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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-08-06
Southeastern Commercial
College Announces Open
ing of Fall Term

The Salisbury school of the South
eastern Commercial College, Inc, open,
for its regular fall term on Monday
August 17th., in the newly acquired
classrooms on the third floor of the
Wright building.
In commenting on the opening Of
the new term, Mr.. J. G. Isenhour, pres
ident and founder of the school, pre-
dicted an even larger enrolment thar
that enjoyed during the past term
Folks faced with the necessity OF
making their living have been brought
to the cold realization that there is
little or no demand for unskilled la
Dor, whether it be in the factory or
the executive office. They have dis
covered that the man or woman who
knows the most earns the most, and
they are crowding business training
schools throughout the country in a
wise effort to prepare themselves for
steadier, better-paying POSITIONS
The Southeastern Commercial Col
lege, Inc, began business in Salisbury
less than two years ago with one in
structor. Today, the enterprise en-
braces eight OF nine schools through
out the two Carolinas, with a personnel
of twenty-five. The local school is un-
der the personal direction of Miss Mar
garet Hudson, a graduate Of the NORTH
Carolina College for Women, and thu
Southeastern Commercial College.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-08-06
OUTPUT
in THIS STATE
OVER BILLION
Situation In United States
Summarized By Farm
Editor.

Agriculture in North Carolina is
still a Millionaire and even a Millionaire
may wear a black eye but black eyes
have a way of disappearing.
Thus did Wheeler McMillen, asso-
ciate editor of Country Home, sum-
Marie the agricultural situation in the
United States and bring his summary
to fit North Carolina, in an address
last week before the 10Th annual ses-
sion of the State Farmers Convention.
Eighty percent Of the farms in this
State operated by their owners are
mortgage-free and agriculture is still
solvent.
Mr.. McMillen said that the condi-
ton of agriculture was not so bad as
it might be and he held out a rather
hopeful outlook for the future. He
did say that this period of depression
would have the effect of forcing the
incapable man out of the game but
would leave the alert, business-like
farmer on firm ground. Land taxes
must be reduced, however, for the
farms are still carrying too heavy a
tax burden in comparison with the in
come from them.
In this speech, Mr.. McMillen indi-
rectly took issue with Senator !. W.
Bailey who declared agriculture to be
PROSTATE in his address on the open
ing day of the convention. Mr.. Bailey
said the national government must de-
vote its energies during the next IS
years to giving the farm the same at
tention it had commerce and industry
during the past IS years. With 80
million persons having a low buying
power, the Nation cannot revive un-
til these persons are revived.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-08-06

slight decline as compared with the
1927 valuation of $14,404,11S. Iiv-
ing room furniture ranks third in val
lie, amounting to $~9,244,9SS in 1929
as compared with s7,643,494 in 1927,
Porch furniture increased in value
from $291,904 in 1927 to $646S7S
in 1929; hall furniture from approx,
mately eleven thousand to about thil
ty-seven thousand dollars in 1929; ant
miscellaneous and unclassifed items iii
creased from $685. in 1927 "a
$612,ze2 in 1929. In 1929 all wooded
hnusIaold fufniture
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-08-06
STATE FIFTH IN i,
WOOD FURNITURE
Is First In Dining Room
And Bedroom Furniture
And Fifth In All Kinds.


North Carolina entrenched herself
still further as the leader in the manu-
facture of wooden bedroom and din
lng-room furniture and maintained her
position as the fifth State in the man
ufacture of all kinds of wooden house
hold furniture, according to a state
ment released today by the State De-
partment of Conservation and Devel-
opment, based on recent census re-
ports. Only New York, Illinois, In
diana and Michigan exceeded North
Carolina in the total value of al
household furniture produced.
The statement also points out tina,
woode9 household lfurniture Il rapid.
3 SrIhinp in no ,r; NNou roa+,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-08-06
TWO PRISONERS
SHOT BY GUARDS

Asheville, Aug. 5.-Two convicts
were shot down in a daring daylight
attempt to escape from a state camp
on the South Turkey creek road.
A third convict made good his es-
cape. He was R. E. Riddle, believed to
be from Haywood county.
Those wounded were Vic Rector of
Madison county and Tom Barnes of
Black Mountain.
While working on the road near the
camp, the men made a sudden dash
for freedom. Two guards fired and
two of the men dropped in their
tracks. They were brought to the
camp at Craggy for medical attention.
Riddle was still at large today.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-08-06

THREE TEACHERS RESIGN
AS TEXT BOOK AGENTS
Chattanooga, Aug. 5.-Three coun-
ty school teachers have resigned as
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-08-06
FOUNTAIN STAKES
HIS CHANCES ON
SELF GOVERNMENT
Reps Short Ballot Schemes
Of Administration In
Announcing Candidacy
For Governor.

Rocky Mount, Aug. 5.-R. T,
Fountain, who recently announced his
candidacy for governor Of North Car
DINA, states that he will wage a cam
paign against the short ballot schemes
of the administration and also against
any departure from local self-govern-
ment.
"The thing that has made North
Carolina the great state it is is the
fact that while it has no great cities,
it has been a state of great communi-
ties and l think we should do all in OUT
power t o preserve these communities.
In order to promote good citizenship
we should let our citizens have a part
in running the government and the
only way that the people can have a
voice in the government is at the bal
lot box" declared the Rocky Mount
man. "T'm naturally opposed to the
further abridging the rights of the
people to vote on local self-govern-
ment."
The lieutenant governor raped the
Brookings institutions report, which
was made to the recent Legislature af-
ter a survey by the Brookings staff.
1.-THE Brookings- report recommends
abolition of all counties, maybe you
didn't know, and if they won't will
ingly agree t being abolished, then it
recommends that their powers BE-
gradually liquidated and turned over
to the state, leaving to the counties
urban areas for the purpose of light
ing streets and providing sewage, with
local officers delegated to carry of
the refuse"
He denied he does not favor prog
ress, as some of his critics have charg-
ed, he said. 'Nobody believes in prog
ress more han I do" he said. 81 be-
lieve that government should be prog
ressive and built up step by step. But
destroy not the ancient landmarks.
We inherited from England the ides
of county government. This idea OF
government was handed down to u:
from our ~forefathers. We should ex-
anime and examine carefully all new
schemes. l do not condemn them. But
I asksthat you examine them befor,
YOU wipe eavsau.Ihesald INSTITUTION
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-08-06
Camp Boss Is
Cleared Of Charges

Raleigh, Aug. 5.-The state high
way commission cleared M. P. Alex
ander, district supervisor of prison
camps with headquarters at Statesville,
of charges of immortality and inefh-
cheney filed by F. G. Sides of States
vile.
: In a-reeort to Chairman E. B. JEFF
fress of the commission, Sam Scott,
superintendent of prison camps, and
Charles Ross, general counsel for the
commission, declared they found no
basis for the charges. Chairman JEFF
fress issued a copy of their report for
publication, said the commission would
go no further into the matter, and in
Dictated that the report as considered
conclusive evidence of the falsity of
the charges.
@Messrs. Scotr and Ross went to
Statesville Menday and remained there
two days investigating Alexander's
CHARACTER and conduct. They report
ed that scores Of responsible citizens
testified to hisagood character, and de-
clared there wa snoe basis for the
charges.
TheIeport said that Sides com.
plant evidently twas inspired by his
own disappointment in no receiving
Nj. Alexander's indersement for the
auperintendent of prison
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-08-06

h D6nt1es through TIE
voting Pfl1 Of its citizens shall
not be abridl The revision of the
states consti "a, ordered by the
past General s mbly, may endanger
the citizens power as an individual,
he warned. He declared that til gov
ernor of North Carolina 'has til,
greatest power of any governor in the
United States" and he urged that the
citizenship be on its guard lest further
powers be granted the state govern
ment and its executive head.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-08-06
BUDGET IS CUT BY
U. S. TREASURY
Hoover's Request Is Com
Piled With Efecting
Saving Of $6,o00,000.

Washington, Aug. 5.-Slashing all
unnecessary expenditures for the 1888
fiscal year, the treasury has complied
with President Hoover's economic in
structions by eliminating $6,ooo,o0o
from its budget.
This saving is exclusive of the fed
eral building program which was n
larged by congress at President Hoov-
er's recommendation to alleviate the
unemployment situation. 1t calls. for
an expenditure of $120,000,o0o in
1888 as compared with $6o,ooo,ooo
appropriated this year and will make
the total treasury outlay $314,o00,-
900 or $54,o0o,0O0 more than was
appropriated for the present fiscal
year.
Deducting the public building pro-
gram, the treasury's budget for 1888
will total $254,ooo,O 900 as compared
with $26o,0Oo,0O O in the present year.
Acting Secretary Mills has been con
lstier hearings in WI the various
in thss bureaus have submitted their
1i1o He made extensive cuts
duced thea by So.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-08-06
$7.31 PRICE

Wilson, Aug. 5.-R. W. McFar-
land, tobacco expert here, estimates
the opening tobacco market in North
Carolina will average $7.31 He bases
his figures on the opening prices paid
on the Georgia markets.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-08-06

agents for text book concern after a
law prohibiting teachers from selling
books in the state was called to their
attention.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30

tains more than the 10 blocks located
between Forty-second and Fifty-sec-
ond streets. This Is something every
out-of-towner should learn in a hurry,
since most New Workers have forgot
ten it. With such a head start the
visitor soon will know more about the
town than most of the columnists put
together.
When the trolley starts they will see,
for instance, whence comes the money
that keeps the bright lights burning
-. fragments of revolutionary days
will make a contrastful foreground
-. midtown department stores -.
old hotels and city squares . movie
palaces, taxis, traffic. crowds -. a
transplanted Coney Island with hot
dog stands. peep-shows and cold
drink counters -. old brownstones
filled with music teachers and elocu-
tionists 49,. dance halls and Chinese
restaurants and schools for acrobats
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
Defects in the New Cruisers

Modern warships are delicate mech
anisms, prone to develop peculiarities
that cannot be foreseen in advance
and that are expensive to remedy
once they appear.
Naval authorities have discovered
that eight of the new 10,OOO-ton
cruisers which are the pride of the
U. S. navy have a tendency to roll
in a heavy sea to such an extent that
their gun crews cannot perform
properly.
Two crulsers-the Pensacola and
Northampton-have already gone to
dry-dock for alterations that are eX-
pected to stabilize them. The. other
six will probably follow, if these alter
atoms prove effective. Meanwhile,
the navy would like to know why five
Of these cruisers have already cracked
their stern posts, and why they show
excessive vibration aft at high rates
of speed.
There is no Tor complicated
mechanism afloat than a modern
cruiser. When one develops bugs,
as the auto-makers put it, the ad-
mirals are in for a good deal of worry
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
Daily Health Service
Diagnosing Heart Disease
Murmur Not Always Sign Of Serious T~rouble-Doctors
Now Lay Much Stress on Rhythm and Force OF Heart Beat

rious disturbances of the heart. On
the other hand, a murmur may be Of
the greatest significance when all tho
other observations confirm the IN
te%rpretation that they may be based
on the murmur. The modern physi-
clan Is likely to attach much I'M
portance to the rhythm Of the heart
beat, to its force, and to the things
that can be e In the ~electrocard1-
ograph tracing.
The treatment Of the beginning Of
weakness of the heart after SO years
Of age involves special emphasis on
all Of the good rules Of hygiene. 1t
is, of course. understood that any In
fections anywhere about the body
will be found and removed. If there
Is the slightest indication Of some be-
ginning break down of the heart, the
patient Is put Immediately at absolu-
te rest. And that means he must be
flat on his back In bed for at least
four weeks during which time he does
not even get up to attend to his ordi-
nary physical necessities, but Is given
help by members Of the family or by
a nurse. Tobacco Is usually forbid
den, but in case a patient has too
much nervous irritability, 1t Is per-
mitted only with the greatest Of
moderation.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30

be had in Gotham, and visitors who
have the time and inclination can
travel about in the most unhurried
manner while taking in city sights
which usually are tripped over or
missed entirely.
With five cents and a Broadway
street car, any n can get a cross
section of this metropolis. Starting
down by the waterfront at Broadway'S
landmarked beginnings, it's possible
to bisect the city while reaching such
opposite poles as Wall Street md
Harlem. The time required for such
a junket depends largely on the hour
of day in which the attempt Is made.
Even if rush-time traffic is avoided,
one may have ample time to get
acquainted with the conductor arl to
learn all about his young sons meas
les.
If I put this down as a tour of con-
siderable Importance, it's because the
tourist will learn that Broadway con-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
n. D. DIVORCES AND
MARRIAGES REDUCED
1874 Marriages Performed and
465 Divorces Granted in
State Last Year

North Dakota marriages dropped
81 per cent in 1880 from the num-
Der in 1929, according to figures re-
leased by the Bureau of the Census.
Only 1874 marriages were perform
ed in the state in 1880 compared to
4,155 in 1929. This represented Sc
marriags for every 1000 persons in
the state in 1880.
Only 465 divorces were granted
here in 1880 compared with SCI in
1929, the drop being IT. per cent.
For every 1000 persons in the state
in 1880, .68 divorces were granted in
1880 compared with .83 the year be-
fore. Seven marriage annulments
were granted in 1880 compared with
nine in 1929.
There were 1,128,180 marriages per-
formed in the United States In 1880
compared with l,232,559 in 1929, the
decrease being 104,370 or 8.5 per cent.
There was an indDease of AZ per cent
from 1928 t 1929.
In 1880 there were 1911 $50 divorces
granted in the country, compared with
2O1 1853 in 1929, the decrease being
1888 or 40 per cent. There were
1888 marriages annulled in 1880 as
compared with 4,408 in 1929.
Nevada's 1880 marriages outnum-
bered divorced 81 to /.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
A Game for One

Death, the greatest irony to mans
hopes and dreams, is staging a little
political game of its own right now
with the control of the next national
congress in the balance.
Since the close of the last session,
the Grim Reaper has harvested nine
members of congress. five of them
Democrats and four Republicans.
The latest to be called from his
earthly labors was Samuel C.. Major
of Missouri, whose death Tuesday
increased the Republican majority
from N to two.
The game is one which death alone
can play. With what sardonic glee
must the Grim Reaper laugh as the
politicians await his next whim. The
play is one in which man is very
much interested-and over which he
has not the slightest control.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
Quotations

The average novelist Is a footnote
to reality.-H. G.. Wells.
X X X
You can only pay your debt to the
past by putting the future in debt to
yourself.-Sir Josiah Stamp.
Germany wants the right to do as
she wants and what she wants Is her
own affair.-General o Seeckt, for
mer Reichswehr commander.
The new American generation may
be said to have become continental
lied; they resemble more the cultured
classes Of Germany and France
Guglielmo Ferrero.
I would sooner have a man with
first-class gumption and third class
brains than a nan with third class
gumption and first-class brains
Bishop of Chelmsford.
4 * X
Youth is always in the saddle and
just now the obligation and the op-
portunity of youth are literally
Murray Butler,
president Of Columbia university.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
Bismarck and Burleigh county will

Bismarck and Burleigh county will
be no less laudable than the others.
In only a few counties have the
budgets been increased. These lie in
those areas which have been hard
hit by drouth and the advances were
necessary to meet the increased de-
mand for eleemosynary services and
in order to absorb an anticipated
shrinkage in tax collections.
The fact of the matter is that the
people can have their way if they in
sist upon it. Most of the expansion
in public expenditures Of recent
years has been due to public urging.
Public demand for a reduction will
be met just as quickly. 1t is charac-
~teristic of American officials that
they give the public what 1t wants If
they can. Self-preservation is a
primal law among politicians as
among others.
To date, major attention has been
centered upon the tax expenditures of
the smaller political subdivisions.
This is as it should be, for here the
biggest portion of the tax dollar is
spent.
There are signs, however, that as
soon as the work of pairing the local
budgets has been properly attended
to, North Dakota's taxpayers will
turn their attention to the affairs OF
the state and will insist that ap-
propriate action be taken there.
The state officeholder who contents
himself with advising the counties
how to reduce their expenditures, or
who insists that state tax reduction
is an impossibility, will feel the
Christening hand of the North Dakota
electorate.
The people have their feet on the
solid ground of fact. The roseate
clouds of optimism no longer shroud
their vision. They are ready t. push
forward and will insist that their va
rious governments render full service
in helping them to do SC.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
ARB
Germany seems to be breaking 1t!
mark in the world.

Germany seems to be breaking Its
mark in the world.
X X X
Botanists are the envy of pedes-
TRANS because they risk no dangers in
making a crossing.
* X X
What President Hoover hopes will
result from the disarmament con-
ference, as we see 1t. Is that the
powers will greet each other with
open arms.
X X X
TIL fellow who hated to attend class
while at college now has a wife who
gives him a lecture nightly.
X X X
The wheat farmer, like some pro-
feSsional men, can also complain that
his field is over-crowded.
X X X
Gangster "types" are sought in
1t would be easy for
them, of course, to break" into the
movies.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, 1nc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
The Last Man
Boston Transcript

NDUSLOll 1IdIlSCIlptJ
Lush grass is creeping around and
up the steps of the old Grand Army
hall, at Boxtown, Mass. The last
member Of the post is there. No fuss
was made about him as a last man. or
anything of that sort. He just died in
the exceeding fullness of years, and
vas buried with simple honorS in the
village cemetery. He served, he work.
ed, he declined to his eternal rest,
cared for by kind friends, for his two
children were gone before him. He
was a high private in the real rank,
not only in the SiXty-third Massa-
chusetts Volunteers in Virginia and
North Carolina, but through all his
subsequent life. He had no sort Of
distinction. A bright little flag now
wave over his unmarked grave, but
it will fade and turn white, to the
color of everlasting peace, in the sun
and the wind at the top of the little
hill where he sleeps with the fore
fathers of the village. There are
other graves of veterans up there, and
in the night, stirred by the light
breeze, the little flags, all faded to
whiteness, look like ghosts fitting
from grave to grave. One can imagine
these dwirdling specters comparing
notes of Virginia battlefields through
the night, and recalling the souvenirs
of the old camping grounds.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
Feet on the Ground

Those cynics who have been wont
to remark for years that taxes never
60 down but the trend always is up
ward, may get a jolt When the story
Of this years activities is finished.
Everywhere officialdom is feeling
the demand for economy in govern
ment-which Is just another way Of
saying lower taxes. The local units
IRE the first to feel the full force OF
this demand and already most OF
North Dakota's 1000 odd townships
are prepared to spend less mex. year
than MS the case this year.
County budgets likewise are being
pared ana city administrations are
falling Into line whole-heartedly.
WIKI ~ citizens tax committee CO.
operatlne with public officials Of the
IN, epun4y and school board, It 4
= Fl MEpscted that the rscord foe
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-30
TO-DAY IS THEA
GGHZA

On July 30, 1917, Andre Tardieu,
French high commissioner to the
United States, made public. through
a letter to Secretary of War Baker,
many important facts regarding the
present strength of France as a
fighting unit.
He was impelled to write, he said,
to correct what he termed inaccurate
information in American newspapers
regarding the military conditions in
Europe. He showed in his letter that
France, after three years of war, was
just as vigorous and powerful as at
the beginning. Whereas at the begin
ming of the war France had 1000, 600
men, she had three years later more
than 5000, 900.
"The French army" he wrote,
"holds more than two-thirds of the
western front. that is to say of the
front where the enemy has always
directed its chief exertion." In addi-