Rowan County Herald
Successors to
The Carolina Watchman
Published every Friday morning by
The Independent Press Publishing
Company, Salisbury, N. C.
— it, —--—
E. W. G. Huffman, Editor and
Publisher
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POPULATION DATA
(1930 Censu§)
Salisbury -16,951
Spencer -3,128
E. Spencer_ 2,098
China Grove-1,258
Landis _ 1,388
Rockwell- 696
Granite Quarry- 507
Cleveland_ 45 5
Faith _ 431
Gold Hill _ 136
(Population Rowan Co. 56,665'.
The influence of weekly news
papers on public opinion exceeds
that of all other publications in
the country.—Arthur Brisbane.
Rowan Co. Herald’s
1937 Platform For
Salisbury
1. A Library Building.
2. Municipal Auditor
ium.
3. A Y. W. C. A. Build
ing.
4. A Large City Play
ground.
A NATIONAL LABOR
POLICY
The interest which Congress
has begun to display in the lat
est development of the organiz
ed labor situation, the “sit-down”
strike, is a good omen, for it
suggests that a national Labor
policy in which the interests of
employers and the general pub
lic will be given equal weight
with those of the workers mayi
be in process of development.!
Heretofore most Labor legisla
tion has been, as the old saying
goes, rather “jughandled.”
No one seriously wants to de
prive Labor of its right to or
ganize, to negotiate collectively
for better working conditions,
shorter hours and higher wages.
But the feeling that the recogni
tion of those rights ought to go
hand in hand with the accept
ance by organizated Labor of
responsibility to the public for
the actions of its members, and
to employers for living up to
its contract agreements, has been
increasing for a long time, and
has been accentuated by the con
ditions arising from the automo
bile strikes
It is intimated in some quar
ters that Mr. Lewis’s organiza
tion, the Committee for Indus
trial Organization, has got out of
control, and that its leaders are
not able to prevent the recur
rence of “sit-down” strikes. If
that is so, it furnishes another
. reason for making the organiza
f tion responsible. One chief rea
I son why business men have been
' opposed to unionism in the past
is the uncertainty whether the
] union will live up to its agree
ments, and the difficulty or im
5 possibility of calling it to ac
i count if it fails to do so.
^ The chief concern of Congress
• is, or should be, the welfare of
f all the people. When a condition
j. exists which threatens that wel*
* fare, either by slowing down the
f productive activities of industry
L or by increasing the price of pro
JL ducts to the consumer, it is a
w situation which is above and out
side of the field of party politics.
I How far the authority of Con
gress extends in the regulation
of labor is still a disputed ques
V tion; but it is time that a na
t tion labor policy, going as far as
* the Federal government can Con
stitutionally go, were defined
and put on paper.
THE COST OF WAR
Twenty years age the United
\ States declared war on Germany.
Our actual participation in the
World War lasted only a year
and a half—from the declaration
of war on April 6, 1917, to the
Armistice on November 11,
1918. That brief activity on our
jpart, however, turned the tide,
which had been running against
the French and British and their
'allies since August, 1914.
j The human cost to America of
the war was a toll of 50,475
soldiers and sailors killed and
234,300 wounded. The dollar
cost has not yet been estimated.
We are still paying for the war
and will be for another genera
tion. Calvin Coolidge once re
marked that before we get
through paying it will have cost
the people of the United States
a hundred thousand million dol
lars. It has cost us nearly two
| thirds of that sum already.
I Our actual war expenditures
DCIOie uic peace ueaiy wa» aigu
ed were $26,250,000,000. Since
the end of the war this country
has spent another $34,048,000,
000 for expenses growing out of
the war. Twelve billion dollars
jWere loaned to the Allied na
tions- Most of this debt has
!not been repaid, and little of it
is likely to be paid. Accumu
lated interest on these loans al
ready amounts to ten billions.
Peace-time payments to Amer
ican soldiers and sailors who
survived have amounted to near
ly 12 billion dollars in sixteen
years. No one can estimate how
much higher they may mount.
These payments are continuing.
They include disability benefits,
death benefits, military and
naval insurance payments, hospi
talization, vocational training,
and bonus.
Only a small proportion of
these post-war costs has been
paid out of tax revenues. Most
of them have been j>aid with
borrowed money, the interest on
which comes out of taxes. Even
tually the bonds which were
sold by the Government to raise
money for these purposes will
have to be retired out of tax re
venues. But even if the princi
pal on these loans is never re
paid, it will cost the people of
the United States a billion dol
lars a year forever merely to
pay the interest.
War is an expensive luxury,
any way one looks at it. But if
the liberties of a nation and its
people are threatened, is any
price too high to preserve them?
That is the test by which the
cost of war must be measured.
BENEFACTORS OF
HUMANITY
The first Chinese who discov
ered that thread could be spun
and cloth woven from the fibers
of an insect’s cocoon had the
quality of curiosity and imagin
ation which lies behind" all re
search. It took modem scienti
fic knowledge to enable men to
discover that silk, like_all other
vegetable fibers, is a form of
cellulose, which is found in all
growing things. Imagination
plus science enabled men to re
duce cotton waste and wood
chips to cellulose and then me
chanically to produce a fiber by
almost the same process the silk
worm uses. One of the most in
teresting recent scientific dis
coveries is an improved method
of making rayon, by which the
tendency to retain wrinkles is
removed from that popular and
inexpensive .improvement on na
tural silk.
j Cellulose is the basis of paper,
of explosives, of the lacquers
'which are replacing varish in so
many uses, of a thousand pro
ducts and compounds in daily
use. Now a new method of re
ducing wood, cornstalks and al
most anything else to pure cel
lulose in less time and at vastly
less cost has been discovered
' That is something which holds
premise of future profit for
farmers, whose waste products
may gain a new commercial
value. And it is another step
toward production of things
everybody wants, in quantities
large enough to supply every
body’s needs, and at prices every
body can pay. And that is, or
ought to be, the main objective
of a well-ordered social system.
‘-THE GREEN SPOTLIGHT
I
Read the big green section de
voted to screen and radio. See
what your favorite stars are
,doing in this interesting section
which comes regularly with the
I BALTIMORE SUNDAY
AMERICAN. On sale on all
newstands.
! ^Another cAdvocate of 'Disarmament-by A. B. CHAPIN
WORK. for shirkers
Justice Butler of the Supreme
Court, in the course of an argu
ment on the Constitutionality of
the Social Security Act the other
day, took occasion to remark
from the bench that he had ob
served in the rural districts of
America that there are always a
large number of able-bodied men
who cannot be induced to work
He might have included the
cities, also.
Anyone who has been around
much knows that a high propor
tion of the folk who are now be
ing supported at public expense
on the ground that they are"’un
employed are people who never
have worked when they could
dodge a job. They managed to
“get by” before WPA and the
rest of the relief agencies began
to hand them money for not
v, orking.
I do not xpect to see the day
when relief, either direct or
“work-relief,” will be limited to
those who really need it. Too
strong political pressure is at the
command of those who profit by
indiscriminate public alms-giv
ing.
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POVERTY . and history
Whenever I hear someone
croaking that in the United
States the rich are getting rich
er and the poor are getting poor
er, L.go back and read history
again. . For the fact is that for
the 150 years of our history,
not only the rich but the poor
have been getting richer. It may
be true enough that a third of
our people live below what we
now regard as the “American
Standard of living,” but 150
vears ago the vast majority of
Americans lived under condi
tions which most of us would
regard as intolerable today.
I The romantic novelists are
'largely responsible for the im
pression that in Colonial days
everybody lived in rather mag
nificent comfort, in beautiful
mansions. The truth is that not
'one family in a hundred had any
thing we would call a comfor
table home. Most of our ances
tors lived in log cabins or slab
|sided shacks. The men and wo
'men who settled the prairies be
gan life in sod houses.
Our national history is the
story of the rise of a people from
jdire poverty to the' widest and
largest distribution of wealth the
■ world has ever known. And
we're still on the way up.
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COURAGE .... pioneers had it
As I go back over the records
i A our country’s growth what
impresses me most is the cour
age of those who literally tool
their lives in their hands to make
a place for themselves in £
strange, raw country. They hac
the quality of courage implied ir
an ancient phrase I often hearc
in my New England boyhood. Il
was said of one who essayed £
task with which he was unfami
liar that he would “either make
a spoon or spoil a horn.”
Every person who came tc
America in our early days hac
to have the courage to tackle
the unfamiliar, and face the ha
zards of the unknown- They noi
only had to learn a new way oi
life—they had to invent it. Ii
they failed, they died. The)
knew that. That is a sort oi
courage which, I sometimes
thing, we are in danger of los
ing.
Men who took such chances
were gambling their own lives
against heavy odds. The Amer
ican willingness to take a chance
derives from that spirit. We
have got where we are because,
as a people, we have not stop
ped to calculate the odds a
gainst us.
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LAWLESNESS .... too common
Out of my reading of history
and sixty-old years of surveying
the American scene, I have come
to the conclusion that we are
probably the most lawless people
in the world. On the whole, 1
do not worry much about out
national habit of calm disregard
of laws which run contrary tc
our habits, customs and beliefs
as to what is right and what is
wrong. It is another way of say
ing that we are still individual
ists.
We have more laws on oui
statute books than any othei
people in the world. Most oi
them are pure surplusage. The)
represent the ideas of peoplt
who think that reforms can be
accomplished by passing a law
It can’t be done. It never has
been done and never will be.
The only laws which are an)
good are those which reflect £
preponderating pirtdic sentiment
Laws which seek to change es
tablished customs, or to mak<
crimes out of acts which almosi
everybody regards as harmless
are bad laws. As a people, w<
pay little attention to them
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CRIME.and politic:
On what constitutes an actua
crime there is little difference oi
public opinion. On the whole, 1
think Americans desire to see th<
criminal laws enforced againsl
real criminals, although we an
indifferent in the matter of law
made crimes which do not seen
serious to our moral sense.
We are inclined, however, tc
be too tender with criminals
and we are reluctant to pay th<
cost of an adequate police or
ganization to detect and arresi
real criminals. And when a cri
minal is apprehended, he ofter
has enough political influence be
hind him to escape punishment
I do not think we shall eve:
U. S- C. OF 0. TO MEET I
Washington.—The Chamber of
Commerce of the United States j
prepared for a new test of bu-'
siness sentiment upon a wide
range of major economic and so
cial questions. Officials said the
annual chamber meeting here
!April 27-29 would crystalize po
licies toward government activi
ties affecting business, labor re-i
'lations, farm tenancy, credit ex
pansion, and similar problems,
j
'AIR FIGHT DROPS
7 PLANES :
| Zaragoza, Spain.—Seven of a
squadron of 30 government
planes were sent crashing to
earth in a spectacular battle over
the Aragon front, in surgents
said. A crack squadron of 15
insurgent planes met the govern
ment flyers in the biggest air
battle along the Aragon front for,
months. I
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BANK OPENS
jU. S. BRANCH
i New York.—The coming to
this country of a historic bank
ing name was disclosed with the
announcement of the formation
of the new firm of S. Bleich
roder, Inc. It will act as New
York correspondent of the Ber
lin house of the same name,
founded in 1813.
REFORMED CHURCHMAN
DIES
I Schenectady, N. Y.—Dr- John
G. Meengs, 63, since 1907 pastor
Pf the Second Reformed church
of Schenectady and a past vice
president of the General Synod
of the Reformed Church in
America, died in a hospital here
| Sunday.
Montevideo, Ui'uguary.—The
ministry of relations and repre
sentatives of a German consor
tium signed a contract for con
struction of a $33,000,000 hydro
electric plant on the Negro river
The project will be one of the
largest in South America and
will supply most of Uruguay
with cheaper electricity.
COMIC OPERA TRAGEDY
IN REAL LIFE
A fascinating story of a wo
man who decided to kill herself,
but something happened to pre
vent it every time she tried. Read
this story in th May 2 issue of
the American Weekly, the big
magazine which comes regularly
with the BALTIMORE SUN
DAY AMERICAN. Your fav
orite newsdealer has your copy.
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IN HOME FURNISHINGS
(Continued from page 1)
tion now exceeds $1,500,000,000.
This includes mortgages select
ed for appraisal, large scale
housing projects approved and
modernization and repair notes
insured.
Mortgages accepted for in
surance reached a total of $712,
347,117 on April 1.
“Along with this increase in
our volume of business it is
pleasing to note that there has
been no corresponding rise in the
foreclosure ratio,” said Admin
istrator McDonald. As of March
31st debentures issued and out
standing on 16 properties convey
ed to the administrator amount
ed to $59,426.53.
I DR. N. C. LITTLE
Optometrist
i vrs examined and glasses fitted
Telephone 1571-W
107*4 S. Main Street
Next to Ketchie Barber Shop
CROQUIGNOLE
PERMANENTS
$1.00 to SLOG
SPIRAL PERMANENTS
$3.00 to $5.00
Arcade Beauty Shop
W. Innes St. Phone 574
Candy HalFs Cafe
131 NORTH MAIN ST.
"Good Place To Eat”
Club Breakfast
Blue Plate Lunches_21c
HOME-MADE BRUNSWICK
STEW
Pit Barbecue f A«
Sandwiches now^"*'
WHY PAY MORE?
Courteous Service Always.
STAR LAUNDRY
"The Good One«
Laundcrers and Dry Cleaucrt
Phone 24 114 West Bank St.
ONE DAY SERVICE
WHERE to go and
WHAT to do when
>our radiator
boils or leaks.
We flush, clean,
repair, and re
bore all make"
of radiators. We
sell ©r trade new
and second hand
radiators. W e
are most reliable
—see ue before
you buy.
EAST SPENCER MOTOR CO.
Phone 11’98-J N. Long St.
EAST SPENCER
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STATEMENT APRIL 1, 1937
£ ASSETS LIABILITIES 5
2 North Carolina Bond ....$ 5,000.00 Serial Shares .$241,448.98
P Stocks in Federal Home Full Paid Shares . 293,100.00
Loan Bank . 4,000.00 Surplus and Undivided .
Cash in Banks . 9,692.44 Profits . 56,618,02 2
. First Mortgage on Real Indebtedness _• NONE —
£ Estate /.. 544,661.00 A
Loans on Shares. 12,655.00
P Furniture and Fixtures 250.00
v Real Estate . 14,908.56 ^
£ $591,167.00 $591,167.00 ~
2 H
h We have MONEY TO LOAN to Build, Buy, Modernize or Re
finance your HOME at 6% INTEREST, with small monthly pay- h
ments, over a period of years to suit the borrower. g
j- NO LOAN FEES ARE CHARGED g
*—<
“ Home Building & Loan Association
MEMBER FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK g
£ A. W. HARRY, Pre*. "At the Square’’ E. H. HARRISON, Sec.-Treas. 3
gj< Office: First Floor Pilot Building Phone 16
g
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have efficient administration of
. the criminal laws until the ma
chinery of justice and law-en
. forcement is entirely detached
from politics. That is a rosy
dream which probably will never
come true.
THIS ACTUALLY happened
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RIGHT HERE in the city, but
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IT WILL not do to mention j
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NAMES, ESPECIALLY since
• «* % I
ONE OF the characters has a
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REPUTATION OF being
• • •
HANDY WITH his fists. “Hey,
* * * j
BILL,” YELLED an electrician
* X *
TO HIS helper, "catch hold of
+ * *
rWO OF those wires.” Bill
• *
DID AS he was instructed.
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“FEEL ANYTHING?” asked
* * *
THE ELECTRICIAN. “No,”
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WAS BILL’S reply. “Well, it
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MUST BE the other two,” said;
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THE ELECTRICIAN. “Don’t
TOUCH THEM—there’s two
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(THOUSAND VOTES in them.’'
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I THANK YOU.