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Carolina Watchman Published Every Friday Morning By Hie Carolina Watchman Pub. Co. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA E. W. G. Huffman_President SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable In Advance One Year-$1.00 6 Months- .5 0 Entered as second-class mail matter at the postoffice at Sal isbury, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. The influence of weekly news papers on public opinion exceeds that of all other publications in the country.—Arthur Brisbane. 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) BOOZE AND FOOTBALL A good many hard-boiled drink ers felt inclined to jeer when Presi dent William E. Dodds of Prince ton University sent a notice to everybody who bought tickets for the Princeton-Navy football game requesting them not to drink or get drunk at the game. But we think that everybody who is seriously in terested in the preservation of pub lic decency and good order approv ed that request. At any rate, most of the 51,000 who attended the game were on their good behaviour and for once an important intercol legiate football game was played in the presence of a crowd that was practically sober. There have been many criticisms of intercollegiate football in the past few years, particularly that it has become a commercial enterprise rather than an amateur sport. There h as been so much of the ele ment of gambling as to tend to undermine the student morale, while the provision of free board and tuition and even money pay ments to students who had nothing to recommend them except that they were good football players has in some instances amounted to an open scandal. Those things have been aired so much and are so gen erally frowned upon that there is an apparent tendency toward a change for the better. But the most disgraceful thing about college football in recent years has been the apparent deter mination of a large number of al umni and others attending the games that the occasion was one for a drunken orgy. It certainly has not been an edifying spectacle to see tens of thousands of men, old enough to know better, not only drinking openly from bottles in the stands, ergraduate spectators and to girls and young women attending the games. This public drinking is one of the things that tended to bring prohibition into disrepute. There is no excuse for it, not since liquor can be obtained legally in licensed drinking places almost everywhere. If President Dodd’s initiative is followed by other universities it is possible that the disgusting specta cle of a drunken mob at football games may disappear from the American scene. The genuis of a local man had carried him to big success in busi ness without much aid of educa tion. I !He was asked to distribute the prizes at a school, and make the usual speech of good counsel. "Now, boys,” he said, “always remember that education is a great thing. There’s nothing like educa-* tion. Take arithmetic. Through1 education we learn that twice two makes four, that twice six makes twelve, that seven sevens make— and then there’s geography.” FULL STOP c^Armistice TDay, 1936---by a. b. Chapin KEEP US OUT OF that! k y Join The Army of Peace Yesterday the world celebrated the signing of the Armistice—but the war has just beg.un. Thinking individuals realize that the war was merely a prelude to the struggles that are to come. Of course, many optimists still hold firm to the opinion that the World War was a "war to end war”— tommyrot! We are nearer the brink of another world catastrophe than at any other time since Nov. 11, 1918. Nations prepare for war. The outlook is more than dismal: it is black. Russia speaks of peace and keeps a million men under arms. The apostles of Nazilanc! flaunt their new armaments under the nose of peoceful France. King Edward’s fleet is being increased every day: "The king needs you.” Fascists battle Communists in Spain; a new dictator rises to power. Mussolinj offers the branch of peace to Europe; a million bayonets compose all Duce’s offerings. The French survey the situation and continue to strengthen their boundary de fenses. Yes, the episode of 1914-1918 was "a war to end war.” A new battle cry has been sounded. Soldiers to fight for this cause are rewarded by no pretty nurse’s kiss. The satisfaction of your con science is the only incentive these modern warriors can seek. The war for PEACE seeks new recruits. The enemy is strong in one phase—the almighty dollar. The muni tion makers care not whether their shells kill Germans or Englishmen. The engines of destruction must be sold; war creates the market. And thousands of individuals are ready to see that a new market exists. The holocaust of 18 years ago is too soon forgotten. A new generation has arisen! But the youth of today are not teady to become cannon fodder in order to please the vanity of a few men. We want to live, to enjoy all that life has to offer. Our country is free. No dictator forces us to don black-shirts or brown-shirts and goose step to destruction. Europe may prepare for another conflict. The American youth will not be led to the slaughter. We believe in internationalism, a community of nations. Across the Atlantic the League of Nations has proved to be a weak organization incapable of commanding either respect or cooperation. In Europe war is imminent, for Europeans speak not of peace, but of war. Here in the United States, the American youth has a new watchword—PEACE. The white banner of good-will and not the red standard of war com mands our allegiance. If Europe must fight, let her proceed on her mad path of folly. Until our mother continent can adopt the good neighbor policy let us stay out of European affairs. Over a million American soldiers crossed the Atlantic to make the world safe for democracy. Thousands of our youth of 1917 are resting in graves that will soon be torn apart by renewed shell and destruction.! Our lesson has been a costly one, both in loss of life and in loss of wealth. But we have learned our lesson. Until Europe can stop re-, sounding to the marching of armed men, we shall concern Qurselves; with our own affairs. Let’s mind our own business! The war for peace has just begun.—The Pioneer. -—-i Reliable Heat WHEN you order our Coal you may be assured you have the most reliable fuel there is for ef ficient heating. We can make immediate delivery . . . Phones 798 and 799. SALISBURY ICE & FUEL WE ARE not going to mention the * NAME OF the street on which this * * # LITTLE INCIDENT occured but * «• * i IT WAS right here in Salisbury, - * * * AND THE readers of this column * * * KNOW ALL the characters quite * * * I WELL. "WHY are you watching1 »fr * >i ME SO closely, Bobbie?” asked the * * * VISITOR IN the home. "I was JUST WAITING to see you tackle' h YOUR GLASS of water,” replied * * * YOUNG ROBERT. "Daddy says YOU DRINK like a fish.” 1 THANK YOU. PENSIONS . . . for everybody I am convinced that we are' coming, in America, to a system! of old age pensions for everybody, regardless of need. The idea has grown rapidly since Dr. Townsend. launched his project, and was given an impetus by the Social Security Act. I do not imagine the ulti-: mate scheme Will be like either of those. If anybody is going to have pensions, then everybody should have them. At present, only cer tain favored groups are pensioned. Paupers get old age pensions, as do veterans of some of our wars. Rail way employes are pensioned, so are employes of the Federal govern ment, of most state governments and of many municipalities. It seems to me to be the fait thing to pension everybody at a given age, and tax everybody to pay the pensions. * * * UNEMPLOYED . . . count ’em I hope the next thing the Ad ministration at Washington does will be to make an accurate count of the number of persons still un employed. Nobody knows how many there are, just as nobody knows how many of them ever were employed. A truthful census of unemployment should tell us how many are unemployable, by reason of physical or mental in capacity, and how many are out of work because they don’t want to work. It is certain, in my mind, that we have been providing, out of public funds, for some millions of shiftless, lazy and generally incom petent persons who never have worked when they could avoid it, yet managed somehow to keep go ing. We have made these folk into a favored special .plass, which is not good for them or for the rest of us. But why not count ’em and let us know where we stand. * * » DEMOCRACY ... it works November third the greatest demonstration in historoy of the way democracy works was given by the people of the United States. Nowhere else in the world has any such number of men and women :ver had the chance to express themselves and their views on ques tions of their own government. I know of no other great nation n which the only qualification for noting is citizenship, regardless of economic or social status. Nowhere else do the people elect the head jf their government; they choose >nly members of their parliaments >r assemblies, who in turn choose! he executives. And nowhere else hat I know of has any such num ber of persons ever cast their votes vithout coercion or interference1 oy government. It has taken 150 years to con vince the rest of the world that democracy works, but works only when it is absolutely free from all restraints on the free will and the honest expressions of the voters. *1- » PARTIES . . . necessary The two-party system has been functioning in America since our nation was a baby. Theoretically, it is the wrong way to run a na tion. In practice, human nature being what it is, it works better than any other system which has ever been tried. Under our party system the in dependent voters, who do not want to affiliate permanently with either party, always hold the balance of power. TJie actual enrolled mem bership of either of the major par ties has never comprised a clear majority of the electorate. It is the independent vote which, after all, elects our Presidents. But without the parties and their organizations, what a hit-or miss affair a Presidential election would be! Ideally, I suppose, we all ought to write in the names of our personal choices for every office, but in that case nobody would get a majority and it would take all Winter to count the votes. * * » POLITICIANS . . . useful It is the fashion to denounce politics and wholesale. I do it my self sometimes. I don’t like the method of most politicians, and I have known very few in that clas sification whose word I would be willing to take without question. But government is a political matter, and the men who can run governments most effective must of necessity be endowed with the political gift. Some of the ablest men we have ever elected to high office have been failures as admin istrators because they did not un derstand politics. And some of the most successful men in public office have not had much equip ment except the deep understand ing of human nature and how it reacts in the mass, which' is the es sence o£ political education. Politicians seem to me, there fore, to come under the classifica tion of "necessary evils.” Bulb growers in New Hanover and adjacent counties will have the benefit of experimental work done by the United States Department of Agriculture and the North Carolina Experiment Station. Ap proximately 320 plots will be used in fertilizer studies and a number of others in disease control studies. Members of the 4-lH beef clubs are grooming their animals for ex hibition at the Asheville Fat Cat tle Show on Wednesday Novembei 18. THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON (Continued from page One) expedient for the President to try to replace him if he wants to stay, j It is the general belief that veryj much less will be heard about Tug-j well, Frankfurter, Jerome Frank and other members of the ' brain trust” during this second Roosevelt administration. Washington has it that the man closest to the President now is Donald Richburg, former head of NR A, and that he is likely to re ceive an important Cabinet port folio. TRAGIC LOVERS An unusually interesti lg story of explorations in search of the Tomb of Tristan and Isolde, whose romance has been long a theme of song and story. Read this story in the November 22d issue of the American Weekly, the big maga zine which comes regularly with the BALTIMORE AMERICAN. On sale at all news stands. "LIFE IS LIKE THAT” Here’s fascinating story of ro mance that will enthrall you. You’ll find this complete story in the November 22d issue of the American Weekly, the big maga zine which comes regularly with the Baltimore Sunday American. On sale at all news stands. How Cardui Helps Women To Build Up Cardui stimulates the appetite and improves digestion, helping women to get more strength from the food they eat. As nourishment is im proved, strength is built up, certain functional pains go away and wom en praise Cardui for helping them back to good health. . . . Mrs, C. E. Ratliff, of Hinton, W. Va„ writes: “After the birth of my last baby, I did not seem to get my strength back. I took Cardui again and was soon sound and well. I have given It to my daughters and recommend it to other ladies.” . . . Thousands of women testify Cardui benefited j them. If it does not benefit YOU, consult a physician. TURKEY TOPS THE MENU For A Perfect [ THANKSGIVING (and our turkeys are being “pen fattened” now to assure you the Tenderest and Meat iest Birds obtainable.) So play safe-and place YOUR ORDER WITH US NOW, for just the size you want. WE HAVE IT, WE’LL GET IT, OR THERE ISN’T ANY. 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