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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 TRI-WEEKLY Est. As The Regulator February 2. 1876 PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN Changed To The Courier September 13, 1879 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOLUME LXI Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County ASHEBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 193'J PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY NUMBER 14 ’37 Peace Measure Passes U. S. Senate By Sweeping Vote Provides For Extension Of Embargo On Arms; Gives President Added Powers Vote Is 62-6 First Piece Of Major Legisla tion Passed By Either House During Session The U. S. Senate on Wednesday passed the Pittman neutrality bill which has been termed “the peace act of 1937” and is designed to keep this country “out of the line of fire” in event of the next war. The vote for this measure was G2 to 6. The measure, the first major piece of new legislation passed by either House this session, now goes to the House, where a somewhat similar measure is being consider ed. In passing the bill, the Senate ignored the pleadings and the warnings of two men who have led it in the past on matters re lating to international relations— Senators Borah, Republican of Idaho, and Johnson, Republican of California. Instead it followed the advice of the younger men who made up the munitions investigating committee of a year ago, and Senator Lee, Democrat of Oklahoma, himself a war veteran. Lee stirred the cham ber today with a plea to remember “those who can’t speak to you to day” and not to “weigh gold against blood.” Only six senators finally voted against the bill, which would make permanent the present neutrality law and add to it a form of the “cash and carry” policy advocated by the munitions committee. In addition to Borah and John son, they were: Senators Austin, Republican of -Vermont; Bridges, Republican of New Hampshire; Gerry, Democrat of Rhode Island; and Lodge, Republican of Massa chusetts. Senators King, Democrat of Utah, Copeland, Democrat of New York, and Gibson, Republican of Vermont, also were paired against the measure. Besides extending the present mandatory embargo on arms ship ments to belligerents, the measure would prohibit American travel on belligerent ships; outlaw shipments of American-owned goods to war ring nations; and allow the presi dent to say what other goods Am erican ships could carry to such nations. Graves Funeral This Afternoon Joseph Orlando Graves, 63, died early Wednesday morning at his home in Randleman. Mr. Graves, a son of the late Elkanah and Wincey Ann Presnell Graves of Randolph county, is survived by his widow, the former Miss Nancy Frye; six sons, Joseph H. and Earl, of Washington, D. C., Lloyd, of Chapel Hill, Glenn and Bernice, of Randleman, and Eugene, of Reidsville; four daughters, Mrs. Cecil Russell, of Asheboro, Kate, Grace and Nancy Graves, all of the home; seven brothers, Hadley, of Lap, N. D.; Elwood and Floyd, of High Point, Hiram and W. E., of Seagrove, Walter, of Mulberry, Fla., and Jonah Graves; two sist ers, Mrs. E. L. Presnell, of Ellerbe, and Mrs. J. R. Lucas, of Aberdeen. Funeral was conducted from New Zion M. P. church near Seagrove i this afternoon by Dr. J. L. Stokes, II, pastor of St. Paul M. E. church of Randleman. Burial was in the New Zion church cemetery. [ C. B. Farmer Dies From Pneumonia C. Banks Farmer, 37, died at his home in Liberty Tuesday of pneumonia after 10 days’ illne3s. He was a member of the Liberty M. P. church and the Randolph chapter of the Junior Order. Mr. Farmer is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Myrtle Fuqua; his mother, Mrs. B. F. Farmer, of Kimesville; four sisters, Misses Mary and Lily Farmer of the home, Mrs. Everett Allred, of Burlington, and Mrs. Robert Mof fitt, of Kimesville, and three brothers, James, Riley and Clyde Farmer, of Kimesville. Funeral was held Wednesday k afternoon at 3 o’clock from Lib. erty Methodist Protestant church in charge of the pastor, Rev. Aulbert Smith, Rev. J. W. Bradston and Rev. Fred R. Love. Interment was in Fairview cemetery. 1 GIRL STRIKERS SATIRIZE 5 AND 10 HEIRESS Between counters loaded with 10-cent merchandise, girl employes of the main Woolworth 5-and-lO store in Detroit romped and sang songs which gaily satirized Countess von Haugwitz-Reventlow, the former Barbara Hutton, Woolworth heiress and formerly “t he richest girl in the world.” Five of the strikers arc pictured here. Meantime, the strike leaders threatened to extend the “sitdown” throughout the entire Woolworth system, demanded more pay, shorter hours. The 150 girls in this Detroit store, and a dozen in another, ate at the store’s fountains, slept on mattresses dragged into the aisles. Approve 55 Hour Work Week Bill House Favors 55 Hours As Maximum Weekly For Men; j 48 Hours For Women Goes To Senate All Amendments Tending To Lessen Strength Of Bill Are Voted Down A bill introduced by Uzzell of Rowan and McBryde of Cumber land to provide a 55 hour maxi mum work week for men and 48 : for women received the approval of I the house Tuesday. After several proposed amendments to weaken it ! were voted down, the measure went to the senate, which is also expected to approve it. The work week adopted would make al lowances for seasonal employ ments in which the overplus would be recompensed by time and a half rate of employment. The efforts of Blount, of Beau fort and Gray, of Gates, to take j their counties from under the act ' brought warm speeches from Giles, I of McDowell, and McBryde, of I Cumberland, protesting against the levity of its state in refusing to give its sanction to such a bill. I Giles declared that there can be no more justification for exempt ing two counties from its provisions than there would be for having different conditions incident to murder trials or for refusing to apply the sales tax to these cofr.i ties. McBryde, asked if the textile in dustry is not now applying the eight-hour to its work, said he was glad to report that 85' per cent of the manufacturers of the state do recognize the eight-hour day, but there are in Lumberton and Tar boro manufacturers who do not. Murphy, of Rowan, said he was glad to support the bill which he regards meritorious. Taylor, of Alleghany, said he did not under stand the bill, but he did approve the child labor amendment be cause he “feared that a $5 man behind a $15 pair of glasses,” would be down here looking for violations. Dellinger, of Gaston, offered an amendment which would have exempted the workers in the tex tile industry who, he thought, have as much right to get out as do mestic and agricultural workers have. Lumpkin, of Franklin, called on the opponents of the federal child labor, who opposed the amendment "but said they would favor a genuine state act, to vote for this bill which he thought could go a good deal further than it does. Tray Merchant Dies G. W. Allen, 89, died at his home in Troy Wednesday, Mr. Al len was a pioneer merchant of that section and a prominent citizen. He was the father of Miss Lena Allen who has visited in Asheboro upon numerous occasions. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Caveness, Miss Kate Hammer and Reid Hannah went to Troy yesterday to see Miss Allen. Mrs. W. A. Carter Receives Tickets Several excellent news tips were received in The Courier’s news tip contest for the period which ended this afternoon at 1:30. In fact com petition was so keen that three people phoned or brought in the winning tip but Mrs. W. A. Carter, of Asheboro, was the first to reach us with it and so the two rtfcteety-ttr ~»ee -Errol Plynfl and Olivia DeHaviland in “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” at the Capitol Friday and Saturday, were awarded her. The new period starts at press time today and ends at 6 p. m. Saturday and the winner will get two tickets to see Jack Benny, Mary Boland and Burns and Allen in “College Holiday”, the attrac tion, Monday and Tuesday at the Sunset. All Names On List Not Authorized Dry Forces Used Names Of I Three Prominent College Heads Without Notice All Known Drys Dislike Language Used In Text Of Statement Used By Zealous Drys Among the week’s most interest ing news items was a statement’in the Greensboro Daily News on Wednesday to the effect that a list of prominent men’s names furnish ed by the dry forces were not all authentic. Three of the eminent educators whose signatures were attached to the diatribe against the general assembly were President William P. Few, of Duke university, Presi dent Frank P. Graham, of the University', and President Thur man D. Kitchin, of Wake Forest college. All three men are devoted drys, total abstainers and favorable to the statewide referendum on liquor, but none of them saw the statement as it went out and friends of them all who have talk ed to them declare that these presidents would not have signed the outgiving. Their objection to the statement of the United Drys is found in the intemperate speech in which the proclamation was uttered. It cairs the opposition “liquorcrats” and speaks of “railroading” the bill. The heads of these three colleges i do not talk that way and do not feel that way about the opposition. Trained in the academic atmos phere, intellectual hospitality is foremost with them and when they argue they try to be mannerly. None of these presidents has made a public statement, but it has been learned that neither of the three ever saw the statement which they were made to sign. It is known, however, that the United Dry in sending out the attack on the general assembly gave notice that if nothing to the contrary was heard by a certain date the state ment would carry the names of the organization. Hancock Supports Change In Court North Carolina Representa tive Racks Roosevelt In Radio Address Need Action Now - __ '•* Hancock Tells Nation His Constituents Helped Make Up Mind On Subject Representative Frank W. Han cock, Jr., of North Carolina, in a broadcast Tuesday night, came out unreservedly for President Roose velt’s proposed Supreme Court changes, charging that the court has failed to adapt its constitu tional interpretations to present day needs. Hancock, who upon the (Please turn to Page 4) House Approves Motor Vehicle Act With Its Changes Action Would Lower License Plate Cost Ten Cents Per Hundredweight Numerous Changes Would Dictate Penalties For Violation Of Laws By Motor Vehicle Bureau An action by the House roads committee on Wednesday has re ceived state-wide comment. The committee approved the motor ve hicle act that would reduce private automobile license fees ten cents per hundredweight. This act would mean a reduction from 40 to 30 cents per hundredweight with a ?6 minimum. Regulation of the registration of motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers and the payments of fees thereon is provided in the measure. Also included are provi sions for the issuance of title cer tificates and definitions of the powers and duties of the motor ve hicle bureau. The act would also govern opera tion of vehicles on highways and provide penalties. Base license tax rates for private haulers of more than 4,500 pounds gross weight are set up as follows: 4,501 to 8,500 pounds, 40 cents a hundredweight; 8,501 to 12,500 pounds, 50 cents; 12,501 to 16,500 pounds, 60 cents; over 16,000 pounds, 70 cents. On the same schedule of gross poundage, the fees on commercial haulers would range from 60 cents a hundredweight to $1.25, and on contract haulers from 76 cents to $1.40. A ftht rate of 60 cents a hun dredweight Would be imposed on franchise haulers, plust- a tax of 6 ^DCr the gro^jjj$staw dd i rived from operation—-nof to' apply until such amount exceeds the li cense tax. An amendment written into the bill would exempt from classifica tion as a commercial hauler any owner who has an established busi ness and whose truck does not go out of the county. Vehicles operating under a certi ficate as a restricted common car rier would also be liable to the gross revenue tax of 6 per cent above the license levy. (Please turn to Page 4) Leading Candidates Who Fail To Have Big Report This Week May Fall To Lowest Prizes In List THERE IS $550.00 CASH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST AWARD AND THE FIFTH; THIS WEEKS REPORT MAY WIN OR LOSE THAT MUCH FOR ANYONE OF SEVERAL This Week’s Business counts on the Big Protect You Votes. The Extra $50 cash award, and Directly on the big Main Awards. Work ers Expecting Big Awards who fall down now will surely meet with disappointment. WHO WILL WIN THE 1,000,000 VOTES???? WHO WILL WIN THE 500,000 VOTES?????? WHO WILL WIN THE 300,000 VOTES?????? WHO WILL WIN THE EXTRA $50.00??????? It’s Up To The Workers and their Boosters List Of Workers In The “Cash Offer” Campaign and Votes Accepted For Publication NAME Mrs. Walter E. Vow .... Mrs. lula Routh Jones,... Mrs. Bob Cheshire. Mrs. Charles Luck . Mrs. Lawrence Jordon ... Miss Cora Edwards . Harmon Hastings. Mrs. R. V. A»thony. Mrs. Clarence Ward. Miss Minnie Lee Kennedy Mrs. John Cameron . Miss Etta Kearns . Miss Doris King. Miss Loula Andrews .... Mrs. Lacy Poole. TOWN VOTES Asheboro . 826,000 Franklinville . 828,000 Asheboro . 725,000 Seagrove . 825,000 Trinity . 83,000 Sophia. 823,000 Asheboro . 828,000 Hight Point, R. F. D. 85,000 Central Falls . 140,000 High Point. 205,000 Asheboro, R. 2 . 823,000 Trinity, R. F. D. 230,000 Seagrove . 821,500 Caraway ,. 505,000 Coleridge . 225,000 Get “Second Payment Extensions” Now Fifty $2.00 Subscriptions Under this Weeks Vote Scale Will Earn For W'orker 500,000 VOTES Ten 5-Year Subscriptions Extended From One to Six Years From First Period Earns 1,560,000 VOTES GET BIG EXTENSIONS NOW AND WIN $600 Roosevelt’s Talk Tonight A Source Of Speculation Politicians And Advisors Wonder If He Will Dis cuss Supreme Court Authorities Disagree White House Parley Of Lead ers Wednesday Leaves Others Unsettled As Ever Politicians and private citizens all over the country are wondering just what President Roosevelt will say in his Victory Dinner address tonight. Mr. Roosevelt will follow up th'S speech with a fireside chat next Tuesday night, on the eve of the committee hearings. White House officials have strongly indicated he would take up the court issue and have said the two speeches were to be regarded as a serial in two parts. Advisers of President Roosevelt intimated that he will strike a major blow for reorganization of the Supreme Court in a speech he will deliver. The President called foremost Congressional advisers to his study late Wednesday for a long con ference. One of the conferees said after ward that Mr. Roosevelt would re fer to the proposed court reorgani zation indirectly in his talk tomor row at a Democratic “Victory Din ner.” Others intimated they had gone over a rough draft of the 'entire address. “It will be important,” a high ad ministration official advised report ers. The unheralded Presidential con ference was attended by Vice President Garner, Speaker Bank head, . SEiijttd.r Re presentative Rayburn, the Demo cratic floor chief in the House. “We are going along just as we started,” Bankhead said afterward. “There is no change in the pro gram.” The dinner where Mr. Roosevelt will speak will be one of a number throughout the country, designed to help pay Democratic party ex penses. Democratic leaders who dir.e with the President will pay $100 a plate. While administration supporters counted on aid from the President’s speech, Democratic Senators oppos ing the court legislation invited a group of prominent citizens to speak out against the plan at the coming hearings before the Senate judiciary committee. Asheboro Woman Is 80 Years Old Mrs. Hugh J. Burns celebrated her 80th birthday today at her home on North Fayetteville street. Mrs. Burns, who has been an in valid for some years, was sur rounded by a few close friends and relatives for this occasion. A birthday cake with 80 small candles, numerous presents, flowers and friends, made the day a mem orable one for the guest of honor. Her only son, B. Frank Page, pre sident of King Drug Company of Raleigh, spent the day in Ashe boro. Davis Advocates Milk Test Fees Representative Bryan Davis of Randolph joined with Burgin of Henderson in introducing two bills at the house session Tuesday. The first was to amend the 1935 oleo margarine law and the other would permit the state department of agriculture to impose fees for test ing and weighing milk and cream. Senator Henry Ingram has like wise been giving the senate some thing to consider. In one bill he proposes to place certain widows on the pension rolls; another pro vides compulsory treatment on convicts inflicted with venereal disease. Jim Hoover Dies Early Wednesday Jim Hoover, 48, died Wednesday morning at his home on Asheboro route three, five miles west of the city. He is survived by two broth ers, Monroe Hoover and Juel Hoov er, both of Asheboro route three; and one sister, Mrs. Dora Angel of High Point. Funeral service was held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon at Back Creek Friends church with Rev. H. A. Parker in charge. In terment followed in the church i cemetery. Reports Thfk» Saturday Will Have Much Effect On Who Wins $600, $400 j Czech, Double Czech Beauty ---- The women of Czechoslovakia have a standard of beauty to live up to now, with the selection of the country’s most attractive girls through a nation-wide survey. Laughing Hana Vedivodovo is a type girls ought to be glad to Czech up to. Golf Club Regins Membership Drive Official Name Will Be Ashe —IwH’frftfmHcipal Qotf'€otirse7 Open April 1 To Meet Tonight Membership Committee Se lected; Henry Mills To Be Golf Professional The golf commission, consisting of Ed Cranford, Frank McCrary, and Francis White, at its meeting Tuesday also decided to open the course on April 1, weather per mitting, and to call it the Asheboro municipal golf course. Mr, McCrary announced Tuesday that the commission had secured Henry Mills, who has been con nected with the Carolina Country Club at Raleigh, the Salisbury Country Club, and the Lexington Country Club, as golf professional at the new course. Mr. Mills came originally from Scotland but has now lived in the United States for seevral years, and is considered an excellent golf instructor. Mr. Mills will have complete charge of the operation of the course. The commission expects to build a pro shop for him between number one tee and number nine green, and golf balls, clubs, and other-equipment will be available here. Mr. Mills will be in a posi tion to repair clubs and also * o give lessons as required. He and his family have recently moved to Asheboro and are occupying the house of A. I. Ferree’s which stands near the course. Work is progressing, Mr. Mc | Crary states, on the unfinished part of the layout, and practically all ; greens have been topsoiled and new j seed planted. With favorable weather for the next three weeks I the course will be in excellent I shape for the opening. William Matthews Of Ulah Is Dead William Ashby Matthews, 28, j died Thursday morning at his home ! at Ulah following a short illness. | Mr. Matthews, the son of J. G. and j Ida Snead Matthews, had operated j a service station at Ulah for the 1 past two years and was well known in that community. He is survived by his parents: four brothers, Odell Matthews cf Old Hickory, Tennessee, and Brady, Benson, and Vivian of the home; and one sister, Miss Alta Mae Mat thews of Greensboro. Funeral service will be held at Flag Springs M. P, church nine miles from Asheboro with the Rev. ' William Garner of Randleman of ficiating. The exact time of the i funeral has not been decided, but | is pending arrival of relatives. The ! body will remain at the Farlow i Funeral Home until 9 o’clock Fri j day morning when it will be taken | to the home at Ulah. i Big Winners Will Have A Big Report Free Vote Ballots Of 1,000, 000, 500,000 And 300,000 To Three Leaders Extensions Will Mean Much On Winning Twenty Extensions From One To Six Years Will Earn Over 3,000,000 Votes The race for the twenty-five dollar extra cash prize last week was close between three of the candidates. This leaves it very much in doubt as to who will be the winner of the $50 extra cash prize that is to be won this Satur day night. The $50 will be won by the candidate who turns in the largest amount of money for old and new subscriptions from Mon day, February 22nd, to Saturday, March 6th. This is a nice award in itself and is in addition to any prize a candidate may win at the end of the campaign. Thousands of Free Votes The “Protect You” Vote Ballot Offer which ends tomorrow night is perhaps the most important single offer of the entire campaign. There are two big reasons for this. In the first place this offer ha3 been in effect from the first day of the campaign. The three “Pro tect You” Vote Ballots will be awarded to the three candidate^ who have to their credit respective-; ly the three largest-numbers— votes for subscriptions turned in from the beginning of the cam paign up to and including tomor row night, Saturday, March 6th. Every subscription turned in from the beginning until that time ap plies upon it. Thus, no one loses the advantage of a single subscrip tion previously turned in. The second and really most im portant reason for winning one of the big ballots is, that it is logical to believe that the winners of these thiee “Protect You” Vote Ballots will more than likely be the winners of the three biggest awards offered by The Courier. Workers Redouble Efforts In frenzied efforts to eliminate as much doubt as possible club members are scouring the com munity ceaslessly. “Second pay ments” will doubtless have a bear ing on the deciding of the winners of the prize vote ballots. The great additional vote value of “second payments” make them more attrac tive now than ever. The money turned in for “second payments” counts to apply upon the “Protect You” ballots and the additional vote will apply back under the offer in which the first payments was made. The members are keeping busily at it so as to be certain as possible to have their names high up in the list of win ners when the count is made March 15th. Awards Represent Value Had the “Cash Offer” Campaign been announced and stretched out over a period of six months in stead of the very short time of seven weeks, $600 cash award would still be good pay and justify a maximum amount of effort on the part of any candidate. When the duration of the race is narrow ed down to a matter of a few weeks it offers members an op portunity to make money fast enough to place them in the earn ing class of bank president, cor poration officials and the big earn ers in the industrial field. Practically six of the seven weeks in this campaign is a matter of past history. There are only a few Working days after today in which to insure yourself of a win ning vote when the final count is made. Don’t let your past efforts go for naught. Protect the work you have already done by winning \ one of the big “Protect You” Vote i Ballots this week. WIN A BIG BALLOT—WIN A BIG AWARD. IS JEALOUS OF WIFE’S AFFECTIONS TO TWINS Norman Covault .of Milwaukee is now in jail serving a four-month’s term after a conviction of cruelty. Covault brutally beat and wounded severely his three-months-old baby, Joan, one of twins to whom his wife paid too much attention to suit him. The baby is in a hospital with a broken leg and other in juries while her father is in jail,