ALWAYS ABREAST WITH
THE CHANGING TIME
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY
THE COURIER LEADS
THE COURIER AND
ASHEBORO MARCH
IN STEP—AHEAD
BOTH ARE LEADERS
TRI-WEEKLY
Est. As The Regulator
February 2. 1878
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN
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Changed To The Courier
September 13, 1879
YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME LX I
Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
ASHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, FEB. 16, 1937.
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY
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NUMBER 7
Seven Desperados
Escape Prison At
Caledonia Monday
Well Known Highway Rob
bers, Bank Robbers, Murd
erers Compose Group
In Randolph County
Abandon Car Near High Point
To Steal Another Tuesday
Headed To Randolph
Latest news from the seven con
victs that escaped from Caledonia
j’rison Monday morning was a re
port from High Point at noon
Tuesday to the effect that they
abandoned the car in which they
were riding on Monday and sup
plied themselves with a gunmetai
Fordor V-8 sedan bearing the
license plate number 243-407. Their
first car was abandoned a few
miles out of High Point on the
Asheboro highway and it was
thought by police that they headed
for Randolph county where several
of the men are well known for
their activities as highwaymen,
bank robbers and similar offenses
Notification came to local police
headquarters at noon Tuesday al
though Randolph officers had been
on the lookout for the men since
their escape.
The seven convicts, three of them
convicted murderers, have already
switched cars several times since
escaping from the prison farm in
a truck. They are well armed with
pistols taken from the prison gun
room and have at least one shot
gun, which was taken from a
guard.
The break occurred about - 3
o’clock Monday morning when
Robert Smith, a convicted murderer
suddenly pulled a gun on Captain
I. D. Hinton of Caledonia. Smith
and the other six then forced
Captain Hinton and W. L. Roberts,
a steward, to accompany them in a
prison truck. They left the truck
after a few miles and took a car
belonging to Walter H. Willard of
Raleigh, forcing him to come along
with them. All three of the host
ages were released unharmed, how
ever, late last night near Va3S,
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Falls From Tree,
Fractures Skull
Robert Plummer, former Ashe
boro man, was seriously hurt in a
fall from a tree in Burlington Sat
urday afternoon, relatives here
have been informed. Mr. Plummer
had begun to top the tree when
he fell, fracturing his skull and
crushing his shoulder and arm. At
the last report he was still un
conscious in a Burlington hospital.
He was brought up in North!
Asheboro and is well known in this
town. A brother, Fred Plummer, J
and a sister, Mrs. Alma Harper, •
still reside here, in addition to |
other more distant relatives.
Morale Improved
By Prison Shoos
Richmond, Va.—Virginia’s prison
industries are far more valuable as
morale-building agencies than as
places for the manufacture of pro
ducts for state use, according to H.
E. Fitzgerald, former industrial
director at the state penitentiary.
"It is true,” he said, “that spir
itual guidance in the way of re
ligious services, properly directed
reading, discipline, and many other
adjuncts of prison life must play
roles in a system where rehabilita
tion is the objective; yet there i3
no element in a system that offers;
the opportunity to reclaim inmates
of a correctional institution com-'
parable to work with its kindred
relationships. In the shops men
learn to approach a problem from
the proper angle; learn the value of
svstem and collaboration and many
other essentials to any project de
pendent upon joint effort.”
Meeting Of Randolph Mutual
Burial AssociationOn Monday
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The directors of the Randolph
Mutual Burial Association met in
■ banquet meeting Monday evening
in the chapel of the Pugh Funeral
Home. The group enjoyed a de
lightful dinner, heard reports of
Hie progress of the association in
1936, and elected officers for 1931.
The election of officers resulted
in the reelection of every one of
toe group which led the association
'to its most prosperous year in
1936. They are Homer Loflin, pre
sident; Jess Pugh, secretary-trea
"—V and H. D. Phillips, vice
Sea Hero To Be Amelia Earhart’s World Flight “Crew”
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Los Angeles
'ATLANTIC]
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India
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PACIFIC
OCEAN
INDIAN
1OCEAN
Witn Capt. Harry Manning, hero of several dating sea rescues, as her navigator, Amelia Earhart,
lower left, will have less to worry about on her round-the-world air flight, scheduled to start from Los
Angeles in March. Manning, lower right, as chief officer and captain of trans-Atlantic ships, is credited
with saving many lives in airplane and ship disasters at sea. Chosen for the world flight was Miss Ear
hart’s twin-motored “flying laboratory,” shown in top photo with its famous owner on the wing. The map
indicates the proposed route, starting westward from Los Angeles.
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Seek Final Pact
In Motor Strike
General Motors Confers With
Auto Workers Union Of
ficials Today On Details
More Wage Raises
Production Is Already Re
turning To Normal; 75,000
Employees At Work
An effort to effect a final settle
ment of the differences between
General Motors Corporation and
the United Automobile Workers of
America is to be made today. G.
M. C. already has many of its
production lines already humming
in a drive to make up for lost time
and hopes to have their plants go
ing 100 per cent soon.
Only two of eight unions de
mands—collective bargaining and
union recognition—were settled in
the agreement that ended the
strikes last Thursday. Six others
remain for negotiations starting
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Special Notice
For Subscribers
Courier subscribers who plan
to give their favorite campaign
workers votes on their subscrip
tion or renewal are urged to do
so during this last big extra
club vote offer. All subscrip
tions turned in during this
special offer will count a far
greater number of votes than
they will after Saturday Feb
ruary 20th.
It is impossible for the work
ers to get to all of you good
subscribers during this special
weeks offer so do them the
great favor of sending your
subscription to them or to The
Courier office. It does not cost
you anything extra to give them
a big boost with your subscrip
tion and as they are working
hard you can be assured that it
will be greatly appreciated.
The Cash Offer Campaign is
in keeping with Randolph coun
ty’s progressive spirit and justi
fies your support. SUBSCRIBE
NOW—Help one of the workers
to win.
president.
The report of last years work
was very satisfactory to the direct
ors, the association in 1936 having
surpassed all previous records.
$6,860 Was paid in death benefits in
1986, and in the past four years
$17,760 was paid. Prospects for
1937 are considered to be highly
promising.
Other directors at the meeting in
addition to the officers were N. M.
Cranford, E. H. Cranford, Jack
Newlin, Curry Loflin, V. R. Pugh,
and W. Y. Boling.
J. R. Lutterloli Wins Theatre;
Tickets For Best INews Tips;
The Courier’s offer of two
theatre tickets for each of the
three weekly issues has created
wide interest among our readers
and subscribers. The plan has
brought in many and varied news
| tips. Among the news this week
i handed in . and telephoned has
been several flu cases, of which
Randolph has plenty; a pro
minent woman suffering a para
Pope Pius Takes
Few Steps Sunday
Vatican prelates who have fear
ed that Pope Pius XI would never
walk again after his recent illness,
took his first faltering steps after
two months illness on Sunday. The
pontiff had sat for two hours in his
glass enclosed sun porch, when he
suddenly announced that he would
walk—with fair results.
Despite a pain in his afflicted
legs in the morning, the ill man
made his decision and walked over
the protest of his physician, Dr.
Aminta Milani. His friends were
almost as delighted as the Pope
himself and there was great re
joicing over his successful attempt.
Deputy Collector
Asheboro Mar. 1
According to information from
the office of Charles H. Robertson,
collector internal revenue, Greens
boro, a deputy collector will be in
Asheboro on March 1st to assist
taxpayers in preparing their re
turns. No charge will be made for
this service and the deputy is sent
as matter of convenience to Ran
dolph citizens who must make out
income tax blanks.
All single people whose net in
come is $1,000 or over or whose
gross income is $5,000 are requir
ed to file an income blank. If
married, the exemption is $2,500
net or $5,000 gross.’Returns for the
calendar year 1936 must be in the
office of the collector before
March 15th. There is a penalty
for failing to file these income
blanks.
Indiana City Now
Quiet After Stir
Sunday was a quiet day in And
erson, Indiana, auto accessory city,
that has been under martial law
for the past week following an out
break of violence between union
and non-union automobile workers.
A cold wave, arriving overnight,
tended to keep people in their
homes. A few soldiers patrolled
the icy streets while relief men
shivered around the armory stove.
Martial law in the town made
exemption of church services at
Anderson which were held as usual.
Belief was expressed by those in
charge that the emergency, brought
on by a barroom brawl a few days
ago, in which ten men were wound
ed, had passed. No arrests have
been made by the guardsmen and
there have been no further indica
tions of trouble since the barroom
affair.
lytic stroke; accidents and j
deaths.
Each item coming in appeared j
to be the prize winner but after :
consideration, the tickets go this ■
time to J. R. Lutterloh, grocer of .
South Asheboro. Mr. Lutterloh^
was the first person to hear
tfie jail\break at Caledonia pri
son which included three well
known Randolph criminals.
The tickets this time are for
the stage show, Rio Grande
Rangers and the picture, “The
Mighty Treve,” which will be at
The Carolina Theatre Wednes
day. Or, if the winner prefers^.
he may see “The Private Life
of Henry VIII” at The Carolina
Thursday.
The next period for news tips
will end at 1:30 Thursday after
noon and tickets will be for the
Capitol Theatre’s show, “Winner
Takes All” either on Friday or
Saturday.
Mrs. John Bulla
Dies Tuesday At
Washington, D. C.
Brief Attack Of Pneumonia
Cause Of Death; Relatives
In Asheboro Notified
Funeral Wednesday
Body Arrives Early Wednes
day Morning With Funeral
At Presbyterian Church
News was received in Asheboro
Monday night of the death of Mrs.
John Bulla at her home in Wash
ington. Mrs. Bulla, a former well
known resident of Asheboro until
Mr. Bulla’s work in government
service took the family to Wash
ington some years ago, was the
former Miss Agnes Thoms. She
, was a sister of Mrs. W. H. Moring
and Miss Julia Thorns, both Ashe
boro residents. A few days ago,
Mrs. Moring was notified of Mrs.
Bulla’s illness from pneumonia and
Miss Thorns was with her sister
when she died.
The body will arrive in Ashe
boro early Wednesday morning and
will be taken to the Moring home
to remain until the hour for the
funeral which is set for 2:00
o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the
Presbyterian church. Mrs. Bulla
was a faithful member of this
church and played the organ for
many years. She was also connect
ed arid*interested with many civic
improvements in the town. While
the Thorns family are not natives
of Randolph county they are among
the older residents having come to
Asheboro from Brooklyn, N. Y.,
many years ago. Rev. J. B. Craven,
presiding elder, of Charlotte will,
assist Dr. C. G. Smith, pastor of
the church, in the funeral service
Wednesday afternoon. Burial will
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Brief Items From
The Staley School
i Staley, Feb. 15. — The Staley
Parent-Teacher Association met in
the school auditorium Friday after
noon. In the absence of the presi
dent, T. G. Andrews presided. After
the business meeting an interest
ing program was rendered by the
primary orchestra. The attendance
award weijt to the first grade.
The Staley boys and girls basket
ball teams journeyed over to
Sylvan high school Thursday night
and returned with a double win.
The girls won their game by the
score of 26 to 14 while the boys
score was Staley 20 Sylvan 13.
Hard Fight For Lead Among
Candidates Striving To Win
Courier’s Big Cash Award
Candidates are waging a furious battle for the all important
subscriptions in The Courier Cash Offer Campaign this week, as the
final offer of big votes on $30 Clubs comes to a close Saturday night.
All workers busy this week. Saturday promises to show best result
of any week <$f campaign so far.
CLUB VOTEsTeND SATURDAY
ONE SUBSCRIPTION THIS WEEK WILL COUNT MORE VOTES
THAN TWO SUBSCRIPTIONS NEXT WEEK.
WHY NOT GET YOURS NOW?
Candidates who are “IN TO WIN” will leave no stones unturned
in their quest for subscriptions this week.
ARE YOU IN TO WIN?
CHANGE OF VOTES IN NEXT ISSUE
List Of Workers In The “Cash Offer” Campaign and
, Votes Accepted For Publication
NAME TOWN VOTES
Mrs. Walter E. Yow .Asheboro . 91,000
Mrs. lula ftouih Jones,.Franklinville . 91,000
Miss Edith Cagle .Archdale . 71,000
Mrs. L^ne. Russell .Asheboro . 44,000
Mrs. Katherine B. Freeman-Greensboro . 45,000
Mrs. Bob Cheshire.ABheboro . 88,500
Mrs. Charles Luck .Seagrove . 88,500
Miss Cora Edwards .Sophia . 86,000
Miss May Caudle A. Randteman .. 42,000
Harmon Hastings .1.Asheboro . 93,000
Mrs. R. V. Anthony.High Point, R. F. D. 67,000
Mrs. Clarence Ward.Central Falls. 71,000
Mrs. A. B. Copenhaver ..Asheboro . 45,000
Harold Ellis .Millboro . 70,000
Miss Minnie Lee Kennedy.High Point . 81,000
Mrs, John Cameron .Asheboro, R. 2 .91,500
Miss Etta Kearns .Trinity, R. F. D. 51,000
Miss Doris King ..Seagrove . 93,000
Miss Louta Andrews .Caraway .. 80,000
Mrs. Lacy Poole ..Coleridge . 80,500
FEW MORE HOURS OF CLUB VOTES—ACT NOW! YOUR LAST
! CHANCE ON BIGGEST VOTES.
REMEMBER SATURDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 20
$600.00 Fir One of the, Workers—$400,00 Cash For Another—Three
Other Good Awards.
For a Few Weeks' Work—Win This Week!
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Workers Securing Best
Results Now Will Have
Better Chance Of $600
Last $30.00 Club
Offer This Week
“Nip And Tuck” Battle Being
Waged By Real Workers
In Race For $600 Award
Opportunity Coupons
Void After Saturday
Workers Who Have Not
Finished Coupons Should
Do So By Saturday
The time is brief but the possi
bilities are unlimited. Between now
and Saturday night, club members
may gather enough votes to decide
the winning of the best award in
the giagntic prize list.
The majority of the members
■ are planning to make this week a
i record-breaker, inasmuch as they
, have been informed by the Cam
paign department that EXTRA'
VOTES for $30.00 subscription
. clubs will be withdrawn after this
week, and they will have lost the
opportunity to secure such a great
vote for their subscriptions.
Big Vote Offer
Beginning Monday, February,
15th, ending Saturday, February
20th, 255,000 extra votes will be
given to each and every $30 club
of both new and old subscriptions
' turned in. This is the last extra
vote offer that will be made for
clubs of subscriptions, and the
candidate who is ahead at the end
of this last extra vote offer will
more than likely have a better side
of the vote argument at the end
of-the- campaign. ----
The Way To Victory
“The $30.00 Club way” is the
way to success as the best EXTRA
VOTES for $30.00 subscriptions are
on at the beginning of the race.
This is done to protect the early
workers from some one making a
“Sprint” at the end of the race
and depriving them of a prize that
they have been striving valiantly
for. The object of the “Cash Offer”
Campaign is to reward the real
workers and those who put their
“shoulders to the wheel” so to
speak, and help make the big cam
paign a success early in the race
will be the ones whose work will be
protected throughout the race and
whose efforts will bear fruits most
bountifully.
Big Week
All indications point to a big
week and emphasize the fact that
those who are in the race to suc
ceed in winning the $600.00 or the
$400.00 fully realize the importance
of putting forth Herculean efforts
right now. The members are be
ginning to take their possibilities
seriously. Subscriptions secured
this week and turned in under the
final $30.00 Club offer will ma
terially enhance the possibilities
of winning a big award.
Those who have been working
half-heartedly are beginning to
“see the light”, and are making up I
for lost time by taking every possi- ‘
ble advantage of the Extra Vote
Offer this week. Splendid, encour
agement is being received from
over the entire Campaign map and
enthusiasm reigns supreme.
Rig Subscriptions Count Most
The big subscription counts the
fastest. Two ten-year subscriptions
turned in by Saturday night earn
690,000 votes. Ten of these ten year
subscriptions would pile up 2,950,
000 votes to any club member.
Votes pile up rapidly during this
last extra vote offer on $30 clubs
and your chance to turn in sub
scriptions on this offer ends Satur
day night, February 20. Keep in
mind that the voting power of sub
scriptions is now higher than it
will be after Saturday night. It is
to your interest to get in every
possible subscription before that
time—because that is the end of
the big votes.
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Mrs. Sara McGann
Rites Monday P. M.
Mrs. Sarah E. McGhan, 81, died
Saturday night at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. John Fritz; High
Point, route two, in Randolph
county. Mrs. McGhan had been in
ill health for a long period. Surviv
ing in addition to Mrs. Fritz are
three grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
Funeral service was conducted at
the home. Monday afternoon by
Rev. J. W. Groce. Interment took
place in Oakwood cemetery in'High
Point.
I
I Landon Records
His Opinions
1 .
Alfred Landon registered at his
i hotel, above, and also registered,
j in New York before the National
I Republican Club, some opinions. He
pleaded for non-partisanship in
dealing with Roosevelt’s court re
form plan, without mentioning it
by name.
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January Building
Exceeds December
F. W. Dodge Corporation, build
ing statisticians, report that con
struction was 20 per cent ahead of
December and 13 per cent above
the figure for January, 1936.
For the 37 states east of the
Rocky Mountains construction of
all classes totaled $242,844,000
against $199,695,700 for Hecember
and $214,792,800 for January, 1936.
The total included $78,423,700
for residential building, $95,968,
900 for nonresidential and $68,
451,400 for public works and public
utilities. The residential figure was
20 per cent greater than in Decem
ber and more than double the total
for this class of construction dur
ing January, 1936.
Archdale Woman
Dies Sunday, 14th
Mrs. Sarah Rhuvator English,
27, of Archdale, died Sunday morn
ing in a High Point hospital after
an illness of three weeks. Funeral
service was held Monday afternoon
from Archdale Friends church with
i interment taking place in Spring
field Friends church cemetery.
Surviving are the husband,
Everette English; the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. T. English; two chil
dren, Florence Estelle and Everette
Stevens English; three brothers,
Bryce English, Gilbert English,
and Raeford English; and one
sister, Miss Mary English, all of
Archdale.
Supreme Court Issue Draws
Wide Interest Nationally
To sound out the sentiment of
The Courier readers on President
Roosevelt’s proposal to revamp the
supreme court, The Courier, in co
operation with 700 other U. S.
newspapers served by NEA Ser
vice, Inc., is taking a poll on the
question. A ballot for your use ap
pears at the right. The ballot will
be reprinted so that other members
of your family may vote. In the
accompanying article, Willis
Thornton, NEA Service staff cor
respondent, clarifies the question
with an impartial analysis of the
issues involved and a brief sum-,
mary of the arguments, pro and
con.
By WILLIS THORNTON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent.
At noon of February 6, 1937,
President Roosevelt sent to Con
gress a historic message. It
strongly suggested that Congress
enact new laws in order that the
judiciary “may function in accord
State’s Assembly
Busy On Several
Important Bills
Social Security Measure Slat
ed For Discussion Tuesday'
In Lower House
Textbook Talk On
Liquor Question Up For Dis
cussion Tuesday With Drys
And Wets Both Active
Monday, the 42nd day of the ses
sion of the state’s general as
sembly, was unusually busy and
Tuesday was no better. Highlights
from Tuesday’s program reveal
the social security measure slated
for house discussion with several
favoring postponement: Governor
Hoey’s free basal textbooks to
elementary schools was sidetracked
after two votes in the house after
finding that neither vote was vaTid.
Debate on the county option
liquor control bill passed over a
week ago by the house was 3et
as a special order in the senate
Tuesday. Drys last night were
massing forces for their last as
sault on the bill in an effort to in
sert in it a provision for a state
wide referendum, rather than a
county-by-county vote.
Wet leaders of the house the
night before were beginning to
worry about the fate of their mea
sure in the senate. “There’s been a
lot of switching over the week
end,” said one. “It looks dang
erous,” said another.
Encouraged by what seemed to
be their growing strength, the
senate drys were preparing to ad
vance behind a barrage from
Senator Martin of Davidson, who
last Friday managed to delay con
sideration of the county option bill
until today.
While the Senate girded itself
for its first major battle of the ses
sion, the house Monday night „
avoided an incidental political fight .•
plainly intended to put the Detfto
cratic majority “in a bind.”
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Highway Officers
In Accident Mon.
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A state highway patrol car oc
cupied by Patrolman H. V. Norris
and Lieutenant Moore turned ove)f
on one of the curves of Highway
62 between here and Liberty late
Monday night, injuring both men.
Norris received only bruises and
lacerations, but Moore, though not
seriously hurt, is in Clinic hospital
in Greensboro.
The officers were on duty con
nected with the hunt for the es
caped Caledonia convicts, although
they were not directly in pursuit of
them. Their car was considerably
damaged.
Asheboro Girl Is
Honored In Calif.
Miss Katherine Underwood,
former Asheboro and Liberty girl,
has been accorded a volume of
favorable comment recently for her
performances in the role of featur
ed vocalist on the Pacific coast,
where she has sung with the Sail
Francisco and University of Cali
fornia orchestras.
Miss Underwood is the daughter
of Dr. J. T. Underwood of Liberty
and niece of Mrs. W. A. Underwood
of Asheboro. She attended Coker's
School for Girls in South Carolina
and the University of California.
At present she is visiting Major W«
A. Me Adam and Mrs. McAdam in
Far Rockaway, New York. :!
tematic addition of younger
to “vitalize the courts.”
Attention immediately c
on the* proposals which apj
with modern necessities." ,,
The message was accompanied
by a letter from Attomey-Gerieral
Cummings back
ing up the sug
gestions 'mi d.g,
and a draft of a
bill drawn in the
department o.f
Justice to make
the plan effective.
The message
commended sev
eral reforms
judicial procedi
and in the
duct nf the
eral courts,
among them
constant and
THorntop
plans for