THE COURIER AND ASHEBORO MARCH . IN STEP—AHEAD BOTH ARE LEADERS TRI-WEEKLY Est. As The Regulator February 2, 1878 PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN Changed To The Courier September 13, 1379 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE pOLUAlE LXI Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County ASHEBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1937. PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY NUMBER 48 orth Carolina | Bank Resources I On Upward Trend 29,595,156.02 Is Reported As Seasonal Peak Is Reached ash On Hand Jumps dal Lower Than All-Time Record, But Leads Sum Listed In 1936 Kal jigh.— Commercial bank re urces in North Carolina as of, arch 31 reached a. seasonal peak I $329,595,156.02, an increase of, >re than $29,000,000 over the me month a year ago. Although the total was lower an the all-time high of $342,904, 9.67, shown in figures compiled the State Banking department of December 31, 1936, the re arces set a record for this period the year, Gurney P. Hood, com ssioner of banks, said. 'The figures indicate a continued trend in business,” he said. Dn March 4, 1936, resources were DO,319,708.77; on March 27, 1929, >y totaled $324,034,302.34; on ne 30, 1933, they were $175,655, 1.35, data released by the bank f department today showed. Since March, 1936, commercial ik deposits have jumped ap iximately $28,000,000; cash on id is up approximately $1,500, l; stocks and bonds have in ased about $7,000,000, and loans 1 discounts have increased ap iximately $21,500,000. ndustrial banks showed an in ase in resources of $1,632,514.30 ir last year, with deposits nping $1,850,073 and loans $1, ,322.26, the statement disclos ’rincipal commercial bank re irces as of March 31 were; cash ances with other banks and cash ns in the process of collection, i,656.37; United States gov it obligations, $69,471,862.28 :ounty and municipal obliga M4,329,520.43; other bonds, and debentures, $9,377,697. ns and discounts, $97,173, :ipal liabilities follow: de leposits of individuals, part s and corporations, $108, .45; savings pass books, ,427.40; other time deposits, ,399.54; State, county and >al deposits, $43,940,238.50; s of other banks, $67,998, . Smith Leaves For Europe Trip rge Ricks, Theological Student Tidies Charge Of Local Church and Mrs. Cothran G. Smith leave Asheboro tonight, for luboro where they will take a early Monday morning for York. Tuesday at noon they from New York on the “La itte” for Harve, France. After iding a few days in Paris> they go to Nice where Dr. Smith act as a representative for the ry Club of Asheboro at the iry International Convention June 12th Dr. and Mrs. Smith sail from either some Italian 'rench port for Alexander, Eg and then will proceed on to tine for a short stay, isses Annie Charles and Sue •an Smith will be in Greens while their parents are away, guests of their grandparents, and Mrs. Charles E. Pugh live on the High Point road, lorge Ricks, a student of Un Thcological Seminary, Rich Va., arrive'd yesterday and act as the supply pasto? while Smith is away. Mr. Ricks will uct the morning service each y and will have a special ice for young people at 8 o’ each Sunday evening. "He highly recommended from Lacy, president of the Semi [ion Award To Miss Mary Betts Shots, Randleman, Also 'ake Prize At Friday Nights Broadcast is Mary Frances Betts, Ashe was awarded the individual at the repeat amatuer broad under auspices of Dixon post imerican Legion in the capital re Friday night. The group i were awarded to the Caro Hot Shots of Randleman. The i were $3 each. 5 program was enjoyed by a audience. The proceeds qt the • will be used in assisting in ncing of the Junior base Mystery Girl Not Vanished Co-ed |j The young woman a; r'ght may be a couple other girls, but she is not Ruth Baumgardner, left, the vanished Ohio Wesleyan co-ed, missing since May t, Boston police decided after the startling imposter gave them two additional names and several shocks. Police continued ef forts to identify the young woman held in Boston. Franklinville Baptists Plan Observance of Golden Jubilee News Flashes -from Everywhere C.CC. Opposition Washington.— Economy advo cates failed to persuade the Sen ate yesterday to join a House re volt against President Roosevelt’s request that the Civilian Conser vation Corps be made permanent. German Incident Washington.—A new diplomatic incident flared yesterday between the United States and Germany over an attack on Chancellor Adolf Hilter by George Cardinal Mun delein, Catholic archbishop of Chi cago. Jeer Ford Kansas City. Mp.— A jeering mob of United Automobile Work-, ers la3t night heaped a bonfire high with cards and pamphlets is sued by the Ford Motor Company to express Henry Ford’s views oil unionism. Royal Visitation Monts, France.—Members of the British royal family will meet the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield on their honeymoon, & friend of the former British mon arch said yesterday. Score Gardens In City Competition Contest Closes October 30; Prizes Totaling $115 Offered The judges, in the Asheboro Garden Beautification contest, re cently completed its scoring in spection of the 63 gardens enter ed and reported that excellent progress is being shown in the majority of instances. The com mittee plans to make another visit about July 16 and the final scor ing inspection in October. The judges are Mrs. John M. Neely, Mrs. Edward H. Steere and Mrs. Ervin Frye. The general committee includes Mrs. T. A. Bums, Mrs. Charles M. Fox and Mrs. James B. Neely. The contest is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce while the actual work of judging and assisting the local entrants is carried on by the Wo man’s club committee. A total of $116 has been offered in prizes, $60 to the winner, $25 as second prize, $15 as third and five prises of $5 each. Ford V-8 Stolen And Wrecked Thurs. The 1036 Ford V-8 coach belong ing to Douglas Grant., of Sunset avenue, was stolen Thursday night from his home and discovered a few hours later by the city police Officer Lee Moore reports that the sedan was found on highway 64 completely tom up. The car had been wrecked almost past recogni tion. It is not known whether another car was involved in the wreck or not, but none other has been dis covered yet. Neither has the thief, or thieves, been apprehended. Dr. Mattison To New York. Dr. W. L. Mattison will leave Tuesday morning for a week’s stay in New York City. The doc tor will take a short post grad uate course in obstetrics at the Polyclinic hospital. Mrs. Mattison is accompanying her husband. They will return to Asheboro Sun day night, May 30. Fifty-sixth Anniversary Of The Founding To Be Ob served During Week. The 50th anniversary of the 1 founding of the Franklinville Ba | ptist church will take place dur j ing the week of May 23 to 30. Sev 1 eral former pastors of the church will join the Rev. H. McClain Stroup, present pastor, in conduct ing the services during the week of the golden jubilee. The church was organized, with 13 charter members, June 0, 1887 by the late Rev. Joe F. Moore. Mr. Moore died in October of that year and the work was carried to a suc cessful conclusion by the Rev. J. R. Richardson and T. F. Chish olm. Two of the charter members, the Misses Zeptha and Maggie York are the only survivors and still take an active part in the church work. During the week, regular church services will take place while Sat urday night, May 29, members of the congregation will present a historical pageant. The pageant was arranged by Miss Nettie B. Moon. The program for the week is ap pended. Sunday morning, May 23, 11:00 | a. m. “Baptist Pioneering” by the | pastor. Evening, 7:30 o’clock, “Working Together With God.” pastor. Monday evening, “What Bapt ist Believe,” Rev, Fred N. Day, of Winston. Tuesday evening, “Baptist and World-Wide Evangelism.” Rev. Rush Padgett, Lattimore. Wednesday evening, “Baptists Measuring Up To Their Opportuni ties,” Rev. W. O. Johnson, St. Pauls. Thursday evening, “Baptist and To-day’s Challenge,” Rev. S. L. Morgan,-"Creed more. Friday evening, “The Baptist Church of Franklinville,” Rev. J. j T. Byrum, Tyner. Sunday, May 30. Sunday school at 9:45 o’clock. Sermon, 11:45 o’clock. The Rev. W. A. Elam. Praise and prayer at 2 o’clock. “Fifty Years of Growth,” by the Rev. G. L. Merrill, Gulf. “Look ing Onward and Upward,” W. P. Rogers. Three Operations At Local Hospital Robt. Williams, H. V. Kivett And M. H. Birkbead Are Resting Comfortably Robert Williams, who was ad mitted to the Randolph county hos pital yesterday is rapidly recover ing after an operation for append icitis. H. V. Kivett submitted to a min or operation yesterday while M. H. Birkhead had his tonsils removed.! Both patients were resting com fortably last night. One Hundred Modern Homes Under Construction In Asheboro; Wide Selection of Style and Design More than 125 new homes, in cluding several apartment houses, are now under construction with in the city limits of Asheboro. These homes, in locations of van tage upon the streets near the center of activities as well as those nearing completion upon new streets recently opened, show a wide choice of types, from the old southern home, with its high roof ed porches, to the more modern, following the lines of the Cape Cod cottage and the more recent type which is a combination of the three. The majority of new homes, judging from an inspection recent North Carolina Congressman Is Accorded Honor Lindsay C. Warren, One Of Younger N. C. Congress men, Receives Attention Speaker Pro Tempore Speaker Bankhead Will Be Absent For 10 Days In His Home State of Alabama j During the absence of Speaker William B. Bankhead, who is go ing to Alabama next week for commencement addresses and the like over a period of ten days, a North Carolinian will be speaker of the House, pro tern. Congress man Lindsay Warren of eastern North Carolina was formerly and unanimously elected to this honor. The honor conferred upon Mr. Warren is an unusual one and at tests his very high standing in the House organization. The last time the House elected a Speaker pro tempore was in 1933 during the ill then Speaker of the house. The late Speaker Henry T. Rainey, then majority leader of the House was elected Speaker pro tempore at that time. Under the resolution, Mr. Warren will have the authority to exercise all of the duties and perogatives $f the Speaker, including the signing of bills passed by Congress, dur ing the next week and probably a part of the following week. The Speaker has the authority, to designate a Speaker pro tempore to act in his absence but that au thority is limited to three days, 'the Speaker stated when the House convened that he expected to be absent for more than three days and requested the House to name a speaker pro tempore. He then re cognized Sam Rayburn of Texas, the majority leader, who offered the resolution naming Mr. Warren Mr. Warren was given designated by Speaker Bankhead to act in a similar capacity for one day sev eral weeks ago and is the only member of the House who-has beetl designated by the present Speak er. If the precedent set by former Speaker Garner had been followed and Mr. Rayburn designated it would have been necessary to naitte an acting floor leader and it is un derstood that it was agreed that it was better for Mr. Rayburn to per form his regular duties. The recognition given to Mr. Warren clearly placed him in line for advancement in the next time there is a vacancy in the office #f either Speaker or majority leader. It is thought now that he would have the inside track over the only other member now definitely in line for election to one of those po sitions. Rep. John J. O’Conner of New York, chairman of the com mittee oh rules. Randolph County Baby Clinic Here Dr. J. H. Soady Suggests All Babies Have Regular Examination. The Randolph county clinic for “Well Babies Week” will be in the health office Wednesday May 2fi. These clinics are scheduled for Asheboro the fourth Wednesday of every month. Dr. J. H. Soady yesterday stat ed that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This clinic offers parents an opportun ity of keeping their youngsters in good health and the physicians may be able to assist is averting possible illness throught these clinic as a medium. Dr. Soady suggested a slogan of “See The Doctor” when the baby first shows signs of illness. He stated that every child should have regular examinations which miy result in preventing, instances )f illness which may impair the child’s future health. ly, are being constructed of brick and are of one story with garage attached. In many instances, where the home is being located upon a hillside, the garage is placed under neath in the sub-cellar fashion. Every builder, it seems, has fol lowed the idea of making home in the living room. Of those visited, type effect with sunken tubs and has a good sized fireplace and utilizes from one third to one half the floor space. Kitchens arc smaller than those built several years ago, but the lack of space is fully compensated for by the installation of every known electri cal device. Bossie Now Has Scented Bath Florida Has Contraption Managed By Cow Itself Turns On Water A footbath for Bossy and a new fangled contraption so she can turn on her own faucet for a drink of water arc some of the new wrink les in stable comfort included in the new $13,000 hurricane prooi cattle barn at the government’s experiment station in Florida, i All stalls are equipped with in dividual drinking fountains. Water is released by means of a leaver which is operated by the animal’s nose. They’re all learned the trick by now. Before entering the milking barn, cows pass through a con crete foot bath, properly scented, which keeps the barn clean and free from dust and dirt from the cows’ hoofs. Rotary Club Told Of African Safari Dick Douglass Gives Account Of Johnson Trip Into Wilds In 1929 i Dick Douglass, Greensboro, who as an Eagle scout, was selected to accompany the late Martin John son, and Mrs. Johnson upon their 1929 trip into the wilds of Africa was the speaker at the regular meetin of the Asheboro Rotary club Friday. Mr. Douglass, during his discus sion, recalled the fact that Mr. Johnson, who died in an airplane crash in this country, often ex pressed himself of being “afraid to live in civilized countries.” The speaker told the manner in which plans are made for the sa fari, of the language spoken by the many tribes in Africa, and of the methods used in photographing wild life. He said very few animals were killed by the Johnson expedi tion, its effort being made to tame the animals in order that good photographs might be obtained. One of the interesting accounts he gave was that of the danger he | and several others, encountered 'while in a truck. He said the party was left out overnight in a truck to obtain pictures of a lion which had been lured to the spot by freshly killed meat. The lion, fri ghtened by the flash light, he said, tried to attack him and his com panions in the truck. He also told of the system used i to collect cocoanuts. He said the party threw rocks at monkeys who retaliated by throwing cocoanuts at the attackers. The recently elected officers and committees will take over the clubl Russian Airships On Visit To Pole I - . j Eleven In Crew Reach Top j Of Globe; Land Twelve Miles Away Moscow.—Daring Soviet aviators carried the first aerial landing party to the North Pole Friday. Ea j pedition of 11 men, having flown, over the pole, was landed safely j on an ice floe about 20 kilometers j (13 miles) from the top of the world. The expedition was headed by Dr. Otto J. Schmidt, the pictures quely bewhiskered director of the Soviet’s “northern sea route,” leader and planner of many am bitious artic projects. The flight was made from Rudo lph island, about 82 degress north and 60 east (or about 660 miles from the pole.) The successful landing brought to a successful climax years of preparation by Soviet scientists and airmen, looking toward es tablishment of an air base at the North Pole and an ambitious pro gram of polar exploration by air plane. \ Bedrooms run from two to four in most instances are so arranged that persons may enter without passing directly through the liv ing room proper. The idea of the reception hall of the larger home is carried out with a small but efficient introduction space which includes a clothes closet for wear ing apparel used out-of-doors. The bath rooms are of varied design but most of the new build ers are using the tile or imitation type effet with sunken tubs and usually a shower. Some of the new homes are to be equipped with a heating plant while many follow | Trouble Facing Highway Group; Increase Power New Policy Trends Towards Divisional Strife. See “Politics” Approach. “Building Machine^ Each Commissioner Has About 1,000 Jobs To Distribute. Raleigh.—Trouble and plenty of it is looming dead ahead for the new state highway and public works commission unless it calls a halt in the direction it is now go ing, a good many observers here There are definite indications that having already delegated to the ten division commissioners the authority to select their own divi sion engineers and to pick the lo cations for the division offices, the commission may decide to go the whole hog and give each division commissioner full say-so over all highway personnel in their divi sions, including the prison divi sion. In fact, it is known that sev- j eral members of the commission! think that the division commis sioners should have full control over all of the highway personnel in their divisions and are prepar ing to make a fight for this right in the next meeting of the com mission, slated for Tuesday, May 25. This system would be wonder ful for the new division commis sioners and their friends, it is agreed, since with an average of 10,000 employes, each of the new commissioners would have approx imately 1,000 jobs to pass out, and thus enable each of the ten com missioners to build up a beautiful political organization in his dis trict. With the authority to name all the highway employes in his district, including prison employes, together with the authority to de cide when and where all new roads are to be built, the district com missioners could soon have the various county officials and “coun ty- machines” ititheie-dietriets^lit erally eating out of their hands, it is maintained. As a result, those commissioners who might have po litical ambitions could easily be come the virtual political dictators in their districts. feel Odd Crack-Up Intersection Thur. An odd crack-up occurred on Sunset Avenue Thursday afternoon that resulted in complete demol ishment of one car and no scratch to the other. Jack Brittain, of Cleveland, Ohio was traveling north on Park street, according to re ports of the affair, when A. B. Caveness was traveling east on Sunset avenue. Mr. Brittain is said to have stopped for Mr. Cav eness to go by but instead the Caveness car swerved, went off the highway on the lawn of the Ar thur Ross home. The car turned over and was pretty well torn up, although the driver escaped with hardly a scratch. Mr. Brittain’s car was untouched as there was no collision. People who saw the accident are of the opinion that Mr. Caveness was running at a more rapid rate of speed than warranted a quick stop, thus causing the overturn on the lawn. EDITOR JOHNSON MT. AIRY VISITS W. M. Johnson, editor and pub lisher of the Mt. Airy News, was a visitor of The Courier Friday. Mr. Johnson was interested in The Courier’s Duplex Press which was installed last August and feels that business is sufficiently good to be interested in a new press for his plant. Mr. Johnson en route to Raleigh when he stopped in Ashe boro for the visit. the idea of heating with fireplaces and various types of stoves or heaters. Virtually every street in the city has at least one new home under construction while upon others the sound of the carpenters’ hammers are ringing to the tune of Ashe boro’s progress and ever increas ing population. New and better homes seem to be the slogan of Asheboro but with this great building program there is still the demand for more and more new homes as families from all sections of the country are de ciding that this city is the place to live and work. House Vote# luge Work Relief Fund I Economy Forces Meetil » Defeat ___4 A _ JVfey^Be Named Wcodring Aide Appointment of Louis M. Johnson, above, former national command er of the American Legion, as as sistant secretary of war would be no surprise to Washington. Presi dent Roosevelt’s choice for the pose made vacant by the elevation of Harry Woodring to the cabinet chair is reported to rest between Johnson, of Clarksburg W. Va., and another former Legion chief, J. Ray Murphy, of Ida Grove, la. Daniels To Speak At State Session North Carolina Merchants To Hear Business And Industrial Leaders Asheboro merchants are urged to plan for the annual convention of North Carolina Merchants associa tion which opens June 7 and con tinues'through'June 8 at New Bern j Headquarters will be at the Gas ton hotel. Many outstanding leaders in business, political and publishing circles are among those scheduled as speakers. L. T. Cox, secretary of the local association, is planning a motor cade leaving here the day before the session opens. The city having the, longest mileage will be award ed a silver loving cup. The speakers include Josephus Daniels, Ambassador to Mexico. I. M. Bailey, “The Fair Trade, Act." Major A. L. Fletcher, “The maxi mum hour Law and Labor Regu lations affecting merchants.” John C. Nelson, Pittsburg, Pa., “Illustrated Lecture, store front modernization.” Louis H. Buisch, Dayton, Ohio, business analyst, “Present day merchandising.” Mrs. J. B. Spillman, “Servicd.” R. L. Doughton, “Taxation.” A. J. Maxwell, “New rules and regulations govering the manda tory provisions for passing on the sales tax.” G. k Parker, Regional Director, Social Security Board, “The Social Security Act from Cae Standpoint of retail merchants.’1 Governor Appeals For Safety Move Urges More Caution In Shops And Factories; Home Accidents Governor Clyde R. Hoey in an address at the opening session of the eight annual state-wide Safe ty conference in Winston-Salem this week urged all citizens of North Carolina to exercise caution and advise safety in all lines of endeavor “The slaughter upon the high ways and the increasing number of accidents around the home and in many supposedly safe places indicates that safety can be assur ed only by properly safeguarding every avenue of approach in the factories and shops, and in other places where machinery is used and people work,” the Governor said. The Governor praised the Safety conference for emphazing the need for caution and said, “so many ac cidents are preventable and so many injuries and deaths avoid able if only a reasonable amount of care is exercised.” Miss Parker Visits Miss Ethel Parker of Gates coun ty, whose headquarters was estab lished in Raleigh several months ago when she was made state head of cancer control, was in Asheboro Saturday for a few hours. Miss Parker was returning from a tour of the western counties of the state where she spoke and worked in the cancer eradication program. Kerr, Cooley And Weaver Support North Carolina Delegation Split Wide Open During Bitter Debate Bulwinkle Opposed Funds To Be Earmarked; Cry Of Racketeering Raised By Some Leaders Washington.— The House backed President Roosevelt’s request for $1,500,000,000 work relief fund for the next fiscal year with over whelming support. Definite action, however, went over until Monday. The vote was 210 to 128. The North Carolina delegation was badly split on the bill. Only Representative Kerr of the second district, Cooley of the fourth and Weaver of the eleventh voted for the giant sum asked by the Presi dent and which was finally ca ried with the House voting as a committee of the whole. The amendment of Rep. McRey nolds of Tennessee to lop $300,000, 000 off the bill and vote $1,200, 000,000 was defeated, 182 to 154, with Kerr and Cooley opposing. Rep. Alfred L. Bulwinkle of the tenth voted for the McReynolds cut, as did seven other members of the delegation from North Ca rolina. Only Kerr, Cooley and Weaver emerged from the maze of amendments supporting the sum sought by Mr. Roosevelt. Before adjourning for the week end, the House also adopted an appropriatinos committee amend ment aimed at forestalling re quests for additional relief appro priations for the year, which be gins July 1. Funds Earmarked It is also approved provisions stipulating that $415,000,000 of the total be earmarked for highways and streets; $630,000,000 for public works and recreational projects; $380,000,000 for so-called “white collar” projects and $75,000,000 for the National Youth administration. Appeals for economy and elimi nation of “racketeering” from re lief mingled with warnings from advocates of a larger fund that “millions will be scouring this country for something to eat within six months.” Administration leaders succeed ed, however, in holding their forces in line. They were spurred by a last minute appeal form Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress adminis trator, who addressed a gathering of prominent representatives earl ier in the day. Angry Protests A drive for $3,000,000,000, head ed by Representative Boileau, Pro gressive of Wisconsin, was tenta tively beaten on a standing Vote, 180 to 46. Efforts to shut off debate on the major amendments brought angry protests from a dozen mem bers clamoring for recognition but Representative Woodrum, Demo crat of Virginia, leading the fight for the $500,000,000 reduction, finally forced a limitation of one hour and a half on the discussion. Woodrum intimated that Presi dent Roosevelt himself had started the movement to cut one-third from the relief fund when he sent Congress a message last month urging a tightening of the Fed eral purse strings. The Virginian declared the bil lion would be enough to relieve dis tress “if it is spent the right way.” Yesterday he called on the House' to “take the racketeering out of re lief.” Contractors Seek - Larger PWA Grant North Carolina Builders To Support Move For Budget Of $11,513,000 North Carolina contractors awl other members of the building in dustry in the state are expected to carry on an active campaign in the next few days in an effort to have congressmen from this state work to make possible a $11,513, 000 P.W.A. program in the Tar Heel state. Their efforts are to b§ ■ in sup port of Rep. C. Arthur "Anderson, Missouri, in his attempt to bring about congressional action neces sary to continue the program of the Public Works administration. He is asking that sufficient funds be earmarked fro fa the relief ap propriation to finance the PlVA projects in this state for which ap plications are now on file. *

Page Text

This is the computer-generated OCR text representation of this newspaper page. It may be empty, if no text could be automatically recognized. This data is also available in Plain Text and XML formats.

Return to page view