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Happenings
,„.R ABAB DISORDERS
Jg REAL REBELLION
Jerusalem.—Observe™ of the
JriUa warfare that hoe been go
on for 40 days between Arab*
Jews in Palestine hare cone
"^ conclusion that a well
organized rebellion is under way.
Bine* Aoril 15 there hare been over
50*deaths and 150 persons injured,
rte casualties being about evenly
Lded between the two factum*
® r«L«<.4ioit eiviHan and
I concentration of 8,000 soldiers,
arrests of more than 000 persons
and practical martial law in central
and southern Palestine
NORMAN THOMAS GETS
Kialist NOMINATION
Cleveland. — Norman Thomas,
Socialist candidate for president in
1928 and 1932, was nominated again
Monday by an overwhelming
majority. Delegates staged an ur
foarious demonstration of approval,
the climax coming when they car
ried Thomas on their shoulders to
the platform for his aoeeptance
speech, in which he made tho state
ment that he had not spent a cent
campaigning for noaUnatien.
George Nelson, a farmer and former
Wisconsin assemblyman, was the
enaatinous choice for vice president.
HOUSTON AWAITS FLOODS
AS WATERS RISE
Houston.-—With rains of 13 inches
reported in the watershed north and
west of Houston, townspeople are
preparing for water to enter the
business district today. One main
was drowned near Hons too Monday,
and six were trapped near Browns
ville as floods Mocked the roads
behind them, but they are not be
lieved to be in danger.
CANDIDATE ARB FILING
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES
»ashwMptnn.wv8|anp..|)pp|m„|Ma|
bers are already tiling statements
of their primary campaign ok*
penses. Representative Bttlwinkle
submitted expenses of $435, and Re
presentative Uinstead shews ex
penditures of only $32-50.
SUPREME COURT DECLARES
ANOTHER ACT ILLEGAL
Washington,—By a 5 to 4 decision
Monday the Supreme Coart declar
ed unconstitutional another New
Deal law, the 1M4 municipal bank
ing act designed to help cities and
counties redaee their indebtedness
through federal bankruptcy courts.
As was the case with so many of
the decisions unfavorable to the
New Deal, the reason for consider,
tag this law invalid was that It
violated states* rights. Objection to
the taw was started by a group of
Texas bondholders who raid that
they were offered less than half the
value of their bonds ha s reorganiza
tion conducted under these bank
ruptcy proceedings.
TEXTILE MEN arnwr
100 PER CENT UNIFORMITY
Charlotte,—Leaden of the textile
industry met in Charlotte Monday
and worked out a plan to bring ail
textile mills into conformance with
the wage and hour provisions of the
former NRA code. With atore than
90% of the industry already in line,
members of the Asaerican Cotton
Manufacturers association and the
Cotton-Textile Institute, Inc* ex
pressed belief in their ability to
win over the remainder by personal
solicitation and by cooperation of
manufacturers in all sections of the
country.
EXPERIMENTS SHOW NEW
uses for corroi
Chapel HilL—Dr. Frank A. Cam
won, University of North CaroHna
chemist, uid Monday that experi
ment* he has been conducting over
* period of several yoars to fad neuf
«*• end s method of cheep pro
dnction for cotton ftnoDy appear to
be successful. His new method is
to sow the cotton *Tin*nrt like
wheat and to harvest it by mowing
against
Cale K. Bu^ss Is
Temperance teakcr
Line Con are
Forceful Spea
Well Known
Building Progresses
Ramseur Theatre Forma ly
Opens Saturday Evening
With . Large Crowd
Ramseur, May 25.—Cale K. Burgess
was at his best Sunday morning when
he spoke to a large congregation here
in the interest of temperance. Mr.
Burgess, an attorney and layman of
Raleigh, and one of North Carolina’s
strongest force against'liquor, brought
a strong appeal for total abstinence
add a strenuous campaign against the
liquor evil, now, and until it is
overthrown.
The speaker didn’t bring a long list
of statistics to prove his argument,
but did give enough to show the in*
crease of drinking since liquor is sold
legally in some parts of the state.
The fact was emphasized that all
drunkards begin drinking 'With the
idea that an occasional drink will not
hurt them, but the records show that
three out of ten who drink at all, are
destroyed, yet in the face of these
known facts, a supposedly intelligent
and professedly Christian people al
low strong drinks to be sold legally
and illegally when one million church
members are enrolled on the state’s
church rolls.
A strong piea was made for an
influence that would save this and
future generations from the curse of
alcohol.
The audience was convinced of the
McDonald Manager
Answers Statement
Of Hoey’s Manager
William Armfield, 3rd, States
That Facts Published Re
cently Vary
Only Half Truths
Or. McDonald Said To Have Led
Tin Ift—ri riiht Axainst !
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William Armfield, III, manager of
Dr. Ralph McDonald’s campaign in
Randolph county, in an interview with
The Courier:
“As a result of the statement by
J. V. Wilson, local attorney, in a
recent issue of your paper, on Dr.
McDonald’*- record on the sales tax
I have looked into the matter and
find Mr. Wilson’s statements to be
only part of the truth which often
times is more misleading than com
plete misrepresentation of facts.
It is a matter of record and against
the sales tax knowledge that thlsr
same Dr. McDonald led the fight in
the last session of the legislature and
did ao in a very efficient manner. He
was blocked, however, by the same
crowd which is now trying to block
him.
Hie facts in the matter are that
after he saw the administration lead
ers had succeeded in passing a sales
tax on foods and other necessities
of life they included meals in cafes
and hot dog stands so Dr. McDonald
thought if the poor people were go
ing to have to pay tax on their
humble meals then the people fre
quenting hotels and high price din
ing rooms should also pay a similiar
tax.”
Mr. Armfield states the facts in the
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Total Poppy Day Sale
Amounts To $192.00;
Mrs. Burkhead Leads
According to Mrs. Fees Newsom,
general chairman for the local Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary sale of poppies
on Saturday, 1822 poppies ware .sold.
Serving with Mrs. Newsom on the
committee was Mrs. I. D. Wagger and
Mrs. Irvin Burrow.
. The sale of the flowers netted
$192.60 with special advertising
amounting to $25.00, making a total
Of $217.50. Mrs. George Burkhead led
the sales with Mrs. Rufus Routh
winning second place. Mrs. L. C.
Phillips won third place in the day's
Several windows of the town were
decorated far the occasion and at
tractive decorations in the business
section at team. Mrs. Newsom is
quite well pleased with the day's re
port, and wishes to express her ap
preciation far the cooperation from
many sides.
TWO ASHEBORO MEN OFF
TO AUTOMOBILE RACES
A. L. Brault, manager of the Motor
Service Company, left Tuesday for
Chicago where he will look over some
new Chop equipment Mr. Brault was
W. P. Amos who is
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iTownsendites Bring Petitions
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Newest move o3 supporters of the Townsend old ago pension plan to gain
support for their program came when a delegation of supporters from
California trekked across country to Washington, D. C, to present Congress
men Martin Smith of Washington and John Tolam of California, center, with
petitions which they claimed were signed by more than 1<MH)0,000 persons
demanding enactment of the old age pension plan.
Teachers Have Gone
Home After Closing
Franklinville Term
Mrs. Peter Allred Seriously 111;
Temperance Day Observed
At Local Churches
Franklinville, May 25.—Since the
Franklinville school closed the teach*
ers have returned to their respective
homes. Miss Ruth Linberger to
Gastonia; Miss Eunice Banks to
Raleigh; Miss Sarah Hodgin to Red
Springs, and Miss Pearl Spencer to
Siler City.
R. C. Fields has accepted a position
in the Franklinville roller mill.
Mrs. Eva Black of Greensboro spent
a few days last week here with re
1 stives and, friends.
I mR.'Pet£r Allred who has been
seriously ill for the past few days,
was taken to High Point hospital
Saturday afternoon where she under
went an operation for appendicitis.
May 24 being temperance day for
Randolph county, Prof. B. F. Brown
of State college, Raleigh, delivered
an address on the evilB of alcohol at
Franklinville Baptist church Sunday
morning. His address was interesting,
practical and clear of politics.
Several of our people attended
memorial service at Gray’s Chapel,
Sunday.
Bankrupt Stock Is
Sold To High Point
Merchant On Monday
Harry Jacobs of High Point was
high bidder Monday noon at the sale
of the bankrupt stock of goods own
ed by Pearsoh Brothers, Asheboro
merchants. The stock sold for $1775
plus the accounts. The stock of goods
and fixtures were included in the sale
price, according to J. T. Lambert,
trustee for the Pearsons.
Pearson’s store, a men’s clothing
store wad closed about a month ago
and properly advertised as to the sale
of stock. Jacobs has operated in High
Point for four years. He plans, how
ever, during the sale to remain in
Asheboro himself attending to the
sale, which opens Friday.
\ • It is now the plan of Mr. Jacobs to
operate the store in Asheboro per
manently.
Announce Birth
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Baker
of Raeford, Ma> 21st, a son, .J. M.,
Jr. Mrs. Baker was the former Miss
Kate Spoon, daughter of Mrs. W.
D. Spoon of Asheboro.
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Archaeological Society Of State To
Begin Operations In Randolph In June
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The Archaeological Society of North
Carolina expecta to begin an -in
vestigation of an area west of Aahe
boro about the middle of June. Dr.
Douglas Bights and a group of
leaders were in Asheboro Saturday
the initial plans for the work.
Since organization three yean ago,
this society has been interested in
tracing the former habitations of the
Indians in this state and in examining
various localities with a view to
determine tribal movements.
Some time ago the internet of the
society wae directed to Randolph
county through the studies of several
members. It was discovered that the
Great Trading Path of the Indians
ran through this section, eroeeing
Uwharrie Elver, Deep Elver and Pole
Cat Creek; that the county has eerveral
Asheboro Children
May Soon Be Given
Fine Playgrounds
Supervised Play Is Now Consid
ered As Important As Sup
ervised School Work
Program Of Play
Asheboro Is Investing In The
Character Of Future Leaders,
According To Promoters
Supervised play for children is like
supervised school wojrk for them, they
get infinitely more 'from it. Who
would think of s*n<m^r 'children to a
school building without * teacher?
They will not get much, comparatively
speaking, of moral and educational
value from group play without a
director or supervisor. They will get
many undesirable things during that
time.
It is during the play periods that
many of the most permanent and
dominant attitudes in the child’s life
are built up. It is, therefore, an im
portant put of his life. Left alone
to play as they choose, some child
with personality of force, is going to
dominate the group. Without judg
ment to temper his spirit, finding that
he can dominate, he is likely to be
come dictatorial and over-bearing.
Trouble ensues when he finds another
of like mind, or when his parents will
not follow his whims and desires.
Developing that attitude in childhood
it is most likely to go with him
through life. We find them in adult
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Vacation School Is
Now In Progress At
Local Baptist Church j
The daily summer Bible school |
sponsored by the Rev. L. R. O’Brian,
pastor, at the Asheboro Baptist
church began its 1936 session Monday.
Miss Ruth Tucker, one of the local
school teachers, is in charge of the
school, with the assistance of Miss
Rose Hamilton.
The daily lessons will continue for
two weeks. Attendance has been some
what below customary levels, but Is
expected to grow as more children
take advantage of this opportunity to
study the Bible and various forms of
handicraft
will study the Caraway Mountain
section closely. This region gives con
firmation of the description of the
early travelers, especially John Law
son, who described a tribe of Indians,
the Keyauwee, found here. This ac
counts for the name of the expedition
adopted, Keyauwee.
Dr. James B. Bullitt of Chapel Hill
is director of the expedition; Joffre
L. Coe of Chapel Hill and Rev. Doug
las L. Rights are assistants. Mr. Coe
was with the University of Chicago
expedition in Illinois last summer.
Rev. Mr. Rights has for a number of
years followed Indian study as a
hobby, and it was through his discov
eries that the expedition has been
planned.
Other officials of the society who
will participate are Sir. W. EL Cald
of North
Asheboro Folk Are
Surprised Monday
By Run-Away Auto
Ford V-8 Coach Parked In Front
Of Bank Of Randolph Run
' Down Main Street
Does little Damage
Strikes Covington-Prevost Groc
ery Store And Stops With
Impact Against Wall
Spectators along Asheboro’s main1
thoroughfare Monday noon were:
treated to the sight of an automobile'
traveling the highway unhampered by j
human control. For a time it seemed
as if it might be a new radio-control I
experiment, but when the car drifted
over to the left aide of the street
and bumped a truck, and then pro
ceeded to carom off into the comer
of the Covington-Prevost grocery
store, it became evident that whether
an experiment or not the trip was a
decided failure.
Before long, however, the actual
facts were disclosed. The car, a Ford
V-8 coach belong to Fred Bingham,
had been left parked in front of the
Bank of Randolph. Mr. Bingham
stated that he left the car in gear,
and when the automobile immediately
ahead moved off, his own car had
nothing to stop it from rolling down
the incline at that point
! The left front fender of the Ford
was badly crumpled where it struck
j the brick wall of the grocery store,
I just missing the large plate glass
'window. Quite a crowd had gathered
around the car as it blocked the side
walk by the time Mr. Bingham found
out where it had gone.
In the collision with the truck, be
longing to J. E. Wood of Raleigh, the
only damage was a slight denting of
a fender and a cracked headlight on
■ the truck. Wood went off without
making any complaint.
Dr. J. T. Burrus
To Speak In County
For Dr. R. McDonald
From McDonald headquarters in
Asheboro comes the announcement of
several speaking engagements in be
half of that candidate. Dr. J. T.
Burrus of High Point will be the
speaker in several sections of this
county.
1 Aflcocding to. William Axm^eld, 3rd*,
. Dr. Burrus will speak at Trinity on
Friday evening, May 29th; at Ram
seur, Wednesday, June 3rd and at
Asheboro, Thursday evening, June 4th.
Mr.,Armfield further states that an
effort will be made to secure W. L.
I Lumpkin or some other well known
; person from the state headquarters
to share the time with Dr. Burrus.
Dr. Burrus is well known in Ran
dolph county where he has many
friends. He is, perhaps, better known
as a physician to his many patients in
' Randolph than as a politician although
he was known to be a staunch op
ponent of the s^les tax at the session
of the legislature when he was a re
presentative from Guilford county.
Tuberculosis Clinic
In Randolph Reveals
Caution Is Necessary
The Randolph county tuberculosis
clinic conducted by Dr. George H.
Sumner closed Saturday after ex
amining 166 patients, 148 white and
8 colored. Positive reactions were
found in 5 of the white cases and one
j colored, while one white case wa3
i questionable. Dr. Sumner also dis
| covered that ten of those taking the
tests had had the childhood type of
tuberculosis, and sanatorium treat
ment was recommended for four of
them.
Tuberculin tests were given to 34
white children, 16 of whom showed
I a positive reaction, and to 6 colored
I children, all of whom were positive.
Considering the results of the clinic
as a whole, the percentage of those
infected was held to be relatively
small, since practically all of the
patients had been in contact with
tubercular persons.
society.
Several boy scout troops have be
come interested, and .expect to visit
the camp during operations.
It is expected that the camp will
be in operation for several weeks in
order to give full investigation to the
region of the Caraway. Members of
the party will have' headquarters in
Asheboro during this time.
The object of the Archaeological
Society is to gather definite informa
tion in regard to Indian tribes of this
region, their manner of living, trials,
etc. The society cooperates with the
State Museum and the State Historical
Society. So much of the material left
by the Indians has been destroyed
in cultivation of the soil, or has been
gathered and nattered by careless
Prominent Randolph Man
DiesAtRamseur Home On
Monday After Long Illness
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Asheboro Street
Force Is Building
Many New Streets ]
Several new streets are being
opened in Asheboro with the advent
of good weather. At present, R. A.
Gaddis and his city street force
are busy working on a street which
connects south Fayetteville and
Cox streets. This intersection Btarts
between L. C. Floyd’s filling station
and Walter Presnell’s residence. A
concrete foundation is made at the
Fayetteville street intersection and
a similar approach to the street
will be made on Cox street.
Another street has just been
completed between Old Main and
the baseball park, or Lindley field.
This street is not considered com* .
plete, for considerable elevation
will yet be removed from the hi’l.
Mr. Gaddis states that he will
next begin on a street running
from Stowe street the Monroe
Lewallen place, somewhat south of
Stowe. This work has been ordered
by the town as soon as the present
job between Fayetteville and Cox
streets is completed. Another con
necting street will probably be
built very soon in west Asheboro
near the Lewis field.
Women Organize At
Center Community
Into Rural Group
Center Community Women Form
Home Demonstration Group
On Friday Afternoon
Church Improvement
Mrs. Wheeler Breaks Hip In Fall
Recently; Personal Items Of
Neighborhood
Randleman, route 1, May 25.—The
iMy. MiiMiutipusl
Center Home Demonstration club met
with Miss Lura Hockett Friday after
noon, May 22, with fourteen members
present. The subject under discussion
was, “The Organization of the
Pantry.” After the business session
a dress revue was held. Mrs. W. W.
Kearns won first place for house
dresss, Mrs. L. E. Rockett second.
Mrs. W. S. Hodgin won first place for
sports dress. Mrs. E. H. Roach and
Mrs. V. A. Osborne tied for general
purpose dress. The winners in the
local club will enter the county revue
in Greensboro in July. During a social
hour the hostess served refreshments.
The Center Missionary society met
with Mrs. D. S. Draper Wednesday
afternoon. Twenty-one members were
present and two new members, Mrs.
W. E. Farlow and Mrs. Henry Mar
ley, were welcomed into the society.
Mrs. J. E. Gamble and mother, Mrs.
N. C. Coltrane, spent Sunday after
noon near Sophia with J. S. Davis.
Mr. Davis is seriously ill, having
suffered a stroke of paralysis last
week.
Rev. Samuel Pickett of High Falls
has been visiting in this community
for the past week. Mr. Pickett was a
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Kendalls Expected
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Kendall, of
Santiago, Cuba, are expected the
latter part of this week to visit Mr.
Kendall's aunt, Mrs. Fannie Mc
Daniel, on Asheboro route 3. Mr. and
Mrs. Kendall are spending sometime
in New York City and Boston before
coming to Asheboro. Mr. Kendall is
a former Asheboro boy graduating
from the Asheboro high school in
1912. He is now president of the
Foreign Banking company in Cuba, a
branch of the Boston Banking Com
pany of Boston.
Commissioners Name
Two Men For Checking
New Taxable Property
A special session of the board of
Randolph commissioners was held
Friday afternoon for the purpose of
selecting a committee for appraising
the new buildings constructed in
Asheboro township. The purpose of
this survey is to check the number of
buildings erected since the last list
ing of property, which was in 1936.
E. M. Kearns and A. R. Winning
ham were selected by the board to at
tend to this and these two men were
given the power to choose a third
person to assist in the work. Little
else was done at this meeting which
concluded with the discussion of mat
ters connected with the listing of this
new property.
The/ next regular session of the
board will be held In Asheboro on
Monday, June 1st
Dr. C. S. Tate, Beloved Physician
Of Old School, Dies At
Daughter’s Home
President Randolph
Medical Society
Funeral Service Will Be Held
Wednesday Afternoon At
Ramseur Church
Dr. Charles Sidney Tate, well known
and beloved physicfan of Randolph
county died at his Ramseur home
Monday afternoon after a prolonged
illness. Dr. Tate, a native of Pender
county, came to Randolph after he
finished medical school at Baltimore in
1893. In those days Dr. Tate, as did
other physicians, traveled to the
homes of his patients on horseback,
ministering to their physical needs. A
physician of the old school, Dr. Tate
continued hip studies and kept well
abreast of the times in his chosen line
of work. He has served his county as
coroner and on the board of health,
which position he held at the time of
his death. He was also at the time of
his death, president of the Randolph
county medical society. A member of
the state medical society and his
membership in the American Medical
Association brought him in touch with
many doctors of the outside, as well
as modem methods of practice.
In his home town of Ramseur, he
served on the school board and led
an active life in the social, religious
and civic affairs of his town. He was
a member of the Knights of Pythias,
a steward of the Methodist church and
teacher of the men’s Bible class.
Dr. Tate was bom in Pender county,
near Burgaw, on December 17, 1863,
a- son of the late Mary Calvin and
Thomas Hogan Tate, who was a
Presbyterian minister. Receiving his
early education in the schools of
Pender, he attended the state Uni
versity. Before going to the Baltimore
Medical college, Dr. Tate taught
school for a short time in his native
county.
Marrying Miss Mary Ida Campbell,
Dr. Tate established a home in Ram
seur which he maintained until the
death of his wife eight years ago.
Since that time, he has lived with his
daughter, Mrs. C. A. Graham and Dr.
Graham. Mrs. Graham and another
daughter, Mrs. John M. Foust of Mt.
Vernon Springs, survive. One son, C.
S. Tate, Jr., of Ramseur also survives.
Funeral service will be held at the
Ramseur Methodist church of which
he was a devoted and active member,
Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock.
Rev. J. W. Williams, pastor of the
church, will be in charge of the ser
vice. Burial will follow in the Ram
seur cemetery.
Few people in Randolph will be as
generally missed as will Dr. Tate who
did not confine his ministrations to
the sick to his patients alone, for
few of his friends were ever ill that
the Doctor did not find a minute to
run in with an armful of his lovely
flowers which he grew with such
care and success.
governor—to the fight between Clyde
R. Hoey and Professor Ralph Mc
Donald—writes Drew Pearson in the
nationally syndicated newspaper
column, Washington Merry-Go-’Round.
What Democrats all over the country
want to know, states Mr. Pearson, ia
whether or not Hoey can beat Mc
Donald and thereby prevent in North
Carolina the sort of thing that hap
pened when Louisiana elected Long
and Georgia elected Talmadge.
Mr. Pearson, veteran Washington
newspaperman is considered one of
the foremost political observers of tha
country. After a visit to North Caro
lina, during which he studied the
political situation from the viewpoint
of an outsider, he wrote in effect that
the race in this state had narrowed
down to a battle between Hoey and
McDonald. He took the position that
neither of the other candidates had
much chance and, in fact, did not
mention either of them by name in
his article.
THREE LOCAL STORES TO
OPERATE BY RECEIVER
Recent announcement reveals that
the three grocery stores operated by
Covington-Prevost in Asheboro are
now being operated under a receiver.
H. M. Robins, Asheboro attorney, has
been named receiver for the firms
which will contihue to operate. Cov
ington-Prevost, People’s Store, and C.
and P. Food Store in north Asheboro
are the stores involved in the change.
J. W. Provost is acting as general
manager of the time stores for tile
present and will continue to operate
temporarily under receivership. A! a
A Capital Columnist
Gives An Opinion On
N. C. Governor Fight
Drew Pearson, Veteran Wash
ington Newspaperman, Ad
vances Observation
Raleigh, May 25.—The eyes of the
nation have turned to the campaign
for the Democratic nomination for