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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-02
TICKETS

The following tickets will be
oted on in the election Tuesday:
COUNTY OFFICERS:
For State Senator, ]. Allan Dunn:
Democrat; S. E. Sloop, Republican
For Member of the House of
Representatives, ]. w. Bean, George
Uzzell, Democrats; G.. c.. P%eeler:
wv. K. Stonestreet, Republicans.
; For Trial Justice Rowan County
Court, Charles Price, Democrat; H
Grady Dorsett, Republican.
For Register of Deeds, w. D.
Kizziah, Democrat; S. O.. Sewers.
Republican.
For Auditor, J. E. (Pat) Hay
mes, Democrat; N. G. Steele, Re
publican.
For Sheriff, J. H. Krider, De-
mocrat; Carl E. Sloop, Republican
For Prosecuting Attorney Rowan
County Court, w. V. Harris, De-
mocrat; John H. Kirby, Republi-
can.
For Clerk of Superior Court, B.
D. McCubbins, Democrat; Myron
C. M. Fisher, Republican.
For County Commissioners, T,
M. Byrd, C. A. Long, Jim T.
Graham. O. l.. Linn, R. L. Bern
hardt, Democrats; w. H. Hobson,
A. D. Lentz, ]. A. Gardner, D. E.
Upright, Willis Myers, Republicans.
For Coroner, w. L. Tatum, De-
mocrat; C. E. Brown, Republican.
For County Surveyor, ]. D.
Justice, Democrat; Gilmer Walker,
Republican.
For Solicitor, 18th. Judicial Dis
trict, Charles L. Coggin,' Demo-
,,crat, (unopposed.)
STATE OFFICERS
For Chief Justice of Supreme
Court, Walter P. Stacy, Democrat;
A. A. Whitener, Republican.
For Associate Justice of Supreme
Court, Michael Schenck, Democrat;
W. H. Fisher, Republican.
For Associate Justice Of Supreme
Court, Heriot Clarkson, Democrat;
Willis G. Briggs, Republican.
For Treasurer, Charles M. John
Continued on page eighty
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Congressman J. ]. McSwain, of
Greenville, S. c., will close the
Democratic campaign in this coun-
ty with an address in the court
house Monday night. Mr.. Nc
is chairman of the House
Military Affairs Committee. He
is an excellent speaker and a large
crowd is expected to hear him. The
Is cordially invited.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-02
FLORIDA LYNCHING
PROTESTED

The action OF a Florida mob In
taking Claude Neal, negro, from
the Brcvton lAla. jail Friday
night and lynching him led almost
at once to threats which caused
the governor to place armed men
to guard the jail at Mariana, Fla.
Neal is said to have confessed to
assaulting and killing a young
farm white woman. On Sunday,
the excitement was abating and Of
ficials had. the situation we'll in
hand. Demands from many sources
are being made to the President
that the lynchers be vigorously
dealt with.
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HON. R. L. DOUGHTON

Hon. R. L. Doughton, chairman
Of the Ways and Means Committee
|of the national Congress, will de-
liver an address at China Grove
School, Saturday night at 1880
o'clock. A large audience is ex-
'pected to hear him.
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TEXAS SHERIFF A

Sheriff W. B. Arthur was slain
when he entered the cell of Virgil
Stalcup in the Jail at Dickens, Tex,
when he was overcome by the
prisoner and shot with his own
gun. Sta1cup was under peniten-
tiary sentences totaling 254 years.
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news
BRIEFS
KIDNAP MARSHAL

hlDNAP MAKS1AL
Five armed men kidnapped the
town marshal of suburban Long
Beach, Mich, and, using him as a
decoy, obtained entrance to the
home of Thomas Maloy, head of
the Chicago motion picture oper-
ators union, robbing it Of cash and
jewelry estimated to total $685.
600. .
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-02

A. & P. CLOSES 428 STORES
The Great Atlantic and Pacific
company closed 42S of its stores
in Greater Cleveland, Ohio, as a
result of labor disorders. Labor
union leaders demand that the COM
pany submit to unionization of its
employees. The company paid off
at Cleveland at close of business
1900 employees.
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GREENSBORO'S DRIVE FOR
SAFETY
Greensboro began a drive some
weeks ago to make its streets safer
for both motorists and pedestrians.
AS a result, 1913 drivers have had
their licenses suspended during
three weeks of operation of the
drive, and fewer wrecks have oc-
CURED, with no lives lost.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-02

Ewes On California
Our Credit Still Good
Spring Building Plan
Congress And Relief
Still Face Big Problem

1t is no secret that Upton Sin
clair's candidacy for Governor of
California is giving the Admins
tration more ground for worry
than any other one sign on the
political horizon. Whether Mr..
Sinclair is elected Or not on Nov
ember 9TH, the ideas which he has
wi in motion have impregnated
many minds with Socialistic theor-
les and to that extent make any
effort on the part of the Admin
istration to preserve its middle-of-
the-road course more difficult.
A great deal of the rather con-
sentative, reassuring talk emant;ns
from Washington, from the Presi-
dent down, in the past few weeks,
has been intended to offset the idea
that the radical Influence upon the
Administration is still dominant.
Very definitely, Washington does
not want Upton Sinclair to be
elected Governor of California,
even though he is running on the
Democratic ticket. His victory
would give strength to the radicals,
free-spending element which seems
likely to be enlarged, rather than
diminished, in the new Congress.
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That is not to intimate that
there is any likelihood Of impor-
tant curtailment of Government
borrowing and spending, but the
Administration wants to do the
planning and the spending and not
have its hand forced by wild
schemes which could only be car
ried out by inflationary measures
far greater than any that have SC
far been undertaken or that are
contemplated. The credit Of the
United States is still good, and Mr.,
Roosevelt wants to keep it good.
And there are several things to be
done which will call for all the
credit the Government has.
Most important of these, next to
maintaining it's relief disburse-
ments, is the project for ! gigantic
5GovernmentaI building program,
under the general heading u
''slum clearance" While nearly $50
million dollars has been allocated
from the wv funds for the pur
pose of tearing down buildings un-
fit for human habitation and re-
placing them with modern housing.
few of these projects have been
started.
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There has been a fair response
from private capital to the appeal
of the Federal Housing Administra-
ton to make loans for undermining
dwellings, but the movement has
not been fast enough to put a large
enough proportion of unemployed
carpenters, bricklayers, plasterers
plumbers and the like, back te
work. So a huge program which
will take in every sort of housing
activity, from subsistence home
steads to great apartment projects
in the big cities, is being worked
out, with the idea that in this way
the Government can, by next
Spring, perhaps put four or five
million men at work in the build
ing trades. .,
Meantime, according to Official
figures, the number of individual:
"on relief" is steadily increasing. 1t
jumped in one year, from August
1888, to August, 1884, from Is
millions to IS millions. Due to tho
drought and other causes, the in
crease since last April has beer
above a million more who are de-
pendent upon public or charitable
funds for their subsistence.
One result of the huge disburse-
ments for relief has, of course, been
to stimulate retail trade in CO.
sumner goods; but no great appre-
citation in the volume of purchase
of automobiles, electric refrigera-
tors and such items can be expect
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COOLEY, D0uGHT0N, McSWAkI, So. :.
CLOSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN
ON OUR WAY

UNEMPLOYMENT
Industrial unemployment during first year of NRA-- 4,12O,0 900
Increase in factory workers during August, 1934---- $1,000
Employed in Federal emergency work in August, 1854 1921, 900
Employed in 1910 CCC camps, October l, 1934---- 369,S3S
INCREASED WAGES
Increase in WEEKLY factory payrons September l, 1888
to September l, s34------ 81, $780, 900
Increase in weekly factory payrols in 80 manufacturing
industries during August, l934------------ 1000, 900
INCREASED BUYING POWER
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What the Administration is most
afraid of is that the new Congress
will develop some scheme to bring
the sums allotted for relief up to
what would amount to a norma
wage-scale, thus making it more
difficult for private capital to en-
bark with confidence upon new en-
terprises or extensions of old ones,
And the great puzzle here is try
ing to find out ways in which the
investment of private capital may
be stimulated.
The hardest-worked mar in the
Administration just now is Chester
Davis, administrator of the AAA'
Besides trying to do work that
would be a burden upon half a
dozen ordinary men, he has an in
eernal fight on his hands all the
time, between the theoretical and
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vein of shipping grade. They are sink
ing a shaft and intend to ship 100
carloads a month.
Grounding Mines
Outstanding among Argenta devel-
opments is the Grounding Mines cap
italized at Vancouver, B. c., represent
ed in Argenta by B. r. Jones and E. r.
Henderson, two men who interested
Canadian money in their venture. They
plan to operate the Grounding mine
and are building a unit mill with an
ultimate capacity of 300 tons, one
fourth mile from Argenta. This will
be a custom mill and will be invaluable
in the development Of mining in the
district as the mill is surrounded by
small mines which will come in as big
producers with milling facilities. These
men say they intend to make Argenta
the boom town it was in the SOS.
Henry Skaters discovery of a large
gold bearing reef a few miles from the
camp is making mining history. The
discovery was made by cracking open
some of the boulders at the foot of a
long ridge. When broken open the
boulders proved to be rich with gold
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(By JOHN L. PARKER)

Wy OA -
nICH IN GOLD, silver and lead-sil-
yer ores the various mining dis
tricts in Beaverhead county are
experiencing a new era in the develop
ment of their precious mineral resources
under the progressive leadership OF
mine operators who are Offering many
inducements to investing capital.
One of the most important districts
In the county centers around the his
toric old town of Bannack, scene of the
famous G~rasshopper diggings discov-
cred in July, 1861, by John White and
party on Grasshopper creek. No men
ton of Bannack can be made without
note of the bloody activities of Sheriff
Henry Plummer and his road agents
or Of the %vigilantes of Montana who
hung Plummer and two of his lieuten-
ants at Bannack on Jan. 10, 1864.
bringing to an end the period of muir
der and robbery which darkens Mon
tana's early placer mining history.
Nor is Bannack's story complete with
out mention of Professor Dimsdale's
quantity valuable history of 1.-THE Wig
ilantes of Montana" from which the
following IS quoted:
1.-THE name 'Bannack' was given to
the settlement from the Bannack In
dams, the lords of the soil. It was the
first mining camp of any Importance
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McFall is president, E. r. Honska, vice
president, Lillian Honska, secretary, all
Of Salt Lake City. c. w. Stallings Of
Dillon is general manager, and William
Gaines Is mill superintendent.
It is expected other developments will
materialize around Bannack on some
of the veins which are known to have
gold values.
Bluewing District
In the Bluewing district silver min
ing has taken a decided uptrend since
the increase in price, and all they need
is the price of silver to reach 80 cents
for a real boom.
The Ingersoll is the most important
operating silver producer in the dis
trict. They had chloride and quartz
ore, rich in horn silver, running as high
as 500 I'M to the ton with gold
values of around $3.50.
The mine is under the direction of
Floyd E. Herr and associates. They
have shipped several carloads of ore
and have several carloads ready to go
in the slopes. They also have develop
ed several thousand tons of good free
milling ore.
Ruth Mine
The Ruth mine being operated by
Billy Logan, n Of the men who has
done much for mining in Beaverhead
county, is at present in the develop
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The Dexter mine is being developed
by Bill Cushing.

The Dexter mine is being developed
by Bill Cushing.
Louis Smittroth is developing and ex-
ploring his property in the Cairns bas-
in near Bald mountain. Mr.. Smittroth
is very active in Beaverhead Mining
association.
Additional mining of Importance in
Beaverhead county includes the Ne
vada group located recently by c. M.
Roberts of Dillon. The group is in the
Blacktail district 20 miles southeast of
Dillon. This is a large deposit of silver
ore which promises to be a valuable
property. An unusual feature of the
discovery was the size of the float which
led to the discovery. Pieces of float
weighing as high as $50 tons were
broken and shipped to the smelter. The
silver occurs as native silver in quartz,
running around 40 ounces straight
through. Mr. Roberts has shipped six
carloads and has five carloads ready to
ship.
The Hecla with its record of millions
is not operating at present but is said
to have one of the richest silver ore
dumps in the state.
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VILL1liW DOlCE I7ONFSOW
Waaam Boyce Thompson, knowm IN Montana as "Bould-
credited uith havimg made more money than any other mative-
born Montanan, one amtaho'lty estimating his personal fortune
at more than $50, 900, 900. As a director of the Federal Re-
serve Bomk of Nea0 York. president of a number of great min
ing companies, controlling stakeholder in SUCH great business
craft corporation, and a prominent figure IN Numerous other
industrial and commercial Institutions, he became o. figure of
national prominence.
mrer of Montana, and he doubtless oaUes his remarkable f.
mancial career to the fact that he did not get the nomination
and aUin IN the election. He aUas at the head of the Red Cross
mission to Russia, the enormous expenses of a0hich he paid
for entirely. He aided his friend, Herbert C. Hoover, IN rails
close friend of Colonel Roosevelt, and uas president of the
Roosevelt Memorial Association. The name of "Boulder"
used to go on fishing trips with HIM. The fact that Colonel
Thompson aOas particularly fond of a stream known as Bould-
err creek, near Butte, aOas responsible for his nickname.
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which could be seen with the naked
eye. Old timers had stumbled over
them for years. At present the entire
group is under lease to the Anaconda
Copper Mining company who are ac-
lively exploring the entire ridge. It Is
reported that they have found some
very rich deposits.
G0ldfinch Group
Working on the large Goldfinch
group Of claims, the Flemings, father
and sons, have uncovered godo ore and
r operating q l5-ton mill, milling
some ore mined by themselves and ore
mined by subleasers Of the various
properties included in the group.
The Argenta Gladstone group is be-
ing operated by Ponce and Duquette.
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county must be credited to the untiring
efforts of the officers and members of
the Beaverhead Mining association, the
only active mining association in the
state. They interested the business and
professional men Of Dillon and Beav-
erhead county in the value of having
producing mines bringing e wealth
into the county.
They have co-operated in every way
with the mine operators in getting re
ports, good roads and in presenting
valuable information and assistance to
those interested in mining.
The author wishes to express his ap-
probation of the kind assistance given
him by the members Of the association
In the preparation Of this article.
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Boulders, boulders-everyWhere!

Boulders, neutrality-suspicious.!
Bouders a0ere the bane of the early placer miners of the Bam-
mack d,strict-im aohat Is mWU Beoverhead county.
BoMders bothered the miners IN placer digging. Miners
stumbled and fell over boulders sUhen they Valted.
BouMers are one of the reasons the early miners pulled ont
and went to the rich diggngs at Alder guhh, Leaving behind MIL
lions of dollars IN Grusshopper gMch. With the revival of mining
in Montana, Henry Shatfer Was one of the nev army Of MINERS
.ho took to the hills IN the Dillon district. He fell over the b0uld-
es. 1t occurred to him that these boulders might b, minereAzed.
He broke one open. He could scarcely believe a0hat he saaO!
GOLD! Gold spolMed IN the face of the break IN the rock.
Shaffer did not inger long aoith the boulders, but started
looking for their source at the top of a nearby ridge. Thus aras
discovered an Important lode property s0hich is being explored by
the Anaconda Copper Mining company
The Bammack district has produced more than $4,000,000,
mostly from placer gold. This sh'inks into insignitacance by CON-
parIson aOth the record of the famous HecM mine, avhich is again
being opened up: The Hecla has produced more than $~15,5ooooo
uorth of gold, siver, copper and lead.
As the old timers of the sirties ralked aaOay from millions, so
did the later prospectors and miners and neuv and important prop
critics are being opened up almost 7Ueekly and old mines are being
revived. Taco mills haze been built and tavo other mills will be
built IN the spring.
Beaverhead county is one of the Montana minng districts
that will experience a period of great prosperity as a result of the
revival of mining, because of its great undeveloped prospects. A
complete summary of present activity IN the district has been wr1t-
ten By John L. Parker, aUeNkm0Wn mining editor, and is presented
herewith.
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ment stage, although some good silver
ore has been uncovered and some ship
ped.
New Departure
A famous old mine which is now &C
tive is the New Departure which has
had quite a history. It has been a rich
producer of silver ores and from time
to time has revealed phenomenal values
in gold. Under the direction of Harry
Hickey who has IS men employed, sew
eral important discoveries have been
made in some of the old workings.
Silver Buckle
The old Silver Buckle mine is being
reopened by G. w. Stallings, who plans
to operate this on a large scale under
the name of the Blue Wind Mining
company. The first load Of machinery
was hauled to the property recently and
permanent winter camp will be estab-
pressors and modern equipment will be
installed.
Iron Mask
Mr.. Stallings is also in charge Of op-
erations at the Iron Mask mine. They
have all new buildings and complete
equipment. At present they are ex-
ploring on a 90-foot level, breaking new
ground.
Argenta
Fifteen miles from Dillon on the Ban
mack road lies the Ermont mine, q
group Of 81 claims located in 1926 by
D. v. Erwin and w. J.. Corbet. Last
year the Ermont shipped 100 carloads
of ore from Dillon in the sumner sea-
son., the trucking bill alone amounting
to SIPS per day. The mine is closed at
present due to dissension.
Badger Mine
Adjoining the Ermont Is the Badger
mine, another good property Just OPEN
ed this spring. They win ship gold ore
to Anaconda. They have Q seven-foot
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discovered on the eastern slope of the
mountains, and as the stories of its
wonderful riches went abroad, hun
dreds of scattered prospectors flocked
IN, and before tie following spring the
inhabitants numbered upwards of a
thousand.
1T Is probable that there never was
q mining town of the same size that
contained more desperadoes and lawless
characters than did Bannack during
the winter of 1929"
Bannack Comes Back"
After almost oblivion Bannack is
again a bustling camp founded upon
the rich quartz deposits in the i'm
mediate vicinity. Sleek cars speed
through the streets bordered by the
ramshackle log and frame buildings,
which were e when gold dust and
blood flowed with equal freedom on
their doorsteps. In fact, the camp has
Will have to be constructed to accom-
odate the miners and their families.
Thompson Gold
Chief among the operations at Ban
mack is the Thompson Gold Milling
company which Is employing SO men to
mine and mill upwards of SIS 900 worth
Of gold ore a month. The mine is I'M
der the direction of a nephew Of the
late William Boyce Thompson, noted
Montana mining operator, who made
millions. The present Mr.. Thompson
Is carrying on as efficiently as did his
Nlustrious uncle.
Bob HOnska
Another very important operation is
the Bob Honska Gold Mining company
which Is building q 40-ton mill q quart
er Of a mile from town. This is q re-
juvination Of the old Jib mill. They
win employ about 10 men when they
start In . few days. The company is
financed by Salt Lake capital. F. O.
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of Graphite

Mountain of Graphite
the mountain of graphite is miles east
Of Dillon, owned by the Dillon Crystal
Graphite company, with Mr.. Pearl L
Smith, president. This is of the
outstanding graphite deposits in the
United States. During the wal they
shipped a carload Of graphite a week
to Pennsylvania. They recently built
a small mill and now manufacture an
excellent l%ubricating graphite, a fine
paint stock and excellent crystals OF
the coarser graphite for various pur-
poses including the manufacture Of
pencils.
Mining Association
Much Of the mining in Beaverhead
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William Roe Was One of First
Pr0spectors to Reach Ban1adck
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-, Not far from DILLON, Just off the road that leads to Wisdom,
hes the little toaOn of Banmack, the first capital of Montana terri
tory tory ad m te'ritorial doys a thriving and famous city: Here it
Wos that gold Ws first discovered on the eastern slope of the
R0cky mountains and kither saOarmed all the roughs and toughs,
all the Mnaners and prospectors and d~esperadoes of the entire a0est,
each tsued wlth a lust for gold, eager for excitement and Grazing
adventure: The streets, mos0 overgroaom aoith veeds, uere quickly
tMed Wath teemang crowds, aohile the noise of hammer and saa0
taed the ar as houses, sluiee boses or cradles were hastily con-
structed.' Or teams and pack trains crowded every availGbe spGce
ayth their loading or umloading; auctioneers cried their avares,
d9~meen Meracdms pramced their bucking mustangs for the edVico-
tom OF the croaOd. Saloons ran full blast; the voce of the fiddle
amd the bqnjo foated out of the h~rdy gurdy dance halls, and the
ctck of the gamblers chips were loud and constant. This qUs
B Bemn9I otter seyeral prospectors, of aohom very little is @em-
TONED by present-ddy historians, made the discovery of gold in this
district. One of these prospectors Was William Roe.
Outside of Beaverhead and Madison county, hoaU many people
are there IN Montana Uho knoW of William Roe? How many school
chs1dren are taught Of the part this rugged pioneer played IN the
mak1ng OF the great state (Which is their home Yet he aUas among
the first men to ar7Sve at evhat vas later Bommack. He came before
the tovm a0as mamed, and located one of the first placer claims,
fortune regarding him Instantly. Although young he immediately
became one of the first men of the little community aohich aas
Montana's real start. Mature gaze up her golden treasure lao
i:Aly qd the miners xere so busy that first summer that they pad
dim'mishamg. When the chill of the early e0imter came, and starv-
qtaon a0as only a tew yeeks away at Ws Roe aoho volunteered to
lead a Uagom train to Salt Lake, tive hundred miles to the south,
across an unmarked country, to bring back provisions.
He look the cornu1njvs uod od oil crnnor or +btr DOH ,hs,. 49,