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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
Here, There And Eueryvhere

CT bulb flies and the bulb iellworms occasionally observe them. so they still are to be disciplined.
 There Is little question that the plant quarantine business is over- done in the United States. The fed- eral authorities are trying to en- force nineteen foreign and twenty four domestic aquarantines, while the states have 112 quarantines of their own. Few of these, perhaps none, are entirely effective. They may retard the spread of the pest; in the end they are largely futile. <
 The quarantines are costly, they harass horticulturists, they hinder trade. For some time the Mer- chants association of New York has been trying to induce the fed- eral government to review the whole system in an endeavor to find out what it really costs directly and indirectly and whether the net result Is not harmful rather than helpful. The request of the asso- citation is reasonable. Inquiry might show that efforts and money would be better spent on practical control methods than in vexatious embargoes overruled by the big and little flies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
To-day's Selected Poem
DUSK
(By Helen Welshime

tby heIeH WeiSHiI1cT) The dusk has come--my sun-drooped garden
 flowers Are happier The high. bright pain they knew Tn midday heat is gone. and there is healing In dim green rains. rain-scented and the dew. The dusk has come-small houses light their
 candles, Tired hearts turn home for respite from their
 cares, And women watch q darkening street to
 welcome The men they love and children rhyme their
 prayers. thank Thee God. that in the cool of the
 evening, I When gracious flowers nod in colored prayer still can find Thee walking in the garden There is no day too long for me to bear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
@(pO|Id(d| FO|ipsf f|9]2

Washington--The vast outburst of campaign eratory which is about to descend upon us will un. doubtedly pass through the ears oi some persons willing to believe everything they hear, but 1t if likely to encounter 6 much larger group of folks who won't believe d word of 1t.
 The extraordinary performance of the administrative and legisla. tive branches of government dur. ing the great budget-balancine act may be counted on to attract many new converts to. the latter habit.
 Apparently no one in Washing ton was really kIdded about it. But 1t seems as if everyone had been earnestly engaged in trying to Kid everyone else into believing that congress was really balancing the budget. Everyone was, at least. un- til the day before the senate act ually passed the huge new tax bill
 The Big "surprise"
 Then suddenly everyone began to yell, in effect:
 Surprise! Surprise! We aren't balancing a budget at all. Where's them new estimate? Now we're really going to balance 1t. Ha, hal!
 That's no sillier than the facts themselves. On Monday con. gress was still balancing on the basis of treasury estimates of fl. nancial requirements made four months previously. Secretary of Treasury ogden Mills was still sticking to them--he had just said that i've cannot undertake to re- wise our estimates every month or two"
 Of course the idea in balancing a budget Is to make receipts equal expenses without going any fur ther into debt. After all the breast bcatings and dire warnings of the past six months you might have thought more than one statesman would have pointed out that 1t might be better to try to balance the budget than to make Q pretense of balancing 1t.
 
 Estimates Out of Date
 Everyone knew that the treasury estimates of February were no longer valid. Business had grown worse and the proposed new taxes obviously would raise much less than they were expected to raise last February and the receipts from existing taxes were bound to be lower than anticipated then.
 The Mills estimates also includ- ed some $200,000,000 in debt pay ments which we probably won't get. Dexter M. Keezer, economist and correspondent of the Balti- more Sun, carefully and elaborate ly calculated that the proposed new taxes would raise $700,O00,- 900 less than was necessary, even assuming 6 300,000.000 cut in ex- penses.
 Apparently everyone from the White House to Capitol Hill was too frightened to say anything or do anything about it.. But in an astonishing change of attitude which came almost like a flash everyone became too scared not to do anything about 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
M TODAY } Z. sg A,X9&R1ERPyzzR4 EE o1GSE
TREASON INDICTMENT

On June z, 1918, treason against the United States was charged and indictments issued against sev-f eral prominent Americans. These included Jeremiah A. O'I4eary, Wil- lard Robinson. Emil Ripper, Lieut. tenant Commander Hermann Wes- sells, and the Baroness Mario von Kretschmann. said to be q kinswo- man of the German empress. Espionage was charged.
 American marines continued their drive on two-and -a- half mile front northwest of Chateau Thierry taking Veuilly Ia Poterie in co-op- eration with French troops. Amer jeans took more than 300 priSon- CTS.
 Another Irish ship was account ed for by a German submarine in British waters. It was the Innisfal- len, and il lives were lost when the ship sank. s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
THE SENTIMENT OF THE
 NATION
(Hartford Courant)

Tn the letter addressed to the leaders of congress by eleven of the foremost men in the land including Dr Nicholas Murray Butler, Dr John Grier Hibben. Alanson B. Houghton, Frank O.. Lowden, Alfred E. Smith, the gov- ernor of Connecticut and the gov ernor of Maryland,--the senti- ments of the people of the nation have been expressed briefly, clear- ly and gravely. The letter is no angry manifesto. It's signers make no impossible demands on con- gress, All that they ask is simple duty at the earliest possible mo- ment, that is, balance the budget by adopting a system of taxation without discrimination against any class or privilege to any section.
 The signers of the letter have studious1y avoided any effort to frighten congress into action by de- picting what might follow upon its failure to act, but they speak the simple truth when they say that "conditiofs are 50 gravev that speedy action Is necessary. The course pursued by congress during recent weeks has depely shaken popular confidence. It has in- creased popular confusion; 1t has added to popular anxiety. The remedy does not lie in any novel expedients. and congress is not called upon to evolve a plan of thin air in order to restore faith. All that 1t has to do ig to put aside partisanism for a long enough time to make possible the enact ment of the simple measures be- fore 1t.
 For giving voice 50 simply and so effectively to the popular desire at the present time, the signers of the letter have done q public serv- ice. Eschewing all hysterical ap- peals, almost as dangerous as the evils against which they are di- rected, they have set an example of calm conduct under grave pro- vocation that might well be fol- lowed widely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07

Professor Georges Claude is bound that he will harness the sea. It was only year or so ago that he was building giant tubes out into the sea near Cuba. the purpose being to produce electricity. After two fail- ures he succeeded in lowering twomile steel tube and one month after it was in place he succeeded in lighting forty electric
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
Personal Health Service (Ry William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr brady' Address him. care Of the Democrat. senoing stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
INCONsIDERATE LITTLE FLIES

(New York Herald -Tribune)
 A minor insect triumph may be noted in connection with the fed- eral interstate quarantine regula- tons for narcissus bulbs. The de- pertinent of agriculture graveiy announces that lesser bulb flies" are removed from consideration" in granting federal permits for shipment. The lesser fies are to be ignored because they pay no attention to quarantines. The great
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07

Movies in which actors "stand out from the screen" and appear in relief have been produced with
 experimental apparatus devised by Dr Herbert E. Ives in New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:5l o'clock Daylight Saving Iime) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07

Another baseball umpire was jumped on and kicked around the other day. People are getting SO they treat an umpire almost as roughly as statesman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07

Politically it looks like very wet and dry summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
O-O-O JUST so

A toast to life,
 In good times or bad For you'll find q smile,
 If you play being glad.
 O-O-o Churches are advertising straw berry festivals. They go good when gentlemen wear whipped cream trousers.
 o-O--O Now they claim that epi- denies in olden days were caused by drinking impure water. So the old oaken bucket finally takes the rap, eh.
 o-O-o Many a European count to-day can be bought at a discount by American heiresses.
 o--O-o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07

Leeds, England. may use cast- Iron blocks for pavements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
O-O--O JUST DREAMS

Dreams, just dreams, We build them, then they fall, Golden castles in the air, Dreams, just dreams, that's all.
 O-O-O The honeymoon Is over when she tells him the stuff his mother used to make, wasn't so hot. if the Sunday night suppers she had at his home could be taken as cri- terion.
 o-O-o
 Strange but true. Congress- men, who use plenty of air, seldom travel by air, prefer ring the railroads.
 o-O-O Two teams from congress played ball. But outside the chambers, they've refused to play ball while on the inside.
 O-O-O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
Good evening.
 O-O--o A FEW SMILES
"A SMILES THE THING"

O-O-O
 A FEW SMILES Truths stranger than fiction,
 You will admit. Four gals out of five.
 Haven't got fit" The movies are planning
 A revival. they say, Less talk and more action.
 Is the cry of today. The house of the Seven Gables. To some is a lark. But one lady read it,
 To find out about Clark. The June bride is happy,
 She's set now for life. But what transition
 From 9 bride to wife. A few dashes of humor.
 For your meal of today. May the smiles sort of finger As you plod on the way.
 o-O--o E Who can remember the good old days when kidneys were so cheap the butcher always had one handy for the neighborhood dog?
 o-O-O It seems to me the judge always has the courage of his convictions. O-O--O Congress passed the billion dol- lar tax bill after passing the buck l for months. n-O--n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-07
wv HIS ERROR

"PoOr Uncle Sam Is on the rocks" Cries Congressman MaIOncy, "vVe must cut down the overhead And that ain't just balOney." But when they tried to cut his pay, He threw a fancy fit, "Pcrhaps," he said, without delay, II shouldn't have mentOined it"
 FOREIGN SERVICE.
 O--O-O Very often these political con- ventions turn out to be contentious, nothing more and nothing less.
 o-O-o
 Some people who boast of doing their duty as they see 1t, might be bit more dutiful if fitted to glasses.
 o-O-o There's nothing like an early morning thunder storm to cut a sleepy-head out of bed and down to the office a little ahead of time.
 O--O--O
 Now mems socks are com ing through in the new net style. With silk shorts and net socks. the male of the specie becomes more like the female every day.
 O-O-o When a politician stops speak, ing 1t reminds me of the coco cola ad. ''The pause that refresh es."
 O-O--O
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
Two Months Delay Made
Necessary on Account Of
Delinquent Payment OF
Taxes.
$4,000 NEEDED
TO COMPLETE THE
SCHOOL BUDGET
Mayor Expresses Belief
That Sufficient Funds
Can Be Obtained From
Other Sources.

Funds for the payment of the sal
aries of the city school teachers
which are about two months delin-
quent, will be forthcoming within the
next IS or so days, according to a
statement last night to a Waterman
representative by Mayor B. V. He'd
rick.
The salaries of the teachers of the
city schools are about two months IN
arrears. it is stated. This delay has
been oecasioned by the dclinquencyxin
the payment and collection of taxes.
1--WE are making a desperate effort
to complete payment of the school
budget allotment within the near flu
ture in spite of the hardness Of tax
payments" Mayor Hedrick stated.
Mayor Hedrick said he was doubt
full if the tax collections during the
next few weeks would be sufficient
to complete the payment of the school
budget, but expressed the belief that
funds sufficient to pay the salaries OF
the teachers might probably be obtain
ed from other sources.
The school budget was set at $780,
900. The city council has paid the
school board $4,000 of this amount
There is still outstanding $4,000 nee
essary to complete the school budget
1t was pointed out that 81 cents
out of the 500 valuation of proper
ty goes to the operation of the city
schools. This does not include the Ii
quotation and interest payments OF the
outstanding bonds and school indebt-
edness.
The city council met last night and
drafted a privilege license schedule
which will come before that body to-
day for consideration and passage. ALI
members were present except Mayor
Hedrick who was unable to attend on
account of illness.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
Rowan County Sbows De-
crease OF SOS Automo-
biIes Over The Corre-
spending 1881 Period.
NUMBER OF TRUCKS
IN COUNTY ARE
BY 80
Mecklemburg Leads In N.
c. In Number OF Truck
Increases With 1850 In
Liberation.

Rowan county citizens owned g.
7S5 automobiles and $50 trucks on
April 1, as compared to 1880 auto
mobiles and 500 trucks on April /,
1881, it is shown by a compilation
made in the office of L. S. Harris, Di-
rector of the Motor Vehicle bureau.
The average for each of the 100 coun-
ties April l of this year was 1879 au-
tomobiles and 4S4 trucks, as co,npar-
ed to 1886 automobiles and 422
trucks on April j, l93lr
North Carolinians had 4 total Of
306,339 motor vehicles at the begin
ming of this month, including 49,
S9S automobiles and 4S,441 trucks.
The total number is about $4,000 less
than the 34o,S3S motor vehicles Ii
censed in the State a year ago. While
the number of automobiles dropped
from 29S,623 a year ago to 257,S9S
at the beginning of this month, the
number of trucks showed an increase,
from 42,215 a year ago to 4S,441 at
the beginning of this month.
The report shows that 1850 of the
automobiles and 40 of the trucks IL
censed in the State are owned by non
residents, while $50 motorcycles are
in operation.
Guilford leads in automobiles with
1860, which is a drop from 22,250
a year ago; Mecklenburg has 1896,
as compared with 1875 a year ago;
Forsyth has 1885 now as compared
with 1915 a year ago; Wake has
11,4oO and had 1915 a year ago;
Buncombe's automobiles dropped from
11,475 a year ago to 1885 now. Graz
ham county has only 80 automobiles
and Clay only 50.
M%ecklenburg leads in trucks with
1850, increased from $500 a year
ago; Guilford is second with $3.50
and had 1900 a year ago; Forsyth
has 1850 and had 2,o1O a year ago;
Wake has 1926 and had 1900 a year
go; Buncombe has 1900 now and had
1876 a year ago, while Durham has
1865, as compared with 1000 a year
ago.
The count is made, Mr.. Harris
points out, by counting and measur-
ing a stack of the cards on file in his
office and then measuring the cards,
each representing a license issued, for
each county, making the count accu-
rate to a dozen or two in each county.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
Officers Seeking
Trio Who Robbed
Spencer Cafe Wed.

Officers in Spencer are on the look
out for three young men who held up
C. w. Wallace, night clerk in a cafe,
Wednesday night and rifled the cash
register of $4,000.
The men entered the cafe and Or
dered sandwiches and coca colas, but
when they were served, ordered Wal
lace to put up his hands and march to
the kitchen. While he was on his way
one of the men took the money from
the register and he and his companion
fled. A third mar was waiting for
them in a car with the motor running.
Despite several shots from Wallace
and Officer Johnson, who was attract-
ed to the by the sound of shots,
the trio succeeded in making their es-
cape.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
w. F. Thompson
Announces For
Education Board

W. Frank Thompson, of Cleveland,
N. c., has announced his candidacy
for membership on the county board
of education.
Mr.. Thompson is a veneer anu
facturer and is one of the leading bus
mess men of the county. He has serv-
ed one term on the board of educa-
ton and has been active in education
al work in the county for many years.
The announcement of Mr.. Thomp-
son brings the number of candidates
seeking election to the county board
Of education to five, these being: Mrs.
T. Edgar Johnston, R. L. Lyerly, J..
F. Mcknight, S. P. Leonard and ".
F. Thompson.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
GOOD


LIFE IN CHAPTERS
Chapter |
"Glad to meet you"
Chapter II
Isn't the moon beautiful"
Chapter III
"Oozum love woozum."
Chapter w
DO you?"
II do"
Chapter V
"Da-da-de-da!"
Chapter VI
"Where's dinner?"
Tourist-How is your apple crop
this year?
Farmer Brown-Fine! The highway
past my orchard is closed.-Tbe Path
Pish-We'll miss Smith when he
Tish-Yes, he has the only lawn
in the neighborhood that's any
good.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
INSTALLS FIRST G
PRESIDENT

Shaw university at Raleigh will at
its 9th annual convention in Raleigh
inaugurate William Stuart Nelson, B..
D., as the first negro president of the
institution on Tuesday morning, May
81. This university is doing a great
work in educating the colored youth.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
Watchman Receives Praise
May "a, 1882.

Mr.. E. ". c. Huffman, May "A, 1882.
Editor, Carolina Watcbmam,
Salisbury, N. c..
Dear Mr.. Huffman:
In my work here as editor of publications at State College,
l have the opportunity to examine each week practically all of the
weekly papers published in the State and many of the larger
daiies.
For some time I have had in mind dropping you a line tt
congratulate you o. the excellent press work shown by the Caro-
lima Waterman. 1 have been deeply impressed with the clarity of
your printing and the way the type stands out so legibly on the
page. l do not believe there is another weekly paper in North Caro-
lima that shows such good evidence Of careful press work. This
should be a source of qualification to your readers az we'll as to
your advertisers.
Wishing you continued success, l am
Yours very truly,
FHJ:W F. H. JETER.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
MENINGITIS IN STATE PRISON

John Henry Smith, negro prisoner
from Winston-Salem, was the fourth
victim of meningitis in the State pris-
on at Raleigh on Sunday. Other pris-
oners suffering from the malady are
reported as getting along nicely.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
News Briefs
DIES FROM AUTO CRASH

His light truck hitting 4 car which
was turning on the highway, Clar-
nee H. Graeber, ~, Concord, receiv-
ed hurts from which he died on Thurs
day, May 10.
N. C. FARMERS GET MILLIONS
Farmers of North Carolina get 49,
100000 in crop loans from the Re-
construction Finance corporation
funds, or eight per cent of total
granted to date.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
DURHAM A KILLED

James Beasely, Is, of Durham, was
fatally injured Sunday morning when
his automobile collided with one driv-
en- by a negro. The negro is being held
under charge of manslaughter in de-
fault of $1,000 bond.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
NEW YORK

Speakeasies in New York are shown
to be a part of real business, accord
ing to statistics, since three are known
to have replaced each saloon. Brisbane
says they pay six million dollars year
ly in rent, and pay employees 213 mil
lion dollars in wages.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL DIES
General George H. Hall, 81, died
Saturday night at his home in Red
Springs. He was a member of Starts
battery of North Carolina light ar
tillery, and won his title as command
er Of the North Carolina division of
United Confederate Veterans.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
REUNION

Richmond, Va, is making elaborate
preparations for the United Confed-
crate Veterans in their And reunion
on June 21-24. The boys of 81 will
escort the bellies of 81 at four balls
planned for the occasion.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
HAVING FOREST FIRES

Dispatches from Quebec indicate
that several sections of Canada are
being threatened with forest fires,
communities laid to waste and mil
lions of feet of forest timber Destroy
ed. Rangers and citizens over a wide
area have been fighting the ravages
of flames for more than a week, and
new sections are threatened daily.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
KILLING PERSIFLAGE

~
A lovely girl with red hair enter
ed the car and sat down beside a youth.
Youth (edging away)-"I must not
get too close or l shall catch fire"
Girl-"Don't be alarmed; green
wood never catches fire."-WaH
Straightforward
Lecturer-Three thousand four hun
dred and 70 elephants were needed last
year to make billiard balls. Now are
there any questions?
Heckler-Yes. How did they train
the beasts to do such delicate work:
Bosom your way to Smith & Co.,
you will pass a baseball park.
Office Boy-Oh!
Boss-Yes, and be sure you pass it.
Pathfinder.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27
BROWNS IN SMALL POND

Mr.. and Mrs. George, Steed, Char
lotte, were drowned in a small pond
Saturday night. She and her husband
went for a boat ride at II p. m. and
on failure to return, search was in
stituted.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-05-27

The Governor of New York was born IN the house in which he still
lives. at Hyde Park, Duchess County, New York, on Jan. 80. 1882 He is
a graduate of Harvard and Columbia Law School He married his distant
cousin, Anna Roosevelt daughter of President Rooseve1fs brother, in
1905; they have five children. He served in the New York legislature, was
assistant secretary of the Navy under President Wilson, Democratic nominee
for Vce-President in 1920 and was first elected Governor of New York
in 1926. reelected in 1891
Evening star., 1932-06-12
WOMEN GATHERING
FOR c. 0.P. MEETING
Expected to Have 400 Dele.
oates and AIternates When
Proceedings Begin.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. June 11-For the third
time since they began to vote, women
were gathering from over the Nation
today for Republican National Con-
vention.
Mrs Ellis A. Yost, director of Repub-
lican women's activities, issued a call
today for the first non-social meeting
of party women to be held during a
convention. She said this gathering,
next week, would be milestone in
organization for the campaign.
Prohibition was in the foreground of
drys gathered with other group leaders
to press their own patterns for platform
planks.
At least one officials wife spoke up
on the question.
Senator Dickinson is dry" said the
wife of the Iowa Senator-keynoter. $50
am I. So, at heart, is President Hoover.
1t takes both vets and drys to strike
balance"
At the National Committees head
quarters Mrs Yost paused in women'S
section abuzz with arriving delegates.
She proudly commented that they have
Increased in number when everybody
expected a decrease during these dis
tressful times"
Women hold 80 votes in this conven-
tion-not counting several expected in
two State delegates yet to be listed. In
1928 they had 10.
Party leaders expect women delegates
and alternates to be nearly 400 strong
when formal proceedings begin. Women
will hold important places in committees
perhaps few chairmanships.