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THE COURIER
Afthfboib, NT- C, June 25, 1914.
jLOCAL AX.D PERSONAL
Mrs. Arthur Ross spent last Satur
day i v Greensboro.
The'" greatest lecturers in America
.will La in Asheboro next week.
M Bryan will be in Asheboro on
July 4th certain.
S1 the Chautauqua program on the
front page of this week's Courier.
II V J- C. Kearns of Caraway was a
bus' .ess visitor in the city Monday.
: Y ?i W. A. Underwood and family
spt" ; last Sunday at Jackson Springs.
i rs. S. L. Hayworth and daughter,
Lela, rnent the week-er.d at Jack-
con Springs.
. Elrs. S. S. Porter and Mrs. Thos.
Lambert visited in High Point Satur
day and bumlay.
111. G. O. Cox of Pisgah was ii
town last Friday and paid the Cour
ier a call.
Mrs. Effie Moore has gone to Greens
boro where she will attend the Staie
Normal Summer school.
Mr. R. L. Kearns of Caraway was
-among Asheboro's business visitors on
Holiday.
llt's. J. M. Hammer left Monday for
a visit to her parents Mr. and Mr3.
fi. V. Jennings.
f . erctary of State W. J. Bryan will
. ipe k in Asheboro at 3:45 p. m. on the
Fourth of July.
Miss Maude Hall, who has been
; teaching at Ellerbe is at home to
pirid the summer.
'. i 1 f vou miss anv dav -or nie'ht of
' tht: Chautauqua next week you will
le regretful.
Vhen you have a news item please
' let us have it by letter phone or call
iit the office and let us know what
.jruu iuiuw oi interest, io ine puoiic.
I lany look upon the Chautauqua
a p a place of recreation as well as a
ie to obtain information and learn-
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Luck have re- I Dr. W. J Moore was in Raloiirh laf-
turned from Wrightsville Beach. week attending the meeting of the
,,. . . , . , , , 1 North Carolina Medical Society.
Work on the extension of Asheboro s , '
city water system is going on rapidly. I Mrs. Dr. Little, of Greensboro, was
m iv a r 1 1- -ii tne guest of Mrs. A. C. McAlister tli2
Mr. W. A. Grimes, of Frankhnvilla. ' ne tua ,i-
has purchaesd a new automobile.
T 1.1. e r i ' Mr. Ed Hatch, formerly of Asheboro
Mr. Guy Leighton. of Greensboro iv;i,:..f ; : u:
spent last Sunday in Asheboro. j weet "
Miss Minnie Hoover is spending the m.. n. R,no ;a cnoj;r
week at Hendersonviile. i ith h-rw m- w p
Miss Virtle Caviness is spending; oyster.
this week with friends at Thomasville. ! MUa Annio anii MvrH Aohnrv r.
The Randolph County Teachers' In- ur;e yesterday from a week's visit
stitute begins here next Monday. i " A neMie.
Mr. Jesse Scarboro spent Sunday at , Dr-J- .E- Asb"ry sPe,?t aAw ?ays
Troy - (ine nrst oi xne wee ai jacKson
Miss Catherine Bums spent Monday , Miss Maude Fuller of Thomasvillo,
in High Point. , route, 2, is visting her aunt, Mrs. L.
... ,,-,, , C. Phillips on North street for a fev
Miss Frances walker left one day days,
last week for Shelby, where she will , ' , ,.-,. ,
visit for some time . ,13- Joh" M. Porter, of Charlotte
is the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. McCrary went JIrs- w- H- Moring, on South Fayette
to Thomasville Sunday morning to ville street.
spend the day. j Miss Mamie Barkley, of Enfield,
tvt- , . , who has been spending some time
Miss Esther Ross is the guest tf vvith MrSi w. L. White at the Ashlvn
week "l Greensboro thU left Tuesday morning for her home.
Drs. D. K. Lockhart and John Swaim
Mr. Paul Henlev. who has a nosU left yesieruay for Hendersonviile
tion in High Point, spent Sunday at "'here they go to attend the meeting
his old home here. of the North Carolina Dental Associa
tion.
Mr. S. Bryant, of Winston-Saleni, The Holne Building and Material
was among Asheboro s business vis- Company's plant will, be clo.cd
ltors last Jrnday. down next week on account of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. York spent Sun- Chautauqua,
day at Cneral Falls, the guest of rela- Miss Huldah Katherlne Rr.ckett
tives. of Level Cross township, this coun-
, . , . , , ty, was one of the graduates at the
Mrs. J. Rankins Parks, of Greens- state Normal College this year.
uoru, is me guesi oi relatives in Asne
boro.
. 'he Chautauqua in Asheboro all
lie: t week will afford an opportunity
for a coming together of friends and
.acr'iaintances.
-T,7hy not come to Asheboro next
we k and tent out and enjoy yourself?
Me ay could come in wagons as the cus
toist was in the days of camp meetings.
'(.Tew towns in North Carolina can
fccait of such an attractive program
as Asheboro will have every day and
night next week.
': Elsewhere in this issue of the Cour
ier will be found a programme of the
Chautauqua in Asheboro all of next
Hisses Ethel Lovett and Lucile
Scurboro returned home Tuesday night
Jf rora a visit to relatives in Burling
ton.,
On of the Chautauqua lecturers
nest week will be Dr. Russell H. Con
welli pastor of the largest church in
the world.
The only thing that will prevent
Mr,1; Bryan's speaking in Asheboro on
Jul j 4th is sickness, death or the trains
. to atop running.
r'etter purchase your season ticket
4s iy this week as there will be posi
tively no season tickets sold after the
K?ning of the Chautauqua.
Mrs. L. D. Perkins, of Spencer, wa3
in town last week for a few day's visit
Miss May McAlister is at home to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. I.
again after an extended visit to rela- Dickens.
tives in Charlotte and Davidson. Clyde Styers, of Asheboro, who wa3
. . injured by falling from a car at Thoin-
Mr. E. F. Lambert, the new barber asvjiie recently is reported as getting
is arranging to move his family from aiong nicely. He is still at St. Leo's
Greensboro to Asheboro. Hospital.
The Southern Railway this week be-Master James McAlister, of Greens
gan operating passenger train No. 136 oro-. Waster John and little Miss
from Asheboro to High Point. ,Sar.ah,. Carson, of Charlotte,
arrived in Asheboro last week for a
Miss Maud Dickens took her Sunday visit to their grandparents, Col. and
school class of the First Baptist church Mrs. A. C. McAlister.
on a picnic to Gluyas' pond yesterday. 1 Dr. H. B. Hiatt is attending the
. . e. ,.fU T.,i i 'American Medical Association in At
.Jillnn V7nn f Vt lantic City this week. He read the
ft F?TALn 3 nt thC opening paper before the Association,
big day in Ashebbro. I-High Point Enterprise.
The Misses Brown, who have been ' A severe wind and hail storm did
visiting Miss Gertude Ferree returned much damage in the Back Creek com
to their home at Biscoe the first of the munity. The hail was said to be as
week. 'large as hen eggs. The barn of Levi
, , . , , , , 'B. Lowe was unroofed and his corn
Remember that Asheboro has only cr;ij turned over
"j ftnr ,Aen .S?waUtOT R"j Mrs .R. L. Hunt, sister of Mrs. S. D.
t nh lng raPdly- - BeMer gCt Garvin, of Asheboro, died at her
yours at once. home m Roanoke City( Va-f June
Mr. Henry Jones will be clerk Jn 17 and , was b,uried in the fanlily
the post office under Mr. R. R. Ross, square at her mother's, Mrs. Sarah Ar
The new management do not take rgton ,near Bedford city,
charge of the office until July 1. I Mr. A. N. Routh, of Randleman, Rt.
. . 2, says that last fall he planted twelve
The Southern Railway will sell grains of oats and that from them
round trip tickets to and from all sprang more than 2,000 stalks and
poinia on vne roaa on me m or juiy. that each stalk contained over Bv
fates oi sale win be July 2. 3 and 4. irnim
u,m. u..t - my T, rhi,jr.. n.v evprispa Wh:,,u
A new feature has been recently were to be held at Flag Springs the
planned for the big Fourth of July secona ounuay m ouiy nave oeen post-
celebration in Asheboro. A mule race Poned untl1 tne nrst Sunday in Au-
has been arranged and the mule mak- ust on. account ot the Sunaay Sschool
ing a certain distance in the shortest convention at Bethel,
time wiir.be awarded $5 00. All of the business houses in Ashe-
Mr. Reuben Swaney, an aged citi- oro have, agreed to decorate for the
zen of Randleman, died at the home Fourth of July and the committee
nf Ma enn f! F Kuror, .T,,a inn, would appreciate it if every home in
and wn hnriod at CaravJav fha fr.i. town would do the same. Our town
lowing day. I have thousands of guests that day
I and we wish to give them the heartiest
Kev. A. Lamonds, formerly of Biscoe welcome possible, bo let s all decorate
who is charged with the seduction of for the Fourth.
t.hn rlniichtor nf Mr T. W MoPoalrill I
of near Biscoe. has been caucht in Okla-' ur- &- lurrentine, president ot
f Clean up for Chautauqua week. I ma and brought back to Montgomery oreensooro woman s ouege preacn-
i e that the streets in front of your
J use are kept nice and clean and that
tilt waste and rubbish is removed from
year premisies.
You will enjoy the daily lectures of
t $ Chautauqua superintendent Dr. A.
Lv; Harmon. Dr. Harmon will speak
very day on different lines of church
work.
'.lr. S. H. Spoon of Archdale and
Fi ink Wright, of High Point oassed
th 'High Asheboro Saturday, enroute
to .rant township to visit Mr. Wright's
mother, who has been quite sick for
eo'.iie time.
t Tlie Chautauqua takes the place of
the old time camp meetings. Come in
your covered wagons and spend the
wt sk. a small tent can be purchased
for a nominal sum. Get one and come
Bpend Chautauqua week in Ashe
fcoro. r j
-dge Ben B. Lindsay, the Children's
I irite lecturer, will deliver his fa
a lecture, "The Misfortunes of
,ey," in Asheboro the night of Julv
.Bring the children to hear this
Jerful lecture.
'r the first time in the history
jsheboro and Randolph county its
ens will have the opportunity of
ing musicians oi world-wide lame
ur and his band will give several
j'tt iucal recitals during the week.
To class of entertainment ever giv
it'ii in Asheboro will equal that to be
;gi in by Ross Crane cartoonist and
1, modler, at 8 o'clock Wednesday
ev ing.
'V wind and electrical storm In
f Ai boro last Sunday afternoon was
, vy T severe. Several trees were blown
4j m, a fence or two was blown over
S y A a few lighter outhouses were over-Iniuined.
county for trial.
i Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hammer, and
I Saughter, Miss Harriette are attend
ing the meeting of the North Carolina
treas Association at Wrightsville
jBeach this wek.
w
, One of North Carolina's own sons,
Araak Dixon, a native of Cleveland
Jaunty, and a man who has won great
1 ifame as a lecturer is billed for a lac.
n tare on the Chautauqua program at
a ociocn on xuesuay evening of Chau
tauqua week. j
ed an excellent sermon in the M.
church here last Sunday morning. Dr.
The Courier has begun its summer Turrentine took for his subject the
campaign for new subscribers and asks education of our women on an equality
friends to aid in extending the circu- with the men, and as usual, handled
lation of the Courier. Speak a word his subject well. He is well known in
to your neighbors and friends and send Asheboro and a large crowd always
us some new subscribers, .goes out to hear him.
South Fayetteville street presents a ' The Greensboro News says: The
very pretty appearance since the side- annual reunion of the Craven family
walks and side ditches have been at Trinity Sunday was well attended oy
cleaned of weeds, grass, etc. A force all the children of Mrs. Nannie C. Craven
of hands are at work and other streets with their families. These were Bruce
of the town will be cleaned this week, Craven, of Trinity, H. C. Craven, of
preparatory to the coming of the Chau- the Newbern city schools; President
tauqua. J. B. Craven, of Davenport College;
'Earle B. Craven, of the Commercial
The Norfolk Southern Railway is Bank of Lexington, and George B.
having made up a record of the titles Craven, of Chase City, Va.
to its right-of-way and a map made ,
for the use of the government ex-1 The Greensboro Daily News says:
perts who are valuing the road. Th : Mr. Carl Ridge, who underwent an
Norfolk Southern tho first rnn! operation for apendicitis at St. Leo
to be valued by the government in this hospital several weeks ago, is regain
State. I ing his strength and believes he will
I be sufficiently recovered to resume
The Chautauqua next week will af- his work as a traveling salesman next
ford such an opportunity of improv- j week. After spending a week here
ing the mind as you have never had selling Majestic ranges he expects to
before. Do not miss any of it. Tick- 1 go to Hamlet to give a demonstration
ets for the entire seven days and for a week and then will continue his
nights cost only two dollars. This is trip to points in a number of Soutti
cheap for the world's greatest attrac-' em States.
tl0n3' I Plans are being made for a Metho-
"Uncle John" Bell, known to all , dist Protestant Children's Home Day
Asheboro's housewives and especially , at High Point, July 2. The trustees
the lovers of luscious peaches and and superintendent of the Home Are
scuppernongs, was 82 vears old last endeavoring to make this day an lm
Stinday. In spite of his many years P.ortant event for both the Home and
UncleJohn is still well and hearty,
having been able to do a whole day's
work of cutting wheat last Saturday.
Morfrisl Livery Stables have just
added a new Ford Pullman) Car to
their stable that's a dandy. It has
a Living tone! honeycomb radiator,
Ely shock absorber, mohair seat cov
ern, electric lights, etc., and1 I
extra wide tread making if harder
to turn over and much more com
fortable thaa the old style. ''
Asheboro has a eood besball team
this season and during the last week
or two several good games have been
played on the local diamond. Our boys
have beat the teams from Greensboro,
Thomasville, Troy and Cedar Falls
since the ball season opened. A new
ground has been secured and the boys
the Methodist Protestant people
near by vicinities. Judge Jeter C.
Pritchard has promised to be present
and make the address of the occasion.
Several of the children will give a
brief exercise and a picnic dinner will
be served on the grounds.
If a person desires to know what
the Agricultral and Mechanical Col
lege is doing for the State, a trip
through any scetion will reveal its
work. On our farms, in our daries,
in or orchards, in chemical plants
and dyehouses, in our cotton mills,
and machine shops, in our light plants,
in the surveying parties of our rail
ways everywhere that progressive in
dustrial operation are under way, you
will find men who were fitted at this
busy, common sense College. More and
mora each vear ambitions vounjr men
are turning their steps to West Raleigh '
Opportunities Knocking at Your Door
19-Day Continuation Sale!
NOW GOING ON AT THE
(Dixie Dry Goods Company
Thousands of Articles too Numerous to
Mention Now Going at Half Price.
We must and will clean up our Spring and Summer
stock regardless of cost or previous prices. Read these
few record-breaking values:
100 pair lace Curcains 75c val- Window Shades a limited num- Ladies Handkerchiefs worth
ue sale per pair 39c ber sale price 10c 5a sale each lc
Now is your chance to buy a pair of low quarter shoes at prices
that will surprise you. Finest assortment Menu, Ladies and
Childaens Shoes. Black and Tan. Button and Lace. Pumps.
Come and see for yourself.
Ladies Vests to close out at Ladies Dresses going at one- Mens 50c Silk Hose all colors
price 4c half price Sale 22c
Ladies Skirts all shades and L L Sheeting 1 yd. wide 10c Messalinp Sik Petticoats 3 00
styles 2.50 3.00, 3 50 value 1.78 value sale per yd Gc value sale 1 98
12Jc value mens, ladies and childrens hose all colors 8c
FREE
Dress Pattern
FREE
To every lady spending ten dollars or more any one day of the
first ten days of this sale. Let nothing keep you away. Come
rain or shine. Follow the crowds to the big sale.
DIXIE DRY GOODS COMPANY,
Miller Building Asheboro, N. C. Next to Star Meat Market
Jh LiiiiiiiinimrrTiVtiii'iMiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiii.g'l.
Ms Quality R?i garden FENCE
Stretch "Pittsburgh Perfect" Fence 'round your poultry yard,
and note how much better it looks than the old fence it re
places the air of distinction it gives to the whole premises.
Observe how it actually keeps in the smallest chicks,
ana keeps out all wild and domestic animals. As years roll on,
you see no spread stays, no rusted, broken and loo wir tin Ulr.
gmg between posts ; instead, the fence remains erect, even and firm,
because it is essentially a service fence of highest quality. Yet it
coiU no mora than an inferior fence.
AO 'Pitt.bur ah Perfect" Tenet U made from Omb Hearth wire, tough,
trona, durable like old time iren wire, and perfectly (alTaaized with pure
sine by eur exclusive proceu. At every point of contact the wirei are
ELECTRICALLY WELDED
This feature Is found only In "Pittsburgh Perfect" Fence, and doubles
its strength, durability and appearance over all other fences.
EVERY ROD GUARANTEED PERFECT
Cox & Lewis Hardware Company
Wholesale and Retail Hardware
IASHEBORO, N. C.
STUDEBAKER FOUR
$1050 F. O. B. FACTORY
YOUNTS-LUCK AUTO COMPANY
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ar doing everything they can to make for life training. The fall announce
the game interesting in Aehebore. jment appear elsewhere m this paper, J
Miss Annie Gill has returned to her
home at Raleigh, after a visit to Miss
Mary Spencer.
Mr. M. E. Frazier, of Asheboro. was
appointed rural carrier on Millboro
Route 1, recently, and has taken up
his duties. - -
Mrs. C. C. Howell, of Jacksonville,
Fla., is the guest of relatives in Ashe
boro this week.
Mr. Chas. L. Presnell, traveling
representative of the Falls Machine
Co., Sheboygan, Wis., is spending this
week in Asheboro with his family.
Last Saturday morning Mr. Burks
Coppell and Mlsfl Fannie Hicks, bott
af New Hope township, were mar
ried la. Asheboro by J. 8. Ridge,
J. P. Mr. Coppell Ut a eon of Mr.
Albert tCofcpell. while bJa bride I
a daughter of T. I. Hicks.
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