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THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 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 _ 1,388 Kannapolis_ 13,912
TOWNSHIPS
Atwell _ 2,619 Morgan _ 1,327
China Grove_ 8,990 Mt. Ulla _ 1,3 89
Cleveland _ 1,445 Providence. 2,589
Franklin_ 2,246 Salisbury _ 25,153
Gold Hill _ 2,642 S. Irish_ 1,251
Litaker_ 2,562 Steele _ 1,142
Locke- 1,904 Unity_ 1,406
ROWAN COUNTY_56,665
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SUGGESTS PLANS FOK RECOVERY
Julius H. Barnes, chan mar of the board of
the United States Chamber of Commerce, pro
poses a comprehensive and detailed program
of national and international endeavor to re
store confidence, stimulate business enterpris
es, and free the world from the "paralyzing”
psychology of depression.
Ffe suggests:
"First—Join the world court.
"Second—Prepare to support a sound pro
gram of international finance to follow the
short moratorium.
"TWd—-Press for effective results from tlie
coming disarmament conference.
"Fourth—Stretch and spread employment
to the utmost.
"Fifth—Revise the 40-year-old anti-trust
laws which today destroy the small business.
"Sixth—Frame our tax requirements to
spread where it can be borne without injury.
"Seventh—Give regulated industry a fair
chance to maintain earnings and credit.
"Eighth*—Exercise economy in national ex
penditures.
"Ninth—Reassure the individual American
that we shall preserve the tradition of private
enterprise.
"Tenth—Continue to adjust the protective
tariff.
.Eleventh—Use the great reservoir or Am
erican sympathy in caring for cases of indi
vidual misfortune.
"Twelfth—Avoid in any form, donations
from the national treasury.”
And Albert H. Wiggin, head of the world’s
largest bank, says "if tariffs, reparations and
inter-allied .debts are lowered, and if Germany
and France settle their differences,” the "Unit
ed States soon will be doing business as usual.”
Mr. Wiggin, chairman of the governing
board of the Chase National Bank'and chair
man of the international committee which
studied the German credit situation at the sug
gestion of the London conference, expressed
that opinion as he arrived home from Europe.
"The business depression is world-wide,” he
told reporters. "Normal business conditions
will not prevail in the United States until there
is purchasing power in Europe, South Ameri
ca and Asia, and until Europe and particular
ly England and Germany—can function nor
mally.
"England and Germany already have taken
vigorous action, but they need the help of the
rest of the world, and particularly the United
States and France.
"The gold of the world is concentrated in
few hands. The extension of credit is neces
sary, but credit alone is not enough, nor can
adequate credit be given under existing condi
tions.
"In my judgment, an adequate program for
reviving confidence and for establishing a
sound basis for credit is contained in the re
port of the Basle committee.
"I believe prompt action along the lines of
this report will speedily turn the course of
world affairs so that the necessary credit to
other nations can be extended and the United
States again do business as usual.”
FACTS ABOUT FIRE
If the nation’s fire bill for 1930 were paid
by a per capita tax, the cost to every person
in the United States would be $4.16. The esti
mated property loss announced for the year
by the National Board of Fire Underwriters
was $499,739,172. This figure is $36,126,410
above the preliminary estimate made last Jan
uary on the basis of reports of insurance com
panies and $32,234,716 more than for 1929.
It has been estimated that six churches or
chapels suffer from fire loss every 24 hours;
that fire causes damage to 12 public buildings
(including hospitals, schools and institutions)
and 1,114 dwellings, or an average of one ev
ery minute and a half; that in a day and night
there are 132 farm and 1‘55 mercantile build
ing fires.
The entire fire loss, figuring the cost of up
keep of fire fighting organizations, is estimat
ed at $1,1.12,000,000.
It is interesting to note that more fires oc
cur in the winter than in the sumjmer months,
and it is estimated by fire chiefs that there are
a third more fires at night than during the
daylight hours. In industries and mercantile
risks there is a sharp increase -in the number
of fires directly after closing hours, estimated
at between 32 and 35 per cent. Processes are
left unguarded in the rush to get away from
the plant or store and many things are for
gotten, sometimes resulting in fires.
Further analysis of official figures disclos
ed that 66 per cent of all fires occurred in
homes, and that last year there (were 10,217
deaths due to fires. Of fire losses in which loss
of life occurred, 66 per cent were in the cities.
Ur lives lost in dwellings per cent were
children under 10 years of age. Of the total
number of all deaths by fire, 24 per cent oc
curred as the result of misuse of inflammable
liquids and 21 per cent from fires ignited by
open flames. The problem which confronts
the American people today is that of waste
and carelessness. Only through their elimina
tion may we expect a reasonable amount of
true progress and lasting prosperity.
Those interested in fire prevention are fre
quently asked if thee are any signs of a de
crease in fire losses or if progress has been made
in educating the public. Undoubtedly the ed
ucational work has been very important but
the total loss in the United States is still at al
most a record high level and there can be no
talk about progress in educational work along
fire prevention lines until statistics reflect the
improvement in the total fire losses. New haz
ards, new property and a neiw generation of
property owners make the fire prevention ef
fort an unceasing struggle.
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UNDER DEATH SENTENCE
In the prisons of 24 states, 141 men and two
women are facing death. Sentences have been
passed and dates of execution set. Unless par
dons and reprieves are granted these 143 will
pay the extreme penalty of the crimes of which
they have been convicted. Of course the num
ber will be reduced by clemency actions of one
sort or another.
New York state leads in this death list, with
26 men waiting for the electric chair. Nearly
all of these are young men, some of them only
boys. The youngest is 18, the oldest 41. Eight
are less than 25. Four are 19 and three 20. Cal
ifornia is second, with 18 doomed men in the
death cells. Third is Alabama, with 14. Illinois
and Oklahoma have 10 each, awaiting execu
tion. North Carolina has eight; Pennsylvania
seven; New Mexico and Ohio six, each; Flori
da, Georgia and Indiana, four,.each; Massachu
setts and Virginia, three, each; Arkansas, Col
orado, Iowa, Utah and Vermont, one, each.
The foregoing figures are from a recent sur
vey. They fnay have changed some since the
survey was made. But it is said that never in
all the history of this nation has the number
of persons at one time under death sentence in
the various states reached as high a mark as
143 before.
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MAN’S THOUGHTS
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A man’s thoughts must be going. Whilst he
is awake, the working of his mind is as con
stant as the beating of his pulse. He can no
more stop the one than the other. Hence, if
our thoughts have nothing to act upon, they
act upon themselves. They acquire a corrosive
‘quality; they become in the last degree irk
some and tormenting.—Paley.
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MAKING A “LIVING
If you’re interested in "making a living”
then nobody can help you. If, on the other
hand, you are interested in making a life, get
serious about your business, make the neces
sary sacrifices for success, and you will be sur
prised how others will become interested in
you.—Exchange.
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Hallowe’en is Saturday, October 31st.
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To the Mayor and City Council
and the Governing Boards of
Salisbury Relief Agencies:
It is very gratifying to note your
activity in connection with caring for
the needy in this community this
winter. I have read with interest your
plans for this work and wish to con
gratulate you on your program.
While I do not agree with several
suggestions advanced, I desire to com
mend you upon your undertaking and
wish you success.
Considerable apprehension has been
expressed as to the advisability of the
issuance of script to pay workers, and
also in connection with the method
of financing the movement by con
tributions ranging from 4 to 8 per
cent of the salaries drawn by those
regularly employed.
Without going into a discussion of
these matters, I desire to state that I
have absolute confidence in the abil
ity of those in charge of the program
and predict much good .will result
from the movement inaugurated by
our mayor and city council.
Governor Matthew Rowan.
To the County Commissioners
of Rowan County:
Please allow me to commend you
on combining the heating systems of
the courthouse, the community build
ing and the jail into one central plant
in the courthouse. This will undoubt
edly save the county many thousands
of dollars annually.
Under the old system, it was neces
sary to keep three furnaces in opera
tion during the winter months. As
soon as the new plant is installed, it
will require only one fire and one fur
nace. This should represent a saving
of approximately one-third.
While it may cost a few thousand
dollars to install the new equipment,
it will not take long for the new plant
to pay for itself by economies effect
ed in fuel, water and labor.
Governor Matthew Rowan.
Mr. Lee Overman Gregory,
Salisbury, N. C.
My dear Mr. Gregory:
I desire to congratulate you upon
your appointment as special master in
equity by Federal Judge Johnson J.
Hayes.
You are exceptionally well qualified
to handle this work efficiently and
with dispatch. It will result in reliev
ing to soqje extent the congested con
dition of the federal court civil dock
et.
Governor Matthew Rowan.
The City Garbage Dept.,
Salisbury, N. C.
Gentlemen:
I am glad you have cleared off the
garbage burning grounds situated on
the old Concord road. In the past it
has been an ugly sight. Garbage, of
course, under no circumstances, is ex
pected to be attractive, but it can be
so arranged and handled as not to be
repulsive. This you have done.
Governor Matthew Rowan.
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LABOR WANTS WORK, NOT
CHARITY, JOBLESS WORKER
SAYS.
To the Editor:
Anticipating unemployment and ec
onomic relief, nearly everybody has
remained adamant to the possible
hardships and sufferings this coming
winter. As the expected relief did not
come and probably will not come, the
general public is apprehensive of the
sorrowful spectacle it will have to ex
periehce in the coming wintry
months.
What have the capitalists done
about it? Have they tried to do any
thing constructive to relieve the dif
ficulties confronting the workingman?
They seem to be impotent and uncon
cerned about the entire condition. We
wonder if the capitalists have taken
into consideration that, once the pub
lic is aroused, their aloofness may
prove a boomerang.
The Executive Council of the Am
erican Federation of Labor suggest a
five-day week, and a six-hour day. At
least they are making an effort.
If we are to maintain the purchas
ing power of the masses, wages must
remain intact. If we are to reduce un
employment, more men and women
must be put to work. And it seems
logical that these suggestions can and
will remedy and alleviate the condi
tion to some extent.
Some logical solution must be dis
covered, which will permanently and
uninterruptedly employ the working
men. "The dole” is a detestable ghost
which we all fear. It means charity,
and the American people are not ac
customed to being relieved by that
kind of measure. Any legislative meas
ure which deals with alleviating and
assisting the working man in times of
distress means alms. We sincerely hope
that the capitalists will not force the
government to those measures.
The dormancy with which the cap
italists are treating this problem, is
admittance on their part of their in
ability to cope with the situation, or
possibly they are taking that "I don’t
care” attitude.
A Jobless Worker.
NORTH CAROLINA
WEEKLY REVIEW
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The following record of industrial
activity lists items showing invest
ment of capital, employment of labor
and business activities and opportuni
ties.
Canton—Construction started on
new Haywood County Courthouse
and jail building.
Walter Haines leased 20 acres of
Barber lands on Midland Road and
will construct night golf course.
Wilmington—Will Rehder opened
new florist shop in Southern build
ing.
High Point—Bids opened for ^erec
tion of new sewage pump station to
replace present facilities near Henry
D. Perry property on East Lexington
avenue.
Marion—McCall Bros, to establish
mortuary in Bennett home at south
west corner of Main and Fort streets.
Lenoir—Construction nearing com
pletion on new school building.
Marion—Crawford F. James pur
chased Marianna Hotel property and
will remodel structure for drug store,
barber shop, bus station and waiting
room.
Williamston—Electric Supply Co.
opened for business in Bowen build
ing on Washington street.
High Point—Premier Manufactur
ing Co., furniture plant on English
street, resumed operations.
Maiden—J. Smith Campbell pur
chased plant of Maiden Chair Co. and
will start operation soon.
Marshall—Montezuma Hotel being
repaired.
Edenton—Bids opened for construc
tion of negro school building on Oak
um street.
High Point—Williams-Norris Co.
furniture plant resumed operations.
Freeman—Dunbar Theater will op
en soon with new sound equipment.
Siler City—Alston Brooks purchas
ed insurance agency of Page Corpora
tion here.
Laurel-Hot Springs road opened to
traffic.
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idly on road improvement in this city.
Lexington — Construction to be
started immediately on new apartment
house of 15 apartments to be located
on corner of Third avenue, West and
Park streets.
Selma—Progressive Cljain Store op
ened store in this city, on West An
derson street.
High Point—Building permits issu
ed in this city for first 26 days of
September totaled $38,300.
Smithfield—Work underway on
Woman’s Clubhouse building, North
Second street.
Goldsboro — Ladies’ ready-to-wear
store opened for business on West
Center street.
Salisbury — Newly hardsurfaced
road from Iredell county line to this
place officially opened to traffic.
Highlands—Louis Edwards erecting
wood-working shop on Main street
east of Central house.
Goldsboro—Montgomery -Ward &
Co. moved to new quarters on Wal
nut street.
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Runaway 'Boy* Was
Just Jaunting Midget
Fallon, Nev.—A report to the sher
iff’s office that a runaway boy was
attempting to catch a ride out of
Fallon led Ralph Vannoy, deputy
sheriff, to investigate. He caught the
hitch-hiker and took him into cus
tody.
Later, investigation proved the
"boy” to be a midget. Major Small,
from a circus and Hollywood pic
tures who was attempting to hitch
hike back to his home in Ohio.
"It’s easy to pick up rides,” Small
said, "but the cops chase me all the
time because they think I am a run
away kid.”
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
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(ANSWERS BELOW)
1— Which is the keenest, the sense
of sight, the sense of smell, or the
sense of breathing?
2— What salary did Lincoln receive
as President?
3— What two cultivated grains rank
first as the main staff of human life?
4— What is the pulse of a newborn
infant?
5— What is the only lakeport of
Pennsylvania?
6— Between what two states is Ma
son and Dixon’s Line?
7— Who was the Democratic candi
date for President in 1924?
8— What are prunes?
9— Into what three great divisions
is the federal government of the U.
S. divided?
10— What province is the most
easterly portion of Canada?
11— What state is called the "Pen
insula State?”
12— What was the most pictur
esque division of the U. S. Army in
the Spanish-American War?
13— What is a dynamo?
14— Where is the Richest gold field
in the world?
15— How many voyages to America
did Columbus make?
16— How many books are there in
the Bible?
17— Who created the thornless cac
tus?
18— In how many directions can a
person standing at the North or South
Pole face?
19— What eastern states elevation
above sea level is lower than that of
any other state in the Union?
20— How many members are there
in Congress?
21— What reptile has the power of
changing its color?
22— Who was the great German acc
of the World war?
23— Which is the greatest sheep
producing state in the Union?
24— How near is the nearest star
to the earth?
2 5—Which foreign country has the
largest quota, under the restricted im
migration laws of th$ U. S.?
26—In what state is there the
greatest area of national forests?
r 27—Which of the disciples did Jes
us enable to walk on the water?
28—What is the fewest number of
persons who may form a corporation?
,, 29-What has been called the
"most spectacular of all spectacular
accomplishments” of America?
ANSWERS
1— The sense of smell.
2— Twenty-five thousand dollars a
year.
3— Wheat and rice.
4— From a 130 to 140 beats a min
ute.
5— Erie.
6— Maryland and Pennsylvania.
7— John W. Davis.
8— Sun-dried plums.
9— Legislative, executive and judi
cial.
10— Nova Scotia.
11— Florida.
12— "The Rough Riders,” com
manded by Colonel Leonard Wood
and Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.
13— A machine that converts me
chanical into electrical energy.
14— South Africa.
15— Four.
16— Sixty-six.
17— Luther Burbank.
io—tne iNorrn roie one can on
ly face south, while at the South Pole
only north.
19— Delaware.
20— 531; 96 senators and 43 5 rep
resentatives.
21— The chameleon. '
22— Captain Manfred von Rich
thofen, with 80 planes to his credit.
23— Montana.
24— The nearest star, Alpha Cen- '
tauri, is about 206,000 times as far
away as the sun, which is about 92,
000,000 miles away.
2 5—Great Britain.
26— California.
27— Peter.
28— Three.
29— The Panama Canal.
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To Act As Best Man
In Ex-Wife’s Wedding
New York.—When Adolph Erd
mann, wealthy coal merchant, was
married to June Ramsey, Broadwav
beauty, eighteen years ago, his best
man was his life-long friend, Sabino
de Barreneschea Maraschio, millionaire
Cuban sugar planter.
Now, June Ramsey, divorced from
Erdmann for several years, is to wed
de Barreneschea Maraschio, and the best
man is to be her former husband.
The wedding took place aboard
Erdmann’s yacht, some place off the
Connecticut coast.
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EXCUSE US FOR MENTIONING
IT AGAIN—BUT
Even Medicine Hat isn’t as awful as
-his Empress Eugenie atrocity.
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