The Madison Messenger
T. J. ROBERTSON, Editor and Owner
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MADISON, N. C., OCTOBER 1, 1931
With Governor Roosevelt of New York, as
piring to be nominated to the Presidency by
the Democrats, and Governor Roosevelt of
Porto Rico, angling for the Republican vice
Presidential nomination, the impression seems
to be gaining that these gentlemen have a sur
name that has been somewhat over-captalized.
A devout old lady recently wrote Bruce Bar
ton: “How can you go to church and still go
to prize fights?’’ He gives his answer in the
American Magazine: “Maybe I’m wrong, but
I believe one can be a good Christian and s+ill
have a grand time. Religion as I understand ih
consists in liking people, helping them, being
considerate and grateful and happy. It doesn’t
consist of wearing a long face or making oth
ers uncomfortable.”
These protected interests, fostered for years
and protected by the Republican party, have
gotten bigger than the Government, and the
government has not got the guts to stand up bn
their toes'and tell them where to get off. The
high protective tariff wall, inaugurated by the
Republicans, have caused other nations to re
taliate, and the United States is paying the
price by a depression that ought not to exist.
This tariff has kept-millions of dollars out of
this country, while thousands of unemployed
owe their present plight to it. But the Republi
cans know from whence comes the big slush
funds, and they do not propose to kill the goose
that has been laying the golden, even if the
country goes to the eternal bow-wows.
ALWAYS ACT THE FOOL
It has been charged several tithes, and not
without good reason, that when our Republican
• friends find themselves in a hole and things be
gin to look bright for the success of the Dem
ocratic party nationally, that these Republicans
always bank on getting out of the hole by the
Democrats acting the fool. We all know that
such has been the case, and it is feared that
things are at present heading that way again.
At present the Republican party finds itself
in a deeper hole than it has for many years,
It has been discredited—weighed in the bal
ances and found wanting. They realize that
the “deer peepul” no longer regard it as a
"Party of Prosperity.”
Tko Democrats have a golden opportunity to
sweep ; -.1 country in lb;J2, provided they do not
the' >ol, Many of the so-called leaders,
though, ...c .. .. t direction, just as
the Republicans are praying for them to do so.
These Republicans realize that this is their
only Sflvation. This being the ease, they are
doing everything in their power to agitate the
wet and dry issue among the Democrats.
If the Democrats will let this issue rest and
nominate a man like McAdoo, then victory is
assured. Rut if the question is injected into
the party, it means another split, for there are
hundreds of thousands of Democrats, especially
in the South, who will not support a wet plat
form and a wet candidate.
_ • Raskob, the life-long Republican, is doing ail
he can to accomplish this. But, we do not be
lieve that he can muster enough strength to
put it over,. Shouse advocated beer the other
day, but the hosts failed to rally to his sup
port. The American Legion wants a referen
dum, but it is barely possible that the move
will develop enough strength to create a ripple.
As stated above, ail these moves are agitated
by the Republicans, for the more agitaton they
can arouse ir, the Democratic party, the strong
er their position becomes.
By presenting a solid front and naming a.
good man like William Gibbs M ‘Adoo, the Dem
ocrats can sweep the country nest year Bat
if they allow dissections to ar se in the party,
and act the fool, then they will have no one to
blame but themselves if the election goes
against them.
TOBACCO PRICES DISAPPOINTING
Much was expected by the tobacco growers
in this, the old, belt when the market opened
Tuesday, for it was said that we had the type
of. tobacco demanded by*the manutactuieis.
But it seems that they do not > ant any kind of
type that they have to pay a reasonable price
for. When the price of cigarettes was advanc
ed, it was for the announced purpose of en
abling the manufacturers to p; y a better price
for tobacco, but every man who had sense
enough to go in out of the rain knew' that this
was the rankest kind of bull, and the only re- j
suit that will be observed is when the dividends
are declared next Feburary or March. Every
reasoning man knows that these big concerns
set the price of the raw material when they
held their meeting in June. If ever a trust ex- ,
isted, we have it today among the tobacco bar
ons, and the Government is net big enough to
tell it where to get off—don’t want to kill the j
goose that is laying the golden egg, matters not
if the thousands of tobacco growers go hungry
and half clothed, while their children are de
barred from necessities that are by right theirs.
The farmers are demanding the closing of the
warehouses in many places, for they see ruin
staring them in the face. These fanners can
live without raising tobacco and if the govern
ment won’t protect them we hope that not a
olant of tobacco will be put out for five years. |
[f the price of the finished product would only ;
;ome down on a parity with the low price of the !
raw material, there would be some excuse, but j
the price of the finished product remains as !
steady as the rock of Gibralta, and when one
increases the price of the finished poods, the
others follow within fifteen minutes—oh, no;
there is no conclusion; just a mere coincidence. ;
Ye gods and little fishes! What are the great
common people to do? How much longer will!
they stand for such treatment? '
STEEL LEADS WAGE-CUTTING
The steel industry has always been a sort of!
outlaw in tile labor field, and it seems perfectly j
natural in the^ light of historical events that
the beginning of the wage cuts by large Indus- !
tries should have started with steel. To sav
that the National Capitol looked at its morning
newspaper recently, and was awe-stricken
when ‘it read that wage reductions were at ;
hand, is putting it mildly.
Of course the fool stock-market was “en
couraged" and stocks bobbed up that same day. :
Like "Gandhi the’ voice of Wall Street was speak1
ing “for dumb mil lions”1—whose money is "fro
zen" in stocks. But .other voices have been
heard since in emphatic protest, The. readjust-1
went of. wages has been attacked not only by
the American. Federation of Labor and its al
lied trades union-organizations, but by thous
ands of clear-headed American citizens who
realize that we are entering an era of lower
values with decreased purchasing power—a sit
uation that most certainly does, not lit in with
mass production.
AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE
(Winston-Salem Journal)
The open charge that there, exists,a close
alliance between the Raskob-Shouse leadership
of the Democratic party in the Nation and
those behind the wet movement is further sub
stantiated by the financial report of the Asso
ciation Against Prohibition Amendment. This
report lists John J. Raskob. chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, as having re
cently contributed $40,000.
A statement by the wet association covering
receipts and expenditures from January 1. to
August .‘51, .just filed with the clerk of the
House of Representatives as required by law,
shows' an operating expense of $391,658, over
one-half of which was contributed by Mr. Ras
kob and his associates in General Motors—the
du Fonts. A ■ ■''■■■' ''
While Mr. Raskob and his cohorts were lav
ish ingly giving money to anti-prohibition or
ganizations. the Democratic national chairman
was increasing his “mortgage” on the machin
ery of the Democratic party to the.tune of $10,
000 monthly:
To use the words of Josephus Daniels, Mr.
Raskob continues to loan to the Democratic
party and to give' to the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment. Mr. Raskob, Irene
A. du Pont, I.amott du Pont, and Pierre S. du
Pont contributed to the eassociation the stager
ing amount of $202,000.
It is also interesting to note that General
Motors, of which Mr. Raskob and the du Ponts
arc the “big guns", is one of the five large in
dustrial corporations which have inaugurated
the wage-cutting campaign. Although the divi
dend checks of these men Continue to be large
enough to pour money into the. huge wet slush
fund, they find it necessary to cut wages of
their employees in order to protect their finan
vial interests.
The fact cannot be overlooked by dry Dem
ocrats that while Mi'. Raskob arid his friends
are furnishing boodle for the wets, Jouett
Shouse, chairman of the Democratic Executive
Committee, undertakes to outline a wet plat
form for the Democratic party in 1932. Ever
.since .Mr. Shouse became Mix Raskob’s political
lieutenant, he has received his pay check from
tlie Democratic chairman. His views are re
garded as having- the approval of Mr. Raskob. |
•There is-'hardly any question that the Dem
ocratic party will sweep into power next year
-R it does not split its ranks by making prohibi
tion the paramount issue. The Republicans are, i
ol course, hoping their foes “will do the fool
thing a.t the right time.” The “fool thing” is
unquestionably for the Democrats to soft-pedal
economic issues and pitch the campaign on the
wet and dry question.
The responsibility of having the Democratic
party to do the right .thing at the time appears
to rest more and more on the shoulders'; of
Southern and Western Democrats. The barons
of privilege are determined to shift the public
mind from the heed for certain economic re
forms, necessary for the happiness and well
being of the masses, to the prohibition wrangle.
The report of the Association Against the Pro
hibition Amendment is concrete proof that “big
business” is financing the wet campaign.
The question facing those who have the wel- -
fare of the Democratic party at heart is—will :
they permit Mr. Raskob to make the party a ve
hicle for special privilege as they attempt to
camouflage the real issues facing the American
people?
There are said to be very few Democratic
senators and representatives from the South
and the West who do not privately admit that
the crying need of the party of Jefferson at
this time is for a strong, militant Democrat to
marshal* the anti-Raskob forces in the Demo
cratic party, offer a constructive economic
program, and block the effort to make the Dem
ocratic party a fool of the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment in 1932.
I
SOCIAL ITEMS
Mrs, J. C. Brown was charm
ing hostess to the Dolly Madi
ron Book club and several oth
er guests bn last Tuesday af
ternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Mrs.
Guy H. Simpson, president, wel
comed the guests and after the
c'ollect and song, the roll call
was responded to with current
events referring to music in
most instances. The club mem
bers at this time were privil
edged to draw for a book from
the past year’s list of books us
ed and read in the club library,
this book to become their per
sonal .property, The program
for the afternoon was a musi
cal program, the first of a se
ries of four program of this na
ture to be held during the club
year. Mrs. W. H Gentry was
program chairman and first in
troduced Mrs. V. H. Idol, who
rendered a beautiful piano num
her, “First Valse.” Mrs. Gentry
next gave some interesting
events connected with the life
of Chopin, the Polish pianist
and composer, and then played
five of his choice Preludes:
“The Polish Dancer,’’ “Funeral
March,” “Little Bell for the
Dead,” “111 Humor,” and “Rain
drops”. The concluding num
ber on the program was“Mighty
Lak A Rose,” rendered by Mrs.
C. L. Martin at the piano and
John Oscar Busick with his
violin. The hostess served a
delicious course of refresh
ments at the conclusion of the
program.
Thursday afternoon in her
home' on Hunter street, the
George Reynolds Chapter of the
D. A. U. of Leaksville was en
tertained by one of its three
Madison members, Mrs. How
aid Penn. The house was a
bower of fall flowers, and in
the dining room, violet purple
and New England asters accen
tuated the purple punch. A
lovely lace cloth graced the ta
ble. Mrs. Penn was assisted in
serving punch and refresh
ments by her daughter, Miss
Hilda Wall Penn; her mother,
Mrs. Mollie Reynolds Wall, and
by-Mrs. John Reynolds, of Mad
ison. The program was featur
ed by business routine, a speech
by Miss Church, a gift presen
tation and a contest. Mrs.
Uulce Hay, of Winston-Salem,
spoke a charming greeting;
Mrs. T. J. Taylor of Leaksville
led the ritual and the creed.
Mrs. Pearl van Noppen led the
eighteen members present in a
salute to the flag. October 17
was set as the date of unveil
ing^ a marker at Colonel Jack
Martin's rock house in Stokes
county by this chapter. Miss
Church, teacher in the Cross
nore School, presented the
needs of her institution, stat
ing that this school gets more
help from the D. A^R.’s thai
from any other source. She
hibited handcraft of her pupils
in scarves, baskets, counter
panes, hooked rugs and hand
bags. A contest of fifty ques
tions on Revolutionary sub
jects drew red, white and blue
flowers as points. At the close
Mrs. Martha Taylor Davidson,
of Leaksville, had a prize cor
sage and a samll silk flag. Miss
Luna Taylor presented to the
society a book of Revolutionary
literature and clipped pictures
which she had assembled, typed
and bound,'the cover of which
was designed by Miss Edith
Fagg of Danbury. Non-member
guests from Leaksville, Mrs.
Albert Milner.; from Madison,
Mrs. Jack Reynolds and Mrs.
Cora Pickett.
The bowling alley is being
transferred from the building
next to Rierson's five and ten
cent store to the basement of
Chilton Motor Co. We learn
that a new wholesale gocery
store is to be opened in the
building being vacated by the
bowling alley — Rockingham
Wholesale Grocery.
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Sawed Their Way to Freedom ;
Two negro inmates of the jail j
at Danbury sawed their way to
freedom Friday night, but the
freedom of one was of short du
ration. Art Ziglar, one of the
escapees, was out but a few
minutes before he kvas back
behind the bars. The other,
named Nichols, has so far elud
ed the officers. He was to have
been tried for entering the ;
home of a white lady of the
Sandy Ridge section. ,j
Cumberland county farmers
cooperated to ship a mixed car
of hogs and sheep to the Rich
mond market last week.
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Town of Madison are hereby notified
that unless these taxes are. paid on or
before October 12th the property will
be advertised and sold at public auc
tion to satisfy said taxes.
This Sept. 23, 1931.
GEO. T. MARTIN, Collector
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