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The Carolina Watchman PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY The Carolina Watchman Publishing Co. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA Established in 1832 99th Year of Publication E. W. G. Huffman___Editor S. Holmes Plexico_Business Manager PHONES: News and editorials _ S95 Advertising and circulation _ 532 Business __..._532 Locals and Personals_2010-J SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance One Year_$1.00 Three Years __;___ 2.00 Entered as second-class mail matter at the postoffice at Salis bury, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. "If the choice were left to me whether to have a free press or a free government, I would choose a free press.”—Thomas Jefferson. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1931 POPULATION DATA CITIES AND TOWNS Salisbury - 16,951 Gold Hill _ 156 Spencer - 3,129 Granite Quarry .... 507 E. Spencer _ 2,098 Rockwell _ 696 China Grove - 1,25 8 Faith _ 431 Landis ... 1,3 88 Kannapolis _ 13,912 TOWNSHIPS Atwell - 2,619 Morgan _ 1,327 China Grove_ 8,990 Mt. Ulla _ 1,389 Cleveland - 1,445 Providence __ 2,5 89 Franklin ...— 2,246 Salisbury _ 25,15 3 Gold Hill - 2,642 S. Irish_ 1,251 Litaker- 2,562 Steele...... 1,142 Locke- 1,904 Unity_ 1,406 ROWAN COUNTY_56,665 HOW TO FILL PEWS Throughout the country, this is a perplex ing problem—and an important one. It is so in Salisbury, where the Minister’s association is giving it thought and, we are sure, prayer. It has come in for much editorial discussion. This from both religion and secular papers and periodicals. ur course the rederai Council or the Churches of Christ in America is much in terested in it. In a recent number of the Coun cil’s official publication—the Federal Council Bulletin—there was carried the following edi torial upon tHb subject, which is here passed on for the good it may do, if any: For a declining church attendance many remedies have been proposed, most of them designed to make the Sunday iservices more "popular” or entertaining. But the best solu tion of which we have heard, and one which has certainly stood the test of experience upon the part of its advocate, is found in the com ment of Dr. Charles E. Jefferson, who for 30 years has been the pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle, in New York, and has never yet had to preach to empty pews. Doctor Jeffer son says: "People are tired on Sunday. They have seen enough shows through the week. They have had all the entertaining they care for. What they want on the Lord’s day is. a quiet conversation with an earnest minded man who is interest ed in the high things of the spirit and who knows how to interpret the words of Jesus and the signs of the times. Decla mation is a bore, oratory is an offense, fireworks of every sort are an imperti nence, but a quiet talk on the deep things of God is always strengthening and heal ing. "A preacher who is content to speak in everyday language to his people Sun day about Jesus Christ, and the applica tion of Christian ideas to their personal experiences and to the problems of their generation, can be interesting and fresh at the end of 30 years.’ Doctor Jefferson’s own ministry has been a living proof of his words. "Interested in the high things of the spirit,” his preaching "a quiet talk on the deep things of God,” he has spoken "in everyday language about Jesus Christ.” And all who have heard him know that this has made him a glowing and pro phetic interpreter of the significance of Christ for every phase of modern life and social relationships. Those who have sat un der his preaching have found his preaching of Christ a beacon light illuminating both "their personal experiences” and "the prob lems of their generation.” Even if others of less brilliant ability than Doctor Jefferson do not find crowds flock ing to hear them, they can, if they follow his example, at least be a blessing and inspira tion to the more thoughtful spirits in their communities and really fulfill the true func tion of their ministry. THE THIRD WINTER Few people have yet realized the possibili ties for suffering and distress during the com ing winter. According to Census figures inJ April, 1930, there were 2,508,151 jobless in dividuals. In January the same Bureau esti mated that the unemployed during the sec ond winter of depression numbered 6,500, 000. The predictions for the coming season and for an even larger figure, representing people who normally work but cannot find anything to do at the present time. About a year ago President Hoover declar ed that "as a nation we must prevent hunger and cold to our citizens who are in honest difficulties.” The President appointed Col. Arthur Woods as the head of an Emergency Committee on Employment. This year he had the Community Chests survey the situation and declared that "the problem of employ ment and relief, whatever it may be, will be met.” Mr. Walter F. Gifford, big telephone executive, has been placed in charge of un employment relief for the third winter and he sums up the problem by saying: "The real cure for unemployment is employment. What ever the burdens may be they will be whole heartedly met.” ‘ l ne rresident is opposed to any rehei ap propriation from the Federal Treasury, not withstanding the assertions of many that local charitable organizations having carried the burden for two winters are not in a position to repeat again. Governor Pinchot, Republi can of Pennsylvania, has called the President’s attention to congressional appropriations for the relief of the needy in distant parts of the world, recommending a federal fund. Senator Smoot, Republican of Utah, likewise appar ently favors congressional action. In New York Governor Roosevelt, potential Demo cratic candidate for President in 1932, has re quested the appropriation of $20,000,000 for relief, to be provided by an increase of income taxation, thus taking the very course which President Hoover opposes on the part of the Federal Government. Chicago, New York and other large cities are undertaking to provide large sums to al leviate the coming distress. In Detroit Sena tor Couzens, Republican, generously offers to contribute a million dollars if nine millions are raised otherwise. Henry Ford, who has made many times the money that Senator Couzens has out of the same automobile business, con tinues his policy of no large contributions but prescribes Ihe costless rule tjjat every empfoyee will have to have a garden or be discharged. * §-§-§ A REVOLUTION COMING IN RAILROAD OPERATION When the railroads came, the stage coach went. Now we have the quick-traveling rub ber-tired, comfortable highway bus, also air transport that soon will take you across the continent in a day. But the railroad is not going to follow the stage coach. Instead the present generation is to see a revolution in railway operation. The change—already in progress—will be ex pensive, but once established the economies will be great. Freight will move at 100 miles an hour on ball-bearing axles drawn by streamlined mo tors. Passenger coaches—not trains—may make from 100 to 120 miles an hour safely and smoothly and be the last word in comfort for travelers. These coaches will leave at hourly inter vals, a great convenience to the public, in stead of once or twice a day linked together in a long train. I he iron-horse, wonderfully developed as he is, is likey to. follow the stage coach. But the railroads will remain to render greater and finer service. Roadbeds even now are fairly well prepar ed for this speed development.—Capper’s. §-§-§ THE PRESENT-DAY GAS INDUSTRY At present consumption of manufactured gas is nearly four times as great as it was twenty years ago. The industry is composed of 655 companies—of which 603 are private- / ly owned and operated—serving 4,600 towns and villages. To manufacture the present an nual gas output requires almost 10,000,000 tons of bituminous coal, 443,000 tons of an thracite, 4,188,000 tons of coke and 962,312, 000 gallons of oil. Sales for 1929 were 40, 000,000,000 cubic feet over the former rec ord total established the year before. §-§-§ In his presidential campaign Mr. Hoover proposed “to abolish poverty in this country.” Now the President is working hard to prevent the establishment of the dole system in this country.—Asheville Times. + ++♦♦++4,++++++'l>4,+++‘M',l,+’l'4,4> I The I + * ! Watchman ! ! Tower | * * +++++++++++++++++++++++++♦ Hon. O. Max Gardner, Governor of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C. My dear Governor: In my opinion, the great majority of the people in the state are in full sympathy with your opposition to a special session of the General Assem bly to deal with the cotton situation. To call a special session at this time would be very hazardous and the good, if any, that might be accomp lished by it is very doubtful. The depression is not local; it is world-wide. I doubt if any state leg islature can legislature prosperity. Governor Matthew Rowan. To the Owners of the Weed Lots in Salisbury: It was noted in this department sev eral weeks ago that the tall weeds and grass had been cut from some of the unsightly vacant lots in the city the previous week, to the great improve ment of appearances. However, in driving around the city the past week I have noted that there are still a num ber of vacant lots where the grass and weeds are tall and uncut. It is not nec essary to state reasons why such plac es ought to be cleaned up. Some of these lots are owned by cit izens who are reputed to be very sub stantial if not wealthy. i x 1.1 i i r iiicic aic piciiuy ui uu employed men in the community who would welcome the job of cutting the grass and weeds for a small amount of money, and some of them even for two or three meals or the equiva lent thereof. Governor Matthew Rowan. The Samuel C. Hart Post of The American Legion: All North Carolina rejoices with the legionnaires that Henry L. Stevens, distinguished momber and former head of your organization, has been accorded the high honor of being elected by acclamation national com mander of the American Legion. Few persons in this state have been so greatly honored. I congratulate you and your post, as well as^Commander Stevens.'' I know the State of North Caro lina will at the proper time show their appreciation in a fitting manner. Governor Matthew Rowan. Mrs. W. T. Bost, Commissioner, State Department of Welfare. My dear Mrs. Bost: You must have been disappointed by the verdict of the Wake county jury in the acquittal of Supervisor Watkins on his second trial for man slaughter, growing out of the death of the young negro convict, William Bellamy. Most people who followed the evidence in the first trial regard ed the verdict and sentence to six months on the roads as eminently fair to the defendant. However, through appeal to the supreme court on a tech nicality, a new trial was granted. The latest verdict clears the defendant of the technical charge of manslaughter, although the evidence, including the testimony of the defendant himself, indicated conclusively that the death of the prisoner resulted from confine ment in the “sweat box” while sick on a July day when the temperature was well above 90. The verdict presumably wipes the case from the slate and nothing more can be done about it. However, through new legislation or otherwise something should be done to prevent prison supervisors, guards or other au thority from putting convicts to death through any methods of tor ture. And certainly North Carolina does not want return of the "good old days” of the whipping post in prison camps, as advocated by a mem ber of counsel for the defense in the Watkins case. Governor Matthew Rowan. COMMENTS Please be brief. As a rule 200 words should be enough. Your name and address must accom pany each communication as an evidence of good faith. Your name will not be published un less you wish it, but signed let ters will be given the preference THEY TOOK NO OATH TO SUP PORT THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT To the Editor: Clarence True Wilson has said pub licly that any ex-service man who drinks alcoholic liquors is a "perjured scoundrel.” I presume he bases this ac cusation on the fact that these men swore to support the Constitution. Surely, he knows that when the vast majority of these men took that oath no such stupendous folly as the Eigh teenth Amendment had been incorpo rated in the Constitution. If the flouting of constituted au thority by one who has sworn to up hold it is the essence of Wilson’s defi nition of a “perjured scoundrel,” let his list include such names as George Washington, John Hancock, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, James Madison, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. While on the subject of perjured scoundrels, what is Dr. Wilson's defi nition of one who professes to follow a gentle Master, and Him crucified, whose commandment was "Love thy neighbor”; and who proclaims his hat red of millions of his neighbors—and at a price? —A Veteran. JOURNALISM CLASS STUDIES THE WATCHMAN MAKE-UP To the Editor: I wish to acknowledge receipt of the Sept. 24 issue of The Carolin: Watchman which was sent to the li brary at Boyden High School. I have taken the liberty of calling attentior to its new type of make-up to the journalism class. Yours very truly, Katherine Shields, Librarian. YOU MAY COUNT ON MY SUB SCRIPTION AS LONG AS I LIVE MR. CALDWELL SAYS The Carolina Watchman, Salisbury, N. C. Gentlemen: Thanks for your card stating that the files of Mr. Stewart, former edi tor of The Carolina Watchman show that I have paid my subscription to Feb. 15, 1933, and that you would be glad to continue sending the paper until the above date. I learned my A. B. C.’s from The Watchman 55 years ago. I am de lighted to know The Watchman will continue and the good work you have undertaken. You may count on my subscription as long as I live. A. H. Caldwell, 634 East Mabel St., Tucson, Arizona. Half Of Eligibles Vote For President Washington.—Only about one-half^ of the people eligible to vote in the United States go to the ballot box in a presidential election. Of the 72,943,624 persons over 21 listed by the census bureau today for 1930, a total of 36,789,669 balloted for Hoover and Smith and three oth er candidates three years ago. All of the 73,943,624 are not elig ible to vote, several millions being un naturalized. The 1930 total over 21 years of age was an increase of 19.8 per cent over 1920. Men of voting age exceed ed women in 1930 by onlyl,169,890, numbering 37,056,757 compared with 35,886,867 women. RAISED 16-FOOT CORN Sharon, Pa.—Andrew Swartz, Hick ory township, claims he raised the tallest corn in the United States this year—sixteen feet two inches high. Swart grew numerous stalks over fif teen feet tall. On the tallest stalk the ears grew nine feet from the ground. Demands Support Of Divorce Judge Denver.—Mrs. Norman Ewald, 30, a divorcee, was held on a charge of forcing her way into the home of County Judge George A. Luxford and demanding that he support her for the rest of her life. Mrs. Luxford told police that Mrs. Ewald asserted that, as a result of the jurist’s action in granting her husband a divorce, she had a "moral right” to make her home with them. Judge Luxford said Mrs. Ewald has molested him several times since he awarded her husband a decree on grounds of mental cruelty in 1929. OUR 91 BILLION HOME MARKET The 48 States consume $91,310, 000,000 worth of goods a year, while exports amount only to $5,160,000, 000, the census tells us. Here are the big items, in gross, showing the im portance of concentrating on the best home market in the world: Group Gross Value Manufacturers --$70,140,000,000 Farm products - 15,920,000,000 Mine and quarry- 4,790,000,000 Forest products - 1,100,000,000 Fishing products - 100,000,000 Hunting and trapping 20,000,000 Total-$92,070,000,000 Always Read The Watchman! THESE HAD THEIR WAGES CUT The U. S. Department of Labor re ports many workers have had their pay cut since the beginning of 1930. The figures: First half 1930 _ 40,000 Second half 1930 - 80,000 First half 1931 _200,000 With these and other workers get ting less and between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 out of jobs, business knows where the pain is. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS QUESTIONS 1. Who wrote Hamlet? 2. What is the balance of the Bib lical quotation, “And let us not be weary in well doing”? 3. What is the largest territorial possession of the United States? 4. What is an atole? 5. Is it correct to say, “He allowed you would go”? 6. When was the flag in its present form adopted? 7. For what is Helen Wills Moody noted? 8. What is meant by peonage? 9. In a meeting proceeding under parliamentary law is a motion to table a proposition debatable? 10. What is an isosceles triangle? ANSWERS 1. Shakespeare. 2. "For in due season we shall reap if we faint not.” 3. Alaska. 4. An Atole is the Maylay name of a type of coral island consisting of low circular coral reefs which form a ring around a central la goon. 5. No. Allow means to refrain from preventing, hence the above us age is not correct. 6. In 1818 Congress ordered that the flag consist of 13 stripes al ternate white and red and that one star be added for each state. 7. As the American woman tennis champion. 8. A form of servitude in which a laborer is compelled against his will to remain in the service of his creditor or employe. 9. No. 10. An isosceles triangle is a trian gle having two equal sides.. GOLD STAR TRIPS END FOR THIS YEAR 17,3 8 9 Mothers and Wid ows Of War Dead Now Have Made Pilgrimage; 11,970 More Eligible. Washington.—The last party of Gold Star Mothers to visit the ceme teries of Europe this year has return ed to New York on the steamship George Washington. There were 118 women from all parts of the United States. These pilgrimages were authorized by Congress for the mothers and wid ows of all World War men buried in Europe, lost or buried at sea or listed as missing or unidentified. The num ber of men so carried in War Depart ment records is 34,310, and 17,389 mothers and widows eligible to make the pilgrimage have been located. Of these, 5,419 have made the pilgrim age, 3,653 in 1930 and 1,766 in 1931. The trip may be made at times desig nated by the Secretary of War until October 31, 1933. ine average age ot those who have made the pilgrimage is slightly over 60 years and many who have not yet gone are very much older than that. The oldest woman who has gone was a mother aged 92. The advanced age and physical condition of many of the mothers makes it doubtful whether a very large percentage will make the trip in 1932 and 1933. The first party sailed from New York on May 7, 1930, and during the summer of 1930 nineteen parties, com prising 3,65 3 mothers and widows, went abroad. The first party in 1931 left New York on May 6 and the last party on August 19. Sixteen groups went during the present year. All expenses, from the time the wo men leave their homes until they re turn, are paid by the Government, and the arrangements with railroads, steamship lines and hotels provide for strictly first-class accommodations and care. Before leaving home, each mother and widow is given a round-trip rail road ticket and one-way Pullman ticket to New York and a check cov ering her traveling expenses. En route to New York city they are cared for by railroad conductors and officials. The 6,523,779 motor vehicles in this country are valued at $5,460, 716,620 on which was paid $1,000, 3 88,270 in taxes and fees last year.
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