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NUMBER 11
Animal Seventh
Grade Exams Will
Be Given Mar. 21
To The Pupils Of Randolph
County Schools At Fourteen
Centrally Located Places.
Locations Given
No Pupfl WiH Be Promoted,
However, Unless Full Eight
Months Thn Completed.
The annual state-wide seventh
grade exantinetfena for pupils in the
public schools of Randolph county
will be held on Wednesday, March
21, beginning at 9 a. m. and lasting
until completed. Fourteen central
schools in the county have been
designated by T. Fletcher Bulla,
county superintendent, as places for
these exahanatemajo be held. They
will be conducted by principals of
these centrally located schools.
Mr. Bulla announces teat he will
not recommend the promotion of
any pupil who takes the examination
and passes same unless the pupil
completes tee full eight months’
term of school, unless a good and
sufficient reason can be given for
failure to complete the term. In this
connection, Mr. Bulla states teat
practically all tee schools in the
county will be conducted the full
eight months as allowed and re
quired by state law. '
Following are the centers select
ed for the examinations and the
schools to be served by these cen
ters, the name of the center ap
pearing first:
Trinity, Glenola, Flint Hill.
Liberty.
Kamseur, Patterson, Pleasant
Ridge, Pine HilL
Sea grove, Ulalv Hopewell, Welch,
Dunn’s Cross Roads, Mountain,
Rocky Mountain, High Fine, Oak
Glade.
Raadleman, Worthville, Sophia,
Level Cross, Mariboro.
Staley. ■/
Coleridge, Union Grove, Shiloh.
Tabernacle, Pleasant Hill, Pierce,
Mt. Pleasant, Poplar Ridge, Shep
herd, High Rock.
Providence.
Gray’s Chapel.
Franklinville.
Mt. Olivet, Cross Roads, Davie,
Antioch, Tragdon.
To Present A Play
At Gray’s Chapel
On Saturday Night
The faculty of Gray’s Chapel will
present a farce in three acts, “Aunt
Emma Sees It Through,” by Robert
E. Famdon, in the school auditorium
on March 17th at eight o’clock.
The participants are diligently
practicing under the direction of
Gleen Robertson of the high school
faculty. A small admission will be
charged which will go toward the
school fund. Following . are the
characters in order of their. ap
pearance:
Louise Adair, Aunt Emma’s T>ldest
niece, Leslie Johnson; Kathryn Adair,
Aunt Emma’s youngest niece, Dee
Aldridge; Aunt Emma, a maiden
lady of forty-five, Gladys Guthrie;
Dick Chiiskanson, an awkward man
of thirty, Joe Pugh; Jack Norris, a
self confident man of thirty, Prof.
Adam Hunt; Bud Gates, a business
like man of forty, Gleen Robertson;
Joe Sparks, a timid man of forty,
Odis Thomas.
Nephew Of Zebulon*
B. Vance Is Buried
In Pauperis Grave
H. Vance Shaw, well known in
eastern society and educated in
Europe, died at his little slimmer cot
tage near Morganton on March 9th,
and was buried in the potters -field.
Shaw, 76, suffered a stroke of pa
ralysis which resulted in his death.
Last Thanksgiving he Was injured in
an automobile accident and was
brought to a hospital in Morganton.
The man was « nephew of Zeb V.
Vance, educated at Heidelberg Uni
versity, he held the position of fash
ion designer on the Ladies Home
Journal and Modem Priscilla. -
It was only a few days prior to
his death that he revealed the fact
that in early life he was married to
Elizabeth Colgate, daughter of the
soap-dentifrice family, who died
after their second daughter was bom.
The daughters are at present in
Europe with their grand-mother,
Mrs. Jane Colgate Baker. Shaw told
hospital attaches that his wife's peo
ple did not approve the-* *
and hr had been ou£ «f i
them for years.
He owned only hisf*®
small — pit of jewelry
little WWr, «o he was
m
Shuping Is Named
Member National
Committee At Meet
Announcement was made on March
9th of the appointment of C. L.
Shaping, of Greensboro, to fill the
place as national committeeman from
North Carolina. Mr. Shaping, for
peon a party leader, replaces former
Governor O. Max Gardner, who re
signed a few months ago.
Mr. Shaping is well known in
Democratic circles and has made a
name and fame for himself that is
undisputed in the state. His
splendid record and outstanding ser-.
vice to his party were died as the
discussion of the mantle falling upon
his shoulders came before the ses
sion of the state Democratic com
mittee at a meeting held in Raleigh
on the evening of March 8th. Many
fine .tributes as to Mr. Shaping’s
ability as a lawyer, politician, and
citizen were laid at his feet with the
unanimous decision of the man to
fill this post.
Randolph Mills
At Franklinville
Improves Plants
By Addition Of Machinery,
Raising Height Of Dams
Beautifying Surroundings
Clean Up Week
Designated By Town Board For
Week Beginning March 19;
Senior Class Play.
Franklinville, March 12.—The com
missioners of Franklinville have de
signated the week beginning March
nineteenth, as dean up week. Hie
families are requested to cooperate
an cleaning their yards of all cans,
broken ware and tnubish, placing it
in sacks, crates or boxes in a con
venient place to load on truck*.
Hie Randolph Mill, Inc., ha* done
much work the. past few months,
repairing, improving and beautify
ing th plant. Additional napping
machinery has been added at mill
No. 2 dyeing machinery at mill No.
1, and more machinery to their
Roller Mill, They have also ar
ranged toran their mills with all the
water available by raising their
dams, widening and building up the
A. project From the Hunter bridge,
one can get a good view of Deep
River, Lover’s Leap, Laurel Ranks
and the historical Faith Rock.
Coleridge township singing con
vention will be held at Pleasant
Ridge church, Sunday afternoon
March 18.
P. C. Coat, and si^er, Miss Mary,
spent the week end with relatives in
Greensboro.
James Burke and Alton Rurke
have moved from their farm on 64
highway, North of town, to the borne
of E. C. Routh and Flavius Trog
don, of near Asheboro has moved
his family to James Burk farm.
Mies Vivian Wrenn made an ex
tended week end trip, visiting rela
tives in Asheboro and Sea grove.
The woman’s missionary society
of the M. E. church met Friday
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“Out Of The Dark”
Will Be Presented
’ At Colored School
“Out of the Dark/' that thrilling
pageant of the progress of the color
ed people which is showing at the
Randolph County Training School
next Monday night for its first ap
pearance in this section, created
sensations and evoked long applause
in other cities where it showed.
The play is now in its final stages
of preparation with all local school
casts taking the pants. A large
school chorus will ‘ be heard in
spiritual selections and folk songs. A
group of dances and other features
will also be seen. If anyone missed
"Green Pastures,” he should by all
means see "Out .of the Dark,” be
cause it is the next thing to it to
be seen in this section. From all in
dications the play will be largely at
tended. .
Pour Bankers Swell
Prison’s Population
Upon the arrival at the State's
prison von Monday <xf Thomas H.
Shipman, J. H. Piokeisdmer, C. R.
McNeely and Ralph Fisher, convict
ed on charges of violation of the
banking laws, the large number of
bankers who are members of that
large family in Raleigh, was swelled,
like four men, from. Transylvania
Bounty, were turopd over to Warden
K. HL Honeycutt, who has - found
it a bit difficult to decide upon what
mnfe to set the quartet at.
After a lengthy court trial the
case was appealed, then three of the
group were set free the four
present prisoners held; a Supreme
sourt point was drawn and the four
lost again. Then, after a question
»f whether or net a heavy fine was
Young Democrats
To Hold Meeting
In State Capital
Jackson Day Dinner Plans Be
ing Made And A Great Demo
cratic Meeting Expected.
Get Tickets Early
May Be Obtained At Any Time
Now; Local Folks May Get
Them, At Courier (Mice.
All Democrats of the state have
either received personal notice or
have been notified through the
public press of the Jackson Day
Dinner which will be staged by-the
Young Democratic Club in Ral
eigh on .the evening of March
thirty-first Instead of this state
wide event being just for the Young
Democrats, it is to be a general
rally of Democrats with the Young
Democrats in charge of affairs.
A number of tickets has been sent
to Harriette Hammer Cripps, at The
Courier office, in Asheboro, and
any person interested in buying a
dinner ticket is asked to telephone,
write, or come to the office for the
ticket. A special invitation has been
issued to the Democrats in Randolph
county by Mrs. May Thompson
Evans, president of the state organi
zation, who came to Asheboro, and
through several personal friends,
urged that all Democrats be made to
feel that they would not only be
welcome, but that the prime pur
pose of the meeting and dinner is
to get together—(both young and old
—renew old friendships, meet new
Democrats, and form campaign plans.
•One other important feature of the
event is the hour before the actual
dinner is served at which time,
everybody is asked to assemble and
talk—meet the candidates for the
spring primary and have a get-ac
quainted hour. This innovation was
the idea of the clever president, Mrs.
Evans, and will doubtless be one of
the most charming and profitable
features of the evening:
Nationally known, and state pro
minent speakers will be on the pro
gram for the speaking, which is al
ways one of the most important
items of a political rally. Music will
be furnished throughout the evening
and a dance will follow the dinner.
It is certain that “a good time will
’TOWPyJHWli ™ «n§Caiv BRr lire dm
ner—get your ticket early and have
your name “in the pot.”
Chilean Nitrate Co.
Features Southern
Heroes In Its Ads
Interesting And Little Known
Facts About Life Of These
Heroes Are Brought Out.
An interesting and little known
fact about the early career of Jef
ferson Davis is featured in a new
Chilean Nitrate announcement, one
of a unique series concerning this
natural product appearing in this
newspaper. The fact is used to em
phasize the long period - through
which Chilean Natural Nitrate has
been used to fertilize Southern crops.
Ira 1830 when Chilean Nitrate was
first used in the South, the man who
was to become president of the Con
federacy, was a young army officer
patrolling ‘“the north-western fron
tier” as the district comprising Wis
consin, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota
was known in those days,
A few years later Davis was a
wealthy cotton planter. Hjs planta
tions were in Warren county, Miss.
It was while he was thus engaged
that he developed his interest in pol
itics which took him so far in na
tional affairs. The first public of
fice for which he was a candidate
was that of State Representative in
the Mississippi house. Davis’ impor
tance as a cotton planter and the
sizeable fortune which he built dur
ing this period of his life, leads to
the belief that he may have been one
of-the early users of Ghilein Nitrate
on his yearly crops.
Jefferson Davis took seat in Con
gress December 8, 1845—fifteen
years after Chilean Natural Ni
trate’s introduction in the South.
When he rose to deliver his first
speech on the Oregon boundary is
SUfe__john Quincy Adams drew near
him, for it was Adams’ habit to lis
ten carefully to the first speech of
a ne\y member, apparently to dis
cover if it were worth while for him
to pay attention the next time the
speaker had the floor. At the close
of the speech Adams crossed over fo
some friends and said, “That young
man, gentlemen, is no ordinary man.
He will make his mark yet, mind
me.”
In each of the many advertise
ments in this series, all of which are
appearing in tjjis paper, interesting
historical facts about heroes of the
South are an important feature. ,
The Cedar Grove to
day school institute will
day, March 18, at 2:3
Nee' Union church. A
convene
March 19
nal dockets are about the u
site. Ia (he call 4f the ealeni
any case not" reached and
posed of on'the appointed
be called on £h* next day in |
ference to cases Sft for that <
Witnesses are net inquired to
tend until the d^r set for
ease in which they are snbpoeit
Witnesses will priore attends
when released for the term.
Boys’ Team Win* Out In Tour
nament Held Ilf Randleman;
Defeated Rttndleman.
Winner Three Years
— Lm
And Team Now . Has Perman
ent Possession Qf Cup; Team
Lost One Ganpe In Year.
Staley, Mar. 12.—fPhe Staley boys’
basketball team closed its season
Saturday night by defeating the
Ramseur boys in the finals of the
Randolph county tournament held at
Randleman. The s^ore was 32 to
28. The game was hard fought
throughout, the outcome being very
uncertain until the. Inst few minutes
of play.
Thp victory this year gives Staley
permanent' possession of the cup
which has been th4j trophy for the
last three tournaments. Ramseur
won the first Cop in the first two
years the tournament was held.
Again the third year Ramseur won
the new one which was bought.
However the fourth-year saw Staley
defeat Ramseur in Qte finals for the
possession of the prise far the first
time for any team in the county ex
cept Ramseur, .^Afeain this year
Staley, defeated -tfiif jagpe team for
jmunW i WMiiphtfdfcjjfcu finri
game. So, out of the five tourna
ments Ramseur and Staley have
wrested a trophy each, Ramseur hav
ing won three times and Staley
twice.
Staley, gambling with the Tam anti
cold wind on an outdoor court for
practice, managed to go through
the season suffering only one de
feat. That came through the hands
of the boys from Walkertown, in
Forsyth county. This game was the
final game for the class “B” cham
pionship in the Midstate Tournament
held at High Point College. The
crown went to Walkertown there by
one point, the final score being 20
to 19.
In the Randolph tournament this
year Staley won the first round by
defeating Franklinville 69 to 26. In
the second round the team eliminated
Seagrove with a score of 40 to 1.
Staley drew a “by” for the Thurs
day night game, and Ramseur defeat
ed Liberty in that round for the
honor of meeting Staley for the
final game.
Sootton and Williams at guard,
Cox at forward and Caviness at
forward and center were the out
standing members of the champion
ship team. Brown, Deaton, Allred,
Kivett shared honors for the fifth
place on the team.
^ -
Express Appreciation
The ladies of the Baptist church
of Asheboro express^ sincere appre
ciation to the ladies of the Methodist
Protestant church for the use of
their kitchen and dining room for
serving the American Legion ban
quet on Thursday evening.
Official Approval
Is Given County’s
School House Plan
T. Fletcher Bulla, county su
perintendent of schools, was no
tified Tuesday by the Local
Government Commission at Ral
eigh that the county’s applica
tion to the Federal Public
Works Commission for a loan of
$170,000 for school building pur
poses had been approved offi
cially and the project forwarded
to Washington. The approval
$170,000 is but 70 per cent
the total, the Federal govern
ment, in event the project is ap
proved, furnishing the cost of la
bor for construction of the build
ings included in the (dan. The
$170,000 represents the net
amount of the bonds that will
have to he issued by the county
for the school plan. Should the
will be
■the fo
nts to
lumbers
Asheboro Seniors
To Present Their
Play March 16th
“The Touch-Down” To Be Given
By Members Of The Class
As Their Annual Play.
Four-Act Comedy
Plot. Deals With The Ups And
Downs Of Ardwell College
Football Team; Cast
The Senior class of Asheboro high
school .will present the play, “The
Touch-Down,” by Marion Short, in
the school auditorium, Friday even
ing, March 16, at 8:16 o’clock. The
play is a four-act comedy, with
scenes laid in Ardwell College, a co
educational institution in Pennsyl
vania.
The plot deals with the “ups and
downs” and final triumph of the
Ardwell Football Eleven, with which
there is much humor and drama con
nected. With the varsity atmosphere
and singing of college songs, the
play is lively and entertaining
throughout.
( The cast of characters is as fol
lows: Grant Hayden, good looking
young chap of athletic build and
frank, open countenance, J. *B. Tay
lor; Robert Hayden, slender and
pale-faced, but dignified, manly, and
dominant, Frank Burkhead; Alfred
Woolfe, shifty-eyed and alert, Brown
Cropland; Gene Clark, football coach,
John Redding; Junius Brooks, heavy
weight sophomore, James Keever;
George Holman, foot-ball rooter,
Sam Hayworth; Henry Sumner, one
of the younger professors, John
Kirkman; Watassa Faulkner, a girl
student, with Indian blood, Edith
Milks; Rena Maynard, girl student,
refined and pretty, Dee Armfield;
Margery Carson, a college Junior
who lisps, Ann Ross; Dollie Sylvest
er, one of the twins, Edna Deaton;
Evelyn Sylvester, the other twin,
Eleanor Hughes; Priscilla Pairmalee,
the dean’s assistant, Mildred Lamb.
Tickets are being sold by members
of the Senior class.
The play will .be presented under
special arrangements with Samuel
French, publisher, of New York City.
H. B. Campbell and Hal Johnson,
of the high school faculty are
coaching the production.
.“The-Serial Of Mary
| Dugan,” A Gripping
Melodrama, Given
Presented Saturday Night And
Again By Popular Demand
Tuesday Night In City.
“The. Trial of Mary Dugan,” a
melodrama in three acts, was pre
sented at the Court House in Ashe
boro Saturday evening by the Little
Theatre, under the direction of
Harvey Cripps. So gripping was the
story of this young girl, charged
with murdering her lover, and so
clever was the acting throughout,
that there was a popular demand for
the play to be repeated on Tuesday
night. The Tuesday night perfor
mance was sponsored by the high
school Athletic Club who had charge
of the sale of tickets.
Many people from surrounding
towns in the county and visitors
from Chapel Hill, Southern Pines,
Pinehurst, Winston-Salem, Salisbury
and other places, expressed appre
ciation of the splendid acting as the
members of the Little Theatre por
trayed the various characters in the
play. While there were many splen
did pieces of acting, the cast as a
whole was quite evenly balanced.
Especially good was the acting of
the witnesses and the experts as they
were questioned by Larry Hammond,
acting as District Attorney and
Harvey Cripps, as defense for Mary
Dugan, as enacted by Miss Bobby
Gene Truesdale. Miss Clara Gill as
wife of the murdered man, and Miss
Virginia Barker, as their maid
were outstanding as was Mrs. Vir
ginia Miller as other witnesses.
Considerable comment was made
concerning the splendid lighting ef
fects achieved by Penn Wood Red
ding, electrician for the Little
Theatre.
Robert Wood, presiding Judge was
one of the 'best actors in the cast.
Local Scout Troop
Holds Court Honor ...
At Thursday Meet
Asheboro Boy Scout Troop 24,
met Thursday afternoon with Scout
Executive of the Uwharrie District
present and in charge of the meet
ing. A court of honor was held at
■which time twelve scouts and seven
tenderfoot scouts were taken into the
troop. The scouts were Clyde Mc
Pherson, Tal Rochelle, Steve Mill
saps, Jack Pugh, David Stedman,
Bob Allred, Robert McPherson, Billy
Allrod, Truitt Frazier, Ralph Cox,
Willie Green Bud Hedrick; tender
foot scouts, Robert Mabe, Rex Ellis,
Clifton McPherson, Jimmie Walker,
Herbert Richardson, Thad Moser,
Jack Bulkhead.
Ogburo Yates, scout master, is as
sisted by Clyde McPherson. A com
mittee composed of Rev. Berman
Stevens, Wiley Jones and W. C.
Grimes are assisting the troop in the
work this spring.
Top-dressing small grain with
quick-acting nitrate fertilizer is said
to be the most profitable operation
one can make with the grain.
Trinity Juniors To
I Present Their Play
On Friday, March 16
Trinity, March 12.—The Junior
class of the Trinity high school 'will
give » play, “Here Coates Charlie,”
a farce comedy in three acts, on
Friday night, March 10, at 7:45
o’clock. A small admission will be
charged. The characters in order
of their appearance follow: Nora
Malone, cook at Elliott home, Edna
Spencer; Officer, Tim McGrill, Nora’s
sweetheart, McDee Hall; Mrs. Fan
ny Famham, Larry’s aunt by mar
riage, Grace McGee; Larry Elliott, a
young business man, Francis White;
Ted Hartley, his old tune college
pal, John Bouldin; Vivian Smythe
Kersey, Larry Fiancee, Lucy Mills;
Uncle Aleck Twiggs, in charge of
Charlie, Clyde Ward; Charlie Hopps,
Larry’s ward, Nellie Mae Marsh;
Mrs. Caroline Smythe Kersey, Vivi
ans mother, Anne McGampbell;
Martimer Smythe jjprsey, Vivian’s
brother, Ray Cumby.
Ramseur Seniors
To Present Play
Friday, March 16
Annual Class Play To Be Given:
Class Members Have Been
Working Hard On It.
Scouts Hold Meet .
Investment Service Held March
6th, With 12 Girls Honored;
Society Meeting.
Ramseur, March 12.—Local mana
gers of Ramseur Furniture Com
pany: E. A. Riehm, secretary and
treasurer, and W. C. Trogdon, Supt.,
left last week for New York City
and Philadelphia in interest of the
company. They are returning this
week.
L F. Graven, secretary and treas
urer, Colombia Mfg. Co., left Sun
day night for New York City for a
week’s business trip.
Rev. J. ML Barber preached a
great message Sunday morning on
the subject; “Why W$ Are Here”.
Sunday night the service was in
charge of the Young People’s Divi
sion, who gave a splendid program.
On Friday night, March 16th, the
Seniors of Ramseur high school will
presents the &rma*i «fco» play, '*»
comedy in three acts, entitled, “Lis
ten to Leon”. The members of the
class, and their very efficient in
structors have been working hard
for* some time in order that a credi
table performance may be given. A
full evening of entertainment is as
sured the audience. The Seniors
composing the cast are: Elizabeth
Burgess, Edna Highfill, Rebecca
Parks, Chloe Welbom, June Bean,
Lawrence Burgess, Kenmit Pell,
and Franklin Williams. The play
will begin promptly at eight o’clock.
Admission will be charged.
C. E. York, Jr., entertained a
number of his friends at a party in
celebration of his thirteenth birth
day anniversary. Games and con
tests were the amusements. At the
conclusion refreshments were served.
Those attending the party were:
Millard Clark Coble, Fred York,
Allen Graham, Jr., Cecil York,
Harold Ellis, H. M. Stroup, Frank
Stout, Jimmie Wright, Garland Ellis,
Russell Craven, Joe Harris Marley.
Circles one and two of the Wo
man’s Missionary society of Ramseur
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Treasury Suffers
First Robbery In
Its Long History
The first robbery in the history
of the Department of the Treasury
was reported on March 7th when
$76.00 gold coin and eleven scrap
iron (bars, gilded in imitation gold,
supposed to represent $30,000 at the
Treasury Department.
Removing the screws from the
top of an exhibition case on the
first floor, the robbers removed
most of the contents, including the
coin and the iron (bars, and left the
building undetected.
The corridor in which the robbery
occurred faces Pennsylvania Ave
nue and is lined with cabinets con
taining gold, silver, coins, medals,
medallions and other relics.
Marshals Are Chosen
At Asheboro School
The Senior class of the local high
school has elected the following
members of the. Junior class mar
shals for commencement, and other
public exercises of the school year:
James Lane, Chief; Walter A. Bunch,
Ted Soddy, Sidney Trueadale, Mary
& Bunch, Catherine Cranford, Eve
lyn King. As required by the rules
of the school, all these marshals have
made college entrance grades, four
plus or more, on all studies in their
high school course and have shown
good deportment and regular at
tendance in general
Three new bulletins are available
free of charge to citizens of North
Carolina on application to F. H.
Jeter, agricultural .editor at State
College. The bulletins are: Exten
sion Circular 197, “Spraying For
Control of Apple Blight;” Experi
ment Station Bulletin 292, “Crop
Response to Lime and Fertilizer on
Much Soil,” and Technical Bulletin
44, “Hematology of the FowL”
Carolill Motor ,
Clubf%onsoring
7 Major Projects
State Chairman Of These Seven
Major Points Are Named;
To Name County Heads.
Club Most Active
Opposes Diversion Of License
Fees Funds To Other Than
State Road Purposes.
W. C. Turpentine, zone manager of
Carolina Motor dub, spent several
hours here Tuesday explaining the
various state and civic activities the
organization is sponsoring in an ef
fort to achieve safer operation of
motor vehicles, 'beautified highways
and lower and more equitable auto
motive taxes.
The seven major state committees
the club is sponsoring and their
chairmen are: Highway Beautifica
tion, Strothers Burt, Southern Pines;
Highway Safety, A. H. Gwyn, Reids
ville; Statewide Drivers License, John
Aiken, Hickory; Road Construction
and Conditions, Jos. P. Rawiey, High
Point; Uniform Motor Vehicle Laws,
Albert Coates, Chapel Hill; Motor
Vehicle Taxation and Diversion, E.
C. Brooks, Jr., Durham; Automobile
Insurance, John W. Hinsdale, Ral
eigh.
Mr. Turrentine pointed out that
these activities are being localized by
appointment of county chairmen,
who will supervise committees in
each county and community. Since
its organization in 1922 the Carolina
Motor Club has sponsored a wide
spread accident prevention program
and has consistently sought legisla
tion that will increase safety on the
highways and make motoring condi
tions generally more convenient and
economical. It has opposed discrimi
natory taxes and legislation affecting
motorists and has long taken the
stand that state license plate fees
should be reduced as much as possi
ble without endangering the credit
of .the state insofar as its bonded
indebtedness for highway 'bonds is
concerned.
The club has been most insistent
that there be no diversion of high
way funds for purposes other than
road construction and maintenance
and a recent joint meeting of the
state committees on Motor Vehicle
Taxation' and .
Road Construction and Conditions re*
iterated the importance of using
highway funds for highway purposes
only.
In addition to contacting chairmen
and committee members M,r. Turpen
tine is visiting branch managers,
representatives and official appoint
ments of the club throughout the
territory. His headquarters are at
Greensboro.
Demonstration Of
How “Knee-Action”
Springs Do Work
Detroit, March 12.—For a simple
demonstration of the advantages of
knee-action spring suspension, try
the elevator test. J. M. Crawford,
chief engineer of the Chevrolet
Motor Company, suggested the dem
onstration to some guests in the
General Motors building here, and
now everybody’s doing it.
In the elevator demonstration, the
passenger uses his own knees, but
the principle is the same as in
Chevrolet’s knee-action wheels.
“You can easily compare the ad
vantages of ‘soft’ springs over stiff
springs any time you ride in an ele
vator,” says Mr. Crawford. “First,
stand with legs rigid, knees locked.
When the elevator starts its ascent,
note that your frame and body are
jarred; you feel it all over. This
part of the test, of course, repre
sents a car with stiff springs.
“When the elevator has stopped,
relax the legs, bending the knees
slightly, and let the leg musdes just
barely support the weight of the
body. Now note the difference.
There is no jar when the car starts,
because the knees flex slightly and
the muscles, acting in the same way
as soft coil springs do in a knee
action car, yield readily and cushion
the jolt.
“Of course, the more sudden the
start, the more the knees bend; just
as in a Chevrolet car, the more
severe the jolts, the greater is the
cushioning action of the soft coil
spring.”
American Legion
To Celebrate 15th'
Year Of Founding
Dixon Post No. 45 American Le
gion will celebrate the fifteenth an
niversary of the founding of the
Legion tonight at a dinner to he held
in the dining room of the Methodist
Protestant church. Dinner will be
served by the ladies of the Baptist
church. More than a hundred mem
bers of the local legion poet and
auxiliary are expected. The mem
bers of the auxiliary are to be guests
of the legion members. War mothers
will also be guests of the post on
the occasion. An interesting pro
gram covering the local poet’s ac
tivities will be given.
Lespedesa planted on small grain
is an easy hay exoputd grow and? to
a(, quality hay crop to feed, says
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