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7,000 PEOPLE WELCOME YOU TO ASHEBORO, “CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA” Xrt. Am The Regulator February 2, 1874 Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County PRINCIPLES, NOT: MEN ASHEBORO. N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1936. Changed To The Courier September 13, 1379 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 8 Late News SUtev National and International Happenings Brieljr Told three leaders in hSands* contest Late Thursday afternoon Billy Penn Wood was leading the Hen Pecked Husbands' Contest”, which ■ Heinz sponsored by circle no. 6 ff the First Methodist church, with votes doee behind was Hoy Williams with !,•»«. J tWrd Pto was Ogbum Yates with 566 votes. COLLEGE “VETERANS” ARE Slorbd by joe a Murray Joe E Murray, former chaplin of the Disabled Veterans of the World War, termed the organization of the Future Veterans of Foreign Wars and Gold Star Mothers of Future Veterans on college cam puses as an insult to “Gold Star Mothers.” SHERIFF believes that CRUCIFIXION WAS FAKED Sheriff & M. C. Thomas, said yesterday that the “crucifixion of George J. Timmerman near Ocala, Florida, looked like a fake to him. Timmerman was unfastened by policemen from the hoary wooden cross to which he had been nailed. Four and one-half inch spikes were driven through his hands and feet, and his lips had been sewed with heavy twine EDITH MAXWELL IS GRANTED REVIEW OF TRIAL Thursday at Richmond the Virginia Supreme Court of appeals granted Edith Maxwell, the 21 year old Wise county school tenfi* who was given a twenty-five year term upon the conviction of the murder of her father, a review of her trial. FRENCH ARMY COMMISSION URGES FOR WAR BILL PASSED The army commission of the French chamber of deputies urged the government Thursday afternoon to push through a bill providing for organization of civil and industrial France in time of war. The com mittee recommended that the bill be passed before the chamber adjourns on March 20th. 8. C. ADJUTANT GENERAL ' ATTACKED BY TWO MEN Colonel Rufus Grant, assistant adjutant general of South Carolina waa attacked by two men lliuraday who took his automobile. Grant had just left his apartment in the center of Columbia when the two men rushed him off his feet beat him and forced him out of his automobile in a dazed condition near the city limits. ROOSEV ELT POSTPONES TRIP BECAUSE FLOOD CONDITIONS President Roosevelt deferred his southern fishing trip late Thursday afternoon for at least 24 hours to give his attention to the eastern flood disaster. He summoned an emergency “flood committee” to the White House early Thursday morning. The committee is Headed by secretary of war, Dent. Western N. C, Has Heavy Snow Western North Carolina was buried under the worst snow storm in many years Wednesday. All highways were closed with little hope of opening them within the next day. Between 300 and 400 school children Were marooned in school buildings and private homes. The United States weather bureau measurement for the snow at Asheville was 12 inches, ip other mountain districts unofficial re ports were of a fall from two to four inches deeper. Second Johnstown Flood With two official deaths and reports of three other drownings the residents of Johnstown, Pa., waited in cheerless refuge for relief, and for the raging torrents of the Conemaugh river to subside. The town is under military *?le at the request of police' chief Harry Klink. Many of the old residents recall the horrors of the flood of 1889 which drowned more than two thousand people. Ethiopia Protests Gss The Ethiopian government has pro tested to the League of Nations against the “continual use by Italians °f asphyxiating and similar gases along the northern front, and during the bombardment of open towns in the interior." Cyclone Hits Bowland Ram seu* Citizens Hold A Mass M eting Planning Chamfer Of Commerce Formal OrdeP^For $30,000 Notes Is Authorized By City At the' meeting of the Asheboro | city council, held Tuesday evening, formal authority was given for the issuance of $30,000 notes for the construction of improvements on the city water system. As was stated in a recent issue of this newspaper, plans were made for laying the larger pipes but the formal order was issued- at the Tuesday evening meeting. Due to the growth of the town and the additional number of water users, it was deemed very neces sary to replace the eight inch pipes that supply the city’s water with a twelve inch line. This work is well past the early planning stage and ready for real activity before the summertime makes greater demands on the city’s water system. Baptist Churches Of _ Randolph Association Hold District Meeting Eleven Of Group Selected To Represent Association At Training School Representatives from a large 'number of the Baptist churches of the Randolph association met at the Ashe boro Baptist church Monday evening, March 16, for the purpose of formulat ing plans for the participation of the association in the southwide Sunday school extension campaign sponsored by the Southern Baptist Convention. This campaign is to extend over a period of five years. North Carolina Baptists hope to increase their num bers enrolled in Sunday school by two hundred and sixteen thousand during that time. The representatives were served supper by the ladies of the W. M. U. Eleven workers were selected to re present the association at the train ing school f<?r Sunday school workers which is being held March 19 and 20 at Hickory. All of these workers will leave Thursday morning for Hickory for two days of intensive training in Sunday school methods under the best teachers afforded by the denomination, i They will return ready to train others in the work throughout the associa tion. Those who will represent different departments of the Sunday school are as follows: superintendent, Rev. H. M. Stroupe, Ramseur; assistant super (Please turn to page 5) Welfare Conference , Northwest District To Meet On March 27 The sixth annual conferences of the public welfare workers will be held at district meetings which will convene in New Bern, Louisburg, Burgaw, Greensboro, Franklin and Lenoir on March 24, 25, 26, 27, 31 and April 1 respectively. The theme of the conferences will be Social Welfare, A Local, State and Federal Respon sibility. Many outstanding state and national speakers will appear on the six programs. Various committees have been ap pointed in Greensboro to make the meeting of the northwestern district a most successful one. All officials and public welfare workers are urged to attend. Juvenile Court Judges, County Commissioners, school prin cipals, WPA workers, leaders of civic organizations and parent teacher as sociations will be in attendance. The public is cordially invited to come toi the conferences. Reginald Turner Discusses The School Library Conditions As Relate Cetwick Memorial Fund •Reginald Turner, sup4kintend$nt of the Aiheboro school, has prepared an article of unusual interest for the in formation of the public. These facts relate to the school library and especially to the Leo Cetwick memorial fund, through which the local school library has been substan tially recruited. Mr. Tamer says: “I am writing this article to give publicity to some matters of interest concerning the libraries in the public schools. I want to express apprecia tion for recent gifts to the libraries; to tell of the interest that the pupil# are showing in reading; to explain what are the requirements for a reading circle certificate; and to point oat specific needs of the several libraries In the elementary grades and in the high school. Additiess by Catwicfc Memorial Fund Through the Cetwick Memorial ftmd which is administered by the educational department of the Von Marley Presides At Pre liminary Meeting Held Tuesday Evening Committees Named Are Already Most Active Meeting Will Be Held On Tuesday, March 31st, To Perfect Organization (Special to The Courier) Ramseur, March 18.— Ramseur j is striding forward in Randolph county’s progress as evinced by the meeting of representative citizens held in the city hall Wednes day evening. This meeting, held in the interest of organization of a i Chamber of Commerce for the town, was presided over by V. C. Marley, who served as temporary chairman. E. B. Leonard, Jr., was made temporary secretary, j Committees were named for going j forward with organization plans in the immediate future. Of these three committees named, perhaps the com mittee formed to look into the plan of organization, is most important at the present. Dr. C. R. Whitehead is chairman of this committee and is flanked about ably by H. F. Brady, Dr. C. A. Graham and M. E. Johnson. These men went to Raleigh Thursday for the purpose of obtaining detailed information for plans of organization. A nominating committee was com posed of W. E. Marley, R. B. Moffitt and N. R. Curtis. These men will suggest officers for the permanent organization to be formed at the next meeting, called for Tuesday, March 31st. A publicity committee, composed of A. W. Craven, Dr. J. R. Johnson, J. R. Steele, K. G. Mace and L. A. Kelly, busy as such a group could be, are publicizing activities. Need for such an organization has long been felt in many phases of civic Jife in Ramseur and it is with justified pride4hat the citizens spread the good news. The meeting on Tues day will probably be one of en thusiasm and wide interest to this section of the county. Mrs. I. F. Craven joined a group of friends on Mpnday and left from Raleigh, far a.vrteeMa tau^-ef gardens in the north. The' Raleigh garden club is sponsoring the trip, made by bus, to the International Garden and Flower show, held in New York City. The party also stopped in Baltimore where they visited well known gardens. The Dupont gardens in Wilmington, Delaware, were also in the itinerary. Mrs. Ina Smitherman Royall and Mrs. Jessie Smitherman Harris, both of Troy and Mrs. Blanche Smitherman Covington of Tallahassee, Florida, were among the party in which Mrs. Craven is a member. They plan to return Tuesday, March 31st. E. A. Riehm is now composing a two-part show for the Ramseur Rotary club to be presented early in May. This play incorporates some old tunes, based on a minstrel idea with the second part a modem melo-drama. The object of the show is to secure funds for the work among crippled children in Randolph county. The Asheboro Rotary club has been spon soring this altruistic work for the past year and a half and the | Ramseur group is cooperating in the 1 work. Woman’s Bible Class The Woman’s Bible class of the Methodist Protestant church will hold the regular monthly meeting on Fri 'day evening, March 20th at 7:30 o’clock. The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Jess Pugh with Mrs. Scott McGill and Mrs. T. F. Bulla associate hostesses. This is an important meeting which all members are urged to attend. Mrs. Jesse Barker of Pleasant Garden is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Steed this week. i of the first three grades, and the small children who have read the old books in their classrooms will seize the opportunity to read, these new books which they hare been looking forward to with interest. The Cet wick Memorial fund was established by Miss Clara and Miss Minnie Cet wick as a memorial to their brother, the late Leo Cetwick who before his death was a manufacturer knd pro minent citizen of Asheboro. The fund is so established that others con tribute to it from time to time to establish specific memorials in which they are interested and at the same time perpetuate the general memorial to Mr. Cetwick. This memorial fund has meant a great deal to the libraries of the public school; prior to .the additions already mentioned this fund has given-to the school a. set of the Encyclopaedia of Britanniea which is probably the moet valuable set of >1 OW3 fh school Superior Court Is Running Along In A Satisfactory Manner Divorces Consume First Day Of Term Of Civil Docket Beginning Monday Judge Oglesby Presides Tedious Cases Involving Titles, Lines And Such, Consume Court’s Time The first week of Randolph county’s two weeks of civil court is nearing completion. Judge John Oglesby of Concord is presiding over the two weeks of civil cases and will again be on the bench for the week | of criminal, court following the civil | docket. Wednesday and Thursday, the! divorce cases disposed of earlier in the week, cases of greater length were ' taken up by the court. In the case of Mrs. J. A. Apple and Mrs. U. C. Richardson against Joseph Habel, the case being an ejection suit, Mr. Habel was given until April 10th to vacate the building in question. E. E. John son vs. T. A. Bullock, et al, resulted in the plaintiff recovering $85.00 from the defendant. Roena Lowdermilk vs. J. A. Brady, admr. of J. H. Lowdermilk settled the case out of court between the parties. In the case of C. C. Cranford, admr. for the estate of Janies Bums for Mrs. Miriam Bums and* three sons, the court ordered a confirmation of the decree of probate court of the sale of several lots. A case consuming the better part of Wednesday and through noon Thursday was that of Ernest B. Whitehead vs. Charlie Staley, et al. I being a dispute over the title to real i estate. The case consumed voluminous details of lines, surveys and argument of various lawyers over title? to tracts of land in question. The next case to be takhn up was | that of Mrs. Ellen Luck %s. J. A. Brady, admr. for Hettie Hogan et al. Mrs. J. M. Walker vs. Columbus Hulin was the case slated for trial Friday morning. The court is running along pretty well according to the calendar and ! very satisfactory to attorneys and ' clients, according to reports from the court officials and from thefjnterested (Please tur W. F. Baily On Supervised Play For Local Children Asheboro P.-T. A. Planning To Stages Program Of Super vised Recreation The Asheboro Parent-Teachers Association met in an important meeting this week at which W. F. Baily, of High Point, the chief speaker on the program, gave a summary of the work being done in High Point to supervise the recreation of the High Point children. Through his summary Mr. Baily proved that supervised play in his city has done more than any thing else to reduce juvenile crimes. Business of the meeting consisted of a report of the attendance com mittee which showed that the classes of Miss Ayers, in the high school, and Miss Bertha Presnell and Miss Loflin, i in the elementary school had the : highest attendance records, and of 1 the election of officers for the ensu ing year. The chairman of the nomina tion committee, Dr. Smith, submitted the names of Murray Field for presi dent; Mrs. Kemp Alexander for vic» president; Miss Clara Gill for second vice president; Mrs. L. F. Ross, sec retary; Cleve Thayer, treasurer, and Mrs. Maud Allred, historian. No further nominations were made and the nominees of the committee were unanimously elected. The installation of the new officers will be held at the next regular scheduled meeting which will be held in April. LOCALE^ Flashes Liberty Arch Erected Work started Thursday after noon on the hugh arch-way in front of the exposition building where the merchants will stage their exposition next week. The arch is a. large frame, festooned with electric lights which will insure ample advertisements for the location of the building where this fete will take place. Store Changes Managers O. D. Smith of Greensboro who has served as manager of Meyers Major Appliance store, opened during this month in Asheboro, has been returned to the Greens boro store. W. B. Mangum as sumed management on Wednes day and will be in charge of tire store in the future. Has Tonsils Removed Charles M. Fox, Asheboro Drug < Trinity News Notes For Week Include Local Happenings P.-T. A. Holds Meeting And Presents Impressive Pageant, Reminiscence Personal Mention School Publishes Honor Roll For Entire Fall Term And For Third Month Trinity, March 19.—The Parent Teachere Association of the Trinity school met in the high school audi torium Monday evening for their regular monthly meeting with the president, Mrs. J. 0. Killen, presid ing. Rev. J. C. Gatewood conducted the devotional service, using as his ! subject, “Wise and Foolish Builders.” The program was a Founder’s Day celebration. An impressive playlet “Reminisence” was rendered. The characters were Mrs. A. B. Coletrane, Mrs. Roy Fulp, Mrs. J. A. Mikles and Mrs. Lucian Payne. The birthday cake with the candle lighting concluded the play. The program was enjoyed by a number of parents and teachers. The attendance banners were won by Miss Hazel Coletrane’s sixth grade and Mr. Vance’s tenth {Trade. The young people’s division of the M. E. church was entertained by Miss Mary Bouldin, at her home, Thursday evening. A varied program was carried out. After the program a social hour was enjoyed and refresh ments served. A large number of young people enjoyed Miss Bouldin’s hospitality. The second quarterly meeting for the Randolph circuit will be held Sun day evening at 7:30 o’clock in the Trinity Memorial church. R. E. Weaver will preach and preside at the j business session following the preach I ing service. Miss Kathleen Johnson, who has j been ill from influenza has returned to school this week. Gurney Peace has been confined to his home on account of illness. Ray Parrish of Roxboro spent the week-end with homefolks here. Mr. Parrish was called home on account of the death of his brother, Albert Parrish, of Asheboro. Pupils making the honor roll for the entire jail term include the following students: Grades—Lucile Albertson, Herman Deaton, Annie Louis* F/a$ier^Bet$ye Joyce Miller, Nelva Myers, Josephine Yates. High school—Colleen Woodall, Jewel Lambeth, Annie Mae Mann, Kathleen Pool, Annie' Spencer, Elsie White. Honor roll for third report period (Please turn to page 8) Judge Siler Visits Judge Walter Siler, prominent at former solicitor and assistant attorney forme rsolicitor and assistant attorney general of North Carolina, was among the attorneys visiting in Asheboro this week with cases in Randolph Superior Court. Judge Siler spent Wednesday and Thursday in Ashe boro. Personal Items Of The Current Week From Franklinville Franklinville, March 18.—G. L. Craven and family were guests Sun day of Mr. and Macy Trogdon of Gibsonville. Misses Epsie, Coleen and Mabel Pugh, Mrs. L. W. Rose and Roy Parkham made a trip to Fort Bragg Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Tippett of j Greensboro and Mr. and Mrs. Lendo | Connor of High Point were guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Welch. Mr. and Mrs. George Saunders of Cedar Falls were visitors here on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wallace, C. J. Smith and Mrs. Worth Pugh, who have been ill with influenza for the past few days, are improving. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bunch of High Point are spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Cox. Thousands Rendered Homeless In Northeastern Section of U. S. By Teriffic Stprms and Floods Raging torrents of water, ice cakes, of tremendous weights, high winds and snow storms have wrought de vastating destruction throughout eastern United States. In Pennsy lvania there are thirty dead, Pitts burg is under water, fires and explo sions are adding to the terror of the citizenry. Johnstown is in the midst of its “second flood” with five dead and 10,000 homeless. In Massachusetts Boston is facing a milk shortage; transportation and communication are disrupted, with one death added to the fifteen of last week. In Vermont power dams are seriously threatened Damage in Maine is estimated $10,000,000. In Connecticut three <h have collasped and two hundred 185,000 WPA wnrW Hubert Olive, Past State Legion Head, To Open , Exposition Here Monday To Open Exposition I HUBERT E. OLIVE Many Student Of Seagrove School On Recent Honor Roll Free Acts Offered Several Times Daily; Popularity Contests Proves Entertaining Seagrove, March 17. — Several parties from Seagrove went to Randleman Saturday night to attend the finals of the basketball tourna ment. All were glad to see the Sea grove boys win the championship. The boys under the direction of G. A. York, have proved themselves a credit to our school this year, having only lost a few of the games during the season. Miss Alberta and Mildred Auman, Maple Lawrene and Strawda Hare shopped in Greensboro Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest McNeil are building a bungalow on their lot in Sputh; Seagrove. v A. ftT*5Wnftm, W*** * ' Student- *t Chapel Hill is spending the spring holidays with his parents. Following is the honor roll for the fifth month: First grade, Valda King. Second grade—Charles Presnel1, Wanda Nell Cole, Imogene King, Ruby Jean Lucas, Millard Spivey. Third grade — Monroe Combs, Molene Brown, Jewel Bean, T. J. Hunt, Ray Hogan, Denver Langley, Ramon Spivey, Marie Tucker, Recil Yow, J. B. Sink, Ray Hancock, Paul Boyles. Fourth grade — Colon Ashworth. Raeford Lucas, Emerson Whatley, Iris King, Clara McNeil, Merle Strider. Sixth grade—Morris King. Seventh grade—Pearle Cole, Stacy (Please turn to page 4) Judge Walter Siler To Speak Saturday For Randolph Club Hon. Walter Siler, of Siler City, will speak before the Randolph Book club at the home of Mrs. John T. Moffitt Saturday afternoon. Judge Siler will discuss “the Constitution of the United States.” He is considered an authority on government and will entertain his hearers. Judge SiTer has occupied various positions of honor, among which are assistant attorney general of North Carolina and solicitor of his district. The club has been studying James M. Beck’s Constitution of the United States and is carrying out its plan of favoring Judge Siler speak on it during the year. own commonwealth seven hundred children were marooned in rural schools in the western part of the state with transportation completely demoralized by one of the deepest snows in years. The message of Frank C. Jordan Democrat staff member, which was phoned in to Philadelphia is typical of many others from the inundated towns. He told of the city’s needs after trekking by canoe, horse and buggy and hitch-hiking for 18 miles through the flooded area, to get to the nearest telephone, which offered Philadelphia as the only point of communication. “We can give the victims temporary shelter in buildings on higher levels,’’ he said, “but we have nothing to feed them, and little with which to keep them warm. “I. Exposition In Asheboro Spon sored By Asheboro Legion And Merchants Sandy Graham Speaks Later In The Week Seagrove Folk Attend Basket ball Finals In Randleman; Other Personals Hubert Olive, past state commander of the American Legion, of Lexington, will officially open the Merchant* Exposition sponsored next week in Asheboro by the local American Legion. Mr. Olive will speak at 8:00 o’clock Monday evening in the exposi tion hall. He is a well known speaker as well as known throughout several southern states for his legion activit ies. Mr. Olive will interest the people of Randolph who come for entertain ment and benefit at this merchant’s fete. Upon several occasions during the week, speakers of note will be on hand at the exposition to address the people. On Friday evening, Honorable Sandy Graham, Lieutenant Governor of the state, will address the citizens. Mr. Graham is now running for the office of governor of North Carolina and his coming to Asheboro will be of sufficient interest to draw a crowd to the exposition. Merchants are planning their booths which will typify the high class of wares they handle and offer to the people of Randolph county. During the day upon several oc casions, and in the evening, free entertainment will be offered by those in charge of the exposition. Millie Long, billed as the Dixie Sweetheart, an acrobatic dancer and contortionist, is scheduled for several acts daily. Other features of the free enter tainment will include Si, and Abner the mule with a human mind—said to have a high school education. Susie, the $10,000 chimpanzee will entertain with beauty and the beast; Frank and Marie, two clever exponents of the art of knife throwing and many other interesting features will be offered for the free entertainment of the public. The beauty and popularity contest is proving one of the most interesting j itenls of the exposition. - A large number of Asheboro young women and girls are in this contest and the winner will be crowned queen with fitting ceremony on Saturday evening. Interesting prizes also will be given the winner, in addition to her title. Poster Contest For National Live Stock To Be Staged Soon High-school teachers of this city have just received an announcement of two nation^ competitive events— a poster contest and an essay contest —open to high-school students of North Carolina. Scholarships and cash prizes will be awarded the winners. Both contests are sponsored by the live-stock and meat industry of the United States, through the National Live Stock and Meat board. The post er contest is being held for the first time, while the essay contest has been an annual event for the past thirteen j years. Last year’s state title holder in the essay contest was Miss Sybil' Craig of Durham, • ** North Carolina students entering the contests will also compete against students in other states for district and national championships. In 1935 the national winner in the essay con test was Miss Dorothy Lee Gillins of Ashmore, 111., who won this coveted honor in a field of 12,269 contestants. In both the poster and the essay contests, the entries are to be on phases of the subject of meat as a food. Prominent artists and home economists will make up the com mittee of judges, according to the announcement. The contests close on April 15. NEW MACHINERY INSTALLED AT ASHEBORO CLEANING CO. LOCAL CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN SPRING FASHION SHOW Asheboro children taking part in the Meyer’s Spring style show in Greensboro Thursday afternoon were Margaret and Julia Alexander, Mary Frances Betts, Louellen Routh, Martha Cousins, Dorothy Presnell, Ann Lewallen, Millicent Brittain, Mary Moore Lovett, Betsy Gamer, Joe Lewallen, Jr., Betty McCrary, Harvey Lee Griffin and Joanne Craven. These children are. members of Mrs. Oscar White’s school of dance which is giv ing a program of dances for this affair. Some of the children will also model in the fashion show. The Asheboro Dry Cleaning com pany has this week installed some additional modem machinery, accord ing to the owners, L. A. Bonkemeyer, L. H. Wright and C. A. Holt Hie new equipment includes a finishing machine that will take care of linens,
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