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I ALWAYS ABREAST WITH THE CHANGING TIME IN RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS THE COURIER THE COURIER AND ASHEBORO MARCH IN STEP—AHEAD BOTH ARE LEADERS ?RI-WEEKLY rOLUME LXI Est. As The Regulator February 2, 1876 Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEPORO, N. C., SUNDAY,~MARCH 14, 1937T Changed To The Courier September 13, 1879 PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY m YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 18 Ballot Box Reports Monday To Decide Big Weiners Khamber Of Commerce In Annual Banquet Fri. Henry Dwire, Speaker (wire Pleases Large Audience Shares McCrary Presides And Retires As Head Of Civic Organization Charles Bossong Takes Over Post President McCrary Reiterates Achievements OF Chamb er During The Year The eleventh annual banquet of tie Asheboro Chamber of Coni nerce, held Friday evening for the trst time in the new gymnasium uilt largely through its efforts, fered a perfectly balanced pro ram of music, humor, speechmak pg, and eating. Henry R. Dwire, director of ublic relations of Duke Univer pty, the principal speaker of the vening, held the continuous at ention of the audience not only or the value of his remarks, but (Iso because he never involved him elf so deeply in his subject that he ould not break off for a joke, and to one wanted to miss any of the umorous stories he frequently [lterjected into his remarks. Dr. Dwire’s address, which iight be called a talk on practical Realism, dealt with four chief kernes. Beginning with the matter adjusting one’s self to the fast ice of the modern world. Mr. vire went on to defend in vidualism in this social age, to Pge a patriotism thgt isjnot _na bnalistic but based on a" regard the interests of everyone with liom we come in contact, and to ess the need for more idealism fid less materialism in our lives. H. Neal and Miss Rebecca les of Winston-Salem, who were atured among the entertaineis, Dre than lived up to the enthu istic promises Cleveland Thayer been making about them. Miss Itherinc Sissell of Winston-Salem companied them at the piano, i Young Miss Barbara Kiesewetter ive tap dancing exhibition that vould have turned some of Hollv od’s youngsters green with (Vy, with Mrs. Miriam Burns lying a piano accompaniment. Smith brothers, Fred and Red, also heartily applauded for |ir hill-billy and yodeling songs. Charles McCrary, outgoing pre |ent, made a short report of the romplishments of the chamber commerce in the past year, net especially that the group had pt limited its sphere of influence erely to attracting new businesses Asheboro, but had worked for my improvements that would fcrich the life of the community. Ir. McCrary also presented the! ficers and directors for 1937. The icers—Charles G. Bossong, pre ient; M. H. Birkhead, vice pre sent; and Cleveland Thayer, scc ary-treasurer; each responded th a few words. PThe delicious turkey dinner was repared and served by the Ladies juxiliary of the First M. K lurch. leers Think Autos Hold Clue Alamance county officers see in i burned frames of three automo es a possible trail of members [tlve band of convicts who escap from Caledonia prison farm bruary 15. [)ne of these cars, the latest to (report ed, was found in Randolph |nty completely destroyed by This- automobile, a 1936 model 1, was stolen from L. C. Piper Jraham the night of February Sheriff Stockard df Alamance es that a connection is plausi lembers of the band have been orted in sections where burned i have been found. It is believed |iy bum them to destroy possi evidence against them. ro Men Hurt As Car & Cycle Hit jlerman “China” Hill and Tip Bth were hurt when their motor lie and an automobile collided but half a mile below Utah at 45 Thursday night. The left! of each of the men was frac- j ed, but both Hill and Routh are doing well in the Randolph where they were taken stely after the accident. Another Davies Studying Soviet Stately Emlen Knight Davies, above, was keeping step with the diplomatic pace of her father. Ambassador Joseph E. Davies, when she announced she would accompany him on a tour of all Soviet industrial centers within 600 miles of Moscow. Her interest in industrialisation, like that of her father, has won the esteem of Rus sian government officials. Mrs. Sarah S. Rich Buried On Sunday Well Known Woman Who Had Almost Reached The Age ! 95 In Randolph Home Remarkable Woman 1 Widow Of Pioneer Brick; Manufacturer Of The County; Many Survivors Mrs. Sarah Shepard Rich, widow' of Henry C. Rich, pioneer brick i manufacturer of .Asheboro, and herself one of the most widely known and best loved of Randolph county women, died Thursday afternoon at the home of her son,; J. W. Rich, Randleman, route two. Mrs. Rich, who would have been 95 in only a few daysi succumbed to an attack of pneumonia after a short illness. Mrs. Rich, a daughter of William and Millie Shepard, was born in 1842, and was believed to have been ! the oldest woman in the county at | the time of her death. She left a '■ host of friends in addition to her! relatives. She is survived by two daugh-1 ters, Mrs. W. H. Kirkpatrick of! Valley Center, Kansas, and Mrs. j L. A. Smith of Denton; four sons, j O. Elmer Rich, O. W. Rich, and | B. C. Rich, all of Asheboro, and 1 John W. Rich of Randleman route | two; one brother, Neely Shepard of j Liberty; and one sister, Mrs. Han nah Smith of Liberty route. Mrs. Rich had 24 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren, some of whom have preceded her to the grave. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. The funeral will be conducted by (Please turn to Page 4) Asheboro Pare To Discuss S' The Asheboro Parent-Teachers Association will meet in regular monthly meeting at the Fayette ville street school, Monday, 7:30 p. m. The local school board and the county board have been extended special invitation to attend the meeting, and it is expected that a large number of their members will be present. School finances will be the chief topic of discussion. It is the hope of the program committee to bring information to the association a3 to the source and manner of fin ancing the school under the present school set-up. The discussions should bring much valuable in formation to the parents anc teachers, and give them a better understanding of their school pro Religion Losing Groundln Every Region But South Nation Wide Survey Shows South Is Bulwark Of Deep Religious Faith Interview 5,000 Take Persons In Four Econo mic Groups To Get Av erage For Country The South is confirmed as the bulwark of deep religious faith as the result of a study just com pleted by the Psychological Service Center of New York. After a na tion-wide survey involving 5,000 personal interviews and including the opinions of many thousands more, the conclusion was reached that the influence of religion was losing ground everywhere in the country except in the South. The center, a division of the Psychological Corporation, founded after the World War to work in applied psychology on a commer cial basis, but not for profit, sa'd 60 psychologists co-operated in its survey. Persons in four economic groups, ranging from those with family in comes of $4,000 a year or more down to those with incomes of less than $1,000, were approached. Striking a national average from among the responses from all eco nomic groups, the center said that in answer to the question “do you think that religion is losing or gaining influence in the United States?” 44 per cent applied “los ing”; 34 per cent replied “gain ing” and 22 per cent said “neither or “don’t know.” In answer to the question, “Do you think that religion should have more influence in the United States?” 76 per cent said “yes”, 10 per cent-said “no” and Wight per cent said “don’t know.” The answers from Southern states only, the announcement said, found 45 per cent viewing religion as a gaining influence, 38 per cent describing it as losing, 10 per cent saying it was neither gaining nor losing and seven per cent saying | they didn’t know. Funeral Saturday Miss Pauline York Miss Pauline York, 23, of Greensboro, died in a hospital there Friday morning after an illness of two weeks with pneumonia. Miss York, the daughter of Mrs.1 Mary Jane York and the late John E. York, of Ramseur, leaves be-' sides her mother four brothers. I Rev. T. R. York, of Gold Hill; C. E. York, of Ramseur; J. T. York, of Spray, and C. G. York, ofi Thomasville; and two sisters, Miss Erma York, of Ramseur, and Miss' Emma York, at Shreveport, La. ) Funeral service was held Satuv day aftemoon at Ramseur Baptist church. Rev. Charles K. Gentry and Rev. H. M. Stroup of Ram seur and Rev. W. A. Way, pastor of Edgeville Pilgrim Holiness ; church, were in charge of the'rites. First Grade Work To Be Exhibited Liberty, March 13.—Work done through an activity program by the children in Miss Sarah Wood’s first grade is on exhibit in the window of the law office of T. R. Will. On Friday, March 19 Miss . Wood’s first grade is holding a. bazaar in its class room. John Blake Brady, chairman of' the publicity committee, has in vited the public to come and see this work and buy the pieces of its I choice. Jilt-Teachers chool Finances —, blems. It is expected that members of both school boards will appear on the program, as well as members of the association. One of the chief topics for dis cussion among parents of the local school recently, has been the mat ter of a nine months school. Many other communities over the state, smaller than Asheboro, are adding the ninth month, and the question has arisen in the minds of Asheboro people why the school term here cannot be lengthened. The financial set-ujj of the school system will, perhaps, throw some light on the subject of the addition al month for our schools here. All patrons, teachers, and friends of the local schools are urged to attend this meeting. Emphasis For F. D. R/s Radio ‘Chat’ Behind the words which President Roosevelt spoke in his radio “fireside chat” from the White House was this determined expression, which seemed to add emphasis to his fight for revamping the U. S. Supreme Court. The Preeident defended himself against charges of seeking dictatorial control, and accused the judiciary of upsetting the balance of the three branches of federal government. —----*-: Portion Of Proceeds From “Dodsworth” Goes For Books The educational department of the Woman’s Club, which has been endeavoring in many ways to increase the number of books in the public school libraries and in the Randolph Public Library, has' received the cooperation of Francis White, who will contri bute a portion of the proceeds taken in at the Sunset Theatre Monday and Tuesday nights to the library work. The picture to be shown is “Dodsworth,” taken from tha novel of the same name by Sin clair Lewis. Featured in thus film, which has been highly praised both by movie critics and audiences, are Ruth Chatter ton, Paul Lucas, and Mary Astor. Assembly Meets In Old Edcnton State Legislators Mix Work And Play In Historic Former Capital Many Comic Bills Propose Measure To Remove Bones From Catfish And Put Them In Herring North Carolina’s General As sembly journeyed to Edenton Thursday, held a meeting that was enjoyed by all in that 18th century capital, and returned to Raleigh to resume hard work in view of the adjournment March 18. Mixing work and play, the law makers convened in the histori-' Chowan county court house, built in 1767, passed more than 30 bills, received some freak resolutions, heard addresses by Governor Hoey and Mayor E. W. Spires, then ate oysters and barbecued ham before touring the city. A scheduled cruise on the coast guard cutter PamliCo was canceled when more visitors than the ship t could accommodate piled aboard, and the commanding officer dc-1 dined to leave the dock. It was the first time since 1743 that a legislature has met there. Edenton and New Bern generally are considered to be North Caro lina’s first capitals. Several important bills were con sidered and passed but as the law makers became accustomed to their historic surroundings they put on somewhat of a show for the home folks. There was some singing and whooping and more than one comic bill was presented. A sample: A bill to be entitled an act to (Please turn to Page 4) The part of the money received by the Woman’s Club will be used mainly for the school lib raries, but the public library will also be helped. The duties of the members of the educational department of the club in connection with the picture is to advertise it. This is being done in many ways, according to Mrs. Curry Loflin, who is in charge of this branch of the work. Posters made by school children are being placed in windows of local stores, 1,000 programs have been distributed in the mills, and club members will call every person in the telephone directory to urge them to attend. Randolph Farmers Hear Co-Op Talk M. G. Mann, Head Of Raleigh Farmers Exchange, Gives Food For Thought Working Plans Given Burlington Exchange Man Also Among Speakers Who Give Timely Tips A large and enthusiastic gather ing of farmers from all parts of Randolph county heard M. G. Mann, general manager of the Farmers Cooperative Exchange in Raleigh, speak on various aspects of the cooperative movement. Mr. Mann was introduced by Everett Boling who has been active in this work in Randolph. The speaker advocated participa tion in the cooperative movement as the answer to the problems of unemployment, poverty, and war. He cited Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerland as examples. Mr. Mann also spoke of the co operative movement in North Carolina, especially with reference to cotton growers. He explained how it had saved farmers money on warehousing and had enabled ■ them to get better prices in mar keting. He appeared particularly inter ested in the future of farmers marketing cooperatives, recount ing an experiment he had helped to conduct last year in marketing eggs. He had induced farmers to put their eggs on cold storage and save them for the winter, the re sult being that they obtained S cents more per dozen than if they had sold them during the summer.! J. C. Castleberry of Burlington, district manager of the Farmers .(Please turn to Page 4) I Another Landmark Of Randolph Will Fade Into History Old Covered Bridge At Ram seur Is Now Torn Away And Replaced Mrs. Phillips 111 'Rev. E. W. Peele, Presiding Elder Of District, Speaks At Church Today Ramseur, March 13.—One of j Randolph’s forty-two covered [ bridges will fade into the past this ■ week. The bridge is being torn | away now that it is replaced with j a fine, new structure. Covered bridges have a romantic history, as well as utilitarian and many a courtship blossomed into reality in one of these “dark houses,” as they are still called in sections of the county yet. Everybody is proud of the new open two-way structure now in use. It furnishes ample room for motor traffic and a walkway, underneath which the water line is suspended. Also, there is a great improvement in the highway lead ing to the bridge, since the grade is cut down and curves taken out. Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Graham spent some time in Washington, D. C., this week attending the National Dental convention. Rev. and Mrs. R. M. Hauss spent Tuesday in Greensboro. Mrs. R. H. Abernethy and daughter, Carolyn, are spending the week with her mother, Mrs. Hinshaw at Burlington. W. E. Marley went to Greens boro on business Monday. Mrs. N. F. Phillips is in hospital at Greensboro for appendicitis operation. Her many friends hope she will be entirely recovered soon. Mr3. J. C. Whitesell and daugh taiv.Anna. of-- High . Poiat .■ were, visitors here this week. Rev. W. W. Peele, presiding elder of the Greensboro district, will preach at Ramseur Methodist church today, Sunday, March 14, and hold second Quarterly confer-1 ence. Mr. and Mrs. Gutherie, who have resided on Columbia avenue, have moved this week to the Frazier home on Liberty street. Colvin Hughes Is Struck By An Auto Colvin Hughes, 18, was hit as he was walking along the highway south of town about 10:00 o’clock Saturday evening. He was taken to the Randolph hospital where he was treated, but the extent of his injuries were not fully determined. Dr. Dempsey Barnes who was call ed on the case after Hughes was taken to the hospital plans to make X-Ray pictures on Sunday. He was conscious Saturday night, but stated that he did not know who hit him. Police officers did not know either as this news paper goes to press but they are working on the case. Hughes lives south of town with Dennis Allred. Annie Brown Rites Held Thursday P. M. Final rites for Miss Annie E. Brown, 59, who died at 5 o’clock Wednesday morning, near Ashe boro, after an illness of six weeks, were conducted at Union Grove church, near Asheboro, at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon by the pastor, Rev. John Allred. Inter ment followed in the church ceme tery. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Lou Stinson and Mrs. Mary Hilli ard, and three brothers, W. P., E. L. and B. E. Brown, all of Greens boro. Legion Amateur Awards Have Been Announced By Judges Dot York of Asheboro, whose tap dancing and acrobatics brought such hearty applause from the 1 audience at the American Legion i Amateur Show Wednesday night, has been awarded first prize for in dividual numbers. Second prize went to little Fred Smith, the yodeling cowboy. Honorable mention for in dividuals was earned by the follow ing: Alice Snyder of Farmer for ! her acrobatic stunts, Nixon for his realistic imitation of : Uncle Abner, and little Rachel I Newsom, appeared more like Mae (West than Mae herself, i First honor for groups was won by the Carolina Hot-Shots, a fast working threesome who combined piano and string music. The Caro t Only One More Day To Win Or Lose Big Cash Awards 01 $600, $400 _♦ _ Judges Chosen For Courier Campaign The following named gentle men have kindly consented to act as judges at the close of the “Cash Offer” campaign, on Monday, March 15th. M. E. Johnson, chairman board county commissioners, Ramseur. H. C. Royals, attorney, Trinity. James Neely, cashier. First National Bank, Ashehoro. These judges will be on hand to see that the campaign is closed in accordance with the rules governing it. Varied News Items Of Franklinville Unusual Catch Of Fish Dis played By Mr. And Mrs. C. L. Allred Thursday P.-T. A. Holds Meet Library Sponsored By P.-T. A. To Open Friday; Ac cepts Asheboro Position Franklinville, March 13.—N. A. McCorquodale has accepted a posi tion with Meyer’s store in Ashe-1 boro. Mr. ar.d Mrs. Jesse, Reynolds I -were-viaitogg .Sunday -at ibo--h.os»£ of Mrs. Reynold’s jareh'ts, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lambert near Hemp. j Mrs. Dewey Hayes and daughter, I Shirley Lee and Shelba Jean, are j spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Tysinger at Randleman. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Allred took a day off Thursday, fishing in Richland creek at Kemp’s Mill. Among their catch were three silv er carp, caught by Mrs. Allred, two weighing 10 pounds each and 1 five pounds. The P.-T. A. met in the school auditorium Wednesday evening and was called to order by Mrs. M. F. Cheek, chairman of the pro gram committee. Devotional was led by W. P. Rodgers after which j a play “Safety First” by the seven th grade pupils was enjoyed. Sev-; eral interesting reports were heard Miss Katherine Buie, manager of 1 the P.-T. A. public library, stated that another shipments of books had been ordered and that the time for opening the library had been changed from Friday after noon to Friday evening. Attendance banners were won by 3, 7 and 11 grades. A revival meeting by the Penti costal Holiness people is in pro gress this week at the home of C. A. Evans in South Franklinville. SOPHIA ROUTE ONE ITEMS OF INTEREST Sophia, route 1, March 13.—Mr and Mrs. Smith of Smith Business college, High Point, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Loflin recently. Miss Lofiin is a student at the col lege. Mrs. David Davis has been visit ing her mother, Mrs. Grover Far low near Sophia recently. Mrs. Farlow has been ill with a deep cold. Lindsay Adams of near Walker’s Mill underwent an appendix opera tion at a High Point hospital re cently. lina Cavaliers and the team of Craven and Allred tied for second place, with honorable mention go ing to Rays Quartet, the team of Mary Frances Betts and Mary Collins, the Smith brothers, and the Carolina Trio. First prizes were $3.50 and second prizes $1.50. In the case of the tie for second place in, the group division, the awards com mittee decided to give each team the full second prize amount. Add Lea Morgan won the prize for selling the most tickets to the show. The Legion made more than $200 from the two performances Wednesday night, and this money will be used for the Junior Legion baseball team. Seven O’Clock Is The Closing Hour Workers Getting Results As Final Hour Draws Near— Close Finish Predicted Last Few Hours Work May Win Best Awards Those Big Awards Have Not Been Won Yet; Lose No Time If You Plan To Win A dose finish is predicted among the leading candidates for the big valuable Cash Awards which will be awarded the lucky winners Mon day night. The only way you can win is to have more votes than : your competitor—Think it over! Your work these last few hours may pay you many dollars. With the close of The Courier I “Cash Offer” Campaign but a few hours away club members have i rounded the last curve and are racing neck and neck into the home stretch. Which of the team ; will cross the wire first, no one can say as this is written as they are so evenly matched that it will be j a matter of who can hold on the I longest to determine the ultimate winner. I As things now stand several ' members have a good chance of winning the $600 and $400 awards. As it is all the club members are assured of a nice prize for the efforts put forth. To win the $600 largest number of votes tomorrow night, and it will be the one who gets the best results who will be the winner. It is up to the club members entirely. All of the leaders have well or ganized themselves for these last few hours of work and all are be ing urged to do their best to secure every possible vote. The one who gets the best results will be the one to walk away with the best award. The names of the winners will be posted in the window of The Courier office after the count by the judges has been finished. Helter Safe Than Sorry l This newspaper and the manag | ers of the campaign has urged ail candidates to do their best all along but now it wishes to lay particular 1 stress o; the fact that it will be necessary to put forth supreme egorts between now and the finish if they wish to be returned the winner of the first grand prize. As this is written the leaders are running close together. No candidates can flatter themselves that they have enough votes to win for no one has. It will be the efforts during these last few hours that will decide. Don’t take a single chance of losing the prize you most desire. It would be better to win by a few hundred thousand ,votes more than enough, than to fall short a hundred thousand—re presenting just a few long-term subscriptions. Close Explained For the benefit of those who do not understand how this campaign is ended we wish to say a word in explanation. It is our intention to have the campaign conducted in a3 fair and honorable way, and under the present sealed ballot box system which we use it is impossi ble for any one, even the cam paign manager to know what re sults every individual club mem ber accomplishes during this high ly important period. The Courier and the campaign managers wish to congratulate the winners in advance, and thank each and every one of them for the work they have done as well as the general public for the splendid support they have given the in dividual workers. Prizes Awarded Following the count tonight the prizes will be given their lucky winners and commission checks will be issued as fast as possible thereafter. Raymond McBride Dies In Sanford Raymond McBride, 52, died Thursday at his home in Sanford. Mr. McBride was the father at Mrs. Louise Poole, Hampton Mc Bride, and Miss Lora May McBride of Asheboro. He is also survived by his widow and five other children. Funeral service was conducted Friday afternoon at White Hill.
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