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Automobile And Farmers beading Middle West Oul Bahson Sees Chicago As Future Metropolis of the orld; Says Confusion at Washington Retarding usiness Recovery Throughout United States BY ROGER W. BABSON, (upright 1935, Publishers Financial Bureau, tno. Bahson Park, Fla., March 16. The current boom in the automobile in dustry plus the tremendous boost in farm purchasing power last year are responsible for the great improve ment in conditions around the Great Lakes. Thus the Middle West, along with the Prairie States and the South is leading the nation hack to re covery. While possibly Michigan is the only outstanding state from a saies angle at this time, all the other Middle Western states must he given at least a fair rating. Business 8 Percent Above Year In the Middle West, more than in any other area, business conditions reflect demand from the other sec tions of the country. Hence, the fact that business around the Great Lakes now so far above the depression bottom is distinctly encouraging. In \i w of the fact that the Bahsonchart. indicates that trade acivity through out the nation is currently eight per cent above a year ago, the fol lowing com parisons for Middle West ern states are very interesting, the figures being increases Illinois 26 per cent. Indiana 18 per cent. Michigan 30 pet cent, Wisconsin 15 per cent. Kentucky S per cent. West Virginia 19 per cent. Ohio 33 per cent. According to “.spoilers and spell hindets" who are currently filling the h it with a lot of oratory and news papers with a lot of copy, conditions ate otdav worse than they have ever been before. To such orators, reform ers and statesmen I refer the fol lowing statistics on business gains lr» t he Middle West compared with a year ago Business Barometers Compared With A Year Ago Detroit Employment , up 10 per cent Retail Trade . . ..up 10 (estimated* Au’omcbile Production up 46 percent. Bank Debits up 14 per cent Electric Power Consumption . .up 5 per cent R.-.-idential Building Contracts —27 per cent Total Building Contracts —3O per cent Wholesale Trade up li per cent Collections up 15 per cent Pig Iron Production ..up 20 per cent *ul4» Production vs. Home Building As can be seen £om these figures, rb> focal point of the current recovery if- the motor industry. Automobile production in January and February was sixty per cent higher than in the ,-orne period of 1934. Motfl* «nd truck ides are particularly heavy in the Middle West. For the first time in five years, farmers have enough cash •o replace models bought anywhere from seven to ten years ago. Auto mobile men tell men that the replace ment demand this year will he the largest for any year since “boom days •' The high level of motor ac tivity is reflected lti nearly every trade and industrial barometer. The importance of the automobile to pros perity in American busineits is ajv parent. It building were making as good a . bowing today as the motor industry, we would he back to a normal busi ness level. Building is now the cru cial factor nor only in the Middle West but in every community, large or (mall, from the Atlantic to the Pa cific. As I have said previously, the bitterest complaint about the present level of business are coming from those connected with construction and allied industries. The building figures are by fat the most important to wairh in the next few' months. This great industry, normally employing ix to seven million men. is today operating at about ten per cent of the 1929 level. Four to five million of our ten million jobless are normally unployed in this one industry alone. Y r there is an actual shortage of homes in thp United States today. Government Propping Building Wage Scales One factor primarily is holding back construction; namely—the high RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT, On the second day of March. 1935, Brother VV. E. Holmes passed to his eternal reward. His death marked the close of a life of usefulness and de votion to family, friends and his church. His inherent goodness, his faithfulness in all seasons and con ditions, have blessed the community u, which he lived and have endeared hi: memory to the old and young with whom he came in contact. Therefore be it resolved: 1. Realizing the fulfillment of God’s plan in his life we yield to the divine will of the Father whose rod and whose staff comfort his own through the valley of the shadow of deatlV. 2. That Washington Camp 34, P. O. >’ of A. appreciating the life of this man thanks God for the example of piety and faithfulness he has left as hi heritage and strive to emulate the bining example of his life. 3. That the sympathy of Washing ton Camp 34 be extended the family of Brother Holmes, and that a copy of these resolutions be included in the minutes of the Camp, a copy he sent to the bereaved family, and a copy to the Henderson Daily Dispatch for Publication. C. F. TANKERSLEY, JR.. W. R. FLEMING, B. S POPE, Committee. JAMES C. COOPER t<r »m ®p iA L INSURANCE S E r V|c PHONF iO4 -J f -5? MLNDEPSON , N.C cost of building. Short-sighted labor leaders have kept paper wage rates at ridiculous levels—eight to ten dol lars a day. Rents and most basic commodities are hack to pre-wa** price when building tradesmen felt that four dollars was a good day’s Pay. As long as it is still cheaper to •cut than to build, nobody will build - uteh workers must see that high wage rates are holding up jobs. Un doubtedly many of them do feel that , but the government’s program 1 their efforts to cut wages Everywhere in the last six weeks, T ‘' ve • c ’* lpn public works projects, here was a time, at the depth of ne depression, when these great pub lic works were perhaps needed to prime the pump ’ hut now many of them are retarding rather than sti mulating employment. I blame much of the high cost of building on this Fedetal construction program. Cer tainly, if the latter is to continue, the government should only par sixty-five per cent of ,he standard' wage. It should so operate its public works and building program that men will always quit work thereon and -o to work in private industry when" jobs are available We get out of a depres sion through lower— not higher—costs Deflate Building Costs Unions have not only boosted the cost Os labor in erecting houses but aLo the cost of labor in making the building supplies. Materials up so fast in price that they "cost about as much today as they did back in 1929 and 1930. In boosting labor costs just when it did. I feel that the government has done more to retard recovery than to promote it. As time goes on. more people will marry; more families will undouhle; more houses will be condemned. The short age of homes will become acute. Rents will rise—and finally building will again become profitable. Os course, the confusion at Washington is breed ing uncertainty and retarding build ing. But underlying conditions have so improved that a twenty per cent cut in building costs today would be a huge step toward business recovery. A long trip throughout the country stives one an excellent perspective. Too many of us are so close to the trees that we cannot see the forest. As I passed through state after state. I was struck as never before by the powerful combination of farm and factory TiT the Middle West. It seems to me that the Great Lakes region lias awon derful future. In another quarter of a century, the biggest city in the world may be here—Chicago. And twenty-five years from now the Middle West will again be leading us out of the next major depression— that of 1953-1958—as it has led us out of the depression of 1939-1934. What Do You Know About North Carolina? F»v FRED H. MAY I—Who was the first citizen of Piedmont North Carolina to buy a house and lot in Florida? 2.—When was Wake Forest College stablishod? 3 When were lotteries used to fi nance churches in North Carolina? 4 What are the estimated coal de posits in North Carolina? 5 What was paid in 1808 for the land on which Greensboro 1»* located? 6 Who supplied blocks of building stone from North Carolina for the Washington Monument? ANSWERS 1 — Daniel Boone, who, while in Florida with a party of Virginians on a hunting and exploring trip in 1765 bought a house in Pensacola which he never occupied, his wife refusing to move to that city. 2 A charter was granted in 1833 to Wake Forest Institute. The in stitute committee bought a farm of 615 acres from Dr. C. Jones, sixteen miles north of Raleigh for which they gave $2,000. The school opened in February 1834 with Rev. Samuel Watt its superintendent and principal. About 40 students attended the first year. The institute was organized as a college in 1838. The next year a part of the property was laid off into lots and sold. 3ln 1759 “an act for raising mon ey for furnishing churches" by lot tery was passed. Churches, schools, canals, bridges and other public works were financed by lotteries until r act prohibiting them was passed in 1834. 4 Sixty-eight million tons, located principally in the Lee county section. 5 Forty-two acres of land was bought from Ralph Gorrell for S9B. The legislature of that year passed a special act naming Charles Bruce, Hugh Forbes, Jacob Clapp, Wm. Arm field, David Caldwell, George Swrain and Nathan Mendenhall, commission ers to lacet the pounty seat of Guil ford county. The land was divided in to lots and sold for the sum of $1433.- 11, which was deemed sufficient, to pay for building a court house, jail and stocks, and to move the records from Martinsville to the new county 6 Lincoln county citizens sent one block to Governor Manly who was authorized by the legislature to have it inscribed as follows: Noith Caro lina—Declaration of Independence— Mecklenburg— May 1775- Other blocks were sent by the Wilmington Thalian Association, North Carolina Temper ance oclety. The Mechanics of Raleigh and an association at Hillsboro. HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1935. * '7 Peter Delivered From Prison , ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Scriptur#—Act* 12:1-19. 1 " , The wicket! Herod Agrippa I, grandson of the Herod who slew the infants of Bethlehem at Jesus’ birth, killed the Apostle James by beheading him with the sword. Thus James be came tho first martyr among the twelve apostles. Peter Delivered From Prison THE WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON (The (sol6ett Cbtf j*j ..... CU "Prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God lor him.’-’ (The International Uniform Lesson on the above topic for March 17 Is Acts 12:1-19, the Golden Text being verse 5, "Prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.”) By DR. ALVIN E. BELL This chapter is replete with inter esting and significant contrasts be tween the forces that are for us and those that are against us concerning which, if we are on God's side, we may always say, “Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them" (II Kings, 6:16. 17). Herod and James We first see “truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne” in the case of James, the brother of John, whom King Herod beheads with the sword, bringing James the cup of his Lord to drink and his baptism of death he had pro fessed his willingness and ability to endure for his Master some fifteen years before. Thus Janies became the first of the apostles to suffer martyr dom for Christ. Why Jamas was taken and Peter was delivered is a question for whose answer we must await until we know even as we are known. In the meantime as we see the same process repeated it is enough for us to know that “whether we live, we liveu nto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we a're the Lord’s,” James in his execution no less than Peter in his deliverance. Herod and Peter Herod was a typical politician in seeking only to do the thing that would meet with popular favor. So he could scarcely await The closs of Passover week until he could stage Peter’s execution: “intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.” Thus "man proposes but God disposes.” Herod relied solely up on material force of prison bars, chains and soldiery. There was an other force with which he did not reckon the power of prayer. “But prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him. And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison.” Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity.” Peter and the Angel “And behold, an angel of the stood by him. and a light shined in the cell; and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said unto him. Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he unto him. Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.” Wha* unhurried mastery of the situation! “And when they were past the first and second guard ,thev came unto the iron gate that leadeth into the city: which opened to them of its owr accord, and they went out and passed on through one street; and straightway the an gel departed from him.” t l9:l j Vv Centi.il Press A s<«u i.ntum. Inc, Herod had Peter imprisoned and planned to execute him also as soon as the Passover was concluded. But the church prayed for Peter and an angel of the Lord came a few hours before the time set for the execution and de livered Peter from prison. Peter and the Church The force that released the omni potence of God for Peter’s deliverance was an all-night-all-week prayer meeting at the home of Mary the i mother of John Mark “Where many were gathered together and were pray ing." Yes, “prayer changes things.” But though they prayed fervently, un ceasingly and definitely for Peter, there was a sense in which they pray ed doubtinglv. For -when Rhoda an swered Peter’s knocking by leaving the door closed against him and re ported thath Peter was at the door they accused her of having lost her reason, and when they finally opened the door “they saw him and were amazed”! But why be amazed when our prayers are answered! Do we pray to God to open doors while we keep church doors closed against j those for whom we pray? The Sequel to the Story The sequel to thes tory is found in ; Herod’s blasphemous pretense to deity leading the people to worship him as a god. “and immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, and he was eaten of worms.... But the word of God grew and multiplied.” Shah Mirza Reza Pahlevi of Persia, born 57 years ago. : „ Named RFC Directoi Hubert Stephens Former Senator Hubert Stephens of Mississippi has been aelected Vo fill a vacant directorship on the RFC board in Washington. Stephens, defeated by Theodore - Bilbo in the Democratic senatorial run-off last summer, will receive |IO,OOO s year. Upon his release Peter went to the home of John Mark where the church was still praying for him. A maid named Rhoda answered his knock at the door and reported that Peter was at the door. But the Christians thought she was out of her head. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.—Psalm 119:105. iiirianvhaof Itbub: MSS upon the love, loyalty and devotion of the people, must be in harmony with the teachings of Jesus the Christ whose words fit into every fold and crevice of the human heart, and of whom it was said in John 7:46, ‘‘NEVER MAN SPAKE LIKE THIS MAN.” A ■■■ n. i. ■ - frtss-Radioßtble Service. Inc.. Cincinnati. Ohio ■ ■m.-r Section 10.—Ma it hew 6. 1-4 HELPFULNESS WIT HOUT DISPLAY Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them; otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2. There fore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you. They have their reward. 3. But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4. That thine alms may be in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. IWhatsDoki in&e Churches FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT. Rev. L. R. Medlin, pastor. Sunday school 9:45. E. O. Falkner. ! superintendent. Morning w'orship 11 o’clock. Subject “Elements of Great Faith.” At this service the Girls Glee Club of the lo cal High School will provide the music. They will sing two special se lections: “Glorious Forever,” by Ts ; chaikowsky; “My God, My Father,” by Gounod. Evening- service 7:30 o’clock. Sub- i ject, “Satisfaction.” Young People’s Society of Chris tian Endeavor will meet at 6:30 p. rn. The public is cordially invited to worship in each of our ser ; Vices. ST. PAUL’S CATHOLIC. Rev. Eugene P. Carroll, pastor. Mass and sermon on Sunday at 10:30 a. m. Mass daily at 8:15 a. m. Public is cordially invited to all ser vices. WEST END BAPTIST. Rev. E. R. Nelson, pastor. Sunday school at 10 o’clock. W. H. Perry, superintendent. Worship at 11 a. m., preaching by | the pastor on the topic: “A Bio ! graphv in Five Words.” Everybody welcome. THE SALVATION ARMY. Adjustant and Mrs. Joseph Willett | in charge. i Sunday 10 a. m. Sunday school; 11 a. m. Morning worship. 6:30 p. m. Young People’s Legion, i 7:30 p. m. Evening worship. Everybody invited. ' FIRST PRESBYTERIAN, Sunday school at 9:45 a. m., R. W. Bruin, superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7 30 p. m. by W. W. Glass, student at Union Theological Seminary at Richmond. Young people’s organizations will ; meet at the usual hour. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. FIRST METHODIST. Dr. J. Marvin Culbreth, pastor. Church school 9:45 a. m., H. A. ! Dennis, general superintendent. Morning worship 11 o’clock: Ser mon, “A Call to Immediate Service.” Epworth League, 6:30 p. m., Leader, George Bernice Culbreth; Talk, Elsie Powell. Evening worship 7:30 p. m. Sermon, “The Precarious Position of the ; Backslider.” Monday, March 18. Woman’s Auxiliary, 3:SO p. m. in . the church parlor, Mrs. O. T. Kirk • land, president. i The Worker’s Council of the Sunday ; school will meet at 8 p. m. in the ’ Ladies’ Parlor. Wednesday, March 20. j Church Night School. 7:30-9:10 p. m. i Worship. 7:30-7:50, An Old Song and a New. Classes: 7:55-8:45 p. m. ! “The Romance of the Gospels,” Dr. J. Marvin Culbreth. “The Changing Family,’’ Rev. L. R. ! Medlin. “The Church in the Community,” Miss Maxine Taylor. “The Methodist Church in Japan,” Mrs. J. M. Culbreth. I “Stories of the Methodist Church,” Mrs. C. S. Dodd. (A class for boys and i girls.) Entertainment, 8:50-9:10 p. m. By actual count, there were 83 per sons present at the close of school | last Wednesday night. Some were at | the classes who did not remain for the last period. The school will hold , its last session Wednesday night, March 27. On Wednesday night. April I 3. the commencement exercises of the school will be held in the church school assembly room, one feature of which will be a play given by a cast under the direction of Mrs. D. D. Hocutt. After commencement. w r hat? 1 Members of the school will discuss this question Wednesday night. FIRST BAPTIST. Rev. Albert S. Hale, minister. Sunday school meets 9: 45. J. C. Gardner, superintendent. 1 The attendance for the two Sundays in March above 400. Morning worship service at 11. The pastor’s sermon subject, “Getting Our Ideas of God.” B. T. U. meets at 6:30, Miss Loyce Blaylock, director. A full attendance is urged. Our young people will take part in the evening program of wor ship and will receive their awards earned recently in their study course. Evening worship service 7:30. The subject of the sermon. “How Man Handicaps God.” Our church will be host to the Min isters’ Conference in two-day session on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. At the morning service Miss Gar nett Myers will sing a solo. At the evening service the Young People’s choir will give a special number. FIRST CHRISTIAN. Rev. S. E. Madren, pastor. 9:45 a. m. Sunday school, John A. Hall, superintendent. 6:45 p. m. Junior Christian En deavor. 7:30 p. m. Sermon by tlio pastor, the subject being “The Attitude for Cleansing." Visitors are welcome. HOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL. Rev. I. W. Hughes, rector. Second Sunday in Lent. 7:30 a. m. Holy communion, 9:45 a. fn. Church school. 10 a. m. Men’s and women’s Bible classes. 11 a. m. Litany and Ante-Com munion and sermon. 7:30 p. rn. Evening prayer and ser mon. St. John’s Mission. North Hender son, 2 o’clock, church school. Foes of Sales Tax To Fight Measure (Continued from Page One.) the revenue bill rather than the ap propriations measure is regarded as a victory for the more conservative ele ment, who believe the State should find out how much revenue it is going to have to spend before it enacts the appropriations hill to spend it. The administration is believed to have favored the consideration of the reve nue- bill ahead of the spending mea sure. It is known. however, that quite a number of anti-sales tax and anti-administration group also voted to take up the revenue bill first in the belief they would have a better chance to either remove the sales tax entirely or to reduce the rate by tak ing up the revenue bill first. 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Finally gaining admission Peter told the church “how the Lord had brought •him forth out of prison” in answer to their prayers. Shortly after this Herod was smitten of God and died because he encouraged the people to worship him as a god, OOLDEN TEXT—Acts 12 :R cess of the revenue bill, that it would be more difficult to try to remove or reduce the sales tax when the reve nue bill should be considered. The “free spenders”, who not onlv want the appropriations hill passed as it now stands hut who also want to increase it still more, so that it will provide an increase of not less than 25 per cent in salaries for all school teachers, university professors and all State employes for both years, made a determined effort to get the spending hill taken up and passed ahead of the revenue hill. Their lead ers frankly admitted on the floor of the house that the thing to do was to pass the_ appropriations hil. regard less of whether it balanced with the revenue bill or not and if it exceeded the revenue hill or not and if it ex ceeded tht revenue in sight from the money hill, to then add new taxes and ; increase the revenue bill up to the level of the appropriations hill. It is generally conceded that this group is willing to add more of the McDonald ■ Lumpkin tax proposals to the revenue hill in addition to the sales tax, to di vert an additional million or two from • the highway fund or as a last resort to acept the Hill liquor control hill if it is amended so that the revenue will i go into the general fund, in order to I get the desired additional revenue needed ' The administration and anti-sales tax forces, however, blocked this move by voting together for almost the first time since the assembly opened It i v/as argued by Representative R. L. Harris, of Person. W. E. Fenner, of Nash, and several other members of the finance committee, that the logi j cal procedure was to first find out how much was in sight before appro priating it. i “If wo pass the appropriations hill | before we do the revenue hill, we will | be putting the cart before the horse,’’ Representative Fenner said. “It is j not good busines sfot any man to I start building a house or factory or j anything until ho knows how much j money he has in sight with which to I pay for it. This same business sense and procedure should apply to the State as well as to individuals. I do not think we should pas the appro priations bill and spend any of the State’s money until we find out how much the revenue hill will yield and how much money there is gonig to be to spend.” , This view of the matter appealed to many of the members. In addition, a. good many of the anti-sales taxers were convinced they would have a bet ter chance to either remove or reduce j the sales tax if the revenue hill should be taken up first. So the combined ! vote of both these factions put over the motion to take the revenue bill up first. It is also conceded to have upset IL>e well laid plans of the “free spenders,” ns the big appropriation ists have come to ho known, to force through the enactment of the appro priations hill ahead of the revenue bill. There is a possibility that the “free spenders” may attempt to rally their forces Monday and again try to take up the spending bill ahead of the money bill. But even if the attempt is made, it is not expected to succeed. ! RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY BY MOHAWK TRIBF OF IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN. Whereas; God in his infinite wis dom has seen fit to visit our hunting ground and remove therefrom our be loved friend and brother, William E. Holmes, to that home not made with hands, eternal in Heaven. Be It Resolved: 1. That we how in humhle submis sion to Him, that doeth’ all things well.' 2. That we extend to the bereaved family our sincere sympathy in their sorrow 3. ThaJ Mohawk Tribe, has sustain ed an irreparable loss by the death of our brother Holmes, and the in fluence of his noble character will be j greatly cherished. ; 4 That a copy of these resolutions i be published in the Daily Dispatch j and sent to the family and recorded j upon records of our Tribe. 1 MOHAWK TRIBE, E. O. Falkner, J. H. Langston, I. B. Watkins, Committee. PAGE THREE