The Oldest Newspaper Published In North Carolina
The Carolina Watchman
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"The Watchman Carries a Summary of cAll The ISlgws”
FOUNDED 1832—100TH YEAR £ SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1933 VOL. 100 NO. 50 PRICE 2 CENTS
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Best Rally
In History
Report Says
National City Bank
Says Fall Pickup to
Be Even Better
GREAT SHOWING
The most remarkable showing
of business recovery ever made in!
a comparable period in the nation’s
history has been made during the'
last few months and the fall rise |
in trade promises to be even more|
substantial, according to the July;
letter of the National City Bank^
of New York, received recently^
"Over the three months since
the improvement began industrial
activities shows an unbroken ex
pansion,” says the lfctter. "With
the exception of construction
work and lines particularly de-i
pendent upon construction and
equipment, operations are gener-1
ally the highest in about two years!
and in some industries, notably the'
textiles, it is necessary to go back!
into the boom period to find the
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"This is the most impressive
showing of business recovery ever
made in a comparable period in'
this country. Of course these in
creases in production and trade are!
generating purchasing power at an
encouraging rate. The industries,
are giving more employment and,
in many cases at better wages.
"From April to May there was;
an increase of 5 per cent in fac-j
tory employment and of 11 per,
cent in payrolls, according to the!
department of labor, and these
figures contrast with the usual
seasonal movement, which is
downward. During June furth
er increases have undoubtedly oc
cured, and according to published
estimates by the American Fed
eration of Labor more than 1,
600,000 workers; hive jbeen re
employed since the end of March.
"The upward movement of
business has continued during
June without interruption. At this
time of the year business men us
ually expect a summer recession to
be well under way, but this rise is
so vigorous that seasonal restrain
ing influences thus far have had
no effect.
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vspcraLiuua nave uccn ateppeu
up steadily in the industries, and
despite the increases in output and
shipments their unfilled orders are
holding at very satisfactory levels.
In most lines the backlog is suf
ficient to keep mills and factories
going for seme time and little is
now heard of the expectations of
a substantial summer decline,
which were entertained in many
quarters a month or more ago.
On the contrary, as the season ad
vances with the news continuing
good the time in which a recession
might be looked for is correspond
ingly shortened.
"Within a few more weeks the
crops will be moving, and con
sidering. the improved farm prices
there is reason to hope that the
fall rise in trade will be a sub
stantial one, bolstered by a greater
farm purchasing power than lias
been present in the past year or
two.”
TEXTILE CODE APPROVED
President Rjoosevelt has signed
his approval of the textile industry
code under the national industrial
recovery act, the code to go into
effect July 17 and to require a 40
liour maximum of weekly work
and a $ 12 minimum wage
GOOD
MORNING
Seems that more of our traffic
trouble is caused by the road hug
than by the road hog.
BEFORE BLAMING women
for being so dumb, etc., remem
ber where God secured the material
for ’em.
IT WAS a great day for those
who wish,vto die with their boot:
on when the automobile was in
vented.
MIGHT GIVE HIM A RAZOR
The office boy took off his cap
presented the bill, and stood ai
ease.
"My boss says I’m not to gc
back until you give me the mone)
you owe him,” he said.
"O,” replied the debtor, "1
wonder if he’ll recognize you wit!
a beard?”
Frank—"I don’t see how yot
tell those Smith twins apart.”
Hank—"That’s easy. Mabel al
ways blushes when we meet.”
CLEARING THE DECKS
"Let’s get our wives 'togethei
tonight and have a big evening.’
"O. K. but where shall we leavt
them?”
"Do you believe in the survival
of the fittest?’’
"I don’t believe in the survival
of anybody. I am the undertaker.’
ON GOLD STANDARD
Matrimonial Agent: "There is
one other lady I can offer you—
but I will be honest with you anc
tell you in advance that she limp;
and squints and has false teeth.”
Applicant: "False teeth! Ar<
they gold? Yes? I’ll take.”
CLANK, CLUNK
Applicant—I played the belle ir
"The Love of Kathleen Manvor
een.”
Sound Technician—Hey, Bill
book this girl for off- stage noises
THE PORE we have with us al
ways, but it is only open for dis
cussion during June, July ant
August.
RUN EVERYTHING ELSE
Billings Interne—Have you evei
run a temperature?
Patient—No, but I’ve run al
most every other kind of a car.
IGNORANCE IS BLISS
Wife No. 1—My husband nevei
knows what I go through when hi
snores.
Wife No. 2—Yes, my husbanc
doesn’t miss his small change
either.
CAN YOU LAUGHT AT THU
Say, Spike, did you ever know
Flu?
Naw, never met her. But I know
pneumonia, her kid sister.
"They say he’s wandering in hi:
mind.”
"That’s all right. He won’t gt
far.”
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Do You Know The Answer?
_Turn to back page for answers
1. Where was the Greek states
man Venizelos born?
2. Which are more closely re
lated Half-brothers or step broth
ers?
3. In which ocean are the British
Cocoa islands?
4. What celebration is held an
nually at Cheynne, Wyoming?
5. Who coined the phrase,
"Rum, Romanism and Rebellion?”
6. What is the diminutive of the
Spanish name Juanita?
7. The orbit of which planet lies
between those of the earth and
Mercury?
8. Are American Indians Ameri
can citizens.
9. Who was Laura Keene?
10. Where have most of the Pre
sidents taken the oath of office?
Farmers Cheerful As Cotton Goes To
11.65 Cents, Highest Since March, 1931
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Cotton farmers in Rowan coun
ty and in the green fields of the
Carolinas joined in the familiar
'Happy Days” song this week
when the price of their favorite
staple headed up toward the 12
cent mark and finally rested at
11.65 cents a pound before calling
it quits.
The price quoted on the local
market was the highest since early
March, 1931, nearly two and a
half years ago. It was a good deal
more than twice the five-cent level
of last fall when the dark bottom
was reached.
The advance was about $4.50 a
bale and those who have large
quantities of the stuff stored in
warehouses smiled . broadly and
thanked President Roosevelt, or
whoever brought up the plowing
up business.
The New York and New Or
eans markets opened tamely
enough but when news came over
the wires that Secretary Wallace
was confident the quota for acre
age reduction would be met, the
tickers hummed and the price went
bounding. Future deliveries in
distant months crossed the 12
cent mark for the first time in
more than two years. *
Added to the assurance of plow
bag up about ten million acres of
outhem cotton was reports of
continued drought in the south
vest where about one-third of the
total crop is produced. This put
an ther spurt in the market. Buy
ing from all sides held up the price
until closing time.
T*R HEEL HEADS
ALTRUSANS
Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse,
of Woman’s college of the state
university, Greensboro, was elected
president of the National Associa
tion of Altrusan Clubs.
SHALLOW DIVE IS FATAL
Paralyzed from the waist down
by shock resulting from a dive
into a shallow pool near his home,
Edward Hubbard, 15, died in a
Shelby hospital.
Marion Talley Back
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Marion Talley, Kansas City's
Grand Opera prodigy, is back in New
York to resume operatic work this
fall. She still owns her farm in Kan
sas, but right now she is more inter
ested in getting and keeping til, so
i she skates daily on the roof of her
I hotel.
Local Man j
Hangs Self
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Willie Robertson, age about 35
i years, committed suicide yesterday
■afternoon between five and six o’
clock by hanging himself to a raft
er in the ceiling at his home on
West Council street extension.
Yesterday he borrowed some
necessary tools from Mr. M. E.
Woolen of the Piedmont Ice Cream
company and when he returned
them he told Mr. Woolen that he
was leaving for Washington, D.
C. Later, he was found dead by
Jule Allman.
According to Allman, Robert
json requested him to go to the
store and purchase some groceries
and when he returned he called
Robertson and later found him
■ hanging to the rafters in a back
room.
Robertson leaves as his survivors
a wife and one child, father and
step mother and several brothers
and sisters, all of Richmond, Va.
The body is being he^d at the
: Wright funeral home until his
relatives can be notified.
! Robertson came to Salisbury
, years ago from Richmond, Va., to
i take charge of the cooling system
1 of the Chapin Sack corporation and
worked at large as a frigidaire ser
vice man.
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CARLO AD1NGS INCREASE
) New York.—Carloadings of the
| Illinois Central last week totaled
23,329 against 17,768 for the
jweek last year. The Wabash had
a total of 11,125 compared with
i9,5 88 for the same week in 1932.
Even Tan for Boots j
‘ ‘ Boots ’ ’ Mallory, she of screen
fame, went to Malibu beach near
Los Angeles to acquire a sun tan . . .
so down went the shoulder straps on
her brief bathing suit, “Boots” de
claring that she wanted an even tan.
Bank, B. & L.
Pay Dividends
The Bank of China Grove and
the Rowan County Building and
Loan association, both of China
Grove, paid the regular semi-an
nual dividends July 1, according
to C. C. Graham, cashier and
treasurer, respectively, of the two
financial institutions.
Dividend checks were distribut
ed to approximately 100 China
Grove and Rowan county citizens.
BROTHERS DROWN IN
POND
Jack Scarboro, 12, and his
brother, Bobby, eight, were drown
ed one afternoon in a millpond
near Concord. On an outing with
their grandmother, the boys went
out in a boat. The smaller one
fell in and Jack dived after him.
211 Gold Hoarders
Defy Government
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Two hundred and eleven per
sons are defying the government
to come and take their gold de
spite warnings by justice d- ' ,rt
ment agentsi that prosecution
might follow their failure to turn
in the metal.
Attorney General Cummings
said that almost two million dol
lars of the metal had been return
ed last week as a result of the de
partment of justice campaign to
force gold hoarders to disgorge. It
brought to $26,067,13 3 the total
amount he said had been returned
from hoards.
Cummings said the 211 persons
held $1,207,057 of gold which
they had refused to turn over to
the government in compliance
with President Roosevelt’s execu
tive order.
The attorney general said that
when and how he would proceed
against these hoarders had not
been determined1 and probably
would not be decided until after
his agents had completed checking
the list furnished the department
by the treasury.
This list contains the names of
nearly 10,000 persons who were
reported to have withdrawn gold
during the banking crisis of last
winter.
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Loveliest Debutante
une or London's most thrilling
pastimes each season is to select the
most beautiful and loveliest debu
tante. This season the unanimous
award went to Miss Phyllis Salt,
daughter of London's Air Defense
Commander.
SILLS HEADS COURT CLERKS
Meeting at Blowing Rock the
state association of clerks of sup
erior court elected J. N. Sills, of
Nashville, as president to succeed
J. A. Little, of Albemarle, Eliza
beth City was named as 1934 con
vention city.
NEWS
BRIEFS
WILDCAT DIVISION PICKS
LITTLE
Around 1,000 veterans attended
-he annual convention of the Slst
n Wildcat division, in Winston
ialem, last week. Col. J. M. Little,
Winston-Salem, was elected com
mander and Birmingham chosen
for the next meeting city.
FATAL FALL FROM TANK
A fall from the top of a 75
toot water tank at Southport was
fatal to Johnny Jones, nine. A
edge to which he was clinging,
broke under his weight. His
brother, six, was half-way up the
tower at the time.
FAMOUS FLIER SUCCUMBS
Russell Boardman, 3 5, famed
trans-Atlantic flier, died at In
diannapolis on Monday from hurts
taken Saturday when the plane he
was ipiloting'-, on a cross-country
'ace, crashed to the ground as it
was taking off after refueling.
LAY CAPITOL CORNER
STONE
In re-enacting the scene 100
/ears ago when the cornerstone of
-he present state capitol building
was laid in Raleigh, a group with
mpressive ritual, on Tuesday hid
mother stone above that of the
original corner.
MATTERN FOUND IN
SIBERIA
Jimmy Mattern, missing “>3
days since he took off from a Sib
erian port for Alaska on a leg of
his attempted globe-circling flight,
is safe, it is determined by a brief
telegraphic message received from a
Siberian village to which he made
his way after crashing.
ICKES PUBLIC WORKS CHIEF
Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the
interior, has been appointed by
President Roosevelt as administra
tor of the $3,300,000,000 public
works program, designed to end
unemployment. Ickes plans to go
ahead with the full program of
public construction.
THREATENS ALUMINUM
PROBE
Attorney General Homer Cum
mings has stated that an investiga
tion is being made to determine if
the Aluminum ^Company of A
merica and steel rail manufactorief
are violating the anti-trust laws by
holding a virtual monopoly in pro
duction.
LONG HEADS STATE BAR
The North Carolina Bar asso
ciation, meeting at Wjrightsville
Beach, elected J. Elmer Long, Dur
ham, as president succeeding
Kemp Battle, Rocky Mount. C. E.
Martin, Martinsburg, W. Va., pre
sident of the American Bar Asso
ciation made a plea for simplicity
in national government, and de
plored recent centralization of
power in Washington.
FORM TEXTILE LABOR
COUNCIL
A textile labor council, repr;
senting mill labor in this state and
in southern Virginia, was formed
at High Point with Herbert L
Turner, High Point, as president,
and with an executive beard
named to watch out for textile
labor’s rights in administration of
the industrial recovery code in, the
industry.
PHYSICIAN SHOOTS
HIMSELF
Depressed by continued ill
health, Dr. Henry H. Kapp, 53,
Winrton-Salem physician, shot and
killed himself at his home.
Night Work
Soon To Be
Abolished
Code To Restore 1929
Buying Power Is
Reported
COST TO RISE
The cotton textile industry’s
code of fair trade, which goes into
effect Monday, will put approxi
mately 50,000 southern workers
back in employment, will eliminate
night shifts, and will tremendously
increase the purchasing power of
those connected with the industry,
it was reported here Thursday.
Of great interest to those who
are not in favor of night work, it
was pointed out, is the fact that
the mills probably will run their
two shifts of 40 hours each on a
schedule which calls for a morning
shirt trom 6 o clock in the morn
ing until 2 o’clock in the after
noon and an afternoon shift run
ning from 2 o’clock until 10 o’
clock in the evening. As is the
customary practice, operatives
probably will look after each
other’s work while lunch is being
eaten.
The minimum wage of $12 for
40 hours of work in the southern
mills will give to operatives the
same purchasing power that they,
had back in 1929. It was pointed
out that this decision of the com
mittee was based on figures sup
plied by Dr. Sachs, government
economist.
Not only will the wages of a
number of workers be raised under
this provision, but those of other
workers who are not in the classes
to which the minimum wage ap
plies will be raised in proportion,
he said. This increase in wages a
long with the reduction of work
ing hours will increase the cost of
production from 75 to 100 per
cent, it is declared.
MANY AUTO FATALITIES
On Sunday night the auto of
N. H. Councilman, 35, ran into a
bank bordering a highway near
Clinton, turned over and hurled
the fatally wounded man 95 feet.
Sunday afternoon the machine of
Major William S. Harrison, 51, of
Washington, D. C., turned over
near King’s Mountain and infilict
ed mortal hurts on him. Early Fri
day morning a big truck driven by
Bard GaJe, or Palatka, rla., struck
a mule-drawn wagon near Selma,
instantly killed Ennis Batten, 65,
and badly hurt Sanders Batten, 35.
Mrs. George E. Scoggins, 3 5, of
Durham, was instantly killed Fri
day night in collision of two auto
mobiles near that city. Her hus
band sustained an arm fracture.
Joseph Parker, 64, retired farmer
of Ahoskie, died on Friday of in
juries taken the day before in an
automobile accident.
AUSTRALIAN BEATS VINES
Ellsworth Vines, first ranking
American tennis player, was beaten
in the British Wimbledon cham
pionship by Jack Crawford, sen
sational young Australian.
OIL TANKER BURNS
A loss of $25,000 resulted from
the burning of the oil tanker, C.
Hi Bassell, which was on its way
from Washington, N. C., to Nor
folk, caught fire in Hyde county
and burned to the water’s'edge.