TTinraday, February 10, 1939
With the Legislature
(By Emmet Atkins, Jr.)
Raleigh, Feb. 11—Approximate
ly a thousand school teachers
from the entire state gathered in
Raleigh Saturday morning to try
to revive the apparently mori
bund teacher-salary-increase bill
which had just the previous day
been voted down by an over
whelming majority in the House
appropriations committee. Pur
pose of the meeting, expressed by
Miss Agnes McDonald, Greens
boro, president of the North Car
olina Classroom Teachers Asso
ciation, was "... to express our
views and get clearly fixed in the
mind of the public that we . . .
are standing back of this restora
tion of salaries." The mass meet
ing* was the first indication of life
in the dormant "school bloc,"
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COMING: "THE YOUNG IN HEART"
usually as articulate and loud
voiced as any contingent in the
legislative camp.
Recommended in the original
budget draft, the proposed salary
increase, which would provide a
$5 -a-month raise for teachers
with nine years' experience, is
now apparently doomed for this
session. The $500,000 allotment
granted the Greater University
soaked up all the money ear
marked for teacher-pay-increase.
Unless continued juggling of fig
ures by the appropriations and fi
nance committees brings to light
hitherto unsuspected revenue
sources, which is in tuna highly
unlikely. North Carolina's teach
ers will have to continue to get
along for at least two more rears
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
on their depression-level salaries.
In voting down the ninth sal
ary increment for teachers, the
committee expressed the opinion
it would rather leave the school
fund allotment to be used at the
discretion of the School Commis
sion, rather than tying the hands
of that body by definitely allocat
ing funds for the pay increase.
Rep. S. O. Worthington, of Pitt,
who offered the school fund fig
ures adopted by the committee,
told the members: "I feel that it
is best to give this money to the
school commission to carry on
work for things that may have
been overlooked and for things
we are unable to see now."
Apropos of the present salary
scale for teachers in the state,
one committee member said: "It
is my considered judgment that
this represents North Carolina's
public disgrace No. 1."
After nearly two weeks of bud
get revision, the appropriations
committee had at week's end
made a total reduction of ap
proximately $61,000 for the bien
nium. First reductions, amount
ing to almost a half million dol
lars, most of which was lopped
off appropriations for state de
partments located in Raleigh, was
offset last week by the granting
of a similar amount to the Uni
versity and other educational in
stitutions in lieu of increased tui
tion. The two weeks revision
amounted practically to transfer
ring $500,000 from state agencies
and departments to educational
institutions. The $61,000 net cut
will doubtless be utilized before
the appropriations bill reaches
the House floor. Still remaining
to be considered by the commit
tee is the highway department
appropriation.
Meanwhile, changes voted in
the revenue bill by the Finance
committee already have lowered
its estimated total by $900,000 for
the biennium. This leaves the
budget currently out of balance
to the tune of approximately sl,-
000.000.
The appropriations bill is slat
ed to reach the floor of the
House by Thursday of this week.
At its final meeting of the
week, the Finance committee de
ferred action on remaining con
troversial matters until this week.
The committee has made two
material reductions in the rev
enue bill so far: The amendment
restricting exemptions of some
building materials from the sales
tax is estimated to reduce revenue
by $400,000 a year. The net ef
fect of actions on intangible tax,
with the share of local units in
creased from 50 to 75 per cent,
partially offset by increases in
rates is now estimated as a loss
to the state of $200,000 a year.
The gross reduction of $600,000
has been partially offset by two
material increases. Revenue from
vending and other slot machines
has been upped $150,000 and the
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$25,000 a year. Pending increases
are proposed for wholesale deal
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bottlers. Reductions are pending
for railroads. No action has yet
been taken on beer and whiskey
tax.
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The Senate appropriations com
mittee added a quarter million
dollars to the state's old-age pen
sion fund by neatly transferring
Confederate widows pensions,
heretofore borne as a separate
fund entirely by the state, to the
regular old-age pension rolls.
Confederate widows'pensions cost
the state $500,000 yearly. Under
the new plan, the widows' pen
sions will be transferred to the
regular old-age pension rolls,
where state funds are matched by
Federal funds, thus releasing
$250,000 a year. In addition, wid
ows will receive their checks
monthly, instead of semi-annual
ly. The quarter million dollars
released by the simple bookkeep
ing transfer will be added to the
state's old age fund, raising that
figure to $1,250,000 available as
compared to the $1,000,000 rec
omended. These funds, matched
with Federal and county allot
ments will mean $4,200,000 yearly
will be available for payment of
old-age pensions in this state,
compared with $3,700,000 now
spent yearly. Approximately 34,-
000 aged persons can be pension
ed on that amount.
Striving to gain some measure
of harmony before reporting the
election reform law to a full com
mittee. a sub-committee studying
the bill struggled with it valiantly
during the week. First roll-call
in the sub-committee brought out
a four-to-three vote for abolish
ing the absentee ballot entirely
in primaries. The bill will be re
ported to a full committee of 35
members early this week, where
it is slated for an unpredictable
baptism of fire.
An unfavorable report by a
House judiciary committee dur
ing the week dealt a death blow
to the much-debated bill to
abolish capital punishment.
Bandied back and forth during
the past few weeks the bill lost
much of its chances of passage
after the first hearings were held
two weeks ago—at which time
experts, physicians, and prison
officials voiced their opposition.
Paul Green, Chapel Hill pro
fessor, author and playwright,
appeared before the judiciary
committee after the vote had
been taken. Green told the com
mittee: "I have had much ex
perience with Negroes and poor
white people. The poor people
are the guys that get it in the
neck. Wealthy persons are sel
dom executed." He expressed his
hope that North Carolina would
take leadership in the South in
abolition of capital punishment.
Presbyterian Notes
A stewardship conference was
held at the North Wilkesboro
church Friday, Feb. 10.
Dr. E. E. Gallespie, Synod
Home Mission superintendent,
spoke on the subject, "Our
Church's Task."
Mr. J. O, Blevin, an elder from
the Lansing church, spoke on the
"Stewardship Legion of Honor."
In this talk Mr. Blevin told how
the churches around Lansing had
used the Lord's Acre Plan by ded
icating a hen, pig or calf, or
some farm produce for the work
of the church. ITiis plan has
been useji by many rural churches
and \ great good has come from it
in the development of the
churches that have used it.
After the supper hour Dr. E. K.
Tenny, of Atlanta, Oa , gave the
inspirational address for the ev
ening. There were seventy-five
in attendance at this meeting
from the churches of Winston-
Salem Presbytery.
Rev. O. V. Caudill preached to
a large congregation in the Lan
sing Presbyterian church last
Sunday night.
The council meeting of the
Elkin Presbyterian church was
held at the home of Mr. Morgan
Hanks Tuesday night. At this
meeting plans for the work of the
churqh was discussed.
Bill Man son, of Union Theolog
ical Seminary will preach at the
Elkin Presbyterian church Sun
day, March 5. at the 11 o'clock
hour. We especially invite you to
hear Mr. Manson on that Sunday.
The regular men's meeting of
the church has been changed
from February 21 to February 22.
You will find a cordial welcome
awaiting you at our Sunday
school and church services.
Get a Testimonial
A young man walked breezily
into the doctor's surgery.
"Ah, good morning, sir,'.' he
said. "I've just dropped in to tell
you how greatly I benefited from
your treatment."
The doctor eyed him up and
down.
"But I don't remember you," he
said, "You're not one of my pa
tients."
"I know," replied the other,
"but my uncle was and I'm his
heir "
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For thirty-four years Dr. Jos
eph L. Miller has been practicing
his profession among the minors,
moonshiners, lumbermen, crop
share farmers and other hill
billies of a mountainous section
of West Virginia.
Like all country practitioners,
he does everything for his pa
tients from surgery to medical
care of their diseases. In these
years he has brought thousands
of babies into the world, under
conditions which are far from
ideal, yet strange to relate, due to
their natura? hardiness, his mor
tality rate has been exceptionally
low.
Like most physicians, prac
ticing among such people who
have little money, more than half
of his patient* are unable to com
pensate him for his services, but
they receive the same treatment
and coureous consideration at his
hands, as his paying clientele.
One of his greatest difficulties
is overcoming the superstitions
which are born and bred in these
simple folk. He has compiled a
long list of some of them, which
he gave me, and which I here
with reproduce.
Asafetida. a vile smelling drug,
suspended in a bag about the
neck keeps away such diseases as
measles, diphtheria, whooping
cough, mumps, croup and scarlet
fever, while a bit of brown glass
on a string about the throat pre
vents goitre.
Kernels of red corn carried in
the pocket prevent hemorrhages
and form blood clots in wounds so
that one will not bleed to death.
For nose bleed, the blood is al
lowed to run on an axe. which is
then stuck in the ground or in a
tree.
Copper rings or plates of the
same metal in the shoes keep
away rheumatism.
A dirty, greasy dish rag passed
over a baby's face prevents con
vulsions.
Sheep bones carried in the
clothes overcome cramps.
Hair from combing the head is
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always burned to keep off head
aches.
Babies'' clothes for six months
are put on feet first to keep them
from becoming stunted.
Parents bite their children's
finger nails to keep them from
stealing.
Snake skins, worn as belts, pre
vent lumbago, while the oil from
snakes and fishing worms, locally
applied, stops pain and inflam
mations.
Blood from black cats and
black chickens, works wonders for
skin ailments.
Pans of water placed under the
bed overcome night sweats.
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Nutmegs carried in the pants
pocket stops indigestion, while
castor beans In one's hip pocket
overcome colic.
We may laugh at these pecu
liarities but wise city folks ob
serve as many foolish customs as
do these simple mountain people.
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