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$2.00 A YMgS IN ADVANCE
NUMBER 3
To Establish Three
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Tcind and one with vast and unamit
«d possibilities and one of vital eon*
«ern to Randolph county wee tonne®*
ed Tuesday at a meeting in High
Toint It is a gigatttie «»1 erosion
demonstration program* aovarins^in
itially 100,000 acres of -the De**
River water sh«l in GuiMord ,#nd
Randolph counties and 4,008 ***«
in Forsyth county. Expenditure ef
approximately $500,000 in developing
the program: .tt^antt^stod,'tartar
with the enrptoj«Wnfc.«f *°° men -who
will be in three COC camps to be
Five-Year
Will
set up.
The meeting at High Point - T^eS
day was attended by high officials of
the United Stabes Soil Erosion Sec
vice of the Department of the jto
terior, leading citizens of High Point*
Sng ^ toe territory
to be affected, and Win W. Cto*.
tat FrarikBnvjlle, tend W. U Ward, of
Ashebore. Taking pwtatoo ****
representatives of the North Carolina
Department of Conservation and De
velopment.
A survey of the area to be effected
lias been started end wiH be ported
Oo eondusioit so that actual develop
ment of this stupendous program may
be started in the early spring.
The watershed of Deep River in
cluded in the project extends toore
than ftfey mUea. It begins a* Dun
county and dtoectty «««**«*■
dolph coupty. Infcafly the project
starts ait the origin Of Deep River
and extends far down the stream ‘
Polecat Creek Just booth at f""
eo
a variety of soils as in Randolph
county. Land or soil erosion is the
greatest menace to the natural re
sources of the United States.
Speaking of the program Tuesday,
Dr. W. C. Lowdermilk, vice director
of the U. S. Soil Erosion Service
t(3 ©cl <tr©d •
“We: are going to employ the
best brains it is possible to get,
and we are going to approach this
problem not from one angle but
from every possible angle to com
bine and coordinate the^ program for
every person who lives on and, who
has land on that important water
shed. “We want Deep River to run
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Robert Rutledge, 13,.
. Dies From Injuries
r In Playing Football
Passed Away Monday At Three
o’Clock Tn Memorial Hospit
al, Thomasville.
Trinity, Jan. 15.—Robert ("Bobby”)
Rutledge, 13, died Monday at, 3 o’clock
in the Memorial hospital, Thomasville,
from injuries sustained recently while
playing football. He had been * porf
“Kent there for a week. Bobby was an
all round boy, papular with everyone,
studious and a Christian. He was the
son of the late E. E. Rutledge and
Mrs. Flora Rutledge Wilson, and is
survived by his stepfather, Eugean
Wilson, mother Flora Rutledge Wil
son; two brothers, Tam 'Add Hayden
Rutledge, and his grandmother, Isabel
Rutledge, of Mocksville. One brother,
Benjamin Atwood, died in infancy.
Bobby was bom July, T. 1920, and died
January 9, 1984, at the age of 13
years old. The funeral services were
in charge of Rev. John Kline and Rev.
M. O. Alexander, of ThomasvSle*
Chibs Are
Plea For
Of A Lot
and Senior woman's
tiwiMiiiif to the citizens
-pf Aaheboro for the donation of a
lot or a site for the dnb house.
The two dube hare had. the offer
d several dea^able lots for the
dub boose but want to give any
one wfcfr has a lot that they might
Wbh to give to the dub sft op
portunity to donate a lot before
any decision is made by the mem
bers of the two dubs.. Any per
son or company having-a lot that
they will donate for this purpose
trill please get in touch with one
of the members of the building
committee, Mrs. Kemp Alexander,
Mrs. I. C. Moser or Mrs. Neely
Hunter, before next Tuesday, when
■ the two duhs expect to have ' a
joint meeting to make their der
riskm on the lot.. The meeting
Will be held in the court house
Tuesday afternoon, January 23rd,
at: 240 o’clock. - W % , ,,;v' v{ r • *
- : Jasper Boggs Struck By Trade
Jasper Boggs, well known Ashs
boro roan, was struck by a lumber
truck early Thursday morning as he
started ti his work at a chair fac
tory. It was at first' thought that
his injuries were, serious, but a brok
en am and several cuts and bruises
appeared to be the chief concent
after a brief cursory eanamination. No
details of the wreck were available
immediately after the. accident a*
we go to press. ,
Inspecting School Houses
; A representative of the state de?
partment of public instruction was
in the county two days the first of
the -rtugtion
. Fire Alarm Sunday
Arheborp was aroused by the fire
alarm Sunday. A email portion of
-the roof of W. (H. Moringis residence
on Fayetteville street had eaught
on fire, but was extinguished before
it had accomplished any considerable
damage. The fire company, however,
answered the alarm with its" usual
promptness and efficiency.
Committee To Meet
The committee having' charge of
the proposed community center pro
ject for Asheboro will hold a meet
ing this evening to further plans. It
has been the idea -of the chamber
of commerce, which is interested in
this matter, to obtain funds for this
project from the PWA. Plans -are
in the formative stage, however, and
the concrete proposition is still, .to
he taken up with the federal of
ficials. The Woman’s Club is under
stood to be interested also in build
ing a club house. This project is
entirely separate and apart from the
proposed community house. Stall an
other building project under way is
tentative plans of the American
Legion post for building a “ '
use of that organization.
Being. Gleaned
jl iic ««>v> building is under
going a rather'thorough cleaning this
week at the hands of the G. W. A.
workers. About ten men, some white
and some colored, are busily.engaged
in scouring floors, washing windows,
and otherwise cleaning the accmmulat
Bank Of Seagrove
To Pay Depositors
And Quit Business
Orderly Liquidation Of The
Bank Under Way By Permis
sion Banking Commissioner
Has Served Purpose
Community Well Served By The
Institution Whieh Was Found
ed During The Year 1920.
The Bank of Seagrove, at Seagrove,
Richland township, Randolph county,
is liquidating, under permission of
Gurney JP. Hood, state commissioner
of banks. Officers and directors of
the bank are confident that not only
will the institution pay depositors 100
cents on the dollar, hut also that stock
holders will get their stock in full.
The Bank of Seagrqve, according
to statement published elsewhere in
this issue of The Courier, has plenty^
of assets to pay off its depositors in*
full.' A large part of the assets is
represented in cash On hand and due
from other banks. The little more
than $10,000 in notes due the bank is
said , to be good to the last dollar. In
fact, the bank, even during the de^
pression, has never loSt a cent in
notes,, bad checks or in any other man
ner. This was due, of course, to care
ful, conservative management and toe
class of people with which the bank
did business.
Organised in 1920, the Bank of Sea
grove has served a good purpose in
its territory. It brought the facilities
of ibahkhqjr directly to a prosperous
community, and had its share in build
ing the community to its present state
of stability and prosperity. The bank
has never made any large sums of
money, but it handled the business
which came to it in such a manner as
to safeguard the bank's interests and
also tiwt of the stockholders, deposi
tors and clients.
The bank closed whin the banking
holidays in the nation was declared,
but opened when the ban was lifted.
But when federal insurance of de
posits came along and Iftade it neces
sary to increase the capital stock to
$26,000, the stockholders «nd com
munity are said to have felt that they
were not la need of so great facili
ties. Therefore, being liquid, ‘ the
fan*directors and officers decided the
A. C, Karris, cashier of the hank,
has proved to be a good bank of
ficial and has had from the begin
ning the entire confidence of both of
ficers and directors of the bank, and
also of the people of the community.
Like bank cashiers in small towns, he
has shared in the community’s joys
and sorrows, helped men said women
on their feet financially, at the same
time keeping true on the trust im
posed in him as custodian of the
community’s funds.
Officers of the hank are Frank All
man, lumber dealer and manufactur
er, president; D. A. Comelison, mer
chant, vice president; and A. C. Har
ris, cashier; Directors, in addition to
the officers; are J. F. Garner, W. R.
Williams, E. B. Leach and C. E. King.
J. G. Steed Gets
Good Appointment
Under CWA Work
J. G. Steed, of Mt. Gilead, well
known in Randolph county as well as
throughout the Piedmont section of
the state, has been appointed execu
tive head of the North Carolina
Emergency Council. Mr. Steed had
the indorsement -of Senator Josiah
William Bailey for the appointment,
while Senator Reynolds backed John
Devane, of Fayetteville.
Mr. Steed will have a responsible
position and will receive his salary
from the- federal government. He
will devote his entire time to his
duties, and will likely have his of
fice in Raleigh. Mr. Steed will be
rdquirad, among his other duties,
to keep in touch with the activities
of local relief agencies and super
vise in general relief .work in the
state. He will also disseminate such
factual information as to the
recovery program as will be sup
plied from Washington.
Will Broadcast Play
Honoring Birthday
General R. E. tee
r Church Ca
roles Chris
Meetings.
am IU
boro Hospital,
ting; H. C.
i Hospital.
,—Biily Watkins,
College, spent the
his mother, Mrs.
nd family spent
in High Point,
t Welch, of Ashe
5 here Sunday,
larsh and Mary
ty, visited friends
Sunday /with friends
Mr. and Mrs. Cola
boro, visited relative
Misses Georgia j
Dean Eulas, of Libe:
here Sunday night.,
Miss Margaret l
friends at Greensboj
Mr. and Mrs. Lonaj
are spending some
Mr: York’s parents' Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. York. ,
Mrfirr C. A. Graham is at Randolph
Hospital, Inc., Asheboro, for treat
ment. She was threatened with pneu
monia, but we are .glad to hear that
she is improving. \ ,
Circle Now 2 of the Ramseur Wo
man’s Missionary Society, of the Bap*
tist church, met with Mrs. G. C, Ellis
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Communi
Sunday,
At P
ry 21,
t Union
f Singing
Weath
Fanner, Jan.
CWA weaken
from Fanner ti
ered lget ^eelt
peek so have tj
more dtoys of g
Thenewhoa
Raleigh, visited
Mrs. J. A. Cox,
lammond visited
Sunday.
tie York, of Texas,
time here with
afed Mrs, Hil Bingham spent
the week end with relatives 4n Tho
mas vi He.
Estley Kearns aqd Clifford Plum
mer, of High Point, visited kinfolks
here on Sunday.
A. B,. McDonald spent last week
with friends at Vass.
There will be a community singing
it Pleasant Union church on Sunday
he 21st, beginning at one o’clock. This
narks the close of a singing held
here for the past few /weeks by Rev.
le/ward Hunt. A number of visiting
quartettes are expected to be pre
Mrs. Fred Bingham and children,
lax and Thad, accompanied by her
oother, Mrs. E. B. Johnson, Glenn
ohnson, and Miss Imogene Cranford,
pent Sunday in Albemarle with. Mr.
nd Mrs. Hobson Johnson and Mrs.
ennie Lassiter.
Miss Leah Hammond and Mrs.
!laude Dorsett, and Mrs. <Dorsett’s
rather, Wallace Priester, attended the
entennial celebration at Gtplford
ollege /Saturday.
Clay Biseher is building a new house
on the site of the one destroyed by
fire last year. He has it almost fin
ished, and hopes to move into it in the
near future.
Thirty Persons Are
Examined So Far In
Tuberculosis Clinic
Dr. H. F. Eaaoca is holding a
Tuberculosis Clinic in Randolph coun
ty for the county health department
this week. He wiH be here next week
if the number of applications for ex
aminations will justify it.
Thirty patients have already been
examined. The County Health Officer
is desirous of giving this examination
to all those who are interested.
Please let him know at once if you
desire this examination..
Sam Barnes Makes
His First Journey
To State's Capital
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Attorney I. C. Moser, of Asheboro,
and iflw” Barnes, well, known sur
veyor ot the county, rftado a trip to
Raleigh Tuesday. There is nothing
unusual in a Raleigh trip these
days of automobiles and good roads,
Ernest Baldwin Bound To Superior
Court Under A Bond Of $1500.00
Ernest Baldwin, young Asheboro
white man, was bound over to Su
perior Court Tuesday afternoon under
bond of $1600, on charge of driving
a car whole wider influence of in
toxicants and while doing so running
over and killing Tom Williams. The
hearing was before Magistrates L. C.
Phillips and S. C. Frazier and was
held in the court house before a
crowded house. The state was re
presented by J. A. Spence, who put
•several witnesses on the stand to
build up a chain of circumstantial
evidence against the defendant J. V.
Wilson appeared for the defense.
Tom Williams, well known Ashe
boro citizen, was struck by an au
tomobile Friday afternoon shortly
before 3:30 .o’clock while walking
on the left hand aide of South Cox
street facing north. It is alleged
that Williams was walking on the
soil shoulder of the street and that
the car which struck him sped on
ward and left his badly mangled
body in the side ditch, approximate
ly 33 feet from the place he was
first struck. .Examination disclosed
he suffered a crushed head, a broken
right leg, broken neck and severe
lacerations on the right side of his
head. Indications were that the car
which struck Williams approached
from the rear.
Officers were immediately called to
the scene of the accident and P. F.
Miller first answered the call. Hie
| Plan To Begin Work Immediately
On Asheboro’s Landing Field Project
The announcement Saturday that
the federal CWA had approved Ashe
boro’s airport project was hailed
with a general feeling of satisfaction
locally. It means the bringing into
the county within the next three
months of at least $32,500, the
greater part of which wjll be spent
in the employment of a force of 120
laborers and ten to twelve skilled
or semi-skilled men. Should the
work be staggered it will mean the
employment of about 250.
The airport or landing field .will
he developed on that part of the
Randolph county home tract now be
ing abandoned by the state depait
jgg* wn»erv^ Wd deveR^
will start 800 feet west'
railroad and extend westward suffi
cient distance to make room for the
300 feet of runway. This work
will consist of grading, topsoiling and
seeding. Work wall be under gen
eral supervision of L. S. McGinnis,
engineer of the Department of Com-,
meroe, which has general charge of
airports and airways in the United
States. A resident engineer and also
a resident supervisor of the project
will be employed.
For the tract of land, the counity
will derive $400 annual rental. This
rental will ibe in addition to the
money spent on the project at this
time or at any future time; and it
is the idea of the Asheboro chamber
of commerce, after the landing fjeld
is developed, to ask for additional
funds for building hangars and fur
ther improving the field.
It should be distinctly understood
that this landing field or airport pro
ject in no wise takes away any of
15 Cases. Of Measles
Reported In County
During This Week
Fifteen oases of Measles were re
jorted to the Randolph county health
Jepartanent this week. Cases were
reported dm Frahklinville, Liberty,
Irani, Richland, and New Market
ewnships.
These cases are reportable to the
»unty health department, and it is
lrged that every one cooperate in
he, prevention of this disease.
Other diseases reported last week
vere: Bronchial Pneumonia, 5;
thicken Pox, ID; Venereal Disease, 1;
influenza, 6; Scarlet Fever, 4; Septic
lore throat, 1; Whoopiiwj Cough, 18;
Lobar Pneumonia 1.
Board Orders Sale
Of Collateral Bonds
For Benefit County
The Randolph county board of
commissioners, in meeting Friday,
ordered R. C. Johnson, county ac
countant, to sell $30,000 worth of
bond* held by the Wachovia Rank
and Trust Company, Raleigh, and ap
ply proceeds to amount due the
county by the defunct Page Trust
Company, of Ramaeur. The bonds
consists of $7,000 in United States
bonds and $23,000 in North Carolina
state bonds, and were put up by
the Pb«0 I**** Company as col
lateral for deposits of
branch of
that banking institution. M. E.
Johnson, a member of the board of
commissioners, was designated as
agent for R. C. Johnson, register of
placed the body of Mr. Williams in
an ambulance and rushed with it to
the hospital, but Williams was dead
when he was picked up. Deputy
Sheriff Pearl Barnes also answered
the call and aped down Cox street
and then out a left hand road to
ward the John Sluder place in search
for the car which struck Williams.
A mile from the scene of the accident
he met Ernest Baldwin in a Ply
mouth coupe and placed him under
arrest The coupe, practically a new
car, (had a broken and bent left head
light, a bent left front fender, a dent
in the radiator hood near where it
joins the body, and the left-hand
door handle broken off. A car door
handle was found at the scene of
the fatal accident Officers testi
fied at the tidal that Baldwin was
under the influence of intoxicants
when arrested, hut that he made no
statement. Baldwin was brought to
Asheboro and placed in jail and his
car later brought in.
Several persons living in the com
munity heard the impact of the car
and Mr. Williams’ body and were at
the scene of the accident shortly after
it happened, tout actual eye witness
es were massing. The weather on
the afternoon of the accident was
cloudy and showery and the street
wet. Two or three witnesses at the
trial Saw a coupe parked in a street
a block or so north of the accident
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the money allotted the local CWA
office for civil works projects in the
county. The fund comes from that
set aside for use of the aeronautics
division of (the CWA, and is in ad
dition to funds spent on any other
CWA projects. It as an outright
donation to the community with no
strings attached, except that the field
shall fee maintained as a landing
field for airplane. Had the, Money
not been obtained for the project
locally, it would have been put on a
project elsewhere in the
state.
habiMties of some time in the near
future of getting an air mail route
through. Asheboro would be enhanced
by the development. This feature is
aside from the commercial outlook
for a landing field in Asheboro.
. Though-the Asheboro chamber of
commerce was interested in the de
velopment of the project, especial
mention should be -made of the com
mittee appointed for the purpose. It
was on December 15, last, that this
committee began in earnest efforts to
obtain the federal grant, and the fact
that it was pushed through to suc
cessful conclusion in 30 days be
speak the earnestness of the effort
made. The committee was composed
of Russell Parks, chairman, Cleve
Thayer, secretary of the chamber of
commerce, and J. P. Gamer, presi
dent of the chamber of commerce.
Work on the project is expected to
begin within a week.
Mrs. Bruce Craven
Named Director Of
Women’s Activities
Mrsr Bruce Craven, of Trinity, has
been named director of women’s work
CWA for Randolph county. She was
notified of her appointment by Miss
Alice Laidlow, director of women’s
work in the State. Mrs. Craven was
in Asheboro Monday and was plan
ning to go to Raleigh within the next
few days to get a line on work which
comes under her supervision. Mrs.
Craven expects to develop work her
self, which she considers beneficial in
the county, submitting plans to the
state headquarters for women’s work.
She feels much can be done along the
line of home improvement and beauti
fication and probably the circulation
of reading matter. Mrs. Craven will
announce plans for her work at an
eariy date. She will also appoint a
committee of women from different
sections of the comity to co-operate
with her in making plans.
Rose’s 10c Store Will
Occupy Cox Building'
About first Of March
The Cox building on Sunset ave
nue, practically destroyed by fire
Mtrly on the morning of December
24th, will be repaired and renovated
and occupied again by Rose’s five,
ten and twenty-five cent store. Tips
information waa obtained Monday
morning from K. D. Cox, owner of
the building, who was busy with a
force of bands clearing the debris
from inside the damaged structure.
The fire wells on the east and
west sides of the building are t
patently intact thought ” *
damaged in places. The
To Employ
e Workers On *
ivil Works Jobs
This Is Ruling Of National
Head, But No Instructions
Have Been Received Here.
Project Approved
Calling For Community Center
Near John Wesley Stand To
Employ Number Of Men.
Barry L. Hopkins, national civil
works administrator, has issued in
structions, according to a news re
port from Washington, calling for
“staggering” the work of CWA jobs
in several states, one of which is
North Carolina, The purpose is to
employ CWA workers 15 hours a
week, running two shifts, in order to
furnish employment to twice as many
people as now employed, but at the
same time keeping the expenditures
the same as at present.
Though this order has been is
sued, the local re-employment office
and the CWA director have not re
ceived official instructions to so
divide the work in this county. Mr.
Hopkins points out that he has only
so much money — $200,000,000— a
month for CWA work and that the
only way more people can be reach
ed is to split the w<. rk.
Robert T. Lloyd, Randolph coun
ty director of CWA, advises that the
full quota of workers for Randolph
county is now employed and that the
payroll approximates $10,00<J
week, more ^sofia e*n be eftt
ployed, except te fill vacancies among
workers already employed, unless thft
work is "staggered.” This does not
mean, however, that applications may
not be made for new projects. These
may he made, and if approved,
workers now employed can be pot
on these new projects after they
have finished the jobs they are now
on.
Mir. Lloyd calls attention to the
new' form of application for CWA.
prospects. These new form applica
tion blanks haye been received and
may be had upon application to
Lloyd. £?»i ppw form
unless information so called for is
furnished.
The latest county project to have
been approved is one calling for a
community park near John Wesley
Stand. This project calls for em
ployment of ten men and will call for
expenditure of about $1,000. The
proposed park will be located on the
old county home road, and calls for
stadium, several small structures and
other improvements.
Only Short Time Is
Left For Renewal
CWA Applications
Little Theatre To
Present First Play
In City February 2
The Little Theatre of Asfceboro will
present on February 2nd, a play en
titled “tyMadam!" with an interest
ing cast of local players. The play
is a clever plot of mistaken identi
ty that is more better seen than re
viewed. The action is swift, muted
Attention is again called by the
Randolph county re-employment of
fice ihat those people who have
registered and have not yet been as
signed jobs are required to renew
their applications during the month
of January. Only a few more days
of the month remain, and those who
have not re-registered should do so
at once. Those already on jobs are
not required to renew their registra
tions.
A re-registration is nothing more
than a request from the registrant
that his application be restored to
the active files so that they, oe
considered still an applicant for
placement. Those who live at a
distance and would find it incon
venient to come in person could
send a postal card addressed to
the re-employment office, Ashe
boro, N. C., and their application
will be renewed.
People now having work on the'
PWA and the CWA service pro
jects will not need to re-register.
The local office hours are 8:30
a. ml to 3:30 p. m., except on
Saturdays when the dosing hour
is 1:30 p. m. After the closing
hour the office workers are busy
with their daily reports and filing
of records and: the foremen of pro
jects are coming in to make re
ports after these hours.
All Applicants For Work Who
Registered Before January 1
Must Renew This Month.