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Carolina Watchman Published Every Friday Morning At SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA E. W. G. Huffman, _Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable In Advance One Year _ $1.00 Three Years _ $2.00 Entered as second-class mail matter at the postoffice at Sal isbury, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. ,'SJE KB> The influence of weekly news papers on public opinion exceeds that of all other publications in the country.—Arthur Brisbane. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1932 There is one Republican doc trine—and achievement—which positively will not be "stolen” by the Democrats in this campaign. It is the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill. —New York Times. Things have been so organized that for five cents one can now buy a magazine telling how Mr. Coolidge will vote. —Detroit News. After close scrutiny, Japan de cided to adopt the Manchukuo in fant. The rest of the world also recognizes—its parentage. —Washington Post. The New York police are inves tigating a group of nudists, but ' we don’t see how they are ever going to pin anything on them. —Boston Herald. France has also raised too much wheat. We might offer her our farm board, with the tacit under standing that this loan need never be repaid.—Weston (Ore.) Leader A lecturer says that mothers find it difficult to get modern children to believe fairy-stories. llfeSrs are often faced with the same difficulty in the case of mod | ern mothers. —The Humorist (London.) P^ Republican leaders are saying Wthat the result in Maine will serve tcTstimulate their own workers, but one or two more stimulants ijlike that and somebody is going 1 to have a peach of a hangover. —Macon Telegraph. Tallant Tubbs, Republican can didate for U. S. Senator in Cali fornia, promises that if he is elect ed he will work for immediate beer. His campaign slogan, we presume, is "Tubbs for Suds.”. —Dunbar’s Weekly (Phoenix, Ariz.) The G. O. P. might be well ad vised to mechanize its elephant before another great engineer is put in charge of him. —Arkansas Gazette. INCONSISTENCY According to the Associated Press "President Hoover and Gov ernor Roosevelt have been request ed by Bishop James Cannon, Jr., and four associates to state their specific plans for preventing the return of the saloon and for pro tecting dry states if existing pro hibition laws are revised.” We feel that the "four associa tes” should have made the request unaided by the bishop. The lat ter has not accounted for the funds for political purposes which came into his hands in 1928, and it seems a little far fetched that he should now presume to question the programs and motives of the two major candidates. When James Cannon sweeps clean his own door yard it will be time enough for him to question President Hoover and Governor Roosevelt on any question. In view of the fact that both of these presidential candidates are on re cord as opposing the return of the saloon, it looks at this distance as though the bishop is merely after free publicity to satisfy his van ity. Taking into consideration Can non’s past activities, we fail to understand why he should concern himself with either Hoover or Roosevelt. Willie D. Upshaw is' the Prohibition candidate for the Presidency and he should have the bishop’s unqualified support. Can non’s "modest” declartions of his political power and prowess in 1928 ought to be some evidence that if he (Cannon) backed Up shaw both Hoover and Roosevelt could be eliminated in favor of the only "dry” candidate in the field. Why does the bishop concern him self with "wet” presidential can didates? THE BUTTER FOR YOUR BREAD The railroads are in the worst conditions of any major industry. The natural question is, "Why?” Ever since they were returned to private hands at the end of the war the rails have raised their standards of efficiency, cut costs and made tremendous strides in improving their service to the public. Yet in not a single year since then have they been able to earn the "fair return” of S 3-4 per cent stipulated by the Trans portation Act. During the very heighth of the boom, in 1928-29, their net return on investment was between four and five per cent. Now a number of important lines have passed dividends. Others are planning to pass them when next they fall due. Many have been forced to borrow money from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in order to pay fixed charges, such as taxes and bond interest. The average American road is earning less than one per cent on its invested capital. Five hundred thousand railroad men are out of work—the jobs of thousands of others are in a pre carious position. The major cause of all this has been our transportation policy. We have raised railroad taxes to the highest point in history and passed law after law regulating one phase or another of operation. At the same time, we have per mitted competing agencies to op erate without corresponding regu lation and, in the case of the wat erways, have actually financed from the public treasury. Here is a real public problem in a nut shell—and it is a problem that, directly or indirectly, affects the jobs, pocketbooks and savings of us all. DOESN’T MEAN 10,000 SOCIALISTS IN STATE The fact that the Socialist par ty was able to secure 10,000 signa tures to a petition asking that its presidential electors be placed on the national ticket in North Caro lina has been misconstrued in some quarters. There are those express ing alarm because they see this as evidence of 10,000 Socialists in the State, and the dangers from such numerical strength. The petition doesn’t 'mean there are 10,000 Socialists in North Carolina, for it was signed by De mocrats and Republicans as well as by Socialists. It merely means that there are 10,000 persons in the State who think the Socialists should be permitted to vote for whom they please. The Socialists are claiming new strength in the State and they may have some as a matter of fact, but they won’t poll any 10,000 votes by a long shot. WHAT THE RAILROADS DO IN AN HOUR In an hour, the railways earn $478,121 from their transporta tion operations. In an hour, the railways spend $367,987 in operating expenses. In' an hour, the railways pay $239,156 in wages. (Much of this total is included in operating ex penses.) In an hour, the railways pay $34,653 in taxes to national, state and local governments. In an hour, 4,25 5 cars are load ed with revenue freight on" the railways’ lines. In an hour, 68,082 passengers board the railways’ trains. These figures are averages from Class 1 operations for 1931 as re ported by the Bureau of Railway Economics. WE OFTEN hear stories WHICH CANNOT be told * * * IN SAFETY, but here’s * * ONE THAT we can get * * BY WITH. We have always * * * SYMPATHIZED WITH dumb * * * FOLKS FOR we are in * * * THAT CLASS, but a bright * * * YOUNG LADY right here * * * IN SALISBURY handed a * * * SMART REPLY to a young *■ * * MAN OF the same place *• * * WHO HAD not learned * * * THAT THE proper person * * * TO TALK about is * * * ALWAYS THE lady in the * * * CASE. "YOU know,” he * * * SAID, "I’M funny like * * * THAT. I always throw * * * MYSELF INTO any job * * * THAT I undertake.” And * * * SHE VERY promptly and * * * SWEETLY REPLIED. "How » * * SPLENDID. WHY don’t * * * YOU DIG a well?” * * * I THANK YOU. COMMENTS AUTO INSURANCE To The Editor: The expected substantial reduc tion in liability itisurtence rates has not materialized, so now it is up to the auto owners themselves to decide. Careful drivers are disgusted with the way they are treated and they will find a way to show it. Many thousands of autos are al ready off the roads, and what a bout next year? Most of these cars should be classified as "good risk,’ in comparison with the every day and-night cars operated by "ex perienced hustlers.” Doctors and lawyers will Jose nothing, but how about the State? —Reader AUTOS IN RAMPAGE To The Editor: Again automobiles are on a ram page. Speed, speed and to what avail, and along with it death. Does it pay The insanity of too many driv ers is expressive of an unreason ing mind. An intoxicated desire to get somewhere, in the quickest time possible. The rights of others are brushed aside. —Max Henry Newman. FOOD DUST EXPLODED FOR SAFETY COUNCIL Arlington, Va.,—The explosive possibilities of foods were demon strated with a convincing bang be fore the annual congress of the National Safety Council here. Corn starch, baking powder, powdered milk and other grocery store goods are harmless enough once they land on the shelf. But in the factory where these foods are prepared, the air may grow heavy with particles of dust. And certain food dusts are highly exp losive, Government engineers have discovered. DIZZINESS relieved by Black-Draught “I decided to take Thedford’s Black-Draught, as I had been hav ing bilious spells,” writes Mr. Charles E. Stevens, of Columbus, Ind. “When I get bilious, I feel sleepy and tired and do not feel like doing my work. It is hard to tell how I feel, but I do not feel good. I get awfully dizzy. I know then that I had better take some thing. After I found how good Black-Draught is, that is what I have used. I guess it rids me of the bile, for I feel better — don’t feel like I am dropping off to sleep every time I sit down. That, to me, is a very bad feeling.” Now you can get Black-Draught in the form of a BYRUP, for Chiudkxn. Claims R. F. C. Is Making 2,000,000 Jobs The government’s campaign de signed to improve business condi tions and reduce unemployment through operations of the Recon struction Finance corporation has resulted in the creation of a finan cial institution larger than any other in the world with the ex ception of the German National railways. The Reconstruction Finance corporation has a capitalization of $3,800,000,000—an amount equal to almost half the European war debt owed the United States. It is 20 times the cost of the Panama canal. Financial cower Financial power of the corpor ation compares with other institu tions whose assets at the last avail able date were as follows: American Telephone and Tele graph, $3,205,000,000. United States Steel corporation, $2,280,000,000. General Motors, $1,300 o m;i0 Ford, $722,000,000. Standard Oil of New Jersey, $1,919,000,000. Royal Dutch Shell company, 1,200,000,000. New York Central railroad, $1,800,000,000. Southern Pacific railroad, $2, 521.000. 000. Pennsylvania Railroad, $2,166, 000,000. Canadian national railways, $2, 345.000. 000. London Midland & Scotish l ail way, $2,425,000,000. Chase National bank, $1,98 8, 000,000. National City tfank, $4,8 57, 000,000. Midland bank (England,) $1, 940.000. 000. l oral Assets The total assets of the German. National railways, embracing all the railroads in Germany, is ap proximately $6,750,000,000. Activities conducted by the R. F. C. reach out into virtually every phase of the nation’s business life. The corporation is assisting agri culture, railroads, banks, building and loan associations, insurance companies, self-liquidating con struction projects of all types, and is aiding states and cities in the task of providing food and work for hungry and unemployed. The corporation has already lent approximately $8 5 0,000,000 to banks; $300,000,000 to agricul ture; $275,000,000 to railroads; $45,8 50,000 to self-liquidating construction projects; $33,003, 039 to states to relieve distress and unemployment and about $100, 000,000 to other institutions. Aid 2,000,000 Officials of the Finance corpor ation believe that, within six months, work for more than 2, 000,000 men, either directly or indirectly, will be provided by corporation activities. COOLIDGE, INTERVIEWED, POURS OUT TEN WORDS Troy, N. Y.—Four newspaper men found a slim-figured, serious countenanced passenger in a par lor car here staring soberly out of a rainswept car window. "Good afternoon, Mr. Coolid ge,” said a reporter. Calvin Coolidge roused and smiled faintly. Passengers all1 a round, who had not recognized the former President, sat up. "Will you tell us where you are going, Mr. Coolidge?” "New York.” "Will you say what you intend to do?” “I’m going to a railroad meet ing.” "Have you anything to say on the political situation?” "No.” George T. Morris, a former Sheriff, pushed through the news paper men. "Will you shake hands with a good Republican?” Morris asked. Coolidge shook hands mutely, and went on staring out of the window. The train pulled out of the station, the rain still drum ming on the window. DECLARE BRUNETTES BETTER WAITRESSES St. Paul.—Appearance is the most important attribute of a waitress, A. D. Stone, of Chicago, told the convention of the Nat ional Restaurant Association, and brunettes do a better job than do the blondes. Blondes, he said, "are apt to be a bit flighty.” Intelligence, he added, comes second to appearance for the wait ress who would succeed. RUSSIA OPENS POWER PLANT The Dneiperstroy plant, which Nvill develop 75 0,000 horsepower and is the world’s largest hydro electric development, was opened Monday by Soviet Russia officials. Hugh L. Cooper, American de signer and supervisor of construc tion, was given high honor. The plant cost $110,000,000 and will serve 16,000,000 people. DOWN TO 48 CENTS, HE SHOOTS HIMSELF Chicago.—Forty-eight cents told the story of the death of J. E. Morehouse, about 47, once promi nent in the automobile industry in New York and Detroit. Ffe was found shot dead in a hotel. A note said he was "another victim of the depression.” Morehouse, whose home was at Great Neck, Long ,Island, N. Y. was wealty a few years ago, his friend said. On the dresser of his hotel room was 48 cents, all the money he had with him. The change was laid out beside six let ters, one adressed to his wife, three to friends, one to an undertaker and the other "Authorities, Coro ner or What Have You.” 3 SMALL CHILDREN EAT DEADLY POISON Tulare, Cal.—Three small chil dren battled for the life in a hos pital here today against the poison thallium, for which medicine has no positive antidote. The youngsters were Virginia Wilson, 2; her brother, David, 4, and Estelle Baker, 3. Hospital authorities were told they ate bar ley that had been poisoned as a rodent exterminator. Thallium killed six Mexican laborers in this vicinity several months ago. Investigators said the Mexicans ate poisoned barley they had stolen from a ranch. I5L39H!! | iLEM DURETlM SE2 TIMES ARE GETTIM6 BETTER--HE BROKE EVEN ON HIS POTATOE CROP THIS TEAR.... BE FAIR to yourself and try Osteopathy for your ailments. DR. S. O. HOLLAND 410 Wallace Bldg* Phone 346 Typewriter Ribbons SPECIAL—We will install a new ribbon, oil your typewriter, clean your type, all for $1.00. Rowan Printing Co. PHONE ... $32 EVERYONE _ w is extended a cordial invitation to visit our NEW HOME. Here you i M \W will find one of the most up-to- ■ '*L. jt date and complete Jewelry stores I to be found in the state. ' Complete Repair Dept. Complete Optical Dept. W. H. LEONARD, JR. —CASH or TERMS— 115 S. Main St. Next to First National Bank ; "Heat with COKE ... the clean, efficient fuel A Bright Child ... Of Course You Want Her to Win! ¥F ANYONE told you that you were making it needlessly hard | for your boy or girl to get on in school you wouldn’t believe it could be true. But, are you giving your child or your child- | ren the good light they need for their home studying? ? In many of the schools light is still poor, and it is especially im portant to provide good light where children’s home work is I®??'.®. done. y See that the lamps they use are of sufficient wattage to give plenty of light and that there can be no glare in their eyes, either direct or reflected. Poor light makes concentration difficult, brings on fatigue and drowsiness quickly, is damaging to your eyes, and is often re sponsible for faulty posture, which is a danger to be guarded against.
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