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NORTH CAROLINA H - OF ALL XHE NEW
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Farley Warns States; I
‘Fight Evils Of Past’
Success or Failure Rests on Eliipiti
> ating Cbiselers Says Post
master General.
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STATES URGED TO ACT \
Those Without Regulatory Laws
Asked to Call Special Sessions. j
In the expectation that the
eighteenth amendment would be;
repealed on December 5 th, the ad-1
ministration has rounded out its
plan to meet the situation.
Shortly after it became known,
at the White House that President j
Roosevelt planned to co-ordinate]
the work of federal agencies thatj
have been studying repeal, the de
partments and bureaus moved to
meet the President’s wishes by des
ignating members of an inter-de
partmental committee to collate
studies and draft recommendations;
for the President.
James A. Farley, Postmaster
General, predicts that repeal will
be effective by December 6 or 7.\
Fie further puts the success or fail-:
ure of the new liquor regime
squarely up to the states and urgesj
them to act immediately to prevent
the return of the old practices that,
up to prohibition. _ j
"Otherwise,” he warns in an
article written by him in the cur-j
rent Cosmopolitan, "the old evils
'-ydl crop up in no time and we will!
have the rune fight to fight over!
again with all that it has cost
America in morals ;jnd in money, j
"Instead of chiseling for ad-J
vantage and large immediate prof-|
its, let the responsible people of j
the alcoholic-beverage industry sit
"down honestly and frankly with
the gentlemen comprising the state
boards of regulation and contribute
their knowledge and experience to
an effort to promote sane control,
and real temperance.
MINISTER TAKES HIS FIRST
PLANE RIDE AT AGE OF 105
"It was wonderful,” said the
Res'. Augustus F. Beard, D. D.,|
oldest 'Yale ^j-iduate and oldest
Congregational minister in the
United States, referring to his first
airplane ride taken on his one
hundreth birthday anniversary. |
Dr. Beard made the flight from
the Millison Airport, at Bridgeport,
Conn., at the invitation of Walter
E. Goddard, banker, of Stratford.
’St’s wonderful that I’m 100
ygajs old and was able to fly over
the!city,” Dr. Beard said. I
Has Husband Code
'Among rules included in his * ‘ hus
band code”, presented by Judge J.
M. Hartman in Domestic Court at St.
Louis, was hot dinners, with cold cuts
and sardines taboo, if wives are to
sleep late two mornings each week.
Dr. 5. D. Gordon
Talks On World
Troubles Tonight
Mr. S. D. Gordon of New York
City, and now recently of Wins-1
ton-Salem, speaks this evening at
7:30 on "The Present Troublous!
World Situation and the Probable
Dutccme. ”
Mr. Gordon, who has been
peaking twice daily at the Second t
Presbyterian church of this city,'
las recently returned from a speak-j
ng journey in England and on the!
Continent. He was there for a!
^ear and a half. While on the|
Continent, he spent CwO months in;
jeneva, Switzerland, with his own;
'Quiet Talks” gatherings daily, |
also sitting day by day in the|
press gallery of the League of Na
tions Assembly, watching, listen-1
Ing, thinking, wondering.
There were some fifty-odd na
tions of all the earth there in their,
official representatives. It was an!
unusual opportunity to get the
world outlook. One could feel,
there the racial pulsebeat.
Large crowds are hearing him!
each evening, and the public is cor-j
dially invited to attend and shade
with the members of the Second
Presbyterian church the rare priv
elege that is theirs in hearing Mr. i
Gordon. His subject next Sunday;
will be as follows: 11 a. m.,|
"Gcd On A Wooing Errand to the!
Earth”; 7.30 p. m., "Pitching Tent
On Olivet.”
Repeal Election Ballots j
In State On Two Issues!
Raleigh—North Carolinians by
the "hundreds of thousands will
march to the polls on November 7
to name delegates to sit in the state
contention n repeal of the 18th
amendment but unless they |aIso
approve the convention the dele
gates will never meet in formal
session.
In- the law calling the election,
the legislature specificaly set forth
that two questions are to be decid
ed by the voters: (1) Shall there
be a convention; (2) election of
either wet or dry delegates to the
cnvcntion.
Shbuld North Carolina’s popular
vote^show a dry majority it is very
likelv the cnvention will not be
P held. The United Dry Forces are
1; campaigning for "dr)'” delegates
and "no convention votes.”
If the popular vote is wet, and
it can be wet while a majority of
dry delegates are being elected un
der the unit system of voting which
has been decreed, the convention
will likely be held, but which way
its votes will be cast cannot be
said with certainty until after the
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first seven days in November. The
convention is scheduled to assem
ble December 6 under the law if
it. is approved.
The convention will consist of
120 duly elected delegates if it con
venes. There can be only 240
candidates for the 120 seats) as the
legislature has ordained that neither
side may place the names of more
candidates' on the county ballots
than it is entitled to delegates. j
Delegates are allocated to the
counties on the same basis as mem
bership in the lower house of the!
legislature. Eighty-four counties®
will have one vote each in the con-i
vention. The other 16 counties will
have 36 votes.
Results of the voting on-the con
vention must be reported to the
state board of elections here while
the law specifies that county boards
shall certify the delegates to the
convention. To procure perman-j
ent records, however, the state
board is also asking that names of
all duly elected delegates' be certi-1
fied to it, /
NEWS
BRIEFS
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PAYROLLS DOUBLED IN
COTTON INDUSTRY
The total pay roll of the cotton
textile industry has been doubled
since last March, and employment
has been provided for 145,515 ad
ditional workers during the last
six months.
This is shown in a report made
bv George A. Sloan, president of
the Cotton Textile Institute, to
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, National
Recovery Administrator.
The report shows an average of
320,400 employes for March.
3 5 6,-000 for May and 465,915 cn
September 1. The monthly pay
roll for March was $12,8000,000,
for May, $15,300,000 and is esti
mated at $26,000,000 for Septem
ber.
4 KIDNAPERS GET LIFE
Harvey Bailey, Albert Bates, R.
G. Shannon and Mrs. Shannon,
were on Saturday at Oklahoma
C'ty, given life prison sentences
for their parts in the kidnaping of
Charles Urschel, held for ransom
of $200,000. Thpee others got
terms of five to 10 years.
CLEARING HOUSE FOR
CRIME
_ Over 20 have been arrested in
connection with the uncovering of
a huge Chicago gang operating as
a clearing house for the sale of
stolen bonds and securities.
REESE LOSES ACID SUIT
D. R. Reese, who claimed that
acid was thrown on him during a
strike disorder in High Point last
year lest his $100,000 suit against
F. H. Clark, hosiery mill foreman,
when a jury in Superior Court late
Friday afternoon denied him a re
covery.
This was the second trial of the
litigation, a mistrial being ordered
at a previous term when the jury
was unable to reach a verdict.
GUILTY OF WIFE MURDER
Convicted of beating his wife
to death with an automobile tool
when they vi^re riding one night
last July, Douglas Meeks, of Wayne
county, was on Saturday at Golds
boro sentenced to serve 10 to 1$
years for the crime. Meeks claim
ed his wife fell from the car.
START NEW NRA COUNT
The National Recovery admin
istration has begun a new canvass
to determine how many people have
been put back to work. Some
authorities believe that, over 4,
000,000 more are employed now
than were in jobs in the low period
of last winter.
48 5 TAKE NURSE TEST
A class of 48 5 prospective
nurses last week in Raleigh com
pleted a three-day test given them
by the state board of nursing ex
aminers.
DEFIES THE PRESIDENT
Requested by President Roose
velt to surrender his post as a
member of the federal trade com
mission, William E. Humphrey has
declined to quit and will fight in
the courts for the right to hold his
job.
ON HIS LAST SLEEP
Ben Freeze, retired business man
and farmer of Woodleaf, had his
own idea about being "laid away."
His body was placed in the ceme
tery at Woodleaf Presbyterian
church Sunday afternoon following
his death, resting on a mattress, his
body clothed only in underwear,
and covered as if retiring for bed.
The vault was built under his own
personal supervision. He planned
that his wife should be placed in
same vault in the same way, be
ide him, when her death occurs.
TV® thousand persons witnessed
this peculiar burial.
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| Charged, Gold Hoarding ;
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j F. B. Campbell, N. Y. attorney and
j insurance company director, was in
! dieted in 18 minutes by a federal
grand jury charged with hoarding
more than $200,000 consisting of
gold bullion bars.-He pleaded not
guilty. This is the first government
ease against aileged gold hoarders..
hunters Urged
j To Be Careful In
Woods and Fields
Human Life as Well as Wild Life
j Should Be Protected Says
Department.
Raleigh—Every gunner is urged
to exercise every precaution for the
protection of human lives against
accidents that usually mar the
hunting season and to practice
true sportsmanship toward wild life
in order to preserve for the future;
'the best possible condition of I
sport in a statement issued by the'
department of conservaton and de
velopment.
Reports form all parts of the
•state reveal the largest supply of
jgame in years. This condition is
believed to be due to favorable
breeding seasons for the past few
years, protection afforded1 by the
game laws and a reduced amount
jcf hunting during recent years. }
; Ten rules of sportsmanship are
i outlined by the American Game as
j sociation for the preservation of
i the sport or hunting are outlined
;as follows:
1. Take your birds, in a sports
' man-like way and avoid excesses,
r 2. Select your birds and refrain
from destructive flock shooting. 1
3. Refrain from shooting at
birds beyond reasonable killing '
range. j
4. Never shoot at birds on the
water unless badly crippled.
5. Retrieve your down birds 1
and avoid all possible waste.
6. Do not patronize commer
cial shooting stands where abuses'"
are practiced. I
7. If you feed birds during the '
season, continue it as long as food
is beneficial.
8. Do your part to restore
breeding grounds and maintain [
refuges. - j
9. Be a sportsman—obey the
law and insist that others do like-1
wise.
10. Swat the crow and other
predators that prey upon game.
PLAGUE, IN MANCHURIA
Geneva—Reports that the bu
bonic plague had broken out in
Northern Manchuria caused con
cern to health officials of the Lea- j
gue of Nations, who fear that'the
disease may be the much dreaded
pneumonic plague which occurs in j
ten year cycles in Manchuria.!
Pneumonic plague is almost onei
hundred per cent fatal,, killing in'i
from two to three days. It is ex
tremely contagious, being spread,
like poison gas, through the air i
one breathes.
GOOD
MORNING
LUCKY BOY
Man (after being cleaned in the
pinochle game)—Well, anyhow, I
won t have to tell my wife about
this.
Eager Chorus—What’ll you do?
Man—Nothing. I ain’t married!
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EXACT OPPOSITE
Professor—What is the opposite
of gladness?
Class /in unison)—Sorrow.
Prof.—And what is the opposite
wtc?
. Class (still in unison)—Giddhp.
TOUGH LIFE
"I’ve had my ups and down's,”
aid the pedler at the door.
Sorry,” said dad, "but being
iard up myse’lf, I’ll have to turn
ou down too.”
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QUESTION
High Mucky-muck—Let’s get
our wives together tonight and
have a big evening.
Brother Lion-tamer—O. K., but
where shall we leave them?
THEIR FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Mrs. Newlywed—Just think,
honeybunch?
Mr. Newlywed—What is it,
peaches,
Mrs. •Newlywe<f—Day after to
morrowf we shall have been mar
ried three days!
RAGS AND RICHES
Wife—Hurry up, can’t you? I
simply must go out and show off
my new costume.
Hubby—Wait a minute. I
simply must cut the fringes off my
:oat cuffs.
EVIDENCE
"How did you know that that
ady was not my wife?”
"Heard you beg pardon when
i'ou stepped on her train, old top.”
TRUTHFUL
Young Artist—You are the first
af my mcdfels I have ever kissed, j
Model—How many have you
tad? --'j
Young Artist—An apple, a ban
ina, a bouquet, and you.
>L/P OF THE TYPE
Br'nging with him an electric*
lutomsphere, a young man strode*
nto the newspaper office and* bang
id his cane on the editor’s desk.
"Where’s the editor?” he shout
id angrily.
"He’s—he’s out,” replied, the
ilerk nervously. What’s he done!
his time?”
"In that advertisement for my
ralveless motor,” stormed the visi-.
t>r, "he’s turned the second* *v’ in-1
:o a 'u'.”
11GHT AT HOME ' * -
Her Father—Well, well, it’s a
Measure to meet my daughter’s
inance. I want you to make your
elf right at home here.
Her Fiance—Thanks awfully,
>ut I think it would look better if
moved in after the ceremony.
KEEPING TRACK OF THE
'AMILY
Flapper Ann—Goodbye, mother.
Mother—Just a minute dear,
iign the visitor’s book in the par
or before you go.
HISTORY OF A PANIC
"Only cheese for lunch?”
. "Yes, the cutlets caught fire and
t spread to the apple tart, so I hadi
:o take the soup to put it out.”—
/art Hem (Stockholm).
’ASS THE MUD
. Candidate—"I suppose in this.
:ampaign the proper thing for me
:o do is stand on my record.’*
Political Boss—"No, to jump on
:he other fellow’s.”—Boston Tran
icript.
I Millions and Millions 1
Miss Dorothy Fell, daughter of Mrs.
Ogden Mills, of New York, is to be
come the bride of Woolworth Don-'
ahue, grandson of the late F. W .
Woolworth, and thus will two great
fortunes be linked.
State Board To
Decide Its Policy
No Boycotts Contemplated; Con
tracts For Number of Needs
Are Awarded.
Raleigh—A policy of co-operat
ing with the provisions of the NRA
in making purchases of state needs
was approved by- the board of
awards of' the department of pur
chase and contract, but it was said
no "boycotts..were contemplated.
A. S. Brower, director, declared
in a statement that "it was noc
the opinion of the board that such
co-operation contemplated or re
quired that a bycott be declared
against any firm or individual
doing business in the state."
The board considered the status
of existing contracts "in the light
of rapidly changing business con-:
ditions and costs,” Brower said.
ana reacnea tne opinion tnat
"contracts recently entered into
should Jae carried out as originally
written.” . j
The department recently aiwrard
ed a contract to the Ford' Motor
company which has not signed
the NRA code to supply the state;
with a number of automobiles. j
Brower expressed concern that;
because of rising prices many state
institutions and agencies may notj
be able to stay within appropria-;
tions made early in the year.
UNLUCKY NUMBERS HERE |
If Dora Scheffskey, teacher of
the fifth and sixth grades at Mon
Mouth, Ore., is superstitious, it is
doubtful if she sleeps well nights, i
Miss Schceffskey has 13 pupils in
her fifth grade. Thirteen are in
her sixth grade. Thirteen go home
for lunch, and 13 eat in the lunch
room. Monmouth is also listed as
School District No. 13.
U. S. Navy
To Rank Third
Among Powers
Present Naval Program Will
Double Size Of Navy
By 1936
WILL COMMAND RESPECT
Building Program Will Give Em
ployment to Large Number
Of Skilled Workers.
With 5 4 fighting ships of the
latest and fastest type now actual
ly under construction, the tJniited
States Navy once more will be a
respectable weapon of defense
when the London naval treaty ex
pires, Dec, 31, 1935.
On that date, Navy Department
figures show, the United States
will have the smallest navy of the
three major naval powers, Britain,
Japan, and this country, but she
will be much nearer an adequate
size than she has been at any time
during the past 12 years.
On the basis of ships now under
construction and already in ser
vice. the ship strength of the three
powers that date will be: Japan
183; Great Britain, 161, .and the
United States, 108.
in Drier, tne present naval con
struction will double the size of
the American navy by 1936. The
54 ships pnow being constructed
represent 17 vessels well under way
by past authorizations; 32 ships
now being begun under the navy’s
$238,000,00, allotment from the
public works administration, and
5 ships not included in that pro
gram but now being built and to
be paid for out of yearly appro
priations to the navy.
Upon their completion the ves
sels will be assigned to duty both
with the scouting fleet, usually in
the Atlantic, and with the battle ■
force, which normally stays in the -
Pacific. • .,,
The 37 ships now getting under
way in the current program to
furnish employment will include
radical innovations in the Ameri
can navy.
One entire new class of vessel
has been introduced—the', 1,8 5 0
ton destroyer—of which ei^ht are
being built. These are about 450 ’
tons heavier than and destroyers -
previously built by the navy. The
lighter class of which 20 i(re in
cluded in the new program-, will ■
have a displacement of 1,500’ tons
instead of the old figure of 1,400
tons.
Internatonal economy demands
that very little be said about the
latest Cuban disorders having start
ed in the town of Moron.
Huffman Appointed
Chief Clerk to Ways
& Means Committee
Congressman R. L. Doughton,
chairman of the powerful Ways
and Means committee of the.
House, this week named his private
secretary, E. W. G. Huffman,
local attorney and publisher of
The Watchman, as chief clerk to
the committee.
Huffman succeeds Eugene Fly
who resigned June 22 to become
commissioner of internal revenue
for Mississippi.
Since duly 1, J. W. Van Hoy,
attorney of Statesville, was clerk
to the committee. Mr. Van Hov
resigned October 1st to resume the
practice of law in the Iredell
county seat. He is understood1 to
be in line for another federal po
sition.
Huffman was appointed secre
tary to Mr. Doughton the past
summer.
IS-YEAR OLD GIRL, WIFE,
MOTHER, WIDOW
Viola Squires thought her cup of
happiness was full when she became
the 14-year old bride oi Roy Leary,
of Shiloh, Camden county. But
fate was unkind to her when her
husband was taken following an
operation for appendicitis. The
youth was a basketball player and
of robust constitution but the ap
pendicitis attack proved fatal.
On September 16 a daughter was
born who will never see its father^
Mrs. Leary will not be 15 years old
until November 11. Thus it will
be seen the young girl has been a
wife, mother and widow before
reaching her 15 th year.
Probably the greatest invention
of the age is a woman’s method
of concealing it.