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ALWAYS ABREAST WITH THE CHANGING TIME IN RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS tri-weekly THE COURIER Est. As The Regulator February 2. 1876 PRINCIPLES , NOT MEN Changed To The Courier September 13, 1379 THE COURIER AND ASHEBORO MARCH IN STEP—AHEAD BOTH ARE LEADERS $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE I VOLUME lxi Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County ASHEBOBO, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1937. PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY NUMBER 32 Tax Investigators Are In Randolph This W eek For Thorough Survey Delinquent Tax Is Their Problem Come To Randolph From Guilford County Where They Had Busy Session Brooks Parham Is Head Of Workers Stresses Importance Of Keep ing Accurate Records— Prompt Reporting In Asheboro this week, working out in all sections of the county, are lirooks Parham, special in vestigator for the tax department of tho state of North Carolina, and five men whose duties deal with tax collecting in the state. The party comes to Randolph from Guilford county where they have spent sev eral weeks checking the delinquent tax situation there, making collec tions and adjustments. The duties of these men include a thorough check of all delinquent taxes due the state, including in heritance, sales tax, schedule B privilege tax and similar sources. Their work touches not only the biggest merchants, and other busi ness folk, including professional men, but they touch the smallest filling station at the cross-roads. Going off the beaten path, these men make contact with the smallest business man and woman who dive and do business in the state. Mr. Parham points out carefuTIv that their is not the job, as in the olden days of the despised tax collector, to go about oppressing people, seizing their property and | lands, but to deal fairly with fair people. It is often their duty to make adjustments in cases of taxa tion and to hear both sides of the picture. Any taxpayer has a voice and if not satisfied with the deci sion of the loeal groupFhW seek recourse with the head of the tax department, A. J. Maxwell of Raleigh. Mr. Parham stresses the fact that it is important for business folk to keep accurate records of their business. A complete record of the amount of sales is required, with deductables with sales tax payable between the first and fifteenth of each month. It would save merchants and professional men further penalties if they would report promptly. It is not penalties that these men are interested in, but they are anxious that all be put on an equal basis. Mr. Parham called attention to the fact that the iGovernor in a radio address re cently deplored the delinquency ~bf North Carolinians in the payment of the sales tax. Mr. Parham and his party will remain in Asheboro for a few days and are anxious to clear up matters of taxation as speedily as possible. There is a goodly sum to be collected in Ran dolph, according to Mr. Parham. Burns Are Fatal To Liberty Child Janies Walter Staley, four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Staley of Liberty, star route, died in a Greensboro hospital Wednes day morning of burns sustained Monday morning. The clothing oi the child caught on fire when he was playing near a brush fire which had been set at the home. The child is survived by his parents, seven sisters, Mrs. Paul Cbqwsoh, of Liberty, Mrs. Grady Smith, near Liberty, Edna Staley, Central Falls, Martha May, Lucy Dale, Cleo Virginia, and Florence, of the home, and two brothers, J. W., and B. D., of the home. Funeral service was held from Richlands Lutheran church this afternoon by Rev, Q. Q. Lyerly. Burial was in the church cemetery. Checks On Parole Cases In County Ray Farris, from the office of Edwin Gill, commissioner of >aroles, was in Asheboro Tuesday foing over parole cases with iobert Lloyd, county welfare of peer. Mr. Farris found that Ran dolph county parolees had con formed to the law very well, stat Big that they were brought to Bourt less frequently than in tin I majority of counties and that fewer paroles were revoked for Randolph county cases than for any other county. On Wednesday C. W. Wilson, of Winston-Salem, district director of commodity distribution, consulted Mr. Lloyd in regard to surplus commodities possessed by the county welfare department. Mr | Lloyd seid that at this time the county had no surpluses. . • v, . '■ = ■ ■ •, ■ ’ . * Hollywood Sees 23-Carat Jewel A humble bun sandwich and a famous 23-carrt diamond ring made company in tiic hands of Mrs. Woif liarnato, above, as she lunched in Hollywood with friends she knew before she married the son of the late Barnet Barnato, called the world’s diamond king. As Jackie Quealey, San Francisco society girl, she was wooed and won in 1932 by a barrage of radiograms from young Barnato, then on a world cruise. ttlTurchasesTo Exceed 1937 Sales DepUrtment Of Commerce Predict That Foreign Pur chases Will Exceed Sales Experts Predicting Say Too Early To Determine W'hether Tradition Export Balance Wiped Out For the first time in almost hall a century . the Department of Commerce reports indicate that the nation’s purchases abroad may exceed sales during 1937. Officials predicted, however, that aggregate two-way trade will in crease about $750,000,000 over last year, pushing merchandise transac tions with other countries up 15 per cent over last year but still leaving the total 19 per cent under 1930 and 41 per cent under 1929. For the first two months of this year, imports have exceeded ex ports by $63,826,000. In the same period last year, traders chalked | up a slight excess of exports. Officials said it is too early to determine whether the country’s traditional export balance will be wiped out this year, but added this was a possibility. During 1936, the excess of sales over purchases dropped to the lowest point since 1893, exports topping imports by only $34,258,000. This compared with $235,389,000 in 1935. Analyzing 1936 foreign trade, a department report said the export balance was whittled by increasing purchasing power in the United States, the drought and higner prices of foreign goods. The survey said it “would be ex ceedingly difficult” to determine what effect the reciprocal trade agreements had on the export bal ance. It added, however, that this probably was small compared with other factors. Exports to all countries rose 3 per cent during the year, while shipments to. countries with which trade agreements had been reached rose 14 per cent. All imports rose 18 per cent and imports from trade agreement countries climbed 22 per cent. Two-way trade with Latin American countries generally wa3 shown to have climbed more rap idly than the country’s world At $972,576,000, total imports and exports for the first two months of 1937 were $211,733,000 over the same period last year. Rotary Directors Meet The directors of the Rotary Club met Tuesday evening in a brief business session in which only routine matters came up for con sideration. Eastern Carolina May Lose Only RR Under Order LC.C. Beaufort Residents Must Put Up Cash And Assume Re sponsibility For Bridge R.R. Only Link Loss Of Railroad Will Cut Off Their Only Communica tion With Outside World The citiaens of eastern Carolina are quite alarmed and upset by the recent order of the Interstate Com merce Commission to the effect that the residents of Ileaufort must put up $3,000 cash and as sume responsibility for the expen sive bridges constituting most of the 3.17 miles of railroad linking their town with Morehead City and the outside world, or lose the rail-1 road. The order of the commission turns a victory obtained in an earlier report by an examiner into utter defeat. The examiner had recommended that the Norfolk Southern, which had built the ex tension while operating the State controlled Atlantic and North Caro lina line from Morehead City to i Goldsboro, be allowed to abandon the road only on condition that it turn it over to the A. and N. C., which he recommended be required to operate the extension as a con dition for the issuance of a certi ficate foi the operation of its own line. Both the railroads appealed, anxious to avoid liability for the expensive bridges over the inland waterway, replacement of which in a manner satisfactory to the War Department, having supervi sion over navigable waters, would entail an estimated expenditure of $200,000. The commission found with the A. and N. C., that it needs no certi ficate, eliminating it from the pic ture. It also found that operation of the now isolated short line would be too great a hardship on the Norfolk Southern. However, both roads had offered concessions and the commission-in dicated it will force both of them to make good if a local company is formed. Under North Carolina laws, such a company would have to have a capital of $15,000. The Norfolk Southern agreed to take $12,000 in stock in the new company for the line, which has a scrap value of $20,000 thus limit ing to $3,000 the cash which must be raised. Furthermore, the A. and N. C., had offered to divide equally the revenue from the short line and operate at out-of-pocket cost. The order will not become effec tive for 90 days, giving Beaufort citizens time to decide what they want to do and raise the necessary money. W. J. Armfield, III News Tip Winner The news tip this time goes to W. J. Armfield, III, who reported the sudden illness of Hal Hill, well known colored man of the town. Hill was working with the street repair force at the time he was taken ill on Wednesday morning. The tickets for Mr. Armfield entitle him to see Vinton Hayworth in China Passage at the Capitol Sat urday. The next period for news tips will begin immediately and will carry two tickets for Seventh Heaven, starring Simone Simon at the Sunset Theatre on Monday or Tuesday. Tickets On Sale Merchant’s Meet Tickets for the Merchants Asso ciation banquet which will be held in the Methodist Protestant church April 23 will go on sale immediate ly, said Tagg Cox, secretary of the association Wednesday, urging all members to be present. The meeting will take the form of a Charter Night, since the formal reception of the local group’s charter from W. L. Dowell, of Raleigh, executive secretary of the North Carolina Merchants As sociation, will be the highlight of the evening. A number of out-of town guests have been invited to attend, and there wilt be short talks by one or two of these visitors. One of the chief purposes of the banquet, said Mr. Cox, is to get all the members together where they can ask all the questions they want to about the organization and work of the association. Many business men have joined because of the benefits of membership but with-1 out understanding at all the work-1 ings of the association. It is hoped > that in such an open discussion all doubtful points may be cleared up j and all problems receive attention. The directors of the association are serving as the banquet and ticket sales committees. Wedding Shower Pose For Co-ed? When lieio'.se Martin left her: show in Chicago and Bus Berg man vanished simultaneously, it was reported that the Drake Uni-i versity “shower bath girl” and the school’s football star had eloped. Miss Martin won her title, consid erable notoriety and a stage con-: tract by posing for intimate “co-ed” pictures for a magazine. One of the pictures showing her in a shower bath brought a protest from Miss Martin. Officers Named Mis. W. A. Martin Heads Local P.-T. A. Succeeds Mrs. J. T. Buie Mission Group Meets Legion Ball Team To Sponsor Amateur Hour At School Saturday Evening Franklinville, April 15.—The IV T. A. held the last meeting for this school year at the community theatre Tuesday evening with Mrs. J. T. Buie, president, in the chair. Reports were made by the different committees. The attendance ban ners were won by grades 1, 7 and 9. Prof. J. H. Mitchell, in a short complimentary address, presented Mrs. J. T. Buie, the outgoing presi dent with a medal, given by the P.-T. A. for her loyalty and effi-1 cient work as president for the past; two years. The following officers were elected for the coming year: Mrs. W. A. Martin, president; Mrs. W. L. Grimsley, vice president; Mrs. J. H. Mitchell, secretary and W. P. Rodgers, treasurer. After the election of officers, the crowd enjoyed moving pictures on child | welfare. Robert Burke of High Point is a visitor here this week. Mrs. J. L. Jones and Mrs. R. D. Garrison entertained the Woman’s Missionary Society of the M. E. church Saturday night at the home of the former with 17 members ah'I 1 visitor present. Mrs. Lucy David son had charge of the program in the absence of the program chair man. Home Evangelism was dis cussed by Mrs. Davidson, Mrs. C. C. j Brady and Mrs. D. M. Weatherly, i Mrs. H. B. Buie, the president, I (Please turn to Page 5) Airport Markers Will Soon Appear On Local Buildings The works progress administra tion Tuesday began work in | Greensboro putting standard mark ing devices on a number of build ings as part of the air marking project for the Greensboro-High Point airport, and it is expected that similar markers will be paint ed on several Asheboro buildings soon. Asheboro was one of a number of towns in the vicinity of the a;r port which were selected last summer for the markers pointing out to planes the direction of the field. The markers were to be painted on the McCrary building, the National Chair Company fac tory, and probably one other large building. Seagrove and Ramseur were, other Randolph county towns j where it was planned to put the markers. j Reports From Big i i Business Reveal Progress Over ’36 Stockholders’ Reports Show Advance In Many Import ant Industries Meet In New York Orders Booked In First Quart er Shows 75 Per Cent Gain Over Last Year Annual meetings of outstanding units in steel, electrical, building, textile and other industries held in New York recently aroused hopes of dividends by shareholders as their reports of profit and busi ness gains have been recorded. ; Executives confronted stockhold ers after business generally had emerged from the winter months on .the highest point of the re covery road. Clarence M. Woolley, chairman of American Radiator & Standard Sanitary corporation, a leading manufacturer of building supplies, forecast the concern’s sales this year would top the 1936 total by at least 25 per cent. The increase in the first three months, he said, had exceeded expectations. Record orders in the first three months were reported by Westing house Electric & Manufacturing company, to shareholders in a meeting at East Pittsburg, Pa., an.t in a statement given out here. Un filled orders at the end of March, at $73,735,326, were described as the largest since 1923. Orders booked in the first quar ter amounted to $74,242,581, against $42,515,469 in the com parable period last year, a gain of 75 per cent. With the steel industry turning out metal at a record pace, Tom Girdler, chairman of the Republic [Steel corporation, third largest unit of the industry, informed share holders in a meeting at Jersey City that the company made more money in the first quarter than in all of 1935 and should do “pretty [well for the rest of the year.” ■Fayetteville Street ^ To Be dearth Up The general committee of the clean-up organization backed by the Chamber of Commerce inspect ed several sites on North Fayette ville Tuesday which had been the subject of a number of complains and reported that the owners had been very cooperative in arranging for an improvements in their ap pearance. The committee, composed of C. C. Cranford, chairman, C. W. Mc Crary, and C. G. Bossong, visited many of the property owners along N. Fayetteville street Tuesday and others are being contacted by letter. Having met with such a fine civic spirit in this section of town, the committee is continuing with its survey of other spots that need a clean-up. All committees in the movement will meet Thursday evening to re port progress to date and make plans for further work. Many People Come To Friendly Hour Trie program of “The Friendly Hour,” which was broadcast from the court house Sunday afternoon, proved so popular that the spon sors are considering putting it on here again. With Rev. T. R. York in charge, a fine song service, with several well known quartets fea tured, was enjoyed by a large crowd. The court room and balcony were filled, and a large number of peo ple congregated in the halls and on the lawn to listen to the program by the loud speaker system which had been installed for the occasion. “The Friendly Hour” is broadcast each Sunday afternoon over radio station WMFR. The markers will be painted con trasting colors of yellow and black and not less than 100 feet in leng th and six feet wide. Each will con tain the name of the nearest major airport, the number of miles and will be accompanied by an arrow pointing toward the field. While work is being rushed to complete the entire project by the first of next month, the dedication committee, headed by J. T. Martin, chairman, and Miss Mary Nichoi spn, secretary, is busily preparing plans for the celebration which will be held May 28-29. The inspection of the field for the purpose of reinstatement for air mail, express and passenger service has been assured for the first week in May by the postoffice department and the department of commerce. North Carolians Offering On Present Position Sworeme Court Since Their Mostmecent Action I__ JUBILANT AFTER COURT VICTORY United States Senator Robert Wagner appeared highly gratified, when he was pictured in his Washington, D. C., offices, April 12th. He had previously been informed that the Supreme Court had declared his labor relations act constitutional, in five separate decisions affecting 3uch lines of endeavor as the press, the steel industry and the trans* portation field. Appointment Of Two State Boards Will Be Made Shortly Hoey Plans To Announce Highway Commission And Liquor Board Heads According to reports from Ra leigh, it is the plan of Governor Hoey to make and announce his appointments for two important state boards. Hearing delegations and listening to their recommenda tions of candidates has consumed a great deal of the governor’s time for the past several weeks. The head and ten commissioners for the highway and public works com missigcj and an entire liquor board will be named by the governor. It is his intention to name the liquor board before the first local option election in Durham county which will be held on April 27th. He aiso expects to name the highway head and board at the same time if possible. Reports from Raleigh now indi-! cate that the governor plans to I make a change in the highway! head. Capus Waynick, who has been at the head of the highway and public works commission since E. B. Jeffress’ illness, has not said by work or deed that he would not hold on to the job, if allowed. George Coan, present administrat or of WPA funds in the state, who hails from Winston-Salem, now appears the most likely man for the. place. This, despite the fact that the reports flew about that Mr. Coan had withdrawn. It is under stood that Governor Hoey looks upon Mr. Coan with some favor, although he remains silent on the subject. Besieged by delegations recent ly, a delegation from Rowan and Iredell counties asked the Governor to see that both counties are placed in the same highway district, along with Stanly, Cabarrus, Davie, (Please turn to Page 8) One Unconscious After Collision A young man identified as Glenn Snyder, son of Brantley Snyder, of Asheboro route three, but still unconscious is in the Randolph j hospital suffering with head in juries received in an automobile accident six miles out Highway 02 about 2 o’clock this afternoon. A car driven by Snyder collided with one driven by Alton Kearns, son of Harris Kearns of Farmer and proprietor of the Kearns Hatchery in Asheboro. The cause of the ac cident is not known but the pouring rain is believed to have caused one of the cars to skid. One of the cars ended up about 100 yards out in the field alongside fhe road, the other in the ditch. Kearns was not hurt beyond receiving a few bruises and scratches. Auto Firms Cease “6 Percent” Claim To Discontinue Advertising That Installment Buying Costs Only 6 Per Cent Long Practiced Real Expense Is 12-15 Per Cent Figured On Usual Computation Of Interest The Federal Trade Commission has announced that ten major auto mobile companies have agreed to discontinue the declaration in their advertising that installment pur chasing of automobiles costs only “6 per cent”, when the real in terest rates are two or three times that figure. It has long been the habit of ad vertisers whose products sell by installment, whether automobiles, electric refrigerators or washing machines to describe interest pay ment as only “6 per cent.” With installment buying so widespread in the United States many persons are not aware that charges are actually from 12 to 15 per cent, or higher, reckoned on the normal method of computing interest. Thus a normal 6 per cent charge on a loan of $1000 would be only $60 a year, and the borrower would have full use of the $100 for 12 months. The “6 per cent” for installment buying has been and is quite a dif ferent matter. On a $1000 car a purchaser perhaps pays $200 cash down, and obligates himself to pay “6 per cent carrying charges” on the balance along with eight mon thly curtailments of the principal, of $100 each. Half way through this operation, the buyer has paid off all but $400 of his debt to the acceptance com pany, but he is still paying “6 per cent” interest on his whole original debt of $800. The real expense of buying a car on credit instead of by cash under this scheme is near er 12 per cent, experts declare. They do not attack the cost of in stallment buying, which is felt by many to be. fairly reasonable und er the circumstances, but criticize the failure to let the public know the facts. Those Signing the stipulations were Chrysler Corporation and its subsidiary, Chrysler Sales Corpora tion, De Soto, Dodge and Plymouth: Universal Credit Corporation, As sociated with Ford; Commercial Credit Co.; Commercial Investment Trust Corporation; Nash, Hudson, Reo, Packard and Grah&m-Paige. Senator Bailey And Others Differ Four North Carolina Members Of House Take Opposite View Of Recent Ruling Most Congressmen Think Vast Change Weaver, Doughton And Oth ers Express Their Opinions Without Hesitation Commenting on the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the con stitutionality of the Wagner Labor Act, Senator Josia Bailey said Tuesday that there was no essen tial difference in the position of the court, but that the different de cision was the result of better drafting of the legislation. Four North Carolina members of the house looked at the matter from an opposite point of view. Representatives Clark, Dough ton, Kerr and Weaver all saw in the decisions a considerable change in the viewpoint of the court, an opinion generally shared in congress, although there was some support of the Bailey view point. Senator Bailey’s statement fol lows: | “Some day—not so far off—-it [ will occur to many of the Ameri can people that the difficulty with much of recent legislation has not been that the Supreme Court was opposed, but it was so carelessly drawn that no court could hold it constitutional. This is particularly true of the NRA act and the Guf fey coal act. Three other acts were so obviously bad that the President asked for their repeal. If the cxtix gress should be permitted to draw its legislative bills or amend bills drawn by bright young men in the bureaus who have had no legislative experience—and no great degree of practice as lawy ers—the difficulties with the Supreme Courtwould be eliminated. “The Wagner labor relations act was well drawn. . . The opinion— consistently with the rule of the court—was restricted to the ques tion presented. Representative Zebulon Weaver, a member of the house judiciary committee, said: “I was, of course, highly gratis fied. I have never had any quar rel with the Supreme Court’s de cisions on fundamental points of law. I mean by that its interpre tation of common law and princi ples of equity constituting English and American jurisprudence under which we have lived for 1,00!) years. “In these matters it has been a great court. But,, as an illustra tion, when the constitution rests on congress the power to and duty *.o regulate commerce between the states, the congress has as much and more power to say what i* interstate commerce than has the Supreme Court. The statements of the other re presentatives were of the same tenor, calling the decision broad and liberal, and praising the court’s interpretation. , Asheboro Teachers Choose Delegates The Asheboro unit of the North Carolina Education Association, composed of teachers in the city schools, met Monday and elected delegates to the state meeting of the organization, which will be held in Durham April 22-24. Those selected were Miss Clara IS. Gill, Miss Donna Lee Loflin, Miss Ruth Wicker, and Mrs. E. S. McLeod. Miss Ruth Tucker was elected an alternate. The big event of the meeting will be the pageant on Friday even ing commemorating the one-hund redth anniversary of public schools in North Carolina. The Asheboro teachers, as a whole, expect to go to Durham, for this part of the program. H. A. Macon Dies, Bennett Resident H. A. Macon, 53, of Bennett star route, died Wednesday morning ltt the local hospital of pneumonia after ten days’ illness. m Funeral service was conducted this after noon from Holly Springs Friends church by Rev. D. P. Moffitt and Rev. G. W. Talley. Interment took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Macon is survived by a sister, Mrs. J. G. Lowdermilk of Greensboro; and two brothers, J: P. Macon and W. O. Macon, both of Bennett star route.