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The Asheboro Courier. ABheboro, N. C. JaD 10, 1907. - Local and Personal. Misaes. Fox and Fleda York, of Staley, vUited Miss Bulah Fox last week. G. S. Bradshaw, of Greensboro, was in Asheboro on business Fri day. S. Bryant, of Randleman, speut Friday in Asheboro on business. Fillmore Presnell and wife, of Mt. Airy, are visiting Mr. and Mrs Dan Presnell. They will return next week. Miss Mattie Benbow, of East Bend, is visiting Miss Flora Pres nell. Wm. Hammond, of Sau Antonia, Texas, speut a part of last week in Asheboro. " Mi33 Lizzie Spencer spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. A. A. Speu er. B. T. Tool, of Tioy, visited Ashe boro lust week. Married On the 2nd div of Jan 1907 at the home of S. E. 'Wood, in Providence township, Mr. B. C. Burrow and Miss Annie E. Wood, both of Ju'ian N. C, P. A. Routb, o. r., omuiiuing. E. M. Wei bom, of Edgar, has been appointed game warden by the Governor, for Randolph county. Jesse Scarboro is spending a few days in Philadelphia having his eyes treated. McTyere Richardson returned to Trinity Park School last week. The members of the Randolph bands at Franklinville, Randleman, Raniseur and Asheboro are con sidering the organization of a band to attend the Jamestown Exposition, and enter the contest for prizes. They propose to select those who ;an attend and enter the contest for amateur bands. Miss Stella Brightwell,of Raleigb, spent Monday night in Asheboro enroute to Farmer. Miss Bnghtsell is a member of the faculty of Farmer Institute. Miss Clara Spencer, instructor in music at Farmer Institute, after spending the holidavs at home, re turned to Farmer Monday. Ross Lindsay, the negro who was shot from ambush at Kamseur about a month ago died at his home near Franklinville Saturday night. iiis assailant :s sun un Known. Prof. Doc. Warburton took charge of the Ramseur Cornet Baud last week. He is now directing the Franklinville Cornet Bind, the Randleman Textile Band us well ai" the Asheboro Nightingale lUnd. Mr. Chas. II. Sper-cer and bride, nee Miss Julia Wood, both of Ham let, who were married last week by Rev. T. A. Sikes, are visiting friends in Greensboro this week. Greens boro Patriot. Mr. Spencer is a son of W. W. Spencer, of Mechanic. Rev. J. P. Caraway, who was ap pointed to Liberty .and Bethany Methodist churches, has been re lieved of that work and will serve "White Oak. The Liberty and "Bethany charge ill be served by Rev. W. L. Grissom. The Courier Job Department is . executing the most up-to-date print ing. Good paper, neatly printed is of inestimable value to a business concern. Send us yours orders. Rev. J. W. Ingle will preach at ft. Pleasant, Sunday, January 13th at 11 a. m. and at Tabernacle at 3 p. m.'and Rev. S. T. Lassiter will preach at Salem, January 13th, at 11 a. rn. and on the same date at 4 p. m. at Lebanon. Carl H. Herndon, has opened all office in the Pickard building in Greensboro for the practice of law. Mrs. D. A. Owen, sister of S. P. White, of Archdale, died last week at the home of her son Ernest Owen, at Spencer. Mrs. Owen's death followed a stroke of paralysis received last Wednesday evening. Z. F. Blair, who left Randolph county twenty years ago, and is now in the insurance business at Little Rock, Ark., is visiting relatives and friends in this and Guilford counties. This is his first visit since he went West. So re one wanting to come to Asheboro to live, will do well to investigate the adver tisement of the Morris Livery SraMes iii this isRiio. They have a pnod stand and do an immense lmiiness and the only renson it ran be. bought is on account of the health of Mr. Morris the maiwgnr, who suffers . with Asthma. It is certainly very seldom that joa have a chance to buy a good business like theirs on the terms they are offering to e II. R. C. Palmer, of Liberty, was in Asheboro , Monday. 0. R. Fox has purchased the in terest of J. C. Ridge in the geneml store of Ridge & Fox. Mr. Fox will make furniture his leader. The Epwerth League will hold a missionary meeting at the M. E. church Friday night,. at which time they will study the Japanese Empire. The public is invited. Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. . Briles, of St. Catherine Fla., visited relatives here last week. . They left Tuesday for Star to visit relatives. II. S. Lewis, of Lexington, is vis iting his parents Dr. and Mrs. 'C. 11. Levis, of tarmer. Alexander Worth returned to Wcodbury Forest Scho"l at Orange, Va., luesday. Joe T. Lewallen hft Asheboro Tuesday for Elon Collece. where b-i enters school. Prof. N. C. English, of Trinity, spent Monday m Asheboro. Mrs. II. E. Moflitt is visiting rel atives at Pittsboro, Chatham county Prof. J. M. Way spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Raleigh. Frank Cameron, of Cox, killed a hog Monday that weighed 070 pounds. E. E. Lewallen is away on a lusi ness trip South. The Methodist preachers' meeting will be held m the M. E. church in Asheboro next Monday Jan. 14, opening promptly at 10 o clock. All the preachers of the M. E. church South, living or serving any church, in Randolph county, are members. The editor of the Courier ac knowledges with thanks the receipt of a bushel of the finest white pota toes he has ever seen. It was the thoughtful remembrance of Mr. R L. Coltrane. A visit to the various stores in Asheboro will show that our enter prising merchants have purchased their stocks with a view to suiting the desires and wishes of our people, aud when the prices are investigated it will be found that they are cheap er than are to be found by going away to make purchases. Mr. II. II. Kennedy, Supt. of the convict force, has turned over and taken receipts for $7.10 for special work done at odd times by the teams. etc. when work could not be done on the roads. Among a party of North Caro- linans from Bloomingdale, Ind.. who are visiting relatives and friends in Randolph and Guilford counties are Messrs. C. Y. Jessup, J. C. Vickorv, Mrs. Cynthia Balsley, and P. M. Vestal, of Marshall, Ind. Dr. Turrentine. the Presiding Elder, has called all Jhe pastors in the Greensboro district to meet at West Market church, Greensboro, next Tuesday, for consultation and planning to assist each other, in the campaign for the year, and to con sider other matters of interest to the district. The preachers will remain in Greensboro to be present at the Sabbath Observance Conven tion, Wednesday the 16th. G. C. Robinson, of Greensboro, has accepted a position with Stand ard Drug Co. Mr. Robinson is a registered pharmacist of experience, and will be in charge of the pre scription department. The com pany is increasing the stock carried and confining itself strictly to med icine, cigars and things usually kept in a first class drug store. The announcement is made iu this issue. Read the big advertisement of the Asheboro Department Store in this issue. This concern is closing out their entire line of Groceries at cost to give place to a more c mlete Hue of dry goods, shoes, hats, no tions and furniture, which their trade demands. The fact that this firm has been in existence only about a year assures those who attend the reduction sale that there will be no old shelf-woin goods offered. The congregation of the M. E. church presented Mrs. E. E. Kep hart with a handsome leather couch New Year's day as a token of their appreciation of her services as lead ing soprano in the church choir. Mrs. Keprart has rendered great assistance in the choir and congre gational music, her voice possessing a rare sweetness, known only to the professional. Bingers. Ashehoro Jis pi oud to name her as a member of its music circle. A charter has . been issued for the First Congressional Church (col.) Asheboro. The object for which the corporation is formed i? "to organize and to conduct a ohurcb, to buy or construct build ings suitable and necessary for such church, etc." There is no apital stock, of course. The incorporator-: are John Brown, Anderson Smith erman and Dennis Carr, of Ashe boro. W. N. Elder, of Trinity, was a businebS visitor iu Asheboro Tues day. W. C. Garrett, of Alamance coun ty, spent Sunday in Asheboro. Rev. W. E. Swain, and family, spent one day last week at the ho ne of A. C. Cox, 5 miles South of Asheboro. The guests pronounce Mr. Cox a most hospitable host. Miss Nellie Slack returned Tues day from Randleman where she vis ited relatives and friends. A newspaper is a home builder and home merchants should help it in its work, especially since the latter is largely benefitted by this patronage. The County Board of Education was in session at the Courthouse Monday. Only routine business was transacted. The work of a force of hands on Depot Street, removing the mud, is appreciated oy tne business men as well as the pedestrian. ' Messrs. Henry Smithernian and C. Alridge, of Trpy, passed through Asheboro Monday eveuing enroute to Trinity Park School at Durham, ami i;napel mil. It. R. Ross left Tuesday for the West to purchase a drove of horses ana mules. He expects to return with them in about ten days. Miss Besjsie Coffin, returned Mon day uight ' from Troy,- wheie bhe spent the holidays with fnendj. Win. Hammond, of San Aninnia, Texaf, who left Randolph about 50 veatsa'"', is visiiinir it-latives in i he county. II-- spent apart of last wren with his iiietv, Mrs Z. T. Bird. Mr. Hammond is 70 years of age, but is remarkably active anu preserved. Mr.'and Mrs. Rufus Frazier, of lroy, visited the latter a sister, Mi s. McCain here Tuesday. Their daugh ter Miss Nannie, returned to Greens boro to enter school Tuesday. Mrs. Will Jones and children who visited Mrs. A. E. Burns last week iiaxe leturlied home. Little Miss Olive Hoover, of High Point spent last week with Maggie Davis. J. R. Maynard, well known here, haviug been for some time connected with the A. D. Jones music house at Greensboro has gone to Salisbury where he will engage in the music business for himself! The committee aDDointed to audit the books of W. J. Mijler the retiring county treasurer, has com pieted its work and Monday turned them over to B. F. Newbv. who succeeds. The stitemei. t of the re tiring treasurer will appear in our next issue. Mis Robert Burns, of High Point, is visiting her sister, Mrs. F. A. Henley. Miss Alice Atkinson, returned to her home at Monroe yesterday after a visit of several days to Mrs. A. II. Worth. A newspaper in a neighboring town is boasting that lust year the trade from Randolph was much in creased over previous years. Why? Patiiolic citizens should patronize home merchants, and home mer chants should talk to these citizens through home papers. Prof. J. C. Carson, of Farmer Institute spent Monday in Ashe boro. NOTICE! Huvinit qual'flvd as executrix nn the Estate of Alsim Fuller, deceased, before W. C. Hummoinl, Clerk of the HiiKrinr Court of.Ruudolpli countv. All persons having claim 'uKiiinxt said estuie are iiotilleil to pnwoiit them to (he limlursiiriieil, duly verilieil, on or liefore the 10th day of Janu ary lllOS.or this notice will be pleaded in bur of their recovery; and all persons owiuif said estate will come forward uud imiko immediate settle ment. This 4th day of January 1!07. JULIA C. Kl'LLKR. ExVx. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Having qualltled as administrator of Sarah K, Craven, deceased, lute of Randolph county, N. C. This Is to notify all persons hnviiiK I'liilm nir:iin-t the et He of said deceased to exnlhit. them to the uiiderslimed on or liefore tile M day of Kebruury limn or this notice will Im pleaded in bar of their recovery. All jmtmmih indented to said estate will please make i'ti mediut" payment. This the J day of HoecmlM'r lnofi. A. M. COX, Administrator. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that application will lie tuado to tho next General Assemh y to amend the CliarU-r of the town of Libert, Randolph county, North Carolina. FOR SALE -Two Town Lots, lying I - tween Mrs. Fannie Porter's and Dr. W. !. Moore's residences, and being :i part of t'.e land ownod by the David Porter heir.--. These lots front on Fayettevillo street, u d extend to Railroad right of wav. For terms address Dlt. C. C. Hl'MURl), Woithville, X. U. FOR SALE -A lot on Sunset Avenue, adj lining JI. E. Mofliti's home, lOOx.'Ji'O feet. Apply to , r. nrsir. To Cure a Cold in One Dav. Take LAX.VTIT1VE RliOM') Quit.ne Tablets. Druqisi- refund money it it laila so' euro. E W CIHOVE'.S signature in oa iacb Iku. 2Cc. "THERE'S A REASON." Randolph Merchants Must Advertise to Secure the Business Merited How is it that mail order houses do such good business in our coun ty? Simply because they advertise. If Randolph's merchants pursue the same policy in advertising the mail order house will suon become a back number. Resolved By the merchants of Randolph, that during 1907, mail order business shall be driven from our territory. Send your advertising to the Courier. We will deliver it to 4,500 homes in this eectirn each week and assist in our news columns iu every way possible. Smith-Yell iugtoll. The following announcement is made: Mrs. Anna Yelvintoii invites you to le present at the marriage of her daughter Mareue Vetera to Mr. Edward Franklin Smith Wednesday, January ninth Nineteen hundred and seven two-thirty o'clock at her residence Clayton. N. C. At home ufter January tenth Lexington, N. f. Mr. Smith was at one time time an employe in the office of the Cou tier, but fur veverul years past has been engaged in the manufacture of ti ousei s at Lexiugton. Miss llrower Married. Miss Ida Browtr, who was recent ly manied iu Greensboro, to Edwin Nowell, is a daughter of the late J. M. Brower, of Liberty this county. The bride is a beau if ul and ac complished young woman and the center of a wide circle of admiring inenus. air. JNoweil is prescription clerk in Galloway's drug store and bince coming here from Raleigh a few years ago has won a number of warm friends. Mr. and Mrs. Nowell will reside temporarily with the bride's uncle, Mr. C. C. Johnson, at 520 West Gaston Street, in Greensboro. Prizes Awarded. In the rush after the holidays, The Courier omitted to give the re sult of the drawing for prizes at the Five and Ten Cent Store, of Z. T. Bird & Son. There were two piizes, one to the children and one to the grown people. Tickets were issued lor each 50 cent purchase for the children and for each $1.00 purchase for the adults. The doll w.is drawn for little Miss Julia Hons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ross, and the toilet set was awarded to Mr. Alson Humble, of Ralph. Confederate Pensions. The pensions for Raudolpk Coun ty have been received and sent to the old so'diers and widows. While the amount is small to e-ch one, yet in the aggregate makes a large sum. The total amount paid to pensioners is $4940,00. In this county tivt blind veterans get $120 each; 2 get $45.00 each; 8 get $35.00 each; 122 receive $18.00 each; and 90 widows receives $18.00 each. 1 first class 00.00. . NOTICE! Having (imlilii"l as AdinliiUtriitor on i!u estate of leorne Ri,blms, deceased, before W. C Hammond. Cleik of the S'incrior Court of Kan do ph county, 1 shall sell at public nuciioii, to me ni.'lleM ounicr lorl itMi, on ihu premises, on theSSth day of January l'.KT. at 10 a. in. the following is'rsonal property, to-Hit: Two head cattle, two noRs. one reaper, one saw mill, one bupdy, corn, poik. one cook tuvc, about l.'i stands of b.-es iu putctit ifuinsaud a lot of house hold and kitchen furniture, one shot gun und oue rule, and oilier articles too tedious to men tion. All persons havinir claims tmaiust said estate are notified to present them to the undersigned, duly verilied, , on or before the '.tith dav of December I'.lur or this notice will be pleaded In bar of tluir recovery; uud all persons owing said estate will come forward ami make im mediate SC'I 'incut. This xSJlti day of December VM. A. A. Sl'KXCKIt, Admr. ATTENTION! We want to let people know that they should plant trees that grow and produce fruit. We make a spec ialty of fruits of all kinds suited to this climate. Catalogue, prices and inform ation, as to plant ing, pruning, culti vating and gather ing sent free on re quest. WAVERLY NURSERIES, Wavcrly, AIj. Grand Opportunity. On account of my health am going to sell out my Livery business, consisting of Ten head of good, sound, Livery Horses, Ten Buggies, some of them Rubber Tired, all in good condition. One Rubber Tired Carriage. One three-seated Hampton Hack, best made. One two-seated CDrtland Hack. Ten sets Single Harness. Two sets Double Harness, together with Laprobes, Poles, Whips and everything pertaining to an Up-to-Date Stable, This outfit is as complete for the business as is found in any town of this size in North Carolina, and while it is a little bad season to go into Livery, there is money to be made even during January and February, and this oppor tunity to buy a good well established business does not pre sent itself often. THE OUTFIT COMPLETF wiU inventory about two MIL uu 1 1 1 1 vvmf LL I L thousand dollars, but in or der to close out at once will keep a pair of horses, buggy, etc., enough to cut the stock down to fifteen hundred dol lars and rent the stable building at reasonable rent and turn over immediately. I eave been in business it has been a decided success, a proof of which is, I have done more business than any Liveryman in RandolDh county; have done more livery in the last six months than any six months previous, and at all times I get a majority of the best Livery that's done in town. I mean business and will and nine months, with uotes particulars apply to E. G. Morris, Manager, Moirrs Livery Stable, A Happy To all of our customers and friends. The advent of the new vear brings new resolutions: ! "THE BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRIGES. This has been our motto for the business and we have prospered, We have just completed our annual inventory and find we are over stocked on some lines, and we as have always had the wellfare of our customers at heart, we nave resolved to give our customers these goods at a bargain and when we say bargains, we mean bargains. Look at these prices. Men's Suits, former price $12.50 3Now $10.00 , Men's Suits, former price $10. JNow $ 7.50 Men's Suits, former price $ 8. Now $ 6,00 Men's Hats, former price 1. Now .50 Men's Hats, former price ,50and .75 .25 Boys' and Children's Suits at greatty reducedi prTces, 12 Dozen Men's and Boys' Shirts, former price ?0c, now 25c!, 12 dozen Men's and Boys' Shirts, former price SO and 75c, now 5c. Ladies Rain Coats and Cloaks at and below cost, A lot of Ladies Shoes at7c. per pair, !000 yards of Calico, former price 6 and 7c, now 5c. per yard. A lot of Rem nants below cost and other things too numerous to mention. Come and see. We would like for all of our customers to resolve that they will buy where they can get the best for the money Come to see us andtwe will save you money. Thanking you for your patronage, we are yours truly, Ramseur Store Company, H. B. Carter, Manager. Big Stock fall and Winter Goods must be reduced by the list of February, at which time we will take inventory. We Will Offer Great Bargains until then. Watch fcr quotations next week. I Morris-Sci!rto:"ft-Kofftt Co. here for nearlv six vears and sell on credit of three, six. well secured. For further Asheboro, N. C. New Year, 27 years we have been in
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