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Evening star., 1933-12-25
AUSTRIAN PRIESTS
LEAVE PARLIAMENT
21' Quit National Body in
Move Seen as VitaIIy
Affecting Politics.
BY the Associated Press.


VIENNA. December 25-In conform
fly with decision of the conference of
Austrian bishops, Catholic priests in all
sections Of the country have resigned
theF seats in the national Parliament,
the. provincial diets and the various
municipal community councils.
The number of priests thus with
drawing themselves from active poll
tics is not spectacularly large tonly 81
members of the national Parliament
and provincial diets and around 100
members of municipal bodies we're in
volved), but all of them were elected
on the Christians Social ticket.
Now the ChriStian-Social Catholic
CerIter) party is the party of Chan
Cellor EnGelbert DollfuSs,' and the ten
dency in some quarters was to interpret
the bishops move as a vote Of no
confidence against the DollfusS regime.
Perhaps the wish was father to the
thought in those quarters; at any rate,
this Interpretation was quickly and
sharply denied by party headquarters.
Move is Important.
The undeniable Importance of the
move however, was stressed in all quar-
ters. The democratic "Tagblatt"
pointed out that Article 80 of the new
German concordat specifies that the
church shall forbid its priests to take
part in any political activity. and the
semi-official "Reichpost" referred to the
Austrian bishops action as "gleich-
schaltung" (co-ordination) growing out
of the German concordat.
The "Reichspost" added that with
draEal of its priests from politics un-
doubtedly will benefit the church, in
that enemies no longer will be able to
blame the church for things for which
only politics should be held RESPONSE
BILE" For the party itself, however, the
Withdrawal of the priests is big loss.
1t will be recalled that one of AuStria'S
most distinguished postwar statesmen,
the late Chancellor Seipel. was priest.
In Socialist and Nazi circles the
withdrawal of the priests was hailed as
a wise and clearly justified move by
the church. 1t was also, however, joy
fully celebrated in those circles as a
crushing defeat for the party of Chan
Cellor Dollfuss.
Party DesertiOns Seen.
The Socialist "Arbeiter- -Zeitung" was
quick to observe that only the great
authority of the church was holding
many AuStrians within the Christian
Social fold; that the tendency among
the younger people was to desert the
party in droves. And now if the peo-
pie see that even the church is draw
ing a sharp distinction between itself
and the Christian-Social party, if they
see that in every village the priest is
laying down his party Office, the cohe-
sive strength which till now kept the
Christian Social following more or less
together will dwindle even more rap
idly"
In announcing their decision to with
draw the priests, the Austrian bishops
explained they were making this move
after very careful consideration of the
situation of office-holding priests 'un-
der the present particularly critical
political conditions"
Evening star., 1933-12-25
FAILURE is PREDICTED
FOR APPEAL OF INSULL
Greek Interior Minister Declares
Plea to Supreme Council
Will Be of No Avail.

BY the Associated Press.
ATHENS, December 25.-The appeal
Of Samuel insult from the governments
ruling that he must leave Greece by
January 81 will be Of no avail, Minister
former Chicago utilities magnate filed
the petition with the Supreme Council
Of State Saturday.
What the United States next step
will be in its effort to return insult to
Chicago for trial on criminal charges
in connection with the collapse Of his
utility empire was not known here. It
is understood insult plans to go to Eng
land from Greece.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
OFFICER WHO SHOT MAN
HELD PENDING INQUIRY
Policeman Claims He Killed Man
After Victim Started
Fight.

Lawrence L. Jackson, colored police
man, is being held in the fourth pre-
circt to await action Of a Coroner'S jury
tomorrow in the death of James Davis,
co1ored, 81. of 362 B street southwest.
shot twice by jackson shortly after 8
o'clock yesterday morning.
Jackson. who is 36 and has been q
member of the police force for IA years.
shot Davis when an alteration resulted
from a chance meeting in the 200 block
OF Four -and-a Half street southwest.
Davis is said to have attacked Jack
son because Of the manner in which he
was greeted by the policeman, After a
scuffle. Davis fed into an alley and
when Jackson followed he turned on
the officer a second time. jackson fired
three times, two of the bullets taking
effect.
Evening star., 1933-12-25

three bullets were fired, apparently from
q passing automobile, into his home
early yesterday.
The bullets narrowly missed his wife.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
Boy, IL, Kills Father.

WHEATON, Ill, December Is P-
Christmas was a sad day for Frank
From, II. He killed his father. Ignatz,
with rifle. after the elder From al
legedly threatened to kill the boys
mother.
Evening star., 1933-12-25
CHICAGO TAX COLLECTION
Improvement REPORTED
County Treasurer Reports 1888
Payments Were $40, 1924, 900
More Than in 1882.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 25.-County
Treasurer Joseph B. McDonough, in his
annual report published yesterday, said
he had collected $46,624, 900 more in
taxes in 1888 than in 1882.
The increase was made up mostly
through collection of delinquent levies.
The improvement was attributed to
the Kerner-Skarda act, which permits
the county Judge to appoint a receiver
for any delinquent property until its
taxes are paid.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
FOR BETTER FICTION

Joining the American Fiction
Guild in its drive for better l~itera-
ture, Black Mask, pioneer of the
"diferent' kind of detective hc-
ton, has just become an active
member of the Guild. This maya
zine has a unique and enviable re-
cord of achievement. 1t has dis
covered names which now rank
high among the writers of today.
1.-The Maltese Falcon" which as
sured the fame of Dashiell Ham
nett, first appeared in Black Mask.
In Black Mask, Frederick L. Nobel,
one of the foremost of the younger
writers, began building his reputa-
ton. Raoul Whitefeld's stories in
the magazine led him rapidly into
motion pictures. H. Bedford Jones
best known of popular fiction
writers, is a frequent contributor.
Erie Stanley Gardner gave ED
Jenkins" to detective fiction, and.
his character bids fair to take a
place among the most famous of
fctional criminologists. Carroll
John Daily has for years intrigued
readers of stirring fiction with his
warns of Race Williams" the
detective who hides his real human
feelings behind a mask of hard
ness. Theodore A. Tinsley is in
PRODUCING a new character who will
surely take his place among the!
best in current literature-"JerryI
Tracy"
And, perhaps best Of all, Black
Mask is one magazine which ex-'
tends a helping, understanding
hand to all young writers who are
sincerely anxious to develop their
along different" lines.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
THE T U OF SILVER

Silver: 1914 cents per ounce.
That quotation probably doesn't
explain much to you. But it
means that the poor mans gold
recently touched its highest level
since May, 1880.
-DuringIhree long years of de-
preston silver has been on the bar
gain counter-it's been offered at
Rre-sale prices. And that state
ment, too, explains : little until
cause and effect are related, until
it is expressed in the terms of Pur-
chasing power, trade among ma
tons, jobs. The collapse of silver
was the principal economic cause
of the decline in world trade
decline which finally became:
rour. More than half the world.
people saw their purchasing power
drop to less than half of former
levels, and factories all over the
world, here and in England ane
Germany and elsewhere, closed be-
cause cheap silver had taken theil
markets from them.
Silver is coming back. Ans
that means that prosperity is com
ing back in a dozen states and in
score of great industries. 1t mean
that men are going to work, ant
chat great markets are again goinI
to open up.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
Sales Tax
Benefits Farmers

Adoption of the general sales tax
has been fortunate for North Caro-
lina's farm population.
THE general objection to the
general sales tax is that a greater
proportion of the income of the
oorer classes must be absorbed in
the tax than is tru for the more
wealthy class, even though the
wealthy class buys more as indl-
viduals,' said Joe E. Hill, North
Carolina State college assistant
in farm. management research.
However, this objection is taken
care of in the exemption of the
basic food commodities as these ar
ticles compose the greater bulk of
purchases made by the poorer classes
and today the agricultural popula-
ton might be so classed," he as
serted.
! Basic commodities exempted are,
wheat flour, corn meal, fresh
meat, lard, sorghum molasses, salt
sugar and coffee. The sales tax
does not apply to the sale of pro-
ducts from farms, forests, or mines
! when such sales are made by those
who helped in the production Of
such products in their original
state of conditioning their prepare
ton for sale, but the tax does apply
to the resale of such products
Commercial fertilizer is also ex-
empt-an inspection tax is already
paid.
The expense of a general sales
tax in this state, agriculturally, is
much less than if the ad valorem
tax had been increased" Hull said.
"North Cardinals population is
about 70 per cent rural, therefore
our general sales tax favors the ag-
ricultural class not only as farm
ers, but as a whole. This enact
ment was sponsored as a means OF
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
The Influence of weekly nesvs-
papers on public opinion exceeds
that of all other publications in
The country.-Artbur Brisbane.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 49, 1888
THE UNITED
STATES

Eighty-fve per cent of Ameri-
cans are inadequately housed
Seventy-fve per cent live in hand
me-down quarters bare Of modern
comforts and con%veniences. Where
our annual building expenditure
in 1928 was $780, 100000, it
was only two billion last year.
These facts appear in an editorial
in the St. Clairsville, Ohio, Chron-
icle. And, as the editorial further
points out, there are sound indica-
tons that a major building revival
is on its way. Every American
desires better living conditions;
millions of Americans have been
prevented from achieving them the
past few years either because OF
financial stress or fear of the fu-
ture. That fear is now being al
layed-recovery has started, and it
can be seen in all parts of the
country. Men are going back to
work, factory chimneys are smok-
ing-and and dollars are finding
their way into pockets from where
they will go to buy necessities of
life. A good part of those dollars
will either be used to build new
homes, or rebuild and modernize
old ones.
It's time for a national cam
paign to "Renovise the United
States" That would speed recov-
cry and be the most potent in
Auence that could be brought to
play in stabilizing price levels and
providing employment.
Remember that employment and
investments are better and cheaper
than charity. Remember, too,
that in a few months, when the
building boom gets underway,
prices are going up and are going
to stay up. Get in on the build
ing bargains" while they are still
being offered.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18

in, the Guaranty bank on Thurs
day completed its organization, the
major development having been the
Reconstruction Finance corpora
toms payment of 100000 for
preferred stock. The common
stock of 100000 and the surplus
of $4,000 previously had been
paid by the liquidating agent of
the North Carolina Bank and Trust
company.
Official announcement that
North Carolina Bank and Trust
company has completed the organi-''
cation of the Guaranty bank, with
its principal office in Greensboro
was made by Quincy P. Hood, state
commissioner of banks.
In his statement Hood mentions
that he has Suggested to the
bank that it Immediately
organize a national bank" and he
will seek judicial approval of such
course.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
AND THEY THOUGHT A X
WERE. HIGH IS YEARS AGO.

A tax story in two chapters.
Chapter ! San Francisco
Chronicle in its "25 Years Ago
Today: column: THE Board of
Supervisors today recommended a
tax rate of $1.48, which, with the
estimated state rate of AZ cents,
will make the total rate for the
year $685."
Chapter Pin the same edition
of the Chronicle: "The Board of
Supervisors is enforcing the strict
est economy in its budget this
year (1933). Nevertheless the
tax rate will be $3.75."
San Francisco isn't in a class by
itself. Virtually every community
has had the same experience-some
a great deal worse. If government
keeps loading up with new propo-
sitions which continually require
more tax funds, how will industry
and the private citizen pay the bill
ten years hence? Think this over
when you vote for schemes. that re-
quire the raising Of public funds
through taxation or otherwise.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18

w SA0oO
heavily loaded truck would impose,
determines the resistance to pres
sure from above; the resistance to
lateral flow, or spreading out, under
such press<re; and the expansion
or tendency to take up water after
being compressed.
The knowledge which these and
other tests make available, enables
the highway engineer to know in
advance how the soils which he
must work with will react under
varying conditions of moisture,
pressure and climatic changes. II
the soils are deficient in certain
qualities, they indicate what ma
terials should be added, and in
what proportions. They tend to
give the highway engineer the
same degree of exact knowledge
about his soils, al the structr
engineer possesses conce'
steel and stone.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18

Of soil samples from all parts of
the United States.
One of the fundamental tests is
an analysis to discover the proper
tons Of sand, silt, clay, and other
substances which the soil contains.
This involves a lengthy laboratory
procedure, including hydrometer
readings Of a soil sample dispersed
in distilled water. The readings
IRE taken over a period of "a
hours. At the conclusion of the
analysis it is possible to determine,
by employing complex mathematical
formulate, not only the proportions
Of all the different soil substances,
but the actual size of their par.
ticles.
The Liquid Limit" Test
The Liquid limit" test deter.
mines the maximum amount OF
moisture which the soil can hold
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
NOT OUR WAY

General Balbo brought his Italian
air armada to America, losing two
men and one plane out Of the Is
in the group, but on his way back
he lost another man in taking off
from the Azores. The General re-
vealed that the Italians are of en-
tirely different temperament from
the Americans, because for almost
two weeks he held his air fleet in
Newfoundland waiting for the
right kind of weather. Had it
been left to an American he would
have given orders to start after he
had waited for not more than a
couple of days.
The Stanly News & Press
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
THE WHO TAKES
A N

You see them On streets and
highways every. day--motorists
who takes chances.
You see them turning corners at
high speeds. Or stealing another
cars right of way. Or passing
on hills and curves. Or driving On
the wrong side of the road. Or
cutting in and out Of thick rrahlpe.
Or coming roaring into intersec-
tons and road functions, without
looking to either side. Or operat-
ing at speeds which are obviously
higher than are safe under driving
conditions of the moment. And,
every once in a while, you see .sucelh,
a motorists cause an accident: Per-
haps there is little damage done.
Or perhaps a life is'lost and valu-
able property is ~needlessly destroy
ed.
The reckless motorists comprises
ten per cent or less of the driving
population. But he causes ninety
per cent Of the accidents. If the
reckless drivers simply injured
each other it wouldn't be particul-
arly important to the rest of Us.
But they seldom do that-they
main and kill the careful, the COM
petent, the prudent. And you
never know who's going to be
next.
This year about thirty thousand
people are going to be killed be-
cause someone was careless, reck-
less, discourteous. Not n of a
thousand of those deaths is really
due to an unavoidable accident
an occurance which is almost as
rare as the dodo. They can all Be
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
LOGAN
SLOGAN
You can't keep up with the
TIMES unless you subscribe.
The Belbapen Times

MISTER ?
A very benign old gentleman
was Washington Duke, the late ].
BIS father, judging from his bron-
re replica in the grounds of the
older portion of the university. We
wonder, however, if he wouldn't
feel Just a little i'll at ease if he
knew how badly his shoes need
shining.
Upton G. Wilson in The Reds
vile Review.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
Rural Highways to Benefit From
! Public Roads Bureau Research

I1lHE long-held aim of getting
l. the farmer out of the mud"
promises to be brought materially
closer to realization through the
application of a very considerable
part of the $500, 10000 federal
road fund to the secondary high
way system. The United States
Bureau of Public Roads will have
heavy responsibilities in the expen-
diture Of the fund, and it is for
tunate that research conducted by
the Bureau provides the. basis for
the construction and improvement
Of low-cost reads that will both get
and keep the farmer out of the
mud without imposing an unjust
ifiable tax burden for maintenance.
The Bureaus research, conduc-
ted in its test laboratory at Airing
ton, Virginia, across the Potomac
from Washington, has covered
characteristics of the ground be-
meath the surface which are i'm
por.ant to the design, construction
and maintenance of highways. 1t
has also covered the problems of
highway surfaces, with a view to
the use of chemical and physical
admixtures to provide low-cost
roads with surfaces that will stand
up under traffic and can be main
tanned at low cost.
Low-cost Highway Surfaces
The surface condition Of clay,
sand-clay and gravel roads depends
largely upon the degree~o of cohesion
possessed by the clay or other ma
terial that acts as the binder or
road glue" This in turn largely
depends upon the presence of suf6-
cient moisture, for it is the mois-
ture films between the particles
and not the particles themselves
that provide the glue" The value
of chemical admixtures in main
tanning cohesion has been shown
by the use of calcium chloride, a
white, fiaky substance which slows
down evaporation and prevents the
drying out of the moisture without
which the surface tends to disin-
tegrate.
Spread upon the surface, the first
rainfall carries it down to the sub
surface soil. With the re-appear-
ance of the sun, evaporation of the
surface moisture begins but is re-
placed by the rising Of the calcium
chloride solution. Evaporation con-
tinues only up to the point at
which, due to the calcium chloride,
the solution will no longer evap-
orate. At the next rainfall the
same process takes place with the
result that cohesion is steadily
maintained.
Sub-Surface Soils Study
The foundation of a road is as
important as the foundation of a
building. In the case of roads of
all kinds this foundation is pro-
vided by the sub-surface soils. The
Bureau of Public Roads program
Of sub-surface research has in
cluded all of those soil constituents
which are of importance in deter
mining the reactions Of widely
different soils under varying con-
ditions Of load, moisture and tenn
perature. This has involved tests
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18

IN HE hrst place, we'll
STATE THAT this did not
HAPPEN HERE, but that
IT'S LIKELY to happen
IF SOME of our folks
o N CHANGE some of
THEIR HABITS. The coroner
IN A certain nearby
TOWN WAS questioning
A WIDOW. What were your
HUSBANDS LAST words,
MADAME" HE asked. And
SHE TOLL him, HE just
SAID 4 don't see how
THEY MAKE much profit
ON THIS stuff at a
DOLLAR AMI a
X X
QUARTER A quart"
l THANK YOU.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18

prevented. And they will be
when there is a concerted public
drive against those, who make
places of carnage out of public
highways.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18

Taking an hydrometer
reading Of 4 soil sample
dispersed In distilled
water. One Of the steps
necessary to determine
the proportions Of sand,
slit, clay and other SUBJ
stances.
without losing stability
to a harmful degree. This
liquid limit varies great
ly with different soils
and is Of great impor-
lance in determining the
extent to which capillary
and other moisture will
lessen their stability.
While all soils require q
certain amount Of mois-
ture for cohesion, too
much moisture will have
the same effect upon
them as will too much
moisture upon a handful
Of damp sand.
A compression. test, in
which a sample Of the
soil is subjected to loads
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18

providing more revenue for the
public schools, and with the large
percentage of rural population, it is
readily seen that the agricultural
children will receive greatest hene-
fit from the tax"
He said the general sales tax is
a fair tax, being more burdensome
on those who can better afford to
bear it, as we'll as being especially
favorable to the one class of peo-
pie most in need of its benefits
the farmer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
SCREEN STAR SUED

New York.-Mary Pickford was
served at her hotel with a summons
in a suit seeking $4,000 damages
for breach Of contract. No declara-
ton accompanied the suit, filed by
Edward Hemmer, and the nature
of the alleged breach was not dis
closed.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
WINERIES PROPOSED

Little, Rock, Ark.-A proposal
to put state agricultural college in
the wine business was placed before
the state senate in a bill. The
would authorize agricul-
tural colleges to establish wineries
which would not be subject to any
tax.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
STUDYING UP

One of Concord's most recent
divorces was discovered reading
the other day a book entitled:
Fishing for Men in Brazil" The
pasture on the other side of the
fence always looks greener.
Radio in The Concord Tribune.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18

1t isn't the size of your hat that
brains. It's the size of
your interest in other peoples af-
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
CAME THE WHISTLE

CAME He WFISI LIE
Strolling down Broad street Fri
day afternoon was a man with one
side of his face shaved and the
other side sporting a luxuriant
growth of whiskers. He. said the
barber ended his 40-hour week
half through his shave and asked
him to return Monday for the
other half of the operation.
Raider Winget in The Augusta
Chronicle.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
PICAYUNES

NATIVE WIT
Those of you who think the
clinging type of girl has passed
should keep your eyes peeled for
the next motorcycle that passes
carrying double.
TIE Greensboro Meas
DIG
We remember way back when
we were told that Latin would
help us.
-George G.. Myrover in The Fay
ettepiUe Observer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
ORIGINAL D. A. r.

ORIGINAL D. A. r.
Miss Green, daughter of Nath-
aniel Green, delivered an Grafton
on the 4th inst, before the ladies
of Coray Academy, Augusta,
Maine.
|-1oo-year-oM column, The Char
teston NeWs & Courier.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18
O~SCULATORY NOTE

~OSCULATORY NOTE
The only thing we do not envy
General Balbo is. the prospect he
faces of getting all those enthusiast
tic Latin he-kisses when he reaches
home.
The Raleigh Times.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-18

NOT WE, NEGHBOR!
Here's Texas with a statewide ad
valorem tax of II cents on land
Who wants to move to Texas?
The Elizabeth City Advance.