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always abreast with the changing time in RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS THE COURIER THE COURIER AND ASHEBORO MARCH IN STEP—AHEAD BOTH ARE LEADERS rpj»j.WEEKLY /PLUMP lx Est. As The Regulator February 2. 1876 Oldest Taper Published In Randolph Cotint y PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, DEC78~1936. Changed To The Courier September 13, 1879 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDA^ NUMBER 88 jdward Is Firm Concerning His Personal Rights Urs. Simpson Offers To Give Lip Her Love For English Monarch King Is Adamant English Government Con tinues To Consider Mor ganatic Alliance With Mrs. Wallis Simpson wir ing to give up her love for King jjward of England, the fight rages ,n ami on, with Baldwin holding ,is position and the King claiming iis right to select his own wife. jn a simple statement, the com noncr whom Edward would make u's wife, proclaimed to the world id readiness to give up her love o that the King of England could narry according to the dictates of jnpire. The King was firmly resolved to parry Mrs. Simpson, Prime Minis ei Stanley Baldwin told the House if Commons earlier in the day. His pecch, however, let it be strongly nferred that the question of :i Queen Wallis” had never been cached by either himself or Kd tari in their many discussions of he situation. Baldwin’s speech thus presented o the empire and the world these official stands in the struggle be ween th.e throne and love: 1. Edward's insistence on marry ng Mrs. Simpson.' 2. Mrs. Simpson’s readiness to urremler her love to the crown. 3. The government’s refusal to jerinit a morganatic union. 4. Baldwin’s assurance that the Dominions, after the King’s final Iccision be made known, would mve the opportunity to express heir views. Despite anything Mrs. Simpson night do or say, Edward’s inti nates insisted the struggling Sov ereign never would allow their 'uture happiness to be frustated >y the eode of Britain’s Kings. In their darkest hours’ friends •id. Mrs. Simpson repeatedly had feieedind the 'Monarch to give -her in to save his throne. Prideful of his deep and sincere iflection. the Monarch spurned all ueh tearful entreaties, they said, even coming as they did from the ips nf the person he held closest to iis heart. Edward, thev said, would follow the dictates of his heart no natter what the world, his govern ment. or his ehosen one herself ihnuhl urge him to do. Edward, friends of both him and Mrs. Simpson said, consented to icrmit her to flee to the Cannes r>Ua of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rog ers only after making clear his de termination not to give up either his throne or his love. Violin Duet Played At Epworth League A very interesting meeting was wrange<l and conducted last even ng at the Epworth League of the I ^irst M. E. church by Miss Eliza »th Harrell. Choosing as her opi< “Our Firsts To God,” the Tog ram was opened with a pro lific' by Miss Ethel Johnson.'After he quoting of John 3:16 “For God o loved the world that He gave lis only begotten Son that whoso sver believeth in Him should not >erish but have everlasting life.” A violin duet was played by David itedman and Gerald Ford. "Joy to he World”. Romans 12:1, 2, 9, 21 was read is the scripture lesson by Miss Mary l.rown. She then read a poem elating to the topic of discussion. | Several short talks were made by Hiss Virginia Cross, Miss Helen rhompson and Miss Elisabeth Har 'd!. Miss Marion Stedman led m •rayer. After the singing of the i.vmn “Take My Life and Let It He, Consecrated Lord to Thee’ the meeting was brought to a close by the repeating of the league bene diction. Fox Driver Hurt In Collision Mon. F. L. Preanell, driver for the Fox Laundry, who was hurt in *n automobile collision on High ly 220 just north of town Mon day afternoon, is reported rest ing well at his home today. Mr Presnell suffered a chest injury nhich is not betievod to be •crious. The crash occurred abaut 5:30, *» Mr. PresnellAf driving the laundry truck, attempted to turn J*ft into the road leading to the Garland Lake Dairy. As he did *• *•»« truck was struck by a co*n|i»«- toward Aaheboro. Milch he failed to see, it is said. “°tb the truck and the car were •adly damaged, hut the other ■ri»er escaped with alight cuts' •*d bruises, which were treated ; the Randolph hospital. j REFUGE OF MRS. SIMPSON EXPECTED TO BE CANNES | In Ihe famed resort of Cannes, in the French Riviera, Mrs. Wallis Simpson is expected to remain in seclusion until the hue and cry of the crisis stirred by her romance with King Edward VIII has subsided. Ihere, in the hills rising back of the harbor, reside her American friends, .'.Ir. and Mrs. Herman Rogers. The waterfront of the city, one of the leading play and rest places of French society, is shown in the above picture, with yachts dotting the harbor and splendid buildings facing the Mediterranean inlet. Jimmy Walker and Betty Compton resided in Cannes for a time after their marriage, in one of its beautiful villas. Likeness Of Stars : At First Christmas Planetarium Reproduces Ap pearance Of Heavens At Time Of Birth Of Christ Star Of Bethlehem Mention Of Eclipse Leads To ]}e.ief Christ Was Born In Year 4 B. C. As a contribution to the Christ inas spirit the Fels Planetarium in Philadelphia has reproduced the exact appearance of the heavens, complete to each star in the place it occupied so long ago, just as they appeared when the Star of Bethlehem looked down on the birth ot Jesus. A Christmas pro gram appropriate to the represen tation of the heavenly bodies is given twice a day throughout December and three times each Saturday and Sunday. The exhibition, entitled “Skies of the. First Chri6tmasJ\js in two parts: first a discussion of the skies at the time of the birth of Jesus, and second, the scriptural prophecy, account of the ap pearance of the Star of Bethlehem and the message to the shepherds. Music arranged by Guy .Marriner, associate director in charge of music at the institute, adds to the characteristic atmosphere. As the lights slowly dim, early Christian and medieval melodies float down from the dome which i.1:3 faint blue of night spreads nv steriously. Suddenly the full bla/.i of the stars appears—just as they might be seen at that hour above Philadelphia itself. As Janies Stokely, planetarium director, de scribes wljat is taking place, the movement of the instrument car ries observers to the latitude of Palestine and then back through the centuries to December 26, Four B. C., which is thought by many to have been the actual date of the birth of Jesus. The event took place, Mr. Stoke ly points out, during the reign of King Herod, who according to the Jewish historian Josephus, died shortly after an eclipse of the moon. As the planetarium shows the only such eclipse which occur red in that period was on March 13, Four B. C., so the Nativity apparently must have been earlier than that. The planetarium then turns back the starry heaven to their ex act position on December 26, Eight B. C. To move slowly forward to i the same date in Six B. C. when the planets Saturn, Jupiter and Mars shone closer together in the western evening sky—a striking spectacle which may have been the phenomenon which attracted the attention of the Wise Men of tV East, who probabll were deeply concerned with astrological sym bols. To the astrologers of that day, Saturn held a special significance for the Jews, while the conjunction of the three planets occurred in the constellation of Pisces, the fish, a symbol of the Jewish people. A little later Saturn and Jupiter j ! were joined by Venus against a background Of the same constella tion, producing an equally notice able and brilliant effect. The second part of the program interprets the Biblical narrative in the manner of religious art. A bril liant, pointed star appears and Is surrounded, hy light shapes, sug gesting wings ftnd opening petals of glowing color. A voice reads passages from the Bible, music swells and recedes, and finally in a dim blue arch be low appears the silhoutte of n Nativity scene, which slowly em erges, as front and side lights are added, into rounded form and color. Then peals of bells break Jnto the calm atmosphere as the dawn spreads over the great dome. SC News Flashes -from Everywhere EXPECT LOBBYISTS AT GENERAL SESSION ltalcigh.—Lobbyists are already reported to be gathering in Raleigh to get the special session of the as sembly to consider other matters ill addition to social security. Among the groups said to be in waiting for the legislators are the liquor interests, anti-sales tax men, and a huge body opposed to divi sion of highway funds. CONDITION OF POPE CONSIDERED SERIOUS Vatican City.—Varying repoits on the condition of Pope Pius XI, who is suffering from paralysis and a complication ot diseases, continue to come from officials of the Roman Catholic church. How ever, the fact that chapters of four major Papal Basilicas were asked Monday to give special prayers for him led tq a, Relief that his illness is serious, since this ritual usually occrfrs when a pope is in a critical condition. RUSSIA ACCLAIMS NEW CONSTITUTION Moscow.—-Heralded as a beacon to workers in the entire world, the new Russian constitution was publicly proclaimed Sunday as more than 2,000,000 paraded through Moscow’s famous lied Square. The constitution estab lishes two houses of Parliament, both of which are to be elected by direct vote of the people, and is declared to be a great victory for communistic principles. Soil Conservation Blanks Now Ready E. S. Millsaps, Jr., county farm agent announced this morning that ho now has application certificates for payment under the soil conser vation program ready for signing. Everyone receiving payments, both landlord and tenant, must sign, and* the county farm office is holding a series of meetings for farmers to sign these certificates. The meet ings will be held as follows: Thursday, December 10: Brown's Cross Roads, 8:30 to 12:00; J. A. Ellis’ store, 12:30 to 2:00; Moffitt’s store at Coleridge, 2:30 to 4:30; L. H. Smith’s store at Liberty, 8:30 to 12:00; Providence school, 1:00 to 4:30; Cameron’s store at Tab ernacle, 8:30 to 10:00; J, C. Ridge’s store, 10:30 to 12:00; Farmer, 12:30 to 2:30; New'Hope school. 3:00 to 4:30. Friday, December 11: Pleasant Grove school, 8:30 to 10:00; Erect, 10:30 to 12:00; Seagrove Hardware company, 1:00 to 2:30; S. A. Cox's store, 3:00 to 4:30; Gray’s Chapel, 8:30 to 10:00; Level Cross, 11:00 to 12:00; Trinity, Royals’ store, 1:00 to 4:30; Sophia, 8:30 to 12:00. j Wrap Parcels Well For Christmas Mail Declaring that during the hoii-' day time the volume of mail in- j crease? approximately 200 per j cent, post officials have repeated, their appeal to the public to mail I Christmas presents and letters i early. A week or ten days, depend - j ing upon the distance of the dcs- j tination, should be allowed for all mail to insure its reaching the re ripient by Christmas. Advise concerning the wrapping of packages is also given. All t parcels must be securely packed j and wrapped with strong paper and heavy twine. Articles easily broken or crushed should be wrap ped specially well and should be marked “Fragile”; pareels contain ing perishable articles should be suitably packed and should be i marked “perishable.” Ramseur Feeling Christmas Cheer Stores Decorating With Holi day Goods; Churches Planning Programs Annual Xmas Party — G. Ed York Has Guests On! Week’s Hunting Party; Texas Oil Officials Ramseur, Dec. 8.—Ramseur i# beginning to warm up with the spirit of Christmas. Merchandise stocks speak for themselves, that; the great occasion is almost here. Somehow, the boys and girls are better behaved, plans are being made for trips at the Christmas time, or for visitors to be with us, the several churches are prepar ing fitting programs; there is a feeling in the air that we are again about to celebrate the birth of the Christ Child. An annual event will take place on December 19th when the music, department will have their annual Christmas party at the home of Mrs. N. F. Phillips. Frances Bald win, Henrietta Parks and Mason Buie will have charge of the pro gram. This will be a great event for the large class of music pupils that makes up this department this year. The honor roll for last months is1 as follows: Mary Carter Jones, Margaret Anne White, Bob White, Nancy Stroupc, Louella Stout, Loure Langley, Dorothy York, Patty York, Elizabeth Coward, Fannie Coward, Mason Buie, Obeu tle Whitehead, Juanita Whitehead, Vaughn York, Frances Baldwin, Ruby Burgess, Mary Ruth Cox. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cox and Mrs. Sarah Cox spent the week-end with friends at Oxford. Prof. J. H. Mitchell of Franklin villc filled the appointment of Rev. H. M. Stroupe Sunday at the Baptist church here. Boyd liightsell and Hugh York made a trip to Florida recently. G. Ed Yovk has as his guests for the week Mr. Kibbie, assistant vice president, Texas Co., of New York City; P. M. Isibel, district man ager, Norflok, Va.; R. B. Allen, as sistant district manager, Norfolk, -Va., and R. R. Judley, Texas re presentative of Greensboro. These visitors will enjoy bird hunting and other entertainment as the guests of Wr. and Mrs. York this week, this being the first visit of some of the party we trust it will j be one of enjoyment to them. Mr. York, their host, is the Texas distributor for this section and as everyone knows, one of the j livest business men of Ramseur. Two Houses Burn Outside City Limits Monday Morn Bursting out in the middle of the night, fire destroyed two houses just behind Hasty’s cafe and filling station on Highway 70 in the early hours of Monday morning. Asheboro’s volunteer fire department promptly answered the alarm, turned in at 1:30 a. m., but could do little as there was no wat er available, the houses being out side the city limits. The fire started from an un known cause in the larger house, a two family, a ten room structure occupied by the families of Madi son Dean and John Presnetl. It had spread to the other, four room house, only some twenty feet dis tant, occupied by J. Van Owen and his family, before the fire com pany arrived. The houses were owned jointly by George Hasty and j Sam Skeen. The occupants of the two houses | are ail believed to have been sleep- j ing when the blaze started and it j had gained considerable headway j before anyone discovered it. ThOj Superior Court Is | Limited To Three ; Days Closing Wed. E |Will Consider Criminal Cases i And Uncontested Civil | Matters Only i jj Term In February j aNext Week's Term Shortened Because Of Illness Of I Judge Hill’s Wife The Randolph County Superior Court will be confined to a three day term, December 14, 15 and Ifi. I luring which will be heard criminal :ases and such uncontested civil natters as do not require jury rial, it was announced this morn 1 ng. However, there will be a twoi veeks civil term, presided over by | Fudge Felix E. Alley, beginning, February 1, to compensate for the loss at this time. Rumors and counter-rumors were flying about the court house this morning concerning next week’s court. With the term a! ■ ready cut to one week because there was no available judge to take the first week, it apeared for a time that the second week, too. would not be held. Monday night, H. M. Robins, chairman of the Randolph County Bar Association, was notified by telephone from the governor’s of fice that a previous request for a two weeks’ civil term in February had been granted. At the same time Mr. Robins was informed that Judge Frank S. Hill, who was to preside over next week’s term, had requested that this term be (Please turn to Page 3) Ministers Name Officers Monday The Asheboro Ministerial As sociation met Monday and held its annual election of officers, which . resulted in the reelection of all the present officers. They are Dr. S. W. Taylor, Methodist Protestant church, president; Rev. H. A. Parker, Friends church, vice presi dent; and Dr. C. G. Smith, Presby terian church, secretary-treasurer. | A report of the Thanksgiving i union service and of the fifth Sun ! day union vesper service was de ! livered. The spirit of cooperation ; among the various churches and | congregations was 'highly praised. Dr. C. G. Smith and Rev. Howard P. Powell were reappointed as a committee to arrange for the next ' fifth Sunday union service. Because of the bail weather the meeting of the Randolph County Ministerial Association was post poned. College Choir To Give Musicale, 13 Greensboro, Dec. 8.—The college vested choir of 125 voices at the Woman’s college of the University | of North Carolina will give a con I cert of Christmas ballads of many lands Sunday afternoon, Decern I ber 13, at 5 o’clock in Aycock auditorium. George M. Thompson, of the faculty of the school of music, directs the choir. The pro , gram will be made up of ballads | from England, France, Germany, ! Italy, Burgandy, Flanders, Bo | hernia and America. I The Woman’s college choir is one of the largest choirs at any southern college for women. The j personnel of the choir is chosen from students in all departments of the college, and solo parts are j sung by students of the voice de ! partment. Accompanists for the choir are Miss Elizabeth Drake, of Scotland I Neck, and Miss Kathryn Tate, of Wichita, Kan. families in the larger house, in eluding several children, are re ported to have had a narrow escape from being burned. Other than that the fire ap parently started inside the larger house Fire Chief Clarence Rush said there was no way of determin ing the exact origin or cause. The houses were a total loss and prac tically all of the furniture was also burned up. When the firemen reached the scene they realized that without water nothing could be done to save the buildings and removed as much of the furniture from the Owen’s house as they could. The heavy downpour of rai?t which began just as the firemen arrived greatly hampered their ef forts and had little effect on the fire .To cap a disagreeable night the fire engine got stuck in a muddy side road and had to' be left for a tractor to pull out in the morning. t Commissioners Na Officers; Taking O; For Service To Con 4. Register Deeds Also Takes Oath Two New Commissioners Aiui One Reelected Are Sworn In By Clerk Roulh Hold Business Qaocinn A ftor Board Names M. E. Johnson Chairman For Second Term Of County Service At the meeting of the county commissioners on Monday, Decem ber 7th, three commissioners, nam ed in the November election, and R. C. Johnson, register of deeds, were sworn in by Clerk of Court Rufus Routh. Mr. Johnson takes the oath of office for another term of office. This is also true of M. E. Johnson of Ramseur chair man of the board of commission ers. Taking oath with Mr. Johnson were A. B. Beasley and Glegg; Garner. Sheriff King was also sworn in There was no ceremony for this occasion nor speech making as was the case in many county seats in North Carolina. The Randolph of ficers took the oath of office and , immediately set to work. At the afternoon session of the board, following the taking of of fice, the board organized, again re electing M. E. Johnson chairman. C. M. Hayworth served as tem porary chairman while the organization transpired. C. M. Hayworth was made custodian of the court house with Clegg Garner appointed in charge of the county home property. A. B. Beasley and J. B. Farlow were given charge of the other outside county property. Other appointments were deferred until a later date in order that the board might transact several mat- j ters of business before them foi'i the day. I It was ordered by the board that .$25 be transferred from the out side poor relief fund to the wel fare department to be used for em I ergency relief. J. F. Wilson, constable of Trinity township, presented his bond in amount of .$1000 which was accepted. It was ordered that the superin tendent of the county home pre sent each inmate of the home such Christmas present as he thought fitting. Repairs for the county jail were to go forward under the direction of C. M. Hayworth, according to the wishes of the board. Mrs. Bertha Cox Rochelle was ■ approved for certifying agent for Randolph county, subject to the approval of the state. Mr. Lloyd presented the names of Uriah Lam be and Mrs. Lam be for care in the Randolph county home. After hearing briefly the repori of Sheriff Carl King and passing several resolutions, the board ad journed to meet in extra session, subject to call of Chairman John son. Last Program Of Lyceum Course Mon. In the opinion of the majority | of those present at the finale of j the Lyceum series, the three act comedy, “Cricket,” was the best of the four attractions brought here by the Kiwanis club. The cast was talented and well trained, while i the play itself afforded the maxi | mum enjoyment. The Park street auditorium seemed more nearly filled Monday evening than for any other of the Lyceum programs. Everyone, ap parently, wanted to be on hand for last of a series of entertainments, j which have been very popular | throughout the four weeks they | have continued. The cast was small, consisting of two men and two women, with one of the men taking two roles. Their acting was consistently easy and unaffected, and they rose in a na tural manner to the demands of the emotional scenes which made the prevailing comedy more humor ous. The plot itself kept the interest of the audience alive from the opening scene. It showed Cricket, a young girl, coming to work as a maid in the home of a congress man whose family was rapidly go ing to pieces. Her sympathetic and understanding character gradually erercised a beneficial influence over the household, so that the father was saved from suicide, the son from disgrace, and the whole family brought to a sense of re sponsibility for and interest in each other. Father Slayer Faces New Trial I i Editli Maxwell Is» # illfc Judge Ezra T. t arter In the grim little mountain com munity of Wise, Va., along the trail of the lonesome pine, Edith Maxwell, shown above in a new picture, again fights against a pri son sentence for slaying her fath er, Trice Maxwell. Convicted of killing her parent with a slipper during an argument, the fo'rmer school teacher was sentenced to 25 years, then won a new trial before Judge Ezra T. Carter, shown be low. N. C, School Law Before The Court Mr. And Mrs. E. E. Baker Of Trinity Bring: Restraining: Order For Principal Upholds The Law Superintendent Bullock Re fused Child Admission Under Present Law For the first time in Randolph county state school law requiring a child to be six years old by the first of October to attend school that year has been questioned in court. County Superintendent T. Fletcher Bulla revealed Monday that Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Baker of Trinity have obtained a restrain ing order according to the terms of which A. R. Bullock, Trinity principal, must allow their daugh ter, Betsy, to attend school until the court hearing, though she was not six until November 22. The hearing is set for December 18. The child did not attempt to enter school, Superintendent Bulla, said, until she was six, but since this was later than October 1, Mr. Bullock, following' the state law. refused to permit her to do so. The parents then got the restraining order, and at present the child is attending school. Several similar cases have been brought up in other counties, with the court usually upholding the state law. However, appeals from a couple of these decisions are pending, and there seems to be a good deal of dissatisfaction on the part of many parents with this law. LIBERTY GIRL IN DEBATING TEAM Greensboro, Dec. 8.—Two debat ing teams represented the Wo man’s college of the University of North Carolina at the Strawberry Leaf festival tournament held last | week at Winthrop college. Rock j Hill, S. C. The contest opened j rhursday and continued through Saturday afternoon. Students on the affirmative team were Miss Hermine Carraway, of Wadesboro, and Maxine Garner, of Liberty. The negative team was :omposed of Misses Betsy and fane Dupuy, of Greensboro. Republicans Now Faced With Huge Rebuilding Task I Involving Treatment Of West ern Independents Who Have Broken Ranks To Affect Future Will Party Be Rebuilt Along Conservative Or Liberal Lines, Is Point Republican leaders in Washing ton are busy conferring about the rebuilding of their party. The pro blem under discussion involved the treatment of the western indepen dents who divide into two groups, some calling themselves Republi cans while others are known by other titles. The decision of this matter will affect the lines along which the party is rebuilt, whether liberal or conservative. Many of these legislators hare failed to support recent presidenti al nominees of the party. The im mediate problem is whether to in clude them within the Republican organization in the Senate, giving them assignments to committees through the party, as in the past. Leaders are being urged by some to purge the party ranks of all those who have wavered in recent years. But tentative decision has been reached to extend the party cloak and ask the independents to sit with the Republicans in com mittees and on the floor. Senators involved include pri marily Norris of Nebraska, now an independent; La Follette of Wis consin, now a Progressive; and the two Farmer-Laborites, Shipstead and Lundeen of Minnesota. The problem also involves many others, however, including Sen ators Borah, Republican of Idaho; Johnson, Republican of California; Frazier, Republican of North Da kota; Nye, Republican of North Dakota, and Norbeck, Republican of South Dakota, all of whom hate supported opposing presidential candidates or have remained silcirt during recent campaigns. Heretofore they have been treated as Republicans in commit tee assignments, including La Fol lette and Shipstead, who were un der other party labels. But, what makes the problem more acute at present is that Re publican ranks have become so slim that the good committee posts arc few and far between. On a strict ratio, basis, the Republicans arc not entitled to one committee post to each five that go to Dem i ocrats. If committee ratios should be cut down to the 5-to-l basis, or even 4 to 1, it would mean few Republican posts on the big com1 mittces. Scarlet Fever Is Leading Disease Scarlet fever topped the list of communicable diseases in Randolph county in November with 25 cases, according to statistics compiled by the county health office. Chicken pox also showed a large number of victims, 17 cases of this disease being reported. On the other hand, a commend able depreciation in the number of cases of venereal diseases was evident, there being only three in November. Also reported were two cases each of diphtheria and lobar pneumonia and one of German measles. Itrat ❖ By Clement Clarke Moore l And then, in a twinkling, / heard on the roof j The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. (Continued in Next Issue) i -———i 1 V liM • 14 MORE SHOPPING DAYS X $ $ $ i 1L L. HRfSTMAS 3