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[OST PEOPLE IN ASHEBORO AND RANDOLPH COUNTY READ THE COURIER—IT LEADS 7,000 PEOPLE WELCOME YOU TO ASHEBORO, “CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA” ®*t Am The Regulator February 2, 1876 Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEBORO. N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1936. Changed To The Courier September 13, 1879 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 9 Late News gttfte, National and International Happenings Briefly Told MESSAGE from senator REYNOLDS TO THE COURIER (Special to The Courier) The Courier: U was my pleasure to hare in terested myself in endeavoring to secure sentiment among Senators and Congressmen for the purpose of bringing pressure upon ad ministration to retain CCG camps throughout United States* 1 am happy that the order was approved providing for the retention these camps for the benefit of the respec tive sections of respective states in which they are located as well as for the benefit of the meh therein. ROBERT R. REYNOLDS, U.S-S. ROOSEVELT GIVES HAGOOD LEAVE OF ABSENCE Before departing on his Florida fishing cruise, President Roosevelt granted General Ha good, who was ordered to leave his post and pro ceed home and await orders for terming the WPA as “boondogling”, a three months leave of absence. The general and the president talk ed for two hours while riding across Florida. Neither made any com ment afterwards, however the president’s secretary, Marvin H. McIntyre, said that “the president and General Hagood talked on the train this afternoon (Monday). General Hagood will take three months leave of absence and his future assignment of duty will be determined in the meantime.” PRIVATE BUSINESS IS ABOLISHED BY MUSSOLINI Premier Mussolini, standing under the shadow of the statup of Julius Caesar, abolished large pri vate industry and the Italian chamber of deputies in preparation of a European war. A council of Guilds, to be known as “the Chamb er of Fascist and Corporations,” will be substituted for the impotent chamber of deputies, long prepared for its abolition. NORRIS LAKE COVERS LOYSTON, TENNESSEE The waters of Norms lake .flowed through the streets of Loyston Tennessee Monday covering for ever the site of the 150-year-old village. E. P. Morris of the TV A foresty division said some of the t former residents stood by and gazed silently at the rising waters while others watched with no sentiment at all. BORAH SAYS HE IS GLAD FOR TOWSEND AID With the brief comment that he was glad to have the support of Dr. Francis E. Townsend, Senator Borah said he would resume his campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination in the middle west in about a week. MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED IN BRAZIL Monday night at Rio De Janeiro, President Getulio Vargas, of Brazil ordered the enforcement of martial law for 90 days throughout his country. The reason for the president’s decree was not im mediately explained in the dispatch. TREATY IS PASSED BY CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS The United States trades treaty passed its final steps in the Canadian House of Commons Mon day night when tlie lull passed its third reading. It new goes to the senate and will come up for dis cussion this week. Seagrove Citizens v Planning To Erect Athletic Building (Special to Tbe Courier) One or the best moves that has been made in the Seagrove section of Randolph county in many a moon is the promotion of a public gym nasium. The Jr. O. U. A. M. is spon soring a program of feature enter tainment from which the proceeds will go to the gymnasium fund. On Saturday night April 4th the Jr. O. U. A. U. is putting on an old time Fiddlers' convention. Hie fiddlers W>11 convene in the Seagrove school auditorium at 7:80 p. m. sharp, and the music and merry-making will be gin. The program committee has arrang ed to get some of the finest string bands in this part of the country to be present. There will be yodling, buck dancing, fiddling, cutting the pigeons wing and many other features that go on a program of this sort All boys are invited to eome and bring their girls and all girls are asked tb come and bring their boy friends as there will be given to the prettiest girl and the ugliest boy a nice home-made xil musicians "» invited to come and compete and The above sketch will show how the new gymnasium for Asheboro will look in the near future. PI going forward with rapidity at present and bids for the erection will probably be let within a few week*, building Will be located on the east side of the present school grounds. Community Gymnasium Assured With Plans Near Complete, Says McCrary Contracts Will Be Let As Soon As Architect Finishes Details Of Plans. Charles McCrary Urges Those Who Have Made Pledges To Pay Promptly The community gymnasium is now. sufficiently assured to loom as a! reality in the imposing edifice in the | above picture and, according to i Charles McCrary, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, will soon be the center of activity. Work will probably begin on the building within the next sixty, days. This building has been sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and will be erected on the east of the present school lot. In dividuals, corporations, school and civic organizations have pledged money and support, which makes the building a community affair from the start. The cost of the building is estimated at around $8600 with $7500 already pledged. The remaining balance will be financed by the Chamber of Com merce through the Building and Loan association. v ^ ^ - Work On School Is Nearing Completion Shortly At Ramseur Building Will Not Be Occupied . During This Term, Ac cording To Plans C. Of C. Meeting Charles McCrary Will Attend Meeting And Assist In The Organization Ramseur, March 23.—The school building at Ramseur will be completed soon, but will hardly be occupied this school term. Some rearrangement of the departments will be necessary when school reopens this fall. These will be worked out as the new addi tion is brought into use. Far more adequate equipment will be realized then. This year has been one of “great' tribulation” for our school faculty and pupils. So many things have broken into the school work that it has been hard to carry on. The people of Ramseur look forward to a happy season in the closing months of the term, and a brighter future for Ramseur school. Other building jobs are doing well as the weather improves. Sewer lines are being laid and filtering reservoir excavated. A number of new residences are go (PI ease turn to page 8) Randolph People Contribute Liberally Toward Emergency Red Cross Work InTheNorth Mra. Robert Wood, Red Cross chair man for Randolph county, received an urgent call from headquarters a few days ago, urging her cooperation as chairman of Randolph county. The need for funds to relieve flood suffer ers was made realistic to the people of this county who have responded liberally as individuals and from churches and civic organisations. Mrs. Wood has been at the Stand ard Drug store all day Tuesday re ceiving additional contributions for the work among the devasted areas. After this-day she will be glad to include contributions if those wishing to contribute will see her at her home. The total amount raised over the past week-end has to date totaled 9266.01 and represents both large and «n«ll amounts. The need for this em The building will be constructed of brick and steel, modern and fireproof with dimensions of 109 by 72 feet. Hardwood floors are called for in the plans as well as lockers, shower baths and like necessary details. The main room will accommodate approximately 500 people in domfort. Albert C. Woodroof, Greensboro architect, who has the contract for the erection of the building, will have the plans completed shortly and the actual work will commence. Within .six weeks, it is thought that bids will be let to contractors and actual work will com mence soon thereafter. It is the desire of those in charge of the construction, that all individuals and corporations making pledges, pay them as speedily as possible in order that there may be no delay in the going forward to completion—this mnch needed building for Asheboro. Asheboro Attorney Is Nominated For Congressional Post A. I. Ferree, attorney of Asheboro, and prominent Republican of North Carolina, was unanimously nominated by fourth district Republicans to make the race for congress in the coming election. Mr. Ferree will oppose Harold D. Cooley, present congress man from this district. Randolph county came in for a good slice of honors from the state Re publican group, meeting in Raleigh Monday. W. Frank Redding, former sheriff of the county and well known Republican, was made a delegate to the national convention to be held in Cleveland in June. Los. L. Wrenn, of Chatham county, candidate for con gress and former legislator from his county, was also made a delegate. Otis B. Brower of Randolph was placed on the state executive com mittee. Miss Redding Home Miss Marianna Redding, who un derwent an operation at Randolph hospital two weeks .ago, has been re moved to her home on Worth street. While Miss Redding remains in a cast, her progress toward recovery is con sidered satisfactory. Mr. Ellis HI M. I. Ellis, well known Asheboro man, remains quite ill at the local hospital. Mr. Ellis’ condition is des cribed by hospital attaches as un changed. / The damage has been done leaving chaos in its wake. Both citizens and official* have risen to meet the crisis. The operation of rehabilitation forces have been set in order, the homeless being fed, the disease riddled are be federal surplus commodity corpora tion has sent 37,000,000 pounds of food. The WPA has donated more than 1,000,000 pieces of clothing and bedding which was made by relief workers. WPA administrator, Harry L. Hopkins, has been given authority by the president to repair roads, bridges, streets, sewers, water and electric plants and other damaged properties. Disease is spreading, cases of typhoid have been reported in Pittsburgh. There are two cases scarlet fever in Massachusetts. Anti>, toxins are being rushed by air, rail and motor., Asheboro Speaker i 1 i SANDY GRAHAM Exposition Proves Beneficial And Of Value To Sponsors c...; . . Hubert Olive Speaks To Crew’d Monday Evening As Ex position Opens Free Acts Excellent Sandy Graham Will Speak Fri day Evening; Big Parade On Thursday Afternoon The Merchants Exposition made a splendid start when crowds thronged to the exhibition hall on the opening night, heard Hubert Olive speak, saw the exhibits and enjoyed the free acts to the extent of gales of laughter rippling through the entire crowd. Mr. Olive, past Legion commander in the state, was introduced by Cleveland Thayer. Mr. Olive’s speech was both grave and gay, outlining many splendid points of service of the American Legion and pointing out the value of such an organization to a town, county, state and nation. The speaker mentioned the object for the local Legion sponsoring this exposi tion, which is to raise funds for their proposed hut, to be erected in Ashe boro at an early date. Tuesday evening will be amateur night with a radio hour, home talent entertainment and the interesting free acts. These free acts have created quite wide-spread interest and are considered unusually good. Monkeys, apes and such on bicycles,t mules with an education and dancing girls suf ficiently vary the entertainment to interest everybody. Wednesday evening, the old fiddlers come into their own and have the whole evening to themselves, with the exception of the free act period. Thursday is the big day with Greensboro and High Point • sending their drum and bugle corps to Ashe boro for the parade at 5:00 o’clock. The parade will form at the school (Please turn to page 8) Begin Tuesday, 31st Beginning next week, Asheboro will have weekly collections of garbage, according to announce ment from the City Hall Tuesday morning. This is a long-needed move for the town and one that will be greeted with vide en thusiasm. There are a few instructions that must be observed for the collection of this dry garbage. Materials for collection must be placed at the curb or at side of street on days designated. The trucks will not be permitted to go to the rear of the building. Garbage must be out by 8:M o’clock a. m. on the day designat ed for collection , The town truck will collect garbage in the various sections of town as follows: north Asheboro, Garbage Collection For Asheboro Will Recent Analysis Of City Water Supply Most Satisfactory N. J. Heyward, Prominent Chemist, Now Connected With City’s Water Dept. Many Improvements Citizens Of Asheboro Cordially Invited To Visit And Inspect Plant In collaboration with the many improvements which have been made on the city water plant and system the city has recently acquired a chemist to supervise operation of the plant under superintendent Yow. Mr. Yow states that increased consump f«Mi necessitated the acquisition of a technically trained expert. The new chemist, N. J. Heyward, took a course in chemistry and graduated from the university of South Carolina. He then received B. S. degrees in chemistry and engineering at North Carolina State college. Hey ward took charge March 5th. In 1931 the city was servicing 800 meters with I an average of five people to the meter. The latest survey shows that there now are 1,100 meters in operation. The town consumes an average of more than three hundred thousand gallons of water per day. An analysis of the water by the State Board of Health shows the exact composition of it in parts per million gallons: total solids; 60 p. p. m., suspended (Please turn to page 8) Tragedy Occurring Near Randolph-Davidson Line Results In Death Of Girl Miss Ruth Arnold Dies As Result Of Highway Accident On Saturday Evening As She Was Starting To Singing Convention At Church In Western Randolph A tragedy occurring near the Ran dolph-Davidson county lines near Pleasant Hill church, resulted in the death of Miss Ruth Arnold. According to reports from Sheriff King and offic ers Morgan and Myers, who accom panied him, the accident occoured about 7 p. m. Saturday when Miss Arnold was starting to a singing convention at Pleasant HI1T dhnreh. > She i» alleged to have been walking along the edge of the highway when she was struck by a car, which did not stop. Miss Arnold was about 16-years-old. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Arnold of the Pleasant Hill community and was well known in her section of the county. Funeral service was held on Monday afternoon at Pleasant Hill church with a large number of friends and relatives pre sent for the services. About four hours after the accident occurred, Crawford Barnes was ar lested in Davidson county by Ran dolph officers, assisted by deputies from Davidson county. The car alleged Library Club Plans To Sponsor Contests For Better Reading The Randolph Library Club an nounces plans for a contest to promote better reading among the school children of the town. The club offers two contests, one in the high school and one in the grammar grades. To the high school pupil who reads a standard book and makes the best poster a handsome prize—to be an nounced later—will be given. This contest closes on April 14th. To the grade in the grammar school making the best poster illustrating a , standard book will be given a book | for the grade library. This contest closes on March 21st. Superintendent Of Welfare Answers Many Questions Of Interest To Randolph Folk According to Robert Lloyd, superin tendent of public welfare in Randolph county, questions concerning jobs, work and relief are pouring into his office daily. Since there is no dole in the county, save a small fund that may be dispensed to unemployables, Mr. Lloyd makes several matters clear. The PWA work comes under contracts including sewer and water lines and schools. The WPA is the remains of the relief program which has been transferred into a work program instead of a dole, as was the case for a year or so. Mrs. Irene Neal, formerly head case worker for Randolph, has been made certifying agent for the county with headquarters in Mr. Lloyd’s office in the court house and the two operate as best they can upon a limited stipend. Mr. Lloyd asks several questions that daily come up in his office, hop ing if he gives the answers in this newspaper, that his work will become mqre clear to those whom it touches. Randolph CCC Gamp To Be Retained According To Representative Cooley. -1 Holds Camp ————jBBBBBBSSBBi -mnrr v i HAROLD D. COOLEY Harold Cooley, representative in ' congress from the fourth North | Carolina district, who has worked ! tirelessly to retain Randolph’s CCC i Camp, and whose efforts have been | successful. The executive order to | disband the camp was rescinded Mon ' day night._ to have been driven by Barnes at the time of the killing was at the home of Barnes, who w/is away from home at the time on a fox hunt. Barnes admitted driving the car at the time Miss Arnold was killed, when questioned by officers. He was brought to Randolph county jail in Asheboro late Saturday night, where ha remains uptil preliminary investigation if completed. ■ ?' ■■ It has not been decided whether or not there will be preliminary hearing, (Please turn to page 8) Stewards Meeting Is Held Recently At Franklinville Rev. J. W. Williams Is Guest Speaker, Giving Practical Advice To Group Personal Mention C. H. Spoon Leaves Thursday To Visit Army Man In Washington Hospital Franklinville, March 23. — The Womans’ Missionary society of the M. E. church served a supper for the stewards and their wives in the Sun day school annex Friday evening. Invited guests were Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Williams of Ramseur. Rev. Mr. Williams made an interest ing talk on the benefit of keeping the budget balanced and also stressed the importance and benefit of taking and reading the church paper. Those present were J. T. Buie, C. C. Brady, E C. Routh, J. L. Jones, C. (Please turn to page 4) ; “Who can get on WPA work? According to instructions from the Federal government, persons that were on relief between May 1, 1935, and November 1, 1935, are eligible to be put on this work, provided they need workers on the projects located in the county. Any person eligible can get in touch with Mrs. Neal, certify ing agent, at the court house and she in turn will take the matter up with the proper authorities. “Are there any Federal funds for direct relief? No. All direct relief was discontinued December 1, 1935. There fore no orders can be issued for food, clothing, medicine, etc. “Who is eligible for surplus com modities? Any family that has been on relief or that may be, upon in vestigation, termed as eligible may obtain surplus commoditiei they last. “Are there any openings for CCC camp? No. With the discontinuance of several camps over the state it is doubtful if there will be a call soon, therefore no applications can be Leading Citizens From All Sec» tions Urged Action From Representatives Many Projects Are Already Well Begun General Satisfaction Expressed At Cooley’s Splendid & Effective Work For the past ten days, Randolph county’s CCC camp, located half-way between Franklinville and Ramseur, has been wavering on the brink of being disbanded. Several days ago, official notice came to the camp commander, Lieutenant Lynn Waters, that the camp would be disbanded about the fiiat of April. In lieu of the fact that a number of projects have been started in the county, now that spring weather has descended upon Randolph, pressure began bearing down upon the powers that be in Washington from all comers of the county. Especially urgent were the letters, wires and other messages going in to representatives in Washington whose influence finally made itself so felt that the earlier executive order was rescinded and the camp will be coo* tinued, according to a telegram Mon» day night from Harold D. Cooley, con* gressman from the fourth district. Due to the fact that a number of soil erosion projects were started in several sections of Randolph last fall and, on account of the prolonged bad weather of the winter, little work was possible, many of the leading citizens felt that it was hardly fair to disband the camp just as tht weather would permit some real activity in a county where a program of soil erosion and reforestation is well begun. Plans for work on the city’s water* shed is also just about to be launched! with some of this labor, and the city officials were equally upset plane were to be disrupted at this stage of the work. Randolph’s camp also is one of the latest to be established and it was the general concensus of opinion that the camp should be retained, at least dur ing the period-.from April t« Leading cltiitjh* from ___ Ramseur, Asheboro and other places in the county who have made recent contacts with Congressman Cooley, Senator Reynolds and others in Washington, are expressing delight with the effective work done in th* retention of the local camp. Con* gressman Cooley’s telegram to The Courier follows: “Executive Order rescinded. Randolph camp will be continued. Harold D. Cooley,’ ’ t, i Mr. Moser Out ; I. C. Moser, who has been ill for the past several weeks, is sufficiently recovered to be in his office a short while on Tuesday. Mr. Moser has not been attending the present term of court as yet, but he is able to super vise his business again, which will be a source of satisfaction to his many friends in Asheboro and Randolph. Randolph Baptists Will Hold District ^ Association Sunday Balfour Baptist Church Will Entertain Members/ Of District Association / ' The Randolph Baptist association will hold an all day meeting Sunday, March 29, at the Balfour Baptist church. The program will consist of speeches by many members of the as sociation on the various phases of th# work being accomplished. Rev. 0. P, Dix, pastor of the Balfour church, witf be in charge of the program. At 9:45 a. m. J. C. Pearce, superin* tendent, will open Sunday school which will be followed by a song and prayer service at 11:00 o'clock. Th* regular morning service will be in charge of R. D. Covington of th* Baptist orphanage. The conference will recess at 12:15 noon for the luncb hour. The afternoon session will convene at 1:30 with song and prayer. Mod* erator H. M. Stroup will make as address at 1:45. He will be followed by J. Harvey Mitchell who is to discus* the purposes of the Sunday school. Miss Mabel Dix who is active in th* B. T. U. will speak at 2:15. Mrs. M, T. Lambert will make a fifteen minute talk on the W. M. U. Vester Moore’s subject will be “Who Hears”. H* will make his address at 2:45. Th* conference will close with a parting message at 3:00 o’clock by Rev. -I* R. O’Brian. Martin Albright Seriously Martin Albright was seriously hi* jured Thursday morning in an auto* mobile accident when his car crashed with that of Pearl Craven. The Oc cident occurred as Mr. Albrigh crossing the Ramseur-Colerdige way. Craven was traveling 1 direction of Ramseur. Mr. Ci not ' at hi %
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