North Carolina Newspapers

Washington.—It begins to look as though Congress would not, after all, succeed in adjourning before the first of the major party national conventions. The Republicans are to meet in Cleveland on June 9, and the Democrats in Philadelphia on June 23. But before Congress can adjourn it has to get the new tax legislation out of the way, if nothing else, besides enacting one or two deficiency bills and appro priating some more money for re lief. The outlook now is that this will take considerably more than a month. The tax bill, as reported by the House Ways and Means Commit tee, consists of 259 book pages off fine print, which the House is sup posed to analyze, debate, discuss and pass upon before the Senate takes its whirl at the problem. Some of the members of the House Committee claim that they under stand the bill. Most economists, tax experts and Congressmen of both Houses say that it is too com plicated for anybody to understand in the form in which the Commit tee has drafted it. The real new tax law will be drawn up in the Senate and handed^ back to the House for concurrence. All of this is going to take a lot of time. NEW CONVENTION STRATEGY Democratic leaders are beginning to say that perhaps, after all, it may be good strategy for Congres to be still in session while the Re publicans are nominating their can didate and announcing their plat form at Cleveland. Practically al the Republican members of botl Houses will be attending that con vention. That will-leave a cleat field for a lot of Democratic ora tory in the halls of Congress, where it will get better headlines than if it were merely scattered utterances by individual Democrats. By this bit of strategy, it is believed, what ever the Republicans propose may be offset in the headlines before the jae«noc.rsaic Convention meets, and even to some extent before tbe Re publican Convention adjourns. The subject of party platforms is receiving more and more atten tion. It is the general feeling here that/ President Roosevelt, in his Jefferson Day speech in New York on April 25, laid down the general lines which the Democratic plat form will follow. That party's ap peal to the people, if this assump tion is correct, will be based upor the assertion that recovery has beer brought about under and by tht present Administration. The Democratic platform is ex pected to point with pride to tht record, while promising still greatei prosperity if the party is reelected. There will quite possibly be coupled with this some reference to the way in which the Federal Government has taken care of the unemploy ed, perhaps accompanied by a de mand that business and industry make a stronger effort to take up the slack. CAMPAIGN OUTLOOK If the Democratic campaign management takes its cue from the tone of the President’s address, the Presidential campaign of 1936 will be quieter than has been anticipated. Word has been passed out to all of the Administration’s publicity bu reaus to tread lightly from now on upon the toes of the Opposition, and to put out nothing which will tend to stir up partisan antagonism or furnish amunition to the Repub licans. If that policy can be made to stick with campaign spokesmen for the Administration it may prove highly effective. The Republican leadership is still struggling with the shaping of its platform and the points to be em phasized by Senator Frederick Steiwer of Oregon, who has been selected to make the keynote speech at Cleveland, as temporary chair man of the Republican Convention. Senator Steiwer thus comes into the limelight as a national figure, and there is naturally some talk of him as a possible "dark horse” Presidential candidate. He comes from the Far West, which is geo graphically good politics. He has a clean record for party regularity and is highly regarded by his col leagues in the Senate, though little known to the general public. Less well-known men than Senator Stei wer, have, however, been nominated and elected to the Presidency in the past. (Continued on page 4) The Carolina Watchman 1“, A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF ROWAN COUNTY - —— ---[ —-----:_ FOUNDED 1832—104TH YEAR SALISBURY, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, May 8, 1936 ~ VOL, 104 NO. 41 PRICE 2 CENTS Statesmen To Address FCX On May 12 th • i Nine Month School Term Carried Here The special school election for a nine months term which levies 10 cents on the $100 valuation was held here last Tuesday, May 5, and carried by a majority of 84 votes. Every effort was made by the school friends to get the voters to the polls to vote favorably, and it was largely through their untiring efforts that the measure was not defeated. The ninth month will be added to the 1936-37 term, and will not only increase the educational ad vantage of the thousands of school children here, but will help restore the local schools to the high stan dards maintained over a period of many years until the state school system, with a term of eight months, went into effect in 1933. The state government pays for an eight months school term, but the standard school term is nine months in length, and a number of towns and cities in the state have already levied special taxes in order to provide the ninth month. ' r ~" HOE Y FOR GOVERNOR Hoey Speaks To Chiropractors State Unit In Session At Albemarle Also Hears Dr. Brandon Of Pittsburgh. Albemarle, May 6.— Featured by addresses by Dr. C. S. Brandon of Pittsburgh and Clyde Floey of Shelby, the twentieth annual con vention of North Carolina Chiro practors association began a two day session here today with a large attendance of members and guests. The convention was called to order at 9:30 a. m. by Dr. J. A. Wood, president of the association i and the address of welcome was by T. P. Wolfe. Dr. Brandon spoke first at 11 o’clock and again in the afternoon The address by >Hoey followed a banquet held at Hotel Albemarle, Dr. H. A. Limbough of Ashe j ville, Dr. E. P. Brown of Dur |ham, Dr. Hal Pittard of Oxford land Dr. J. A. Wood of Charlotte are scheduled for addresses during Thursday’s sessions. Wives of members of the asociation today held a meeting to organize a ladies auxiliary of the association. BREAK JAIL Halifax^ N. C.—Two men escaped from the Caledonia State [Prison farm Tuesday when a truck ,load of convicts were being trans ported to work in fields. The men 'were Roy Cobb, serving 10 years for assault and robbery from Nash county, and Cecil King, serving 15 to 30 years for robbery with fire arms from Mecklenburg county. Sandy Graham Makes Statement I I - Raleigh, May 7—Sandy Graham, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, today is sued the following statement: "A candidate for Governor of North Carolina who poses as an expert in education and taxation has attacked the honesty and inte grity of the members of the State School Commission. For the first time in my memory a major State agency is held up before our peo ple with the hint of scandal breathed upon it. This man seeks self-advancement and jis ruthless as to the methods he employs for his own ends. I quote Ralph W. McDonald: ... all State funds will be honestly and efficiently account ed and audited. The State School Commission now spends more than twenty million dollars annually, and its accounts are never inde pendently audited. . . . These con ditions are unwholesome and should not be allowed to exist’. "Who composes the State School Commission? In addition to the Lieutenant Governor, who by I virtue of that office is chairman, ; the membership is: The State Treasurer, Charles M. Johnson, the tState Superintendent of Public In [ struction, Clyde A. Erwin, Taylor B. Atmore of Washington, George C. Green of Weldon, A. McL. Gra ham of Clinton, Frank P. Spruill of Rocky Mount, John H. Folger of Mount Airy, Henry R. Dwire of Duke University at Durham, John A. Oates of Fayetteville, Ed t_:_i_ tj ti Daugherty of Boone, W. Grady Gaston of Gastonia, O. J. Holler of Union Mills. The characters of these men are a Kying refutation of any charge’ of rascality. "In further refutation, the facts are that the members of the State School Commission do not either as individuals or as a Commission spend one penny of the more than $23,000,000 which North Carolina provides for the operation of the public schools. This immense amount of money appropriated by the General Assembly, is collected from taxes and deposited in the State Treasury, and the State Treas urer is under ample bond to por tect it and all the other State funds. This money is spent by warrants attesting the purpose and signed by the County Superinten dent of Schools and the Chairman of the County Board of Education, or in municipal special charter dis tricts by the City Superintendent of Schools and the Chairman of the City School Board. These war rants, originating in local county or city administration agencies, are audited by the State Auditor and must receive his approval before payment is made by the State Treas urer. "From the beginning when taxes are collected until the end when a warrant is issued to pay a teach er’s salary or the wage of a bus driver the State School Commission neither sees or handles one penny of money. Its sole function is to ascertain the needs and with justic' pro rate the funds appropirated by the General Assembly among the counties and cities that equal op portunity shall be afforded every boy and girl attending school, whether it be in the small County of Clay or the empire of Robeson. "The implication of crookednesr laid upon the State School Com mission does not stop there. It rparlip'! nnr to rhrnw a rlnnd o-f suspicion upon every County Superintendent of Schools in North Carolina, upon every City Superintendent, upon the members of every County Board of Educa tion, the members of every city school committee. It is a blanket charge. The man who makes it must know it is not true. "The law under which the public schools are operated was enacted by the General Assembly of 193 5. Ralph W. McDonald was a mem ber of the House, a member of the Committee on Education which drew up this law. He voted for its passage. When the bill was amended by the Senate and the bill was sent to conference, he was one of the conferees for the House, FULMER ! SCARBOROUGH COOLEY Cooking School Closes Today The cooking school which has been conducted at the Capitol Theatre for the past several days closes today. Mrs. J. Watson Shockley, the nationally known home economics expert has been in charge and her efforts and demonstrations have been appreciated by those in at tendance. 'f She told of the best ways to make use of modern and helpful appliances and devices as a means of saving time, money and effort in the kitchen. The question and answer period was very helpful and greatly en joyed. Woman Found In Dazed Condition Laurens, S. C., May 4.—Mrs. R. D. Arnold, 30, mother of four children and wife of a Laurens pos tal worker, was found in a dazed* condition a half mile frtom her home today after disappearing last night. She was discovered asleep under a large rock by one group of hun dreds of citizens who had search ed for her throughout the night. A physician said she apparently i needed only a rest to restore her to normal. Mrs. Arnold was missed shortly after she put one of her children to bed. Her husband said she ap parently had merely walked off. THREE MEN SOUGHT IN SLAYING OF GIRL, 7 Waterville, Maine, May 6.— Police hunted three men today '‘or questioning about the slaying of seven-year-old Mary Proulx, whose body was found in an alder clump here yesterday. The child had been strangled and attacked, Dr. Napoleon Bisson medical examiner, said. One, authorities were told, was walking with the girl on Main street, Sunday, shortly before she disappeared. The second, Mrs. Arthur IVoulx the victim’s mother said, had giv en pennies to her four children. The third, a youth of twenty, gained Mary’s friednship during a brief stay in the Proulx home. The child’s arms, crossed over her chest, were bound. Annie K. Knights, twelve, attacked and slain at nearby Fairfield last Octo ber, was bound similarly. The Knights murder was never solved. and agreed upon the final report, and for its adoption by the House. He, therefore, knows most inti mately the facts, and cannot plead ignorance. He must ackowledge himself a slanderer without cause, one who by the slinking method of implication and innuendo attempts to climb towards the highest of fice in the gift of our people up on the trampled reputations of trusted and respected men. "If I know my North Carolina, he can’t do it ” Hold Highway Letting Today Raleigh^, May 7—The State Highway and Public Works com-' mission will receive bids today on construction of 14 road and street /projects estimated to cost ap proximately $1,000,000. Capus M. Waynick, chairman, said a project for paving 9.62 miles of street in Asheville had been withdrawn, b’ut will be of fered later. Proposals on the link,1 which is part of U. S. highways 19 and 23, have been received and rejected twice The commission will meet to day to canvass the low bids and hear delegations.. Discussion of matters pertaining to the penal system also expected. Chicago,—A move to free A1 Capone from Alcatraz prison on a legal technicality encountered firm government opposition today. United States Attorney Michael Igoe scoffed at their theory, but the scar-faced gang leader’s attor neys, Lyman Sherwood and Wil liam Parrillo, prepared to go to San Francisco to seek' his release on a habeas corpus writ. The lawyers based their hope on a point raised last Monday by Federal Judge W. H. Holly of Chi cago in dismissing Indictments charging six officials of the Trus tees System Service Corporation and its subsidiaries with fraudu lent use of the mails. ALLIGATOR IN BATHTUB KEEPS BOYS FROM BATH Baltimore.—Cleanliness may be next to godliness, but, to the good brothers of Delta Upsilon, at the Johns Hopkins university, it’s next to impossible. Because Junior’s living in the bathtub. And even the staunchest heart in the fraternity quails at thej thought of bathing with a six-ft,| 200-pound Florida alligator. “Junior” — anatomically a fe-j male and temperamentally) mean j —came from Cocoanut Grove, Fla] where she was caught by William' Matheson, one of the brothers. When Matheson came back to the university, along came Junior, j And Junior has taken over the Delta house pretty thoroughly al though she is kept in the bathtub.j HAGOOD ASKS RETIREMENT j Major General Johnson Ha good requested immediate retire ment Monday after serving only! one full day as commanding of-1 ficer of the sixth army corps at; Chicago. General Hagood spent seven weeks in military exile after criticising WPA spending policies. ASK REDUCED ASSESSMENT Gastonia — Representatives of the Ozard Investment company, which recently purchased the, Ozark cotton mill, appeared before! the county commissioners yesterday) and asked that the tax assessment, on the property be lowered. The commissioners took the matter un der consideration. Fulmer, Scarborough And Cooley To Speak Raleigh, |Mlay 7—Congressman Hampton P. Fulmer, of South Carolina, and Harold D. Cooley, cf North Carolina, and Presiimt Alfred Scarborough of the Bank for Co-operatives, Columbia, S. C., will be the principal speakers for the annual meeting of members of the North Carolina Cotton Gri wers Cooperative Association and the Farmers Cooperative Ex change, to be held jointly in the cooperative building here on Tues day, May 12. In making the announcement M G. Man. general manager of the cooperatives, said that already a large number of the more than 20,000 members of the cotton as sociation and stockholders of the Earmlers Cooperative Exchange have signified their intentions of attending the meeting. "We feel that we are indeed very fortunate to have such national figures as Mr. Fulmer, Mr. Coo ley and Mr. Scarborough appear on our program,” Mr. Man said. "All of these men are keen students of agriculture and will be in position to give us information of great value.” Both Mr. Fulmer and Mr. Cooley are members of the House Corn tee on Agriculture, Mr. Cooley be mittee on Agriculture, Mr. Cooley being the first North Carolinian ever to serve on this committee. Mr. Fulmer was author of the Agriculture Adjustment Act and has been the prime mover in the fight for the Net Weight Cotton bill which would encourage the use of cotton rather than jute bag ging. A dirt farmer himself, Mr. Fulmer has taken an active interest of the farmer during the 16 years he has served as Congressman. As president of the Bank for Co operatives, Mr. Scarborough keeps his finger on the pulse of the co operative movement. He is sche duled to discuss some common co operative problems and how they may be overcome. In addition to these addresses, members attending the meeting will hear reports from the officials as well as from the certified pub lic accountant who audited the books of the cooperatives last year. Directors of the cotton associa tion for the coming year will also be inducted into office at the mem bership meeting. These directors have already been nominated and will be voted upon by postcard ballot on Friday, May 8. Mr. Mann requested that mem bers who are planning to attend the annual meeting notify him by postcard in order that ample seat ing arrangements may be made for the meeting. i WALTER MURPHY Mr. Murphy Enters Race Walter Murphy, prominent at torney, and veteran Rowan legis lator, announced recently that he will seek the Democratic nomina tion for the State House of Rep resentatives in the forthcoming! primary. Member of fourteen sessions of! the Legislature in the past and; twice speaker of the House, Mr. | Murphy has been employed for the last two years as a special repre-l sentative of the Federal Deposit; Insurance corporation. Since 1897 when he first served| as a member of the house of rep-; resentatives, he has been a member j of that body 14 times. Twice hei has been elected speaker of the' house, in the special session of | 1914, and the regular session of 1919; he is the only man ever to have held this post twice. His most| recent membership was in the leg-' islature of 1933. j His legislative record has been characterized by outstanding work; for schools and higher education,' for good reads, and for public wel fare and pension enactments. He' won national attention by his suc-| cessful leadership in the fight against the famous Poole "monkey-! law” bill of some years ago. An indefatigable orator, a life-1 long Democrat, and long recog nized as the state’s leading parlia mentarian, Mr. Murphy’s influence in past legislatures, has been rivaled only by that of Rufus Doughton. | of Sparta. dean on the present as sembly. Plant Foreman Kills Himself Hickory—Apparently .despond ent over a heart ailment from which he suffered, Bhscom* L. (Brack) Pearson, 3 8-year-old fur niture factory foreman, committed suicide by firing a rifle bullet through his heart at his home here early this morning, police re ported. No inquest was deemed necessary. Pearson was said to have told his wife Sunday that he "wouldn’t be here much longer” and gave her instructions about disposition of his property. He is survived by his wife, six children, Coy, Colin, Violet, Vel ma, Pearl, and Marie Pearson, all at home; his mother, Mrs. Hiram Pearson of Lenoir, and the follow ing brothers: Arthur Plearson, High Point; Ed Pearson, Green ville, S. C.; Carl Pearson, and Fritz Pearson, Vandemere. Funeral service were held at Highland Baptist church Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Burial fol lowed in Houcks Chapel church cemetery. HELMS GIVEN TWO YEARS IN COURT HERE Kelly Helms of Charlotte was found guilty by a superior court jury this morning on charges of rteckless driving, using a smoke screen and violation of the prohi bition law. Judge Felix E. Alley imposed a sentence of two to three years in the State prison on the smoke screen charge; and on each of the other two charges, Helms was given 18 months, sentence suspended for five years. Notice of appeal was given. The State alleged that Helms was t-he driver of an automobile chased by State Patrolman C. R. Adams and Deputy Sheriff Ar thur Shuping the night of March 22, and which was found aband oned near Faith. A smokescreen had troubled the officers during the chase. In the car were found 174 gallons of whiskey together with the smokescreen device. RECAPTURES IN APRIL TOPPED ESCAPES IN N. C. Raleigh—Only* 28 'prisoners escaped from units of the State penal division in April, it was an nounced today, compared with 17 in April 193 5. Last month 29 escaped prisoners were caught. In March there were 19 escapes and 33 recaptures.