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Carolina Watchman Published Every Friday Morning By The Carolina Watchman Pub. Co. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA E. W. G. Huffman_President SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable In Advance One Year_$1.00 6 Months_ .JO Entered as second-class mail matter at the postoffice at Sal isbury, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. I--1 The influence of weekly news papers on public opinion exceeds that of all other publications in the country.—Arthur Brisbane. POPULATION DATA (1930 Census) Salisbury -16,951 Spencer -3,128 E. Spencer_: 2,098 China Grove_1,258 Landis -1,3-88 Rockwell_ 696 Granite Quarry_ 507 Cleveland _ 43 5 Faith’ —__ 431 Gold Hill _ 156 (Population Rowan Co. 56,665) — | PK1JJAY, APIIL 3, 1936. A THOUGHT FOR EASTER From the beginning of time, men have hailed the coming of Spring as the resurrection of the earth from the death of Winter. Long before the Christian Era began, every religious cult celebrated in one way or another the returning season of growth and sunshine, with its promise of life beyond the grave. If the dead trees and grasses could so demonstrate immortality, why should man alone rise no more? In a tew days the whole Chris tian world will join in testifying _ — on Easter Sunday, to its faith that death is not the end, that life goes on forever, in new and unknown but more glorious forms, that we earthbound plodders can no more imagine than can the maple tree or the wisteria, shedding its scarlet robe of Autumn under the killing breath of Winter’s frosts, imagine the glory of the Springtime gar ments of green which it will wear in its new life. The belief that this is true, that there is a life beyond death, a life of release from toil and sorrow for such as truly believe and strive to live up to their belief has been the most powerful force in the history of our modern civilization. In this faith men have found a common tie of mutual service for the com mon good. All of the concepts of duty, honor, self-denial, self-res pect and loyalty upon which great nations have been founded derive from the faith which is the very root and heart of Christianity. Let no one say that the faith of our fathers is outmoded, that it no longer has its old power to inspire our lives. We are living in troub lous times, and those of little faith are crying aloud that the old truths have failed, the old beliefs are dead. But even as they scoff Spring brings her perennial symbols of the eternal life.' And this com ing Easter Sunday millions upor millions of believers will meet t( testify anew to the truth that theii faith is a living faith, that it stil rules the hearts of men. THE RED CRUbS uin int juj Calamities such as the disastrou floods which have swept over th northeastern part of the Unitei States are in the particular field ii which the American Red Cros functions. Hardly had the firs news of the first of these flood dis asters appeared in print before th Red Cross was on the job. It is a army of relief that is always mobi lized. The duties of the Red Cross 1 emergencies like this cover ever means of relieving human suffei ing. It provides medical care an nursing for the sick. It looks ei pecially after the welfare of the child victims of disaster. It finds clothing for those who need it, financial aid to tide over the crisis for those whose resources have been suddenly swept away. It fills a place into which no other agency quite fits, in a spirit of helpfulness as broad and as free as humanity it self. To meet such calls, always sud den, the Red Cross must keep its resources for relief always liquid. When the need for its help covers jsuch a broad area as the present need does, it has to draw heavily | upon its stores of supplies and of cash, and to call upon men and women of kindly spirit toward their fellow-beings in distress to con tribute in money what all cannot give in service. The Red Cross is a volutary organization. Its work in the field is almost entirely done by unpaid workers. It has no sub sidy or appropriation from the Government, but carries on entirely by the aid of contributions. The Red Cross is calling now for contributions to meet the cry for aid from the flood-stricken regions. It is the part of good citi zenship as well as of goodwill to ward those who suffer, for every body to respond to the call, and give all he can. j TODAY AND TOMORROW —BY— Frank Parker Stockbridge FLOODS .... everywhere It almost seems as if there wasn’t a river east of the Mississippi that didn’t go on a rampage in the past two or three weeks. Such puny efforts as man has made to keep the waters under control seem rather ridiculous. Naturally, I have been thinking of floods I have seen. In 1889, when the ice coming down the Po tomac made a dam out of the rail road bridge at Washington, all the lower part of the city was flooded. My brother and I got hold of a boat and rowed up and down Pennsyl vania Avenue from the Treasury to the foot of Capitol Hill, in and out of hotels and railroad stations. I have seen the Mississippi river 65 feet above normal at St. Louis, the Ohio at Cincinnati up to the third story of buildings on the streets along the river I saw all South Florida under water in the winter of 1925-26. I have seen our New York and New England rivers in flood so often that I have come to expect it every year or two. * * * CONTROL .... Arthur Morgan The most effective job of flood control that I know anything about was done in the Miami River basin in Ohio, after the disastrous flood that began on Easter Sunday, 1913. I’ve never seen it rain so hard for so long, even in Florida, as it rained all over Ohio, Indiana and Illinois that day. The state of Ohio and the cities and counties in the Miami Valley determined there should be no more floods there. They spent $32, 000,000 of their own money—and this year, with rain and snow con ditions even worse than in 1913, there was no flood in that part of Ohio. The man who engineered that job was Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, now head of the Tennessee Valley Authority, which is, among other things, a flood-control project. Turn a dozen Arthur Morgan; loose on the nation’s flood problem give them a free hand and a fevi billion dollars and the flood menaci could be removed in a few years. » * * REBUILDING .... the blessing One effect of the floods in the thickly-settled East is bound to be an immense amount of rebuilding. Bridges and dams will have to be replaced, factories and other build ings repaired or replaced. It will take countless millions of dollars to set things to right. Steel and concreate will be used where wood answered before. That will make more business and employment for the "heavy” industries, and na turally a lot of work for artisans in all the construction and building trades. This will be real employment, on work that must be done and that is better for everybody concerned than "made” work. It seems to me that the floods may turn out to have been a blessing in disguise, by taking up a lot of the slack in in dustrial employment. «■ *■ » BRIDGES .... the doctor The old-fashioned covered bridge, of which quite a number survive in the East, have always fascinated me. The early settlers 'housed in” their wooden bridges to keep the roadway free from snow and ice. It didn’t matter so much if a horse or wagon slipped sideways off the highway, but a loaded wagon on a slippery bridge could easily go through the guardrail into the river. One of my boyhood memories is of a flood that washed away the flooring and superstructure of an old covered bridge near my home. Our village doctor had been sent for on an emergency call, across the river, but could not set out until long after dark. He saddled his horse and rode off through the rain. Not until after he had crossed the river did he learn that the bridge was ’’out.” A miracle? No, just an accident, the sure-footed horse happened to hit one of the 18 inch "stringers” that were all that was left of the bridge, and walked across in the dark like a tight-rope performer! * * * FIRE.wet hay I am watching now for reports of fires in barns, along the river valleys where the flood water has gone down. They always follow when hay in the barn has been thoroughly soaked, unless it is j spread and given a chance to dr} i out. Spontaneous combustion frorr the heat generated by damp hay ir the bottom of the mow startec scores of barn fires in northerr New England after the last bij flood we had, nine years ago. No all of the fires were spontaneous either, an insurance man told me though proof to the contrary wa hard to establish. Few companie write flood insurance policies, am few farmers would pay for them anyway. But they all carry fir insurance Some day, in a more perfec world perhaps, we will all live ii houses as fireproof as were t'h caves of our ancestors, and to buil a barn of wood will be a jail of fense. Once fertilized, a spider wi 'continue to lay fertile eggs fc | about four years. | IT WILL be unnecessary to metnion NAMES FOR every reader will ♦ * * KNOW THE names today. But IF THERE should be a single one WHO DOES, guessing will produce RESULTS ALMOST instantly. * * » A CERTAIN wife was breaking * «■ * THE NEWS to her husband * * * THAT HER good-for-nothing * * * BROTHER HAD arrived. * * * "HECTOR HAS come to stay for * * * A FEW days,” she said. "Poor * * * BOY, HE’S looking very seedy.” * * * THE HUSBAND’S chin set. * * * "SEEDY, IS he.” Came the * * * MUTTER. "WELL he isn’t * * * GOING TO plant himself here.” I THANK YOU* | PICAYUNES WHY THE JUDGE BLUSHED Aunt Sidonia, an Alabama Neg ress, was a great advocate of th< rod as a help in child-rearing. A a result of an unmerciful beatinj which she gave her young, ter ant "orneriest,” she was brought inti court one day by outraged neigh hors. The judge, after giving he a severe lecture, asked if she hat anything"to say. "Jes one thring, jedge,” she re plied. "Ah wants to ax you a ques tion. Wuz you ever the parent oj a puffectly wuthless cullud chile?’ COLLEGE EDUCATION PAY! "Do you think a college educa tion pays?” "Certainly it does. My sor graduated from Yale year befon last and today he got a job in £ stone quarry, all because of th< practice he got in college as s hammer thrower.” ALL DANGER PASSED Early one morning on the seconc day out, a terribly seasick passenger, pale and hollow-eyed, came out ol his stateroom and ran into a lady, who was coming along the passage way, screamed and started to run. "Don’t be alarmed, groaned the man. "Don’t be alarmed, madam; I shall never live to tell it.” GETTING DOWN TO BRASS TACKS Toni: "I never loved anyone but you.” Jane: "Nonsense!” Toni: "You are the light of my life.” Jane: "I’ve heard that before.” Toni: "I can’t live without your love.” Jane: "Foolish talk.” Toni: "If I could only tell you how much I love you!” Jane: "Think of something new.” Toni: "Will you marry me?” Jane: "Well, now you’re talk ing.” llNV^UlOl 11 V UrNEOO Inquisitive Old Lady: "How did you happen to lose your fore finger?” Tourist Guide: "Well, you see I have been a guide around Wash ington for 20 years and i just nat urally wore that finger oft pointng out places of interest.” A GRAND FELLOW "Is he industrious?” "He is one of the hardest work ers I ever saw.” "Has he ability?” "He is as smart as a steel trap.” "Does he drink?” "Not a drop.” "Is he honest?” "Absolutely. He won’t stea' anything but elections and public funds.” Daughter of First Film Star: "How do you like your new fa ther?” Daughter of Second Film Star: "Oh, he’s very nice.” "Yes isn’t he? We had him last year.” CONCEITED Miss: "Did any one ever tell yot how wonderful you are?” Youth: "No, I don’t think an) one ever did.” Miss: "Then I’d like to know where you got the idea.” CAUSE FOR REJOICING Johnny: "I’m glad I won’t b livng a thousand years from now.’ Bobbie: "Why?” Johnny: "Just think of all th< history there’ll be to study by tha time.” NO REPETITION WANTED He (at the phone) : "I want t I insert a notice of the birth of m | twins.” | Girl (at newspaper office) "Will you repeat that, sir?” j He: "Not if I can help it.” ' THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON (Continued from page One) the home boys have heretofore re garded as confidential communica tions. Nobody is talking much in public about the dissension inside of the Ways and Means Committee over the proposed new tax bill. It is an open secret, however, that there are very sharp differences of opinion as to what ought to be done in the matter of taxing corporate reserves, differences which are far from be ing confined to party lines. It looks now as if the House Committee would hold a perfunc tory hearing, introduce a perfunc tory bill and leave the real job of examining the whole situation up to the Senate Finance Committee. THOSE WPA CHARGES With the approach of a Presi dential campaign criticism of the Adminstration, then in power, nat urally becomes more vigorous. The alleged political activities of W. P. A. administrators, brought into the limelight by the charges of Senator Holt, of West Virginia, is one of the attacks. Senator Holt accused the W. ?. A. in his home state of all sorts of political skulduggery, a charge promptly denied by his colleague from West Virginia, Senator Mat thew D. Neely, as well as by the W. P. A. administrator Harry Hop kins. Some Senators have beeii unkind enough to say that Stenator Holt’s peeve arose from the fact that while he was waiting for his 30th birth day to come, so he could be sworn in as a Senator, Mr. Neely had grabbed off whatever political pa tronage there was in West Virginia. Anyway, Senator Holt’s charges started something. There’s a W. P. A. investigation scheduled, and it will produce headlines, if noth ing else. There are internal dissensions in [ Administration circles over the whole relief problem. The workers employed to administer relief are mostly opposed to the present Works Relief Plan, pointing out 1 that it is more expensive than a T straight dole and more difficult to administer. * . 1 .1- . T>_‘ J_*- . YV 1111 *■ xvjiuvixv another $1,500,000,000 for relief there has been some talk of an ef fort on the part of Congress to pre scribe how it is to be spent. That, however, seems unlikely. There is some valuable political patronage in the set-up, from which some mem bers of Congress benefit in the strengthening of their local organi zations, and they are not inclined to be sympathetic with any proposal to change the system. OHIO NEAR FLOOD CREST ' Evansville, Ind.—The Ohio rivet nearing flood crest here, covered 21,000 acres of farm land in this vicinity and inundated about 5 0 city blocks. All families have been removed from the flooded area and WPA workers are patrolling ths abandoned homes to prevent loot ing. JNMARKED GRAVES OF CON FEDERATE SOLDIERS The Robert F. Floke Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy Jesires to let it be known that a read stone will be furnished for ;ach unmarked grave of a Confed :rate soldier by writing to the Quartermaster General, War De partment, Washington, D. C., for lecessary application blanks. All persons interested will pro teed at once to write to the Quar termaster General, War Depart ment, as above stated. Mrs. R. Lee Wright, Historian Robert F. Hoke Chapter. MUSICIANS TO STRIKE New York—Thirty orchestra leaders, including Rudy Valee and Vincent Lopez, were given their instructions on the part they are to play in the general strike called by the musicians union local. Jacob Rosenberg, secretary of the union, said his instructions were strictly confidential. MINERS DIE IN BLAST Cerro De Pasco, Peru—Five min ers who apparently did not have a warning preceding underground blasting were killed when gas after the explosion overcame them. iSMSHil r- -1 §■1, hen HAS CAUSE T'BE 1 DISCOURAGED. SHE NEVER y ' FINDS ANYTHING JUST WHERE SHE LAID IT. d __CSS Refreshing Relief When You Need a Laxative ’ Because of the refreshing relief It ’ has brought them, thousands of men ’ and women, who could - J afford much more ex pensive laxatives, use ’ Black-Draught when : needed. It Is very eco nomical, purely vegeta- 1 c ble, highly effective... Mr. J. Lester 1 Roberson, well known hardware " dealer at Martinsville, Va., writes: 1 “I certainly can recommend Black ' Draught as a splendid medicine. I have taken it for constipation and the dull feelings that follow, and 1 have found it very satisfactory.” BLACK-DRAUGHT SPEAKING OF FLOODS-by a. b. chaPi„ Come and See our Easter Flowers, both cut and potted. They will be worth seeing, whether you buy or not. Corsages any variety you want. And my Spring Plants—Flower and Vege tables are coming on fine, both annual and Perrenial. The last thing you need or want—Floral Designs in any Style and any Seasonable Flowers. MRS. ED. H. MARSH, Florist Phone 1029 1707 N. Main St. “Say I Saw it in The Watchman”—Thank You We offer the best in Fish, Poultry, Meats, and other foods at the lowest prices the market will aliow. We have a full line of Canned Gc:Js, Fresh Vegetables and Fruits of quality. CALL 883 Become One of Our Satisfied Custom* ers Today***We Deliver — E. 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