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The Oldest Newspaper Published In North Carolina
The Carolina Watchman
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Founded 1832-100th Year SALISBURY^RIDAY MORNING, JUN^4^3~ Vol. 27, N* 26 Price 2 Cents
Majority In Favor
Of The Present Law
The Question Of Liquor
Is Not One Of Repeal Oi
Resubmission, But Om
Of Enforcement, Thej
Say.
BELIEVE NO GOOD
CAN BE OBTAINED
BY RESUBMISSION
The Stand On Prohibition
Question Gathered By
The Watchman From
The Salisbury Ministers.
The ministers of Salisbury are op
posed to the repeal of the 18 th amend
ment or resubmission of the prohibi
tion question to a vote of the people.
This fact was brought to light by a
survey made by a representative of
The Watchman this week.
in eacn instance, tne minister who
was asked relative Co Jus position on
prohibition, stated that he was in fa-'
vor of enforcement of the present law
and opposed to repeal or resubmission.
Following is a list of opinions or
statements obtained from ministers
who were reached by The Watchman:
REV. G. L. KERR, pastor of the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church: "The question before this!
country is not one of repeal or of re
submission, these are but names to turn
us from our war on King Alcohol.
The question before this country is
one of the enforcement of the law. We
know our duty, it is a question of the
moral courage to do our duty. There
are some who should be calling atten
tion to the fact that it is a question as
to whether or not a democracy can
survive.
"Being a minister of the gospel I am
dedicated to the cause of proclaiming
the truth of God’s Word, and the
Word of God very definitely pro
claims the curse of God against the li
quor traffic. I heartily support efforts
to annihilate this traffic. Nothing can
turn me from this course, neither the
declaration of any individual, regard
less of what office he may hold, or to
what office he may aspire, nor the
proclamation of any platform of any
body of men by whatever name they
{Please turn to back page)
Bob Reynolds
At Spencer Shops
Next Thursday
Bob Reynolds, high man in the race
for the United States senate, will meet
with his friends and suporters at the
Spencer shops Thursday, June 30th, at
12 o’clock noon, according to a tele
gram received Thursday by C. P. Bar
ringer, Reynolds’ county campaign
manager, from David L. Strain, in
charge of the Asheville headquarters
of the Reynolds’ campaign.
A short, informal speech is sched
uled. This engagement comes on the
eve of the second primary, July 2.
Reynolds, in the June 4th primary,
led Cameron Morrison, incumbent, ap
proximately 15,000 votes. Morrison
several weeks ago called for a second
primary.
Seeks One-third
Cut In Arms
President Hoover, in a statement is
sued Wednesday, asked the world for a
one-third reduction in arms as a means
of furthering economic recovery.
KILLED IN AUTO WRECK
r Jack Weaton, 22.. was instantly kil
T cd at Leaksville last week when h
e car left the road at a railroad crossing
turned over several times and mangle
y his body badly.
Nebraskan To Paris
Good
Morning
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LIFE
Life is like a decktof cards—
i When you’re in love, it’s hearts;
• When you’re engaged, it’s diamonds;
> When you’re married, it’s clubs,
■ And when you’re dead, it’s spades.
: —Alfred Nelson,
"Haw! Haw! Haw!” howled the
s judge, who had a sense of humor, just
t before delivering a death sentence,
"you’ll die when you hear this one.”
t -
; Sunday School Teacher: Who was
: the mother of Moses?
Little Mary: Pharoah’s daughter.
Sunday School Teacher: But she on
s ly found him in the bull-rushes,
t Little Mary: That was her story.
Love is like a poker game—it takes
) a pair to open—she gets a flush, he
: shows diamonds, and it ends with a
' full house.
r . ■
1: My father is a brickmason and
he lays six hundred bricks a day.
2: That’s nothing, my father is an
ice-man and he—welT, I’ll be seeing
you.
"So that’s a lap dog?”
"Yes. Fido, come over and lap the
lady.1”
She was only a fireman’s daughter,
, and her father put out her fires every
. night.
"My, I’m tired,” quoth Eve, after
. taking a swim in the nude. "I wish
. there was somebody here to - re-leave
t me.”
L
. If you’re caught red-handed, be
nonchalant—tell ’em it’s mercuro
chrome.
Man criticizes woman for her ex
travagance, but she never wastes two
dollars’ worth of shotgun shells in or
der to get a twenty-cent rabbit.—
i Louisville Times.
"What is the shortest bedtime story
in the world?” ^
"No.”
John: "Can I take you out tonight?”
She (haughtily) : "I wouldn’t go out
with a baby.”
John: "I’m sorry, I didn’t under
stand.”
A bachelor is a man who never has
any children to speak of.
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[ National Political Pot Boils Again
Above is the interior of the J?,
Oiicago Stadium, scene of the
Republican and Democratic par- jl|
ties national conventions. Insert,
right, is of James R. Garfield, j|
son of the former president, and m
chairman of the powerful Re- ■
publican Platform Committee; M
and left, Senator Dickinson of 1
Iowa, “Keynoter” who opened
the G. O. P. convention.
-11 iiii In —
Below—"Memphis Bill” Terry,
brilliant first baseman who now man
ages the N. Y. Giants. He was named
by John J. McGraw (above), who
lead the Giants for 30 years.
John D. Rockefeller Jr., long a
staunch dry, stirred political camps
to action in announcing that he
“favors repeal . . . .prohibition a
failure ... its evils outweighing its
benefits.”
Rowan County
Ticket To List
8 Candidates
Only 8 candidates will appear on
the ballots to be voted on by citizens
of Rowan county in the democratic
second primary, Saturday, July 2, E.
C. Gregory, chairman of the Rowan
county election board, announced rec
ently.
In Rowan county two candidates
will appear on the ticket seeking nom
ination to the state legislature. Six
names will appear on the state ballot.
The reduction in the number of
names will greatly facilitate the
counting of the ballots and the results
should be known before midnight.
The names of the candidates and
the offices to which they aspire are
as follows:
STATE TICKET
For United States Senator-.
Cameron Morrison.
Robert R. Reynolds.
For Governor:
J. C. B. Ehringhaus.
Richard T. Fountain.
For Commissioner of Labor:
C. E. Mitchell.
A. L. Fletcher.
COUNTY TICKET
For State Legislature:
J. W. Bean.
George Uzzell.
UNFAIR FREIGHT RATES
Citing higher freight rates between
Carolina cities and Virginia cities than
between middle western cities and Vir
ginia cities, the state corporation com
mission has filed a brief with the U.
S. interstate commerce commission
asking a general revision in southern
rates.
New Champion
Jack Sharkey is the new heavy
weight champion of the world by vir
tue of a decision rendered over Max
Schmeling, German heavyweight,
Tuesday night, in New York. The
fight went the full route of 1J rounds.
$1,000 STOLEN IN TRUNK
Burglars entered the home of John
Turnage, Greene county man, and re
moved a trunk containing over $1,000
in gold and bills. Several persons were
sleeping in the house.
| Heads Presbyterians J
I
News Briefs
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INJURY FATAL
As Caswell Thomas, 24, cleaned £
pistol, at his Yancey county home, it
accidentally discharged and the bullet
pierced the heart of his father, Chas.
Thomas, 53, killing him. There are no
charges against the young man.
ASHEVILLE WOMAN KILLED
When her husband lost control of
his car near Spartanburg, S. C., it
turned over and fatally hurt Mrs. F.
J. Nichols, Asheville.
HUNT HOLDUP KILLERS
Intensive police search is underway
near Sanford for three negro holdup
men who killed Thomas Beal, 64, a
customer, and dangerously wounded
Nordon H. Perry, 58, manager of a
store at Cumnock village. The robbers
ran without securing any money, when
Perry gave the alarm. Two suspects
are held.
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KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Lightning struck the ba/n of Thom
as W. Jones, 41, Beaufort county
farmer, Saturday, and killed him as he
stood in shelter from the storm.
BUILDING-LOAN MEETING
The N. C. Building and Loan league
opened a three-day convention at
Wrightsville Beach, Tuesday, with A.
P. Harris, Albemarle, president, and
Philip Leiber, Shreveport, La., vice
president of the national organization,
the chief speaker.
BOY DIES IN ACCIDENT
Hitching a bicycle ride on the rear
of a truck, Clinton Lincoln, 16, of
Morehead City, was killed, when his
wheel struck a rough place and he was
thrown against the curbing.
$15,000 CLINTON FIRE
An early fire at Clinton wiped out
a genera! store and a tire shop, caus
ing $15,000 damage. Origin of the
flames is not known.
KILLS SELF IN CAR
Francis Ferguson, 30, Siler City,
killed himself with a pistol shot while
sitting in his car on route 90, five
miles east of the city.
ACCIDENTAL SHOT FATAL
Charles H. Creel, 35, died at San
ford from a chest wound accidentally
inflicted with a shotgun during tar
get practice near his Lee county home.
Marks 100th Anniversary
Of The Oldest Newspaper
Published In N. Carolina
Special Edition Will Car
ry Historical Data Re
lating To The Develop
ment Of Salisbury And
Rowan County.
CITIZENS URGED
TO CONTRIBUTE
HISTORICAL DATA
Advertising Of The Va
rious Business firms And
Industries In Salisbury
And Rowan County To
Be Included.
In celebration of its 100 birthday,
The Watchman will publish a CEN
URY EDITION on July 28th.
ton C^aige.
The present publishers purchased
The Watchman in July, 1931, and this
marks the anniversary of their first
year of ownership.
THE CENTURY EDITION will
carry many pages of historical data of
Salisbury, Rowan county, and also a
comprehensive sketch of the~*history
of The Watchman and interesting
facts relative to its editors of the past
and its policies.
In the life and history of The
Watchman is embodied the life and
history of Salisbury and Rowan coun
ty. The Watchman is the oldest news
paper published in the state and much
of the romance and glamour of those
earlier pioneer days go along with it.
The publishers of The Watchman
will welcome contributions to the
CENTURY EDITION. We are espe
cially interested in obtaining histori
cal events—some that have been, re
corded and some that are still unre
corded—for this issue. It will also be
appreciated if the material and copy
for this edition is submitted several
weeks in advance to enable The Watch
man time to edit, set up and arrange
it for publication.
Many features are being arranged
for the CENTURY EDITION. This
special edition will sell for 10 cents
per copy. Subscribers will receive their
copies without additional cost.
Special service has been arranged
for our advertisers. In addition to the
many historical facts in the CEN
TURY EDITION a special section of
local advertising will be carried. It is
hoped that our many advertisers in
Salisbury and Rowan county will avail
themselves of this opportunity to have
their copy appear in ^his edition. Spe
cial mats and every accommodation
will be provided for advertisers at no
increase in advertising rates.
Fountain Will
Speak Here On
Monday, June 27
•
R. T. Fountain, candidate for gov
ernor of North Carolina in the second
primary July 2, will speak in the
courthouse Monday night, June 27th,
at 8 o’clock.
Mr. Fountain was second high man
in the June 4th primary. J. C. B. Eh
ringhaus, of Elizabeth City, lead Mr.
Fountain by approximately J0,000
votes.