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VOLUME LXI
ASHEBORO, N. C., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1937
NUMBER 104
T? vpahS
iRoosevelt Pledge, “Keep Nation From War”
Chief Executive
Says All Europe
in Critical State
Pledges People and All Gov
ernment Agencies to Work
For Peace.
“People Jittery”
Baruch Says Europe is “A
Tinder 5Box”; Claims Any
thing Can Happen.
Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 11.—UB
—President Roosevelt made the
solemn pledge today that he was
going to do everything in his pow
er “to keep us out of war.’’
Describing world conditions as
“serious” after an earlier press con
ference sta.ement that the world
over was nervous over the Far,
Eastern and European situation,
the chief executive told an outdoor
meeting of the Roosevelt Home
club: •
“We are going to do everything
we can in the United States, not
only the people but the govern
ment of the United Sta:es to keep
us out of war.”
The President said world condi
tions were very serious and that
they did not appear to be getting
any better.
Shortly before, B. M. Baruch,
who had called on the President
to give his observations of a recent
trip abroad told newspapermen that
“Europe is a tinder box.”
“Anything can happen,” he said
on leaving the summer White
House.
Game Wardens Are
Empowered To Act
Attorney General Seaweli
Calls Attention to Author
ity for Making Arrests.
Attorney General A. A. F. Sea
well advises Rufus F. Routh, clerk
of court of Randolph county that a
state game warden has the power
to arrest a man without warrant
“when he is caught in the act by
the game warden of committing a
[violation of the game law.”
The attorney general further
^points out that under the law the
warden and each of his deputies is
granted the power to execute all
warrants issued for violation of the
game act, and further serve sub
poenas issued for examination, in
vestigation, or trial of offenders
any of the provisions of the game
act.
Al Sensing Loses
To Blair One-Up
Ashebcro Golfer Heads
Greensboro Champ Up
To Final Holes.
Al Bensing, playing remarkable
golf, fell before the counter-offen
sive of Tully Blair, 1937 title hol
der of Sedgefield Golf links,
Greensboro, yesterday afternoon
and lo3t his try for championship
honors 1 up.
Bensing played spectacular golf
over the outgoing nine and went
into the return route heading his
opponent. He was never down un
til the 16thwhere Blair went to the
fore and held that advantage over
the tough 17th.
Miohe^jt1
Temperature
OF THE LAST 24 HOURS
Opposes War
Attorneys Attend
District Session
Bar Assodstion Host To
Lawyers; Asheboro Well
Represented.
A large delegation of attorneys,
residing and practicing in Ashe
boro, attended the annual meeting
of the Bar Association of the Fif
teenth Judicial district at Troy
yesterday afternoon.
The business session was in the
court, house in that city. Members
and guests were entertained at a
barbecue following the business
session.
Among the Asheboro attorneys
who attended the affair were J. A.
Spence, Ed. Milled, W. C. York. I.
C. Moser, J. V. Wilson, T. L.
Smith, T. A. Bums and B. F. Brit
tain.
Henry Bunch Hurt
Henry Bunch sustained a slight
cut over one eye last night about
7 o’clock when the automobile he
was driving collided with another
machine just south of the city of
Asheboro.
Bunch, according to police re
ports, pasaad one car when anoth
er traveling at a high rate of
speed collided with the Bunch car.
He was taken to the hospital for
first aid treatment. His injury, ac
cording to hospital reports, is not j
serious.
City Schools Open Thurs.
With Special Registration
The Aaheboro schools will open
Thursday morning at 8:30 o’clock.
School officials yesterday an
nounced the program for regis
taration, stating that all students
in grades below the High school
should report promptly at 8:30
o’clock.
The schedule is appended.
All High school students will
not be required to come to school
at the same time on the opening
day Thursday- They will come it
certain hours according to the sche
dule which is given below.
8:39 to 9:30 A. M.
All students from outside of
Asheboro entering the High school
from the surrounding schools will
report at this time. They will be
required to present their promotion
certificates or their seventh grade
Diplomas in order to enter the
eighth grade. At this time new
residents in Aaheboro who are en
tering the High school for the first
time should report for registration
also.
9:30 to 10:30 A. M.
Students who graduated from the
seventh grade in Asheboro schools
last year and who are entering the
Asheboro High school will report
for registration at this time.
» lOdM to 11:30 A. M.
All pupils who were enrolled in
the eighth grade last year, whether
promoted or not will register at
One Man Killed;
Three Injured In
Randleman Wreck
Survivors Unable to Give Ac
count of Fatal Crash Which
Took One Life.
Moses Yow Victim
Others in Hospital; Identifi
cation Through Drivers
License.
Moses Yow, 21, Greensboro
route 1, was instantly killed and his
two companions, named Roscoe
Johnson and Hudson Smith, sus
tained what may prove to be fatal
injuries when the automobile in
which they were riding crashed in
to a tree on the Level Cross roads,
off the Asheboro-Greensboro high
way, a lew miles southwest of Lev
el Cross.
Johnson and Smith, taken to the
Randolph hospital in a semi-con
scious condition, were unable to
give any details of the accident.
Johnson, it is believed sustained a
fractured leg and internal injuries.
Smith was also seriously injur
ed. Both men, suffering great
pain, were unable to coherently!
give their first names or the name
of their dead companion.
Yow’s identity was ascertained
by Highway Patrolman Norri3,
who found the man’s driver’s li-.
cense in his pocket when the cloth
es were searched in Pugh’s Funer
al Home.
It required some time to locate
Yow’s body due to a misunder
standing in the telephone message
receivqd,,itt; A«beboro, and,,.the f«ct,
that the men in the hospital were
virtually unconscious. Pugh’s
ambulance searched, the vicinity of
Brown’s crossroads where it was
first reported the accident occurred
then finally located the wreck and
the dead man out the Level Cross
roads. Lee McCanless, another oc
cupant of the car, also from Guil
ford county, had his teeth knocked
out by the impact, but will be able
to leave the hospital soon.
Yow, according to aft early exa
mination, sustained a fractured
skull and fractured arms. No
definite details of the manner in
which the accident happenedcould
be ascertained up to late hour last
night. The car, according to a re
construction of the affair, left the
highway and crashed into a large
tree. Johnson and Smith, accord
ling .to their vague interpretation
of the affair were thrown from the
automobile. Some unidentified
person picked them up and rushed
them to thet hospital. In the
meantime some person in Randle
man called into Asheboro advising
that another man had been killed.
Jess Pugh, who was at the hos-1
pital visiting Mrs. Pugh was called'
to the receiving room to assist in
bringing in Johnson and Smith.
Deputy Ben Morgan and several
other officers went to the scene of
the wreck.
this time.
1:00 to 2:00 P. M.
All students who were enrolled in
the ninth grade last year will re
port for registration at this time.
2:00 to 3:00 P. M.
All students who were enrolled
in the tenth grade last year will
register at this hour.
Registration will take place in
the High school library. Although
most of the High school students
registered last spring, they will be
required to report for registration
according to the above • schedule.
It has been found that many ad
justments will have to he made for
pupils who have already register
ed. J
College students who expect tof
go to college must be very careful |
to register for those subjects which ,
will prepare them to enter the par- j
ticular college which they expect (
to attend. Parents are requested to
look inix) this matter in order to sec
that their children have elected the
right courses. Every student who is
preparing to enter college should
toll the High school principal what
college he expects to enter. His
course will then be planned to meet
the specific requirement of that
college, Only by careful planning
can a student be sure that he will
be prepared to enter the college of
his choice when he graduates from
the High school.
Miss Annie Vuncannon On
Guilford College Faculty
Typhoon Wrecks
Japanese Coast
Sixty Dead, Hundreds Miss*
ing; Damage in Million
Dollars.
(By The Associated Press)
Tokyo, Sept. 12.—(.P)—(Sunday)
—Japan today counted at least 60
dead in the wake of a 76 mile an
hour typhoon which struck her
western and southern coast yester
day injuring hundreds and leaving
scores missing. !
Property damage running into
millions of dollars was spread from
the extreme southwest to the Yo
kohama district, a path 900 miles
long.
Tokyo. Sept. 12. (A5)—A raging
typhoon, a tiday wave and flood
spread distraction y e sterday
through wide sections of war ex- i
cited Japan.
Inland property damage and]
damage to the Island shipping was j
extensive. In some sections the
| storm swept away crops which haf
| been counted on to feed Japanese
t soldiers in China.
I The storm struck suddenly along
the southern coast of Japan’s main
island, Nikka, 8 miles southwest of
Tokyo. Fifteen men were buried
alive by a landslide. At least a
score more were known to have
been killed in other sections.
Okayma police reported 3 killed
and 12 injuried and 52 ships
shattered. V
At Kochi, the schools collaspbd
killing three boys and injuring
three others. The Kochi railroad
line and bridge were washed out.
Water raised to the height of 25
feet in shme sections.
One hundred homes were sub
merged andMn Ofaka 600 homes
were under water. i
Enrollment 430
At Fanner School
Home Economics Taught For
First Time This Year ; Im
provements in Building.
Farmer, Sept. 11.—Farmer
school opened Thursday morning
with an enrollment of 430. W. H.
Dewar is principal again this year
with JVIjss Mary Walls and A. M.
Primm as assistants in the high
| school grades, and the following in
the lower grades: Miss Kate Bul
la, 1st; Miss Myrtle Scarboro, 2nd;
Mrs. E. S. McLeod, 3rd; Miss Ruth
Bundy, 4th; Miss Nell Nunn, 5th;
Mrs. Paul Skeen, 6th; Mrs. P. C.
Morgan, 7th; and Miss Helen Var
ner in charge of home economics.
Mrs. A. M. Primm and Miss Ruth
Kearns are additional teachers in
the grades, taking parts of the 3rd,
4th, 5th and 6th grades.
This is the first year that home
economics has been taught in Far
mer school, and the patrons are
delighted to have this new depart
ment in the school. The enroll
ment under Miss Varner has not
yet been completed, but it will in
clude the girls in the 8th and 9th
grades, and possibly some in the
10th and 11th. Two new Perfec
tion stoves, five Singer sewing ma
chines, three kitchen cabinets, and
three oabinets for sewing and food
serving equipment have been in
stalled.
Forty-two boys have been en
rolled in the agriculture classes
which are again under the care of
E. S. McLeod.
The agriculture building has
been recently painted inside, and
several newt filing cases have been
installed.
Free books are provided this
| year for the lower grades, and ren
ted to the high school grades.
The opening exercises were at
tended by quite a number of pa
trons of the school. The pastor
of the local church, Rev. L. A. Ben
nett, conducted the devotional ex
ercises.
Mias Leah Hammond returned
Thursday from attending the
World Conference of Friends in
Philadelphia. Miss Hope Hubbard
who also attended the conference
will return Saturday, she having
visited relatives in Washington, D.
C. on her way home.
J. H. Johnson moved to High
Point this week, with his family.
Mr. and Mrs.. Clifford Loflin wiil
occupy the Johnson home.
Asheboro Teacher Takes I
Grammar Grade Post; To i
Open Monday.
Guilford College, Sept. 11.—
Miss Annie Vuncannon, Asheboro,
is among members of the faculty
of Guilford college, listed in the
report of C. R. Bird, principal to
day. The college term will open
Monday morning with more than
500 students.
Five new teachers, including one
additional instructor added to 'the
staff this year, will be among the
faculty members.
The complete faculty list is as
follows:
Primary department: Miss Pat
Walker, Greensboro; Miss Eliza
beth White, Tyner; Mrs. Millicent
Teague Jones, Guilford, and Miss
Mary Gilbert, Columbus.
Grammar grades: Miss Annie
Vuncannon, Asheboro; Miss Allie
Higgins, Guilford college; Miss Ag
nes Louise Wilcox, Greensboro;
Mrs. L. Lea White, Guilford Col
lege; Miss Ruth Simpson, and Miss
Wilsie Walker, Greensboro.
High school: C. R. Biard, Guil
ford; Miss Ethel Knott, Oxford;
Setzer Weston, Mrs. Francis Lind
ley, Misses Clara and Zelma Far
low, Guilford College.
Music teacher: Miss Edith Hollo
well, Guilford College.
Japan Army Gain
Shanghai Foothold
■Chinese Counter-Attack Stale
mates Nippon’s Coastal
Thrust.
(By The Associated Press)
, Shanghai, Sept. 12.—(Sunday) —
Japan’s armies, backed by big guns
of her navy thrust two miles into
Chinese lines today only to be for
ced to relinquish part of its gains
at nightfall by surging Chinese
counter attacks.
The drive was launched from the
shore of the Yangtze, where Japan
for nearly three weeks has been
trying to gain a foothold.
The Chinese reported a counter
attack had driven the Japanese
back. The conflict was one of the
bitterest of the war. It was con
sidered the most important battle
of the four weeks of warfare.
Shanghai, Sept. 11.—(/P)—A
smashing drive inland from the
Yangtze river today brought Ja
panese and Chinese hand to hand,
locked in one of the most import
ant battles of the Sino-Japanese
undeclared war.
Japanese legions swept up from
the river to push China’s troops
back to Yanghong, four miles in
land from the strategic Woasung
foris where the Yangtze and the
Whangpoo rivers join.
For 24 hours the Japanese stead
ily hammered the Chinese back un
til Japan possessed one-third of
Yanghong, but later they were for
ced to give up the section under
terrific Chinese attack.
An aerial and artillery bombard
ment projected the Japenese move
ment slowly and inexorably for
ward. When the attackers reached
the city, however, they were forced
to retire, after hand-to-hand fight
ing in which the Chinese seemed to
have superiority.
Major Engagement
A Chinese spokesman termed the
battle a major engagement.
At the end of 20 hours of relent
less fighting, the Japanese claimed
an advance of two miles from pre
vious positions.
The Japnese had the tremendous
advantage of protective barrages
from their warships, airplanes and
heavy artillery.
In Yanghong itself, Chinese de
fenders fought Japanese to a stand
still with knives, swords and bayo
nets, finally driving the invaders to
the village outskirts.
Once the push was halted, Chin
ese summoned heavy reinforce
ments in an effort to regain their
lost positions.
Scottsboro Appeal
Washington. Sept. 11. <.T)—Hay
wood Patterson one of the nine
negroes involving in the celebrated
Scottsboro case appealed to the U.
S. Supreme Court today in an ef
fort to escape a 75 year prison
sentenc 3 imposed by Alabama
courts tor an alleged attack on a
white woman.
Powers Agree On
Sub-Piracy Act;
Italians Absent
Great Britain-French Navies
To Bear Brunt of Ocean
Patrol.
Russia Satisfied
Assigned to Black Sea Activi
ties; Germany Not
Considered.
Nyon, Sept. 11.—(.P)—The 9
power Nyon conference tonight
adopted a plan of campaign to
sweep pirate submarines from the
Mediterranean sea lanes.
The plan, embodying a draft pro
tocol, places responsibility for the
task on the navies of Great Britain
qnd France.
But, it left the way open for Ital
ian participation on equal terms
with the British and French or pos
sible cooperation in the anti-pirate
drive between Italy and Soviet
Russia, whose accusation of Ital
ian submarine attacks kept Italy
from the council table.
Italian adherence remained un
certain.
The conference agreed to invite
Rome to enter the anti-pirate con
trol but if Italy declines, the others
agreed to carry on without her,
their plan to eradicate one of the
most dangerous offshoots of the
Spanish Civil war.
The plan did not mention Ger
man participation in the Mediter
ranean patrol. Germany stood al
oof with Italy when the the latter
declined an invitation to Nyon
because of Soviet Russia’s charges
that-it sunk two Russioiv merchant
men in the Mediterranean.
Although Russia was defined a
lesser part in the patrol—given
charge of the Black Sea operations,
but with the right to send her ships
as convoys into the Mediterranean
—Maxim Litvinoff, indicated satis
faction with the agreement, when
after the meeting he said:
“We have reached an accord as
to how we are going to fight piracy
, in the Mediterranean.”
Maj. Bruce Craven
Suffers An Attack
Suffers Rather Severe Heart
Attack This Week; Is Rest
ing at Trinity Home.
Major Bruce Craven of Trinity
suffered a heart attack Wednesday
at his home. Major Craven, ac
cording to several attending physi
cians is quite ill for the present and
while considerable apprehension
was felt for him in the beginning,
it is thougtht that he will be out
of danger shortly.
Major Craven is well known in
Asheboro, as well as in the county
and throughout the state in gen
eral. He was in early young man
hood, connected with The Courier.
He is Llso an attorney and bond
salesman.
London, Sept. 11.—(/P>—Owners
of the British steamer Stanbridge
reported today the ship was “hea
vily bombed” yesterday while evac
uating 1,000 refugees from the
North Spanish port of Gijon.
Randolph’s 17th Annual Fair
Will Be Complete and Varied
Randolph county’s 17th annual
fair will open on September 28th
and will end on the night of Octo
ber 2nd. As the time draws near
er, plans are almost complete in
detail for this annual event. For
weeks, the farmers—men and wo
men—of rural Randolph have been
laying aside their choicest products
I for this occasion and everything
points toward the best agricultural
exhibit in history.
Not only have the individual
farmers been planning but this
year the 4-H clubs will participate
for the first time. Vocational de->
partments of high schools will be
represented, making a complete
and true picture of what Randolph
county has in store for the future.
Interest has been focused more
and more on the livestock depart
ment for the past several years, but
this year with more purebred stock
it is quite probable that this will be
an inspiring sight for people with
this interest.
Always, the exhibit building has
■ l .
\ pgsmaaL -
Tells YMng Democrat
Gathering Capture Or
Defeat Is Labor’s Aim
A Prophet
Senator Bailey
Modernization Of
Local Dairy Plant
Garland Lake Dairy Installing
Modern Machinery; Build
ing New Barn.
Asheboro will have one of the
most modern dairy plants in the
state within a short time when all
of the installation of the modern
machinery, is completed.
Garland Pritchard, owner of the
Garland Lake Dairy, has just re
cently added machinery that cost in
the neighborhood of $2,000 dollars,
he informed this office yesterday.
This new equipment will be in-1
stalled in a specially constructed
building nearing completion now,
he further stated.
In keeping with his program of
maintaining the most modern plant
possible, a new barn is also under
construction. One of the interest
ing and attractive features of the
new barn will be gable design of
the roof.
Eighty-eight head of the best
milk producing breed of cattle
make up the herd of the Garland
Dairy, and are under the constant
supervision of the state health de
partment.
The Garland Lake Dairy lays
claim to being the first dairy in
Randolph county to pasteurize
their products.
When the odernization program
is completed, Mr. Pritchard will
stage a formal opening to which
the public is cordially invited.
Yesterday’s Scores
American League: New York 6,
Washington 4. Cleveland 8, St.
Louis 0, 1st game; Cleveland 3, St.
Louis 8, 2nd ga'me. Detroit 9, Chi
cago 4, 1st game; Detroit 4, Chica
go 2, 2nd game. Philadelphia 4,
Boston 6.
National League: Brooklyn 12,
Philadelphia 4. Chicago 5, Pitts
burgh 4. St. Louis 5, Cinn. 4. New
York-Boston, rain.
Greensboro, Sept. 11.—(iP)—
President Roosevelt will not seek a
third term, nor will there be a spe-1
cial session of congress, Senator |
Josiah W. Bailey says.
had samples of the county’s tex- j
tiles, and all sorts of manufactur-j
ed articles and this will be no ex
ception with the fancy-work, cook
ery, pantry, education, art and
many other departments.
But, all the fair is not education
al. There will be entertainment
for all with George A. Hamid’s
shows pitched in tents and booths
on the midway. The management
announce with considerable pride
concerning the leas'e with this old,
experienced showman, and promise
varied entertainment for every
body. The free acts engaged for
this fair are of more than ordinary
interest and will doubtless be a fa
vorite meeting place. Clowns, ac
robats, and all sorts of entertain
ment will be provided as free acts
with fireworks each evening form
ing a grand finale.
Again this year, a queen will be
crowned on Friday evening, which
was a popular event of the last
fall’s fair.
Guffey Rapped As
Party Rife Ace
Senator Says “Joe Guffey
Should Be Told Where To
Get Off At.”
Allen New President
Mrs. Sarah Mason White,
Vice President; Durham
Seeks 1938 Session.
Winston-Salem, Sept. 11.—UP)—
'North Carolina’s Young Demo
cats heard Senator J. W. Bailey as
sert today that “the first leader
that tries to capture our party
should be repudiated from one end
of the country to the other”—and
then elected Marchie T. Allen of
Raleigh as president.
Bailey said he did not call names
but sometimes thought it advisable
and then charged that “John L.
Lewis is setting himself to either
capture or defeat our party” and
then stated, “I prefer that he de
feat it lather than capture it.”
Discussing fractional differences
within the party, the senior sena
tor from North Carolina also said
that “the first man like Joe Guffey
(Senator'Guffey of Penn.) who
tries to read men out of the party
because they differ should be told
where to get off at.”
Harmony marked the convention
throughout but gave temporarily
during election, in a friendly con
test for the vice-presidency but
ranks quickly reunited to applaud
every reference to Democratic
leadership.
Allen, member of the legislature
from Wake county, heads the or
ganization while Sarah Mason
White, Gastonia, rolled up 229
votes to defeat Smith Nixon of
Charlotte for vice-president—and
then by acclamation the convention
selected its other new officers as
follows:
A. H. Borland, Durham, secre
tary; William Wellons, Smithfield,
treasurer; Lib Proctor, Lumber
ton, national committeewoman and
Carl Matherson, Taylorsville, na
tional committeeman. Durham an
nounced its intention of trying to
get the 1938 convention. The exe
cutive committee will set the time
and place
Tonight in a final banquet the
session heard Aubrey Williams,
deputy public works administrator
and director of the National Youth
movement, Washington and Con
gressman R. M. Doughton and H.
D. Cooley.
Winston-Salem, Sept. 11.-—There
was one outstanding feature of
todays’ session of the Young demo
cratic organization, in session here
from all sections of North Carolina.
That feature may be summed up in
these few words:
“Our promise to fill public offices
with men and women capable of
holding a public trust.” That ex
pression was the gist of every
speaker’s remarks—sometimes not
expressed in that language—but all
inferences pointed in that general
direction.
The note was first sounded when
key-noter D. L. Ward, New Bern
opened the session, it was taken up
and heralded by Governor Clyde
R. Hoey and it was echoed in the
addresses of Senator Robert R.
Reynolds and, his associate in the
senate, J. W. Bailey.
It was a session marked with
harmony. While followers of the
! faith have differed on some sub
jects the future of the party was
blazed at the two day session as
one of “great promise and contin
ued public service.”
Archie T. Allen of Raleigh, a
member of the legislatrue and son
of , the late Dr. A. T. Allen, state
superintendent of public instruction
for many years, had no announced
opposition for president and little
fight was expected in filling other
posts.
Governor Hoey arrived in the af
ternoon and was greeted by ap
plause as he entered the lobbies >f
the Robert E. Lee hotel, convention
headquarters. He returned to Ra
leigh tonight to attend the debu
tante ball.
Keynoter Ward, secretary of the
state democratic committee and
chairman of the house appropria
tions committee in the 1937 legisla
ture, challenged the Young Demo
crats to “read the record of the
past and the present of the state’s
progress and the party’s service to
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