Carolina Watchmai
Published Every Friday
Morning By The
Carolina Watchman Pub. Co.
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
E. W. G. Huffman_President
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isbury, N. C., under the act of
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POPULATION DATA
(1930 Census)
Salisbury _16,951
Spencer _3,128
E. Spencer_2,098
China Grove_1,258
Landis - 1,388
Rockwell_ 696
Granite Quarry_ 507
Cleveland- 43 5
Faith _ 431
Gold Hill _ 156
(Population Rowan Co. 56,665)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 19)6
ROOSEVELT AND THE
FARMER
When Franklin D. Roosevelt be
came President of the United State;
he knew that there could be no na
tional prosperity that was not not
based upon a prosperous agricul
ture.
One of his first acts was to call
in farm leaders to develop a nation
al farm program that has been ad
ministered by farmers themselves.
This program, together with other
recovery measures, has placed the
farmer on the road to prosperity.
To wit:
Farm cash income in 1932, under
Hoover, was $4,337,000,000.
Farm cash income in 193 5, under
Roosevelt, was $6,900,000,000 and
for 1936 is estimated at $7,400,
000,000.
Firm 1 r» 19^9
under Hoover, was $282,000,000.
Farm value of wheat in 1935,
under Roosevelt, was $505,000,
000.
Farm value of cotton in 1932,
under Hoover, vu $424,000,000.
Farm value of cotton in 1935,
under Roosevelt, was $593,000,
000.
Farm value of hogs in 1932, un
der (Hoover, was $261,000,000.
Farm value of hogs in 1935 un
der Roosevelt was $539,000,000.
Farm mortgage interest rates in
1933 averaged 6 per cent—today
they are approximately 4 per cent.
During the last year of Republi
can rule the average price of farm
commodities dropped from 45 pet
cent above prewar level to 45 per
cent below that level.
During the Roosevelt adminis
tration the average price of farm
commodities advanced to above
100 per cent compared to the pre
war level.
At the end of the Hoover ad
ministration the farmer was receiv
ing nothing for his toil and wai
sinking deeper into debt. Toda)
he is in a position to discharge
many of his old obligations anc
may look forward to a future ir
which he can support himself anc
his family at a level consistant witl
American standards. Democratic
nnlinpc m.-J ^prAmnliclimpntc V* n tt/
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restored to him his property and hi:
self-respect.
As fHenry A. Wallace, Secretarj
of Agriculture, said not long ago
"At last the farmers have a mar
in the White House who not onl)
understands their problems, bui
who has the courage to act.”
THE BIGGEST AMERICAN
BRAIN
There is still a considerable dif
ference of opinion among scientist!
as to whether the size of a man’:
brain has a direct relation to hi:
intellectual capacity or not. Ir
I general, however, ft is the common
^ belief that the person with the
largest brain has also the most pow
erful intellect.
If that is true, then the most in
tellectual person who ever lievn on
the North American continent, sc
far as evidence goes, was an Aleu
tian Indian who died several hund
red years ago and whose skeleton
has just been unearthed on one of
the islands off the tip of Alaska.
[He had a skull capacity of 2,005
I cubic centimeters, which is just a
trine larger than the braincase ot
Daniel Webster; who certainly was
one of America’s intellectual giants.
The largest brain of which there
is any record belonged to Turjen
ieff, the Russian novelist, which
measured 2,030 cubic centimeters
—not much bigger than that of
the unknown Aleutian Indian. Bis
marck, the great German statesman,
had an enormous head, with a brain
capacity of 1,965 cubic centimeters.
The French poet LaFontaine; the
German composer Beethoven, and
Immanuel Kant, the great philoso
pher of two hundred years ago, all
were noted for the size of their
heads.
All of which is flattering to the
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though it must be admitted that
some mighty smart men never wore
bigger than a 6 7-8 hat. Mere size
is not enough to account for the
brilliancy of some of the world’s
best brains, in all probability.
Nevertheless, it is too bad that
there are no records, traditions, or
relics to tell us more about this
Aleutian Indian with that great
brain case.
SCIENCE AND THE ARTS
Very few people stop to think to
the effect of science and invention
upon such things as art, literature
and music. One of the big radio
broadcasting companies has an
nOUnceH that it has arrancrprl vxrirK
a group of eminent composers to
write musical compositions in sym
phony form, especially designed for
radio use, so that an entire sym
phony can be broadcast within 40
minutes of time. This is a very
definite change in an established
are brought about by the needs of
the most modern of all scientific
developments, of the radio.
The late Brander Mathews, Pro
fessor of Dramatic Literature at
Columbia University, pointed out
some years ago the effect which the
introduction of electric lights had
had upon the form and manner of
the drama. By making it possible
for everyone in the audience to see
clearly every facial expression of
the actors, electric lighting elimin
ated the necessity of pantomine and
violent gestures in order to convey
the idea to the spectators; the
drama became conversational in
tone and quite different in sub
otanvt 4iLtx rcpiaccu gas,
which in turn had subdued the
drama from the earlier days of
candle light.
The very modern invention of
photography, and particularly its
widespread use by amateurs, has
had a decided effect upon the arts
of painting and drawing. Not
many years ago it was considered a
necessary part of every cultured
person’s education to be able to
sketch from nature, but the ama
j teur snapshot camera has changed
1 all that. Today anybody can make
a picture which is far more real
: and lifelike than the greatest work
of the greatest artists of the past,
while recent advances in color
photography and the application of
the principles of artistic composi
tion by photographers seem to point
toward a time when painting itself
will become obsolete.
When you stop to think of it, all
of civilized man’s daily habits,
customs and points of view are con
stantly being changed by the in
troduction of new scientific dis
coveries and their practical appli
cation in new implements and de
vices. Yet there are people who look
backward longingly to the "good
old days,” which as a matter of
| reality were the bad old days.
1 \JU/\ I AiNta 1 W_
FARMING . . Mr. Hunter’s way
After listening with a great deal
of disgust to all the talk about
farmers having no chance these
days, I experienced somewhat of a
thrill to read about David Hunter
of Iowa, who has run $4.88 up into
$30,000 in 20 years of farming.
Mr. Hunter is now 45 years old
and he celebrated his birthday by
burning pad-up mortgages for near
ly $26,000, the money he had bor
rowed to buy and equip the 160
acre farm. He also rents a 360
acre farm and says that he has made
money every year but one since
1916, when he started farming.
This, to me, is just another evi
dence that a good farmer can make
a good living on good land, any
where, any time.
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MOVING ... to fertile soil
I have just just sold my old,
rocky hillside farm in Berkshire
County, Massachusetts and I am
moving to a more fertile and prosp
erous agricultural region, in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania.
After spending a large part of
my Summer looking over this re
gion where generations of thrifty
Quakers and "Pennsylvania Dutch”
have made themselves rich fro*
farming and their descendants are
still making good money from the
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many generations of New England
youth have left its rocky hills to go
into farming in the more fertile re
gions lying between the Hudson
River and the Great Plains.
There are still good farms and
good farmers in New England, but
most of them have a tough time of
it. All New England is becoming
a sort of a national playground.
Like France, New England relies
upon the tourist trade for an in
creasing part of its income. It will
always be to me the most beautiful
part of the world.
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PROXIMITY ... a factor
I My main reason for moving, be
iyond the fact that I got more foi
my New England property than it
was worth, is that I have to be in
close touch with New York, and
Pennsylvania is less than half as fat
away as Massachusetts, rew people
realize how narrow the State of
New Jersey is. It is only 60 miles
from the Hudson to the Delaware,
and both railway and highway
travel is much faster east and west
from New York than northward.
Another thing I like about Penn
sylvania is that there is no state in
come tax and property taxes art
the lowest I have ever heard of
anywhere.
New Yorkers are just beginning
to discover that Northwestern
Pennsylvania is more accessible than
Western Connecticut or even
Northern Westchester County, and
real estate prices have not begun to
soar.
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ELECTRICITY ... low rates
Another thing I like about Penn
sylvania is that the rate for electric
current is lower than anything I
know of in the cast.
I am going to try heating my en
tire supply of domestic hot water
by electricity using a scheme called
the "off peak” rate. The electric
company installs an 80-gallon hot,
water tank with an electric heating
unit, and charges me one cent aj
kilowatt hour for current, except!
between the hours of 4 to 10 p. m.,;
when they have a demand for all
the current they can produce.
I am told that this is the cheap
est electric current rate anywhere in
America, and that I can get hot
water for all household purposes
cheaper than by coal, gas or oil.
Anyway, I am going to try it and
will report progress. If it can be
done in one place, I don’t see why
it can’t be done everywhere.
I * * A
SPEED . . . ’around the world
Nearly 60 years ago Jules Verne,
the French romantic novelist, wrote
a book called "Around the World
in 80 Days.” It was pure fiction.
Forty-five years ago a New York
newspaper woman who wrote under
the name of Nellie Bly, set out to
beat that time. She got around the*
world in 72 days, using only the
regular means of transportation
available to anybody.
Now two New York newspaper
reporters have started to try to go
around
using regular transportation lines
all the way. They flew East on the
big airship "Hindenburg” to Ger
many, thence they go by plane to'
Rome, a train across Italy to Brin-|
disi, then a through plane to Hong'
Kong with a few stopovers on the
way, by ship from Hong Kong to
Manila, and then back across the
Pacific on the big new plane, the
"China Clipper,” to San Francisco,
to catch the night plane which will
land them in New York the follow
ing morning.
If nothing happens to disturb
their schedule they will simply de
monstrate that anybody who wants
to and has $3,000 to spend can go
around the world in 20 days, a
quarter of the time which it took
Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg.
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
PRAISES MR. DOUGHTON
The Editor,
Carolina Watchman,
Salisbury, North Carolina.
Dear Sir: ,
On November 3, 1936, the citi
zens of the Ninth Congressional
District will again have the oppor
tunity to vote for that distinguish
;d statesman and leader of demo
cracy, the Honorable Robert L.
Doughton. I feel sure that every
voter of our District will welcome
this opportunity to show his love
and appreciation for "Farmer Bob”
and his able representation.
During his long period of service
in the House of Representatives
Mr. Doughton has won the respect
and admiration of all who know
aim. His extensive knowledge of
national affairs and his unexcelled
abilities have led to his being re
cognized as one of the most out
standing and imnortant men in
Congress. He has been, and is, a
trusted adviser of our great Presi
dent, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and
le has fully earned this confidence
ind trust by his energetic leader
ship and constant support of the
President’s plarjp for overcoming
the economic and social problems
svhich have confronted this coun
try. As chairman of the powerful
9Pays and Means Committee it has
been his arduous responsibility to
steer such measures through Con-|
gress. By his every word and ac-|
tion Mr. Doughton has brought
honor and renown to North Caro
lina, and I sincerely believe that I
speak for all true "Tar Heels”
when I say that we are proud to
be represented by so eminent a
man.
Therefore, I suggest that each
person who reads this letter ap
point himself as a "committee of
one” to see that every registered
voter in his precinct casts his vote
on November 3 for President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and "Farm
er Bob” Doughton. Let’s show our
esteem and faith in these two men
by giving them the biggest num
ber of votes ever cast in North
Carolina.
Sincerely,
James T. Bobbel,
Spencer, N. C.
Two pure bread Hampshire sows
were purchased by Bertie farmers
from the State Negro Hospital at
Goldsboro last week.
THIS WEEK IN
WASHINGTON
(Continued from page One)
the Socal Security Board’s list for
his coipmunity and will be called
upon to check upon the present
whereabouts of every person whose
name appears on the list.
STARTING JANUARY FIRST
Beginning January 1, every em
ployer will be required to pay to
the government a tax of one per
cent of his total payroll, except for
such parts of it as run above $3,000
a year for any particular employee.
Beginning at the same date, every
worker earning up to $3,000 a
year will be required to pay an in
come tax of one percent of his total
salary or wages. This income tax
must be deducted from the pay
check or wage envelope by the em
ployer and turned over to the gov
ernment.
Out of the proceeds of this pay
roll tax the act provides for retire
ment pensions beginning at the age
of 65. The expected attacks upon
its constitutionality are based upon
the fact that the tax is not a gen
eral tax but applies only to workers
in business and industry and is not
required from workers in agricul
tural, shipping, domestic servine,
members of charitable, scientific
and other non-profit organizations,
or persons who are self-employed,
such as professional men.
Another ground is that the pro
ceeds of this tax are not distributed
for general welfare, but only for
the specific benefit of the particu
lar classes who are taxed, so that
there is no provision in the law for
old age insurance benefits for a
very large part of the population of
the United States.
"ATICS”
The dusky highwayman stepped
out in front of the elderly colored
brother.
"Tho’ up you han’s, boy,” he or
dered.
"Ah cain’t; Ah’s got rheuma
tics,” replied, the other.
"You kin—Ah gots automatics.”
"You win, Mistah, you win,” he
said as his hands went up, "looks
lak you’ 'atics is de stronges’.”
STATEMENT OF THE OWNEI
LATION, Etc., REQUIRED BY
AUGUST 24, 1912.
Of The Carolina Watchmaj
North Carolina, for October, 1936
STATE OF NORTH CAROLIN.
i x RUWAN, SS.
Before me, a Notary Public in at
said, personally appeared E. W. G.
sworn according to law, deposes ar
ager of The Carolina Watchman ai
of his knowledge and belief, a tru
1. That the names and addresses
editor, and business managers are:
Company, publisher; E. W. G. Hu
er, of Salisbury, N. C.
2. That the owners are: The Ca
pany, Salisbury, North Carolina.
3. That the known bondholder, r
owning or holding 1 per cent or n
mortgages, or other securities is: E
E. W.
Sworn to and subscribed before
Ira R. Swicegood, Notary Public.
WE ARE not going to mention a
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NAME BECAUSE it is against
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THE RULES, but today it really
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WOULDN’T MAKE much dif
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FERENCE. A young chap who
HAS JUST started down Roman
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CE S TRAIL w«*s talking to his
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GRANDFATHER, ONE of Sal**
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ISBURY’S MOST prominent citi
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ZEN’S. "GRANDPA, were girls
>h ah
HARD TO kiss when you were
:h sh »h
YOUNG?” HE asked. "I reckon
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THEY WERE,” was grandpa’s
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REPLY, ''BUT it wasn’t near so
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DANGEROUS. OLD Dobbin
sfr 5r »h
NEVER SMASHED into a tree
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JUST ABOUT the time you got
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| PUCKERED UP.”
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I THANK YOU.
A woman ran out of a house
shouting 'Fire!” A passerby start
ed to run to the fire alarm, while
another dashed into the hall and,
being unable to see or smell smoke,
turned to the excited woman and
asken: "Where is the fire?”
"I didn’t mean fire! I meant
murder!”
A policeman arrived at that mo
ment to know who had been murd
ered.
"Oh, I didn’t really mean murd
er,” wailed the hysterical woman,
"but the biggest rat you ever saw
eyes on ran across the kitchen just
now.”
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k,
d for the State and' county afore
Huffman, who, having been duly
d says that he is the Business Man
id that the following is, to the best
: statement.
or tne puDiisner, editor, managing
rhe Carolina Watchman Publishing
ffman. Editor and Business Manag
rolina Watchman Publishing Com
lortgagee, and other security holder
lore of the total amount of bonds,
W. G. Huffman, Salisbury, N. C.
G. Huffman, Business Manager,
me this 24th day of Sept., 1936.
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"Good Place To Eat”
Club Breakfast
Blue Plate Lunches_25c
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