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The Oldest Newspaper Published In North Carolina
Carolina Watchman
"The Watchman Carries a Summary of <_All The TTgws”
FOUNDED 1832-100TH YEAR _ SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1933 VOL. 100 NO. 29 PRICE 2 CENTS
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Assassin’s Bullets
ALL-TIMT SENATOR
termak is
Seriously
Wounded
Four Others
Are Injured
Roosevelt Party l Fired Upon
Wednesday Night On Miami
Streets After Talk
Bystanders Nab Gunman Who Is
Jailed In Miami; Roosevelt
Relates Tragedy
A gunman fired into the party
of President-elect Roosevelt on the j
streets of Miami Wednesday night
and seriously wounded Mayor An
ton Cermak of Chicago, who was ,
standing near the Roosevelt car. |
The man gave his name as Joe
Zingara of New York to police. ,
He is being held in Miami jail.
He is an Italian. a
His five wild shots hit also Mrs. g
Joe Gill of Miami; William Sin
nott of Miamr;—Russell Caldwell,
a boy, and Miss Margaret Kruis,
of Newark, N. J.
Mayor Cermak was hit in the e
chest. The bullet pierced the c
body. Little hope for his life is c
held. Startled and momentarily j t
stunned by the firing close to hisj(
car, Roosevelt waved to the crowd)
and shouted "I am all right as ;
he was hurriedly driven away
through the confusion. The shoot
ing and screams of the victim^
created momentary pandemonium.
Quiet was quickly restored, how
ever.
Mrs. W. F. Cross of Miami
struck the shooter’s arm as he let
go with the fifth shot and shov
ed his elbow into the air. James
W. Galloway of Miami and a poli
ceman overpowered the man and
shacked him to a car.
Mr. Roosevelt had just conclud
ed speaking from his automobile,
standing in Bay Front park, and
had sat down when the shooting
opened.
Mrs. Joe Gill of Miami was shot
in the abdomen.
William Sinnott, a New York
policeman, was critically wounded
by a shot in the head.
Miss Margaret Kruis of Newark
N. J.. was hot through the hand.
Russell Caldwell, 22, Miami
was shot in the head.
Enroute to New York Thurs
Continued on page five
Twice Beauty Winner
Maxine Gagnon was picked by
noted artists as one of -the twenty
most beautiful fashion mannequins
in the U. 8. . . . Then in a later
judging finished among the first five,
and declared the model and manne-'
| quin with the most personality.
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GOOD,
MORNING
SOME STATUS
Arriving in a small western
:own, an easterner was attempt
ng to start up a friendly conver
sion with a native.
"Tell me,” he said, "what is th<
;tatus of the liquor supply arounc
tere?”
"Status?” mumbled the native
'I dunno what you mean.”
"I mean, is it easy to obtain
iquor and is there much of it a
■ound here?”
"Well, mister,” said the native,
'all I can tell you is that a little
vay back they turned off the wat
:r supply for a week and nobod'
tnew it till the town hall caught
ire.”
"So you bought that car with
>in money-”
"Yes, last week I won a prize
or having the prettiest legs in
own.
Pretty Caller: "Can I see the
nanager?”
Fresh Clerk: "Yes; the manager
lways has time to see pretty
iris.”
Caller: "Tell him his wife is
:re.”
"I know how to settle this un
mployment problem,” said the
lub wag. "If we put all the men
f the world on one island, and all
he women on another, we’d havej
verybody busy in no time.”
"Well, what would they "be do
ng?”
"Why, boat-building.”
"Doesn’t your wife miss you
vhen you stay out until three in
:he morning?”
"Occasionally; but usually her
um is perfect.”
The customer waited a few
minutes and finally called out to
;he proprietor who sat sleepily in
the rear of the store.
"Say, can’t you come and wait
an me? I’m in a hurry.”
The proprietor shifted his posi
tion slightly and drawled:
"Couldn’t you come in some
time when I’m standing up?”
"Let’s see, you’re an optimist,
aren’t you,”
"Somewhat. I believe the world
is getting better every clay, bui
I’m not so sure about the nights.’
"What does this mean, sir?” saic
the boss to the man coming ir
half an hour late.
"It was on account of the awfu
fog this morning, sir,” the fellow
explained.
"Fog fog ” expostulated the
boss. "Why, what has the fog tc
do with it? You do not live ac
ross the bay.”
"No, sir. I know I don’t, but
you do, and I thought you woulc
be late.”
Judge—Are you married?
Prisoner—No, I got this blacl
eye from a friend.
Mother—Why do you play wit!
ill those rough boys? Why don’t
you play with the nice little boys:
Son—Their mothers won’t let
me.
"Professor Thomas was on hi:
vay home with his new Ford,” re
ports the Plattsburg Leader
'when he thought he had forgot
ten something. Twice on the wai
home he stopped and looked ove:
the packages in the coupe anc
tearched his pocket, but finally de
:ided he had everything with him
"When he reached home hi
daughter ran out looking surpris
ed and cried 'Why father, where’
mother’?”
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. . President-Elect Sailing Southern Waters *
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Waving farewell as he set sail on an eleven day cruise, his last vacation
before taking over the Presidency, Franklin D. Roosevelt looked forward
to a real rest and relaxation from cares. Aboard with him was his cousinr
Kermit Roosevelt, son of former President, Theodore Roosevelt. Photo
shows Kermit Roosevelt, President-elect Roosevelt and Vincent Astor, host,
and upon whose yacht, The Nourmahal, the cruise is being made. The start
was made from Jacksonville, Fla.
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| One Leg, Then Wrap
They are pants but they are put on
in a peculiar manner. One leg is a
regular leg and slips on, foot first.
1 . . . The other leg “ wraps around ’ ’
and forms the new beach trousers
which Nell Hughes of Memphis dem
onstrates above. _
Hoover Says Republicans
To Aid Roosevelt Regime
A pledge that the Republican
party would support the new De
mocratic administration in every
measure promoting the nation’s
welfare was given by President
Hoover in his farewell Lincoln Day
address in New York Feb. 13.
Republicans will, he added, vig
ilantly oppose all harmful measur
es.
Declaring he had no complaint
over the outcome of the last elec
tion, Mr. Hoover predicted the
Republican party will be recalled
to power by the American people.
"An organization that can show
more than 15,000,000 adherents af
ter 70 years—an irreducible mini
mum in the reaction from the
worst depression the world has ever
seen—is indeed testimony to the
Virility of' the principles witch
Lincoln enunciated,” Mr. Hoover
said, "Those principles, the fiber
and the determination of the par
ty, assure that it will be recalled
to power by the American people.”
Mr. Hoover renewed his plea for
retention of the gold standard as
the only path of safety for the na
tion. He added, however, that the
world should endeavor to find a
place for silver, at least in enlarged
subsidiary coinage.
Cancellation of war debts would
not give relief and the importance
of these debts in world trade is
exaggerated, Mr. Hoover contin
ued. He suggested that if central
banks should co-operate to stabilize
world currencies, some part of the
debt payments might be set aside
for temporary use in this way.
State’s Road Bonds
Total $106,537,000
North Carolina’s outstanding
highway bonds, amounting to
$106,537,000 at the beginning of
this fiscal year and requiring an
nual payments in excess of $8,
000,000 a year now, reaching the|
peak of $9,172,269 during the fis
cal year 1937-39, will be complete
ly paid off in 30 years, the fiscal
year 1933-34 marking the end,
the budget, just issued shows.
At present, the annual payments
of debt service are more than half
in interest paid. Interest for this
fiscal year on highway bonds is
$4,63 5,115, out of the total debt
service for this year of $8,3 8 5,
115. The balance is $500,000 in
;inking fund contributions to meet
bonds later fal i me. and ^3,
250,000 is the m t i i of bonds,
paid as they fall du
During the press n five-year
period, of which is a
bout the midd e vi i be
called upon to .266,
793 in debt se-v' o- hways
alone, exclusive t nenl
fund and other ' r menrs.
This $41,266.--- i > highway
1 debt service Inc •’ > ' °'R,19?
in interest on c tst-ndine bonds.
$15,828,600 in payment of bonds
that fall due during tiie period, and
$2,500,000 placed in the sinking
fund to take care of sinking fund
bonds as they fall due.
Rogers Is New
Police Chief
At E. Spencer
H. C. Rogers of Lexington, lias
been elected chief of police of the
Town of East Spencer, succeeding
W. O. Murphy who resigned re
cently after a service in this capa
city for several years.
Mr. Rogers, who was formerly
on the Lexington police force, has
had ten years experience as an of
ficer.
He assumed his new duties the
first part of the week and will
move his family to East Spencer
within the near future.
DEER TAKES REFUGE IN
RANCHER’S HOME
Merritt, B. C.—Frightened by
hunters, a deer has taken up its
domicile at the home of Joseph
Gledson on the Hasting’s ranch,
It spends most of its time on the
front veranda of the ranch house,
When strangers appear, the animal
goes through the house and out the
back door.
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State Legislature
Is Still Seeking
Available Money
Sub-committees of the general
assembly are now doing some deep
digging, wishing, probably with
out hope, for subterranean vaults
with buried treasures. Finding none
of these, they are seeking to "find
the money where the money is,’’ if
any, and will probably emerge in a
week or two with a genera! sales
tax, coupled with a state-wide
eight months school proposal, ab
olishing the charter districts along
with it.
Many legislators express opposi
tion to the sales tax and, under
other conditions, would be found
fighting it to the last ditch, but
who now say it seems the way out,
and, as obnoxious as it is, they arc
about reconciled to support it. The
merchants are fighting it, natural
lv, and the opponents are going tc
the mat daily, buc feel they are or
the losing end. If the answer is
not a sales tax of 2 or 3 per cent
of gross sales, it has not yet beer
discovered.
Coupled with it will be the eight
months school term, state-wide, a;
things now appear, and, as a pari
f i -11 1 If.' .
ui Liiat, wuii la; duunuuu i.**'
special charter school districts, s(
far as operation goes. This wil
be opposed by representatives ol
the larger centers which have nim
months of school and other refine
ments and additions to the schoo
work. They will claim that it i:
the smaller counties calling upor
them again to carry their burdens
but if this triple measure—genera
sales tax, eight months’ school anc
abolition of special charter district
does not result, then all presen
signs are at fault.
The finance, appropriations am
school machinery bills are expectei
to be before the two houses withii
a week or two, and should be dis
posed of within 10 days or tw<
weeks, unless unforeseen complica
cions arise. If such progress i
made, the accepted 60 days may b
enough, but 75 days should be al
lowed.
VOTERS REFUSE TO LET
MAYOR QUIT HIS JOB
Milford, Mich.—Dan H. Smitl
Milford Mayor, has a job he can’
quit.
He has been trying to resign eve
since he was elected seven yeai
ago. But the voters re-elect hir
each year, despite his protests.
NEWS
BRIEFS
KENEW STATE NOTES
The governor and treasurer of '
:he state are back at the capital
tfter an air trip to New York,
svhere they succeeded in renewing
55.670.000 in state notes due Feb
'uary 15. Interest of 6 per cent
vas continued.
iURRY FARMER STABBED
A quarrel over a straw stack
:nded fatally for Esker Beck, 40,
iurry county farmer. He was stab
bed with a pocketknife by Andrew
3unter.
540.000 ELIZABETH CITY FIRE
The Carolina building at Eliza
beth City was damaged $40,000 by
fire. The building housed a thea
tre and numerous offices.
PARK LEGAL FEES HEAVY
Following a legislative charge by
Senator W. O. Burgin, of David
son, that eatcessive costs had been
paid in acquiring Great Smoky
Mountain National Park lands, it i:.
reported from Asheville that $92,
619 has been paid in slightly over
4aHC' years to attorneys for title
work, and litigation in acquiring
lands in North Carolina.
PINEHURST GIRL WAS
VICTIM .
Lelie Cary Page, 19, Pinehurst
girl student at Bryn Mawr college,
died of gas asphyxiation at her un
cle’s New York home. Her uncle
stated that she had apparently mis
taken a gas radiator for a steam
one and had opened the gas valve
before retiring.
TWO AUTO ACCIDENT
VICTIMS
Mrs. Ernest Davis was instantly
killed on Lillington’s main street,
when she was struck by the car of
W. E. Moore. Her companion,
Mrs. Frank Stewart was painfully
.hurt. Moore said 'he didn’t see
them until it was too late to avoid
them. J. V. Watson, Savannah,
Ga., was killed when a truck in
which he was riding crashed into
a tree which had fallen over the
highway near Rockingham.
SPARTA BANK IS ROBBED
'Yeggs forced the rear door and
worked the combination of the
vault of the Bank of Sparta to get
away with $1,500 in cash. The
robbery was not discovered until
the opening hour.
, IS HUNTING VICTIM
As Clyde Smith, 19, and James
Smith, 14, got into a rowboat to go
: duck hunting near Valdese, the
hammer of a shotgun struck the
seat and the gun discharged. Clyde
; Smith was instantly killed and
James Smith was wounded.
2 HELD FOR BANK ROBBERY
! Joseph P. Ewing, Fayetteville,
1 was arrested in Detroit the police
stating he had passed numerous
hills reported stolen in the robbery
I of the Page bank at Aberdeen Feb
^ ruary 3. John Butler, Fayetteville.
1 is held in jail at Carthage. A t'-;rd
man is being sought.
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■ CROSSING CRASH KILLS TWC
[ Earl Mullis, Weldon, and Wav
" land Overby, Fayetteville, were
killed and four others badly in
jured, at Weldon, when their cai
was hit on a grade crossing by At
lantic Coast Line train 80.
t RUN DOWN BY AUTO .
Ivan Benson, 28, Johnston coun
r ty, was run over by the car of D
s M Roberts near Smithfield, anc
i was killed. A coroner’s jury ex
onerated Roberts of blame.
New Bill To
Redistrict
Introduced
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Many Protests
Are Registered
Vcndd Allot Two Senators To
Rowan, Davidson And Mont
gomery Counties
Measure Seeks To Eliminate Four
Senators And Reduce Number
Of Districts
Under a new bill introduced this
week in the house of representa
tives at Raleigh, Rowan county
may lose its all-time senator.
The measure provides for two
senators to come from Rowan,
Davidson and Montgomery coun
ties.
Heretofore, Rowan county has
been entitled to one senator and
constituted a senatorial district.
Upon hearing of this proposed
change, many citizens of Rowan
county have written the lawmakers
at Raleigh opposing such a change,
and requesting that Rowan remain
a complete senatorial district.
(Jne senator, under the law, is
allowed for each 60,000 popula
tion. The population of Rowan,
Davidson and Montgomery coun
ties totals 120,700. Rowan’s po
pulation is slightly in excess of
S 6,000.
Reduction in the number of
state senatorial districts in North
Carolina from 33 to 29 by redis
tricting to create three with three
senators each was proposed in the
house by Representatives Massen
burg of Polk.
Massenburg introduced a meas
ure drafted by a special committee.
Senator Griffin of Franklin intro
duced the same measure in the sen
ate.
The 15 th district, to include
Caswell, Rockingham and Guilford;
the 18 th, with Mecklenburg, Cab
arrus and Stanly, and the 25 th to
include Watauga, Caldwell, Burke,
McDowell and Buncombe, each
would be assigned three members
of the upper house.
Under the present plan there is
no senatorial district in the state
with more than two senators. The
1931 legislature failed to pass a re
apportionment bill as required by
the constitution after a United
States census, although the state
was redistricted to absorb an ad
ditional congressman.
| “Silly” says Barbara
Barbara Hatton, Woolworth heir
ess and said to be the richest unmar
ried girl in the world, declares as
“silly” Count Borremeo’s assertion
that they are engaged.