North Carolina Newspapers

I The Madison Messenger MisaNWstkins VOL. XVIII.—NO. 21 ENTERED AH SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT POSTOJ TOC*, MADISON, N. C. MADISON, N.C., MAY 11, 1933 SUBSCRIPTION PRICK: ONE TEAR fl.M SIX MONTHS 78 CENTS Every Thursday Orders Increase As Public Takes Heart (By The Associated Press) j American workmen marched back to their jobs by the hun dreds Tuesday—and many of them read notices at the door that wages were up 10 per cent. Encouraged by orders piling up and by price advances for, their products, many employers decided' to share the profits with their employes. One company, Planters Nut and Chocolate, of Suffolk, Va., announced pay envelopes would be padded1 by 20 per cent effec tive Wednesday. There were several dozen oth er firms that added 5 or 10 per cent to wages, or else planned doing so as they called back hundreds of employes dropped ^ as long, as two years ago, rein stated night shifts, or reopened long closed departments. Steel mills, barrel factories, automobile plants, rubber com panies, clothing manufacturers —all of them were among the first that greeted pickups with screaming whistles that called men back to work. Among the concerns that boosted wages: Supreme Shirt company, of Philadelphia, 10 per cent; Armstrong Rubber Company, 10 per cent. Monday, E. L. Cord announc ed a 5 per cent increase for his companies and the Norfolk Tire and Rubber company a bonus of 5 per cent on weekly wages. Many of the employers refer red* i>4 announcing pay roll in ceases to President Roosevelt’B admonitions in that respect and to the 13,000,000,000 public con struction plan to revive busi ness as completed by his ad visors. Here are some of the firms adding employes: Commerce, Ga., National Man ufacturing company called back several huhdred and began op erating its mills at night; two barrel stave factories at Bar bourville, Ky., added night shifts; the Briggs and Strafe ton corporation increased oper ations from three to five days a week; the magazine “Ceramic Industry,” of Chicago, estimat ed 10,000 men went back to work in glass, porcelain enamel, pottery, and allied industries since April 1. The A. C. Spark Plug com pany, of Detroit, added 200 men to help catch up with orders; the Washington Mill at Law rence, MassI, of the American Woolen company, reopened af ter being idle a year; tobacco companies at Richmond, Va., announced they had recalled 150 men, and small wood mills at Tonahawk and Muscoda, Wis., opened after being long closed. From across the sea came re ports that England’s unemploy ment decreased 80,000 persons in April. Building, tailoring, and road building were some of the industries accelerated. Increased operations in the steel industry—considered one '.»t the most reliable of business barometers—provided good cheer in a dozen industrial sec tions of America. Automobile nfanufacturers were ordering steel, and a publication of Ine industry predicted “a buying panic” was possible. A survey tonight showed the following business concerns have increased wages as sug gested by President Roosevelt in his recent address emphasiz ing the advances in commodity prices: Chicago—Cord corporation and subsidiaries, 6 per cent, af fecting about 10,000 persons. Rubber company, 12 1-2 per cent, resulting from increased working hours. Uniontown,' Pa.—Berkowitz Shirt, company, 5 per cent. Pittsburg, Pa.—George *E. Rogers and company, flour and feed brokers, 10 per cent. 'Suffolk, Va.—Planters Nut and Chocolate company, 20 per cent. Philadelphia, Pa.—Supreme Shirt'company, 10 per cent. New Haven, Conn.—Arm-, strong Rubber company, 10 per cent. Greenwood, S. C.—Twenty cottop mills at Greenwood and nearby, 10 per cent. Albany, N. Y.—Artistic Shirt company, 10 p£r cent. Wilmington, Del.—Standard Kid company, 7 per cent. New York—Columbian Pea nut company 10 to 20 per cent. Spartanburg, S. C.—Pacolet mills and Pacific mills, 15 and 10 per cent! respectively. New York—J. S. Bache and company, brokerage firm, 10 per cent. Norwalk, Conn. — Norwalk Tire and' Rubber company, 5 per cent bonus of weekly wages. SCHOOL NEWS All the rooms from the 1st through the 7th will have ex amples of their art work dis played. The publics is invit ed to visit the primary and grammar grade buildings on Friday from 2 to 5, and on Sat urday at the same hours. A series of songs and plays will be given by the primary and elementary pupils in the pri mary building at 2 o’clock, Fri day, Igth. There will be an ad mission charge of 10 cents for this. This is for a special char ity object in the school. The annual art exhibition is free and the public is cordially in vited. Hand painted invitations, a picture of the grammar school building^ have been received from Miss Taylor’s room say ing "Come to our art exhibit Friday, 12£h, and Saturday, 13th at 2 o’clock.” Posters and drawings rep resenting the 8 months of school will be on exhibit. Cre ation circles teaching the Bi ble, History and Geoography, all in one, will be displayed. A May pole scene formed in the center of the table with tali taper with dolls around the pole holding a strip of ribbon will be on exhibit. A book on Franklin D. Roose velt will be displayed. This book was made by the grade. It consists of pictures taken at the inauguration and to the present day. A Noah's Ark cake will be on display with animal crackers set in the windows and around the edge of the cake. A rain bow will be seen in the distance. WIRE AND NAILS CAUSE HEAVY CATTLE LOSS Pieces of baling wire, metal tags, nails and other sharp or pointed objects cause heavy losses to cattle owners in North Carolina each season because proper precautions are not tak en about the feeding quarters. “These foreign bodies in feeds are not of as great eco nomic importance as some of the infectious diseases but they are an important source of loss to cattle owners,” says Dr. C. D. Grinnels, dairy investigator at State College. “The cow is i ot to blame because she is a tast eater. She chews her food only slightly at first, rolls it in to an oval shape mass and swallows it. Thus any foreign bodies included in the feed are swallowed without discomfort. However, iwhen the mass of food is broken up in the stom acji, trouble begins. Many of the foreign bodies swallowed cause no trouble but those hav ing the ability to penetrate the walls of the stomach do cause considerable damage.” Pointed objects such as pieces of bailing wire or nails pene trate the walls of the second stomach and puncture other or gans such as the covering of the heart. One of the first in dications of foreign bodies in the feed is, of course, a diges tive disturbance, Grinnels says. Bloat is often noticed. The an imal shows sign of pain and the back is humped or the shoulders winged to relieve the pressure. Little can be done in the way of treatment. Usually it is best to kill the animals for food if proper inspection of the car cass can be ^secured. Grinnells recommends pre vention as the best control. Dairymen should not have met al h rooms about the place; neither should they use an axe to cut the bailing wire, or per mit small nails to bo scattered about "Hie feeding places. ***********; * STONEVILLE * *********** "The Missionary Society of the Christian Church met at the home of Mrs. Clyde Smith with eighteen members and six vis itors present. Reports of the secretary and treasurer wefc given. Officers elected for an other '"''ii we. Mrs. Clarence F> nth, president ; Mrs. J. U. Joyce, secretary; Mrs. Lee Ver non, treasurer; Mrs. Clyde Smith, program leader, and Mrs. Fiank Bown, “World. Call”*lead er. The subject for study was “Harvest in China,” conducted by Mrs. H. L. Glenn. The pro gram was in charge of Mrs. Clarence Stone. Mrs. Leath of the Leaksville Missionary So-, eiety, made an interesting talk. During the social hour the host ess served ice cream and cake, j Mrs. George Price of Spartan- j burg, S. C., and Rev. and Mrs. Huggins of Asheville were the I guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. j Stone Thursday. The Woman’s Missionary So ciety of the Baptist Church met j Saturday afternoon at the home; of Mrs. John Smith. The meet- i ing was opend with prayer and Bible reading by the president. The subject of the lesson was “Home Missions Translating the Word,” and was discussed by several members. The host ess served delicious refresh ments. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Price of j Madison Were visitors in town Sunday. Mrs. R. B. Price and Miss Mary Price visited in Madison Monday. Miss ■ Edith Britt spent Fri day night in Madison. Mrs. S. M. Prilliman enter tained the high school teachers at dinner Friday night. Miss Katherine Stanford of Martinsville spent the week end with her mother. Miss Annie Smith has return ed from a visit to Leaksville. Dr. L. A. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Glegn and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cahill of Winston Salem visited in town Sunday. Mrs. J. M. Taylor is on a vis it to Stokes county. M’ss Gertrude King has re turned from her school at Mt. Ulla. Miss Eleanor Grogan has re turned from her school in Mor ganton. Miss Lucille Hundley of Leaksville is visiting Mrs. Steve Smitii. Mrs. Ed Smith of Greensbo ro has been on a visit to_ rel atives. Mr. and1 Mrs. L. W. Kelley and Miss Craver visited Win ston-Salem Saturday. Colored School Finals Begin Tomorrow Eve. The finals of Madison Junior high school, colored, will begin tomorrow evening at 7:30 with a play by the high school, “Go Slow.” Sunday, the 14th, at 3:30 the annual sermon will be deliver ed by Rev. Jennings Johnson. Monday, the 15th, at 7:30, the fourth and fifth grades present “Just Plain Dot.” Tuesday, the 16th, at 7:30, “Golden Lock’s Adventure” will be presented by first grade. Wednesday, the 17th, at 7:30, second and third grades pre sent “Getting Acquainted With Mother Week and Her Chil dren.” Thursday, 18th at 7:30, the sixth and seventh grades pre sent “The Mysterious Friends.” There will also be baseball and other games that afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mayodan Has Lost First Two Games Saturday a splendid game of ball was staged at the Mayodan park between that team and Stuart, the opening game. How ever, Mayodan lost it 4 to 1. All the runs were scored in the fourth inning, when “Lady Luck” turned her back on John son, and the visitors piled up four tallies. In the same in ning, Mayodan put one across. But for this hectic inning it was a splendid game. Bassett came down to May odan last afternoon and. shut out the locals 8 to 0. Rube Crews was on the mound for Mayodan. HER DAY! . i mi t i*.1 n i :itn ©p 0g> Radical Body Asks Recall Of Daniels Washington, May 7.—An ap peal to Clarence Darrow to lend) his legal eloquence in behalf of farmers who recently mobbed an Iowa judge today issued from the closing session of the 1933 “continental congress for economic reconstruction.” While the congress was con cluding a two-day conclave, “leaders of the socialist party, instrumental in calling the ses sion, initiated a movement aim ed toward a possible coalition with the communist organiza tion of the United States on certain specific issues.” Also it adoptedi a new “declaration of independence” calling for a re building of the economic struc ture upon radically altered lines. The foreign relations com mittee, in a report approved by the Congress, urged recognition o'f Russia, the recall of Jose phus Daniels as ambassador to Mexico, an end to American in tervention in Haiti, withdrawal of recognition of the Machado government in Cuba, abolition of tariffs, revision of war debts and stabilization of currencies “in the interest of the farm ers and workers instead of bond holders and money lenders.” Sylvania News Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Doggett and children of Summerfield visited Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Bail ey Saturday night. Miss Wanda Price spent the week end- with iMisp Norma Friddle. Quite a number of relatives and friends of Sam Farrar gathered at his home Sunday and gave him a surprise birth day dinner. Everyone brought well filled baskets and a sump tupus.jjicnic dinner was enjoy ed. Everyone wished Mr. Far rar many more happy birth days. Mr. and Mrs. Arch Crabtree and' Lee Crabtree of Greensbo ro visited Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Friddle Sunday. Miss Dorothy Friddle was given a delightful surprise par ty Saturday night by friends. Misses Lottie and Beadie Pow ers and Pauline Joyce of Greens boro spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Powers. There has been little winter killing of small grain noted in Piedmont Carolina this season andt wheat especially is grow ing well. Read The Messenger ads. *********** * MAYODAN * *********** June Crutchfield of Greens boro was a visitor in town Tues day evening. Glenn Beasley of Hillsboro visited friends Friday. Miss Evelyn Smith of Mar tinsville is spending the week with relatives. Miss Marie Dalton spent the week end with friends in Win ston-Salem. Guy Poole of Roanoke is vis iting Mrs. W. N. Poole. Miss Annie Martin and Mrs. Bill Crews spent Saturday in Winston-Salem. Misses Willie Mae Holton and Gladys Matthews visited Greens boro Monday evening. Miss Ruby Price of Winston Salem spent Sunday with her parents. Misses Nina and Kate Shep pard spent the week end at their home in Lawsonville. H. H. Jennings and M. P Black spent Tuesday in Greens boro on business. Miss Minnie Lee Yates spent Monday in Winston-Salem. Misses Martha Powell, Clara Michael and Gladys Matthews, and Walters Johnson, Tom Car ter and Ed Reynolds spent Sun day evening in Winston-Salem. Thomas R. Wortham After an illness covering many months, Thomas R. Wor tham passed away at his home Thursday at the age of 67 years, 9 months and 8 days. Cancer of the intestines was the cause, and he bore his sufferings, which were great, with true Christian fortitude. He was born in Chatham county July 28th, 1865, but had been a res ident of Madison for many years, where he was highly es teemed by all who knew him. He was united in marriage to Miss Nannie Martin Watson in 1894 and to this union one son was born, Carlton Wortham. His wife preceded him about; three years ago. He also leaves j one adopted son, Clarence Wor tham, and three grandchildren. He is survived, also by one brother, John Wortham, of Lake Arthur, La., and one sister, Mrs. Fannie Temple, of Port Arthur, Tex. The funeral services were conducted from the home Sat- j urday afternoon at 2:30 and the remains were taken to Ayers ville for interment. Rev. O. E. Ward, his pastor conducted the services. Nine Duplin farmers sold two cat's of finished „ hogs on the Richmond market last week. Latham Is Willing For People To Vote Raleigh, May 7.—R. H. Lath am, of Winston-Salem, chair man of the legislative commit tee of the North Carolina Ed ucation association, in a state ment issued here tonight, said school people of the state were willing that the question of supplements be submitted to voters. “While we do not believe it is necessary to put the people of North Carolina to the expense of holding popular elections on supplements, we are perfectly willing to take this question back to the folks if the legisla ture deems this wise and neces sary,” he said. The state-supported eight months school machinery bill as passed by the senate would require elections, but a propos al is before the house to remove this restriction. “Principles” that should be embraced in a'school machinery measure were outlined by Lath am a^^ollows: ,1. The $16,000,000 yearly school fund should be so admin istered that there will be a min imum of overhead expense. 2. Teachers should be re quired to be “masters of the field in which they teach.” 3. The machinery bill should fix the teachers load for alloca tion of state funds. 4. Teachers of the same train ing, experience andi skill and doing the same work should be guaranteed of receiving the same pay out of state funds in every part of- the state. 5. Transportation of students, should be made a local func tion. ‘Out Again, In Again’ Trouble broke thick and fast for Edgar Stovall Saturday morning. He had just returned the night before from serving a term for violating the prohi bition law. Saturday morning he was arrested for operating a car intoxicated. Later he as saulted one of the State patrol men, and still later was charg ed., with attempting to bribe Chief Martin. He was given hearings on the first two charg es and placed under bonds of $250.00 in each case. In the bribery charge he was not ready for trial and his bond was plac ed at $500.00. This case will probably be disposed of tomor row, Friday, afternoon. In the meantime, he failed to secure bondsmen and \ was sent on to jail. Read The Messenger ads. HOME DEMONSTRATION NEWS Miss Marjorie Holmes, Home Demonstration Agent Program For Next Week Monday, May 15th: The Hap py Horne Club will meet with Mrs, J. H. Daniels. Tuesday, May 17th: Mrs. E. D. Watt will be hostess to the Apple Clarke Club at her home on Main street, Reidsville. • Wednesday, May 17th: The Sadler Club will meet with Mrs. J. C. Warriner. Demonstra tion will be “Meal Planning and Desserts.” Thursday, May 18th: The Smyrna Club will meet with Mrs. C. G. McCollum. Demon stration will be “Desserts.” Friday. May 19th: The Home Agent will meet with the ladies of the Calvary community. Sharon-Glady Club Meeting (Miss Jessie Sue Butler, re porter) ' The Sharon-Glady Club held its May meeting at the attrac tive home of Mrs. J. I. Butler. Our“ program was opened by a song, “The Old North State.” Mrs. N. Y. King read the de Votionals. Miss Ruby Woolen gave us a nice paper on “Desserts,” which was very helpful lo all. Another paper on “How to Prepare Produce for Market,” by Mrs. Ray Shreve, was read by Miss Margaret Butler. Mrs. Shreve’s paper was interesting. Mrs. Ed Small gave us a dem onstration on how to make slips out of sacks. We went to the kitchen where Miss Holmes gave us a demon stration on “Desserts,” consist ing of boiled custard and straw berry whip. During the social hour we! were invited into the dining room where Mrs. Butler, assist ed by her daughter, Margaret, served delicious ice cream, cake and coffee. The clHb will meet with Mrs. Rob Moore and Mrs. Wade Bar ham as joint hostesses on June 5th. Mapleview Club Meeting (Mrs. C. K. Webb, reporter) The Mapleview club held its regular monthly meeting Wed nesday, 3d, in the club room of {he Wentworth school building. After a short business pro gram a paper was read by Mrs. Jesse Carter. Mrs.Charlie Webb also read a paper on “Which Day is Yours.” The Club was glad to have Miss Mary Craddock with them and she gave an interesting demonstration on plaited rugs. Mrs. Hem-y Stallings gave a demonstration on crocheted rugs and Mrs. Garfield Wilson showed how to use the Singer craft guide, which is used in making rugs as well as other fancy work. As the club has finished with the planting of shrubbery at the courthouse, they decided to beautify some of the red banks between Wentworth and Reids ville by planting roses, peri winkle and crepe myrtle. During the social hour Mrs. Numa Reid and Miss Sue White Harris served delicious cream and cakes. Garden Notes (H. R. Niswonger, Extension Horticulturist) Keep the garden busy by growing two or more crops on the same land. Watch every chance to put something as oth er crops mature. Try the fol lowing vegetaDie crops wm«.u sometimes are not found in the home garden. Parsnips, salsi fy, broccoli, endive, Chinese cabbage, Kohl-Rabi and Red cabbage. The seed of parsnips and salsfy should be sown thickly and covered carefully followed by light tamping of soil. Thin plants to four inches in the row. Salsify is used in stews and soups and has the flavor of oysters. Endive is a salad crop. The leaves can be blanched by tying tops togeth er. Broccoli and Kohl-Rabi re quire cultural treatments same : as cabbage. The green flowe<] heads of the former and the swollen turnip like stems of the latter are edible. Chinese cab bage is another salad crop and thrives best in rich soil and during the cooler portion of the growing season. Red cabbage is just another cabbage having a dark red color and a sweet flavor. Fertilization of Special Crops ■The growth of leaf or salad crops, also Snap beans is im proved by scattering along the row nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia at the rate of 1 pound or five quarts per 100 feet of plant row. Tomatoes —thoroughly mix with the soil of a 100 foot plant row 8 pounds of a 7-5-5 fertil izer to which has been added 4 pounds of 16 per cent acid phos phate. This will fertilize 50 to mato plants set 2 feet apart in the row. Sweet Potato—Use a 10-4-8 fertilizer at the rate of 5 pounds per 100 feet of row. Don’t use stable manure or plant on rich ground when growing sweet po tatoes. Melons—Mix thoroughly with the soil in each hill 10 pounds of manure and 2 pounds of 7-5-5 fertilizer. Madison Hi Finals Beffin On The 19th The faculty and students of Madison high school are busy these days, and nights, getting ready for the finals, which be gin on Friday evening, the 19th. There will be a large class, and it will be composed of approx imately forty young men and women. Mrs. A. W. Daniel’s music class will start the ball to roll ing on Friday evening, the 19th, with a music recital, beginning at 8 o’clock. Sunday evening, the 21st, at 6 o’clock in the school auditori um Dr. Joseph Rennie, pastor of High Point First Presbyter icn Church, will deliver the ser mon. 1 Monday evening, the 22d, at |g o’clock, the commencement play, “She’s a Good' Fellow,” will be presented. This is a th ree-act royalty play and will be presented by senior class, assisted by the business people of the community. There will be no admission charge—free. Tuesday, the 23d, at 8 o’clock, class exercises by the seniors. Wednesday, the 24th, at 8 o’ clock, the graduation exercises will take place, and the address will be delivered by G. L. Hum phreys, president of High Point College. Mayodan Finals The commencement exercises of the Mayodan public school will begin on Thursday evening, May 11, with a piano recital given by the pupils of Miss Garnette Reynolds. On Friday afternoon at 2:30 the seventh grade exercises will be presented in the auditorium. Friday evening, at 8 o’clock, the pupils of the elementary school will present an oper^ta entitl ed, “Pandora,” under the di rection of Miss Willie Mae Hol ton. The commencement sermon will be delivered in the school auditorium on Sunday evening at 8 o’clock by Rev. J. P. Hipps of Concord. The class day exercises of the senior class Will be given on the school lawn Monday even ing at 7:45. Tuesday evening, at 8 o’clock the closing exercises of the high school will be held, at which time diplomas to the seniors and other awards will be presented. \ The special speaker for the oc casion will be announced later. The date for the senior play, “The Spare Room,” has not yet been definitely decided upon, but it will probably be present ed on Friday evening, May 19, at 8 o’clock. Med. Corps Inspected Col. McMurdo was on hand last afternoon for the purpose * of inspecting the local unit of National Guard Medical Corps, the boys made a splendid show ing and we feel sure that the rating accorded '►em was very satisfactory. After the inspec tion, corps, accompanied by a large number of friends, re paired to the Moseley farm near town, where a delightful brans wick stew, barbecue, beer and other good things were served.