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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-11-20
MINISTER'S NAMED
FOR SALISBURY DIST.

The following appointments for the
Salisbury district were announced by
Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon at the close
of the annual Western Methodist con-
ference in Asheville Sunday night:
Presiding elder-H. c.. Sprinkle.
Acknowledgement, w. B. West;
First street, E. M. Avett.
Albemarle circuit. W. Combs.
Baden Tabernacle-J. F. Slough.
China Grove-E. H. Nease.
Concord-Central, H. G. Alltn;
Epworth, E. Myers; Forest Hill. Pau
Hardin, Jr.
Harmony-J. c. brown, supply.
Kerr street-A. G. Kennedy.
Westford-H. E. Stimson.
Concord circuit. A. Baldwin.
East Spencer. E. McSwain.
Gold Hill-G. G. Adams.
Granite Quarry-J. O. Cox.
Kannapolis-Trinity ]. P. Hips.
Landis-Brooks Jerome.
Mount Pleasant-H. +. Powell.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-11-20
Release Of Tenants
Is Relief Problem

With an indicated reduction of from
10 to Is percent of the tenants, prin-
cipally on the large plantations of the
central coastal plain area of eastern
North Carolina, a real problem in re-
lief will be presented to communities
and individuals in this section during
the latter part of the winter.
County home and farm agents who
have made a careful survey of the ten
ncN-sit..atio for .aric.,lr.srsl ex-s
tension service at State College find
that many landowners will be COM
PEELED to let many of their tenants go
for the simple reason that they can
not be financed and furnished any
longer. Low prices for cotton and to-
bacco and lack of cash with which to
pay debts and taxes are responsible for
the condition. 1t is estimated that I'M
less some new situation arises between
now and February l that between
$4,000 and 10000 tenant families
will have to seek new work by next
spring. This means about 100000
persons let loose as a social problem.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-11-20
LITTLE GAIN in
COTTON GINNING

Cotton ginning in North Carolina
prior to November 1 this year were
approximately the same as last year,
according to a report just released by
the department of commerce. The re-
port showed a gain of 1887 bales
this year over 1880, with a total of
597, 4o5 running bales this year and
5S9,46S bales last year.
A substantial decrease was register
ed in Rowan county, where only 12,-
234 bales were ginned this year as
compared with ,12,453 last year.
Cleveland, Robson and most of the
other large producing counties show
ed increases while most of the de-
creases were in the smaller producing
counties. Below are comparative
figures for this section of the state:
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-11-20

New London. D. Wise.
Norwood-R. A.. Swearingen.
Norwood circuit. A. Frey.
Salem-M. B. Clegg.
Salisbury-Coburn Memorial, J. W
Fitzgerald; First church, A. L. Stan.
ford; North Main street, v. O
Dutton, supply; Park Avenue, ]. A
J. harrington.
Spencer-Central, Wade johnson
Woodleaf-J. B. Tabor.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-11-20
:: A Sketch Of the Judiciary Of :
North Carolina

Gus witchcrafts, entertainments, sor-
ceres, magic arts, trespasses, and
forestalling." The earliest record of
a General Court is of 1894, the
Presiding Officer being the Deputy
Governor, attended by the Council.
The same Court, at this time, sat as
a Chancery Court.
(Revised Stat. N. c., Vol II, page
527.)
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-11-20
ROWAN COUNTY
PUBLIC MARKET

The following prices prevail at the
Rowan county public market:
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-11-20

Patronize The Waterman advertisers
and you will profit!
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-11-20

oedLiiy -~-~aca~ffom that =.
UnIoGef1ere never has been a hiht
Of Amer;o, ~hen sust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
MARYLAND Produces Potash.

THE potash producers of this country are maxi
ing Roadway toward the time when the
farmers Of this country may be Independent Of
foreign sources for this essential of a balanced
fertilizer. Last year the production of potas-
SUM salts was over 100000 TONS which was
more than 10 per cent of the total require
ments of American users. The foreign nonop-
oily no longer can hold the threat Of high price
or shortage for the American sources of sup
ply are on Ahe increase
At the present time the greater part Of the
potash produced here comes from distillery
waste at petroleum refineries in Maryland and
from natural brines of California. Some Is
mined in Nevada and Utah.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

basal metabolism gives q fine, almost dencaoe
index of the living. vital capacity OF man.
q measure Of his overhead needs Tor 1000 ana
a good reference basis in case he Is subsequently
i'll and q disturbance Of his metabolism Is
noted"
Some people find it harder to keep cool IN
Summer than others. They often tell you they
feel the heat dreadfully because they are SO
warm-blooded. This Is a mistaken hotion' in IN
less they are actually i'll with fever, their blood
is the same temperature as yours-9S.6 degrees
Fahrenheit
If these people feel the heat more than you
do it may be because their metabolic rates are
higher Their body fires are burning faster and
they producing more heat than you are 90
naturally they feel hotter than YOU do.
IF we compare two men Of the same helgnt
the heavier man will produce more heat than
the thinner man Of the same height" DR. Bene-
dict says. Thus we see that weight alone IN
creases the heat production.
Height also raises heat production. OF two
men of the same weight but Of different height,
the taller man will have q larger heat pro-
Stuct&on."
You have probably noticed how old people
seem to suffer more from the cold in Winter
and how little they notice the heat OF the dog
days That Is because the bOdy's hres burn
slower in old age and older persons produce less
heat in their own bodies
uNERHAPS one Of the most extraordinary
and most interesting Of the internal fac
tons affecting basal heat production is that OF
age" DR.. Benedict pointed out In his report
The heat production is lowered by age.
man, for example, at Is years Of age, in full
prime Of physical vigor, produces more heat
than q man Of the same height and weight
but 10 years Of age. The fires Of life are burn
ing at Q somewhat lower ebb in old age.
The influence of age Is particularly striking
IN adolescence. Indeed the influence OF age
NAV actually counterfeit the rather considerable
increase In heat production due to weight and
height
Thus when we were studying groups OF Girl
Scouts who ranged from IL years to IL years
of age we found that as q result Of their
growing older they increased in weight and
increased in height both Of which factors would
normally tend to raise the metabolism.
But as they were growing older, the age
factor lowered the metabolism, and we found
sineularly enough, that with all our Girl Scouts
land we measured some 1901 the total basal
heat production expressed in terms of "a hours
WAY about $50 calories, whether girl was IL
wears old or whether she was ID years Old
When YOU have cut your heat production
down to q minimum by eating carefully Of low
calory foods and resting as much as possible
vo.,r next step in keeping cool is to provide
for the most efhcient way Of losing what little
heat YOU cannot help producing.
You want to wear loose, porous clothing
which allows the heat generated by your body
to pass into the air away from you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

you are a man, for instance, you cannot help
having a higher heat production than women,
taking into account weight, height and age,
which are other factors affecting this matter
of body changes and accompanying produc-
ton OF heat and energy.
Women Of the same height, age and weight
as men would produce approximately 10 per
cent less heat" DR.. Benedict says "Of course,
the average woman Is both shorter and lighter
in weight than the average man. but these
factors of weight, height and age can be equal
lied in a statistical analysis and the effect
of sex clearly shown IN unmistakable
manner"
This Is one reason why men feel hotter in
Summer but stand the cold better in Win
ter than women do.
MetabOlsm is the technical name which sci-
entists give to the process Of changes or trans
formations of matter in the body. The rate
ut which these changes 60 on Is called the
metabOlic rate. The rate varies between diff
ferent persons and is Influenced BY sex. age
weight, height, food and rest or physical ex-
ertiOn.
THE metabolic rate Is determined by measure
] ing the heat produced during metabolism
This may be measured directly or indirectly,
the latter method being simpler and more IRE
Quently used.
Bv the direct method instead of measuring
the heat produced, the scientist or his assistant
measures the amount Of oxygen consumed.
Combustion cannot go on without oxygen. The
oxygen needed to keep your bodys fres going
is obtained from the air you breathe. Scientists
know how much oxygen is necessary for your
body to burn q certain amount Of fuel IN order
To produce O given number Of Galleries.
BY measuring the amount Of oxygen you use
ND in q given length Of time 1t Is possible to
calculate the number of Galleries you have pro-
duced IN that length of time From this may
be determined the rate ut which your body
machine is running, or It's metabolic rate.
In order to compare metabolc rates Of DIFF
ferent persons, or Of the same person under
varying conditions, 1t Is necessary to have as
O standard your metabolic rate when as many
variable factors Is possible have been excluded.
This is called the basal metabolic rate. 1t Is
measured when You are resting before break
fast IL hours after your last meal.
Measure Of the metabOlism while q person
is lying quietly awake before breakfast gives the
best basas for comparison" says DR.. Benedict.
IIlF q man went Is days without food, his
heat production would be much lower
and might perhaps be- even more uniform than
his ordinary heat production IN the morning,
IL hours after food. Still, his heat production
before breakfast Is relatively so constant that
measured metabOlism at any time varies much
from his usual basal metabOlism, 1t Is q sure
sign that there Is some disturbance of his life
lnpcesses, which may perhaps be serious.
In other words, the measurement Of his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

a EEPING cool is q science which you
can practice yourself. The first step
Is to cut down your heat production
! Your body is like q machine that
is running all the time, and as 1t runs
IT Droduces n certain amount Of heat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-17
Autoists Disregard :: Crossing Signals
StOeckel Points Out Evil :: Existing in Connecticut

Reports of observers and quite a number of complaints recently received on the subject indicate that there is a great amount of carelessness among Connecticut operators in crossing railroad tracks when there are oncoming trains and against signals" says Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Robbins B. Stoeckel.
 Tt is, quite apparently" he adds Aone of these sudden increases in lack of observance of common precautions which take place from time to time, nobody apparently Knowing just why, and it is time it was stopped. Stopped 1t must sequences.
 "One of the observers saw two be or there will be serious con- cars cross in front of an oncom- ing train when the signal was set against highway traffic and after the train whistled for the crossing. Needless to say. those operators will be called before the depart nnent because of their recklessness. But the general information. and 'eppecially that from those whose duty it is to see that crossings are pnfe from the railroad angle in- lIfcafe non-observance in general, % that the department of motor vehicles feeling it's responsibility an the matter. has asked the state police department to observe at urossingB and see If the complaints and general condition as thought fo exist warrant making arrests"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-17

quarters the two accused were booked on the charges of assault and breach of the peace. There was no attempt at hold-up with view of robbery.
 The excitement was occasioned when George Noumnan of 179 Capitol avenue and Lawrence Gull lum of 83 South Leonard street failed to vacate the tenement block at 523 North Main street when ordered to by tenants. Word was telephoned to police head quarters that hold-up and a fight were in progress. The patrol made fast trip to the scene, carrying Traffic Officer William Green from the corner of Grand and Field steets. Patrolman Walter Hayes, the officer on the beat, was among those present also when the show down came.
 Edward Skibineki, who was ap- parently in charge of the building. accused Noumnan and Cullum of starting the disturbance. The &C., cused blamed Skibineki and Noum- nan exhibited what was left of his shirt to substantiate his claim that he was treated roughly. The trio were given a chance to explain their conduct with the result that two were locked up and one order ed to appear in court tomorrow morning at the states principal witness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-17
LEGISLATURE MAY BE CALLED
 INTO SESSION
Archibald McNeil Dis- cussed That Matter With Governor Cross Last Night

East Haven, Sept 17-UP)- The possibility of a special session of the general assembly to enact unemployment relief legislation was discussed by Democratic Ma tional Committeeman Archibald McNeil of Bridgeport last night before Governor Wilbur L. Cross and 200 East Haven democrats.
 "The time is not far distant, believe, when some means must be employed to relieve the situation" said McNeil. "I am convinced that Governor Cross, who I know is watching the situation closely, will at the proper time, if the needs require, call a special session of the legislature. Methods can be em- ployed to raise at least $5,000,000 for this extraordinary emergency"
 McNeil suggested taxes on luxu- ries or gasoline as possible sources of additional revenue for relief purposes.
 Governor Cross declared "the greatest question of the present time is unemployment and this has my closest attention in all It's phases"
 The governor predicted 1892 would be democratic year.. It will be comparatively easy to elect a democratic state senate, he said. "and not impossible to elect a democratic house."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-17
Stocks Rebounded d In
 Market To-day As
 Bears Were Outdone
Bears Sought to Take Profits and the Reaction Quick-
 ly Came and There Was Good Buying

-leashed at the opening on the stock exchange to-day. Stocks came out in blocks ranging to 5000 shares with prices off fractions to more than a point The list encountered moderate support in the early trad
 At the outset, new lows for the year or longer were made by Amer ican Can at s4H. off < on 2,50U shares; General Electric s3b off x: Anaconda asa.sa e... as 4M off on on aSSS soSS ssares; Fox Film A 1oA off N;sand Union Pacific 120A off 1A.
 The first sale of United States 73h, of 8 point. American Tele- phone lost 1h to 151 and utilities generally were down fractions to into lower ground.
 Westinghouse Electric met fur ther selling, dipping to 47k off + on the first sale and holding around that level: Rails eased off with Union Pacific. General Motors lost burn Auto rose points to 120h. Later Auburn dipped to l16.
 During the early trading prices moved irregulariy. Trading contin- ued active. Steel came back slight ly as did American Telephone. Oils were sold in large amounts and rails continued to dip moderate
 A swift bear move sent steel down to 7SA, equaling it's low since 1921. At that figure support developed and steel rose up toward 79.
 Failure to break steel to new low brought short covering else leading issues making fractional re- coverieS,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-17
HE DIDN'T HAVE
 TEN MILLIONS
 TO GIVE AWAY
And (. Howard Smith FOr= got AlN About It in the Will He Left Behind

New York, Sept 17-(UP)-C. Howard Smith, "carbon king, !" who paid $1,000 for the best ad- vice on what to do with $10,00O,- 900 did not follow the advice he received, his will revealed to-day.
 Smith, whose early years were spent in poverty and wanderings about the world, during which he loved a Maori tribal maiden in the South Seas, died several days ago in London, wealthy man.
 Some years ago, when his for tune from carbon products manu- factured was reputed to be $15,- 000,000, he offered a prize of $1,000 to the person who suggested the best method of spending $10,- 000,000. Mrs Franklin D. Roose- welt was to head the judging com- mittee, of which Theodore Dreiser was also a member.
 The committee selected the sug- gestion of Dr Henry E. Garrett, psychology professor at Columbia university, that the money be used to establish an institute of mental hygiene for the care of the feeble minded and persons showing crim- inal tendencies.
 Not only was Garrett's suggestion disregarded in the will, but no charity was named. The estate, which had shrunk to $4,000,000 as a result of the depression in stocks, was left to Smiths widow. Mrs Pauline Smith, during her lifetime, and to their children, Sid- ney We're Smith and Mrs Bertha B. Hillas, afterward. Small be- quests also were made to members of Binney X Smith, the carbon firm of which the testator was a member.
 Smith summed up the philoso- phy of his life in an autobiography "The Bridge of Life" Charity" !" he wrote, "has many faces and a. thousand outstretched hands,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-17
By ELMER 0. wALxER

(CnftG0 EfeS6 E1nuNCRHA EOtNOTt |
 New York, Sept 17-(UP)--- Stocks rebounded sharply today as bear traders sought to take profits Accumulated in the past fortnight of falling prices.
 When repeated selling attacks in the .early trading failed to unlooss additional important liquidation, professional traders quickly sensed a temporarily oversold condition in the market itself and inimedi- ately withdrew some of their short lines.
 Buying of this character soon wiped out the small early losses and the entire list moved sub- stantially higher toward mid-after- noon. Another attack on 8 few high grade rails like Union Pacific and Atchison and near collapse in the price of Utilities Power and Light a around noon were ignored, the bear element being more con- cerned with signs of congestion !n its own ranks.
 Rather urgent buying came into few issues benefitting from an over-extended short interest, but gains in leaders such as Steel, 1EACLai O1OtOLo anu kAIlCIICdh Ncl were relatively small,
 Auburn Auto was a feature of the rally, soaring more than ten points as shorts stepped on one another in bidding for the stock for covering purposes. Nesting house Electric preferred was an- other fast mover, rising more than half dozen points on light trans tions. Among the standard issues. steel common rallied from its early low of 78 1-4 to 80; American Can from 84. 3-8 to S6 1-2; Du Pont from Fl 5-S to "A; Case from 43 5-8 to 46 and Consolidated Gas from 80 1-2 to 83 IA. Specialties like the American Wool issues spurted briskly on special buying.
 A significant development of the days trading was the lifting of selling pressure on most of the util- ities. A break in these shares near the close of the market yesterday was largely responsible for further pressure on the list early to-day. When the utilities failed to resume their decline, selling was imme- diately lifted from other sections of the list. Railroad shares also rallied briskly despite heaviness in a few of the leaders.
 While having no market signfh- canoe, traders were interested in a sale of 10 shares of Texas Paci- fic Land Trust s100 par stock at $790 a share, a loss of $2,310 a share from the previous sale on April IA, 1880. The decline mere ly reflected the loss in price of the new stock since that time.
 EARLY TRADING
 Na,r Xork. SAnt 11-OPl-A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-17
By HARRY FLoRY

Copyright, 1881, by United Press)
 London, Sept 17-(UP)- The United States must dissipate its great hoard of gold, a primary cause of the world depression, the Mahatma M. K. Gandhi said in an exclusive United Press interview today.
 The leader of millions of Indians in their passive struggle for free- dom squatted on a mattress on the cement floor of his cell in Kings ley Hall, as he received the corre- spondent. The bedroom terrace overl co ks the mis-enveloped, dumpy slum houses and myrfads of chimney pots in the direction of the Thames Dockland.
 "One day America will cease worshipping Mammon and prob- ably will become the best nation in the world" said the ascetic great soul," in his loin cloth and unbleached shawls. 'The United States has the necessary courage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-17
SCOPE FOR LAW OF SUPPLY
 AND DEMAND
Only Way Out of the Pres- ent Business Depres- sion Says President of N. Y. Stock Exchange

New York, Sept 17-UP)- Free scope for the law of supply and demand is the only way out of the present business depression, according to Richard Whitney, president of the New York Stock exchange.
 Whitney spoke today before the Merchants Association of New York on the topic Economic Law In Business"
 He decried methods of begging prices, artificial barriers such as tariff walls, allocation of imports and exports |, discrimination in taxation and embargoes; and stat ed wages must justify themselves on the basis of production and performance.'
 Whitney did not set any parti- cular time for the recovery. In this connection he said:
 "So complex has modern busi- ness grown, so worldwide have become its ramifications, that of necessity changes in its progress take time to effect.
 Before the food tide of prosper ity can return, invisible under currents and the pull of unseen forces must exhaust themselves. These forces respond to laws vital to human existence. Like the tides, they are little subject to hu- man control
 Whitney pointed out the ob- g. lcles thrown in the way of free operation of the law of supply and demand in the boom period which followed the 1921 depression. He listed among the adverse moves the method of subjecting the rail- roads to governmental limitations on rate making, thereby circum- venting the law of supply and de- mand.
 Whitney said: Both govern ments and private interests pro- ceeded to peg or manipulate prices on the blithe assumption that they were thereby introducing order in to business by levelling off the hills and valleys of price fluctuations. They forgot that in most commo- dities the basic conditions of supply and demand were constantly changing, and that prices had of necessity to change with them.
 Looking back on this period, 1t Is striking how many of the major commodities were subjected to such attempts at artificial price-making. The coffee valorization plan in Brazil is of long standing. But it was only in recent years that Great Britain sponsored the Stevenson plan in rubber; that the Canadian wheat pools attempted to stabilize wheat prices; that the continental cartels in steel and iron and other products were established; and that similar price fixing by private parties was attempted in copper tin, and many other commodities Still more recently the United States government has undertaken to stabilize the prices of wheat, cotton and other agricultural pro- duets"
 Concluding his address, Whitney said: But meanwhile we may rest assured that the fundamental law of supply and demand was hoi suddenly abolished a few months ago. It Is still working vigorously in our midst. It has compelled a major recession of prices, accom- panied by business depression. But once this readjustment is com pleted, the same economic forcrs will operate in the same direction , as our human hopes and aspira- tions, and will usher in more fa- vorable conditions