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. - v ! 'v'aexasaassxr: - ISSUED WEEKLY - ' , , PRLNCIPLXS, NOT MEN $2X0 A YEAR IN ADVANCE . . . -" VOLUME XLTX ' Asbebsro, North Cart.! In,. Thursday, Martk St, 1U. NUMBER U rir ' 7 3 V V 0 CIVIL COURT BEGAN MONDAY Several Important Cases To Be Tried; Three Weeks Term ; Judge Harding' Presiding. A three week's term of Superior Court began Monday with Judge W. Harding, of Charlotte, : presiding. There is a large number of eases ; on the calendar for this week and next, both of which are for the trial of civil eases. Criminal court - begins Monday, March 81st and in addition to the large number of prisoners in the county jail, there are many eases of persons out on bond. The following cases have been dis posed of: " ' ' William T. Hanner, Extr. Wro, Sta ley vs. Maude Staley et al, all issues were answered in favor of the plain- Eva Smith VS. A. o. lTOgaon re- suited in the defendant taking a vol-1 untary non-suit and the plaintiff to nay the cost ' ' ' t tv,. HU nt J. F. Deaton vs. J. ' , w . i W. Bowman the plaintiff got judge ment for 3,7Z0.W. The divorce suit, Daisy Steed vs. Arthur Steed, colored' was granted, the defendant ordered to pay the cost The case of J. W. Jackson vs. Em ma Kearn, the jury allowed Mr. Jack son $800.00 damages. . The suit of Joe E. McDowell et al vs. Norfolk-Southern Railroad Co. et al began yesterday afternoon. The jury was chosen and the evidence commenced. ' The following jurors are serving: L. J. Davis, H. Carl Kivett, T. F. Pnrh. J. fi. Craven. J. W. Ward. J. T. Abetter, W. H. Tucker, A. W. Vamer, W. M. Stout, Thos. J. Bonge meyer, E. H. Cox, J. F. Hackett, J. T. Redding, J. M. Simmons, S. L. Adams, T. R. Ivey, D. M. Walker. - -; Chief of Police Jenkins of Thomas ville Charged With Murder. L. C. Jenkins, Chief of Police of Thomasville. is in the Davidson county jail at Lexington charged , with the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth a. Jones of Appalachia, Virginia. The body of the dead woman was. found in the room which Jenkins had occu pied for sometime, in the home of It. Mm J TV rrter- The ldll- inocul batwaan 12nd 1 o'clock last Thursday morning-, eaid Jenkins left Thomasville in one of the official cars f the town of Thomasville and body ih the county is invited to come was gone until an early hour Satur-and lend their cooperation in making day morning. Upon his eturn to this a splendid occasion. A number Thomasville h6 visited several eafes0f prizes are offered for the best fid 'and asked about the little girl -who ler, best ban joist, best guitarist, and was thought by the -people of Thorn-j best dancers. The admission will be Seville to be his daughter. After be- 25 and 50 cents, contestants free, ing informed that the little girl was , Messrs. Dana Johnson of .Greensboro well, he immediately went to police j and James W. Sears, of Siler City, headquarters and surrendered to the, are the committee in charge, authorities. Mrs. Jones and the little . , five year old girl have made ey visits to Thomasville, spending their time with Jenkins and it was the be lief "that she was the wife or. tne chief. Jenkins .-claims that -Mrs. JniMMi aliot herself. The most patnet - ic figure connected with the horror is a nve year oio gin, rean om, v wis the only eye witness and who re - mniiiMi in the room alone with the body for thirty six hours without ut tering a sound. The child at first was thought to be the daughter of the dead woman but it has since been learned that she is the daughter of a dead sister, of Mrs. Jones, jenicins has a wife and two children who live in Greenville, S. C He was at one time member of the Charlotte police force and later employed as a special agent of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway.-; The people of Thomasville say , that since Jenkins accepted the po sition as Chief of Police of Thomas j, vtile he has been a splendid and fear ; less officer of the law. - - , Although Jenkins claims that Mrs. Jones shot herself, physicians . say that the bullet entered the woman's back. 1 Jenkins gave as his reason for leaving Thomasrills after the woman was shot in his room an excited state . . M . T . Via mother wh lives' is Greenville, 87 CV and claims her mfermed her. of j tfte tragedy and was advised by her to return at once to Thomasville and surrender, Jenkins , has employed Raper and Rper artemeya, as a Ma counaeLand wUl put up,, a. flight for his Ufa. Much may depend upon the testimony regarding the course of the bullet and the point 'of entrance. Tee-' tlmonv before the coroner's Jury was to the effect that the bullet entered just below the left shoulder Hade in the back and came out in front, pass ing bite the wall; According to Jen- Si kin statement, to counsel and others ft last' Saturday morning he -did : not that Mn JnnM had the Distal " wlUi whicn tne aiuing was uon ymu . : . k t . t a. 1 a A jk a v that she had fired a bullet into f 1 own body, ne was standing in ;stbe - ' f t room tne ume nut no muni , ' . her, be to quoted as stating. v. . - . f i ' The huband of the dead woman Is druirtfBt In Arpalachla, va; Me was informed of the death of his Wife and immediately went to Thomasville. Jtmklna reatitd nermiimlon to see the husband of the dd woman but when Mr. Jono mi-W the jail ' tn ' which Jetiklna l eon fined he ' found Jenkins In 'mirh a nrvmn irtiife of mind that he gathered vry Btli informtt!n 'from- him..., Mr. Jones and the lilt! rirl aocompanled the body to Mowphin, Tenn where the mother of Mr. Jones lives and where Interment will be made. r The man who it not wining to inare -lils succp'I with frfhem will soon have to succcti for Uinaeif. ' " PROMINENT CITIZEN OF ' -EANDLEMAN DEAD Mr. L. M. Caudle one' of Candle man's oldest and most distinguished citisens died, following an illness ,f several years last Thursday. He was the son of J. M. Caudle who passed awayVany years ago. V - Mr. Caudle was married three times, first to Miss Sue Vickory to whom six sons and daughters were born. He was married the second to - Mtes . Eiixabetn , - league, . oi Florida and the third, time to Mrs. Cornelia Hobson to whom were born four daughters. Mr. Caudle had been in the mercantile business in San dleman for forty-five years. He was sixty six years of age. In early life Mr. Caudle united with Mt Lebanon church from which his funeral war conducted Friday at 2:80 p. m. by Rev. Trollinger. Many beautiful flowers attested the high esteem in which Mr. Caudle was held. Surviving am thn wMnw and the following chil dren: P. M. Caudle, of High Point; J. E. Caudle, of Greensboro; Ray pauaie, oi juuiaienuia, jura. . White, of High Point; Mrs. M. L. Ivey, of Eandleman; Mrs. J. T, Wall, of Sophia; Misses Mary, Frances, Clara and Mildred Caudle, . of .Ran- -. n ji TIT rr dleman. He is also survived by four brothers, J. V. and E. F. Caudle of Greensboro: R. S. Caudle, of Gibson ville, and A. R. Caudle, of Randle man, and a sister, Miss Cora Caudle, of Greensboro. Mayor Arthur Ross Announces March 24-29 For Clean Up Campaign - Mavor Arthur Ross has announced that March 24-29 inclusive have been sit aside as clean up days for Ashe boro. This same time has been an- ' nounced by State Insurance Commis sioner Stacey W. Wade as clean-up week throughout the state. Mr. Ross urges that every citizen in town co-operate in this campaign which will mean a cleaner, healthier, town. As has been the usual custom, the city wagons will haul away all unburnable rubbish. They will go on every street in the town. Garbage should be put in boxes or bags for the convenience of the drivers. If for any reason your rubbish is not gotten Dy driver cau k. a. uaaois, rnuue m. ; FIDDLERS CONVENTION iir ?" AT RAMSEUR An old time Fiddlers convention I wiir be held at the school house in Bamseur Saturday, evening, March 1 22nd.. nart of the proceeds or wmcn will mt to the Rafinseur school. Everv- , Receivers Appointed for Atlantic and Yadkin Railroad .judg E. Y. Webb in United States di8trict court last Monday granted , tv,- .,(.; ft,. cnl1tvom PoiimgH . Atlantic and Yadkin railway ta -ij in the handg of a receiver i.d j w fw 0? Greensboro, and A. E. Smith of Mount Airy have been named receivers. The action of the court came after the state of North Carolina, represented by Attorney General J. S. . Manning and A. L. Brooks, had filed a petition to inter vene and had been made a party to the action. They will take charge of the road March 24th. aim will operate the road from Mt Airy to Sanford, a distance of 130.95 miles. Branches to Woodruff, Madison and Ramseur will also be under the two receivers. Former North Carolina Man Stamped To Death In Florida. ' John Eva Winchester, aged 16, and her mother, Laura Eva Winchester, 48, are held in the Hillsborough coun ty. -Florida Jail for the murder of J E. Winchester,! Wednesday. Win chester was stamped to death by his daughter, John Eva, who declares her mother was holding her; firmly i, by both arms durbig the thirty minutes required To stamp the life out of her father and threatened to kill her - if he showed the least signs of; relent big "before the eld devil, was dead". Ms.; Winchester :was a paralytic. All were formerly residents' Nf Gastonla (A this. Stat. . Mrs. Winchester when first tjuestloned about the killing de clared that "Jesus mad me do.Jt, and L queen of the universe, made John Evajdomy bidd(ng." Later, however, she' stated she had come to her senses and that Raymond Richey, healer. evangelist conducting a series of meetings ia Florida, should, be ar reoted for the murder in that she was hypnotised by him and under his pow er, The rWInchesters have relatives In Union,' Mecklenburg; and j Gaston counties.',- , - : , i. ). Mrs. Lewsln Hostess j I a, ; i ' K , !,. ,-.f Mrs. Joe T. Lewallcn was hostess to the members of he bridge -club and a few other guests Tuesday af ternoon at her home on Salisbury Street. Besides the two tables which composed the club, a third table was madSi op pf, visitors. -Bridge was enjoyed through several progressions, Mrs. L C Moeer winning the Club tH) two decks xf cards and Mrs. 1L W. Walker making top score of the visitors and was given : a pair , of candles. , Tn hostess, Minted by her mother, Mrs. U. C Richardson, nerved a delicious course of refresh ment, pre need chicken, stuffsd to raatoes, hot roll, and eoffee, INVESTIGATION OF DAUGIffiRTY ' ' STUL IN PROGRESS AT WASHINGTON The Most Amazijig Inrestlgat: a That Has Ever Occurred In Washington', Is the General Comment ef the Daugherty Investigation; NoW la Progress. (By David F. St Clair). Washington, March 17. The most amaiing invwtiyation that has - ever occttnea ia numagwn. un cial agent 0f the Department of Jus erai comment here of the Daugherty d then show the attorney Gen investigation now in progress. ; The tni't ponsibUity for Smith. When astounaing story or suss kox un-' son, the divorced wife of Jesse Smith, tneauegea tuier ego -oi . Aixorney General Harry M. Daugherty and the "vicious piffle" of Gaston B. Meajn t!XtffeVSJrtSSS1o m tesny rn the CapitaU Jjwrf k J i ZJttZSZZ? TirSt skilled in correctly sclKitirtialng .v. v,i.j convinced that there is a background of truth for what the attorney gen eral calls "a tissue of lies woven by: his enemies to support a giganic con spiracy against hinv In other 'words on. h mnst TomnrknhlA conspiracies in historV to destrov af? hieh government officiali V The great mystery .of. the story is what was the relation between the at torney general and Jesse Smith. Was Daugherty the Dr. Jelcyll and smitn the Mr. Hyde in the story? Did Smith do the things he is aueged to . have done and if he d, did the at- . . . . . - wmey Kenerm imoY i- j. J. 'pweea mmseii in tne category ior the hps at this imBrtmjM.fapiria ol Mgh crimes. The who is disposed to suspend judgement : j 4.v.4- was nomc i i ne.se auesuonH are uii in Denau oi me aworney general. - Fred C. Quimby, a motion picture Droducer. has corroborated the testi-J mony of both Miss Stinson and. Means, that the unlawful exniDraon or tne Demsey-Carpentier fight pictures was protected by the Department of Jus- tice through Jesse Smith. ; Means; says that when Smith gave an order ; That is he will, it is predicted by Daugherty was never present , trid"0thersr unless the story grows so when Daugherty functioned" Smith black in the near future that it men was always absent but the two . men ace the- President's nomination and lived together at the Wardman Park the. possibility of success of the Re Hotel. The expert psychologists far WMie&n nartv in the November elec- testimony here say that is Jekyll and Hyde for you. trranting of course that' Smith waaty and DUghe ast: i; polttical Jssue tiped,4.uB. innocent. . - .-.Vby-fee Democrats. For than' it has But Senator Wheeler, the prosecut- bite attorney of the senate investiirat- ing, has told his friends that he will show that Smith did nothing without COURIER'S CLUBBING OFFER FOR THREE WEEKS OF COURT t For the convenience of our sub-, scribers and those who expect to en roll in he near future on our sub scription list we are making three clubbing offers which will last through the three week's of court. The farm papers are considered the best in the country and we feel the offers we are making are especially attractive: Offer number one, The Courier and Progressive Farmer $2.00. Offer number two, The Courier, Southern Agriculturist and Southern Planter for $2.00. Offer number three, the Courier, Progressive Farmer, Southern Agri culturist and Southern Planter all for $2.25. Clubbing offer closes April 5. COUNTY COMMENCEMENT CALLED OFF On account of a general epedemic of measles throughout the county it has been deemed wise to call off the county ' commencement which was Slanned to come off in April. This ecision was reached at a meeting of a number of the teachers of the county with Superintendent T. F. Bulla, last Saturday. WorthvUle School dosing There will be a Reciters contest at Worthville school closing Friday night, the twenty-first : The medal will be driven by the Leward Cotton Mills. On Saturday night, the twenty second, there will be a reproduction of the play, 'The Dust of the Earth." The public is invited. : 1 WEST RANDLEMAN NEWS .j Rev.' JJ W. Parker and Mrsi Mitfie Stout were! married last Saturday night by Rev, S. M. Laughlin. Their many friends extend congratulations. ' " There hat been-, two : funerals in Randlemaa "which, have saddened the hearts of many relatives and friends, those baina- Mr. L. M. -, Caudle, oi Randlemanf and Mr., Bud . Lassiter, formerly of, Randleman, but recently of Greensboro. v , . .' - Miss Alien Spivsy wa married to Mr. Grady Hughes Saturday , night ' Mesdames Cora Jarrell, ..Clauds Hussey and Mrs. Emma Dawson and Mr; Jesse McKentle, ef High Point were visitors at Mr. U w baunaers, Bunday.' ".,- , i .. , f ' t ; There is a good dealf . sickness here now.- , - ,i v. ' ' Mr. aaude Hussey and family, of High Point ' were rueu or Mrs. Uuasey's father, Mr. Ivy Varper Sun- dM Will Hurley, bf HI eh Point was the ruert of Mr. Oscar II ui say's fam ily Sunday. f ' . i - Mis Glsde . Casts ts ' recovering front serious attack of pneumonia, Messrs. O. W. Saunders and J. II. Brown were in Central Falls Monday on business....,'.. ' . . . ..' the knowledge and authority of Daurherty. The plan of Wheeler is Itn linV Smith nn with all th .rnnV. dr charged to him as an unoffi- Jekyll functioned he did not know Where was Hyde hidden away in his ;poui and when Hyde went out to climb ap a second story his conscience never bothered by JekylL 1 -attorney General's friends are aying iat Smith probably did general of which Harry M. Daugherty I - MeansW wax n. J. Burns, chief of the ureau-of investigation exclaimed: By .God, everybody around here but knows what is gomg on. If Smith id. how did he manage to keep augherty blindfolded in the game of una man's buff in the great office the attorney general 7 I jTho investigation is likely to drag fr several weeks and possibly longer, but Senator Pat Hamson has phesied that President Coolidge ill fire Mr. Daugherty out of his ce the 'very next day after the o Republican delegation has been n at the primary for the Cleve- iHiiii, I'll ii vrnuiin. 1 I IML Will LH3 UU11C (L convention. That will be done , tterg t wheth Mr Daugherty meantime proven as dean as a hound's tooth or has i . i . .i. . . - thflt the Rfinate in. - Mstiiratlnir .committee can nroduce. will mnvn th Presldfint till h has cinched the Ohio vote for his nomiha- tion to succeed himself in the White House. Daugherty will be allowed to keep his wings and his harp in the cabinet till that date. tiotL 'Republicans frankly look upon thi Westiiration of the attorney Gen- no great moral signihcance. ir the attorney general is acquitted they expect to credit it as one of the great assets for the campaign, Dr. F. C. Craven Preparing To Move To North Wilkesboro Dr. F. C. Craven, who has had an office in Asheboro for the past two years was in the city, Tuesday. Dr. Craven has had a splendid practice since opening offices here and since closing: his office preparatory to mov ing to North Wilkesboro had several professional calls in Asheboro. The people are loathe to have Dr. Craven leave the county but congratulate North Wilkesboro upon having such a splendid specialist and having suchlv. ij0fi0i Auhn i ;i.. nn aatimnhlo fAmilv nn ifi Dr. Craven's' .. y , . Dr. Craven is purchasing new equip - ment for his North Wilkesboro office and will go there soon. His family will remain in Ramseur until school f closes. fORD CAR STOLEN AND RECOVERED A Ford touring car belonging to the Anti-Saloon League was stolen on Monday evening from in front of the Ashlyn Hotel, and recovered Tues day afternoon. Mr. R. L. Davis, Jr., had driven to Asheboro from Raleigh In the interest of the Anti-Saloon league and left the car in front of the hotel. About 7:00 o'clock it was Stolen. The local police force got to work immediately and the car was located on the streets of High Point Tuesday afternoon. Chief of police C. W. Steed and Mr. Davis went to High Point and recovered the car, bringing it back to Asheboro. From all appearances, a load of whiskey had been carried In the car, and some of it had beem spilled. MISS EFFIE SMITH DIES NEAR LIBERTY Miss Ef fie Smith, daughter of the lata John Lee Smith, died at ber home one mile west of Trinity, Mon day and was buried at Trinity Tues day. Miss Smith was about forty years of age. She was a fine woman and much Deloved by all who knew her1. 8he Is eurvlveo by her mother, her father died a mouth ago. SEAGROVE ROUTE ONE NEWS ENl Miss Nonle '8pencer, teacher of Mountain school, was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Foster Spencer, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lonnle Cole and little daughter, Trahel, were visitors at Mr. I. F. Craven's last Sunday. Miss Red Edwards, of Coleridge, attended the play at Seagrove Sat urday night ' , Miss Motelle Hancock spent Satur day night. with Mist Eula Craven. , "Mr. and Mrs.-R.,H. Moffltt wsre visitors at Mr. L V Craven's recently. MUs Peart Cagle visited Miss Mo tell Hsncock Sunday. Mr. Homer Hancock was the guest of Mr. Braxton Mseoa Saturday night . . -.' , ' . ... ",, v.: !' :,...... ., ., . - --.Ik. ;.. .-. LEE, LINCOLN AND GRANT RECEIVED BONUSES Why should an ex-service man's patriotism be smirched because he will accept part payment for service rendered. One thing is certain the country U owes us soldiers and sailors some thing more in addition to their ser vice pay and there is no use of being in the position of being so possessed with selfishness that the opponents hide behind arguments furnished by millions of their friends who were at home during the war makingx more money than ever before in their lives: while the soldiers were overseas en dangering their lives and health. Of . course we cannot pay any part of the war debt and still have our cake that is impossible. There is a srratuitoua insult in the oft-repeated statement that the pas sage of the bill to give adjusted com pensation to soldiers and sailors, mis called a bonus, would "commercialize patriotism." There is division of opinion as to the wisdom of voting the money to increase the compensa tion of the soldiers who received thirty-odd dollars a month, but there should be no acquiescence in the in sulting statement that acceptance would be unworthy on the part of tnose for whom the bill was intro duced, a ii may oe wen to say that if ac ceptance of a bounty by soldiers of the World War is unworthy, they are m a class with Lee, Lincoln and Grant pretty good company, do you not think? Here are the official ap plications made by these three emi nent men: State of New York County of Or ange: On this 20th day of February A D. 1857, personally appeared before me, a special judge within and for the county and State aforesaid, Robert E. Lee, aged 45 years, an officer in the United States Army, who, being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Robert E. Lee who was a captain in the Corps of Engi neers oi the Army of the United States in the late war with Mexico: thai he was commissioned on or about the 7th day of July A. D. 1838. and continued in actual service in said war until its close; that he still remains in the military service of the United btates as will appear, by the records mi the Engineer Department. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtainimr the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the "act erantinir bounty land to certain onicers ana eoiaiers-.wuo nave Deen engaged in the miliary service of the United States," passed September 28, 1850, and avers that he is not entitled to, nor has he received, bounty land under any other act of Congress. R. E. LEE, Captain, Corps of Engineers. To Jas. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, State of Illinois Sangamon county, ss: On this 21st day of August A. D. 1855, personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, Abraham Lincoln, aged 46 years, a resident of Sangamon county, in the State of Illinois, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that i - iwno was captain oi a company in me 1 repment 0f Illinois Mounted Volun- teers, commanded by Col. Samuel M. Thompson, in the war with the British band of Sacs and other tribes of In dians on our Northwestern frontier in A. D. 1832, known as the Black Hawk War. That he volunteered at the State and county aforesaid on or about the 21st day of April, 1832, for no definite time and continued in ac tual service in said war for about 40 days; that he has heretofore made ap plication for bounty land under the act of September 28, 1850, and re ceived a land warrant, No. 52076, for forty (40) acres, which he has since located and cannot now return. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which he may be en titled under the act approved the 3rd day of March, 1855. He also declares that he has never applied for nor re ceived, under this or any other act of Congress, any bounty land warrant except the one above mentioned. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. State of Michigan County of yne, ss: On the 6th day of November A D. IBM, personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the county and State aforesaid. First Lieutenant Ulyses 8. Grant, aged 28 years, an officer of the Fourth Regi ment, United States Infantry, , In the service of the United States, who, be ing duly sworn according to law. de clares thst he is the Identical Ulyses S. Grant who was a second lieutnant and regimental quartermaster in the Fourth Regiment of United State In fantry, commanded by Col. William Whistler, in the war with Mexico, de clared to exist on the 13th day of May A D. 1849, that hi graduated at West Point, In the State of New York, about the 30th day of June . A. D. 1848, and continued In sctual service during the entire period of the war, as will be shown by the master rolls of the field and staff of. the Fourth Regiment of United States infantry, ,He makes this declaration- for the purpose of obtaining the bounty lands to which ho may be entitled under the "anC granting bounty lands to certain officers and soldiers who have been enraged In the military eerriee-ef the United State passed Septembe? 28, V. 8. GRANT. :: ' 1st It A B. Q. M, 4th Inf. W. a PETTISHALL COMMITS SUICIDE Had Been In Poor Health For Several Months Given Aa Cause ef Rash Act. ; Newn of the death of W. C. Pet tishall, of Staley Route 1, reached Asheboro yesterday. Mr. Pettishall had been in poor health for several months. He ate his breakfast with the family as usual yesterday morn- in& Hjs wife went out to the mail box, bis oldest son went to the barn and while his daughter as washing the breakfast dishes she noticed that her father picked up his 22 Winches ter rifle and went up stairs. The young lady called her brother and told him, their father had taken his gun up stairs, whereupon the boy started up the steps, his father heard him and as he approached leveled the gun on his son and commanded him to go down. A little later the family heard the report of the gun and upon going up found Mr. Pettishall lying on a mattress which he had taken from the bed and put on the floor, with a bullet wound in his temple. As the family approached Mr. Pettishall drew his last breath. He was lying with his head on a pillow and the gun beside him. The Coroner, Dr. Lambert and Sheriff Cox went over but found no evidence of foul play. Mr. Pettishall moved from Sanford to Staley Route 1 about fifteen years ago. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons. Strange Negro Enters Home of Roy Davis Near Gray s Chapel. Mrs. Davis Knocked Senseless Upon returning from a visit to her father, Mr. Denny Pugh, near Gray's Chapel, yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Roy Davis began sweeping the yard of her new home into which she had moved only a week ago, when she heard a noise in the house. Upon turning she saw a negro man coming out of the door. He had a inin, and commanded her to give him her mon- ey. She replied that she did not have any, and he told her to turn her back, and pushed her over. He then told her he would shoot her if she turned around, and made good his escape down the road. Bloodhounds and officers from Asheboro went im mediately, ajid. picked ap the trail tracing it from Cedar Falls to Frank- ilinville. Here the trail was lost and it was thought that the man boarded a car. Later the supposition was substantiated, as a strange negro got out of a car at Climax. The hounds went there and trailed him to Greens boro to the coal chute. Here a man in charge saw a negro answering this decsription board a freight train-, and depart for parts unknown. No one who saw the man had ever seen him before. FORMER RANDOLPH CITIZEN DIES IN ROCKINGHAM Mr. W. D. Ingram, formerly a Randolph county citizen died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.. Nora Lowdermilk Davis in Rockingham Tuesday and was brought to Farmer for burial yesterday. His wife, who was before her marriage Miss Abigail Lewrs, a sister of Mrs. A. J. Rush, died several years ago and was buried at Fanner. Mr. Ingram moved to Rockingham about twenty-five years ago. He had two daughters both of whom married Lowdermilks. Mr. In gram was eighty years of age. He retained his membership in the Meth odist church at Farmer. SECOND SCHOOL BOND ELECTION CARRIED The second bond election for the completion of the Asheboro Graded school building was held at the court house in Asheboro Tuesday, March 18th. As was understood the amount was not to exceed $50,000., and is to be used for the completion and fur nishing of the building which is in progress of erection. ' 270 citizens registered, and 188 voted for the is suance of the bonds, 26 against, which gave a satisfactory majority. J. B. Ward and F. L. Brooks were judges of the election, and C.. L. Scott waa registrar. METHODIST EPISCOPAL i MATTERS (By W. H. Willis) The League greatly, enjoyed the social evening, at the home of B. F. Brittaln, Friday night? The effort Sunday "to secure our quota for superanuate endowment wa quite successful. ,Mr. Clyde Richankrm and Miss Lois Csrmay, both 'ttf Randleman, were united in marriage by the writer on the 16th. . The "Sin ef War" will close a series of evening sermon 8snday. And "Beastly Sins', ' At the morn- ing hour the topic wlQ be "The Thorn In the Flesh." ' SMALL POX AT.THE JAIL There are four cases ef small pox , reported among the prisoners at the Asheboro. lalL. 8omn ,of the patients ' arv muienng conwvniuiy, utovgn lb It is thought that the disease was brought into the Jail by some prison rwhen eommltted,,? The County Health. Physician . apprehends no further trouble as all of the ether prisoners have either had small pox rof been vaccinated, t Mm,
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