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FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 1932
POPULATION DATA
CITIES AND TOWNS
Salisbury - 16,951 Gold Hill _ 156
Spencer - 3,129 Granite Quarry_ 507
E. Spencer_ 2,098 Rockwell_ 696
China Grove _ 1,258 Faith _ 431
Landis _ 1,388 Kannapolis _ 13,912
TOWNSHIPS
Atwell _ 2,619 Morgan _ 1,327
China Grove _ 8,990 Mt. Ulla - 1,389
Cleveland _ 1,445 Providence_ 2,589
Franklin _ 2,246 Salisbury - 25,153
Gold Hill _ 2,642 S. Irish _ 1,251
Litaker _ 2,562 Steele - 1,142
Locke _ 1,904 Unity _ 1,406
ROWAN COUNTY_ 5 6,665
REPUBLICANS’ PLATFORM SUMMED
UP BRIEFLY
The Republican platform contains thirty
nine sectiors, including an introduction, a rec
ital on "leadership” and a conclusion.
The planks, briefly, are:
1. Introduction—Recognizes economic dis
tress and the party’s obligation to assist recov
ery, but says the people themselves must work
out the cure.
2. Leadership—Describes President Hoover
as a wise and courageous leader and recites his
claims to that position.
3. Unemployment and Relief—Declares the
problem is one of State and local responsibility;
opposes the Federal Government granting pri
vate charity.
4. Public Economy—National, state and
municipal governments must balance budgets
and cut expenses before financial stability can
be restored.
5. The Dollar—Upholds the gold standard,
condemns inflation.
6. Banks and the Banking System—Urges
revision of banking laws.
7. International Conferences—Favors U. S.
participation in international monetary con
ference.
8. Home Loan Banks—Their creation rec
ommended to encourage home ownership.
9. Agriculture — Indorses Farm Board,
promises farm tariff to establish equality with
industry, suggests revision of taxes and bal
ancing of production with demand.
10. Tariff—Suggests increased duties on
products affected by currency depreciation
abroad, favors tariff on products of farms,
forests, mines and oil wells.
11. Veterans—Indorses principle of interna
sation, but omits mention of bonus.
12. Foreign Affairs—Advocates interna
tional co-operation without alliances; elimi
nates war as a resort of national policy.
13. Friendship and Commerce—(Pledges
continuance of "most favored nation prin
ciple.”
14. Conditions on the Pacific—Reiterates
the principles of the Kellogg pact; favors a
Congressional measure authorizing an inter
national conference in case of any threat to
this pact.
15. Latin-America—Imperialism disavow
ed.
16. World Court—Recommends adherence.
17. Reduction of Armament—Commends
participation in Geneva disarmament confer
ence, but promises American Navy to be kept
on pairty with any other.
18. National Defense—Says United States
Army has reached irreducible minimum.
19. Labor and Immigration—Favors reten
. tion of immigration laws.
20. Wages and Work—Approves higher
wages, shorter working hours, collective bar
gaining.
21. Public Utilities—Urges regulation of
interstate public utilities.
22. Transportation—Advocates coordina
tion of rail, highway and air transportation so
all shall operate on equal basis.
23. St. Lawrence Seaway—Great Lakes
should be developed.
24. Highways—Federal co-operation with
States to be continued.
25. Crime—Favors rigid penal laws to
stamp out gangsters, racketeers and kidnapers.
26. Narcotics—Pledges continued warfare
against drug traffic.
27. Civil Service—Indorses continuance of
system.
28. Prohibition—Resubmission of prohibi
tion question through Congressional amend
ment with States to decide on wet or dry pol
icy, Government retaining control of "liquor
traffic.”
29. Conservation—Applied to all natural
resources, including oil.
30. Negro—Equal opportunity and rights.
31. Hawaii—Continuance of self-govern
ment.
32. Porto Rico—Application of all meas
ures adopted for benefit of the United States
itself.
33. Alaska—Territorial self-governlment.
34. Welfare Work and Children—Contin
uance of welfare work.
3). Indians—Protection ot property ngnts.
36. Reorganization of Government Bureaus
—Favored for economy and efficiency.
37. Democratic Failure^Charges Demo
cratic House of Representatives proves inca
pacity for leadership; cites pork barrel legis
lation.
38. Party Government—Urges party unity,
attacks insurgency.
39. Conclusion—fCities alleged Democratic
deficiencies; contrasts constructive Republican
activity.
THE CHALLENGE TO THE YOUTH
OF TODAY
What has the youth of America to face to
day? We mean the youth just starting out to
make a name for himself.
In answer we agree with the sentiment of
The New York Times that "Owen D. Young
has said in one sentence the challenging bac
calaureate word to the young men graduating
from colleges and universities this year.” Here
is what he said:
"If you can survive the initial shock you will
have before you the most favoring circum
stances for service presented to young men of
any time.”
Kipling s four octaves of lfs are put into
this one plain prose subjunctive statetnent,”
says The Times. "Surviving the initial shock
involves, to be sure, many of the other 'ifs’;
keeping one’s head when all about are losing
theirs; trusting one’s self when others doubt
one;vkeeping one’s self from hating when be
ing hated; waiting and yet not being tired by
waiting; starting afresh at one’s beginnings
when those from whom one expected assist
ance in making a running start have lost all
their winnings; and holding on when there is
nothing left but will which says to one 'Hold
on.’ But all these are implicit in the initial ov
ercoming of conditions due to false standards
of living whch led to our undertaking to gain
by speculation more than the legitimate in
come from honest jobs.
"The discipline which is essential in meeting
these conditions and which has come 'too late
for my generation,’ as Mr. Young said, will not
only make 'the earth and everything that’s in
it’ the possession of those who are entering it
these 'commencement’ days but incidentally
will make master men of those who survive.
"Difficulties are the challenge of this new
day in which youth will build out of the wreck
the thing it contemplates—setting for itself an
even higher standard of life than ever the earth
has known. We would suggest that every uni
versity, college and high school graduate carry
with him into the struggle of active life a copy'
(or a clear memory) of this stirring address
of one who has splendidly illustrated in his own
life the terms of the testing formula which he
has commended to youth: idealism in purpose,
business metods in execution and sportsman
ship in spirit.”
I This Is Going To Be Good - —B, Albert T. R«d
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Mr. Edwin Earle, Jr.,
Salisbury, N. C.
My dear Mr. Earle:
Allow me to congratulate you on
being elected to the board of direc
tors of the North Carolina Merchants
Association.
During your years of service as a
member of the local organization you
have always liberally given of your
time, effort and funds. As a result of
your past activities you have been pre
viously honored as president of the
Salisbury-Spencer Merchants associa
tion. Honor has now come to you on
the part of the state organization.
It is my pleasure to wish you and
your fellow directors success in all'af
fairs concerning the merchants of the
state.
Governor Matthew Rowan.
To the Cafe and Hotel Owners and
Operators in Salisbury.
The high ratings received by your
establishments upon the last inspec
tion, as required by the state health
laws, is gratifying and exceptional.
The public appreciate the fact that
you maintain your places of business
on a high plane and that you realize
the value and necessity of cleanliness
and sanitation. These are essential to
good health and should be apparent
and emphasized in each place where
food is served.
I urge a special effort in maintain
ing these enviable records of high rat
ings and I assure you the public ‘will
more than compensate you for the
time and effort and money required
in doing so.
Governor Matthew Rowan.
To the Taxpayers of North Carolina:
Apparently increasing thought is be
ing given to the proposal to reduce the
number of counties in the state, by
consolidation of two or more into one,
as a potential means of reducing the
expenses of government. One of the
principal speakers before the annual
convention of the North Carolina
Merchants association recently advo
cated reduction from the present 100
to 10, eliminating 90 of the present
counties. If the number of counties
were cut down by four fifths, through
consolidation, certainly it would ef
fect a very large reduction in the cost
of county government, without nec
essarily impairing the public service
being rendered by the present num
ber.
The ideal plan would be to consoli
-date groups of three to five counties
into one, making the central county
seat of the group the seat of the en
larged county government. This would
make the county seat central and con
venient to all the people of the larger
county.
The only good reason for so many
was to place a county seat in conven
ient reach of every citizen, before th<
days of good roads and automobiles
Today it is about as convenient for th<
average citizen of North Carolina tc
go to the state capital and return hom<
as it was for the average citizen a gen
eration ago to make the round trip t<
his county seat. Therefore the only
good reason that ever existed for tht
creation of so many counties has been
remoa ed.
This is one measure of economy on
which a start might well be made dur
ing the next session of the Legislature,
if the taxpayers will give it serious
consideration and insist that their rep
reentatives in the General Assembly do
likewise.
Governor Matthew Rowan.
COMMENTS
"A Bunch Of Cows’”
To the Editor:
Noting the apparent apathy with
which the American people accept the
new tax bill and the resignation with
which they tolerate the Eighteenth
Amendment, I have come to the con
clusion that we are a bunch of cows.
We fought the Revolutionary War
because we would not accept taxation
without representation; I hope we’re
satisfied.
We won the Civil War and forced
the South to repudiate its European
war debts, and now we refuse to rec
ognize Russia because that country' re
pudiated the debts of a former Gov
ernment.
We elect Representatives to Con
gress to make laws, and they dilly-dal
ly and cut our throats.
We submit to bribery in public of
fice, racketeers, criminal terror and
what not.
We drink denatured poison alcohol
to satisfy a natural thirst.
The Revolutionary heroes died for
our country; we, poor saps, live for it.
Only cows, pretty dumb' ones at
that, could remain passive through all
that chaos. M. A. Levin.
Hoover! There He Stands—For Pic
nics.
To the Editor:
We at last have found out where
Mr. Hoover stands in regard to pic
nics. He is positively for picnics; in
fact, he openly indorses nation-wide
picnics planned by the Farm Bureau.
And he boldly says so.
History fails to name a single dicta
tor who ever allowed a picnic for one
instant. •
Hoover a dictator? Never.
-Hoover? There he stands! R.H.S.
He Hasn’t Forgiven The "Lieuts”
To the Editor:
Why all the shouting about kick
ing 2,000 officers out of the army?
Why only 2,000? If they kicked all
the second lieutenants out no one
would even miss them, except per
haps the buck private and they would
be too overjoyed to mention it. For
seventeen years I have been trying to
find the answer to "Why is a second
lieutenant?” and have about come- to
the conclusion that there is no reason
unless it is to make future members
for the American Legion.
Joseph H. Cole, Jr.
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