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ASHEBORO, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOV- 17, 1937
NUMBER 151
Jurying Yet
Seated F> '^ross
Trial In laeford
cial Panel of 100 Drawn
Since Last Night; Case
Opened This Morning.
Pried As “Quartet”
jge Refuses Application Of
rhree Defendants to Have
Separate Trials.
Raefora, Nov. 17.—(Special to
Daily Courier)—Judge G. V.
/per, who yesterday, denied ap
fcation of three defendants held
connection with the alleged
ying of Sergeant J. T. Mott,
Bragg soldier here October Id
divorce their trial fro\- that of
. Cross, Asheboro, charged with
i actual slaying, this morning or
ed the defendant’s attorneys to
ceed with the examination of a
cial jury panel of 100 men called
kterday.
The court, by his decision yester
included the four defendants
one trial. Up to a late hour this
emoon not one seat in the jury
r had been filled,
pudge Walter D. Siler, Cross’ at
ney and L. T. Hammond, chief
nsel for Hal Rush, Walt Routh
. Jesse Crotta, charged with be
accessories after the fact, were
pducting a strict, deep examina
i of every man brought to court
[prospective jurymen,
dott was found dead, just off
Fort Bragg reservation, by D.
[Guinn, who was attracted to the
pt by the discharge of a gun.
[inn, it is reported, told the
pice that he conversed with the
defendants just before he
covered Mott’s body. Later ac
jrding to information obtained
Ye Cross was named as the man
po fired the shot by his three al
ped companions.
Uross issued his first public
ptement yesterday, in which he
utended he did not fire at Ser
hnt, Mott. He said Mott had
iick him to the ground and that
pile he (Cross was on his knees
out two feet away, a gun was
?d and Mott dropped to the
bund.
The examination of the jury will
htinue this afternoon and pro
bly tomorrow morning.
[ewIy-Weds Start
Death Honeymoon
embers of European Royal
Family Wed, Then Leave
For Parents Pyre.
bondon, Nov. 17.—(.P>—Grand
ike Ludwig von Hesse Bei Rhein,
[ond cousin to Britian’s King
brge, was married today to Miss
krgaret Campbell Geddes in a
hrate ceremony clothed with the
[gedy of an aircrash that killed
krly all the bridegroom’s family,
lifter the ceremony, the mourn
I newly-weds started on their
key moon—a trip to Ostend, Bel
jm, to claim the bodies of the
fee’s father, mother and his bro
ir’s wife and son, to take them
the family seat in Germany,
they were among eleven persons
led yesterday when a London
nd airliner clashed in flames
fe: Ostend in a fog, as they were
Bute to London for the wedding.
>rity Seeking Necessary
otes to Force Issue On
House Floor.
ishington, Nov. 17.—UP)—The
i labor committee renewed its
ts to force consideration of
administration's wage and
bill today while Congress
uned more of the time of the
al session in talk rather than
lative work.
airman Norris, (D.-N. J.) an
ced that only two of the 21
committee members had vot
>r recalling the bill for revis
b said the majority would
on obtaining the necessary
>er of signatures—218—to a
ion that would bring the mea
directly to the house floor. Y
e wage and hour bill has been
in the house rules committee
' last session.
umbia, S. C., Nov. 17.—l.P)—
Iharles E. Burke of St. Matt
was reelected president of the
i Carolina doctors in conven
lere today.
Shin wrecked Sailors Snatched From Stormy Sea
L.
This Stirling pictur? of five shipwrecked seamen, tossed about in the stormy Atlantic off Cape Hatteras,
was made just before they were fished out of the water by coast guardsmen aboard the cutter Mendota. The
men were crew members of the Greek steamer Tzenny Chandris which sank shortly after leaving Morehead
City, N. C., with a cargo of scrapiron. Ten other members of the crew were rescued but eight were lost.
Anti-Lynching Bill In Senate;
Shattering Democratic Ranks
Asheboro Council Purchases
Street Flushing Equipment
The Asheboro City council, at a
special meeting last night, purchas
ed a street flusher to be used in
maintaining sanitary conditions on
all hard surfaced streets in the
city.
The flusher was purchased
through Nance Chevrolet automo
bile agency. The contract price was
$2,550. Delivery is expected within
three or four weeks.
The new machinery will be util
ized by city employees at the ter
mination of business activities
each night following the extensive
planning of the council to keep the
M. E. Conference Opens; Will
Discuss Church Unification
Raleigh, Nov. 17.—For the llHi
time in its history Raleigh will en
tertain the North Carolina confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church, south, in annual session this
week, the 101st of these yearly
meetings of the conference being
scheduled to begin today and tor
minate next Sunday night with the
reading of the appointments by Bi
shop Paul B. Kern, of Durham, in
historic Edenton Street church here
To Vote on Unification
One of the most important ac
tions of the conference will be i'.i
vote on the unification plan through
which the Methodist Episcopal
church, south, and the Methodist
Protestant church will unite in a
denomination to be known simply
as the Methodist church, with mem
bership embracing more than eight
million American Methodists.
Bishops to Speak
Mrs. Claude Hayworth Wins
1st Prize In Picture Contest
Roy Champion, manager of the
Carolina theatre, announced thia
morning Mrs. Claude Hayworth,
311 Sunset avenue, aa first prize
winner in the picture contest ap
pealing in Sunday’s issue of the
Courier, and Richard Kearns of the
Old Hickory cafe second prize win
ner. These winners will receive
passes to the Carolina theatre for
a month and two weeks, respective
ly
Mr. Champion expressed delight
at the numerous entries made in
this first contest, which he sponsor
ed in connection with the celebrat
ion of his theatre’s first anniver
sary, and announced along with
the prize winning pictures this
morning that he plans to conduct
a series of these picture contests
through the Courier at intervals
of two weeks.
Although complete justice was
given in the selection of winning
pictures, Mr. Champion said he
would rather not announce the
identity of the judges, because of
some ill feeling which might arise.
HowevCr, for the benefit of the
less fortunate entrants, Mr. Cham
pion did say that all names were
streets throughout the city in a
clean and sanitary condition. It
will be equipped with ail modern
applicances.
The council also reviewed the ac
tivities of the street department
which is now busily engaged ih
regarding and re-surfacing several
streets in various residential sec
tions. Yesterday the department
commenced operations in Ward
street aimed at a general leveling
and regrading of that highway.
Similiar work is also being carried
on in the vicinity of the Cetwick
and Bossong mills.
Among the chief activities on the
essentially spiritual side of the
conference program will be mes
sages by Bishop Kern and Bishop
John M. Moore, of Dallas, Tex.
Bishop Kern will deliver the ad
dress at the anniversary meeting
of the Board of Christian Educa
tion Thursday night and the an
nual conference sermon at 11
o’clock Sunday morning. Bishop
Moore, who is the senior active
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
church, south, will speak at the an
niversary meeting of the board of
missions Saturday night and de
liver the sermon in connection with
the ordination of the deacons and
elders at 3 o’clock Sunday after
noon. Gov. Clyde R. Hoey will de
liver an address at the anniversary
meeting of the board of lay activi
ties Friday night.
placed on the backs of the pasted
together Myrna Loy’s in order that
the judges might not know the
name of the person winning until
the choice had been made.
Despite the previous announce
ment that only two prizes would be
awarded, Mr. Champion added a
third and .toorth prize, two tickets
each which went to Mrs. Tiffany
Barnes, 422 S. Park Street and
Miss Lena Swing, 108 N. Main
street. Of the several hundred en
tries made, the following received
honorable mention:
Mrs. Bess K. Ridge, Miss Eliza
beth Skeen and Carolyn Ruth
Cranford, Asheboro; Mrs. Alesc
Ward, Worthville; Mrs. Dan Bums,
Asheboro; Miss Daile West, Frank
linville; Miss Rozclle Smith, Rand
leman; Mrs. A. R. Winningham,
Asheboro; Henry Mills, Asheboro
and Mrs. Millis M. Brown, Jr.,
Asheboro.
The Weather
North Carolina: Generally fair
tonight and Thursday. Colder to
night with light or heavy frosts.
Filibuster Opened
By Dixie Senators
! Texan Opens Opposition's
Forces; Ready to Debate
For Several Days.
Barkley Sought Pea^
Leader's Attempts to Get Ad
ministration Program To
Floor Defeated.
Washington, Nov. 17.—UPI—A
southern filibuster against the anti
lynching legislation upset the sen
ate program today, shattering De
mocratic lines almost at the start
of the special session of Congress.
The apparently unorganized at
tempt to block the measure, passed
by the house last summer, quickly
gained momentum after Senator
Wagner,* (D.-N. Y.) sought yester
day to call the bill up for debate.
Senator Connelly (D.-Tex.) led
off. He talked at length.
A half-dozen other southern
Democrats were ready to follow
Connelly. They indicated they
would carry on the debate for a few
days perhaps, until the senate ag
riculture committee completes its
farm bill.
Democratic leader Barkley had
tried unsuccessfully to persuade the
I anti-lynching bill sponsors to let
the government reorganization bill
have the right of way.
Dr. C. D. Kistler
Heads Dentists
-.." ■
Succeeds Dr. C. A. Graham Of
Ramseur as Third District
Dentists President.
Dr. C. D. Kistler of Randleman
was made president of the third
district Dental society at the final
meeting of the two-day session in
Greensboro last night. Dr. Kistler
succeeds Dr. C. A. Graham of
Ramseur, who has served most
ably for the past year.
It was decided to hold the next
annual district meeting at Durham.
Principal speakers Tuesday mor
ning were Dr. Burt B. Ide, Balti
more, Md., who is professor of op
erative dentistry at the Baltimore
College of Dental Surgery and the
dental school of the University of
Maryland, and Dr. Thomas J. Cook,
Philadelphia, Pa., who is assistant
professor of oral diagnosis at the
University of Pennsylvania and
chief of the dental staff at the uni
versity hospital.
In discussing “The Importance of
Definite Patient Management,” Dr
Ide urged dentists to practice more
protective dentistry, to make furth
er efforts to start the work when
the patient is young and to make
frequent inspections.
Insurgent Airports
! Hendaye, Franco-Spanish Front
ier, Nov. 17.—(JV)—General Fran
co was reported today to.be rush
ing consti-uctiqn of airports along
the Aragon front, on the eastern
Spanish front,- to assist his pre
dicted major offensive eastward.
iDuke Power Opens
New Drive On PWA
In Supreme Court
Contends Federal Grants To i
Municipal Electric Plants
Violate Constitution.
Cites 10th Amendment
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Refers to Buzzard Roost hi j
Brief Filed by Baker, A
Former War Secretary.
Washington, Nov. 17.—(.!’)—The,
Duke Power company contended to
the Supreme court today, that it
was unconstitutional for the federal
government to provide funds tor
municipal electric plants in an ef
fort to “control and reduce local el
ectric costs.”
This contention was advanced in
a brief filed preparatory to argu
ments December 0 on the Duke
company’s effort to prevent the
PWA from making a .$2,852,000
loan and grant to Greenwood coun
ty, South Carolina, for an electrical
plant at Buzzard Roost.
Signed by Newton D. Baker, for
mer secretary of war, and other at
torneys, the brief filed today con
tended the “use of federal funds to
control and reduce local electric
rates, is an attempt to gain an end
denied the federal government and
invades powers reserved for the
states in the tenth amendment.”
Junior Order UAM
To Stage Contest
State Councilor Victor R.
Johnson of Pittsboro in
Charge; Royals Takes Part.
„ On November 11th the preliminar
ies far the Jflhior Olfder tL A. M.'
original contest upon the subject
of Americanism, the oration con
test open to each senior high school
boy in the state and the essay con
test open to each senior high school
girl in the state, was held. The
winners in these local contests will
compete for the district award
which is a gold medal on the night
of November 23 and at the places
named below. The district depu
ties will either personally preside
over these contests or select some
one to do so. Immediately after
the contest the girl and boy who
win will be certified to the state
councilor, Victor R. Johnson, of
Pittsboro. The winners in these
district contests Vill compete on
February 22 in the elimination con
test preparatory to the final contest,
to be held in Charlotte on August
23rd at which time the boy who
wins will receive a tuition scholar
ship to the state university of N.
C. and the girl who wins will re
ceive a tuition scholarship to Mere
dith college. These scholarships
were donated by these institutions.
The district deputies and the
county deputies will select, three
disinterested judges to judge these
contests, and they will be judged as
composition, delivery and memory.
The medals will be sent to the
winners as soon as these are certi
fied by the district deputies to tin
state councilor, Victor K. Johnson
of Pittsboro.
Randolph county is in the Kith
district with Guilford. Henry C.
Royals of-Trinity is district depu
ty. The place of the contest has
been set for Jamestown high school
auditorium.
Friends To Hold
Conference Here
Friends Church Host to Mis
sionary Conference Here
Saturday.
A missionary conference for
Southern quarterly meeting of
Friends will be held at the Ashe
boro Friends church Saturday Nov.
20, both morning and afternoon.
The morning service starts at
10:30. The speakers for this ser
vice will be Mrs. Reuben J. Payne
of High Point, president of the
Missionary Union, Miss Clara I.
Cox, also of High Point and others.
Lunch will be served at noon by
the local auxiliaries. The afternoon
swvice begins at 1:30. Mrs. C. G.
Smith of Asheboro will be the
principle speaker, telling her ex
periences in the Holy Land.
A playlet, “The Sheer Joy of It,”
will be given by the Young Wo
men’s Auxiliary of the Asheboro
church.
Representatives from e a c h
church in the. Southern quarter are
urged to attend these services. Visi
tors are welcome.
I
Chinese Strike At
Advancing Armies;
Form New Defenses
Thousands of Fresh Troop
Join Sino Army Near
Nation’s Capitol.
8th Army In Attacks
Famous Communist Troops Of
North China Open Drive
On Japanese.
Shanghai, Nov. 17.—CW—Heav
ily reinforced Chinese armies
struck back at Japanese invaders
today in a counter attack along
the “Hindenburg Line”, defending
Nanking, some 125 miles away.
Thousands of fresh troops from
the interior marched eastward to
bolster the Chinese forces defend
ing the capitol.
At the same time, civilians fled
from Nanking to the west, and,
the evacuation of government offi
ces was underway.
Chinese commanders said the
counter attack had permitted them
to form new lines, and, declared:
“We will not capitulate or com
promise with Japan. We will fight
to the last ditch.”
General Chiang Kei-Shek had
several hundred thousands of train
ed troops at his disposal.
A force of 150,000 were arriving
at Nanking from upper reaches of
the Yangsze. West of the capitol
there was a double stream of traf
fic-civilians evacuating to the in
terim and troops marching to the
front.
In north China, the famous Com
munist 8th Army harassed com
munication lines and garrisons of
the Japanese.
107th Convention
Of State Baptists
Closes Tomorrow Night After
Three-day Session at Wil
mington; Many Speakers.
Wilmington, Nov. 17.—(Special)
—With Robert W. Simms of Ra
leigh presiding, the 107th annual
Baptist state convention will close
tomorrow, after a three-day session
in which over 1,000 delegates heard
presentations by about 60 Christian
leaders.
Meetings were held in the First
Baptist church here, with the Rev.
Sankey Lee Blanton as host pastor.
Dr. W. L. Poteat of Wake Forest
was originally elected to preside,
but a recent stroke of paralysis pre
vented him from doing so.
However, President Poteat sent
his address to the convention, and
it was read by Pastor J. A. Easley
at the session this morning. In it
Dr. Poteat declared, ’‘The obliga
tions of Christians to love on anoth
er as brothers and to cooperate in
making the will of God prevail
transcends theological barriers. We
shall never agree in our opinions. .
(but) it is possible to differ in
Christian philosophy and cooperate
in Christian work.”
An encouraging report from M.
A. Huggins, executive secretary of
the convention, indicated that re
ceipts in the past year exceeded
those of the preceding year by $70,
000, thegreatest increase for any
one year sine 1920.
Preceding the convention proper,
there was held on Monday and Tu
esday the annual Baptist pastor’s
conference, with the Rev. W. L.
Griggs of Charlotte presiding and
the Rev. Waldo D. Early of Granite
Falls serving as secretary.
Among those speaking at the pas
tors’ meeting were M. I. Harris,
Valdese; W. R. Cullom, Wake For
est; E. E. Sullivan, Hickory; A. J.
Smith, Goldsboro; C. E. Baker,
Durham; Oscar Creech, Ahoskie; R.
E. Powell, Burnsville; R. E. Hard
away, Lenoir; Hughey E. Miller,
High Point; Louis S. Gaines, Lex
ington; W. W. Jones, Charlotte; J.
A. Easley, Wake Forest, J. U. Tea- j
gue, Henderson; W. T. Baucom, St.
Pauls; J. F. Carter, Winston-Salem;
and Joel S. Snyder, Fayetteville.
The music was in charge of E. E.
Rutledge of Charlotte.
The theme of the convention
which followed was “Christianity
and Security.” Mr. and Mrs. L.
C. Pinnix of Burlington were in
charge of the music.
Garden Department Postponed
The Garden department of the
woman’s club will meet Wednesday,
November 24th, with Mrs. Curry
Loflin at her home on Sunset ave
nue. This department usually
meets the second Wednesday in
each month, but has been post
poned for a week, according to Mrs.
Charles Fox, president of the club.
I
Agricultural^ Group To
Prepare ‘lit Ige-Podge’
Farm Relier Measure
To Head Fleet
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After Feb. 1 Urn United States
fleet will be under eoirimancl of
Admiral Claude C. Blocli.
above, who has been in charge*
of the battle force. President
Koosevelt named Bloch naval
chief to succeed Admiral Arthur
J. Hepburn.
J7A. Hill Dies At
Home Yesterday
Resident of Trinity, Route
2, Passes After Period
Failing Health.
John Addison Hill, 8(5, well
fcnhwn afkt highly respected citizen
of Trinity, route 2, passed away
at his home this morning at 7
o’clock, death following several
weeks of declining health. Mr. Hill
was a prosperous fanner for many
years,
Mr. Hill was born in Randolph
county July (5,1851, the son of
William and Maty Ann Hillikan
Hill, and was married to Roxanno
Coltrane, September 23, 1880. His
wife passed away on Jane 7, 1933.
He was a birthright member of the
Springfield Friends church and al
ways active in church work.
Surviving are one son, William
A. Hill of Trinity, route 2; two
brothers, Sidney T. Hill of Trinity
route 2, and Taralius A. Hill of
Maryville, Tenn. There are also
eight gradchildren and four great
greadchildren surviving.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from Springfield Friends
church Wednesday afternoon at
3 o’clock by Miss Clara Cox, pas
tor, with interment following in
the church cemetery. The body will
be removed to the home of his son,
William A. Hill, Trinity, route 2,
this afternoon.
Southern Pines To
Open Port Nov. 21
Cost of Knollwocd Airport
Fixed at $75,000; Over
10,000 Expected.
Southern Pines, N. C., Nov. 17.—
The committee in charge of the de
dicating air show to be staged at
the Knollwood Airport Sunday af
ternoon, November 21, has an
nounced that plans are being made
for 10,000 to attend the show mark
ing the completion of the new $75,
000 airport located midway be
tween Southern Pines and Pine
hurst and rated by expert airmen
as one of. the outstanding fields in
the southeast.
Ridge Remains In
Jail; $1,000 Bond
Asheboro Man's Appeal To
High Point Court Fails;
Charged With Assault.
Efforts of W. McK. Ridge, Ashe
boro, to obtain a reduction of a
000 bond, in connection with the al
leged attack upon his wife, failed
yesterday afternoon when City
Judge Lewis Teague, High Point,
refused Ridge’s application upon a
habeas corpus proceeding.
Ridge was arrested about two
weeks ago upon complaint of Mrs.
Ridge who alleged the defendant
assaulted her.
Ridge was returned to the Ran
dolph county jail in default oi
bond.
Senators Endorse
Plan To Aid Small
Business, Industry
Capital Tax Gains and Levy
On Surplus Attacked In
Committee Meeting.
Barkley In Accord
House Group Divides Into
Small Committees to Try
For Control Bill.
Washington, Nov. 17.—(iW—A
survey disclosed an almost unani
mous sentiment in the senate com
mittee today for modification of the
corporate surplus tax.
All but two of the twenty men
expressed themselves in favor of re
vising the levy which has been crit
.cized by industry.
There was no outspoken opposi
tion.
Sentiment also was overwhelmin
gly recorded by committeemen for
easing the capital tax, another
target of business heads.
Among those advocating revis
ion was Democratic leader Bark
ley.
A strong bloc in the committee
was willing to repeal the surplus
profits tax entirely, but, it appear
ed there might be some doubt on
■ how far to go.
Committeemen agreed that a spe
cial provision should be made for
small corporations and 'those har
dened with debts.
Washington, Nov. 17.—(iD—
House agriculture committeemen
were reported today to have resort
ed to the expediment of working
out what one member called a
j “hodge-podge” crop control bill in
order to give Congress a start on
the administration program.
The committee failing as a unit
to dra ft a farm measure, divided
into sub-committees dealing with
the five proposals—wheat, corn,
rice, cotton and tobacco.
“This would give us a hodge
podge bill”, Representative Ander
son (R-Minn.) said, “but it seems
the only way we are going to get
I anywhere.”
| House leaders, gloomily declined
! to predict when debate on the farm
j bill would begin. The senate hop
! ed it would be ready next week.
Chairman Smith, (D.-S. C.) of the
senate agriculture committee called
Secretary Wallace to present his
Wallace Explains
“Normal Granary”
Secretary of Agriculture Meet
With Senators; Bill “In A
Few Days.”
Washington, Nov. 17.—(iP)—*
Secretary Wallace explained de
tails of his “ever normal granary”
proposal today to members of the
agriculture committee.
As the committee assembled, Sen
ator Clillett (D-Iowa) predicted a
compromise on the conflicting
opinion, in an effort to get a farm
proposal before the senate “within
a few days.”
“There is no doubt what a gen
eral farm bill will be ready for the
Senate before long,” he said.
Senator Bankhead, ahd, other,
southern senators, said they would
support the compulsory cotton,
proposal as the cotton section of
the farm bill, “A cotton program,
is not worth a cent”, Bankhead
said, “without something to en
force it.”
Cotton Loan Law
Washington, Nov. 17.—Sec
retary Wallace said today that sou
thern senators hoped to revise the ,
terms of the loan and subsidy pay
ments on this year’s record cotton
crop in an effort to speed up pay
ment on 130,000,000 bales produced
last year. . i
Suggest Middle Course
Washington, Nov. /
Secretary Wallace advised senators
today to adopt a “middle course”
between its extreme
and voluntary control
production and
t.hp