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The Washington times., 1932-12-28

The above hand occasioned
some excellent, if unusual bid
ding. Because he had a 4-33-3
distribution between suits, z
made an opening bid of 1-No
Trump, rather than Heart. Y
first showed the longer of his
two suits by bidding 2-Diamonds.
2 now showed his best suit with
a bid Of 2-Hearts. Y shifted to 2
Spades. z supported with s.
spades. To show that he held
only four spades. Y bid 3-No
TrumpS. Z showed his good tops
in a short suit (an unusual bid),
by declaring 4-ClubS. Now salts
fled of the advantages of no
trumpS, Y bid 5-No Trumps. and
z ended with Ono Trumps.
The opening lead was to 7 of
hearts, although the declarer
had bid that suit. BIS @ was
taken by the declarer'S K. It
would have been useless to have
false-carded with his Ace. z
saw an almSot certain small
slam, and a possible grand slam.
He wanted to find how dia-
monds lay. z led his j Of dia-
monds. A put up his @, as B
might hold a stop to the suit.
When dummy's K won the trick
and B followed suit, z claimed
one trick over his small slam.
He must win four spades. two
hearts, two clubs and five dia-
mOndS.
The Washington times., 1932-12-28
When Manners
Are Correct
By MRS. BEECKMAN
A Happy Present

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
Due to a quarrel, I have not
spoken to my sister for some
time. AS her birthday Is
coming soon, I would like to
know if I should give her a
present? M.
Please, please, please do.
Think how easy it will be for
you to make her happy. Life
is so pitifully short to find time
in it for such dis-harmony, and
this kind of destructive think,
ing does take so much energy
that we might be putting into
making people happy. The
grand part of it is that all
people need in such a circum-
stance is to receive just q bit
of suggestion from the other
person that the cloud is
turned to sunshine" Do send
your sister a present, and in
close with it a fine, sweet letter
Of good wishes and devotion.
The Washington times., 1932-12-28

Dan Cupid, His Shop: OOer the door this song,
"NOW is the hour Whsn, swinging in the breeze,
Each flower like a censer, sheds its
The air 10 full Of scents and n,elodies!'
Enter the connoisseur, who is also a gourmand
if the two can be in the young We might
But a young man who has lost his heart to all the
The Washington times., 1932-12-28

world of pretty and girls, rather than to just
ONE, would be just that three in He points
finger, a delighted smile occupying the whole land
of his young face. He reaches for the rustlng
he.
The proprietor spreads his young-old hands, mag
icay pink and nfantile, rounds his sly bright eyes,
and says back again, But messire a thousand
The Washington times., 1932-12-28
Odd Facts

CheStnuts and similar nuts
can be kept fresh indefinitely
simply by placing them in a
Mason jar and screwing the
lid on.
Moist table salt will remove
egg tarnish from silver, and
coffee and tea stains from
china.
The Washington times., 1932-12-28
Advice to the
Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

Dear Miss Fairfax:
Not long ago I noticed a let
ter in your column from a girl
who said that her fiance had
never given her a gift. Well,
that was my case exactly. My
husband never gave me a gift
before we were married, and I
thought it queer at the time.
But on my wedding day he
gave me a lovely wriSt-watch
set with 16 fine diamonds, and
now that we are married there
is nothing too good for me, and
love him dearly. We have
had five years of absolute hap
pineSs, and it has been so per-
feet that sometimes I am
afraid it can't last, but I pray
and put my trust in God. Tell
Miss Worrier not to worry, and
I hope she will be as happy as
we have been.
Peggy.
It's a great pleasure to pub
lish an account of such an alb
solutely happy marriage as
Peggy's. My congratulations,
and I am sure she has found
the right recipe for happiness.
A Case of Cinderella
Dear Miss Fairfax:
am 81 years of age, keep
house for my father, and also
work.
A young man who works
next door to me, and who
showed me every possible
courtesy in business, finally fell
in love with me and I was
very happy. He came to the
house several times, but my
father always insulted him, and
the last time he called my
sister told him I was engaged
to a man in the West.
Since then he has been very
cold to me, half the time not
even speaking. I don't take an
interest in anything any more
and am very blue. My idea
was to tell him that I loved
him and did not want him to
have a wrong impression of
me. Positively. there is no
man in the West or anywhere
else that I am interested in,
with the exception of the one
about whom I am writing.
M. T.
At 81 years of age a woman
is too old to be bossed about
like Cinderella. Maybe it's a
bit too convenient for the
family to have a daughter who
works and also keeps house for
them, to think of parting with
her. I hope Cinderella will
write the young man a letter
and tell him he has no rival
in the West or any place else,
and the best Of luck to her.
The Washington times., 1932-12-28
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diamonds, and practically sure
of 10, z made an opening bid
of 2-Diamonds. Having better
than the one quick trick needed
to show a biddable suit. Y over
called with 2-Spades. z shifted
to 3-Clubs. Y bid 4-Clubs. z
went 5-Spades. Y bid 5-No
Trumps, to show his heart stop.
z bid 6-Diamonds. Y bid g.
Spades. Knowing that his
partner never would bid no
trumps without at least one
diamond, and with odds Of
10 to l that neither adversary
could win a diamond trick. z
bid diamonds, ending con-
tracing.
The opening lead was the K
of hearts. Dummy's ace won
the trick. After the declarer
had taken two rounds of
trumps, with both adversaries
following suit. he spread his
hand claiming a grand slam
without further play. He must
win six diamonds, four spades,
by overtaking his own @ with
dummy's K, one heart and
three clubs. even if that suit
did not break.
Sometimes I am asked why I
frequently fail to state whether
or not bidders are vulnerable. I
I always state the score when
that should make a difference.
AS z was taking only an ex-
cellent business risk in bidding
the grand slam it was justifi-
able, even though he happened
to be vulnerable, as he really
was.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25

little, as well as state highways. One
trouble with large cities is they have
too many policemen. One motor
cycle officer car do the work of at
least five foot policemen and show
better results. The only work a
dismounted uniformed policeman
should do in a big city is traffic duty
at crowded intersections.
"A motorcycle policeman chasing
a bandit a should not shoot at it
in city streets, not while he is in mo-.
ton. He should follow the a at =
safe distance, blowing his siren con-
tinually to attract attention to his
quarry, never losing sight of it. Cap
ture is inevitable"
Although it is true that MOTORCYCLE
officers sometimes pursue a car to the
outskirts of a large city without
shooting at it, OF the other hand
there are countless heroic episodes
involving expert craftsmanship and
riding ability by motorcycle officers,
where bandits come to a halt by ef-
fective shots into gas tanks, tires
or other vital parts of the car, which
have disabled it, enabling the motor
cycle officer to ride up alongside and
hold the occupants at bay.
One of the reasons why the par
ticular motorcycle mentioned above
is used by Pennsylvania State High
way Patrol is that it has left-hand
throttle control as standard equip
ment, enabling the officer to control
the speed of his mount with the left
hand, while signalling or using his
! gun with the right hand.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25

ia, Georgia, and Irwin, Kentucky, has
decided effective March 1st, 1882,
to discontinue c]ontractual relations
with its employees and operate its sew
eral plants on a non-union basis at cut
rate wages.
This decision of this firm comes af-
ter many years of successful coop
e~rative effort upon which credit must
be given to the thousands of workers
who made this success possible by the
purchase of these products in recogni-
ton of the fair policies in dealing
with its employees. The labor move
ment of this vicinity will receive this
information with regret and with the
hope that matters may be adjusted, but
on the other hand will insist that if
u FORMER patronage is expected that
the former policy of this company
must be continued.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25
DECREASE NOTED
IN "CIN-CUT" AND
"TW0-SIDED" BALES

Raleigh-Not only was North Car
DINA cotton of better grade and long
er staple this past season than in the
year preceding, but there wa also a
noticeable decrease in the number of
'g%in-cut' and "two-sided" bales.
Benbury Haywood, head c~lasser OF
the North Carolina Cotton Growers
Cooperative Association, said tina,
where last summer the association re-
worked $500 "gin-cut" and "two-
sided" bales for its members it will
have considerably less, of this type tt
re-work this season.
Mr.. Haywood, who has been with
the association for nine years, attri.
buted this decrease in "gin-cut" ane
'two-sided' cotton to the use of bet.
ter seed, the dry season last year ane
the increased care farmers are takins
in ginning. "Gin-cut' staple may re.
suit from ginning the cotton when i
is 90 we Oh from improper operation
of the gin. "Two-sided' bales may re.
suit from use of different varieties o.
seed or from allowing cotton of on
variety to follow that of another with
out first cleaning the gin.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25
l A 0 R ne W S
By
By
F. 7. CORNELIUS, Secretary
Salisbury-Sbencer Central Labor Union
Collapse Of Voluntary Relief

Collapse of Voluntary Relief
The Employment Committee Of the
District of Columbia voted % to 8
last week to ask Congress~fo for public
funds to continue unemployment re-
lief. The collapse of private charity as
a cure for present distress could not
have a better illustration.
Uncle Sam is the chief employer in
Washington. That makes unemploy-
ment small in the Capitol compared
to what it is in industrial cities; for
in spite of drives for economy govern
ment workers have not had their wag-
es cut, but those workers were dra-
gooned in merciless fashion to contri-
butte to charitable relief. Word was
passed that the Federal employees who
did not contribute three days pay to
the Community Chest would find pro-
motion slow and working conditions
unpleasant.
Employees of at least some of the big
corporations in Washington were as
sessed in the same fashion. Washing
ton was to show the country that a
Government dole was not necessary,
but the expected contributions from
the rich did not come and unemploy-
ment, though mild compared to what
it is in some places rose t o unlocked
for proportions. We are dickering with
the lives of men and women declared
ar outspoken clergy; and the Com
mittee voted for public relief. Two
thirds of the country needs public
funds even worse than Washington
does. Will people be allowed to starve
or will the Costigan-LaFollette lii he
revived that the Federal Government
may do its duty by its people?
Not Endorsed
In response to numerous inquiries
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25
ST. PAULS ITEMS ::


There will be an Easter pageant
given at St. Pauls church Easter Sum
day night at 7:3o. The public is well
come.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Goodman wish
to announce the birth of a daughter
March II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Yost also
wish to announce the birth of a daugh-
ter March ;.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Goodman, Mr..
and Mrs. S. H. Goodman, Mrs. Mary
L. Goodman and MI. Will Patterson
were visitors at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs W. 1. Goodman Sunday, March
goth.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25
Federal Loans Now Ready For Tar Heel farmers

as to the validity Of the claim that the
Railroad Employees National Pension
Association" had the endorsement of
some Of the Standard Railway Labor
Organizations, the following letter I'M
der date of March LIST, 1882, and now
in possession of a local Labor Union is
quoted as information:
"This will acknowledge receipt of
your letter Of February 10Th, received
here the 18th, to which you attach
copy of the Railway Pension Review.
Note you ask if this organization has
the endorsement Of any of the twenty
one Standard Railway Organizations.
SIN reply wish to advise the Rail
way Labor Executives Association
composed of the twenty-one Standard
Railway Organization Executives, has
taken action as a body urging the
membership of the organizations to re-
frain from affiliating with this Pen
sion Plan Association. Trusting this
is the information desired, / am, with
best wishes
(Signed) "B. M. Jewell, President
Railways Employees Department" %
Mistakes
Mistakes are dangerous when they
become habits. 1t is a mistake to spend
money earned under union conditions
for non-union labor or its products.
Demand the label, card and button.
Return From Washington
A committee composed of D.. J.
Butler, Vice President of the State
Federation of Labor, G. V. Kite, Sec
retary-Treasurer State Federation of
Labor, and C. A. Fink, President of
the State Federation of Labor, has re-
turned from a conference held in
Washington with President William
Green of the American Federation of
Labor. This committee reports a very
successful meeting the results of which
are expected t be of great value to
the workers of this State.
Changed Policy
Notice has been received hat the
Hamilton Carhartt Company of De-
troit, Michigan; Dallas, Texas; Allan
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25
BARBER GRANGE
N E W S

Barber Grange held its regular meet
ing Thursday night, March II. The
meeting was we'll attended. Mr.. w. G.
Yeager, farm agent, and MIR. J. H.
Barringer, deputy state master, were
visitors.
The Juvenile Grange gave the Lit
erary program. The topic was Spring
time and Easter. Ruth Watson, a Ju-
venile member, was leader of the pro-
gram. Miss Kathryn Thompson is ma
iron Of the Juvenile Grange.
The quarterly meeting of the Row
an County. Pomona Grange will be
held with Barber Grange, March 80.
At this time the fifth degree will b.
given by the degree team of Union
Grange. A large class of initiates is ex-
pected.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25
North Carolina Farmers
To Receive APPROX
mately Two And One
Half Million Dollars
Through GroWers Agri-
cultural Credit C0rbo-
ration.
CORPORATION NOW
IN SECOND YEAR
OF IT'S SERVICE
Present Paid In Capital Is
Around $125,O0O; VIII
Probably Be Increased
Before Next Year.

According to ]. F. Digs, genera
manager of the Growers Agricultural
Credit Corporation, approximately S..
100000 will be available to Nortl
Carolina farmers as crop production
loans this season.
The loans are to be secured by tirs'
liens on cotton, peanuts or tobacco
Chattel mortgages on cattle will also
be accepted. The loans will b. made
for nine months and the maximum fol
any individual will be $4,000.
All applications for loans shoule
first be submitted to and approved
by the county group after which they
will be sent to Raleigh for final APP
proval.
This is the second year the corpora
ton has served the farmers. 1t will dis
count its paper at the Federal Inter
mediate Bank at Columbia, S. c., and
in this way hopes to have AVAILABLE
around 100000 to $2,500,00O 70
state farmers. The present paid in cap
ital is around S125,OOO but this will
probably be increased before tn, year
is over.
Mr.. Digs stated that the farmers
are worse off financially and need
production credit worse than ever be-
fore as banks are being slow in adj
vancing agricultural loans.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25
Fast Machines Necessary
In City Police Work
By 7. ALEXANDER YOUNG

By ]. ALEXANDER YOUNG
A S our traffic gets faster and faster
xAand our millions of cars become
still more numerous, the motorcycle
becomes more important and its
place in our automotive picture
more definite.
On account of its tremendous
economy, its uncanny maneuverabil-
ity, its speed and its long life despite
abuse, prominent motoring and po-
lice officials are stating publicly that
nothing can take the place of the
fast two-whee1ed vehicle for traffic,
police work, service station opera
ton in the pickup and delivery of
customers cars and in certain phases
Of military work.
According to officials of the Indi-
an Motorcycle Company, the leading
producers of motorcycles, from
whom I requested facts and figures,
these statements are amply borne
out by the presence on our highways
of approximately 10000 police and
military motorcycles and $4,000
commercial machines.
There are also about 10000 sport
riders in the United States and 100
motorcycle polo teams, the Indian peo-
pie tell me.
Captain Wilson c. Price, Congress
sional Medal of Honor man, and
superintendent of the Pennsylvania
Highway Patrol, one of the most
efficient police organizations in the
world, which uses ESQ Indians and in
1890 made more than $4,000 arrests,
has some definite ideas about the
utility of the motorcycle. He told
me recently:
The most logical combination
for police patrol is a motorcycle and
a trained policeman. The motor
cycle because of its small size, mo
bility, high speed for emergencies
and low cost of upkeep.
Yes. I mean motorcycles TO,
patrol in crowded cities, big and
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t7w to pMy 8uA@
AUCTION and
CONTRACT

He doesn't get much to work WITH, but
he can sure make sevens and Fights
act like kings and queens"
We cannot all be experts but we car
certainly improve our game; and n
of the best ways to do so is to study
over the analysis of the test hands
given in these articles. Every n of
such hands will bring up points of play
or bidding that, if properly understood,
will be invaluable. These hands have
all been submitted to the writer for
analysis and came up in actual play.
Study them over and make up your
mind as to the correct bid or play in
each instance. When the analysis is
given, compare your opinion with the
writer's and, if there is any difference.
think it over and then adapt yourself
and your game accordingly. Handled
in this way, test hands will prove
invaluable.
There is one point in the play of a
hand that some of the good players
don't always follow, and yet is gener-
ally a consistent winner. When the
declarer has won the declaration at a
suit and you have four or more trumps,
open your long suit. With four OF more
trumps, there is always a possibility of
being able to establish your long suit
and break up the declarer's hand by
forcing him to trump your established
suit. For example, hearts are trumps
and your holding is as follows:
Hearts %, 9,6,5
Clubs "A, K, 7, 6,5
Diamonds 9, 81
Spades - 10
With such a hand, it is much better
to open the club suit than to lead the
singleton spade. Suppose you have bid
clubs and your partner has supported
the bid. You lead the suit and the
declarer is forced to trump. Even If
he has six hearts, he can only lead two
rounds of trumps. If he leads three
rounds, you a win the third round
with the queen and force him to trump
again.
Then it takes his last trump to draw
yours and, if your partner can take a
trick in the other suits, the declarer
cannot score game. If the declarer has
only five trumps but great strength in
your singleton suit, the lead of your
strong suit would beat him, but the
lead Of your singleton up to his strong
suit would give him an advantage that
would enable him to cor game. The
singleton lead is always a gamble and
is seldom a winning play, unless holding
three trumps. With a strong suit and
four trumps, the long suit lead is much
the better. Watch this play and, when
you understand the theory of it, you
will be a much better player.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25
PATTERSON ITEMS:

Patterson Grange met Saturday
night at the Grange hall with a large
crowd in attendance. The refreshment
committee served ice cream, which
was enjoyed by all present.
We are sorry to learn of the death
of Mr.. Adolphus Overcast, who has
been i'll for several months.
The men Of Thyatira Presbyterian
church met Monday and seeded the
cemetery in blue grass.
Rem. C. R. Patterson of St. Mark.
E. L. church, China Grove, preached
at Grace E. L. church last Sunday.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25
Copyright, 1881, by Hoyle. Jr.
Wynne Fer6uso on
ARTICLE No. 10

Contract, as the name implies, allows
the player to score towards game only
the number of tricks he has bid. For
example, if a player bids two spades
and makes four, he can only score two,
the number bid, and the remaining
two tricks are scored in his honor
column at so per trick. This rule makes
it necessary for players to bid for game
on every hand, whether their opponents
overbid or not, provided, of course,
these hands warrant a try for game.
As a result, there are 40 dead
hands at Contract where n player,
for example, bids one heart and all pass
as occurs very frequently at Auction.
When one side holds all the cards there
is bound to be plenty of action whether
opponents bid or not. The lucky side
must bid for game if they want it and
once they feel sure of game, they have
the still further incentive of trying for
SLAMS" At Contract a little slam, if
bid and made, scores 500 points if not
vulnerable and $50 points if vulnerable
and a big slam, if bid and made, scores
1000 points if not vulnerable and 1900
points if vulnerable. As a result of these
large premiums, the effort to bid and
make slams offers one of the exciting
features of Contract.
In the regular game of Auction you
may take a chance now and then with
a weak bid. 1t costs very little but in
Contract you'll find it very expensive.
For instance, in Contract you bid one
no trump with just an ordinary thin
no trumper. What will happen9 If
second hand passes, your partner may
have good help for a good no trumper.
Your partner will of course bid you up;
he may be justified in bidding three
no trumps. Think of the wallop you'll
get if it's doubled. You have no place
to go, and oh, boy, wallops in Contract
count heavily against you.
It's the ambition of all Auction and
Contract players to become experts.
but it is really surprising how little real
work they are willing to do to accom-
plish this result. There are probably
ten million people in the country today
who play Auction or Contract and yet
not five per cent of them ever buy a
book on either game and, if they do, it
usually is placed carefully in the book
case and never opened.
But if you will not read a book on
the game, you will derive much benefit
from a study of the various hands that
are analysed in these articles and, if
you keep at it, you are bound to i'm
prove your game; and if you learn to
play a little better than your associates,
you will win, even without the aces
and kings. As one player described the
game of a well-known expert: 1.-THE
boy certainly knows how to play 'em.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25

Her Father-So you want to mar
ry my daughter, Ell? Well, my answer
depends upon your financial position.
Suitor-What a coincidence-my fl
nancial position depends upon your an
swer!
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25
FARMER KILLS SELF

Charlotte-For the second time
within three days the waters of West
Lake pond claimed a victim in suicide.
Robert E. Todd, ~73-year-old retired
farmer, took his life by jumping into
the lake and drowning. F. B. Smith,
a hardware merchant, drowned him.
self there Wednesday.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-03-25

Hearts -K,Q, ], 49,
Clubs - K, J9
Diamonds - none
Spades -9
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Mi. and Mrs. ]. O. Harrison of
Mill Bridge are receiving congratula-
tons upon the arrival of a son.
We are sorry to learn of the death
of the mother Of Mr.. c.. R. Bost, Mrs.
lane Bost of Concordia.