| 7 rade- At-Home—Spend Your Money Where You — .. g £' tf Pay Your Taxes ' 5,021 People Welcome You to AoMbero, “Center of North Carofina” t Most People In Asheboro and Randolph County Read The COURIER—It Leads ISSUED WEEKLY VOLUME LVm PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEBORO, N. (j, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934 £ A YEAR IN ADVANCE ~ NUMBER 49 Report Filed By Grand Jury After County Court Ends —— Recommend Several Important Change* Toward County Approve Officers ■ h ! Jury System And eeerder’s Court Would condition in We ham cMpletad the business be bills presented to us. We brought to a vote as to toeing n six or twelve months grand Jury instead of draw ing a grand jury for each term of court, and wa voted unanimously that a six or twelve Months grand jury should bo drawn, as this will mean a great saving ft* cost and time to the county. We rsnsainnMd that Randolph County adopt a Recorder's Court with in the near ftitars, as it will greatly help the taxpayers of our county. We, the- Grand Jury, recommend that the Solicitor of our district be ap pointed to Make all inspections of our county officers, County Home, county jail, as we feel that he will be more capable and understand more fully^tbemaajwrbMR&ich this inspec We hcVe fnepeoted the offices in the' court house and feuad them as fol (Please turn to page 8) Recent Bride Of Ramseur Route Is Honored Socially Other Penuttl Items From That Community Of Interest To Randofeh Renders Ramseur, route 1, Dec. 10.—Miss Wilma Stout entertained with a mis cellaneous shower Saturday afternoon complimenting Mrs. Reece Moffitt Stout, a recent bride. The home for this occasion was decorated with the season’s greens. The shower was pre sented to Mrs. Stout by Santa Claus who received it in a most gracious manner. The guests were invited into the dining room where refreshments were served. Those present were Mrs. R. M. Stout, Miss Madge Craven, Miss Lizzie Stout, Mias Omice Scotten, Miss Ruby Brooks, Miss Pauline Law son, Miss Carrie Needham, Miss Cla die Mocitt, Mrs. W. J. Allen, Mrs. F. P. die Moffitt, Mrs. W. J. Allen, Mrs. F. P Moffitt, Mrs. Vester Craven, Mrs. Willie Moffitt, Mrs. Dwight Craven, Mrs. Roy Moffitt, Mrs. Tom Wrenn, Mrs. Bd Stout and Mrs. Beeson Cra ven. : Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Cox and son, Jim have returned to their home in Washington, after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. A. S. On. Guy Allen and Orville Piersol, of Asheboro, wave visitors in the home W. j. Alien Saturday. D. L. Scotten, cashier of the bank at Carthage, visited his parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. K. Scotten, the past week Output | Churches Plan Christmas Music « UJJJ Qfi'W The choirs of the various churches of Asheboro are again planning a musical Christmas with cantatas, candle-light services, pageants, an thems and old-time carols. Beginning Sunday evening, December 16th, the flhoir of the Methodist Protestant church will present a cantata. This is the first program of Christmas iimsk announced. The title of the cantata is MAngelic Tidings,” by Hey ser. There will also be a Christmas anthem at the Sunday morning ser vice, as will be the case at both morn ing and evening church services on Sunday, December 23rd. Sunday, December 23rd is the date set by most of the churches for the Christmas mask. At the first Me thodist church songs of the nativity will feature the morning service with a candle-light service at 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon. The same theme as the morning service will be carried out in anthem* and carols for the can Young People Meet In All-Day Session Monday, Dec. Id Annual Conference Of Randolph County's Young Folks Held At Baptist Church Many Attend Banquet In Evening Features Candle-Lighting Service With Songs . The Randolph county young people’* annual conference was held at' the Asheboro Baptist church Monday, De cember 10th, in an all day session.The morning session was presided over by Florence Brittain. Two ten minute ad dresses were gi^en by Julia Under wood and Paul Penn. A solo was sung by Florence Brittain accompanied at the piano by Julia Underwood, after which the young people went into con ference groups. Miss Myrtle McDaniel led the girls group and Dr. S. W. Tay lor, pastor Asheboro M. P. church, led the boys group. After reassembly an address was made by Rev. Herman A. Parker. A business period followed after which a hymn was sung by the congregation and the benediction pro nounced. The afternoon session was presided over by Eunice Hayworth. After the worship service an address was made by Rev. H. T. Stevens. Special music was rendered by Cornelia Hedrick and Mary Covington, after which the young people again went into confer ence groups. After reassemble reports of the committees were made on the morning and afternoon group teams. A report was made by the chairman of the nominating committee. The fol lowing officers were elected for the incoming year: Cornelia Hedrick, gen (Please turn to Page 8) Buy: 1935 License Plates New license plates for cars, trucks and all sorts of motor vehicles may be obtained at the branch office of the Carolina Motor Club, located in the office of the Piedmont Chair company. Mrs. Ervin Frye has charge of the sales of plates and urges that people buy them before the “last minute”. Mrs. Fry® took charge of this office when it was opened in September for the quarter-year license sale and is ready to sell 1905 plates to the Ran dolph county citizens. Only gbout seventy-five have been sold to date. Trade-At-Home Booster 2 Plan Gains Momentum The business people of Aeheboro an quite delighted with the response their plan of Trade-at-Homs Cam* paign has been received. Practically every place of business in the town has joined in the movement of keeping at home daring the holidays. What is better still, the people of the county Ire cooperating in a very splendid manner. , . The Kiwanis Club started the ball rolling in this direction and arranged their club into the various necessary committees for carrying out this plan Thft cinviidDf coBimittdfe ro®t with most encouraging response at met and foresaw the success of the ven ture from the begfaning. The business men and weshen of the town fell into Use almost to a men and the plan wss dle-light service. The choir will be as i ??Fbe<* thirty girls who will par ticipate in the candle-light processio nal. The decorations planned will be cedar and white tapers. At the Baptist church on December 23rd, the choir is arranging special music both morning and evening. A pageant, “The First Christmas,” or “The Manger” will be the pageant given at the vesper hour at the Pres byterian church by a group of child ren and grown-ups. This is a charm ing pageant illustrating the birth of Christ and will have appropriate de corations and lighting effects. The choir will also furnish Christmas mu sic at the morning service. The Friends church plan to have special music at both morning and evening services on this date, as is the case at the Holiness church. Further announcements will be made concern ing details of these churches in next week’s issue of this newspaper. Wm.T. Cox Dies At Ramseur Home 4 Friday, Dec. 7th* Funeral Conducted On Sunday Afternoon At Pleasant Ridge Church; Many Attend H. Brady Injured Accident Occurs When Two Cars Collide On Highway; In juries Painful Ramseur, Deo. 11—WUIianrThonta* Cox, 62, died Friday at his home af ter a week’s illness of paralysis. He is survived by his wife and ten chil dren: Mrs. Carl Richardson and Flet cher Cox, Ramseur, rt, 2; Mrs. Colon Allred and Mrs. Arthur Bean, Cedar Falk; Misses,Fannie and Ida Cox and Raymond Oox, Asheboro; Charlie and Hampton Cox, Lexington; James Cox, Ramseur. Funeral services were con ducted Sunday afternoon by Rev. H. M. Stroupe and Rev. J. M. Barber, at Pleasant Ridge church where in terment followed. A large crowd at tended the funeral attesting the hign esteem the deceased was held in the community. Mrs. J. I. Lambert and Mary Lee visited Mr. Lambert, a patient at the Memorial hospital, at High Point, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. West and S. E. Leonard and family visited friends in Bonlee community Sunday. Hunter Brady, manager of Central Service Station, was painfully injured in an auto collision on highway 664 south of Ramseur Monday. The other car was said to have been driven by a Mr. Oats. Miss Ruby Tysor, of Erect, was the guest Sunday of Miss Frances Mit chell and the Wilsons. Glenn Highfield, of the U. S. S. Minneapolis, is spending the Christ mas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Highfield. He was ac companied home by his shipmate, Francis Conliffe, of Riverside, Cal. The Minneapolis is one of the Navy’s largest new cruisers, being commis sioned last May. It is 681 feet long and carries nine 8 inch guns, eight 5 inch guns and six airplanes. The ship has just completed a showdown cruise of 15,000 miles, visiting France, Eng land, Norway, Finland and Cuba. The Minneapolis will join the Pacific Fleet in the spring as a flag ship. county to cooperate with their plans. Each place of business bearing the little red and white signs “We Give Tickets” can explain in detail just what the many advantages are in co operating with the trade-at-home booster campaign to the people. The obvious advantages are not all, however, for the result of such a movement as this will be felt for many months in a county where the money | will circulate and pass from one to another. It is sort of a cooperative, neighbor!^ plan that will benefit the merchants, the citipens and make the spirit of friendliness prevail through the holiday season. When friends and neighbors trade at home with us, it makes for a hotter community in more ways than the financial reward rasped from such •ffsrta Thus, the real spirit of Christ mas will abound during the holidays Community Tree ; For Christmas No# Certainty Santa Clans Junior Wo Are Has Telephoned tan’s Club Who irking Hard Firemen Busy Chief Rusk Of Cit Bring tents Cooperation is Who Must >ys At Once chest drive in will not be an The Junior Woman’s Club had a long telephone Conversation with Santa Claus a few days past and they now know exactly what he wants them to do to help Km again this Christ mas. Santa Claim wants them to have another Christmas tree. There are some children that Santa finds it very hard to get arotnd to see and they are the children that the Junior* Woman’s club wants to uivite to come to this tree. The club is making great prepara tions for the evtnt and they thought that there might be people who would like to help (mb in their planning, especially since#here is no community o this year. It task to have presents for all heedy children on this tree and anyone who wants to help add to what Santa has planned for them may do so by seeing any mem ber of the tree committee from the club who will be glad to receive the gift or money. Mrs. F. O. Yates is chairman with firs. C. W. McCrary, Mrs. Joseph Ross, Jr., Mrs. C. L. Cran ford, Jr., and Mis. Neely Hunter'as sisting. The Red Cron contributed $20.00 and a number ofi individuals have re sponded with $1.00 donations—all of which are appreciated. The club plans to give a weekly, list of contributors in this newspaper. jBy this plan, it will be easy to see. i'how many children will be made happier at Christmas time. Last year |i00 children were re (Please fejro to page 8) I Judge Staff; Choice Of Mai JudgAln District Balcfek nor To Make Appointment: Local Bar Approves A delegation of Raleigh citizens, according to the News and Observer, of Wednesday, visited Governor Eh ringhaus and urged that he designate Judge A. M. Stack, of Monroe as spe cial Judge when his term expires on January 1st, in the 16th Superior court district. Mrs. T. W. Bickett, widow of the late Governor Bickett, and her son son, Solicitor-elect William Y. Bickett of the Seventh, District; Solicitor J. C. Little of the Seventh; and others composed the delegation. The late Governor Bickett and Judge Stack were once law partners. Judge Stack was defeated by Solicitor F. Donnell Phillips, of Rockingham. The Judge has served since June . 1923. Sometime ago the local bar discov ered that Judge Stack would be glad to serve as special judge and unhesi tatingly endorsed him for this posi tion. The group of citizens of Ashe boro found out about the movement and added their endorsement for this fair and impartial jurist who has serv ed well in this district and has a ho3t of friends in this section of the state. Rabbit Escapes Gum Only To Die Against Sapling Cortez Cox, 16-year-old Ashe boro boy, had an unusual experi ence this week. He told- the follow ing story to some of his friends: Cortez caught a rabbit .in a gum, struck him on the neck and laid hmi down for dead. Son the rab bit jumped up, ran off some dis tance, then came back and ran into a sapling killing himself. The boy has a gum «t the edge of town and went out in high hopes of a rabbit stew only to hove his hopes blasted when Ma dinner es caped. His disappointment was short lived, however, and ho “came home with the tween*. Shopping Days 'Till Franklinville Will Hold Union Musical School Auditorium Baptist and Methodist Choirs To Unite In Christmas Mnsic On Sunday Evening New Store Opens Otis Grimsley Recovering Satis factorily After Appendicitis Operation Recently Franklinville, Dec. 11.—C. B. Allred has completed work on his store build ing near his residence on Depot street and has opened a line of fancy gro ceries. This store is centrally located and will be operated by Allred and Son as Store No. 2. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ausley have mov ed from Allred street to the house recently vacated by Hubert Rich. There will be a Christmas Commu nity singing at the school auditorium on Sunday evening, beginning at 7:30 The choirs of the Baptist and Metho dist churches have united to make this one of the best entertainments of the season. Everybody is cordially invit ed. H. S. Lineberry has moved from H. H. Stack’s residence to the John Coble place near Gray’s Chapel. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nance announce the birth of a son, Clyde Austin, on December 2. Charles Wilson, of Charlotte, is (Please turn to Page 8) W. M. U. Features Christmas Theme At Monthly Meet Carols Sung By Members Of Or ganization Whose Program Reflects Christmas Marriage Occurs Other Matters Of Interest To Community Included In Per r-v_ zonal Mention £*&*-*<, —.-TV-*—Jr*-• ■* i Central Fills, Dec. 10.—-The W. M. U. of the Central Falls Baptist church met with Miss Ella Smith and Miss Addie Long Tuesday evening for the regular monthly meeting. The meet ing was presided over by the presi dent, Mrs. J. A. Cox. The scripture lesson was read by Mrs. J, Ji. Oox. Several members of the union discuss ed “Back to Bethlehem”. The program was closed with a song, “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and prayer by Mrs. Mary King. Those present were: Miss Beatrice Rollins, Miss Christine Cockman, Miss Letha Howard, Miss Addie Long, Miss Marjorie, Miss Grace and Miss Ella Smith, Miss Adel Rollins, Miss Albrey Morris, Miss June Freeman and Miss Inez Curtis, Mrs. A. J. Curtis, Mrs. G. A. Patter son, Mrs. Horace Connor, Mrs. B. M. Morris, Mrs. A. J. Evans, Mrs. J. A. Cox, Mrs. G. S. Wallace, Mrs. W. W. Hunley, Mrs. T. J. Morris, Mrs T. W. Webster, Mrs. Abbey Cox, Mrs. E. O. Seagrove, Mrs. Mary King and Mrs. Luna Coble. Two new mem bers were welcomed, Mrs. N. R. Whi taker and Mrs. O. C. Ivey. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. E. O. Seagrove. A wedding of interest occurred Thursday, November 29th, in Randle when Miss Olla Belle Kinley and J. D. Parris were married. Mrs. Parris is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kinley, of Millboro, and Mr. Parris is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Parris, of Cedar Falls, where he is employed. They will make their home in Cedar Falls. Mr. and Mrs. George Lambe, Jr., and son, visited relatives and friends in Worthville and Randleman the past week end. Mr. and Mrs. John Thorpe were visi tors in High Point Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Delphia Lineberry were guests of friends at Gray’s Cha ■pti over the week end. Announcement Is Made Of Holidays For Xmas * "Christmas just around the cor ner” takes a big-giant step nearer to us when we note the announcement made by both white ad colored schools of the town concerning the Christmas holidays. From the Asheboro city school comes the announcement that the school will close on Wednesday, December 19th, for the holidays and will reopen on January 2nd. The fourth month of work will close on January 18th which means that there Is really little more time re maining for work that is scheduled to be completed during the fall term. The faculty of the school registered pleasure and satisfaction at the work accomplished so far during the fall term. Things have run smoothly and the children have applied themselves diligently as a whole. It has already been pointed out that' around the middle of January. This! term does not strike fear to the soul of Superior Co At No1 Closes Wednesday Escaped Convict Captured Tuesday By Three Hunters Grady Brower, who escaped from the Durham road camp about six months ago has been turned over to the Randolph county sheriff, Carl King by a group of three men who came upon him while hunting. Brower is said to have been hiding in and around the lower edge of Randolph, and the upper edge of Moore and Montgomery counties for sometime since he escaped. Neighbor folk have liked to feel that every petty theft and crime committed should be laid at Brow er’s door. When Claud Chriseo, John Den nis Leach and Guy Craven were hunting Tuesday afternoon, they saw smoke coming from a deserted house. Going inside they found Brower taking refuge from the bit ter cold. They brought him to Ashe boro where he was placed in jail. After investigation, Sheriff King discovered several stolen articles on Brower which the owners have come and claimed. He was serving a sentence for breaking and enter ing before his escape from the roads. History of Wesley Methodist Founder Proves Interesting Volume Belongs To E. L. Reece, Of Ramseur, Is Small, Yellowed Book Published In 1833 Written Anonymously In Gra - phie Style; Relates Ob scure Incidents , As the minds of many citizens of -Aahehore sad a large somber- of friends And members of the Methodist Episcopal church in this section of the state turned toward the dedication of the First Methodist church at Ashe boro on Sunday, an interesting little book comes to light. The volume, about the size of a vest pocket dic tionary, belongs to E. L. Reece, of Ramseur, route one, who purchased it at the sale of the Brazton Allen prop erty five years ago. Mr. Allen was an uncle of M. E Allen and Ed Allen of Asheboro. Through the kindness of Mr. Reece in loaning his book to The Courier, Bishop Kern and several other promi nent members of that denomination were able to see the yellowed pages of “The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, A. M.” The book was “abridged from authentic sources—by a friend of Sabbath Schools.” J. Collard was the printer and B. Waugh and T. Mason [ put their name plate as publishers i “for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the conference office, .14 Crosbv street” 1833. The book starts off directly with a sketch of the early life of this founder of Methodism thus: “The Rev. John Wesley was bom at Epworth, in Lin colnshire, England, on the 7th of June, 1703, 0. S. (Obscure) His father, (Please turn to page 4) Annual Dinner Party The employees of the Nance Chev rolet Company, Inc., of Asheboro, were given a turkey dinner with all acces sories at the Old Hickory cafe Mon day evening. This is an annual affair and looked forward to by the employ ees. Those present on this occasion were Geo. T. Murdock, Clarence Rush, B. W. Woodley, T. R. Trogdon, A. Lewis, J. B. Craven, L. C. Burney, Hal Bingham, Carl Maness, George Presnell, Raymond Crowell, R. B. Craven, Charlie Shamburger and R. E. Nance. The company was host at this pleasant affair. children today a* it did in time past. Hie present system of education re quires monthly tests of sufficient thoroughness to keep a rather close check upon the progress of the child and enable the teacher and pupil to know where it is necessary to speed up the work. From Professor Barrett, head of the Randolph Training school for the colored children of this section, comes an announcement of dates tallying; with those announced from the office of R. J. Hilker, superitendent of Ashe boro city schools. Holidays begin and end on the same dates in both schools as is the case with examinations. From the various colleges and prep schools come letters full of Christmas spirit and announcement of early re turn of students who hope to pass the holidays in Asheboro and other sec tions of Randolph county. ^•djfe A. M. Stack Presided Over Two Week’s Term In Randolph Hopkins Heirs To Have Referee Trial A. I. Ferree Named To Handle Case Sometime In Com ing February Wednesday noon saw the close of the civil docket of'the December term of Superior court in Randolph county. Judge A. M. Stack, presiding over the docket dispatched the cases with as much speed as possible and dismissed the jury at noon. Eight divorce cases came before the court and were grant ed. They were Bessie L. Vuncannon against Hal Vuncannon; Ida Mae Bur row vs. Walter E. Burrow; Forest Presnell Foust vs. Clarence Foust; L. B. Allen vs. J. C. Allen; Aline Moody vs. El wood Moody; Nettie York vs. Walter York; Leota Armstrong nt Creol Armstrong; Eula Bewik Bean. In the case of the Hunter Manufac turing Co., and Commission Co. vm. Deep River Mills, Inc., John Porter was appointed receiver. Jasper Boggs was awarded $1,559.50 for damages received by a truck belonging to Frank Auman. Ola Snyder Mendenhall vs. John W. C. Mendenhall, the plaintiff received a verdict compelling the defendant to pay a sum of $400.00 for failure to maintain and support the plaintiff and for alimony. Holt Moser, in a suit entered by his next friend, E. B. Moser, was award ed $500.00 damages by E. A. Aldridge, who is said to have asserted that Moser stole horsehorse shoes from him. The case was for slander and the fine imposed for that offense. Before adjourning at noon Wednes day, Judge Stack appointed A. I. Fer ree, local attorney, as referee in tha case of Norman Lee Freeman vs. Lewis Dellifield, administrator of the Mark Hopkins estate. Dellifield is said to be under a very heavy bond for the safe keeping of this estate. B. F. Brittain and John T. Brittain are at torneys for Mr. Freeman and a Greensboro attorney appeared for the estate. *The ease wiH probably come up •**«»* in February and, it is said, will con sume three weeks for the testimony. There are around 200 heirs in this sec tion who are interested in this mat ter and will probably be present at the referee hearing. Judge Stack’s disposition of this case in this manner is a great saving in court costs to the county, as is ob vious and his decision in this matter met with general approval. President’s Ball Will Again Benefit Crippled Children Second Nation-Wide Event Will Be Altruistic: W. J. Arm field, III, Chairman Arrangements have again been made with President Roosevelt to lend his birthday as the occasion for anoth er nation-wide series of benefits to raise additional funds to combat In fantile Paralysis. The original Birth day Ball held last January, in which you so generously participated, re sulted in raising of a fund in excess of one million dollars to enable Geor*. gia Warm Springs Foundation to con-, tinue its work of treating victims or this dread disease. At the President’s own suggestion, which is also the recommendation of the Trustees of Warm Springs Foun dation, no part of this year’s proceeds will go to the Foundation. 70% of the proceeds raised by each local birth Cotton Production Decreases Zeb L. Keever collected statistics on cotton from the Bureau Census at Washington. He reports that 708 bales up to December 1, 1934, while there were 827 bales rd^brtdd on December 1, 1903. This il' i-lKmce of 119 Supper and Quilt The W. M. U. of G church will serve a pis the home of J. T. Boss, on cember 21, at 6:00 p. m also be a W. M. U. qu proceeds of which wifi day ball will be retained in its respec tive geographical area, under the di rection of a committee of each such area, to rehabilitate their ~ Infantile Paralysis victims. 30% of the proceeds will be turned over to the National Committee for delivery to the Presi dent to be presented by him to a na tional commission, which he will cre ate, to widen research efforts aimed to wipe out the disease itself, exactly as medical science has successfully combatted smallpox, diphtheria, typ hoid fever, yellow fever and other maladies. last year, the general chairman for the Birthday Ball was William J. Armfield, III., who again has been ap pointed to head this altruistic move ment in Asheboro this year. Details of the plans will be made in due time and further announcements made con cerning this second event of nation wide interest.