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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
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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;
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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
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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
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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
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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. ''
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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
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| . 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.
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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.
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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.
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Bus. Pledges
Are Given
ToPresident
5,000,000 Blanks To Go To Em
ployers For Signatures
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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
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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.