Carolina Watchman
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SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
E. W. G. Huffman, — Editor
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1932
HALTING FARM
FORECLOSURES
One of the most practical ef
forts to stop foreclosures of farm
mortgages occured recently in
Nebraska, one of the solid states
that can not be accused of having
Communistic tendencies. Most of
the farmers in that state belong to
the class of "kulaks,” the one class
hated the most by the Soviet auth
orities. Kulaks are the most pro
gressive of all Russian farmers and
their nrnsneritv incites the attacks
of the Reds.
It is the American "kulaks” who
are suffering most nowadays from
the crushing load of debts and
mortgages. And it is the Nebraska
judges who are trying to meet this
condition by blocking the flood of
foreclosures. Judges in the Ninth
District in that state recently de
clared a moratorium on all farm
debts for an indefinite period. When
it is known that one Iowa county
reported something like 65 0 farm
foreclosures during one term of
court one can readily see that un
less something is done to stop this
trend, it will not be long before
the ownership of all land in tht
United States will revert to tfie
hands of the favored few.
In opening the November term
of the Ninth District court. Judge
Clinton Case of Nebraska announ
ced that in mortgage cases where
no defense had been made he would
neither issue decrees of foreclosures
nor confirm foreclosure sales. A
nother Judge, Charles H. Steward,
sitting in another county, has an
nounced that he will follow suit.
The net result will give Nebras
ka farmers a chance to turn them
selves. Nobody questions that they
will eventually pay their obliga
tions, given time and the chance to
get enough for their farm products
to be able to pay. The example of
the Nebraska judges is worth study
by those in every other state in
the union.
FIGHTING THE RED COATS
Yankee farmers had trouble with
King George’s Red Coats about 150
years ago and it wound up in the
utter rout of the outsiders. Con
necticut is now having a little war
of its own against another breed of
Red Coats—people in society who
follow the hounds at fox hunting.
The embattled farmers are propos
ing to meet the new menace by
taxing every Red Coat in that
state $250, if the offender happens
to be a citizen of that state, and
$500 if the hunter is an outsider.
The Connecticut farmers claim
the fox hunters do enormous dam
age to their countryside, chiefly,
however, in scaring away wild
game. It is claimed that all wild
game, except foxes which have
been turned loose by the hunt clubs
themselves in order zo furnish
sport, disappears wherever there is
a club. The ordinary residents are
deprived of their chance to get a
deer or a wild duck, just because
the hunter insists on winding his
horn and making other loud noises
that are inseparable from the chase
of Reynard.
One farmer even claims that his
herd of milk cows was stampeded
by a recent hunt and that it took
h:m two days to round up his herd
again, meanwhile being out that
amount of milk. That may be true
or it may not. Anyhow, it does
not seem likely that a contented
cow would remain that way with
a lot of humans dressed in gaudy
red costumes, accompanied by a lot
of howling dogs and several men
loud horns riding furiously through
the same field in which the cows
were ruminating.
Whether Connecticut will suc
ceed in passing its proposed tax or
not, the question at least calls at
tention to the fact that Americans
have quit the habit of shooting
foxes and reurned to the gocd old
English custom of riding them
down with a lot of dogs.
PAYING IN POTATOES
i The plan announced from Con
cord, N. H., whereby a student at
one of the State normal schools is
paying for her tuition in potatoes,
is not entirely unknown even now;
but it is sufficiently novel in this
part of the country to excite com
ment.
Yet 100 years ago in New Eng
land many a school charge was met
by the vegetable method of pay
ment; and in those days it was
more difficult to fix upon the exact
amount to be considered a "quid
pro quo” than it is now, when
prices are pretty well standardized.
Normal schools board their stu
dents, and potatoes are an import
ant factor in supplying necessary
sustenance. Why are they not as
good as cash—within reasonable
limits?
UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE?
The announcement that Har
vard’s enrollment is 8228 for 1932
1933 or 308 less than last year,’is
slightly misleading to the world.
Harvard University is not Harvard
College.
The larger Harvard has, it is
true, suffered a loss of 308 men.
But that takes in the College,
Graduate School of Arts and Scien
ces, Law School, Business School,
Medical School, Engineering School
Dental School, School of Educa
tion, School of Architecture, The
ological School, Public Health and
special students.
The time-honored Harvard Col
lege, of more than three centuries’
stalwart life, has 3 390 undergrad
uates, or 124 more than it had at
this time in 193 1.
WE J<EED THEM
Thomas J. O’Mally, a veteran
conductor of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway, in active
service, was chosen Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin at the re
cent election. He will continue
on the job, taking time off for his
official duties.
This type of office holder should
be extremely valuable. We should
have more of them in office. They
are in closer touch with actual con
ditions than most politicians. They
are likely to have the human view
point.
Conductor O’Malley ought to be
well equipped to grapple with the
problems of today. He represents
the average man.
BEATING DEPRESSION
There is something of the "do or
die” spirit in the 30 jobless men of
Tulsa, Okl., who, with 30 cents
among them, decided not to accept
charity for their families and in
stead took up residence in a cave
in the Ozark hill wilderness of
Madison County, Ark.
After one year, the members are
now reported as prospering. Each
has his own house. The colony has
a commissary, meeting hall, store
room, smith’s shop, and a church.
They are planting and doing odds
and ends to get along. Their spirit
and determination smacks of early
Plymouth days, and must win the
applause of everyone.
BIRDS OF CRIME
Criminals are using the pigeon
more extensively than ever as a
means of communication, it is re
vealed. The telephone is no longer
safe. Federal agents have found
many ways of "listening in” on the
radio. So.the homing pigeon, used
to great advantage in war and to
save life, is now the chief1 messen
ger for the criminal. There can be
only regret that the pigeon, with
their uncanny skill, find themselves
nowadays so extremely important
is birds of crime.
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I THANK YOU.
COMMENTS
REPEAL
To The Editor:
At this time when there is so
much talk of repeal I wish you
would print the following qu na
tion from the Raleigh Christian
Advocate of July 29, 1903, con
cerning repeal in Vermont in that
year:
"Zion’s Herald, of June 2J,
publishes a letter upon this subject
by the Rev. Ralph F. Love, a pas
tor at Barre, Vt. Its opening sen
tence is: "The high-licenses advo
cates promised that with the adop
tion of the new' law our 'half cen
tury of dishonor’ w-ould cease, and
our State would be transformed
into a "New Vermont.” ’
"He then describes the results
of the first month. We summarize:
(1) Twenty-eight arrests for the
first day of license in Middlebury,
the seat of a college and a quiet old
community; (2) in Burlington
when prohibition came in 5 0 years
ago the jailer advertised rooms to
rent; now the place is crowded;
(3) Montpelier, the Capital, is in
such a condition that a high-licen
se paper facetiously says, 'It is a
question whether there are more
inside or outside of the jail’; (4)
a special correspondent of the Bos
ton Herald telegraphed from Rut
land, 'More drunks in nine secular
days under a license than during
any four months of prohibition’
(5) in Barre we had more arrests
for drunkenness and for all kinds
of crime in May than in any pre
vious month in the history of the
city. The cash balance may be
over $3,000, but the Poor Com
missioners fears a large increase of
poverty. Various classes of busi
ness complain of losses due to
drink; (6) Fair Haven receives
$1,35 0 for license, but pays out
$1,200 for extra police; (71 in
many places where there have been
no open saloons youth are being
demoralized.”
F. Leach.
THE DEPRESSION IS OVER
To The Editor:
Tonight snow is blanketing the
city, and it is painfully cold and
agonizing to the homeless and out
cast, the disinherited and defeated,
the vagaebonds, wanderers, and no
mads of the depression cursed with
hunger, pain and despair, robbed
of their rights to the life abundant
by the tyranny and exploitation of
the unscrupulous and ruthless mas
ters of capitalism, with its selfish
individualism, brutal competion,
special privilege, monopolistic fran
chises, speculation and manipula
tion of stocks, tariff privileges, un
just and cruel utilization of labor,
graft, and other forms of racketeer
ing.
This afternoon I talked with a
young man of the open road from
California, on his way to Florida,
with the hope of finding work in
some orange grove or on some fruit
grower’s plantation. He was cold
and hungry, but clear-eyed, game,
and brave, with indomitable good
cheer and the spirit to play the
game. His only clothes were those
he was wearing: Brown trousers, a
gray sweat shirt, and a pepper-and
salt cap. He said that if he could
not get work in Florida he was go
ing on to Panama. He was deter
mined to have work if he had to
travel across deserts and oceans to
find the blessed gift.
The God of love have mercy on
the poor, the outcast, the wander
ers in the night of chaos and desti
tution, he miserable ones denied an
opportunity to work and enjoy
comfort and the beauty of life.
The young man said to me in
sarcasm and trenchant wit: "The
depression is over, and starvation is
now having its spree.”
There are thousands and thous
ands of young men who have been
forced to the open road by the ini
quitious economic system, hungry,
homeless, haunted, pilgrims of pov
erty, trudging wearily down the
lonesome road that leads to no
where.
The God of love walk with them
on their pilgrimage of starvation.
—Harold Glenn Cuthrell
PATTERSON ITEMS
James Moose, Roy McCorkle,
Earl Lipe, Charlie Sloop, N. C.
Sloop and F. D. Patterson attended
a meeting of Union Grange Fri
day inight, Dec. 9, and installed the
the new officers of that grange.
Several of our farmers have
butchered hogs during the past
week.
Mrs. J. L. Brown, of Mt. Ulia,
isited her parents, Mr. and Mrs
W. M. Sloop, recently.
Evelyn Patterson is home for
the holidays. She is a senior at
Lenoir-Rhyne.
Miss Ruth Litaker, of Mt. Ulla
visited her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Sloop, last week-end.
The Juneville Grange of Patter
son held a candy pulling at the
hall Saturday afternoon, Dec. 10.
Mrs. M. J. McCorkle, matron, as
sisted by Mrs. F. D. Patterson,
cooked the candy. About 3 5
children attended the happy event.
W. J. McCorkle spent several
days in Florida last week. He re
ports an enjoyable trip.
The Farm Life school of China
Grove closed Dec. 16, Work to be
resumed Jan. 2
Everyone is looking forward to
the Christmas holidays and rabbit
hunting.
Only a very few of our com
munity were able to attend church
Sunday on account of the recent
snow and sleet.
Mrs. Cecil Albright, who is
teaching school near Gold HilL,
spent the week-end at home.
Use This Laxative
made from plants
Thedfobd's BLACK-DRAUGHT is
made from plants that come up
from seeds and grow in the
ground, like the garden vegetables
you eat at every meal. NATURE
has put into these plants an active
medicine that stimulates the
bowels to act — just as Nature put
the materials that sustain your
body into the vegetable foods you
eat.
In Black-Draught you have a natu
ral laxative, free from synthetic
drugs. Its preper use does not make
you have to depend on cathartic
chemical drugs to get the bowels to
act daily.
Find out by trying Black-Draught
what a good medicine It is for con
stipation troubles. In 25$ pkgs. (dry).
P-S. — For Children, get the new,
pleasant tasting SYRUP of Thedford’s
Black-Draught. 25$ & 50$ bottles.
PAY YOUR 1932
TAXES NOW
The Tax Books for Rowan County are
now in the hands of the Sheriff. Make
payments now and save a penalty.
J. H. KRIDER,
j Sheriff and Tax Collector.
CRESS GRANGE
The farmers of this community
are making good use of this cold
weather killing hogs.
Mrs. Ross Cjress spent several
days last week with her daughter,
Mrs. A. H. Shue, in Salisbury.
Mr. J. F. Cress has been doing
a bit of construction work.
Maude Goodson spent last week
end with Velma Cress.
The children of Grace church
will give an exercise Saturday af
ternoon at two o’clock.
The Grace Luther League will
give a pageant Christmas evening
at seven o’clock entitled "At The
Manger.”
Ethel Bassinger has been visit
ing Lucile Morgan.
Helen Cress spent last week-end
with Ruby Frye near Concord.
GOLD NUGGET FOUND
IN CHICKEN’S CRAW
Whitehall, Wis.—Mrs. Thomas
Stalheim’s little hen may have
started something.
Speculation over a hidden cache
of gold nuggets, has gripped this
community since it became known
that Mrs. Stalheim discovered a
nugget, weighing four grains, in a
chicken’s craw.
Knut Amble, local jeweler, de
clared the specimen to be pure gold.
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JOHN R. FISH,
AGENT
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company
207 Wallace Bldg. Phone 400
Salisbury, N. C.
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