Fountain Urged As Bailey’s Opponent In 1936
CHANCE TO WIN
SAID TO BE GOOD
BY SUPPORTERS
Friends Of Lieutenant
Governor Believe He
Would Make A Strong
Race For U. S. Senate.
BY LeGETTE BLYTHE
With the next campaign for Unit
ed States senator four years off, and
with Senator Josiah W. Bailey just
now completing the first third of his
six years in the nation’s highest leg
islative body, friends of Richard T.
Fountain have already begun to ad
vance him as Senator Bailey’s oppo
nent in. 1956.
’ The lieutenant governor made a
sensational second primary race with
J. C. B. Ehringhaus of Elizabeth City
for the gubernatorial nomination and
came perilously near overcoming a
47.000 lead Mr. Ehringhaus piled up
in the first primary. The lieutenant
governor would have won had tjie
second primary been three or four days
later, declare the Fountain followers.
At any rate, the Rocky Mount man
came within a little more than 12,
000 votes of squaring it with his op
ponent from Elizabeth City.
Picking up 3 5,000 votes when he
had been "doped” to lose by about
75.000 to 90,000 was quite a feat,
and Mr. Fountain reversed the fig
ures on most of the dopesters by from
about 40,000 to 80,000. All his
friends and all his enemies give him
and his manager, J. L. DeLaney of
Charlotte, credit for a wonderful sec
—i_
That race, say the Fountain sup
porters, leaves him in a good position
politically. Fie was beaten, it is true,
but he was beaten going upgrade. It
was a fight against time, they declare,
and the gong sounded before he had
time to knock out his opponent. As it
is, he can offer for the senate in all
seriousness, they say, and they add that
he can win.
Senator Bailey will be a one-termer,
declare many democrats here who fol
low the doings of the poltcans and
who sometimes figure things cut
ahead of time. He was elected, not by
those who wished to elevate him, but
by those who wished to debase Sena
tor Simmons.
He the paddle the avenging
democrats used to spank the senator
who gave aid and sympathy to Her
bert Hoover. They don’t carry out
the analogy with use of the recent
senatorial primary participants, how
ever, although there are a few who
have already whispered discreetly that
Bob Reynolds will also be a one-term
er. In fact, judging things political
by the present temper of the voters,
it will take a demigod to be anything
but a one-termer.
At any rate, say the friends of Mr.
Fountain, he will be in excellent po
sition in 1936 to lead "the people”
against "entrenched privilege” and he
will be able to slip Mr. Bailey’s high
and mighty seat right out from under
him.
Mr. Fountain hasn’t said anything,
say those who keep close to him. Last
night Mr. DeLaney said he had heard
discussion of Mr. Fountain as a 1936
candidate for the senate, but, as far
as he knew, Mr. Fountain had thought
little or nothing of the reports that
he might run and he was of the opin
ion that he would sav nothinv of them
this early. "It’s too long off,” observ
ed Mr. DeLaney. "I wouldn’t think
Mr. Fountain would want to say any
thing about the senate race at this
time.”
It was also reported here yesterday
that Judge Wilson Warlick of New
ton might be a candidate for governor
in 1936. The governorship comes west
next time, an^J already Co!. T. L.
Kirkpatrick has announced he would
be a candidate. The colonel has also
announced he would run for senator
in 1936. That would be in the middle
of his term as governor, granting for
the sake of explanation that the col
onel will win the race for governor,
and Colonel Kirkpatrick would run a
la Huey Long, who was elected sen
ator in the middle of his term as gov
ernor and served out the governor’s
term before going to Washington.
But, someone remarked vesterday, just
anybody can’t do what Huey does.
FOILS ROBBERS
Caught alone in the Seagrove bank
by three holdup men, Cashier A. C.
Harris hoisted his hands skyward as
he moved near a window. He sud
denly fell backward through the win
dow. Alarmed, the bandits fled with
out any loot. A widespread watch
is being made for them.
Do You Know:
SALISBURY’S HISTORIC
LANDMARKS
That Rowan was first settled in
1720 by Protestants from Moravia
who fled from the persecutions of
Ferdinand II?
That a few years later Scotch and
Irish migrated to Rowan county from
their mother countries to escape the
imprisonment and unjust punishment
following a series of rebellions?
That at this early date the Indians
were on friendly terms with the ever
increasing caravans of traders?
That the names of some of the early
settlers were: Nesbit, Allison, Bran
don, Luckey, Locke, Cowan, Boone,
Barrs, Osborne, Andrew, Hall, Mc
Laughlin?
That in the year 1745, a steady flow
of Germans began to arrive in Salis
bury and Rowan county?
That an act was passed establishing
the County of Rowan at the sessions
of the general assembly of the provi
dence of- North Carolina, New Bern,
March 27, 1735?
That Rowan county originally in
cluded territory occupied by more
chan 30 counties?
That the first court—the court of
pleas and quarter sessions—met in
Rowan county in 1735?
That the cave in which Daniel
Boone hid from the Indians is located
near Salisbury?
That Rowan’s first court house was
erected in 1756 and was made of
weatherboards, being 30 feet long and
20 feet wide, a story and a half high,
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That the deed for Salisbury town
ship is dated February 11, 1755?
That 13 5 acres of land first con
stituted the bounds of Salisbury town
ship?
That "Main street” was originally
called "Corbin street” after an at
torney, Francis Corbin?
That "Innes street” received its
name from James Innes, a prominent
figure in North Carolina?
That old court house records, dat
ing as far back as 175 0, are still on
file in the Rowan office of the reg
ister of deeds?
That the superior courts were es
tablished in 1776 during the adminis
tration of Governor Tryon?
That as early as 1770 Salisbury had
traffic laws, persons found guilty of
fast driving or riding incurring a pen
alty of five shillings?
That General Greene and Lord
Cornwallis during the year 1781 when
the Revolutionary war was approach
ing a crisis, made temporary head
quarters in Salisbury?
That Lord Cornwallis, British Com
mander, took up his headquarters at
the house of Maxwell Chambers, Sal
isbury merchant, located on the west
corner of Church and Bank streets?
That three miles southeast of Salis
bury stands the "Old Stone House,”
one of the most remarkable relics of
the South?
That George . Washington visited
Salisbury while on a Southern tour in
the spring of 1791?
That St. John’s Lutheran church
was organized in 1768 and is the larg
est Lutheran church in the South?
That the first tax imposed on local
citizens was the levy of a shilling on
_t. *_1-* »-l_4
That the first store was opened in
1770?
That the first school teacher came
to this section in 1761?
That the Jfirst negro was sold as a
slave here in 1762?
That the first physician located here
in 1755?
That the United States postoffice
was first located here about 1790?
That the first circus came to town
in 1850?
That 2,600 men were furnished to
the Confederacy by Rowan county?
SALISBURY’S GEOGRAPHY
That the area of Rowan county is
489 square miles?
That Rowan has a population of
approximately 57,000?
That Rowan is one of- the largest
counties in the entire state?
That Rowan county was named for
Matthew Rowan, a leader in North
Carolina before the Revolution?
That Matthew Rowan, for a short
time after Gov. Gabriel Johnston’s
death, acted as governor of North
Carolina?
That the city of Salisbury is named
after the Marquis of Salisbury?
That Rowan county once occupied
the greater portion of western North
Carolina?
That Salisbury is located in the
Piedmont section, at the foot of the
Blue Ridge Mountains?
That is 765 feet above sea level?
That it is approximately the same
latitude as Los Angeles, Cal.?
That it is approximately the same
longitude as Niagara Falls and Ha
vana, Cuba?
That Salisbury is 7 hours from
Wilmington "On the Coast,” and 5
hours from Asheville, in the "heart of
the Blue Ridge?”
That it is 11 hours from the na
tion’s capitol, 18 hours from New
York and 11 hours from Atlanta,
Ga.?
That Salisbury has one of the low
est death rates in proportion to popu
lation in the country?
That its altitude makes it virtually
free from malarial troubles?
That the average temperature is 60
degrees?
That the lowest temperature on
record was 6 degrees below zero and
the highest 102 degrees?
That the average growing season in
the vicinity of Salisbury is 220 days?
That the longest growing season on
record was 280 days and the shortest
189?
That Salisbury is virtually the cen
ter of Rowan county?
That Charlotte was once a town of
such small consequence that historians
referred to it as a "prosperous town in
the Salisbury district, 44 miles south
of Salisbury?”
SALISBURY’S LEADING
CITIZENS
That Daniel Boone, the great hunt
er and pioneer, spent his boyhood days
along the banks of the Yadkin river?
That General John Steele, the first
comptroller of currency under Presi
dent Washington, was born and lived
in Salisbury?
That General Richardson Davie,
founder of the University of North
Carolina and Governor of North Car
olina in 1798, resided in Salisbury for
a number of years?
That Andrew Jackson, president of
the United States, studied law in Sal
isbury under Spruce Macey, Esq., in
his little office at the corner of Jack
son and south Church streets?
That President Jackson’s office was
later removed to Philadelphia Exposi
tion and from there to Chicago?
That the mother of James K. Polk,
Seventh president of the United
States, was born and reared in North
Carolina?
That Mrs. Frances Christine Tier
tan—Christian Ried—a writer of na
tional reputation, was a native of Sal
sbury?
That Woodrow Wilson spent some
time in Salisbury while a student at
Davidson?
That Lee Slater Overman represent
ed his state in the United States senate
for over a quarter of a century?
That Dr. Archibald Henderson,
head of the department of mathemat
ics at the University of North Caro
lina and a writer and literary critic of
international fame is a native of Sal
isbury?
That Mr. Henderson is author of
more-chan a dozen books each having
a remarkable large circulation?
That the literary productions of
Dr. Henderson are circulated in seven
different countries?
That numerous officials of the va
rious departments of the state and na
tional government have been Salis
bury men?
lhat John w. Jtllis, a Salisbury man
and from whom Ellis street was nam
ed, was twice governor of North Car
olina?
That Walter Murphy was for
a number of years speaker of the gen
eral assembly?
That Col. Charles Fredrick Fisher
was president of the North Carolina
railroad in 185 5 operating between
Charlotte and Goldsboro and was one
of the pioneers in railroad work- and
financing in western North Carolina?
That Davidson college was named
for William Davidson, a general in the
Civil war from Salisbury?
That Leonard Henderson, of Salis
bury, was elected to the position of
chief justice of the supreme court of
North Carolina in 1818?
That Hon. Archibald Henderson
represented this district in congress
from 1899 to 1903 and the town of
Salisbury three times in the general
assembly?
That the local chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
is named for Elizabeth Maxwell Steele,
patriot of the Revolutionary War and
that a tablet has been erected in her
honor?
That Theo. Kluttz represented
North Carolina in congress several
terms?
That J. S. Henderson, leading at
torney, represented this district in
congress?
That J. S. Henderson was a mem
ber of the North Carolina constitu
tional convention and was a leader of
the No-fence Law”?
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE!
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1 her this one as she sailed for
ft a vacation in Europe. Her
|1 husband, Douglas Fairbanks,
|| Jr., lost no time finding a
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Don, piloting Miss I /a
England III on Loch j/A
Lomond, Scotland, '«[
established a new jH
world’s speed - boat aii
mark at 119.81 miles g|SS
per hour. He is the Braa
first man to travel SB
i over water at better raS
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SALVAGE: Janies
Mattern. left, who
with Bennett Griffin,
in circle above, at
tempted to set a new
record world flight, is
shown here arriving
in Moscow with in
struments s a lv a g ed
from their plane
which was wrecked on
the hop from Berlin
to Moscow.
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$800,000,000 PROJECTi When W. D. Herridge, left,[")
Canadian Minister to U. S„ and Secty. of State
Stimson, right, signed the treaty to govern the
development of the St. Lawrence waterway into an
ocean lane they “opened the door” for the greatest
engineering project Of modern times. ts
A MOUTHFUL: Behold the world's largest strawberry
shortcake. Weighing V/2 tons, it was the main attraction
at the Lebanon, Ore., Strawberry Festival. Its' makino
called for 12 sacks of flow, 50 pounds of shortening ll
pounds of baking powder (the Calumet folks proudly told
us), 720 eggs, 40 gallons of milk.
Urge More Use
Of Cotton Bags
If all flour, wheat offal and corn
meal produced in the United States in
the year ending June 30, 1931, had
been packed in cotton containers, ap
proximately 311,000 bales of Ameri
can cotton would have been required,
according to a report received yester
day from the department of agricul
ture by W. M. McLaurine, secretary
of the American Cotton Manufactur
ers’ association.
The department had the co-opera
tion of 526 manufacturers in the
study. These manufactured 74,000,
000 barrels of flour, 65 per cent of the
amount produced in the United States.
The estimate is that cotton bags were
used for packing nearly 75,000,000
barrels of flour, or 68 per cent of the
total production; for more than 391,
000 tons of wheat affal, or 9 per cent
of the total production, and approxi
mately 1,500,000,000 pounds of corn
meal, or 72 per cent of the total pro
duction.
As many as 95 mills, representing
the production of 5,500,000 barrels
of flour, or 6 per cent of all the flour
produced in the United States, used
cotton bags exclusively for packaging
their flour.
Burlap bags were used for packag
ing flour, wheat offal and corn meal
put up in large-size bags; cotton bags
were used in all sizes but were more
widely used in the medium sizes; and
paper bags were more often used for
packaging flour and corn meal in
smaller quantities.
The figures also show that more
than 112,000 additional bales of cot
ton would have been required had cot
ton containers been substituted for
the burlap, paper and wooden contain
ers in use during the year. If new cot
ton bags had been substituted for the
second-hand bags in use, an addition
al S3,000 bales of cotton would have
been required.
The further use of cotton bagging
is one of the major projects of the
American Cotton Manufacturers’ as
sociation, and members of the body are
delighted with the progress which is
being made in the effort to bring
about increased usage of cotton in this
field, Mr. McLaurine declared.
I 2 */2% I
I DISCOUNT ON I
I COUNTY TAXES I
|| PAY YOUR COUNTY TAXES NOW I
r* AND SAVE 2 1-2 PER CENT. THIS B
I? DISCOUNT WILL APPLY ON ALL I
B TAXES PAID ON OR BEFORE AUG- B
I J, E. HAYNES, AUDITOR I
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