ANNUAL REPORT
IS RENDERED
BY GRAND JURY
The grand jury for the February
term of Superior court, with G. Y.
Thompson acting as foreman, has
completed its work. With the excep
tion of a few minor repairs about the
court house and community building
and the finding of the county jail in
bad condition, the report showed the
county institutions to be in good shape.
The grand jury visited the state
prison camp and found there 50 white
prisoners and 51 colored, all males.
The prisoners stated that they were
well cared for and had no complaint
to make. The grounds and outbuild
ings, with the exception of one toilet,
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were found to be in sanitary condi- :
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Conditions existing around the coun
ty home were not so commendable.
Owing to the recent heavy rains an
unsanitary condition was found to ex
ist" at the dairy barn. White inmates
numbered 28, colored 12. Several cas
es among the TB patients were so bad
that the grand jury recommended the
employing of a full time nurse to as
sist Mrs. Edminston.
At the county workhouse the grand
jury found one white and one color
ed girl, four white and four colored
boys. All of these stated that they
were well cared for and had no cause
for complaint. All work and dairy
stock was found to be in good condi
tion.
All offices of the county were
found to be in need of repainting.
Several awnings were found to be in
such a bad condition that either their
replacement or removal was recom
mended. The Community building
was reported in fair condition; how
ever, the interior was found to be bad
ly in need of repainting.
The report on the county jail show
ed this institution to be n an unsani
tary condition, and very much in need
of new beds. All prisoners reported
that they were well taken care of. A
new and larger kitchen stove was sug
gested.
GOLD HILL ITEMS
Quite a number of the farmers in
our section are seeding lespedeza down
on their land for improving their farm
land. The rainy weather delayed many
farmers in seeding their land, as it is
difficult to get in on low land which
s wet.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wyatt near Co
rinth Baptist church held their Gold
:n Wedding anniversary last Friday.
3uite a number of relatives and
friends gathered to help them celebrate
rheir fiftieth married year. Rev. Hew
tt of St. Matthew and Rev. Wade
Dutton of St. Stephens Lutheran
:hurches were present to help partake
)f this celebration.
Rev. Sprinkle of Salisbury was pres
:nt Sunday at Zion M. E. church and
rieard Rev. J. N. Wise preach. Bro.
Wise’s text from the Holy Bible was
'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they
shall see God.” Dr. Sprinkle held a
conference meeting at Richfield M. E.
church Sunday night.
Rev. Wise was requested Sunday at
Zion church to announce that there
would be a big meeting to begin at St.
Paul’s Holiness church next Friday
night, and it would run over two Sab
bath days.
P. H. Wagoner and wife visited his
brothers A. A. and R. L. Wagoner of
Salisbury, one day last week.
Ten thousand troops crush Barce
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North Carolina,
Rowan County.
In the Superior Court.
MRS. J. H. OWENS, Plaintiff,
Vs.
J. H. OWENS, Defendant.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS.
The defendant above named will take not
ice that an action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court of Rowan
County for the purpose of obtaining an ab
solute divorce from him upon Statutory
grounds as now provided by law; and that
said defendant will further take notice that
he is required to appear before the Clerk of
the Superior Court of said County at his of
fice in the Court house in Salisbury, North
Carolina, on the
24TH DAY OF MARCH, 1932,
or thirty days thereafter, and answer or de
mur to the complaint in said action or the
plaintiff will apply to the Court for the re
lief demanded in said complaint.
This the 23rd day of February, 1932.
B. D. McCUBBINS,
Clerk Superior Court.
WILLIAM V. HARRIS,
Attorney for Plaintiff. Fb.26-Mch.18.
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Lionel, Prize-Winner of Great Family,
Is Stern Parent in "Broken Lullaby”
It is the first time that Barrymore
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talkies and he carries the delineation
of the hard-headed, but lovable old
patriot with a full measure of his ac
customed skill.
Lionel Barrymore last year received
first prize for acting honors from the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences. He is the eldest member of
America’s most famous stage family.
John is the youngest; Ethel’s between.
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AUCTION w
CONTRACT
ty Wynne Ferguson
Author of “PRACTICAL AUCTION BRIDC2*
Copyright, 1931, by Hoyle, Jr.
ARTICLE No. 6
There is no Auction player in the
world who always wins or who always
loses, and yet some players, deservedly
or otherwise, get that reputation. It is
very useful to have a reputation for
good luck. It not only gives your
partner confidence in. you, but also
worries your opponents. Card players
as a class are superstitious, even though
they will not admit it and, when a
player has the reputation of “always”
winning, he generally does. He has a
happy air of success that imparts itself
to his partner and opponents alike. “I
love to play with you, partner. You
always make me feel that we are going
to win.” Such remarks to a winning
player are often heard and show the
influence that his reputation exerts.
On the other hand, consider the
player who “always” loses. He takes
his place at the table with a sad and
mournful expression as if Fate has
already marked him out as the loser of
the rubber. He generally starts out
with a remark like this: “Well, partner,
I haven’t been able to hold a face card
in weeks so watch your step.” He takes
a queer sort of pride in his bad luck
and seems to enjoy talking about it.
Needless to say, such a player has a
bad influence on his partner and an
encouraging one on his opponents. He
probably doesn’t always lose, but he
certainly deserves to always lose. He is
his own most formidable opponent and,
by his dismal complaints and talk
about hard luck, discourages his part
ner as well as himself.
There is a lot of psychology in
Auction and Contract and the winning
player is generally the one who comes
to the card table not only with the will
to win but with the sure belief that he
is going to win. Tell your friends of
your good luck, but keep your bad
luck to yourself. Don’t get the reputa
tion of being a “Jonah.” All the world
loves a winner, but the Joser must
always weep alone. Practice Coue’s
auto-suggestion and keep repeating to
yourself: “1 am getting fuckier and
luckier day by day/’ You will be sur
prised at the results both in your luck
and also in your popularity at the
card table.
The following hands are interesting
and instructive:
Hand No. 1
: Y :
: A B :
: Z :
Hearts — 7
Clubs — 9, 5
Diamonds — A, K, Q, 8
Spades — A, Q, 10, 6, 5, 2
AUCTION BIDDING:
No score, rubber game. Z dealt and
bid one spade, A two hearts, Y pass,
B pass, Z two spades, A pass, Y pass
and B three hearts. What should Z
now do with the foregoing hand? Z
should bid three spades. The only other
possible bid 13 four diamonds iyid that
is a bad bid because partner may leave -
it in. At a void score, there is a much
better chance for game in spades than
in diamonds, so the three-spade bid is
preferable.
CONTRACT BIDDING:
At Contract the bidding would be
the same. j
Hand No. 2
Hearts — Q, 8, 4, 2
Clubs—10, 7, 3 f
Diamonds —J, 7, 2
Spades — J, 8, 4
: Y :
: A B :
: Z :
No score, rubber game. Either at
Auction or at Contract, if Y’s partner
had first bid spades and rebid them and
an the third round of bidding, bid four
diamonds, what should Y now bid if A
passed four diamonds? Y should bid
Four spades. His partner has showed a !
good spade hand by his rebid and only
a fair diamond hand. Y’s hand has '
practically the same strength in both
suits and therefore the same chance to
make four in either suit. As four spades
score game, it is the preferable bid.
Hand No. 2 was the one held by Z’s
partner in Hand No. 1. In the actual
play, Z bid four diamonds and Y
passed. The hand was submitted to
the writer for criticism and from the
analysis it is evident that both players
made bad bids. Y’s error, however,
was inexcusable. When your partner
has bid two suits and you have better
support for one, always take"him back ;
to that suit. If you have equal support ;
as in Hand No. 2, take hinvback to the
major suit. Play for game all the time.
Hand No. 3
: Y :
s A B i
i Z :
Hearts— A, K, Q, 10, 7, 6, S, 2
Clubs — K, 7
Diamonds — K, 3
Spades — 7
No score, first game. At either Auc
tion or Contract, what should Z, as
dealer, bid with the foregoing hand?
The only proper bid in this case is four
hearts to shut out, if possible, a four
spade bid by opponents. It is a perfect
example of a shut-out bid.
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BLESSED ARE THE COMPETENT
An important New Yorker called
me up to ask about two doctors who
run a clinic in a little town in Cana
da. He knew that I had visited them
some years ago and that they did me
much good.
I described them to him in the
words of one of their patients. "They
are human ferrets,” I said. "They seem
to be able to discover and correct con
ditions where even specialists have fail
ed.”
The man went up to the clinic and
stayed three weeks. Yesterday he tele
phoned me to say that he had not felt
so well in years. He was so. enthusias
tic that I could hardly get him off the
phone.
I sent ^another man up to Bill
Brown’s health farm opposite West
Point. The man is vice president of a
business that has had plenty of prob
lems. He was nervous and discourag
ed. He came back from Bill’s on the
top of the world.
I referred a friend, to an architect
who has done some very clever work
for us on our country house. My
friend was delighted.
The doctors write me letters of
thanks. So does Bill. So does the ar
chitect. They think I have done them
a friendly service. I reply that, on the
contrary, the obligation is entirely on
my part. They have given me one of
the best pleasures in life, the pleasure
of recommending someone who is real
ly competent.
How seldom we have that pleasure.
What a discouraging lot of applica
tions we receive from men who want
to do something but have never done
anything really well.
It is time for someone to reprint
and redistribute Elbert Hubbard’s
Message to Garcia. It tells, you re
member, how President McKinley,
when the Spanish War broke out, need
ed to get immediate word to the lead
er of the Cuban insurgents, General
Garcia.
Some one told the' President that
there was a man named Major A. S.
Rowan who could find Garcia.
Major Rowan took the letter, ask
ed no questions, sought no directions
or advice, but quietly and promptly
set sail for Cuba, made his way
through the wilderness and delivered
the letter.
Hubbard sang his praises. "Civiliza
tion is one long anxious search for just
such individuals,” he exclaimed. "Any
thing such a man asks shall be grant
ed. He is wanted in every city, town
and village—in every office, shop,
store and factory. The world cries out
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I do not think that humanity is in
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there are many business men who
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of those who want help have ever de
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Now and then comes one who does
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Speaking of the depression—well,
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