The Carolina Watchman |“: __A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF ROWAN COUNTY FOUNDED1332—1Q5TH YEAR SALISBURY, N. C„ FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1936 VOL. 104 NO. 9 PRICE 2 CENTS Factory Pay Roll Is Higher In Caroljnas Ten Blank Forms Sent Carolina Truckers ICC Calls For Insurance Data Also Request Informa tion About Bonding ol Truck And Bus Oper ators; Supply Forms. Washington.—Truck and bu: operators in the Carolinas registerec under the motor carrier act have been mailed forms by the Interstate Commerce commission to follow ir filing rheir insurance and bond re ports. The insurance rules and regula tions are effective November 15 and all carriers must file copies ol insurance indorsements with the bureau on or before that time. The issuance of certificates, permits and licenses is contingent on filnj of the fcvms dealing with insurance and bonds, the commission said. Tn a nnf i rp cl onpri Kv Tr»hr» T Rogers, director of the bureau of motor carriers, all motor carrier: subject to the act are informed ; that: | "All insurance indorsement, cer i tificate, and cancellation notice | forms will be provided by the in surance companies in each case. Specimen copies are being forward ed to such companies for use is 'printer’s copy.’ Inquiries regarding the furnishing of insurance forms to motor carriers, insurance agents or brokers, shpuld be addressed to the office of the insurance com pany or companies with whom they do bu^pess or represent. ten « e % r e ■LKjna avji ins anu avaaiis »ur ap plication for authority to self-in sure will be furnished by the Inter state Commerce commission to the motor carriers, brokers, and sure ties as needed. When bond forms are requested, the commission should be informed as to the names of the motor carriers or transpor tation brokers on behalf of whom the bonds are to be executed. These forms will not be furnished except when they are actually required in a given case.” Included in the pamphlet con taining the rules and regulations are the following forms showing how information dealing with insurance and bonds should be supplied to the commission: BMC-31—Indorsement for mot nrv1ir»ine r\-C inn irinPO r\f bodily injury liability and property damage liability. BMC-32—Indorsement for mot or common carrier policies of insur ance for cargo liability. BMC-3 3—Motor carrier automo bile bodily injury liability and property damage liability certifi cate of insurance. BMC-34—Motor carrier cargo liability certificate of insurance. BMC-36—Notice of cancellation motor carrier policies of insurance. BMC-35—Notice of cancellation of motor carrier and broker’s sure ty. bonds. BMC-37—Motor carrier bodily injury liability and property dam age liability surety bond. BMC-3 8—Motor common carrier cargo liability surety bond. BMC-39—Broker’s surety bond. BMC-40—Application for auth ority to self-insure. Salisbury Movies Halt Jackpots Jackpot nights, which have been | held at local theaters for some j months, are being discontinued | temporarily, it is announced by Paul Phillips, city manager of the North Carolina Theaters, Inc., , which operates three houses, out j of deference to the ruling of Judge John H. Clement in superior court ; last week that such are illegal, i The theaters, contend that their ( awards are not in violation of the I lottery laws, and will make a fur | ther study of the case. However. ' the weekly awards are being stop ped. Registration Books Open Saturday, October 10 For Election On November 3rd No New Registration Is j Required, Only New Voters, Those Who Have Moved. Books Open On Three Saturdays Challenge Day Is October 31; Much Interest. Registration books for the gener al election to be held November 3rd will open on Saturday, October 10 th, and remain open for three i weeks. There will be three Satur- i 17 and 24, while challenge day will i be Saturday, October 31. Voters j may register on one of these three 1 Saturdays by meeting the registrar 1 for their precincts at the regular " polling place, or may register in the meantime by seeing the registrar at1 his home or elsewhere. Heretofore, registration books ! have been open four Saturdays, ! therefore voters are asked to note i the change. No new registration of voters has been called for in the county, according to V. C. Coughenour, chairman of the Rowarf county board of elections. However, new voters and those who have changed residence the legally required time must register if they_ expect to vote in the general election. New voters who registered for the June prim ary are not required to re-register. There is an unusual amount of I ! interest in the election this year I and already inquiries have been made as to when the registration ! books will be open. It should be [borne in mind that the 10th of i October is the very first day for j registraton and that it may be done , through the 24th. - I Cornerstone Laid For Lutheran Church The cornerstone of the new Wit tenburg Lutheran church at Granite Quarry was laid Sunday afternoon with impressive exercises. The main talks were made by the j pastor, Rev. C. P. Fisher, and Dr. [ J. L. Morgan, president of the N. C. Lutheran synod, of Salisbury. The church was orgainzed in 1901. For the past 10 years, a building fund has been growing, and now a new structure, made of' Rowan granite, is being erected, i All the work done thus far has | been by members of the congrega : tion and without charge. 16 Bushels Of Wheat Stolen - i Thieves entered the Mt. Vernon mill in western Rowan Tuesday, night and stole about 16 bushels of! wheat, it was reported to officers. I Thieves have been active in other sections of Rowan recently and" have taken meat, gyheat, corn and other articles. --- Fiddlers Convention An old time state-wide Fiddler’s Convention will be held at Cool eemee on Saturday night, Sept. 26th. Bigger, better, greater than ever. Some of the best musicians of the state are expected. Cash priezs will be given to the best (string band, best banjo picker, best | guitar player, also for the best ' double shuffle dancer. Square and j round dancing. Admission 15 and 25 cents. - . .__ 1 Defeated Talmadge ATLANTA, Ga. , . . Senator ilichard B. Russell Jr. (above), ed the ticket in the 2 to 1 defeat if Governor Eugene Talmadge, rho sought nomination for a Senate seat (n the Democratic irimary election. The entire Tal aadge endorsed slate also trailed ar behind. 1 Makes Milk Fight SYJlACDSEi, N. Y. . . . In a state-wide fight- tor a flat price at 43 per 100 pounds of mfik and eli mination of Price Stanley Ptaeck (above). President ot the N. Y. State Milk Producers, waged the battle tor dairymen seeking more profitable prices. The Farmer Remembers OLD DEAL THIS IS A PICTURE OF REPUBLICAN DAYS WHEN— The family Ford rusted in the barn—no money for gas. The district school was closed—no pay for teacher. In 1933 alone, 2,000 rural, schools closed. The country .bank was closed—2,834 country banks failed from 1931-1933. Farm riots terrorized the countryside. Some 900,000 farms were sold by foreclosure or for unpaid taxes. Farmers appealed to Washington in vain. FARM CASH INCOME DROPPED UNDER 4*/2 BILLION (1932) NEW DEAL THIS IS A PICTURE OF DEMOCRATIC DAYS WHEN— j Dollar wheat is back, corn more than doubled in price, cotton doubled. A hog brings up to $10.00 per hundredweight. New autos speed over new farm-to-market roads. Rural schools have been built or repaired by work relief. Federal grants of $21,000,000 opened rural schools in 33 states. Bank failures (34 in 1935) are lowest in 15 years. Homesteads are saved and debt-burdened farmers refinanced by easy government loans (F.C.A.). Huge surplus crops which can no longer be exported were cut by farmer cooperation under the A.A.A. Washington will continue to help the farmer under the Soil Conservation Act. FARM CASH INCOME HAS RISEN iy2 BILLION ( 193 5) BALANCE YOUR BENEFITS I KEEP FARM RECOVERY AND ROOSEVELT i Montgomery Will Have Free Fair Troy.—What is thought to be the only free fair in the State is | being arranged for Montgomery ! County, October 19-24. Post Commander Ray Bailey. American Legion Post 159, sponsoi said there will be no gate receipts Tive hundred dollars in premium* I are being offered. Thief Gets Violin And Saxaphone A thief, apparently with an ear for music, entered the Boyden j high school a night or two ago and escaped with a violin and an alto saxophone, police officers have been notified. The thief is apparently awaiting a suitable time to run the scales, as he has not been nab bed. U. S. Debts Put On long Term Basis Interest Rate Brought Down Long-Term Securities Now Comprise Over Half Of The Treasury’s Obligations Washington.—Exclusive of cer tain special obligations, Secretary Morgenthau said long-term securi ties now comprise more than half of the entire interest-bearing pub lic debt. In a formal statement the Treas ury chief, added that the propor tion of long-term obligations had been increased steadily and, ar the same time, average security matur ities lengthened, bringing a reduc Not including postal savings, adjusted service bonds and other special issues, Morgenthau said current long-term obligations con stitute 5 5.3 per cent on June 30, 193 5, and 44.7 per cent on June 30, 1934. Average maturity of the inter est-bearing debt at present wag listed at nine years and eight mon ths, iCompai8|d,,wtthjBatta -xmuMmjk seven months on December 31, 1934. Morgenthau said the average yield on long-term bonds was 3.66 per cent in .1932, 3.31 per cent in 1933 and 3.10 per cent in 1934. In 193 5 and 1936, Morgenthau continued, no Treasury bonds were offered to yield.more than 2,875 per cent, and more than $5,000,-! 000,000 of bonds were issued at a 2.75 per cent rate. Lets Girl thumb Way Back Home Statesville.—L. A. Tucker, alias L. A. Yount, a youth, 18 or 19 years old, was apprehended by De puty Sheriff C. R. Bailey about one o’clock Saturday at the home of the boy’s mother on Wilson street in the Bloomfield community. The warrant charged the boy With tak ing Ella Lambert, local girl, under promise of marriage, into another state and then abandoning her. The report is that the boy and girl dis appeared together some time ago, the young man deserting his com panion in Virginia, and letting her "thumb” her way back home the best way she could. The girl is re ported to have returned to States ville Friday and the warrant was served early Saturday morning. Morp/tforkers Arrdiven Jobs Employment During August Shows Big Gain Over Preceding Month ■\ Washington.—The pay roll of North Carolina’s industrial estab lishments increased 5.4 per cent during August over the month previous as 150,961 workers called J. •. .1. 1 t r> .1 ^ Jill JUUlll i^iuu lina factory pay rolls increased 2.6 per cent in August over July. The Bureau of Labor statistics said that North Carolina’s 1,387 establishments paid salaries to 2.4 per cent more workmen during July than the month previous while total wages aggragated $2, 234,977. In South Carolina where ,748 industrial plants were survey jed, 3 per cent more workmen were on the job during August than in July and factory pay rolls today 965,816. The survey, however, did not include building construc tion, therefore the total pay rolls I are not complete industrial wage payment. Tkfl kni*a,ii iffrikiitaJ tlia in the Carolinas largely to increas ed employment in cotton mills and dyeing and finishing plants. The textile industry employment rolls in August increased 4.8 per cent over July, while salary disburse j ments in the same comparative period increased 9.0 per cent. A substantial increase in factory employment in the nation between July and August combined with gains in 10 of the 16 non-manu facturing industries surved month ly by the U. S. Bureau of Labor I Statistics result'd in. v 1166,000 workers in theiecombined ' industries over the month interval, and weekly pay rolls in these in dustries increased by approximately $7,300,000 Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins announced. "The gains in the nation’s fac tory employment and pay rolls were widespread, 71 of the 90 manufacturing industries surveyed reporting increases in number of workers and weekly pay rolls over the month interval,” Secretary Perkins said. "The increase of 2.3 per cent in the factory employment indicates the return of approximately 165, 000 workers to jobs in the manu facturing industries and marks the seventh consecutive month in which gains have been reported. The August, 1936, employment in dex (88.7) exceeds the level shown in any month since September 1930. The increase of 4.1 per cent in pay rpll index (81.0) to the maximum recorded since October, lQtn A comparison of aggregate em ployment in the combined manu facturing and run-manufacturing industries between August, 1935, and August, 1936, shows an in crease of approximately 960,000 workers over the year interval. Weekly wage disbursements were more than $41,500,000 greater in August, 1936, than in the corres ponding month of last year. Congressman Doughton Speaks In Albemarle Friday Night, Sept. 25 Campaign Will Be Open ed In Stanly County At Big Gathering. President of State Young Democrats Also To Be Present, Meeting Will Be Held In Courthouse Albemarle.—Congressman R. L, Doughton, one of the outstanding Democrats in North Carolina, and chairman of the powerful ways and means committee of Congress, will be the chief speaker when the De mocratic party of Stanly county officially opens it» campaign at the courthouse here on the night oi Friday, September 2 5. An invitation was extended the veteran congressman some time ago to speak here on the above date, and R. R. Ingram, chairman of the executive committee in the county stated that he had been notified of Mr. Doughton’s intention to ac cept. In addition to Mr. Doughton, two other prominent speakers will be present according to Mr. In gram. Mrs. J. B. Spillman vice chairman of the State Democratic ; executive committee, and Ed But I ler, president of the North Carolina j Young Democrats organiaztion, | will make brief talks. | The yellow-striped army worm j defoliated three plots of cotton on ] the farm of J. Y. Sawyer of Pam ; h'co County in two weeks and did | some damage to the cotton bolls. WA$HU!