The Courier.
Asheboro, N. C, January 27, 1916
LOCAL ANil PERSONAL
Mr. D. B. McCrary went to Thomas
ville on business Tuesday.
Mr. Jack Simpsen of Greensboro,
was in Asheboro Sunday.
Mr. Delos Hammer of High Point
"was in Asheboro yesterday.
Mr. B. F. Newby is in Ellerbc and
Star this week on business
Mr. Arthur Koss was a business vis
itor in High Point Friday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ty
Btnger Sunday night a son.
Mr. Tom Graves of Coleridge was a
business visitor in Asheboro Monday.
Mr. G. T. Cochrane of Thomasville
was in Asheboro on business Monday.
Mr. George Jarr,ett of Randleman
"Was on our streets Monday.
Mrs. M. E. Frazier has recently op
ened a mercantile establishment at
Jlillboro.
Mrs. N. T. Hinshaw is in Randleman
this week, the guest of Mrs J. H. Hin-f-haw.
Air. and Mrs. W. C. Kearn3 of
Thomasville were in Asheboro Tues
day. Mr. W. A. Underwood left Tuesday
fcr South Carolina on an extended
business trip.
Prof. Wharton was the guest of his
parents at Whitsett Saturday and
.Sunday.
Rev. J. R. Comer of Asbury was
-'nang the number of visitors in our
Mr. C. T. Kirkman of Liberty was
in Asheboro on business Friday.
Mrs. Mary Cross of Worthville is
here visiting her son, Mr. W. F. Cross.
Here's your chance four big maga
zincs and The Courier all one year for
$1.18.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Newby of Far
mer were the week-end guests of Mr
and Mrs. B. F. Newby
Messrs. Dalton Smith and Robert
Thayer, students of Guilford College,
were the guests of Mr. Ira Kennedy
Sunday night.
Mr. W. A. Jones, formerly of Ashe
boro but now of High Point, has begun
the publication of a Republican news
paper, The Truth, at Thomasville.
When renewing your subscription to
The Courier why not include 18 cents
extra and get four big magazines ull
one year ?
The Progressive Farmer, the House
wief, and this paper all one year for
$1.60. Bring, send or phone your or
der at once.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Garvin have as
their guests this week, Mrs. F. L. Ar
rington of Bedford, Va, and daughter,
Miss Nannie Arrington of Lawrence,
Va.
Little Miss Morja Kearns of Ashe
boro Route 2, who was badly scalded
during the Christmas holidays, is able
to be out again.
Mr D. A. Cornelison returned to his
home at Scagrove Saturday from High
Point wnere he underwent a success
ful operation at the High Point hosprt-
I ai. He is geuing aiong niceiy ami is
almost well.
Miss Jessie Lee Cox of Pisgah was
i the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Charles L.
town Monday.
Mrs. u. n. rung u .uve "v,1,rM1M,i last ni(rht. shc icaves tllis
was here Saturday and Sunday with ( m(minf, fop (;uilfor(1 College where
iter husband. j wi bo -n S(.hoHl thia sp,.ing.
Miss Gertrude D.xon of Whitsett is Thc vcar,olll fhiU, of Ml, aml Ml.s.
the guest of her s.ster, Mrs. Cephas! yiarem was ba,,y blirn0(1 on
liowman, this week. j th(J f.i(.p an(, onR ham, MomUiy morn-
Mrs. W H. Moriug id visiting horinf, ,,y f;ln;n(; it0 the lire. The burns
daughter, Mrs. John Porter, in Char-al.e healing under treatment and com
h'ttc. j plete recovery is expected.
Mrs. I. J. Fuller of Fullers is the j j )( ug j,e!p you st.,H.t your roaming
guest of her daughter, Mrs. L. C. Phil-i matter. We arc olVering The Courier,
lips. I Progressive Farmer and Housewife all
Mi-ssrs. W. L. Harden, Win. Swr.lm , onc yrar for $.;o. v;Cnd us your or
of Liberty wore here Monday on busi-; (k,r an(i tu-c advantages of this big
1113 before the Board of Education, j saving now.
Miss Edna Caveness, of the State! yVm r0;mtl Kearns and daughters,
Normal. Greensboro, is visiting her ; Pearl and Dora, accompanied by Miss
parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cavciess. 1 olive Johnson, of Asheboro Route 2,
Miss Kailicrinc Burns, a student at! spent the week-end at the home of Mr.
the Normal College, Greensboro, was j Will Redding on Caraway,
the week-end guest of her parents. Wilson county has provided for the
M:ssrs. Troy Redding and Thomas medical inspection of her schools and
Fallow of Back Creek were in Ashe-: Dr. A. C. Bulla of Asheboro will have
boro Monday. i charge of thc work February 1. Dr.
Mr. Haves lias moved his family j Bulla is now engaged in this work in
from the Lowdermilk cottage on Cox Northampton county
Street, South Asheboro, to Worthville. ! Opportunity does not stand begging
Mr. O. L. Presnell returned to Guil- at any man's door. Why neglect to
ford College Monday afternoon after i send $1.18 for The Courier, Farm Life,
.spending a few days at home j Home Life, Woman's World, and the
Miss Nannie Lambert returned Mon- Household all one year. Come into the
day to the State Normal College, aft-' family while you have the chance,
er spending a few days at home. Miss Virtle Caveness came home
Mr. George Albright, engineer on Friday afternoon from Greensboro
the Southern, formerly of Asheboro, ! College For Women on account of thc
but now of Spencer, wa3 in Asheboro ; illness of her mother, Mrs. H. T. Cav-
n business Monday. eness, who was taken to the hospital
Mrs. S. L. Hayworth, who has been at High Point Monday afternoon for
visiting her son, Dr. Claude Hayworth, treatment.
at Coleridc-e. has returned to her! Mr. R. C. Kelly returned home Fri
home. I day night from Raleigh where he had
There is sincere regret throughout i been last week attending the North
the state that fire destroyed the home Carolina Masonic Grand Lodge meet-
of Judge Frank A. Daniels at Golds-1 ing as the representative of Balfour
boro. Lodge, I'i'J, Asheboro.
Mrs. Marvin Lovett returned horns jr, j. c. pierce has accepted a po
Tuesday from an extended visit to her j stion as salesman for Mr. W. W.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alson Auman, ; Jones, succeeding Mr. Garret Leach,
sec
At Leaksville,
Mies Frances Hannah returned to
her school at Sophia Monday after
Itavihg been at home a week ill with
lagrippe.
It has been learned that Mr. M. P.
Snyder, formerly of Arcadia, Davidson
rounty, is one of the wealthiest bank
ers in Los Angeles, California.
Miss Hazel Briggs of the graded
school faculty was the guest of her pa
Tents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Briggs, at
High Point, the week-end-
Miss Lillie Bulla, a member oi ue
-graded school faculty, spent the veeK-
end at her home at Sophia. She was
omnanied by Miss Netti'j Newby.
."jn. J. D. Ross will represent The
Womans Missionary Society of the
Jlshehoro M. E. church at the Mission.
ry Society Convention now in session
4a Greensboro.
Mrs. H. A. Moffitt and daughter,
Mr. J. Eankin Parks of Greensboro
are visiting Mrs. Howell in Jackson
Trille, Florida.
Mlas Lula Steed is the guest of her
"brother, H. N. Steed at Kalelgh, this
week. From Raleigh she will go to
Manning, S. C, to visit her sister, Mrs.
3?alph Cothran.
Eev. W. N. Hayes Of Seagrove Route
1 waa in Asheboro on business Mon
day. Mr. Hayes reports several cases
f sicknoS3 in his community, but
states that the patients are improving.
Dr. and Mm. H. B. Hiatt entertain
ed very delightfully at six tables of
bridge Tnursday night at their home
ki Roland Park, High Point The eve
ning was most pleasantly spent.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H Hayes of Trin
ity will soon locate in Greensboro
much to the sorrow of their many
f rfcads. The best wishes of the Trini
ty people go with them to their new
liowe.
who is with the Asheboro Chair Com
pany. Mr. Eugene Morris, Jr., is with
the Stedman grocery in place of Mr.
Pierce.
Two one-day dairy schools will be
held in the county in February or
March by members of the staff of the
dairy division of the North Carolina
Experimental Station. The subjects to
be discussed at these schools will be
those relative to dairy work.
Mr. W. T. Ingle, proprietor of the
Randolph Hotel, was in Asheboro
Tuesday. Mr. Ingle has recently as
sumed management of the hotel at
Randleman succeeding Miss Janie
Smith who goes to the Myrtle Hotel,
EIHji, N. C.
The Moore County NeW says that
Mr. D. H. Horner of Hemp has pur
chased a new roller mill to install at
the Moffitt old mill place on Deep Riv
er. The new mill will have a capacity
of forty barrels per day. Mr. Horner
wOl erect a corn mill at Bennett, four
miles from his river mill.
Mrs. W. C. Hammer left Monday for
Charlotte where ahe will attend the
Social Service Conference, from there
she will go to Shelby to the council
meeting of Woman's Clubs. Mrs.
Hammer will be the guest of Mrs.
Clyde R. Hoey during her visit
It is to the best interests of the far
mers of the county to make every pos
sible use of the county demonstration
work. Mr. Foust is anxious to help
every farmer in the county and would
like especially to hear from any farmer
who wants assistance in any special
line of agriculture. The demonstration
work is for the farmers and every pos
sible use should be made of it Consult
the demonstrator any time and do not
hesitate to write him about any matter
luilding all overt j
ices of the pros V;
? of the county. 1
and a barn are li
Deputy Sheriff C. T. Luck went to
Pittsboro Monday afternoon to get two
prisoners to work on the Randolph
county road force, returning Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Mollic Robbins, wife of Cicero
Robbins, died at her home in Back
Creek township Tuesday from tuber
culosis, aged 4! years. A husband and
two children, Carson and Erma, sur
vive. Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday at Charlotte church.
Deputy Sheriff T. H. Ellison arrest
ed Tom Hatwood, colored, near Ilain
seur Saturday morning and brought
him to Asheboro where he was given
a hearing before 'Squire J. S. Ridge,
who remanded him to jail in default of
$100 bond. Hatwood is charged with
assault with deadly weapon on Tine
Keck, colored, about a week ago.
At a business meeting of the Fhila
thea class of the M. P. church, Mrs.
Ferree Ross was elected president,
Miss Ethel Lovett vice-president, Miss
Cora Redding secretary, Miss Clarice
Presnell treasurer, and Miss Lena Cole
assistant secretary and treasurer. Alt
er the business meeting, the hostess,
Mrs. J. S. Lewis, delightfully enter
tained the members with a social.
The number cf new residences andj
barrri in process of building all over
the county are evidences
perity of the farmers
Four new residences an
going up along the road to Franklin-j'H
ville and reports from other sections, r.
of the county show that no part is very!
far ahead of the Other this winter in
new buildings. 1 $
Among those from Randolph in
tendance at the Live Stock Show i:l ,M
Salisbury this week we note fii.m 8
Ramseur Mr. and .Mrs. I. H. Foust, Mr. ! $
ami Mrs. J. O. Forrester, and Mr. W.
V. Lowe of Asheboro Route 13. The
people of our county ace becoming
more interested every day in better
stock ami better methods of farming.
A new hardware store, another com
paratively new store and a roller mill
give promise of a larger and better
town at Seagrove. This little town I'i
miles south of Asheboro has had a
very rapid growth in the last few
year. There are many resiliences and
stores that have been erected there
during this time.
There will be a community service
at the Baptist church, Randleman,
next Sunday, Janary MO, at 11 a. m.
Rev. A. R. Bell will deliver the ser
mon. Thc people of all the churches
of the town are invited to attend, and
a good service is expected. The plan
is to call the churches of the town to
gether on all its iifth Sundays of this
year for a community service at some
one of the churches.
Jailor Steed has nine boarders at his
house this week, six of whom are
awaiting trial at the March term of
Superior court. Two of the nine, Ruwe
Hall and John Turner, charged with
blockading, will be tried at the April
term of Federal court at Salisbury.
One prisoner, Jack Wall, alias Robert'
son, is serving a thirty day sentence
for vagrancy.
The report that Z. W. Nance, better
known as Zion Nance, had been elec
trocuted for killing a man at Holland,
Texas, is untrue according to reliable
information, Mr. Nance is now a can
didate for commissioner in Bells coun
ty, Texas. It is true that he shot a
man in self-defense. He is a son of
the late H. H. Nance, of the Farme
section and is a brother of Mr. lsom
Nance of Asheboro.
Mr. G. R. Bonkcmeyer has moved
his family from his farm near Cc nir.il
Falls to Asheboro and has rented the
Fisher place. Mr. Bonkemeyer v. ill
sow his farm in permanent grass arid
devote part of his time to other mat
ters. Two vears aco he raised 21i(i
bushels of wheat, heaping measure, on
7 acres of land on his farm. He has
raised red clover on this land that
measured 6 feet and 2 inches by the
square, and this of the first crop ever
grown on the land. The wheat sown
with the clover was completely chok
ed out Mr. Bonkemeyer has eleven
children living and three dead, all of
his children, nine girls and two boys,
are with him except one daughter,
Mrs. T. P. Allred, who resides at
Spencer,and one son, RevJ Jesse Bon
kemeyer, of Gage, Oklahoma, fourteen
miles from the Texas line. Asheboro
welcomes Mr. Bonkemeyer and his in
teresting family.
Mr. Walter Presnell returned Mon
day afternoon from Fort Scott, Kan.,
where he had been on business for
several days. Mr. Presnell says that
while he was in Kansas the ground
was covered to a depth of eight inches
with snow and ice and on Wednesday
a warm rain fell melting this snow
and ice causing the river" and low
lands to be flooded. The ice floes on
the Mississippi jammed against thc
new steel bridge in process of con
struction across the river ot Memphis
and tore away the temporary wood
work under the bridge, thereby entail
ing a loss of $400,000. The contract
ors estimate that it will take 6 months
to repair the damage and get the
bridge in the shape it was before the
damage was done. Mr. Presnell says
BING ! BANG !
Stationery of Every
Description.
Symphony Lawn is the last word in
stylish stationery. Symphony Lawn
Stationery is sold ail over the world.
It i3 the product of the United Drug
Co The Re:;a!l People mv is recog
nized as the leader every wi ere.
This fine Stationery can not be
bought in Asheboro except i.t Tin1
Standard Drug Store.
Lord Baltimore pound Paper. TK
big- '25c pound paper. Envelopes to
mutch. We also have the Syi.ii-h.j.iy
Lawn at 50c per pound.
Pen Holders, Writing Pens, Envel
opes, Box Paper, Fountain Pens, Pen
cils, etc., ut the hcsX prices.
We want to call special attention to
the Bouquet Laurice Line of Toilet
Coeds. Ab.-tflutely tlw best that is on
the market today.
Yiok-t Dale Talcum Powdt r, both in
lit .-'i and v bite, at 2-ic.
Violet Dulc Liquid Face Powder
s cheaper and better thrn tr y of the
others which claim to be ''just as
of the United Drug Co. of Boston,
Ma.-.-;., Uie largest I rn and Stationery
i! '.!.- in tiie world.
T-iis i-; a guarantee of the quality
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recognized all over
North and South,
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This is big talk but we have
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Yours truty,
The Rexall Store
br! ,jes is dynamited, thus allowing
the water and smaller pieces of ice
to float under instead of tearing the
bridge out with its force. The water
dammed up by these packs of ice
seeking an outlet flows over the banks
of the streams and floods the sur
rounding country.
Mrs. T. J. Redding Entertains Ran
dolph Book Club
A delightful meeting of the Ran
dolph Book Club was held with Mrs. T.
J. Redding last Friday. Mrs. D. B.
McCrary read a splendid description of
the Mississippi Iliver and its peculiari
ties. Mrs. J. V. Hunter followed with
an Interesting article on New Orleans.
Misses Virginia Redding and Adelaide
Armfield delighted the guests with vo
cal and instrumental music. Misses
Bulla, Parrish, and Mrs. J. O. Redding
added greatly to the pleasure of the
meeting with musical selections. The
hostess served fruit salad, fig sand
wiches, wafers and coffee.
Why You Trade
Trade With Us.
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'We assure you the very best brands
c a canned goods, teas, and all other
s ppplies a good grocer should furnish,
i puding
j COUNTRY PRODUCE
f'-c'sh vegetables, eggs, fruits of all
l("nds.
(include Stone's Wrapped Cakes in
yf ar very next order.
I Let us send you a pound of French
d eole Coffee.
J. C. HANNAH
The One-Horse Grocer.
AT HARDENS:
Bananas, t10c 'to15c. doz.
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15c to 25c. doz.
5c to 20c. doz.
Oranges,
Apples,
Fine Candy, 10c to 50c. lb.
NOTICE
Doubtless you are looking for bargains and want your
money's worth. If so come to W. W. JONES Cash
Store.
I have just got through takinjr inventory and decided
to give my customers bargains in Overcoats, Raincoats,
and other merchandise. I appreciate the patronage of
my friends in the past year and hope that I may be able
to serve you better in the coming year.
I have employed J. C. Pearce as my salesman and he
will be ready to give you prompt and courteous service.
W. W. Jones Cash Store
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Coatmin no acid and thus keep the leather soft, prolactins; It against
crackiny. They combine liquid and pest in a parte form and require
enly half the effort fet a brilliant bating shine. Easy to use for
all the family children aad adults. Shine your shoe at hem end
keep thoan aeat.
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Exquisite Candy
suggests itself to particular veople the
moment candy is thought of.
Why hesitate on the kind hen you
can get Norris in the size box you
want at the
isnFBono nnro co.
Horses & Mules
We will have a full car of Kansas
horses and mules at our stable south
of depot Friday, January 29, 1916. We
have 23 mules, ages from 3 to 6, and
weight from 900 to 1,400, good saw
mill or farm mules, and 2 horses. Cpme
and see us before buying.
rr.ESNEI L ft BROWN ":' j
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