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The Washington times., 1934-04-07
U. S. Lack of Preparedness
Teaches Costly Lessons
BU James T. Williams, Jr.

provide for "the Common De.
fense" against the day of q
call to arms.
General Pershing, who was
the commander-in-chief of the
American Expeditionary Forces,
gives it as his firm belief and
his view is supported by the
foremost European lea ders-
that had the United States
possessed an army of 100000
available for immediate service
in 1917, one of two things
would have happened:
Either this country would not
have been forced to enter the
war or, if we had been, the war
would have ended in victory
for our cause at least a year
earlier than it did. Every con-
scientious American will think
each year during this anniver.
sary month of April of the saw
ing in lives and treasure which
would have been achieved in
either event.
In the vivid picture which
General Pershing draws of the
condition of unpreparedness of
this country in April, 1917,
these salient points are empha-
sized.
One whole year passed before
even one division of American
troops-25,000 men-could suf-
ficiently be trained and equipped
to engage in battle.
One whole year and a half
elapsed before the United States
was able to organize and place
in battle an all-American army.
Congressional Folly
And even then-a year and a
half after Congress declared
war in April, 1917-all machine
guns, artillery guns and ammu-
milton, airplanes, and other
essential equipment had to be
supplied to General Pershing's
army by French and British
factories.
This was the price which the
American people paid for the
folly of Congress after Congress,
which carried disarmament to
the nth degree.
Disarmament of the United
States did not keep us out Of
war" in April, 1917. It did not
keep us out of war" in April,
1898. It did not keep us out
of war" in 1861. It did not keep
us out of any war of the past.
These lessons, drawn from
American history, ought to
prove to intelligent citizens that
it will not keep us out of war"
in the future, for the very
reason that George Washington
foresaw when he said "to be pre-
pared for war is one of the most
effectual means of preserving
peace"
Copyright, 1884, The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1934-04-07
LISTEN, WORLD
BY Elsie Robinson

at II. You're still regarding
it as purely personal problem.
And from that viewpoint life
becomes an increasingly petty
and pesty affair. The ignorance
and curiosity which lent it
such a lovely glamour at II
have passed away. Now you
see only the ugly realities"
1.-The harsh personal frustra-
tions and disappointmentS.
Weren't you a fool to think
living would be a great ad-
venture!
No, YOU weren't! Life IS a
great adventure. It should, and
might, go on being a greater
and more glorious adventure, to
the end of our days. But we,
ourselves, wreck the adventure.
We wreck it by. limiting it.
Where we might explore jungles
and vault headlong through the
stars, we insist upon staying in
the cramped back yard Of our
own personal problems. Pres.
entity we know every boring de-
tail of the shabby environ
ment. Then stagnation begins.
But the wonder and eager
ness of life's dawning would re-
turn if we could look beyond
ourselves and our own small
experiences try to see
human experience as a whole
stretch our imaginations to
include some vision Of the vast
plan of which our individual
careers are a part catch a
glimpse, however dim and fleet
ing, of that Source from which
it all proceeds.
Once, when I was rebelling
against the smallneSs and futil-
ity of life, a wise friend gave
me this verse:
my life is but a weaving
Between my God and me,
I may but choose the colors,
He worketh steadily:
Full oft He weaveth sorrow
And I, in foolish pride,
Forget He seeth the upper
And the lower side"
Pretty poetry? No, much
more than that-eternal truth.
Not just religious truth" for
church people" Truth for the
man in the street as well as
the priest in the pulpit.
Existence, for every human
being, is more than a success
sion of personal experiences. It
is a weaving between God-Life
and the spirit of man. Not an
aimless weaving. Steadily-out
of our tears and laughter, our
RACES and dreams-there grows,
bit by bit, a design.
We cannot see it in our own
lives. But, if we will turn away
from ourselves, we can see it
growing in the lives Of others.
And sometimes, for an instant,
see the Hands at work.
Where is the cure for that
bitter sense of SmallneSS and
uSeleSSneSS in your life. There
i'm the longer look!
(Copyright, 1894, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.l
The Washington times., 1934-04-07
To be prepared for tOGr is one
of the most ettectu1l means OF
prescribing peace.

To be prepared for tOdr is one
of the most effectuGl means OF
prescribing peace.
George Washington
Since the Great War ended
the American people have wisely
added another day of national
observance to the calendar Of
American patriotism.
Every year they observe on
April 9Th the anniversary Of the
entrance of the United States
into the Great War as Army
Day.
On this anniversary "the
household of the Nation" flies
the flag of honor of our defen-
ders with the colors in the field
and in the air.
It is wise custom to set apart
this anniversary, not only as a
day on which the people gladly
acknowledge their obligation to
the Army of the United States,
whose record in peace and war
has but to be recalled to quicken
the pride of every true American.
Thought of Future
It is a wise custom also be-
cause the annual observance of
this national anniversary offers
an opportunity for every con.
Scientious citizen to take thought
Of the future in the light of the
lessons to be learned from the
past.
And there is no better way
for young Americans, who con-
stitute alike the hope and the
defense Of this country in the
days to come, to learn these
lessons of yesterday in prepara-
tion for the duties Of tomorrow
than by reading one of the
most interesting and informing
books of recent years, my Ex-
perienceS in the World War;"
by John j. Pershing, general
of the armies.
In this epochal book General
Pershing revives memories that
must be handed down to the
young men in schools and col
leges all over this country, if
they are to prepare themselves
to go forward in the great ira
dition that they inherit from
the Father of His Country and
from his comrades, who from
the foundation of the Republic
have served and trained to
serve the flag in peace and
war.
These are memories of the
appalling state of our unpre-
paredness for national defense,
when the United States entered
the great war on April 6. 1917.
These are the memories of
the unnecessary sacrifices of
lives and wastes of treasure
which we're the price we paid
for our traditional neglect to
The Washington times., 1934-04-07
The Human Side of the News
The Dime Novel Assumes High Estate at Last
By EdWin C.. Hill

A treasure has been added
to the rare book room of the
Library of Congress, a trove
of vanishing Americana-a col
lection of cheaply printed and
yellow-covered pamphlets, which
are the original first editions
of none other than Ed. Wheeler's
classic, entitled "Deadwood
Dick, the Prince of the Road"
or '"The Black Rider of the
Black Hills"
Yes, the Dime Novel, once
prescribed and so maligned in
grandpa's day and in fathers
time, has come into high es-
tate. Take the fine collection
in the New York Public Lii
brary. The experts there got
a lot of amusement while
cataloguing it, but one of them
had this to say:
This dime novel is satur-
ated with the pioneer spirit of
America. It portrays the strug-
giles, exploits, trials, dangers,
featS of hardships and daily
lives Of the American pioneers
from the days of the Puritans
to the death of Custer. And
it breathes the spirit which Cor
two and a half centuries shaped
the conquest and development
of the continent north of the
Rio Grande. 1t is literature
intensely nationalistic and pa
triotic, in character designed
to stimulate adventure, self
reliance and achievement; to
exalt the feats of the pioneer
women and men who settled
the country"
Erastus Beadle
One Erastus Beadle, a New
York printer. was the perpetra-
tor-or should we say genius -
of the dime novel. Back in
1860 he launched the thin books
with their yellow backs and ex-
citing, blackwood-cuts. In four
years he had sold 100000 Of
them. the kingpin of the lot
being Edward Ellis story OF
Seth Jones adventures in the
New York wilderness in the
year 1875; this sold 45O,OOO
copies.
Naturally, Beadle had many
imitators and soon the land was
flooded with this literature in
the raw, and to meet competi-
ton. each publisher had to go
the other one better in the
slaughter of Indians, in the
vileness of villains and in the
virtue Of heroes and heroines.
There was money in it, too,
for such writer's as Thomas c.
Harbougn, who died recently in
Ohio He had only six months
schooling, but beginning to
write at 10, he turned cut 1000
thrillers at $3.50 each--5, 200, 600
words in all, the equivalent OF
about 80 modern novels.
Imagination ran riot. the dime
The Washington times., 1934-04-07

Articles by Robert Benchley Gp-
pear each Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday. :.
The Washington times., 1934-04-07

Are you
S e v e n t cen?
Then life is
still half ad-
venture tale,
half dream.
Sometimes in
tensely real
catching you
up in tingling
e C S t a S i e S,
hurting you
down in deS-
p e r ate de-
S p ondencieS,
whirling you
about in Vio-
lent les.
The Washington times., 1934-04-07
WISE WORDS

Friendship often ends in
love; but love in friendship
never.-Colton.
A good man enlarges the
term Of his own existence
MARTA.
Air and manners are more
expressive than words.-Rich-
ardSon.
Literature is the immortality
Of speech.-Wilmott.
The Washington times., 1934-04-07
The Governments DupeS
Ten Million Patriots


Ten Million Patriots
There was a time when the who had money in the
bank regarded well-tO-do
That time has passed.
Today ten million Of our citizens who have money in the
bank impoverished Many Of them the wards of
charity Large numbers of them receiving does Thou
sands them dependent for necessities of life upon
: relatives
Why?
BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LURED
THEM INTO PUTTING THEIR MONEY INTO BANKS
APPEALED TO THEM IN. THE SACRED NAME OF
PATRIOTISM TO LEAVE THEIR LIFE SAVINGS IN
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
The did this preserve the banks and fnan
cal institutions.
order lure the unwary citizen into those banks let
them use their names their advertising the words
'Federal' and National"
IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THOSE BANKS IT GAVE
OUT REPORTS OF CONDITION WHICH WERE NOT
WARRANTED IT DIRECTED IT'S AGENTS TO GIVE TO
THE ASSETS OF THOSE BANKS FALSE VALUES
And while the Government carrying tb; ceitful
course it telling the citizens for whose prot it was
created that the banks all right that they .c sound
and that the citizen who wanted help his country would
leave his money in them.
In following that program the Government undoubtedly
pursuing which it believed good for the
country
Maybe good for country but it was financially fatal
for the millions Of citizens who trusted the Government
For the Government failed in its effort to protect the banks
The banks closed.
Who suffered?
Not the Government because the Government promptly
washed its hands of the situation
egarded the anguhed appeals the citizens who had
been duped into leaving their money in the banks.
IT SAID IN EFFECT THAT THE PATRIOTIC CITIZENS
WHO HAD HEARD THE CALL WHO HAD ANSWERED
THE APPEAL AGAINST BOARDING, MUST BEAR THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THE GOVERNMENTS DECEITFUL
COURSE.
THOSE CITIZENS CANNOT BEAR THOSE CoNsE-
QUENCEs ANY LONGER. THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE
BEEN ASKED TO BEAR THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Those consequences belong the shoulders of the Federal
Government for is the Federal Government which is re-
sponsble for what happened the loyal ten Million
The Federal Government able those consequences
without strain whereas the citizens simply up
under them.
The Federal Government take what would i'm
possible burden for the citizens and carry that burden with
out great financial loss.
THAT Is THE PROGRAM WHICH Is BEING FosTERED
BY REPRESENTATIVE CLARENCE j. MCLEOD IN HIS
BILL FOR 100 PER CENT PAYoFF OF THE DEPosI-
TORS OF THE CLOSED BANKS
HE WOULD TAKE THE STRAIN OFF THE LITTLE FELL
Low WHO CANNOT BEAR IT AND PLACE IT UPON THE
GOVERNMENT TO WHICH IT WOULD BE NO STRAIN
AT ALI.
Mr. Mcleod deserves the support which he is receiving from
his colleagues in the Congress.
Cherry Blossom Time
To- Ill.,
The Washington times., 1934-04-07

''My Life Is But q Weaving"
Life-strange how it's mean.
ing changes as you go along!
Or, rather, your understanding
The Washington times., 1934-04-07
THE POETS CORNER
By Robert Benchley

song Shades, Yellow Shades,
for Windows" is practically
"Hiawatha."
Consider what Mr.. Durante
could have done with Miss
STEMS Tender Buttons" Just
as an example, let us make an
arrangement Of a passage from
that work, with special attention
to the Durante technique and
routine:
Rectangular ribbon does not
mean that there is no eruption
(ha-cha-cha-cha-chaD it means
that there is no place to hold
there is no place to spread Gam
I dumbfoundedD. Room to
comb chickens and feathers
(horse feathers-or am I too
terrified?) and ripe purple.
Q'm a legerdemainianD"
Of course, Mr.. Durante has
been doing his version Of
Shades, Yellow Shades, for
the Windows" for some five or
six years, but it evidently didn't
begin to worry Mr.. Kreymborg
until Jimmie began to get into
the Big Money. These poets
may be dreamers and scoffers
at wealth, but they are no
fools. They know when to sue.
They know that a Durante in
the employ of big broadcast
ing company is better pickingS
than a Durante working at
little old Dover Club in the
West Fifties.
Of course, 100000 is a lot
of money, but it seems to me
that, if I were Mr.. Kreymborg
(of which there is not the
slightest possibility, I would
rather not have much pub
licity about the fact that my
serious work could, with prac-
tically no changes at all, be
used as excruciatingly funny
material for the country's most
StupendouS mad-man.
Unless, possibly, Mr.. Kreym-
borg has it in the back Of his
mind to lay aside the bay
leaves and become known as
80 (; :; ::
~ =
the Mar Who Writes Jimmie
Durante'S Stuff. There would
be some sense in that, and
probably, in the long run, a
lot more than 100000!
Copyright. 1884. King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
Articles by Robert Benchley Gp-
pear each Tuesday, Thursday
! and SATURDAY..
The Washington times., 1934-04-07

At last a use has been found
for our more modernistic poets.
They can write stuff for jim
mie Durante. It's funny that
no one ever thought of it be-
fore.
Alfred Kreymborg, one Of the
leading write-and-run versifiers,
claims that somebody did think
of it before, and that was Mr..
Durante. According to the
complaint, Mr.. Durante has
been lifting some of the Kreym-
borg lyrics and Incorporating
them in his butterfly recita-
tions on the air, in the movies
and on the floor of night clubs.
Not exactly in the spirit in
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-10-19

After complaining that they are
robbed by the corporations, many
people buy stocks of Get Rich
Quick statesmen.
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Flour Mills In
N. c. Are Busy

Washington.-The 81 flour mill.
Of North Carolina poured 400,29C
bushels of wheat into their hoppers
during August and turned out 3d.
952 bushels of flour as their contri-
button to the S,654,462 bushels
ground in the United States fol-
baking the staff of life. Of the
production in North Carolina, T.
296,l52 official pounds were re.
ported. The daily 24-hour capa-
city in wheat flour of the mills i.
.7,470 barrels Of flour, while the
average pounds of wheat per barre.
of flour was 1858.
North Carolina ranked along ir
the anne class with Virginia anc
Colorado in production during the
month. The report issued by the
Bureau of Census showed that for
August over 1000 mills were idle
and that the total output of flour
per annum in the United States
averages l15,364,274 barrels, with
Kansas and New York each turn
ing out about - per cent of the
-four of the country.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-10-19
Farm Wages In
N. C.. Are Less
Than Average

Farm wages in North Carolina
are far lower han the average for
the country but are higher than
those of almost any southern state,
it is revealed in figures announced
by the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
Monies of the Department Of Agri-
culture.
The figures show that the aver
age farm pay per day with board
for the entire country was 81 on
October l..
AS compared with 81 cents of
July l, 81 cents a year ago and 81
cents two years ago. However, the
average for the parity 1904 was
$1.10.
On October l., the average farm
pay per day with board in North
Carolina was so cents. The lowest
was s. cents in South Carolina and
the highest $1.95 in Rhode island.
States where the average farm lab
orer received less than in North
Carolina were Georgia, Florida,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana.
In North Carolina the average
daily pay without board was $1.o5
and the average for the country
$f.54. The monthly pay in North
Carolina with and without board,
respectively, was $3.50 and
$23.25.
The supply of farm labor in
North Carolina is now 95 per cent
jof normal and the demand 81 per
cent of normal, making the supply
127 per cent of the demand. For
the country as a whole the. supply is
1879 per cent of the demand.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-10-19

People are said to be becoming
soft but their heads appear fairly
hard when you try to put a new
idea into them.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-10-19
Deans Pitch;
Earn $4,000

Chicago.-The Dean boys-Diz-
zy and Daily collected $4,000
for pitching two innings each for
the Mills semi-pro team against the
transforming Kansas City Monarchs
before a crowd of 10000 at Mills
stadium. That's more than Paul,
called Daffy, collected for pitching
all season for the St. Louis Cardi-
mails. Mills won the game, 1873.
Paul allowed ; hits, and had one
strikeout during his two innings.
Dizzy allowed ; hits and famed
three during his Ginning tenure.
Two of the three runs scored off
the famous brothers were unearned.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-10-19

A newspaper headline reads, EN-
ternal condition growing serious"
The boy who has eaten too many
green apples will say so.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-10-19

her Sunday school class of Bethel
church at her home in Salisbury
Friday evening. The home was de-
corated with beautiful fall flowers,
Contests were won by Mrs. Swice-
good and Mrs. Simpson. Delicious
refreshments were served to Mrs.
Carl Shipping, Mrs. Charlie Var
brough, Mrs. w. c. Walker, Mrs.
Harry Miller, Mrs. Wayne Gullett,
Mrs. L. A. Swicegood, Mrs. Ruth
Simpson, Mrs. H. F. Zimmerman,
Miss Lillian Click, and Miss Rosa
Barrier.
Friends of Miss Fleta Miller will
be glad to know that she is able to
be out after being in with asthma.
Mr.. ]. A. Click is sick at this
writing. We hope he will be out
soon.
Tuesday being children's day at
Rowan county fair was we'll at
tended by hundreds of children IS
we'll as grown-ups. The free acts
and fire works were very good. We
hope the fair will be a success.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-10-19
Franklin News
Received TOO late for last week.
Mrs. Hattie Gobble entertained
Kept Taking Cardui
Until She Got Rid
of the Severe Pains

When Mrs. Ida Hege, of Edin-
burg, Ind, was in a painful, run
down condition, she took Cardui,
with the results she describes be-
low: IT had just been what one
might say dragging around, feeling
miserable and all out of sorts. I
remembered how Cardui helped
my aunt. I sent for six bottles Of
Cardui and when I had taken them,
I was much better and stronger. I
did not suffer so much pain. I
continued taking Cardui until I had
taken nine bottles. I do not have
the severe palms." -. Thousands
of women testify Cardui benefited
them. If it does not benefit YOU,
consult a physician.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-10-19

EIGRE is one of the winged work
! i ers in Natures premier ferti-
tizer factory 1t belongs to a colony
af several millions of birds making
their homes on the arid, rainless
islands off the coast of Peru, and
considered the most valuable feath-
cred creatures in the world. Fish is
the exclusive diet of the birds and
their droppings form the basis of
Paru's vast guano industry.
These winged workers travel in
Immense focks and gorge them
xe'"es on the unlimited supply of
fish which swim in the waters sur
rounding their island homes. Flying
lii huge speckled clouds above the
" they are one of the most
l. is enjoyed by voyagers
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bailey MaylAsk
| Anti War Move
Senator Tells Delegation
He May Sponsor
Resolution

Raleigh.-Senator Josiah W.
Bailey of North Carolina may
sponsor a joint resolution in con-
gress during the next session which
would serve definitely to keep the
United States out of war, he told
a peace delegation of about SO
members from a half dozen towns
i'm this state.
The policy to be included N his
proposed resolution, the senator
explained, would forbid citizens Of
the United States from participant
ing in wars between other coun-
tries, and also would forbid them
to sell, trade or otherwise dispose
of food, supplies and other goods
to warning nations.
The delegation which was form
ed by Mrs. Sherman Barnes, Wo-
mems international League for
Peace and Freedom representative
came from Charlotte, Greensboro,
Durham, Chapel He'll, Goldsboro.
and Raleigh. The interview fol-
lowed a series of addresses IN this
state by Mrs. Barnes.
] The Senator was asked to seek
a reduction in ornaments and tc
oppose further expenditures of PWA
funds for increasing the navy.
He also was requested to support
the Nye resolution and investiga-
ton into the activities of munition
makers. The hope was expressed
that he would support measures tc
bring about government control of
this industry.
Bailey declared that he was mot
willing to expose the nation to at
tackers, and would stand for an
adequate Defense in answ~i to the
armament inquiry.
"There is no likelihood that the
United States will declare war on
any nation for so or 40 wears at
least" the senator said. "There arc
still too many things that must be
forgotten from the last war. But.
the United States will not have its
mainland invaded.
1--WE might conceivably allow
someone to take the PHILIPPINES, ano
an Alaskan invasion might not b
taken too seriously, but our main.
land must be protected. The only
question is the extent of an ade-
quate Defense" he said.
Bailey expressed the opinion that
the Nye investigation would re-
suit in legislation that will remove
the profit from the manufacture
of munitions, thus minimizing the
profits from
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-10-19

The common idea of how to sat-
isfy the complaint about. high
taxes, is to make them higher still.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-10-19
Williams Assailed
By Organized Labor


San Francisco.-S. Clay Viii.
liams, a member of the new NRA
board, was criticized by the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor for what
it is was said his CHASED, unfair
and inconsiderate" position.
The federation convention, after
shouting down attempts of alleged
communists to put a series of pro-
.posals before the floor, adopted I'M
animously and without discussion
a resolution condemning Williams
attitude toward labor and asking
President Roosevelt to investigate
his record.
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Buy In Salisbury
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consult a physician.