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MrtqT PEOPLE IN ASHEBORO AND RANDOLPH COUNTY READ THE COURIER _IT LEADS THE COURIER SEMI-WEEKLY VOLUME LX___ A* The Regulator February 2, 1876 Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County PRINCIPLES NOT MEN ASHEBORCQLC-. FRIDAY, MAY 15. 1936. Changed To The Courier September 13, 1879 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 24 Late News Statf. National and International Happening Briefly To,d S5fS? “ V City.—Clyde William Smith, . year old Kradc P*1^1 at Heflry Siler school, was instantly ElW when hit by a car as he .tipped from a school bus at 7:40 Vlo^k Thursday morning, May 14. Eye Witnesses of the tragedy sup ported Albert Kiddle, young Siler f?tv driver of the automobile, in L contention that the accident was unavoidable, the boy stepping directly into the path ot the car, evidently not hearing the warning 0f the teacher on duty there. nnMVSON PLEADS GUILTY 5SS life sentence Louisville.—Federal officers were rewarded for the effective work they have done in the past two weeks when Thomas H. Robinson, tr whom they captured Monday in Glendale, t alif, pleaded guilty to a charge of kidnapping Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Atlanta Deni ten tiary on Wednesday. It had {Jen, expected that Robinson would enter a plea of insanity, but he changed to one of guilty in the hope of a jwrole after 15 years when urged to do so by his parents. NE'V DISEASES BEGIN IN NASAL SINUSES Kansas City.—The human sinus, that air passage from the skull to the nostrils, was exposed before the American Medical Association as the arch-villain in many of the epidemics which now ravage man kind It was reported that germs could lie dormant in the sinus for many years, then come to life in new forms, which would explain the outbreak of strange diseases in un expected places. According to the report, (he great wartime influenza epidemic has been traced to this source, as well as such unrelated diseases as scarlet fever and ap pendicitis. The worst feature of this theory is that almost anyone may he a carrier of deadly germs in his sinus which will be capable of in fecting others though he himself remains healthy. FAMDUs J \P.\NESE PREACHER ACCUSED OF COMMUNISM St. Louis.—Dr. J. Frank Norris, fundanu r.tnlist Baptist minister, said Wednesday that he would urge the delegates to the Southern Bap tist convention to ban Toyohiko Kakawa, Japanese Christian lectur er, who has been asked to address a joint session of southern and northern Baptists next week. Dr. Norris does not expert the conven tion to adopt his resolution, but hopes to bring to the eyes of the members what he claims are the communistic principles embodied in speeches of Kawaga. The latter has previously asserted that he is no communist, but that he advocates cooperative movements as the only practical way to help the farmer and favors cooperative trade be tween nations as a means of bring world peace. Oklahoma convicts SHOOT WAY OUT McAlester, Okla.—-As the inmates of the state penitentiary lined up for the noon roll call Wednesday, two dozen dangerous convicts armed with knifes seized two prison officials, and using them as shields, forced other guards to surrender their guns. When other guards started shooting, the prisoners re turned the tire in a desperate at tempt to escape. Results: ten con victs shot down in the prison; C. I*. Powell, prison foreman, killed while held hy the fugitives as a shield; guard Gossett in a serious condition from four wounds; six of those in the break seized unharmed, rive of the desperadoes are still at [arRe, holding guard Cope as a hostage. Farm inflation bill beaten in house Washington.—By a vote of 235 tc ■W2 the House of Representatives defeated the inflationary Frizier "*n'«e farm refinancing measure ednesday. The size of the majority as considered in Washington t« P»wt to two things: first, affirms ton of the dominance of the Rooee* j administration in the House; and, second, a decline in the in uence of the Detroit radio priest, a er Coughlin, who had crusaded ’°r ‘no Frazier-Lemke bill for onths. The North Carolina delega °n voted as a unit against the measure. G?fv .vX" (;RAHAM WIN IN vote JV!'h almost 4,000 new votes “aled this week in the news . , atraw vote on the Democratic wernorship race, Hoey showed a — f.ain °f 2i/j% and Graham whit 1„2** M'Donald lost 1.4%, Mrtv also showed a loss. di«£*?d’8 8‘rent>th continued un minwhed in the east and slipped With 11,799 votes lo^*u^kthe. "fanning is as fol cent ift- sianaing is ai ■USSrs-. 5>6o°'47-4 UU SI**, ^aham 1871 it> « 9 per mil» uranam per iil per eea|l McRae 209, 1.7 Foundation Laid For Gymnasium On Seagro Location Materials Ha* Grounds We en Placed On Several rior Comment £ 3 Miss Alberta £ ing From ~ ent Plans an Is Recover snake Bite Severn. ....vs Ago j Seagrove. May 14.—Work of actual i construction began Thursday on th<> new gymnasium for Sea grove. For the ; past few weeks, lumber, brick and 1 other building materials have been placed on the location for this build I ing. The citizens of Seagrove and of I the surrounding community are widely | interested in this building and have j worked for several months raising I funds in order that theiT hopes might | materialize. The commencement sermon will be on Monday evening, May 18. instead of Sunday night as was previously announced. Rev. H. F. Powell, pastor : of the M. E. church in Asheboro is . to deliver the sermon. I On Tuesday evening the seniors I will give their class day exercises j with Miss Sula Luck as valedictorian ! and Miss Annie Bell Auman saluta torian. On Monday evening of this week the Beta club had the faculty members as their guests at a meeting at the school house. A program, games and contests were enjoyed by aTl present. Refreshments were served in banquet style. A. R. Auman, Jr., a student at Chapel Hill, spent the week-end with homefolks. ! Miss Alberta Auman is unable to be in her school room this week, due to a snake bite which she received on the ankle Monday morning while in the yard at her home. Although she seems to be getting along satis factorily it will be a few days yet before she can walk. State WPA Reports 939 Teachers .Now Employed In Work George W. C(*an. State Ad ministrator, Reports Progress In North Carolina Figures Are Cut Rtport Is From Harry Hopkins, \YI\\ Administrator At Washington Recently George W. Cuan, Jr., state ad ministrator. reported that the North Carolina Works Progress Administra tion, as of this date, is employing ltd!) teachers for its various free classes in adult education, and that there are 28,331 persons enrolled in those classes. There are six particular types of instruction: general adult education, in which 12,894 persons are receiving instruction is the largest group. Another is literacy education which teaches adults from those who are beginners up to the third grade level. 10,228 persons are participating in these classes. The other kinds of i instruction are: parent education, homemaking, workers, correspondence and nursery schools, j At the peak of employment >n North Carolina there were 1,405 teachers earning their livelihood by reason of the WPA educational pro gram. Over 96% of these were taken from the relief rolls. I Mr. Coan cited these figures from the report made by C. E. McIntosh and W. H. Jones, director and assistant director, respectively, of the emer gency education program in this state. j Results of the program are proving highly gratifying, Mr. Coan said. Helping these thousands of persons to develop skill which will help them rehabilitate themselves and to broaden their understanding is of inestimable value. Of course, there is no plan to supplant regular school facilities. One | must bear in mind that this program is designed to give work to unem-, ployed teachers who were without professional opportunity and to assist j the adult unemployed who have ac cepted our facilities eagerly. Also this , program has been endorsed by the j leading educators throughout the country. In the nation as a whole, Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress Administra- j tor at Washington, announced that1 there were 1,485,822 enrollees in the WPA’s emergency educational pro gram and that the program is em ploying 43,051 needy teachers. Mr. Hopkins’ report is as of April 1, 1936,' which is the last nation-wide compila- j tion of this data. Opens Shop Here Eunice Taylor has announced the opening of a dressmaking business over the Old Hickory Cafe. Miss Taylor has had several years ex perience in Lumberton and in addition to making and altering dresses, is expert in hemstitching, making but tonholes, and covering buttons. Having moved in last Thursday, May 7, she is already well established in her new quarters. Thad Ferree of Raleigh is in Ashe boro on business this week. While in Asheboro Mr. Ferree is visiting re latives. State Burial Association To Meet In Asheboro For Third Annual Convention Convention Chairman I J. T. PUGH Junior Order Home Plans Celebration For Saturday, 23rd Senator Bob Reynolds To Speak At First Annual Home-Com ing At Lexington Members of the Junior Order from this area are expected to join those of other sections of North Carolina in the observance of the first annual i home-coming celebration to be held at the Junior Order orphans home. IjPxington, Saturday, May 23. An j elaborate program, featuring an ad dress by U. S. Senator Robert R. Reynolds, has been worked out and ' hundreds of Juniors with their families are expected to attend. The home-coming celebration was 1 approved at the last session of the state council, held in Wilmington, as a means of bringing the membership of the order together once a year at j the orphanage for an all-day visit. The program, tentatively arranged ! and announced by Monroe Adams, Statesville, state councilor, provides for a ses-ion in the Vance auditorium I at 11 a. m. at which time Senator j Reynolds will speak; a concert by the ! little symphony orchestra of the homo in the afternoon; a baseball game between the Lexington orphanage and the Oxford Masonic orphanage; and a picnic dinner. Notices have been sent to all sub 1 ordinate councils by the state coun cilor concerning the celebration and urging1 large attendance- According to i word received here, many councils 1 are making plans to charter buses for the transportation of large delega tions while motorcades are being con sidered by others. The complete program will be completed within a short time, state officials of the order have announced. I_ J. T. Lambert Named ! Trustee For Pearson Bankrupt Stock Here __ J. T. Lambert, well known Asheboro magistrate, has been elected trustee i of the bankrupt estate of the firm of Pearson Bros., local men's clothing: store. On April 23 Clarence J. Pear j son filed a petition for bankruptcy and ! was adjudged bankrupt by the United States District Court in Greensboro, | there being: assets of approximately j $5,000 and liabilities of $8,000, and | the case was referred to Kenneth M. Brim as referee in bankruptcy. In ! accordance with the usual practice, I creditors of the estate met on Tues day, May 12, to select the trustee, deciding upon Mr. Lambert. | Mr. Lambert is now engaged in taking inventory at the store, having i been directed by the creditors to offer ! the merchandise, fixtures, accounts and lease for sale to the highest j bidder. Anyone interested should submit a sealed bid to the referee on or before May 25. Last Meeting Of Asheboro P.-T. A. For School Term Closes With Installation At the last meeting of the Ashe-, boro P.-T. A. for the club year, held Tuesday evening at the school build ing, new officers for the year were installed. Mrs. I. C. Moser, retiring president, introduced Rev. N. M. Harrison who installed the new offic ers in an impressive manner. Murray Field, newly elected president, then took the chair and presided over the business session which followed. This was the last meeting of the spring and reports of the year’s work tvere heard. Especially interesting was the report from the committee work ing on playgrounds. The report indicated that civic organizations of Asheboro, as well as many individuals, were lending splendid cooperation to the plan of supervised recreation fori the children of Asheboro in two play-1 Pugh’s Funeral Home Will Be Headquarters For North Carolina Delegates 150 Expected To Attend 2-Day Meet Jess Pugh Of Asheboro Is Con-! vention Chairman And Is Making Plans For Meeting On Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19-20, Asheboro will play host to the third annual convention of the North Carolina State Burial Association. The delegates, expected to number about lgl), will make the Push Funeral I Home their headquarters. Officers of the association include W. K. Sturdi i vant, North Wilkesboro, president; ‘ Wade C. Moody, Mt. Airy, secretary; 1 A. D. Royal, Clinton, vice president: and J. T. Pugh, of Asheboro, conven ! tion chairman. I Members will commence the pro j ceedings at 9 o’clock, Tuesday morn j ing, by registering in the chapel of 1 the Pugh Funeral Home, after which President Sturdivant will call the meeting to order. Dr. S. W. Taylor, pastor of the local Methodist Protestant church, will invoke a bless ing, and then Lawrence Sours, of the Pugh Funeral Home, will sing. Mayor W. A. Bunch will deliver a word of welcome to the visitors, while N. S. Garrett, of Ahoskie, will respond in their behalf. The president’s report will conclude the morning session. I The delegates will be called to order j again at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, the first business being the reports of the attorney and the secretary. Then comes what promises to be one of the most interesting features of the I program, a round table discussion of several topics of great importance to members of the association. These topics and the men who will present them for discussion follow: “How to , Solicit Memberships”, A. J. Koonce, (High Point; “How and When to i Assess”, H. O. Summerlin. Rocky Mount; “How to Keep Account Re cords", W. H. Groce, Asheville; “What to Give as a Benefit”, Wade 0. Moody, Mount Airy; “How to Secure Re-in ! statements”, J. R. Overby. Four I Oaks; “How to Keep Members in a Cooperative Spirit", T. W. Summerset, Jr., Salisbury. Tuesday evening IP " o'clock, the I association will have a banquet in tre (Please turn to page 51 Leo Cetwick Fund Has Proved Great Aid In Local School Primary Grades Have Reached Stipulated Goal Through Aid Of Fund Appreciation Expressed Mrs. W. L .Lambert Plans To Center Attention Upon Grammar Grades Now The Asheboro school library has been greatly improved during the past two years by the establishment of the Cetwick Memorial fund to which people of Asheboro and from other places have subscribed books. Stan • dards of education are so arranged 1 now that schools must have adequate libraries in order to be placed on ac credited lists. With funds so cut for running expenses, money for books ' necessarily must come from some out j side source. ! In order that children may get certificates for reading circle credits, they must have a certain number of books per room and per child. In the primary departments where Mrs. W. L. Iambert, chairman of the Cetwick Memorial fund, has centered her at tention and that of her assistants, each of the primary rooms has met I the necessary requirement, made by i the state, of 20 books per room. The workers now plan to focus their attention upon the grammar grades. The state requirements for the (Please turn to page 5) grounds. The finance committee plans to sell Character Bonds and are wag ing an active campaign in town toward this end. The P.-T. A., hearing the1 details of their plan, immediately i applied to buy the first bond of larger j denomination for the purpose of furthering the playground project. Business people of the town are aid ing the P.-T. A. committee in making this idea a reality and the committee plans to have some interesting an nouncements in the near future. In addition to the playground dis cussion, Mrs* L. F. Ross brought a most interesting and helpful report from the state meeting of P.-T. A. groups from Charlotte. Mrs. Ross and Mrs. E. L. Hedrick were delegates from the Asheboro association. Ac-1 cording to the report, the convention 1 Contract Awarded For Gymnasium At Meeting Thursday I^amb And Lewallen, Local Con tractors, Were Awarded Con tract At Thursday Meet Work Starts Soon Building Will Probably Be Com pleted Well Before School Starts In September At a meeting of tho gymnasium committee of the Chamber of Com i merce held late Thursday afternoon, | orders were given for the work to commence at once. The gymnasium, a project sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, will be erected on the southeast comer of the present school lot. 1 The contract was let on Thursday afternoon to Iamb and Ir-wallen, local contractors, who will begin work of ' erection at once. W. 1). Lamb and Mack Lewallen are well known local builders and general approval was expressed by many citizens of Ashe | boro at the awarding of the contract to this firm who was low bidder. The cost of the building will pro bably be around $9,000 and will be raised entirely by contributions from the Chamber of Commerce and from subscriptions from local business and textile concerns and personal pledges. There is no government fund or loan connected with this building that has been a long-felt need in Asheboro for many years. Charles McCrary, chairman of the building committee and president of , the Chamber of Commerce, urges ■ that all people who have made pledges j to the building, send the money in at j once, as the work will go forward ' quickly and, it is planned, will be ' completed by the first of September before school reopens. Contributions ; will be received by Cleveland Thayer, j secretary of the Chamber of Com merce and of the committee. On the committee are the following men: Charles McCrary, J. L). Ross, C 1 C. Cranford, Charles Bossong, Cleve i land Thayer and Kemp Alexander 1 People of the town have cooperated ' : and pledged quite generously for thi ■ j building and the interest centering . around the erection of such a building , has been keen and genuine. A she boro Will Soon Have Manufacturing Plant In Operation j Asheboro will soon have another I manufacturing firm to a<)> 1 to her al ready itnpo-ing list. A group of local 1 men. together with associates from j <IreensUiro and Chicago, have incor , porated :ls Pinehurst Frocks, Inc., f with a capitalization of .$4f>.no0. Wil j lium J. Armtield, 111, prominent Ash0 !>,.ro business man, who is to be general manager of the project, ex pects to have the mill in operation by i August 1, though the exact location has not been decided upon. l’inehurst Frocks, Inc., will manu facture ladies dresses, starting with cheap cotton dresses and expanding to ' include rayons and acetate silks when I the help has been sufficiently well ' trained. Mr. Armfield announces that, he will have an expert designer and a capable superintendent, both now j connected with one of the biggest companies in the country. Mr. Brittain Home John T. Brittain, dean of the Ashe boro bar and prominent attorney, was brought to his home in Asheboro from Wesley Long hospital where he underwent an operation and treatment for several weeks. Mr. Brittain re turned to his Asheboro home in Pugh’s ambulance. His condition, which has been quite grave, is des cribed as improved. STEADMAN Bl’ILDING MADE INTO THREE MODERN STORES | Announcement comes from S. B. Stedman that work is progressing in a satisfactory manner on the Sted man building on Sunset avenue. This building, which has been used for other purposes for the past several I years, will become three modern stores. The firms planning to occupy these excellent locations, have not been made public as yet. The work will j probably be completed in about thirty j days. theme of “Looking Ahead With Our Children,’’ ran through the entire meeting with a marked interest and freshness that made the meeting of interest to any citizen of the state. Interesting among the speakers of the convention and of the group con ferences were Dr. Frank Graham, of the State University; Mrs. W. I?. Aycock, state president: Dr. Julian Miller, of Charlotte: Congressman Josh Lee of Oklahoma; Mrs. D. S. Coltrane, of Greensboro. It was the general aspiration of the state association to attempt a nine months school term for the children of our state by enlisting the interest of the representatives to secure sufficient federal aid to help the school program of the nation. Hon. Clyde Hoey To Speak RandolphCitizens T uesday Evening At Court House Speaks Tuesday C LYDE R. HOEY Randolph Boy Wins Scholarship From Guilford Tuesday Charles Edward Blair Of Trinity Is Awarded One Of Major Scholarships Well Known Family Blair Is Nephew Of Postmaster J. O. Redding Of Asheboro People of Randolph county will be interested in press reports of recent date announcing that Charles Edward Blair has been awarded one of the major scholarships awarded by Guil ford college. The scholarship received by Mr. Blair is known as the William F. Overman scholarship and was awarded by a joint action of the faculty and student body of Guilford. Blair was chosen as the one who has made the greatest contribution to the college life. Last month he was chosen president of the men's •student government for 1!Wf>-l!K{7: he has been president of his class dur ing the junior and sophomore years a college marshal, member of the Student Affairs board, Y. M. C. A. cabinet member, president of Histori - a! society, vice president of Y. M C. A., and member of the track and cross-country teams for the past two years. Any student who does not hold the Marvin Hardin scholarship, and whose quality average is 200 or more in all work taken at Guilford college, may be a candidate for the scholarship. Each of the four classes have one vote in the selection and the faculty has four. Mr. Blair i- a native of Randolph county, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert I.. M Blair of Trinity. The Blairs live at the old Charles Blair homestead, a well known place in Randolph county. Mrs. Blair was the former Miss Ocia Redding, of Ran dolph, a sister of Postmaster J. O. Redding of Asheboro. Clean Charlotte Cemetery Those who have friends and re latives buried at Charlotte church cemetery are asked to meet at the church on Saturday morning. May Id. to clean the cemetery. People who desire to obtain plots for burial are I requested to get in touch with T. V ! Bulla or D. T. McCain. S. H. Spoon Visits S. H. Spoon, prosperous farmer of Archdale, was in Asheboro Thursday to have some deeds recorded in con nection with his real estate business. Mr. Spoon reports that in his district McDonald is a heavy favorite for the Democratic nomination for governor. Accompanying’ him was Mr. Hancock, also of Archdale. Miss Mary Virginia Allen, of South Boston, Va., is the guest of Miss Margaret Erwin Robins this week. | — Kiwanis Club Names Judges For Contest Sponsored By Club The Kiwanis club held its regular meeting Tuesday night with Rufus Routh presiding. The members elected Mrs. J. 0. Redding, Miss Massa I>am bert, and Mrs. S. B. S ted man as judges of the historical essay-writing contest sponsored by the Kiwanians for sixth grade pupils throughout Randolph county. Response to the contest has been widespread and favorable, with many entries report ed from various communities. On May 19 the club will observe Radies Night and will meet with the North Carolina State Burial Associa tion. J. T. Pugh, director of the Pugh ; Funeral Home, who is in charge of j the program for this joint meeting, | announces that a dance will be held at the Hedrick building following the dinner. The Ladies Aid Society of Randle man will entertain the club on May 26 at Randle man. Candidate For Governor Back From Tour Of Eastern I*art Of North Carolina. 1*0 Discuss Issues Of Campaign Freely Supporters Claim He Has Gain ed Rapidly W ithin Fast Few Days Hun. (,lyde R. H<ivy will speak to the citizens of Randolph county on 1 uesday evening. May Ittth, in the county court house. The speech will begin at - :4a and the public is invited to come out to hear Mr. Hoey discuss the issues of the campaign. Mr. Hoey, considered one of the best orators of the state, will probab ly speak his mind freely as to tha platform upon which his opponents are running. During his recent tour of the eastern part of the state, he has been discussing Dr. Ralph Mc Donald s position on the sales ta< during the campaign m contrast with his recorded voting during his term as a legislator from Forsyth county. Dr. McDonald, who would remove the sales tax altogether, is said to have voted for the tax in several instances while serving as a legislator. It is further the claim of Mr. Hoey that his opponent has not voted in North Carolina prior to 1P32, at which time his name was on the ticket. From time to time, especially in recent days, Mr. Hoey has gained ground in his race for governor of North Carolina, by stating that he does not favor placing any further tax on land. This is said to have turned many votes of farmers of the state to him and his continued practice of not making too many promises which he cannot carry out, is said to have gained favor among the labor class in recent days. Mr. Hoey, a lawyer, churchman and from one of the oldest families of the state hails from Shelby, Cleveland county. He has long been known as the state’s silver-tongued orator and a fearless political leader of North Carolina, his native state which he would govern. Railway Crossing' In C enter Of Asheboro Is Now Being Paved W<v(ne.sd:;y morning brought 3 welcome sight Ui tin* tuwn t»f Ashe horn, when i l:mrc lmh'.' of workmen could dt* observed hard at work digg ing up tlie ground and tearing out the beams at the Southern Railway crossing on Sunset avenue. It was evident that the emss'iisr was finally to he provided with an asphalt cover I ing, a great improvement over the old ! wooden one which stood up like a sore i thumb in the middle of Asheboro’s | modern business section. | Those in charge of the work expect j to start laying the cement foundation | Saturday and will complete the job with an asphalt surface soon there j after. With a view to the better con I dition when the hard surfacing is ready for use, drivers will not object i to the short detour necessary at , present. Poppy Day Will Be Observed In County On Saturday, 23rd Poppies which will he worn here on Poppy Day, Saturday. May 2d, in honor of the World War dead, wdl , bring benefits to disabled veterans ' throughout the year, Mrs. W. L. Ward, rehabilitation chairman of I Dixon Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, said today as the unit was completing preparations for its Poppy Day activities. “The work of the American legion j and Auxiliary for the war disabled draws much of its support from the funds collected on Poppv Day,” ex plained Mrs. Ward. “Without the | contributions made for the little flower | of remembrance, our organizations j would be unable to continue their vast i program of aid for the men who sacrificed health and strength in the nation’s service. “The things we do for the disabled are essential acts of aid which would be performed by no other agency or organization if the Legion and Auxiliary were unable to undertake them. We go into the government hospitals where more than 60,000 i veterans are constantly under care, I bringing comforts not provided by the j government, providing holiday re membrances, cheering entertainments, and keeping the hospitalized men in contact with the outside world. We care for the families of the disabled left in need at home, giving the veterans the peace of mind necessary to their recovery. ■'Assistance to disabled men in ob taining just compensation and care is given constantly. Justice is never automatic and it often is impossible for the individual veteran to gather evidence and present his claim effectively. The Legion and Auxiliary act as his advocate, his friend in need. “The number of disabled veterans is growing steadily and we hope for a generous response to the poppy ap peal this year so that we may be able to meet the increasing need.”