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N. C. Institutions
Request An Added
Budget For Year
Eight Of State’s Institutions'
Need Permanent Repair,
Says Report
More Asked Later
Budget Estimate Allotments
For Institutions Are Heard
On Monday
Interesting among the business
of the state legislature on Monday
was the request for an increase in
the budget allotment by $250,793
for 1937-38 for eight North Caro
lina institutions. In addition to
this, an extra $500,000 for needed
improvements will probably be
requested later.
Institutions represented and the
additional sums sought follow:
North Carolina School for the
Deai, Raleigh, $36,396 for 1937-38
and $26,893 for 1938-39; State
School for the Deaf and Blind,
Raleigh, $20,650 and $2,950; State.
Hospital at Raleigh $84,137 each
year; State hospital at Morganton,
$59,200 and $48,000; State hospital
at Goldsboro $4,668 each year;
Caswell Training school, Kinston
$500 each year; N. C. sanatorium,
$32,287 and $17,462; State Home
and Industrial school for girls,
Efland, $12,955 and $600.
Dr. J. W. Ashby, superintendent
of the State hospital at Raleigh,
said he would seek an additional
$482,680 for permanent improve
ments and Dr. John McCampbell,
superintendent of the Morganton
State hospital said he would also
ask for improvement funds.
Others who said they intended to
request further allotments for
betterments were R. M. Purser,
business manager of the Goldsboro
institution, who placed his needs at
$28,750; Dr. C. E. Rankin, assistant
of the school for the deaf-at Mor
Tittiium m* on.
intendent of the N. C. sanatorium.
Budget estimate allotments for
the institutions heard today in the
State’s proposed $140,000,00(1
spending program for the biennium
are as follows:
Deaf school at Raleigh $130,072
for 1937-38, and $119,217 for 1938
39; State school for the deaf and
blind $136,009 and $132,403; State
hospital at Raleigh $377,543 and
$353,526; State hospital at Morgan
ton $412,440 and $362,510; hospital
at Goldsboro, $273,942 and $256,
025; Caswell training school $175,
392 and $169,168; N. C. sanator
ium, $210,628 and $203,463; State
home and industrial school for
girls, $65,000 and $67,250.
Well Baby Clinic
To Be Held Soon
Dr. George H. Sumner is planning
to told the first Well Baby Clinic
r\ ei held in Randolph county at
l-;r> Wednes-'ty afternoon, Jan
uary 27, in the county health of
fice in the court house. This will be
first of a series of clinics which will
later he extended to all parts of
the county.
“It is essential,” Dr. Sumner
said, “that every baby be under
constant medical supervision.” The
purpose of the clinics to ' struct
mothers in the care of their babies
in order to prevent premature
death from nutritional or other
diseases.
On Friday, January 20, there,
will be a midwife class in the
county health office.
| STILL PAYING PENSION
FROM WAR OF 1812
The United States government is
still paying two pensions because
of services rendered in the War of
1812,121 years after it ended. Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines, veterans’ ad
ministrator, says in his annual re
port that War of 1812 pensions of
?50 and $20, respectively, were go
ing to Mrs. Carolina King of
Cheektowaga, N. Y., and Mrs.
Esther Ann Hill Morgan of Inde
pendence, Ore. Mra. King is the
widow of Darius King and Mrs.
Morgan a daughter of John Hill,
two privates in the New York mi
litia.
W. J. Armfield, III,
Now High Bidder
Cleveland Thayer, chairman of
*“® ticket sales committee for **"
«oosevelt Birthday Ball,
that the hiorhest
Honeymoon Awaits Strike End
f
Love refused to go on strike with employes of a Philadelphia bat
tery firm, so William D. McGuire, center, one of the sitdown protesters,
had his fiancee, left, bring the wedding party to the plant. Adhering
strictly to a union ceremony, McGuire remained behind the barred gate
while the minister read the vows. Mary Janulewicz, maid of honor, is
at right.
California Now Being Combed
For Charles Mattson Slayer
The center of the hunt for the
slayer of Charles Mattson has
turned to Southern California, j
where two men were questioned by I
federal agents Monday. Harold j
iNjatihan. Jastlar, aLteft todfltpJmW
flew from Everett, Washington,
scene of the crime, to Los Angeles, i
but said the questioning was mere-!
ly routine.
At Everett, the federal agents,!
assisted by some 50 state patrol
men and other officers, continued
to work from county engineer's
maps in their methodical search of
the country-side surrounding the
spot where Charles’ body was |
found frozen a week ago today.
Half a dozen shacks and caves
have been examined, as have vari-;
ous articles of clothing, hammers, |
tire chains and other miscellany j
Daniel Coltrane
Dies At Concord
Former Randolph Resident
Became Business And Civic
Leader In Concord
94 Years Old
Thrice Wounded Serving With
Jeb Stuart; Oldest Mason
In North Carolina
Daniel Branson Coltrane, former
Randolph resident, gallant Confed
erate veteran, and prominent bank
er, died Saturday afternoon at his
home in Concord from a heart at
1 tack which had made his condition
' critical for several days. Mr. Col
trane was 94 years old, having been
born in Randolph county December
25, 1842.
He was the son of Kelly and
Mary Gossett Coltrane, who came
to this county from Scotland and
became prosperous farmers,
He was reared on the farm in
Randolph but spent the latter part
of his boyhood in Guilford county.
He enlisted in the Confederate
army in a North Carolina company
commanded by Dr. Braxton
Craven, then president of Trinity
college. Later his troop was made
a part of the heroic command of
Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, and from his
first battle at Brand Station in
1863 until the close of the war he
took part in every important en
gagement in which General
Stuart’s troops were engaged. He
was wounded three times.
After the war he organized the
Concord National Bank, and had
served continuously as its president
Since first assuming that position
shortly after it opened. He had a
great many other business inter
ests, especially textile manufactur
ing, and was also a leader in civic
affairs. He was believed to be the
oldest Rotarian in the world and
was the oldest Mason in North
Carolina.
Funeral service were held Mon
day afternoon at Central Methodist
church in Concord, and interment
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brought to the officers’ field head
quarters.
An automobile* in which were
found the tire ghains stained with
human blood, still remained im
-fKwnded m tihe®v*>rettr police gar
age.
A reliable source at Everett, I
near where the boy’s beaten body
was found, said a stab wound in
Charles’ back penetrated a lung
cavity but left no blood there. The
autopsy surgeons were said to have
judged from this fact that the
wound was inflicted after the body
had died of a head wound.
The informant said it was “def
initely determined” the wound was
not accidentally inflicted. He did
not say what evidence supported
this conclusion.
Legislature Must
Pay For Prayers
Raleigh Ministers End Old
Custom Of Voluntary De
livery Of Prayer
Interrupts Duties
Send Request To House Satur
day To Have Paid Chaplain
Appointed
.Because it interfered with their
daily schedule and other activities
the Raleigh Ministers’ Association
has ended its voluntary delivery of
prayer at sessions of the state
legislature. The association Satur
day sent a request to the House
that it appoint a House Chaplain
at a fixed stipend.
The change in custom came near
the end of the House session*Satur
day. Speaker Cherry read a letter
containing the following resolution
passed by the Raleigh Ministers’
Association on ‘January 11: “Mov
ed that the Raleigh Ministers’ As
sociation request the speaker of
the House of Representatives to
appoint a full time chaplain who
will be responsible for such ser
vices as the office involves, and who
will be duly compensated for same
by a regular stipend.” The letter
was signed by Dr. Edwin McNeill
Poteat, Jr., pastor of Pullen Mem
orial Baptist church, and Dr. P. D.
Miller, pastor of the First Presby
terian church, for the Ministerial
Association committee.
Immediately upon reading the
resolution Speaker Cherry said,
“The services of Raleigh ministers
will be dispensed for the next few
days, anyway, and the Reading
Clerk will hereafter open the ses
sion by leading in repeating the
Lord’s Prayer.”
Commenting upon the ministers’
commitment, Dr. Poteat explained (
that the customary method of
calling local preachers to open leg
islative sessions has occasioned
considerable confusion. “Half the
time,” he declared, “ministers are
engaged in other activities which
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Road Conditions
In The State May
Close The Schools
Superintendents Of Twenty
Counties Have Warned
School Commission ., r '
Closed Last Year
Unless Rains Cease Roads
Will Be Impassable For -
State School Busses
While rivers are flooding much
of the western section of the
United States during the . prolong
ed rainy spell, school superinten
dents in twenty counties of North
Carolina are having their worries.
The superintendents have notified
the state school commission that if
there is not a break soon in tilts
bad weather which will give . the
school biis routes a chance, to. im-;
prove, they will be forced to sus
pend classes.
Over 1,200 of the State’s 3,995
busses, operating to a large extent
over rural roads rutted and eroded
by a record period of rain, are from
seven to nine years old. They can’t
take it, and it would cost over a
million dollars to replace all of
them, school men say.
“If it keep on getting worse and
rains mv eh . longer," said Lloyd
Griffin, fdcretary of the commis
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Legislative Aims
Of Schools Heard
Legislative Program Of N. C.
Educators Discussed At
P.-T. A. Meeting
P.-T. A. Gets Award;,
— . 4 ]
Reid Hannah To Head CafcM
teria Comm.; Harris Birk
head Chm. Grounds
A discussion of the legislative
plans of the North Carolina Edu
cational Association formed the
program of the meeting of the
Parent-Teachers Association at the
Park street school Monday even
ing. Miss Clara Gill, chairman of
the legislative committee, was m
charge of the program, other
speakers being Reginald Turner,
superintendent of the Asheboro
schools, and Miss Alma Lassiter,
principal of the high school.
Murray Field, P.-T. A. president,
appointed two committees. Reid
Hannah was made chairman of the
cafeteria committee, which includes
L. E. Milks, Miss Mabel Robertson,
L. F. Ross, and Kemp Alexander.
M. H. Birkhead was named chair
man of the Grounds and Buildings
Committee and will be assisted by
S. B. Stedman and W. C. Page.
The improvement of the walks and
grounds of the West school will be
the first duty of this committee.
Mrs. W. L. Lambert exhibited a
certificate which was awarded to
the Asheboro P.-T. A. for efficiency
in its summer “round-up” of chil
dren who were to enter school in
the fall.
Superintendent Turner spoke on
the strengthening of the certifica
tion regulation and the unification
of state administration of educa
tion into one constitutional board.
At present there are five inde
pendent groups which have a hand
in controlling education in the
state: the state Wird of education,
the state school commission, the
board of vocational education, the
rental text book commission, and
the board of business education.
Many educators feel that it would
be more economical and more ef
ficient to have one central
authority and avoid overlapping
of duties and expenditures.
In regard to certification Mr.
Turner said that the majority of
North Carolina teachers hold the A
certificate, the highest class. 75
percent of the local teachers have
this certificate. It is hoped some
day to have a master’s certificate,
requiring a master’s degree and
superior qualifications.
Miss LasBiter discussed the pro
posed tenure law, which would as
sure a teacher indefinite employ
ment after she had held a position
for three years in one school sys
tem.
Miss Gill explained the retire
ment plan for teachers. This is in
effect a social security plan for
teachers, for, since they are not
provided for by the federal act,
I they must themselves prepare to
, make their old age secure.
Miss Gill also called attention to
the need of adequate financial sup
port for the schools. ThiB includes
a restoration of teachers’ salaries,
more money for instruction, and
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Inaugural Wed. |
Jjr>yklin D. Roowwh.
Inauguration Is
Drawing Crowds
Weather Foreeasts Not Fav
orable But Even Bets Are
For The Sun
Roosevelt Luck
it Stops Caller? Aud.
Goes To Work On Ad
dress On Monday
The second inauguration of
President Roosevelt* scheduled for
tomorrow, will probably be held in
the rain which will fall on a huge
crowd. Many people have already
arrived in the national capital for
this event which has been looked
forward to by Democrats for a
long time.
According to reports from
Washington, a record - breaking
throng with plenty of New Deal
dollars to spend, are said to be
betting even money that the sun
will break through the clouds as he
starts to deliver his inaugural ad
dress, as was the case so many
times during the past campaign.
President Roosevelt dropped of
ficial cares to work on his in
augural address, awaited by the na
tion for hints as to the attitude the
second New Deal will adopt to
ward business, industry, agricul
ture, relief, foreign affairs and—
the United States Supreme Court.
He has not even given his Con
gressional leaders the outline of his
legislative program. He has reveal
fed his views on government reor
ganization to congress and, in his
message on the state of the union,
appealed to inustry to cooperate
in reducing the federal expendi
tures for relief by employing more
unskilled workers from relief rolls. >
If this cooperation is forthcoming
and if the present business revival
continues, Mr. Roosevelt said in his
budget message, the federal budget
will be substantially balanced in
the fiscal year of 1938 and com
pletely balanced during the fiscal
year of 1939.
Court Of Honor
For Boy Scouts
By BILLY HENDERSON
Seven Boy Scouts of Troops 24
and 25 received awards at a Court
of Honor held at the Baptist
church at. 5 o’clock Monday after
noon. Chief Bunn Hackney of High
Point presented the scouts with
the tokens of their achievements.
The following boys received
awards: Bill Allred, conservation;
Robert McGlohon, conservation;
Sam Taylor, Star Class; Bob All
red, bookbinding; Billy Henderson,
First Class; Bud Hedrick, wood
carving and woodwork; and Vance
E. Cox, civics.
Carl Steed will give a party for
the scouts of Troop 25 Friday
evening.
LINDBERGHS TO BECOME
BRITISH SUBJECTS
London.—A London newspaper
Sunday stated that Colonel and
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh planned
to become British subjects and also
to take out naturalization papers
for their son, Jon. The Lindberghs
h*ve been living quietly in the
village of Weald, Kent.
President Names
Group To Frame
Uniform Policy
President Wants Report In A
Couple Of Weeks From
This New Committee
Controversy Rages
Tennessee Valley Head Calls
For Cooperation Between
Gov’t & Companies
Asking for a report within “a
couple of weeks”, President Roose
velt appointed a committee of high
officials on Monday to frame a uni
form national power policy.
He took this step while contro
versy raged within his administra
tion over how far the government
should go in competing with pri
vate power companies in the Ten -
nessee Valley.
The controversy broke into the
open Saturday when Dr. A. E. Mor
gan, chairman of the Tennessee
Valley Authority, issued a public
statement calling for cooperation
between the government and the
private companies.
The 75-year-old Nebraskan said
he agreed with the TVA chairman
that the government should not
build power lines competing with
private ones except as a last re
sort, but added that “the last re
sort” had been reached long ago.
Norris disagreed with Morgan
also on the general policy of tak
ing municipal customers away
from private companies. The
Senator contended the power Com
panies themselves had defeated
legislation which would have pro
tected their investments in this
connection.
He said the Senate passed an act
giving TVA authority to buy whole
systems from private companies
and sell them to cities.
'‘That was defeated in-the*Hdase
because of the opposition of the
private companies, not for any
other reason on earth,” Norris
said.
“Dr. Morgan’s policy would oc
tensibly put a municipality served
by a private company into a place
where it never could have munici
pal ownership. It would have to
suffer the loss through all eter
nity.”
Norris’ statement indicated to
many legislators that he was sid
ing in principal with David Lilien
thal, another member of the TVA
board, in a conflict expected to be
settled finally at the White House.
Lilienthal has been represented as
desiring an aggressive policy to
ward the utilities.
N. C. Highway Chm.
Talks Of Repair
Capus M. Waynick, chairman of
the state highway and public works
commission, estimated approxi
mately $32,500,000 would be needed
to give the state “a system of dirt
roads . . . fairly well surfaced with
the most easily available material
but that “any adequate all-weather
treatment . . . would run into a
tremendous cost.”
Pointing out that the highawy
commission’s recommended bud
get for the coming biennium “re
| cognizes that funds are not avail
able for any adequate improve
ment of dirt roads,” the chairman
added:
“A suggestion has been made
that a $25,000,000 bond issue be
authorized for further road im
provement. As far as I can see and
without venturing an opinion as to
the merit of further indebtedness,
there is no other way in which a
large program of such improve
ments could be financed.”
Roosting Of Robins In Orange
County Equals ’29 Flock Here
The roosting of millions of
robins in southeastern Orange
county, which is attracting so
much attention, recalls the huge
flocks which invaded Randolph
county in 1929, settling down for
several weeks in the Back Creek
section.
Between 75 and 100 million were
estimated to have been in that
settlement, and the Orange county
roosting is considered to he almost
as large. Visitors flocked to Back
Creek from all parts of the county
and adjoining counties to view the
marvelous sight.
Game wardens are having a hard
time protecting the robins in Or
ange from visitors who killed them
by the thousands the first few days
of their roosting. This has been
almost completely stopped now by
$600 And $400 Are Part
Of Wonder Prize List To
Be Presented By Courier
>;
Sued For Slander
By Mr. Simpson
In a move to end “malicious
talk” about the divorce suit of his
wife, Mrs. Wallis Simpson, Ernest
Aldrich Simpson has brought suit
for slander against Mrs. Joan
Sutherland, above, of London. The
suit is based on remarks Mrs.
Sutherland is alleged to have made
in the presence of Simpson’s
sister, relative to his separation
frjwn Waljis Simpson, friend of. ex
Landmark Falls
At Franklinville
Old M. E. Church, A Land
mark At Franklinville
Collapses Recently
P.-T. A. Holds Meet
Active In Furnishing School
Building; Basketball
Games Played
Franklinville, Jan. 18.— Early
Friday morning the old M. E.
church collapsed, the sides fell
from the building and the roof
crushed to the floor leaving each
end up to plate standing. This is
one of the few old landmarks of
the town. Soon after the first cot
ton mill was built in 1838, this
church building was erected ' and
was used until the erection of a
new church, only a short distance
east of the old/Builcthig. This
building was then used for school
purposes unti( the first academy
was built in lw)3. This was the
only church in the community un
til 1887 when the Baptist church
was built.
Franklinville school basketball
teams played Staley school teams
at Staley Wednesday night. The
boys won and the girls lost. The
score being boys 16 to 15, girls
11 to 26.
The public library room in the
Franklinville Store building has
been fitted up with a new heater
and is open every Friday after
noon from 4 until 5 o’clock.
The P.-T. A. held a very interest
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the tight ring of defenders drawn]
around the birds.
When the robins settled down in
Randolph county, the sportsmen of
the county took immediate action
tj protect them, with the result
that very few were harmed. Efforts
woe even made to feed them, but
there were too many birds for
this to be done thoroughly.
More recently, ibout three years
ago, the robins settled in the
easiorn part of the county in t.* -
urually large numbers, though by
no means in such huge hordes as
in 1929. John T. Brittain says that
some 30 years ago there was a
roosting of robins which compared
in numbers to that of 1929. In
those days great flocks of pi,fton3
and wild geese were so frii ;cnt
that such a sight caused no es
pecial comment.
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