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IN RANDOLPH COUNTY
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Est. As The Regulator
February 2, 1876
Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
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ASHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, DEC. 15, 1936.
Changed To The Courier
September 13. 1879
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY
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NUMBER 91
December Court Will Be
Short Term Ending After
Three Days, Wednesday
Judge Hill Is |
Supply Official
Many Cases Will Not Be
Reached As 3 Days Sup
plants Fortnight’s Term
Coggin Prosecutes
Many Cases Of Drunken Driv
ing Disposed Of; Harris
Is Released By Court
With Judge Prank S. Hill
presiding, Randolph county’s post
poned and abbreviated superior
court term got under way Monday
and continued today with no cases
of sensational nature coining up.
Solicitor Charles Coggin appeared
for the state.
The jury found a -true bill
against Cap Davis arraigned for
manslaughter in the death of
young James Saunders, who was
run over about six weeks ago. The
trial in this case will come up in
the March term.
The case of Marvin Harris, ac
cused of murder, which has been
on the calendar for a score of
years, was finally nol prossed. Har
ris was involved in a murder which
has been forgotten by most of the
people of the county, and Solicitor
Coggin had not been kble to locate
any of the original witnesses.
Harris himself has been confined to
a state asylum for the mentally
deficient for 18 years, and the nol
press- action saved the county the
considerable expense of trying the
case.
Otherwise the majority of cases
tried Monday was made up of the
usually prevalent drunken driving
counts. About 15 of these were
handled on the first day of court.
Th;s term, due to illness in the
home of Judge Hill, who is sub
stituting for Judge 1*. A. MeElroy
who was scljedu|«jJk.tfli,jtre«j<lg over
the term until 111 health prevented,
court will close Wednesday night.
The regular term was to have been
two weeks, but it was not possible
to secure a judge for this length
term at this time as there are a
gr<-at many courts in session over
the state in December.
Mrs. W. A. Hill Is
Dead By Own Hand
Mrs. W. A. Hill of Abner com
mitted suicide at her home Sunday
morning by firing a load of shot
into her chest. She is said’to have
been in a disturbed mental con
dition for several months.
Her body was found in the barn
by her husband, W. A. Hill, who
stated that he heard a shot from
that direction about 10:30 while
he was working. He hurried to the
barn and found his wife already
dead, the shotgun beside her.
Coroner W. L. Lambert said that
deatli was instantaneous, the shot
having struck her in the heart.
She is survived, in addition to
her husband, by her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Harvel of the
home; two sisters, Mrs. Jim Shaw
and Mrs. S. W. Hurley of Abner;
three brothers, Joel Harvel of the
home, Lonnie Harvel of Columbia,
South Carolina, and B. C. Harvel
of Washington, D. C.; and one
daughter by a former marriage,
Miss Clarice Bandy of the home.
By Clement Clarke Moore
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The slump of a pipe he held
tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled
his head like a wreath;
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News Flashes
-from
Everywhere
MRS. SIMPSON GETS
FRENCH POLICE GUARD
Cannes, France.—Apprehensive
lest attempts at harming her might
follow abusive letters which Mrs.
Simpson has been receiving for
several days, French police have
accorded her a watchful guard at
her secluded villa at Cannes. There
is no indication that she has been
in communication with Edward or
plans to join him any time soon.
MADRID DEFENDERS
REPULSE FASCIST TANKS
Madrid.—Fascist tanks attacked
the government lines at Madrid for
two hours Monday, but were beaten
off by the courageous defenders as
have all the other attacks of the
rebels. Loyalist leaders are oc
cupied with transferring to warmer
and safer areas the many thous
ands of women and children who
have suffered from air raids and
the blasts of winter.
FRANCE SEEKS NEW
WAR DEBT TERMS
Washington.—The state depart
ment in Washington Monday re
ceived a formal note from the
French government to the effect
that France would again default on
the semi-installment of her war
debt. At the same time a path was
opened for some adjustment of the
debt by the inclusion of a state
ment that France would welcome
negotiations leading to a new
agreement.
Many Barred From
Soc. Security Aid
No Provision Is Made For
Nearly Half Of United
States Working People
Have Chance Later
Certain Groups Excluded Be
cause Collecting Of Taxes
Would Be Too Hard
Nearly half of the workers in
the United States are barred from
participating in the Social Security
program as it is now organized. To
all questions by employees who
wish to save up for their old age
hut who arc in labor Classifications
not provided for by the act, the
Social Security Board can only
answer that it has no choice in
the matter, as the act makes no
provision at all for such persons.
In addition to employees of non
profit corporations or foundations
in religious, charitable, literary or
educational work, the following'
are also excluded:
Fanners and farm workers.
Domestic servants in private
homes.
Casual or transient labor.
Officers and crews of United
States and foreign vessels.
Federal, state and local govern
ment employees.
The reason these groups were
exempt from the provisions of the
law is largely an administrative
one, although in the case of reli
gious and charitable groups, it was
felt that taxes and extra bookkeep
ing required would add materially
and unjustifiably to budget costs
of such organizations.
As originally presented to con
gress, the social security bill would
have included every employee in
the United States, other than gov
ernmental agencies and railways,
above a certain wage level. The
bill was amended after Henry Mor
genthau, Secretary of the Treasu
ry, declared it would be an insuper
able task to collect taxes and keep
track of so many individuals. He
suggested that other groups might
be brought under the law after the
system had been in operation for
some time.
The law provides for exemption
of all religious and educational in
stitutions, ‘‘no part of the net earn
ings of which inures to the benefit
of any private stockholder or in
dividual.” The ultimate test of ex
clusion being applied by the Social
Security Board is the use to which
the income of such a group is ap
plied, rather than the source from
which it is derived.
For instance, if a church owns an
apartment building from which it
derives income which is devoted to
religious, charitable, educational or
scientific purposes, it is still ex
cluded.
The organizations excluded are
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Sale Of License ]
Tags Begins With !
Rush In Asheboro
Sale This Morning Exceeds
That Of Entire Opening
Day Last Year
City Plates Also
Pub'ic Evidently Desirous Of
Avoiding Last Minute
Rush And Inconvenience
The sale of 1937 automobile lic
ense plates started off with a rush
this morning at sales headquarters
in the Hedrick Motor company
building. By 11:30 this morning
Mrs. Ervin Frye, who is in charge
of the sale of license plates, had
sold 72 sets of plates, while last
year she sold only 67 during the
entire opening day.
Mrs. Frye said that more and
more people are realizing that they
cannot drive with 1936 plates after
the first day’s sales is at
realizing the delay and inconven
ience of trying to get plates in the
rush of the last days of the year,
so that they are now getting their
tags earlier.
While some of the increase in
the first day’s sales are at
tributed to the fact that car
owners are coming in earlier, an
increase in the number of cars is
also indicated. Just as the sale of
1936 plates rose considerably above
those in 1935, so is 1937 expected
to top 1936.
Last year Mrs. Frye sold 5,200
automobile plates, 731 truck
plates, and 346 trailer plates, while
in 1935 the total for the three was
less than 5,000. This year there
are already 5,000 automobile and
900 truck and trailer tags on
hand, and others will be sent as
needed.
During the morning 9 city
license plates were sold. The total
of 1956 city plates sold was 621.
The great majority of plates
purchased at the Asheboro office
are for Randolph cars, but many
owners from other counties buy
here. A respectable number come
from Moore, Montgomery, David
son, and Chatham, with a scatter
ing few from other counties.
Mrs. Frye reminded car owners
that after today there are only 12
more day in which to purchase
licenses this year. Her office will
be closed December 25-26 for
Christmas. The public is urged to
buy plates early to avoid the rush
and so there will be no risk of be
ing delayed until after January 1.
New Doctor Opens
i Office In Liberty
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Dr. B. B. Dalton, former health
! officer of Richmond county for the
past two years which position he
resigned on November 10, has re
cently opened an office in Liberty
for the general practice of medicine
and minor surgery. He is occupy
ing the offices over the Grantham
Drug Store recently vacated by Dr.
A. D. Gregg who has accepted the
position of county health officer of
Vance county, Henderson. Dr.
Dalton had expressed his desire on
previous occasions to retire from
the public position which he had
been very capably filling to set
himself up in private practice.
Dr. Dalton received his A. B. de
gree from the University of North
Carolina in 1924. Later he receiv
ed his M. D. degree from Duke
University after which he spent
two years interning. One of these
years was spent in Watts hospital,
Durham, while the other year was
served in a Northern hospital. Ho
is a native of Hoke county.
High School Will
Sponsor Broadcast
The athletic department of the
Asheboro high school is sponsoring
the appearance of Ralph Riddle
and his Textile Hill Billies in the
high school auditorium at 7:45 Fri
day evening, December 18. The
program will be broadcast over
WBIG, Greensboro.
Riddle and his band of enter
tainers are regular performers for
WBIG and have always been fav
orably received in the many times
they have appeared before the
public. Included in their program
are string music, dancing, yodel
ing, and blackface comedy.
The money raised will be used
for athletics at the high school. A
small admission fee will be charg
ed.
CIVIL WAR IN
CHINA IMMINENT
Naking, China.—China, which a
week ago seemed on the point of
presenting a united front against
Japanese invasion, has been thrown
into a turmoil that-is dangerously
close to civil war by the rebellion
of Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang,
who captured Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek last week.
Rumors are current that Chiang
has been freed in a counter coup,
while Japan is charging that com
munists are behind the rebellion.
Moves Nearer to British Throne
Closer moves the day when another Queen Elizabeth may rule
Britain. With the Duke of York in the role of king, pretty, popular
little Princess Elizabeth becomes the heir presumptive to the throne.
Here she is shown in an exclusive new portrait, fondling her pet dog—
a child who already has captivated the hearts of millions of her future
subjects.
Princess Elizabeth Trained
To Rule From Earliest Days
—
I Little Princess Elizabeth, oldest
daughter of the new King and
Queen of England and now heiress
to the throne, has been brought up
from birth in preparation for the
very likely possibility that She
might some day ascend the throne.
Until recently all England had
inclined to the opinion that Edward
would remain a bachelor king and
that the crown would eventually
pass to his brother, the present
king. Consequently, “Lillibet”, as
she is affectionately called, has
from her earliest days received the
most careful training in the royal
manner.
Born April 21, 192(5, in the Lon
don house of the Duke and Duchess
of York, she was at the age of
three months taken by her mother
to the old Scottish castle, Glam is,
which for 700 years had been
“home” to her forbears on the
distaff side of the family. #
Here, to the delight of her
grandmother, Countess Strath
more, she immediately dropped
into the place her mother had pre
viously occupied in the affections
of all around her.
When not in the ancient nur
sery she was wheeled in her peram
bulator over the blue tiles border
ing the sun-kissed fountain among
flowers of the beautiful old Dutch
garden.
Later she divided her time be
tween Glamis and the King’s resi
dence at Sandringham, Eng..
among the woods bordering upon
the inland waters of the east coast.
Left behind in these surround
ings at less than a year old when
her parents proceeded on their
Australian tourT there was a de-1
lightful reunion on their return to
a place in Buckingham Palace,
London, where the Duchess appear
ed upon the balcony with her baby
in her arms.
The little princess has shown
early signs of having inherited the
tact traditional in British royalty.
As a tiny child she was asked
which of her dogs she liked best.
Deliberately she pondered and
then said, “I love them all the
same.”
Her attitude is equally consider
ate toward the famous life-size
doll’s house presented to her on her
sixth birthday by the people of
Wales and now set up in a quiet
corner of Windsor Park.
She keeps this spick and span
herself, plants flowers round it and
always remembers that it has been
a gift to herself, referring to it
possessively as “my own house. ’
Another treasured possession is
a doll given for her to her mother
by New Zealand people. Later on
after Princess Elizabeth’s little
sister Margaret came the elder
sister took to her immediately and
has since insisted upon mothering
the newcomer even more as
siduously than she takes care of
her dolls and her dogs.
*A pleasant sight in Buckingham
Palace gardens was often to be
seen with Margaret in a peram
bulator and Elizabeth hovering
close at hand and making con
versation so that “baby” may not
te left out.
Now, at nearly 10 years, Eliza
beth has become ?. merry little girl
that everybody loves. The member
of the family she chiefly takes
after is her paternal grandmother,
Queen Mary, who is right proud
of this fact.
So much, indeed, does Elizabeth
take after this grandmother that
she often copies her when driving
about London by herself, bowing
pleasantly to passers-by, first on
one side and then on the other.
She has been brought up with
utmost simplicity in everything,
including her clothes. She is often
to be seen in a loose, sleeveless,
pink frock with old-fashioned
bonnet matching it in most delicate
of shades.
Already she has become an ex
pert tricycle rider. She is also at
home upon the back of her -pony.
Now that she is getting older she
takes much interest, too, in read
ing, besides loving to talk to all
around her. Her education is at
home under private tutors.
Mayor Bunch One
Of Select Group
Invited To Take Part In Win*
ston’s Romance Of Trans
portation Pageant
Old Piedmont City
Henry Ford And Charles Edi
son Among Distinguished
Guests For Event
Winston-Salem, Dec. 14.—Mayor
W. A. Bunch, of Asheboro, is one
of the seventy-five distinguished
guests who have been invited by
President J. Harry White, of the
Chamber of Commerce, to take
part in the “Romance of Trans
portation Pageant,” to be held on
Tuesday, December 29. Among
others who have received invita
tions to be present when the story
of progress on wheels is unrolled
in a great civic parade, are Henry
Ford, notably interested not only
in modern transportation, but in
historic old vehicles; Charles Edi
son, son of Thomas A. Edison, who,
with Frank Sprague was instru
mental in establishing the original
electric car system in Winston
Salem in 1890; Mayor J. Fulmer
Bright, of Richmond, Va., the city
which boasts the first permanent
electric street car system in the
United States; and the mayors of
principal cities in North Carolina
and adjacent states.
The pageant, in which scores of
ancient and modem vehicles,
costumed characters representing
various stages in the development
of the city’s transportation facili
ties, and other features will be in
cluded, marks- the progress from
the 46-year-old street car system
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Duke Alumni Organize
Permanent Chapter For
County At Duke Din^r
Dr. G. T. Rowe
Is Chief Speaker
Traces Early History Of Duke
University With Begin
nings In Randolph
Undemood, Pres.
Local Organization
Mrs. Moser Is Given Ovation
In Appreciation Of Her
Efficient Efforts
Reviewing the history of Oid
Trinity College, formed in Ran
dolph county in 1838 at Trinity,
Dr. G. T. Rowe, of the school of
religion at Duke University traced
the progress of the institution
through the years. Duke
University alumni, numbering
thirty-four, from Randolph county,
gathered in the dining room of the
First Methodist church for this
first alumnae dinner on Tuesday
evening. The college, it was point
ed apt by the speaker, was actually
an outgrowth of the old Union In
stitute, formed in 1837 by Dr. B.
York at Trinity. In 1841, Dr. Brax
ton Craven took charge of the In
stitute and in 1853 had it charter
ed into Normal College. In 1858,
the North Carolina Methodist con
ference took over the school op
erating it there until 1892 when
it was removed to Durham and has
now become a great University.
The early schooling consisted
chiefly of the rudiments of educa
tion with a reputation from the
foundation of thoroughness. Train
ing teachers was one of the chief
objects of the college whose certi
ficate alone allowed graduates to
teach. In the years just before and
after the civil, or war between the
states, the school enjoyed wond
erful success, enrolling at that time
more than two hundred pupils.
in 1882 Dr. Craven died, the
presidency of the college passing
through the hands of Rev. Marquis
L. Wood, Dr. John F. Crowell and
to Dr. W. P. Few in 1892. Dr.
Few, who remains president of the
institution, sent the following
telegram to the group in Ashe
boro:
It gives me pleasure in my own
behalf and in the name of the uni
versity to send our good will and
good wishes to the alumni and
those who gather with them in the
Duke University day meetings
throughout the state and nation.
You alumni come of an institution
with a history eventual in every
stage of it and culminating in
Duke University. As you know the
college about which the university
is built goes back in its origins to
eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.
Preparations for an appropriate
centennial celebration in nineteen
hundred and thirty-eight and
nineteen hundred and thirty-nine
are already underway. You will be
apt to hear at your Duke day meet
ings and certainly you will hear
otherwise and from time to time
about these arrangements even if
the preliminary stages. We con
fidently expect these two years an
upsurge of alumni interest and ef
fort in behalf of the university and
its causes. We earnestly covet from
each of you the eager and active
cooperation with us particularly in
the great centennial undertakings.
W. P. Few, president, Duke Uni
versity.
This first meeting of the Ran
dolph alumni from Duke Univer
sity, or Old Trinity College, was
arranged by Mrs. I. C. Moser,
whose untiring efforts were given
most enthusiastic recognition by
the group assembled. Mrs. Moser
asked Reginald Turner to act as
toastmaster for the occasion. Wil
liam A. Underwood made a short
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Close PWA Office
Work Is Finished
The PWA office which was
maintained in the court house to
handle PWA activities in connec
tion with the new school houses in
Randolph county was closed Thurs
day. When R. S. Brown, resident
engineer, shut up his office that
day, it was exactly a year since
he had come to the county. Mr.
Brown has gone to his home in
Asheville, and is enjoying a fur
lough from his duties.
All the jobs had been completed
and all equipment had been re
ceived several weeks ago, and for
the fatter part of his stay Mr.
Brown was just tying up all the
ldose ends. The auditors have made
their final aduit, and a request has
gone in for the final grant to pay
the remaining outstanding bills.
The new schools, which have all
been occupied for some time, are
proving very satisfactory.
Awaits Verdict
In Murder
EDITH MAXWELL
On trial for the second time for
the murder of her father, Edith
Maxwell, 22 year old Wise, Vir
ginia, school teacher, heard her
sister testify Monday that the
father had threatened Edith with
a knife only a short time before he
was found dead. Doctors for the
defense' had previously declared
that the wounds on Maxwell’s head
were not sufficient to cause death,
and that traces of hemorrhages in
his brain could have been caused
by embalming, performed before
an autopsy was made.
President Lands
Charleston Tues.
Twenty-Eight Day Cruise
Terminates Tuesday Morn
ing As Party Disembark
Pleasant Weather
Leaves Immediately For
Washington To Begin On
Important Speeches
The presidential party, aboard
the flotilla used by President
Roosevelt for his tour to the Ar
gentine, docked at Charleston on
Tuesday, December 15th, after a
safe, pleasant and peaceful jour
ney. A few blocks off, the presi
dential train stood, ready to leave
within a short time after the boat
docked.
Reports from the boat to the
effect that officers continued to
wear their white uniforms until
within a few hours of landing, re
veals the pleasant weather story
since November 20th, when they
started the cruise. Blue uniforms
were donned for the landing, how
ever.
After twenty-eight days from
the White House, President Roose
velt is arriving in Washington to
night and those who have been his
associates on the trip are of the
opinion that it is the President’s
purpose to begin at once on his in
auguration and congressional
speeches. Realizing the momentous
task that faces him, the President,
has probably given a great deal of
thought to his coming messages to
the American public and the na
tional lawmakers.
Meanwhile, the ship, Indian
apolis, took on stores and left
shortly after the party disembark
ed, for its home station, Sap Pedro,
California, where it is due Christ
mas eve.
BROWN CROSLAND IS
MANAGING EDITOR
The virgin issue of The Wau
taugan, published six times yearly
from State college, arrived at this
office Tuesday. Interesting to many
people in Randolph is the fact that
Brown Crosland, former Asheboro
boy, is managing editor of the
magazine and has quite a charm
ing human-interest story as the
lead article in the magazine.
First Reading Of
Unemploym’t Bill
Passed By Senate
Pressure Of Time Forces
Many Senators To Vote
Yes Despite Disapproval
Read Again Today
tiled “Noble Experiment,”
'Jruel Disappointment” By
Opposing Members
Realizing the pressure of time
the senate passed the first reading
of the unemployment compensation
bill Monday in short order, though
several senators declared that they
would like to add or amend if there
had been time. Senators Lee Grave
ly of Nash, John Sprunt Hill of
Durham, and J. A. Bell of Mecklen
burg all had something to say
against the bill, Bell remarking
that it had all the earmarks of a
noble experiment.
After considering it for 100
minutes in the committee-of-the
whole, the Senate passed the mea
sure unanimously, placing it on the
calendar for second reading today.
Third reading will come early
Wednesday and adjournment will
follow quickly.
Any criticism that might have
expressed itself in adverse votes
and possible amendment was cut
off by the realization that the So
cial Security Board might fail to
approve the bill as amended and
that the State must collect ap
proximately $2,250,000 in taxes
from North Carolina employers
hiring eight or more workers by
January 15.
Legislative leaders consequently
turned their attention yesterday to
the great amount, of work thao
must be done by the tax-collecting
agency after the bill is enacted
into law.
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“I feel this bill is a cruel disap
pointment,” Senator Hill said. ^
“Neither the people in factories
nor their employers know what it
means, and this great deliberative
body has been called upon to pass
it without knowing what it means.”
In answer to the Senator from
Durham’s criticism that he feared
the “homefolks” wouldn’t be allow
ed to administer the'#ct; A38!fetant
Attorney General Harry McMullan,
read the bill, explained that depu
ties to investigate eligibility of
employes for compensation would
be appointed by the three-man
state commission designed to ad
minister the act.
Major A. L. Fletcher, Commis
sioner of Labor, would be an ex
officio member of the commission,
and the Governor will appoint the
other two members.
Questions about the bill di
minished in proportion as McMul
lan progressed through the 23 sec
tions. Starting out critically, the
Senate lapsed into silence as the
assistant attorney general went on
to read each section by title.
McMullan said after the session
he did not want to minimize the
work that must be done before the
state can begin to collect the tax,
but said the Social Security Board
had on hand some forms to be sent
out by the state in collecting the
levy so North Carolina would be
spared the difficulty of providing
that much of the machinery of col
lection.
Firemen Set For
Banquet Tonight
Preparations have been com
pleted for making the annual fire
men’s banquet to be. held at 7
o’clock this evening at the fire
station the best in the history of
the department. According to all
reports the firemen are going to
dispense with speech making,
whether before dinner or after
dinner, and concentrate upon the
turkey dinner.
In addition to the firemen and
their wives, the city officials and
members of the police departments
and waterworks department and a
few special friends are invited
guests at the banquet.
Hold Conference
For Farm Agents I
E. S. Millsaps, Randolph county
farm agent, and L. L. Ray, assist
ant agent, are attending the North
Carolina conference of county farm
agents and extension worker*
which opened in Raleigh this mornf
ing. The conference has its head
quarters at State college and will
last through Friday.
The farm agents will be chiefly
concerned with mapping out the
1937 program. One of the high
spots of the conference will be a
study and discussion group led by
Dr. Carl Taeusch on Thursday.
Other featured speakers are Col.
J. W. Harrelson of State college,
Dr. Frank P. Graham, W. Kerr
Scott, Dr. J. H. Stallings, of the
Soil Erosion Service; J. B. Hutson,
director of the East Central Re
gion of the AAA; and Dr. C. W,
Warburton, U. S. Director of Ex
tension. ■ .
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