The Carolina Watchman
A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF ROWAN COUNTY '
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FOUNDED 1832—104TH YEAR SALISBURY, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1936. ” VOL. 104 NO. 27. PRICE 2 CENTS.
Washington—Entirely apart from
the veterans’ bonus, Congress is
waking up to realization that some
new and additional taxes must be
levied if the Government is going
to come anywhere near keeping its
normal expenses within its income.
There is nothing your average
Congressman dislikes in an election
year more than to levy new taxes.
What Congress most enjoys doing
as the time approaches for its mem
bers to stand for re-election, is
spending money.
Just how far the boys can go in
free spending along new lines is
puzzling them in view of the fact
that there is a big additional deficit
to be made up, to fill the gap in
the estimated income which was
left when the Supreme Court de
clared the AAA unconstitutional.
It is not only that $200,000,000
or so of processing taxes, which
had been impounded in the lower
courts that must be returned to the
manufacturers who deposited these
funds under protest. It is also the
processing taxes which the Presi
dent estimated in his budget for the
next fiscal year.
Now Congress must find money
to pay the farmers, not only under
existing AAA contracts, which are
presumably valid ,and enforcible,
but also to do something else for
the farmers.
i SENTIMENT AGAINST
BORROWING
[ How to raise, roughly, a billion
dollars more by taxation is what is
worrying Congress. The public
sentiment against further Govern
ment borrowing is being felt on
Capitol Hill and at the White
House.
But borrowing is the easy way
out for the time being, and there
is no serious apprehension that the
Government’s credit would be
greatly impaired if it should bor
row another few billions. That is,
provided investors were willing to
I lend the money.
Secretary Morgenthau, talking to
the Senate F nance Committee a
few days ago, sounded a warning
note. One of the Senators asked
him bluntly how far Government
borrowing could go. Mr. Morgen
thau replied that he could not tell.
He was sure, however, of one
thing, and that was that whenever
the banks and big finance institu
tions refused to buy Government
bonds except at a heavy discount,
the result might prove alarming.
So the idea of further borrow
ing is being kept in the background
while earnest consideration is being
given to the effort to find a painless
form of taxation that stands an)
chance of being adopted. There is
still a very strong belief that the
most effective method of raising
additional Federal funds would be ;
general manufacturers’ sales tax
So much political opposition ha:
been exerted against this plan in th<
past, however, that it seems doubt
ful that it will be adopted, excep
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Misenheimer Men
Purchase Rowan
Co. Gold Mine
Si <
Reimer Mine Bought
From Trustees of Geo.
T. Penny, Bankrup
! The Rimer Gold Mine, a forme
prodouctive unit in the Gold Hil
area of this county, but whicl
has been idle for a number o
years, was purchased last week b;
C. D. Plyler and C. G. Peeler, o
Misenheimer, for $1,000.
The sale took place in Greens
boro and was conducted by th
trustee in bankruptcy for Georog
T. Penny, of High Point.
No announcement has com
from the new owners as to thei
plans for operations, but it is as
sumed that they will seek to rene\
activities as the mine was formed
a good producer.
The mine is located five mile
southeast of Salisbury, but worl
was terminated in 1883 by th
burning of the buldings and de
struction of machinery. The las
previous workings had been abou
1863, it is said. Some copper wa
also found among the ore at tha
time.
Senate Votes Bonus Into Lfiw
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* SLEEP-ROBBING
* SNORERS LIABLE *
* TO FINE IN DUNN *
* a
* Dunn—If you are a loud *
* snorer in your sleep to the ex- *
* tent you bring about noctur- *
* al disturbances, you are liable *
* to arrest and a fine of-$10, *
* according to the town ordi- *
■* nances of Dunn, under the *
* heading "Public Behavior” *
* Section 8. *
* All your next door neighbor *
* or some person in the same *
* house with you has to do is *
* call the cops, let them listen *
* and you are in fo> it. *
* This peculiar law was *
* brought out recently, when a *
* citizen made complaint about *
* his neighbor and produced *
* the ordilance. The snorer *
j * was made against him. *
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Clyde Hoey
Will Speak
Here Sun.
The Rev. A. C. Swafford, pastor
of the Coburn Memorial Methodist
church of this city has announced
that Clyde R. Hbey, of Shelby,
will be the principal speaker at a
meeting to be held at the Coburn
Memorial church at 3 o’clock Sun
day afternoon, February 2. ,
Even though Mr. Hoey is a|
Democratic candidate for governor,
this service is to be nonpolitical
and purely inspirational, states Mr.
Swafford. Mr. Hoey is a teacher'
of a men’s Bible class id Shelby,
and it is said to be very popular and
successful. Hundreds of men at
1 tend the class.
An interesting musical program
has also been arranged. This is the
first of a series of meetings to be
sponsored by the Coburn church
during the coming year.
This is the first of a series of
meetings to be sponsored by thf
Coburn church during the coming
year. Another attractive feature
of the Sunday afternoon service, is
an interesting musical prograir
which has been arranged.
A most cordial invitation is ex
tended to the public in the sincere
belief that all hearers will b<
;J greatly benefited.
Fifteen Rowan
Students Are At
Davidson College
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Rowan county was represented
by fifteen students as Davidson
college opened the second semester
of the college year there this week
with an enrollment of 66 0.
Attending the ninety-nine year
old Presbyterian institution from
Salisbury are W. M. Archer, senior;
J. K. Dorsett, J. C. Harrison, R.
i A. Leonard, S. S. Ryburn, and R.
B. Wright, Jr., sophomores, and J.
. D. Craver and F. M. Harrison,
[ freshmen.
, Cleveland was represented by J.
: I. McNab, Jr., senior L. S. Gra
r ham and B. F. Parcell, sophomores,
: and P. B. Brown and J. F. Moore,
freshmen.
R. C. Lyerly, senior, and A. L.
Brown, sophomores, from Granite
[ Quarry and Mt. Ulla respectively.
Extensive plans are being made
for the celebration next year of the
: Centennial anniversary of the
r founding of the college. Opened
on March 12, 1837 by the Scotch
r Irish Presbyterians of North Caro
7 lina, the institution has since grown
to a position of leadership in edu
5 cational circles in the South.
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: STEALS RED PEPPER PIE
Downey, Calif.—Mrs. C. P.
t Jay believes retribution is in store
t for the burglar who took 97 pen
s nies and a pie from her cafe during
t the night. The pie—baked' for a
practical Joke—contains red pepper.
King George V
Laid To Rest
With Parents
Mighty of Europe Follow
Behind Coffin of Dead
Monarch
Windsor, Eng., Jan. 28—George
V was buried beside the bodies of
his father and mother today in the
vaults under the chapel of his 1,000
year old castle.
He was laid to rest after a sim
ple service—in contrast to the pag
eantry of a great funeral proces
sion which brought his body here
from Westminister Hall, London
The mighty of Europe walked
behind his coffin, borne through
massed hundreds of thousands.
The great empire was stilled in
final tribute. Two minutes of si
lence was observed.
Before they lowered him into
the vault they removed the sym
bols of his kingship—the crown,
scepter and orb.
The Archbishop of Canterbury
committed George’s soul to God,
his body to eternal peace. Then
Edward VIII, his son and succes
sor, sprinkled earth from a silver
urn on the coffin as it was low
ered into the crypt.
As the plain oak coffin disap
peared, Edward steped back and
turned to the Queen Mother Mary
and took her arm.
' *A gleam of -samhine flashed
across the chapel and touched the
diamonds of the royal crown where
it rested in the nave. Slowly the
King and Queen Mother walked
away.
Five foreign Kings, the President
of France, and a host of princes
and notable commoners bowed
their heads before the bier. Among
them was Norman H. Davis, chief
representative of President Roose
velt and the people of the United
States.
They walked in two processions,
from Westminister Hall, London,
to Paddington station and again
from the station here to the chapel.
Millions of George’s subjects gave
him a tremendous farewell and be
cause the cortage could not get
: through the crowds in London the
: funeral schedule was thrown 33
minutes behind.
Hundreds of persons fainted 01
were injured, and the St, John’;
ambulance brigade announcec
nearly 10,000 cases had been at
tended in London during the pro
i cession 3,000 more than in Iasi
year’s jubilee processions. On<
person died.
Pay On Bonus
Speeded by
President
Washington—Bowing to the
mandate of Congress, President
Roosevelt has ordered the--veterans
administration and the Treasurj
Department to carry out provision;
of the new bonus law “as expedi
tiously as accuracy will permit.”
Less than three hours after the
Senate had overridden his vetc
and the bonus became law, the
President called Brigadier General
Frank T. Hines, veterans’ adminis
trator, to the White House. Sec
retary of the Treasury Morgen
thau had been at lunch with the
President.
WANTS DIVORCE AND
MONEY
Los Angeles—Rose Girder, for
mer actress, sued Mack Gordon
film song writer, for divorce
$1,000 a month alimony and $10,
000 attorney fees. His real name
is Morris Gittler. Mrs. Gittlei
charged he has been frequently in
company with another woman on
week-end trips.
Gas Executon
* Called Savage
Witnesses of First Death
in Chamber Describe
Scene as Gruesome
Raleigh—The State of North
Carolina tried its brand new lethal
gas system of administering pun
ishment to criminals convicted of
capital crimes, and in the opinion
of practically all the 30 newspa
permen and witnesses it was perhaps
the most gruesome affair seen in the
26 years executions halve tlatycn
place at State’s prison.
Described by many as being
hellish in the extreme and defend
ed only as to lethal gas by Dr. C.
A. Peterson, Republican member of
the 193 5 Legislature from Mitchell
county, who sponsored the bill sub
stituting lethal gas for electrocu
tion, the execution of Allen Foster,
20-year-old Alabama negro, for
criminal assault upon a Hoke
county white woman while he was
x member of a Civilian Conserva
tion camp, was the chief topic of
conversation here.
Foster died in what appeared to
be a form of extreme agony, and,
where it takes about three min
utes on an average to execute a
man by electricity, it took 11 min
utes to dispatch the young negro
by lethal gas, despite the fact ad
vocates of lethal gas contended it
is "more humane” than] electrocu
tion.
Dr. Poe Appointed Head
Of Advisory Committee
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Raleigh—Dr. Clarance Poe, edi
tor of the Progressive Farmer, was
informed he had been named chair
man of a committee of 18 to meet
within the next two weeks in
Washington to advise wth Morris L.
Cooke, head of the Rural Electrifi
cation adminstration, on rural pow
er development.
The appointment was made by
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace.
* David S. Weaver, formerly at
N. C. State college, will be secre
tary of the committee.
John Bull is the English proto
type of Uncle Sam.
Bob Doughton
Defends Pacts
He Declares Treaties Are
Helping Industry And
Business
Washington — Representative
Robert L. Doughton, as chairman
of the House ways and means com
mittee, struck back at Republican
critics of the administration’s re
ciprocal trade treaties being nego
tiated by Secretary of State Hull,
and decalred that they were rapidly
helping industry and business.
Deviating slightly from his pre
viously-outlined speech, Mr.
Doughton referred to the manner in
which trade barriers between the
United States and Canada had been
lowered by the Hall-McKenzie
King pact of Nov. 15, under which
the Canadian tariffs on textiles
from North Carolina were lowered
one-third.
The trade treaties are to regain
foreign business lost under the
Republican regime of former Presi
dent Hoover, Mr. Doughton said,
and stressed the fact that even now
the protection, under the new Can
adian pact, to United States busi
ness from imports drom the Dom
inion of Canada was greater than
afforded under the old Republi
can Fordney-McCumber tariff
law, though this fact was over
looked by Republicans.
"In speeches made in the House
for the last few days by Republi
cans,' much complaint has bee*
made concerning the trade agree
ments which have recently been
entered into by the State depart
ment with certain foreign govern
ments,” said Mr. Doughton.
"These agreements have been
negotiated by the State department
with the special pufpose in view
of restoring our foreign trade,
which has been largely lost, as 3
result of the Smoot-Hawley tarifi
law.
"The chief complaint at this
time seems to be with respect tc
the dairy industry, but a compari
son of the dairyman’s condition un
der the previous administration
with those which obtain toda)
shows a most favorable balance ir
favor of the policies of the Demo
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Richard Loeb Slain
By Fellow Convici
Murderer, With Nathan Leopold, of Bobby Franki
in 1924 Slashed to Death by Enraged Prisoner
Joliet, 111.—Slashed S2 times
with a razor in the hands of an
enraged fellow convidt, Richard
Loeb, 30, co-perpetrator of the
1 "thrill slaying” of Bobby Franks in
1924, was killed Tuesday in the
Statesville penitentiary.
James Day, 28, serving a term
for larceny, confessed the killing
of Loeb, State’s Attorney Will Mc
Cabe of Will county said, and
blamed it to Loeb’s persistence in
pursuing him over a long period
with improper advances.
Sullen at first, Day refused to
, discuss the case except to tell
Warden Joseph Ragen is was "just
a fight.”
But later, to Edward G. Pow
ers, investigator for the State’s at
torney’s office, he gave a full state
ment of the furious fight he said
he and Loeb engaged in, and the
incidents, which he said, led to it.
He denied he had stolen the razor
with which he "cut to pieces” the
partner of Nathan Leopold in
Chicago’s most revolting crime of
nearly a dozen years ago.
The razor, he claimed, he wrested
from Loeb’s hand when Loeb
threatned him with it.
"Ever since I have been a pris
oner here,” said Day’s statement to
\
Powers, "Loeb has been houndin;
me, trying to get me to submit t
him. I always refused.
“I had words with him Frida;
This morning I was passing Loeb’
and Leopold’s cell. I stopped am
spoke to Loeb. I wanted to settl
with him.
"Loeb told me that he was goinj
to his private bathroom after din
ner this noon and would see m
there. Loeb and Leopold eat ii
their cell.
"I went to the room and waitei
five minutes. Loeb came in am
undressed and then told me to un
dress. He had a razor. As I wa
going into a shower I hit hin
rather 'roughly and knocked hin
down. I fell on top of him am
the razor fell out of his hand.
"While we were wrestling, Loel
got the razor and took a coupl
of swipes at me. I managed to ge
the razor away from him and cu
him several times. He hit me 01
the left cheek. Then I cut hin
some more. Then I finished him
"Loeb fell down in the showe
with the hot water running. I shu
off the hot water and turned on th
cold. Loeb got up and went ou
first. I picked up the razor am
walked out. I gave the razor 0
an officer.
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* JUDGE ORDERS *
* DEFENDANT TO *
* - ATTEND CHURCH *
* _ *
* Aiken, S. C.—An Aiken *
* county farmer who was arrest- *
* ed for creating a disturbance *'
* outside a church will cause no *
* more discord during services *
* for at least six months. *
* Magistrate U. E. Hutto of *
* Oak Grove said he sentenced *
* the man to go to church and *
* attend Sunday school regular- *
* ly for six months when he *
* found the farmer could not *
* pay a $10 fine. *
* Hutto suspended a portion *
* of the original sentence re- *
* quirng the man to laern a pre- *
* pared lesson when he found he *
* could not read. *
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Safe Crackers
Busy In Rowan
Safe crackers were busy in this
section last week.
At Spencer, the combinaton of
the safe in the )3oone Rock Bottling
company was knocked off, and
$175 in money, $100 in checks,
and $300 in jewelry stolen.
Later an attempt was made to
crack the safe at the Texas Oil
company here, but a negro hearing
the hammering, peered into a win
dow and both he and the yeggs
fled, one of the latter pulling a pis
tol on the spectator.
A store at Woodleaf, this coun
ty, was entered also, and $430 in
cash stolen from the till.
Hoffman Proposes
Lie Detector Test
For Hauptman
Trenton, N. J.—Governor Har
old G. Hoffman, invited Bruno
Richard Hauptman’s prosecutors
and defense counsel to agree on a lie
dectector test.
The governor said such a test
might bring answers to some of the
puzzling phases of the case.
Since last October when he visit
ed Hauptman secretly in the death
house, Governor Hoffman has
often said doubts exist in the minds
of many persons on Hauptman’s
guilt.
The legality of such a test and
its effect on Hauptman’s convic
tion, should It indicate innocence
1 were uncertain. Authorities indi
cated that legislation was needed
to make the results binding on the
state and defense.
BANDITS HOLD SOVIET
AIRMEN
r Harbin, Manchoukuo—A Chin
’ ese bandit captured by Manchoukan
troops said that the crew of a
Russian bombing plane was being
held by Chinese bandits in Man
, choukuan territory.
Vets T f Jet Pay
In ‘Baby Bonds’
At Early Date
President Appeals to Vet
erans Not to “Blow
In” Money
VETO BEATEN, 76 TO 19
Washington, D .C.—The 2,491,
millon-dollar baby bond, bonus
bill, cashing the adjusted service
certificates of 3,518,191 American
World War veterans, became the
law of the land Monday as the
Senate followed the House in over
riding President Roosevelt’s veto.
The vote was 76 to 19.
This action settled the 17-year
old controversy over a cash bonus
for the World War veterans. At
the same time it provoked a new
contest over methods of raising
the funds necessary to redeem the
government baby bonds, which will
be issued veterans in exchange for
their certificates.
There were 12 more votes than
were necessary to over-ride thfe
veto.
There were several surprises on
the Senate vote, when staunch ad
ministration leaders deserted the
President to over-ride his veto.
This group was led by Senator Joe
T. Robinson, of Arkansas, the
Democratic floor leader; Senator
Pat Harrison (Democrat), of Mis
sissippi; chairman of the Senate fi
nance committee, and Senator
Barkley (Democrat), of Kentucky,
frequent White House spokesman.
The vote created two modern
records. , It was the first time
the entire membership of the Sen
ate—there are only 95 Senators
now, due to the vacancy in Louis
iana—has been recorded with ac
tive votes. It also marked the first
time within memory when the ma
jority party’s floor leader failed to
stand by the Presidential veto.
The result announced by Vice
President Gamer was greeted by
cheers from the crowded galleries.
Hundreds of veterans, headed by
American Legion Commander Ray
Murphy, of Iowa, watched the pro
ceedings and led the cheering.
Only a brief debate preceded the
vote. First Senator King (Dem
ocrat) , of Utah, made a futile ef
fort to send the bill back to com
mittee. Then Senator Hastings
(Republican), of Delaware, heat
edly chided the Democrats for not
standing by the President. He op
posed the bonus.
Both Senators from Georgia,
Russell and George, voted to ov
er-ride the veto, '
The Senators voting to sustaain
the veto:
Democrats — Brown, Bulkley,
Burke, Byrd, Connally, Fletcher,
Gerry, Glass, Hayden, King, Tyd
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Vets’ Bureau Explains
How To Get Bonus Bonds
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Washington—Here are the steps
I necessary for a World war veteran
1 to exchange his bonus certficate
■ for cashable bonds, coupled with
i advice by the White House and
i veterans’ organizations:
l Blankst to be used in applying
l for bonds will be mailed by the
veterans’ organization to all its
> field officers of the veterans organi
: zations.
: If a veteran has not borrowed
I on his certificate and has it in his
1 possession, he should send it with
l his application to the nearest reg
. ional office of the veterans’ ad
r ministration or the the central of
t fice in Washington.
: If a loan is outstanding against
t the certificate, the application
I should be sent to the veterans’ ad
) ministraton office where the loan
was obtained.
I f the veteran has made a cer
tificate loan at a bank, he should
send his application direct to the
veterans’ administration in Wash
ington.
After filing his application, the
veteran need take no further action,
as his account will be checked by
the veterans’ administraton, for
warded to the treasury, and the
amount due him will be sent him
in bonds dated June 15, 1936, of
$50 each, with any odd amounts
covered by a government check.
A little advice from President
Roosevelt, and the veterans’ or
ganzations, offically announced.
"Immediate and urgent need for
funds offers, of course, a valid
reason for cashing bonds . . . Per
manent advantage as oppposed to
wholly temporary pleasure should
be the criterion.”