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ASHEBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1937’
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY
NUMBER 21
Reginald Turner Again
Klected Superintendent
ftf City School System
lade Good Record
Past Two Years
Inouncement Made At Meet
ig Of Asheboro School
Board On Thursday
ister Vacation
Dates Are Fixed
ss Steele’s Ninth Grade
Vins Attendance Banner
Fost Past Month
(is Asheboro city school board
[a meeting Thursday night re
nted Reginald Turner as sup
ntendent for another year.
Ir. Turner is now completing
second year as head of the city
kools, during which time he has
ablished a fine record. A
aduate of Duke University, he
ae here from Southport with an
liable record as a teacher and
linistrator.
Turner announced Friday
Ipel
kt the Asheboro schools would
[closed for Easter holidays Fri
March 26, and Monday,
rch 29. This will be a welcome
, for both teachers and students,
have just completed the sixth
doI month and who have been
i-king without a let-up since the
of the year.
In unusually fine program was
eyed by the high school at
assembly Friday, the fea
being a most interesting taik
r. S. W. Taylor. An announce
Bt was made of the progress of
drive for more books in the
school library; Miss Ayer’s
is leading so far with a
ection of about 60 books.
Kiss Mary Little Steele’s ninth
ie won the attendance banner
past month and was given
(lour off because of its high
age. During the current month
Jf holiday will be awarded to
I Dr.
,W»th thh beSt average in
ision of th
the local schools,
vest elementary school, the
j elementary school, and the
school. Some token of recog
for others whose records are
(will also be made.
jensboro Man
>n New Committee
R. Wharton, prominent at
ey of Greensboro, and well
fn in Randolph county, has
appointed a member of a
nittee of five lawyers from the
pus sections of the country
ged with the duty of repre
ng the American Bar associa
Ibefore the judiciary committee
tie United States senate in op
tion to President Roosevelt’s
osal to revise the Supreme
! five appointments were made
Frederick H. Stinchfield, of
neapolis, Minn., president of
American Bar association,
fester C. Smith, of Phillips
N. J., is chairman of the
littee.
Wharton has recently re
ied from Washington where he
[ended a meeting of the corn
tee and he plans to attend
ither conference shortly.
ranch Office Of
Security Life Co.
f. E. Webb has opened a branch
incy of the Security Life and
ist Company of Winston-Salem
the office of the Asheboro In
ance and Realty Company. The
urity Life and Trust Company
:rs all types of insurance, and
tures life income, retirement
>me, and juvenile policies.
[r. Webb has had several years
erience with the Jefferson
ndard Insurance Company of
ensboro. He and Mrs. Webb, the
ner Miss Martha Kearns,
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee M.
ns, will make their home in
jeboro.
rkless Driving
Causes Accident
a. L. Jordon, young North
peboro man, was charged with
jkless driving and placed under
jid Friday afternoon after over
hung his automobile in a sequel
jthe sideswiping of a couple of
rs on E. Salisbury street.
Highway Patrolman H. V. Nor
, who investigated, said that
rdon proceeded in zig-zag fash
1 along E. Salisbury street un
he turned over at the curve at
nwood Branch. Jordon was not
rt, but the frynt and left side
{his car were badly damaged.
\ hearing was set for Monday
h»ing.
| Again Heads School |
REGINALD TURNER
Invitation From
Siler City Club
Local Rotarians Asked To
Send Delegation To Tri
City Meeting
Brandon Joins
Rev. N. M. Harrison And Dr.
George Sumner On Com
munity Service Program
Two members of the Siler City
Rotary Club, President Smith ard
Secretary Alston Brooks, were
present at the meeting of the local
Rotariane Friday and extended an
invitation to the Ashe boro club to
send delegates to an inter-city
meeting at Siler City March 29.
Three neighboring cities will take
part in the program and each will
be responsible for a five-minute
stunt.
The program Friday was in
charge of the community service
committee, of which Charles Mc
Crary is chairman. Rev. N. M. Har
rison made the principal talk,
speaking of community service in
the local schools and on the super
vised playgrounds.
Mr. Harrison stated that the
criminal age in North Carolina is
so low that it includes many boys
and girls and that the number of
crimes was higher in out of school
hours. In this respect he mention
ed the value of the supervised play
ground for children after school
and during vacations, adding that
last summer the attendance at the
playgrounds in Asheboro was
3,286.
After speaking of the need for
enlarging the appropriation for
education in Randolph county, Mr.
Harrison told of a conversation be
tween himself and ex-governor
Cameron Morrison which shows
the recent growth in public educa
tion. Mr. Harrison had said that
20,000 had graduated from high,
schools in the state and 222 from
colleges last year, and Mr. Morri
son remarked that there were more
graduates from college now than
there were from high school dur
ing his administration.
Dr. George H. Sumner reviewed
the work of the well-baby clinics,
which were begun in January and
have been held monthly since. Their
purpose is to spread information
among mothers about the import
ance to catching at the start com -
mon ailments such as defective
eyes, ears, or tonsils, and the
I value of innoculation and vaccina
tion for typhoid, diphtheria, scar
let fever, and similar diseases. He
stated that only 32 percent of the
children in the county have been,
vaccinated for smallpox.
A call for volunteers to carry
a crippled child to the hospital
Saturday was answered by Dr. S.
W. Taylor.
Curry Loflin attended the meet
ing Friday, and it was noted that
although Mr. Loflin has been here
for only a few meetings since he
became a member he has maintain
ed a 100 per cent attendance re
cord for the past three years by
attending at some other club each
week.
Charles W. Brandon was receiv
ed as a new member, has classifica
tion being furniture retailing.
Cothran Smith has been elected
by the club as its delegate to the
annual convention of Rotary In
ternational, which will be held »t
Nice, France. June 6-11. Dr. Smith,
the club’s vice president, has been
one of the leading figures in the
local Rotary Club since its found
ing.
Old Hickory Cafe i
Leads After New
Sanitary Survey
Randolph Drug Company And
Little Cafe Also Win
Places In Class A
Many Cafes Rise
County Health Department
Will Hold Third Midwife
Class On Friday
The Old Hickory Cafe heads the
list of Asheboro eating establish
ments in the sanitary ratings an
nounced Saturday by the county
health department as the result of
a survey conducted Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday by Archie
B. Freeman, district sanitary in
spector, and J. A. Ferree, Ran
dolph county sanitary inspector.
The Old Hickory had a point
percentage of 95 for the highest
mark in Class A, but there were
two others in this class, each with
a rating of 90: the Randolph Drug
Company and the Little Cafe. The
inspectors reported that the gen
eral sanitary condition was great
ly improved, with every eating
place but one showing higher rat
ings. The lowered rating in this
instance was caused by a tempor
ary mechanical fault which it is
expected will be corrected im
mediately.
In Class B were ten cafes, as
follows: Central Hotel, 87.5; Red
Pig Cafe, 86.5; Sunset Cafe, 85.5;
M & M Cafe, 85; White Spot Cafe,
84; Little Castle, 83.5; Elliott’s
Barbecue, 83; Tom’s Lunch 82; C.
L. Hasty’s Cafe, 82; Sanitary
Lunch, 80.
Also passing, with a grade of C
were: Lewis’ Place, 77.5; G. B.
Hasty’s Cafe, 77; Ashlyn Hotel,
75; Sunset Diner, 75; Hasty’S
Quick Lunch, 70.
Essay Contest Is
Open To Students
High school students in this
county are invited to enter an in
teresting contest which was an
nounced this> week-end to all. public
high school principals in North
Carolina.
For solutions of the mystery of
what became of the Lost Colony,
the Roanoke Island Historical As
sociation, Inc., sponsors with the
| Federal Government of this sum
mer’s mammoth 350th anniversary
celebration of the English settle
ment of America on Roanoke Is
land, N. C., is offering a $50 fire
prize and 107 other prizes valued
at $200.
The solutions will be written by
the students in papers which must
not number more than 1,200 words
and must be completed and handed
to the high school principal not
later than April 15.
Attractive illustrated folders
explaining the contest will be avail
able from high school principals
this week.
Clyde A. Erwin, state superin
tendent of public instruction, is
chairman of the committee of
judges.
Soil Conservation
Checks Coming In
Some 512 soil conservation pay
ment checks, amounting to more
than $32,600 have been received
at the Randolph county farm office
and are now being handed out.
Farmers are advised, however,
not to come in for their checks un
less notified by the farm office,
since everyone will receive a no
tice as soon as his check arrives.
Only confusion would result if
everybody came it at once upon
hearing that some checks had ar
rived.
E. S. Millsaps, county farm
agent, said Saturday that any
farmer who had not joined up last
year but wished to comply now
could still come to the office and
sign up to participate in the 1937
program.
Aid In Marking
Veterans’ Graves
The American Legion Auxiliary
is very anxious for every veteran’s
grave in Randolph county to be
marked. If no private headstone
has been provided the government
will furnish one free of cost for
any unmarked grave of any in
dividual who served in the military
or naval forces of the United
States and was honorably dis
charged. It will be shipped pre
paid to the nearest railroad sta
tion.
All other expenses in the erec
tion must be paid by the family.
In case the family cannot afford to
erect the stone, the Auxiliary will
be glad to do this.
If any family is interested in
securing one of these markers
please get in touch at once with
Mrs. W. L. Ward or Mrs. Jess
Gamer in Asheboro.
One Of Many Texas Horrors
NEA
Still scared. James Kennedy, ill, son of an oil field worker, photo
graphed shortly after he was dug from the wreckage of the New
London School. Sratches were young Kennedy’s only injuries, despile
the fact that he was buried ten minutes before rescuers dug him out.
Shown with him is his mother, Mrs. Clay Kennedy.
Local Rotarian Is Chosen
For Rotary Meet In France
Dr. Cothran G. Smith has
been elected by the Asheboro
Rotary Club as the delegate to '
represent the club at the annual
convention of Rotary Interna- •
tional at Nice, France, June 6
to 11. Dr. Smith was chosen by
the board of directors at a re- I
cent meeting and this choice I
was confirmed by the club Ffi- ,;1
day. . . .. . 'I ' ; . /\J|
"Vice" president ofthe local club
at the present time, Dr. Smith
has been one of the leaders in
Rotary since the founding of a
club here. His sphere of in
fluence has not been limited,
however, to Rotary activities, for
License Tag Tax
Is Compromised
Legislators Who Have Pro
mised Large Reductions
Forced To Agree
Machinery Enacted
Adjournment Promised For
Past Week Will Be Post
poned Until The Next
One of the most important ac
tions of the present legislature
was that of Thursday afternoon
and evening when they enacted
into law the important revenue ma
chinery bill and reachmg a com
promise agreement on the motor
vehicle measure.
Representatives, who had at
tempted to reduce the cost of auto
mobile license plates from 40 to 30
cents the hundred pounds of car
weight and the minimum charge
from $8 to $6, concurred in a sen
ate amendment reducing the cost
only to 35 cents the hundredweight
and the minimum to $7.
The senate, at the same time,
agreed tc a house section lowering
the hundredweight tax on contract
haulers from $1.25 to $1.15.
The compromise measure was or
dered engrossed by the senate, than
sent to the house where it passed
first reading.
Under a resolution adopted a
fortnight ago, the Legislature was
to have adjourned Thursday. Ad
journment even by Saturday night,
seemed improbable, however, since
the so-called “Ickes bills,” to au
thorize the issuance by counties
and municipalities of revenue bonds
to match PWA funds, have not
been considered by the senate.
Three days will be required to en
act the measures into law, as roll
call votes must be held on three
separate days.
As ordered ratified, the revenue
machinery act will not exempt
homesteaders from property taxa
tion. With little discussion, the rep
resentatives concurred in senate
amendments to the measure under
which municipalities and counties
levy taxes.
The house bucked, however, at
senate amendments to the school
machinery bill and a conference
committee was named to iron out
the differences between the two
bodies.
he has always been ready to
lend a hand in any community
service, in all of which he man
ages to participate without neg
lecting his duties as pastor of the
Presbyterian church.
His trip to Nice will bring him
into contact not only with the
French, but also with all the na
tions of the world, as Rotary
delegates from every continent
will bef^ogt^ltand .for the annual ,
convention. Although the begin
ning of the voyage is still some
ten weeks off, he is already
brushing up on his French so
that he may meet the French on
their own ground and feel right
at home.
New Doctor Has
Located Raraseur
Dr. Leslie J. Braudwell Of
Wendell Establishes His
Residence And Office
I. F. Craven Moves
Returns To Former Office Of
Columbia; Several Attend
Legislative Session
Ramseur, March 20.—Ramseur
section is fortunate in the location
of another doctor in a few days.
While we have two good doctors,
J. R. Johnson and G. F. Bush,
there is room for another and we
are sure all will find a field large
enough for good practice.
Dr. Leslie J. Braudwell from
Wendell is moving into the home
on Main street, recently vacated
by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wilson,
where he will have his office. He
will do general practice, being
, well equipped, having graduated
| from Trinity college, taking special
work in France one year and,
finishing his medical course at the
University of Chicago. Dr. Braud
well comes of a prominent family
of Wendell where he has practiced
medicine three years. He is a
brother of Mrs. J. P. Cox of Ram
seur.
R. C. White, S. C. Ellis and oth
ers attended the legislature at
Raleigh Friday.
I. F. Craven has moved back
home to the old Columbia office
that was occupied by the late W.
H. Watkins and Mr. Craven sev
eral years ago. The office is ad
joining the old Carter mercantile
store on Main street. Mr. Craven
has had his office in the bank
building since this building was
erected.
Kemp Alexander
Wins Tip Award
Kemp Alexander is winner of
the two news tip tickets for the
best tip of this period just past.
The tickets are for the Sunset
Theatre Monday and Tuesday. Tho
Holy Terror is the name of the pic
ture in which stars Jane Withers.
The next period will offer tickets
for the Carolina Theatre Wednes
day The Big House For Girls or
to see Advice To The Lovelorn on
Thursday at the same theatre.
AH Bodies Taken
From Torn Ruins
Of Texas School
425 Dead Found In Wreckage,
Many Others Die In Hos
pitals, Ambulances
Martial Law
Task Of Identification Adds
To Difficulty; Many
Survivors Maimed
The grim task of searching the
ruins for the bodies of children in
the wreckage of the New London,
Texas, school, which was torn by
a blast Thursday afternoon, was
declared finished late Friday by
Col. E. E. Parker, commander of
national guard forces which held
the area under martial law. He
said that the number of bodies
taken from the building was 42f,
while fatalities in hospitals and in
ambulances on the way to em
ergency stations were expected to
push the total to 450.
Many of those who lived after
the eruption that scattered human
beings and building alike, are
maimed, physicians said, and frac
tures are evident in almost every
case.
The task of identification was
one of the most difficult presented
by the disaster and was the cause
of scenes of pathos.
Long lines of the bereaved mov
ed wearily through improvised
morgues, peering with fearful eyes
to pick their missing children from
the rows of sheeted bodies.
At least three official inquiries
were started to determine '.he
cause of the gigantic explosion in
the London consolidated school
which made of this rich oil coun
try a vast house of mourning.
Definite indication that seepage
gas caused the explosion—a theory
first advanced by Superintendent
W. C. Shaw who lost a son in the
tragedy—came when Maj. Gaston
Howard said Dr. E. P. Schoch,
University of Texas chemistry pro
fessor, would testify.
Seeping gas, an ever-present
menace that lurks in the oil fields,
collects in recesses of well-ventilat
‘ed builcfangs and along highways,
said Assistant Fire Chief J. .L
Lynn, of Oklahoma City. “The east
Texas country of New London is
hilly,” he added. “You’d probably
find more gas pockets along high
ways there.”
Program Given By
Asheboro Baptists
A number of members of the
First Baptist, church of Asheboro
attended the meeting of the central
regional training union held at
Burlington Friday and Saturday.
At this meeting a demonstration
program was given by the Ashe
boro delegation, which included the
pastor, Dr. L. R. O’Brian, Mrs.
O’Brian; Miss Ruth Tucker, gen
eral director of the B. T. U. of
the local church; Waldo C. Cheek,
and a group of intermediate boys
and girls.
A meeting of the men of the
Randolph Baptist Association will
be held at the First Baptist church
here Sunday, April 11. Among the
distinguished guests will be the
Honorable Grover H. Jones of
High Point; Smith Hagaman, sup
erintendent of the Baptist Hospital
at Winston-Salem; Dr. Louis S.
Gaines, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Lexington; and Moderat
or H. M. Stroup of Ramseur.
At the evening service tonight
Dr. O’Brian will deliver the first
of a series of seven evangelistic
1 messages, each of which will deal
with some peril besetting human
ity. The message tonight will be on
“The Peril of Sin.” Other perils to
be taken up on subsequent Sundays
are underweight, politics, possess
ions, procrastination, substitution,
and prodigality.
A quarterly associational meet
ing of the Randolph Baptist W.'M.
U. will be held this afternoon at
2:30 at White’s Memorial church.
P.-T. A. Meeting Is
Set For Monday Eve
The postponed meeting of the
Asheboro Parent Teachers Asso
ciation will convene at the Fayette
ville Street school tomorrow (Mon
day) evening at 7:30 o’clock. All
patrons, teachers, and friends cf
the school and children of the
community are invited to attend
the meeting.
Member's of the school boards,
both the county and city boards,
will be present to discuss the mat
ter of school finances. Much im
provement is needed on the
Fayetteville Street school building,
the grounds of the Park Street
school are badly in need of grad
ing and grassing, and the addition
of the ninth month to the school
term are all improvements which
are badly needed and it is hoped
that some suggestion may be
made looking forward to realizing
them in the near future.
Arthur Hasm Cafe Prop.
Shoots Babe apw Dead As
Result Of Anmrgument
| Mellett Plotter
Seeking Pardon
A move started by his family
sought executive pardon for Ben
Rudner, above, sentenced to lift
imprisonment for conspiracy in the
1926 murder of Don K. Mellett,
crusading Canton, O., editor. A
parole board investigator recently
spent a month checking sentiment
in Canton, where Rudner operated
a bootleg liquor headquarters in a
hardware store before his convic
tion.
Asheboro Opens
Campaign On War
Mass Meeting Will Be Held
April 6 To Discuss Subject
Of Peace Action
Peace Council
Three Outstanding Non-Poli
■ tical Figures Will Speak
Against War
On Tuesday evening', April 6, at
8:00 o’clock there will be held a
mass meeting at the First Baptist
church of Asheboro to deal with
the subject of peace action and the
organization of local forces oppos
ed to war and war psychology and
propaganda.
This meeting is an outgrowth of
a similar meeting held in Ashe
boro about this same time last
l year. The tentative peace council
which was organized last year has
' secured the services of three
splendid speakers on the subject of
peace. All three of these men are
ministers of religion, representing
no political group, but are devoted
to the cause of better human re
lations, better ways of handling
the disputes and strains which do
arise in public life, and the pro
tection of America against a re
petition of those situations which
drew our country into the World
War with all its hideous costs and
tragedies.
These three men are Rabbi Fred
I. Rypins, minister of Temple
Emanuel, Greensboro; Rev. J. El
wood Carroll, minister of Grace
Methodist church, Greensboro; and
the Rev. Milo S. Hinckle, minist
er of the Asheboro Street Friend’s
church, Greensboro. These men are
coming to Randolph county on the
invitation of the council in charge
and it is hoped that the people of
Randolph county will take an in
terest in this great movement for
the establishment of permanent
peace throughout the world.
The members of the peace coun
cil in Randolph county are as fol
lows: Mrs. W. C. Hammer, Ashe
boro; A. I. Ferree, Asheboro;
Cleveland Thayer, Asheboro; Mrs.
Cleveland Thayer, Asheboro; Miss
Virginia Barker, Asheboro; Mrs.
John Riehm, Ramseur; Mrs.
Herbert Smith, Liberty; Rev. Mi'.
Williams, Ramseur; Mrs. L. Q.
Yow, Randleman, route 2; Miss
Hope Hubbard, Farmer; Seth Hin
shaw, Ramseur; Rev. S. M. Penn,
Sophia; Mrs. Muriel Farlow,
Trinity; Mrs. R. C. Welborn, Ran
dleman, route 2.
Mrs. Kerr Again
Heads Dist. U. D. C.
Mrs. A. Yancey Kerr was re
elected director of the sixth ristrict
U. D. C. at its meeting at the
Methodist Protestant church
Thursday. Mrs. Kerr was given
the privilege of naming the re
cording secretary.
Reidsville received the prize of
$10 awarded by Mrs. Garland
Daniel of Greensboro for the chap
ter with the best representation.
An appeal to those who had re
cords of Confederate relatives was
made by Mrs. T. L. Caudle of
Wadesboro, who wishes to have
them in order to make the new
roster as complete as possible.
Shooting Occurs
In Center Town
Yow Dies Almost Immediate*
ly After Running From
Hasty’s Lunch Room
Hasty Is Arrested
By Pearlie Miller
Investigation By Coroner Re
veals Shooting; Several
Eye-Witnesses
Arthur Hasty, proprietor of a
lunch place in the business section
of Asheboro, is being held in the
county jail charged with shooting
and killing Babe Yow, also of
Asheboro. The shooting occurred
on Thursday night about 9:30 fol
lowing a quarrel, said to have
been about the result of a recent
sanitary inspection of the eating
places of the town. While there
are several witnesses who are said
to have seen the whole affair, there
has been no preliminary hearing
and officers are making further
investigation of the case.
Babe Yrow, who is around 35
and who is employed by another of
the Hasty places in Asheboro, was
talking with Hasty who, according
to police officers of the town, has
been drinking continuously for the
past three weeks. Hasty is said to
have shot Yow in the chest while •
in the cafe and twice in the back
as he turned to run for his life.
Yow got out of the eating place
but dropped to the sidewalk almost
in front of Prevost’s store. An
ambulance was called and the dy
ing man was taken to the hospital
but was dead before he reached
there.
Pearlie Miller, night police offic
er, arrested Hasty and placed him
in jail, where he remains at pre
sent. According to police cljief, :
Dewey Bulla, he is charged With *
shooting and kilting Yow. Dr. W.
L. Lambert, county coroner, and
county deputy Ben Morgan, con
ducted a preliminary investigation
of the body and of the case. There
is no date set yet for a formal
hearing.
Yow, who has worked for the
Hastys, has a wife and three chil
j dren who survive. Funeral service
will be held from the Asheboro
Baptist church Sunday afternoon
at 2:00 o’clock.
Hasty, who is about 50, is one
of several brothers who moved
here a number of years ago from
j South Carolina and is in the cafe
business in Asheboro.
[More Cars Sold
Than Last Year
The state motor vehicle bureau’s
statistics reveals sales of new
cars and trucks in the state are
far ahead of those for the same
time last year.
The bureau reported 8,051 new
cars and 2,177 new trucks had been
purchased in 1937 to March 1 while
for the same time last year 5,452
new machines and 1,916 new haul
ing vehicles were secured.
License plate sales to March 17,
I the statistics disclosed, totaled
| 453,451 this year against 407,315
| on the same date last year.
| Economics Class
In Demonstration
i _
Former Resident
Of Randolph Dies
Liberty, March 20.—The home
| economics class of Liberty high
j school demonstrated what they
; have learned this year in a delight
! ful banquet given at the school
j Wednesday evening. The guests
! included the members of the Lib
i erty school board and their wives,
j the members of the county school
' board, the faculty, and Dr. Georgo
| H. Sumner, county health officer.
The dinner was both prepared and
served by the home economics
girls, who proved to the guests
how well cooked and well chosen
was the meal.
Branson J. Blair, 80, forme*
Randolph county resident, died
Friday night at his home in the
Friendship community, Guilford
county. He was born in Randolph
and spent the .early part of his life
here, but had lived in Guilford foe
about 50 years.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Mary Frederick, and
two sons. Funeral service will be
held Sunday afternoon at New
Garden Friends church, with Rev.
Joseph Peelft.-and Rev. R. E. Scaer
officiating. Interment will be in
the church cemetery.