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The Oldest Newspaper Published In North Carolina
The Carolina Watchman
"The Watchman Carries a Summary of cAll The l^fws" ?
FOUNDED 1832—101ST YEAR SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 1, 1933. \ VOL 101 NO. 5. - PRICE 2 CENTS.
Labor Wants Shorter Hours InNRA Codes
Drunk > Are Fewer Since Beer’s Return
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WilJ Speed
Up Jobs For
Needy Ones
Working Time In Agreements too
Long, Green Says.
URGES JOB-SPREADING ....
Local Labor Leaders Advised Of
President Green’s Policy.
Labor intends to insist on shorter
working hour provisions in NRA
codes so as to make a greater and
faster speed of employment, accord
ing to information received here
from William Green, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
by local labor leaders.
Green said hours of work now
being inserted in codes by manu
facturers were not short enough to
take in quickly the unemployment
slack. Ffe added that federation
figures showed figures showed that
since March 2,000,000 had return
ed to jobs leaving about 11,000,000
still idle.
Hugh S. Johnson, national re
covery administrator, estimated the
number of re-emploved at 2,000,
000, predicting tins number would
be increased rapidly in the next few
months.
The labor leader said an inten
sive campaign was in progress tc
form unions and firing workers
into the federation. So far, he
said about 1,000,000 new members
had been added to the rolls.
Organization activity, Green re
ported, was going forward in steel,
rubber and automobile, and other
mass production plants, with the
intention cf setting up a "federal
union” to take in all crafts. This
method of organization would sup
ersede the old order of creating uni
ons embracing individual crafts.
Luther League
Picks Officers
North Carolina Luther league, ir
session here this week with more
than 200 delegates registered, elect
ed officers for the new year. Joe
Moretz of Hickory, was re-electec
president.
The other officers chosen were:
George Lentz of Winston-Salem
vice president; Miss Mildred Props!
of Concord, recording secretary
Miss Sarah Roof of Lincolnton, sta
tistical secretary; Homer Lyerly oi
Salisbury, treasurer; Qjrl Fink oi
Salisbury, archivist; Walter Cool
of Salisbury, member of the execu
tive committee to serve two years
Wednesday night, Ur. M. l
Stirewalt addressed the conventioi
and in the afternoon the principa
speaker was Rev. J. L. Thombur;
of Statesville.
Business sessions were held Thurs
day morning and afternoon and th
yearly meeting came to a clos<
Thursday evening with a banquet
FATHER KILLS
SMALL DAUGHTER
C. W. Cunningham put an em
to his daughter’s life after a fear
ful accident. The child was thre
years old, and (the father co>il<
not endure the agony of seeing he
suffer. 'He is beng held at Bev
erly, Mass.
MACHADO GOES TO CATTAD,
Machado, the deposed presiden
of Cuba, is taking temporary ex
ile in Canada. He is at preset
a man without a country.
I W£ IDO OUR PAWf |
NEWS
BRIEFS
| BANKERS CHOOSE ESKRIDGE
j Forrest Eskridge, of Shelby, was
; the choice of the Ncrth Carolina
Bankers association meeting at
i Wrightsville Beach, for president.
iPaul P. Brown was returned as sec
retary. Governor Ehringhaus ask
ed the aid of the bankers in finane-j
ing North Carolina notes and bondsi
in this state and getting the state
from under the yoke of the New!
| York money lenders.
18TH DEATH EROM CRASH .
The eighth victim of the teriffic,
collision of a tobacco-laden truck
with a cr;Tm Si'l-nmjjerron, August1
22, Furney Davenp6fc>' !h?, like all
the other victims a resident of Le-|
loir county, died in a Lumberton
hospital.
1121 LAWYERS LICENSED
i In the last bar admission
nation to be administered I
| State Supreme court, 121 wc
'week successful in passing the test,
and will be licensed. Seventy-nine!
failed to make the grade. Here-!
after the test will be given by a;
committee of the state bar.
TOBACCO CROP DAMAGED
From 10 to 15 per cent damage
to the tobacco crop standing in sev-j
eral eastern counties is estimated! to
have been resulted in the high winds
of last week’s storm. Highway
damage along the eastern shore is
set at around $ 5 0,000 and prop
erty damage runs much higher.
ETHERIDGE GETS HIGH POST
R. Bruce Etheridge, of Manteo,
was chosen by Governor Ehringhaus
as the state’s director of conserva
tion and development, succeeding
Col. J. W. Harrelson. James P.
Rflwley, Highj Point, succeedied
Mr. Eecheridge on the department’s
board. ,
2 KILLED BY LIVE WIRE
Curiosity led Leon Williams, 20,
negro, to touch a wire hanging
from a tree at Elizabeth City after
last week’s storm. He crumpled
to the ground under the shock of
• 2,300 volts. Heywctod Temple, also
' negro, tried to drag Leon free and
• in turn received a fatal shock.
1 PROBE WRECK OF CRESCENT
1 Investigators for the interstate
> commerce commission are probing
for the cause of th wreck of the
■ Crescent Limited, crack Southern
; flier, when nine of its ten cars left
: the track east of Washington.
• A bridge over the Anacostia river
gave way under the weight of the
engine. An engineer and fireman
iwere killed outright and deveral
j were hurt.
’ TEXAS JOINS WET COLUMN
J’ Texas gave a majority approxi
mating two to one in favor of re
peal of the 18 th amendment at
election on Saturday.
l CHARLOTTE MAN SUICIDES
R. C. Scruggs, 25, employee in
t a Charlotte pandwich shop, shot
- himself through the head. A spinal
t trouble and ill health are supposed
[ to have prompted the act.
GOOD
MORNING
"Young wife—"Tell me, dear
est, the easiest way to drive nails
without hitting my finger.’
Wise hubby—"Why, darling,
hold the hammer in both hands.”
Gladys—"Mother, dear, I adver
tised under a different name that
I would like to make the acquaint
ance of a refined gentleman with
an eye to rohrance.”
Mother—"Gladys, how lawful!
Did you get any answers?”
Gladys—"Only one—from fath
er.”—Boston Globe.
"Now, if I write 'n-e-w’ on the
blackboard, what dees that spell?’
"New.”
"Now I’ll put a 'k’ in front oi
it and'what have we?”
"Canoe.”—Boston Transcript.
The cop got out his book anc
poised his stubby pencil. "What’j
yer name?”
"John Smith.”
Yer real name,” btwled the
officer, who had been tricked th<
day before.
weJI, then, put--me <Jwtfcr;*r
WilliacS Shakespeare.” ” -
"That’s better. You cat)*t fool
me with that Smith stuff.”
"Teacher—"Robert, what do
they raise in Cuba?”
Robert—"I know, but I don’i
want to say it. Mother tells me .
mustn’t talk rough.”
She—"You’re the nicest boy 1
ever met.’
He—"Aw, tell that to the mar
ines.”
She—"I hav e—to dozens of ’em.”
—Annapolis Log.
He worked by day and toiled by
night,
He gave up play and all delight.
Dry books he read, new things to
learn,
And forged ahead, success to earn.
He plodded on with faith pnd
pluck—
And when he won, they called it
luck.
Automobiles run down a lot of
people, but we believe the record is
still held by gossips.
JOBHOLDERS have a tough
time of it. First we swear them
into office and then we cuss them
out.
NOW IT SEEMS the swimming
pools are being denounced as an un
necessary luxury. Tut, tut! That’;
what used to be said about bath
tubs.
THE STRANGE THING about
a frozen bank deposit it the hot
sensation it gives one.
Femme—You fresh thing. Whc
said that you could kiss me?
Middy—Everybody.
’Tis the last: check in the book,
I Left hanging there alone,
[ All its lovely mates
Have been torn and gone.
I’ll just fill her out,
Ah, ’tis so sad
I For she, like the others,
Is nothing but bad.
SOME MEN are worth their hir
and some might be if they wouh
just keep out of the way of th.
others.
OUR GRANDPARENTS ha<
; one advantage over us. It was s>
! much easier to face the music be
I fore jazz was invented.
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NEW REGIME WHOOPEE: Laughing, shouting, weeping citizens of
Havana throvg the streets celebrating after the dramatic flight of Cuba’s
deposed president, Machado.
CALIFORNIA TENNIS
STAR. Helen Jacobs, in
action at Forest Hills,
while she was defending
her championship during
the first round of the U.
S. Women’s Tennis
.Championship matches.
HAIL TO THE N€W CHIEF:
Sumner Welles. U. S. Ambassador
to Cuba, greeting de Cespedes who
became provisional president of
Cuba following the departure of
President Machado.
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A HAPPY DAY FOR ORPHANS: Happy orphans dig into "World's Fair Sandwiches"
while on a tour of the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. Named for the
big Fair, the sandwiches consist of chopped bacon and mayonnaise In all. 25,000
orphans will see the Fair this summer thru the efforts of a group of 68 prominent
Chicagoans who are sponsoring free tours for orphans.
PAUL WHITEMAN, Kina of Jazz, in
dulges in a bit of light reading —
“Whiteman's Burden"—the new book
whicHs tells how the famous and one
time fat bandmaster became 113 pounds
lighter! Mrs. Whiteman and Isabel
Leighton are its co-authors.
nnirfiTM. ■ ..... e ..
fix!
ON WITH THE DANCc ?
Soma Levkova, whost
lovely face and form have
made her Germany’s terp.
sichorean idol, caught
by the inquiring camera*
man in one of her dance
steps.
Repeal Will Bring
250 Million Tax Cut
Changes In
Law to Cut
U. S. Levies
Long List of Special Assessments
to Be Eliminated.
RELIEF IS CERTAIN
1.
Gas and Bank Check Charges Due
to Be Rescinded.
Gratified by the outlook for re
peal of the eighteenth amendment
and the upward swing in business,
Congressional leaders prepared for
a slash of about $250,000,000 in
federal taxes.
Repeal of a long list of special
. taxes put on in the depths of the
| depression was forecast by fiscal
> authorities.
The House ways and means com
mittee will meet before Congress
1, convenes to draft a revenue bill,
> and if the eighteenth amendment is
■ 'repealed before Congress convenes
I next January indications were the
bill would carry sweeping reduc
tions in the tax burden.
Plan Revisions
Regardless of the outcome of
prohibition repeal, the ways and
means committee, through a sub
committee, is planning wholesale
revision of the revenue law, with
a view to eliminating some nuis
ance taxes and shifting the burden
elsewhere. x
With repeal of the eighteenth
amendment some Congressional
leadersf declared the increase of %
cent a gallon in the gasoline tax,
enacted at the last session of Con
gress, would be rescinded. That
increase was figured to net the gov
ernment $65,000,000 annually.
Repeal of the tax of 2 cents on
each bank check, levies on radios,
automobiles, soft drinks and other
articles was forecast.
Budget Director Lewis D. Doug
las was preparing estimates on ex
penditures for the next fiscal year
closely approximating this year’s
outlay.
MOLEY RESIGNS FROM
CABINET
Raymond Moley, assistant secre
tary of state and intimate adviser
to President Roosevelt, has resigned
his position and announces that he
will edit a new national weekly to
be published by Vincent Astor.
County and City
Governments Pay
Small Relief Sum
Most of Funds for Relief Work
Come From Federal
Government.
North Carolina city and countj
governments paid only $63,000 oi
the $5 85,665 in relief expenditure!
spent in North Carolina during tht
month of July, the remaining
$522,388 coming from the federa
government, Mrs. Thomas O’Berry
state relief administrator, showec
in a statement.
The July expenditures of $ 5 8 5,
665 represents a decrease of ap
proximately 37 per cent from th<
$928,468 spent in June. The Juh
expenditures represent a decrease o:
approximately 56 per cent fron
the $1,323,248 spent during th
high winter month of March.
However, the per family expen
ditures in July show an increase o
30 cents, of $9.90 for each famih
in July as compared with $9.60 fo
each family in June.
Alimony serves one good purpose
, If she can make him pay, she is re
I luctant to shoot him.
Co. Court
Docket Is
Lighter
Sixty-Five Alleged Bootleggers Ap
prehended Past Three Months.
ASSAULTS RUN SECOND
August Summary of the County
Court Activities Tabulated.
The advent of legalized! beer has
not produced any increase in pub
lic drunkenness sn .this county.
The records of the Rowan County
Court show that during the past
three months there has been a slight
decrease in the number of cases, in
volving liquor, on the docket. This
will be seen from the following
summary:
June July August
Drunks _35_34.29
Driving Drunk 8_13_2
Violation
Pro. Laws_21_33_11
I f August, 1932,' the recordis
usssss 1
16 charged with violating prohi
bition laws; 10 with driving drunk.
It will be noticed from the: above
tabulation that the city police and
Sheriff J. H. Knider’s forces wreak
ed devastation upon the bootleg
forces of the country. Sixty-five
members of the "white lightning
fraternity” found themselves haled
into Court during the three month
period jusit passed. Half of these
being apprehended during the
month of July. The court records
show that practically all of these
were convicted in the lower court.
The sale of legalized beer and the
vigorous action of the local officers
have dealt a severe blow to the illi
cit liquor trade. A large number
of the defendants, in addition to
paying stiff fines or serving road
sentences, are under "further judg
ment” for a period of two years.
Consequently a subsequent convic
tion for bootlegging puts into ef
fect the rest of the sentences held
in abeyance.
, The records of the court also
show that County Judge J. Allan
Dunn has adopted the wise policy
of driving law breakers from other
states and counties from Rowan
after serving their sentences or pay
ing their fines. '
Interviewed in regard to this ac
tion Judge Dunn said:- “Rowan
County has its own criminal popu
lation, for which we are responsi
ble and which we must curb, cor
rect and reform. I do not believe
that we should unload, our criminal
_i_..I_l_I:.:— l... t r:_
ly believe that the good people of
Rowan County should not have to
put up with the criminal classes
from other states and counties. We
have had a large number of unde
sirables who have drifted into Row
an County and who have become
conspicious on our criminal dock
ets. I believfe that they should
make amends for th conduct here
by paying the fines imposed or serv
ing their sentence; then leave the
county. We have enough of our
1 own criminal class to deal with
' and we ought not to have to put
up with the riff-raff of other coun
1 ties and states.’
The County Colurt records for
the past month shows a general
• falling off of crime, as will be
: seen from the following tabula
r tion:
r June_-_148 cases
July.—,__:_-149 cases
August—..—130 cases—
August of last year (1932) had
-16 cases on the docket. %
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