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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23
TODAY AND

FRANK PARKER .STocKBRDce

LAND soon in demand
If I am any hand at reading the
signs of the times, then the country
is in for another big era of land
speculation. And when you stop
to think of it, the whole history of
America is a history of speculation
in real estate.
The urge that brought most of
our ancestors to America was the
chance to get land cheap and sell it
at a profit, except such as they
needed to subsist on. George
Washington was the greatest land
Spectator of the 18th Century. In
an old newspaper in which his death
was reported l saw an advertise
ment of lands for sale along the
Ohio River, address George
Washington, Mount Vernon, Vir-
ginia."
l have lived through many land
blooms, including the rush of home
!. steaders into the West, the opening
up of Oklahoma and the Cherokee
Strip, the great rush of settlers into
Southern California, innumerable
suburban booms around a dozen
cities, and the great Florida specu-
@|lation which collapsed in 1926.
f. 1t looks to me as if the comb.
nation of better highways, cheape,
cars, Federal encouragement, higher
9scity taxes and the beginning Of
return Of prosperity is certain te
S stimulate the demand for land far
! ther and farther away from urban
Look for the next big land boon
: to set in around the end of mex,
year and reach its peak in, say
1887.
: TREES -. good investment
The cheapest crop to grow ane
the one that assures the greates'
! return in the long u is trees. UT
| my way the annual harvest of th'
tree crop is beginning now. Dowr
.fby the river on my farm Bill How.
land is cutting birch, beech ane
: maple for cordwood. My share
: will go a long way toward the 1885
/. taxes.
So Just below me, Will Seeley ha'
moved his portable sawmill into
. Noble Turner's pine grove next tt
1.-THE old burying-ground and will
|saw out maybe a hundred thousane
eIfeet of boards, scantling and slabs
l1worth forty or fifty dollars q
thousand rough-piled on the lot.
There are, l guess, ten acres OF
woods to every acre Of cleared land
ifover most of Berkshire county
'ICounting household fuel and mer-
Echantable timber, the annual CROP
pays big interest on the land value.
Five dollars an acre is a good price
flor most of the pine-covered noun
'ftain tops.
are a good investment for
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23
Salisbury, N. c., Nov. 18th, 1884
MI. Henry w. Davis, Mayor,
City of Salisbury, N. c.. -
Salisbury, N. c..
49,. In re=Sewer Pine -.
:. In .re-SeWer Pipe

Lea Diff - 90
I do not. desire. to state which pipe
is the best for w purposes, but !
do desire to call your attention to
a few facts that you can very easily
verify from a number of u tax
paying citizens.
A little less than four thousand
years ago, the Great Pyramids Of
Egypt were built by the Isralites,
and is now one of the Seven Won
ders of the World. These pyramids
were constructed by mixing some
substance with a plaster that was
made from ground up limestone
Crude and non-technical as this
plaster may have been, it has with
stood the ravages of the weather
with practically no sign of wear
through nearly forty centuries.
Technical magazines, books, and
thousands of tourists throughout
these United States of America tell
me that the greater majority OF
bridges, culverts and under the
highest types Of paved roads are
built out of concrete, al art OF
mixing some substance with a plas-
ter" that is made from ground ur
Limestone. These same tourists:
citizens and taxpayers, tell me that
they even see concrete pipe usec
under these same roads. In fact
from a slight examination, concrete
pipe almost exclusively is found te
, be used BY the Federal Government
and by the North Carolina STATE
Highway Commission in their roae
construction program for year
throughout this great Common
wealth of ours. Great roadbuilder'
throughout the world have come tt
North Carolina to examine oui
:, roads, and have pronounced then
to be the best. Yet, behold, they
almost exclusively use concrete
pipe!
:, The 1914 edition of American
Sewerage Practice says that prior te
1900, concrete sewer mains were
FUSED to a limited extent" but since
: that date, sewers are commonly
built of concrete" our capitol city
of Washington having in use ove'
sl5O0 miles of concrete sewer line
N914). Brooklyn, N. T.. laie
, "about 400 miles in 1912" of con-
crete sewers out Of a total of 1900
, miles in use up to 1880, while the
adjoining villages of The Bronx ano
Queens have 1900 miles Of sewer
system composed entirely of con-
: crete. The majority of Manhattan''
sewer lines are of concrete. New
ark, N. J. has 1865 miles of sewer
, mains almost enteirely of concrete
De Land (Florida) entire sewer
system is composed of concrete
: pipe. Fort Drag, and other perman-
ent military cantonments, use con-
crete sewer pipe almost exclusively
In California, the Municipal Index
finds that almost the entire sewer
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23

The husband who does not turn
up at home until 2 o'clock in thu
morning, might have been able dur
ing the boom times to persuade hi:
wife he was kept at the shop by the
pressure of business, but this ex-
cuse does not fit so we'll now that
he is complaining of not enough
work.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23

They tell US why love fades like
the roses, but the boys say it fades
so quick nowadays unless fortified
with plainly of candy, flowers, and
automobile rides, that they are
thinking Of not raising any more
of this transient crop.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23

ia man who is content to stay put.
mot so good for the man who is
always on the move. -~;
SUGAR -. from maple trees
Down East when l was a boy
few country folk bought "store
sugar. Unrefined. brown sugar
cost five or six cents a pound. In
the 1905 I remember that granu-
lated sugar was ten cents and more
"a pound. We bought some black
strap" molasses, but there was bet
ter sweetening right in our own
woods. Maple sugar.
A farm wasn't a real farm in
those self-contained days unless it
had its "sugar-bush." Up on my
hilltop, where the land levels off
before you get to the slopes of Tim
Ball Mountain, possibly a hundred
huge sugar-maples remain of the
old su%gar-bush. They haven't been
tapped in years. Store sugar is too
cheap and farm labor too high to
make it pay.
l asked for maple syrup the other
day in a city restaurant, where
had ordered a plate of buckwheat
cakes. There wasn't any more
maple in the syrup than there was
buckwheat flour in the cakes.
I've a good notion to ask the
head of the CCC camp over at Lee
to send a bunch of the boys over
next March to tap my sugar trees
1t would be an education for them,
and maybe l could get some real
maple sugar once more.
IHORSES j.. still with us
Say what you please about the
vanishing" horse, l notice more
real interest in horses and more of
them in use, in the East at least,
than for a good many years past.
| went to the National Horse Show
in New York a couple of week.
lago, and was specially interested ir
the handsome six-horse team exhi-
bited by one of the big milk dis.
tributing companies. 1t used to be
the brewers big horses" that were
: the last word in horseflesh; now it,.
the milkman's.
Farmers are replacing gasoline
tractors and trucks with ebay.
burners, for which they can grow
the necessary fuel and at the same
time cut their fertilizer bills. AM
in the city streets, nobody has YET
built an automobile that will move
| on to the next house by itself while
> the milkman is making his morning
deliveries.
1t takes too much gas to start :
car, especially in cold weather, te
make it as economical as a horse If
any kind of business thac calls 10,
frequent stops and starts.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23
THE RAILROADS NEW ERA

1t seems apparent that a new era
in railroading is already well under
way. Never in such a short space
of time have there been. :sot-4Tzay
innovations in railroad practice Is
l the past year or two; never have
so many new exptriments,dee,1
under way in the effort to speedaup
railway traffic and meet the com
petition of the airplane and the
automobile. Al, ~.
First came the air-conditioning
of passenger cars, so far applied to
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23
OPEN FORUM:

The Waterman welcomes
contributions to this column,
and writers are asked to make
their articles as brief as pos
sib1e. This column is open to
all readers, and we resume no
responsibility for the COM
ments or criticims made. All
articles must be duly signed by
the writer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23

When people buy things at low
they call it splendid enter
prise but when their rivals offer
prices they call it cut throat
competition.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23
PICAYUNES

from the clouds?
A. The visible rays of the sun
which give rise to the erroneous ex.
lpression hat the "sun is drawing
water from the Clouds" are merely
rays which break thru clouds in thu
distance when most of the visible
Iarea has no sunshine because Of
clouds.
POsSESSIvE
l. Q. What is the correct p~ossessiv'
|of somebody elses f}
A. Somebody else's.
GREEK MORTAL ~:
Q. Was Hippocrates the Greel
|god Of medicine?
A. He lived about 460-357 B. c.
land is called the Father of Medicine
The Greek god of Medicine wa
Aesculapius.
TRAFFIC LAW T.;
O.: In which countries of tn
western hemisphere. are vehicles re
lquired to pass on the left?.
A.. British Honduras, Panama
Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay ans
Prince Edward Island in Canada.
JAMES ROOSEVELT
G. What is the business Of James
son. Of President Roosevelt?
A. Advertising, in Cambridge
Mass.
WIDOWS NAME
Q. Should a widow continue tt
use her husbands name?
"A. Yes.
FEDERAL LAW
O. When did the Federal Law
prohibiting the interstate transpor'
tation Of prize fight films for pur.
poses of public exhibition become
effective?
A. July 81, 1912. ~
GAS
! Q. How much gasoline was usee
lby motor vehicles in the" United
States in 1893? ?
A. Thirteen billion, four hund
red and forty million gallons.
Q. When were Gar Nicholas 1
!of Russia and his family murder
ted.
A. July Is, 1918, at Ekaterin
burg.
Q. During which Congresses wa
Grover Cleveland President?
A. First term, 49th and SOIL
Congresses; second term, S3rd ane
I54th.
ADDRESS
Q. What is the address of Carrie
| JACOBS bonds
A.. 2o42 Pinehurst ST., Holly
wood. Calf I
FIRST SLAVES ~
O.. When Were the first Negro
slaves brought to this country, ano
what wa the name of the ship tina,
brought them?
A. They were landed at James
town, Va, in 1919, from the ship
1.-The Treasurer" commanded by
captain Daniel Elfrith.
GAME PATENTS
Q. Can a patent be obtained or
Ia game?
A. Patents are not granted or
games. 1t is possible, however, e
patent a game apparatus, copyright
the rules, or get a design patent Oh
the game board and other appur'
tenances. An appropriate and dis,
tinctive name may be chosen fo1
the game and registered in thu
Trade Mark Division in the Paten'
Office.
STERILIZATION LAW
Q. Are mental detectives AM
criminals required by law to b
srerilized in Germany?
A. Yes.
DEAD MOON =
Q. Gould a person live on tn
moon?
A. The moon is a dead world ant
has no atmosphere, and there is nj
possibility of life on its surface.
Route One Items
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23

The driver who is determined to
pass on curves, is likely to pass out
on one before very long.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23

Respectfully Yours,
(Signed) A. F., Walse1
Homeowner and Water Consum.
mer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-23

It's about time for merchants
and business men of Salisbury to
look ahead and resume plans for
Evening star., 1934-02-21

connection with the dissolution Of .
temporary restraining order which
had prevented the Retail Cleaners
and Tailors' Association Of Cleveland
from continuance Of its picket ac-
tivities at the Park Avenue Cleaners.
Louis Bernstein, owner Of the clean
ing establishment, sought to have the
order made permanent on the ground
the association'S activity was "un-
lawful invasion" and not authorized
under the N. r. A.
Judge Harris held a national au-
thority to police the industry was
Evening star., 1934-02-21
COURT UPHOLDS TRADE GROUP
IN PICKETING CUT-RATE SHOP

a case involving the national indus-
trial recovery act.
In written opinion, Judge Harris
upheld the right of trade association
to picket in a peaceful manner o firm
which has cut prices below those set
by the proper code authority"
The opinion was handed down in
Evening star., 1934-02-21
Danish Prince Promoted.

COPENHAGEN R.-Prince Axel Of
Denmark has been made q director Of
the East Asiatic Co., In which he has
held an important post for several
years. He is the younger brother Of
Prince Aage, who renounced his rights
to the throne to become a soldier in
the French Foreign Legion.
Evening star., 1934-02-21

exterminators try to exterminate
each other.
Exterminator Oscar White bid for
and got the job Of doing battle
against the termites, q sort Of ant
which causes no end of destruction.
Exterminator August Kahler, who
bid for and didn't get the job. swore
out q warrant for White, charging
assault with a deadly weapon.
White, during a row, was charged
In court with disturbing the peace.
White promptly accused Kahler Of
disturbing the peace. The latter
Evening star., 1934-02-21
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. February 21.-An
economic weapon heretofore recog-
nized as belonging principally to labor
unions now is recognized by Common
Pleas Judge George B. Harris as be-
Ing a right of trade association, in
Evening star., 1934-02-21

called for . lawyer to get an injunc-
ton.
81 hope" said Secretary of State
Mcdonald, "that they don't exterm-
mate each other before they get to
the termites."
Evening star., 1934-02-21
Montana Students Have Jobs.

MISSOULA, Mont. CP.-Nearly one
third of The students enrolled at the
University of Montana have outside
jobs, survey of student employment
disclosed.
Evening star., 1934-02-21
SWEDEN CUTS NAVY
Economies Include Trimming of
Searaen on Shore.

STOCKHOLM @.-Swedish nsval
estimates are being reduced about 40
per cent to nearly $1,000,000. The
economies include training seamsn on
shore for most Of the year, decom-
missioning most Of the ships and en-
ploying women as cooks and wait
resSes.
Evening star., 1934-02-21

contained IN It's code, and part Of that
authority had been delegated to the
local association.
Evening star., 1934-02-21
rERMITES IN FIELD DAY
AS ERADICATORS FIGHT
Arkansas Exterminators 60 to
Court for Job to Rid
Capitol Of Ants.

~ the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, February 81.
The termites are enjoying field
day at the State Capitol, while the
Evening star., 1934-02-21

Sheer, pretty cushion dot marquisette curtains curtains
syle R se11T cuTains sFy with rued borders cOrncp VAL
Ance and tle-backs-72 inches to the pair!
Kanns-Third
Evening star., 1934-02-21

-Chemise boomers panties, briefs, step-ins and
vests in smart new styles and dainty colors for
Spring. Just about the incest underthings you
ban comfortable-ea to launder-nex-
pensive. Regular sizes.
65s Extra Size Bloomers Panties, Stepns Vests 3se
Kann'sStreet Floor.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-08-27

tons and already have evidence enough
to br nd number of traitors. We have
questions to ask the Governor that even
he does not anticipate And we will have
startling news for the pucic 10 few
days.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-08-27
The Political Pot

The following editorial from The
Daily News August 20. indicates that
the agitation against the Governor has
reached Sc rious stage in St. Thomas.
where he Governor resides The appear
apce of the Governors statement. two
days later. urging the people to continue
to be law abiding and limiting that if mob
rule prevails over reason he will take all
adequate protective measures under the
Colonial Law makes Us to believe that
martial law in ST. Thomas is just around
the corner.
We do not know what have been said
and done in ST.. Thomas to cause fear of
violence from the populace
We feel sure that the people of ST.
Croix vii! never fail to let their reason
prevail in these days of political agita-
ton. If they do. they are bound to lose
though their cause were ever so right
eous.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-08-27

A very large crowd was in the Public
Market yesterday where protest meet
ing was held The speakers were Nor.
ris E. Davis, Andrew c. Pedro and Hon.
Anseimo Fabio.
Great stress was laid on the rights ofthe
people. under the Colonial Law to assem-
BILE in public and TO make protests and
petitions. The Governor was lambasted
and thepoice were riddled. theDirectorof
Police d, Armstrong received a full
share of abuse. When one speaker said
he preferred an American Director of
Police, Mr. Armstrong ~smiled.s
Mr. Armstrong owns extensive cattle
ranches in ST. Ccoix and probably show
ed his teeth so that it might be seen
that he was not holding on to the job
with them.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-08-27
Random Notes

Mr.. Lauritz Hansen sailed for Puerto
Rico last night in his motor boat. He
was accompanied by Mr.. v Frederik
sen
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-08-27
Press Release

Two battIeships and destroyer VIII
visit the Virgin Islands about September
% Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews.
chief of staff Of the United States fleet.
announced in a letter 10 Governor Paul
M Pearson.
These vessels are the batttleships
Texas and Oklahama and the destroyer
Talbot
Rear Admiral Andrews. in his letter
to the Governor. stated:
In connection with yonr interest in
the visits of the vessels of the United
States fleet 10 the Virgin Islands. have
been directed by the Commander in
chief, United States Fleet, Admiral j.
M. Reeves, to inform you of his extreme
pleasure in announcing that the battle
ship OKLAHOMA will visit St. Thomas
in September of this year. Arrange
ments have also been made for the Rat
tleshiD TEXAS to visit Frederiksted and
for the destroyer TALBOT to visit
Christiansted during the same period.
The vessels will arrive at the respective
ports about September % The Com
handing Officer of the visiting vessel
will notify local authorities of the exact
time of arrival and departure.
Thanking you for your interest in
the Navy and trusting that this assign
ment will be satisfactory to the citizens
of the Virgin Islands, am,
Very truly yours,
ADOLPHUS ANDREWS,
Rear Admiral, u. S. Navy,
Chief of Staff United States Fleet -
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-08-27
Editorial from The Daily News.

Editorial from ne Oaliy news.
Through his own fault. Governor Pear
son is in mess prepared for him by
several groups. each member with dia-
metricallY opposed interests. but all uni
ted to annoy him from office. He gets
neither the obedience nor the support he
should have as head of the government,
This chess game may delight the play
ers but the Gawns are weary.
Law and order have practically disap-
peared from certain phases of Virgo Is
land life. Only the inertia of the masses
and fast diminishing fear that few
hundred marines may have TO be station
ed here, keep properly and person in
precarious safety.
This condition has reached its climax
# the people who have taken the Oath
of Office do not live up to the spirit. as
we'll as to tie letter. they must go. one
and all. We are not interested in race,
political party. nor personality.
Ne are conducting our own investiga.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-08-27

DIR. Roberts has returned from his va
cation and,has resumed his duties a. We
teriparian at the Agricultural Expert
ment Station.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-08-27

the author from u. S. A. whose latest
novel Work of Art" has been released.
Evening star., 1934-11-05
SUSPECT SEIZED
IN VIRGINIA CHASE
HopeWelI Prisoner Believed
One of Two to Kidnap
Prison Guard.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va, Novem-
Der 5.-A man identified by police as
Junius Riddle was arrested last night
and Jailed at Hopewell by police who
sought two bandits who stole two
automobiles and kidnapped Federal
reformatory guard.
Police sought a second man-pre-
viously identified by two persons as
Robert Mais, condemned gangster.
who escaped from the Richmond Jail
recently-but said they were now con-
vinced he was not Mais.
Officer Overpowered.
The police hunt followed the report
by Colonial Heights Officer T. w.
Murphy that two men he had at
tempted to arrest for driving an auto
mobile through a red light had over
powered him, taken his pistol and
stolen his police car.
One of the men. he said. escaped in
the police car while the other, identi-
fed by police as Riddle, drove off
in the car which Murphy had stopped.
Later the stolen police car was
wrecked on the highway near Hope
well w. A. Atchley, guard at the
Federal reformatory at Camp Lee,
near Petersburg, stopped to render aid.
The bandit crawled from the wreck
age, a pistol in each hand, Atchley
said, commandeered the automobile
and forced Atchley and his wife to
accompany him.
Stop at Farm House.
Stopping at farm house, Atchley
and his wife were permitted to leave
the car, and Garland Starke, whom
police identified as a friend of the
two bandits, joined the driver
Riddle was arrested when he stopped
at filling station near Hopewell,
where Atchleys abductor previously
had held up the operator and taken
enough gasoline to fill the cars tank
Police continued their hunt for the
second man who they said, was known
In the community simply as Ralph"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02
AM Norman RITES
HELD IN ARLINGTON
Lieutenant Commander Had
Served at Naval Air Sta
ton Here.

Last rites for Lieut. Comdr. Charles
Clark zimmerman, who died March
20 in San Diego, Calf, were to be
held today at Arlington National
Cemetery. Comdr. zimmerman was
well known in this city. where he had
served at the Naval Air Station in
Anacostia. and at the Naval Hospital.
COmdr. zimmerman came to Wash
ington shortly before the turn of the
George Washington University Medi-
cal School.
He served as medical officer of the
Madeira Mamore Railroad during its
construction In Brazil and Bolivia
He received commission in the Navy
at the outbreak Of the World War and
served on various transport ships as
surgeon.
He was retired in 1882 for disability
and moved to Elmira, N. Y. to make
his home. Later he was visiting rela-
tives in California at the time of his
death.
He is survived bv his widow, Mrs
Lucille Harnden zimmerman; three
daughters. Mrs. Harold K. Martin,
Corning. NJ Y: Mrs. Frank T. Nelson,
Crosse Pointe Farms, Mich, and Mrs
Willis w. Pace of San Diego: a
brother, Ansel zimmerman Of Ulster,
Pa. and a sister. Mrs. A. D. Mac
Moran. also of Ulster.
DR.. zimmerman was a member OF
the Almas Temple, ShrinerS