■ r'7 v The Largest Paid-Up Circulation of Any Newspaper Published in Randolph County MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS THE Randolph County's N. E. A. FEATURE SERVICE Daily Newspaper COURIER “Over 10,000 People Welcome You to Asheboro, the Center of North Carolina” * VOLUME LXI ASHEBORO, N. C-, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27, 1937 NUMBER 136 Tokyo Refuses Bid to Brussels Conference; Will Fight to End Alleges 9-Power Pact Obsolete In Present Conflict Tokyo Takes Rap at Soviet; Blames League For Acts Of Non-Intervention. * Japan, 1-man Nation’ Ministry Reports Empire De termined to Can y War To Speedy End. Tokyo, Oct. 27—
—Japan for mally declined today the invitation to participate in the Brussels con ference of 9-power adherents on the Sino-Japanese war. A note to the Belgium ambassa dor declared the conference was in spired by the League of Nations and “would put serious obstacles in the path of just and proper solution of the conflict.” The Belgium foreign office an nounced yesterday, in Brussels, the opening of the 9-power conference had been postponed from next Sat urday to next Tuesday. Shortly before the foreign of fice’s delivery of the note to the Belgium envoy, the Japanese for eign minister received imperial ap proval of the reply. The Japanese foreign office re leased a long, informal statement reiterating Japan's contention that Japan was fighting in self defense. The statement asserted the 9 power treaty was absolute because of whit it termed the growth of communism in China and declared, “the Japan nation, rising as one man. in united action is determined to asgniount all obstacles for the puitftrdreffectmg a' S££S? set tlement." Gala Week-End Plans Changed Hallowe'en Celebration to Be Monday Night; Dance Friday Night. Regardless of all preious an nouncements concerning the gala affair that has been scheduled to take place in Ashcboro this week end, there will not be a combination •of Window Shopping W'eck with Halloween friviolity. Saturday night. According to an announcement made yesterday by Mrs. Ervin Frye, secretary of the Merchants Association, the business men will conduct their own celebration, dis tributing their unannounced prizes and presents to the many gathered on Sunset avenue to view the dis rof their window lighting abil HH. And after all the prize winners have received their ^wards, music will blare forth from loud speakers and couples will start “Slumming on Sunset Avenue." The dance will cJosO the day and the week’s ac tivities. Concerning the Halloween cele bration which was previously an nounced as taking place at the same time as the dance, Chief of Police Dewey Bulla has said that the spooks and goblins will post pone their rounds until Monday evening; • “And," Chief Bulla said, “we want the grown-ups to remember that, tjie street celebration is for kids only.” Looking ahead to the traffic situation for the two festive nights, the police chief stated that no ears would be allowed to park on Sunset avenue between North street and Fayetteille after 6 o’clock in the evening. At the present no specific plans -have been made for the Hallowe’en celebration. Chief Bulla confessed his intentions in restricting the masks to children alone was to prevent more gayly minded adults from using such thing as paddles jjtheir supposedly friends. “We'll st get together and have clean hb said. Insurgent Drive irid, Oct. 27. —IM— A new _, to cut government Spain into two parts, was believed for shadowed today by reports of hugh concentrations of insurgents north of Pruel. > Cowlesviile, N. Y., Oct. 22.—Ott -A red-winged airplane crashed mushy field near here last t and farmer* found in the * 9 the bodies of two men i of a woman’* body. Clamoring for Monty’s Autograph if ~ hi iiiiiMMiiTiiiiifiaaf m~~ ■ an "mi.. . waammm Hollywood stars aren’t the only ones who think John Montague is absolutely okay. Ho was acquitted last night of a 7-year-old robbery indictment on which he is on trial at Elizabethtown, N. Y., under his real name, Laverne Moore. Look how the girl spectators at the trial crowd around the film company’s debonair “mystery golfer” for his au tograph. Left to right they arc Betty Smith, Margaret Brua, Pat Brewster, daughter of the judge who set Montague’s bail at $25,000, and Shirley Eggleston, niece of the sheriff. British Fleet Hastens To Aid Vessel Held by Spain I Lloyd’s reported, to assist the British steamship Stanrey af ter it had been fired on and halted by a Spanish insurgent trawler in the Bay of Biscay. Advice to the underwriters concern said the 880 ton vessel Rcss Kidnap Bills Listed In County Banks, Public Officials Have Numbers of Notes Paid In Ransom. Public officials and banking in stitutions m Ashcboro today receiv ed listings of serial numbeis of the bills paid in the Charles F. Ross kidnapping case in Chicago. The listing included a statement from J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, advising the public to notify the nearest bank or office of the de partment in event they locate any of the bills. A list of the serial numbers have been filed with Rufus F. Routh, clerk of the Randolph county Su perior court. All of the |10 and 820 notes were issued by the Federal Reserve bank of Chicago. The 86 notes are regular silver certificates. .Washington, Oct. 27.—The In terstate Commerce commission yes terday held that freight rates that are charged on cotton piece goods from various points in North Caro lina and South Carolina to West Plains, Mo., are reasonable, and a complaint in regard thereto was dismissed. The Weather North Carolina: Partly cloudy in the interior. Thursday fair and colder in east portion. London, Oct- 27. —US)—AH till ‘ .'* range Twelfth District Legion Auxiliary Meeting Here Plans arc practically complete for the meeting of the 12th district American Legion auxiliary meeting to be held Thursday in Asheboro Mrs. P. G. Newsom, district com mitteewoman, in charge of the plans, states that the meeting will be held in the social room of Cen tral Methodist Protestant church, beginning at 10:30 a. m. This district is composed of units from Asheboro, Hamlet, Wadee Jboro, Mt. Gilead, Troy, Southern Pines, and Ellerbe. Representa tives from, each of these units are expected and the various presidents will give outlines of their plans for the coming fear's work. The mem had been attacked three and Austrian port, occupied in last week's fighting by insurgents in northwest Spain. A French tanker messaged the Lands End, England, radio station asking assistance on behalf of the Stanrey. Barber “Bootleg” Sought By State North Carolina Broadening Program to Compel Law Enforcement in Shops. “Bootlegging” barbers are now being hunted by the law. The State Board of Barber Ex aminers has instituted a state-wide campaign to locate men or women practicing the bartering trade who have failed to obtain their state li cense and meet the necessary health qualifications^ The state law provides that all barbers must be registered with the state department before engaging in business. The law also provides they must obtain necessary health certificates from a local physician. M. C. Whitney, of the state de partment is now in Asheboro, car rying" out the department’s coopera tive program with the health de-1 partment. He reported today that every -.hop located within the city of Asheboro has complied with ail law. * Persons who refuse he stated, are subject to a fine. Chicago, Oct. 27.—(If)—The Am erican Medical association criticized federal food and drug laws today as ‘“woefully inefficient” and sug gested more efficient legislation as it reported deaths attributed to an elixir of sulfanilamide had - risen to 51. bership of each unit will also bo recorded. Mrs. H. H. Utley, of Franklin ville, 3rd area vice-president, will be the presiding officer for -thi3 meeting and will introduce several of the state officers who plan to attend and speak briefly. Mrs. H. A. Newell of Henderson, state pres ident and Miss Arelia Adams, sec retary, plan to attend and will be on the program for the meeting. After the morning’s program is adjourned, luncheon will be served at the Old Hickory cafe. Mrs. Newsom expects twenty-five or thirty visitors for the day’s meet ing. -■ ' Soviet Faces Cold* Shoulder Of Non Intervention Pact Great Britain and Others De termined on Spanish For eign Troop Pian. j Will Disregard Sovie| Moscow to Be Given Chance To Unite; Italy Seen As Giving Ground. I London, Oct. 27.——A mo ment, gathering force* among powers to reach some sort xf agreement on Spain foreign diers—with or without Rua threatened today to leave the. viet Union out of the non-int^rVei tion fold. All other participating nati agreed last night to the proposal, specifying that full be granted to both Spanish ment and insurgents when “i stantial progress” the withdrawal from the conflict. When the diplomats their bickering Friday it waa pected they would reach a drawal plan—including Moscow possible but without her if Russia would not come in. i * Informed sources said Italy been persuaded to withdraw flat refusal of neutral detei figures on foreign troops in but Italian quarters said no agreement will be made until personnel and duties of the tigating commission is dete: Cotton Executive Condemns Boyc Institute Told Plan is worthy”; Points to tlenten's Pact. — -- - .Li ■ New York, Oct. 27.—L¥)—Sug gestions of a boycott against Japan were characterized as "morally un worthy of a free people” by Claudis T. Murchieon, president of the Cot ton1 Textile Institute as the cotton mill executive opened its lltjt an nual meeting today. Dr. Murchison's defense of cotton trade with Japan came in the course of a convention which heard Robert H. Montgomery, tax author ity, charge the present federal tax law as a “myth.” The :nstitute president reviewed the organization’s activities during the last year. One main accom plishment. he said, was the conclus ion of a “gentlemen’s agreement” to prevent the dumping of Japanese cotton on domestic markets. William Stutts Seagrove, Dies William Stutts, 80, Randolph county farmer, died at six-thirty Wednesd ly morning at his home on Seagrove route 1, following an ill ness of ubout two weeks. Mr. Stutts was twice married, his first wife being the former Miss Nancy \Vil!iamson and to this un ion were bom five children, three of whom survive: John Stutts, Seagrove route 1; Mrs. Minnie Spencer, Steeds route 1, and Hadley Stutts, Seagrove , route 1. He is survived by his second wife, the former Miss Betsy Ann Williamson and the following chil dren: Mrs. Edgar Carlton, Steeds route 1; Mrs. Manuel Carder, Steeds route 1, and Frances Warren and Rose Stutt.>, all of the home. Funeral services will be conduct ed from the Christian Union church near Seagrove, Thursday afternoon at two o’clock. Rev. John Q. Pugh of Franklinville, will be the offi ciating minister. Burial will fol* low in the church cemetery. Dr. Hudson Will Give Book Talks Greensboro, Oct. 27.*—Dr. A. P. Hudson, Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Will lead a discussion of books and reading in the Woman’s College Library Friday afternoon, October 29. Informal book discussions and teas are a part of the library pro gram to promote interest in books. Dr. Hudson’s subject will be “Some Tall Talcs from North Carolina.” He is the author of “Folk Songs of Mississippi and Their Background” and “Humor of the Old Deep South.” The first blood of the American War of Independence was shed, most historians agree, in the West minister (Vt.) massacre March 13, 1775. When pretty Marion Talley goes for a walk, her favorite com panion is Taz, a white Russian iSamoyed, that was given to her s. by a fan. Singer and dog arc \ pictured strolling near her home in Hollywood. '5 anilamides Discussed In N. C. sicians Call Attention To Sale of Drug With out Prescriptions. _ umtfoufl "re* ports have been coming in from sections of the United States tell ing of the fatal effect of certain preparations of sulfanilamide. So far no such reports have been re ceived from North Carolina,” Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, state health of ficer, said here. "Wh:le sulfanilamide is a very useful drug when administered and supervised by the practicing physi cian, the indiscriminate use of this product may be followed by serious reactions and in some instances may terminate fatally. “Certain of these preparations have been used in the treatment of gonorrhea and have been found of value ir. a certain number of cases. “North Carolina has a law cover ing this matter. Section 7199 of the consolidated statutes reads as follows: “ ‘Treatment except by physician unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person except a regularly li censed physician to prescribe or give away any medicine for the treatment of any person afflicted with venereal disease.’ “The indiscriminate sale of this drug without a physician’s pre scription is therefore unlawful. An individual who buys this drug across the drug store counter is as suming the responsibility for his own treatment, which he is not qua lified to do. The druggist who sells to such a patient is aiding and abet ting this individual in such a dan gerous procedure, and in addition to that, is violating one of our state laws. It seems to us that drug gists throughout the state will be rendering a distinct service by com plying with the letter of the law and thereby placing the responsibil ity for the treatment of these indi viduals upon physicians who are aware »f the dangers in the use of this drug and who are in position to supervise these cases under treatment.” Cooley Named On House Committee North Carolina Man Placed On Special Group to Study Cotton Plan. Washington, Oct 27. —