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TRI-WEEKLY
Kit. As The Regulator
February 3. 1876
VOLUME LXI
Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN
ASHEBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, MARCH 2871037^
Changed To The Courier
September 13. 1379
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NUMBER 24
Criminal Court !
Begins Tuesday
Randolph County
On Account Of Observance Of
Easter Monday As Holiday
Cases Start Tuesday
Judge J. W. Ptess
Civil Cases Tried For Past
Two Weeks By Judge
Marshall Spears
Because March 29, the date fixed
for the opening of the week’s term
of criminal court, falls on Easter
Monday, there will be no court that
day. Rufus Uouth, clerk of court,
has announced that witnesses and
jurors need not report until Tues
day, March 30, on which day
criminal court will open.
This does not mean that the
cases calendared for Monday will
be canceled, the clerk stated, but
the entire docket will be shifted by
a day. Thus the court will com
mence Tuesday with the cases set
for Monday, Tuesday’s cases will
come up Wednesday, and so forth.
Judge J. W. Pless, Jr., is to pre
side at 1 his term.
The two weeks’ civil term, under
Judge Marshall T. Spears, closed
Friday with (pany matters still un
touched. The last case to receive
attention was that involving the
will of E. D. Frazier. After the
selection and impaneling of a jury
had required practically all of
Wednesday, the case itself occupied
the full time of the court Friday.
The jury deliberated at length,
but could arrive at no verdict, so
Judge Spears declared a mistrial.
Another matter of importance
coming up during ths final week
was that of Mildred Proper vs. the
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Com
pany. The plaintiff, who received
injuries in an A & P store, charged
that these were caused by the de
fendant’s negligence. The held
that this charge was true and
awarded her $950 with interest.
After a motion for a new trial had
been dismissed, the defendant en
tered an appeal to the Supreme
Court.
Other cases settled in the closing
days included the following:
Mrs. Bertha King vs. J. D.
Lucas—plaintiff recovered $70 and
costs.
Willie T. Gatlin vs. Johnnie E.
Gatlin et al.—the jury w'as requir
ed to determine what boundaries
were referred to in an obscure will
and held that the plaintiff was en
titled to the land and should re
ceive $15 from the defendants.
B. F. Bean et al. vs. City of
Asheboro et al.—plaintiff recovered
$500; defendant entitled to clear
right to operate its sewage plant.
This was a settlement agreed upon
by both parties.
Greensboro Joint Stock Land
Bank vs. W. C. Hammond et al.—
plaintiff recovered $3,776.70, and
the defendants were held to have
lost all equity in the land in
question, which was ordered sold at
public auction.
A. W. Hawkins vs. Lawrence
Albright, administrator of I. W.
Albright, deceased—the plaintiff
recovered $225.
Bulwinkle Also
Has Court Plan*
N. C. Representative Offers
Amendment Dealing With
Supreme Court
Representative A. L. Bulwinkle,
the only member of the North
Carolina delegation except Senator
Josiah W. Bailey who is definitely
on record against President Roose
velt’s proposal to increase the size
of the Supreme Court, has added
his contribution to the more than
100 proposed Constitutional amend
ments now pending before con
gress,
It has reached the point where
nearly every opponent of the
president’s plan or every small
group of opponents has a separate
plan widely differing from others.
Representative Bulwinkle’s pro
posal combines four ideas into
one. He would fix the size of che
court at nine, the present number;
would provide compulsory retire
ment at 72, an age which five of
the nine present justices already
have exceeded by three years ot
more; would reduce the present
full retirement pay for all federal
judges, including those in the low
er courts, to three-fourths instead
of the present provisions for full
pay; and it would require that six
of the justices, instead of the pre
sent bare majority, should be
necessary to declare an act of con
gress or of any legislation uncon
stitutional.
Senator Bailey also has prepared
an amendment enlarging the pow
ers of congress, but has not into
duced it; and says he would re
serve the right to oppose its rati
fication. ,
“I have studied the matter for
weeks and think my proposal the
best solution,” Major Bulwinkle
said today. “I will urge its rati
fication if it is submitted.”
I Beset With New Problems Oh Return To Washington 1 I
. - . ...—
After a two weeks vacation at Warm Spring's, Georgia, President Roosevelt returned to the White
House Saturday afternoon to find new problems confronting him. Chief of these, which is vying with
the Supreme Court proposal for greatest prominence, is the strike situation, which has caused both
congress and the public to call upon the president to take a definite stand in clarifying the trouble.
State Educator
Dies Suddenly Fri.
Dr. Thomas Wilson Lingle Of
Davidson College Suffers
Sudden Heart Attack
Well Known Man
Is Native Of Rowan County
And Prominent In State’s
Educational Plan
A death that shocked many peo
ple over the state was that of Dr.
Thomas Wilson Lingle, for 30
years a professor of the faculty of
Davidson college. Dr. Lingle, who
had come to Charlotte on busi
ness Friday after his classes at
I the college suffered a slight heart
attack caused him to visit a phy
sician’s office, and the physician
immediately carried him to a hps
pital where a second attack caused
death witljih a few minutes.
Funertil’jlirill be conducted at 4:30
o’clock Sunday afternoop at the
Davidson Presbjcferlan cffurch. Dr.
H. M. Moffett vjriil be assisted in
conducting the service by Dr. C. M.
Richards. Burial will'be-in the
Davidson cemetery. “
Members of, the Davidson college
graduating' Class of 1893, Dr. Lin
gle’s class, and faculty members of
the college will serve as honorary
pallbearers.
Dr. Lingle is survived by his
wife, two children, Mrs. Robert C.
Garth and Eustace Everett Lingle,
both of New York city; four
grandchildren, Clara, John and
Thomas Garth and Jean Lingle,.
and two brothers, Dr. Walter Lee
Lingle, president of Davidson col-;
lege, apd Dr. William H. Lingle,
for more than 40 years a mission-!
ary to China and now a resident of j
Pasadena, Calif. j
Dr. Lingle was born December:
11, 1871, a son of the late Wilson
Alexander Lingle and Mrs. Martha.
Jane Yynch Lingle, who lived near j
China Grove in Rowan county.
Dies In Hospital
Mrs. Ivey Freeman, about 20,
of Allreds, died Friday in the Ran
dolph Hospital after a short ill
ness. Her husband is a cousin of
Artemus Freeman of North Ashe
boro.
Municipal Goll CourseToHave
Opening Ceremonies Thurs.
The formal opening of the
Asheboro Municipal Golf Course
will take place at 2 o’clock Thurs
day afternoon, Frank McCrary,
secretary of the golf commission,
has announced. Tne details of the
opening hare not yet been com
pleted, but It is planned to hive
some sort of ceremony with a per
son of note driving the first ball.
The entire course is in fine shape
as a result of the recent good
weather and is fully ready for play
Thursday. The final touches are
now being added, such as markers
showing the length of each hole
Randolph Has Best Balanced
Farm Program Of Any County
E. S. Millsaps Tells Rotary
Club Ways In Which Ran
dolph Leads The State
i Randolph, county has the best
balanced fami program of any
county in the state, according to
the state farm bureau at Raleigh,
said' E. S. Millsaps, Randolph
county farm agent, at the Rotary
luncheon Friday. L. F. Ross, chair
man of the vocational service com-;
mittee, was in charge of the pro
gram.
A number of other particulars
in which Randolph led the state j
were cited by Mr. Millsaps. This j
county has more acres seeded to .
small grain than any other county, (
is first in the number of registered j
Guernsey cattle, and has the most
laying hens, their egg production
totaling $4,000 a year.
John Clark reported for the cot
ton fabric manufacturers of the
county. Among the diverse uses to i
which this fabric is put are to make 1
Goodyear tire flaps, for dust cloths, |
and in the process for cementing1
metal to wood.
Mr. Clark also referred to the
growing percentage of the nation
al income that is going to the j
wage earner, thus increasing the
purchasing power of the average ;
man. In 1910 the wage earner re-!
ceived 55 per cent of the national j
income, in 1929 he got 65 per cent, i
and now 70 per cent goes to him. |
J. D. Ross, representing banking, j
explained the operation of the Fed
eral Reserve System and the
methods recently adopted to check
the expansion of excess bank re
serves, since expansion creates the |
peril of inflation. By April 1, Mr.
Ross said, the Federal Reserve will
require banks to have 14 per cent
of their checking deposits and 6
per cent of their savings in re
serve banks.
An announcement was made of
the inter-city meeting at Siler City
Monday evening, to which all mem
bers of the Asheboro Rotary club
are invited.
Henry Ingram was welcomed
back to the club after his absence
while the general assembly was in
session.
W. P. Rogers of Franklinville
was the guest of John Clark.
and others bearing various regula
tions governing play on the course.
The pro shop has been complet
ed, with the exception of th;
painting and trimmings, which will
be attended to the first of the i
week. Henry Mills, the profession-1
al, has on hand a good supply of j
balls, clubs, and bags for sale at ;
reasonable prices.
Mr. McCrary stated that the j
membership drive is progressing
very well, considerable headway
having been made in attracting
both experienced golfers and new
comers to the game.
County Teachers
To Meet Saturday,
Dr. John H. Cook Of Woman's
College Will Speak To
Randolph Edocstors
Probably Last Meet
Delegates To State Teachers
Meeting In Durham Will
Be Named At Meeting
Dr. John H. Cook, dean of educa
tion at the Woman’s College of the
University of North Carolina, will
make the principal address at the
county wide teachers meeting to he1
held in the high school building in!
Asheboro Saturday morning. The
meeting will be called to order
promptly at 10:30 o’clock.
Dr. Cook has an important
message for the teachers, and T.
Fletcher Bulla, county school sup
erintendent, desires a full attend
ance at the meeting. Teachers from
all the county schools and also
those in the Asheboro school
system have been invited. This will
probably be the last meeting of the
school year, and several important
matters must be considered.
H. H. Hamilton, principal of the.
Randleman high school, will give a
review of recent school legislation
enacted by the state general as
sembly. A number of items in the
legislative program of North
Carolina educators were brought
up in the recent session, and vic
tories were won on several points.
The delegates to the state teach
ers convention in Durham April
22, 23, and 24 will be elected at
the meeting Saturday. This is one
of the outstanding gatherings of
the year for the teaching profes
sion.
Announcements will also bo
made concerning the 7th grade ex
aminations, the senior tests, and
textbook reports.
J. W. Hanner Leaves
For Burlington Post
J. W. Hanner, who for the past
17 years has been connected with
the Home Building Material Co.,
leaves today for Burlington where
he has accepted a position. Mr.
Hanner will be connected with the
J. C. Harris Lumber company of
that place and will assume hi”,
duties Monday morning.
Mr. Hanner came to Asheboro
from High Point seventeen years
ago where he had held a position
with the Southern railroad for
thirteen years. He took the posi
tion with the local Home Building
plant when he came to Asheboro
and has held it ever since. The
family will remain in Asheboro for
tho present. Mr. Hanner has made
a great many business and fratern
al friends in Asheboro who will
regret to see him leave.
President Back
After Vacation
At Warm Springs
Arrived In Capital Saturday
Morning After Restful
Fortnight In Georgia
A Heavy Program
Many Busy Days, Long And
Crowded With Work Of
Active Program Ahead
Facing the long and busy days
ahead in his active 1937 program,
President Roosevelt started for
Washington Friday, arriving early
Saturday morning. According to
close reports from the president,
his'fortnight’s vacation has proved
most restful and has prepared him
to ifjca the busy program which he
has laid out for himself.
Given a cheery sendoff at the
station at Warm Springs as his
train pulled out at 2:30 p. m. the
president smilingly said goodbyes
During the 14 days at the
springs the president spent many
hours behind the wheel of his.six
year-old open car. Long drives
over mountain and village roads in
the warm sun deepened the tan
that had faded since his long
journey in November to South Am
erica.
Be had few callers at his white
cottage retreat on Pine mountain,
but each day worked on a large
batch of official mail.
j^ver the week-end the Chief
Executive is expected to confer
with Democratic leaders of the
senate and house who have ex
pressed a desire to talk over pro
blems arising from sit-down
strikes. They also will inform the
president of laitest situation in
cluding the Supreme Court contest.
The president and his family will
attend Easter church services
Sunday.
Easter Services
To Be Broadcast
i of Holy Easter will be
.radio station WPTF,
Raleigh, with a series of special
broadcasts on Easter Sunday,
March 28. The station will sign on
at 5:00 a. m., four hours earlier
than usual, in order to broadcast
the Pontifical service from St.
Peter’s Cathedral in Rome and
bear the benediction of Pope Pius
XI. Returning to American, sun
rise worship from Soldier’s Field
in Chicago will be heard, and latrr
luring the morning from Raleigh’s
First Baptist and Edenton Street
Shurches will come special Easter
services. At 12:20 from its down
sown studios, WPTF will present a
specially prepared feature titled
‘The Resurrection,” featuring the
rrinity choir and the organ music
>f Richard Leibert.
These Folk Don’t ^
Want PWA Grants
The government has finally
found some people who are unwill
ing to accept PWA grants and who
have even gone to a federal court
to keep the government from leand
ing them money.
They are Amish, Mennonite, and
Dunkard residents of the East
Lampeter township school dis
trict in Pennsylvania, who are mak
ing an effort to block a $66,250
Public Works administration loan |
for a consolidated school.
Their attorney said the township ,
school directors had accepted the
money as a grant, “but these peo- !
pie and the law call it a loan and
they don’t want it.” He explained j
that the faiths of the three sects
forbade acceptance of a loan and |
opposed their children’s riding to
the consolidated school in buses.
Less Cotton Ginned
Census report shows that there
were 446 bales of cotton ginned in
Randolph county from the crop of i
1936 prior to March 1st, 1937, as
compared with 665 bales ginned to;
March 1st, 1936, crop of 1935. I
Henry Jackson Jumps In Weill
As Result Of Despondent Mood j
Henry Jackson, 44, was drowned I
Friday in a well on the farm ol |
Johnny Jackson, 10 miles west of
Asheboro, evidently having jump
ed in as the result of despondency.
Coroner W. L. Lambert, who in
vestigated the death, said that
Henry Jackson had been mentally
unbalanced for some time and had
seemed to be worrying more than |
usual recently.
He was working for Johnny j
Jackson, a cousin, assisting in!
dressing some pigs. Sent to the |
well, a couple of hundred yards |
distant, for a bucket of water, he .
was away quite a while, when the j
others heard the rattle of the.
Easter Sunday In As
Alter Observance Of H
Many 01 The Churches 1
oro Quiet
Week In
he Town
“HE IS RISEN”
Easier Business lit A-Shebdro
Unusually Good This Week
I
Merchants of Asheboro as a
whole were quite pleased with the
Easter trade, despite the sudden
cold spell, which is expected , at
Eastertime. For the past several
days, it has been almost impossible
to secure a parking- place in the
business section of town and the
local clerks have been working
full time to wait on the many
people who wanted to dress up for
Easter.
Not only have the dress shops
and department stores been well
patronized, but the hardwares and
furniture stores have discovered
Easter Pageant Sponsored By
Asheboro Beta Club Thursday
The Beta Club was in charge of
a well carried-out Easter program
at high school chapel assembly i
Thursday as the school prepared
to close for the Easter holidays.:
The holiday began with the close j
of school Thursday, and the stud- j
ents will return to work Tuesday j
morning. i
The program opened with a
scripture reading by Truitt Fraz- j
ier, after which Bernice Ragsdale j
told of the origin and early con
ception of Easter. Sarah Hay
worth read two Easter poems, and !
Catherine Kearns related the reli- j
gious significance of Easter.
A review of the most interesting
Easter customs by Betty Prevette I
concluded the program. Helen E. I
Brown, president of the Beta club,!
presided over the program, which j
was throughly enjoyed by the'
whole high school.
Wednesday morning Miss
Louisa Hunt’s fourth grade pr$
windlass unwinding, and upon ap
proaching they could hear a thrash
ing in the well.
Johnny Jackson pulled up the
rope, to which Henry Jackson ap
peared to be clinging, until he
thought he was out of the water,
but as soon as he went for help,
the other must have let go. The
body w’as recovered at 12:30, about
an hour after the mishap.
The dead man is survived by his
widow and one daughter, Mrs. Eva
Nance, both Seagrove, route two.
Funeral service was held Saturday
afternoon at High Pine church by
Rev. Mrs. J. B. Fulp. Interment
was in the church cemetery.
that people were interested in
dressing, up. their homes and
gardens for the springtime. Gifts
of jewelry and flowers have kept
other business people busy at this
season. The grocerymen have also j
had an unusually good week’s
trade.
While definite figures on the
sales are not yet obtainable, it is
an obvious fact that the county
people have joined Asheboro
citizens in trading with their home
merchants which has been satis-!
factory all round. I
sented an Easter program for the
grammar grades. Dressed in ela
borate vestments, the members of
the class first recited the script
ural selection from Luke 24:1-12,
then sang several hymns.
Gwendolyn Lambert and Doro
thy Luck sang a prayer, and then
two pantom ines in costume, “The
Old Rugged Cross” and “Easter
Banners,” were given by the fol
lowing pupils: Juanita Steed,
Carolyn Cranford, Dorothy
Trexler, Nannie Lou Austin,
Lorene White, and Peggy Almond.
Two high school girls also took
part in this program. Sarah Hay
worth told the story of “The Old
Rugged Cross,” and Alice Birk
head gave a recitation entitled
“Easter Lilies.”
The spirit of this program was
made to appear to best advantage
by the effective stage decorations
and colorful costumes. In the cen
ter of the stage was a large cross
electrically lit, over which was a
crown, while ferns and Easter
lilies added to the impression of
Easter beauty.
Well Baby Clinic
At Health Office
Dr. George H. Sumner will con
duct another Well Baby Clinic at
the county health office in the court
house Wednesday, March 31. Dr.
Sumner is very anxious to have a
large number of babies brought to
the clinic for supervision.
Five midwives attended the mid
wife class Friday morning, mak
ing a total of 19 who have now
received instruction.
A schedule for pre-school clinics
to be held in April is now being
prepared. Dr. Sumner is planning
to hold these clinics, for children
who intend to enter school next
fall, at 14 schools in the county.
Church Services
Sunday Morning
Easter Sermons With Appro
priate Anthems By Church
Choirs Will Be Program
Monday, A Holiday
Musicales In Two Local
Churches At Vesper And
Evening Church Hour
Easter Sunday in Asheboro fol
lows a week of services in several
of the churches of the town, with
little happening in a social way
during Holy Week. Easter Sunday
and Monday will probably be
quiet also. On Sunday there are
services at all the churches of the
town that hold regular services,
with special music for the occasion.
Easter Monday there is little
planned with both banks closed
and some of the stores observing
the two-day holiday. This is not
general as all stores are- not clos
ing for the Monday holiday.
Sunday morning there will be.
preaching services at the churches
with special Easter music by the
various choirs. In some cases, this
service follows an Easter program
by the Sunday school.
The usual large number of East
er cantatas has been cut down this
year to two—one at the Baptist
church at 5:00 o’clock and one at
the First Methodist church replac
ing the 7:30 church service. The
cantata at the Baptistchurch is en
titled, “The Saviour Of Men,” by
Jamouneau. Several solo numbers
make this cantata a varied and love
ly musical production. The pastor
of the church, Rev. L. R. O’Brian,
invited the music lovers of the town
to attend this service.
The junior choir of the First L..
KJethodlst cHSWlr wilt present the '
cantata at this church at 7:30 p.
m. The story of the life of Christ
from the Garden to the tomb and
through the resurrection, is depict
ed in the cantata, “The Hour of
Triumph.” Gerald Ford has direct
ed this musical production and in
vites the public to hear the rendi*
tion.
While the town is filled with
visitors, especially young people
home from the various colleges and
schools, the town is quiet save for
the usual run of business. The
local cemetery is. rather pretty with
many flowers—a token from the
living who think of their dead loved
ones.
Miss Poole Winner
Theatre Tip Award
Miss Ina Poole of Asheboro,
route 2, is the winner of The
Courier News Tip Contest for the
period ending Saturday afternoon
and has been awarded two tickets
to see Errol Flynn and Anita
Louise in “The Green Light” either
Monday or Tuesday at the Sunset.
Miss Poole phoned in information
about a happening in her com
munity that was adjudged the
most unusual of any those either
phoned or brought during the last
period.
The next period begins Monday
morning and closes Tuesday after
noon at 1:30. The winner will get
two tickets to see “If I Had a Mil
lion”, with an all-star cast, at the
Carolina, Wednesday or Thursday.
New Cemetery Is
Called Oak Lawn
The cemetery committee has de
cided on the name Oak Lawn
Cemetery for the new city cemetery
in the western part of Asheboro.
This was the most appropriate
name presented, as was mentioned
in The Courier Thursday, since two
oak trees flank the entrance to a
sloping lawn on the new site.
C. C. Cranford is chairman of
the committee which fixed the
name and is in charge of the ceme
tery, other members being L. F.
Ross, C. M. Fox, Wiley A. Jones,
and Mayor W. A. Bunch, ex officio.
Work on the cemetery, which is
greatly needed in Asheboro, will
begin Tuesday, weather per
mitting.
FUNERAL SATURDAY
FOR MRS. LATHAM
Mrs. J. R. Latham, 65, died
Thursday night after a lengthy
illness. Surviving is one daughter,
Mrs. James Redmond of Ontario,
Funeral was conducted at the
chapel of the Pugh Funeral Home
Saturday morning by Dr. S. W.
Taylor. Interment was at Hulda
church cemetery.