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ALWAYS ABREAST WITH THE CHANGING TIME IN RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS THE COURIER 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_Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County_ASHEBORO, N. C-, SUND A Y, FEB. 28, 1937._PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY _ NUMBER 12 Almost Two Million Free Votes Offered In C^ppaign Reaves Is Named First President Merchants Ass’n. Henry Jones To Serve As Vice President; Leon Cranford, Treasurer Directors Meet Franz Strickland Chairman Membership Committee; Henry Jones, Finance Roy Reaves was elected to serve as the first president of the new ly organized Asheboro Merchants Association at a directors’ meeting in the office of Franz Strickland Friday night. Henry Jones was named vice president and Leon Cranford treasurer. Tagg Cox, sec retary, had already been chosen. The directors approved a motion, to join the national and state mer chants organizations, as well as an advertising agreement presented by Mr. Cox. He and Wilbur Amos were appointed as a committee to go to Greensboro and look over office furniture for the association’s office over the Carolina theatre. They will report to the directors at a meeting to be held Tuesday evening. The directors present at the meeting Friday were Franz Strick land, Roy Reaves, Russell Parks, Leon Cranford, Wilbur Amos, and Bob Wilson. Saturday morning Mr. Reaves announced the personnel of two of the five major standing committees which will arrange the affairs of the association. Franz Strickland is to be chairman of the member ship committee, which also num bers J. L. Riddle, H. R. Trolling er, Jess Pugh and Wilbur Amos. On the finance committee are Henry Jones, chairman; J. C. Shewmake, James B. Neely, and W. J. Armfield, Jr. ■ The association’s membership drive is still going on, and all who intend to join are urged to do so immediately so that they may be included in the group at the time i the directors meet Tuesday. Mr. Cox is at present drawing up a merchants’ agreement which will be given to the directors for their approval Tuesday. Randolph Man Is Buried On Friday Otho Linton Elder, 51, pro minent £uilford county farmer, died Thursday at his home near Springfield church of heart trouble. He was born near Liberty and has many relatives in Randolph coun ty', although most of his life was spent in Guilford. He had served as a trustee and steward of Archdale M. E. church since its organization and until his recent illness had missed only' one service since the church was built. Surviving are the widow, two sons, E. Clark Elder and George B. Elder, two daughters, Mrs. Mable Murray and Miss Selma Elder, of High Point; a brother, J. Carl Elder, of Siler City, two sisters, Mrs. Charles Kennedy and Mrs. Cicero Kennedy, of Randolph county, and two grandchildren. Funeral was conducted from Archdale Methodist Episcopal church Friday afternoon at 3:-10 1 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. J. W. Groce, and Rev. E. M. Jones, a former pastor. Interment was made in Springfield cemetery. Angus D. MacLean Dinner Speaker Angus D. MacLean, former as sistant solicitor general and form er assistant attorney-general of the United States, will deliver the principal address at the Democratic [ Victory dinner at High Point on March 4, it was announced bv Carter Dalton, co-chairman of the speakers’ committee for the event. Mr. MacLean is one of North Carolina’s outstanding Democrats. He represented Beaufort in the state house of representatives in 1927-29-31 and served as state senator in 1933. During his term as senator he was primarily re sponsible for the enactment of the statewide eight-months school term , bill. Funeral Service For Miss Marable Funeral service for Miss Dena > Marable, 55, of Cedar Falls, who died Wednesday in the Ranao'rh hospital, was conducted Friday \ afternoon at the Franklinvil'.e Methodist church. Her pastor, Rev. H. M. Stroup, and Rev. R. M. Hauss, pastor of the church, of ficiated. Burial was in the church s cemetery. Would Keep Two Off U. S. Court \ I Senator Robert F. Wagner, lower left (Dent., N. Y.) and Felix Frank furter, lower right, of the New Deal “brain trust,” would be in eligible for supreme court judge ships because of foreign birth, under a bill sponsored in the House by Representative Edith N. Rogers, top photo, of Massachusetts. Wag ner, born in N’astatten, Hessen pro vince, Germany, on June 8, 1877, came to America in his childhood. Frankfurter, born in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 15, 1881, came to America in 1894. Hearing On Slot Machines Monday Restraining Order Made Re turnable Before Judge Armstrong, Greensboro Decision Friday Sheriff Prevented From Seiz ing Machines As Ordered By Judge Alley After a further hearing of argu ments in the Randolph county slot machine case before Judge Lewis E. Teague in High Point Friday, the temporary restraining order previously returnable March 3 5 was made returnable Monday, March 1. Judge Teague had signed an order earlier in the week re straining Sheriff C. E. King from seizing slot machines in this coun ty. George F. Shaw of Central Falls had applied for the. order, and his counsel, in asking Friday that the matter be allowed to come i up at the Randolph court term | March 15, asserted that Shaw’s j machines were of a different kind than those mentioned in a pre vious order instructing the sheriff to confiscate them. Judge Teague remarked that such contraptions are a violation of the law when they deliver to the player a greater value for his money in one instance than in an other. This point was brought up by Randolph citizens who signed affidavits to the effect machines played as late as last night de livered nothing, in one instance, for the first nickel and 70 cents when the second nickel was insert ed. Another affiant said he receiv (Please turn to Page 8) P.-T. A Sponsors Broadcast On Development Of The Child The schedule of broadcasts for the Radio Forum on the growth and development of the child, which has been arranged by the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, has just been announced. An address will' be broadcast each Wednesday afternoon during March from 4 to 4:30 o’clock over tne Blue Network of the National Broadcasting Company. It is expected that this forum will be of especial interest to the parents and teachers of Asheboro. The speakers are specialists in child psychology, and educators feel that the congress is to be con gratulated in securing their ser vices. The dates for the broadcasts, the subjects to be discussed, and the speakers are as follows: Important Bill Passes House At Evening Session Appropriations Bill Approved By House And Goes To Enrolling Office Fri. Adjournment Seen Several Important Measures Yet On Slate With Others Fast Disposed Of On Friday night, things began to\ look like an early adjournment ^ the state legislature in Raleigh with several of the major questions settled. The appropriations bill was approved in the house, after senate amendments totaling $145, 000,000 were approved. The bill was sent to the enrolling office for rati fication preparation. Earlier in the day the House passing on second reading, by a 90 to 5 vote, the $76,000,000 gen eral fund revenue bill, and the senate approved tide appropriations measure after adopting amend ments to reduce spending by ap proximately $35,000. The house met shortly after mid night to enact the revenue measure into law. Evidently convinced that the end of the season was drawing near, the senate and house rules com mittees voted to ask the presiding officers of both houses to appoint a calendar committee to consider all new measures introduced and abolish regular standing com mittees. Under precedent, such ac tion is not taken until the closing days of the legislature. Among measures still to be dis posed of, however, are proposed bond issues ’ for permanent im provements at state institutions and betterment of secondary high ways, social security, reorganiza tion of the highway and public works commission, free-school text books, labor and revenue and school machinery items. Senate changes- in the appropria tions bill would increase by the following approximate amounts bi ennial allotments to: Credit unions, $9,000; State hos pital, Raleigh, $27,000; N. C. School for the Deaf, Morganton, $4,000; N. C. Sanitarium, $21,880; Samarc and, $4,000. The house also passed a bill to provide $155,000 for build ings for N. C. College for Negroes at Durham, the allotment to be supplemented by PWA funds. An amendment granting divorce after one year’s separation instead of two as at present, would have gone through save for the interfer ence and request for postponement by Martin of Davidson. A lengthy discussion with several proposed amendments was held oh this sub ject. Pope Pius Affain About His Duties Despite the severe pain suffered by Pope Pius, he refused to make any change in his daily program Friday. His reason was that “the longest day is always too short for our tasks.” The Pope is troubled by occasional severe pains in his affected legs. In so far as is possi ble, according to Vatican sources, the Pope refuses to permit any change in his daily program of work because of his illness. His recovery to this point, which is far from complete, has been a surprise to the doctors who have attended the ill man for many weeks. For a period, all high of ficials were held at their posts, ex pecting to hear news of the Pontiff’s death momentarily, but his powers of recovery have been a surprise to all concerned. March 3—“Emotional Develop ment in Children”, John E. Ander son, director, Institute of Child Welfare, University of Minnesota. March 10—“The connection Be tween Mind and Body Growth,” Bert I. Beverly, Assistant Pro fessor of Pediatrics, Rush Medical college. March 17—“Fitting the Course of Study to the Child’s Mental Development,” Carleton Wash burne, superintendent of public school, Winnetka, 111. March 24 — “Education and Mental Growth”, Frank N. Free man, professor of educational psy chology, University of Chicago. March 31—“Athletics, Expense, and Fatigue in Growing Children", D. B. Hill, associate professor ofi industrial psysiology, Harvard j Fatigue Laboratory. I Bullet-Torn Body, Weeping Widow, Outdo Slain Author’s Own Mystery Yarns \ As mysteriously bizarre as any plot he had written for Holly wood’s films were the circum stances surrounding the death of Humphrey I’earson, 43, found fatally wounded in his Pain? Springs, Calif., home with his wife, weeping hysterically over the body. Pearson, highly paid writer and popular in the picture colony, was killed with a single bullet in the chest. The revolver from which the bullet apparently was fired was found in another room of the ihome, police said. The tragedy oe-_ [ curred after the couple returned from a party where both had been drinking, police added. Mrs. l’ear son was placed in a hospital under observation. Court Poll Wif Close On Tuesday Interest Throughout Nation Has Surprised All Concern ed In Staging Poll Randolph Is Close Randolph Folk Interested; Poll Will Close Tuesday, Vote Published Tuesday The national total in the Supreme Court poll conducted by the NEA Service in this newspaper and six others in the state as well as many in the nation, is continu ing in interest. Today’s poll in the nation is 120,696 for the President’s plan and 235,832 against the plan. The state of North Carolina has voted 2,836 for and 1,964 against. This vote, however, does not r< - (Please turn to Page 5) Questionnaire On Rotary Education A questionnaire on Rotary edu cation conducted by J. A. Spence occupied the attention of the Rotarians at their weekly meeting Friday. Mr. Spence’s questions tended to elicit essential facts re garding the organization, growth, [and qualifications of Rotary. -In eluded in the members answering were W. H. Grimes, W. K. Holt, Russell Parks, Henry Corwith. King Moore, Reid Hannah, Bob Woo, N. M. Cranford, W. •). Scarboro, and Charles McCrary. A message of greeting from Dr. J. E. Pritchard of Greensboro, a former member of the local club, was read by D. B. McCrary. Arthur Ross, Jr., reported the re ceipt of correspondence from Rotary clubs in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and Gorlitz, Ger many. Charles McCrary concluded the program with a brief summary of the benefit of Rotary membership In personal and business contacts and also to a socially minded citizen. During the course of the discussion he brought out the fact that Rotary has more than 3,600 clubs in 70 countries and a total membership exceeding 160,000. 2,457 of the clubs are in toe United States, 115 in Canada, 390 in Great Britain and Ireland, 107 in Australia, and 730 in other foreign lands. The only visitor was John W. Clinard, a Rotarian of High Point. Local Minister Talks Friendship Rev. H. P. Powell Discusses Value Of True Friendship Before School Retain Friendship Suggests Cultivating Three Types Of Friendship: Il lustrates With Poems Rev. Howard P. Powell was the principal speaker at the high school assembly Friday morning and delivered an address of great interest and real value on “Friend ship.” Mr. Powell was presented by Jimmy Walker of the sophomore class. The speaker commented on the comparatively small percentage of friendships that are lasting, though casual friends are often acquired in great numbers. “If you live to be an old man or woman and can retain one true friend,” he said, “you need not be discouraged.” Mr. Powell advised the high school students to try to make three kinds of friends, pointing out in what was perhaps the most worthwhile portion of his talk the values both of giving and receiv ing which result from friendship. (Please turn to Page 5) David Cashwell Opens New Store New enterprises for Asheboro are recorded often during recent weeks, the latest of which is the opening of Cashwell Electric Com pany of Greensboro. David Cash well, former resident of Asheboro connected wTith the Carolina Power and Light Company for thi’ee years in this district, makes the announcement of the opening of the business on Tuesday. The loca tion is on the mezzanine floor of the new Hudson-Belk store. T. E. Myatt will be the manager of the new firm, which will deal in Norge home appliances. Servicing facilities will be available on all products sold at this store. Mr. Cashwell has extended a cordial invitation to his old friends and all other Randolph folk to come in and inspect his display of modern equipment for the home. This is the third store of the Cashwell Electric Company, others being operated in Burlington and I Greensboro. Randolph Senator Introduces Bill Local Interest Senator Henry L. Ingram Would Allow County Com missioners Adequate Pay Duties Increased Other Wages And Salaries Increased; Thinks Officers Should Share Among the interesting doings of the state’s legislature during recent days have been several bills intro duced by Senator H. Ij. Ingram of Randolph. Senator Ingram has been interested in the passage of a bill relating to the payment of county commissioners, which the general assembly of the state enacted. The bill provides: Section 1. That the board of county commissioners of Randolph county is hereby authorized, em powered and directed to pay to the chairman of the board of county commissioners for his services per diem and his expenses including his traveling expenses when done on official business connected the duties of the office as chairman, when itemized statements and vouchers are made, submitted to and approved by the board for said services and expenses, but the pay ment for such services and ex penses shall not exceed an aver age of sixty dollars ($60.00) per month. Section 2. That this act shall not affect the per diem received by the chairman of the board at pre sent for attending regular and called meeting of the board. Section 3. That all laws and clauses of law in conflict w’ith this are hereby repealed. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. (Note. Mr. Ingram feels that with the new duties imposed ttpon the members of the board of county commissioners with the passing of the Social Security legislation and other matters re quiring the attention of the com missioners and their time, that they should have more pay; that prior hereto that have received only three dollars per day plus 5c traveling expenses per mile, the commissioners are of the best and most compent business men and leaders in the county, and Mr. Ingram feels that they should be paid a reasonable salary for the time that they actually give to the county and state business, that other wages and salaries have been increased, and it is the pur pose of all to pay to its employees, a reasonable salary or wage for sei’vice produced. HIGHWAY PATROL GETS MAJORITY CONVICTIONS The report of Captain Charles Farmer, head of the state highway patrol, shows that only 56 of the 2,612 persons arrested by the patrol in January were acquitted at trials. Captain Farmer reported 2,072 convictions with fines of $21,977.64 and costs of $13,793.22 being assessed. There were 204 ar rests for drunken driving. $50.00 Ext^ Prize And Big “Protect You” Votes To Be Won Saturday, 6th Do Not Wait To Pay Your Subscription It is the plan of The Courier,' j at the end of the circulation I campaign, to change the method j of collecting subscriptions. The j postal ruling, as well as the j audit bureaus, require a certain j percentage of the subscription list to be paid in advance. The j solicitors who are working in j this circulation campaign have given most people the oppor tunity to pay their back sub scription. There is no need to wait for a solicitor to come after the contest is ended and com promise for a smaller amount or forget the back accounts. These subscribers, although many of them are old friends of the newspaper, will be dropped from the list. Business people who advertise in newspapers have a right to a paid up sub scription list, and they will have this in The Courier. If settle ment is not made before March 15th either with a contestant or direct with this office, your name will be dropped from the list. There has also been a sur prisingly large number of new subscribers added to the list who are equally as valued as our old friends and we welcome them. It is our intention to publish the news, all of it, and we welcome news items from Asheboro and all sections of the county for every issue of The Courier. Tournament Off To A Good Start l- ' • Asheboro Girls Come Through With Victory Over Cole ridge, 26-5 Good Officiating j Trinity Girls Defeat Farmer. 29-18; Coleridge Boys Win, 21-20 The Randolph county high school basketball championship started with a bang Friday night, three first round games being run off before a large audience of en thusiastic supporters. In the open er the Trinity girls proved too strong for Farmer and took a 29 18 decision, after which Coleridge boys won a hairline victory over Randleman, 21-20. Then the Ashe boro girls came through with fly ing colors to set back Coleridge 26-5. An even greater crowd was gathered for the games Saturday (Please turn to Page 8) I Three Big ‘Protect You’ Vote Ballots And $50 Extra Cash Prize Offer Ends This Week First “Protect You” Vote Ballot, 1,000,000 Free Votes; Second “Protect You” Vote Ballot, 500,000 Free Votes; Third “Protect You” Vote Ballot, 300,000 Free Votes. $50.00 Extra Prize For Most Money for Subscriptions To The Courier For a Two Weeks Period Will Be Won Satur day. Several Workers Have Good Start On This Prize. List Of Workers In The “Cash Offer” Campaign and Votes Accepted For Publication NAME Mrs. Walter E. Yow ...... Mrs. fula Routh Jones,. Mrs. Katherine B. Freeman Mrs. Bob Cheshire. Mrs. Charles Luck . Mrs. Lawrence Jordon 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 VOTES . Asheboro . 275,000 . Franklinville . 275,000 . Greensboro . 45,000 . Asheboro . 269,000 . Sea grove . 278,000 ..Trinity .. 66,000 . Sophia . 273,500 . Randleman . 42,000 . Asheboro . 276,000 . High Point, K. F. D. 67,000 . Central Falls . 107,000 . High Point ... 156,000 . Asheboro, R. 2 . 275,000 . Trinity, R. F. D.. 121,000 . Seagrove .. 276,000 . Caraway . 267,000 . Coleridge .. 201,000 The Winners Of These Three Big' Free Vote Ballots Wiil More Than Likely Win The Three Most Valuable Main Awards. Last Week’s Work Counts On $50.00 Offer Closing Saturday Is Of Vital Importance To Those Who Plan To Win Candidates Realizing: Great Value Of Prizes The “Protect You” Vote Winners Will More Than Likely Win Awards I Last week was a big week in the “Cash Offer” Campaign. With few exceptions each and every member made a determined effort to win the extra $25.00 cash prize that was offered the best result-getters for the one w’eek period. Great strides were made by most of the members and the offer was the means of helping many on farther toward the winning goal. It may be said that the race so far is a most even one among many of the members and a sprint on the part of any one of many would change the entire complexion of the line up. Extra $50.00 Cash Prize All candidates have already sold a good number subscriptions to The Courier in the past week. The;/ have that much already to apply on the extra $50.00 cash award, which is offered as a special in ducement for two weeks’ work in getting subscriptions t o The Courier. This Extra cash prize has been in effect since Monday, Feb ruary 22nd, and will close Satur day, March 6th. Candidates have one more week to work on the Extra $50.00 prize and they should make a special drive to get in every subscription possible before Satur day night, March 6th, as one of them will win this extra $50.00 cash award and the votes on these subscriptions will apply directly on the, winning of one of the main awards at the close of the cam paign. The real workers in the race are now presented with an extra offer whereby they may annex hundreds of thousands of votes to their totals. The greatest inducements for subscriptions were offered first and candidates were advised to get as many subscriptions as possible while the great premium was plac ed upon them. Those who have fol lowed the advice of the campaign department closely have much to be thankful for now as the offer this week will have a strong appeal to them and gives them better pos sibilities of winning the big vote ballots offered this week. Free Vote Ballots A “Protect You” vote ballot of 1,000,000 votes will be given the candidate having to his or her credit the largest number of votes for both old and new subscriptions turned in from the beginning of the campaign to and including Saturday, March 6th. A “Protect You” vote Ballot of 500,000 votes will be awarded the candidate having the second larg est number of votes to his or her credit from the beginning of the campaign to and including Satur day, March 6th. A “Protect You” vote ballot of 1 300,000 votes will be awarded the candidate having the third largest number of votes to his or her credit from the beginning of the cam paign to Saturday night, March 6 th. ALL WORK DONE BY THE WORKERS FROM THE BEGIN NING WILL COUNT TO APPLY ON THESE BIG VOTE BALLOTS! The judges will include these “protect you” ballots in the count of the votes at the end of the race and no announcement of the win ners can be made until that time. Double Votes Again The double vote schedule will be in effect again this week. This double vote is the same as that used last week, and no time should be lost during the next six days • as the vote scheduled for next; “ week, the last of the campaign, will be the lowest votes of entire campaign. Family Arriving Tagg Cox is expecting Mrs. Cox and their small daughter, Shirley Ann, to arrive from Pensacola day. Mr. and Mrs. Cox will their home in the Kearns ments at Cox and .