PAGE SIX
Henderson Cage Teams
Win Two From Zeb Vance
Both Henderson high school bas
ketball teams broke into the win
column last night for the first time
this season by handing the two Zeb
Vance school teams defeats, the girls
winning 19 to 9 and the boys coming
through with a close count of 15 to
13 in their favor at Cgoper’s ware
house.
The girls’ team worked a smooth
and as fast as it ever has during this
season and seems to have struck its
stride. Dorothy Hunt, a new addi
tion to the team at center played a
nice game and fitted in well with the
other members of the sextette \ Last
night’s win avenged an early season's
defeat at the hands of the county
team. ,
Velma Johnson and Zazelle Lough
lin, veterans on the team, were agai*
mainstays with Johnson looping 12
tallies through the basket to lead her
i team while Loughlin turned in a
beautiful performance at her guard
position. She was ably assisted in
her defense of .the locals' goal
Goodrich and Hardee, who turned in
their best game last night that they
have shown so far. Renn was the
leader of the visitors, getting live
tallies. |
GIRLS
Zeb yanee |*os. Henderson
Edwards Johnson
Right Forward
Rerun Hester
I Left. Forward
Briggs Hunt
Center Forward
Watkins Goodrich
Center Guard
Floyd Loughlin
Right Guard
Huff Hardee
Left Guard
Substitutions: Zdb Vance: Wood
lief, Bell. Watkins
Referee: Rogers.
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Boys’ Game Fast
The Bulldog quint of the local high
school followed suit of the girls’ team
last night in their part of the twin
bill here toy nosing out Zeb
yance boys in a close, fast hard
.£oughit contest, 15 to 13.
The lead changed hands several
times during the game with the loc
als forging ahead at the final whistle.
J. Mills and Bull led the
locals to their first victory with Mills
getting six points and Clements ac
counting for four.
Coghill and Woodlief headed the
losers in the scoring department with
Coghill getting 6 and Woodlief 5.
• BOYS
Zeh A ance Pos, Henderson
Coghill Watkins
Right Forward
Woodlief ; Stainback
Left Forward 1
Watkins Clements
Center
Smith Mills
Right Guard
Rogers w Watkins
Left Guard
Substitutions { Zeb Vance, Right;
Henderson, Harris (2).
™eSay
Meet Oxford Orphanage
Teams at Cooper’s Ware
house at 7:30 p. m.
The Middleburg boys’ and girls’
basketball team will play a double
header here Tuesday night at Coopers
Warehouse with Oxford Orphanage
teams, with the girls’ game getting
underway at 7:30 o’clock.
These teams have not met before
during this season although they were
scheduled for January, 13. Snow halt
ed.their contests in Oxford last night
The Orphanage boys’ quint is said
to be a very strong one, having lost
to Stem by a one point margin ear
lier in the season. Middleburg bowed
to the Stem team last night by a 19-
15 count and a good fast game can
be expected when they lock horns here
Tuesday night.
Little is known of tli poewer of the
Orphans’ sextette but they can be
counted on for a strong aggregation
a.t any time while the county school
team boasts of a fairly good t^am.'
HENDERSON. (N CD DAILY DISPATCH. SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1333
Still Among the Best
BijjF
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We are so accustomed Jo hearing the experts say "he’s through” when
speaking of Big Bill Tilden ithst we no longer get a kick out of telling
them how wrong they are. Here is evidence that the “old man” still
retains a great portion of the elasticity of limb that made him one of
the greatest tennis players the world'ever saw. Tilden is shown re
turning a high ball during a match at Miami Beach. Fla., recently.
County T?£ra ,|*pf e#> District
Conference ,Tiljt
v
After holding for tjjree
cpnsecutive quarters,' the Middleburg
Boys basketball let team Stem come
from behind last night in Stem and
down them toy a. 19 to 15 spore in a
district conference basketball game.
MiddleburUg took an .early, flead
and continued until half time to pile
up a wide margin sn<J at the inter
mission, they ha dthe
Stem showed some fight in the third
period, getting seven points while
Middleburg was scoring four to main
tain a 14-11 lead at the end of this
period.{ The fourth stanza .saw Stem
add eight points to its total while
Middleburg oouljd only sink pne.free
throw in the entire last garter.
Short at right guard turned in a
nice game at defense, for,.the losers,
playing a good brand of ball. Stain
back was a little off form last, night
at. center but Bender, a substitute
forward, showed good form in scor
ing four points for his team.
Bullock, Stem’s sulb forward was
the real thorne in the Middleburg’s
iboys side, accounting for 11 of his
team’s points. Stem played a good
game after getting away to a slow
start.
The line-up. i
Middleburg (15). J»os. Stem (19)
Breedlove Watkins
Right Forward
Crabtree Sanford
Left Forward (
Stainback C, Meadows
1 Centex
Short B. Meadows
Right Guard
Seaman Washington
Left G.ugrd
• Substitfcufcms: Middleburg, Bender,
(4); White,, Stem, Roberts, Bullock
(llj> Far.bow ‘(3), JDanie) (2).
Aycock and Girls
Boys
Lead Their Division
. The standings of the teams in the
Vance County Basketball League, as
.released to, day by Miss Wilson, secre
tary of the league, shows the Dabney
and Ayqock .tejams tied,.for top. posi
tion in the girls’ .division with Zeb'
Vance and Middleburg second and
Henderson and Townsville in third
place.
Middleburg boys have undisputed
possession of top place in the boys’ di
vision by v.rtue of three wins and
pn e defeat. \ '
The standings as shown today in
clude games through January 27.
, GIRLS
Team W c jL- Pet
Dabney V ; v .4 2 .667
Aycock 4 2 .«67i
Zeb Vance . 3 ’3
JMMdletourg 2 2 „ 500 r
.Henderson , 1 . 2 4 .333
’ Townsville , 1 ' 2' >- 333
hoys
Team 17W, L^ ; Pct
Middleburg 3 ;1 1^750
Townsville 2 1 .6(67
Aycock 2 2 i .500
.Zeb Vauce 3 A 2
,H«ndssrson 1 2 *3B*
Southern Golf Garb
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Something new in goiling costumes
is charmingly displayed here by
Miss Alice McCulloch, of New York
City, who is shown as she drove a
long one down the fairway at Palm
Beach. Fla. The dress is designed
to give the wearer most value from
the rays of Old Sol. while oermit
ting perfect freedom of movement.
Corporation Body May Be
Abolished Despite Protest
(Continued from Page One.>
ments made against the bill at the
public hearing before the reorganiza
tion committee Fridav morning by
Judge J. Crawford Biggs and Attor
ney General Dennis G. Brummitt were
valid arguments and made a good; deal
of an impression upon v some. Judge
Biggs maintained tha' the abolition
of the Corporation Commission as it
now constituted and the substitution
of a one-man commission would not
save any money, because of the pro
vision that two superior court judges
should sit with this commissioner in
all hearings. He maintained that the
new bill in effect would make neces
sary the appointment of two more su
perior court judges, since none of the
other judges would ever have time to
sit with the üblic utilities commis
sioner. He also maintained that the
bifl was prab/ibly unconstitutional be
cause it mixed up the judicial and
.executive departments, contrary to the
Constitution.
Hrjummitt Argument
It is also agreed that there was
much valid argument in what * was
said by Attorney General Brummitt
and in his contention that the bill is
nothing more than a step in the di
rection of the "short ballot” and in
effect litti e more than an effort to
impeach three elected State officials.
He maintained that the move for the
aboltion; of the Corporation Commis
sion is more political than anything
else, that if would not effect the econ
oihy claimed and that it would tend
s o give still greater power t 0 the gov
ernor. Mr. Brummitt also maintained
that it would be a most dangerous
thing to center the control of all the
public utilities in the State in the
hands Qf a single man.
r House Kentipienf.
Yet the prevailing sentiment among
most of the members of the House
seems to be that the bill should be
enacted and that the opposition to it
is coming entirely from the members
of the Corporation Commission and
the other elected State officials, such
as Brummitt and others who have
always been opposed to anything that
looked like Jhe "short ballot” or ap
pointive system for secondary State
officials.
“The more hearings they have for
the Corporation Commission and the
more time they give them, the larger
will be the vote by which the bill to
abolish it will be passed.” is the-op
inion expressed by several members
of the House. The feeling with most
of these is that the Corporation Com
mission has failed to protect the peo
ple of the State from the public
utility corporations as it should have
and that hence it should, be abolish
ed and a new agency established. If
it does not produce the results desired
it will probably be^bplisjiedtw-d years
hence and something else set up.
Spna‘e, JL-eqp ftabid.
The sentiment against the Corpora
tion Qommission is not so .strong in
the Senate,, however, .and indications
are that the bill tp abolish it is .go
ing to Jiave hard sledding there. Some
of the.senators are in fgvor of it. But
Others are .convinced that no econo
my wiU result from it. also, real
ize that the ,reasop the , Corporation
Commission has been able to do so
little to regulate rates or help the
users of utility services has not been
because the commissioners did not
desire to do so but because they have
been rendered powerless bv the failure
of previous general assemblies to pass
the necessary laws and give them .the
necessary appropriations with which
to work. It is well known here that
the commission has been rendered al
most ineffectual for years by the lack
of funds with which to make inde
pendent investigations. But many do
not realize this.
Textbook Measure
Is Economy Move
(Continued from Page One.)
other book,, as is the case under the
present plan. This,provision alone will
save city school sys.tems and systems
having either rental or free textbooks
thousands of dollars . yearly, it is
maintained.
pill \s Unusual.
This bill is unusual also in that it
is designed to help both the schools
and the superintendents, and is un
derstood to have the whole-hearted
support of many county superinten
dents and of still more city superin
tendents, especially in the cities or
counties that have either free or ren
tal textbook systems. The present law
requires that all the schools in the
State, including city systems, must
use, the State adopted textbooks. This
means that those systems having ren
tal books must throw away and stop
using thousands of dollars worth of
good textbooks whenever a new text
book is adopted. But this new bill, if
adopted, would permit city and coun
ty systems t 0 continue to use what
ever books are on hand as long as
'hey are capable of being used, in
spite of any new adoptions. This pro
vision will save the parents and tax
payers hundreds of thousands of dol
lars, it is believed.
Would JVfoney.
By making the governor ex-officio
chairman of the new Textbook Com
mission, meetings will be held in Ra
leigh and only when necessary and
thus stop the many meetings former
ly held by the present commission
ranging from one end of the State
to 'he other it is pointed out and thus
save thousands of dollars of tax
money formerly paid to members for
mileage and hotel expenses. This pew
bill provides that the members of the
new textbook commission shall serve
without compensation and that they
snail not receive more than five cents
a mile for mileage nor more than $5
per day for expenses.
The two textbooks commissions
which this bill would abolish and
consolidate into one are the Elemen
tary Textbook Commission and the
High School Textbook .Commission,
which was to start functioning this
year. The new commission proposes
in the Graham-Boyd bill would be
composed of nine. members, with the
governor and State superintendent of
public instruction ex-officio 'members,
with seven members appointed by the
governor. These would, be appointed
for terms of four., years each,, but in
such a manner that the terms of two
members would expire .every year,
every year, with, two members to be
appointed in their places. This plan
assures new, blood being injected into
the commission gyery year and would
tend to prevent the.formation of blocs
or cliques.. All the seven appointed
members must be school people, gra
duates of standard, colleges-
Wpuld. Centro! Rrices.
The bill provides the .machinery for
selecting textbooks and guarantees
that whenever,,the rices any„books
sold in North Cproljna are reduced
in any other State or states, that the
prices shall be reduced to the same
figure in this State. It also provides
that the books sold must conform to
the samples submitted at the time of
the adoption. Cpljusion -among th§
publishers is prohibited by stringent
provisions. It also provides that the
books may. be, sold, direct to tht
schools and .school, chfldpep or thaf
they may be,sold through,intermediate
dealers.
There is no dpubt shat the. bit
deals a body blow to the school book
publishers t»ust which has nearly cor]
trolled the textbook matter in the
State for years and which has sought
to compel all .schools tp. use State
adopted .books Whenever a change ha*
beep made, ~even. if such, a change
would mean t junking of thousands
of dollars, worth of, gpod,. ‘ un.sabld
books. Indications ar^,, thal
this General Assembly,. is thinking
more about an<jl the
patrons who have to put out
money for books, rather than the text .
book publishers who, have already
grown fat at their .expense.
NEGRO IS UfWVICT-KD
yePN H*ST.PEqftEE
’ Greensboro, Jan.,,. 28 „ (APl—J)av<
McNair, Durham Negro* was con] l
victed today of . first degre. eipurder
of Mrs. JcW, MleCown during a fill
ing station hold-up pear here Not
vernber 11 < The Guilford, County Sip
perior Court jury was out an houil
and 15 minutes. ,
Another case was in .progress when
the. verdict wa& , returned and Judgd
A. M. Stack indicated he wofuld sejj
the electrocution day. after its corn!
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COUPLE HELD IN BABY’S MURDER
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: ?ljk . : JUS flf Kill
Paul Drury
Death of their three-week-ohl
baby, whose body was found in a
trash dump near Wichita, Kas.,
has brought murder charges
against Loretta Du Ross and Paul
Drury, an unmarried couple.
Last Has Not Been Heard
Os Cry of Silver Unless
Conditions Improve Soon
(Continued from Page One.)
Naturally he won a following.
There was this difference between
then and now.
Bryan sounded his trumpet just as
a presidential campaign was begin
ning.
Burton K. Wheeler sounds his with
the campaign over and a new ad
ministration beginning.
It by no means follows that ton ay’s
fight will be less vehement.
The fight of, 1896 was a stemwinder
while it lasted. It was worse than last
year’s, in fact, because the rival for
ces were so evenly matched, whereas
last year’s was one-sided.
In my home town of, Sioux City,
which was right in the heart of corn
belt hostilities, with W. J. Bryan a
near neighbor, just across the Big
Muddy, in Nebraska, prominent citi
zens, silverties versus gold buggs, got
into arghments as they transacted
their daily bosiness and exchanged
physical wallops.
Similar conditions prevailed thro
ughout the country.
But election day served as a kind
of period to the affair.
It might have broken out again if
times rad not improved soon after
ward, but they did improve.
The silverites said the improvement
was due to the discovery of gold in
Alaska and invention of cheaper,
more effective smelting methods
which, as they pointed out, enormous
ly increased the world’s circulating
medium nearly as much as if silver
had been remonetized.
Nevertheless, rosperity revived end
ing the discussion.
Today, unless there is a similar re
vival from some as yet unpredictable
cause, there is no reason why the
dispute should not continue to wax
fiercer, at. least until the next con
gress is chosen—of course, assuming
that currency expansion in some form
is not adopted meanwhile. The senate,
however, has tabled two silver pro
posals, one by Senator Wheeler and
another by Senator Huey Long, of
Louisiana, to cheapen the dollar and
raise the price of commodities.
Thus far the silver war cry scarce
ly has had an opportunity to test it
self.
French and German
Cabinets Defeated
In Vicious Attacks
'lContinues trom i-age One.)
become premier. Edouard Herriot, M
Paul-Boncour’s predecessor, was a
leading candidate and Edouard De
ladier, many tim es a cabinet minister
was another.
The Irish Free State, completing
• lie count of votes in.the general elec
tion held last Tuesday, was assured
today that the Fianna Fail party will
remain in power, with Eamon de
Valera its leader as president of the
republic.
/. N. Sure, Mays:
“Explosion Gives
No Warning"
No: smoke to forecast it—no start —just a
finish. Bang! ( and the damage is done,
you are living in the midst of many ex
plosion dangers. Heating and lighting’
gas, gasoline etc. f _ _ _ and short circuits
, * } and switch sparks to, pet them ,off.
Supplement your Fire Insurance with an
s Explosion Policy. The extra protection
•/.costs only a few,qents per hundred dol
lars. , , ,
Henderson Loan & Real Estate Co.
Phone 139-J.
Loretta Du Ross
Wichita police say Drury told in
detail how he beat the infant’s
head over a bridge rail until it
died.. The unwed mother insists
she knew nothing of Drury’s nl
leged plans to kill the child.
Dead Man
'Speaks'At
His Grave
Laurinburg, Jan. 28. (AP) -Hezzie
Avant, figuratively spoke from the
grave today to scores of Scotland
county citizens who attended the fun
eral of the 30-year-old man executed
in Raleigh yesterday for the murder
of Mrs. Smithy Evans Caulder.
In the midst of the solemn funeral
service, the Rev. H. K. Turner of
Greenville, raised his voice slightly
and announced that he had a ‘last
message” from Avant, which the dead
man had asked to be read at ms fun
eral.
“Tell every Dody at the funeral who
might have anything against me to
forgive me,” Mr. Turner said, “I don’t
want to leave an enemy on earth.’’
One of the hymns sung was of
amateur composition with each verse
being directed at a member of Avant’s
family. The last, to his wife, was re
puted to have been written by Avartt
himself.
Heavy Gales Lash
Coasts Near Boston
(Continued from sage One.)
sered most severely from the on
slaught of the storm. In the region of
Revere, Winthrop and Lynn, more
than a hundred families were obliged
to leave their homes with hastily
gathered belongings.
The Red Cross established head-1
quarters in a Revere ballroom t herel
to administer to the wants of stornij
sufferers, and special police details!
were assigned to prevent the loo'ingl
of homes. Som eof the day’s activities!
were carried on by means of sliiPl
i and rafts.
Telephone and telegraphic conimunl
ication was cut off in many places.!
which with the highways inumlatflil
rendered them practically isolated. I
Phone or Write Us
Without Fail!
If you move or change your
address
we may change the affair ess on
your paper. Justdrop a cord
in the mail or phone GlO.
both old and new address. •»
, Henderson Daily
Dispatch