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Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
GOOD SUGGESTION

When Mr.. Brown the grocer ans
wered the telephone he head an irate
voice say:
Mr.. Brown, I sent my William
over to your store for two pounds
of plums. You charged me for
two punds, but when weigh them
there is only pound and a half in
the bag"
MADAM" returned the wise Mr..
Brown, "may I suggest that you
put William on the scale and weigh
him?"
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
Details OF New
Service Given By
Southern Rwy.

Atlanta, Ga.,-In keeping with
permission obtained from the In
terstate Commerce Commission re-
Gently the Southern Railway Sys-
tenn and subsidiary lines on Febru-
ary 5th began universal free pick
up and delivery service on less than
carload freight shipments over the
entire system. This arrangement
affords free pick service on out
going shipments via the Southern,
whether destined to a point on its
rails or to point beyond on con-
Meeting carriers, and likewise free
delivery on all incoming less than
carload shipments.
Announcement of the new ser
vice reads as follows:
"Southrn Railway System and
subsidiary lines began free pickup
and delivery service, February s,
1886, with certain exceptions and
restrictions.
Free pickup and delivery ser
vice will be accorded where the
aggregate freight charges (not in
cluding the emergency charges) on
the entire shipment Consisting Of
one or more differently rated
articles) equals or exceeds charge,
computed at 20 cents per 100
pounds for the aggregate weight
thereof. In other words, regardless
of the fact that shipment may con-
tain articles on which the rate is
less than 20 cents, the service is
available in case the charges on the
entire shipment averages 20 cents
or more per 100 pounds.
"Where the aggregate freight
revenue is less than 20 cents per
100 pounds, an additional charge
sufficient to increase the average
charge to 20 cents, will be asses
sed and the pickup and delivery
service performed.
''If patrons elect to make their
own arrangements for the pickup
and delivery service and SO advise
the railroad agent, they will be paid
5 cents per hundred pounds by the
railroad for performing this ser
vice.
''Free pickup and delivery ser
vice or payment of 5 cents per 100
pounds for performing this service
will not be made by the railroad
on the following articles: Dynamite
or other high explosives, cotton
seed hull chavings, cotton seed
hull fibre, fertilizer and fertilizer
materials, leaf tobacco, house.
hold goods, cotton livestock, live
poultry and live animals.
ARTICLES or packages weighing
over 500 pounds each Except un-
der certain arrangements which
must be worked out with the local
railroad agent), nor articles exceed
ing p feet in length, articles ex-
ceeding IA feet in length if more
than 6 feet wide; plate glass ex-
ceeding w feet in width or IS
feet in length.
''Pick-up and delivery service, as
a rule, will be confined to the corp
crate limits. if city or town is in
corporated, or to locations within
one mile of railroad station if not
incorporated. Where this service
is performed by the patron the $
cents per 100 pounds allowance
will be made regardless of distance,
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28

According to the census figures
of 1888, the last available, the
South had $4,000 manufacturing
establishments, the products of
which had value of $6,122,S00,.
900.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
WAIT AND HOPE

WAIT AND HOPE
Ruth: IT wonder when Arthur
is going to propose? He's been
going with me for nearly six
MONTHS
Elsie: you'll have to wait six
months more. He didn't propose to
me for nearly year,
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
NOT ENTHUSIASTIC

NOI EN- ItF1USIASII
just as the Easter wedding wa.
getting under way, the best mar
noticed a worried look on the face
of the Scottish bridegroom. "What'.
the matter, Sandy?" he whispered
anxiously, shave you lost the ring?'
NO, responded the unhappy one
"The rings safe emo, but, nom.
hae lost ma enthusiasm"
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
PICAYUNES
ASK DAD, HE KNOWS"

Mr.. and Mrs. Smith were spend
ing a quiet evening at home. Mrs.
Smith was reading up in prepara-
ton of club paper.
''This book says, remarked Mrs,
Smith, "that women in the Middle
Ages used cosmetics
eyes" agreed Mr.. Smith, 'they
use as much as the young ones do. y
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
INCONSISTENT

He: sI wonder why women are
so inconsistent"
She: "Why, what do you mean?"
He: 'They are perfectly willing
to be photographed in a bathing
suit or evening gown yet they are
embarrassed to death over little
hole in their stocking"
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
AS THEY DO IT IN
MICHIGAN

Two Michigan University girls
were exchanging secrets. Confided
one of them to the other: Ronald
said last night that he would kiss
me or die in the attempt.
did he kiss you?"
"Well, he looks pretty healthy
for a corpse
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
MUCH ADO ABOUT

NOTHING"
The Math. Prof. laid down the
crayon and busted off his hands.
Surveying the complicated figures
with eveident satisfaction he re-
marked:
'sNow young gentlemen, we find
that x is equal to Zero"
''Gosh," sighed one of the stu
dents in the rear, "All that work
for nothing"
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
THE REAL BOSS

If1E NEAL BOJSS
Gabber: Before they were mar
ried he promised her that every
thing would be divided $3.50 be-
tween them.''
Blabber: ''Did she hold him to
his promise?''
Gabber: ''I'll say she did. Now
it's so cents for him and $50 for
her."
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
BOOMERANG

A man on trial for his life wa!
being examined by group of allie
nists. Suddenly one doctor jumpec
up and shouted at him:
"Quick, how many feet has 4
centipede?"
The man came back in a dry
dry voice:
"Gad, is that all you have tc
worry about"
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28

VEN wANTED-for Rawleigh
Routes of 500 families in South
east Davidson, Stanly counties
and Salisbury. Reliable hustler
should start earning SIS weekly
and increase rapidly. Write to-
day. Rawleigh, Dept. NcB-
1878, Richmond, Va.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28

Dallas, Texas, is the first city
in the United States in the manu-
facture of sadd1ery, harness, and
ginning machinery.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
SOUNDS LOGICAL

SOUNDS LOGICAL
Two young high school girls
were confiding in each other. Re-
marked one:
Betty, what should one do tc
have beautiful hands?"
'Oh, nothing replied Betty.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
BUDDHA geography

BUDDHA -. geography
The sect of Buddhists who live in
Tibet regard their high priest, the
Dalai Lama as their spiritual and
temporal ruler. When he dies, they
believe, his soul enters the body of
a newborn babe, who at once be-
comes the Dalai Lama.
The last Dalai Lama died in De-
cember, 1888, and ever since then
the Tibetans have been hunting for
a child born at the instant of his
death. They have not found one,
and have about decided to accept
the spiritual overlordship of an
other Lama, the ''Panchan Lama, -
who has been an exile in China for
twelve years.
That may result in putting
China in a position to control the
mysterious land on the Himalayan
plateau, and SO expand westward
while Japan is slicing off Chinese
territory in the North.
Little things often have great
consequences. Nobody can CUES.
what is going to happen in Asia,
but the failure of the Tibetans to
find baby born just at the right
time may change the geography of
a nation.
LIAR honored
The town of Bodenwerden, in
Germany, has bought the house in
which Baron Munchausen, the
worlds most famous liar, used to
live. He was born there ZIG years
ago, and won fame for the "tall
stories which he used to tell about
his adventures as a soldier and a
hunter. One Of his listeners wrote
down some of the baron's yarns
and sold them to a London book
publisher, who printed them in
1885.
Since then the noble name Of
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
LONG HAPPINESS

Toni: ''Do you believe in long
engagements?''
james: Eyes, I think young
couples ought to be happy as long
as possible
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
LANGUAGE :. our own

LANGUAGE :. our own
1t would be monotonous world
if everybody looked alike, thought
alike, dressed alike and spoke alike
1 have long felt that we were get
ting too completely standardized,
and l ami glad to hear the voice of
Professor Hoffman of Boston Uni
versity raised in defense of variety
in speech and accent.
IF everybody talked with the
precision of radio announcer,
Professor Hoffman said the other
day, "our common speech would be
lacking in charm, vitality and the
human touch.'
I hope none of the attempts Of
pedants and pursuits to make every
body speak alike will ever destroy
the warm fluency of the accents of
the South, or deprive New England
of its short vowelled, clipped stac-
cato speech.
One of my fads for years has
been to try to tell where a person
was "raised'' by listening to him or
her speak. / am seldom more than
a state or two out of the way.
TAXES dupes
Everybody pays taxes, but not
everybody knows it. Nothing is
more certain than that the tenant
pays the landlords taxes. If he
didn't, the landlord would go broke.
Politicians make it point to tell
the average man that he doesn't
pay taxes. They like to pose as
robin Hoods" taking money from
the rich to help the poor. The most
absurd example Of that which I
have heard OF comes from anna
polls, Maryland, where the public
authorities have announced that any
landlord who is charging what they
regard as too high rents will have
the assessments on his property
raised, which will mean that he will
have to pay more taxes-and get
them where every landlord has to
get his taxes, out of his tenants.
Some day, perhaps, everybody
will realize that it is the ultimate
consumer who pays all the take,
in the long run. When that day
comes, the "man in the street" may
be more watchful about the spend
ing of tax money by public Off
cials.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28

Politically, major interest center'
on the question of what AL Smith
and his followers intend to do al
the Philadelphia Convention. 1t il
reported they are planning to stage
a sensational walk-out, which may
or may not presage third ticket
The general belief is that if Al
stages such bolt, the boilers will
go along with the Republicans,
provided the Republican candidate
is satisfactory to their aims. They
will not be satisfied with either
Senator Borah, or Mr.. Hoover, but
almost any other Republican now
in the running might gain their
support.
Governor Landon's strength is
growing, and so is that of Frank
Knox. Senator Vandenberg, Of
Michigan, is the subject of many
kind words. Senator Dickinson.
friends profess great confidence
that he will be the compromise
candidate.
The feeling grows that no Re-
publican candidate will go to the
Cleveland Convention with enough
pledged delegates to make it diff
cult to beat him, although Senator
Borah is expected to have about
200 instructed delegates when the
Convention opens.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28
THIS WEEK IN
WASHINGTON
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for the new farm benefit pay
ments and other extraordinary ex-
penses. That there will be some
new taxes is certain, but they will
be figured out to touch the average
citizens pocketbook as lightly as
possible.
The Frazier-Lemke bill for the
taking over of farm mortgages by
the Government and issuing green
back currency for that purpose is
showing new signs of life. Some
observers think it stands a good
chance of being enacted by the
House and a possible chance of get
ting through The Senate. 1t would
then likely run up against Presi-
Dental veto, it is thought here, and
there would not be votes enough to
pass it over the veto.
A bitter debate is expected on
the proposed neutrality legislation.
Senator Nye and his followers who
believe that Congress can by law
insure against the participation of
the United States in any future
war intend to put up a fight for
their beliefs. Those who know how
to gauge Congressional probabili-
ties insist that all that will come of
it will be renewal of the neutrali-
ty resolution passed last Summer,
which expires by limitation on
February %.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-28

Convention opens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
II Dead in Quebec


QUEBEC, March 14.-Thawing
rivers and brooks ran wild over 1000
square miles of northeastern Quebec
Province today. They already had
taken II lives in their sweep
through scores of forest farmland
villages.
Terrified residents of the little
F'rench-Canadian hamlets clustered
along the st. Francis, the Ste Anne,
the Jacques Cartier, and the ST..
Maurice Rivers fled for their lives.
The Ste. Anne, normally placid
pathway for canoes, tumbled south
ward with freight of wrecked
houses, barns, farm equipment, up
rooted trees and dead cattle. It cut
across bends. spread a surging cur
rent over farm clearings.
1t stood Is feet above normal to-
day and threatened to burst through
a low section to destroy st. Ray
mond, one of the largest towns on
its course.
West of the ste. Anne, the little st.
Francis-little on Thursday but
miles wide today-continued the
havoc begun yesterday. 1t was the
st. Francis that without warning
dashed the f1imsy frame home of
Elzear Buteau from riverside knoll
in La MARITIME and drowned five Of
his 10 children.
Three more children and a woman
died under a landslide of earth,
rock and ice loosed by flood waters
of brook upon the home of Henry
Duclos at st. Titles Des Caps. Duclos
dragged one child to safety; his wife
and his other three children were
crushed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
Lost Meteor
By United Press

By Untted Press
NEW YORK, March IA
Residents of six states searched
today for a meteor that flashed
brilliantly across the night sky,
thrilling hundreds of chance
witnesses. and apparently
landed with great force.
Through Connecticut, south
ern New York State, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and
part of Massachusetts,, resi-
dents reported seeing its bril-
liant, multi-colored passage
across the sky at 2:46 a. m.
1t was variously reported to
have struck the earth near
practically all the points where
it was seen. But early today
searching parties in scattered
sections had failed to locate a
crater or any other physical
evidence that it actually had
landed.
In some sections, particu-
larly in northern New Jersey
and in Philadelphia, the dis
play was accompanied by
tremendous roar like an explo-
sion and a noticeable shock
like an earth tremor.
Scientists routed from bed
said that most likely the me-
teor had disintegrated long be-
fore it even approached the
earth's surface.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
PLAY RESUMES
IN CAGE MEET
81 Teams Compete Today
in Is Regional Centers
Over State.

Hostilities in the state high school
basketball tournament resume today
with 81 teams competing at Is
regional centers. The quintets are
survivors of sectional turneys held
last week in which record field Of
784 started.
Four teams clash in each center
in two games to be played this after
neon at 2 and 8, with the winners
meeting tonight at s. The 16 still
in the running after tonight's bat
ties are to compete in semi final
Journeys III four centers next Sat-
urday. The finals are to be played
here March %.
The attention of city fans today is
focused on Anderson, where Short
ridge High Schools local sectional
champions encounter Anderson, de-
Tending state holders in the
first game. Greenfield and Plain
field are to meet in the second
A delegation of 1000 boosters was
to accompany Coach Kenneth
Peterman and his Blue Devils to
the tournament.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
HOUSE CHIEFS AGREE
ON TAX ALTERATIONS
Action Disposes of Most
Controversial Points.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 14.-Spurs
applied by House leaders got the
ways and means tax subcommittee
over the first hurdle today in con-
sidering President Roosevelt's pro-
posed corporation tax revision.
A tentative agreement for revision
of the Presidents corporate surplus
tax program to provide cushion"
reserve allowances appeared to have
disposed of one of the most contro-
versial features of the tax bill.
The revision, committee members
said, still would permit the raising
of $620,0O0,000 year requested by
Mr.. Roosevelt to finance the farm
and soldiers bonus programs.
Remaining for decision before the
full ways and means committee can
open hearing on tentative program
were the proposed 90 per cent
"windfall' levy on uncollected proc
essing taxes and series of excise
taxes on form professors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14

from disorderly poorooms suspected of gambling.
and from professional bondsmen"
why one advertisement is from a company
that prints ball pool tickets and distributes slot
machines. My men will not pass it around"
To which Clerk ONeill replied:
II Chief Morrissey objects to some of the adj
vertisers because of alleged illegal practices why
doesn't he go out and arrest them?"
Then he called Sheriff Raw
Sheriff Ray said: If these books will do any,
thing to keep down the accident rate, I'll be glad
10 nave my deputies distribute them. Bring them
on. AS for Mr.. Morrissey, if he thinks the pub
Usher of the book has broken the law why doesn't
he arrest hm?r
fill OF which prompted Mayor Kern and Safety
Board members Offset themselves up as board
OF arbitration to settle the difficulties They haven't
begun to arbitrate noticeably yet
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
FRENCH CALL ON LEAGUE
TO PENALIZE GERMANY:
BERLIN DELEGATE INVITED
New UneaSineSS introduced
When Russians Report
Border Incident.
ATTACKED, SAY S0VIETS
Japanese Fired 80 Shots, Is
Claim Put Forward
by Moscow.
By United Press

bU OHtteU PF6SS
MOSCOW, March IA
new Siberian border incident,
officially reported by the Rus
sian government, brought
fresh tension between Russia
and Japan today and intro
duced a new factor of uneasi-
ness into the troubled Euro
pean situation.
A Japanese Manchukuoan mill
tary detachment, according to of
fetal Khabarovsk dispatches, fired
80 shots from an automobile at
Soviet workers excavating along the
Amur River within Soviet territory
The shooting was termed vicious
and provocative" by officials here.
After the attack, during which the
Soviet workers retreated, five JAP
anese soldiers allegedly violated the
frontier by crossing the border to
inspect the excavation.
The frontier incident was the first
reported since Soviet Dictator Posef
Stain, in a recent interview by Roy
w. Howard, warned that Russia was
ready to fight Japan in defense of
her territory and that of Outer
Mongolia.
Soviet officials pointed out that
the attack was especially unwar-
ranted since as long ago as Jan. II,
the Soviet consul general at Har-
bin informed the Manchukuo for
eign office that excavation along
the Soviet bank of the Amur was
about to begin.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
LAW TO CHECK
HIT-RUN CARS
TOBEOFFERED
Ordinance Affecting Ga
RACES to Be introduced
to Council Monday.

An ordinance that would require
garage owners to take complete
records of all autos brought in for
repairs, and their owners, is to be
introduced into city council Mon
day night as step in the fight
against hit-and-run drivers.
The ordinance, prepared by the
city legal department at the in
stance of Chief Morrissey and the
Safety Board, is intended to provide
police with a check on cars similar
to that they now have on property
through pawn shop law. The
pawn shop law frequently enables
police to recover stolen property.
The proposed ordinance would
make it mandatory on the garage
owner to make two written reports
telling when the car is received
giving a description of the damage
the numbers of motor and body
seating capacity, color, style and
model, description of the license
plates and the name, residence and
description of the driver.
One Would Be Sent Police
One of these reports would be
sent to the accident prevention
bureau of the police department
and one would be filed for year
by the garage owner.
For failure to keep the records
the garage proprietor would be
liable to a fine of not more than
5000 or Imprisonment of not more
than 80 days.
Also to be introduced is a ordi-
nance that would authorize the city
to loan $125,000 to City Hospital tc
meet the current pay roll and ex-
penses, in anticipation of spring taz
collections.
Merchants of the city continue tc
flood City Hall offices with litera-
ture opposing the ordinance now
before council that would permit
peaceful picketing by strikers.
There probably will be no action
on the taxicab ordinance at the
meeting, it is believed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
FILA REPORTS 5000
HOMES TO Be BUILT
$50 of Them to Go Up in
City, Rest in State.

Three thousand homes are to be
built in Indiana, ESQ of them in
Indianapolis, within the next
80 days, r. Earl Peters, state direc-
tor of the Federal Housing Admin
istration, announced today follow
ing a statewide survey.
The houses are to be financed un-
der the FILA single-mortgage sys-
tenn in which the Federal govern
ment guarantees payments up to 40
per cent of the appraised value of
the new structure.
THE future of . construction in
Indiana is very bright" Mr.. Peters
told the Sahara Grotto Club yes
terday at their luncheon meeting.
The stimulus of the housing ex-
periments at Purdue University are
largely responsible for this activity,
Mr.. Peters said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
STERN Defendant is
DENIED CUT IN TERM
Harry Collins Held in Jail
in Default of Bond.

Federal Judge Robert C. Baldtzell
today refused to tighten the two
year prison sentence and $1,000 fine
imposed on Harry N. Collins, con-
victed Of mail fraud in connection
with the Louis Stern g. &c. activi-
ties.
At time of sentencing, Judge
Baltzell said he might tighten Col
Inns sentence after he had been
investigated by the probation Off
Ger. Although the probation officer
found no 1ault with his record,
Collins has been indicted in Chi
cago on additional mail fraud
charges, Judge Baltzell said.
Collins was remanded to Jail
until he can provide a $4,000 appeal
bond.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
Ray Co-Operates' Morissey Again,
and Book Battle Rolls MerriZu on

CHERlFF OTTO RAY today marched his regiment
- OF deputies into the front line of the Battle of
the Books, left faltering when Chief Morrissey yes
terday withdrew his bluecoats
He did it cheerfully another gesture of his
celebrated cooperation with Chief Morrissey, who
has on several occasions found himself backstopped
by the unsolicited but sturdy support of the sheriff
There the time when the sheriff raided some
gambling spots in the city that the police hadn't had
time TO get around to- etc.
But of todays encounter Yesterday Chief Nor
rissey looked through book of traffic rules pub
lished by Daniel j. ONel Jr. city clerk for the no
lice to distribute to citizens. free of charge in
move to lover the accident rates
Chief Morrissey shocked and Mortified to
ind contained in the pages some advertising
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
DON'T PLAN OUTING;
COLD, RAIN ARE DUE
Temperature Tonight to Be
SO, Bureau Predicts.

Put back the golf clubs, and don't
wash the old bus.
1t IS going to be somewhat colder.
and there are likely to be sudden
little rains tonight and tomorrow,
the weather Bureau reports. The
lowest temperature tonight is to be
around 3S.
Today dawled bright, clear and
springy. with temperatures in the
late 4Cs.