New Gadget, Tlie Drunkometer
Invention Of Scientists—Arthur
By BILLY ARTHUR
Science dvais made possible a
gadget — the dmmkometer —
which relliefves the judge and jury
of reaponsSbiliity in determining
how tight or tipsy an individual
might havi? been on occasion. But
science maty be 60odd years late.
That tong back the Monroe En
quirer commented on a judge too
drunk to hold Union County
court: “Quti**peapie prefer the old
fashioned way Of opening court
rather than this new fangled
way of opening it with a cork
screw.” One month later the En
quirer (endeavored to square
things With the judge toy saying:
"His honor, Judge W. !L. Norwood
is conducting count this week in* a
manner satisfactory to our peo
ple. He Was Ibeen sober.”
In othterWonds, the drumkometer
could have found nothing more
Farmers Spent
Many Dollars
On Insurance
Conservation-conscious North
Carolina farmers spent more
than $13.7 million in 1958 for in
surance against vital farmland
washing or 'blowing away. Ac
cording to H. D. Godfrey, ASC
State Administrative Officer, the
Fedora 1 Government, through the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram, paid back to them on a
share-the-cost basis 6.8 million
of this.
The Federal Government sha
res with farmers up to one-half
of the ou't-of-pockett cost of carry
ing out conservation practices in
recognition of the fact 'that courser
vatiion of itiie Nation's agricult ur
al resources is the Nation’s re
sponsibility, not just the respon
sibility of the farmers who at the
present time iare farming the
land.
“Our city folks should be gra
teful to these farmers who are
spending (their own money to as
sure today's children that they
will have sufficient food and fi
ber in future yean;’’, Godfrey
said. “We should also be thank
ful that the Congress 23 years
ago saw fit to pass the Soil’Con
servation and Domestic Allot
ment Act which has permitted
the AOP to accomplish near mtr-!
acles in preserving our resources j
for today and for tomorrow".
According to Godfrey, there are
several types of conservation
practices under the AGP that are
: Tillable to farmers in this State.
In addition to the all important
vegetable cover practices, there
are several types of drainage,
practices, forestry practices,, wa-!
ter conservation practices for the
construction of farm ponds, and
others. The principle which per-!'
mits the Federal Government to 1
pay pant of the cost of carrying
out these practices is based on
the fact that, every one of these 1
practices is designed to conserve i'
the vital topsoil, which once lost ■
can never be regained, and to i
conserve the water that falls on j t
the land. The cast of carrying out i1
these conservation practices is <
considerably greater than the!
immediate return to the farmer ;<
or to the persons to be fed from |
the land. Conservation is a long- j
teitm project, an expensive pro-!
ject, and one in which the gov-: ]
ernment must take a hand to see : ]
that conservation is carried out I
to the extent needed.
than the newspaper did. That jur
ist was like a lot of folks who
think that buying one pint is lake
purchasing one sock. Or, that the
shortest distance betwteen two
pints Is a straight shot.
I knew a fellow whom the doc
tor told to cut 'hits drinking in
half. So he cut out chasers.
The late T. D. (Warren of New
Bern wals oocfe asked whether he
ever took a drink. “If the question ,
is for information, no,” he repli
ed. "But if it’s an invitation, yes.”
Mr. Warren held the philosophy ;
tit Isaac Ervin Avery of thle Char
lotte Observer that “the principal'
Objection to whiskey is that ft
makes (blamed fools out of people
who don't drink it.”
And when prohibitionists caus
ed Charlotte bars to be Closed at
9 p. m. instead of 11 p. m. Avery
wrote: “An 11 o’clock 'thirst has
been garaged to 9 o’clock. That is
the (bare difference.”
Some folks madte certain they
were in on every free round. The
Whitakers correspondent for the
Farmer and Mechanic reported in
1883 that “Prof. D. iK. T. has run
him a telephone line from his
drug store to the Planters Saloon
for his Convenience.”
'Anri if the professor’s wife had
had her toddy, she would have
been as the modem mother with
hers. As she put her daughter to
bed, the daughter said, "Mommy,
you’ve been using papa’s perfume
again.”
No use trying to escape. She
was caught. Like the young Wil
son man, according (to the Rocky
Mount Reporter, Who "bid his
sweetheart good night because he
said he wais going to prayier meet
ing. He was discovered later try
ing 'to get a heavy lamppost in
his lap. ft took two policemen to
rescue the lamppost.”
'Newspapers didn’t hesitate to
speak of their and othfer commu
nities wherein 'the wine that
cheers was sold. In 1906 The
Gretensboro Industrial News com
mented: "When Asheville with o
pen saloons and Raleigh with a
dispensary that dishes out the
sorriest likker you migh t want to
baisfe were ignored and Greens
boro was chosen for this state De .
mocratic convention, it means the ,
.vorlfi is growing better or the
lug train from Danville has pro
ll i sod to 'bo on timfe.”
Neithe - did individuals hesitate
:o break into print. W. B. Rod- :
nan wrote for the Charlotte Ob
server in 1910 a parody on At tor- -
lev <\ W. Ti'llett’s articles of his j
nip abroad. One of tihe paragra- I
IN Wt'111 l.IU'S.
‘“Then we went to Rome .... I
We had cathedrals for breakfast,
original mosaics for dinner and
•wins for suppler. Not a drop of
vhiskey in the whole dod’gasted
own! Just sour wine that pickl
'd your -stomach and went right
o your disposition. I rememibfer
blinking that if I ever got home
i’d just buy a barrel of Old Ken
ucky and make a highball in the
>atihtutb, and get to.”
But, Why do people imbibe?
diaybb the Wilmington Chronicle
und N. C. Advert i ser had the a ns
ver July 31, 1795, when it offer
'd five reasons:
‘‘Good wine, a friend, or being
Iry; or left We should 'be bye and
>y — or any other reason why!”
Hey kids, there are a lot of
ilaydays ahead, so be sure you
;et to play on every one of them
ty taking no chances on being
lit by an automobile.
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i
ind SOCIAL SECURITY
‘’Can I pay something and get
social security?” This question,
recording to Lex G. Barkley,
nanager of the Gastonia Social
Security Office, is asked many
:imes. It indicates, that many
persons believe they can elect
■o pay social security taxes and
thus become eligible for. benefit
payments. Social security cover
age is voluntary only for ordain
ed ministers, certain employees
of non-profit organizations and
the state and local governments.
A person who works for him
self on a farm, in a trade, in a
business or in a profession, ex
cept the medical profession, is
required to pay social security
taxes, if after deducting business
expenses from business income,
he has cleared from his self-em
ployment $400 or more in a year.
He must make a report of such
earnings on income tax Form 10
40 and the appropriate schedule
even though no income taxes are
due. Schedule 1040F is used to
show income and expenses from
farming and Schedule 1040C is
used for all other types of bus
inesses. If he is in a partnership,
Form 1065 must also be com
pleted. These forms and payment
for the taxes must be sent to the
internal Revenue Service when
due at the end of the taxable
nary 1 and April 15 of each year,
if the report is for a calendar
year — ordinarily between Jan
year.
Mr. Barkley stated that the self
employed person is the only one
who individually reports his
earnings and pays his taxes for
social security purposes. He must
aie able to substantiate the in
come reported, and it must have
been earned from bona fide self
employment. Salary or wages
earned by an individual in em
ployment not covered by social
security cannot be reported by
he individual as self-employ
nent income.
The Gastonia office will be
eleased to furnish information a
eout social security to those de
siring it and to help applicants
n filing their claims for benefits.
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