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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. _ . The influence of weekly news papers on public opinion exceeds that of all other publications in the country.—Arthur Brisbane. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1932 COMPETITION FOR BUSSES The big busses, having deprived the railroads of a large share of business, particularly on hauls of 5 0 to 250 miles, are now faced with stern competition which looms up ominuously to check their progress. Admittedly, the railroads can not compete with the low fare busses on traffic to Portland,, Springfield, Hartford, New York and other places. Stiff competi tion among the bus operators has reduced bus fares to amazingly low figures. It is hard to see how any of the long distance bus lines can make money at present. But, even their low fares have not consolidated the business for them. Tl___ l_:_ ~ -~ -J pressed by the operators of 7-pas senger Limousine lines and tfhese new comers have offered transpor tation at figures below the bus rates in many instances. We have these limousine lines to Portland, Lewiston, Worcester, Hartford, Springfield and other places. Recently the bus line to Maine were forced to a deep cut in rates to meet this competition. Automobile owners will wonder how these 7-passenger cars can carry people such long distances at so low a price. Only a few of these cars seem to. carry the full capacity of passengers. How they can possibly compete with the huge busses carrying 29 to 3 3 passengers when filled to capacity is a mystery. On some of these Maine trips where the lim ousine fare is but $1.25 the pro ceeds of the trips would hardly seem to pay the salary of the driver, if he gets any sort of a reasonable wage. Even with seven passengers the profit, if any, must be extremely small. Surely, everything in the matter of cost per passenger must be in favor of the big busses yet they are seriously menaced by this new angle in transportation. AUTO DRIVER—LOOK AT YOURSELF It is time the automobile driver took a look at himself. Personal traits and character istics are as much to blame for our appalling highway deathl rate as are • incompetence and ignorance. The driver who passes on hills and curves, who operates his car at ex cessive speeds, who hogs the road and drives on the wrong side of the highway, who "weaves” and cuts in and out, is the driver who, no matter how great his skill, causes a large share of the 3 5,000 deaths each year. The most encouraging sign at present is the wide public interest in highway safety—an interest which has grown amazingly the last year or two. Traffic laws are being studied. Surveys of acci dent statistics are being made. There is less theorizing and more dealing with honest facts. Every state should have laws in accord with modern conditions. One of the most necessary' steps is more drastic supervision of youth ful drivers—it has been found that drivers under 20 have a 39 per cent worse record than the aver age, while those between! 40 and 50 have a record 29, per cent bet ter than the average. Automobiles should be periodically inspected in the matter of brakes, steering, lights, etc. Examiations of ap plicants for drivers’ licenses should be conducted with extreme care. The automobile death rate can and must be lowered. There is no place for the reckless, the in competent, and the mentally or physically defective on our streets and highways. Sixty-fitve thous and deaths in two years is mute testimony to the need for quick and decisive action. FOUR FARM PROBLEMS C. O. Moser, President of the National Cooperative Council and Vice-President of the American Cotton Cooperative Association, recently pointed out that the pros perity of the farmer depends upon four things: 1. The cost of his production. 2. The volume of his produc tion, 3. The price he obtains for what he produces. 4. The price he pays from what he buys. As Mr. Moser observed, the first two are largely the problems of the individual. The next two are mainly the problems of the farmer as a group. They are the reason for-being of the cooperative move ment. No single farmer, dealing with a large buying or selling organiza tion, can have a voice in price. He must take what he is offered or lose the business. When he joins with thousands of other farmers whose problems and hopes are one with his, the shoe is on the other foot. The buying or selling or ganization has met its equal—and the price is much more likely to be a fair one. No cooperative, of course, can raise prices to the desired level in times like these. What they can do is to keep them higher than they would otherwise be and pre pare the groundwork for future achievements. All over the coun try the cooperative movement is making gains, both in strength and membership, and the results are beginning to show. When the economic clouds clear, an organiz ed agriculture can be ready for a period of prosperity unprecedent ed in this century. A STEP TOWARD RECOVERY In August, 1926, the railroads of the country employed 1,793, 067 persons. In August, 1929, they employ ed 1,681,252 person's. In August, 1932, they employ ed 996,319—the smallest since 1899. In addition, reduced purchases by railroads from coal mines and other industries have caused even larger reduction in employment. The railroads are not employing 797,000 less people now than they did in 1926 because they do not want to provide employment. They are employing less because gigan tic decreases in railroad earnings have made it impossible for them to take any other course than de cisive retrenchment. Had the de creases been the result of depres sion alone, they would seem much less important than they are. But the principal cause of transporta tion difficulties is, and has been, the inequalities in our transportation policy. Ihe railroads make no unreason able requests. Here is what they do ask: That they be given fair treatment and that all forms of commercial transportation be placed on an equitable basis be fore the law. This means that the government must stop subsid izing waterways and that highway competitors must receive regula tion similiar to that now exerted over the railroads. When that is dqrjj:, hundreds of thousands of railroad men will return to their jobs, a multitude of other indus tries will be stimulated—and we will have taken a long step toward recovery. CUTTING DOWN Who said the government is not cutting down on its expenditures? A new pay cut for the staff of the White House has been ordered by the President. Several 'thousand dollars will be saved by the gov ernment through this reduction, which is the second affecting the White House empl >yees. In the meantime, the governmental defi- , cit is increasing at the rate of some $5000 a minute and has already reached the $700,000,000 mark. WE ARE not going -t ■■■' st TO SAY this happened •j. IN SALISBURY but we «■ * MIGHT INTIMATE that IT DID. The story st St St GOES TO show that you st * >t CAN NEVER tell what * * * YOU ARE doing these st st st DAYS. A certain farmer st st st - WHO HAD mortgaged his Sr i’e si* FARM TO the bank was st st st CALLED IN by the banker st st st AND TOLD that the note WAS DUE and must be : st st st PAID THE following day. THE FARMER asked, "Were YOU EVER in the farming st st st BUSINESS?” TO which the st st SI BANKER REPLIED, "No.” st It St "WELL,” SAID the farmer AS HE walked out, SI- si "YOU ARE now.” I THANK YOU. Local Highs To Play 17 The following schedule has been announced for the 1932-1933 high school basketball season. Seven teen games will be played in all. The schedule follows: Dec. 14—Oak Ridge there. Dec. 17—Alumni here. Jan. 6—Davidson fresh here. Jan. 10—Davidson fresh there. Jan. 13—Gastonia here. Jan. 20—Spencer here. Jan. 21—Greensboro there. Jan. 27—High Point here. Jan. 3 1—Winston-Salem there. Feb. 3—Greensboro here. i Feb. 7—Gastonia there. Feb. 10—Charlotte here. Feb. 14—Spencer there. Feb. 17—High Point there. Feb. 18—Oak Ridge here (pend ing). ! Feb. 21—Charlotte there. Feb. 24—Winston-Salem here. i CRESS GRANGE . < Cress Grange held its regular 1 meeting Friday night, December 2. J A literary program was given. Af ter which the members enjoyed a : chicken stew. We were glad to have with us Mr. A. M. Miller from Patterson grange. Mr. J. W. Safrit is visiting home ' folks. Evelyn .Menius and Virginia c Cress spent the week-end with ( Mrs. Delmer Huffman of near 1 High Rock. Mr. L. B. Bassinger can boost of pulling a watermelon from his patch November 3 0. Who can 1 beat that? j Shot When His ! Dog Fires Gun • St. Albans, Vt.—The playful antics of his dog resulted in the ] wounding of John Gravelin, 16, 1 while on a rabbit hunting expedi- 1 tion. ' i He had dropped on one knee and c rested his left arm on the muzzle c of his rifle. His dog playfully i jumped on him, one paw striking the trigger and causing the rifle to discharge. - c DR .FEW IS HONORED 5 - t Dr. W. P. Few, president of s Duke university, was elected presi- 1 dent of the Association of Colleges 1 of the Southern States at Ffew 1 Orleans. i Favor Repeal Of Dry Law (Continued from page one) iway with gangsters and bootleg gers.” "I pray every night that con gress will not repeal the 18 th a nendment,” one lady declared. "I lave five children and I do not want them to touch whiskey as ong as they live. I do not want :hem to be able to buy it anywhere it any time. I think if we would setter enforce the law, the problem would be solved.” "I think congress should modify the Volstead act to allow light wines and beer., I do not see the lecessity or wisdom of repeal. Per ;onally I don’t drink liquor, but I would like to have light wines and seer.” This was the opinion of mother merchant on Main Street. A political leader said: "Prohibition should be taken out )f politics. It is being used as a solitical football. It is not a poli tical issue, in the proper sense. It s an economic or moral issue and bould be so considered. You :an’t legislate morals or prosperity o why waste time trying.” Cleveland Rt. 2 Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Merrell spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. "red Campbell. Mrs. T. D. Steele spent a few Jays with her parents, Mr. and Vfrs. N. S. Steele, last week. Miss Pauline Turner had a num ber of her friends at her home Sat .irday night for a social party. Af :er an interesting evening of con :ests and games, sandwiches, cake ind cocoa were served to the fol owing: Misses Viola Gaither, famie Knox, Blanch Perry, Nellie frinkley, Rebecca Campbell, Mam e Miller, Gladys Wilhelm, Ruby ind Hazel Johnson and Messrs. Henry Phifer, Liry Long, Darr Vliller, Oscar Shuping, Flowe and roe McDaniel, Paul Burton and Kenneth Gray. Little Herbert Campbell, the 3 ^ear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Campbell, is suffering from acute ?aliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis ve are very sorry to note. Miss R.uby Johnson has been with him "or a week and will continue to ;tay there for some time. Mrs. Sam Burton is also on the sick list now. We hope they are veil soon. Mrs. Jonnie Campbell was re noved from the home of hei laughter, Mrs. Clifford Troutman it Statesville and brought to her tome, Tuesday, in an ambulance, she stood the trip remarkably well ve are glad to know. Miss Ruby Johnson and Mr. Paul Burton spent last week-end tear Advance, with Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Merrell. There was a pie supper -at Pine Srove school house Saturday night n benefit of the Sunday school. The many friends of Miss Thel na Atkins and Mr. Elmer Knox vill learn with interest of their narriage in fibuth Carolina last Saturday. Miss Christene Wooten is visit ng Miss Geneva Lackey near Har nony. Rev. Thetus Pritchard, minister if the church of Christ, preached Sunday night at Corinth on "There s no room in the Inn” concerning he birth of Christ. Rev. and drs. Pritchard are moving to Arkansas this week, their rrijiny riends will be sorry to learn. There were services at Provi lence L. E. Church Sunday at 3 '’clock by the Pastor, Rev. R. H. Lepley. Mrs. Kepley was operated in at Dr. Davis’ Sanatorium Mon lay. We wish for her a speedy re overy. AUTO SALES IMPROVE Detroit.—Automobile manufac urers saw a favorable trend in re lorts indicating from 115,000 to 30,000 auomtobiles would be ilaced in the market in December. Dow, Jones & Co., placed the lumber at 125,965. Models in the lands of dealers were said to have lecreased sharply. HAMLET MAN HONORED Hamlet.—The many friends of .ieut.-Com. and Mrs. Thomas L. lorrow of Hamlet will be glad to now that he has been awarded the nedal of distinction by the presi lent of the republic Managua in onnection with his medical ser ices there recently. ; BADIN HOUSE BURNS Badin.—Fire damaged the home ccupied by Mr. and Mrs. W. S. mall on Falls road. It is thought he fire originated from an oil tove, which was probably left >urning over night. All house lold effects were badly damaged iy smoke and water. A small a noiint of insurance was carried. ] ABooT this wet election BEING A GOOD THIHG Just look at all the home-brewers that’ll BE THROWN outta work . NEW MEMBERS JOIN COTTON COOPERATIVE Approximately 4,000 new mem sers have joined the North Caro lina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association during the current marketing season, officials have an-, aounced. Membership of - the cooperative now totals well over 16,000, giv ing it around 6,000 more members chan any other farm organization in the State. The Grange is run ner-up with around 10,000 mem bers in North Carolina. Other cotton cooperatives have dso reported increases in member ship and the American Cotton Cooperative, central organization nf the 11 state associations, now has 240,000 members. BLALOCK ENDORSES "COTTON CHRISTMAS” Plans for a "Cotton Christmas” ro help restore prosperity to the south have received the endorse ment of U. Benton Blalock, presi lent of the American Cotton Co sperative Association, who pointed sut that gifts made of cotton are both appropriate and useful. "Cotton becomes more valuable as consumption increases,” Mr. Blalock said. "And the more val uable cotton becomes the more we increase the purchasing power of the people of the South. As an as set to the nation the South is meas ured by its power to produce and its power to purchase. "What could be more appropri ate than articles made of cotton for Christmas, both raw and manu factured, our greatest source of in come? "What could be more appropri ate than cotton gifts for the entire nation, for cotton is our chief ex port? It keeps the balance of trade in our favor.” Woman Who Saw Lincoln Shot Dies InR. I., Aged 100 Westerley, R. I.i—Miss Levene C. B. Stewart, direct descendant of Chief Ninigret of the Narragan sett Indian tribe, died recently at 100. During the Civil War she was a neighbor in Washington of Wil kes Booth, whom she knew per sonally. She was in Ford’s Thea tre when Booth shot President Lin coln. Miss Stewart was born in Balti more in 1832 and trained as a nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where her brother was on the medi cal staff. She came to Westerly 70 years ago. SMITH TO RAISE FUNDS New York.—Ringing door-bells along lower Fifth Avenue, former Governor Alfred E. Smith has started a one man campaign to raise funds for the unemployed. He will work incognito but will wear a brown derby. LIKES WINE AND WOMEN New York.—Feodor Ivanovitch Chaliapin, giant Russian basso baritone, exposed a bit of his phil osophy of life. "Of these three things, wine, women and song, I place first song—my work,” he said. "But women and wine—it is the furniture of the house. To live with only work is like to live in a naked house.” PRODUCE PAYS ALIMONY Stevens Point, Wis.—Preston E. Webster, Clerk of Portage county, was confronted with an unusual problem when he collected certain alimony payments here. He re ceived one dressed pig, two dressed chickens, six cauliflowers, six heads of cabbage, one barrel of rye flour, three bushels potatoes and six pumpkins. HE IS PRIMA DONNA’S UNCLE Cedar Rapids, Iowa.—John Gar den, known as "Plain John” here, 69-year-old millwright, is the un cle of Mary Garden, famous prima donna, but has not seen his niece since 1892. He lives alone here with a flock of chickens, two cats and a 15-year-old collie dog. Lady Took Cardui And Got Rid of Pain In Her Side "Last summer, my health was bad, so I began taking Cardui,” writes Mrs. H. E. Slaughter, of Norman, Okla. “My mother had given me Cardui in girlhood, so naturally I turned to it when I felt I needed it. I felt run-down and a general weakness. I had bad, dizzy head aches when everything would seem to dance before my eyes. My right side pained me so much, but since taking Cardui the pain has left me. I have taken several bottles of Cardui and have improved a great deal.” Cardui Is sold at drug stores here. “Heat with COKE . . the clean, efficient fuel i| SOME REAL BARGAINS IN ELECTRICAL "CONVENIENCES At Our Startlingly Lower New Electric Rates You Will Want Some of These! Housekeeping, ordinarily a trying, drudgery-laden * task, becomes an easy and pleasurable assignment ! when real electric service is used. Here is an oppor - tunity for you to secure those other electrical appli- j ances which you will want to use since electricity, un- j der our new rate schedule, has become so cheap. We j are offering a number of appliances that have been used as samples and display models, together with ; some odds and ends, at a remarkable saving. Here is j a list of them with the former prices and the new prices. Come in and make your selection before they have been picked over. Urn Sets, reduced to . $7.95 to $17.50 $9.95 Percolators, reduced to . $5.95 $15.00 Waffle Irons, reduced to , $6.95 $3.95 Electric Irons, reduced to . $1.95 $21.00 MixMaster, reduced to , $12.50 $6.95 Heating Pads, reduced to . $4.95 $55 Royal Vacuum cleaners,red’ed to $32.50 Dont’ delay. Pick your bargains at once. Electricity Is Cheap—Use It Freely Southern Public Utilities Co. Ride the street cars and avoid the parking nuisance
