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 f1 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