he Courier.
heboro,
N. C, November 25, 1915.
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JCAL AND PERSONAL
ii I. J.- T!V
Mf.
End, Va. on business wonciay.
H C. Luther returned Friday
vit to homefolks at Winston-
siu
Jew.
Lv. Joseph Peele, of Guilford Col
fe, preached at the Friends church
fnday morning and night.
-Messrs. W. J. Armfield and Garrett
ach sPent Tuesday near Erect hunt"
kittle Miss Etta Reid Wood is
lending Thanksgiving with her aunt,
L j. R. Page, at Aberdeen.
Walter S. Davis, of New MarKet,
wnship, v.-m a business visitor here
e first of the week.
Mr C. C. Cranford returned Satur-
iy from a business trip to Georgia
Mr. J. P- Boroughs, of Kemps Mills,
as here Sunday.
Messrs. Wayne Miller and Odie
fresnell, of Guilford College, are at
feme for Thanksgiving.
I nr. 7 T. Bvrd is remodeling his
tsider.ee in South Asheboro.
Mrs. M. H. Moffltt, of Moffitt, was
Asheboro Tuesday, the guest or rei
ives.
Mr E. E. Pugh was a business
isitor in High Point Monday. i
Miss Cleo Reynolds, of OkeewemeeV
ipent Friday and Saturday in Ashe-
the guest 01 airs. J. . xiannan.
Shube W. Laughlin has return-
d from a visit to relatives at Thorns
ksville.
I Owing to the sickness of one of The
Courier's linotype operators and the
disability of the other on account of
tad eyesight, this week's issue of The
Courier has been unavoidably delayed.
!Kev. J. E. Thompson will be in his
mlpit at the M. E. church next Sun
lay. There will be a Thanksgiving
fecrvice and a collection will be taken
Jior the Childrens' Home.
Mr. Lucian I. Moore, who recently
went to Greensboro from Chatham
fv rind Miss .Tohnsie White were
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married Sunday afternoon at the home
uf the bride's parents in Greensboro.
The Randleman council of che Jr. O.
U. A M., and the Daughters of Lib
erty presented a Unietd States flag
And n Rible to the Bublic school at
Level Cross Saturday aftemcon with
appropriate exercises.
The many friends of Col. McAlister
will rejoice to know that he is lm
proving slowly after a six weeks ill
ness with pneumonia, though he is
still quite sick.
Mrs. Cary Lovett, who has been
the truest of Mrs. M. L. Lovett, several
weeks, left Tuesday for Pittsburg, Pa.,
where she joins her husband, Mr.
Lovett.
The Asheboro Presbyterian church
is soon to be supplied by Rev. J. M.
Wicker, of Sanford. The Presbyte
rians have issued a call to Mr. Wicker,
and it is understood that he will ac
cept.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis and daughter,
Mrs. J. B. Whitehead, Randleman R. 1,
spent Tuesday with her daughter, Mrs.
Will Skeen.
Messrs. M. C. Auman and Hobart
Cagle, of Why Not, attended the Sun
day School Convention at Salisbury
the first of the week.
Mrs. N. F. Slack, who has been the
gucet of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J
B. Slack, at Why Not hr returned to
her home at Exmore, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hancock, of Sea
grove Route 1, are the guests of rela
tives in High Point this week.
Mr. Junius R. Page, Jr., of Aber
deen, and Miss Nena Barbec Joner., of
Germantown, Md., were married Mon
day. After a wedding tour to New
York they will return to Aberdeen to
make their home.
Ira L. Kennedy celebrated his 16th
birthday at the home of his grand
mother at Progress Sunday. Young
Mr. Kennedy tips the scales at 183
pounds.
ihe surfacing of the road to the
ouilford county line by way of Randle.
man and Level Cross has been conv
Icted. Work was begun Monday on
e surfacing 0f two sections of the
Blank road by way of Brown's X
ds to the Guilford county line at
dale.
esteJ' S Ho,mea our State For
mer!?''11 be in Asbeboro Friday
grade d wil1 pve a in the
GovenCho1 auditorium, using the
ing for"' StoreoPt'i:an Views show
There vy a11 over Reunited States,
evcrybod no admission fee and
advantagi1:1 to attend and take
Mr. A rare opportunity,
or.e of 18 o10"' of Faier, was
the examinf a ot 47 to Pi
Board at Ra, ?f. e
day. Mr. Ma,1 and Satul-
at the Page i
has been a student
Miss Nellie Spoon, of Ramseur, was
a visitor in Asheboro Sunday.
Prof. C. E. Teague, of Sanford, was
a visitor in Asheboro Sunday.
Mr. C. U. Hinshaw, of Vass, was in
Asheboro on business Thursday.
Mr. C. D. McNecly, editor of the
Waxhaw Enterprise and former local
editor of The Courier, was in Asheboro
the first of the week.
Miss Florence Hilliard, of Worth-
ville, was the guest Saturday and Sun
day of her brother, Mr. R. L. Hilliard.
Mr. W. I. Cox and Miss Dora Cra
ven were married at Coleridge last
Wednesday
Rev. C. E. Stedmj.n passed through
Asheboro Tuesday en route to his
home at Farmer from the M. E. Con
ference at Reidsville.
Mr. W. R. Julian was the guest of
his family near Randleman Sunday,
Mrs. M. G. Lovett has returned to
her home in West Asheboro after an
extended visit to Mrs. Jake Welborn,
at Archdale.
Sir. J. S. Holmes, State Forrester,
will lecture at Randleman Saturday
night. No admision fee will be charg
ed and the public is cordially inviteU
The North Carolina Teachers' As
sembly is in session at Raleigh. Sever
al of the Asheboro graded school
teachers are in attendance.
Mrs. W. K. Dickens and daughter,
Mis3 Claudia, have returned home
after spending several weeks at Can
dor with relatives. . .... . , .
Quite a number of our young peo
pie attended the play, "A Kentucky
Belle," at Farmer Tuesday night.
Messrs. Kemp Alexander find C.
C. Crutchfield were visitors
Greensboro Sunday.
Mrs. J. M. Prim, of Silver Hill
township, Davidson county, celebrated
her 84th birthday last Thursday,
Miss Bessie Laughlin loft yesterday
afternoon for Jackson Springs to visit
her sister, Mrs. E. T. Ammons.
S. B. Marsh, agent for the Southern
Express Company at ThomaTville,
committed suicide by drinking carbol
ic acid last Tuesday. Ill health is the
only reason assigned for the act.
Mrs. Ezokicl Hill, widow of the late
Ezekiel Hill, of Cedar Falls, died near
Ellerbe last Friday. The remains
were brought to Asheboro Saturday
and taken to Giles Chapel for burial.
The Young Ladies Home Mission
ary Society of the M. P. church will
serve Thanksgiving dinner from 4 to
10 p. m. today. The proceeds will go
to the Orphan's Home at High Point.
Mr. M. A. Earp, who did some excel
lent work in building reeds in Randle
man township is now located at Den
ton and is helping in the construction
of good roads in Davidson county.
Mrs. O. R. Cox returned home Tues
day from Greensboro where she had
been called on account of the death of
her brother, Mr. J. W. Whitely, who
resided near Pleasant Garden.
Mr. Hugh Parks, of Franklinville
has purchased some fine young Black
Angus cattle to stock his farm near
Ramseur. Mr. Parks will be glad to
have) anv one who desires to do co to
come and look them ever.
Mr. A. M. Moore is now editor of
the Cape Fear News, a daily paper of
Fayetteville, which was formerly The
Index. Mr. Moore is a young lawyer
from the Liberty section of this coun
ty and was formerly located at Dur
ham. ..:..
Dr. A. C. Bulla, of the State Board
of Health, passed through Asheboro
today en route to Raleigh after a two
week's visit to his parents near here,
Dr. Bulla will leave soon for North
ampton county to take charge of the
medical examination of the school chil
drcn in that county.
Hon. A. H. Eller, of Winston-Salem
formerly chairman of the Democratic
State Executive Committee, will not
enter the race for attorney general
against Mr. Bickett as has been an
nounced by a number of papers in the
state. He has, said nothing or done
nouimg w mmciie mm, ue win uu eu,
Rev. Lewis McFarland returned to
High Point Saturday after conducting
a very successful meeting at the
Friends church. During the meeting
there were 41 conversions and 26
joined the church. Rev. Mr. McFar
land was called away earlier than ex
pected on account of the illness of Mrs.
McFarland.
Mr. W. L. Trogdon, of North Wil-
kesboro, was in Asheboro Monday. He
has been visiting his mother, who is
more than ninety years old, and wh
lives with her son, Mr. C. L. Trogdon,
four miles from Cedar Falls, on the
Grays Chapel road, Mr. Trogdon
spent Monday night with his brother,
Mr. Jack Trogdon, who lives near Sea-
grove.
The new M. P. church at Denton was
burned Tuesday afternoon. Only the
church organ and a few books and
benches were saved. There had been
no fire in the church since Sunday and
the people of Denton are at a loss to
pects to go to P
a position, the fi
months. He ex
it, where he has
the year.
PnW fnr 2l pharmacy atfknow how the fire originated. The
Mr. Arthur Ross went to Carthage
on business Tuesday.
Messrs. O. W. Rich and M. W. Par-
rish and families spent Thanksgiving
at Mr. W. S. Crowson's.
The annual session of the Randolph
branch f the Farmers' Co-operative
and Educational Union will meet in
annual session in the court house at
Asheboro Dec. 4, at 11 a. m.
County Superintendent Bulla left
Tuesday morning for Raleigh to at
tend a meeting of the State Asociation
of County Superintendents.
Misses Linnie Shamburger and Adna
Lamb, of the Farmer High School
faculty, are attending the State Teach
ers' Assemply at Raleigh.
Tha play at Farmer Tuesday n'ght
was well attended. The receipts, which
amounted to $23, will be used for the
improvement of the stage.
The Chatham Record sti'tes that
Messrs. J.O. and Elwood Bryan havs
pecan orchard of 1,200 trees, near
Haywood, in Chatham county, and that
some of their pecans a:e so large that
thirty-six weigh a pound.
Dr. J. F. Miller, who came to Ashe
boro the first of the year, has decided
to locate permanently in Asheboro,
and he requests us to announce that
the rumors to the contrr.ry are with
out foundation. We are glad to note
that Dr. Miller will remain with us.
According to the Chatham Record
there was no rain ct Pittsboro from
the 22nd day of last month until the
night of the 12th of this month, and
that the weather in the meantime was
as delightful as r.nybody could hayQ
desired. b
Mr. Wallace Knight, who lives about
five miles south of Pittsboro, was se
verely hurt last Wednesday while cut
ting down a tree. The tree had lodg
ed in the limbs of another tree ana
when Mr. Knight cut it looso from the
stump the tree bounded back striking
him in the stomach and rendering him
unconscious for several hours.
Among the Farmer young people
who are at home for Thanksgiving are
Misses Kathryn Dorsett, from Lexing
ton; Dorothy Hubbard, from Worth
ville; Alma Lassiter, from Why Not;
Cammie Nance, from Denton; and
Maude Lassiter, from Guilford Col
lege. Mr. W. M. Woodell, who had lived
near Jessup, about 12 years, died last
Thursday afternoon, aged 75 years,
after a lingering illness of several
months. He was a member of the
Salem M. E. Church, this county, and
was a good citizen. Surviving him
are the widow, five children, Messrs.
J. H. and C. M. Woodell, Misses Annie
and Sis Woodell, and Mrs. Z. H Lam
bert.
Miss Clarice Presnell is in Salisbury
this week attending the State Sunday
School convention as a delegate from
the M. P. Sunday School. Other dele
gates from Randolph atending the
State convention are Messrs. L. F,
Ross, of Asheboro; A. M. Floyd, of
Randleman; Hugh Parks, of Franklin
ville, and Miss Dora Redding, of Ran
dleman Route 3.
Little Joseph Hoover, the three-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mayfield Hoo
ver, who live six miles east of High
Point, was burned to death Tuesday
morning of last week. The child's
clothes caught fire while standing be
fore the grate and it was fearfully
burned before the flames were extin
guished by tke mother who rushed to
its assistance after hearing the child's
cries.
The Old Fort Sentinel, in a recent
issue, says that many sturdy young
men are being drawn out of that sec
tion of the State on promise of big
wages in the new town of Hopewell,
Va. North Carolina has need of her
able-bodied sons and their leaving is
to be regretted. Many young men
leave the State every year neglecting
good opportunities at home for those
less promising elsewhere.
Mr. Walter Cox, a son of Riley Cox,
who lives near Utah, was run over
and severely injured by a hand car on
the Norfolk-Southern road near Ulah
Monday afternoon. Mr. Cox was rid
ing on the car which for some cause
cause jumped the track throwing him
beneath the wheels. He sustained a
broken rib and internal injuries and
was taken to Rex hospital, Raleigh,
for treatment Tuesday.
The Danbury Reporter has this to
say of Rev. O. P. Routh, formerly
pastor of Gray's Chapel church, this
county, but now pastor cf the Danbury
circuit: "Rev. 0. P. Routh left Tues
day for Reidsville to attend the annual
session of the Western North Caro
na Conference. Mr. Routh has had a
good year on the Danbury circuit and
much good has been accomplished by
his efforts. It is likely that he will
be returned to this charge."
A small child of Mr. and Mrs. N. C.
Trogdon, of Central Falls, died yester
day evening and was buried at Giles
Chapel Thursday afternoon.
All correspondence to The Courier
must be accompanied by the name of
the writer,
A. E. Davis, of Salisbury, was here
Tuesday on business.
Miss Leyler Free, of Ramseur, was
the guest of Miss Lillie Richardson
the first of the week.
Mr. W. P. Coppedge, superintendent
fo schools of Richmond county, has
presented to the Hall of History, at
RaleighK a large photograph of the
graves of the two children of Flora
McDonald, who arc buried in Rich
mond county, near Mclntyre church.
Two of Flora McDonald's children died
of typhus fever while she was living
in the southern part of Montgomery
county, and were buried a short dis
tance across the line in what is no v
Richmond county. The graves are in
the woods and are marked by rough
stones which have recently been
knocked asidt by lumber wagons. Ar
rangements are beir.g made by Mr. A.
W. McLean and other gentlemen to
cover the graves with concrete and
erect a marble shaft.
Mrs. E. M. James, Krupp, Washing
ton, is visiting relatives in Randolph
county. She has three bright little
daughters with her. Mrs. James is
the daughter of Wiley Presnell, Sea
grove Route 2. Mrs. James married
a Virginian. They were married 8
years ago and moved from Virginia
to Washington seven years ago. They
live in the Big Bend wheat country-
near the Columbia River. Their wheat
crop amounted to six thousand bush
els of wheat this year. Mrs. James
voted with her husband in the last
election and voted for Woodrow Wil
son for President. She takes great
interest in public affairs both in her
native State and the State of adoption,
While in Asheboro this wek M
James subscribed for Tllfl CouriSE.
Mr. M. H. Randolph, of the Meck
lenburg county club at the State Uni
versity, has compiled some interesting
figures regarding the production of
pork in the state. The average meat
consumption for a year in the United
States is 156 pounds per person as
compared with the annual consump
tion in North Carolina of 125 pounds.
The production of pork in the State
in the census year averaged 03 pounds
per person, or 32 pounds less than
the consumption. Among the counties
of the State Randolph stands twenty
fifth in the production of pork with
126.8 lbs. per person, a little more
than the average consumption. On
slow county ranks first with a per cap
ita production of 287.8 pounds. Moore
ranks twenty-seventh, Davidson thir
ty-fourth, Alamance sixty-third, Chat-
hamr fifteenth, and Montgomery eigh
ty-ninth.
"The Staff of Life"
Bread has been called the staff of life. It is. It is the
staple article of food for every home; tile chief article of
diet on every table. Serve your family genuine Butter-Net
broad. See if they don t say it is the finest bread they
ever ate. Phone HANNAH
Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti Products Highest
quality ask Hannah. Don t forget to include a Stone's
Rich Fruit Cake in your order. J. C. HANNAH,
The One Horse Grocer.
church, which was almost completed,
at a cost of $3,000, was an elegant
structure and a credit to the town.
ACRES 550 ACRES
I will sell as a whole, or subdivide to suit purchaser, a tract of
550 acres of land, lying on both aides of the Norfolk and Southern
railroad, and both sides of the Asheboro and Pine Hurst gravel
road, seven miles south of Asheboro, N. C. The land lays well
with some buildings, and improved farm land, and orchard side
tract on place, also good church within the boundary. Any one
wishing a bargain will communicate with
Seth W. LaUghlin, Asheboro. N. C.
New Series Saxon Roadster
ASHEBORO R. 2 ITEMS.
Mr. Sam Low and sister, Miss Loula,
spent the week-end at Denton with
their sister, Mrs. Lonie Johnson.
Mr. George Hoover and son, Joe,
made a trip to High Point last week.
Mr. A. N. Bulla, of Randleman,
spent Sunday at the home of his fa
ther, Mr. J. C. Bulla.
Mr. A. N. Bulla killed a hoe last
last week weighing 400 lbs.
Mr. Charlie Spencer made a trip to
Carthage last week.
Dr. Ches. Bulla spent last week with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bulla.
Mr. Ernest K earns and family spent
Sunday at Mr. Hal Kearns.
Miss Olive Johnson expects to spend
the week-end with homefolks on Trin
ity, Route 1.
Mr. Irrin Arnold and Miss Ola Hoo
ver were united in marriage last Sun
day, Rev. Mr. Tillman performing the
ceremony. We wish them many hap
py years together.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this method to extend to
the good people of this community our
sincere thanks for their kindness and
sympathy shown our beloved father,
J. W. Albertson, during his sickness
and death. We pray that heaven
richest blessings may rest and abide
with them all.
Mrs. J. W. Albertson and family.
Seventy-one Davidson county teach'
ers attended the county teachers' meet
ing at Lexington Saturday. The re
port on night schools showed that four
schools of this kind had been organiz
cd in Davidson county.
CASTOR I A
Tor In&nta and Children.
Tha Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears tha
tAgnature of
Palmolive-
The next time you buy toilet
articles donit fail to look over the
Palmolive line. An article for
evero use, raimouve on toi
i let articles stands for perfection
We wero compelled to j Yu deserve the best-why not
leave out some items from Liberty this I get it from
week because the name of the writer n AfliVnr P"' "
did not accompany the correspondence. ' luC i.fc.?-;0r " -
Two Passenger, 4
.cylinder Saxon
Roadster
Fully Equipped, $395 f. o.b.
zsss-LM' Detroit
No other car selling for $400 has the modern features of the
New Series Saxon Roanster. Economy is the Saxon Watchword.
The light weight of the Saxon Roadster makes it the ideal car for
winter use.
Saxon Two-Passenger Specifications:
MOTOR 15 h. p., L-head, four cylin
der cast en bloc, with crank case in
tegral. 2" bore, 4" stroke.
CARBURETOR Special Mayer, with
adjustments for air and gas on the
dash.
FUEL Gravity feed from 6-gallon
gasoline tank, located under cowl.
IGNITION Atwater-Kcnt.
OILING SYSTEM Pump-circulating
splash leading to main bearings.
COOLING Thermo-syphon, cellular
type radiator, fan.
VALVES Nickel steel head with car
bon steel stem. 1 3-16" diameter,
Vx" lift.
CAM SHAFT Drop-forged special
steel, diameter 1", cams integral,
driven by helical gears, two bear
ings. CRANK SHAFT Special drop forged
steel, two bearings; front 194" di
ameter x 2"; rear, 1" diameter x
:t". Crank bearings, 1" 'diameter
x Hi".
CONNECTING RODS Drop-forged
stow, I-beam section, centers.
CRANKSHAFT BEARINGS Bronze
babbitt-lined.
IJODY Streamline, two-passenger.
Seat 16" deep, 40" wide, 30" from
heel board to dash. 18" door.
COLOR Body, Richelieu blue; run
ning goar and bonnet, black.
CONTROL Left-hand steer. Center
control. Throttle control by foot
accelerator and hand control on
dash.
TRANSMISSION 3 Speed selective
type, one reverse. Transmission
mounted on rear axle. Hyatt roller
" See this car before yon buy.
bearings on main drive shaft of
transmission.
DRIVE Shaft drive, one universal
joint, concentric torque tube.
CLUTCH Dry plate.five plate, steel
on rabostos.
STEERING GEAR Bevel gear type,
sector and pinion, 1&" diameter
steel tube post, 16" wheel. Drop
forged steering connections.
BRAKES Two sets brakes en rear
wheels. Service brak S" diameter,
lined with thermoid heat-proof ma
terial. Emergency brake, steel on
steel, 7 11-16" diameter. Both
brakes 1" face.
FRONT AXLE Single-piece drop
forging, I-beam section, heat-treated.
Ball bearings in hub.
REAR AXLE Semi-floating. Pressed
steel housing. Outer end of drive
shaft carried on Hyatt roller bear
ing. Differential, Hyatt roller bear
ings. SPRINGS Cantilever type, front 22"
long, 1" wide; rear 23" long, lVa"
wirt; main leaf vanadium steel.
FRAiiE Channel section pressed
steel, 3" x IV x
TREAD Standard or 60" optional.
WHEEL BASE 96".
TIRES 28" x 3" clincher.
WHEELS 28", wood, best grade
hickory.
EQUIPMENT Top, windshield, two
gas head lights, oil tail tight and
two dash side lamps, gas generator
and bulb horn. Electric strati r.g
and lighting system, with ExM
battery furnished on new cars foe.
$50 extra.
Demonstration any time.
THESHOME BUILDING & MATERIAL CO,
JAsheboro, N. C,
N ECESSITIES
FOR YOUR WINTER COMFORT.
COAT SU1 1 S
Cut (frices on our new stylish coat suits. Prices
range from $4.50 to $12 50.
Gome look over our line of new fall and winter
goods, woolen serges, poplins and broadcloth.
Ladies' and children's sweaters.
Just received alfull line of ladies' and children's
underwear.
See our winter stock of shoes. We can fit you.
Nowhere can you find an assortment of better made
shoes.
Come and LookThem'Over.
R.C.JOHNSON
W. J. Miller Building Asheboro, N. C.
HONOR ROLL FOR FIRST MONTH
OF PROVIDENCE SCHOOL.
Second Grade: Beulah Hicks.
Tliinl Gv; le:
Pugh.
Sixth Gr.iu :
Cox.
d Cj
:.ith
Albe"t Cox,
F.lhc!
New York, N. Y. For years Joseph
Truda and his wife, Marie, wanted a
baby Finally, discouraged, Joseph
deserted his wife. She adopted a child
from an asylum and wrote Joseph that
God had blessed her. He returned,
and chcrtly afterward the child began
began to change c3lor. A physician
cilVd. The child was a negro.