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j The Carolina Watchman PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY The Carolina Watchman Publishing Co. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA Established in 1832 100th Year of Publication E. W. G. Huffman-'- Editor PHONES: News and Editorials-895 Advertising and Circulation-— 532 Business _532 Locals and Personals ---2010-J SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Payable in Advance One Year_ *100 Three Years _----- 9 00 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, AUGUST 12, 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 - 25,15 3 Gold Hill _ 2,642 S. Irish _ 1,251 Litaker _2,562 Steele - 1,142 Locke _ 1,904 Unity - 1,406 ROWAN COUNTY_ 56,665 LET’S PUT SALISBURY IN THE FRONT AND KEEP IT THERE Competitions in the Olympic games between cham pion} athletes of the leading nations of the world are thrilling because of the human factors involved—the urge to win for nation^ state and town. There is a thrill of pride when a fellow countryman, or mayhap r a native son from our state. .... or even a fellow townsman flashes across the line a winner in these classic games. . . , It is youth parading its nearness to perfection in athletic form . . . but it seldom is attained except through great struggle in lon)g hours of discouraging work and practice. As a matter of fact a sense of competition must enter into everything individuals and groups do, if they are to carry on to the point of successful achi evement .... With groups, especially, it is in the proportion that the individuals comprising the group, get into the spirit of competion, that the success of the effort is scored. All of which brings up to the fact that the growth and the development—the achievement of Salisbury itself an ideal community in which to live, depends entirely upon the approach each individual citizen makes to his responsibility in helping to make Salis bury a winner. There rightfully is and must be a sense of compe tition between towns in respective territories. There must be a struggle for leadership. Call it town or any other name—it must be there, the spirit to have our town a winner—a fine place to live and work, and enjoy life. Can you imagine a situation where athletes of the United States would, as individuals, be rooting against their fellow-countrymen, in events in which they themselves were not competing? . . . Neither can we . . . But in civic affairs, right here in Salisbury, this situation exists every time a citizen takes his money and goes to foreign shops for needed supplies or am usements. Every citizen; in this town is in fact carrying Sal isbury colors—and all his fellow-towners are expect ing him to do nothing less than his very best to help make Salisbury a winner. If each citizen in his res pective "event” will pull for his town with the same inspired enthusiasm that American athletes carry in|to the Olympic games at Los Angeles, we will one day have a town here of which to be extremely proud, Trade at home; support home merchants; take ac tive part in civic affairs; boost Salisbury and keep the wheels of business turning. Step into the spirit of the game—of helping to make Salisbury a better town. ALWAYS ARE FORGIVEN Politics is funny. Take the case of Lieutenant Governor R. T. Fountain, for instance. He went about the State in the gubernatorial pri mary severely censuring the party which has honored him; berating public officials of the State; denounc ing his opponents; hurling charges right and left. And we don’t mean to infer that he’s the only can. didate who ever did this He was the rule rather than the exception, in fact, for under our system of cam paigning mott of our office seekers do this, apparently satisfied that all will be forgiven under the plea of "the heat of the campaign.” It would be refreshing—but it is not likely to hap" pen-—if the people remember some of the campaign utterances of candidates and hold' them strictly to ac count in the future. AVERAGE INCOME • The average annual per inhabitant income of North Carolinians for the eleven-year period from 1920 to 1930 inclusive was three hundred and forty-four dol lars, or approximately one dollar per person per day for the eleven-year period. Our rank among the states was fortieth for the entire period. The average annual income of the United States for the eleven-year period was a little over seventy-two billion dollars, or six hundred and thirtytwo dollars per inhabitant per year for the period. The states vary widely in income from Nevada which leads with an average annual income of eight huii^red and fifty eight dollars to Mississippi with an eleven year average income of two hundred arid twelve dollars per inha bitant. The average per capita income for the thirteen Southern States w-as three hundred and twenty-two dollars. North Carolina’s.' average for the period was twenty-two dollars per capita above the average for the South. Only Virginia, Florida, Texas- and Okla homa in the South rank above North Carolina in per inhabitant income. Virginia’s average for the period was only one dollar per person per year above North Carolina’s average. The annual income in North Carolina has fluctuat ed considerably during the eleven-year period. The largest drop was from 1920 to 1921 when incomes fell off more than three hundred million dollars- The lar* gest gain was from 1922 to 1923 when the State’s income increased around two hundred and forty mil lion dollars. Discussing the figures, which he compiled for the University News Letter, S. H. Hobbs, Jr., says: "Just what our irkorne was last year, or approxima tely what it will be this year, we do not know. Cer tainly it has dropped off considerably since 1930. Whether we are wor.ie off than other states we do not know. But over a period of years North Carolina ranks fortieth in per inhabitant income’ and only four Southern States rank ahead of us.” OUR LYNCHING RECORD According to records compiled at Tuskegee Insti tute there were five lynchings in the United States in the first six months of 1932. This number is the tme as the number for the first six months of 1931, but is 25 less than the total of 30 for the first six months of 1922. During the first six months of 1932 there were 13 instances in which officers of the law prevented lyn chings. Of these two were in northern 2i\i western states and 11 in :<>uthern states. In nine of the in stances the prisoners were removed or the guards aug' mented; in the four other instances force was used to repel the would-be lynchers; thus a total of 18 persons, five whites and T3 negroes, were laved from death at the hands of mobs Of the persons lynched two were white and three were negroes. The offenses charged were attempted rape, one; rape’ one; murder, one; threatening men, one; dynamiting a store, one. The states in which lynchings occured and the number in each state are as follows: Florida, one; Kan sa> one; Kentucky, one; Ohio, one; Texas one. ONE POUND Frank Dunlap, state director of personnel, states the bitterness of the present depression in about the most concrete ter*ms we have seen anywhere. "A pound of cotton,” said Mr. Dunlap, "will not buy two postage stamps, a condi tion nobody ever heard of before.” Mr. Dunlap might have gone on: It takes more than a pound of cotton to pay the tax on one gallon of gasoline. It takes more than a pound of cotton to pay the tax on one package of cigarettes. Tax, not cotton, is king.—News and Ob server. RIGHT UP HIS ALLEY "Now, I want Albert to have a thoroughly modern and pp-to-date education,” said his mother, "including Latin.” "Yes, of course,” said the headmaster, "tho Latin is, as you know, a dead language.” "Well, all the better. Albert’s going to be an undertaker.”—Tit-Bits. SEVERE ON HOOVER Governor Roosevelt declares that when he speaks during this ca;mpaign there will be no weasel words, that everybody will understand wbn he means, that there will be no hedging, no dodging on any question. He might h^ve written, volumes and condemned Herbert Hoover less.—Lynchburg News. SHE’S GOT THE BIG IDEA First Girl—"I like a man with a past. A man with a past is always interesting.” Second Girl—"That’s true; but I don’t think he’s as nearly as interesting as a man with a future.” Third Girl—"The man who interests me is a man with a present; and the more expen sive it is the more interest I take in him.” —Labor (Washington). TWO TOO LATE "Give up drink, my man, and you will live to over eighty.” "Too late, ma’am.” "It’s never too late.” "Yes it is—I’m eighty-two now.” I THE REAL MENACE — — gy AU*n t. rm [ dfig0jjr' | I u. s. treasury r Ai>r>&fcST«K. imvig +♦♦♦++++♦++++++♦*♦+♦♦♦♦♦+t I The j I Watchman I i Tower i + + *+++♦++++++++*++♦+++++♦♦+♦ Mayor B. V. Hedrick and The City Council Gentlemen: You are due congratulations by the taxpayers of Salisbury for the 8 cents reduction in taxes effected by you for the fiscal year 1932-1933. The tax rate for this period will be $1.35 per hundred valuation as com pared with $1.43 last year. While everyone was hoping taxes would be reduced, few anticipated a reduction of eight cents under last year. This, I am informed, was made possible, by virtue of drastic economies in the operation of the city government and also by the eli mination of all non-ess antials, and in spite of a large shrinkage in pro perty values. Credit also goes to the mayor and council for the ex cellent and efficient manner in which the city has been run during the past year. The rate of $1.35 gives Salisbury one of the lowest rates of any city in North Carolina! Governor Matthew Rowan. To All Pedestrians: An extremely important phase of the automobile accident problem is carelessness or ignorance on the part of the pedestrian. During 1931, pe destrian deaths reached 14,500, out of a total of 34,400 deaths caused by au tomobiles, and the number of pedes trians injured non-fatally was 300, 000. Consequently, if we are to make detimte progress in reducing aeacns and injuries, we must teach the pub lic to walk. In the case of the walker on the highway at night, the old rule of "Keep to the right” may be suicidal— the left side is the right side. Wearing dark clothing increases the hazard be cause of its invisibility. Weather con ditions are all important, and at the hour between light and darkness, when the pedestrian tends to blend into the background and figuratively disappear, he must be extremely careful, inas much as the driver may not be able to see him at all, and hence cannot take care of him. Carelessness in crossing streets, step ping suddenly out from between park ed cars, walking around the end of a street car into traffic and thoughtless ness and abstraction regarding traffic lights, court disaster. If pedestrians can learn "good walk ing practices,” deaths and injuries from automobiles will be reduced. Governor Matthew Rowan. To the Property Owners And Householders of Salisbury: The rainy weather of the past week or two has been especially fav orable for mosquito breeding. Salis bury is in! position this season, be cause of the extraordinary work done by the sanitary department with labor provided from the city’s relief program, to avoid trouble with mosquitoes, because of the clear condition of the creek beds anc and banks and other breeding places It only remains for the householder: and the owners of vacant lots anc houses to eliminate all breeding places from their premises, by re moving weeds, trash, rubbish, tir cans, old tires, etc., clean the roof gutters and oil the drain traps ir basements. Governor Matthew Rowan To All Readers of These Letters: You are reminded that a standing invitation is extended you to write me and offer constructive sugges tions or call attention to matters that apparently have been overlooked by public officials, local and county or state. Public officials cannot be in many places at one time, and it is often the case that matters which ought to receive their attention are overlooked, while many private cit izens know of them. These officials welcome construc tive suggestions, and you can help to make this department what it is designed to be, an agency of public service, by calling my attention to matters that might well be handled in these columns.. I shall be glad to publish your letters, withholding names when so requested. Governor Matthew Rowan, COMMENTS He Was Too Young To Be A Hero And Get A Bonus To The Editor-. All this whoop and hurrah on the part of the ex-soldiers is nothing more than the desire to get something for nothing. All who were hurt in actual service are being cared for, as proved by the fact that they are getting one dollar of every four spent by Congress. Those yelling the loudest spent a few weeks or months in a camp on this side, kept by the Government, cared for, made behave and sent home in much better condition than when they arrived. Now these "heroes” are yelling their head.* off for some one to keep them. A great bunch of patriots (?) The taxpayers have just as much reason to give bonuses arid pensions to every National Guardsman and Boy Scout (Girl Scouts, too), whc ever spent a night under a tent. » THIS COUNTRY ! V/ANTS IS CHANGE. AND PLENTY OF |T lu THE OLD PANTS POCKETS. THINGS ARE getting X X X WORSE AND worse, and XXX WE HEAR chat it is -!• X X SO BAD that doctors XXX ARE TAKING advantage X !!■ sfr OF THEIR professional X X X ADVICE TO improve a X X il* BAD SITUATION. "No Jj- Jj» TOBACCO, NO alcohol, X X X NO PARTIES, no theatres, X X X A QUIET life, plain • -F X X FOOD, AND early to bed”, «■ WAS WHAT the doctor .-i- «• ADVISED A certain man Sf RIGHT HERE in Salisbury. * * "YES, DOCTOR, and what * * x THEN?” INQUIRED the X X X PATIENT. AND very promptly *- * * THE PFCYSICIAN said, 'Then X X X YOU WILL be able ■I* X X TO PAY my bill.” X X X I THANK YOU. To make it perfect, why not give us all some of the same gravy then we all could live off the other fellow and nobody have any troubles? Ideal, I call that. When the war came I was too young for a "hero.” If they have their way, I’ll have to work all my life to keep :6me one in; idleness just because of a couple year’s diff erence in our ages. Can’t see it my self, especially since the work I get is only now ind then. —Youngster Better lo Eat Honey Than Smear It On The Face, He Thinks To The Editor-. Hollywood Talkie-Talk for Satur day portrayed Janet Gaynor applying cold cream, soap and warm water to her face • night and morning, then smearing the face with honey, pat ting it in for five minutes, washing it off with cold water and1 applying astringents. Quite a messy, costly, sticky and troublesome operation. Miss Gaynor should eat the honey and it will benefit her whole System. Being a predigested food, honey does not tarry in the stomach, but passes immediately into the blood stream; it will reach the cheeks and open the pores in less time than was consumed and the method will prove much more pleasant to pursue.—Benjamin B. Jones.
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