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Ashebore, North Caroliaa, Thtr-J ay September 26, 1923
NUMBER ST
SZ777ku r. McADOO PRES- WILLIAM JASPER FRAZIER
GREENSBORO EDITORS ARE RANDOLPH COUNTY FAIR
ASHEBORO SCHOOLS OPEN
WITH LARGE ATTENDANCE
MISS JESSIE COX MARRIES
MR. LOWELL BASS
Y ttvtTXL CANDIDATE AGED CITIZEN PASSES
! SEPTEMBER 26-29
kaiidoiph County
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t- T.vid FV St,' Clair). I William Jasper Frasier, a well
(By Paja . r. oombWom known citizen of Liberty, died Wed-
wUUoUtLl Candidate nesday morning. . At the time of hi
.rTT Seot 19-The - chief death he wu a member of Shady
Wsshtogton.jwp'- of W. 1 Grove Baptist ehwxh where he had
WVTrJL the Democratic stand- worshipped for 62 years, having
G. ?f president met here the Joined this church at the early age
" " X- to compare sexes ana w w w rcr. iW uccwcu w
other day "ZL m.thfta of act- Libartv 17 Tears ago and conducted
devise more ei t ngpicuoum fig- a successful mercantile business for
ion. One of 'Zd to have told 12 years. Five years ago he retired
res P7", " . from business on account of declining
the conference.. mebod, th health. The near relatives of the de-
You n not beat wmeboay wiw widow, who is a
ODOUj, mohodv Be IS laaugnter 01 we late ivev. xwywuuu
i very much of someDoay. m Holmes, of - Chatham county, five
going to get away wv - - T a , p,, of
tion unless the Ad" on some- QlMboro;i p H Md s. C. Frazier
one and begin a cam paign. of Liberty, and Mrs. F. A. McMasters
tw remark is said to have reveal- of stalevi three brothers. D. N.. of
to the conference the ouiicuk Liberty K F. D., C. G. of Asheboro,
rrsk it U called' upon w .""V"" and Thomas Frazier of Burlington
T
if it hopes w uj.o -------- , two sisters, mrs. a. r . oaveti, uuer-
retary o'f the treasury for the nomi- R F. ,D., Mr,, Bell C erf Greens-
PUT ON WITNESS STAND
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Salisbury, Sept ,7. Max D. Aber-
m&n&irinir editor of the Greensboro fat 10:00 o'clock and will continue
Rrnini wvrn niaMd on uia witness urouen BaiuraaT we tsna.
stand in Rowan superior court this I ' The grounds and the buildings have
The Randolph County fair win open
Wednesday morning, September 26,
2?&t ft. Sft must be captured
1-- v(. k Ann forces oeiore b i mi - 1 .nt
from M" iUW. , . I- 1 AIMS AUIlVIiW OCllo "CIS
iprential Presidential pnmary ia . f Liberty First Baptist church
teW in any State that is for mcaooo, aftemoon at 2 P. M., by
or he will go to the conventaon with j of state8viUei mA
the nomination in his pocKet. Rev. Rose, of Asheboro, an unusually
How about Underwood, inquired iarge, crowd attending and the floral
e.ki'Jed that fte
Altbama senator had been an avowed THE FAre SEASON IS NOW ON
Sr three months and with
exception of his own State, he This week opens up the Fair eea
f,i I count on no solid delegation BOn m this county. Three Community
.Si Southern State. He was Fair8 are beg heid in the county
. red of a few ncattering delegates tnis week. Yesterday at Flint
Mississ-
Hill,
from Tennessee, ArKansaa,
5ni Tuisiana and Texas.
The backers of Underwood are n
i. i thpir endeavorB to have him
.ere m their enaea o con-
?errdeve mi clelrly th
ierence fr-o.ff.rt forces in In-
today at Holly Springs and Friday at
f armer, inese iaire win um caurcu
on to the County Fair next week and
placed in separate bootns, ana com
pete for prizes.
Mr. O. F. McCrary. Distnct Agent,
for this section of the State. Mr. A
morning and examined in connection
with the case of the state versus oy
Cauble and dismissed when they tes
tified that they knew nothing about
the case, 3 .v.
Boy Cauble. former proprietor" M
the Terminal hotel of this city, .was
found guilty offviolating the liquor
laws and maintaining a nuisance was
sentenced to six months by Kowan
county court He appealed to Supe
rior court and Judge ixng increas
ed the sentence imposed by the low
er court. 1 7
Abernathy and Dickson were sum
moned to testify in the case follow
ing publication of an editorial in the
Record which criticized what is call
ed "the tendency of higher courts
to increase sentences imposed ky
lower courts." ;f j ?
The Cauble case was not mention--
case tried bv Judsre Lonar in Sal&-
bury which was thought to be toe
Cauble case. ;"! i
No charges were made againfet
Abernathy and Dickson who appeal
ed here this afternoon. Final Judg
ment was passed in the Cauble. case
Saturday afternoon. He was given
16 months. , r I'
Judge Long states that witnesses
had been called because it was
thought they had some evidence that
had not been brousrht out. He - re
viewed the Cauble case and declared
he had never raised a sentence on. ft
person because he had appealed, ffolh
a lower court.
for
do
Hifna. fte Breeman men in Minois c. Kimery, of the Dairy Extension Di
id theAL Smith Ueutenants in New Lio,,, and Miss Nora Bradford,
Yor
Alal
to J
lay
witl
tun
nd ftis f act and that largely s- fair8 are held are interested in the
Yrk Tui Turging the candidacy of the Home Demonstration Agent
lwa senator merely as a decoy Moore county are in the county to
to def ea
lay Mcj
with eq
turn ana . ' under- OAinnp tlieap
TlomnrraCV Has . 1 Llio ycuuic ui ulb uvvwv..u .. . WwUV
AlaDama 8eiiw theV I n, i IW fnHmui vill p-n
vaMdoo low with Undeiwpod. over exhibits and explain their
w?thMetual detorminatton theyl to the ;peo,le, j d give a talk
been put n excellent condition for the
oc-fc&ion, and with the great electric
white way and broad mid-way things
begin to take on a decidedly holiday
appearance.
Carpenters, electricians and yard
men hare been at work and the ex
hibitor are beginning to adorn their
booths and prepare for a display that
win nvai some 01 we larger lairo.
community exmDiis give promise
of irery high standard and a large
numbers of spaces have been assign-
"'-Instead of the usual school exhib
its,. Randolph will put in community
exhibits including the schools, pan
try 'and dairy and fancy work, arts
and various other departments.
.Live 'stock will have a fine share
of attention. For the third time a
dog show will be held. The poultry
esiubit. was ia to "wm,lc r w
Wher;yeam With honey ana u.
new ana unueuai prouuvvD
lifaen4iand every visitor will find
Isomething of interest, lne anrac-
tions are vanea. a uukc
. vn Rmnr will do hair-rais
ing stunts several times Wednesday,
Pecbool day. . . . ,
I AH school children will be admiuea
an Wednesday only without charge.
,nr.j..oiiv ia educational day:
Thursday. Livestock day; Fnday, Dog
liuf
any person may communicate
eerning entering 01 sjuui.
The citv schools opened last Mon
day morning, when the host of chil
dren, the ZJS members 01 tne iacuity
and a large number of citkens of the
town met in the new iietnoaisi
street from the school building which
is undergoing extensive Improve
ments. There were 740 pupils enrolled.
The senior class of the high school
occupied the choir seats, and after
singing by them and the audience
Rev. H. F. Foeleman. pastor of the
church, read the Scripture lesson and
in a few appropriate words welcomed
the pupils and teachers to his church
and the new teachers to the town.
Rev. W. H. Willis, pastor of the M. E.
church, lead in prayer, after which
Mr. J. D. Ross, of the school board,
made a short talk, in which he ex
plained to the patrons of the school
the plans to conduct the school as
best it can be while the building is
going on and called attention to the
wired enclosure in front of the build
ing to prevent the children from play
ihc around the workmen and thus en
countering falling bricks and other 1
dangers.
Mr. W. H. McMahan, the new su
perintendent then briefly outlined his
policy. He declared that it is not his
desire that children should stand in
A quiet but beautiful marriage ee
curred in the new Methodist: Protes
tant church at this place Saturday, -
evening at 8:00 o'clock in the pres
ence of the immediate relatives si
the parties and a few friends,-when
Miss Jessie Lee Cox was married to
Mr. Lowell Bass, of South Boston, Vs.
The announcement of the engsgemest
of the young couple had been made
a few weeks previous but the mar
riage coming at this time was s sur
prise to most people except doss
relatives. The church for this oc
casion was simply but most beauti
fully decorated with trailing ceda
white perennials, and the entire space
within the altar banked with ferns.
Cathedral candles all round the circle
and on the pedestal shed a soft glsw.
over the church. Prior to the cere
mony Mrs. W. B. Ferguson playet
Schubert's serenade. Mrs. W. B.
McMahan sang "Loves Old Sweet
Song", and "Until.' As the , wedding
march began the minister, Rev. H.
Fogleman entered and took his place
at the altar. Then down the center
aisle came the two dames of honot,
Mrs. J. C. Bean, of Salisbury, sister
of the bride, dressed in handsome
brown satin back crepe with acces
sories to match and Mrs. . H. W.
Walker, wearing navy blue satin with
black hat Both wore corsages ol
Next came lit-
f t- : 1 1
awe of school authorities and look up- w.iS -SS.
ti, oi,i rr A- tie Hal Hammer Walker wearing a
feel free always to come to him with btouse, .Kj
tv,. vi rpv. ,. ,1 white rose. As the bride enterea
ent caned attention to theTc? tHai from th center isle
the school is a community. The only Mr. Roy Cox the bridegroom an
uuui .- - . -. . l-l. , :.1. v, !, ; j4 r nis oesi man, jar. ueimas case, en
'or information we , again .print ,the recrement tei of students .is d f th'e west door and met at
of superintendents with whom tobegood citizens of thj unity. the altar. The bride wore a hand-
I sion on the patrons of the school who
trL for the poor showing Mr. Un- cow mi the creamery nroposi
rwood is maW as a candidate. Uon' will profit by what Mr. Kim
derwoou is m" fri-d with the v M t,i. nne.
.m.Bf Underwood .fa 1912 u Our County . Fair wiU come off next
Ke to "5STwc5fcft WilsoH, iwk hTdey should all take a part.
TaffMrt toUhis .friends here hMjmk&&. mdmm
Tom' wV"T . P nnmrnatinK that we have for advertising and
f SXT fimiSbuT'tfMAd00 boosttaglthe verabfcrV We have fine
iSf2lT!W4ii cattlerlogsrckens' and ether, live.
: ti7n to-Mc knew that; we nave
'J2S?EZdSli the Ralston the lfartoWitby having
be tksvxho:
abator's friend after P"fe uiS
ing for -"fcJHSW,!
his consent w w a al-
ea Man of as and ai-
ZWS "tfi riiew and hold ftj
aSC-WhS- told fh'JHjJH ftrt
the, Democrats should nominate a
man haif elected. shouW be ydung
and vigorous enough to etan w T
electiof. The shattering of the health
of Roosevelt, the breaking down of
WiC and the death of Hiding in
the Presidency are said to have con
firmed Senator Ralston to take this
VIOU7 ftf Vila candidacy.
The McAdoo opposition is also
proposing the selection of Louisville
as convention city as another move
in their efforts to defeat him. Un
derwood is a native of Kentucky and
Ralston was born just across the
river in Ohio. It is believed thai ;the
South cosld not resist a lavorable re
action, having both a candidate and
the convention. Not in over half a
century has-the South been, accorded
such party recognition.
But the McAdoo forces are now
working overtime to unmask the
ml motives behind these moves of
ndltl
triangle has nothing fa its whole ar
mory that -can be brought forth todo
feat him for the nomfaatioa. jIMI
are even mors . cocksure jthadl the
Coolidge men we of the nomination
of their man and that is saying much.
The bis; fact they say, ia this time
McAdoo ia a poaitive working eaadi
date. Had he been such a candidate
in 1920 be would have been nominal
ed but be forbade the use ef his name
But now the man pUnned' and
. conducted the billion dollar bond cam
mIm n ih war and managed
quarter million miles of railways has
his hand oa the lever for the Demo
cratic nomination lor president
BRING B1Q FAMILIES TO THE
, .. RANDou'u coumjyAiB
' There is t freat deal vf toreet
manifested in awembUng ' Randolph
county's largest families on Saturday,
September !. Those whe are com-
them. There is no better place to
seir livestock than to have it at the
Fair where it can be seen.
Knights of Pythias to Meet'?'
All Members of the Asheboro Lodge
of Knights of Pythias are requested
to be present Monday night at th
lodge xpom. Work in the degree of
Esquire will be conferred, and - fill
candidates who have acquired this
rank are requested to be present, ? i J
R. L. BUNCH,
Keeper of Records and Seal
. .
Mr. and Mrs. Charles PhNUps.C'tn
Auto Wreck.
.re sunerintendents of
' " " i
various departments:
f Art, Mts. J. T. Underwood, Mrs. J.
CL Crutchfield. ,
i Flowers, Mrs J woou.
0t Redding, Mrs. C A Hayworth,
Mrs. 6, S. Tate.
t Held crops, J. I. JyeuumK.
Truck and vegetables, J. O. rorras
ter. ;
"Horticulture, L. F. Ross
Horses and mules, J. A. York.
tr, T n Wnmhlp
Pmiltrv. tions and pet stock,
Fred. Plummer, C. S. Tate.
Home ' Economics, Mrs. N. fli.
e.x nft Mm W " A i 'Underwood
Childreftls ttepartmenv f-tv)
EArrelson and wirt..w. J'
Plainand'-lancy neeaiewojit,'
Mr. and Mrs.-Charles-PhHlips ai
their baby,,; ofVThomasville were
DayWsxkjauWjtu
noonwhen thei car swas teuck;by KiiUikaii.-' ' ."f.--';
another car. Mrs.- rmuips and .oaDy
were taken to a High Poinf hospital
and are not considered as in a criti
cal condition. There were three cars
wffidMe prideT faimaWng'ln the. mix up and Mr. Phillips does
oar fairhe best in the, SUte, , It will not fmow . wnicn ene struct m. n
gWe prestige as an agricultural is not seriously injured He to a
SStyWSiawhatWe Tneed. We IJH of Dr. and Mrs, C. H. Phillips,
have Sebest Uvestock county in this formerly of this county. .
w4lnn of the State, and bur actions
at' the f air, wOl'- determine whether
we are going'to .let the people of the
State know what we are in this re-speet-We
hW a good agricultural
exhibit last year so far as the field
Miss Bera Scarboro Entertains.
Friday evening Miss Bera Scarboro
entertained a few friendgfat bridge
honoring Mrs. W. B. Allred, of Cam-
crops went, but we did not have 'den, S. C, and Miss Mary Spencer,
enough livestock. Won't you bring it
out this year and help out.
E. S. MILLSAPS, JR.,
, County Agent.
BAXTER DURHAM TO
HEAD STATE AUDITORS j
Miss Lena Mae Johnson
Mia
Ruth Pool Marries
Point.
in High
of Carthage who were the guests of
relatives in town. Bridge was en
joyed till a late hour when scores
were counted and the psizes present
ed. The top score prize, a string of
lovely carved beads went to Mrs. 01
lie Presnell, Mrs. Allred's priae was
a handsome miest twel. Miss Soen-
m . j:-.- nf, nnfkom i.niicer wu given a permute laiiaj, aim
State Auditor, Baxter Durham v. a v A
ekected president of the National As- MSS ,ljUClle ,ano;1"r reA
SonTstate Auditors. Comp- V611 tw? ,Inen hdkerchiefs. A
sociauon u J"u I delicious frozen salad course with
trollers, and Treasurers jrt thne..colo81r: cheese circles, sandwiches, and hot
session of the annual convention in ..
Asheville, last Monday. Isrhnrn nH Mr.. JnhnBnn to the
. " o 1- i.n. 'following; Mrs. Allred, Miss Spen-
Rev.' Qyde Auman Safe in Japan cer Mr; Q L Pre8neH Mrs. I. C.
iMoser. Mrs. J. T. Lewallen, Mrs. H.
u "'iJLKrfXVn.ram. W. Walker and guest, Miss Page, and
concerning his brother, Rev. J. Clyde
Auman, from Dr. Klein, secretary of
the foreign missionary board of the
Methodist Protestant church:
I Hsppy to triform you state de
partment reports J. C. Auman safe."
friends throughout the county and
state will rejoice to hear of Mr. Au
roan'i safety, as there has been much
anxiety on his account since the
earthquake in Japan.
Mr. Auman is son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jefferson Auman, of Seagrove.
He end Mrs. Auman have been at
Jrurova. Japan, where he is preei
aTVr the TMethodist, Protestant
school.
McCrarr-Reddinf Hardware Sold to
FraakllaTill Men
Messrs. Hugh Parks and H. M. Ed
wards, of FrankllnvUle, have bought
ware Company and will take charge
October 1. . ' .
Mr. Edwards and. family 'have mor
ed to Ashebore and are living ta Mrs.
John T. Motrin's residence
for r.riM f r the lanrest fain- . Avmua. ' Mr. Parks purchased
s are reqtWted to aanble at the' Mr. J. B. Lewis's miWce on Bun-
set somstime ago ana fuiv;
with bis family " jf'
is's new home w Booth FsyettoviUe
Itreet Is complete ana "P'j, f
Ladles, 8e4 Fscy Werk te tU Fair
. 'in i.Ji.. l. Kava faM work to
nteri fa the lUndolph. Chty Fslr
should bring or mai the work to Mr.
W. C. York br 8pUmhr Ji, and rt
wlU be properly entered and wiU dls-
W?X'nt m uVt "sftef n'ns
nVI-vk on Wrindiy, ss the Judging
main ant!tr.rtim nf the fair at 11K0
e'clock. The great grsnd-. parents.
; 4)i the ersndpr'iits and children . will
'a. ' eonatitute a line of lineal descendant
" and It is earncgUy hoped that there
; will be a large number of big families
-' at the fair. A prise wUl be 'offered
, f for the largert family and a kodak
6 man will U there to take pictures,
, , For fnrihpr Information apply to
; , Mm, W m. C. Hammer, chalrmaa ' of
thl drrartmrnt. ,
J V ' r, rn!;!;y r!ir!
' -1 - 1 f ,' -.1-
Minn Ruth Pool, dauehter of Mr.
inH Mra. J. H. Pool, was married to
Mr. Thos. Hedrick, of High Point,
luit nioht. Thev will come tov see
Mra. Hedrick's parents. Mr. and Mrs,
H Poo e. tomorrow evening 10
spend their honeymoon.
Randolph Man Dies In Indiana
Mr. Francia Hlnshaw, a son of the
late Thomas Hinshaw, of Ramseur
zn.,4. 1 MmA at hla home in West
jv u ve s -ww - .
field, Indiana, uhe first of this week.
Mr. Amos mnsnaw, ar. ana bu.
E. C. Byrd of the Kemps miu s seo-
wltk Mr. Hlnshaw When
he died. The funeral will be fa the
Indiana town today. .A"
The deceased was 65 years of ag.
His wife end one son survive. He
left this county 40 years ago.
BRING THE BABIES TO
u 1
V.
THE FAIR
MIsTsrCL ltttsh, Superintendent of
the Babrt Show Pepartment of "the
b.nink rnnnt Fair announce the
opehlng of th booth for the examln
f thl-, from C to 86 months
of age at e'cioce: weunesoajr
"in.. nMtut elnwta at t P. M. ' and
the winners name will be potdt
the same booth as early Ss possible
Thursday A M. After Wednesday
the booth will be uwvi as '
rA room fcnd all vUitors at the air
are ror.lially InvlWd to rnake it hc4
quarlrrs. '' ' " '
Rnhv show. Miss Rosa KUsn.
" Educational, T. F. Bulla.
Dogs, C. Rush.
Boy scouts, G. S. Suggs.
Community fair exhibits, E.
Millsaps. . , ., vjm
, Largest white family, Mrs. Wm.
C. Hammer. .
This contest will be held the last
day of the fair in front of the man
ager's office at 2:30 p. m. family
may consist of grandlather, grand
mother, and descendants.
Colored reopie
EducationalRev. R. W. Watts,
Asheboro.
Pantry supplies, Mrs. aanay jrcv,-
o. nH Mrs. M. A. Waddell, AsneDoro.
Needlework, same superintendents
as for pantry supplies.
Saturday Big vf
On Saturday two interesting lea-
fnwi will he the (riving away of 1
Ford car by the merchants' associa
tion and other business concerns aim
of a complete Delco Lighting system
hv v.. C. Cot of the Delco Ugnt 10.
Those living near should make en
tries on Tuesday and if possible get
.-rhihita in Mace 10 avoiu uie iuu
ah WxklTiAHdav.
... V .1 .
There will do pieniy 01 " iu
farm products. Get premium list
from Mr. W. C. York, manager, now,
and make entries now. roiiuw w-
og for all instructions, ah enines
close promptly at nine otiutn.
Wednesday. , ...
Let every citizen in tne couniy ieei
the spirit of pride and co-operation
and make this the best fair ever held
in the county. This is the third fair
hM In Aahahoro in recent years.
Ramseur had the county fairs two
consecutive years prior to the fair in
Asheboro three years ago. Many
years ago the county had annual fairs
at the present school site.
MISS MABEL COLTRANE OF
TRINITY DEAD
Well Known Woman Passes After an
Illness ef several years
Following an Illness of five years
with pulmonary tuberculosis, Miss
Mabel Coltrane died Saturday at her
home near Trinity.
.Miss Coltrane, who was the daugh
ten of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Coltrane,
was employed in a government office
at WMhington during the war and
it was while to this position that
she contracted the disease resulting
fa her death.
, Miss Coltrane was bora fa Ran
dolph county October 7, 1888 and was
well known throughout her eom
taunlty. t
In' addition to her parents she Is
survived by three brothers, Gyde
rvHt-.r . Hnmar Coltrane. Everett
Coltrane, ef Texas, -end b two jde
tors, Mrs. R. O. Martin, of Asheville,
end Mrs. Bertie Coltrane, ef Greens
boro.', - i n ' 1 -
The funeral? eendoa, wsa -n
An-iA at the home Sunder at 8 e
clock, Rev. T. B. Johnson, ef Thonv
amille, offldatlnt: and the Interment
followed in the Innity ternary.
some brown poiret twill dress witk'
brown hat, shoes and gloves. Her
bfuquet was orchids, white rosea ant '
perennials. Immediately after , "the
ceremony and informal reception was :
held at the home of Congressman aM
Mrs. W. C Hammer. The home was
decorated with briht colored fall
flowers except in the dining room
where the bridal colors of green aa& ,
white were used. The light above the
table was draped with green and
white tulle with streamers coming
! down to the corners of the table, ae- -
mg confined with crystal candlesticks
and green, candles. Misses Bera anal
Lucile Scarboro, Ethel and Lucy Lev
ett and Rose Rush served white brick
cream with a green heart' in the
center, case and mints.
-daughter 1
Cox,-ef PiBgah-'
ebofiftiT :
were present
After the opening exercises the
pupils were taken to the school build
ing where the work of classification
was taken up.
The following compose the faculty
for 1923-24:
Mr. W. H. McMahan. superintend
ent; Miss Margaret Sparger, princi
pal: misses Nannie Bulla, Asheboro,
and Berta May,' Carthage, music:
Misses Lucy Leigh Lovett. Asheboro.
lsima rnest, Council Bluffs, ana-Mar
garet McNair, Winston-Salem. first
grade; Misses Virginia Steed,' Ruth
Cox and Ava Wolff, Asheboro, sec
ond grade; Mrs. Bessie L. Rice, Ashe-
poro, and Mm Dorothy Hwtt, High
Pftinf.: xhirrt irmriA Mlcaaa Tln-nna Taa
VJ Aru.i?- .rX,5r rtr i Mrs. Bass is the youngest
Callie Vuncannon, Asheboro Rt.
bia universitar, New York: city. .She "
has taught for three years in the V i
schools at Winston-Salem. Y ,
Mr.' ' Bass is a promising young
business man connected with the
and Mrs. Henry Ingram, Asheboro,
sixth grade; Mrs. Daisy P. Mobley,
Fountain Inn, S. C, and Miss Dolly
Worthington, Winterville, seventh
grade.
Ii; ,L 1 1. It: njr 1 n
gerouTAirvr-nTatrS
Wassa E. Lambert, Asheboro, Ene-1 . P: p p d-.! o.ir:
At t i : uu una. j. kj. xaaa, M OVUU1 UUQWU,
where Mr. Bass is with the firm o
Latin; Miss Grace Frazier, Asheboro,
French and Spanish; Miss Eva Bul
lock, Rowland, history and science.
M. E MATTERS
Bass-Irby Tobacco company. f'f
Mr. and Mrs. Bass will make their
home at Winston-Salem vafter ,Oo
.tober iirst. ,.
Among the. out. of ; town guests
I present for the marriage were Mrs. .
(By W. H. Willis) iC. C. Bass and daughters, Miss Elisa-
The Aid Society ate grapes at the beth Bass, of South Boston and Mrs.
parsonage Tuesday, and incidentally Hardy, of Richmond; Messrs Hennas.
brought some nice things for1 their and Lonnie Bass.of Virginia, Mrs. X
pastor's table. " ; C. Bean and little daughter, Hazdl
The aid society will have a booth Lee, Salisbury; Mrs: S. A. Cox, Pis-
at the fair next week and will serve gah, aad Mr. and Mrs. Roy fcex,
a vegetable dinner and other things High Point.
each day. ' 1
The congregation is greatly pleased
to have the Junior choir again func
tioning under the efficient manage
ment of Miss Nannie Bulla.
Topics 0 the M. E. church for next
Sunday: Morning, "A Model Prayer."
Evening, "A Daughter of the Lord."
The Woman's Missionarr alrinfv
had charge of the regular prayer
meeting Wednesday.
MRS OLLIE PRESNELL GIVES
SHOWER FOR BRIDE ELECT
MR. W. R. ASHWORTH WRITES
ABOUT ANDREW BALFOUR the honoree was attractively-dressed
I 1.1 1- 1 ." 1 1 . "1 1
Among the social affairs honoring ' '
Miss Jessie Cox who was this week w
married to Mr. Lowell I. Bass, was. a
bridge shower at the Garland Lake i'
Country Club by Mrs. Ollie PresnelL ,
As the guests arrived they were ,
greeted in the living room by the .'
hostess and honoree. The hostess ',
wore an apricot afternoon dress while
Dear Courier,
I See in your paper some one wish
es to know something of the history
ui Andrew cauour. His grave is
two miles south of me. H VB sin
ardent Whig during the Revolution
ary war and was Colonel of the
in black satin brocade with a royal
blue hat. Places were found at the
ard tables by mean3 of dainty flow-'
er place cards in yellow and white;
these colors being used also fa the
decorations throughout the lua
house. Bridge was enjoyed for ai
hour or more when the cards 'were
Whig DSrtv in Randolnh. Ha wnl 1 enllftrtAd. The hiirh store brldre
of our first Representatives in the 'prize, two Maderia tray covers went
Legislature from Randolph in 1780. 1 to Miss Bera Scarboro. and the Jiook
He was murdered by Fanning and his prize, handmade handkerchiefs, were
men. Col Balfour was a treat and I presented to Mrs. McMahan, Miaa
good man. John B. Troy married. Cox was given s handmade buffet
some of his family and lived at
rsy s cross roads. . Some of the
Henley married fa his family. Tell
the person to come to m nH t ,m
Sve them much more information,
y health is so poor I dont get off
my plantation.
Much love to all. Yours,
W. R. ASHWORTH.
NO PRESENTATION AGAINST
CUKTUBATION COMMISSION
The reports nubllshl In i.'U cr.t-
urdayi papers, sarins' that a .
sentmenf against the North Carolina
corporation commission was made. by
the New Hanover grand Jury has been
denied by Solicitor Woodn. Vallum
Tinere was a criticism of the cor
poration eommlselott fa the regulsi
nwr vi um jury, said uie lo lid tor.
""'eaeesaeejBBsaasBeBi. f
Another Treheoa Takee KOoe.
Five thousand persons are resort
ed to have perished in the floods
which followed upon the typhoon at
Totton, near Kobe, Japan, last Satur-
day. , v
s v - ,
set An ice course fa yellow and
white was served. After the refresh
ments, Mrs. W. B. Ferguson begaa ,
the wedding march and from, the
side door came little Minnie Lee
Burkhead, dressed as a bride and 11 al
Hammer .Walker dressed as ' the
groom carrying a basket draped wita
yellow and white tulle containing the
many rifts for the honoree which she
opened and received fa a most gra
cious manner. About forty guest
were present , to enjoy this party.
JAPANESE RELIEF GOES
' BEYOND ttPECTATION
The Japanese relief fund in Amer
ica reached a total of RR5,0()0 In
Tuesday, more than $3,600,000 I
yond the amount first 'set as t
goaL'v' t V' ' .
. Ambassador Woods at- ToVIo 1
handed te Premier Ysmamn'o
a certified check for $l,000,oi() t
first large fastellment of tl. i
fund. . , ' '
, The Premier was dwr'y mm 1 t
;npreiwei hi gratltuda to An
ciuNronn, Eupt