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Asheboro, N. C, December as, iio
LOCAL AN t) PERSONAL
"""Miss Bertha, Cox, la home from Sa
lem College to. spend the holidays.
Misses Janie and Cornie McLeod
.will spend the holidays in Carthage.
Miss Annie Asbury 'is the guest of
relatives and friends in Star this
week.
Mr. B. Frank Page, of Raleigh, was
the guest, of his mother, Mrs. Frank
Burns, Sunday. -
Miss Clara Pugh returned home
Monday from an extended visit to Mrs.
K. U. WilHard at Elkin.
Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Cox. of Worth
ville, were the guests of Mk and Mrs.
C. J Cox Sunday. '
Miss Kate Shellem, of Lincolnton,
.is the guest cf Misses Janie and Cor
.nie McLeod.
Mr. Bearl Barnes has returned to
;Honman after a visit to relatives and
friends in Asheboro last week.
Miss Bera Scarboro ia home from
Greensboro where she has been spend
ing a week with relatives and friends.
Mr. Jesse Frank died at his home
at Handy Wednesday morning and
was buried at Lineberry Thursday.
Prof. Henry Craven and family, of
Franklinton, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Moring during the
holidays.
Mrs. M. Mc L. McKeithen, who has
several pecan trees growing in her or
chard at Cameron has gathered from
one tree 110 pounds of pecans.
The jitney from Asheboro to Star
has been discontinued owing to the
heavy cost of upkeep and the light
travel.
Mrs. R. I. Dickens and daughter,
Mrs. W. B. Allred, are home from
Groom town where they visited Mrs.
A. D. Howell.
Col. W. P. Wood, State Auditor, of
Raleigh, arrived Wednesday afternoon
to be the guest of relatives here dur
ing holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Craven, of
Norman, are visiting Mr. Craven's fa
ther, Mr. I. F. Craven, on Seagrove
Route 2, this week.
Miss Media Harrell, aged 36 years,
died at her home in High Point last
Wednesday evening. She had been
living in High Point about six years
with relatives.
Hiss Laura DeVane, of Yuma, Ari
zona, a student at Salem College, is
expected in Asheboro' Saturday to be
the guest of Hisses Blanche and Ber-
tiia Cox.
Mrs. . E. Harris, of Denton, who
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will ennnt n urhita until hor riiUlirnter. I
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J 7 Z rlV m ir m F Jteneed at the last tem f Superior
sad placed him in jail here. McFar-
lsnd was wanted on a "good behavior"
bond at the last term of Superior
Court, but failed to appear.
It is the intention of the C & Y. V.
'railroad that Thorn ejvule shall have
electric car line .in order that the
factories may load their output at
their doers and save the heavy cost
-of haaliig to the railroad.
Reveaie officers Hedrick and John
wn destroyed a complete 45-ga!lon
Oil sorb of Alston's bridge in Chat
ham court? Friday. Everything wag
readWws to ran . and 200 gallons
beer rere ready.
The Sfcr City Grit warns the peo
fU to boaro' of 'a tricky contract
with lifbalng rod agents and says
ttat any ay one looks at the prop--ot&oa
it I a mighty good eae to let
aloae. y; ;
T. A. "G4j Brown, who was sea
to W county roads for four
oaths by Adge Dalton in the High
Point munldu court, about six weeks
ago, for havif Uauor in his eosseas-
iqn for the poMM..of sale was let off
with a 800 V and bond for good
.wavlor tUGuilford county Supe
rior. Court last eek.
The growing T pecans is receiving
wosiderablo atttioa in certain sec
of Moore Wty. ft has been
found that tho V trees there have
yielded remarkabVell and this with
e good priCO theWnv on the. mar.
ket Is a great liWant to grow
The fine per Bhell variety
pecans nnng trt 30 to 60 cents
pound.
The fire at the Don Roller Mill
i Denton Friday WM the
third fire Denton I Experienced
ithin a few wetks. t flnt fire was
attempt to burn the xoo building,
Y !fcond WM the burEr of the new
p- orch- The something
suspicious abut this. ntlplicity of
. firm and the Denton KAtx$nut
the opinion that though jh
destroyed the church. wood
near the roller mill ' may y, en
wxiaemai, ; ins nn as H school
Vwd that trash bad been der
bcaom Boucunc aaa tn
JIi8S Sue Hoover '3 home from a
visit to friends in Greensboro .
Mr. W. M. Lucas, of Seagrove, was
m town last Saturday.
. Mr. J. M. Founds, of Cedar Falls,
spent Tuesday in town.
Mr. Fletcher King and son, Emmett,
went to Troy Monday morning.
. Miss Massah Lambert, who is teach
ing school at Andrews, is home for the
holidays.
Miss Ava Coll at t, teacher of Miller's
school near Trinity, was in Asheboro
Saturday.
Miss Ulnah Rush has returned from
Greensboro where she has been visit
ing relatives.
Mrs. Laura Faison, of Roanoke
Rapids, N. C, is a visitor at the M.
P. parsonage, Randleman.
Mrs. W. H. Pickard and daughter.
Miss Elizabeth, of Randleman, were
in Greensboro Wednesday.
Miss Lanta Winslow is homo for the
holidays from Rose Hill whera she is
teaching this year.
Mr. Gale Creson, nephew of Mr. H.
M. Worth, was here with relatives the
latter part of last week; he remained
over Sunday.
Asheboro seems her old self again,
now that the young folks who have
been away at the different colleges in
the State are at home.
Mr. Everett Winslow, of Oklahoma
City, arrived last night to be the guest
a few days of Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Winslow.
Miss Bon Phillips, the little daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Phillips, is
improving slowly from a serious at
tack of pneumonia.
Rev. G. W. Gallnhan, former pastor
of the Randleman M. E. church died
at the home of his son-in-law, Rev.
J. A. B. Fry, at Berkley, Cal., Nov. 12.
Miss Mary Wade Bulla, who is
teaching at Welch school house near
Pisgah, will come homo Friday to
spend the holidays.
Postmaster R. R. Ross has sent Rep
resentative and Mrs. R. N. Page a
large turkey for Christmas. There
will be a reunion of the Page family
in Washington Christmas.
The following young people of Ran
dleman were in. Asheboro Sunday:
Messrs. A. B. Beasley and Robert Bul
la and Misses Mary Allen Bulla, Gwcn
Wall and Lucy Bowden.
Rev A. R. Bell and family have ar
rived in Randleman to make their
home. Rev. Mr. Bell was appointed
to the pastorate of St. Paul and Nao
mi churches at the last conference.
Of the Asheboro graded school fac-
ulty Prof. C. R. Wharton is spending
the holidays in Dallas, Texas; Miss !
Lambe at Guilford College; Miss Bulla '
ftfc Kai linma nA.iv QnnVln. IT.' 1 . Y
at .e:aw. s- c-; .and MiMe3 Key i
ana McLeod at Carthage. I
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DcPUy Sheriff Steed conveyed W.
H LeoweH. W. G Rowe, and Ernest 1
Smitherman, all convicted and sen-
Lourt, to the convict camn near Souhia '
Monday.
The fact is. the marines we soli 1
with The Courier for 16 cents extra 1
represents the biinrest readme- vtt1 !
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phone us today.
Dr. F. A. Henley's family moved
to High Point last week. Dr. Henley
has been practicing dentistry m High
Point and the family moved there to
be with him. Asheboro regrets to
give up this interesting family.
" The ordnance regarding the shoot
ing of fire crackers and lira works
will be waived from 7 m. Friday
the 24th, unta midnight, Saturday the
25th. Before and after that time the
ordnance will be in regular force.
Last Saturday evening the Worth
ville school children rendered the play,
"Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party" to a
large audience. The play was a great
success, reflecting credit on the teach
ers of the school, one ef whom is Miss
Llzxie Phillips, of Asheboro.
Rev. G. H. Christenberry, former 'pas
tor of the St Paul and Naomi church
es, but now pastor of Sylva church
in western North Carolina and Miss
Fannie Foglcman, of Asheville, were
married in the M. E. parsonage at
Asheville last Tuesday evening.
Misses Lillian and Elizabeth Bunch
are with friends and relatives during
tne Christmas hohdays. Miss Lillian
has been visiting her aunt in Mt
Airy and Miss Elizabeth has been
teaching in the graded school at
Rocky Mount
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Adams, of Mc
Coll, S. C, will arrive the 23rd to be
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jno M.
Neely on Sunset avenue. Mrs. Adams
will be most pleasantly remembered
here as Miss Mattie Blanche Hun
sucker, of Gibson, N. C, who visited
Mrs. Neely about a year ago.
We certainly appreciate the way our
subscribers are renewing their sub
scriptions since we have been offering
a special inagaslae dub with The
Courier. If yea havent sent- as your
renewal, do H now, and get four mag
kinej for one year.
Mrs. L. C. Phillips is improving!
from a several wee&V illness.
Buy your magazines of us. We
can give yon four magazine one year
with The Courier for only $1 J8.
Mr. T. Fletcher Slack, of Exroorc,
Va., is the guest of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Slack, at Seagrove.
Mr. W. L. Welborne, of Wortbville,
was in town yesterday. .
The foundation has been laid in the
construction of a residence for Mr.
Chas. M. Fox, on Church street.
Miss Maude Kearns, of Danville, Va.
will arrive Thursday to visit her grand
mother, Mrs. E. B. Kearns.
Mrs. E. T. Ammons, of Jackson
Springs, is in Asheboro the guest of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shube
Laughlin, during the holidays.
Mrs. H. M. Worth returned Satur
day afternoon from Grensboro where
she has been visiting for the past two
weeks.
Mr. C. E. Teague, formerly princi
pal of the Asheboro graded school, but
now an attorney of Sanford, was in
Asheboro a few days the first of the
week.
Mr. Jesse Garner passed through
Asheboro Wednesday afternoon en
route home from Guilford College to
spend the holidays.
Mr. Fred Connor, formerly of Ran
dleman and Worthville, who has been
ifl the v real estate business at Hope
well, Va., and has cleared $15,000 in
! the last year, lost a large brick store
in the fire which destroyed Hopewell,
Va., about ten days ago.
Mr. Numa Thornburg, of Hill's
Store, is in St Leo's hospital, Greens
boro, suffering from appendicitis. Mr.
Thornburg became ill Thursday night
and was taken to the hospital early
Saturday morning where the operation
was immediately performed. He is
getting along nicely.
Mr. Orvill Pritchard and Miss Fan
nie Hinshaw were married at the home
of Rev. J. W. Pugh at Worthville Sun
day. Mr. fritchard is a promising
young farmer residing near Asheboro.
Miss Hinshaw is a young lady of
splendid accomplishments. Immedi
ately after the ceremony they left for
South Carolina on their honeymoon.
They will make their home in Ashe
boro. Beulah Evelyn Presnell, the four
month old baby of Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Presnell, died at the home of her
parents in Asheboro Saturday night
from a complication of troubles. Fu
neral was conducted by Rev. J. E,
Thompson, pastor of Asheboro M. E
church, at West Bend, on Sunday at 2
P- "? after which body was laid to
there in the cemetery. The
lift!, ami hnr! linen nmfir ont noar
in.the h.ome and its goin away lcaves
aching hearts,
Mr. H. M. Scarboro, who died at the
hows daughter, Mrs. H. T.
Bolton, at Troy, Dec. 18, aged 88
'years, was a meat useful and influen-
tial cituen ox Montgomery county.
He had been a n.ember of the M. E.
church for 71 vear! d a Ma301 53
years- He is 6urvived bv a "widow,
w 85 veara of a9' "d four children
as follows: Mrs. H. T. Bolton, Troy;
Mr. W. W. Scarboro, Mt. Gilead; Mr,
H. D. Scarboro, of Randolph county;
and Mr. Joseph Scarboro, who lives
iu the west.
The Chatham Record states that
among the old deeds registered in
Chatham county is one executed by
Herman. Husband to John Bray on the
4th of March, 1784, for 100 acres of
land, and being a part of the tract
conveyed to Husband by the Earl of
Granville on Dec 11, 1766. Husband
was one of the most prominent of the
Regulators before the Revolution and
took an active part in those troublous
times. He afterwards moved to Penn
sylvania.
C. A. Hoover, a brakeman in the
employ of the Southern railway, is
confined to bis home oa West Lee
street as a result of injuries sustained
oa Tuesday evening in the Monroe
yards. Mr. Hoover was thrown to the
ground with considerable force and
sustained painful bruises on his back
and arms. Greensboro News. Mr.
Hoover is a son of Mr. T. J. Hoover,
of Asheboro, and his many friends
who will regret to learn of his mis
fortune.
The Ladies Aid Society of Mt
Lebanon church, Randleman, have
been busy since conference. They have
put additional furniture in the par
sonage in the way of a heater and
dresser and have had the house wired
and lighted by electricity. The pas
tor and his wife have been remember
ed in many ways for all of which they
are very grateful.
Do you know you can get four
magazines in combination with The
Courier by paying only 18 cents .ex
tra T Send order by mail, or phone us.
Lest you forget we say it ye
you can get four magazines for one
year by renewing your subscription to
The Courier. We want all of our old
subscribers to get these "magazines,
We are selling The Courier, with four,
magasiaes all one year for only 1148.
Miss Lizzie Phillips is home for the
holidays from Worthville where she
is teaching this winter.
Mrs. J. D. Ross and son, Master Joe,
and Mrs. P. H. Morris returned Satur
day from a visit to Mr. Claude Morris
at Salisbury.
The little child of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter S. Davis, who lives on Randle
man Route 1, is improving slowly
from a severe illness of several weeks.
All barber shops of the town will
close Friday night at 12 o'clock before
Christmas and will not reopen until
Monday morning following.
There will be a Christmas tree for
the Sunday school' in Farmer school
building Friday night. A short pro
gram of reading, songs, and recitations
will be rendered.
Mrs. R. B. Terry, of High Point, is
suffering from a severe attack of
grippe. Mrs. Terry before her mar
riage was Miss Mabel Heitman, of
Trinity.
Up to yesterday afternoon 01 mur-
riage licenses had been issued by the
Register of Deeds for1 the month of
December. Eight certificates were is
sued Saturday making this a record-
breaking day for the county.
Clerk of the Court Wright has mail
ed out a total of 135 pension checks
aggregating $4,500 to the Confederate
veterans of the county. 65 widows of
Confederate veterans received checks
aggregating $2,200.
Mr. Nathan Sheffield, of Randleman,
has recently become heir to the estate
of his brother who died recently in
Sheffield township, Moore county. The
estate is valued at $30,000.
The Asheboro Wheelbarrow Compa
ny shipped a big lot of wheelbarrows
yesterday to a company of railroad
contractors in South America. The
wheelbarrows will be shipped by rail
to New York and transported by
steamer from there to South America.
Farmer public high school closed
Tuesday afternoon for the Christmas
holidays. Of the faculty Misses Lin-
nie Shamburger and Hope Hubbard
live in the community and will spend
Christmas at home, Miss Adna Lambe
will be at her home at Guilford Col
lege for the holidays and Miss Callie
Vuncannon will spend the holidays at
her home on Asheboro Route 3.
Mrs. M. F. Briles. an aired lady liv
ing with her daughter. Mrs. L T.
Johnson, at Thomasville, died Monday
moraine. She formerly resided in
Randolph county near Trinity, having
moved to Thomasville about two years
ago. She is survived by three chil
dren: Prof. Chas. Briles, who 1b pres
ident of a normal college in one of the
western states; Mrs. L. R. Fuller, of
Fullers; and Mrs. I. T. Johnson, of
Thomasville. She was an aunt of Mr.
D. B. McCrary, of Asheboro.
Mr. M. L. Davis, formerly of Ashe
boro, and whose home is now in High
Point, has been in business at Hone-
well, Va., several months. Ho oper
ates a plcjung mill and lumber
plant Recently he moved his family
from High Point to Hopewell tempo
rarily to conduct a boardincr house.
AltliDugh in the recent fire the homes
of more than 25,000 people were de
stroyed, neither the home nor the milla
belonging to Mr. Dr.vis were affected
by the nre.
The youne neoole of Asheboro wko
are home from school for the holidays
are: From the State University, Ray
Hayworth; State Normal. Misses
Kathenne Burns, Lucile Scarboro,
Nannie Lambert, and Kate Brktain:
Greensboro College for, Women, Misses
Edna and Virtle Cavencss; Wake For
est, Idol Free; Guilford, Miss Beatrice
Lewalien and Wayne Miller and OIHa
Presnell; Staunton Military Academy,
uyde Uox; Shenandoah Institute. Cur.
rie Lofiin, Wiley Rush; Bingham, Lacy
Lewis; Eton College, Misses Ethel
Barkhead and Lata Hayworth; Whit
sett, Clarence Lovett: Southern Can.
servatory of Music, Durham, Misses
bertrude r roe and Lucile Hush.
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I IF YOU ARE
As to what to buy her
for Christmas DON'l
WORRY about it any
longer just buy HER
a box of
Nunnally's Chocolates
Assorted in beautiful
and artistic holiday
boxes. SHE will ap
preciate this more than
anything you could BUY.
Every Woman Wants to Remain Young.
Our Phoebe Snow Toilet Articles are the best
aid to a good complexion. Fresh new line,
unexcelled in quality. . .
Why Not Get Stationery ?
A box of nice stationery in one of our attract
ive boxes is one of the nicest gifts imagina
ble. Try it and you will have the satisfac
tion of knowinsrthat your pift is appreciated.
PLEASE BEAR IN MIND
We have a full line of drugs fresh stock. Our ser
vice is prompt. This store appreciates your trade.
Hie Standard Dm Co.
J. T. Underwood, Mgr.
Christmas Is Coming !
Now is the time to decide wht you want
to buy. You can find it here. In addition
to my regular line of General Merchandise
you will find here: Books, Stationery, Ware,
Pictures, Novelties and Toys; in fact some
thing for every member of the family. We
sell the Famous Hunt Club Shoes and Vtctor
Brand Clothing.
R, G. JOHNSON - - The W. J. Miller Store.
TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE la sup
plying teachers, schools, churches, and
the general public, with urate and mastoid Instruments,
gives a rttd meaning to oar well known watchword, "Any
Papil, Any Age, Anywhere.'. Oar specialty is filling order .
directly from the factory, thereby saving the cost of handl
ing, hocne rent "clerks, etc.
Only dealing with first class factories, the large terri
tory we coverfand the Instruments of the better grade we
handle, make this specialty possible. We have recently tsk
eh charge of a Piano Sale here in Asheboro where you may
secure an Organ or Piano. Contract or on time at very low
prices. This Piauo holds a high place among the most dis
tinguished pianos manufactured, and is noted among leading
vocalists for its responsive touch and perfect tonal qualities,
that are seldom found in pianos made today.
The public may call and
ed. Also an Organ of wonderful volume and carrying pow
er. Minister and teachers desirieg Organs for churches and
schools might call and examine same. We will supply your
homes and churches with Pianos and Organs of the better
grade direct from the factory
A. N. CULLOM
Miss Bessie Lova is dead and Miss
Leitba Davis and Mr. John Baucom
are fatally injured as a result of"a
eeUisioB between an automobile and a
Seaboard train near " Honree Friday
night , .
IN DOUBT
Asheboro, N. C.
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Service
Good
Music
examine at any time if interest
to home. If interested write us.
Asheboro, M C
Dr. Walter Murphy, who was ar
rested in Washington about a week
ago for performing1 a criminal epera
tion on.Katolle, Crawford, of Washing-
ton, and. causing ber death, was re
leased on a tSjOOQO bail last Thursday,
e