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ASHEBORO. N. C.
DAY, JUNE 6, 1937.
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY
NUMBER 54
illiatn Allen Attacked
y Unidentified Person
Sheriff Js Investigating
Choked, Beaten
Beaten Off In
; Two Shots
Automobile.
Police Continue Man Hunt;
No Clues To Work On,
Escaped in Car.
William Allen, proprietor of the
general store near Moffitt’s Mill
beat off the attack of an unidenti
fied assailant late Thursday night
after the man had attempted to
choke Allen to death. The attack
took place at the entrance to Al
len’s store.
According to Sheriff Carl E.
King’s investigation, the assailant
evident!v drove up to the store in
an automobile which he parked in
the highway near the store build
ing. Approaching the store, the
man called to Allen and then
pounded on the door. Mr. AI.en
opened the doorway and was about
to ask the man what he wanted
when ht was grabbed about the
week. Mi. Allen fought back, des
perately while the man held on
with both hands and commenced
to kick Mr. Allen in the body.
Mr. Allen managed to break the
hold and as he did he heard his at
tacker run towards the highway
and then he heard a motor start
and a car drive away. He hasten
ed into the store and got a gun
from which he fired two shots tn
the direction of the speeding car.
He then notified Sheriff King who
has been investigating the affair.
Sheriff King told The Courier yes
terdav that Mr. Allen was unable
to identify the man and that up to
a late hour last night his depart
ment had been unsuccessful in es
tablishing his identity.
Visiting In Vogue
High Point, Rt.l I
Family Dinners, Week-end
Visitors, Church Activities
And Workers Recorded.
High I'oint, Route 1.—Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Thornton and daugh
ter entertained at a dinner Sunday
in honor of Mr. Rush Peg ram and
Mrs. Will Modlin. Those attend
ing were Mrs. Thornton’s father,
H. C. Briggs, of High Point, and
the following sisters and brothers:
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. White, Mr. and
Mrs. R. T. Thornton, Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. Briggs, and Mrs. O. !>•
James. There were also thirteen
grandchildren of H. C. Briggs pres
ent.
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Frances
Mr. ai
Tuesday
Mrs. M.
Pauline and
Kivett
Miss Helen S*
Drive. High Point, noent the week
h Missed
Thornton.
d Mrs. W. C. Bulla spent
Greensboro visiting
Denson. Mrs. Denson
nas Deen paralysed some two
years. She appeared to be some
better.
Miss Leah Hammond of Farmer
president of the Young Friends
Board of Activities, with Miss
Ruth Homey also a member and a
visiting young man of England,
Bryan Price-Haywood, have been
spending some time visiting the
various quarterly meetings over
North Carolina. This Board is a
part of the Friends Yearly meet
ing. Miss Homey had Miss Ham
mond and Mr. Price-Haywood as
her guests Friday night and Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Harrison
and two little daughters, of Guil
ford College visited J. L. Ingram
*nd family and Will Parrish and
sisters Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Cheater Lane and
children of Pinnacle, visited Mrs.
line’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sid
Jone* over the week-end.
T. L.. Cox spent Sunday after:
noon with Messrs. Cleveland and
Jeff Parrish and waa accompanied/
home by the Parrish brothers and
their sister, Miss Elnassa.
_ Mr. and Mrs. Ed Winslow, at
Tarboro, spent the week-end of the
Guilford centenary with Mr. and
80 had ai
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National Guard
Leaves July 18
The Headquarters Com
pany, 3rd Bn., 120th Infantry,
will leave its headquarters in
the Asheboro armory July 18
for a fifteen day training pe
riod at Camp Jackson, S. C.
The company will be in com
mand of 1st Lieutenant Roy
Cox. Vance Kivett, 2nd Heu
1 tenant is second in command.
The company comprises twen
ty-eight enlisted men.
This will be the second con
secutive year the local nation
al guard company has been at
Camp Jackson. It trained
there in 1928 but in 1929 and
until 1935 they were in camp
at Morehead City.
The local company was or
ganized in 1928 and is a unit
of the 120th Infantry of the
30th Division.
Randolph Man Is
Taken by Death
J. W. Parson Dies Suddenly
From Heart Attack Thurs
day Afternoon.
J. W. Parson, 65, former mayor
of Randleman, died suddenly while
sitting or. the porch of the home of
a tenant on his farm at Eleazer
Thursday ^afternoon. Death was
caused by a heart attack.
Mr. Parson was well known in
this section of Randolph county
having served Randleman as may
or for heveral years. For the
past few yaars he has been engag
ed in the sewing machine business
in Asheboro.
He is survived by his widow, who
was Miss Flora Robbins; a daugh
ter, Kate Parson of Randleman
and five sons, Gdy PSrson, GreSirs
boro; H. J. Parson, Randleman,
route 2; A. J. Parson, Iola, Kan.;
J. R. Parson, Jr., Greensboro, and
J. E. Parson of Randleman. Two
sisters, Mrs. L. R. Hughes and Mrs.
George Frazier of Randleman also
survive. '
The funeral will take place in
the Mt. Lebanon Methodist Prot
estant church Sunday at 3 o’clock.
The Rev. J. B. Trogdon will offi
ciate. Burial will be in the church
yard.
Mrs. Colon Moore
Dies On Friday
Mrs. Colon Moore,'30', died at the
home of her mother-in-law in Siler
City Friday morning following an
illness of a year. Mrs. Moore was
the former Miss Lizzie White and |
lived in Asheboro until a year ago.
Funeral service was held Saturday
afternoon at three o’clock at Fall
Creek Baptist church near Bennett.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, Colon Moore, three sis-.
ters, Mrs. Penn Owen, Asheboro,
Mrs. Coy Humble, of Liberty; I
Mrs. J. F. Shields, of High Point;
two brothers, Frank White of Ash
eboro and J. R. White of Siler
City, route.
Initiation Will
Be Held Friday
Vance Cox’s patrol had charge
of the meeting of Troop 25 of the
local scout organization on Friday
evening. Ryan Neely, assistant
master, met with the troop anu
presided.
Some important scout work was
passed off and a study made of sev
eral phases of the work at this
meeting. Initiation of Howard
Wright was postponed until next
meeting when Jack White will al
so be initiated.
The meeting was closed with the
repetition of the scout laws.
Reckless Driving May Cause
Closing of New High way Link
Continued speeding and reckless
driving on the recently opened con
crete link connecting Asheboro
and Franklinville may result in the
temporary cloning of that highway
according to an announcement to
day by the William F. Bowe, Jr.,
construction company.
The company stretched a point
in opening the highway to traffic
prior to the completion of the
shoulders, believing action
would be appreciated by motorists.
Warning signs, placed at intervals,
requesting drivers to proceed
■IawIv m*n And machinery •*“
ftin at work, have proved worth
4. s
less. Work is constantly interrupt
ed as cars flash over the road at
high rates of speed. This care
lessness of drivers not only endan
gers the operator and passengers
but places the lives of the work
ment in jeopardy it was stated to
d*The traffic iff mostly local. Un
less the careless manner of opera
ting cars cease the company may
be compelled to close the highway
until the shoulders are completed.
This will cause a long dusty de
tour, disliked by all motorists.
Drive slowly and save the de
tour. . , 1 f , J
Robinson Reports j
Roosevelt Ready j
For Compromise i
Majority Leader May Offer
Amendment to Supreme
Court Measure.
Not A Candidate I
Two Hour Conference With
President Results In
New Statement.
Washington.—Senator Robinson,
majority leader, indicated yes ter-]
day that the administration may
propose a compromise in ihe Su
preme Court reorganization.
This statement was made after
Robinson had attended a two-houi
session at the executive mansion
The announcement coming from
Robinson and immediately after a
conference with the President indi
cated that the forces urging an en
largement of the court may be
willing to accept some terms of
compromise due to the expressed
opposition of the senate committee.
The Arkansas senator said, af
ter the two hour conference that
the bill to add new justices to the
court, if incumbents over 70 d:>
not retire would be pressed for ac
tion nt this session. He quickly
added, however, that ^omo amend
ments would be submitted, and
that he may oifer one himself.
Senator Robinson stated he was
not a candidate for the Supreme
Court vacancy created by the re
tirement of Justice Van DeVanter.
He stated, he, and the President,
had discussed the public reports of
his supposed candidacy.
Other names mentioned as pos
sible candidates are Attorney Gen
eral Cummings and Felix Frank
furter, both active in all New
Deal legislation.
Young People’s
Union Thursday
M. E. Church, South, Program
To Open With Banquet;
Prominent Speaker.
It is expected that on Thursday
evening, June 10, at 7 o’clock that
a large number of the Randolph
County Union of Ypung People’s
Division of the M. E. church,
South, will sit'down to a sumptu
ous meal prepared by the ladies of
the First M. E. church, Asheboro.
The occasion will be the first an
nual banquet of the Randolph
County Union.
The young people have been look
ing forward for some time to this
occasion. The committee has ar
ranged a tentative program which
is as follows: The invocation fol
lowed by the welcome by Miss Vir
ginia Cross, the county union pres
ident. During the time the ban
quet is being served there will be
pep songs and important speeches.
After the dinner is served, the
banqueteers will be favored by a
I piano-accordion solo by Mrs. P.
F. Snider, of Cedar Falls, who will
play a medley of western tunes
which will be in keeping with the
theme of the banquet. Jimmy
Walker will then introduce us to
Bob Burns, the visitor from Van
Burent. He will be followed with
another musical selection.
The Rev. Douglas Roe, of Phila
delphia, prominent Young People’s
worker will bring an inspirational
message. The theme of the ban
quet is to be “Westward Ho!” typi
fying an adventure in pressing
forward to greater and better liv
ing for Christ and His Kingdom.
Gerald K. Ford will speak on tha
subject “The Supreme Need” this
morning at the M. E. church,
South, at Franklinville. He is
supplying for the pastor, Rev. R.
M. Hauss who is conducting re
vival services at the M. E. church
in Ramseur.
President Protests
Washington.—Congress received
from President Roosevelt today a
protest against legislation exempt
ing government jobs from the mer
it system.
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She Still Motifs the President
Her expression one of motherly concern, Mrs. Sarah Delano
Roosevelt well migiv, be saying to her son, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, “Take care of yourself, son,” as he leaves their car at Hyde
Park, N. Y., to board the train for his return to Washington, D. C.
Most famous of her understatements about the President is “Pve al
ways thought well of Franklin ”
Asheboro’s First Handicap
Marked With Keen Golfing
Lively contests and close (
scores, many of which were
close enough to give any han
dicapper a head-ache contin
ued to mark the play in the
inaugural Annual Handicap
tournament at the Asheboro
Municipal golf course yester
day afternoon. Play commoner
ed Friday, continued all day
yesterday. Many of those
paired will report at the first
tee sometime today.
One of the toughest tilts to
' lose and yet one of the most
joy giving to win was the
match between George Graves* 1
Sr., and £. D. Cranford. Both
7 . ’
were paired in the champion
ship division. Graves, who
during most of the match was
shooting exceptional golf, was
carried to the last hole by his
pressing opponent where he
held his 1 up advantage to
take the match.
Graves was out in 49 to Cran
ford’s 51, both players shaving
the score on the return trip.
Cranford was back in 46 while
Graves still held his avdantage
with an even 40, reporting
their gross scores, Cranford
97 and Graves 89.
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News Flashes
-irom 4,
Everywhere "
Flood Threatens
Carlsbad, N. M.—Picturesque
Carlsbad, gateway to Carlsbad Ch
vern national park, relaxed last
night in the hope that clearing
skies and 15,000 sandbags plug
ging a leak in huge McMillan dam.
would save the city from flood.
Bus Fatalities
Redding, Calif.—The bodies of
seven men who burned to death in
a Greyhound bus which cracked up
unaccountably and instantly be
came a funeral pyre were recover
ed* late Friday.
Treasury Funds
Washington.—An announcement
by Secretary Morgenthau that the
Treasury will borrow $800,000,000
next week indicated today that the
administration’s gold “sterilisa
tion” policy will be continued, inde
finitely.
Flag Returned
Raleigh.—The Confederate battle
flag of the Fourth North Carolina
regiment, captured in the War Be
tween the States returned to
North Carolina today and soon will
be hanging in the Hall of History
here.
Two Local Girls
Home From School
Miss Mildred Parks and Miss
Jane Page Walker returned Friday
night from Salem Academy where
they completed Sophomore work.
Both girls received several honors
which were mentioned and bestow
ed at the recognition program Fri
day afternoon. Miss Parks won
severql athletic awards and a
letter. She was also a senior mar
shal at the graduating exercises
Friday evening.
Miss Walker was one of the
group of students seated on the
stage who gave brief sketches of
the school activities at the after
noon program, representing the
Harlequin club of which she was
president. She served as senior
marshal Friday evening for tha
second successive year.
SeagTove Twins
Sixteen, June 4
Miss Ruth Spivey and Ralph
Spivey, .well known twins of Sea
grove, celebrated their sixteenth
birthday on June 4th.
They are twins of Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Spivey of Seagrove who re
side on Seagrove route 1. They
were bom in Randolph and still re
main at the home place in which
they were bom.
Miss Dixie Beane of Asheboro
Star route is also celebrating her
13th birthday with them on June 4. j
Franklinville To
Have Singing Class
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Date Set is Saturday, June
19; Change Library Hours;
Mrs. Saunders Feted.
Franklinville, June 5.—The sing
ing class of Oxford Orphanage will
give a concert at Franklinville
school auditorium, Saturday even
ing, June 19, beginning at 8
o’clock. The class is again under
the direction of Mrs. Sadie T. Hut
chinson, and is composed of four
teen boys and girls. The program
will be featured with delightful
songs, recitations and drills with
colorful costumes and splendid mu
sic. For more than fifty years the
singing class has made anmy.l
tours all over North Carolina, each
year bringing a new group of chil
dren with a new program, and the
appearance of these children in the
various communities has been a
great influence in cultivating inter
est in the cause of the orphan. Ev
erybody is cordially invited to hear
this program.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Downs and
Misses Eloise and Sarah Cather
ine Downs of Clemmons, S. C.,
were guests of Mrs. Downs’ sister.
Mrs. J. H. Mitchell, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Earnhardt
of Gold Hill were visitors here
Sunday.
The latest rules governing the
Public Library for the town ana
community, is that during the sum
mer months the library will be
open on Wednesdays from 9 to 11
o’clock a. m. and on Tuesday and
Friday evenings from 6:30 until
8:30. Several games have been
i placed on the tables for the amuse
ment of children and young peo
ple.
Mrs. T. C. Wells of Canton, re
turned to her home Thursday af'er
a few days’ visit with Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Mitchell.
Misses Nettie and Esther Moon
will make their home during the
summer months at the home of
their sister, Mrs. R. H. Stephens
near Raleigh and will again attend
summer school at Duke University.
Miss Margaret Cranford of
Spencer, who has spent the past
three weeks with Misses Pattie
Lutterloh and Lula Hayes, return
ed home Friday afternoon.
We notice in last week’s Courier
that B. C. Lawrence of Seagrove
community and one of the best far
mers in that section, had a fine
lot of vetch and also a field of oats
with an average height of 4 1-2
feet. This brings to our attention
that one of our citizens, B. M. All
red, on the western limits of town
has a patch of wheat measuring 5
1-2 feet in height. Since we come
to think about it, this is nothing
strange or unusual for Randolph
county which raises to perfection,
most any kind of grain and vege
tables.
The recreation committee for
the town has rearranged the base
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Employers Urged
To Force Tests Of
Servants Health
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County Health Officer Will
Assist; Evaders Are Sub
ject to Fine.
Now a State Law !
Servants and Nurses In
Households Effected;
Semi-annual Tests.
By Dr George Sumner
The General Assembly of North
Carolina in 1937 enacted a law
which requires that all domestic
servants shall have a health certifi
cate. This same regulation was
passed by the County board of
health October 1, 1928. This reg
ulation reads as follows: “Resolved
that all servants and nurses em
ployed either in public institutions
and private homes shall have a
thorough health examination semi
annually by the County Health Of
ficer, and shall secure a health cer
tificate against all contagious and
venereal diseases. Failure to com
ply with this resolution shall De
subject to a fine of not less than
five dollars or more than fifty dol
lars, or imprisonment in jail not to
exceed thirty days or both at the
discretion of the court. The pen-,
alty shall be effective to both em- (
ployer and employee. This reso
lution to take effect November 15.
1928.”
The health officer attempted at
the time to carry out this reguin
tion passed by the county board of
health, but due to the lack of coop
eration of the public less stress
has been laid on this for the past
few years. It seems that now is
the opportune time to enforce this
regulation. For now the education
of the menaces of the venereal dis
eases has been allowed to be pre
sented to the public in our news
papers. It was only about three
years ago that our present Sur
geon General, Dr. Thomas H. Par
an, was cut off in the midst of bis
radio talk on the menace of syphi
lis. Now our leading newspapers
and magazines carry articles on the
venereal diseases, syphilis and gon
orrhea. A few days ago Dr. Leiby
of the -^Icatth
made an announcement in the
newspaper about a child being in
fected with syphilis by her nurse
maid. I know of another instance
in which a doctor’s child’s eyes
were infected with gonorrhea by
its nursemaid. These examples go
to show that it is dangerous to
have a maid attending our children
who are infected with these diseas
es.
The state law requiring exami
nation of domestic servants reads
as following:
Section 1. That hereafter all
domestic servants who shall pres
ent themselves for employment
shall furnish their employer with
a certificate from a practicing phy
sician or the public health officer
of the county in which they reside,
certifying that they have been ex
amined within two weeks prior to
the time of said presentation of
said certificate, that they are free
from all contagious, infectious or
comumnicable diseases and show
ing the non-existence of any ven
ereal disease which might be tran
smitted. Such certificate shall be
accompanied by the original report
from a laboratory approved by the
State Board of Health for mak
ing such tests showing that the
Wassermann or any other approv
ed tests of this nature are nega
tive. Such tests to have been mado
within two weeks of the time of the
presentation of such certificates:
and such certificate shall also af
firmatively state the non-existence
of tuberculosis in the inlectiou?
Section 2. That all domestic
servants employed shall be exam
ined at least once each year and as
often as the employer may require,
and upon examination shall furnish
to the employer all. of the evidence
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Court Reiol
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Baby Vaccination j
At Court House I
Pretty babies, laughing
babies and crying babies—its
all in a day’s work to tfte
county nurses and to Dr.
George Sumner, county health
officer, during the Saturday
morning sessions, in the depart
mental quarters in the county
court house.
Yesterday the vaccination
against typhoid and smallpox
continued, more than twenty
babies and a number of older
children being immunized a
gainst those illness by the de
partment staff. To date, more
than 1,200 have received the
vaccine according to Dr. Sum
ner’s reports.
The parents, with their
youngsters were lined up
within the office awaiting
their turn at the nurses’ tab
les, while others were waiting
in the cool hallway outside.
Once in a while a baby
would let out a lusty yell,
others seemed to enjoy the vis
it while more than one just
mourned the fact they were
receiving something they did
not ask for.
Nurses worked quietly and
efficiently, remaining on the
job until well after 2 o’clock
in the afternoon.
Dr. Sumner again urges
parents to take advantage of
this offer of the State and
county health departments.
Vaccination now, he said, may i
prevent a very serious illness j
in the future.
Mother of Three
Boys a Suicide
JAeb. Stella Oglesby Found
Dead in Farm Barn;
111 For Months.
Mrs. W. E. (Stella) Oglesby, 30,
mother of two boys, was found
hanging from a rafter in a bam on
her husband’s farm yesterday af
ternoon. The body, suspended by
a heavy hemp rope, was found by
Mr. Oglesby and his 9 year old son
William.
Mr. and Mrs. Oglesby moved to
their new farm near Ridge’s
store, Jackson Creek, about three
months ago. They moved there
from Thomasville. She has been
in poor health for se'veral months.
■ Mr. Oglesby called Sheriff Carl
King who summoned Dr. George
Sumner, acting coroner who re
ported Mrs. Oglesby died about 5
o’clock yesterday afternoon. He
said it was a case of suicide.
According to the sheriff’s depart
ment, the investigation developed
that Mrs. Oglesby walked into the
barn while her husband and two
boys were working in the fields.
She evidently climbed into a loft,
and tossed a rope over the string
er. She then placed the rope
about her neck and jumped into
space.
In addition to her husband the
survivors include two sons, Wil
liam 9 and Hulin 11. No arrange
ments had been made for the fu
neral up to late hour yesterday.
GRADUATE NURSES CLUB
MEET HERE WEDNESDAY
Between 35 and 40 members of
the High Point Graduate Nurses’
club are expected to attend the an
nual meeting of the organization
at the Randolph county hospital
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The Rev. H. P. Powell of this city
will be the guest speaker. Miss
Xannie Stowe, of High Point, pres
ident of the club, will preside.
Lester Burge, McCrary Star
May Go to Boston Red Sox
Asheboro and the McCrary Hos
iery Milis especially, may soon
have the distinction of presenting
to national baseball Lester Burge,
an outstanding star of the Inter
city league.
Burge, who has just passed 21.
has been scouted for several weeks
by representatives of the Boston
Bed Sox, the New York Giants and
the Detroit Americans.
The Red Sox have made Burge
an offer and it is believed he may
accept. The McCrary fielder has
been one of the most popular mem
bers of the team not only among
the spectators but by other mem
bers of the Eagles squad.
He commenced playing baseball
in his home town, Archdale, bat
was really developed during the
past four years, Hie period which
he has been connected with the
local team. Lester is 6 feet and
one inch tall and weighs 195
pounds—all baseball bone and mus
cle.
Up to Wednesday’s game he was
hitting a fraction better than .473.
While complete figures for this
week’s batting were not available
yesterday it is believed his three
hits in the game with Wiscassett
Wednesday wilt bring his average
to a little under .500.
According to the management of
the McCrary team, Burge well de
serves his offer and his probable
future is baseball. “While we
hate to see him go, in one way,”
the managment stated yesterday;
“we are mighty pleased that his
fine work has resulted in this
opportunity to better himself. We
wish Lester all kinds of good
luck.”
I Fight For j
%n Must Go
1 rupromise
CLlis Public Is
Urging a Change
Joins Robinson in Inference
Changes May Be Acceptable
To Administration. 1
Peeved at Justices
States Adjournment Leaves
Important Cases in Air;
T. V. A. Cited.
Claiming a public demand for bis
proposed Supreme Court reform,
President Roosevelt, Friday, told
reporters at the regular press con
ference that he expects the court
bill to be passed at this session of
Congress. ,
He decreed the battle for reform
of the judiciary will be pressed to
a successful conclusion although
there were general inference that
a compromise upon its final woru
ing might be agreed uopn. This
statement was in the same vein ex
pressed by Senator Robinson, Tna
jority leader, Thursday.
Following a conference with Rob
inson, Mr. Roosevelt concentrated
on an apparent effort to speed his
legislative program.
While Robinson busied himself
with the government reorganiza
tion bill, Mr. Roosevelt conferred
with the senators in charge of two
other measures on the list of six
which he classified last night as
“desirable.”
The president told the press con
ference he had consulted the law
covering the times at which the
Supreme court must meet. It stip
ulated, he said, one term each year
beginning in October, with the
court left free to decide when the
term should end.
When it adjourned Tuesday un
til next October, he said, it post- ■ y.
poned until fall decisions on fou
cases' of vital importance
administration, cases involving the
Tennessee Valley authority, the
Public Works administration and
the securities exchange' commis
sion. The fourth he did not name.
The constitutionality of the.-TVA,
he said, was only settled in part
by a prior decision. The PWA
case had to do with a question in
which the President is deeply in
terested, the right of the govern
ment to lend money to municipali
ties for the construction of their
own electric power production
plants.
State Birth Rate
Drops 11 Percent
Lowered From 1915’s 33.5 To
22.2 in 1936; Now In
Fourth Place.
Raleigh.—North Carolina’s birth
rate dropped from 33.5 in 191.1,
when it stood at the top of the list,
to 22.2 in 1936, the records of the
Vital Statistics Division of tne
State Board of Health show.
From first, this state dropped to
a tie for fourth with West Virginia
while three other states topped it
off in 1935, the last year for which
complete comparative figures are
available. . v, |
Mississippi formerly was North
Carolina’s chief rival for birth rate
honors, but that state is now defi
nitely ahead of this. At the last
comparative count, New Mexico,
entire country with a fate of 31.3.
bordering on old Mexico, led the
Utah was second with 24.7, while
Mississippi came third with 24.1.
Dr. R. T. Stimpson, director of
the Division of Vital Statistics,
ventured no conjectures as to the
whys and wherefores of these fig
ures.
He did point out, however, som«*
significant facts, among the chief
of these being that North Caro
lina’s biAi rate peak came just
three years prior to the year in
which its highest death rate was
recorded. That was in 1918, the
year of the first and most deadly
influenza epidemic, when the mor
tality rate reached 17.6. As was
previously pointed out, this state’s
banner birth year was in 191K,|
when the rate was 33.6.
A study of the state’s birth rate
by years showed that it is an up
and down proposition, like this:
1931, 23.2; 1932, 24.0; 1933.
1934, 24.1; 1935, 23.3; 1936,
Slot Machines
.—A three-judge
district court, sitting here
refused to restrain
missioner A. J. Maxw
lecting a one-year tas
chines, which will be
tirely after July 1.