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PEOPLE IN ASHEBORO *TkD RANDOLPH COUNTY nFAD THE COURIER BE JT LEADS r========== SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE WELCOME YOU TO ASHE BORO, “CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA” Regulator February a, 1876 _01d««t Paper_Publi8hed In Randolph PRINCIPLES NOT MEN ASHEBORq N. C., FRlT)AY,^UNE'26, 19867 L Changed To Tbe Courier September 13. lm $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NUMBER 36 and Internationa) Briefly Told ite, National Happenings i mARGE JAPANESE [ ^espionage Angela-—A federal grand Jfin Los Angeles Wednesday m EL Toshio Miyazaki, supposed to r, . lieutenant-commander in the Japanese navy, and Harry Thomas Sompson, a former U. S. navy ITtv officer, for conspiring against 5"lT„jted States. Miyazaki, a Jl,er honor student at Stanford Sersity. was charged with paying Thompson for American naval £LfT including battle tactics, re \*rtB of results achieved by gunnery lattice on various battleships, and . schedule of employment for the * . Mi.'a/aki is believed to have burned to Japan with this infor mation. hut Thompson is in Los Angeles in jail on another charge. $400,00 JEWEL THEFT AROUSES NEW YORK New York.—A clever gtole *400.000 in jewels night from the home of Robertson Coe, sportsman and capitalist, on Long island. The thief apparently eluded the estate watchmen, climbed a thirty foot pillar, cut a hole in a took the jewelry from which Coe and his wife ine. The loot included lace worth $300,000 necklace valued at $38,000, aond ring also valued at WW, a $28,000 diamond and platinum wedding ring, and other lesser items. FRENCH SHIP OWNERS ACCEPT STRIKERS’ DEMANDS Paris.—The strike of sailors on French ships in Marseilles which tM up the harbor Monday was settled Wednesday with victory for the seamen. Thew had demanded a 40 hour week, vacations with pay, and, most outrageous of slf, real bedsheets on their bunks. At Saint Lazaire. however, where two cruisers are being rushed to com pletion for the French navy, work era refused to strike when 120 Paris agitators settled down in the ship yards. TROUBLE BETWEEN*JAPAN AND CHINA CONTINUES Tientsin, China.—As China per sists in hunting down Japanese smugglers with customs patrol boats , Japan threatens to send a warship j squadron to the affected waters, j Several Japanese have been wound- •. ed recently by shells from Chinese i vessels, according to Japanese re- | ports. Chinese efforts to present a united front to Japanese encroach ments seem likely to result only in civil war, as north and south China resent each other’s moves. REPORT OR GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY EXPENDITURES Raleigh.—Reports handed to the secretary of state on Thursday, June 25th, indicated that Clyde R. Hoey has spent $1,003.01 in the second primary, while Prof. Ralph McDonald is reported to have spent 709 to date. Hoey contributors were listed as $80 with his largest con tribution a $50 check from F. S. Spruill of Rocky Mount. Prof. Mc Donald listed' his contributions for the second campaign at $725 with the two highest contributors being E. U. Fletcher of Raleigh $250 and C. B. Green of Louisburg $125. COMMUNISTS WILL NAME EARL BROWDER, PRESIDENT New York. — The communist party, in session now in New York . City, virtually settled Thursday afternoon on Earl Browder, a Kansas bookkeeper, who, since 1930, has served as secretary of the party. According to Browder’s ideas, the Republican party must be stopped at all costs, as the ehie/ exponents of fascism. He thinks to support Roosevelt “is to invite his further reaction.” y FOREST FIRES INCREASING OVER NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh.—The heaviest loss in the atate of North Carolina in a single Month for two yean was recorded during the past month of May when Sre damage was set at $144,988. According to the report from the department of conservation and development, there were more fires during this past month than iiv*ny month over a period of ten years. |£RGE SUM APPROPRIATED FOR BUILDING IN N. C. Washington.—The United States treasury announced Thursday that the estimated program tor federal building in the Carolinas will in of approximately $1, -2,000. Thirteen projects are now mi the approved Ust for the two •W*. Nind of then are In North ^rahna and are expected to cost *1,(M2,0«0. the largest item being ® Statesville where the postoffice court Iw,— -tit — ♦ $285,000. franklinville BTU Visits Mills Home Thomasville, Sun. Mr. and Mrs. J. Chaperone Group People For Mo chell ng G. H. Cox Im i Bible Class To Pr< Show, “Franklinv Club,” Fri Franklinville, June SSfji large group of young people, members of the B. T. U. of the Franklinville Baptist church, visited the Mills Home, Baptist Orphanage of North Carolina, at Thomasville Sunday. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mitchell. The young people mak ing the trip were: Ava Curtis, Annie Ruth Martin, Versa Russell, Edith Parham, Myrtle Johnson, Mary, Ina and Maxine York, Mildred and Faye Mitchell, Frances Pruett, James Martin, Clifford Trogdon, Jr., and Otis Grimsley. G. H. Cox, who is confined in Ran dolph hospital in Asheboro on account of injuries sustained Monday when he fell from head gates on the Deep river dam into the water, is getting along very nicely. He is expected home in a few days. John Dickens, age 93, is seriously ill at the home of his son, James Dickens, East Franklinville. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Curtis have moved their property to Greensboro, where Mr. Curtis has a position in the post office. . Mrs. Lettie Vestal of Richmond, Va., since the death of her husband, the late W. C. Vestal, has been making her home with relatives in Randolph, is preparing to build a residence on her land on highway No. 90, about 2 miles east of Asheboro. Cash A. Cox of Beacon, N. Y., is spending some time with his sister, Mrs. E. S. Thomas. Mrs. Ruby Durham and children of Greenville, S. C., are spending a few weeks with Mrs. L. W. Rose. The Susanija Wesley Bible class of the M. E. church will present the ‘^Franklinville Night Club” Friday evening at 8:00 o’clock in the school auditorium. Featuring home talent impersonators. Bond Certification * Continues .At* Rate - ■ Of 8 Or 10 Daily Certification of the veterans’ bonus ' bonds is continuing: at the rate of 8 j or 10 a day, according to Postmaster | J. O. Redding Thursday. Mr. Redding | estimated the number cff bonds certi j fied by the postofFice to date as be J tween 110 and 115, and expected to ' have probably 50 more come in. The local banks each reported having certified only a few bonds. The duties connected with certifica tion have caused a great deal of extra work for Mr. Redding and his force, but the anticipated rush was lessened by tffe fact that more bondholders than was expected went to the postoffices at Randleman, Liberty and Ramseur. Many veterans in Randolph county took their bonds to Greensboro, where an unusually large staff afforded quicker certification, and this relieved the Asheboro postoffice still more. OXFORD ORPHANAGE SINGING CLASS IN CONCERT HERE The Oxford Orphanage singing class will appear in Asheboro at the Capitol Theatre on Monday evening, June 2!). The class this yeaj^-t-s entirely a new group of children whd are unusually well trained. Folk songs, drills, play lets and other interesting features take up the evening’s entertainment. This singing class has been coming to Asheboro many years and are al ways well received by the Masons of the town, their friends and the public in general. Dr. Cothran Smith’s Impressions Duke Institute Of International Relations Held There Recently Dr. Colthran Smith, who has recent-1 ly returned from attending the Duke Institute of International Relations, found the classes and lectures both in teresting and valuable* Inasmuch as the Institute was held in conjunction with the annual North Carolina pastor’s school and the rural church institute, a threefold opportunity was offered, since those enrolled in one school might attend the classes of the others and the classes' were arranged in such a way that'each person might enjoy them all. Courses and lectures were given by outstanding authorities on subjects all tying into the general idea of develop ing better relations men, individually, nationally and internationally. The one which Dr. Smith enjoyed most was the course by Julien Bryan on the human interest side of Soviet Russia, Manchoukuo, and Japan, which were accompanied by moving pictures taken by Mr. Bryan himself on a recent 200,000 mile tour through these countries. ' The films covered the out-of-the way places where the ordinary people lived as well as the usual show places D>rpthy Shannon Mr*. George Earla J Rita Cottallo and Mary Q Some Highlights At Democratic Convention I Joiaph Wolf | Jjlolin^JLjO|BrienJ Scenes of bustle and excitement marked the big political show as Democrats convened for their national con vention in Philadelphia. Among those caught by the camel amhn were Joseph Wolf, upper right, Minnesota national committeeman; John J. O’Brien, lower right, candidate tor the same office from Michigan; Dorothy Shannon of Eilwood City, Pa., top center, shown adjusting the keystone state banner; Mrs. George Earle, wife of Pennsylvania’s governor, upper left, in a Quaker hostess costume, and Rita Costello and Mary Quinn of Philadelphia, lower left, convention ne^sgirls. Procurement Campaign For CMTC In County 90 Per Cent Complete H. L. Ingrain, Chairman For Randolph, Issues Statement; Camp August 5, Sept. 3 Henry L. Ingram, of Asheboro, chairman of the M&fcury Training Camps Association for Randolph county announced yesterday that ad vices from Fort Bragg stated that the procurement campaign for the camp to be held there August 5 to Septem ber 3 is over ninety per cent complete. Young men who wish to attend should see or write him at once and get their application on file as soon as possible. The C. M.»T. Camps are direct descendants of the pre-war Plattsburg Camp originated by the late General Leonard Wood. Physical examination during the war indicated that nearly half the young men of the country were physically unfit for active mili tary service. This alarming situation was met by congress in 1920 by creating the Citizens’ Military Train ing Camps, which normally provide about forty thousand young men an nually with proper diet, and exercise amidst healthful outdoor surroundings. These men return to their homes ardent exponents of the American principles of physical health and fit ness. The mission of these training camps (Please turn to page 8) ASSOCIATED IN OFFICE OF I. C. MOSER, ATTORNEY Garnet E. Miller has arrived in Asheboro and is associated with I. C. Moser, local attorney, in the practice of law. Mr. Miller is a graduate of the Duke University law school. He plans to remain in Asheboro during this summer. Mr. Miller is a native of Erwin, Tennessee. to bring a realization of the rapid developments among these foreign peoples, the great advance in methods of production, and the improvement in public buildings. Though their pro gress, great as it has been, still falls far short of western civilization in many instances, Mr. Bryan urged a tolerant attitude toward these eastern movements. The concensus of opinion among the leaders for world peace gathered at Duke was that the world was back where it was in 1914. Old jealousies and ambitions are being revived, further inflamed by motives of revenge for real or imagined injustices resulting from the World War. De spite the efforts to outlaw war in re cent years, members of the Institute felt that the oulook for peace could hardly be worse. It is their belief that the only al ternative to armed conflict is an in ternational court of arbitration with an international code of laws and proper facilities to enforce decisions. They are endeavoring to line-up all nations, working chiefly through civic clubs, churches and similar organisa tions, to a realisation ofthc benefits ^t,r* , J y. ■ *** ^ Deaths Recorded At liberty During The Current Week -f* Hilda Louise Foushee And John H. Bowman Dk During Re cent Week At weir Homes Bride Is Honored Many Interesting Personal Items From This Section Of Randolph Prove Newsy i Liberty, June 25.—Hilda Louise Foushee, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Foushee, of Liberty died at 11:15 o'clock Monday morning at the Wesley Long hospital in Greensboro, after an illness of a few days. Surviving are ! the parents, two sisters, Miss Ruth of Greensboro and Martha Foushee of the home, and a brother, Charles, ' also of Liberty. Funeral service was held at the Liberty Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at 3:60 o'clock by Rev. W. W. Hutchins of Durham, Rev. R. C. Ellington of Graham and Rev. M. A. ! Pollard of Liberty. Interment followed in Fairview cemetery. | The deceased was a popular mem j ber of the junior class of Liberty high school, and classmates served as pall bearers. Funeral service for John H. Bow man, who died suddenly at the home ' of his daughter, Mrs. W. W. Coble, Sunday afternoon, was conducted ] Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at Liberty Grove Methodist Protestant church. The officiating ministers were Rev. M. B. Stuart and Rev. J. W. Braxton. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Miss Elberta Smith was hostess Friday evening to the Koinicia Sun day school class of the Grace Lutheran I church honoring Rev. and Mrs. Wade ' D. Yount who were recently married. Games and contests were enjoyed, i after which the class presented the couple with a miscellaneous shower, j Mrs. Herbert Smith was called to I Walnut Cove last week on account of I the illness of her mother, Mrs. A. G. (Please turn to page 4) Gibson Company Will Open Cream Parlor In Asheboro Saturday Asheboro will have an ice cream parlor of a new variety when the Gibson store opens up Saturday in the recently renovated Stedman building on Sunset avenue. The ice cream sold j here will come direct and fresh from ' High Point, where it is made by the i Gibson Ice Cream company, the j parent company of the various Gibson retail stores. The clean, white appearance of the new store makes it very attractive, while the completely equipped foun tain of green and black tile affords a delightful contrast. The highly illuminated front will make the store pleasantly conspicuous at night. All popular flavors of ice cream, which is made under the most sanitary conditions with choice ingredients, will be provided, along with all customary fountain drinks. Special orders will be taken for parties when ices or cream in individuals are desired. The shop will be managed by Reid I Harris, trim will have two or three [.helpers, , r , • .. ,'i I M & M Cafe Plans To Reopen Cafe In New Building By July 4th The M and M Cafe, closed by fire on May 17th, will reopen by July 4th, according to the present plans. The cafe will now be located in the Sted man building, just across the railroad track on Sunset avenue. This new building will house an A-l cafe, ac cording to Vernon Moore, one of the two owners of the business. Mr. Moore states that the building and fixtures are entirely according to specifications required by the state for an A rating. Associated with Vernon Moore, local Western Union operator, is Venice Moore, who is manager of the business. The delay in opening from the first of next week, as was the original plan of the owners, was post poned on account of delay in the ar rival of the new and modem fixtures for the place. It is entirely possible that the cafe will open before the I fourth of July, but that is considered a safe date by the owners. Vacation School Is Over Friday, June 26 With Finals Sunday The Daily Vacation Bible school of , the Methodist Protestant church clos ' ed a very successful session Friday, i During the two weeks the school has been held the enrollment approximated 115. Commencement exercises will be Sunday night in the church. The Bible school was in the charge of Miss Annabel Thompson, of High Point. Assisting her were Miss Helen j Brown, Miss Mary Louise Rich, Mis3 ! Betsy Bulla, Mrs. H. R. Trollinger, | Sulon Ferree, Mrs. L. F. Ross, Mrs. | Leo Rich, Miss Kate Bulla, Mrs. Earl Henley, Miss. Cleta Rich, James j Lowdermilk, Billy Bulla, Sam Taylor. • John Redding, Miss Louise Swaim and Mrs. N. M. Harrison. Asheboro Kiwanians Hear Talk On Highway Safety By Farmer; Plan For Winter Lyceum Course The feature of the Kiwanis meeting Tuesday night was a talk by Captain Charles Farmer, head of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Captain Farmer spoke of driving con ditions on the highways of North Carolina, what was being done by authorities to improve them, and how citizens could assist in making driv | ing safer. Three new members, Herman Bass, I D. W. Downing and Rupert Trollinger, I were presented With their badges by I. C. Moser, who spoke briefly on the ideals of Kiwanis, and what it stands for. Visitors included W. S. Price, guest of O. B. Moore; Charles Doak. guest of Rufus Routh; and Henry Ingram, guest of Walter Craven. Mr. Ingram spoke of the advantages of the C. M. T. C., urging young men to take advantage of the opportunity as the quota for Randolph county is not yet filled. President Rufus Routh announced that the Kiwanis club would sponsor a Lyceum course this fail. There will be one attraction a week over a Democratic Convention Goes Merrily On With Small Surface Riffles Randolph Delegate Wires The Courier Of The Convention Over a special press wire from the convention hall in Philadelphia came a wire from Randolph county’s delegate, J. D.'Ross. Re questing a message from Mr. Ros* for The Courier readers the follow ing press wire arrived Thursday evening at 7:0fl o’clock: “Editor The Courier: Convention largely attended. Overwhelmingly for President Roosevelt. Two-thirds rule will likely be done away with in vote tomorrow. Democratic donkey has right of way in Philadelphia now. J. D. Ross.” According to radio reports, the North. Carolina delegation is seated near the center of the huge con vention hall—so, Mr. Ross is literally in the middle of things. Campaign 1$ Waxing, Warm According To Reports From Camps Leaders For Clyde Hoey Claim Things Are Warming Up As They Enter Home Stretch Claim Graham Vote Hoey Leaders Are Confident As Many Graham Leaders Rally Around Hoey’s Colors Raleigh, June 25.—As North Caro lina’s most heated campaign for governor enters the home stretch, headquarters of Clyde R. Hoey, leader in the first primary June 6, grows more and more confident of finishing the job by defeating Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, who trailed Mr. Hoey in the first round of the political battle. A spontaneous rush of Sandy Gra ham supporters to the Hoey colors, coupled with a noticeable eooling in the ardor of many McDonaldites and a growing impression that the Winston-Salem man’s campaign is near the collapsing point has contri buted to the optimism which pervades the camp of Shelby’s gifted orator. Stung by his unexpected setback in the first primary, Dr. McDonald and his campaign manager, A^illie Lee Lumpkin, seem to have abandoned all the issues on which they harped so loudly before June 6 and their bid for support in the run-off has been based on a purely personal attack on Mr. Hoey and all who are supporting him. With their candidate and his two most prominent newspaper sponsors (Please turn to page 4) Local Beauty Shops Plan To Close Half Day On Wednesdays Announcement was made Wednes day that the several beauty shops of i Asheboro will observe the customary half-holiday on Wednesday afternoons beginning the first Wednesday in July. This custom will be practiced during the months of July and August. The dry goods and grocery stores of Asheboro have observed this mid-week half holiday during- June and will continue through Jyly and August. The barber shops came in a little later and now the beauty parlors will make the business district of Ashe boro a deserted village on Wednesday afternoons during the warm months. ment, which will be diversified to ap peal to the tastes of as many as pos sible, with music, lectures, and plays included. Season tickets will cost $1.00. J. C. Senter, who with Erman Trog don prepared this entertaining' pro gram, called on I. C. Moser to intro duce Captain Farmer. In his address Captain Farmer condemned the use less slaughter on the highways, term ing it a disgrace to the state, which ranks seventh in the country in high way casualties. He said that figures published in newspapers and magazine articles indicated more accidents, but that actually they have decreased, the contradiction being explained by the fact that more are now being report ed by the law enforcement officials. Much of the trouble, he said, can be traced to the large number of drivers now operating cars who have never properly learned to drive. He estimated that North Carolina has 300,000 unfit drivers today, excluding those who drive when drunk. 600,000 were given licenses without taking an examination, though a driver must now paas a test before receiving his license. 50% of those applying are Senator Robinson Takes Com mand. Openly Assailing The U. S. Supreme Court Roosevelt’s Banner Flies High, Wide, Handsome Breakfast Honoring William Jennings Bryan Whose Prin ciples Now Bearing Fruit Prognosticators agreed that the na tional Democratic convention, now in session in Philadelphia, would be one of unusual peace and harmony. Old liners immediately began to wrinkle brows and worry lest there be too close harmony for the good of the party, holding to the old idea of Democracy that on the floor of the convention hall was the place to thrash I out differences, rather than at home when no amount of sulking and dis | gruntled plans would change plat forms and such. After three days of the convention, there is a breath of the northwest ■ wind wafting between the gentle and [-balmy southern breezes. Senator Rob ■ inson of Arkansas has openly assailed | the Supreme Court; Senator Ed I Smith, senior Senator from South Carolina, has become disgusted and gone home; leaders are tryipg to quell the differences over the two-thirds rule’ and the platform. Meanwhile President Roosevelt’s standards fly high, wide and handsome. Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas took over the chairmanship of the convention on Wednesday night, realizingthat the issue of the con stitution and the courts would have to be reckoned with. Openly criticizing the Supreme Court, Robinson, as had the keynoter before him, asserted that some of the high tribunal’s decisions had had “the effect of slowing up national re covery.” Speaking to the applauding conven tion, the Arkansan issued a ringing summons to Democrats to “advance to the battle of 1936” with confidence the “voters of the nation will not turn back to the defeated and disheartened i leadership” of the Republicans. The senate leader of his party as sailed the Republican platform and presidential candidate, and defended the Democratic record. Robinson, the running mate of Al fred E. Smith, in 1928, did not refer to the statement by Smith and four others urging the convention to turn away from Roosevelt and nominate a “genuine Democrat.” In a booming voice, the Arkansas senator said that Governor Alf M. Landon, the Republican presidential nominee, had “indicated a disposition to bolt on five or more subjects on which his platform had spoken.” The convention, however has ignor ed the A1 Smith bolt. The platform makers, new dealers all, took up their' task of writing a party declaration on the issues of 1936 tonight equipped with a potent outline of White House wishes and a volume of suggestions received in public hearings. Expectations of disagreement were at a minimum. As with the convention proper, party leaders held undisputed control and, in the end, they looked for the emergence of a platform ex pressing the views of President Roose velt as transmitted to Senator Wagner, chairman of the resolutions committee. One possibility of conflict—the Townsend plan—-arose briefly and rapidly receded. There remained but an outside chance, apparently, that it might be brought to the floor to mar the otherwise unrulfled unanimity of the convention. Another interesting item from the convention hall was the occasion of the gathering of 300 Democrats, many of whom followed William Jennings Bryan from the time of his first nomination for the presidency in 1896 until his death in 1925. This was a breakfast meeting and the chief point of interest was the fact that Bryan’s advanced principles are now bearing fruit in the form of Roosevelt’s new deal. Honorable Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, now ambassador to Mexico, was the principal speaker at this time. And so the convention goes merrily on gaining momentum until the zenith on Saturday night when the president will join his Democratic friends in one big, grand rally. Playgrounds Reopen After Rain Holiday 3 Days This Week After being closed for three days because of the rain, the playgrounds were in full bloom again Thursday. The first of the inter-playground contests, a ping-pong match between the best players from each site, was scheduled for Saturday. Tournaments were going on Friday to determine which players could make the teams. Efforts are being made to provide for use of some indoor location when the weather prevents outdoor play. Another plan which has had to be abandoned, temporarily at least, is the blocking off of Academy street at the school ground for of roller skating. The facilities of are absolute! V