WASHINGTON
Johnson Quits
The Big Error
Embarrassing Insin
uation
General Hugh Johnson’s resigna-!
ti°n as Administrator of the NRA'
has been accepted by the President, j
This was one of the things that ■
every competent observer her© had I
been expecting, but nobody knew
just when it was coming. Th© Gen
eral had been getting himself in!
wilxi tne Dusmess interests con
cerned under the' NR A codes for a
long time. Everybody agrees that
he did a splendid job of promotion
and organization, but there is
equally unanimous agreement that!
as an administrator, now that the
codes are in operation, he ruffled j
too many feathers that ought to
be smoothed, and aroused too much
resentment by his dictatorial man
ner.
It has been understood for some
time that the President was look
ing for a way to ease the General'
out gracefully. The occasion!
seems to have come because of the
General’s speech a couple of weeks
ago, in which he not only accused
the textile workers’ union of bad
faith and breach of agreement, but
took occasion tv* Hratr
a justice of the Supreme Court I
into a controversial matter which j
may, and probably will, come be-!
fore that tribunal for examination.
—
Johnson said publicly that he
had been in constant touch with '
Justice Louis Brandeis, and that
Brandeis was opposed to the NRA J
because it was too big. That in
discretion, the latest of many from
the General’s mouth was too serious '
to be overlooked. Justices of the
Supreme Court are "untuchables.” j
They must not, by implication or j t
directly, be dragged into discus- i
sions of controversial points. |]
Justice Brandeis is a philisopherj
as well as a jurist. As a jurist he <
is presumed, like all the other jus-1
tices of the Supreme Court, not toll
be influenced in passing on purely
legal questions—and no other sort ,
of questions come before the (
Court. As a Supreme Court its
members are not concerned with
whether a given policy is right or 0
-jpreug, whether it will work or
won’t work. They are only con- "
cerned with the constitutionality of f,
laws enacted by Congress and the
legality of acts performed under j
those laws. Whether they are good
laws or not is not for them to say.
The non-legal rrund often finds j
it difficult to understand how a j
man can personally believe thati
something is wrong, yet as a judge!
decide that it was right, or at least
not illegal. The ability to take a! ‘
completely impartial attitude on|’
legal questions is what makes aj
great jurist; and nobody denies; -
that Justice Rrandeis is a great j
jurist.
It was, naturally, quite embar-j
rassing for Justice Brandeis and
even more embarrassing for the
President, to have General John
son blurt out a statement which,
could be used to back up an in-1
sinuation that the Administration
-was playing politics with the Su
preme Court. It is a common slur!
upon the intergrity of that bodyj
that "the Supreme Court always
follows the election returns,” al-j'
though nothing could be farther j
from the truth. The last thing.
President Roosevelt desires is to try!
to influence the Supreme Court, or■
to have the idea prevail that he is
trying to influence it, either direct
ly or indirectly. i
Hence the belief that the latest
indiscretion of General Johnson’s j.
was likely to prove the last straw,!
so the General’s graceful exit had
been anticipated days ahead.
The men who wilj guide the des- •
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Medical Society
Elects Officers
At the annual meeting of the
Ninth District Medical Society held i
in Statesville last week, the follow-j,
ing officers were elected for the |
coming year: Dr. C. B. Herman
of Statesville, president; Dr. A. B.
Goodman of Lenoir, vice-president;
Dr. L. E. Hedrick, of Lenoir, sec
retary-treasurer; and Dr. I. E.
Schaffer, of Salisbury, assistant
secretary-treasurer.
An Auxiliary of the Society was
organized with Mrs. J. R. Terry,
of Lexington, president; Mrs.
George Taylor of Mooresville, sec
retary; and Mrs. O. R. Black of
Landis, treasurer.
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The Carolina Watchman
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FOUNDED 1832—103RD YEAR SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1934 ~ " VOL 103 wn m r~—— —
■■■ ----y'JU 105 NO. 10 PRICE S CENTS
GOOD
MORNING
OUR BOARDING HOUSE
Landlady—They tell me that there
is a hypnotist in town who makes
people eat candles and drink pa
raffin.
Brutal Boarder—What boarding
house does he keep?—Passing Show.
ACCUSTOMED TO IT
Playgoer (while watching eerie
crime play)—You don’t seem to
mind the shrieks and groans.
His Friend—Not a bit. You see
I live next door to a dentist.—
Passing Show.
IDENTIFIED
Master—Anna, your young man
is waiting for you at the corner of
the road.
Maid—But how did you know
that he is my young man, sir?
A,f___ n_ l . • _1 •
*’"•* wvawjv uv 10 jun'iviu^ I
ny cigars.—
—
ONE CAT TO ANOTHER
Your grown’s a peach,
And, dear, I love it—
At least I do
What there is of it.
or this nudist stuff
I do not care;
t is really more
Than I can bare;
ihould I join a camp
’Twould be, fcrsooth,
derely to learn
The naked truth.
WELL JOB
The managing director of a big j
irm who took a great personal in-1
erst in his employes was passing'
hru the factory, when he saw a boy
le did not recognize.
"Well, my lad,” he said, "when
id you start to work here?”
"Only this morning, sir,” replied
he boy.
"I suppose you have seen the fore
nan and he has told you what to
lo?”
"Yes, sir.”
"And what did he tell you to
o?” .
The boy hesitated, then he said:!
Well—er—he told me to wake
im up when I saw you coming.” |
D cttv Tr\Tir'U irr at
The Rev. Melchizedeck Johnsing
ras preaching at the Blackvilb
hurch on the eternal subject of the
'rodigal Son.
"An’ de prodigal son he done
pent away fum his pore ole dady
nd he stayed in a far-off country
or yeahs an’ yeahs’’, said the
(readier. "But den, aftah yeahs an’.
reahs, he done come back to his ole
laddy, an’ de daddy done say unto
lis servants: 'Look yeah, you-all
es’ fotch forth dat fatted calf-what.
ve-all been fattin’ foh dese veahs!
in’ yeahs—”
"Hole on dar!” protested an old
larkey in the mourners’ seat, whose
_-L_.r_j_^ • .1
•avwvu ” Biivaur naivim^ (tl Lilk |
houghts invoked by the eloquence |
>f the minister. "You-all is off de!
rack dar, Brudder Johnsing. Who
bber heerd of a calf dat ole? Dat'
alf you-all is talkin’ about would a!
seen a ole cow aftah so many of|
km 'yeahs, an’ yeahs’.”
fHAT’LL BE PAY DAY
"Jack is so serious-minded. Al
ways tells me I ought to be putting
:omething away for a rainy day.”
"Well, aren’t you saving his let
■rs?—London Opinion.
EVIDENCE DESIRED
Old Black Joe—Say, Rastus, dat
lere new wife ob yours sure am
light-complexioned—regular high
fellow. Do yo’ dame light?
Rastus—Yassah, when I gibs her,
i black eye, Ah wants to see it. 1
--*
Radio Purchaser—The Harmony!
rrio will now sing "Together.”
Fan—It’s about time.
T rite* P lirr'lsieot*_
haven this heap fifty miles and the
:ngine blocks cracked, the brakes
lave quit working and I’ve had to
iuy two new tires already. I want
ny money back. You advertised
:his as a guaranteed car.
Dealer—Well, it’s a car, isn’t
t?”
He: Have you ever kissed a man
lefore?
She if altering): Y—ves.
He (excitedly): Tell me his
lame so I can thrash him.
She: But—but—he might be too
nany for you. —’
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Tighten Voting Laws
Goslin’s Slam
In 12th Wins
For Detroit
ScHoolboy Rowe Wins
Contest In Masterful
Pitching Exhibition
EVENS SERIES
The Detroit Tigers won the se
cond game of the World Series yes
terday by defeating the St. Louis
Cardinals by the score of 3 to 2,
the victory coming in the last half
of the 12th inning, and evening
the series at 1-1.
The game went for 12 innings.
A sizzling single by Goose Goslin
drove Gehringer across the home
plate for the winning run, after
the two teams had battled on even
terms for an even dozen innings.
The series will continue tomor
row when the third game will be
played at Sportsman Park, St. Louis.
In the 12th inning, with one
down, Bill Walker who had replac
ed Wild Bill Hallahan for the Card
inals, completely lost control, walk- ■
ing Gehringer and Greenburg. I
Goslin, the next batter, singled to:
center field, Gehringer scoring
with the winning run.
It was a ding dong battle all the
way. Wild Bill Hallahan, for the
Cardinals, and Schoolboy Rowe,
for the Tigers, battled on even
terms until the tenth inning w£»ent
Hallahan was relieved by BiHy
•oute and obtained credit for the
victory.
The Tigers trailed until the ninth
nning when they made a tally and
lied the score, h
The Lineups i
St. Louis (N) Detroit (A) 1
Martin, 3b. * White, cf.
Rothrock, rf. Cochrane, c.
Frisch, 2b. Gehringer, 2b.
Medwick, If. Greenberg, lb.
Colliyis, lb. Goslin, If.
Delancey, c. Rogell, ss.
Orsatti, cf. Owe.n, 3 b.
Rurocher, ss. Fox, rf.
Ffallahan, p. Rowe, p.
Walker, p.
Score by innings: _ R H E
Cards—011 000 000 000—2 7 3 1
Tigers—000 100 001 001—3 7 0 ;
Attendance: 45,000 todays'
game: Sportsman Park, St. Louis, <
beginning at 2:15, Eastern standard :
time.
Bank Commissioner
<
And Agent Are Sued
__,_ (
W. H. Goler and others started!1
suit in Superior court Monday j!
igainst Gurney P. Hood, commis-j
sioner of banks and Clyde Jones,1]
liquidating agent of the North Car- )
alina Bank and Trust company, toj^
establish priority of claims against |‘
the defendants aggregating $1J,-|'
J82.86. j
The plaintiffs and their respective f
:laims are: W. H. Goler, $8,982.86; !
District Grand Lodge No. 7 in the 1
North Carolina Grand United Ord
;r of Odd Fellows, incorporated,
$3,000; James E. Mason, $500; E.
A. Robinson, $2,500, and J. S.
Caldwell, $1,000.
It is alleged that these respective 1
imounts represent the cash collat- 1
:ral pledged by thp respective plain- ^
tiffs as security for a $30,000 loan 1
negotiated with the Salisbury unit I
af the defunct bank. j
NO IMPROVEMENT j!
"How do you like your new 1
papa?” asked the next door neigh- i
bor. ;
"Well.” replied Betty, whose i
mother had recently annexed a i
their father for the kid, "judging
from the way mamma talked to i
him last night he isn’t any im- '
provement over the first two I i
bad.”
Girl "Casey Jones"
Master Bridge Champion
McCRORY, Ark. . . . Joyce Short,
13, is perhaps the world’s youngest
locomotive engineer. She drives the
engine on the country's shortest
railroad, the one mile Augusta
Tramway and Transfer Co., here.
Her grandfather taught her the
trade.
$1,000 Boy
NEW YORK . . . This laughing
girl, Miss Elinor Murdock (above),
proved herself to be the master of
master fcriclge players when she toot
them all “in stride” to win the
individual masters’ championship
tournament here. She is the first
woman ever to win the title.
Winning Lawyer
" Mickey
Eooney (above)^Fith « Superior
Court judge looking on, signed hi*
name to a movie contract railing
tor $1,000 per week to "just be a
boy" on the screen.
NEW YORK ... Miss Fanny
Boltzmann (above), photographed
upon her return here after winning
the $125,000 verffiet at London for
Princess Youssoupoff against an
American film company.
Support For State
Pay Raise Probable
Recommendation For 10 Per Cent Salary
Boost Regarded As Certainty on
Capitol Hill
Raleigh.—Although it will mean
he raising of about $2,000,000 in
idditional revenue, it is generally
aken for granted in semi-inform
d circles on Capitol Hill that the
tato advisory budget commission
vill recommend to the General As
;embly meeting in January that
alaries of state workers be increas
d at least 10 per cent if not more.
Having heard representatives of
lepartments, educational and elee
nosynary institutions request in
xeased appropriations for the next
>iennium at the series of public
tearing held here last week, mem
>ers of the' budget commission
;ather here again Thursday to
ontinue their executive studies of
he requests.
Governor Ehringhaus himself
stimates that to raise the present
alaries of the state workers, in
duding school teachers, 10 per
ent means the raising of $2,000,
>00 in additional revenue. The
93 3 General Assembly slashed sal
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is high in some instances as 40
>er cent under 1930 salaries, and
he requests made by the several
leads of departments and institu
ions for salary boosts range from
!0 to 38 per cent.
Realization that food and feed
iroducts as well as the variety of
ither commodities the state must
lave for its departments and insti
utions are likely to cost consider
ibly more next biennium than
hey have been costing during this
wo-year period is a source of
vorry not only for the budget
nakers but the state workers as
veil. All of them realize that this
neans the state will have to pro
ride larger budgets for commodi
ties next biennium than were pro
vided for the ensuing biennium.
A veil of secrecy is being thrown
about the deliberations of the
: budget commission and it is said
the recommendations made by the
jbudgeteers will not be known un
, til they are submitted by Gover
nor Ehringhaus to the 193 5 Gen
eral Assembly.
A GOOD JOB
Trampa—’Elp me, lady, please!
For three years I worked for the
cause of temperance.
Lady—No; I was the ’orrible ex
ample.—Answers.
ALWAYS SAFE BET
This will be a long winter—all
winters are.
: iuiiiwucu uy iiit juut,
along with the other forms, show
ing how the absentee law require
ments have been complied with in
their box, and 'any registrar or
judge violating this provision is
held to be guilty of a misdemeanor.
The new instructions sent out
by the state board also require each
registrar and each county board
of elections chairman to post lists
of persons voting absentee ballots
and setting forth the facts in each
lease, including, the date applica
tion was made for an absentee bal
lot, the name and residence of the
i applicant, the date the application
was furnished, and whether the
applying voter was physically un
! able to attend the polls and vote
because of illness or whether he
was out of the county. The lists
must he posted at the respective
boxes on the morning of the elec
tion in order that any person who
may desire to do so will have an
opportunity of challenging the vote
I before it is officially cast.
Ask Rowan Board To
Assume School Bonds
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[ Formal demand was made upon
ithe Board of Commissioners of
Rowan county, in its regular meet
ing Monday morning by Ffaden C.
i Holmes, city manager, and J. W.
I Ellis, attorney, that the county
assume $726,000 of outstanding
bonds for the Salisbury school
charter district.
The city officials pointed out that
the demand was in line with, and
consistent with, a recent decision
of the supreme count of this state;
that a preliminary audit recently
made for the school board showed
the city was not receiving its pro
portionate share of the county
debt service allotments; and that
the county had assumed payment
of half the costs of several school
built in the county in special char
ter districts, a general levy being
made to pay the debt with the re
sult that Salisbury is carrying a
dual burden of maintaining its own
schools and materially contributing
to the support of other schools in
the county.
ADD DEFINITIONS
DISCIPLINE—What the rising
generation doesn’t know, or want
to know, anything about.
The men are urged to keep their
matches in a safe place, but those
who depend on borrowing the same
don’t have to worry.
I NEWS
| BRIEFS
S _ _
WAl 0 UA MAN KILLS
SELF £
Ro: « McGlamery, 5 0-year-old
farme & Beaver Dam, on bond
under -Tge of having killed his
second wife, committed suicide
Saturday morning at Valle Crucis
by firing a load from a shotgun
into his head.
SHELBY MAN DIES IN
AUTO
Charles B. Alexander, 69, retired
business man and prominent
churchman of Shelby, died sud
denly in his automobile near
Kings Mountain on Sunday while
riding with members of his fam
ily. Angina pectoris was assigned
as the immediate cause.
MORGANTON HAS JAIL
BREAK
Four prisoners escaped from the
Burke county jail at Morganton
on Saturday. One was charged
with a capital crime.? A negro
under charge of larceny is suppos
ed to have used hacksaws and other
secreted tools for effecting the es
cape.
DROUGHT LOSSES IN
CHINA -
The severe drought in China
through the summer months has
reduced the crop expectancy to
40 per cent or less, while some
crops, such as rice, corn, cotton,
and peanuts have been practically
wiped out in the drought regions.
Loss is estimated at 200 million
dollars.
SHOOT PATH OUT OF JAIL
Two convicts sentenced to die
in the electirc chair shot their way
out of jail at Richmond, Va., on
Saturday an hour after the moth
er of one of the convicts visited
in prison.
ARRESTED AFTER NINE
YEARS
Dalton Hall was returned from
Florida to Aiken, S. C., on Satur
day after having enjoyed nine
years of freedom. He was convict
ed in 1920 on charge of man
slaughter, and escaped. He was
recapteured in 1925, but made his
second escape when the automo
bile driven by the deputies ordered
to bring him back from Dallas,
Tex., overturned and they were
pinned under the car,. He made
another escape after being return
ed to the gang at Aiken.
Calls Democratic
Session For Women
Mrs. Tillett Announces
Institute On New Deal
In Raleigh, Oct. 22
Mrs. Charles W. Tillett, Jr., of
Charlotte, vice-chairman of the
State Democratic executive com
mittee, announces an Institute on
the New Deal to be held for Dem
ocratic women in Raleigh on Fri
day, October 12, and it is expected
that a’ number of Rowan county
women will attend.
Registration will begin at 9:30
on the morning of the 12th at
State Democratic headquarters in
the Sir Walter Hotel.
Mrs. James H. Wolfe acting di
rector, women’s division, National
Democratic headauarters. will
speak at the morning session in
the ballroom of the Sir Walter.
Mrs.' Wolfe will speak on party
organization for women. All coun
ty vice-chairmen, precinct women,
women members of the State De
mocratic executive committee,
have been urged to hear Mrs.
Wolfe.
A luncheon meeting will be held
at 1 o’clock at the Raleigh Wo
men’s club. J. Wallace Wineborne,
State chairman, Governor J. C. B.
Ehringhaus, Senator Josiah W.
Bailey, and Senator Robert Rey
nolds will speak at the luncheon.
(signature on the application form
of the voter seeking to cast the
(absentee ballot. A voter may ap
j ply for a form through a letter
addressed to his party chairman or
to his registrar.
The registrar and the judges at
| each precinct must fill out a spe
I _• i r_ r_• i i i
Board Orders
Closer Check
On Absentees
State Puts Ban On Ap
plication For Ballot By
Other Than Voter
NEW RULES MADE
Orders to tighten up on the ap
plication of the absentee ballot laws
have been issued to the board of
elections in the several counties
of the state by Chairman L. P.
McLendon. New instructions for
administering the absentee law
were also included.
Because of the disclosure in re
cent investigatons, most notably
the contest in the twenty-fourth
judicial district between Julius A.
Rousseau of North Wilkesboro
and J. Haden Burke of Taylorsville
for the nomination for superior
court judge, of a "multitude of
violations* of the absentee law,
the state board notified the local
board that it had found it necessary
to "take stringnent steps to prevent
recurrence” of such violatons, both
by election officials and the voters.
Under the new regulations of the