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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 16, 1932 Another reason why the chain store does better is because it hasn’t 183 relatives with charge accounts. —Boston Post What we don’t understand is that if Mr. Roosevelt is a danger ous radical, as Mr. Hoover used to think, why did Mr. Hoover call him in for consultation? —Dallas News Canada asks the United States to cede a strip from the State of Maine. The request has a certain appeal for a Democratic adminis tration. —San Diego Union Speaking of misnomess, there are hunger marchers who travel the continent in automobiles, eating regularly. —Washington Post According to George Bernard Shaw, the substitutioon of Roose velt for Hoover won’t make any difference for anybody. G. B. S. has never been in the postmaster busi ness. —Norfolk Virginian-Pilot It’s just as well for us that our pioneer ancestors didn’t undertake the civilizing of the West by auto mobile. With 32,000 motor fatali ties annually among the pale faces, the aborigines would still be sit ting pretty. — Arkansas Gazette A shooting contest organized in an American town was won by the local taylor. It may have been just a coincidence that all his out standing accounts were settled on the following day. Humorist (London) A WHITE ELEPHANT These big engineering projects about which the rosiest promises of immense economic benefits arc made., such as the St. Lawrence waterway, look fine until the spot light of cold business reasoning is turned on them. The Hoover dam, now in process of construction, is one of them. We were assured by the propon ents of the plan that a huge indus trial city would arise in the vicinity of the dam, and various big indus tries would be attracted by cheap power. Also, that a big market for surplus power was ready in California, and that Los Angeles would pay a big sum for this ad dition to her water system. Now it is pointed out that the idea of a big industrial develop ment is commercial, that ctyeap power can never compensate for the distance from markets, the cost of transportation and the difficul ties of working in an intensely hot district a good part of the year. The same promises of industrial development were made when the Elephant Butte dam in New Mex ico was built at a huge expenditure of government funds. No indus trial use whatever has been made of this project, although much more favorably situated than the Hoov er dam. It nas Deen pointed out many times that the "cheap power” cry rarely pans out. It is possible to generate power in Los Angeles by steam at a much lower rate than it can be generated and sold for from the Hoover dam. People are still under the spell of these cheap pow er promises which never material ize. Some experts claim that Los Angeles will never be able to use the water from the Hoover dim for drinking or cooking purpo;-s, because of its high saline content. which gives it an unpleasant taste. To rid the water of this brackish ness would be a difficult and ex pensive job. There is no question that the dam will turn many miles of de sert into good farming lands, but of what economic value is that to day, when we have an immense surplus of farm products? It looks very much as though we are to spend a huge amount of money on another "white ele phant.” ALWAYS UNPOPULAR Mrs. Richard P. Battle of North Carolina is not an economist or a governmental expert, but appar ently she has the ability to keep her feet on the ground. In her own locality, she is noted as an ency lopedia of information for matrons who are too busy to look up their own information, and she has achieved quite a reputation. Re cently in an interview she discussed the difference between people and customs of today and those of many years ago, when she was young. She had many comments on a variety of subjects, but the one that interests us most was a remark on modern trends in economics and government. To those who have little patience with the government and its officers, her words are well worth thinking over. "Always re member,” she said, "that in all ages nobody likes the government as it is.” It is a thought to keep. WHY LEAD THE WAY j The splendid business courage of the automobile manufacturers shines like a beacon light in this industrial ear. Full of enthusiasm for the future, they are putting out new models, with improvement both in the line of economy and luxury and at the same time cut ting prices to the bone. They are stimulating allied lines of business, helping to cut down unemployment and creating a de mand for raw materials. It is impossible to overestimate the service, not alone to business but to the morals of the country, that these automobile manufactur ers are giving. Their success means better busi ness for everybody. With remark able unselfishness they are working not for themselves but for the good of the whole industry. And good business for the automobile indus try will mean a return of all busi ness to better times. A STRANGE STORY If Russell T. Sherwood, the miss ing and mysterious witness in the case of former Mayor Walker, has actually been located, the story that he tells is a strange one. The man who says that he is Sherwood hsa been, according to his story, on a New Mexico ranch from Jan uary until the middle of October. At the time of the hearings in New York and Albany, when he was very much wanted, he was a vol untary guest at the ranch. But af ter Mayor Walker had resigned and Sherwood was not so much in de mand, he found that he was a cap tive. The Sherwood story has been a puzzling one for a long time. It gets more intricate with this yarn about having freedom to move a round when he was wanted as a witness and of being held a prison er when reasons for keeping him a captive seem to have vanished. IMPETUOUS AGE All the old adages about the con servatism of age will have to be re vised in ,Germany, if the custom continues of allowing the oldest member of Parliament to open a new session. Calar Zetjkin, the fiery Communist, delivered a dra matic and decidedly unrestrained attack upon capitalism when she officiated a few months ago. And General Litzmann, 82 years old, opened the new Reichstag with a furious onslaught upon President von Hindenburg who was, the vet eran declared, driving Germany to ward Bolshevism. Age usually has a sobering in fluence upon those who see Utopia around a corner. That it does not have this effect in Germany is per haps the clearest proof that condi tions must be very bad there. THE TRAGEDY OF IT Gerard Swope, president of the General Electric Company, told students at the Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology that only old men need o worry about the future and that young men need have no fears. That is just the trouble. The term "old men” as used in industry now means men 45 or more. And 45 is or should be, the prime of life. The great tragedy of today is that as a man approaches 45 he is in the midst of worries about the future and he usually has a family to support. It is small consolation to say that boys just of school need not worry. They could stand some worrying, but it’s tough for the fathers of families.” RUTH BRYAN VOTES WET Probably no incident in Wash ington was so impressive in illus trating the change of sentiment re garding the prohibition laws as the vote of Congresswoman Ruth Bry an Owen of Florida. Mrs. Owen voted for repeal of the 18th a mendment. She is the daughter of the late William Jennings Bryan, who was about as uncompromising a dry as the country ever saw. Whether or not she was personally for the repeal motion, Jier vote re presented the opinion of her consti tuency. WE’D LIKE to approach THIS STORY from a * * * LITTLE DIFFERENT * * * ANGLE, BUT it can’t * * * BE DONE. However, we * * * ARE GOING to let you * »fr * DECIDE WHAT the ORIGINAL ANGLE might HAVE BEEN, suggesting AT TFIE same time THAT VIEWPOINT has * * '-<■ A LOT to do with it. TWO WIDOWS, both well sf sf sf KNOWN IN Salisbury, sf sf sf BUT NOT very well sf Sf Sf ACQUAINTED WITH each OTHER, WERE conversing. NATURALLY THEY might Sf sf Sf BE EXPECTED to try sf sf sf TO FIND out about sf Sf Sf THE LATE husbands. * :> 'r "WAS YOUR late lamented sf Sf *f HUSBAND IN comfortable CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN he * sy sy DIED?” ASKED one of sf sf sf THE OTHER. The reply Sf Sf Sf WAS A bit unusual. "No, sy ly HE WAS half-way sf sf sf UNDER A train.” sf sf sf I THANK YOU. Begin Taking Cardui Today If You Suffer Like This Lady Did “WHEN I was a girl, I began tak ing Cardui,” writes Mrs. Maggie Stanfield, of Crandall, Ga. “I was very irregular for twelve months. Nothing did me very much good until my mother began to give me this medicine. Then I got all right, stout and well. “After I was married, I was in bad health. I began taking Cardui again. I was troubled with my back a lot. Was awfully restless. I could not sleep well. I just weighed 90 pounds when I began taking Cardui. I improved rapidly. Before long I weighed 126 pounds. I felt fine. I was able to do a good day’s work.” Cardui is sold by druggists here. 9 COMMENTS WISDOM FROM YOUR RADIO To The Editor: Thoughtful radio listeners can not fail to appreciate the valuable information furnished. For in stance, we are reliably informed that there is no reason that girls should be poor when by using a certain miraculous tooth paste they can cultivate "the million-dollar Hollywood smile.” We are also just as reliably in formed that boys can develop im mortal fame and Jack Dempsey’s punch by eating a certain miracul ous cereal. How to acquire the Gene Tunney superior punch is not stated. Then along comes a "learn ed scientist” who says "A man is only as old as his arteries” and that massaging them with a miraculous toilet soap will prolong life inde finitely. Then a "laboratory specialist” tells us the particular brand of hot coffee he represents will make us think quickly and save children’s lives before raging autos. Another apostle tells us all how to get rich raising rabbits. Still we banished Doc Brinckley to Mexico and talked of Owen D. Young for President of the U. S.! —P. F. McDonald - Hero Of By Gone Days A hero of Concord boys in the early days of this century was a visitor in the city yesterday. We refer to Will Kizzah who served as an engineer on "Old 97,” the famous government mail train that ran lickey-split between New' York and New Orleans and w'h'.ch you’ve heard about in song. For years Mr. Kizziah was at the throttle—usually w'ide open—of Old 97 between Spencer and Greenville, Miss., and he w'as the idol of the town’s youngsters, now' middle-aged citizens, w'ho gather ed at the depot at every opportun ity to see him take the mail train through at 70 m. p. h., and some times faster if behind schedule. One could ask any small boy of that era what he w'anted to be when he grew up to manhood and the answ'er nine times out of ten w’ould be. "An engineer on 97 like Mr. Kizziah.” The passing years have dealt kindly with Engineer Kizziah. Though his hair has turned to sil ver and he is sporting a grey moustache, he appears just as pow erful in physique as in the days when he blazed the rails with 97. He is a native of this county but now' resides in Spencer. Old 97, you w'ill recall, was un der contract to the government to make its schedule from New York to New Orleans on time, or else the ra.il;rGad had to fork out a stipulated amount of money as a penalty for each minute late. Hence every step was taken to keep the single line track open for 97. North and southbound traf fic, passenger and freight, was side tracked to make w'ay for the mail train speeding against time. But several times there w'erc mix ups in train orders and Old 97 plough ed head-on or into the rear of other trains.—Concord Tribune. + * * Davis Funeral Train Will Kizziah, native Concor Iian but now a resident of Spencer, was the engineer of the funeral train w'hich bore the mortal remains of Jefferson Davis, only president of the Confederate States of Ameri ca, from New Orleans to Rich KBS3H!! _ EMJA SMYTHE (THE ! "^BllL COLLECTOR, SE2 WE MEED LOOK MO further .... THET THIS IS THE LAUD OP promise. mond for interment. President Davis, who spent the night in Concord near the close of the War between the States while retreating south with his cabinet, died December 6, 1889, in New Orleans, but his body was nor tak en to Richmond for burial until some three years later. The funeral train passed through Concord at 7:11 a. in., two hours behind schedule, Tues day morning, May 30, 1893. Scores of the townspeople gather ed at the depot to see the train. Another member of the train crew, besides Engineer Kizziah, was a Concordian. He was the baggage master, J. H. Birringea. —Concord Tribune. PATTERSON ITEMS The Patterson-Fleming Club held its regulad meeting Friday af ternoon. After a Christmas pro gram Miss Whisnant gave an in teresting demonstraton on tomato biscuits. There will be a Christmas service at Mt. Moriah church Christmas eve at 6 o’clock. The public is in vited. Mrs. W. H. Freeze, Mrs. Locke Barnhardt, Mrs. F. D. Patterson, Mrs. J. L. Suther and Ethel Suther attended the Mission study class held at St. John’s Wednesday, Dec. 7. Leonard Litaker spent the night with Harris and Kenneth Suther Wednesday night. Miss Mabel Yost visited her sis ter, Mrs. C. R. McCorkle, last week. The farmers took advantage of the pretty weather last week and did lots of their winter plowing. We are glad to have Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Houck back in our com munity, after a years’ absence. Plots His Own Death In Vain New York.—Abe Lazoff’s $6, 500 worth of life insurance car ried double indemnity, so he plot ted his own murder. He turned on the gas in his kit chen. He trussed himself up to a washbowl and tied his hands. He bound a rope around his neck, itghtened it to straingulation by twisting a hammer handle through it, and stuffed it between his teeth to hold it tight. So he died. But as a final precaution, to eli minate arty chance of a slipup, he wrote a note to his brother-in-law, Julius Rutchik: "After you tell the police you will know what to do. You will find front door lock •A* *A* *A‘ *A' W *A' -A* •A‘’A"A**A’*A,WA,lA,,A‘*A"A"A"A,WA,y{*A'V ed and back door locked outside. My mouth and hands are tied and gas is turned on, I hope it will be a success. Report it as a murder. Collect double indemity.” Rutchik didn’t know what to make of it. He called the police and asked them if they could un derstand it. DUCO PAINTING Nickel and Silver Plating PRICES ARE RIGHT BAUKNIGHT Duco Painter 129 S. Church St. Phone 1416 I See The I I New Chevrolet Six | I On display in our show rooms on and I after I December 17th. I I Raney-Cline Motor Co. i Is. 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