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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_695 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. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 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- 1,258 Faith _ 431 Landis - 1,388 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 _ 25,153 Gold Hill - 2,642 S. Irish_ 1,251 Litaker- 2,562 Steele _ 1,142 Locke- 1,904 Unity_ 1,406 ROWAN COUNTY_56,665 THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM? Jouette Shouse, chairman of the Democrat ic National Committee, sometime ago outlin ed a tentative platform for the 1932 presiden tial campaign. When first published, consid erable apprehension was expressed as to the po litical wisdom of certain policies enumerated. However, its reception has been decidedly fa vorable. The platform calls for: 1— Congressional amendment of the Vol stead aGt to permit the sale of light wines and T * . _ 2— Eventual referendum to the nation of the 18 th amendment, the referendum to guard against return of the old fashioned saloon and to provide for state control of the liquor traf fic. 3— Unemployment relief, and constructive prevention of future mass unemployment, by enacting into law of the Wagner bills insti tuting public employment offices, computing accurately the number of unemployed, appro priating money for public works, and forcing employers to adopt unemployment insurance plan. •- & *= 4— Immediate, revision of the tariff law. 5— Dismissal of the Federal Farm Board and provision of warehouse credits to help farm ers market crops. 6— "A course of mutual up-building and co-operation” in relations with foreign gov ernments. 7— Opposition to the use ot injunctions in labor disputes. 8— Establishment of the five-day week by the federal government for its employes, as an example to private employers. 9— A tribunaLto rule, in advance, on the legality of mergers to safeguard against indus trial monopolies. 10— Local control of power companies, with the sources of power "maintained to the peo ple” even if government production of pow er becomes necessary; "problems of transmis sion and distribution, as a rule” to be "handled through private enterprise.” This platform, Chairman Shouse explained, was not final although, in his opinion, it em bodied the outstanding issues before the pub lic today. The platform is frank and definite. There is no straddling of issues. If the platform out lined above is adopted by the Democrats, the age-old claim that political parties refuse to take a stand on the vital problems confront ing the public will be a thing of the past. RAILROAD RATE INCREASE DENIED The Interstate Cpmmerce Commission, aft er an exhaustive hearing, has denied the ap plication of the railroads for a general 15 per cent increase in freight rates. In place of this, it has suggested the levy ing of "surcharges”—amounting to ten per cent or less—on the transportation of certain commodities. Other commodities, notably those produced on the farm, would be ship ped at the prevailing rate. These surcharges would be gathered into a general fund to be used to assist profitless roads in paying their bond interest. Any mon ey left over after that had been done, would be divided among the lines in proportion to the amount they contributed. This may prove to be of assistance to the lines—particularly those which are, from a financial standpoint, weak sisters. But it alone will not solve the fundamental railroad prob lem. Even allow the increase would have prob ably given only temporary relief. The main thing—and the thing that must eventually be done if our principal medium of transporta tion is to be saved from ruin—is to exert the same type of regulation over all transport agencies. Railroads have lost millions of dollars of business to bus and truck lines which use the public highways for their "road beds” and are subject to very little regulation. They have lost millions more to waterways which have been directly subsidized by government, both in construction and in backing up a rate struc ture which creates deficits. So long as this con dition exists, our over-taxed, stringently reg ulated railroads will be between the devil and the deep blue sea. We live in the midst of blessings till we are utterly insensible to their greatness, and of the source from whence they flow. We speak of our civilization, our arts, our freedom, our iaws, and forget entirely now large a share is due to Chistianity. Blot Christianity out of the page of man’s history, and what would his laws have been—what his civilization? Christi anity is mixed up with our very being and our daily life; there is not a familiar object around us which does not wear a different aspect because the light of Christian love is on it—not a law which does not owe its truth and gentleness to Christianity—not a custom which cannot be traced, in all its holy health ful parts, to the gospel.—Sir A. Park. Ur all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who sj^ykLjabor to submjMttoahftjf p:1 ""i human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men citizens. And let us with cau tion indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined edu cation on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religion principles.—W ashing ton. The morality of the Bible, is, after all, the safety of society.—The doctrine of the gold en rule, the interpretation of the law as love to God and man, and the specific directions in it to husbands and wives, parents and chil dren, masters and servants, rulers and citizens, and the warnings against covetousness and sin are the best preventatives and cure of all po litical diseases.—F. C. Monfort. Lenoir county white man sentenced to the electric chair gets a reprive on the ground that he has taken another appeal to the Su preme Court on the ground of newly discov ered evidence—something that the Supreme Court never has held to be pertient. Not that we would desire the execution of any man, white or other, but this business of the per petual motion appeal needs to be looked into. —Raleigh Times. ESPECIALLY GAB We have too much of everything. We have too much oil, too much wheat, too much cot ton, too much sugar, too much coal, too much machinery, too many motor cars, too much gold and—too much gab! —Toledo Blade. - ■ -— IT PAYS A perplexing paradox has evidently caught G. Bernard Shaw. The more he talks about socialism, the more money he makes to iden tify him with capitalism. —Washington Star. A good deal is being said about relieving the needy. Does the needy include those who have notes, life insurance premiums, etc., due right away?—Winston-Salem Journal. Maybe there’s no such thing as the irony of fate, but our buddy says reading of a wealthy sportsman’s having been killed in a "sports” car makes it look like there is. Possibly it is called higher education be cause it comes that way, these days. Once More—A Bull Market I . .' ■ =. = - wVELL,-,,ll be. D0G-6ONED/ WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL V THESE YEARS? +***********++***+*******+ 1: * + + * ♦ * ! Watchman | I Tower | + + ++++++++++++++++++++++♦♦++ Mr. W. V. Fielder, Master Teacher, Woodleaf, N. C. My dear Mr. Fielder: You are due congratulations and thanks of the community upon your remarkable success in conducting the Woodleaf vocational agriculture pro gram during the past few years. I am glad to learn you will again represent the state in the contest for all-south ern master teacher. I am confident a better selection could not be made. Governor Matthew Rowan. Hon. O. Max Gardner, Governor of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C. My dear Governor: It is gratifying to the large major ity of the taxpayers of North Caro lina, in my opinion, that you have continued to stand steadfast against calling an extraordinary session of the General Assembly, despite recent heavy pressure from certain quarters. Since the governor of North Carolina does not have the power of veto and there is no way to restrict the activities of the legislature, once it is convened, a special session might do much more harm than good under present condi tions. I believe the great majority of taxpayers hope and expect that you will continue to maintain your stand. Governor Matthew Rowan. Mr. Geo. Ross Pou, Supt., N. C. State Prison, Raleigh, N. C. My dear Mr. Pou: The state and the penitentiary man agement have reason for gratification in the fact that for once the prison farms have been made to produce abundance and great variety of food stuffs to supply the more than 3,000 prisoners during the coming winter. I congratulate you upon the record disclosed in the figures which you an nounced the past week showing that the institution has 65,000 quarts of canned fruits and vegetables, 17,500 gallons of sorghum, 15,000 bushels of sweet potatoes, twenty hogsheads of sauerkraut, 42 barrels of cucumber pickles, 17,500 bushels of corn and 65,000 bushels of other grains. Although about 700 bales of cotton have been produced this year, Gover nor Gardner and the prison manage ment have wisely decided not to plant any of this crop on state lands next _ ... 1 -a. * _ JX tM'ftJn/'O y\,txjl j uuk vw wiiwv* f-— plenty of food crops and feedstuffs for the prison population and the live stock. That is a wise policy, because it should not be necessary for the state to spend a dollar for any sort of food or feed that can be produced on the prison lands. Governor Matthew Rowan. To the People of Rowan Count: Recently complaints have been heard on the score that the county roads taken over by the state last July are not being kept in the splendid con dition that they were under the au thority and supervision of the coun ty. The complaints' may be well found ed so far as the present condition of the roads, but it must be remembered that the state highway commission, taking charge July 1, faced a gigantic task in the organization and working out details to deal with the problerr of maintenance of about 45,000 mile! instead of the 9,000 the former stat< commission had under its care. There still exists much dissatisfac tion in the matter of the state taking over the roads. Whether or not Gov ernor Gardner’s pet bill—the road bil —will be a permanent fixture in oui laws depends entirely upon its succes: or failure. One thing should not beer overlooked. If it is a success it wil! save the taxpayers of the state gener ally many hundreds of thousands ol dollars annually. This item should not be overlooked. Governor Matthew Rowan. COMMENTS DON’TS To the Editor: Don’t say "To hell with the Gov ernment.” Say "A plague on the Gov ernment.” It sounds better and you’ll live longer. Don’t say "Medicinal whisky.” Say "Medicated whisky.” You’ll be nearer the truth. i Don’t say "My wife.” You don’t own her. She owns you. Don’t deny your needy friend a five spot. Borrow a few from some other guy and call it a day. Fred Vetter. UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME CAUSE OF DEPRESSION. To the Editor: The real cause of depression, we all ought to know, comes from the un equal distribution of income over a period of years. The foundation for our present troubles was laid when the Govern ment gave out war contracts. Every thing was marked up to the limit and for a few years everybody had mon ey because the income of the nation was more equally divided. After the war the products of the farm began to drop and year after year became less and less, but war prices in almost everything else held and, of course, everything began to pile up. No mon ey to buy with. In 1914 a farmer with a tax bill of $100 could settle with 100 bushels of wheat or less, where in 1931 he would require 500 bushels of wheat for $200 of taxes. Taxes happen to be only one item in many that have bled the farm er white in the last few years. To appoint commission after com mission to investigate only adds to our tax bills. When one half robs the oth er half, in time they destroy the whole. We must have a more equal distribu tion, not of national wealth but of national income. To reduce Salaries and wages is the only solution. What we need in our lives is more friendship, love and truth. Then there would be less living on faith, hope and charity. An Observer, PESSIMISTIC PRESUMPTIONS a a a To the Editor: * A few presumptions: Smilin' ChailifiSays "I’d hate t' have t* do through life with th* handicaps that th' neighbor’s children have - Manchuria—The point of wealth into the East. China—A sleepy, passive people of yesterday, easternwise in their inher ent docility. Japan — Spasmodically ambitious, impulsively optimistic, sensitive (par adoxically), weak and artistic. Russia—An adolescent big boy ov erestimating his teachers’ wisdom. The Powers—Mentally weak, hys terical, suffering from neurosis and shock. The World—An army of humanity without a leader, chasing in reality the same hallucination as in its dreams. Maybe it’s important, but we don’t sober up long enough to recuperate. M. Edwards. NORTH CAROLINA WEEKLY REVIEW The following record of industrial activity lists items showing invest ment of capital, employment of labor and business activities and opportuni ties. Can ton-Ciiampwn Fibre an nounced plans to expend $1,000,600 in expansion program. Clyde—Cattle shipped from here in large numbers recently. Smithfield—G. C. Lamm opening ladies’ ready-to-wear store in old lo-f , cation of A. & P. Tea Co. Hertford—Work on new building under construction on Market street, progressing. Smithfield—Mr. and Mrs. Ben Davis opened ready-to-wear and millinery store. Maiden—Bids opened for construc tion of Catawba County Prison Camp to be built on Highway No. 16 near here. Edenton—Construction of negro school building to start soon. Tide Water Power Co. contemplat ing construction of 30-mile transmis sion line from Beaufort to Atlantic. Wilmington—Walters Super Service Co., capitalized at $30,000, filed ar ticles of incorporation. Edenton—Work on widening of Route No. 32 from Small’s Cross Roads to this city, progressing rapid ly Marion—Lavitt’s Store opened. Mooresville — Mooresville Coopera tive Creamery Company’s sweet pota to warehouse completed. Morgantown—State highway bridge over Silver Creek, west of here on Highway No. 10, completed and op ened to public. v^arouna joeacn—inis city plans new and enlarged water supply sys tem to cost about $15,000. Wilmington—Tobacco grown in North and South Carolina being load ed from Sprunt wharves through here. Elizabeth City—Work started on extension of Southern Avenue from city limits to far end of State Nprmal School campus. Canton—Plans progressing for erec tion of proposed theatre building. Smithfield—Up to 15 th of October, six weeks after opening tobacco sale here, Smithfield market sold total of 4,108,984 pounds. Dobson—Complete and modern tel ephone service completed. Mount Airy—Title to Renfro Hill lot, site for proposed post office, of ficially approved. Lenoir—Board of City Commission ers recently improved three paving projects to cost approximately $40, 000. Southport—Southport Ice & Fuel Co. plan erection of new plant to re place burned plant. Wolf Mountain—Cornerstone laid for Methodist Church edifice, now un der construction. Lexington—Contract to to let soon for construction of 15-apartment unit of Parkview Apartments.
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