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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-16
s.: WATCHMAN BREVITIES :

E. c. (Ted) Mercer, one of the
outstanding laymen of America and
N associate of DR.. John R. Mott in
,be student movement for six years,
will begin on next Sunday a week
Of special meetings at the First
Presbyterian church.
An interesting program has been
,renared for the annual meeting of
'be Rowan Grange Seventh degree
club which will hold its meeting at
the court house, here on Friday
night, with the program beginning
# o'clock. A picnic supper will
he served at the close of the meet
ing.
Only 5,l26 bales Of cotton have
been ginned in the county prior to
N.vember l, against s,742 for the
same period last year, II mas Deen
announced by the census bureau.
The county has already received
authorization to gin 11,l72 bales
tax-frce and another small allot-
ment is due to arrive from Wash
ington.
A ,hree-act play Captain APP
pleiack" will be presented by the
Blue Masque dramatic society of
Catawba college, at the college
auditorium on Friday night.
The first Of a series of fight
cards will be put on at the recrea-
ton hall of the transient bureau on
Friday night. 1t is the plan of the
sponsors to stage a card at the re-
creation hall weekly, according to
Van B. Sharpe, director of the bur
eau. A very interesting array of
talent is on the card for the first
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-16

Miss Vivian Hoffman spent thu
weekend at home with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs.. George Hoffman.
Miss Grace Hoffman spent Sun.
day evening with Miss Mildred Viii.
liams.
Miss Mae Spry, Of ANNAPOLIS
spent Sunday evening with her sist.
er, Mrs. Ruth Spry.
Mr.. Wade Hanes Shut spen,
Sunday evening with his friend
Mr.. Bert Koon, across the river.
Miss Lucille Brown, of Cooleemee
spent the weekend with her friend
Miss Martha Spry.
We are sorry to say that Mis-
Lois Hoffman is sick this week ano
cannot go to school. Hope she will
soon be well and back at school.
Mr.. John Cauble and family were
, visitors of Mr. J. L. Cauble Sunda!
evening.
MI. Lenzie Gobble and family
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Gobble.
We are glad to see Mrs. Blancl
'Aldridge is home. She has been il
the hospital a long time. Her ane
baby are doing nicely now.
Mr.. Adam Gobble went oppos.
sum hunting Tuesday night. w
hope he had lots of good luck.
The Senior Sunday School elias,
of Mount Tabor church gave :
party at the home of Mr.. L. c.
Williams last Thursday night. All
enjoyed games and refreshments.
Gee, but don't this wind hurt
us cotton pickers? but most every
body is almost through now. Bet
ter up the winter turnips up and
store them away before they freeze
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-16
Mill Workers Turn
Against Textile Union
Discover Lost Wages Only Thing Strike
Brought Them

"In some localities there is still
a feeling of dissatisfaction among
some Of the mill workers and a
~tenseness between them and the
employers, but this is the exception
rather than the rule" one Inspector
said here. I'm most of the textile
centers a majority Of the workers
seem to be we'll satisfied and glad to
be back at work again. Many of
them openly state that it will be a
long time before they will go on
strike again. A good many say
they were misled by the union lead
|ers both before the strike and again
afterwards, when the union leaders
claimed they had won a great vic
tory.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-16

There are plenty of customers, but
mot enough goods. Will you help
us to stock our counters? We can
use anything, for any age or either
sex-clothing, shoes, scraps for
quilts, goods and remnants for
making clothes, household articles
anything, and in any quantity.
If our stock fails, our customers
do not come back for a long time
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-16
Old Clothes Plea

New Lives for Old Clothes!
This is our work-new lives for
boys and girls, healthier,
happier, broader. This is our
means-old clothes which we sell
at our Rag Shakin' or trade for
produce through the school kitch-
en-. Ever since we first started
our work, old clothes sales have
provided about one-half of our in
come; even during the depression
this ratio has not changed, though
the actual amount has of course
decreased very much. And today,
our warehouse is practically empty.
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OF the series for tonight.

Word has been received here of
the death of Mrs. Lon R. Lisk, of
Oklahoma City, Okla, on Nov. 2.
Her husband is a native of Rowan
county, a brother of W. C. and S.
c. Lisk of this county, and the
family is we'll known here.
J. B. Bailey, who lives in David
son county but who lived here
many years ago and served as a
clerk for the firm of Kluttz &
Rendleman, suffered a stroke of
paralysis last week and his condition
is critical, it is reported.
Sam Hobson, a negro who i.
said by officers to be of the
worst and most active chicken
thieves in these ports for a long
time, was Tuesday morning SEN
fenced by Judge Dunn in county
court to serve Is months on the
roads for stealing chickens and
clothes from the line.
There will be a fish and oyster
supper in the old barber shop a,
Faith, Saturday evening, Nov. II,
from $3.50 to 9 o'clock, for the
benefit of the Faith all-star basket
ball team. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Thomas c. Abernethy, of Lin
colnton, who has been associated
with the state offices of the HOME
Owners Loan corporation here fol
the past year or so, has been ap-
pointed assistant state manager, c
Scott Noble, state manager, has an
nounced.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-16
WILMINGTON
FREED

Parker Ounce Moore, former
mayor of Wilmington, was dis
charged from the State prison
after completing his term with al
lowance for good behavior. He
vas admitted to the prison on May
;, 1888, on a three-year sentence
after conviction Of conspiracy, in
attempting to extorr money from
Mrs. Jessie Kenan Wise. His term
was reduced through time off for
good behavior. .
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-16

and it is very hard to build up
confidence again. Please, will
you help us, for without your aid
this work must fall short of its
goal-New Lives for the Hills.
Mary Sloop, Bus. Mgr. Cross
more School Inc.
Freight and Express, Ashford,
N. c. Parcel Post, Crossnore, N. c.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-16
Weant Town News

Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Williams
spent the weekend in Asheville
with friends.
Mr.. Earnest Shoaf went to Char
lotte on business Tuesday,.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-16

They claim that we may relapse
back into the dark ages, but we
probably wouldn't be allowed to do
SO, if the dark ages could come to
life and make any kick on the way
people act now.
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at 1917
j 9. EltEnaiie Ok.
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Double Collections
Government and Party

The action of Secretary of the Treasury Morgnthau in
ordering Treasury officials holding political party posi-
on give up either their party jobs their departmental posts
is commended other members Of the Cabinet for emulation
SECRETARY M0RGENTHAU'S ATTITUDE WILL MAKE
FOR CLEANER AND BETTER GOVERNMENT AND
SHOULD TEND TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE SCANDAL
GUS ACTIVITIES WHICH HAVE STIRRED UP CRITICISM
OF THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE
As the Treasury head has remarked cannot collect
both for his party and Uncle Sam the time It has
been tried time and time again and either uncle sam or tne
party, or both, have suffered
Mr. Mogenhau whereof he speaks for in the short
time he has office he has had called to his personal
attention several unsavory incidents of the duplicate coec
ton service.
is strange however that should be necessary for Secre
arv Morgenthau to take vigorous action which he has
nounced after President Rooseve similarly vigorous de-
nunciaon of the mixture Of politics and public office some
months ago.
President Rooeves wishes have been Haunted by several
now holding public office who high in the circles of their
party.
In fact Secretary Morgenthaus sound declarations Of last
week must have chgn to Postmaster General
Farley stands among officials who are
reluctant conne their activities to the government service
SECRETARY MoRGENTHAU's ATTEMPT TO PRE-
SERVE THE STANDARDS OF HIS DEPARTMENT BY
KEEPING ITS OFFICIALS FREE FROM OFFICIAL CON-
NECTION WITH PARTY POLITICS Is PARTICULARLY
ENCOURAGING IN THESE DAYS WHEN IT IS so EVIL
DENT THAT FORCES ARE AT WORK TO TEAR DOWN
THE STANDING OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.
would be the heads Of other departments would take
similar steps to purge their agencies
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By T. E. Powers

fered the humiliation Of COM
mercial impotence"
This brought h o m e to the
American people once more the
indispensable necessity of a
strong Merchant Marine. Then
started the war program of ship
building. The result was that at
the close of the war and in the
years that followed, the Ameri-
can Government through the
Shipping Board established 38
services to world ports with the
ships built during the war. These
ships were built for war pur-
poses. They were not designed
for peace-time trade.
Leadership of Action
And soon the Merchant Ma
rine started on a new decline
which continued from 1921 until
the Jones-White act was passed
in 1928. During that period, the
great maritime powers of Europe
were out-building us on the seas
some of them more than IA
to one.
With the passage Of the
Jones-W White Act of 1928, a loan
system of Federal aid for Amer
lean Shipbuilding and American
shipyards was established. This
new policy quickly revived the
Merchant Marine.
BY 1888 our Merchant Ma
rine, although faced with in
creasing foreign competition
and hard hit by the depres-
sion, was nevertheless going
forward. American shipping
service was in operation from
sixty American ports to $50
foreign and overseas ports.
What was obviously needed
was reorganization of the
Shipping Board and a more in
telligent and efficient admins
tration of the legislation of
1928. Many of our merchant
ships were either obsolete or
nearing the age limit. The
building of new ships was an
obvious necessity.
But the Department OF
Commerce, to which the de-
velopment of our Merchant Ma
rine was entrusted a year ago
by executive order, is still
lodging the constructive &C
ton required. After a years
delay, it is now attempting to
hide its inactiOn by the ap-
pOintment Of a new commit
tee to study the situation"
In no part of the Federal
Government today is the lead
ership of action, which only
President Roosevelt can raise
up, more needed than in the
undermining and development
of the American Merchant Ma
rine.
Iconvrtsh+ 1asA The washington rimes'
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i. S. Merchant Marine Needs
Leadership, Not Study
BIZ James T. Williams, Jr.

With one hand the Federal
Government, after a decade of
neglect, has begun the building
up of the Navy to equality with
the strongest" in every class of
combatant ship.
With the other hand the Fed
eral Government is permitting
the American Merchant Marine
to deteriorate on the seven seas.
Sea power, as all history
teaches, requires both a strong
Navy and a strong Merchant
Marine for its effectiveness.
The War of 1912 was won by
sea power of which an essential
unit was American merchant
ships. Five hundred and seven
teen privateers sailing from
American ports captured in that
conflict 1900 prizes totaling in
value $39,0OO,0O0.
Then came American clipper
ships which won for our coun-
try a new supremacy on the
seas. They broke up Great Brit
aims monopoly in the East In
dian trade in the face of spir-
tied British competition.
Again in the Civil War the
American Merchant Marine was
an effective factor in the con-
tribution of sea power toward
the winning of that conflict.
Many merchant ships were con-
verted into men-of-War. Others
were destroyed or sold abroad.
Authority Noted
After the Civil War, the de-
velopment of the West was the
great national goal. Our Merch-
ant Marine began to decline
until the Great War found the
United States dangerously weak
upon the seas. In fact, at the
beginning of that war less than
ten per cent of what America
produced and bought was car
ried in ships flying the Ameri-
can Flag.
Senator white of Maine, who
has probably done more during
his service in the two Houses
of Congress to revive the Ameri-
can Merchant Marine than any
other national legislator of the
same period, recently gave this
graphic account of Uncle Sans
predicament on the seas when
Europe went to war in 1914:
"In 1914 this country had but
seventeen ships in its overseas
trade. The balance of our COM
merce overseas moved under
foreign flags.
1--WE found ourselves able to
move only those commodities
foreign belligercntS chose to
take. As a consequence freight
rates moved to unprecedented
and extOrtiOnate heights.
"Our farmers, manufacturers
and importers paid tribute of
untold millions in carrying
charges and our country Suf-
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penniless young men who have
fallen desperately in love with
beautiful heiresSeS, and married
them in spite of their millions.
But there is no truth in the old
adage that it is as easy for a
man to love a rich girl as to
love a poor one. It's infinitely
HARDER!
Somehow, instead of bright
ening up a woman'S charms, a
background of gold seems
merely to dim them to the
point of invisibility. Her for
tune SO dazzles a man that no
matter how beautiful she is, he
scarcely SEES it.
No matter how brilliant her
mind or her wit, it can never
outshine the glitter of her faith
er's moneybagS; and no matter
how lovable and sweet her dis
position, it can never rival the
sweetness of Daddy's sugar"
That's why the "beggar
maid" always catches King Co.
phetua-and why the Lucky
Little-Poor.Girl stands the best
chances of getting a faithful,
tender, devoted Prince Charm
ing. When a man marries a
gel, who hasn't even a fat sal
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Mark It in Red Ink
June 18th, 1884

. June 1OCn, 1854
Friday June 18TH many Americans paid the Government
the inalmen for the year their Federal income
tax.
Friday June 18TH every foreign nation which
to this country deulted its debt with the sole exception
Of Finland
And Friday June 18th, the British and French govern
took steps, to collect money owed to them by Ger
many which Germany had announced she could not for
the present
The American people interested in these three items Of
news.
They see first that they still paying for the
They see second that Europe proposes wrggle out
Of the cost of the far it do by repudang
its debt to the United States.
And they se third that both Britain and France have
compuncon about putting the nation which
them moneythat being entirely different matter
from their legal and moral obligations to
So Uncle Sam, otherwise known Uncle Shylock,
think these things and remember them the next time
he is invited to plunge into foreign and pay for it.
June 49, 1884 will be marked his calendar conspcuous1y
from henceforth-
In the reddest Of red ink
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Twenty Matches
One Cigar


General Hugh Johnson has defied the lightning again.
The imperturbable and all highest of the National
Recovery Administration has issued remarkable cha
lenges to fate the of his calm career but the other
dav the innate bodness of the brought into high
relief when he signed the code the
industry.
Under the the code only pad Of matches may
be given to a customer who purchases a cigar.
To non-cigar smokers that may re but those in
the know believe that this clause going to raise
host of enemies for the Blue Eagle
The average pad contains twenty matches.
Now cigars will be lit and kept it with only
score of What the smoker to do after he has
used up the pad issued with the cigar?
There another phase of the matter also which smokers
believe the General overlooked in approving the code How
about windy weather?
Although that Congress has adjourned Washngtonans
will not be much disturbed by this angle Of the question: there
are cities in which the wind blows all the time
this match restriction persists it will probably stir up
such furore that the calm of General Johnson will be
ruffled.
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NRA and Census are eStab-
liShed. But there is not enough
room left for the Commerce De.
partment to house its many &C.
tivitieS.
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MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

airy cheek to sustain her, it
MUST be love! Because he is
practically signing up to keep
his nose to the grindstone for
the rest of his life, and his only
reward is the bundle of curls.
ruffleS and lipStick which he
holds in his arms.
It's funny, but it's true, that
most girls look prettier in bun
galow aprons or cheap Stacks
than in the fussy things they
wear on dress parade" And
when a mans mind is not on
Bradstreet's, he has more time
to enjoy a girls repartee.
There is no blazing back
ground and no halo of gold dol
lars to hide the sparkle in her
eyes or to blind him to the
flash of her smile or the CLINT in
her hair. She doesn't have to
live up to a dozen trunks full
of clotheS-or to try to distract
his gaze from her jewels to her
dimples. What there is of her
is "all girl"
Besides, when a man is try
ing to work out the amount of
dowry he'll collect and the best
way to spend it, it's pretty hard
to listen to a woman's wit. Her
MONEY does the talking!
Those are just half-a-dozen
chances which the poor girl has
over the rich girl, of getting a
real lover and real happiness
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By John Snure, Jr.

No order has so incensed
members of the Democratic or
ganization as the recent ultI-
matum of Secretary of the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau, jr.
Harried Henry ordered that
Treasury employees must either
sever connections with Demo-
cratic party organizations or
discontinue their service with
the Treasury.
The boys and girls are mad.
Many employees who are af-
filiated with the party organi-
cations nationally, in States or
counties, have spent money in
order that the donkey might
kick up its heels. They have
labored in its interests. AS a
partial reward they were brought
to Washington to take Govern
ment jobs, some of which were
important, others trivial.
Horatio Abbott, Democratic
national committee man in
Michigan, was overzealous in his
work for the party, so they re-
quested that he cease his activi-
ties in connection with his job
as internal revenue collector at
Detroit.
Abbott's enterprise illustrated
to Morgenthau that some party
workers might become too en-
ergetic to suit their affiliations
with the Treasury. Hence the
order against connected work.
Naturally, men and women
who have associated with party
activities hesitate to sever con-
nections. They also are reluc-
tant to resign from jobs in
the Government, but in many
cases financial necessity orders
that they retain their official
positions and step out of the
party spots. That is what the
majority will do in response to
the order.
Regardless of whether they
relinquish their titles in party
organizations they probably
will retain their influence in
the Democratic organization.
But the order clears the Off
ciaI skirts.
Remember Herbert Hoover?
Out of California he came to
accept the position of Chief
Executive of the United States.
Then he went back again.
Meanwhile, he was castigated,
condemned and corroded. One
of the items he ordered and for
which he was criticized was the
new Commerce Building.
That structure cost $17,000,-
900 and for each dollar one
hundred harsh words were said
of Mr.. Hoover. But it appears
that Hoover was conservative.
The department has OutgrOwn
the building and many divisions
are moving to other structures
for office space.
Hoover failed to take cogni-
zance of the fact that Gen.
Hugh S. Johnson would head
the NRA one day and that his
organization would take up
squatters' rights in the Com
merce Building. The Bureau of
the Census also liked the appear
ance of the building and moved
in
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NINA ana OcnSuS are eSLaD-
liShed. But there is not enough
room left for the Commerce De.
partment to house its many &C.
tivitieS.
Residents of Port Peck, Mont,
are planning big celebration
for President Roosevelt.
The Chief Executive has prom
Used he will stop at the old In
dian fort on his way home from
Honolulu.
Once famous shipping port
on the Missouri River, Fort Peck
has been proposed as a site for
gigantic reservoir to control
the flood waters of the upper
Missouri and furnish water for
gigantic projects.
The Fort Peckites believe that
the visit of the President will
further the cause of develop
ment of that area.
1t has been suggested also
that a power plant similar to
Muscle Shoals be set up at
Fort Peck.
Power people are worried lest
the plant be constructed and
permit a reduction in power
rates. But the people of Fort
Peck are hopeful that the Pres
ident will crack down on the
Power Trust by authorizing the
construction as Part of the gi-
gantic scheme for development
of waterways.
The popularity of C. T. Muir
Gibson, newly appointed direc-
tor of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, in
creaseS.
MurchisOn, however, has his
work cut out for him.
Taking the office after a
nasty political snarl, he found
that his predecessor, DIR. Wal
lard Thorp, had left an unruly
tangIe in the bureau.
When he was appointed as
director, Thorp accomplished lit
tie, according to reports, in
building up the administration
of the bureau. His assistants,
fearful of their jobs under the
new director, talked politics
and not commerce.
The work was said to be so
lax that men on the House sub
committee, having to do with
appropriations, threatened to
curtail funds unless work In
creased.
Then the Senate Commerce
Committee refused to confirm
Thorp months after he had
taken office. The President
withdrew his appointment and
the whole affair left the de-
partment in an uproar.
Murchison, able economist.
was appointed and confirmed
only to step into the untidy
affair left by Thorp.
Murchison is of Scotch an
cestry and moves cautiously.
But it is reported that he
realizes the importance Of his
bureau and is making every
effort to set the administrative
machinery in order SO that 1t
will run smoothly from now on.
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