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Founded 1832~I00th Year SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1932^ Vol. 27, No. 2 Price 2 Cents
Local Leaders Oppose A1 Smith
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State Expenses Are Further Curtailed
ALL DEPARTMENTS
ARE NOTIFIED OF
30 PER CENT CUT
Budget Bureau Sends Out
Memorandum Authoriz
ed By Governor Gard
ner.
SCHOOL FUNDS
NOT INCLUDED
IN REDUCTION
Necessary For State To
Operate Within Cash
Resources And Collec
tions.
State departments and institutions
whose appropriations were drastically
slashed by the 1931 general assembly
are to suffer further cuts by order of
the budget bureau.
In a memorandum from Raleigh to
heads of the departments and institu
tions, they «vere told not to expect
more than 70 percent of their legisla
tive appropriations from the state dur
ing the 1931-32 biennium because 'it
will not be possible to borrow any
more money.” It assigned no reason
for this statement.
On June 23, the budget bureau on
a m?m*andum warned departments
and institution heads to keep their ex
penditures within 80 percent of their
appropriations. Monday’s memorandum
was practically an ultimatum that at
least 30 percent reduction under the
legislature’s appropriation must be ef
fected.
Budget bureau allotments for the
third quarter of the present fiscal year,
beginning January 1, which Monday
went to the state’s treasurer’s office,
reflected the bureau’s budget reduc
tions.
For that quarter, the University of
North Carolina was allotted $99,100,
although its legislative appropriation
for the year was $721,000, North Car
olina State College was allotted only
$34,000 as compared to a yearly leg
islative appropriation of $357,000 and
North Carolina College for Women’s
allotment was $81,700 compared to a
yearly legislative appropriation of
$380,000. Cuts of similar proportions
were general among the third quarter
allottments but in several instances the
decreases were negligible or there was
even an increase.
No reduction—nor can i reduction
be made under the law—was shown
in the quarterly allottment for the six
months school term. It represents $4,
974,000, or a little more than a fourth
of the yearly legislative allottment of
$17,000,000 for the schools.
The memorandum was issued under
the name of Governor O. Max Gard
ner, as ex-officio director of the bud
get. The governor was in New York.
Monday he announced he was to con
fer with New York bankers and re
port to them on the condition of the
State. The memorandum was constru
ed as the subject of his discussion.
"It will not be possible to borrow
any more money,” said the memoran
dum. "We know this definitely and
it will, therefore be necessary to lay
our plans to operate within the cash
resources in hand, and the possible col
lections for the balance of the fiscal
year, as well as for the calendar year
of 1932.”
Stedman Named
State Treasurer
John P. Stedman, Raleigh banker,
Thursday was appointed state treas
urer, filling the vacancy created by
the death of Nathan O’Berry.
MANY CARS RECOVERED
Local police records show that dur
ing 1931 69 automobiles were stolen
in Salisbury and J3 cars were recover
ed.
Good
Morning
UP TO US
The old year’s out,
The new year's in!
Buck up, old top
And square your chin
And clamp your teeth
And clench your fist—
Hard times will yield
If you persist.
The old year’s out,
The new year’s in!
Look, up, not down,
And wear a grin.
Put up a front,
Yep, that’s the trick;
The guy who smiles
Is hard to lick.
The old year’s out,
The new year’s in!
Another chance v
To fight, to win!
Come on, let’s go,
It’s time to start!
Let’s be he-men
And play the part.
PARALYZED
, "Delighted to have met you. Come
over some evening soon, and onng
vour husband.”
"Thank you so much, but we never
go anywhere; you see, my husband is
I'parjlyzed. . .”
"Don’t mind . that, dear; ray hus-1
band’s that way half the. time, hin
self.”
A WISH
A little white cot
At the foot of a hill,
In a sequestered spot,
The murmur of a rill,
The buzz of a bee,
The song of a bird,
A daisy, a rose,
The hum of a town afar,
Overhead a star;
That would be happiness,
That would be bliss.
That would be home!
A little white cot,
In a sheltered spot,
Imperceptibly time would go on;
The wind in a tree,
A silence, a dream,
Then a call!
To wake o’er the horizon
Into the beautiful!
WIT AND PHILOSOPHY
An Irishman was being examined
by Soviet officials for citizenship:
Official—If you had a million dol
lars would you give half to the So
viet?
Mike—Yes.
Official—If you had 1,000 acres of
land, would you give half to the So
viet?
Mike—Yes.
Official—If you had 10 children,
would you be willing to give them
all for the Soviet?
Mike—Yes.
Official—If you had two shirts,
would you give one to the Soviet?
Mike—No.
Official—Why not?
Mike—Because I’ve got two shirts.
—Boston News Bureau.
JUST A THOUGHT FOR POTEN
TIAL SUICIDES
Life may be right
And it may be wrong,
' And it may be all
Of a Siren’s song—
But I like it. (
What matters it
If all the pelf
That I' have had
Is on the shelf?
Life is good.
What matters it
If busts are plenty
And I become
A nonentity?
Life is still good.
A new gas which can bring down
airplanes by suddenly stopping their
motors is the latest contribction to
world peace.—Punch.
THIEVES AND WOULD-BE THIEVES
DRAW HEAVY SENTENCES IN COUNTY
COURT; 26 CASES ON THE DOCKET
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Twenty-six defendants appeared be
fore Judge Clyde E. Gooch in the
Rowan County Court during the past
week.
Floyd Harris, charged with steafling
an automobile, tendered a plea of
forcible trespass and drew two years
on the county roads.
Edward Morariety and Matthew
Batson, young white men who claim
to be from Connecticutt, were sent to
the roads for 15 months on the charge
of attempting to steal an automobile
from a Salisbury citizen. They admit
ted the charge and stated that they
wanted the car to take them on their
way west.
The other cases were as follows:
Lonnie and Claude Bulloughboy,
disturbing public worship, nol pros
with leave.
Frank Jones, Willie Moore and Al
bert Tinsley, breaking and entering
home of Dewey Atwell and larceny
and receiving, bound over to Superior
Court.
Jim' Potts, impersonating officer,
not guilty.
George Henderson, drunk, costs.
H. S. Henderson, drunk, costs.
W. G. Watson, assault, 30 days or
$17.00; drunk, costs.
Jon Connor, forcible trespass, 7
months or $150.00.
R. L. Lofhax, driving while drunk,
$100.00 fine and prohibited from
driving for six months.
Edward Morariety and Matthew
Batson, larceny automobile, 15 months
on roads.
Jule Malone, assault and drunk,
costs in each case.
Roy Cauble, drunk, $10.00.
Shirley Fraley, carrying concealed
weapon and disorderly conduct, cases
dismissed.
H. G. Howard and Jesse Kerr, af
fray,' Howard, not guilty; Kerr, 20
days, inoperative on payment of costs.
Buck Wood, driving drunk, $50.00
and prohibited from driving for 6
months.
Elmer Barber and Mayo Graham,
disturbing public worship, nol pros
with leave, violation prohibition laws,
costs; drunk and disorderly, costs.
Floyd Harris, forcible trespass, 2
years.
Jim Starnes, reckless driving, $3 5
fine or 60 days.
James Davis and Robert Kelly, lar
ceny and receiving, 3 cases, Davis 90
days on roads; Kelly case held over to
determine if said defendant is under
16 years of age.
Lee Pierce, reckless driving, $2 5.00.
Glenn Green, disturbing public wor
ship, 30 days or $15 and judgment
continued for 7 months.
T. E. McGeachay, drunk, called and
failed.
19,852 FARM TELEPHONES
Raleigh.—There were 19,852 farm
ers in North Carolina in 1929 who re
ported to census- enumerators that
they had telephones in their farm
homes. This was 7.1 per cent of the
total number of farms in the state.
Who s Who In Rowan
TEACHERS’ DIRECTORY
CITY SCHOOLS OF SALISBURY
1931-1932
Henderson School
Burke, Mrs. Fred; Davis, Betsy;
Dunham, Mary; Harris, Mrs. Wm. V.;
Henry, Mrs. Fred; Jenkins, Mrs.
Charles M.; Johnston, Martha; Mar
tin, Jean; Rice, J. L.
Innes School
Adams, Christie; Bost, Bessie;
Brown, Mildred E.; Daniel, Grace;
Edwards, Jessie; Hartman, Lucille;
Hocutt, Elgia; Hubbard, Paulette;
Lambe, Annie; Leonard, Lorene;
Liles, Meta; Mendenhall, Helen; Nash,
Ellen; Nettles, J. H.; Plyler, Mrs. R.
J.; Siceloff, Bess; Smith, Ives.
Frank B. John School
Bringle, Meatta; Coble, Charles S.;
Says Outlook Is Good
Frederick Ecker, president of the
Metropolitan Life, who told a Sen
ate Committee that conditions are
now pretty close to becoming nor
mal.
PLANT NEARLY COMPLETED
North Wilkesboro.—As the erec
tion of 3 plant for cheese and butter
manufacture in North Wilkesboro
nears completion, prospects are bright
for the beginning of the dairy industry
in Wilkes county in the opinion of
F. R^ Farnham, dairy specialist of the
North Carolina Extension Service,
who is working in Wilkes with Coun
ty Agent A. G. Hendren in an effort
to get the farmers ready to supply
milk when the cheese plant opens
within the next few weeks.
MILL CASE TO BE AIRED
Chester, S. C.—Among the most
important cases scheduled for trial be
fore Judge C. C. Featherstone at the
term of civil court which begins here
Monday, Jan. 11, is the case bf Her
man Hedgepath against Manetta Mills
in which $21,000 is asked for as dam
ages for the loss of the plaintiff’s left
hand and part of his arm.
EXPLOSION BURNS HOUSE
Fayetteville. — An exploding oil
stove caused the destruction by fire
of a dwelling here owned by Gordon
Bledsoe and occupied by John Dulan
ey. Mrs. Dulaney was sitting on the
front porch of ti>Mg house at the time
of the explosion but was uninjured.
All the contents of the house were
consumed.
STORE INTERESTS SOLD
Shelby.—Henry Massey, who came
here six years ago from Mt. Holly as
part owner to manage the Farmers
Hardware company, an old Shelby
business, announces that he had sold
his interests in the firm to Charles
Nuchols, prominent hardware man of
Charlotte.
PAID WITH LIQUOR
Walnut Cove.—Money ran short
at a dance and the orchestra of three
was paid with a half-gallon of liquor.
Officers later nabbed the three men
and charged them with possession and
transporting.
Culp, Mary Alice; Dunn, Mrs. J. A.;
Goodman, Virginia; Hill, Mrs. J. B.;
Hudson, Annie Laurie; Kinney, Es
telle; Mitchell, Dorothy; Moyle,
Mary; Ragland, Mrs. Bessie; Robin
son, Ruth; Sherwood, Ann; Wohl
ford, Louise.
Wiley School
Alexander, Elizabeth; Alexander,
Harriette; Brown, Mildred; Cornelius,
Evelyn; Donnahoe, Mrs. R. B.; Fritz,
Louise; Garriss, Mabel; Jenkins, Hel
en; Kirkland, Mrs. Allene; Kluttz,
Sadie E.; Marrow, Harriet; Osteen,
Esther; Pratt, Mrs. F. P.; Richardson,
Merrie; Schrock, Anna; Stoker, W.
A.; Trotter, Hallie; Valentine, Myr
tle; Weeks, Celeste; Wells, Loucine;
Wheeler, Mrs. C. D.; Wilson, Eliza
beth; Yoder, J. Yates.
NORTH CAROLINA
NEWS IN
BRIEF
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CLERK SLUGGED, ROBBED
Winston-Salem.—W. H. Turner,
Jr., 22, was beaten and robbed of $45
or $50 and left unconscious in an al
ley.
N. C. MOTORIST ARRESTED
Greensboro.—The Carolina Motor
club reports North Carolina motorists
have been arrested in South Carolina
for driving cars with 1931 license
tags.
TO RESUME OPERATIONS
Elkin.—The Carolina Cross Arm
Company is launching activity again.
It started work this week with 5 0
men on its payroll.
DEATH RATE LOW
North Carolina’s death rate for
1931 was the lowest in its history.
The provisional death rate for the
year was 9.8 percent per 100,000 of
population.
$60,000 FIRE LOSS
Burlington.—An estimated fire loss
of $60,000 was registered here when
a blaze of undetermined origin gut
ted the store building of J. B. and
L. D. Whitted, pioneer merchants, in
the heart of the business district.
STEALS S. C. THUNDER
Raleigh.—North Carolina is about
to steal South Carolina’s thunder. The
neighbor state has long advertised that
her vegetables contained iodine. Iodine
has now been found in North Caro
lina-grown vegetables.
LOWELL MASON FINED
Monroe.—Lowell Mason, of Char
lotte, of Duke university’s football
team, was fined $ $ 0 and costs when
he was convicted of driving while
drunk in this county. He was order
ed not to drive in Union county for
90 days.
BUILDING USED AS FUEL
Fayetteville.—Two negroes have
been indicted for tearing down a
dwelling. The house was the proper
ty of the city school board, and was
being re-shingled for use. A cold snap I
came and the negroes are alleged to :
have carried off the building piecemeal i
for firewood. i
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JUMPER GETS THRILL
Black Mountain.—Billy Bomar, par- ;
ichute jumper at Black Mountain’s i
air show, got an unexpected thrill
when his chute headed down in the ;
path of an on-rushing passenger train. :
Bomar, veteran of 14 years’ work, ]
manipulated his chute and escaped the '
train.
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MULE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ,
High Point.—Patrolman Ball met
his Waterloo here when checking up
on violators of the parking law. He j
came upon a mule hitched to a cart.
The mule shied, backed into the street
and blocked traffic. The officer car
ried the animal to police headquarters ;
and kept him until a negro came to ,
make claim. ,
TRIO ARRESTED
Charlotte.—When three men held
up eight customers and three clerks
in a loca} drug store and robbed the
former of personal property and the
store of- narcotics and other merchan
dise and then escaped, the police used
their radio equipment to broadcast the :
happening. Three hours later the three i
men were apprehended by Asheville ]
police.
THREE SHOT IN ROBBERY i
Thomasville.—Three men were
wounded in an exchange of bullets at
a service station two miles from here
when a trio of white bandits attempt- 1
ed to hold up the place. When the i
three men drew guns, the operator i
started a fight and took a gun and
overcame the robbers. About 15 shots ’
were fired and one of the robbers J
wounded. ;
BELIEVE SMITH
WILL WITHDRAW
IN NEAR FUTURE
Sentiment Among Demo
crats Here Favors Nom
ination Of Roosevelt Or
Baker.
EITHER COULD
BEAT HOOVER,
THEY PREDICT
Recent Developments In
dicate Smith Will Step
Down In Favor Of New
Candidate.
Democratic leaders here, judging by
the opinions of a number of the more
outspoken ones, do not believe that
former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of
New York will attempt to obtain the
democratic nomination for the presi
dency at the approaching national con
vention.
Some of them even go so far as to
declare that if he tries to land the
nomination he will be unsuccessful,
while others in predicting that he will
not be nominated argue that if the
democrats do choose him as their lead
er in 1932, he will be elected.
The great majority of the democrats
hereabouts, however, it appears, do not
want Governor Smith. They feel that
he had his chance in 1928 and that the
vote indicated clearly that he could
not command the. united support of his
party, even in the face of the past
years of "Hoover prosperity,” and they
believe that the party should nominate
a man who at least has no definite
group within the party against him
to begin with.
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oxxuvii nuuxu mix nv it vxv 11V/111
inated, all right,” one well known
democrat here declared. "But I don’t
think he will be nominated and I hope
he will not be. But if the republicans
put up Hoover—which they certainly
svill—then A1 Smith could beat him.
But I think any other democratic lead
:r, say Newton D. Baker, for instance,
:ould probably beat Hoover worse. I
lon’t think Smith will attempt to
:orce himself or the liquor question
ipon the convention and I believe that
ry keeping things harmonious Tt will
>e easy for the democrats to eject the
next president.” This was the com
nent of a democrat who in the 1928
ilection was a rampant Smith follow
er.
With the recent announcement
fom New York that Smith’s “tac
ics” are beginning to claim the at
:ention of the politically minded who
tre trying to figure whether he will
eek the nomination or whether he will
>e "content” to play a leading hand in
'selecting” the nominee of the con
tention, there has been a renewed in
erest here in the probability of the
invention’s nominating Mr. Baker,
vho was President Wilson’s secretary
>f war and who has a strong following
ncluding a great many members of
he American Legion. Mr. Baker has
nany followers in Rowan and it ap
>ears from a rather hasty survey that
le is gaining strength at the expense
>f Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, one
>f the leading contenders—perhaps the
eading one—for the democratic nom
nation.
Edminston Is New
County Home Supt.
P. G. Edminston, Mt. Ulla, has been
lamed superintendent of the county
lome, succeeding Geo. F. Houck, who
las held this position for the past year,
rhis action was taken by the board of
:ounty commissioners in an adjourned
neeting held Wednesday.
ROCKINGHAM GETS STORE
Rockingham.—The Efird brothers
lave decided upon Rockingham as the
:oming town and logical place for es
ablishing another link in their chain,
rhis new Efird store will be in the
'airley building on South Lee street,
t will be managed by A. E. Harris,
ssisted by C. S. Byrd.