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Carolina Watchman Published Every Friday Morning At SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA E. W. G. Huffman, Publisher A. R. Monroe, _ Business Mgr. __________________ j 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. MR A. MEMORIAL DAY •» It is now nearly seventy years since the last shot was fired in that tremendous conflict between the North and South which his tory records as the American Civil war. The pitiful little handful of survivors of that great struggle are now old, old men. Whatever hatred or bitterness they felt for each other has long since been resolved by the kindly, soothing hand of time. It is not necessary here to go into the causes of that titanic struggle. Leave that to the his trians and interpreters, who will not have finished in another seven ty, their efforts to make the events of the 1860’s prove this, that or the other theory. The fact remains that the survivors and the des-, cendants of both sides have equal cause for pride. We believe we are right in say ing that all the rancor, all the Bit- J terness that that great struggle en gendered, and which hung for so long like a funeral pall over the reunited Nation, vanished long' since. It began to disappear when the sons of men who had worn the Northern blue marched in the ranks in ’9 8 wth those whose fathers had worn the Southern gray; its last trace disappeared when the boys from Texas and Mississippi swung into action at Chateau-Thiery alonside their khaki-clad brothers from Vermont and Minnesota. On the 30th day of this month, all over the North and in many of the states of the South,, the Nation will again pay its annual tribute of remembrance to the brave men who fought for their native land in three great wars. In some states there have been or are yet to be held special memorial services for those who fought for the Confederacy. But the tears that are shed and the wreaths that are laid are, all of them, a nation’s tribute to what we must still re gard as the highest possible ex pression of the nobility of the hu man character, which does not hesitate to risk dear life itself, not for any possible selfish gain but for the sake of others. "Under the sod and the dew, waiting for Judgement Day—Tears and love for the Blue, love and tears for the Gray.” IMPROVING THE NRA We think the National Recovery Administration is taking a wise course in decidng to abandon the effort to place every kind of bus iness, down to the smallest one-man tailor shop, under some sort of a code. We can see where the codes of fair competition may prove in the long run to be of the greatest value to producers and consumers alike, as well as to wage-earners, in the large competitive industries. We understand that control of operations under the codes is being gradually transferred to the in dustries themselves, and that the expectation is that before long the hand of the Government will be entirely removed, except as it may serve as a mediator in disputes be tween industries or within an in dustry. But we have never quite under stood how the Government expect ed to be able to police the whole country to see to it that no cob bler half-soled a pair of shoes for a nickel or a dime less than some other cobbler wanted for the job, or that every filling station lived up strictly to the rule of the forty hour week for employees. Local businesses dealing only with local customers, particularly when thfcy are small concerns operated by the owner and a few helpers,' must consider the service to their trade - first of all, whether it means con forming to the customs or rules imposed for some other line of bus nesss in some other community, or not. We agree in principle with the idea of keeping unfair competition from outside of the trade territory of independent local merchants. We have not seen much of that so far, I however, in the operations under the NRA. It was our understand ing, and the President’s declared purpose, to put the small business man on an equality with the big business mem From all we hear, big business is well pleased with the results under the codes so far, but many small business men are not. Therefore, as we have said, we welcome the news that these small, local businesses are not to be included in the new set-up of the NRA. WANTED: MILLIONS OF HOMES The gravity of the housing pro blem in America can be simply il lustrated by a comparison of the number of families provided with new residential units in recent years. In 1922, some 370,000 families secured new homes. In 1925, when the all-time high was reached, close to 5 00,000 home structures were built. The ten-year average from 1921-30 was 361,000 units each year. In 1933, new home construc tion dropped to less than 3 0,000. Making the problem still more severe is the fact that during de ression depreciation and obsolesence of existing homes were more than; normally great. Thousands of hous- j es literally went to pieces, due to lack of upkeep. The result is that a heavy per centage of our people live in sub standard dwellings. Doubling up, with several families occuping one home, is commonplace. It was re cently estimated that 4,000,000 families lived in this manner. And ' population shifts have gone on, de-l pression or no depression, creating! tremendous home shortages in var-| ious localities. Better times are the hearald of | stimulated construction. A jump in building is coming as certainly' as the tides, and it is going to ad vance building costs—both for materials and for skilled labor. The jwise property owner, with money to spend, is beginning to realize that, ■this is really the time to build and | repair, while bargain prices still I exist. PROSTITUTING A GOOD LAW Workmen’s compensation laws are designed to do exactly what the name implies—compensate workers for injuries received in the j course of their employqment. So far as administraton of the law is concerned, life, accident, old age and unemployment insur anle for workers without an in crease in premium rate to cover the added risk. The result is that the entire system is threatened with a breakdown. This was pointed out in a recent address by F. Robertson Jones, general manager of the Association of Casualty and Surety Executives. As Mr. Jones says, emotional re formers, using as their plea "so icial justice,” have had the cover age of the compensation laws ex tended. Heavy judgments are giv en in: cases which were njever in j tended to fall within, scope of 'workmen’s compensation. As an 'example, he cites the increasing ap 'pearance of "death bed widows. jAn unmarried man is fatally in jured and, while dying, is mar ried to some gold-digger. It’s a racket pure and simple. Yet in New York she is entitled to com pensation until death or remar riage, and in Pennsylvania to com pensation for 300 weeks or until remarriage. Such violations of the spirit of the system are defnitely harmful to those whose rights workmen’s compensation should protect. They put an unbearable burden on in dustry and insurance carriers. They penalize honest workers, injured on their jobs, who deserve liberal ben efits and make compensation risks almost uninsuraable. They consti tute a vital social problem, which should be cured without delay. In former days we used to sing very touchingly, "Work fo^ the night is coming,” while now the slogan is, play and dance until day light. ' " ' "** 9 The soldiers in our various wars are said to have fought like Wild cats, and if thfcy will fctfen fighi like tame bits in bur back yards* the country will be perfectly safe. THE CHIEF character in our STORY TODAY is one of »5- Hr SALISBURY’S BEST known men. WE COULDN’T mention a name * * * BUT THAT isn’t necessary. ^ "CHARLES”, SAID his wife the OTHER NIGHT in one of her TEARFUL MOODS, "If I were * -it TO DIE, would you mourn for JS * ME?” HE did not look up from M •*» * HIS PAPER as he replied, "CERTAINLY, "MY dear”. She sy » HESITATED A minute. "And * * i would you visit my boo-hoo— GRAVE SOMETIMES?” The HUSBAND BECAME irritated. 'OF COURSE”/he declared *• * » HARSHLY. "WHY do you * (: * ASK SUCH a foolish question? * » * i'OU KNOW the cemetery is on jJ- * sy rHE WAY to the golf course.” [ THANK YOU. WRING! HERE SHE BE! Leon Driver went to Zebulon ruesday and bought him-self a pair )f white slippers. —Lee’s -Chapef, _correspondence, lebulon Rocord. TOO BAD, HAM, THIS FELLOW’S A REPUBLICAN Col. Joneis of Charlotte, who is running against Bulwinkle in the Democratic primary was here Thursday a little while. He was going to Morganton. He is a clever fellow. —Goods Box Whittier, Nnet on Observer. YEH, BUT WHOSE IS THE HARVEST? Jerry Wilson is planting garden seeds for Ted Marvel on Mr. Hed rick’s farm. —Broadway correspondence, Frank lin Press. RIGHT FROM THE BARNYARD Best crack of the week: "Corn likker so fresh you could smell the mule on it.” —"Reporter’s Holiday,” Cleveland Star. COME, SWEETHEART, BEFORE MOTHER, BREAKS YOUR LITTLE NECK! Irate mother ordering her four year-old daughter to come into the house at once, and on seeing that passers by were gazing at her. changing her attitude to "hurry along, darling. Mother is waiting to give you something nice to eat.’’ —Item, Charleston News & Cou rier. HOOF & MOUSE DISEASE —M -, who has been suf fering with a sprained' ankle for some time, now has tonsilitis and has been taken to his home. —Dflcotah correspondence, Lexing ton Dispatch. _ / GOODOLD DAPS; Mr. J. H. Snotherly, of Plyler, was in town one day last week. On his way home just out of town, his horse ran away and threw him out of his buggy and stove him up pretty bidly. —30 years ago, Stanly News & Press. NE’MIND; JUNE 2nd’ll BE OPEN SEASON FOR CANDI DATES Fletcher Broom has a lot of tur keys and they have been disappear ing and he stands with gun in hand ready to shoot the theif. He, learn ed it the dogs and he would not hesitate to shoot them but every time he takes sight, he says a can didate comes within range of his gun —T. B. Laney Monroe Journal. BITIN’ DE BARK Dr. D. S. Currie entertained a few friends with a pine bark stew at Knapdale Tuesday night. —Parktopi correspondence, Lum berton Robesoman. MAYBE THEY HAD ALREADY SEEN THE SCENERY Talk about incongruity. Last Wednesday we were riding around in Western North Carolina away off in the mountains, miles from any houses, when suddenly we came upon two negro youths playing ping-pong. Can you picture that in that setting? —Harriett Sikes, Edenton News. THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON Continued from page one has been trying to accomplish. "But did the drought pay the farmers any bonuses or benefit pay ments? Not a cent. Do they get anything for not raising the wheat that the drought killed? Nary a dollar. Under the Administration’s plans they may not have got much higher prices for their wheat, at least not as much as they thought they ought to have had, or believed that they had been promised. But under the AAA they don’t have to raise wheat to get paid; they only have to cease raising it by contract and agreement with the Govern ment. Under the /drought they have ceased raising it, all right, but they haven’t any contract with the elements, at least none that they can collect on. _ "And will that make the farmers sore? Whole states have been feel ing prosperous with the flow of Government money coming in as benefit payments to the farmers. Now, it seems likely, the drought will have the effect of changing all that. They will have to wat till harvest time for their money, and they will have to grow and deliver actual wheat to get it. Even though it comes to a lot more per bushel, we opine they won’t like it. "Human nature being what it is, indignation at having the flow of easy money stopped always more than overbalances any gratitude for having had a whack at the easy money while it was running free.” I There you have both sides of the picture. It is too soon to judge between the two possible effects the drought may have on the Presi dent’s political fortunes. S Extension' circular 199, "Ferti lizer and Lime Recommendations for Vegetable Crops in North Car olina” and experiment station tech nical bulletin 45, "Spinning fual ity of Cotton in Relation to Seed jPurity and Care of Seed Stocks, jare two recent publications availa ble at State college free on re quest to the agricultural editor. Lucian Crowell of Stanly coun ty found that an old upright stove obtained from an abandoned school house made an excellent brodtjr for his baby chicks. Out of the last hatch of 267 chicks only five died up to four weeks of age. Black-Draught Good For Biliousness and Bad Taste in Mouth “I have found Thedford’s Black Draught so good for biliousness, bad taste in the mouth and other disagreeable feelings due to consti pation," writes Mrs. Mary Gamer, of Burleson, Texas. "My mother used It for a number of years and We do not think there is a better medicine. Z was pleased when Z ■aw Syrup of Black-Draught ad vertised. Z sent for it and gave It to my children (as a laxative) fsc bolds and when they f bit bad. Soon they ftlt fids.** ; . •; .. Black-Draught for ths —and Synft afBhtok-BMrisDtt f W the shadren. BUNG )UND WORK USH KENNY ■ ' ‘ Ramblings: Someone’s always caught when it rains in New York. . . . There’s a sixteen year old girl ambling along slowly with long, flowing hair the only thing to pro tect her thin dress from the drench ing ran ... A dignified dowager walking along as though it wern’t raining at all . . . That girl wouldn’t look at me seated beside me in the bus, but now that I’m off on the sidewalk she glances with an en chanting smile—the vixen . . . Kids on the street glancing around auto mobiles and yelling '"bang”—those wooden pistols in the hands of chil dren give me the willies . . . Won der what they’ll be when they grow up . . . There’s a window full of nothing but "tricks” for sound slumber ... a special reading lamp that shines a spot of light on your book without disturbing the wife in the other bed . . . O back and arms Ike the top of an overstuffed chair for reading and breakfasting in bed ... A studio couch with a small circular table top attached to one erid like a typewriter on a pivoted shelf at the side of a desl ... A light and noise elminator and air cleaner that you attach to the window casing . . And black felt blinds like goggles to shut out the light . . . Silly, and yet they sell them . . Wonder why so many of the women workers of the gar ment district wear nothing but black . . . Occasionally you see one in mourning, of course, but these are just black dresses, hats, shoes and stockings—nothing that sug gests mourning but the color—or lack of it . . . The subway at rush hours is a most convincing object lessosn in the survival of the fit est . . . So far I’ve survived—but not without casualty . . Phey— that was a close one! His rubber heels skidded on the wet pavement and landed him sitting 10 feet in front of a five ton truck coming around the corner. The driver stop ped like a bee on your windshield, [smiled and went on. Hard boiled? I’ll bet he had the jitters five min Jutes later . . . That restaurant at 139 th street and Seventh has more [good looking girls to the square !foot than any in town. They’re mo dels. from the garment district [salesroom . . . Union Square on seething humanity—just a mass of eething humonity. I’ll go home an other way on Saturdays. PATTERSON ITEMS Patterson Grange held its regu lar meeting Saturday night in the Grange hall. After an interesting literary program refreshments of ice cream and cakes. Miss Ethel Suther has returned home for the summer from China Grove. In the district judging contest held at Clemmons, N. C., on Sat urday two young Tar Heel farm ers of this community won hon ors. James Moose won second place while Ralph McCorkle won third place. Circle No. 3 of the Thyatira auxiliary met with Mrs. J. P. Davis on Wednesday of last week. Miss Helen Davis, who has been teaching in the Kannapolis schools, has returned home. The young people of the Grange had a delightful weiner roast on Saturday night at the home of Miss Vivian Freeze. Patterson school had its closing exercises on last Friday After an enjoyable program of plays and and readings, Rev. C. E. Riden hour gave an interesting talk. Those receiving seventh grade certificates were Evelyn McCorkle. Leona Raymer, Hoyt Moose. Johnnie Moose, Coy Morgan, Har ris Suther and Robert Sloop. Pitt tobacco growers have re ceived over $300,000 in rental and equalization payments as a reward |for cooperating with the Agricul tural Adjustment Administration. BOYS AND GIRLS! Join the Junior Birdmen of America. Learn about aviation, wear pins and carry membership cards. All the details about joining will be j found in the BALTIMORE SUN DAY AMERICAN. On sale by j your local newsboy or newsdealer. I Why Doctors Favor a Liquid Laxative A doctor will tell you that the care less choice of laxatives is a common cause of chronic constipation. Any hospital offers evidence of the harm done by harsh laxatives that drain the system, weaken the bowel muscles, and even affect the liver and kidneys. Fortunately, the public is fast returning to laxatives in liquid form The dose of a liquid laxative can be measured. The action can thus he controlled. It forms no habit; you needn’t take a “double dose” a day or two later. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin has the average person’s bowels regular as clockwork in a few weeks’ time. Why not try it? Some pill or tablet may be more convenient to carry. But there is little “convenience” in any cathartic which is taken 'so frequently, you must carry il with you, w'herever you go! Its very taste tells you Dr. Cald well’s Syrup Pepsin is wholesome. A delightful taste, and delightful action. Safe for expectant mothers, utf*l children. All druggists, ready for use, in big bottles. Member N. R. A. FOOLED- --- ■—I ■ .. m ' ' -uMKamiik——.. _ — ~-^^T=~=r:—s you’re Fooled,/ old BOY. — v BETTER CRAWL BACK OKI -r, THE OTHER ^ SIDE OF THAT FEWCE' t£0jZ% III III iii inammm »uTo»-«.jr t-jv. THRIFT THRIFT THRIFT THRIFT THRIFT TFIRIFT THRIFT H - £ Statement May 1, 1934 2 2 ASSETS LIABILITIES H f-1 North Carolina Bonds-$ 5,000.00 Installment Stock_$ 199,267.29 H. O. L. C. Bonds- 1,975.00 Paid-up Stock_ 219,980.00 H I H Certificates of Deposit- 7,5 00.00 Surplus and Undivided I « Stock in Federal Home Profits _ 51,347.99 zl f £ Loan Bank- 1,3 5 0.00 It^ebtedness _NONE H \ H Cash in Bank—Checking Account_ 14,749.21 t ^ j First Mortgages on Real J j H Estate_ 411,685.00 , 2 I m Loans on Pass Book Stock— 15,389.00 T j. £ Real Estate_ 12,947.07 E - —_ $470,595.28 $'470,595.28 X h We are prepared to make IMMEDIATE LOANS— = 2 On Long Terms—at 6 per cent interest. No Loan S Fees are Charged. H If you contemplate building, remodeling or refinan- x § cing, see us. 2 X H Home Building & Loan Association h The Leading Building and Loan at Salisbury A. W. HARRY, Pres. E. H. HARRISON, Sec-Treas 3 jj5 Office: First Floor, Pilot Building, "At the Square” Phone 116 ** THRIFT THRIFT THfatFT THRIFT THRIFT THRIFT THklVt
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