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ABREAST WITH THE CHANGING TIME RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS THE COURIER 1 —|. __ { THE COURIER AND ASHEBORO MARCH IN STEP—AHEAD BOTH ARE LEADERS = I tRI-WEEKLY Bst. As The Regulator February 2. 1876 PRINCIPLES NOT MEN Changed To The Courier September 13, 1879 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Oldest Paper Publiahed In Randolph County ASHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, FEB. 23, 1937. PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY -:--——« NUMBER 10 Supreme Court Issue To Come Before Congress For Discussion March 9 Capitol Hill To Begin Debating Receive Notice On Monday That They May Be Ready For Important Issue Vote On Another Court Issue Over Subject Bobs Up Incidentally During Agriculture Debate On Monday The widely discussed Supreme Court issue is slated to come up for vote in the halls of congress on March 9th. Capitol Hill received the notice Monday that the inten sive phase of President Roosevelt’s court reorganization proposal would begin on that date. Supporters of the presidential proposal succeeded in getting the senate judiciary committee to set that date for the beginning of hear irtgs on the program to empower the President to name one new justice to the Federal court for each justice over 70 who refuses to retire. The committee acted without a record vote after rejecting motions that hearings be postponed until March 15 or 21. Chairman Ashurst. Democrat of Arizona, said Attor ney General Cummings probably would'be the first witness. By a vote of 13 to 5, the com mittee directed a favorable report on another court measure, which is supplementary to the presidential program but which is comparative ly non«controversial. It is the long pending Sumners bill to permit the retirement of Supreme Court just ices at full pay upon reaching 70 years of age. Already passed by the house, it now will go to the senate floor. Meanwhile, the subject of re vamping the Supreme Court bob bed up incidentally at a White House conference, in which Mr. Roosevelt discussed his agricultur al program with leaders of farm organizations. It was mentioned, participants said, as one of the things that must be borne in mind in shaping farm proposals. Other developments: Senator Burke, Democrat of Ne braska, an avowed opponent of the president’s bill to name new Su preme Court justices, asserted in a radio speech that “the independ ence of the judiciary is undergoing the most insidious attack since the constitution was written.” He ask ed that the youth of the nation rauy to tne opposition. Senator Barkley, Democrat of Kentucky, a supporter of the bin, said tonight in a broadcast address to the Federal Bar association that the Federal courts have “sought to find technical and obstructive ways to prevent the exercise of the pow er of the national government in a field where it must be exclusive.” Speaker Bankhead told a press conference the senate should act first on the President’s bill. Be cause the senate has the respon sibility of approving appointments to the federal bench, he said, it has; a deeper interest in the legislation.! Representative Rogers, Republi-j can of Massachusetts, introduced legislation required that all men appointed to th? Supreme Court be native-born American citizens. Its passage would preclude the ap pointment of Senator Wagner, Democrat of New York, and Felix Frankfurter, both frequently men tioned as likely appointees. Senator Neely, Democrat of WesAVirginia, announced his sup port of the presidential program, asserting that the "greatest dang er" to the republic is “the dictator ship over the executive and legisla tive branches of the government which the Supreme Court has ar rogated to itself.” The labor-sponsored Non-parti san league circularized its mem bership with an appeal for letters *° members of congress urging ap proval of the White House pro gram. The circular said: “Tne President is fighting in your !n torest. Don’t go back on him now.” Carolina Students Home Among the University of North Carolina students who were at |lome for the week-end were Jess Tyson, Jack Smith, Walter Bunch, «•* Walker, and Howard Fox. Admits Violence _ Fatal To Baby r Clyde Proctor, above, 27-year old truck driver, faces slaying charges at Oneonta, N. Y.. as a re sult of the death of the 15-month old baby of Mrs. Thomas Hinkle, whojeft the infant in his charge. Proctor is reported to have con fessed shaking the baby until its neck snapped when it bit him as he attempted to still its crying. Randolph People Give Generously A Total Of $5014.20 Has Been Forwarded To Washington From This County Many Have Aided Grand Total Was Set At $20,375,000 From Washing ton Over Week-End Randolph county has been most generous in contributions for the Red Cross work among people in the flooded areas of the United States and have received com mendation from district and na tional workers for their splendid part in this emergency work. The total funds sent direct to Wash ington by Miss Esther Ross, in charge of the Randolph collections, has reached 15014.20. From Washington, National Red Cross headquarters, comes the re port that the flood relief fund totals $20,375,000.00. A contribution of $5,000 to the fund was voted by the state legis lature of Nevada, according to a telegram received by Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the Red Cross, from Henry C. Schmidt, state comptroller. The Red Cross received the fol lowing cablegram from President Moirova of the Red Cross of the U. S. S. R.: “Please accept expres sion of deepest sympathy of the Executive Committee Red Cross U. S. S. R. on the occasion of the great calamity in the districts of Ohio and Mississippi.” A contribution of $150 from thej Soviet Red Cross was made in New York by Dr. George L. Rabinovitch. Canal Zone and Panama report ed contributions of $10,000 to the Red Cross chapter there. President Juan Demostenes Arosemena of Panama contributed $100 and the press of Panama aided in raising, the fund. A specially organized joint com- j mittee of citizens and the Red Cross first aid and rescue squad of the Peapack-Gladstone borough of New Jersey sent $487 to Admiral, Grayson yesterday. A touching gift received at na-1 tional headquarters today was a i complete nurse’s uniform in per-' feet condition, and pinned to the coat was a note reading: “I am a Red Cross nurse, poor and sick. 1 have no money to contribute, but l am sending the uniform I wore when serving overseas during the World War, hoping that some nurse who is assigned to the Jisaster may use it.” The nurse served in Red Cross Base Hospital Number 117 in France. Two young boys, injured serious ly in the tornado of last March which swept Greensboro, have con tributed to the flood fund, out of gratitude for aid given them by the (Please turn to Page 2) Tax Bill Passes Senate On First Reading Monday Amendments Offered In A Heated Four-Hour Debate On Senate Floor Senators Warnings Chain Filling Station Levy Would Tax Distributors For Each Pump The North Carolina legislature opened a new week by the passage on the first reading, a revised re venue measure designed to raise approximately $76,000,000 during the next biennium. Amendments adopted in a four hour heated session raised the yield of the bill to the point where, wiil\ a $3,000,000 treasury surplus, it would match the appropriations measure, now awaiting senatorial action, said Senator Webb of Le noir, finance chairman. Opponents of a sales tax on prepared meals, with Webb among them, pushed a last minute drive to have the committee of the whole rescind its action of last week and exempt meals. A "motion by Senator Johnston of Buncombe to kill the Sparger amendment providing a meal tax was voted down 22-20 shortly after the committee had been asked by Senator Bell of Mecklenburg, ap propriations chairman, to main tain a balanced budget. “We will have to cut into the appropriations bill,” warned Bell, “if you take this tax off meals. It would decrease the income by $760,000, I have been advised.” A proposal to levy a flat 2 per cent sales tax withqut exemptions was not mentioned today as Sen ator Halstead of Camden, cham pion of the move, was appointed by Lieut. Gov. W. P. Horton to act aa chairman of the committee of-the-whole.1 Adoption of the low er tax, the group was told last week, would mean a yield of $1, 250,000 less than the now adopted 3 per cent levy with exemptions for nine “necessities of life.” The chain filling station levy would tax gasoline distributors $4 for each pump they fill in the state. The measure should raise $300,000 during the biennium, said A. J. Maxwell, commissioner of revenue. Harold Ellis Is News Tip Winner The winner of the News'’ Tip Contest for the period ending at press time today was in doubt right up to the last minute. Tips about different happenings came not only from Asheboro but from all over the county and it was finally de cided that the best, and certainly the most unusual one was phoned in by Harold Ellis, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ellis, of Millboro, con cerning the theft of a piano from the Bethany M. P. church at Mill boro.^ Young Mr. Ellis is the winner of two tickets to see the “White Way Revels” on the stage with the pic ture “Roaming Lady” at the Caro lina Theatre Wednesday or if he prefers he can wait until Thursday and see George Arliss in “The Last Gentleman" at the same theatre. The next period will end at 1:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon and the winner will be awarded the two I tickets to see Robert Young and Ann Sothem in “Dangerous Num | ber” at the Capitol Theatre, Friday or Saturday. Mrs. R. L. Williams Dies In Guilford Mrs. Robert Lee Williams, 55, of Greensboro, died Monday night in a Greensboro hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Williams was born and reared in Randolph coun ty, but had lived in Greensboro for about 25 years. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, and five sons. lONES BROTHERS IN NEW YORK SHOPPING Henry C. Jones, manager of the iight Jones stores, and Wiley lones, manager of the Asheboro lc to $5 store, left Sunday night for New York City where they will buy foods for the stores. They plan to nake a somewhat shorter trip than lsual this time because of the fact hat they were so recently in New fork buying goods for the Thomas ville store addition. Dr. Griffin Better Dr. H. L. Griffin, who has been 11 from flu at his home on Sunset ivenue for several days, is con iderably improved and will pro ,ably be out Wednesday. ” ..r *: . • Supreme Court Poll Is Now Widely Discussed In County Randolph county, ever interested in politics and affairs of govern ment, is surprisingly interested in the Supreme Court issue which will soon be debated in congress. The poll conducted by this newspaper and sponsored by the NEA Service, has met with widespread interest. Votes come in each mail and are brought into the office. Today’s mail contained votes from Staley, Bennett, Farmer, Seagrove, Level Cross, Ramseur and several from the routes about Asheboro as well as the town itself. Other villages are represented in the total vote In Cage Tournament Begins This Week Friday Is Opening Day For Randolph County Basket ball Championship Held In Asheboro Practically Every High School In County Enters Boys And Girls Teams The opening rounds of the Ran dolph County Basketball champion ship will get under way Friday night at 7:30 in the community gymnasium in Asheboro, when the Trinity and Farmer girls take fhe court. Other games on the first nights program are Randleman vs. Coleridge (boys) at 8:30 and Asheboro vs. Coleridge (girls) at 9:30. This is the first time this event has ever been held in Asheboro, and preparations are being made to handle a large crowd. Practically every high school in the county is sending entries in both the boys and girls divisions, and they are all sure to have plenty of supporters. Four teams in each section have' been seeded and given a bye in the first round. The other teams were paired up by lot. The seeded boys’ teams are Ramseur, Staley, Pro vidence, and Franklinville; the girls’ favorites are Randleman, Gray’s Chapel, Seagrove, and Staley. The first round will be continued Saturday with four games schedul ed. At 7 o’clock there will be a girls’ contest between Franklinville and Liberty, and at 8 the Liberty boys will take the floor against (Please turn to Page 3) today’s paper, but these towns were represented in the morning (nail. The total now stands 112 for and 40 against in the Randolph county poll. The poll in the nation Mon day night, according to the NEA report was 65,676 for and 126,941 against the President’s plan for changing the present method. Additional figures will appear in the next issue of The Courier. Any person is invited to vote his or her sentiments concerning this nation al issue. Ballot on page 2. P.-T. A. To Open Cafeteria Soon Reid Hannah Is Chairman Of Committee Arranging For Cafeteria In East School P.-T. A. Executive Committee Is Planning To Put On Book Carnival At the executive committee meeting of the local P.-T. A. Fri day night, definite plans were made for immediate opening of a cafe teria at the Fayetteville street school. Reid Hannah, of the Old Hickory Cafe, is chairman of the committee under whose direction the cafeteria will operate. Space has been provided in the main building and the Home Economics department of the school will co operate with the P.-T. A. in the work of preparing and serving the food. The project will start on a small scale, and will expand as de mand for service is made and as Space and facilities will permit. 'o aid the pressing need for fnfhv reference books in the libraries of the two schools the executive committee voted to put on a “Book Carnival.” A committee was appointed to work out the de tails of the carnival. The proceeds will be devoted to the purchase of supplementary school books. The matter of P.-T. A. member ship and attendance at the monthly meetings was fully discussed. It was pointed out that the parents of all the children and friends of the local schools were eligible for membership, the annual dues being (Please turn to Page 2) Extra! Extra! $75.00 IN Extra Cash Prizes! Who will win the extra $75.00 Cash Prizes, has been the cry ail week from the interested, eager Contestants and their friends. We are anxious to know who the winner or winners will be. Put forth every effort this week, as the $25.00 extra prize winner will have the better chance of the $50.00 extra prize and the $600.00 First Prize. Seagrove Route 2 Leads Line-up This Week Mrs. Charles Luck, Seagrove, route 2, has gained the lead in the line-up this week. Miss Doris King and Harmon Hastings, are second, with Mrs. Walter Yow, Mrs. Iula Routh Jones and Mrs. John Cam eron tied for a close third. With the unusual extra cash prizes to work for this week and next anyone may gain that co\eted first place by next week. Many have good chance to win the $600 award: It is truly anybody’s race in the short time left of this great campaign. WHO WILL WIN THE $25.00 PRIZE SATURDAY? Candidates: There is almost $500 cash difference between first prize and third prize. This week is the time to THINK.FIGURE.ACT Who Will Win the $50.00 Prize For This Week and Next? The Big Race Ends Two Weeks After This Week’s Offer Closes List Of Workers In The “Cash Offer” Campaign and Votes Accepted For Publication PAME TOWN VOTES Mrs. Walter E. Yow .Asheboro . 275,000 Mrs. luia Routh Jones,.Franklinville . 275,000 Mrs. Katherine B. Freeman_Greensboro . 45,000 Mrs. Bob Cheshire.Asheboro . 269,000 Mrs. Charles Luck .Seagrove . 278,000 Mrs. Lawrence Jordon.Trinity . 56,000 Miss Cora Edwards .Sophia . 273,500 Miss May Caudle.Randleman . 42,000 Harmon Hastings.Asheboro . 276,000 Mrs. R. V. Anthony.High Point, R. F. D. 67,000 Mrs. Clarence Ward.Central Falls . 107,000 Miss Minnie Lee Kennedy.High Point. 156,000 Mrs. John Cameron .Asheboro, R. 2 . 275,000 Miss Etta Kearns .Trinity, R. F. D.. 121,000 Miss Doris King.Seagrove . 276,000 Miss Loula Andrews .Caraway . 267,000 Mrs. Lacy Poole.Coleridge . 201,000 Mr. Public—Help your favorite worker NOW. Positively noth ing better to be offered later in this campaign. CANDIDATES: There is almost $40.00 per day for the remain ing sixteen working days for top winner in The Courier Campaign. ACT NOW! CANDIDATES: IT’S UP TO YOU % Church Formed At Franklinville By Holiness Group Rev. Mr. Shirling Of Burling ton Is Pastor Of The Newly Formed Congregation Zone W. M. S. Meet Masons Hear Worshipful Master At Well Attended Meeting Saturday Eve Franklinville, Feb. 23.—Rev. M. L. Shirling, pastor of the Penei costal Holiness church of Burling ton, who has been preaching here occasionally for sometime has or ganized a church and Sunday school. The school meets each Sun day morning 9:45 o’clock at the home of E. A. Evans, South Franklinville. Mrs. G. H. Kinney is superintendent and Miss Bettie Evans, secretary. A. B. Johnson has moved his family from the L. M. Curtis farm to a, farm near Holly Springs. There will be an all day meeting of Zone three of the W. M. S. of the Greensboro district at the Ram seur M. E. church, March 3, be ginning at 10 o’clock. Ramseur and Franklinville Woman’s Missionary Societies will be joint hostesses. All members of the zone are cor dially invited to attend. The Franklinville school basket ball teams played two games last week. The boys won in both games while the girls lost. Tuesday night they played Liberty school teams at Liberty with the following score: boys 43 to 11; girls 13 to 26. Thursday night they played Gray’s Chapel school teams at Liberty with a score: boys 44 to 6; girls 13 to 20. Saturday night the boys played Jonesboro boys at Franklin ville in a score of 24 to 25 in favor oi jonesDoro. ~ Habits' Lodge No. 128 A. F. and A. M., held an interesting meeting Saturday evening. Notwithstand ing the downpour of rain and mud dy roads nearly 50 per cent of the local members were present. The worshipful master outlined a help ful program of work for the near future. There will be a special ad dress on Masonry at their next re gular meeeting. Mr. and Mrs. Garland Trogdon have moved from F. L. Ellison farm to the house near Franklin ville store, recently vacated by W. a. martin. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hayes, February 20, a daughter, Shelia Jean. Mrs. S. C. Trogdon, who has been confined to her home for a few days is improving although not able to be out. J. A. Wallace and family were called to Dry Fork, Va., Saturday on account of the serious illness of Mr. Wallace’s father. Miss Dena Marable continues quite ill at the Randolph hospital. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Curtis of Greensboro were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Curtis. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jarrett of Randleman were visitors Sunday at the home of C. C. Curtis. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Archer of Greensboro, spent Sunday with Mrs. M. L. Buie. / J. V. Denson and Hubert and Conard Ashburn of Winston-Salem spent Sunday with home folks. Clayton Moon arid Worth Craven of Greensboro were visitors here Sunday. G. H. Cox and family and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cox were visitors in Greensboro Sunday afternoon. W. B. Moon and family were guests Sunday at the home of C. C. Cox of Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Combs and daughter, Miss Jennie of Raleigh were visitors Sunday afternoon at the home of W. W. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tippett and children were shoppers in Greens boro Saturday. Miss Pauline Cox and Mr. Nelson of Greensboro were week-end visit ors in Franklinville. Clarence Qoward, E. C. Graves and Fred Wilson enjoyed a birth day dinner Sunday evening at Cedar Falls, given in honor of Miss Frances Phillips. Third Zone W. M. S. To Meet March 3rd Ramseur, Feb. 23.—Zone three of the Greensboro district W. M. S. will meet Wednesday, March 3rd at the Ramseur M. E. church in an all-day session. All members of the zone are urged to attend this meet ing. A program is Being arranged that will be of interest and profit to the members and to the work. The Woman’s Missionary Societies of Franklinville and Ramseur will I be hostesses at this meeting. Courier Subscriptions Count On Double Votes And Extra Prizes Also Extensions Will Mean More Votes Special attention of Campaign Workers is called to the great importance of extension sub scriptions at this time in the Cash Offer Campaign. An ex tension is a second payment from a subscriber who has pre viously given a subscription to any of the workers in the cam paign. A one year subscription under this week’s vote scale counts 10,000 votes, whereas a one year subscription extended to two years from first period by the collection of another one year payment entitles the work er to 25,000 votes a gain of 15,000 votes for the same amount of money. Thousands and thousands of extra votes were gained on last week’s work by the campaign workers who were making a special effort to get extensions. Those workers who have failed to work on extension subscrip tions should take warning now and get bpsy on this means of piling up more winning votes now during the Great Extra Prize Offer—More votes can be gained on less amounts of money by getting these extensions in now. Wreck North Of Town Kills One Kelly - Latham, World War Veteran From Biscoe, Dies In Randolph Hospital Car Demolished Ford V-8 Crashes Into Oil Truck Monday Afternoon Near Clarence Hughes’ One man was Killed while his companion escaped with minor bruises and cuts as their Ford V-8 coupe crashed into a oil truck on a curve north of Asheboro, near the Clarence Hughes’ home at 3:30 Monday afternoon. The driver of the Ford, Kelly Latham of Biscoe, received com pound fractures of both legs, a crushed chest, and internal in juries, and died in the Randolph hospital within 20 minutes of the time the accident occurred. Lat ham, a World War veteran from Eastern Carolina originally, was from the CCC camp at Troy, as was the other occupant of the wrecked car, N. C. Canterbury, who was treated at the hospital and left immediately. The driver of the truck, V. V. Baker of Winston-Salem, was not hurt, nor was his truck seriously damaged. The Ford was a complete wreck, the whole front end being demolished. Sheriff C. E. King investigated, but said this morning that the exact cause of the wreck was in doubt. It is believed that Latham was traveling at a high rate of speed and failed to make the curve. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of the Pugh Funeral home. Dr. S. W. Taylor will offi ciate. Burial will follow in the Asheboro cemetery. New Dress Shop Opens This Week In a recent issue of this news paper, a building edition, many new places of business and homes were named. Many of both have been, and are being, remodeled. Since that issue, within the cur rent week, a new place of business has been announced for Asheboro —.this a dress shop which will be opened this week. Using the former home of Grimes and Holl ingsworth, local jewelers who have recently moved into new quarters, as a location, M. Friedman, a mer chant of High Point, is opening a dress shop called Sally’s. In this shop, Mr. Friedman plans to carry a full line of suits, dresses and hats for women and misses. In High Point, Mr. Friedman operates the Fashion shop which is a popular ready-to-wear place of that city, and he plans to operate a similar place in Asheboro to meet the needs of the local women and girls. One Worker Can Win Both Prizes Extra $25 For Workers Who Turns In Most Cash For This One Week Special Cash Prizes Spur Workers Onward Business Reported This Week Counts On Both The $25 And $50 Extra Prizes The $75.00 extra cash prizes and double vote has taken the cam paign members and their friends by storm. One and all are of the same accord in trying to far surpass any past record in getting subscriptions this week. Extra Cash Prize No. 1 For this week only—$25.00 in cash will be awarded the worker who turns in the largest amount of money for subscriptions to The Courier from Monday, February 22nd, to Saturday night, February 27th, a period of ONE week. Extra Cash Prize No. 2 For this week and next week on ly $50.00 in cash will be awarded to the worker who turns in the largest amount of money for sub scriptions to The Courier from Monday, February 22nd, to Satur day night, March 6th, a period of TWO week,s. The members are plunging into the fray with all the energy at their command. Excitement has at tained the highest point yet wit nessed in the great race. Every member in the list except two or three is manifesting every effort that could be expected trying to win the extra $75.00 Cash Prizes. New Interest Members who, up to a week or so ago, had displayed only a casual interest in the race, realize that their chances of winning the big awards are as good as any other members. The fact that just the subscriptions that are turned in this present week count to apply upon the $25.00 extra prize this week and $50.00 for the two weeks, gives each and every member in the list exactly the same opport unity to own it. This, in itself, is creating unbounded enthusiasm. Till the day is done they are fight ing the battle, courageously keep ing busily at it in order that the tide will sweep toward them. Such stirring scenes, with eager campaign members, and their friends as well, thrilling with the sport of conquest seldom have had their equal in the history of news paper circulation campaigns in this section of the state. This Week To further encourage the mem bers to exert themselves this week to the utmost, all subscriptions, new or old, will count Double Votes. See the point. The same subscrip tions which win the EXTRA cash prizes will also apply on the double votes which in turn will be the deciding factor in the winning of the cash awards at the end of the campaign. Extension Subscriptions “Second payments,” or extension subscriptions, that is, a further payment by some one who has al ready subscribed for a definite length of time during the cam paign, will be credited back n^der the extra vote offer under which the first payments were made, thus allowing a big advantage in votes and each member is advised to get as many of them as possible. Candidates: Special Notice Candidates are requested to mark extensions when they turn in the subscriptions, otherwise camnsign department will not be resnons'ble for the additional votes that the ex tension subscriptions carrv. It may be truly said that the real campaign is just beginning, judging by the enthusiasm being demonstrated by the campaign members lately. One and all seem to have taken a fresh stock in their prospects and are more fnWy de termined now to finish higher in the list than ever before. Again the public is lending its support in a commendable way and urging the workers on to greater achieve ment. This increased activity indi cates an exceptionally active week in each of the sections. The “wise” members will “bear down” as never before on subscriptions this week. Win the extra Cash Prize this week—win double votes this wed? —win the $600.00 at the end.