WATCHMAN BREVITIES
E. C. (Ted) Mercer, one of the
outstanding laymen of America and
jn associate of Dr. John R. Mott in
tl10 student movement for six years,
wjH begin on next Sunday a week
of special meetings at the First
Presbyterian church.
An interesting program has been
prepared for the annual meeting of
the Rowan Grange Seventh degree
olub which will hold its meeting at
the court house, here on Friday
night, with the program beginning
aC' 7 o’clock. A picnic supper will
be served at the close of the meet
ing
Only 5,126 bales of cotton have
been ginned in the county prior to
November 1, against 8,742 for the
same period last year, it has been
announced by the census bureau,
yhe county has already received
authorization to gin 11,172 bales
tax-free and another small allot
ment is due to arrive from Wash
ington.
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A three-act play "Captain Ap
plejack” will be presented by the
Blue Masque dramatic society of
Catawba college, at the college
auditorium on Friday night.
The first of a series of fight
cards will be put on at the recrea
tion hall of the transient bureau on
Friday night. It is the plan of the
sponsors to stage a card at the re
creation hall weekly, according to
Van B. Sharpe, director of the bur
eau. A very interesting array of
talent is on the card for the first
of the series for tonight.
Word has been received here of
the death of Mrs. Lon R. Lisk, of
Oklahoma City, Okla., on Nov. 2.
Her husband is a native of Rowan
county, a brother of W. C. and S.
C. Lisk of this county, and the
family is well known here.
J. B. Bailey, who lives in David
son county but who lived here
many years ago and served as a
clerk for the firm of Kluttz &
Rendleman, suffered a stroke of
paralysis last week and his condition
is critical, it is reported.
Sam Hobson, a negro who is
said by officers to be one of the
worst and most active chicken
thieves in 'these ports for a long
time, was Tuesday morning sen
tenced by Judge Dunn in county
court to serve 18 months on the
roads for stealing chickens and
clothes from the line.
There will be a fish and oyster
supper in the old barber shop at
| Faith, Saturday evening, Nov. 17,
[from 4:30 to 9 o’clock, for the
benefit of the Faith all-star basket
jball team. The public is cordially
'invited to attend.
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Thomas C. Abernethy, of Lin
colnton, who has been associated
I with the state offices of the Home
Owners Loan corporation here for
the past year or so, has been ap
pointed assistant state manager, C.
Scott Noble, state manager, has an
nounced.
Franklin News
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tucker and sonj
of Greensboro, Mr. and Mrs. Frank ■
Whitaker, of Salisbury, were Sun
day dinner guests with Mr. and
Mrs. Ezra Miller.
Mrs. Pat Sloop and Miss Rebecca j
Sloop spent Saturday afternoon]
with Lillian Click and father.
Mr. and Mrs. Foye Beck of Lex
ington were welcome visitors at
Bethel church Sunday.
Friends of Miss Ruth Shivley
will be glad to hear that she is ex- j
pecting to return home about
Thanksgiving Day after spending ,
three months in Philadelphia, Fa. ,
with relatives. \
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Shoaf welcome them home after be
ing away during the summer. Mr.
Shoaf is a ball player and will be
here until the ball season opens in
the spring.
Some folks are getting pork
hungry and are taking advantage
of the cold weather by killing a
hog. ;
Miss Fleta Miller spent Tuesday
evening in Spencer with her sister
Mrs. Willie Spake.
We are glad to say that the health
of our community is good at this
writing. j
There were no corn shuckings in
out neighborhood this season. It j
seems as if corn is short or they;
have a family shucking.
Weant Town News
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Williams
spent the week-end in Asheville j
with friends.
Mr. Earnest Shoaf went to Char- ]
lotte on business Tuesday. 1
Miss Vivan Hoffman spent the
veek-end at home with her parents,
Vfr. and Mrs. George Hoffman.
Miss Grace Hoffman spent Sun
lay evening with Miss Mildred Wil
iams.
Miss Mae Spry, of Kannapolis,
ipent Sunday evening with her sist
:r, Mrs. Ruth Spry.
Mr. Wade Hanes Shutt spent
Sunday evening with his friend,
Vfr. Bert Koon, across the river.
Miss Lucile Brown, of Cooleemee,
;pent the week-end with her friend,
Vliss Martha Spry.
We are sorry to say that Miss
i,ois Hoffman is sick this week and
:annot go to school. Hope she will
oon be well and back at schrol.
Mr. John Cauble and family were
visitors of Mr. J. L. Cauble Sunday
evening.
Mr. Lenzie Gobble and family
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Gobble.
We are glad to see Mrs. Blanch
Aldridge is home. She has been in
the hospital a long time. Her and
baby are doing nicely now.
Mr. Adam Gobble went oppos
sum hunting Tuesday night. We
hope he had lots of good luck.
The Senior Sunday' School class
of Mount Tabor church gave a
party' at the home of Mr. L. C.
Williams last Thursday night. All
enjoyed games and refreshments.
Gee, but don’t this wind hurt
as cotton pickers? but most every
body is almost through now. Bet
ter up the winter turnips up and
itore them away before they freeze.
They claim that we may' relapse
aack into the dark ages, but we
arobably wouldn’t be allowed to do
;o, if the dark ages could come to
;ife and make any kick on the way
aeople act now.
Better Business
In Many Sectors
(Continued from page one)
that the autumn revival of manu
facturing this year has not been
striking, but many see in the recent
trends the laying of a base for con
tinued gains unless unforeseen ob
stacles are encountered. The first
stimulus is expected from the au
tomobile industry, which will
within the next few weeks begin
active work on 1935 models.
Much of the strength of retail
trade has been laid to government
expenditure, but administration
spokesmen have made it plain that,
this cannot be curtailed any faster j
than private industry can take up|
the burden of maintaining mass|
purchasing power.
How rapidly business can do'
this remains to be seen, but anlysts
note a pronounced improvement in |
business sentiment in the past few
weeks and hopes are held that with:
the bitter pre-election controver-J
sies out of the way, now that elec-!
tion day has come and gone, senti-j
ment will continue to improve.:
Heavy industries such as steel and
building are still the conspicious,
laggards.
PATTERSON ITEMS j
The Patterson club held its re-J
gular meeting last Friday at the
home of Mrs. J. A. Patterson. After
an interesting discussion of table
setting and etiquette by Miss
Whisnant, a three course Christmas
dinner was served by the members.
Miss Fruda Smith, teacher of the
Patterson school, spent last week
end at her home in Mt. Pleasant.
C. R. Bost has recently purchas
ed a new horse.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ketner and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Moose, of Concord took dinner with
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Suther last Sun
day. The occasion being the birth
day of both Mrs. Ketner and Mrs.
Suther.
Saturday night was community
night at the Patterson hall. A
medium sized crowd enjoyed the
interesting program.
We are glad to have Mr. and Mrs
W. H. Houck, back in our com
munity again.
On Saturday night, Nov. 24, the
young folks of the Patterson
Grange will present a three act
j play, "Look out, Lizzie” at the
Patterson Hall. Characters of the
play are as follows: Hazel Long—
Freida Smith, Richard Biltmore—
I Brooks Litaker, Silas Long—Charlie
Sloop, Sarah Long—Ethel Suther,
Lizzie Blank—Mabel Overcash,
Hank Blinks—Harl Freeze, Dave
Hinkle — Herman Shulenberger,
Minie Hall—Edna Overcash. A
small admission will be charged
for the benefit of the grange.
WILMINGTON EX-MAYOR
FREED
Parker Quince Moore, farmer
mayor of Wilmington, was dis
charged from the State prison
after completing his term with al
lowance for good behavior. He
was admitted to the prison on May
3, 193 3, on a three-year sentence
after conviction of conspiracy, in
attempting to extort money from
Mrs. Jessie Kenan Wise. His term
was reduced through time off for
good behavior.
Black-Draught For
Dizziness, Headache
Due To Constipation
"1 have used Thedford’s Black
Draught several years and find
it splendid,” writes Mr. G. W. B!ol
ley, of St. Paul, Va. “I take it for
dizziness or headache (due to con
stipation). I have never found
anything better. A short while
ago, we began giving our children
Syrup of Black-Draught as a laxa
tive for colds and little stomach
ailments, and have fijund it very
satisfactory."_Millions of pack
ages of Thedford’s Black-Draught
are required to satisfy the demand
for this popular, old reliable, purely
vegetable laxative. 25 a package.
"Children like the Syrup.”
Mill Workers Turn
Against Textile Union
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Discover Lost Wages Only Thing Strike
Brought Them
Raleigh.—A great many of the
textile workers who went on strike
during the recent strike called by
the United Textile Workers Union
are now waking up to the fact that
they did not win anything as a re
sult of the strike and that they lost
a month’s wages, the workers are
unable to see where they have won
anything they did not have before
the strike.
In a few mills in some of the
textile sections there are still some
labor leaders who are trying to keep
the workers stirred up and dissatis
fied, these inspectors say. But for
the most part they think most of
the workers are now pretty well
satisfied.
It is being pointed out here
figures which come out of the
San Francisco convention of the
American Federation of Labor
show that the United Textile
Workers union, instead of having
the 300,000 members which it
claimed, actually has only 38,700
paid-up members, or only 13 per
cent of the membership it claimed,
otherwise could have had, with the
result that they are in a none too
friendly mood towards the union
and union leaders at the present
time, according to mill inspectors
and others who have recently been
through the textile sections of the
state. _
"In some localities there is still
a feeling of dissatisfaction among
some of the mill workers and a
tenseness between them and the
employers, but this is the exception
rather than the rule,” one inspector
said here. "In most of the textile
centers a majority of the workers
seem to be well satisfied and glad to
be back at work again. Many of
them openly state that it will be a
long time before they will go on
strike again. A good many say
they were misled by the union lead
ers both before the strike and again
afterwards, when the union leaders
claimed they had won a great vic
tory.
Old Clothes Plea
New Lives for Old Clothes!
This is our work—new lives for
mountain boys and girls, healthier,
happier, broader. This is our
means—old clothes which we sell
at our Rag Shakin’ or trade for
produce through the school kitch
en. Ever since we first started
our work, old clothes sales have
provided about one-half of our in
come; even during the depression
this ratio has not changed, though
the actual amount has of course
decreased very much. And today,
our warehouse is practically empty.
There are plenty of customers, but
not enough goods. Will you help
us to stock our counters? We can
use anything, for any age or either
sex—clothing, shoes, scraps for
quilts, goods and remnants for
making clothes, household articles
—anything, and in any quantity.
If our stock fails, our customers
do not come back for a long time
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and it is very hard to build up
their confidence again. Please, will
you help us, for without your aid
this work must fall short of its
goal—New Lives for the Hills.
Mary Sloop, Bus. Mgr. Cross
nore School Inc.
Freight and Express, Ashford,
N. C. Parcel Post, Crossnore, N. C.
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PUBLIC SALE
I will offer at Public Sale on my farm 2
miles west of Salisbury, on the old
Mocksville Road on
Saturday, December 1st, 1934
Beginning at 1 p. m., the following
15 Head of Dairy Cattle—All Milk Cows—
Guernseys and Holsteins; 1 Registered Guern
sey Bull—4 years old; 2 Mules; 1 Manure
Spreader; 1 Ford Tractor, Side Plow, Disc Har
row and Wood Saw; 1 Wheat Binder; 1 Corn
j Harvester; 1 Ensilage Cutter; 1 Drill; 1 Roller,
1 Mowing Machine and Rake, together with
Sundry Plows and Other Farming Tools; also
Milking Utensils, Including 1 Pulsator, 6
Milking Units, Cans and Buckets, Motor Pump
and Cooler.
Having sold my farm and dairy I am offering
the foregoing to the highest bidder for cash
and make no reservations. Any of the above
may be inspected prior to date of sale.
| November 15, 1934.
T. W. WATKINS
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