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7,000 PEOPLE WELCOME YOU TO ASHEBORO, “CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA” THE MOST PEOPLE IN ASHEBORO AND RANDOLPH COUNTY READ THE COURIER—IT LEADS ISSUED WEEKLY yftl-TTME LIX PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1935. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 33 frj E W S 1^1 CONDENSED ^ State and Nation TWO MURDERERS ESCAPE PRISON Raleigh, Aug. 28.-Dwight Beard, 26-year-old convicted murderer and former college student and Y. W. U A. worker walked past a guard at Central prison in Raleigh Tuesday and to freedom. Beard w« saved from the electric chair last March. Clarence Peterson, 37, up for second decree murder in Buncombe county and sentenced to serve 25 to 30 years, escaped with Beard. A thor ough search and investigation was immediately instituted. Charles Mas sey a guard for twenty years at the prison, was called from his post when the men walked away. WHITE AHEAD IN MISSISSIPPI CONTEST Jackson, Miss, Aug. 28.—Hugh White, wealthy lumberman and avowed foe of “Long-ism” won the gubernatorial nomination for Missis sippi over his opponent, Paul John son in the Democratic primary on Tuesday. Johnson is an attorney and said to be a vassal of Long. 74TH CONGRESS CLOSES A LONG SESSION Washington, D. C, Aug. 28.— Congressmen and Senators from ev ery state in the union are leaving Washington this week after the ad journment of Congress on Monday night despite the 5Vi hour filibwAer staged by Senator Huey Long, of Louisiana. The sharp crack of Sena tor Garner’s gavel, falling with the stroke of midnight, cut the south ern Senator’s speech short and marked the close of an unusually long and busy sea shut of the 7*th Congress. SALISBURY CHEMICAL PLANT IS BURNED Salisbury, Aug. 27.—The Zenith Chemical plant owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Dungan was totally de stroyed by fire of unknown origin. The plant was estimated at -WOyOOd with a boot two-thirds tosaranre coverage. A brisk wind endangered several nearby houses causing all available fire equipment from Salis bury and Spencer to be edited out and FIERCE T OVER JAPj Tokio, Aug. 28.—A typhoon raged over Kyushu and Shikoku islands off southern Japan Tuesday. Ships were forced to seek shelter in near by ports delaying Ihdr schedules considerably. No casualties -were re ported, however. JULY RELIEF TOTALS $1,326,314.88 Raleigh, Aug. 28.—According to Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, stole relief administrator, $1,328,514.88 was .the total sum expended for relief in North Carolina during the month of July. This was distributed among 59,614 cases, indndiirg 36384 families and 3,230 single persons with a total of 272,066 persons .re ceiving assistance. Local W. O. W. Camp Host At Gala Field Day Celebration The Aabeboro Woodmen of the World Camp was host to the Winston Salem, Thomasville and High Faint camps in a hig field day meeting Sat urday afternoon that was attended by nearly two hundred Woodmen. At 2:3# o’clock, Che meeting was called to or der in the Randolph courthouse and Larry Hammond introduced D. B. Mc Crary. the principal afternoon speak er. Mr. McCrary told the visitors of Asheboro’a prominent location in the 6tate and gave a concise review of Asheboro as an Industrial center. He called attention to the personnel of the local camp, outlining each leader’s activities. To his speech, a response was made by Ernest A. Wright, young High Point attorney. Mr. Hammond then made announcements pertaining to the afternoon’s amusement. After the session hi the courthouse, left for the Asheboro school grounds where a game of softball be tween High Point and Thomasville, was enjoyed. At 4:30 o’clock, on the school ca Pus, competitive drills warn held wi s« Yi siting teams competing. Ma spectators saw and enjoyed the dri ® which Thomasville team won 4 pri,e ♦5-00- Second prim *3.00 was won by the High Point bo and the Winston-Salem won I *2;W> prise for the 1 drill. Randolph Superior J Court Convenes IqJ Asheboro Monday Full Docket Forecasts Busy Week For Randolph Attor . neys And Citizens Three Murder Cases Judge Clement Will Preside And Charles Coggin Will Be Prosecuting Attorney On Monday, September 2nd, a week’s term of Superior court will convene in Asheboro for the trial of criminal cases. There are 131 cases on the docket which forecasts a busy week for the bar of Asheboro and the several visiting attorneys that will be on hand for the event. Judge John Clement of Winston* Salem will preside over the docket with Charles Coggin, solicitor for this district, prosecuting. Both these court officials have held court in Randolph before and are well and favorably known. The docket is a heavy one, with three murder cases included in- the large number of cases. The offenses are chiefly driving while drunk, with charges of recklessness running a close second. The usual number of violation prohibition law, manufacture of whiskey, drunk and disorderly charges—perhaps more than usual— larceny, assault and other like viola tions of the hews of the state. As usual, the jail cases are slated (Hesse turn to page 12) Gamer Is Heard ByKiwaniansAt Meeting Tuesday Explains In Financial Terms What Meet Will Mean To Asheboro Many Prizes Given Next Meeting To Be Held At City Pond, Charlotte Ladies To Serve The Kiwanis Club met Tuesday evening' with Tom Wiles in charge of T ry- —mil. rAr —1 sponsible for Asheboro being chosen the meeting place of the North Caro lina Fox Hunters’ Association, in September. Mr. Gamer started out by explain ing the magnitude of this convention and what it will mean to Asheboro. It is his opinion this will be the largest meeting of its kind ever held in the United States except the national meet itself. The administrative offi cers and directors of this meet have been here an8 looked over the grounds for the meet and are loud in praise of Asheboro as a meeting place. Those who love horses enjoyed most Mr. Gamer’s description of the many horses which will be here for the oc casion and the facilities necessary to care for them. He explained the need for sleeping quarters for the visitors. It is expected that Asheboro will be taxed to capacity for beds for the visi r (Please turn to page 6) Randolph Rotarians WiU Hold Picnic At Watkins Lake Fri. Ideal Place For Meeting And Extensive Plans Already In Motion For Event Golden Wedding Fete Svnseur, Infested With Mosqui Joes, Would Have Thorough Clean-Up Often IWenseur, Aug. 28.—The Rotarians at Randolph will be entertained at Watttas Lake Friday evening. The circle* of the Methodist church will provide the food for the occasion. This is an ideal place for rite meeting and a full attendance is expected. These leaders of Randolph county's essential interests always provide something forward-looking and well worth con sidering. The speakers are always of the best and the questions of the day that mak& for the betterment of our county and state are discussed with intelligence mid conviction. This meet ing wiU be a profitable and enjoyable occasion for these Randolph Rotarians. The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Ramseur Christian chcrch met Wednesday at the church with four teen members present. Important mot ion of the society were attended and a good program rendered, t Mr. and Mrs. t H. Foast spent some time recently with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Gates at their camp on Haw River, near Hawfield. Rev. H. M. Barber preached at the a urier Staging ovel Contest of Window Shop” Extraordinary Interest In This Novel Cooperative Contest Plan For Everybody Interesting And Worthwhile Awards Must Complete Answers To Page And Turn Into Courier Of fice By Noon Tuesday A window shopping contest staged in Asheboro this week among thirteen merchants of the town and with the cooperation of The Courier, promises tc> prove of extraordinary interest to many citizens of the town and coun ty. There are four cash prizes offered by The Courier and five pair of tickets under a special arrangement between the Sunset Theatre and this newspa per—making a worthwhile group of awards for skill in this contest. On page eleven of this issue of The Courier, the conditions of the contest are fully set forth by the following merchants of Asheboro who are par ticipating in this popular event are: Amos Furniture; Randolph Drug; Pearson Brothers; Hughes-Morris Hardware; Grimes Jewelry Store; Kay’s Department Store; Carolina Power and Light; Cox-Lewis Hard ware; W. W. Jones and Sons; Grimes and Hollingsworth; Asheboro Hard ware; Coffin and Scarboro; H. and H. Clothing and Kate Hammer’s Millin ery Shoppe. As is fully set forth on the page, each store represented in the contest group, has displayed in the show win dow a piece of merchandise which the store does not sell. These items will be displayed in the windows the re mainder of this week. Each entrant in the contest must list these articles in the blank provided in the page adver tisement and answer the questions listed in the same blanks. The only requirement necessary is to visit the stores listed, and “window shop,” filling in the necessary infor mation. Neatness and accuracy will count along with the fact that all writing must be legible. The com pleted page must then be turned into Courier office before noon on morning, September 5th. Prizes then be mailed to the winners. Em ployees of this newspaper and their families are the only persons barred (Please turn to page 12) Many Novelties Are Lining1 Up In Lieu Of Approaching Fair Randolph Man With His Troup Of Piccaninnies Will Be A Surprise Feature Life is full of surprises—some of them quite nice—and that promises to be the verdict of the surprise for the Randolph county fair that is now fast approaching. A Randolph county man, whose identity has not been disclosed, and his four piccaninnies will be -a novel drawing card of the free enter tainment that awaits the lovers of the fair. Now that September is just a couple of days distant, the fair officials are all a twitter with excitement over the prospects of the many fine things in store for the crowds that will enjoy the excellent exhibits of many and varied varieties. Concerning the midway this year, the officers are most enthusiastic and guarantee all kinds of entertainment for both young and old. There are sev eral novel features that only appear at a few places in the state and ap pear in no other town the size of Asbeboro. Trinity-Archdale Citizens Hold Meet Discuss Water And Sewerage Project Trinity, Aug. 28.—A mass meeting of dtisens of Trinity and Archdale was held in the Trinity high school auditorium Friday evening in interest of a water and sewer system for the community. An enthusiastic meeting was held with an exceptionally large crowd present to discuss the project. It was presided over by Dr. G. H. Sumner, health officer of Randolph county. M. H. Trice of the N. C. State Board of Health was the principal speaker. He explained the proposition as it eomes from the government through FWA, shewing that a grant of 45 per cent of the total cost of the project will be made by the govern ment without strings, while the ns* maining 65 per cent is loaned by the government at an interest rate of four per cent “In other words," Hr. Trice Said, “the people of the community A young man giving his name as Floyd F. Bates was arrested in Asheboro Tuesday after attempt ing to “gyp” several of Asheboro’s housewives. The youpg man de picted himself as a fixer of vacuum cleaners of all makes, taking the cleaners in his car and returning them with the dust wiped off and a bit of grease for the repair job. Probably the exchange of cleaners of two well known ladies of the town was the direct cause of his ar rest. This, coupled with the fact he contracted for $2.00 for the re pair job and tried to collect $8.00 from the smart young woman who notified the police nnder the pre text of driving up town to secure the money for him. Chief of Police Dewey BuBo ar rested the man, taking him to jail after he refused to answer ques tions and after giving several ficti tious names. A counterfeit $6.00 bill was found on the man at the time he was arrestpd name of William Henry Thomas, of vice bureau was to Asheboro W« the investigation, leased on W< ter a promise ti stay. Chief wishes to n Asheboro of his times in The memt in the peddler’s Sumner Urges All To Take Typhoid Precaution Steps i State Report To Date Shows Alarming Increase Of 135 Cases Over Past Year Vaccine Furnished Randolph Heretofore Recognized As A Typhoid Free County Dr. G. H. Sumner, Randolph coun ty health officer, is urging1 all who have not taken the typhoid vaccine to do so at once. This service is furnish ed by the county at no cost and Dr. Sumner is at his office on Saturdays and Monday mornings to give the vac cine. If as many as 25 desire the vac cine in a group, he states that he will go anywhere in the county to admin ister it. Two years before Dr. Sumner es tablished the county health office in Randolph, there were 60 cases of ty phoid. The year after it was establish ed the number diminished to 15 and since that time Randolph has become known throughout the state as an an ti-typhoid county. The number of cases of typhoid in (Please turn to page 12) not sure in any community and in this particular section of the state there appears to be a minimum supply in George B. Craven urns elected chair man of the committee selected with R. P. Boyer,, Guilford county representa tive, Ed Petty and Joe Weaver, Arch dale representatives and H. C. Royals and J. W. Meredith, Trinity represen tatives. This committee was given full authority to carry out the plan for forming a district "which will connect with the High Point water and sew age system or will dig its own wells. Robert J. Royals is attending the national postal clerk convention held at Gettysburg, Penn., this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Meredith, ac companied by Mise Bess Johnson, spent Friday in Spray, the guests of Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Waggoner. Mrs. Virgil Parker and sons of Improvements For Asheboro Imminent After Board Action City Water And Sewerage lines Will Be Extended If Proposi sition Is Approved Highway Finances State And Federal Funds Avail able For Highway Mainte nance Through Asheboro The town board, in a meeting held at the city hall on Monday evening, passed a resolution to apply to the lo cal government commission for the is suance of $4,300 bonds for their ap proval. These PWA bonds, if approv ed, will be used for the extension of the municipal water and sewerage system. In addition to this, the mayor, W. A. Bunch, and the city treasurer, Walter Yow, were named to form a committee to submit an application for a federal PWA loan and grant of $77, 752. The plans for this proposed exten sion includes the construction of a 12 inch pipe line from the city pond num ber one, to the reservoir. This will re place the present eight inch line, which is now inadequate for Asheboro’s con sumption. Three and half miles of sewerage line in various parts of the town will also be included in the program as will twenty new hydrants. Many peo ple will welcome all this news, espe cially the proposed hydrants that will make fire fighting in Asheboro far more efficient and insure some addi tional very necessary protection. Another announcement of the week coming from Mayor Bunch reveals the approval of maintenance of five and six tenths miles of highway in the city limits of Asheboro. This stretch of highway will be maintained by an appropriation of $2,765 from the half million appropriation from the state fund set aside for maintenance. 862 and Thomasville $3,985; Biscoe $660; Siler City, 625; Ramseur, $525 and Liberty, $430. The state engineers came to Ashe boro, upon the request of the mayor, and it was upon his recommendation that this state appropriation will come to the town. In addition to this appro it is quite probable that will also receive a share of million dollar federal appro | which is entirely separate state fund. g towns and cities in this mainte Celebrate 75th Birthday More than a hundred relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Auman gathered at their home at Asbury Sunday and gave Mr. Auman a sur prise dinner in celebration of his 75th birthday. At the noon hour a sump tuous dinner was spread on a long ta ble under the large oak trees on the lawn. Those from Asheboro present were Mr. and Mrs. John Neely, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lovett and Mrs. J. S. Lewis. A sister, Mrs. Lee Ham mond, of Seagrove, route 2, and sev eral nieces and nephews from Gibson were also present. Mr. Ellis Visits E. B. Ellis of Reading, Pa., is visit ing relatives in his native county of Randolph this week. Mr. Ellis is rail way expressman on one of the new electric trains running between Wash ington and New York. Mr. Ellis has been transferred from Reading to Washington, where he expects to . make his home in the future. He has I been a subscribed of The Courier for many years, keeping in touch with the happenings of his home county through this newspaper. Fidelis Class Play. A play “The Deestrick Skule,” spon sored by the Fidelis Class of the 1 Friends church will be given at the courthouse Friday night, August 30th, , at 8:00 o’clock. son. They were accompanied home by Miss Elms Johnson who visited over the week end with her mother, Mrs. Mary J. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Andrews spent Sunday in Gibsonville, the guests of Mrs. Andrews’ mother, Mrs. D. R, Hughes. Mrs. Robert J. Royals and daugh ter, June Marie, are visiting relatives here. Mrs. E. B. Wrike of Jamestown spent Sunday here with relatives. The Woman's Missionary Society of the M.*E. church will entertain the young people’s division with an even ing of fun on the church lawn Thurs day. This social is the result of a con test between the two church divisions for new members. A. F. Younts who has been quite ill •t Iris home here is slowly improving. J. A. Mikles and H. C. Royals at the J. O. U. A. M. convention Mrs. A. R. Bullock has had as her ttiaiWEnK Crippled Children’s Clinic Will Be Held Monthly With First Examination Sept. 5 Clinic Chairman Number Attend Meet Many Friends And Relatives At tend The Denny-Morgan Wedding, Sunday Emergency Ambulance Call Pugh’s ambulance had an emergen cy call around ten o’clock Sunday night three miles below Candor where a truck, owned by the Cranford Fur niture Company, collided with a Ford sedan, occupied by Thomasville resi dents, Elizabeth Farmer, Gertrude Ray Farmer, Lorene Farmer, Mrs. Henry Wright and Mrs. Lila Nichlo son, all of Thomasville, were all brought to Asheboro to the Randolph Hospital, Inc., to be treated for minor injuries. No one was seriously injured. After treatment at the hospital the in jured ones were carried to their homes in Thomasville. Series Of Meetings Bring Con ducted At Science Hill Friends Church French; in the grades, Mrs. Alice Dorsett, 1st, Miss Myrtle Scarboro, 2nd; Mrs. Edna Bingham, 3rd; Mrs. Annie Dewar, 4th; Miss Ruth Kearns and Miss Sarah Holman, extra teach ers in the grades; Miss Catherine Stokes, 5th, Mrs. Connie Skeen, 6th, Miss Edith Saeboch, 7th. L. L. Ray, teacher of vocational agriculture. There will be no Home Economics de partment in the school as was hoped earlier in the summer, open September 19th The patrons of the r armer-io-Asne boro telephone line held their annual meeting at S. A. Pickett’s on Satur day evening, and elected officers for the year. S. A. Pickett was reelected president, and J. R. Hammond, sec. treas. A series of meetings is being con ducted this week at Science Hill Friends Church, by the pastor, Ed ward B. Harris, assisted by Mrs. Mil (Please turn to page 12) Facultv For New * « School Year Now Announced Farmer Weekly News From Franklinville And The Neighborhood Party Returns From Two Weeks’ Motor Trip To Indiana And Other Interesting Places Colored Folk Picnic Franklinville Ball Team Wins Two Games And Loses One During The Current Week Franklinville, Aug. 26.—Parris and Grady Spoon and T. C. Jennings spent the week at Wrightsville Beach. E. S. Thomas, Clarence York, Hen ry Thomas and Otis Thomas returned from a two weeks’ visit to Indiana, Wednesday. They spent one day in Chicago. On their return, they were accompanied by Miss Bertha Thomas, of Noblesville, who will spent some time with her father, W. R. Thomas. L. C. Frazier and daughter, Maxine, and William Pool and son, are spend ing some time at Morris Plains, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Buie made a trip to Eastern Carolina the past week. Leaving here Wednesday morn ing they spent some time at Washing ton and Edenton, thence to Norfolk, Va., spending Saturday evening with Mrs. Buie’s parents, near Boyden, Va. They returned Sunday afternoon. Paul Wallace and Misses Elizabeth Wallace and Mary Curtis visited the week end at Milton. E. L. Moon made a business trip to Raleigh, Saturday. Robert Durham, Carl and Mary Durham and Elbert Moetilla of Greenville, S. C. visited Mr. and Mrs. L W. Rose. Franklinville, first nine ball teem played Troy teem at Troy, Saturday (Please turn to page 6) Three Rooms Of Hospital Will Be Utilized For This Im portant Service Local Rotarians Sponsoring: Work L. M. Cranford Chairman Of Committee Staging This Free Treatment In County Approximately a year ago, Ashe boro Rotarians became interested in the crippled children of Randolph county—not only interested, but did something about it.' This was under the presidency of Charles McCrary but his successor, Robert Wood, is no less interested and the work has gone on. Dr. J. T. Barnes was was first chairman of the committee for crip pled children and was succeeded by Laurin Cranford, present chairman. So active has been the committee headed by Mr. Cranford, that an nouncement is made this week of the first monthly clinic to be held on Thursday, September 5th. Arrange ments have been made for the three out-patient rooms in the basement of the Randolph Hospital, Inc. at Ashe boro, to be used for this purpose. Dr, Thomas F. Wheeldon, of Richmond, Va., has been secured for the exami nation and treatment of these chil dren. Mr. Cranford urges that all crippled children in this county be brought to the hospital on this day for examination. After the first clinic day, appointments will be made, but for the first time it may be necessary to remain several hours before an ap pointment with Dr. Wheeldon. This service will be financed by the Rotary club of Asheboro for the com ing year and will be absolutely free to children whose parents are unable to pay for it. Miss Thelma Hart, secre tary to Dr. Wheeldon, was in Ashe boro this week meeting with Mrs. W, L. Lambert and Mrs. J. T. Barnes, who are assisting in organizing the ladies of Asheboro to assist in this work. Dr. Wheeldon approves of such a com mittee to work with him, especially hi having the comity ed unanimous approval of a clinic of this nature for Randolph and are co operating with this splendid altruis tic movement of the Rotarians. The committee, of which Laurin Cranford is head, is composed of D. B. McCrary, C. C. Cranford, Dr. J. T. Barnes, Dr. W. L. Lambert, Arthur Ross, and A, H. Thomas. The first clinic was held in Ashe boro on December 6th, 1934, and it was the motive, at that time, to in-, augurate the monthly clinic plan but,, for various reasons, it was not pos sible to continue them. This has work ed out, by hard work and continued efforts on the part of those most in terested and the one hundred per cent cooperation of the Rotary club of' Asheboro. Cooperation cn the part of citizens of Asheboro and of Randolph county in bringing children to this clinic for treatment, after notifying some mem ber of the committee, will greatly help this splendid piece of work un dertaken by this group of business men of Randolph county. Twilight Service Is Held Monday Evening At Lowdermilk Home A novel meeting of the Philathea class of the Methodist Protestant church was held Monday evening at the home of Mrs. T. F. Lowdermilk. The meeting was in the form of a twilight service and was held in the pretty back yard of the Lowdermilk home. Devotions, in charge of Miss Esther Ross, were unusual and most fitting. A brief business session, in charge of Mrs. Earl Henley, disposed of the business of the meeting. Forty-five members and several guests were present at this meeting with Miss Io la and Miss Esther Lowdermilk and Mrs. George Burkhead associate hoik teases. Visitors present for this meeting were: Mrs. S. W. Taylor, Miss Fran ces Taylor, Miss Elisabeth and Miss Lucy Clyde Rose, Miss Florence Cook, Miss Genevieve Cox; Mrs. Clendon Lowdermilk, Mrs. R. C. Johnson, Jr* and Miss Addie Frye. Revival At Friends Church On Sunday evening a special series of services will begin at the Asheboro Friends church. Rev. Thomas An drew, pastor of Providence Friends church of Staley, will assist Rev. H. A. Parker, pastor of the local church in this series. Further announcement concerning the services will be made at a later date. The Sunday evening service is announced tor 7:46 o'clock.
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