Carolina Watchman
Published Every Friday
Morning At
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
\ E. W. G. Huffman, — Editor
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isbury, N. C., under the act of
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papers on public opinion exceeds
that of all other publications in
the country.—Arthur Brisbane.
FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1933
THE MAYOR’S PAMPHLET
Mayor B. V. Hedrick has just
published a small booklet entitled
"A Statement of Facts.” This
pamphlet contains a great deal of
information regarding the finan
cial affairs of the City of Silis
bury. It is interesting as well as
educational and We are sure it will
be read and appreciated by every
citizen who is interested in the
welfare of our city.
Mr. Hedrick has long been re
cognized as one of our most suc
cessful business man. He was ac
tively engaged in mining, con
struction work and manufacturing
for a number of years, and later
in the automobile and tractor dis
tribution and sales. Mr. Hedrick
has the reputation of being a hard
worker but notwithstanding the
fact that he is a very busy man he
has always taken a keen interest in
the affairs of government. Two
years ago he was elected a member ,
of the City Council, leading the .
ticket by a large majority, and
since that time he has served as
mayor o£ Salisbury.
The administration of the affairs ,
of a municipality, when times are
* good, is simple cask. During the
past two years, when the depres
sion was at its worst, it has been
even more difficult. The pamphlet -
reveals that Mayor Hedrick has
made a special study of municipal
government.
A municipality differs from a
private conducted business in
many ways, some of which are as
follows: The purpose of a muni
cipality is to promote the well
being of its citizens and to render
services at cost. The purpose of a
private corporation is to make
money. A municipal corporation
is owned by fts citizens, a private
corporation by its stockholders. A
municipal corporation is managed
by representatives elected by the
people, a private corporation by
directors elected by its stockhold
ers.
After reading the pamphlet pre
pared'by Mayor Hedrick carefully
it will be evident to all that he has
given much time and study to the
affairs of the eity. It is also evi
dent that, by the reorganization of
departments and cutting operat
ing expenses, his administration has
saved many thousands of dollars
to the taxpayers.
We believe that the mayor has
been altogether too modest in pre
senting the "facts.” He has omit
ted a great many details. For in
stance, in the reorganization of the
water works and engineering de
partments his administration ef
fected a saving wihich amounts to
$4,920.00 a year, which was not
mentioned. The mayor’s pamphlet
is also free from any unfavorable
criticism regarding any member of
the present council or of former
administrations. In his t^marks
regarding the sinking fund he
mentions with deserving pride that
the sinking fund has been increased
by $92,000.00 during his adminis
tration.
Since being elected mayor of
Salisbury, in our opinion, Mr. Hed
rick has lived up to the platform
which he adopted in the beginning
"Equal rights to all and special
privileges to none.”
HUMAN NATURE
It is difficult to escape the con
clusion that the principal cause of
hard times is over-optimism in
good times. If that is true, if
economic depressions 6re <3fue to
causes inherent in hutnafi" nature,
we confess that we’’ cannot see
much hope for that millenium in
which there will always be pros
perity for everybody. We certain
ly do not see how it is possible for
legislation to correct evils which
are sure to recur whenever condi
tions are ripe for them.
That is not to say that we do
not think the Government at
Washington and the State govern
ment should not do all in their
power to make dishonesty unpro
fitable. We think it would be a
salutary thing for the country to
put a few big bankers and stock
promoters in jail and keep them
there as a warning to others. But
we haven’t much sympathy with
the idea that all, or the major part,
of our troubles are the results of
the machinations of unscrupulous
crooks.
On the contrary, we think we
got ourselves into trouble by be
lieving that boom times would
never end. We mortgaged our
homes when it was easy to borrow
on them, because it seemed so easy
to get the money to pay off the
mortgages when we needed it. And
when we say "we’* we are speaking
of everybody. Big manufacturers
and business men were just as sim
ple as the smallest. They built up
great plants on bond issues, because
they could not see far enough a
oead to realize that the market for
their product was not going to help
an growing, but would some day
ilack off.
We do not think the people who
ndulged in what now seem like
vild dreams of increasing profits
vere dishonest; not most of them,
inyway. We think they—all of us
—built too much on hope and not
:nough on prudent common-sense.
\nd, looking back over the history
if other depressions, it seems to us
that they all happened for the
iame reason. Human nature can
lot avoid undue optimism when
:hings are going well, just as it
tannot escape undue fear when
ihings are going badly.
Just now we are still under the
•ule of unreasoning fear. That is
>oing to delay recovery, until the
•ays of hope which are beginning
to appear on the horizon g^ow
irighter. Then, as we recover from
lur fear we shall go on again, with
ncreasing hopefulness, to another
boom, and that in its turn will col
lapse and ruin millions who have
not tempered their optimism with
taution.
That is human nature.
CONSOLIDATING FARM
CREDIT
So far as the first step in the
new Administration’s program of
assistance to agriculture goes, we
do not see how anybody can quar
rel with it. It consolidates the
Federal Land Banks, the Federal
Intermediate Credit Banks, the
Farm Board, the Farm Loan Board,
the Crop Production Loan Office.,
the Seed! Loan Office, and the Re
gional Agricultural Credit Cor
porations into one agency.
Most people did not even know
that there were so many Govern
mental sources from which farmers
could borrow money. We must
agree with Mr. Henry Morgenthau,
Jr., who is the new chairman of
the Tederal Farm Board and will
manage this whole business of farm
loans, that the old system, was too
complicatd and expensive and that
the average farmer in need of fin
ancial assistance hfap not knlown
where to apply, and often had to
deal with many agencies at widely
scattered points, instead of having
til of his troubles attended to in
ane office.
We understand that no new
form of farm credit is provided
for, merely the centralization of
idministration of all existin'grkjnds
of credit. These include long
term mortgage loans, short term
crop loans, loans for the purchase
of seed and emergency relief loans,
besides loans to cooperatives.
From all we can learn about Mr.
Morgenthau,. who has become the
big boss of farm finance, he is a
good man for the job. His early
training in finance was under hi.'
father, who made a fortune in
business and was President Wilson’s
Ambassador to Turkey. The
younger Morgenthau was in the
real estate business in New York
for a time, but went into farming
on a large scale. He has a-1,400
acre dairy and stock farm in New
York state, and for several years
has been the publisher of one of the
large farm journals, the American
Agriculturist.
With the new set-up and the ad
' ministration of farm credit in com
petent hands, it looks as if every
real farmer who has a real need for
a loan and can demonstrate that he
is capable of paying it off in time
ought to get the relief he desires.
IT WOULD not make
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VERY MUCH difference
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IF WE did mention a
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NAME OR two but since
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THAT IS against our
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RULES, WE’LL omit them
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TODAY AS per usual. "Whit
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HAVE YOU been doing,
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ELLEN?” ASKED the mother
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OF A certain little girl.
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"ROVER’S EATEN my dolly’s
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SLIPPERS, SO I’ve been
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PUNISHING HIM,” was little
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ELLEN’S REPLY. When her
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MOTHER ASKED how she
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HAD BEEN punishing old
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ROVER SHE exultingly replied,
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"I’VE BEEN out to his box
AND DRINKED his milk.”
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I THANK YOU.
COMMENTS
HF. ISN’T ALONE, A WHOLE
NATION IS WITH HIM
To The Editor:
Some people are wondering how
Mr. Roosevelt could make so much
headway in such a short time.
Well, "he travels fastest who
travels alone.”
—F. V.
STOP GETTING
UP NIGHTS
Physic the Bladder With
Juniper Oil
Drive out the impurities and e»
cess acids that cause irritation,
burning and frequent desire. Juni
p r oil is pleasant to take in the
form of BUKETS, the bladder
physic, also containing buchu
leaves, etc. Works on the bladder
similar to castor oil on the bowels.
Get a 25c box from any drug store.
After four days if not relieved of
"getting up nights” go back and
get your money. If you are both
ered with backache or leg pains
caused from bladder disorders you
are bound to feel better after this
cleansing and you get your regular
sleep. Purcell Drug Store says
BUKETS is a best seller.
SPECIAL
FOR EASTER
Seedless Oranges
Seedless Grapefruit
Colored eggs for sale by the
dozen.
FULL LINE OF FRUITS
D. C. DEADMON FRUIT
STORES
Next to Wachovia Bank
Next to Maynard Music Co.
W. T. Burke
W. T. Burke, well known bu.i
less man and citizen, and native of
Salisbury, died suddenly Tuesday
night at 9:30 o’clock from a heart
attack. He was found dead beside
his car on the Lincolnton road near
Town creek.
The funeral was held Thursday
morning at 11 o’clock at the Fust
Methodist Church, Dr. A. L. Stan
ford officiating. The active pall
bearers were rpembers of the local
Andrew Jackson and other Ma
sonic Lodges. Members of the Ma
sonic lodge, with which he was ac
tively associated, were in charge of
the graveside services.
For the past twenty years Mr
Burke was associated wich the
Salisbury Cotton Mills, in an x
ecutive position, and was beloved
by all who knew him.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Annie Harr’son
Burke, two sons, W. T. Jr., and
Claude Murray Burke; three sis
ters, Mrs. Lillie B. Sloan,'"of Rowan
County, Mrs. Josie Tipton, of El
Paso, Texas, and Mrs. Lucy W.
Murray, of Salisbury, and also two
grandchildren.
Mistress—Dora, has my husband
been very unhappy while I was
away for a month?
Servant—Well, ma’am, at first
he was in fine spirits, but toward
the end of the time he got less
cheerful, and yesterday he was the
bluest man I ever saw.
Nowr Le m me Tell You
SOMETHIN’, — IF YOU
know What’s Good
For.You, You’ll
STAY OUT OF BAD
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98c
Others at 48c and $1.50
New Suspenders and
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For sport and dress wear
48c
Others at 25c to $1.00
$1.00 Silk Ties
Non-crushable—will hold itheir
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Other Ties at 18c, 48c, 69c
Sox
All new patterns and solids
25c
Others at 10c, 15c and up.
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Basket Weaves, Serges, Cheviots, Blues, Tans, Greys, etc. II
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