Carolina Watchman
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SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
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March 3, 1879.
The influence of weekly■ news
papers on public opinion exceeds
that of all other publications in
the country.—Arthur Brisbane.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1932
. "Hoover Advises Against False
Prophets,” streamers a contempor
ary. Even against those who pre
dicted that prosperity was just
around the corner?
—Greensboro Daily News.
Babson says that the depression
will be worn out by 1934. So will
we.
—Nashville Southern Lumberman.
Don’t confuse the spelling. Bol
ogna requires chewing. The kind
you swallow whole is boloney.
—Newark (N. /.) Ledger.
Another very usual sight out
West, we hear, is the old timer re
miniscing over the days when the
republicans roamed the plains in
countless multitudes.
—Arkansas Gazette.
Another sign of business revival
is that people have started worry
ing about their debts again.
—Judge.
A prompt solution of our indus
trial overproduction could be ef
fected by importing some of those
Russian workers to run the fac
tories.
—Washington Post
A political opponent is the chap
who puts out that ill-considered,
puerile, demogogic stuff you wish
ed you’d thought of.
—Boston Herald
At a wedding last week the
bride carried a handkerchief that"
had been in her family since 1608.
We would like to know the name
of their laundry.
—The Humorist (London).
President Hoover recently de
clared that he was amazed by the
misrepresentations made about him
in the present campaign. We won
der what he now thinks of the mis
representations made about Gov
vernor Alfred E. Smith four years
ago. It looks like the 1928 chick
ens, instead of being in the pot,
have come home to roost in the
garage which was supposed to hold
two cars.
ROOSEVELT
The Watchman believes that the
interests of the nation will be best
served by the election of Gover
nor Roosevelt.
He not alone deserves the sup
port of all Democrats, but, we feel,
that by his record and his announ
ced programme, he has earned the
support of those who ardently de
sire a forward administration of
the nation’s affairs.
We believe he especially merits
■the help of those who are proud
of their loyalty to Alfred E. Smith.
They are Democrats. The party
platform is their platform. It car
ries out every promise made by
former Governor Smith. It is an
honest, forthright declaration of
Democratic principles.
The Democratic nominee three
times nominated Mr. Smith for the
Presidency. No man ever gave a
friend more earnest, more faithful
and more effective support.
It is true, as Mr. Smith has said,
that the party must be purged of
some elements which are inimic.il
to the welfare of the nation. But
this is a task for Democrats. It is
a duty which rests on the men and
women who vote the ticket and
whose influence will rule its ac
tions.
In supporting the candidacy of
Governor Roosevelt, the Watch
man does not propose to join in
any hue and cry against President
Hoover. We recognize his sincere
ty. We are certain of his regard
for the nation’s welfare, and we
know he tried honestly to do his
-best in terribly difficult timer.
Yet, with all his good qualities,
we are convinced that he has fail
ed. He assured us in 1928 that we
were on the way to a paradise of
plenty. When the glimmers of fog
appeared he ordered full steam
ahead. When the rocks loomed
in the offing he scoffed at their
dangers. When the ship struck
he assured the . dazed passengers
that the damage was but trifling,
and she would -be floated off at
the next tide.
Only when the waterlogged
craft was on1 the point of break
ing up and drowning us all did he
awake to the situation and put
out the lifeboats. We are still in
the stormy seas, fighting for our
economic lives, having lost most
of our valuables.
Our rescue is a task for other
hands.
We believe in Governor Roose
velt. In him is the vigor and pro
mise of a new era. He combines
the wisdom of an experienced na
vigator with those human qualities
of heart and mind that convince
us he will bring us in safely to
shore.
We accept his leadership, and
we promise him our earnest sup
port.
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KING FOOTBALL
There is no mistaking the fact
that football has definitely sup
planted baseball as the national
game of America. While the foot
ball season is a short one as com
pared to the months of baseball,
the total football attendance in a
season must run the baseball atten
dance very closely if it does not
surpass it. And the number of
spectators per game is vastly great
er.
While baseball is still very much
alive in the colleges and schools it
has lost much of its charm and its
ability to draw the crowds.
There are no longer any real pro
fits in minor league baseball. One
by one the smaller leagues are be
ing forced out of business. Even
the two major leagues find the
going none too easy.
But football is the money-maker
of all the sports. Even the high
school teams manage to take in
very large sums at the gate. All
other school and college sports arc
supported by football.
Baseball is interesting but foot
ball provides the thrills and that
is what the crowd wants.
The opening up of the game by
legalizing the forward pass has ad
ded greatly to its value as a spect
acle. The effect of it may be seen
in the actions of small boys tossing
the ball around in groups. Form
erly the youthful football enthus
iast got his chief pleasure in punt
ing or dropkicking. Now he is all
for developing his skill as a for
ward passer.
wrl—.l.'__£__1 A_-U-ll
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will ever surpass baseball as the
major professional sport is a quest
ion. It has made a good deal of
headway but is up ag'ainst the stern
competition of college with its ad
ded social side.
There seems no reason why pro
fessional football should not thrive
even with the sharp competition
of the colleges. More and more
people are attracted to football as la
sport. The schoolboys follow it
with a zest they do not give to
baseball.
The professional football players
play hard and put on ia good show,
in fact a better demonstration of
real skill in the game than the top
notch college elevens.
THE MASTER’S VOICE
"Go to the masters,” the youth
ful writer was advised.
So he went, and he threw him
self at the feet of the world’s
great. "Tell me how to become
a great writer,” he begged.
"You must be brief,” said de
Maupassant.
"But with plenty of action,”
interposed Dumas.
“Words! Words! Words! cried j
Shakespeare. "You must know and
use my raids of words.”
"Dream,” said Longfellow, en
couragingly. "The thoughts of
youth must be long, 1 *.g
thoughts.”
Mark Twain was whimsically
serious. "Work” said he, "at first
without pay. No trade without its
apprentice.”
"Study the beauty of the hills
and the valleys and the wi!i
things,” ventured Scott. "No
story can live without nature’s
background.”
"Visualize,” Jules Verne said
dreamily. "Be vivid; far-seeing;
prophetic.”
"Look in thy heart and write,”
gravely spoke Sir Philip Sidney.
But still the young writer was
not satisfied and so he went and
knelt before Christ, the Great
Teacher. "Show me-the way that
I may become a great writer,” he
prayed.
And Christ heard him, and
turned unto him and spoke one
word. "LOVE,” said He.
’ And His voice was both a com
mand and a benediction—Yeoman
Shield.
THERE ARE a lot of
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FOLKS RIGHT here in
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SALISBURY WHO are
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ALWAYS PUTTING a
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FOOT IN their mouths.
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WE HAVE always admired
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THE MAN or woman who
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ALWAYS TOOK thought
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BEFORE THROWING their
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TONGUE, INTQ high gear. _
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FOR INSTANCE, there might
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HAVE BEEN a big fight
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THE OTHER night at a
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CERTAIN party if it
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HADN’T BEEN for the
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GOOD NATURE of
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ONE OF the men. "I say,
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OLD CHAP,” said the careless
ONE, WHO is that awful
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FRUMP OVER there?”
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THE REPLY, "Why, that’s
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MY WIFE.” The questioner
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WAS VERY much embarrassed
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AS HE stammered, "Oh, I
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BEG YOUR pardon. That’s
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MY MISTAKE.” And the
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HUSBAND OF the frump
JF JF JF
REPLIED EASILY, "Oh, no,
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IT’S MY mistake.”
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I THANK YOU.
COMMENTS
A TAX THAT MIGHT
BALANCE THE BUDGET
To The Editor:
I recall a verse, written long ago
in England by Henry Lutterell,
that seems peculiarly appropriate
to our nation and its politics today.
It reads:
Oh, that in this land there might
be
A duty on hypocrisy!
A tax on humbug, an excise
On solemn plausibilities
A stamp on everything that
canted!
No millions more, if these were
granted,
Henceforward would be raised
or wanted.
_ —W. H. B.
GIVING SOME IDEA OF WHAT
A BILLION DOLLARS MEANS
To The Editor:
In these times of glib reference
to a billion dollars, for this this
and a billion dollars for that, it
may be well to translate a billion
into other terms more readily un
derstood.
It makes it a little clearer and
more comprehensible as to what
a billion dollars means if we point
out that a dollar for every minute
since the birth of Christ would be
just about a billion. —W. D. W.
OUR TROUBLE
FROM ABROAD
To The Editor:
The Republican high command
claims "all of our troubles come
from abroad.” Under the circum
stances this is a display of magni
ficient generosity if lacking in po
litical sagacity.
The confession is only too true.
However, our chief trouble came
from abroad when Mr. Hoover,
with an alien slant of mind after
hobnobbing with Orientals, aris
tocrats and royalty for years, re
entered the United States and then
the "trouble” ‘was grafted upon
this country by the vote of the
most gigantic array of intolerance
the world has ever known.
And so, Mr. Voter, you had bet
ter pack up your "trouble” on
Monday November 8, ship t him
back abroad as an undesirable citi
den and elect Franklin D. Roose
velt, who has the American slant
of mind. Then happy days will
be here again.
—Roscie M. Packard.
WE ARE SEMI-BARBAR
OUS. HE DECLARES
To The Editor:
Despite popular opinion to the
contrary, I would not call Ameri
ca (United States branch) civili
zed. Summoning all my Chris
tian charity and straining a point
I class our great and glorious
country as semi-barbarous.
W. H. Logue, Jr.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
IS NOW INCREASING
To The Editor:
The school of hard knocks is
enjoying an enormous attendance
nowadays: —A. H.
SEEKS LOST PUPPY
To the Editor:
Won’t you please publish this
note for I feel sure some reader
will see it and enable us to recover
our child’s pet for her.
On Saturday, October 15 our
six-month old, female, mongrel
puppy wandered away from our
home without its collar or any
means of-identification. She is all
white with the exception of fawn
ears and has a juffy tad. Her right
hind leg was lame and she favored
it noticeably.
My little girl, who has no
brothers or sisters to play with, is
heartbroken and is disinterested in
anything but the finding of her
pet. We will be eagerly waiting
any information.
Mrs. Evelyn Led with.
Cotton Plan Helps
Bankers, Merchants
As Well As Farmers
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Bankers and merchants and oth
er business and professiorial men
as well as farmers will be benefit
ted by the government’s plan of
accepting cotton from Southern
producers at 9/z cents per pound,
according to U. Benton Blalock,
president of the American Cotton
Cooperative Association.
"If cotton producers are en
couraged and allowed to collater
alize their seed loan notes it will
mean that some $12.50 to $15 in
cash will be retained by the pro
ducer on each bale,” Mr. Blalock
said, adding the producer "of
course will turn loose this money
in his home community for the
necessary things that he and his
family must have during the fall
and winter months'.”
Between $1,500,000 and1 $2,
500,000, which without the plan
would have been forced into the
U. S. Treasury at "this very try
ing time,” Mr. Blalock estimated,
will be released in North Carolina
to purchase necessities and pay on
bills, thereby enlivening trade.
Although the collateralization
price is 9J4 cents per pound for
middling 7-8 cotton, Mr. Blalock
said in his opinion, judging from
the grades and staples of the cot
ton the cooperative has been re
ceiving and the premiums it is
paying therefor, North Carolina
farmers should receive an average
of "near the 10 cent limit, on their
collaterialized loans.”
STATE FAIR GAMBLING
As a result of numerous com
plaints of unfair dealing and gam
bling in booths on the midway of
the state fair, 50 booths were clos
ed, one operator was fined, serious
charges of misuse of special police
and magistrate powers were made,
the entire matter will be probed
by the Wake county grand jury.
Rum Dealers
Draw Stiff
Prison Terms
(Continued from page one)
on probation one year.
Genie Melton, Stanly county,
violation national prohibition act,
violated terms of probation; six
months in jail.
Cannon Odell, Stanly county,
violation of national1 prohibition
act, case previously tried; proba
tion 18 months.
Charlie Turner, Davidson coun
ty, possession and sale of liquor,
and nuisance, plead guilty; four
months in jail.
Duncan Tucker and Oscar
Tucker, Stanly county, violation
of national prohibition act, each
on probation two years.
Alexander Efird, Stanly county,
possession and sale of liquor and
nuisance, probation two years.
Joe E. Sehorn, possession of
liquor, plead guilty; $5 0.
Roy Livengood, Davidson coun
ty, possession and transporting
liquor, $10 and probation one year.
Harry Davis and Grady Stokes,
Davidson county, violation of
national prohibition act; plead
guilty; six months each in jail.
James Roberts, possession and
transporting, plead guilty on re
commendation of welfare officer
of Guilford county placed on pro
bation three years.
Pink Sides, manufacturing and
possession of liquor; plead guilty;
two years in federal prison in At
lanta.
Murel Pether, Rowan county,
violation of the national prohibi
tion act, plead guilty; four months
in Cabarrus county jail.
James (Gyp) '^'ook, possession
and sale of liquor, plead guilty; 18
months in Atlanta prison. The
defendant was also sentenced to
18 months in Atlanta prison in
another case, this sentence to run
concurrent with the first. ]
Will Hussey and Walter Evans, |
manufacturing andi possession of ,
liquor; plead guilty; four months
each in Moore county jail.
James McNai'ry and Ira Dun
lap, manufacturing and possession
of liquor; plead guilty; four
months each in Moore county jail.
Isaac Bowers, Stanly county,
possession and sale of liquor; plead
guilty; on probation one year.
Russell Curry, Davidson coun
ty, possession and sale of liquor,
and nisance, plead guilty, proba
tion three years.
Floyd White and Raymonl Love
Stanly county, violation of nat
ional prohibition act, plead guilty;
White six months in Cabarrus
county pail, Love, probation until
April term.
Dewey Newton, Cabarrus coun
ty, violation of national prohibi
tion act, plead guilty, probation
until April term.
James Walter Forrest, Cabar
rus county, removing and conceal
ing liquor; plead guilty; probation
one year.
NEW BABY IS NAMESAKE
OF NOMINEE FOR GOV. .
Kinston.—Blucher Ehribghaus
Taylor is believed to be the first
namesake of the Democratic nom
inee for governor since the cam
paign opened. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam R. Taylor, re
siding near here.
Dr. Ira M. Hardy, member of
the state senate who assisted the
stork at the arrival of young
Blucher this week, named the
boy. The physician has helped
more than 2,000 babies into the
world, and has named many of
them.
CHILD KILLED BY AIJTO
Trying to follow his dog across
the road, Charles Davis, 5, was hit
by the auto of Harry Tucker, In
diana man, near Marshall, October
13, and was instantly killed.
isaami
H ILL PERKINS SEZ THERfS
HOW PLENTY OP Room
|U HIS TWO-CAR
GARAGE FOR THE
WHEEL-BARROW....
DR. N. C. LITTLE
Optometrist
Eyes examined, glasses fitted
and repaired.
Telephone 1571-W
107% S. Main St.
Next to Ketchie Barber Shop
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Electric Refrigeration
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