The Car* »una Watchman |c“ A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF ROWAN COUNTY .__ 1 ——-4-- - FOUNDED 1832—104TH YEAR SALISBURY, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 193 5 ' VOL. 104 NO. 12 PRICE 2 CENTS WAlHINtilON Three livliest questions in Wash ington: 1. What is the Supreme Court going to do about the four New Deal laws, upon the constitutional ity of which they will shortly have to pass? 2. How effective will the Amer ican neutrality policy be in keep • ing us out of trouble in the Eu ropean war? 3. Can the potato control law be enforced, and Jf so what will be its political effect? The first constitutional question which the Supreme Court will pass on in its glittering new white mar ble temple of justice is on the AAA. That is on the Court’s dock- . et, a test case raised by a New ■ England cotton mill, challenging the right of Congress to impose a processing tax on cotton. The real question is not the right to tax but the right to allot the proceeds of the tax to benefit payments to the cotton growers, rather than ! turn the money into the Govern- i ment’s general revenues. Washing- < ton bettors are offering odds that i the Court will throw the process- ] ing tax out of the window. The other three questions, on 1 which petitions for review are < pending before the Court, concern > the constitutionality of the' Bank head cotton control law, the right 1 of the Federal Government to take < property by condemnation pro- 1 ceedings for housing and slum- < clearance programs, and the valid- 1 ity of the TVA’s plan for selling 1 electricity to municipalities. Congress will meet again on 1 January 3, and in the intervening 1 three months it is expected that J decisions will be handed down 1 which may give the Senators and ‘ Representatives a lot of work to do. 1 with war between Italy and Ethiopia now an actuality, Presi dent Roosevelt has acted under the neutrality resolution with two pro clamations. One of these lists all kinds of military supplies and I equipment, which Americans are' forbidden to supply to eftfier of the belligerents The other is a sol emn warning to all American citi zens that if they travel on the ships of either of the nations at war or transact any business with! those nations they do so at their own risk and our Government will not concern itself if anything hap pens to them. Since Ethiopia has no ships, this merely means that Americans are warned against traveling on Italian ships. If the war involves no other na tions it is quite possible nothing of serious consequence to the Unit ed States will follow these procla mations. But if the League of Na tions imposes economic sanctions against Italy, which means that no member of the League may legally carry on any trade in any commod ity with that country, a tough question will be put up to the United States. we are not members ot the League, and would not be bound by its action. Undoubtedly great pressure will be brought by indus trial and commercial interests to take advantage of the trade oppor tunity which would be offered. But if other nations undertook to enforce the League’s sanctions by blockading Italian ports, it is easy to imagine a situation existing which might bring the United States smack into a lot of trouble. And don’t think the boys of the State Department aren’t worried about that contingency. They are. Potatoes are something else again. Secretary Wallace announ ced the other day that he wasn’t going to make any effort to en force the potato control plan. It wasn’t more than 24 hours after that before representatives of the big potato-growing states, chiefly Maine, Idaho and Utah, descended upon the Agricultural Department in a body. The embattled potato farmers demanded to know why they weren’t entitled to Govern ment benefits just as much as pea nut growers and other agricultur alists, in whose interest the Gov ernment has been trying to raise the price of their products. The liveliest exchange of threats and demands that has been heard in Washington for some months re sulted. In the end Mr. Wallace said all right, he would do what he could to enforce the potato law, although there wasn’t any mofiey available to do the necessary po licing of every potato patch in the nation. Auto Death Toll Inu. S. Sets All-Time Record i U. S. To Seek Quick Action On Process Taxes Want Court To Advance Case Motion Before Supreme Court Will Be Made on Monday; Hope For Hearing Nov. 18th Washington.—Solicitor Genera/ itanley Reed said tonight the gov irnment will move within a day ir so for a speedy decision on the :onstitutionality of agricultural >rocessing taxes. The Supreme Court agreed yes erday to review a Boston circuit :ourt decision which held the taxes nvalid in the Hoosac Mills case. , Under ordinary circumstances, j he case would not be reached for iral argument for two or three nonths, taking its place on tlr :alendar behind nearly 100 cases tdiich the tribunal agreed to review lefore last summer’s recess. Reed, however, said tht govern nent’s motion requesting the court o advance the hearing would be nade as soon as it can be printed, i n the hope that the court will rule in it next Monday. V • 4 4 justice department lawyers arc understood to have indicated a de sire to set the case for November 18. On that date, the court will begin its final week of November , arguments under its plan of hear- : ing arguments two weeks and re- , cessing two weeks. , The court usually grants govern- { nent requests to move up cases. It t lid so last spring in the Schechter ( poultry case, when NRA was held j unconstitutional. c Officials of both the AAA and the Justice department, it was said, ' are anxious for a speedy settlement of the issue because of numerous 1 injunction suits in the lower courts, 1 which have tied up the collection j of processing taxes Although the normal revenue from such taxes has averaged more than $40,000,000 a month, they dropped off to $31,000,000 last i June, $15,000,000 in July, and i $13,000,000 in August. i The taxes bring in more than i $500,000,000 annually to the treas ury and are paid out as benefits to farmers participating in crop ad- : justment programs. N.c. Urologists Meet Here Sun. Dr. C. L. Delaney of Winston Salem, president of the State Uro logical Society, announced the pro gram for the organization’s semi annual convention, to be held at Salisbury next Sunday and Mon day. The convention will open at 2 p. m. Sunday with a round table discussion. Scientific sessions will be held Monday morning and aft ernoon with a business meeting fol lowing the afternoon session. A dinner Monday night wll close the convention. Speakers will include Dr. Elmer Hess, Erie, Pa.; Dr. Robert McKay, Charlotte; Dr. P. G. Foxx, Raleigh, and Dr. William M. Copperidge, Durham. 65'CCC Camps To Be Closed Atlanta. — Major General Van Horn Moseley, commanding the Fourth Army Corps area, made public today a list of 65 CCC camps which are to be discontinued by Oct. 31 and four which are to be added to the list. The reduction in camps, he ex (Continued on page eight) From the War Centers of Ethiopia as Italy Advances ADOve are scenes uum the Ethiopian war front and a map insert indicating the northern battle front where the Italians attained their first objective in the capture of Adowa. It was here that Italy met with crushing defeat in 1696. Top, left, Natives of Adowa, armed for the defense of one of their rock forts. Lower, left, Ethiopian cavalry moving up to the front from Addis Ababa. Right, recent photograph of Premier Mussolini as he addressed thou sands of Italians at Rome encouraging them in his great mobilization program. "n 1 • 1 a va a i ravel urnciais Are Being Shown Beauties of State Raleigh.—An unusual opportuni :y for the two Carolinas to gain nillions of dollars annually from he tourist industry is offered in he vist of officials of leading trav 1 agencies of the east for almost wo weeks, the start made from ireensboro Sunday, Director R. iruce Etheridge, of the department f conservation and development, tates. About 40 representatives of the lational travel agencies will be car ied through North and South Ca olina under auspices of The Caro inas, Inc., headed by Coleman W. Roberts, executive vice-president, vho worked out the details. Mr. Etheridge represents the :onservation department on the irst part of the trip through west :rn North Carolina and some other >fficial of the department will nake the rest of the trip through he state after the group returns rom a swing through South Caro ina. "This trip should have definite :angible results in familiarizing :hese directors of a material part of the all-expense tourist traffic with the attractions our state has to offer to the sightseers,” Mr. Etheridge said. "We have failed in the past to focus national attention to our wealth of higoric, scenic md- general attractions in North Carolina, but this tour will help :o put our state forward with those who are influential in routing tours. "I know of no investment that should bring greater returns to our people than through the promotion af tourist travel into North Caro lina. Somethng of what our state is missing through failure to culti vate this remunerative industry is seen through the report that of some $75,000,000 spent by tourists in all-expense tours in 1933 ar ranged by a group of agencies, none was brought to North Caro lina. We hope this trip wll be the first step toward changing this situation. The tour will touch all parts of North Carolina and is one that it would be well for every res ident to take to gain a proper ap preciation of the progress and at tractions that the state has to of fer,” said Mr. Etheridge. NEWS BRIEFS | rHE DARLING IS COMING Everyone in this vicnity is being notified to get ready for the arri val of America’s most welcomed Darling, which is scheduled to ar rive in Salisbury on or about Nov ember fiirst. Watch the columns sf The Watchman for full details which will appear next week. WPA BRANCH OFFICE OPENED A branch office of the district WPA office opened Monday morn ing in the Community building annex, with H. P. Tsumas of Statesville in charge. The local of fice will have charge of WPA pro jects in Rowan, Iredell, Davidson and' Davie counties. JUNIOR ORDER HOLDS MEETING AT ROCKWELL Members of the Junior Order, United American Mechanics, from the ninth district of Rowan, Da vidson and Iredell counties, held a meeting Saturday night at Rock well. A. L. Klutz, county coun cilor, presided. Among the speakers were Chas. F. Tankersley of Henderson, past State councilor; Monroe Adams of Statesville, present State councilor, both of whom spoke on the work of the order and urged adherence to its principles. STATE MERCHANTS’ GROUP DIRECTORS HOLD MEETING Directors of the North Carolina Merchants associaton, meetng here Tuesday, discussed mainly routine business. There was presentation of the matter of the associations which withdrew some time ago from the state organization but no definite action was taken regarding their return to the state body. GET READY FOR BIG EVENT East Spencer Fire Department are staging a big "Freman’s Fair” beginning October 21st, and con tinuing through October 26th. on the East Spencer Depot Lot for the benefit of the East Spencer Fire Company. You should see Captain Jimmie Jamison in his awe-inspiring, sensa tional Fire Dive. There will be plenty of amuse ments,. concessions, rides, and free acts for your entertainment. COTTON Census report shows there were 1100 bales of cotton ginned in Rowan County from the crop of 1931 prior to Oct. 1, as compared with 294 bales ginned to Oct. 1 crop of 1934. wpa Program Be State-Wide Raleigh.—George W. Coan, Jr., State works progress administrator, back from a trip to Washington, »id Jb* Jtkac .eke week, progress program in this State "will be state-wide and that sever al projects in every county, giving employment to available relief la bor in ’the counties, will be con structed.” Coan said the sum of $8,650, 000 announced as this State’s allot ment "will be added to by what ever funds are necessary to give jobs to workers eligible for the svorks progress program.” State Reduces Its New Debt Raleigh.—The new debt of the State of North Carolina was re duced by $17,126,847.57 during the two and one-half year period from January 1, 1933 through June 30, 1935, Governor Ehringhaus announced today from figures com piled by Charles M. Johnson, State treasurer. The gross debt of the State on January 1, 193 3, when Governor Ehringhaus began his four-year term, was $18 5,139,000. The $10, 942, 577.25 in the sinking fund made the State’s net debt at that time 174,196,422.75. On last June 30, the gross debt of the State was $170,548,000, and subtracting the $13,478,424.82 in the sinking fund gave a net in debtedness of $157,069,575.18. The Governor said the net monthly reduction average during the first 30 months of his adminis tration was $570,894.92. Says Erosion Loss Is Huge New York.—Declaring that soi erosion has mkde "ghost farms’ of 3 5,000,000 acres of land, M L. Wilson, assistant secretary o: the Department of Agriculture ane Chairman of the land planninj committee of the national resour ces committee, made a plea fo retirement of submarginal land and rehabilitation of farm families "Three billion tons of soil enough to fill a train of freigh cars circling the earth 19 time (Continued on page eight) GOOD MORNING Liza—Where’s yo’ family? Jane—Well, Bob is in de CCC, ! Henry is in de PWA, an’ mah Ol’ | Man, Rastus, done got hisself back into de P-E-N. STILL GREEN Boss: “You are twenty minutes late again. Don’t you know what time we start work at this fac tory?” New Employe: "No, sir; they’re always at it when I get here.”— Boys’ Life. DELAY Huby (to wife, who has just , answered telephone) : "What is it, dear?” , Wifey: "Our washerwoman. She’ll be two hours late; she's hav ing trouble with her carburetor.” —Grit. TRUE ENOUGH The sexton had been laying the new carpet on the pulpit platform, ( and had left a number of tacks scattered on the floor. "See here, James,” said the par son, "what do you suppose would happen if I stepped on one of those tacks right in the middle of my sermon?” "Well, sir,” replied the sexton, "I reckon there’d be one point you wouldn't linger on.”—Watch word. COMPARATIVELY QUIET llw landlord was anxious to kave utmost quiet on his premises. Of a prospective tenant he asked: "Do you have any children?” "No.” "Piano or radio?” "No.” "Do you play any musical in strument? Do you have a parrot, cat, or dog?” "No,” answered the timid soul, . "but I have a throat infection and have to gargle twice a day.” i _ * EVIDENCE OF LUNACY Nurse (in an insane asylum): "There’s a man outside who wants to know if we have lost any male inmates.” Doctor: "Why?” Nurse: "He says someone has run off with his wife.” _ < Home Gardener (to agent): 1 "This 'Sure Death to Bugs’ that 1 you sold me last year doesn’t seem 1 to kill the pests at all.” Agent: "Yes, that’s the advan- 1 tage of using our patent extermin ator. The properties of this prepar- ] ation are not to kill the bugs at once but to gradually but surely ; undermine their constitution.” 1 LOOKS BAD i Youth: "I guess you’ve been out with worse looking boys than I i am, haven’t you?” Girl makes no reply. Youth: "I say, I guess you’ve been out with worse looking fel- 1 lows than I am, haven’t you,” Girl: “I heard you the first time. I was trying to think.” PLENTY PASSED Judge: "Now, just what passed between you and the complain ant?” Defendant: “Well, your honor, there were two pairs of fists, one turnip, seven bricks, a dozen as sorted bad names and a lump of coal.” WARNING Government Investigator: "So 1 you are married. May I ask you how old your wife is?” Victim: "Certainly you may ask : me. You may ask her too—but I l don’t want to be around when you j do it. I never could stand the sight - of blood.” r - s FINIS "Am I g-g-going to d-d-die, - doctor?” t "My dear Mt. Smith, that’s the s last thing you do!”—Everybody Weekly (London. 33,980 Killed By Cars In '34 Figures For 193r Thus Far, Indicate assenger was killed in a train ac :ident on steam railroads in the Jnited States in the first six nonths of 1935.” Fatalities to railroad trainmen in :he six months Was put at 28 com Jared with 42 in 1934’s corres jonding period. The census bureau said Nevada’s 1934 death rate of 73.4 was the lighest among the states and com pared with Rhode Island’s low of 14.6. Only three states—Kansas, Dela ware. and New Hampshire-re duced their rate from 1933 levels. Gains over 1933 in the remaining states ranged from Connecticut’s 2.07 per cent to Montana’s 74.13 per cent. Vermont ganied 3 8.52 per cent :ent in contrast to neighboring STew Hampshire’s decrease of 23. 14. Mississippi was third with a H.02 per cent increase. rriumph Seen For Old Folk Washington.—Supremacy of age iver youth in business and govern nent a quarter century hence was orecast by the national resources :ommittee It reported that “if present trends :ontinue” the United States can ook forward to having a stable lopulation in 1960 with twice as nany citizens of more than 60 rears of age as there are now. The lumber of young people under 20 rears old was expected to decrease n the same proportion. An increase in life expectancy ind a decrease in the specific birth •ate were considered in reaching he conclusion. The population trend was indi :ated by studies made by some of :he State planning boards and by barren Thompson and P. K. O^helpton of the Scripps Founda :ion for Research in Population Problems. Looking into the futurfc, the :ommittee envisioned a decreased demand for primary educatonal fa :ilities in some parts of the nation ind foresaw changes to quieter forms of recreation. Greater shifts n occupational trends also were ;xpected. "fS&fl lhe studies, based on tne con tinuance of present immigration laws and general trends within the nation, said "Future population, dis tributon will depend in large measure upon the development of the country’s natural and industrial resources.” The indications were, it added, "that occupational characteristics of the population will change and that as the mechanization of agri culture and .industry increases, op portunites for employment in such new fields as education, conserva tor recreaton and service occu pations will increase.”