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NUMBER 29
Work Conference |
At Farmer Church j
Beneficial Move
Methodist Episcopal VVorkers
Meet For Profitable All- j
Day Conference
Teacher Is 111
School Play Presented Satur- i
day Eve; Popularity Con- |
test For Local Babies
Farmer, April 7.—A county
wide conference of workers in the
M. E. Church, South, was held on
Monday in the local church, with a
good crowd present. The sermon at
11 o’clock was preached by Rev. G.
T. Rowe. Picnic lunch was served
in the church dining room, and the
afternoon was taken up in con
ferences and talks on the various
branches of church work.
The play, “See You Later,” given
Saturday night in the school audi
torium, was well attended. The
cast was well chosen, and the
musical numbers attractively pre
sented.
In connection with the play was
a popularity contest, in which six
babies were entered, the prize be
ing a silver loving cup. The cup
was won by Norma Jean Cashatt,
little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
[Clifford Cashatt. Other contestants
[were Nancy Jean Kearns, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Kearns;
Joan Lowe, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. 1). Lowe; Wilfred Ham
mond, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Hammond; Christine Loflin, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Reece Loflin;
and Peggy Ann Bingham, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bingham.
Mrs. W. H. Dewar is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Smith, in Tabernacle township.
Fred Bingham, B. F. Bingham,
and Hal Bingham made a business
trip to Washington, D. C., yester
day.
W. W. Lassiter and Miss Hope \
Hubbard were in Greensboro yest- f
erday for the meeting of the Per
manent Board of North Carolina 1
[Yearly Meeting of Friends, held
in Asheboro Street Friends church
Miss Myrtle Scarboro is back to
her work as teacher of the second
grade in the local school, after a
week spent at her home in Ml.
Gilead, recuperating from a very
severe cold.
Miss Sarah Holman, another
member of the school faculty, was 1
taken to Randolph hospital Mon
day evening, suffering from an at
tack of appendicitis. It was feared j
that she would require an opera
tion, but her condition is much
better, and she will probably be at
work again soon.
Miss Nelle Nunn spent the week
end with her homefolks near M*
Airy. She was accompanied by Miss
Mary Wells.
Claude Elliott recently moved
from the C. C. Horney place to Uw
harrie Mills in Tabernacle town
ship. The Horney home is now oc
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Grady P. j
Ridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Verness Routh of i
Greensboro, route 2, were visitors I
at Dr. C. C. Hubbard’s Tuesday. j
News has been received here of |
the death of Elmer F. Stephan, of j
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West School Is Now Standard
With Respect To Its Libraries
A. I. Ferree Will
Head Peace Group
Earl Bulla Named Vice Presi
dent, Mrs. R. C. Welborn,
Sec.-Treas.
Meet Again Tues.
Form Permanent Organiza
tion For Promotion Of
Peace, Understanding
With the election of A. I. Ferroe
as president, a local and county
organization for Peace Action was
inaugurated in Randolph county
Tuesday, at the Baptist church.
Other officers elected at the meet
ing were Earl Bulla, vice, presi
dent, and Mrs. R. C. Welborn, sec
retary-treasurer, of Randleman,
route 2.
[ This organization was the out
'come of the mass peace meeting
that was held under the auspices
of last years Tentative council of
the Emergency Peace Campaign.
This permanent organization .is
the fulfillment of the desires of
several of the citizens of Randolph
county for several years. To aid in
the organization, the citizens were
favored by two splendid addresses
by Rev. J. Elwood Carroll, pastor
of Grace Methodist church, and
Rev. Milo Hinckle, pastor of the
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Local Civic Group Plans
Beautification Program
F<>r Asheboro Generally
Sculptor Sought
In Triple Death
The person whom New York po
lice say they most want to ques
tion in connection with the mur
der of Veronica Gedeon, pretty
model, and two others, has been
identified' as Robert Irwin, above.
29, sculptor and theological student
of St. Lawrence University.
Jay McPherson Is
News Tip Winner
The winner of the news tip this
time is Jay McPherson who turn
ed in an item about his teacher
who has been ill and is back again
at her post. These Courier news
tips have created wide interest
touching all sort of people who call
in news and dealing with many
types of news items. Jay will re
ceive two tickets to see Edmond
Lowe and Madge Evans in Es
pionage at the Capitol Friday and
Saturday. The next period is on
now and will continue until press
time Saturday night. The tickets
for the coming period will be to
see Joe E. Brown in “When’s
Your Birthday” at the Sunset Mon
day and Tuesday.
Two Young Brides
Honeymooning Now
Two 14 year old Boston girls
are now honeymooning with their
20 year old husbands after legal
and parental intervention had' been
removed. One couple is Mary O’Day
and Raymond Heck. The bride's
mother, Mrs. James O’Day and her
sister witnessed the ceremony.
The second couple is Geraldine
Jordan Murphy and Joseph R
Murphy who were married a week
ago and separated after the bride’s
mother charged abduction. She
withdrew the charges Tuesday and
the couple was reunited at the home
of the groom.
Has Obtained 700th Volume
Through Campaign By
Teachers And Pupils
The West school under the leau
ership of Miss Donna Lee Loflin
has just completed an excellent
piece of work in attaining the
acoveted goal of standard class
room libraries. The state standards
for elementary school now require
two books per child1. Since there
are approximately 350 children, in
the West school, 700 standard
library books are required. The
school has just received its 700th
volume.
At the beginning of the year the
division of elementary library
books between the two schools
gave the West school 199 books as
a nucleus with which to begin
working toward standard libraries.
During this school term 501 new
volumes have been added to make
out the total of 700 which is re
quired, These books are distribut
ed in classroom libraries and each
one of the 9 classrooms now has a
standard library.
In doing this outstanding work
for the school libraries, Miss Loflin
has had the finest kind of coopera
tion by several groups. The Wo
man’s club of Asheboro has donat
ed many volumes, and many have
been added through the Cetwick
Memorial Fund which is administ-'
ered by the Woman’s club. Much
fine work has been done by the
grade representatives of the P.-T.
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C. Bossong Heads
A Varied Group
Improvements Of Permanent
Nature Are On The Ex
tensive Program
Committees Break
Into Four Sections
Beautifying Homes, Schools,
Street And General Im
provement Committee
Definite steps for a program of
improvement and beautification in
Asheboro that would go beyond a
clean up campaign of a week’s or
a month’s duration were taken
Tuesday at a meeting of the lead
ers of the civic organizations of
the town. The meeting was called
by C. G. Bossong, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, who had
brought up the subject of improv
ing the appearance of Asheboro at
an earlier meeting of that body,
and who had invited to the session
the following citizens: C. C. Cran
ford, Kemp Alexander, C. W. Mc
Crary, W. A. Bunch, Francis
White and M. H. Birkhead from
the Chamber of Commerce; Mur
ray Field, president of the Rotary
Club and Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation; W. C. Craven, president of
the Kiwanis club; Mrs. Charles M.
Fox, president of the Woman’s
Club; Mrs. T. A. Burns, chairman
of the civics department of the
Woman’s club; and Mrs| James
Neely, president of the Sorosis
club.
The matter was discussed at
length and it was decided to break
up the work into several fields for
more thorough accomplishments.
Throughout the discussion em
phasis was placed on the need to
make the improvements be of a
I permanent nature. In each of the
| activities of the various commit
[ tees the advice and suggestions of
the people of Asheboro are invited
and will be welcome.
A school committee to endeavor
to beautify the school grounds was
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Struck By Truck,
Dies In Hospital
John Teague, 45 year old resi
dent of Hemp, died in Moore coun
ty hospital Tuesday night shortly
after being struck by a delivery
truck driven by Clarence Harvell
of Hemp.
Harvell was driving a Hemp
Bargain Grocery truck when he
struck Teague, who was walking
along the road in front of the
grammar school in Hemp. Harvell
said he was blinded by the lights
of an approaching car and did not
see Teague.
Teague was married and the
father of two children.
Asheboro Doctors
Go To High Point
Practically all the members of
the medical profession in Asheboro
are planning to attend the meeting
of the Eighth District Medical
Society in High Point this after
noon and evening.
The following doctors have sig
nified their .intention of attending:
Dempsey Barnes, J. T. Barnes,
Harvey L. Griffin, W. L. Mattison,
J. H. Soady, and R. P. Sykes. Al
though emergencies may prevent
some of them from being present
this afternoon, they are all hoping
to be able to attend the banquet
this evening.
Only two doctors were definitely
unable to be present, Dr. Tiffany
i Barnes, whom clinical business
keeps in Asheboro, and Dr. W. L.
Lambert, who is out of town.
Randleman Woman
Taken By Death
Mrs. Iva Allred Underwood, age
50, wife of W. L. Underwood, died
at seven o’clock Tuesday night at
her home.in Randleman, following
an illness of several weeks.
She is survived in addition to
her husband by two daughters,
Mrs. Elmer Moody of Asheboro and
Miss Mary Louise Underwood of
the home; five sons, Colon, Worth,
Glenn and Carl, all of the home and
Kenneth Underwood of Salisbury;
one sister, Mrs. JoC Bullard of
Climax, route 1; one brother, C. P.
Allred of Indianapolis, Indiana;
and one grandchild.
Funeral service was conducte l
from the St. Paul M. E. church in
j Randleman, this afternoon at three
o'clock, by Rev. R. W. Phillips of
Ramseur. assisted by Rev. John
Allred of Franklinville. Interment
was made in the church cemetery.
New Members On I
Education Board
Randolph County:
D. J. Boyles, C. M. Kennedy, j
A. F, Cox Assume Posts; , j
J. A. Martin Reelected
L. F. Ross, Chairma
Fletcher Bulla Reelected'
County Superintendent;
Begins 25th Year
D. J. Boyles, Charles M. Ken-1
nedy, and A. F. Cox assumed their!
places as new members of the,
county board of education at its
meeting Monday, the other mem- j
bers being J. A. Martin, who was !
reelected by the general assembly, I
and L. F. Ross, whose term was un- j
expired. Mr. Ross was unanimous- j
ly elected chairman.
This was the first meeting of i
the board since its number had j
been increased from three to five j
in accordance’ with one of the pro- j
visions of the “omnibus” school I
bill, the reason for the increase be- J
ing to secure better representation,
for the county. This purpose has !
been achieved, as the new board j
now includes men from each of the j
four corners as well as the center, I
( Mr. Ross being from Asheboro; '
Mr. Marlin, Liberty township; Mr. I
Boyles, Union township; Mr. Ken-j
nedy, Trinity township; and Mr.,
Cox, Coleridge township.
T. Fletcher Bulla, who on ^
August 1 will complete his 24th ■
consecutive year as County super-,
intendent, was unanimously re- j
elected for another two year term.
Charles Redding headed a dele
gation from the Trinity high school
district which petitioned the board
to consider that school if any voca
tional agriculture school should be
established this year, and the board
promised to give Trinity due con
sideration if any new schools were
alloted to Randolph county.
A request for funds to aid in
the building of a recreational
building in connection with Staley
school was presented by a delega;
tion headed by Charles M. Staley,
Final action on this request will btj
taken after the county budget
made up.
Mr. Boyles and Superintendent
Bulla were appointed to investigate
the possibility of securing addition
al land at New Market school, this
land having been offered for sale
by Tom Farlow. No satisfactory
agreement could be reached with
W. M. Cates for the purchase of
some three acres of his land ad
jacent to Gray’s Chapel school,
but further investigation will be
made before going ahead with con
demnation proceedings as pre
viously ordered.
The board confirmed the sale of
Oak Grove school house and
grounds in New Hope township to
W. P. Lassiter for $61. It also ord
ered that the following old school
houses be offered for sale: Liberty
Grove (colored), Archdale, and
Pine Hill.
Senator Henry Ingram spoke
briefly of several legislative acts
which came up during the recent
session of the general assembly
and in which he had a particular
interest.
The board secured the services
of A. T. Allen & Company, repre
sented by F. J. Phillips of Ashe
boro, to audit the school accounts
for 1936-37 for $300.
The board will meet at 2 o’clock
Saturday afternoon to appoint the
local school boards for the county
schools.
Tom Thumb Wedding
Franklinville, April 7. — The
primary grades of the Franklin
ville school will present the “Tom
Thumb Wedding,” Friday evening
at 7:30 in the school auditorium.
The P.-T. A. is sponsoring this
program. There will be a small ad
mission charge.
(AMERICAN GIRL DARES DEATH IN BULL FIGHT ARENA |,
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Only 15 but already a three-year veteran of the arena, Conchita Cintron is the only woman equestrian
bull fighter. The pretty granddaughter of A. Hyatt Verrill, Massachusetts author, above, braves the
menacing horns of a charging bull. Though they come perilously close to their dodging target, Conchita j
rides unafraid. She lives in Lima, Peru, there appearing in contests against bulls, but also has been often
seen in Portugal arenas.
Pilot Killed Is
Well Known Here
Killed Tuesday When Para
chute Fails To Open As He
Jumps From Plane
In Winston-Salem
Visited In Asheboro On Sun
day; Has Many Close
Friends In Town
John H. (Red) Harmon, veteran
pilot, who often visited in Arhe
boro, was killed Tuesday near
Winston-Salem when a parachute
failed to open after he had jumped
from a plane. He had many friends
here, among whom was Fred J.
Phillips, and only Sunday was herd
and flew with a few of them.
. Harmon had been flying - since
1937 and was regarded as one of
the best pilots in this part of the
country. He was vice president and
treasurer of the Camel City Fly
ing Service, which operates the
Miller Municipal Airport at Win
ston-Salem.
He was testing a Stearman bi
plane for spins when the accident
occurred. He had the ship up about
5,000 feet when it went into a spin
with the nose pointing to the
ground and the tail spinning. When
the ship got within about 2,500
feet of the ground Harmon was
seen bailing out of the ship.
Several who saw the leap said
his parachute failed to open and
the plane nearly struck him as he.
fell. The ship dug a deep hole in
the field and the engine and fuse
lage pancaked together. Harmon’s
body made a hole in t he ground
and those who reached him first
said his parachute was wrapped
around him.
James G. Nell, air department
inspector for this division, came
from Charlotte and investigated the
accident. Officials at the airport
said that Harmon may have hit his
head against some part of the ship
as he jumped and been so stunned
that he was unable to pull the
ripcord on his parachute.
Deaton Infant Is
Buried Tuesday
Clarence Michael Deaton, infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Deaton,
died early Monday morning at the
local hospital. One brother and
four sisters survive, in addition to
the parents. Funeral service was
held Tuesday afternoon at Mt
Gilead.
Pilots Die With Six Passengers
The half-burned bodies of C'o-PHot Joe Wolfolk (left) and Pilot
Glen Moser (right) were found strapped in the wreckage of their
sVrliner high in the mountains of eastern Arizona Wednesday after
noon. The bodies of the six passengers of the plane, which crashed
Saturday, were under the wreckage, charred beyond recognition.
Divorces Hagen
As Golf Widow
“Unless a woman is a golf ad
dict herself, she should never mar
ry a confirmed golfer. It can end
only on the rocks,” counsels Mrs.
Walter Hagen (above), who has
just won a divorce from the famous
golfer on grounds of desertion. At
present Hagen is in South Africa
on a golfing tour. Mrs. Hagen is
at their former country home in
Deal, N. J., and asserts golf is the
real reason for her divorce.
Many Want Posts
On Liquor Board
More Than 30 Candidates
Have Been Endorsed For
The Three Places
Hoey To Act Soon
Leading Candidate Is Author
Of Bill By Which 17
Counties Sell Liquor
More than 30 men in North Caro
lina have been endorsed by their
friends for the three positions on
the State Liquor Control Board,
which Governor Hoey stated he
would appoint before April 27,
when the first local option election
will be held under the 1937 law,
in Durham county.
Among persons being endorsed
for the chairmanship of the liquor
board are Representative Frank
Webb Williams of Elizabeth City,
author of the Pasquotank Act und
er which 17 counties now sell
liquor; Cutler Moore of Lumber
ton, former secretary of the Demo
cratic State Executive Committee
and associate in the Governor’s
campaign for election; W. D. Mc
Millan, chairman of the New Han
over Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board; Representative Walter
(Pete) Murphy of Salisbury who
directed the unsuccessful repeal
campaign in 1933; T. J. Murphy of
Greensboro, and R. P. Hairston of
Rockingham county.
The head of the board will serve
for three years from the date of
I appointment and receive an annual
' salary of $6000.
Capus M. Way nick, present
j chairman of the Highway Com
mission, and George W. Coan, Jr.,
State Administrator of the WPA,
have been most frequently endors
ed for the chairmanship of the new
11-man Highway Commission, a
1 post which will pay $7,500 a year.
The highway board, also, will be
named this month.
Two associate members of the
liquor board, to be named for a
one and a two-year term, will re
ceive $26 per diem for time actual
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Farm Tenancy Is
Favored By House
Congress Would Make Life
Easier For Tenant Farmers j
To Acquire Farms
$50,000,U00 Annually I
Tenants Would Be Given For
ty Years To Pay At Three
Percent Interest Rate
A compromise proposal to assist •
the nation’s tenants and share- j
croppers to acquire farms on easy,
terms has received the tentative
approval of the house agriculture
committee.
The legislation, which would au- s
thorize the spending of $50,000,000 j
annually, would provide for loans ;
to approved tenants. They would
be allowed 40 years to pay at 3'
per cent interest.
Chairman Jones, Democrat of
Texas, offered the proposal after
the committee had refused to re- j
consider another providing that the !
Secretary of Agriculture be aut’n-!
orized to spend $50,000,000 an
nually for purchase of farms for j
resale to tenants. It rejected the j
latter plan last week.
The government farm-buying
and selling proposal was recom
mended by President Roosevelt,:
Secretary Wallace, and a special I
presidential committee as one of,
three methods of attacking the;
tenancy problem.
Jones said the compromise meas
ure eliminated objections of sever- j
al members that the rejected bill1
would place the government in the
land-buying and farming business, i
Under the new scheme, tenants .
would not be required to serve trial
periods as lessees of the govern-:
ment. Neither would they be sub- |
ject to supervision by the Secre-!
tary of Agriculture during the j
purchase period, as the administra- I
tion leaders had suggested.
Tenants would be selected by
county committees of farmers who |
also would have power to veto \
loans. I
North Carolina Symphony To
Appear In Asheboro Friday
Symphony Will Give Two,
Programs: One In After
noon For Children
In its appearances in Asheboro
Friday the North Carolina Little
Symphony will be under the direc
tion of Joseph De Nardo, who has
sustained for the orchestra the re
putation built up by its organizer
and first director, Lamar String
field.
These concerts are presentations
of the Federal Music Project un
der the supervision of the Works
Progress Administration, of which
Dr. Nikolia Sokoloff is the nation
j al director. Erie Stapleton, the
I state director, will be here with
j the orchestra. The eoncertmeister
! is Gerald Bryant,
i The orchestra is composed of
between 35 and 50 trained music
ians who have been welded into
one of the top organizations (if
its kind in the country. Among its
members is a cellist who was one
of the original members of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
The evening concert at the high
school auditorium will begin at
8 o’clock. The program follows:
1. Fingal’s Cave Overture, Men
delssohn. 2. Symphony No. 1,
Beethoven; Adagio molto; Andante
cantabile; Menuetto; Finale. Inter
mission. 3. Peer Gynt Suite,
Grieg; Morning; Ase’s Death;
.Anitra’s Dance; In the Hall of the
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On Textiles Speaks
Owners At World
Conference
Governor
Gardner Is
tile Speaker
Cites Achievements
Refers To Proposed Third
Shift As A Menace To The
Textile Industry
Addressing the World Textile
Conference in Washington as the
official spokesman of all employers
in the industry and as one of the
three delegates representing this
country appointed by the Presi
dent, former Governor O. Max
Gardner highly praised the in
dustry for voluntary adherenec to
NRA standards since the invalida
tion of the NRA; and predicted
that such adherence will continue.
Mr. Gardner listed the “principle
of collective bargaining” as one of
the four practices to which the in
dustry is committed.
“In this country there was dif
ference of opinion about the value
and helpfulness of the National In
dustrial Recovery Act,” Governor
Gardner told the conference.
“In the long run, in 1935, the act
was invalidated by the Supreme
Court, but in a case in which the
labor provisions vie re not directly
involved. Then came the real test
of this industry to maintain on a
voluntary basis a policy which
most thoughtful persons consider
ed desirable socially and many
thought desirable economically and
industrially. It was freely predict
ed that not only the textile in
dustry, but industry in general
would promptly slide back from
the gains made under the National
Industrial Recovery Act and that
individual units would begin again
to seek and use the competitive ad
vantages accruing to them from
the geographical fact of being lo
cated in states permitting a long
work week. In my. opinion, it is to
the everlasting credit of this in
dustry that it has been conspicuous
and outstanding in maintaining the
gains made under, the act,-Jn_ tin;
main, the work week of 40 hours
prescribed under National Recov
ery Administration is the work
week maintained ever since the
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Arthur Hasty Is
Released On Bond
Arthur Hasty, Asheboro cafe
man, who was charged with shoot
ing and killing Babe Yow on the
night of March 18th and whose
trial came up during the past term
of criminal court in Randolph
county last week, was released to
day on bond. The trial resulted in
a verdict of mistrial and, accord
ing to law, this allowed Hasty
bond.
This bond was furnished at noon
Thursday and amounts to $7,500.
Signers of the bond are Charles
Hasty, Arthur Hasty, George
Hasty, Zeb Rush, C. J. Davidson
and Ed Hedrick. The bond stipulat-.
ed release until the next term of
criminal court which will be held
in Randolph in September. The
next term of court in the county is
in July, but this for the trial of
civil cases will not include the
Hasty trial.
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Kiwanis Meeting
High Point Tues.
Local Club Motors To High
Point College For Weekly
Dinner Meeting
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Musical Program
[A Cappella Choir Of College
Presents A Two-Part
Musical Program
The Kiwanis Club met Tuesday
1 evening in the mess hall at High
i Point college, being the guests of
i Rev. N. M. Harrison. The business
| session was dispensed with for this
meeting.
A very enjoyable program of
music was rendered by the A Cap
pella choir of the college under the
direction of Miss Janet Russell.
The first group of songs was of a
religious nature and included “Lost
in the Night,” “Jesu, Friend of
Sinners”, and “Hosanna to the Liv
ing Lord.” The second group was
composed of negro spirituals:
“Deep River,” “Dark Water,”
“Father Abraham,” and “Go Down
Moses.”
Each member of the club was
presented with a booklet contaiu
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