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Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
ASHEBOKO, N. C., TjiPRSDAY, MAY 27, 1937
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY
NUMBER 50
|hn Livingston
lies Suddenly in
Raleigh Office
r Librarian of Supremo
lourt and One of State’s
Most Valuable Men.
Falls at Office
ivycr and Newspaper Man
ide His Connections in the
State Wide and Strong.
olin A. Livingstone, Supreme
rt librarian, died suddenly
inesday afternoon on South
sbury street, Raleigh, as he
ie from his law offfice in the
iryer’s building which houses
it of the offices of the leading
ctitioners of Raleigh.
Ir. Livingstone was returning
the court library in which he
served four years when he fell
kward and dropped to the
und. The ambulance in which
was placed started to the ho3
I, but he was dead within five
lutes. A heart attack, apparent
the first one he had been known
suffer, caused death.
Irs. Livingstone, the former
is Rosalie Turner, of Greens
0 was in that city on a visit
Mrs. E. B. Jeffress, but had
en the bus back to Raleigh and
1 appraised of his death after
ching the capital
Jr. Livingstone was born in An
county in September, 1885, and
lid have been 52 years old had
lived four months longer. He
>nded Trinity college, in Ran
>h .county. After leaving Trin
he went to Wilmington, served
Morning Star of that city as
city editor and 20 years ago he
ie to Raleigh to report the leg
ture for the News and Observ
He remained in Raleigh and
ked for that paper in one ca
ity or another until his death,
was several years its Washing
correspondent, had been its
c news editor, a steady contrib
ig editor and had done almost
■y desk in the organization. He
lied law during these busy
's, received his license and
; an office in Raleigh. His
liguous capacity for detail
e him valuable as counselor
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lunty Bar Meets
Here Wednesday
st Session of County At
►rneys Will Result in Reg
liar Quarterly Meetings.
lembers of the Randolph coun
bar association held their first
ter meeting in the history of
organization in the dining
n of the Asheboro Hotel Wed
day evening. H. M. Robins, at
tey of Asheboro, and president
the county bar association, pre
id over the meeting and led in
program. A discussion of
iral matters of importance to
members formed the topic for
ussion chiefly centering around
, office hours and the like,
ince it was definitely decided
nake this first meeting one of
liar quarterly meetings, a com
ee will be named by Mr. Rob
to report at the next meeting
Eerning the topics under discus
i Wednesday evening. A. I.
ree, in charge of arrangements
this meeting, was among the
nbers who made brief speeches
ng the evening,
embers of the county assoeia
who attended the meeting in
led: H. M. Robins, Lawrence
nmond, T. A. Burns, W. C.
k, I. C. Moser, Ed Miller, A. I.
ree, J. G. Prevette, J. V. Wil
, B. F. Brittain, J. T. Brittain,
T. Smith, J. A. Spence, Sam
ler, Waldo Cheek, all of Ashe
»; Henry Royals and Bruce
ven, of Trinity, and T. R. Wall,
.liberty.
turday Alumni
Day High Point
[igh Point, May 26.—Alumni
r at High Point college Satur
is expected to attract a largo
nber of former students and
duates, who will gather for a
“’s activities in the twelfth com
lcement exercises of the college,
lajor L. P. McLendon, Greens
0 attorney, will speak at the
hing session, which will be held
Roberts hall auditorium, and a
Iness meeting at 2:30 o’clock
1 see the installation of officers
,the new year. Luncheon will
Served in college dining hall.
*nni will attend the dedication
rice of the Wrenn Memorial Li
fy at 5 o’clock. Rev. J. Clay
iison, president of the associa
>, will preside at the meetings,
•t 7 o’clock the alumni banquet
t be held at the Country club,
the day’s activities will be
Ught to a dose by a dance after
(banquet.
Governor Urges Unity;
Stales Highway Bureau
Should Be Centralized
' She’s on Longest
Sit-Down Strike
America’s longest sit-down strike
started 16 years ago when Mrs.
Josa Davis, above, walked into the
Tulsa, Okla* county courthouse
and commenced a passive protest
to recover property lost through
court action. Known as “the ghost j
of the courthouse,” she has aver
aged eight hours a day in the
building in silent protest against
seizure of her home in 1921.
Prominent Man of
Seagrove is III
.
A. C. Harris Suffers Stroke;
Martha Luck is Improving;
Other News Items.
Seagrove, May 26.—A. C. Har
ris is qujte^M at' Ins Jiome here. ^
a few days of last week with his
daughter, Mrs. W. E. Graves.
Miss Lucy LeRoy, of Goldsboro,
visited Miss Maple Lawrence Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Harris of
Sanford visited Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Harris Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Cornelison
have been attending the Guilford
college commencement. Mrs.
Comelison’s niece was a member
of the graduating class.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Atkinson
spent a few days at the home of
0. D. Lawrence last week.
Little Miss Martha Luck is able
to be out again after having been
confined to her room for several
days with diphtheria.
Thieves Running Amuck In
High Point Route Two Section
Greensboro Faces
Housing Problem
Cited With Asheboro; Lead
In Population Increase;
Need Small Homes.
Greensboro, as well as Asheboro.
according to reports released in
that city yesterday, is facing a
continued shortage of residences
especially in the medium class
homes. Greensboro, reports stat
ed. is facing an exodus of many
persons employed there due to the
lack of hofnes.
Greensboro, like Asheboro, is
blessed with hundreds of new fam
ilies, all with employment but
many of these are being forced to
find homes elsewhere and drive
many miles each day to their em
ployment.
This section of North Carolina
is showing the most rapid growth
of any section in the south. Ashe
boro and Greensboro, due to the ex
pansion of industry, are showing
the greatest percentage of popula
tion increase of any city in the
'south.
' A survey of the needs in Ashe
boro show the demand is greater
for homes renting from $25 to $40
a month. Many families here are
taking small quarters, pending the
location of homes, while, in many
instances, the male members of
the family are compelled to live
here and maintain their families
in some other section.
While, as reported in The Cour
ier a few days ago, there are 125
new homes under construction ev
ery one of these has been sold or
rented prior to completion.
Suggest Careful
Study of Methods
Jlocy Outlines His Views For
First Time: Spoke to
New Board.
5 New Engineers
Increased Efficiency Only
Reasons For Personnel
Change.
Raleigh.—Evidences during the
past week of “machine building”
and a trend towards divisional
strife, since the creation of the
new state highway and public
works commission, have evidently
reached • the ears of Governor
Clyde R. Hoey who yesterday
urged “one autonomy combining
the ten districts and representing
the entire state.” The governor
told the commissioners that a |
more detailed study of the high
way program should be made be
fore any radical personnel chang
es are made.
These statements it is under
stood followed indications during
the latter part of last week that
the commission have taken the
right to select their own individ
ual district engineers and that they
were prepared to fight for full con
trol over the personnel in their
divisions. It was estimated that
each commissioner would have ap
proximately 1,000 jobs to assign.
It is understood that at least five
new division engineers must be
appointed as there were only five
under the old set-up. The new
program calls for ten.
Unified Support
Governor Hoey in addressing the
commission said, “I do not favor
the creation of the impression
that our road system is a section
al or local function of the govern
ment.” He said he asked the legis
lature to create ten road districts
“witfi TSe view of securing more
united support on the part of hll
the people.”
The governor said he believed
the commission should reserve to
itself the power to formulate the
state road policy, with the district
commissioners acting as contact
men in solving local problems and
meeting with representative auth
orities throughout the state.
Continuing he said:
“The establishment of districts
did not mean and should not be in
terpreted as doing away with cen
tral control. I think it is essential
to have a real head of the highway
commission and the central activi
ties should be so directed that a
harmonious program will obtain
throughout the state.”
Farmers Return From Work
to Find Supplies Gone; Re
planting Corn; Other News.
High Point, May 26.—The reve
nue officers seem to be busy chas
ing down liquor dealers, and people
around Deep River would be de
lighted if some rogues were also
apprehended. One colored man
bought some corn, fed his mules
once and returned to his barn to
feed again, but alas! some one else
had appropriated it for his own
use. A colored woman motored
off to gather up her laundry and
found her strawberry patch had
bean raided during her short ab
sence. Chickens, corn left shocked
in the field, etc., also disappear. It
seems high time that something
be done to relieve this situatioh,
before the growing crops too dis
: appear.
1 Farmers through this section ox
the county are busy replanting
their corn and setting out tobacco
crops, both field "and garden, have
not germinated very well this
Spring. The first planting, what
little did come up, had the appear
ance of taking up the “gold stan
dard,” but is looking much better
now.
The Deep River Young People’s
class met with Misses Mary Eve
lyn, Marcella and Dorothy Thorn
ton Friday night. The hostessed
served strawberry short cake and
iced tea.
J. L. Keen spent Sunday on
Greensboro, route 2, where he en
joyed a sumptuous birthday din
ner given in honor of his sister,
Mrs. J. L. Sawyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Jones and
daughter, Ruth, visited their son,
Leon Jones, near Randleman Sun
day. They were accompanied by
their daughter and husband, Mr.
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Justice Van
|er Tastes the Joys of jj
lement ,
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JiiHi
iiiaii'rWiyiVtiV.
Since his announced retirement June 2 practically means that he
has completed a judicial career thdt began with his appointment to the
Supreme Court in 1910, Van Devaiiler has evidently enjoyed the slack
ening of tension. Cordially he po^ed for cameramen who came to see
the farm which has increasingly occupied his attention in recent years.
Though he is 78 years old, the justice takes an activ* interest in the
farm’s management. >
Legion Auxiliary Will Open
Poppy Day Slple on Saturday
%
News Flashes
-from —-—
Everywhere
Bermuda Service
Port Washington, N. Y.^—Tw#
big flying boats, which probably
will inaugurate regular passenger
service between New York and
Bermuda next month, lazed over
the 783 miles of open ocean yester
day in what was described official
ly as survey flights.
Memphis, Tenn.—Probate Judge
Sam Bates delved into the life
history of a “child bride” yester
day and decided to send her to the
Tennessee vocational school for
girls for a year in the face of her
plea that she be allowed to get a
divorce and marry again.
Asheville.—Dixie Lee Mayo, five
months old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. K. Mayo, died yesterday
at a hospital of burns received
when her basinet caught fire from
a croup kettle improvised from a
tin can and an electric iron.
Washington. — A southeastern
governor’s conference will tell the
interstate commerce commission
today the entire nation would be
served through a reduction of rail
way rates on southern freight.
Child Bride
Baby Burned
Railway Rates
Kiwanis Club Has
Ladies’ Night
Pleasing Dinner and Stunts
Mark Annual Affair
Tuesday Night.
The Asheboro Kiwanis club en
tertained fifty of the fair sex at
the annual Ladies’ night gathering
Tuesday night in the M. E. church.
The luncheon, including a chicken
dinner and strawberry short-cake,
was served by the women of the
church.
The entertainment included
many games and stunts outstand
ing of which was the pillow sl!p
contest during which time the men
out-smarted the women in putting
the pillows in the slips.
The club presented a “gift” to
Miss' Mary Martha Lineberry of
Randleman whose marriage to Lar
ry Hammond of Asheboro will
take place in June.
Music for the evening was by
Philip Frazier.
New Drinking Fount
For Farmer School
The maintenance department of
the Randolph county Education
department has purchased a new
drinking fountain to be installed in
the Farmer school. The fountain
1 is one of the latest types and de
j signs and will replace one which
| has outworn its usefulness.
“—Row on Row—,
“—The Crosses Stand—,
“—In Flanders’ Field.”
The Legion auxiliary to Dixon
Post 45, Asheboro, has made ex
tensive plans for the annual ob
servance of Poppy Day, Sat
urday, May 29. Members of the
auxiliary will assemble early in
the. morning and will maintain
.'headquarters^ and sales positions i#
all business sections of the city to
carry on this worthy work.
The proceeds of the Poppy Day
sale are used for the assistance of
disabled veterans and their de
pendent relatives.
One of the outstanding features
planned by the Auxiliary is a re
plica of one of the many cemeter
ies in Belgium and France where
thousands of United States dead
are buried. This feature has been
placed on the lawn in front of the
Farlow Funeral Home. There many
crosses are arranged, “row on
row” and Saturday the auxiliary
will add Poppies and flags to fur
ther remind residents of the sol
dier dead.
One department store has given
the use of its show window to the
Auxiliary where a striking inter
pretation of a hospital room has
been set up. It includes the fig
ure of a wounded soldier upon a
bed, a nurse, crutches and other
items all in keeping with the day.
Mayor W. A. Bunch has official
ly declared Saturday Poppy Day
and has urged all residents to aid
in this great work. Merchants
and residents generally are re
quested to display flags all day
Saturday.
Buy a poppy.
Yadkin College !
Will Celebrate
Annual Homecoming Event
Will Draw Many People of
State; Several in Randolph.
The eleventh annual homecom
ing picnic will be held at Yadkin
College on the first Thursday in
June, which is the 3rd, according
to Dr. S. W. Taylor of Asheboro
who is handling the publicity. From
year to year this event has grown
in popularity with the alumni until
many people travel across the
state to meet and greet old friends
on this occasion.
This will be an all day affair,
pausing at noontime for a basket
picnic. All who attend are asked
to bring well filled baskets for
the lunch which will be one of the
many interesting features planned
for the day’s program.
It will be of special interest to
the people of Asheboro and Rand
olph county to note here that the
late Congressman W. C. Hammer,
and the late Lowdermilk brothers,
Rev. E. G. and Rev. W. R., honored
ministers of the North Carolina
conference of the Methodist Pro
testant church, were students of
this old institution.
With the completion of the
Moscow-Volga Canal, the Russian
city will receive water from the
Volga before 1938.
B. C. Moore Department
Store to Enlarge F^r
Space; Allen to Civ e
1
Grocery Dealers
Seeking Quarters
Local Manager Transferred to
Salisbury; Other Em
ployes Placed.
Plan ta Return Here
Contractor Lewallen Will
Handle Work; to Add
2200 Square Feet.
Two major changes in the busi
ness section and personnel of
Asheboro are scheduled to take
place over the week-end when the
Allen Stores Co., located on Sun
set Avenue vacates its present lo
cation and the B. C. Moore & Sons,,
department store, commences re
modeling the entire building for its
ever increasing patronage.
The Allen Stores, according to
its manager, J. T. Lyles, has at
tempted to find another location in
the city but has been unable to
find a suitable store. Mr. Lyles
said that the Allen company has
increased its business . daily since
its opening here and that it plans
to return to the city within the
next few months. Several proposi
tions are now being considered by
its management, he stated.
Work of remodeling the build
ing will commence Monday ac
cording to an announcement at the!
Moore department store today.
The wall between its present quar
ters and the section of the buitd
iig which the Allen store has used
will be removed giving the do- <
partment store 2200 more square
feet of floor space. This space
will be utilized by the store for its |
rapidly growing ready-to-wear and
shoe departments.
These departments, now located
on the second floor of the present
store, will be brought down stairs
leaving the entire space above for
a storage room.
The plans include new shelving
and counters, a new lighting sys
tem and a general remodeling of
the entire salesroom. The addition
of the new space gives the Moore
company an added front of about
23 feet by 75 feet in deuth.
The work will be rushed in or
der to handle the regular mid
summer business.
The local alterations according
to the company is one of several
planned throughout its system of
stores in North Carolina this sum
mer. H. M. Lewallen has the con
tract for the local job.
Four People Injured When
Automobile and Truck Collide
Miss Cora Ledwell Remains in
Hospital From Injuries;
Others Sustain Bruises.
Miss Cora Ledwell, daughter of
Charlie Ledwell, Asheboro is con
fined to the Randolph hospital with
serious injuries sustained Tuesday
night when the automobile in
which she was riding collided with
a truck on Highway 70 about four
and one-half miles south of this
city. The car in which Miss Led
well was riding was said to have
been driven by Sam Adams. The
truck was owned and driven by
Ernest Macon.
According to reports at the hos
pital Miss Ledwell is suffering
from a possible concussion. White
she was reported to be improving
it is understood she will remain in
the hospital until the first of next
week.
Miss Sirona Luck, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Luck, Ulah*
Jerry Truett riding with Mr.
Adams, and Mr. Adams all sustain
ed minor injuries. Neither Mr.
Macon nor his wife, who was rid
ing with him in the truck, were in
jured.
Adams sustained a broken nose
and the others received minor
scratches and bruises. They were
all taken to the hospital where the
injuries were dressed.
According to reports of the acci
dent, the car in which the four
young people were riding came ov
er a hill and ran into the rear of
the truck. Both machines were
badly damaged.
FRANKLINVILLE GIRL IS
INCLUDED IN ART SHOW
Miss Hilda Brady of Franklin
ville is among the art students of
Woman’s College U. N. C. whose
work is on display at the second
annual art exhibit of the college.
Handed Herself * I;
a Job in Films |
I
Arleen Whelan, above, Los Ange
les manirurist, had a movie career
right under someone else’s thumb,
but she didn’t know it until her
customer offered her a contract.
It seems he was a film director who
thought she was wasting her
cuteness on cuticle. Of course,
Miss Whelan filed her approval,
but because she’s only 20. the con
tract had to be authorized in court.
Visits Recorded
In Franklinville
Miss Shrirley McCorquodaie
Will Graduate From Rich
mond Scjiool; Other News.
Franklinville, May 26.—Several
of our people have received invita
tions to attend the commencement
exercises of Medical College of Va.
May 19, Richmond, Va., at this
time. Miss Shirley McCorquodaie,
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. A.
McCorquodaie will graduate from
the school of nurses.
Miss Emmett Preston of Roa
noke, Va., who has been spending
sometime at the home of W. L.
Grimsley, returned to her home
Saturday morning, accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Grimsley for a week
end visit.
Several of our people attended
memorial exercises at Gray’s Chap
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Farley Will Open
Texas Exposition
Governmental and Athletic
Officials Will Join For
Opening of Fair.
Dallas, May 26.—Colorful cere
monies directed by Postmaster
General James Farley will open
the Pan American Games at Dal
las’ international Exposition on
the initial night of the tract and
field and soccer events, July 15,
according to announcements of the
sport departments.
The games will extend through
July 18.
The Cotton Bowl, a Concrete
stadium within the Exposition
grounds seating 46,000, will be the
site for the games in which the
champions of Central and South
champions of Central and South
America and the United States will
match skill.
At one end of the stadium will
be a beautiful Victory Arch and
tower of the flame. The flags of
the 21 competing nations, flying
from 50-foot poles about the sta
dium, will furnish a bright back
ground.
High governmental and athletic
officials of a dozen nations will
lead the parade of athletes. Post
master General James A. Farley
will represent the United States in
the absence of President Roosevelt.
Gov. James V. Allred of Texas
will take part in the lighting of
the friendship flame of the Ameri
cas.
The president of Mexico or a
representative will be here as well
as several officials from South
Amercia.
Asheboro to Have
Seventh District
Highway Office
One of State’s Ten Division
Offices Will be Located in
Town of Asheboro.
To Open Shortly
Exact Date for Opening Office
Not Announced; D. B. Mc
Crary Local Commissioner.
The new state highway and pub
lic works commission of ■ North
Carolina yesterday concluded a
two day session at which time
places were designated for the lo
cation of the ten offices in the
state. Asheboro will be the site
for the seventh' district office
which will, in all probability, get
under way with in about ten days.
Certainly announcements will be
ready for the eight or ten people
making up the personnel at that
time.
The system decided upon at this
meeting will include: a highway
commissioner, which is D. B. Mc
Crary of Asheboro for this office;
a division engineer and an assist
ant; three district engineers; an
office engineer; a senior stenogra
pher; a prison supervisor; a road
oil supervisor and a senior steno
grapher.
It was decided also at the meet
ing to have monthly divisional
meetings. Mr. McCrary, from the
sixth district, is not ready to set
tle down upon the date of the
meeting for this office.
Divisions and the locations of of
fices follows: First, Tarboro; sec
ond, Kinston; third, Fayetteville';
fourth, Wilson; fifth, Yanceyville;
sixth, Asheboro; seventh, Albe
marle; eighth, North Wilkesboro;
ninth, Shelby, and tenth, Ashe
ville.
Under tht old five-division sys
tem, which will remain effective
until July 1, offices were situated
in Asheville, Statesville, Fayette
vile, Tarboro and Greensboro.
The commission announced that
each of the 10 units would be di
vided into three districts, and that
each district would have an office
Recommendations for location rf
sub-division offices will be sub
mitted to Chairman Frank L. Dun
lap by various commission mem
bers.
Dunlap said .that in some in
stances, district and division offices
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Mrs. Lou Craven
Cited Competent
Clerk R. F. Routh Dismisses
Petition of Daughter;
Hearing Yesterday.
A petition filed by Mrs. Beatrice
Hemphill to have her mother, Mr».
Lou Craven, Ramseur declared in
competent to handle her business
affairs, was dismissed by Superior
Court Clerk Rufus F. Routh at
the completion of the petitioner’s
evidence yesterday. Clerk Routh
refused to allow the case to go to
the jury which had been selected
by the attorneys after every chal
lenge had been exhausted.
The petitioner’s case cited sev
eral instances which they claimed
were sufficient to show the elderly
woman was unable to handle her
large estate. In one instance
they claimed she “got but $5 stum
page” for timber. This was de
clared by Clerk Routh to be a
mighty good price.
The respondent was not called
upon to offer any evidence, Mr.
Routh granted her attorney’s mo
tion to dismiss the action.'
A. I. Feree and J. G. Prevette
appeared for Mrs. Craven and J. A.
Spence and J. V. Wilson for the
plaintiff.
Asheboro People
Attend Funeral
Several local people attended the
funeral and burial service for Pra
ter D. Smith at Moons Chapel
Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Smith
a prominent citizen and well
known farmer of Chatham county,
died at his home a few miles
northwest of Siler City following
only a few days critical illness. He
was 82 years old.
Rev. J. L. Price, pastor of
Moon’s Chapel church was in
charge of the service. He was as
sisted by Rev. L. R. O’Brian of the
Asheboro Baptist church. The
closest living relatives include: one
adopted son, R. Speight Allred of
Asheboro.; one nephew, J. T. Smith
of Staley, route 1 and two neph
ews living in Indiana.
Those attending the funeral
from Asheboro were: Mr. and Mrs.
R. S. Allred and children, Faye
Carol and Adrian; J. O. Redding,
G. H. King, Mrs. C. W. Scott, Mrs.
Arthur Presnell and Mrs. L. R.
O’Brian who furnished the funeral
music. -