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NUMBER 7.
Business For 1935
Advantages Of Such An Organ!
zationEnsily Obvious Prom
Year’s Report.
Two hundred and twenty-three peo
ple participated in the People’s Build
T * S i ■. J ..i Inn dnnnir iQjU
ber of additional persona have de
cided to subscribe to the series that
will open on Mawh 16th. W. A.
Bunch, secretary and treasurer of the
organization is planning for twenty
five hundred or more subscribers for
the new senes.
The annual meeting of The People’s
Building and Loan Association was
held at the county court house on
Friday evening with a full atten
dance of stockholders. An unusual
amount of interest was displayed in
this meeting and active plans were
made for the continuance of the
work of the organization. Early
mr Randolph Men
Purchase Business
Plant, Moore County
i group afAdtmnro Mnw mm
joining «■
sufficiently
active sopp
Robins II
Baptists Strongly
Oppose lightening
State LiquOr Law
The executive committee of the
Randolph County Baptist Associa
tion, the pastors, Sunday school
superintendents, and teachers
from the various churches holding
membership in the organisation,
took a definite stand against let*
ting down the ban for liquor in
the state. This meeting, held on
Monday evening in Asheboro, went
on record as opposing the legalis
ing of whiskey in North Carolina
or in any way modifying the
State's dry law.
Dr. Herman Stevens is presi
dent of the group which represents
more than three thousand Bap
tists pf this county. Notices were
sent to various pspen in the state
and to H. & Ragan, representative
from Randolph in the state legis
lature.
Robinson Announces
Bate Of Collectors
Visit To Ajsheboro
CL H. Robertson, collector of inter
nal revenue, has announced that on
March a, then rwfll he a deputy col
Asheboro to . assist the taxpayers in
3 re paring their 19841 income tax re
tains. These officers cover the en
tire state and their time in each
team la limited. No charge is made for
this service, Mr. Robertson calls at
tention to the fact that income tax
returns are an important matter and
should he given immediate attention
to avoid penalty apd interest.
fit your income is $1,000 or more
»T your gross income is $5,000 or
more and you are single (or if mar
ried and not living with your hus
Mad or wife), you are required to
Pile a return. If you are married and
living with husband or wife and
your net income is $2,500 or over or
income is $5,000, or over,
required to file a return.
Sot more than $10,000
for not more than
or both, and, addition,
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Sea grove, Feb. 18.
Old-Fashioned Mother,”
Mated by the senior
school auditorium
February 23. Thlb
directed by Miss Lena
east includes the following:: Edith
Earner, Mary Sue Sugg, Clatie Bell
Riser, Claire Russell, Alice Hunt,
Edith Richardson, A. R. Auman, Jr.,
Elbert King, Dallas Shaw, Ws
Presnell, Forrester Auman, and "
Mr. and Mrs. Romie Russell, left
Friday for their home in Alexandria,
Lea, after spending several weeks
■ere with relatives.
Mrs. G. M. Pollard, of Virginia,
■as been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
& A. York.
On Thursday, February 14, Jim
mie Braswell, with a east of New
Fork actors, will present two plays in
die school auditorium. In $ha,8ftar
soon at 2;30 they tWH present
»ecca of Sunnybrook Farm,” and at
light at 7-M “Clouds of and
on Wednesday night. Dr. A. D.
health officer gave a very
re talk on the county health
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Walker and
Children, of Greensboro, visited Mr.
md Mis. E. B. Leach, Sunday.
Edna and Mildred Auman, of
Etaleigh are spending a few weeks at
tome.
IRINITY P.-T. A. TO MET
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH
Hauptmann Case i
r Rests With Jniy
Tuesday Evening
Attooraty General Wilentz Made
Masterful Plea In Closing
Speech. i
Asks ‘‘No Morey”
Resume Of Testimony In Case
Week By Week Is Briefly
Reviewed Herewith.
"You can’t compromise with mur
der and murderers!” said Attorney
General David T. Wilentz as he made
his last plea to the jury in Fleming
ton to use no mercy and tq return
a verdict of guilty i*. lie, (safe of
Bruno Richard Hauptmann against
the people. Wilentz stated that no
American could have committed this
atrocious crime, not even the gunmen
would stoop so low as to kill a de
fenseless little baby. He went on to
say that it would take a person with
ice water in his veins instead of
blood to have even dared to do what
he charges Hauptmann did. At the
end of Ms address to the jury, he de
scribed Hauptmann as the "world’s
public enemy number one.”
This was the last speech that Wil
entz will make—Reilly made his Mon
day. Probably at ; this reading the
jury will be in a solitary room de
ciding the fate of one Bruno Richard
Hauptmann.
Following is a summary of the
Hauptmann case up to the present
time:
First week, January 2 to 4—Col
onel Lindbergh identified Haupt
mann’s voice as one he heard in the
cemetery ransom meeting; Anne
Morrow Lindbergh identified the
sleeping suit her baby wore when he
was stolen from his crib.
Second week, January 7 to 11—Dr.
Albert S. Osborn, state expert, de
clared all 14 ransom notes in Haupt
mann’s handwriting. Dr. Joint !'&
Condon, “Jafsie” of ransom negotia
tions, declared it was Hauptmann
who received ransom; taxi driver
picked Hauptmann as sender of note
to Dr. Condon. i;
Third week. January 14 to
Corroboration of Dr. Osborn’s
writing testimony came from
more prosecution experts; model
dared she saw Hauptmann trailing
Dr. Condon while ransom deal was
:ame from lumber yard when Haupt
mann once worked and front attic of
Hauptmann's Bronx home; Haapt
mum entered general and specific
ienials on his own behalf after state
jested and defense testimony opened.
Fifth week, January 28 to Febru
up 1—Hauptmann’s wife and three
MiiiJi UMtl wlTnrtuiW testified he was
n Bronx on the night the Lindbergh
laby was stolen; John M. Trendlep
iefense expert stated ransom notes
tot in Hauptmami's handwriting;
Peter H- Sommer testified he saw a
nan and woman ■‘resembling Isadoi
Utah and Violet Sharpe with
danket-wrapped baby at Jersey fer
X on night of kidnapping.
(Sixth week, February 4 to 9—-De
'ease introduced further alibi testt
nony and Hauptmann wood experts
ittacked state contention Ms tools
ised in ladder construction and that
>art of ladder eame from Haupt
nann attic; defense witness asserted
he s«w woman resembling Violet
Sharpe with blanket on evening of
;idnap night whfle another said he
iaw a man who looked like Fisch
eap from ransom cemetery wall or
light of payment; state and defense
ested after prosecution rebuttal bl
inded testimony of Mrs. Dwight W.
Jo now to dear name of Violet
iharpe, one-time maid in Morrow
tome.
Service Sunday Eve
Will Commemorate
25th Year Of Scouts
A special service will be held at
the Aahefcoro Baptist church on Sun
day evening at which time the Boy
Scouts will hje guests of honor. The
Xiwania dub, halving majored on
sponsoring and encouraging scout
An interesting program has been
arranged for tins service held in
eonnasnionition of the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the Organization of
the scouts, tfhe flag ceremony, scout
oath and law, with special martial
music win feature the program.
Dr. Stevens,. who was a scout
master in 1912, during the pioneer
stage of the work, will introduce
Dr. B. a Trueedale, pastor of the
local First Methodist church, who
will preach an appropriate sermon.
Dr. Truesdale is also interested in
acoel work.
The public is invited to attend
da service, which will begin at
The United
sion he* this *
over the Asheb
purpose of s •
tions for the to
of lend for the
Forestry divi
ened an office
toffice for the
ion for opera
msteiy 6690 m
dolph, Moore,
Davidson eounti
R. F. L Irish
Asheboro sob.
here front- Troy
been. in pregr
are associated
present with a
tional help as i
At present 41
busy with aqd
the land and*
which to a pn
quirements. A tl
is required and h
the X W. BntU
located sawwJ
Asheboro. Thin
chiefly of timber
ferable to - farm
Mr. Irwin.
There is, a*
three Month’s wo
dolph county wi
additional pwpaa
office for inveW
will be considers
land fitted far*,
they will send 1
It is only nm
posals have cm
forest area if
i to Ifr. Irwin.
<that any pro
front Randolph
its for the delay
this line of this
over the ponafnro.4Ws »«•
Chamber of Commence of Asheboro
and various other groups and citi
zens have issued reoent invitations to
the forestry department to move to
Asheboro “bag and baggage,” there
fore this unit is receiving a warm
welcome in the town.
W. D. Coward Is
Teadered Birthday
Dinner 0b Sunday
Children, Grandchildren And
Friends Join In Pleasant
Surprise Dinner.
Beta Club Plans
Ram sear Club Will Be Host To
Other Clubs Of County
Friday Evening.
Ramseur, Feb. 12.—One of Ram
seur’s oldest citizens, W. D. Coward,
was honored on Sunday with a birth
day dinner at his home. He was
eighty-one years old last week and
his children, grandchildren and
friends gathered to enjoy the day
with and make him happy with his
loved ones.
The ceremonies began with prayer
by W. M. Coward. Fitting and com
plimentary remarks were made by
J. R. Wilson, Supt of Columbia
Manufacturing Company, where Mr.
Coward has worked for many years.
While Mr. Coward has not enjoyed
his usual good health this winter,
he is a very active man for his
age,'.- HisL large family and many
friends rejoice with him on this event
and hope he will be with us for many
more such occasions. “Uncle Dal
las’’ has a warm place in the hearts
of his fellow workers and the peo
ple of the town.
•Guests at the dinner were: Messrs.
J. R. Wilson, C. C. Brown, B. H
Huzzy, Mrs. D. M. Burgess, Miss
Elma Burgess, Miss Vanna Burgess,
Mr. and Mrs. Pickard, Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Ward, Mrs. J. W. Wallace.
Children present were: E. T. Co
ward and Mrs. Coward, W. M.
Coward and Mrs. Coward, J. G.
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furniture
>id reader
County Farm Debt
Adjustment Group
Hear Varied Pleas
Many Receive Advice And In
structions As To Method Of
Saving Farms.
Maj. Craven Speaks
Makes Lucid Explanation Of
Various Laws In Interest
Of The Farmer
The Randolph County Farm Debt
Adjustment Committee, met in the
court house Tuesday afternoon, with
all members of the committee present
as follows: chairman, B. M. Brower,
of Liberty; secretary, Bruce Craven,
of Trinity; N. H. Prevost, of Jack
son’s Creek; Mrs. W. C. Hammer,
of Asheboro; and A. C. Lowdermilk,
of Sea grove.
There are a number of debt bur
dened farmers present who received
advice and instructions as to how to
proceed to save their farms, and the
cases submitted at the previous meet
ing were reviewed and good progress
shown in a score of them. Very great
interest was shown in the meeting.
The next meeting of the committee
will be held in the school building,
at Saagrove, Tuesday, March 12, at
Ijta.
According- to previous announce
ment, Bruce Craven gave an ex
planation of various laws in the in
ternet <rf the fanner, and this was
listened to with great interest.
He explained the amendments to
the bankruptcy act in Federal court
allowing the farmer to have a hear
ing before a conciliation commission
er to attempt to reach an agreement
with his creditors on a basis of his
ability to pay. It was pointed out
that if this fails and the creditors
will not agree, then the matter goes
back to the Judge to issue orders
under the latest amendment (usually
called the Frazier-Lemke Act) where
by the fanner gets five years in
which to work out his salvation, dur
ing which time the fanner is re
quired to pay a reasonable rent every
year. Mr. Craven, who is himself
the conciliation commissioner for
Randolph county, advised strongly
against taking this action in Federal
court until every other possible ef
fort has been made to avoid fore
closure; but he stated that under
the law, no farm home can be fore
closed if the owner desires to pre
Lemke Act which was in the .last
Congress; and has again been in
troduced into the one now in session.
This is House Bill No. 2066, and the
title of it "The Farmers’ Farm Re
Ref Act” Undor this act if made in
to law, all fans loans will be re
financed on a basis requiring a total
payment each year of three per cent
of the total amount of the loan, and
the loan may be up to the actual
value of the land plus 75% of the
value of the building1. The fund3
are to be provided by low interest
rate bonds which if not sold in the
open market at par, are to be taken
by the Federal Reserve Bank and
money issued tor them. Also chat
tel mortgages are to be made and
old ones refinanced at three per cent
interest rate a year, and to run as
long as ten yean.
It was stated that whether or not
this act becomes a law depends on
how much demand for it is made
to Congress by the farmers of the
nation, but "In my opinion, there is
no chance of recovery for the aver
age small farmer if he has to carry
the present burden of debt and 6%
interest charges, and that this bill
is his only hope.”
“Other states have passed mora
torium acts for farm home and all
other homes, and the acts have been
declared constitutional by the United
States Supreme Court, but North
Carolina has done nothing and from
all the news from Raleigh no one
has any idea of doing anything about
it or caring anything about it.”
Home Building, Inc.
Adds Subsidiary To
Manufacturing Line
The Home Building,
tablished business conc(
.boro, has this week made announce
ment of the opening of a subsidiary
plant with Kermit Young, as manag
er. This new addition is called the
Asheboro Fixture Company and will
furnish all kinds of fixtures for
mercantile establishments, banks and
the like. This line of fixtures made
by the Home Building plant, is in
addition to the already large and
versatile line of manufacturing.
Young comes to Asheboro
this week from Albemarle where he
was for two years manager of
Belk’s Department store. In addition
to his successful operation of that
store, Mr. Young took an active in
terest and participated in many ac
tivities of the town. He was a mem
Rotary club, active in
nd other community
Randolph Hospital Board
Holds February Meeting
VALENTINE GREETINGS
There is one occasion when
old end young alike, respond to
the spirit of the season—and
that Is on Valentine day. Young
and old alike thrill to the spirit
of St. Valentine and lore the
magic of romance surrounding
the occasion. Years may hare
passed since the ‘'Valentine box’*
was the piece de resistance of
the school room and that last
spelling lesson in the afternoon
before the opening of the box
might as well hart been omitted.
Then, when the box was open
ed! The lacy ones—the comic
ones—the msssy ones—but, best
of all. the home-aude ones!
And, the test of popularity was
the boy or girl who received
the largest number of valentines.
jt is a time set apart for
leirem. The thaid lover may woo
his lady from afar with perfect
propriety and the’ may respond
with equal ardor—because it is
St Valentine’s day. An excuse
—letting down of the hum—a
chance to be giddy. Every ring
of the door bell, the postman.
the telephone might hold a hid
den romance—might, but win
it?
The Courier, therefore, is fall
ing in line with Dan Cupid and
sending a valentine wish to
every subscriber old and new—
and every reader. May Cupid’s
darts, St. Valentine’s shades, or
whatever it is Gut happens on
Valentine day—happen to The
Courier’s friends, the’ scattered
far!
Graham Asks For
Increased ASotment
- For N. CJiawersity
He Proposes To Provide A 25
Per Cent Pay Increase For
Instructors.
Woodward Speaks
Only S. C. Pays Less In Salari
es Than University Of
North Carolina.
(A request for an annual appro
priation of $1,377,658 for the Uni
versity of North Carolina’s three
units was recently made before the
joint appropriations committee by
President Frank Graham, who rec
commended that the salaries of the
instructional staff be increased 25
per cent. His request, he said, was
“reasonable,” and is nearly half a
million less than the peak appropria
tions for the three units made in
1928, when the total enrollment was
below that of today. The allotment
requested is $309,133 more than the
amount recommended by the budget
commission. Of the total, $705,202
was requested for the Chapel Hill
unit, $331,944 for the Woman’s Col
lege in, Greensboro and $340,512 for
State College.
Of the total allotment, the presi
dent proposes to use $389,000 to re
store 17% of the salary cuts suf
fered in the past few years or to
increase the present salaries by 25%.
“In salaries we come to the heart of
the matter, for the faculty of any in
stitution is its heart. Two years ago
the General Assembly would have
wrecked the University of North
Carolina, but its faculty stood by and
saved it. Now we ask you to save
that faculty, for the university has
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Bill Is Presented
v For Realiarnment
t Limits Of Liberty
Only a few (people attended the
hearing held on Friday before the
House committee on counties, cities
towns, relative to enlarging the
town of Liberty, Randolph county.
H. S. Ragan presented the bill pro
viding for the realignment of the
city limits to take in business and
other property not now paying city
taxes.
There was protest from several
sources saying that it was unfair to
saddle a bonded indebtedness on peo
ple who had no part in the contract
Attorney L. B. Dixon, of Siler City,
claimed that the affair was kept so
quiet that the term “sneak” was apt
ly applied to the transaction. Former
representative I. CL Moser, of Ashe
boro, also an attorney, sajd that there
was nothing in the bill that iwas not
intended under the original charter.
Aneording to the News and Observer,
giving the account of the affair, the
hearing consumed the better part
of an hour and was sparsely at
Satisfactory i Reports Of Past
Year’s Wdrk Meet With
Hearty Approval.
Operates During
1934 Without Loss
Dr. A. D. Gregg, County Health
Officer, Presents Detailed
Report For January.
The annual meeting of the mem
bers of the Randolph Hospital cor
poration was held on Tuesday at the
hospital in Asheboro with a full at
tendance who heard the satisfactory
report. The fact that hospital mana
gement had been able to operate
during the year 1934 without a
financial loss, was the source of en
thusiastic applause by the group.
The records of the hospital and
the annual report revealed a sub
stantial increase in the number of
patients admitted over the previous
years the hospital has operated.
There was also a noticeable reduction
■in the mortality percentage of surgi
cal cases, which was also source of
satisfaction at this meeting.
D. B. McCrary presided over the V
meeting at which several members
spoke briefly and registered approval
of the conditions and offered sugges
tions. An interesting report in de
tail of the professional work of the
hospital for the year was presented
by Dr. A. D. Gregg, county health
officer. The report includes the
period from January lat, 1934 to
January lat, 1936, as follows:
The number of patients admitted
during the year was 699. The num
ber of patients released was 708, 63 of
whom were colored. These eases
were classified as follows: Medicine,
112; surgery, 292; obstetrics, 109;
eye, ear, nose and throat, 30; gyne
eology, 69; dermatology, 1; com
municable, 8; urology, 41; orthope
dics, 41.
The number of major operations
was 261. There were 8 deaths fol
lowing operations, which gives us a
percentage mortality of 3.06 in com
parison to the mortality of general
surgery of 5.21 per cent in North
Carolina according to the Duke En
dowment report for the year 1933.
The number of deliveries was 38
with 4 maternal deaths; the total
number of deaths, including still
boms was 43;
and 196 surgical, which were^prbi
cipally accident cases. There was a
total of 2468 laboratory examinations
and 253 x-ray pictures made and 197
physical therapy treatments given.
The number of physicians in the
county sending, patients to the hos
pital was 28; the number of physi
cians out of the county sending pa
tients to the hospital was 8; the
number of charity patients from
Randolph county was 197; the num
ber of charity patients from out of
the county was 11; the number of
part-pay patients from county 225;
out of the county 6; the number of
pay patients out of the county was
30; number of charity out-patients;
from county 145; out of county 14.
Chairman Urges All
Unemployed To Keep
Application To Date
J. D. Ross, chairman of the Na
tional Reemployment service of Ran
dolph county, is calling: attention of
the unemployed persons who register
ed in the local office for 1934 and
who are still without work, to keep
their application up to date.
This request is made so that with
in the next few weeks the office may
bring: its files up to date. The
office hours are 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
each week day and from 9 a, m. to
12 on Saturday.
The placements made by the Ran
dolph National reemployment service
within the past two months have
been slightly more than 200,. the
most of these having been referred
to the P. W. A. project in Randle
man. This office is operated as a
free service by the government in an
effort to check the number of peo
ple out of employment.
Sanitary Offic
And Health Dc
Waging Active
J. H. Wylie, newly appointed
sanitary officer for Randolph
county, and Dr, A. D. Gregg,
county health officer, are paying,
special attention to sty matters
coming under the head of sanita
tion throughout the county.
The greatest need at present,
according to these alert officers
is the question, of; pure drinking
water and sanitary privies. A
careful cheek of the countv is now
being
fared