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ASHEBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1937
NUMBER 173
In Asheboro
lief Executive
nd Other State
ficers Guests
f D. B. McCrary
)■!(. of the most pleasant
ii.l affairs that drew an un
u,)ly large number of prominent.
,ple‘ from several sections of
-th Carolina, was the dinner
, n by D. B. McCrary, road com
, ner of the sixth district of
rth Carolina.
rhe dinner, held in the dining
m of the First Methodist church
day evening, was given in hon
Crvernor Clyde R. Hoey, Hon.
,;,k L. Dunlap, chairman state
jivay and public works com
:s on; Charles Ross, general
ipsel for the commission and W.
nee Baise, chief engineer state
•hway and public works com
s ;i(>n.
Ur. McCrary’s reason for giv
r the dinner, which included 275
ps,is. was to enjoy the company
th:s group of friends at Christ
i -time; to bring together some
the official and the engineering
nutment of the state highway
1 public works commission, the
fty authorities of this division,
! rome friends in order that the
oup might learn more about the
iiwisy organization in North
ir.'Hna, its possibilities and
iirations with special reference
the counties in the sixth divi
invocation
The program began at 6:30 with
song, led by Dr. O. L. Presnell,
Unwed by the invocation of Rev.
award P. Powell, pastor of the
ret Methodist church. Mr.
•ary then gave a few words of
iceie welcome and made the en
v group feel at home. He in
duced many of the guests from
pi of town and in Asheboro, in
pidiiig especially the personnel of
!:• \arious county offices in this
vision.
[ Lieutenant Governor W. P.
pirten, A. L. Hooker, senior high
ax engineer of the bureau of
pblic roads; Dr. W. W. Peele,
residing elder of this district who
being prominently mentioned as
[shop when the merger in Metho
is n takes place; the mayor of
sbeboro, W. A. Bunch, and mem
*rs of the city council; M. E.
shnson and the board of county
irunissionei‘s; newspaper folk;
ie office and maintenance per
mnel of the district office and
ic various county offices, the
misters of the town, and many
hers, including the Scout troop
’oiu this church who gave over
;o:r meeting night for the din
n.
Speech-making, usually a bit
atv after such and bountiful and
imptuous meal, were real treats
ith frequent and hearty applause
arimg with first speech and
lining momentum through the
Idress of Governor Hoey which
included the program.
Hon. Frank L. Dunlap was first
talk and while his words were
w, he impressed the? entire au
ence with his ability and clear
linking.
The next speaker, Charles Ross,
as introduced by Postmaster J.
. Redding of Asheboro. Mr. Ross,
'eaking on Highway Tradition,
as eloquent and rekindled the
'ark of interest from earlier days
good roads to the present, at
ic same time giving a clear pic
ire of the accuracy of the job
i?.t is being done in the state.
L E. Whitfield, sixth division
igineer with headquarters in
sheboro, introduced W. Vance
wise, chief engineer of the depart
icnt of highways and public
orks. Mr. Baise’ topic was Or
■ nizetion and his speech, al
lough brief, gave a clear picture
id further acquainted the as
?mWy with the work that is in
i ogress.
Governor Welcomed
Mr. McCrary, himself, introduc
! i he Governor, who seated at
H- chief guest table where his
•vorite red carnations graced the
inter of the table as well as his
ittonhole. Mr. Hoey was certain
’ at his best on this occasion as
e spoke of the great progress of
ie highway system, the achieve
lents and the future of the sys
'm .The second part of the Gov
inor’s speech was concerned with
ie penal system of the state and
ne educationa land good citizen-'
Wp program that he is trying
'ith such earnestness to enact
iroughout the prison camps of
•e state, as well as at Central
gM
Federal Power Unit
Cracks Down On
State’s Power Plan
Honor Guest
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolinas Governor ad
dressed a gathering of state and di- i
vision highway engineers at th-’ j
Ashlyn hotel.
Asheboro Host
D. B. McCrary
K'ghway commission of the sixth
district who entertained Governor
Hoey, state officers and other
guests Friday night.
Conservation Department
Planting 140,000 Trees
In Randolph County
A new tree planting season has
begun in the Soil Conservation
Service area near Asheboro, where
14U,000 trees will be planted on
farms of cooperators during the
winter and early spring, according
to Fred A. Hadnett camp forest
er, SCS-CCC N. C. No. 20 camp.
Tree planting is a phase of
the land use program for soil
aid water conservation on steep
and severely eroded land Mr. Hod
net t explained. Retiring such land
to trees leaves the more gently
sloping land, where erosion pro
gresses less rapidly, for cultivat
ed crops.
Where seed trees of desirable
species are present in sufficient
number to insure adequate natur
al reproduction within three years,
natural reforestation is depended
upon in the erosion-control area.
Otheiwise artificial reforestation
is used, Mr. Hodnett said.
Proper management o| existing
woodland is also an essential part
of ar, erosion-control program, he
continued. Protection of woods
against damage by fire and graz- |
ing and proper methods of har
vesting wood products are just as
necessary fo ineffective erosion
control as for obtaining maximum
returns and a sustained yield from
woodland.
In the camp area, both wood
land management and reforesta
tion are being demonstrated. These
phases of the erosion control pro
gram can be seen to advantage at
this season, Mr. Hodnett said.
Farmers throughout this entire
section are invited to observe these
demonstrations of methods which
they can use with benefit on their
own farms, he added.
Washington, Dec. 18.—(.l5)—The
power commission dispute with the
Car; lina Aluminum company and
the state of North Carolina over
the navigability of the Yadkin
rive" took a n,ew turn today.
The commission not only declin
ed to grant a rehearing on the
company’s declaration to construct
a hydro electric plant on the river
but ordered investigation of five
existing plants on the Yadkin to
dote; mined whether they effect the
navigability of the stream.
Doth the aluminum company and
the state of North Carolina had
portioned for a rehearing when
the commission recently held the
proposed $6,000,000 plant at
Tube t town, N. C., would effect
the navigability of the Yadkin in
South Carolina and a federal lic
ense would be required for its
construction.
Three of the existing plants
which it has ordered investigated
are operated by the Aluminum
company and the other two by the
Carolina Power and Light coni
pfl>.,\.
Railroads Get
Right To Kite
Freight Rates
Waghipr>t,oD, Dec. 18.—CD—The
nation’s railroads received author
ization today to increase freight
rates Monday on hundreds of com
modities.
Traffic experts said unofficial in
creases would mean $15,000,000 to
20,000,000 added revenue annual
ly
With five exceptions the inter
state commerce commission order
ed into effect a long list of tariffs
filed by the railroads.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina: Sunday, partly
cloudy, unsettled on the coast,
slightly colder in the central and
east portion.
Hickory, Dec. 18.—OP)—A grade
crossing accident here yesterday
killed five members of an Alexan
der county family.
Housing Bill
Steam-rolled
To House Win
Washington, Dec. 18.—t.'P)—The
house steam rolled tonight to pass
a bill designed to stimulate the
construction and sale of millions
of homes in the next five years.
The measure went to the senate
by a startding vote of 267 to 30.
Later on, on a roll call vote, the
house confirmed its aceceptance or
the bill, 325 to 23.
From the amendments submitted,
the house picked out only one for
approval. It was offered by senate
representative Mott (R.-Ore.), and
it was designed to make certain ru
ral homes would receive mortgage
insurance.
The bill as accepted contained in
it a provision ta reduce home fi
nancing cost by requiring the in
surance rate to be computed on the
outstanding value instead of the
face value of the mortgage.
Oxygen Tent At
Local Hospital
The Randolph hospital has ac
quired, tentatively, an oxygen tent,
which has already been used in car
ing for several patients.
The hospital authorities yester
day said the tent had been for
warded- to the hospital for trial and
that no decision regarding accept
ing it as permanent equipment had
been reached.
they Escaped from alcatraz:
Famed in Oklahoma as “an escape-v If he managed to reach shore, a mile and a hail away, after doing
artist,’ Theodore Cole, above add^l^ impossible ir. being the first to escape, in company with Theodore
escape from Alcatraz Bay to his- £0le, from “escape-proof” Alcatraz Prison, in. San Francisco Bay.
record, although it was feared ne Oklahoma bank robber, indeed would have the laugh on
was drownea in the attempt. He . ^ ■ . , .... . , , ,• . ,
was serving a 99-year sentence pn»n officials. He is pictured above in merry mood after being shot
for kidnaping.
in the holdup that sent him to Alcatraz.
Christmas Pageants Open In
Asheboro Churches Tonight
R. W. Bingham, Ambassador
To Britain, Die! at Baltimore
Baltimore, Pec.
crt Worth Bingham, United States
ambassador to Great Britain died
tonight at the age of 60, the vic
tim ol an obscure illness.
The North Carolinian, who be
came publisher of Louisville’s two
papers, The Courier Journal and
the Louisville Times, and one of
the first new deal diplomatic ap
pointments, died in John-Hopkins
hospital of abdominal hodgkins.
Only after his death was the
nature of his‘illness known. Phy
sicians disclosed a hospital staff
doctor went to England to bring
the ambassador here.
Death came at 7:20 p. m., E.S.T.,
after the diplomat had been un
conscious three days, following an
operation performed by Dr. W. S.
Reinhoff, Jr. Tuesday.
“Ho was in bad shape when he
: came to the hospital”, said Dr.
Hugh H. Young, long a friend of
the publisher,
“tie was semi-conscious after
the operation but had been un
conscious for three days before he
died.
Mr. Bingham was a son of the
late Mrs. Della Worth Bingham, a
daughter of the late Dr. J. M.
Worth of Asheboro, and a sister of
the late Mrs. Addie McAlister. He
was a frequent visitor in Asheboro
and has many friends here. His
I father was the founder of Bingham
school at Mebane.
Aoheville, Dec. 18.—CP)—Am
bassador Robert Worth Bingham,
a native of North Carolina, who
died tonight in Baltimore was in
timately associated with Asheville.
He was an instructor for two years
at the famous Bingham Military
school here, an institution which
was founded by his great-great
grandfather, Will Bingham, in
1793.
High School Assembly Hears
Powell Discuss Holy Land
Rev. H. P. Powell, principal
speaker at the Christmas exercises
of the high school assembly Fri
day morning, brought with him a
sling shot of the same type used by
David in his fight with Goliath, a
Camel’s beli and a sheep bell to
illustrate his subject “Little Town
of Bethlehem.”
“I think we sometimes forget the
Christ of Bethlehem,” Rev. Mr.
Powell accused, pointing out that
Christmas celebrations being held
and the programs scheduled for the
next few Ja^s are all planned and
held because “Christ was born in
Bethlehem.” In the course of his
discussion the Methodist pastor
gave an account of his visit to .the
Holy Land seven years ago. Ac
cording to Rev. Mr. Powell the
town of Bethlehem is about four
fc^DtefkYesterday
i
ROBERT BINGHAM
Former Ambassador to Great
Britain who died in Baltimore last
night.
King Returns;
Brings Spencer
From Boston
Sheriff Carl King returned from
Boston, Mass., Friday night about
9:30 o’clock, with Roby Spencer,
who has been indicted on a charge
of manslaughter in connection with
the death of a young woman heie
in 1935.
Spencer was tried at a recent
term of court, found guilty and sen
tenced to prison, but, won a new
trial upon his appeal to the state
Supreme court.
He was lodged in the county jail.
and a half miles from Jerusalem,
the towns being connected by a
highway very similar to those in
the United States, and has about
the same population as Asheboro.
The principal industry is farming
and manufacturing ornaments out
of .mother of pearl, he said.
Rev. Mr. Powell mentioned am
ong the other historic places he
visited the Magic Well, where the
Wise Men viewed in the water the
reflection of the star which led
them to the manger where Christ
was born. Rachel’s tomb and the?
Church of Nativity, which is sup
posed to stand on the spot where
Christ was born.
The high school pupils displayed
much interest in the articles
brought back from the Holy Land
by the minister, as well as the stor
ies connected with them.
Churches of Asheboro are ob
serving Christmas this year in
many beautiful ways with three
programs beginning today to usher
in “ he anniversary of the birth
of the Chrism-child. It has been
a custom for several years to have
unusually pretty and appropriate
mu=ic at Christmas-time and many
of these occasions have been me
morable.
Today the First Methodist
church choir will present their
annual Christinas vesper service
of music, beginning at 5:00 o’clock.
The decorations in this handsome
chuich are always vei'y lovely and
impiessive, making a beautiful
setting for the vested choir.
The program for this occasion
•follows: Adoration, Boroski; pro
cessional, O Come all ye Faithful;
invocation of the pastor, Rev. H.
P. Powell; response; prayer, sanc
tu>: offeratory, 0, Holy Night, by
Buck; Hymn by congregation;
choii, Sing-, O Heavens, by Haw
lev owl O. Little Town of Bethle
nai'i, by Galbraith; organ and
piiinc. duet by Miss Johnson and
Mrs. S. B. Stedman, Kamennoi-Os
tro'.v. Rubinstein; quintet, O, Holy
Night, by Adams, sung by Mrs.
Murray Field, Mrs. Leota Fritz,
Mrs. Fianz Strickland, Mrs. Gel
back and Dr. Presnell; solo, My j
Heart Ever Faithful, aria, J. S.
Hach, Mrs. Field; choir, Holy
Night, Peaceful Night, Hawley,
and Gloria in Excelsis from Moz
art’s 12th Mass; recessional; bene
diction; Four-fold Amen.
Mrs. Murray Field, Choir direc
tor has been assisted in the pre
paration of this program by Mrs*
Stedman and Miss Johnson, at the
organ and piano this and vesper
program, which has become an in
stitution in Asheboro, bids fair
to be- of extraordinary interest.
At the Presbyterian church, the
annual Christmas Pageant, “From
the Manager to the Cross” will be
pi- .sorted this afternoon at five
o’clock. Fir thirteen years at the
twilight hour the story of the
first Christmas has been re-enact
ed to the accompanment of Christ
mas music until it has become a
tradition with the local church.
The script has been written by
Mrs. Cothran G. Smith and mern
| bens of the church and expresses
an individuality peculiar to their
j conception of the actual unfold
; ing of the Christmas story.
This year the pageant will be
| featured by costumes obtained in
I Pah-tine during the recent visit
j bv Dr. and Mrs. Smith to the Holy
Land.
II;, light that will parallel the
blue of the Oriental night, the rose
of the dawn and the gold of sun
set. angels, shepherds and wise
men will visit again the manager
and offer their adoration before
the Redeemer’s Cradle.
The cast of characters in the
order of their appearance is as fol
lows :
Candle lighters: Betty Cava
naugh and Virginia Alford.
Reader: Mrs. Harris Birkhead.
Angel of the Annuniciation:
Miss Sara Hayworth.
The Madonna: Mrs. James B.
Neely.
Angels of the Nativity: Isabel
Rush, Annie Charles Smith, Sue
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Mikado Alarmed; Starts
Personal Probe Into
Killing of Americans
E. L. Reece Brings
An Owl-Faced
Hickory Nut
Said E. L. Reece when he
came in The Courier office yes
terday to display a unique hick
ory nut, “No wonder Roosevelt
couldn’t set the Labor Rill
drafted when hickory nuts be
gin to make owl-faces.” And h:;
had the owl-faced hickory nut
to display. The stem-end of
the nut formed a peifect owl’s
beak separating- two perfectly
spaced eyes of this night-waking
bird.
Mr. Rdece’s son, Seth, a 14
year-old boy, found the nut a
few days ago under a favorite
old hickory nut tree on the Reece
farm in the Pleasant Ridge sec
tion of Randolph, Ramseur route
1. Mr. Reece is also a lover of
the woods, as well as his son, and
describes the beauty of the
woods at this season, especially
the lovely holly, trailing cedar
and a vine with gorgeous ie.:
berries—all out in holiday at
tire for Christmas.
Fuller To Play For
Cotillion Dance
Here Wednesday
Jimmy Fuller and his University
of North Carolina orchestra will
come to Asheboro Wednesday night
December 22, to play for the Christ
mas ball being sponsored by the
Randolph Cotillion club, according
to an announcement made by offi
cials of the club yesterday.
Tickets foi the dance will go rn
sale tomorrow through Charlie
Moore, Tommy Bulla and Herbert
Edwards, and at the Randolph
Drug Co., and the Asheboro drug
store.
When the Cotillion club gave its
last dance of the past season some
money was left in the treasury,
which will be utilized in sponsoring
the dance Wednesday night. The
club members are planning to hold
several dances in the coming
.months and officials explain that
any surplus from the dance this
week will be carried over and ap
plied to the expenses of the next
dance.
The dance Wednesday night will
be staged in the Asheboro recrea
tion hall, above the bowling alley.
Plans are already underway for
decorations and with Jimmy Fuller,
reputed to be one of the best col
lege orchestras in the south, to
furnish the music the Randolph Co
tillion club expects to be well on
its wav to a successful season.
May West Skit
Of Adam And Eve
Under Fire
Washington, Deo. IS.—(.V)—The
federal communications commis
sion ordered the National Broad
casting company tonight to suB
mit a copy of Mae West's “Adam
and Eve” broadcast of last Sunday
night.
Asserting it had received letters
protesting the skit as “profane
indecent and insulting to the Am
erican people” the commission said
it had not prejudged the matter
but would reserve judgment until
it had the facts.
The order was contained in a
letter from Chairman Frank R.
McNinch to L. R. Lohr, president
of the NBC.
Grocery Stores
To Remain Open
According to an announcement
made through the Merchant’s As
sociation yesterday, the grocery
stores in Asheboro will remain
open Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday nights until 8 o’clock and
until 9 o’clock Thursday and Fri
day nights, in order to accommo
date Christmas shoppers.
Pittsburgh, Dec. 18—(AV-River;
rose throughout western Pennsyl
vania.
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(By The Assocated Press)
Shanghai, Dec. 19. (Sunday) —
T'he cruiser Augusta, flagship of
the United States fleet today
cancelled her scheduled sailing
for Manila shortly after another
American died of wounds received
in the Japanese attack on the U.
S. gunboat Panay.
The latest victim of the Panay
incident was seaman Edgar Will
iam George Hulsebus of Canton,
Missouri who died of machine gun
wounds.
llulsebus was brought to Shang
hai Friday on the United States
gunboat Oahu along with other
survivors of Sunday’s attack.
The naval board of inquiry
shrouding its investigation in
strict secrecy was expected to pro
ceed with greatest possible speed
to get its findings in the hands of
the President.
Hvdsebus death brought the
fatalities from last Sunday’s at
tack to four, three of them Amer
icans.
The Augusta, on which the
board of inquiry is conduction its
inquiry into the Panay had expect
ed to reach Manila by Tuesday.
Washington, Dec. IS.;—(.!’)—A
state department official said to
il iglit there was a possibility that
the Emperor of Japan migh, him
seif. give President Roosevelt the
necessary promises against fur
ther interference with American
rights in China.
There was a feeling here that
Emperor Hiro Hito had awakened
to ..the. indignation. in. this country..
by the ‘sinking of the Panay and
wa.'i determined to do all he per
sonally could to allay it.
The government at Tokyo, it was
sail , was particarly struck by the
information lately presented by i
Ambassador Grew showing that
not only the Japanese navy, J
through its planes, but also the
■irim, through army motor boats
was involved in the attack on the
Panay.
Since the army and the Navy are
responsible to the Emperor and
not to the civil government it wu3
nelieved that the Emperor had de
cide'! to. ascertain for himself their
degree of culpability and to make
amends there for, himself.
Tokyo, Dec. 18.—DP)—The Em
peror has been informed directly
and in detail by the Japan’s pre
mier of the situation growing out
of the sinking of the U. S. Panay
in Chinese waters.
Tie. premier went to the palace
from an extra-ordinary session of
Japan’s cabinet, called after the
United States presented a second
strong protest against the attack
on the American warship.
The detailed reports submitted
ny the premier lent weight to the
belief the Emperor will issue a
statement replying to President
Roosevelt’s message which was
transmitted through diplomatic
channels. . . ■
[Smith Reynolds
Foundation Aids
Fight On Syphilis
1 Winston-Salem, Dec. 18.—
Trustees of the Smith Reynolds
foundation tonight announced that
the income from the seven milium
dollar memorial fund formerly es
tablished in 1986 would be used
exclusively for cooperative cam
paign in North Carolina to fight
syphilis.
A check for $100,000 has been
presented to the state board of
health by the foundation to be Us
ed in connection with other funds
allotted for the 1938 venereal dis
ease campaign.
State officers said the entire do
nation is the largest ever given in
the south for the prevention of dis
ease and ■ the preservation of
health. . . _ Ajj
Richard R. Reynolds, president
of the foundation, explained that
the board of trustees during the
last seven months had studied
many requests and bad finally de
cided the Junds would be used to
bolster the campaign against sy
philis . . . i f *
Lodi, Calif., Dec.
Death wiped out a
young national
terrible
east of here early