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ALWAYS ABREAST WITH THE CHANGING TIME IN RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS THE COURIER THE COURIER AND I ASHEBORO MARCH IN STEP—AHEAD BOTh ARE LEADERS tri-weekly VOLUME LX I Est. As The Regulator February 2. 1876 Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEBORO. N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1937. Changed To The Courier September 13, 1379 $2.00 A YEAR IN APVANCE PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY NUMBER 28 Unusual Accident Occurs Saturday At Franklinville Mules Become Frightened And Drag Driver Some Distance Before Stopped Tom Thumb Wedding New Home Is Started; Clark And Graves At Scotland Neck; Other News Franklinville, April 6.—A young man by the name of Aiken, who lives a short distance south of Pleasant- Cross church came very near having a serious accident Saturday morning while hauling a load ol' wood, when his mules be came scared and ran from Bleach cry Lake, on <i4 highway to the in tersection of Academy street, where they were stopped by C. AI. l’ruett. When the team started to run Mr. Aiken was thrown on the double trees and was dragged fer some distance. Dr. J. L. Broadwel! of Ramseur was cajled to the scene and found that, notwith standing his clothes were practic ally torn off and his back had sev eral cuts and bruises, yet he found no bones broken and believed that he would recover in a few days, Mrs. M. L. Buie was a guest last week of her daughter, Mrs. Lettie Vestal near Asheboro. Miss Viola Burroughs of Frank linville and J. B. Campbell of Candor were united in marriage in Bennettsville, S. C., March 27. Mrs. Campbell is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnie Burroughs of Frank linville. Mr. Campbell is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Campbell of Candor. They will make their home at Newport News, Va. Tom Thumb Wedding, sponsored by the P.-T. A., will be given by the pupils from the first to fifth grades, of the Franklinville school, at school auditorium, Friday even ing, April 9. Mrs. Robert Jordan left Satur day morning for Maiden where she will spend this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rans Camp bell. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hayes and son, Clarence, and James Edward Hayes of High Point were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moody. Arthur Harden of Asheboro was a visitor Sunday at the home (Please turn to Page II) Asheboro People In Wreck Sunday — Williard Kearns, young Ashe boro man, suffered a broken back and is in a serious condition in a Pinehurst hospital as the result of an outomobile accident near Star Sunday night. A car in which were riding Kearns, Mr. and Mrs. Arvil Latham of Thomasville, and Dank Hogan of Troy, collided with a truck. Latham died in the hospital at Pinehurst soon after his arrival, having received a fractured skull, broken leg, and minor cuts and bruises. Mrs. Latham suffered a broken leg and severe back injuries, and is in a serious condition. Hogan escaped unhurt. The car belonged to Hogan, j and Latham is believed to have been driving. Merchants Warned Against Swindler j Members of the Asheboro Mer chants Association have been warn ed against a clever swindler who is said to have cleaned up in Raleigh and Durham in the past few days , and who was expected to attempt ■ to work this territory this week. After collecting from his victims, whom he has misled by plausible misrepresentations, he skips out I with the money. He is said to have j been in Asheboro a couple of weeks ago and to have gotten money | from one or two merchants here i under false pretenses. Such warn-! ings as this are but one of the ser-1 vices afforded its members by the I recently organized Asheboro Mer-1 chants Association. Randleman Home, Property Destroyed By Fire Saturday I The home of Otis M. Bowers, two miles southeast of Randleman, was totally destroyed by fire about 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon, but some of the personal property was saved. The latter too, would pro bably have all lost but for the valiant efforts of Howard Culler, a CCC boy home on furlough. The personal property was car ried from the house and set down under some oak trees in the yard. Later as the blaze became more intense, the trees caught fire, and the burning limbs dropped on the furniture, damaging several pieces considerably. 1 - As Labor Dispute Flared In Minnesota An episode showing rhe extent of disorders during a riot of strike sympathizers at the American Gas Machine Co. in Albert Lea. Minn-, was the destruction of this auto. In top photo it is shown as it was overturned in the street. Below, it is in flames. Order was restored after Gov. Elmer Benson rushed to the scene. Rioting had begun after the sheriff attempted to enforce a writ ordering union pickets from the plant. Randolph Ministers Discuss Moral Conditions On Monday A Baptist Men Will Meet Sunday, 11th Associational Men’s Meeting Scheduled For Asheboro Church Sunday A. M. Several Speakers Program Will Begin With Church Service At 11:00; Dr. O’Brian Preaches An associational men’s meeting will be held at the First Baptist church of Asheboro Sunday, April 11. The women as well as the men from each church in the Randolph Baptist Association are invited to this meeting. The program will be begun by the regular church service at 11 o’clock, with Dr. L. R. O’Brian preaching on the subject, “My Church and I—What Are We For?” The afternoon session will com mence at 1:45 with a devotional led by Rev. John Kidd, followed by special music. Grover H. Jones will then speak on "Our 100,000 North Carolina Baptist men”, after which there will be a conference, and a roll call of churches by Rev. H. M. Stroup. The promotion of a yacation Bible school will be discussed by G. H. King. There will be other musical selections at 4:05, and the program will be concluded with an address by Dr. Lewis Gaines, “Men Matching the Master of Men.” GARDEN PROJECT WORKERS BY NYA STUDENTS Manteo, April 5.—A three-acre garden project is being conducted this year by N. Y. A. students of the Kitty Hawk school in Dare county on land furnished free by farmers in that community, reports County Agent C. W. Overman. The growers are also supplying live stock and farm implements for use on this project. Plantings are being made of Onions, tomatoes, carrots, snap beans, lima beans, okra, and corn and all vegetables produced will be canned for use in the school kitchen next year, says Overman. The exact cause of the fire could not be definitely learned. Mrs. Bowers had begun a fire in the kitchen to cook supper and some time later the blaze was discover ed in the shingle roof. It is thought that that the shingles caught from a spark or that there was some defect in the flue. Many flues be come defective throughout the winter, and people who have shingle roofs should have then) examined at this time of year. Neither the house or the dam aged furniture was covered by insurance. , I Dr. Taylor Leads In Discus sion Of Several Existing Community Matters A copy of a ruling by Attorney General A. A. P. Seawell on the “Jack-Pot”, “Bank Night,” and similar practices at moving picture houses, was read by Dr. S. W. Taylor at the monthly meeting of the Randolph Ministerial Associa tion in the Presbyterian church in Asheboro Monday morning. Mr. Seawell’s opinion, rendered originally at the request of the Carolina Theatre of Gastonia, was that such practices were a viola tion of the lottery laws of North Carolina. The Randolph county ministers were prompted in their action solely from the moral stand point, their consideration of the moral aspects of the problem caus ing them to appoint Dr. Taylor, some two months ago, as chairman of a committee to confer with the attorney general and secure his opinion. The liquor situation also was a subject of discussion. Rev. H. M. Stroup, president of the associa tion, reported on a meeting in Durham last week which he and a number of Asheboro and Ramseur ministers attended. The opposition to the liquor store was very strong at this meeting, and Mr. Stroup said than an influential group was present and that Durham county was strongly organized, with Duke University a vital force in the movement. Dry forces are hopeful of defeating the local option liquor store plan in that county. The principal address was de livered by Dr. Taylor, who spoke on the three major problems in a pastor’s work. These were evangel ism, the failure of church mem bers to attend church, and the ab sence of children at church ser vices. A discussion of these pro blems will be taken up at future meetings, with Rev. H. P. Powell speaking on the problem of church attendance, from the standpoint of its solution, at the next meeting. The county ministers, as did the Asheboro ministers in their meet ing, unanimously expressed ap preciation of the space and em phasis given to the Easter services and to the spirit of Easter by the county papers, the Randolph Tri bune and The Courier. A very fine spirit prevailed at this meeting. There were 13 mem bers present, and Rev. J. W. Buckner, pastor of the Randleman Baptist church, was received as a new member. The next meeting will be held the Monday after the first Sunday in May. DELAWARE PEOPLE ATTEND LOCAL RITES Rev. P. F. Beane, Mrs. Beane, and children, of Delmar, Dela ware, are visiting Mr. Beane's sister, Mrs. W. W. Redding, hav ing come here for the funeral of Mr. Beane's mother, Mrs. Sarah Chrisco Beane, Sunday afternoon. A number of other out of town re latives were here for the funeral, among whom were Mrs. E. T. Ethridge and daughter, Mrs. Rockett, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Beane, all of Gastonia. | Roosevelt Asks Congress PermanentCCC MadeUp Ol 300,000 Young Men Been Included In Program Always Is Convinced There Is Ample Useful Work To Warrant Permanent Maintenance Will Not Reduce Normal Employment His Suggestion Meets With Some Warm Response From Congressional Members On Monday, President Roosevelt asked congress to authorize a per manent Civilian Conservation corps of 300,000 men. The present law authorizing the CCC expires June 30th. The president said, “I am convinced that there is ample use ful work in the protection, restora tion, and development of our na tural resources, upon which the services of the corps may be em ployed advantageously for an ex pended future period. “It should be noted that this pro gram will not in any respect re duce normal employment oppor tunities for our adult workers; in fact, the purchase of simple mate rials, of food and clothing and of other supplies required for the op erations of the corps tends to in crease employment in industry.” Immediately, some legislators de I manded that provision be made for a larger enrollment. Representative Johnson, (Demo crat, Oklahoma) said he would make a “tremendous effort” to keep the CCC personnel at its pre sent authorized strength of 350, 000. He said a House Democratic steering committee, of which he is chairman, would meet to discuss the President’s suggestion. “We could well afford to post pone for a couple of years cpn-j strdction of 'one "of" IH88S 000 battleships to take care of 50, 000 more CCC boys,” Johnson add- j ed. Mr. Roosevelt asserted, in a spe cial message to the congress, that with “improved business condi-1 tions” 300,000 was the maximum j enrollment that could be expected. ' “To go beyond this at this time,” j the President said, “would open : new and difficult classifications of j enrollment, and the additional cost ; would seriously affect the financial i position of the treasury.” Representative Rayburn of Tex as, the Democratic leader, agreed with the President that money for 350,000 might be hard to find. “Almost everybody favors con tinuance of the CCC,” Rayburn i said. I John expressed belief the Presi dent was not “determined” to keep ' the enrollment at 300,000. Sponges are not always yellow. While living they may be black, j blue, green, indigo, lilac, red, white 1 and yellow. i Roosevelt Will Try Another Woman Foreign Ambassador Roosevelt Planning To Name Mrs. J. B. Harriman j Minister To Norway Reports from Washington indi cate that President Roosevelt will appoint Mrs. J. Borden Harriman of Washington minister to Norway as soon as the Norwegian govern ment gives its approval to the ap pointment. There has been considerable speculation in political circles here as to whether the President would appoint another woman to a diplo matic 'post. The marriage of the first woman minister, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde, to a Dane while holding a post in Denmark is said to have caused the State Department considerable embar rassment. Mrs. Owen resigned sub sequently. Mrs. Harriman, who is Demo cratic national committeewoman from the District of Columbia, has been talked of as a possible diplo matic appointee ever since lDMll. She has been a stanch Roosevelt supporter. She served as the of ficial hostess of the Democratic National Convention in Philadel phia last June and from time to time has declared in public state ments her support of various New ' Deal measures. Mrs. Harriman would fill the post formerly held by Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, who is slated to be come minister to Poland. She became deeply interested in social problems while serving as manager of the New York State Reformatory for Women for 12 Guiding First Ford Sitdown “Ford is next” was the U. A. W.’s threat, and union workmen started their first attack when 1000 of them struck, welded shut the sates of a Kansas City assemb ly plant. Then they sat down as Ed Hall, above, II. A. W. vice president flew from Detroit to take charge. The strikers want higher pay and better working conditions, a spokesman said. Ramseur May Have New Hosiery Mill (Addition To Commercial Lite tit' Ramseur Is Welcomed By Many Citizens Ministers Meeting Mrs. V. C. Marley Entertains At Dinner; Marietta Lodge Holds Meeting Ramseur, April 5.—Recent deve lopments in a series of plans and negotiations confirm the report that Ramseur will soon have a hosiery mill. The new town hall building will be utilized in this new business, the space not used in office and jail being ample for one hundred and fifty machines, with excellent provision for Ive plant in basement. We are delighted to be assured of this addition to the commercial life of Ramseur. A ministers convention will con vene at the Pilgrim Holiness church at Ramseur April 6-8 in which 43 ministers will participate. Rev, W. R. Phillips, the conven (Please turn to Page 2) May Be Second Woman Envoy Mrs. J. Borden Harriman years, and was the only woman member of the Federal Industrial Relations Committee appointed by President Roosevelt in 1913. During the World War Mrs. Har riman was chairman of the com mittee on women in industry of the council of national defense, an 1 helped organize the Red Cross motor corps. She is the author of; a book, “Pianofortes to Politics.” | Several Southern States In Storm Again This Year Storms Rage From Tennessee To Texas In Fierce April Tornado Monday Death Toll Ten Scores Of Others Injured; Death Toll Or Last April Reached 450 Storms that smacked of March instead of April, hit the south hard. The state of Alabama was especially hard hit. Through sever al southern states a death toll of ten with a score or more of in juries is the result. April a year ago, the toll was 450 dead. From Tennessee to Texas dam aging wind and rains left their mark. At least ten deaths and two score or more injuries were chalk ed up against the weather along with toppled buildings, uprooted trees, and disrupted power and communications facilities. A Sunday gale capsized two boats and drowned six persons at Madina lake near San Antonio, Texas. Alabama bore the brunt of to day’s storms. Fred Liles, 32 year old fisher man, was drowned below Wilson dam at Florence, Ala., when a gust of wind overturned his boat. A negro girl was killed in tiro wind smashed houses in the negro section of Phoenix City in east cen tral Alabama and two other ne groes died in a tornado which lash ed Pike county farther south in the same state. Two children, one one year old and the other seven, lost their lives in the Shorter com munity in Alabama. More than 24 were hurt in the Alabama storms, six of them in the vicinity of the capital, Montgom ery. Power failed several hours there and in surrounding communi ties. Observers estimated more than a score of houses were blown down or damaged in Montgomery county. A fierce rain, hail, and wind storm caused injury of 12 in North Louisiana Sunday. Three houses were bowled over by high winds in Verlila, Miss. Tupelo, Miss., where 225 died in the 1936 tornadoes escaped dam age but got a scare. A rainstorm last night sent many residents scurrying into underground storm cellars. Pleasant Garden Man Dies On Sat. Gail Pugh, 37, of Pleasant Gard en, died Saturday at a hospital in' Morganton. Funeral service was held Monday afternoon from Gray’s Chapel M. P, church with Rev. G. R. Reynolds in charge. Burial was made in the church cemetery. Mr. Pugh is survived by his widow, the former Miss Gracie Bowman; one son, Irvin; one daughter, Dorothy; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alf Pugh; and four brothers, Glenn Pugh, Tom Pugh, and Paul Pugh, all of Pleasant Garden route one, and Clyde Pugh, of near Asheville. The pall bearers, all first cousins of Mr. Pugh, were Kelley Pugh, Richard Brown, Jesse York, Eugene Murray, Eugene Kirkman, and C. P. Barker, Jr. The flower bearers were Mrs. Richard Brown, Mrs. Rom Ward, Mrs. C. P. Bark er, Jr., Mrs. Gene Kirkman, Mrs. Coion Farlow, Miss Mabel Earlier, Miss Margaret Brown, and Miss Elizabeth Brown. M. E. Church Has District Meeting The first of a series of meetings was held yesterday at the Farmer M. E. church for the purpose of Christian Education. There will be three such meetings in the Greens boro district. The meeting was opened by the Rev. Luther Bennett, pastor of the Farmer charge. After the singing of a hymn the meeting was turn ed over to Rev. Carl King, execu tive director of Christian education of the Western North Carolina Conference. Mr. King presented some problems that confronted the council and introduced Mrs. Nel son, of Greensboro, district direct or of the childrens division and J. G. Wilkinson, conference director of adult work. Both discussed their particular fields of endeavor. Dr. G. T. Rowe, of the Duke University School of Religion brought a very inspirational message on the text, “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God j and man.” i The audience then adjourned to the basement for a picnic lunch. The afternoon session was given over to class study of the various divisions of the church school. There were about 100 in attendance from this county and surrounding area. County Commissioners Decline Tme Increase Compensamon Allowed —----1 Peace Speaker MrifWflliMffilMMIIffillllllllllllllllllM HlllllMlI——. KEY. MILO HINCKLE Peace Campaign Spreading Out Meeting At Baptist Church Tonight At 8:00 O'clock; Public Invited Many Speakers Widespread Interest In Peace Movement Throughout This Section Of State The Rev. Milo S. Hinckle, pastor of the Asheboro Street Friend’s church, Greensboro, will be one of the principal speakers at the mass peace meeting to be held under the auspices of the Tentative Council of the emergency peace campaign at the First Baptist church, to night at 8:00 p. m. < Mr. Hinckle is chairman of the committee on legislation of the Guilford County Peace League and in a letter to the local leaders states, “I confess that I am ar dently enthused with the whole program to make peace the Am erican way, and conceive that our whole religioiTS" message is in separably bound up with the advo cacy of peace and the opposition to war.” With Mr. Hinckle will be the Rabbi Fred I. Rypins, minister of Temple Emanuel, and Rev. J. Ellwood Carroll, pastor of the Grace Methodist church, Greens boro. Both gentlemen are strong speakers. The Rev. Mr. Carroll will present the plan of organization to secure peace action in the county or locai community. Rabbi Rypins will pre sent the theme—“Other ways than force for the settling of disputes and resolving the strains of life.” The Rev. Mr. Hinckle will speak on the human elements involved— the inspirational side of the whole question. There will be a period allotted to an open forum with the speakers. The following expression of the importance of a peace campaign by one of the leaders in the move-' ment in Randolph county sums up the situation very adequately: “The question of peace is one in, which all intelligent, clear-minded, upright American citizens should) be interested. Perhaps we are to prone to be satisfied with ourselves and our seeming security. The day may come when we will wish that| we had given the impending ques tion more profund consideration. This mass meeting is for your in-1 terest and your information. Every loyal American and citizen of Ran dolph county should be present to hear these great speakers.” Supreme Court Stir Has Been Bad For Simple Country Hen There has been so much talk about the Supreme Court in recent weeks that even the hens are wor ried over the problem. At any rate, that is the opinion of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Wyrick, who live near Madison school in Guilford county, for they have a hen which last week laid an egg with the letter “C” on it. The “C”, a perfect scroll-type capital, is on the smaller end of the egg, which is otherwise norm al, and is an extra layer of the shell in just the design of the letter. When observed upside down, the letter looks just like the figure “6”, so that it may he seen that the hen knew the number of judges the president is planning to add to the court. F Legislature Doubles The Pay I Chairman Johnson Acts With Arthur Ross Concerning New Sidewalk Along Highway 62 At Balfour School Road Petition In Sophia Sec tion Receives Attention; Friends Make Protest The Randolph county commis sioners, meeting in regular session Monday, declined to accept the in creased compensation provided by special act of the 1037 legislature. The act would allow each member of the board $6 per day in place of the $3.60 now being received. The board ordered its chairman, M. E. Johnson, to act with Arthur Ross in regard to the construction I of a sidewalk from Balfour school house south to the intersection of Highway 62. Mr. Ross brought up a plan for similar improvements at several schools in the county, and after the commissioners had discussed the matter, it was decid ed to begin at Balfour and continue with the other schools at a later date. The expense of the improve ments would not rest with the county, but would be borne by civic-minded citizens in each locality with the aid of Mr. Ross. A petition for road improvements in the Sophia section was referred to the state highway commission. A large number of citizens of that section asked for repairs to the road from Highway 311 near Sophia to Flint Hill where it joins the Mountain, a distance of about four miles. The petition stated that this road, a school bus and R. F. D. route, was impassable in winter and that the school bus had been forced to drive 28 miles extra each | day because of this. It was also stated that there was an abundance of stone and topsoil in the vicinity to do the work. The commissioners ordered plac ed on the minutes a petition from Deep River Quarterly Meeting of Friends asking the board to re frain from calling for a vote on the liquor store unless it was made necessary by a petition from 15 per cent of the voters. Lodge Planning A Charity Ball The degree team of the High Point Lodge, number 62, Woodmen of the World, will present a Charity Ball at Sedgefield Manor on Friday evening, April 9th, and plans are underway to make this an outstanding event of the week. The public is invited to the dance and all proceeds will be used for the benefit of the degree team of the lodge. Lew Gogerty and his orchestra, popular orchestra in this section of the state, will furnish music for the affair and promise' a full pro graVn of new dance tunes. * {lancing will be from nine-thirty until one-thirty o’clock in the inaftor ballroom. i /Recovers From Operation •Mrs. M. M. Rogers, Who under went an operation at the Randolph hospital two weeks ago, has im proved greatly and has been able to jseturn to her home, where she is how doing nicely. " , Mr. Hanner Manager Mr. J. W. Hanner, who has re cently taken a position with the Harris Lumber Company at Bur lington, was at home the past week end, Mr. Hanner' has this week been made manager of the Burlington business. The egg was brought to Ths Courier office Monday by Mrs. F. E. Gay of Asheboro, who visited Mrs. Wayrick, her daughter, Sun day, and wanted Randolph county folk to learn of this rarity. If it had only been a Randolph hen that laid • the egg, we would have been sure that the “C” stood for Courier. It is now in The Courier office where it has attracted a great deal of attention, for though many people have heard of eggs with letters and figures few have actual ly seen them. Mrs. Gay will re turn it in a few days to Mr. and Mrs. Wyrick, who are planning to blow out the interior and pre serve the egg.