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t THE COURIER AND ASHEBORO MARCH IN STEP—AHEAD BOTH ARE LEADERS THE ALWAYS ABREAST WITH THE CHANGING TIME IN RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS PRI-WEEKLY Est. As The Regulator February 2. 1876 PRINCIPLES. NOT MEN Changed To The Courier September 13. 1879 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE )LUi\lE lxi Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County ASHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1937. PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY NUMBER 49 ore Than 4,000 Have I 41ed lor Benefits Of Social Security Act >nsions Already Received in City stmaster J. O. Redding t Urges All to Take Ad vantage of Act. Retirement at 65 iployers Must Cooperate With Board; Kinfolk May Collect. lore than 4,500 employees, re Ing in the city of Asheboro have applications for benefits un the Social Security Act accord to information obtained from ktmaster J. O. Redding today, ny more are expected to file for iibers within the next few Es, since yesterday the United Ites Supreme Court declared the > constitutional. everal of those who filed some ago, Postmaster Redding , have already received bene a few coming within the re silient age of 65. In other in pces relatives of deceased per have received the three and [-half percent of the-earned sal as provided by the act. Employers as well as employees fe advised by the postmaster follow the provisions of the act (once. Employers who employ ht or more persons must file the department of internal enue at Greensboro. Pay rolls those instances will be taxed to 1st in caring for the unemploy tt of the country. Those em ying one must apply for num with the Social Security |rd at Baltimore. The address I that Board is 109 Market ye, Baltimore, Md. event an employee has died, estate or next of kin, may, af filing the proper credentials, |»ive 3 and one-half percent of earnings. W. L. O’Brian, ensbero, has charge of this Inch of the work, file act specifies that a person has earned $2,000 a year for years, from 1937 to 1942, and reaches the age of retirement, in the latter year will receive ension of $30 a month. Other Jsions will vary according to the lings of the individual, fhe local post office will termi its connection with the board 1. Up to that time Mr. Red will have sufficient blanks to Idle the applications of em yes here. Last month the local ce, assigned 50 numbers and number is expected to increase Serially during the remainder this month. Mr. Redding urged [ employers and employees to advantage of the act and to 1st its provisions at once. igion Sponsors Rodeo This Week ‘ le Bar F Ranch to Stage Events at the Fair Grounds. onco busting-, roping and bull ying in the real old western will be displayed at the coun |fair grounds Thursday, Friday Saturday by the Circle Bar F fch. be rodeo will be • sponsored by Dn Post 45 of the American ion. he show opens at 2:30 o’clock jthe afternoon and 8:30 o’clock he evening. He Circle Bar F ranch showed Southern Pines early this ng where it met the favor of men and women who are liliar with fox hunting and all pr manner of sports. It gave al performances there. fmer Resident Visits Randolph Hammer of Washington, former resident of this ( .. passed, through Asheboro day enroute from Florida i he has spent the winter. Mr. ner has been with the civil dee for thirty years and is elig jfor retirement. He recall’d pe in Asheboro yesterday of ying the mail for the first It was in May of 1900—the j of the total eclipse of the sun. (acted as a substitute carrier on occasion and received his ap ptment a month later. He was years in this service than to Washington where he has ained ever since, pr. Hammer has a good many Hives and friends in this sec of Nortlr Carolina who will interested in his visit. Leopard Given * Room to Grow As a souvenir of the Ethiopian war, Snooks is a growing prob lem to Fay Gillis Wells, aviatrix wife of former war correspondent Linton Wells. The cute little cub she acquired in Addis Ababa has grown into a ravenous leopard, and on visits to New York she in stalls him in a separate hotel apartment. Mrs. Wells above of fers him consolation for having to live alone. World’s Richest Man Dies Sunday John D. Rockefeller Dies Quietly at Winter Home; Beloved Figure. Dying quietly, as he had lived for many years, John D. Rockefel ler slipped away at his winter home at Ormond Reach, Fla., at dawn Sunday morning. Hardening of the heart muscle was the cause of this peaceful end of the man who cherished ambitions to live to be a hundred and who only missed the goal by three years. John D. Rockefeller earned more money than any man who ever lived and is said to have made and given away more money than any genius in all history. His pench ant for giving away shiny dimes has long been a characteristic of the many. Until last week, it appeared that Rockefeller’s ambition to have a 100th birthday party would be realized. Physicians said he was “in the best of physical con dition” in several years. His facul ties were hardly impaired; his hearing was acute; he had retain ed most of his teeth; and he had a lively interest in the world around him. ■ Rockefeller was all things to all men—a titan among business men; a fatherly old man to mem bers of his family; a benefactor to the lame, the halt and the blind. But here in Ormond Beach, he was “Neighbor John”, and that is why flags were at half-staff throughout the town tonight and why the Rev. Kerrison Juniper, pastor of the Or mond Union Church, offered spe cial prayer at the morning service. Years ago Rockefeller retired from business, 'weary of earning money that rolled into his vaults faster than he could spend it. Ha had rivalled the Harrimons and the Goulds in the railroad busi ness; he had bought into steel un til he threatened the primacy of Andrew Carnegie; he had invested in public utilities; real estate, street railways, ferries and ocean lines. His trucks were on the main streets of every cross-road town in the United States; his oil caravans plodded the Arabian des erts, his tankers fed oil to South America; his oil barrels rolled into doorways in China and along jun gle trails in Africa. And everything he touched turn ed to gold. So, he turned away from the ac cumulation of money and began to give it away. Finally that, too, became too arduous a task—man agement of $760,000,000 in philan thropies is a full-time job for hun dreds of persons. So, he passed the work along to younger heads and became what he was when he died—a wrinkled old man in dark glasses who was beloved by his neighbors whom he greeted with a “Good day, and God bless you!” Third Son Born to j Lindberghs, May 10 On Coronation Day i No Announcement Made and Birth is Kept Secret for J Two Weeks After Event. Colonel Announces Choosing Privacy, Col. and j Mrs. Lindbergh Keep Birth Profound Secret. A king is crowned and a son is born in England on the same day, according to belated news dis patches at Weald, Kent, England. On Monday, newsmen got the news from Colonel Lindbergh that a third son was born on the day of the coronation of England’s new king. He withheld details, but an aunt of Mrs. Lindbergh in Cleveland, Ohio, announced the boy was born on the night of King George Vi’s coronation—May 12. Lindbergh declined an invitation to attend the coronation. The aviator broke his closely guarded secret in a telephone con versation with American embassy officials in London. He told them the child was born more than a week ago. He pledged all of his friends to secrecy, then went for a lonely walk in the hills near “Long Barn,” where the flyer and his wife have lived with their son, John, since soon after they fled to Europe after the kidnapping and murder of their first-born. News of the birth of a brother to Jon—who was born August 16, 1932—had not even reached the village post office, which, like the general store of the American village, is the center of gossip. The Lindberghs were married May 27, 1929. Weald officials said the birth had not been registered, but British carried out within six weeks. Reg law allows this formality to he istration at the American consul ate is not required, but is the customary procedure for Ameri cans residing abroad. There were reports the baby was not born in the Lindberghs’ straggling, half-timbered country home. The vicar of Weald said he “understood there has been a birth, but not here.” Two policemen in a touring car were stationed outside the house. They said they had orders to prevent any unauthorized callers from entering the drive. The police patrol, established when the Lind berghs came here, was allowed to lapse and no explanation was giv en for its resumption. Ramseur Girl is In Auto Accident Soft Dirt Causes Car to Over turn; Flower Show Draws Many People; Other News. Ramseur, May 24.—Miss Chios Welborn had a narrow escape yes terday when she somersaulted a Chevrolet near Colridge on high way No. 22. The soft places in the sand was the cause of the wreck, the car skidding and go ing out of control. She suffered bruises and was taken to a doc tor’s office here for first aid, when it was found no bones were brok en, so she was cared for athome. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Leonard and two sons spent Sunday with Mr. Reynolds and family near Rock ingham. H. M. Lilly, WPA engineer, of Yanceyville, was a visitor here Saturday afternoon. Mr. Lilly made many friends here while on the WPA job last year, and his friends are glad to see him re turn. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Marly and daughter, Anne, of Columbia, S. C., spent Sunday here with rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. White from Black Mountain spent Sunday at Ramseur with his brother, R. C White and family. Mr. and Mrs. Godscheint and sons of Glenwood, were the guest3 of Rev. and Mrs. R. M. Hauss Sunday Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Craven re turned Monday from Sea Island where they had attended a meet ing of Southeastern officials the past week. Mr .and rMs. M. E. Johnson at tended the funeral of Mrs. John R. White at Hawfield Saturday. Mrs. C. A. Graham and son Al len, spent Sunday with friends at Hillsboro. Mrs. S. A. Caveness and grand daughter, Barbara Anne, of Greensboro, visited relatives here Sunday. Mrs. W. E. Marley delightfllly entertained at a silver tea Friday at her home on Raleigh Road. The Ramseur Garden club’s spring flower show was given in connec (Please turn to Page 3) New Envoy and Hostess Daughters No stranger to the Cnited States Was Chinese Ambassador Cheng Ting Wang, pictured above on deck of tl)e President Hoover, as he arrived in San Francisco with his two charming daughters. The girls, who will act as hostesses for their Yale-grw$aated father in Washington’s social life, are Yock E., at left, and An-Fli. Dr. Wang, powerful Chinese na tionalist, was former foreign minister. Two Whiskey Stills Seized By Randolph Sheriff; 3, Arrested - -i The Randolph county sher iff’s department, in charge of Sheriff C. E. King and his dep uties, located and seized two of the largest stills ever found in this county over the week-end. One was seized in New Hope township and the other in New Market town ship. The officers said the stills were in operation and bore evi N. C. Collections Of Tax Are Good Commissioner Maxwell Ex pects to Collect $11,000,000 During This Year. A. J. Maxwell, commissioner of revenue for the state of North; Carolina, issued a statement Mon day which included, a prophesjfc that more than $11,000,000 will be taken in for 1937 taxes. Rec ords show that 1929 was also a good year for tax collections, the total that year reaching $8,300, 000,000. Had the tax rate been as high in that year as it is at present, the total would probably have been bigger than the antici pated total for 1937. The revenue department antici pates big collections in every field this year and adds that bad checks in this department have almost disappeared, which is a certain sign of prosperity. Between the years of 1930 and 1933, there was a bumper crop of bad checks, the commissioner accumulating hun dreds. There was a campaign against the bad check, but the state sel dom used its police power of im prisonment. The taxpayers had no money 9nd they did daily a footrace to beat their checks back to the banks. There is almost none of that money now. The tax payers have the money with which to pay their taxes. The incomes have gone up no more, even with the higher rate, than other tax collections have gone. Just 40 days from the end of the biennium nobody can fore see the exact size of the surplus, but it is going to be bigger thru anybody guessed it during the genenral assembly and may be the biggest the state ever saw. The Hoey books are going to balance with a bang and he will be very happy over it. His brother-in-law Max Gardner, never had that ex perience governing synchroniously with Coolidge and Hoover in the presidency. Mrs. Cox Funeral At Holly Springs Funeral service was held this morning for Mrs. Charity Isabella Cox who died Sunday morning at her Ramseur home after an illness of two months. The service was held at Holly Springs church of which Mrs. Cox had long been a member. Mrs. Cox was 65 years old, the wife of A. Fernando Cox, well known in this section. Rev. J. M. Allred, pastor of the church, conducted the service at the church and burial whieh fol lowed in the church cemetery. Surviving are her husband, three daughters, Mrs. R. E. Wood, Greensboro; Miss Vada Cox, of the home, and Mrs. L. B. Smith, Asheboro, route one; two sons, Earl and Pearl G. Cox, Ramseur, route one; four sisters, Mrs. Min nie Keaton, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. B. W. Mitchell, Misses Ida and Ilena Baity, all of Greens boro; one brother, J. F. C. Baity, near Greensboro, and seven grand children. dence of turning out large quantities of illicit liquors. Clyde Bailey and Fred Nix on were arrested at the New Hope plant and Douglas Bail ey at the New Market place. All three were arraigned before Justice of the Peace J. O. Colvin charged with violat ing the liquor laws. They were released on bond pending .the next term of criminal court. [Labor Tactics Is j Hot Topic Sunday Tri-State Printers Have Ar gument on Floor When La bor Discussion Arises. All was not harmony at the meeting of the Tri-State Printers organization held in Durham Sat urday night and Sunday at the *WashTT.gton-l5*kf - hot eF for'tStfd trouble—or discussion of the question caused trouble and some rather hot words. “A plain, bald-headed, pusil lanimous, damnable lie” was the answer shouted by Roy R. Law rence, declared ousted from the presidency of the North Carolina State Federation of Labor by a faction of its executive board 'n Charlotte a week ago, to charges of American Federation of Labor officials that he is “a Communist and traitor who sold out” when he became a salaried representa tive of John L. Lewis’ Commit tee for Industrial Organization. Lawrence’s outburst came at business session of the 16th Vir ginia-Carolina Typographical Con ference. Resolutions were adopted by the group which: Condemn William Green, A. F. of L. president, for “permitting his representatives to invade the State Federation of Labor of North Carolina and use summary and dictatorial actions in an ef fort to remove officers of the State body; i Censure a “whispering cam paign” said to t>e conducted against the CIO in its textile un ionization drive in the South and approve of the activity of Interna tional Typographical Union mem bers in that drive; Exoress confidence in Lawrence, Ray C. Nixon, and “others of the I. T. U. who have been or may affil iate with the eTxtile Workers Or ganizing Committee.” Subscribe to the actions under taken by the National I. T. U. con vention in Colorado Springs last summer refusing to recognize “the executive council of the A. F. of L. as having authority to suspend a national or international union,' thereby usurping powers specifi cally reserved to regular conven tions of the A. F. of L.” Direct a “substantial contribu tion to be forwarded to the CIO to be used as a contribution to the organization program now under way jn the South,” and Reproach Senators Glass and Byrd of Virginia and Bailey of North Carolina for their labor rec ords in Congress. Lawrence was reelected vice president of the Virginia-Caro linas Conference, along with other officers, who are Dowell E. Patter son of Charleston, S. C., president and Giles C. Courtney of Rich mond, Va., secretary. Suffers Stroke Sunday Phalti Spoon, well known man of Asheboro, suffered a paralytic stroke on Sunday and remains quite ill. Mr. Spoon is at the home of his sister, Mrs. W. D. Spoon on South Fayetteville street. Central Church To Celebrate An Important Event Church Was Established 45 Years Ago “On a Sunday in May.” Rev. WJM. Pike Preacher VVill Repeat His Sermon; Mrs. Hammer Only Living Charter Member. The month of May marks an important date in the history of i the Central Methodist Protestant church of Asheboro. Forty-five years ago this month the first ser mon was preached in the first Methodist Protestant church erect ed in the city. The records inform us that this was “on a Sunday in May, 1892” and that the sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. W. M. Pike. Mr. Pike was then a young minister serving a group of near-by Methodist Protestant chur ches. He is now an honored super annuated minister and resides on his farm near Liberty. By invitation of the congrega tion, Mr. Pike will be in Asheboro Sunday morning, May 30th, and will preach on this anniversary of the sermon that he preached here forty-five years ago. When W. F. Redding heard of this program for next Sunday, he remarked, “I was there and heard that sermon.” There are likely others in the city and the near-by surrounding communities who were present on that occasion. The Cen tral church is very much interested to have all of those present next Sunday, and a very cordial invita tion is extended to them, and to all other Methodist Protestants in and near the city, also to the many friends of this congregation, to hear the Rev. Mr. Pike in this anniversary service. Mrs. Win. C. Hammer is the only surviving one of the thirte :n charter members who organized the church in 1891. It will be of special interest to Asheboro and Randolph county to know that they have given three ministers to this church. Rev. E. G. Lowdermilk was one of the •charter members; his brother, Rev. W. R. Lowdermilk, was assigned pastor of the church in 1900; and Rev. J. E. Pritchard, D.D., has re cently served the church for five years. Randleman News Of Recent Date Seniors EntertainedSocial Items; Church News and Personal Happenings. Randleman, May 24.—The sen ior class of Randleman high school inotored to High Point Municipal Lake Wednesday afternoon. The class enjoyed a picnic supper which was followed by a theatre party. Dancing was the event of the evening since the lake was not open. Chaperons for this delightful j occasion were Misse Myrtle Cox, the room teacher, and Mrs. J. T. Council, grade mother. Kenneth Swaim is in Burrus Me morial hospital where he under went an operation for appendicitis, I Saturday night. It is reported [that he is recovering nicely. Mrs. Lewis Sutker entertained at a delightful party at her home Wednesday evening on Main street. The honor guests were Mrs. Smitherman, Mrs. Moscowitz and Mrs. Polakavetz of Troy, Mrs. Esterman of New York, Mrs. I. D. Wagger of Asheboro; two brides-elect, Miss Mary Martha Lineberry and Miss Lena Polaka vetz, Mrs. Sutker’s sister, of Troy. Bridge was the game of the ev ening, with Mrs. E. E. Bunting winning high score. Refreshments were served to Mesdames Frank Talley, Jack Newlin, C. D. Kistler, E. E. Bunt ing, A. B. Freeman, Joseph N. Newlin, Leonard Ward, Cletus Brookshire, Mary Scott, L. W. Lineberry, Jr., and the honorees. ( The following members of the school faculty have returned to their homes: Prof. H. H. Hamil ton and family, Chalybeate Springs; Miss Nita Garrett, Sylva; Miss Lula Yount, Morganton; J. A. Malloy,, Chicago, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Carpenter, Hickory; Miss Rose Parrish, Durham; Miss Lu cille Freeman, Dobson; Miss Mil dred Herring, Salemburg. The school closed Monday, May 17, af ter a very successful year. Miss Margaret Emily Pickard entertained members of her Sun day school class Friday afternoon at her home on High Point street. Games and contests were en joyed with Ruth Talley winning the prize. Ice cream and cake were serv ed to the following: Jo Anne Dean, Ruth Talley, Louis Heath, Evelyn Frazier and Evelyn Allred. Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Wood had as (Please turn to Page 3) Supreme Court Upholds The Social Security Act; Taxes are DeciV’ed Legal A Bit o’ Scotch Back in America Harry Lauder, famed humorist, demonstrated a real Scotch treat after he arrived, above, in Hollywood on his world tour. He explained he is making the trip on 10-cent pieces saved during his active career. Lau der, 67, continued his cruise to California after a visit in Australia. Commencement at High Point College Twelfth Celebration of Meth odist Protestant College Will Begin Thursday. High Point College will on Thursday start the twelfth com mencement of that institution. The first program will be a musi cale by the music department which will prove interesting, ac cording to the program planned. Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Humphreys will entertain the members of the senior class at dinner Thursday night previous to the recital. Friday night the seniors will compete for awards in the oratori-1 cal and essayist contest. The Charlotte M. Amos cup will be given to the young lady of the sen ior class who wins in the essayist contest, while the oratorical win ner will be awarded the S. Robino ■ witz cup. Misses Dorothy Bell, In za Hill and Mary Margaret Bates are competing in the essayist con test, while Wilson Rogers, J. P. McKeithen, Edward Grimes, Odell Brown, and Alton Hartman have entered in the oratorical division. A preliminary will be for the men Wednesday night. A full program for the Home coming Day on Saturday has been mapped out by the alumni associa tion, which is headed by Rev. J. Clay Madison, pastor of the First Methodist Protestant church. J. P. McLendon, prominent attorney of Greensboro, will be the main speaker on the morning program. The senior class will present, its class day exercises in the auditor ium of Roberts Hall on Saturday night, following the alumni ban quet. Dr. G. I. Humphreys will deliver the annual baccalaureate sermon at the First Methodist Protestant church of this city on Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. A vesper service on the lawn of the college will be conducted by the senior class late Sunday after noon. Dr. P. E. Lindley, dean of the college, will address the relig ious organizations of the campus Sunday night at 8:15 in Roberts hall auditorium. Forty-eight members of the senior class will receive diplomas Monday morning, while six exten sion students will also be awarded sheepskins, bringing the total to fifty-four. Dr. Gould Wickey, gen eral secretary, council of church boards of education, will deliver the baccalaureate address. LIBERTY GIRL RECEIVES TWO ADDITIONAL HONORS Miss Maxine Garner of Liberty, a student at Woman’s College U. N. C., Greensboro, has recently re ceived several honors at the col lege. Miss Garner was among the I selected group of Juniors and Sen iors who were initiated into the in ternational relations club. She was I also elected to membership in the , Quill club. Vefr *. May Halt Re\ iping Plans A_ ! Ruling Gives Roosevelt Clean Sweep in Term; Jus tices Divided. Vote 5-4 and 7-2 I Cardoza, Reading Majority Opinion, Cites Record of Unemployment. Washington. — The Supreme court upheld the social security act yesterday, giving its unsparing critic—the Roosevelt administra tion—an unbroken series of far reaching victories for the 1936-37 term of the tribunal. The verdict, by a divided court, promptly touched off a firecracker string of contradictory statement's on the resulting outlook for the Roosevelt court reorganization bill, with proponents of compro mise claiming a material gain for their cause. Senator Robinson, the majority leader, however, asserted the bat tle for the bill would continue, un affected by the decision, while op ponents of the bill contended it was dead. One of the latter said the President now has an admir able “out” for withdrawing it. Closely related to the President’s prolonged battle for what he has termed an “enlightened interpreta tion” of the constitution, a plea for legislation establishing minimum labor standards was dispatched to Congress by the chief executive during the day. , Taxes Big Issue. The court’s decision on the fed eral social security law came in two cases and turned upon the constitutionality of the taxes im posed to support the unemploy ment insurance and old age pen sions of the legislation. The for mer was upheld by 5 to 4 and latter 7 to 2. For the majority, Associate Jus tice Cardozo enumerated and flat ly overruled all the contentions raised by counsel for the Chas. C. Steward Machine company of Ala bama, which had attacked the un employment insurance, levy as un constitutional. McAlisters Have Noted Visitors Dr. Herbert Clark and Thom as Worth Marshall of Wash ington, D. C., Visit Here. Interesting visitors in Asheboro this week were in the home of Miss May McAlister and T. G. Mc Alister who occupy the old Worth home on Worth street. Coming to the state for the Guilford college centennial and accompanied by Miss Laura Worth and Percy Worth of Guilford college, Dr. Herbert Charles Clark and Thom as Worth Marshall, visited Ashe boro. Dr. Clark Is director of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory of Panama and Washington, D. C. and Mr. Marshall is civil engineer of Washington. Dr. Clark is a great grandson of Dougan Clark, the first super intendent of New Garden school—■ now Guilford college—also a grandson of Louisa Worth Clark and a great nephew of Governor Johnston Worth and Dr. John Mil ton Worth of Asheboro. Thomas Worth Marshall is the great grandson of Job Worth, a brother of Dr. David Worth, who was the father of Jonathan and John Milton Worth. Ernest Clark of Asheboro, who is also a great grandson of Dou gan Clark, was invited to meet the visitors and brought with him the watch which was carried. througn the Revolutionary war by Captain William Clark, father of Dougan Clark who rendered distinguished service in helping to rid Randolph county of the Fanning terror dur ing the Revolutionary war. Pageant Models Rehearse Tonight All Participating Urged to Report at Gym at Eight o’Clock Tonight. All members of the Sororis club and friends who are to participate in the pageant Friday night are requested to meet in the gymnas ium tonight at 8 o’clock for a dress rehearsal. Those in charge of the affair urged that special efforts be made on the part of those modeling to report at the scheduled time. r ' %■