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A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF ROWAN COUNTY
FOUNDED 1^32—105TH YEAR SALISBURY, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1936 ' VOL. 104 NO. 2 PRICE 2 CENTS
The other day we got into the
car and motored out to Quaker
town, Pa., where my friend Charley
Meredith runs one of the best
country weekly newspapers I know
of the Quakertown Free Press.
I was struck J>y the apparent
prosperity of that section. I talked
with several business men and a
number of farmers in Bucks coun
ty. It’s good farming country and
there is no distress that I could
learn of among the farmers there.
Very few people are on relief.
About the only sign of relief act
ivities are the trainloads of city
unemployed sent out to work on
some projects in the southern part
of the country.
Self-reliance is a traditional char
acteristic of these strudy Quaker
and "Pennsylvania Dutch” people.
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HOUSES . . . 2-ft. walls
We had luncheon in an old stone
farm house built more than 200
years ago and still occupied by
descendants of the original builder.
We saw rundreds of similar stone
houses, with two-foot walls and
state roots, built to witnstana the
elements. There is plenty of stone
all round that region, both red
sandstone and limestone, and the
early settlers did what the first set
tlers in every new country always
do—built their homes of the native
materials close at hand.
We hear a great deal about "pre
fabricated” homes, built of steel or
plastic slabs made in factories, and
I have no doubt that we shall see
great developments in that line.
But I think they will be mostly
erected in city suburbs. They arej
not likely to replace local materials,
where those, are available, assem
bled by local labor in country dis
tricts fhere almost every man can!
turn his hand to carpentry or mas-| j
oary. j,
WASHINGTON . . . crossing 1
We crossed the Delew are River
»t the. ’very spec where George
Washington crossed it in a rowboat
on his historic retreat from Tren
ton. The bridge at Washington’s
Crossing connects two state parks,
one maintained by Pennsylvania
and the other by New Jeisey.
Paralleling the Delaware River
on both sides are canals, dug by
early colonists to provide safe navi
gation no matter what the stage of
«-Ua wifflr WT-SC in file river. Both
canals have been long since aban
doned except as millraces for oc
casional sawmills and gristmills
along the river bank. But the State
of Pennsylvania is making a park
a hundred miles long out of the
banks and bed of the old Delaware
Canal, to provide picnic and recrea
tion grounds and smooth, safe wa
ters for canoeing.
Even an abandoned canal has its
uses.
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GADGETS ... seme wanted
I saw a new g idget the other
day which its makers tell me is
selling faster than they lan turn it
out. It is a garbage grinder that
you put in the kitchen sink. It
grinds the table and kitchen waste
to a fine powder which is then
washed down the drain, saving all
the labor and smells of garbage
cans and their emptying.
It struck me that its inventor
was a genius. It takes a genius to
forsee that people are going to want
something which hasn’t yet been
made.
Forty years ago there was no
public demand for automobiles or
radios. Nobody had ever seen them
so nobody knew that they wanted
them. Half of the things that wo
men buy in the stores are things
they did not know they wanted un
til they saw them in the show
windows.
Too many inventors, on the oth
er hand, make the mistake of try
ing to produce something which
they think people ought to have,
without knowing enough about
human nature to realize that the
things we ought to have are not
always the things we want.
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SPORT ... the rules
I have no sympathy with the
conception of sport as an organized
business. Even the so-called ama
teur sports are becoming largely
that.
I confess, however, that I arr
unable to share the popular indig
nation over the dismissal of Mrs
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CITY TO GET FED. SECURITY OFFICE
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Watchman Completes 104th Y&k
Salisbury Will
Get One Of Two
Federal Offices
Doughton Says
Is To Be Permanent Or
ganization And Under
Civil Service.
OPEN ABOUT NOV. 1.
Congressman R. L. Doughton,
who was in town this week to ad
dress the members of the Pomona
Grange at their annual meeting,
stated that Salisbury is to have one
of the twp National Security of
fices that are to be located in this
state, and the other will be in Ral
eigh, the state capital.
The office here will open some
time in October or November and
it is expected to be a permanent or-1
^anization.
With the exception of the dis
:rict manager, the personnel will
>e under civil service. Mr. Dough
on believes the organization will
;row and become a large unit.
A census of employment of the
rariou* business and industrial es
:ablisbments will be compiled to
bring them under the old-age re
tirement system. The state' is to
work in cooperation with the Fed
eral unit.
Salisbury and community gives
Congressman Doughton due credit
for one of th$ offices being located
here. He pointed out that the geo
graphic location was ideal, it being
centrally located with such a large
industrial, population..
“The Good Old
Days” Are
Here Again
Yes, sir, Pete Nossar, of the
China Grove Department Store,
China Grove, says "The Good Old
Days Are Here Again.”
Pete gives the Roosevelt admin
istration credit for a big part in
the returning of the "Good Old
Days,” but says the values which
are to be found in his store for the
next few days will make these days
even better than the good old days
of the old.
This popular merchandising con
cern is now in the middle of their
great expansion sale, and are offer
ing unheard of prices on new sea
sonable merchandise, and invites
i the public down to see them Friday
and Saturday.
This sale is under the personal
direction of Mr. McDoffie of the
McDoffie sales system of Lexing
ton, and everything has been done
to make the event profitable to you
in every respect. They have ar
ad in this issue of The Watchman
Read it, and give them a call.
709,400 Persons
Get Drivers
Licenses
"
Raleigh.—Ronald Hocutt, assist
ant director of the State Divisior
of Highway Safety, said 709,40(
persons received automobile driver
licenses between November 1, wher
the law requiring licenses wen
into effect, and July 1.
Of this number, 64,613 paid $:
each after the time limit for fre<
licenses expired early in the year
Eight hundred ninety persons wcri
refused licenses because of inability
to drive.
Centen’s Sweetheart
SAN ANTONIO . . . Janice Jar- -j
ett, this 'town's model beauty, has
been commissioned the “Sweet
heart ot the Texas Centennial by
Governor Allred, to rule during
the celebrations now under way.
Salisbury Tax
RateNow$1.35
The city council, in special ses
sion Wednesday morning, adopted
the budget for the current fiscal
year which calls for estimated re
venues and expenditures of $489,
428.42.
The budget is based on a tax rate
>f $1.25, which is 10 cents higher
than last year because of that
amount having been voted in a spe
cial election to add a ninth month
to the school term. Other provi
sions of the budget are practically
the same as last year, it is stated.
Publishers Of
Small Papers
Meet Today
Concord.—Publishers of weekly,
semi-weekly and tri-weekly news
papers in the Piedmont district of
North Ca/olina are to meet Friday
at the Kannapolis Y. M. C. A. ban
quet hall for the purpose of organ
izing a press association in this area.
Jake Wade, sports editor of The
Charlotte Observer, has been in
vited to make a short talk, and
music will be furnished by a well
known orchestra. B. Arp Low
rance, publisher of The Mecklen
i burg Times, is also slated to talk.
( T. 1HL Wingate and J. I.. Moore
of The Kannapolis Independent are
| handling arrangements for the
j event.
Wilson, Moore
Rum Shops
Clear $100,045
Wilson.—Profits from jointly
operated liquor stores in Wilson and
Moore counties during their first
year of operation totaled $100,
045.89.
Arranges Funeral
For His Two Sons,
Finds Them Alive
Nemacolin, Pa.—A grief-strick
en father trudged slowly home aft
er making funeral arrangements foi
his two sons—and found then
alive.
Joseph Swartz, a WPA worker
1 earlier had identified the bodies o
: two boys taken from the Monon
i gahela river as his 12-year-old soi
■ Thomas and 11-year-old step-son
Francis Pytack.
While he made plans for thei
! funeral at an undertaking of fie
. | in Masontown, the boys were sat
: at home, playing in the yard.
• Buy In "Greater Salisbury”.
Roosevelt Foes Blinded
By Greed Or Ignorance
Declares Olin Johnston
Columbia, S. C.—Governor Olin
Johnston defended policies of the
Roosevelt administration and lashed
its critics in an address here.
"Most of these critics are blinded
by selfishness or ignorance,” he
said. "With their own nearsighted
gaze, they cannot sdb the prophetic
vision of President Roosevelt whose
aims are not only for his term of
office, not only for his generation,
but for generations ?yet to come.”
The Governor said the President's
"insight into the heeds of this
country” and his "courage to tread
where no man has trod” were build
ing up "a carefully^lanned eco
nomic structure whose worth we
cannot begin to appreciate.”
President Roosevelt’s mistakes,
"although admitted, by him,” John
ston said, "are few in comparison
with the vast benefits he has con
ferred upon this nation.”
The Governor said opponents of
the "New Deal” have cried "ex
travagant,” and "dictator” but
similar charges were made against
George Washington, Thomas Jef
ferson and Woodrow Wilson.
"The Republicans are not so ill
advised,” he asserted, "as to go to
the country with the promise that
they will sepnd less on relief than
the average of 7.50 per week 4,
200.000 were attempting to live
on in August.
"Neither will they disallow the
925.000 home loans made by the
HOLC, or the 700,000 farm loans
made by the land banks and land
bank commissioners.
“Neither, if they are wise, will
they argue that the 475,000 CCC
workers, 75 per cent of whose $)0
a month goes to their dependents,
are overpaid.
"On the contrary, they will
doubtless find themselfes before the
campaign is over, climbing into bed
with some such money-spending
group as the Townsenders.”
Doughton Praises Farm
Program In Speech At
Grange Meet Wednesday
Citing the AAA, the farm credit
administration act, the . establish
ment of the-CCC camps and est
ablishment of good roads as ac
complishments of the present ad
ministration in aiding agriculture,
Congressman Robert L. Dough ton
was the principal speaker here
Wednesday before several hundred
Rowan county farmers at the fifth
annual meeting of the Pomona
Grange, held at Peeler’s Lake.
Mr. Doughton told the audience,
that he was born on a farm and
had been striving to aid agricul
ture for more than 25 years in
congress.
He stated Rowan farmers had
good* land, good climate and a
proximity to market, three essen
tial advantages.
The veteran legislator pointed
out that in 1921 farm prices began
to decline which precipitated farm
ers into heavy debt, caused many
to go into bankruptcy, and the
| lack of purchasing power of the
| farmer induced a national ecnomic
disaster to all lines of business act
ivity, the speaker said.
"The administration found it
self in this situation in 1933 and
President Roosevelt called upon
the farmers to evolve some plan by
which they might solve their prob
lems. The AAA was the result
and while this agency was in ef
fect prices of all farm products
advanced from a starvation level
t to that which enabled the farmer
to make a profit. __ Cotton at 5
cents a pound, tobacco at 3 to 4
cents a pound, were some of the
disastrous prices in existence.”
Mr. Doughton held no censure
of the Supreme Court for declar
ing the act unconstitutional but
I pointed out that the present admin
i istration had supplanted the AAA
! with he present soil conservation
! program.
Mr. Doughton stated that this
State had received $29,000,000
ifrom the Federal treasury since
1933 for good roads, and that he
| had asked to be removed as a mem
ber of the House committee on
! banking and currency in 1916 in
■ i order to serve as a member of the
II roads committee.
| WIFE WINS AGAIN
■j "My wife won an argument
: | with me this morning by a hair?’
: "What_was the argument, hand
j some?”
"That I’d have a blonde’s head
I resting on my shoulder.”
Protected Americans |
BOSTON . . . Eric C. Wendelin.
31, of Quincy, Mass., third secre
tary of the American embassy at
Madrid, Spain, was in command
when riots and revolution started
ilitre and it was up to him to pro
tect hundreds of Americans who
rushed to the embassy.
Auto Sales In
N. 0. Increase
Raleigh.—Sales of new automo-j
biles and trucks spurted in July,!
the motor vehicle bureau reports,!
with a total of 8,230 compared]
with 7,483 in July 1935 and only
5,261 in June this year. There
were 6,170 new cars and 2,060 new
trucks sold last month, compared
with 6,053 cars ana 1,430 trucksj
in July 193 5 and 4,282 cars and
979 trucks in June.
For seven months this year car
sales totalled 28,2zl and trucks 8,
872 compared with 31,972 cars and
8,021 trucks in the similar period
of 1935.
Pigeon Is Back At
Home After 2,000
Mile Flight
White Plains, N. Y.—Two years
ago Fred McCane, an explorer, re
leased in Colombia 12 pigeons own
ed by H. P. Urban, of White
Plains.
Four flew back to White Plains,
completing the 2,000-mile journey
in two weeks. The others were
thought to have perished.
But today Louis, a \2-y<gr
old homing pigeon, is back. He
flew in Wednesday.
Sailing Atlantic Alone |
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NEW YORK . . . Marin Maria
(above),. French marine painter
and yachtsman, Is now on the high'
seas, sailing the Atlantic alone.
New York to France, in a 40-ft.
motorboat. He expected to make
the trip in 3 weeks.
Finds Business
Activity Gains
Washington.—Ernest G. Draper,
acting secretary of commerce, said
that preliminary estimates showed
July business activity was "15 pet
cent better than for July, 1935.”
At a press conference, Drapei
also released a report which he said
showed ’'recovery gains during the
last three years. **
The reynrt conf-iirMtrf « rompari
son of farm income, industrial pro
duction, factory employment, and
jther business factors for March,
1933, with April, 1936.
The 1933 month was taken, for
>urposes of comparison, Draper
said, because it represented "ap
jroximately the bottom” of busi
less activity.
Home-Coming At
Organ Church
Sunday
The annual home-coming , at his
toric Organ Lutheran church, in
eastern Royan, will be held Sun
day, with an all-day program to be
given.
Escaper Surrenders
Voluntarily To
Local Jailer
Stating that he was "ready to
go back and build ’em,” Frank
Finney, white man of this county
who was sent to the roads for 20
months last March and who escaped
from t|ie Mt. Pleasant camp a short
time ago, went to the county jailer
here about 2 o’clock Tuesday
morning and surrendered himselft
He stated to the jailer that he
had been on a short vacation in
New York City. He was sentenced
for breaking and entering and lar
ceny and receiving.
N. C. Ranks Eighth
In Reducing Auto
Deaths
Raleigh.—Arthur Fulk, director
of highway safety, announces tabu
lations on automobile fatalities by
an insurance company showed that
North Carolina ranked eighth in
28 States in reducing deaths for
the first six months of this year.
A reduction of 9 per cent foi
the State was noted, with 439 autc
deaths in six months this year anc
480 in the similar period of 1935
"And to my divorced wife 1
leave a kiss,” concluded the wil
of J. C. Roberts of St. Louis, whid
i disposed of a $250,000 estate.
State's 4dest
Paper Growing
In Service
Founded By Hamilton C.
Jones in 1832 And Has
Been In Continuous
Publication Since.
5th Year In Present
Plant
The Watchman ha* had another
birthday. Last week we celebrated
our 105 th anniversary. We are
starting our 105th year with this
issue with a determination to be of
a greater service to the people of
Salisbury and Rowan County, and
to all others with whom we come
in contact.
Foj? one hundred and four years
this newsaper has served the peo
ple of Rowan and adjoining coun
ties. In 1845, The Watchman had
subscribers in 51 counties in North
Carolina. This was before the ad
vent of the daily newspapers in the
larger cities of thes tate.
The watchman has ever been
devoted to the upbuilding of the .
city, county, trite and nation.
Whether or not this newspaper has
made a worthy contribution toward . ,
these political subdivisions is for
others to say. . i
It is a fact, however, that during
the long span of its existence, The
Watchman has played a constant »
part in the building up of the com
munity it serves.
A brief outline of the history of
The Watchman follows:
Founded July 28, 1832, by Wil
liam Hamilton C. Jones, Esq.
Purchased in 1839 by M. C.
Pendleton and J. J. Bruner. Part
nership dissolved in 1843, Mr. Bru
ner retiring, selling his one-half in
terest to Mr. Pendleton.
In 1844 Mr. Bruner, in partner
ship with Samuel W. James, re
purchased The Watchman. Six
years later Mr. Bruner bought out
the interest of Mr. James and be
came the sole owner.
Mr. Bruner continued the pub
lication of the paper until his death
in 1890.
The Watchman was then sold
to the Stewart family and W. H.
Stewart published it until 1931.
Upon the death of Mr. Stewart,
the paper was purchased by The
Carolina Watchman Publishing
Company, which corporation now
publishes it.
With this issue The watchman
starts on its 105th year of printing
and publishing, and we now have
the best equipped shop that we have
ever had.
In December, 1933, we purchas
ed modern machinery and moved
to our present location, 119 East
Fisher street, where we have con
stantly been adding new and mod
ern equipment for our job printing
department and are now in a posi
tion to render you the best of ser
vice in this line.
Help us to make The Watchman
a better paper by asking your
friends and neighbors to become
news from your communityM,lf
one of our readers.
You can also help us to print a
, better paper by sending us the local
I news from your community each
week.
STILL OUT
Harduppe: "I say, old fellow,
can you lend me a dollar for a day
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or so?
Tyte: "I’m very sorry, but the
dollar I keep for lending purposes
is out at present. However, I can
put your name on my waiting
list.