RIER
jSSUED WEEKLY
$2.00 A YEAR EN ADVANCE
VOLUME XLVin
Ashebsnv North. Caae&aVThsrscar, October 4,
1923
NUMBER
the mo
' ramctf ii not men
WANT EXTRA SES
SION OFCONGRESS
Mach Interest In What Presi
dent Will Do and Say When
Congress Meets,
(By David F. St. Clair.)
. fTilXrVA in what Pros-
nwnsui" - when
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ident CooiBTr
....ri meets, n "lD
vbAt Wil.nn
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not
during the World
War were
awaiieu ' j e mjm wnQ
est than tne TjonRe ,
is now in tnej ""HMn nf
The new . .
am1 fnAv Amr.
riLMmS.wh.t he
i'.i n ucuuit
thinks or win uo wneu ure
than they did on the morning of
August 3rd, when he announced that
he intended to pursue the policies if
his predecessor anu CTiigrewi i buu
two jnontns "y PoiiUcaUy
to call an extra session. J 7TJ
r ,v l..n
to say the least,
inp Sllrlltil'iVll IB OA"
traordinary.
There beean about a week ao a
ii Viofinpd drive bv certain farm
well deiineu unvc uy .
hloc leaders in congress, .among them
WaBDaaIWhUr3
InS to tret anrlSn of ,
roneress for the purpose oi relieving
w.. ilriAn th wheat belt. This
drive has been encouraged by cer-
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ta n hard Dolled politicians in ooin . - v . . i i.
parties for the purpose of forcing the County. The county is not only rich
President to show his hand politically.!!" agricultural products but in in
k Prpsiripnt to check this move to!duat.na! enterprises. As was stated
"smoke him out" countered by de
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manding from these farm leader
senators that they furnish a program
for legislation before he would con
sider calling an extra session. They
retorted that if he had no program of
his own congress in session would
furnish him one. Then he is report
ed to have told them that he would
try to find a program but he must
have time.
Immediately the President set Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace to
formulate a chart and devise ways
and means of applying legislation.
In other words the President wants
the two months remaining before, .the
regular session ef congress to digt
and solve the agrarian problem. In
one sense time is against him. Rapid
changes adversely affecting the stan
ding of his party in the Northwest
are occaring. The election of Judge
Samuel Hill, a Democrat in a strong
Republican district in Washington is
calculated to mov a tool blooded A
politician as He Oolidg' is reputed
to be. But on the other hand the
President faces one of the most stu
pendous tasks that was ever im
posed upon his office in times of
peace and with a congress with six
wholly unreliable majority in the
senate and thirteen equally unreliable
majority in the house.
With less than two months after
he delivers his message to congress,
the Republican party in the North
west will begin to hold its preferenti
al Presidential primaries. Within
two or three months after Mr. Cool
iclne will either make his annual mes
sage to congress or break himself so
for as his own nomination is concern
ed. His would be rivals in his party
for the nomination are told that he be
allowed to make good or put himself
out of the running before they Bhould
actively enter the race. That is one
of the rules of the game if the party
nopes to stand a chance of success
at the polls.
But some of the President's would
he rivals are complaining that he has
taken undue advantage of this ex
traordinary sibuatioa by his profound
silence on public questions and by
welcoming a host of politicians to the
White House to pledge him their sup
port. They declare he is pledging his
party to support him without any
commital on his part. In other words
the party is grooming a man for
nomination on two months of sheer
silence and hope unless the farm lead
ers and the hard boiled politicians
can drive him into the open sooner.
The Democrats are also embarass
ed but they are attempting to dis
count the future by prophesying that
Mr. Coolidge will flounder when he
comes up to toe the mark. They as
sert that the forces he will have to
deal with are as hostile to each other
as heaves and hell. The President
may invite Senator La Follette to the
"hit House and offer him patronage
not the President caa nerer span tne
chasm between the Wisconsin sena
tor and the reactionary old guard in
the party and that he wfll soon leant.
Nw CUIsm In Liberty Bears Name
of O'Henry
The Courier ts In receipt of an an
nouncement of the birth, September
28. of John O Henry Allen, son of
Mr. and lira. J. . Allen of Liberty.
Congratulations.
1V Th little man, who Is named for
e 0 Henry Hotel In Greensboro, is
J be the recipient of a silver cup,
m tha hostelry which through Its
mffer. Mr. Rector, assumes the
rd father ahlp. Mr. and Mrs. Al-
"T"PTt part of their honeymoon
eighteen months ago at the
O'Henry. .
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS TO
' MEET MONDAY NIGHT
Tht local ' Lodge of . Xalthta of
Erthlaa : sria meet Monday . night
9r ?th at the hoar of 7:80 p. nu, I Forttt College- Mr. Moser h origin
w their lodge room. Th rank of Ea-i ally from- Surrey county but has
s'iire wm h eonf.rrsd upon Jams ,
l unch. Afu-r ths Mnf.rin of thla
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A NEW RECORD SET FOR
ATTENDANCE AT FAIR
Large Number of People At
tended and Much Interest
Was Shown.
The four' days Randolph county
Fair closed on last Saturday night.
While the exhibits were fine and the
fair a success, as voted by all, and
while the livestock, agricultural,
Paltry Pd industrial exhibits were
"n yet the greatest ex
line yet the areatest exhibit was the
people of the county and the interest
iney wok in uie r air. Dome
interested chiefly in the agricultural ,
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others in the fine poultry and
dogs, which were as fine as could be
found. Some came to see the at-
tractions on midwav which were
numerous varigated and interesting,
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It is imnnssihlp to fret, a list of i
those who won prizes for their ex- ,
bihits thiR ww 1c There were so ma-
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ny cows, cmcnens, dogs and so many
agricultural products of every kind ;
the fair management has been unable
to furnish a list sufficiently comnlete ,
anu BO many lnUUSinai exniOltS Uiai
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to be of any special public interest :
Ior tIu.s resue 91 lM ouner. ine ,
nexl lssue w111" nowever, contain
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"he SrPor'X Fair. Th
weaker was fine throughout the
t, . A. !
rroDaDiy no county in uie awn
can show as many
. i,nw ,, , vprsitipH pv-i
'hihits and inHiistrips as Randolph
in the last issue of Ihe Courier, one
of the most interesting and attractive
exhibits was that of relics of the
Revolutionary War, and other relics,
many of them belonging to Mr. W.
R. Pool, of Back Creek Township,
who was in charge of this exhibit.
The livestock and poultry exhibits
were of a particularly high order.
The dog show on Friday was well at
tended and was of especial interest.
Saturday was Everybody s Day and
there was the largest crowd that had
been in Asheboro for many years.
Among the interests on Saturday
was the giving away of a Delco
Lighting plant by the Delco Light
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people in cnarge oi r reu ana cj.
Cox and a Ford by Merchants' Co
operative Association and the Fair
Management. The gates were open
ed free to everybody from two-thirty
o'clock in the afternoon. Amos Hin
shaw, of Holly Springs section; Ram
seur, Route 1, was the successful
winner of the Delco Light plant
while W. R. Cooper, of. -the -Ceiar
Grove section, Asheboro Route 3, took
away the Ford car.
The performances given every af
ternoon and night by the two Clark
sisters, formerly of Candor, who have
been with the Barnum and Bailey
shows, was of much interest. They
did what was knows as the iron-jaw
stunt. Each was suspended in the
air holding an iron bar with fheir
teeth as they were lifted by a lever
or windlass several feet in the air.
Saturday afternoon was devoted
largely to the selling of products by
the farmers, which had been on ex- i
hibition. Several hundred dollar.
were realized from the sale of the
vegetables and fruits. Watermelons
were cut and enjoyed by many; de-
licious fruits were sold and given
away.
MR. COOPER A HAPPY MAX
Dear Courier:
Please oblige me by publishing a
few lines. I wish to tell you of my
enjoyment at the Fair and feel sure
it was the best our county has ever
had. I return to Hayworth and
brothers, and the merchants' associa
tion of Asheboro my heart felt thank-;
for their great kindness to me, and
so many of my friends who are re
joicing with me in securing the Ford
car. May God bless Gurney Frees
little girl who made me so happy.
May she make one of Randolph's
most useful women. I desire that I
and all my good friends pray that
when meet around God's throne that
wa may all hare clean hearts ready
for heaven.
Yours,
W. R. COOPER,
Asheboro, N. C,
Rt.
THIRD MEMBER OF FOX
FAMILY DIES
The death of little Miss Mary Etta Melanchton church near Liberty, be
Fox, daughter of ths late Dr. T. I. fore the burial took place In Melanch
snd Mrs. Annie Stsley Fox, of Frank- u cemetery, the funeral and burial
llnville, marked the third death in .rvices being largely attended,
the Fox family during the past i Little Miss Fox is survived by her
month. Dr. T. I. Fox, the first motter and the following brothers
to resnond to the call, died at Mem
orial hospital in Asheboro. In less
than two weeks his sister. Miss Cora
Fox, died at the home of her brother,
Dr. L, M. Fox. The little girl while
not entirely well, was able to be at
the funeral of her aunt She was in
the eecond grade st school and was a
bright, attractive little girl. The en
tire community expresses sympsthy
tat thoM who have sustained such a
'great loss during the past month.
Asheboro Hss Aaother New Lawyer.
Mr W R. Moaer. who successfully
passed the State Board In Augu
located In Asheboro for the pr
j. u Mm ! rradui
the State Board In August nas
practice
uate of
Cuberland University. Ubonon,
He later took the law course st
Tenn.
Wsks
for the past Jour years oeen
rwmilns' his vacations with his
lUIvu a n Uuif st BsbdUmaa
! , Mr. Mowrs office will U on the
ff-. . fir,rtr ef ths law buildlnj ad-
MR. J. J. FARRIS, EPJJOR AND
PROMINENT 0T2EN DIES SUDDENLY
4r
Dies Just After Completing ft Speech at a Rotarian Banquet at
the Sheraton Hotel la Bigll Point Did Much In Building
Up High Point Aid Making it a City.
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Mr. J. J. Farris a prominent eitiMnVf ' In paying tribute to" his memory
of High Point for thirty-five yeaMi Rev. Mr. Clark closed as follows:
died suddenly last Thursday nighti Time and time again have we heard
just after completing a speech him say: "Any man can make money
at a Rotarian banauet at the ShermAi if he will set hk mind in that direc-
ton Hotel in High Point, at which
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epveu a parcnwent oearmg uq:
inscription, "Presented to J. J, FMey, and that is to try to inspire in
riss as a token of appreciation forthe souls of others true and noble
his untiring efforts in upbuilding thta tfdeals.'
citv. Rotarv club of Hie-h Point. SeoJ
tember 27, 1923.'
Mrs. Farriss was? awav in WaRhinsvVsrave for the betterment of his town
ton at the time of the death and hj'he would have been a rich man.
two older sons were in school at Trin- 1 "On the last evenine of his life.
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uy.
The deceased was born September
vk IKKF, Hh IMS mnmorl tuilr.'.
first to Miss Laura Stamey, daughtfcK.ence and appreciation were spoken
f p tt com of ' 'i B. -by many of his friends for the untir-
a a uvamt jf ai vsiit. wmt y v - - , , . , .
siding elder in the western North''" efforts which he had given to
Carolina M. E. conference. Aft6r:
her death he married Miss Nannie-?
,it.-j . j tt. i it
"uo"' Kr v r.ra"K "'ithpsp hptifl h
time presiding elder.
His wite and three sons, James andu.t,.nitv mi p,;,0 f" "
Charles Farriss. students at Trinitv
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College, and Carter Farriss, of HigJreciation f the kinH wnpHs
Point, survive him. Also, a brother about me bv his "C an;f for the
D, Charles Farri? a Baptist mimS
ter of DeLand, Florida, survives. you have g0 y, ven me The
Mr. Farriss was active in rehgiouafeinft will ho aA QO i
circle Deing teacner ot tne rarnssvf ijve in mv humble wav I havp
Bible t21aw of the First Bantlirfi ij j i y ?T Y ,
mDie v-iass oi tne irst Bapwsjjjdded to the upbuilding of this city 1
Church and a member of the board which I love so well, and if in so j
deacons of that church any of you have benefited ma-
i i
Mr. ramss edited tne nign roiniteriaiy, i am happy. There is neither
Enterprise, a weekly paper, for ma4nalice nor envy in my heart for any
ny years and afterwards changed. hV;fnan. I love every one of you you
to a daily paper. His health declined: know it but I like to tell you so. We
and it became necessary for him to think of the mystery of life; we pon
dispose of the paper. He was ap$ --der over the mystery of death, but the
pointed postmaster of High PoinV' greatest of all mysteries is the mys-
dunng rresident Wilson s nrst aarfifery oi love.'
the present administration came Jajrablic utterance of his life, he quiet-
Mr. r-amss established tne fTinunjtew
and Trade Journal of Hieh Point and
1 m T .1 TTi . I t . A. J'f
published it for many years finally
disposing of it. Four or five years
ago he established the High Point
News, one of the weekly leading p-, !
pers.
'
Mr. Farriss took a livelv rsterest
in church matters as well as in buildV
1I1K uy Uie vuiumuiuvj ass pus , I . , " m .
lived. No man has ver .dWW IThrough faltih in Christ supernal,
much' for High Point as MtFsWlJiW ,lif. .eternal,
He devoted practically hrs wnoie tiBWi
for many years in making High
Point a city. No man ever died in
High Point or in any other commun
ity in North Carolina whose death
was more greatly mourned. He was
the foremost citizen of High Point
The reason he was not rich was be
cause he loved and appreciated some
thing else as of more value than mon
ey. He cared little for money.
BIMtlAL OF MARY ETTA
FOX AT FRANK LIN VILLE
1 The burial of little Miss Mary Etta
j,)X attractive daughter of the late
,)r Thomas I. Fox and Mrs. Annie
i gtaley Fox, who died at the Fox
I f" ' i.-ranklinville at 8:00 o'clock
Thursday morning, was held trom
the residence Friday afternoon at
j 2:00 o'clock. Little Miss Fox was
1 ill only two days with tonsilitis. She
1 was seven years of age and had at
tended school two years, being the
' brightest pupil in the scond grade
'this year. Mary Etta was a wonder
! ful character and was loved by both
; voung and old. This lovely child was
lone of the most interested members
I of the Baptist Sunday school at
! Franklinville and was always pres
, ent when possible.
Wonderful tributes were paid the
little girl at the funeral services bv
Rev. Scott, of the Methodist church
and Rev. S. L. Morgan, of the Baptist
church. Rev. B. A. Barringer, of the
Melanchton Lutheran church assisted
in the services.
Misses Kate Marley and Mary
Moon and Messrs. K. D. Garrison and
Joe Buie sang the favorite hymns of
i this little girl. Twenty-two (rls
J from the Franklinville High School
3 j were flower bearers and the floral
I designs were beautiful. Messrs. John
, W. Clark, W. I). Maner, Jos T. Huie
and George Patterson were pall
bearers. A hort service was held
at the
nd sisters: Misses Elizabeth, ( ora
Mae, Dorothy and Annie Maria Fox
and Messrs. Joe anil Herbert Vox.
UNLESS DEFECT RECOGNIZED
REFORMATIVE WORK USELESS
"Proper recognition and handling
of the mental defective in the various
phases of social adjustment consti
tutes the rock bottom basis of sll so
cial and economic beteerment The
uaeleasness of beginning any con
it active or reformatory work without
taking the same into account Is be
yond debste." Dr. C. Banks Mc
Nalry .
THE MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION
The Ministerial Association will
hold Its regular monthly meeting
nest tnonday, October 7th at 10 A. M.
In the dlrsetor'a 'room of the First
National Bank. , -.
We hepe to have a foil attendance
of the psirtors hoth rn and eat of
town. JA.H. W. I'Or. Preidnt,
11. F. I Wil I.MAN, JJerty. ,
hj-tion, but there is something else bet-
A M . l -i e .
lu' mail w worn man ior mon-
"Had he eiven half the time and
1 thought to his own business as he
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tw'"Je u' J7 g Dan2uel " non-
if 1 xl Wow members of the Ro-
J i "c aim tuim- ,
"'. ww i me cuy.
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their remarks Farms rpsnnrlp in
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mydoctor u L, me ti lat .
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. - ynsiiig my ratituae ana oeep an-
pressing my gratitude and deep ap-
" viivijuiivu mo iuiie uo
said this, the last
ly
,y left the room and his friends, and
in five minutes he had passed be
yond the mists and clouds through
the vesper gates of God into the
T-.5 j i 1 -
essence isryins, ana we sioou in
hashed reverence as we realized that
:?LBis sunset here in sunrise fair
r t r!i'.i i
In Gloryland.
Surprised, the soul in rapture
.Shall understand.
TisdyrnyWere, but rising there,
in liloryiand.
. The funeral service was conducted
by Rev. James A. Clarke, of the First
Baptist Church, of which the deceas
ed was a member and an officer, and
Rev. E. K. Mcl.arty, pastor of Wesley
Memorial Episcopal ehurch and Rev.
W. A. Lamliv lh, of Gastonia, was to
have asssisted but was prevented be
cause of ill health.
STATE HAS PROMISE
OF BUMPER CROP
With strict tfooil middling cotton at
29 and 30 cents, a bounteous cotton
j i Aiii i
tiup in luunt-u iui wm cai. mumuKii
the state and government reports
place No--.ii Carolina third for the
year, a i many optimistic ohserv-
ers at
rise t
,.A forecasting the state s
eond place after the actual
count h;. . been made. The greatest I special music by home talent. Mrs.
cotton ac;eage in the state's history (',. H. King, who is president of our.
has gained a government forecast of ! Ural society, presided over the meet
885,000 bales, which is only 63,000 be- i ng. ,
low the forecast for the state of Ar-kansa.-.
;,-.:t year North Carolina
ranked I'-mrth in production, both Ar
kansas and Mississippi being ahead of
her. According to reports the yield
will not be so large as formerly in
any of the states, and North Caroli
na has given over more acreage to
the production of eight or nine hun
dred thousand bales than it has de
voted to Uiat amount before. Th
boll weevil U primarily responsible,
but what i. ban done to this state it
has done t" a greater extent to the
other cotto-i producing states.
The grc.Irst production of cotton
in the history of the state was in 19-
11, when over one million bales were
raised. Hu! for the boll weevil, that
figure would have been exceeded this
year.
EDUCATIONAL WEEK TO
BEGIN NOVEMBER 18TH.
President Coolidge has issued a
proclamation calling the observance
of week beirinning November 18th
an National Educational week. The
President does this at the request of;
the National Educational Association, '
The United States Bureau of Educa-1
tion and the American Legion co-op-
eratinir with more than a hundred I
other national oriraniiationi.. their
niirnnw. hiincr to hrino- ihp rnnl
closer to the schools.
Staler School Opens
Stsley school opened Monday Oc
tober 1. Rev. A L Lucas pastor of
the M. E. church made the opening
speech. Mr. Lucss emphssized the
great need of education snd told his
nesrers to attain it st any cost
Prof. Thaddeua Ferres will pilot the
school through another year sitd
by Mlsse Thslms All red, HetUe Sts
ley and Thelma York.
The enrollment was Isrge. Stsley
has a new school buildinr. Ths
school wss a great success lant year
and still greater progress is eipect
ed this yesr.
1 - Mrs. Charts PullUm, of ( High
Point, was seriously hurt in art auto
mobile accident In New York last
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ASHEBORO'S ENLARGED
SCHOOL BUILDING
School Grows Rapidly and Com
pells the People to Enlarge
Building.
About sixteen years ago, the town
of As he bo ro erected a handsome and
commodious brick school building
that looked as if it would be all that
could be needed for a long time to
come. However, the town grew rap- .
idly, and before many years it be
came necessary to partition off into ,
class rooms a small part of the beau
tiful auditorium which had been
built to accomodate a thousand peo-
pie. This partitioning process con- 1
tinued from time to time until four
years ago, when the last resemblance
of an auditorium disappeared. Then
the class-rooms became more and
more packed until last year, when a
small "hut" was erected on the cam
pus and the Senior class moved into
it. The past spring, all realized that
something must be done to provide
hnne n onn.o frvr nnr
nousing space ror our rapidly ex
panding school. Architects were em
ployed and plans made for enlarging
the building. The work is now pro-
gressing fast and it is expected that 1
conjested conditions will be relieved
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prSoS.ilSpe
The o.djuilding, with sommprove-;
,,.'c"1'0' ,c",a'" " V "c" ui.
SOuth. The
six rooms each on tne north and ;
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ti,p t,p o.iitnn'.,m ,.,;n
T i' u . t u "Ti K'
iau h ,n I
accommodate sucn an audience as ,
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exercises of Asheboro high school and
other public affairs
T if hoped hat the new south
wi" 0f thebuiklinl win be corn-
1 1 u 1 1 ) 1 1 r uriomic rno i(nmmonfAivinnt
Dieted in a month and the north win?
and auditorium a few weeks later.
BAPTIST CHURCH MATTERS
September has been one of the
best all-round months of the year at
the Asheboro Baptist church. Without
any special meeting there have been
nve additions to the membership, in
which the heads of three new families
afe added, also a representative from
a fourth new family. The contribu
tions have been far in advance of the
previous month, both for local ex
pense and for missions, and benevo
lence. At its regular Quarterly Con
ference last Wednesday night, the
church licensed one of its young men
to preach the gospel, who is now a
student at Wake Forest College pre
paring himself forv-he aunistry. . : ...
Last Sunday NTght - .'
The Woman's Missionary Society
of our church put on a most excellent
program with talent mostly from
Greercboro, in person of Miss Mollie
Patterson, who is president of the
W. M. U. of the Piedmont Associa
tion, and Miss Spivey, which is the
Sunbeam and Royal Ambassador
leader for the association, and a Mrs.
Gates who conducted one of the most
interesting devotional services I ever
listened to. She was assisted by Miss
Patterson, who read the verses of
scrinture for each thought of the
' subject, and Miss Spivey who anrig
'appropriate verses of some sonir after
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eacn cnpiure reading, with our own
Mrs. E. S. Millsaps at the Piano,
Miss Patterson and Miss Spivey made
addresses on their departments of
work of the Kingdom. Mrs. Millsaps
read a splendid paper, and we
We pass into the month of October
greatly encouraged.
The pastor will preach next Sunday
morning on, "The Message of God In
a Burning Bush." At night the sub
ject will be, "The Evolution of Sin."
JAS. W. ROSE, Pastor.
SAMUEL 1" ERR EE BURIED
AT OLD HOME CHURCH
The body of Samoel Ferree who
died in Elberta, Canada, arrived in
Asheboro last Friday and was taken
to Prowers where burial followed.
Mr. Ferree's body was on the way for
more than a week and his relatives
and friends were in a state of anx
iety and expectancy. Two of his
brothers, O. It and A. T. from Ixiuis
ana and Oklahoma arrived from their
respective homes several days prior
to the arrival of the body. A large
crowd attended the burial service. Mr.
rree was the on of the late James
,'errp-
i ur..n nr.u .-a
HAI'fcl, HILL N KW SI'AI'KK
Rev- J- R- Davis, pastor of the
Baptist church at Carrboro, N. C,
ha employed cnunsel to bring suit on
charges of libel in Orange county
Superior Court against th
e Chapel
Hill Weekly. This paper, it is re-
norteil. in a recent issue, stated that
:Mr. David had three women expelled
ifrom his church because of violation
of a church regulation prohibiting
women from bathing In a swimming
fmol in compsny with men. The sl
egntion Is dented by the pastor, who
1 sffirms thst the women were expell
jed because of non-attendance snd
support. The amount of damages
sought is not announced.
A LBERTSON-K EN N EY
Mini Evs Albertson snd Mr. John
Kenney. both of Trinity were married
September 13th. Mrs, Kenney is one
of the county's most popular young
women. Mr, Kenney U a prosperous
younf , farmer. After a two weeks
visit with relatives and friends. Mr.
snd Mrs. Kenney will leave for Flor
ida where they will spend the winter.
HOOVER FAMILY
REUNION HEIJ)
Three Hundred or More Peo
ple Attended Letter Git
ing Family History.
The first Hoover family reunion was
held at Mrs. Julia Plummer's, widow
of the late John Plummer, just acrosr
the Davidson and Randolph count)
line, on last Sunday. The occasion
was planned by Mr. Gurney E. Hoov
er, of Ashejsoro, and an organization
was affected that day and the inten
tion is to have an annual reunion at
the same place every year. It was
picnic affair and some three hundred
or more people it is estimated were
present.
Each family carried a basket, and
a long table, 150 feet long, was ar
ranged on the spacious lawn in front
of the house and all enjoyed tb
splendid dinner which consisted of
everything imaginable that is good
to eat. Rev. T. J. Rogers, of Higfe
Point, and Wm. C. Hammer, of Ashe
boro, made short speeches.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Miller, R. A-
Gaddis and wife and family, Mr. ani.
'Mrs. Gurnev Hoover and Wm.
fW cLd" bft'heTate "jonn
Hoover, of Tabernacle township, giv-
, D ' ;fatinn relating to ti
Hoover family.
"'e 0
Dear Nephew:
'1 amending by today's mail the
fniiation you asked for, I am giv-
j the information as best $
- . ....
know in regard to the Hoover ances
try. There were three Hoover im
migrants that came over from Ger
many and settled in Randolph county,
N. C. John, Alfred and David of
which were the parents of the Hoov
er ancestry of the County of Ran
dolph. Jacob Hoover settled on tha
Uwharrie and built a grist mill. Sooa
after the Revolutionary War he hai
the misfortune to get two mill houses
destroyed by fire and he met with a
serious accident. He was living near
the river there a large August
fresh in the river and washed his
house away of which he remained a
cripple the remainder of his life. Jo
seph Hoover, Sr., settled on ine mm
property and built the mill house thai
is standing on the site yet. Before
his death he made a request that tha
property remain in the Hoover fam
ily for one hundred years of which it
did. Joseph Hoover. Sr., marrie4
Elizabeth Young, there were horn &o
this union uye sons, ana nya qasgn
ters:. Henry, JSnhins, Joseph,. JaoA
and- Andrew MrmarriedJoo Post ,i
Hliza married-"' Bitly PreveTenie
married Dan Davis, Polly nfarrieil
Arnold and Margaret married An
drew Johnson.
"I am giving the names who tha
girls married, so you may know whe
your relatives are.
"Joseph Hoover, Jr. married Mary
Nance, (here were born to their un
ion eleven children, six boys and five
girls. Boys William, Henry, John,
Joseph, Jeff and Robert. Girls
Elizabeth, Rebecca, Julia, Martha-arid
J'.'i?. - ...
"Joseph Hoover, Jr. was the iouna-
' rr of the H"over Hill mine, he sold
' i I ! i !" V, fnimln i-v-i mini
the mine to Buncombe County mining
company for $20,000., after which ha
bought the Julian Leach farm sa
Uwharrie River and remained there
until his death. He was engc;: in
farming and merchandising for many
years. William Hoover married Su
san Jones. Elizabeth married Dugan
Pierce and T. E. Lyndon, Rebecca
married E. W. Walker, Julia married
John Plummer, Martha married A R
Kearns, Mollie married T. R. Gaddis,
John married Fannie C. Lee, Joseph
married Abagil Murphy, Jeff married
Florence Briles and Robert married
Bettie Hale.
Henry was a sailor in the Civil
War, was missing at the surrender
and his family never heard anything
from him. I suppose I am sending
you something you already know,
I perhaps it will be alright for your
i children to know.
J. (
i DOVER.
10, 1816,
years 2
Joseph Hoover born Oi :
died Dec 22, 1K7". Age.l i
months and 12 day
Mary Hoover bom Nov. 20, 1818,
died March 21, 19-00 Aj'cl 81 years,
4 months and 1 day.
Elisabeth Lyndon lx..:i Oct. 21,
183'J, died August 17, I Mi-7. Aged 47
years 9 months and 2C, ' :tr.
Rebecca W. Wall.er Ijm Mardh
13, 1842, died the 12th April 188L
Aged .'19 years and 29 days.
Thomas J. Hoover born March S
I860, died Dec. 24, 1887. Aged 2T
years, 9 months and 7 days. t
&ff .
M. E. MATTER j ' '
(By W. H. Willis.) " ' '
m; j i ... i ii
lh mnmin- a n.l It , .7 w
han st niirht ' 'j.- f! '
ioe irrpai. ueiieni or thi
Rev T A. Sikes, of Greensboro, '
preaches for us Sunday, momta and
night. . j- -
Jolnel Sundsy by letUr, Arthw- :
Hssty, Mrs. Arthur Hssty. Mrs. W '
P. Nance and D. L Gulns .. ;
Msrried Ssturday at the ermrt
house, Jobs Anderson and Delah HJg.
l'v? wH.tr Preached at Pis rah, osi
the New Hope dmiit, at 8 p. i, Jua
dar last . .
Sundsy Is promotion day In otrr
Sumlsv school. A progrant will be
carneo out.
.
Chief of Police Wlmberiy, of Tho-'
Mvllle. hss tendered Wa rWgneUot
ana the town commissioners havs r
quested him ' to aprsr befi- U
Jioard and sUte why he wai,n rv-slfn.-
, . .
S4 I