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most people in asheboro and RANDOLPH COUNTY READ THE COURIER—IT LEADS fiEMI-WEEKLY volume LX , & As The Regulator February a, 1879 Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 5.~1936T Chanced To The Courier September IS. 1«7« PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 21 Late News State, National and Internationa) Happening* Briefly Told prison records in STATE HOLD GAIN Raleigh.—Reports from the state nrison department in Raleigh given nut on Tuesday, revealed that 29 escaped prisoners from the state’s penal institutions, were caught. 28 escaped during the month of April against 57 recorded April, 1935. March recorded 19 escapes and 33 recaptures. rotary speaker warns against nationalism Charlotte.—“Carolina cotton and tobacco and other products will suffer accordingly, if the United States follows the lines of stnpid nationalism and ignorant pro vincialism without the needed world outlook”, warned H. V. Kaltenborn, distinguished editor, author, and news annalyst in an addrels here Monday night at the banquet of the 58th district of Rotary Interna tional. ROOSEVELT LEADS Baltimore, Md.—Returns Monday from nearly a third of the polling places in Maryland Democratic presidential preference primary gave President Roosevelt a lead of more than five to one over Col. Henry Brecinridge for the state’s 16 national convention votes. WAKE COUNTY CITIZENS CHALLENGED BY JUDGE Raleigh.—A sweeping indictment of Wake county’s “better class” of citizens for their attitude of “smugness and indifference” to open gambling, operation of bawdy houses within the very sight of their own homes, and an appalling looseness in affairs of their county government, was made Monday by Judge M. V. Barnhill in Superior Court. UNIFICATION OF METHODIST CHURCHES PLANNED Columbus, O.—The general con ference of the Methodist Episcopal church was committed Monday night to a program of unification with other MethodisT kriuiched to form the world’s largest Protestant body, a Methodist church having 8,060,000 members in 42 countries. United will be the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Protestant churches SUPREME COURT WILL _ NOT GRANT PETITION Washington.—The Supreme Court of the United States by refusing to grant the petition of the Duke Power Company to review the de cision of Chief Judge John J. Parker, of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals settled for all time the validity of the statute of the state of South Carolina which imposes a tax of one-half a mill per kilowatt hour upon all electricity generated within that state and an identical tax upon all electricity generated elsewhere and brought into the state for sale. ALL SLOT MACHINES OUTLAWED AT WILSON Wilson.—Chief of Police J. R. Gurley predicted that by Tuesday at : 3 o’clock there would not be a slot machine in the town, and announced that if a person under 21 years of i age is found playing any similiar machine he will be indicted. This came at the conclusion of a hearing before the board of county com missioners Monday, at which Rev. John Barclay, secretary of the Ministers Association, charged that the machines are a menace to the moral and economic life of the town. U. S. LEGATION HELD AGAINST ETHIOPIANS Washington.—Defenders of the American legation at Addis Ababa i have held grimly to their post for three days, despite state department | instructions to abandon the diplo matic mission and take shelter at i the British legation. The American i minister notified the United States department that he frit the mission ! should not be evacuated except as * last resort , SENATE FAVORS LAMBETH PLAN FOR WPA FUNDS Washington. — Representative 1 Walter Lambeth of Thomasville and i other members of the House bloc | asking that at least $40*000,000 of the billion and a half dollars that the President is asking for the WPA be earmarked for the Public Works administration projects, to day faced a wall of opposition from { the Hopkins forces, but gathered i strength in the senate. PULITZER AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED I New York.—“Idiot’s Delight" hy Robert & Sherwood was awarded the 1930 Pulitzer prion for the best Rotary Play Planned For R*m seur Friday Evening; Co operation Is Urged Ramseur, May 4.—Progress is being made on buildings at Ramseur, the restaurant is nearing completion and the theatre exterior is about com pleted. W. A.' Brown’s residence in west part of town is getting under way. Clayton McAlister is beginning his residence near the GCC camp. Work on the filtering plant, disposal tank and water tank tower is going for ward. The pipe lines squads have been badly handicapped by caving rock and shortage of hands. In spite of these hindrances we hope to soon see great er part of this work done. A large crowd gathered at the home of Mr> and Mrs. Sam Coward Sunday to set a dinner for Mrs. Coward's father, Bud Wrenn of Greensboro. Tables were arranged on the lawn and when the baskets were transferred to the tables, the ap pearance was something like and old fashioned camp meeting dinner. Besides the father from Greensboro there were others from there and other towns, as well as the family connections from this community. Everybody enjoyed the great feast and the association of friends at this gathering. On Thursday night of last week the Chamber of Commerce met at the town hall with a fairly good atten dance. There had been a confusion of dates which probably cut the at tendance down. Committees recently appointed made their reports and several important matters were dis cussed. The social committee will have charge of the meeting in June, at which time the entire membership is expected present. Dr. C. A. Graham and his committee are making plans for a great meeting about the middle of June. The board of directors will meet also in May. As has been announced, Carl Goerch will deliver the literary ad dress is-' fft#“ grndtfifting class on Thursday night, May 14th. On next Sunday evening Rev. J. W. Williams, pastor, Ramseur Methodist church, will preach the commencement sermon. On Monday evening, May 11, Mrs. Phillips’ music pupils will give a recital. Tuesday evening, May 12, seventh grade exercises, certificates, etc. Wednesday evening, May 13, class night exercises. Friday evening, May 16, the operetta, “The Belle of Bagdad” will be given by the high (Please turn to page 4) Miss M. Lassiter Is Transferred From Greensboro Office Miss Mary Lassiter, who has been working in the BRA offices in Greens boro, has been assigned to the Ran dolph county welfare department by the state board of charities. She will do stenography and general office work under the direction of R. T. Lloyd, superintendent of county wel fare. There are a number of special re cords and information to be obtained on all cases in the county, and a per manent record of each case is requir ed by the state government to be kept. Miss Lassiter is well-equipped to do this work, having been connected with the local emergency relief office for several years before going to Greens boro. Mr. Lloyd says that the state de partment of public welfare is trying to build up the county departments, so that when any money is slated for the county through the new Social Security Act, it can be handled through the already established loc§l offices. Parent-Teachers Association To Plan Supervised Playgrounds For Asheboro School Children The Asheboro Parent-Teacher as sociation has, for sometime, been in terested in supervised playgrounds for the children of school age of Asheboro. Several weeks ago a com mittee from the P.-T. A. was named to work out plans for a supervised playground for the town. At the invitation of this committee, a group of citizens representing the churches and civic duhs of the town met Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. J. S. Lewis and mapped out a plan to set up two playgrounds em ploying four recreational directors firing the period of the summer vacation, at a cost approximating *600.00. , , . The educational value of proper recreation was discussed at this meet ing both as an investment in leader ship and aa an aid in the prevention of crime. Just as Wellington observed ** *• ^ttie.of Waterloo had - it 1 xwon, so n > County Commissioners In Busy Session Monday Plan Varied Items For Randolph InDerbyFestival _- ^ '' ' , 'v ' M MISS JEAN ABLE Miss Jean Able, queen of the Kentucky Derby where sportsmen from all over the United States mingled with Kentucky Colonels, beautiful women and handsome horses during the past week. Randolph Ministers Meet Monday, May 4 Planning: Meetings Temperance Meetings, To Be Held All Over Randolph On ' 'May 24th, Arranged The Asheboro Ministers Association met Monday at 9:30 o’clock in the directors room of the First National Bank. One hour later the Randolph County Ministers Association met at the Presbyterian church. The Temperance Rally to be held in churches all over the county on May 24th, was the most important thing discussed by the ministers. The temperance rally will be directed by a committee composed of W. L. Ward, chairman, Dr. S. W. Taylor, Rev. H. P. Powell, Rev. H. A. Parker, Rev. H. M. Stroup and Dr. C. G. Smith. On Sunday morning Dr. W. L. Poteat, former president of Wake Forest college, will speak at a union service at 11 a. m. an the Asheboro Baptist church and together with Kale C. Burgess, will speak at the Asheboro M. E. church at 8 p. m. Sun day evening. Other temperance rallies will be held at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. all through the county. The Asheboro ministers confirmed an agreement for a union service Sunday evening, May 17, when the baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Rev. H. A. Parker in the school auditorium. The county ministers added the names of Rev. L. R. O’Brian and Rev. H. A. Parker to their publicity com mittee. OLD MONEY FOUND PROVES INTERESTING Fifty cents in Greenback, dated 1863, was found recently by W. F. Wood, of Denton, in the back of an old 1872 catalogue, belonging to his father, the late William Wood. The half dollar certificate carries the picture of Abraham Lincoln, and the usual script of that day. that manhood and character might be largely promoted by thoughtfully directed recreation among our young folks. To secure necessary funds and set the plan in motion by the beginning of the vacation period the following committees were appointed: Finance committee: Harris Birk head, S. B. Stedraan, Mrs. Dan Bums, Mrs. I. C. Moser and Charles Bossong. Publicity committee: Rev. C. G. Smith, Mrs. Cleveland Thayer, Arthur Ross, Jr., Hinton Pierce and Rev. H. P. Powell. Personnel committee: Murray Field, Rev. N. M. Harrison and Mrs. L. F. Ross. Grounds committee: Reginald Turn er and Kemp Alexander. Final Tine For listing Taxes Extended To May 20th; $67,* 747.47 Outstanding Randleman School Asks To Come Under County Will Surrender Charter To Have Bills Paid; Trinity Would Have Agriculture At the May meeting of the board of county commissioners, it was de cided to extend the time as final date for the listing of property after which the penalty shall apply, until May 20th. The Sheriff’s report of un paid taxes in Randolph amounts to $69,747.47 with a total of $12,013.24 collected to date, since the last re port. It was ordered by the board that the offer made by P. L. Cox of $15.00 for road machinery located near Gray’s Chapel school be accepted as purchase price. Some recommenda tions were made to the state highway commission for improvement on several roads. E. M. Kearns w$s named to take care of the disposal of the crop of strawberries on the old county home property west of Asheboro. An urgent request came from a group of representative citizens of Trinity for a vocational teacher for Trinity high school. A joint com mittee from the Trinity P.-T. A., the Grange and the Junior Order, ap peared before the commissioners with a petition signed by other interested citizens. The board formally approved the receiving of sealed bids by the local government commission for the pur chase of $15,000 school refunding bonds and $67,000 general refunding bonds, dated May 1st, 1936. Concern ing this matter it was decided by the board that all bonds maturing on or before May 1st, 1941 shall bear in terest at the rate of four and a quarter per cent yearly, payable semi annually, and that the remainder of the bonds shall bear interest at the rate of three and three-quarters per cent annually, payable semi-annually. The Randlemau qggcial school dis trict's charter has been surrendered to the Randolph board of education and bonds amounting to $7,500 are now due. The trustees of the school have surrendered their special charter and have made only partial arrange ments for the payment of outstanding bonds, they have made formal request of the county to assume and pay the outstanding bonds on the grounds that the county holds the charter and the obligation is, therefore, county wide. The outstanding obligation amounts to $7,500.00. The trustees are willing, in return, to make the title to all school property to the county board of education, also that of any lands owned by the school, and that the sinking fund amounting to $2,350.00 now on deposit in the People’s Bank at Randleman, be paid to the county. The board adjourned this meeting late Monday afternoon subject to a call meeting at the discretion of the chairman. Franklinville man Takes Advantage CCC Soil Workers Permanent Pastures, Terracing, Planting And Reforestation In The Project Junior-Senior Banquet Miss Lily Hughes Is Painfully Injured; Other Personal Items Of Community Franklinville, May 4.—C. E. Henson has taken advantage of the oppor tunity offered in soil erosion work by the CCC camp boys and has had more work done than most any other per son in this community. Several hun dred yards of terracing, permanent pastures, planting shrubbery for water spreads and reforesting. For several years he has practiced diversi fied farming and now has his farm in splendid condition. He is well pleased and appreciates the cooperation of camp officers in having this work done. In token of his appreciation and by the assistance of his son, C. T. Hen son of Carthage, whose farm is in cluded in this project, served a good supper at his residence Thursday evening to the following guests: Dr. J. H. Stallings, regional director, and J. L. Redding of High Point; officers of CCC camp near Ramseur, G. F. Lane, A. H. Tatum, Fred C. Crews, J. B. Maness, W. J. Dixon, E. A. Routh, R. C. Moser, J. H. Eason, C. E. Garwood, R. L. Patterson and John W. Clark of Franklinville, and I. F. Craven of Ramaeur. All enjoyed this occasion. After supper interesting talks were made by Dr. Stallinge, I. F. Craven and J. W. Clark on work being done to improve and save the farms. The annual ]unior-*ea$o|r was held in the ball room of the Henry hotel ' ' ” J m (Please Gay Johnson Will Again Seek Office As Register Deeds Has Served Two Terms As Register Of Deeds And Has Splendid Service Record Pledges Best Efforts Born And Reared In Randolph County; Moving To Asheboro Twenty Years Ago Now that filing time for candidates for county offices is fast drawing to a close, R. C. Johnson comes forward with his formal announcement for re election. As yet, there has been no indication of an opponent in the Democratic primary for Mr. Johnson. His statement follows: “I hereby an nounce to the voters of Randolph county for reelection on the Demo cratic ticket for Register of Deeds for Randolph county. If nominated and elected, I will serve one and all to the best of my ability. I appreciate the ve/y liberal patronage the people of Randolph have given me in the past and pledge my best efforts to the Democratic party and the citizens of Randolph county. R. C. JOHNSON”. Mr. Johnson is finishing out his second term as register of deeds in Randolph county and has had suf ficient time to prove his unusual ability in keeping the records of this phase of the county’s business. Learn ing the work in the two terms of office, as he has, he is fully qualified to serve ably and with dispatch, the people who have dealings with this office. Already, Randolph citizens have found in Mr. Johnson a quiet, court eous, efficient officer who is loyal to his trust and to his party. Mr. Johnson is a native of Randolph, having been bom and reared in Con cord township where he was a merchant for eleven years before moving to Asheboro in* 1908. Mr. Johnson then was a merchant of Asheboro for twenty years, before he became register of deeds of Randolph. He has always been a faithful mem ber of the Methodist church and is a steward of the First Methodist church of Asheboro. Murray Field Named Head Of Rotarians At Friday Luii&ieon Murray Field was elected president of the Asheboro Rotary club, succeed ing Robert Wood, at the annual meet ing Friday at noon in the dining room of the Methodist Protestant church. Dr. C. G. Smith was elected vice president, succeeding I. F. Craven, of Ramseur, who was named to this office at the death of J. P. Gamer. Frank McCrary succeeded Arthur Ross, Jr., as secretary, and Jess Scarboro will take Frank Redding’s place as treasurer. Tom Truesdale was re elected sergeant-at-arms. These officers will take office on July 1st. NAVAL ARCHITECT EXAMINATION ANNOUNCED The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations for the positions of assistant and associate naval architects. Optional branches are ship piping and ventilation, hull structures and arrangements, scientific ship calculations, general and small boats. The entrance salaries are $2,600 and $3,200 a year respectively, less a retirement deduction of 3 Vi per cent. Full information may be obtained from R. A. Briles, Secretary of the U. S. Civil Board of Examiners, at the post office in this city. Funeral Directors Meet Attending the annual Funeral Directors meeting in Winston-Salem the first part of this week are J. T. Pugh and T. R. Farlow of Asheboro. Attend Meeting In Troy W. P. Amos, W. P. Amos, Jr., J. C. Senter, Lester Jarrell and Joe Winslow of Amos Furniture attended a Kelvinator meeting in Troy Monday evening. Asheboro War Mothers Will Sell Carnations On Saturday; Mayor Issues a Proclamation The local organization of War Mothers will be on the streets of Asheboro on Saturday, carrying red and white carnations which they will offer for sale. These carnations were made by the disabled veterans in the hospitals and will be offered by the women of this organization to wear on Sunday, May 10th. which is declared Mother’s Day. W. A. Bunch, mayor of Asheboro approves the plan to the extent of issuing the following proclamation: “Honoring mothers of the world war, whose sons fought for their country, mothers of other wars and motherhood of the world, hereby proclaim that Saturday, May 9th, shall be, set .apart for the sale of carna tions. The War Mothers will be on dtitoto of Ashebo the Sandy Graham Scheduled For Speech At Court House In Asheboro Thursday Eve ..- 1 —4 Speaks Thursday HON. A. H. GRAHAM Series Of Meetings Of College Students Over This Week-End Columbia Bible College Will Hold Instructive Meetings At Asheboro Church County-Wide Plan Conferences Considered Splendid For Communities In Which They Have Been Held A group of students from the Columbia Bible College, Columbia, S. C., will arrive here on Friday, May 8, to conduct a series of meetings ex tending through Sunday, May 10. The students will include Joseph Mc Cullough, Philadelphia, Pa.; William Barnett, the son of missionaries in Kenya Colony, East Africa; William T. Mulcay, of Augusta, Georgia; Miss Margaret Sells, of Jbfthson CSty, Tennessee; Miss Eloise Fain, of Greenville, South Carolina, a graduate of the college. Miss A. Elizabeth Cridland, a graduate of the college and secretary to the president of the college, will accompany the group. The conference will be interdeno minational in character, following the policy of the college which sponsors it. At present nineteen denominations are represented by its faculty and student body. The members of the conference group will give personal testimonies concerning their Christian experience and God’s work in their own lives, as well as speaking on some of the deinite subjects related to the conference. Meetings will be held in the First Methodist Episcopal church of Ashe (Please turn to page 2) WRECK OF CAR AND TRUCK IN NORTH ASHEBORO Mrs. R. G. King of Seagrove and Mrs. E. A. Jones and baby of Broad way were painfully injured late Sun day evening when the car driven by Mr. King collided with the truck driven by Mr. Jones at an intersection in North Asheboro. Both cars were damaged severely. Mrs. King and Mrs. Jones and baby were taken to the Randolph hospital for treatment, later both were taken home. WANTS HOME FOR A TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY The Randolph county welfare de partment has for placement in a good home a bright ten-year-old boy. Any one interested in taking this boy to keep him to help around the house or for adoption is asked to see the superintendent of public welfare, R. T. Lloyd. buying these flowers. W. A. BUNCH, Mayor.” This plan of the War Mothers is similar to the poppy sale staged an nually by the American Legion Auxiliary. The funds derived from the sale of these carnations will be used by the local organization to further their work, both local and national. There is a fund required of all organi zations of War Mothers to aid in the maintenance of mothers of veterans who require hospitalization. Other like work carried on by the chapter require funds and the cooperation of the public means successful further ance of the work carried on by them. The sale of these flowers the day preceding Mother’s Day will enable those who would like flowers for this Citizens Of Randolph County Invited To Hear Candidate For Governor Will Discuss The Issues Of Campaign Lieutenant Governor, Lawyer, World War Veteran, Included In His Record The citizens of Randolph county will have the opportunity of hearing Hon. Sandy (A. H.) Graham when he speaks at the court house in Asheboro on Thursday evening. Mr. Graham, who is lieutenant governor of the state at present, would have the governor’s chair and seeks this nomination in the Democratic primary in June. A large number of friends of Mr. Graham claim that he is admirably fitted for this position. A native of Hillsboro, he has been in and around Raleigh for the better part of his life and has done con* siderable legal practice in that city as well as in other places in North Carolina. He is a veteran of the World War and has wide support among the service men and women of the state. His training as a lawyer has enabled him to make a very definite study of government and his experience in tha office as lieutenant governor has given him ample opportunity to see the workings of North Carolina politics first-hand. Mr. Graham is a member of the Episcopal church and is well known throughout the state as a prominent churchman. Coming to Asheboro this time as a speaker in his own behalf as a candidate for the Democratic nomina* tion, he is not unknown. He spoke in March before the Friday Afternoon club of Asheboro and the same month at the Merchant’s Exposition held in town. He is a speaker of ability, a thinker and a student. His platform Is plain and straight forward and he states his position on questions equally as frankly. The voters of Randolph county and all in terested people are invited to hear Mr. Graham at the county court house in Asheboro on Thursday evening. May 7th, at 8:00 o’clock. E. W. BURTON KILLED IN WRECK SUNDAY Esca W. Burton, of High Point, who was seriously Injured in a wreck near Randleman Sunday, died Monday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the Ran* dolph Hospital, Inc. Mr. Burton was injured when the car which he was driving northward on the High Point road is said to have collided with a produce truck driven by C. F. Kimbell of Leaksville Spray, who was headed south on route 77. Funeral service for Mr. Burton will be held at his home in High Point. Staley School Will Hold Finals May 10 ' Ending On May 15th Staley, May 4.—The grammar grades of the Staley school presented an interesting operetta, “The Maid and the Golden Slipper” to an ap preciative audience on Friday evening. This marked the beginning of a series of programs which will lead up to the final commencement exercises on Friday evening, May 15th. On Sunday evening, May 10, Reverend Milo S. Hinkle, pastor of Asheboro Street Friends church 'n Greensboro, will deliver the Bacca laureate sermon to the graduating class. * The senior class will present a play, “Here Comes Charlie” in the school auditorium at eight o’clock on Tues day evening, May 12th. On Wednes day evening representatives from all grades will hold a declamation and recitation contest. Thursday evening the seniors will hold their class night exercises. This will be in the form of a play entitled “Gypsies for a Day”, The final exercises will be held on Friday evening, May 15, at which time Charles W. Phillips will deliver the commencement address, and the seniors will receive their diplomas. Members of the senior class are: Sue Evelyn Poe, Nancy Riddle, Flem ing Perry, Imogene Frazier, Annie Pearl Raines, Marshal Caviness, Edna Louise Teague, George Hobson and Dorothy Warren. Randolph Board Of H Education Hold The 1 May Meeting Monday At the meeting , of the Randolph county school board, which was held Monday in Superintendent T. F. Bulla’s office, a request was made by representatives of Mountain View school to allow the children in that section to attend Seagrove school next year, instead of Union school. The board, composed of L. F. Ross, J. A. Martin and L. C. Smith, ap pointed a school committee for Union to include S. A. Cox, Walter Strides and Banah Richardson. Resolutions were passed approving all contracts for school buildings con forming to FWA regulations; and A.
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