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THE CHANGING TIME
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY
THE COURIER LEADS
THE COURIER AND
ASHEBORO MARCH
IN STEP—AHEAD
BOTH ARE LEADERS
TRI-WEEKLY
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Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
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NUMBER 26
True Bill Found Against
Local Cafe Man Charged
With Killing Babe Yow
Arthur Hasty To
Face Murder Case
Will Probably Create More
Interest Than Any Other
Case On This Docket
Many Prohibition
Violations Added
Judge Pless Presides Over
Docket With Charles Cog
gin Prosecuting Atty.
A true bill against Arthur
Hastv, charged with the fatal
shooting of “Babe” Yow, was
brought in by the grand jury Wed
nesday afternoon, and the trial of
this case promises to be the sen
sation of the week’s term of
criminal court.
The grand jury also returned
true bills of indictment for murd
er against Will Cottingham anti
Marvin Butler, whose cases were
combined. Both of the men are
colored, as was the victim in the
killing.
Another case which has caused
much interest was a shooting
scrape which took place in Ran
dleman some six months ago and
which involved Glenn Burgess and
Raeford Graves. Burgess was sen
tenced to 18 months on the roads,
and the sentence for Graves is ex
pected to be pronounced today.
In the case of John W. Under
wood, charged with forcible tres
pass, it appearing to the court
that the funds involved in the case
had been paid, the defendant was
discharged on payment of the
costs.
A number of men were sentenc
ed to the roads for periods rang
ing from 4 to 8 months, mos.t of
the sentences being suspended
upon the payment of $100. In these
eases the driving licenses were re
voked for a year. '
Court which opened Tuesday
morning for the trial of criminal
cases in this county has been in a
busy session with a large number
of liquor and prohibition viola
tions cluttering the docket, as is
usually the case in this county.
Judge Pless is presiding with
Solicitor Charles Coggin prosecut
ing the docket.
Postal Receipts
Up For Quarter
Postal receipts at the Asheboro
post office, both for March and for
the quarter just ended, show a de
cided gain over the corresponding
figures in 1936. During the first
quarter of this year the post office
took in, Postmaster J. 0. Redding
reports, $12,371, while for the first
three months of 1936 $11,362 was
collected.
In March the receipts totaled
$4,477.78, a substantial gain over
the $3,914 received in March of
last year. The receipts for the
month just past reflects the im
provement in business now going
on in Asheboro, as they top by
$811.73 the $3,666.05 taken in dur
ing February.
| Tar Heel Women Organize For
Fighting Cancer In The State
During the past few weeks a
group of women in North Carolina
have been active forming an or
ganization in North Carolina which
is for the purpose of the eradica
tion of cancer. The state organiza
tion is known as Women’s Field
Army and is a part of the Ameri
can Society for the Control of
Cancer. Miss Ethel Parker of
Gates county, well known club
woman and politician of the state,
heads the group as active chair
man with headquarters in the
Carolina Hotel in Raleigh.
On this committee of honorary'
chairmen are the following women
whose names are well known
throughout the state: Mrs. Clyde
R. Hoey, of Raleigh; Mrs. Wilkins
B. Horton of Pittsboro; Mrs. Ger
trude McKee of Sylva; Miss Ger
trude Weil of Goldsboro; Mrs.
George E. Marshall of Mt. Airy;
Mrs. Baxter Durham of Raleigh;
with LeRoy Martin of Raleigh,
state treasurer. Mrs. Harrietts
Hammer Walker of Asheboro is
state publicity director.
There are five district vice com
manders working under Miss Park
er with Mrs. Guy Penny of Gamer
in charge of the fourth congres
sional district work of which Ran
dolph is a part. There will, when
the organization is complete, be
an army of nearly six thousand
women in the state.
Mrs. Penny was in Asheboro this
American Jailed
On Way To Spain
Vachel L. Blair, above, senior
student in Western Reserve Uni
versity and son of a Cleveland
manufacturing engineer, was one
of 13 American “workers” im
prisoned in France as suspected
volunteers to the Spanish govern
ment army. The 13 were said to
have been recruited in Cleveland
by the “American Society for
Technical Aid to Spanish Demo
cracy.”
Congress So Far
Has Done Little
75th Congress Is Breaking Al!
Records For Slowness,
Time Wasting
Bills Piling Up
Compared With Same Time
Last Year Congress Has
Made Little Progress
The 76th congress, the first to
hold session under the Norris Lanie
Duck Amendment, is breaking all
records for dawdling, and it con
tinues at its slow pace despite the
fact that there seems to be no
prospect of ending its work until
mid-summer even if it should sud
denly begin to work at full speed.
A year ago at this time congress
had got through the neutrality bill,
soil conservation and bonus bills;
had enacted two appropriation bills
and was practically through with
-four others. This year the Re
ciprocal Tariff Act and Emergency
Relief Appropriation have been
put through but that is about all.
Three regular appropriation bill-i
are about ready for agreement and
signature. But from horticultural
viewpoint, this is a “late spring.'’
Under the constitution tiil
amended there was a short session
of congress every two years with a
fixed expiration date. Bills had to
be enacted by March 4 or not at
all. It gave a three months’ incen
tive to put through legislation, but
the filibuster in the senate made it
possible for a small minority to
hold back almost any measure save
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week arranging for an educational
picture revealing the activities of
caner in this and other countries.
The health department of the local
Woman’s Club will sponsor the pic
ture. Definite dates and further in
formation concerning the picture
will be made soon.
From Miss Parker at state head
quarters in Raleigh comes the
statement, “because cancer is per
sonal and individual, it can only
be fought by each man and woman
accepting the responsibility of
guarding himself or herself against
the disease. The Women’s Field
Army of the American Society for
the Control of Cancer offers an ef
fective means for each individual
to act in cooperation with others
against a common yet personal
enemy.’’
L I'M. ■«*,
State’s Revenues
Reveal All-Time
Top Record Now
Total Figures Reach $11,531,
965.93 According To Com
missioner Maxwell
Income Tax Adds
_
Tax Collection To Date Dur
ing Fiscal Year Running
22.64 Percent Higher
Reports from the state’s revenue
department Thursday reveal an all
time high record for tax collec
tions during the month of March,
the figures reaching $11,531,966.93.
The previous high total was not
available, but Revenue Commis
sioner A. J. Maxwell said receipts
were “by far the largest ever col
lected,’’ and showed an increase of
$1,784,300.90, or 18.3 per cent, over
the $9,747,665.03 figure for March.
1936.
Income taxes paid in during the
i last month totaled $8,471,458.63, us
! compared with $6,013,951.10 in
March, 1936, and gasoline taxes
jumped from $1,202,252.80 to $1,
495,016.20.
“Increases in collections—partic
ularly in income and gasoline taxes
sho^ conclusively that business
conditions have improved greatly
in North Carolina during the last
12 months,” Maxwell said.
Governor Hoey, who has pre
dicted a surplus of between $6,00C,
000 and $7,000,000, said: “If collec
tions continue at the present rate,
we will have little highway diver
sion during the next biennium.”
Under the revenue bill passed by
the last general assembly, a $4,
200,000 diversion of highway funds
to the general fund was authorized
if the money was needed to balance
the general fund budget.
Beer tax receipts during March
I continued to climb, $49,286.70 being
paid in as against $32,222.38 dur
ing the same month one year ago.
Total general fund collections for
the month were $9,672,770.12, an
increase of $2,601,453.35, or 36.79
per cent, over March, 1936. High
way. fundreceipts dropped from
$2,676j348t£6 (feeing March, 1936,
to $t*y8&9;196.81: •*■»■*>
Highway fund receipts during
the first nine months of this fiscal
year, however, total $24,002,013.84,
an increase of $2,818,969.24, cr
13.31 per cent> over the $21,183,
054.60 for the same period one
year ago.
Income taxes to date during the
fiscal year are $9,968,628.68, com
pared with $7,036,269.92. Sales tax
collections, up $100,000 over March,
1936, total $8,360,490.82 during the
nine-month period, compared with
only $7,632,027.57 during the first
nine months of the 1935-36 fiscal
year.
Total collections to date during
the fiscal year are running 22.64
per cent ahead of last year. The
state has taken in $55,282,090.10,
as against $45,076,175.74 during the
same interval in 1935-36.
National Campaign
On Unsafe Tires
A national campaign, declaring
war against the use of unsafe tires
will shortly be launched by the N.
F. Goodrich company, according to
Jas. L. Riddle, Goodrich tire deal
er, 304 S. Fayetteville street, Ashe
boro, following a meeting he at
tended in Greensboro, where the
safety program was outlined.
“Goodrich, a pioneer in the pro
motion of greater safety on our
streets and highways for more
than 20. years, will enlist its entire
national organization in the war
on dangerous tires to begin April
1,” Mr. Riddle said.
“National Safety Council figures
show that more than 37,000 deaths''
were caused by motor vehicle acci
dents last year while 1,300,000 in
juries followed automobile acci
dents.
“In the past 15 years, 500,000
Americans lost their lives in traffic
accidents and many of these were
traceable to tire failures, prin
cipally blowouts.
“Goodrich began its work in
highway safety when automobiles
first came into use by erecting
signs on dangerous curves, at in
tersections and schools throughout
the United States, some of which
are still in service.
“In 1912 the company introduced
a safety tread for automobiles de
signed to give road traction and
prevent skidding.
“The Goodrich Silvertown Safety
League was introduced in 1931 and
more than 2,000,000 motorists
have signed pledges to drive safely
since then.
“Then came Goodrich Life-Saver
Golden ply to protect against tire
blowouts at high speeds, one of the
real contributions of research and
development in the tire industry.
“The movement to make Ameri
can car owners tire conscious and
remove hazardous tires from ser
vice will be carried throughout the
year,’’ Mr. Riddle said.
| POLICE QUESTION HER FATHER
New York police are hammering away at the alibi of Ronnie
Gedeon, father of Veronica Gedeonllovely model, whose baliered body,
with that of her mother and a rooiir at their home, was found Easter
morning. Newspapers in New Yoiy state that a high police official
is their authority for a statement ghat,. Gedeon will be arrested on a
formal charge today and.held in r'-'
Good Weather Welcomes Day
Opening Local Golf Course
Many Interested People -As
semble For Formal Open
ing Of Municipal Course
A perfect day was on hand to
welcome the opening of Asheboro’s
new Municipal Golf Course this
afternoon. A large crowd of golf
fans and others who had come out
to look Over the course and witness
the opening ceremony saw Mayor
Walter A. Bunch drive the first
ball from tee No. 1 at 2 o’clock.
Following him were the other
members of the town board, W. J.
Armfield, Jr., Frank Redding, John
Neely, Francis White, and Dr. O.
L. Presnell, and members of the
committees set up to operate the
course.
Both players and spectators were
outspoken in praise of the layout
of the course, which is comparable
in size to that at Sedgefield. The
fairways and greens, which have
received such careful attention
during the past month, were in ex
cellent condition. The attractive
pro shop, built along colonial lines,
also drew much favorame com
ment.
The opening of the course was
the crowning of more than tw o
years’ efforts by Asheboro citizens
to provide a place to play golf in
Asheboro Leaders in this work
were Ed Cranford, Frank McCrary,
and Francis' White, members of a
golf commission appointed by the
general assembly to handle all mat
ters coming up .in connection with
the course.
Three other committees have re
cently been appointed by the golf
commission to assist in the pro
blems now coming up. They are the
rules committee: W. J. Armfield,
III, T. N. Hunter, and Ed Steer?;
greens committee: C. C. Cranford,
C. G. Bossong, and D. B. McCrary;
and membership committee, which
includes Henry Armfield, Lynwood
Smith, Harris Coffin, Ernest
Kiesewetter, and Arthur Ross, Jr.
WORK ON CEMETERY
IS PROGRESSING WELL
The work of laying out the road
ways and plots in the new Oak
Lawn Cemetery is proceeding
rapidly this week under the direc
tion of William M. Piatt and P. D.
Davis of the Piatt Engineering
Company of Durham. Walter Yow,
city official, said .this morning that
the grading of the roadways
through the cemetery would begin
Monday.
Trinity School
Resumes Gasses
After Observing Easter Mon
day As A Holiday The
Schedule Is Continued
Osbornes Visitors
Party Returns From Florida
Trip; Several Attend
Easter Sunrise Service
Trinity, April 1.—The Trinity
school resumed its work Tuesday
morning, having observed Monday
as an Easter holiday.
Misses Frances Howell, Blanche
Woodlief, Mary Lee Starling, Kath
leen Johnson, Mrs. C. C. Walker
Mrs. William Cranford, Raymond
White, Bruce Steed and William
Cranford attended the Easter sun
rise service held at the High Point
city lake at Jamestown Sunday
morning. This service was conduct
ed by the High Point City Union
of Young Peoples work in the M.
E. church.
Mr. and Mrs. George Osborne of
Washington, D. C., who were
married in Mt. Vernon church
Saturday, March 20, spent last
week with relatives here. Mr. and
Mrs. Osborne are popular mem
bers of the younger set of this
place, and their marriage is of in
terest in this vicinity. They will be
at home in High Point after June
30. Mrs. Osborne was formerly
Miss Jewel Parrish, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Parrish of
Trinity and has been employed as
assistant auditor in the department
of internal revenue at Washington,
D. C. Mr. Osborne is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Osborne, also of
Trinity, and is employed at the
Snow Lumber company, High
Point.
Miss Elma Johnson of Madison
and Mrs E. B. Wrike of James
town spent the week-end with
their mother, Mrs. Mary J. John
son. . •
Mr. and Mrs. Carson Cranford
of Archdale, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood
McDowell and Miss Bertha Prit
chard of Trinity spent the past
few days in Florida.
Former Randleman Man
Randleman friends of M. L.
Bowdon, a former resident of that ^
town, have been advised of his
death in New York, where he had
lived for some time, March 22.
Duke Fund Will
Again Aid Local
County Hospital
$3,129 Is Appropriated For
Charity Work In Randolph
County Hospital
95 Are Benefitted
44 Orphan’s Homes In Tht
Carolinas Also Come In
For A Share Of Aid
At the meeting of the Duke
endowment trustees, held in Char
lotte Tuesday, 95 hospitals and 44
orphan homes in the Carolinas will
benefit from an appropriated sum
of $938,499.30. The Randolph hos
pital, which is among the institu
tions that have benefited by this
fund since its foundation, will re
ceive $3,129 for this year’s work.
In addition, 28 additional hos
pitals were expected to apply for
aid on their 1936 budgets on the
basis of $1 a day for approximate
ly 148,000 days of free care.
Of the amount appropriated
$824,213 went to hospitals 'and
$114,286.30 to orphan homes.
In its announcement of this ap
propriation the endownment said
non-profit hospitals in the Caro
linas had increased from 48 in
1924, when the endowment was
established by the late James B.
Duke, to 123, and the average of
free patients from 500 free patients
daily to 2,656. In addition to the
rate of $1 a day for each of these,
the endowment will be asked to
contribute, it said, approximately
$12.50 each for 78,000 free patients
The announcement said the per
centage of free patients in hos
pitals aided by the foundation had
increased from 30 per cent in 1924
to 50 per cent in 1936.
Orphans cared for in homes
aided by the endowment totaled
6,060 in 1936.
Today’s appropriation for 1936
brought to approximately $11,500,
000 the sum allotted to hospitals
and orphanages since establishment
of the endowment.
Crop Insurance
~ Bill Is Passed
Senate Passes Crop Insurance
Bill And Sends To Lower
House Wednesday
No Record Vote
Supported By Both Democrats
And Republicans; Virtually
No Opposition
On Wednesday the senate passed
and sent to the house the adminis
tration’s crop insurance bill, set
ting up a $100,000,000 Federal cor
poration to protect wheat growers
against weather, insects, and other
natural hazards.
Supported by both Republican
and Democratic members, the bill
went through with virtually no op
position and in substantially the
same form as reported out by the
senate agriculture committee.
There was no record vote.
The bill would create a $100,
000,000 corporation in the Depart
ment of Agriculture to insure
wheat crops starting in 1938.
Participation would be voluntary.
Premiums and losses would be pay
able in cash or wheat. Premiums
and maximum coverage would vary
by localities depending on average
production over a base period.
The only major amendment
adopted by the senate was provi
sion by Senator Vanderberg, (Re
publican, Michigan). It would re
quire the corporation to replace
from operating revenues any por
tion of its capital expended in pay
ment of losses.
If the plan works successfully
with wheat, the administration
may seek to extend it to other
major crops later.
Asheboro Man Is
Slightly Injured
McKinley Pritchard of North
Asheboro fell off an elevator skip
while working on the addition to
McCrary Mill No. 1 on North street
about 9 o’clock this morning, but
escaped without serious injuries.
He fell only a distance of some five
or six feet, but fell backwards so
that he could not prepare himself
for the fall. He was taken to the
Randolph hospital for treatment
and after an examination revealed
that he had only been shaken up,
he went home for the day.
Third Well Baby Clinic
The Randolph county health de
partment held its third Well Baby
Clinic Wednesday, with Dr. J. H.
Soady assisting Dr. George H.
Sumner in conducting the clinic.
The response to the clinic is grow
ing with each meeting, nine babies
being brought in for examination
this time i
i
A Cnstian Education
Coni«fice To Be Held
A t F arim*r Church, Apr. 5
Expresses Himself
HAROLD D. COOLEY
Harold D. Cooley
Attacks Strikes
Launches Vigorous Attack O.i
Sitdown Strikes From
House Floor Tuesday
Praises Wm. Green
Registers Disapproval Of
John L. Lewis And Lauds
His Bitterest Rival
Randolph county’s representative
in the United States congress,
Harold D. Cooley, took the floor of
the house Tuesday to launch a vig
orous attack on sitdown strikes,
which he charged with leading to
lawlessness and chaos. Without
mentioning John L. Lewis, leader
of the CIO, which has been be
hind the recent outbreak of sit
jdown strikes, Congressman Cooley
Lshowed his disapproval of this
'labor leader by praising Lewis’
I chief rival, William Green, presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor.
Mr. Cooley was originally sched
uled to speak last Thursday, but
was prevented from doing so by a
controversy which resulted in a
sudden adjournment of the house
due to lack of a quorum.
Today Mr. Cooley referred to the
change in conditions in the auto
mobile strikes at Detroit since he
prepared his speech, saying that
the plants have been evacuated, but
not out of respect to law; and that
men are sitting around a table
“bargaining away the judgment of
the court.”
“The tyranny of a mob is as
odious as is the tyranny of a mon
arch,” Mr. Cooley said. “There is
no place for either in this republic.
In this nation the only emperor,
the only king, the only sovereign
is the majesty of the law, and for
it all men must have reverence and
respect. Only by maintaining law
will we be able to protect our in
stitutions, our properties, our
homes, our reputations and our
lives.
“As congressmen, we are cham
pions of the law—the law under
which our nation has grown great
and without which our nation will
perish. This is a government of
law. The law is the bulwark of our
strength—the safeguard of our
liberty. The law must at all
hazards be maintained and vin
dicated.
“If we are to permit our fore
bearance to cause us to tolerate the
tactics and technique which are
employed by those who are in
fatuated by a lust for power; if
we are to permit our institutions
to be prostituted; the law to be
raped and public justice to be out
raged; if we are to admit that the
battalions of the law are unable
to withstand the onslaught of
violence; we might as well tear
from Jhe walls of our court rooms
the ancient and classic form of
the Goddess of Justice and throw it
I into the street to be trampled upon
by the hoofs of Communism which
will finally grind this republic into
i pulp-”
i —
Worthville Folk
To Present Play
“The Chocolate Wedding” will
be presented at the Worthville
school at 7:30 Saturday evening,
April 3. The cast consists of 25
blackface characters, whose parts
are taken by residents of Worth
ville. String music will also be
provided.
The proceeds will be used to buy
books for the Worthville school.
The Worthville faculty includes
Mrs. E. L. Ray and Mrs. Ruby
Garner of Asheboro and Mrs. Joe
Newlin of Randleman.
Randolph Meeting
Be One Of Three
Farmer Methodist Episcopal
Church Will Be Location
For Local Institute
Several County
Ministers Active
Other Two Meetings In Dis
trict In Guilford And Rock
ingham Counties
Announcement today to the ef
fect'1 that one of the three Christian
education institutes to be held in
the Greensboro district of the
Methodist Episcopal church next
week, will be held in Randolph.
Farmer is the location selected in
Randolph for this conference on
Monday, April 5th. The other two
meetings will be held at Summer
field church in Guilford county on
Tuesday, April 6th; and Bethlehem
church in Rockingham county on
Wednesday, April 7th.
In each instance the institute will
begin at 9:30 a. m. and each, is ex
pected to close at 3 p. m. Begin
ning at 9:45 a. m. and continuing
until 11:30 o’clock, the program
will relate to Christian education
through vacation church schools,
missionary enterprise, church
school literature, church school day
programs, conference minutes, pas
tors’ school, Young People’s as
sembly, Christian Adventure
camps, training school, conference
school, missionary units on China,
etc.
At 11:30 o’clock Rev. G. T. Rowe,
D. D., of the faculty of Duke uni
versity, Durham, will preach. Din
ner is to be served in picnic style
at 12:30 p. m.
Each afternoon session will start
at 1:45 o’clock, this to be a meet
ing of age group divisions in each
case. Mrs. O. D. Nelson will lead
the discussion among- the children's g
workers. Mrs. John F. Kirk and
Rev. Carl H. King will have charge
of the discussion among the young
people and leaders. Harold R.
Moag and Rev. J. G. Wilkinson will
lead the discussion before the
group dealing with adult wont.
This phase of the program is to
continue until 2:45 o’clock, at
which time the closing assembly
period, under the leadership of
Rev. W. W. Peele, D. D., presiding
elder of the Greensboro district,
will begin.
These institutes, according to iu.
formation received from Rev. Carl
H. King, of Salisbury, conference
secretary of Christian education,
are planned for pastors, general
superintendents, officers and teach
ers of age group divisions, teachers
in vacation school, leaders of mis
sionary education for children anii
•other interested church school
workers.
Ministers in charge of the Ran
dolph conference include: Ramseuf
Franklinville, Rev. R. M. Hauss;
Coleridge, Rev. O. P. Ader; Cedar
Falls, Rev. P. ,F. Snider; Asheboro,
Rev. H. P. Powell; Trinity, Rev.
H. M. Robinson; Asheboro circuit,
Rev. Odell Brown; Wesley Mem
orial, High Point, Rev. E. H.
Blackard; Main Street, High Point.,
Rev. J. P. Hipps; Ward Street—
Archdale, Rev. J. W. Groce; High
lands, Rev. H. H. Robbins; Ran
dolph, Rev. P. L. Shore; Liberty,
Rev. P. R. Taylor; Farmer, Rev,
L. A. Bennett,
News Tip Awarded
Again To Attorney
For the second time in the few
short weeks that The Courier
News Tip Contest has been con
ducted, W. C. York was adjudged
the winner today. Mr. York’s tip
this time was one concerning a
happening which has widespread
interest and this fact was consid
ered in making the award. The
winner and his guest will see
Edward Arnold and Fmacine Larri
more in '‘John Meade’s Woman”
at the Capitol either Friday or
Saturday.
The next period starts at 8 a. m,
Friday and ends at 6:00 p. m.
Saturday and the winner will get
two tickets to see “Maid of Salem”
with Claudette Colbert and Fred
MacMurray, either Monday or
Tuesday at the Sunset.
Studying Records
W. H. Bacon, of Raleigh, spent
Thursday in Asheboro looking into |
the historical records of Randolph
county.
Guests Of Miss Allred
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kemble
I three children and Fred
of Grahamsville, N.
dinner guests of Miss
i red Tuesday evening. After
[bridge was enjoyed for