THE COURIER
Asheboro, N. C, April 15, 1915.
Mrs. W. R. Cox, of Staley, has been
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
G. Frazier.
Misses Mabel Fox and Bera Scar
boro were week-end visitors at Ran
dleman. Miss Lula Pritchard, who has been
teaching at Bombay the past winter,
returned home. Miss Pritchard has
taught a successful school.
A little daughter arrived in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Dolph York
last Friday night.
Mrs. A. E. Burns spent a day in
High Point last week.
Mr. Carl Hoover now has a position
with the Elwood Hotel, at High Point,
as night clerk.
. Dr. G. A. Foster, of Libeity, has
opened a office in Graham for the
practice o" his profession.
Messrs. .1. T. Penn, G. T. Murdock,
and W. li. lIoring went to Greensboro
last Satm.luy for the Virginia-Carolina
ball fe.'.me.
Mr. iv, I Mrs. T. J. Bonkcmeyer,
of Ashiboi-o Route 1, visited their
daughte -. Mrs. A. J. Craven, at
Pleasant Garden, last Saturday and
Sunday.
was in Asheboro, last Monday. Mr.
Mrilasters has written an interesting
article on the old Science Hill Acad
emy, which we are publishing this
week.
A complimentary letter from Mr,
W. H. Nance , Wichita, Kansas, in
which he says he cannot do without
The Courier comes to this office, and
Is much appreciated.
Mr. E. A. Woodell, who has held a
position with the Christian Advocate,
of Greensboro, for the past year, has
gone to Winston-Salem to take a po
sition with the Winston-Salem Journ
al.
Mrs. Bertha Sheets and little daugh
ter spent Monday in Greensboro.
Several Asheboro people attended
the sale of personal proverty of Mrs,
Martha Dicks, in Randleman last
week.
Mr. P. A. Routh, of Grays Chapel,
was in town on business last Friday.
Mrs. Daisy Page Walker, of the
High Point graded schools faculty
and her sister, Miss Catherine Page,
of Cary, were visitors in the home of
Col. and Mrs. J. E. Walker one day
laat week.
The High Point Enterprise in a re
cent issue has this item of local in
terest: Mrs. B. F. Brittain was in
High Point today en route to her old
home in Mooresville, from which place
she will go to Statesville to visit rela
tives. Mrs. Brittain was well known
and popular in High Point, where she
was a nurse at the High Point hospit
al. She was Miss Rena Ballard be
fore she married a young attorney,
B. F. Brittain, of Asheboro.
Mr. W. J. Armfield and children
went to Greensboro last Saturday for
the Virginia-Carolina ball game.
Mrs. Semira Lowe and daughter,
Miss Ethel Lowe, and little Claudius
Hughes were in Asheboro last Friday
attending the meeting at the Friends
church for the establishment of Ashe
boro Monthly Meeting.
Mr. George Hilliard, the clever agent
of the Southern Railway, has recently
added an iron fence to his yard on
Salisbury Street. His father Mr. B.
F. Hilliard, had charge of the work.
Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Freeman,
whs huve been living in West Ashe
boro, the past few months, have
moved into the residence in eust Ashe
boro abjoining the McAlister brick
store fcuilding.
Mrs. Grace Hunter, of the Weslcy-
en Methodist church, of Ohio, will
preach nt Neighbors Grove, next Sun
day morning at eleven o'clock. Mrs,
Hunter visited Randolph county and
preached fn different places about
thirty years ago.
Mr. Fred Cox, who has ben located
at Lexington for the past two years,
has accepted a position ai mnnnger
of the Ford garage in ThomasvMe,
which a High Point company has re
cently purchased. Mr. Cox is a son
f Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cox, of Ralph.
Mr. A. B. Ferguson, of Staley Route
1, was in town last Monday. Mr,
Ferguson says that farmers in his
end of the county usually begin plant
ing corn the last of March; but owing
to the backward spring, they have
not planted yet. He says the cotton
acreage in Eastern Randolph is being
cut down considerably this svring to
make room for other crops.
If r. Thomas McNeill, of this county,
is i Albemarle, running a crockery
factory for Mr. David Teeter. The
Albemarle Enterprise says "He is
turning out some good ware, and
those who have never seen a potter
at his handicraft would find a visit to
the factory interesting and instruct
ive." Randolph has had pottery fac
tories for ages. There was one oper
ated at Midway, a etation below Dew
ey, by Mr. T. F. Cole, until a few
months ago; and one near Ulah until
a few years ago; and the crockery
made by E. S. Craven, near Ranuvcur,
was a well known product on the mar
kets years ago.
Miss Leona Parrish, of Hills Store,
was in town shopping last Tuesday.
Mr. L. P. Birkhead was in Thomas-
ville on business Inst Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Caveness and
Mr. Joseph Comer, of Asbury, was
a business visitor on our streets Mon
day.
Miss Maude Stuart, of Scagrove,
was the guest of Mrs. Walter Bunch
last week.
Mrs. Columbus Vuncannon was in
Asheboro between trains Monday.
Mr. G. M. Yates, of Caraway, was
in town on business yesterday.
Mr. P. H. Morris returned yesterday
from Troy, where he has been attend
ing court.
children, of Coleridge, were visitors in
the home of Mr. Caveness' brother,
Mr. J. M. Caveness, for a day or two
last week.
The stock of goods of Mr. C. T.
Loflin, bankrupt, which was recently
sold by Mr. J. H. McCain, trustee, to
Mr. Cephus Bowman, has been resold
to Mrs. C. T. Loflin, who will continue
the business at the same stand.
Mr. Albright, who was formerly
engineer on the train between High
Point and Asheboro, was in Asheboro
Monday. Mr. Albright now resides at
Spencer.
This is the season when the angler
is abroad in the land; and from the
reports coming in, it seems the finny
tribe are quite abundant in Deep
River this 6pring. Clerk of the Court
J. M. Caveness, recently showed a
Courier representative a string of fish
caught by Mr. John Brr.y at Central
Falls that would not have been
scorned by a fisherman of Eastern
Carolina. They were beauties.
Messrs. J. W. Moon, of Franklinville,
and R. L. Caveness, of Coleridge, also
made a very successful haul of fish
recently in Deep River. It is said to
be not uncommon for fish caught in
that stream this spring to weigh
four pounds.
Mr. D. A. Cornelison, of Seagrove,
was among the business visitors in
town last Tuesday. Mr. Cornelison
says he is very busy having the work
of rebuilding his store house, which
was burned a few weeks ago, pushed.
Misses Virginia Henley a -.d Kath
erine Burns went to Randleman Mon
day and returned at night.
The new schedule over the No-folk
Southern railway will permit the peo
ple couth of Asheboro to come here
in the n.orning attend to business and
return home the same day. The mer
chants in Asheboro have taken pride
and pains in all sleet ions of their
goods and will save the people money,
who patronize them.
The Civic Department of the Worn
an's Club is asking that the people of
the town co-operats in completing the
work on the school grounds. Each
member has been asked to solicit
funds from the people of the town who
are interested in the school.
Rev. J. M. Stedman, pastor of the
Methodist church at Farmer was in
Asheboro Monday.
Mr. Frank G. Grimes, Washington,
D. C, has accepted a position as
stenographer in the office of the Dis
trict Attorney. Mr. Grimes is a native
of Virginia; he has several children.
The oldest will finish at the McKinley
Training School, Washington, this
spring. Mr. Grimes will move his
family here after the close of schools
which his children are attending. The
town will welcome Mr. Grimes and
his family, who will prove an addition
to the citizenship.
Mr. H. H Kennedy and his force
began work last Monday on the gravel
road leading from the County Home
to High Point.
Rev. T. M. Johnson, a former Ashe
boro pastor, 13 conducting a series of
revival services in the Methodist
Protestant church at Winston-Salem
this work.
Mr. Ucnry Yow, of Seagrove, was
in town a few hours yesterday.
Mrs. C. C. McNeill, of Seagrove, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. P.
Royster.
Miss Mary Bunting, who has been
teaching at Davis Mountain, was the
guest of Mrs. Charles Presnell the
first of the week.
Misses Nannie Bulla and Pat Lowe
spent Sunday at Mr. James Vuncan
non's, south-west of Asheboro.
Mr. T. J. Jerome, of Greensboro,
was in Asheboro Sunday on his way
to Troy to attend court.
Mrs. J. K. Wood returned the latter
part of last week from Aberdeen,
where she attended the Page-Bynum
wedding.
Mr. J. A. Ashburn, of Winston-Salem,
was in town last Tuesday and
Wednesday, looking after matters per
taining to the hay contest, conducted
by the Wachovia Loan and Trust Co.
Mr. Ashburn is manager of this con
test, conducted in ten or twelve coun
ties, including Randolph. $250 in
gold is divided into eighteen prizes to
be given to farmers, each of whom
raises an acre of grass in accordance
with approved plans. Two of our
townsmen, Messrs: J. 0. Redding and
J. G. Miller, are among the contest
ants. Mrs. Hal M. Worth was the guest
of friends at Randleman a day or two
the first of the week.
Miss Mabel Stuart, of Why Not, was
the guest of friends in Asheboro a
few days last week.
Messrs. C. P. Smith and I. F. Crav
en, of Ramseur, were business visitors
in Asheboro last Tuesday. Mr. Smith
is manager of the Carter Mercantile
Company at Ramseur, and Mr. Craven
is cashier of the Bank of Ramseur.
Misses Nettie Newby, Beatrice Bul
la, and Clara Pritchard visited Miss
Bulla's home in the Back Creek neigh
borhood lajt Sunday.
Mrs. Jean Rush visited relatives in
Greensboro two or three days last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Andrews and
children were guests in the home of
Mr. Andrews' father, Mr. T. W. An
drews, in the Back Creek neighbor
hood last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Royster visited
Mrs. Royster's sister, Mrs. C. C. Mc
Neill, at Seagrove last Sunday.
Mr. J. S. Villere, who has been in
the real estate business at Ramseur
and Asheboro for the past several
months, left last Monday for Fayette-
ville.
Mr. John McPherson, who was bad
ly cut by Mr. George Foust, near Cole
ridge, one day last week, is reportd
to be much improved, and is now ex
pected to recover.
Mr. J. E. Carson, of Charlotte, who
married Miss Sallie McAlister, of this
town, had a stroke of paralysis about
ten days ago, but is rapidly improv
ing, and the doctors 6ay he will en
tirely recover. Mr. and Mrs. Carson
have often visited in Asheboro, and
their many friends will be glad to
hear that Mr. Carson's stroke is not
so serious as was at first feared.
Mr. Rufus Graves, of Level Cross
suffered a most painful accident last
Saturday, when one hand was torn off
in a feed cutter.
The college comedy, entitled: "A
Case of Suspension," will be given at
the school building at Why Not, Sat
urday night, April 17th. No admis
sion will be charged, but there will be
an opportunity for all to join in a
free will offering for the benefit of
the Children's Home. Everybody in
vited.
Mrs. I. T. Cox was in Asheboro
yesterday, returning to her home at
Ulah after attending a meeting of the
permanent board of the Friends
church in Greensboro. Mrs. Cox is
pastor of the Asheboro Friends church
Mr. M. H. Moffitt, of this town, is
one of the oldest subscribers to The
Courier, he having taken the paper
ever since its establishment. Mr.
Moffitt was a subscriber to the Ran
dolph Regulator, which was the pred
ecessor of The Courier.
- Mr. Hal M. Worth, administrator
of Mrs. M. C. Hicks, went to Randle
man last Tuesday for the sale of the
Dicks personal property. Several
from Asheboro attended this sale.
Messrs. Carl Richardson, Henry
Ingram, Reid Hannah, Lester Moffitt
Tom Wood, Clyde Laughlin, G. E,
White, Wiley Rush, and W. T. Allred
attended the marriage of Dr. F. E.
Asbury and Miss Flora Richardson in
Greensboro yesterday. These young
men are all members of Dr. Asbury's
Baraca class.
Mrs. Annie Robins and Mies Julia
Thorns had a pleasant visit to Mrs,
Cyrus Allred's a mile and a half from
town, last Thursday afternoon, and
were much interested in the bird boxes
being made by the children of Mrs.
Allred. It will be remembered that
the Woman's Club, of Asheboro, have
for some time encouraged the building
of homes for our feathery friends
and several of the boys and girls arc
becoming interested in the matter,
The County Board of Education met
in the courthouse last Monday with
all the members present as follows
Mr. T. W. Ingram, Bombay; Dr. C. H.
Phillips, Thomasville, Route; and Mr.
J. T. Wood, Asheboro. The meeting
was a pleasant one with only routine
business transacted.
Mother's and Patron's day will be
observed at the graded school next
Friday afternoon in the auditorium.
Public is invited.
The white sale given by the Worn
an's Missionary Society of the Metho
dist Protestant church last Thursday,
was a great success, $40 clear profit
being realized.
Mr. R. L. Hilliard will open a bar
ber shop in the basement of the Mil
ler building.
Mrs. C. J. Cox is suffering from a
broken arm as a result of trying to
crank an automobile one, day recently.
The Baracas and Philatheas of the
M. E. Sunday school will give the play
"The Country Minister," at the graded
school auditorium Friday night, April
16th. Admission fees of 15, 25, and
35 cents will be charged.
The machinery from the Davis
Mountain Mine is being shipped to
Virginia this week.
Miss Edna Hill, who is well known
in Asheboro, now a nurse in a Char
lotte sanitorium, was operated on for
appendicitis last Monday. She is re
ported to be getting on nicely.
Mrs. Ed. York was in Asheboro last
Saturday, returning to her home at
Central Foils after a visit to relatives
in Charlotte. '
Mr. W. H. Jennincs, of Cedar Fa'ls.
was among the business visitors in
town last Monday.
Mr. W. H. Watkins, of Ramseur,
s in town last Monday on his wav
home from Troy.
Mrs. J. C. Hannah is visitine rela
tives and friends in High Point this
eek.
M iss Florence York was the guest
of
home folks at Central Falls last
Saturday and Sunday.
Messrs. F. E. Byrd and W. A. Gar
n have been elected delegates and
. H. Redding and J. E. Mendenhall.
alternates, from the Baraca class of
the Asheboro M. E. Church to the
State convention of Baracas and Phi
latheas that meets in Raleigh, April
The twelfth district meetine of the
Junior Order, which met in Reidsville,
last week, adjourned to hold their next
session in Asheboro.
Mr. Ferd Ingold is registrar for the
town election this spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cranford vis
ited relatives at Denton last Sunday.
Airs, hmma Kearns, of Caraway,
as in town on business yesterday.
The Girl's Missionary Society of
the Methodist Protestant church will
render "Pollyanna" in the near future.
The young ladies dramatized this
popular story for themselves.
EXPLANATION ON OLD COIN
The Courier is indebted to Mr.
Robert Douglass, of Greensboro, for
an explanation of the abbreviated
Latin inscription on the geld coin
brought to the office one clay last week
by Mr. G. Elwood Stanton, of Randle
man Route 1, which we give in full.
It will be remembered that the
coin bears the date, 1757, and the fol
lowing inscription: "Josephus I. D. G.
Port, et Alg. Rex." Mr. Douglass'
explanation, which is quite interest
ing, follows: "The inscription is in
Latin, which was generally used on
coins of the period mentioned. The
inscription filling out the abbrevia
tions is 'Josephus I Dei Gratie
Portugal is et Algrave Rex.' Trans
lated into English it is 'Joseph 1st, by
the grace of God, King of Portugal
ami Algarve.' The coin is therefore
Portugese and probably fDund its way
to this country from Brazil, which
was at that time a Portugese colony,
Joseph 1st in Portugese spelled
'Jose' and pronounced 'Hosay' was
King of Portugal from 1750 to 1777
Algarve pronounced 'Algarvay' is
the southern part of what we now
know as Portugal. It was, however,
held by the Moors for sometime after
the rest of Portugal hr.d been con
quered, in honor of the event the
king3 of Portugal called themselves
'King of Portugal and Algarve.' "
AN ENJOYABLE ENTERTAIN'
. MENT
On Friday evening, April 9, a very
enjoyable entertainment was given
by the Asheboro school children for
the benefit of the cchool ground fund.
Master Rhodes Moffitt announced the
numbers on the program, and each
little group of entertainers came
promptly forward in nice marching
step.
The songs, including the following:
"The Spring Song," "I Want i'. Teddy
Bear," "The Sewing Circle," and
'Children of Old Nature' elicited much
applause; and the recitation by Mabel
Cox, John Hadley, and Clarabcllle
Morris was well rendered. Miss Alice
Phillips recited "Woman's Power in
the Twentieth Century." Violin and
piano music by Mrs. Sulon Stedman
and Miss Annie Moring and a "Rose
Prill" closed the evening's entertain
ment, every number of which was
heartily enjoyed by every one pres
ent. The sum of seventeen dollars and
sixty cents was realized, whijh will
:sid materially in helping to pay the
bill for the grar.itc retaining wall of
the school grounds.
Eyes Examined
HEADACHES RELIEVED CAUSED
FROM EYESTRAIN
DR. JULIUS SHAFFER
of Fayetteville, Specialist in Optom
etry, Graduate Philadelphia College,
and registered in the state, will be in
ASHEBORO, ASHLYN HOTEL
Wednesday, April 21st
For the purpose of examining the
many errors the eyes are subject to
and fitting glasses.
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