m() .t people in asheboro and RANDOLPH C OUNTY READ THE COURIER—IT LEADS THE COURIER 7,000 PEOPLE WELCOME YOU TO ASHEBOR'O, EXACT “CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA” g£M [-WEEKLY VOLUME lx_ I Est. As The Regu’ator February 2, 1876 Oldest Paper Published In Randnlnh County PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEDORO, N. C„ FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1930. Changed To The Courier September 13, 1879 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 44 Late News State. National and International Happenings Briefly Told \ fis 1’«')ST MAST I US jitoM i't)i.i ncs Washington.—An order signed by I're-ident Roosevelt Monday and i; Mied puhlicaily Wednes ,titthl sp cities that applicants making application for vacancies to the position of first, second or lit id class postmaster shall taV a comp;'lilive civil service cx aminal ion, I he highest winning the appointment regardless ot political affiliation. This is looked upon as a move to do a .tat ttiih political patronage, as heretofore any of the three bights; .0 a competitive ex aiaiant .on cou’d bet appointed, i Incumbent postmasters must now prove themselves eligible by j a non-eo.npetitive examination ■ before they can be reappointed. HINTS CLEVENGER CASE NOW SOLVED Asheville.— Sheriff Laurence E. Ilrown, in charge of solving the murder of Helen Clevenger in an Asheville hotel, said Wed nesday that he “would arrest the criminal within two days.” By phrasing his remark in this nay, it is believed, that he meant to indicate that he already knows the solution tlt the crime and that the murderer is not any of f the four suspects now bi'ing held. Of these four, Mark Wrollner, concert violinist; Mildred Ward, daughter of Wollner’s landlady; Haniel H. Gaddy, night watch man at the hotel; and L. I). Roddy. Negro bell-hop; Gaddy and Wollner are slid believed to be in possession of vital infor mation which they have not yet revealed. STATE COLLEGE CHEMIST INVESTIGATES BLOODSTAINS Raleigh.—The possibility that Sheriff I’rown of Buncombe was awaiting the result of chemical tests on the c'othing of Mark Wollner. now held in the slaying of Helen Clevenger, before mak ing further arrests in the case is being pondered. W. M. Allen, State college professor and State chemist, has received the cloth ing of Wollner and will test it to determine whether a stain on it may be blood. Sheriff Brown has indicated that he is also sending to Raleigh the blood stained pajamas of Miss (levenger and a piece of the carpet on which her body was found. \j AH ! SK STRIKERS 01 SLAYING DEPUTY Talladega, Ala. — Five men said to be members of the United Textile Workers of America were accused of the murder of a deputy sheriff after a gun bat tle Wednesday between officers, pickets at the Samoset Cotton wills in Talladega, and others. 30 others are being held, as na tional guardsmen with fixed bay onets maintain order at the Plant, where prolonged labor troubles flared into the fight in which 18 were wounded in addi tion to the killing of Deputy Sheriff John J. Bryant. The fir **ig commenced when Bryant entered a picket area to arrest a» organizer for the union. PRESIDENT PLANS FOR ■ lkmanent drought aid AN ashington — Believing that despite its great value the tem porary measures for drought aid are not enough, President Roose velt moved Wednesday for crea tion of a long-time plan of as sistance for the Dust Bowl. He appointed a soecial group, to be known as the Great Plains Drought Area committee, to in vestigate natural resources of •hat section and confer with him during a trip there in August upon the best means to iitatitute Permanent basis for relief when ever needed. The committee will make a preliminary survey im mediately and be ready to report o the president at the conclusion °f his present sailing trip. Activity In Town Of Franklinville Varied This Week Lawn Party Will Be Held Saturday For Benefit Of Public Library Eastern Star Picnic Miss Shirley McCorquodalc Home From Medical Col lege Of Virginia Franklinville, July 23.—Mrs. Crissie McKinnon and daughters, Mis3 Ethel and Miss Lelia and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Haithcock attended ? birthday dinner Sunday at Randleman, given in honor of Rev. W. E. Garner, a brother of Mrs. McK'nnon. Mrs. W. P. Rodgers is spending this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hodges at Red Springs. Miss M ttie McLeod, who has been making her home with her grandmother, Mrs. Mittie Benner, left Sunday for Burlington where she will spend sometime at the home of J. M. Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McK'nnon of High Point spent last week at the home of Mrs. Crissie Mc Kinnon. There will be a lawn party in the Hotel Grove near Randolph Mill office Saturday evening from 7 until 9 o’clock. There will be plenty of homemade ice cream and cake and a variety of amusement. This is sponsored by P.-T. A., who will have charge and always have p. good program .One feature will be a cake walk. Music will be fur nished by Craven brothers string (Please turn to Page 8) Vain ' People Of Trinity Church Hold Outing Tues, Program Of Benefit And Fun Staged At Clodfelter Lake Picnic Marriage Announced Much Visiting Among Trinity Residents During The Summer Vacation Trinity, July 21.—The young peoples division of the M. E. I church held its regular monthly : meeting at Clodfelters Lake near High Point. Miss Mary Bouldin presided over a brief business ses ' sion, after which a program was I rendered. This program was under | the supervision of Miss Grace and Miss Virginia Williams and Polly J Payne. A sumptuous picnic supper was served after which boat-rid ing and swimming were enjoyed. Twenty-two members were pre sent. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Payne an nounce the marriage of their daughter, Aurelia, to Hugh W. Phillips. The wedding took place at the Methodist parsonage in Monroe. Rev. W. R. Kelly was the officiating minister. Mr. and Mrs. Philips will make their home in Trinity. Miss Ora Mae Welborn is spend ing this week in Charlottesville, Va., the guest of relatives. Mrs. Virgil G. Parker and sons, of Charlotte are spending this week with Mrs. Parker’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Payne. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bullock and son, Julian, are spending some time with relatives in Oxford. Be fore returning they will visit friends in Richmond and spend several days at Carolina Beach. M. V. Andrews, who has spent several weeks at the Guilford General Hospital, High Point, has returned to his home here. His condition is not greatly improved. Miss Minnie Leach spent last week-end in Greensboro with re atives. Musicale Forms Entertainment At Kiwanis Meeting The Kiwanis club was entertain ed at its meeting Tuesday evening by a musical program prepared by Mrs. Miriam Burns. Mrs. Burns accompanied Lawrence Sours, who sang “Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life’’ and “Annie Laurie.” A. A. Sanbergh sang “Melody In I* , “Dese Bones Will Rise Again,’ and “Lights Out”, also with Mrs. Burns accompanying. The club decided to meet at 6:45 in the future. Bob Bunch moved to change the time from 6:30 to 7:*>° o’clock, but this was amended by Jess Pugh to 6:45 and passed by the members. Don Alexander ap pointed Rev. Howard Powell Mid Rev. L. R. O’Brian to the entertain ment committee for "ex‘ Ur O L. Presnell attended as the guest of Rev. Howard Powell, and Charles Doak came as the guest of the club. Death Toll Mounts In Revolt-Torn Spain Manuel Azana MELILLA •START OF REVOLT Spain’s turbulent political history took a chaotic and bloody turn when revolt hroke out in Morocco, spreading to other sections of the country as Fascist factions rebelled against the policy of the govern ment in extending land-owning privileges to dawn-trodden peasants. Principals in the situation were .Manuel Azana, recently elected president by a coalition of labor parties, and Gen. Francisco Fdanco head of the rebel forces, which inciuded part o' the regular army. Maycdan’s Strike Ends On Thursday For 1,C00 Workers No Official Statement Has Been Issued Concerning j Reopening Reports from Mayodan Thursday; indicate the termination of a strike affecting; more than 1,000 workers in the Washington Mills two plants. | The vote was taken on answers given by Agnew Hahn son, presi dent of the mills, to questions pat by a strikers’ committee. Though no official statement has been issued regarding when work will be resumed the strikers expect; to go back to their places early next week. H. D. Lisk, United Textile repre- i sentative, who conducted the post strike organization of a local union,1 stated today that the strike had been settled to the mutual satis faction of strikers and mill man agement, but he would not disclose the terms of settlement in detail as set out in the questions to Balin son and the latter’s answers. II LAH BRADY. COLORED ( HIED, STRUCK BY CAR Iulah Brady, small colored girl living “on the hill” was struck and painfully injured Wednesday by a passing automobile. According to ( reports from Asheboro police of- j fleers, lulah was playing along the highway with some other children when a dog chased the group into j the highway. K. L. Devant of Greensboro, driver of the car which j struck the child, is said to have run j into the ditch to prevent the ae j cident for which he was not held | responsible. The child was pain- j fully, but not seriously injured. Middle-sized cities of 2,500 to 100,000 people send fewer mental ly diseased patients to hospitals than villages and farm districts or the very large cities. “The boy without a playground I is father to the man without a job.” , —Joseph Lee. Randolph County Fair Officials Meet And Name All Departmental Heads At a recent meeting of the Ran dolph county fair association, plans were discussed and formulated for the approaching fair which will be held September 2!)th through October 3rd. Mayor W. A. Bunch is president of the association with ex-sheriff Ben Millikan, vice presi dent, and C. M. Hayworth, secre tary. In the plans, for the entertain ment feature of the coming event, it was announced by Mr. Hayworth that the free acts, fireworks and various other smaller features that, make for an interesting time, have all been arranger! for and will be more interesting than ever before. The midway was assured several weeks ago. The chief concern, however, of the meeting of recent date, was the selection of heads of the var ious departments in the exhibit buildings. A few changes have been made in the personnel of the or ganization for the coming fair, but inability to serve on account of health and other equally important Gala Sports Event On Deck Sunday At Thomasville C’hait:nakers Face Mock-Jud son Celebrating; “Rube Ii id ridge Day” The spirited Thomasville Chair makers will celebrate what will be known as “Rube Eldridge Day” at Finch field Sunday, July 26, at 3:30 o’clock, playing the strong Mock Judson nine from Greensboro. Rube, better known as “Duke of SpeitT’ will do thg. pitching for the chair team. He is known in this section of the state as the “grand old man of baseball”. Rube was headed for the big leagues but due to training rules he missed h's mark. Still he was one of the greatest of “old timers”. To give Eldridge air-tight sup port will be eight of Thomasville Chair Company’s young ball play ers. Thomasville has such stars as Carr Smith and Rabbit Whitman, former big league men; Dickins, Aderholdt, Pinkston, Gaddy, Boyles and Ray Weston, who are college • stars; and Adkins, Mellua, Out land and Johnson, who have played much professional baseball. Jcby Hawn, coach at Winston-1 Salem high school for several years , is the manager and is liked very i much. Mock-Judson has the! “famous five” in their line-up. j Everyone should see Yow, Whitt, Gray, Dave Barbee (big league star), and Buckerbee in action. 1 Thomasville has recently con structed a new ball park known as Finch Field, located between High Point and Thomasville, at the cost of over $15,000 dollars.; Finch Field is considered one of the best in North Carolina, cool, comfortable and roomy. The probable line-ups will be: j Mock-Judson— Yow, ss; Whitt, If; Gray, cf; Barbee, 3b, Huckebee, rf; Doyle, lb; Jessup, 2b; Shelton, c; Buckner, p. Thomasville Chair com-) pany—Whitman, cf; Dickins, ss,. Pinkston, If; Smith, rf; Adkins, lb; | Ray or Cooper, 3b; Aderholdt, 2b; j Outland, c; Eldridge, p. reasons, was the cause assigned i for making any changes whatever, j save for the increased business i making a few additions appear, wise to the officers in charge. L. L. Ray will assist E. S. Mill- | saps in the farm exhibit depart- j ment this year and the plans are, as well as the indications, to make , this section one of the most in j teresting of the entire grounds. In, the Farm and Field Crops division, E. S. Millsaps will serve as gen-1 eral superintendent with J. T. j Redding and J. T. Cox, Jr., super intendents. In the Horticulture de-! partment E. S. Millsaps is again general superintendent with Miss: Dora Redding superintendent. E. S. Millsaps is general supei intendent of the Livestock depart-1 ment with Charles E. Kearns and H. P. Brower, superintendents. L.! L. Ray is general superintendent of j the swine with R. W. Fuller sery-1 ing as superintendent. Poultry will be in charge of A. H. Kearns andj Lester Sheffield. . Mrs. Mildred Huskins has been 1 Wreck Occurring Thursday Morning Kills High Pointer -— Harry Snyder Dies 2 Horn s Later In Local Hospital W ith Broken Neck A wreck occurring foar miles west of Asheboro aboot 7:30 o’clock Thursday morning on highway 90, resulted in the death of Harry Snyder of High Point. Mr. Snyder, who was about 35 years old, was said to have been going at a very high rate of speed and turned over at $ place on the road known as “devil's hole”. The impact of the car against the bank was so severe that his neck was broken, his face crushed and several other serious injuries, any of which might have resulted in his death. He was taken to the Randolph hospital in Farlow’s ambulance where he never regained con sciousness and died two hours later. Accompanying the dead man was Verda Harris, who received a broken arm and other minor in juries, according to local police officers who questioned her. Mr. Snyder’s body was taken to High Point shortly after his death and no funeral arrangements were made public in Asheboro. SMALL GOLD MINE IN GRANVILLE l Ol NTV FARM Oxford, July A. \V. Howell. Granville county Negro farmer, has found a small “gold mine” in his home garden. It is not an elaborate affair, but in it he grows vegetables for home consumption and for marketing, re ported J. It. Redding, Negro farm agent of the State college exten sion service. From the garden, Howell and his family get all the fresh vegetables they can eat. They have a well balanced, palatable menu at every meal, yet have to buy very little food. And every week during the summer he has sold an average of .MO worth of fresh vegetables in Oxford. named to have charge of the Home Economics to succeed Mrs. John Ward who asked to be relieved this year after several years’ faithful service. Her assistants have not yet been selected. Mrs. Sam Story and Mrs. Ed Steere will be in charge of the fancy work, which has form erly been in the competent hands of Mrs. Gurney Millikan. Mrs. Millikan is ill, therefore unable to assume these duties as formerly. Mrs. C. H. Redding and Mrs. I. C. Moser will be in charge of the educational department of the county schools. Vocational educa tion, a new competitive department of the fair, will be in charge of L. L. Ray. The colored people, always well represented at this county-wide event, will be in charge of well known and reliable colored citizens. Prof. Barrett will be in charge of the'educational section while Flos sie Brewer will again have charge of the pantry department with the title of superintendent. School Supplies For Winter Term Now Being Stored Reginald Turner, Superinten dent, Loses No Time After Returning From School Lose Two Teachers Coal Purchased: Rewiring Building To Re Done: 1 m provemen t s I *e n d i ng Having’ returned from Durham Wednesday at the conclusion of the first term of the Duke university summer school, Reginald Turner, principal of the Asheboro school, lost no time in getting to work on local school affairs. One matter requiring immediate attention was filling the coal bins with this winter's fuel supply. Since the price of coal is expected to go up about August 1, the state school commission is very anxious that all city and county school systems obtain th.e;r supplies now. Mr. Turner has already put in orders for th ecoal, and it will he delivered soon. In accordance with instructions from the county board of educa tion. the local school board has ad vertised for bids for the lighting project in the main school build ing. These bids are to-be submitted July 2"), and Mr. Turner expressed the hope that one suitable to the county board would be procorod so that a contract could he awarded and the work begun soon. The principal said that in com mon with many srhools in the state the severe winter had caused a re duced attendance, as a result of which the elementary school had lost two teachers. He is, however, still making efforts to regain these losses. In view of the fact that Asheboro will have a new elemen tary school and that there must be sufficient teachers for two schools now, he is particularly hopeful of getting satisfactory results. Mr. Turner was also engaged Thursday in signing applications to various colleges for several graduates of the class of 11)86. Among those who have applied are Mattie Green, Meredith; Cornelia ! Hedrick, Woman’s College at | Greensboro; and Carl Phillips, University of North Carolina. Hazel Underwood has made ap plication to enter a training course for registered nurses. Competent Scouts To Inspect Talent At Training Camp Taking' no chances on overlook ing any young ball players of ability, the Asheville baseball club has assigned three highly com petent scouts to the baseball try out camp which it will operate in Charlotte starting next Monday ac cording to an announcement today by Oliver French, president of the club. The. camp will continue for approximately one week. The scouts who have been as signed to conduct the trials for young plavers in the camp are Charlie Kelchner, who for more than ISO years has been known a> one of the most colorful scouts in the game, and Joe Mathes and I’at Crawford. both former major league stars. In recent years : Mathes has been devoting his time i to managing minor league clubs and scouting. French also announc ed that Charles F. Plummer, field representative of the Asheville club, will arrive in Charlotte within a few days to complete prepara j tions for the camp. Boys between the ages of 17 and j 2” are eligible to attend the camp, | French stated. The only require ment? are that boys pay their own traveling expenses to Charlotte and their living expenses while here. Boys must also furnish their own shoes, gloves and uniforms. French added that a boy can secure a j thorough try-out by spending three to four days at the camp and that those who make good and are signed to contracts would have their expenses incident to attend ing the camp refunded. «. The camp will be held at Bobbies . Field on South Mint street in i Charlotte. The first session will start at fi a. m. next Monday. No recommendations are necessary. All that boys have to do to secure a tryout is to appear at the park next Monday. TYPHOID AND SPOTTED FEVER IN RANDOLPH One case of typhoid fever has fieen reported to the county health office this week. Three other cases which it had been feared because of early symptoms might develop into typhoid have turned out to be spotted fever. Two additiona1 cases of malaria have also been found. “Playgrounds are better pre ventatives of delinquency than courts.”—Judge Ben B. Lindsey. Drive Carefully—Save A Life. Frank M. Armstrong, Troy Attorney Takes Judgeship OathThurs. Ford Donates Park HENRY FORI> One of the few radio appearances made by Henry Ford, motor mag nate, above, occurred when he formally presented to the city of Dearborn, Mich., a wooded tract to be used for park purposes. Sanitation One Of Chief Objects Ramseur C. Of C. Working Toward General Town Improvement, Es pecially In Sanitation Mayor’s Court Mon. Several Colored Citizens Among Summer Vaca tionists Visiting Capital Ramseur, July 23.—The directors of Ramseur Chamber of Commerce held their regular monthly session Tuesday evening with a good at tendance. The chairman, M. E. Johnson, proved himself on the job by pro posing a number of undertakings for the betterment of the com munity, and calling for reports from those who had been appoint ed to get behind needed improve ments and reforms. The group, working on sanita tion had made some progress to ward a_ better condition and are working toward greater improve ment. A long road must be travelled before Ramseur can enjoy a pass ing grade on sanitation ,but when the waterworks is completed, other moves will he made will enhance I the health, comfort and attractive ness of the town. Needed improvement in tele phone service engaged the interest ' and attention of the meeting and another group were asked to do (Please turn to Page is) Asheboro Meets Durham For Title Here On Monday Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock on Lindley field the Asheboro Junior Legion baseball team will meet Durham in a contest that will de cide the championship of the Cen tral division of the American Le gion eliminations. With the series tied at two games apiece after Asheboro’s fighting comeback in Durham Wednesday, interest in both towns is running high and a large crowd is expected to see which team fortune favors. The local boys should have a psychological advantage, playing as they are on their home grounds, j but it is a peculiar fact that neither j team has been able to win at home in this series. Nevertheless, Rufus | Routh announces that the whole | squad is in fine spirit and in good physical condition, and that all the pitchers will be in first class shape by Monday, after five days of rest. The team feels confident that after squaring the series it cannot now be headed, so come out Monday and support the boys in this crucial game. Judge G. ministers V. Cowpeiv Oath Of 0 In Impressive M; Ad Escorted By Prominent 1/ an Holds Knvia^ record Al ready Dtsk$* outh For Present ' k Ay* Position At an impressive ceremony held at 3:C0 o’clock Thursday afternoon, Frank M. Armstrong, attorney of Troy, formally took the oath of office as Judge in the 16th district to fill the vacancy made by the death of Judge John Oglesby of Concord, also a native of Troy. The young man, who is 35 years old, is one of the state’s youngest Superior Court Judges. He was ac companied to the Judge's desk by his father, C. A. Armstrong, form er Clerk of Court of Troy for twelve years. Judge G. V. Cowper, presiding over the present term of Superior Court in Randolph, administered the oath of office after Mr. Arm strong presented his credentials, which consisted of an appointment from Governor Ehringhaus. He made a few brief remarks concern ing the late beloved Judge, whose place Mr. Armstrong will take. Accompanying him to Asheboro Thursday were his father, and several friends; Lester Moffitt, Troy attorney; Walter Curry, judge of the Troy recorder’s court; Paul Clark, a close friend and peach orchard owner of Rubyatt; T. R. Wall, Liberty attorney; Norman Boren, Greensboro at torney; and H. C. Royals, Trinity attorney. The Asheboro bar were present in a group for the occasion, expressing considerable satisfac tion over the appointment. Judge Armstrong will be first called upon to assume his new duties Monday, when he will open a two weeks’ term of court in Ashe county. He is among the youngest men ever named to Superior Court judgeship. His experience in hold ing public office has been limited to several years’ service as pro secuting attorney of the Mont gomery county Recorder’s Court and as county attorney. He is a graduate of the law school of the University of North Carolina, and has been practicing law since 1924. He is chairman of the Young Democratic Club of Troy, chairman of the executive committee and commander of the Troy post Am erican Legion. “So long as there is a child in our land who toils in shop or tene 1 ment when he should be out at i play, whose school is without a j playground, and whose out-of ■ doors is bounded by the gutters of the public street, so long the mas 1 ses will hate the classes; the police man be to the boy an enemy instead of a friend; and the Re j public has not had a square deal, j To give the boy back his childhood ! is more than justice and common sense. It is sane government.”— ! Jacob A. Riis. Courier Thanks Advertisers In Special Section The cooperation of the busi ness firms who have made pos sible by their advertising the publication of this Rcreation Health edition is greatly ap | preciated by The Courier, a i feeling with which we are sure the executive committee of the playground commission agrees. The business men have always been ready to support any pro gram which is for the good of the people of Asheboro, and have been especially loyal to i causes advantageous to the | children. Since so many of them helped I the playgrounds comparatively l recently by subscribing to the Character Bond campaign, those I who have doubled their assist ance by placing advertisements I in this section deserve special ! commendation. Their interest in the children of Asheboro marks these businesses as being worthy of the interest and pat ronage of the parents of Ashe boro. We wish to thank the follow ing firms who have advertised in this section: Asheboro Dry Cleaning Company, Dan's Radio Service, The First National Bank, Service Beauty Shoppe, Randolph Drug Company, Motor Service Company, The Home Building, Inc., The Bank of Ran dolph. Model Laundry, Dr. Nat Walker, High Point, Fox Laun dry and Dry Cleaning Company, and Economy Auto Supply.