Peacock’s Appointment Expected In January
P. N. PEACOCK IS
RECOMMENDED BY
STATE CHAIRMAN
Race For Postmaster’s
Job Is In Final Stages;
Appointment Consider
ed Assured.
P. N. Peacock will probably be ap
pointed postmaster about the middle
of January, in the opinion of John L.
Rendlemen, chairman of the Rowan
county Republican Executive com
mittee.
Mr. Peacock’s name, following his
recommendation several days ago by
John S . Duncan, chairman of the
State Republican Executive commit
tee, will be presented to the postmaster
general, then to the president. The
senate then passes finally on the ap
pointment.
R. C. Jennings has been acting post
master since the death of postmaster
James H. Ramsay last December.
In recent weeks, the face has nar
rowed itself down to a choice between
P. N. Peacock and W. H. Hobson,
Mr. Peacock receiving the recommen
dation by the state chairman.
It is understood that the fight that
has been made on Mr. Peacock will
be continued in an effort to land the
appointment for Mr. Hobson; how
ever, generally the recommendation of
the state chairman usually is accepted.
”Dugout Dope”
(Th is column published weekly in the
interest of the Ex-service men of
Rowan County).
Commander McKenzie, at the reg
ular meeting of the Samuel C. Hart
Post, December, 8 th., appointed his
Christmas Cheer Committee follow
ing up his previous declaration that
no child of an ex-service man in
Rowan County should be overlooked
by Santa Claus this year. Frank P.
Buck, Chairman, Fred Young, W. H.
Hardin, W. M. McCulley are mem
Hers of tHis committee, and are Hard
at work getting ready for the event.
Chairman Buck asks that anyone in
the county, whether a member of the
Legion or not, who has any knowledge
of destitute families of ex-service men
get in touch with him or some mem
ber of his committee, or any Post
member, he wants to know where
these people may be found, how
many in the family, and the ages of
the children especially. Mr. Buck’s
office is on the second floor of the
Arcade building, West Innes St. tele
phones 1461 and 814-W. A call upon
Frank Buck will be answered im
mediately, and the necessary steps to
wards making the hearts of little tots
glad this Christmas will be taken. It
is the intention of the Post to provide
toys, candy, fruits and other articles
dear to the heart of children, and in
addition where needed there will be
articles of clothing. Bear in mind
that to the mind of a child, Christ
mas means candy, toys and playthings
the more useful articles like clothing
and food cannot impress a child at
Christmas time. To a struggling mot
her, food and clothing are paramount,
and her needs will be cared for also,
but the childish things will l^e given
first consideration. Come on and do
your bit, give what you have to give
be it information, assistance or more
material things, the Post is depending
upon you. Back Buck and Buck will
back you.
The Auxiliary reports splendid co
operation in their bazar which was
held December 10-11-12. They re
ceived quite a number of useful and
beautiful articles as donations, and
sold these at a good profit, netting
them sufficient funds to carry out
their Christmas plans for their Oteen
ward. This year they have departed
from the usual custom or packing a
box and shipping it regardless of the
suitability, and have allowed those
who are to receive the articles to
choose the gift that will prove most
useful to the patient. That’s sensible.
One is prone to overlook the fact that
a gift suitable to a well man, or one
who suffers from a less debilitating
disease than TB, is entirely unsuited
to a patient in Oteen. The Lance
Corporal salutes you ladies for your
thoughtfullness, and for your con
sistent efforts in behalf of those who
face the White Death.
All ex-service men in the county
will miss Lee Atwell of Salisbury, who
is sojourning in Portsmouth Naval
Base Hospital. Lee has been a familiar
figure in the county siAce boyhood, he
is known the length and breadth of the
county, and knows more folks by
their first names than any man we
know. We do not know what Lee
suffers with, but we hope it isn’t
Montgomery Ward To
Close Seven Stores
Seven of the 28 stores operated by
the Montgomery company in the
Greensboro district, whch comprises
the states of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia, will be discon
tinued within the next few weeks.
Four stores in North Carolina—at
Shelby, Henderson, Greenville arid
Statesville—will be closed, according
to Mr. Lyon. Three South Carolina
stores will be discontinued.
LOCAL QUINT TO
PLAY 16 GAMES
The Salisbury high school basket
ball team will play 16 games this sea
son.
The first game will be played to
night at the high school gym.
Nine games will be played here and
7 games away from home.
The schedule follows:
December 18—Alumni here.
January 8—Concord fiere.
January 12—Spencer at Spencer.
January 14—Asheville here.
January 19—Charlotte at Char
lotte.
January 22—Greensboro here.
January 29—High Point here.
February 2 — Winston-Salem at
Winston-Salem.
February 5—Gastonia here.
February 9—High Point at High
Point.
February 12 — Greensboro at
Greensboro.
February 16—Charlotte here.
February 19—Spencer here.
February 23—Gastonia at Gas
tonia.
February 26—Asheville at Ashe
ville.
March 1—Winston-Salem here.
XMAS HOLIDAYS
ANNOUNCED FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Salisbury city schools will
begin the observation of Christmas
holidays next Thesday, December . 22,
reopening January 4, according to an
announcement made by the proper
school officials.
The long term schoo s will close on
December 23 and open on January 4.
The short term schools will close
December 23 and open on December
30.
Practically all of the county schools
will observe the above dates for the
Christmas holidays, according to Mr.
Hasty the Superintendent.
Schism in the spiritual body of the
church is a greater scandal than a
corruption of manners; as, in the
natural body, a wound or solution of
continuity is worse than a corrupt
humour.
serious, and that he will soon be out
and back upon the streets of Salis
bury.
NOTICE
The U. S. Veteran’s Bureau is seek
ing the wherebouts of Oscar John
son, Colored. Oscar is the uncle of
Roosevelt and Elizabeth Johnson,
minor children, wards of the Bureau.
Oscar Johnson is a resident of Salis
bury or vicinity it is known, and it is
very necessary to locate him in order
that matters pertaining to the com
pensation awards of the minor niece
and nephew may be ajudicated In
formation of the wherebouts of Oscar
Johnson, can be sent direct to the
Charlotte Regional Office of the
Bureau, or to James McKenzie, Post
Commander, Fred Young, Service
Officer, or to this paper, and the nec
essary action will be taken to locate
Oscar and see that these claims are
properly handled.
The Lance Corporal.
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LABOR NEWS
By
F. T. CORNELIUS, Secretary
Salisbury-Spencer Central Labor Union
Yuletide 1931, finds the world fac
ing another winter of hunger and
want in millions of homes there are
children whose fathers and mothers are
helpless to provide. Our production
mechanism function? lamely. Our
financial institutions are afraid. Trade
and foreign commerce have dwindled.
Over Europe hangs the pall of nation
al bankruptcies. Over Asia the
menace of war. Statesmen and business
men are groping for the way out.
From everywhere comes plans, new
mechanisms, but the root of the trou
ble lies deep as the spirit of men. We
have organized our human relations
which constitute the fabric of society
without studying or understanding
man.
We have used as a basic principle
that an individual or a group can be ad
vanced at the expense of others in the
same field. Quite the contrary is
true. The basic law of’human relations
is that eaoh man is his brother’s
keeper. The well being of each indi
vidual and each group is interdepen
dent upon the well-being of others.
Progress for the individual is in a
very definite way interrelated to the
well-being of the groups with whom
he is associated, the family, the work
group, the community, the nation.
Each must plan with these groups
not against them. The underlying law
is the commandment * formulated by
Christ over nineteen centuries ago—a
commandment to love a neighbor as
ourselves. This new commandment
states the basic law of human rela
tions which should guide all our re
lationships, without which we cannot
have material wealth or lasting cul
tural and spiritual power.
Until we stop trying to separate the
principles of Christianity from busi
ness dealings, until an emoloyer
scrupulously gives his humblest em
ployee all that he has honestly earned,
we shall have injustice, unrest, and all
evils born of them. The most practical
enriching experience that business
holds, comes from organized efforts
for co-operation of the whole work
group—the sharin" of information,
the fusion of effort, the spirit to make
improvements, the will to share justly
and equitably the returns from joint
effort.
The real cause of our economic de
bacle is dishonesty—conscious or un
conscious. Employers or investors who
took advantage of their positions to
protect their interest at the expense
of others, declaring high dividends
and stock dividends and leaving
workers incomes insecure and low,
those who hoped to make fortunes by
speculation, those who did not give
honest -ervice, have all contributed
to our present economic unrest.
Capitalists have been living in an
unreal world, because they closed their
eyes to facts, they have clovged the
machinery of distribution by direct
ing larger shares to a favored few and
a smaller and less equitable share to
the many. Obviously prosperity and
inequitable distribution cannot run
parallel. Management and investors
are paying for their mistakes,
while they suffer, the workers they
exploited suffer more. Our economic
structure is no stronger than its
weakest link. Our national life is no
more- enduring than the standards
that determine relations between men.
Through the spirit man is able to give
testimony that he is the son of God
but unless the whole of life is organ
ized to permit the development of the
spirit there can be no lasting progress.
Unions are the agency through which
workers can help bring industry in
line with Christian principles and as
sure progress for workers and staple
development for industry. It is the
spiritual power of unions that gives
them dynamic possibilities and last
ing endurance. The spirit of Christ
mas represents an ideal that should
be the basic rule of life in all human
relations.
CENTRAL BODY INSTALLS
CLOCK
For the convenience of our mem
bership and through the courtesy of
the Bulova watch and clock company
a beautiful 16 inch face electric
clock has been installed in the hall of
the Central Labor Union. This clock
will serve, with few exceptions the
entire membership affiliated with the
American Federation of labor in this
district as these various affiliated locals
use this hall every night throughout
the week. Many comments of admira
tion and appreciation have been ex
pressed by those that have seen this
clock.
IMPORTANT LABOR MEET
Representatives of the state Federa
tion of Labor and the four railway
Brotherhoods met in High Point re
cently for the purpose of planning
joint political action at the coming
primary and election. While no de
tails were made public it is understood
that much was accomplished.
Round dealing is the honour of
man’s nature; and a mixture of false
hood is like alloy in gold and silver
which may make the metal work the
better, but it embaseth it.
That envy is most malignant which
is like Cain’s who envied his brother,
because his sacrifice was better accept
ed, when there was nobody but God
to look on.
Geneva is dismayed at decision on
customs union.
DR. N. C. LITTLE
OPTOMETRIST
STYLISH, COMFORTABLE
EYEGLASSES
AT STARNES JEWELRY STORE
PHONE 118
TYPEWRITER RIBBONS — Spe
cial for a limited time only—we
will install a new ribbon, oil your
typewriter, clean your type, all for
$1.00. Phone 532.
Rowan Printing Co.
Shoes rebuilt the better way. All
kinds of harness, trunk and suitcase
repairing.
Fayssoux’s Place
Phone 433 113 E. Innes St.
PpainsI
1 QUIT COMING I
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Bjl In normal health.”
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Winnsboro, Texas. j 1
Sold At All Drug tHi!
' Stores, e-172
I Take Thedford’a Black-Hrangbt I
I for Constipation, Indigestion, i
| and Biliousness, I
STARTERS AND GENERATORS
Have them tested before cold weather with our new Widenhoff ;
equipment. \
Armatures rewound and exchanged. >
Equip your car with new WILLARD BATTERIES ... more power i
and longer life. \
Salisbury IGNITION & BATTERY SERVICE j
E. B. BANKETT, Prop. *
122 W. FISHER ST. SALISBURY, N. C.
24 HOUR SERVICE J
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I DIAMONDS WATCHES I
1 RINGS SILVERWARE |
5>; PELECT your Christmas Presents Now ... A small deposit will lay |
jcj w away any Gift until Christmas. |
$110.00 Hamilton Pocket Watches $50.00. All other Watches at
25 to 50% discount from factory prices.
Gorham Sterling Silver 40% off. Fountain Pens, Pencils, Compacts,
Hand Bags, Card Cases and Bill Folds at big savings for the cash
buyer.
Bring us your eyes and let us show you how much better you can
see after we make a correct correction of your troubles. Satisfaction
guaranteed. '
W. H. LEONARD, SR.
JEWELER & OPTOMETRIST
107% West Innes St.
CHRISTMASl
SALE I
^ s
Commencing Saturday — h
. . . everything in our store will be sold at a price so low that !
you cannot afford not to have a piano, radio or Victrola in 1
your home, or give your son or daughter a clarinet, cornet, guitar S
or violin for Christmas. \
EASY TERMS I
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1 A FEW OF OUR BARGAINS
:o: " ■■ — — s
|, UPRIGHT PIANOS
| $875 Chickering & Son d*OQC
$500 Shoninger d* O /** ^
$450 Kohler & Campbell dJOQ C
$295 Gulbransen d> Q O ^
Now only _V “ ™ <3
j* $32 5 Miesner d* 1 QC
|85 Now only _V A m J3
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| GRAND PIANOS
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| $1475 Knabe
^ Now only _V O U13
i $1250 Mehlin 7 Q Ct
| $900 Straube d* y|
j| Now only _V * / O
K $700 Kohler & Camp- d> Q A f
85 bell. Now only _V O »/ D
. PLAYER PIANOS
Player, in perfect condition, ^ 1 7 C
with 12 rolls of music_ I 4 t)
$470 Gulbransen Player d* O £* ^
$445 Gulbransen Player
Now only _v «3 «3 «3
$ 5 7 5 Straube Player d* O Q
Now only _V «3 %J J3
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS e
Beautiful Trumpets complete with J
n ^.^ $22.50 I
All Metal Clarinets, complete with J
case, very A A *
special_ JpjD.UU
$8.50 Guitars, d* >• Q| C £5^3
Now only _ *3
$3.50 Ukuleles, d* “% Q
beautiful designs _ A • 1/ ^
D Amo $5-00
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3 SALE RADI°
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| MAJESTIC VICTOR RADIOS
®j A number of cabinets, formerly priced
es to $198.50 d*^Q Cfl 10 tubes, fVffc
c| Now only_ V^viUv Now only_IpOt/ *UU
I The Famous Gloritone Radio, now only $3 3.95
| ANYTHING SELECTED AT THIS TIME WILL BE DELIVERED CHRISTMAS EVE, LF DESIRED
I Maynard Music Co. j
« "Where Quality Is Higher Than Price” §j
| 200 South Main St. Salisbury, N. C. §
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