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NUMBER 51.
Randleman Payroll Is
Largest In Ten Years
Totals $12,000.00 During Week
Prior To Christinas; Aver
age $8,000.00
Business Very Good
For Local Stores
Water Works Program To Be
Rushed To Completion In
Year of 1935
The week before Christmas in Ran
dleman was indicative of prosperity
from many angles. The payroll of the
mills of the town was the largest it
has been for ten years. The total
amount of this payroll was $12,000.
The average weekly payroll is usually
seven to eight thousand dollars. The
custom is for the mills to alternate
their two-weekly payrolls.
The town of Randleman now boasts
of two silk mills, the Deep River and
the Mace Manufacturing Company.
The largest mill of the town is the
Commonweath Hosiery Mill, employ
ing approximately three hundred and
fifty workers and is operated by E.
W. Freeze, of High Point, who has
recently finished moving his entire
mill to Randleman. Two cotton mills,
the Naomi and Marie Antoinette com
plete the list of textile plants of the
town.
Every citizen of Randleman is look
ing forward to the proposed water
works plan which is a project under
the P. W. A. A bit of preliminary
work has been done along this line,
but activities will begin in earnest
with the incoming of the new year.
One of the. greatest needs of the
town is the erection of new rent
•* houses for the mill .worke*v«k»sr W>
town, ao' that they will not have to
commute. A few houses are being erec
ted now,, but these are to be residences.
The real need of the town is to have
new rent houses put up for the mill
workers, closer to town.
The merchants of the town are
pleased with the volume of business
during the past week that has been
retained in the town, and are hoping
for better things and steady growth of
business then many of these present
commuters can be permanent resi
dents of Randleman.
Football Players
Receive Letters
Wed. Afternoon
Coach Campbell Issues Awards
To Fifteen Asheboro Boys
In Chapel
Hart Campbell, coach of the Ashe
boro high school football team, issued
letters to fifteen men, including the
two managers, James Lane and Char
les Greeson. This ceremony was per
formed in the high school auditorium
on Wednesday afternoon. Five seniors,
Qwptefa Bumis Kearns, Ryan Neely,
Bobby Steed, Boyd Ferree, and James
Lane received their letters first, and
then coach Campbell called Baxter
jCenma, Thomas Wilson, Cameron
Morgan, Baxter Gerrald, Jim Henry
Crutchfield, Richard Siler, Ruby Hold
er, Clyde Shaw, and Charles Greeson,
en the stage.
The player who showed the most
improvement received a prise from
the team. Baxter Gerrald, tackle, was
presented with this award by Coach
Campbell. After having been forced
making a speech Baxter sat
down, and the captain of next year's
team was elected. Cameron Morgan,
Mg tr**f,*J was the choice of the
The team presented Coach Camp
bell with Christmas gifts and gifts of
-:-*jon for hj8 fine work. Then
tn« cmci’ leaders were called up. They
gave one long, loud cheer for the men
who are graduating this spring, and
the football season of 1934 wa6 his
tory.
Mrs. John Clark
Entertains Club
In Franklinville
()Urk entertained the
her bridge club at the
ftJng at her home in
Thursday. Three tables
bridge, which was
the club members.
Par
E. O.
tted
Saturday, 22nd,
Sets High Mark
Marriage Banns
From the office of R. C, Johnson,
register of deeds of Randolph coun
ty, comes the report of the largest
sale of marriage licenses ever rec
orded in the county in a single day.
This record-breaking sale occurred
on Saturday, December 22nd. and
totaled fifteen couples.
Twelve of the number was sold
for white couples with the remain
ing three uniting colored citizens.
TTiere is usually an upturn observ
ed iit the sale of marriage licenses
about the holiday season but the
number on Saturday surpassed any
record previously recorded in the
county.
On Friday, December 21st, there
were seven licenses issued which
pushes up the holiday total to an
even higher mark.
Bank Of Randolph
Conies Back Home
On December 29th
Bank Has Occupied Building On
Depot^rec| For ^Three
Former Building
. , Thoroughly Modem
Will Be Open On Monday, De
cember 31st To Serve
Patrons
i For the past three months the home
of Randolph county’s oldest bank, The
Bank of Randolph, has been undergo
ing modernization. This bank estab
lished in 1897 has never been away
from home until in September of this
year, they took temporary quarters in
[the building on Depot street, former
ly occupied by the Asheboro Bank and
Trust Company. From thence they
have served their friends and patrons
during the time their building was
being renovated.
Not only has the Bank of Randolph
building been modernized in detail, but
and extension has been made of 20 ft.
at the rear of the building. This brings
the bank buildijar to an equal length
with the east si<Mof the Old Hickory
Cafe, which it adVins, also giving a
directors room andowfices for officials.
The offices on the second floor of the
building have also undergone changes,
and a modem outside iron entrance
stairway has been added on the north.
The stairway formerly was located
between the bank and the Old Hickory
cafe. This space now being included
in the main banking room. A modem
heating plant is another addition, that
has been included in the plans.
So well has the work progressed
that the Bank of Randolph will come
home on Saturday, December 29th, and
be ready for business on Monday
morning, December 31st. As has been
previously announced, the banks of
the town will take a holiday on New
Year’s (toy, which will give opportu-'
nity for the employees of the bank
to become adjusted in their old-new
quarters and ready for serving their
friends through another era.
Old Age Pension
Club Organized At
Spies Community
Spies, Dec. 22.—Between 126 and
iO people of the Spies community
et at the Spies school house, Dec
1, to organise an old-age pension
ib. The following officers were elect
I: W. J. Baldwin, president; C. V.
>mer, vice president; W. P. Hancock,
cretary and treasurer; E. J. Free
an, assistant secretary and treas
er; J. T. Smith, C. F. Monroe, G.
. Robinson, D. D. Monroe, Charley
inlap, J. F. Gamer and W. T. Brown,
embership committee.
This club was organized with oo
arter members varying in ages from
tto 96 years and is expected to have
0 or more members before January
1936.
The object of the club is to recoin
ed to the next session of Congress
biU to adopt an old-age pension act
all people over 60. The club recom
ended the Townsend plan of organi
lion as the most logical and quick
t way to put business back to non
nners recently cast 1,605,604
fat favor of the Bankhead con
Editor For
It is for Santa Claus’ own benefit that The Courier is coming out on Monday, instead of
Thursday, as has been the custom for more than fifty years. This will give The Courier readers
an opportunity to enjoy their own county newspaper on Christmas Day. It will also give the
Courier staff an opportunity to hang u^ft'eir stocking* along with the rest of Randolph county citi
zens. The Courier wishes, therefore, to greet you on Christmas eve and wish you a joyous holiday!
State Deputy Warden
Urges Obedience To
Game And Fish Laws
W. C. Lisk, state deputy game war
den in charge of district No. 2, which
is comprised of 23 counties in central
North Carolina, has come to Ashe
boro to make a thorough investiga
tion of the existing game and fisn
laws. He wishes to correct these laws
and to see that they are observed. Mr.
Lisk wishes to make the following
statement to the public through the
press:
“Several people seem to think there
are no game or fish laws applying to
Randolph county, but they are badly
mistaken. Game and fish laws apply
to Randolph as to all other counties
in the state. Those in doubt should
consult the sportsmen of the county,
who will verify this statement.
It is my sincere desire that every
city and town will cooperate with
county game warden, Tebe Morgan,
and see to it that the game and fish
laws are obeyed.”
Mr. Lisk also desires to get the
county in good shape and hopes to in
terest the State Fox Hunters associa
tion in coming to Asheboro in the
spring for their annual meeting.
Hospital News
i Miss Edith Ingold, of Asheboro, is
doing nicely after her recent illness.
! Mrs. D. W. Staley, of Liberty, route
1, is steadily improving.
Janies Milton Cranford, of Farmer,
is improving rapidly after his recent
appendix operation.
Coolidge Vickory, of Randleman, re
mains the same.
Miss Edith Fuller, of Asheboro,
route 3, is doing nicely after her ap
pendix operation Thursday night.
Mrs. L. H. Rogers, of Staley, re
turned to her home Friday.
Mrs. A. V. McDowell, of Mechanic
is doing nicely after her recent ope
ration.
Mrs. Everett Hancock and baby,
James LeRoy, went home Saturday.
They make their home in Asheboro.
Mrs. J. F. Collins and baby, Robert
Franklin, of Asheboro, are doing nice
ly. *
J. C. Langley, of Staley, is improv
ing rapidly after his recent appendix
operation.
Miss Elizabeth Chapman, technician
at the local hospital, is spending the
week-end in Atlanta, Ga~, with her
parents.
Everyday Mail
Service Started
Between Towns
Since the patrons along the
Eleazer to Mechanic mail route
suffered inconvenience, everyday
mail service was begun from
these two points on Dec. 17th.
The mail was formally carried
three times a week, but with this
system, the daily and weekly pa
pers did not reach their terminal
on schedule time. This route will
be a great benefit to this section
of the country, because it covers
such a large scope of territory.
Much credit goes to Congress
man Harold D. Cooley, who took
a very personal interest in the
establishment of this letter ser
vice, and personally called on the
department in Washington to se
cure this new route. C. C. Cran
ford, chairman of the Randolph
county democratic executive com
mittee, and both the newspapers
of Asheboro were active in sup
porting the claims of the people
of this section to a better mail
service. Ade Gamer has the con
tract for carrying the mail.
Silent Nig ht
“Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, all is bright,
’Round yon virgin mother
and child,
Holy infant,
•Mllfl
so tender and
“Silent night! Holy night!
Son of God, love’s pure light,
Radience streams from hea
ven afar,
hosts sing ‘Alle
“Silent night! Holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Radiant beams from Thy
Holy face,
With the dawn of redeeming
grace,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.’’
Jesus. Lord, at Thy birth.’
Ian Burns To
_ Saturday Morning
To Send
Wail Service
To. Santa Claus
AndXive
.-4Theachildhood of
ig the’bill for lovf
•sttachera salaries
i the rehabilitation:
has made special
With the airmail
end Santa Claus letters
; the North Pole. We
at. Santa w^l be glad
the letters and that
dt all who wrote. The
ent letters: C. A- Holt,
Walkep^Jlfftry Fran
Haywpod Jarrell, all
" Dempsey Smith, Ce
gene Burkhead, Far
and i/SForth Arnold,
>n to tneii
new state
superintendent of Public Instruction,
told several hundred education-mind
ed people who gathered from all over
the state Monday night for the third
meeting of the North Carolina Coun
cil for the Emergency in Education.
Mr. Erwin reported that figures in
dicate fully 2,000 teachers have left
the profession for other fields more
lucrative since July 1, “Unless the
coming legislature provides for addi
tional salaries for teachers, I fear that
next year will show the greatest exo
dus of teachers in the history of the
State and that loss will be hard to
replace. I am arguing for the child,
which is my chief concern”, said Mr.
Erwin.
Lauding the work of the last Gen
eral Assembly as probably the best
that it could do for education under
the circumstances, Mr. Erwin said he
was strong for the new school which
provides a minimum eight months
term, but insisted that should be the
minimum, and not the maximum. “We
have got to have local automony”, said
Mr. Erwin, stating that there must be
opportunity for local communities
which are able and willing to supple
ment their minimum term.
“In the future people will work less
and live more”, he said, showing that
the curricula of the schools must be
changed to meet this new order.
President Leon T. Meadows, of the
Eastern Carolina Teachers College,
outlined four needs in the teacher
training group of colleges: more ap
preciation of teachers and .teaching;
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Santa Claus Will
Distribute Gifts
On Christmas Eve
As last Monday has arrived and
Christmas eve is not “around the cor
ner” but with us! Santa Claus will
come tonight, but before he makes his
usual rounds on “Main Street” he will
pay a visit to more than 250 chil
dren of Asheboro, whom the mem
bers of the Junior Woman’s club have
invited to come to the Community
tree. These children and many inter
ested people will assemble at 7 o’clock
for this visit from Santa Claus. The
tree is the prettiest that Randolph
county’s lovely woods afforded. Light
ed with myriads of colored lights a
pleasing setting will greet the eyes
>f Santa Claus when he arrives, pack
»n back, and smilingly presents his
gifts.
Each package will contain a useful
gift as well as toys, candy, fruits and
luts. The people of the town have
rery generously contributed toward
his cause and are aiding Santa Claus
naterially with their additionl gifts,
rhe firemen have also collected and
nended toys and have been real “little
lelpers” to Jolly St. Nick. The Christ
nas committee from the Woman’s club
s composed of Mrs. F. O, Yates, Mrs. 1
1. D. Ross, Jr., Mrs. Chas. McCrary,
ind Mrs. Neely Hunter. It » not jet
»o late to make a contril "
hrough one of these arkers, who
given unstintingly of their time
•fforts for this cause.
Fire Breaks Out In House Mak
ing Rapid Headway In Early
Morning Hours
Four Men Held
For Questioning
Body of Shelley Patterson, Char
red Past Recognition; At
Pugh’s Funeral Home
Saturday morning, at three o’clock
a fire broke out on Baptist Hill, in the
negro section of Asheboro. Before this
catastrophe was over, it had taken its
toll in life and property, a house being
burned and a man burned to a crisp.
The burned man was identified as one
Shelley Patterson, colored, of Ashe
boro. The body will rest at Pugh’s
Funeral Home, until called for.
The origin of this fire is unknown,
although Chief Deputy and Jailer Ben
Morgan believes that it started in the
house and that no one willfully tried
to bum the house, which belonged to
Arthur Ross. At least, according to
Mr. Morgan, there can be found no
evidence that would even suggest ar
son or murder. The house was partly
covered by insurance, and the house
adjoining it, also owned by Mr. Ross,
was damaged by fire and water.
It is supposed that the deceased,
iiaxi»g*gone to bed, got up to light
a cigarette or cook something on the
stove, and caught the rug on fire; not
[knowing it. He probably got back in
bed and went to sleep, while the fire
raged in another room. Neighbors,
seeing the blaze, telephoned the fire
department, but before they could res
Pnd, the frame house and its only
cupant were completely demolished. v
So far as fjhg^sfljcials know, Sheljr ^
but outside of that, they have not been
able to locate any other relatives.
A few colored boys, witnessing the
fire, were held by jailer Morgan" for
investigation, but nothing could be
found out, so they were released af
ter there was no proof of anything
except they saw the fire.
Fire Department
Entertains Guests
At Armory Friday
Many Visitors Of Distinction
From Out-Of-Town Present
At This Meeting
The Asheboro Volunteer Fire De
partment gave a dinner Friday night
at the Armory Hall, for the purpose
of good fellowship and fun rather
than business. The invited guests were
the firemen, their wives, and the city
fathers and their wives. The guests of
honor were State Fire Marshall Brock
man, of Raleigh; Chief Holland, also
of Raleigh, and Fire chief Shaw, of
Greensboro. Local fire chief Clarence
Rush acted as toastmaster. In all,
there were seventy-five persons pres
ent. The whole affair was for the pur
pospose of entertainment rather than
business.
State Fire Marshall Brockman, of
Raleigh, instead of making a speech,
entertained with negro stories and
dialects, which were enjoyed heartily
by all present. Several impromptu
speeches were made by other individ
uals during the evening and these also
were greatly enjoyed by those pres
ent. ..
After the entertainment was over,
a delicious dinner was Served. Christ
mas dishes featured the meal. Many
thanks go to Carl Steed*, who volun
tarily furnished the turkeyi and ham
for the dinner. Jr- •:
Marriage Licensee leaned
The following persons in Randolph
secured marriage licenses during the
Christmas season, which means that
probably wedding bells Will chime with
Christmas bells for many. This infor
mation was compiled by the Register
if Deeds. December 15, G. W. York,
Ramseur, to Miss Lillie Branson, Ram
seur; December 17, Gordon Causey,
Liberty, to Miss Moselle Smith, Lib
erty; December 19, Roy Williams,
Asheboro, to Iris Burrows, Asheboro.
For Hire License On Sale
I. E. Hunt, patrolman, will be at
he Asheboro Motor Club,) and anyone
vishing to purchase a “For .Hire" Li
iense can get them there... Patrolman
lunt states that there will he no ex
ension on the 1936 auto.license tegs,
his year, so he urges that all auto
ags be bought before January 1,1935.