial workers are tair and their surroundings are healthful, wholesome, and satisfy ing, our factory centers will be filled with contented breadwinners and the dividends of capital will be se cure. However, it. is well to remem ber that a landless, homeless people In our farm regions or in our fac tory centers is everywhere a fertile portl in wheh to sow seeds of restless discontent. No wage-earner can ev er have wages enough to kee him from wandering about from place to place; but if he owns his own home place, a pig, some chickens, and a garden, he is satisfied to stay on in the same place from year to year, even ir wages are higher someiwhere else. With this said, let us consider the significance or the fact that the people who live In somebody else's houses and culivate other people's land in Rockingham are 602 In every thousand ok' population, and that in this particular 78 counties make a better showing. We have too few home and farm -owners for social stability, sanity nnd safety. A Homogeneous People. Our whites are almost wholly an Anglo-Saxon people. Our foreign born in 1910 numbered only 50 all told, fn a population of nearly 37, 000. Only 4 were Germans, 7 were Russians, while Italy, Sweden. Holland, and France were represent ed by 1 each. Our Indians. Chinese, and Japanese were 3. The rest were born in Canada and the British Isles. We know nothing of the foreign born anarchy and pro-Germanism that afflicts the North and West. ALL CHILDREN LOVE "SYRUP OF FIGS" FOR "liver AND BOWELS Give It When Feverish, Cross, Bil ious, For Bad Breath or Sour Stomach. . Look at the tongue;. Mother! If coated. It Is a sure sign that your little one's stomach, liver and bow . els need a genlte, thorough cleans ing at once. When peevish , cross , listless , Dale, doesnt sleet, doesnt eat or act naturally, oris feverish, stom ach sour , breath bad; has stomach -ache, sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of "Cali fornia Syrup of Flgsf, and in a few hours i all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of its. little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. You needn't coax sick children to take this harmless "fruit laxative;" they love its delicious taste , and it always makes them feel splendid. Ask your druggist for a 60c boK tie of California Syrup of Figs ." which has directions for babies . children of all ages and for grown ups plainly on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. To be sure you get the genuine, ask to see that It is made by "California Fig Syrup Company.' Refuse any other kind with contempt. Chamberlain's Tablets. Chamberlain's Tablets are intend ed especially for stomach troubles , biliousness and constipation , and have met with much success In the treatment of those diseases. People who have" suffered for years with stomach trouble and have been un able to obtain any permanent re lief, have been completely cured by the use of these tablets. Chamber lain's Tablets are also of great value for biliousness. Chronic constipa jtdon may be permanently dured by taking iChajn,berlain'8 Tablets and observing the plain printed di rections with each bottle. CLUBBING OFFERS Until fur Aer notice we will accept yearly subscriptions for the following papers at the prloe named: The Review and Atlanta Constitu tion (Tri-Weekly) .. .. .. .. 12.25 The Review and New York World (Trl-Weekly) .. .. .1.15 The Renew and Progressive Farm er .. .... .... .... .. .. $2.00 Send cash, check or money order with order. 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