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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04

Iof the preceding year.
WOOL-Rising prices accom-
pany increased output. Prospective
wool clip is affected by bad wealth.
ler in Australia and Western United
States.
SILK-Deliveries increasing since
first of the year, now close to nor
NAL.
SILVER - Recently touched
|3SA cents, highest price since
May, 1880.
One of the most important fac
tors in the present trend, is the
way seasonal influences are being
overridden. A hundred industries
are showing improvement at a
time when a summer decline al
most invariably occurs. Another
excellent sign is the continued de-
cline in the number of business
failures field in which some of
the blacklist marks of depression
have been registered the past few
years.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
PRISONS N SCHOOLS

PRISONS AND SCHOOLS
To The Editor:
1t costs $500 a year to maintain
a man in prison and less than 500
a year to keep a child in school.
The total annual bill of the Ma
ton for preventing and Furnishing
murderers, highwaymen, robbers,
and other law violators is one and
a half billion dollars. This is a
billion dollars short of tie expen-
diture for education.
However, there are more than
25,o0o,0 600 children in schools,
while the number of criminals is
v~ariously estimated from a half to
a fullmillion. On that basis, every
time 81 is spent for education,
$3.50 is spent to control crime.
And, since a great deal of delin-
quency is due to maladjustment of
the individual in school, home and
community, money subtracted now
by local governments from educa-
ton and public welfare budget.
will have to be added a short time
later to the budget for the con-
troll of crime.
Such juggling of the public ac-
count books may hull the fears of
the tax-paying public for a NOM
eht, but it can save no money and
il encourages the waste of the Ma
tons human resources.
Can a Nation that spends one
and a half billion dollars annually
for crime afford to pay less than
two and one-half billion dollars for
education?
e, E. G.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
/ code to which the undersigned

a code to which the undersigned
is subject; or, if the N. R. A. SC
elects, upon submission Of a code
to which the undersigned is sub
ject and substitution of any Of its
provisions for any of the terms of
this agreement.
(14) 1t is agreed that any person
who wishes to do his part in the
Presidents Unemployment drive
by signing this agreement, but who
asserts that some particular pro-
vision hereof, because of peculiar
circumstances, will create great
and unavoidably hardship, may OBJ
tain the benefits hereof by sign
ing this agreement and putting it
into effect and then, in a petition
approved by a representative trade
association of his industry, or other
representative organization, desig-
mated by N. R. A. may apply for a
stay of such provision pending a
summary investigation by N. R. A.
if he agrees in such application to
abide by the decision of such in
vestigation. This agreement Is en-
tered into pursuant to section 4
(a) of the National Industrial Re-
covery c and subject to all the
terms and conditions required by
section J (a) and 10 (b) of this
act.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
REPEAL AND TAXES

The twenty States which have 81
far voted, without a dissent, fol
the repeal of the Eighteenth A
mendment contain, according t
the census of 1880, just under 81,
100000 population, approximately
half that of the whole Unitee
States.
The combined vote was some
thing like 100000 in favor o
repeal and 100000 against, o.
more than ) to l.
The Federal income taxes col
-ected last year aggregated ST.,
o56,756,697. OF this total tn
twenty repeal States paid as TO-.
lows:
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
Old Gallows Is
taken Down

coun-
tvs last relic of the days when
men were put to death by hang
ing is being destroyed by workmea
who are removing the old scaffoId
from the disused jail on West Rus
stell street. The old Jail, built in
1898, has not been used since the
new courthouse and Jail were COM
pleted in 1925. 1t is now owned
by W. A. Vanstory, who is hav-
ing the former jail remodeled for
a storage warehouse.
The gallows had never been re-
moved from the jail, and a piece
of the hangman's rope was found
dangling from a hook in a beam
of the ceiling when the work.
men started tearing away the scat
fold.
The last man to die on this death
trap was Sam Murchison, a Robe
ION county negro, who killed Police
Chief Jim Benton here on a Sum-
day morning in the spring of 1906.
He was nearly lynched by a mob
which chased his captors to the
doors of the famous Cumberland
deputy sheriff, stood with drawn
pistol and held the whole mob at
bay. Pate was later killed by a
white blockader.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
COMMENT
NOT VERY RELIABLE
AUTHORITY

To The Editor:
When a sympathetic public and
their conscientious administrative
officials are struggling with the
problem of unemployment and its
consequent privations, seeking to
alleviate the suffering from actual
hunger, would it not be we'll to
increase the rigor of investigation,
in view of possibly prevalent prac-
tees evidenced by the following
two dialogues, repeated to the
writer, second hand, of course.
/. Conversation with a COL
ored maid:
Girl-No, sir, amt none of us
at home really. got to work; de
Welfare takes care of us all.
Q-Weil how is it you do work,
then?
A.-Laws, lady, dey won give
you no money for movies, silk
stockin's and cigarettes; da's all l
work for.
2. Q.-Pretty bad times down in
Georgia, eh?
A.-Yes, sir, dey won't hep you
down dere. Lot O us jus writes
our kinfolk to come on up yere.
When dey gifts here, de Welfare
takes care of 'em all right.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04

The total Of these figures is more
than s736,00o,OOO, or almost
1hree-fourths of the total income
taxes of the country, while the
other twenty-eight States pay not
much above one-fourth of the
whole.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
MEAT TAX LIKELY

Washington-Imposition of a
processing tax on meats was be-
lieved imminent as Farm Recovery
Administrator George N. Peek is
sued a call for an emergency meet
ing here August 10 to confer ON
relief for the corn and hog pro-
ducers of the nation.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
FAME VS..

Henry Carter Stuart, forme
Governor of Virginia and a nephew
of "Jeb' Stuart famous Confed
crate calvary officer, is dead at tn.
age of Is. The press carried lit
tie about the distinguished -Vir.
ginian, but today we received a
east a column about Aimee Nc
Pherson. who has returned to tn
United States.
Rather sad.
-(G~orge G. Myroper in The Fay.
etteviHe Observer.)
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
WOMAN POISONED

Mrs. G. c.. Overcast of Kama
polls is being treated at the Rowan
General hospital for poison which
she is said to have taken July %,
and is apparently on the road to
recovery although she was in desp-
crate condition shortly alter she
took the poison.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04

organized baseball. On every trip
to New York, where he planned to
take in a ball game, business en-
gagements have prevented it.
|-Qtem in The Raleigh News &
Observer.)
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
ANNIE OAKLEY

ANNIE OAKLEY
Don't forget to take the base
ball ticket" State Treasurer Char
les M. johnson called to Governor
Ehringhaus yesterday as they con-
cluded plans for flying to New
York today on State financial bust
ness.
"That's the last thing he tells
me every time" chuckled the Gov
ernor, land the funny thing we
haven't had a chance to use the
ticket yet"
The ticket, admitting the Gov
ernor and his guests to any pro-
fessional baseball game, was sent
to him through the courtesy Of
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
l THANK YOU.

neutrality-suspicious. for a
wheat restriction scheme took a
turn for the better over the week
end and prospects were frightened
for an eventual agreement adapt
ing production of the worlds prin-
cipal staple to demand.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
FOUNTAIN OF U

Maybe Ponce de Icons fountain
of perpetual youth is the modern
soda fountain where the sheiks park
and where the ladies buy cosmetics
to supply what nature didn't.
-(Tbe StatespWe Record.)
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
WENDELS A LIQUOR

New Observation-Disclosures Of
Ella V. Wendel's estate have ap-
pointed Louis Mouquin to appraise
a large store of old wine and liquor
in the basement of the Wendell
mansion on Fifth avenue, it was an
nounced. After visiting the cellar
Moukuin estimated the value of
the stock roughly at $4,000.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
UNBOLTING, ANYHOW

The Rev. Aimee Semple, ETC.,
says in part, of the Notwithstanding
intelligence that her consort is SUI
ing for divorce: EFT is a bolt out
of the blue" 1t looks more, Rev.
erend, like a bolt from the harness.
The Greensboro News.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
The Influence of weekly ne,vs-
papers on public opinion exceeds
that of all other publications in
The country.-Artbur Brisbane.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1888
HIGHLIGHTS

For a good many months we've
been talking about recovery. At
first, that talk principally repre-
sented optimism. Then some ac-
tual signs of recovery began to ap-
pear. The indexes took on a more
cheerful tone. Now there's no
longer any question about it. Re-
covery is here. There's hardly an
industry that isn't feeling new
blood in its veins these days.
A recent New York Times sur
vey is a good example. 1t is based
on six of the most trustworthy
barometers-automobile produc-
ton, steel mill activity, lumber
production, electric power output,
freight car loadings and cotton
forwardings. On March Is the
combined index stood at 500. On
July l it had reached 97.3-a gain
of better than so per cent.
Here are some reports, mostly
based on Department of Commerce
findings:
COMMODITY PRICES-There
has been a continued upward move.
ment.
EMPLO
marked and widespread. During
June more than 100000 persons
found work in manufacturing and
IL non-manufacturing industries,
irrespective of agriculture, rail-
roads and other fields.
FINANCE-Until very recently
stock prices moved constantly up
The recession that followed is of
no particular importance; it is
principally the result of proft-tak-
ing III a spectators market.
CONSTITUTIONAL the first
half of June contracts represented
the highest activity since fall. Most
pronounced gain was in nonresi-
dental construction.
TRANSPORTATION - Rail-
road carloadings are much better
than last year at this time, and
improvement has been sustained.
~AUTOMOBILES-It is custo-
mary for a seasonal decline to ap-
pear in June. This year there was
an increase instead. In May pas
senger car output was Sc per cent
above the monthly average for the
year.
M INDUSTRIES
Customarily experience a seasonal
drop in June; this year the drop
has not occurred, and prices have
risen.
FOODSTUFFS-Activity great
er. Payrolls in all groups, with
the exception of flour milling,
higher. Wholesale food prices ad-
vancing.
L~UMBER-Continued improve
ment of the last few months during
May and early June. Western pine
output recently touched the COM
paratively high level of 35.7 per
cent of capacity.
STEEL-There has been con-
tinued contraseasonal improve
ment. In the latter part of June
activity reached SO per cent Of
capacity, the highest in two years,
and has advanced since. A year
ago rate was about l6 per cent Of
capacity.
Observation-Disclosures increas-
ed sharply in May and continued
into June, with consequent gains
in both employment totals and pay
rolls. Prices rising.
PAPER-Sharing in the general
industrial gain. In June, for the
first time since February, 1880,
shipments Of newsprint exceeded
those of the corresponding rn,..rh
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04

For an absent member of the
family: subscribe to the Carolina
Waterman, $1.00 q year.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
GASTONIA TRAIN

GASTONIA TRAIN
VICTIM - II y
]. B. Ivey, IS, of Gastonia, was
killed by Southern train "a, as he
was crossing the tracks in front
of his home.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
DIRTY DIG

DIRTY DIG
l saw one of these widowers
stepping down the street with a
young lady and he was dressed to
a queens taste. If you had seen
that elastic step you eve would
have thought that it could be pro-
duced by a goose grease rub. The
only requisite that he needed to
make him a real sport was to crow
hop every few moments to catch
up his speed.
IT. B. Lamey in The Morror Jour-
nal.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW

Since Governor Pollard reached
California he is abb to see that the
people of Virginia favor repeal.
'Tain't possible he took an eye
opener out there, is it?
-(Tbe Norfolk Ledger-D isbatcb.)
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-04
PICAYUNES
NATIVE WIT

NATIVE WIT
Both Days and Vets now main
tain headquarters in Ra-e'gh, pne
on either side of the stream of
Three-Two.
The Raleigh Times.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-22

While we have only praise for the
public projects that have been undertaken
under the inspiration of the emergency
administrations at Washington, we often
wondered that there was not more effort
made to have the local programs diversl-
fed. Not that there isn't enough work
accomplished throughout the nation. There
is, but we could think of many jobs that
are being overlooked right in our own
state which could be accomplished so eff
GENTLY and readily if only the word was
given.
What is foremost in our minds right now
is the cleaning up of the streams and lakes
Of the state. We can't expect stream pol
luton elimination to be done by men en-
ployed in either the public or civil works
administrations, but certainly our water
supplies of the future could be enhanced
in appearance by some diligent cleaning.
Right in the Naugatuck valley there is en-
ployment for several hundred men clean
ing up the banks of the stream and Its
many tributaries.
This might not seem like important
work to the average man or woman. IL
is, however, and the future will prove 1t
so. The day is coming when communities
NAV have to turn to the polluted rivers
and ponds of today for their potable water
supplies. And they will be sorry then that
they didn't begin the long task of Kidding
them of impurities years before. To end
stream pollution is mighty task and one
that this state is slowly undertaking.
Every community that enpties raw sew
age into a river or lake is being asked to
change this method to a more sanitary and
modern disposal scheme. To this problem
state and local attention must be given,
not to mention immense sums of money.
We do not propose such projects for
PWA or CWA attention. We do say,
though, that river banks could be cleaned
az well as river beds. Unsightly objects
might be removed to suitable disposal
grounds. Dead trees could be cut down
and live ones thinned out, the resulting
timber being used for fuel for the welfare
cases in the town where the lumber was
obtained. Under brush could also be
cleaned out and a general Identification
program instituted which would improve
the entire state. Trees might be planted
where soil erosion along streams has set
in. This would tend to preserve the nat
ural course of the river and prevent dry
ing out There is a great deal OF work
along this line that has been attempted
sporadically in the past but never pushed
to completion, due either to lack of inter-
est; funds or the workers. All should be
available now. Why not include such
projects along with road and park i'm
provements?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-22

setup over here. What happens? Con-
gress, to begin with, is permitted to die of
malnutrition. It is suffered to exist for
few years longer as a sort of vermiform
appendix, but its functions are gone.
In its place rises Council of Corpora
tions. Here we have representatives
from the great industries. One group
represents the steel trust, another the
coal trust, another the oil trust another
the tobacco trust, another agriculture, and
so on, down the line. 1t is nice question
whether you could say that these industries
are under government control or that they
control government.
At any rate, we go on down the line and
find all our existing labor unions put on
the scrap heap, to be replaced by huge
vertical organizations, or guilds. All the
workers in the steel industry are grouped
in one body, all the automobile workers in
another, and so on. And these unions are
not like any labor unions we previously
have known. They cannot call strikes.
They are not independent
And in politics? There is only one
party = the Democrats. 1t is a rubber
stamp for the president and his advisers.
It's members never dissent from the poll
cies of the inner circle. They are disci-
plined perfectly. Republicans, if they open
their mouths, are sent to the new prison
on Alcatraz Island Newspaper editors SUBJ
NIT their editorials to Jim Farley for cor
rection. Herbert Hoover and Norman
Thomas migrate to Canada. William Z.
Foster is shot. 1t would be pretty hard to
think of a more topsy-turvy arrangement.
By imagining what life in such castiron
straitjacket would be like, we can get new
conception of the supreme Importance OF
bringing our democratic institutions
through the present trying times intact.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-22
Served. Its Purpose

Directors of the Mutual Aid Fund OF
this city are not going to dispense with
the weekly contributions from the workers
for the time being. This may be good
policy in view of the fact that there will
remain on their lists between one and two
hundred families without workers. On the
other hand there is the possibility that
perhaps these families should be returned
to the public and private welfare lists II
they do not remain crowded themselves
But to continue the local emergency plan
seems a duplication of federal efforts.
The institution of the Civil Works Ad-
ministration was to furnish employment
for every able-bodied man this winter. 1t
expires in February, to be sure, but there
is no doubt but what Congress will order
it continued Indefinitely before that time.
Therefore it seems clear that Waterburys
Mutual Aid organization will not be obliged
to care for any persons other than those
who are unable to work. Ordinarily this
work would fall upon the city and few
private organizations. The chances are
that they now can take care of the remain
ing cases.
In this event it might be wise plan to
ascertain just how many families were
being cared for in normal times. Ii the
number was smaller than that now depend
ent on aid, then it might be possible to
increase the present Mutual Aid balance to
such a sum that would guarantee sufficient
income until at least next summer when
surely conditions will be even hundred
per cent better than they are now. 1t
isn't going to be possible ever to find jobs
for everyone in the United States. We
always will have few millions unem-
ployed. But now that work and pay is
being offered by Uncle, Sam to replace
local aid, we do think that this should be
turned in other directions. If the Water
bury Mutual Aid has served it's purpose, it
should disband amid the plaudits of all
concerned. .
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-22

drastic price fixing set-up yet
PROPOSED. Wholesalers would
compel manufacturers who sell
direct to retailers to do SO at a
higher price than they do to
wholesalers. The wholesalers
would support their business by
official edict. They make no Sec
ret about the necessity for such
support. The growth of chain
stores and cooperatives, most of
whom buy direct from producers,
|. is undermining their trade.
In MIRA councils, opinion Is
sharply divided on the issue. DE-
vision Administrator A. ID.
Whiteside, who handles the code,
approves OF 1t, and says its pro-
visions "cOuld even go farther"
distribute goods cheaper than
any other agency.
But the consumers advisory
board is up in arms over the sug-
gestion of price-fixing. 'In prin.
ciple' it has no objection to the
middleman, but it objects vigor-
ously to the proposal for gov
ernmental price setting.
DISAPPOINTED
Deep disappointment shadows
the life of Jesse Jones these days.
The presidents choice of Hen
ry MOrgenthau, Jr., as acting
head of the treasury, was bitter
shock to the big, ambitious chair
man of the II. r. @. Next to be-
ing president, Jesse would rather
Bs<A hose nf tho frooeuv.r, than onv
thing else.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Winthrop Aldyich, head of the
Chase bank, is an exception to
big !. businessmen who would
force Intervention In Cuba. He
fayors recognition of President
Grau. -. Henry Morgenthau,-
ST., and his wife came down to
consummate the Marriage"
That is the term being applied to
the appointment of their son,
Henry, Jr., as virtual secretary of
the treasury. He and Roose-
welt harmonic perfectly.
Dwight F. Davis, CooIidge's
secretary of war and donor of the
Davis cup, has numerous places
where he can rest his head. His
official residence is i'm st Louis.
He also rents q house in WASH
ingtOn. Another winter residence
is in Tallahassee, Florida, to
which he went recently for a
brief visit.
Walter l.. Reynolds. secretary
of the American Alliance which
led the fight against recognition
of Russia, once was secretary to
Senator Borah, chief advocate of
recognition. Professor
George F. Warren, chief adviser
of Roosevelt on gold-buying, was
raised in an attic, the walls of
which were papered with the
serialized life of Abraham Lin
coin. +. AS youngster War
rem tended sheep on the Ne
braska prairies. He says he once
calculated how large a hole
would have to be dug to bury all
the sheep in the world.
Roger Ayala, son of the presi-
dent of Paraguay and a student
at Cornell, has gone back to wage
war against Bolivia. *. d. He is
a buck private in the Chaco. At
Cornell he once won gold
medal awarded by the Chamber
of Commerce in a commercial
drawing contest. Herbert
Feis, economic adviser of the
state departm is called Harpo
Feis. His hair resembles that of
the famous comedian. Harpo
Marx.
Copyright, 1888, by United
Feature Syndicate. Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-22
Secondhand Cars

The new NRA automobile dealers code
is regulating the used car business, with
special attention to trade-in prices. There
will be a top limit to what any dealer may
allow for an old car when the owner is
buying new one. After acquiring the
used car, the dealer may recondition it
and get whatever he can for it. The Iinli-
tation is obviously sound. 1t will save deal
ers from the competitive pressure which
leads to so much allowance for trade-ins
that there isn't fair profit on the new
cars. What the old cars will bring, then, is
nobody's business, unless the seller mis-
represents them.
There may be some important results to
car owners. Obviously the assumption of
a standard value for every used car of a
certain make, model and age can do no
more than strike a rough average, and will
often be unjust. Everyone knows that
car driven little, and we'll cared for, is
worth more than one the same age that
has been used hard and not kept up. Ii
such rule is enforced, owners will nat
urally use their cars more in given
time, to get full value out of them, before
turning them in on new ones, and may al
so be less careful with them. That would
wear. all cars out faster. The new car
market should profit by it.