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VOLUME XLVI. No. 48.
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PERTINENT ITEMS
Washington, Dec. 24.—Lest the
reader of this column get the im
pression that nothing but serious
matters of weighty moment a,te
talked about in Washington, h< fe
are a few paragraphs of ca;dal
gossip heard in the corridors of
public buildings and on the street
comers. I
Item: When the President got
back to Washington and round nis
new and enlarged offices ready for
him, it was noticed Jy the news
paper men atthe .frst press con
ference that the array of Democra
tic donkeys’ that used to decorate
his desk Aad been reduced to three.!
Also, rtat insufficient provision has
been made by the architect of th#
new White House wing for taking j
care of reporters’ hats and over- J
coses.
Item: There is a secret circular
Staircase leading into the Presi-'
rent’s new office, so that Cabinet I
tfficers and others who may not1
want to be observed by watchful
reporters can slip in and out unob
served.
Item: Mrs. Paul Wilson, who
prefers to be known as Miss1
Frances Perkins, and who is ad-1
dressed as “Madam Secretary” has
a private elevator to her private I
office in the new Department of
Labor building; also a private bath
finished in green tile.
Champion Walkers.
Item: Secretary Wallace of Ag
riculture and Secretary Morgen
thau of the Treasury are the cham
pion pedestrians of the Adminis
tration. Both walk to their offices,
Mr. Wallace a good three miles
every morning.
Item: It has leaked out that the
entire Cabinet has “chipped in” to
buy a collective Christmas present
for the President. This, as one of
them remarked, is symbolic of the
spirit of co-operation which the
Administration is-trying to instil.
Item: President Roosevelt sold
some cattle and bought a couple of
mules on his Georgia farm while
vacationing. He thought the cattle
didn’t bring enough and the mules
cost too much. He named the
mules “Hop” and “Tug,” after Re
lief Administrator Harry Hopkins
and Undersecretary or A grieplfnro
Rexford Tugwell. “Because,” he
remarked, “the mules are so
frisky.”
Interesting Women.
Interesting women in Federal
jobs: Miss Lenroot, who succeeds
Grace Abbot as head of the Chil
dren’s Bureau, is the daughter of a
former Wisconsin Senator and one
of the few Republicans appointed to
an important post. Miss Isabel Du
Bois of the Bureau of Navigation
of the Navy, whose job to keep
every ship supplied with good books
for the officers and “gobs” to read.
She’s been doing this since 1924.
Miss Bertha Neinburg, Assistant
Director of the Women’s Bureau in
the Department of Labor. She
comes from California, has been in
Government service for ten years,
and her slogan is “More jobs for
women.” Mrs. Clara M. Beyer,
also from California, labor econo
mist, holding a newly-created office,
that of assistant director of the Di
vision of Labor Standards. Her
job is to try to get uniform labor
laws in the different states.
Accomplished: Government con
trol of the Federal Reserve system,
quietly and without any publicity.
11118 practically removes the limit
on the Government's power to bor
row, foreshadows more complete
Federal control over all banking
and all credit. It puts the Admin
istration in a position to block in
flation moves in Congress.
Some forecasts.
Forecasts: No “balancing” of the
budget for the fiscal year begin
ning next July 1. General reduction
banks. Further refunding of Gov
ernment debt at lower interest
rates. Outlook now is for a perma
nent Federal Aviation Commission
to handle all matters relating to
flying. No more “alphabetical”
bureaus; the President thinks the
public has had enough “alphabet
soup” and wants to get down to
the solid courses. No foreclosures
of railroads that can’t pay back
money borrowed from Uncle Sam;
Government doesn’t want to ge
come a railroad magnate.
Navy Department will ask for
big appropriation for new war
ships for which plans have alr/j^'.y
been drawn, as soon as Japan
formally denounces the naval ratio
agreement. National Labor Rela
tions Board has succeeded in en
forcing its rulings in only 10 per
cent of cases, and will ask Con
gress for broader powers. No
further action by the Federal Gov
ernment will be taken against
Samuel Insull until the State of
Illinois has tried its case against
him. Old age pensions will be
strongly recommended in Presi
dent’s annual message to Congress
on January 4. That is a guess, and
Mr. Roosevelt told newspaper men
the other day, “If you guess you’ll
be wrong,” but it’s a good guess
just the same.
Politics and Policies.
Politics: The 74th Congress will
eat out of the President’s hand,
just like the 73rd. Sam Rayburn
U still the best bet for Speaker of
the House. Fireworks on Capitol
Hill will be set off in investigating
committee rooms rather than on
DEATH CLAIMS
DAN HUGH SHAW
Prominent Scotland County Citizen
Passes at Laurinburg, Funeral
and Burial Services Saturday
Morning.
Mr. Daniel Hugh Shaw, former
Maxtonian and for many years a
prominent farmer and citizen of
Scotland county, died at his home
in Laurinburg Friday, December
21, at about 11 a. m. following a
serious illness of only a few days.
Mr. Shaw had geen in poor health
for a number of months, but had
been seriously sick for only a few
days.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday morning from the home on
South Main street, with Rev. G. F.
Kirkpatrick of the Laurel Hill
Presbyterian church, officiating, as
sisted by Rev. S. H. Fialton of,
Laurinburg and Rev. James Apple
by of Maxton. Burial was at Hill- I
side cemetery, Laurinburg. Many j
beautiful floral tributes were placed i
on the grave and the burial plot. |
The pall bearers were Messrs, i
J. A. Bostick, H. F. Monroe, D.
Stewart, Jr., W. G. Buie, Jr., D. M. i
McLaurin and Geo. T. Rhodes.
Mr. Shaw was 56 years of age I
and was a son of the late Angus
Shaw and Mrs. Mary McLean Shaw i
of Maxton. He married Miss
Eliza Patterson of Scotland coun
ty, who survives. Other immediate
relatives are his mother, and two j
sisters, Miss Sadie Shaw and Miss
Carrie Lee Shaw, of Maxton.
“White Gift Service”
Very Impressive
'The Christmas spirit was beauti
fully reflected in the annual “White
Gift” service at the Presbyterian
church Sunday evening-. The
pageant, “Ye Shall Find the Babe1
was given under the direction of
Miss Clara Knight. Mrs. A. B.
Croom had charge of the music,
and was assisted by Mr. J. S. Mc
Rae, Jr., organist, and Mr. Henry
Ponish, violinist. Miss Maggie
McKinnon had charge of the
decorations. The church was beau
tifully decorated for the occasion
in native bamboo, long leaf pine
and cathedral candles, which made
a lovely setting for the impressive
pageant.
The pageant wras given in five
acts, the first part being the I
Prophecy. The second part, the
“Annunciation,” showed the vision
of the angel to Mary. Part three
was the “Advent,” part four “Ad- !
oration” which depicted the shep
herds and angels in adoration be-1
rare tne cnrrar-Child. The iman
scene was a “Consecration” and
showed a group of little children
on their knees gefore the Holy
Babe, with the virgin and Joseph.
The reading parts were taken by
Rev. James Appleby and Mrs. W.
M. Currie. Christmas anthems
were beautifully sung by the choir, j
Miss Geneva McRae
And Linwood Currie
Wed Christmas Night
Miss Geneva McRae, of Laurin-1
burg-, and Mr. linwood Currie of
Maxton surprised their friends by ]
marrying Christmas night in Ben
nettsville, S. C. The marriage was
performed by the Episcopal rector
at his home, and was witnessed by
Mr. D. A. Patterson of Maxton and
several friends from Laurinburg.
The bride and groom are now in
Florida on their honeymoon.
Miss McRae is originally from
Cheraw, S. C., and has been pro
prietor of Geneva’s, Beauty Salon
in Laurinburg for a number of
years. She is a very popular and
charming young lady and has many
friends in Laurinburg and in Max
ton. Mr. Currie is the son of Mrs.
Angus Currie, and is a most affable
young man. He holds a position
with the Marion Oil and Fertilizer
Co. at Marion, S. C.
H. G. McNair Family
Holds Re-union
Christmas is indeed a happy oc
casion at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. McNair, as all the family is
at home. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mc
Nair, Jr., of Louisville, Ky., arrived
Saturday night, and Mr. and Mrs.
S. T. Randall, Mr. and Mrs. John
Franklin McNair and Mr. Walter
McNair of New York arrived Fri
day to spend the holidays.
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Miss Croom Completes
Course in Welfare Work
Miss Maude Croom returned
home from Chapel Hill last week,
having completed a three months
course in welfare work at the Uni-,
versity. Since her return she has
been assisting in case work in Lum
berton.
the floors of the two houses. Re
publicans are being warned off the
“liberalizing” policies just now
widely urged on them. Wise old
whbelhorses believe the party’s
best bet is to stand pat on con
servative ground and let the rad
icals cut up didoes until the Ad
ministration support flies apart by
the force of internal strife.
Policies: Administration still
keen on social reforms, but begin
ning to realize that too large doses
are likely to clog the wheels of re
covery. Its aim is to life the 10
per cent of “underprivileged” to
higher living standards, without
dragging the other 90 per cent
down. Hopes to inspire business
and industry to be more “socially
minded.”
Miss Whitlock Becomes
Bride of Mr. Drennan
In a quiet ceremony of much
beauty and interest. Miss Julia
McQueen Whitlock and Mr. Angus
Hugh Drennan were married at
3:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at
the home of her aunt, Mrs. J. B.
McCallum. Rev. James Appleby
officiated, using the impressive ring
ceremony.
The vows were spoken in the
same room in which the bride’s
mother and father were married
twenty-five years ago. Garlands
of ivy and cathedral candles were
artistically arranged to form an
altar.
The wedding music was rendered
by Miss Cammie McNair, pianist
and Mrs. Thomas Glenn Purcell of
Petersburg, Va., soloist. Miss Mc
Nair played “Love’s Old Sweet
Song” and “The Rosary.” “Prayer
Perfect’ was then sung by Mrs.
Purcell. Both Lohengrin and
Mendlessohn wedding marches
were used.
Miss Bertha Byrd McQueen,
cousin of the bride, was her only
attendant. She wore a most be
coming black velvet afternoon
dress and carried a muff of white
gardenias.
The groom had as his best man
Mr. Murphy McGirt. Mr. John B.
McCallum, Jr., acted as usher and
lighted the altar candles.
The bride, a petite brunette,
descended the stair case with her
grottier, James Benson Whitlock,
Jr., who gave her in marriage. She
was lovely in her mothers wedding
dress of white silk with pearl trim
mings, made floor length with long
puffed sleeves. Her short veil was
of tulle, with cap effect of Wattean
plaiting. She carried a quaint
nosegay of bride’s roses and lillies
of the valley.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Drennan left by
motor for a wedding trip. The
bride’s going-away suit was of |
black and white tweed with black
fur trimming and matching acces
sories.
Mrs. Drennan is the only daugh
ter of Mrs. Julia Whitlock and the
late James Benson Whitlock. She
was education at Presbyterian
Junior College and is one of Max
ton’s most attractive and popular
young ladies.
Mr. Drennan is the youngest son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Hugh Dren
nan and is now connected with the
Wilbam Service Co. Both of these
young people have lived in Maxton
all their lives and have hosts of
friends who are interested in their j
marriage.
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Christmas Pageant
At Junior College
Lovely in simplicity and color
fulness was the Christmas pageant
at the auditorium of the Presby
terian Junior College on Monday
evening, December 17, under the
direction of President P. Cary
Adams and Mr. E. L. Key, director
of the Glee Club,
The ever inspiring scenes of the
Shepherds, the Manger and the
Magi were portrayed by Mack
Wicker, Heston Martin, James Huf
ham as shepherds; Virginia Hartin
as Mary; Finla Murphy as Joseph;
Neilson Russell, Sherwood Mobley
and E. B. Carr, the Magi; Jane
McKinnon and Fern Andrews as
angels.
The Glee Club, directed by Mr. E.
L. Key, furnished the music set
ting. Special features were the
lovely contralto solo, “The Virgin’s
Lullaby,” sung by Mrs. P. Cary
Adams and the duet, “The Angel’s
Song” by Jane McKinnon and Fern
Andrews.
A candle light chorus composed
of Helen Williams, Mary Palmer
Forde, Emma Wooten, Margaret
McLean, Eleanor Cannon, Mary
White, Isabel Wilkinson, Vonnie
Buie, Marjorie. Edwards and Mrs.
V. A. Sydenstricker formed the
closing tableau.
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Dick Bostick Given 14
Months on Chain Gang
Dick Bostick, Negro, A. C. L.
section hand, was given 14 months
on the roads Wednesday morning
in recorder’s court, when he was
convicted of an attack on night
Chief Hardison. Evidence was
given to show that on Christmas
eve night as Chief Hardison was
arresting another Negro, Bostick
came up and demanded to know
what it was all about, whereupon
he was also taken into custody, as
it was evident that he was intoxi
cated. As Hardison was on the
way to the guard house with him,
the Negro attacked him with his
knife cutting his hands and tearing
his uniform.
Boy' Scouts Re-organize
About twenty-eight boys gather
ed at the American Legion Hut
Tuesday night for the purpose of
re-organizing the Boy Scouts of
America, under the leadership of
Mr. L. W. McKisnon, Jr., assisted
by Mr. Doc Henderson. Mr. N. B.
Crane, district officer from Wil
mington was present, and much in
terest and enthusiasm was manifest
by the boys.
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DENVER MAN, 82,
TOO OLD TO DRIVE
An 82-year-old man in Denver,
Colo., has been fined $10 for in
competent driving. The judge
handed down the decision with the
comment that a man 82 .years old
is too old to be a safe driver.
Goal of Industry
WolKers’ Welfare
Alfred Sloan Regimentation
Doomed, Wluiiji Higher Wage
and J Costs
Chicago,
the key to pi
being of the
that the ind>
overexpand'
president of
Corporation,
Mr. Sloan
nois Mam
affirming
which si
logical alfva
progress, Inc
ployment ani
a flexible w;
i
■Stating that!
>ss lay in the well- i
■rican worker and
1 machine was not
fred P. Sloan, Jr., |
c General Motors |
_ dared here last
night that the fspell” of a planned
economy andi jegimentation had
been broken all! that men are be
coming increarf gly aware that the
“strongest instrumentality of re
vival and recoAiruction is the ex
isting system •- free enterprise.”
’ > before the Illi
rs’ Association,
aith in a future
further techno
and scientific
Ved hours of em
rsater production,
total, a “free”
worker as oppoc :d to a closed shop
and a works ‘ > Jncil plan for ad
justment of 1 bor relationships,
modernization 1 industrial plants
and the discaw hg of obsolete ma
chinery, a rep ttion in the “real
cost” of goo®' as against dollar
costs, and thf broadest possible
spread between? heome and the cost
of living. '
Well BemK of Worker.
“The real problem,” said Mr.
Sloan, “is how much and in what
way can the syftem of free enter
prise, which has made America
what it is today? be stimulated and
how, at the sauie time can the
recognized error? and deficiencies
be compensated,, thus bringing all I
into a harmonious whole.” He de
fined the goal of! industry as “prog
ress measured hi' the advancement
and well being, socially and eco-1
nomically, of thf American work
rk either for wage
who are depend
Wn individual ef
er—those who w
or salary—thos>
ent upon their
fort.”
Taking up tl
he said:
“We have re<|
employment, am
the hourly wage
as a general po
question of labor,
:ed the hours of I
ye have increased !
jthe pay envelope,
ly, remaining the
same. As a res it, we have raised
the real costs of goods and services
but we have my raised the pur
chasing power bf the American
worker in proportion. . . .
“We should i|>t further reduce
the hours of Employment—they
should be increased. ... It must
not be presume that shortening
the hopr-i n* '"t-P .w
mrcoTreram-^i with our objective, over
the long pull, but that process is
one of evolution1,1 not revolution.
For Flexible) Wage Scale.
Discussing wages, he said: . .
High wages are a corollary of
prosperity. High wages do not cre
ate prosperity—neither do high
wages of themsejves accelerate re
covery from depression. An in
flexible wage scale freezes the pro
cess of recovery.
“The best wage scale is that
which permits t?e fullest produc
tivity; the maximum number of
jobs'; the largest tbtal of wage pay
ments. A wager level lower than
that may mean tlA unjustifiable ex
ploitation of the|vorker. A level
higher than that Jhds to throttle
down the industf_Imachine—few
er jobs, more "Employment. A
fundamental pc hT, almost uni
versally overlo ked, is that the
price at which . worker can sell
his labor is lir ited to the price
that some empl yer can afford to
pay.
The adoption
ganization—anjnl
against an ina S
inevitably the poll
. a “national or
side interest as
'•nterest,” means
":ers’ loss of in
dependence, saK1)! I. Sloan.
“A nationaPLil 5n implies the
closed shop. Theclosed shop is an
agreement to employ exclusively
the members of a particular union.
. . . I am entirely out of sympathy
with the principles and implications
of this course. ... I believe work
ers should be free. Their right to
work should not depend upon their
membership in a labor organiza
tion. It is axiomatic in employer
employee relatittiships that or
ganized labor, ad such, can never
e satisfied. It i|; the_necessity of
never stopping it - liTcfemands that
forces leaders o'" organized labor
to exert an unsdtmd and uneco
nomic influence tn our whole na
tional economy, '
Headquarters for Farm
Census in Lumberton
Headquarters for the 6th District
Farm Census have been opened in
Lumberton, second floor of Mans
field Mills office building. E. V.
Edens is supervisor of the district
and J. C. Stansel is assistant.
Sample test schedules with nar
rative sheets are being mailed
each applicant which when com
pleted are to be returned with
name and address of applicant to
district headquarters.
Applications for these schedules
may be made by telegraph, tele
phone, letter or in person.
This procedure must necessarily
be attended to at once as actual
work is expected to commence
January 2.
P. D. Herndon J
tain, Cleveland cl
Wilde’s long Sjtag
cents a pound th
628 pounds of lir
Kings Moun
lty, 'sold his
cotton for 20
'fall. "He grew
ret to the acre.
Madison burley tobacco growers
report an income of approximate
ly $100,000 from their crop this
season by reason of joining in with
the tobacco adjustment program.
Farm Census to
Start January 2nd
Daniel J. Carter, District Super
visor, Establishes District Of
fice at Lexington
Farm census headquarters for
the Second Census district of North
Carolina have been established at
Lexington, N. C., according to an
announcement by Daniel J. Carter,
district census supervisor. This
district includes the counties of
Anson, Davidson, Davie, Hoke, Lee,
Montgomery, Moore, Richmond,
Scotland, Union, Wilkes and Yad
kin.
The actual work of taking the
census is scheduled to begin Janu
ary 2, 1935.
William L. Austin, director,
Bureau of the Census, urges all
farmers and ranchers who have not
received a sample copy of the
schedule to procure one at the
earliest possible moment so that
they may give careful study to the
questions and be prepared to give
full and accurate information when
the enumerator calls. Copies may
be obtained- by writing to your
district supervisor.
The schedule is divided into eight
basic sections and comprised of
one hundred questions covering
practically every phase of the agri
cultural industry. Of course, every
farmer will not have to answer all
of these questions, only those per
taining to his particular lines of
activity. The questions will cover
the calendar year 1934.
The enumerators will make in
quiry as to farm tenure; farm
acreage, which includes all crop
land, all pasture land and nil farm
woodland; the total value of the
farm; acreage and yield of each
of the principal field crops and
vegetables, the number of trees and
yield of the principal fruits and
nuts; number and value of each
class of livestock; poultry and
eggs; and farm population.
Director Austin has declared that
this is the most significant farm
enumeration since the inception of
agricultural statistics in 1840, and
he eamesly requests the co-opera
tion of all farmers and ranchers
to the end that complete and ac
curate statistics may be procured
and tabulated at the earliest pos
sible moment. The unprecedented
distribution of crops and livestock
caused by the drought and the
many changes which have occurred
in farms and ranches and in the
utilization of land due to the de
pression of the past few years
make it imperative that the farm
l I'trtCi'tI.,. Iks av«Ar.!tlc as seen as
possible, if agriculture is to be
assisted in going forward with
other industries. ,
The director desires to call at
tention to the section of the
Fifteenth Census Act, approved
June 18, 1929, which makes it un
lawful for any person to refuse
to answer questions on the census
schedule:
“Section 9. That it shall be the
duty of all persons over eighteen
years of age when requested by
the director of the census, or by
any supervisor, enumerator, or
special agent, or other employee of
the census office, acting under the
instructions of the said director, to
answer correctly, to the best of
their knowledge, all questions on
the census schedules applying to
j themselves and to the families to
which they belong or are related,
I and to the farm or farms of which
! they or their families are the oc
i cupanrts; and any person over
' eighteen years of age, who, under
i the conditions hereinbefore stated,
| shall refuse or willfully neglect to
• answer any of these questions,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
! and upon conviction thereof shall
; be fined not exceeding $100 or be
I imprisoned not exceeding sixty
| days, or both, and any such person
who shall willfully give answers
that are false shall be fined not
exceeding $500 or be imprisoned
I not exceeding one year, or both.
DANIEL J. CARTER,
Supervisor.
Miss McIntyre to Wed
Mr. Thomas Caddell
A wedding1 of much interest will
be solemnized Thursday evening at
the home of the bride’s parents,
near Laurinburg, when Miss Flora
McIntyre becomes the bride of Mr.
Thomas Caddell, of Maxton. Miss
McIntyre is a popular member of
the high school faculty of the Laur
inburg school. Mr. Caddell is the
1 son of Mrs. Effie Caddell and the
late D. R. Caddell and is a prom
inent young farmer of this section.
Full account of the wedding will
be given in the next issue of The
Scottish Chief.
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Spirit of Christmas
Abroad in Maxton
The lawns, windows, etc., of a
large number of Maxton homes
present a lovely scene of Christmas
gaiety, decorated with varied
twinkling light, holly wreathes and
red berries. The hearts of young
and old alike are warm with love
and good will, while good old Saint
Nick we hear has been more than
generous with his toys for good
children and useful gifts for the
older ones. Maybe it is a good |
thing that it comes only once a
year though.
LAWYERS FIRST
Judge—Have you nothing to
offer the court before sentence is
passed on you?
Prisoner—No, judge, I had $10,
but my lawyer took that.
Miss Emma Fine’s Music
Class Presents Recital
Members of the Johann Sebastian
Bach Music class presented a love
ly Christmas program in music and
song at the American Legion Hut
on Friday evening at eight o’clock.
The hut was beautifully deco
rated for the occasion in Christmas
wreathes and holly. A large num
ber were present, and the program,
which was varied and well render
ed, was enthusiastically received.
Special guest artist was Miss
Martha Fine, of Raleigh, niece of
Miss Emma Fine, who gave two.
beautiful piano solos.
The prize for original composi
tion was won by Miss Lucy Worth
McLeod who was presented with
a picture of the great composer,
Johann Sebastian Bach.
The following program was
given:
Class song, members of class.
Class poem, Lucy Worth McLeod.
Demonstration of original composi
tions, Evelyn Bullard, Lucy Worth
McLeod, Frances Tice, Catherine
Speros, Barbara Burns, Pauline
Betty’s Wonderful Dream: The
Zoo (Presser), The Parrot (Press
er), A Little Journey (Presser),
Jack in the Pulpit (J. Mokrejs), A
Little Tune (Presser)—(Transpos
ed Keys D, A and E), Song of the
Drum (Presser), Flying Fingers
(Presser), Waltz of the Raindrops
(Presser)—(Transposed Keys G
and D), Floating Along (Presser),
March of the Gnomes (E. Parlow),
Under the Rose Harbor (Dutten),
Uncle Remus (Grant-Schaefer),
The Haunted Castle (F. Terry),
The Wood Nymph’s Harp (P. Rea),
The Water Sprites (S. Heller), In
the Hayloft (J. Mokrejs), Song of
the Rose (Presser), Good Night,
Little Love (Presser).
History Land of Music in Poetry,
Class. What Was Found in Grand
mother’s Attic, Jessie L. Gaynor.
An Old Fan, The Guitar, The
Cradle, Frances Tice. On Old
Fashioned Music Box, The Spinning
Wheel, Barbara Bums. The Harp,]
The Old Hymn Book, Frances Tice, j
The Flute, Grandfather’s Sword,:
Barbara Bums.
Polonaise (Bach), Barbara
Burns. Minuet No. 1 (Bach)
1 Catherine Speros. Sonatina (Opus
| 36)—(Clementi), Pauline Essey.
j Duet—The Little Drum Major
(H. Engel), Pauline Essey and
] Catherine Speros. Guest artist,
j Spirit of Christmas, Helen Speros.
] Christmas Carols, members of the
class.
I Members of the class are: Eve
: lyn Bullard. Barbara Bums. Pau
line Essey, Billy Kincaid, Joe Mont
Kincaid, Lucy Worthy McLeod,
j Marjorie Luther, Helen Speros,
j Catherine Speros, Willa Edwards,
j Frances Tice.
“Christmas Bells”
Presented at Methodist
Church Sunday Evening
A beautiful pageant in three
parts, “Christmas Bells” was pre
sented at the Methodist church
Sunday evening. The first part
was the call to worship portray
ing “The Angelus” as the living
picture. Other pictures were
“Moses, the Law Giver,” “Song of
the Angels,” “At the Manger,”
“The Easter Kings,” “The Orphan
age,” “A Christian Service,” “The
Pilgrims” and last the “Christmas
Chimes.” The living pictures were
all beautifully portrayed, “A
Christian Service” being especially
appreciated. It was Urt- s Dave
Pierce teaching his little Sunday
school class, a Christian Service
which it has been his joy to render
for many years.
The Christmas hymns and sev
eral solos and readings also added
much interest to the program.
The pageant was directed by
Mrs. W. L. Clegg. Mrs. J. P.
Stancil was in charge of the
music and Mrs. F. C. Frostick de
signed the costumes.
Fine Christmas Trade
Reported by Merchants
During the last shopping days
Maxton stores were so crowded
that shoppers found it difficult to
get waited on, though all the mer
chants had additional help. Some
of the stores sold out of certain
lines of Christmas goods before
Monday. The business was far
ahead of last year’s, and almost
double the December sales of 1932.
Not a single merchant has been
heard to grumble.
“MOLL” RESCUES BANDIT
An unidentified blond woman
had overpowered a robber, rescued
the thief, and escaped with him in
her motor car from a gas station
near Collinsville, 111.
Delbert Richardson, filling sta-1
shot and wounded two men who j
tion attendant, and his friend,1
Elmer Barbeau, had overpowered '
the man who had attempted to rob
the station of $1. But the woman1
drove up in her car and began
firing with a rifle, and Richardson
and Barbeau, who were wounded,:
were forced to release the bandit.
CHRISTMAS TREE FOR
WHITE HOUSE FROM N. C.
North Wilkesboro, Dec. 10.—Two
beautiful Balsams to be used as
living Christmas trees on the White
House grounds were on their way
to Washington today. Only a bur
lap bag covering each tree is the
card reading:
“Christmas tree for the White
House, Washington, D. C., from
Newland, Avery county, N. C., on
the skyline.
Seen Through
Capital Keyholes
(By Bess Hinton Silver, Raleigh)
Cherry Blossoms.
Raleigh politicians are inclined
to take the newly-hatched boom in
behalf of Representative R. Gregg
Cherry, of Gaston, for speaker of
the 1935 House of Representatives
with a grain of salt. The opinion
is expressed freely on Capitol Hill .
that Mr. Cherry’s friends would I
like to see him get chairmanship I
of an important committee and it I
is known by one and all that a I
good way to assure that is to line I
up some votes in the speakership I
race.
Consolidation.
Sentiment for county consolida
tions is growing in North Carolina
but the prognosticators will sfhke
their reputation that the idea
doesn’t get beyond the dream stage
during the coming session of thd
General Assembly. Hornet-own
court house politicians would howl
to high heaven if their representa
tives begun talking about abolish
ing their jobs and the natives
would get into no end of squabbles
about the county seats of the new
districts. Capitol Hill believes that
consolidation of counties will be
among those things not done bv the
legislature next year.
Big War.
The opinion is growing over the
State that North Carolina is going
to witness another political “Battle
of the Century” in the spring of
’36 between the forces of Senator
Josiah W. Bailey and those of Gov
ernor Ehringhaus. There is n<*
doubt that the sparks will fly if
these two political Hercules dock
horns. Certainly Senator Bailey
is going to seek-re-election and if
Governor Ehringhaus resists the
pressure that is being brought to
bear to get him to make the race
he’ll be “a better man than you
are, HUNKA TIN.”
Deadly.
t Death takes few holidays on
North Carolina’s highway system.
The total highway fatalities reach
ed the all-time high for one month
I during November when 115 per
sons were killed. The next General'
I Assembly is almost sure to pass
! some sort of drivers’ license law
j but the more important thing is
enforcement. It will take money
to do the job and many more high
way patrolmen will have to be em
ployed, in the opinion of authorities,
on such matters. The money is in.
| the highway fund to pay tor the'
I job but a lot of folks want to, jjsto
1 It for somethin!? else.
At It Again.
| Attorney General Dennis G.
| Brummitt and State Treasurer
I Chas. M. Johnson are throwing
bricks at one another again. Mr.
Brummitt started when ne dug up
his pet row about who should audit
books of the School Commission.
Mr. Brummitt ruled that the com
mission didn’t have a legal right
to advance teachers’ salaries before
Christmas but added that since the
commission didn’t follow his ruling
on the audit proposition it might
l go ahead and disregard him. That
| got a rise out of Mr. Johnson but
1 the smoke is clearing away once
more.
I Money Man.
! The grapevine reports that Rep
resentative Reginald Harris, of
! Person, who held the speaker in
the 1933 session, will head the
House Finance Committee in 1935
; if either Robert Grady Johnson, of
Pender, or Laurie McEachem, of
Hoke, are elected speaker. If Rep
! resentative W. L. Lumpkin, of
h ranklin, gets the Speakership that
will change the picture and Tara
C. Bowie, of Ashe, friend and sup
porter of Lumpkin, probably will
get one of the major committee
| posts.
Santa Claus.
You can find plenty of politically
I wise people who believe that there
; will be a real Santa for school
| teachers, highway employes and
other State hired help when the
General Assembly meets. Gover
I nor Ehringhaus is as proud as a
dog with two tails over increases
, in State revenues and he is not
J expected to oppose increases in pay
for the public slaves. In fact, no
body would be surprised if ha
recommended a little more gravy
I to go with the dry bread. Tha
; legislators themselves, as well as
their neighbors have more mpney
than they did two years ago and
everything looks brighter. State
; employes are not failing to hang
up their stockings, even though
some of them may have to tie up
holes in the toes and heels.
Gets a Break.
Representative Tam C. Bowie,
i the political powder-keg from Ashe
county, is quoted as saying Raleigh
scribes are not mentioning his
name as a candidate for the
gubernatorial nomination in 1936
for reasons of their own which
cou Id not be called ethical or pub
lic-spirited. Mr. Bowie can’t hurl
that charge at Keyholes, which
has never minimized his political
powers but has quoted his friends
as saying that lie will not run in
opposition to his close personal and
political friend, Congressman R. L.
Doughton, if that gentleman de
cides to start a race from Sparta,
North Carolina, to a certain red
brick house on Blount street in
Raleigh.
May Fare Better.
Two years _ ago the Department
of Conservation and Development
and the Parole Commissioner wens
objects of concerted legislative at
tacks. The parole office had heed
an issue in the gubernatorial cam
paign and the conservation depart*
ment was in Dutch because of ceaN
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