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m 1876 — Sixtieth Anniversary Edition — 1936 SIXTIETH anniversary edition THE COURIER 'j/z PAGES JO 4 Sections ISSUED WEEKLY volume lx ■rt. Aa The Raculator February 3, 1376 Sixty Years Of Progress PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEBORO, N. C., FEBRUARY 20, 19367 Changed To The Courier September 13, 1879 Sixtieth Anniversary Edition $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBERS Late News State, National and Interne**—*' Happening* <7 000 NOW IN SIGHT FOR Sl athletic building Reports front » meeting committee from the A*..~~.~ Chamber of Commerce held late Wednesday afternoon, approximate iv 17.000 la now the anm in eight for the proposed athletic building. This makes the building practically assured. It ie not yet certain whether the building trill be erected with PWA aid or entirely by private contributions. WPA aid baa been applied for. Part of this late reports includes 100 per cent «**"buHons from the school when the high school contributed generously. The location will, in all probability, he on the present school grounds, ’with the approval of the local board. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF NEW DEAL its The New DesI registered second major court victory i the supreme court rated that the government had the right to sell electricity generated at dams con structed for national defense or other constitutional purposes. Chief Justice Hughes in rending the opinion, from which only Justice McReynoMs dissented, warned that “We limit our derision to the ease before us as we have defined it.” The case against the TV A by the preferred stock owners of the Alabama Power Company. They conceived the contract with the TVA to be injurious to the corporate interests and also invalid because they thought it beyond the con stitutional rights of the Federal government ALLOTMENTS ANNOUNCED FOR RURAL POWER LINES Following the TVA decision of the Supreme Court, allotments totalling t2.llA.M0 for construction of nine rural power and light pro jects were announced Tuesday by Norris L. Cooke, administrator of rural electrification. The funds for ing requirements, if these customary conditions are fulftlled, the projects win be given final approval, loan contracts wiH be signed, and ad vances of funds for construction will be nude presently. The nine projects affected by the allotments are in Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Vermont and North Carolina. The Monroe county project is the one ia this state. GIRL FOUND ALMOST FROZEN BESIDE CORPSE OF MOTHER Minnie Parker, lfi-yoar eld girl, was found uneeaadeue from cold aad exposure besMe the corpse of her mother near FrapkNn. Urn two had planned a trip to relatives aad wen caagkt by thm. sadden cold spell. They were found by workers from a forestry experiment station. The girl wiU likely recever. WARMER WEATHER PROMISED FOR SOME SECTIONS OF U. S. While the weather bureau pre dicted u new mans ef eoM air advancing an the nerth Atlantic coant states and aanthward toward the Golf, warmer weather was re ported in the Redden Inin Wednes day. from CMeagn nports of slowly rising temper at ares bring relief from the eeideot siege of weather la the Kth century. ahe would be killed wtthfai • if ihe rauiMd in Mtauwoti Uffldt nide the itltfMt i jury of four «hm nd old Chamber Of Commerce To Celebrate Its ^miversary With Banquet, March 6th Anniversary Copies Of The Courier May Be Secured At Office In printing this anniversary edition, The Courier staff has at tempted to give an accurate picture of the town and county through several generations. There are facto, incidents and pictures of the days when The Courier was The Regulator, mentioning people and happenings of other days as well as today. It has been the aim of the staff to mahe this 60th an niversary copy one that people will enjoy reading and keeping. We are, therefore, printing several hundred extra copies and are mak ing an effort to get a copy to all interested people. If you did not receive one, or want another, copies may he procured at The Courier office for ten cents. Deputy Collector To Be In Asheboro Monday, Feb. 24 Matter Of Income Tax Should Be Given Immediate Atten tion To Avoid Penalty Forms Are Explained Return For Calendar Year Of 1935 Shall Be Filed Not Later Than March 15th For the convenience of those who are required by' law to file Federal income tax returns, a deputy collector of Internal Revenue will be in Ashe boro on February 24th to assist tax payers in preparing their tax returns. icnuun, interest. If your net income is a $1,000 or over on your gross income is $BfiOO or over and you are single (or if you are married and not living with husband or wife), you are required to file a return. If you ate married (Pleased turn to page 7, Sec. 1) Tenth Birthday Of Useful Local Organization Planning To Hold Annual Event David Ovens, Speaker For Dinner Meeting Organization Now Engaged In Raising Funds For Gymna sium For Asheboro On March 6th the Asheboro Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its tenth anniversary, being organized in 1926. David Ovens, general manag er of J. B. Ivey & Company of Charlotte, will be the principal speaker of the occasion. Mr. Ovens has just returned from New York, where he presided over the sessions of the National Retail Dry Goods Association, of which he is president. Mr. Ovens will speak on “The Trend of 1936.” His talk promises to be in (Please turn to page 12, Sec. 1) Kiwanis Club Will Hold Musical Show Tues. And Wed. Splendid Show Presented For Purpose Of Raising Funds For Under Nourished Children The Asheboro Kiwanis club is sponsoring a musical play, “Cool Knights,” which will be presented on| Tuesday and Wednesday, February 25 and 28 at the Capitol theatre. This musical show, with a college setting, is said to be charming throughout in addition to its primary purpose raising money for the work among under nourished school children. The Kiwanis club has sponsored this work for several years with most satis factory results. It is for money to carry on this important work, that the show is presented. Leading parts are being taken by Miss Aim Young and W. A. Under wood, with comedy parts protrayeil L. Bunch and _,_eil. An interesting featofft'of the show is the chorns work, by school girls of all ages according to Miss Helen Clark of Greensboro. There will be two evening per formances, at 7:30 Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. A children’s matinee will be held on Tuesday after noon at 4:00 o’clock. Here will be no matinee on Wednesday. Friends Will Hold Quarterly Meeting Asheboro Saturday Local Friends Church Will En tertain Friends From This Quarter In All-Day Meet Dr. Russell Coming: Noted Speaker And Dean Of Religious Education At Duke Will Speak Twice The southern quarterly meeting of Friends will be held in Asheboro on Saturday, February 22nd. There will be representatives from ten Friends churches in this section in attendance at the meeting which will be an all day affair. Rev. H. A. Parker, pastor of the local church, will preside over the meeting. ' Beginning at 10:00 a. m. there will be a meeting of ministery and over sight, followed by the worship period. At 11:00 a. m. Dr. Elbert Russell, of Duke University will talk to the group. Dr. Russell, a well known speaker of the state, is dean of re (Pleased turn to page 7, Sec. 1) Congratulations To The Courier From W. A. Bunch, Mayor For many years The Courier has served the town of Asheboro and the county of Randolph as only a newspaper owned and operated by people who live and love their town and county can do. Now, as the newspaper is celebrating, in Feb ruary, their 80th anniversary, I wish, as mayor of the town of Asheboro, to extend congratula tions to this, the oldest business of the town. The Courier has watched other places of business come and go but have tried always to promote the best interests of the town and county of which they are a part. Started by a lawyer, H. S. Robins, wbor mkw: *eed of a Randolph, it has line ever in the hands of Ran dolphians who love to serve their county. May I, therefore, extend hearty congratulations for. many more years of service for The Courier. W. A. BUNCH, Mayor of Asheboro. Certifying Agent Attached To County Welfare Department Mrs. Irene Y. Neal, Formerly With Local ERA Office, Is New Certifying Agent Check Needy Cases New Program Discussed By Workers From All Sections; Registration Necessary Mrs. Irene Y. Neal who has been with local ERA as head case worker has been assigned by the state de partment of Public Welfare to the county welfare department as certify ing agent and located at present in the court house. With the establishment of certify ing services in all but four or five counties, according to an announce ment made last week by Mrs. W. T. Bost, state commissioner of public welfare, the certification of relief clients to WPA was set in motion this week as the field representatives of the public welfare department made contact, county by county, the superintendents of public welfare and the certifying agent and advised them as to eligibility regulations. Although the impression is quite general that with the opening of (Please turn to page 12, Sec. 1) Golden Wedding Of Mr. & Mrs. Ingold Is Celebrated Fittingly Informal At Home On Tuesday Afternoon Draws A Hundred Friends Of Couple Between the hours of three and nine o’clock Tuesday afternoon, February 18th, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ingold were at home to their friends in an informal manner. This occasion was in celebration of their fiftieth wedding anniversary and was held at the home of their daughter, Mrs. H. B. Cousins on North Fayetteville street. The home for this occasion was decorated with cut flowers and potted plants ip. yellow. A hundred frfendsoT Mr. and Mrs. Ingold called during the at-home hours to extend congratulations and good wishes. Refreshments were served by Martha Cousins, Louellen Routh, Margaret Alexander and Willa Mae Cox. Among the out of town guests were C. A. Blair, brother of Mrs. Ingold, Miss Bessie and Miss Lucy Blair, Mrs. Tom Edwards and Miss Bertha Harvey, all of Greensboro. Anniversary Edition Is Honoring 60th Birthday Of Courier In February First Edition Was Gift From Friends Of Long Standing The copy of the first edition of The Regulator was brought to The Courier office by Zebedee Fox of Liberty. The copy, yellowed with sixty years, was still very well preserved and we are most grateful to Mr. Fox for his courteous thought. The Regulator bore the name of Washington Fox, written in India ink, brown now, but in a quaint old-fashioned hand Wash ington Fox was a grandfather of Zebedee Fox, who for many years served as a rural mail carrier of his section. Washington Fox was a loyal friend of the editor of The Regulator, M. S. Robins, just as - Zebedee Fox was a friend true and tried of his successor, Wm. C. Hammer and of his family. Washington Fox was a brother of our townsman. Dr. Mike Fox, who is one of Asheboro’s older citizens. Dr. Fox has practiced medicine in Asheboro and Ran dolph county for many years. He lives on South Fayetteville street. A reproduction of this first copy of The Regulator, Vol. 1, Copy 1, appears in this 60th birthday edi tion of The Courier. Trio Bound Over To Superior Court On Mill Robbery Charge Prgdiminary Hearing Held Mon day For Men Thought To Have Robbed Mill Robbery January 7 Charge Was Resisted By De fendant* Who Were Unable To Build Up Strong Alibis Following up the sensational holdup of the Leward Cotton Mill at Worth ville on January 7th a preliminary hearing was given Archie Saferight, Thomas Eddie Cranford and M. J. (Please turn to page 12, Sec. 1) GOVERNMENT WAS INSTITUTED FOR THE tOOO O* THE GOVERNED VOL. I. ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, TTEDXtB&X. FEBRUARY 2, 1876. OTXBE&l. TIE RUDOLPH REIIUTIR. rUBLIMISD EVEKV WKDTOWDAT BT JOE RAWDOi.ru lauLismsoco omcB—1 name «A*r or tmb oucrt tinraa. Owe Tear. portage paid...-If *• •a Months, portage 1»W..1 00 __i or ADvxBTunro. Oar HMIT, one in-crtlon.(I 00 Oar eqnar-- two ifflw-rtkm*...1 JO Oau ajurr*. three barrtIon*.t 00 Ou* -quart. tunr bwvrtloni-00 TYnr T—‘bf! I. .yM lain***', l*«w ukmiIIi*...10 00 For lunar advertisement* liberal COO. tract* wUI he nnulr. Twelve line* wild hrvvlrr couvtitillr w opair. All kind* of JOI1 WORK done at the "HBil'UTna" owe... hi th* neatort Orb, tad o« nunublt Imu. WUe lor advrrtWag considered duo when pre Aa Addreee to tba Poopl# of Chat* ImiHopplft—r» John . V. Stroud. To *Wr fillow Citium of Chatham Count!/ : The tinrlaiwigued having been eloct* •da* delegate* to the Convention from Chatham county, deem it eminently proper and tight that they ebonld ren der aa. account of their stewardship to their eonatitneiita. It waa charged during the rampalgh tor the Convention in Urn addreaa of tba Executive Committee of the Re pahlican partv awl reiterated by Re publican oratore and papera : , . let. That the object of the Demo erotic party waatto diaft^pchlae large ‘ I of votara. thia xgaa not done N. That the Democratic party waa JtoMeadty to thp homaetoad awl per Veil pimrtl eiinp**.1 He m wno•bdifwduteri ly a Repnldleam but «-■ 1--■ iaagotonpHy .tftidod Chat it epue i« the mrtAiKrv or lira act call r»> ttoweniW.- trad *aa new aJ h —«•♦ -ee ■«. *,t Utoto-m, unrty .bus given O'er twelve montUs la which the amendments can be tun ined and diaeoaaed, and has provided for a more liberal and intelligent dis tribution of them than was ever before practiced in this State This statement convicts the leaders of the ttepabltean party of being false prophets, and ought to shake the con of the people, eitlier in their or their siucenty, for ne Now as to what the Convention did. Two amendments are proposed to Ar ticle I. of the Constitution—Sections 14 and 14 ; the first condemning the practice of carrying concealed weap ons, and giving the General Assembly power'to enact penal statutes against 4u additional Section it proposed to this Article, by wlik-li tin sessions of (Ha General Assembly are restricted to 10 via. per Mile, ami Uic rtMfesaicn to twenty days justice unreasonably delayed. It was also thought tliat under Uds provision, if necessary, the General Assembly might establish oeurts with a limited, civil and criminal jurisdiction which might taka the place oCtbe presenters, tem of frohate Courts, sod beeidee try certain claeeae of criminals more speed ily, deliver the jails more expeditiously, and thus save a large expenditure bjr the different counties. Sec. 8 is amended so as to reduce the number of Supreme Court Judges lw three and thus save 85,000 per annum without diminishing the sflkiaocy of the Court. Sec 9 continues Urn seasisw ef the Su preme Court at Baleigh until otherwise inoaa or \\ cetera North CaryUbe. Sen 10 as It now steads Is an anom aly, not to be found ha the Constitn. tioos of other Stales, and is amended so as to give the Supreme Court the same Jurisdiction over •• questions of fact sad iaaasaof fbet" that it exerciaed before the ^option of th. Constitn tion of i n ... ..hi alien l to tip tn meters <*» conntaud to the eettloment of settles wilt I* n-tidily sewn end apprecisled] by ihjk Mender, of the bar. So-'. M plpcoe tho mnnlier ofSfv of property ; nnd to this the Conven tion aWressed itself patriotically, wise ly and zealously, and thirteen sound ments «fc proposed, vis • Sec. 4 is amended by striking out tiie words " special Courts,” and inser ting “and such other Courts inferior to the Supreme Court as they be estab lished by laV* By this amendment, power is given the General Assembly to establish inferior Courts when necos where, wlicre, from the crowded condi tion of the docket of the Superior Court, civil actions are very rarely tried and u no* ■!PPoi,lle“ of the Gover nor holdtig^’r-the Tull term and in ■pits of, irvt m defiance of. liie pop ular will Sae. SS'totmentMuaa to giro ap paeli la al Hals be tan Justices of the hm ft lit $ft>erlor Court* in term tlm, ffvHJraticesoftlie |»acc juris illrlien >f ,{.n« oftqrt wiiere ilic prop erty do,** cxc-ccd in valve $40,00. ini aincndniedt cn T1ii» oft Ik; ten tuud'Nehliog the justice to try civil actions OKer than tliosc founded on contract. w%a the proper ty te controversy, does da exceed in rahae $40.01, Tlite of cou\ expedites trials and Weens tliecosts. As additional section Is proposed carrying oot the restrictions of die Act salting the Convention in reganr*, re TwojWdilional sections sre propV eed—4flpM It an exact copy of e sec tln-tMw Constitution before 1868, end pronto that e Judge of any of the eoartamsf be removed from otfloa Ibr mental or physical inability, upon g concurrent reeolution of two thirds of bank bonaesof Hie Oeoerat Assem My, wrt reqitfes a reasonable notice le be git an t» Ac Judge egalaet whom proceedings are instituted. The second eerttea provtdes that tbe clerk of any eoart stay be removed by the Judge of aaM court, kt like reeeont, and re gulree a like notice. Tlieae aectiopa en able tbe peopy to get rid of Incompe tent odkere without tlm cost of ign la ■ s> ■ ■; - to art XIV. viz: the addition of asser tion prohibiting marriages Liel.ircen a white person and a negro—settles the question of social equality, and this wltlioiit injury to the colored |mople, it only protects and preserves the white race Art. IX Is proposed to be Anther amended by striking oat aactlon 1 and inserting in lieu thereof taro sec. Lions. . liy the lirst a general fund is .* 1 r— wliole of which instead of the inconsid erable income is to be appropriated to common school purposes. By the sec ond ail property belonging to a coun ty school fund, proceeds of eatrays pen alties forfeitures aud fines Ac. shall be long to and remain in the several coun ties. where collected, iustead of being paid into the Ststo Treasury aud then distributed back to the several counties. These provisions are just, will materi al^ increase the school fand. and most oenmend themselves to all Art. XI isamended by adding to sec tion I a provision authorising the Gen eral Assembly, under cirtain humane reettictions to farm out all pasaona im prisoned for crime, czeept tlioae under sentence for uinrder, manslaugliter, rape, attempt to commit rspe and ar son This will IsMen the ripense of the Penitentiary and other prisons (Idly One half suv. $00,000, and still laava a suBoient number of convicts in the penitentiary to carry on the work to its Article XIII is proposed to be a amaded by striking oat ail the preseut provisions iqnm the subject of amend ment of the CoosUtutiou and inserting two tactions. The first, “that no Con vention uf Uk people shell be called as r the people, at the neat generaletac on, and a majority shall vote in Owor nl ser pro' i-lci. "that the y by storesIIMl sole HAVEN’S BLASPU^pY The manner in which-the Anti-CaOi olic third-term movement A pushed by Bishop Haven, the jfov. Dr. Newman and others, indicates that the year,187(J will witnoss a most rotaorkabie politic al contest It is evident the; intend to impress upon their followers that ait who are opposed to Grant are guiltv of rebellion against their Halter, and lia ble to miraculous mani{pt{-j Di tUgOf men proftd»~ ^ ^ t . urit; with the Almighty. When Dr. Newman was Chaplain of the Senate, he was accustomed to praise Grant in his prayers, and instreet the Lord in matters appertaining to polities; while Bishop Haven assumes to possess a knowledge of the Divine will whirls could only bo acquired by inspiration If any one imagines that we eaagger ate the pretensioua of Bishop Haven, let him peruse sit article from- the Biah op’s pen in tl« /nitrpemJenl, in which he informs the world that the death of of Vice-Preaident Wilson waa a judg ment of Heaven for hia foilure to work in harmony with Preaident Grant, and intimates that Chase, Gre«jcy,and Bum net were sll Summarily cat off by the wrath of tiod for their oppeeitien to Giantism. Here are hio OSOMI words : " Chase and Greeley and Sums* and Wilson are towering w*reiafl to the American people boffjhey consider the work of renewingfte land aoconipliahod ami set themselves against hia -efcom God hath selectod for this renewal. Hod Wilson thrown hia miglity influence on th* side of the President; had ho cor dially supported the reconstruction meesureo still needed to in^najilimlj and safety to our lend aadio the late an J the sypnegc bill end other bills ns oesaery to secure equal rights' te oU, ha would hare >■ ,n slivo 10-day. Bat ho put himself against than demand* of God and the hoar , end wes net, Tor God took hie,.” • Su.Jii- tneiu. i» suggest* - Press the w After Sixty Years Of Service, The Courier Pledges Anew Tp Serve Her Friends Established^!! 1876 By Kandolgh Man Has Seen Growth And Progrepp Of Section With Pride And Hopes For Better Future The passing of a sixtieth birthday is a source of pride to The Courier, in celebration of which we issue this anniversary edition. While The Courier has changed management a few times during this period, tha policies of service and publishing the news, have not changed through sixty years. Since the establishment of The Ran dolph Regulator in 1876 by the lata M. S. Robins, this newspaper haa 1 endeavored to serve the people of thie section of North Carolina and hep sons and daughters who have fared forth into the world to seek their fortunes. Mr. Robins was the father j of Henry Robins, attorney of Asha* boro, whose office adjoins that of the present newspaper office. Mr. Robins did not long retain hla editorial chair, for he was first of all a lawyer. A few changes of ownership ensued through a brief period when Wm. C. Hammer pun chased the plant. The first years of his editor-ownership, there were several partners, but for many year* before Mr. Hammer’s death, there was no partner. The Courier has seen several news papers of the town and county com* and go, during the days when there was hardly enough business for one, The Courier has also noted with pride, and done what was possible to con tribute toward such a condition, -the doubling of the population of the town in the past ten or twelve yean. In other words, The Courier is • Randolph county product operated for Randolph folk. • ? Each time a new business or plant comes to town, it is with pride that this newspaper chronicles the and notes any upward trend of ness in the salMrMMf&ft. This tion for Randolph and her people hao long been inbred in the owners of this newspaper, making The Courier p genuine part of the county. v The people have stood by this news paper most loyally for many years and it is with sincere appreciation that we express our thanks publically at this time. Friends, such as have been tried and proven through many years and through stress, are wortJ more than much gold—which has never been the chief goal of news paper folk. We therefore, being at the ripe age of sixty, express our thanks to our friends for the golden gift of friendship. Again do we pledge our loyalty and aim for service to the town, county and state in which we dwell. It is the hope, aim and purpose of The Courier to serve this section. This, we are prepared to do and will do, regard less of effort and cost. When you have news, get it to us—our aim ip to publish the news of interest to the readers of The Courier and live and work among you through many more pleasant years of service to the beet town and county in the best state is the union. Published in this edition is a reproduction of the father of The Courier, volume 1; number 1 of The Regulator, edited by Mr. Robins. The Courier will be with you frequently, needing no photostat, but a personal visit to you. Randolph Library Is Off With Excellent Beginning In Tows The first week of the life of the Randolph Library was most satis factory from many standpoints. While there are approximately 500 copied of books for circulation, 549 loans were recorded during the week. Many of the newest novels, biographies and books of travel were spoken for hi advance and were read quickly sail put back into circulation. Mrs. Blanche Walker, libraries, announces the arrival of the following interesting new books: Mrs. Aster*# Horse, Stanley Walker; Edna, His Wife, Edna Barnes; The Sound Wagon, StriMing; Career, Phil Strong; North To The Orient, Lind bergh; Europe, Robert Briffault; Life With Father, Clarence Day. With the indication of the dot week’s popularity of the library and the desire for such reading materiel# as are offered by the library, mesa books are needed. There have bean several donations over the past week, of cash and of books, ail of which will materially aid in the furthering of the service of thie organisation. |