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LIBRARY CATAWBA COLLEGE ' CITY The Oldest Newspaper Published In North Carolina The Carolina Watchman "The Watchman Carries a Summary of <-All cihe TSlews” Founded 1832~99th Year SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1931 Vol. 26, No. 39 Price 2 Cents — WILL BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE Property Lies Between W. Innes Extension And Mocksville Ave., Front ing On Grove Street And Mahaley Ave. NO EXPENSE WILL BE INCURRED BY CITY SALISBURY Unemployment Fund To Finance Project; Num ber Of Jobless Workers Will Be Given Employ ment. The city of Salisbury will soon have a municipal park if plans now under way materialize. The park will contain approximate ly 16 acres of land. The tract of land lies between West Innes Street extension and Mocksville Ave., fronting on Mahaley Ave., and Grove street. Four entrances will be made from Innes Street, three from Mocksville Avenue and one from Mahaley Avenue. M. E. Miller, city engineer, has sur veyed and prepared a map of the pro perty while Grover Marsh, superinten dent of the cemeteries and Mr. Miller Actual construction will probably be .started within the next week or two. The property for the municipal or community park is being conveyed to the city by Rowan Development Company, Ross M. Sigmon, Walter Ff. Woodson, John S. Henderson estate and L .G. Lloyd. The city of Salisbury will not in cur any expense whatever. The pro perty is being deeded to the city by the landowners without charge and * the construction of the park will be financed by the unemployment fund. Plans for the development of the park include the construction of a lake and lily pond, wading and swim ming pool, electric' lights, also the erection of benches, tables, for pic —I _a shrubs. The two main driveways, extend ing from Grove street to Mahaley Avenue, will be constructed on the outer edge of either side of the park. There will also be walks bordering the driveways and also 'winding throughout the park. R. Lee Mahaley, city manager, con ceived and promoted the idea of the park. He has been working on the project for several weeks and is now completing the final details. Mr. Ma haley will present the proposition to the city council sometime in the near future. Members of the city council have individually approved the project, it is stated. RALEIGH SELECTED Raleigh—Raleigh was selected as the meeting place for the 1932 Jach son Day dinner of the North Carolina Young People’s Democratic clubs by the executive committee of the organ ization here Wednesday night. POST AFTER MEMBERS Lenoir—Within a week after the American Legion post here inaugurat ed its drive for memberships, approxi mately 75 names had been listed for 1932, Commander J. D. Rudisill an nounced today. The drive will con tinue throughout December with a handsome prize to the Legionnaire or auxiliary member responded for the largest number of additions. GOVERNOR’S CAR STOLEN Raleigh—Thieves ventured up to the side door of the Governor’s man sion and rode off in His Excellency’s car. The driver stopped ,at a filling station, had it filled with gas and sped away. Four hours later officers in Virginia captured the car from three men. Branch Stars As Carolina Licks Virginia BRANCH RUNS 45 YARDS FOR SCORE IN THIRD QUARTER Virginia Outplayed Car olina In First Half; Tar Heels Stage Comeback In Final Period; Score 13 To 6. SALISBURY PLAYER ALSO THREATENS IN THE LAST QUARTER Approximately 25, 0 0 0 Football Fans Attended Turkey Day Classic Be tween Carolina and Vir ginia. {Special to the Watchman) Chapel Hill, Nov. 26—Carolina de faeted Virgina here today 13 to 6. Johnny Branch, Salisbury, was the outstanding star of the game. Scoop ing up a kick off in the third period, Branch ran 46 yards for a touchdown, tying Virginia who had scored in the first quarter a touchdown but failed to annex extra point. In the final quarter, Branch made ^scored again had the proper Inter ference been provided. After placing 1 the ball on the 30 yard line, Lassiter, fullback, accomplished the final mar ker. Playing before a record crowd of : approximately 25,000, the two teams ; displayed an excellent brand of foot- 1 ball. The final score was in doubt un-1 til the whistle sounded. Condon, Reiss and Thomas played the best game for Virginia. The final score was 13 to 6 in fa vor of Carolina. Lineup and summary follow: Virginia Pos. Carolina Condon _ LE Walker Poss - LT_Hodges Bryant - LG_Mclver Reiss - Center - Gilbreath Dial _ RG Fysal Burger - RT-Underwood Wager - RE Brown Edgar-QB Branch Thomas (C) _ LH _Phipps Myers - RH Slusser Brewer - FB_Lassiter Score by periods: Carolina_0 0 6 7—13 Virginia _0 6 0 0— 6 JtvnrWA 1 VJiN R.ULL tjAJLL Hickory—Final reports on .the annual Red Cross roll call made by the director R. V. Moss, show that a total of $720.70 was contributed. There were $ 11 annual members with 15 contributing members; three sustain ing members and one supporting mem ber. There was an additional contribu tion of $79.79 for local relief work. MORE COTTON GINNED Statesville—There were 18,670 bales of cotton ginned in Iredell county from the crop of 1931 prior to No vember 14, 1931, as compared with 17,323 bales ginned to November 14 1930, according to report of E. E. Sherill. GUARD FOUND DEAD Durham—L. B. Latham, 3$, con vict guard, was found dead with a bullet hole in his lung. Two trusties, who said they witnessed the shooting, said Latham’s pistol dropped from his pocket and fired the shot that caused his death. METEOR SPECIMEN SOLD Winston-Salem—W. A. Watson, of Deep Gap, Surry county, has sent to the Nininger laboratory at Denver, Col., a specimen fragment of the meteor that fell in that section in July, 1929. The specimen weights a few ounces over two pounds and Mr. Watson is expecting to receive several dollars for the mineral. Good Morning FOOTBALL I Sixty thousand, eighty thousand People in the stands, Giving ear to clashing rackets Raising by rival bands; Cheering sections swaying feet; Whistling, stamping feet; Two elevens bumping beezers Staving off defeat. II Ears and noses growing brittle, Trilbies growing numb, Countless lads dismayed at finding Girls are doggone dumb; Songs to dear old Alma Mater, Arguments and blows, Heroes hauled away on stretchers Turning up their toes. III Half the rooters jubilating, Half reduced to moans; Females asked what has happened, Gents reduced to groans; Two elevens bruised and breathless, Weary, halt and lame; Rah, Rah! Sis boom blah, blah! Woof, Woof! That’s a football game. KNOWS THE SITUATION "Now,” said the college boy to his dad at the big game, "you’ll see more excitment for two dollars than you I TAKING NO CHANCES A mother-in-law is sometimes con idered a blessing and sometimes a ;reat misfortune. This son-in-law re vived the following telegram: "Your mother-in-law is dead. Shall <ve embalm, cremate or bury?” And his answer was: "Embalm, cremate and bury. Take no chances.” HOLDING OUT Lawyer: "I must know the whole truth if I am to defend you. Have you told me everything?” Embezzler: "Everything—except where I hid the money.” DANGEROUS SPOT Waffles: "I heard you rode on the cow-catcher of a locomoaive once. I bet you were scared.” Sorghum: "You bet. I didn’t know what minute I was going to be hit by an auto.” AN ODE TO MONEY. Th? rose is red, The violet blue, Sugar is scarce And so are you. BURNING THEM UP Mrs. Reed (With newspaper): It says here that a woman in Omaha has just creamated her third husband.” Miss Willing: "Heigho! Isn’t that just the way? Some of us can’t get one and other women have husbands to burn.” SURELY NOT Bim: "Do you think it right to buy an automobile on the installment plan?” Bam: "Sure; 16,000,000 people can’t be wrong.” from The founder’s Writings LOVE READS WITHOUT LETTERS AND counts without arithmetic. It was Goldsmith who said, "I chose my wife as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.” (Do not ask when and where it was said, for the writer only remem bers having read it somewhere). William Penn, the founder of Penn sylvania, that old fellow who in all winds and weather stands on the top of City Hall, once said: "Never marry but for love, but see that what thou lovest is lovely.” John Wanamaker. LOCAL MERCHANTS WILL DISPLAY CHRISTMAS MERCHANDISE SATURDAY; BUYING FESTIVAL BEGINS EARLY Christmas merchandise will be dis played in Salisbury Saturday. Local merchants, adopting the suggestion of tihe Salis/bury-Spencer Merchants Association, will display their tempting Christmas wares on that date. This display will continue until Christmas, December 25. In the past, the individual merchant has selected the date for the display of his Christmas merchandise. How ever, this year, the merchants, almost unamimously, have agreed to begin their Christmas advertising and dis play November 28. It is hoped this arrangement will meet with the approval of the buying public as it will eliminate the usual rush and congestion the day before the festival. Shoppers, under this arrangement, can make their purchases several weeks in advance of Christmas. MERCHANT IS KILLED Greensboro—R. B. Andrews, 63, merchant and postmaster, of Sedalia, eight miles east of Greensboro, was shot and fatally wounded at his store Wednesday night. The crime is believ ed to have been committed by two young highwaymen. The body of Mr. Andrews, lying behind the counter, near the cash register, which had not ibeeii wat found bv his son. One pierced tlTe Jugular vein in the left part of the neck death is believed to have been almost instan litncuus. It was reported that two men, ap parently white, wearing kTiaki cloth ing were seen running from the store in the direction of Greensboro just after the crime. No arrests have been made. -FOOTBALL RESULTS Catawba 25; Lenoir-Rhyne 2. Carolina 13; Virginia 6. University South Carolina 16; Au burn 13. V. M. I. 6; V. P. I. 13. „ Vanderbilt 6; Alabama 14. Wake Forest 7; Davidson 0. Furman 0; Clemson 0. Kentucky 6; Tennessee 6. Cornell 7; Pennsylvania 0. Maryland 3 3; John Hopkins 14. Colgate 13; Brown 7. Pitt 40; Nebraska 0. ACCEPTS PRESIDENCY Elon College—Dr. Leon iEdgar Smith, pastor of the Christian Temple of Norfolk, Va., and graduate of Elon College in the class of 1910, has accepted the presidency of Elon to succeed Dr. W. A. Harper, resigned. DRILLING DEEP WELL Rockingham—Boring of a 300-foot well at the site of the new state con vict camp two miles northwest of Rockingham is progressing rapidly. Specifications call for obtaining a flow of 20 gallons per minute. DUKE "Y” HAS DRIVE Durham—The Duke university Y. M. C. A. secured 900 new members in its drive just closed. Pledges and cash contributions amounted to $1, 225, just $18 more than the associa tion’s budget. The Duke "Y” is un der the leadership of William Fathing of Durham, president, and fosters various student activities, entertain ments and projects. CATAWBA WALLOPS LENOIR-RHYNE BY SCORE OF 25 TO 2 The Catawba Indian football team rounded out a successful season when they trounced the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears of Hickory, Thanksgiving after noos, at Hickory, 25-2. The game was featured by some brilliant runs of Captain Kesler and "Whitey” Witmer of the Indians. The Indians won the toss and elect ed to receive. On successive line plunges, end runs, and forward passes, the Indians advanced the ball to the Bears 30 yard line. Witmer then pass the first Catawba score. Appanitis attempt to placement for the extra point went wild of the bars. In the second quarter, the Indians continued their offensive attact which resulted in another Indian score. Passes from Witmer to Pearson and Kesler advanced the ball to the Bears 1 yard line. On the third down Appanitis crashed off left tackle for the touch down. A pass for the extra "oint was ^grounded. Penalties and a brilliant run by Newton, of Lenoir-Rhyne, put Cataw ba in the shadow of their own goal post. However the period ended with the ball on the Indian 20 -ard line. In the third quarter, after numerous line plunges, Witmer ran around left end for a score. Appanitis place kick ed the extra point. -The fourth quarter found the In dians constantly threatening the Lenoir-Rhyne goal. Kesler, after re peated the line bucks, went over en ter for a touchdown, Appanitis at tempted a place kick but it went wild. The Mountain Bears did their only scoring in the final period by a touch back. The game was a successful finish for the Indians, winning seven and losing two and tying one. Captain Kesler, Whitener and Kir chin sang their swan son- for the Indians; Kesler finishing his last game by scoring a touchdown in the final quarter. ■» Score by quarters: Catawba 6 6 7 6 25 Lenoir-Rhyne 0 0 0 2 2 Who’s Who In Rowan OrPlCr-KS Ur PKU1 JrtPKHUUJJ OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS DIVISION No. 221. Chief conductor, J. D. Carter. Assistant chief conductor, G. H. Miller. Secretary and treasurer, P. E. Thompson. Senior conductor, E. P. Hughes. Junior conductor, S. M. Smith. LOCAL GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE: J. F. Ramsey, Chairman; W. S. Freeman, S. A. Tolbert. Inside sentinel, J. D. Smith. Outside sentinel, H. A. Fore. TRUSTEES: M. L. Parker, J. D. Smith, E. P. Hughes. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: J. F. Ramsey, J. B. Jordan, J. L. Hughes. Legislative representative, J. D. Carter. , Assistant legislative representative, M. L. Parker. Delegate, R. W. Moore. Assistant delegate, J. D. Carter. OFFICERS OF TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION LOCAL No. 625. President, H. S. Pinkston. Vice president, H. M. Aull. Recording secretary, GeO. W. Crews. Financial secretary, E. P. Lyon. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: J. A. Pinkston, Richard Curd, Roger Davidson. OFFICERS OF CARPENTERS AND JOINTERS OF AMERICA LOCAL UNION No. 1505. L. H.'Earnhardt, president. F. L. Allen, vice president. J. R. Davis, recording secretary. T. M. Creighton, financial secre tary. William Tinnim, treasurer. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS IN BRIEF CONDITIONS "TERRIBLE” Charlotte—A member of the grand jury probing the reported overload ing of school buses reported having found "terrible” conditions. DUTY TO STATE Thomasville—Deputy Sheriff Grady Bryant is no respecter of persons. Armed with two warrants, he brought his two brothers and turned them over to the county jailer. They were charged with being drunk. MAN LOSES NOSE Fayetteville — Claude Thaggard walked too close when a friend was using an axe to demonstrate the swing used by Bobby Jones in playing golf. The axe chopped off his nose. He was taken to a local hospital and1 his "smeller” restored by physicians. PRISON POPULATION Raleigh—The population of state’s prison showed a gain of 19 during October. During the month of Octo ber 102 prisoners were received from the courts, 25 escapes were recaptur ed and during the time 81 finished sentences, 19 escaped and 10 were paroled. BURNED TO DEATH Greenville—Herman Allen, 3 5,1 over for his body and snuffed out his life. BECK SUSPENDED Raleigh—The state highway com mission, in regular meeting, ordered that Lt. R. H. Beck of the Ruther fordton district, cease work for the state patrol until he ■ is given trial on charges growing out of his recent imbroglio with police and city of ficials at Rutherfordton. OLD TIMER SENTENCED Asheville—John Maxwell, 83, far mer who has made liquor since before prohibition, and who believes a man has a right to do as he pleases with his own com, was sentenced to serve three years in federal prison for viola tion of the prohibition laws. PATROLMAN INJURED Greenville — Highway Patrolman E. L. Headley was injured and then fired upon on the highway near here. As he drew close to a speeding car, the driver of the fleeing machine ap plied the brakes without warning causing the officer to bump the car and be thrown to the ground. The motorist then drove away as he fired at the injured officer. LONG PRISON TERM Newton—A hold-up that yielded $91 and brought death to his robber companion in an ensuing gun battle, thrust Charlie Hilton into a possible 4 5-year prison term. Hilton, an ex caped convict and confessed ac complice of Dave Pressley, who was fatally shot as the pair robbed a fill inf station at Hickory, was captured two days after the hold-up. MERGER IS APPROVED Greensboro.—Resolutions approv ing merger of the Christian church in the territory coveijed by the North Carolina and Virginia con ference with the Congregational church in the same area were adopted at, the 106th annual session of the North Carolina and Virginia Christian conference. WOMAN BELIEVED MURDERED Rocky Mount.—Reiterating the belief that his sister-in-law, Mrs. Nannie D. Brown, 38, had been en ticed away from her home and per haps murdered for her car and a large sum of money she carried when she left here without telling relatives her destination, A. A. Stancil said that he had received no information con cerning the woman.
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