Year 1930 Tenth
Anniversary Of 2
Important Events
Both Woman Suffrage And Pro
hibition Were Enacted In
This Country Ten
Years Ago.
Are Political Twins
But Neither Has Been An Out
standing Success—One De
pendent On The Other.
.Washington, April 8.— The year
1930 is notable for the tenth anniver
saries ttf two events in American po
litical history, prohibition and woman
suffrage. 'Hiey are closely associat
ed. In fact they were held at their
birth to be sort of political twins.
Prohibition could not have been writ
ten into the 18th amendment of the
constitution without the support of a
sentiment giving the ballot to women
as written in the 19th amendment.
And there is a feeling in the public
mind that the ultimate success or fail
ure of prohibition will be due to a
large measure to the success or failure
of woman suffrage and vice versa.
So far neither has scored the out
standing success its most ardent advo
cates hope for. Men have not quit
drinking and women at the ballot box
have not revolutionized politics.
In fact in the last ten years there have
been more corruption and scandals in
our state and national politics and in
our general electoral system than in
any previous ten years of. our history
as a republic. There has been for
more money spent for influencing the
ballot than in any previous ten years.
Indeed so far the exercise of the bal
lot does not seem to have resulted in
giving woman a greater moral power
in politics than she had been exer
cising without it.
But ten years is a very brief period
to judge the result of any great po
litical reform. Women were given the
ballot without experience and one may
count on the fingers of one of his
hands the number of women who have
shown a real genius for politics and
statecraft since the right was given
them to hold public office. So few of
them have demonstrated political ap
titude that when one does she be
comes an outstanding figure in the
public press, for example Ruth Hanna
McCormick.
Mrs. McCormick is a candidate for
United States senator in the Republi
can primary in Illinois against Sena
tor Charles S Deneen, the present in
cumbent. The election is today, (Apr.
8th), and has attracted unusual na
tional interest not only because Mrs.
McCormick is the first woman to
seek a seat in the senate but because
of her remarkable capacity for poli
tical stategy and organization. Wheth
er she succeeds of fails she has shown
*he is as clever at the game as the
cleverest of men politicians. She
Tmows men, that is she possesses a
politicians knowledge of human na-1
ture. She knows how to play on the
cords of the public heart.
Mrs. McCormick is the daughter of
the late Mark Hanna who made Wil
liam McKinley President in 1896. She
learned from her father how to play
the game of politics. She is also the
widow of the late Senator Medill Mc
Cormick who was defeated in 1924
by Senator Deneen. In her present
contest she is animated by a feeling
•of revenge, a feeling that usually fires
a woman’s heart to much higher pitch
of energy than it does a man’s. She
is out to vindicate the memory of her
husband. Mrs. McCormick, if she suc
ceeds in reaching the senate, may yet
make a bid for the Pres’dency. Her
ambition even surpasses her talents.
But she is the only woman so far
since women were given the ballot
who has demonstrated extraordinary
ability as a political strategist and
leader. Ruth Bryan Owen, the daugh
ter of the late William Jennings Bry
an and now a member of the House
of Representatives from Florida, may
show that she too is a chip off the
old block. She has some of her fath
er’s eloquence. However, since women
began to vote about twelve of them
have been elected to the house and
most of them have been sent there
'through sentiment. A number of
'them have been the widows of men
who died while members of the house.
But with the exception of Mrs. Me*
<©ormiek and possibly Mm. Owen,
no woman has won any real distinc
tion as a member of the house. Ho
one of them has held a chairmanship
of an important committee or has at
tached her name to an important bill.
No one of them has made a great
speech.
Of course practically the same thing
■can be said for nearly three fourths
of the men in the house. But women
have made no more distinct records
in elective offices in the state govern
ments. There have been two women
governors within ten years, Mrs.
Moss of Wyoming and Mm. Ferguson
of Texas. Mrs. Ross wes elected as
the widow of Governor Ross, her hus
band, and "Ma” Ferguson was made
governor as Na vindication” of her
husband, Governor Ferguson, who was
impeached by the state legislature.
Nearly every state legislature has had
women. members but no woman has
left her math on the ljistery of legis
lation in the first ten years of woman
*uffmg&'
And women will not achieve dis
tinction hi statecraft and polities till
they ale chosen for office on their
■own-records for ability and efficiency
«m legislators, administrators and
fudges, and not through sentiment on
.account of their sex or as the wives
•or other relatives of distinguished
public men. There are a number of
women holding executives positions
by appointment in the Federal govern
ment. They were appointed not from
sentiment ijor on the score of partisan
politics but on the basis of efficiency
and in their ability as executives they
have shown themselves every whit Jthe
gqual of men ip these positions.
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Hie Chililren’s Corner A dor^bmonds
Your Drawing Lesson
(No 2)
First you draw a letter ”C”:
Th*-n add a big round ring.
And next some sticks (yes, eight of
them)
My. what a funny thing!
And now you draw aonie nice
straight linen.
And make them run straight out;
And next an eye above those marks,
■fou'll form a eort of snout.
Now \dd a tall and make some feet.
And ..dd some dashes, too.
Before you know It you have drawn
An elephant for the aoo!
Lighthouse Adventures
PART IV
“1 stood at the stern near the
helmsman, watching the lighthouse
until It Anally completely vanished.
“The boat rode the waves buoy
antly, dipping and rising with the
swells, dragging behind It the seine
boat that was used for spreading
the net to catch mackerel. 1 was
fascinated by the medley of noises
that were strange to me, the suck
ing sound ns the bow slapped Into
I a furrow of the waves, and the
creaking of the blocks and braces.
“One of my new friends taught
me to tell time by the ship’s bell.
While we were listening It struck
>} eight times. This meant It was
» four o’clock. Half-past was one
$ hell, and he told me that when four
H hells came I .mid have my supper.
Rut lung before that time I was
‘J down In the galley, watching the
. cook prepare the food. I ate with
the sailors, and relished their fare
of corned beef and hard tack. They
made much of me, Joking and pre
tending to consider me one of them.
V Though 1 was shy among so many
:» strangers, I enjoyed their rough,
> kindly talk and could have listened
t*' to it forever.
“But soon after supper I realized
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executives is Mis9 Jessie M. Dell, a
member of the civil service commis
sion. Mrs. Bessie P. Bergeman is j
chairman of the United States Em-;
ployees Compensation Commission,
Miss Grace Abbott is chairman of the
Children’s Bureau, Miss Mary Ander
son is chairman of the Woman’s
Bureau under the Department of La
bor, and Dr. Louise Stanley is chair
man of the Bureau of Home Eco
nomics under the Department of Agri
culture. There are at least a dozen
other women who head important
bureaus and commissions in Washing
ton.
These women have won their posi
tion not because of their sex or be
cause of sympathy or pulls but be
cause they have demonstrated that.
they can discharge the duties as well;
or better than men can. The most
of these executive position are pecu- I
liarly women’s positions. For in-1
stance the work of the Children’s1
Bureau and of Home Economics is'
all in the line of woman’s experience
whereas nine tenths of legislation of j
congress is embraced in the experi
ence of men. With the rapid expan
sion of woman’s life her efficiency for j
holding political offices must grow.,
As woman becomes more efficient in
public life the cleavage line of sex
will fade, and some day still remote,
may be, it will fade out.
Report of the Condition of
THE BANK OF SEA GROVE
At Seagreve, North Carolina, to j
The Corporation Commission at the
close of business on the 27th day of
Marsh, 1980.
Loans and discounts .... $55,821.04
Overdrafts.. ........ 8.61;
Banking house . 3,500.00
Furniture and fixtures .. 3,390.00
Cash in vault and amounts
due from approved de
pository banks.'.. 8,561.57
Total
Liability
$71,27 If 22
Capital rtock paid in .... jpoopoo
Surplus fund ... 1,750.00
Undivided profits (net
amount) ............. 116.66
Other deposits subject to
check.. 25,283.00
Cashiers cheeks outstand
- ing .. 125.30
Time certificates ef depos
it (due oh or after 80
days). 10,906.26
Savings deposits (due on er
after SO days) .... 23,000.00
Total.. $71,271.22
State ef North Carolina,
County of Randolph: . ,
A. C. Harris, Cashier, Frank Au
man, Director' and E. B. Leach, Di-!
rector of the Bank of Seagreve, each
personally * appeared -before me tbis
day and, being duly sworn, each for
himself, says that the foregoing re
port is true to the best at his knowl
edge and belief.
A. C. HARRIS, Cashier
FRANK AUMAN, Director.
E. B. LEACH, Director.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this the 8th day of April, 1,980.
E. B. LEACH,
Notary Public.
My commission expires Jan. 31,
that 1 was very tired. One of the
men offered me his bunk. He
could sleep Just as well on the
floor, he said. And In spile of the
narrowness and berdness of my
bed and the lurching of the boat, I
soon feel fast asleep.
"When I awoke the next morning
we were In quiet wqter. l could
bear the captain on deck shouting
orders to his men. 1 ran out Into
the cool morning light and foond
that we were about to come to
dock, although most of our canvas
was still spread. On the pier s
small crowd of people was gath
ered to meet us. Just as It seemed
that we were about to crash Into
that pier, the boat made a sharp
■ turn and we came up broadside'.
The hawsers were flung, ana
caught by men on shore who made
them fast to the piles. We were
Id Host on.
“1 was eager to land, but it
seemed I must wait until the busl
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RANDLEMAN JUNIOR CLASS
PRESENTED PLAY MARCH 29
\ Randleman, April 5.—The junior !
' class of the high school presented a j
, three-act play, “Bashful Mr. Bobbs”
; Saturday evening, March 29, at the |
school auditorium, the characters were
as follows: Katherine Henderson, a
! young wife, by Mecia Short; Frederick
Henderson, her husband, by Grover
McCollum, Jr., Mra Wiggins, the land
lady, by Daisy Rabbins; Obadiah
| Stump, a fresh country product, by
Sam Bowman; Frances Whitaker, an
athletic girl, by Melissa Lambe;
Rosalie Otis, a society bud, by Mil
dred Brookshire; Robert V. Bobbs, the
Bashful one, Leard Brown; Jean
Graham, a Delaware peach, Mildred
Talley; Marston Bobbs, anything but
bashful, by Forest Matthews; Celes
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ness ot unloading was done. All
hands must work to get the perish
able fish to market as quickly as
possible. The barrels were rolled
over the dock side gnd hoisted by
derricks to the wharf, where they
were loaded onto carts.
“When Eric was cleaned up and
ready to go on shore I climbed the
ladder to the dock. There a great
many people were talking and
shouting to each other. Draymen
were backing their carts up to take
on barrels of fish. The owners of
the ship were bargaining with
tradesmen. Fishermen's families
were down to meet their relatives.
I was bewildered, and clung closely
to Eric as he lead me Rlong the
cluttered wharf Into the stone
paved street
“It was still early In the morning
Tbe street lay In shadow between
the gray warehouses. Many carts
rattled over the cobblestones with
their loads of shining fish, green
bananas, and golden flgs from Italy.
"I was so bewildered by the
many new things at which to look
that my eyes were everywhere. I
scarcely noticed when Eric sug
gested that be leave me to find my
way alone. ‘Keep right on as yon
are going now,' he said. 'The next
wharf Is Commercial Wharf, and
there you will find your store.'
“I was perfectly willing to go r»
myself, though sorry to say good by
to Eric. We shook hands and
parted.
“I walked along on the Inside
dock. A fleet of white-sailed ships
came In one after another, coasting
between the crooked wharves to
come to anchor nearby. Forgetting ^
for the moment my important er
rand, I stood watching them, and
was so absorbed that It was not
until I felt a sharp tug at my elbow
| that I came out of my dreams, and
j turned to find a ragged hoy stund
I Ing beside me.
(To Be Continued.)
ta Vanderpool, “Of the Movies,” by
Ruth Bryant; Julia, her French
maid from Paris, Ky., by Helen Stev
ens.
_
Denies The Charge
John j. Raskob, chairman of the
Democratic national committee, is tak
ing no interest in the Democratic
Senatorial contest in North Carolina,,
he declared in a statement to the
Greensboro Daily News Sunday morn
ing. The Saturday issue of that news
paper had carried in its Washington
correspondence a statement that Ras
kob was interesting himself in the
race between Simmons and Bailey.
Raskob advised the News that he held
the opinion that the national com
mittee should take no part in primary
contests, but confine itself to efforts
to elect the nominee.
1
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. Meyer’s
Carolina Easter
Fashion Revue
Thursday, Friday and
Saturday
At The
Carolina Theatre
—in which Meyer’s presents the important de
velopments of the 1980 season, including copies
of successful couturier models. Among these,
Chanel is outstanding. Her interpretation of
the mode caused a sensation at the Paris open
ings.
See these exciting new things amid a back
ground of special' scenery and unique lighting
effects! Expected to surpass in brilliance simi
lar events of the past !
. Feature film—taken from
Efinor Giya’s novel
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“Such lies are Dangerous”
Afflfclktaf Urr'Dmn
starring
Warner Baxter and Catherine Dale Owen
Old Liberty Chair
Company Building Is
Destroyed By Flames
Of Undetermined Origin—Was
Largest Fire In Liberty
Since March, 1926.
Liberty, April 4.—Fire, originating
from an undetermined source, de
molished an old wooden structure in
the center of town, formerly occu
pied by the Liberty Chair Company,
about 10:30 o’clock tonight, and
threatened several other buildings,
including the Dependable Hosiery
mill plant and the Foushee ware
house, administering several thousand
j dollars damage. It was the largest
! fire Liberty has witnessed since the
Liberty Chair company plant was
j razed in March, 1926.
[ While the fire attracted several
| hundred people to the scene, many
| of the onlookers, including some of
| the high school girls, with their
| party frocks, from a junior-senior
banquet, got a dip of water and a
shower when one of the firemen fell,
the pressure of the hose centering
on the crowd, knocking Tom Reitzel,
former mayor, to the ground.
The fire was discovered by Police
man A. A. Coble, and the building
was in a mass of flames beyond con
trol. In addition to the damage to
the building, the transmitters of the
North Carolina Power and Light com
pany, adjoining the building, were
damaged.
The building was owned by A. M.
Fogleman, who, until recently, oper
ated a picker stick plant there.
TO PRESENT PLAY AT
PARKS CROSS ROADS 1
“Deacon Dubbs”, a comedy-drama
in three acts, will be presented at the
Parks Cross Roads school building on
Saturday evening, April 12, at eight
i o'clock.
The play is one of pathos,
clean-cut rural comedy, and local color.
. The blunders of the kind-hearted old
Deacon in making love to Miss Phili
pena Popover, together with the ef
forts of the Swedish hired girl to
make Deuteronomy pop the question,
are sure to keep the audience in an
uproar of laughter.
Tickets will be sold at the door for
15 and 25c. The proceeds will be for
the benefit of the school.
J. L. Parrish, 80, for years active in
the political and civic life of High
Point, died Sunday morning following
an illness of a year. He was deputy
sheriff in Guilford county 20 years.
Final audit of the books of the Peo
ple’s Mutual Building and Loan Asso
ciation at Mt. Gilead, shows that Wat
er Haywood, former secretary and
treasurer of the organization, is short
$14,000 in his accounts. Haywood has
not been apprehended. Directors have
made good the shortage, and have
elected W. B. Cochran, cashier of the
Bank of Mt. Gilead, secretary and
treasurer. I
Announcement
Opening New Beauty Shop In
Croslands Store Today.
Permanent waving, finger waving, facials,
etc. Mr. Coltrane, formerly of Meyer’s
Beauty Shop, Greensboro, will specialize
in Ladies and children’s hair cutting.
Call 25 for Night Appointment
Croslands
Beauty Shop
Next Door To A. & P. Store,
ASHEBORO, N. C.
Saturday, April 19 Saturday, April 19
Auction Sale!
-at
Moffitt’s Army Store
troy, n. c.
This is our annual spring Auction Sale. This will.be
the greatest of all the sales as we have such a varied line
of goods to sell at your price.
Hardware; Furniture, especially large lot of chairs; leather
goods, farm equipment and government salvage goods, also
a large lot of Porto Rico Seed sweet potatoes for planting.
Plenty of peanuts for planting purposes. All to go at Auc
tion Saturday, April 19.
The Famous Reeves Bros. Auctioneers for
the day.
WE HAVE THE GOODS COME AND SEE FOR
YOURSELF
Moffitt’s Army Store
TROY, N. C.
FOOD VALUES
At your A&P store* that represent savings to you. At
your A&P store you will find the nationally advertised
brands as well as local favorites at prices that are un
usually low.
LOW PRICES ON
COFFEE
Continued
In appreciation ol ilie wonder
ful .espouse U> our coffee sale ef
Inst week we are continuing the
low i»rli-es on I he follow lug of uur
nationally advertised coffees:
8 O'CLOCK
the largest Sulltat
Coffee l» America. I
BOKAR
tJIII'l'Kt «DI*WflUI
III* Hit* U*#o- U.
dlthaa Coffee 110
Buffet Size
FRUITS
can 10c
\&r fancy
APPLE
SAUCE
2 Si.* 25c
WHITE UOVSE
evaporated
MILK
lull
f'ANI'T tlAHIU
RED SALMON
No. 1
Tati Can
29c
SAUER KRAUT .ri-’s. 19c
TENDER CORN 10c
3 cans 23c
ttUAH.UK MAUI
BEANS
Oven
Baked
SUMNmSU)
SLICED BACON
PWf.
PEACHES
2 ST 49c
CHERRIES
Me. I
ZOc
Untie
Can
FRUIT SALAD
No I
PINEAPPLE
SLICED or
CRUSHED
2No* 1
Cana
No. S
Sliced sr 29c
ASPARAGUS
TIPS
"* 29c
SPINACH
2 XT 35c
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NBC
ASSORTMENT
DELUXE
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29c
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3pkt$.25c
The Great Atlantic a Pacific Tea Co.
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