Democratic Convention Urges Lower Land Taxes PLATFORM CALLS FOR A NEW VALUATION OF PROPERTY IN 1933 Removal Of The 15 Cent Property Tax For The Support Of The 6 Mos. School Term Is Pledged. The platform adopted by the dem ocratic state convention in Raleigh declares that all taxes on land for school purposes shall be removed and that a new and fair assessment of property will be made next year. The following excerpts are given from the platform: With an abiding faith in the cour age of the people of our common wealth, the Democratic party pledges itself to a continuance of a program of conservative and helpful service, and to this end we pledge: 1. An immediate revaluation of property throughout the State at its true value in money, to the end that inequality and injustice may be avoid ed. 2. The removal of the 15c property tax now levied for the support of the six-month public school term. 3. We recognize the prime import ance of preserving the credit of the N State, and to that end tjie budget must be balanced. ■+. I he maintenance oi the public school system and our higher institu tions of learning in a state of effi ciency, thus guaranteeing to every boy and girl in North Carolina the oppor tunity "to burgeon out all that there is within them.” 5. The promotion of public health and welfare. 6. The care of the unfortunate and helpless in our humanitarian institu tions. 7. A program of strict economy in every department and agency of the State government, including the dis continuance of any governmental agency which is not rendering a nec essary and indispensable public service, or saving money for the taxpayers of the State. 8. It has always been the policy of our party to levy no taxes- except for the necessary expenses of efficient government, and in this time of uni versal distress, we pledge every reas onable effort for thej^duction of gov ernmental expenses and the avoidance of the additional taxes. 9. The Democratic party always has been responsive to the will of the peo ple, and in obedience thereto, has spon sored and enacted all of the prohibition laws of North Carolina. Recognizing, however, the right of the people, in a legal way, to amend the Constitu tion of the United States at their pleasure, and to vote on all questions at issue, we declare our party stands firmly for the enforcement of these laws and every provision of the Fed eral Constitution, so long as it remains the law of the land. 10. We pledge a continuance of our policy .of frank recognition of the rights of both capital and labor, and a broader distribution of employment as a means to a satisfactory and sus taining progress of indistriai develop ment, and a more wholesome indus trial life in this State. We endorse the legislation along this line enacted by the last Legislature, and commend the Democratic leadership responsible for it. We pledge ourselves 'o the enforce ment of these and other laws. MAJORITY IN / FAVOR OF THE PRESENT LAW (Continued from page one) may be called.” REV. TOM COOK, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church: "Until a substitute better than our present law can be enforced to wipe out the liquor evil, I am in favor of America keep ing to the dry path laid out for her by the 18 th amendment.” REV. B. J. WESSINGER, pastor of Haven Lutheran church: "I am in fa vor of prohibition until some better means of enforcement can be obtain ed.” REV. MARK H. MILNE, rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal church: "I do not care to make a statement.” REV. K. D. STUDENBROK, pas tor of the North Main Baptist church: "I am absolutely in favor of prohibi tion as a means of maintaining mor als.” REV. V. O. DUTTON, pastor of the North Main Methodist church: "I believe in enforcing the law to the lim it. The 18 th amendment is law, so let’s abide by the law. In the face of the 1 following statistics how could any sane person vote for repeal of the law and turn loose again on our fair land the liquor traffic, to ruin the future citi zens of this great country of ours. Ours is a great and unusual heritage, so let’s be an unusual country be en forcing an unusual law for the best in terest of humanity in general.” (The following figures are taken from the Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce.) In 1922 the people of Canada voted for liquor and here are some of the statistics after the sale of liquor under government supervision went info ef fect. From 1922 to 1930 the follow ing increases are noted: Consumption of spirits increased 48 per cent. Consumption of malt liquors in creased 63 per cent. Consumption of wines increased 814 per cent. Conviction for drunkeness increas ed 5 5 per cent. Convictions for violations of liquor temperance act"(bootlegging) increas ed 137 per cent. Convictions for driving automobiles while drunk increased 942 per cent. Deaths due to alcoholism increased 115 per cent. REV. C. A. RHYNE, pastor of the Stallings Memorial church: "I do not care to make a statement.” The Watchman was unable to get in touch with all the ministers of the city. A number were out of town. Others declined to comment for pub lication. Jellies for the June Bride By Alice Blake WHEN the honeymoon Is over and nine of the ten pairs of candlesticks have been exchanged for a wider variety of nice things for the new house, the wise little bride will begin to think of well cooked meals. She will be constantly trying out new dishes, but she must keep in mind that friend husband is accus tomed to certain old standbys that mother used to make, and will miss them if. he doesn’t get them. Jam and jelly are among them. Jelly making is an art as old as anything in the field of home mak ing but fortunately, jelly making today is not anything like the arduous task it was in grand mother’s time. Any bride can make a batch of beautiful, deli cious jam or jelly in a quarter of an hour from the time she lights the fire. And she need have no fear of failure, because modern research has provided bottled fruit pectin, which she can buy at any grocery and the use of which as sures her that the right proportion of sugar, acid and pectin will be present in her kettle. Try these recipes. But one word of warning. If you wish to give that new husband jelly and jam which not only equals but sur passes “Mother’s," follow the re cipes exactly Strawberry Jelly Blackberry Jelly * cups (2 lbs.) Juice 7V4 cups (3V« lbs.) sugar 1 bottle fruit pectin To prepare juice, crush thor oughly or grind about 3 quarts fully ripe berries. Place fruit in jelly cloth or bag and squeeze out juice. Measure sugar and juice into large saucepan and mix. Bring to a boil over hottest fire and at once add pectin, stirring constantly. Then bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard y2 minute. Remove from fire, skim, pour quickly. Paraffin hot jelly at once. Makes about eleven 8-ounce glasses. Biack Currant Jam y Red Currant Jam 4 cups (2 lbs.) crushed fruit >/2 cup watei T/2 cups (3V4 lbs.) sugar V2 bottle fruit pectin To prepare fruit, crush thor oughly . or grind about 2 pounds fully ripe fruit and measure it into large kettle Add y2 cup water, and stir until mixture boils (With back currants, use % cup water.) Simmer, covered, 15 minutes. Add sugar mix well, and bring to a full rolling boil ovei hottest fire. Stir constantly before and while boiling. Boil diard 1 minute. Re move from fire and stir in pectin. Skim, pour quickly. Paraffin hot jam at once Makes about eleven 8-ounce glasses. I Scene in Bonus Camp at Washington 1 1 . .. ■■■ ■ ..ViV. Jobless veterans by the thousands continued to pour into Washington as the bonus measure was scheduled to come before Congress. Picture is small corner in the 10,000 manned Bonus Camp. CITY and COUNTY "T" IVEWS BRIEFS S| INSTALLS COMBINATION V. O. Dutton, of Salisbury, has re turned from Winston-Salem, N. C., after installing a radio and phonograph combination in the Robert E. Lee building. Mr. Dutton has charge of the Cape Heart installations in North Carolina and states that the combination he in stalled is one of the largest in use in this section. 4th OF JULY PROGRAM FOR YOST GRANGE Yost Grange will celebrate the 4th of July with a regular old time en tertainment consisting of potatoe rac es, sack races, volley ball games, base ball games, nail driving contests, three legged race, 10 yard dash, standing and running broad jumps, high jump ing and other amusements for old and young. A program will be rendered in the evening beginning at 8:00 P. M. The Granite Quarry string band will fur nish the music. Come at 10:00 A. M., bring your friends and a basket of eats for the picnic dinner which will be served on the grounds, and let’s have a day of fun and frolic together just like we used to. Refreshments will be sold on the ground during the entire program. RECEIVE DIPLOMAS Seven graduates of the Rowan Gen eral hospital received their diplomas at the graduating exercises held the past Wednesday night at the Yadkin hotel. Those receiving diplomas were: jes Defeats Brookhart Henry “Chicken-Stew” Field, erst while seed grower, • who defeated Senator Brookhart for the G. O. P. Senatorial nomination in Iowa. CLEVELAND R. 2 ITEMS Miss Cynthia Click has returned to her home near Harmony after an ex tended visit with her cousin, Miss Ev eline Wooten. Miss Rebecca Niblock is expected home this week from the Statesville Hospital where she underwent an op eration for appendicitis last week. Misses Jamie Knox and Thelma Atkin son are there for like operations.^ Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Stleele, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Steele, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Steele went to Advance to the home of their daugh ter and sister, Mrs. C. B. Merrell, and gave her a surprise birthday dinner June 19th. Miss Marietta Rumple had an attack of malarie last week. Mrs. Bolinger was given a birthday dinner unday; also Miss Betty Fink was sie Pearle Trexler, Gladys Maie Poole, Mary Elizabeth Fries, Julia Margaret Leonard, Charlotte Louise Anderson, all of alisbury, and Edna Virginia Drake, Hendersonville; Mary Elsie Sowefl, Pageland, S. C. - SCHOOL BUDGET SLASHED The budget for operating the city schools during 1932-33 has been de creased by $17,000. Salaries paid teachers and officials have been cut as appropriations have been decreased from $90,000 to $73, 000. WINS IN COTTON STYLE SHOW EVENT Miss Ruth Elliot, of Salisbury, an employee of the Southern Public Util ities company, won first place in one of the cotton contests held in Char lotte Friday night by the employees of the Duke power company. Miss Elliot’s award was given in the classification of cotton dressts made by the wearer at a cost of not more than $5.00. LUTHER RABON Funeral services for Luther Rabon, age 3 5, who was killed at the Horah street crossing of the Southern rail way, Saturday afternon, were held from the Grace Lutheran church in Locke township Monday morning at 11 o’clock. Interment followed in the church cemetery. ■ given one. Quite a few attended these. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Eagle and Miss Louise Miller of Misenheimer, N. C., were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Steele. Dr. E. D. Brown preached at Pine Grove school house Sunday evening at 3:00 o’clock. Quite a few people at tended this service. Mrs. C. E. Steele and Misses Estelle Wilhelm and Ruby Johnson spent a short time with Miss Mamie Miller Wedneday. Miss Madge Wilson of Washington, D. C., came down to her grandmoth er’s, Mrs. T. C. Niblock. June 18. She is to spend the summer here. Mi#. Pearle Caldwell spent last week -at Mayhews and China Grove, N. C. Rev. Kepley preached a splendid ser mon at Providence Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. He will preach again on the 1st Sunday of July at 3:30 o’clock. Everyone is invited to come to this service. Sunday school at 2:30, Eight hundred hotels were put up in this country last year, and still some people wonder* that factories are still turning out bottle openers. —Springfield (Ohio) Sun. NOTICE All repair work that has been left over six months and not called for by JULY 15 th will be sold. SALISBURY PAWN SHOP S Main St. Salisbury, N. C. RE-SALE OF VALUABLE FARM LANDS PURSUANT TO an order of B. D. McCub bins, Clerk, dated June 16, 1932, in the spe cial proceeding No. 860, entitled “Emma Ward, widow; Lillie Lyerly, Maggie Cauble, et al, vs. H. Joseph Earnhardt and wife, Victoria E. Earnhardt; Doro Goodman and husband, J. C. Goodman”, the undersigned Commis sioners will expose for resale at public auc tion for cash, at the courthouse door in Sal isbury, N. C., on SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1932, AT THE HOUR OF 12M, the following described lands: Beginning at a stone, Robert Sink’s corner on Mrs. Will Sink’s line, and runs thence N. 4 deg. E. 655 feet to a stake; i thence N. 80 deg. E. 815 ft. to a stone; thence S. 7 deg. 30 min. E. 160 ft. to a stone; thence N. 82 deg. 30 min. E. 686 ft. to a stake on N. B. Rufty’s line; thence N. 6 deg. .09 E. 740 ft. to a stone, Tal lassee Power Company corner; thence S. •80' degr. 20 min-. W". 667 ft. to a stake; thence S. 308 E. 128 ft. to a stake; thence I S. 57 deg. 50 min. W. 481 ft. -to a stake; thence N. 19 deg. 31 min. W. 186 ft. to a stake; thence N. 32 deg. E. 536 ft. to a stake, corner to Tallassee Power Company; thence S. 81 deg. 51 min. W. 1490 ft. to a stake; thence S. 11 deg. 35 min. W. 607 ft. to a stake, corner to Tallassee Power Co.; thence S. 80 deg. 18 min. W. 675 ft. to a stake, Tallassee Power Co. corner; thence S. 26 deg. 28 min. W. 346 ft. to the center of County Road; thence with center of County Road S. 45 deg. 20 min. E. 1675 ft. to a stake; thence S. 7 deg. 45 min. E. with said county road 524 ft, to a stake, corner Colored Church property ; thence N. 82 deg. E. 385 ft.; thence N. 59 deg. E. 178 ft. to the beginning corner, containing by survey of N. A. Trexler, made May 4, 1932, of 112.4 acres. This property will be sold in two tracts, one containing an acreage of 95.98 acres, and the other a wooded tract containing an acreage of 16,06, and then as a whole. Bidding will begin on the whole tract at I $660.00, said map showing acreage of the two tracts may be inspected by calling at the law offices of the undersigned. This June 16, 1932, JOHN L. RENDLEMAN, SR. J. ALLAN DUNN, Jn24-Jlyl, Commissioners. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION. NORTH CAROLINA, ROWAN COUNTY. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, BEFORE THE CLERK. H. P. Brandis, Trustee, Plaintiff, -against A. J. Gillespie and wife, Willie J. Gil lespie, W. W. Gillespie, Max L. Barker, and Wm. D. Kizziah, as Register of Deeds for Row an County, North Carolina, in his offi cial capacity, Defendants. The defendant, W. W. Gillespie, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Row an County, North Carolina, to correct the registration and indexing of a certain mort gage made by A. J. Gillespie and wife, Willie J. Gillespie, to H. P. Brandis, Trustee, and to correct the indexing and registration of a certain mortgage made by said parties to. W. W. Gillespie; and the said defendant will fur ther take notice that he is required to' ap vcai at, me uiucc ui me viern. 01 me superior Court of Rowan County, in the Court House at Salisbury, North Carolina, on the 24th DAY OF JULY, 1932, or within thirty (30) days thereafter, and an swer or demur to the said Petition in said proceeding, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said Peti tion. And you are further notified that on the 24th DAY OF JULY, 1932, a Petition will be preferred to Honorable B. D. McGubbins, Clerk of the Superior Court of Rowan County, North Carolina, asking that certain errors in the indexing mortgages be corrected so that a mortgage heretofore made to H. P. Brandis, Trustee, by A. J. Gillespie and^wife Willie J. Gillespie will appear on the index record as a first and prior lien and ahead of a subsequent mortgage made to W. W. Gil'espie. This 22nd, day of June, 1932. B. D. McCUBBINS, Clerk Superior Court, Jn 24-Jlyl5. Rowan County, N. C. MORTGAGE SALE OF REAL ESTATE IN SALISBURY. Pursuant to authority given in a certain mortgage deed of trust, executed by C. R. Propst, (unmarried) to H. H. Palmer, Trus tee, dated February 10th, 1932, and regist ered in the Register’s Office of Rowan Coun ty, in Book of Mortgages No. 118 page 248, default having been made in the payment of the note secured thereby, and request of fore closure having been made by the holder of said note, the undersigned Trustee will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the Courthouse door in Salisbury, N. C.._on MONDAY, JULY 25th, 1932, AT 12 O’CLOCK NOON, the following described real estate, to-wit: One lot of land situated in the West of Salisbury on the Northeast side of West Monroe Street, between Caldwell t and Craige Streets—Beginning at a stake on Monroe Street 80 feet Southeast from the East corner of the intersection of Craige and Monroe Streets, thence souths east with Monroe Street 40 feet to a stake, Hood Anderson’s corner; thence northeast with Hood Anderson’s Une 150 feet to a stake, Mary A. Lynch’s line; thence 40 feet to a stake, Goler and Price’s line; thence southwest with Goler and Price’s line and parallel with Hood An r derson’s line 150 feet to the beginning, being the same land conveyed by W. H. Goler and wife and others to Mary A. Lynch by deed dated June 22nd, *906, and registered in Book 109 of Deeds page 104 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rowan County. See deed dated Oct. 15, 1928 recorded in Book of Deeds 205 page 33 in the Register of Deeds Office of Rowan County. The grantee is to have the right of in gress, egress, and regress upon and over a 9 foot alley to be located along the south side of the C. R. Propst lot front ing on Craige Street, and parallel with Alonzo Ferron’s north line, said alley way to be used by owners of the above describ ed property as an outlet to Craige Street. This, the 23rd day of June, 1932. H. H. PALMER, Trustee. P. S. CARLTON, _ -I Attorney. Jn24-Jlyl5. MORTGAGE SALE OF REAL ESTATE IN EAST SPENCER. Pursuant to authority given in a' certain mortgage deed of trust/ executed by J. A. Sharp and wife, Maggie M. Sharp, and P. F. Sharp (unmarried), to A. L. Smoot, Trus tee, dated May 5th, 1926, and registered in the Register’s Office of Rowan County, in Book of Mortgages No. 105 page 24, default having been made in the payment of the note secured thereby, and request of foreclosure having been made by the holder of said note, the undersigned Trustee will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the Courthouse door in Salisbury, N. C., on MONDAY. JULY 25th, 1932, AT 12 O’CLOCK NOON, the following described real estate, to-wit: All those certain lots or parcels of land known and designated as Lots numbers Three (3) and Four (4) in Block Nine (9) as shown upon the map of the Eudora Land Co. property of East Spencer, N. C., as recorded in the office of the Reg ister of Deeds for Rowan County. Said lots lying on the South side of and front ing 50 feet each on Depot Street and ex tending back 194 feet as per map on re cord. This, June 22nd, 1932. A. L. SMOOT, Trustee. P. S. CARLTON, Attorney. Jn24-Jlyl5. NORTH CAROLINA, ROWAN COUNTY. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. Mary M. Warford, ▼8. George W. Warford. NOTICE OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION. The defendant above named will take not ice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Rowan County by the plaintiff for the purpose of v obtaining an absolute divorce from the de fendant from the bonds of matrimony on ac count of a separation of the plaintiff and the defendant and having lived separate and apart for five successive years, and the said defendant will further take notice that he is required to appear at the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Rowan County on the c 16 DAY OF JULY 1932, V or within thirty days thereafter, and an swer or demur to the complaint filed there in, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This the 14 day of June, 1932. B. D. McCUBBINS, Clerk of Superior Court. RENDLEMAN & RENDLEMAN, Attys. Jnl7-Jly8. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of J. A. Jackson, this is to notify all persons having claims against the said de cedent to file an itemized, verified statement of same with the undersigned on or before the 12th DAY OF JUNE, 1933, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. Persons indebted to said estate are notified to make prompt settlement. This June 8th, 1932. R. L. JACKSON, Admr. estate of J. A. Jackson dec'd. E. W. G. HUFFMAN, Atty. Jnl0-Jlyl5 NORTH CAROLINA ROWAN COUNTY. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. James Rufus Clark, Plaintiff -vs Connie Eller Clark, Defendant. NOTICE OF SUMMONS. The defendant above named will take not ice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Rowan Superior Court by the plaintiff for the purpose of obtaining a divorce from the defendant from the bonds of matrimony on the grounds of five years sep aration ; and the said defendant will further take notice that she is required to appear at the office of the Clerk Superior Court of Rowan County, North Carolina, on the 9th DAY OF JULY, 1932, or within thirty (30) days thereafter and answer or demur to the complaint filed there in as provided by law, or the defendant will be entitled to the relief as prayed for. June 7th, 1932. B. D. McCUBBINS, _ Clerk Superior Court. C. L. COGGIN, Atty. JnlO-Jlyl. NORTH CAROLINA, ROWAN COUNTY. F. B. Brown, vs. Guy W. Pennington, Mary L. Pennington, et ml. NOTICE The defendants, Guy W. Pennington and Mary L. Pennington, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been com menced in the Superior Court of Rowan Coun ty, said State, for the purpose of foreclosing a mortgage deed of trust, dated March 1. 1919, recorded in Book of Mortgages No. 63, page No. 215, which secures a note dated March 1, 1919, for $800.00, executed by said defendants upon which there is a balance due of $229.52, with interest on $207.71 from April 1, 1932; and the said defendants will further take notice that they are required to appear before the Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Rowan at his office in Sal isbury, N. C., on JULY 5th, 1932 or within 30 days thereafter and answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff. This June 3, 1932. B. D. McCUBBINS, Clerk of Superior Court. RENDLEMAN & RENDLEMAN, _ - --_ vmu-uiyi. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualifitd as Administrator of the estate of W. L. Bankett, this is to notify all persons having claims against the said decedent to file an itemized, verified state ment of same with the undersigned on or be fore the 27th DAY OF MAY, 193S, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. Persons indebted to said estate are ' notified to make prompt settlement. This May 23rd, 1932. J. C. KESLER, Admr. ef Esate of My27-Jlyl.W. L. Bankett, Dee’d. SALE OF VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY PURSUANT to the terms of a certain judg ment of the Superior Court of Rowan Coun ty, dated October 17, 1929, in the civil action entitled ‘ D. A. Rendleman, Trustee Perpet ual Bldg. & Loan Ass’n vs. R. M. Lewis and wife, Bailey M. Lewis” and docketed in Book of Judgments No. 23, page No. 74, the un dersigned Commissioner will expose for sale at public auction for cash on MONDAY, JULY 18, 1932, at the courthouse door in Salisbury, N. C., at the hour of 12M, the following described val uable city property: Beginning at a stone on the corner of the intersection of Eleventh Street and Salisbury Avenue, and runs thence North west with Eleventh Street 150 feet to a stake on the Southwest side of said Street; thence Southwest parallel with Salisbury Avenue, 60 feet to a stake: thence South east parallel with Eleventh Street 150 feet to a stake on the Northwest side of Sal isbury Avenue; thence Northeast with Salisbury Avenue 60 feet to the beginning, and being a part of the land conveyed by John S. Henderson and wife, regist ered in Book 96, page 544, and also deed from W. T. Kluttz and wife to R. J. Misenheimer, registered in Book 129, page 256, all in the office of the Register of Deeds for Rowan County. This June 15, 1932. JOHN L. RENDLEMAN, JR., Jnl7-Jly8. — ■ Commissioner,

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