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THE COURIER AND ASHEBORO MARCH IN STEP—AHEAD BOTH ARE LEADERS THE ALWAYS ABREAST WITH THE CHANGING TIME IN RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS {-WEEKLY Est. As The Regulator February 2, 1876 Changed To The Courier September 13. 1879 iLUftlE lxi PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County ASUEBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE : " ..: ... .... > NUMBER 70 PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY •achers Pay May Je Increased By State Committee w Board Opens Session In Raleigh; Decision At Ixiter Meeting. nne Raise Expected il Determine Manner In Which 10 Percent Jump Is Distributed. fchool teachers and others inter hi public education in Ran ph county will be interested in meeting- yesterday, in Raleigh, the North Carolina school coiR sion called to discuss proposed mases in salaries, tt the close of the initial ses n< Uoyd Griffin, Edenon, execu , seeutary stated: 'There will be some raise, of rse.” The committee he said 1 studv the pay for teachers, nciuai- and superintendents ke. A pay raise of about 10 per it was granted by the 1937 Gen ii Assembly. The names of the amittcc selected yesterday in de> Pi. 1’,. 1!. Dougherty, Boone; G. Gaston, Gastonia; A. McL. aham, Clinton; Clyde A. Erwin 1, Edwin Bate of Laurel Hill, file committee is expected to re rt its findings to the state school Mission July 22. Taking office for the first time ire Archie C. Gay of Jackson and le B. Warren of Raleigh and irting new terms were T. B. At jre of Washington, A. McL. Gra nt of Clinton, Henry R. Dwire of irham, John H. Folger of Mount ty, 0. J. Holler of Union Mil?s, Grady Gaston of Gastonia, Ed n Pate of Laurel Hill, and B. B. mgherty of Boone. eynolds Family Reunion July 23 ill He Held at Tabernacle Church; Senator Bob Ray nolds Principal Speaker. J The eighth annual meeting.~uf It Reynolds reunion association fill be held Friday, July 23, at abernacle M. I’, church nine miles [luth of the city on the Greens pre-Sanford highway. J A large program and many ac Ivities are being arranged by the pmmittee. Rufus W. Reynolds, pominent Greensboro attorney, is hairman. ! A letter was received today roni Senator Robert R. Reynolds from Washington, D. C., acceuting ne invitation to deliver the prir ppal address of the day. Also, will be accompanied by his pri ate secretary, Wesley E. McDon pd. The Senator will be introduc by Charles H. Robertson, col ctor of internal revenue in North Jarolina. Also on the same pro Tam, Dr. .Carl V. Reynolds, M.D. Itatc health ocicer of North Car [lina from Raleigh will speak. The program committee is com osed of Rufus W. Reynolds, Mrs. bomas B. Reynolds, Mrs. Robert Horney, Claude C. Reynolds nd Floyd Reynolds. Rev. Geo. L. Reynolds of High Point, president of the association, fill call the meeting to order at a. m. The morning program pill be composed of the brief busi less session presided over by the president, a welcome address by ev. Eugene Lamb, pastor of Tab Irnacle M. I*, church, response by fufus W. Reynolds, addresses and ccial music. A tribute to the nembers of the association who lave died during the past year will fre read. Dinner will be served in picnic We at 12:45 p. m. in the church prove. All members and friends pf the Reynolds family the re eled to be present with baskets bth picnic food. The afternoon program will be futdoor affair. The committee endeavoriig to secure a popular prass band to furnish music out 1 tbe grove. O. T. Hester, a mem er of the Greensboro recreation Faff, is making plans for the out door recreation. Officers of the clan are: Rev, J®0- L. Reynolds, president; W. C. ®ynolds, vice-president; Miss Ru Reynolds, secretary; Purvis Neece, treasurer, and Herbert Rey polds, historian, and Miss Martha eynolds, registrar. persons related to any Rey nolds family and friends of the families are cordially invited to be present and enjoy the day togeth Boy Bitten By Snake ■ ,F,rank Robbins, 5-year-old st |of Luther Robbins, a farmer wl presides about five miles from her |was bitten by a copperhead snal jiuesday morning about 9 o’cloc Is 1 jWas pickinff blackberries in I eld near his home when he wi lattacked and bitten by the reptil |ye Received antivenom treatmei tbe day and was report "" the way to recovery today. Where War Clouds Darken in Far East VLADWOSTOK. SWANHAi/iWAN t jfSBA ror OAPAS Yellow SEA HANtfiN£- ^ O Shanghai gyvATOw Residents Seek Change In Route Of Highway 62 Here Park Street Owners Want Traffic Diverted Over Fayetteville Loop. The initial step in a movement to change the routing of Highway 62 through Asheboro was taken by a group of residents last night and next week will present the propo sition to the County Board of Com missioners. The persons interested either own property or rent homes along Park street. According to their reports, the heavy trucks operating through Park street at all times of day and night not only cause danger to pe destrians, especially children, but are causing considerable damage to walls and ceilings; will, in a short time, ruin the surface of the high way and cause no end of disturb ance during sleeping hours. The committee contended the route should be shifted southeast in the vicinity‘’of the new cemetery and join Fayetteville street near the southern outskirts of the city. This, they contend, will place all the through traffic on one highway which is better policed and fitted to handle a greater volume. They pointed out what they con sidered an added feature during the school term. The Park street school they contend has not the facilities for traffic policing that the High school enjoys. Younger students going to and from the Park street school they say are in constant danger while those attend ing the school on Fayetteville street are protected by well regu lated traffic policing. The matter, they reported, will first be taken up with the county board and later with the Sixth highway district office, now located here. Asheboro Men On Board of Tellers E. L. Reaves and C. M. Fox Serve With C. R. White head of Ramseur. Mail ballots sent in by members of the North Carolina Pharmaceu tical association elected C. C. Ford ham, Jr., of Greensboro, head of the organization. Mr. Fordham has been connected with his father in the Fordham Drug company of that city for a number of years. The board of tellers who met Tuesday night at Ramseur, was comprised of C. R. Whitehead of Ramseur, chairman,' with C. M. Fox of the Asheboro Drug com pany, and E. L. Reaves of Reaves pharmacy, both local men, complet ing the group. The announcement of the officers of the association was made from Ramseur. Other officers elected in addition to Mr. Fordham were Phil D. Gat tis, of Raleigh, first vice president; Joseph Hollingsworth, of Mt. Airy, second vice president; Carl T. Durham, of Chapel Hill, third vice president; J. G. Beard, of Chapel Hill, secretory and treasurer. P. T. Suttlemyre, of Hickory, current president of the association, RoJ?^r A. McDuffie, of Greensboro, and W. C. Ferrell, of Nashville, were elect ed as members of the 1938-39 ex ecutive committee to serve with the president, the two ranking vice presidents and the secretary-treas urer. The new group of officers will be installed at the 1938 convention of , the association in Asheville. The newly elected president, as, well as his father, has been promi- j nently identified in pharmaceutical circles throughout tbe state. He has been actively engaged in the profession for the past 14 years. Mr. McDuffie, who was elected to the executive committee, is a past president of the association. News Flashes -from Everywhere Pole Flight March Field, Calif.—Three air heroes of the Soviet Union blazed a new distance record across the North Pole from Moscow to a sou thern California cow pasture today for the cheers of the world and a ham and egg breakfast. Uarhart Search Howland Island.—In fierce equa torial heat flyers of the Lexington continued today their increasingly hopeless search in the South Pa fific ocean for Amelia Earhart ‘utnam and Frederick J. Noonan, navigator of her plane, missing 12 days on a world-girdling flight. Tax Suit Jacksonville, Fla.—Mae Capone, wife of Federal Prisoner “Al” Ca pone, filed suit today in Federal court here against J. Edwin Lar sen, collector of internal revenue in Florida, for return of $52,103.30 in taxes. Far East War Tokyo.—Japanese and Chinese officials in North China were rep resented in dispatches from Peip ing tonight to be making strenu ous efforts to solve the Sino-Japa nese crisis amicably. Ford Melon Detroit, Mich.—The Ford Motor company announced that $400,000 will be paid to 20,000 employees within a few days, representing semi-annual returns on savings in ths Ford investment plan. Em ployees are permitted to invest a maximum of one third of their wages under the plan, which has been in operation since 1920. Ford employees in the Rouge plant also benefited by a wage increase of five cents an hour two weeks ago. There was no formal announcement of the increase. Escaped Killer Shot By Police Robert S. Smith, Killer Of Policeman, Seized At Myrtle Beach. Robert S. Smith, 38-year-old con vict from the Caledonia prison camp, was arrested by state and county police at Myrtle Beach Tuesday evening. He is charged with the July 4 slaying of a police man in Lancaster, S. C.. The prisoner was wounded by gun fire during a chase and was taken to the hospital in Conway, S. C., where it was reported he was in a serious condition. Paul Hughes Hurt Painful Accident Paul Hughes was very painfully j jnjured Wednesday1 when he was kicked in the face by an irate mule. Hughes was brought to the Barnes and Griffin clinic where he was given first aid, then taken to Dr. 0. L. Presnell who attended to the dental injuries. Mr. Hughes’ injuries include a jaw broken in several places and considerable damage to his teeth. He is at Randolph Hospital where ( his painful injuries are progress ing satisfactorily at present. j Eyes of the world centered on darkening war clouds in the Far East as Japenese and Chinese ar mies were rushed toward Peiping, where a sham battle staged by the Nipponese armies flared into ac tual warfare. As 60,000 Chineap soldiers sped northward to the bat tle, the Kwantung army, Japan’s powerful military force in Manchu kuo, was concentrated at Shanhai kwan, for movement by truck to Fengtal and Peiping. Warning Japan that this attack endangered peace in Eastern Asia, China’s Prime Minister Wang Chung Hui, left, demanded reparations and punishment of Japanese military officers. At Tokio, Premier Rumi naro Konoye, shown right, golfing, sought to placate military, business leaders. Summer School | At Frankliuville Ministerial Student From Wake Conducting Series Of Baptist Classes. Franklinviile, July 15.—Edwin Perry, ministerial student of Wake Forest college, is conducting the teachers study course at the Bap tist church here this week. Mr. Perry is one of several students sent out by the Baptist state Sun day school board to encourage bet ter and more efficient work in Sunday schools in North Carolina. The school is well attended and promises to be one of the outstand ing church events in this section of the state during the summer. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Ward left for Anderson to attend the funeral of Mrs. Ward’s father, John Ham pton Ward. Mr. Ward, who died Saturday, was 86 years old. Mrs. Lettie Vestal of near Ashe boro spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. M. L. Buie. H. L. Buie of this place and Son nie Boy Dixon of Ramseur have several painting contracts in this village. Miss Ruth Joraan, Greensboro, spent a few days with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Mar ley. John Cox was a week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bunch of High Point. Mrs. Edward Morris and son, Robert, Greensboro, are visiting Mrs. Morris’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Cox. Mr. and Mrs E. A. Hardy, Washington, D. C., are guests of Mrs. Hardy’s brother, L. M. Cur tis. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Burrow, Cletus Burrow and Miss Maxine York were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Heath near Mt. Olive. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Prevo, Paul Prevo and Charles Cox spent tip; week-end at Carolina Beach Mrs. Luther Johnson was a week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Curtis. L. M. Welch and family, Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Welch, Elzie Brow er and family and Carson Smith and family attended the Brown and Welch reunion at the home of Madison Brown near Pleasant Grove Christian church. Mr. and Mrs. Reid Thomas and Reid Thomas, Jr., made an extend ed visit to Candor, Rockingham and Aberdeen. Worth Brower Pugh spent last week with his grandmother, Mrs. D. G. Pugh near White’s Memor ial. THE. WEATHER North Carolina: Partly cloudy with scattered evening thunder showers. Friday generally fair and continued warm. Temperature range: High, 96; low 71. Lambeth Demands Retrenchment In National Purse North Carolina Congressman Points To Vast Increase Of Debt. Figures Impressive Contend s Administration Forces Should Put Its House in Order. Political news of the first of this week includes a demand from J. Walter Lambeth, congressman from the eighth North Carolina dis trict that the purse strings of the nation be watched. Mr. Lambeth warned that government spending must be reduced and proposed that Congress prepare constitutional amendments permitting taxation of incomes derived from federal em ployes. Pointing to the vast increases in the public debt since 1931, Repre sentative Lambeth recommended legislation requiring states, coun ties and municipalities to bear a proportionate share of the relief cost. He would establish a perma fent congressional committee to tudy defense costs with a view to jbringing them far under the pres ent expenditures. ‘ Warning the Congress faced the alternative of tapping lower in come tax resources unless spending were reduced sharply, Representa tive Lambeth gave statistical in formation about the condition of the nation’s fiscal affairs in de manding congressional attention to the financial problem. Representative Lambeth’s state ment follows in full: fe* “Now that the depression is be hind us, it is time for the people of the United States to take stock of order that we may see where we are and make decisions on future 'policies. During the depression it was inevitable that the expendi tures of the federal government should exceed its income. This has taken place for seven succes sive years. The amount by which expenditures have exceeded income is as follows: 1931 .$ 903,000,000 TO3Z ..3,152,000,000’ 1933 3,068,000,000 1934 . 3,966,000,000 1935 3,575.000,000 1936 4,764,000,000 1937 2,811,318,310 Total .$22,239,318,310 “Or to put it another way, the public debt has increased from $16,185,208,000 on June 30, 1930, to $36,396,809,000 on June 30, 1937. But even that is not the whole story. In addition, the United States treasury has a contingent liability of at least four billion dol lars, the amount of obligations of corporations which it has guaran teed. Figures Significant “These figures are significant and constitute a warning in themselves. But they tend to cover up, rather than advertise, the truly dangerous trend in government finance, which is the ever-mounting total of cash expenditures. Few persons realize what has been happening in recent years because the formal treasury statements do not show it. Actual cash, non-recoverable expenditures by Uncle Sam, for the fiscal year 1933 to 1937 inclusive, progress violently upwards as follows: 1933 .$3,600,000,000 1934 5,200,000,000 1935 . 6,400,000,000 1936 ... 7,100,000,000 1937 . 7,600,000,000 “In other words, in the fourth year of recovery the federal treas ury has spent more than double the amount expended in the depth of the depression. Furthermore, the above figures do not include the soldiers’ bonus which amounted *.o more than $1,500,000,000 spread over the two years 1936 and 1937. I have omitted that item because I am willing to consider it “unusual ’ and do not want to distort what I deem to be the main picture—the 6onstantly increasing cash outgo for purposes which are being im bedded in the treasury’s expendi ture base and which are extreme'y difficult to abandon.” Mr. Lambeth is of the opinion that either the indirect taxes will go higher or the income tax base must be broadened. He further thinks that our present tax system is badly in need of revision and simplification. Relief cost is too high, says the Congressman, and the relief policy should be changed. Mr. Lambeth made the statement that states, counties and cities that are able to look after their own are “lying down and putting the load on the federal government.” It was further advanced that, ‘it is a matter of common knowledge that departments of the govern ment are over-stuffed. He spoke especially of the ever-mounting public printing bill which, has al most doubled in the past four years and the waste of communications —telephone and telegraph, men tioning the fact that the WPA (Continued on Page 2) Robinson Death Seen Blow To Roosevel^|| Court Reorganizatidit Flies To America Over North Pole With two companions, M. M. Gromov, above, aviation ace, took off from Moscow and arrived in the United States safely yesterday. They were spilling gasoline from their plane when they sat down in a pasture in Southern California. Roosevelt Vetoes Low Farm Rates Trices Increased 100 Percent Since 1932 He says; Warned Congress. Washington. — President Roose velt, Tuesday, vetoed a bill to con tinue low interest rates on farm loans, and almost for the first time in the New Deal told the farmers they are getting enough from the government. “"The bill, which he warned Con gress, June 8, he would oppose, would have extended for an addi tional year the 3 1-2 per cent inter est rate on certain federal land bank loans; provided a 4 per cent rate on such loans from July 1, 1938 to June 30, 1939, and a 4 per cent rate on land bank commis sioner loans, (second mortgages) for a period of two years. The Christian Science Monitor in commenting upon the veto states: “In a way, this veto message marks a landmark along a new road. For the first years of the New Deal, nothing was too good for the farmers. It was a debtor’s world, politically. The have-nots held the reins, and the government opened wide its coffers and its credits. “But now times have changed. There has been an increase of more than 100 per cent, the Presi dent pointed out, in the level of farm prices since 1932-33.” Ramseur Man At Safety Meeting C. E. Bacon, Representative Of Insurance Company, At State Session. C. E. Macon, well known resi dent of liamseur, representing the Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance company, attended a meeting of officials and other rep resentatives recently at which time it was decided to award badges of honor to policyholders who have no accidents dring the ensuing 12 months. A photograph of Mr. Macon ap pears in the current issue of the Carolina Co-operator. Policy-holders who have a twelve month accident-clean record may obtain the award and the owners or drivers certificate by contacting the nearest agent of the company. Sophia Section Visited By Storm Reports from the Sophia section tell of a rather mad storm Wed nesday afternoon. The wind and rain damaged the fine corn and to bacco crops somewhat generally in this section of Randolph where some of the finest tobacco is grown. On Sunday afternoon there was an odd storm in that section which is described as coming upon the section quite suddenly. Two heavy bolts of thunder announced the storm which suddenly descended in a torrent of rain with wind in all directions twisting tobacco and corn leaves from their stems and stalks. The storm did not last long, but was of a cyclone charac ter while it lasted. Majority Leader Led Supporters Observers Contend Future Of New Deal Depends On Favorable Vote. Bills Held Up Most Important Measures Await Outcome of Senate Action. Washington.—The death of Ma jority Leader Robinson has thrown the administration forces, insofar as the Supreme Court bill is con cerned into confusion. Robinson was the power, the steady, earnest connecting link between those members of the Democratic party who, while outwardly have been supporting the measure yet priv ately have condemned it. Robin son welded these folks together, held them in line and it was his power and control that the Admin istration was depending upon to hold the New Dealers and the half hearted New Dealers together to outdo a filibuster and eventually force a favorable vote. With his death hopes for enactment of the court bill this session are sinking. The New Deal’s prestige for the balance of Mr. Roosevelt’s second term stands or falls, Senator ob servers contend, on the outcome of the court reorganization battle in the Senate. That is the issue, which, to a political mind, overshadows the im mediate issue of the Supreme Court and which is motivating the ac tivity of both sides of the struggle. Administration leaders brought this situation about. They evoked this particular test, and they went into the matter with their eyes open. If Mr. Roosevelt loses the battle, political history will write it down as the crucial mistake of White House strategy. On the oth er hand, the knowledge of its im portance guarantees that Adminis tration leaders, now without Roo inson’s help, will fight to the end with the determination which they have shown from the outset. They represent the second thoughts of the New Deal. Five years after Mr. Roosevelt came in to office they sum up, in draughts manship and experience, the latter phase of the New Deal. They are not more radical than the initial legislation, but on the whole they are probably more far-reaching in the effect upon the permanent scheme of things. If Mr. Roosevelt wins his battle, they will almost certainly go into effect. It is part of the Adminis tration’s scheme for this summer to be a mopping-up period. Con gress will not immediately ad journ, under present plans, even if the court reorganization passes. The major pieces of legislation dammed up by the court fight in clude the wages-and-hour bill, the power bill, setting up eight region al TVA’s, the Wagner housing bill, the bill plugging up loopholes in the income tax law, crop insur ance and soil conservation meas ures, and the ever-normal granary proposal. Death Threatens Hunt Household Seagrove Folk Driven From Home in Nightime Fire; Contents Lost. H. B. Hunt and family had a narrow escape from death in flames which destroyed their home located southeast of Seagrove late Tuesday night. The fire broke out at 10 o’colck after the family had retired for the night. Mr. Hunt was awakened by the cackling flames and hastily rushed Mrs. Hunt and their two children to safety. The home and contents were a complete loss. The loss was par partially covered by insurance. Hites Wednesday For Mrs. Val Shaw Funeral service was held Wed nesday morning at New Hope church for Mrs. Val Shaw who died at her home on Silver street Monday night after a prolonged illness. Mrs. Shaw’s death was a result of a . heart affection. Survivors include: the husband, Val Shaw, one son, Rex, a daugh ter, Louise, two sisters, Mrs. Otis Lyndon of Asheboro and Mrs. Paul Davis of Thomasville; five brothers, Rufus and John of New Hope; Jonah, Jasper and Marvin of Thomasville. Robinson Funeral In Ser Je Rooms; P Jm Arkansas . / - Looms as Talk Of accessor Opens; May Avert Controversy. Barkley Suggested Conservatives To Fight Pro posed Selection Of Kentucky Man. Washington.—Joseph 1-. Robin son, indomitable leader of the Sen ate Democrats, who died yesterday, will be buried in Little Rock, Ark., following a funeral there Sunday. Previous to the services at Lit tle Rock, there will be a state fu neral in the Senate chamber to morrow with music and an eulogy by the Senate Chaplain, the Rev. Ze Barney T. Phillips. Some Senators expressed the be lief today there may be a bitter llo eral-conservative battle over the Democratic leadership now that Robinson is dead. Others suggested it might be averted at least for the present, by letting Senator Barkley of Ken tucky, now assistant leader, serve as acting leader for the remainder of this session of Congress. This idea, voiced by Senator Pitt man of Nevada, president pro-tem pore of the Senate, and others, was not warmly received by certain legislators opposed to Barkley as leader. High Point Trio Hurt In Accident Mr. and Mrs. Walter Chand ler and Mrs. Mattie Davis In Auto Mishap. An accident occurring Wednes day afternoon a few miles south of Seagrove involved Mr. and Mrs. Walter Chandler of High Point and Mrs. Mattie Davis. Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Chandler, the former Miss Maggie Davis, were residents of Asheboro for many years hav ing built and lived in the Mrs. John M. Caviness home on Sunset avenue. The party were enroute to Pine hurst when a rear tire blew ont and caused the car to turn over several times. Dr. Dempsey Barnes brought the injured people to the local hospital where it was foun t Mrs. Davis’ left shoulder was frac tured and several additional pain ful injuries. Mrs. Chandler suf fered minor bruises and cuts but was not injured as seriosly as was her mother, Mrs. Davis. Mr. Chandler was fortunate enough to escape with only slight bruises. The party rested for several hours at the local hospital before being removed to their High Point home by Bob Sechrest’s ambulance from that place. Still Seized On Randleman Route Two Men Arrested and Large Afnount of Whiskey And Sugar Located. What is said to be the largest still ever seized in this section of the state was located on Randlc man route -, and two alleged oper ators, Nunnery 'King and Clyde Bailey arrested and placed in jail by High Point officials Wednes day. The still was located near high way 61. The officers said the dis tilling plant was set up behind a huge sawdust pile. The still, they said, was in full operation and con tained a 300-gallons capacity tank. Forty-three barrels of beer were seized along with 200 pounds of sugar, 40 gallons of whiskey, 30 empty 100-pound sugar bags, 11 empty barrels and other parapher nalia. The prisoners will be turn ed over to Federal authorities. INFANT SON OF MR. AND MRS. BOWERS DIES Kenny Ray Bowers, 28 day old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lacey Bowers, Trinity route 1, died Tuesday morning after a few hours illness. Mrs. Bowers was the former Ruby Alice Wall. In addition to the parents, the survivors include, the grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bowers, Fullers section, and Mr. and Mrs. .T. F. Wall, Mt. Gilead. The funeral was in the Mt. Gil ead church Wednesday morning. Burial was in the churchyard. London Peeved London.—Great Britain today of fered a complete plan for non-in tervention in the Spanish civil war with a “take it or leave it” challenge to the 26 other nations on the international “handa-off” Spain committee.