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VOLUME LXI
Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
ASHEBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1937.
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND S^»AY
NUMBER 41
Schools Gosing i
In Asheboro With
Several Programs
)r. S. W. Taylor Will Preach
baccalaureate Sermon To
Graduates On Sunday
>ageant On Monday
tate Superintendent Of
Schools Will Deliver Com
mencement Address
Clyde Erwin, state superinten
ent of education Will be the prin-1
ipal speaker at the Asheboro
chools commencement exercises
1 the high school auditorium Tues
ay evening.
The address of welcome will be
iven by Miss Fernko Johnson,
ilutatorian of the 1937 senior
ass and the farewell will be given
y Miss Betty Prevette, valedic
irian.
Fifty-three seniors will be pre
>nted with diplomas and several
ill receive special awards. Music
ill be furnished by Mrs. Murray
ield’s pupils.
The commencement week will
ricially open Friday evening when
rs. Field’s music students will
ive a recital in the school audi
irium.
The commencement sermon will
■ delivered by Dr. S. W. Taylor
jnday evening at 8 o’clock in the
hool auditorium. Music for the
fening will be furnished by a
loir composed of members from
I the churches in the city. The
irents and friends of the seniors
id the public is cordially invited
attend. The middle aisle, front,
ill be reserved for members of
e senior class who will wear their
,ps and gowns for the first official
*ie.
Monday evening the graduation
iss will present an educational
igeant “Out of the Past” under
rection of Miss Massa Lambert
id Mrs. Murray Field.
Wednesday will be the final day
school when report cards will be
lued to the students.
frs. Roy Reaves &
Hallie Reaves Hurt
Ira. Roy Reaves was very pain
ty injured this morning when
ear in which she was riding
lllided with a truck. The details
the accident are not known de
jiitely but the accident occurred
out 10:00 o’clock eight miles
nth of Greensboro on the Ashe
Iro-Greensboro highway.
|Mrs. Reaves suffered two broken
bs and several cuts and bruises,
is understood that her injuries
more painful than serious.
Billie Reaves, brother-in-law of
rs. Reaves, the other occupant of
car, escaped with a few cuts,
pecially about his face and head.
The car is said to be badly dam
ped and it is considered quite for
nate that Mrs. Reaves and Mr.
^aves are not more seriously
rt.
ews Flashes
irom
Everywhere
Chain Store Tax
Haleigh.—North Carolina’s chain
fing station tax, under which
[10,000 was paid under protest by
companies during the past
^nnium, was upheld by the Unit
States circuit court of appeals
Baltimore, Md., Harry McMcl
assistant attorney general,
School Buses
sleigh.—Four hundred school
chassis and composite bodies
re bought by the state yester
for $387,305.
Crop Insurance
Washington.—The crop insur
^e plan, which was to have been
|)lied next year to wheat, may
dropped by the house leaders as
esult of the economy wave
eping congress. The president,
vever, continues to urge its
Mage.
Bishop To Preside
Winston-Salem.—Bishop Edwin
jPcnick will preside at the 121st
^ventiqn of the Protestant Epis
al diocese of North Carolina
May 11-12.
Attend Rehearsal
ondon.—King George VI and
en Elizabeth paid a surprise
to Westminster Abbey today
ehearse their part in the corona
May 12.
Urge Savings
harleston, S. C.—Leo T. Crow
r chairman of the federal de
bt insurance corporation, urged
ikers today to save profits 'or
| next depression instead of pay
larger dividends on bank
K||-'.
d»i Pont/Raskob
’ At Tax Hearing
Accused by the federal govern
ment of planning stock deals for
the purpose of showing $27,000,
000 losses in their income tax re
turns, John J. Raskob, below, form
er chairman of the Democratic Na
tional committee and General
Motors finance chief, and l’ierre du
Pont, top, wealthy munitions and
chemicals magnate, are seen at
the tax claim hearing in New
York. Uncle Sam claims they owe
$1,500,000 in back taxes.
Graduation Plans
At Balfour School
Rev. John A, Clement To Give
Baccalaureate Sermon;
Comedy, Saturday
The baccalaureate sermon at the
Balfour school will be given Sun
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by
the Rev. John A. Clement, presi
dent of the North Carolina Con
ference of the Wesleyan Methodist
church. Cox and Hushing, evange
listic singers, the choir of the Bap
tist church and the 6th grade
singers will ffurnish the vocal
music
The graduation exercises will
take place Tuesday evening. Miss
Velma Bulla is the salutatorian
and Miss Lucy Moffitt the vale
dictorian. The commencement
speaker will be Dr. John H. Cook,
dean of the school of education,
Woman’s college, University of
North Carolina.
Saturday night at 8 o’clock the
pupils of the 5th, 6th and 7th
grades will present a three act
comedy “Bound to Marry”. There
will be a small admission fee.
Monday evening at 8 o’clock the
class night exercises will be fea
tured by a playet “The Fortune
Tree.”
Staley School To
Close Friday Eve
The commencement exercises of
the Staley high school will get
under way on Friday night, May 7,
with the presentation of the high
school play, “The Henpecked
Hero”. Sunday evening, May 9, the
baccalaureate sermon will be
preached by Rev. Mr. Weaver,
pastor of the local Baptist church.
Class night exercises by the senior
class will be presented Monday
evening, May 10. Senior gradua
tion exercises will be held Tuesday
evening, May 11. Dean P. E. Lind
ley, of High Point college, will de
liver the address, and Superinten
dent T. F. Bulla of Asheboro wdl
present the diplomas to the:
graduates. I
National Park May
Not Be Opened For
Yet Another Year
Delay In Opening This Season
Due To Purchase Of Ad
ditional Acreage
Impossible Legally
Congressman Weaver Will
Discuss Matter With Presi
dent Upon His Return
The North Carolina side of Great
Smoky Mountains National park
may not be opened this season due
to the fact that the Tennessee
acreage has not been purchased by
the park service. Information to
this effect was announced in Wash
ington yesterday. The National
Park service put its foot down on
any attempt to open the great
North State section until the entire
park can be opened officially.
Col. James Roosevelt, White
House secretary, notified members
of the North Carolina delegation
that President Roosevelt had been
advised by the National Park ser
vice that “it is impossible under
the law” to open the North Caro
lina side of the park with the pro
ject in its present status.
Immediately Representative Zeb
ulon Weaver of the Eleventh dis
trict took the matter up with the
Park service and plans to pursue
further the course of opening the
park when the president returns
from his Gulf of Mexico fishing
trip. A conference is contemplated
between members of the North
Carolina delegation and President
Roosevelt on the chief executive’s
return.
North Carolina
To Receive Funds
Sixteen Applications Approv
ed For State Schools To
Eliminate Hazards
Attention -of PWA workers lias
recently turned toward applications
for PWA funds for construction of
schools to help or eliminate varied
conditions' that are hazardous to
the children. Sixteen such applica
tions have been approved by Wash
ington for North Carolina schools.
The information was submitted
to congress in compliance with a
request by Senator Schwellenbach,
Democrat of Washington, made as
a result of the explosion which
killed hundreds of students at the
New London, Texas, consolidated
school.
The 16 North Carolina applica
tions totaled $1,296,000. Six were
to eliminate school fire hazards,
seven to overcome health and panic
hazards, and three to replace
schools which burned down, creat
ing travel, overcrowding, and oth
er razards.
Applications to eliminate fire
hazards and the PWA allocation
requested in each case, follow:
Bladesville, $21,300; Burke county,
$93,200; New Hanover county,
$229,900; Leicester, $65,700’
Franklin county, $29,200, and
Gates county, $32,900.
Applications to eliminate health
and panic hazards and the PWA
allocations requested, follow: Wa
tauga county, $12,600; Caldweli
county, $81,000; Cabarrus county,
$56,600; Rockingham county, $61,
200; Kemansville, $165,400; High
Point, $142,300, and Caswell coun
ty, $120,000.
Applications to replace schools
destroyed by fire and the PWA
allocations requested, follow:'
Chowan county, $31,500; Beaufort:
county, $118,600, and Raleigh, $35,-1
800.
Winfred .Hughes
Wins Tip Tickets
Young Winfred Hughes of Ashe
boro, Star Route, is the lucky win
ner of The Courier News Tip Con
test for the period ending this
afternoon and will receive two
tickets to see “King of Gamble”
showing at the Capitol Friday and
Saturday. 'Winfred’s tip concerned
a very unusual happening and hi3
interest in the contest proves once
again that this newspaper is read
by young and old.
The next period begins at once
and ends at 6 p. m. Saturday. The
winner for the next period will
receive two tickets to see the sea
sons most delightful musical pic
ture “Swing High, Swing Low” at
the Sunset either Monday or Tues
day.
Washington. — Secretary Hull
issued new neutrality regulations
yesterday requiring persons and
organizations desiring to solicit
funds for the relief of war suffer
ers in Spain to register with the
state department.
The recently enacted neutrality
law stipulates that those identified
with either side in the Spanish civ
il strife cannot make such collec
tions.
Their Pre-Coronation Portrait |
Posing for their official coronation pictures, King George VI wears
the elaborate uniform of the admiral of the fleet while Queen Elizabeth
looks regal in a simply jeweled coronet and a multiple-strand necklace
of pearls. For the coronation, however, they will don the vestments
dictated by centuries of tradition.
Cooking School Closing Today
*n Endfmous Success
Noted Speakers
At Peace League
The Randolph County Peace
League this afternoon announced
that two interesting and well
known speakers have accepted in
vitations to address the organiza
tion and their guests in the Metho
dist Protestant church tonight at 8
o’clock.
Dr. G. I. Humphries, High Point
college president and Dr. Raymond
Binford, president emeritus of
Guilford college are the two
scheduled speakers. The organiza
tion is decidedly fortunate in ob
taining these two noted men us
guest speakers and the public is
urged to attend in order to take
advantage of the message they will
bring.
G. P. Upton New
Randleman Mayor
A. N. Bulla, Defeated By 22
Votes; Has Served 7 Years
As Mayor
Randleman, May 6, (Special to
The Courier).—A. N. Bulla, mayor
of this place was defeated for re
election Tuesday in one of the
closest elections in the history of
the town. G. P. Upton was carried
into office by a vote of 235 to 215,
a majority of 22 votes. Mr. Bulla
has served seven terms as mayor.
The candidates on the Upton
ticket for members of the board of
alderman were also elected one be
ing Charles A. Lamb, named on
both tickets and Dr. A. B. Free
man and Jack Newlin who also had
no opposition.
The names of the new board
members and the ward results are
appended:
Ward No. 1
Thomas H. Swain, 268.
M. C. Beck, 260.
Ward No. 2
C. A. Lamb, 342.
W. F. Matthews, 262.
Ward No. 3
J. W. Glenn, 256.
O. M. Stout, 227.
Ward No. 4
Dr. A. B. Freeman, 392.
Jack Newlin, 388.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
AT PATTERSON CHURCH
A memorial service will be
observed at Patterson church Sun
day, May 9, at 11 o'clock. Junus
Harden of Burlington will speak
after which Rev. A. L. Lucas will
preach. The public is invited.
5
Women From Town And
County Eager To Learn
New Methods
I Ths Moving Picture Cooking
School, a new method of teaching
modern housewives tricks of cook
| ery, practical food preparation and
' household methods, closed Thurs
! day morning at The Carolina
theatre after three mornings ot
j successful programs. During the
! three mornings that the picture
. was shown, approximately a thous
j and women of the town with a
great many from various sections
. of the county, enjoyed the picture
; and absorbed modern ideas,
j Many of the same women re
turned the second and third time,
but there were also many new
faces who came to learn new
I tricks. Some interesting incidents
I occurred at the school. On each
j of the three mornings, there were
j several men—possibly from lunch
I rooms and cafes, but they appeared
i glad to receive their menu sheets
as they left the theatre each time,
i There were smart young women
| who parked their golf clubs m
' their cars and hurried in for the
picture lesson. There were various
groups of country women—smart
too. Several of these had brought
produce to town, sold it and gone
down to see how to prepare modern
| and better meals for their husbands
and families at home.
Especially interesting to see a
group of women—seven—unload
from a truck Wednesday morning.
, Two of the party had seen the pic
I ture Tuesday and had gone home
^ with news. Their husbands, be;ng
busy on the farm, the women
“caught a ride” with a neighbot
i who was coming to Asheboro in his
truck. The tiny baby who came
along with this party, slept through
the show without a whimper.
There were several women
there who had never attended a
movie before—did not approve but,
after seeing the picture Tuesday,
returned—and got one of the many
attractive prizes donated by the
local business firms and makers of
national products used in the pic
ture. One woman who has no one
to cook for but herself, has al
ready tried one of the recipes and
liked banana scallops tremendous
ly. And on, and on.
Suffice it to say the school was
a decided success, new as it was—
being the second one to have been
held in the state and one of the
few first ever to be held entirely
by a movie. The Courier speaks
for those cooperating in saying we
are glad to have had you all, and
wish more could have enjoyed and
profited by the clever method of
modern housekeeping. Several
ladies of the town assisted by
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Old-Age Pension
System In Hands
Of Supreme Court
May Dismiss Case Without
Decision; Court Will Close
In June
Questions Status
——•
I Hughes Contends Public In- j
terest Phase Is For Con- j
gress To Decide
The fate of the old-age pension
system, which provides for taxation
of wages to handle benefits for
some 26,000,000 employes when
they become 65, was in the hands
of the United States Supreme
Court today.
The justices took the question
under consideration yesterday
afternoon after listening to argu
ments by attorneys for George P.
Davis, Boston, who contends the
system is unconstitutional.
A decision may be announced
May 17. Litigation involving Fed
eral unemployment insurance law
and supplementary state legisla
tion may be decided at the same
time.
Arguments on the old-age pen
sion case were the last the court
will hear this term. The justices1
will adjourn early in June for the
summer. ,
A possibility that the tribunal
might dismiss the old-age pension
case without deciding whether it is
constitutional apparently arose
from questions asked today by Jus
tice Stone. He expressed doubt that
the court has jurisdiction at pre
sent.
Stone pointed out that the gov
ernment had contended in several
cases that a taxpayer first should
pay a levy and then sue for recov
ery.
Robert H. Jackson, assistant at
torney general, and Edward F. Mc
Clennan, attorney for Davis, argu
ed they had the right to waive the
question of jurisdiction because of
the importance of the case.
Arguments were concluded by
Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr., special
assistant to the attorney general,
with an assertion that the legisla
tion “gives to every man a vital
stake in our present political and
economic order.”
After Jackson had argued that
the pension system promotes the
general welfare, and that the sec
tions imposing the tax and provid
ing the benefits are entirely sepa
rate, Chief Justice Hughes asked:
“The entire scheme (for paying
benefits) could be abolished by
congress without affecting the tax
ing provisions?”
Jackson said that could be done.
He argued that whether the leg
islation advances the general wel
fare is a “political question rather
than a judicial question.”
Hence, he added, it was up to
congress and not the courts to de
cide whether the law is in the
public interest.
He said there were 150 years of
tradition against old age pensions
by the federal government, but
that now it “has become a ques
tion of national welfare.”
May Abandon Part
Of Navy Program
Repairs To Lexington And
Saratoga May Meet Eco
nomy Delay
The ranking minority member of
the house naval committee said
yesterday that a $180,000,000 navy
construction program would be
abandoned, at least temporarily, in
the interest of economy.
Representative Millard, Repubu
can of New York, asserted a deci
sion had been reached to recom
mend delay in construction of a
number of auxiliary vessels as well
as proposed reconditioning of the
aircraft carriers Lexington and
Saratoga.
The New Yorker said he ha 1
discussed the matter with Chair
man Vinson, Democrat of Georgia,
and added, “We’re going to help'
the president balance the budget.”'
Vinson, however, was reluctant to
discuss the question and said noth
ing had been decided.
BRAULTS OFF FOR
AUTO RACES TODAY
Mr. and Mrs. Jean Brault left
today by motor for Indianapolis,
Indiana for a stay of ten days
visiting friends and relatives. They
will also visit in Bedford, Indiana
and Louisville, Kentucky, return
ing to Asheboro late in the month.
Mr. and Mrs. Jean Brault, Sr., of
Bedford, Ind., mother of Jean and
A. L. Brault of Asheboro will ac
company them back here and.will
remain for a few weeks stay.
Bilbao, Spain.—Desperate but
fruitless attempts of the insurgents
to free 2,000 Italian troops trapped
in the Bermeo sector northeast of
Bilbao yesterday occupied the
spotlight in the battle for the,
capital of the Basque state. j
Economw Courses To
Be Add^J at Liberty
High School in 1938
■i
Laughing Off
The Years
Advancing years hold no terrors
for Justice Owen J. Roberts,
youngest member of the United
States Supreme Court. The smile
that wreathes his while, face tells
of his 62nd birthday hope to spend
many more years on the high
bench, no matter what congress
does in the way of limiting the
ages of justices.
Legion Post Here
Has 85 Members
Asheboro Passes Previous
Records; Amateur Show
At Capitol May ‘2,1
-"T.
Dixon Post ’45'; American Legipn,
this year has passed all member
ship records in the history of the
organization according to an an
nouncement made by Dr. B. M.
Weston, post adjutant Tuesday
night. Dr. Weston stated that two
new members received at May
meeting brought the recorded mem
bership to 85, two more than re
corded during all of 1936. Several
members reported prospects of
adding to this number before the
state convention later in the sum
mer.
The post plans to stage its final
amateur broadcast Friday' night,
May 21, in the Capital theatre.
Participants will include winners
of previous shows as well as a large
number of talented people who
have not appeared previously.
There will be two shows, one at
7:30 o’clock and one at 9 o’clock in
the evening.
The program includes solos and
quartet numbers byr white and
colored singers; tap and acrobatic
dancing and several string bands
from various sections of the coun
ty.
The funds will be used for ex
penses incurred in managing the
Junior baseball team and other
necessary post expenses.
Henry Ingram, reporting for the
committee in charge of county en
listments in the C. M. T. C. at Fort
Bragg, stated Randolph county
has been granted 13 places this
summer. He urged all members to
interest and encourage young men
to take advantage of the course.
Application blanks may be obtain
ed from Mr. Ingram or Dr. Weston,
post adjutant.
Several physicians in the county
have stated they will give the
necessary physicial examinations
at no cost to the applicant.
The post endorsed the Flying
Aces Air show to be given at the
airport Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock. The post was assured that
no activities were planned until 3
o’clock in the afternoon.
John Stephenson, 12th district
chairman, Southern Pines, address
ed the meeting calling attention cf
the activities of the 40 and 8 and
urging members to join. Several
I applications were received at the
meeting.
The committee in charge of the
refreshments included W. T. Bur
row, Dr. J. C. Crutchfield, L. C.
Frazier and A. E. Presnell.
MRS. L. E. COLE SUFFERS
PARALYTIC STROKE WED
Mrs. L. E. Cole, well known
Asheboro woman, suffered a stroke
of paralysis Wednesday morning
and is in a very grave condition
| following the attack. She was in
her usual state of good health
* prior to the stroke and about her
usual duties when she was siezed.
Her several daughters and sons
; were immediately called to her
' bedside. Mrs. Cole is at her home.
. ■ .--.1 '
Education Board
Approves Requests
Central Falls School Aslus
Many Repairs; May Add
Heating Plant
Close Two Schools
Board Considers Request For
Gymnasium At Farmer
High School
The board of education of Ran
dolph county at its regular month
ly meeting this week decided to
establish a home economics de
partment at Liberty high school
on a twelve months basis with
funds derived from the state de
partment known as the George 11.
Reed fund. It is understood the
county is to pay one-half the
salary of the George B. ReeJ
teacher.
The board also decided to allow
Franklinville a home economics
department to be taught by one of
the school teachers allotted by the
state department. The county is to
participate in furnishing the neces
sary equipment.
A request by parties interested
in Central Falls school tb make re
pairs at the school building was re
ceived. The board decided to take
the matter under consideration
when the county supplementary
budget is made and if possible pro
vide funds to supply running water
and a heating plant there. The ic
quest filed with the board includes
recommendations for brick veneer
to the building, an auditorium,
heating plant and water supply.
A request of residents of Trinity
township that vocational agricul
ture course be added there was dis
cussed by the board. Any definite
decision was postponed until de
finite information can be obtained
relative to the availability funds
for this suggested department.
To Close School
On account of the low average
attendance at Union Grove one
teacher school in Gnat township,
and after discussing the advisabili
ty with the comm,fct*e of con
solidating this school, :'t was decid
ed to abolish it and that it be trans
ported to Seagrove another year.’
The county superintendent read
a communication written by Eflie
R. McCoy, Jeans supervisor f.>;
the negrc schools which includec
many requests for additional ap
propriations for the next school
year. The supervisor gave a re
view of the activities among the
negro schools. The request will be
considered when the board pre
pares the new budget.
It was decided that St. Peter
one-teacher negro school in Level
Cross township should be moved to
Randleman as a bus now operates
in that vicinity carrying high
school pupils to Asheboro, thereby
doing away with one teacher for
another year.
School committeemen and pat
rons of Farmer high school district
requested funds to erect a gym
nasium on the school grounds. The
matter will be taken up when the
board prepares its supplementary
budget for the next school year.
Approve Land Purchase
The board approved the purchase
of additional land at New Market
school from Thomas Farlow for
$350. The board’s attorney was
authorized to draw a deed and com
plete the transaction. Purchase of
land at Gray’s Chapel from W. M.
Gates was also approved.
The county superintendent was
authorized to pay for any addition
al land purchased by the board of
education out of funds derived from
the sale of old school property and
to be shown as expenditure on the
1937-38 supplementary budget.
The following were appointed
committees: Banks L. Teague for
Staley school; Fred Bingham for
Farmer school, and J. R. Dougan
for Tabernacle.
The board piembers present were
L. F. Ross, chairman, J. A. Martin,
D. J. Boyles, Charles L. Kennedy
and A. F. Cox.
Carnation Sale By
Mothers Saturday
The Randolph chapter of the
American War Mothers will con
duct the annual carnation sale in
Asheboro Saturday for the bene
fit of disabled War Mothers and
veterans. Mrs. L. C. Phillips, pre
sident urjfed the support of resi
dents in the sale.
Since the sale is conducted the
day before Mother’s Day it is con
sidered appropriate that the or
ganization selected this day for
the sale. The carnations were
made by disabled soldiers in the