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NUMBER 43
■ONGRESS NOW IN SESSION
|iOgislative Wheels in Motion—Im
portant War Measures to be Con-
sideredi
The sixty-fifth Congress convened
I the morning of December 3rd. This
Session will doubtless consider only
^■ar measures.
With Claude Kitchen as chairman of
the ways and means committee and
leader of the House, and Senator Sim
mons, chairman of 'the Finance com
mittee of the Senate, it is certain that
J^'oi'th Carolina will have an import-
lant hand in making world history dun
ging this session.
Legislation for financing the war
will be shaped largely by the recom
mendation of Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoo. It is said that provision
will be made for r-aising more than
eleven billion dollars. Whether this
will be accomplished by bond issues or
taxation this Congress will decid?.
The other most notable legislation
by this Congress will' be the declara
tion of war against Austria-Hungary
as recommended by the President in
his message, printed elsewhere in this
lissue.
The Means Case
The means case continues to r-ival
;he war in its attraction of local in-
erest.
The State has rested after having
ndertaken to prove the motive for’
toe murder. Numerous witnesses
were introduced to show the manipu
lation of Mrs. King’s fortune by
Means for his own benefit, and to show
that Means was prompted to commit
the murder to avoid a final accounting
to, Mrs; King, and consequently
charges of embezzlement and misap
propriation. The State also introduc
ed experts who testified that the shot
causing Mrs. King’s death could not
possibly have been fired by her, acci
dentally or otherwise.
The defense has introduced local ex
perts to rebut the evidence of the
State’s expert witnesses. It is thought
by many who have closely followed
Ithe trial that the conflict of the ex-
lert testimony will when presented by
.efendants counsel have considerable
veight with the jury tofhe advantage
■f Means. The jury on yesterday vis-
.ted the scene of the killing.
It is said that Gaston Means will
,ake the stand in his own behalf.
This trial will go down in history
,s one of the State's moSt celebrated
egal battles.
It is impossible to give a synopsis
.f the ease or to forecast its results.
COURT IN RANDOLPH COUNTY
DEPENDS ON MEANS CASE
Court will convene in Asheboro next
-Vionday if the Means case in Concord
Is completed by Saturday night. In
lase court begins, the trial of criminal
rases will be taken up first. It is
fiardly probable that if court begins
[Monday that civil cases will be reach-
id before Thursday.
CAMP SEVIER MEASLES
QUARANTINE IS LIFTED
_ Greenville, S. C., Dec. 4.—It was
(announced officially at the headquar-
Iters of the Thirtieth division at Camp
■Sevier Monday that the quarantine
■which was put into effect Saturday,
■November 17, would be lifted Friday,
provided no unforeseen developments^
Rook place. ^ , • 4.
J The quarantine, which was put into
(effect to prevent a widespread epi-
Idemic of measles, has served its pur-
Ipose in a very satisfactory, manner,
Ithe improvement in disease conditions
lat the camp having been rapid al-
Imost from the day the quarantine was
lannounced, .
The annual meeting of the North
ICaroIina Baptist State convention
■convened with the Baptist. churcTies ol
iDuvham last Tuesday night.
Ischedule of Several Trains Changed
Sunday December 9 certain import-
lant changes will be made in the sched-
lule of the passenger trains on the
■train line’of the Southern Railway Co.
The changes most affecting the trav-
■eling public of High Point are those
■concerning northbound train No. 86,
■which is moved back to 1:40 from
■l2:43 and southbound No. 11, moved
■back to 7:32 from 7:14, its present
■schedule time.
Number 35, now passing High Point
(at 6:43 p. m., will after next Sunday
■pass at 6:10.
(Mr. Lee Cranford of Thomasville Dead
Mr. Lee Cranford died at his home
jin Thomasville following a prolonged
(attack of pellagra, November 29. Mr.
(Cranford was reared in New Hope
(township and was the son of Clarke
(Cranford who died during the Civil
(War while marching through Mary-
(land.
Mr. Cranford married Miss Lizzie
11 right in early life, to this union five
(children were .born four of whom with
(their mother survive. The children are
(0. C. Cranford, New Hope township,
(Mrs. Coy Harrison, and Mrs. Myrtle
(Richie of Thomasville ^ and Samuel
(Cranford of California. Deceased whs
la brother.of Charles W. Cranford of
(Asheboro. He was buried in Thomas-
I ville bn Friday.
LLEWXAM’S LETTER FROM
THE STATE CAPITAL
(By Maxwell Gonnan.)
Raleigh, Dec. 4.—Senator Simmons
stopped over a day in Raleigh en route
to Washington and when asked for an
expression of opinion anent the meet
ing (or conference) of North Carolina
Republican leaders at Hickory, stated
that the mixture of politics with patri
otism in the resolutions adopted re
flected serioosly upon the sincerity of
the framers of the resolution and was
importune and smarked of the trickery
which so often' characterizes the acts
and utterances of the'small politician
when he essays to play the role of a
patriotic statesman.
He added that in that part of the
resolutions which criticised the Presi
dent and the Congress the leaders
present, including ex-Senator Marion
Butler, whom • • Senator Simmons un
horsed politically some 18 years ago,
did not reflect or represent the best
Republican sentiment in North Caro-
Iin%
Senator Simmons said the session of
Congress which began this week will
be a long one and will be called upon
to handle subjects of vast concern and
importance, especially those relating to
finance, of which committee he is the
chairman, to industry and manufacture
and in the prosecution of the war
against Germany. He-is in fine fettle
after a month’s rest at his home in
Newbern and that section where he
say^ the people are heartily endorsing
the administration and the patriotic
spirit abounds.
Tuberculosis Day
• Next Sunday, December 9, is to be
obseiwed as Tuberculosis Day, espec
ially in the churches and all people are
urged to become interested in the sub
ject and do something to help fight the
disease that always spreads beyond tne
normal in times of war.
New School For the Blind
The cornerstone of the administra
tion building for the new institution
for the education of the blind children
of North Carolina was laid Monday,
and the work of construction will be
pushed from now on. So the State will
soon be in position to properly care for
these little unfortunates and not only
educate them in scholastic sense, but
to teach many of them useful occupa
tions whereby they can. earn their own
livelihood. The old buildings have been
unfit for a number of years. Under
the new njanagement the cottage plan
is to be carried out and there will be
many smaller buildings and plenty of
air and sunshine and ample recreation .
grounds.
Vice-Director Drake of Raleigh, who
is assisting Col. F. H. Fries, State Di
rector, states that there is very wide
spread and earnest interest in the new
war certificates saving plan and the
sale of war savings stamps in denom
inations of 25 cents up. Many people
who were financially able to buy Lib
erty Bonds can and will help to finance
the war by investing in savings stamps
and certificates. Many banks have
been enlisted to help distribute ’the
stamps and certificates, which the post
offices and inaral letter carriers are
charged with handling. The certifi
cates draw interest same as the Liber
ty Bonds. Be sure to get yours.
Wanted: Wood and More Wood
Raleigh people are still crying for
wood at something like a fair price. A
two-horse ’load from the country, two-
thirds of a cord, is fetching $6 today.
The wood dealers sell it in small loads
at about $8 per cord. Another effort is
to be made this week to relieve the
situation, by the Rotary Club, since the
city’s utter refusal to do so continues.
Asheboro Citizens in Automobile
Wreck Near Randleman
On Sunday morning Mr. and Mrs.
C, P. Thornbro, Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Wright, Mrs. Hattie Wright and son,
Gurney, were in a Ford car going to
Greensboro to visit relatives. They
had.gotten one mile beyond Randle-
man when George Jennings, an em-
ploea of the Public Service Co., of
Greensboro, who was also driving a
Ford car ran into the car turning it
over and hurting all of the occupants
except Guniey Wright who was dry’-
ing the car. All of them were .tekerp,
t othe hospital in Randlema,ni where-
they were treated. Mr. Thornbro and
Mr. Luther Wright both were shaken
Up and each had a badly sprained'
arm. Mrs. Thornbro received' several,
bruises on the face and- hand. Mrs..
Luther Wright probably suffered the
most serious injury having her back:
and hip badly sprained and probably
some internal injuries. Mrs. HattfiJ
Wright was also bruised in the wreck.
Persons who saw the accident say th^,
the car driven by Mr. Wright hadl
given practically all ofl the road and
that Mr. Jennings was entirely re
sponsible for the accident. The wheel
of his car was broken but neither her
nor the children with him were hurt.
Mr. Jennings without making inquiry
as to the car which he demolished or
pedple in it, had his car repaired and
proceeded on his journey.
IY. W.-C. A. Campaign to Raise $50,000
The campaign to raise-, $50,000 in
(North Carolina for the Y. W. C. A.
■ war work began last Monday. Mrsi
(T. W. Bickect, state chairman of the
(war work council, has appointed’ her
■committees and campaigns are well
(under way.
Mr. Cicero McDowell of Albemarle
Dead
Mr. * Cicero McDowell, a former
Randolph citizen died, at his home in
Albemarle Sunday from heart trouble.
His body was brought to Asheboro
Monday, and taken to Union Grove
where burial followed. Mr. McDowell
lived in Tabernacle township until two
years ago when he moved to Albe
marle. He leaves a wife and several
children.
Ex-Governor Glenn II! at Winston
Former Governor R. B. Glenn is
critically ill at his home at Winston-
Salem. He has been kept to his room
for weeks.