THE PRIN ,Y, JANUARY 17,1935. Most People In Asheboro and Randolph County Read The COURIER—It Leads $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 3. County Welfare Work Will Require Full Time Robert Lloyd, County Superin tendent Of Welfare, No Time For Federal Work. Unemployables Now County’s Problem Randolph Will Be Grouped Into Federal District With Guil ford And Rockingham. The report of the recent meeting of the Randolph county board of com missioners made several changes that directly affect the tax payers of Ran dolph county. The changes in the lo cal welfare office are worthy of a more detailed mention than was rec orded in the bare report of the com missioners. As was recorded, the un employables who have been previous ly carried by the federal relief agen cies and funds, are now turned back on the county. Robert Lloyd, county superintendent of welfare, who has also been acting as federal relief ad ministrator in Randolph county turn ed in the reports from this work with a request for an audit of these, and other, accounts. The reverting of the outside poor and unemployafoles back to the coun ty will necessitate considerable ad ditional load upon the commissioners to cope with and Ito be met from the tax money collected from the citizens of Randolph. It is not yet determined by the county board just what the cost of this load will be but from Mr. Lloyd, who has previ ously had charge of paying for thi3 work, the accounts run approximate ly $200.00 monthly. It was tthe opinion of the com missioners at the recent meeting that, because at this added work in tEe county welfare department and for additional reasons, the whole time of Mr. Lloyd would be required by hia county work. Propably it is not amiss to explain that Mr. Lloyd has for, some years been superin tendent of public welfare for Ran dolph county and is paid a salary from the county monthly. When the federal relief funds, therefore add ed work, came into the county for welfare purposes, Mr. Lloyd was named federal director ateo, with added duties ip abundance, but no added salary from the federal gov ernment. Now, thab tbs federal re they belong, it is the genera} opin ion of the comiwisslonsrg and many who have studied the welfare pro gram that Mr. Lloyd will not have sufficient time for the added fed eral work. Randolph county, therefore, will be under a district director, according to the set-up throughout the state. The plan is for Randolph to be com bined with Guilford and Rockingham counties. Among tho dutiee assigned to Mr. Lloyd are: the handling of juvenile cases; chief qphool attendance of ficer; probation officer; outside poor cases; unenrployables; county in spector of labor conditions for the state department of labor; mothers aid, and many other similar duties. On Monday, January 14th, Mrs. Brace Craven, of Trinity, began the task of supervising the changing of the social client records from the cfonns used here-to-fore to the stand prd forms now required for records mf such work. Mrs. Craven was Formerly employed with the local Iwetfare organisation, but for the past several months has not been a l-member of the organization until Monday when she was returned to supervise this work in the depart P. T. A. Meeting Is Principal Event For Franklinville, 24th Woman’s Missionary ■ Society | Plan Oyster Supper; Much Illness In Section Franklinville, N. C., Jan. 15.—'Hie ^Woman’s Missionary Society will spon sor an oyster supper si the Baraca room of the M. XL church Saturday evening-, from 5 until 7:00 o’clock. Everyone is invited. The regular meeting of the P.-T, A., for Jamu^wOl be bald at the school auditorium, Thursday afternoon, Jan uary 24, at 3:80 o’clock. Tjie princi pal speaker will be a representative of the State Board! of "Health. A full at tendance of members is dasbed, and the public is invited. Fletcher Allred and family left Saturday for Florida where they will Martha Jane, the small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Craven, who is Buffering from pneumonia, was taken to the Randolph Hospital Saturday might, for treatment. ' ■*' Mrs. Eva Dove, of Richmond, Va., was here a few days last week, on ac count of the 'illness of her brother, D. Dova Mr*. W. W. Wilson spent last week end with retettv*s in Charlotte. Iflaii Tanuia ll«r*Amke —Vjv n mbh iieiuiie mei/oniDb, wno » » School Work Is Resumed Wednesday After Brief Pause The Asheboro school resumed work Wednesday morning after a two-day holiday with conditions greatly improved, according to R. J. Hilker, superintendent of the school. Mr. Hilker deemed it necessary and wise to disband school on Monday morning for two days on account of what threaten ed to be a general epidemic of colds. This danger, however, is ap parently averted and the atten dance on Wednesday was reported from the school office to be better than at any time since school started after the Christmas holi days. There were only 107 absent on Wednesday against 140 on pre vious occasions since Christmas. An added reason for the wisdom of the holiday was the fact that five teachers were out of school ill. Three of these are sufficiently im proved to return to their class rooms on Wednesday, with satis factory substitutes for the two who are ill. Employees Of The W. W. Jones Stores Hold Pep Meeting General Enthusiasm Displayed As Workers Make Plans For 1935 Sales. feels that in securing' the services of Mr. Martin that the Asheboro store has taken an important step In giving to the purchasing public in Asheboro and Randolph connty an experienced mercantile man who will personally cater to the needB of each individual, and will assist in furnishing them with the best merehandee at the low est price. Attorney General Dennis G. Brammitt Dies Of Pneumonia Was One Of North Carolina’s Old Line Democratic Lead ers For Years. Attorney General Dennis G. Brum mit, for six years the leader of the liberal element of the Democratic party in North Carolina, died of pne umonia and complications following: influenza at 12 JO p. m., Saturday, at his home in Raleigh. Mr. Brummitt, who many believe could have been governor on the Democratic ticket in 1932, was stricken with influenza dur ing the Christmas holidays, which de veloped into pneumonia on Wednes day. Every state department was clos ed Monday on account of the death of this “true patriot” who has time and again proved his worth to the state of North Carolina and to the nation. The funeral service was held in Ox ford Monday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock in the first ’Baptist church, with Dr. Herman T. Stevens, of the Asheboro Baptist church officiating. He was a former pastor of Mr. Brummitt. Mr. Brummitt is survived by his wife, who was Miss Kate Hayes Fleming, prior Ur their marriage in 1912. There are n6 children, hut the ether survivors are: three slaters, Mrs. Melissa B. Stroud, of Oxford; Mrs. Annie B. Tun stall and Mrs. Nor* & Hicks, of Granville county. M£. Brummitt, one of the strongest democrats of the state, held many high and honorable offices since his early manhood, and was speaker of the 1919 House of Representatives, chairman of the state democratic exe cutive committee in 1928, and was at the time of his death, serving his third term as Attorney General. He was one of the few major officials who raised his voice in protest against what he considered a definite trend away from the Democratic principles of local self government. Mr. Brammitt has en deared himself in many a heart and his absence in political circles will be hard to fill. ‘Take him for all and all he was a man. We shall not look upon his like again”, said Governor Business Now Is Running Smoothly Around Ramseur Small Fire On Sunday Quickly Extinguished And Damage Repaired. Mr. Craven Home Many Church Organizations Held Jan. Meetings Launch ing Plans For Year. Ramseur, Jan. 15.—School work and all local organizations are getting off for a good start for the new year. The town has been fortunate thus far in regard to epidemics. Only a few cases of the flu and colds have been reported to date. The only service having been called off on account of illness was that at the M. E. church on Sunday. The pastor, suffering at that time from a case of influenza, is reported to be recovering in a satis factory manner. A small fire that threatened one of the buildings in the main part of town on Sunday morning was soon extin guished and almost as speedily re paired. I. F. Craven, secretary and treas urer of the Columbia Manufacturing company, has returned from a week’s business trip to New York where he went in the interest of his company. Waldo Copeland, of Greensboro, passed a few days with his mother in Ramseur, Mrs. Kitty Copeland. The boys and girls of Ramseur were too hard to handle Friday night when they played a double header with Siler City teams. Score of 53 to 15 for the girls and 37 to 10 for the boys was quite a clean-up all round. A large crowd looked on while these young folks battled the best they could in a rather cramped court to cage the bag o’ wind. The gym at Ramseur is not easy to master for outsiders, es pecially when the players are pretty stiff to handle. Some day when we get all the needed room for class work in our school building, maybe we can build an adequate gymnasium. The members of the Christian La dies Aid Society -were entertained Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. I. H. Foust at her country home east of Ramseur. An interesting program was rendered, using the theme: The Mes sage of the New Year. 'Hje devotional, was led by the president, Mi# H. F. 18. Hi Brady brought another splendid reading; "The Glory That Blossomed Red”. Some beautiful poems were given by Mrs. I. H. Foust. Business was transacted by the nine members present. Two visitors enjoy ed the meeting also. The Women’s Missionary Society of the Baptist church held the January meeting with Mrs. H. M. Stroup on Wednesday afternoon. Fourteen mem bers were present at the meeting. The Pastor, Rev. H. M. Stroup, made an interesting talk on “Tithing”. Mrs. C. E. Baldwin had charge of the pro gram, the topic being “The Banner of the Cross in the Land of Our Lord.” Several of the members took part in the program. Mrs. Doris Lemons told interestingly the story. “If We Had But A Year”. The president, Mrs. G. F. Lane had charge of the business (Please turn to page 3) Mrs. White Injured Mrs. J. C. White, of this city, was rather painfully injured early Mon day morning: when the car in which she was riding', driven by. her hus band, crashed into a lamp post at the intersection of Worth and Fayette ville streets. Her injuries consisted of rather painful cuts and bruises. She was taken in Farlow’s ambu lance to the Randolph Hospital, Inc., where attaches say that she is get ting along ais well as could be ex pected. It is said that Mr. and Mrs. White/were on their way to Randleman, where they work, when a car in front suddenly stopped. Mr. White applied his brakes causing Mm to swerve into the post. The car was slightly damaged. One person in every 15 in England now has an auto drivert license. Extensive Expansion Now In Process Of Erection For Stowe, The Florist “floral business, in Asheboro, is blooming”, according to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stowe, of Stowe The Florist, who are installing at their present site, one of the most modem plants in tiie South. The gncenhouse will be 32 X 700 feet and constructed of the best grade of double plate glass. It will he heated by a hot water system, the heating contract calling for 1800 feet of 2 inch pipe coils. In addition to this there will be a showroom of brick, measuring 28 X 28 dll have plate glass windows iy and conditioned by a gen eric cooling system. a very busy year for the increased their busi ed the pre the dis Lived Alone North Qf Buriat Dr. W. I* Coroner, I| County Heart Watson Woodfo alone a few miles 1 way 70 at King To road, was found dea late Monday afterac been seen by a n«j Wimpey, a short tj found dead and yf] her of a pain in In hour or more later,; a small boy to his.’ ular evening’s sin man was lying dead The coroner, Dr. of Asheboro, was moned and made <£; chance of foul pis that Woodburn wm Dr. Lambert com! suffered an attach J a heart attack, a] hands were both «| a basket of chips, 1 ly just gathered fo) tered about. Mr. Woodbum** him until a few je died. He formerly 1 some relatives in these also, are dM Betts families, of J tant relatives and eral arrangements, well known in Aits quetly on his ownh ed. Some years ago he was also in terested in mining at the .mines locat ed not far distant from Tils home. Thefe waa no formal funeral sen vice held far the 'dstaApd but aftei crematory service* h|f|Bjnfcjjitaner& (^Woodbum had it or, Miss Mida 9- before he was complaining to ifUtd. When, an [fp’Wimpey sent site for the reg f} of milk, the . L. Lambert ediately sum there was no tom the fact g on his back, that he had ne sort, likely ly down. Hia Sea grove, N. C, Jan. 15.—•Rev. and Mrs. E. G. Cowan, Mrs. IX J. Johnson, Mrs. L. A. King and Mrs. Dora St rid er attended the Methodist conference in Greensboro on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lovett, of Asheboro, visited Mrs. Lovett’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Alson Airman, Sunday. Mr. Airman is confined to his room with a cold. The local Junior order is sponsor ing a musical program by the Bulla quartet, of Asheboro, in the school au ditorium Saturday evening, January 14th. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lawrence, of High Point, visited at O. D. Law rence’s Sunday afternoon. J. M. Green, James Walker and Har wood Graves attended a Junior order meeting at Lexington on Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Lane Russell, of Ashe boro, visited at William Russell’s on Sunday. Mrs. B. A. King was called to High Point last week on the account of the illness of her sister, Mrs. Annie Wil liams. Miss Jessie Wood spent the week end at her home in Asheboro. Mr. Jones Leaves For New York Henry Jones, of Asheboro, mana ger of the eight Jones’ stores scat tered over this section of North Carolina, left Monday night for New York, where he expects to purchase goods for the spring trade in the various stores. When an autogiro recently landed near the Champs Elysees it was the first heavier-than-air machine ever to land in a Paris street. Last summer they grew €0,000 gladi oli and 750 dahlias. According to Mr. Stowe, a cyclamen requires more care to raise than any other pot flower but their rare beauty more utifies the effort The need from 12 to 18 months to reach maturity. Of cut flowers, asters are the hardest to raise in the summer. It is almost im possible to raise them profitably in the winter. The newest tiling in pot ted plants is the Kalanchoe, whose native habitat is South Africa. It has multibloom clusters of a beautiful crimson color. It does not require much trouble to raise and will stay in bloom two or three months in our Mr. and Mrs. Stowe are planning to be inetaBod in their now plant, bar Dr. A. D. Gregg Is Now Forming Plans County Sanitation Not Too Early To Begin Pre ventive Sanitary Measures For Randolph. J. H. Wylie Named Sanitary Inspector Wylie Soon To Be Available For Con sultation. An interview with Dr. A. D. Gregg, director of public health in Randolph county, this week reveals that his plans for preventive mea sures for his spring health work in Randolph are already taking concrete form. Dr. Gregg calls attention to the fact that the courts of the coun try estimate the value of human life at $5,000, therefore, .the state board of health between the years of 1914 and 1932 has saved the state in deaths from typhoid fever alone an amount of several times more than the entire cost of the maintenance of the state board of health. This includes the cost of medical care and nursing. The most dangerous disease of the spring and summer—typhoid fever and other intestinal diseases are directly traced to the drinking of im pure water. These diseases are chief ly fatal to children. His chief ob ject , at the moment therefore, is to direct the attention of the people of this county to the importance of pure drinking water. All open springs and wells, including wells with chains and buckets, are con demned by the county and state boards of health as being unsafe for drinking purposes. Impurities of water are almost always caused from contamination from waste ma terial from the human body. Nature has blessed Randolph coun ty with an abundance of pure water, which is an asset to start with. This does not mean that it is not high ly important to protect your supply of drinking water by a conference with the health officer or sanitary service is free to any county k mas, himself'—the waste material that -comes from Us body and he insists upon this pre cautionary method which will be further discussed in open letters from Dr. Gregg appearing from time to time in this newspaper. He does call attention to the fact, however, that while he is anxious to aid in every way possible in the line of education, tests of water and such, that the state board of health does not test samples of water from the types of wells mentioned, as they are already condemned. In accordance with this plan for sanitation, Dr. Gregg has appointed J. H. Wylie, of Liberty, as sanitary inspector for the county. Mr. Wylie, already experienced in this line of work, is now attending the school of sanitation in Raleigh. As soon as this course is completed, Mr. Wylie will be available in Randolph for consultation concerning sanitary problems. Mr. Bean Visits Asheboro J. S. Bean, of Laurinburg, was a business visitor in Asheboro and other places in his native county of Randolph recently. Mr. Bean, who was bom and reared near Seagrove, a son of Sherman Bean, of that sec tion, left Randolph county twenty eight years ago for Richmond coun ty. At that time he was a represen tative of the Snow Lumber company. Prom thence he went to Laurinburg, where he has become established as a substantial lumberman and farmer. Mr. Bean is an ardent advocate of thoughtful farming and rotation and divenifkation of crops. He is one of the county’s many native sons who enjoy the weekly visits of The Courier. Stowe, The Florist, is an approval member of the Florist Telegraph De livery Association, an international organisation, and can have flowers delivered anywhere. It has more than 7,000 members all over the world, all of which are heavily bonded. This business, grown to such a handsome size now, was not primarily designed as a real business, rather is an outgrowth of a hobby. Mrs. Stowe suffered a lingering and tedious ill ness some years ago and during her enforced invalidism started growing flowers as a diversion recommended by her physicians treatment. Numerous And Sundry Are The Legislative Bills .III. President’s Ball For Asheboro Will Be A Novel Event The annual President’s birthday ball, set for January 30th, will be held at the Armory in Asheboro this year. Mayor W. A. Bunch, of Asheboro, is general chairman for this event. He is assisted by Bob Bunch and Bob Morris, who are serving as active managers for the dance. While complete plans are not yet formed, it is an interesting fact that 70 per cent of the money derived from the sale of tickets will be re tained in Randolph county for aiding crippled children. A ticket box is this week being placed .in the Standard Drug Store, on Depot street, where bids for the first ticket may be placed. This will be an interesting fea ture of the ball—seeing who holds the leading ticket for this patrio tic and charitable social event, $1.00 is the minimum amount for any ticket, which admits the gen tleman with his partner. Further detailed plans will be published next week. Farm Debts Will Be Adjusted At Meeting On Jan. 22 All Farmers lit Need Of Service Urged To Be Present At Meeting. any efforts that has* been toward refinancing. The members of this committee get no pay of any kind for their work, and handle no money. Their business is to help the farmer find ways to save his farm, and the State Commission and Farm Credit Administration in Washington are back of them. Bruce Craven of Trinity, is secretary. The Randolph County Farm Debt Adjustment Committee will hold a special and important meeting in the Court House in Asheboro, at 2 p. m., Tuesday, January 22nd. This work has recently been given great er force, and the committee expects to start work in earnest to help farmers. At this meeting a report is wanted from every fanner in Randolph coun ty who is in financial distress. Be if not pos Many Reported 111 From Colds & Flu At Jackson Creek Personal Items Of The Neigh borhood Recorded During The Current Week. Jackson Creek, Jan. 15.—There are a large number of cases of flu and colds in this community at the pre sent time. Among those who are ill in clude, Mrs. R. J. Wood, who has not been so well for the past week. Mrs. A. V. McDowell has returned to her home from the Randolph Hospi tal, Inc., She is recovering in a satis factory manner. Wilbur Pierce does not improve from a recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nance, of Ashe boro, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Nance on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clay Wood and little daughter, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Wood on Saturday night. S. D. Surratt, accompanied by S. L. Duckworth, of Kemersville, made a business trip to Williameton Monday and Tuesday of this week. Astor Delk returned Sunday from a short visit to relatives in High Point. Many people from this neighbor hood, as well as friends from a dis tance, attended the funeral and burial of Julius Bolton, highly respected cit izen of this neighborhood. Mrs. Charlie Bowman, of Randle man, returned home Wednesday after an operation several days ago. Her condition is greatly improved. The condition' of Baby Martha Craven, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Craven of Franklinville, who has pneumonia, is improved. Mrs. A. B. Winningham, of Randle man, route 2, is improving from an attack of flu. Miss May Bell McDowell, of Ashe boro, still remains seriously ill. Mrs. P. E. Cox has returned home after receiving treatment for sev eral days. Last reports from Mrs. Jim Un derwood indicate that she is some what improved. Mrs. Underwood has been considered critically iU for the Hospital News Many And Varied Are The Types And Forms Of Legis lation Proposed. Highway Plans & Busses Discussed Would Protect Lives Of School Children By Modern Steel School Busses. Bills to provide stronger beer, few er electrocutions, better elections and safer highways have been intro duced into the general assembly, now in session in Raleigh, in addition to administration revenue and appro priation matter. Representative Palmer, of Cabar rus, put fourth his beer bill which would increase the alcoholic con tent of beer to 4.5% by weight. After which he proposed three elec tion changes; a bill to require a voter desiring to change his party affiliation as indicated on the reg istration books, to furnish the regis trar on the first day the books are opened before the primary, a writ ten requests for the change; a bill to set the hours for opening and closing the polls to 7:00 a. m. and 6:00 p. m., and a bill to increase precinct officials pay from $2.00 to $3.00. . Representative Jonas, of Lincoln, minority leader, introduced a bill to permit superior court judges, when all the jurors recommend mercy to sentence persons convicted of capital felonies to life imprisoment, rather than the mandatory electrocution. Representatives Thomas, of Har nett, Thompson, of Robeson, and Erwin, of Mecklenburg, sponsored a bill to abolish slot machines in this state. The bill went to the proposi tions and grievances committiees. Following a state wide bill to abolish absentee ballot laws, came a similar bill for Polk county in troduced by Representative Cloud, ad vocated by both parties in that coun ty, according to Mr. Cloud. The measure was sent to the elections committee. Highway bills galore were intro duced by the senate. Senators, of Robeson, and HQ1, of bills which would cut the penalty for violation ia half, providing a fine of $260, or a sentence of 90 days or both. It would also charge a fee of $2.00 for license, with no further fee for re newal unless the license is cancelled or revoked. The annual charge for a chauffeur’s license would be $3.00. Senator Corey’s annual charges would be $1.20 for drivers and $3.00 for chauffers. Senator White’s bill is much less stringent for it is the first bill introduced without the fee' feature. H. N. Brooks, a farmer pf the Moffitt’s Mill section, underwent s Senator Folger, of Surry, in troduced a bill “for the protection of the lives of school children.” It would require all school bus op erators to be at least 25 years of age and to pass an examination given by an official designated by the State Highway Patrol. It would also require a mechanical examination of all school busses, which under its provisions, must be equipped by governors to limit their speed to 30 miles per hour, the maximum set by the bill. Under this bill, steel bodies and shatterproof glass and other safety devices would be required. If the bill should pass with this last clause unchanged, North Caro lina body manufacturers of bodies would be unable to compete in the local field as none are equipped to manufacture all-steel bodies. [llness Reported In Many Homes On Randleman Rt One Randleman, Rt. 1, Jan. 14.—Mrs. Victoria Farlow is ill at the home of Roy Hayes. Miss Emma Jarrett, of Greensboro, spent several days with her brother, John Jarrett, recently. John Hinshaw and little son, John, of High Point, visited at E. C. Hin shaw’s Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Ward visited at Mrs. Mike Ward’s Sunday afternoon. James Wright had the misfortune of breaking his nose one day last week, while cranking an automobile. Claude Hinshaw, who has been ill at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hinshaw, has returned to Ashe boro where he holds a position with the McCrary Mills. Mrs. H. E. Trogdon and daughter, Agnes, are ill at their home here. Miss Ruth Small spent Sunday af ternoon with Miss Edna and Lola Jar rett.' Mrs. Ivan Siler and children, of Greensboro, were visitors here' yester day- v, Mrs. Dora Kirlcman has gone to spend the winter with her soty Ralph Kirlcman, in Greensboro. ■¥> '■