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L- r ■ i 3 THE JOHNSTONIAN—SUN M. L. STAXCIL, Editor and Mgr, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY —By— The Sun Publishing Co., Inc. Selma, X. C. SUBSCRIPTION One Year $1.00; 6 Months 50c Entered as second-class matter July 4, 1929, at the post office at Selma, X. C. under the Act of March 3, 1879. SCIENCE DEMANDS NEW CALENDAR DOCTOR TAYLOR IN SELMA. • BY M. L. STAXCIL We have tailors to cut and fit the personal garment, Who leave men’s souls perfectly bare and dormant. Seldorn do we have a Taylor turn such a trick. By using the Holy Bible for his measuring stick. HEARD AROUND THE COURT HOUSE Democrats Badly In Need of Much Soap We found such a Taylor in far away Beverly Hills, Who carries a prescription for all our spiritual ills. One dose before bedtime he gives each day in the week. With directions in plain English instead of Greek. Like an electric current, the remedy is unseen. But it purges the system until it is pure and clean. It works on the heart its many wonders to perform. And if you take an over dose it will do you no harm. Opposition to a 13-months calendar, coupled with a de mand for a more moderate re vision of the present calendar system, was voiced at the trien nial Astronomical Union, which has just closed its sessions at Cambridge, Massachusetts. This meeting called together the most important gathering of world-famous scientists in the past year, owing in part to the interest aroused by the eclipse, which happened to coincide with the opening of this great convention. American astronomers ai'e advocates of calendar reform in the proportion of about 7 out of 10, and they prefer a 12- month revision to any 13- month plan by an overwhelm ing majority. European astron omers ai-e more conservative, many of them confirming their immediate demands to a correc tion of the present wandering Elaster date, which is a serious inconvenience in Em'opeean life owing to its disastrous effect on educational schedules, on the iheetings of learned societies, and on courts and legislative sessions. Most European as tronomers, howevei', agree with their American colleagues in opposition to a 13-month calen- dai-. .The calendar reform favored by scientists is described as follows; “Adoption of a perpet ual calendar of 52 weeks, plus one or two extra days, to be observed as international holi- four quarters of 91 days each, arranged into three successive months of 31, 30 and 30 days respectively. The year will thus consist of twelve months, as at present, with a few very slight changes in the length of cer tain months to establish a per manent uniformity. . Opinion of European astron omers, as summed up by Prof. T. E. R. Phillips, secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society of England, is; “The plan for a 12-month equal-quarter revis ion, known in America as the World Calendar, has only late ly begun to attract widespread attention in Europe, wheie it is now being actively supported by sevei’al important gimips. From our viewpoint, the most immediately important reform is the stabilization of Easter. As for the 13-month plan, the dislocation involved in such a readjustment is so considerable that it will never receive any important support from Great Britain.” Members of the International Astronomical Union believe that the world-wide interest in calendar reform lately is due in large part to studies made by their organization ten years ago, at which time they ac cepted and approved the stand of the International Chamber of Commerce, whose secretary opposed the 13-month calendar and demanded the retention of the 12-month system in plan for calendar I’eform. Next Sunday at 2:30 he will prescribe for women only, Something that is very good for the sad and lonely. “The Price of a Woman” is the name of this great tonic. And will prove to be a sure cure, no matter how chronic. At 3:30 o’clock he will give a prescription for the men. Something for the rooster as w'dl as for the hen. He wants us to hear him give this medicine a boost. Labeled: “When the Chickens Come Home To Roost”. If you will use his prescription it will ease all your pain. And unlike medical doctors, you’ll not need him again. The same dose for the husband, the child and the wife. And when you are cured, you will stay cured for life. Just follow the directions to be found in God’s own book. For you’ll find none better, no matter where you look. This wonderful prescription is given absolutely free. And will preserve your soul throughout endless eternity. ments about the tariff, but that it is the wage-earnei’ who lives by his job and wages who is most affected by the tariff. He tells us that in American man ufacturing plants the average wage is 60 cents per hour. In France it is 12 cents-; Italy 9 cents and in Japan, 7 cents. In view of the fact that about 90 pel' cent of our entire industrial production and consumption is confined to the United States it appears, as Mr. Woll says, that altogether too much atten tion is given to the 10 per cent of foi'eign commerce. Therefore he argues in the name of the American Federation of Labor, of which he is vice-president, for the retention of the protec tive tariff because lower tariff means more imported goods, and more imported goods in turn means less goods made in America, and less goods made in America means less work, and less work means more un employment. ^ It is such such interesting discussions, quite free from the influences of the campaign, that furnish the thinking man the kind of information he is looking for these days. of operating at only slightly above room temperature, giv ing a constant source of ener gy of great intensity and pro viding facilities for measuring accurately the doses of ultra violet rays. DO 0 raSD 0 & OPSKI £> QEBB>H> iBW> C E> AMD (BY J. C. STANGIL) press reports ,1 According to press reports a negro is editor of a newspaper pub lished in Norfolk Virginia, has late ly made a speech in Rocky Mount, in the course of which he said that a majority of the negroes were g’oing to support Roosevelt for President in the November election. Now if this negro orator can con vince the Democratic reg'istratars in all the precincts of the Southern states that his .statement is true, he probably will have very little trouble in getting a large percent of his race enrolled on the registration books. This probably would cause a few more thousand negroes to be re gistered in Raleigh and W^ke coun ty, where at last reports it was said that nearly 3,000 Democratic negroes had been regi-tered within the last 3 or 5 years. It Would Take At Least 50,000,000 Cakes To Clean Up North Caro lina, According To Rowan County Writer. (From Greensboro News The writer is very much interested in the soap sale the Democrats aie going to put on for the benefit of the campaign fund and would like to make a few suggestions regarding the proposition. I understand this soap is to be Used to clean up America and I would sug'ge-t that the soap be made up from such concentrates as lye, lysol and a couple of strong de odorants. Ordinary soap formulas would be insuflScient for. the purpose Democrats have in mind. I the any LABOR AND THE TARIFF. The effect of the protective tariff upon the working man has been discussed by Matthew Woll, who has presented the position of labor in well chosen sentences and with strong log ic., Mr. Woll says that the the orists in tariff have all sorts of fonnulas and spin their argu-i NEW SCIENTIFIC WONDERS— Science again offers amazing new developments to aid hu man beings. The remarkable progress achieved by scientific investigation in the field of physical therapy was empha sized at the recent convention of the American Congress of Physical Therapy. Dr. John D. Currence of Co lumbia University and the New York Post Graduate Hos pital staff, desci'ibed the treat ment of arthritis and rheuma tism cases through various types of baths prescribed for their individual requirements. Through these treatments, which were developed by Dr. Currence, seemingly hopeless cases were given comfort and PRINCETON MAN NAMED FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS It was learned a few days ago that owing to the failing health of IMiss Clara McLeod, of Benson, who was named at the Republican County Con- tion last spring as the Repub lican nominee for Register of Deeds, had tendered her resig nation to J. Ira Lee, Chairman of the County Republican Ex ecutive Committee. In accordance with the above resignation of IMiss McLamb, Mr. Lee called, the Executive Committee together and they met in Smithfield last Tuesday afternoon, and while there were several names mentioned for the vacancy on the Republi can ticket for Register of Deeds, the majority of the committee were favorable to Mr. D. W. Mitchell, of Prince ton. Mr. Mitchell made a good showing for the office of Regis ter of Deeds before the Repub lican convention after he had lost the nomination for sheriff by only a few votes. Mr. Mitchell is one of the leading business men of the town of Princeton and is a man who command’s the highest of respect of everybody who knows him. He served on the board of county commissioners during the last- Republican' ad ministration in Johnston Coun ty and made a good commis sioner. Elder E. F. Pearce of Prince ton was heard to voice the believe after learning that the committee had chosen Mr. Mitchell that - placing his name on the Republican ticket gave renewed assui'ance that this would cause Boon Hill T-own- ship to roll up an old-time ma- A former Johnstonian who is now a citizen of Raleigh, was in Smith- field last Sunday, and in speaking' of the scandals lately uncovered in co-nnection with the Wake county sinking fund loans he said that manv of the taxpayers were very mucfi discouraged, and were saying that they felt that it was useless to try to pay their taxes so long as such a large percent of the tax money was being wa.sted. He said that the prevailing opinion among the taxpayers appeared to be that very little of the million dollars of county sinking funds which had been loaned to Democratic politici ans and political pets within the last few years, would ever be collected. He said another discouraging feature of the Wake county situa tion was the fact that many of the state and county officials tho«e who had been drawing good salaries which had been paid from the tax funds had not been keeping their own taxes paid. The Raleigh newspapers have lately been having something to say about the loans made from the county sinking fund and one e.sti- mate published gave the estimated amount collectible as 75 percent but this appeared in Democratic papers and was concerning Democratic of ficials and is presumed to have been an effort to let the pdblic down with as little shock as possible. APPOINTS EHRINGHAUS PARTISAN restored to useful life. Moreijority of from 300 to 400 votes than two per cent of our pop ulation is said to be afflicted with chronic rheumatic disease. Mountain top air can be cre ated in the sick room by a new device which produces synthet ically the type of Electrically charged health-giving air found on mountain tops in bright sunshine, radiated by cosmec rays. The machine was recent ly developed by Professon Des- sauer of Germany, and has been used experimentally by Dr. William Bierman in the treatment of sinus infections and asthma of certain types and also hypertension or high blood pressure. Dr. John Severy Hibben of Califoi'nia, described a type of generator producing ultra-violet light, which has the advantage for the Republican county tick et with Mr. Mitchell leading his party by around 200 votes. If the good people of Boon Hill Township has such faith in a candidate whom they know by coming in contact with his daily life as neighbors and business associates, then surely this should be a guide to those who may not know hin^ so well Union Republican Governor Gardner it seems can not get away from his intense par tisanship and the past week ap pointed 1,. P. McLendon, of Dur ham, Khringhaus campaign man ager. to succeed Judge J. C. Biggs as chairman of the state board f elections and named W. A. Lucas, Wilson lawyer, to succeed George McNeill, of Fayeteville, who is a candidate for the state senate. Big- is a Roosevelt elector at large and it was thought best bv the Demo crats for the looks of Lhe thing that these two men resign. The other Democratic member of the board is John C. Sikes, of Mon roe, and the two Repuhiic.'rn memb ers are Fred Hamrick, ,of Ruthev- fordton and Adrian Mitchell, of Ra leigh. With McLendon, an Ehringhaus partisian in charge the Republicans will stand little show in any elec tion dispute that may come up this year. would also suggest that the propos ed amount, twenty-five million cakes be multiplied by at least one thousand. It will take fifty million cakes to clean up North Carolina, and, according to the Democratis, North Carolina is a model of purity compared with some other states. It would also be my suggestion that a new organization be built up to dis pose of the soap and use the pro ceeds. The old gang is hardly fit to undertake such a great cleans ing proposition. Most folks seem to think the en tire country needs a thorough clean ing. It is indeed refreshing to know that the Democrats realize this nec- e.ssity and it is a pity the Repub licans can’t have credit for starting this movement. For years North Carolina Republicans have been begging the people of the state to help clean up but, for some reason unexplained, they have refused. In the meantime, the state has gone on piling up more dirt until at last the Democrats themselves realize that it must make a change of some sort or it will be imposible for anybody to live here much longer. But let’s get back to the soap proportion and name a few of the spots that need cleaning. T supose it is under.stood that this soap is to be used in cleaning things political. Well, we will begin with the city of Raleigh. It will take three million cakes to wipe out the stain left by the defalcation of a city official with a large sum of the taxpayer’s hard earned money. The city of Sali-bury needs about Twelve hundred thousand cakes to wipe out a similar .stain. Greensboro had a prominent politican to .smear thing.s with his checking out with court funds to the time of the Rebel Yell. Only the Almighty himself can tell how much of the hundreds of mil lions spent years has gone to create stains. Nor must we forget the cases where prominent politicians duped thousands of widows and children in to depositing their money in banks and building and loan organizations up ill rats have their differences but when it 'comes to the good of the most of them forget their petty dif ferences and unite for the common o’ood. ' , 1 • Yes the country needs cleaning: and North Carolina Republicans be first to help if the Demo- era.., are sincere. It is necesary, however, to “First cast the mote of thine own eye” if one is to see to cart the beam out of the other fel low’s eve. Wipe out some of the half billion dollar debt piled on the shoulders of North Carolinians. Dig to the bottom and find out how many were really involved in some of the propositions mentioned aboie- and thoroughly clean up at home, then we’ll all unite to go away from: home. Come on with the soap. G. RAY PEELER. Faith, N. C. 12 000 OFFICE HOLDERS STATE’S PAY ROLL. I have just received a letter from. Hon. Frank Dunlap, director of, per- sonell of the State of North Caro lina, stating that there are about 12,000 on the public payroll in Nortk Carolina and no list of them is available.. There are nearly 1,000 pay rollers in Raleigh alone. The chief work of most of these political parasites is to draw pay without profit to the state or production of wealth for. the state. They are political wealth destroy ers—consumers of the capital stock and of the wealth of the fundament al pioneer producer.s and citizens of the state. How can any government or any unit of government stand when it is in charge of non-producing poli-- ical ..spenders and wasters. How can any father survive, if he' has a house full of sorry, non-pro ducing sons and daughters to con sume or destroy the estate that he has asenibled after a life time of toil and thrift. The state of North Carolina is consuming its capital .stock at a rapid rate. Neither the state, the county, the municipality nor any other unit of government should ever be allowed or again empowered to issue bonds nor borrow money. No honest office-holder will ob ject to making the affairs of the government an open public book. If he believes in secret, hidden g.ov- ermnent, he is dishonest and wili" steal. H. D. STEWART, M. D., Monroe, N. C. Tak'’' Newell nenie^s He Spoke For Wets IT IS TIME FOR ACTION. GIN REPORT There were 5,097 bales of cotton ginned in Johnston county from the crop of 1932 prior to September 16, 1932, as compared w'ith 2,753 ginned to September 16, 193J. E. G. HOLLAND, Special Agt. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Murray, of Raleigh, spent a while Tuesday aft ernoon with Mrs. Murray’s sister, Mrs. M. L. Stancil. To Editor The Johnstonian-Sun: As it is getting time people should begin to think of our State and County affairs, ^nd who is who. is it the lawyers or the farmers ? Well. T see in the New's and Ob server of .Tune 29, 1932, an article of interest to all the farmers in North Carolina. It reads: “Beaufort County Commissioners Made a Wide Swat” They abolished several offices and reduced salaries, thereby sav ing the tax payers $23,000.00 a year on their budget. I’ll bet all tho-e boi's on that Board are farmers, and the farmers are the only men who know how a dollar comes. They bear the beat of the day. Off went the Farm Agent, the Home Demon stration Agent, and salaries cut 50 per cent. O boy! those officers were hot—threatened to strike—but so far I have not seen where they went out. . 0, for such Men in each county of .North Carolina, and it will take this kind of work to reduce the taxes in North Carolina and the nation. I. W. MASSEY. Selma, N.. C. Lenoir, Sept. 23.—Denying charges that he took the stump for liquor interests in 1908 and worked against, the enaction of prohibition laws in North Carolina, Jake F. Newell, and then gamble.the money away, senatorial nominee of the Republican' party, last night declared “I didn't If you have recently received a letter from the Johnstonian-Sun in regard to your subscription, please don’t overlook this matter. How much soap will be needed to clean up these messes nobody know. It, is peculiar that none of the large banks and building and loan organi zations that have gone “busted” have ben controlled by Republican politicians. The forriier lieutenant- governor who was found guilty was a Democrat. A former Democrat state chairman was involved in the wrecking of another. City officials are mostly Democrats (thank God for the action _ of the High Point council, they may save some good Republican’s reputation by firing him) and yet we find complaints of all kinds arising in most of the cit’es of the state. We should have quite a bit of soap for wiping out the primary law in this state and for cleaning un the charges of Democrats against one another. A lot more will be re- riuired to wipe out the four hundred thousand dollar charge the Demo crats made for .selecting this year’s candidates. T don't believe we will need much to wash the absentee voter’s law off the books. It seems to be pretty' well washed up. Methinks it has but one more breath left.. Just how devasting that will be re mains to be seen. If the Democrats are in earne.st about this cleaning up process there won’t be many illegal absentee votes cast this fab but we’ll all be watching to see whether or not they mean busine-s In national affairs the Democrats should start cleaning at the head o^ the stairs and sweep downwards First lets sweep un the fact that Mr. Roosevelt propo.-^es to clean up Wall street after he is ele-ted Presi dent even though he forgot to make a beginning while he was Governor That will take millions of cakes of soap. It does no good to tell anoth er man to clean up when there is flirt at home. Supose also that we wash out some of the malignant hatred between such men as Mr. Mc- .Adoo and Mr. Smith, Personal jeal ousies have no place in the hearts of men who are big enough to Yn the good old IT. S. A. That is one clean part of the Republican partv that is overlooked frequently. They do any such thing and I didn’t get a penny from any liquor organiza tions.” The statement wa.s Mr. Newell’s,' fir.st reply to charges that he was- the, paid orator of the National Li quor Dealers association and as such went up and down the state of North- Carolina earning his salary by fi.ght- ing against the adoption of prohibi tion by the people of North Caro lina. notice OF HALE OF LAND. Under and by virtue of the power- of sale contained in a certain Mort gage dated October 13, J926, exe cuted by George D. Ca.sey and wife, recorded in Book 184, Page 243, in the office of the- kegnster of Deeds for Johnston County, North Carolina, having been made defa'ult n. - , ■ ™ payment of the indebtedness thereby secured, and deniand having been made for sa e, the undersigned Mortgagee ^.>1 «ell at pvblic auction to the ig lest bidder for cash, at the Court House door ,n Smithfield, N C at M'lh on. the ’ the 'f 11 ■'September, 1932, located "in Y Property, cated m Johnston County, North frth side of Swift Sk""r;i 'own the creek ’ •^take; Creek, as it meanders to a 010 feeiTa''t"f ® to a stake; thence West a stake; thence North West 720 fppr r ^ ®take; thence base line tb! - ^ ‘he South 3 ’3 4 Y" creek, the Joinf^^'''’.® taming 42 .. , 935 feet to West 300 feet'tr Page the Clerk of the H of Johnsto- - Superior Court on County. This August 23, 1932 J- S. DUNCAN', t * r: M