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The Carolina Watchman | __A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF ROWAN COUNTY FOUNDED 1832—104TH YEAR SALISBURY, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1936. VOL. 104 NO. 39. PRICE 2 CENTS. Washington—Congress is moving slowly—very slowly—towards the main objective of its members, which is to get away from Wash ington before the National Conven tion and start repairing their own political fences. It is no overstatment to say that the prevailing feeling in both Houses and among the members of both parties is one of fatigue and indifference. They are too tired out to do anything on their own initiative and they are dilly-dally ing along, making gestures toward producing a new tax bill but try ing to avoid doing anything that will impair their chances of re-elec tion. Under the Constitution, all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House of Representatives. The Ways and Means Committee therefore, is trying to draft the new tax measure. The Republican members of the committee walked out and left the job to the Demo crats. Every member of that Committee will be up for re-elec tion in November, so the net result of the deliberations is expected to be a draft which will not tread on anybody’s toes. The bill will then go to the Sen ate, where the Finance Committee (most of whose members, like most of the majority in the Senate .don’t have to run for reelection in No vember) will shape it up and the Senate will pass the real talk bill. The House will then accept it. NOVEMBER BATTLE GROUNDS On the Democratic side of Con gress nobody is worried at all over the outcome of the Presidential election. They are perfectly certain that Mr. Roosevelt will be re-elect ed. But an awful lot of them are not so certain that they can carry their own districts, even by tying themselves to Mr. Roosevelt’s coat tails. « More than 110 of the Democratic members of Congress gained their seats in the 1934 election by plur alities of less than 5,000, in some cases by only a few hundreds. The shift of an average of 1,500 voters in each of these close Congressional districts would result in a Repub lican majority in the next House. That is said to be one of the points upon which Republican political strategy is becoming more and more cencentrated. The feeling of the Republican High Command is that while it is not going to be easy to beat Mr. Roosevelt for the Presidency, it might be a not so difficult task to gain control of the lower House of Congress. In this matter they could effec tively block any effort to extend the policies of the New Deal, and give the Republicans an opportunity to organize a more vigorous opposi tion, with an eye on the Congres sional and Senatorial elections of 1938 and the Presidential election of 1940. (Continued on page Four) Negro Preacher Admits Thefts Rev. Christopher Columbus Car ter, 4 8-year-old negro preacher who was nabbed in Charlotte some time ago by officers there on a warrant from here charging that he had so licited funds for the alleged pur pose of aiding in the establishment of a negro church and put the mon ey to his own use, made an elo quent plea in county court here last Saturday, but was sentenced to serve 20 months on the roads. He admitted that he lied to the officers about whom he had given the money and also abomt his fin gerprint record, terming it "a grievous mistake,” but insisted that there were "migrating cir cumstances.” Due to the hard win ter he had been able to hold serv ices only three times and was therefore unable to replace the money, about $76, he had received from members of a local white congregation who had shown finan cial encouragement of what he had represented as a worth while en terprise, he told the judge. His fingerprint record showed that he had been indicted on charges of embezzlement, con game, violation of blue sky law, unlawful attempt to dispose of se curities, forgery, burglary and es cape. On cross examination he also admitted that he had been ac quitted on a murder charge and that to the best of his recollection he had served between seven and eight years. Bailey Backs Move To Earmark Funds For ^*VA ———— —--— -■-- ^7 Senator Lauds N. C. Program Reveals Attitude on Re lief Appropriation in Letter to Burling ton Mayor Washington — Senator Josiah W. Bailey let it be known he "in tends to go as far as I can” in ear marking part of the proposed bil lion and a half dollar appropria ted for relief so that it may be used by the PWA. ine senator replied to a tele gram sest by Mayor Earl B. Wag ner of Burlington, who pointed out that 3,000 Burlington people had signed petitions for paving and street improvements. "There is no way in the world for mem to get this paving other than thu ugh the PWA,.” declared he mayor." I per sonally think that it would be a mistake to turn all the money over to the Works Progress administra tion,” he concluded. "I think this is the only way we can proceed with assurance to pro viding for very valuable public works projects in our state,” Bailey replied. "The Public Works ad ministration in North Carolina has done a remarkably fine work and has laid before the department here some excellent projects. The trans fer of funds left these projects un provided for. The earmarking of new funds would enable us to ob tain reasonable appropriations for these projects. I have in mind a number of towns and cities and also counties which have been disap pointed. Moreover, I think that public works projects are the most desirable means of providing em ployment. They are in the nature of substantial and permanent in vestments and will prove worth the money invested. So I am in sympathy with the tenor of your telegram. "Under any circumstances I would urge our people to support the administration. There may be disappointments here and there, but one must recognize that taken as a whole the administration has achieved very remarkable progress out of the depression and that in this progress North Carolina stands at the forefront.” State Has Record Prison Population Raleigh — The population of penal units of the state highway and public works commission reached a new record at over 9,000 last week. Oscar Pitts, acting director, said final reports as of Wednesday were not in hand but there was no doubt the 9,000 mark had been passed. On March 31 the penal division had 8,898 prisoners. In March the division handled 10,420 prisoners, a new monthly high mark. There were 1,62 5 pris oners released, including 1,511 mho completed sentences. Onslow ’Gators Building Nests Authority Says Kinston—Roy Batts reported Onslow county alligators are hunt ing nests. They are hunting places for nests, that is. The re positories for eggs will have to be constructed, and will the potential mothers make a good job of it! Batts, this section’s foremost au thority on alligators, said an al ligator’s nest is likely to be a work of art. Occasionally one finds one that has been "slapped together.” Laying will be the order for June, Batts said. Baby ’gators will emerge from the shells in Septem ber. Though a female alligator doesn’t sit on her nest like a hen, according to Batts, she is in a bad temper during incubation and is dangerous to "play around.” ' ■ *3 • i . '• President Opposes Increased Armies »--\-—— Tells D. A. R. Limitation Is Goal Of U. S. Will Continue Fight For International Dis armament Washington-In a message to the Daughters of the American Revolution, President R josc 'elr as serted that the United States would continue to press for an interna tional arms reduction agreement and would not increase atents unless forced to by other nations. Discussing an "adequate national defense,” the President said the question of what was adequate was constantly changing w’:n new in ternational situations. 11 tins were i dr. arming world,” Mr. Roosevelt said, ' it is obvious that our needs would be proportionately decreasing. I re gret that today this is not the kind of a world. I regret it deeply. "But here we confront the ques tion of disarmament. On that is sue our policy is clear. That pnj >cy has two elements in ir. First, we propose to press, continually, for a limitation of armament by in ternational agreement. Second, failing to get that, we will mike no increase of our own armament un less other powers by increasing their armament make increase by us necessary to our national safe ty "If progress in armament limita tion has been slow, progress in oth er areas has been rapid. We have stated the principle of good neigh bor as the standard for the con duct of our foreign policy. We have begun the practice of that principle. Already that practice has ushered in a new era of good will between ourselves and the great nations of the Americas. One after another we are liquid ating the causes of friction and misunderstanding between us. . . "We have a disinterested, consis tent, and successful foreign policy. In it we give no thought to a war of aggression on the part of the United States. We stand firmly by our solemn treaty obligation re nouncing war as an instrument of national policy” The President sent his letter to Mrs. William A. Becker, president general, after he had been forced to cancel his scheduled address be cause of the death of his secretary, Louis McHenry 'Howe. First Bonus Bonds Going Out June 15 Washington—It was given out officially at the treasury this week that the first of the bonus bonds for the world war veterans will be ready for mailing out on June 15. A big force of extra clerks are go ing to be put on in order to expe diate the work of getting the bonds in the hands of those entitled to them at the earliest possible date after June 15 th. Wright Building Changes Name The office building, for a num ber of years, known as the Wright building and owned by the late George W. Wright, and directly across from the postoffice building has recently changed hands and is now known as the Professional building. This announcement is made for the benefit of the many inquiries as to the building in which Dr. Gaither Cauble has his offices, which are in room 204 Pro fessional building. Germany wants the whole wa termelon, and is not content to let Italy have the Rhine. *«■****** * JAIL-BIJU) OF A DOG * * _ * * Marion, S. C.—Dick, a big * * black bird dog was released * * from the county jail after be- >f * ing kept there since the dog * * quarantine was put on about * * three weeks ago. The dog is * * the property of Mis. Mae * * Gosque, Sheriff of this coun- * * ty and Mrs. Gasque bad him * * locked up, so he would not get * * shot in the dog round-up, * * which has been going on for * * the past three weeks. Dick * * was not tried. Marion’s lady * * sheriff made bond for the fine * * fellow, and now he is free to * * romp and play. * * ■ft****** Farley Hopes Running High Democratic Chieftan Sees Great Roosevelt Victory In Primary Elections Washington—Janies A. Farley of the Democratic national committee interpreted the results of recent primary elections and the trend of registration figures as indicating a ’’tremendous Roosevelt sweep next November. "Figures and facts tell the story and the conclusion is inevitable that President Roosevelt is stronger now than he was in 1932,” the Demo cratic chairman and Postmaster General said in a formal statement. Other political developments in, the capitol included: v-.an vj. Datnman, cnairman or Senator Borah’s campaign commit tee, said in a statement that it seemed "very queer” that official returns from two districts in the Illinois Republican primary had not come in. "The information that I have does not indicate that there is any good reason for the final official returns in these districts (the 14th and 20th) not to be open to the public at the present moment, and it appears to me that apparently there is something wrong,” he said. The Republican national commit tee professorial advisory group was reported by Senate Republicans to be drafting material intended for use in a concerted Senate and House minority attack on the ad ministration’s tax and relief pro posals. | Prof. Niles W. Carpenter of the University of Buffalo and others were reported by minority Senators to be working on the two subjects with the idea of forming a basis for alternative proposals when the two issues reach congressional floors. Representative Martin, Democrat of Massachusetts, described a pri vate dinner given by Henry P. Fletcher, Republican national chair man, to members of the professori al staff and a few congressmen as "it’s just a private affair of not much significance.” Martin was among the guests. In his statement, Farley said that "cinal and complete registration re turns from California show 1,676, .67 Democrats and 1,156,696 Re publicans.” While "in 1932 the Republicans had a majority of (Continued on page five) Head of Patrol Rotary Speaker Capt. Charles D. Farmer, of Ral eigh, head of the State highway pa trol, spoke to the Rotary club here i Tuesday on "Safety.” He urged drivers to use more care, advocat ed that pedestrians exercise caution and not create additional hazards, and said that auto fatalities in this State are showing a decrease. He further said the State-wide radio system authorized by the last Legis lature, but not yet in operation, will increase the efficiency of the patrol 100 per cent. TO SEEK RE-ELECTION Senator Josiah W. Bailey, now completing his sixth year in the Senate, has filed notice of his candidacy for renomination in the Democratc primary, June 6th. Hoey Hits At False Promises Wilson Exemptions of the nec essities of life from ithe sales tax and remedk^Bin fevymgT and col lecting it "to remove iome of its discriminations and irritations” were proposed here by Clyde R. Hoey, candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. "I want your votes,” Hoey told Wilson county citizens, "but 1 don’t want any office enough to make a false promise in order to get your votes. For that reason, I will not promise complete elimination of the sales tax at this time. "I do, however, believe that in addition to taking the sales tax off the necessities of life, we can and should remedy the method of levy ing and collecting it in order to re move some of its descriminations and irritations. 'If I am elected governor, I in tend to ask the merchants of the State to select a committee to con fer with the budget commission and myself before the Legislature meets and work out a more equit able and satisfactory plan. "I have never favored the sales tax. I ..ad nothing to do with its adoption. I have refused to recog nize it as a permanent tax policy of the State I have said all along that it should be removed from the necessities and that it should be repealed entirely when the State’s revenue will permit—either because of increased returns from sources now utilized, or from new sources that may be made available, or from both. "But, I am frank to say that I do not believe the sales tax can be re pealed at this time without crip pling the schools and denying to our old people the security which should be provided them— unless a heavy tax be placed on land: 1 am opposed to that. "The constant purpose of an en lightened state should be to improve its tax system and eliminate injus tices and inscriminations as well as to see to distribute the burden equitably. Two basic factors should be considered—the ability to pay and the benefits to be derived. "Our system, of course, is not perfect and should be improved, but any man who has ever run a business, any woman who has ever run a household, knows you can’t spend more money than you get. You can’t repeal the taxes and spend a lot more money—political promises to the contrary notwith I standing,” Hoey declared. State Ended March With Balance Of $22,000,000 Raleigh—The State of North Carolina had $23,405,904.93 in its treasury on March 31, including $2,243,795.60 against which war rants had been drawn but not cashed, to leave a balance of more than $21,000,000. The monthly fiscal statement re leased today showed the general fund with a balance of $4,429, 684.29 on March 31, compared with only $2,745.42 on hand the first of last month. Heavy income tax payments aided in bringing in $7,609,791.54 in March and dis bursements were $3,182,852.67. For the first time, the monthly statement segregated highway funds from other special funds. The highway fund had a balance of $13,444,994.70 as March ended, re ceipts being $1,976,932.74 and dis bursements $2,739,896.21. All other special funds had a balance of $2,447,41850. The State had a funded debt of $167,789,000 on March 31. During the fiscal year the gener al fund, which started with a $2, 310,000 overdraft, had received $3„127,187.57 up to March 31 and paid out $25,387,006.03. The highway fund started the fiscal year with a balance of $9,631,517.25, received $23,447,403.38 up to March 31, and paid out $20,563, 925.93. There is one way to avoid the taxes on automobiles, gasoline and all the rest. Get mad and walk, just like some people do when they are waiting for a bus. * TRAVELS 7,000 MILES, * SPENDS ONE DAY * * Hollywood, Calif.—William * * Cameron Menzies, a leading * * film director in England, tra- * * veled 7,000 miles from London * * to spend one day with his fam- * * ily here. * When he stepped from an * * airplane, he planned to spend * * two months. But he was * * greeted by a cablegram from * * Alexander Korda, his producer: * * "Return by next plane.” e*******-** * * »J* * * st * jJ. * ASKS PERMIT TO * * RJEGULATE BEES * * __ * * Washington—Police Chief * * Ernest W. Brown is seeking * * authority to regulate the life * * of bees. He said: * "Headquarters receives nu- * * merous complaints during the * * summer months of annoyance * * caused by bees. Residents * * who live near where bees are * * kept state that the bees are * * around their flowers in the * * yards to such an extent that * * they often cannot enjoy their * * gardens.” * ********* AAA Benefits Are Extended Revised Plan Intended to Grant Aid to More Farmers Through out Nation Washington—Changes intended to grant soil conservation benefits to more farmers were made in the farm program by the AAA. The AAA said work on rates of payments for four regions was "progressing rapidly” and the schedules should be completed within a few days. Rates for the north central region were an nounced several days ago. A primary modification of regu lations made today would permit partial payments to producers who may not have the minimum agen cies in soil conserving crops nec 'essary to qualify for full pay ! ments. I ---J ’ **■ " ---— farmers, to be eligible for pay ments, must have, in 1936, at least IS per cent as much crop land in soil conserving as in soil depleting crops. In the case of cotton, to bacco, peanuts, and flax, the mini mum was 20 per cent. Under the new regulation, the AAA will make deductions from farmers’ payments for each acre by which they fail to meet the require ments. The deduction rate will be one and one-half times the rate of ^ soil conserving payment for each j excess acre of soil depleting crops. Another regulation, the AAA jsaid, would permit farmers who , already have large soil conserving 1 acreages and small soil depleting ■acreages, to obtain soil building | payments without reducing the amounts of their cash crops. How ever, heavy deductions will be made ! from the soil building payments if :such farmers increase their acreages (Continued on page Four) I j >> J> sr *!»##** !=:- TRICKED BY MATE * j * GETS DIVORCE * i * * j * Los Angeles—Mrs. Concha * ,i:' De Salvador told Judge Thur- * * mond Clarke she was surprised * * when her husband gave her the * * money she asked. He usual- * * ly was difficult about such * ! * matters. i * She was even more surprised * ’•when she tried to spend the * j* money, "I was deeply humili- * j * ated to find myself with only * * stage money.” Mrs. De Sal- * * vador was granted a divorce. * * * * * ***** * --- Lutheran Synod Meets In Rowan The semi-annual meeting of the western conference of the Luther an synod of North Carolina con vened Tuesday morning at the Mt. Moriah church, near China Grove for a two-day session. The Rev. B. J. Wessinger of Spencer, is president, and preached the opening sermon. Discussions in the afternoon were on "Institu tions for Office of the Ministry,” with Rev. J. R. Vick of Newton, and Eugene Brown, of Mt. Ulla, as leaders. The Rev. G. L. Barger preached at night.