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THE COURIER AND ASHEBORO MARCH IN STEP—AHEAD BOTH ARE LEADERS ALWAYS ABREAST WITH THE CHANGING TIME IN RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS 'RI-WEEKLY Est. As The Regulator February 2. 1876 5LUMELXI Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEBORO, N. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1937. Changed To The Courier September 13, 1878 $2.00 A PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUtf 'AY --- —•£ ■— YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 44 mproved Mail Service Vnd Railway Problems Discussed by Chamber Deal C Of C Plans To Extend Widely nnsportation Is Matter Of yital Importance To Life Of This Section Plan Parking Lot iveland Thayer Named To Secure List Of Graduates For Job Preference Several plans relative to the pro ed improvement to mail ser : jn Asheboro and its environs e discussed at the meeting of Chamber of Commerce in the y hall last night. J. O. Redd postmaster and J. S. Cox, re senting the Norfolk and South railroad, attended the meeting. ). Ross is chairman of the corn tee investigating possible nges and improvements. 'he railroad company, according Mr. Cox, will continue its plan mprove conditions with the gre t set-up for the next 90 days, :r which it is hoped some da te future program will be put effect. >ne of the suggestions was to effect that plans be worked to allow a continuance of the or-driven coach service now in set at Aberdeen from the place \sheboro and High Point. The ,tcr of extending and improv the Star mail service was also :ussed. The suggestion to jx 1 the regular rail service by of the motor-driven coach will live the Labor Relations Board the Interstate commerce corn lion. ic Chamber appointed Cleve Thayer a special committee ornmuniejite with the various -schools, in- the county- to ob a list of mdfnbere of the Sen class this year. These lists, it planned, will be forwarded to several industries in the coun to use as a preferred list in lining new employes. It is hor> that the committee wilt meet 1 cooperation on the part of the >ols as well as the heads of the eral industries. The plan, if ked out, will encourage boys girls to continue their eduea , through high school at least, irder to be better for life em rment. . D. Ross discussed the matter nunicipal parking lots and ad ded the chamber investigated following locations, a lot on north side of the Hayworth ding, one near the cemetery and idard Oil station and one near railroad station. It was sug ed that one or two high school I be selected to handle the ting and charge a small fee each car. irold D. Cooley ay Be Candidate est Gossip Of Liberals laces Cooley At Head Of ubernatorial Candidates atest political gossip places old D. Cooley, congressman i the 4th district, as a formi e candidate for governor for 1. This suggestion was set forth release from J. C. Baskerville, sigh coloumnist, who spoke of Nash county representative as easing candidate for “liberals.” his mention of Mr. Cooley came s result of considerable disfav if the “crown prince” of the dner-Ehringhaus-Hoey dynasty 1. Broughton of Raleigh, s a result of this doubt as to ther the old “machine” can ' again nominate an ‘old guard’ lidate for governor and of the re to avoid a repetition of Mc ald-Graham-Hoey primary cam ns of last spring and summer, e are definite indications that e of the conservative leaders already cultivating Cooley and ng plans to “convert” him and n him away far enough from insurgent McDonald “liberals.” r can then bring him out as a al “regular” candidate for gov r in 1940 if by that time it still ears that the “eld guard”,will s to have a more liberal type andidate in order to win. For e there is no doubt the leaders ng the conservative Democrats Id much prefer Broughton e Treasurer Charles M. John or even Kenneth Royal to ey, a good many already think thing to do is to center on ey—provided he can be won enough to be “safe.” R. C. Kelly Dies Suddenly Today Richard C. Kelly, promin ent Greensboro attorney, died suddenly this morning at 11:00 o’clock from a heart attack in his law office. Mr. Kelly, who was one of the best known at torneys of the state, started his practice of law in Ashe boro, associated with the late, Congressman Wm. C. Ham mer. He moved from Asheboro to Greensboro in 1917 and has remained there ever since, but has never remained long away from this place without visits to his friends. Mr. Kelly was born in ’86. His wife and two daughters survive. At the time of his death he was actively in pri vate practice of law and was division counsel for the South ern railway. Funeral arrange ments are not complete as this paper goes to press. Ramseur Minister Addresses Seniors Grant Kivett Is Injured In Fall; Mrs. J. P. Cox Is Taken To Hospital Ramseur, May 13.— Ramseurj people enjoyed hearing a baccalau-j reate sermon Sunday evening by a home-town minister when Rev. H. M. Stroup addressed the graduates. Rev. Mr. Stroup, pastor of the lo cal Baptist church, was selected for this honor and his sermon was pronounced as pleasing and help ful to his large congregation. His text from 2 Kings, 13-1:) contained the subject; “Don’t quit too soon,” and his counsel was for these fine boys and girls to U3e ,their imagination, have common sense, develop tafcT Christ as their guide in life. This assures them success and is the only safe way. The message was one of inspiration and was deliv ered and conviction and earnest ap peal. The eighth graders were royally entertained at a weiner roast 'Down on the Farm’ at Mr. and Mrs. Highfills country home Tuesday. Mrs. Highfill is grade mother ana these young folks had a great time in out door sports and a feast to l gether. * Grant Kivett was hurt last Sat urday, when he was carrying tum bers at work for Ramseur Furni ture Co., and fell, injuring his back. It was though that his back was broken. He was taken to the Randolph hospital and later to High Point. Mrs. J. P. Cox was taken to Duke hospital Sunday, for examination and treatment. Her many friends regret to learn of her illness and wish for her an early recovery. Mothers Day services were held at the Sunday School last Sunday and Rev. R. M. Hauss brought a fine message on “Mother” at the morning service at Methodist church. Funds For Smoky Link Cut In Half Proposed Budget Allows For Only 70 Miles Of Scheduled Route Supporters of the Blue Ridge parkway, now under construction between the two national parks, one in Virginia and one in North Carolina have been considerably disheartened with the report ill Washington that the allowance for that project would be reduced 50 percent. The House appropriations com mittee, in reporting the annual In terior department supply bill, re duced the budget recommendation for parkway construction from $5,000,000 to $3,000,000, specify ing the smaller sum include $500, 000 for the Natchez Trac highway in Mississippi. That left only $2,50,000 for the Blue Ridge road, 407-mile senic highway between the -Shenandoah and Great Smoky mountains nat ional park. It is estimated that $27,400,000 will be required to complete the project. Already $6, 816,000 allotted from the public works fund for the initial work has been entirely obligated. It is scheduled to be constructed entire ly with Federal funds with the two states providing rights-of way. Representatives Robert L. Doughton of Laurel Springs, N. C., and Zebulon V. Weaver of Ashe (Please turn to Page 8) Peace Threatens New Deal; Faced With Problems Congress Lagging In Van Of Relief, Economy; Court Difficulty Triple Threat G. O. P. Said To Be Force ing Holding Expenses Within Income The Supreme court “reform" and relief, twin problems, contin ue to baffle Congress. The New Deal is at present facing its great est strain on White House-legis lature relations since the inception of the present administration. Not since the day that President Roosevelt was inaugurated has there been such internal stress within the Democratic party or such new-born hope, in the eye of the G. O. P. The negative leadership which Mr. Roosevelt is at present admin istering to a confussed Congress was illustrated again today when Senate and House met for a pre functory session, with the expec tation in the Upper House that it would repeat the program of last week. Then it held two brief sess ions three days apart, or a total of about six hours for its weeks work. Ninety-six men drawing $10,000 salaries each met for six hours all told and retired once more, as- a symbol of the restless languor now surrounding the overwhelmingly Democratic Legislature. “Stationary Progress” I Denunciation of fascism by Sen ator William E. Borah (R) of Ida ho was practically the only impor tant item of news. With four months of the session gone, and only two appropriation bills yet. passed and signed, with President Roosevelt away and with the twin problems of judical reorganization and economy sitting impatiently on its doorstep, Congress is mak ing only “stationary progress.” The relief-economy program is the latest to present itself. Every one in ashington is suddenly for economy, but nobody seems to want to begin on anything specific. That this concern of Congress aft er six years of spending is sincere there can be little doubt, because the alternative to economy is tax ation, and the House would fairly cringe at the prospect of a big tax bill just prior to next year’s ele ction. Still another . possibility, of course, is a continued unbalanced budget, and Representative Ber trand H. Snell (R) of New York, minority leader, sounded the note of warning over that prospect in a week-end radio speech. Actually, however, informed cir cles, including Republician leader ship now generally believe circum stances are forcing the New Deal to bring. outgo into line with in come, and the real question is be tween the two, economy or taxes. Trouble Piles Up The question here is the matter of relief. Harry L. Hopkins, WPA administrator, wants $1,500,000,000 for a new relief appropriation to be used in the year starting July 1 and warns of a cut of 400,000 of the present 2,000,000 on work re lief if the sum is reduced by $500, 000,000 as has been proposed. Senator James F. Byrnes (D) of South Carolina, leading his second revolt in a fornight against the Administration of which he has hitherto been a pillar, asks for a straight 10 per cent cut of all ap propriations. Memorial Service At Shady Grove The annual Memorial service will be cohducted at the Shady Grove Baptist church near Staley, Sun day. The Rev. J. C. Edwards, the pastor, will preach the sermon at 11 o’clock in the morning. Mrs. M. T. Lambert of Asheboro Associational superintendent of the Women’s Missionary Union will speak at the afternoon services. There will be special music. Dinner will be served on the church grounds. John M. Neely Selected Acting Mayor By City Council in Wednesday Meet! John M. Needy was chosen act-: ing mayor of Asheboro during the absence of mayor Walter A. Bunch, at the regular meeting of the City Council in the City hall last night. Mr. Neely will handle all matters pertaining to the may or’s office during his absence from the city or from the regular meet ings of the council. W. J. Arm field, Jr., and Mr. Neely, the two recently elected members of the Asheboro Listers City Officials Report Local Taxpayers Are Holding Record Asheboro taxpayers are classed among the top notch ers in Randolph county ac cording to an announcement made at the Court house this afternoon. Reports of the lifters show • • that but few of th^ recorded taxpayers in the city, have failed to make their listings for taxable purposes in 1938. “Asheboro,” it was stated at the listers’ office, “is main taining its fine record of be ing in under the wire. A small percentage of .the residents have failed to list to date.” While the County commiss ioners have granted extenion of time for listing under May 15 it was stated that the reg ular penalty for non-listing will go into effect on the morn ing of May 16. Republicans Now Offer Suggestion! Would Return Relief to State! Through System Of Fed eral Monetary Grants Knowing that the relief system is a big question today, Republican' leaders came forth on Wednesday with a proposal that relief adminis tration be returned to the states through a system of federal mome tary grants. “This plan will insure that a larger share of each relief dollar will go into actual relief purposes than is the case under the present system of extravagant political control,” said an announcement from a caucus of minority repre sentatives. The Republicans adopted a pro posal of Representative White, Re publican, Ohio, that federal grants to states be made on a non partisan basis, that administration be vested in state and local au thorities, and that each state cont tribute at least 25 per cent of thg cost of its relief. | The conference did not estimate! the cost of next year’s relief, but] Senator Vandenberg , Republican, Michigan and Representative Ba con, Republican, New York, joint ly recommended an expenditure of $1,250,000,000. They too proposed “home rule” add “home responsib ility.” In formed congressmen, mean-' while, said a house subcommittee had sliced $500,000,000 from the President’s $1,500,000,000 work-re lief demand for the year begin ning July 1. Representative Bo land, of Pennsylvania, the Demo cratic whip, predicted the house would restore the reduction. The senate debating a proposal to build a new $112,000,000 dam ;n the Tennessee valley, heard Sen ator Tydings. Democrat, Maryland, declare yesterday that another de pression is coming and the nation must prepare for it. Leaders ^predicted defeat of the dam progjfeaK today in what they called the first test of economy sentiment in the senate. The meas ure would appropriate only $2, 000,000 of the total cost this year. Warns Americans Of Dictatorship Ambassador Dodd Claims Unnamed Biilionairs Seeking Power Berlin,—United States Ambas sador William E. Dodd yesterday warned against the danger of a Fascist dictatorship in the United States which he said an American billionaire was ready to support “and of course control.” Dodd disclosed he had written a letter to Senator Robert J. Bukley Democrat of Ohio, declaring “the situation is more dangerous than at any time since Lincoln. Copies of the letter were sent to Senator Carter Glass, Democrat of Virginia, and others pointing out to them what Dodd considered a trend in some American quarters (Please turn to Page 5) council, attested the oath as city officials. They were not present it the former meeting'. Edward Cranford and J. F. Mc Crary representing the Asheboro Municipal golf course gave the board an interesting account of activities at the club stating the number of players is increasing daily and that a goad membership is anticipated this summer. They outlined advantages of the course First Meeting Of State Highway & Public Works Com Newly Organised Board Holds Busy Session At Capital This Week Divide The State Randolph County In Sixth District Under The Newly Planned Set-Up i The newly appointed commiss ioner of highways and public works and his board nave had a busy week, pieeting in Raleigh this week. The state of North Carolina is now a divided affair with ten ad ministrative and maintenance dis tricts for road purposes. Each division will have an en gineer, an assistant engineer and three district engineers and each will be divided later into three districts. Chairman Dunlap said. Now there are five divisions and 25 districts. “There will be additional duties imposed on the division and dis trict engineers as 10 are to oe added to the personnel,” said Dun lap. The districting for the stale, ordered by the 1937 legislature, follows: First: Dare, Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Bertie, Martin Edgecombe, Hailfax, Northampton and Warren. Second: Tyrrell, Washington, Hyde, Beaufort, Pitt, Greene, Le noir, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Car teret, and Pamlico. Third: Cumberland, Bladen, Co lumbus, Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender, Duplin and Sampson. Fourth: Vance, Franklin, Nash, -Wilson, Wayne, Johnson and .Wake. ’ Fifth: Granville, Durham, Orange, Person, Caswell, Ala mance, Guilford and Rockingham. Sixth: Davidson, Randolph, Moore, Chatham, Lee, Harnett, Hoke, Scotland and Robeson. Seventh: Rowan, Mecklenburg, Cabatrus, Stanly, Montgomery, l&nlonr Ahson and Richmond. Eighth: Ashe, Alleghany Surry, Stokes, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, Forsyth, Davis and Caldwell. Ninth: McDowell, Burke, Alex ander, Iredell, Catawba, Lincoln, Gaston, Cleveland, Rutherford and Polk. Tenth: Avery, Mitchell, Yancey, Madison, Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania, Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Macon, Clay, Graham and Cherokee. George L. Berry Facing Charges Moral Turpitude Of New Senator Questioned By Tennessee Lawyer Washington,—A petition charg ing that Senator George L. Berry, democrat of Tennessee, is not en titled to hold office because of “allegations concerning his moral turpitude” went into records of the Senate privileges' and elections Com mittee Tuesday. Carlyle Lowry, - who identi fied .himself as in attorney from Maryville, Tenn., filed the dor.t mtpt. He-charged that Bej-ry, Pres ided Roosevelt’s industrial co-or dinator and head of labor’s non partisan league had been sued in Knoxville, and a judment obtain-' ed against him. “The suit,” Lowry declared “is said to have been brought for an accounting of funds due the Press men’s union, which were misap propriated by said George Berry.’’ Berry has been head of the In ternational Pressmen’s union for years. Berry, sworn in as Senator yes terday to succeed the late Nathan L. Bachman, declined to comment. His friends described the charges as “groundless and political.” Senator George, Democrat of Georgia, chairman of the elections committee of which Berry is now a member, agreed to consider the charges, and said they probably would be taken up within the next few days. to individuals as well as to the city as a municipal unit. Several representatives of var ious road sweeping manufacturing concerns attended the meeting out lining what they contended were the advantages to their individual machines. The council after listen ing to the descriptions stated that they would all be contacted when th* city decided to expend funds for such machines. Monarch of England|Js Princess Margaret Vo New King Pledges?] SUBJECTS GREET NEW RULERS x^JT'Se-'k , ; In addition of their monarch good Britons find their greatest equality. Overalled workmen “rub shoulders” with morning coated members of the royal retinue above as King George and Queen Elizabeth leave Westminster Abbey. The informal picture of Their Majesties was the last to reach America prior to the coronation. ’87 School Citizenship A ward Goes to Edward L. Hedrick, Jr. -4 News Flashes -from- j Everywhere Spanish War Victoria, Nothern Spain,— Gen eral Emilio Mola reported yester day the central columns of his army driving toward Bibao had taken the Bizcargi range of moun tains by assault and reached posi tions less than six miles from the beleaguered Basque Capital. Favor Tallulah Montgomery, Ala.,—Alabama ad mirers of actress Tallulah Bank head today circulated petitions in tended to landsjier the role of Scarlett O’Hara in the film version bf Margaret Mitchells’ novel ‘‘Gone with the Wind.” Desmond Slaying Los Angeles,— A 15-year-old Hollywood mystery, the slaying of Director William Desmond Taylor, is “nearer solution than it ever has been,” Chief Investigator Eugene Williams said adding: I’ll be surprised if the break doesn’t come within a few days.” Kiwanis Club Has Feature Session “Ask Me Another” Contest Proves Pleasing; To Attend Meeting The Asheboro Kiwanis club en joyed an unusual program fash ioned after the “spelling bee” at their weekly luncheon Tuesday night in the dining room of the M. E. church. The program, “Ask Me Another” was in charge of Gene Ogburn and Ed Miller. The membership was divided into two classes and questions were given out like words at a spelling bee. | Winners of the attendance con test were presented with two pairs of socks by R. L. Bunch. Several members of the local club are planning to attend the in ter-club meeting at Winston-Sal em tonight. Kiwanians were presented with a sample of Mennen’s products by the Randolph Drug company. Signal Honor Is Conferred Upon Local Boy At High School Finals Tuesday Edward L. Hedrick, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hedrick receiv ed the Citizenship award of the Asheboro schools at the annual commencement exercises in the lo cal High School auditorium Tues day nigtyt. Young Hedrick was the selection of the student body which annually cast votes for the student which they believe as been out standing in all events and activities during the school year. The award was made by the Rev. C. G. Smith. The six previous winners, the names of whom are engraved on the cup are Waldo Cheek, Lucy Clyde Ross, Edward Craven, Pau line Steed, Samuel Hayworth and James Lcwdermilk. . Miss Sarah Hayworth was a warded the perfect attendance re cord. She has attended school ev ery day for the past eleven years. Clyde Erwin, state superintend ent of education was the guest speaker. He gave a very instruc tive address to the graduation class calling their attention to the ad vantage offered through, he high school education as a foundation and stressing their duties as citi zens. He called attention to pre paredness and war as well as out lining the program of extended peace between the nations of both America’s. The fifty-three members of the graduating class were presented diplomas by superintendent of schools Reginald Turner. The program is appended. Invocation, The Rev. C. G. Smith. Salutatory address, Miss Fernko Johnson. Piano solo, Lacy Lewis, Jr. Address, Clyde Erwin, introduc ed by Senator Henry Ingram. Presentation of diplomas, Supt. Reginald Turner. Violin solo, David Stedman. Presentation of Citizenship award, Miss Elizabeth Davis Pre vette. The names of the graduates are appended. Bud Hedrick, Mildred Millsaps, Howard Brown, Sara Alice Moore, Clyde Shaw, Margaret Pritchard, Bill Allred, Gladys Steed, Opai Keever, June Lutterloh. Mary B. Covington, Carol Lee Hall, Leonard Smith, Jewell Wood ley, Bob Yow, Ruth Lloyd, How ard Trogdon, Lola Cole, Bob All Thomas Wilson, Mildred Ferree, Wayne Burrows, Sarah Hayworth, Archie Kirkman, Velna Williams. Calvin' Swing, Jewell Brown, red, Betty Prevette. Thad Moser, Fernko Johnson, .Worth Shaw, Helen M. Brown, (Please turn to Page 5) Crowned; se Yawns; lonest Rnle 6-Year-Old Girl Startles Bishop Millions Greet Rulers As They Travel Over Historic Route Cheer Queen Mary Princess Mary Heiress Presumptive, Nudges Sister To Silence LoLndon— Great Britain has a new King and Queen today. Yesterday a thousand years of history lived and moved in solemn splendor to crown George VI and his queen as official heads of the great empire. The ceremonies were conducted in the historic Westminister Ab bey. Outside London’s massed mil lions cheered along a 6 mile royal route from Buckingham place. But it remained for a six-year old girl to humanize the whole spectacle. Among the great of mighty Bri tain and envoys from the world, Princess Margaret Rose, youngest daughter of King George and Queen Elizabeth, was just a little girl. Untouched by solemn pagean try, she just sat back and enjoy ed it all until she got tired and then she lawned at venerable and august Archishop of Canterbury. Princesses Elizabeth, her 11 year-old sister and heiress presum ptive to the throne, already is queenly and stately. She watched with quiet dignity and nudged Margaret to be quiet. The princesses sat through the two-hour ceremonial between their grandmother, Queen Mary, and their aunt, the princess royal. !VEMz*b«th sat next to Queen Mary Margaret next to the aunt and with not too much attention from her regal grandmother, who, in the splendor of her massed jewels, five ropes of diamonds, was the most impressive woman in the abbey. Queen Mary, mother of abdicat ed Edward and the newly crown ed George, appeared the bulwark of the monarchy. Everywhere she was acclaimed with an added re spect that marked her as one a part, beloved of her people. Mrs. Geo. Burkhead Honored By Unit Asheboro Woman Candidate For State And Third District Office Mrs. George Burkhead, one of the most active members of'the American Legion Auxiliary in this section of the State, was nominat ed vice-president of the North Carolina department at a meeting of the 8th, 9th, 11th and 12th dist ricts at Henderson Tuesday. She was also honored with the nomi nation for the chairmanship of the third area. The election for the district and the state officers will take place at the annual state convention. Among those attending the meet ing from Asheboro were: M:s. R. L. Bunch, Mrs. J. G. Crutch field, Asheboro unit president, and Mrs. Lillie Lewallen. Mrs. F. G. Newsom, committeewoman from the 12th district was unable to at tend. Mrs. Burkhead filed the dist rict report for the absent officer. The local unit received a citation for membership. Mrs. C. P. Andrew, department president was the guest speaker. Mrs. P. P. Phillips, Durham, pre sided. Current Items Of Frankinville Rt. _—' Franklinville Rt. 1., May 13.— The farmers in this section are preparing their land for tobacco and com crops. Mrs. Lester Ward had the mis fortune to get her face, right arm, and chest burned very badly while starting a fire with what she thought was kerosene oil, but prov ed to be gasoline. Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Jones and son, Junior, Mrs. Tennie Ward and Gurnie Ward spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jones of High Point. Miss Ruth Jones of High Point visited Miss Eloise Hinshaw at IThomasville Sunday. | Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ward spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Scott at High Point.
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