Social Security Ret Ulill Provide
many Benefits To Persons Over 65
Richmond, Virginia, December 19
♦—With great numbers of American
workers saving insufficient funds to
provide for their retirement, meas
ures such as are contained in the
Social Security Act are essential,
William R. Williamson, Acturial
Consultant for the Social Security
Board, said here today in an address
before the Virginia Bankers Asso
ciation.
“The problem of oldage depend
ency,” Mr. Williamson declared, “is
becoming steadily more important
because of the growing number of
persons who are 65 year of age or
cider, and because the need of those
who are older and who ar e econo
mically dependent is recognized as
more acute under prevalent urban
conditions than in earlier years in a
predominantly agricultural society.”
He said Bureau of Census figures
revealed that, in 1860, persons 65
years or older constituted only 2.7
percent of the total population of
the country. By 1930 the percentage
Was 5.4. By 1980 it is estimated the
percentage of persons 65 years of
age or older will have reached 11.3.
Citing as a basic assumption in
the past the idea that “each citizen
has a job or sufficient income op
portunity to provide for all his day
by-day needs and, in addition, to
provide income during unemploy
ment and to protect his own old
age,” Mr. Williamson said that the
facts do not bear out his ability to
do so.
He quoted figures from a study
by the Brookings Institution indi
cating “an average monthly income
to the wage earner in 1929 of about
SIOO. This means, he asserted, “that
a large proportion come below this
figure.”
“As a result we are led inescap
ably to the conclusion that there is
a need for social budgeting,” Mr.
Williamson declared, “and thSs is
provided for in the Social Security
Act. This act, in its provisions for
old-age benefits and its enabling
legislation with respect to unem
ployment compensation, makes pos
sible for society, through govern
ment, to assist the individual to
budge appropriately for these needs,
and enable provisions to be made at
less cost to the individual worker
than could possibly be the case if
the individual worker were attempt
ing to set aside all the necessary
funds himself.
“The od-age beifefits provisions
of the Social Security Act help the
individual to be thrifty,” Mr. Will
iamson declared. “The more the in
dividual earns during the course of]
his working life the larger will be
the annuity payments which he will
receive.
“The Social Security Act is a
practical beginning,” the speaker
declared. “It attempts to recognize
and provide the machinery for
meeting some of the economic dis
tress which has afflicted us.”
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ITALIAN POET DEES
Rome, Italy Death claimed
Lugi Pirandello, famous playwright
and poet, at the age of 69. Declaring
that “life is a very sad piece of buf
foonery,” the philosopher lived for
17 years with an insane wife be
cause he could not afford to send
her to a sanatarium.
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When he applied for a divorce in
Detroit, Ernest Beston told the court
that his wife talked so much that
he didn’t get enough sleep and as
a result lost weight.
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yourself and your friends a real present this Christ
mas—one that all of you will remember throughout
the year—go home—surprise the old folks—enjoy old friends
and old familior places—participate in real old-fashioned
Christmas merrymaking, happiness and good cheer! And when
you go, go by train. Avoid the hazards ond discomforts of
winter travel on the highways. In addition to being safer
ond more comfortable, it is even more economical to travel
on the fost luxurious passenger trains of the Norfolk and
Western Railway. You will arrive refreshed and ready to join
in the gay Yuletide festivities. Call your local ticket agent
for complete information about schedules, routes and fores.
NORFOLK and WESTERN
RAILWAY
TOBACCO COURSE
TO ATTRACT MANY
Hundreds of tobacco growers are
expected to flock to State College
for the Tobacco Short Course which
will be held January 18-22.
The work will consist of lectures
and discussions supplemented by
laboratory practice and demonstra
tions, says Dr. J. B. Cotner, profes
sor of plant breeding at State Col
lege.
The morning programs will be
devoted to lectures, demonstrations,
and discussions with the afternoons
given over to practice in grading
tobacco. Those enrolled for the
course will be given actual prac
tice in grading work.
No tuition will be charged, for
the Short Course, but a fee of one
dollar will be made for registra
tion and a certificate of attendance,
Dr. Cotner says.
Specialists from the State College
School of Agriculture, the Exten
sion Service, and the Experiment
Station, as well as representatives
from the U. S. Department og Agri
culture, will instruct the various
classes and conduct the demonstra
tions.
One or more evenings will be de
voted to entertainment with music
being furnished by student musical
organizations under the direction
of Major C. D. Kutschinski, direc
tor of the State College Music De
partment.
Facilities for lodging on the
campus are limited, declared Dr.
Cotner, and only about forty can
be accomodated in the College Y.
M. C. A. Others are being urged
to secure lodging from rooming
houses and hotels in Raleigh.
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FAIR-PLAY LAWS UPHELD
Washington, D. C. Supreme
Court visitors were puzzled at the
title of a case appealed from Cali
fornia: “The Pep Boys, Manny, Moe
end Jack vs. Pyroil Sales Co.” The
Pep Boys were accused of violating
California’s Fair Trade Law by sell
ing Pyroil for 89 cents a quart
when the retail ppioe was fixed
by the manufacturer at $1.75. The
fair-trade laws of a dozen other
States hinged on the decision. The
Supreme Court ruled unanimously
that title to trade-marked articles
[ remained with the manufacturer,
I who could insist that his retail price
be maintaintd. Many States now
without fair-play laws are expect
ed to adopt them during 1397.
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PEkSON COUNTY HUES ROXBORO, N. C.
CHEAP FEEDS MAY
COST TOO MUCH
The farmer who buys livestock
feeds according to price tags only
may find that he has indulged in
a bit of false economy, declares Dr.
J. O. Halverson, animal nutrition
ist at the North Carolina Experi
ment Station.
The cheapest feeds are not al
ways the most economical, Dr. Hal
verson points out, and especially is
this true in the case of mixed feeds
high in fibre content but low in
feed value.
Proteins, fats, and carbohydrates
make up the food value in mixed
feeds, while fiber only adds weight
and bulk and is harder to digest.
Dr. Halverson cautions fanners
always to read the feed tag or the
list of ingredients printed on the
bag when buying mixed feeds. In
his way he can be sure of the per*
centage of protein and crude fiber.
As an example, the nutritionist
points out that cottonseed meal
containing 41 per cent protein costs'
more than that containing only 36
per cent, yet the higher priced feed
may well be worth the differ Mice
in price.
This difference in protein con
tent is due to the amount of hulls
ground with the meal. The more
hulls, say Dr. Halverson, the more
bulk and weight, but the less pro
tein and other food elements.
Not only is this true with cotton
seed meal, but with wheat middlings
and shorts as well. The more bran
used, the lower the protein content
and the larger the amount of crude
fiber.
Some of the feeds that should be
studied are: alfalfa, cottonseed, lin
seed, flax, milk, oat, wheat, corn,
and soybean products, the nutri
tionist declares.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
9:45 a. m. Church School.
11:00 a. m. Morning Worship.
6:45 p. m. Meeting of the Young
People of the Church.
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Mrs. T. L. Renfro of Green
Mountain, Yancey County, makes
five trips a day to a spring located
100 yards from the house. She fig
ures that the gravity water system
new being installed will save her
207.4 miles of travel a year.
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SHRUBBERY NEEDS
CAREFUL PRUNING
Since shrubs renew themselves
by new growth from the base of
the plant, it is necessary that home
gardeners plan a regular pruning
schedule to keep their shrubbery
attractive.
If not attended to, shrubs will be
come thick, ragged, diseased, and
unsightly, says Glenn O. Randall,
floriculturist at State College. In
most cases this practice is not due
to carelessness but to a lack of
knowledge of how to prune and
care for shrubs.
A common mistake made at time
of planting, points out Randall, is I
that of not pruning the tope to off
set the roots which were lost when
the plants were dug in the nursery.
The top should be reduced to about
cne-third when the plant is set.
Pruning should be started when
the plants are young. In the early
stages of development one of the
main objects of pruning is to pro
mote a bushy growth, Randall de
clares. This will have the effect of
producing a wellshaped plant.
To produce a great profusion of
bloom in flowering shrubs, old
canes should be thinned out and
those left should be pruned slight
ly. The plants should never be
sheared back so that all canes are
cut at the same height, the flori
culturist points ou.
The period of flowering can be
prolonged for some time in the case
of some shrubs such as weigelas,
spirea Anthony Waterer, and bud
dleias if the plants are pruned im
mediately after one set of flowers
has passed.
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CHRISTMAS RATES
END DECEMBER 24
Telegrams Will Be Accepted at 25
Cents Until Closing Hour
Christmas Eve Night
Manager Davidson, of the local
Western Union office, wishes the
public to know that in order to re
ceive benefit of the reduced rate of
25 cents for Christmas greeting
messages, the texts of which, are al
ready prepared, it will be necessary
for such messages to be filed at the
office not later than closing hour
Many varieties of shrubs are es
pecially susceptible to Insect at
tack, declares the floriculturist. The
insect known as “scale” which at
tacks lilacs and dogwoods can be
controlled to a large extent by a
removal of the infested parts.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24TH, 1936
Christmas Eve night, December 24.
All greeting messages filed on
Christmas Day will take regular
rates, or a rate of 35 cents when the
number of words does not exceed
15.
Manager Davidson announces that
he will be on hand until 9 o’clock
p. m. Christmas Eve for the accept
ance of messages.
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cat from her kittens and presented
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the cat returned to the Hietsman
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