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Carolina Watchman^ Published Every Friday Morning At 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 influence of weekly news papers on public opinion exceeds that of all other publications in the country.—Arthur Brisbane. j no OUH PAW? 1 DOUGHTON’S APPOINTMENT News that "Farmer” Bob Dough ton, of the Ninth North Carolina _ * _ . . I J* ^ ^ _ * VWUglVOaiUUAl Ul.7ki.lVVj JLd IU lkOl^ll from the chairmanship of the pow erful Ways and Means Committee at the end of the next congressional session to become a member of the Tariff Commission will be received •with tremendous interest through out the United States. In the first place, the Ways and Means Committee is a mighty important group in Congress and the need of a steady and sensible leader for that group is one of the most pressing in the country. The loss of Doughton from that post will be keenly felt, however capable his successor may be. On the other hand, the genial North Carolinian has made a study oi laniis anu &inurcu buujccts um so Jong that he should be welcom ed by the Tariff Commission 3! one who can assure it of wise de cisions at a period when wisdom is most earnestly needed. Congressman Doughton has long been recognized for several char acteristics!:—unswerving honesty, sound and constructive judgment on legislative matters, and a pro found regard for far play in gov ernment of the same type that is manifested in the best sports. He’s a man who will be valuable anywhere and likewise a man who will be missed from any position he is taken.—Winston-Salem Jour nal-Sentinel. THE MODERN SMALL HOME The small home of the future will be a very different sort of a place than that of the past. It will offer, at a very moderate price, advantages, conveniences and com forts that are unknown even in th< mansions of another time. It wil. be more attractive to the eye, anc ' offer infinitely greater possibilities for originality in design and treat ment. And, most important oi all perhaps, it will provide th< : maximum of protection against fire, tornadoes, hurricanes anc other destructive elements. The objectives to be attained ir the modern home, are low first cost, low depreciation, low main tenance and long-time economy, And for three and four or fiv< thousand dollars, distinctive home: embracing all these leatures. maj be had. In the not-too-distant futuri there is going to be 3 residentia building boom in this country America is "short” thousands ol homes—population drift, coupled with fire and obydencc and othei destroyers, have continued to in crease the housing need at a tim< when building of all kinds has beer at the absolute bottom. The wis< home builder, using modern ma terials and methods, is going to gel more for what he spends than th< home builder of the past imaginec would ever be possible. . -v» THINK IT OVER! | Before Prohibition there were only about 2,000,000 automobiles in the whole United States; now there are more than 25,000,000 High speed has been encouraged; the fastest road speed allowed by 'aw in 1920 was 25 miles an hour; now there is no limit on modern open highways. The automobile reached its pres ent stage of development in a period during which sobriety was the rule. It is perfect nonsence to say, as the "wets” have contended that there was more drinking under Prohibition than before. Every body who thinks staight knows that is not true. But there is a great number of motorists who have yet to learn that even legal booze and automobiles don’t mix. New Jersey has had to suspend more driving licenses for driving while intoxicated in the past month, than in several years. The only way a motor-car can be driven with complete safety to the driver, the occupants of the car and any others who happen to < * . « 1 • 1 _ De on tne roau, is uy «* unvci wnu has not had a drink of liquor for the past twenty-four hours. THIS WILL NEED REGULA TION. It seems to us that there is a great deal to be said for the pro posal which is under consideration at Washington, to merge all the lines of communication, which in clude radio, telegraph and tele phone, into one gigantic corpora tion, under complete Federal super vision. Nobody will deny that it is a nuisance to have two telephone companies, two or three different telegraph companies, and so on. But so long as they are under pri vate control, the danger of a monopoly is that it will take ad Itr pv/'liicivp r* rv»r f 11n 1 - ---- - XX I tyto increase rates and reduce the ! quality of service. A monopoly must be under such Government discipline that the in terest of the public shall not suf , fer. Whether or not the Govern ment ought to own, or to operate, ! these services, is a matter of opin I ion, on which there is violent diver j gience. There are sorry; govern ment-operated telephone systems, as in Great Britain and Italy, that are highly efficient. There are . other government-operated sys j terns, as in France and Germany, which are highly inefficient. But there can be no difference of opin ion on the need for Government regulation, if such a monopoly is to be created. The worm is turning. The worm in this case is the railroads, which have suffered for years from legislative and competitive handicaps. First step to bring back dwindling traffic will be drastic improvement in passenger trains, including air-conditioning, elimination of wheel shock, noise, etc. Elaborate plans have been announced for the building of new st;ream-lined trains, such as the Union Pacific’s, which will be the ultimate in speed, comfort and convenience for surface transpor tation. A reduced rate policy has spread j to all parts of the country. Re 1 cently Western roads dropped fifty per cent Pullman surcharge, as well as reducing fares. Latest, most argued develop , ment,*is the Pennsylvania Rail , road’s venture into less than car load freight shipments with store to-door service. It has contracts , with trucking concerns in 2,000 communities whereby the trucker picks up goods, takes them to the station, where they are delivered by rail to their destination, where . another trucker finishes the job. The shipper pays one price to the , railroad. Some Eastern competitors, not > ably the New York Central, fear ling that the move will force all other roads into building up a : similar service, which many of them do not want, have protested Jto the I. C. C. THE OTHER day we were » « » THINKING OF the vast difference * * • BETWEEN TWO men right here IN SALISBURY "whom all of you KNOW. ONE is a confirmed PESSIMIST WHILE* the other • * * IS THE FINEST type of optimist » » * THEN WE thought of the » * * PESSIMIST WHO died and went * * * AT OFT. "T OOOK here”, he • » » SAID. "MY HARP’S out of * * • TUNE AND my halo doesn’t * * * FIT”. THE optimist went down * #■ !* BELOW. "WELL, you chaps,” he » * SAID TO the company, "I don’t KNOW THAT I care particularly FOR THIS place, but one thing M * 1C I CAN say, and that is that you #• * » KEEP DARNED good coal here.” I THANK YOU. * PENALTY OF IS YEARS FOR UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS Mr. Garner, of Texas, edges into tlio n/>nrr i o nn i n/'irlon t r\f tllO preparation for opening Congress, and the nation is thereby reminded how thankful it is that the Presi dent continues to enjoy good health. # —Tlx Greensboro News. DADDY FELT LIKE SOBBING TOO, PROB’LY. Did you happen to see the small boy sobbing in the upper hall of the court house because they had his daddy in the court, it develop ed that the father was servng on a jury? —Item in The Charleston News ,md Courier LITTLE BEN Tlie name of the little heir to the throne of Japan is said to be Prince Of The August Succession And Enlightened Benevolence. How about calling him Ben for short? —The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch SI C’lM, MARSHAL! A Marshall newspaper says: "Work starts on Main Street; Engineers measuring and planning to re-surface Main street in Mar shall.” Who knew before that Marshall had a Main Street. It long has been the prevailing opinion that Marshall had but one street, and it was not named, but simply called "the street.” —The Western Carolina Tribune. TEACHERS’ MEETING WHAT , WERE A TEACHERS’ MEETING On Thursday evening the teach ers of the Fines Creek District were requested to meet at the home of Mr. Fred L. Stafford for a teachers’ meeting. Alter the meeting they were delightfully surprised with a most delicious supper prepared by Mrs. Stafford. All of the teachers in the district were present. —Fines Creek, correspondence in | The Waynesville Mountaineer. REASOU JED SlMPSOM HA* So MAUY PRIE-HP* I* CAUSE HE MEYER TR.»&* TO CaiYE ADVICE TO THE LOVELORM.** I ' Ah&RAMBUNG lift 'ROUND $Lf I NEW YORK How many thous*ands, wta would know?—but chances on th Grand National Sweepstakes to b run in March at Liverpool hav comenced to arrive in New York In innocent looking envolopes, ad dressed in liJnghand they come il legally through the United State mails. And the stubs for th drawing, together with the mone in payment for the chances are en closed in plainly maritea, envelope handed over to a small army o steamship stewards and crews, eac with a gratuity. They agree t mail them to headquarters from port on the othejr side of the At lantic. Receipts and acknowledge ments are mailed to the Unite States . . . Then not a word mcr —till you read of the lucky one: You don’t hear of the thousand who’ve bought and lost. Onl Joe Jinks, laundry driver. H says he’ll get somebody else to tak his route on Saturday—now tha he has a hundred thousand. 0 Mrs. White. Yes, now that h-i thirty thousand, she’ll have some one come in and wash the dishe at night. » * » Words with tricky pronuncia tions! Accent the "turn” in "alternate !y~” ''Banal” rhymes with "annal. "Camellia” day rhymes wit "the-hell-ya-say.” "Digitalis” rhymes with "did ja-fail-us.” Accent the "gon” in "gondola. "Gratis” rhymes with "Grea1 iss” Mahomet. Accent the "imp” n "impious”’ pronounce the second "i” as long 3 "e.” Contrary to usual pronuncia tior "misconstrue’’ accents the "con. Pronounce "version” as ' vet rls.in”_rirtt OC ** * * * The first underground railwa in New York was a 250 foot tun nel in lower Broadway, secretly ex cavated in 1873 to prove to ofc jectors that an underground coul be made beneath Broadway "with out interfering greatly with rh traffic of that busy thorough fare.” The first subway W: opened for operation in 190-f. 1 ran from Brooklyn Bridge to M5t Street. ExcaVation had scarred 5 1900. # » * "So this is Broadway!” Visitoi used to say it breathlessly. Moi now say it disappointedly. Wit more and more hot-dog stand open-fnont-stand-up-and-eat res taurants, a flea circus, barkers, beg gars, peddlers, blarring loud speak ers, cloth banners, cut-outs and mt chanical advertising contraption _i_i___ i:i.„ . Island every year.With repeal, high class restaurants may follow th finest moving peture houses t Sixth Avenue or go beyond t Fi£th, leaving the g irish Whit Way to go Coney Island as fast a it may. FIND SKELETON OF MAN IN PLANE LEAP Charleston, S. C.—Deep in th woods of Coleton County, th skeleton of a man identified as tha of Merrill B. King, Kalamazoi (Mich.) executive, who leaped t his death from a passenger plat last March 2, has been found. Papers found in pockets of th dead man’s clothing establisihc his identity, authorities said. Fiuntcrs stumbled on the skel< ton in a thicket. T7-. r* • 1 1 r . lviug, Xlying iiuitiiwuiu axcci visit to Florida, opened a door < the passenger plane and plunged 1 his death. Practically every tobacco grow n Martin county will sign the a< iustment contract, predicts tl carm agent. Got Over Weak, ^ Painful Condition By Taking Cardu "I was weak and run-down an suffered quite a bit with pains i: my side,” writes Mrs. Nick Bai ranco, of Beaumont, Texas. “I wa nervous. I did not rest well a night,'and my appetite was pooi ‘‘My mother had used Cardt with beneficial result, so I decide i to take it. I surely am glad I di( for it stopped the pain in my sid and built up my general healtl I took seven bottles in all.” For over 50 years, Cardui ha been helping women just as thi Texas lady describes above. . Cardui is sold at all drug store | UNUSUAL FACTS REVEALED •******•. w i . . - * • Xs>. E - JL A POPULAR PICTURE^. 1$ acquires A MINIMUM - OF200 PRINTS IN CONSTANT CIR. x a/uSr ONTO SATISFY THE DEMAND OF' ' MOVIEGOERS -- / -I ! RALPH BELLAMY' « STAR OF "BEFORE M+Wf&HT u>S TAKING HtS FIRST VACATION IN THREE YEARS he will spend the time collecting OLD MUSIC-BOm. HE HAStHEFINEST COLLECTION OF THESE IN THE VUEST/ x/ZTi** I k; t | ferry Blythe ns ! X MADE movies IN i . ^AUSTRIA FRANCE. \ GERMANYARP ENG' I < LANE 45 W££X AS. __ /A/ HOLLYWOOD/ t !l [ the Columbia studios has a NEW METHOD OF TESTING A MYSTERY PLAY- ALL @UT , THE LAST PART OF WE STORY IS REAP TO A SELECTED All- / PIERCE AND IF MORE THAN tO% GUESS THE CULPRIT THE STORY i' r>rr . < /o i-r~rr=\f s rAiiuuuNiitina > > The ladies of Patterson club en ‘cripined their husbands at a de lightful Christmas party, ^ednes * day night, Decembcd 27th. After a series of enjoyable games and stunts, -ve were honored with a , vj$it from Santa Claus, who pre sented many gifts. After his de " parture, cake coffee and fruits were served. Miss Merle, Mark and J. P., have S returned to Boone after spending Lithe holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Davis. 1 Mrs. J. B. Clodfelter of High Point is visiting W. J. McCorklc and other relatives this week. S Miss Ethel Suther has returned e to the — Farm Life school after 1 spending the holidays with her ’’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Suther. Miss Pauline McCorkle has re turned to A. S. T. C. at Boone after being home ten days. Several members of Patterson ’* r'... 1-Vio Pnmnna g*anucnuuren wita ifiem on Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Albright have moved down to Mrs. Al bright’s aunt, Mrs. David Correll. The children and 'grandchildren of Mrs. C. M. Litaker met with her on Christmas day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Barn hardt, where she has been confined to .the house, from the effects of a fire several weeks ago. They all enjoyed a Christmas dinner to gether. /"VN BUARD THE BYRD FLAG-1 SHIP, JACOB RUPPERT:—I Here we are still at Bayonne and we’ve just had'the first thrill of the Expedition, After breakfast, a long day of back-breaking labor, but excellent meals at lunchtime and at dinner helped a lot. If I could only get some sleep. If I don’t soon there will be nothing left of me to take to the South Pole. It is 10 o’clock at night—gee, it’s Friday, the 13th!—A loud explo sion. Shouting from the dock. A sudden red glare in the sky. Our ship is illuminated as if by a gigan tic red search-, __ j| Ill addition there are 'two jAr Jlanes, ones, an immense Tryrfotor id Ford all-metal . plane J^md the ither a smaller ^scQuUps machine, juried in the sndw n at Little America which Admiral Byrd hopes ind believes are still in perfect jondition. In order to use all of this auto motive equipment for our explora tion and other scientific work, in addition to the dog teams, it has been necessary for us to carry nlnnp immense Kiinnlies nf fuel and ^ meeting which met with Barber " Grange, on Wednesday, Dec. 27. e Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Sloop had ^ the pleasure of having their cnild e s LIQUID, TABLETS, SALVE, NOSE DROPS Checks Malaria in 3 days', Colds first day. Headaches or Neural G gia in 30 minutes. * FINE LAXATIVE AND TONIC ). Most Speedy Remedies Known. 0 ___ e DR. N. C. LITTLE e Optometrist 1 Eyes examined and glasses fitted Telephone 1571W. I07V2 S: Main Street isjpvr tn Ketchie Barber Shop. lubricating oils. Packed down in our holds are 16,450 gallons of avia tion gasoline; 800 gallons of lubri cating oils; 3,000 gallons of auto mobile gasoline; 1,500 gallons of kerosene; 25 pounds of aero rocker arm grease; 30 tons of Diesel en gine fuel oil; 200 gallons of Diesel, engine lubricating oil; 600 gallons^ of cylinder oil; 6,250 gallons of marine engine oil; 250 gallons of rod swabbing oil and 400 pounds of, cup grease. Some supply of petro leum products! I shan’t know for months how many of you people of high school' age or over have joined the Little America Aviation and Exploration Club, through which Admiral Byrd hopes to build up a tremendous in terest in American aviation among the young people of the land. I hope ; _ : .. _AT_....-t ~ l__ light. Dead silence on our ship for a few minutes. Then a i; shouting of or- I d e r s . An oil 1 tanker is on fire | two docks away. 1 We are in terrible f danger because « our holds and • I _ _ a __t f ---- 0 Shoes rebuilt the better way. All kinds of harness, trunk and .r suitcase repairing. i H FAYSSOUX’S PLACE ie Phone 43 3 120 E. Innes bt. Newsom & Co. , 104 Mi S. Main Street 1 Salisbury, N. C. j Expert Watch and Jewelry i Repairing 9 ' tanks are bulging Arthur Abele, Jr. j with oil, gasoline and high ex ! plosives. If the fire is not controlled immediately the whole Expedition may be wiped out. I’ve only been aboard the Jacob Ruppert 20 hours and here is one of the greatest thrills of my life. A breathless wait on our ship. The distant clanging of fire engines. A gradual darkening of the ruddy glare. The situation is under con trol. Two men are dead from burns in the original explosion. Grim real ity only a stone’s throw away from us. This is no tea-party we are set ting out on. club members and I are going to have some exciting times together and later I am going to send each of them a detailed map on which he or she can keep a daily record of our journeys and flights of explora tion and other scientific signifi cance while we are down at the bottom of the world. If you haven’t joined yet, now is as good a time as any. There are no obligations whatever. All you have to do is send me a stamped, self-addressed ! envelope and a note saying you | want to join the club. Send it in : my name to the New York head quarters of the Little America Avia tion and Exploration Club, at the i Hotel Lexington. 48th Street and Lexington Avenue. New York. N Y., and tbe membership cmd will be sent yuu immediately and later the map aad perhaps otbr* '■•••uraupe* taueaa aii ua^ cquipuicm. auu ouypuca of all kinds have been pouring over the side of our vessel. Here, for ex ample, is a list of the automotive equipment for which I am the fuel engineer and all details of which I have to learn before we get to Lit tle America:—a 1400 horsepower Curtiss-Condor airplane with a wingspread of 82 feet; a 700 horse power Pilgrim airplane; a 600 horsepower General airplane: a Kellett auto-gyro airplane; a Ctere tractor; 2 French Citroen trac IF onJenowmobtle* with cater •>«» at the teat aad tnet*i 4 <e> (real t_ i 1 STAR LAUNDRY i 1, "The Good One” e i. Launderers and Dry Cleaners s Phone 24 114 West Bank St. g One Day Service i. ----r-■
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