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The Carolina Watchman
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FOUNDED 1832—101 ST YE ART" SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 15, 1933 . VOL 101 NO. 7. PRICE 2 CENTS
Fifty, Million Due State For Building
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Three More States Join Wet Parade
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Mass Meeting
To Be Held In
Salisbury 21st
Public Works Board Urges Appli
cation For Money
PAGE SAYS GET IT
Do Constructive Things For Future
Dividends
North Carolina stands to get ap
proximately $50,000,000 of the
$3,300,000,000 federal fund for
public works construction, the
state public works board reported
in urging that steps be taken im
mediately to obtain its share.
"The public works administra
tion in Washington would like to
have $5 0,000,000 in applications
for loans of worthwhile projects in
North Carolina before him,” said
Frank Page, chairman of the state
board which met in Raleigh to out
line the program before newspaper
publishers 5B3'building contractors.
Under the plan, which is designed
to relieve unemployment, the gov
f j-j'-nment will make loans for public
works at 4 per cent interest with
25 years for amortization^ Thirty
per cent of same loans, or "grants”
made for labor costs, dees not have
£0 be liquidated.
•Governor Ehringhaus, in address
ing the gathering, said the state of
North Carolina was engaged in an
effort "to do some intelligent plan-!
ning for North Carolina through
the department of conservation and
development, the highway depart
ment and the department of agri
culture.”
He cautioned, however, against;
"'reckless borrowing of easy mon
ey” but saw in the public works
program an opportunity "to do
some constructivs things that willj
pay future dividends.”
Dr. H. G. Bailey of Chapel Hill,*
state public works engineer, report-j
ed that some 500 or 600 proposed;
applications, calling for expenditure
of about $25,000,900, already have|
been received by him, and about j
"TO are on hand in proper form toi
go forward.
The largest application received j
so far came from the city of Dur-j
flam, which proposes to borrow1
$600,000, plus 3 30 per cent ad-'
-ditional labor “grant,” for erection
of a sewerage disposal plant, Dr.
Baity said.
North Carolina’s i share in the
, fund was estimated after Senator
Bailey, has estimated the amount at
$80,000,000. ‘ t , , r
Urging immediate action to. se
cure loans, Page declared “some
body is going to pay. the bill.”
"North Carolina taxpayers are
going to pay back about $100,000,
000 of the amount provided in the
program whether or not they par
ticipate in the spending,” he de
.dared.
Four mass meetings over the
state were announced to spread the
purpose of the program. The first
will be held in Raleigh Friday at
11 a. m. Others were scheduled for
Kinston, on September 19; Salis
bury on September 21, and Ashe
ville on September 22.
Selection of C. W. Mengal of
High Point and Staley H. Wright
of Asheville as state engineering
examiners was announced by Dr.
Baity. They will have headquarters
at Chapel Hill. Miss Elizabeth
Lane of Winston-Salem, has been
named stenographer-secretary, and
T. Jeff Jones has been sent to Chap
el Hill from Washington to join
the $tate staff. Jones is a govern
Went e^iploye.
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GOOD
MORNING
ALL AGOG
"How’s the public sentiment out
here?” asked the politician who was
passing through a rural communi
ty
"Still gain’ strong,” answered the
native. "There were sixteen cars'
parked in my lane last night.”
A Bostonian was showing a vis
iting Briton around. "This is
Bunker Hill Monument—where’
Warren fell, you know.”
The visitor surveyed the lofty
shaft thoughtfully and then said:
"Nasty fall! Killed him, of
course?”
Papa always gives me a book
for my birthday. [
What a fine library you mustj
have!
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"How is it he never takes you to|
the theatre any more?”
"Well, one evening it rained and
we sat in the parlor.”
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"A lot you know about animals. I
W’lhy, you don’t even know what
i lioness is.” i
"Hum, you can’t catch me;
there. Lionness is no animal \
Lioness is potatoes.”
"I have always maintained1,” de
clared Charles, "that no two people I
on earth think alike.”
"You’ll change your mind,” said
his fiancee, "when you look over
our wedding presents.”
A HEAD START
Staunch Captain—"Now, then,
my hearties, fight like heroes till
your powder’s gone—then run! On
account of this rheumatism in my
leg I’ll have to start now.”—Brown
Judge.
Mistress (calling to maid—An
nie, how about breakfast this morn
ing?
Annie (who had overslept)—You
need not bother to bring me any:!
I ain’t hungry this morning.
Magistrate—Prisoner, you are,
charged winh habitual drunkenness.
What excuse have you to offer?
Offender (brightly)—Habitual
thirst, your lordship.
Miss Lucille La Verne, the Am
erican actress, tells an excellent
story of a Negress maid who once
came to her tragically and1 said,
"I’se lost my instinct, miss!”
"But,” said Miss La Verne,
aghast, "you must be mistaken.'
You can’t have lost your instinct.”
"Oh, yes, I has, miss,” repeated the
fcolored ilad}( tearfully. "I can’t
smell anything at all.”—Sporting
and Dramatic News.
HOW COME?
Blinks (waiting wi.th friend) —
Was your wife ever on time?
Jinkst—Well, once she sat on my
watch.
So live that at the age of eighty
you can brag of something besides
having worn the same collar but-'
ton for sixty-one years.—Detroit
News. ”
"That’s certainly a very lifelike
snowman you have there. I almost
thought I saw it move.”
"Maybe you did, mister, we’ve
got my brother Jimmy inside.”—
Gobbin.
Captain (to gunner)—See that
I man on the bridge five miles
away?
Gunner—Yes, sir.
Captain—Let him have a twelve
inch in the eye.
| Gunner—Which eye sir?
School Teachers
Schedule Of Pay
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Grandma’s Dress!
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Attired in the dress her grand
mother wore to the World’s
Colombian Exposition in 1893,
Lorraine Hedlund, 17 years old,
'of Chicago, visited the 1933 Chi
cago World's Fair. She is shown
here enjoying the environs of
the Horticultural building.
County To Get
Prison
Rowan county is to have a mod
ern fireproof prison camp to ac
commodate 150 to 200 prisoners,
according to Ross M. Sigmon,
member of the state highway
commissipn. It will be built of
native granite which is to be do
nated, and prison labor will be
used to get the stone cm the
ground ready for use.
The prison is to be built as soon
as a suitable location can be secur
ed with enough surrounding
grounds to grow enough food for
the prisoners. The prison will
have a hospital section.
"BUY NOW” CAMPAIGN
Washington.'—Plans for ja' na
tion-wide "Buy Now” campaigin
were formulated here by the Na
tional Recovery Administration as
the next step in the march to beeter
times.
ROBBER LOSES CASH
Seattle, Wash.—The State su
preme court’s decision that money
found on a robber fleeing the-scene
of a crime must be Returned to him
was held "absurd” here by Superior
Judge Robert' M*Jones who refus
ed to quash a garnishment against
A. R-. Gaffney for $425 found on
him after his arrest for a bank
robbery. ' . '*
VARY $45 TO $90
No Increase Allowed But Board
Expresses Sympathy.
Salaries for 23,000 North Caro
lina school teachers were fixed at
$45 to $90 a month for the 1933
34 term by the state board of edu
cation. / _
Both Governor Ehringhaus and
Lieu tenant-Governor A. H. Gra
ham pointed out that the low pay
will work heavy hardships on many
teachers, but admitted that little
could be done to relieve the situa
tion.
The board voted four to one, af
ter discussing the salary question
for two hours, to adopt the salary
schedules proposed recently by sub
committees of the bccrd of educa
tion and of the state school com
mission.
Attorney-General Dennis G.
Brummitt cast the dissenting, vote,
having fought for a ten per cent
increase in all salaries. Baxter
Durham state auditor, was not
present at he meeting.
Graham explained1 that the school
commission had cut every pthfer
expense to the bone in order to
leave as much of the $16,500,000
school appropriation as possible
for teachers’ salaries, but even then
funds were limited to permit
authorization of higher salaries
than these proposed by the sub
committees. The salaries will a
mount to $13,000,000 of the fund.
N. C. Leads
In Revenue
Payments
Washington—The North (Caro
lina revenue district, which collect
ed $213,487,759.08, again lead all
other districts in the nation in the
collection of federal taxes for the
fiscal year ending June 30.
Income taxes in the state show
ed an increase of 11 per cent over
1932 but total collections were off
eigh^ per cent. Tlhfe drop fcvas
mainly due to a decrease in mis
cellaneous taxes, including that or
tobacco, which were nine per Cent
lower than in 1932.
The great bulk of North Caro
lina’s huge' tobacco industry which
paid into the federal treasury
$199,511,718.51 fn taxes on cig
arettes and cither rriknufactuiVd
tobacco products, the treasury re
ported.
BYRD TO VISIT ANTARTIC
Washington. — Rear-Admiral
Richard E. Byrd,, polar explorer,
announced it the White House
that he will sail September 2 5 from
Boston for a- two-year exploration
voyage to the antarctic.
Do You Know The Answer?
_For Answers please turn to page 2
1. What did the word budget
originally mean?
2. Where is the mother of Cal
vin Coolidge buried?
3. In what state is the city of
Kankakee?
4. Who wrote "Taming of the
.Shrew?”
3. What did the- Dutch call
their new colony in .America?'- ■
6. What is a papal bull?
7. Name the capital' of Argen
tina.
8. Who was Hebe?
9. What is the principal croj
raised in Kansas?
10. What is the name of an al
loy of tin with lead, antimony oi
bismuth? • .. . ■
Miss Arizona
“Miss' Arizona” visits World's
Fair on Arizona Day. Miss
| Margaret Boyd, 17, Phoenix,
Ariz., chosen “Miss Arizona” in
a state-wide popularity contest,
reviewed the World’s Fair Guard
drum and bugle corps on' her
arrival at the Exposition on
Arizona Day. "The Fair is
marvelous,” declared Miss Eo-d.
{Schools Face
Grave Crisis
Washington.—The very exist
ence of schools in many communi
ties is threatened, Dr. George F.
Zook, United States Cqmmissionei
of Education, said.
Zook called on the American
people not to make the children
pay for the depression, He said:
"I am convinced that many a
person whc|, during the last two
or three years, hesitated to or de
jliberately refused! to pay taxes did
Jnot understand that within a short
time such a situation would bring
to a standstill all forms of public
service, including the schools.
"Now with eloquent testimony
on every hand we can no longei
doubt the terrible effects of non
payment of taxes. One of th<
first obligations of any citizer
who thinks well of his country
and hence of his schools, is tc
make every possible effort to pa)
his taxes."
Not To Vote On
Horse Racing
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When Rowan county votes or
November 7th on the repeal ques
tion, she will not vote on any othei
issue, according to Walter Murphy
veteran Rowan legislator who ii
in charge of the repeal movemem
in North Carolina.
Several days ago it was reportec
that in order to save expenses th<
voters of the county would be al
lowed to vote November 7 on th<
question of having horse racinj
and pari-mutuel betting. Mr. Mur
phy stated that under the legisla
1 tive act regarding the voting No
vember 7,, nothing may be pre
sented to the voters for their con
sideration on that date except th
repeal measure. ’ '
NEWS
BRIEFS :
ATTACKS SALE TAX
High Point.'—Dr. John T. Bur
rus, member of the 1931 general
assembly and president cf the state
board of health, ever an enemy of
the recently imposed sales tax, vig
; orously assaulted this kind of tax
'at the High Point merchants’ pic
nic at the Jamestown lake last
night and deplored what he called
"the destruction of the schools,”
by the 1933 legislature.
MINISTER COMMITS
jSUICIDE
Mount Airy.—The Rev. Ira D.
Ferguson, prominent 40-year-old
Baptist minister shot himself to
death at his home on account of ill
health.
LET FLY HATCH IN RALEIGH
MAN’S EYE
Raleigh.—C. Trenholm McClen
aghan, Raleigh insurance man will
harbor the larva Cjf a fly in his eye
until next spring, it appears.
By springtime, the larva is ex
pected to develop and' fly awaj
freeing McCleanaghan from, weeks
of trouble arid c dun ttess vis its t<
outstanding eye specialists wh<
have been unable to remove tht
larva which got intci his eye dur
ing a recent automobile trip.
CONES PAY OUT $230,000
Unsecured depositors in the mill
village branch of the North Caro
lina Bank and Trust company, at
Greensboro, are being paid their
deposits in full, the family of
Caesar Ccsne making $230,000 a
vailable for the purpose in recog
nition of the fact that he founded
the original bank in the village. It
was later absorbed by the larger in
stitution, the affairs of which are
now being liquidated.
NO TAX ON ICE
Raleigh.—Ice sold direct to con
sumers by manufacturers from
wagons or trucks owned and oper
ated by them is not subject to the
3 per cent general sales tax, ac
cording to a ruling just isued by
the sales tax division of the depart
ment of revenue and signed by
both Director Harry McMullan and
Commissioner of Revenue A. J.
Maxwell.
THE NERVE OF HIM
i Salt Lake City.—After a “run
ning board bandit” had relieved a
motorist of his car, he found he
| couldn’t start it. So he dashed
I down the street after his victim,
brought him back and had him
start the motor. Then he robbed
him of $1.50 and sent him on his
way.
WOMAN, 109, DIES
Barbouville, Ky.—Victim of her
first serious illness, Mrs. Mary Hel
ton, one hundred and nine was dead
in the same room in the big farm
house in which she was born On
Indian creek in 1824. At her
bier gathered 117 grandchildren,
representing three generations, for
i funetal rites.
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MQUZON FIGHTS REPEAL
Richmond, Va.—Bishop Edwin
, D. Mouzon and the presiding eld
; ers of the Virginia conference,
: Methodist Episcopal church, south,
called upon the ministers and
members of the conference to
: voice their disapproval of the 21st
amendment at the polls.
■ GUNMEN GET $21,000
Indianapolis, Ind.—Two bold
gunmen, one wearing a mask, ter
• rorized employes of the Massachu
• setts Avenue State Bank here and
■ escaped with $21,000 in cash and
! currency. A quantity of the loot
waaTn small change: ■
Maine Long
Stronghold
Goes 2 To 1
Maryland Casts Heavy Vote tor '
Repeal
29 STATES HAVE VOTED
Eleven More States To Vote On
Question By November 7th.
Colorado and Minnesota voters
in addition to those in Maryland,
scratched ballots Wednesday amid
fresh predictions that they would
bring to 29 the number of suc
cessive States to approve repeal of
the Eighteenth Amendment.
Not one voice will be heard in
defense of prohibition when the
80 delegates to this long-time
"dry” State’s repeal convention
meet in Augusta, Maine on Dec
ember 6.
tveryone ot the organization
wets won in the election in which
-■the "birthplace- of- prohibition” —
and the home of Neal Dow, pion
eer prohibitionist, voted more than “
2-to-l for repeal.
Colorado is in the prohibition
repeal procession with a two-to
one vote.
Large majorities in the urban
centers swung Minnesota into line
Jwith 28 other states favoring re
peal of the eighteenth amendment.
A margin of about two-tct-one
in the special liquor law referen
jdum with two-thirds of the pre
cincts in, vanquished dry froces in
! the home state of Andrew Vol
stead co-author of the prohibition
enforcement law.
Of 29 counties that had com
pleted their tally, repealists car
ried 21 to eight for the drys
Maryland, which by voting, in
dicated itself to be over 82 per
cent wet, turned! its officials atten
tion toward the enactment of laws
to control the sale of liquor. Gov
ernor Albert C. Ritchie expects to
see -it back on the market before
Christmas.
Ritchie said that a special ses
sion of the legislature probably
would be called to consider state
control laws before the actual re
peal of prohibition.
21.414.000 Bales
Colton Foreast
Washington.—Cotton produc
tion this year was forecast by the
department of agriculture at 12,
414.000 bales of 500 pdunds gross
weight, compared with 12,314,000
bales indicated a month ago and
113.022.000 bales produced last
year.
The condition of the crop on
September 1, was 67.5 per cent of
'a normal, compared with 74.2 a
mointh ago and 56.6 on September
1> last year. .
. The indicated yield pet acre was
announced as 197.8 pounds as com
pared with 198.4 pounds indicated
a month ago, 173.3 pounds produc
ed last year and 167.4 pounds, the
average for the previous ten years.
The production forecast was
based on the preliminary acreage
statistics which placed the area re
maining September 1, for harvest
at 30,036,000 acres allow deduction
for the probable removal of acreage
repcrted by the agriculture adjust
ment administration, less abandon
ment on area not under contract.
Last month’s forecast of production
was i>ased on 29,704,000 acres. The
area in cultivation July 1, was 40,—
798.000 acres- .
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