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- lrrv£«* 5,021 People Welcome Yoa to Asheboro, "Center of ' North Carolina” ISSUED W1 SLY VOLUME LVffl Asheboro, N. C, NOT MEN V Janaary 25, 1934. $2.00 A YEAR VANCE NUMBER 4 Asheboro Plans Novel Affair On Tuesday Evening WiD Join The pfetion I# Celc bration Of The Birthday Of President Roosevelt. At Court House { To Be Costume Square Dance With Admission Of $1; Her man Cranford In Charge. Asheboro is planning to stage novel affair on the evening of Janu ary 30th, when the nation will cele brate as a unit President Roosevelt's birthday with charity balls—the pro ceeds from which will go toward a permanent foundation for crippled children at Warm Springs, Ga. Hie ball in Asheboro will he in the form of an old-fashioned square dance and will be moot informal. The committee in charge are planning for the dancers to come In costume, if convenient, and a big box of candy will be given for the best costume. Everything from overalls to royal robes will be seen on the dance floor. String music will be a special feature of the occasion with old time fiddlin’ and buck and wing dancing specialties. There may be other special numbers between the square dances. This novel event will be held in the court house in Asheboro and peo ple from all parts of Randolph coun ty are invited to come and dance. Randolph’s neighbors are also in cluded in the invitation extended by Herman Cranford, who is in charge of the dance. The price of admis sion is $1.00 for men and they may bring their partners with them for that price. It is the aim of the committee to have a real honest-to-goodness, old fashioned-good-time with "a good time had by. all” the verdict at the close of the evening. Having the informal square dance will afford the town folks and the country folks of Randolpftpfet meet (together, renew old friendships^ »—tn new acquaintances, and contribute to this nation-wide project, m la the make note of the date and join your *mr * Friday, January 26 The local units of American Fed eration of Hosiery Workers, Branch 72, and the United Textile Workers, are sponsoring a speaking at the Court House Friday evening, Janu ary 26th at 7:80 o’clock. Henry I. Adams, of Philadelphia, a member of the National Hosiery Code Com mittee, will be the chief speaker of the evening and will explain the code in detail. The publicity com mittee from the local organization, states that the speech will explain what rights the workers have under the different codes and especial em phasis will be given to the terms af fecting the Asheboro workers. A question period wall follow the speech when all who are interested, wheth er workers or not, may ask any question that may not be dear. .• The United Textile Workers wiB also have a speaker, H. W. Watson, of Salisbury, who will give a time ly speech on provisions of the code. It is not definitely announced who will preside over the meeting nor who will introduce the speakers, but both groups will probably be repres ented. The public is invited to the ■meeting. Trinity Grange To Hold Next Meeting On 29th Of January Newly-Elected Officers Will Be Installed At This Time; J. S. White, Master. Trinity, Jan. 22.—Grange 794 will -meet Monday, January 29th, 7:80 p. m. A really beneficial meeting was held last time. Rev. G. W. Wil liams, pastor of Che Randolph cir cuit was installed into the Grange at this meeting. As it was installa tion night, the following officers for this year received the obligations: Master, J. Spurgeon White; Secre tary, Mira. J. Spurgeon White; Over seer, Gray Collett; Steward, Lee Meredith; Asst. Steward, Coke Mil ler; Lady Amt Steward, Mm das. Lawrence; Chaplain, John B. White; Treasurer, Win. Massy Freedle; Gate Keeper, Joe Lambeth; Ceres, Mm Dove jEkigliah; Pomona, Mrs. Ava Meredith; Flora, Mis* Tasale Brown; Business Agent, Cray Collett; Orn djdate Committee, Spurgeon Whit* Health Department Finds 24 Cases Of Measles In County Past Week The Randolph county health de partment furnishes 'this week a most interesting and instructive article on communicable diseases, and other matters having to do with the health of the people df the county. The article fallows: Eleven deaths were recorded from measles in the state fpr. December, 1933. This will explode grandmother’s idea that measles is a harmless dis ease. Grandmother's idea was old fashioned, as measles is one of the most dangerous diseases at child hood. It is not necessary for child ren to have this dangerous disease, if parents will practice what they know. Everyone knows that meas les is spread by the sputum end dis charges from the nose, especially during the first few days of illness before the rash appears and before the child becomes really sick. For this reason children with measles should be provided with paper hand kerchiefs or old rags which can be burned after they are used. Since measles is prevalent in our county, would it not be wise for parents to keep their children away from sick children for they may be taking measles? If they do come in contact with a case of measles keep them at home for we will be sure to contribute some of the deaths from measles which we are going to have in the state during this month and the next few months. Parents can not he to consrientioos about keep ing their children away from these communicable diseases and in co operating with their community in the spreading of diseases. Please remember if you are not careful your child may be one of the mor talities from this epidemic of measles. Asheboro Office Of Carolina Motor Club Closed By State Auto Bureau The local office of the Carolina Motor Club was closed Saturday morning by authority of the state motor vehicle bureau and the state office of the motor club. Close of the office came as a distinct sur prise to Asheboro people. Nearest Cardifia Motor Chib offices at which wmrtan&t 'reargnalnon as manager of the local office, but it had Been hoped to obtain a successor for her and to continue the office. However, state and motor dub officials acted swiftly to discontinue the office. Nineteen other have been dosed in the state; and dosing of the local office appears to be in line with the retrenchment policy seemingly put in effect by state and motor dub officials. Asheboro people will regret the closing of the local office, since it filled a great need in Randolph and adjoining counties. License plates CWA Negro Workers Present An Unique Play Monday Night So Successful Was It That, It Is Planned To Repeat Per formance February 5th. Fifty-five colored men who are working on the CWA projects in Asbeboro under R. A. Gaddis gave a most unique and original show at the colored school building Monday night. This original production, planned and staged by the colored men, with suggestions by Mr. Gaddis, was voted by the overflowing audi ence as quite the cleverest idea ad vanced for the public in many a noon. The office of the CWA work in Randolph was the scene and topic for he the first act. The colored men aook the parts of the office force of he CWA with unbelievable ac ntracy and talent entirely void of of fense. Impersonation, long known is an attribute of the colored race, was down to a fine point and furn ished entertainment while it afforded in opportunity to “see ourselves as >thers see us." . So clever was the production and 10 wide the interest that Mr. Gaddis is arranging for the repetition of he Show at the Court House on Monday evening, February 6th. A very small admission fee will be rharged at the door which will take :are of the expense of the string bend'furnishing a part of the en tertainment and not a put of the organization. There was no admis sion for the first show. Officers of the group are Rev. W. H. Hannah, president; Avery Gamer, secretary; J. R. Arnold, treasurer. GRAHAM WOMAN'S CHILD IS BORN IN MICHIGAN MANGER 24 oases of measles were reported last week to the County Health De partment, 12 cases in Liberty town ship; 1 in Asheboro township; 10 in New Market township; and 1 in Coleridge township. Other oases of command cable diseases reported last week were: Bronchial Pneumonia 4; Influenza 5; Lobar Pnuemonia 2;> Scarlet Fever 2; Whooping; Cough 10; and Venaral Diseases 4. A case of measles in your house should be reported immediately to the County Health Department. If you have no physician, the boose holder is responsible for reporting. The County Health Officer hears cri ticisms quite frequently about per sons not being quarantined when they have a communicable disease, but no Health Officer can effectively pre vent and control diseases without knowing where they are. If you wish to cooperate with the County Health Department please notify me of any violation of quarantine regulations. The Tuberculosis Clinic was con tinued on this week. Dr. Easom has had a full clinic. More than fifty were examined last week. Only a few positive cases have been found which is quite remarkable due to the fact that the ones examined were principally contracts with cases of Tuberculosis. This .speaks well for the care which our Tuberculosis is receiving in their homes. Dr. Thmapson of the State Board of Health is replacing Dr. Farrell who was conducting our school den tal clinic. Dr Farrell is working in Montgomery county now. were easily obtained at the Asheboro office, and it served a wide ter ritory, especially in Randolph and comities to the south which do not have an office nearby wherein state license tags may be obtained. There is much title arid auto license work in Randolph, since there are many active car dealers in the territory, and daily there is need for new license plates, title transfers and oth The nearest points for obtaining such information and service now are High Point and Greensboro, or in direct communication with the state motor vehicle bureau in Ral eigh. Sales of license tags the past sea son at the local office of the Caro lina Motor Club were larger than ever before in the history of the Ashehoro office, and the sale of tags was efficiently conducted by Miss Ross. In fact, the local office was complimented more than once on its efficiency. Return Of Veteran Democratic Leader Creating Interest Rumored That He May Come Out Of Political Retirement To Run For Congress. Interesting to North Carolina in general as well as the third dis trict is the news story concerning the probable return of the former Senator F. M. Simmons to political life of the state and nation. News paper reporters of Raleigh, who bandied the news stories, claim that this is the most interesting piece of news they have handled since the summer of 1933. Many people feel that the Senator is leas unpopular today than he was on that memorable Tuesday of 1928 when North Carolina Democrats turn ed the vote that had for many years been Us way toward Robert K. Reynolds, a wet candidate. The old talk about Senator Simmons "de serting his party during” the A1 Smith president campaign may have a different construction several years afterward, end it may be that tame causes lapses of political memory. At any rate, the Senators friends art talking, boosting and hoping. Thera are two theories of thU movement, if it is a movement Th^re are many residents who think Repre sentative Charles L. Ahemethy should retire. Bat he is hard to pat out These residents feel that then is magic enough in the senator’s name to get many supporters for him. There are other voters in that district who are willing to make oaanmon cause to put Mr. Simmons back into the senate. Politicians credit Mr. Abernathy with kunedfaiteiy. using his astute po litical mind and grabbing the morsel tor the public that Mr. was not only fighting A1 adidate, but that he was the whole party that tor year* and I I te Law Reqnir* Addition Of ne Per CMkt ffnalty Each Month Taxed Unpaid. Are At P$r Now % Remain; Bat Only Fear Sheriff King Tax Payers President Plans End CWA Work April 1st Expenditure More Ob That Of $350,000,000 -Work Before Where Honrs Shortened. President Roosevelt, ready to ask Congress for $1,166,000,000 to carry on the Civil Works Administration, the Civilian Conservation Corps and direct Federal relief, is said to be standing pat on his determination to stop the CWA daring May. Of the huge emergency approp priation asked, the President plans to spend $360,000,000 for carrying on the CWA, but he is adamant on the proposal to carry the work over during the summer. Mr. Roosevelt is said to consider the CWA an emer gency matter, and holds that with the earning of May, a large number, if not all, of the 4,000,000 people on the CWA pay rolls in the country will be able to find work elsewhere. It is understood, however, that the condition of business in May and along about April 1st will have a heavy bearing on the future CWA plans. It is understood that the CWA work will be stopped first in the South, since summer comes first in this section, then taper it off north ward and westward until the CWA pay rolls are closed. The entire plan, of course, was an emergency matter, and meant by the govern ment to the vast army of unem ployed who needed the work to obtain money to buy the necessities of life. The Civilian Conservation Corps, the government plans to continue. It is felt by the administration that this corps of workers is performing a necessary public service. Direct Federal relief will be continued, KKn.igfr the administration is said to bold the hope that there will be less Mf this needed with the business pick up which is anticipated. Reductions in CWA work have al ready been' ordered in many states, including North Carolina, where hours for workers in the country have been cut to 15 and in towns of more than 2560 population to 24 hours. No change has been made in the hourly wage scale. Cleve Thayer Will Be A Candidate For District President At the joint meeting of Ashe to, Liberty and Siler City Rotary ubs, held in Ramsenr Friday even l, the candidacy of Cleve Thayer, the Aeheboro drib, for president tire 67th district Rotary was an iuneed. Hie three dubs pledged edr support to Mr. Thayer's can ifacy and also individual members Hie dubs pledged their whole sited support to Mr. Thayer, ominsthm of the district president n he made at the district meeting be held in Greensboro in May. Sidney S. Payne, tbs Greensboro ~ Annual Banquet Of Chamber Of Commerce Evening February 22nd Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Ashe boro chamber of commerce has been moved up for the evening of Febru ary 16th to that of Thursday, Feb ruary 22. Dr. Howard Rond thaler, of Winston-Salem, wiH be principal speaker on the occasion. There will be other speakers on the program, names to be announced later. At the meeting, as is the custom, of ficers for the ensuing year will be installed. The meeting will be in the form of a banquet at the First Methodist church. Finish Road Project The road construction project, in volving the road from Farmer to Mechanic, has been completed. This road follows the route of old 62, or Farmer road, crossing the Uwhar rie at the Dunbar bridge. The road has been put in fine shape by the CWA workers under direction of Jack Lowe, and ail the funds allotted for the project were not required. Receives Appointment Arthur Ross has been notified of his appointment to the advisory com mittee of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. He and Mrs. Wm. C. Hammer are the two mem mers of this committee in Randolph county, recommendation of their ap pointment having been made by Congressman Edw. W. Pou. WiH Operate 5 Days After a five week curtailment of production, under order from the NRA, the hosiery nulls in Asheboro and elsewhere in the country, went on a five-day week basis Monday morning, running two shifts of 40 hours each. In directing the mills to resume normal operations, the code authorities advised the objects for which the curtailment had been or dered had been achieved and that normal demand for hosiery was again in sight. Return From Millar-Angus Wedding Mrs. Ollie L. Presnell returned Sunday from Richmond where she at tended the marriage of' her sister, Mrs. Dorothy Treece Angus to Major Rolfe Millar on Saturday. Mrs. Millar has visited in Asheboro often and has many friends who are in terested in the event. The wedding waa a private affair, held in St. Paul’s Episcopal church in Richmond with only relatives and a few inti mate friends present for the cere mony. Mr. and Mrs. Millar are in Florida for a two week’s motor trip after which they expect to stop over in Asheboro en route to Front Roy al, Va., where they will make their home. _ ■ Congress Considers Dollar Devaluation During Its Session President Roosevelt Asks For Authority To Change Value Of The Currency. In Congress this week the chief topic is money and the administra tion’s money bill, looking to devalua tion in line with policies favored by the commodity dollar advocates, the nationalization of gold, and the es tablishment of a fund of $2,000,000,-: 000 for stabilization purposes at home and abroad, was reported out by the senate banking and currency committee. Among the amendments brought forward were two vital ones by Sena tor Glass. These amendments would place a time limit of two years on the operation of the stahlization fund, while another amendment would place this huge fund under the con trol of an independent hoard of five, a federal monetary authority, as ad vocated by the committee for the nation, and others. A 2-year limitation upon the opera tion of the fund was suggested by Senator Buckley but the three year limit met with more favor. At the White Rouse comment on the amendments was not forthcom ing. President Roosevelt’s views were expressed in the hill as it was sent to the capitol, calling for au thority to revalue the dollar at 60 to 60 per cent of its present gold worth, seize for the treasury the gold of the federal reserve banks, and establish the stabilization fund to be admin istered, unhindered, by the secretary of the treasury alone. The committee, in which much of the opposition to the measure is concentrated, attached its amend ments prior to reporting the bill to the senate by a vote of 15 to 2. Senator Glass, who proposed the stabilisation board, is stall vigor ously opposed to the gold capture clause, and with his opposing col leagues reserved the light to take such action ee they eee fit when toe measure oomee up tomorrow In the senate. Visiting Mr. and Mm. Yates Mr. and Mrs. Ogham Yates had as their house guests on Tuesday and Wednesday Mm. Yates parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Tucker, of Raleigh. Mr. Tucker, n furniture men, has , That Community House The chamber of Ooanmeroe com mittee is still working on plans for building a community house in Ashe* boro. A meeting of the committee waa held Thursday evening and the matter still further gone into. The architect is drawing plans for the building, making cost estimates, and | the like, and as soon as plans are definite and cost known, definite steps will be taken to further the work. It bad been hoped that money for the building might be obtained from the PWA, but should this not be pos sible, it is strongly hinted that the chamber of commerce will find an other method of financing the struc ture. Pay Roll Reduced The cut in hours of OWA work has reduced the Randolph county CWA pay roll from a little more than $11,000 a week to a little above $7,000, or a reduction of approximate ly $4,000. Not Rose’s Store J. T. King, manager of Rose’s five, ten and twenty-five cent store, destroyed by fire the morning of December 24th, wants it distinctly understood that it was not Rose’s store that conducted the sale of salvaged goods from the Rose store last week in the Fox Furniture com pany building on Worth street. The sale was conducted and is (being con ducted by a salvage company to whom the damaged goods were sold by the insurance companies after the fire. Rose’s store has had and still does not have any connection with the salvage sale. The sale, however, has been most successful, and 'many people have been able to obtain un usual bargains. Complaint Boards Acting under authority from the state director CWA, the Randolph county administration of civil works has named two members on each the CWA complaint board and the Re Employment board. The CWA com plaint board is composed of T. Flet cher Bulla and R. T. Lloyd, while the Re-Employment complaint 'board is made up of J. D. Ross and Mrs. Wm. C. Hammer. Miss Moffitt Taking Treatment Miss Mary Moffitt, teacher in the Reidsville school who has been hav ing treatment at Wesley Long Hos pital is at home and a patient at Randolph Hospital, Inc., in Ashe boro. Miss Moffitt will probably not go back to her work for several weeks. Hayworth Motor Co. Displaying The New Pontiac Straight 8 New Car Is Attracting Much Attention Locally; Car Has Many Improvements. Gus Hayworth, of the Hayworth Motor Company, is attracting con siderable attention in Asheboro and other places in Randolph county with the newest model Pontiac straight eight—on display this week for the first time. The beauty of this new car and the exclusive design at tract the eye before the practical im provements are pointed out. However, the new motor, developing 84 break horsepower—an increase of seven horsepower over the previous Pontiac —accelerates with silent, split-second pick-up and attains an effortless road speed well above 80 miles per hour. Pontiac’s startling improvement in riding comfort, especially for rear seat passengers, is attributable large ly to the independent “knee” sus pension of the front wheels. In crease in wheelbase to 11714 inches, increase in car weight to 3,480 pounds for the four-door sedan, increase to six inches in the diameter of the ribtread tires, and use of longer, roomier, Fisher bodies, rubber-mount ed on a new type, 270-pound “K-Y” box girder frame of tremendous strength and rigidity, are other fac tors contributing toward Pontiac’s new riding comfort. Ready To Furnish Service To Farmers In Need Of Workers J. D. Boas, manager of Randolph County Re-employment office an nounces that his office is now ready to register landlords and fanners who are in need of farm labor of any kind. likewise, families desiring to rent a farm and unemployed farm labor are urged to register. families who left farms for work in towns or factories and are now in terested in going back to the farm are urged, Mr. Roes said, to register and give the Government a chance to help them find the kind of em ployment they prefer. Formei Township Blood Poisoning. Mrs. Teague Dead Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Teague Died Tuesday At The Home Of Mrs. E. A. Routh. Mrs. Louisa Lewis Macon Mrs. Louisa Lewis Macon, 80, ’ widow of Gideon Maoon, died at the home at her only son, Arthur Macon, in Mt. Airy Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. 3Maoon had the misfortune a few weeks ago of having her finger mashed in closing an automobile door, the result of which was blood poison from which she did not survive. Mrs. Macon was bom and reared in Con* cord township, the daughter of the late Drew Lewis. In early life she married Gideon Macon, of the same community. To this union there was only one child who survives. Mr. and Mrs. Maoon moved to Ashe boro around twenty years ago and resided here until Mr. Macon’s death a few years ago, after which Mrs. Macon went to Mt. Airy to be with her son. Funeral services were con ducted at the home of Mrs. Roxana Dorsett, sister of deceased, at Far mer, yesterday, at 3 p. m. A large congregation of relatives and friends assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to one whose life’s aim was to he of service to her community, her family and her church. Mrs. Sarah Teague Mis. Sarah Elizabeth Teague, 86, died Tuesday at Franklinvilie, at the home af a daughter, Mrs. E. A. Routh. She had been ill three weeks with pneumonia. Funeral service will be held Thurs day afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Franklinvilie Baptist church. Mrs. Teague was a member of the Sanford Baptist church. She was the widow of Dr. S. E. Teague, who died 39 years ago. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. W. Byerly, of Sanford, and Mrs. Routh; four sons, T. H., of Ham let, D. B., of Sanford, S. F., of Golds boro, and C. E. Teague, of Greens boro, one brother, William Moffitt, of Bennett, route one, 19 grandchild ren, and ijine great-grandchildren. William Alfred Jones Funeral service for William Alfred Jones, 71, prominent Randolph county farmer who died at his home near Liberty Friday morning after several months illness of heart disease, was conducted from Melancbton Lutheran church, of which he was a member, Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock by his pastor, Rev. Q. O. Lyeriy. In terment was in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, who be fore marriage was Mias Mary E. York; two sons, W. Clyde and Sulon EL Jones, of Liberty. Two sisters, Mrs. Olympia Johnson, of Liberty, R. F. D., and Mrs. Martha Jane Freeman, of Hollywood, Fla., and one gnanjldaughter. Mrs. Mary Gray Hilton Mrs. Mary Gray Hilton, 89, widow of J. Turner Hilton, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. D. White, of Thomasville, route, Monday night. In addition to her two daugh ters, Mrs. White and Mrs. W. S. Long, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Amanda Craven and, of this county, and Mrs. Mattie Wright, of High Point. James E. Fox James E. Fox, 60, prominent Cha tham county sportsman, owner and operator of a game preserve near Siler City, died Tuesday night from a heart attack. In addition to hU window, Mrs. Tinnie Highfield Fox, lie is survived by two brothers, Hous ton add Pearl Fox, of near Siler City. John L. Sullivan John L. Sullivan, aged 78 years, 5 months and 5 days, died at his home in the Flint Hill community Satur day morning, January 20th, 1934. He was twice married first to Miss Bpsy J. Garrett, who died in April, 1917. To this union were bom sev eral children, four of them are still living, H. E. Sullivan and Mrs. Ger trude Whitely, of Greensboro, Mrs. Mary Tesh, of Whitsett, and W. E. Sulivan, of Baltimore Md. He had 'been a resident of Guil ford county until- about nine yean ago, when he was married to Mrs. Susan Ward and moved to the Flint HMl community in Randolph county where he lived until his death. Beside? his widow and four child ren, he leaves one sister, Mrs. Jen nie. Edwards of Guilford county, several grand children and a num ber of friends and neighbors who will sadly him. He was very much interested in religious affairs of Ids community and faithfully attended as long as his health would permit. Funeral services were conducted Sunday from Red (Hill M. E. church in Gull ford county hy Rev. R. H. Melvin,
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