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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
on BRUCE CATION

"TNSTEAD OF DICTATORSHIP, y
l. by Henry Hazlitt, proposes one
of the most far-reaching political
reforms ever suggested in this coun-
try: and if. as I suspect, it will win
few converts. it at least is qualified
to serve the very useful purpose OF
stirring up a lot of wholesome dis
cussion.
Hazlitt points, first of all, to the
unacceptable fact that our present
form of federal government is ex-
ceedingly clumsy and inefficient.
But he does not believe that these
faults are inherent in democracy
itself; they arise, he says, simply
because our governmental frame
work creates them.
In place Of president and congress,
Hazlitt would have a national coun-
Gil of twelve legislators, chosen at
large by proportional representa-
ton.
If any candidate got more than
half the first choice votes, he would
be president; if not, the council
would elect one of its own number
president. The right of veto would
be greatly modified. All hands
would stand for reelection every
two years.
All of this may not appeal to you
very greatly. But it does provoke
thought about the fundamentals of
our government, and for that rea-
son it seems to me to be a useful,
as well as readable, little article.
It is one of the John Day Com
pany's 25-cent pamphlets.
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Sticky Fingers
Money of Others Draws
Negro-But He Has
Overlooked Some.

"UESSIR, JUDGE" said Lee
Il Ewing, aging Negro, to Judge
Frank P. Baker in criminal court
Friday, I've been in trouble
twice before and both times I
was probated.
Before Baker on a grand larceny
charge, Ewing, so, of 1902 Martin
dale avenue, was charged with
stealing $55 from the home of Ed
gar A. Coffman, for whom he was
doing some work at Coffman's
home, 4617 Sunset avenue.
"Yessir, Judge, took the money.
I was in trouble both times for the
same thing"
We'll, then, your trouble seems
to be that you just can't keep your
hands off other peoples money"
commented Baker.
Ewing inclined his kinky head
doubtfully.
mo, sir. Judge, that amt so.
why, probably I've overlooked six
or seven hundred dollars then" he
said.
Baker took the case under advise
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
STATE TO Give
MILLIONS FOR
SCHOOL WORK
McNutt Pledges Huge Sum
for Education in Next
Fiscal Year.

Governor Paul V. McNutt Friday
pledged s17,500Ooo to grade and
high schools of the state before the
end of the 1934-35 school fiscal
year.
In making public his promise to
pay, the chief executive predicted
that s100Oo,0O0 Immediately can
be slashed from the 1884 local tax
levies through budgets now awaiting
action before county tax adjustment
boards.
State payments to schools have
not been given proper consideration
in making up the budgets, he said.
So formula based on the Gov
errors estimates has been worked
out and is being sent to all local
officials having anything to do with
the school budgets and tax rate.
McNutt discussed the program to-
day with members of the state edu-
cation board.
Millions to Be Given
Revenues will be received by the
school units from the excise collec-
tions on Nov. l and May /. Gross
income tax receipts will be dis
tributed Jan. and July l.
Total distribution for the school
year 1933-34 will amount to more
than S7,8OOOO0, and 1934-35 the
amount will be $9,700000 according
to the Governors estimates.
It was estimated that not more
than $7,500,O00 has been allowed in
1884 school budgets for state pay
ments and this should be increased
by adjustment board to at least
$10,0O0,00O, the Governor said.
The entire sum of $17,500,000 will
be lifted from the shoulders of the
property taxpayers during the next
two school years, the Governor
pointed out.
Average payment by the state will
equal 5000 per teacher, he said
Agreed to Pay $500
Under the law the state agreed
to pay $500 per teacher a year, if
the money was available.
County auditors were warned by
Chairman Phil zoercher of the state
tax board to see that county adj
justment boards take into considera-
ton the state estimates of school
payments
The board will insist that every
cent of the $780, 900 be deducted
before the close of the school fiscal
year for which budgets, in most
cases now are being made, zoercher
declared.
George c. Cole, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, has
advised all school officials through
out the state to cooperate with
tax adjustment boards in bringing
about lower property tax levies.
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profits $4,000 annually and lower its
The request was laid before the
commission Thursday afternoon by
Mayor John w. McCarty OF Wash
ington.
The mayor was joined by j. P.
Adkins, plant superintendent, ana
Fred Dobbyn. in relating the history
of municipal ownership which has
caused Washington to be cited
throughout the nation.
Rate reductions asked at this
time would place lighting in line
with cooking and avoid unfair use,
Adkins explained. A hearing before
the commission was made necessary
by the city's request to increase the
monthly minimum rate of 30 cents
to 81.
Domestic rates, however would be
as low as 3 cents, cooking 2 cents,
commercial is cents and large
power rates as low as cent per
kilowatt hour.
Despite the fact that compliance
at the plant with the NRA code has
added S12O monthly to the over
head and the new state law reqires
a tax of $4,000 this year, the low
err rates will provide ample return
on the city's investment, Adkins
testified
The new rates would be the low
est charged anywhere in southern
Indiana, he said.
In 1882, the Washington plant
earned an II per cent return on a
property investment of S666,000 and
stands free of indebtedness, he tes-
titled. It's profit for the year was
$4,000, after a 3 per cent allowance
for depreciation had been made.
Mayor Mccarthy recounted that
$4,000 annually had been trans
ferred from the light plant account
to the city general fund since 1880.
He said that in 1888 nearly $4,000
would be transferred to pay costs
of the city's operation above the
S6,275 sum allowed by the county
tax adjustment board, which set
the city tax levy at II cents.
In $780, the tax rate was SIP,
the mayor said.
Plant profits have been used for
unemployment relief. Mayor Nc
Carly explained. Pay rolls were
created through street and alley
construction and the city now has a
$150,000 public works program under
way.
Effort to reduce rates in 1927 was
checkmated by the commission, the
mayor asserted.
Adkins said that only three
months since the plant has operated
have revenues declined. January was
the only month this year when de-
crease was noted. Since then an
increase has been registered month
ly, despite depression, he said.
THE cheaper rates are the more
electricity people use he pointed
out. 1--WE look to have our rev.
enues restored within three months
after this decrease by reason Of in
creased consumption
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
d PRISONERS FLEE IN
LAGRANGE JAIL-BREAK

By United Press
LAGRANGE, Ind, Sept. S.-Four
prisoners escaped from the La
grange county jail here today, after
saving and filing away the bars of
their cell.
The men, all local residents, are
Bryon, Charles and Orville Stew
art, brothers, and Erwin Wolf. The
brothers are said to have confessed
being members of a gang of petty
thieves. Wolf had been held on a
bad check charge.
The four are believed to have fed
from town in a stolen auto.
A posse of deputies Immediately
was organized to search for the
fugitives and word was sent over
three states to watch for them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
CHAMPION STEER IS
SOLD FOR S497.5O

Grand champion steer entered
by All club member was sold
Friday to Kingan & Co., for S497 so,
an unusually high price. The steer
brought $50 per 100 pounds. 1t
weighed 995 pounds. Sale was at
auction. dAs4ss
Steers can be bought on the
market at from S. to Sc per 100
pounds.
The champion, an Angus named
Dick. was the entry of William
Dickinson. Is. Delphi. Ind.
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SUNDAY

SUNDAY
I 00-Childrens hour
s.3o-Msxicsn MaTimba Typica orchestra
a.oo-MoTaing Musicale; string quartet;
S69 3gs6 5r,5 male c SsaFfst II
ii:iCPsimer House SENS ensemble jjNBcl.
'ORiSssi tshm 9f the oua S0ls NRsc
soprano. instrumental trio iNBCl.
i2i5-IntI Radio Forum NBcl.
iS SSsaR eaF King 6 2TaRsSTs NBe
5:6S-conseryatory Of Music recital.
5so-c Hatasg:0l 4 capeiia Choir CNBc).
8 .30-Symphonette (NBC).
4:So-Trio Romantiaue. vocal NBc).
4.45-Baseban scores.
50-Charioteers.
5EE 9 at Be anH E2anfss F FTsd Hufsmitn
s:oo-Bert Lair and Rubinofs orchestra
7:oo-ReTeilers quartet end Al Good
7:3o-WaiteT Winchell lNBc).
s60-Gene &c B Sc5eiiiIs dance orchestra.
5:l5-To be announced
.45-Southvind.
a:lSFoGr Horsemen. male quartet
s:30-Orchestra Gems.
10: 30-Charlie Kerr's orchestra (NgCl.
II :oo-Lotus Gardens orchestra tNbCl'
q 0-Mid.-Walkathon orchestra.
r :sso-sign of.
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FIND CLEW TO BANDITS
Partial Identification Reported in
City Bank Holdup.

Tentative identification has been
made of five of eight men in a
bandit gang which obtained $4,000
Wednesday in a holdup of the State
Bank of Massachusetts, Avenue.
Detectives refuse to reveal the
names of the five men, pointing out
that the partial identification was
based on Bertillon photographs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
HIGH SPOTS OF SATURDAY
NIGHTS PROGRAMS
Northumberland Bailey.

5.15-Columbia-M Bailey.
5:3o-NBC (WJZ) Kaltenmeyer
Kindergarten.
Columbia-Elder Micheaux ana
his congregation.
6:3o-NBC (WEAFl - U n d er the
Bridges Of Paris
7:3o-Columbia- willard Robson and
orchestra.
NBC (WEAF) - ''Kay-Seven-
Secret Service Spy Story"
s:oo-NBC (WEAF)-B. A. Rolfe's
orchestra.
Columbia-Isham Jones or
chestra.
s:so-NBC (WJZ)-Jamboree-
show
s:oo-NBC (WEAF)-Gala WSB pro-
gram.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
CAUGHT IN MILE CHASE
Negro. Suspected of Planning Rob-
berry, Is Captured.

Jesse Young, %. Negro. 726 North
Senate avenue. was captured by po-
lice early today after a chase of a
mile and is held on a vagrancy
charge.
Officers said they first noticed
Young hiding in weeds at the rear
of 1404 Central avenue.
He is said to have admitted he
was lying In wait for dairy de-
livery truck. with the intention of
stealing butter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09

Alone Together" the hit song from
''Frlving Colofs.' will be the highlight OF
Evan Evans recital Of popular melodies,
SATURDAY. from to Sis D. m. over WtBM
and the Columbia network.
Vera Van, winsome singer whose cen
tralto voice has become an overnight ia
nTocram of her deep-toned ballads during
The period from 7:15 to 1880 .. m. over
the WABC- Columbia chain Friday.
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SATURDAY

p N
I .OO-Conr's orchestra fCBSi.
EolsfE orhcestra fNBCt. WIZ.
Viennese Ensemble fNBC WEAF.
f.30-Drakes Drums fNBCl, WEAF.
x Sisters fNBCl. VIZ.
Jack Armstrong Chs
4-4S-Fesfure iNBCl. WIZ.
DGchius orchestra Chs.
5.00-Meyer DAVIS orchestra tNBCl
WEAP.
John Herrick. baritone fNBCl.
VIZ
5.I5-Mildred Bailey CHS
Ethel waters fEBCl VIZ.
5-3o-Kaltenmeyer Kindergsrten fNBCl
s.4s-The Optimistic Mrs. Jones NBcl.
WEAF
se0-DenHys orchestra CNBCi. WIZ.
Songs iNBCi WEhF.
e.I5-The Sizzlers fNBCl. WEAF.
3O-BroVn & Lleweuen fNBCl. VIZ.
6.45-Anuie judy and Zeke NBC. WIZ.
7-oO-Antobals Cubsns Obs.
Tales Of the Titans fkBC1, WIZ.
: .50-Jam boree tNBCi. WIZ.
s.oo-WSB Gala program fNBCi. MLAF.
5 52an 5o Sfa5s:,f fsn0S NBs SBc wE Ngz
Scottis orchestra tNBCf. VIZ
10 00-Henry King s orchestra tNBCl
VIZ.
Dream Singer. Gerston orchestra
fNBCf. WEAF
10 .5o-Child's orchestra MIC. WIZ.
Fishers orchestra fNBCl WEAF.
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Fishing the
Air

Mildred Bailey. "the rockin chair lady"
will be assisted by the Eton boys quartet
for the presentation Of two new rhythm
numbers. Living in Doubt and Shame
from Sis to $50 D. m Saturday. over
WABC and the Columbia chain.
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SUNDAY

SUNDAY
AN
7:OO-Children' hour (WJZl.
8.00-South Sea Islanders (WEAF).
8 .30-Typica orchestra tWEAF).
9,00-Gruen & Hall (WEAF).
9.l5-Theater program fWEAF).
10 .00-Watchtower program.
l0.15@Jimmv Bower
l0.3O-Crvstal melodies.
choir fWEAF).
~ 0O-Noon-House Beautiful.
P M
2.15-Monarch trio
melodies.
l.00-WaYne King fWEAF1.
/ .30-Opera concert WIZ.
2.O0-Goulo g. Shelter (WJZ).
2.30-Greek Dav at C. of P. (WEAF).
3-00-Casino orchestra tWEAFl.
3 .30-Cadle Tabernacle.
4.45-NaZarene male quartet.
5.O0-Soloist (WEAFl.
5.15-Philosophv fWEAF1.
5.30-JOhn D. Thompson.
5:45-Marshall PLAYERS
6:00-Light opera (WJZ).
7.00-Dick Harold.
7.15-Starost Sisters
7.30-Marvel Myers
7.45-Cadle Tabernacle.
S.45-Seth Parker (WEAFl.
9.l5-NRA talk tWEAFl
a.3O-Orchestra gems (WEAF1.
l0.OO-Montclair orchestra (WEAFl.
lO:3o-Bud SHAY orchestra CWEAF).
II .00-Sign on.
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WLW (700) Cincinnati
SATURDAY

P. NJ.
4:O0-Walter Logan and his Viennese
ensemble (NBCl.
4 30-EsSeX House ensemble.
500-Walkathon dance orchestra.
5.15-Joe Emerson and orchestra.
5 30-Bob Newhau
5:45-Gene BurchelTs dance orchestra.
6f5-Three Moods In Blue
6:30-Sons les Pont de Paris tNBC).
f00-R. F. D. hour.
7:30-Crosley Follies.
s:00-Satur6ay Night Dancing Party
tNBCl.
9.00-Old Vienna ensemble.
9;l5-Over the Rhine German band.
3o-Hotel Biltmore' orch. (NBCl.
l0.30-Conev Island dance orchestra.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
City-OlUned Utility Asks
State to O. X. Rate Cut

commissioners bordering the
electric Washington
its klowat hour rate from to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
OTHER PEOPLES
. COIN BOYS FIND
| GOING TOUGHER
truth in Securities Law
I Curling Unrestricted
Management Trusts.

b. cripps-Howard Neirspgper Alliance
WASHINGTON. Sept. Stock
1obbing companies that make a
practice Of specializing with other
peoples money are finding the
truth in securities law" an irksome
instrument.
Reference is made not 70 the or
binary type investment trust, but
10 the sO-called unrestricted man
agement trust. the operators Of
which are given a free hand 70 play
the stock market on a margin basis.
to buy long and sell short.
Heretofore. purchases Of shares in
many Of the management trusts
have been supplied very little in
formation as 70 how their capital is
used, the percentage Of proceeds
that goes 10 the operators and the
possibilities Of loss should the man
ayers guess wrong on when 10 get IN
and when TO get out Of the market.
None Registered
Since the federal trade commits
sion laid down the rules governing
the information which must be
made available 10 the public. not
single new issue of management
trust shares has been registered.
Commission officials say that they
have been informed that several
management trusts plan to discon-
Time operations, unless the securi-
ties law is modified
Very few difficulties under the
securities law are encountered by
the ordinary type investment trust,
the operations Of which are con-
fined TO the purchase and pooling
of diversified list Of securities on
a long term basis.
However. a few investment trusts
in the face Of the securities Law,
have deemed it advisable to do a
little housekeeping on their own
One Of the largest recently regis
tered a new issue. revealing that it
made a charge Of 9 per cent for
distribution" in other words. the
selling commission. A few DAYS later
the trust amended its registration
to make the distribution cost s per
cent.
As High as IA Per Cent
Investment trusts have been
known to slice of in different kinds
of fees and commissions as much
as IA per cent of the money sub
scribed by shareholders. Federal
trade commission officials believe
that such charges VIII be discon-
tinued when the trust managers
are forced to make them public
The investment trust method Of
financing enjoys a favored status
under the commissions rules. In
the registration of a straight in
dustrial issue. the issuer is re-
CURED to make a detailed state
ment Of the physical assets back
of the securities. But an invest
ment trust need only list the secur-
tiles in its portfolio Even that
requirement was protested by one
group of trust managers, who OBJ
jected violently on the ground that
a trusts portfolio was trade
secret" The trade commission
merely laughed Al the protest.
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WKBF (14OO) indianapolis


SATURDAY
PM
-Minstrels fWJZl.
O0-St Regis orchestra fWEAF).
3O-Jack and Loretta Clemens (WEAF) .
5 .45-Dinner melodies.
6 00-KnothOle gang.
6:l5-Herman and Banta (WEAFl.
630-Les Points fWEAFl.
7.00-Cuban tWEAFl.
730-.K tWEAFl.
S00-Marvel Myers.
S.3O-CuckoO WIZ
9 .O0-WSD-SOKW Christening (WEAF).
10 .00-Village barn orchestra (WEAF).
10 .30-Orchestra tWEAF).
Il -00-Ciun ofF
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Tonight's Radio Tour
NETWORK OFFERINGS

Hotel orchestra fNBCl
Il .OO-Mid.-Johanna Crosse. orEanist.
e so-walkathon orchestra.
! OO-Ciub Croslev.
2.00-SiEn of.
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SUNDAY

A. M.
8 OO-Church Of the Air fCBSl.
8 30-MelodY Parade tCBSl.
845-Tonv Wons Chs.
00-Jake's entertainers.
9 .30-Christian Men Builders.
10 80 TO noon. silent.
u 90 Noon Did YOU Know
! :30-Svmphonic hour Chs.
2 00-Ca thedral hour CHS.
00-Wllard Robson CHS.
3:I5-Vera Van fCBSl.
3 30-Bakers Chs.
I 00-Wheeler Mission program.
( 30-Records.
4:45-Chicsgo Knights fCBSl.
500-Bright Interlude tCBSl.
5.l5-hodern Male chorus tCBS).
5:30-John Henry fCBSl.
5 45-ChicaRo Varieties (CBS1.
6.l5-John Henry CHS.
30-In the Modern Manner (CBSl.
700-Bar-X DAYS CHS.
7.30-Gauchos tCBSl.
sOO-Freddie Rich entertains CHS.
8.30-Quiet Harmonies OBS.
9O0-Guy Lombardo and Royal Canadi-
ans CHS.
9.30-Jerry Freeman orchestra OBS.
10 00-Casa Iona orchestra tCBSl.
10 30-Johnnv HamD orchestra tCBSl.
II 00-Around the Town from Chicago
II -Midnight-Sign of.
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EAST SIDE
90 Double Feature
EMERGENCY CALL"
Kathleen Burke
MURDER IN THE zoo"
Sunday-Double Feature
a Fay Wrav
ANN CARVER'S PROFESSION
Marie d P59Ss nS p ard Poly Moran
8k Ion s D6sb !; 5 Esatu st.
ANN CARVER'S PROFESSION''
Tom Keene
SCARLET RIVER"
Sunday-DoubIe Feature
Sylvia Sidney
JENNIE BERHARDT"
THE WOMAN ! STOLE"
SOUTH SIDE
81 ssSAss. Double Fsat sSeA's
HEROES FOR SALE"
Bob Steele
GALLANT FOOL"
Sundav-DoubIe Feature
RETURNED
NAL NESI IN SHE DONE HIM WRONG"
stewart Erwin and Dorothy Wilson
BEFORE DAWN"
ANOERY FF0 BSssl. a Ps., Shelby
DANGEROUS CROSSROADSY
Randolph Scott and Tom Keene
SUNSET PASS"
Sundav-Double Feafure
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE"
Laurel and Hardy
The DEVILS BROTHER"
HRAMA07 vir. az Fountain So.
-----Nz1AgZ Eddie Cantor
"WHOOPEE"
ALL IN TECHNICoLoR
SUNDAY
Robert Montgomery and Sally Eilers
MADE ON BROADWAY"
Laurel and Hardy Comedy
'TOWED IN A HOLE"
WEST SIDE
REl:NGoNT = Ps $i;r s 5: 4 s.
SONG OF THE EAGLE"
BOB STEELE
FIGHTING CHAMP"
Sunday-Double Feature
Ann Harding
DOUBLE HARNESS"
Bruce Cabot and Airline Judge
FLYING DEVILS"
DAILY a. ss., VI Vie Us.
Double Feature
Bob steele
TRAILING NORTH"
Warren Williams
THE MIND READER"
SUNDAY
Jean Harlow and Clark Gable
HOLD YOUR MAN
Featurette
POOR LITTLE RICH BOY"
" 49, w " " Double Feature
Sunday and Monday
". c. Fields and Rudy vaIIee
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE"
sum summervine and Zaru Pitts
~oUT ALL NIGHT"
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WFBM (1230) Indianapolis
Power and Light Comp&nyl
SATURDAY

P. II.
5 3O-Elder Michaux and Congregation
fCBSf.
8 00-Evan Evans CHS.
6.I5-Rhythm Rascals.
s 30-Casa Iona orchestra CHS.
s 45-C5ertrude Eiesen CHS.
2 0O-Ann Leaf at the organ fCBSl.
730-Taxation Talk.
Willard Robson and orchestra
fCBSI.
s0O-Isham Jones orchestra (CBSl.
5.30-SlnglnE Strings from Montreal
CHS.
00-Jerrv Freeman orchestra CHS.
93O-CharNe Davis orchestra fCBS).
10 O0-Barnev Rapp orchestra (CBSl.
10 30-Dick JerFens orchestra (CBSl.
Il O0-Sign of
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24
YOU NEVER CAN TELL

If the reformers could have en-
acted all the laws they have ever
devised to stamp out gambling,
they could not eliminate it unless
they prohibited the publication of
books. For the book selling bust
ness is a gamble, as most publish
ers are willing enough to admit.
Joseph w. Lippincott, an A.
merican publisher, has confessed
to an audience in Paris that "the
book we expected to sell the least
is the book that starts going and
keeps rolling until it spreads over
one country after another" The
first publisher who started hope
fully, after the invention of print
ing, to find out what the public
likes, knew about as much of
what readers want as his latest sue
cessor in the field.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24
ALWAYS IN DEMAND

Americans are quick to sctap
anything which invention makes
The buggy did not sur
vive long in the competition with
the automobile. Letter writing has
become almost a lost art with the
popularization Of the telephone
and the typewriter. The list might
be extended almost indefinitely.
But the fireplace -withstands all
competition. 1t is no longer neces-
sary. 1t is wasteful. Yet no imita-
ton can quite satisfy the pleasure
that we take in its living flames.
One of the surprising happenings
of this winter has been the heavy
demand for fireplace sets. Moder-
nistic architecture announces that
the fireplace is obsolete.
II know it," answers the man
who is building a house, "Put one
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24

lands. So, very many did sell and
retired to California or to con-
venient cities.
The favorite form Of invest
ment for these retired farmers was
mortgages. Ninety per cent OF
them lived on mortgage interest.
With the great slump in farm
prices, the defaults in mortgage in
terest, these men, who felt they
would never need to work again,
found their incomes vanishing.
Therefore, they turned again to
farming, and thousands of them
are looking back.
1t is the only business they
know, and, even though it is in
distress, it offers them a living. Ir
general, it is the big farmers who
are hardest hit, men who are OBJ
liged to hire labor, MAINTAIN null
farm machinery and work heavily
mortgaged farm. The small farm
er, who relies on his family fol-
help on the farm, a get by. Mo-
more than IS per cent of the small
farms are mortgaged.
The farm, as a place of refuge
in these days, is not to be scofeo
at. And there are plenty of per
sons who realize it.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-03-24
A QUEER TWIST

A curious situation has develop,
ed in Ireland. The railroad serv-
ing Northern and Southern Irelano
cut the wages of its employees
The Free State government imme-
diately granted a bonus to the
railway men within the Free State
to the amount of the cut. The
Belfast government did nothing.
The employees of the North
went on strike and tied up the rail
ways in Ulster. The Free State
workers on the Northern lines quit
work also, despite the government
bonus, to show their sympathy
with their Northern brothers.
The result is that the Free
which was generous, suffers
just as much as Ulster, which re-
a settlement.
Incidentally, it sheds a reveal
ing light on the readiness with
the men of the North and
the South can get together in some
vital things, yet politically remain
far apart.