Debt Adjustment
Activities
The depression was only one of
a whole series of misfortunes that
buried a well-to-do farmer of Owen
county, Kentucky under a crush
ing debt load, from which he was
helped to free himself by the Farm
Debt Adjustmane unit of the Re
settlement Administration.
This farmer owed $21,700, ac
cording to a report in the files of
Kerr Scott, regional chief of
FDA, Raleigh. Of this amount,
only $800 represented the farm
er’s own direct debts.
The balance was for debts piled
on his shoulders through unfortu
nate indorsements, a bank failure,
the deaths of two sons and a broth
er and the bankruptcy of another
/brother—all occurring witshin a
The burdened citizen applied to
the FDA committee in his county
for help, the report stated. At
that time he owned 5 50 acres of
land. The committee advised the
sale of 3 00 acres to pay off a
$7,000 mortgage. This was done.
Unsecured debts totaling $14,700
remained and he was advised to ap
ply for a bank loan on the remain
ing 250 acres. He obtained a
commitment for $5,000 on this ac
reage, $300 of which was to buy
glass seed, repair buildings, etc.,
leaving $4,700 with which to pay
the unsecured claims totaling $14,
700. After extensive negotiations
by the FDA committee, the credi
tors agreed to accept 30 cents on
the dollar for their claims, which
left the farmer with enough land,
livestock and implements to carry
on.
"If anyone could have seen this
man’s counternance when he came
into the committee room and when
he left,” reported David S. Martin,
district FDA supervisor, "he would
have thought, as I did, that this one
case justified the whole FDA pro
gram.”
Duke Power Co.
Appeals Case
Attorneys for the Duke Power
company Saturday started plans j
for perfecting an appeal to the
United States Supreme Court from
the opinion handed down that
morning by the fourth circuit
court of appeals upholding the
Federal government in its plan to
make a loan and grant to Green
wood county, South Carolina,
amounting to $2,852,000, for con
struction of the huge Buzzard’s
Roost power project.
In an opinion handed down by
Senior Judge John J. Parker, Judge
Elliott Northcott concurring, the
court held the act authorizing the
loan and grant constitutional, auth
orized Administrator Harold Ickes
of the Public Works administration
to make the grant under the act,
and said the plaintiff would have
had no right to an injunction, even
if the constitutionality hadf not
been upheld and if the authority
of the administrator had not been
affirmed.
In a strongly dissenting opinion,
Judge Morris A. Soper held that
the grant could not be made be
cause "the public utterances of the
administrator show beyond a doubt
that his loans and grants to muni
cipal power project would reduce
local utility rates.”
lhe Duke rower company had
contended that loans and grants
for power projects were mads with
the intention of regulating rates.
THE "DEATH COMPLEX”
An interesting scientific article
in which Professor Donald A.
Laird points out the curious fact
that a gay manner often masks a
longing for death. One of many
illustrated articles in the American
Weekly (issue of March 1), the
big magazine which comes regu
larly with the BBALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN.
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GEORGE ROSS POU
*S* 'r * tS- sJ. A •> ...
Pou To Run For
State Auditor
George Ross Pou Fourth
To Announce For
Auditor
Raleigh—George Ross Pou, of
Raleigh and Smithfield, announced
his candidacy for the Remocratic
nomination for State auditor.
Pou became the fourth man to
offer for the post. Charles W.
Miller of Asheville and Willard
Dowell of Raleigh already have an
nounced formally, while Baxter
Durham, present auditor, has in
dicated he will seek re-election.
"I am a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for State audi
tor,” was the only statement made
by Pou concerning his proposed
race.
A native of Smithfield, Pou was
a son of the late Congressman Ed
ward W. Pou, who for years rep
resented the fourth district in the
national House of Representatives.
He formerly was superintendent
of the State prison department, and
was made assistant chairman when
the prison department and State
highway commission was consoli
dated, but resigned to run for Con
gress. He introduced a number of
reforms in the penal system.
In 1934, he was an unsuccessful
candidate for Congress from the
fourth district to succeed his fath
er. *
TO DEBATE TRADE TREATY
Ottawa—Approval of the Cana
dian-United States tariff reciprocity
treaty was moved in the House of
Commons by Premier Macken7ie
King. It prompted a full-dress de
bate, with conservative leader
Richard Bennett expected to oppose
the pact.
NEW YORK . . . Above ie pic
tured a hand-knitted sport suit tat
Spring that gets its inspiration from
English tailoring. It is knitted of a
tweed mixture yarn which comes in
the soft warm colors fonnd in old
Paisley shawls. The borders of the
'douse are made with a seed stitch.
Leopold Mum
In Loeb Quiz
Joliet, 111.—Nathan Leopold re
j fused to testify before a grand jurj
probing the prison razor murder oi
Richard Loeb, his partner in the
"thrill slaying” of Bobby Franks.
"I’ve got nothing to say.”
That’s all the county investiga
| tors could get out of Leopold
| Three other convicts, who were
taken with him to the hearing
i from Stateville Prison where Loeb
was killed by Convict James Day
echoed his words.
Angered by the defiance of the
quartet, the grand jury decided tc
| continue their investigation with
in the walls of the prison where a
ten-man board appointed by Gov
ernor IHbrner has opened a general
inquiry into Illinois penal institu
tions as a direct result of the Loeb
slaying.
Guard Ewes Against
Lambing Paralysis
Lambing paralysis, the cause of
which is not definitely known, is a
disease common to farm flocks but
seldom found on the open range.
It strikes ewes in an advanced
stage of pregnancy, and lack of ex
ercise appears to be one of the con
tributing factors, said Dr. C. D.
Grinnells, veterinarian with the N.
C. Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion.
Storms and heavy snowfalls seem
to increase the incidence of the dis
ease, he said. Some research work
ers are of the opinion that under
feeding and unbalanced feeding al
so are causes of the disease.
The symptoms are dullness,
walking in circles, or standing
with the head pressed against some
object. The head may be drawn
to the side, or the animal may
be lying down with the head turn
ed aside. An increased tlhirst,
loss of appetite, blindness, paralysis,
and convulsions are commonly not
ed.
Many sheep breeders, as well as
veterinarians, feel that an ample
allowance of a balanced ration,
forced exercise if necessarv, and
sufficient calcium (preferably
supplied by a good legume hay) are
important bone meal is also recom
mended.
Veterinarians report that bene
ficial results have b; i obtain
ed from intrayenous injections of
calcium gluconate.
One way of forcing 'ieep to ex
ercise i.- to spre.i h;.' nve* a field
sn 111 buncos so the animals
w..i hive to Wilk from one to an
orler ro eat it.
Find Jackson
Birth Record
But Not Those Of
‘Old Hickory’
York, S. C.—A research worker,
thumbing through old records at
the courthouse called out excited
ly he had found evidence to settle
the question of Andrew Jackson’s
birthplace, over which North
Carolina and South Carolina have
waged so long a controversy.
Fellow workers on a PWA pro
ject gathered about a faded birth
certificate saying Andrew Jackson
was born in Bethel township, York
county, S. C., thus apparently re
futing North Carolina’s long-stand
ing claim that he was born across
the line.
But soon the research workers’
joy subsided. In blurred ink, the
word "Negro was deciphered on the
document.
The average annual wage of em
ployees in industry was $246 in
1849, $445 in 1889, -519 in 1909
and $1,191 in 1925.
| " Gloomy” Gil Quits |
aajiaawa, ax. x. . . . uioomy
Gil Dobie (above), bead footbah
coach at Cornell University since
1920, has resigned . . . “in the in
terest of harmony” said Gil. . . .
Criticism by the alumni on the poor
h showing of recent-year grid teams,
' is rumored the cause.
■Travels Over
World But Re
turns To Pen
Central Prison, Raleigh—Ray
mond Ragan sauntered up to the
iron gates of "My Paradise Lost”
last week, waved for the guard to
"open up”, then walked briskly
across the prison yard into the war
den’s office and said "hello.”
Ragan, who escaped from prison
five years ago and traveled abroad
while he was free, offered his hand
to the warden and said he was
very sorry he couldn’t get back
sooner.
"I’ve been doing a little globe
trotting since I left you,” the man
who is 30 years old said.
Warden H. H. Honeycutt, who
always remembers faces was puz
zled. Then he remembered Rag
an. He said:
"I got your letter more than a
year ago.”
The stamp on that letter was
purple. It was from somewhere in
France. The letter ran something
like this:
"Dear Warden:—"I’ve learned
the error of my ways. Here I am
way across the ocean and you over
there in North Carolina. I wish
I was back. Prison is paradise
when you are an eseined man feel
ing like you are beingliunted every
minyte. ;
*1I’m coming back soon. But
you see there are some difficulties
getting a passport. All I’ve got is
my army discharge and the consul
says he don’t know for the world
how I’m going to get out of here.
It’ll take my birth certificate, he
says.”
Warden Honeycutt had lost the
letter. But both of them remem
bered it well. After Ragan, who
still has four to seven years to
serve on conviction of a highway
robbery charge, dropped the letter
in a mail box he did a little mor:
globe-trotting — "about 50,000
miles.”
"But if that is what it took to
get back here, I’m glad. My con
science don’t bother me now.”
The warden scratched his head
and looked puzzled again.
"You could have saved yourself
a lot of trouble if you had given
yourself up in France. They could
have brought you straight across
the Atlantic and you wouldn’t have
had to trav*l so far.”
Ragan said:
"I’ll be durned. Wonday why
I never thought o’ that?”
The warden said he didn’t know.
Warden Honeycutt called a
guard and told him to fix Ragan
up with some clothes. Then he put
Ragan’s name back down on the
books.
Ragan smiled at the warden and
the warden smiled back. Then they
shook hands again like old friends
and Ragan was led to his cell away
down the corridor in "My Paradise
Lost”—a number again, a man
without a name.
The earth moves around the sun
once each year.
| DEATHS|
MRS. REENA McDANIEL
Mrs. Reena McDaniel, died Sun
day afternoon at the home of her
son, W. F. McDaniel, 217 South
Boundary street. The funeral was
held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock
from the First Baptist church. She
is survived by three sons: W. F.,
Joe C. and Charlie McDaniel.
MRS. JAMES M. CASPER
Mrs. James M. Casper, 59 died
early Monday morning at her home
621 East Innes street, where she had
lived for 29 years. The funeral
was held Tuesday afternoon at 3
o’clock at St. John’s Lutheran
church. Her husband and four1
children survive: Roy M.. Oranee
N. J.; Mrs. IB. M. Aull, Mrs. A.
W. Pinkston and James M. Jr., all
of Salisbury. A brother, Rev. L.
A. Peeler of Kannapolis, also sur
vives.
JOHN P. WEBER
Funeral services were held at the
home, 209 South Long street Mon
day afternoon for John P. Weber,
89, one of Salisbury’s oldest citi
zens who served four terms as al
derman, who died Sunday morn
ing. He came here as a young man
from Baltimore, Md., operating a
blacksmith shop and had the repu
tation of having shod more horses
and mules than any other person
in the State. He was one of the
organizers of the local fire depart
ment when it consisted of a bucket
brigade. His widow by a second
marriage, two sons and two step
sons survive: John P. of Knoxville,
Tenn., Lamont, Salisbury; Kerr
Mowery, Salisbury, and Tom Mow
ery. Raleigh.
K. of P.’s Hold
District Meeting
A district meeting of the Knights
of Pythias was held at the Zeb
Vance hall here Monday evening.
More than 175 members were pres
ent from the lodges at Greensboro,
Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem, Albe
marle, Salisbury, Charlotte and
Moor|esville. Eigihty-sSx dfele^ates
from Winston-Salem came on two
specially chartered busses.
W. M. Ruth, of Salisbury, dis
trict deputy grand chancellor pre
sided at the meeting. The fea
tured number of the program was
the dramatization of the "Rank of
Page.” Major Mertz, the midget
Pythian and dokie, and perhaps the
best known Pythian in the Carolinas
was present and spoke a few words
to the gathering.
Among prominent Pythians pres
ent were three past grand chan
cellors of the order, William B.
Burke of Greensboro, L. L. Caudle
of Charlotte, and Ben S. Houston
of Mooresville; and Claude Best,
vice grand chancellor of Chapel
Hill.
A social hour was enjoyed after
the program during which time re
freshments were served.—Moores
ville Enterprise.
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* FARMER DIES *
* IN TRAP SET *
* TO GET THIEF *
* _ *
* Anderson, S. C.—Way.non *
* E. Below, 57-year-old Antre- *
* ville farmer, was the victim *
* of a trap door device he had *
* set in his corn crib for rob- *
* bers. *
* He was fatally wounded *
* Sunday morning when the *
* loaded shotgun in the trap ex- '*
* ploded when he absent-mind- *
* edly opened the door of the *
* building. The full charge *
* struck him in the stomach *
* For several weeks he had *
* been missing a quantity of *
* corn and had decided on *
* drastic measures. *
• Buy In "Greater Salisbury”.
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Escaper Gets ‘Cute’ But
Last Laugh Is On Him
Florence, S. C., Feb. 26—Brooks
Rhodes was a headache for officers
hereabouts for the last 24 hours—
a sort of off again, on again, gone
again Finnegan.
Yesterday Rhodes walked intc
the police station here, said he was
an escaped convict from the North
Carolina penitentiary at Raleigh,
and asked to be locked up. He
was.
Chief McLaurin Burch telegraph
ed Tar Heel authorities who said
Rhodes was wanted to serve out
two more years and that he would
be sent for.
Early today, Rhodes sawed two
bars in his cell and checked out,
leaving a notesaying: "Thanks for
the eats and bed. When I get
hungry again, I’ll co me up and see
you sometime.”
A few hours later Chief Sam Cole
of Timmonsville called Florence to
say he had picked up two suspicious
characters. One was Brooks
Rhodes, the other John Rhodes, a
brother and also an escaped con
vict from North Carolina.
North Carolina officers, already
here for Brooks, handcuffed the
brothers and started back home.
"Do You
Read In
Bed?"
.<4s£s Reddy
Kilowatt
Take His Advice
and Get a
Pin-lt-Up Lamp
Here is the ideal solution for pefrect light,
eye comfort and genuine pleasure for
those who like to read in bed. Even if you
don’t read in bed, you need one of the
all-purpose lamps. You can do literally
what the name implies ... “pin-it-up” any
where ... on the wall, door facing and
can be moved where light is needed and
takes up no floor space. There is a definite
need for this lamp in every home.
45c Cash
50c Per Month
Duke Power Co.
Phone 1900 Salisbury, N. C.
Station WBT—‘Reddy Kilowatt and Duke Melodieis —11:45 a. rn.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Station WSOC—News Flashes—10 a. m.
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