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'•S ’- " • 1 Jr. ' ' :-S I. v ' ' ’*■ *• . * The Oldest Newspaper Published In North Carolina The Watchman | "The Watchman Carries a Summary of c.All The TSlews” I QUNDED 1832-lOOTH YEAR ^_ ^ SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1933 ' VOL. 100 NO. 62 PRICE 2 CENTS - — >> .- ■ ' — — ' ■ — ■ . . i . ..I - _ vy curium Recognized As Oldest In The State Continuous Publication Since Year 1832 Is Member Of Century Club New And Modern Equipment Was Purchased Tins Year The Carolina Watchman is cele brating its 101st anniversary today and from a standpoint of continu ous publication is the oldest news paper in North Carolina, being founded July 28, 1832 by Hamil ton C. Jones, Esq., and since that date has rendered 101 years of ser-| vice to the community and state.! The present owners published The Watchman in the summer <*f| 3931, a few weeks after the deathj of William H. Stewart, who for aj number of years was editor of the , paper. j, ikecognitjon ox me w iiiuiuuu » j long years of publication came in 1952 when the. Watchman was ad mitted as a member of the Cen tury Club of the American Press. It is the purpose, of the 101st edition to deal largely, with the his torical background of Salisbury and Rowan county and elsewhere in this issue will be found valuable references to important events of the past. We are greatly indebted to Mr. Clyde Ennis for his untiring ef forts in preparing for us several of the most important historical arti cles that were taken from old re cords preserved 'in the courthouse. In its life, The Watchman has ■witnessed a remarkable growth and development in the city, county and state. It has' led many of the progressive movements of the city and state. To its readers, many of whom have been life-long subscribers and supporters and who have in the list analysis made the paper possible, this edition is dedicated. Seven years after The Watch man began publication it was pur chased by M. C Pendleton and J. J. Brtmer. The Watchman was a Whig and anti-nullification paper, and was intended to suport Gen. Andrew Jackson in his anti-nullifi cation policy. in 1843 Mr. j>runer rcurca uum active work, but later he re-pur chased The Watchman and in 1844 entered partnership with the late Samuel W. James. After six years this partnership was disolved and Mr. Bruner became sole proprietor. He continued to publish The Watchman until he was captured by Federal soldiers in the spring of 1865; however, after a few months he was allowed to resume publication of the Watchman Mr. Bruner died in 1890 after publishing The Watchman for 50 years. The paper was then sold to the Stewart family and W. H. Stewart published the paper until the spring of 1931. When he died the paper was purchased from his estate and the present Carolina Watchman Publishing company was formed. In January, 19H, The Watch man purchased new and modern newspaper equipment and moved offices and plant to 119 East Fish er street, at which location the paper is now published; 1 ■ - - E. E. Stafford and Lacy M. But ler, Winston-Salem, were drowned in High Rock lake near Lexington when a rowboat in which four were proceeding to a houseboat, overturned. GOOD MORNING "How’s the steak?’’ "Tender as a woman’s heart.” "Gimme some baked sausage.” EVEN A BABY that isn’t born with a silver spoon in its mouth can make a stir. "Some men thirst after fame, some after love, and some after money.” "I know something that all thirst after.’’ "What’s that?” "Salted almonds.” The picnickers ^fjere^ obliged to cross a railroad tradfem reaching the place where they were to have lunch and little Bobbie, going ahead, saw a train approaching. Eagerly he shouted to his father, who was still on the track, "Hurry, Daddy, or else give me the lunch.” ^ REPORT HAS it the Chicago air is playing hob with the sea hore resort business. And no doubt he resort hotel properties are ask ng: When is a fair fair? * I •VI i . . 5 J . * The master, to impress: on his >upils the need of . thinking before speaking, fold them to count 50 before saying anything important, and 100 if it was very important. Next day he was speaking, standing with his back to the fire, when he noticed several lips mov ing rapidly. Suddenly the. whole class shout ed: "Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, a hundred. Your coat’s on fire, sir!’’ Watkins—"But madam, what is your objection to using the electric flat-iron?” Woman Customer—"You can throw it only the length of the cord.” Mother’s advice to daughter: "Fear no man and do right.” Father’s advice to son: "Fear all women and do not write.” SHE WAS only a fruit dealer’s daughter, but she knew a good date from a bad one. Teacher—-"Tommy, use* H20 in a sentence.” Tommy—"It’s H20 money to the bank, father says, but worse not be able to!” •. DO YOU REMEMBER when the horses wore straw bonnets in the summer? It was little Flossie’s first day at school. Her name had been regis tered, and the teacher asked, "Have you any brothers or sis ters?” "Yes, ma’am,” answered1-. Flos sie. "Are you the oldest one of the family?” "Father and mother’s both older than me.” DO YOU remember when it was quite a stunt to make an "Aeolian harp’’ with hairs from a horse’s tail and put it in a window to be played upon by the breeze? Teacher was telling her class lit tle stories in natural history, and she asked if any one could tell her what a ground-hog was. Up went a little hand, waving frantically. "Well, Carl, you may tell us what a ground hog is.” "Please, ma’am, it’s a sausage.” IF YOU HAVE an idea people want the most they can get for their money you have never seen a flapper choosing a bathing suit. Huffman Is Sworn-In As Secretary To Doughton E. W. G. Huffman, local at torney, who was recently appoint ed private secretary to Congress man R. L. Doughton, of this dis trict, Tuesday took the oath of office in Washington. Mr. Huffman • left Sunday for Washington to assume his new du ties. Mr. Huffman was former so licitor of the Rowan county court, represented Rowan county in the state house of representatives in 1930-32. He is editor and publisher of The Carolina Watch man. Mr. Huffman will divide his time between Salisbury and Wash ington until about the first of the year when he will be required to remain in Washington all of his time. Auto Crash Near Catawba Kills 1, And Injures 10 ft-* . - ■ ' ■ . 1ff W. H: Lord, architect, of Ashe ville, N. C., was fatally burned when a car in which he was rid ing overturned after being struck at the intersection of highways 10 and 80 near Catawba college yes terday morning. Upon overturn ing the car burst into flames. It was impossible to extricate Lord on account of the suddenness of the car in burning. Those seriously injured aire: Harry Barton, Mrs. W. W. Cran field, of Davie county, and Miss Mary Anne Poston. Several others sustained minor inuries. The car in which Lord was rid ing was driven, by Harry Barton, of Greensboro, and was eiiroute from Asheville to Greensboro. J. H. Cranfield was the driver of the model T Ford which struck the Barton car. It contained • nine persons, none of whom were seri ously injured. INDIANS IN PISTOL DUEL Bob Jones, elderly Robenson county Indian, was getting his hair cut by a neighbor when a se cond Indian, Lee Gaston Jones, walked up and opened fire with a pistol. Bob Jones answered with, another. He was fatally wounded and Lee Gaston Jones was shot twice in the chest. Hr- is held under guard at a hospital. ' Wins Fair Medal visitor to the Fair. I» addition Miss . Morse *>l given -tree ti-’-ets to several concessions at thr e.: -osrtion. State Solons . See Wet Vote >(■ Raleigh—Legislators and former members of the General Assembly who are coming to Raleigh these days continue ;to predict that their home cormnumeies, in prac tically every case, appear ready to vote for tepeal of-the 18th amend ment. '' • : ' . V;-tj ' .1 Results Of H) Truck Races In the motor fire truck races Lincolnton and Sanford tied for first place and each received a prize of ; $100. Souther* Pines placed third and won the $$$ prize. In the chemical races Sanford placed first. ! prize $115; Lincolnton, second, |prize: $65; and Albemarle, third, prize $51; N. C. Firemen Pick Palmer As President — | . Delegates, to the 49th annual j North Carolina Firemen’s conven j tian elected W. Hendrix Palmer, chief of the Charlotte fire depart iment, president in their conclud ing business session. No invitation was given for the next convention site, and selection of the city was left to the execu tive committee. Palmer, who succeeds F. D. Shaw of Greensboro, was a vice president last year. _ Gooch, Sigmon Are Named To Important Posts Clyde E. Gooch and Ross M. Sigmon were named to county of fices in the Home Owners’ Loan corporation it was announced yes terday by state manager Alan S. O’Neal. Both, will assunfe their :ne'w du ties at once. ,. e ■ ■ - Mr. Gooch, ia prominent mem ber of the local bar and former judge of‘ the Rowan county 'court, has been named county attorney. Mr. Sigmon,: who is engaged in the insurance and realty business; has been; ‘appointed ■ appraiser for Rowan county:. RUTHERFORD PAPER WINS PRESS CUP Rutherfordton.—R. E. ■> Price, editor of The Rutherford County News, local county -paper, an nounced that his paper won the Savory loving Cup, which :ii award ed .annually by the -State Press as sociation to-the best -alL round paper, outside the daily field in the ^.state. The large cup is- now on displajtjitt^The News- office and is being' admired by a large num ber'of friends. • It is understood that* the Rutherfordton paper wonj over much keen competition arid"; that the award goes to the paper with the best all round appearance, including - mechuaic.-.l makeup, head lines, local features, etc. The Elkin Tribune Won it last year. It was donated to the State Press association by Walter H. Sa vory, of the Mefgenthaler Lino type company, New York, to en courage better papers outside the daily field. \ ' — X GUILFORD, SISTERS DROWN Eva Spencer, 24. tried to save her. sister .Anna, 22, from drown ing in a small pond east of Greens boro. They both went down to gether. Their bodies were recov ered 15 minutes later. The two were members of a Sunday school picnic party. Another drowning victim was Edward Campbell, 22, Rockingham, who jumped into the Pee Dee river and pushed a younger brother to safety, but was unable to save himself. Wallace To Address Farmers, World’s Fair Henry A. Wallace, secretary of Agriculture, will speak to the farmers of America at A Century of Progress Exposition on Friday, August 18, when they are assem bled for Farm Week at the World’s Fair, it was announced. Mr. Wal lace will arrive on Thursday, Aug1 ust 17 and spend some time in con sultation with their leaders before the scheduled address. He accepted the invitation of Mr. Clifford Gregory, editor and publisher of the Prairie Farmer, and Mr. Edward O’Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, who arranged for Farm Week with officials of the Exposition. The week opens Sun day, August 13, and ends August 19. Mr. Wallace did not announce ,what his subject for the day would be but it is expected that he will 'discuss the recently passed legisla non at Washington Which made him veritable dictator of the des tinies of the American farmer. The Exposition is now making arrangements through its housing bureau to prepare approved lists of inexpensive eating and living quarters so that farmers can make the trip to Chicago with economy. Do You Know The Answer? Turn to back page for answers 1— How many references to Cain’s wife are there in the Bible? 2— In which British common-! wealth is there a state named Vic toria? 3— -How many stripes are there in the shield of the U. S. ? 4— Where was Francis Scott Key born? 5— For what name is "Tillie” a nickname? 6— Where was Nicholas Murray Butler born? 7— In which Province of Can ada is the city of Calgary? 8— What great convention was held to settle the affairs of Europe after the Napoleonic wars? 9— Name the most famous football coach of Notre Dame un iversity. 10— —In the Catholic church what is the meaning of the term "power of the Keys NEWS BRIEFS \hayes u. c. t. president The executive body of the Unit ed Commercial Travelers met ir Charlotte to eieci P. A. Hayes, ol Greensboro, as grand councillor 01 the state unit for the ensuing year Charlotte was awarded the 1934 convention. NEW BERN MAN IS SLAIN The body of William H. Whit ford, 5 5, New Bern taxi driver was found Sunday night near : Beaufort county road, with twi bullet wounds in the head and th< skull beaten in. It is cstimatec was killed Saturday night, anc robbery is thought the motive. NAZIS WIN CHURCH VOTE The German Protestant churcl election to choose 400,000 elder: •and governors, who in turn wil establish a national church organi zation, .was won by Nazi support ers and Germ4§i«ffe0tC!jjanism wa .delivered Into tne hands of the na tional government of Adolf Hitler TAYLOR HEADS CITY LENGU& Mayor James A. Taylor, of Ox ford, was, at Wrightsville Beach chosen president of: the N.' C Municipal league for the next year succeeding Mayor George W. Coan Jr., Winston-Salem. Andrew Joy ner, Jr., city manager • of Greens boro, was chosen vice-president, and F- J. Peterson, Jr., Winston Salem, was returned -as secretary. POSSE SLAYS BANK ROBBER Three men robbed a Yorkville, 111., bank. A ■ community posse of HQ, armed with shotguns, got on the trail at once. One robber was shot down in woods near the over turned car of the gang,' and the two, others were arrested. MOLLISONS SPAN ATLANTIC Amy and , Jim Mollison, British fliers , of , renpwn, crashed their small, plane into marshlands near Bridgeport, Conn., Sunday night failing by only a few miles in their attempted flight from Wales t.> New York. N. C. MOTOR DEATHS INCREASE Statistics, show that 345 persons were killed and 2,029 injured in North Carolina in 1,451 motor ac cidents in the first half of 1933. The first six months of 1932 show ed 280 killed, 2,204 injured and 1,548 accidents. DETECTIVE’S SLAYER. TO DIE . A Durham jury last week found Jesse Brooks, Georgia negro, guilty of the premeditated killing of Police Detective Roland Gill and Brooks was sentenced to die in the electric chair. He shot Gill when the detective surprised him on Tune 10 in the act of robbing a store. PARKER HEADS N. C. PRESS J. Roy Parker, of Ahoskie, pub lisher of four weekly newspapers, was chosen by the N. C. Press as sociation in annual summer meet ing held at Manteo, as president for the ensuing year. Miss Bea-j trice Qobb, Morganron, was re turned as secretary. GOVERNOR FIRES COMMISSION Georgia’s public service commis sion of five members was ousted from office last week by order of Governor Eugene Talmadge who charged the board with incompet ence, with sanctioning excessive utility rates, and with aiding the Georgia Power company to estab* |ish . a state monopoly in electric power. — 1 ; ---- S— Bus. Pledges Are Given ToPresident 5,000,000 Blanks To Go To Em ployers For Signatures . Plan To tie crease Hours Survey Of Unemployment Wilt / Be Made American businessmen began re cording official definite pledges to do their part in President Roose velt’s re-employment effort. The first of the agreement blanks 1 which are to go to 5,000,000 em ' ployers for signatures were being 1 distributed, along with addressed envelopes that will take back to ' Washington the individual promis ’ es to increase purchasing power by boosting pay and providing more ■ jobs through shorter hours for those now employed. Already President Roosevelt and Hugh S. Johnson, his industrial re ’ covery lieutenant, had definite- evi ’ dence from .an avalanche of tele grams that thousands would com ’ ply immediately mailing back their ] forms today. Meantime, Jbhrtson worked to remove the hesitation of rfhny who found that arbitrary interpreta tions of the agreement’s clauses would affect tneir business seri ously. Several thousand civic and com mercial units which have volun teered to lead nation-wide cam paigning to put the plan across re ceived instructions to set up mili-. . tarized organizations with a generaf and lieutenant general, the latter a woman, in each community, head ing a big staff. These units will step into action three or four weeks hence. In the final week of the drive they will make a block by block canvass to make sure of Compliance by pled ge-bound employers, to get after any who have not joined, to survey the unemployed, determine what work they are suited to, and help place them. Procedure To Follow Here’s the procedure you should follow when the . mailman brings the President’*' reemployment a greement around if you want to subscribe: Fill out the agreement form, place it in the attached addressed envelope and mail it. Keep the other form, a certifi cate of compliance, until August 1 or until you have put the terms of the agreement into effect. Then present it at the postoffice. You will get there a "blue eagle” poster or sticker to put in the win dow. You may keep it there so long as you abide by the terms of the agreement. If you want more posters and stickers to put in the window authorized local committees or dealers will have them. If the mailman doesn’t bring a blank to day wait until tomorrow or the next day and then get one from the postmaster dr your local campaign committee. .. ... APPROVE BLANKET CODE . . VV y .7 ;/•■ " ‘v , /y 7/ , . . /■’■ President Roosevelt approved the recommendation of the nation al recovery/administration that on August 1 'a. blanket code be sub mitted to all employers of labor for a voluntary shortening of working hours and an increase in minimum pay. , It is planned there by to put 6,000,000 idle workers back ift job* at once.
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