5,695 N. C. Homes
Facing Foreclosure
Suspension of Loans by HOLC Leaves Large
Number of Applications That
Cannot Be Considered
Washington.—Announcement by
the (Hbme Owners’ Loan corpora
tion of the status of applications
from distressed home owners for
loans in North Carolina reveals
that 5,695 homes probably face
foreclosure by mortgagees in the
state, with the sum involved estim
ated at $14,541,845.
The statement is at the close of
business November 16, and has a
direct bearing on the recent resolu
tion adopted by the board that no
applications would be received.
Coupled with this order was an
other that no applications would
receive further consideration unless
they had reached the legal division
by November 15.
The statement shows that, since
the HOLC began to operate, 20,
096 applications have been received
in North Carolina at the main
office at Salisbury, and at the
Raleigh, Greenville, Asheville and
Charlotte branches. Of this num
ber 2,608 were withdrawn, as ap
plicants were able to obtain fiancial
assistance elsewhere.
In addition to this number, 742
were rejected as not falling within
LEGAL NOTICES
SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Pursuant to an order and decree
of the Superior Court in the matter
of Clyde and F. L. Campbell, Ad
ministrators, against Jennie L.
Campbell, Bessie Troutman, Robert
Campbell, Lucile Foster, Rebecca
McDaniel, Ralph Campbell, Carl
Campbell, and others, as appears in
the Special Proceedings filed in the
Clerk’s Office of Rowan County,
appointing the undersigned Com
missioner to sell the real estate de
scribed in the petition to make as
sets, the undersigned will sell at
public auction, subject to the
dower of Jennie L. Campbell, to
the highest bidder, for cash, on
Monday, January 7th, 193 5, at the
Court House Door, in the City of
Salisbury, between 10 o’clock A.
M. and 2 o’clock P. M., on said
day, the following described real
estate:
Lying and being in Scotch Irish
Township, adjoining the lands of
Arthur Safrit, C. W. Davis, O. R.
Turner, and others: Beginning at a
stone, Cartner’s corner; thence S.
4 deg. E. with line of several tracts,
crossine Beaver Dam Branch. 216
poles to a stake and pile of stones
at side Samuel -Luckey’s fence;
thence with his line N. 87 E. 10.9
poles to a small pine; thence N.
2 1-2 W. 216 poles to a stone,
Samuel Luckey’s corner; thence:
with his line S. 87 1-2 W. 115 poles!
to a stone and to the beginning,
containing 150 acres, more or less.
For back title reference is made to
deed recorded in Deed Book No.
117 page 202, Register’s office of
Rowan County. Dower has been;
laid off to Jennie L. Campbell,!
widow, and the purchaser will only
get immediately the lands ont em
braced in the dower, and then dow
•er part at her death. See map on file
•for metes and bounds of dower.
Purchaser4 will be required to
make a cash deposit on day of sale
c f 5 % of amount bid. Sale will be j
left open for increased bid as now,
prescribed by law. This November
30th, 1934.
J. T. Wright, Commissioner.
R. Lee Wright, Attorney.
Nov. 3 0—Dec. 21.
NORTH CAROLINA,
ROWAN COUNTY.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT !
■ ' " E. L. Crye,
vs. -hS
Lillie J. Crye.
- ■* NOTICE
The defendant, Lillie J. Crye,j
will take notice that an action en-j
titled as above has been commenced
in the Superior Court of Rowan ■
County, North Carolina, to obtain
a divorce on the ground of two
years separation; and the said de
fendant will further take notice
that she is required to appear at the)
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of said county in the court j
house in Salisbury, N. C., on the
29th day of December, 1934, or
within 30 days thereafter, and ans
wer or demur to the complaint in
said action, or the plaintiff will
apply to the court for the relief de
manded in said complaint.
IRis the 28 th day of November,
i934.
B. D. McCubbins, Clerk Superior
Court, Rowan County, N. C. By
B. Lampert, Dep. Clerk Superior
Court.
Nov. 30—Dec. 21.
| Clips 200-yd. Record |
^ -.X i
PHILADELPHIA . . . Dorothy
Forbes (above), 15 years old, of
Camden, N. J. is the new 200 yard
swimming champion. She swam the
distance in 2 min. 33 1-10 seconds,
erasing a record made in 1926.
the provisions of the HOLC act, |
leaving 16,746, applications to run
the gauntlet of the various ap
praisals and final approval by the
legal department.
By November IS, however, only
11,0SI applications had reached the
legal division in the state; whereas
8,294 loans had been closed, with
the total lent in the state to
tressed home owners beiiy
32S,046, the average loa»?"jB^g
$2,571. ' ' I
The result of this situation, ac
cording to HOLC officials, is that
North Carolina organization now
has on hand 2,344 applications that
can still be considered under the
recent ruling, barring applications!
that had not reached the legal di
vision by November IS.
That 5,695 applications from:
distressed home owners are in the
hopper and cannot be considered;
_ _ _■ _ . I
j. wi mV! uivaiu uiai Liivu ocat-dj l c ■
mains unchanged unless the next!
congress appropriates more money
to finance the HOLC, because it
has been calculated that the time is '
fast approaching when the govern
ment must begin to realize ma
terially on loans already made, and j
that the residue of the money ap- j
propriated will easily be absorbed
by pending applications.
It was stated at the office of .
Chairman Fahey that within a few
days a form letter would be sent to ■
;ach hqjne owner applicant whose (
application has been suspended un- .
der the recent decision of the corp- j
oration, pointing out that funds (
will be exhausted before his applica- (
tion would possibly be handled, and ,
suggesting that he promptly confer s
with the holder ofi his original!
mortgage, to whom a letter will bc'j
sent by the corporation, with a j,
view to mutual effort in working (
out their common problem of the t
indebtedness. I s
Already the officers of the Wash-1;
ngton organization are deluged j
i—_i_xt_-u n_l:_
nany from members of congress, >t
urging that attention be given to'c
ipplications upon which appraisals i
iiave been made but which havejt
not yet reached the legal division, ;t
Out to no avail. The corporation’s 1
iction is to stand, with the hope: j
chat the Federal Home Loan bank1;
it Winston-Salem may have a loan t
placement division established to j
lid in relieving the situation, with i
che remainder to be done by sav- <
ings banks, building and loan as- i
>ociations, insurance companies, jl
md other home-financing institu- 1
tions, with a view to satisfactory!
adjustment or refinancing of loans 1
for which the HOLC is now being: I
asked, but which are barred by the;)
recent order.
In South Carolina, where the,;
HOLC got off to a better start than!
in North Carolina, only 642 home
owners are left in the lurch by the
new order, because, of the 8,702
applications were received, 2,4571
were eliminated by withdrawal orj
not being within the law. Of the 1
remaining 6,245 to be considered!
5,603 have reached the legal di-j
vision.
They accomplish wonderful re
sults by inoculating people against
various diseases, but don't seem to
have protected them by this meansj
from falling in love. [
See Doughton
Paving Way To
Governorship
Banquet Applause Here
Brings Smiles To
Congressman
SILENT ON PLANS
(By LeGette Blythe, Charlotte Ob
server, November 23.)
The .rousing reception given
"Farmer Bob” Doughton at the
Farley dinner here Wednesday night
had Mecklenburg politicians con
jecturing over time yesterday about
the often recurring question of
whether Mr. Doughton will or will
not choose to run for governor in
1936.
The politicians were disappointed
that Clyde Hoey, Shelby’s famous
son whose eyes are thought to wan
der occasionally in the direction of
the governor’s mansion in Raleigh,
was not also at the banquet, for
then they could have weighed Mr.
Doughton’s applause against Mr.
Hoey’s applause.
But Mr. Floey was not there, al
though he did find time to get over
to Charlotte during the afternoon
t-r» cKalcp hsnrlc wifL anrl cmilp linnn
the faithful in the lobby of the
Charlotte hotel and along the
streets, and so the Charlotte lovers
of things political had no' oppor
tunity of weighing the bald-headed
seer of Laurel Springs against the
long-haired orator of Cleveland.
Mr. Doughton, too, gave them
little satisfaction. He merely
smiled, observed that he had just
got through one campaign success
fully and didn’t feel like getting
himself into another. He couldn’t
be prevailed upon to say anything
that would commit him either to
make the race or to keep out of it.
But he smiled every time it was
mentk>ned, smiled his most genial
sn^pTand he seemed not at all re
j^^nt for his friends to bring up
me question. In fact, it did seem
a bit like the congressman enjoyed
its being brought up. And when;
Senator Cameron Morrison intro-1
duced him to the diners and asked
him to say a few words, and the j
guests gave him a resounding hand-;
:lapping, the most vociferous oncl
given during the evening, "Farmer |
Bob” smiled all over his face and j
declared he was having a great'
time in Charlotte, was enjoying
'every second, every minute, every
tour and every bite.”
Mr. Hoey, too, shied away from
nnpctinn A/fr T-Tnpv in
s the world’s champion shier-away-!
;r. He can smile so angelically and
tsk so interestedly after the health
>f your Uncle Cyrus and your
\unt Arabella that in a couple of
econds you have forgot all about
laving asked him anything. And
f you have remarkable powers of
nemory and the question bobs back
nto your mind, you feel ashamed
hat you had ever dared ask him
uch a purely personal question,
fou feel as if you had put your
lbow in your soup. And by the
ime you recover your equilibrium, !
f you ever do, Mr. Hoey has finish
d inviting you and all your folks
iver to Shelby and is shaking hands ,
vith Mr. Jones from No. 10 town
hip.
But "Farmer Bob” is likely to
un for governor, you can put that
lown. He certainly has the bee
mzzing in his bonnet and with all
hat bald head the bee is likely to ■
ting him some of these days. There i
> no need of hurrying with his an- >
louncement anyway. Some friends ■
f the veteran congressman, chair- ]
nan of the house ways and means |i
ommittee and perhaps the most I;
mportant figure in that body with;:
he exception of the speaker feel ;
hat he would prefer to serve out ,
lis days in Washington. But others!
eel that he would like to top off h
remarkable political career with!
he governorship. And since he is '<
;etting along in years, though he
s still apparently possessed of ex- ,
ellent health and is a strapping fig-'i
ire despite his more than 70 years, i
le will probably choose to make;
he run two years hence.
And if he and Mr. Hoey lock po-j
itical horns, what a battle it will
>e, and regardless of the outcome
he Democrats will have nominated]
i man of strong personality, great!
ibility, and much political sagacity, j
Doughton Confers With
Mrs. O’Berry On Relief
Congressman Robert L. Dough
ion of the Ninth district, confered
with Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, state
relief administrator. He returns
:o Washington this week-end to
neet next Monday with the rev
:nue subcommittee of the house
ways and means committee, of
which he is chairman.
STork For A "Greater Salisbury”
Dr. Mason Brawley
Dies Of Injuries
Prominent Specialist
Succumbs To Injuries
Received In Fall
Dr. Mason Hamilton Brawley,
for 21 years a physician here spe
cializing in eye, ear and throat dis
eases, died early Monday morning
at the Rowan General hospital
from internal injuries he received
the night of November 20 when
he fell a distance of nine feet down
an elevator shaft at the Wallace
building where he roomed.
The elevator which is used al
most exclusively by roomers in the
building, was left at the ground
floor entrance by Dr. Brawley
who locked the door. When he
later returned and stepped through
the door some one had taken the
elevator to a higher floor and he
4-a t-ka kaeamonf
Dr. Brawley was a native of
Shepherd’s Cross Roads, Iredell
county, a son of the late James
Washington Brawley. He attend
ed school at Mooresville, Davidson
college, Erskine college, Due West,
S. C., and Carolina Medical college,
then located at Charlotte. After
serving as interne in a Brooklyn
hospital and two years in another
Brooklyn hospital, he came to Sal
isbury and became associated with
his late brother, Dr. R. Vance
Brawley. He served in the medical
corps during the world war. He
was active in medical and civic
circles and was widely known and
universally liked.
Surviving are the following
brothers and sisters: S. J. Brawley,
of Lander, Wyo.; J. W. Brawley,
of Greensboro; W. B. Brawley, of
Mooresville; Mrs. J. M. Karl, of
Batesburg, S. C., and Mrs. I.vJ.
Betterly, of Greer, S. C.
The funeral was conducted from
the Brawley home on West Fisher
street, Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock and the body was taken to
Mooresville where interment was
made in the family plot of the
Mooresville cemetery.
Meets Death
Under Trailer
A young man was killed when he
fell from a moving van several miles
west of Salisbury Sunday afternoon
and later identified as J. D. Sronce,
19, of Vale community, Catawba
county.
He and a companion, Cal Wish
an, of Catawba county, had given
up their places in an automobile
to two women and were riding
svith E. E. Bridges, of Hilderbran,
an the moving van. In some man
ner Sronce fell from a gas tank
svhere he and his companion were
sitting and the wheels of a trailer
aassed over his body, causing in
juries that resulted in death soon
lfter he was brought to a Salisbury
lospital.
He was a son of Dolph Sronce,
>f Vale. The body was brought to
Wight’s funeral home and Monday
vas sent to the young man’s home
vhere the funeral was conducted
fuesday morning.
Route One Items'
On Thursday evening of last
veek friends and neighbors gather- j
:d at the home of W. D. Myers and j
hucked out his corn, after which
upper was served. Mr. and Mrs.
dyers had as guests along with
hose who shucked, Mrs. S. H.
dorgan, Mrs. T. S. Lyerly, Mr.;
ind Mrs. John Gardner and son
iillie, Rev. and Mrs. Reply. The
ivening was pleasantly spent as it
vas a meeting together of former
esidents and friends.
Another shucking at the home
»f M. B. Fink on Monday past. A
plentiful supper was served after
:he work was done. Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Myers also Mr. and Mrs.
2- N. Murdock were guests of the
amily at this time.
A number of hogs have been!
tilled during the last few days, and
•adios installed within different
tomes.
Mr. and Mrs. H. LyeiHy and
laughters visited Mr. T. S. Thomp
ion and family over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Barber and son
rommie visited Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Powlas Sunday.
Mrs. A. P. Shaver’s condition is
much improved at this time. She
being able to sit up part of the day.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Deal are re
viving congratulations on the
birth of a son.
Mrs. H. J. Thompson and Mrs.
D. W. Wood have returned from
visiting Mrs. B. J. Thompson at
Asheville,
LAND POSTERS—For Sale at The
Watchman Office.
Winona Council
Members Are
Entertained
Business And Social
Meeting Held On
Tuesday Night
On Tuesday evening Winona
Council No. 18, Jr. O. U. A. M.
held their regular meeting in thi
lodge hall, transacting their regular
routine of business, including the
nomination of officers.
A gratifying number of mem
bers being present at this meeting,
which was adjourned after trans
acting the regular business, the
members being carried in automo
bile to the hut of the Second Pres
byterian church, where several
hours of enjoyable entertainment
was furnished the members and
visitors.
This was known as past coun
cilors night, and there were eight
past councilors present, all making
short speeches, or words of praise
for the order, to which they have
Keen affiliated wifK fnt* vear«
Rev. T. C. Cook pastor of the
church also delighted those present
with one of his famous "chalk
talks,” drawing cartoons on the
blackboard of various subjects.
Mrs. Ruth Johnson rendered sev
eral popular piano solos, and Miss
Pauline Carpenter gave several of
her popular readings. Both of
these young ladies were given a
great ovation.
After a few remarks by the
Councilor, J. H. Rideoutte, a sup
per which had been prepared at
the hut was served to those present,
and was a very enjoyable repast.
Next Tuesday night, after the
regular meeting of the Council at
the lodge room, the members will
attend a county meeting with
Spencer Council No. 75.
Wants Davis
Well Guarded
Solicitor Long Writes
Warden Letter to Guard
Killer Carefully
Raleigh.—Solicitor Zeb V. Long
of Statesville, who prosecuted the
notorious Ralph Davis, killer, high
way robber, escaped convict and a
man deemed an outlaw, has written
Warden Haywood H. Honeycutt of
state’s prison urging him to be most
diligent in seeing to it that Davis
does not again escape the prison and
there is a perfectly good reason for
the letter.
Davis, according to the solicitor,
has "threatened” to kill him if he
ever gets out of prison. Further
more, Solicitor Long thinks Davis
"would kill a man just for a pack
age of cigarettes.”
The rather lengthy letter the soli
citor wrote the warden goes on to
describe just how "bad” a man
Davis really is. Solicitor Long,
who retires from his present office
on January 1 to be succeeded by
Charles Coggin of Salisbury, did
not tell the warden anything he
did not already know about the
convicted killer, who has total of
130 years in sentences and sus
pended sentences give.n him as re
sult of his slaying of the Iredell
sheriff and highway robberies per
petrated in Rowan.
Solicitor Long said he wrote the
letter at the suggestion of Judge
A. M. Stack, who imposed three
ten-year sentences on Davis in
Rowan superior court.
Davis is now being kept on an
upper tier i,n "Death Row” section
of the prison. It is a section of the
prison regarded as escape-proof.
Surgeon Clutches
Woman’s Heart,
Restores Her Life
Baltimore.—A woman whose
heart stopped beating while she was
under anesthesia for an abdominal
surgical operation was restored to
life when the operating surgeon
reached through the incision,
clutched her heart in his fingers,
and by pressure against the chest
wall forced the heart to resume
beating.
Details of the dramatic operat
ing-room rescue were disclosed for
the first time by Assistant Super
intendent W. V. Maconachy, of the
University of Maryland Hospital,
who declined to reveal the names
of the patient or the surgeon who
saved her life.
One of the easiest things in the
world is to tell other people their
mistakes.
^deaths!
MRS. ROSE WHITEHEAD
Mrs. Rose Morris Whitehead died
Friday afternoon at her • Fulton
street home where she had lived
practically all of her life since she
married Dr. John Whitehead, who
was for half a century a leading
citizen and physician here. He died
eight years ago.
Mrs. Whitehead was beloved by
all of the older Salisburians who
knew her and her husband. She
had been in ill health for some
months. She was a daughter of
Edward Morris, prominent attorney
jof Richmond, Va., and was the last
surviving member of a family of
12.
She is survived by one son, Dr.
Edward Whitehead, of Salisbury,
and two grandchildren, Goldsby
Whitehead and Rose Osborne.
The funeral service was con
ducted Sunday afternoon at 3
0 clock from St. Luke’s Episcopal
church and interment was in Chest
nut Hill cemetery.
1 -
|MRS. L. S. GOODMAN
Mrs. L. S. Goodman, 76, died at
the home of her son, J. C. Parks,
here Monday night. Funeral services
were held Wednesday afternoon
with burial in a local cemetery. One
son, J. C. Parks, and a daughter,
Mrs. L. H. Reavis of Mooresville,
survive.
C. L. WEBB, JR.
C. L., Jr., the infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Webb, died at a
local hospital Tuesday. Funeral ser
vices were held Wednesday after
noon at 3 o’clock at the home of
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Webb of 1323 North Lee street.
Burial was in Cooleemee.
MRS. A. W. WINECOFF
Mrs. A. W. Winecoff, former
local resident died Tuesday after
noon at the home of a nephew,
John L. Graber, in China Grove.
Funeral services were held Wednes
day morning at 10 o’clock at St.
Mark’s church in China Grove.
Strangled To Death
By Chew of Tobacco
Carlisle, Pa.—A wad of chewing
tobacco, swallowed accidentally,
strangled Rufus Scott Gregor,
forty-seven year-old farm hand.
The cause of Gregor’s death was
disclosed by Cumberland county
Coroner Edward A. Haegele. The
farm hand died Monday.
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Mr. and mT^
Shelby, spent the week-en
Mrs. H. J. Shively.
Mr. T. L. Miller, Jr„
Thanksgiving season m
ton, D. C„ guest of Mr. and Mr
Worth Miller. , e|
Some away members o
church were welcome vlS'torA y
day. Among them being Mr. H ^
Meetze, and Miss Sarah ee ’ £
Charlotte, Miss Jennie Kester,
Spencer, and Mrs. B. P. S erer’
Shelby. We are very glad to
old friends back.
Jane, the little daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Harry Miller, is sick. _
hope she will be well soon. Jane is
some smart baby, walking at
months old. Who can beat that.
Mrs. Charlie Yarbrough, of Sal
isbury, will entertain her Sunday
school class of Bethel church at
her home Friday evening the 30th,
at eig ht o’clock. All members are
urged to go and enjoy the evening.
LAND POSTERS—For Sale at The
Watchman Office.
Classified Ads
WANT AD RATES
This type, 10 point—3 cents
per line—3 words to the line.
For the convenience of cus
tomers we will accept want ads
over the telephone from anyone
listed in the telephone directory.
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tion for Sale. Bargain.—S. A.
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BLANKS—For sale at The
Watchman office, 119 East
Fisher Street.
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