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THE COURIER Asheboro, N. C, July 29, 1915. SPECIAL OFFER UNTIL AUGUST 1. ' Until August 1, to every old subscriber who pays a year in advance and to every new sub- ecriber who subscribes for a year to The Courier, we will give free a subscription to the Progressive Farmer from now until December 31, 1915. This offer will be withdrawn August 1st. THE COURIER, Asheboro, N. C. WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST. L Issued by the U. S. Weather Bureau, Washington, D. C, for the week be ginning Wednesday, July 28, 1915. . For South Atlantic and East Gulf States: Generally fair weather and normal temperature possibly during Si week except that scattered show ers will likely occur in Florida and .along the Atlantic coast. SEND US NEWS ITEMS If you have a bit of news, Send it in. Dr a joke that will amuse, Send it in. A story that is true, An incident that's new, We want to hear from you! Send it in. Will your story make us laugh? . Send it in. Send along a photograph, Send it in. Never mind about your style, If it's worth the while, And will make the reader smile, Send it in. Ex. LOCAL AND PERSONAL "Mr. A. W. McAlister of Greens toro, a leading Sunday school worker of Guilford county, will present be fore the Randolph County Sunday School Convention the plan of having an all-time educational director for this county. Guilford county is work ing along this line and finds it very successful. After having been in operation only a few days, the jitney line between Liberty, Staley, Ramceur, Franklin ville and Asheboro has been discontin ued. During the short time the line was in operation, very few people learned of it and consequently it did not have a large patronage. Such a line ought to be made permanent and paying business after widely adver tised and kept up for a good length of time. Mrs. E. D. Mayberry, who was Miss Bon Wade before her marriage, of Maxton, was the guest of Mrs. Jean Bush Monday. Among the business visitors in Asheboro Monday were Messrs. Wil son Kearns, of Cedar Grove township and Walter Lowe, of Grant Miss Martha Dozier, of Greensboro, was one of the speakers at the Tab rnacle township Sunday School Con vention held at Pleasant Ridge church last Saturday. She came to Ashe tooro and was the guest of Mrs. Jennie Hancock Sunday and Sunday night. Mrs. Richardson and son, Alton, of Ireensboro, were the guests of Mrs. Richardson's son, Mrs. F. E. Asbury Monday and Tuesday of this week, s... Mr. L. M. Cranford, of New Hope , (township, was a business visitor in Asheboro Monday. Ti Mrs. J. T. Penn, of Greensboro, was the guest of friends in Asheboro the first of the week. Mr. N. W. Newby and son, Walter, visited at the home of Mr. B. F. New ty Monday and Tuesday of this week. Mr. John R. Morris, of Concord township, was in Asheboro on busi ness last Monday. The many friends of little Miss Gol ds Hayworth, of Coleridge, who has , been ill with fever for many weeks, we sorry to know that her condition las taken a turn for the worst. Mr. C. C. Cranford and family, Mr. O.W. Rich, and family and Mr. Virgil TA if J fouraarl VJfA- t'sneii anu iamnj ic.....- nesW of last week from a ten Bays outly at Wrightsvflle teacn. iney reposed a most enjoyable time. Mik T.Tita Winslow returned Tues day Lm Charlottesville, Va., where she t8 been attending summer schoolat the University of Virginia. Misfary Homey, of Lexington, was thWest of Mrs. Sallie Rush the first of e week. Miss Vttie Lovett returned Tues--day from a three weeks visit to friends ai relatives in Burlington. She was ompanied home by Miss Kendrick Sfcford. who will be the Meet of MitLovett for several days. S. W. Kearns ana Is Clyde Kearns and Her. of Farmer, were isboro last Saturday Mr. and daughters, Mrs. R. W. visitors in Gr and Sunday. Mr. Sid Wo Standard Drue a position In the 1 1.1 limdll iJh In last week's issue, through an er-1 ror of the printer, we were made to say that Miss Lynette Swain will teach in the Weldon graded schools. It should have been Wilson graded schools. The revival at the John Wesley Stand will be postponed until the third and fourth Sundays in Septem ber. Would you have ever heard of Billy Sunday if it had not been for the ad vertising he gets in the newspapers. If advertising put Billy Sunday be fore the people it can put your busi ness before the people, too. Try ic and see. Don't insert one little ad and stand off to watch the result. Keep it up week after week and in due time you will feel the results. Perhaps you may have been doing business in the same nlace for vears and you think the people know where you are. But when the other fellow offers the biggest attractions the peo ple may forget you. Ransom Arnold, a colored man liv ing on the gravel road one mile west of Asheboro, killed a large rattlesnake last Saturday on the land adjoining his belonging to Wm. C. Hammer. It had nine rattles and was larger than a man's wrist Mr. and Mrs. Branson Jackson, of High Point, are visiting Mrs. Jack son's sister Mrs. W. S. Crowson on Caraway. They were the guests of relatives in town a few days. Miss Johnsie Newlin. of Randle- nian, was a visitor in Asheboro last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Rich were vis itors at Mr. W. S. Crowson's on Cara way Sunday afternoon. W. D. Stedman & Son's new ear- age is about completed and will, begin business the latter part of the -week. They have the agency for the Dodge, Hudson and Studebaker. Mr. H. P. Black, who is in the saw mill business near Candor, is spend ing a few days at the home of his father, Mr. G. H. Black, at Franklin- ville. Mr. L. P. Fentriss, post master at Franklinville and the Courier's live correspondent at that place, was in town a few hours Sunday. Mr. Will Luck, the affable clerk of Blair-Hoskins Co., High Point, was the guest of friends and relatives in town Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Dr. R. L. Caveness, of Coleridge, was in town Saturday to attend a meeting of the stockholders of the Central Falls Mill. He was accompa nied home by Mr. Floyd Caveness who will spend a few days with friends and relatives at Coleridge before re turning home. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Griffin went to Jackson Springs Sunday morning for the day. Miss Grace A. Lowe, who has position at Durham, is spending her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi B. Lowe on Asheboro Route 2. Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Hall and Mr. Will Hall attended the birthday dinner giv en their mother, Mrs. Delia Hall Rich, on Randleman Route 3, last Thursday. Misses Grace, Ora and lone Lowe, of Asheboro Route 2, were visitors in town Saturday of last week. Miss Mary Moffitt has been the guest of friends at Winston-Salem for sever al days this week. Mr. George White, of High Point, was in Asheboro a day or two last week. Judge and Mr. J. F. West, Mr. J. F. West, Jr., and Mr. John F. Baird, of Waverly, Va., arrived in Asheboro last Friday for a week's visit at the home of Mrs. Blanche Moffitt The Asheboro High School baseball team played the Seagrove team on the Asheboro diamond last Saturday. The game resulted in a score of 26 to 6 in favor of the Asheboro High School. Miss Mabel Fox was the guest of home folks in Randleman Saturday aad Sunday. Miss Frances Roberts, of Greens boro, is the guest of relatives and friends in Asheboro this week. The country correspondents of The Courier aid doing better than ever. They are not only helping to make The Courier a better newspaper, but they are aiding materially in increas ing the circulation. If anything happens of public oi local interest in your section, write, or phone The Courier about it. Please do not neglect this. Clerk of the Court J. M. Caveness has' appointed Mr. Walter Presnell collector of the estate of Asenith Cox, who will have charge of the estate until the suit over the contested will set up by Rufus Garner is decided. Mrs. J. S. Ridge visited her daug- htr, Mrs. Robah Betts, in High Point, the latter part of last week. Prof. A. N. Cullom and daughter, Miss Florence, are at Mt Shepard this week, conducting an institute. In the article "An Old Home Made Gun", in last week's issue of The Courier it was stated that Mr. W. 0. Cox killed a sparrow with the gun in question. Mr. Cox did-kill a sparrow, but it was at the distance of one hun dred yards. .lLli.1 ., (J ... The Asheboro township Sunday school convention will be held in the Friend's church Sunday August 8th. at 2:00 p. m. All schools of the town ship are expected to send delegates and reports. An interesting program has been arranged. Mr. Carl Steed, of Steeds, wa3 in town on business Wednesday. He was accompanied by Mrs. J. M. Sin gleton and children. Mr. W. W. Lassiter and daughter, Miss Maude, were visitors in Ashe boro Wednesday. Messrs. D. B. McCraryand T. H. Redding are home from ' a business trip to New York. Mrs. Retha Crave i, whose home is a few miles South of Asheboro, last a fine milch cow on account of found er last Sunday. She had been offered $40 for this cow. Mr. Troy Redding, of Back Creek township, was in Asheboro a few hours yesterday. Mr. J. W. Stout, of Sanford, who has the contract for the new jail, was in Asheboro yesterday. Mr. Chas. Lewis, of Hill's Store, was a business visitor in Asheboro yesterday. Mr. M. C. Freeman, of Ether, was the guest of Mr. Henderson Freeman ast Thursday. Miss Katherine Burns was the guest of friends in High Point last Thurs day. The Courier urges its readers and correspondents to send in every news item available and not . to hesitate to use the telephone in case something very important occurs. Mr. W. L. Brown, formerly of this county, but now a resident of Ham let, was in town Thursday. Mr. Brown is in the piano and organ business having the general agency for North and South Carolina. Mrs. J. K. Wood was a visitor in High Point Thursday. Mrs. C. B. Griffin was a visitor in Greensboro last week Mr. E. P. Massenburg has just re ceived a car load of Chase-Hackley pianos. The young people of Pleasant Gar den are practicing the play, "The Con vict", which is to be rendered there July 31, under the direction of Miss Ethel Terrell. Mr. Zeb Rush, who has been clerk ing in the Oceanic Hotel at Wrights ville Beach since June, is home for the rest of the summer, Prof. John B. Woosley, of Guilford College, was in town Saturday in the interest of his institution. Prof. Woosley is well known here and his many friends wish him success in his profession. Mr. W. R. Futtrell was the week end guest of Mr. Ollie Presnell. While here he also visited his grandmother, Mrs. Thayer. Mr. Futtrell is catcher on the Guilford College team, and early ' in the season was for a few weeks relief catcher for the Lenoir team in the Western North. Carolina league. Miss Alice Ingold left Sunday for Danville, Va., where she will spend the rest of the summer with relatives. Miss Jessie Lee Cox, of Pisgah, was the guest of Mrs. C. L. Presnell Sun day. Mrs. C. L. Presnell, Miss Bessie Laughlin, and Messrs. 0. L. Presnell and W. R. Futtrell were visitors at S. A. Cox's at Pisgah Sunday afternoon. Rev. J. M. Brown, pastor of the Bailey Grove church, preached a very interesting sermon at the home of Mr. Cyrus Allred last Sunday. Mrs Nancy Allred was not able to attend church and she wished to hear a ser mon by her pastor. Mrs. S. A. Cox, of Pisgah, is visit ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Randall Presnell, in North Asheboro. The stockholders of the Central Falls Mill held a meeting in the court house Saturday. All of the stockhold ers were present. The company has done a fairly good business the past year and the outlook is ior a better business in the future. Misses Idell and Laura Furr and Mr. Lee Whitley, of Bloomington, Stanly county, have been spending some time with relatives in and near Asheboro. The Misses Furr are nieces of Mr. Thomas Lambert, of Asheboro, and Mr. John Lambert, of Ralph. Work was begun on the construction of a steel bridge over Sandy Creek between Ramseur and Franklinville Monday. The pillars and abutments of the old bridge will be strengthened and used. The construction will be pushed forward rapidly and travel will be disturbed for only a few days. The town was visited Wednesday afternoon by a small wind and rain storm. Part of the roof of the build ing occupied by Shube Laughlin's store was blown off and the tent of the moving picture show was blown down. The heating plant of the graded school building is to be overhauled. The men who will do the work arriv ed Wednesday. Mr. W. C. Hammond has been in vited to deliver an address before a Farmers' Union meeting at Man gum Saturday.. The attention of our readers is called to the number of large and in teresting advertisements in this week's Courier. Re sure to read them carefully and note the bargains the advertisers olTer. When you trade with these merchants you will be do ing The Courier and the merchants a great favor if you will call uttention to the fact that you sav 'heir ad in this paper. Wednesday noon of last week, Sheriff Stewart of Montgomery coun ty and deputies Lisk and Boyd cap tured a still about a mile and a half north west of Star. The still was of improvised home-made construction. The still was made of two galvanized tubs turned together, and the cap was none other than a galvanized tin bucket. The worm, however, wa3 made of copper. The onerators of the still were not captured. Dr. J. H. Weaver, presiding elder of the Greensboro district, will preach from the steps of the M. E. church next Sunday night. Mr. J. H. Redding, of Asheboro Route 2, has a quarter acre field of Sudan grass. This grass makes good hay and yields a heavy crop. Sudan grass is much coarser than Johnson grass. Central Falls defeated Worthvlll in a game of baseball last Saturday by a score of 14 to 3. Two forces of hands are t wnrt surfacing the road from Asheboro to the Guilford county line. One force is just this side of Randleman. com pleting the grading just outside that town, and will have the work complet ed this week. Another force is be tween New Salem and Level Cross, and expect to have that Dart of the work completed this week or the first or next. When these two stretches of road are completed the good road from the Montgomery county line to the Guil ford county line will be completed, but the road is not completed from the Guilford county lino to Greensboro In fact, very little has been done on it except the grading. The Guilford county commissioners agreed that they would have their end of the work completed by the time Randolph com pleted its part. The Randolph county part of the road will be completed within the next week or ten days, and it will probably be several months be fore Guilford completes that part of the road running from the Randolph line to Greensboro. New Market Sunday school conven tion will be held at Cedar Square Sunday, August 1. Dr. C. A. Hayworth, of Coleridge, was a business visitor in Asheboro Tuesday. Mr. P. L. Bostick, manager of the Cedar Falls Mercantile Company, was in town on business Tuesday. MISS LOVETT HOSTESS Miss Ethel Lovett was the charming hostess to the "Jolly Dozen Club" Friday morning at her home on Sun set Avenue. Rook was played at three tables. Miss Lucile Scarboro was presented with the high score prize, a lovely box of stationery. The hostess was assisted in serving a delightful salad course by Misses Julia Ross and Lucy Lovett. The following club members and invited guests were present: Misses Grace Presnell, Alice Burkhead, Ruth Cox, Margaret Rush, Kate Brittain, Lucile Scarboro, Margaret Grimes and Alice Phillips. ELECTRIC PLANT AT COLERIDGE The construction of the Enterprise Manufacturing Company's electric plant at Coleridge is being pushed for ward rapidly. The wheel pits of the water house have been completed at considerable expense and the con crete forms are being built This plant will furnish electricity to run the cotton mill, roller mill, cotton gin, and wool cards. Electric ity will be furnished also to light the village of Coleridge. It is not ex pected that the plant will be in opera tion until next year. JITNEY LINE BETWEEN ASHE BORO AND STAR Mr. W. L. White has purchased a seven-passenger Cadillac and estab lished a jitney bus lime from Asheboro to Star and is making two trips daily. He made the first trip Monday morn ing. This line will enable passengers coming from below to make better connection going to High Point. The car leaves Asheboro each morning at 7 o'clock going to Star and will re turn in time to make connection with the north bound passenger train leav ing at 10:40. In the afternoon the car leaves for Star at 3:45 o'clock and returns at 7 o'clock. THE DAILY QUESTION Who Makes Your Clothes?" The careful dressers in your town r.re wearing clothes made to measure by The Haas Tailoring Co. "THE TAILORS FROM BALTIMORE" We request you to inspect the new creations in woolens for the Fall and Winter Season of 1915-1916 which will be on display AUGUST 2 AND 3, 1915 when an expert cutter will in attendance to take your order for IMMEDIATE OR FUTURE DELIVERY We especially recommend thi3 line as to fit, style, workman ship, and the prices arc Right. CARTER MERCANTILE COMPANY ...... Ramsur, N. C. .M"R"H"t"M"M 1 HI H"l"H"M-H"t H"H t It Hit M'W SUBSCRIPTIONS PAID H. T. Bray, T. H. Brady, W. A, Kearns, Eula Kearns, J. Y. Sheets, I. W. Kearns, K. L. Winningham, W. i urown, j. c. Vickory, Crissie Luth- Mid-Summer Clearance Saie BeginninglFriday, Julyl30th All men's, women's, and Children's ox fords to be sold at cost and below. Our stock of straw hats and a lot of wool hats, all popular styles, at cost. Patent medicines at greatly reduced prices. This sale will continue for fifteen days only. Terms cash. ' SI! I Cedur Falls Mercantile Co. P. L. BOSTICK, Manager. Cedar Falls, N. C. ll STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! PIANOS OF QUALITY Do you need a piano ? If so, see the piano man, Cullom. Cullom sells pianos, Cullom tune3 pianos, Cullom plays pianos, Cullom makes pianos. Yes, he can actually make them speak. Cullom knows a piano with his ears, when he sees it. Do you want a piece of fur niture? If so, see your local iealer, or make your wants known to the High Point fac tory. IF YOU WANT A PIANO, SEE CULLOM. THE PIANO MAN, OR MAKE YOUR WANTS KNOW TO OUR FACTORY AT YORK, PENNSYLVANIA Our piano9 are pianos of Quality, they make you smile and speak gently, or make you wish you had. Some factories build pi anos for the eye and make you wish you hadn't. A piano of Qualiity is what the public is now demanding. The The York and Livingstons are built for just such people. Our pianos are speaking tones of Quality in the following homes in Randolph county: Henry Yow, W. J. Moore, C. W. Brow er, Louis Parks, Joe Owen, B. B. Brooks, Milliard Wrenn and others. One lady says: "I am tired of that old goods boxy looking thing sitting up there, sounding like a banjo, I want a piano of Quality." "All right, Madam, see Mr. Cullom and he will relieve you of your old instrument and give you a new one instead." You only buy one piano in a lifetime. Be sure you get one of Quality. A. N. & M. M. CULLOM DEMONSTRATORS AND FACTORY REPRESENTATIVES ASHEBORO, N. C. . jf ! Jackson Springs Hotel LEASED BY LEONARD TUFTS, OWNER OF PINEHURST Best roads in the South, Tennis, Boating, Swimming, Dancing. " The hotel serves the famous JACKSON SPRINGS water exclusively, and has set a new standard for good cooking. Improved train service a special train leaving Jackson Springs at 7:57, A. M., making return connection with northbound Seaboard trains Nos. 12 and 4 at Aberdeen on week days. Sunday and daily train service over Norfolk-Southern making close coa nection at Raleigh, Charlotte and High Point, arriving at Jackson Springs at 7:57 P. M., and connection with Seaboard north and southbound trains at Ab erdeen for passengers leaving Jackson Springs. Special rates per week for parties of four or more. For further informal tion apply to Mrs. E. C. Bliss, manager, or come to Jackson Springs HoteL Pianos sold by Mr. Cullom are in sured. ' Neckwear without end. Be a sport. . WOOD CASH CLOTHING CO,
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