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ASHEBORO, N. C.t
DAY, NOV. 24,1937
NUMBER 166
m
irial Asheboro
Quartet Moving
Snail-Pace Today
ress In Securing Jury
[From Special Venire Slower
Than Anticipated.
>nly Four Jurymen
Mcitor McNeill Will Proba
Ask First Degree Mu.der
Charge For Cross.
ben Cumberland county court
sed at noon today, only four
sen had been selected in the
of the four 'Asheboro men
arc arraigned on a grave
i in that court. Working from
'until 1:30 today, two jury
were drawn which makes four
■ the jury to try Bill Cross, Jesse
tts, Hal Rush and Walter Routh.
icording to this progress, it will
several days yet to draw the
, although attorneys in the
are hopeful that things will
ire a bit more quickly so the case
come to trial.
Beginning with the 150 men
iposing the special venue at
Tuesday afternoon one man
drawn and was accepted im
itely. The matter of drawing
went on through the af
noon and just as court closed at
bost 6:00 o’clock, another man
, accepted. Charles T. Haig, real
ate dealer of Fayetteville, was
_ first man drawn and • Frank
i D. Watts, of Pearce’s Mill town
p, a traveling salesman was the
nd man accepted. Judge Cow
placed them in charge of
rles N. McArthur, special of
er.
According to the attorneys ap
ing in the case, the number
jurymen who have made up their
‘ i as to the guilt of the accused
is no larger than usual,
of the men in connection
imtazmstm**'**j* *•
Fort Bragg forest ranger on
16th., was Attempted in
ford last week, but it was not
i to get a jury in that coun
' so the case was moved from
to Cumberland, where it is
in the early stages of pro
According to indications, it
ipjite possible that Solicitor P.
: McNeill will ask for a first
murder charge against
s. Routh, Crotts and Rush are
[icated as accessories before and
the fact, although there is
| certainty as to what turn the
will take when it really comes
mvict Preacher
Church Murder
lienee Missouri Minister
Prison For Life; To
Appeal From Verdict.
ittsfield, III., Nov. 24.—(IP*—
Rev. C. E. Newton was con*
today at slaying & loyal
ch worker and the jury fixed
punishment at life imprison
jit. The verdict was reached in
[ hours and 62 minutes,
be Missouri country preacher
I pleaded he was a victim of div
,in the brutal hammer
jring last Jaly of Mrs. Dennis
pi, 46 year old mother,
am not surprised at the ver*
because of prejudice in hi*
" said the calm white*faced
star. ' MI intend to ask a new
I will carry this to a higher
t.if necessary.
HRISTMAS
iUPiRSTITlONS
of the hippiest Christ*
njperstitioni is that £ol
in Italy, of scattering
for birds to insure good
D* for the coming year.
Prexy Baptized
but Not Enough
A Baptist minister should be |
immersed at least twice to be i
properly baptized, conservatives |
of the church told Mr. Henry i
Noble Sherwood, above, in
threatening to dismiss him
from presidency of Georgetown
College, Ky, Although he bap
tized hundreds as pastor of
three Baptist churches, Dr.
Sherwood neglected t to go
through a second immersion
himself, which the conservative
element considers necessary to ,
insure good faith in its ministers
*38 License Duns
Received In Town
■■ —
Advance Notice Now Going
To Auto Owners Through
State; Sale Day Dec. 1.
Owners of, automobiles which
bore N. C. tagf te 1937. are jetting
elaborate "dufis” ftom the state
for next year’s licenses.
Going out from the department
of revenue are cards bearing full
information necessary for auto
mobile owners to secure their 1938
tags, as well as information con
cerning the cost of the tag.
Tags will actually go on sale
December 1, and after that date
motor vehicles may be operated on
1938 tags.
Each card is accompanied with
a printed letter from A. J. Max
well, commissioner of revenue,
telling something about the regu
lations governing 1938 tags. The
best news In the letter tells of the
reduction in fees made by the 1937
general assembly.
•Rates for passenger cars, ex
cept those operated for hire, have
been reduced from 40 cents to 35
cerits per hundred pounds ship
ping weight. Fees on light trucks
both private and for hire have beep
reduced 10 cptits P6r hundred
pounds, gross weight, but rates,on
trucks on a heavier gross weight
have been increased 10 cents per
hundred pounds.
“IMPORTANT: Examine this
card carefully and be sure it cov
ers the car you own now—not one
which you have disposed of and
which has not been transferred to
the new owner’s name."
One the back of the printed let
ter the motor car owner is ad
jured to "Use Safety Signals to
protect yourself and Others.”
Then follow, in red ink, pic
tures of a motorist giving the
correct hand signals for “left turn,”
“right turn” and "stop”.
Following these pictures come
numerous safety maxims stach as
"Cultivate the Habit of Careful
Driving.”
Postmasters In
North Carolina
k i'i
President Sends New List To
Senate; Expect Names rt7tH
Se Confirmed ®/'“
.wouuM^fon, Nov. 24.—XNomma
tions by the President of 10 post
masters in the Carolines were yes
terday referred to the senate com
mittee on post offices and postmas
ters. Favorable reports upon apd
confirmation of the nominations are
expected this week by the senate.
They follow: ,
North Carolina: .
Cornelius H. Julian to be post
master at Frankliuville, N. C. office
became presidential July
August D. Wtssell
master at HaUsbonv
became presidential J
Russian Aircraft
Jap Planes Attack Capitol As
Soviet-made Planes Arrive
In China.
160 Civilians Die
Forty Killed in Nanking And
100 in Canton: Ask U. S.
Neutral Zone.
Shanghai, Nov. 24.—Vf)—Two
Japanese bombing planes protect
ed by pursuit crafts dropped a score
Of bombs along the main thorough
fare of Nanking today killing 40
civilians.
It was the first time Japanese
planes had struck within Nanking’s
wall since September 26.
The National Art Gallery was
damage by bombs.
While the pursuit planes engaged
Chinese craft in a “dog-fight” the
bombers passed through anti-air
craft fire to attack a Chinese emer
gency air field between Nanking
and Wuhu farther up the Yangtze.
The bombers came as foreign
sources confidential reported the
long awaited Russian manufac
tured planes had arrived to bolster
the Chinese air force. The raid was
believed to have been an attempt
to smash the news craft quickly.
Earlier, vhe 34 American and
28 other foreigners, remaining in
Nanking asked the Japanese to
make their quarters a neutral
zone. Previously. American Am
bassador Nelson T. Johnson, sent
a similiar request to the Chinese
government.
The Japanese authority said they
favored the proposition but added,
there were military considerations
which the army had to take into
account.
! Hbnkong, Nov. :
anese warplanes bombed Canton,
China’s southern capitol for iribre
than an hour today and reports
reaching Honkong . stated 100
civilians were killed.
Tax Revision In
Session Discard
Efforts to Bring Measure On
Floor Fails; Slated For
January Term.
Washington, Nov. 24.—UP)—Ad
ministration leaders in congress re
fused again today to put business
tax revision on the special session
list despite demands from the
House republicans for immediate
repeal of the undistributed pro
fits levy.
The leaders said the regular
January session was the earliest
time the subject could be debated
even though the House sub-com
mittee approved, tentatively, a sub
stitute for the widely opposed cor
porate tax levy.
The new bill virtually abandons
the theory of taxing undistributed
profits. v
The resolution was adopted by a
Republican caucas yesterday.
Chairman Vinson, (D-Ky.) of the
tax sub-committee said, however,
he believed the new system
“couldn’t help from having a good
effect on business confidence, even
though the project could not be
carried out until next year."
Great Britain To
Seek France Pact
Policy May Offset German
Aim to Regain Control Of
i. Centra} Europe.
London, Nov. 24.—CSV—Great;
Britain has invited the French pre
mier and foreign minister to Lon
don to form a joint policy in Ger
many’s ambition in Europe.
Despatches said the French min
ister undoubtedly Would accept the
invitation and will study, with
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain and foreign secretary Anthony
Eden, the future of the well-estab
lished French-British policy for
collective security.
This policy was said to have been
challenged as a result of recent de
mands by Adolph Hitler during
his conversations with Viscount
Halifax, Britain’s good will am
bassador during the latter’s visit
to Germany.
San Diego, Calif., Nov. 24.—CiW
—Two navy fliers were killed late
yesterday when their bombing
plane crashed at Benson’s dry lake,
59 miles east,of here, United States
fleet alt headquarters at North
Island repotted..' '
Widow THed Frtr Kiili*»nr
V
Mrs. Siha Pope Godwin (riglft), comely 37-year-old widow, is
shown in the court room at Lillington, N. C., during her trial for the
killing of her third husband, Ft^rWfui E. Godwin, farmer and world war
veteran. “I shot to save my own life,” she testified. Beside her is her
daughter, Hortense Pope Jackson, 17.
Henry Ford Looks Upward;
Business Slump “A Pause
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 24.—Wf
—Henry Ford, in an interview
today said the present business
recession
unoffic
“No one
at next
tainty. The present
is not a set-back, i
it about. Just now one of the
• uncertainties of business is to
Annual Thanksgiving Union
Service Tomorrow Morning
Daily Courier
All Brandies of Paper To
Have Holiday On This
_Thanksgiving._
The Daily Courier, keeping
pace with business generally in
Asheboro and Randolph coun
ty will not publish its usual ed
ition tomorrow, allowing all its
employees a day of rest in ob
servance of Thanksgiving Day.
The news and advertising de
partments will be closed the
entire day but will resume op
erations, as usual, Friday
morning, and will publish a
newspaper on Friday after
noon.
Self-Defense Plea
Attacked By State
Harnett Widow Charged With
Slaying Husband Sets Up
General Denial.
Lillington, Nov 24.—iAP)—The
state sought on cross-examination
today to tear down the self-defense
story of Mrs. Sina Pope Godwin,
37-year-old widow, on trial a sec
ond time in the slaying of her third
husband, Furman E. Godwin.
Mrs. Godwin, who told the jury
yesterday she shot her husband, a
farmer and a former world war vet
eran, “to save my life” after he had
fired on her in a drug-craze condi
tion, was cross-examined by So
licitor Claude Canady.
Canady questioned'Mrs. Godwin
at length regarding a will be which
the state contends Godwin left his
property to Mary E. Jones, with a
proviso that should the die also, it
would go to Mrs. Godwin’s daugh
ter, Hortens*.
“Mary Jones died just 13 days be
fore you killed Furman Godwin,”
Canady shouted, “and don’t you
know bar death and the bonus
which Godwin received from the
government about the same time
prompted you to killbirot”
The defendant, vigorously denied
the accusation.
ALABAMIAN TO SPEAK IN
■ ( LOCAL CHURCH SUNDAY
Rev. B. K. Wash teal of the church
of the 'Nazarine, Selma, Alabama,
is vhuting Rev. and Mrs. J. B.
Fulp of- S£0 Hoover street. Rev. Mr.
Wachteal will speak at the Ashe
boro Pilgram Holiness church Sun
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garding political interests, but
Congress is taking care of that.
‘‘The other is the stock mar
ket condition. Everyone knows
the stock market has no per
manent effect on business but
it does hare on the state of
fish'd of the American business
tfeemacket.
The annual community Thanks
giving service will be held in the
Presbyterian church at 9 o’clock on
Thursday morning. Gerald K.
Ford, director of religious educa
tion in the First Methodist church
will preach the Thanksgiving ser
mon. The choir of the Presbyter
ian church will furnish special mu
sic. The offering will be taken for
the orphanages supported by the
various denominations represented.
The ministers of the community
will be in charge of the period of
worship. A cordial invitation is
uTtAtirfad to every one who feels in
clined at this season to acknowledge
with thanksgiving the benefits of
the Heavenly Father.
This annual union service has
been a custom in Asheboro for
many years and is looked forward
to by many who enjoy worshipping
with friends from other denomina
tions. It has usually been the
custom to have the new minister
in the town preach the sermon on
this occasion. This year, for the
first time in many, many years,
there iB no new minister. Dr.
Smith, minister-host for the
Thanksgiving service, came to Ash
eboro a little more than fourteen
years ago and preached the sermon
in the Baptist church. Long before:
that time, a new minister had been
on hand for the sermon.
So, this year will be unique in
that there will be no newcomer
among the ministry of the town,
but the invitation to attend tne
union event goes out to newcomers
as well as he church membership
ofthfttown.
The Asheboro postoffico, accord
ing to an annooncement this morn
ing, will handle all mail, insofar as
distribution to boxes are concerned
all day tomorrow;
The windows, including general
delivery, stamps, pared post and
money order departments will be
closed in observance of Thanks
giving Day. The entrance to the
building will be open to allow Box
holders entry to their mailboxes.
City, offices will close this af
ternoon and remain closed all day
tomorrow as will all county offices,
in the Randolph county court house.
Business generally will be stilled.
All merchants with the exception
of the druggists, who will conduct
regular business hours, will be
closed all day. Both local banks will
likewise be dosed.
Public schools throughout the
county and city will close for the
holiday. Virtually every class in
the primary grades concluded the
week’s session with a special
Thanksgiving program this after
noon. The students will not re
assemble until Monday morning.
Senate Seeking To
/idFanners’Hope
Of Higher Cotton
Bankhead Will Insist That
Subsidy Be Included in New
Farm Measure.
Want Three Cent Loan
Cost of Program Rated As
High as Billions; Soil Funds
May Be Used.
Washington, Nov. 24.—UP)—A
determined effort to help farmers
who want to hold their cotton for
higher prices developed in the sen
ate today.
Senator John H. Bankhead of
Alabama, said he and other south
ern senators would insist on the
adoption of a committee provision
in the farm bill, guaranteeing sub
sidy payments and marketing sea
son.
The committee amendment would
provide payment on the 1937 cot
ton on which the Credit corpora
tion has made loans using the July
1, 1938 price as a basis of adjust
ment.
The payments were designated to
suppliment the government’s 9 cent
loan plan and placed the maximum
at 3 cents a pound, the amount in
each case to bring the return to
not more than 12 cents a pound.
ITie problem of unsold cotton
arose when prices fell considerably
below the 9 cent provision.
Senators debating the embogged
Crop control bill disagreed today
over the program’s cost. Estima
tes were from half a billion dollars
to billions of dollars.
Chairman Smith, (D-S. C.) at the
agriculture committee said he did
pot know haw ihuch the expense
would
r ^Seifator'McNary of Oregon, Re
publican floor leader, predicted it
would total one billion dollars or
higher.
Some committee members on
,the other hand declared it could
be held to $500,000,000, the amount
appropriated for the soil conser
vation program.
Agriculture department officials
have split the difference in their
estimate of $750,000,000 while Sen
ator Copeland (D-N. Y.) forcast
the cost might rtm into billions.
Hope Seen In Tax
Problem By House
Leaders Seeking Plan To
Modify Surplus Tax At
Present Session.
Washington, Nov. 24.—UP)—Ad
ministration officials talked with
congressional leaders today on
the possibility of some quick action
be assure business of an eased tax
burden.
Senator Harrison of the senate
finance committe, Who up to this
morning, insisted that nothing could
be done immediately, was busy con
ferring with finance officials.
There were reports that two pro
posals were being discussed:
1. —An announcement by Presi
dent Roosevelt and congressional
leaders that business taxes would
be revised.
2. —Quick action, this session, on
bills being framed by a house pack
ed sub-committee to modify cor
poration surplus taxes.
Champ Grid Tilta
Chapel Hill, Nov. 24.—Interest in
the North Carolina High School
Athletic Association’s doubleheader
Class A-B football attraction here
Friday afternoon has reached a
high pitch.
Reidiville and Hamlet will clash
for theClas§ B title at 10 o'clock.
Charlottec and Rocky Mount will
play the Class A championship at
3 o’clock Both games will be played
in Kenan Stadium.
Houston, Nov. 24.—fP>—Rev.
Robert Lee Grundy, 80-year-old
negro, applied for a marriage li
cense. 1
SANTA
and the
WHITE FOX
By
IGRID ARNE
is the fastest, smartest, crud
est fox in the North. But
Santa and his fairies are even
smarter than the White Fox.
Read abont them in
THE CHRISTMAS STORY
St1!Sniis*paper30
SEC Chairmam Cracks
Down on Trailers; Dip
Noted Amon^ Leaders
Composer at
Is Happy
In the declining years of an
eventful life, Carrie Jacobs
Bond, 75, noted song-writer
shown above in her latest photo,
leads a full and happy exist-,
eme at her ho*ne ln-«bUywood.
- Bfrs. Bbndf; whose hest' ^rrown
songs are "I Love You Truly,”
“The End of a Perfect Day,”
- and "Just A’Wearying for You,”
receives many more invitations
than she can accept, and.still
gets lots of fan mail.
Asheboro Man Is
Speaker At Club
Rev. N. M. Harrison Speaks
Before Civitan Club Of
High Point Yesterday.
High Point, Nov. 24.—An address
by Rev. N. M. Harrison, promo
tional secretary of High Point col
lege, and an intelligence test con
ducted by Ted Harllee featured the
meeting of the Civian club at the
Elwood hotel today.
Speaking of High Point college,
Mr. Harrison emphasised that that
institution belongs to High Point as
well as to the Methodist Protestant
church. He recalled the year 1921
when the college was first opened
with not a completed building on
the campus and with only 132 stu
dents. At the present time, he
pointed out, there are 405 students,
including three from a South Am
erican republic, one from. Porto Ri
co, one from Turkey, 200 from High
Point and others from the Atlantic
seaboard. South West and Middle
West, representing 17 states and
the District of Columbia. The
college has more applications for
the second semester, he said.
Mr. Harrison told how Dr. G.
I. Humphreys had assumed the
presidency of the institution in 1930
faced with an indebtedness of $400,
non and how. by his constructive
Dismiss Ford Charge
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 24.—UP)—
Circuit Judge Lester Sk Moll, dis
missed today charges of felonious
assault brought against the Ford
Motor company and eight indivi
duals as a, result of beatings of
United Automobile Workers or
ganizers near the Ford’Rouge plant
last May 26.
Palm Sprinks, Cal
UP—A knife throw
Lamour in the flimi
romance in Pj^Bt pai
rector GeorgeArcha
Termed Effort To
Conceal Condition
From “01” Folk
Others Contend SEC Trying
To Shift Cause of Sinmp
Onto Market Leaders.
Jittery On Street
Some Stocks Regain Loss Dar
ing Dull Trading; in Hope
Of Compromise.
New York, Nov. 24.—UP)—Wall
Streeters—particularly in stock
market circles—were frankly in
jitters today by SEC chairman
Douglass’ warning to the exchange
last night to reorganize along lines
in keeping with the public interest.
Security prices, however, were
but slightly disturbed.
The market opened quietly and
in early dealings some leaden dip
ped 50 cents to $2, to recover par
tially in dull trading.
Leading bankers and brokers
said the exchange was proceeding
with its own plan of reorganization.
Disaffection with that line was
said to have prompted Douglass
statement in Washington after
weeks of negotiations between the
exchange and the commissio
ter two years ef apparent fi
co-operation—and expressed
the disagreement would be <
expressed
con
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offfii
mission houses
opinion thaf the Douglas states
should not be considered as a bull
ish or a bearish factor.
These comments were typical:
“A desperate attempt to indicate
this thing (the recent slump) was
due to the exchange.
‘Trying to smash the thermome
ter so that the patient wouldn’t
know the actual condition.”
Washington, Nov. 24.—CTV-The
Roosevelt administration cracked
down on Wall Street last night,
serving an ultimatum that the .
Stock exchange must reorganise
or be regulated much more dras
tically.
"Adequate safeguards” must be
thrown about this exchange and
others, either by the marts them
selves or by the Securities com
mission, said Walliam O. Douglas,
chairman of the commission.
New York, Nov. 24.—UP)—The
statement of William O. Douglas,
chairman of the Securities and Ex
change commission, that the New
York Stock Exchange must reor
ganize in the public interest or
face wider regulation by the com
mission came like a thunderbolt to
Wall Street last night.
It marked open rupture after
about two years of apparently
friendly relations between the ex
change and the commission. It her
alded, Wall Street men said, a pos
sible departure from the exchange’s
efforts to go along with the com
mission on its “reform" ideas.
Brokers were stunned. Charles
R. Gay, coming out of a long con
ference with the exchange govern
ing committee, declined to com
ment. A member of the board of
governors was likewise silent.
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Crop Control Is
Indicated In House *
Adopt Measure Including Cot*
ton, Wheat, Rice and To
bacco; Penalty Tax.
Washington, oNv. 24.—l/P)—The
house agriculture committee com
pleted today the draft of a compul
sory crop control bill for wheat,
cotton, tobacco and rice.
Chairman Jones (D-Tex.) said he
would introduce the measure in the
house this afternoon, adding, “I
hope the debate on the bill will
start soon.”
The final draft as agreed upon by
the committee, included provisions
for continuation of the present soil
conservation practices and pay.
m*njts, with compulsory control,
through market quotas, and, a
alty of taxes on