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IN RANDOLPH COUNTY *
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February 2. 1876
principles* not men
Changed To The Courier
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VOLUME LXI
Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
ASHEBORO, N. C.,
)AY, FEB. 4, 1937.
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY
NUMBER 2
I
Merchants Asso. Formed
ForAsheboroAtTuesday
Meeting Of Large Group
Executive Board
Holds Meeting
Makes Definite Plans For
Membership Canvass;
Classify Members Wed.
Merchants And AJJ
Businesses Eligible
Board Will Hold Another
Meeting Shortly To Name
Officers And Plans
After several futile attempts
dating back a few years, it now
looks as if Asheboro would have a
Merchants Association. A meeting
was held on Tuesday evening at
the court house which was unusual
ly well attended and the interest
was commensurate with the attend
ance. Charles McCrary, president
of the Chamber of Commerce acted
as temporary chairman until Kins
Moore was named to the chair for
this meeting. Cleveland Thayer
acted as secretary of the meeting.
At this time Willard Dowell,
executive secretary of the Mer
chants Association, explained the
purposes of the association in a
rather clear-cut fashion. The pur
poses include: a more friendly and
cooperative spirit among the busi
ness men and women of the town;
the establishment of a collection
department and confidential credit
bureau for members; the elimina
tion of worthless outside advertis
ing solicitors; extending the trade
area of the section and several
other worthwhile projects.
T. J. Mitchell, secretary of the
Burlington organization and an ac
tive member of the Chamber of
Commerce of that place, gave a
detailed outline of the intimate
workings of the organization, go
ing fully into details of the duties
of the secretary of the organization
"amf further telling of the functions
of the organization.
A tentative estimate of a neces
sary budget was presented by J.
C. Shewmake, credit manager of
Huntley-Stocktori-Hill Co. This
budget was discussed by the group
and a few minor changes suggest
ed. Following this report, Roy
Champion, manager of Asheboro’s
newest theatre, The Carolina, off
ered offices over the theatre, rent
free for six months. This announce
ment was greeted with hearty ap
plause by the group who manifest
ed their appreciation of Mr.
Champion’s generosity.
A board of directors was then
selected composed of Lindsay
Hobbs, Franz Strickland, Henry
Jones, Russell Parks, Ogburn
Yates and Roy Reeves. A seventh
member of this group will be nam
ed from the new membership.
These directors, meeting for the
first time on Wednesday evening,
immediately busied themselves
with plans for a canvass of the
town for ^iew members. They
classified the signed and the possi
ble membership and arranged for
some member of this committee to
call on the merchants, shortly, al
though it is not necessary for a
merchant, business or professional
man to wait for an invitation to
join this organization. Another
meeting of the directors will be
held within a week, or less time
snd further plans will be put into
motion for this town organization.
Highway 64 Is Now Under .
Repair And Is Passable
After weeks of rail* and that
lonK a time with weeks in the late
summer and fall added, people of
Asheboro, Franklinville and Ram
seur became disgusted with having
uo road over which they could
travel for business, pleasure and
whatnot. On Wednesday, several
buiiness of the towns became
sufficiently aroused over the fact
that the contractor had stopped
work on the highway connecting
than and Berving as one of the
state’s main thoroughfares, being
highway 64, from Raleigh, to do
something.
Telegrams flew to Raleigh to
~»pus Waynick, chairman of the
state’s highway system, and a few
~ Governor Hoey asking him to
“a* his influence for a bit of action
on the part of (foe chairman. These
‘ejepams went about »:00 o’clock
’Wednesday morning and around
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[ Signs Injunction
Circuit Judge Paul Gadola issued
an injunction Tuesday restraining
the hundreds of striking General
Motors workers in possession of
automobile plants in Flint, Michi
gan, from continuing their sit down
strike. The strikers, however, are
defying the court's order.
Strikers Defying
Court Injunction
Wednesday Is Second Time
“Sitdown” Strikers Have
Defied Court
Remain Steadfast
Strikers Remain fat Command
Of Plant With Next Move 4
Up To General Motors
News reports from Flint, Mich,
indicates that strikers are assert
ing their opinions despite the court
injunction.
“Sitdown” strikers defied a court
Injunction for the second time
Wednesday and remained in pos
session of two General Motors
plants they have occupied since
December 30.
Circuit Judge Paul V. Gadola,
who issued the injunction, said the
next move was up to General
Motors corporation. Sheriff Thomas
W. Wolcott, upon whom would de
volve the duty of removing the
men from the plant, said he would
attempt to evacuate the strikers
only on a direct order from the
court, and that “it is upto General
Motors to ask for the order.”
Counsel for General Motors took
no apparent steps to set in motion
the legal machinery for forcible re
moval after the 3 p. m. deadline
fixed in the injunction had passed.
Two thousand persons, several
hundred of them women, carrying
clubs and wearing the berets and
arm bands of the United Automo
bile Workers’ “emergency brigade,”
engaged in a mass picketing dem
onstration at Fisher plant No. 1.
They shouted encouragement to the
“stay-in strikers.” Several thou
sand spectator^— estimated by
some observers at 10,000—watched
the demonstration.
! highway and the people became
! desperate. The telegrams to Chair
man Waynick mentioned the condi
tion of the road in no uncertain
j terms and further mentioned the
fact that it was paralysing busi
ness in thh> section.
While a formal report on just
what wa» done is not available,
several men coming to Asheboro
Thursday from Franklinville and
Ramseur report that scrapers and
such road machinery are busy on
this stretch today and that they
were Wednesday afternoon. Possib
ly it was only necessary to call at
tention of Chairman Waynick to
this matter. It may have been re
ported by his maintenance In
spectors previously but the weath
er has not been favorable to much
repair work. At any rate, the peo
ple are pleased that a long needed
job is being attended to and hope
the road will be made decently
passable for traffic.
To Asheboro
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Cothrell have
moved from Southern Pines to
Asheboro to make their home. Mr.
Cothrell will be with the Carolina
|pd' Light company in Ashe
Annual Meeting
Hospital Group
Tuesday, Feb. 2
Officers Named For Coming
Year At Meeting; M. I.
Ellis Is Replaced
New Equipment In
Reports Heard From Various
Phases Of Hospital Func
tions In County
The regular annual meeting of
the members of the Randolph Hos
pitl, Inc., was held on February 2,
with thirteen members present, as
follows: D. B. McCrary, A. B.
Beasley, N. M. Cranford, T. F.
Bulla, G. H. Sumner, M. D., W. L.
Ward, A. Ross, I. F. Craven, W.
F. Redding, Sr., L. H. Smith, Jr.,
C. C. Cranford, H. C. Jones, M.
E. Johnson.
The'chairman reported the plant
has been repainted and put in good
condition, and some additional
equipment bought during the* past
year, so that institution is in better
shape to serve citizens of Randolph
county. Two pieces of equipment
bought include a suction machine
for use particularly for tonsillec
tomies, and a newer model diath
ermy, which is largely used in the
treatment of pneumonia and chest
diseases. These two machines will
greatly facilitate the work for
which they are used.
The treasurer reported no actual
operating deficit, though the pro
blem of keeping “out of the red”
during 1936 had been a hard one.
Perhaps at no time since the hos
pital started operations have the
Randolph county monthly dona
tions been more gratefully receiv
ed. Had it not been for this assist
ance and help from the Duke
Endowment and some other dona
tions, it would have been impossible
to have operated the institution
without sustaining a loss.
Dr. G. H. Sumner, county health
officer, and a director of the hos
pital corporation, made a report of
professional services rendered dur
ing the past year. . This report
show 942 patients discharged from
the hospital and 382 out-patients
served. These figures are decidedly
higher than last year. The labora
tory and X-ray work and number
of physical therapy treatments
given increased heavily. Also, his
report showed a noticeable increase
in the number of charity, both in
and out, patients.
Chairman McCrary advised the
meeting, as he has done before,
that the Randolph hospital is op
erated for the benefit of the
citizens of Randolph county. To
that end, the management is co
operating with the county authori
ties and other civic agencies to re
lieve suffering and promote the
health of the people. Attention was
called to the monthly orthopedic
clinics held by Dr. T. P. Wheeldon,
of Richmond, under the auspicies of
the local Rotary club. A total of
about seventy patients have been
treated to date.'The Randolph hos
pital offers its facilities for this
work and the Rotary club pays all
clinical and hospital expenses to
carry it on. Also a large number
of tonsillectomy clinics have been
held at the hospital in the last six
months by the county health de
partment. Different local doctors
assist from time to time at these
clinics. About sixty children have
been operated during the year. As
sistance is rendered the county
health department when necessary
in the reading of suspicious chest
x-rays secured in clinics held for
both children and adults for the
eradication of tuberculosis.
Officers and directors were re
elected for next year as follows: D.
B. McCrary, president; A. B.
Beasley, vice president; N. M.
Cranford, secretary and treasurer;
G. H. Sumner, M. D.; A. Ross, C.
C. Cranford, L. H. Smith, Jr., I. F.
Craven, W. L. Ward.
C. G. Bossong and E. S. Millsaps,
Jr., were added to the membership
of the corporation, and J. M. Neely
elected to fill out the unexpired
term of M. I. Ellis, who died last
year.
Resolutions of respect in memory
of Mr. Ellis were adopted, after
which meeting adjourned.
Small Blaze Wed.
False Alarm Tues.
The fire company was called out
Wednesday when an oil stove in
the home of Mrs. Mack Ridge got
out of control and the flames rose
toward the ceiling. The firemen ar
rived in time to prevent any dam
age from resulting.
Tuesday night the flickering re
flection from an Open grate Are at
the Asheboro Grocery company
gave the appearance of a fire and
a false alarm was turned in. The
windows in that building are too
high for a passerby to see the
grate, and all that was visible was
the red glare on the walls, which
caused the mistake.
Hopkins Handles
Flood ‘Relief
Inspecting the Ohio and Missis^'
sippi flood-ravaged areas in con
pany with other government oi
flcials, Harry L. Hopkins, federi
relief administrator, is shown her
as he dipped into one of the hug
soup kettles in a Memphis refuge
camp and prepared to pass out
bit of relief first-hand. Hopkin
toured the flood areas to speed u
relief and rehabilitation work. f
Murphy Of Rowan.
Fight Against Amendment
Which Is Defeated 58-47
Davis Against
Murphy Declares Approval
Would Be Step In Loss Of J
State’s Rights 1
Led by Representative Walt
Murphy of Rowan county, the
ponents of the Child Labor. Am$
ment killed the measure in
house Monday by a 58-47 vote,
move to have it reconsidered
ing the present- session wi
killed.
Representative Davis of Kan
dolph voted against the bill. It was
the third time the amendment has
been defeated in North Carolina
since 1924.
Making a desperate effort to
cling to the advantage gained by
a favorable report from his com
mittee on constitutional amend
f Please turn to Page 3)
Plan To Replace
Many N.C. Busses
Daring This Year
1,800 School Busses Will Be
f Replaced During This
Biennium, Is Planned
4,058 Operating
Commission Of Opinion Stu
dent Drivers Are Depend
r able And Efficient
I- After a great deal of pressure
:hu been brought to bear upon the
State school commission concem
'iijg the state of repair of the
htite’s school busses, action has
been forthcoming.
’ *tflie transportation committee of
fflit State school commission re
potted Wednesday that 1,800
school busses formerly owned by
counties should be replaced during
the coming biennium “in order to
bring the fleet of busses up to
whit we consider a safe mechanical
condition.”
(Please turn to Page 3)
rhe committee, in its report, de
clared that the majority of the
nninber should be replaced in 1937
38, the first year of the biennium.
■'rA total of 4,058 busses are oper
ated in the state, of which 1,886
were purchased by counties prior
f1933, when the state took over
,tion of busses, the report
Of the number operated, 966
seven years old.
|A. large number of these old
were poorly constructed,”
report continued, “and the in
ly of the counties, during the
pression period prior to 1933, to
the busses in first-class me
ical condition resulted in ne
in many instances.”
'he committee asserted the aver
age of all busses was 6.2 in
The present average is 4.1
All busses bought by the
ool commission were steel rein
ed. Approximately 50 per cent
the busses were found to be
two daily trips to prevent
rowding, and a number of
[ties during the last year have
busses to relieve that
the report said.
commission, employ
•pproxi
mately 3,400 student drivers and
about 100 contract busses, learned
that student drivers, “are depend
able and efficient,” declared the
committee, adding 324,000,000
“fares” had been transported since
1933, with a death loss of 10 chil
dren. \
Six of the deaths were on stu
dent-driven busses and four by
Only A Few Hours Left On
Biggest Extra Vote Offer
Of Entire Campaign
$600 In Cash Awaits Best Vote-Getter—$400 Cash For
Second Best and Good Cash Awards For Other
Live-Wire Workers.
New Workers Listed This Week
Most of the Candidates are getting a good start and anyone
could jump to first place with a few subscriptions. All interested,
eager workers will make a determined drive for all subscriptions
possible this week, as the biggest vote offer of the Campaign will
end Saturday, February 6th.
All candidates who are listed with 20,000 votes are urged to
get in two or more subscriptions by Saturday, February 6th, get
100,000 Free Votes, and be fully Qualified for first period.
Who will lead in votes next week? If your favorite Candidate
is not in the lead, help him or her this week. The 300,000 Extra Vote
Offer will place that candidate on the winning list..
Big Drop In Votes After Saturday, Feb. 6th
List Of Workers In The “Cash Offer” Campaign and
Votes Accepted For Publication
NAME TOWN VOTES
Mrs. Walter E. Yow :....Aaheboro .
Mrs. Iula Routh Jones,.FrankUnville .
Miss Edith Cagle .Archdale ..
Mrs. Lane Russell ... Aaheboro .
Mrs. Katherine B. Freeman-Greensboro .
Mrs. Bob Cheshire.Aaheboro .
Mrs. Charles Luck .Seagrove .
Miss Cora Edwards .Sophia .
Mrs. C. J. Hiatt . Trinity .
Mias May Caudle . Randleman .
Harmon Hastings..Aaheboro .
Hal Lanier. .Farmer .
Mrs. R. V. Anthony ..High Point, R. F. D.
Mrs. Clarence Ward.Central Falls .
Mrs. A. B. Copenharer .Aaheboro .
Mrs. T. A. Jordan...Aaheboro .
Mias Dorothy Bennett.Aaheboro .
Harold «»»■ ..Millboro .
Miss Minnie Lee Kennedy.High Point ...
Mrs. John Cameron . Aaheboro, R. 2 .
Mias Etta Kearns .Trinity, R. F. D.
Miss Doris King.S
Miss Louie Andrews .C
Mrs. Lacy Poole ..O
Mrs. Joe Lineberry.C
Entry Books Open For a Few
Afraid of a Littje Com
42.500
42,000
45.500
42.000
46.000
43.000
38.000
20.000
Workers Who Age Not
in—Enter Now.
make report to Campaign
k, in person or by maiL
Special Extra Vote Closes Aty. M.
Saturday, February 6th; Extra^ptes
To All Workers Making Cash Hearts
4
News Tips To The Courier
Will Bring Theatre Tickets
The Courier announces today
a series of theatre ticket prizes
to the person telephoning or
bringing the best news “tip” to
this office. Two tickets will be
given after each issue of the
paper goes to press. From
Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock
until Saturday afternoon at 6
will be one time period. The
ticket will be awarded Monday
morning for the showing of
Henry Fonda in “Wings Of The
Morning” at the Sunset Theatre,
Monday or Tuesday.
The next period will be from
Monday at 8 a. m. until Tuesday
afternoon at 1:30 and then 2
tickets will be awarded the
winner to see “Girls In Plati
num,” stage show and picture
program, Wednesday or Bing
Crosby in “Pennies from
Court Continues
With Civil Cases
Judge Felix Alley Presiding
Over Docket Which Will
Continue Next Week
Reopen One Case
Payne Case Ordered Retried
By Supreme Court After
Appeal Is Taken
The greater part of the court
day Wednesday. was consumed by
■the case of Harvey Holder vs. J.
T. Pugh et al. The jury held that
the plaintiff was entitled to recov
PUgh, administratrix of Flossie
Pugh, deceased.
In reaching this decision the jury
first decided that Emmons Holder
and Flossie Pugh had entered into
a contract with Harvey Holder
by which Flossie Pugh agreed to
pay $1950 as the balance of note of
earlier date. It then further de
cided that Flossie Pugh had failed
and refused to pay the note, and
came out with a verdict in favor
of the plaintiff.
The court ordered reopened the
case of J. C. Payne vs. Dr. D. A.
Stanton, since the state supreme
court, after an appeal, had order
ed a retrial. When this.case was
first tried the jury awarded $5,000
damages to Payne, who had injured
his shoulder in a fall from a mule
and charged that Dr. Stanton fail
ed to treat it properly. The
supreme court held that the judge
in summing up failed to differ
entiate between the damage done
by the mule and that resulting
from lack of treatment and there
fore ordered a retrial.
Judge Felix Alley is presiding
over the docket which will run
well into next week.
To Extend Period
Of License Sales
Automobile owners in North
Carolina will have twice as long a
period for purchasing new license
plates if revised motor vehicle code
now being drafted for presentation
to the General Assembly is ap
proved. Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell spoke favorably of
this proposal in explaining the code
to the House Finance Committee
early this week.
Under the present law, licenses
are placed on sale December 15 and
must be displayed by January 1.
Opposing a measure by Repre
sentative Robert T. McNair of
Richmond County to require the
sale of license plates in evely coun
ty, Commissioner Maxwell, also,
announced yesterday that the num
ber of auto tag branch offices
might be increased next year.
Fifty branches were operated by
the Carolina Motor Club during the
recent season.
Maxwell objected to the McNair
bill on grounds that it would place
tag sales in the hands of persons,
designated by county commission
ers, not responsible to the reve
nue commissioner and that coun
ties do not have proper facilities
for license sales.
SPEAKS AT SEAGROVE
ON COOPERATIVE MOVE
Everett Boling addressed a meet
ing of the Seagrove Grange Wed
nesday evening, speaking on “Co
operation.” Mr. Boling traced the
history and development of the
cooperative movement from its be
ginning in Rochedale, England, to
its present day status.
Heaven” Thursday, at the Caro
lina.
The third period will be from
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock
until Thursday afternoon at 1:30
after which tickets will be issued
to the lucky one to see Warren
William in “Outcast” at the
Capitol Friday or Saturday.
The “tip” must be for a news
item of importance. The tickets
will be given to the first one
sending in the most important
“tip”. As stated above, there is
only one prize in each period and
that prize is 2 tickets to see the
picture designated in each time
period. The contest will continue
indefinitely and is open to every
body. Participants do not have to
live in Asheboro — anywhere
within the local news area will
be acceptable.
House Approves
Liquor Measure
Wets Speed Bill Providing
Legal Sale Of Liquor By
Local Option
Goes To Senate
County Commissioners Or 15
Percent Of Electorate May
Call For Vote
Accomplishing in seven hours
Wednesday what had required four
months in the last General Assemb
ly, the wet bloc in the House passed
a bill providing county controlled
iMUPr juy lpoal option, after defeat
referendum.
The bill, as sent on to the senate,
provides for the following features:
A vote on legal liquor sales in
every county in which the county
commissioners or 15 per cent of the
electorate call for a vote. (“It does
not require any county to vote,” he
said.)
Establishment of legal liquor
stores in wet counties under virtu
ally the same system as in the 17
wet counties in the East, with the
exception that the county boards
of health and education would join
the commissioners in selecting the
control boards.
Creation of a state commission
to supervise the operation of coun
ty stores, composed of a chairman
employed at $6,000 a year and two
associate members paid $25 for
each working day, all appointed by
the governor and paid from the
state’s general fund.
The substitute bill does not levy
any state tax on liquor nor provide
for state manufacture of spirits.
Intention of the bill’s supporters
is to insert in the revenue bill a 6
or 7 per cent gross sales tax on
legal liquor sales.
Representative Davis of Ran
dolph voted for the 'referendum
and against the local option bill.
The minority report on the re
jection Hutchins bill, which sought
to call a state wide vote on the
manufacture and sale of intoxicat
ing liquors was defeated by a vote
of 58 to 56. By 61 to 61 the house
accepted the committee substitute
for the Hanford of Alamance bill
putting the state into making, sell
ing and distributing alcoholic bev
erages. And by 67 to 43 the house
passed the substitute, then put all
things under its feet by clinching
the passing and ending the house
part of the plebiscite sought.
Rotary Executive Committee
The executive committee of the
Roary Club held a meeting in the
office of Bob Wood Tuesday even
ing. The results of the session will
be announced at the regular Rotary ;
meeting Friday.
Randolph Building And Loan
Reveals Activity In ’36 Report
The Randolph County Building
& Loan Association held its annual
meeting Tuesday evening, electing
directors for the year 1937 and
hearing the report for 1936.
The annual report showed the
condition of the association in
1936 to be quite an improvement
over 1936. It now has in force
8961 shares. During 1936 the as
sociation made 176 loans constitut
ing a total amount of $123,778.14.
Directors were elected as
lows: L. P. Ross, T. F.'
Moser. H. L. Ingram,!
Courier Readers
Respond Readily
100,000 Free Votes To AU
Workers Making Cash Re
port Saturday
300,0)10 Extra Votes
On Each $30.00 Club
New Workers Urged To Enter
Now; Plenty Of Time To
Win $600 Award
The greatest EXTRA VOTE OF
FER of the whole race will end
Saturday night, February 6. This
offer provides a golden opportunity
for the drive members to get the
winning votes, and is as follows:
300,000 EXTRA VOTES (in ad
dition to the regular votes) will be
allowed oh each and every $30.00
worth of subscriptions' turned in
up to Saturday, February 6th.
This is positively the very big
gest offer of the race and those
who turn in their subscriptions
now will have a tremendous ad
vantage over those who wait to get
their business in.
Get Your Nomination Now
You have wished on many oc
casions that you had the cash to
do such and such a thing. Don't
wait until the next time this wish
crosses your mind, but get into ac
tion now and bring about the ful
fillment of this desire by joining
the “Cash Offer” Campaign. The
next time you wish for the “said
cash” the opportunity offered by
The Courier may not be open in
other words, if you neglect the op
portunity and pass a chance to
own one of the big awards offered
you now you will regret it. $600.00
and $400.00 are the main awards
-ef tha Big t Prise -list and will
presented to energetic campaign
ers. Surely you should get one of
them by all means.
Won’t Take Long
The “Cash Offer” Campaign lasts
just a few weeks longer and you
won't have to devote your entire
time to selling The Courier to your
friends, either. Plenty of time is
given one to hustle around during
spare moments and see one’s
friends and get subscriptions. >
More than likely the majority of
them are already taking The
Courier regularly. If so get them
to renew their subscriptions. To
think that such big prizes can be
earned in such a short time sur
prises many. Some venture the
opinion that when such big prizes
are at stake one could afford to
devote one’s spare time during as
long a period as six months in ord
er to acquire one of them.
The idea is to make the “Cash
Offer” Campaign snappy and in
teresting and the time for award
ing the prizes will be here before
one realizes it. Therefore, in order
to take the fullest advantage of
the magmncent oner tne Dost ana
proper thing to do is to get your
name on the list immediately.
Don’t wait until tomorrow or the
next day, do it now. You are fully
qualified to be the winner of any
prize on the list if you would but
apply your talent. It is true that
many folks toil a lifetime and are
never able to acquire such amounts
of money as the ones offered in
this campaign.
Friendly Competition
You will only be competing with
such a representative class of peo
ple as will take part in the “Cash
Offer” Campaign. Life itself is
based upon competition, and we
compete with each other for nearly
every point we gain. There is al
ways lots of interest in vigorous
competition and thousands of eyes j
are watching for the next change
in votes of the “Cash Offer” mem- ‘
bers.
Clip out that nomination now j
and bring or send to Campaign
headquarters. The Courier office, j
Asheboro, N. C.
W. B. Lamb, R. Ts. Nance, C.
Winningham, H. C. Royals, E. CI
Davis, and Lee M. Kearns. ffeii
directors will meet soon and
officers.