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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
ANYWAY, 1884 WILL BE
DIFFERENT

Looking back on 1888, it has
been in many important respects
the most interesting year since the
end of the War. Beyond doubt
the forces which have been set in
motion during the year will prove
to be of the greatest importance to
everybody, although we think it
is too early for anyone to speak
with assurance as to what their end
results will be. We can safely say,
however, that radical changes in
the economic and social life of our
own people and of those of many
other countries have been inaueu-
rated.
Even to mention the high spots
of the years events would take
columns OF type. Beginning with
the Inauguration of President
Roosevelt, simultaneously with the
Bank Holiday and the Gold En-
barge, events have happened so
swiftly that they trod on one an
Others heels. We had the great
pieces . legislation by Congress,
establishing the Agricultural Relief
program, the Industrial Recovery
Act, the Bank Deposit Insurance
Act and giving % the President un-
exampled power. Then the Blue
Eagle was Matched in the nest of
the NRA, the Public Works Adj
ministration was set up, followed
by the Civilian Conservation
Camps and the Civil Works Ad-
m~instration. in the effort to start
money to circulating and get bust
ness back to something like normal.
And those are only a few of the
vents for which 1893 will be re-
me1nbered.
In international affairs, beyond
doubt the most important thing
was Americas abandonment of the
gold standard, though the most
spectacular event with which we
were concerned was our recogni-
ton of the Union of Soviet Social
ist Republics, otherwise Russia.
And in Europe itself the outsand-
ing event was the seizure of the
government of Germany by Hitler
and his superiors.
We doubt whether 1884 will
produce any such list of spectacu-
lar events. We don't care if it
doesn't. We only hope-and ex-
pect-that it will be a better for
business, for agriculture, for indus
try. We are sure only of one thing
about tit will be different.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
Annuity Prize
Winners Announced

Atlanta, Cain the issue of
next Sunday, Dec. 31st, the At
lanta Sunday American will publish
the anne of the ten winners of the
Annuity prizes Offered in the
American Weekly slogan compe-
tition. These prizes range from
$1,000 a year for life to $4,000 a
year for five years.
The great value Of the prizes
and the simple nature of the con-
test created unusual interest
throughout this section. An
nouncement of the winners has
been delayed because of the deter
mination of the judges to give per-
sonal consideration to every slogan
submitted. The demand for the
Atlanta Sunday American, Dec.
31st, is certain to be unusually
heavy. Persons who entered the
contest and Others who wish to
know who won the wonderful
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
BORAH ON V

Recently the editor of the Hal
ley, Idaho, Times asked Senator
Borah to define his POSITION on
silver. In reply, Mr.. Borah said:
cit may be that we shall find
that the amount of currency infla-
ton we require to substantially
extinguish the existing party be-
tween farm products and finished
goods should be in the form of sill
yer certificates, backed by some de-
finite percentage of silver at a fixed
or flexible ratio with gold -.
"As between the alternative of
periodic retirement of new treasury
notes and the permanent use OF
silver harnessed with gold, | am
now heartily in agreement with the
proposition that the latter plan, if
adopted by our government, would
become a compelling factor in
adopting the principle as inclusive
in a world monetary Sterilization
plan -.
Among other universal benefits
such a consumption would, to al
most astronomical figures, revitalize
our export trade with three-fifths
of the people Of the world"
There is growing sentiment,
among business men and among
public men of all parties and
schools of thought. that general de-
preston and the depressed price of
silver are strongly related, and that
widespread recovery must be ac-
companied by some plan to none
tie and revalue silver. Its col
lapse was accompanied by what
amounts to virtual elimination of
our foreign trade. Few national
and international problems are so
vital-none requires more expert
and unbiased study.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
Hectic Excitement

ming from ear to ear at the strange
sights, sounds and smells. A hun
dred newspaper men and women
a asking everybody innumerable
questions. Sound movie men trying
to get sensible interviews out Of
Commander Neville, my chief in
structor, and everybody else DIR
board. Tomorrow night we must
leave for Norfolk to start our TO-
900 mile trip to the bottom of the
world. Will we ever get all this
stuff on the ship and all the visitors
off?
And now we are getting our oil
and fuel aboard. That's what l am
particularly interested in. We are
going to encounter variable wea~
Their neutrality-suspicious. that
will be 100 degrees Fahrenheit at
the Equator and 70 to 80 degrees
below Zero in the Antarctic. l won
der how I'll stand that cold! The
coolest l have ever been was one
night at Kent School when l flooded
the skating rink at 10 degrees be-
low. They tell me that l can't have
a bath all the time l am at Little
America-about 16 months - for
fear of opening the pores in a draft
and catching pneumonia. And the
drafts down there come from icy
gales which sometimes blow $50
miles an hour. We have to rub our
selves over with cold cream to keep
clean. This worries me.
With all these temperature
changes u engines-and what q
variety of them we have.-demand
a wide range of specially selected
fuels and lubricants. We are taking
on about 5000 tons of fuel oil on
the Jacob Rupert alone. And $4,000
gallons of aviation gasoline of
fighting grade, to say nothing of a
few thousand gallons of kerosene
and a staggering quantity of cylin-
der oil, rod swabbing oil, aero
rocker arm grease and other things
to keep u many engines working
smoothly.
Have you Joined our club yet?
All you have to do is send me a
stamped, self-addressed envelope
addressed TO Arthur Adele, Jr., Lit
tie America Aviation and Explora-
ton Club, Hotel Lexington, 4Sth
Street and Lexington Avenue, New
York, N. Y, our American head
quarters. and III send you a mem
bership card. Later I'll see that you
get a complete working map of the
South Polar regions on which you
can follow our aviation trips, snow
mobile Journeys. dog-sled dashes
and other adventures as | tell you
about them In these weekly letters
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29

otONCoOA C0s L IL .
G. o. Neville hundreds up On
hundreds of orange painted gaso-
line drums. The piles of miscella-
neous cargo. The boxes of oil.
Walking through the holds l see
strange sights skis, snowshoes,
immense piles of furs, queer look
ing little round stoves. ull tell
you some interesting things about
these later. The first welcome bell
for food after working all night.
Utter fatigue but no rest. Such is
the beginning of u great adven-
ture.
l know the dangers of loading
this cargo. We are using the utmost
care in our inspection of each gaso-
line drum to prevent a leaky one
from coming aboard. What leaking
gasoline could do to us is horrible
to contemplate. And here, over the
side, comes two tons of high ex-
plosives, for blasting our way
through the ice of Antarctica. At
night, when l go to bed, l hope |
a forget that these things are on
board.
Already ! am beginning to catch
what is known as the "Expedition
Spirit" Everyone is tired. Every.
one has more work than he possibly
can do. But everybody is good.
natured,. cooperative, sympathetic,
1t is this spirit and his wonderful
preliminary campaign> of prepare.
tion which makes Admiral Byrd's
ventures so successful. Visitors are
swarming over our ship-ColoneI
Rupert, one of our sponsors, grin.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
NATION NEEDS REAL TEN
FERENCE

In a recent statement to the
press, Seton Porter, president Of
National Distillers' Products Cor
poration, said that his org; nization
would stand for temperate. as OPP
posed to excess, and added, 1--WE
clearly recognize that the American
people are not voting liquor in;
they are voting prohibition out"
The eighteenth amendment was
not repealed in order to provide the
means for a legal national drunk
it was repealed because the great
bulk of American citizens had come
70 believe that it was iniir.;cal to-
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29

prizes are urged to order in advance
through the local agent or dealer.
The Atlanta Sunday American is
sold in most of the better drug
stores and by boy statesmen and
local agents throughout the South.
1t is also found on all newsstands.
The issue of Dec. 31st, goes on sale
Wednesday, Dec. 18th. Get your
copy early.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
CONVINCING EVIDENCE

Kids are forever getting into
mischief. But it ceases to be fun
ny when one breaks A half dozen
eggs on the front scat of your au-
tomobile. If you are not convinc-
ed, our son can furnish references
as a convincer.
-Grab Bag in EIkiu 1'ribAne
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
IN BOARD THE BYRD FLAG

ON BOARD THE BYRD FLAG
" SHIP JACOB RUPERT, Oct.
12.-What a hectic time we are hav-
ing and how tired l am! Here we
r on our great ship at Bayonne,
N. J. l can't write it all out SEN
sibly. l can only give you a few
hasty glimpses of the strange whirl
of events l am going through.
The arrival on board with my
luggage-in the rain. The bowling
of ISL Eskimo dogs, some in cages,
the rest chained to everything
available on our steel decks-all of
them yelling their heads off. A dock
worker has made a mistake in
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
OLD-TIME CHRISTMAS

when | was a child living il
the country" remarked an elderly
Concord woman to us the other
day, Santa Claus didn't bring me
the kind of things children get
now. Sure, l hung up my stocking
but Santa didn't fill it with toys.
Instead it was filled with an orange
Or two, an apple and a big stick of
red candy. None of the country
children received many trinkcts, in
stead a bit of fruit and candy and
maybe a handkerchief
Radio in Concord Tvibnne.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29

DLING KOUBLE
Belvin Beck, VINO was detained
for some time from a duck shoot
ing trip to Eastern Carolina on &C
count of Madam Trouble, at last
solved difficulties and made til,
trip. He took the madam with
him!
-DapM Sink in the Lexington Dis
bafch.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29

handling a big
valve and q lot of
dogs have been
deluged with oil.
Four ~veterinari-
ans are working
over them now.
They are in a
lot of discomfort
b u wonderfully
patient.
The shouts of
S~teyedOreS. TIL a
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
wf7H HUGH KENNY

The late Florenz Ziegfeld, thea
trical producer, collected elephants.
Ivory elephants, bronze elephants,
all kinds of elephants. But they
all had to have their trunks turn
ing upward, for to Ziegfeld a
dropping trunk was anathema and
bad luck of the worst sort. 1t was
said that an elephant with a droop-
ing trunk arriving as a gift would
find its way out some nearby WIN
dow much more rapidly than it
entered.
New York is lot all Penthouse
and tenements. By no means.
Down in Gramercy Park section
there are picturesque little old one
story bungalows sandwiched in be-
tween immense apartment houses,
yet with gay awnings and brightly
painted shutters, many of them
still retain. that delightful "old
New York" flavor that the sky
scraper development is slowly but
surely wiping out.
According to the Manhattan tele-
phone directory, Mickey Mouse
subscribes to a telephone at 729
Seventh Avenue. His telephone
number is Bryant 9-4505, and the
voice hat answer your call says
Mickey Mouse" We are con-
sidering writing a letter to the
New York Telephone Company
pointing out an error in listing
We think the listing should be I'M
der the surname, thus: Mouse.
Mickey 729-7th Bryant
,9-4305.
The more positive you are about
the correct, preferred pronuncia-
ton of the following words, the
more urgently we suggest a refer
cnce to your dictionary: alternate
ly, banal, camellia, digitalis, gon-
dola, gratis, impious, misconstrue,
version. Correct pronunciations
will be published in a succeeding
issue of this column.
If you have ever thought of
stamp collecting as mere child's
play, take notice that the five day
auction of Arthur Kinds collec-
ton at the Waldorf Astoria rea-
.lized a total of $245, 900 -. No,
that's no typographical error-two
hundred and forty-five thousand
dollars! And one stamp. a Balti-
more, 1o-cent stamp, black on thin
blush paper and affixed to the en-
velope, brought $4,000. Yes, ten
thousand, five hundred.
A cop to a negro standing in a
hallway with a suitcase.
Brown: What's in that suit
case?
Allen: Clothes, boss. l amt
doin' nothin'.
Brown: That's a lot of baloney,
Allen: Nah goodness. How
did you know that?
Brown: Oh, so it is baloney, is
it? Open up.
And there, to the amazement Of
the cop, was a full load of balogna
salami and pastrami. Allen finally
admitted he had helped rob a deli
catessen on Pitkin Avenue. nearby.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29

III WOULD do us a lot OF good tt
MENTION A name or two today
M THE temptation is great,
BUT IT JUST can't be done.
HOWEVER, 1T should not be very
U c TROUBLE for all u
READERS right here in Salisbury
TO NAME this couple right
QUICK. "You have kept
MY NOSE to the grindstone for 40
YEARS., PROTESTED this
HUSBAND. 1--WE done more
THAN THAT, snapped the wife.
1--WE MADE you turn the
.GRINDSTONE."
| THANK YOU
NEW BRAND
Added to the brands of spirits is
Liquor in transit
-Wmstou-Salem Journal.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
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LIQUID, TABLETS, SALVE,
O DROPS

Checks Malaria in ; days, Colds
first day. Headaches or Neural
gia in 80 minutes.
FINE LAXATIVE AND TONIC
Most Speedy Remedies Known.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29

BROWN HIS WEAKNESS
Mr.. M. Hendrick has an habitua
choice for brown-brown hats
suits and shoes. Your scribbler i
addicted to brown outfits.
F. G. Thompson in Forest Cir
Courier.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
Alta GIRL!

Alta GIRL
In the "supcrlatives' vote last
week by the students of N. c. c.
w., appears Patty Leak, to repre-
sent charm. Culture, grace and
beauty could just as easily been
voted her.
-Rockiugbam Post-D Dispatch.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29

XMAS OPPORTUNITIES
There have been many large hogs
hogs killed in our community if
the past few days. Ernest Koont1
killed two large hogs Monday,
Columbus Weaver also killed two
fine hogs Mondays Emery Byerly
butchered one Of the largest hogs
that has been killed in our COM
munity, Tuesday, 1t weighed
around 500 pounds.
-Reedy Fork correspondence, Lex-
ington Dispatch.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29

LEAVING NONE TO MOURN
Technocracy, like those whom
the gods love, died young.
-Shsrtanbnrg Journal
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
HERE'S HOPING THERE'S

HERE'S HOPING THERE'S
CH!TLUNS FOR CHRISTMAS
Well, ye scribe failed to get the
postum and turkey for Thanks
wing dinner, but we come pretty
,ear-a duck from the Hon. Bill
reese, an invite to dinner with the
Britains, a rabbit from Jerry Je-
:cme, and a pumpkin from Mrs.
'udson Corn. Pretty nice, eh?
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
nEACE ON EARTH

There never was a time since the
angels sang on Judean hills "Peace.
IN earth, good will to men," when,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-12-29
l THANK YOU.
NEW BRAND

NEW BRAND
Added to the brands of spirits il
liquor in transit
-Wnstou-Salem Journal
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-08-18
EASY D!SHWASHING

Three times a day-21 times
week-90 times a month, more or
less, we have dirty dishes staring US
in the face to be washed But you
will find if you use the same granu-
lated soap which you use for your
cottons and linens that even pots and
pans may be washed with surprising
ease.
AS you empty pots and pans fill
them with warm water, sprinkle in
granulated soap and let them soak
until you have finished the dishes
little or no securing will be needed
to get them gleamingly clean.
For the dishes-scrape and pile
them-this well done Is half the bat
tie. Then make hot suds in your
sink or dishpan with granulated
soap.
Have hot water for rinsing. A
good order for washing is the glasses
first, next the silver, then the dishes,
and finally the pots and pans.
Wipe the dishes with clean, lint
less towels, or allow them to drain
dry after rinsing in hot water.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-08-18

before It's gates stands a statue Of
Flora Macdonald maid of the Isles,
who so gallantly 'Lied the fugitive
Prince Charlie. escaping to the
Hebrides with price of thirty
thousand pounds upon his head.
"A single cairn of stones marks
Culloden moor. near Inverness, where
the Prince and 5000 hungry, ill-clad
clansmen met lasting defeat at the
hands of 5000 British regulars. un-
der the duke Of Cumberland. Rough
stones, carved with the names of the
clans, MacLean. Maclachlan. Nc
Gillivray, mark the graves of the
1,2OO Highlanders who fell In an
adjoining cornfield stands a tablet
to the fifty Englishmen who were
slain.
Inverness today is the distributing
center for the Highlands. 1t is here
that the annual sheep and wool mar
kets are held. Industries include the
manufacture of tweed, brewing and
distilling, lumber manufacture, gran
ite cutting, and some shipbuilding.
Climate and location have made ii
extremely popular for summer holi
days. Shakespeare discovered that
in Inverness. the air nimbly and
sweetly recommends itself unto our
gentle senses.
"A further attraction for tourists
is the Northern Meeting, or High
land Gathering held in September.
Athletes from all Scotland gather for
games and contests. Men in kits
and tartan plalds crowd the narrow
streets. and the ringing notes of the
pibroch' echo from the castle walls" ="
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-08-18
A New Old France

The rebuilding of the devastated
areas of France presents several in
teresting contrasts. Albert, for ex-
ample, was rebuilt on exactly the
same old plan, including awkward
street corners and houses occupying
inconveniently shaped sites. Wher-
ever the former residents have re-
turned to their towns, with true
French fidelity they have refused to
pay any regard to the advice Of
modern town planners and repro
duced as nearly as possible their pre-
war surroundings. But where new in
dustrial centers were being created,
those responsible have studied the
latest ideas of town makers in all
parts of the world, and added there
to many touches of French thrift and
Review.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-08-18
Ch:ld.Eating Witch

Terrifying reports of a reputed
child-eating witch have put the In
dian and native districts of Durham,
South Africa, in a turmoil, says the
Montreal Herald. Some stories credit
her with eating them raw and 9th
ers with making baby broth, but all
are firmly believed. and the police
have actually made a search for the
mysterious woman. 1t is claimed she
can vanish into thin air at will. She
has a mysterious power over chill
dren and she can escape from any
police cell by turning into being
without substance and walking
through the locked door or floating
through the cell window. No one is
able to find any trace of the woman
or of any babies that have dlsap-
peared, but the reports persist.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-08-18
ALL FOR NOTHING

She watched the door of her new
establishment open to admit her first
client. Business had started! A
good impression must be created
upon him!
Hurriedly she grasped the tee-
phone receiver and became engaged
in an animated conversation Then,
an appointment having been ar.
ranged. she replaced the receiver
and, beaming on her customer asked
what can / do for you. sir?'
A moments pause, and then:
"If you please, ma'am, I've come
to connect the telephone !"-London
Tit-BitS.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-08-18
Man Intended for Long Life

The human race was originally
intended to live for a thousand
years. if the theory of Prof. Robert
L. Greene, head of the department
of pharmacy at Notre Dame, is cor
rect, says Pathfinder Magazine.
Professor Greene believes that the
proper diet, consisting chiefly of
fruits, vegetables, milk and water
will enable persons even in these
days to attain an age of at least
one hundred years. He bases his be-
lief on the answers he receives TO a
question he sends to every person
he hears of who has neared or
turned the century mark. He be-
lieves that the processed foods of
today are responsible for the short
er span of life.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-08-18
Ugly, Disfiguring
Pimples
Covered Face
CuticHra Healed

"My entire face was covered with
ugly, disfguring plmples and they
were very painful They were very
hard, large and red and they gave
me such pain by itching that |
scratched and made them worse. For
four months they were so bad I
could hardly rest.
Everyone suggested remedies but
to no avail, and 1 became so disfig-
ured 1 would not go out Finally 1
tried Cuticura Soap and Ointment
and they made my face feel re-
freshed, and after using three cakes
of Cuticura Soap and four boxes Of
Cuticura Ointment l was healed"
(Signed) Miss Bernice Whitaker,
Rt. 8, Hamlin, Texas.
Soap 25c Ointment 25c and SOC.
Talcum CSC. Proprietors: Potter
Drug & Chemical Corp, Maiden,
Mass.-Adv.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-08-18
FRANKLY SPEAKING

The shop assistant wrapped UP the
customers parcel and deftly handed
it TO him.
There you are, SIR" he said, "and
if the goods are not just to your lik-
ing we will cheerfully refund the
cash."
Farmer Giles shifted.
Don't tell me sech yarn. young
man," he replied.
"Eh? What?" exclaimed the as
sistant, momentarily taken Off his
guard.
''Ye might gle me my money back"
said the farmer. but faint human
nature to be cheerful about it.-Lon-
don Answers.