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THE CHANGING TIME
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY
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Est. As The Regulator
February 2, 1876
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Changed To The Courier
September 13, 1879
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Randolph County
ASHEBORO, N. C., THURSDAY JAN. 28, 1937. PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY
wards Creating Unusual ln^
NUMBER
foLUME LX
.ouisville Bears
Brunt Of Nation’s
Mightiest Flood
'ales Of Suffering Continue
To IVfount In Kentucky
City, At Least 400 Dead
900,000 Homeless
)hio River Is Recedine But
People Are Faced With
' Disease, Lack Of Water
Tales of untold suffering and
orror come daily through the
ress of the country and hourly
ver the radio news flashes from
lie flood-stricken areas. Louisville,
rhere the flood has so far been the
rorst, reports more than 400
eaths, though none were caused by
rowning, the city coroner main
Etins.
Elsewhere, the Ohio was receding
r stationary at most points, leav
ig Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Ohio,
nd many lesser cities hopeful.
They faced, nevertheless, disease,
rater shortage and cold. Coast
uard officials reported influenza of
pidemic proportions at one point
-Paducah, Ky.
The homeless in 11 states were
lore than 900,000; property dam
ge, at a conservative guess, was
lore than $400,000,000.
)pera Star Stabs
Friend Fatally
Lawrence Tibbett, famed Metro
olitan Opera baritone and star in
everal moving pictures, is to be
uestioned by New York police in
le death of Joseph Sterzini, chorus
laster at the Metropolitan. Ster
ini died Tuesday only a few hours
fter he had received what was ap
irently just a slight cut on the
pid in rehearsing a battle scene
th Tibbett.
Tibbett is said to have urged
tat Sterzini have his hand dressed
; the time, but the latter refused,
ot wanting to delay the rehearsal,
ater he went to a hospital, where
octors said he was given a gener
1 anesthetic for a minor operation
> close the wound and left in good
tndition.
Officials are awaiting the return
f Tibbett from a tryout perfor
iance of the opera in Newark. The
pera, “Caponsacchi,” is to have its
merican premiere in English in
ebruary 2, with Tibbett scheduled
i sing the title role.
upt. Bulla Plans
Schools Open Mon.
Despite the renewed bad weath
' which has hit the county today,
>unty School Superintendent
etcher Bulla is still planning to
open the schools on Monday. E.
Russell and his road force drag
d the worst places in the roads
lesday and Wednesday so that
ey were in fairly good shape, but
e present rain and sleet is a set
ck. During the week the entire
et of busses is being given a
drough overhauling by the me
anics under C. S. McGill, and I
By promise to be in first class I
ndition by Monday.
ither Of Local
Woman Succumbs
telatives in Asheboro have been!
ified of the death early Thurs-1
' morning of David E. Fraser,
her of Mrs. Jack Cranford, at
home in Florence, South Caro
Mrs. Cranford, whose home is
Asheboro, has been studying at
ecretarial school in New York
i winter.
Ir. Fraser is also survived by a
, Robert Fraser of Florence,
i funeral will be conducted Fri
afternoon at the old family
ial ground near Pawley’s 1s
I, South Carolina,
everal Asheboro people plan to
ind the funeral.
r cial Court Term To Begin
Randolph Monday, Feb. 1
t two-week special term of Ran
ph county Superior Court will
Irene in. Asheboro on Monday
rung with Judge Felix Alley
%. This term was called for
►use the regular December
df court in Randolph was
»rily short. Illness of the re
judge assigned to the court
illness in the family of the
ly judge were contributing
for the shortening of the
at that time.
ill be recalled that three or
of court were held with
factory results tmd a
mber of caseB disposed of
I HOMELESS, GRIMY, FED ON DRY BRE AD, BUT FLOOD REFUGEES ARE SAFE |
Five grimy little "orphans of the storm” crowd up to a table in Lincoln ftcnool, Cincinnati, for the first food they have tasted in many
hours. Child-like bewilderment, and a frightened effort to understand what is happening is mirrored in the faces of these five little re
fugees from the flood fury of the Ohio river. Red Cross workers strove to assemble more and better food to supplement the slices of
bread and glasses of water that were alone available when this picture was made.
Tickets For Ball
Are SeUing Well
Cleveland Thayer, Chairman
Of General Committee For
Local Sales
Ladies Assisting
W. J. Armfield, 3rd Remains
High Bidder For First
Ticket Sold Here
Cleveland Thayer, chairman of
the ticket sales committee for the
Roosevelt Birthday Ball to be held
in the gymnasium Saturday even
ing, said this morning that the ball
is assured of being a decided fin
ancial success. Considerably more
than $200 has alreadjubeen turned
in, and the sales are still continu
ing to meet with an encouraging
response.
The sum mentioned does not in
clude any sales in the county out
side of Asheboro. These committees
will not report until the close of
the week, but the interest in sur
rounding communities indicates
that many county people will be
coming to Asheboro for the bail.
Those in charge of sales in the
county are: Ramseur, E. A. Riehm,
and A. W. Craven; Liberty, Miss
Frances Smith and Jimmy Martin;
and Randleman, Miss Martha
Lineberry. •
In Asheboro the sales are being
directed by Mrs. I. C. Moser, Mrs.
W. L. Lambert, and Miss Betsy
Armfield. They are systematically
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Associational
Group Meet Sun.
Franklinville, Jan. 27.—Repre
sentatives from Balfour, Deep
River, Randleman, Ramseur *md
Franklinville Baptist churches at
tended the associational Sunday
school meeting at Deep River
Baptist church, Sunday afternoon,
January 24. The chief feature of
the program was a talk “Making
the Best of the Opportunity to
study John’s Gospel” by Miss
Nettie Moon, teacher of the
Philathea class of Franklinville
Baptist church.
Brief reports were heard from
the associational officers and re
presentatives who attended the
state conference in Shelby last
week. Those attending the confer
ence from Asheboro were Mr. and
Mrs. R. S. Allred, G. H. King, and
Rev. and Mrs, L. R. O’Brian; from
Ramseur, Miss Edith Siler and
Rev. H. M. Stroupe; from Randle
man, Miss Ruby Robbins; from
Balfour, Rev. and Mrs. R. C.
Heath; from Coleridge, Miss Or
nice Scotten; from Franklinville,
J. Harvey Mitchell.
regardless of the short time con
sumed. There were too many cases
remaining, however, to add to the
regular March term of Randolph
court. This special term is there
fore called.
The term is slated to run from
Monday, February 1st to Friday
February 12th. There are no es
pecially outstanding cases on the
court calendar but it looks as if
the regular routine connected with
the trial of civil cases will keep
the court officials, local bar and
the several visiting attorneys in
volved, quite busy for the fort
night.
$2,444.81 Has Been Raised
In Randolph For Flood Relief
Fanners Asked To Contribute
Eggs; Everyone Is Helping
In Emergency
Funds for flood relief raised by
the Randolph Chapter of the Red
Cross have been swelled to a total
of $2,444.81, it was reported at 11
o’clock this morning by Miss Esth
er Ross, who is directing this work
in the. absence of Mrs. Henry
Ingram, chapter chairman.
The auction sale held at the
Carolina Theatre Wednesday even
ing has helped greatly in raising
money for the fund. With B. F.
Brittain as auctioneer $19 was
raised.
| Contributions "are—Trow begin
ning to pour' in from other com
munities in the county in addition
to Asheboro. Randleman in parti
cular has a long list of donators,
tho Randolph Red Cross organiza
tion is very grateful for the ready
response from all sources.
The employees of the National
Chair company have contributed
100 per cent. The Presbyterian
church and several individuals have
made additional contributions
above their first one. Some business
firms have added gifts of mer
chandise, which is greatly needed,
to earlier donations of money.
Clothing and bedding have been
given by Mrs. J. S. Tillman, Odell
Trogdon, and Miss Sara Wood.
Miss Ross said that most of this
aid has been rendered unsolicited.
Everyone realizes the seriousness
of the emergency and is anxious to
help. Mrs. Mary Camp Sprinkle of
High Point, district director of the
Red Cross, praised highly the work
of the Randolph Chapter at this
time, and William Carl Hunt, direc
or of relief at Washington, has
wired his appreciation of its sup
port.
The Red Cross has called on the
farmers of the county to donate'
eggs, which will be sent to the
homeless. They may leave them at
Pritchard’s Seed & Feed Store or
at the Randolph Farmers’ Co-op on
W. Salisbury street.
Other Asheboro contributors will
be mentioned in Sunday’s paper.
Following are those from • Randle
man who have contributed:
Evelyn Allred, $1.50; Mrs. W. F.
Matthews, $5.00; C. D. Kistler,
$1.00; J. V. Fox, $1.00; L. H. Bur
gess, $1.00; Philmore Upton, $.75;
Ernest Tally, $5.00; P. H. Redding,
$2.00; Epsie Woollen, $1.00; F. O.
Pope, $1.00; A. B. Beasley, $10.00;
L. R. Hughes, $1.00; W. W. Brown,
$1.00; W. M. Thompson, $1.00; H.
G. Wright, $6.00; Weaver Line
berry, $1.00; Mrs. J. C. Fox, $.25;
Wilma Williams, $1.00; J. T. Coun
cil, $1.00; M. M. Kirkman, $1.00;
Jesse Hill, $.25; Mrs. S. G. Grant
ham, $1.00; Mrs. Dola Spillman,
$.50; Dr. D. L. Fox, $1.00; Jack
Newlin, $.25; Maude Fox, $2.00;
Bud Glenn, $1.00; D. L. Brown,
$.50.
A. B. Freeman, $2.00; O. C.
Marsh, $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. M. F.
Hinshaw, $2.00; Ervin Hancock,
$1.00; Annie Lee Hodgin, $.50; W.
O. McCollum, $.25; J. G. Brown,
$2.00; Citizen, $.50; Mr. Hughes,!
$.50; Mr. Hughes, $.50; James I
Short, $1.00; Robert Allred, $1.00;
Frank Talley, $6.00; Benny Robins,
$.25; W. A. Cameron, $1.00; John
Barker, $1.00; Mrs. L. Sutker,
$1.00; A. M. Barker, $.50; J. E.
Davis, $1.00; Tom’s Garage, $2.50;
Wilbur Fox, $.50; Guy Hinshaw,
$.25: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Groomes,
$2.00; Willie Smith, $.15; Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Van Werry, $2.00.
Absence of competition from
Spain has nearly doubled South
Africa’s return from citrus fruits.
Asheboro Woman
Included In List
Washington, Jan. 27.— North
Carolina delegates to the National
Conference of the Women’s Patri
otic Convention on National De
fense were luncheon guests today
of Senator Robert R. Reynolds.
In the party were Mrs. C. P. An
drews, Charlotte, state president of
the American Legion Auxiliary;
Mrs. George Burkhead, Asheboro,
national defense chairman of the
Auxiliary, and Mrs. Thomas P.
Gause, Wilmington, national execu
tive woman of the Auxiliary.
■ Senator Reynolds announced he'
had accepted an invitation to ad
dress a reginal junior chamber of
commerce meeting March 6 at
Charlotte. He also will accompany
Senator James J. Davis of Pennsyl
vania, to Asheville March (j for a
district meeting of the Loyal Order
of Moose.
Attend Meeting Thursday
Mrs. S. W. Taylor, Mrs. Wm. C.
Hammer, Mrs. W. F. Redding, Jr.,
and Mrs. Jess Pugh attended a
meeting of the executive committee
of the M. P. Mission group. The
meeting was held to make plans
for the branch meeting in the
spring.
>
School Is Closed
At Franklinville
H. C. Simpson Of Greensboro
Becomes Manager Of
Franklinville Store Co.
Engineer Hurt
Basketball Teams Divided
Pair Of Games With Sea
grove Teams Friday
Franklinville, Jan. 27. — The
many friends of J. W. Clark are
glad to learn that he was able to
leave Duke hospital,- Durham,
where he has been confined for
some time and is now at home with
Jiis family in Greensboro.
Franklinville people were sorry
to hear of the accident of W. C.
Caveness of Raleigh, an engineer
on the Southern, when he fell 25
feet from the top of a trestle, near
Gulf, one day last week and was
badly bruised and suffered broken
bones. He is now in a hospital in
Sanford. Mr. Caviness is a son-in
law of G. H. Patterson of Franklin
ville.
Joe Fox, one of our former boys,
and who now holds a position with
General Motors Corporation, Char
lotte, was a visitor here Saturday
afternoon.
Franklinville school basketball j
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Campaign Workers Off To
A Good Start. Several Are
Near Tie For First Place
Look at the small number of active candidates to this date
and figure it out for yourself. NOW is the time for more members
to enter this campaign. Looks as though some few workers will
win the big cash awards easily. Get your name in the list and receive
your share of the cash.
List Of Workers In The “Cash Offer” Campaign and
Votes Accepted For Publication
NAME TOWN VOTES
Mrs. Walter E. Yow.. Asheboro . 38,500
Mrs. Iula Routh Jones,.Franklinville .%.... 39,000
Mrs. Lane Russell .Asheboro . 36,000
Mrs. Bob Cheshire. Asheboro . 37,000
Mrs. Charles Luck .
Miss Cora Edwards.
Mrs. C. J. Hiatt .
Miss May Caudle.
Harmon Hastings.
Mrs. Worth Parks.Farmer .
Mrs. R. V. Anthony.High Point, R. F. D.
Seagrove . 35,700
Sophia . 37,000
Trinity . 37,200
Kandleman .. 20,000
Asheboro . 38,500
.. 20,000
.. 31,000
Mrs. Clarence Ward . .. Central Falls . 34,000
Mrs. A. B. Copenhaver
Hal J. Phillips .
Mrs. T. A. Jordan ...
Miss Dorothy Bennett
Harold Ellis .
Asheboro . 30,000
Asheboro . 20,000
Asheboro . 30,536
Asheboro . 20,000
Millboro . 34,500
Mrs. John Cameron.Asheboro, R. 2 . 34,400
Miss Etta Kearns .Trinity, R. F. D. 20,000
Miss Dor:3 King .Seagrove . 38,000
Miss Loula Andrews .Caraway . 34,000
Mrs. Jesse Crotts .Flint Hill. 20,00b
Mrs. M. J. Myrick.Worthville . 20,000
Mrs. Lacy Poole .Coleridge . 36,800
Mrs. Joe Lineberry.Climax, R. 1 . 20,000
300,000 Extra Votes For Every $30.00 Club of Subscriptions Turned
in During First Period—Get Your Winning Votes Now.
MORE WORKERS ARE WANTED
NOTE:—All candidates are requested to make report to Campaign
Office Saturday, January 30th, in person or by mail.
..
Liberty Girl Is
Chosen May Queen
For Appalachian
Fifth Sunday Union Vesper
Service; Young People’s
Groups Also Meet Jointly
Habush Lecture
110 On Liberty School Honor
Roll; Basketball Teams
Not So Successful
Liberty, Jan. 27.—The young
people’s organizations of the
churches of Liberty will hold a
joint meeting in the Methodist
Protestant church Sunday, January
31, at 7:30 p. m. An interesting
program has, been arranged for the
occasion with the Christian En
deavor Society of the Methodist
Protestant church in charge. An
out of town speaker has been se
cured.
The Liberty Parent-Teacher As
sociation will meet in the school
auditorium Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 2, at 7:30 o’clock. The pro
gram committee is arranging for a
celebration of Founders’ Day at
this meeting. Several other items
of business will come up for con
sideration. Mrs. Chester Bourne,
president, will preside at the meet
ing.
Present indications are that the
Liberty school will resume regular
work Monday, February 1, after
having to close last Monday on ac
count of the near impassable con
dition of the dirt roads traversed
by school busses. The roads had
held up remarkably well until last
week-end when the sub-beds began
to give way.
The regular fifth Sunday union
worship service sponsored by Ran
dolph Council No. 215, Jr. O. U. A.
M., will be held in the Liberty M.
E. church at 11 a. m. Sunday,
January 31. Dr. F. W. Paschal,
pastor of JPirst-Methodist Protest
ant church of Burlington, will be
the principal speaker for the ser
vice while Rev. Paul R. Taylor,
pastor of the host church will be in
charge of the order of service.
Special music will be directed by
Mrs. T. R. W$ll. The public gen
erally is invited to attend this ser
vice and hear the special message
by Dr. Paschal.
Rev. Stephen A. Habush, native
Galileean shepherd, will present
colored pictures of Galilee and
Palestine with a lecture on the
Holy Land in the school auditorium
next Wednesday evening, February
3, at 8 o’clock. The program is be
ing sponsored by the Beta Club and
high school library jointly. More
complete details about the pro
gram appear elsewhere in this
paper.
Information has just been re
ceived that Miss Dorothy Holt, a
four year senior at Appalachian
State Teachers college, Boone, has
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Contest Workers
Urged To Notice
Cash Offer Campaign workers
are requested to be sure to get the
exact street and number on the
subscription blanks before turning
them in to the office. With the
large number of new subscriptions
coming in this must be done in ord
er for the circulation manager to
get them routed properly and in
sure early starting of all new sub
scriptions.
Subscribers are urged to see that
the worker gets the correct street
address on the receipt. It will as
sure prompt starting of the paper
and regular delivery.
Father Of Editor
Dies Wednesday
Owen D. McPherson, 64, father
of Holt McPherson, editor of the
High Point Enterprise, died sud
denly in High Point Wednesday
morning from a heart attack suff
ered while out for his morning
walk.
He had been in declining health
for four years since suffering a
stroke of paralysis and while un
able to be active in his work he was
able to walk and visit friends.
A native of Alamance county, as
a young man he operated a saw
mill and grist mill in that county
before coming to High Point where
in 1902 he became identified with
the Snow Lumber Company and
remained active in that business
until 193S.
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Miss Mattie A. Holt, two sens,
Holt McPherson of this city and
Garland McPherson, tax counsellor
at Rocky Mount and a sister, Mrs.
John Braxton of Snow Camp. The
funeral was held Thursday after
noon at 4 o’clock and burial fol
lowed in High Point.
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Workers Find Courier
Subscriptions Easily
Sold In Big Campaign
Needs Nine Lives
No wet paws for this cat if he
can held it! The tabby perched on
the window sill of an abandoned
home in Portsmouth, O., and
watched the Ohio rise until it near
ly lapped his feet.
Funeral Held For
Trinity Citizen
Mrs. Lettie Payne Dies At
Hospital After Fortnight’s
Illness
School Is Closed
J. R. Royal Is Back From
Hospital; Other Items Of
Community Interest
Trinity, Jan. 29.—Mrs. Lettie
Payne, 63, died at the Guilford
General Hospital, High Point,
Saturday morning at 3:30 o’clock
after an illness of two weeks. She
was born in Trinity March
25, 1873, a daughter of Robert
Wesley and Irene Smith Reddick.
In 1890 she was married to I. R.
Payne, also of Trinity, who sur
vives. Also surviving are five sons,
Fred, Rex, Pell and John of
Trinity, and Glen Payne of Lex
ington, two daughters, Mrs. J. H.
Burgess of High Point and Miss
Mildred Payne of Trinity; three
brothers, L. E. and R. F. Reddick
of Pleasant Garden, and James
Reddick of High Point, route 3,
and two grandchildren. She was a
member of the Trinity M. E.
church where the funeral service
was conducted Sunday afternoon at
2 o’clock by Rev. H. M. Robertson,
pastor. Pall bearers were Sam
English, Robert Royals, Buren
Andrews, Clifford Cagle, Fred
Ridge, Oscar Whisnant, T. M.
Cranford, E. C. Howell, John
Younts, P B. Frazier and B. B.
Gray. Flowers were carried bv
ladies of the M. E. church. The
overflowing church with friends
and relatives and the many beauti
ful floral offerings testify to the
esteem in which the deceased was
held.
Interment was made in the
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City Schools Have Prepared
List Needed Library Books
The two elementary schools of
Asheboro are now putting on a
drive for books for the grade
libraries- A recent survey showed
that the east elementary school
needs about 700 books and the
west school about 400 books in
order to comply with the new
standards for elementary schools.
These standards require two books
per child.
Much fine work has been done
and is still being done by the Wo
man’s Club, but a number of
patrons have indicated a willing
ness to donate books or the price
of books.
Since the books the schools want
must be standard books for the
grades for which they are intend
ed, Superintendent Reginald Turn
er has prepared a list of standard
books for each one of the seven
grades. The prices of these books
Active Workers
Announced Today
Wonderful Response From
People In Wide Territory
Is Greatly Appreciated
Courier Subscribers
Renewing Readily
The Big Extra Vote Offer
Now In Effect Gives Work
ers Chance For Reserve
After one fully considers and
realizes the possibilities to make
real money in spare time in the
“Cash Offer” Campaign that has
just been launched by The Courier,
there is little doubt that the deci
sion will be to get busy at once
and begin an active campaign for
subscriptions and votes.
The vote changes in today’s is
sue shows the workers who have
made an active start in the cam
paign at this time. Others are ex
pected to get started within a few
days as they are lining up their
present affairs in preparation to
make an active canvass of their
territory. Many others are urged
to take part in the race, look at
the list and compare the small
number of active candidates with
the huge amount of cash set aside
to pay aggressive people thruOut
this territory who should be on the
alert to take advantage of this
wonderful cash distribution offer
and get their share of the prizes.
Get in touch with the campaign of
fice at once and receive full de
tails.
If only one award was offered
and no cash commissions paid to
those who are not awarded prizes,
the proposition might not be so
attractive. But there are the re
gular awards running into hun
dreds of dollars, all of which will
be paid to folks living in this ter
ritory in exchange for well directed
effort on their part in their spare
time during the next few weeks.
All of the awards are in cash—>
the one thing everybody can use.
The first award offered is $600
CASH. This amount will be won by
the worker in the “Cash Offer”
Campaign who secures the largest
number of votes for the sale of
both new and renewal subscriptions
to The Courier during the period of
the campaign. Second award of
$400 will be won by the worker
having to his or her credit the
second largest number of votes for
old and new subscriptions during
the campaign. The third award of
fered is $150. Fourth award $60,
Fifth award $50. In addition to
this wonderful list of cash awards,
every other active candidate will be
paid extremely liberal commission
of twenty per cent in cash upon all
money collected and turned in by
them, provided they do not win one
of the regular awards. This plan
assures everyone who takes part
that their efforts will bear fruit to
the fullest extent and that all will
be paid for the part they take in
direct proportion to the amount of
work they do.
The Courier through this “Cash
Qffer” Campaign offers you the
opportunity—whether you live in
Asheboro or elsewhere—to earn
extra money, in exchange for your
effort during the next few weeks in
helping to increase the circulation
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are given so that a patron may
give either the book itself or send
the price of the book to the teacher
to be donated to the grade library.
These prices are quoted by the
library book department of the
North Carolina Educational Asso
ciation, from which agency the
school buys the books. The author,
title, and price of each book fol
lows:
First Grade
Carroll, What Whiskers Did,
$.93; Donaldson, In the Mouse's
House, $1.05; Flack, Ask Mr. Bear,
$.76; Moe, The Vain Pussy Cat,
$.78; Poppleton, We Go to Nursery
School, $.76; Towsley, All
the Alphabet, $.80; Flack,
Lost, $.75; Mother
Nursery Rhymes, $.66;
Goose—The Real