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Power ilCut; Saves North Carolina $2,000,000.00 -------—— Telephone And Gas Charges To Be Probed Next Reductions Expected To Be Effect ed By First Of Year; Last Agreement Is Made Tidewater Company Accepts Slash es Estimated To Save Custo mers $25,000 Consumers of electric power in North Carolina will save $2,000, 000 annually as a result of agree ments with the "big four” pro ducers and distributors, it was estimated by the state corporation commission. The last of the agreements was completed when officials of the Tidewater Power company accept ed reductions expected to save its customers $25,000 annually. Investigation of rates ffharged bv telephone and gas companies is next on the commission’s program initiated last summer for the an nounced purpose of reducing utili ties costs in line with present val ues. The commission announced it hoped to effect gas and telephone rate reductions by the first of the year. ,, % James Lyons James Lyons, 79, one of Salis bury’s best citizens, died at hie home on North Main Street Dec ember 12. Death followed a heart heart attack. Funeral services were held Wed nesday in the First Presbyterian church, Rev. Marshall Woodson, officiating. Interment followed ir. Chestnut Hill cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were Ed. Heilig, John Carroll, H. P. Brandis S. W. Harry, A. E. Davis and Leroy A. Smith. Active pallbearers were F. T. Tilloson, of Winston Salem; Chas. Lentz, Russell Daniel, James McKenzie, F. H. McRae and J. H. Krider. Three sons and two daughters survive the sons being Fred Lyons, of Balboa, Panama Canal zone; Emmett Lyons, of Norfolk, Va., and E. P. Lyons, of Salisbury. The daughters are Mrs. J. W. Aids and Mrs. H. S. Strathers, of Madison, W. Va. Three sons are dead, Law rence, Herman and James. There are a number of grandchildren, and other relatives who also survive. Wike Heads Police Chief Of Kings Mt. Mr. R. A. Wike, chief of police of China Grove for two years, Thursday took over the duties as Chief cf Police of the town of Kings Mountain, according to in formation received yesterday by The Watchman. Mr. Wike suc ceeds former Chief of Police Al len, resigned. Mr. Wike is one of the most fearless and competent officers who ever donned a badge and leaves this county with the best wishes of his many friends. He came to China Grove as chief of police in May, 1929, and served in this capacity for two years when the town administra tion of China Grove underwent a change in municipal government. He also served as deputy sheriff under the late Sheriff Locke Mc Kenzie. He came to Rowan from Alexander county where he served as deputy sheriff for eight years. As chief of police of Kings Mountain, Mr. Wike will have two men under him to assist in policing that thriving little city The Watchman wishes for him much success in his new work. S’ "My grandmother weighed only two pounds when she was born.” "Gosh! Did she live?” Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 5 m \ g 1_is \ A most recent informal picture of Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, wife of the President-elect, who on March 4, 1933 becomes the “First Lady” of the land. Mrs. Roosevelt put to rout all rumors that she would carry on her outside activities after the President-elect takes office, but instead will devote her time to hostess duties at the White House. What Not To Send As Christmas Gifts With Gift Selection ixlultiplicil, * Problem Is Not What But What Not To Give Not so long ago that our Oldest Citizen would have difficulty in re membering it the matter of gift choosing was comparatively easy. Aunt Martha could always be relied upon to send a knit muffler so thn "little Oswald won’t catch cold." And in return the same venerable lady would have been shocked right out of her rocker if she had received a gift other than the em broidered centerpiece that remind ed her of the Yulctide’s arrival. In those days Grandfather a waited with trepidation the simul taneous arrival of Christmas and I the inevitable pipe "from his lov ing grandchildren.’’ And Dad got his customary packet of vari-hued ties and galluses. Weeks before Christmas, Moth er walked about the parlor; mov ing the bric-a-brac here and there, speculating as to the best place to set the painted china dish that was bound to come. And the children were content with Toviand’s con tribution and the chance to break some of the,tree ornaments to hear them "squash.” t y 11 1 1 1 C'_ L „ it s an tiian^tu iuuhj . vjmwv arrival of movies, Aunt Martha has come to long for one of those new fangled tea-wagons; Grandfather much prefers a "B” battery eli minator: Dad’s bent on having Venus on the radiator cap of the car; Mother has her eye on the vacuum cleaner; and the kids want either a cocktail shaker or .• set of sashweights. What is the modern gift-give' to do? We don’t know but here’s some of the things NOT to do: DON’T send Aunt Martha a cocktail shaker—unless it is ac companied by a sheik to shake it DON’T send Grandfather i football—he has enough to kick a bout already. DON’T send Grandmother i shawl. She has a boyish bob and they simply do not go together, m’dear. DON’T send Dad a washboard —Christmas will leave him plcntv "clean.” DON’T send Mother a smoking jacket. She is smoking too many cigarettes as it is. Remove All Tags DON’T send Mrs. John the pickle dish that Mrs. Crabb sent you—unless you first remove the card that came with it. DON’T attempt to select a pair of knickers for Junior. Choosing his own may be the only outlet he has for expressing his taste in art. DON’T send Daughter a hair ribbon—although it may be the only outward distinguishing mark of her sex. Now that we’ve reduced the number of possible gifts to 4, 763 298—we feel that we’ve prac tically solved your gift problems. GOT $4000 FOR "GRAND HOTEL” St. Louis.—Vicki Baum, Ger man author of "Grand Hotel,” said in an interview here, her earn ings from the novel, pTay and movie have totaled but $23,000. She said she got $4000 for the mo tion picture rights. The German author said she was so bound by contracts and per centages to various agents that she has to "work hard to make a liv ing.” GOOD MORNING MUSSOLINI kissed in .1 candy factory! Tut! Tut! Just a bit of taffy. THE MEANEST MAN IN the world is the one who wi 11 tell h is children there is no Santa Claus to keep from buying them Christmas presents. SOME PEOPLE have been so hard hit they only carry pocket books to keep in practice. IT IS GETTING so nowadays that when people talk about having dough you just know they mean unbaked bread. DARK HAIR is not a serious matter. Many a girl has made light of it. Young wife—I must apologize for the cake I made, dear. I think I left something out. Husband—Nothing you left out could make the cake taste like this. It’s something you put in it. rnyins-—tour nusDana is simpiy wild about you, isn’t he? Lois—Yes, he raves about me in his sleep, but the poor absent minded boy nearly always calls me by the wrong name. Maize—Is your boy friend a one-arm driver. Mamie—Not him. He takes a taxi and uses both arms. Customer—To what do you owe your extraordinary success as a house-to-house salesman? Salesman—To the first five words I utter when a woman opens the door—"Miss is your mother in?” '"Where did you get those big, tender, sympathetic eyes?” she cooed. "Oh, they camp with my face.” "'Do you come from Boston?” "Hell, no! I’m talking this way because I cut my mouth on a bot tle.” "My wife has run away with a man in my car.” / "Good heavens! Not in your new car?” Mary—My husband wanted me to wear cotton hose. Molly—The brute! I hope you shot him, dearie "Why did you leave your last job?” "I didn’t like the way they used me.” "In what llespect?” "Well, for one thing, they took my name off the payroll.” He—I’ve waited a whole hour for you. She—I was detained in the beauty shoppie. He—T 30 bad you didn’t get waited on. PRISONER IS STABBED E. P. Brooks, a prisoner at the Durham county workhouse, was fatally stabbed by Jim Tucker, a negro convice. Tucker is held for murder. Taxpayers Are Paying Early Records Show Rowan county taxpayers, despite the depression, arc paying their taxes better this year than last, ac cording to J. E. Haynes, county auditor. When the county auditor turn ed over the 1932 tax books to Sheriff Krider on December 12 he had collected $137,628.57. Last year the books were turned over on November 29 and the amount of prepaid taxes collected at that time was approximately $127,000. Both the valuation and the county tax rate are lower than they were a year ago, the difference amounting on the present rate to ibout $43,000. Valuations are lower because of the shrinkage of values while the present rate is 5 5 cents as compared to 57 cents on each $100 a year ago. The total levy for the county for this year is $447,277.26; in 1931 it was $479,001.14, and in 193 0 the valuation figures were $669,95 8.5 5. A comparison of the rates for the last three years shows: 1932, 5 5 cents 1931, 57 cents; 1930, 85 cents. The uncollected taxes for 1932 which were turned over to Sheriff I^rider amounted to $3 10,608.30. The amount which was collected by the county auditor was done, according to Mr. Haynes, without any additional help and without any extra cost to the county. Christmas Winson-Salcm Journal. Crowds parade the downtown shopping district. Stores are filled with eager customers. Christmas is upon us once again, another mile stone in the varied journeys that we take as we press on to varied goals. The years no longer loaf in their passing as they did when we were children. They speed by now and leave their marks upon us. So busy arc our hands and heads in the eter nal task of finding means to pro vide food and warmth and shelter, that time has become a mill-race that sweeps us on to the end of our cuorse. There arc many stations along the way. And the most hope ful of all of them is Christmas. For it is the Christmas spirit that de scends upon us and saves us from ourselves. The grind of business wearies our brains. The disappointments make heavy our hearts. The greed we nurture within us makes us selfish. Our ego, prompted by our yearn ings, destroys our concern for oth ers. And then comes Christmas and purges us of our hates and lack of faith in our kind. Without this season of good will we would be come sordid indeed. The most hopeless, hapless, help less individual in all the world is the unbeliever—the unbeliever in everything that is worth while— the individual who does not believe in man; who does not believe in woman, who frowns at ideals; who mocks at faiths, who scorns love as a weakness and worships at the shrine of Self. He goes his lonely, unlighted way, snatching at gems and discovering that they are only dross when he finds them in his hand. For happiness does not de pend on what we wrest from the world. Happiness depends upon ability to enjoy. And we can en joy the things we have only to the degree in which we are permitted to share them with others. Wc think of others and thus are we reclaimed at Christmas time— reclaimed from ourselves, our worst enemies. Thus is the course of our sordid selfishness interrupt ed, so that we emerge from the Christmas season better equipped morally to go our way. It is not the gift that we give that counts. It is the gift that we receive through giving that makes of Christmas a season of joy. I-. Seniors Present Play At Boyden High Tonight "All of a Sudden Pegg .” a three acr comedy, will be presented by the senior class at the Hoyden high school tonight at 8 o’clock. The play centers around Peggy, an impetuous lass, who is always doing things in a hurry and then taking time to regret them. FIGHTS OFF ROBBER, COUNTS $7 PROFIT Milwaukee.—Charles Sneiddieg er, rather enjoys getting) robbed. It’s profitable. A burglar entered his home and snatched $15 from a dresser. Sneiddieger leaped from his bed and grappled with the intruder. Around the room they bumped, knocking over furniture. Finally the intruder fled from the house, dropping $22 as he sped away. Net profit for Sneiddieger, $7. TO WHOM SHALL WE GIVE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS? _ As we arc planning to give Christmas presents, it may be well to recall the words of the Founder of Christmas with prference to similar activities. Giving presents at some particular season of the year was not a custom in old Judea, but it was customary to give feasts, etc., and the Master expressed a sentiment that should not be forgotten at Christmas time when He said:— "When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethern, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recom pense be made thee. "But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou snait De Diessea; ior they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.” It will not hurt us at all to give presents to our friends and kinsfolk who are prosperous or well-to-do, but let’s not forget "the needy when he crieth,, the poor also, and him that hath no helper.” The very old and the very young in one’s community should never be for gotten. Even in neighborhoods where there are no aged persons who are sick or needy, there are always boys and girls to whom a gift of a good book, a good paper or magazine, or even some word of counsel and encouragement, may bring dividends in character and citizenship for many years to come.—The Progressive Farmer. WAITS 16 YEARS FOR SHAVE Witchita, Kas.—The 16-year old theft mystery that caused Detective Don Finney’s face to burn every day has been solved— and what a comfort. There was joy in life back in 1916 when Finney worked in a New Mexico logging camp, and was the owner of an especially keen, hard razor. But one day a fellow workman left—and with him the razor. All j these years, Finney avers, his brist ly whiskers yielded stubbornly and j painfully to various blades. But it is a small world. The de tective spied a familiar face at a headquarters "show up” today and asked to inspect the man’s personal effects. "There it is, my long-lost blade,” he cried, exhibiting the instrument. Libby Seeks Smith s Money For Baby Yet to be Born Settlement of the estate of Smith Reynolds, which may make the unborn child of Libby Holman Reynolds heir to as much as $18, 000,000 has been started. Benet Polikoff, Winston-Salem attorney, announced negotiations looking toward a final settlement of the estate of young Reynolds, 20-year-old husband of the for mer Broadway torch singer, were under way. He said he had con ferred last week with Alfred Hol man, of Cincinnati, Mrs. Rey nolds’ father. Polikoff has been counsel for Mrs. Reynolds since she was indict ed for murder in connection with her husband’s mysterious death last July 6. The charges against her and Albert Walker, Winston Salem friend of Smith’s were re cently nol prossed by Solicitor Carlisle Higgins for "lack of evi dence.” The attorney refused to dis close what would be sought in the settlement but said a final agi'ee ment would not be reached until February so that lawyers may be able to act "after the baby comes.” Disclosure that she was to be come a mother was made by Mrs. Reynolds shortly after her hus band had been found mortally wounded in a,bedroom of the pal atial Reynolds estate at Reynolda. She later said the baby would be born in January and would be named "Smith.” w nne roiiKorr am not say so, it was generally believed here that any settlement made out of court would have to be agreeable to at torneys for W. N. Reynolds, uncle of Smith and a guardian of the youth. It was W. N. Reynolds who took the initiative in having charges against Mrs. Reynolds and Walker dropped when he wrote authorities that his family would be "happy” if such a course were i followed. j The tangled legal situation in j volved by the specification in the j will of the late R. J. Reynolds j founder of the $150,000,000 tob acco corporation that bears his name that Smith was not to be given his inheritance until he was 28 years old and his son’s death at 20 has thrown local attorneys into disagreement. Some think his death has defeated his widow’s claim to one-third, dower rights in this state. It was generally agreed, how ever,' that should the matter be eventually settled in favor of Mrs. Reynolds that it was possible for her unborn child to inherit appro ximately $18,000,000. In addition to the 28-year of age provision in the will of R. J. Reynolds, some attorneys pointed out that possibly consideration would have to be given to Smith’s first wife, Ann Cannon Reynolds, and their small daughter, depsite a $1,000,000 settlement made at the time they were divorced. Ann Cannon Reynolds heir to a textile fortune, has since married Frank Brandon Smith Charlotte real es tate dealer. \ No mention was made- in the s will of R. J. Reynolds of widows or widowers of his children and some attorneys hold neither of Smith’s widows is entitled to any inheritance under it. Smith’s in heritance under that will is esti mated at between $15,000,000 and $18,000,000 at present. Smith’s mother made no restric tion against the widows of her children in her will. Smith’s part of her estate was estimated at be tween $1,500,000 and $2,000,000. Smith’s personal fortune was valued at approximately $200,000 when he died but personal proper ty is not involved in dower inheri tance under North Carolina law. | 4-H Canning Champion j j Miss Waneta Guthrie, 18, of Fulton, Kansas, won highest honors and the National 4-H Club Can ning championship in the Inter national Show at Chicago. A scholarship was a part of the award. Brewers Get Going Full Blast As Bars Are Let Down Three important developments presaged the early open selling of beer—legal or illegal. If Congress does not act, beer will be sold any way in many places, with authori ties winking at the sale. In Chica go Mayor Cermak has told the breweries to fix up their boilers and start going. In Detroit Judge W. McKay Skillman gave a dry law violator a suspended sentence, and said he would do the same to all such dc fendants brought before him. Governor - elect Comstock of Michigan declares that "if legally possible” he will set free the 297 persons now in prison for dry law violations Speakeasies turtijed overnight into open beer saloons. Police smiledi upon the beer trucks in Loop. The barley business be came brisk on the Board of Trade. The federal prohibition office prepared to discharge some more agents. Gangster-brewers announ ced they were going into the beer business. Shoes rebuilt the better way. All kinds of harness, trunk and suitcase repairing. FAYSSOUX’S PLACE Phone 43 3 113 E. Innes St. DR. N. C. LITTLE Optometrist Eyes examined, glasses fitted and repaired. Telephone 1571-W 107% S. Main St. Next to Ketchie Barber Shop It answers a long felt need for the puzzled Christmas giver. A genuine Majestic radio—unusual in design—outstanding in per formance—the most practical and usful gift you could give this year. Anyone—anywhere, yill find this unusual Majestic Radio a source of ever lasting joy! T. M. Casey 3 30 North Main St. TELEPHONE 204 To make room for the New Chevrolet we are offering the fol lowing at real bargains— ;; ’29 Chevrolet Coupe , : ’29 Chevrolet Coach ’29 Chevrolet Roadster ’3 0 Chevrolet Pickup, steel body I ’28 Chevrolet Coach | ’27 Chevrolet Touring | ’26 Chevrolet Coach ’3 0 Ford Coach ’26 Buick Sedan j ’29 Dodge 3-4 ton Truck, panel I body. y Raney-Cline Motor Co S. MAIN STREET PHONE 633
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