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I VOLUME LXI
Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
ASHEBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, "APRIL 22, 1937.[_
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY
NUMBER 35
350th Anniversary Of
Virginia Dare Will Be
Commemorated in State
F. D. R. To Speak
In No. Carolina
President Accepts Invitation
Of Lindsay Warren To
Speak At Fort Raleigh
Celebration Set
For August 18
Occasion Is Celebration Of
350th Anniversary Of Vir
ginia Dare’s Birth
President Roosevelt has accept
ed the invitation of North Caro
lina’s Lindsay Warren to speak at
Fort Raleigh on August 18 on the
occasion of the celebration in com
memoration of the 350th anniver
sary of the birth of Virginia Dare,
first child of English parentage to
be born on the American contin
ent. The president last spoke in
North Carolina at Charlotte last
September.
The president also approved the
issuance by the post office depart
ment of a special commemorative
stamp for the occasion, Mr. Warren
said. This will be the first stamp
ever issued pertaining to North
Carolina.
[ Elated over the President’s de
cisions, Mr. Warren said the chief
executive told him that the only
thing which could change his plans
would be final adjournment of con
gress the week of August 18.
Rom on what is now Roanoke
Island, N. C., Virginia Dare was
the granddaughter of John White,
who was sent out by Sir Walter
Raleigh, during the founder’s ab
sence in England, to search for the
lost colony. She is believed to have,
been born August 18, 1587.
Although history of the colonies
during the time Sir Walter Ra
leigh was at the height of favor
with Queen Elizabeth is scant, it is
known the settlers set out in 1685
under Sir Richard Grenville and
landed on Roanoke Island. It is be
lieved that this little group got on
bad terms with the natives and de
serted the colony. Other attempts
at colonization followed in 158 >
and 1587.
The colonists, confronted by the
Indians and a shortage of provi
sions, made desperate attempts to
stave off desolation. Various at
tempts were made to the mother
country to bring food and clothing
to the colonists. •
But when John White returned
to the Roanoke Island settlement,
he found it deserted. Some histo
rians say there was no trace of Sir
Walter Raleigh’s lost colony, while
others contend that the lone word
“Croatan” was carved on a tree.
Hence the colony was thought to
have gone away with friendly In
dians in search of a livelihood.
Officers Seeking
Hit-And-Run Car
State highway officers are con
ucting a search for a hit-and-run
river who drove an East Coast
Fertilizer truck off the road just
;his side of Seagrove about 8
’clock Wednesday morning. The
;ruck driver, Sam Jenkins, colored,
Wilmington, received hurts
ibout the head and legs as tha
ruck plunged into a ditch on the
ide of the road.
Officer H. V. Norris said that the
Iriver of the automobile passed
enkins as both were coming to
Asheboro, cutting in ahead of him
sharply that his car hit the
left front wheel of the truck and
rove it off the road. Jenkins was
ot hurt seriously and refused to
i taken to a hospital.
Norris reported that Jenkins
ured the license number of the
ther car and a check is now being
ade.
School Grounds
Are Cleaned Up
v
In accordance with the clean-up
id beautification now going on
i Asheboro under the direction of
le Chamber of Commerce and
;her civic organizations, the
>unds of the east school are re
living special attention.
The posts in froht of the school
re being straightened and in some
ises repaired and all are getting
fre3h coat of white paint. The
hains from post to post are being
ghtened * and patched. The front
awn is being tidied up and the
;rass cut.
The school’s back yard is also
ieing cared for,' a general clean
ng being in process. Nearly all
he debris around the gymnasium
ms been cleaned away and a great
ivement is already noticeable.
.. ,-M ■
In Music Finals
David Stedman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. B. Stedman of Asheboro is
participating in the state music
contest in Greensboro today. The
Asheboro boy played in the violin
contest on Thursday morning, the
results of which will be announced
tonight, according to Wade It.
Brown, head of the state music
contest. David Stedman was a
winner in the preliminary contest
for violin players, held at High
Point recently, which entitled him
to the honor of playing in the state
finals.
Local Honor Roll
Of Seventh Month
Number Of Pupils On Su
perior Honor Roll Has In
creased Greatly
Next To Last Time
General Honor Roll Pupils In
Grades And High School
Are Also Recorded
The honor roll for the seventh
month of the local school term
has been released by Superintend
ent Turner. An increase in the
number of pupils making the honor
rool is noted, particularly in the
more difficult superior honor roll.
High School
Superior honor roll:
Eighth grade: John Bunch, Mac
ine Branson, Lester Bunting.
Ninth grade: none.
Tenth grade: Truett Frazier,
David Stedman, Edna Mae Win
ningham.
Eleventh grade: Betty Prevette,
Sarah Hayworth.
General honor roll:
Eighth grade: Jack Staley,
Gloria Anderson, Kitty Lee Fritz,
Virginia Lambert, Anne Lewallen,
Emma Frances Luther, Fred Geb
ket, Agnes Bonkemeyer, Helen
Callicutt, Marie Moore, Margaret
Hooker, Add Lea Morgan.
Ninth grade: Samuel Lowe, It.
E. Mabe, Jefferson Worth, Alice
Birkhead, Dorothy Presnell, Mar
garet Stowe.
Tenth grade: Noah Burrow,
Donald Yow, Marvin Phillips,
Marie Craven, Mary Sue Hay
worth.
Eleventh grade: Helen t. ifrown,
Carol Lea Hall, Femko Johnson,
Opal Keever, Olga Kinney, Mar
garet Pritchard, Mildred Millsaps.
East- Elementary School
Superior honor roll:
First grade: Max Lowdermilk,
Edith Goins, Maudie Spencer,
Joyce Ward, Joseph Pugh, Roy
Steed, Athalee Bray, Vera Doe
Brown, Virginia Frye, Charles
Steed, Doris Kearns, Edith King.
Flora Bell Taylor, Margaret Ann
Trexler, Myrtis Williamson, Nannie
Sue Fowler.
Second grade: Mary Ella Hall,
Mary Elizabeth Hamilton, Etta
Lee Lineberry, Thelma Stockner.
Third grade: Don Alexander,
Anna Jean Bulla, Venia
Bunting, Carlene Cox, An
nie Lou Myatt,'Rachel Lee Nance,
Annie Charles Smith, Leland Jane
Thomas, Nina Ruth Walton.
Fourth grade: Joe Bulla, Jimmy
Bums, Joe Lewallen, Peggy Al
mond, Nannie Lou Austin, Clarice
Brown, Gwendolyn Lambert,
Dorothy Luck, Myrtle Richardson.
Leoda Smith, Juanita Seone.
Fifth grade: Anne Watson
Birkhead, Harper Thayer.
Seventh grade: Margaret Alex
ander, Lucy Leigh Lowdermilk.
General honor roll:
First grade: A. C. Dunn, Jr., C.
A. Holt, Jr., V. U. Pulliam, Jr.,
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Toll Continues
To Mount In N. C.
In Traffic Deaths
J
Total For First Quarter 1937
Records Forty-Two More
Deaths Than 1936
—
March Bad Month
Twenty-Seven Of Seventy
Three Persons Killed Under
Twenty-Five Years Old
Forty-two more persons were
killed in automobile accidents on
North Carolina’s highways and
streets during the first quarter in
1937 than were slain in the first
three months of 1936, the state
division of highway safety re
ported yesterday.
As congestion increases with a
steady gain in motor vehicle regis
trations, the death toll, also, rises,
in spite of safety preachments.
During March, automobiles
slaughtered 73 and maimed 595
more in 515 accidents and the list
of dead for 1937 advanced to 234.
Two more lives were taken in
March this year than in 1936 and
42 more for the first quarter. Auto
registrations through yesterday,
j likewise, totalled 480,597, as com
pared with 433,612 on the same
date in 1936.
Twenty-eight pedestrians, includ
ing eight children playing in the
street, were killed by automobiles
last month and 18 children were
among the 82 injured. Automobil?
collisions killed 19 persons and in
jured 323.
Sunday was the most dangerous
day, with 16 fatal and 102 non-fatal
accidents, while on Mondays 13 fa
tal and 56-non-fatal mishaps were
listed. Between 9 and 10 o’clock at
night was the most dangerous hour,
with five fatal and 21 non-fatal ac
cidents.
Intoxicated drivers were involv
ed in four fatal and 51 non-fatal
accidents while two intoxicated
pedestrians were killed and six ?n
jured. Drivers who fell asleep
caused two fatal and three non
fatal wrecks. One automobile
train collision killed five persons.
Hit-and-run drivers killed eight
persons and injured 32 while speed
ers caused 24 fatal and 75 non
fatal accidents with reckless driv
ers causing eight fatal and 105
non-fatal. Ten persons were killed
and eight injured while walking
alongside the highways.
Twenty-seven of the 73 persons
killed were under 26 years of age
Christian Church
District Rally
Ramseur, April 21.—The district
rally of the Woman’s conference of
the Christian church met with the
Biscoe church April 16, 1937.
Mrs. R. E. Caveness, district
chairman, presided.
Mrs. Elbert Brown, district sec
retary, recorded the proceedings.
Seven churches sent 19 repre
sentatives with good reports. Three
ministers were present and added
much to the occasion by their in
spirational talks.
Dr. C. H. Roland, from the
Greensboro church, made the prin
cipal address representing Dr. J
O. Atkinson, Elon college, who was
detained at home by illness. '
Mrs. Wissemon, of the Greens
' boro church spoke on “Our Mis
I sionaries” literature and made able
suggestions for the young peoples
work.
At the noon recess the ladies of
the Biscoe church served a splendid
picnic dinner to the 100 guests and
delegates.
The meeting was helpful and in
spiring to the workers present, and
will be felt in the societies back
home. Much credit for the success
of the rally was due to the coopera
tion of the pastor, Rev. W. C.
Martin, and his wife and Rev. S.
M. Penn of the Congregational
church. /
71 Die On State
Highways In March
The same number of persons
were killed by automobiles in North
Carolina in March, 1937, as in
March, 1935, according to reports
from the state bureau of vital
statistics, which fixes the fatalities
at 71.
Deaths from burns last month
jumped to 36 from 21 in March,
1936, the report said, while suicides
dropped from 33 last year to 29
this year and homicides increased
from 24 to 26.
There were 3,277 deaths last
month, compared with 3,582 in
March, 1936, a rate! this year of
11.3 as compared with 12.8 in
1936. The birth rate also dropped,
from 24.6 last year to 23.6 this
March, with 6,881 births last month
and 6,877 a year ago. Pneumonia
led diseases in causing deaths last
month with 443 victims, compared
with 571 a year ago, and influenza
claimed 257 lives last month and
386 a year earlier.
North Carolina Girls Take
Part in Cotton Style Show
Raleigh, April 22.—King cotton
ruled the North Carolina Stat*
college campus Thursday when
textile students staged their tenth
annual style show and eighteenth
Textile Exhibition.
Cotton was also on parade with
138 young women, representing
eleven North Carolina college*
modeling dresses from fabric*
woven by State students.
Home economics departments of
Appalachian State. Teachers college
in Boone, Catawba college in Salis
bury, Elon college in Elon, Flora
MacDonald college in Red Springs,
Greensboro college in Greensboro,
High Point college in High Point,
Louisburg college in Louisburg,
Meredith college in Raleigh, Peace
Junior college in Raleigh, Salem
college in Winston-Salem, and the
Women’s college of the University
in Greensboro were represented in
the Style Show in Pullen Hall at
Electricity Now
In Rural Section
Electricity Enables Rural
Citizens To Install Electric
Appliances
Mrs. Farlow 111
Church News; Community
Visiting And Other News
Of General Interest
Sophia, Route 1, April 21.—Mrs.
Minnie McClung of Greensboro will
conduct the 11 o’clock set vices at
Marlboro church Sunday.
Mrs. Callie Blair and son, Clyde,
of Thomasville, spent Wednesday
afternoon with Miss Cora Ed
wards.
Mrs. C. M. Farlow has returned
to iter home from Burrus Memorial
hospital where she underwent an
operation. She is rapidly improv
ing, and her many friends wish for.
her a speedy recovery.
Miss Cora Edwards spent Mon-,
■day afternoon in Asheboro on busi
ness.
I Fred Reese of Ramseur assisted
1 in conducting the 11 o’clock ser
vices Sunday at Marlboro. He gave
some very interesting remarks
which were well received by the
congregation.
Rev. E. B. Harris was the din
ner guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. G.
Whitehead Sunday.
Mrs. Eliza Edwards and daugh
ter, Miss Cora, spent Thursday at
their farm west of Asheboro.
B. F. Snyder recently installed
electric lights and has purchased
an electric radio.
A. E. Loflin has purchased an
electric washer.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Spencer
visited C. M. Spencer and family
near Seagrove recently.
Miss Annie Cox, who has been
ill, is improving.
Kiwanians Hear
Senator Ingram
The principal reason why the
general assembly was able to get
through its work so soon at the
recent sesion, said Randolph’s
Senator Henry Ingram at the meet
ing of the Kiwanis Club Tuesday
evening, was that the finance and
appropriations committees from
the house and senate met jointly
for the first time, smoothing out
differences in conference and
speeding up the transaction of their
business.
Mr. Ingram praised the legis
lature highly as a body of sincere,
hard working men and also lauded
its accomplishments. He said that
more optimism prevailed among
its .members than did two years
ago.'
He devoted considerable time to
the matter of vocational education,
of which he is an enthusiastic sup
porter. $300,000 more was appro
priated for this purpose by the
1937 legislature than two years
ago, and federal funds are also
available. Stating that only ten
percent of all high school grad
uates attend college and maintain
ing that the youth with only the
ordinary high school education
was no better prepared for making
a living than one without it, Mr.
Ingram urged the adoption of more
widespread vocational education to
give practical experience in var
ious trades.
He also spoke of the C. M. T. C.
camp at Port Bragg, saying that
Randolph county had a quota of
13 boys and anyone interested
\ should apply to him. The age lim -
its are 17-21. No money is needed;
the succesful candidates are each
given $12 for transportation and
may keep whatever they do not
spend to get to Fort Bragg.
President Walter Craven an
i nounced that Frank Auman hed
been selected as director to fill the
place left vacant by E. H. Morris,
Jr., who has moved to Raleigh
Mr. Morris’ position as chairman
of the program committee will oe
filled by O. B. Moore.
2 o’clock today.
t Immediately following the Style
jShow visitors inspected the textile
"building in which students demon -
strated cotton processing from the
taw state to finished fabrics and
hosiery.
: The Textile Exhibition was under !
the direction of M. B. Payne of!
•Kannapolis. He was assisted by E.)
W. Blackwood of Swepsonville, C. j
J. Squires of Draper, C. E. John
son of Liberty, R. E. Dixon of j
Winston-Salem, Neil Dalrymple of
Jonesboro, T. M. Tyner of Shelby,
J. A. Boland of Burlington, B. H.
Sigmon of Alexis, E. S. Horney of
Greensboro, and J. E. Spainhour of
North Wilkesboro.
Of the 138 young women in the
Style Show, 117 are North Caro
linians with homes located in 80
different cities, towns and villages
scattered front-one end of the state
to the other.
Nominate Officers
For Franklinville
E. C. Routh Again Called To
Serve As Mayor At Har- (
monious Gathering
League Organizes
Many Enjoy Junior-Senior
Banquet At Masonic Tem
ple In Greensboro
Franklinville, April 21.—The
town primary at the school build
ing Tuesday evening, while not so
largely attended, was harmonious
and a friendly gathering. The house
was called to order by the mayor,
E. C. Routh.
C. H .Julian was elected chair
man and W. L. Grimsley, secretary.
A financial report and a report of
the'work accomplished in the past
•two years were made.
The following candidates were
nominated: for mayor, E. C. Routh;
commissioners, L. C. Frazier, J. O.
'Joe Allred and Clifford York,
who have been visiting for some
time in Florida, have returned. Mr.
Allred came in last week, while Mr.
York, accompanied by Glenn
Smith of Tampa, Florida, arrived
Sunday afternoon. Mr. Smith, who
spent last summer here, has ac
cepted a position in the Randolph
mills.
The junior-senior banquet of the
Franklinville high school was held
at the Masonic Temple in Greens
boro Wednesday evening, April 14.
Everyone was welcomed in the re
ception room and Mrs. Ralph
Humble played a selection on the
piano, while the guests found their
places at the table by means of
place cards. A quartet sang, after1
which Worth Coward, toastmaster,
welcomed the seniors and invited
guests. Two dance numbers were
given by Nancy Jordan, after
which the following toasts were
given:
To the faculty, Jean McCorquo
dale; to the school, Aileen Brown;
response, Mr. Mitchell; to the girls,
Orland Trogdon; response, Maxine
York; to the future, Frances
Pruett.
Besides the seniors, the guests
were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mitchell,
R. C. Fields, Miss Fortesque, Mrs.
Lottie Husband, Mrs. Ralph
Humble, Mrs. C. F. Caveness and
Nancy Jordan.
The pre-school clinic held at the
school building by Dr. J. R. John
son and Dr. C. A. Graham was
largely attended, more than 40 chil
dren were examined.
Charlie Kline of the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
was a guest Friday evening of R.
C. Fields.
A meeting of the Deep River
Baseball League was held at the
Franklinville school building Thurs
day afternoon for the purpose of
arranging a schedule of gameB
and the election of officers. They
expect to begin their series of
games about the first of May. W. |
M. Coward was re-elected manager
and W. P. Rodgers elected secre
tary and treasurer. The following
teams constitute the league; Cole
ridge, Staley, Ramseur, Liberty,
Worthville and Franklinville.
One day last week George Mack
Kinney, while strolling along the
banks of Deep River, in the town
of Franklinville, spied some fish
cornered in a shallow pool of wat
er, and without hook or gig waded
in and was successful in catching
three fine suckers. One weighed r>
pounds and the others 2 pounds
each.
Mrs. Minnie K. Lewis of Ashe
ville, Worthy Grand Matron of
Grand Chapter of O. E. S. of North
Carolina, was a week-end guest of
Mrs. D. 'M. Weatherly.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Trogdon and
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Phillips were
visitors at the home of L. C.
Trogdon of Gibsonville Sunday
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N.C. Governor Has i
Reaffirmed Stand
For Prohibition
. i
Life-Long Dry And Often A
Speaker During Former
Prohibition Campaign
Writes Dry Leader [
Says People Of Carolina Can
Stem Tide Of Wetness By
Temperance Fight
Governor Hoey reaffirmed his
stand against liquor Tuesday with
the declaration that “the defeat of
liquor stores in the elections soon
to be held would be most whole
some and beneficial to the whole
atste.” A life-long dry and an orator
of state-wide reputation for the
cause of temperance, the governor
was even more positive in denounc
ing the liquor traffic and the fallacy
of supporting the government than
in his inaugural address.
Now governor of a state that
seems to be going wet by degrees,
he declared in a letter to Dr. M.
T. Plyler, noted dry leader an i
editor of the Christian Advocate ;n
Greensboro, that “the people of
North Carolina can stem the tide
of liquor sentiment by a sane and
aggressive fight for temperance.”
Though required by the obliga
tion of his office to appoint this
week a state liquor commission to
supervise local option elections in
several counties, he said, “I do not
believe that the liquor problem can
be solved by legalizing the sale of
alcoholic beverages.”
In his inaugural message, the
governor advocated indirectly a
state-wire referendum on liquor,
rather than a county-by-county
vote, and during the legislature’s
session his attitude became even
more positive. But his views were
overridden in the general assem
bly, as a local option measure
threatening complete collapse of
28-year-old state prohibition was
enacted.
' The first county election under
that law will be held in Dare on
Saturday; the second, in Durham
on Tuesday.
TV. C. Educator To
Be Honored Tonight
Dr. E. C. Brooks Will Be
Honored By State School
Folk At Education Meet
Dr. Eugene Clyde Brooks, presi
dent emeritus of N. C. State col
lege and formerly superintendent
of state instruction, will be honored
at a dinner to be given by Duke
university alumni tonight in con
nection with the annual meeting
in Durham of the North Carolina
Education association.
A portrait of Dr. Brooks, who is
an alumnus of the Trinity college
class of 1894, will be presented to
Duke university by the class of
1916. The portrait is the work of
Miss Irene Price of Raleigh.
Two grandchildren of Dr.
Brooks, Eugene C. Brooks, 3rd, and
Luzette Callum, will unveil the
portrait.
In addition to the many Duke
alumni attending the sessions of
the Education association, the
dinner honoring Dr. Brooks will, be
attended by Durham alumni.
The occasion, beginning at 5:80
p. m. in the University union, will
be called to order by Henry C.
Bost, president of the Durham
County Alumni association of Duke
university, who fill welcome the
visitors in behalf of the alumni.
Mrs. E. L. Cannon, president of the
local alumnae association, will
speak briefly for her group.
Dr. Holland Holton, head of the
Duke department of education and
director of the summer school, who1
succeeded Dr. Brooks on the uni
versity faculty, will preside over
the rest of the program.
Succumbs After
Paralysis Attack
Funeral service for Mrs. Sarah
York, who died at her home six
miles north of Ramseur Tuesday,
was conducted Wednesday after
noon from White’s Chapel Episco
pal church by Rev. N. A. Webster.
Interment was in the church ceme
tery.
Mrs. York, who was 89 at the
time of her death, had been ill for
six weeks after a stroke of para
lysis. She was the widow of Wes
ley York, well known resident Qf
the county. Surviving are three
sons, E. A. York and Pete York of
Liberty route one and Culbertson
York of Staley route one.
SISTER OF LOCAL MAN
IS SEVERELY BURNED
Mrs. Lula S. Barker of Summer
field, a sister of John T. Brittain,
was severely burned Tuesday when
her clothes caught fire from an
overheated stove. She is now in St..
i Leo’s hospital, Greensboro, and
I though her condition is serious, her
| doctors are hopeful of her recovery.
Represenl
Present i
Oi Worth
!ive Citizens
^Unveiling
■•keillmrs.
Fund For Jobless
Growing Rapidly
More than $4,000,000 has now
been turned in to North Carolina’s
unemployment compensation fund,
which will be used to pay weekly
salaries to discharged workers who
are unable to find jobs.
Charles G. Powell, chairman of
the State l/nemployment Compen
sation commission, said contribu
tions from 3,431 employers of 1.8
per cent of pay rolls for the first
three months of 1937 totaled $1,
063,313.74.
Contributions from 4,885 employ
ers of nine-tenths of one per cent
of 1936 pay rolls totaled $2,949,
021.15.
Gov. Clyde R. Hoey
Joins Movement
Joins Several Other Southern
Governors To Bring About
Lower Freight Rates
Investigate JCC
Working On Theory That
South As A Whole Being
Discriminated Against
Governor Clyde R. Hoey of North
Carolina joined in the movement
inaugurated by Governor Edward
Rivers of Georgia to bring about
co-operation of Southern Govern
ors, senators, and house members
in obtaining lower railroad freight
rates for southern states. In a let
ter to Senators Bailey and Rey
nolds, and the 11 house members,
the North Carolina governor in
vited them to attend a meeting
that will be held the afternoon of
April 27, in the Mayflower hotel in
Washington when - the entire
freight rate structure of the south
will be discussed.
Other members of congress from
11 southern states received similar
invitations from their respective
governors, and it is expected that
the gathering, regarded in some
circles as one of the most im
portant yet called on the rate ques
tion, will be largely attended.
The chief question to be discuss
ed will be the investigation that the
Interstate Commerce commission
has ordered on freight rates in the
south, especially those in North
Carolina. The order for a thorough
investigation was ordered by the
1 commission after the Public Utili
ties commissions of the various
states, including those of the Caro
linas, petitioned the Interstate
Commerce commission some time
ago to investigate the freight
structure on the theory that the
south as a whole is being dis
criminated against. The commis
sion, after considering the petition
for several weeks, ordered the in
vestigation, but as yet nothing has
been done on it. It is to give this
investigation momentum and to
bring about complete co-operation
in getting lower freight rates that
the meeting is called. It is expect
ed that the entire delegations from
the Carolinas will attend.
Miss Harmon Wins
News Tip Tickets
Miss Cordia Harmon, of
M’Lady’s Shop, Asheboro is the
I winner of today’s Courier News
j Tip Contest. Miss Harmon will re
ceive two tickets to see Lew Ayres
and Ruth Coleman in “The Crime
Nobody Saw”, either Friday or
Saturday at the Capitol. The tip
which was adjudged the winner
was both unusual and interesting.
The new period opens at once
and will close at 6:00 p. m. Satur
day. The tickets to be awarded the
winner of the next period will be
for the picture “Personal Property”
starring Jean Harlow and Robert
Taylor at the Sunset, Monday or
Tuesday.
Former Asheboro
Woman Succumbs
Mrs. Sara A. Kennedy, 53, died
Tuesday at her home in High Point
of paralysis. A former resident of
Asheboro, Mrs. Kennedy had many
friends here.
Surviving are her husband,
Alexander Kennedy; three daugh
ters, Mrs. O. L. Snyder of Greens
boro, and Lula and Lillian Ken
nedy of the home; and six sons,
Belton, Lacy, and Delraar of High
Point, and Wade, Kenneth, and
Paul of the home.
Funeral was held this afternoon
from Pisgah Methodist Epsicopal
church, with interment in the
church cemetery.
I^por Paid Late
Governor Worth
Marker Placed At Site Of Old
Courthouse On East Salis
bury Street
H. M. Robins Is
Principal Speaker
Betty McCrary Presents
Flowers Grown On The
Old Worth Homeplace
With a simple but appropriate
ceremony, the highway marker to
Randolph county’s most distin
guished citizen, former Governor
Jonathan Worth, was erected this
morning. The site of the marker
is on E. Salisbury street at the
Allen apartments, the location of
the old court house.
The principal address was made
by H. M. Robins, whose father,
Marmaduke Robins, served in the
legislature with Jonathan Worth
in 1862. Mr. Robins presented a re
sume of the life and accomplish
ments of Randolph’s first citizen
from his birth in 1802 in Guilford
county to his death in Raleigh in
1869.
Jonathan Worth first came to
Asheboro about 1825 and his life
was thereafter closely connected
with the progress of this town and
Randolph county. Although he was
away for much of the time, serving
three terms in the house, three in
the senate, two as state treasurer,'
and two as governor, he always re
tained his interest and influence in
the county. The marker bears the
dates he held office as treasurer,
1862-65; and governor, 1865-68.
As chairman of the committee on
education in 1841 he drafted the
public school law which was the
basis of public school education un
til reconstruction days. He. wiflfca
strongly opposed to secession, but
after the state left the Union lie
did everything in his power to'
support the Confederacy. Though
not a brilliant man, he was known
for his sound judgment and reliabi
lity, and his opinion was sought in
both legal and business affairs. He
was a thoroughgoing Whig and a
disciple of Henry Clay.
At the conclusion of his remarks
Mr. Robins presented little Hetty
McCrary, charming daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. McCrary,
i who placed at the foot of the
marker a basket of flowers which
were grown on the site of Gov
ernor Worth’s old home, now the
property of D. B. McCrary and his
family.
M. E. Johnson, chairman of the
board of county commissioners,
was in charge of the program and
accepted the marker for Randolph
county.1 Remarks were also made
by Mayor W. A. Bunch for the city
, of Asheboro, and by County School
! Superintendent T. Fletcher Buliy.
Rev. H. P. Powell delivered an in
vocation.
Mrs. W. C. Hammer delivered a
tribute to Governor Worth’s daugh
ter, Mrs. Elvira Worth Moffitt,
who was one of the pioneers in
building up the civic and educa
tional life of the city and county.
Mrs. Hammer particularly praised
the efforts of Mrs. Moffitt on be
half of the school library, to which
she gave many volumes and for
whose support she continually en
listed public assistance.
The civic organizations of the
town were represented at the ser
vices and there were many other
interested citizens present. The or
ganizations represented were: Ran
dolph County Bar Association, A. I.
Ferree; Randolph Book Club, Mrs.
D. B. McCrary; Friday Afternoon
Club, Mrs. J. M. Caveness; Parent
Teachers Association, Mrs. L. F.
Ross; United Daughters of the
Confederacy, Mrs. A. R. Hi»;
Chamber of Commerce, Harris
Birkhead; Woman’s Club, Mrs. W.
L. Lambert; Sorosis Club, Mrs. R.
W. Wood; county schools, Super*
intendent T. Fletcher Bulla; city
schools, Superintendent Reginald
Turner and a delegation from the
American History class, consisting
of Femko Johnson, Alice Rachel
Frazier, Bob Allred, and Bill All
red.
Telegrams from a number of
relatives of Governor Worth who '
were unable to attend were read.
Paul Kelly, assistant director eC'..
the state department of co
tion and development, who
the work of placing these
sent a letter expressing rei
the pressure of his duties
impossible for him *“
Surgeon
ran of the
Service declares