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\LWAYS abreast with the changing time in RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS THE COURIER rpjji-WEEKLY /OLUMK LX Est. As The Regulator February 2, 1876 Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, NOV. 22, 1936. Changed To The Courier September 13, 1879 PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCL NUMBEFT 8 Business Firms At Franklinville Improve Homes candwich Shop And Barber Shop Make Improvements In Various Lines Thanksgiving Service p.-T. A. Will Hold Turkey Supper At Community House Tuesday Eve. Franklinville, Nov. 21. — Miss Mary Miles, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miles, had the misfortune of being badly burned at their home Thursday morning. She was taken to Randolph hos pital where she is receiving treat ment. Her clothes caught on fire while warming before an open fire place and ran out into the yard, where her mother and sister, Mrs. Jessie Myrick, extinguished the (lames and in doing this their hands were severely burned. E. L. Moon has finished over hauling his cafe, repainting, new water works and heater and is prepared to serve a good line of sandwiches in connection with smokes, cold drinks and ice cream. (1. I*. Craven has also improved the appearance of his barber shop by installing a new system of hot water and repainting, making it sanitary and an up-to-date shop. The pastor, Rev. John Q. Pugh, gives notice to members of the New Center Christian church who have adopted a new Testament Standard of membership in the last quarterly conference. They have voted to ex|>el any member who uses profanity, drinks intoxicating beverages, swims in mixed com pany. gambles, stays away from church for six months without a reasonably good excuse. The I’.-T. A. will have a turkey supper at the Community House, November 24 from 6 to 9 o’clock. Tickets are on sale at the drug store. Franklinville school will close Wednesday afternoon for remaind-1 or of week in order that the teach ers may enjoy Thanksgiving with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Comer have moved from an apartment of M. F. Cheek’s residence to a new bunga low of Carson Smith’s, East Franklinville. There will be a union Thanksgiv ing service at the Franklinville M. E. church Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. The sermon will be preached by Rev. H. M. Stroup, pastor of the Baptist church. Everybody invited to come and make this a real Thanksgiving service. , “When a Woman Decides” the play sponsored by local Masonic lodge, was given a second time at the school auditorium Friday night with better results and attendance than the first time. Things happen when a woman decides, though sometimes different than expected. Rev. Sam Laughlin, (col.) of Galax, Va., has been appointed pastor of Shady Grove Methodist church (col.), South of Franklin ville. His preaching services will be second Sunday morning at li o’clock each month. Randolph Citizen Narrowly Escapes Losing His Home The home of W. M. Bennett of L'lah came near being destroyed by fire last week when the roof caught fire from sparks out of the chimney. Mr. Bennett thinks the only thing that saved his home was the wind blowing the heat away from the house. If the wind had been blowing in the opposite direction the fire could not have been put out. Another thing that assisted Mr. Bennett in saving his home was fact that he had a good ladder dose by and plenty of water. Mr. Bennett is now covering his louse with galvanized tin in place >f the wooden shingles which came sar costing him his house and intents. EMPLOYERS COOPERATE ON SOCIAL SECURITY I Returns of the blanks sent out employers of the town for in • Irmation for social security have |me in almost 100 per cent, said itmaster J. O. Redding yester Business men have reported ■ly 4,000 employees to date, ns to be filled in by these wof.i I will be sent to them by Novem [ 24, Mr. Redding stated. tTDY COURSE BEGINS JESDAY BAPTIST CHURCH - business woman’s circle of, 'iret Baptist church will begin dy course at 5:30 Tuesday g. Lunch will be served at The book to be used is nian Taoestries” and will ht by Mrs. Maude Allred. es% women of the circle to be present. PRESIDENT OUT ON ATLANTIC EN ROUTE TO BUENOS AIRES i From the rail of the cruiser Indianapolis, in the shadow of an eight-inch gun battery. President Roose- | veil and his party linger for a last glimpse of the United States as their ship heads for Buenos Aires. Left j to right are James Roosevelt; his father, the president; Capt. Paul Bastedo, naval aide; Col Edwin Watson, military aide; Capt. Ross McIntyre, medical adviser. The president will attend the opening of the Pan- J American peace parley in Buenos Aires. Union Services On Thanksgiving Morning At Asheboro M. P. Church Dr. L. R. O’Brian j To Preach Sermon Custom Of Cong Standing To Hold Religious Service At One Local Church Will Be Held At 9:00 A. M. Offering Will Be Taken For Orphanages Of Various Churches In State For many years it has been a custom of Asheboro people to hoi«l a union service on Thanksgiving morning, rotating the place of meeting and the minister. Strange as it may seem, there is never any question as to which minister shail deliver the sermon—the honor go ing to the new minister who as sumes his pastorate that fall for the first time. There has, for many years, been a new minister for this place, but not this year. Di. L. R. O’Brian, pastor of the Asheboro Baptist church for Cc past year, being the newest minister in the town, will preach the sermon upon this occasion. Last year, Rev. Mr. Powell of the First Methodist church, delivered the sermon in the Friends church. This year, the sendee will be held in the Methodist Protestant church with Dr. O’Brian preaching the sermon. The choir from the Methodist Protestant church will furnish appropriate music for the sendee. The hour for the service has been set at 9:00 o’clock in order that people who plan trips muy have the opportunity to attend be fore leaving town, having dinners and participating in other season able events. An offering will be taken for the orphanages of the various de nominations represented. A cordial invitation is extended to the whole community to take part in the re ligious observance of Thanksgiving Day. Cutler-Griffin Entertain Large Audience Friday The Cutler-Griffin company, which appears at the Park street school at 7:30 Monday evening as the second Kiwanis sponsored Ly ceum attraction, was enthusiasti cally received in High Point, where the company presented a splendid program at High Point college Fri day. The three members of the company, Everett Cutler, Helen Griffin Cutler, and Gertrude Greeley, offer an “elaborate music al production in miniature.” With piano, violin, and vocal arrange ments, they render modern and old-time melodies of classical and semi-classical nature. Their beautr ful costumes, lighting effects, and scenery are a feature of their per formances. MINING ENGINEER HURT i BY BLAST AT KEYSTONE ! Hurt by a falling rock while blasting at the Keystone gold mine Thursday, Ken Woodhurst, mining engineer, is reported to be resting well in a High Point hospital. Mr. Woodhurst received injuries about the back and head and internal in juries. He is said to have had his back turned to the spot blasted when the charge was set off. News Flashes -from - Everywhere ; TWO W1*A DISTRICTS WILL BE ELIMINATED Raleigh.—The number of'Wi ’ A districts in North Carolina will be reduced from seven to five. State WPA Administrator George XV. Coan, Jit., said Thursday. District five, whose office is at Greensboro and which includes Randolph county, will be consolidated with district six and headquarters will be at Winston-Salem. Districts three and four, with offices at Raleigh and Fayetteville, will be united with headquarters at Raleigh. CONFERENCE OF EASTERN METHODISTS APPROVE UNION New Dern.—The Eastern North Carolina Methodist Conference, meeting at New Bern Thursday gave its approval to the proposed merger of the three branches of Methodism next year. Bishop Paul Kern, presiding over the confer ence, stated that Southern Metho dist bishops were almost unanim ous in favor of the union, but that the College of Bishops would wait for a mandate from the churches. STATE EXECUTIONS SET NEW RECORD Raleigh.—With the death of two negroes in the gas chamber Friday the total of those legally executed in North Carolina in 1939 rose to 22, breaking the previous record of executions for one year, 20 having died in 1034. Those executed were Evans Macklin, con victed of slaying a Scotland Neck police chief, and Willie Tate, murderer of a young white man of Pitt county. North Carolina Does Good Work In Aiding Blind North Carolina is not lagging in the care of its blind, who are re ceiving more attention continually in this state as in all parts of the nation as people are awakening to how much can be done to provide useful, happy lives for them. The story of the progress of efforts for the advancement of the sightless is told in “The White Cane”, a pub lication of the North Carolina As sociation for the blind. Through the efforts of the Am erican Foundation for the Blind, it is pointed out, 5000 “talking books” have been made on a WPA project for distribution- to the states and a number of others will be made. “Any blind person who can certify that he cannot buy a ‘Talking Book’ can borrow one of these electrical books from the | Commission for fhe Blind,” it is stated. Twenty-two states have enacted necessary legislation to receive So cial Security money for the needy blind, “The White Cane” points out. “More than 450,000 blind peo ple are the beneficiaries,” it con tinues, “and the average monthly grant to each, including state and federal funds, is between $23 and $26. The largest average grant given by any state is that afforded by California, which is $34.50 monthly.” District Meeting Neighbor’s Grove Holiness Convention Of East ern District Will Convene Thanksgiving Day Four-Day Session General Convention Theme tag Scriptural Holiness; A Varied Program The Holiness convention of the eastern district of the Wesleyan Methodist church in North Caro lina will be held at Neighbor's Grove Wesleyan Methodist church, beginning November 20th at p. m. and extending through Nov ember 29th. Rev. E. W. Black of Kannapolis is chairman of the con vention and Rev. Frank Dennard of High I'oint is director of music. A varied program will be of fered throughout the convention on the theme, “Scriptural Holiness.” A number of speakers will partici pate. There will be three series a day. As this is the first convention of any length to be held at Neigh bor’s Grove, it is expected to arouse much interest. Entertain ment for the visitors will be pro vided for in the private homes of the community. Rev. D. C. Stone is pastor of the host church and he will make the welcoming address of the conven tion. The general.public is cordially invited to attend all the services of the convention. MISS CORNELIA HEDRICK INITIATED INTO CORNELIAN Greensboro, Nov. 21.—Miss Cor nelia Hedrick, of Asheboro, was among the 250 students at the Wo man’s college of the University of North Carolina who were initiated j into the Cornelian society there re -1 cently. Miss Susan Hamlin is pre sident of the Cornelian society. The Cornelian is the oldest of four societies at the Women’s college. Members of the society have a formal dance every spring and participate in society sports day in addition to having regular meet ings and informal social events throughout the year. National Honorary Beta Club Holds Annual Initiation Fri. The National Honorary Beta Club of the local high school held the annual initiation exercises of new members in the library of the East school Thursday evening. Miss Helen E. Brown, president., presided at the meeting. Twenty new members, ten boys and ten girls, took the pledge of the or ganization, which includes a pro mise to stand for the watchwords of the Beta club—honesty, cour age, loyalty and leadership—and to uphold the principle of right over might. After the taking of the pledge, the candidates were sent into an i adjoining room, from which they were brought in, two at a time, for the humorous part of the pro gram. A series of “intelligence tests” and jokes produced much merriment. The initiation closed i President Asks For Industry To Consider Old Age Urges That A “Fair Share” Of Jobs Be Given To Older Jobless Class Unskilled Labor Sharpest Revival Has Been I Among Skilled Workersffi Consider Others President Roosevelt has called on industry to give a “fair share” of jobs to older workers and to un skilled labor. He deplored the policy under j which, he said, “many of the larg- I est industries will not hire work- I ers over 40 years of age.” In 'a statement issued at tfce White House as the Chief Execu tive travelled toward South Am erica, Mr. Roosevelt said re-em ployment has increased rapidly, with the result that relief rolls in August were 28 per cent'under the peak of 5,316,000 families and j Single persons reached in January, J 035. "Despite this decline,” he con tinued, “a large number of unem ployed remain on the WPA and fother governmental agencies. “These workers are to a large extent unskilled and a dis-pro portionately large number are old er workers—40 years and over. The sharpest revival in employ ment has been among skilled work ers and relatively young workers.” Declaring that under present in dustrial policy many older and un skilled persons would be condemn ed to permanent unemployment, he said: “It is scarcely necessary to point to the seriousness of this policy to the unemployed. Long continued unemployment for the older work ers results sooner or later in un employability.” Eight Boy Scouts Get Merit Badges Dr. C. G. Smith Presents Awards To Members Of Troop 25 Friday Night Various Honors ! Troop 24 Goes On Fox Hunt At Mineral Springs; Dogs Get One Fox At the meeting of Troop 25 of the Boy Scouts in the Presbyterian church Friday evening, Dr. C. («. Smith presented merit badges to eight scouts of the troop. The boys have been working hard recently to earn these honors, several being awarded more than one badge. Vance Cox received the greatest number of badges, four. These were for first aid, firemanship, safety, and pathfinding. Close behind with three each were Billy Henderson and Joe Suggs. Billy’s were second class, safety, and poultry keeping badges; and Joe won first class, public health, and reading badges. Others receiving awards were: Jesse Councilman, tenderfoot; Paul Blackman, star badge; Donald Chisholm, first aid; J. A. Duncan, first class; L. D. DeMarcus, second class. Troop 24 enjoyed a fox hunt Friday night. After a short busi ness meeting in which the collec tion of dues for the charter was of chief importance, the scouts started out. The hunt was held in the Miner al Springs region, and one fox was stirred up and finally caught by the dogs. The troop had about fifteen or twenty dogs, most of them lent by Frank Steed. The scoutmaster, Sam Miller, accom panied the boys, who all reported having had a glorious time. with the candidates singing “How Green I Am,” after which they were declared worthy to be mem bers of the club. Invited guests of the club were members of the high school facul ty and the following former mem bers of the club who graduated last year: Miss Earlene Wood, Miss Helen Styers, Cleo Pugh and James Lowdermilk. Following are the names of the new members initiated: Bill Allred, Bob Allred, Bud Hedrick, Thud Moser, Wayne Burrows, Berni'.-e Ragsdale, J. C. Ellen, David Sted man, Truitt Frazier, Donald Yow, Etta Lee Craven, Marie Craven, Blondell Chriscoe, Catherine Kearns, Oga Kinney, Alice Rachel Frazier, Sara Alice Moore, Dorothy Hix, Helen Phillips and Edna Mae Winningham. it Ramseur Resident Is j Found Dead Saturday | At Home Of Daughter | N. M. Burgess Is j A Suicide Victim Coroner’s Inquest Held Ini mediately By Dr. Lambert, County Officer Shoots Self Thru Heart With Pistol Was Prominent Farmer Of Ramseur Section; Wife Died Few Months Ago N. M. Burgess, retired farmer of the Ramseur section was found shot to death at 7 o’clock Saturday morning in his room in the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. P. Brow er, of Ramseur route two. After investigation by Coroner W. I,. Lambert the death was declared to be a case of suicide. Dr. Lambert said that death had probably occurred a little after midnight. Mr. Burgess had shot himself through the heart with a pistol which was found at his side. No reason for the act could be as certained. Dr. Lambert said that he had been in good health, but that he might have been worrying over business matters. Mr. Burgess was for many years one of the most prominent farm ers of the Ramseur section, oper ating a farm about four miles from the town. After the death of his wife a few months ago he went to live with his children. He was about 70 years old. Surviving him are one son, Ed Burgess of Ramseur, route two; and three daughters, Mrs. R. P. Brower and Mrs. Bertha Ward of Ramseur route two, and Mrs. Esther Vestal of Asheboro. Fun eral service will be conducted this afternoon. Officers Named For Staley P.-T. A. During This Week Staley, Nov. 21.—The Staley I’arent-Teacher association met on Wednesday evening with an at tendance of approximately seven ty-five parents and teachers. The new officers were installed and re ports of the various committees were heard. After the regular | business meeting, a program was presented by the third and fifth grades. The association is sponsoring a program of school beautification during this week. The finance com mittee reports that approximately sixty dollars have been collected to plant shrubbery around the school building. An oyster and chicken supper will be held at the school building on Saturday night from 5:30 to 9:30 for the purpose of securing additional funds for this purpose. The public is invited. The school basketball teams are fast rounding into shape. They meet their first competition on Fri day night when they meet the strong Ramseur teams. The boys team will probably strike a tartar when the Ramseur team, led by the outstanding Hobson, clash with them on the new Staley court. However, the Staley girls, with only one player missing from last year’s championship team, are not expecting to have any difficulty in j disposing of the visiting girls from the neighboring town. Library Club To Hold Charm Show On December 2nd Wednesday, December 2, has been fixed as the date of the Charm Review to be presented at the Carolina Theatre and sponsor ed by the Randolph Library As sociation. The review will be held between the, two night perfor mances. Various local business firms are sponsoring entries in this charm show. A committee of three out-of town judges will select the w'inner, who will then compete in either Charlotte or Columbia with the wdnners of similar contests being held throughout North and South Carolina. The winner in Asheboro will receive the trip to the larger review free and the winner of this will be titled “Queen of the Caro linas.” Several local firms are already sponsoring girls for the show. LOCAL WESTERN UNION OPERATOR RETURNS Vernon Moore of the Western Union office has been in Pinehurst this week assisting in covering the Professional Golf association’s tournament. He will return to Asheboro tonight. Taking his place here has been R. L. Weldon of Asheville. Morgan Return^ Evades Q wnJM Qiflpes_ ■‘You keep out of trouble when you don’t volunteer anything,” .1. I*. Morgan assured interviewers who crowded around him on return to New York from abroad. Genially parrying all questions, he refused to comment on anything except to admit that he had had ‘‘a good time, good companions and good shooting” during his vacation. Ramseur Theatre Holds Opening, 19 Opening Program Proves De lightful To Large Audience Assembled For Event Preacher Pounded Merchants Association Repre sentative Visits; Program At School Friday | Ramseur, Nov. 21.—The Ram seur Theatre had its opening show on Thursday night with a good house and splendid program. The show is managed by F. S. Ander son, one of the members of the company and he is endeavoring to give the folks a good clean enter tainment that will result in secur ing the loyalty of the people of the town and surrounding com munity. Wholesome pictures and educational progrants will attract the best element of the community and will make the undertaking a permanent and profitable invest ment. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Coward are spending Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wrenn at Erect and enjoying a birthday dinner. J. E. Brady is spending some time in the eastern part of the state on business. J. W. Dixon and family, Mrs. C. j E. Smith, H. M. Lilly and Von Marley enjoyed a community meet ing at Coleridge Wednesday night, when the people of Coleridge pounded their preacher, Rev. 0. P. | Ader, and Mrs. Ader. An enjoyable j program was carried out, an im- : portant feature of which was the j expression of gratitude by Brother j Ader. Doubtless the correspondent j from that town will give the da- I tails of the event Leading business men of Ram- I seur are working with other in- j terested parties for the completion i of highway number 22 to Climax,! who hope to see a hard surface highway to that point soon. Mr. Tomlinson, representing the j Merchants Association was in j town one day this week. He is very ■ enthusiastic about the growth of I the association and the loyalty of i its members. He called attention to the sub stantial reduction in fire insurance rates upon the installation of the required fire-fighting equipment. We are assured of this necessary equipment just as soon as the town can handle the proposition. Mrs. W. B. Dowell and children of Raleigh are spending the week with parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Leonard. Mrs. Ed McCombs and Edwin, Jr., was a visitor at Mr. and Mrs. Henry Curtis one day this week. She and Mrs. Curtis visited Mrs. Woolen Curtis of near Liberty. Mrs. Fullerton of Long Island Is spending some time with Mrs. E. C. Watkins. The Southern Pioneers of radio distinction gave a very entertain ing program at the school building Friday evening for benefit of the school. Hawaii Is Facing Shortage Of Food From Ship Strike Business Leaders Forse Crisis In Ten Days If Strike Continues i May Ask Navy Aid Imports 80 Per Cent Of Food From Mainland; Few Ships Now Arriving I Hawaii, which imports 80 per ’ cent of its food from the mainland, is beginning to feel the effects of | the maritime strike. Unless the now' three weeks old strike is set | tied soon business man of the is ! land fear a serious shortage of food. With prices rising steadily, business leaders foresaw a crisis in a week, when warehouse supplies of eggs, fresh vegetables and po tatoes will be nearly exhausted. Wholesalers are sold, out of rice, | the major item in the diet of Ha waii’s Oriental population, and re tailers have little. Housewives are becoming alarm ed as food prices rise and it be comes increasingly difficult to ob tain fruits and vegetables. Smaller stores have raised the prices of eggs, milk and butter approxima tely 8 per cent and the cost of imported vegetables has been doubled in some cases. Importers agreed that continuation of the tie up would skyrocket prices in a few weeks. Isolated from the United States mainland except for a few foreign ships that bring only small car goes, the territory is looking to Washington for relief. Governor Joseph B. Poindextgr is considering an appeal to the Navy Department to let navy transports bring supplies. The Gov ernor has appealed to President Roosevelt to act in relieving the situation in the islands. He point ed to the additional demand on food supplies 'made by more than 700 travelers and 000 striking sea man stranded here. Honolulu consumes 83,000,000 pounds of rice annually. Fifty per cent of the monthly consumption of 120,000 dozen eggs is importe' The present supply is sufficient for ten more days. The daily produ tion of milk, 42,000 quarts in nor mal times, has declined 10 per ce as the result of lack of feed for ca tie. City officials said they migh' have to ration milk. Each month Hawaiians eat 4 000,000 pounds of fresh f'ld canne vegetables, of which 50 per ce is imported. Most of the home grown crop was lo3t in heavy October storms. Merchants aa that flour on hand would last thre" I weeks, or possibly less because o.f increasing bread consumption as the supply of rice declines. Army stores, with plentiful su> j plies, are limiting purchases to pre vent hoarding. On islands other than Oahu, on i which Honolulu is situated, the sit j uation is somewhat better. Rotary Members Speak Friday On Their Vocations Henry Simmons, song leader of I the New York Rotary club led tTife : singing at the meeting of the j Asheboro Rotarians Friday. Mr. j Simmons also sang a solo. | Elwood Riehm was in charge of j the program, prepared by the vo | rational service committee, of ! which Ferree Ross is chairman. | Several members gave short five j minute talks in which they dis i cussed their businesses. The speak j ers and their topics were: H. i?. ! Corwith, real estate; W. H. Grimes, j jewelry; Reid Hannah, cafes; ; Corbitt Scott, printing; and Frank i Redding, Jr., flour manufacture. The Rotary club will observe Ladies Night Friday, November I 27. Members and their guests will j assemble at 7:30 that evening at the Methodist Protestant church. Boost In Wages At Central Falls Mill Nov. 30th I Edward W. Smith, superin tendent of the Central Falls Mills in Central Falls, has post ed a notice that there will be an increase from five to ten per cent in wages, effective Novem ber 30. The adjustments will be such as to keep employes earn ing fully in line with the best in the rayon weaving industry. The Burlington Mills officials are studying the situation care fully and will give out on or about December the first de finite schedules of wages. The Burlington organization has always kept up with other industries as to the wage schedules. ‘ "