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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28
TREE
CASE
Pedigree TestimonyF Filed
In Hearings On Set
Element of Rey-
nolds Estate

Baltimore - Pedigree testimony
recently taken in Florida is schedul-
ed to be filed in circuit court here
in hearings on the settlement of the
$2S,000,000 estate due the heirs Of
the late Zachary Smith Reynolds.
The testimony has to do with
Relationships Of the parties involvsQ
70 the late Il. ]. REYNOLDS. fatIssDse
of Smith Reynolds and builder of
the North Carolina tobacco for
tune. The case is before Judge
Eli Frank.
The proceedings were instituted
in court here by the Safe Deposit
and Trust company Of Baltimore,
trustee of the Reynolds estate. The
company is seeking ratification by
the Maryland courts of any settle
m Mt of the estate.
The North Carolina courts re-
Gently ratified a family" settle
ment of the estate.
Smith Reynolds was fatally shot
during a party at his Winston-Sa-
lem, N. c., home in July, 1882.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28
Honors
Metal Pioneer

Badin-The celebration of thu
fiftieth anniversary of Charles Mar.
tin Halls discovery of the electro.
lyptic process of reduciag alumni.
num- from is ore was broue1it u
CONCLUSION here Spg5ay afternoon.
I, The Badin theatea was crowded
by employees Of the Carolina Alu.
minum company and by out-of.
town visitors.
The program was initiated BY
W. G. Dotson, chief chemist of the
company here, who outlined briefly
the purpose of the occasion ano
paid tribute to Charles Martin Hall
and to the founders of the Alumni
mum Company of America.
The principal speaker of the at
ternoon was Superintendent S. A
Copp, of the Carolina Aluminium
company, who described the life
of Charles Martin Hall.
Elaborate program folders, tinted
with aluminium, were available tc
all present, and were handed out
by local Boy Scouts who acted as
ushers.
Bandmaster L. w. Gabriel and
the members of the band organiza-
ton here, and the Golden Jubilee
Singers furnished the music of the
afternoon.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28
Albert E.. Richie
Dies In Maryland

Baltimore-Albert c. Richie
four times governor of Maryland
died at his home here Monday of .
paralytic stroke. He was 50 year.
old.
Richie had been prominent If
politics for IS years. r. was gov.
ernor of Maryland from 1920 tt
1885. In 1882 he was one of tn,
foremost candidates for the Demo.
cratic presidential nomi ,arion.
friends of Richie SAID he ap.
f entity had been i'll perfec'
health. He returned to his apart.
not, where he lived alone, lat,
that night after a drive near Balti.
mcre
Ritchie's last public address wa
made at an Epworth League meet
ing a few hours before his death
He spoke on the construction ane
assailed Capitalization of govern
ment in Washington.
He gave no indication of Hines.
during the speech. An elevator
operator in the apartment build
ing where he lived said Richie
ioked with him as he went to hi.
rooms shortly after midnight anc
that he appeared in excellent spir-
its.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28
s. To Push
Power Plans

Washington-A- Pacific north
west power agency to harness the
Columbia River was proposed here
on the strength of Supreme Court
approval of Government sale of
electricity from Muscle Shoals by
the Tennessee Valley Authority.
While some observers saw warn.
ing signals in the courts refusa.
to pass directly on constitution.
Atty of the IVA, Administration
leaders predicted widespread deyel
opment and distribution Of cheape
power.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28

Pension Conference
In Capitol Secret
Doughton and Ehringhaus Confer on State Legis.
~lation, But Reveal No Details OF Conversation

Washington-Various interpre-
tations ri being placed upon the
move whereby Representative Rob-
ert L. Doughron, as dean of the
North Carolina delegation in Cong
ress, called the secret conference
Wednesday with Governor ]. c. B.
Ehringhaus over the proposed State
legislation on the social security
plan and other matters, with the
report that the Townsend old-age
pension plan was a factor.
The conference was blank so far
as finding out what happened is
concerned, because Senator Bailey,
who was chosen as spokesman for
the delegation, would say only that
the conference "was satisfactory
while Governor Ehringhaus, for
himself, said the State would "cross
that bridge when we get to it."
The parley lasted several hours
and was held in the mahogany
lined CONS of the chairman of the
ways and means committee in the
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28
Mill Of
six lea MS; 4
Entered
Charlotte Latest to Gain
Admittance; Others
Be Offered Berth
START MAY IL

Charlotte will have a team in tn.
Carolina Textile baseball league Thu
season it was announced following
a session of the loop directrs hele
here Wednesday.
Barn Hinson and DR.. E. P
White, of the Queen City, wer,
here for the meeting, entering
club in the new circuit, along Will
K~annapolis, Concord and Salisbury
They pointed out that the team
would represent the city of Char
lotte and not any individual con
Germ.
Three of last years teams
Mooresville, Cooleemee and Lands
decided to forfeit their franchise
because of the adoption of a pro
posal to play six games each week
They had fought vehemently for
four-game week.
However, the remaining foul
teams will make overtures to Shell.
by and Valdese of the Western
Carolina league as we'll as Gastonis
in an effort to expand the circui,
to six clubs.
DR.. II, Fl. Newman, will confscs
baseball leaders It Shelby and Val
desc while Dr.. E. P. White, Of
Charlotte, will confer with Gas
sonia fans. Pending these confer
.nces, the league directors will de-
lay any further action.
They feel certain, however, that
two other clubs will be secured ir
a very short while.
Present plans call for the open.
ing of the league on May II witt
final games to be played on Labor
Day to be followed by the cham.
pionship series.
A proposal for a $3.50 week.,
team salary limit was tabled.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28
Wealthy Widow
Weds A Former
North Carolinian

Under a recent Washington date
line there appears the following in.
teresting announcement Of a wed.
ding Il The capitol. ne sensation
|of thS year ID Noftl4zfolina cir.
cles IN the national capitol is III,
marriage of B. Fritz Smith, some.
times of Raleigh, and New Bern
to Mrs. Laura Sadler Piez, a widow
who inherited a fortune of seven
million dollars from her former
husband, the late Charles Piez of
Chicago and Washington.
Although the wedding occurred
Saturday under unusual circum-
stances, the facts did not become
generally known here until later.
Mrs. Piez entertained a large
party at her apartment at the fash
ionable Shoreham Hotel here on last
Friday evening and at that time it
was announced hat the wedding
would occur at the same place at II
O'Clock the following morning.
However, the party lasted until 4
very late hour and the participants
were not on hand at the scheduled
hour. Considerable uncertainty a,
to whether or not there would be a
wedding ensued and the Rev. ].
Luther Frantz left the hotel. Late
in the afternoon the couple decided
again to be married and, unaccom-
panied, sought the minister out at
his home in southwest Washington,
which is far removed from the fash
ionable home of the bride. The
ceremony was performed there with
only strangers as witnesses.
Mr.. Smith who is 50 years of
age, has also been married before,
having been divorced from his first
wife the former Miss Kate Nor
wood, of Salisbury. His new wife
is some II Or IS years older than he
is.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28
President Promises Aid
For Brave Little Cripple


Cambridge, Mass.-Brown-hair-
ed, 15-year-old Dorothy Porter,
for nine years a sufferer of infan-
tile paralysis, counted a host of
new friends.
Messages of sympathy and cheer
poured into the home of the plucky
little girl. who waited five hours
Saturday night on the steps Of Har-
ward colleges Fly club to see Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
With a smile and a few words,
she won the presidential promise
of aid in obtaining admission to
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28

Capitol, and was we'll attended.
But what was done still remains a
secret. 1t is known, however, that
North Carolina cannot meet Uncle
Sam half way in paying off old
age pensions until the Legislature
meets, and it does not convene I'M
til next year.
Meanwhile, the Townsend orga-
nization is growing in North Caro-
lima, and the two senator's and II
House members continue to receive
petitions to vote for the Townsend
plan, even with an investigation
committee already O, ganized to in
veseisate how the Townsend plan
campaign is carried on, and the ma
tional organization in Washington
declaring it has nothing to hide.
In States where the Legislatures
have already acted or are planning
to act at once to meet the govern
ment on a $3.50 basis, members
of Congress do not have so much
trouble with petitions.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28

Another full-page picture Of a
lovely girl, reproduced in all its
original colors from a painting by
an eminent American artist will
appear in the American Weekly
tissue of March y, the big maya
zine which comes every Sunday
with the BALTIMORE AMERI-
CAN. Get your copy from your
favorite newsdealer.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28
Picks Raleigh
For Gathering
Friday, 8 P NJ.
Date And Place of State
Convention to Be
Chosen
FULL PROGRAM

The executive committee of the
Democratic party of North Caro-.
lima was Tuesday night called by
its chairman, J. Wallace winborne
OF Marion, to meet Friday night,
March 6, at 8 o'clock in the cham
Der Of the House of Representatives.
at Raleigh.
The executive committee of the
party organization was called h.
chairman Winborne to meet for
the purpose Of setting daee, for the
n 'o,o'ns of precinct meetings and
county conventions and also for , 1ha
se.t'ng Of the date and selection 'l Of
the place for holding the 1851 81
Democratlc State convention.
Inc executive Commits. III
also fill any vacancies thar ~ , %, Il
c (,1,'e may exist in that body, said
A4ADOxHS,
inc Democratic plan or oreao;-
eaton provides that the cb,;1m.n
must call the meeting of the e.ee' ','
tive committee for a date N or h.
fore March s. DC
IT. M; w'nborne, who t~elephoned
on and asked the calling of the
meeting be announced, said he knew,
g no oshsE business schedule y
go: befoss IA committee
sd abOut fhe probability ], - s..
PRODUCTION Of efforts to have 8. i
Shipping of Greensboro replaced >,
Democratic National committee
man. Chairman Winborne said M
sueh efforts properly could come
oefore the executive committee.
since the, National committeeman
and National committeewomsn
were not the appointees of the
committee, but on the contrary
were named by the delegates from
North Carolina. to the Deraocr+;c
National convention.
There is no vacancy in that Of
flee, either of National committee-
man or National committeewoman.
and until such a vacancy should
exist there would be no reason for
bringing up this NATTER" the party
chairman explained. 1.-THE State
committee has nothing to do with
naming persons to these positions
unless a vacancy should occur and
then the committee would make
recommendation to the National
committee for the filling of the va
cancy. But the persons named to
these party positions are named by
the North Carolina delegates to the
National convention. That is the
regular method of naming them"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28

the Warm Springs foundation in
Georgia.
There she hopes to find a cure.
Life has been happy for Dorothy
since hat night.
Many of the friends her courage
brought her then have called to
visit. Among them were two Of
the Presidents sons, John, and
Franklin, Jr. Others sent gifts.
Police Chief Timothy F. Leahy
has obtained a complete report of
Dorothy's case and will forward it
to the President.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28
Fink Is Renamed
Head Labor Union

C. A. Fink was reelected presi-
dent of the Central Labor union at
a meeting here Monday night.
Other officers also reelected in
clude: c. H. Bringle, vice-presi-
dent; ]. A. Pinkston, corresponding
secretary; Almond Lyerly, record
ing secretary; G.. L. Seamon, treas
urer; H. G. Fisher, sergeant-at-
arms.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28
Negro Woman
Killed By Train

Frances Johnson, elderly color.
ed woman, was instantly killed ir
the southern part of the city
Tuesday morning when she wa.
struck by Southern passenger train
No. SO, northbound, while she wa.
picking up coal on the tracks.
The engineer stated he blew nj.
whistle and rang the bell but the
woman apparently did not Iced thu
warning.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28

Los Angeles-A Civilian Con
servation Corps enrollee killed a
companion, and seriously injured
another at a camp in Monrovia
canyon. Sheriff's deputies started
a search for a camp musician, ap-
parently temporarily insane.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28
: LICENSE CLERK
RESIGNS AFTER
u ARREST


Raleigh E.. Stanley,
Jr., a clerk in the State d.
vision of highway safety whose
duties included preparation of
lists Of revocations of licenses
for drunken driving and other
convictions, resigned a few
hours after he was arrected
and charged with driving
while intoxicated here.
Stanley was arrested by Raj
eigh police.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28
SOFA STUFFED
WITH CONVICTS

Columbia, S. C.-Supt. J.
S. Wilson of the State Peni-
Tertiary tells this one:
Some overstuffed furniture,
manufactured at the prison.
was ready to be shipped to
out-of-State points.
Two Negro convicts, load
ing a couple of sofas on a
truck, thought the furniture
was awful heavy.
The truck driver also got
suspicious and called a guard.
A convict was found be-
meath the cushions of each
sofa in a space from which
the springs had been removed.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28

New York-The Great Atlantic
and Pacific chain stores, which
made strenuous objection to the
Florida chain store tax law, have no
intention Of Withdrawing from the
Florida field, F. W. Wheeler, execu-
tive of the company said this week.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28

A shrewd political observer re
marked the other day that ver]
few persons in or out of Congress
understood much about the new
farm aid program, except that II
means checks for the farmers.
The estimate Of cash distribu-
lions to farmers this year is that
they will run to at least $500, 00O,-
900. About $500, 900 900 will be
distributed on existing contracts
under the old AAA. Another
$500, 600 is expected to go tc
the farmers by June 80 under tn.
new farm law.
This distribution will begin il
the cotton belt during March ane
swinging northward through tn
tobacco country into the corn, hog
and wheat regions as the season
progresses. $500, 100000 will like
ly be similarly distributed later il
the fall.
Recent developments indicate
that only one of the four nationa
farmer organizations is satisfied
with the new farm aid plan. Tha'
is the Farm Bureau Federation.
The National Grange, the Farm
ers' Union and the National Co.
operative Council are not givins
any active support to the plan, bu'
neither are they rising any objec'
lions to the distribution of fund
to agriculture.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28

Little progress has seemingly
been made in developing a work.
able system of taxation to provide
CONTINUED on page four)
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28

Washington.-The 8 to l deci-
sion Of the Supreme Court, holding
the Tennessee Valley Authority
Act to be Constitutional and with
in the powers of Congress, has
greatly heartened the Administers
ton and its supporters. The dcci-
sion is taken as Clearing the way
for Federal activity in other direc-
lions.
1t at least confirms the power Of
the Government to produce anc
dispose of electrical energy as .
by product to the control of ma
vigablc waters: and is taken as re.
moving any doubts about the Con
stitutionai rights involved in thu
Passamaquads Power Project, thu
Grand Coule. Dam and other i'm
portant public works.
This IVA decision is the sec.
ond decision of the Supreme Cour
unfolding one Of the major fea
lures of the New Deal. The frs
was in the gold clause suits.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-02-28

There is a general feeling here
that the Governments housing
program is not progressing as
rapidly as was hoped. Two distinct
sets of ideas on the subject are in
sharp conflict. There is one faction
in the Administration which wants
the Federal Government to content
itself with fostering building loans
to private enterprises and guaran-
teeing mortgages. They maintain
that private capital is ready to go
ahead and put men at work if it
can be assured that the Govern
ment is not going into the hous-
ing field.
On the other hand is the social
minded" group, which holds it the
Governments duty to finance and
build new homes for the under
privileged everywhere. Until this
conflict of viewpoints is dissolved,
the outlook is that the new build
ing program for 1886 will be about
100000 family units, dwellings
and apartments.
Evening star., 1936-09-02
Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
Ear for Music.

THE ear for music appears not to
be very well understood by most
people. They seem to think that q
good ear for music means an especially
acute hearing apparatus. This Is not
the case. Beethoven composed elab-
crate symphonies which he never
heard.
Psychologists speak of this ear for
music in terms Of memory images.
And by image they mean the revival
of a sensory experience-the ability
to recall sounds that were once heard.
It's all question of reviving past
musical experience. All the truly great
musicians have possessed this ability
In high degree. Mozart was able to
write from memory long musical
passages. These memories existed In
the form OF sounds. When he thought
about tones he heard tones. All he
had to do was reassemble them.
Perhaps you have heard . catchy
tune for the first time and . few days
later were able to hum or whistle
parts Of 1t. This h musical imagery
and sum and substance Of the ear for
music. You have also noticed that
you were unable to get the images
immediately after hearing the tune.
A few days are always required for
you to get tune soaked Into" your
mind.
tcopyright. 1861
Evening star., 1936-09-02

West opened q club and declarer
promptly ran off nine tricks in hearts
and clubs. Early in the hand West let
go of club, then discarded the seven
of diamonds and finally the nine, re-
tanning king, jack-small of spades and
the singleton queen Of diamonds.
Meanwhile East, having misread his
partners diamond-seven discard for
strength in that suit, had himself
thrown two diamonds, and finally on
the ninth trick blanked his ace. The
declarer then had merely to play his
king of diamonds. dropping the ace
and queen together, and after winning
the next trick with the ace Of spades,
played his remaining diamond to dunn
my to fulfill his contract.
The declarer seemed to take 1 good
deal Of credit to himself for the hand.
We can give him none. His failure to
I open the hand with bid of two hearts
was simply atrocious, and it was only
due to horrible defense by the East
player that he was sble to make the
contract. After all, West had thrown
the seven Of diamonds and then the
nine, which clearly did not indicated
clearly to East that he was guarding
that suit .3 -.
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paS at home.
Nanny didn't hang around there long.
No, sir, she didn't hang around there
long. She left in something of a
hurry. She went straight back home
to think things over.
This is dreadful squeaked Nanny
Here I've found just the most won-
derful place for a home, only to dis
cover that I have Jimmy Skunk for
a neighbor. If Jimmy didn't like Mice
I wouldn't mind SO much. suppose
it could be worse. Jimmy isn't very
quick. and If keep my eyes open I
ought to be able to keep out of his
reach. Just the same, it is a dread
fully uncomfortable feeling to know
that 1 have a hungry enemy as a
neighbor Why couldn't he have dug
his house somewhere else? Well, Ill
stay here little while and see what
happens"
What happened was this. Every
time that Jimmy Skunk left his home
he stopped at that hollow post, shifted,
and If Nanny was at home. reached in
and tried to get hold of her. Always
on his return he stopped and did the
same thing. He never forgot that there
was a Mouse living there. 1t made
things very uncomfortable for Nanny.
1t kept her nerves on edge. Always
when she got ready to go out she first
made sure that Jimmy Skunk wasn't
about. Always when she returned
home she was just as careful. She
had no intention Of being taken by
surprise. But the Joy of that new
home was gone. Yes, sir, it was COM
pletely gone. She began to think of
moving on again. Had 1t not been for
the fact that that hollow post made
such q snug. safe home she would
have moved on just as soon as she
had discovered who it was that she
had for a neighbor.
tCopyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-09-02

more albinos in the group Of babies.
They are perfectly white. with pink
eyes, and, II held up to the light, ars
almost transparent.
The Western member has larger
chin shields. than most OF his kinfolks,
the scales are arranged in 81 oblique
rows and there are upper plates.
The ground color is blackish or dark
brown, and there is a bright yellow
stripe on the back, while on the sides
there are the regulation three. The
abdomen Is a greenish-yellow, the
throat q lovely bright yellow, with
no dark beauty spots on the upper lin
plates. There are, of course, many
color variations, as found among ali
members Of the family.
This interesting tribe tames easiIy
and sticks around for several years"
(Copyr:sEt, 1867
Evening star., 1936-09-02

ter retreat. At this time you may see
old and young taking sun baths in
the heat of the day, retiring on chilly
nights to the crevices below ground.
1t Is interesting to note that often
their Winter quarters are the poorest
Of hunting grounds. So 1t is only for
retiring to the protection of the
selected spot that the snakes, all
returning from their voyages far afield,
gather one and all.
In the Spring. when the warm sun
calls them forth with the desire
to find mates, the sleepy ones begin to
creep from their Winter beds. II
you know Of such snakes den or
nest" you may see numbers of them
as early as March, doing and un-
limbering in the sun.
As the sun grows warmer the snakes
depart, in thickets, rayines, meadows,
along the streams and brooks, and
even in your own garden. They are
beginning to be known in large num-
bers even in large city parks.
All members of the striped-snake
clan give birth to their young. They
believe in large families. Fifty chill
dren is not unusual for even a young
mother to have. They are usually
born in August. The infants are alert
and ready in few days to shift for
themselves. They are inordinately
fond Of angleworms. If their favorite
food is abundant, snakeling will ma
ture in one year, and wed the follow
ing Spring
In this family you may have the
thrilling experience of finding one or