davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-11-19
(Folytatas).

a naZ elOCC S n1rLelen IelIl
kezdett. Ugy erezte magat,
mint az esteli s0tetben botor-
kal6 gyermek. A torkat re-
szelte es fojtogatta a bizony-
talansag, az arvasag. Nagyon
tanacstalanul es nagyon gya-
moltalanul nezte a szep hosz-
szu hazat, a zold ablakkerete-
ket, melyek koz0tt mint fenyes
gondtalan emberszemek csil-
logtak az iivegek. 8 milyen
sep IS, milyen fenyes is ez a
haz! Szinte huzza magahoz,
szinte mar sovargas fogja el,
hogy atlephesse annak xii
sz0bet.
Latta, hogy a kapu f0l0tt
magas feny6fak zoldulnek
meg ket fehert0rzsu nyirfa
inog. Aztan egyeb fakat is la
tott, melyeket mem tudott meg
kiil0nb0ztetni egymastol, inert
csak a tar agak latszottak.
Azokbol is csak annyit, ami
a kapuhajlas fol0tt, a haz pc
RENE alol kikukkantott. Maid
mem elsirta magat S 0nkente-
lenul eszebe jutott, hogy val
jon miert is jott eppen ide?
Hat bizonyos az, hogy a
Battinay nagysaga tor6dni
fog vele? Hatha nincs is
sziiksege rea, van cseledjiik S
akkor tan mashol szerez neki
helyet. Az a mask hely Sc
lesz jobb Voros Boldizsarek-
nall Mem, 8 csak lit, csak lit
szeretne maradni!
Milyen tiszta es csondeS ez
az utica! Olyan, mintha uveg-
b6l volna, a legkisebb nesz is
meghallik benne. Pal lepes
ide a nagy Setater, ahol feher
padok, meg hervadt gesztenye-
fax vannak. Feljebb egy fe-
kete ercszobor, Szepessy pus-
pok szobra. Karcsu, magos
ajax, reverendajanak> minden
hajlasat, minden redojet XII
faragta a szobrasz, szinte var
ia az ember, hogy most mind
jart suhogni kezd es siet,
igyekszik ez a vekony, bolcs-
arcu pUspok. Aztan lejebb, a
Battinay-haz alatt egy zold-
mohas szokokut all, finom, fe-
heres vizsugar salad belole
felfele a kek, kis barsonyfel-
h6kkel tarkitott januari eg-
boltozat iranyaban.
Jaj, de szep ere = sohaj-
tott balkan Rozika ugy erez-
te, hogy mesevilagba jutott
olyan vilagba, melyekrol any
nyi szepet tudtak otthon be-
szelni a pasztorok es oregasz-
szonyok. Csupa feherseg,
csupa feny, csupa joillat min
den!
Rozika mem tudta volna
megmondani, hogy miert is
szep lit minden, mem tudta a
stilusokat, az epiteszet 0ssz-
hangjat, mem hallott ezekr6l
semn1it, de AIT, hogy sep, AIT
erezte! s bArmennyire fajt is
szivenek a hazb6l kihangz6
Macy vigassag Is a maga SEE
geny, arva kis sorsa, mely lit
lapul meg a gazdag, szep
Battinay-haz falanal, megse
akart innet elmenekiilni.
Mem, mem, sehova mas
hova aem akart menni, csak
lit, tit akart maradni. Maga
el6tt latta Battinay f6bir6ne
karcsu, nyulank alakjat, finom
fejet, ferIyes szemeit es feher
homlokat. Maris ugy erezte,
hogy le kell hajolnia, hogy
megcsokolja a kezet.
Sose halunk meg! II
hangzott XII a hazbol, aztan
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-11-19
LILIONA

vabb. Elfelejtette a kenyer-
darabkat, a hazulr6l hozott
ovatos babonat es f0lkapta ba-
tyujat a kapu al6l. Keresz-
tet vetett niagara hirtelen Is
ovatosan, felenken lepkedni
kezdett f0lfele a, piros sz6nye-
gen. o, de szep is ez az ut!
Amerre lep, merre nez: szep.
seq, tisztasag, i6 Is edes lila
tok. Es hogy jon, hogy hull
lamzik feleje a muzsikaszo!
0nkentelenul rezegni kezdtek
szoknyai, a teste mar mintha
ingott volna a frissbe csapo
csardas iitemere.
- Mariska szentem, Ma
riska draga, ada a kiskacso-
jat, hadd csokolom meg, =
hallotta Rozika, ahogy az utol-
SO lepcsofokot is e1erte es be-
nyitotta a veranda uvegajta-
jat.
Siru es nehez szivarfiist
keklett a viragok f0lott. For
ralt Dor, pezsg6 es sargaaszu
illata kavargott a jacintok
rozsaszinu csokrai korul. Az
tan friss sonkanak, tormas
kolbasznak, kocsonyanak, te-
pert6s pogacsanak, malac-
sultnek es fanknak zsiros, de
igen kellemes szaga. Valaki,
valahol csamcsogva evett. Va.
lahol 0sszekoccantak a poha-
rak. Valaki dalolt es valaki
dadogott. Az 0bl0s ferfihang
az ormodi temetor6l csuklotta
a dallamokat, masok a "kis-
kesit" emlegettek. Egy-egy
asszonyi sikoltas, felbugo ne
vetes szaladt at a ziirzavaros
kavargasban, mint egy tide,
vonzo szalag.
- Igazan szegyen, amt csi-
nalunk - tagolta egy friss,
szep, asszonyi hang. = Teg-
nap este kezdtiik a murit a
kaszinoban. OFT voltunk hal
nall negyig es azota Mariska
lakasat duljuk fel. Mar teny-
leg hazamehetnenk.
Ugyan, dudoraszott
egy szep mely ferfihang =
ugyan Sarika, ne legyen i'm
nepront6? Csak egyszer
eliink kedves. A varmegye-
hazan ugyis eleg sziirke az
elet, amiota vege a betyar-
vilagnak es csak sikkasztok-
kal, alkulcsos betorokkel,
kasszafur6kkal dolgozunk.
Gyeriink tancolni Sarika.
Tudja melyik a legszebb csar-
das? Hallgassa csak.........
"A csizrnamon nincsen ke.
reg,
Megette a patkanyfereg..... :"
A Sarika nevezetti sz6ke
leany hosszan nevetett. XII
csit odad6lt a szephangu ferfiu
szeles vallahoz.
- De en- tetetek, de en- te-
tetek - kialtotta fejet meg
razva a kis dal t0bbi szavat.
Aztan osszehunyoritotta sep,
kek szemeit.
".......Mert en- szolgabirot
sZerettek.......- -
Szolgabir6tl Szolgabir6t
. tapsolt valaN a ciganyok
mellett - Tusst nekik, more.
Tusst Ursziny Sarikanak meg
Sark0zy szolgabir6nak! Ez az
ev is jol kezd6dik. Nemes es
nemzetes, tekintetes varme-
gyenket nem lehet kipuszti-
tani. line, UrszAnyi Tamas
aljegyz6 ur leanykaja
es Sark0zy Laszl6, a mi fe-
lejthetetlen Laci batyanknak,
alispan urunknak fia....-..
- Eleg! = kialtott Sarkozy
SZO1Uahir0 Ha orvi11k az
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-11-19

legni ment hozza, ahelyett,
hogy szoba ALT volna a sok
detroiti polgarral, es husz ev
utan el6szor, elment szavazni.
Tudniillik Ford olyan j6 pol
CARA a nemzetnek, hogy husz
evenkent egyszer szokott csak
szavazni.
Ez azonban mem lett volna
baj, hiszen a nem-szavazasat
is, a szavazasat is kibirtuk.
De annyira a fejebe szallt a
dics6seg, hogy hosszu lere
eresztett nyilatkozatot adott
Landon mellett a lapoknak.
Ami eleget artott Landonnak.
Es ez az ember ahanyszor
megszolal, annyiszor arulja Ell,
hogy automobilokat tud ugyan
csinalni, de egyebkent mive-
letlen es tudatlan.
Termeszetesen arrol beszelt,
hogy Roosevelt megvalaszta-
sat a "nemzetkozi bankarok"
kivanjak, miutan multi-millio-
mos tarsai megallapitottak,
hogy Roosevelt vagy kom-
munista, vagy legalabb azok-
kal eszik cseresznyet egy tai
boil.
Minden esetre ujsag a pol
garsag el6tt, hogy a nemzet-
kozi bankaroknak kommunis-
ia a clmborajuk, a baratjuk.
Ez azonban csak olyan sza-
marsag, aminek a kijelentese
Henry Fordon xviii senkinek
mem artott.
Minket nyilatkozatanak az
a resze erdekel, amelyben el-
sirja, hogy "egy munkaadonak
sincs joga az embereinek a
peda-boritekjaba nyulni es
oman a tarsadalmi biztosi-
tasra az egy centeket XII
venni."
Hat ez lehet sok e1nbernek
a velemenye, es akinek ez a
velemenye, azok EFT joggai
mondhatjak.
De Henry Ford az utolso
ember, akinek joga lehet ilyes-
mirol beszelni.
Mert Henry Ford az orszag
egyetlen munkaadoja, aki a
munkasainak az eletebe ugy
belle avatkozott, hogy ait meg
a kulik sem tiirnek $40 mel
kill.
Munkasok emlekeznek meg,
mikor Henry Ford megvaltoja
akart lenni a nemzetnek es
mikor ait a sok szamarsagot
elhitte, amt a millios hirde
tesek fejeben irtak rola az uj-
sagok.
Akkor el6irta, hogy a mum
kasai milyen lakasokban LAX
janak, milyen hazakat vegye-
mex maguknak.
Akkoriban a Henry Ford
social workerjei" betolakod-
tax mlnden Ford munkas ma
zaba. Es el6 akartak irni,
hogy NIT egyenek, NIT ada
max a gyereknek enni E,
mennyi penzt rakjanak a kc.
resetukbol bankokba.
Akkoriban el6 akarta irni,
hogy a munkasai- cigarettaz-
hatnak-e vagy sem, nem a
munkaban, hanem a sajat la
kasaikban es az uccakoll
Henry Ford a banya.ban
egesz vigan es minden ielki-
fprdalas nelkul erez lnagaLan
annyi "erk0lcsi jogot," hogy a
munkasai boritekjaiba nyul-
kaljon.
Erez magaban jogot ARA,
hogy azokbol a hazbireket XII
szedje. Hogy azokbol az or
vos fizeteset, a korhaz illete-
ket kiszedje. Amelyek volta
keDpel mind a tarSadGlnoi biz
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-11-19
4 MlEZOK

sz0k6kut alol. Hosszu, fekete
ruhajaban alig tudott cam
mogni. Arcat veresre csipte a
hideg, a szeme k0nnyezett.
Ahogy Rozikat meglatta a haz
el6tt, megallott.
Mines az bezarva, te
lany! Mem hallod, hogy mu-
latnak odafenn- Ujev napja
van es a f6biroek egesz evben
vigadni akarnak. Ereggy csak
befele egesz batran.........
Nagyon elszegyelte magat a
lany. Hogy is lehetett ilyen
ugyetlen? Miert mem probalta
meg az ajtokilincset? Miert
kellett ICY elszomorodni itt,
amikor olyan vidam es bat
ran Jolt idaig. Gyorsan meg
nyomta hat a zarat. Az alto
nyomban kinyilt! Hat persze!
Q persze, hogy ICY kell ennek
lenni. Hiszen a pusztan is
mindig nyitva volt a kastely
kapuja. Az ment be rata, aki
akart. Sc koldust, Sc van
dort el mem engedtek onnet. A
konyhan mindig akadt mara
dek melle jo $40, meg kis pen
zecske, neha munka is.
listen neveben! - sohaj-
tott Rozika. De miel0tt at
lepte volna a sargara surolt
keskenv kUszob0t, keresgelni
kezdett a zsebeben. Az Greg
asszony meg oft ALT az utcan.
EJvesztettel valamit?
- Mem - mondta Rozika
balkan es kisse izgatottan. -
Mem vesztettem ell semmit.
Csak ugy latszik, elfeledtem
magammal kenyeret hozni......~
Az oregasszony kisse sandan
es gyanakodva nezett ra. Az
tan megfordult es elment. De
a hegynek szalado Klimo-utca
sarkan visszafordult. Rozika
meg akkor is oft sz0szm0sz-
tolt a szoknyai rancai koz0tt.
Az area egeszen kipirult, fulei
megtiizesedtek. De hiaba.
Sehol Sc talalt kenyerdarab-
kat, amt raghatott volna,
amig bemegy a hazba. Ba-
tyuja oft allott a kicsiny pill
langos cip6i el6tt, ket keze
tanacstalanul es bavan reszke-
tett a mellen.
Jai Istenem, s6hajtott
tetovan, - ha en- most ICY ide
begyovok es lit akarok marad-
nj, akkor en- nagyon szeren-
csetlen leszek! Pedig lit olyan
szep!
Szomoruan, szinte sirassal
kiizk0dve nezett vegig a ka-
pubolt alol kifut6 hosszu To-
lyosora, melyb6l vagy husz
lepcs6 vezetett fol a veranda-
"a. De milyen lepcs0k! Mind
egyik foka szikrazott es va
kitott a fehersegt6l. Pedig
fabol voltak! Eszebe jutott
Rozikanak, hogy Krist6ffnenal
hallotta, hogy ezeket a lep-
csoket n1indennap lie kell lit
sikalni, k6porral es luggal.
Az mem baj - gondolta
Rozika - az igazan mem lenne
baj.
Hiszen nagyon szeretett SUI
rolni. Hogy tudta marokra
szoritani a kefet, milyen ell
szantan es acsarkodo gyiil0let-
tel! Aztan meg lit erdemes
tisztogatni, faradozni, neln
ugy, mint V0r0sekenel az ina
sok szcbajaban.
Tt nyilvan mindenki vi
gyaz mindenre, meg a lep-
cs6kre is. Lam: szep, pirOs
sz6nyeg tekeredik rata. Ilyent
ccaL o0rccHnyyi foroY,10ynhaY n
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-04
Restaurant Workers
IndOrse Roosevelt

Rochester, N. Y. (ILNS)-The ma
tional convention Of the Hotel and
Restaurant Workers Alliance, an or
ganization of 100000 members, en-
dorsed President Roosevelt's canoi-
dacy for reelection today.
Four hundred delegates to the con-
vention adopted by acclamation res
olution pledging the membership to
support Mr.. Roosevelt and voted to
appropriate $4,000 to further his
election.
The resolution was introduced by
President Edward Flore, who said:
The interest of the working man
and woman today is centered in the
reelection of the Hon. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, president of the United
States, and | urge this convention to
give its endorsement to him as labor's
candidate, and to authorize the gen
eral officers to give his reelection
their full support"
| The alliance is affiliated with the
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were thrown into receiverships in 1888
have been lquidated and gone out OF
business, it would be good time for
Comptroller O'Conner to make de-
tailed report as to the specific causes
for the failure of each bank. Thrifty
people throughout the United States
were advised over and over again
prior to the time when these 37s
banks crashed to entrust their funds
to the bank owners for safekeeping.
Comptroller O'Connor has the detailed
information as to the manner in which
these bankers lived up to their re-
sponsibility-wh whether the millions of
depositors were defrauded of their
savings by financial stupidity or by
criminal recklessness which the bank
ers exhibited in their handling OF
other peoples money. He should
make the information public.
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REPORT ON BANK FAILURES

Immediately following his inaugur-
alton Of March 4, 1888, President
Roosevelt issued an executive order
closing banks throughout the United
States pending the determination Of
their solyency and the safety of de-
positors' savings which the bank own
ers had borrowed with the promise to
repay o. demand d after suitable
notice.
From time to time the solvent banks
were permitted to reopen. Over four
hundred we're found to be insolyent
and unsafe, and were thrown into
bankruptcy and receiyerships, with
losses running into millions Of dollars
for the depositors
J.F T. O'Connor, comptroller of the
currency, under whose direction the
receiverships have been handled, re-
ports that, up to July 81, total of 378
Of these receiverships had been closed
out and AZ Of the closed banks REL
stored to solyency.
It will be news to most people that
banks have two classes of depositors-
secured depositors and unsecured de-
positors. When bank fails, the se-
cured depositors have preferential
status with regard to the bank assets,
while unsecured depositors, made up
largely Of the masses, are entitled to a
much smaller proportionate share of
the bank funds. Comptroller O'Connor
reports that in the 420 banks in re-
ceiyership unsecured depositors have
received only 58.94 per cent of their
claims. They would have received a
much larger percentage if the bankers
had not given the secured depositors
the right to dip into the failed banks
assets first before the unsecured de-
positors were given the least consid-
GRAFTON.
Now that 378 Of the banks which
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daily is published at noon, and the
monopoly's dailies are published in
the early morning and in the late
afternoon, so there is no going-on
the-street conflict. A representative
of the monopoly gathered the local
newsboys together at the newspaper
plant, and threatened to cut off from
supplies of the morning and after
noon papers all who did not heed the
warning.
The monopoly has been charging
the newsboys 11a cents per copy for
the afternoon paper, sold at 2 cents
daily except Saturday, when the price
is cents. On that day, the price
to the newsboys is 21a cents. The
new daily, priced at cent, an eight
page tabloid, is offered to the news
boys at half cent per copy. The
order OF the monopoly has prevented
the boys from earning additional
money, and has also handicapped the
publisher of the new daily from 9
normal distribution on the streets.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-04
Labor Day Edition
24 Pages

The Butler County Press, by this
means, sincerely thanks its many ad-
vertisers for their generous patron
age and cooperation which makes
possible the issue of this successful
Labor Day edition. They are indeed
deserving of the support and good will
of all organized labor and its friends.
BY their cooperation they assist
those who toll in an indirect way by
making it possible for this paper to be
Of service TO the workers. Persons
and firms using our paper for adver-
tising are showing interest in our
cause and express friendship for the
wage earners. Therefore, the worker
should first look through the columns
Of our Labor Day edition before MAX
ing purchases and give friendly firms
preference. AS organized workers,
you can readily see the value of re-
ciprocity which goes to show that the
advertisers in the Press should get
the benefit Of the purchasing power Of
organized workers in Hamilton and
the surrounding territory.
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st. John Monopolists
Try to Kill New Daily

ST. John, n. B. (ILNS)-A st. John
public utility, newspaper and radio
monopoly ordered all newsboys to re-
frain from selling new, independent
daily, on penalty of being refused any
Of the monopoly's papers. The new
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7heCherry
E- Where with eur
We tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pre-
fsundly. sometimes fippantly,
sometimes recklessly.

Some folks think the labor move
ment is going to the bowwows.
They're all wet 1t isn't
The labor movement seems to be in
for mess of trouble, but it isn't
going to the bowwows.
The reason is just this: Workers
need unions; unions form the labor
movement; while workers need unions
they will have them-the labor move
ment is destined to grow great deal
and to be much more powerful than
it is today
More power means more results for
workers, less pillaging by special in
terests. More human rights; less cor
porate power; more human interests;
less power for vested interests.
Workers may run their unions so as
to lose some of their effectiveness, but
they cannot do away with unions, be-
cause they can't get along without
| the unions.
| So, we shall have unions and la
Dor movement.
| Those that think the labor move
ment is going smash are, mostly
those that would like to have it GO
smash.
By and large, men think in line with
their interests. Andy Mellon doesn't
think the way William Green thinks
Charlie Schwab doesn't think the way
John Lewis thinks. J. P. Morgan
doesn't think the way George Berry
thinks. Policemen and firemen don't
think the same way, usually.
The world will have to be a lot
better than it is now before workers
quit belonging to unions-and ever
then they will belong.
Labor movement going blooey ?
Wall street, maybe, but not labor.
4
Take a look at the business picture
right now. Profits piling up. NRA is
dead. Dividends getting fat. Unless
there is restraint from somewhere we
are heading again for a high place
from which to drop.
We have to have unions. Even if
we can get restraints by law, we have
to have unions.
Unions are the best and the realest
enforcement agents of good laws.
Of course there are plenty of saps
who think THEY don't need a union
There always will be some like that.
They are encouraged by the special
privilege apologists who say unions
are going to go smash. Maybe they
don't know it, but it's true.
Anyway you look at it, it's a funny
world. And the human race is prob
ably the funniest thing in it. But it
isn't always funny, or foolish.
So be it, and here are some ques-
tions for pondering upon through the
week:
For whom will Pearl Bergoff and
the other strikebreaker big wigs vote
this fall?
For whom will Mr.. Hearst vote
and why?
Who remembers Hearst's famous
cable to Frederick Remington in
Cuba: you furnish the pictures;
I'll furnish the war?
If the National Association of Man
ufacturers OK's something, is that
OK good with labor?
If a sparrow killed Cock Robin, is
it fair that a sick chicken killed NRA
and what shall we do about it?
Who was it said you can't fool all
The people all the time" and who is
it today who thinks it can be done?
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Some people complain about mer-
chants who cheat them. They cheat
themselves unless they patronize
only firms that display the union la
bel, shop card and button.
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views or opinions expressed in the articles
or communications of correspondents
Communications solicited from secretaries
of all societies and organizations. and should
be addressed to The Butler County Press S26
Market Street Hamilton. Ohio.
The publishers reserve the right to reject
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Advertising rates made known on appii-
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be authenticated by the name and address of
the writer not necessarily for publication. but
as guarantee of good faith.
Subscribers changing their address will
please notify this office giving old and new
address to insure regular delivery of paper.
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Issued Weekly at s2s Market Street
Telephone 1926 Hamilton. Ohio
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A. F. of L., whose president, William
Green, addressed the convention.

Recovery will not return while
Americans buy foreign-made mer-
chandise.
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Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of MiddIetown, O..
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Don't let HEADACHE, Acid
Indigestion, Neuralgia, Muscu-
lar, Rheumatic. Sciatic Pains,
rob you of healthful recreation.
Take Alka-Seltzer. Find out for
yourself how quickly it will re-
heve your everyday ailments.
Aka -Seltzer relieves pain because
1t contains an analgesic, (sodium
acetyl salicylate). Aka Settlers
vegetable and mineral alkalizera
neutralize hyperacidity Of the sto-
mach.
Your druggist sells Alka-Seltzer by
the package and over his soda f0un-
tain.
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Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-04

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Glass Mail Matter.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1886
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-12-18
Gold Mining In
North Carolina

worth of gold has been mined in
North Carolina since 1899, when
a 12-year old Cabarrus county boy
played hockey from church, went
fishing in Meadow creek and
STUMBLED on a nugget considerably
bigger han his fist.
In a bulletin published recently,
J. Bryson, State geologist, says
there's still plenty of the precious
metal left in North Carolina and
that scores of mines now are be-
ing operated throughout the state
New processes have been devel-
Ioped, the bulletin says, that have
started a new period of gold min
ing activity in North Carolina.
Among the more important op-
erations, which apparently are
proving successful, are listed:
The Rudisil mine, Mecklenburg
county; Howie mine, Union coun-
ty; Whitney-Isenhour group in
Rowan and Cabarrus, and the
Ports mine, in Franklin.
Important operations also are
being carried on in Stanly, David
son, Montgomery, Randolph and
Rutherford counties.
The boy who first found gold in
the State, Bryson said, was Conrad
Reed, son of John Reed. The child
brought the nugget, which was
about the size of a small smooth
ing iron to his home where it was
used as a door weight for three
wears. In 1902 the elder Reed took
the nugget to a Fayetteville jewel
er, who bought it for $3.50. Later
Reed is said to have recovered
$4,000 from the jeweler.
Soon after the discovery of gold
in the South mountains, slaves
were put to work mining the met
al. From four to eight slaves would
fill a quart jar with the substance
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-12-18

cording to destination, locked in
a mail pouch, carried to a train OF
plane, possibly re-sorted in a mai
car while speeding over the rails,
tossed from plane or train to mail
truck and carried to another post
office, where it is sorted again and
again until it reaches the proper
carrier and the proper place in his
packet of mail for the next deliv-
cry.
The Christmas job of our postal
system involves almost uninmagi-
nable figures. Even in normal time,
the biggest business in the world:
with more than $4,000 offices han
dies a billion letters and parcel:
each hour. But Christmas multi
plies mailing by two or three. The
post office of Washington, D. c
typical of most of the larger cite,
reports that letters alone show
Christmas boom of 135 per cent
despite a decrease of official mail.