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VOLUME LXI
Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
ASHEBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1937.
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND
NUMBER 8
Only Iwo Days Left On Last Big Club Vote Offer
Finances Low In
Several Places
WithoutWPA Aid
Without Federal Dole Relief
Work Is Broken Down In
Many Sections Of U. S.
Not WPA Attack
Social Workers Reports Indi
cate Considerable Need
And Scanty Funds
Deports from several sections of
the country indicate that local and
state relief has broken down badly
since the federal government stop
ped contributions to the dole.
Walter West, executive secre
tary, made public a survey which
he said was based upon reports
from 28 representative areas in as
many states, in an accompanying
statement he said:
"Insufficient funds available lo
cally in many states has dictated
a wholesale reduction of relief
grants, the elimination of essential
items from relief allowances ami
harsh policies governing acceptance
of applications, designed to make
relief hard to get and difficult to
endure.”
Failure of the Federal works
program to absorb all employable,
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Former Courier
Employe Visits
George B. Craven of High Point
was a visitor at The Courier officc
Wednesday afternoon and stopped
long enough to admire the Duplex
press installed in the late summer.
Mr. Craven, who secured his first
position with W'm. C. Hammer, late
editor of The Courier, recalled the
old Washington press that was
used for publication in those days.
He spoke of how the paper was
fed into the press and the lever
pul led down by a colored man to
make the impressions.
Mr. Craven, a grandson of the
founder of Old Trinity college, re
calls his feeling of pride at the
enormous sum of $5 per week re
ceived for his labor and that $2.50
of this sum went weekly for room
and board to the late Mrs. Chrissie
Clark—“and good board it was
too," said Mr. Craven.
J. M. Wall Rites
Level Cross Fri.
Jamie Monroe Wall, 29, died
Wednesday morning at the Ran
dolph hospital after an illness of
several weeks. He is survived by
his widow, who before marriage
was Miss Rose Ellen Goins; a
small daughter, Dorothy Lee Wall;
a brother, Tommy Wall of Randle
man route one; and two sisters,
Miss Kathleen Wall and Miss Lucy
Wall, both of Randleman route one.
Funeral will be held at 2:30
o'clock Friday afternoon at Level
Cross M. P. church with Rev. Joel
ii. Trogdon officiating, Burial will
follow in the church cemetery.
Officers Chosen
For Loan Ass’n.
The directors of the Randolph
building & Loan Association met
Tuesday evening to elect officers
for 1937. The following were nam
ed: L. F. Ross, president; T.
Fletcher Bulla, vice president; Lee
M. Kearns, secretary-treasurer;
and I. C. Moser, attorney and
trustee.
A number of applications for
loans amounting to several thou
sands of dollars were received and
passed on.
The directors of the association
are L. F. Ross, I. C. Moser, E. H.
Morris, T. F. Bulla, R. E. Nance, E.
W. Davis, H. L. Ingram. W. B.
Lamb, H. C. Royals, and Lee M.
Keams.
1— WELL KNOWN N. C. CRIMINALS I !
a band of seven desperate felons who dashed to freedom
from Caledonia Prison Farm, carrying with them two prison officials
as hostages were, left to right: Bill Payne, 42, of High Point, serving 25
years for robbery; A. \V. Petit, 22, Charleston, S. C., serving 50 years
for robbery; and Clark York, 35, of Mt. Airy, serving 75 years for
murder and robbery.
Family Of Locusts Survive
Winter Quite Comfortably
Interesting news tips continue
to come into The Courier office
from unusual sources. Among
the most interesting items of this
period from Tuesday noon until
Thursday, was that brought in
by John Edward Glass Wednes
day afternoon. Young John
rushed into tne office bearing a
paper bag earefully squeezed
down at the top—containing the
proof of his news tip.
In the bag were several live
locusts that were a bit numb
from the cold but quite able to
crawl about and, after getting
warm, became more active. The
locusts were found by his father,
E. F. Glass, who is connected
with the peach tree control work
Delays, Lack Uniform Rules
Present Federal Laws, Cited
By ROBERT H. JACKSON
Assistant United States Attorney
General
The American people have a high
and well-founded respect for the
judicial function. Yet, the only
presidents they adore, such as Jeff
erson, Jackson, Lincoln, and the two
Roosevelts, have been in bitter con
flict with the courts. Do-nothing ad
ministrations have no conflicts with
the courts, progressive ones always
do. If President Roosevelt were
runing a “sitdown” administration
we would hear no complaint that
he was overstepping the Constitu- j
tion.
Pressed by emergency, hurried
Aviation Subject
Of Kiwanis Talk
--
Alton Dail Reviews History
Of Flying Since Wrights \
First Went Up
Air Mail Facts
Wilbur Amos, Jr., A New
Member; John M. Neely
Gets Leave Of Absence
A talk by Alton Dail on “Avia
tion in the United States” headed
the program of the Kiwanis meet
ing this week. Mr. Dail outlined
the history of flying in this coun-1
try from the first flight by the |
Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk to
the present.
The events were prepared by M
L. Shands and read by Herman
' Bass. Mr. Shands, who was sche
! duled to fill this part of the pro
gram, has moved to Maryville.
Tennessee.
Wilbur Amos, Jr., was admitted
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Soil Conservation Meeting
Held For Randolph Farmers
A large group of farmers from
all section of Randolph county at
tended the county wide soil con
servation meeting in the court
house this afternoon and heard Mr.
Barnes pf the Raleigh pffiee discuss
the 1937 soil conservation pro
gram. He reviewed the entire pro
gram, explained points where dif
ficulty might arise, and answered
Questions from the farmers present.
In the morning there was a
committee meeting of the men in
charge of the program in Randolph
, county, held in the office of the
county agent. The meeting was in
effect a school of instruction in the
1937 program, as Mr. Barnes went!
over its provisions thoroughly with
the committeemen.
Randolph county farmers have
been eager to obtain a clear picture
of the manner in which soil conser
vation will be conducted this year.
The 1937 setup contains no radical
changes from last year’s, but there
are a few differences which requir
ed explaining. The majority of j
farmers in the county received sub-,
stantial benefits by participating in '
the 1936 program and a large nuni-1
ber have already signed up forj
1937. 1
in Randolph county. While work
ing west of town Tuesday after
noon, Mr. Glass found several
locusts that had survived the
mild winter and were awaiting
the arrival of spring.
So, the two tickets for the best
news tip this time go to John
Edward Glass who will be able
to see “Sinners Take All” at the
Capitol Theatre Friday and
Saturday.
The next period for news tips
closes Saturday afternoon at
6:00 o’clock—but don’t wait until
then to send in your tip or some
one else may beat you to the
news. The show’ will be “Cham
pagne Waltz” featuring Gladys
Swarthout and Fred McMurray
at the Sunset Theatre.
I
to keep ahead of economic collapse,
amid social un
rest, the first
Roosevelt a d -
ministration
brought forward
its policies. Not
one of these laws
conflicted with
any definite pro
vision of the con
stitution. I n
creased majorit
ies in 1934 and
overw helming
vote in 1936 ap
proved them, as desirable to the
country’s progress.
But as Chief Justice Hughes said,
when governor of New York, “the
Constitution is what the judges say
it is.”
The president could not find out
what the judges had to say. Other
countries permit the executive to
ask. But our system is unique. The
holder of a $16 coupon on a rail
road bond could ask the supreme
court’s opinion of the constitu
tionality of the gold clause resolu
tion. The president, representing
120,000,000 people, could not.
Moreover, congress and the
executive and no one else can get a
final judicial opinion about a law
until long after it is passed. Almost
two years after the gold policy
was put into effect, after business
had made its commitments under
the new law, the world woke up to
find the lawyers arguing in sup
reme court whether the whole thing
was legal.
Confusion Of Opinions
Into this judicial refuge the
lawyers have run all of their clients
whose practices were offending
against the policies of the govern
ment. From the forward-looking
policy of the congress and the
executive they found shelter in the
courts which look backwards to
their precedents and hence are,
even if unintentionally, the allies of
those who oppose innovation.
Particularly in the lower courts
the process of constitutional ad
judication has become lawless.
Each of more than 160 federal dis
trict judges claims the right, by his
own judgment, to set aside an act
of congress and the executive. They
conflict with each other, sometimes
they compete with each other, their
announcements confuse the public,
they settle nothing at finality, but
they tie up whole policies of gov
ernment with hastily granted in
junctions.
In some instances, they have
used receiverships or reorganiza
tion trusteeships to finance fights
of the government.
They have in some cases render
ed judgments far beyond the needs ;
of litigants and have not allowed
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Seven Convicts
Still At Large
Somewhere N. C.
Escape Monday From Cale
donia Prison Farm In Hali
fax Has Been Sensational
Well Known Here
Governor Hoey Offers Reward
For Capture Of Each; Are
Heavily Armed
Police reports from various sec
tions of North Carolina indicate
that the seven convicts who escap
ed from Caledonia Prison Farm in
Halifax on Monday are still at
large somewhere in 'the wide open
spaces. Rumors of people seeing
the seven men have come from sev
eral places, but officers appear to
have lost the trail temporarily.
Bill Payne and J. W. Turner,
alias Jack Borden, are well known
in Randolph and Guilford, having
lived and been active in the two
counties. The convicts in addition
to Payne and Turner are Clark
York, A. W. Petit, Robert S. Smith, j
C. Frederick Yeager, and Ralph,
Page, all long termers.
They broke into the arsenal at
Caledonia, armed themselves heav
ily and seized Captain I. D. Hinton,
Steward W. L. Roberts and later
Walter H. Willard, a civilian, as
hostages. The three men were re -
leased unharmed near Vass late
Monday evening.
Oscar Pitts of Raleigh, acting di
rector of the state penal division,
announced today that Governor
Hoey has offered a reward of $10ff
each for the capture of the con
victs. Pitts said he believes the
seven men are in hiding and are
not using the highways. He is quot
ed as expressing the belief they are
still together and are somewhere
in the central part of the state.
Air Service For
N. C. Resort Towns |
During the next few weeks of
the tourist season Southern Pines
and Pinehurst will be served with
airplane service. This plan was
commenced on Monday, February;
15th and will continue until the
end of the tourist season which is
the middle of April, usually.
Eastern Air Lines will sell tick
ets to Southern Pines and Pine
hurst, via Knollwood airport, from
Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Boston and New York
city. Passengers will change planes
at Raleigh.
Sold Down River,
Moans Ramona
Her name isn’t Nellie Gray, but
she was “sold down the river” just
the same, lamented lovely Ramona
Davies, above, when she went into
court seeking to restrain Paul
Whiteman, with whose orchestra
she sings, from leasing her services
elsewhere.
Hold WMS Meeting
At Franklinvillei
Harvey Wilson Elected Senior
Patrol Leader As Walter
Clark Troop Meets
Attend Funeral
P.-T. A. Sponsors Series Ot
Talks Broadcast Weekly
From WPTF, Raleigh
Franklinville, Feb. 17.—The Boy
Scouts, Walter Clark Troop, of
Andrew Hunter Council, held their
weekly meeting at Town Hall Tues
day evening. Reports were made of
the work done in each patrol for
merit badges. Harvey Wilson was
elected to the important office of
senior patrol leader. The boys are
making themselves useful by help
ing whenever needed. They raised
$57.41 for the flood sufferers.
The Woman’s Missionary Society
of the M. E. church held their re
gular meeting Friday afternoon,
at the home of Mrs. H. B. Buie. The
meeting was opened by singing
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CANDIDATE-The $600 In Cash
Is Yours!
With the race among leaders so close as it stands today the
First Award in The “Cash Offer” Campaign is just as much yours as
the other fellow’s.
WHAT WILL YOU DO ABOUT IT? IT’S UP TO YOU!
BIGGEST DROP IN VOTES OF ENTIRE CAMPAIGN COMES
AFTER SATURDAY
IMPORTANT
Each one-year subscription turned in this week will earn, includ
ing “club votes,” 22,000 votes. After Saturday a one-year subscrip
tion will only earn 10,000 votes—A drop of 12,000 votes on each
one-year subscription.
Votes win the awards.—When will you get yours in?
NOTICE: We have been asked by the candidates to make a direct
appeal in this issue to all persons who are going to subscribe, to
give their support this week due to the tremendous drop in votes
after Saturday night.
List Of Workers In The “Cash Offer” Campaign and
Votes Accepted For Publication
NAME
Mrs. Walter E. Yow .
Mrs. lula Routh Jones.
Miss Edith Cagle .
Mrs. Line Russell .
Mrs. Katherine B. Freeman
Mrs. Bob Cheshire.
Mrs. Charles Luck .
Miss Cora Edwards .
Miss May Caudle .
Harmon Hastings.
Mrs. R. V. Anthony.
Mrs. Clarence Ward.
Miss Minnie Lee Kennedy ..
Mrs. John Cameron .
Miss Etta Kearns .
Miss Doris King .
Miss Loula Andrews .
Mrs. Lacy Poole.
TOWN
Asheboro .
Franklinville.
Archdale .
Asheboro .
Greensboro .
Asheboro .
Seagrove .
Sophia.
Randleman .
Asheboro .
High Point, R. F. D.
Central Falls .
High Point.
Asheboro, R. 2 .
Trinity, R. F. D. ..
Seagrove .
Caraway .
Coleridge .
VOTES
. 214,500
. 216,000
. 125,000
. 44,000
. 45,000
. 211,000
. 212,800
. 214,500
42,000
. 212,800
. 67,000
. 107,000
. 131,000
. 216,000
. 115,000
. 212,800
. 208,000
. 133,000
FEW MORE HOURS OF CLUB VOTES—ACT NOW! YOUR LAST
CHANCE ON BIGGEST VOTES.
REMEMBER SATURDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 20
$600.00 For One of the Workers—$400.00 Cash For Another—Three
Other Good ^wards.
For a Few Weeks’ Work—Win This W eek!
N. C. Liquor Bill
Now Before Joint
H & S Committee
Is Passed By Senate On
Wednesday After Third
Reading; Amenments
Drys Give Up Fight
May Vote In Some Counties
Of State As Early As
Tuesday, April 13th
After the passage of the state
liquor bill by the North Carolina
general assembly—the senate pass
ing the third reading on Wednes
day—a joint committee from the
house and senate went into the
amendments proposed by the
senate.
The House declined to concur in
the bill as amended by the senate
when it passed the upper house at
Tuesday’s session, but Representa
tive Victor Bryant of Durham said
that the only objection to be
thrashed out in conference centered
on an amendment by Senator W. I.
Halstead of Camden. The “spirit of
all the amendments inserted by the
senate” is acceptable, Bryant said,
however.
Speaker Gregg Cherry of the
house announced the appointment
to the committee of Representa
tives Bryant, Sam Blount of Beau
I fort and T. E. Cooper of New Han
j over. Lieutenant Governor W. P.
Horton appointed Senators L. Y.
I Ballentine of Wake and W. B. Rod
| man, Jr., of Beaufort,
j The Durham legislator said a
meeting of the conference commit
| tee would be held today, at an hour
that will be announced at the
legislature’s morning session.
At the committee meeting on
Wednesday night, it appeared quite
possible that elections on the
establishment of liquor stores in
j some of the so-called dry counties
I in North Carolinajmight be held as
I early as Tuesday, April 13th.
In the Senate yesterday, L. A.
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Veterans Got Ten
Million In 1936
Veterans And Dependents Of
Deceased Veterans Includ
ed In Benefits
Veterans’ administration ex
penditures in North Carolina, dur
ing the fiscal year of 1936 amount
ed to $9,837,519, according to a re
port received by Robert M. Gantt,
state director for the National
Emergency Council. This sum did
not include payments made to vet
erans on bonus certificates. ~"
Living veterans of all wars re
ceived the sum of $4,939,433 in
compensation and pension pay
ments, while payments to 3,530 de
pendents of deceased veterans of
all wars amounted to , $1,305,572.
The payments made to living vet
erans were as follows: 6,727 vet
erans, $3,620,904; peacetime, 621
veterans, $155,348; Spanish Ameri
can War, 2,130 veterans, $1,117,
951; Civil War, 36 veterans, $41,
544; Indian Wars, 5 veterans,
$3,686.
The payments to dependents of
deceased veterans were: World
War, $803,663; Peacetime, $41,713;
Spanish-American War, $265,523;!
Civil War, $186,722; Indian Wars,
$3,125; Mexican Wars, $4,826.
Military and Naval insurance
payments were made to- dependents
of 2,905 veterans in the amount of
$1,843,817; adjustments on service
and dependents pay amounted to
$20,011; payments were made on
adjusted service certificates matur
ed by death in the amount of $436,
I 178; state administrative costs of
| the Veterans’ Administration in
j eluding operating expenses of all
| offices and hospitals amounted to
i $1,292,607.
The Veteran’s Administration
i reports that pensions are still be
| ing paid to dependents of deceased
| veterans of the War of 1812, one a
j resident of the state of New York
| and the other the state of Oregon.
Famous Aviatrix
To Pacific Coast
Amelia Earhart Putnam, famous
aviatrix, arrived at Cleveland, Ohio
on February 17th from Newark, N.
; ,T. She was traveling in her “flying
1 laboratory” and was en route to
i the Pacific Coast.
George Palmer Putnam, her hus
band, who accompanied her, term
ed the trip a “leisurely flight” and
said the flying time was 2 hours
■ and 30 minutes.
j The aviatrix plans to make a
! globe-circling flight in the “labor
atory” next month. Also on the
trip are Captain Harry Manning,
Miss Earhart’s navigator, and her
mechanic, R. D. (Bo) McKneeley.
Candidates Who Secure
Best Results Now Will
Likely Be Big Winners
Wealthy May
Bsek In
or
School |
■
Dr. jo^epti INewioii uau>er made
$3,000,000 in oil, was mayor of
Seminole, Okla., and already held
two degrees, but that didn't stop
him from returning to the Univer
sity of Arkansas to take subjects he
lacked time for before.
Work Begins Today
On Hardwood Plant
Charter Granted C. C. Cran
ford, E. D. Cranford And
S. D. Cranford Tuesday
f r _
On Kivett Street
Will Rush Construction Work
Through; Plan Early Op
eration Of Plant
Work was begun this morning
on the plant of the Asheboro Hard
wood Company, the most recent
addition to Asheboro’s industrial
life and another unit of the Cran
ford industries. Located on Kivett
street, this firm will make building
materials, being chiefly concerned
with the manufacture of blocks
for furniture stock.
The Asheboro Hardwood Com
pany received its charter of incor
poration Wednesday from Secre
tary of State Thad Eure. C. C.
Cranford, E. D. Cranford, and S. D.
Cranford were named as partners
in the enterprise, subscribing $300
in stock. The authorized capital
stock was placed at $25,000.
E. D. Cranford said today that
he expected the building to be j
finished and operations commenced i
in about two weeks. The business I
will employ some 15 men, using
local workers. It has not yet been
decided who will manage the
factory.
Funeral Service
Fairview Church
J. C. Snody, 70, of Trinity route
one, died early Wednesday morn
ing in a Winston-Salem hospital.
Funeral service was conducted this
afternoon from Fairview' M. E.
church near Trinity, with Rev. A.
Lincoln Fulk and Rev. W. H. Neece
officiating. Interment took place in
Oakwood Cemetery, High Point.
Mr. Snody is survived by his
widow'; one daughter, Mrs. Cora
Shackleford, High Point route
three; four sons, Dallas Snody of
Leaksville, Dexter Snody and Dixie
Snody of Trinity route one, and
Dee Snody of High Point route
two; and one sister, Mrs. Betty
Atkins of Winston-Salem.
Original 40-Hour Week Bill Is
Killed In House Wednesday
Among the interesting events of
the week’s legislative reports is a
redraft of the McBryde-Uzzell bill \
to establish maximum working
hours in North Carolina voted
Wednesday afternoon as the house
committee on manufacturers and
labor reported unfavorably a mea
sure to provide a 40-hour textile
bill on a compact basis with South
Carolina and Georgia.
Representative Uzzell of Rowan,
chairman of the group, named a
subcommittee consisting of him
self, Representative Barker of Dur
ham, and Representative Allen of
Wake to revise the bill and stated
Workers Running
Extremely Close
255,000 Extra Votes On Each
$30 In Subscriptions This
Week Can Mean Big Lead
No Time Being Lost
By Winning Workers
One Subscription This Week
Counts More Than Two
Subscriptions Next Week
The urgent need of quick action
is being realized now more than
ever before by the candidates in
The Courier “Cash Offer” cam
paign who are making one of the
larger awards their goal. Time is
passing swiftly and the awarding
of the prizes to the victorious ones
will be here all too soon for the
interested campaigners. Only three
weeks of the race remain after this
week. Each day of this time must
be utilized to the very best ad
vantage. Each day must yield its
full quota of subscriptions and
votes as the time to reap the rich
est vote harvest is while subscrip
tions are still plentiful and the
season good. The “season” is es
pecially fine now as the entire
territory reached by this newspaper
is awake to the fact that something
unusual is going on and that great
awards are at stake.
One' of the outstanding features
of the campaign at this time is the
remarkable closeness of the race.
Returns indicate that nearly all
have equal-ability to obtain sub
scriptions and it may truthfully be
termed “anybody’s race.” This is a
most happy situation in a prize
race where the awards are worth
i while as it adds pep and zest to the
| campaign, and turns the spotlight
on the enterprise and its commend
ante purpose.
Void After Saturday
The four opportunity coupons
which allow one hundred thousand
free votes each will be void after
Saturday, February 20th. All
workers who have not finished
these coupons are urged to check
up now and be sure to have the
necessary difference turned in by
February 20th as this off.er will
positively not be repeated during
this campaign. These extra votes
can be the means of your winning
a much larger prize than you may
win without them.
A determined effort now on the
part of any one of the contestants
can change the “complexion” of
the lineup and a few subscriptions
more than one expected to get this
wreek can make a leader of any one
of many.
Two hundred and fifty-five
thousand extra votes will be allow
ed on each and every $30 club of
both old and new subscriptions
turned in during the present week,
Monday, February 15th, to Satur
day, February 20th.
The campaign office will be open
until 8 o’clock Saturday evening for
the convenience of candidates who
wish to work until a late hour in
order to make their week’s report
the very best possible. Candidates
who are unable to bring their sub
scriptions to headquarters may
mail them so long as the envelope
is postmarked February 20.
CCC CAMP FOREMAN
IS KILLED BY TREE
A falling tree on Tuesday was
the cause of the death of Joe L.
Poore, 53, CCC Camp foreman
Wednesday. The camp is located at
Globe near Morganton in Caldwell
county. The Poore family are well
known residents of that county.
less drastic punishment for violat
ors and numerous other committee
adopted amendments would be in
corporated.
Providing a 48-hour work-week
for women and a 56-hour week for
men, in all except agricultural and
dortwstic service, the committee
substitute will, in the opinion of
its chief sponsor, Representative
McBryde of Cumberland, have
“many of its teeth taken out.”
“It’s a forward step in the right
direction even though the commit;
tee has seen fit to perform a de
operation on the bill,” Mcl
declared.