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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-01-24
Many a Friend Recommends
DRAUCHT

People who have taken
Black raught naturally are
enthusiastic about it because
of the refreshing relief it has
brought them. No wonder
they urge others to try it! 80.
Mrs. Joe G. Roberts, Of ~Portersvtlle,
Ala, writes: "a friend. recommended
Black Draught to me a long time
ago, and it has proved its worth to
me. Black-Draught is good for
constipation. I find that taking
Black-Draught prevents the bilious
headaches which I used to have."'...
A purely vegetable medicine for the
relief Of
CONSTIPATION. B1LIoUsNEsS
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-01-24

followed the officer to the open
where Pearce and Smith stood with
drawn automatics and blackjalks
snorer was a NANCY yellow
dog. No arrest was made but the
coppers gave Mr.. Hall some rath-
er insinuating looks.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-01-24
THANK YOU.

contested by Jefferson and Madison,
but every one of the nine justices of
the Supreme Court unheld Hamil-
ton, although they did not all agree
on the AAA case on other points
at issue.
There is hardly a phase of our
national development hat has not
followed along the lines and princi-
pies first laid down by Alexander
Hamilton-who died at ~.
MO1NE1 evil
]. P. Morgan proved himself the
other day a better student of the
Bible than his partner, Thomas W.
Lamont, who is a minister's son.
Mr.. Lamont remarked before the
Senate Committee on Foreign At
fairs that "The Bible SAYS money
is the root of all evil" Mr.. Morgan
corrected him. "It is the love Of
money that is the root of all evil,
according to the Bible" he said.
Nine people out of ten misquote
St. Paul who never expressed any
hatred of money as such, but was
everlastinglyy right when he said
that the love of money is the root
of all evil. Those who love money
for its own sake and not for the
good it enables them to do are the
real enemies of the people. But
money itself can be and often is a
tremendous power for good in the
hands of possessor who is imbued
with the Christian spirit of service
to mankind.
Money is no more evil than any
other inanimate thing. 1t is only its
human owner who is evil.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-01-24
BORAH BACKS


Political interest still centers on
the question of whom the Republi-
cam will nominate. Recent devel-
opments indicate hat Senator b.
.rah is really working for the nom
nation of Senator Arthur Vanden-
berg. Borah does not want or ex-
pect the nomination himself but
he wants to control enough dele
gates so that. he can dictate the
nomination 81 Vandenberg. The
influence of former President
Hoover, it is believed, will be
thrown to whichever candidate he
thinks is best equipped to put up
a vigorous knock-down-and-dra
out fight with President Roose-
welt. Governor Landon, it is being
said here, has not so far dem
onstrated his fifhting spirit and
ability.
Those who hold hat the coming
campaign will be a battle of person
%alities regard Frank Knox of Chi
cago and Senator Dickinson of
Iowa as the two best-equipped
now in sight.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-01-24
HUNT MISSING AIRLINER

Marseille, France-Planes and
ships joined in a search for a Mar
seille- Tunis airliner with six aboard
which vanished off the coast of
Corsica after radioing for help.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-01-24

WE ARE not going to say where
THIS LITTLE incident happened,
BUT YOU Know it could have
HAPPENED RIGHT here in
SALISBURY. IF you will make
A FEW Investigations you will
FIND THAT perhaps it did happen
HERE. ANYWAY your guess is
GOOD as ours. The
HAD been found
GUILTY BY the jury, and he
MADE a direct appeal to
4 = -
THE JUDGE. "And why should
y
l BE lenient with you?" asked the
JURIST ON the bench. 'Well,''
SAID THE guilty one cautiously,
- x
''IT's MY Lawyers first case"
T THANK YOU.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-01-24

The last volcano in the United
States, Mt. Lassen, will not erupt
again, according to scientists; its
last eruption was in 1914.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-01-24
TO-DAY AND
TOMORROW
FRANK PARKER STocKBRIDGE

PENSIONS 49,. ALL HANDS
The people of the United States
seem to me to have been infected
with the pension craze as l have
not seen them since the 1905.
Even then, nobody thought of pen
sions for anybody but veterans of
the Civil War. Now the American
Legion comes out for pensions for
soldiers widows, and the Veterans
of Foreign Wars is advocating pen
sions for all veterans, and on top of
that, DR.. Townsend and his fol-
lowers would pension everybody
over 60 years old, while almost
every class of public servant, from
school teachers and policemen to
governors, r nawadays being
pensioned at public expense.
1t is an understandable human
desire to live comfortably in old
age without working. But / have
never been able to convince myself
that it is society's duty to provide
anything beyond decent subsist-
ence for the INDECENT aged.
= = =
THRIFT 80. BEST PENSIONS
I have not seen in any of the
projects for supporting old peo-
pie at public expense anything that
does as much for them as every
man can do for himself, if he wills.
Even the contributory old age ben
eft plan of the Social Security Act
does not provide for as large old
age annunties as the ordinary man
could buy for himself from any in
surance company, if he would pay
out of his wages the same percent
age that the government now pro-
poses to take from his in old age
taxes.
| am reminded of Bob Davidson,
an Albany newspaper man who
died only a few years ago. Bob
never earned more than $2S a week
in his life but when he died, after
40 years of work, he left an estate
of 100000. He had the quail
ties of thrift and self-denial, which
are SO repugnant to the folk who
are now loudly demanding old age
pensions which they have done
nothing to earn.
r. + =
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-01-24
HAMILTON q.

HAMILTON influence
Every time / pass Trinity
Churchyard, in New York, I pause
to look at the tomb of Alexander
Hamilton, who died when he was
only ~ years old. I believe no mar
in our history has exerted such a
strong and enduring influenc. I
was impressed anew with that be-
lief when l read the two opposing
opinions of the Supreme Court in
the AAA case.
1t was Alexander Hamilton who
first put forward and maintained the
view that the taxing power Of Con-
gress under the "General Welfare
of the Constitution was un-
t:g75i-ad lat view yrs -s-
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-01-24
CONSTITUTION =. CHANGE

CONSTITUTION .. CHANGE
The latest decisions of the Su-
preme Court holding that Con-
gress had exceeded its delegated
powers in undertaking to regulate
business and agriculture have re-
vived talk of amending the Con-
stitution. Half a dozen amend
ments have been proposed to give
the Federal Government broader
powers than it has yet been grant
ed by the states.
No good American can quarrel
with the idea of amending the Con-
,stitution. We have done it a good
many times and doubtless will do it
many more times in the future.
The Constitution itself provides
three ways for its own amendment.
The only thing it doesn't provide
for is amendment in a hurry. And
that, it seems to me, is very wise.
Whatever party is in control at
Washington would always like to
have more power. But it can't get it
without giving all the people and
all the states plenty of time to think
it over. \
I am not worried a bit about the
Constitution.
Evening star., 1936-06-11
EXTENSION OF PAY
SHORTAGE FORESEEN
National Capital Parks Workers
Also Face Delay if Deficiency
Bill Doesn't Pass.

With 4,200 custodial branch en-
ployes of the National Park Service
facing payless pay day next Monday,
it developed today that unless Con-
gress passes the first deficiency bill by
July l, some employees of the National
Capital Parks also will suffer a pay
shortage at the end of the fiscal year.
C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent
of National Capital Parks, said the
deficiency measure, now pending in
conference. carries $20,935 for the
park employees. The exact number in
volved has not been determined.
The deficit was incurred because of
emergency work required by the flood
of last March. Finnan is hopeful Con-
gress will pass the deficiency appro-
priation next week.
The custodial mployes-mostly ele-
vator operators and per diem laborers
in the various public buildings-al-
ready have received a temporary pay
reduction and will receive no money
at all next Monday, due to failure of
Congress to pass the deficiency bill.
The National Capital Parks en-
ployes. however, will receive full pay
envelops Monday, it was stated.
Evening star., 1936-06-11
INERT SYSTEM
PLANK IS SOUGHT
Steward Presents Proposal
at CIeveIand-AIso to Go
to Philadelphia.

A request that the Republican party
include in its platform strong and
specific Endorsement of legislation
which will place within the merit
system every civilian Federal position"
was made this morning before the
Resolutions Committee of the Ma
tional Republican Convention at
Cleveland by Luther C. Steward, pres
ident of the National Federation of
Federal Employees.
The federation headquarters here
released the following statement made
by Steward in Cleveland:
II represent the National Federation
of Federal Employees, a non-partisan
organization of more than $1,000 Fed
eral employees. The membership of
this group is in peculiarly advan-
tageous position to observe the effects
of the use of political patronage on
the public service.
1T is the unanimous expression of
the membership of the National Fed
GRAFTON of Federal Employees that the
Republican party platform should
contain strong and specific indorse-
ment of legislation which will place
within the merit systematic COM
petitive system-every civilian Fed
eral position save those which are
actually and definitely of a policy
making nature.
1T is our opinion, based upon long
and indisputable experience, that in
no other way can the Federal activi-
ties, which are so vital to the well
fare of the whole people, be con-
Quoted honestly and efficiently. In
no other way can the taxpayer re-
ceive fair return for the neces-
sarily great sums expended for Fed
eral personnel"
The federation headquarters an
nounced that Steward also will make
similar appeal before the Resolu-
tions Committee of the National
Democratic Convention at Philadel.
phia later this month.
Evening star., 1936-06-11
HOLD-UP NO Joke,
CLERGYMAN SHOT
Former st. Adams Pastor,
Rev. P. B. Stauffer, Gets
Wound in Stomach.

Shot with his own gun by a young
thief whose warnings he interpreted
as joke. Rev. Paris B. Stauffer, re-
tired minister who was formerly sta
toned in Washington, was critically
wounded at West Chester, Pa, last
night, according to an Associated
Press dispatch.
The 69-year-old clergyman, bullet
in his abdomen, walked a quarter of
mile for assistance Chester County
authorities are hunting his aSSailant.
Rev. Mr.. Stauffer, who was attached
to st. Adams Church in 1928 and
earlier served at Christ Church in
Kensington, Md, returned to his cabin
at DorlanS, near West Chester. last
night and found the youth at the
door, holding the gun.
This Is a hold-up," came the
warning.
Rev. Mr.. Stauffer advanced. He
had seen the youth before in the
neighborhood, he said, and thought
the affair was a prank A shot was
fired from the small rife at close
range.
Rev. Mr.. Stauffer lived alone since
retiring in October. 1921, because
of disability. He formerly lived at
Arlington. Baltimore County, Md,
with his daughter. He has another
daughter living in Kennedysville, Md.
Ordained in 1896 after graduating
from the Philadelphia Divinity School,
he served as rector at Shrewsbury,
Md, and in 1909 was assigned to
Christ Church at Kensington. where
he was attached for three years.
Evening star., 1936-06-11
G. W. u. PURCHASES
APARTMENT HOUSE
G Street Structure Is to Provide
Quarters for Seven
Sororities,

An apartment house at 2129 G
street has been purchased by George
Washington University to house seven
sororities whose chapter rooms were
condemned by the fire marshal last
April
The building, located next to the
Fine Art School, will house Alpha
Delta Pi. Alpha Delta Theta, Delta
zeta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta
Phi, Sigma Kappa and zeta Tau
Alpha sororities. It will be known
as Sorority Hall.
A permanent council. composed of
one mother, one active and one
alumna from each social group, has
been organized to confer with the
president of the university and act as
Intermediary between the Penhellenic
Council and the president when So
rority problems arise Mrs. Raleigh
Gilchrest, alumna of Kappa Kappa
Gamma, has been appointed secretary
of the council.
The sorority housing situation be-
came quite acute in April when the
District Commissioners ordered minor
changes in the chapter buildings. I'm
mediate action was found unneces-
Sary, when a 9O-day psotponement
was granted to allow time for new
arrangements, since renovation of
the outmoded buildings was con-
sidered impracticable.
Evening star., 1936-06-11
BUS LINE MERGER
GOES INTO EFFECT
Capital Transit Co. Takes
Over Properties of WASH
ington Company.

Properties of the Washington Rapid
Transit Co. today passed into the
ownership of the Capital Transit Co.
and steps are being taken for early
dissolution of the bus outfit as the
result of the merger approved by the
Public Utilities Commission
E. D. Merrill, general manager of
the Capital Transit Co., today notified
the commission that stockholders of
the W. R. T. had approved the merger
plans and ordered dissolution of the
concern at a special stockholders
meeting yesterday.
Company officials shortly will file
an application with the State of Della
ware for dissolution of the w. r. T.
This is necessary because the w. r. T.
was incorporated under Delaware law.
Minority shareholders of the w
R. T. are asked to present their shares
for redemption at ST each, this being
the maximum price per share fixed by
the commission. The minority shares
may be redeemed at the Offices of
either the w. r. T. or the Capital
Transit Co.
Merrill disclosed the Capital Transit
Co. now holds all but 209 shares of
the W. r. T. The company has pur-
chased 166 of the minority shares
since May Is, when 375 were out
standing. This brought the total held
by the Capital Co. to 81 ,403.
The action of the stockholders who
were represented at the meeting was
unanimous, Merrill said. Five mi
nority shares we're voted in addition
to the 81 ,403 held by the Capital Co.
Evening star., 1936-06-11
MUSICIANS PLAN
CONCERT SERIES
"SymphonieS on Potomac"
to Be Arranged at
Watergate.

Plans were going forward today for
a series Of orchestra concerts at the
Watergate this Summer, independent
of the National Symphony Orchestra
Association.
The series, to be known as Sym
phonies on the Potomac" will be
sponsored by the Washington Sum-
mer Concerts Association, which was
established yesterday by musicians
of the National Symphony Orchestra,
who have been in disagreement with
the association over terms of a re-
newal of the contract with the
Musicians Union.
Fifty-two members Of the orches-
ira met at the Musicians Hall and
decided to finance the project out Of
their own pockets. Led by the harpist.
Miss Sylvia Myer, who made a con-
tribution of $500, the musicians pooled
$4,000. Members who were absent
from the meeting subsequently
pledged their aid. Concurrently, the
support of the public was asked.
MuIlikin to Head Board.
Thomas ]. Mullikin, chairman of
the Orchestra Committee and a tuba
player in the organization, was unani-
mously elected to head the Board OF
Directors of the new group. He said
that plans call for three symphony
concerts each week, beginning July II
Internationally y-known leaders, he
said, will be invited as guest conduc-
tors. Hans Kinder, who has been
chosen by the National Symphony
Orchestra Association to direct the
program for the 1936-1937 Winter
season, heads the list. Others in
clude Jose Iturbi, Otto Klemperer,
Wilhelm Won Hoogstraten and Howard
Barlow. Paul Whiteman, symphonic
jazz maestro, is slated for a special
appearance with the orchestra.
While giving assurance that "des-
pite all obstacles, the season of con-
certS this Summer will go ahead"
Mullikin appealed to music lovers of
Washington to aid the undertaking by
volunteering financial support.
Appeal For Assistance.
"The men are enthusiastic and we
know the public wants these con-
certs," Mullikin stated. "Unfortu-
nately, however, the personnel of the
orchestra cannot itself carry the heavy
financial burden and so we are ap-
pealing for assistance"
The action taken yesterday fol-
lowed more than six months of con-
troversy between the directors Of the
Nationay Symphony Orchestra As
sociation and the Musicians Union,
local branch of the American Fedora
ton of Musicians. A contract for
the next concert season has not yet
been negotiated.
The associations directors three
months ago announced they were
planning a Summer season similar to
the one held at the Watergate last
year. Later, however. they reversed
their stand and declared concerts
could not be held because of the
trouble with the union. When Fair
fax Oyster, Washington merchant,
announced plans for Summer season
here with Yasha Bunchuk as director
of another orchestra, the National
Symphony Association declared it
would sponsor series. A few weeks
ago after Oyster withdrew his bid,
however, the association directors
said the Summer season would be
financially impossible.
Evening star., 1936-06-11
RATE
REDUCTION HERE
THOUGHT LIKELY
Commission Asks Company
to Report on Rate
of Return.
S33, 900, 900 PRESENT
VALUATION FIGURE
Study of Possible Sale Of D. c.
Plant to Chesapeake & Poto-
mac Postponed.

District telephone rates may be re-
duced sometime later this year as a
result of an investigation started by
the Public Utilities Commission,
which indicates an increase in net
return to the Chesapeake g. Potomac
Telephone Co. over last year.
The commission has taken a first
step by calling on the company to
report what it calculates is its rate
of return on present valuation.
The action was started late yester-
day when Commission Chairman
Riley E. Elgen announced study shows
that during the first four months
of this year the net revenue was
substantially" in excess of the same
months Of last year.
Indicated Earning.
Preliminary investigation, he wrote
President Lloyd B. Wilson of the tele-
phone company, indicates it is earn
ing in excess Of per cent return on
the rate base fixed by commission
orders, which were sustained in Dis
trict Supreme Court.
The company valuation now is some
$33, 100000. The net return during
the last year was $2,173,0o0. For the
first four months of this year the
net return, before deductions for taxes,
amounted to S758,0O0 as against s74l,- =
900 during the same period of last
year.
Disposal Study Postponed.
The commission has dropped tenn
porarily the study of possible sale of
the District government telephone
plant to the Chesapeake g. Poto-
mac Co.
Suspension was ordered by Vice
Chairman Richmond B. Keech when
company experts reported they we're
unable to show, from data now avail
able, that company operation Of the
plant would show any monetary saw
ings to the District.
The study was begun in the hopes
that change in the system might be
found to result in such savings. The
study will be resumed, it was indi-
Gated, at least when the District builds
the proposed Municipal Center, which
would result in a change in what
engineers call the city wire center"
Evening star., 1936-06-11
AUTOMOBILE WORKERS
GROUPS TO BE MERGED
A. F. of L. Affiliate to Absorb
Largest Independent Union
in Industry.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, June 1.-THE Automo-
tive Industrial Workers Association,
largest independent labor group in the
automobile industry, will be absorbed,
July l, by the United Automobile
Workers Union, an American Fedora
ton of Labor affiliate.
Richard Frankensteen, president of
the Automotive Industrial Union, said
that % of the 26 locals of his union
have voted in favor of the merger and
the required two-thirds majority has
been obtained.
The Packard local voted unini-
mously Tuesday night, he said, to ac-
cept the invitation to join the larger
A. F. L. union.
"All that remains to be done is the
vote of delegates to our central as
sembly on Friday night" Franken-
steen said. "The delegates will vote
as instructed by their locals and the
merger with the United Automobile
Workers will be an accomplished fact. "
Evening star., 1936-06-11
WASHINGT0NIAN GIVEN
MARINES COMMISSION
Richard Rothwell Is Among 25
Annapolis Graduates Named
Lieutenants.

Richard Rothwell of Washington is
among 25 Naval Academy graduates
who have been appointed second lieu
tenants in the Marine Corps for i'm
mediate assignments to the Basic
School at the Marine Barracks in the
Philadelphia Navy Yard.
The other new second lieutenants
are Paul r. Tyler, Jean w. Moreau,
George B. Bell, Andrew B. Galatian,
jr.; Elby D. Martin. jr.; Frederick r.
Dowsett, William K. Davenport, jr.;
John H. Masters, Wilfrid H. Stiles,
Richard w. Wallace, Randolph S. D.
lockwood, John H Spencer, Donald
C. Merker, Robert B. Moore, William
d. Robertson, Louis B. Robertshaw,
James w. Ferguson, Harrison Brent,
jr.; William F. Kramer, Ralph Haas,
Maynard M. Nohrden, Ben F. Prewitt,
John w. Graham and Ted E. Pulos.
Evening star., 1936-06-11
BOARD WILL PASS
ON REQUESTSFOR
SCHOOL RECORDS
Rule Reiterated Following
Supplying of Teachers
List to BIanton.
SECRETARY FURNISHED
NAMES TO TEXAN
Representative Sent Out Testi-
mony Alleging Scheme to
Communize Studies.

Hereafter members Of the Board of
Education will pass on requests from
outside sources for information about
the Washington public school system
and its personnel. Its standing
rule to that effect will be carefully
observed.
This was made clear yesterday by
the board after Charles B. Degges,
secretary. said he had supplied Rep
resentative Blanton, Democrat, of
Texas, foe Of Supt. Frank w. Ballou,
with a list of all teachers employed
here.
The board had not known Of the
secretary's action, and when he dis
closed it after reading the usual for
NAL communications, he was imme-
diately quizzed by members as to his
right to reveal the names.
Degges Defends Action.
Degges defended his action by read
ing to the board its own rules per-
mitting such information to off
cials," which he had interpreted as
applying to members Of Congress
dealing with local appropriations.
1t developed that Blanton had ap-
parently wanted the names as a mail
ing list, for DR.. Ballou supplied data
to show that the teachers had been
circularized with copies of the testi-
mony of George E. Sullivan and Gen
Amos A. Fries, u. S. A., retired, on
alleged communism in the public
schools, and copy of speech de-
livered by Blanton on April In
which he claimed "incontrovertible
proof of a scheme to "communize
the public schools
Robert A. Maurer, board member
and professor of law at Georgetown
University, moved that Blanton be re-
quested. if he wanted to circularize
the teachers with congressional docu-
ments, to include documents on all
hearings held by committees dealing
with the District of Columbia. The
motion carried.
Asks Understanding.
DR.. j. Hayden johnson, colored ply
Sician and dean Of the board, asked
that the understanding be that here
after the secretary 'or anybody else
cannot give out information to "un-
authorized" persons without official
approval.
Henry Giligan, supporting DR.
Johnson, particularly insisted that the
names of employees should not be de-
livered to any one.
Henry I. Quinn suggests that to
act at all would be to give "a men,
ber of Congress ammunition against
U.s."
No action of the board was taken
In the matter.