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THE COURIER Telephone 144 Mrs. Wid. C. Hammer, Publisher and Business Manager. Harriette Hammer Walker, Editor Wm. C. Hammer Estate, Owner. Advertising Rates upon application SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year, $2.00; Six Months, $1.00 Three Months, SO* Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Ashebone, M. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. Articles for publication must be in the hands of the Editor by 5:00 o’clock p. m., Tuesday. Letters to the Editor are welcome, boast all communications intended for pub lication must be signed. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1934. HARDY CHILDREN Asheboro’s school children are a hardy lot, likewise their teachers, to | withstand the almost unbearable cold of the school building. A recent en tertainment in the auditorium was dis continued because the parents would sit no longer, shiwering down their coat collars. The janitor was in attendance, feel ing radiators—apparently doing his best. It was late in the afternoon, it is true, but all the more reason why the room should have been comfortable when no heat was shared with class rooms. Members of the local board, claim the class rooms are comfortable and the teachers attempt optimism by saying1 some of the rooms are so nice and sunny that they are quite comfort able. But, what of cloudy, wintry J days? Shall our children and their teachers be dependent upon the sun shine for warmth instead of an ade suate heating plant while they are striving for an education ? The parents and patrons of the Asheboro school should look into this matter carefully. It should, of course, have been done before cold weather, but while the children are away from school for the holidays is the time to get busy on this matter. The existing situation would almost warrant heat ers with pipes stuck from the window panes—making a scene not pleasing, but the inhabitants of the building would be more comfortable than with the present plant that was never ade quate for the building. CHRISTMAS TRADE GOOD While people have been doing their Christmas gift shopping, they have indirectly been saying, “happy Christ mas” to the merchants of the country. Reports from many sections of the country reveal that “dollars falling yrith reassuring regularity into the ^ills of America’s business houses this month have established a Christmas trade reaching toward prosperity peaks.” The survey made recently by the Associated Press was nation-wide and points to a volume of retail shopping business “not precedented” in some sections to the enthusiastic estimates of gains over the same period in 1930 and 1931. The actual count will not be known with any accuracy until well into the new year, merchants are declaring that all things point toward an in crease over last year’s volume of from I 10 to 25 per cent. Some business men think the in creased business is a “spurt” that is attributed to the season, but these are in the minority and people every where are optimistic. This will make for a better spirit of Christmas— peace on earth and good will toward men. With Other Editors The Small Gift Who has not felt in these days the tug on purse strings when called on to help some appealing cause; Dis tress and need are so widespread, too, and one appeal seems to follow fast on the heels of another. We often think, when we allow our conscience to be touched, that we cannot in any event give a sum large enough to count; so give nothing at all. This is to under estimate the value of the gift that is freely and generously made, no mat ter how small the sum. The smallest gift when directed to the Neediest Cases is multiplied in use for the lar ger good. Are we not our brother’s keeper in the sense that when we have more than our neighbor in need, we should share?—New York Times. TREND OF WORLD AFFAIRS Germany is re-arming. Germany is building pocket battleships. Germany is building the largest air force in Europe. Germany is buying scrap iron.—These are some of the headlines constantly appearing. And Germany is saying: How about that clause in the Treaty of Versailles which said that other nations would be gradually low ering their level of armaments to the tn«k growth is freely broadcasted. But one item of Germany's activities is not ae freely publkizedj^rtjs^the Settle'country. England’s replanning Wan directly alter the World War. WP • “ bread is allowed an admixture of only from 10 to 15% of harder foreign wheat. On account of a short poiato crop the compulsory admixture of po tato flour has been abandoned. Go vernment lately has been standing be hind a slightly higher load which has been put upon the market and which must contain an admixture of 2^% of skimmed milk powder. The family boots must suffer be cause the country is trying all manner of substitutes for leather, fish skin being one of the new substitutes be ing tried out. The housewife must let no extra fat run down the kitchen sink, nor waste a drop of cooking oil. She has had to clean her attics, a nation-wide attic cleaning having been inaugurated—to lessen firehazards in case of air attacks, it was said, but every bit of old wool or silk rescued from comers and cupboards must be turned into threads which with new admixtures could be woven into cloth which might last somewhat and which looked attractive when coming from the factory. The new thread mostl> used is a synthetic one made from wood. It burns easily, goes into p e es in water, but holds up when v, ' - en into with reclaimed silk or wool. It is called vistra. The number of sheep rai.'jd n the country is to be quadrupled and groups are already being organized to teach the German housekeeper the best uses of lower priced cuts of mut For the poorest peasants food cards are being issued which enable them to buy the cheapest sort of margarine made from whale oil. Coal is precious, so is lumber. German lumber is softer than that imported from other coun tries, so the newly weds are being urged to buy furniture made from! German wood, and—perhaps hardest of all to the new bride—her wedding ring must not be gold, it must be made of cheap alloy. With all this tremendous effort at self-reliance Germany stands as the second biggest buyer of the world s goods and the third biggest economic unit in the world. Another point which should be stressed is that Germany is also trying out the home subsistance plan on land reclaimed or improved by the Labor; Service Army, for which every young German man is to be drafted, begin ning with 1935. These are among the points which | are little spoken of. A philanthropist or, better perhaps, a humanitarian who has been doing his bit for the last several years in Berlin says some thing like this: 1 have had to go from one end to another of Germany, I am learning to know the people intimately I have to go into Austria, the Bal kans, Poland, FYance. In every coun try the one thing the people are pray ing for is a chance to make a living, have a home, some sense of security ■ and happiness. If only their states men would let them alone, drop all this dickering and bickering! Peace; and a chance to make a living are what the people of every country want. THEY' DON’T MIX ON THE HIGHWAYS Whether you are a “wet” or a “dry”, this fact will interest you: Repeal of prohibition has resulted in a tremen dous increase in drunken driving, ac cording to reports of police bureaus, safety departments and similar organ izations. No one knows whether this is due to people drinking more now than during the prohibition era—but it is a fact that more people are taking drinks and then getting behind the wheels of their cars. A driver does not even have to be noticeably drunk to be dangerous. In vestigations show that very moderate doses of alcohol produce the follow ing effects on the average driver: Slower reactions, less uniformity in response, a narrowing of the field of attention, a rise in self-assurance which breeds recklessness, and a gen eral decline in mechanical efficiency. The change occurring may be relative ly slight—but when the driver is in sole charge of a hurtling mass of metal, it becomes important indeed. A man who shows few signs of his drinking, and is a pleasant and ra tional companion, may become a men ace to the public in his car. The “wets” of the country should take the lead in discouraging the drunken driver. ,He is one of the worst dangers to the cause they espouse— “alcohol on the highway” is certain to be used as a potent argument for prohibition. Today, with liquor legally on sale in the bulk of states, legisla tion to curb drunken driving should be made even stiflfer than in the past —and should be enforced to the letter. Alcohol and gasoline don’t mix. In HWham County, lespedeza growers report a surplus of seed for sale this winter. Great Advance In Treating Sore Throat You can’t expect lasting relief from sore throat when you use salves or gargles. A sore throat is due to an internal cause and as such should be treated Internally. Beal prescription medicine—Thoxine—does this. : Its two-way action not only re lieves the soreness in the throat but rfso goes deep into the system to <kive out cold and fever. Thoxine is pare, sstfe, pleasant to take. Guaran teed to relieve sore throat or coughs m 16 minutes or money refunded. Only 35c. ASHEBORO DRUG CO. Dempsey Barnes, M.D. Harvey L. Griffin, ML D fflms Mwr«wc< *& w** ^ £sJmb §§1| SagglS* :}'::’&:::i£fr& friTi TTrfTmmf rn <0M «%» i v*/r* v^^j;^^4j?g28^^tt{(B(Q63SKr3i5M| SS^i^SSPliSS ^HnH W^HSS&s $5?$? M| CONDENSED NEWS OF STATE AND NATION Important Happenings of the Current Week Written Exclusively for Readers of This Paper. I__ The North Carolina cotton crop, in cluding- government benefit payments, is estimated to be worth about $47, 125,000 to the cotton farmers. The state is expected to produce 650,000 bales this year. The price for the en tire crop is the largest of any year since 1929, when 743,000 bales netted $59,236,269. Two American missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Stam, are reported to have been found near Tsingteh, China, after being killed by bandits. Their two-months old baby was not found. Sixty high schools of North Caro lina are faced with the prospect of be ing dropped from the list of the South ern Association of Colleges and Sec ondary schools in December, 193„ un less they meet certain requirements. Only seven are likely to retain their membership, as they are the only ones that have a nine-months term. One hundred and - seventy-eight world war veterans will be accepted for duty in CCC camps next month, according to the announcement of Major Charles G. Montgomery, con tact officer of the Charlotte office of the veteran’s administration. J. Francis Gorman, organization di rector of the United Textile Workers, predicted Monday evening that an al liance of labor unions will be formed for a drive against industries now considered hostile to trade-unionism. The first woman aerial cop is Cora Sterling, of Seattle, Wash. She will patrol the skies for air regulation of fenders. On December 17, the thirty-first birthday of the airplane, America paid tribute to Orville and Wilbur Wright, ! who flew the first airplane, at Kitty Hawk. Attesting the marvelous devel opment of aircraft, air armadas roared over scores of cities. President Roose velt sent by air a letter of “grateful ‘ appreciation” to Orville Wright at Dayton, Ohio. Although he does not fly, Mr. Wright works, day in and day out, at his laboratory. A wreath was laid on the grave of Wilbur Wright, at Dayton, Ohio. The Federal government opened a drive against lawyers coupled with criminal gangs by arresting James C. Mathers in Oklahoma city and Ben Laska in Denver. Both appeared as defense attorneys in the trial of the notorious criminals convicted of ab ducting the wealthy Oklahoma City oil man. They were also linked with other criminal trials. A public forest area of fM12,000 acres for North Carolina is proposed by the United States forest service and agencies of the national resources board. The Russian government Monday executed 28 alleged enemies of the government, bringing the number .e4 death sntencs for {dotting terrorism to 108 since the assassination of Ser I_. Lady Says CARDU1 Eased Pain In Sadf (kwckmtt WAt TO CUBS ITCH Take a Warm bath, uae Reaves San itsary Lotion one time, take anotha warm bath, and you are positive!; I i gei Kiroc at Leningrad, Dec. 1. The Federal Reserve Board and De posit Insurance corporation reduced the interest rates on savings deposits i in banks from 3 to 2x/a per cent. The j new rates become effective February j 1. Plans are being laid for 5,600 balls to be held on President Roosevelt’s birthday, January 30. Col. Henry L. Doherty is chairman of the committee for the raising of funds to be used for1 giving medical and orthopedic treat ments to thousands of victims of in fantile paralysis in every state. The National Retail Credit associa tion reported Saturday that the buy ing public is paying bills more promp tly and buying more from retail stares. Sales on credit for November was given as 14.6 per cent higher than in November, 1933, while retail collec State highway programs, a survey indicated December 16, call for ap proximately 2,000 miles of roads and bridges at a cost of more than $50, 200,000 between now and spring. Ohio will lead in the program, spending $15,008,435 on 610 miles of road pro jects. Solid Steel Overhead Offered The Motorist First Time By Fisher Detroit, Mich. Dec. 17.—(Special)— Protection of solid steel overhead is to be offered the motorist for the first time with the introduction of the new car models at the turn of the year. This became known today when Al fred P. Sloan, Jr., president of General Motors, announced the development of the “turret top” by the Fisher Body Division of the Corporation in his quarterly message to the stockholders. “A very important step, from the standpoint of construction, will be tak en in the introduction in certain mo dels of what will be designated as the “turret top’ ”, Mr. Sloan’s state ment reads. “This innovation, now of fered for the first time, consists of the body and its supporting members be ing made completely of steel—a fea ture, up to this time, not found in any ti< iona was give) motor car, and an added contribution toward safety in motor transporta tion.” Further details were made public by E. F. Fisher, general manager of the Fisher Body Division with head quarters in this city, who explained that the new “turret top” is a single sheet of seamless drawn steel that ex tends from the windshield to a point well below the rear window, and is further strengthened by a series of heavy U-shaped metal 'bows under neath. “In the new Fisher ‘turret’ top body the driver and passengers are protected by steel on all sides, above, below, and at the front and back,” Mr. Fisher declared. “The entire front end from the in strument panel forward, and including the corner posts at either side of the windshield, is a single steel assembly. There is no back panel. The one-piece steel roof is brought down to form the top of the steel frame around the enclosed luggage compartment open ing. The quarter panels curve around to form the sides; the steel floor, with the necessary molding, the bottom. “Electrically welded into a solid steel unit and reinforced throughout by girder-type bracing, the component parts of the new body form a rigid structure, embodying the same archi tectural principles as those employed in the construction of the gun turret of a battleship—the strongest struc ture ever devised to withstand out side shock.” Besides affording safety heretofore unobtainable, Mr. Fisher points out that the one-piece construction of the “turret top” avoids the possibility of leaks, and at the same time adds to the grace and 'beauty of the flowing streamline design that will mark the 1935 models. , t . The “turret top” body is insulated throughout. A layer of %-inch insu lating material is secured to the un derside of the steel roof and other parts of the metal sheathing. To seal out engine noise and heat, the dash is covered with a felt and fibre board deadener, while a layer of heavy jute covers the flooring from front to back. Windows and doors are tightly sealed to keep out rain and chilling drafts. Improvements in the no draft venti lation system pioneered by Fisher Body also have been made. The doors $3.50 to $8.00 Permanents— SERVICE BEAUTY SHOP PHONE 417 CALL 397 AMBULANCE funeral directors EMBALMERS Pugh’s Funeral Home Worth Street Asheboro, N. G. An “ugh” and maybe a “how” might have been the way old Chief Jumping Horn said that he’d like for you to have a nice holiday. But we’ll be more to the point and aay A MERRY CHRISTMAS To You All! BERKHEAD AND NEELY INSURANCE — BONDS First NatL Bank Bldg. Phone 15 Y of the two-and four-door models have been widened. Greater leg and head room likewise is provided, and the seats are three inches wider. Engineering problems encountered in the production of the new body were tremendous, according to Mr. Fisher. Giant presses, some of them cap able of exerting a pressure of 1,950 tons, or 3,900,000 pounds, had to be designed and constructed especially, for never before in the history of au tomobile body manufacture has sheet steel been drawn and formed in such great dimensions, he says. These presses weigh 500 tons, stand more than four stories high, and utilise dies weighing from 36 to 64 tons. For RESULTS use THE COURIER Want Columns. J For RESULTS from your advertis &£ £££? —* « A DRINK WATER WITH MEALS good FOR stomach Water with meal* helps stomach juices, aids digestion. If bloated with gas add a spoonful of Adlerika. (w dose cleans out poisons ond washes BOTH upper and lower bowels. Asheboro Drug Oo.,—in Liberty hv Liberty Drug Store. y y MATCHLESS T%e Best of the lower Price Coffees. BELL COFFEE CO. _Randleman, N. C. Buy Your FIREWORKS From Gurney Patterson North Fayetteville St. May Yours Be A Merry Christmas Dreamland Mattress Co. Buy Your FIREWORKS From Gurney Patterson North Fayetteville St. Our greeting is an old one, but Christmas is a time for old songs, old wishes, old friends. So again we say to our customers, “Happy Holiday.” It’s a sincere wish that this happiest holiday will be enjoyed by those who were our friends when Motor Service Co. opened three years ago, and by those who have become our friends since that time. Ashebons N. C. Phone 275 WE’D LIKE to piaster our greeting on every wall, to reach all our friends, for we’re familiar with Christmas. We feel that we have a lot in common; we've both changed, somewhat, but we’ve kept our old friends and old spirit Furnaces have replaced Yule logs, eleetnc lights the candles on trees, but the spirit of the occasion still makes Christmas the happiest holiday. Out1 methods have changed, too, but the spirit back of the organisa tion still retains the best part of our business ... old friends. To these friends, our customers old or new, we extend our greetings. ‘ ’ - COVINGTON & PREVOST .C. m THE PI aw 64 and 23 * £ * r fo(&j C & Pfl N.O. Tl*
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