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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-01-18
small farms.
by A.. B.. G.

Tenancy and absentee ownership
would be discouraged it was point
ed out, and the price of farm land
would be stimulated, while farm
wealth would become more equit-
ably distributed. Country-minded
people in the cities would be en-
couraged to move back to farms.
Production would be on a moro
economical basis and small farmers
who have diversified their farming
would not be penalized with I'M
fairly small allotments, it was
brought out.
The rights of the small man
would be upheld and the burden Of
the cotton and tobacco tax on x
cess sales would not fall on the
small growers, the board continued,
and the future of the AAA would,
become more. secure because there
would be more satisfied farmers.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-01-18
PICAYUNES

O. What was Mae Vests first
screen appearance?
A. She PLAYED in might After
Might released late r. 1882, with
George Raft and Constance Cum
innings in the leading roles.
WAR DECLARATION
v. When did japan declare wal
against Germany?
A. Aug. p, 1914.
AUTHOR
y. Of what book, is Edna Ken
ton the author? Is she a college
graduate?
A. Her books are with Hearts
Courageous, "The Book of
|Earths." Glenn" and What Man
|ner of Man." She took her A. B.
degree at the University of Michi-
gan.
.|PAN-AMERICAN UNION
Q. What is the Pan-American
Union?
A. The Official organization,
supported by the republics of North
Central, and South America, and
devoted to the encouragement of
Pan-American commerce, friend
ship and peace.
CHINOOK
Q. What is a chinook?
A. A warm, moist southwest wind
on the coastal regions of Oregon
and Washington; originally SO call
ed by the white settlers at Astoria
because it comes from the direction
of the Chinook camp. The name
applies also to a warm dry wind
that descends the Rocky Noun
tains.
PASSENGERS
Q. How many passengers did the
Class l railroads of the United
States carry in 1882, 1888 and the
first six months of 1884?
A. 932-47S, $780, 22; 1855
432,95o,ooo; 1884 january to
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-01-18
POPULATION DATA
(193o Census)
A YOUNG FOLKS 0 R

More han half of the people in
the world at any given time are
under 80 years old. In the United
States only s. percent of the popu-
lation enumerated in the Census of
1880 were more than Fl years old.
Seventeen years ago the World
War began, resulting in social and
economic ~upheavals so widespread
that it is fair to say that since 1924
no part of the world has returned
to its former normal conditions.
More than half of the people of
this country have never had any
conscious experience of the world
that older folk knew and lived in.
1t is hard to teach the young to
see through the spectatcles of, the
old. Men and women of mature
age look back to a background TO-
tally outside the experience of
youth. Young people who are now
arriving at voting age have had no
contact, since childhood, with any
thing but economic depression.
Since they were fifteen or SO they
have heard little from their elders
but means of anguish over vanish
ed prosperity, a prosperity which,
so far as the young r concerned,
is entirely mythical; they never ex-
perienced it.
1t is not to be wondered at that
young folk are easily led into belief
in economic and social experiments
which older ones deprecate as i'm
practical and unavoidable. We
don't know what anybody can do
about it; we are not sure Chat any
thing ought to be done about it.
It's their world, and they have to
learn from their own experience.
And maybe, somehow, they'll find
WAYS to make it a better world
than the one upon which the old
folks look back with longing and
regret for the good old days"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-01-18
Timely Farm Questions
Answered at State College

QUESTION: What benefit will
a peanut grower receive for sign
ing a reduction contract?
ANSWER: Each grower who
signs and complies with the con-
tract will receive benefit payments
at the rate of $500 a ton based on
the 1884 production. In addition,
the producer will receive diversion
payments up to 20 percent Of his
crop diverted into peanut oil or
livestock feed. These payments will
be $4,000 a ton on Virginia type
peanuts, $500 a ton on the
Spanish type, and $1,000 a ton on
the Runner type. These diverted
peanuts may be sold for livestock
feed, fed on the producers farm, or
sold to the mills for oil production.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-01-18
TODAY AND
R
BY
FRANK PARKER STocKBRIDGE

SHAKESPEARE insight
The other night I was asked to
stand up and talk about Shakes
peare before a hundred or o young
men and women, training to be-
come Shakespearean actors. Two
things surprised me. One was the
enthusiasm for Shakespeare's plays
among the younger generation; the
other was their utter Ignorance that
Shakespeare had been anything but
an actor writing plays for actors.
When l told them for every per-
son who had ever seen one of
Shakespeare's plays on the stage
there were probably thousands who
had read and re-read them still for
their literary quality, many of my
hearers were amazed.
Sh~akespeare's place in English
literature rests on the frmest of
foundations. His writings were the
first to give IL language the form
and shape which it has. Phrases
and idioms which he first coined
are commonplace of everyday
speech. 1t is hard to write for cul-
tured people or to talk with them
without using Shakespearan ex-
fpressions.
And for deep understanding of
human nature in all of its phases
no writer has ever come near to
Shakespeare's insight.
AMERICA still leads
Every little while l rediscover
America, and realize again what a
wonderful country it is.
The other day I dropped into a
New York sporting goods store,
and ran into two people l knew.
One was buying heavy wooden socks
and cap, to take along to a skiing
party in the New Hampshire
mountains. The other was about to
start for Florida, and was getting
new bathing suit:
! That same evening I met two
lother friends. One has a news
paper job in Paris and comes home
once a year for a vacation. The
other is an English journalist who
had just got back from a three
months tour of the United States.
Pm going to tell England that
America is the happiest, most pros
porous country in the world" said
the latter; while the man from
Paris painted a word-picture of the
war-terrior of the people of France
that was little less than shocking.
I am getting pretty tired of
Americans who knock the Unit
ed States.
GARNER speaks up
l hear from Washington that
lack" Garner has advised the
President to tell some of his New
Dealers to keep their mouths shut.
The Vice-President has plenty of
sound common-sense.
Some of these bright young
men remind me of Christopher
columbus" my informant reports
him as saying. 'When Columbus
started out he didn't know where
he was going; when he got there he
didn't know where he was, and
when he got back he didn't know
where he had been."
Not mentioning any names, the
Vice President left.
4 X +
METROPOLIS :. simple life
The average American thinks of
New York as a city of gay frivol-
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-01-18

People used to be "all dressed up
and no place to CO." but now when
they are all dressed up there are so
many places to go to, that they may
not get home before morning.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-01-18

People used to dream about
finding money in the road, but
about all they find there now is
some automobile that knocks them
down.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-01-18

The children, it is said, should
learn about all kinds of tools, but
when the jokers used to send out
to get a round square, we were new
er able to find one.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-01-18
iects like that in the Tennessee Val

jects like that in the Tennessee Val
ley.
Don't look for balancing of Fed
eral budget before 1887, if then.
Income can't exceed outgo unless
new taxes are imposed, and inclina-
ton now is to let the tay question
alone. The Presidents budget"
message, calling for 4 billions for
work relief, puts an end to many
rosy dreams.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-01-18
QUESTION: How can m

QUESTION: How can my
poultry house be rid of mites?
ANSWER: Where the house is
heavily infested it should be thor
oughly cleaned and treated with a
solution of three parts of crude
petroleum or carbolineum to one
and one-half parts of kerosene. The
poles should first be removed
and the poles anr supports cleaned
and treated with full strength
petroleum or carbolineum. All lit
ter from nests, and floor should be
removed from the house and burn
ed. Where the mites are found only
in the nests and on the perch poles,
treating these areas may sometimes
be sufficient, but the best plan is
to give the entire house a complete
treatment.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-01-18

WE WOULDN'T think OF
MENTIONING A name for it
WOULD BE a reflection on 1.-THE
ELEGANCE of a
CERTAIN wELL-KNOWN
GENTLEMAN. IT was at a
ARD HOUSE right here
IN SALISBURY. II say, old man:
WHAT'S THE idea of wearing
MY said one lodger
TO ANOTHER as he started out
SUNDAY. WELL" said the
o ONE "you don't want
+ + +
YOUR NEW suit to get wet, do
your"
T THANK volt
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-01-18

QUESTION:: Should sows be fed
Immediately after narrowing?
ANSWER: As a general rule it
is best to withhold all feed for "a
hours after narrowing, but there are
exceptions to this rule. Where the
sow comes to the trough apparent
ly hungry and is not satisfied with
water, a very thin slop made up of
wheat bran with a liberal handful
of linseed oil meal may be given.
This should be repeated at the next
feeding time. Care should be taken
not to feed any rich or heavy feeds
such as corn Or tankage. The ra-
ton may be increased by gradually
making the slop thicker until the
animal will be on full feed in about
two weeks time after narrowing.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-01-18

HOLLYWOOD -. When the
National Inventors Congress
meets here in January the dele
gates will get to see Biddy Hen
doing her stuff -. namely, get
ting her freedom by laying an
egg" The trick nest has a trap
door which is opened when the egg
rolls down to the basket below. The
rooster is Master Of Ceremonies.
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THIS WEEK IN
WASHINGTON

CONTINUED from page one)
labor organizations instead of three:
and may result in new and younger
leaders gaining control of the Fed
Grafton. Meantime, it is reported
the Administration is considering
offering legislation to prohibit any
sort of a strike for any cause on
any public works project.
The Administrators housing
projects are all tangled up, and new
measures consolidating all the
bureaus concerned into one, with a
broader and more workable pro
gram, are looked for.
Those on the inside of things
take very seriously the President,
announced desire to redistribute
population, taking millions of peo-
pie out of the big cities and put
ting them back on the land.
New banking legislation is in
preparation, intended to give Fed
eral Reserve Board greater power.
and to force banks to more liberal
tending.
Administration insiders say that
all of the hullabaloo about power
companies isn't aimed at operating
companies, the ones that actually
make and sell the Juice" but at a
a few-holding COM
|panies. The Presidents announced
intention to make electric current
available on every farm is now be-
ing taken to mean that Govern
ment will aid private companies to
extend their lines and sell their cur
rent, except for "yardstick" pro-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-18
ncal Student PIedged

Paul Buchanan. 500l N. Meridian
st. has been pledged to the Swarth-
more College chapter Of the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity. He IS a
graduate of Park School, Indianap-
oils. and will major in economies
at SWarthmOre.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-18
DEMOCRATS TO
ASSERT CLAIM
TO JEFFERSON
Third President Scheduled
to Be Returned to
Political Field.
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
LCopyr.ght. 1895 NEA Service. lncl

WASHINGTON. Oct. l8.-Repub-
Leans and Liberty Leaguers who
have stakcd out claims on the late
Thomas Jefferson face a hot fight
from Administration Democrats.
who intend to regain possession Of
the famed Virginia
The effort to rope and tie Mr..
Jefferson as Democratic property
already has begun. And although
Mr.. Jefferson has been heard OF
frequently in every election cam
paign since the first one, plans of
President Roosevelt and his strate-
gists now call for giving him a
more conspicuous part in the 1886
affair than he has had since death
removed his cOrporeal presence from
the political scene.
The opposition started all this
with assertions that Mr.. Roosevelt
had deserted Mr.. jefferson and other
splendid old American institutions
and was following after false, I'M
American gods.
Democrats feel they can use JEFF
ferson to offset such propaganda
and prove that F. r and T. J. are
brothers under the skin, and that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-18
the New Deal is deep-rooted IN

the New Deal is deep-rooted IN
sound old American doctrine.
Ambassador Claude Bowers.
champion keynoter, spellbinder and
biographer, will be brought over
from Madrid to parade Mr.. Jefer-
son around the country and keep
him out Of Republican hands.
Mr.. Bowers is a leading jefferson
expert. There's been some thought
Of giving him a Cabinet Job, where
he would have added prestige behind
his ballyhoo for the Sage of Mon
ticello, but that isn't in the cards
at the moment.
Nicholson Writes Early Speech
Meanwhile, Charlie Nicholson.
the party publicity boss, has been
digging into the voluminous writ
ings Of jefferson and extracting
certain rare tidbits which tend to
prove that Jefferson wasn't the spir-
itual forefather of Jouett Shouse.
Postmaster General Jim Farley
recently made a very good speech,
to which neither you nor any one
else paid any attention.
/. 1t was good because Charlie Mich
elson wrote it for him and it told
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-18

how Jefferson had demanded 10
constitutional amendments all at
once, how he was charged with de-
stroying the Constitution time and
again. and how the special pleaders
for special privilege belabored him
numerically as a Bolshevik.
You will hear a lot more of the
same this next year and Repub-
licans will try to kidnap Jefferson
every day.
One Of the nice things about JET
ferson is that he wrote so much
and his mind changed to such de-
grees during the years that you can
find things in his writings to prove
almost any point you Ike.
Neither major party will be re-
ferring to the Jeffersonian crack
about the desirability of revolu-
ton every 20 years or so. Perhaps
the Communists will grab that.
Evening star., 1935-10-26

Installment buying has been de-
clared illegal In Egypt.
Evening star., 1935-10-26

One of the significant Improvements
in hot water heating is the ipstalla-
ton of a mechanically operated water
circulating device which permits the
use of smaller radiators and smaller
pipes, thus resulting in substantial
economy in the cost of heating plant.
the Plumbing and Heating Industries
Bureau points out.
Whereas the hot-water heating
plant of conventional design depends
upon gravity to circulate the water,
the improved system utilizes an cleo
trio pump to speed up the circulation.
In mild weather water at low tenn
perature is delivered to each radiator.
AS cold weather sets in and a greater
demand is imposed on the system.
water at higher temperature is sup
piled.
Equipped with thermostatic controls
and pressure regulators. the system is
remarkably sensitive to demands made
upon it. Thus more even tempera-
ture may be maintained throughout
the heating season.
Furthermore, the system has the
advantage Of quick pickup. In the
case of a gravity hot-water system,
there is an interval of from 20 to 80
minutes before the radiators are
warmed when the heating plant is
Evening star., 1935-10-26
Electrical Circulating Deuice
Reduces Cost of Heating Plant

started. In the case Of q system with
forced circulation there Is practically
no time lag. Hot water reaches the
radiators almost instantaneously on
account Of the rapid circulation ef-
fected by the pump.
Because the water Is circulated at
a higher temperature, smaller radla-
tors and smaller pipes can be used.
This effects an economy in installation
cost.
Existing hot-water systems can be
improved by conversion into forced
circulating system. This, as well as
other improvements in heating plants,
may be financed under the easy credit
plan OF the Federal Housing Admin
istration. Due to the fact that the
price of boilers today Is only so per
cent of the 1920 price and radiator
costs have declined one-third, the
home owner today has an exceptional
opportunity for the installation OF
hot-water or steam heating equip
ment.
Evening star., 1935-10-26

They embrace new and stunning
models in design and color to liven
up any house. They weigh only about
one-third as much as other kinds of
plumbing fixtures and have a high
luster, acid-resisting porcelain enamel
finish.
The unit equipment idea has also
been developed. One, combines a
medicine cabinet. shaving light, towel
hamper, towel bar, utility shelf, supply
cabinet and vitreous porcelain lava
tory. all in one wall unit, 25 inches
by 90 inches high. Enameled iron
shower panels, used around built-in
tubs, can now take the place of lath,
plaster, tile and decoration, forming
a watertight connection with the edge
Of the tub. A bath hanger supports
the tub to insure against settling and
subsequent cracks. These are espe-
cialy adaptable to remodeling jobs.
The integral oil-burning boiler
unit, with element for domestic hot
water, is about the last word in OIL
burning equipment. Compared with
older types and with anthracite coal,
it costs much less to operate. but the
initial cost of the boiler is apt TO
eliminate it from consideration in
low-priced houses.
Air conditioning for homes is a
subject of paramount interest to
builders generally. 1t offers selling
advantages which should provide a
needed stimulus to the man who
thinks his present home is good
enough" First, Winter air condition
ing provides an even circulation Of
wram all, usually designed to give a
complete change of air in each room
every ten minutes. Contrast this with
the old radiator type of heat in which
the same stuffy air is breathed over
and over again, except for infiltration.
The cost of air cooling in Wash
ington will average twice as much
per month as air heating. Dehumidi-
fication has not yet been made avail
able for small residences. 1 do not
believe cooling to be vital in a well
insulated suburban house in Wash
ington, but am providing refriger-
ating coil so that my buyers can add
the compressor later.
Evening star., 1935-10-26
RADIO OUTLETS HELP
HOUSE DESIRABILITY
Built-in Wiring for Sets Adds to
Attractiveness of Building.
Inconvenience Reduced,

The desirability Of q house Is def
nitely enhanced II radio outlets are
located in convenient places.
Wiring for radios should be con-
sidered an integral part Of modern
house equipment. Exposed wires are
unattractive, and radio wires should
be added with n much care as any
other type used In the house.
Standard intallations Of radio wir-
ing In . house embody many adyan-
tageous features. The ground and
aerial are properly and safely con-
nected and provided with convenient
wall or Dashboard outlets that merely
require plugging in" TO insure q
good contact. This eliminates such
makeshifts as the former nat conduc-
tor tape out the window sill, which
never permitted the window to be
tightly closed.
Evening star., 1935-10-26
INVENTED HOUSE
AS YET UNCERTAIN
.WaveTly Taylor Discusses
Pretabrication With Warn
Ing to Builders.

Realtors and builders have little
reason at present to fear the COM
petition of the so-called prefabricated
house, Waverly Taylor, Washington's
sole representative on the board of
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards, declared in an address
before the associations convention in
Atlantic City, N. j., this week.
In the first place" he said, Il do
not believe there is at this time
sufficient demand for this type of
house to make the manufacture
profitable, and in the second place
we already have the advantages of
mass production in so many of the
component parts of the house that
we need only select these wisely and
assemble them economically to pro-
duce houses that are both marketable
and individual"
He warned builders to weigh care
fully enthusiastic claims" of inven-
tors, manufacturers and promoters of
devices designed to improve residential
construction, before stalking their
money and regulations on their per-
iormance.
Let us start with the frame of the
house. said Mr.. Taylor. We all
know the defects of wood framing, in
shrinkage, destruction by termites,
fire risk and rotting. On the other
side of the ledger is the availability
OF this universal building material In
all markets. its comparative economy
and f1eXibility.
The fireproof materials for franz
1ng in use today are baSically light
steel framing members, assembled in
much the same manner that wood
5oists, studs and rafters are framed.
In some localities, where fireproof
floor system is desired and steel joists
are not used, concrete floor will be
thought of as being most practical.
requiring no out-oftown deliveries
and consequent delays. Usually, the
cost of expensive formwork and Spe-
cial design of reinforced beams and
joists make the concrete floor luxury
TO be afforded only in high priced
homes. Recently, the Portland Ce-
ment Association has developed a
system of precast concrete joistS
which are now being made by 100
manufacturers throughout the United
States.
In outside wall construction, there
are many panels on the market and
many forms of precaSt concrete
panels. Looking at them all from the
practical point of view of an opera
tive builder, building houses for sale,
they do not particularly appeal to me.
If were going in for large scale pro-
duction of low cost modern houses, l
would investigate them to determine
which, If any, offered economy with
durability and, above all things.
weather tight joints. The home
seekers I come in contact with, how
ever, prefer an orthodox material for
the outer walls of their homes.
Both in the kitchen and bath
room, plumbing has come in for its
share of modernization. Copper tub
ing with a streamline fitting,
Eweated onto the tubing, offers ad-
Vantages of non-corrosive pipe with
leak-prooI joints at an extra cost of
about $40 for a six-room house.
The cost of both pipe and labor has
been reduced to the point where it
Is possible now to use copper tubing
where heavy brass pipe with threaded
tttings could not be considered.
"Colored fixtures, of porcelain on
steel, have arrived in a big way.
Evening star., 1935-10-26
DEMAND FOR ESTATES
Real Estate Firm Sees Boom in
Southern States

An increasing demand for Southern
properties, especially in seacoast 10
calitieS, is predicted during the coming
year by D. Trowbridge Gilman OF the
f1rm OF Gilman, Euyler 6s Mutually Of
New York City. Prior to the depres-
sion. Mr.. Gilman says that In three
different sections within q few miles
from Charleston, s. c., practically
100000 acres we're acquired by Nor.
thern sportsmen, representing an in
vestment Of approximately $50, 900 900.
This demand for Southern estates
and sea-island property was halted
in $780," said Mr.. Gilman, but in
quirieS are now being made, and there
is a returning interest for Southern
acreage holdings. It is interesting to
note that during the depression period
practically none of the estate acquired
prior to 1929 was sacrificed or fore
closed at public auction except in one
or two cases where the owners had
died.