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The Carolina Watchman PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY The Carolina Watchman Publishing Co. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA Established in 1812 100th Year of Publication E. W. G. Huffman-*-Editor S. Holmes Plexico-Business Manager PHONES: | News and Editorials-8*0 i Advertising and Circulation-332 Business _._632 ! Locals and Personals .-.-..2010-J SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance One Tear-31M Three Years -- 2-®® Entered as second-class mail matter at the postoffice at Salis bury, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. "If the choice were left to me whether to have a free press or a free government, I would choose a free press.”—Thomas Jefferson. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY II, 1932 . <e^S§Ps> 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_ 56,665 YOUTH Youth is platted hair and a stubble of beard on the chin. But didn’t he shave only three days ago? It is leaping into a car and dashing down the road at fifty miles an hour, with horn playing a tune, and dashing back again for no apparent reason. It is "O. K.” and "Oh, yeah?” and "Listen, big boy.” It is "Can you spare a dollar to go to the movie with some other fellows?” It is a call at 3 o’clock in the morning to announce that the car is in a‘ ditch, but nobody has been hurt and neither has the car. It is the decision, when thj^t desire is thwart ed, to go on a three-day camping trip instead, departing at 4 o’clock in the morning, aftd can Mother spare some potatoes and eggs and a jar of jam and a few canned tomatoes? It is re appearing at 9 A. M. to report that the car broke down fifty miles up the road and he has hitch hiked hqme to get somebody else’s car. It is deciding to go for a swim at 11:30 P. M. It is a swan dive, a jackknife, a game of tag and a ride back with wet bathing suits on the plush seat of the car. It is crawling up the side of a wall and over twenty feet of tin roof to crash a dance. It is honking horns in the street at midnight until somebody in the neighborhood threatens to call the police. It is asking a girl’s mother if her daughter can go with you seven miles across country to obtain a book that it is extremely import ant for you to get that night and a promise to drive very carefully. It is returning at mid night after having forgotten to get the book. It is up until A. M. four nights in suc cession until anxious parents set their feet down firmly and declare that this thing has got to stop or somebody will be a nervous wreck before the end of summer. It is being ordered to stay at home for just one night. It is breaking the tragic news to the gang, who express their sympathy by dropping in and joining in a game of poker until the wee small hours of the morning. CHANGING THE CONSTITUTION The conventions are over and the Presi dential campaign of 1932 *is under way. By the time the spell-binders of both parties have begun to get into action it may be that people wiH get all excited over such important issues as tax reduction and government economy, and a lot of the other things which both par ties endorse in different language in their plat forms. But so far as we can see the situation from this point in time and space, about the only action of the conventions that the gen eral rup of people are interested at the mo ment, outside of the personalities of the can didates, is whether the Democrats or the Re publicans have the better plan for letting the . people vote on prohibition. As long as there is so much talk and excite ment in various parts of the country about this question, it is probably just as well to take steps to find out whether the people of the United States^ or any considerable majority of them, want to change the dry laws or not. We don’t see how anybody can take excep tion to that proposition. No matter how ar dently dry an individual may be, if the over whelming majority of them are against pro hibition, it seems to us that it is of the very es sence of Americanism to accept a verdict of the majority. And the same goes for the citi zen of wet inclinations. As long as there is a widespread belief that the prohibition law does not reflect the dominant national public sentiment of today, there will always be bit ter feelings until the facts are brought out. The only way to bring them out is by the means that both parties propose, that of sub mitting an amendment to conventions called in the different states solely for the purpose of considering a change and so giving every voter a chance to vote for either wet or dry delegates as he prefers. Our hope is that, if and when these con ventions shall have acted upon the proposed change in the Constitution, everybody con cerned will be content to prove his American ism by abiding by the result. THE ROAD IS LONG, COMING BACK The only thing that keeps most of us from realizing our own possibilities and of getting the highest satisfaction out of life is fear. There are very few human beings in the world who are not afraid of something, and as long as one is afraid of anything he cannot achieve • perfect happiness. Primitive man must have lived in a state of almost constant terror. He was afraid of wild beasts, afraid of enemies of other tribes, afraid of the thunder and lightning, afraid of evil spirits that lurked in the darkness of the for est—of real dangers and of unreal dangers which he imagined. Very few people in these days have the perfectly natural physical fears that surrounded the lives of our ancestors. But who of us has not sqme mental fear, fear of something that has not happened but which we think may appen to ourselves or our loved ones? In the past two or three years the people of the United States have been the prey of a new kind of fear. They have been afraid that, in the popular phrase, "the bottom had dropped out of everything.” They have feared that never again would they have a job, that the factories that have shut down would never start up, that they would never be able to sell the products of their farms—those and a thousand other fears which have no relation to common sense or reality seemed to take possession of perhaps the majority of Amer icans. And that is one of the reasons we have been so slow in coming back from the economic crisis. We have been afraid to use our intelli gence and common sense and go ahead when everybody else was afraid to do anything but accept conditions as they are and paint them, mentally, much worse than they are. We see signs that this widespread fear is be ginning to disappear. We do not believe it ever had any real foundation, and we believe peo ple are waking up to that fact. If we are right, and hope and courage are beginning to replace fear, then we have made a good start toward the return of good times. DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM Here is the Democratic Party platform in a nutshell: Declares for the repeal of the Eighteenth (Prohibition) Amendment to the Constitu tion, and the immediate modification of the Volstead Act to permit the sale of beer and light wines. Advocates drastic reduction of government expenses and a balanced Federal budget. The maintenance of a sound currency, an international conference on the rehabilitation of silver. A competitive tariff for revenue and recip rocal tariff relations with other nations. Expansion of Federal credit to the states for unemployment relief and an expansion of Fed eral program of public works. Reduction in hours of labor. Unemploy ment and old age insurance under state laws. Better financing of farm mortgages. Exten sion of the cooperative marketing movement and better prices for fartn products. An adequate but less expensive army and navy. Strict enforcement of the anti-trust laws. Federal regulation of the sale of stocks and securities. Protection for bank depositors. Generous aid for disabled veterans. International peace and adherence to the World Court. No cancellation of foreign war debts. Independence for the Philippines. Statehood for Porto Rico. Publicity for political expenditures. V Beckoning - --—— By Albert T. Retd _ a.—j*m( arr .m m §'jj i +************************ I The ♦ j Watchman j i Tower Mr. Ross M. Sigmon, Salisbury, N. C. My dear Mr. Sigmon: The democrats of Rowan county are to be congratulated upon select ing you as their chairman. The party and its leaders have placed their con fidence and leadership in a man well qualified to handle and supervise this work. You are a worthy successor to form er Chairman P. S. Carlton who gave unselfishly of his time, who worked tirelessly and unceasingly, in leading the party to victory two years ago, but who did not stand for re-election. The democrats of the county are in debted to former Chairman Carlton. An office of this kind requires a man of executive ability, diplomacy and a knowledge of political condi tions. These qualifications you have. More than this, you have been a lead er in civic enterprises for many years. You are a man of excellent reputation and character. It is true you have not played a conspicuous part in county politics heretofore, but what you may lack along this line will be overshad owed by your other qualifications. Leading a party to victory and maintaining harmony in its ranks is no small task. It will require much time, patience, work and organization, all of which I am sure you will glad ly contribute, as you have always been active in all affairs vitally affecting our city and county. To be selected as the chieftain of the democratic party in Rowan coun ty is an honor: to have you as their chieftain is equally an honor to the democratic party of this county. Governor Matthew Rowan. Ensign and Mrs. Floyd lngersoll, Salvation Army Hdqs.,~ Salisbury, N. C. As a successor to Captain and Mrs. R. Hoekstra, we welcome you to Sal isbury to take up their fine work where they are leaving it. The Salvation Army has been do ing excellent work in the city and this has been due to the fine type of the officers in charge of 'the work here. You are coming into our midst not as a stranger but as a man of recognized ability in your chosen work. My co-operation is always yours and it will be my* pleasure to aid you in any way possible. Governor Matthew Rowan. To All Nominess for North Carolina Legislature: Recently published figures indicate that a state-wide primary costs North Carolina approximately $100,000. Ev ery two years two primaries are held at a total costof not far from $200, 000. During this period when it is imperative that all public expendi tures be reduced to the minimum and even then it seems virtually impos sible to keep the state’s budget bal anced, it would be well to give care ful consideration to the question whether the primaries are worth what they cost—or rather if the difference between the primary plan and the con vention system of nominating candi dates warrants the expenditure in volved in the primary system, adopt ed some twenty years ago. Obviously there is a rapidly grow ing sentiment in favor of abolishing the primary and returning to the old convention plan. The question doubt less will come before the legislature of 1933. It is a matter of such import ance to the taxpayers and voters of the state that every member of the General Assembly should be as well informed as possible as to the cost of primaries, their value as compared with the convention system, and the senti ment of the people regarding the pro posed change. It would be well for you to seek to obtain the views of the taxpayers and voters in your re spective counties between now and next January, to determine if it would not be wise and in accordance with public opinion to abolish the state wide legalized primary. Governor Matthew Rowan. COMMENTS Can’t Understand Why Anybody Should Vote For Hoover. To the Editor: An executive is chosen because he is supposed to have the ability to make decisions. In view of this, how can the American people return Hoover to of fice? He has shown that he either can’t or won’t make decisions. He has shown an utter lack of leadership. He has no control over Congress. Republican Congressmen and Senators are against him just as much as are the Demo crats. He doesn’t have their respect. Ninety per cent, of his jobholders real ize that he is a pathetic figure, devoid of the qualities of leadership. You can’t make a whale out of jellyfish. The Republicans are trying to work miracles with promises, but they can’t. If Hoover were the head of a corpo ration or a sales manager, he would have been fired for inefficiency. isaaan JULY---THE MONTH THAT TAKES THE SMILE OFF THE JUNE BRIDES FACE-. IT MAKES no * * * DIFFERENCE HOW dumb * * * AND SLOW-WITTED a * * MAN MAY be, he’ll * * * EVENTUALLY MEET another * * * MAN WHOM he thinks is * * * DUMBER. AND you can bet * * «• YOUR LAST shirt that «• * * THE DUMBER one is * * * REALLY DUMB. For instance, * f * LAST WEEK right here in * * * SALISBURY WE heard of * * «• A MAN who was of the «■ * * SECOND CLASS. The doctor * * # WAS NOT very familiar ❖ * «• WITH HIS family connections * * * AND HE was saying to HIM, "BUT I told you to s s * GET YOUR wife to wrap s *■ * YOUR NECK up in a s * * FLANNEL, HAVE you S * * DONE SO?” The * s * REPLY WAS, "No, doctor.” * s *• ANOTHER QUESTION, "And * » * SlHE WAS to bathe the * s *• BOIL IN boric acid. Has * * * SHE DONE that?” Again he * * * REPLIED, "NO, doctor.” * - * * "WHY NOT?” question s s * EXASPERATED PHYSICIAN. s * s "I HAVEN’T a wife.” * * * I THANK YOU. How any sane man can vote the Republican ticket this -fall is beyond my conception, for it can. truly be said that the Republican party is the party of broken promises and unbal anced budgets. L. F. Stahl. ALLOT EXTENDED TERM FUNDS Allotment of $1,271,000; for ex tended school term aid in the state was made by the equalization board, and $30,000 was alloted - for health work.
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