most people in asheboro and RANDOLPH COUNTY READ THE COURIER—IT LEADS THE COURIER 6 PAGES TODAY The Date on Your Label Indicates Expiration Date SEMI* WEEKLY volume lx Est. As The Regulator February 2, 1876 Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN _ ASHEBORO, N. C.t TUESDAY, APR!L 2871936. Changed To The Courier September 13, 1879 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 19 = Late News State, National and Internationa) Happenings Briefly Told T0 MAKE PUBLIC farm payments Washington. — The Senate has asked Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace to list the per jjons or corporations who receive $10,000 a year or more from the AAA, and has called on the United States Tariff Commission for data on benefits to corporations under the protective tariff. TOBAtX'O GROWERS TO MEET AGAIN Raleigh.—Elected representatives of tobacco growers from every tobacco-producing county in the state will be called shortly to meet in Raleirh to discuss possible methods o. the control of the 1936 tobacco crop, it was decided at a meeting here Monday of the State Tobacco Advisory Committee. ST. LOUIS DELEGATES PLEDGE TO LAN DON St. Louis—Booing down opposi tion, Missouri Republicans adopted hy an overwhelming majority Mon day night a resolution pledging the State’s four delegates-at-large to work for the presidential nomina tion of Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas at the national convention. ROOSEVELT CALLS FOR FLOOD CONTROL Washington.—A declaration by President Roosevelt that flood and water conservation must be “dealt with on a national basis’’ was de livered before the national rivers and harbors congress Monday. As serting that floods have increased in violence, Secretary Wallace urg ed that rain water be made to “walk or creep at the grass roots,’’, both to minimize floods, and to save the land from washing or blowing away. CAROLINA TELEPHONE RATES ARE REDUCED Raleigh.—Reductions in telephone rates, saving 26,740 customers an aggregate of $74,040 annually, were announced yesterday through the State Utilities. Commission .by the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company. The new rates will go into effect on June 1st in all the company’s 82 Eastern North Caro lina exchanges. KING COTTON GOES ON AUCTION BLOCK Greensboro.—With a view to satisfaction of bonded indebtedness aggregating more than half a mil lion dollars, the King Cotton hotel, inclusive of the real estate, all furnishings, fixtures, and equip ment, was offered for sale at noon Monday under a federal court de cree. In response to the offer, John H. Barrier, acting for himself and unnamed associates, submitted a bid of $325,444. A hearing in regard to the sale of the property is expected to be held on May 24th before Judge J. J. Hayes, of the United States district court. TO MAKE SURVEY AVAILABLE JOBS Washington.—A nation-wide sur vey, possibly with the cooperation of labor organizations, to determine how many unfilled jobs are available in private industry was ordered to day by the directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. BORIS DUKE VISITS NATIVE STATE Oxford.—Garbed in a simple; wash dress, and wearing dark' glasses, Mrs. James Cromwell, the former Doris Duke, made a secret three day tfsit to her native state recently. Mrs. Cromwell, daughter of the late James Buchanan Duke, spent two days in Durham, and came to Oxford early last week to : inspect the buildings and grounds of j the Oxford Orphanage, one of the institutions aided by the endow ment set up by her father. Word of her visit leaked out after her re turn to New York. JEWEL THEIVES INVADE WOODARD HOME IN CAMDEN Charlotte.—The largest jewelry theft ever to occur in North Caro lina or South Carolina was per petrated at Camden, March 28, dur ing the steeplechase races, when clever crooks invaded Holly Hedge, the spacious summer estate of Mrs. Ernest L. Woodard, socialite and sportswoman, and escaped with valuables worth approximately a quarter of a million dollars. Work ing in absolute secrecy, crack detectives from New York; Miami end elsewhere were enlisted in the wide-spread search that is still un derway for the 20 missing pieces of jewelry, insured for more than $180,000. CHILD SWALLOWS PIN IS GIVEN BULK MET Philadelphia.—Little Jacqueline St. Clair, three, played with a large toy rabbit in a hospital today while ; Physicians relied on a ‘'balk” diet to obviate the necessity of an operation to ream a two-inch pin swallowed. By the diet, physi to ««—«—** the pin Parti|||ating In Crippled Children Clinic II I ROBERT W. WOOD DR, J. T. BURRUS DR. T. F. WHEELDON' The Rotary play, “Why Belinda’s Bubble Burst,’’ sponsored by the local club, will be presented in Asheboro on May 4, 5. The benefit from this play will be used to further the work among the crippled children of Ran dolph. Figuring prominently in the nine clinics already held are the following men: Dr. Thomas F. Wheeldon, orthopedic surgeon, who holds the clinics at the Randolph Hospital; Robert W. Wood, president of the Asheboro Rotary club where the idea of this work originated; Dr. J. T. Burrus, who is head surgeon of the hospital and whose approval and interest has followed the work of the clinic. Asheboro Rotary Club Planning For Original Local Talent Show Benefit Randolph’s Crippled Children’s Clinic Asheboro Firemen Hasten To Siler City On Monday Night Clarence Rush and four other members of the Asheboro fire de partment answered a telephone SOS to Siler City Monday night. A tank filled with tar, used in repair work along the highway, got too hot, boiled over and ran down the railroad track. A house was burned along the track, ignited by the hot tar which ran swiftly toward the ice plant. Becoming alarmed that they could -mot handle the situation, the Siler City folk VtelephortM Chief Rush, who gathered re First Land Bought By Uwharrie Forest In Randolph County H. H. Leake, Abstractor For Department Of Agriculture, Investigating More Land The first deed of direct purchase of land in Randolph county to be used in connection with the Uwharrie purchase for U. S. Forestry purposes was filed in Asheboro Thursday. Re-1 cords disclosed that property in Union j township belonging to Mr. and Mrs. j E. A. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs.. W. L. Williams and the J. S. Williams estate, to the extent of 104.4 acres was deeded to the United States of Ameri ca for the consideration of $407.16. Other tracts in this county will probably be acquired by direct pur chase soon, but the majority of land under consideration will be acquired, by the condemnation procedure. The difference in the methods lies in the | fact that the land secured by direct j purchase will be paid for sooner than | the longer drawn out process of the condemned land. H. H. Leake, abstractor of the ■ United States Department of Agri-j culture, has been in Randolph county since December 1st, investigating land I titles preparatory to forestry pur chases. Tubercular t'linic Soon A tubercular clinic for the adults of Randolph county will be held at the county health department about the middle of May, according to an an nouncement made yesterday by Dr. George Sumner, health officer. Randleman News Of Current Week Includes Camp Meeting, Baseball, School Final News Randleman, April 27.—A regular old time camp meeting is now being held on High Point street with Rev. Jasper French and Rev. Mr. Brown, evangelists, of Winston-Salem in charge. They are holding a non denominational meeting and the public is cordially invited to attend the meetings. The Hi-Y club held their final meet ing of the year Wednesday afternoon and at this time elected new officers for the next school term. Those elected were: president, Claude Pickett; secretary and treasurer, Eugene Wise; and the program com mittee, Addison Council, Marvin Owens and Lee Vernon Kirkmond. Bill Vender Veer, who has been visiting Hal Bell, left Saturday for his home at Washington, D. C. The high school and the ladies of Hie town are very busy this week in making preparations for the annual junior-senior banquet which is to be cruits and set forth to the aid of Asheboro’s eastern neighbor. Before they arrived, however, the fire was almost under control, according to Mr. Rush and little help from the Asheboro men was necessary. An estimate of the cost of the loss has not been accurately given, but the affair looked pretty bad for a while and most alarm ing to see the hot tar racing like a river. Firemen felt unusually helpless when faced with this unusual situation. LOCAL SCOUTS PLANNING FOR CAMPOREE, 15-16 Troop twenty-four will send two patrols to the district camporee to be held at Camp Uwharrie on May lo and 16. The patrols will be led by Bud Hedrick and David Stedman. The troop discussed plans for the forming of a scout baseball team to be formed from scouts from the troop and to play the other boy’s teams around town. There are many scouts from the troop who plan to attend the counsel campore** also to be held at Camp Uwharrie the week following the district camporee. Bob Allred who has recently had an appendix operation, was at the meeting for the first time since his illness. FIDDLERS’ CONVENTION AT ASHEBORO MAY 2 An old time fiddlers’ convention will be staged at the court house next Satprday night, May 2. There will be music galore, quartets, and dancers, who will compete for valuable prizes to be awarded. Tlhe convention is be ing sponsored by the American Legion who always give the folks their moneys worth. The convention will start promptly at 7:45. GREENSBORO COLLEGE GLEE CLUB PRAISED The program presented Sunday evening by the Greensboro College Glee Club at the First Methodist church was pronounced excellent bv music lovers who attended. A large congregation was present to hear the well-trained and talented singers. The musical program took the place of the regular church services. held Saturday evening in the high school gymnasium. This event is re garded by local .people as more or less “the” social event of the season and for many years it has been carried out with the utmost complete ness. The food is being provided by the Parent-Teachers Association. A genuine interest is being shown in the event by practically every citizen of the town, although many of these people have no connections whatso ever in the school. Principal speakers for this occasion have already been announced and holding the place as toastmaster is George Davis, president of the junior class. The gymnasium is now being de corated for the annual event and in charge of the program is Miss Myrtle Co*. The local high school baseball team (Please tun te page 3) Designed To Raise Funds For Project Sponsored By Club Average Cost of Clinic Work Estimated By Committee At §2,000 Ticket Sale Now On And Progressing Play And MinstreLWritten By Committee Of Ix>caf RotartknS T To Be Staged May 4, 5 The Rotary show, “Why Belinda’s Bubble Burst’’ will serve a dual pur pose in Randolph county in that it will furnish fun and entertainment while it lasts and will serve as a lasting benefit with the funds de rived therefrom. The show is being given by the members of the local Rotary club, the proceeds from which will be used for work among the crippled children in the county. Al most two years ago the idea of giving free treatment to children in Randolph who could not otherwise afford it, originated in the Rotary club. The result of this idea has been nine monthly clinics to date with treatment and operations for many children who would otherwise have gone through life without proper attention in the years when attention would count most for them. The idea originated during the presidency of Charles W. McCrary and has borne fruit under the presidency of Robert Wood. Laurin Cranford, as chairman of the committee for crippled children's work from the club, has worked tirelessly, as have other members of the committee and a group of local women who have aided in lining up the children for treatment given by Dr. Thomas F. Wheeldon, orthopedic surgeon in charge of the work. Members of the crippled children's committee include: Mr. Cranford, chairman; Dr. W. L. Lambert, Dr. George H. Sumner, Dr. J. T. Barnes, D. B. McCrary, C. C. Cranford, A. H. Thomas and Arthur Ross. The com mittee estimates the average cost of treatment given unfortunate children of Randolph to run approximately $2,000 yearly. Knowing the large cost of the clinic, it is perhaps fitting that Laurin Cranford, was also made chairman of the ticket selling com (Please turn to page 2) Several Small Fires Over This Week-End In & Near Asheboro The weird wail of the fire siren rang out three times in Asheboro over the week-end. Sunday morning fire fighters were called out to the servants house at the Randolph Hos pital, Inc., where a blaze started by a cigarette on a mattress caused around $250 damage. Later the same morning at 6:45 a. m. a house on Hoover street belonging to Zimmie Caveness was completely burned. The fire started when the renter used too much inflammable chemical to start a fire in a fireplace. Damage was estimated at $500. Monday morning at 6:46 a fire started by a short circuit in an oil truck at the Standard Oil plant, south of town. Apparently, there was a short circuit in the truck which was one of the several employed to dis pense Standard Oil in this section. Henry L. Ingram is in charge of the distribution of this product in this country. Fund Is Available For Work Among Crippled Children Fund Of $219,000 Will Be Avail able For Aid In This Import ant Health Work Social Security Act Hope Is To Eliminate Health Conditions That Retard Pro gress Of Children From the office of Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, state health officer, comes i the announcement from the United! States public health service, that social j security funds to provide treatment j for 1,200 crippled children who are on! a waiting1 list, have been received in j Raleigh. A news bulletin appearing in ! a recent issue of the press of the j state .reveals a fund of $219,000 which i will be available to counties comply-] ing with certain health standards j under the social security allotments. Interested people in Randolph are in vestigating the availability of this fund for Randolph. The division for crippled children, newly established under supervision of James T. Barnes of Wilson, received $12,000 for two months' operation. The division of maternity and child lygiene, under supervision of Dr. Ceorge M. Cooper, Assistant State Health Officer, received $22,000 as a two-months’ payment. » Social security funds, now begin ning to pour into the State Board of Health, reached a total of $80,000 with the new allotments, Dr. Reynolds said, and nearly $400,000 will be re ceived for the fiscal year 1936-37. “This amount will practically double our present expenditures on public health,” he explained. A total of $219,000 will be available for aid to counties complying with State health standards under the social security allotments. Dr. Rey nolds said. Fifty-one counties are eligible to receive funds for expanding their health boards to include pre ventive medicine and dentistry and in other ways enlarging their service. To be eligible, a county must maintain the minimum of a full-time health officer, a nurse, and a clerk. Allotments are made partly from the Public Health Service, partly from the Children’s Bureau, in payments of approximately $70,000 in advance every three months. “Under the Social Security Act, we are now ih position to spend 29 cents annually per capita—including State, county and city money—where before we could spend only nine cents,” Dr. Reynolds said. “Even this is a long way from our goal, however. The committee on preventive medicine of the United States Public Service cal culates $1 per capita should be avail able for this work. “The State of North Carolina every year loses $3,000,000 out of the $21, 000,000 spent on public schools be cause of pupils who ‘repeat’ grades from sickness and dental troubles which preventive medicine would eliminate. Thirty-five per cent of our school children are repeaters; 50 per cent of these ‘stay down’ because of preventable ills.” IN EM PLOYED TO REGISTER WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY Registration of Randolph county unemployed will be held at the court house in the reemployment office all day Wednesdays and Saturdays, from h until 12 o’clock. Formerly, registra tion was held only on Wednesdays. The additional hours will make :t more convenient for the people of the county who are unemployed to register without having to wait in line so long. Two Musicales Will Be Held By Pupils Of Mrs. W. M. Field On Friday, Saturday Evenings Mrs. Murray Field will present her junior pupils in a music recital Friday evening, May 1st, at 7:30 p. m. at her home on South Cox street. The senior pupils will be presented Satur day evening at 8 o’clock at the same place. Parents and friends of the pupils are invited to attend. A com plete program of the two evenings follows: Junior Pupils London Bridge, Song of the Night ingale, John W. Williams, Betty Brown Trollinger; March of the Wee Folk, Jessie L. Gaynor, Dolly Sleeps, Robert Nolan Kerr, Cotton Pickers, Dorothy Gaynor Blake, Mary Jane Ross; Out Doors, DeLeone, Good Things Growing, DeLone, Spinning Song, Mendelssohn, Margaret Ellen Parks; Violin Concerto: Allegreto Moderato Op. 36, O. Rieding, Jimmie Lee Field, Mrs. S. B. Stedman, ac companist; Robin Sings a Song, Matilde Bilbro, Sonatina: Moderato, Beethoven-Haake, Minuet in G, Beeth oven, Ann Watson Birkhead; The Bobolink, Ella Ketterer, Up Stairs in the Attic, John M. Williams, An April Song, Matilde Bilbro, Billy Trollinger; Story of Motzart’s Life, Mary Jane Ross; Old English Dance, Carl; Salute to the Colors, Bert R. Anthony, Emma Frances Luther; Marching Together, Wallaoe A. John son, Peace of Evening Op. 63, Forest er, Harper Thayer; Blue Bell Walts, Matilde Bilbro, Bunaway Hones, Matilde Bilbro, Caroline Neely; The Lawn Danes, Vraine, Patricia Bunch; . ' » •.'•A. iJ.wt Dr. Ralph McDonald To Speak At Court House 4:00 O’Clock Thursday Speaks Thursday DR. RALPH MCDONALD Two Cars Collide Near Ramseur Late Saturday Evening Ambulance Siren Awakens Ram seur: No One Seriously In jured In Accident Attend Garden Tea Ramseur Clubs Participate In Garden Tea Held At Mrs. Stedman’s, Asheboro Ramseur, April 27.—The ambulance siren created excitement late Saturday night when a call came to convey injured young people to Asheboro. Two cars collided near the CCC camp and Bill Burgess and others were bruised and jarred up pretty badly. Burgess was driving up the highway, when for some reason, the driver of the other car, which was meeting him, turned across the road in front and both cars were badly smashed. From all we can learn at the time no one was seriously hurt. The several Garden Club members of Ramseur clubs are invited by Mrs. S. B. Stedman to meet with her club at Asheboro Monday afternoon. The clubs here are planning an ex hibit a little later of cut flowers. Miss Thelma Cromartie, of the faculty of Fayetteville graded school, accompanied by her father, C. H. Cromartie, and William Cromartie, spent Sunday with Dr. C. S. Tate and family. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Scott of (Please turn to page 5) MOTOR ANALYZER AT FILLING STATION l A number of cars belonging to Asheboro people were examined Mon day and Tuesday at Zell Brown’s Fill ing Station free of charge by R. D. Allen, motor analyzer for I’ure Oil Company. One of the analyzing machines, an exhaust gas tester, measured the number of pounds of air burned to each pound of gas, and gave the per cent of complete combustion. Another gadget measured the pounds of com pression per cylinder. Mr. Allen will be in Aberdeen Wednesday. A Merry Horn Pipe, Fletcher, Brin ford Bulla; Amaryliss, Gavotte of King; Louis XIII, Rain Reverie, Bliss, Julia Alexander; Priscilla (On Sun day, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday), Bilbro, Carolina Neely; Dance of the Debutantes, Robert R. Kerr, June Caprice, Sanford King, Kittie Lee Fritz. Senior Pupils Miss Bo Peep, H. P. Hopkins, Dance of the Cobblers, Frederick Williams, Lucille Cox; Barcarolle, Hanah Smith, Marjorie Hill; Duet: Approach of Spring, Lindsay, Lois Grimes, Mrs. Field, Autumn in Barcelona, Charles Overholt, Lois Grimes; Water Sprites, Stephen Heller, Melody of Love, Engleman, Sam Taylor; The Butterfly, Porter Steele, Margaret Alexander; Waltz of the Flowers, Tschaikowsky, Mildred Millsaps; Legend of the Plains, Cadman, Lacy Lewis, Jr.; Berceuse, L. Schytte, Betty Prevette; To a Wild Rose, Edward McDowell, To a Water Lilly, Edward McDowell, Alice Birkhead; Butterflies, Grant-Schaefer, Gloria Anderson. Part two—Impromptu, Schubert, Catherine Kearns; Sonatina, Kuhlau, Mildred Millsaps; Prelude, Handel, Sam Taylor; Minuet in D, Mozart, Betty Prevette; Boat Song, Mendels sohn, Margaret Alexander; Sonatina, Op. 66, Kuhlau, Alice Birkhead; Sonata: Allegro Moderate, Mozart; Gloria Anderson; Largo, Handel,! Comes Into Piedmont Section From Eastern Carolina Where He Has Been For Fortnight Opposes Taxation Of Land And Sales Says Sales Tax Undemocratic And Unsound; Would Place Tax On Wrealth Returning- from a trip into eastern Carolina where he averaged two speeches daily, Dr. Ralph McDonald is continuing his campaign in the Piedmont section. Advance announce ments from his campaign headquart ers in Raleigh stated that Dr. Mc Donald would speak in the court house in Asheboro at 1:30 Thursday, April 30th. The hour for the speaking ha^ been changed, however, and the public is invited to hear this candidate for governor at 4:00 p. m. of the same day. Dr. McDonald’s program in this section of the state carried him to Reidsviile, Danbury, Yancey ville, Burlington early in this week: to Asheboro Thursday afternoon and, Sanford that evening at 8:00; Rock ingham, Friday noon, Wadesboro at 8:00 p. in.; Saturday morning at Southern Pines, afternoon in Clinton and Hamlet at 8:00 p. m. According to Itimous Valentine, publicity director for Dr. McDonald, “the response to Dr. McDonald's pro gram for abolition of the sales tax, without a tax on land, was particular ly well received on his swing through the east. In the border counties he found merchants who had been forced out of business because prospective customers carried their business over the state line to dodge the sales tax. He denounced the sales tax as being undemocratic and unsound because if is not based on the ability to pay, and proposed that a more equitable share of the tax burden be placed upon corporate and individual wealth.” For the past several months Dr. McDonald has been going about over North Carolina getting acquainted. He came to the Tar Heel state eight years ago, having been bom and reared in a western state. During his eight years residence in North Caro lina he has taught school—first air principal of a consolidated school, then as a member of Salem College1 faculty which position he resigned To go to the state legislature front Forsyth county. PAGEANT OF AMERIC AN & ENGLISH LITERATURE “A Pageant of American and English Literature-’ costumed and ar ranged by members of the 8th, 9th and 10th grades, taught by Mrs. J. G, Prevette and Miss Massa Lambert, was given Friday morning at the Asheboro school during the assembly hour. About twenty students took: part in the tableaux, presenting characters from English and American* literature, with Miss Sarah Hayworth acting as reader. Most of the costume* were originated and made by the students themselves, and presented arj attractive effect. , To Clean Cemetery C. F. Laughlin of Cedar Falls an* nounces that Friday and Saturday, May 1st and 2nd, has been set asids for those who have relatives or friends buried in the Methodist Pro testant cemetery to assist in cleaning, off the grounds there. Those who am* interested, but who will not be ablw to assist in person, are asked to send contributions for this work to Mr, Laughlin. Yit.it Uwharrie Project Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Scott and Mr, and Mrs. M. H. Burkhead motored t* Troy Sunday and as quests of th'» National Forest Organization, had! lunch there. In the afternoon they in. spected projects now under construe tion in the Uwharrie National Purchase unit. The foresters have built several miles of trails, for pleasure driving only. No commercial cars or trucks will use these roads. The pleasure grounds, including boat ing, fishing, hunting and camping sites are free and open to the public. The Uwharrie national purchase unit will be a part of the Pisgah National Forest when present plans are com-* pleted. EXTENSION CLASSSES NEAR COMPLETION FOR TERM Dr. Ernest Derendinger of Catawba college was in Asheboro Thursday evening to conduct his usual Thursday evening class in art at the court house for teachers of the city and county, who are improving or renew ing their certificates by this extension work. Around 15 or 20 members were prs* sent for the class. There will be thr*» or four more classes before the count# ends. Each Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock Dr. P. E. Lindley of High Point college holds an extension course in Bible study, to which about 25 teachers of the county come regularly, The beet farmers in Union county

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