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The Carolina Watchman
"The Watchman Carries a Summary of ^All The K[ews”
Founded 183~2—100th Year SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1932 Vol. 27, No. 18 Price 2 Cents
CITY OFFICIALS
OPPOSE CHANGE
IN TIME SYSTEM
Councilmen Believe That
Established Order of At
tending To Business Is
Best.
MANY CITIES NOW
OPERATING ON
THE NEW SYSTEM
Various Opinions Are Ex
pressed Regarding
Change In Salisbury;
Number Of Merchants
Favor It.
The members of the city council
are opposed to daylight saving time.
This was revealed in a survey made
by a representative of The Watchman
Thursday.
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isbury Chamber of Commerce express
ed the belief that a move to establish
daylight saving time in Salisbury
would be nothing short of foolhardy.
In general the merchants reacted
more in favor of the new idea than
any other group. Reason for this was
stated that more time would be af
forded them for recreation after
working hours. One merchant went so
far as to say he was in favor of mov
ing the clock up two hours instead
of the conventional hour.
Many cities in the North have
adopted the new system of time keep
ing.
Those cities that adopted daylight
saving time changed their clocks the
past Saturday at midnight. Approxi
mately 145,000,000 people in the
United States and Europe have been
affected by the change.
Byrd Seeks
Re-election As
Commissioner
T. M. Byrd, of Granite Quarry, who
is at present a member of the board
of county commissioners, will be a
candidate in the Democratic primary
June 4th for re-nomination, accord
ing to an announcement made Thurs
day.
Mr. Byrd, granite contractor and
prominent farmer in eastern Rowan,
is completing his first term as com
missioner, having been elected to this
office in 1932. He is a life-long Dem
ocrat and has been actively identified
with his party for many years.
TOTAL SUN ECLIPSE AUG. 31
The eastern part of the United States
will have opportunity to view another
total eclipse of the sun on August 3 1.
The usual preparations are being
made for photographs and study. It
will be in 1970 before the privilege
occurs again for this section.
GAME WARDEN WAGES WAR
Assistant state game warden, W. C.
Lisk, is waging war against illegal
fishers who use baskets and other ille
gal methods. The closed season is on
between May 1 and June 10, and fish
ing by any method is prohibited. The
law will be enforced, says Mr. Lisk.
SUIT AGAINST CLINTON BANK
A $150,000 suit has been filed
against the officers and directors of
the defunct bank of Clinton, in Samp
son county, alleging that it operated
ten years under a system calculated in
evitably to result in utter insolvency.
Evidences of fraud are being offered.
Good
Morning
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GOOD ADVICE IF—
"Give the little girl a hand.”
That’s what we’re told,
And gosh, it’s good advice
I now make bold
To state. I mean to say
It’s simply grand
If properly applied—
You understand?
Why gee! you can’t go wrong
With dope like that,
For whether she deserves
A friendly pat
Or good, sound husky swats
That jar her spine,
Just give the chit a hand,
It works out fine.
Yep, give the jane a hand,
But please take care
To give it to her right;
Be just and fair.
But heck, you won’t! You’re soft,
You know that’s true.
You’ll hand out friendly pats
When swats are due.
Eugenie—Bill proposed four times
before I accepted him.
Minnie—Do you know who the oth
er three girls were?
ROMANCE PLUS
Friend—"Which of your works of
fiction do you consider the best?”
Author—"My last income-tax re
turn.”—Passing Show.
WATCH YOUR STEP!
Mrs. De Style (at modiste’s, as man
nequins display gowns)—"Which do
you like best, Robert?”
Husband—"I prefer the tall bru
nette—er—that is, I mean the pink
chiffon, my dear.”—Boston Tran
script.
NEW RACKET ON DAD
Bobby (short of money)—"I say,
dad, have you any work you’d like me
to do?”
Father (taken by surprise)—"Why
—no—but—er-”
Bobby—"Then would you like to
put me on the dole?”—Tatler.
KRAZY KAT SPURNED AGAIN?
Burdette had gone to the mouse to
attempt a reconciliation. She reiused
to listen to his pie is.—Every Even.ng
(Wilmington, Del.).
DRUG STORE BRANCHING OUT
Prescription Department
Added To Kennedy’s
Cut Rate Drug Store
—Washington (Pa.) paper.
PLAIN DAIRY FOR US
The complaint says after the gen
uine Roquefort is made and packed
in round tinfoil packages the delicacy
is placed in certain calves in the Vil
lage of Roquefort, where there is pres
ent certain bacilli of fermentation.
—Hoboken (N. J.) Jersey Observer.
OUR MOTHERS LOVED US
It’s strange, yes, very strange
How human beings change
With passing years.
They curdle and they sour,
Grow glum, morose and dour
And full of sneers;
Their souls grow warped and bent
And gnarled from discontent;
They snarl and growl,
Complain and vent their spite
And seem to think it right
To raise a howl.
Not all are thus, it’s true,
But rather more than few,
We sadly note;
Too many, be it said,
To swell the human head
And make it gloat.
What’s more we stand amazed
And not a little dazed
To see some brute
And think some mother viewed
His infant form and cooed:
"Gee, ain’t he cute!”
Salutations
The merchant who can tell prospective customers in
an effective message who he is; where he is and what he
has to offer for their betterment need not fear any
amount of negative thinking.
To keep the mind alert and go with the trend of the
times in merchandising means that that particular mer
chant will ride upon an incoming tide of greater and
greater busines_s.
Life is constantly changing and any business that is
bound to traditions of the past must of necessity fade
out of the picture.
Salibury and Rowan county are fortunate from an
employment and industrial angle if our merchants will
be receptive unto new thoughts in business everything
with them will spell larger volume of trade.
Look to this day for it is life, the very life of life.
PLEAD GUILTY
A dramatic trial on at Raleigh came
to a quick end when superior court
judge John H. Harwood and his
daughter, Miss Lola Harwood, 26, an
only child, pleaded guilty of charges
against them—the father for tamper
ing with records to cover evidence
against his daughter; the daughter for
embezzling $4,82J while under em
ployment of the State, to cover stock
market losses. Judge Harwood’s man
hood asserted itself when he faced
committing perjury, and a long case
came to its dramatic end as the father
made manifest how he tried to save
his child. The young woman goes to
the penitentiary for a service of two
years. Judge Harwood, having resign
ed his post as judge and pleading
guilty to a misdemeanor, will lose none
of his rights as a citizen in the service
of one year in jail.
Attorney General Brummitt revers
ed the order of commitment from
jail to state prison, thus making Judge
Harwood’s offense a felony instead of
misdemeanor.
GEORGIA SENATOR DIES
William J. Harris, U. S. senator
from Georgia, died in Washington
City Monday following an illness of
several weeks.
Heads Y. W. C. A.
Mrs. Frederic M.' Paist of Wayne,
Pa., elected President of the National
Board of the Young Women’s Chris
tian Association.
DAVID OVENS IS MADE CITIZEN
Charlotte—David Ovens, long time
citizen of this city, completed the de
tails in his naturalization application
made several years back before Judge
Webb in the federal court here Mon
day. Mr. Ovens is with the J. B. Ivey
company, and has been regarded as one
of the best Americans.
Who s Who In Rowan
NORTH CAROLINA STATE CAMP
PATRIOTIC ORDER SONS
OF AMERICA
H. G. Mitchell, past state president,
Statesville.
C. B. Hoover, state president, Coo
leemee.
J. T. Graham, state vice-president,
Cleveland.
Fred O. Sink, state secretary, Lex
ington.
J. C. Kesler, state treasurer, Salis
bury.
P. F. Miller, state master of forms,
Asheboro.
C. M. C. Barger, Salisbury, member
of state by-law committee.
S. E. McNeely, Cleveland, nation
al representative.
Dr. W. B. Duttera, Salisbury, na
tional representative.
J. W. Schenck, Bostian Cross Roads,
national representative.
Board of Managers F. B. Association
H. G. Mitchell, Statesville; C. B.
Hoover, Cooleemee; J. T. Graham,
Cleveland; Fred O. Sink, Lexington;
J. C Kesler, Salisbury; P. F. Miller,
Asheboro; E. A. Timberlake, Lexing
ton; T. L. Kimball, Winston-Salem.
Camp No. 3, Cleveland
R. L. Gaither, past president.
J. I. Steele, president.
B. J. Thompson, vice president.
T. L. Kesler, master of forms.
J. L. White, treasurer.
R. N. Moore, financial secretary.
J. T. Graham, recording secretary.
J. E. Kennedy, conductor.
Allen Innis, Guard.
Camp No. 85, Mill Bridge
J. T. Gillespie, past president.
S. W. Morgan, president.
J. W. McCorkle, vice president.
M. W. Miller, master of forms.
Jim Smith, treasurer.
J. H. Morgan, financial secretary.
W. B. Silliman, recording secretary.
J. A. Morgan, conductor.
Concordia Camp No. 10
the new camp
S. M. Beaver, past president.
M. B. Corriher, president.
D. E. Deal, vice president.'
N. C. Upright, master of forms.
E. A. Smith, recording secretary.
G. P. Karriker, financial secretary.
E. A. Karriker, treasurer.
L. E. Ritchie, conductor.
J. P. Beaver, guard.
OFFICERS SALISBURY CHAPTER
OF TRAVELERS’ PROTECTIVE
ASSOCIATION
Thomas B. Van Poole, president.
Roy Fesperman, 1st vice president.
T. M. Startback, 2nd vice presi
dent.
D. W. Plyler, 3rd vice president.
C. A. Misenheimer, 4th vice presi
dent.
W. L. Noel, secretary-treasurer.
Directors: R. G. Hunt, W. M. Bar
ringer, W. O. Ryburn, H. B. Friday,
O. H. Williams.
Committee Chairmen: Paul H.
Bernhardt, railroad; W. F. Rattz, ho
tel; J. F. Hurley, Sr., publicity; G. E.
Wilkerson, legislative; P. M. Dellinger,
R. B. Miller, Jr., membership; Lonnie
Mahaley, employment; Rev. Marshall
Woodson, chaplain.
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News Briefs
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CHILD BURNED TO DEATH
Donald, two and one-half-year (.Id
child of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Money at
Statesville was burned to death Wed
nesday while playing around a wash
pot in the backyard at the home.
FIRE DESTROYS HOME
Mount Gilead—Fire that started in
a flue Wednesday destroyed the hand
some 12-room home of J. D. Steed
here with an estimated loss of be
tween $8,000 and $10,000. Little in
surance was carried. Most of the house
hold effects were saved. Lack of water
hindered efforts to save the house.
STABS HIS SCHOOLMATE
Carl Hughes, 17, is in a serious con
dition in an Asheville hosptal, and
Charles Poteat, 14, is held in Bakers
ville jail, following a fight on Wed
nesday when Hughes was stabbed.
DAYLIGHT SAVING
Charlotte has been entertaining the
proposition of going on daylight sav
ing time. But the city council turned
the proposal down flat. It should be
state-wide, if at all—but why monkey
with the clock?
fugitive kills himself
Tom Justice, of Waynesville, who
was being sought for the slaying of
his mother-in-law, shot himself to
death in Haywood county Wednesday.
Letters were found on the dead man,
but officials have not revealed con
tents.
PATROLMAN BEATEN
A South Carolina patrolman, Leo
Jenkins, was badly beaten near Lan
caster Tuesday by three men who
were driving a car with a North Car
olina tag, as he attempted to arrest
them for driving while drunk. Phy
sicians say Jenkins will recover.
FARMER MEETS DEATH
John Wesley Morris, 36, prominent
farmer, of Cabarrus, met death at his
home near the Iredell line on Tues
day. He left home with his gun, ex
pecting to shoot a hawk. He became
entangled in a wire fence, the gun ac
cidentally discharging into his body,
it is alleged.
INSANE FATHER SLAYS SON
W. T. Neal, Durham county farm
er, beat his 5-year-old son to death
with an axe Wednesday and then tried
to hack himself to pieces. Neal be
came suddenly deranged, and arrange
ments had been made to place him in
the state asylum on the following day.
STATE PRISONERS ESCAPE *
One of the most dramatic escapes
from the state prison at Raleigh since
the days of Otto Wood occurred Tues
day when five hospital prisoners es
rinpA bv q1 irlincr Hnwn a blanket rone
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from the fourth floor infirmary after
sawing away two bars. Raymond
White, Hubert Minshaw, Robert Gal
loway, J. W. White and Bennie Wil
liams were the escapes.
PEACEMAKER KILLED
Hartsville—A Sunday night fight
on a plantation near here ended in the
shooting to death of Lige Biddle, a
farmer, who had essayed the role of
peacemaker. Biddle was shot and kill
ed by Clyde Lowery, a farmer, after
Biddle had interceded in a fight be
tween Lowery and Dewey Grantham.
The fight and the killing occurred on
the plantation of Miss Rosa Lee, near
Hartsville.
ALLEGED GANGSTER CAUGHT
Smithfield—Jack Green, a supposed
notorious rum-runner out of Raleigh,
was captured here Wednesday. His
two confederates escaped, following an
accident to the high-powered stolen
car they were driving near Princeton.
One, Major Mitchell, escaped last week
from the Johnston county jail, and
had been declared an outlaw.
EXPECT WARM
CONTESTS FOR
COUNTY OFFICES
Several Candidates Prob
ably File For Same Posi
tion, Making Primary
Necessary.
CONVENTION WILL
BE HELD MAY 7th;
TO NAME TICKET
Republicans Entered Pri
mary Ttvo Years Ago;
List Of Prospective Can
didates Compiled.
That Rowan county republicans
will enter the primary June 4th be
came apparent Thursday as several
avowed candidates for the same office
on this ticket announced their inten
tion of filing notice with the board
of elections before May 20, the last
day allowed under the law.
Should more than one candidate file
for any office, a primary becomes ne
cessary. This applies to both parties
alike. The republicans entered the pri
marv two vears apft.
Ray P. Lyerly, chairman of the Re
publican Executive committee of this
county, has called a convention for
May 7 for the purpose of nominating
a ticket for the fall elections. Unless
opposition develops against the can
didates nominated by the convention,
those candidates will be placed on the
republican ticket in the fall elections.
However, if any other candidate should
file for the same office, a primary,
under the law, would become neces
sary. '
Those mentioned as likely candi
dates for the various offices on the re
publican ticket are as follows:
Sheriff: Ray P. Lyerly, who served
as sheriff 1928-1930, and who is now
chairman of the Rowan County Re
publican Executive committee; F. S.
Burgess, a former deputy sheriff and
for two years a member of the board
of elections.
Judge: R. C. Jennings, local at
torney, solicitor of the county court
from 1928-1930, acting postmaster in
1931, and now a member of the State
Republican Executive committee; J.
M. Waggoner, local attorney, who has
long been identified with the activi
ties of the republican party in Row
an county; E. H. Bean, also an at
torney of this city, is being boosted
for this office.
Solicitor: J. L. Rendleman, Jr., at
torney of this city, and former chair
man of the Rowan County Republi
can Executive committee for the past
four years and county attorney under
the recent republican administration;
Joseph Prevette, attorney, a former
member of the house of representa
tives from Wilkes county but who has
been practicing law in Salisbury for
the past several years.
Auditor: W. H. Hobson. It appears
that Mr. Hobson will have no oppo
sition should he decide to run for this
office. Mr. Hobson is a prominent bus
iness man of this city and was one of
the leading candidates for the appoint
ment as postmaster.
Register of deeds: A. L. Kluttz. Mr.
Kluttz served as register of deeds from
1928-1930. He is now connected with
the Rowan Holding Company, of this
city. Mrs. D. W. Goodson has also
been mentioned as a possible candi
date for this office.
Senate: L. L. Smith, who represent
ed this county in the senate from 1928
1930. He is a prominent farmer of
this county and has been for many
years engaged in educational work in
the county, having served as principal
of the East Spencer high school for a
numberof years. W. Talmadge Shu
ford, Salisbury attorney, who is now
a member of the state executive com
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