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, 1935-03-19
RADIO FIGHT
IS TAKEN UP
BY RICHBERC

WASHINGTON, March 10. Rp-
Donald r. Richberg was Joined In
lthe radio war. with q speech in
which he criticized his old boss. Hugh
johnson as q popular humorist" and
aimed what many believed to be in
ferential blows in the direction OF
Senator Huey Long and Father
Charles z. Coughlin.
Speaking In the National Radio
forum Of the Washington Evening
Star, the head OF the national euer-
gency council called on the country
Monday night to rally to the pro
~gressives' as against the "old guard
and "the destroyers."
The old guard, he said, would
'wreck recovery by doing nothing
except obstruct progress" and the
d~estroyers would drive US into CIV
II war" by fomenting class conflicts
Are the shouters, the exhorters
and the wise-crackers." he asked,
going to dominate public thinking
or. before long. will q bored and
noise weary people turn off the ra-
dos, turn away from the believing
in the press and on thH platform
Of ohstructionists and d~estroyers and
listen to progressive minded leaders
In business and politics?"
The people, he said, do not un-
derstand the dangers confronting
them. because instead Of important
news. they are habituated ito eat the
raw. red. dripping stories OF sin and
catastrophe and conflict, served up
for breakfast, lunch and dinner"
The headlines of the daily papers,
which cream Of crime and exposures
and personal attacks. are their
meat" he said. He explained he was
not indicting newspaper publishers
because the successful published and
editor will see that the people get
what they want"
Since bad news is always interest
ing" he said, and good news US
ually is not. what impression do pee
pie get OF what is actually happen
ing2"
Let me give you an example7
When NRA was exciting and making
lots Of trouble, the papers we're full
OF 1t. When NRA quietted down and
went To work. doing a good job
cleaning up a lot of mistakes and
ironing out difficulties. 1t didn't pro-
duce much news until a popular
humoriSt, with a characteristic dis
regard Of personal responsibility and
truth said: NRA Is as dead as the
dodo'."
, 1935-03-19
Man Shot Dead

SAN ANTONIO, March ~. III
Louis T.. Leonard, 81, retired oil
company employe and brother Of a
city detective, was found shot to
death On the floor Of a restaurant
by police Monday night.
Leonard vas wounded in the
bead and a pistol lay beneath his
body.
Police we're called to the scene
when customers fled after Leonard
appeared from his living quarters
at the rear Of the cafe. a pistol In
his hand. Police said a woman
named Mrs. Beatrice Novak, IS,
who had rented quarters from
Leonard. attempted to wrest the
gun from his hand and in a scuf-
fle four shots were fired. The wo-
man fled from the restaurant.
Oldsmobile the car that has ev-
erything.-Adv.
, 1935-03-19

be set out were announced as fol-
lows: North Dakota - rs miles -
Rollette. Towner, Benson, Eddy,
Wells Foster. Kidder. Stutsman Lo-
gan. La Moure. Emmons and Dickey
South Dakota - % miles 49, San
born. Miner. Davis<, Hanson. Nc
Cook, Douglas. Hutchinson Charles
Mix and Gregory.
Nebraska - 20 miles - Holt An
belope. Custer. Frontier and Red
willow.
Kansas - % miles - Barton,
Pawnee. Stafford. Edward, Kicwa,
Prattman and Kingman.
Oklahoma - 10 miles - Harper,
Beaver. Woods. Woodward, Ellis, Ma
jor. Dewey. Roger Mills. Custer,
Beckman. Washita. Greer Kiowa,
Harmon and Jackson.
Texas - 2 miles - Wheeler and
ChildreSs.
, 1935-03-19

urday morning without yegainlrlV
consciousness IN hours after tho
crash. She suffered fractured
skull Campbell received two hrnk-
en- legs and n skull fracture. P. An.
Thurman. also q Phoenix employee.
Is In a serious condition after sur
fering four broken vertehrae. Miss
Dorothy Stone OF Rio Grande City
Is recovering from severe decorations
and bruises. Their car failed 10
complete n right angle turn mt tine
intersection.
Campbell's death brings the Upper
Valleys accident toll during the past
% days to seven dead and 20 injured.
, 1935-03-19

Barometric pressure was moder-
ately low from Arizona northward
into Canada Tuesday morning, and
relatively TO moderately high over
the balance of the country. except
relatively low from northwestern
Texas and Oklahoma northeastward
10 the upper Great Lakes. Precipi-
tation was almost negligible through
out the country during the last "a
hours, but there was considerable
cloudineSs at the morning observa-
ton. Temperatures ranged from sea-
sonable over most Of the country to
subnormal in the plateau region and
In Wyoming Tuesday morning.
Brownsville 8 a. m. CEST) sea-
level pressure 1894 inches.
, 1935-03-19
Bethlehem

The best boost for the McSwain
bill TO take the profits out Of war"
was the digging up by the senate
munitions committee that Bethle-
hem Shipbuilding company had
profits OF $6S. 600. 900 during the war.
, 1935-03-19
The Weather

East Texas least OF Tooth meri-
diam: Mostly cloudy Tuesday night
and Wednesday.
Light to fresh southerly winds on
the coast.
, 1935-03-19
BULLETIN

First figures. lowest temperature last
night: second highest yesterday: third.
wind velocity at 8 a. m: fourth. prec-
imitation IN last % hourSl
, 1935-03-19
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point Isabel
Wednesday. under normal meteor
illogical conditions:
High ........ 1858 a. m. 3:44 p. m.
Low ........ 1906 q. m. 9:48 p. m.
, 1935-03-19
RIVER BULLETIN

There will be no material change
in the river during the next "a to
50 hours.
, 1935-03-19
DATA
WEATHER SUMMARY

Sunset Tuesday ............. 6:4l
Sunrise Wednesday .......... 6:34
, 1935-03-19

Oidsmobile the car that has ev-
erything.-Adv.
, 1935-03-19
Negro Electrocuted

HUNTSVILLE. March 10. Up
Gabe Smith. 25-year-old Houston
negro. was executed In the states
electric chair early Tuesday for the
murder OF Alvin Legate. grocer, in
a holdup. Legate vas shot to death
Feb. II. 1884.
, 1935-03-19

Oldsmobile the car that has ev-
erything.-Adv.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
Rogers-Pos Funeral

The bodies of Will Rogers,
Americas most famous and below
ed humorist, and Wiley Post, pre-
mier aviator, killed near Point
Barrow, Alaska last Thursday at
5 o'clock I'll o'clock Eastern
standard time) when their plane
crashed from a height of about
SO feet, were brought home by
plane plotted by Joe Crosson, ace
Alaskan flier.
Mrs. Rogers and the children,
Will Jr., Mary and Jim made a
transcontinental trip by private
train for the funeral which was
held in Los Angeles due to the
fact that Mrs. Rogers felt unequal
to another long trip from the coast
back to Oklahoma. The last rites
were held in the little church 'Wee
Kirk O. the Heather" so beloved
by Will, with Rev. Whitcomb
Brougher, friend of the humorist,
conducting the service. As the lit
tie church accommodated only
l25 people, another service was
held in Hollywood bowl, which
seats $4,000 with Rupert Hughes,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
Grant For
Local Armory

Plans have been advanced for
the city to secure a $4,000 grant
the WPA for the erection Of
an armory for the National Guard,
Company C of the 1o3th Engi-
neers which is commanded by
Capt. E. W. Cole.
The civic and public affairs
committee of the Chamber of
Commerce is sponsoring the pro-
gram, and is seeking sites and ways
to make the project possible. Capt.
Cole has designated Major W. I.
Tatum, of the reserve corps, to pre-
sent the matter to civic clubs and
groups, and various organiza-
lions are lending their assistance.
The guard unit has "a enlisted
men and three officers, and has a
payroll of about $4,000 annually.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
N. c. Jobs. Approved
WPA Advisors
0kay Projects
Itemized List of $3,422,-
All Works in State to
Be Available Soon

Washington.-Important step
toward getting Works Progress
projects in North Carolina under
way and putting employables now
on the relief rolls to work was
taken when the advisory committee
on allotments approved projects in
the State totaling $3,422,471.
Included in this list are the ma
jority of the Charlotte projects.
The breakdowns on these projects
will be made public as soon as the
entire list, which calls for a total
expenditure of over 81 million dol
lars in IS States, is approved by the
President.
1t was stated at the offices of
the Works Progress administrator
that State Administrator George
w. Coan, Jr., has made rapid pro-
gress in submission Of his list, and
it was thought the President would
approve the Tar Heel projects by
Friday.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23

author, delivering the eulogy.
The body of Wiley Post was
transported by plane to Oklahoma
where final and silent tribute was
paid to one whose home coming
for the first time was not a joyous
one. Funeral services were held in
the little Landmark Missionary
Baptist church in Maysville, and
also in the First Baptist church in
Oklahoma City,gafterwhich inter-
ment was in Fairlawn cemetery
while planes overhead dropped
flowers.
Seldom has the news of the
death of two men had such an
effect upon the country as a whole
as has the death of Rogers and
Post. Rogers was possibly the most
familiar figure in America, since
his wit and humor had endeared
him to millions who never saw
him. Post was considered one of
the most outstanding aviators in
the country, and had many excel
lent qualities which made him a
favorite with all who knew him.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
1000 Miles New Rural Power Lines ASS -
Work Tog egin
Soon r: State
Is Told BY Power
Companies They Will
Take Over Feasible
Lines

Raleigh.-Approximaeely 1000
miles of power lines will be laid
to service rural North Carolinians,
Dudley Bagley, chairman of the
Rural Identification authority,
said after a conference between
representatives of the larger power
companies operating in the State
and REA officials.
The lines will be put up und-
er the Rural Identification prog
ram, and work on some Of the pro-
jects will get under way in the near
future, Bagley sad.
Bagley, who expressed much sat
isfaction at the progress made at
the conference, said the power
companies, n by one, expressed
a willingness to take over lines
held feasible under government re-
gu~lations.
The Federal government holds
feasible all lines whose gross in
come for the first year is 20 per
cent of the total cost of the ex-
tension.
Bagley said the power companies
would give an estimate as to how
much mileage they will take owe
under the REA plan within a few
days.
The education work proposed
through the extension division of
the authority was discussed and
received high praise both from
REA officials and representatives
of the power companies. The ex-
tension work is being carried on
under the direction Of D. S. Wea-
yer, who on September l will take
lover the duties Of extension special
ist in rural identification fields.
He will have a full-time assistant.
The sale of appliances also was
the subject of much discussion.
Under the plan, installment buying
of necessary electrical appliances
will be provided and encouraged.
The authority will not deal in the
appliances, but will lend money to
private concerns wishing to deal in
them, Bagley pointed out.
Represented at the conference
were the Duke, Carolina Power
and Light, Virginia Electric and
Power, Nantahala Power and
Light and the Durham Public Ser
vice companies.
Officials Of companies owned by
various municipalities will be call
ed for a meeting some time next
week, Bagley said. The group will
include towns and cities where the
power plants are owned as well as
those where the power is redistri-
buted. =, %~@
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
Congressman Doughton
To Speak Here Sept. 2
Will Be Guest of Master BARRIERS
Meeting At The Yadkin Hotel

The Associated of Masters Barb
ers of North Carolina will hold
their eighth annual convention
here September l, 2, and 3rd. Con
gresham Robert l.. Doughton,
chairman of the ways and means
committee, will be among the dis
tinguished persons to address the
group, according to the program
being issued over the state.
The Yadkin hotel will be head
quarters for the event, and business
sessions, banquets, dances and other
affairs will be held there. More
than 500 delegates are expected to
attend. Delegates will register at
9 a. m. Monday, Sept. 2, and the
convention will be called to order
at 1880 p. M, invocation being
rendered by Rev. Thomas C. Cook,
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church here.
Mayor c. F. Raney will extend
words of welcome, with response
by M. E. Meadows, of Asheville.
There will be talks by DIR. c. W.
Armstrong, ]. Allan Dunn, and J.
J. Lloyd, representative of the In
ternational BARRIERS Union of In
diannapolis.
Congressman Doughton's address
is scheduled for $3.50 p. m. and the
public is invited to attend and hear
this important leader.
After the banquet, which will
be held at 7 o'clock, Sept. 2, a
dance will be held, this beginning
at $50.
The program for Tuesday, Sept
3, begins at $3.50 a. m. with an
address by Walter Wagner of
Chicago.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
Rowan Schools
Open Sept. 10

September 10 has been tentative
ly set for the opening of the schools
of Rowan county, a postponement
of two weeks, and September %
for the city schools after a meeting
of the County Board of Health and
schools officials. The postpone
ment is to avert danger of infantile
paralysis.
The board also decided to keep
in effect an ordinance prohibiting
the gathering of children under IS
years old in any public place.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
Rowan Home
Agent Resigns

Miss Mamie Whisnant, home de-
monstration agent for Rowan
county for the last four years, has
rendered her resignation, effective
September l to the Board Of Com
missioners to accept a promotion
as assistant to Miss Helen Esta-
brook, specialist in home furnish
ings and home management of the
State Extension department. Her
headquarters will be in Raleigh.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
RAIN DAMAGE
AND BRIDGES

Raleigh to bridges and
roads in southeastern North Caro-
lima damaged by heavy rains sever. Il
weeks ago have been completed, w.
Vance Baise, chief engineer of the
state highway and public works
commission, announces.
Heaviest damage was reported in
Brunswick county where a number
of small bridges were washed out.
Roads in Johnston, Wayne ard
Columbus counties also were dam
aged from the heavy downpours.
Baise said between $4,000 and
$1,000 was expended in repairing
the roads.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
Highway Death
Toll Declines

Raleigh. - Sixty-nine persons
were killed and 52S injured in &C
cidents involving motor vehicles
during July, the monthly report of
the State Motor Vehicle bureau re-
ports.
The number of deaths was IA
less than the toll for June of this
year and followed the usual decline
in highway deaths during July for
the last five years.
In July, 1884, there were 70
deaths from automobile accidents.
Among those killed in July this
year, 20 were pedestrians, u died
in collisions between cars, 20 were
killed in non-collision wrecks, one
was killed in q collision with a
fixed object, four were bicycle
riders and five were children play
ing in the streets.
Sig fatal and 43 non-fatal &C
cidents involved drinking drivers.
One fatal and two non-fatal wrecks
resulted from drivers falling a.
sleep.
A majority of the wrecks occur
red in clear days and on straight
roads. There was only n hour of
the day, from 7 to 8 o'clock in the
morning, when no fatal accidents
occurred during the month.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
Nc orkle Applies
For Pardon

Application for parole of ]. M.
McCorkle, former Salisbury bank
er now serving ~ to five years in
the state prison for misapplication
of funds from the estate of the late
Mrs. Peter Frercks, is soon to be
made. McCorkle is &c years of age
and is reported as being in i'll
health.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
WANTED FULL DETAILS

WANTED FULL DETAILS
"Here said the sightseeing
guide, was fired the shot heard a
round the world"
But the studious young mar
fresh from college wa far from be-
ing satisfied.
els the specific consumption Of
time required for the reverbratior
of the trajectory of circumnavi.
gate the terrestrial sphere also with.
in your scope of knowledge" he in
quired.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
Sutton Selected
Rowan County
Farm Agent

Rowan county commissioners on
Monday elected D. H. Sutton as
county farm agent to succeed W.
G. Yeager, who resigned to take a
federal position.
Mr.. Sutton is at present farm
agent for Caldwell county and was
formerly teacher of agriculture at
the Farm Life school at China
Grove.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
NEWS
BRlEFs
TO MAKE WET
PAY CHAIN O LEVY

Raleigh.-Dry North Carolina
will crack down On the 16 counties
now selling whiskey under the So
called Pasquotank and New Han
over acts passed by the 1885 Legis-
lature and force teen to pay chain
store license fees on their ABC
stores.
A. ]. Maxwell, State commits
sioner of revenue, said the tax
would be the same as on any other
chain stores-no charge for the
first store, but $50 for each addi-
tional store up to five. No county
has more than five liquor stores.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
Charlottean Accused
of Polio Law Violation

A warrant has been sworn out
by DR.. C.. W. Armstrong, county
health officer, against J. W. Finch-
er of Charlotte, manager of the
Crazy Water Crystals Entertainers,
who gave an entertainment here
Saturday night, alleging that a To-
cal ordinance recently enacted in
view of the infantile paralysis sit
uation had been violated.
The warrant charges that chill
dren under IS years of age were
allowed to attend the event in vio-
lation Of the ordinance, and that
the place of entertainment was
badly overcrowded.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
Colored Boy Has
1nfantile PARALYSIS

The illness of Perry Leazer, four
year old colored boy here has been
diagnosed as infantile paralysis by
physicians.
He bacame i'll Saturday. This is
the second last here this summer,
the other being a fve-month-old
colored girl, whose condition now
is reported to be satisfactory.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
BRAIN TRUSTER

Panhandler: "Say, old man, kin
you help a brother Mason, Odd Eel
low, Elk, Moose, Eagle, Owl, For
ester or Labor Unionist?"
Old Man: II don't belong to any
of them"
Panhandled: "Ah, den, kin you
help a fellow Methodist, Catholic,
Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Disciple
or Quaker"
Old Man: II don't belong to any
of them either"
Panhandler: "Ah, den, shake
hands, pardner, and assist a Teller
socialist, uplifter, brain-truster and
boon-doggler in distress!"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
Steele Reunion
August 10Th

The Steele reunion Will be held
at South River Methodist church
in Rowan county, August 10Th.
All friends and relatives are in
vited to come and bring a we'll
filled basket.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
HIVE S~UPERFLUOUS FOR
BEES IN PITT

Greenville.-Mrs. O. H. Jack
sons bees don't necessarily have to
have hives to do business.
Mrs. Jackson, who resides a few
miles from Greenviile, wen to
her grapevine a day or so ago and
heard a buzzins overhead. Looking
up, she discovered that her bees
had abandoned their hives and
placed a comb of honey about
three feet long and two feet wide
in the grapevine.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
On Visit To Texas

Mrs. W. G. Watson, well-known
and prominent boarding house mis-
tress of 1O7 South Lee Street, left
Tuesday morning for Wayco, Tex,
where she will spend sometime with
her daughter, Mrs. Q. W. Burns.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
CAUTIOUS

"Now, we will engrave the young
lady's name inside the ring, if you
like, at no extra COST" said the
jeweler, anxious to make a sale.
"Well," said the cautious young
man, eff it doesn't cost anything
you might just put in to my below
ed and let it go at that"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
Urges Scouts Uphold Constitution
F. R. Talks To
Boys On Duties
Of Citizenship
President Regrets Can
collation. of Jamboree,
Hopes Future Meet

Washington.-1n a surprise ref
erence to the constitution, Presi-
dent Roosevelt declared in an ad-
dress Wednesday night that the
success Of that document depends
upon "the attitude of mind and
the degree of the spirit of unselfsh
cooperation that can be developed
in individuals"
The Chief Executive spoke to
the Boy Scouts of America. At the
outset he lamented cancellation of
the international scout iamboree
here because of an infantile paraly-
sis epidemic.
His reference to the constitution
broke Unexpectedly upon many of
the political minded. Only recent
ly Herbert Hoover called upon the
President to state his ideas about
amending the document.
Mi. Roosevelt did not touch di-
rectly upon this point, however.
There were indications among those
close to him that he did not intend
to return to the issue in the imme-
date future, although he will ad-
dress the nation Saturday night for
the first time since Congress met.
Speaking to the scouts, the Pre-
sidenr-Said-
I'VE are bound together in a
democracy under a constitution
whose purpose was and is to form
a perfect union, establish justice,
insure domestic tranquility, pro-
vide for the common defense, pro-
mote the general welfare, and Sc
cure the blessings of liberty to our
selves and our prosperity
1.-THE success of hat constitu-
ton is dependent on the attitude of
mind and the degree of the spirit
Of unsel6sh cooperation that can
be developed in individuals. Scout
ing is essentially and clearly a pro-
gram for the development of that
unselfsh, cooperative attitude of
mind"
The Presidents speech was in
keeping with a promise made when
the national jamboree to have been
here this week was Cancelled.
Mr.. Roosevelt emphasized the
responsibilities of citizenship to the
scouts and said the scout motto,
"Be prepared" applies lust as
much to the wider service which is
your opportunity when your full
civic responsibilities are attained
Even before you become of vot-
ing age, wou actually have a part
in civic affairs" he said, "and you
bear responsibilities in your home
communities. We older citizens
are very proud of the many con-
tributions that individual Scouts
and Scout organizations have made
to the relief of suffering, to the
maintenance of good order and
good health, and to the furtherance
of good citizenship and good gov
ernment."
He expressed the hope that the
jamboree cancelled for this year will
be planned for some time in the
future.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
BOOB McNUTT

Darling, will you be my wife?"
"Will you always let me do just
what l like?"
certainly"
"Can mother live with us?"
"Of course, dear"
twill you give up the club and
always give me money when I ask
for it,"
"Willingly, my pet"
''I'm sorry. l could never marry
such a boob"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
MISTAKEN

MIO IANIIN
Housewife: "Yes, I'll give you a
meal if you saw and split that pile
of wood, carry out the ashes, mend
that hole in the fence and sweep
the walk"
Tramp (walking away: II
guess you made a mistake lady. I'm
not your husband" .
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
WOULD SHARE THE BURDEN

WOULD SHARE THE BURDEN
Father: my son, I want to i'm
press you with the fact hat it takes
ever better judgment to spend
money wisely than to make it."
Son: 81 can understand that,
father. Let me take half the bur-
den off your hands. You make it
and I'll spend it."
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-08-23
IRISH WIT

IRISH WIT
I'll tell you, Pat, my boy" the
big man of the town confded, lay
ing a ~patronizing hand on the
young Irishman's shoulder, 81
wish l had your tongue"
'Sure, sor," grinned Pat; "but
it would do yez no good without
my brains"