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BOUNDED 1832—100TH YEAR * SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1933 VOL. 100 NO. 46 PRICE 2 CENTS
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Retain Dept Heads
Will Meet
Will Also
Name Mayor
Holmes Will Probably
Be Named City
Manager
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Rufty, Rankin And
Miller To Be Re
Appointed
Other Officials Ex
pected To Hold
Positions
Retention of the heads of the
various departments of tiac city by
the new council was forecast yes
terday in local political circles.
The new council, composed of
B. V. Hedrick, C. F. Raney, Haden
Holmes, H. W. Davis and W. F.j
McCanless, is scheduled to hold its;
first meeting the first week in July,!
when, it is believed, appointment
of the heads of the various depart
ments will be made.
Following is a list of the heads
of the various departments:
Haden Holmes, city manager.
H. E. Rufty, tax department. I
R. L. Rankin, police department.
M. E. Miller, water and engineer
ing department.
Groves Marsh, superintendent of
cemeteries.
T. R. Doby, superintendent of
incinerator.
Henry Hess, sanitary officer.
It is believed the retention of
these men will meet the approval
of the general public as they have
functioned efficiently during their
tenure of office.
The report is unofficial, as no
meeting of the new council has been
held although it is understood these
appointments have been discussed
by the members from time to time.
At its first meeting, the council
will also select one member to be
mayor. Two names have been men
tioned for this office, these being
Mayor B. V. Hedrick and H. W.
Davis.
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70-YEAR-OLD MILL STILL
IN OPERATION
Huntingdon, Wis.—The town
around it is deserted but the 70
year-old mill here still grinds buck
wheat, graham and rye flour.
Neighboring towns drew residents
away from Huntingdon when a
saw mill was moved from here.
The flour mill now is the only
business establishment operating in
the town.
9 DIE IN FACTORY BLAST
An explosion in a North Arling
ton, N. J., celluloid scrap plant,
destroyed six adjoining homes, kill
ed nine persons and badly injured
a number of others.
GOOD
MORNING
BIG CONTRACT
"Let me kiss these tears away,
sweetheart,” he . begged tenderly.
She fell into his arms and he was
very busy for a few moments, but
the tears flowed on.
"Will nothing stop them?” he
asked breathlessly.
"No,” she murmured, "it’s hay
fever—but go on with the treat
ment.”
She was just a photographer’s
daughter—u:ed to sitting in a dark
room, awaiting developments.
I DO NOT LIKE—
Misunderstood married men.
Waxed mustaches.
Mothers and daughters who are
always being mistaken for sis
ters.
Conscious women smokers.
Women violinists.
The endeavoring terms of a sales
ladys.
Being invited to sit at the captain s
table—bn ships.
Women who succeed in being
"types.”
The asphyxiating odors of beauty
parlors.
Evolution of the chow call:
1600 A. D. What ho, varlets,
come get thy portion of gccdlv
viands prepared for thy daily re
past by order of her Majesty Good
Queen Bess.
1700 A. D.—Loosen thy belts,
lads, so you may partake of your
due portion of salt horse and plum
duff.
1800 A. D.—Stand by to draw
bully beef and hardtack and don’t
forget your grog.
1800 A. D.—Lay below for
your corned beef and cabbage.
1910 A. D.—Come and get it.
193 3 A. D.—-Chow!
ON THE WADING LIST
"I told her I was knee deep in
love with her.”
"Yes? What was her comeback?”
"She promised to keep me on her
wading list.”
OPENED HIS EYES
First Student—I heard someth
ing this morning that certainly
opened my eyes.
Second Loafer—What was that?
First Student—The alarm clock.
Astride
Friend—Why have you given
the general such a peculiar pose5
Sculptor—You see, it was start
ed as an equestrian and then the
committe found they couldn’t af
ford the horse.
QUICK SEEING
"How much quicker the eye is
than the other senses!”
"Yes. A woman can take in a
strange woman at a single glance,
but it will take her an hour to tell
what she had on.”
NEW DISH
Little Eric was beginning to feel
the strain, having sampled every
dish on the table at the children’s
party.
"Have you had a sufficiency,
dear?” asked the hostess.
"Where is it?” he sighed.
Do You Know The Answer?
Turn to back page for answers
1. What makes the color in the
blood?
2. Define a physicist.
3. How many compass directions
are there from the North Pole?
4. Name the capital of India.
5. What do the letters R. I., aft
er the signature of the King of
England, signify?
6. When was Rome founded?
7. Where is the Painted Desert?
8. What is the heaviest substan
ce?
9. Who was the female star with
John Barrymore in "Moby Dick?”
10. What is the difference in
time between New York City and
San Francisco?
Bank Protests
Must Be Notarized
Many Lacking
In Legal Form
Objections to the proposed re
organization plan of the N. C.
Bank and Trust company will not
be accepted by Gurney P. Hood,
state commissioner of banks, unless
they are notarized and drawn up in
legal form, it was learned from
well informed sources.
If this is true, some of the objec
tions which have been filed with
the clerk of court will be invalid,
it was pointed out.
Stockholders representing more
than 3,000 shares of the 5,000
shares outstanding for the Salisbury
branch of the North Carolina
Bank and Trust company met here
Tuesday night in a unanimous de
cision to file objection to the crea
tion of a new bank from assets to
be accumulated throbgh assess- i
ments against stockholders ir thej
closed institution.
Stockholders base tdaeir objec-j
tions to paying assessn|ents against I
their stock in the N. lC. bank for
the purpose of forming a new
bank upon the fact that in addition
to their holdings of stock they are
also in possession "B” assets certi
ficates issued by the North Caro
lina bank along with its stock at
the time that the latter institution
absorbed the old Atlantic Bank and
Trust company.
The stockholders contend that
these certificates represent an obli
gation on the part of the North
Carolina bank which has never
been met and that the N. C. bank
is indebted to them to the extend
to the ”B” assets of the Atlantic
bank which were i^ever realized
upon by the stockholders.
BEARS BECOMING NUISANCE
Grants Pass, Ore.—The Carter
Lake National park bears may be
a bull in the tourist market, but
their presence is becoming. embar
rasing to the forest service. Rang
ers report the bears have been
breaking the windows of buildings,
climbing inside and helping them
selves to anything edible.
To Washington
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Miss Celeste .Jedel, 22, Barnard
graduate in ’31, and a student there
under Prof Raymond Moley, now
assistant Secretary of State, is now
assistant legal adviser to Prof Mole) ]
at Washington
First National
Is Re-opened
For Business
The First National Bank is now
open for 100 per cent business,
having opened its doors on Thurs
day morning. Cashier Brandis stat
ed that the bank had met all the
conditions for re-opening and was
in possession of a license from the
comptroller of the currency.
During the first day of business
for the newly opened institution de
posits were greatly in excess of
withdrawals, as a large number of
the business men made deposits.
All checks that were written prior
to the holiday were cleared and quite
a few depositors withdrew cash to
meet current obligations.
SIX NEGROES KILLED
Three Durham negroes were kill
ed in a crash of their car with a
truck near McKenny, Virginia.
Two days before, three unidentifi
ed negroes were killed in a collision
of two trucks near Columbia, near
Tyrrell county line.
Hello, $120,000 11
Miss Louise M. Popp, 29, N. Y
telephone operator, threw the switch
and said “hello” to $120,000. She
was informed that she had won that
amount with a ticket on the English
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To Demand Ctit
In Rail Wages
Railway executives have decid
ed to make immediate application
for a 12% per cent wage reduc
tion.
This cut will be in addition to
the present 10 per cent voluntary
wage, "deduction,” and means that
the carriers are seeking a 22% per
cent reduction in the basic rates of
pay.
That railway labor will put up
a vigorous fight was indicated by
the prompt announcement of plans
of the labor leaders to meet in
Chicago on Friday preseumbly to
discuss measures to meet the car
riers’ action.
STATE CHIEFS NAMED
On Saturday night, Governor
J. C. B. Ehringhaus named E. B.
Jeffress chairman of the board dir
ecting the state highway and pri
son, George R. Pou as his assistant
to direct the prison, A. J. Max
well as commissioner of revenue
and M. C. S. Noble, Jr., as an exe
cutive assistant to Maxwell.
Rowan
Cut 15 Per Cent:
Tax Increase
Not Expected
County Commissioners Working
Out Plans To Avoid Levy Of
Any More Taxes
The Rowan county commission
ers, after investigating and study
ing the tax situation and property
appraisal for several weeks, have
decided on a 15 per cent horizon
tal cut in tax valuations in the
county.
It is now thought there \yill not
be any increase in the rate. The
board was opposed to any new or
increased taxes.
The present tax rate is 5 5 cents
on each $100.00 valuation.
Rowan county has one of the
lowest tax rates in the state and
the commissioners hope they can
maintain this honor for the coun
ty
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Cause and Cure of War j
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Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, honor
ary chairman of the National Com
mittee on the Cause and Cure of War,
representing some three million
American women, announces that
definite steps are being taken to
further organize public opinion “at
•he hearth.” Hound table discussions
•re being launched by eleven women Y
lganizatioas in the IT. S.
Wins Air Race
Henrietta Sumner, of Los Angeles,
Calif., flew 4.3 miles in 17 minutes, 7
seconds in the second annual air race ,
for women flyers at New York, June
4 thus winning the Annette Hibson
cash award over 23 competitors.
NEWS |
BRIEFS
THREE KILLED IN WILKES
Fred Kilby, 24, of North Wil
kesboro, was killed and two com
panions hurt in the overturning of
their automobile in front of the
postoffice at Call. Ffobart Myers
of Wilkes county, was killed in a
Saturday night collision. George
Upchurch 12, also of Wilkes, was I
killed Saturday when he was run
over by a truck.
BURGLAR KILLS DETECTIVE
A negro, caught in the act of
robbing a West Durham store shot
Detective R. A. Gill, 34, three
times. Fie died shortly afterwards
while an intensive hunt for the
killer got underway.
The negro, John Reade, of
Jacksonville, Fla., was caught in
a thicket four hours latei. Fie had
been shot four times through the
body. Charged with murder, he is
in a Durham hospital.
BUSINESS WOMEN MEET
Concluding their annual meet
ing held in Asheville, the N. C.
Federation of Business and Profes
sional Women’s Clubs named Dr.
Elizabeth Ramsay, Asheville as
president.
10 DIE IN CHICAGO PLANE
The two pilots and eight passen
gers in a World’s Fair sightseeing
plane died in a crash in a Chicago
suburb with the victims burned
beyond recognition.
GOVERNOR NAMES FOUR
In the first of his slate of new
appointments, Gov. Ehringhaus
named Edwin M. Gill, parole com
missioner, J. B. Van Metts, adjut
ant general, Gordon Smith, assist
ant adjutant general, and Charles
B. Aycock, director of workmen’s
compensation.
ESCAPER IS KILLED
Six prisoners made a break for
freedom from the Caledonia prison
farm in Halifax county on Friday.
A Forsyth negro was shot and kill
ed, another wounded, two more re
captured. A white man and one
negro made good their escape.
ROOSEVELT APPOINTMENTS
Among Roosevelt appointments
were: John J. Blaine Wisconsin, to
the reconstruction finance board,
Vincent-- Dali man, Illinois,., to the
board, of . meditation, Raymond
Stevens,- New 'Hampshire;.- tor- the
federal trade commission, - Jewell
Swofford, to the employes compen
sation commission.
McKEEL IS HARDWARE
CHIEF !
The Hardware Association of j
the Carolinas met last week in'
joldsboro to name F. W. McKeel,
Darlington, S. C., as president to
lead a new slate of officers. The
issociation will meet in a South
Zarolina city in 1934.
DODD GOES TO GERMANY I
William D. Dodd, native of,
Zlayton, this state, authority on
\merican history at the Univer-J
ity of Chicago since 1908, was
l-amed by the president as ambassa
lor to Germany. _
Doughton
Favoring
Salisbury
Act Is Signed
By President
Local Leaders Active
In Drive For State
Headquarters
Believe Selection Will
Be Made In The
Near Future
Democratic Chairman
Leaving No Stones
Unturned
Chairman W. F. Stevenson, of
the Home Loan bank board stated
j yesterday that he would probably
I make announcement today of h>s
selection of the several locations in
the Carolinas of the several home
owners mortgage banks.
Stevenson, who is a former mem
ber of congress from the old fifth
district or bouth Carolina, has his
home in Cheraw, and the other
members of the board which has
just been organized with a com
plete membership for the first time
during the present administration
have deferred to him in making the
choice of the locations.
It was understood that Stevensor
had definitely decided upon Raleigh
and Asheville for two sites of banks
in North Carolina with it being
regarded a toss up between Greens
boro and Salisbury for the central
bank. But later it was stated1 that a
definite decision had not been
reached as to either of the Caro
linas.
Salisbury will probably be select
ed as headquarters for North Caro
lina of the new Home Owners
Corporation, a U. S. government
institution, making $2,000,000,000
available for refinancing mortgages.
, The home loan act, asit is gen
erally known, became, a .law this
week when President Roosevelt af
fixed1 his signature to thedipll.
Headed by Ross: M. ‘Sigmon,
chairman of the Rowan county
Democratic executive committee,
and Clyde E. Gooch, chairman of
the advisory committee, the drive
to locate the state offices of this
newly created institution, is being
vigorously pushed.
Congressman R. L. Doughton,
of this district, and one of the
outstanding leaders in Congress, is
backing Salisbury for state head
quarters and has advised' Chairman
Sigmon that he is exerting every
:ffort possible to secure the institu
:ion for this city.
Congressman Doughton and
chairman Sigmon have been work-,
ng on this project quietly for
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The New Deal
Out of its brief, three-month
eigon, the Roosevelt administra
ion has built up 14 pieces of legis
ation as the framework of the
lew deal.
The bills follow:
1. National industrial recovery
,ct.
2. Farm relief inflation bill.
3. Securities law.
4. Beer bill.
I 5. Wagner-Lewis emergency re
lief law.
6. Reforestation bill.
7. Emergency bank law.
8. Railroad reorganization.
9. Economy law.
10. Home owners act.
11. Muscle shoals.
12. Gold clause repeal.
13. ^Employment service law.
14. Bill to repeal prohibition law.