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ASHEBORQ, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1934.
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NUMBER 47.
Asheboro Kiwanis Club & Merchants I
planning For Trade-At-Home Booster
Campaign Between December 1 & 24
Preparations Now
In Progress For An
Extensive Program
Has Ix>ng Been Advocated By
Forward And Loyal Citizens
Of Randolph.
Try Randolph First
For Your Shopping
fampaiff*1 Will Keep Money At
Home As Well As In
Circulation.
The merchants of Asheboro are fall
ing in line with some intensive and ex
tensive plans made by the Kiwanis
club of the town that are being exe
cuted bv the joint group. Many and
varied are the plans about to be set
in motion between the dates of De
cember 1st and 24th. The motivating
I jdea, however, is to sponsor a trade
at-home-booster campaign in Ashe
boro and Randolph county.
The Kiwanis club is taking the ini
tiative in this campaign and, accord
ing to Lee M. Kearns, president of the
Kiwanis, the entire club is divided in
jnto committees of various kinds and
the work necessary for such a pro
gram is going forward in efficient
style.
An interesting part of the plans in
clude a handsome new Chevrolet coach
that will be displayed from time to
time during the campaign. Any mem
ber of the Kiwanis club or any mer
chant of Asheboro joining in this
trade-at-home-booster campaign will
be able to furnish those interested
with full details of the plans.
It has been the policy of many loyal
Asheboro and Randolph county citi
zens to buy everything possible in
Randolph before shopping elsewhere,
but there are always a few fences
that need repair and, for this reason,
such a program is launched. The value
of this plan to the business people of
Asheboro is obvious. Far sighted citi
zens have always preached the value
of keeping money at home, and keep
ing it in circulation. Every dollar
spent in the county returns as bread
upon the waters.
The merchants and business people
of the town, in order to give the pub
ic ifull value, have prepared for this
occasion and have some very attrac
tive stock to offer. The show windows
are being attractively decorated for
this event and will soon be featuring
Christmas goods that rival any stock
of holiday goods.
Randolph county citizens has al
ways been noted for cooperation and
it is expected that they will join in
this plan 100 per cent—especially it
will result in direct benefit to the town
and county.
Superior Court
Will Begin Two
Weeks’ Term, 3rd.
Judge Stack And Solicitor Long
Serving Last Court Under
Regular Terms.
December term of Superior court
for Randolph county will begin in
Randolph county on Monday, Decem
ber 3rd. Judge A. M. Stack will pre
side over the two week’s term. The
first week’s term will be composed
of criminal cases. As is usually the
case, the calendar is chiefly made up
of cases involving prohibition viola
tions. There are also larceny, assault,
attempted rape, cruelty to animals,
trespass and the like.
Solicitor Zeb V. Long, who has serv
ed as solicitor in this district for many
years, will prosecute the docket. This
term of court will be Mr. Long’s last
to serve the county. Charles Coggin,
an attorney of Salisbury, who was
elected in November as solicitor in
this judicial district will prosecute the
next docket.
Judge Stack is also serving the
last court of this .term. Both these
court officials have been coming to
Randolph county courts over a period
of many yean and, during that time,
have made many friends, both person
al and through their work.
The second week of court will be
for the trial of civil cases. This week,
hke the first week of criminal court,
is also a heavy one. There are ap
parently no cases involving alrge sums
of money or land, but those on the
docket are sufficiently numerous to
®ake up for the lack of importance.
T. M. Cheek Here
' "• M. Cheek, of Charleston, W. Va.,
*as called to Randolph county the
Past week on account of the illness
'and death of his mother, Mrs. Ella
Cheek, who died at her home near
'aderidge Saturday morning. Mr
is a former Randolph county
otuen but hits been living in Char
J^on. West Vjl, for the past eighteen
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Asheboro Congregations Will
Hold Thanksgiving Service
The congregations of the town
will join on Thanksgiving Day
in a union service at 9:00 o’clock
in the morning. This early hour
has been an established custom
for several years to enable peo
ple to pause for an hour of union
worship and thanksgiving before
beginning the activities of the
day.
The service this year will be
held in the handsome new Baptist
church .which ha? been thrown
open for the occasion by the pas
tor, Dr. Herbert Stevens, and his
congregation. The large auditor
ium will accommodate all who
wish to join in this service. All i
the ministers of the town will
probably be present and partici
pate in the service and the choir
of the Baptist church invites the
members of other church choirs
to join with them in the singing
of Thanksgiving hymns on this J
Ramseur Furniture
Stockholders Meet I
For Exec. Session
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New York And Boston Repre
sentatives Present At Busi
ness Meeting Recently.
Teacher Elected
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Replaces Miss Margaret Ham- j
mond In Home Economics
Department Of School.
Ramseur, Nov. 27.—The annual
stockholders meeting of Ramseur
Furniture Co. was held recently and
decalred a dividend on the years’
business. Another act of this ses
sion was to elect E. A. Riehm on the
board of director? and Ashley Watkins
as asst, secretary-treasurer. Henry
Henry Simmins, president and sales
manager of New York City and Mrs.
Fullerton, of Boston, were present at
the meeting.
On last Friday evening at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. York, a sump
tuous turkey dinner was served by
the Christian church ladies to a large
number of folks. Some fifty or more
attended and enjoyed this delightful
meal to their own benefit as well as
that of the society which sponsored
it. i
I. F. Craven spent some time the
past week at Sea Island, Georgia, in
connection with South Eastern Cot
tons, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. White and chil
dren spent Sunday at Burlington with
Mrs. Whites’ mother, who was suf
fering from an attack of grippe.
Rev. E. J. Harbison and family, of
Mocksville, visited Mr. and Mrs. N.
K. Curtis last week. Mr. and Mrs. Har
bison were formerly principal and
teachers of our school and have a
host of .friends here.
The children’s department of the
Methodist Sunday school gave a splen
did program at their school last Sun
day. The first Thanksgiving was their
theme and was well presented.
Miss Eugenia Lane and Mrs. J. M.
Foust, of Mt. Vernon Springs, spent
some time here last week with
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rains spent
some time at High Point Saturday.
A number of our folks attended the
Christmas parade at Greensboro Sat
urday.
Mrs. J. A. Marsh, of High Point,,
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Asheboro Rotary
Club To Sponsor
Free Clinic, 6th
Free Clinic To Be Held At Ran
dolph Hospital On Thursday,
December 6th.
The Ashevoro Rotary Club have for
several weeks been planning for a
free clinic for crippled children of
Randolph county and have been, with
the aid of the welfare case workers,
making a survey of the crippled chil
dren who should come under the care
of a specialist. The preliminary work
is now complete and Charles McCrary,
president of the Rotary club, announ
ces and the clinic will be held on
Thursday, December 6th.
This clinic is absolutely free to the
crippled children of Randolph coun
ty. It will be held at the Randolph
Hospital, Inc., in Asheboro, beginning
at 9:00 a. m. and will be °Pe” a11 da*’
Dr. W. M. Roberts, head of the N. C.
Orthopedic Hospital at Gastonia, will
be at the hospital the entire day for
the free examination of
The case workers of the we 1 far
department have assisted the Rotary
Club in this community service and
have located around twenty cnppled
children in the county who will prob
ably be brought for examination.
Other people who know of chlld”ja
lading this free examination and
Hit are asked to report their
to the chib sponsoring tms
k
occasion.
A? is usually the custom, the
new minister in town preaches the
sermon. This time. Dr. Sam W.
Taylor, new paster of the Ashe
boro Methodist Protestant church
will deliver the sermon. This will
he the first opportunity for many
people of Asheboro to hear Dr.
Taylor, and they will probably
avail themselves of the opportu
nity to do so at this time.
Attention of the public is call
ed to another phase of the service.
An opportunity is always given
for an offering that goes to the
orphan homes of the state. People
are asked to give the equivalent
of one day’s earnings for this
cause. The choice of the institu
tion may be designated on the
envelopes, given out for this pur
pose. Loose change in the plates
will be divided.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this union service.
New Salem News
Announces Death
Of Eugene Ferree
Other News Of This Community
Chiefly Personal In Nature
And Interest.
Randleman, route 1, Nov. 26.—Mrs.
Clifford Hinshaw has been notified of
thh death of her brother, Eugene Fer
ree. in Salt Lake City, Utah. His body
will be brought to Brower’s Chapel for
burial.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hayes and chil
dren, of Puquay Springs, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Pugh over the
week end.
A number of people from this sec
tion attended the funeral of J. B. Hen-1
ley at Brower's Chapel Tuesday, No
vember 20th.
Miss Mary Farlow attended the fun
eral of her cousin, Carl M. Hayes,
recently.
Mrs. Bertie Hinshaw, of Worth
while,- visited friends here the past
week. '
Billy Canoy visitd his aunt, Mrs. C.
B. Brookshire, near White Hall, the
past week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Sayton, of Var
ina, visited relatives here Saturday.
Miss Clara Pugh has returned from
a visit to her brother, Kelly Pugh,
in Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Adams, of Ran
dleman, route 3, were guests of Mrs.
Adams’ brother, C. A. Frazier, at
Mooresville Sunday.
Mrs. Martha Frazier, visited Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Hinshaw the past
week.
Marriage and Long Life
Marriage is conductive to long life,
according to the investigations of a
German doctor, who found that, in the
cases of Pit centenarians, only three
were unmarried. All the men but none
of the women were smokers.
Dedication Services Sunday
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^ 'rst Methodist church of Asheboro, scene of dedicatory services Sunday
morning, December 2nd, at'11:00 ofclock. The pastor, Dr. R. S. Truesdale,
will be assisted by Bishop Paul Kern in the morning service and Dr. A. C.
Gibbs, a former pastor of the Asheboro church, in the evening service.
Baptist Ladies To
Hold Bazaar Friday
At Asheboro Church
The ladies of the Asheboro Baptist
church will hold and all-day bazaar
in the basement of the new church
Friday, December 7th, beginning at
10 o’clock a. m. The public is invited
to attend and look over the numerous
articles that will be on sale, at that
time.
At this bazaar will be found towels,
luncheon sets, infact everything in the
way of novelty and attractive gifts,
from the cook apron to the frilly little
tea apron, underwear, smocks, pajam
as, lovely dolls for the little miss, sew
ing bags, shoe bags, laundry bags
lovely dolls for the little miss, sew
and also a good assortment of Christ
mas cards. Dinner and supper will be
served.
Interesting History Of
Previous Dates Revived
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Sunday, Dec. gad
Marks CbfttgeEor
Evening Warship
According to a custom establish
ed in Asheboro several years ago,
the hour for evening church ser
vices changes on the first Sunday
evening in December. During the
summer months, church is held at
8:00 o’clock, in the evening and the
first Sunday in October, the hour is
changed to 7:30 o’clock. On the first
of December, however, dark falls
much earlier and the hour is again
changed, this time to 7:00 o’clock.
Most of the churches of the town
will observe this hour on Sunday
evening and their congregations are
asked to make note of the change.
The -First .Methodist services were
arranged previously and the ser
vice will be held for this time at
7:30 as has already been announced
and planned.
Attend To Your Subscription
If you are planning to pav up
your Courier subscription, or if you
are a potential new subscriber who
wishes to get a doll or a cooking
vessel, do not wait. Only one order
of dolls has. been made and there will
be no reordering, therefore those who
wish to take advantage of this offer
should call at The Courier office at the
earliest possible date and obtain the
doll or cooking utensil given with ev
ery year’s subscription. This offer is
for a limited time and the supply is
limited.
Celebrates 91st Birthday
A number of relatives and friends
gathered at the" home of Mrs. Lillian
Dorsett, near Pisgah, Sunday, Novem
ber 18th, to celebrate Mrs. Dorsett’s
grandmother, Mrs. Amanda Callicutt’s
91st, birthday. This occasion was a
most enjoyable one and the many
friends of Mrs. Callicutt wish for her
many more happy birthdays.
Corner Stone Laying And Open
ing Of First Methodist
Church Recounted
1924—1925
These Events Make Solid Foun
dation For Dedicatory Ser
vices Sunday.
According to The Courier of Decem
ber 25th, 1924 “with a short, but im
pressive ceremony the cornerstone of
the new $75,000.00 Methodist Episco
pal church, South, on the comer of
North Fayetteville and Salisbury
streets, Asheboro, was laid at 12:00
o’clock, noon, Sunday. Bishop H. M.
DuBose, of Winston-Salem, assisted
by the pastor, Rev. W. H. Willis, was
in charge of the exercises.
The choir sang two verses of a
hynin at the new building, and pas
sages from the Bible, and the book of
discipline were read by the bishop.
Mr. Willis announced the items to be
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THANKSGIVING 1934
Dedication Services At
First Methodist Sunday
Will Celebrate
Thanksgiving In
City Thursday
The people of Asheboro will cele
brate Thanksgiving by closing the
stores and most of the places of
business during that day. All the
grocery stores of the town will lie
closed all day, as is the case with
the dry goods stores of the town.
The drug stores will possibly ob
serve Sunday hours. This has not
been definitely decided.
The mills of the town are not
united as yet in the decision to take
Thursday as a holiday. The Acme
and McCrary Mills will stand part
of the day. The other three hosiery
mills have not decided as to wheth
er or not they will close, as The
Courier goes to press.
The Courier is publishing the
Thanksgiving edition on Tuesday
night instead of Wednesday night
in order to catch the rural routes
and serve the rural readers who
will not receive their mail on
Thanksgiving day. The Courier,
therefore, takes opportunity to ex
tend Thanksgiving greetings to our
readers and hope for all a safe and
happy landing.
Triumverate To
Care For Children
In Asheboro School
Red Cross, Federal Relief and
Woman’s Club Join Hands
In Community Project
65 Needy Cases
Eye Examination and Glasses
Will Also Be Sponsored By
Woman’s Club Dept.
A survey of the Asheboro school
under the Health program in recent
weeks has discovered sixty-five chil
dren who are under nourished and
badly in need of care. Three groups
of citizens of the town have there
fore joined hands in caring for this
stitutiop, the jRed Cross, the local Fed
eral Relief Office and the Asheboro
Woman’s Club. Dr. Cothran G. Smith,
chairman of the local Red Cross chap
ter states that the Chapter is to care
for forty-five of these under-nourish
ed children while the local welfare of
fice will assume care of the remaining
twenty. These organizations are to
supply a pint of milk daily for each
chihl.
Supplementing this daily drink of
milk, the Educational department of
the Woman’s club, who for many
years have been interested and ac
tive in the care of under-nourished
school children in Asheboro, will sup
plement the lunch with graham crack
ers, or something of the kind.
Dr. Smith estimates that the cost
of the care of the forty-five children
will run about $180.00 for the year.
This money comes from the Red Cross
fund retained in Randolph county by
the yearly drives for this organiza
tion.
The Health department of the Ashe
boro Woman’s club, is also joining' in
this health program for undernourish
ed children but is approaching another
angle of this work. They plan and ex
pect to have the eyes of several chil
dren examined and fitted with glasses,
if necessary. There will probably be
between five and ten children in this
group who will receive care at the
hands of this department.
Individual groups and organizations
have previously done effective work
of various types at the school, but
this is the first record of three or
ganizations joining forces. Following
out the slogan of “In Unity There Is
Strength’’, this work should reap ex
cellent results.
M. P. Choir Fetes
Two Members With
Party Friday Eve
Members of the choir of the Asho
boro Methodist Protestant church en
tertained Friday evening in the social
rooms of the church honoring two of
their members, Mrs. R. C. Stubbins,
who is leaving this week for a new
pastorate with Mr. Stubbins and W.
L. Ward, who was recently married.
Rev. and Mrs. Stubbins and Mr. and
Mrs. Ward stood at the door with the
reception committee and welcomed the
guests. The entertainment committee
composed of Mrs. Robert Wood, Mrs.
A. B. Copenhaver, Miss Louise Swaim
and Paul Penn planned games, con
tests and stunts which were entered
into wholeheartedly by the guests.
Miss Louise Swaim led in the singing
of rounds which was enjoyed. Miss Es
ther Ross presented Mrs. Stubbins
with a silver cream pitcher and sugar
bowl from the choir, as a token of
esteem and of the fine work she has
done in the choir during her residence
in Asheboro. Mrs. Stubbins in a few
well chosen words expressed her re
grets at leaving and also apprecia
tion of the fellowship during her four
years residence here. Mr. Ward was
given a fountain pen as a token of
appreciation and affection. There were1
thirty-five present for this occasion.
The refreshment committee served
sandwiches, tea and cake.
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Expected To Join
On Hap
x.
To
ttend Services
bbs, Former Pastor,
At Evening
urch Hour.
Sunday, December 2nd, will be a
day of rejoicing for the members of
the First Methodist church of Ashe
boro. On that day, they will dedicate
their church with appropriate ser
vices. Bishop Paul B. Kern, D. D., will
be present for the dedicatory services
which will be held at 11:00 o’clock.
Bishop Kern is in charge of the tenth
Episcopal area, M. E. Church, south,
and is outstanding in his denomina
tion.
Bishop Kern will preach the sermon
upon this occasion. He is known wide
ly as an excellent preacher and it is
expected that the church will be filled
for this joyous occasion. The pastor,
Dr. R. S. Truesdale, will have charge
of the services. Already several prom
inent men and women of this denomi
nation in this section of the state have
expressed their intention of attend
ing this service.
It is not a usual occurrence for a
church to feature two such prominent
men on one Sunday, but this is what
the Asheboro church is doing. At the
evening church hour, Dr. A. C. Gibbs,
a former pastor of the Asheboro
church, now presiding elder of the Mt,
Airy district, will preach at the even
ing hour. Dr. Gibbs is well remember
ed in Asheboro as a good preacher
and a splendid minister who has many
friends outside his own denomination
who will hear him on this occasion
with interest.
The choir of the church has made
special arrangements to present an
interesting and appropriate musical
program for this sendee. Several
praise anthems will be rendered by
the choir as well as an unique ar
rangement of organ and chimes by
Mrs. S. B. Stedman, church organist.
Special music will feature both ser
vices.
The program for the morning ser
vice follows:
Organ Prelude—“Large”—Handel.
Processional
Invocation
Response by Choir
Hymn No. <1—“O -For a Thousand
Tongues to Sing”—Wesley
Apostles’ Creed
Prayer
Response by choir
Anthem—“Rejoice in the Lord, O Ye
Righteous”—Benjamin Lambord
Responsive Reading—Psalm 19.
Gloria Patri.
Scripture Lesson.
Hymn No. G61—“Come, O Thou God
of Grace”—Evans.
Announcements.
Offertory—“Jesus, Lover of My Soul”
Arr. for chimes by Mrs. S. B. Sted
man.
Anthem—“Send Out Thy Light”—
j Gounod.
Sermon—Paul B. Kern, D. D., Bishop
in charge Tenth Episcopal Area,
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Hymn No. 210—“Glorious Things of
Thee Are Spoken”—Newton.
Benediction.
Response by choir.
Postlude—“Triumphal March” from
“Aida”—Verdi.
Prominent Man
Of State Press
Dies On Sunday
A. L. Stockton, Managing Editor
Of Daily News For 23
Years Succumbs
A L. Stockton, one of the best
known and most outstanding newspa
per men of the state, died somewhat
unexpectedly at a Greensboro hospital
early Sunday morning. The immediate
cause of his death was attributed to
recurrring hemorrahages from chronic
peptic ulcers. Ten days ago Mr. Stock
ton suffered an attack of influenza
from which he had apparently recov
ered.
Mr. Stockton, son of the late Alex
ander Huggins Stockton and Martha
McLean Stockton, was born in De
Land, Fla., August 1, 1876. His par
ents moved from De Land to Waynes
ville, this state, while he was very
young, and after a brief residence at
Waynesville the family moved to
Asheville.
Mr. Stockton grew up in Asheville
and nearly all of his mature years
were spent in that city and Greens
boro. He served brief time as fore
man of the composing room of the
Observer at Charlotte. He entered
newspaper work early in life, starting
as a printer and rising gradually
through every stage of the business.
In the mechanical end he was a master
craftsman—typesetter, linotype opera
tor, “make-up” man and foreman. He
knew practically all the mechanics in
building a newspaper, and was an all
round newspaper man—a keen judge
of news values. For the past 23 years,
he has served as manging editor of
the News with many of the financial
and business burdens upon his shoul
ders. . p
Funeral services were held on Mon
day afternoon from the First Presby
terian church by Rev. Charles -F.
Myers, D. D. officiating. He was bur
ied in Forest Lawn cemetery. A large
number of newspaper men and women
of the state were in attendance at th*
service Monday aftemoottv>-i /£•■ -
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