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Carolina Watchman 3 Published Every Friday ’ r Morning At t SALISBURY^ NORTH CAROLINA \ E. W. G. Huffman, Publisher A. R. Monroe, ... Business Mgr. 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 Niinfluence of weekly news papers on public opinion exceeds that of all other publications in the country.—Arthur Brisbane. I ws no oy& paut THE BASIS OF OUR CONFI DENCE Once more we think it timely to counsel patience. We realize that many are impatient because the tide of economic recovery has not yet reached them; but we believe that it has set in and is gradually rising. WMether it wouKd have risen unaided as rapidly as it has, or whether the stimulants admin istered at Washington have accel erated it. we are not going to dis cuss here. Opinions differ, and the best opinion fhat can be ren dered now is more or less guess work. What we have faith in, above all politicians and their parties, is the sound, underlying common sense of the American people and their confidence in themselves and their country. One of the most _ amazing things about our economic depression has been the universa cheerfulness with which we have faced the strain. Every visitoi from Europe in the past two 01 three years has commented on this phenomenon. me attituae oi Americans is noi and has not at any time been that of a crushed and defeated people. We have, actually, fared pretty well, compared with the rest of the world, in what is now known by all to be a world-wide catastrophe. And we are -going to come through on top of the heap, as we have al ways come through in the past. We do not believe that all of the social reforms which those now in the saddle are trying to put into effect will become permanent fix tures. We think the people will choose for themselves which of them they will retain, which reject. We have no idea that the majority of Americans are so ready to sur render on demand all of the old American rights and traditions, as some of the doctrinaires would have us believe. We agree that many abuses have crept in, and we are glad to see some of those who have been feathering their own nests at the expense ; of others brought td book. But we do not think that anv important changes in human nature ai'e going to be brclught about by edict or statute. | That is, fundamentally, the -basis of our confidence in the future. We have undying faith in the high and enduring qualities of the Am erican character. «... -— The' President speaks—the coun ty responds. ^ We’ve been used to ^thift: lately,1 ahd it happened gain in Mr. Roosevelt’s optimistic radio jtalk of October 22. Gist of the •speech was that the recovery plans jare succeeding. The President re viewed progress made in employ ment under the N. R. A., the ach ievements in the field of price-up Iping and stabilization, the agricul tural adjustment Work, which has .won- fewer victories than was hop *ed. He .spoke also on chiseling of •the-'kiad that raises the cost of a ■shirt $ 1.00 ’ because of a 4-cent cotton [processing tax—reiterated his opposition to it. Most important of his utterances perhaps, was his definite statement that there would be no effort at d:!!ar stabilization now. Price s:;:b!!!rr.ticn is to come first—this, in his opinion, putting horse and cart in the proper relation. Next day’s reaction to the speech was a boom in securities, strength ening of prices and markets of all kinds. THANKSGIVING DAY We think it appropriate at his :ime to print the first account of the origin of Thanksgiving Day, as it was set down in 1623 by Wil iam Bradford, Governor of Ply mouth Plantation. The spelling and punctuation are just as Gover nor Bradford wrote it in his Jour nal. "Ncitwithstand all their great paines & industrie, and ye great hops of large cropp, the Lord seemd to blast, & take away the same, and to threaten further & more sore famine unto them, by a great drought which continued rrom ye 3. weeke in May till apout ye middle of July, without any raine, and with great heat (for ye most parte), insomuch as ye corne begane to wither away, though it was set with fishe, the moysture whereof helped it much. Yet at length it begane to languish sore, ind some of ye drier grounds were ipartched like withered hay, part i whereof was never recovered. Upon which they set a parte a sol lemne day of humilitation. to seek | ye Lord by humble & fervente prayer, in this great distress. And he was pleased to give them a gra cious speedy answer, both to their orwne Sc the Indeans admiration, that lived amongest them. For all ye morning, and greatest part of j the day, it was clear whether & 1 very hotte, and not a cloud or any 1 ugne of raine to be seen, yet toward evening it began to overcast, and shortly after to raine, with shuch sweete and gentle showers, as gave them cause of rejoyceing, & bless ing God. It came, without eithei wind, or thunder, or any violence, , and by degreese in yet abundance, as that ye earth was thorowly wete and soked therewith. Which did so apparently revive & quicken ye | decayed corne & other fruits as was wrtnrlprfnll rn cpp "inrl mn tro Tn _ dians astonished to behold; and af terwards the Lord sent them such seasonable shower, with enterchange of faire warme weather, as through his blessing, caused a fruitfull & 1 liberall harvest, to their no small comfort and rejoycing. For which mercie (in time conveniente) they jalso sett aparte a day of thanksgiv ing.” We have kept the form of . Thanksgiving Day, but ought we not to keep it in the spirit of those Pilgrim Fathers? THE RAILROADS’ FINANCIAL HOUSE In a recent address Philip A. Bensc;n, President National Asso ciation of Mutual' Savings Banks commented on the ancient suppo sition that one trouble with the railroad industry is that it is vast ly over-capitalized. Mr. Benson’s association comprises some of the iargest buyers of railroad bonds, so it’s a subject on which he can qualify as an expert. ' _ According to him, the rails, if anything, are under-capitalized. ^ Their funded debts amounts to only 40 per cent of their present reproduction cost. If the entire railroad structure were destroyed »_ •- _U _• JT*_I LV/lUVliV/tV ) 11, »Y V1M1U IWV^UllV. 11>C| billion dollars more to replace it than it actually cost. Enemies of the rialroads can’t blame their plight on top-heavy financing. Their economic, house is in order. Nor can it be blamed on inefficiency and waste—no business in the world has made! such' spartan efforts to lower costs in recent years.. The trouble with the railroads is unfair competition, dutmoded regulartory practices, and tax discrimination—and so long as these exist there will be a rail road problem affecting every Am erican worker and investor. WE WERE right much * *' * AMUSED AT what we heard 3. 3- * A CERTAIN married man » * * RIGHT HERE in Salisbury 3- 3- » SAY THE other day. You * * * KNOW HIM and for that REASON NAMES will not | BE MENTIONED. * A friend * * 3- * SAID TO him, "Well, how * * * IS MARRIED life?” He * * * REPLIED THAT is has made 3- 3- 3 HIM SEVERAL years younger. "REALLT”, *SAID his friend. "Yes”, He repled', "I smoke | 3*3 ON THE sly again,” * * * I THANK YOU. I,__ THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON | (Continued from, page One) I (Continued from Page One) sitting in on many code confer ences, Mr. Swope evolved a pro gram for taking the administration of the Recovery Act out cf the i hands of the Government, just as scon as possible after the major in dustries had' got organized, and set ; ting up a board composed of the representatives of business and in dustry to do the police work, and see to it that everybody behaved. The Plan Develops That has met with the widest approval in business circles, and, to the surprise of a good many. General Johnson had approved the idea. The administrator of the NRA. is, after all, a business man and not a politician or a bureau crat. A good many politicians don’t like the notion of letting all the good jobs involved in code ad ministration and supervision get away, but the signs point that way ! now. Business and industry hre chirking up. The really big busi ness men of the nation see a lot of good—have seen it from the be ginning—in the idea of organising business. It is what many of them nave been trying to do for a long i time but Government wouldn't let them. Now Government is not .only letting them but doing it fori them, and their fear that Govern-' ment was going to take them over is vanishing. Big men in the oil industry sayj that the new oil code is the best! thing that has ever happened to the industry. Everybody except a few; recalcitrants agrees that what the coal industry has needed for years is organization. That goes for all of the other "resource” industries,; such as lumber, fisheries, mining of all kinds. SCHOOL BOY STABS TEACHER C. C. Cates, high school prin cipal at Stem, was stabbed . by James Satterwhite, an 18-year-old student. The boy was dismissed1 for alleged disorderly conduct and ordered to leave the school. Cate’s condition is regarded as serious, and the boy is under bond to ap pear at he November term of Su perior court in Granville county. I HE FELLER THET ! SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME IM YELL ING FOR AN EVEN BREAK IS USUALLY LOOK) Kl' for more ’g-N THAT. i I OPEN FORUM Salisbury, N. C. Nov. 15,1933. To the Editor of the Carolina Watchman: Please allow me space for a few observations on ithe ever present problems that arise from the fact| that "the love for money is the root of all evil”. N write with the assurance of hearty support from all_thcse who believe in moral sua sion. There are many fields in which the love of money has deadened men’s moral convictions' and among these fields that of intemperance is prominent. In this, as in all matters of right or wrong, the Bible is our only guide and no where is it taught that the charac-j ter of a deed inherently wrong can' be changed by the payment of i bribes in the shape of revenue. If a thing is wrong, it is wrong, and no amount of privilege tax can! make it right or profitable for peo-j pie to engage in it. In the matter of beverage aIco-| hoi it is not a question of what the! law allows or doesn’t allow; it is not a question of whether the rich or poor do the drinking; it is not a question of whether'the drink is beer or wine or hard liquor; but the point is that alcohol is a habit- j forming drug, a deadly poison. The more one drinks the more he wants, and the more uie drinker and all his dependents’ are handicapped for life. It is a shame and a disgrace for any government to seek revenue by the destruction of its citizens. What shall be said of the so called "bootlegger”? Has any man who sells alcoholic poison contrary^ to the expressed will of the people; stopped to think of the true nature j cf his deeds? Does he stop to think of the distress that he is bringing to women and children. Has he stopped to think of the hindrance that he brings to legitimate busi ness? Has he stopped to think of the inefficiency that he inflicts up-' on firms that are trying to serve the public? Has he stopped to think on the fact that he is para site on society, that he an undesir able, and that nothing but the re deeming grace of God can ever make his name an honorable name? Has he ever stopped to think of the disgrace that he is bringing up on his family, if he has a family? By their votes the people of North Carolina have said to all of ficers, to judges and to juries, to magistrates, sheriffs and policemen that the laws of our state are to be enforced. They have said to all thes officers that the "bootlegger” must go. They have said that wherever proofs of this disgraceful business are found that such proof are to be lodged with the authori ties. This is no time folr twaddle about insufficient I enforcement laws by those who in the same breath beg for the weak ening of those laws. There are twenty-nine states in the Union that are against pouring poison down the throats of their citizens. The demand is for the enforcement of law against the bootlegger and the call is going to be more and mere insistent, just as the tendency will be back to prohibition. This country is no place for! special privilege. This country’s being and existence have been pur-i chased at the cost of too many sacrificial lives to be made a field of pilage on the part of thieves, gamblers, and the purveyors of al coholic poison. GILBRETH L. KERR. , FIRST SUNDAY GAMES ON PHILLY GRIDIRONS Philadelphia—Sport fans estimat ed by police to number 5 0,000 saw legalized Sunday football games in j Philadelphia for the first time in the city’s histerv. Voters approved Sunday foot - ball and baseball at an election and 22 licenses were issued by the de partment of public safety for games in all sections of the city. Police reported the large crowds were easily handled. FAST FLIGHT TO-RALEIGH : James Wedell, holder cf the land!; plane speed record, was forced to halt at Raleigh by a damaged cowl ing. Out to fly from New York to Miami in four hours, Wedell had consumed only 89 minutes and had made 3 00 miles an hour. AVERAGE MAN Son: "Dad, what is meant by the expression, 'the average man1?” Dad: "An average man, my ■ son, is one who isn’t as good as his ^ wife thinks he is before she mar ries him, and not so bad as she thinks he is afterwards.” For an absent member of the family, subscribe to the Carolina Watchman, $1.00 a year. If He Lets Down the Bars for One — — —1 .. By Albert T. Reid > i 1 iggif 4. u T O OSTR^ Ww. ^ Reading Fun In Store for Boys World adventure thrills are in store for readers of THE AMERI CAN BOY—YOUTH’S COM PANION, according to word just received from the editor of youth’s favorite magazine. From the Arc tic to the jungles of Haiti, and from the plateau of Asia to the lion country of Africa, the editors have charted a course of excitment and fun in the 12 issues of 1934. Several years ago, THE AMERI CAN BOY introduced to its read ers the popular, black-haired Jim mie Rhodes, Army aviator. Those who followed his adventures through Brooks and Kelly Field', and with the 94th Pursuit on cross country hops, target practice, and formation flying, will be delight ed toftearn that Jimmie Rhodes has returned to the magazine. The new series takes him to Haiti where a revolution is impending. THE AMERICAN BOY YOUTH’S COMPANION, filled with the adventure every boy craves, with the information he needs, and the advice on hobbies and sports he is always seeking, is the ideal present for that son, cousin, nephew, and chum. It’s the kind of present that renews itself every month when the mail man lays a copy on the doorstep. 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Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing _ DR. N. C. LITTLE Optometrist Eyes examined and glasses fitted! j Telephone 15 71W. 107% S. Main Street j Next to Ketchie Barber Shop. J FREE MULLETS LURE VOTERS FROM POLLS Southport—Citizens of this town deserted the polls virtually en masse and swarmed about a men haden steamer for free mullets. The steamer docked here with five thousand pounds of mullets which had been caught less than an: hour before. To rid the ship of the fish, officers offered them free to all comers. Arming themselves with buckets, wash tubs, burlap sacks—anything ■available—the population unloaded the steamer in a few minutes to set a new stevedoring speed record here. • NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administra tor of the estate of Pearl V. Canup, this is to notify all persons having claims agaisst the said decedent to file an itemized, verified statement of same with the undersigned on or before the 15th day of Novem ber 1934, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. Persons indebted to said estate are notified to make prompt settle ment. This Nov. 13, 1933. E. L. WEBER, Admr. of Estate of Pearl V. Canup, Dec’d. Nov. 17-Dec. 22. —Buy in Salisbury— QUALITY COAL There’s None Better—None Cheaper CREECH 1 VIR GLOW Kentucky Lump I Egg and Lump YADKIN FUEL CO E. Harrison St. Phone 1594 SPECIAL this WEEK Change Oil for Winter Driving. .. We use 100 percent Pure PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR OILS FOFiDS 4-cylinder . . $1.00 V-8 . . . . . 1.00 CHEVROLETS 4-cylinder - - 85c 6-cylinder - - $ 1.00 I Other Cars In Proportion. “A Change Now May Save Trouble Later” Xiis5iie$(isXl5i! SALISBURY Ignition and Battery Company 122 W. Fisher St. - - Phone 299
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