[HISTORICAL
By REV. E. H. DAVIS
A lady iu another county who!
read in a recent isaue of the
TIMES an article In which I
wrote of some of my schoolmates
In tha long ago has written me
asking me to write something
about my College classmates who
went out with their diplomas from
old Trinity in 1880 ? sixty years
ago ? her father being one of
them. I wrote her avowing my
willingness to do as she suggested
but expressing a fear that> such
would have but little interest for
the public generally. However, as
two other members of that class
beside myself were from Frank
lin, yielding to her .wish and with
t<he permission of ye Editor I
venture a few lines regarding that
same class and the College itself
? old Trinity in the N. W. corner
of Randolph County, four miles
from busy High Point, now a city
of more than thirty thousand pop
ulation, then with not so many
hundred. As to the College it
self a rather small affair as col
leges go now, as to endownment
(none), buildings (one), student
body (never more than y25).
Compare, rather contrast these
figures with what) you may see
now at Duke old Trinity's huge
and still growing daughter where
the last graduating class number
ed six times as many as the whole
student body during any of the
three years that it was my privi
lege to attend there. There was
just one building of three stories
not at all large as building go
now, containing chapel, class
rooms, executive office, society
halls, libraries in fiact the whole
thing the College itself. But then
there was the President, Braxton
Craven, and thinking of him and
his small plant we are reminded >
of President Garfield's words, "A
log with Mark Hopkins at one
end^and an ambitious youth at
the other made a college." The
trip from home was memorable ?
a ride through the country to
Franklinton seven years before
the railroad to Louisburg was
built. ? then over the Raleigh &
Gaston R. R. to Raleigh, reaching
there about 3 p. in., leaving there
at 3 a. m. via R. & D. railroad
for Greensboro and High Point,
then to old Trinity per bus of W.
G. Barbee to whom a few years
afterwards I became Pastor. And
so in due time according to the
custom of those days with my
little papercovered wooden trunk
laden with home-made under
wear and home-knit socks and
books that my father had studied
at Chapel Hill 25 years before I
reached my destination. One in
cident occurred in that bus over
to the College that disturbed me
somewhat. It was when an up
per class man put his hand in
my collar and turning to a com
panion said "Buck that will hold
him up all right tonight." Noth
ing came of it. One of those
young men (Buck) became an
honored Judge in our State. So
began my college career termi
nating June 1880 with fourteen
members, the survivors of double'
that number that first enrolled. I
give their names with only a brief
reference to most of them: Char
les H. Armfield. Iredell Co., law
yer, Private Secretary to Gov.
Scales, defeated candidate for
Supreme Court Justice;- R. T.
Crews, Granville, teacher and far
mer; E. H. Davis, Franklin, teach
er, lawyer, Minister; Fletcher
Reed Dearmin, Stokes, lawyer;
W. B. Dowd, Mecklenburg, law
yer, N. Y. City; J. A. Edwkrds,
Greene, merchant, business man;
G. D. Ellsworth, Pender, Federal
Government official, Washington,
D. C. ; W. D. GrifTin, Franklin,!
R. R. & Telegraph Service, Con
cord, N. C.; G. W. Holmes, Ala- 1
niance, Methodist Minister; W. T. j
Jones, Randolph, farmer Numaj
Fletcher Reid Lofttn, Davidson. !
politician and office bolder; E. G.
Moore, Wilson, physician; D. E.
Perry, Jones, lawyer, Klnston; G.
T. Sikes, Franklin, physician. It.
will be noted that two of these
bear the name of Fletcher Keid,
who was a distinguished Metho
dist preacher, at one time Pastor
of the church in Louisburg. us
was also a son years afterwards,
Rev. F. L. Reid. I make more
extended reference to some of
them by reason of special local
interest.
Goodwin Davis Ellsworth
taught for several years after
leaving College in Henderson and
then entered Government Service
in Washington, department of
public works, where he had much
to do with the location of Federal
buildings in all this section. He
had a eon who while iu training
at Platfsburg was passing through
New York City and was blown to
pieces in - that memorable bomb
explosion near the Sub-Treasury
building. Many will recall that
mysterious horse and cart with
its bomb and time clock when the.
experts tried to track the perpe
trators by finding the Smith who
nailed the new shoe on that one
foot of the horse ? almost their
sole clue. The explosion remains
a mystery to this day.
William Davis Griffin was born
and reared three miles from
Louisburg on the road to Frank
linton where his sister Mrs.
Strickland now lives. His father,
Howell Griffin, was one of the
best and thriftiest farmers in the
county. He and his industrious
wife, who was a Miss Bragg, did
their best to give their son and
three daughters the best they
could in the way of an education
? a thing whtch neither of them
had had an opportunity to secure.
Davis, t'heir son, as he was called,
went to old Trinity after being a
pupil of my father at the Acad
emy in Louisburg for a number
of years. He went to Trinity Col
lege in 1877, graduating there
1880 and entered at once into
R. R. and telegraph service, first
at Wake Forest, afterwards at
Marion. N. C., Norcross, Ga., and
Easley, S. C. Retiring from ac
tive work a few years ago he was
preparing to locate in Concord
with his daughter when he was
struck by the ever present auto
from which his death ensued in
his 82nd year. His three sisters,
Mrs. Sue Jones, Mrs. Van Strick
land and Mrs. Jennie Yates sur
vive and live in or near Louis
burg.
Giunada T. Sikes came from
the hurricane section of Gran
ville, Franklin or Wake and after
graduation from Trinity in 1880
studied medicine in Baltimore.
Graduating from there after com
pleting his internship he began
the practice of his profession iu
his own section among his own
people. He soon became widely
known as a successful practition
er. He was not only that but he
was a courageous citizen, a zeal
ous churchman, a bold advocate
of all he thought was right aud
an unceasing foe of all that was
wrong. The New Light section of
Wake and the hurricane section
of Franklin and Granville have
not always had a good reputation
? rather the reverse. Just one
thing the secret of It ? whiskey.
Lives have been saddened there,
homes wrecked and a whole com
munity tarnished by reason of It.
Dr. Sikes was known to be an in
veterate loe to the manufacture,
sale and use of alcohol In any
form as a beverage. In many ways
he was made to suffer on account
of his attitude in this matter. Fi
nally after the destruction of
much of his property in myster
ious fires he left his farm and
moved his family to Youngsville
where he died in 1932 having the
confidence, respect and love of
that community.
Edwin G. Moore, of Wilson
County, after graduating from
Trinity in 1880 and in medicine
from the University of Maryland
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HENDERSON, N. CAROLINA
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
in 1883 located in Elm City. He
soon came ig eminence as a phy
sician and (or nearly 50 years
stood at the top in his profession
in all that section. Members of
his own profession honored him
time and again ? having served at
different' times as President of the
Wilson County, the Tri-State and
Fourth District Medical Societies,
also as a member of the Stale
Board of Medical ^Examiners and
of the association of Surgeons of
the A. C. li. Railroad. He was al
so a director of the hospitals tor
the Insane at Coldsboro and at
Kalelgh. Dr. Moore was gifted as
a speaker and was frequently in i
demand for such service. Any '
cause that appealed to him in the
church or the hustiug as well as
in the assembly of his profession
al brethren called for the besl>
that was in him. There lies be
fore me as I wrote this a copy of
a tender tribute he paid to mem
ory of his friend. lion. Claude
Kitchin, delivered at the grave of
the Congressman al> Scotland
Neck June 1st, 1923. Two chil
dren of Dr. Moore survive, viz: i
Mr. John Craven Moore and Miss
Lucille Moore, both -of Elm City.
Miss Moore graduated at Peace
Institute and was for a time a
teacher of Science there.
So far as this writer knows he
meaning himself, is t'he only sur
vivor of that class of 14 A. B.'s
who went out from old Trinity
that June day 1880 ? now sixty
years ago.
WIGGINS PITCHES Wl.V
FOB LiOUIKBUKG, :l TO I
Loulsburg led all the way in ai
3-1 battle with Wake Forest here
Sunday.*
M. Wiggins won over Lefty Da
vis in a line exhibition of pitch
ing.
Wheeler, with a homer and two
singles for four, accounted for
one-third of Loulsburg's hits.
The visitors collected a half
dozen hits. Their leader was Jim
Dowdy, with atriple and a single
I for four.
Score: R.H.E.
W Forest.. 000 000 010 ? 1 6 4
Louisburg. . 010 000 20x ? 3 9 0
Davis and Timberlake; Wiggins
and Dickerson.
Thirteen 4-H Club boys of Alex
ander County have bought cows
and are selling milk on a recent*
ly established route, reports
George R. Hobson, farm agent of
the State College Extension Ser
vice.
Doctors Soy
KEEP BOWELS- OPEN
During Cold Epidemics
When colds are all around Ton,
don't let weak spots in your defense
arise due to constipation. "Keep
Regular," many physicians ad visa
For constipation and its strength
sapping symptoms; headache, Dil
iousness, sluggishness, dizziness,
sour stomach, use a laxative that
acts thoroughly but not harshly. An
ideal one is Dr. Hitchcock's All
Vegetable Laxative Powder, which
Lacts thoroughly, hat usually with
Ventlenesa when taken as directed.
It contains 'pleasant -tasting aro
matics, carminatives and what is
known by medical authorities as a
gastro-intestinal tonic-laxative. It
helps tone sluggish bowel muscles.
Dr. Hitchcock's Laxative Powder
costs less than lc a dose.* Get it at
any drug counter. 10c, 25c. (adv.)
"The Master Farm Family"!1
contest is to be conducted this]
year by The Progressive Farmer j
with t-he cooperation of the Ex- j
tension Service. The Master Fawn j '
Family Contest is a worthy en
terprise and a good goal to direct;
your farming program towards. I
The County Master Farm family)
must be selected and his records
sent to the Disyict Farm Agent's
office by September 1, 1940 which
is the closing date for the con
test. 'Nominations for County
Master Farm Family should be
sent to County Agent before Au
gust 20 that farmers nominated
may be scored by an impartial
Committee and reports sent to
District Agent prior to Septem
ber 1, 1940. The following is a
summary of score card and points
credit allowed for each activity:
Full Score
I. Family and Community
Life 225
1. Family relationships 50
2. Interest) in education ? I
and training of children 60,
3. Interest in other com
munity enterprises 40 i
4. Recreation 15 j
5. Interest in local, state,
and national govern
ments 20 i
6. Neighborliness 201
7. Relations of owner to
tenants 20 J
II. Operation and Organiza
tion Of Farm 350 i
1. Cropping system for
adaptation to soils, mar
kets, and efficient use
of man and horse labor 60
2. Maintenance of soil fer
tility 69
3. Crop yields 50
4. Farm contribution to
family living 50
5. Good seeds 20
6. Feed and care of live
stock and poultry 25
7. Productiveness of live
stock and poultry 30
8. Adequate buildings con
veniently arranged 25
9. Adequate tools, machin
ery, and equipment.
well housed and repair
ed 30
III. Business Methods and
Ability 150
1. Relation of income to
investment 60
2. Marketing methods and
efficiency 40 j
3. Accounting methods 25 i
4. Rusiness reputation 25
W. The Homo and Farm
stead 275 I
1. Convenient and attrac
tive home 75
2. Home conveniences and
labor-saving equipment 50 j
3. Sanitation and health
standards 50
4. Repair and upkeep of
buildings 35
5. Condition of fields,
fences, terraces, ditch
es, and roads 40
6. Appearance and condi
tion of farmstead 25
TOTAL POINTS 1,000
I'HIRTV NEW A.A.A. SPEED
RECORDS ESTABLISHED ON
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Driving a rear-engined, four
vlieel drive racing car which was
milt to use exactly the same kind
>f gasoline and oil that can be |
purchased at highway service sta-j
ions, George Barringer estab- j
ished thirty new International
i;id American Class "D" speed
records on tihe famous Bonneville
Sat Beds In Utah.
Flashing around the circular
ten mile course at speeds up to
158.4 miles per hour, Barringer
finished his 500 mile dash in
slightly under three and one-half
hours at an average speed of
142.9 miles per hour. Among the
14 International Class "D" and
16 American Class "D" records
broken, all ofWhich have been
confirmed by the Contest) Board
at the American Automobile As
sociation. some were lifted as high
as 31 m.p.h. above the previous
records.
Barringer is a Texas driver
who has finished "in the money"
two years at Indianapolis.
Gulf No-Nox gasoline and Gulf
pride Oil were used in the stream
lined. six-cylinder Miller Special
which set the new records. The
car was builti to use pump gaso
line and automotive lubricants ?
but to compete with the foreign
and domestic cars entered in the
annual Indianapolis 500-Mile Race
which use hghly "doped" and al
cohol-blend fuels.
Barringer's 500 miles at 142.9
miles per hour is well above the
117.2 m.p.h. record which is the
fastest 500 miles ever driven at
Indianapolis (established b y
Floyd Roberts in 1938).
Wilson County's corn yield has!
been reduced considerably by the [
continued dry weather during thei
pasb sevral weeks, says Assistant!
Farm Agent J. A. Marsh.
How One Woman Lost
20 Pounds of FAT
Lout Her Prominent Hips
IiOHt Her Double Chin
* Loot Her Sluggishness
Sained a More Shapely Figure
and the Increase in Physical Vigor
and Vivaciousness Which So Often
Comes With Excess Fat Reduction.
Thousands of women are getting
(at and losing their appeal just be
cause they do not know what to do.
Why not be smart ? do what
thousands of women have done to
get off pounds of unwanted fat.
Take a half teaspoonful of Kruschen
in a glass of hot water first thing
every morning to gently activate
liver, bowels and kidneys ? cut down
your caloric intake ? eat wisely and]
satisfyingly ? there need never be a
hungry momentl ?
Keep this plan up for 30 days.
Then weigh yourself and see if you ?
haven't lost pounds of ugly fat.
Just seo if this doesn't prove to be I
the surprise of your life and make
you feel like shouting the good news
to other fat people. And best of all
a jar of Kruschen that will last youj
for 4 weeks costs but little. If not
joyfully satisfied ? money back.
GOES TO FORT BKNNI1SG
ilr. R. A. Creech who has beeni
nected with Wheeler's barber
>p for a number of years has
epted a position at Fort Ben-i
g, Georgia, and leaves this !
?k. His friends and customers'
h him much success in his new!
rk.
Speed was a major factor in 93
al accidents on North Carolina
hways during January to July,
10.
A Dotal of 3,709 North Carolina
drivers had their licenses revoked
the first six months of 1940.
WARNING!
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SLASHED
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Making Room For Fall Mer
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There is a scientific test, employed by
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the figure above represents the old
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Bat look at the NEW GOOD GULF! This
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An equally sensational improvement has
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?
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