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FOUNDED 1832—101ST YEAR SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, 20, 1933. VOL 101 No. 12. PRICE 2 CENTS
Textile Industry Adds 140,000
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Survey Reveals
Higher Wages
Sloan Reports
Cotton Textile Institute Secs In
dustry Leading Nation To
Recovery
40 HOUR WEEK PRAISED
Payrolls Show 100 Per Cent Increase
Over Early March Figures
A picture of whirring spindles
and fatter pay envelopes in the na
tion’s cotton mills was drawn by
speakers at the eighth annual mept-l
ing of the Cotton Textile Institute.'
George A. Sloan, president, said
the national recovery administra-j
tion had helped the industry to add
thousands of workers to its payrolls
and to boost wages.
Declaring employment figures
were "back to pre-depression levels”
and the weekly payroll was 100 per
cent higher than that of early
March, he said:
"The 40-hour-week had the ef
fect of reduucing the wtorking week
in cotton manufacturing on anj
average of 25 per cent. An employ
ment survey brought cut that dur
ing the last week of August the
number of persons on mill payrolls
had increased to the-extent of 140,-j
000 workers, or 40 per cent com-j
pared with the first week in .
ivurcn.
With respect to wages, he said: <
"The average for seven occuoa- i
tional groups in 1932Nthat earned, ]
according to government reports ,
more than the minimum wage now
prescribed by the code, was 34.9 j
cents an hour; in August, 1933, the!
average for the same group was
43.9 cents per hour or an increase!
in the hourly rate of 25 per cent.|
Turthermore, the August, 193 3,'
rate for this grouD was about 40 o-'n
cent in excess of the code mini
mum.”
Sloan praised the spirit of co-op
eration and unity in the industrv
saying it had "approached the new
problem of our relati"ns with th<*
government in the spirit of volun
tary' partnership invoked by th'
President.”
GRAHAM CAN’T ACCEPT
Gen. Hugh S. Tchnson asked that
President Frank P. Graham, of the
Greater University of North Caro
lina, be loaned to the federal gov
ernment to direct the economic
program. Dr. Graham is aoorecci
at:ve of the honor; but realizes that
bis state needs him in its own pro
gram tc such an extent that he can
npt be spared.
UNION APPROVES STRIKE
Pawtucket, R. I.—Strike of
2,200 silk and rayon workers in the
Pawtucket and Central Falls area,
•called without the sanction of the
United Textile Workers of Ameri
ca union, received the approval of
thje executive committee of the
local branch of the union.
GETS LARGE ALIMONY
New Orleans—Mrs. George M.
Cox, whose husband recently of
fered $25,000 for her safe return
after he reported she had been kid
naped, was awarded $1,000 a
month alimony in civil district
court here today, pending disposi
tion for a divorce.
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LIFE TERM FO Q ' TTACK
Life sentences ^ tate’s prisor
were imposed at ai iderson or
Beaufort Kelly and i da Bullock
two negroes who were convicted
of kidnaping and assaulting Mary
Van Dyke, 16, Vance county girl,
on August 23. Judge R. “Hunt
Parker declared the sentence ex
cessive but his own hands tied' by
the statute. He will recommend
to the governor that the sentences
be commuted to shorter terms.
NAMED HOME OWNERS AIDE
Eric Rodgers, Greensboro news
paper man, has been named assist
ant manager of the Federal Home
Owners Loan corporation in North
Carolina, Manager Alan S. O’Neal
announces.
CHECKS TO COTTON
GROWERS
Over eight hundred thousand
checks to cotton farmers of the
south totaling over 87 millions of
dollars have gone out as rental or
benefit checks from the agricultur
al adjustment administration. Cot
ton growers who take part in the
1934 program to reduce plantings
to 25 mijlion acres will receive
rental payments ranging from $3
to $ 11 an acre.
iPEX SCHOOL TRAGEDY
Exploding chemical in an Apex
lassrocm injured nine students and
he teacher. Lucille Allen and
dary Finch lost the sight in their
ight eyes, the other eight being cut
>y flying glass.
U. D. C. ELECTS MRS.
WOODARD
The state division of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, at
its concluding annual convention
at High Point, elected Mrs. James
E. Woodard, of Wilson as presi
dent, selected Chapel Hill for theii
1934 meeting.
NURSES RETAIN LEADER
The North Carolina Nurses as
sociation in annual convention ir
Winston-Salem, retained Miss
Hettie Reinhardt, of that city, a:
president.
SIGN TOBACCO AGREEMEN1
The companies buying tobacct
for domestic consumption havt
signed in Washington the agree
ment, to pay an average price of 17
cents per pound for the 250,000,
000 pounds or more of flue-curec
tobacco they will buy from tht
present crop. Buyers for export
have promised to co-operate in tlu
effort to secure parity prices fot
the entire crop.
$50,000 FOR SPECIAL STUDY
Albert Coates, director of the
Institute of Government, announ
ces that citizens of the state have
pledged $50,000 to endow the in
stitute’s researches into local gov
ernment for three years. Five men
will constitute the . research staff
with offices at Chapel Hill.
SENTENCED TO BE
ELECTROCUTED
Lonnie McCallum, negro, was
sentenced by Judge Sinclair to be
electrocuted December 8, for the
shooting of his wife, Mary, down
in a church near Rowland, N. C.,
'on August 14.
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Do You Know The Answer?
Continued on page eight
1. On the stock market, what
is a "bear?’’
2. What is the name for salmon
after spawning?
3. What is the name for a seg
ment of a straight line of a defi
nite length in a definite direction?
4. Who coined the phrase "wea
sel words?”
5. What is the Eskimo name
for canoe?
6. Who was Tobani?
7. Who painted the famous
"Lady with the Fan?”
8. What is the plural of cheese?
9. In what state is Buncombe
county?
10. What is chlorophyll?
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Ignores Robbers’ Guns
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j The bank robbeft at Brookline,
1 Maas., had sawed-off shotguns leveled
at all when Miss Mary Buckley,
' (above) dropped to the floor, crawled
' along behind the counter, reached an
| alarm signal . . . and frustrated a
i daring robbery.
White House Dry
Until Repeal
| Washington.—The White House
| will continue dry until actual re-j
peal of the eighteenth amendment,!
. Mrs. Roosevelt announced.
Whether the old custom of serv-1
ing wines and liquors at White
House functions would be revived
will be determined only after it be-1
comes legal to serve beverages of
more than 3.2 per cent alcohol in
the District of Columbia, she said.;
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MACON MOVES TO COAST
The navy’s great new dirigible, i
the Macon, has left Lakehurst, N. I
J., for her new permanent base at i
Sunnyvale, Calif. U
Ehringhaus Is
Given Backing
Friends Of Governor Are Urging
Him For Post Of National
Committeeman.
Raleigh—The name of Governor
Ehringhaus has been brought for
ward as a probable successor to
former Governor O. Max Gardner
is Democratic national committee
man from North Carolina. I
Started by friends in his absence
from the capital, the campaign in
behalf of Ehringhaus kept at five
the number of names mentioned
for the high party post.
The withdrawel of former Gov
ernor Cameron Morrison of Char- ’
lotte, had left J. O. Carr of Wil
mington and Julian Price, Major r
L. P. McLendon and C. L. Shup- c
ng, all of Greensboro, as possible,!
:ontenders for the honor.
Meanwhile, word was being!!
iwaited from J. Wallace Win borne'
>f Marion, chairman pf the state s
Democratic executive committee, | A
is to when he will call the group S'
together to make a recommenda-i ii
ion to the national committeejF
vhich, under precedent, will fill!
he vacancy. j |F
Winborne was quoted as saying1
te would not issue a call until he t
ompletes a term of coUrt in Ashe- t
ilk, probably about the first of C
November. It has been advanced e
he state committee might meet F
iere November 3, when National n
Chairman James Farley 'is sdhe- f
luled to visit the capital. n
National Commander
Edward Hayes, of Decatur, HI., i«
the National Commander of the
American Legion, elected at the
Chicago reunion. He was in the navy,
stationed mostly at the Great. Lake*
Naval Training Station as a,court
reporter in court martials.
'rARDNER RESIGNS POST
Former governor O. Max Gard
cr has resigned his post as national
ummitteeman from North Caro
na. Fie will eschew politics, it is
lid, devote his time to practice of
iw in Washington City, while re
lining his citizenship in his native
rate. Some see in the . action of
Ir. Gardner, a grooming of him
:lf for the next senatorial contest,
1 an attempt to defeat Senator
.eynolds.
ADIO STATION MOVED
Gastonia—After being in opera
on here for five years, radio sta
on WSOC has been moved to
harlotte, where it will be operat
i from the Mecklenburg hotel,
obert Morris will continue active
unagement of ohe station, and ef
jrts are being made to secure per
lission for greater power.
ilIn The WEEKS NEWS
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P RE OICTS
D E P R E S -
SION-HANG
OVER” — In
creased In
sane asylum
and jail popu
lations twen
t y years
hence will be
the toll exact
ed on the com
ing genera
tion by the de
pression, it is
predicted by
Dr, M. S. Tay
lor, noted so
ciologist. Dr.
Taylor, wide
ly known to
the country as
the Voice of
Experience,
conducted an
ex ha us ti v e
survey in
company
with two
other noted
scientists.
CLIMBING STAR—‘‘Will a torch song
raise the temperature?” This is what
petite Vera Marshe, star of “Take A
Chance,” tried to find out at the Havoline
Thermometer when she played hookey to
visit A Century of Progress. Photo shows
her on her lofty perch at the bulb of the
world’s greatest thermometer.
STRIKERS. DEPUTIES!
CLASH—Labor trouble* In |
coal, steel and auto Indus- I
tries were being adjusted |
as NRA program entered »
new stage of development. ^
Photo ahows deputies fir
ing on embattled pickets at ::
1 Anj^idge. Pa.
. A HINT FOR
FALL Is this wool
ensemble compris
ing gray and white
plaid coat and
dark gray frock
worn by Lona An- ||
t dre. screen star.
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FOOTBALL STAR —
Hueston Harper, who
, gained fame as a shot
% put star last spring,
k shows that he is as
H agile as he is muscu
* lar, as he dives for the
ball as tackle for the
|J University of South
j ern California.
| SETS NEW RECORD —
| Major Alexander P. deSev
| ersky, veteran of the Rus
| sian Imperial Air Force,
| who lost leg in the late
1 war, sets a world’s rec
1 ord In an amphibian plane
| of his own design *t aver*
| age speed of 180.3 miles an
■ hour.
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MORNING
ECONOMY AT ANY'COST
'Smith—My wife sure Is thrifty.
Site made me a necktie out of an
old dress of hers.
Jones—That’s nothing. My wife
made her a dress out of one of'my
ties.—Capper’s Weekly.
WILLING TO LISTEN
"Money talks.”
"Well, it can draw an audience;
now-. I’m thinking.”—Louisville |
Courier.
"I hear that young Merlin used
to believe in dreams, but he doesn’t
my more.”
"Yes, he married one of them.”
DOWN TO BEDROCK
"How are things over in Pou
dunk?”
"Well,” drawled the native, "if
the old woman who lived in a shoe
were to come and hunt for a home,
she might find one—but,it woudn’t
have any floor in it.”
COMPLIMENT
"I wish I had come to this hotel
a moijxh ago.”
"Ah, you flatter my place.”
"What I mean is that I would
rather have e^ten these eggs then
than now.”
GAS LOGIC
r-' Y *atl—-Geod-aightl.
Out of gas right in the mkMIe of
traffic!
She—You can’t stop for that,
John! Here comes a cop!
HIGH PRESSURE WORKER
Shc^—Don’t you know there are
germs in kissing?
Hf Say, girlie, when I kiss I
kiss hard enough to kill the germs.
ALSO A DEEP SIGH
"Is it proper to applaud a good
nove in a chess tournament?”
"Yes, it’s customary for thel
ipectators to give three loud!
snores.”
PRESCRIPTION PLEASE
Doctor—You have -a bit of a
chill. Go straight home and drink
a good stiff shot of whiskey.
Patient—Er—would you mind
letting me have that in writing?
DOUBLE SAFE
Mrs. Casey—Me sister writes me
that every bottle we sent her in
that box was broken. Are you
sure you printed "This side up
with care” on it?
Casey—Oi am. An’ lest they
wouldn’t see it on the top, Oi
printed it on the bottom as well.
CHARACTERISTIC
"The world is round, isn’t it?”
"Supposed to be, yes.”
"Well, ifvl wanted to go east I
could eventually get there by go
ing west couldn’t I?”
PROOF OF THE FAULT
Joe— Do you think that colleges
turn out the best men?
Jim—Yes, I was turned out in
my freshman year.
ALL INN
"Why don’t you give your new
bungalow a name? Something ap-i
piropriate. Othjsr Peop'je do.]
There’s 'Seldom Inn,’ 'Walk Inn,’
'Cosy Inn,’ and a lot of others.
"That’s an idea. As I’ve just
finished paying for it. I’ll name
lit 'All Inn’.”
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EMBARRASSED
"How kind of you,” said the
girl, "to bring me these lovely
flowers. They’re so lovely and
fresh. I believe there is some dew
on them yet.”
"Yes,” stammered the young
man in great embarrassment, "but
I am going to pay it off tomor
row.”
Reynolds
To Speak
In State
Postmaster General to Urge Repeal
Of Eighteenth Amendment
In State On Nov. 7.
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REYNOLDS TO BROADCAST
No Speeches So Far Have Been
Made By Wets—Drys Have
Been Active.
Raleigh—James A. Farley, post
master general and chairman of
the National Democratic executive
committee, is scheduled to make
a speech in Raleigh at noon No
vember 3, in the interest of repeal
af the 18th amendment, on which
the electorate of North Carolina
will vote, indirectly, November 7.
Mr. Farley is President Roose
velt’s right-hand man and his
speech for the repeal of the prohi
bition amendment is expected to be
in general a statement as coming
direct from the President. He
plans to speak in South Carolina
the next day and in Pennsylvania a
day later. AH of these states vote
On repeal of the amendment on
November 7, along with six others.
Mr. Farley’s speech her«.r is expected
to be a general rallying occasion
ibis presence will mean more than
that to many North Carol naans,
for in his hands rests the federal
patronage so many Tar Heels are
seeking.
Reports nave it tnat Senator
Robert R. Reynolds, Asheville, who
has just returned from a visit to
Europe, especially Russia and the
Scandinavian Peninsula, for the
announced purpose of studying
Soviet Russia and the plans of
liquor control in rheir countries,
will make one speech in North
Carolina before- the November 7
election, urging • the call for the
convention and election of repeal
lelegates to it. Reports further say
chat his speech will be broadcast
pver a state-wide radio hook-up.
Up to this time, no public speeches
lave been made in the interest of
repeal, while, several prominent
speakers have taken the stOmp and
che platform against repealing the
prohibition amendment.
Maryland Mob
Lynches Negro
Princess Anne, Md<—A negro
accused of attacking an aged white
farm woman w'as dragged' from the
Somerset county jail by a mob of
more than &■ thousand men, women
and children and was lynched.
He was hanged to an oak tree
just outside the town after the mob
had stripped him of part of his
clothing, attached a rope to his
neck, and pulled him behind an au
tomobile through the main streets
of the town.
As the mob made its slow prog- %
ress toward the scene of the hang
ing, various members leaped at the
negro, screaming and cursing, and
repeatedly knocked him down.
-Hie apparently was dead when
the crowd finally reached the oak
tree.
Later, the body was cut down
and was taken to the public square
where it was burned. The rope was
cut into small pieces and disthibut^
ed among members of the mob as
souvenirs.
CONTACTS LOST M. P.
Ottawa—For the first time in
three years wireless contact has
been established with the police
patrol at Bache Peninsula, 700
I miles from the North Pole.
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