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The Oldest Newspaper Published In North Carolina .
The Carolina Watchman
"The Watchman Carries a Summary of ^All The 'Ngws”
FOUNDED 1832-100TH YEAR_SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER, 30, 1932 ^ VOL. 100 NO.~22 PRICE 2 CENTS
Rowan Solons Maintainr ‘Open Mind’
Carolina Holiday Deaths Reach 19
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Crime And
Autos Take
Large Toll
11 Also D ie
In Sister State
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Young Woman Member Of Wed
ding Party Dies As Auto
Turns Over
Man Shoots Self To Death At
Winston-Salem When Efforts
To Sell Candy Fail
Youth Is Stabbed To Death;
Several Fatalities Occur
While Hunting
Violence iand automobi'e ac
cidents continued to chalk up a
heavy Christmas holiday toll last
night.
The death list stood at 19 in
North Carolina and 11 in South
Carolina, and the number of injur
ed and wounded was many times
_ ^reateSfc., - \
Miss Sue Gurley, 17, of Hick
ory, died instantly near Lincoln
ton when a York, S. C., bound
wedding party’s automobile over
turned. She was the only member
of the group injured.
At Winston-Salem, Carl R. Yar
borough was stabbed to death and
Lester Yontlz was charged with
murdering him during a drinking
party. Earl A. Elliott died after
shooting himself on a Winston
Salem street Christmas Eve night
because he failed in his efforts to
sell candy.
Police were searching for a man
who called C. D. Smth from his
, home at Laurinburg and then shot
him in the face wth a shotgun.
Smith, a flour mill superintendent,
was not dangerously wounded.
Others on the list included:
Roy Evans, 22, killed near
Greenville when his auto ^over
turned, .slightly injuring James
Allen.
At Charlotte Joe Boston, negro,
was found dead with a crushed
skull and police believed a train
had struck him.
Frank Frady, 14, of Gastonia,
lost an eye while , playing with
fireworks.
At Gastonia also Miss Otis Lu
cas was severely burned when a
gasoline stove exploded; Miss Ethel
Smith was lacerated and had a leg
broken when, she told police, she
was thrown from an automobile.
A hit-and-run driver broke both
legs of Curtis Cody, negro.
Gravson Harrill of Soindale died
when his gun accidently discharg
ed while he was hunting and a
robber was shot to death at Kern
ersville.
Auto crashes killed Joe Thomas
23, Winston-Salem, and Tommy
McGraw, 16, Mt. Airy, near the
Virginia line; J. V. Pearce of
Thomasville and W. R. Freeman
near Asheboro; George Wallace of
Clover, S. C.; and R. A. Moore,
Jr., of Goldsboro.
Daniel M. McKay, 29-year-old j
Durham man, was fatally hurt in
an automobile collision while rush
ing his sister to the deathbed of a
friend in a hospital. McKay died
Sunday. Jessie Johnson, driver of
the automobile, tv as held, and will
probably face a manslaughter
charge.
Durham had another holiday fa
tality. Charlie Webb, negro, was
stabbed to death and police are
hunting Eve Daniels, a negress, in
connection with his death.
NEWS
BRIEFS
ARRESTED
Wilmington.—Shortly after a
warrant was issued charging Earl
W. Jones with "misapplying and
embezzleing” funds of the Com
mercial National bank of States
ville, the bank’s former receiver
was removed from a hospital to the
New Hanover county jail.
Jones had been in the hospital
since his discovery here after he
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had been missing more than two
weeks. Friends said he was a vic
tim of amnesia.
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$700,000 SHORT
Winston-Salem.—A shortage of
approximately $700,000 in the
trust fund left by the late F. M.
Bohannon, millionaire tobacco
manufacturer, to his four .grand
children, was admitted by their
mother and guardian, Mrs. Maude
Bohannon Trotman, in a prelim
inary report filed with the clerk of
Forsyth superior court.
CAROLINA BEACH HOTEL
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Wilmington. — The Carolina
Beach hotel, largest hostelry at
Carolina Beach near here, was de
itroyed by fire early Monday.
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was not occupied at the time, but
it was furnished. Mayor McC.
iver of Carolina Beach, owned the
hotel which was operated by Mrs.
J. N. Napier in the summer sea
son.
The buildings, erected about four
years ago, was valued at $36,000.
Insurance of $15,000 was carried.
The origin of the fire was not
ascertained.
EQUESTRIENNE BANKRUPT
Chicago.—The high cost of be
ing a society equestrienne brought
Miss Beatrice Kirk into bankruptcy
court today. Twenty-two year old
daughter of Walter R. Kirk of the
'soap manufacturing family, she
filed in federal district court a
bankruptcy petition putting her
liabilities at $11,991 and assets at
$848.
DRIFT FIVE DAYS IN BOAT
Miami Beach.—W. D. Brown,
Tommy Davis, Bob Kitchen and
James Moss, the last a negro, were
reported to have landed at Titus
ville, Fla., after drifting five days
in-an open small boat in the Gulf
stream.
CITY WORKERS CUT
Philadelphia.—Slashes in the pay
of city workers, ranging from a
22.23 per cent cut for Mayor
Moore down to 1.77 per cent re
ductions for the low-salaried were
agreed upon by city councilmen.
FREIGHT TRAFFIC GAINS
Chicago.—Traffic gains were re
ported this week by the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy, the Chica
go and North Western and .the
Chicago. Milwaukee. St. Paul and
Pacific railroads. Freight carried
on the Burlington Tuesday was!
within IS cars of the comparable
day of 1931, the nearest compari
son this year. Coal shipments
formed much of the traffic.
QUIT INSURANCE JOBS
Louisville, Ky.—Resignations of
Federal Judge Charlen, I. Dawson
as chairman of the board of direc
tors of the Kentucky Home Life
Insurance company and Ernest
Woodward as a director of the
Missouri State Life Insurance
company were announced here.
Judge Dawson tendered his resig
nation from the directorate of the
Missouri state a week ago.
i Hollywood’s Baby Stars for 1933 Achievement
„nJtl“?en y°u“:ful sc.ree“ aspirants were chosen for 1933 achievement in the 11th Annual edition at Holly
pWp w1D<3T^loade3 ar? int'the group, personality, .beauty, youth and flexible talent being the points upon which
, ° .ce ^ based. . .. Seated left to right: Dorothy Wilson, Mary Carlisle, Lena Andre, Eleanor Holm, Dorothy
ept;s jmks!** H*"' 010r“ s,“rl' P!“™“Eui-ofas" *** s”
An Easter Bride
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Presi
dent of Columbia University, an
nounces the engagement of his daugh
ter, Miss Sara S. Butler to Captain
Neville Lawrence of London, the
marriage to be solemnized in April.
Edits for Youth
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Viola lima, 22, a literary prize
winner at 17, is to- edit a national
magazine called “Modern Youth,”
. . . mouthpiece of the younger gen
eration . . . and whose contributors
must be under 30 years of ag&
City Schools
Will Reopen
Next Monday
The city schools will reoper
Monday following the Christma:
holiday interval.
The schools closed Wednesday
before Christmas.
Some agitation has been getting
underway to have the schools re
main closed for several week
longer on account of the largi
number of cases of influenza
However, unless some change i:
made in the present plans of th
local school officials, the schctol
will reopen Monday as originally
scheduled.
BANK LOSSES PROTECTED
Paris.—France continued thi
guarantee of the Bank of France’
paper loss on its holdings of. thi
pound sterling suffered since Grea
Britain went off the gold standar<
in September, 1931.
15-Minute Street
Car Schedule
Here January 10
Beginning not later than Jan
uary 10th, a IS-minute street car
schedule will go into effect here,
according to an announcement by
R. J. Everest, manager * of the
Southern Public Utilities company.
The local street car system, op
erated by Southern Public Utili
ties Company, has run on .1 20
minute schedule in the past.
This faster street car service
will be welcomed by the citizens
of Salisbury and Spencer and will
result in increasing the number of
passengers carried, it is believed.
PUPILS GIVE TIP ON STILL
Kansas Cty.—Children going to
and from the Frances Willard
graded school, named for the tem
perance leader, complained of an
unusual odor as they passed a
house on Brooklyn avenue. Gov
ernment agents heard about it and
seized a 100-gallon still and 200
gallons of whiskey in the house.
They arrested two men.
WOULD HONOR ROOSEVELT
Langres, Department Haute
Marne, France.—Citizens of Lan
gres who have pleasant recollec
tions of President-elect Roosevelt,
who stayed here during the war,!
would like to put up a tablet to
commemorate his " visit. Their
idea is to affix a marble slab on
the house wherie Mr. Roosevelt
resided.
TRICKED INTO MARRIAGE :
Salina, Kas.—Alleging Jie was j
fraudulently wooed into marriage |
by his wife, who, he said, produced I
the license after taking him to the
movies to see some torrid 'love
scenes, David O. Swenson, 50,
prosperous farmer, asks a divorcf
and $5,9 5 5 damages. The wife
previously had sued for divorce,
and Swenson filed a cross petition
WIELDS PICK AT 94
Gainsville, Tex.—It may or may
not be the royal road to longevity,
but R. * P. Cummings attributes
his 94-year span to hard work
with the pick and shovel. He is
now employed in spreading gravel
on a highway and is doing well,
his foreman says. Cummings’ dad
died at 98 and an uncle lived to
the age of 113.
COUPLE BOUND OVER
FOR CRUELTY TO GIRL
Marion, Ohio.—Emmert E.
Stoner, 45, and his wife, charged
with perilling tiheir 19-yealr-ol;d
daughter in a corn crib without
sufficient food and clothing, were
bound over to the grand jury by
Judge William R. Martin.
1 Both waived examination and
were freed upon $500 bond.
Wins Singing Award
Miss Betty Hannon of New York,
is the 1932 winner of the Mary Lewis
scholarship in singing. She was selec
ted by a notable group, including
MaryLewis, as having the voice most
likely to succ.cd in operatic fields.
Red-Headed "It” Girl
An informal picture of Clara
Bow, red-beaded "IT” girl of the
movies, photographed as she sailed
for Europe on a vacation with hei
husband. Rex Bell, movie cowboe
Frick Again
Heads Grange
Herman Frick was reelected
master of the Rowan Pomona
Grange at the quarterly meeting
which was held Wednesday in the
gymnasium of the China G(f°ve
Farm Life School.
Other officers follow:
Treasurer: J. C. Barber.
Gatekeeper: J. F. Cress.
Executive Committee: F. D.
Patterson, T. L. File and M. B.
Gorriher.
An excellent address was made
at this meeting by W. G. Yeager,
county agent.
HORSE GREETS PRINCESS
Sheffield, Eng.—A horse called
"Mac” headed the welcoming com
mittee for the princess royal at
Cutler’s Hall here. The princess
learned that the horse had seen war
service and had led the procession
on the occasion of her marriage tc
Lord Harewood. She gave "Mac’
a piece of sugar.
GOOD
MORNING
Husband (in car): Great heav
ens! The engine is terribly over
heated.
Wife (calmly) : Then why don’t
you turn off the radiator?
The wife wrote from a fashion
able hotel—"Dear John: I enclose
the hotel bill.”
John responded—"Dear Mary: I
enclose check to cover the bill,
but please don’t buy any more
hotels at this figure; they are cheat
ing you.”
Mrs. Reed (with newspaper):
"It says here that ,a woman in
Omaha has just cremated her third
husband.”
Miss Willing: "Heigh-ho! Isn’t
that just the way? Some of us
can’t get one and other women
Itave husbands to burn.”
My husband’s car is the latest
car out, you know.
Yes, so all the neighbors say—
and every night, too, at that, my
dear.
"What profession is your boy
going to select?”
"I’m going to educate him to be
a lawyer,” replied the farmer.
"He’s naturally argumentative an’
bent on gettin’ mixed up -with
other people’s troubles an’ he might
jest as well get paid for his time.”
The owner had just insured his
building against fire.
"What would I get,” he asked
the agent "if my building was to
burn down tomorrow?”
"Oh, I would say about 10
years,” repliec} the insurance agent
nonchalantly.
"Don’t you know that the stuff
you’re drinking is slow poison?”
warned the wife.
"That’s all right,” replied the
bibulous husband. "I’m’ in no hur
ry.”
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Teacher: "Johnny, tell me the
definition of the word 'widow’ .”
Johnny: "A widow is a woman
that lived so long with her husband
that he died.”
"But madam,” said the Judge,
"could you marry a Sian you know
to be a burglar?”
"Oh, yes Judge. He is so quiet
about the house,” replied the lady.
"Have you any green lipsticks?”
asked the lapper.
"Green lipsticks?” inquired the
puzzled drug store cowboy.
"Yes—my new boy friend is a
railroad man.”
Scared Husband: "You say you
found a letter in a woman’s hand
writing in my pocket this morn
ing? I don’t know how it got
there!”
Irate Wife: "I do! I gave it to
you to mail two weeks ago!”
THE DEACON WAS THRIFTY
A man who had just opened a
store in a strange town was inter
rogating one of his early customers
on the purchasing power of the
citizens.
"Now, there’s Deacon Brown,”
he said. "He has the reputation
of being wealthy. Would he be
likely to spend much money in
here?”
"Wa’al,” drawled the native re
flectively, "I wouldn’t exactly say
he’d go to hell for a nickel, but
he’d fish around for one until he
fell in.”
Some men work for power,
Some men work for fame,
Some men keep on working
Because they like the game;
Some men work for health’s
sake,
Some to show their grit—
Most men work because they’d
Starve if they should quit.
Not Pledged
To Special
Legislation
Hope Session
Will Be Short
Economy And Reduction Of Taxes
Two Of Outstanding Problems
To Be Solved
$173,5 3 5 Appropriated Last Session
Far Expenses of Legislatort
This Year
Democratic Caucus Will Be Held
Tuesday Night; Inaugurate
Governor January 5
Rowan’s delegation to the in
coming General Assembly—Hay
den Clement, Walter Murphy and
J. W. Bean—will go to Raleigh
not definitely committed to any
program or piece of legislation, ex
cept the general pledge to aid in
effecting a more economical gov- _
ernment the next two years.
The three members -elect, who
take their seats when the next leg
islature convenes next Wednesday,
will probably leave for Raleigh
Tuesday and will be on hand for
the first session of the senate and
house.
All three solons, it is reported,
die uppuacu LU d ^diC5 WA.
Two of the three, it is reported,
will vote for modification of the
Turlington dry law, should the is
sue arise.
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It is understood that pressure is
being brought upon Mr. Murphy
to lead the fight to repeal or modi
fy the Turlington act.
The Rowan legislators hope that
the General Assembly may be able
to enact speedily a program of tax
reduction legislation, providing for
the reduction of the number of
state employes and the consequent
reduction of the outlay for salary,
to balance the state budget and do
it all within not more than 60
days. They feel that a short ses
sion, free of an undue amount of
wrangling upon fiscal matters, will
be> the best sort of session and one
of “most benefit to the citizens and
they will work for an early ad
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edly declared.
Governor-Elect J. C. B. Ehring
haus , will be inaugurated January
5, with appropriate ceremonies.
North Carolina’s 1933 general
assembly has an appropriation of
$173,535 on which to operate,
$20,000 less than the $194,835 ap
propriated for the 1931 legislature
which was in session five months.
Members o. the .assembly are
slated to receive $600 for their
services, regardless of the time they
are in Raleigh. With 120 mem
bers of the house and 50 members
of the senate, the salary cost will
be $102,000.
The rest of the money will be
spent for legislative help and sup
plies. There are numerous com
mittee clerkships and stenographic
positions to be filled. These posts
will provide jobs for many.
ine legislature apprupriat
ed the $173,535 for the 1933 ses
sion. The pay of members is fix
ed by the constitution. It was
based on an average session of 60
days fixed at a per diem pay of
$10.
TO PLANT DUTCH BULBS
Rome.—Fifteen thousand Dutch
tulip bulbs will be planted in
Rome to remind Italians of Hol
land’s friendship for the 10-year
old fascist government. They
were sent here as a decennial pre
sent and will be planted in pub
lic gardens.