•* m MOST people in asheboro and RANDOLPH COUNTY READ THE COURIER—IT LEADS / THE COURIER 7,000 PEOPLE WELCOME YOU TO ASHEBORO, EXACT “CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA” SEMI-WEEKLY t/OUJMK LX_ Est. As The Regulator February 2, 1876 Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHE BORO. N. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 4-, 1036 Changed To The Courier September 13, 1679 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 47 Late News State, National and International Happenings Briefly Told U FIGHTING IN SPAIN shifts to north Madrid.—Spanish revolution ists arc delaying their expected advance upon the capital, Mad rid until they have routed loy alist forces in the north and insured against an attack from the rear when they start their march. Rival forces are drawn up in anticipation of a large bat tle at San Sebastian, an im portant government stronghold in North Spain, and rebels claim the capture of two cities con trolling the vital mountain pas ses. This left Madrid compara tively quiet, and most of the 74 Americans still in that city Mon day elected to remain, although the American embassy urged them to leave for Valencia while the railway was still open. ALARMS COURT DURING TRIAL OF ATTACKER Anniston, Ala. — Joel Hill, Alabama farmer, created a sen sation Monday in the militia guarded courtroom where a negro was being tried for attacking Hill’s wife when he jumped up and threatened the negro with a pistol. A state highway patrol man seized the gun before it was tired, and militiamen hurried the negro from the room until order was restored. The trial con tinued uneventfully and the negro was found guilty and sen tenced to be executed September •1. .. SECRETARY ICKES NOT ENTIRELY COMPLIMENTARY Washington.—Secretary Ickes made a pub'ic statement Tues day to the effect that there is a “deadly parallel” between the past and present statements of Governor Alf Landon. Secretary Ickes says he “has gone A. W. 0. L. from the war against pov erty and want and the exploita tion of the weak in which he en listed in 1933.” The Secretary cited several instances where public statements were made by Landon, as liis illustrations. CAMPAIGN OUTLINE IS APPROVED BY LEADERS Hyde Park.—President Roose velt’s approval of the immediate beginning of an “aggressive campaign” for the reelection of President Roosevelt and the en tire Democratic ticket in the coming November election. A two-hour roundtable discussion of current political conditions was held, according to a press report given out by Chairman James A. Farley, after the meet ing. Chairman Farley added, “We are ready to go.” The drought situation is said to have consumed a great deal of time during the meeting. FAIL TO DISCOVER ANY VOTING IRREGULARITIES Raleigh.—Word was sent on Tuesday to the state board of elections of the failure to find the alleged voting irregularities by the Cleveland county board of elections. The Cleveland board sent word that the charges had been probed and the allegations brought by McDonald men after the second primary were found to be without merit. GOVERNMENT BEGINS CATTLE BUYING Washington.—The government began its program of buying up cattle in drought areas Monday, purchasing 4,793 head of cattle from a $5,090,000 fund just made available. The cattle will be turned over to the Swift, Arm«mr, and .Cudahy packing companies for processing, and will then be distributed through relief agencies to persons on re lief. The drought committee pledged support of present prices, the purchases now being practical since rising feed prices and shortage of pasturage and water are forcing cattle on the market at the uaual rate for September and October. hopes fade fob labor peace Washington.—Monday,"for the first time since troubles within their own ranks began to disturb the nation’s labor organizations, William Green, president of the American ' Federation of Labor, expressed doubt as to the amic able settling of differences. After an all day session of the federa tion’s executive council, which net to punish 12 union leaders accused of insurrection, pros pects for peace looked dark, as no basis for compromise could be reached. Moreover, the men on trial, led by John L. Lewis and his committee for industrial or ganisation, defiantly refused to appear before the executive hoard and seamed willing to be expelled, the punishment threet «nd by Green. Native Randolph Man With Family Visiting Friends Mr. And Mrs. Fred Burgess And Sons Spending Ten Days At Old Homestead Is Teacher-Writer Author Of Randolph County History; Recently Return ed From Monticello Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burgess of New Bern are in Randolph county for a week visiting Mr. Burgess’ relatives at the old Burgess home stead near Franklinville. Mr. Bur gess, a native son of Randolph, is the author of the second Randolph county history assembled in book let form, the first having been done by the Hon. J. A. Blair many years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess have re cently returned from a stay at Charlottsville, Va., and Monticello. While Mr. Burgess is a writer of unusual talent in addition to his (Please turn to Page 6) Henson Family Ls Together Sunday For Annual Meet F. M. Wright Of Asheboro is Guest Speaker; Sumptuous Dinner At Noon Personal Mention Staley Wins Baseball Game On Saturday; Radio Rang ers Give Program Franklinville, Aug. 3. — There was a family reunion and dinner at the home of C. E. Henson Sun day in honor of Mr. Henson’s birthday. All the children were present and enjoyed the occasion. At the noon hour a sumptuous dinner was spread and served in the grove. An interesting talk was made by F. M. Wright of Ashe boro. It was decided to make the reunion an anrihal affair and that the next meet, next year would be at the home of C. E. Henson. The annual reunion of the Poole family will be held at the home of William Poole, Saturday, August 8. Dinner will be in the grove, west of the residence. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Grimsley and son, Walter, left Saturday for a week-end visit with W. C. Grims ley of Galax, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Austin of Greensboro were visitors Sunday at the home of Mrs. M. L. Buie. Mrs. W. C. Caveness of Raleigh spent the w’eek-end with Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Patterson. Several of our people attended the revival meetings at Pleasant Grove and Pleasant Cross churches on Sunday. The baseball game, on the local diamond Saturday afternoon be tween Franklinville and Staley re sulted in a score of 9 to 11 in favor of Staley. The Radio Rangers of Franklin viile, gave a concert, Saturday night at Needom’s Grove school building, Moore county, for the benefit of the school. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Spoon and children, Grady and Clara Jean, left Friday for Washington, D. C., where they will visit Paris Spoon, who is a patient in St. Elizabeth’s hospital. Mrs. Emma Cox of Seagrove, who has been spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Burgess Allred has returned to her home. Sherman Benner, W. H. Welch, Paul and Dewey Prevo and Irvin Allred left Friday for a week-end stay at Wrightsville Beach. Mrs. Douglas Midkiff and Harry Midkiff are visiting this week in Gretna, Va. Asheboro Fixture Company Part Of Albemarle Merger Plans are being made for mov ing the Asheboro Fixture company to Albemarle soon where it will be joined with the Albemarle Man tel company and chartered as the Piedmont Fixture and Mantel com pany. Principal stockholders in the new firm will be Dwight L. Cro well and Kermit L. Young of Albe marle. Mr. Young has been in Asheboro for the past two years operating the Asheboro Fixture company. This latter firm has been build ing fixtures for department stores, cafes, drug stores, 5 and 10 cent stores, banks, beauty parlors wd offices of various kinds. It has been very busy, Mr. Young said, for the past eighteen months, and the new arrangement will offer opportuni ties for a still greater volume of business in the same line. District Masons Will Meet In Asheboro Tuesday, August 11, Many Prominent Speakers All Lodges Of Twenty-Fourth District Will Be Represertted At This Meeting Which Conies To Asheboro For Second Consecutive Year On Tuesday, August 11th, Bal four Lodge of Ancient Free and. Accepted Masons, will entertain all lodges in the twenty-fourth Ma sonic district of North Carolina in Asheboro. This meeting has been contemplated for some time and the fact that it has been designated for Asheboro speaks well for the local lodge as well as for the people of Asheboro. It will be re called that last year this same meeting was held in Asheboro and j we are advised on good authority i that by reason of the splendid1 meeting of a year ago, the fine' neighborliness, spirit of comrade-1 ship and hospitality extended by i the Asheboro people, that the of- ] fleers of the Grand Lodge have ] been lavish in their praise and anxious to return for a second visit. Randolph county has been for tunate to have one of the grand officers of the lodge foj^ many years. Dr. C. A. Graham of Ram seur is the past deputy district BOUND OVER TO COURT UNDER $300 BOND Robert Hunt was bound over to the next term of Randolph Superior court charged with driving drunk and assault with deadly weapon, after a preliminary hearing before A. N. Bulla, J. P. in Randleman on Friday. The bond was set at $300 but was not met, so Hunt went to jail in Asheboro. The case grew out of a collision of the truck driven by Hunt and a car driven by Rev. Kiffis Green and Louis McNair, both Greensboro colored men. Asheboro Schools Need Nine Months Terra, Supplement Federal Study Reveals Ashe boro Spends Least For Each School Child $20.52 Per Pupil Other N. C. Cities In Survey Also Near Bottom Of Rating It is the opinion of Reginald Turner, Asheboro school superin tendent, that the best way to bet ter the standing of North Caro lina’s schools, which in a recently completed study by the federal of fice of education stood at near the bottom in their groups with regard to per capita costs, is to bring back local supplements and the nine months’ term. In this survey Asheboro ranked 79th among 79 towns whose popula tion ranged from 2,500 to 10,000 in the amount spent per child each year, spending $20.52 compared to the average figure of $69.25. With the return to a nine month school year and the resulting increased appropriations Asheboro’s stand ards would rise accordingly. In this respect, Mr. Turner said, many towns in the state have al ready moved to improve their con ditions. About 25 communities have voted a ninth month and local sup port, and to his knowledge only one election has gone against the schools, and that by but a few votes. The conclusions reached by the federal office of education were (Please turn to Page 6) State Health Department Leads Cheek Of Town And County Eating Places With Ratings Given A sanitary survey of all the eat ing establishments of Asheboro and Randolph county has just been completed by J. N. Johnson of the state board of health and J. H. Wylie of the county health depart ment. Each establishment was rated on a basis of one thousand possible points for a perfect score. All cafes rating seven hundred or more points were given a sanitary rat ing, as this figure is determined by laiw as a passing mark. Those establishments having a sanitary rating of less than seven hundred points were given thirty days in order to comply with the provisions of the law and raise their ratings to the required passing mark. In the event that any places preparing food for sale should have failed to comply with the aforesaid provi sions, or should have failed to dis continue the preparation of food for sale it shall be the duty of the grand master and is succeeded by J. R. Hinshaw of Asheboro as de puty district grand master. The meeting of the eleventh will be in charge of Mr. Hinshaw, who ad vises that in the afternoon a meet ing will be held in the lodge hall at which time John H. Anderson, grand secretary of the Masonic Order in North Carolina, of Raleigh, will speak to those pre sent. In the evening at six-thirty, supper will be served to the visitors after which Hon. J. Giles Hudson, grand master, of Salis bury, will deliver an address. Mr. Hudson is reported to be a most forceful and pleasing speaker and a large attendance of Masons is anticipated at this meeting. All members of the fraternity will be welcome at both meetings and the local lodge is very hopeful that a large delegation will respond to this opportunity in making this one of the most successful of dis trict meetings. | Fix September 10 Opening Date For Schools In County Board Of Education Expects New Schools To Be Ready By Then Fire Inspection Award Contracts For All New Furniture Except Audi torium Chairs Opening date for the Randolph county schools was set for Sep tember 10 at a meeting of the county board of education Monday afternoon. By this time it is ex pected that all new school build ings will be completed so that classes can begin. The largest part of the time of the session was taken up with awarding of contracts for furniture for the new schools. The contract for pupil’s desks was given to the Flowers Seating company, Hickory; shades, Southern Desk company, Hickory; primary tables and teacher’s desks, C. A. Reap, Albemarle. No contract for auditorium chairs was awarded Monday, but this will be taken up at a meeting of the board Monday, August 10. The county superintendent, T. Fletcher Bulla, was authorized to arrange for additional transporta tion for schools recently consoli dated. Mr. Bulla announced Tuesday that fire inspection for three of the new schools, Archdale, Ashe boro and New Market, will take place Monday. ASHEBORO CONTRACTOR IS INJURED IN FALL TUES. S. E. Trogdcn, well known local contractor, was injured quite pain fully Tuesday noon when he fell through the elevator shaft of the Cranford building. The elevator had been taken down from the top floor since Mr. Trogdon stepped off it a few minutes prior to that time, causing him to fall to the first floor. The chief injuries were to his ankle which is dislocated and perhaps otherwise injured. He was taken to Randolph hospital where he is receiving treatment. inspector to issue a warrant for the violater. The law requires that the pro prietor of those establishments is sued a rating must post that rat ing in a conspicfous place where it may be easily observed by the guests and keep that rating posted until a subsequent rating is given or for a period of one year. It is the privilege of any cafe already given a sanitary rating to request a re-inspection any time within thirty days of the date of the first rating. This request should be made in writing either directly to the state board of health in Raleigh or to Dr. G. H. Sumner, county health officer. Inspections took place Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday. Mr. Johnson will return in about a month to check up on those es tablishments which are not now up to standard. These sanitary stan dards are administered on a state Legion Commander Calls Attention To Campaign For Hut Good location Secured; Large Sum Raised For Build ing Hut Wants Action Legion Will Open Hut For Use Of Other Civic Organizations R. A. Briles, commander of Ben Dixon Post 45 of the American I