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Most People In Asheboro and Randolph County Read The COURIER—It Leads ! ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEBORO, IPLES,jN N. C., TH URSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1934 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 46 I Survey Asheboro School Shows Crowded Rooms One Hundwfl And Twenty-Nine Pupils In Three First £ redes Need Obvious For New Building Soon Woman’s Cl* Set This As Goal When Fall Work Was Laid Out A great dettl has been said for many ■years concerning crowded conditions ‘at the Asheboro school and as the years pass and the birth rate in creases conditions have certainly not improved. Several weeks ago the Wo man-s club of Asheboro realized the situation as it really is, and bravely announced that they wanted to see a new building in Asheboro within a year. Just what steps they are taking in this direction are not available for this issue of The Courier, but will doubtless be preseffted to the public at an early date. The need for a new building is ob vious from without and within. A survey of the crowded conditions, room by room, has been an interesting task of this week. From the office of Superintendent Hflker, through Miss Massa Lambert, came the amaz ingly large enrollment m the various rooms. In the first three grades is a total of 129 pupils. Miss Lucy Leigh Lovett has 4.1 little folks in her room while Miss Moffitt’s enrollment fall a few •under, at 40. Miss Ina Cockrell’s leads with 46 children. The answer is ob vious with personal attention neces sary, especially the first year. In the second grade conditions are no better for in Mrs. Yow’s and in Miss Enolia Presnell's rooms there are 45 children each. Miss Cagle, the third fifth grade teacher, has an en rollment of 40 children. The three rooms in the third grades run even higher than the third with Miss Fox teaching 49 children; Miss Sykes 41 and Mrs. Rice 44. There are four rooms housing the fourth grades as follows: Miss Hunt, 41; Miss Loflin 38; Miss Ross, 33, and Miss Wright 26. In the four fifth grades the students are divided; Miss Warner, 41; Miss Eaddy, 28; Miss Warner, .'14; Mrs. Moffit, 36. The sixth grades have three sections. Miss Hamilton, 44; Miss Barker, 41; Miss Vuncannon, 30. The three seventh grades are similar in numbers, Miss Morgan, 41; Mias Wood, 43; Miss Ber tha Presnell, SO. In the high Bchool section of the school, matters are even worse it would appear from the figures. The enrollment in the four sections of the eighth grade ram: Miss Gill, 33; Miss Hobertson, 33; Mr. Sanderson, 44; Mrs. Prevette, 40. In the ninth grades, Mr. Johnson has an enrollment of 51, while Miss Taylor has 48 in her room. Miss Ayers tenth grade 41 and Mr. Camp bell's section of that grade, 37; with Miss Massa Lambert’s eleventh grade boasts of a senior class of 49 mem bers. Figures speak for themselves, but a visit to the school would be further revealing to the citizens of Asheboro. The school was thrown open to visi tors one day recently and parents and friends were invited to come for a visit and tea. The Woman’s Club should and possibly will, receive plenty of aupport in their undertaking and goal of a new school building for Ashe boro. Central Falls News Of Current Week Is Chiefly Local Items Central Palls, Nov. 22.—Rev. anil Mrs. J. A. Cox and Roy Plummer »ere visitors in High Point Friday. Miss Marjorie, Hiss Ella Hand, Miss Grace Smith visited their parents in High Point over the week-end. Bill Nance was admitted to the Ran JWph Hospital, Inc., at Asheboro for •rtatment Saturday. Mrs. H. J. Sundstrom visited "iemts in High Point the past week end. Mrs. John Reese and children, of *ranklinville, paaaed the week end •dh Mr. and Mrs. George Lambe, Jr. Rev. and Mrs. John Cox were over ®gnt visitors in Macedonia Saturday night. Mrs. Jean Goble was the guest of relatives and friends in Lexington Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Delphia Lineberry the week end at Gray’s Chapel. ®*w*y Britt is able to be out again *Rer his recent illness. Memorial Service For Cuyler Green To Be Held Sunday A memorial service will be held cm nnday morning at the 11:00 o’clock ?®*h hour at the Baptist Church for "■f Green, son of Mr. and Mre. W. November 9th, T the Pastor’s which the de ■rreen, who died The membc j.y ~>*sed body. The be ‘“Hie lese two The Courier Will Again Offer Dolls With Subscriptions As has been the custom for many .years at this season, The Courier will offer dolls with subscriptions. As was the plan last fall, a Jdtchen •utensil trill also be offered for those who do not care for the dolls. This offer is only for a limited length of time on these two popu lar articles and those who wait un til the week before Christmas to come by The Courier office and pay their subscription will doubtless not find dolls or kitchen ware left. A'limited supply has been purchas ed and when exhausted will not be re-ordered therefore those who wish to take advantage of this op portunity must come in on, or as soon after the first of December as is possible. The offer.is good for renewals or new subscriptions alike. News Of Farmer Holds Items Of Local Interest Percy Harold Morgan Dies From Brief Pneumonia Attack; Funeral Monday Epidemic In School Sore Eyes Infection Disrupting Even Tenor Of School Work This Week FARMER, Nov. 19.—Percy Har old, two-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy C. Morgan, died Mon day afternoon, after an illness of four days of pneumonia. Funeral services were held at the home Monday after noon at two o’clock. Interment fol lowed in the Fanner cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev. W. L. Lanier, pastor of the Farmer charge. Mrs. R. W. Fuller, who has been visiting relatives in Greensboro for the past three weeks returned Sunday. She was accompanied by Miss Clyde Kearns, Mrs. Bessie Kearns. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kearns, and Dale Kearns who spent the day, returning to Greensboro in the late afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. p. O. Byrd and chil dren, of Worthville, spent Sunday with Mrs. Flora Morgan. Mrs. Genie Kearns, who several weeks ago underwent an operation in (Please turn to Page 8) Kiwanians Enjoy Musical Program At Tuesday Eve Meeting The Kiwanis dub enjoyed two piano duets by Mrs. D. H. Cashwell and Mrs. James Burns at their regular meeting Tuesday evening at the First Methodist Church. Edwin Morris, Lee Kearns and Rufus Routh attended the Boy Scout meet ing Friday night as a committee from the club and reported an interesting meeting. The dub is vitally interest ed in this scout troop and their work and much consideration is being given to help them. Each of these visitors gave words of encouragement to the boys and their leader. Scout Master, L. H. Pierce, report ed that this is the time for the annual reorganization of the troop for ano ther year and that practically all the boys had signed up for another year and that the work is being undertaken with much determination for advance ment. The sponsoring committee i3 being enlarged this year and it is hop ed that the boys will make sufficient progress that Court of Honor can be held from time to time to advance those making progress. Rotarian G. R. Kennedy was present as the guest of W. S. Long. The at tendance was one of the best of the year evidencing the determination of the membership to be of real Kiwanis service in the community. Official Vote For State Published Herewith Prom the office of the Clerk of Court of Randolph county comes the official count for the state ticket as voted at the election on November 6th. Chief Justice Supreme Court: Walter P. Stacy, D, 6398, A. A. Whitner, R, 6322; Justice Supreme Court, Michael Schenck, D, 6883; W. H. Fisher, R, 6326; Justice Supreme Court, Herriot Clarkson, D, 6392, Willis G. Briggs, R, 6326; Treasurer: Charles M. Johnson, D, 6398, Charles Hoover, R, 6326; Utilities Commissioner: Stanley Win bourne, D, 6889, Calvin Zimmerman, R, 6328} Justice Superior Court, 3rd district: R. Hunt Parker, D, 6386; _ m » n —A- JiU Aini • Landing At Plymouth Rock lbt8Ss?h jr^^ASV;11 Li !| The first Thanksgiving celebration was held a^ Plymouth on December 11th. 1621, the order for which was signjed by Edward Winslow. The first Thanksgiving proclamation wasiwritten in the same old English, but was unsigned. It follows: < FIRST THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION It is ordered yt ye 11th day of June throughput this juris-, diction shall be sett apart for a day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God for His great and victorious mercyes to or deare native countrye for ye comfortable and seasonable supplying vs wth mod erate showers and His mercy in wth drawing afflicting hand from vs. Pre-Thanksgiving Poultry Sale Wednesday A Success Randolph Farmers Ship 4581 Pounds of Chickens and Turkeys To Market For Festive Boards Next Week; W. W. Kivett Records largest Sale Of Day I Many a Thanksgiving board will , groan under the weight of a Ran-1 dolph county turkey and chicken this j season for the largest number of! pounds of fowls shipped from Ran- j dolph in many a moon went out on Wednesday, which marked the last co-j operative shipment before Thanks- j giving. E. S. Millsapps, Jr., Randolph’s : farm demonstrator, acting for the far mers of the county sold the fowls to the Farmer’s Cooperative Association. The total poundage shipped from Ran dolph on Wednesday was 4581 pounds and the total receipts were $603.04. Of this total, 2149 pounds were heavy hens and brought $279.37. Leg- j horn bens brought $104.94 for 951 pounds while 298 pounds of fryers ran $47.68. Sags brought $19.50 for 1951 pounds and 83 pounds of roosters $4.98. There were 902 pounds of tur keys in the shipment which brought $143.28. The biggest sale of the day was rec orded by W. W. Kivett, of near Ram seur who sold 662 pounds of the total 902 pounds. For his turkeys Mr. Kivett Union Service For Asheboro Is Schedule For Thanksgiving Day As has been the custom for many years, the churches of Asheboro will again join in a union Thanksgiving service on Thanksgiving morning. The service is held in various churches of Asheboro and the preaching of this sermon also rotates among the minis ters. The service will be held this year at the handsome new Baptist church which was recently completed in Asheboro. * It has also been the custom to have the new minister of the town preach the sermon on this occasion. This year Dr. S. W. Taylor, the new pastor of the Asheboro Methodist Protestant church, will preach the sermon. Dr. Taylor is a well known pastor, not on ly in the North Carolina Methodist Protestant denomination, but in that general conference as well. The service will be held at 9:00 o’clock in the morning, in order to enable those who have other plans for the day to comply with the age old custom of giving thanks on a spe cial day set apart fox this purpose. perior Court, 17th district, J. A. Rous seau, D, 63*7; W. C. Berry, ft, 6320; Judge Superior Court, 18th district, J. Will Pless, Jr., D, 6380; J. Lee Laven der, R, 6318; Judge Superior Court, 19th district, Pender A. McElroy, D, 6388; Judge Superior Court, 20th dis trict, Felix E. Alley, D, 6381. For lack of space, The Courier only printed the county vote as given out officially by the conversing * board. Many people in Randolph county are warmly interested in politics and will be interested in the official report of the state ticket. Several requests for the publication of this vote have come in to The Courier office. The county ticket’s pulse went up and down like a game of checkers, so varied was the vote with the Democra tic palm going to Sheriff Carl King, whose vote ran 6693 with R. C. John son, Democratic Register of Deeds coming second with a vote of 6609. received $105.92. Mr. Kivett is a pro gressive farmer in varied products as well as a poultry raiser. While this shipment sent many birds out of Randolph, it also afforded these poultry raisers a rather tidy sum which will help to convince the citi zens of this section that there is such ’a thing as improved business condi tions. From time immemorial, the plight of farmers hasten a question which was widely discussed but about which little has been done despite the much-speaking. The farmers of Randolph were pleased with the day’s sales and Mr. Millsapps was also well pleased. The representatives who came for the poul try were delighted with the healthy condition of the birds and the day was recorded as a most successful one from many angles. There will be other sales held before Christmas in the vacant lot adjoining the Randolph creamery, where the sales was held on Wednesday. Fur ther announcement will be made as to the next dates of sale. Honor Roll For Month Of October Cedar Falls School Seventh Grade Makes Perfect Attendance Record; All Save Two On Honor Roll Arranged Picnic Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Grades Honored Teacher On Brith day, November 19th The seventh grade of the Cedar Falls school, with an enrollment of ten, made perfect attendance during the second month. All but two made the honor roll. Following is the Honor Roll from the 3rd through the 7th grades: Bill Parris, average 95; Peggy Bray, average 95; Opal Parris, average 94; Titus Nance, average 94; Delbert ! Johnson, average 93; J. C. Parris, 'average 93; J. C. Stevenson, average 92; J. V. Smith, average 92. 6th Grade Evon Trogdon, average 97; Basil Laughlin, average 97; Kathleen Jones, average, 90. 5th Grade Luna Spencer, average 96; Ruby Johnson, average 96; Gladys Harvell, average 94; Paul Strider, average 90. 4th Grade Ollie Glass, Helen Redding, Pauline Stevenson. 3rd Grade Golda Wrenn Phillips, Ruth Allred, Hael Louise Jones. The fifth, sixth and seventh grades of the Cedar Falls school are planning a picnic at Cox’s Dam, Monday after noon, Nov. 79, in honor of their teach er’s birthday. Former Residents Here Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Powell of Burnsville, were in Asheboro a short while Friday returning from New Bern where they had been attending the Baptist state convention in ses sion there the past week. Rev. and Mrs. Powell are former Asheboro resi dents, Mr. Powell having served as pastor of the Asheboro Baptist church for several years. He is now pastor of the Baptist church at Burnsville, hav ing been there for the past ten years. Franklinville To Hold Union Service Thanksgiving Day Rev. H. M. Stroupe To Preach Sermon At Early Morn ing Service Wedding Occurs Mrs. Weatherly Leaves Friday For Florida For O. E. S. Convention Franklinville, Nov. 22.—There will be a union Thanksgiving service at Franklinville M. E. church, November 29th, at 9 a. m. Rev. H. M. Stroup, pastor of the Baptist church, will preach the sermon. The people are urged to attend this service. Mrs. Mary Steel left Thursday for Durham, where she will take treat ment in Duke Hospital. Dr. G. F. Bush, who was a patient for a few d^ys at Reaves Clinic, Greensboro, has returned home and is able to be at his office again. Miss Dena Marable, who has been passing few weeks with her brother, W. P. Marable, at Bartow, Florid, has returned. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Johnson, of Coleridge, have moved into an apart ment in J. A. Moody’s residence, South Franklinville. Mr. Johnson holds a position with Randolph Roller Mill. F. L. Ellison and family were week end visitors in Greensboro. Mrs. C. L. Williams and two sons, Buie and Bobbie, visited Mrs. Wil liams’ brother, Charles Buie, at Bis coe a few days the past week. W. C. Johnson, who lives north of Franklinville had the misfortune of losing a good work mule one evening the past week. After a day’s work drilling wheat, he put the mule in the stable apparently well, and within a few minutes it was dead. Lewis 0. Stutts and Miss Margaret Pounds were married at the home of the bride, Saturday eening, Rev. H. M. Stroup, of Ramseur officiating. Mrs. Stutts is a daughter of Rudolph Pounds, of Cedar Falls, and Mr. Stutts is a son of Mrs. L. A. Stutts, of Frank linville, and holds a position in Ran dolph Mill No. 2. J. R. Trogdon has moved his family to Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. A. C. McAllister passed Sun day afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Jones at Greensboro. Several of our people attended the M. E. District meeting of Stewards for Randolph county at Asheboro, Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Mary C. Weatherly, Grand Secretary of the O. E. S. of North Carolina, left Friday afternoon for Tampa, Florida, where she will attend the Grand Chapter, O. E. S., of Flori da, and on Friday she will make a trip to Cuba before returning home. (Please turn to page 8) “Twilight Sing-” Of . Spirituals and Folk Songs For Sunday Glee Club From Randolph Train ing School To Present Pro gram in Theatre A "Twilight Sing” will be present ed at the Sunset Theatre on Sunday afternoon, November 25th, at 5:00 o’clock. The members of the glee club from the Randolph Training school will present this program of spirituals and folk songs. Prof. Barrett, principal of the colored school in Asheboro, an nounces that the entire lower floor has been reserved for the white people who are invited to attend this event. During the fall, this group of young singers have paid especial attention to special arrangements of well known composers as well as to spirituals and folk songs. The songs included in the program are distinctly of negro birth and can be sung by no other group so well. Negro music is an outstanding contribution to American art—they themselves have immortalized the ne gro. It is expected that a large crowd will attend the presentation of these songs which will be offered without an entrance admission fee. A silver offering, however, will be taken during the hour. Dr. Sam W. Taylor Will Come To M|§. Church ■4 New Minister DR. SAM W. TAYLOR Dr. Taylor, who will preach his first sermon Sunday mcrning as pastor of the Asheboro Methodist Protestant church. Dr. Taylor replaces Rev. R. C. Stubbins who goes to Gibsonviilc, Fountain-Place. Dividend Sent To Asheboro Agent For Creditors Of Bank Announcement Comes From The State Commissioner On Wednesday Afternoon E. H. Morris, Agent Brevard and Newport Depositors And Creditors Will Also Receive Checks Late news on Wednesday afternoon from Gurney P. Hood, of Raleigh, state commissioner of bariks, announ ces that depositors and creditors of three closed banks will be paid at once. The amount involved is about $46,000. E. H. Morris, assistant liquidating agent of the Asheboro Bank and Trust company of Asheboro, has been sent 689 checks to pay depositors and other creditors a 25 per cent dividend of $15,744.47. The checks are for a first dividend. The bank operated under restriction for a year until March 12, 1934, and paid its depositors and other creditors $62,785.03, or 50 per cent of their money, during that time. It has also paid $222 to preferred cre ditors and $4,612.04 to secured credi tors. In addition, preferred creditors of the Brevard Banking company, of Bre vard, will be paid $17,883.47 in full of their claims. Depositors and other creditors of this bank will be paid $22,324.08 in checks as 10 per cent of their money. The Bank of Newport will get a 40 per cent dividend aggregating $8,570., 37, which is the first dividend for this institution since it was placed in liq uidation on February 5th, 1934. Pre ferred creditors and secured depositors have been paid checks prior to this time. Archdale P. T. A. Hears Dr. Sykes Address On Peace The Archdale P. T. A. met Monday evening November 12, Rev. Reuben Payne led the devotional service. A story, First Thanksgiing was told by a 5th grade girl, Flora Anne Lee. A number of poems were given by third and fourth grades. Rev. Tom Sykes, pastor of the First Friends Church of High Point, was the speaker of the evening. His subject was “Internation al Peace Movement.” The school au ditorium was well filled. The chairman of the membership committee reported seventy paid members to date. The goal set is 100 members. Thanksgiving Holidays Begin l«4 26 25 The Asheboro city schools, both white and colored, will celebrate Thanksgiv ing this year with a generous holiday beginning Wednesday afternoon. Work will be resumed on Monday morning af ter the few days rest and recreation and will push forward toward the Christmas holidays. This announcement will be greeted hearty applause from white and black hands alike for the usual custom in Ashe boro for several years has only provided for one day at Thanksgiving. Already teachers and pupils are planning their holidays with keen anticipation. Business will go. on in the town, how ever, pretty much as usual, with the ex ception of on Thanksgiving day itself when banks and stores will be closed for the day, resuming business on Friday morning. The textile and other manufacturing plants of the town have made no definite an nouncement as to the length of their holiday as yet, but further announce ment will be made later. m Resident of N. C. Con Comes To Asheboro |m High Point Stubbins is To Gibsonville Has Been Pastor Local Church’ For Four Years; Will Con tinue Work At Duke v By action of the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Protest ant church, held during the past week in Greensboro, many changes were made in the pastors throughout that denomination in the state. Asheboro was included in the changes and the pastor for four years of the Methodist Protestant church, Rev. R. C. Stub bins was directed to Fountain Place church and Gibsonville. Replacing Rev. Mr. Stubbins at the Asheboro church will be Dr. Sam W. Taylor. Rev. Mr. Stubbins and Mrs. Stub bins came to Asheboro four years ago and have not only served the church, faithfully and well, but have partici pated in many activities of the toWh as well. An active troop of Boy Rang ers in Asheboro is a result of Rev. Stubbins interest and efforts. Rev. Rev. Stubbins came to Asheboro from Forsyth charge, which was rural work out from Winston-Salem and he returns to rural work in his new pas torate. The preference for the new location for Rev. and Mrs. Stubbins is partly explained by the pastor’s love for birds and bird study and for the close proximity to Duke Univer sity where he will be able to continue some special studies already begun at the school of Religion at that institu tion. He is a graduate of Trinity coD lege and has since done special work at the Chicago University and at Hopkins. Mrs. Stubbins has been unusually helpful in the church work in Ashe boro, serving in the Sunday School, the Woman’s Auxiliary and a valued member of the church choir. Dr. Taylor comes to Asheboro from High Point where he has served the Lebanon Methodist Protestant church as pastor for the past two years. Prior to that time Dr. Taylor was president of the North Carolina con ference of his denomination for five years. Dr. Taylor has served the Wins ston-Salem church /or four years, the Burlington church for,seven, years, and the Henderson church for five years. In general conference work, Dr. Taylor is no stranger. He has repre sented his denomination at five conse cutive sessions of General Conference; served for 11 years as treasurer of the North Carolina conference and as secretary of that body. He is also a member of the commission of the M. P. denomination on Methodist union; a member of the Commission on Co operation of the Northern and South ern churches. Dr. Taylor is a graduate of Western Maryland College and Theological Seminary and later earned his Doctors degree. He is recognized as one of the best preachers and pastors of the denomination and will receive a warm welcome in Asheboro. His family con sists of Mrs. Taylor, who is active in the state missionary activities of the church, having served for many years as treasurer of that body. A daugh ter, Miss Frances Taylor and son, John Taylor, both graduates of High Point college expect to pass their week-ends in Asheboro, but will retain their posi tions in High Point. Another son, Sam, Jr., who is the youngest member of the family, will come to Asheboro in the near future with his parents. Other Changes Rev. R. L. Hethcox, who has for the past year served the Richland circuit and has lived near Asheboro, has been assigned to the church at Mocksville. Rev. Gurney Ferree, a former Ran dolph man, who has been pastor of that church will go to the West Forsyth circuit. Rev. Joel Trogdon, of the Randleman Methodist Protestant church, has been returned to that pas torate. American Legion Auxiliary Over Top Membership Record Four hostesses entertained the members of the American Legion Auxiliary on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. U. C. Richardson. Mrs. Rufus Routh, Mrs. J. T. Lewallen and Mrs. Reid M. Hannah were the associate hostesses for this meeting. An announcement made by the president, Mrs. George Burkhead, re vealed that the organization had reached the membership goal by add ing seven new members. Plans for the district meeting and luncheon to be held at Wadesboro on Friday, November 23rd. An interesting report of the meet ing included cigarettes sent to vet erans at Oteen and the prison camp. A committee composed of Mrs. Carl Page, Mrs. Arthur Presnell, Mrs. Ru fus Routh and Mrs. E. L. Hedrick was named to arrange a scrap book for children of veterans. Members and friends who have pictures for con tribution may call any member of the committee or leave them at the Old Hickory Cafe. Mrs. E. L. Hedrick, In charge of the program for this meeting, present ed Mrs. J. G. Crutchfield, who read a paper on Patriotic Songs. Sandwiches and coffee weee serv after the program finished. isMHI i .