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FOUNDED l.)2-l.0TH YEAH SALISBURY, FRIDAY -MORNING, JANUARY 13, mi VOL. 100 NO. 24 PRICE 2 CENTS
Spencer To Oppose Proposed Merger
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Clement Introduces New Tax Bill
Salisbury
E. Spencer
Favor Move
Discuss Plans
On Jan. 16th
Matter Will Be Brought Before
Directors Of Local Cham
ber Of Commerce
Mayors Of The Three Munici
palities Express Views On
Proposed Consolidation
If Merged, Population Of
Greater Salisbury Would
Swell To 22,178
Definite opposition is developing
against the proposed merger of
Salisbury, Spencer and East Spen
cer, according to a survey made
this week by The Watchman.
Inquiries made by a representa
tive of The Watchman indicate
that if the matter were left to a
vote of the three towns, Salisbury
and East Spencer would probably
vote in favor of the merger while
Spencer citizens would register
considerable opposition.
Mayor B. V. Hedrick, of Salis
bury, was of the opinion the mer
ger would probably be best for all
three municipalities. He stated
it would take some time to work
out the matter of proper consoli
dation but believed, if effected, it
would result in tax reduction.
Mayor Frank R. Sifford, of East
Spencer, expressed the opinion that
it would be to the best interests of
all three municipalities to merge.
He stated the town of East Spen
cer favored the consolidation when
the bill was introduced in the
senate four years ago by Senator
Simth, who represented this coun
ty at that time). Mayor S'fford
also said that in his opinion, if it
were put to a vote of the citizen,
of East Spencer, he believed the
mercer would pass.
Mayor M. L. Kiser, of Spencer,
was definitely opposed to the pro
posed merger. He stated also that
a majority, or practically all of
the board of aldermen of the town
of Spencer, were opposed to conso
lidation and'it was his opinion
that the citizens of Spencer as a
whole would vote against such a
proposal.
This matter will be discussed
pro and con at a meeting of the
board of directors of the chamber
of commerce to be held January
16th.
A bill to merge the three muni
cipalities waas introduced in the
senate in 1929 by Senator Smith
but upon protest was withdrawn.
How Rowan’s delegation in the
present General Assembly feel a
bout the matter is not known.
Salisbury’s population, accord
ing to the 1930 census is 16,951,
while Spencer’s is 3,129 and East
Spencer’s 2,098, a total of 22,178.
$150,000 Fire
Fire Thursday destroyed the C.
M. Wall & Son box plant at Lex
ington. The loss was placed at
$150,000. The cause of the 'fire
was undetermined. The loss was
partially covered by insurance.
NUMBER OF JOBLESS GROWS
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, esti
mates 11,590,000 able workers were
out of work in November and says
this record number has further in
creased. However, he says unem
ployment has not increased so rap
idly this year as in others.
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They Will Stage Inaugural Show March 4
Although plans for the inauguration of President-elect Roosevelt into
office March 4th, are still indefinite, here is the committee in charge of the
event It is reported that simplicity will mark the ceremonies in accordance
vnth the wishes of Mr. Roosevelt-Those in the picture are, seated, left
to nght: James A. Farley, National Democratic Chairman and Admiral
f Wh*7*011’ cha,rman- StandinK: John F. Costello and John B. Colpays
j paying Champ
The fact that she has no name does
not discourage V Number 33”, this
white leghorn owned by George Eng
land of Inglewood, Calif. She holds
the American record of 330 eggs per
year and she’s in training for the
Chicago World Fair this year.
HELD AS GUN ROBBER
Carl Williams, 30, Richmond,
Va., was arrested at Winston-Sal-1
em as the man who flashed a pistol'
on a grocer, Saturday night, and
robbed him of $42. Williams denied
guilt but admitted he is wanted as
an' escaped state prisoner.
WOULD SERVE BROTHER’S
TERM
‘ Clifford Periry, Elizabeth City
youth, tried to serve a three-mon
ths whiskey sentence for his broth
er at Norfolk, but the changed
identity of the prisoner under
bond was discovered and Clifford
had to pay a $25 fine for obstruct
ing justice.
CONGRESSMAN KILLS SELF
Sorrow over the death of his
wife was given in a note as the
reason for the suicide of Represen
tative Austin Kendall, 74, Penn
sylvania, in the house office build
ing at the capital on Sunday. He
fired a pistol ball through his
head.
DROP ELECTION FRAUD
CASES -
Federal election fiaud chargfes
against 23 Watauga county men
for alleged obstruction in the 1930
election, were dropped bv middle
district federal court in Greens
boro last week. Two similar cases,
already tried, ended in acquittal.
Watchman Will
Move This Week
L Fisher Street
The Watchman is moving its
plant this week to 119 East Fisher
street, occupying one of the Wal
ace buildings opposite Carolina
Drygoods Company.
Recently, The Watchman pur
ehashed additional new equipment,
including a press, folder, and other
material necessary to establish a
modern independent newspaper
plant. Installation of an eight-ton
Miehle press has been in progress
the past week and the work is 'al
most completed.
The Watchman will be published
next week and thereafter from its
new quarters. An invitation is
extended to all readers and friends
of The Watchman to visit us in
our new home.
W. C. T, U. SURVEY OF BEER
In a survey of state legislation,
the Woman’s Christian Temper
ance Union claims that under pre
sent laws only 10 states could open
saloons for beer sale at once, if
congress should legalize its sale.
VICTIM OF HIT AND RUN
An uncaught hit and run driver
snuffed out the life of William
Allen, 60, on the street near his
Gastonia home.
VICTIM OF EXPRESS TRAIN
Falling under the train as he
attempted to dismount, Charles J.
Inscoe, 42, Atlantic Coast Line car
inspector, was fatally wounded at
Rocky Mount.
$25,000 SMITHFIELD FIRE
The Reid-Bridgers garage at
Smithfield burned with a loss of
$25,000.
RUINED LINER TOWED IN
The hulk of the liner Atlanti
que, which was gutted by fire in
the English channel last week re
sulting in the loss of 18 lives, was
towed into French port of Cher
bourg.
VET SUES GOVERNMENT
Los Angeles.—Ten thousmd
dollars for "service injuries” al
legedly received in the World War
is demanded in a suit filed in the
federal district court here against
th£ United State veterans’ bureau
by Royal W. Robertson, one of the
leaders of southern California’s
bonus marchers to Washington last
year.
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GOOD
MORNING
HUMILITY
Let me find the joy in living—
Joy in the things that are:
In the brown of the trees,
Or the summer breeze,
Or the fall of an evening star.
Why seek the gold in the rainbow,
Or envy the wealth of kings?
O, restless man,
Be glad you can
Find joy in simple things.
—J. F. McCarthy.
BREADLINES -
"Remember this,
Judges in your high places,
Who, looking on these faces
Bleak with hunger’s kiss,
Who would condemn,
Convicting them
Of failure or of laziness:
These men and women were
Once beautiful with youth,
With Songs of truth.
Whom dreams could stir.
Except for chance,
You who laugh and dance,
Who feast and drink,
And breathe sweet air
With neither pain nor fear,
Except for chance
You might be standing here
With them instead of there.”
—Konecky.
"Do you love dancing?”'
"Not 'as well at other ways.”
Long diver down the fairways
is one way a golfer may iow?r his
score. Poor memory is another
way.
"My wife throws a fit every
time I come home late.”
"Well, that’s a lot softer than
a skillet.”
Just Married: My wife likes
coffee for breakfast while I like
tea.”
His Friend: "You’ll soon get
used to coffee.
Friend: I want to tell you how
much I enjoyed your lecture last
night.
Speaker: Thanks, but I thought
you had a date over at your girl’s
house.
Conductor: "Here, you must
not smoke in this car.”
Passenger: "I’m not smoking.”
Conductor: "Well, you have
your pipe in your mouth.”
Passenger: "Yes, and I’ve got
my feet in my shoes, but I’m not
walking.”
Infant—"Baby wants a new
pair of shoes.”
Mother—"Oh, baby does, does
she? Well, baby’s better come ac
ross with some bright sayings
that’fl sell,, or baby’ll gfo bare
foot.”
Wife: Are all men as stupid as
you are?
Husband: No, my dear; look at
all the bachelors there are.
Mistress: Saturdays I shall go to
market with you.
iQiivdget: But who’s going to
carry the basket the other days,
mum?
"Ikey, how many make a doz
en?”
"Twelve.”
"Veil, how many make a mil
lion?”
"Tamm few.” A
Judge: Have you anything to
offer the court before sentence is
passsed on you?
Prisoner? No, Judge; I had S10,
but my lawyer took that.
Lawyer: "Was your car under
complete control at the time?”
Penfold: "Yes, my wife was sit
ting in the rear seat!”
•> Turns Now To National Problems
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_ Believed of his duties as governor of the state of New York at the begin
ning of the new year, President-elect Roosevelt is now giving his full time
to national problems, to the selection of men for his cabinet and in confer
ence with Democratic leaders mapping out a definite program to be put
into effect when he takes office, March 4. According to plans, Mr. Roosevelt
trill go again to Warm Springs, Ga., for a short vacation during February.
NEWS
BRIEFS
COOLIDGE IS BURIED
President-and Mrs. Hoover head
ed a throng of the nationally great
in government and business which
paid final honors to Calvin Coolid
ge, 30th president of the United
States, at the funeral rites in Nor
thampton, Mass., Saturday. Burial
was at Plymouth, Vermont, his na
tive city- The former president
died on Thursday of a heart attack.
He was 60 years old.
ROAD CONTRACTS LET
The highway commission has ap
proved bids for construction of
54 miles of highways in seven pro
jects, the bids totalling $283,5 00.
The commission voted to have a
$175,000 bridge built over the
Catawba river between Charlotte
and Gastonia and a $5 5,000 bridge
over the Yadkin river at North
Wilkesboro.
TWO SUICIDES REPORTED
The Mecklenburg coroner has
ruled that the death of Virgil Pres
nell, 65, Charlotte contractor, was
a case of suicide. His body, after
a 27-hour search, was found on a
creek bank near his home. He had
stabbed himself in the heart with
an ice pick. Janies H. Hardy, 21,
was found dead at his Farmville
home last week. He had shot a
pistol ball through his heart.
LEA’S BIND ENDANGERED
North Carolina may find it dif
ficult to collect the $30,000 and
$20,000 bonds given at Asheville by
Luke Lea, Tennessee publisher, and
his son, if the Leas should choose
not to surrender by January 17,
the final date set for them to meet
terms of sentence for conspiring to
wreck the Central bank. The Un
ion Indemnity company, New Or
leans, which furnished the bonds,
is in receivership.
ASSEMBLY CUTS COST
A induction of approximately
100 in the number of employes of
the general assembly is to be made
for this session. Total costs of the
session are to be greatly less than
the $187,118 which was the total
cost of the 141-day session of two
years ago.
CAMPBELL PAROLED
One of the last acts of Governor
Max Gardner was to parole W. W.
Campbell, Asheville, sentenced to
death in 1922, for killing his sweet
heart. His sentence was commut
ed to life imprisonment in 1923,
and reduced to 20 years in 1929.
pi A Pole-Cat Pet |
“Cute little fellow, this pole-cat,”
gays Miss Ruby Knight of Atlanta,
Ga., who has him for a pet. His name
is “Stinky”—which is unfair, in
asmuch as he has long since been
denatured and is the sweetest and
most loving “guy” imaginable.
Son Born To
Young Widow
Of Reynolds
A son was born to Mrs. Libby
Holman Reynolds, widow of Smith
Reyolds, at the Pennsylvania hospi
tal in Philadelphia. Jan. 10.
Mrs. Reynolds was accompanied
by Mrs. Louisa Carpenter Jenney
of Wilmington, the former Louisa
D’A. Carpenter, whose father is
associated with the Du Pont inter
ests in that city. Mrs. Jenney and
Mrs. Reynolds have been friends
for some years.
Dr. Vaux said Mirs. Reynolds
came to the hospital "in a highly
nervous condition, but otherwise
is a very good patient."
Dr. Vaux declined further infor
mation.
Smith Reynolds’ share of his
father’s estate has been estimated
at from $157000,000 to $20,000,
000. Lawyers have agreed that a
child would inherit according tc
law.
The tobacco heid left a will, but
it was made before he and his first
wife, Anne Cannon Reynolds, were
divorced. In it, he made bequests
of $50,000 each to her and to theii
child, Anne Cannon Reynolds If
although he had already made ;
$1,000,000 settlement on them.
7 Millions
In Revenue
Is Estimate
Provides Levy
On Gross Sales
Rowan ..Delegation Placed On
Major Committees In House
And Senate
Clement Heads Powerful Appro
priations Committee In The
Senate
Murphy Introduces Bill To Abolish
Tax Penalties For The Year
1932
A one-half of one per cent tax
on the gross sales value of every
product manufactured in North
Carolina was proposed to the sen
ate Tuesday in a bill introduced by
Senator Hayden Clement of Row
An.
I The author proposed to tax pro
duction—not retail sales. Farm
products were excluded. Included
were the fabricated products of
industry, the production of public
utilities, the business of insurance
companies and of newspapers, the
Stored conimofffties of packing and
warehouses.
Rowan county’s delegation to
the North Carolina General As
sembly were placed oh the major
committees of both houses.
Headed by Hayden Clement in
the senate, the local lawmakers
fared exceptionally well. The ap
pointments follow*
Senator Clement: Chairman of
| appropriations and a member of
I the following committees: finance,
judiciary No. 1, public roads; rail
roads and trustees of university.
Representative Murphy: Chair
man of constitutional amendments
and a member of the following
committees: appropriations, finan
ce, judiciary No. 1, rules, revision
laws, federal relations and trus
tees of the university.
Representative Bean: Member of
the following committees: manu
facture and labor, engrossed bills,
insane aslyum and claims.
Two of the first major bills
were introduced by Rowan’s sol
ons:
Representative Murphy intro
duced a bill to abolish tax penalties
for 1932.
Senator Clement named every
product he could recall—ranging
from cigarettes and beer to sign
boards and tombstones. He then
added a provision to include any
thing he had omitted. "If there’s
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TEN MILLIONS FOR PLAY
The people of the United State*
spend over $10,000,000 yearly
for recreation, it is found in the
three-year survey of social trends.
Automobile vacations cost $3,200,
000,000. Boxing, pool, cabarets,
fraternal societies, baseball are de
clining in favor. Golf, football,
hunting, fishing and hiking are
growing more popular.
BURLINGTON AIRPLANE
CRASH
Lawrence Gwyn, 47, was criti
cally hurt in the 'crash of his air
plane at Burlington, Sunday after
noon. Offered the alternative of
having tyoth legs, amputated or
risking grave chances of losing his
life, he decided to keep his legs
and take his chance.
CHILD BURNS TO DEATH
Mary Hooker, three, died in
Reidsville from burns received in
ignition of her clothes from an open
grate in the home.