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OLUME LX
Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
ASHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, JAN. 26,1937.
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY
NUMBER 110
■Roosevelt Birthday Ball
Ils Increasingly Popular
|As Date Draws Nearer
Sale Of Tickets j
Began On Monday
Early Response To Ticket
Sales Is Very Favorable
Here And Nationally
Good Orchestra
Ridding For First Ticket j
Closes Wednesday Noon;
W. J. Armfield, III, High
Ticket sales for Asheboro’s
Roosevelt Birthday Ball, which
commenced Monday, are meeting
with a very gratifying response
and early signs indicate a large at
tendance at the dance Saturday
evening. Volunteers from the
Sorosis and Woman’s Club are
making a canvass of business firms,
mills, and professional men, and
tickets may also be obtained from
Cleveland Thayer, chairman of the
ticket sales committee, at the
Carolina Bower & Light company.
William J. Armfield, III, remains
the high bidder for the first ticket.
Competition for this honor will
cease at noon Wednesday, so any
one else interested should enter his
bid with Cleveland Thayer im
mediately.
The ball has already achieved
great popularity both with those
who are interested in dancing to
the music of Lew Gogerty and with
others who view as its outstand
ing merit the fact that 70 per cent
of the proceeds will remain in
Randolph county for crippled chil
dren’s work. ,
Similar preparations are going
forward in more than five thousand
cities in the United States. Leaders
in every field of national activity
have rallied to the national com
mittee in its efforts to make the
all-American birthday party a suc
cess. Science, art, labor, politics
and society are all prepared to lend
their support.
The national committee esti
mates that more than a million
dollars will be raised, all of which
will be used for crippled children,
70 per cent locally and 30 per cent
through the Warm Springs
Foundation in Georgia.
SUMMER WEATHER
HURTS FISHERMEN
Beaufort. —• Summer weather,
rough seas off shore, and .frequent
fogs have seriously handicapped
North Carolina fishers in recent
weeks.
Benefit Auction
For Flood Work
A benefit auction sale under
the sponsorship of the Red Cross
will be held on the stage of the
Carolina Theatre at 8:30 Wed
nesday night. Proceeds of the
sale will go to the steadily
mounting Randolph County
Flood Relief Fund. B. F. Brittain
will be the auctioneer.
Articles which the people of
Asheboro and the county wish to
donate to the sale may be left at
the Hedrick Motor company, in
the theatre building, or will be
called for if the donor will phone
220. Wearing apparel, food or
anything suitable for the sale
will be welcomed. Those contri
buting items for the sale are re
quested to place their names on
the articles as the auctioneer
will credit each at the time of
the sale.
The Carolina Theatre will also
augment the amount derived
from the sale by adding a per
centage of the day’s admission
receipts.
News Flashes
-from
j Everywhere
BLAST IN CHILEAN
MINE KILLS 100
Antofagasta, Chile.—An Ameri
can engineer was among an esti
mated 100 killed in a terrific ex
plosion of two carloads of blasting
powder which seriously damaged
the Chuquicamata copper mines,
the largest in South America, Mon
day. The blast was so great that
it was believed to be an earth
quake by many who felt the effects
without hearing it.
GENERAL MOTORS
PLANTS TO OPEN
New York. — General Motors
corporation prepared today to re
open several plants to provide
work for some 95,000 of its em
ployees out of work because of
strikes. Alfred I*. Sloan, Jr., presi
dent of General Motors, refused
Monday to consider bargaining
with the United Automobile Work
ers until all plants were evacuated
by sit-down strikers.
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Miss Cora Edwards, Sophia .
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Miss May Caudle, Randleman
Harmon Hastings, Asheboro
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| HUNGER AND DISEASE FOLLOW DEVASTATING FLOODS
Swollen rivers surging across the
states shown in the above map
threatened one of the worst flood
disasters in years, with damage
reaching into the millions and more
than 400,000 people abandoning
their homes. Shaded sections of
rivers show where the menace was
greatest. Especially serious was
the situation along the 100 miles
of the Ohio river, from Pittsburgh
to the Mississippi river. Loss of
life was held to a minimum as
cities and relief agencies exerted
every effort to evacuate lowlands
residents and safeguard health of
the thousands crowded into relief
stations.
Greatest Flood In History Rages
Down Valley Of The Mississippi
Randolph County
Responds To Call
Asheboro And Randolph
Citizens Eager To Aid
Flood Sufferers
Miss Ross, Leader
Cranford Industries Largest I
Contributors; Colored Peo
ple Also Helping
A total of $1510.87 had been
raised in Randolph county by 11
o’clock this morning by the Red
Cross for the relief of the flood
sufferers, as churches, mills, stores,
and individuals joined in contribut
ing to help the homeless in this
crisis.
Miss Esther Ross, who is direct
ing the campaign for funds, said
this morning that the response has
been most eager. Asheboro’s first
quota was $160, but Monday morn
ing Miss Ross sent to national
headquarters in Washington a
check for $257.37. The original
quota was then doubled, making
$320; then as it appeared that the
disaster was worse than anyone
had expected headquarters wired
to “go as far beyond your doubled
quota as possible,” leaving it to the
county to fix its own limit.
Now, with nearly ten times the
original quota raised, the people in
Asheboro and in every community
in the county are continuing their
support of the Red Cross drive.
There is no way of knowing just
how much will be required before
the floods subside, and even then
the cost of supporting half a mil
lion people until their homes can
be repaired or rebuilt and their
businesses reestablished will be
enormous.
The largest contribution was
made by the Cranford Industries,
which has given $1000 in chairs,
beds, tables, and hosiery. Two
firms whose employes have contri
buted 100 percent are Standard
Tytape and Prevost Stores. The
colored citizens, too, are aiding in
the drive, J. G. Luther being the
first colored man to contribute.
The greater part of the sum col
lected has been raised in Asheboro,
but there has been a good response
in other parts of the county. It is
expected that donations in the
county will rise as more time is
given for their contributions to be
received. An appeal broadcast from
WBIG in Greensboro has been in
valuable in arousing people’s in
Many who intend to contribute
have not yet had the oportunity.
Those who wish to hplp the Red
Cross care for the flood-stricken
may leave money with Miss Esther
Ross, Miss Kate Hammer, Mrs.
Robert Wood, The Randolph Tri
bune, or The Courier.
Following is the list of contri
butors to the Red Cross Relief
Fund:
First M. E. Church, South (of
fering), $71.45; M. P. Church (of
ering), $31.16; Presbyterian
church (offering), $18.00; Good
Shepherd Church (offering),
$11.15; Balfour Baptist Church
(offering), $14.06; Tiedright Tie
Company (employees), $8.16; Man
ley Vestal, $1.00; Earl Cox, $1.00;
Jess Pugh. $1.00; W. H. Moring,
$5.00; N. M. Cranford, $5.00; Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Presnell, $1.00; Mrs.
E. L. Ray. $1.00; J. R. Hill, $6.00;
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Parks, $3.00;
Mrs. W. S. Crowson, $2.00; Mr. and
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Courier Handles
Flood Donations
Anyone wishing to contribute
to the funds being raised by the
Randolph County Red Cross for
the relief of the flood sufferers
may leave donations at The
Courier office and they will be
promptly turned over to the Red
Cross. Contributions may also
he sent directly to Miss Esther
Ross.
Red Cross units in all parts
of the country are coming to the
aid of those communities which
are inundated by the still rising
floods. The number of homeless
is steadily rising, and flood and
clothing must be furnished to
upwards of 400,000, and the
need for funds is vital and ur
gent. _
County Schools
Close For Week
Superintendent Bulla Orders
All Schools Closed This
Morning; Roads Bad
T. Fletcher Bulla, county super
intendent of schools, has closed all
county schools, the order being ef
fective this morning. Mr. Bulla
telephoned all principals Monday
noon to close for the balance of the
week.
The superintendent stated that
in most cases the busses were still
able to maintain their schedules
100 per cent, but that the effort
was bad on the trucks and was
tearing up the roads so that it was
thought best to close to allow the
roads to be put in better shape. It
is believed that by the first of next
week classes may be resumed.
All the busses of the Asheboro
city system are still able to make
their trips, City Superintendent
Reginald Turner states, though for
many it is a hard pull. Some are
having difficulty and are late in
getting in, but there seems to be
no prospect of their stopping their
trips.
While there was some regret ex
pressed that the county schools
had to close, most people were in
clined to think that this was a mild
hardship compared to those endur
ed by the residents in the flooded
areas in the Middle West. In clos
ing her schools Randolph county is
in good company, as about twenty
counties have closed all their rural
schools, and in many other counties
scattered schools have veased to
hold classes.
Red Cross Helped
By M. P. Church
The congregations at the Ashe
boro Methodist Protestant church
Sunday were well up toward nor
mal, despite the unusually rainy
weather. The Sunday school also
showed a noticeable increase in at
tendance, 252 being present.
The superintendent, L. F. Ross,
remarked that the people seem to
be getting adjusted to the lone:
spell of wet weather and are not
letting it keep them from church.
The Sunday school offering was
$45, and a free-will offering of a
little more than $30 was given by
the church in response to the em
ergency flood call of the Red Cross.
This church will cooperate with
the other churches of the city in
the union service next Sunday, and
for that reason no night service
will be held. All other services will
be regular.
Southern Section
Being Threatened
More Than 100 Known Dead,
Half A Million Homeless,
Disease Is Feared
Troops On Guard
Louisville, Cincinnati, Other
Large Cities Hard Hit;
Fire Adds To Peril
• ‘•With the known-dead more than
100 and thousands of others in
danger, the flood in the Mississippi
and Ohio valleys continues to grow
worse. As radio messages indicate
a steadily growing peril every few
minutes, it is difficult to describe
a situation which is so shifting.
The waters are now menacing
the lower Mississippi section and
jfrmy engineers predict a record
flood. Memphis has been warned
that it will have 55 feet of water
before the rivers subside, and
Louisville, Cincinnati, Evansville,
and other cities in the upper sec
tion continue to feel the ravages ofj
this disaster.
Five federal agencies and the
Red Cross are working desperately
to relieve the suffering of a con
stantly growing number of persons
in the valleys of the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers. Despite their ef
forts human misery and property
damage continue to rise, with fire
breaking out in several cities, cold
approaching the freezing point,
hunger begipning to pinch many,
and disease threatening to spread
among the half million homeless
now crowded together in unsani
tary environments.
The army, navy, coast guard,
WPA, CCC, and Red Cross are the
organizations set in motion to help
the homeless. While the scene of
devastation covers hundreds of
miles, two large cities, Louisville
and Cincinnati are among the
] hardest hit. In Cincinnati 32 build
ings were ruined, 18 firemen hurt,
and $1,500,000 property damage
caused by a fire in the industrial
section. Louisville is in darkness
with power gone and water raging
through many streets, and citizens
have been urged to leave.
Red Cross headquarters said the
threat to health conditions in the
flood area was the worst of any
disaster in its history.
Typhoid and pneumonia consti
tuted the greatest menace, it was
said. The United States health ser
vice has been organized to cover
every state in the affected area in
a prevention campaign. The Red
Cross is co-operating in furnishing
the health service with nurses, im
munization materials, hospitaliza
tion, food and clothing.
More than 200 Red Cross nurses
were already in the field and the
number was increasing hourly
headquarters reported. In addition,
there were 300 workers already in
the field in 10 state, the greater
part of them concentrated in In
diana, Ohio, and Kentucky.
Red Cross headquarters here
sent out instructions to 80 local
chapters in Kentucky to meet all
emergency needs. Warehouses and
purchasing departments have been
established for the emergency at
Indianapolis, St. Louis and Evans
ville.
A few Edgecombe county 4-H
club members are planning to se
cure brood mares and raise mule
colts at home as a new venture for
young farmers of the county.
Social Security !
Bill Considered
By Legislature
Week’s Work Opens With
This Bill Introduced In
Both Houses Of Assembly
Scale Suggested
Pay Compiled From National
Average From States Al
ready Using The Plan
Beginning the fourth week of
the state’s general assembly, the
senate opened the week’s work
with consideration of the bill pro
viding for old age pensions and aid 1
for needy children. The bill was I
introduced in the senate by Sen
ators Gravely, McKee and Gregory
as it was simultaneously introduced
in the house.
The bill creates within the state
board of charities and public wel
fare a division of public assistance
to aged persons and aid for depen
dent children.
Under the measure, prepared by
Attorney General A. A. F. Sea- i
well at the request of Governor j
Hoey, indigent persons 65 years of j
age or over would receive not more |
than $30 a month and needy guard
ians of dependent children under
16 years of age would receive not
more than $18 a month for one
child and not more than $12 a
month for any additional children
in their care.
The cost of old age assistance,
estimated at $4,746,060 a year,
would be borne half by the federal
government, one-fourth by the
state and one-fourth by the coun
ties. Aid to dependent children ap
propriations, estimated at $2,574,
432 a year, would be divided equal
ly among the federal government,
the state and counties. Mrs. W. T.
Bost, commissioner of public wel
fare, said there were approximate
ly 21,150 needy aged persons and
20,432 children who would qualify
for benefits under the bill.
On a basis of the national aver
age (compiled from states already
participating in the social security)
of $18.71 a month each for the aged
and $10.52 each for dependent chil
dren, legislative leaders said the
annual cost of the proposal would
be divided as follows: Federal gov
ernment, $3,231,174; state, $2,044,
| 659; counties, $2,044,659.
Existing state and county agen
cies would be utilized in adminis
tering the measure. Direct super
vision of benefits would be by the
state board of charities and public
welfare, under which a division of
public assistance would be created.
A director of public assistance
would be named by the commis
sioner of welfare, with the advice
and approval of the governor.
Col. Don E. Scott
Now Brig. General
Colonel Don E. Scott of the
120th Infantry, North Carolina
National Guard, has received a
promotion to the rank of Brigadier
General. He will assume command
of the 60th brigade, succeeding
Brigadier General J. Van B. Metts
of Raleigh who resigned last
month.
General Scott is the third com
manding officer the 60th brigade
has known. General S. L. Faison
served as commander during the
World War, retiring December,
1922, and was succeeded by General
Metts. Lieut Colonel John Hall
Manning of Raleigh, will probably
succeed the new General Scott.
Lieut. Colonel Hall is expected to
receive his commission as full
Colonel shortly.
FIRST WELL BABY
CLINIC WED. AFTERNOON
The first well baby clinic will be
held in the Randolph county health
office at 1:30 Wednesday afternoon,
January 27. Dr. George H. Sumner
has urged that all mothers take
advantage of this opportunity to
have their babies expertly examin
ed and to receive advice on the
proper care of the infants. Dr. J.
H. Soady will conduct the clinic,
which is the first of a series to be
held monthly.
ANNUAL SOCIAL
SERVICE MEETING
Raleigh.—The 25th annual meet
ing of the North Carolina Confer
ence for Social Service began in
Raleigh Tuesday morning. Dr.
Howard W. Odum of the University
of North Carolina is the presiding
officer, and featured speakers are
Governor Hoey and Frank Bane,
executive director of the Social
Security Board in Washington.
Colored Citizen Aids Fund
The first colored citizen of Ashe
boro to respond to the call for
donations to the Red Cross Relief
Fund was J. Garfield Luther. Luth
er, one of the town’s most re
spected colored men, is employed
by the town and also preaches. He
contributed $1.00 to the fund to
relieve the suffering in the flood
regions.
Almost $100
For Energeti
In Courier
r Week
orkers
Bad Break For 18
Hurt In Wreck
A broken rail was blamed for the
derailment of two day coaches and
three Pullmans of the Florida
tourist train at Odessa, Fla., re
sulting in the injury of 18 persons.
Motorists from the nearby high
way examine the wreckage above.
Urges 12 Months’
Pay For Teachers
Senator Henry Ingram In
troduces Bill Calling For
Change In System
Teachers Approve
Present 8 Months’ Salary
Schedule Leaves Big Gap
In Summer Months
Senator Henry Ingram lias in
troduced in the state senate a bili
to pay North Carolina teachers
twelve months during the year in
stead of on the present eight
months basis. This would not mean
an increase in the total amount of
the salaries, but would spread the
existing sum over twelve payments
rather than eight.
Senator Ingram will discuss his
bill in a radio address broadcast
from Station WPTF in Raleigh at
7:30 tonight. Citizens of Ashe
boro and the county are urged to
listen to Mr. Ingram so that they
may obtain a clear picture of the
point at issue.
This question has not been dis
cussed generally to any extent so
that it is not known how the leg
islators regard it, but the majority
of teachers seem to favor it. City
Superintendent Reginald Turner
declared that practically all local
teachers approve it, and it is und
erstood that most of the teachers
in the Randolph county system
think well of it.
Advocates of the measure urge
two principal advantages in sup
port of it. As far as the teachers
are concerned it w’ill keep them
from living beyond their incomes.
As it is, since salaries are modest
at best, most teachers spend their
money as they get it, and are fac
ed with a four month period during
which there is nothing coming in.
Even those who plan most carefully
find it difficult to arrange their in
comes to cover this vacation
period.
The other advantage affects pri
marily the public, but by influenc
ing public opinion will react in
favor of the teachers. If salaries
are paid on a twelve months basis,
a true comparison between teach
ers’ salaries and the pay in other
professions will be established, and
the argument of many shallow ob
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Attends Dealers’ Meeting
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Power & Light company, will atr
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