BOOSTERS FOR A GREATER CITY AND COUNTY _
Rowan County Herald
THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN
Oldest Paper Published in Rowan County_ROWAN COUNTY HERALD Consolidated February Lth, 1937 3
FOUNDED 1§32—10STH YEAR SALISBURY, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1937 " -*
-----—------___ VOL. 104 NO. 32 PR: 5 CENTS
Must Be Tax
Paid And Seals
Kept Intact
Transportation of Liquor
in This County Legal
Under New Liquor Law
PROHIBITION ERA
IS NOW ENDED
I Y\ hiskey can be transported
legally into this county for the
first time in many years, in the
opinion of members of the local
bar.
Passage of the local option hill
by the legislature made it legal
for any person in the state re
gardless of whether he is a re
sident of a wet or dry county,
to purchase up to and including
a gallon of whiskey and take it
to his home, provided the whis
key is tax paid and the seals are
intact.
Ending of prohibition marks
n about-face in North Carolina’s
attitude, many people said today.
1 he state went dry 28 years ago.
During part of the time after
the state went dry it was possible
to obtain a quart every 15 days.
That was also later stopped.
Then came national prohibition
when none was supposed to be
i secured by anybody anywhere in
[the nation, except for medical
purposes.
j There is nothing in the law as
passed by the legislature, law^
yers say to prevent transporta
tion across state lines now, peo
ple of this county, attorneys say,
can go to South Carolina liquor
'stores and get as much as a gal
jlon of whiskey as often as they
[please so long as they get it for
personal use. Sale is prohibited in
this county as it has been.
Foreign Trade
Shows Decline
U. S. Exports Increasing
as Imports Drop
Washington — A just com
pleted Department of Commerce
analysis shows that America’s
foreign trade continued to drib
ble away in 1936.
Some illustrations from the
analysis:
Wheat imports rose nearly
800 per cent in value from 1932
to 1936 while exports dropped
62.2 per cent.
The value of fruits and nuts
imported rose 30.9 per cent
while that of exports increased
only 4.3 per cent.
Cotton manufactures, includ
ing yarn, imports increased 74.3
per cent while exports dropped
4.1 per cent.
i lie vaiue ui pete tv mg .iuum
products—meats—shipped into
this country increased 280.4 per
cent while that of exports drop
ped 26.5 per cent.
“For the year 1936,” the ana
lysis continues, “our export trade
was 7 per cent larger in value
and 5 per cent larger in value
and 5 per cent larger in quanti
ty. Imports for consumption
gained 19 per cent in value and
Yvere 11 per cent larger in quan
tity in 1936 than in 1935.”
ROOSEVELT CANCELS TRIP
TO COLUMBIA IN MARdH
Columbia, S. G, March 3.—
President Roosevelt wrote Govern
or Olin Johnston today that he
would be unable to visit Columbia
during March as he had planned.
"It is impossible for me to get
away before March 10, and other
engagements, as well as the short
time I will have at Warm Springs,
compels me to postpone my visit
until a later date,” the President
said.
Private Construction Replacing WPA Jobs
Big Industries
Invest Capital
Survey Shows Projects in
16 Southern States Are
35 Per Cent in February
Baltimore—While the support
of government-financed public
works is being slowly withdrawn
privately-financed construction
s moving steadily ahead in the
South.
The Manufacturers Record
deported that contracts awarded
for manufacturing plants and
other industrial projects in the
16 Southern States last month
totalled $26,917,000—in increase
of 35 per cent over February,
1936.
Contracts for all privately-fi
nanced engineering and building
enterprises amounted roughly to
$35,000,000 against a total of ap
proximately $23,000,000 for pub
lic works. This comparison show
ed the largest ratio of priyate
capital going into construction
of any recent year.
Public works awards for high,!
way and bridge construction
dropped to $10,576,000 for Janu-I
ary and only a little more d>'n!
half of the $20,499.0% Qf Feb
ruary a year 'ago. Expenditures i
.or other types of public work!
also declined. j|
Wil contracts awards duringil
last month, public and private,!
amounted to $58,990,000 bring-;
ing the total for the year to
$433,171,000 and representing a
slight decrease from the same
period of last year.
General building contracts,
however, not only doubled the
$5,410,000 for February of last
year but showed a light increase
over the $10,587,000 of last
nonth. Dwelling awards totaled
$4,511,000; store construction,
$3.500,000; apartment and hotel
projects, $2,397,000. and miscel
laneous, $1,000,000.
Rowan Farmer
Learns How to
Control Erosion
Success Warrants Request
to Government for Ad
ditional Survey.
Strip cropping, contour tillage,
and terracing did such a good job
of erosion control on the farm
of J. Claude Barber, in Rowan
county, that he asked the Soil
Conservation Service to survey
more of his land for cropping
in broad strips.
Strips of close-growing crops
planted between clean-cultivated
areas where a large surface was
exposed to erosion, reduced soil
losses from the clean-tilled land
and increased absorption of wa
ter into the soil. Barber found.
Terraces trapped run-off water
on the long slopes, and contour
tillage aided in holding the wa
ter where it fell.
Of the 170 acres now under
cultivation on his farm. 69 acres
will be terraced and 57 acres will
be strip cropped. A definite ro
tation system, consisting of cot
ton or corn, small grain, and les
pedeza in three-year rotation is
1>eing carried out in the cultivated
areas.
SLASH PINE FORESTS
Houston. Tex.—Slash pine fo
rests of East Texas could sup
ply material for 25 paper pulp
mills of 100 tons-a-day capacity
to, operate indefinitely, according
,to the All-South Development
Council.
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World’s Finest Roads Carry World’s Worst Drivers]
^AMI, Lucius B. Conoliy (above), of Melbourne, Australian
rilgb.Tcay Commissioner, is here on a motor trip around the world
18,000 miles across countries circling the globe, he says, “America
Is a country with the woria s finest roads and the world’s worst drivers.
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Under The Dome
The Senate Foreign Relations re es.
Committee has drafted a perma
nent Neutrality bill, which is
quite likely to be adopted with
out material change. The objec
tive is, of course, to keep the
United States out of the Euro
pean War which seems to be im
minent.
The major provisions of the
bill are a mandatory embargo on
arms and on lending Government
money to powers at war. with
broad power granted to the Pre
sident to forbid Americans to
travel on vessels of belligerents
or to ship any goods other than
arms, upon which he may declare
an embargo, on any American
vessel.
J Also, in time of peace the Pre
sident could declare certain com
modities ‘‘implements of war”
and forbid their export without
a Federal license.
| That this or any other possi
ble Act of Congress would effec
tively keep this country out of a
war involving the great nations
of the world is seriously questio
ned by some of the Senators, for
whom Senator Johnson of Cali
fornia is spokesman. Pie declares
that it cannot possibly work.
| The attitude of Congress how
ever, is one of political isolation
for the United States, an atti
tude which those who hold it do
hot regard as contradictory to the
economic internationalism nor in
consistent with our participation
in the international armament
race in which all of the great
powers are now engaged.
rreparmg nor war
I It is pointed out by some
shrewd observers that the frantic
efforts of England, Germany,
Japan, Italy, France and Russia
to prepare for another great war
before they have been stimulated
rather than checked by the ex
tension of the American policy
of neutrality.
j In the last war the belligerent
nations relied upon the United
States not only for war materials
.but for foodstuffs, cotton and
other commodities which they do
not produce themselves. Now
^hey are afraid that they wi'l not
be able to get such supplies from
this side of the ocean so they
have started to prepare themsel
i\es for war on their own resou
With the other great powers
enlarging their navies, it seems
essential for us to do the same
as a matter of national defense.
Now we arc committed to build
ing two new great warships of
35.000 tons, to maOh the two of
similar size for wn 1 I-"11x'-tn-1
has already laid the keels.
The immediate stimulus to
Britian’s naval enlargement was
Germany's action in building a
fleet of “pocket” battleships and
in other ways giving evidence of
belligerent intent. Britian's acti
vity stirred Japan to launch its
own big navv program, which
gat e a further fillip to American
big navy propaganda.
Italy's growing atnbit'on fo -
domination of the Mediterranean
is behind that nation’0 naval ex
pansion, and that, in turn, has
intensified Britian’s resolve to be
prepared to defend its route to
the Orient by way of the Suez
canal
France, with its perpetual fertr
ot Germany, felt obliged to meet
the challenge of Berlin.
Thus Washington see; the ma
jor nations of the wo'd concen
tarting their efforts on prepara
tions for war and piling up their
bonded indebtedness to a point
where the burden of taxation is
likely to become intolerable.
| Besides navies, all of the na
tions are building competitive mi
litary air fleets as fast as the ran
and in that, too, the United Sta
tes is following their leadership
\—and at the same time enacting
(neutrality laws as evidence that
we do not intend to get into .an
other war.
The make the paradox more
complicated, our State Depart
ment is hard at work negotiating
trade agreements with all the
voild designed to make it ea ier
for other nations, not only to buy
cur products but to sell us the'r=,
; !:11! ,-r» raise money with
win h o go to war.
It is a situation which is giv
ing many members of the Ad
ministraiton and of Congress
greater concern than they ar»
willing publicly to admit. The
demands of the other nations
for products of the United Sta
tes which they can use in their
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Large Piedmont Industrial Expansion Is Reported
33 New Plants
Established In
This Territory
41 Are Started By New
Concerns in 1936.
OTHERS ENLARGED
Greensboro Leads In New
Factories, Charlotte In
Building Activity
Eighty-three new industrial
plants were established or work!
was begun on them, in the Pied- j
mont Carolinas cities and towns
served bv the Duke Power com
pany during 1936, the annual
survey conducted by John Paul
I.ucus, advertising and merchan
dising manager of the company,
reveals.
Of these new plants, 41 were
established by new concerns and
42 were new plants or additions
built by existing concerns.
As during the last fe\y years,
the survey showed very striking
ly the cont.«jiUing trend toward
diversification of industries,
more than 15 different types of
industries being represented in
the survey for the past year. ..
Greensboro led the cities of
the Duke territory in industrial
expansion last year, having a to
tal of 14 new plants and addi
tions. Burlington was second
with 12, and Charlotte had 10.
Winston-Salem and Hickory had
five each. Chester, Henderson
ville and Marion had four each.
Rutherfordton and High Point
had three each. Other cities that
were represented were Spartan
grub, Salisbury, Mount Airy,
Reidsville, Thomasville, North
Wilkesboro, Lenoir, Elkin, Leak
sville, Belmont. Gastonia, Bre
vard, Taylorsville and Tryon.
Among the types of industries
represented in the 83 new plants,
hosiery had a substantial lead
[with 10 new plants built by new
[concerns and 15 by existing con
jeerns. Textiles other than hosie
ry took second place. Six plants
by new concerns and 11 by ex
isting concerns represented the
[expansion in that field. In the
'third place were food and feed
iprocessing plants with six plants
[built by new concerns and six by
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A 1U
J There were seven new furni
iture and woodworking plants
iand three additions to old plants.
[There were 12 new and seven
additions to old plants in the mis
IceHaneous classification, which
j ncludes chemicals, garments, ma
jchinery, belting, mirror, cigar
■stove, and other manufactures,
j Building construction in the
cities served by the Duke com
pany in 1936 reached a total vol
ume of $20,227,568.
Charlotte led the cities of this
territory in building activities.
|having a total of $2,741,000.
I Greenville was in next position
Lvitli $1,954,552. Greensboro was
a close third with $1,843,515. In
next positions were Burlington,
Salisbury, Winston-Salem, An
derson, Spartanburg and Hick
ory.
U. S. USES MOST WATER
Sanitary facilities provided by
American industry have made us
the largest consumer of water
in the world. Paris uses 47 gal
lons per person a day; London
43; Berlin 38; Amsterdam 30.
But in New York the consump
tion per person is 142 gallons
per day.
iW omen in Government
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Woodward (above), of '■
Sliss., is assistant WPA Adminis- I.
trator in charge here of the wo
men’s division of Federal work
activities. Mrs.’ Woodward has
been in this key position since i
1935.
Rowan Board
Takes No Action j
On Liquor Issue
Rowan county commissioners, .
at their monthly meeting, did not|
discuss the question of voting on',
legalized liquor in this county- ‘
Individual commissioners, how-1
ever, have expressed the view ^
that the citizens may decide for (
themselves what they wish to doi
about the matter, and, that if an!
election is desired, it may be ef- j
iected by a petition which would c
require between 2,000 and 2,50*0 :
signers. j:
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Security Board \
Plans Payment
Of Pensions jl
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W ashington.—The soci'd se- *
curity board is getting ready to •
pav old age pensions to 300,000 1
persons this year. 1
Although the contributor’/1
f c f ^ j
pensions section of the social se- j
curity act did not go into effect ]
mtil January 1, the board es- j
imctes that 100,000 of the mil- ^
lions who are having their pay ;
docked for the old age benefits (
will reach the age of 65 in 1937.1]
Another 200,000 will die.
Those who retire this year at <
65 and the heirs of these who
die will be entitled, as a final
settlement to 3 1-2 per cent of 1
the wage or salary on which ta- J
xes were paid, providing the sal
ary or wage was not more than
sAnnn
For instance, if a clerk recei-,
ved $100 for last month’s work
and retired at 65 January 31 af
ter his pay check was docked $1, '
he is entitled to a $3.50 settle- '
ment from the government. If
the clerk was under 65 and died ]
January 31 after his check had ■
been docked $1, his wife, child- ■
ren or estate are entitled to !
$3.50.
So far the board has received :
only 49 informal claims, 23 from '
persons who have reached 65 <
since January and 26 from the
heirs of persons now dead. - !
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“What is etiquette, son?”
“It’s when you have to say,:
‘no, thank you,’ when you really
want to say ‘Gimme some.’ ”
Forty Vacancies
In U. S. Marines
To Be Filled From Savan
nah District
United State Marine Corps.
Southern Recruiting Division.
Headquarters, District of Savan
lah. Post Office Building, Sav
innah, Georgia—
Forty vacancies for service in
he U. S. Marines will he filled
Torn this district during March,
t is announced by Captain A.
Small. District Recruiting Of
icer, with headquarters at Sa
annah, Ga.
Young men in this vicinity de
iring information concerning
nlistment in the ranks of the
Sea Soldiers” may write to the,
darine Corps Recruiting Station j
t Savannah. Application blanks!
rill be sent on request, Captain,
imall stated.
tIOLC Expected
ro Call Loans
Over 160,000 Foreclosures
Predicted In Next 18
Months
Washington — The HOLC
;stabli§bed to keep home owners
From losing their homes, expects
:q foreclose on 160,000 homes in
:he neitt 18 months.
These figflre* were given to
t Congressional committee by
ohn H. Fahey, chairman of the
TOLC, when he asked $30,000,
XX) to pay running expenses of
he federal agency.
The Home Owners Loan Cor
loration was established at the
lepth of the depression because
o many mortgages were being
oreclosed. The argument ad
anced then was that the federal
overnment could carry the home
iwners through the depression.
Already, though, thousands
>f mortgages have been foreclo-1
ed by the HOLC. Fahey told
he committee that 105,900 fore
losures would be authorized by
"uly 1 and an additional 55.000
irobably would be authorized in
he following year.
Mo more loans have been
nade. The $30,000,000 approved
>y the House committee and now
lending before the Senate,
vould be used to finance regular
dOLC operations, for the fore
closures completed and contem
ilated will make the federal go
■ernment the biggest owner of
mall homes in the country.
Eighteen months from now,
he value of all homes seized by
he HOLC will far exceed $100,
XX),000.
I1MELY FAKM DUtbUUJNi
FROM STATE COLLEGE
Question: Is it possible for
m individual farmer to make an
inalysis of his soil?
Answer: This is, of course,
jossible, where the grower has
he proper training but even
vith this the cost would be pro
libitive. The Department of
Vgronomy at State College will
nake this analysis free for ci
izens of North Carolina provid
;d the samples are drawn as pre
scribed. Full instructions for
aking the soil sample and mail
ng instructions will be given ap
dication to the Department of
Vgronomy, N. C. Agricultural
Experiment Station, State Col
ege, Raleigh, N. C.