BOOSTERS FOR A GREATER CUT AND CMJNTY
Rowan County Herald
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FOUNDED 1332—105TH YEAR_ SALISBURY, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 2b 1937 VOL. 104Y ^41 PIIICE 5 CENT
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County Home
Agents Meet
Plans Made For EHstrid
Meeting To Be Held At
Salisbury, May 27th
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Tuttle.
Forsyth County Home demon
stration agent, met with home
agents from other counties in
this district at Mocksville Mon
day to make final plans for the
district meeting which will be
held in Salisbury, Thursday.
May 27.
Mrs. Nannie Sue Johnson,
Mrs. D. C. Bennett and Mrs.
Sam Alspaugh also represented
.rorsyin county at tne meeting.
County Home demonstration
agents who were present were
Miss Nell Kennett, of Rowan;
M:ss Verna Stanton, of Surry,
and Miss Florence Macgie, of
Da vie county.
The district meeting will con
vene at the St. Johns Lutheran
Church in Salisbury on Thurs
day morning, May 27, at 10:30
o’clock. Lunch will be held at
J2:30 o’clock and an afternoon
session will open at 1:30 o’clock.
A. C. Kimrey, extension dairy
man from State College. Ra
leigh, will be the speaker at the
morning session. The nominat
ing committee will also be ap
pointed at the early meeting
and the county agents will be
introduced by- Miss Ruth Cur
rent, state home demonstration
agent.
The afternoon meeting will
be given over to business and
reports of the various counties
and committees. A memorial
service will be held early in the
afternoon.
Death Claims
J. B. Johnstone
John Brevard Johnson, 69,
one of the most prominent citi
zens of Mocksville and Davie
county, died at his home at
2:30 o’clock Tuesday morning.
He had been in declining health
for several months and his con
dition had been serious for two
weeks.
The deceased was born Nov
ember 22, 1867, in Rowan
county, son of the late John D.
and Eleanor Jetton Johnstone.
He had resided in Mocksville
for 42 years and was a graduate
of Davidson College, class of
1890. He was a well-known
furniture, manufacturer of
Mocksville for a number of
years, retiring several years ago.
He was a merrdber t^nd an
elder in the Mcjcksville Pres
byterian Church and had been
for many years, taking an active
part in church work. He was
a member of the Winston
Lodge No. 167, A. F. and A.
M., and was known throughout
the state.
Survivors include his wife,
who was Miss Gussie Knox
prior to marriage; one son.
Knox Johnstone, of Mocksville:
two grandchildren, Carroll and
John Johnstone, of Mocksville;
and one sister, Mrs. Walter
Wharton, of Greensboro.
Funeral services were condud
ed from the home Wednesdaj
morning at 10:30 o’clock by Rev
W. C. Cooper. Interment was
in the Rose Cemetery, Mocks
villc,
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Back From Tour
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NEW YORK ... Dr John R.
Mott, religious leader and Presi
dent of the World Alliance of
Young Men's Christian Associa
tions, returns from a survey tour
of Europe, India and the Near
East in the cause of World Chris
tianity.
Accident Mars Return
Trip of Derendinger
Group; Away Weekend
Prior To Mishap Class
Views Williamsburg
DRIVER UNINJURED
Mrs. Derendinger Sustains
Broken Collar Bone,
Slight Cuts, Bruises
Dr. Ernest Derendinger met
with an accident in the early
morning of May 16, at High
Point, N. C. His car. while going
west, was hit by a car going
south. Mrs. Derendinger receiv-.
ed a broken collar bone, slight
cuts and bsuises. Miss Rober
ta Hulknder, the other passen
ger in the car, received only
slight wounds. A car containing
students from the college follow
ed close behind Dr. Derendinger.
The party was returning from a
delightful trip to historical Wil
liamsburg.
i ne two cars tett catawoa
early Friday morning, May 14,
and arrived in Richmond, Va., in
the afternoon. The party jour
neyed to Williamsburg the next
morning. Representatives from
extension classes of Dr. Deren
dinger in North Carolina met at
the Bruton Parish Church at
nine o’clock. Seventy-seven peo
ple comprised the party.
From there they went to the
Court House, where tickets were i
distributed. The assemblage was
divided into three groups, and
under the leadership of guides,
visited various interesting build
ings.
Dr. Derendinger entertained
the entire party with a luncheon
at the Williamsburg Inn. Rev.
W. A. R. Goodwin, who is re
sponsible for the restoration of
colonial Williamsburg, gave
thanks. Mr. Gedding, a promin
ent Williamsburg resident, spoke
to the group about the Restora
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iv/ii tinno w iv auu pui
—‘'that the future may learn
from the past.”
The Catawba party returned
via Jamestown. Those making
the trip from Catawba were: Dr.
and Mrs. Derendinger, Roberta
Hullender, Melva Peifly, Rebec
ca Hedrick, Catherine Tysinger,
Mrs. Elmina Hudson, Caroline
Lauchman, and Lorraine Wall
enburg.
FIRST CORONATION
BABIES
London.—The first Corona
tion day baby, bom shortly after
midnight at Croydon, will be
named George. . . a girl born
two hours later will bear the
name of Elizabeth.
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Under The Dome
Washington—When the Pre
sident returned from his Texas
fishing trip he found Congress
disinclined to consider any new
programs of legislation beyond
wlitt they already have before
them, but eager to get the decks
cleared and get out of Washing
ton as soon as possible. Also,
he was told that Congress was
taking his economy recommen
dations seriously, and might in
sist upon drastic cuts, not only
in appropriations for the regular
administrative departments but
also for relief.
The real leader of the new
■‘economy bloc” on Capitol Hill
is Vice-President Garner, who
makes his ideas heard through
the voice of Senator Byrnes of
South Carolina. In the House,
the spokesman for economy is
Representative S|m Rayburn of
Texas, the majority leader. Be
hind these leaders is a growing
strength which is apparently de
termined to make a vigorous
effort to bring the national bud
get into balance. The first step
m aiai uuecuun, oi course, is to
spend less money. The next
is to raise more revenue
Unless it becomes absolutely
necessary to replace the income
from the Social Security payroll
taxes, which would 'be the case
if the Supreme Court declared
that Act unconstitutional, there
will be no new tax laws at this
session, but a general overhaul
ing and reorganization of the
whole tax system is planned for
next year. Meantime, both
Houses seem very earnest in
their desire to cut costs this
year.
RELI1F WORKERS
ORGANIZATION
The big problem is relief.
The pressure from municipal
ities and states agtinst any re
duction in relief appropriations
is terrific. The inclination of
the economy bloc is to cut the
President’s recommendation of
a billion and a half down to one
billion for relief; the “mayors”
lobby” is demanding two billions.
Harry Hopkins, relief adminis
trator, is sounding the warning
that even the President’s billion
and a half will not be enough,
but would have to be supple
mented by an additional appro
priation next year.
Washington is hearing re
ports that relief workers and
beneficiaries are organizing for
a march on the Capitol, to
the heat on.” At the same time,
Senators and Representatives
are asking seriously why, if the
business situation is back to the
1929 normal, which is generally
true, is it necessary to continue
to maintain so many persons at
Government expense?
BEST PERIOD SINCE WAR
Nobody, not even Harry Hop
kins. knows the answer. The
Federal Reserve Board confirms
the statement that industry is
now running above the peak
since the World War. Factory
employment and payrolls have
more than doubled since the
bottom of the depression in
1932. But unemployment con
tinues on a large scale.
The Relief Administration’;
j latest figures show 2,000,000
persons on the payrolls of the
| Works Progress Administration
and local and state governments
providing a dole for another
1.500.000 families. The Social
Security Board reports that
1.616.000 individuals are receiv
ing Aid Age Assistance through
state old age pension plans in
which the Federal government
matches the stat’s payments, dol
lar for dollar. The Resettle
ment Administration reports
400.000 farm families getting
a monthly dole and 400,000 more
getting loans and grants.
That all totals up to nearly
6 million families getting Gov
ernment assistance in a year of
business prosperity comparable
to 1929. The largest number
ever on relief, when the depres
sion was at its worst, was 7
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a shortage of skilled workers'
yet the great army of the un
employed continues. Why?
Congress would like to know
the answer, and the proposal for
a complete, accurate and timely
census of the unemployed, which
would give a true picture of the
whole relief situation is gain
ing suoport on Capitpl Hill.^
COURT PLAN UNSETTLED
The' fate of the President’s
plan for enlarging the Supreme
Court is still uncertain. The op
position to it is becoming w'ell
organized while its advocates
are putting increasing political
pressure upon wavering Sena
tors and Congressmen. The best
opinion here is that the Presi
dent will eventually recede from
his position of insistence upon
the whole program and will lis
ten to a proposal for adding two
justices to the Supreme Bench,
under a plan which would again
reduce the Court to nine in case
of the death of resignation of
anv two of the present mem
ners. uacK oi tins suggested com
promise is the report seeming
ly authentic, that we of the
Justices now on the Supreme
Bench plan to retire at the end
of the present term of Court,
this June.
It is reasoably certain that no
other major legislation will be
enacted until the Court issue has
been settled. Whether or not
there will be pressure from the
White House for new wage-and
hour legislation is still indefin
ite, but it is known that the
President is giving serious con
sideration to such a program, on
a plan worked out by Thomas
J. Corcoran, counsel for the R.
F. C., Venjamin V. Cohen,
general counsel of the P. W\
A., and James Roosevelt, the
President’s son and secretary.
Those three young men are re
ported to be doing most of the
Administration planning.
TO BATTLE FOR
HIGHWAYS
Washington. — Representa
tive, John L. McClellan of Mal
vern, Ark., said today a floor
fight would be made for his
bill to devote $150,000,000 of
relief funds to State highway
construction if the House ap
propriations committee did not
approve his measure.
THE NATURALIST’S
COLUMN
By Frazer G. Poole
Almost as interesting as the
songs of the birds, are the
methods and ways in which the
song is delivered. Many of the
sea birds utter their songs
while on the wing—if they may
be called songs. The Black
Skimmer of the Atlantic coast
fishes in the moonlight. Hear
ing the shrill “yap-yap” of the
flock of them coursing over the
waters of the eastern sounds,
one is reminded of the barking
cf a pack of hunting dogs on
the trail. The goldfinches, or
Wild Canaries, as they are
sometimes called, sing while on
the wing. The “perchiooree,
per-ohic-oree,” which ,is their
cnaractenstic song, is littered
while the flying bird describes
a flight which resembles the
motion of wa-ves. The Brown
Thrasher takes himself to the
highest branch of a tree, not
necessarily in direct view, how
ever, for he often sings from
the seclusion of his chosen tree.
The Mockingbird, on the other
hand, prefers a perch which is
open to the world. He may
select a chimney, the high gable
of a house, or the topmost
branch of a tree. It makes lit
tle difference which, as long as
he is in the open. The reason
for this difference is that the
Brown Thrasher never accom
panies his singing by song
flights. But the Mocker, in his
abandonment, often leaps into
the air to deliver his notes, only
to settle back again to his origi
nal perch.
The Ovenbird, one of the
wood warblers, may also in
dulge in song-flights, but they
are of a more extended charac
ter than those of the Mocker.
The Ovenbird often starts from
the ground, gradually flitting
his way upward through the
branches of some convenient
tree. His song-flight may car
ry him as much as a hundred
feet in the air; from there he
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derbrush. S everal others of
the wood warbler group also
make use of such methods,
among which we might mention
the Maryland Yellow-Throat in
particular.
The Carolina JWren, whose
song delights all who hear it,
sings close to the ground. He
may ascend to the top of some
brush pile or seclude himself
in a tangled thicket from where
he trills his loud metallic song—
which often sounds like “tweed
ledy - tweedledy - |tlelaketjtle-tteak
ettle.” He does not indulge in
flights of song nor does he sing
on the wing.
The Bobolink, which is a
familiar bird in the rice fields
of the eastern Carolina coast,
is typically a bird which sings
while in flight. The Meadow
lark, Kill deer, Goldfinch, and
others are also birds which sing
while flying.
To those who study birds,
song methods seem, in the main,
to be more or less canstant for
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j Youngest Fisherman''
GREEN LAKE, Me. A. Charlene
Libby, age 7, claims the title and
exhibits proof. It took her 43
minutes to land this 2>4-pound
salmon with rod and reel.
(The Pioneer)
Mr. Edward Gehring, presi
dent of the graduating class, an
nounces the following program
for the Class Day exercises to be
held at the spring. These plans
are tentative and according to
schedule should begin at 4:30
Monday afternoon.
The exercises open with a pro
cessional followed by the class
song. Mr. Gehring will then offer
the Address of Welcome to his
fellow classmates, fellow stu
dents, parents, and friends. Mr.
Paul Strauch and Miss Caroline
I.auchman will next present the
Class History and Class Poem,
respectively.
The Last Will and Testament
of the Class of ’37 will be read
by Mr. Edward Stull.
Commencement
Marshalls Headed
By Whitener
(The Pioneer)
By election the junior class
chose the marshals for Class
Pay. Their duties are to usher
at all commencement functions,
to help serve at the reception, and
to act as hosts to all visitors dur
ing the four day program.
The squad will be headed by
Mr. E. K. Whitener, head mar
shal and president of this year’s
junior class. Caroline Groff,
Helen Authur, Lorene Graham,
Henry Fairley. Arthur Gesch
wind, Carlton Brodbsck, and
Lawrence Zeger are the elected
members of the staff. All are
outstanding members of the
class of ’38.
College Choir Makes Last)
Appearance
The Catawba College Choir
gave two concerts on Sunday,
May 9, 1937. At four o’clock
the choir sang at Trinity Re
formed Church at Concord,
then the group of singers
motored to Charlotte where
they sang in the Methodist
Episcopal Church before the
largest audience of the current
year. These concerts officially
ended the 1936-37 concert sea
son.
The choir was under the di
rection of Professor Arthur
Rich, and was widely acclaim
ed on their eastern tour of
North Carolina earlier in the
season.
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Doughton Wins
Fight Despite ~
Economy Mood
Blue Ridge Appropriation
Wins, 141 to 59
$2,000,000 Is Restored
Amendment Passed After
Veto On World’s Fair
Sum, Economy Exhor
tation.
Washington.— Representative
Robert L. Doughton Wednesday
battled away against heavy odds
beat back the economy wave
in the House, and saved the
$5,000,000 for the Blue Ridge
parkway through western North
Carolina.
Aided by Representative
Weaver of the Eleventh district.
'‘Farmer B'ob” who had been
making hay during the last 10
days in which the appropriation
has been in danger of storm
clouds, saw his amendment
sweep through the House late
today by a vote of 141 to 5r.
Thus was restored the $5,000,
for J:he parkway that the House
appropriations committee had
cut to $3,000,000. Of the $5,
000,000, the sum of $5000.000
is to go to the Great Nachez
j trace.
I. Dough ton called to the atten
'tion of the House that the di
rector of the budget and the
House appropriations committee
had cut to one-fourth the a
mount originally authorized by
Congress. He pointed out that
the failure to grant $5,000,000
would not only be a waste of
the money already expended by
North Carolina but would also
be “a failure to keeu faith.”
Never did a house member
face such unfavorable conditions
as arose just before this item
was reached. The House met
in a furore^ fearing a message
the President was sending to
the House might tie up Con
gress until frost with new legis
lative demands.
The message came in, a veto
in strong language on a propos
ed 05,000,000 appropriation for
the New York world’s fair next
year. Then Representative Carl
Vinson of Georgia made an
economy speech attacking the
proposed billion and a half re
lief bill.
By the time the Blue Budge
parkway item in the Interior
department appropriations bill
was reached, the House was in
a humor to vote down almost
anything. But regardless of
this, Mr. Doughton’s personal
appeal to members had already
had its effect.
The item was read’ appro
priating $3,000,000, of which
$500,000 was to go to the Na
ched trace which extends through
Tennessee, Alabama, and Mis
sissippi. Representative Taber of
New York made a motion to
strike out the entire item. This
was voted down 123 to 21,
even few Republicans standing
by Taber.
Then Mr. Doughton made his
motion to restore the item to
$5,000,000, and a wild scram
ble began. Doughton remained
steady in the surge, and mar
shaled his forces. He had seen
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