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Carolina Watchman Published Every Friday Morning At SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA E. W. G. Huffman, _ Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable In Advance One Year _ $1.00 Three Years..— $2.00 Entered as second-class mail matter at the postoffice at Sal isbury, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. The influence of weekly news papers on public opinion exceeds that of all other publications in the country.—Arthur Brisbane. FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1933 BETTER BUSINESS Profits! Industry has been go ing along for three and one-half years practicality without them. This, month there has been a turn. Companies which have been run ning constantly in the red are fur nishing a market for black ink. Investors who have become used to going without dividends are looking forward to the reappear ance of quarterly or semi-annual checks. Here is how improved business is reflected in the balance sheets of some specific large companies: Chrysler Corporation—In the June quarter, net equaled $1.80 a share, totaling $2,310,000. This is within 23 per cent of the com pany’s record, achieved in the boom a ing third quarter of 1928. j U. S. Steel—Twelve months ago it reported an operating loss of more than $3,000,000. In the last three months it had a profit of $4,880,000. General Motors—Last year it had a second-quarter profits of 7c a1 share; this year it reported a net of 90c per share. U. S. Industrial Alcohol—Prefits! in first half of 1932 came to $32, 000; same period in 193 3, $229, 000. All business haven’t had an equally happy quarter or half-year, j But the general trend of profits is definitely upward. Most import-! ant of all is sharp improvement in the earnings of small) businesses j whose fortunes don’t constitute headline news. They represent the bulk of American capital invest ment, and their position is a great deal more solid than it was even a month or two ago. There is a black spot in the in-1 dustrial outlook—retail trade,! which is still in an extremely de-! pressed state. Best fact of all is1 that the upturn has been in prog-! ress for four months without a set-1 back. The fost stable barometers —car loadings, electric power, steel output—indicate continued- im-J provement. During June there was an 18 per Cent increase in man-^ hours workeqf in mf nuijacturing ! plants, as compared with May. Wage totals showed a 10 per cent jump, while cost of living went up less than one per cent. So far, purchasing power is advancing much more rapidly than pricesJ “Welfare agencies in most cities re-j port that requests for relief are well below former levels. A re markable feature of recovery is that1 improvement has been largely ap-. parent in heavy industries!. Ac-j cording to the Federal Reserve Board, this is the first time that a pick-up has not been almost whol- j ly confined to industries producing non-durable goods. The Administration has one raa or worry now. The poor results of the farm bill. The mortgage situ ation is more tense than it wasi, and it is apparent that present legisla tion is either misdirected or inade quate. All observers forecast that the act will be given a thorough overhauling when Congress meets aagin. A few months ago the most talked-about subect of them tall was inflation. Then it practically^ dropped out of the days news. The President had been given the pow ers he wanted, and nothing drastic happened. It looked as if they wouldn’t be used after all. Now inflation is preparing to take its place in the headlines again. The Administration’s de sire for a "managed' dollar” has1 not agated; it was simply shelved for a time while other and more pressing matters were being handled. A managed dollar is one which, in terms of buying power, does not deviate in value; it will buy as many eggs, automobiles, suits of clothes and what-not one year as the next. Our present kind of dollar is con stantly deviating. Where its buying power, on the basis of a fixed nor mal, was sixty or seventy cents at the height of the boom, it rose to $1.50 at the low in commodity prices we reached last summer and fall. The President has two courses open in inflatng the currency. Most obvious course is to lower the gold content of each dollar. Then by varying it from time to time, the dollar will theoretically possess a constant value, and will be immune to important varia-t tions. Another course is to order the Federal Reserve to buy large blocks of government securities in the open market, thus expanding the Federal credit. This would not create a stable dollar; it would, however, be tremendously helpful in providing a market for new Treasury' securities. Opponents of inflation say that the managed dollar is a golden dream which is impossible of reali zaton, and point to the disastrous effects of extreme inflation in Germany and elsewhere. Admin istration spokesmen say that mis carriage of a plan doesn’t necessa rily mean the plan is wrong. The public, confused by technicalities, is simply in a waiting mood. COMMENT OF ALL THE VIRTUES, SHE HOLDS 'THERE IS NONE TO TAKE THE PLACE OF LOVE. To The Editor: The news item under the caption' "Urges Hickory, Bible in Child' Training” in which Judge John M. Oglesby presents his opinion, has given impetus to a desire of mine for expression along this line. The judge declares that lack of iiscipline in the formative years of children is largely responsible for the crime that follows in more ma ture years and suggests as a cura tive, or rather a preventative, for this condition the use of a hickory stick and the ten commandments. This has brought to my mind the forcefulness of the beauty and strength which underlies the words of that infinitely lovely letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians con stituting the 13 th chapter of his first epristle to them in which he shows irrefutably that without love 41 else is futile and hopeless. Love is indeed the fulfilling of the law and is applicable to the problems of children through the expressions of patience, kindness, gentleness and an Understanding heart on the part of those whose duty and privilege it is to have the moulding of children’s lives placed in their hands. We can none of us deny the in valuable use of discipline and we all know or should know that the Ten Commandments are a basic foundation for the laws governing our land, but let us not lose sight of the fact that discipline and law' unaccompanied by a loving heart are lost upon most of us, especially are they lost upon children. I dare say there are more crimi nals and near criminals today for ’ack of love and understanding in early years than from any other cause whatsoever. A little child is without guile and is full of confidence and trust, he will respond to you if you meet him halfw'av. you are much larger, wiser and older than he vou know; vou must take him by the hand as t were and lead him gently, teach hm whelv and when he makes mis takes w'hich of course he will, cor rect him kindly and patiently as you would like to be corrected were your positions reversed';—As you so do this you will be moulding a citizen who will respect you and the laws of his land and one will come to know for a surety that God is. Love. You will perhaps be cheat ing the reformatory and the peni tentiary but you will be building a higher order of civilization. —MRS. M. THE NAME of one of the GENTLEMEN IN "today’s STORY COULD very well BE MENTIONED, but we * * * JUST COULDN’T name one AND NOT the other, so ;WE WON’T name either. St St St "YOU ARE getting along st st * IN YEARS. You should 3 3- 3 TURN YOUR thoughts 3 3 3 TOWARDS HEAVEN”, advised St St it A PROMINENT citizen in st St St A LITTLE advice st st st CONVERSATION WITH one of * * * THE TOWN’S best known * * WIDOWERS, BUT it was * * * EVIDENT THAT the advice * * :E WAS WASTED, for the :E * * WIDOWER REPLIED, "On s> s(. si THE CONTRARY, I’m chinking * * * OF GETTING married again ” * * * I THANK YOU. ---| PICAYUNES NATIVE WIT It’s NIRA never. —The Asheville Times. PLEASE ADVISE A tax official advises, "Pay your taxes with a smile.” Can we de pend on that, —Oliti Miller in The Atlanta Jour nal. ■> _ NATIVE WIT The college graduate will admit that education pays, but he hasn’t exactly figured out when. —The Statesville Record. D1R-TY DOG Dear Horace: I don’t go to church. The first time I went there they threw water on me; the second time they tied me to a woman for life WOMAN HATER. Yes, and the third time they will throw dirt on you! —"Horace Horse” in The Stanly News and Press. CHEST CODE An employer in New York has tatooed a Blue Eagle on his chest. Let’s hope General Johnson, doesn’t have to take it away from him. —-Christopher Billopp in The Bal timore Evening Sun. THE BELLS, BELLS, BELLS With Cabarrus Superior court in August session, the courthouse bell is singing one of its most familiar tunes: "C-h-a-i-n-g-h-n-g! C-h a-i-n-g-a-n-g!” —Radio in The Concord Tribune. EXECRABLE CONTRIBUTION General Johnson is calling uoon the women to aid him in the NRA drive. Evidently going to try fair means first. —The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch. FILLING DEPOT Did vou happen to hear Miss Nellie Jordan telling a friend in Broad street yesterday afternoon that she had to hurry on as she had to meet someone at the station and renlying when the friend asked what train she was going to meet, "Oh, I mean the filling station”? —Item in The Charleston News & Courier. NOW IT’S CIGARETTES, COT TON AND CORN Do you remember when the Old North State was famous for its tar, pitch and turpentine? —George G. Myrover in The Fay ettevil Observer. LOST AD. Is it an off season for peanut politicians, or has the administra tion plowed most of them under? —The Greenville, S. C., News. THE ETERNAL OPTIMIST Probe of Alabama lynching is be gun, says a headline. That shows that Alabama is getting to take no tice of such things. —The Winston-Salem Journal. COXEY’S CORPS The NRA battle is raging along the hiring line. —The Greensboro News. ACCOUTREMENT When it comes to getting men out of the cities to the farms, every one of them should have a jack knife in his kit with which to whit tle at the general store. —The Raleigh Times. PASSING FAST The passing generation is so call ed because it is passing at the rate of about sixty miles an hour on wheels. —The Asheville Citizen. Car Sales In July Double Last Year _ • Motor Vehicle Bureau Gives Sales Of Individual Makes For Past Month. Automobile and truck sales in North Carolina were more than doubled in July just passed over the sales of new cars recorded in July, 1952, while the sales so far this year arc more tl-.cn 5 0 per cent ahead of .he sales through July last year, figures in the office of Leland Harris,’ director of the motor ve hicle bureau, show. New '.ties of passenger cars last month reached a new high of 8,683, as compared with 1,778 in July last year and 2,3 76 in June, the the preceding month. To date this year new cars sold number 13,309, as compared with 8,884^ sold up to the same date last year, j New trucks sold last July number 693, as compared with 338 in July, 193 2, and 490 in June of this year. Cars of the lower price range naturallv still lead, but a few of( the higher priced cars have been sold. Chevrolets lead with 1,514, Fords sold in July number 821; Plymouth 611, Pontiac 175, Dodge and Essex 115 each, Chrysler 66, Buick 56, Rockne 47, little Austins 44 and Oldsmobiles 3 2. In the high priced cars the sales include no Pierce-Arrows, three Cadillacs, one Lincoln, three LaSales, five Au burns and six Packards. In the truck sales last month Chevrolets led with 374, Ford 15 5, | Dodge 65, International 44, GMCj 13 and little Austins nine. LUMBER OUTPUT GAINS Washington — The National Lumber Mnufacturers’ association reported production increased from 108,815,000 to 200,893,000 feet during the week which ended Aug ust 12. SUNI) Y DINNER | SUGGESTIONS By ANN PAGE WITH August nearly over, the har vest of fruits and vegetables is at its height. Most vegetables are both plentiful and low in price. All over the country excellent western peas are available. Peas are especially good with poultry, lamb and with fish, all of which are good choices at the present time. The root vegetables, green and wax beans and summer squash are all abundant and low in price. Tomatoes are ripe, sweet and juicy—at their best either raw or cooked They are delicious stuffed with a macaroni and cheese mixture. Peaches and cantaloupe are plenti ful and of excellent quality. Bartlett pears are delicious eaten out-of-hand or in salads. Nectarines are in market but their season is brief. Here are menus from the Quaker ; Maid Kitchen: Low Cost Dinner Pork Chops Macaroni with Cheese Mashed Squash Bread and Butter Bartlett Pears Tea or Coffee Milk Medium Cost Dinner Baked Ham Baked Yams Baked Stuffed Tomatoes Quince Jelly Bread and Butter Fruit Cup 'Coffee (hot or iced) Milk Very Special Dinner [Cantaloupe Roast Lamb Boiled Rice Green Peas Sauteed Bananas ] Tomato Salad Salad Dressing Rolls Butter i Spanish Cream Coffee (hot or iced) Milk THEBNLY B NO. 18 Beauty Industry Supports New Industrial Code i __ _ Mme. Rubinstein Joins NRA Via i Cable to President PARIS, Francs. — Madame Helena Rubinstein, internationally famous i authority on beauty, whose business ' il J .-a.-.- 41 MME. HELENA RUBINSTEIN interests circle the world, has cabled President Roosevelt at his summer white house at Hyde Park, pledging full cooperation and support of the National Recovery Act. Madame Rubinstein, now in Paris collaborating with famous continental scientists on beauty preparations, was enthusiastic in her approval of the new industrial plan and on August 5th cabled the following to Mr. Roose velt: “Details National Recovery Aci and the proclamation just reached me here. I pledge complete and enthusi astic acceptance National Recovery Act recommendations for my entire organization throughout the Unitec States. Am doubly happy to comply because I feel that women both em ployers and consumers have unique opportunities to make distinctive con tributions to the economic upbuilding of America in accordance with youi constructive and humane policies.” (Signed) HELENA RUBINSTEIN. When the news of President Roose velt's proclamation of the Nationa Recovery Act first reached the notec beauty authority last week, she imme diately telephoned over the Trans Atlantic wires to her New York office, asking for more details. With this in formation she accepted, without hesi tation, the President’s plan and joined with other American industria’ lead ers in giving her cooperation to this nation-wide movement. Brummitt Attacks New Constitution Declaring that the proposed nets state constitution is "deficient no! simply in what it does, but what it fads to do,” Attorney-General Den nis Brummitt made rejoinder tc the statement of A. J. Maxwell commissioner of revenue, published in the state papers August 1. The attorney general declare: that the proposed' new constitution would do these things: 1. Further centralize govern ment and concentrate its powers in the hands of the executive; 2. Instead of setting up needful and enforceable restraints in pro tection of the separation of the legislative and executive powers, it would break down some of those now existent; 3. Apply the short ballot to the public school system and thus in crease the opportunity to political ize the public schools; 4. Increase and strengthen the opportunity of the political ma chine and the special interests to control government, locjal and State; 3. Confer upon the Governor the veto power in such form that by holding the General Assembly in long sessions, as happened in 1931 and 1933, it would be im possible to pass a bill over his veto; 6. Remove every definite and useful restriction on the power of taxation, enormously; extend the field of taxation, permit, without a vote of the people, the levy of taxes for anything a court would hold to be a public purpose, to any extent, in any form, without any limit, and by any system of classification and without relation to benefits conferred or ability to pay, short of what a court might declare to be confiscation. PATTERSON ITEMS Mabel Wilhelm visited relatives of this communty several days last week. Several families of this com munity attended the picnic of Chapel S. S., which was held at Mirror Lake. Recent rains have helped late crops and gardens wonderfully. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Yost an nounce the birth of a daughter, Fay Elizabeth, August 13 th. SPENCER MAN IS SHOT BY UNSEEN ASSAILANT While gathering melons on his farm near Franklin township, Rich ard Coley was mysteriously shot from ambush. The small rifle shot struck his leg, and he was not seriously wounded. His wife was standing near him at he time. Of ficers have been unable to find any clue to the identity of the unseen assailant. Coley said he had no known enemies. LIQUID - TABLETS - SALVE Checks Malaria in 3 days, Colds first day, Headaches or Neuralgia in 30 minutes, FINE LAXATIVE AND TONIC. Most Speedy Remedies Known. Shoes rebuilt the better way. All kinds of harness, trunk and suitcase repairing. FAYSSOUX’S PLACE Phone 433 120 E. Innes St. 40,000 Men To Get Work On Roads i ■| >j ! The bureau of public roads ad [ vised the public works administn ! tion Saturday that more than 40, ’l 000 men will get jobs immediatel) I on the 4656 national highway re . covery projects approved to dati : from the $3,300,000 public work; fund. This number will be employee on specific projects for whicJ $32,3 68,543 has been set aside The bureau estimated the disburse ment of the full $400,000,000 roac fund from the public work: money would result in employ ment of nearly 5 00,000 men. Assignments to road projects un der funds allotted each state from the $400,000,000 fund have been completed except for Georgia. A j dispute between Governor Tal ; madge and the state highway com 1 mission delayed the road projects in 1 that state. MRS. MARY SHOAF | Mrs. Mary Shoaf, 86, died Aug. 18 at her home in Boone township, Davidson county, following a short illness. She is survived by three sons, Dock, Cleave and Tom Shoaf, 'all of Davidson county; five daugh : ters, Miss Janie Shoaf, Mrs. Mittie "Kesler, Mrs. John Koonr7., Mrs. . Mattie Leonard, and Mrs. Della Snider, and 19 grandchildren and ! 21 great-grandchildren. The fun eral was held Aug. 20 at Church ,land by Rev. H. S. Williams. Building Code I Received Here i - Minimum Wage 40 Cents Hour | Working lime 3 5 Hour* ,n ’ Most Instances. — ! Contractors this week begin studying a copy of the code for contractors of America, submitted to the National Recovery council me minimum wage will be 40 cents an hour, "unless the hourly rate for a particular class of work , on July 15, 1929, was less than 40 cents, in which case the hourly rate shall not be less than that of July 15, 1929, and in no event less jthan 30 cents an hour.” 1 The maximum working time was set at 3 5 hours a week during a six months calendar period and * not more than 48 hours for anv week in the period or eight hours a day for any one day excluding executives and supervisors. Not to Use Minors Neither shall a minor under 16 years of age be employed. Other provisions: "In the event that any buver subiect to this code shall hive con tracted before June 16, 193 3 to _1__1 5w«a, iuuu-ures, or parrs : thereof, at a fixed price for delivery I during the period of the President’s re-employment agreement, he shall 'make an approprate adjustment of j said price to meet any increase in jcost to the seller’s having signed j the President’s re-employment ^agreement or having become bound by anv code of fair competition ap proved by the President; provided however, that in view cf the fact that construction operations custo marily involve the furnishing of various goods and structures, or parts thereof by a continuous series | of independent long-term con tracts and agreements at fixed prices between various parties, such as owners (including governmental departments'), builders, contractors, sub-contrarr-ms and other, such ad ustments sh-dl be contigent upon similar appropriate adjustments to , be made bv all other parties thus j participating, from and including the initial vendor of such goods and structures or parts thereof to and including the initial vendor of i such goods and structures or parrs i thereof to and ncludine the owner of the works or structure upon which they are used.” But we also need a blue eagle of the second class, with a sticker reading: "The spirit as walling, but the bank account is weak.” STAR LAUNDRY "The Good One" Launderers and Dry Cleaner* Phone 24 114 West Bank St. One Day Service BUY YOUR COAL NOW OUR SUMMER PRICES WILL ALLOW YOU TO SAVE ON YOUR WINTER’S FUEL SUPPLY. With each ton purchased this month we give a chance on the FREE ton to be given away SEPT. 1st. YADKIN FUEL COMPANY East Harrison Street Phone 1594 TRAIN TRAVEL BARGAIN FARES LABOR DAY EXCURSIONS ONE CENT PER MILE EACH MILE TRAVELED. SEPTEMBER 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. _ Final limit to return Sept. 9th. ROUND TRIP FARES FROM SALISBURY, N. C. Atlanta, Ga-$ 6.10 Jacksonville, Fla.. 9.30 Birmingham, Ala...;- 9.45 Norfolk, Va-_____ 6.15 Charleston, S. C- 5.40 Richmond, Va__ 4.80 Cincinnati, O. . .. H0.90 Washington, D. C.. 6.70 Proportionate fares to other destinations. REDUCED ROUND TRIP PULLMAN FARES. Also very low round trip fares to: New York, N. Y-$ 14.8 51 Philadelphia, Pa. ... .. 11.60 Baltimore, McL-8.15 | Atlantic City, N. J. 13.7C These tickets will be routed Southern Railway to Washing ton and Pennsylvania R. R. Through pullman sleeping car service. Similar reduced round trip fares will be in effect October 6th, 7th, and November 2gth and 29th. Reduced fare tickets must be secured before boarding train. Purchase railroad and pullman tickets in advance. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM.
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