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5,021 People Welcome too to ^ Asheboro, “Center of North (Mina” ISSUED ft, ■'11 ■ ■* _ volume tyiu mm f* u > * . ■— — ■■■■ PRINGIFLESJ NOT MEN ^— Asheboro, N, C., Urtj •• - ■ ay, January 18, 1934. $2.00 A YMgS IN ADVANCE NUMBER 3 To Establish Three Tne *->-7— 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 (Please turn, to page 8) 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 (Please turtt to page 8) 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 ■ --*• • 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 (Please turn to page 8) 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.