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February 2, 1876
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ASHEBOROTn. C., TUESDAY, JAN. 12,1937.
Changed To The Courier
September 13, 1879
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NUMBER 104
Opportunity Now Open
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Winner for Few Weeks Work. $400.00 in
Cash for Second Award Winner, Three
Other Valuable Awards for Live Wire
Workers- YOU CAN WIN
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Think Just What You Could Do With $600.00
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The Courier makes formal an
nouncement today of a gigantic
“cash offer” campaign in which
hundreds of dollars worth of cash
awards and cash commissions will
be distributed. A two-page adver
tisement in this issue gives the de
tails of the enterprise. The list
consist of some of the most attrac
tive and costly awards one could
imagine. They will be given to the
energetic ones who take part with
out a penny’s cost.
The object of the campaign is to
increase the already creditable
circulation of this newspaper to
even greater proportion, and The
Courier is going to pay its friends
handsomely for introducing it in
turn to their friends and neighbors.
The list of awards offered is one
of the largest and most valuable
ever given by any newspaper in
this vicinity in a similar under
taking.
The fact that the campaign is of
such short duration makes the pro
position appeal to people who' Iflw
action, and the race will be snappy
and interesting from start to
finish: AH that’ Ife reoairOa in o*fe
to wia une-of ChfeaeVEBJIflSmn
wards is to have your friends sub
scribe to The Courier for a period
of 6 to 120 mbnths. Votes or cre
dits, according to the announced
scale, will be given upon each sub
scription and at the end of the
campaign those who have the most
votes according to the announced
plan will be awarded the prizes, ft
does not cost a0 penny to compete
and there are no handicaps—it is
a free-for-all, and the more the
merrier.
The plan adopted by The Courier
S is a novel one. It could reach thous
and of new readers by employing
scores of solicitors to cover this
section but it would take a long
time to do the work thoroughly. Tn
inaugurating the cash offer cam
; paign The Courier has adopted a
better and quicker method. The
plan also gives its friends and
readers an opportunity to earn big
awards during spare time. The
campaign will marie a lot more
noise* and create interest and fun.
There is nothing like having fun
along with business.
An especially attractive feature
of the campaign is that all will be
paid handsomely for the results
they secure. A cash commission of
20 per cent will be paid to all who
do not win one of the regular
awards. Thus the “cash offer’’ cam -
paign is a sure thing from the be
ginning. The reward depends en
tirely on the effort put forth and
the results obtained.
In offering such valuable awards
to those who take an active inter
est, The Courier is not playing a
part of the philanthropist; neither
is it a something for nothing
scheme. It is a business proposition
pure and simple. The awards will
be given in exchange for a well
directed effort on the part of con
testants, and their value assures
everyone that his or her efforts
will bear fruit to the fullest extent.
In every man’s life there is one
big moment when he makes the
decision that robs him of success
or leads him to fortune. The world
is full of those who yearn for bet
ter things that never seem to come.
The action is missing, but let him
see and grasp the opportunity and
there will be a namazing transfor
mation in his fortune. The mo
ment he decides for or against that
opportunity—whether he will seize
it or let it pass—he decides the
■ whole future course of his life.
I The main thing is an early start
Bin the race. It means everything to
■ those who have ambition and a de
I sire to succeed, so the first and best
■ thing to do is to enroll your name
■ at once and then get out among
■your friends and acquaintances and
■ tell them you want their subscrip
■tion to The Courier. Campaign
■headquarters are located in this
■office. Call around and meet the
■managers of this busy organiza
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Courier Contest
Worker’s Guide
Effective with the announce
ment of The Courier’s Cash
Offer Campaign in this issue, all
regular Courier circulation
solicitors must withdraw from
the field. This order, of course,
remain in effect until the end
of the campaign.
The Courier’s news corres
pondents, in various sections of
the county and surrounding
areas, are eligible to enter the
campaign, as candidates.
Some Illness Now
Considerable Visiting In And
Around Ramseur During
The Recent Week
Ramseur, Jan. 11.—Rev. W. R.
Phillips, pastor of the Pilgrim
Holiness church of Ramseur is a
traveler as well as a splendid
pastor and good preacher. He has
traversed the continent six times
and has done mission work in a
number of fields, as well as hold
ing pastorates at home.
The past summer he and his
family made an auto trip to Cali
fornia and other western states
and it was of this trip that he
talked to the School on Friday. A
number of souvenirs were pre
served, such as jack rabbit ears
and the like, which made the lec
ture all the more interesting.
Any group would enjoy hearing
this close observer relate some of
the things he has “heard and
seen.” j
The very rainy season has pro
duced some sickness, especially j
among the children. We are hoping
for brighter days now.
J. Clyde Luther and family of
Liberty were visitors here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Phillips and
Mrs. E. C. Watkins spent Sunday
afternoon at Greensboro.
Mrs. Jack Riehm, after spending
about three weeks with her mother
at Philadelphia, returned Satur
day.
Dr. N. F. Marsh of Liberty was ]
a visitor here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brown and
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Webster spent
Saturday in Greensboro shopping.
Mrs. McMullin of New York
visited her niece, Mrs. E. A. Riehm,
last week.
H. M. Lilly, who has been sta
tioned here for several months as
engineer on the waterworks pro
ject has completed his work and
is taking up another project at
Yanceyville.
Jas. Cagle, formerly of Greens
boro, who has been in Eastern
Carolina sometime, spent Thursday
night with his sister, Mrs. Ed
Webster. Mr. Cagle is leaving for
Arizona to live, and stopped over
night before leaving for the east.
CAROLINA EDITORS TO
MEET IN INSTITUTE
The North Carolina Newspaper
Institute will be held the last three
days of this week at Chapel Hill
and Durham. Beginning Thursday
evening, Governor Hoey will speak.
Friday will feature two business
sessions, a luncheon at Chapel Hill
and a dinner at Duke in the even
ing. The Saturday morning session
will be composed of a lecture on
social security as it affects news
papers and two other speakers.
$790,000,000 In
Relief Funds For
Next Five Months
Roosevelt Asked This Sum
From Congress For Nedy
Population On Monday
More Private Jobs
President Refuses Plea Of
Western Congressmen To
Increase Relief Estimate
President Roosevelt held to his
original estimate of $790,000,000 to
provide relief for the next five'
months despite considerable pres
sure to increase this figure as he
made his request to congress Mon
day for relief funds. Senators and
representatives from western
states hardest hit by last summer’s
drought urged him to raise the
amount by at least $200,000,009.
He called anew upon private in
dustry to take all possible workers
from relief rolls and said that some
employers, by increasing the work
week, were hindering the return of
unemployed to private jobs.
“Every action of a employer along
these lines obviously tends toward
the stepping up of production
without an equivalent stepping up
of employment,” he said in a letter
transmitting his appropriation re
quest to Speaker Bankhead of the
House.
On the other hand, he gave “co
operating” private employers cred
it for helping bring about a net re
duction of more tan 800,000 since
last March in the number of work
ers on federal relief. Hearings upon
the president’s request for funds
were planned immediately by the
House appropriations committee.
Mr. Roosevelt informed congress
that “an exhaustive-review,” had
/evealed it would bftnecessary for
the goverumeljt td jpr<t% ide employ
ment this wiiiter for m least 2,
**80,000 persons, This-did not in
clude the number to be employed
by the Civilian Conservation Corps,
which on December 12 had 383,000
men. The president later will re
quest about $100,000,000 for the
ccc.
Gas And Oil Tax
Bill Sets Record
The American Petroleum In
dustries committee have released
figures showing that the total pet
roleum tax bill in 1936 was $1,173,
413,000. Consumers of petroleum
products paid more than $900,000,
000 of this, most of them being
automobilists.
Taxes on motor fuels and lubri •
cants reached new highs, accord
ing to the report. State sales
taxes on gasoline are estimated at
$685,000,000, or approximately
$68,000,000 above 1935 collections.
The duplicating federal tax on
gasoline is estimated to have cost
consumers $190,000,000, or $18,
000,000 more than in 1935. The fed
eral tax on lubricating oil is esti
mated at $29,308,840, or slightly
less than $400,000 above the 1935
cost.
The preliminary estimates indi
cate that the petroleum industry
paid $135,000,000 in real and per
sonal property taxes, $70,000,000
in income taxes, and $16,000,000 in
oil severance taxes. The industry
joined with the motorists in paying
federal automotive taxes, total
costs exceeding $5,000,000.
Dr. G. H. Sumner Is
Again Health Head
Dr. George H. Sumner was re
elected to the post of Randolph
county health officer Monday at a
meeting of the county board of
health. Dr. Sumner will serve for
two more years under the terms of
this appointment.
After the presentation of his re
port on health work in the county
in 1936 and his goals for 1937 by
Dr. Sumner, the board passed two
ordinances. One Of these required
the certification of teachers against
tuberculosis. The second regulates
the building of hogpens so that
they will not be so close to resi
dences to cause a sanitary pro
blem.
Board members in attendance
were M. E. Johnson, T. Fletcher
Bulla, Walter A. Bunch, Dr. C. C.
Hubbard, and Dr. R. D. Patterson.
103 DISMISSED BY
REVENUE BUREAU
Washington.—103 employees of
the Internal Revenue Bureau were
dismissed in 1936,14 of them being
tried and 7 convicted on evidence
gathered in investigations by the
bureau’s intelligence division.
There were 200 prosecutions and 56
convictions resulting from 801 in
vestigations of alleged income tax
evasions.
Life Begins At 4
For Little Joan
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Denied sight, hearing, and speech
since birth, Joan Higgins, 4, still
may approach normal contact with
the world if efforts of Dr. Robert
Gault, Northwestern University
psychologist, are successful. Using
a device that translates words into
vibrations, one of Gault’s aides,
above, is teaching Joan to recog
nize and identify simple objects.
When her mother ^as unable to
support her, Joan w3teadopted by
an Evanston, 111., familjfci
Post Office Dept.
Operates At Loss
Postmaster General Farley
Reports 88 Million Dollar
Deficit For Year
Blames Congress
Farley Says Loss Was Caused
By Special Privileges Per
formed Without Pay
Although the revenue of the
United States Post Office Depart
ment increased $34,538,054.48 in
the fiscal year ending June 30,
1936, Postmaster General Farley
admitted last week that it had op
erated at a loss of $88,316,324.29,
some $22,000,000 more than the
previous year’s deficit.
Nevertheless, according to Mr.
Farley, the actual business of
carrying the mails was performed
more efficiently and economically
than ever before and the deficit re
flects no discredit on the depart
ment, but was the result of obliga
tions made mandatory upon it by
congress which are not properly
chargeable to the cost of operating
the post office.
He points to such items as the
free mailing privileges of congress,
free mail for the blind, less-than
cost mailing charges for news
■ papers and government subsidies to
j ocean and air lines in the form of
i large mail contracts as being the
1 reasons for the loss.
By eliminating these special
' charges, the department deficit is
, brought down to $16,000,000. And
even this can be explained away by
two items which turned a possible
profit into a loss. A new 40-hour
week law for postal employees plus
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Eleven Bills In 20 Minutes
| At Assembly’s Night Session
The General Assembly went to
I work Monday night and though
| meeting for only 20 minutes added
j 11 new bills to a rapidly growing
1 list up for action. Most important
were measures intended to:
Regulate and control the produc
tion and marketing of tobacco (the
State compact bill);
Provided for assistance to needy
aged persons (a model Federal bill
for old age pensions);
Ratify the child tabor amend
ment to the Federal* Constitution
(a proposal defeated at the 1935
session);
And require all school bus driv
ers to be 25 years of age or over
and to stand an examination and
be licensed.
Both houses passed a joint reso
lution inviting Paul V. McNutt, re
cently retiffed Governor of Indiana
and former National Commander
Exposition For
North Carolina
Now Considered
Governor Hoey Confers With
Officials From Conserva
tion Department
To Study Matter
N. C. Governor Is First Of
ficial Invited To New York
Exposition
The possibility of a national ex
position in North Carolina next
year was the topic for a lengthy
conference Monday between Gov
ernor Hoey and officials of the
department of conservation and
1 development.
Commissioner Scott advocated
the establishment of a, division in
the Department of Agriculture to
have supervision of the fair, and
Governor Hoey urged the Board of
Conservation and Development to
“give thorough study” to his pro
posal of the exposition.
Still another development on the
exposition and fair front came
when G. J. Byrnes, commissioner,
and C. C. Green, secretary of New
York’s World’s Fair of 1939, called
on Governor Hoey and the Conser
vation board to present the invita
tion extended by Governor Lehman
of New York to North Carolina for
the State to participate in the New
York Exposition.
Byrnes said their visit to North
Carolina was “the first official mis
sion we have made in the interest
of the World’s Fair. We came
directly here from New York to
discuss the matter,” he added.
Which shows, Governor Hoey
commented, where North Carolina
stands—“at the head of the list.”
Wallace Oatlines
10 Point Program
Says Farmers Are Now On
Equal Footing With City
Business And Industry
To Keep Equality
10 Points For Helping Farm
ers Include Free Oppor
tunity To Organize
The farmer’s income is now on
a parity with city incomes, Secre
tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal
lace declares. In seeking to keep
American’s 30,000,000 farmers on
this same equal footing with busi
ness and industry he has outlined
the following ten point program:
1. Free opportunity for farmers
to organize.
2. Fair and stable income for the
farmer, on an equal with city in
comes.
3. Supplies of farm goods ad
justed to adequate home needs and
foreign demand.
4. Foreign policies to encourage
peace with other countries and an
expanding market abroad for Am
erican farm products.
5. Conservation of the soil and
other natural resources.
C. Turning below-standard land
to non-farm uses.
! 7. Crop insurance, to cushion the
shock of drought, flood, frost and
plague, combined with the ever
normal granary.
8. Better opportunities for the
man with the hoe to own his land,
and increased security for tenants
and owner-operators.
9. A higher standard of living for
the poorer farmers.
10. Industrial policies to insure
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of the American Legion, to address
a joint session Thursday or Friday.
Today, the Assembly is scheduled
to receive the biggest bills of all,
the budget revenue and appropria
tions bills, attached to the budget
message of Governor Hoey.
Fully organized and pledged to
work six days a week, the Assemb
ly now has received measures re
lating to four points in the Gover
nor’s program of 16 major pro
posals—enlargement of the Su
preme Court, reapportionment of
the House membership, tobacco
crop control and old age assistance.
“If they get down to work,” the
legislators can go home within 75
or 80 days, Speaker R. Gregg
Cherry forecast yesterday. Com
mittee sessions, where half the
Legislature’s work is done, will
commence this morning. Bills al
ready are piling up in committee
boxes.
City Planning For Next
Six Years Is Proposed In
Ten Recommendations
Yow, Treasurer
Presents Plans
City Hall Arod Municipal
Building Is First On The
Proposed List
Waterworks Plans
Are Also Included
Reconditioning' Of Streets,
Municipal Swimming Pool
And Other Things
The list of projects for city im
provements planned in the coming
six years, requested by the federal
government, has been completed in
so far as is possible, at the present
time and will be sent to the director
of the state planning board Wed
nesday by Walter E. Yow, city
treasurer.
Heading the list is the combined
city hall and community, which
has often been referred to. Anoth
er important project is a topo
graphic survey of Asheboro and
its environs. Plans for a city
swimming pool and park and play
ground construction are also in
cluded.
After being filed with the state
planning board, this list of pro
jects will be sent on for filing with
federal authorities, who must begin
to arrange now for funds to assist
such work in all cities in the coun
try. All these improvements are to
be made on the basis of a free
grant of 45 per cent of the cost
from the government, while the
city raises 55 per cent,
i The complete list of improve
| ments being sent in by Mr. Yow
includes:
1. A comninea city hall and com
munity building, containing a
public library, city offices, muni
cipal court room, fire station, and
police quarters.
2. The addition of a 500,000 gal
lon filter unit to the filter plant.
3. Addition of 18,000 feet of
eight and ten inch sewer pipe in
| various sections of the town with
out modern sanitation. !
4. Addition of 9,000 feet of six
inch cast iron water pipe in sec
tions now lacking adequate fire
protection.
The above projects have been
fully planned and are now in the
process of being finally approved
by the government. Only preli
I minary plans have been made for I
| for the remaining projects, but the
first two are considered the most
important at present and the most
likely to be adopted soon.
5. A topographical survey of
Asheboro and the adjacent com
munity. This is an important step
to take so that city officials may
know the exact lay out of Asheboro
before going ahead with building
streets and sewers.
6. Repairs to the existing sewer
[ outfalls and the bringing together
of all sewage at one point for
treatment, also provision for the
necessary sewage treatment to re
move all pollution from streams.
I Sewage waste is now discharged
at four different outfalls.
7. Repairs to existing streets
and surfaces for new ones such as
may be required over a period of
years.
8. Reinforcement of the water
distribution system and additional
storage for raw water. This will
probably not be attempted before.
1940.
9. Park construction with suit
'able playground equipment to pro
vide a safe and adequate place for
children to play.
10. Municipal swiipming pool.
13 In Randolph
Enlisted In CCC
The enlistment of 13 young men
from Randolph county in the CCC
was announced Monday by Robert
Lloyd, county welfare officer.
Eleven of the new members are
white, two colored.
The successful white applicants
were John Kenneth Sharpe, Ulah;
Jack L. Brantley, Asheboro; Bel
ton J. Richardson, Asheboro;
Clarence Parsons, Randleman;
Reece C. Bums, Randleman route;
George P. Kye, Randleman; Dal
las Banks Hunt, Farmer; Seth C.
Spivey, Randleman route; James
L. Julian, Franklinville route; Hal
Alexander Hix, Randleman route;
and Reece Henderson Ingram,
Asheboro.
The two colored youths were
Ernest Siler, Asheboro, and Hard
en E. Parks, Farmer.
Found Dead 11th j
CHARLES MATTSON
Two Great Needs |
Seen By Citizens
——
Demand Heard For City Plan- j
ning Commission, Secur
ing Of Inspector
Greater Safety
Planning Board Would Ar
range For Better System
Of Streets Create Zones
With Asheboro continuing to
grow at a fast rate there are two
greatly needed improvements
which, it is reliably understood,
will be presented for consideratioh
to the city commissioners soon. One
of these is a city planning com
mission, the other a combination
building-plumbing - electrical in
spector.
The planning commission is
needed to supervise the growth of
Asheboro. It would be even more
than a zoning board, though it
would include the work of zoning.
It would be composed of public-1
spirited and influential citizens
who were in touch with the trend
of business and population.
At present there is no assurance
for a resident who wishes to erect
a fine home that his neighbor will
not put up a filling station next
door. Several of Asheboro’s civic
leaders assert that this is one rea
son for the fact that not enough
homes are being built to house our
growing population.
Even more vital is the service a
planning commission would afford
in supervising the laying out of
streets in property under develop
ment. Anyone can see by looking
at a map of Asheboro and noting
the many one and two-block
streets that this situation must be
remedied if the city is to grow
without a great waste of property.
At present there is only one com
plete through street east and
west, Salisbury street, and only
one north and south, Fayetteville
street.
To remedy this situation there
should be a board with enough
vision and enough time to study
the indications so that the proper
streets could be extended and the
creation of so many short ones be
abolished. In this connection it has
been proposed that the city limits
be extended, especially to the west,
as Asheboro is growing very fast
in that direction.
Those who urge the need for an
inspector say that he would im
prove safety conditions, especially
with respect to fire hazards. It is
evident that the citizen who has a
new house built should have some
assurance that it will not collapse
on him, but many do not realize
that proper testing of electrical
and plumbing fixtures is just as
essential to safety and health, and
that an experienced man is requir
ed to do this checking.
RANDLEMAN MASONS TO
HEAR GRAND MASTER
J. Giles Hudson, of Salisbury,
grand master of the Grand Lodge
of the Masons of North Carolina,
will address Randleman Lodge 209
at the Masonic hall in Randleman
Wednesday night. All Masons are
urged to attend this meeting and
hear the grand master. Refresh
ments will be served.
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Charles Mattson
Found Lying Dead
At Everett, Wash.
Body Bruised From 111 Treat
ment When Discovered By
Young Hunter Monday
G-Men Start Hunt
Strange Deposit Of Silt Over
Hands And Face As If Body
Had Been In Water
The bruised body of Charles
Mattson, nude and frozen stiff, was
found Monday in the snow-crusted
brushlands near Everett., Washing
ton, fifty miles from the child’s
Tacoma home. After a two-weeks
search had proved futile after the
kidnaping of the child on the even
ing of December 27th. The body
was found by a hunter who im
mediately notified police, which
turned loose 40 G-Men who have
been holding off activities while the
father. Dr. W. W. Mattson at
tempted to get in touch with the
abductors through newspaper advs.
and other channels to pay the de
manded $28,000 ransom.
The body lay a half mile west of
the Pacific highway and bore mute
testimony of the brutal beating
the child had received. Several
teeth were out and a deep hole in
the head.
Officers were puzzled by the pre
sence of a fine silt on the boy’s
hands and face.
Footprints of one person led
from the roadway to the spot
where body lay in the snow. The
area is heavily covered with brush
and populated mostly by chicken
ranchers.
Charles Morrow, whose son made
the discovery, said he believed the
body was brought there about 9
o’clock last night. Dogs of several
residents nearby started barking
then, he said. His own bulldog
fought to be let out.- -
Tracks indicated aa automobile
brought the body to about 160 feet
from where the child was found.
The body was found shortly be
fore noon, frozen to the snow
Hands and face were covered with
what appeared to be river silt, al
though the body had first been
placed in water along the edge of a
stream or mudflat.
C. J. Connelley, second in com
mand of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation agents here, arrived
at Everett less than an hour after
the first report. With seven agents,
he closed the area around the spot
where the boy was found, allow
ing no one to approach. Later the
body was placed in an ambulance
for Tacoma.
Dr. Mattson received reports of
the find in his office a few min
utes after arriving there on hjf*
regular morning visit.
His son William accompanied the
doctor and was there when report
ers arrived. A few minutes later,
however, he was sent home alone
in the family coupe.
Coroner Stowell Challacombe of
Everett announced he was unable
to tell immediately how long the
boy had been dead, due to the
condition of the body, frozen in
near zero temperature*.
Medical Society
In Regular Meet
The Randolph County Medical
Society met Monday afternoon at
the Randolph hospital with a
large attendance. Dr. C. C. Hub
bard of Farmer, the new president,
was in charge of the session.
Dr. B. B. Dalton of Liberty read
a paper on “The Anatomical
Spine,” after which there was a
general discussion of the impend
ing federal legislation with regard
to socialized medicine. This body,
in common with medical men all
over the country, are opposed to
such legislation.
After refreshments the society
adjourned to meet February 8.
This will be a dinner meeting at
the hospital.
Officer Norris
Sells Auto Tags
Because of the closing of the
Carolina Motor Club’s headquart
ers for selling 1937 license plates,
Highway Patrolman H. V. Norris
has taken over this duty as an ac
commodation to the people of this
neighborhood. Those who are still
desirous of purchasing plates
should see Norris at his
in the city hall.
Norris reports that he has 1
swamped with customers
though nearly two weeks
passed since 1936 tags
lawed. He is issuing
are good until the
selves arrive from
office