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Carolina Watchman Published Every Friday Morning By The Carolina Watchman Pub. Co., SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA E. W. G. Huffman .President J. R. Felts,_Business Mgr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable In Advance One Year -$1.00 6 Months-- .50 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. POPULATION DATA (1930 Census) Salisbury ._16,951 Spencer -3,128 E. Spencer_ 2,098: China Grove_1,258 Landis _1,388 Rockwell_ 696 Granite Quarry_ 507 Cleveland_ 43 5 Faith __ 431 Gold Hill _ 156 (Population Rowan Co. 56,665) AUTOMOBILES AND SAFETY We understand that the makers of the 1935 automobiles will put less stress on the speed of which j their cars are capable and more on1 such safety features as unshatter able glass, low center of gravity, reliability of brakes «nd ease of control, as well as economy in gas and oil consumption. Ie seems to us that they have gone about as far as necessary in the matter of speed. There are few, if any, cars now on the market that cannot be pushed to 60 or more miles an hour. And for most drivers on most roaas tnat is taster tnan con siderations of safety warrant. There is a steadily growing num ber of fatal automobile accidents, as the speed of cars increases and the mileage of hard-surfaced roads multiplies. Most of these accidents are unnecessary. Leaving out of consideration the fools who try to drive after they have had a few drinks, there is an irresistible tem ptation, particularly to the young and reckless, to step on the gas when the road ahead seems clear, regardless of what may be ap proaching from the cross-roads. Some bright fellow remarked that the weakest point of every car is "the nut that holds the steering wheel.” Even the most careful driver has to reckon with the "nut” who may be driving another car on the same road. As winter sets in the risk of driving is increased. Careful ana lysis of some thousands of motor ing accidents shows that more of them occur between daylight arid dark, in the twilight hours, than either in broad daylight or after dark. Headlights do .little but confuse in the half-light just after the sun has set, and the. driver’s instinct is not to relv on them. We think that the greatest room for improvement in automobiles is in this matter of headlights. The genius who will discover a way to light one’s own road without blind ing approaching drivers has a for tune waiting for him to pick up. A NEGLECTED ISSUE Now that the long-range weath er prophets have got into the movies, we may look for all the other kinds of soothsayers and clairvoyants to get their turn on the screen, as some o'f them are al ready doing on the radio. We have no desire to disparage the scientific attainments of the professor whose explanation of why we may look forward to an even more severe winter than last has lately been featured in the news reels. But granting that he knows his onions, we beg leave to doubt the possibility, as yet, of telling this week what the weather will be next week, beyond the ordinary seasonal variations. The value of that sort of predic tion is that it gives people some thing interesting to talk about, as the weather has always done from the beginning of time. And, un like many other interesting things that people are talking about in these days, discussion of the weath er seldom stirs up serious controv ersy. Nobody tries to organize a movement to make the weather different from what it may happen to be. We never heard of a candi date for office who promised that, if he were elected, the weather would be adjusted to suit every body. We have heard candidates promise almost everything else, but weather is one—perhaps the only— important matter which almost everybody recognizes as beyond human control. Considering some of the foolish promises and predictions that were made in various parts of the coun try in the Congressional campaign just ended, however, we wonder why the weather was so generally overlooked. If people are foolish enough to believe in the possibility of carrying out some of the wild projects which some candidates ad vocated,. why shouldn’t they be foolish enough to believe that a particular man or party can do something about the weather? At least, somebody might promise that if elected he would arrange to have a glass roof put over his home state, or at least his election dis trict. We commend that idea to politi cians looking for an issue. TODAY AND TOMORROW —BY— Frank Parker Stockbridge DEMOCRACY ... and us I hear people saying everywhere that "democracy is on trial.” The implication is, of course, that the democratic system of giving every citizen an equal voice in public affairs is still an unfinished experi ment, that isn’t working out anyj too well. Well, we have been running on] that system for considerably more than 15 0 years, here in the United States. We’ve had plenty of trouble, but as I look back over my own lifetime, and read what hap pened before that began, it seems to me that democracy as practised in this country has worked better than any of the systems that have been tried anywhere else in the world. I don’t think it is perfect, by any means. But neither is anything else that involves human nature and human relations. But any system that in a comparatively short period of time can raise the poorest na tion in the world into the richest, spread the benefits of civilization and comfort among a much higher proportion of its people than any other system, anywhere, has ever done, can’t be altogether bad. * * * IMPATIENCE . . . trouble Most of the world’s troubles come from trying to do things in too much of a hurry. That is true in the case of individuals; it is par ticularly true in the case of those groups of individuals which we call nations. I know that about all the real trouble I have ever had in my life has come about because I was too impatient to wait for results but tried to force events to happen be i fore the time was ripe for them.! And I am certain that nine-tenths1 of the world’s troubles today root back to the same sort of impatien ce. If it were not for impatience wej would not see Russia today under the domination of a ruthless and despotic handful of Bolsheviks, j Italy controlled by a dictator, Ger many under the iron heel of a tyrant. Grant that the purposes of all of these and other dictators is the noble one of making their countries better places to live in— in the future. I prefer a system which gives the living present first consideration. I have seen too many predictions go wrong to believe that any kind of large-scale planning for the fu ture of a whole people can ever work out according to plan. Even1 single individuals responsible to! nobody but themselves, seldom find that their plans for themselves will1 work. «»4 WE ARE not going to mention the * * * HOME IN which this little * * * INCIDENT HAPPENED but by * * * DOING A little simple figuring YOU SHOULD be able to do some * * * VERY ACCURATE guessing. * * » "WHAT DO you think of the new * * * BABY AT your house?” the » * St NEIGHBOR ASKED little Mary. * * » "HUH,” SHE replied. "It looks • * * LIKE SOMETHING mother had * * * WON AT a bridge party.” s- !!• I THANK YOU. REFORMERS . . . through years I have no quarrel with those who would remake the world. I can think of quite a few improvement? that I could wish we had. But I cannot work myself up to enthu siasm for schemes to remodel civili zation, or any minor part of the human scene, by any swifter pro cesses than the slow ones of the j education and evolution. The reformer is always a fanatic. I T)nf is nnr a trrm nr rrnrnach. It! means merely a person possessed of one idea, who is perfectly sure that he alone is right. Practically all of the progress the world has ^ made has been instigated in the first instance by fantics. Some times they have been right. Usually the thing they have urged upon the j world comes about a few centuries, or so after they have sowed the | seed. Any proposal for reforming the | social order is a dream until it has, been talked about long enough to make a controlling majority of the people believe in its possibility. And even then there is no guarantee that they will like it, after they have tried it. * ij-. *• * • FOLKWAYS . . . ingrained The habits, customs and outlook j on life of any given race, group or I nation are conveniently referred to as "folkways.” They are the ideas i handed down from generation to! generation, the ways of doing j things which have become so na-1 tural to the group that they are "in their blood.” Anybody who wants to bring about a radical change in social re lations needs to watch his step when it comes to interfering with the folkways of a people. Fie may succeed, by violence and terroriza tion, in enforcing outward compli ance with the new order, but down underneath the folkways will still assert themselves. In the back country of Italy, I was told by a wise Roman, the pcubanub gu lu cnurcn, iikc me rest of the people, but the folkways in grained for thousands of years be fore Christ remain with them. They believe, among themselves, in what they call "la vecchia reli gione”—the "old religion” of their pagan ancestors. I notice that Mr. Hitler is hav ing plenty of trouble trying to re gulate the religion of the entire German nation. Mussolini was wiser than to try anything of that sort. * * *f CHURCHES . . . salvation i Somehow, I can’t escape thej feeling that a good many ministers! and a good many churches are go- I ing outside of their province in! taking part in or encouraging ef- j forts at wholesale reforms. I speak as a churchman and a profound believer in the message of thej church. But when I hear ministers' taking part in economic discussions' and encouraging the idea of mak-| ing the world over over night, 11 wonder if they believe that salva tion of any kind can be accom plished except one by one. When I am inclined to get im patient with the slowness of hu manity’s progress toward perfec tion I go home and re-read that great old book by John Bunyan, "Pilgrim’s Progress.” A GREAT COMIC TREAT Four more pages of the funniest comics in the world. Now a 20 page Comic Weekly with 40 Comics in colors. Don’t miss this great feature every Sunday with the BALTIMORE AMERICAN. Your! favorite .newsdealer or newsboy i has your Copy. PICAYUNES Q. Give the number of retail: frug stores in the United States, the annual sales and the number )f druggists. A. There are 104,727 druggists md pharamacists, approximately 57,700 retail drug stores, and total sales in 1930 amounted to $1,638, 000,000. AUTO ACCIDENTS Q. How many persons were kill ed and injured in automobile acci dents in the United States in 1933? A. In 765,500 accidents, 29. 900 persons were killed and 8)0, 700 were injured. CONDUCTOR Q. Is aluminum a conductor of electricity? A "Y^ pc FATAL BOUT Q. Name the prize fighter who died soon after his fight with Car nera. A. Ernie Schaaf, who collapsed in the ring in the 13 th round at New York City, Feb. 10, 1933, and died in a hospital shortly after RfSfuSa ABE’S SWEETHEART Q. Was Ann Rutledge, Abra ham Lincoln’s sweetheart, suppos td to be beautiful? A. She is described as a red haired girl, good, but not beauti ful. CIVIL SERVICE Q. Name the president of the United States Civil Service Com mission. A. Harry B. Mitchell. Q. How many children does Princess Mary of England have? A. Two sons. Q. How many children does the Duke of York have? A. Two daughters. Q. Do former presidents of the D. S. receive pensions from the Government? A Nn Q. When was Joseph G. Canr.on the Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives? A. From 1903 to 1910. POPULATION Q. By what percentage did the population of the United States in crease from 1920 to 1930? A. Sixteenth and one-tenth. LAW SCHOOLS Q. many law schools and law students are there in the Unit ed States? A. In 193 3 there were 185 law schools, of which 81 were full time, and 39,472 students. SOCIETY Q. When was the American Geo graphical Society founded? A. 1852. FLORIDA Q. What is the area of Florida? A. Tt contains 5 8,666 square miles. NORWAY Q. Is agriculture a major indus try in Norway? A. Agriculture is limited, less chan 4 per ceht of the total area being under cultivation. The country imports much of its food supply. WHITE HOUSE Q. How much does it cost to run the White House? A. The 1934 appropriation of $363,23 3, included the salaries of secretaries and clerks, as well as the salary of the President, his travel and entertainment allowance, maintenance, upkeep and repairs to the white House and other miscel laneous expenses. JACQUES Q. What is the origin of the name Jacques? A. It is French for John. "Farmer” Bob Doughton, as he is known, is again the "servant of the people.” It has been said and is probably true, that Mr. Doughton has the job of being Congressman until he drops in the traces like the good wheel horse that he is. He has a certain air of finality and de termination about him that con vinces a person almost against that person’s will. Some have said that he will run for governor sometime. Well, all the Rounder has to say is anytime he gets ready to toss his Stetson into the ring, his (The Rounder’s) vote is already mark ed up in his (Mr. Doughton’s) favor.— (The Rounder) Statesville Record. MOST CONVICTS UN MARRIED The report of the state prison indicates that most of the convicts are unmarried men, and that pro hibition law violations constitute the most prevalent offense. It is stated that most of the State’s criminals are between 21 and 25 years of age, and the negroes make up most of the population. May be all right to have shorter hours of labor, but anyway people should expect to get down to the! job somewhat before it’s time to wash up and go home. THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON (Continued from page one) Government’s promise to pay, re presented by its bonds. So far the above system has not strained the Government’s credit very much, if at all; partly because of the huge gold reserve. It has, however, created a new and more intimate relationship between the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank system, amounting in prac tice, though not in name, to a cen tral banking system such as pre vails in most European countries. As a result of this wide exten sion of the Treasury’s sphere of influence, some Washington folk are beginning to call Secretary Morgenthau "Minister of Finance. Mr. Morgenthau seems to be grow ing more and more the President’s chief reliance, certainly in financial matters. Donald Richberg, head of the Federal Emergancy Council, also has the President’s ear and his advice is listened to. Of the other Federal executives, the most in fa vor appear to be Harry Hopkins, relief administrator; Secretary Ickes, who runs the PWA and is also Oil Administrator, and Miss Perkins, Secretary of Labor. The Administration’s ' relations with organized labor are beginning to show signs of shifting. The Federation of Labor is not pulling such a strong oar as it seemed to be a few months ago. There is tendency toward concilation of labor disputes, wnicn was not ap parent last Spring. A noteworthy example it the ease with which the troubles between the unions and the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Com pany were adjusted. Less emphasis is now being placed by the Admin istration upon the importance of raising wages and prices, and more upon the desirability of selling goods at prices that will move them and putting and keeping people at work at the best wages industry can afford, under depression con ditions, to pay. The new NRA Board has done little that is spectacular. Washing ton misses the "comic relief” that General Johnson furnished. On the surface, at least, it looks as if seri ous and practical business men were exercising a good influence. At any rate, in the NRA and in all the rest of the Federal agencies and depart ments there is much less of the "Hurrah, boys, let’s go!” enthus iasm that marked the first year and more of the present Administra tion, and more thoughtful, sober minded consideration of ways and means. The outlook now is that there will be much more wild talking and impractical enthusiasm dis played on Capitol Hill when the new Congress meets than will be heard from the Executive depart ments. Babson Says Business Better s Here are the views of Roger Babson, the statistician and busi ness forecaster, on th!e national situation: 1. Buisness will be better because we have passed the low point in the business cycle. Any change from now on must be for the bet ter. 2. Business is today improving throughout the entire world. 3. Debts of all kinds, excepti government debts, have been great- [ ly reduced. , 4. Replacement and obsolescence are bringing about increased orders. 5. New buildings has at last be-, gun to pick up, especially the. building of small homes. 6. Great .new industries—such as air conditioning—are beginning to develop. 7. The population is continually increasing. 8. There is a great surplus of] money awaiting investment. 9. People are having a change | of heart and are now anxious to^ lead honest, industrious and right-1 eous lives. 10. Finally, the present huge: government expenditures must add to an improved situation, even | rh.'ugh the other factors would bring it about without this "prim ing of the pump.” FARMERS RECEIVE BIG SUMS According to the recent an nouncement from Washington, North Carolina farmers have re ceived up to October 1 a total of 810,606,724.31 in benefit pay ments. A referendum is soon to be called on the Bankhead cotton control law, and it is supposed that j the best economics under the new deal will be shaped for the broad-; est benefit of the farmer classes. ( N. C. Gets Eastern Park Entrance Washington.—North Carolina gets the eastern entrance to the Great Smoky Mountain National park, according to announcement by Secretary Ickes, and the south ern section of the great 16 million dollar scenic highway will in the main traverse North Carolina soil Secretary Ickes’ decision is at variance with the findings of a board of three appointed to make recommendations for the southern end of the route. The selected route runs from Blowing Rock, N. C-, south of Linville City along the Blue Ridge and the Mt. Mitchell and Craggy ranges near Asheville, N. C., thence into the Mt. Pisgah range, bending sharply northwest on a line along that range west of Waynesville, with an entrance into the park at a point where it will connect with the Newfound Gap highway near Cherokee, N. C. The secretary said there was lit tle to choose between the North Carolina and Tennessee routes from the scenic standpoint and that, other things being equal it seemed "unfair” that Tennessee should have the sole entrances to the park from both the west and east. The Ickes committee which rec ommended the Tennessee route consisted of George L. Radcliffe of Baltimore, former regional pub lie works administrator, now sena tor-elect of Maryland; Thomas H. MacDonald, federal road chief, and Arno P. Cammerer, national parks director. When their decision was an nouncea rsortn Carolina appeaiea to Secretary Ickes who held a hear ing on the matter September 18 in Washington. Ickes, in his letter to the gover nors said despite the fact the North Carolina location was chosen "Ten nessee would still have a gateway into the park equally, if not more, important than that which North Carolina will have at Cherokee.” "Through Gatlinburg will flow the tourist traffic from the great west and northwest,” his letter said. "Some 73,000,000 people al ready dwell in the area west of the Alleghany mountains, which is tributary to the Gatlinburg en-; :rance, while the area east of the | Alleghany mountains from which iccess to the park will be through Hherokee gateway, contains ap-j aroximately 50,000,000 people. "Here is a present disproportion in favor of the Gatlinburg en hance of some 23,000,000 people aeside which it is reasonable to ex aect that the powerful growth in aopulation in the country tribu tary to the Gatlinburg entrance vill be much greater than in that section which will naturally seek :he Cherokee entrance.” LEGAL NOTICES | — MORTGAGE SALE OF REAL I ESTATE By virtue of authority contained ) n a certain mortgage deed of trust,: dated November 3, 1927, and re-! ’istered in the Register’s office ofj R.owan County in Book of Mort-j ?ages, No. 104, page 291, from fohn J. Kluttz and wife, Jennie Z. I Kluttz, to J. E. Fisher, Trustee, de fault having been made in the pay- J -nent of the note secured thereby, j ind request of foreclosure having seen made by the holder of said) aote, the undersigned Trustee will) sell at public auction, to the high :st bidder, for cash, at the Court j Hfcuse door in Salisbury, N. C., on Saturday, December 15, 1934, at I 12 o’clock, bJoon, the following de-) :r*ri rpol Mtatp fn.tiMt- • TRACT NO. 1: Situated 1 milej Morthwest of Granite Quarry, N. 2., and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake in the creek, i new corner; thence S. 88 E. 3.25 :hains to a stone, the old .corner; | rhence N. 28 E. 8 chains to a stake n the center of the railroad; thence! with the railroad N. 44 W. 3.42 rhains to the center of the creek; rhence up the creek 10.60 chains to :he beginning, containing 3 acres, le the same more or less. The above tract being a part of :he tract conveyed from W. S. Brown and wife to R. M. Brown, -egistered in Book No. 172, page 149, Register’s Office of Rowan Ikiunty. i TRACT NO. 2: Beginning at a' :take in center of railroad on line if the Kirk’s heirs, and runs thence, i. 28 W. 7.75 chains to a stone on lid corner; thence E. 8.65 chains | :o a stake in the center of railroad, * :orner* of Lot No. 3; thence with i :he railroad to the beginning, con- j raining two and one-half acres more ir less. The above described land being i part of the W. S. Brown home tract and assigned to him in the division of the William Brown, de ceased, lands. For back title, se. deed from L. L. Walton and wife to Eli Kerns, registered in Book No. 172, page 139, Register’s Office oc Rowan County. TRACT NO. 3: In Salisbury Township, between the Yadkin Railroad and Gold Hill Road; Be ginning at a stake on the Yadkin Railroad, Eli Kerns’ corner; thence W. 5.66 chains to an ash, Kerns’ corner; thence S. % deg. W. 3.00 chains to a stake in the Gold HUf Road; thence with said Road Northeast 10.25 chains to a stake in said Road, corner to 1-66/100 acre tract; thence with the line ot said tract N. 24 deg. E. 20.00 chains to a stake, Eli Kerns’ corner: E. 5.00 chains to a stake in center of railroad; thence with the rail road 24.75 to the beginning, con taining 24 1-2 acres, more or less. TRACT NO. 4: Also another tract, beginning at a stake in the Gold Hill Road, corner to the above described tract; thence N. 24 deg. E. 5.35 chains to a stake, Eli Kerns’ corner; thence N. 84 deg. W. 5.54 chains to a stake in the Gold Hill Road; thence with said Road S. 3J E. 6.64 chains to the beginning, containing 1-66/100 acres, more or less. For back title to the above two tracts, see deed from J. L. Graham and wife to John J. Kluttz, regis tered in Book of Deeds No. 170. page 149, in the Register’s Office of Rowan County. TRACT NO. 5: Lying about 1-7 mile from Granite Quarry, N. C.. and lying on the East side of the Gold Hill road: Beginning at a. stake on the Yadkin Railroad, John jj. Kluttz’s corner; thence with jKluttz’s line West 373 feet to t 2-5/8 deg. West 196 feet to a stake in the center of the Gold Hill road; thence N. 80 E. 389 feet to a stake in the center of the Yadkin Rail road; thence with the center of the said railroad North 4 deg. East 112 feet to the beginning, containing 1-32/100 acres. See deed from Ross Kerns and wife to John J. Kluttz, registered in Book of Deeds No. 173, page 32, in the Register’s Office of Rowan County. The above property is being sold subject to all taxes and other liens which might be against the same. Terms of sale: Cash. This 14th day of November, 1934. J. E. Fisher, Trustee.. r. K. Carlton, Attorney. Nov. 16—Dec. 14. SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Pursuant to the provisions con tained in a certain deed of trust dated June 6th, 1929, executed bv Glenn Choate and wife, Donn.i Chcate, to Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, Trustee, which deed of trust was properly recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Rowan County, in book of mortgages No. 87, page 222. securing note payable to the Metro politan Life Insurance Company, default having been made in the payment of the said deed of trust is therein provided, and by authori ty and power of sale conferred by said deed of trust, and by law pro vided, the undersigned Trustee, at the request of the holder of the note, will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder, or bidders, for cash, at the Courthouse door in Salisbury, N. C., on SAT URDAY, DECEMBER 22nd, 193 4, AT 12 O’CLOCK, NOON, the following described real property, to-wit: BEGINNING at a stake at the West corner of the intersection of Crosby Street and Mitchell Avenue, and runs thence with the West side of Crosby Street, South 31 degree; 45 minutes West 175 feet to a stake in the edge of an alley; thence with the North side of said alley, North 5 8 degrees 15 minutes West 100 feet to a stake, Peeler’s corner: thence with Peeler’s line, North 3 1 degrees 45 minutes East 175 feet to a stake in the South edge of Mitchell Avenue; thence with the South side of Mitchell Avenue, South 58 de grees 15 minutes East 100 feet to the BEGINNING, and being Lots Nos. 1 and 2 in Block 16, as shown upon the map of the property of the Southern Development Com pany, known as Fulton Heights, Sal isbury, North Carolina, and being the same as conveyed to G. W. Choate by T. J. Maupin and wife, Grace C. Maupin, by deed dated May 15, 1919, and registered in Book of Deeds 15 5, page 234, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rowan County, and being better known as Number 203 Mitchell Avenue, Salisbury, North Carolina. This the 14th day of November, 1934. Wachovia Bank and Trust Com pany, Trustee. Metropolitan Life Insurance Com pany, Holder of Note. Hudson & Hudson, Attorneys. Nov. 16—Dec. 7.