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The Carolina Watchman
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rOUNDED 1832-100TH YEAR ; r SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1933 VOL. 100 NO. 30 PRICE 2 CENTS
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Declare Mortgagors Lenient In Foreclosure Policy
Solons Oppose Non-Partisan City Gov’t
Insist On
Interest
And Taxes
Consider Each
Separate Case
Many Foreclosures Field Up Where
Mortgagee Keeps Taxes And
Interest Paid
Unless Mortgagee Too Far Behind
On Principal, Foreclosures
Delayed
The matter of foreclosing mort
gages on real estate in Salisbury is
being handled by mortgage com
panies with leniency and with con
sideration of the needs of the vari
ous individual cases, officials of
several of these companies have
advised The Watchman.
Salisbury men connected with
insurance companies and other a
gencies making loans on real es
tate property declared that the
^nmnaniec are as in the oast, doing
their best for the people who owe
them money as well as for those
interested in their companies, their
stockholders. It was understood
that in most cases, when a man is
unable to pay the principal due,
his mortgage is not being foreclos
ed if he has kept up the interest
payments and paid the taxes. How
ever, it was pointed out that there
is no reason why those who are
able to pay the the money owed
should not do so even though busi
ness conditions are not good.
It was declared that few mort
gages have been foreclosed here re
cently where the mortgagee has
* kept his taxes and interest paid
and has made an honest effort to
liquidate the principal.
In many instances, it was point
ed out, the mortgage companies
have permitted the mortgagees to
get in arrears with the principal if
the taxes and interest have been
paid when due, holding up on pay
ments on the principal where cir
cumstances justify.
New Cabinet
List Regarded
As Official
Following is the Roosevelt cab
inet slate, according to advance
dopesters:
State—Cordell Hull of Tennes
see.
Treasury—William H. Woodin
of Pennsylvania and New York.
War—-George H. Dern of Utah.
Justice—Thomas- J- Walsh of
Montana.
Postoffice—James A. Farley of
New York.
Navy—Claude A. Swanson of
Virginia.
Interior—Harold Ickes of Illi
nois.
Agriculture—Henry A. Wallace
of Iowa.
vAmmicrce—jL/aniei ivoper or
South Carolina.
Labor—Miss Frances Perkins of
New York.
Only two have been definitely
alloted posts: Hull and Woodin.
COSTLY COURTESY
Kansas City.—The courtesy of
the man next to her in the theatre
impressed Miss Marcella Johnston,
21. ”1 think this is yours,” said the
man, handing her her pocketbook.
*'I found it on the floor.” She dis
covered on her way home that sev
en dollars was missing.
NEWS
BRIEFS
FORMER CHAMPION DIES
James J. Corbett, who won the
world’s heavyweight championship
from John L. Sullivan in 1892,
died in New York from heart
trouble.
$4,126,510 STATE BALANCE
The state was reported with a I
$4,126,510 cash balance on Jan
uary 31, and a total debt of $183,
736,371.
DIES IN ACCIDENT
W. Stanley Holland, Wilming
ton, was almost instantly killed
on the Wrightsville Beach high
way when his car left the road and
hit a tree.
POISON FATAL TO BOY
John C. Queen, Jr., 3, died in
the Forest City home as result of
swallowing a large number of pills
containing strychnine.
KILLS SELF IN STATION
After calling for some cigars at
a filling station at Jackson, L. J.
Bradley, 57, business man, shot!
himself through the head with a:
pistol which he secured by reach
ing over a showcase.
LEAGUE CONDEMNS JAPAN
The committee of 19 of the
league of nations made public its
report condemning Japan for mili-|
tary action in Manchuria. Resig
nation of Japan from the league is
expected to follow, and a major
war is looked for in Jehol province.
VICTIM OF SUFFOCATION
Frank Lathinghouse, 3 0, was the
victim of suffocation at his Green
ville home. His bed was found
destroyed by fire, with Lathing
house’s body lying beside it.
PASS COTTON MEASURE
The senate passed the bill of
Senator Smith, of South Carolina,
to provide for a 3,000,000-bale
reduction in the 193 3 cotton crop.
3 DROWN IN RIVER
Three Baltimore boys, skating
on Black river fell through the ice
and were drowned, police recover
ing their bodies with grappling
hooks.
HORSES AND MULES IN U.
S. DROP TO 17,300,000
The number of horses and mules
in the United States has dropped
from 27,000,000 at the close of the
World War to 17,300,000 now,
the lowest level in more than 40
years. This elimination of nearly
10,000,000 horses and mules ac
counts for the loss of a consuming
market for the feed products
grown on nearly 30,000,000 acres,
an area equal to that of all the
farms in Illinois or Iowa.
fiG-SAWS AID BUSINESS
Chicago.—The jigsaw pu-: !e
craze is no headache to paper box
manufacturers. "It is one of the
peculiarities of jigsaw puzzles that
you require boxes to put them in,”
said George J. Kroeck, Chicago
chairman of the National Paper
Box association which is meeting
here. “Therefore, it’s a distinct
help to the boxmaker.”
OLD BOTTLES BROUGHT OUT
Oklahoma City.—The dust of
13 years accumulation was brush
ed off "the spirits of 1920” at the
Oklahoma Historical society mus
eum. Bottles bearing such labels
as Old Taylor, Hill & Hill and Old
Oscar Pepper, placed in a remote
corner when national prohibition
went into effect, were "brought
up front” soon after the house of
representatives approved submis
sion of prohibition repeal to the
states.
Congress Votes To Kill
Eighteenth Amendment
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The repeal resolution adopted by
the Congress is as fpiiows:
"Section 1.—The <18th article
of amendment to the Constitution
of the United States is hereby re
pealed.
"Section 2.—The transportation
or importation into any State,
territory or possession of the Unit
ed States for delivery or use there
in of intoxicating liquors, in viola
tion of the laws thereof, is hereby
prohibited.
"Section 3.—This article shall
be inoperative unless it shall have
been ratified as an amendment to
the Constitution by conventions
in the several States, as provided
in the Constitution, within seven
years from the date of the sub
mission hereof to the States by the
Congress.”
ROOSEVELT CALLS GOV
ERNORS
Two days after he is inaugurated
president, Franklin D. Roosevelt
will confer in Washington with
the governors of the 48 states, the
invitation having alrdady been is
sued. Taxation, unemployment,
mortgage foreclosures^ajad foresta
tlon are listed as subjects of the
conference.
EXPLORER CLAIMS MOUN
TAIN IS HIS
Nairobi.—John Boyes, explorer,
novelist, hunter and pioneer set
tler of Kenya Colony, is claiming
as his personal property Mount
Kenya.
According to textbooks, Mount
Kenya is "a 17,000-foot volcano
pile.” Boyles’ claim has been made
officially to the Kenya Land Com
mission, which is now taking evi
dence. The explorer claims he
bought Mount Kenya in 1898
from a tribe of natives for a flock
jf sheep.
Still Mystery Child
Hedwig Doe, 6, remains uniden !
tified as American police try t>
unravel possible kidnapping fror
Germany. Los Angeles police hav
the child, turned over to them by Win
Da the, admitted escaped from Ger
man insane asylum. The child cannoi j
remember its name.
KIN DEAD, CRIPPLE WAITS
AID TWO DAYS
Mt. Holly, N. J.—For two days|
Joseph Carney, crippled and unable
to speak, sat at the window of his!
home trying to attract passerby—
his mother was dead upstair?.
Not until today did anyone
ccme. Ralph Eselman, driver,
heard Carney tapping on the glass.
Eselman learned, through notes,
that Mrs. Catherine Carney had
died in bed two days before.
DRIVER BREAKS LAW, SO
ARRESTS SELF
Marshalltown, Iowa.—L. L.'
Camp is nominated as the world’s
most conscientious man. A visitor
in town, he drove by a boulevard
stop sign without halting. No one
noticed the traffic violation, but
he was conscience-stricken and
drove to the police station to re
port the incident.
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Joe Zangara, Given
80 Years, Asks 100
—
As scornful of the law as when
he tried with fanatical zeal to as
sassinate President-elect. Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Joe (Giuseppe)
Zangara pleaded guilty to four
counts of attempt to murder and
was sentenced to 80 years in a
Miami court Monday.
Zangara is 33. His sentences ot
20 years in each case, running con
secutively, constitutes life impri
sonment at Raiford state prison oi
hard labor in the Florida road
camps.
However, should Mayor Anton
Cermak of Chicago or Mr£ Joe H.
Gill, promienent Miami society
woman, die of the wounds they re
ceived when spectators deflected
Zangara’s aim at Mr. Roosevelt,
the state will seek a first degree
murder indictment and the death
penalty.
These sentences were for trying
to kill the President-elect, Russell
Caldwell, Coconut Grove, Fla.,
Miss Margaret Kruis, Newark, N.
J., and W. J. Sinnott, New York
policeman and bodyguard to Mr.
Roosevelt. The latter three were
slightly wounded by the bullets
Zangara’s pistol sprayed into the
crowd which surrounded the car
occupied by the President-elect in
Bay Front park.
FEAR MUTINY AT NAVAL
BASE
Amsterdam, Holland.—Rumors
of a threatened mutiny have led
to extraordinary precautions to
preserve order at the strongly for
tified naval base at Nelder.
Lead Beauty Pageant
This American girl, Miss Yvette
Baker, entered the beauty contest for
Queen of the Festival at San Juan,
Puerto Rico . . . and was awarded
high honor in the colorful pegeaut
which limaxes a gala week.
BPTTjtr DAYS Fnv y'’rrTFAT
Chicago.—Better days in the
whe->t market, with nar-re getting
the credit, are forereen h" stud
ent' ~f gram tradi , ' ■ ■>> Chi
T.aSa"e stree* "-'dictions
w •' "■ -r a of the
new wheat crop and - better de
imand throughout the w~r!d.
The Most Beautiful
Dorothy Wilcox had the beauty
appeal which caught the attention of
a noted group of artists who judged
her the most beautiful mannequin of
the twenty selected for final award
of honors.
Business Holds
Firm Position
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Business reports and statistics' of
the past week showed maintenance
of distinctly encouraging vitality,1
in the face of adverse financial
developments.
The weekly freight carloadings
and electric power consumption'
reports reflected the recent coldi
snap with larger than seasonal5
gains, and the mercantile reports
indicated that trade volume was
being well maintained.
Even in Michigan, where most
of the banks were closed pending
a holiday period in which their as
sets might be liquified and steps
taken permanently, to bolster
them, the reports from automobile
and retail businesses showed little
curtailment. Elsewhere, there
were some scattered £ains which
obtained double importance in
view of the normal sagging of busi
ness during February.
SENATOR HURLS PITCHER
Austin, Tex.—The crash of a
half-filled water pitcher against
the head of J. F. Hair, San Antonio
attorney, interrupted a senate hear
ing on charges of mishandling of
funds by the state highway depart
ment. Senator Walter Woodward
hurled the pitcher when Hair as
serted the committee was attempt
ing to "whitewash” the road1 com
mission.
MANY JOBLESS IN ITALY
INSURED
Rome.—Italy’s unemployment
number approximately 1,038,757,
according to the last report made
to the National Council of Mis
isters. Of these 290,000 were bene
ficiaries of unemployment insur
ance.
The largest number of unem
oloyed were reported in the agri
cultural occupations and textile
industries. Of the total number
of unemployed in the country' i
797,826 are men and 240,931 are
women.
Italy’s total unemployed, how
ever, is still considerably less in
proportion to the other nations of
the world, including the United
States.
STRIKERS POUR OUT MILK
New London, Wis.—Truckloads
of milk were spilled again on Wis
consin highways as striking dairy
men formed tight picket lines in
their campaign for higher prices.
The market blockade was concen
trated around Waupaca county,
and little milk reached New Lon
don.
GOOD
MORNING
WIFE HAS 1J REASONS
FOR WANTING DIVORCE
Mrs. Mae E. Stone, of Chicago,
has 11 reasons for wanting a div
orce from Joseph Stone. She
sharges he is:
Mean.
Disagreeable.
Irritable.
Temperamental.
Selfish.
Uncivil.
Nasty.
Cool.
Bitter.
Brazen.
Gulttonous.
She also wants alimony.
FOUR THINGS
Four things a man must learn to do
If he would make his record true;
To think without confusion clear
ly;
To love his fellow-men sincerely;
To act from honest motives pure-,
ly;
To trust in God and Heaven secure
ly
"Did you know that women
were in politics many thousands of
years ago?”
"No, where did you get that?”
"Well, it states that Salome’s
motion was received by the house
with loud applause.”
Old Lady: "Can’t you cheer
your little brother up and stop
his crying?”
Small Boy: "Well, did you ever
try to cheer anybody up that’s just
had five bananas, two hot dogs;
and seven ice cream cones?”
Male Shopper:—My wife •>-nt
me for some filet.
Clerk—For yourself or for her?
Male Shopper—What difference
does that make?
Clerk—If it’s for yourself, it’s
beef; if it’s for her, it’s lace.
Chiropractor: "I’m afraid we’re
in for another rainy spell.”
Patient: "How do you figure
that out? Did the weather man say
so?”
Chiropractor: "No—but I can
feel it in your bones.”
She: "And if I sit over in that
nice dark corner with you, will
you promise not to hug me?”
He: "Yes.”
She: "And will you promise not
to kiss me?”
He: "Yes.”
She: "Then what’s the sense in
going over there?”
"I watched a trained flea do his
itunts.”
"Did you educate that flea your
self ?” I asked the man.
"Yes,” he replied proudly, "I
■aised him from a pup.”
"So she finally managed to re
:orm her husband!”
"Yes, but old age finally stepped
n and gave her a big lift.”
Some old-fashioned mothers who
:an remember their husband’s first
iisses now have daughters who
:an’t even remember their first
tusbands.
A trifle "merry” young man ap
proached a girl at a dance and said:
'Can I have this dance?”
"Certainly,” she said, "if you
tan find a partner.”
Joan (romantically)—I think
the poets are right, George. Tt’s
pnly in the great open spaces that
ve find ourselves.
George—Well, we’re twenty
rules from anywhere, the sun’s go
ng down and I’ve lost the map,
so now’s your chance! 1
1931 Law
To Become
Effective
Ticket For
Each Party
Watchman Informed As To Opin
ions Of Rowan County Dele
gation
May Change Dates As To Primary
And Geiheral Municipal
Election
The primary and general muni
cipal election in Salisbury to be
held this spring will be on a parti
san basis whereby each party puts
out a ticket, according to informa
tion obtained by The Watchman
last night.
It is understood that all three
of the members of the general As
sembly representing Rowan county
in the state legislature—Senator
Hayden Clement, and Representa
tives Walter Murphy and J. W.
Bean—favor the partisan form
and that any proposal to the con
trary would be adversely receiv
ed.
This information is unofficial but
it is believed to represent the sen
timent of the delegation from
Rowan to the General Assembly.
The bill passed in the 1931 Gen
eral Assembly—effective 1933—
whereby each party puts out a
ticket, will rule the election this
spring, it is predicted. This bill
places the responsibility or the
credit to either party for whatever
may be accomplished by any ad
ministration. This is the same
principle that is applied in county,
state or national elections.
The county commissioners, it is
stated, favor the partisan form of
government, believing that the
city of Salisbury which is over 7J
per cent Democratic, should be
governed by a Democratic council.
The five members of the present
city board are Democrats and with
the average Democratic majority,
it is predicted the next five mem
bers of the city council, to be elect
ed this spring, will also be Demo
crats.
The city council recently went
on record as favoring the non-par
tisan form of city government but
many citizens have opposed this
decision in person and by letter to
members of the board, it is stated.
It is pointed out that the county,
state or national elections, are
handled on the partisan basis and
that municipal elections should not
be exceptions to the rule or cus
tom.
Any candidate this spring who
mnounces himself a candidate foi
the city council must declare his
party affiliation, according to the
law now in effect.
FISHING BOAT TOWED 2,006
MILES TO PORT
San Pedro, Cal.—When the tuna
aait boat Santa Margarita dropped
ler propeller while fishing off the
Oalapagos Islands it was necessary
to tow the craft 2,000 miles to
port for repairs.
It was declared to be the longest
tow by one fishing boat by another.
JUMPS OVERBOARD
New Orleans.—A bizarre story
>f a jump overboard from a ship
because of alleged harsh treatment
was told here by Albert Epstein,
22, Philadelphia seaman. He p’t*
>n a life preserver, filled a bottb
•>f water and plunged e-erboard.
The steamer Chester Valiev res
cued him and brought him to New
Orleans.