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7,000 PEOPLE Y» asheboro, “C THE COURIER PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ~ASHEBORO, N. C., THUfRSDAY^SEFTEMBER 5, 1935. MOST PEOPLE IN ASHEBORO AND RANDOLPH COUNTY READ THE COURIER—IT LEADS n *2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 36 immunity News Of Trinity Section Is Of Varied Interest itizens Hold Second Mass Meet ing Concerning Water Works 8 And Sewerage Plan Personal Mention i E Missionary Society Holds Meeting And Is Entertained By Mt. Vernon Church Trinity, Sep^Jhe Woman_s Missionary Society of the M. E vurch held the monthly meeting at L home of Mrs. J. L. Phillips, Tues av afternoon. The president, Mrs. J. r Meredith presided, and Miss Bess o'hnson had charge of the program. very enthusiastic and interesting ieeting was held after which a social our was enjoyed and refreshments >rved by Miss Carrie Phillips and rrP D R- Younts. The society was ivited to Mt. Vernon church Wed 8Sday afternoon where they render ed a program and were entertained y the missionary society of that Mrs. Annie Brower and family of [igh Point spent Sunday with Mr. nd Mrs D. R. Younts and family eMiss Gladys Bullock has returned , her home at Durham after spend ig several days with Mr. and Mrs. . R. Bullock here. A second mass meeting of citizens f Trinity and Archdale was held in ie high school auditorium, Friday ight in regard to the recent pre ssed water and sewer system for this istrict. Geo. B. Craven presided and scussions held were to further the reposed plan recently presented. An ffort is being made to secure the apport of fifty two per cent of the tizens of the district and many gned the petition to support the Ian drafted at this meeting. Mr. and Mrs. John Payne, accom anied by Misses Elma Johnson and rillie Womack of Madison, spent last eek end in Blowing Rock and Ashe lle. While in Asheville they were the uests of H. E. Johnson and family. fcCrary Family Of Indiana Pays Visit To Asheboro Friends . P. McCrary, In 91st Year, Re markably Active And Makes LaagXrip-ByAntnmaWe Mr. ad Mrs. William Hicks, of Ko >mo, Ind., and Mr. and Mrs. Harry ay, of Gary, Ind., together with their lends, Mr. and Mrs. Pura Herringer, l Kokomo, Ind., made an automobile ip here to pay a short visit to our wnsman, D. B. McCrary. Mrs. Hicks id Mrs. Day are cousins of Mr. Mc rary. Their grandfather, H. P. McCrary, f Kingman, Ind., was a brother of the te W. F. McCrary, of Randolph ounty, and he is an uncle of our D. . McCrary. H. P. McCrary went west many ears ago. He is now 91 years old and is granddaughters reported him to be 1 good health at present. He lives ithin a few blocks of the center of le town of Kingman, Ind., and walks >wn town every day, and reads his aper. He still enjoys playing cards id passes a lot of time in this man er with his friends. He is consider (Please turn to page 4) iwanis Club Has Solicitor Cog-gin As Guest Speaker 'oints Out Number Of Coart Cases On Docket For. Drunken Driving Kiwanis club members, with eir wives and sweethearts, met Tues iy evening at the city pond, for their dies night meeting. The ladies of e Charlotte church served the sup which was heartily enjoyed by all irticipants. In spite of the threaten g weather, many were present and d justice to the bountiful meal. I. C. Moser introduced Charles Cog solicitor of this district and guest •eaker for the evening, who paid ibute to the Kiwams spirit and call attention to the opportunities for idering service available to the ub. Mr. Coggins mentioned especially the rer increasing problem the Ameri n People have in motor traffic and e tremendous loss in human life and operty damage caused daily by care ss and improper driving. He stress the appalling fact that automobiles lied more people in North Carolina st year than the state lost in the orld war. # The speaker mentioned that there ere twenty-nine cases up before the csent court for drunken driving and twn other cases simply for reckless tring. The nun caused him to cut talk short but he closed by stat that two very important things ould be observed by motorists. First, "ays keep the car under complete ntrol so that, in case of emergency, e car could be stopped quickly. Sec id. see that the car is in proper con nn and equipped at all times. Resident E. H. Mon. lat the baa has been 1 «h’s meetings new an Superior Court Is In Midst Of Bus] Term In Randoli Three Murder Cases Slated Criminal Docket That Wj Be Tried This Week Docket Is Heavy Judge John Clement Presiding, With Solicitor Charles Cog gin Prosecuting Randolph county superior court for the trial of criminal cases, commenced in Asheboro on Monday with Judge John Clement presiding. Judge Cle ment, in his charge to the jury, stress ed law enforcement and explained carefully the duty of the jurors. Charles Coggin, solicitor in this dis trict, is prosecuting the docket in an able and efficient manner. The docket is considerably cluttered with whiskey cases, driving cars while drunk and the like. There are three murder cases, however on the docket, including that of Roby Spencer which was taken up on Wednesday afternoon but not dis posed of. The other two murder charges are: state vs. Harvin Harris and state vs. Amos Kearns. On Monday, an effort was made to dispose of the jail cases, securing true (Please turn to page 8) Teacher List Now Complete For The Asheboro Schools At the meeting of the Asheboro school board, held on Wednesday night, the teacher list for the coming year was completed. Information as this newspaper goes to press, indi cates that Miss Annie Fuller Young of Henderson was selected for the sev enth grade; Mrs. Helen S. McMillan of Southport for the sixth grade. For music, Miss Ethel Johnson, who has taught for several years, was re named and Mrs. Murray Field, who did some private teaching last year, will also teach in connection with the schooL A complete list of the white and colored teachers for Asheboro will probably be available for the next is sue of The Courier. School in Ashe boro, as well as throughout the coun ty, will open on Thursday, Septem ber 19th. , : Teachers Coming - Year Are Chosen At Franklinville Winston-Salem Man Buys G. H. Black Farm And Plans Large Lake Hughes Homecoming Mrs. Weatherly Called Away On Account Of Illness Of Son-In-Law Franklinville, Sept. 2.—W. D. Hughes, of Winston-Salem, has bought what is known as the G. H. Black farm, one mile south of Frank linville, and expects to improve and develop it in the near future. This 1 is one of the best farms in this com munity, well watered, with two good dwellings and outbuildings. One proj ect will be to build a 12 foot dam across York Creek, making a lake cov ering 25 acres of land which will be the largest artificial lake in Randolph county. The dam will be only a short distance from the bridge at Wrenn’s shops. Mrs. D. M. Weatherly was called to Rich Square, Tuesday, on account of the illness of her son-in-law, J. W Peele, who is now critically ill in a Rocky Mount hospital. B. C. Jones, who for some time has held a position with H. A. Page Mo tor Co., Asheboro, has taken charge of Franklinville Motor Co. Born to Mr. and Mrs. James All (Please turn to page 4) Town Board Votes Application Gov’t PWA 45 PerCent LoanFor Proposed Community Building At the town board meeting, Tues day evening, the community building project was presented to the board members. The committees of the Chamber of Commerce tendered fig ures showing that $23,844 had been pledged from various organizations, business concerns and individuals. The board unanimously agreed to file application to the federal govern ment for the 45% PWA grant. If the project is approved the committee feels that the additional amount of ap proximately $4,000 needed can be raised in the community. So far, only the larger manufacturing concerns of the community have been solicited. The total cost of the project will be around $55,000. The community is exceedingly grateful to the Woman’s club for their pledge of $1,000 which they had ori ginally intended to use in constructing a building for their organisation. Business concerns and individuals who have subscribed are listed as fol Asheboro’s New Postoffice Asheboro Postoffice Is Moved To New Building On Sunset Avenue During This Week New Building Commodious And Convenient Inside Despite Plain Exterior History Recounted Of Various Moves Postmaster Redding And Force Of Thirteen Assistants Well Pleased With Quarters United States mail is now coming into the new post office where the citizens of Asheboro are now receiving 1 service from this new building. While . ■the style of the building is far from handsome and imposing) since the lo- j cal post office force have moved into ; the new home, it has taken on a dif ferent mein and is fitting into the picture of business Asheboro a bit bet- ' ter. The inside of the building, how- 1 ever, is conceded to be quite conven- j ient and entirely satisfactory. The force today, headed by J. O. Redding, postmaster, includes, James Bunch, who has twenty-one years of service to his record; R. A. Briles; Mrs. Nita Burghead; R. S. Allred, Fred M. Kearns, G. S. Sugg; city car riers Gayle Hussey, Edgar Mabe; ru ral carriers—N. S. Andrews, for route two; J. J. Miller, route 3; and S. W. Stout; star route, Harrison Bean; Will Hughes^ custodian. The post office employes today, numbering thirteen, is far different from the days when the post office was in the old part of town nearby th i Hayworth home on Old Main street | at the rear of the presbyterian manse j lot At this place, Mrs. Eugenia B., | McCain was postmistress, and con tinued the place for several years af ter moving the office in 1902 to the lot now occupied by the Standard Drug Company. Mrs. McCain served (Please turn to page 4) U. D. €. Names Two Delegates To The Winston-Salem Meet The Randolph chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met Tuesday afternoon for the first fall meeting at the home of Mrs. J. O. Redding on east Salisbury street with Miss Iola Lowdermirk associate hos tess. During the 'business session Mrs. J. D. Ross and Mr. A. R. Hix were elected delegates to the general meet ing to be held at Winston-Salem ear ly in October. Mrs. James Cheely and Mrs. H. C. Luther were elected alter nates. The program was on Admiral Sims at this time and Miss Massa Lambert read a most interesting article on “Semms of The Alabama.” Prior to reading the article, Miss Lambert told in an entertaining manner of a trip she made the past week to Fort Fisher on the coast of North Carolina. The hostesses were assisted in serv ing sandwiches and grapejuice punch by Mrs. W. A. Underwood and Mrs. Earl Henley. Mrs. L. F. Ross was wel comed. lows: Cetwick Silk Mills, Inc., Acme Hosiery Mills, Inc., McCrary Hosiery Mills, Inc., J. D. Ross & Company, Home Building, Inc., Bossong Hosiery Mills, P. and P. Chair Co., Old Do minion Box Co., D. B. McCrary, Bank of Randolph and The First National Bank. The PWA has thus far been slow in approving applications from North Carolina, however, the committee is hopeful that this project will be speedily approved, as it applies for the grant only and does not require balance in loans as in most applica tions. Another interesting feature of the meeting was the board’s vote to do mate a lot on the west side of the property known, as Frasier Park for building an armory and drilling ground. The lot to be 110 x 370 feet. The state will furnish an amount not to exceed $26,000 to be used in con struction of the building if the lot is donated by the city. Call Issued Is For Important Meet Of Randolph Teachers The teachers of Randolph county are called tp meet with Dr. J. Hen ry Highsmith on Wednesday, Sep tember llth, for the purpose of discussing the courses of study for the fall and Winter terms of the county schools. Dr. Hightmith will also discuss libraries and books for rural schools. The meeting is called for 9:30 o’clock and will prohably be quite largely attended. The second meeting of interest to teachers of this county, as announc ed by T.,F. Bulla, superintendent of education in Randolph county, is the meeting of principals in Greens boro on 'ptursday, September 5th. All principals in Randolph county are urged* by Mr. Bulla to attend this meeting which is for the pur pose of discussing the school book rental system. This is an innova tion for the schools of the state and the principals are especially urged to attend this meeting and assist in evolving plans for their schools. i: Advertising Contest Prizes Announced To Courier Readers Unusual Interest Displayed By Both Town And County People In Recent Plan Miss Kearns Wins Mrs. Burkhead, Mrs. Reid Han nah, J. T. Lambert Are Win ners Of Cash Awards The advertising contest staged by this newspaper and a group of the merchants'of Asheboro was a decided success m>m every standpoint. Seldom has there been such wide interest man ifested in any contest as has “been the case in this advertising “window shop” contest. The Courier offered ten I dollars cash and five pairs of theater tickets to the winners. So many answers came into the of fice that were unusually good that the selection of the nine winners was no easy task and required more than or dinary care. After considerable consid eration on the part of the judges, checking and “double checking,” the following decision was made: first prize of $5.00 to Miss Ruth Lowe Kearns, Asheboro route two; second prize, of $3.00, goes to Mrs. George Burkhead; and to Mrs. Reid Hannah and J. T. Lambert, goes $1.00 awards each. Theatre tickets—a pair to each person to the following: Mrs. Talton (Please turn to page 4) Congressman Cooley Visits Congressman Harold Cooley, and Mrs. Cooley, of Nashville, will arrive today to pass the week end with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Armfield, 3rd. Mr. Cooley is representative in congress from the fourth district. Francis Manning Visits. Francis Manning of The Enterprise, of Williamston, was a visitor to The Courier on Saturday. Mr. Manning is one of the outstanding newspaper men of the state and is quite pleased with the upturn in business. He was en route to his home after a visit to western Carolina. Return From Long Trip Miss Cladie Moffitt, Miss Madge Craven and Penn Craven of the Ram seur section, have recently returned home from a two months tour of the Pacific coast. They drove 8,350 miles and visited in 21 states and Mexico. Boy Scouts To Meet The Boy Scouts of Asheboro will meet Friday night at their respective meeting places. On account of the po lio scare, their meetings have been called off for the“past few weeks. But since the ban has been lifted by the health officials, the scouts will resume their meetings at the regular time and places. < Commissioners Let Painting Contract For Court House W. L. Thomas Is Low Bidder For Exterior Painting Job To Begin Monday Foreclosures On Recommend Paving Of Addition al Stretch On Cox Road; An Unusually Busy Session The board of Randolph county com missioners met in an unusually busy session on Monday, September 2nd, for the regular transaction of the county’s business also in joint session with the board of education. The pro ceeding of the board of education to be recorded at another place in this newspaper. The county commissioners attended to many details as well as several most important matters to the county. It was recommended by the body to the state highway commission that j two miles of the Cox road beginning at the corporate limits of Asheboro be surfaced. The contract for painting the out side of the county court house was let to W. L. Thomas, low bidder, accord ing to the contract previously agreed upon. Mr. Thomas’ bid was set at $235.00 and to finance the job until complete and accepted by the board. The work will commence on Monday. It was decided by the group that the county accept the redemption of 1934 land sales until November 1st, 1935, without interest. It was the decision not to oharge interest on the 1934 taxes sold on September 2nd. The following resolution was pass ed in regard to starting foreclosure i suits on delinquent tax payers for the year 1932: “Whereas, that Chapter 75 Public Laws 1935 of North Carolina govern ing the foreclosure of land sale cer tificates provides: That counties hold ing land tax sales certificates for the year 1932 must start foreclosure pro ceedings on or before Dec. 1, 1985. And Whereas, no provision has been made by this board to comply with this law, as it applies to Randolph county for the foreclosure of land sales tax certificates of the above mentioned year. And Whereas, Lawrence T. Ham mond, an attorney of Asheboro, N. C. has agreed to enter into contract with this board and Randolph county to -do any_ $pd all things necessary ay arf attorney in starting and complet ing foreclosure suits on all land tax sales certificates for the year 1932. The consideration for the service to be as follows: For each foreclosure suit in the above action he shall re (Please turn to page 8) Fair Program Now Complete, Promises Interesting Week School Children Will Be Ad mitted Free On Opening Day, Tuesday, September 24th Fair officials announce that the pro gram for Randolph county’s big an nual event is now complete and prom ises a week of varied entertainment and information. On Tuesday, the opening day, school children from all over Randolph will be admitted free to the fair grounds the first day of the fair. The opening hour is set for 30:00 a. m. and all school children will be admitted free. On Wednesday, all exhibits will be judged except livestock. This year, ac cording to those who know, there will be an unusually good livestock exhibit. Livestock will be judged on Thurs day which is termed 4-H Club Day. On Friday, perhaps the largest crowds will gather, for that day has been set aside as the official home coming day. Old friendships will be renewed and former Randolphians will come back to their place of nativity for a gala day of celebration and reunion. An added attraction of that day will be an automobile given away by the fair. Saturday is everybody’s day and that is enough said. [ ! Federal Emergency Education Program Extended; Application Should Be Made Immediately The Federal Emergency Education program which has aided thousands of j college students and adults for the past several years has been extended j so that it will aid public school stu dents during this school year. The Na-1 tional Youth Administration is the1 agency that will have charge of stu-1 dent aid. Superintendent Reginald Turner, of the Asheboro schools, has | received a letter from C. E. McIntosh, director of the North Carolina Youth ! Administration, in which the details | concerning aid to certain students in the Asheboro schools are explained, j Pupils who are between the ages of 16 and 25 and who have not been at tending school because of their econo mic circumstances will be eligible to apply for student aid if they are on the local relief rolls. Applications should be made to Supt. Reginald Tur-' ner on Friday or Saturday of this week. A pupil who wishes to apply for aid should first see the local officials School Building Fund Now Assured By Board Who Signs Federal Agreement T. LYNWOOD SMITH T. Lynwood Smith Establishes Law Office In Asheboro The above is the likeness of T. Lyn wood Smith, attorney at law, who has opened a law office in Asheboro in the second story of the Law Building. His office will be over the one occu pied by Judge L. C. Phillips. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Wake Forest, in the class of 1933 and while there distinguished himself in many lines of endeavor. Some of his honors include: senior president of Law School, football and track for four years, Demon Deacon squad and president of the Pan-Hel lenic Council. He was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity. Prior to his finishing school he was, for two years, with the legal department of the Fed eral Land Bank in Columbia, S. C. Since his graduation in 1933 he has been associated with the law firm of ’ Wilson and Green, in Raleigh. He was I bom and reared in Robeson county ! and is a member of the Presbyterian .. New Attorney Rural Carriers Of This District Will Meet Ramseur Sat District Is Composed Of Five Counties Of Which Randolph Is The Center Annual Revival On Personal Items Include Many Young People Who Are Leaving For Colleges Ramseur, Sept. 4.—The fifth dis trict rural letter carriers association, meets Saturday night, Sept. 7th, at 7 o’clock at the Ramseur school build ing. All carriers of the county are urged to be present. The district is comprised of Alamance, Orange, Cas well, Guilford and Randolph counties. The ladies’ auxiliary will meet with them. Supper will be served by circles of M. E. church. Miss Rosalea Maness and Miss Jew el Stout were joint hostesses at a par ty at the home of Miss Stout Satur day evening. The entertainment was in the form of a garden party. More than 25 guests enjoyed the affair. Games and contests were enjoyed af ter which tempting refreshments were served by the hostess. Miss Edna Highfill left Monday to enter Gate City Secretarial School at Greensboro. Four young people from (Please turn to page 4) of the E. R. A. office and get a note stating that he or she is on relief and hence eligible to apply for aid. Pupils who are approved by the sev eral officials of the Youth Adminis tration will be paid a sum not greater than $6.00 monthly during the session of school. Such pupils may be assign ed work to do in addition to their stu dies in order to earn the monthly checks which will be sent out by the North Carolina Youth Administration. Aid may be given a pupil regardless of his classification in school. He may be in either the elementary or the high school; however, his relief status as determined by the E. R. A. or the W. P. A. is essential to his application for aid. It should be added that colored pu pils may receive student aid if they are eligible. Colored pupils should make application to Principal C. A. Barrett of the Randolph County Training School. Superintendent Bulla, M. E. Johnson, C. M. Hayworth And I. C. Moser To Washington Asheboro School Is Now Assured Plans And Locations Will Prob ably Be Complete Within Two Months From Present Superintendent T. Fletcher Bulla, of the county school system, met with the county board of education on Monday, September 2nd, and made definite plans for the school building program in Randolph county this fall. Mr. Bulla, with I. C. Moser, county attorney, and two members of the board of commissioners, M. E. John son and C. M. Hayworth, have recent ly returned from Washington where they went to complete the plans for the PWA funds. At the meeting on Monday, the agreements were proper ly signed and forwarded to Washing ton by way of Dr. H. G. Baity, state engineer for the PWA. According to Superintendent Bulla, the details are not yet complete as to plans and specifications for the build ings, which must yet be finished. Lo cations must also be purchased, ad vertisements for bids must be made and other details necessary to getting the plans in motion. All work will be done by contract. The amount of this PWA loan will total $200,000.00, with a 30 per cent grant from the government going with the 70 per cent loan which the county will repay yearly over a number of years—perhaps twenty-five — pay ments beginning in 1937. As it is doubtless known, the state of North Carolina pays the teachers and for the school busses while the counties furnish the buildings. The fund will be distributed as follows: Asheboro school, new building and equipment, $47,000.00; new buildings and equip ment for Archdale, $20,000.00; the same for Coleridge, $33,000.00; New Market, same, $27,000.00; Tabernacle, same, $28,000.00; Ramseur, addition to building and equipment, $25,000.00; Staley, addition to building and equip ment, $20,000.00. Mr. Bulla further discussed the teacher situation and is quite ple'ased with the choices at the various schools in the county. The list is practically complete. Mr. Bulla wishes to call at tention to the meeting for all Ran dolph county teachers to be held on Wednesday, September llth, at the county court house at 9:30 a. m. At this time, Dr. J. Henry Highsmith will discuss the courses of study with the teachers also libraries and bopks. He further calls attention to the meet ing for principals to be held in. Greensboro on Sept. 5th to meet with other principals of the state to discuss the text book rental system and evolve the best plan for working this inno vation. Mrs. Parrish Recuperating Mrs. Edward Parrish has returned to her home here after undergoing an operation at the City Memorial Hos pital at Thomasville two weeks ago. Mrs. Parrish, before her marriage was Miss Edna Gaddis of this city. Lisk Reunion. Mt. Gilead, Sept. 3.—Bethel Bap tist church, two miles west of Mt, Gilead, Montgomery county, will be the scene of another Lisk reunion and picnic dinner on Sunday, September 8th. All members of the family and their friends are urged to be present and spend an enjoyable day. There will be interesting speakers and all persons are invited to bring a well filler basket. Oranere Presbytery To Meet In Asheboro Presbyterian Church Representatives From Seven Counties Will Gather For The One-Day Session Asheboro Presbyterians are plan ning and looking forward to being hosts to the 331st session of the Orange Presbytery, which will be held in the local church on Tuesday, Sep tember 10th. The Presbytery will convene at eleven o’clock on Tuesday morning. At this time the opening sermon will be given by the retiring moderator, Rev, A. V. Gibson. The principal business of the morning session will be the election of a moderator. Rev. J. C. Mann, the director of re ligious education for the Synod of North Carolina will speak at the eve ning service, Tuesday. The public is invited to attend this session. Dr. Mann is a former pastor of the Purity Presbyterian church at Chester, S. C. and is one of the outstanding minis ters in the Synod. His address will deal with some phase of religious .edu cation. The Presbytery which is composed of the Presbyterian churches of Rock ingham, Guilford, Randolph, Chatham, Orange, Lee, and Alamance counties will bring to Asheboro some seventy ministers arid elders. Rev. N. N. Flem ing, pastor of historic Hawfields church, near Mebane, is the stated clerk of the Presbytery and Dr. Coth ran G. Smith, pastor of the local church is the treasurer. v 4>. ;i'
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