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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. Wi DO OUR MJ* 11 YEARS OF SERVICE ' The life of a policeman is usually one fraught with danger, hard work, and no praise for performing the seemingly simple duties that assure public safety; however, the 11 years service of Officer John A. Wagoner is much appreciated by Salisbury citizens. It is with regret that we learn that Mr. Wagoner will soon leave the Salisbury organization and take up his new duties as chief of police of our neighboring tosvn, Spencer. We wish for him many years .of successful service in the capacity of Spencer Chief of Police, and be speak for him the full confidence and cooperation of the citizens of Spencer. THE DAY OF THE CHILD By proclamation of the Presi dent of the United States, the first day of May will be observed as National Child Health Day. The President suggests that every com munity ought to conduct on that day some sort of exercises to at least impress upon everybody the importance of individual and com munity effort to preserve the health of children. We are heartily in accord with this idea. Child welfare has be come such an important part of every program for social better ment that many folk sort of take it for granted, and do not realize the amount of .time, effort, study and money that has been expended all over the country to make health conditions for children safer and better everywhere. One does not have to be very old to remember when more than half of all children born died in infancy. Look at any old grave yard and see the number of tomb stones inscribed to the memory of little ones who passed on before they were hardly able to talk. That is not the case today. Every child born has many times better chance to live to grow up than we older folk did. Everybody who is, thirty or past is onle of the minority of children of his birth year, the majority of them died and we are the survivors. The interesting figures publish ed at Washington a short time ago that show that the increase in the nation’s farm population is due to the excess of births over deaths, are set off by the decline in the birth rate in the larger cities. It is true that in the United States, by and large, births are only a little ahead of deaths, and the time is likely to come when this country, like France, will have to offer prizes ior large iamilies in order to keep the population stationary from year to year. But we think it is bet ter, on the whole, to bring fewer children into the world and sur round their infancy with every care so that they have a chance to grow up, than to breed twice as many and let them die. We have learned, too, that healthy children make healthy men and women. The average length of life in America has increased by nearly ten years in the past genera tion. That is beyond doubt due to the increasing knowledge of how to conserve the health of children. Give every child a chance. It seems to us that Child Health Day might 'well be celebrated by a health examination of every child, with a prize or two for the health iest. WE CAN LEARN FROM HISTORY One of the most interesting and illuminating pieces of news that has come out of Russia in a long time is that the boys and girls in the Soviet high schools are demand ing to be taught history. Up to now they have been taught only what a wonderful thing is their Communist system, and what a glorious future lies ahead of it; but now a great many of them are beginning to ask about the past. Did the world begin with the Communist revolution, or were there people on earth before, and how did they manage to get. along without that glorious system? It is significant not only that the children are asking that, but that the Soviet authorities are granting their request. The latter may in dicate that perhaps they are find ing their system isn’t working as well as they dreamed, and are will ing to let a little individual think ing creep in among their people. What makes this especially ;n teresting to us is that a lot of the ideas for changing everything over in America sound to us as if they came from young folks who think the world began when they were born and who don t Know and don’t care anything about history. At least, their scorn of everything that existed before the war, or at least before the 1900’s began, would suggest that they think the world and this country only got to where these bright young people started, by accident and the grace of God. Some of their notions, we are sure, come from some of the books that have been written in such numbers in late years—mostly by themselves—in which everything and everybody concerned in the building of America is held up as a scoundrel or a thief. All this' "de-bunking” of Washington and Jefferson and the rest of the founders of the republic, including pretty near every President, gives us a deep-seated pain in the neck. And we think the idea that a recent book called "Robber Barons” con veys, that everybody who took any part in developing America and adding to the real wealth of the nation was a common thcif ac counts for a lot of the loose think ing and talk of "changing all that” that we hear so much these days. There is nothing to be ashamed of in the history of America. It is nothing to be ashamed of that a good deal of it was made by men who made a profit for themselves in the doing of t. The man who creates wealth is robbing no one when he takes a share of the newly created wealth for his reward. Maybe they are going to let the young Communists in Russia learn that fundamental truth of history. We would like to see it taught to a lot of the young would-be com munists in America. THE NEWSPAPER FRIEND People become attached to newspapers, just as they do the scenes of their childhood or their old homes. When a newspaper has been coming into a person’s home for a long time, it seems like an old family friend. If such a newspaper is discontinued, or merged with some other journal, so that its appearance and methods are changed, people feel as if a valued friend had dropped out. of sight. The newspaper fraternity ap preciates what a privilege it is to create a product that thus endears itself to the people, and they pledge themselves to do their best to deserve that poition which they have secured. The philosopher tells us to dig deep in search of truth, but a good many people in North Carolina will say they have to dig some where other than in their pockets to find truth or anything else. Sunrise services for young peo ple in many churches. We have hope for a young person who can get up for sunrise, but not so much for those who merely stay up un til that time. WE COULD name the couple >r* !(• RIGHT NOW, but would that * BE FAIR? Or safe? Let it be SAID THAT they are newcomers S» >r IN THE city and our story had * >? * ITS SETTING in another state. *e {; i'e SHE WAS applying for a license i:- :: TO DRIVE the car. "Flave you EVER DRIVEN a car?” asked THE MAN who was giving the EXAMINATION. BEFORE she COULD ANSWER her husband I INTERRUPTED. "ONE HUNDRED AND twenty THOUSAND MILES,” he DECLARED, "AND never had A HAND on the wheel.” I THANK YOU. IN THE SPRING A LINO TYPER’S FANCY LIGHTLY TURNS TO-. FOR RENT—Upstairs apart ment to unmarried couple. J. T. Belk, 701 South Hayne Street, ltp. —Monroe Enquirer. NO HITS, NO RUNS, NO ERRORS Ted Hill, of New Pilgrim, spent Friday night here wth Joe Ragan, and Jack Ragan, brother of Joe, spent the night with Paige, brother of Ted. —Erlanger Items, Lexington Dis patch. SQUAB ON TOAST A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Edwards df Toast, on Tuesday, April 10th. —Mount Airy Times. [ ALVIN CALLS FOR THE CALF ROPE Last Sunday Leland Strickland, [ aged 11, and Alvin Brantley, aged; 10, were driving a calf that belong- j ed to Leland’s father. Alvin de- ; cided to ride, so he crawled on the j calf’s back, and was quickly thrown off into Nash county mud. —Rocky Cross correspondence, Zebulon Record. . THEN THERE IS THE SALUTE WITH THE HAND HALF RAISED AND THE FINGERS SPREAD Americans use something like the Fascist salute, but the arm is horizontal and the palm up. —Richmond News-Leader. DAY-LONG ON LONG-DAY; TAKE YOUR CHOICE Miss Sadie Maye Day and Mr. Archie William Long were quietly married Saturday morning. —Roxboro Courier. SOME LIKE IT HOT Did you happen to see the middle aged man park a car on Society street about 1 P. M. yesterday, lift up the hood, take out a package from its place next to the engine, pour out a drink from the bottle in the package, swig it down, replace the package and the hood and stride off down the street while bystand ers watched with curiosity? —Item, Charleston News & Courier QS33fi!l life is mow "fbom THE C BA OLE TO A STEEBJMG WHEEL" . WITH OR WITHOUT A PADDLE __ Mr. Bunyan Wallin was on Heck Creek Saturday. —Marshall News-Record. LOWLAND TROUBLE Mr. J. F. Weaver is right sick Bt this writing with chills and fever. He is one that lived on Fourth Creek last year and hasn’t gotten the malaria out of his system. —Dnnlay Correspondence, States ville Record. GOOD OLD DAYS New York capitalists are inter ested in building a $400,000 hotel here of $300,000 in local capital can be raised to match their $100, 000. The chamber of commerce says it can be done. —25 yc“rs ago, Raleigh News & Observer. THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON (Continued Prom 1 'age One) has been enacted and of the new so-called "Administration bills” yet to be acted on by Congress, dis closes subtleties of phrasing which, while not making them mean pre cisely the opposite of what they seem to mean, could have precisely the effect which Dr. Wirt’s inform ants predicted, that of making it so impossible for capital to do business as to wreck all the recovery, plans. There has _been a tendency, both in and out of Washington, to accept ever|y legVlati ve measure without questioning it, if it was j^tbelled as emanating from the Adminstration. That label has been taken to mean that Mr. Roose velt has personally drafted or read the bill dictated its details and that it is therefore sacred down to the last comma. But now it turns out that this has been true in only a few instances. Mr. Roosevelt has approved the principle of some of the major bills, delegated the drafting of them to men whom he trusted, who have sometimes, in turn, delegated the task to clever, deft young lawyers who have let their idealism run away with their judgment. And some of these bills which the President himself never react have gone' to Congress and before the public as "Admin istration measures.” The general feeling here, and not by any means solely among the President’s personal or political op ponents, k that Dr. Wirt perform ed a real public service by making his startling charges public just at the time that he did. It has had the net result of checking the ac tivities of some of the ardent en thusiasts for the "revolution.” There is no idea in the mirnds of the great majority of Congress that the time has come, or is ever likely to come, for hamstringing and cru cifying the system under which they and their constituents have grown up and prospered pretty well, on the whole. They would like to find ways to cure some of the obvious faults in the system, and so would everybody else, but they have no idea of kill ing it. And neither has the Presi dent of the United States, the Hon. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Much of the suspicion suggested earlier doubtless arises from the President’s avowed sympathy with the "under dog” in the battle of life, a sympathy which most peo ple share but can be and is inter preted by many as extending to the ultimate political aspirations supposed to be held by all the "un der dogs,” which are assumed to head toward Moscow. Mr. Roosevelt is not heading that way. Those who know best what is in' his mind predict that it will not be long before he makes that perfectly clear, by actions as well as by words. t Many people who are trying to keep up with the fashions, find it difficult to do that and keep out of sight of their creditors at the same time. The slow child, ’tis said, should be boosted, but next fall he will probably be able to climb up into the fruit trees without any boost ing. An uprising of the people is called for, but we should also like to see a downsitting on the part of some people who keep running around all the time. The politicians are trying to re pair their fences, but the modern voter seems to kick them down with his strong hind legs faster than they can be built up. A police department can only be as efficient as the cooperation; of the public permits: it to be, and it is with this thought in mind that we commend to the citizenry of Spencer their new chief of po lice. John Wagoner leaves behind him in Salisbury an unblemished record of eleven years of efficient and satisfactory service and in this respect Spencer’s gain is Salisbury’s loss. t —o— t We won’t mention any names in connection with this incident, but it happened right here in Salisbury on a night not far in the past. A certain gentleman, having run out of gasoline, parked his car in the business section of the city and walked two blocks to a filling sta tion to procure a new supply. Dis daining all offers of assistance the party carried the five gallon can of gas back to his car, and with a sigh of earnest relief, started pouring it into the tank of the automobile. Imagine his amazement when after about three gallons had been trans ferred the tank ran over. This called for an investigation and his amazement turned to chagrin when he discovered that he had poured the gasoline into the car parked next to his own, and he realized that any attempt to recover by the syphon method would inyolve some rather delicate explanations in case of apprehension. t —-o— $ Congratulations and best wishes to our new dress shop. If public confidence accounts for anything these intrepid ladies should be as sured of a long and prosperous ca reer. Incidentally there is one less vacant storeroom on Main Street and we are looking forward to the time when Salisbury’s business frontage presents an unbroken line, t —o— t Moral for today . . . When illu mination is desired to see into the gas tank .... use the arc light on the corner. Black-Draught Clears Up Sluggish, Dull Feeling “I have used Thedford’s Black Draught for constipation for a long time, and find it gives relief for this trouble,” writes Mrs. Frank Champion, of Wynne, Ark. "I think it is good for spells caused from gas on the stomach. If I get up in the morning feeling dull and sluggish, a dose of Black Draught taken three times a day will cause the feeling to pass away, and in a day or two I feel like a new person. After many years of use we would not exchange Black Draught for any medicine.” P. S. — If you have Children, give them the new, pleasant-tasting SYRUP of Thedford’s Blaek-Draught. No More Hand-Outs Z HERE’S the SAW pjUST CUT UP SOME y ilOF THAT AND I’LL I GET YOU A NICE BITE 2E-V^r NE YEAR'S TAX WOULD BUY 300.000 MOTOR CARS AT $600 EACH L ERVICING THEM'* WOULD KEEP 10,000 MEN IN JOBS FOR A WHOLE YEAR, 1 PUttWNG THE CAR5 WOULD PUT 1000.000 MEN TO WORK | FOUR NRA WEEKS / TATE TAXES PAID * j&iOMTHEIR FUEL WOULD MAKE *7.200,000 AVAILABLE FOR ROADS 1 | ©RIVERS op the CARS WOULD SPEND . *300,000,000 IN TRAD& / . n,ri ME On* Cleveland Rt. 2 Items Miss Hurley Mills spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Steele. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Campbell and family, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrjs. P. A. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jenkins and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Allman and Mr. Allman’s brother from Kannapolis spent the week-end with relatives. All Cleveland - Scotch Irish Grange members are requested to be present at the next meeting. Pat terson Grange will be a visitor at that time to put on the 3rd degree. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Troutman were Sunday visitors of Mrs. J. S. Campbell. The many friends of Miss Pauline Turner will regret to learn that she is in the Rowan General hospital suffering from chronic brights dis ease. We all hope that she will rapidly improve. Mr. H. W. Miller and Misses Ruby and Hlazel Johnson attended the Lutheran conference at Maiden, last week. Miss Viola Gaither has returned home after spending a week with her grandfather, Mr. Koon, who is sick. Mr. Holloway Burton spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H .Burton. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Wooten and son, John, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Brown. The Mount Vernon Woman’s club met Thursday. Hbme Dry Cleaning was the subject for the day. Mr. and Mrs. Will Benson and family visited at Mr. R. W. Wil helm’s Sunday evening. Mrs. Maude Lentz and Miss Ger trude Fraley, R. N. visited with their brothers, Saturday night, Messrs Rex and Horace Fraley. Subscribe To The Watchman. Steals $20 Bill Then Swallows It! Goldsboro—Admitting that she stole and swallowed a $20 bill, Mildred Tall, Goldsboro negro woman, is in the Wayne county jail and will face trial for larceny. A hearing was given her in county court and she was bound over to the higher court. Mrs. Joel Powers, of North George street extension, was start led by a sudden commotion, on her back porch. Running to the backdoor she saw two strange negroes, a man choking a woman. He told Mrs. Powers the woiman. had his $20 in her mouth, and he was going to have it. Mrs. Powers told him not to choke the woman that she would call police. By this time neighbors had collected and the negro, George Lane, held the woman until Policeman L. O. Rhodes arrived and took the two down to the city hall. The American people are said to need more outings, and the jail prisoners anyway will agree to that. STAR LAUNDRY "The Good One” Launderers and Dry Cleaners Phone 24 114 West Bank St. ONE DAY SERYTCE DR. N. C. LITTLE Optometrist Eyes examined and glasses fitted Telephone 1571W. 107% S. Main Street Next to Ketchie Barber Shop.
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