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THE COURIER AND ASHEBORO MARCH IN STEP—AHEAD BOTH ARE LEADERS THE COURIER ALWAYS ABREAST WITH THE CHANGING TIME IN RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS TRI-WEEKLY volume lxi Est. As The Regulator February 2, 1876 Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEBORO, N. C.,' TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1937. Changed To The Courier September 13, 1379 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY NUMBER 43 REALLY PRESSING INVITATIONS S. Davis Wil- I [on and Henry Butler Allen, secretary of the Franklin Institute, mak** sure that the old Benjamin Franklin printing preSs is ir. order for the •eremonies of striking off the invitations to Constitution Day celebra tion at Philadelphia, Governors of the thirteen original states are to feceive the invitations. region Post Nets $50 At Air Show Ivor 2,000 Attend Sunday Affair; Pilots Thrill With Daring Stunts Between 2,000 and 3,000 persons ttended the air show staged by le Flying Aces at the Asheboro irport Sunday. The show, givsn nder auspices of Dixon post 45, merican Legion, netted that or ani/.atipn about $50. The total ad lissionsr paid, according to the anagement was $268. The re ipts, it was stated, was decidedly wer than anticipated due to the ,ck of sufficient man power to root traffic and handle the large irong which attended the affair. The show was marked with a Ties of intricate stunts by the ilots, handling the ships. Miss issie Martin thrilled the crowd ith acrobatic stunts atop a flying lane. Jack Huber one of Amer e’s outstanding parachute juntp r bailed out of a ship at approxi lately 12,000 feet and delayed petting his chute until about two undred feet above the ground, ther acts included a “dog fight” y the pilots, power dives, barrel j alls, tail spins and other events. I wo Musicales Are Planned For Week Mrs. Ralph Humble will present >r uiano pupils and glee club oni Franklinville in a joint re tal at the Franklinville school j uitorium this evening at 8:00 j clock. The public is cordially in- ■ led to this musicale. Mrs. Humble will again present! iplls in recital on Friday evening, i ay 14th. at 8:00 o’clock at the iheboro Baptist church. This asicale will be given by Mrs. umble’s Asheboro music class, le public is also invited to this citah [ethodist Protestants Will iscuss Church Name Sunday News Flashes -from Everywhere Urge State Map Durham,—The North Carolina :tion of the American Society of ’il Engineers, meeting here Sun y adopted a resolution calling on the Legislature to provide nds for the topograpic maping the Piedmont section of the ite, and named a committee to c Congress for an expanded Fed il program of mapping. Hull Suggested Washington,—Secretary of Stat? rdell Hull is 'being put forward his friends as the logical can late for the next' Nobel peace rard, it was learned today. False Blanks nstances of alleged counterfeit ial security account cards being for identification in cashing :cks brought from t.he Social Se ity Board a caution that cards aed by the Board- are for identi ition purposes under the Social turity Act only. Farmer School Is Closed This Week W. H. Dewar Again Heads School; Other Items Of Community Interest Farmer, May 10.—The Senior play, “Crashing Society” given on Saturday evening was well attend ed, as was the sermon to the grad uating class on Sunday afternoon. The sermon was preached by Rev. Tom A. Sykes, pastor of Central Friends church, High Point. Among those present from a dis tance for the sermon were Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Homey and family, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Bulla,'Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Crowell, A. H. Crowell, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pugh, Mr. and J. H. Kivett, Mr. and Mrs. Van Lanier, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Low ;, of Asheboro; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wright and children, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Horney, Mrs. Bertha Sheets, F. H. Barker, Vernon Johnson, James Johnson, and Whit man Kearns, of High Point. Mi', and Mrs. V. M. Henderson, and Miss Dorothy Luther, of Spencer. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Newby, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Garner, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Elliott, of Thornas ville; Baxter Carter of Denton; J. B. Carter, of Newsom; Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Byrd and children, of Worthville; and Mr. Crowell Stokes and family, of Lynwood. Miss Cath erine Stokes was a former mem ber of the local schol faculty. At a meeting of the local school board on Friday night W. H. De war was re-elected principal for the next year. All of the present faculty was re-elected except Mrs. Claude Dorsett and Mrs. Hal Bing ham, who requested- that their names should not be considered. J. Hal Lassiter of Greensboro and Miss Alma Lassiter of Ashe boro were week end visitors to (Please turn to Page 3) There will be a congregational meeting at the Asheboro Methodist Prestestant church Sunday night for the purpose of selecting a name for the church. A committee, in cluding Mrs. W. C. Hammer, W. L. Ward and J. D. Ross, have been working on the subject for some time and have received many pro posed names. The meeting, sched uled for 8 o’clock will be open to the public. The Mothers’ Day and Dedicat ion day service was well attended last Sunday. Following the sermon A. T. Bescher and Samuel Nor man Black were received into the church fellowship. " The scout troop committee has selected Carmon Parks as scout master and Albert Aiken and Paul Briggs aa assistants. They will meet with the boys Friday night at 7:30 o’clock. Bunn Hackney is expected to attend the meeting. The pastor, Rev. S. W. Taylor, attended the mid-year conference at Grace church Monday. His re port shows that the church met all expectations for the first half of the conference year with the ex ception of the World Service bud get. Plans are now being completed for the church vacation Bible school and obtaining a full-time worker to direct activities of the young people during the summer months. County Office Is Opened To Assist Local Farmers Rehabilitation Supervisor To Open Office; Here 2 Days Each Week Debt Information Farmers Are Advised To Take Advantage Of The National Service Edgar H. Anderson, rural rehab ilitation supervisor for Randolph county will be located in the Creamery building, Salisbury street, Asheboro, Tuesday and Fri day mornings of each week to as sist farmers in the farm debt ad justment service now being carried on through the services of the na tional agency. Attention is called to this im portant work which is directly un der the supervision of the Reha bilitation division of the Resettle ment administration. There is no cost connected with the service, and no farmer in danger of Losing his property through foreclosure, or who has reached the point where he is not sure of the best course to pursue, should be without the advise and assistance of those persons whose experience and every-day duties 1 give them more than average I knowledge in untangling knotty debt problems. Farm debt adjustment workers, through the assistance of volun tary debt adjustment committees, are now doing for the farmer with a difficult debt problem, just what, many industrious business men in distress have been able to do for themselves, namely, laying * the cards on the table and working out an adjustment on the basis of abil ity to pay and on the basis of what is best in the long run for both debter and creditor. Sometimes an extension of time for payment is secured. Sometimes a more satis factory schedule of payment may be had. In other cases, assistance can be given in refinancing with another creditor. Until further notice. Mr. Ander son will be in Asheboro, Tuesday and Friday mornings of each week and he or his representatives will be glad to confer with those de siring debt assistance. A review of debt adjustment activities of North Carolina shows that total indebtedness of cases already adjusted in this state amounts to $2,344,683. The debts condition or refinanced on a basis were settled, placed in an active of ability to pay. Records also show that more than $65,000 in back taxes was paid into county trea suries as a result of the debts ad justed. Physicians Hear Paper On Spine Dr. R. P. Sykes, Speaker At Medical Meeting; To Cancer Discussion Dr. R. P. Sykes of Asheboro gave a very interesting paper on “The surgical conditions of the spine” at the regular monthly meeting of the Randolph county medical association at the Rand olph hospital yesterday afternoon. Dr. Sykes, also, together with Dr. J. H. Soady, delegates to the re cent State Medical convention,! gave reports concerning that meet ing in Winston-Salem. /The association plans to bring a guest speaker to its next meeting, June 11, who will discuss a cancer program. Yesterday’s meeting was attend ed by every member of the organ ization. 18 Promoted At County School Curtiss Williamson And Doro thy Wilson In Honor Division Dorothy Wilson made a perfect attendance record at the Cross Roads school at Bennett for the school year, according to reports filed today by Herbert P. .Cox, principal. Mr. Cox also announced that Curtiss Williamson made the highest average in studies for boys. There were eighteen promotions and two conditions this year. The following pupils gained places on the honor roll for last month. Artie Brown, Wanna Mae Racket, Bernie Spencer, Dora Stutts, Curtiss Williamson, Clyde Stutts, Charles Spencer, Laxter Needham, Millard Stutts, John D. Spencer, Dorothy Wilson, Nola Williamson, Hazel Saunders, Fran ces Brower, Lesia Wilson, Mildred Brower and Mary Ruth Wilson, I HUEY’S HEIRS VOTE WINNERS s' Louisiana saw a new flame of Huey P. Long politics when the son and daughter of the late senator staged an old-time rabble-rousing rally to carry the election at Louisiana State University and sweep Rose Long, 20, above, into office. Her brother, Russell, 18, standing by Rose, man aged his sister’s campaign for students’ vice president. His success at handling election crowds may be judged from the enthusiastic hand clapping of platform sitters at right. Commencement Exercises To Close Tonight With Diplomas Asheboro Home Is Selection of Bees We’ve heard of chickens coming home to roost but to day we received a report of •‘bees coming home , to hive” although they didn’t actually come home. It seems tha't a large swarm were cut house hunting and decided upon Asheboro and its environs. So they came a-buzz ing towards the home of W. R. Soltz, Asheboro Star route. Mr. Soltz was plowing and Mrs. Soltz was working ia her flower garden. She saw the swarm first, “here comes a swarm of bees,” she called to her husband. “I can’t leave the horses,” he answered. But before any action wyas necessary the queen bee or king bee which ever is the boss-man headed into Mr. Soltz’s wood shed. It happened that Mr. Soltz had several empty hives in that shed. When he and his wife walked in the swarm had taken possession and complete ly filled one. After dark they moved the hive to a better lo cation. The bees are doing well and apparently content with their new quarters. Prominent Man Of Greensboro Dies Harry L. Barton, Widely Known Architect, Is Dead; Community Builder Harry Barton, well known Greensboro architect, died Sunday night in a Greensboro hospital fol- J lowing a week’s illness. Funeral service was held this afternoon at the First Presbyterian church of which he was a member. Harry Barton was one of the leading citizens in the community, in the religious, the business, the professional, the civic life he was always active, and was well known and esteemed by and unusually large circle of friends and ac quaintances. He was a devout member and elder of the First Presbyterian church and had for a number of years served as clerk of the session. He was active in the Kiwanie club, the charmber of commerce and all moves for the development of the community found in him a ready sponsor. He was a member of Greensboro lodge No. 76, A. F. and A. M. In the business life of the com munity during the past quarter of a century he had played an im portant part. Some of the more imposing structures in this and other cities throughout the state were designed by Mr. Barton and their construction supervised by him. Included are the Guilford county courthouse, the Greensboro City Hall, and county and munici pal buildings elsewhere. The down town Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. buildings, a number of the build ings on the campus of Woman's i college, and a number of churches I in the city and elsewhere through out the state were the product of his handiwork. Clyde Erwin, State School Superintendent. To Make Principal Address The annual commencement week of the Asheboro schools will term inate tonight with graduation ex ercises in the High school auditor ium when Clyde Erwin, state sup erintendent of education will be the 6principal speaker. Fifty-three sen iors, one of the largest classes ev er to be graduated here will re ceive their diplomas. Miss Fernko Johnson, salutator ian will give the address of wel come while Miss Hetty Prevette, valedictorian will give the fare well address. Music will be furnished by Mrs. Murray Field’s pupils. The public is cordially invited to attend the program. Last night the school students staged a pageant “Out of the Past” in the auditorium. It predicted the influence on present day education through the activities and methods of past years. The participants were gowned in styles symbolic of the country and age which they represented. Sunday night Dr. S. W. Taylor delivered the commencement ser mon at the school. Music was furn ished by a choir composed of the members of several churches in the city. Economy Measure Forces Combine Conservative Democrats And Senate Republicans Join For Economical Goal An odd sight in Washington is the hob-nobing of conservative Democrats and Senate Republicans headed toward a common goal of economy as they demanded that relief administration be returned to the states. Republicans, who incorporated such a policy in their party plat form last year, were expected 'o stand almost unanimously for State control of relief spending. Senator Bailey, Democrat of Nor.'i Carolina, said a big group of con servative Democrats were ready to join them. The quasi “coalition,” he said, would support the bill by Senator King, Democrat of Utah, to dis mantle WPA as a Federal project and appropriae $850,000,000 to be matched by State aid for relief work . Urge for action swept toward the House, where minority leaders called Republicans to a Tuesday night conference in which the in tertwined issues of economy and relief will be discussed. Representative Woodruff, Re publican of Michigan, conference chairman, said economy was a proper subject for discussion be cause “we have got to begin to ec onomizing or we are going to be headed for distraction.” President Roosevelt has sum moned Senate and House leaders to conference on the “general leg islative situation” when he returns to the White House on May 14. (Please turn to Page 3) London Thronged | Pre Cornation In Full Swing Strike of Busmen Ties Up Street Traffic; 5.000 City Buses Idle. Wallis Stays Mrs. Duke’s Fiancee Assumes Name of Warfield But Is No “Miss.” i London,— Huge crowds estiniat-i ed at more than 1,000,000 people swept into the full tide of gay, dazzling pre-coronation celebra tions today while King George VI played host at a brilliant state ban quet in Buckingham palace. Jamming streets and hotels, breaking through police cordons and trudging gaily where they could not ride—London’s busmen are still on strike — the corona tion visitors swarmed around" the palace. They roared “we want the King” for hours while inside the Mon arch entertained at the greatest! banquet since the 1911 coronation festivities of his father, the late George V. Hundreds of cars circled the pal ace, some with roofs loaded with gay, singing passengers. The walkout of 25,500 busmen, tying up 5,000 buses and throwing London’s traffic into an almost I hopeless jam, gave every indication of continuing through Wednesday, coronation day. But those who came—and are still coming by the thousands— from all parts of the world show ed little concern even though 12, 000 street car employes appeared eager to join the busmen. Some busmen’s groups called for strikes of other public service employes. Mounts— The Duke of Wind sor’s fiancee assumed her maiden name Wallis Warfield, her spokes man. Herman L. Rogers of New York, announced yesterday as a result of legal action. in London. Her name— under which she will marry the former British Monarch is now “Mrs. Wallis Warfield,” he said. He emphasized it wras ’wMrs.,” not “Miss.” Application for the change, drop ping the name of Simpson, was made to a London court five days ago. The former Baltimore wo man’s solicitors advised her by telephone today the change had been legalized, Rogers said. Highway Board In Session Today Program Dividing State Into Ten Districts To Be Discussed Raleigh,— The ten newly ap pointed members of the State High way and Public Works Commiss ion met here today with new Chairman Frank L. Dunlap to go into an all day huddle in an ef fort to divide the state into ten districts, for while Governor Clyde R. Hoey appointed ten district commissioners, none of these ten knows yet just what counties are in his district. Incidentally, the house and se nate roads committees tried for three months to work out districts that would be satisfactory, but finally gave it up and passed the buck to the new commissioners. For the law as finally passed sti pulates that the ten commission ers, after their appointment, shall divide the state up into ten high way districts. Well Known Woman Is Buried Monday Funeral service was held Mon day afternoon at the local Metho dist Prostestant church for Mrs. L. E. Cole, well known Asheboro woman who died early Sunday morning at her home in Asheboro. Mrs. Cole, who was 69, was strick en less than a week ago, suffering a stroke of paralysis while about her usual duties. Dr. S. W. Taylor, pastor of the church, conducted the service which was followed by burial in the Asheboro cemetery. She leaves several sons and, daughters, all well known in this section: Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. J. B. Presnell, Seagrove, route two; Mrs. Blanche Cagle, Spartanburg, S. C.; Mrs. Manley Williams, Mrs. Clyde Hendricks and Mrs. A. B. Cox, Asheboro, and two sons, E. B. and C. F. Cole, of Asheboro. Radio Stars Here The Monroe Brothers, radio stars of Raleigh, entertained an enthus astic audience in the courthouse last night. The affair was under the auspices of the P.O.S. of A. The program included a series of popular songs and instrumental numbers as well as several inter esting diologues. Governor Hoe To District At Pinehurst Studying World Opium Control Harry J. Anslinger, United States commissioner of narcotics, is pict ured here as he left for Europe where he will study the opium smuggling situation. An advocate of world control system for drugs, Anslinger is also an authority on race horse doping and model drug legislation. Security Cards To Identify Only Counterfeits Being Used To Cash Checks; Board Warns Merchants Instances of alleged counterfeit social security account cards be ing used for identification in cash ing checks brought from the Soc ial Security board today a caution that cards issued by the board are for identification purposes under the Social Security Act. Possession of an account card, holds no particular significance for other identification purposes or for the financial responsibility of the individual, W. L. O’Brien, Jr., field representative in charge of the Social Security board office at 828 Guilford building in Greens boro said. The board wished to emphasize, Mr. O’Brien said, that under the circumstances in which account cards are designed to be used it is against the employee’s interests to use a card other than his own. Account numbers are being used by the board in administering the Federal old-age benefits plan and by the states in administering their unemployment compensation laws. For purposes of the Federal old age benefits program, employers, beginning next July, will use ac count numbers in reporting the a mount of wages paid employees. These wages will be credited to the individual employee’s social security account. The amount of old-age benefits will be based on the total amount of wages paid the individual emplayee in cover ed employment after 1926 and un til he reaches age 65, Mr. O’Brien pointed out. Employees in industry and com merce who do not have account nunmbers were urged to apply im mediftely at their local post offices for them. Duplicate account cards, Mr. O’Brien added, may be obtain ed in the same way by employees who have lost their cards. Adjourned Session of County Commissioners on Monday, 10 The Randolph county commis-; sioners at an adjourned meeting in the court house at Asheboro' yesterday authorized the chairman to sign notes providing for bor- j rowing $50,000 to meet pending obligations of the county. The funds were provided for in the budget but tax collection have not been sufficient to meet the present obligations. The board appointed a special committee for appraisal of new | buildings and improvements for taxation purposes. The two named were Clegg Garner and William! Winningham. A third is to be sel- | ected by those two. This special meeting followed; the regular session of the board, held an Monday, May 3rd. accord ing to the custom of meeting the i first Monday of every month.! There was no routine work at this j session, only special matters dis-1 posed of by the. full membership i of the board present for the meet- i Sit-Down Strikes To Have No Place Governor Tells Rotarians State Will Not Tolerate Such Conditions 600 At Session J. Shepard Brown And John A. Park New Governors: Hill And Mack Lose Governor Clyde R. Hoey, speak ing at the 57th District conference of Rotary International at Pine hurst last night reaffirmed his as sertion that sit-down strikes will not be tolerated in North Carolina. He promised “equal protection to all classes” and repeated his ear lier assertions that labor and capi tal, have right which will be pro tected in this state. Referring indirectly to recent la bor troubles at Morehead City, where textile union organizers claimed they were escorted to the city limits and warned not to re turn, the Governor said, “This is a free State and the rights of all must be equally protected by all the officers of the law.” Approximately 600 Rotarians from the Carolinas are attending the conference. John P. Kennedy, a radio man, also spoke. John A. Park, Raleigh news paper publisher, and J. Shepara Bryan, attorney and superintend ent of the Dunn city schools, were elected governors of Rotary Dis tricts 57-A and 57-B. They defeated Montgomery Hill of Greensboro and J. Mack Hatch of Belmont in the election today. The results were announced after tonight’s addresses. The Governor did not mention Morehead City by name, but told .reporters recent labor disputes there prompted his address. “Organizers of labor unions have the right to solicit memberships and otherwise peacefully organize such workers as wish to become members of the organization,” Hoey said, “and no one has the right to hinder or prevent them from going forward with their endeavor, nor to seek to intimidate any worker who may wish to join. On the other hand, he asserted, the organizers may not molest workers who do not wish to join a union. “I have previously stated that sitdown strikes are unlawful and will not be tolerated in North Carolina,” the chief executive told the Rotarians. “I reaffirm that position. Dr. C. G. Smith and Henry In gram are attending the conference as delegates from the Asheboro club. Arthur Ross, Jr., and El wood Rheim are alternates. 1 I W. R. SLOTZ, STAR ROUTE WINNER OF TIP TICKETS W. R. Slotz, Asheboro Star route put the “bee” on the News Tip service, yesterday and is entitled to two tickets to see “Theodora Goes Wild.” at the Carolina Thea tre. Mr. Slotz will be awarded his tickets by applying at The Courier office. The next period will close at press time, Thursday, the winner will be awarded two tickets for admission to the Capital’s show ing of “Nancy Steele is Missing.” Japanese interests will buy salt beds at Hanku, China. ing. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, June 7th. SWAP ,IT What do you have to swap? Commencing Sunday, The Courier will conduct a “Swap It” column for the benefit of its readers. If you have any article in your home or place of business that you would like to trade for something else, drop around to this office. If your boy or girl has a toy or any other article that they would like to dispose of for something different, list that article in these columns. The price of notices in the “Swap It” column will be at the rate of one penny a word.
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