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ALWAYS ABREAST WITH THE CHANGING TIME IN RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS TRI-WEEKLY Est. As The Regulator February 2, 1876 PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN Changed To The Courier September 13, 1879 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE ■ VOLUME LX I uidest Paper Published In Randolph County ASHEBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, FEB. 21, 1937. PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY NUMBER 9 New Extra Offer For Campaign Workers Announced North Carolina Assembly Passes Liquor Measure 81 Dry Counties Permitted To Vote On Repeal Of Pro hibition In April Ends Long Drought Elections Called By County Commissioners Or 15 Percent Of Voters 28 years of prohibition in North Carolina came to an end Friday when the general assembly passed the county option liquor bill. Formal ratification of the bill is ex pected Monday, which will permit all dry counties except Moore and Rockingham would be able to vote on repeal, of prohibition by April 13. Elections can be called either by county boarcjs of commissioners or by petitions signed by 15 per cent of the registered voters who participated in the last guberna torial election. Seventeen counties which voted wet in 1935 under the Pasquotank and New* Hanover acts, and Rock ingham county, which voted dry at that time, would not be allowed to change their status until 1938, since the measure provides that at least three years must elapse between elections. No election may be held in Moore county until three years aft er ratification of the local option measure. Moore now is dry except for alcoholic beverage control stores at the resort towns of Pine hurst and Southern Pines, which would continue to operate. Counties would operate and re ceive all profits from the sale of spirits but the revenue bill pro vides for a 7 per cent state tax on gross sales. Several legislators are preparing a supplementary bill to give municipalities in which ABC stores operate a portion of the pro fits. -- Liquor could be sold legally by the package and at authorized county stores. Residents of dry counties could import as much as one gallon from a wet county for personal use, possession of spirits in dry units not being against the law. Included in the bill is the follow ing amendment by Senafor Ballen tine, of Wake “It shall be unlaw ful for any person or persons to be or to become intoxicated or to make any'public display of any intoxicat ing beverages at any athletic con test or any other public place in North Carolina.” Asked to interpret the measure, Attorney General A. A. F. Seawell, ip an unofficial opinion, said he be lieved orderly drinking in such public places as restaurants would not be banned. Randleman Water Plant Man Leaves M. M. Croom, superintendent of the Randleman filter plant and water works system, has resigned to accept a position with one of the Elliott White Springs cotton mills in Fort Mills, South Carolina. Mr. Croom will continue in his present line of work, as he will operate the mill’s’ large water plant, which supplies water for the town as well as for the needs of the mill. He ,had been in charge of the water plant at Randleman for about a year, where he had made a fine record. E. D. Thomas of Mt. Airy will take Mr. Croom’s place as super intendent at Randleman. Mr. Thomas has studied water works engineering and sanitation at N. C. State college. Mr. and Mrs. Croom are leaving tod^y for Fort Mills. Live Stock'Read Newspapers Today One would almost believe that feeder pigs, fresh cows, cats, dogs and beef cattle actually read the want ads in this news paper. Sometime ago A. R. Glosson of Bonlee inserted an ad wanting to buy the animals list ed above and a letter today from the advertiser states the re sults were beyond his expecta tions. Among other things in Mr. Glosson’s good letter was best wishes for our success in pub lishing such a splendid newspap er and ended by stating that he “always gets results with an ad in The Courier". There’s a ■oral in the story. Yon may not want to buy any live stock but you can use the •ant ads to an economical ad ,v, xou coma almost throw a stone across the open plaza that separates these great Washington buildings. But graver things than stones are in the air between t hem today, as Congressional committees meet in thd Capitol, considering plans to alter the personnel of the U. S. Supreme Court. The two buildings, the ancient Capitol with its famous dome and spreading wings in the foreground, and the magnificent new marble home of the supreme court, seem in this air photo to be facing each other with a grim and patient defiance, waiting for the decision now in the making as a nation watches. Which DolYou Think Should Have Last Word? Grive Your Answer in The Courier’s Poll On Roosevelt’s Court Plan Bar Association Leader Speaks In s Opposition To Changes In Courts Right Of Common Man Is In Peril F. H. Stinchfield, Bar Associa tion President, Defends Supreme Court Should Be Careful Of Consequences Highest Tribunal In U. S. Should Be More Than Mouthpiece For Executive By F. H. STINCHFIELD President, American Bar Association You have noted the proposal. Be sure you clear on it. For you are one of the 130,000,000 Americans whose rights congress is told to give away. You and Americans before you have had these rights for 150 years. Your ancestors didn’t give them up; if your children haven’t them, it will be because you have sur rendered them. This is what is to be done, from your standpoint: the court is to be changed by the proposed law. How? Let’s see if it isn’t perfect ly plain. There are nine members of the supreme court. Six more men will be chosen by the president. When asked to decide, at least three of the pre sent nine justices ^iave, almost r stinchfield every time, up held these new laws. Add the six justices to be chosen. You have nine, more than a majority. Some of the present nine might resign if the law is passed; they would feel that the court’s power had forever gone, surrendered to the president. For the court to act merely as the mouthpiece of the executive would destroy every chance to per form its duties independently, the only way in which patriotic, sincere judges could act. The new supreme court building had as well be made a new wing of the White House. The third branch of our govern ment would have disappeared. You vote on this ballot. You also vote at elections. You have faith in your vote. You don’t wish to give up the right to vote on any issue where your voice ought to be heard. (Please turn to Page 4) First Reports On Balloting With 118 cities in 32 states having reported, opponents of the president’s proposal to change the number of justices in the Supreme Court are lead ing 2 to 1, the total votes being 23,973 for the changes and 48,045 against. Representative returns are: State For Against North Carolina ... 110 84 Alabama . 84 110 Virginia .. 158 101 Georgia . 805 716 Kansas . 481 1,961 Minnesota .. 981 735 New York.4,127 11,744 Ohio .,. 873 4,905 Pennsylvania - 811 3,828 Texas . 3,358 2,413 Wisconsin .2,941 5,448 Cooley Supports Court Increase Declares This District Favors Overwhelmingly Roose velt’s Proposal v Lawyers Opposed Finds Farmers And Laboi Solid For Change, General Public Approves Harold D. Cooley, member of the house of representatives from Ran dolph county and her sister coun ties in the Fourth North Carolina District, has declared that the peo ple of this district are overwhelm ingly in favor of the President s proposal to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court. Mr. Cooley has just returned to Washington after spending two weeks at his home in Nashville, where he was called by the death of his brother. He reported that, farmers and labor are almost solid in support of Roosevelt, and that the majority of citizens in general approve his plan, but found that most lawyers are opposing it. Mr. Cooley’s statement, although more emphatic, was in line with observations of other members of the delegation who have spent some time in their districts since the president made his proposal on February 5 for appointment of ad ditional members of the Supreme Court equal to the number of those (Please turn to Page 4) Supreme Court Is Now Warm Issue Early Returns From The County Of Randolph Indi-A cate Widespread Interest Rural Folk Voting Three Newspapers In State Conducting Polls; Votes Changing Each Issue Early returns in the Supreme Court poll, recently begun by this newspaper, have brought in amaz ing results. The number of people interested in this national matter of moment throughout the various states is surprising. According to the NEA Service, tabulating the poll through newspapers which they serve, there is a two to one lead in the nation against the President’s plan for the Supreme Court. This is not true of Randolph county where The Courier is con ducting a poll which has brought response from every section of the county and from a varied group of voters. The first poll tabulation made Saturday afternoon from this office has a total of 47 votes—i4 (Please tum to Page 4) Interesting Old Papers Are Possession Of T. E. Fussell Among the most valued posses sion of T. E. Fussell, druggist at the Randolph Drug Store, are sev eral old documents which have been in his family for many years, the oldest since Revolutionary days. They include land grants, warrants, deeds, and other papers interesting | because of the light they throw on, customs of former days. The oldest is a deed of a tract of land from Isaac James to j Reuben NOrris October 29, 1782. The land is in the Rose Hill section of Duplin county, where members of Mr. FusseH’s family still reside, and both the men named are among Mr. Fussell’s ancestors. Another] old grant is dated 1809, in which the same Isaac James transfers another tract to a Norris whose first name is illegible. In both these documents the handwriting is in a I beautiful script, adorned with many I I flourishes. Two papers from Civil War days bear actual witness to conditions before and during the war. In Officials Study Tenant Farmer’s Problems Today Interest Is Widespread In . Tenant Problem Through out The United States President Interested Officials Estimate $100,000, 000 Necessary For Creat ing Crop Insurance The tenant farmer is one of the most important topics under con sideration by the federal govern ment now. Not only is this topic before the officials now in power, but it is talked of considerably by Norman Thomas, the Socialist lead er. Officials estimated that $100, 000,000 to $150,000,000 would be required to create a vast crop in surance system recommended to congress Friday by President Roosevelt. They figured thac amount would establish adequate reserves and meet other necessary costs. Offsetting this was the conten tion of the President’s crop in surance committee that the propos ed system would eliminate other expenditures for farmers distressed by crop failures. The committee estimated such outlays had totaled $600,000,000 in the last 10 years. In a special message to congress today, Mr. Roosevelt recommended that Federal crop insurance start with wheat next year and be ex tended later to other producers showing a desire for such protec tion. It was his second recommenda tion in three days for broadening the Federal farm program. The first suggested liberal credit and Other Federal aid for tenants and ^lecure farm owners. ‘a.S in liis message on tenancy, the president emphasized his con tention that Federal action upon Such matters is constitutional. “May I repeat,” he said today, “what I have suggested in a former message: that because economic and social reforms of this character are essentially national in scope and administration, the citizens of our nation believe that our form of government was never intended to prohibit their accomplishment.” Loflin Funeral Sunday Afternoon Mrs. Achsah Loflin, 54, wife of Arthur A. Loflin died early Satur day morning at her home in the Gravel Hill section of Randolph county, near Farmer. Mrs. Loflin, who has been in ill health since suffering a stroke of paralysis a year ago, was a well known woman in the western section of the coun ty. Before her illness, she was pro minent in community and church affairs having been a devoted mem • ber of the Gravel Hill church for, many years. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Madison Henderson of west ern Randolph who survive as do her husband and five sons: Earl Loflin of Greensboro; Worth Loflin of Denton; Wayne Loflin of Kan napolis; Eugene Loflin of Washing ton state; and Hoyle Loflin of the home. A brother, Wade Hender son of Thomasville also survives. Funeral service will be held Sun day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Gravel Hill church. Rev. J. A. Cox will conduct the service and the burial following. 1860, a court held that one William ' B. Middleton had a just claim of $20.28 against Benjamin Fussell, grandfather of T. E. Fussell, who now has a document showing that BenjiViin Fussell paid the judg ment in cash. In 1862 when he paid another debt amounting to $30, the war was raging, money was scarce, and he gave “one mare, two cows and calves, and about twenty hogs” to satisfy the claim. Also of interest is a receipt dat ed February 22, 1838—almost exactly 99 years old to a day.- It records the fact that Benjamin Fussell paid Thomas Taylor the sum of $2.76 for two pairs of shoes, giving us an idea of the cost of clothing in old days. Mr. Fussell has a number of other papers which bear witness to business deals three-quarters of a century old or more, including a deed from John Fussell, brother of Benjamin, to another of the Norrises who are so frequently mentioned, in 1846. Many W orker s IN ow Have Almost Equal Showing For The $600 And $400 Extensions Will Count Next Week Votes Will Go Still Lower, Making It Important To Work Fast Now Every Moment Now Is Of Great Importance Workers Urged To Go Over Field Again And Reap Harvest Extension Votes Just eighteen more working days of the race remain. Each day of this time must be utilized to the very best advantage. Each day must yield its full quota of sub scriptions and votes as the time to reap the richest vote harvest is while subscriptions are still plenti ful and the seasons good. The “season” is especially fine now as the entire territory reached by this I newspaper is awake to the fact that something unusual is going on and ! that the great prizes at stake war rant exceptional activity on the part of the candidates. All are of the same accord in giving encour agement to the workers and nearly everyone has some favorite in the race whom he would like to have declared the winner of the largest prize offered. This is a natural sit uation indeed, as the most popular and individual people in the com munity were nominated at the out set and they are making every ef fort possible to substantiate the confidence placed in them and- in their ability to win. From this point the race will go forward with rapid strides and interest in the race and the individual candidates are increasing with leaps and bounds. Anybody’s Race One of the outstanding features of the campaign at this time is the remarkable closeness of the race. Returns indicate that nearly all have an equal ability to secure sub scriptions and one may sincerely i term it “anybody’s race.” This is a most happy situation in a prize race where the awards are worth while as it adds “pep” and zest to the campaign and turns the spot light on the enterprise and its commendable purpose. A deter mined effort now on the part of any one of the candidates can change the “complexion” of the line-up and a few subscriptions more than one expected to get can make a leader of any one of many. Effort Plus Results Effort plus results is what counts in this campaign and all ex cept a few of the workers are us ing the effort and getting results. Those who are trying are making headway, those who are working half heartedly are of course in the “lagging” vote group. Anyone of the leading candidates may walk away with the $600 award if they will use time to the best advant age during the remaining days of the campaign. The winning votes, many of them are still in the wide field covered by The Courier and the winners of those big prizes will be the workers who go after those votes. No one in the list could win a big award on what they have done up to this time, but with that and 1 what they do between now and the close of the campaign anyone of many can make their greatest cash earning in the time that remains Think this over seriously workers and don’t be one of those persons who win in the first half of the race then slack up and lose in the last half, get new readers, renew als and cover the entire field again for those important “Extension” votes. If you would be a winner, you will be a steady worker until the last hour of the great race. Death Of Infant Near Randleman Robert Jake Trogdon, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Trogdon, died at the Trogdon home near Randleman Friday morning after a short illness. Surviving, in addition to the parents, are two brothers, H. E., Jr., and Elwood; and three, sisters, Lucille, Mada Agnes, and! Annie Marie. Funeral will be conducted this afternoon at 2 o’clock from New Salem M. P. church by Rev. Joel B. Trogdon, with Rev. Mr. Gamer assisting. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Jones Wins Extra $25 Prize New Extra Cash Offer Is Announced Today Mrs. Iula Routh Jones of Franklinville was the lucky win ner of the extra prize of $25 which was offered for the most money for subscriptions during the second period of the cam paign. Mrs. Jones had some close competition in winning this award as several other workers were running up close for the prize. We congratulate Mrs. Jones on winning this extra prize and feel that it was done by extra effort. Extra effort on the part of any worker will mean much in the winning in this campaign. New OfferOf $75 In Extra Prizes $25.00 EXTRA PRIZE For next week only—Extra $25.00 in cash will be awarded to the worker who turns in the largest amount of money for subscriptions to The Courier from Monday February 22nd, to Saturday night, February 27th, a period of ONE week. , $50.00 EXTRA PRIZE For the next two weeks oniy —Extra $50.00 in cash will be awarded to the worker who turns in the largest amount of money lor subscriptions to The Courier from Monday, February 22nd to Saturday night, March 6th, a period of TWO weeks. REMEMBER all business turn ed in on the $25.00 prize counts also on the $50.00 prize. It is possible for ONE worker to win both prizes. Outline Of Three Vocations Heard Dyeing Process In Men’s Hosiery Industry Is In teresting Topic John Clark Back Dentistry And Public Utilities Also Discussed As Rotarians Meet Three interesting reports on various business callings formed the program, devoted to vocational service, of the Rotary Club Friday. Elwood Riehm of Ramseur intro duced the speakers. Dr. 0. L. Presnell opened the proceedings with an account of dentistry, giving the club the ad vantage of several magic formulas for easing toothache, removing loose teeth, or, if preferred, tight ening loose teeth. Dr. Presnell as authorities numerous alchemists who have become famous for the discovery of the value of such in gredients as powdered earthworms, ■ ' (Please turn to Page 3) Cleveland Thayer In Radio Speech The fact that gold was discover ed while the basement of his new home was being dug has provided Cleveland Thayer with the oppor tunity of rising to fame and for tune over the air waves, Mr. Thayer revealed Friday. A firm which arranges programs for radio broadcasts noticed the news item of the gold strike and, believed that the story would be interesting to radio listeners, chiefly because of Mr. Thayer’s reasons for going ahead with his house instead of trying to develop the gold vein. Consequently Mr. Thayer was in vited to come to New York to speak over a national hook-up of one of the major chains with all expenses to be paid by the sponsor. He has accepted and will appear on a pro gram on March 21. He has not yet been notified what program it will be or the exact hour, but all Ashe boro will be awaiting his radio de but. The company which has arrang ed for Mr. Thayer’s talk is headed by Phillips Lord, famous radio character actor. , '' . ; Taggw Chosen Secrnj Local Merc^ts Group ^ Native Of Randolph County Well Known To Many Resi dents Of Town Soon Open Offices Original Six Directors Select Three Additional Members, Completing List Tagg Cox, a native of Randolph county who has resided in Florida for the past six years, was named secretary of the local Merchants Association at a recent meeting of the directors of that group. During his residence in Florida, Mr. Cox has been connected with the sales and collection department of two business firms traveling in north west Florida and southern Alaba ma, which work gives him a back ground for his new duties. He is a son of the late O. R. Cox, promin ent manufacturer of this county, and is well and favorably known to many citizens. Mr. Cox was named secretary of the group by the board of directors composed of the six members chosen at the first meeting of the organization. At this same time, the board added three new mem bers to the original six which makes the directors composed of the following business men of Asheboro: Roy Reaves, Henry C. Jones, Franz Strickland, Ogburn Yates, Lindsay Hobbs, Russell Parks, the original six with Leon Cranford, Bob Wilson and Wilbur Amos, the three new members. The directors also went over plans-with the new secretary on Thursday evening and are now prepared to see the early completion of the offices for this new organization. The offices to be used are over the Carolina Theatre and a generous gesture from Roy Champion, man ager of the theatre, will insure free rent for the first six months. 7 is expected that the offices will be open the latter part of this w^ek. The first three days of the week, Mr. Cox will spend in the Burling ton office, which is said to be one of the best managed in the state. He will look over filing systems, collections, and get an idea of the general operation of that office. [ Application has also been made for a charter which is expected short ly from the state headquarters in Raleigh. At an early date, Mr. Cox an nounces, five permanent com mittees will be named: member ship, trade development, credits, legislative matters and transporta tion. It is a source of considerable satisfaction to many people in Asheboro who have witited to see the formation of such an organiza tion, to realize the actual working of this group and the cooperation met with has been more than gratifying. Tobacco Truck Is Burned Wednesday Other News Of Randleman; Social Clubs Meet, Per sonal News Items Randleman, Feb. 20.—Jas. O. Pickard, salesman for the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., had the mis fortune of getting his tobacco truck burned Wednesday evening about eleven o’clock. The truck was parked in the yard, and it was feared for a while that the house would catch on fire. The Beta club of the Randleman high school, will sponsor a three act play Saturday evening at 7:30 in the school auditorium. The Rook club met Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. N. N. Newlin with Mrs. Joseph Newlin hostess. Three tables of rook were in play in the living room, where spring flowers made a colorful setting. Mrs. Newlin served a salad course and coffee to the following guests: Mrs. W. F. Matthews, Mrs. Milliard Allred, Mrs. J. C. Fox, Mrs. John Fox, Mrs. J. T. Council, Mrs. N. N. Newlin, Mrs. E. E. Bunting, Miss Mary Swaim, Jtfiss Claude Fox, Misses Rosabelle Woolen and Epsie Woolen. Mrs. Henry Vestal is confined to her bed with flu. Howard Smith remain ill at hia home. Mrs. J. B. Trogdon, Jr., is ill at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Trogdon. Miss Evelyn Allred spent Wed nesday in Greensboro shopping., Water Plant W. S. & board of 1 inspector Asheboro