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CTHE COURIER AND ASHEBORO MARCH IN STEP—AHEAD BOTH ARE LEADERS THE COURIER ALWAYS ABREAST WITH THE CHANGING TIME IN RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS Est. As The Regulator February 2. 1876 Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County PRINCIPLES. NOT MEN m Changed To The Courier September 13. 1879 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE ASHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 18. 1937. PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY NUMBER 46 ■deral Payroll Is Largest Since World War Period ,0 On Official Roll Now |ian At Any Period Save )m> In Country’s History Civil Service Total eresting Figures Of Per centage Increase Made Public By Civil Service 'he official federal payroll iu ?er now than at any time since ’ world war, according to autn ic news reports from Washing this week. ;ivil service commission statis i showed a total of 829,193 per s on federal pay rolls. April, 1 addition to the legislative judi 1 and military branches of gov ment, which remain relatively stant. The figure includes bpth il service and non-civil service icials and workers. 'his classification stood at 917, I on November 11, 1918, dropped 515,772 on June 30, 1923 then ran a 10-year gradual climb to ,091 on June 30, 1933. It stood 824,259 11 months ago. The commission tabulations dis sed that on April 1, employees regulai government departments aled 049,877; new agencies und the works program, 16,909. Last ic 10, this total was 144,095. rhte largest single group of new ployees, 30,032, were employed Works Progress administration ices iTere and in the field. Home mers Loan corporation employed 351; treasury, 14,993; emergen conservation work under juris - lion of the agriculture depart nt, 17.785; ECW under the war lartment, 16,614; Resettlement ninistration, 14,240; Tenessee lley authority, 13,556. The commission figures showed it the total of 824,259 persons side the legislative, judicial and ny branches last June 30 was 56 ■ cent higher than in 1926; civii ■vice employees of the govern nt rose 18 per cent from 422,300 498,725 in that decade and non il service workers increased re than 200 per cent from 106, to 325,534. jured By Bullet From .22 Rifle lea Turner Unconscious • For Over One Hour; No Arrests Made Allen Turner of north Asheboro s taken to the Randolph hospit Sunday evening suffering from e effect of a wound inflicted Bin a 22 calibre rifle. He stag red into Jack Hamlet's filling ition where after stating he had en shot, he fell unconscious. Farlow's ambulance was called id carried the injured man to the spital. Dr. R. P. Sykes, the attending ysician, said the man was un nscious for about one and a half urs. He was allowed to leave s hospital. According to infor ition obtained today he sustain the injury during an altercation th another man named Guy Lamb the woods near the serivce sta sh. Lamb, according to reports at e sheriff’s office has not been rested. Lamb, it is understood, drove up the hospital and parked his car ■ectly in front of the ambulance. time Lamb was bleeding from >unds about the head. When ad led to move his automobile to low the ambulance to discharge rrner, he ran from the building id drove his car away. Lsheboro Tax Books Open For Listers II Other Township Books Returned; Deadline Was May 15 Tax books, for the city of Ashe iro will remain open for a few ore days, according to informat n obtained at the Randolph coun 1 court house, to allow delinquent ters an opportunity of reporting thout penalty. While the local listers are al wing a few hours beyond thel ad line, May 15, pet by the nnty Cimmissioners, every other wnship has closed their books, lese books have been turned into e county office. Persons in this city who have lied to date to list their poll ami xable property are urged to re irt without delay as the regular malty will probably go into ef ct this week. Spanish War Valencia, Spain.—Dr. Juan No in formed a new “win the war’’ •anish government last night. | Negrin, 48-year-old physician id socialist, heads Spain’s sixth »r time government as premier, i 1 Back To The Job—With Isew Support I Washington saw these big smiles when the President returned from ms two-week fishing trip to Texas and brought back with him the Lone Star contingent of the Roosevelt family. Even broader than the Presi dent’s wide, happy grin are the smiles of Mrs. Elliot: Roosevelt and hei daughter, Ruth Chandler Roosevelt, one of the President’s favorite grandchildren. Rex Ellis Dies As Result Of Burns —i— Young Business Man Was Well Known; Managed Machine Shop This community was greatly shocked and saddened last night with the death of 17-year old Rex Ellis, son of Mrs. M. I. Ellis. Death was caused by major burns, sustained Saturday evening in a fire in the Robertson and Gibson service station at Salisbury and Park streets. Young Ellis died in the Randolph hospital last night at 9:30 o’clock. According to information ob tained from the authorities, Ellis sustained his fatal burns wljile as sisting in extinguishing a fire said to have been caused by igniting gasoline from an exploded .22 cali ber shell. Some person, it is un derstood, threw the shell at young Ellis who ran into the service sta tion, stumbled over a glass jar of paint thinner which struck the air compressor motor. Sparks from the motor are believed to have caused i the fire from which he sustained! his burns. The burns were con fined to his legs. Young Ellis has rapidly been making a name for himself among the younger business men of Ashe boro. About a year ago, when his father died, he and his mother tooic ! over the management of the Cen tral Machine Shop, where he has shown his qualifications as a busi ness man. The business has grown steadily under his guidance and ac cording to several local business men his sudden death will be a great loss to Asheboro. In addition to his mother, he is survived by one sister, Miss Pau line Ellis of this city. The funeral will take place in the Presbyterian church here to morrow morning at 10 o’clock. The Rev. C. G. Smith will officiate. Burial will be in the church ceme tery. Two Ramseur Churches Join Daily Vacation Bible School Ramseur, May 18.—The Baptist and Methodist churches will hold their Vacation Bible schools simu ltaneously this year, both begin ning Monday, May 24th. The fac ulty and helpers in this work are making their plans for two weeks of intensive work with the boys and girls of these two congrega tions and those who will take ad vantage of the courses to be taught. During this period, Rev. R. M. Hauss will begin his revival at th; Methodist church, May 30, preach ing each night fpr about two weeks. v The street commissioners are directing the improvement of the streets, work having begun on Lib erty street last week. The R. B. Tyler Construction company is grading and will oil this street soon. Other streets will be improved just as rapidly as possible. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brady and Mr. and Mrs. Julian Brady and daughter Mary Jo attended the funeral «f a relative near States ville, Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Stroup are attending the Southern Baptist convention at New Orleans, La. this week. They went down in company News Flashes -Irom Everywhere Ford Vote Detroit,—The United Automobile Workers’ committee on organizing Ford Motor company employes dis cussed in a special meeting today whether to charge Henry Ford with employe intimidation. Financing Plans Washington, May 18.—Secretary Morgenthau said yesterday ha would map the treasury’s June' financing plans at a meeting Wed nesday with members of the Fed eral Reserve board's open market committee. Widow To Get Pension Washington, May 17.—The Sen ate passed and sent to the White House yesterday a bill to give the widow oi' William Howard .Taft, former President and Chief Jus tice of the United States, a pen sion of $5,000 a year. _ a Hill Holds Job Washington, May 17.— John Bright Hill was reappointed yes terday by President Roosevelt as collector of customs for disrict No. 15 with headquarters at Wilming ton, N. C. Albany, N. Y.—Arkansas won! last night a three-state battle for the privilege of trying Lester Brockelhurst, midwestern "crime tourist” for murder. New York’s Governor Lehman announced, after an conference of authorities from Illinois, Texas and Arkansas, that he would sign ex tradition papers sending the youth to Arkansas. with Rev. and Mrs. Price of Silei ; City. Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Whitehead J and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur White head of Leaksville spent Sunday heie with Mr. and Mrs. W. ft Marley. Mrs. Whitehead remained for a few days visit. Dr. N. P. Marsh and daughters and Jklr. and Mrs. Coble of Liberty were visitors here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Craven spent a part of the past week at Wash ington, D. C. Ashley Watkins recently re turned from the Chicago Furniture show. Mr. ai'.d Mrs. S. E. Leonard and sons and Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Mar ley visited friends at Ellerbee Sun day. Dr. and Mrs. L. R. Thompson and Mrs. Lula Steed of Winston Salem were here for the graduat-j ing exercises last week. Mrs. C. R. Pope of Washington, I D. C., spent a short time with her sister, Mrs. Frank Chisholm this week. Mrs. Pope is leaving for Europe in a few days to spend some time. Mrs. J. P. Cox returned from Duke hospital Friday evening, greatly improved. j King George VI Must Give Answer ■■ — - - The Decision As To Title Of Wife Of Former King Of j England Is Up To King London looks toward the wedd ing of the former King of Eng land and Mrs. Wallis Warfield, now that the coronation is over. Now, the new King George VI must settle the question as to the rank of his brother’s wife. In quarters close to the court lt( was generally held the king himself must settle the question of whether the bride-to-be of the former Kiqg Edward is to be fortified with ttKs rank of “her royal highness” when she and Edward return to move in semi-hostile London court and society circles. The Sunday referee predicted the king himself will announce the engagement of the Duke of Wind sor and Mrs. Warfield, but even that will not settle the question of her rank. With the duke’s wedding plans to be announced Tuesday, it was believed King George’s decision would be forthcoming this week. In London this controversy takes rank as a crisis only behind that of last December which held to the abdication of King Edward. It was generally agreed Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin was lead - ing the opposition to according the “H. It. H.” and that he had the backing of strong church and court circles. On the,;lpther hand the strong-willed Edward, Duke of Windsor, was equally insistant that his royal but younger brother do the handsome thing by his duchess to-be. The Sunday referee— whose startling predictions have not al ways come true—said: “The king this week will an nounce the engagement. It will he the royal family’s first public recognition of the duke’s associa tion with Mrs. Warfield. “The duke has asked the king if he will make an announcement The King has agreed and it will appear in the London Gazette, the government’s official organ, proba bly on Thursday. “There are several ways of -making such an announcement, and the likely form is: “The king learns with pleasure of the betrothal of his brother to Mrs. Warfield. Mrs. John C. Ingold Dies At Home Here Well Known Resident Was 111 Over Three Months; Funeral Wednesday Mrs. John C. Ingold, 73, one of the best known older residents of Asheboro, died at her home on North Fayetteville street yester day after an illness of about three months. Mrs. Ingold is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. H. B. Cousins, one son, Connie Ingold, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Other survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Kivett, Thomas\ille, Mrs. C. E. Allen, of Asheboro ;and two brothers, C. A. Blair of Greensboro and A. B. Blair, of Asheville. The funeral will take place to morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Asheboro' Methodist Episcopal church. The Rev. H. P. Powell will officiate. Burial will be in the Pleasant Ridge church cemetery. Chain Store Tax And AAA Upheld By High Court Measure Held Valid; Vote Of 4-3; Two Members Not Polled AAA Vote 8 And 1 Government Will Retain Hugh' Sum Collected Processing Tax Washington—A tax on “bigness” commonly refered to as a chain I store tax, was upheld by the United States Suprmeme court yesterday. By a 4 to 3 decision it sustained Louisana’s tax on chain stores, a graduated levy, under which the larger chains pay a greater tax on each individual stores than do their less far-flung store than do their less far-flung ( The verdict was one of nine an nounced at the session. To the 'disappointment of a packed court room, these did not include, how ever, a decision on the constitut ionality of the taxes imposed by the social security act for the sup port of its unemployment insur ance and old age pension provis ions. Last of the important new deal cases in the keeping of the court at this term, these cases will be de cided either next Monday, or on Tuesday, June 1, the only remain ing “opinion days” before the court rises for the summer recess. Refunds Not Allowed In the day’s only decision affect ing laws of the Roosevelt adminis tration, the court divided 8 to 1 to .uphold a provision of last year’s •tax bill establishing procedure for 'persons seeking refunds of pro cessing taxes paid under the old agricultural adjustment act, which was held unconstitutional in Jan uary, 1936. Justice McReynolds was the dissenter. Associate Justices Van Devanter and Stone, for unannounced rea sons, took no part in the chain store tax decision. Of the seven who did, Chief Justice Hughes and Associate Justices Brandeis, Rob erts and Cardozo voted that the law was valid, while Associate Justices McReynolds, Sutherland .and Butler dissented. Repeatedly denounced as a “tax on bigness” because the basis of the levy was the number of store units operated not only in Louis iana but throughout the country, the tax was contested by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company and numerous other chains. “It is not a denial of due pro cess,” said Roberts for the ma jority, “to adjust such license taxes as are here involved to meet the local evii resulting from business practises and superior economic power, even though those advan tages and that power are largely due to the fact that the taxpay er does business not only in Louis iana but in other states.” In upholding provisions of the. 1936 revenue act the Supreme court stamped its approval upon a new deal law which treasury of ficials said would permit the gov ernment to retain all but a fraction of the $963,000,000 it collected in • taxes under the old invalidated I AAA. 10,303 Drivers License Revoked Guilford County Stands At Head Of List; 711 Of Total From Out-Of-State Randolph county had few driv ers’ licenses revoked, especially when compared to many of tho state’s one hundred counties. Guil ford county takes the lead with 654 revocations, while Mecklenburg took second place with 572 re vocations. Forsyth stands third with 419 and Wake and Buncombe counties hold fourth and fifth places. Arthur Fulk, director of the State Highway Safety division, said 10,303 persons lost their driv ing licenses between the time the permit law took effect November 1, 1935, and May 13, this year. ' Of the total 9,592 were North 'Carolinians and 711 gave out of state addresses or their places or residences were unknown. Revocations in counties with liquor stores ranged from Carterets 21 to Pitts 198, Lenoir’s 177, and Wilson’s 160. There were none in Graham and only one in Clay. Ronald Hocutt, assistant direc tor of the State Motor Vehicle bu reau, said a majority of revoca tions were for drunken driving. Other law violations for which lic enses are taken included two offen Ees of reckless driving, transporta tion o? liquor, hit-and-run driving, and automobile theft. Fir3t offenders lose their permits for a year, though another 12 month suspension is added if they drive before the first period ends. Free Text Book \ystem Will Effect Sav*% Of Over $25,000 in G uity Average Family To j Save About $2.501 More Than 10,000 Students To Be Relieve Of Rent And Purchase Cost Ten New Buses Work Of County Bureau To Continue All Summer; Many Alterations Parents of school students in Randolph county during the school year which opens in September will save approximately $25,000, formerly expended for rental or purchase of text books, according to an announcement by T. Fletch er Bulla, superintendent of schools of this county. According to figures of super intendent Bulla, the number of students affected will total more than 10,000. This, he stated, ap plies to students of the primary and gritde schools. The state leg islature which passed the bill au thorizing the free text book pro gram at its last session, did not include High school students in the new law. The saving to the average fam ily, he said, will be from $2 to $2.50 a year. The change in the text book program, superintendent Bul la belives, will be an added incen tive to many families, to encour age education and continued at tendance of their children. The new books and many others are arriving daily at the county office in Asheboro, The larger schools, with storage facilities, will take care of their books during the holiday season but many of the smaller ones return them each year to the county office for stor age and repairs. •' The work of superintendent Bul la’s office will continue at high i speed during the summer months. In addition to the regular routine pertaining to checking and receiv ing used and new volumes an extensive program of alterations and repairs to school buildings througthout the county come under his general supervision. Many of the buildings will be re-roofed, several are to be painted, some in side and outside, water systems are to be repaired and enlarged and new departmental courses added to some schools. One of the most outstanding fea tures to be added to school instru ction this coming year is the Home economic course at the Liberty school. This will be a full twelve month department. In addition to the instruction given the stud ents in the school proper, the in structor will visit and instruct housewives and housekeepers .n the home itself. New Buses The school buses are being re turned to the county central gar age south of the city of Asheboro for storage and repairs during the summer months. Superintendent Bulla stated that 8 or 10 new buses will replace worn out ones this summer. Each bus, he said, is tc be completely over-hauled and re paired and put in as near perfect condition as possible before school reopens in the fall. Randolph coun ty during the past school term en joyed an enviable record insofar as accidents were concerned. There were but one or two minor acci dents, such as running off the highways, which he stated was at tributed to the slippery conditions of the highways. Superintendent Bulla during his nearly quarter of century of edu cation work in Randolph county (Please turn to Page 6) Methodist Protestant Members Select Name for Local Church At a metting of the members of the Asheboro Methodist Prostes tant church on Sunday evening, an election was held that result ed in the n'aming of the local church. The pastor, Dr. S. W. Saylor, sometime ago appointed a committee to lead in this move ment and invite suggestions from every member of the church who had a word to say in the matter. Mrs. Win. C. Hammer was chair man of the committee of which T. D. Ross and W. L. Ward were members. A large and varied list formed the suggested list of names for the church and several ballots were al so taken, eliminating the less po pular names until it was decided to call the church the Central Me thodist Pretestant church. Run ning a rather closp second choice — Ending Return London Flight i A silver, dual-motored plane burst I through the mist oyer Floyd Ben nett Field, New York, coasted to a stop arid Dick Merrill, waving, and his co-pilot, Jack Lambie, had completed a record round trip to Europe by air. They returned from Southport, England, in 24 hours, 22 minutes. Legion Auxiliary To Sell Poppies Annual Observance Here May 29; Proceeds For Needy Families Poppy Day' will be observed in Asheboro Saturday, May 29. The Legion Auxiliary' of Dixon post 45 will have charge of the distribution and sale of the pop pies. The women who distribute the poppies, unlike the disabled veteran and his family who make them, receive nothing for their ef forts, only the satisfaction of hav ing helped the memory of the dead and of having contributed to the welfare of the living. The money, which is dropped in to the box in exchange for a flower goes entirely to the welfare activities of the local unit and post for the relief of needy' fam ilies in Randolph county'. Older Resident Dies Sunday A. M. John W. Reaves, 80 one of the older residents of Franklinville, died at his home there Sunday noon after an illness of six weeks. He was connected with the Randolph Mills, incorporated, for 30 years, retiring 30 years ago. He was a member of the Franklinville Methodist Episcopal church, South. Surviving are his wife, formerly Miss Ella Gross, and several nices and nephews. Funeral rites will be conducted Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Franklinville Baptist church, with the pastor, Rev. H, M. Stroupe, and Rev. R. M. Hauss, pastor of the Methodist church, of ficiating. Interment will be made in the Baptist church cemetery. of names was Memorial and West minster. There was considerable to say for each name offered. It was decided that the name chosen was especially appropriate because of the location in the center of the state. Thought for the future now proposed and may be a reality in the not far distant future, also entered into the choice of the name for this church. There was a large and repres entative congregation present for this occasion evincing a widespread interest in the selection of the name for this rapidly growing church of the town. While there were many who stood for other names than the one selected, the meeting was entirely harmonious and resulted in general satisfact ion and good fellowship. i Ban Compromise On President’s Court Program Fourteen Senators, Includ ing Bailey, Turn Thumb* Down On Switch FR Waited Too Long Farlev Contends Support Of “Reform” Bill Will Mark Loyality Washington,—Fourteen Demo cratic Senators, including Senator Dailey of North Carolina, have formed what is termed a ‘strategy’ board here to hold themselves aloof from the several enterprises look ing towards a compromise of the President’s court reorganization bill. The group njet in a special conference yesterday. As an equally number of mem bers are said to be similarly mind ed, the conference served to cre ate the impression that the Presi dent has waited too long to obtain a compromise on the court bill, ev en if he is inclined to accept oikj, which, according to some of hi3 congressional friends, he is not. These friends of the President asserted, in discussing the day’s de velopments with more or less cre dulous newspaper men, that the President might in the end agree under duress, so to speak, to sign a compromise bill, but that he would carry the fight to the coun try, possibly before a vote is reached in the senate, and again in 1938. Mr. Farley has already, declared that support of the court bill, albeit such a proposal was not mentioned in the Democratic plat form, or subsequently during the presidential campaign, will be re garded by the administration as a test of party loyalty. Proponents Losing While President Roosevelt was off fishing evidence accumulated that friends of the court reorgani zation bill had steadily lost ground, until finally there was a disposi tion to admit that their position had become precarious. Their hope was that the situation would im prove with the return of the Presi dent, and that admittedly lost ground would quickly be regained. There was every indication to day that the court bill cause has not been helped by the President's presence, nor by the remarks of the hapless Mr. Farley, who, in an unguarded moment, referred cava lierly to members of the senate like McCarran and O’Mahoney, who have openly admitted their in ability to go along with the Presi dent. On the eve of the meeting tomor row of the senate judiciary com mittee, when it is expected that the voting will start in executive session on the court bill, and The amendments thereto, all kinds of rumobs were set afloat, most of these reports relating to renewed efforts to bring about such a com promise, either in’ the committee or on the floor. To Avoid Issue Most of the members concerned in such efforts are determined tp avoid if possible the necessity of having to meet this issue head on, believing, if they do, that it w;.’l mean their defeat in subsequent campaigns for re-election, no mat ter which way they vote on a pro posal packed with so much dyna I mite. John C. Stout, 69 Dies In Ramseur Well Known In Coleridge Township; Survived By Ten Children Ramseur, May 18.—John K. Stout, 69, one of the best known farmers in Coleridge township died at his home on Route 1 today. Mr. Stout is survived by ten children, Miss Wilma Stout arid Mrs. J. A. Craven, daughters and F. P. Stout and It. M. Stout, sons, of Ramseur, W. J. Stout, O. W. Stout, J. D. Stout and Boyd Stout, sons, of Ramseur and Mrs. T. P>. Wrenn, a daughter of High Point and Mrs. B. H. McCarn another daughter of Elon college. The funeral will take place at the Shiloh Christian church to morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. The Rev. George Talley assisted by the Rev. T. E. White will officiate. Burial will be in the church ceme tery. One brother, Rankin Stout and a sister, Mrs. G. H. Hodgin, Ram seur also survive. J. M. CANOY IS 1 NAMED INSPECTOR - •• I * Kerr Scott, agriculture commis sioner, announces the appointment today of J. M. Canoy of Sophia, in Randolph county as an inspector in the division of weights and meas ures. Canoy was one of 126 ap plicants who recently took exami nations held to pick three men for inspectorship. '