jtefe PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN $2.00 A YjjjlR IN ADVANCE VOLUME L * Aflhebora, North Carolina* Thursday, April 30, 1525 NUMBER 17 nson Varner, president North Carolina Motion Picture Association and former State mmissioner of Labor and Printing', in a hospital at Lexington Mon night shortly after 9 o’clock of onia which developed about ten ys prior to his death followii iness trip to Charlotte. Hopes were entertained uner’s recovery until late mummy ere was a sudden turn for the worse his condition. He soon sank into a te of coma and did not regain con ousness before his death. Funeral services were held yester y morning at 10 o’clock at the Pres church in Lexington and in t made in the city cemetery. Besides his wife, who before her was Evelyn Pearce of Wash he is survived by his mother, sister, and one brother, of Den He was married to Miss Pearce than a year ago. i Mr. Varner was bom on a farm Emmons township, Davidson nty, April 12, 1880. His edu ion was meager, being obtained the country schools. Beginning twelve years of age, he worked at ; sawmill for ten cents a day until he sixteen. Then he sold fruit trees or several years, canvassing Rowan Cleveland counties. In 1896 he ht the Lexington Dispatch from M. Sherrill and continued to pub it until August, 1923. He found the Southern Good Roads Magad an d continued to publish it for ne years. From 1900 until /1908 he state commissioner of labor and | printing. In 1913 he became chair man of the state prison board and held this position under the adminis tration of Governors Craig and Bick ett. He managed Sector Under wood’s campaign in this state for President in 1912 and in 1916 was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress. Mr. Vemer was elected president of the North Carolina Press Association and at the end of his term the cons titution of the association was chang ed in order that he could be re-elected. At the end of this term he declined re-election. Beginning in 1904, Col. Varner was president for one term of the Nation al Editorial Association. From 1911 hp was president of the NorthjCaro iifMf 1898 in which year the Democrats elected a full ticket in his county and held the offices for several years. He continued as chairman through sev eral campaigns. At the time of his death he was president of, the North Carolina Motion Picture Theatre Own ers, being secretary of the organiza tion for some years before becoming president. He owned a theatre in Lexington and was interested in the theaters in Thomasville and Badin. He intended to open a theater at Con cord next Monday. CoL Varner was a member of the first Presbyterian church of Lexing ton. He waa a past master of Lex ington lodge No. 478, A. F. and A. M. He was also a member of the Junior order, the Elks and other fraternal organisations. Another Chain To Open Ini xu upen ill nwicwru _ The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Com pany, a chain grocery operating 12, 000 retail stores in the United State*, will tomorrow open it* latest store in the Lewis budding next to the Pint National Bank on Depot Street. The other half, of the store building will be occupied by the Wagger Clothing Company, which will open Monday I % morning far business. Extensive ru by fire recently. New shelves have been put in and the interior of the building refinished. The Atlantic and Pacific has installed its own fixtures designed especially for its stores. The coming of this latest chain store makes two grocery chains that have opened stores in Aaheboro since last falL The first was Pender's which occupies the Hedrick building Just West of the railroad. (By W. H. Wfflis) , A delegation of Methodists came over from Troy last week to examine our new church building, template the erection of a HENRY BRANSON VARNER Sportsmen Organize a Rod and Gun Club Here Has Membership of Twenty With Dr. Presnell For President—Lease Pond On Polecat Creek. The Polecat Rod and Gun Club with a membership of twenty was organ ized among the sportsmen in Ashe bor6 last week. The club has leased the pond on Polecat creek belonging to the Leward cotton mills, nine miles from Asheboro and one mile east of Randleman, With the pond the club has- leased a farm of about 86 acres. The house on the farm will be used as a club house. A caretaker will be in charge of the property. The pond will be stocked with fish by the club. The membership of the club is as follows: Dr. 0. L. Presnell, president; Dr. John Swaim, vice president; E. D. Cranford, secretary and treasurer; and J. M. Scarboro, W. H. Moring, W. A. Coffin, C. M. Fox, E. L. Hedrick, E. T. Walton, Z. H. Rush, Dr. W. L. Lambert, L. L. Whitaker, Dr. J. G. Crutchfield, C- H. Wood, Pearl Os borne, C. M. Kivett, C. C. Cranford, G. W. Hayworth, J. T. Winslow, and L. D. Burkhead. BAPTIST NEWS- LETTER... Pastor and family have as visiters this week Mrs. M. I. Abernathy and laughter; Ruby, mother and sister of Mrs. Morris. Several of our young people attend ed the Piedmont Associational B. Y. U. Convention held at the First Point, laat Sat guest were out to supper Monday evening of this week in the home of C. G. Frazier, Sr. Plans are now being made for our revival.which is to begin June 7th. Mr. A. E. Lynch and wife of Buie’s Creek have been secured to direct the mu sic for the meeting. Let us begin to pray and work for a great meeting. Sunday’s subjects: Morning, “The Desire of All Nations”; Evening, "Faith, a Basic Element in Salvation”. Play at'Farmer “The Battle of Rolling Stones” a farce-comedy In one act and "dat fa mous chicken debate” on the question, Resolved dat it aint no crime to steal a chicken, will be presented Saturday night at the Farmer high school au ditorium. An admission fee win be charged. GOVERNOR NAMES MEMBERS OF JUDICIAL CONFERENCE I j • r< fn 'I Governor McLean on Monday an nounced the appointment of one mem ber of the bar from each of the twenty judicial districts in the State u mem bers of the first judicial conference,' an organisation created by the 1926 session of the General Assembly. The conference is composed of all the judges of the Supreme and Superior court benches and one lawyer from each district In the list of appointees, sixteen are democrats and four republicans, the act under which the judicial con ference was .created provides for a continuous study of organization, rules and methods of the judicial sys tem of the State and the practical workings and results produced by the Mrs. Julia Plumme Dies At Ripe OM B.Y.P.U. ELECTS ALL OLD OFFICERS Randolph Well Represented At Convention in High Point— Miss Frazier Re-Elected. Ashebero and Randolph county were well represented at the Piedmont Associational B. Y. P. U. convention which met in the First Baptist Church, High Point, last Saturday and Sunday, April 25th and 26th. The program as planned and car ried out by these young people was both inspiring and practical. Among those having a place on the program was Rev. B. E. Morris, pastor of the Asheboro Baptist church, who gave a most interesting talk on “The relation of the church to the B. Y. P. U.” Rev. W. A. Elam, of Ramseur; Rev. W. K. Collins, of High Point; E. E. White, of Greensboro; and Dr. Lloyd T. Wil son, pastor of the First Baptist church, High Point, were among oth ers who had places on the program. The' round table discussions con ducted by Rev. E. N. Gardner, pastor of the Thopiasville Orphanage church, at Thomasville, was most helpful. Mr. Gardner was well fittted for the place given him, being a splendid leader of young people. He has several A-l unions in his church. During the business session of the convention, Rev. B. E. Morris was ap pointed chairman of the nominating committee and he, with members of this committee, recommended that since the present officers had served only six months on account of the date of the convention having been chang ed when it met in Asheboro last Oc tober from the fall of the year to the spring that they all be re-elected to serve during the coming year. These officers are: 0. E. Lee, Greensboro, president; J. A. Ruth, High Point, T. A. Helms, Greensboro, and Miss Grace Frazier, Asheboro, vice presidents; Miss Page Johnston, Greensboro, secretary-treasurer; Mr. G. W. Baity, Greensboro, chorister. First National Will Get Memorial Coins The First National Bank has con tracted fer 200 Stone Mountain Mem orial half-dollar coins. These are the regulation United States half-dollar coins especially designed for the mem orial association for the purpose of raising funds for the carving of the memorial to, the Confederacy on Stone Mountain, in Georgia. The coins will in all probability be sold by the local chapter U. D. C. The* will he, ' Nblar:r;^hiaft eoins ,, at an? .time after their receipt by the local bank, but will not be delivered until July 3rd. New Power Line Messrs. C. J. and I. N. Cox, of Greensboro, who own and operate a power plant on Deep River belpw Central Falls are extending their power line into Asheboro, coming down Route No. 70. Power has been brought as far as King Tut filling station about two miles north of Asheboro, and poles are being put up northward on Route 70 in order to furnish light and power to residences along the road. Poles have also been placed from King Tut into the cor porate limits of Asheboro. Engineer Adams Returns to Asheboro Engineer Haywood Adams, who was on the run from Ashboro to High Point twenty-five years ago, is again on this run, temporarily. Mr. Adams is a brother of Engineer John Adams who ran the first train to Ashaboro July Fourth, 1889. Mr. Adams married Miss Cordelia Wood eli, a daughter of the late A. J. Wood Opening Session In Greensboro Tuesday Night—Will Last Through Today. The North Carolina Sunday School Association is in session in the First Baptist church in Greensboro this week. There are probably fifteen hundred delegates in attendance. The meeting opened Tuesday with a Workers Conference. Miss Esther Boss, of Asbeboro, presided over the primary division and Mr. H. B. Moore, formerly of Ramaeur but now of Greensboro, over the conference for adults. The convention has for its theme “Cooperation”. Among the SAMUEL FRANKLIN PUGH DIED SUDDENLY FRIDAY Was 81 Years of Age—Ftmeral At Gray's Chapel Sunday Morning. Samuel Franklin Pugh diedaudden ly at his home three miles east of Randleman last Friday, at the age of 81 years. Mr. Pugh was a consistent member of Gray’s Chapel M. P. church and was a Confederate veteran. He was an honest, upright citizen and held in high esteem by all who knew him. Mr. Pugh was twice married, first to Miss Martha Elizabeth Smith, who preceded him to the grave three years ago. To this uftion ten children were born. His second marriage was to Sarah Millikan/who with eight chil dren survive: Five sons, Liney, of Gray’s Chapel, Theodore, of Asheboro Route 1, Sam and Clark, of Millboro, Route 1, John, of Brown Summitt; three daughters, Mrs. Robt. Lineber ry, of Gray’s Chapel, Mrs. Mike Ward, of Millboro Route 1, and Mrs. R. D. Underwood, of Asheboro, 42 grand children and 33 great-grandchildren. He was the grandfather of our towns man, Mr. Jesse‘Pugh. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Linley, of Liberty, at Gray’s Chapel, Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Interment was made in the church cemetery. People’s Store Enlarged An extension is being made to the Allen building in which the People’s Store, under the management of Mr. L. K. Anders, has recently opened. The store is already well equipped but when additional' space is added Mr. Anders expects to put in ladies’ ready to wear and millinery department, which will be in the new part It will also contain a ladies’ rest room. A complete line of men’s and1 boy’s clothing and a full line of dry goods, shoes and notions will also be carried in stock. HOPE TO ENL ARGE RANDOLPH FAIR , j i Invite Adjoining Counties To Take Part—Fair To Be Held At New Fair Grounds. A news story under an Asheboro date line in the Greensboro News last Friday announced that fairs held in Chatham, Montgomery and Davidson counties would be consolidated with the Randolph county fair, making it af four-countyr^rt^osition. Mrs. El kins, secretary of the Chatham coun ty fair in a letter to the News Mom day denies there will be any consoli dation. Inquiry to the status of the matter reveals that invitations are being ex tended to the fair associations of the counties mentioned in an effort to perfect the consolidation. Just wheth er the four-county fair will be an ac complished fact either this fall or any timedn the future is problemat ical. If either one or all of the coun ties in question want to consolidate with the Randolph county fair it is un derstood that a working agreement can be perfected whereby the consoli dation may be effected. As the matter stands at present exhibits will be accepted from citi zens of Montgomery, Chatham and Davidson/ but as for consolidation that is a matter for the various fair associations to settle for themselves. The Randolph county fair will be held at the new fair grounds just south of town September 22nd to 26th, Inclusive. A unique' feature of the fair will be the historical pageant de picting the history of Randolph county from its beginning until the present. New Studebaker Busses Between Asheboro and High Point to the cemetery soldiers of the rs tfill be decor OUR FARMERS BUY PUREBRED CATTLE Randolph Fanners Get 17 of the Thirty Guernseys Sold Here /Last Friday. Seventeen of the thirty pure bred Guernsey cattle sold at auction by the North Carolina Guernsey Breeders Association at the old fair ground in Asheboro Friday afternoon were bought by Randolph county farmers. Twelve went to farmers in Davidson and Guilford counties and one to Da vie county. The farm demonstrator of Davie county hid off one of the cows fof the Davie county home. County agent Sheffield of Davidson was at the sale with a number of Davidson county farmers, who got their share of the purebreds/ Ten bulla were bought by the fol lowing Randolph farmers: E. L. Slack, Seagrove; E. F. Bulla, Asheboro, Route 2; C. L. Kivett, Staley; J. A. Ashworth, Asheboro, Route 3; E. C. Byrd, Ramseur,’ Route 1; L. C. Fra zier, Franklinville; J. F. Powell, So phia; Levi Henley, Seagrove; W. W. Staley, Erect; and T. A. Graven, Ram seur, Route 1. The other five went to purchasers living outside the county. The total derived from the sale of the bulls was 11167.50, or an average of $77.83 per head. Cows or heifers were bought by B. S. Lawrence, of Seagrove; I. D. Poe, Staley; M. C. Auman, Seagrove; C. L. Kivett, Staley; A. J. Macon, Far mer; and 0. C. Marsh, of Randleman, who purchased two. The other eight went to Davidson and Guilford coun ties. The cows and heifers brought $2,434, or an average per head of $162.27. The sale was a success in every way. The association was pleased with the prices brought and the in terest in the sale and the purchasers of the purebreds are more than pleas ed with their buys. The sale was slow, but towards the last the bidding was brisk and all the cattle were easily sold. The sale was the culmination of several months’ work on the part of county agent Millsaps who has been preaching pure bred cattle to the farmers of the county for several years. More recently, however, he has secured the services of cattle ex perts to help him in bringing before the farmers of the county the ad vantages to be derived from the keeping of pure bred’ cattle. Not many weeks ago he secured the ser vices of Mr. Bates, dairy cattle specialist of the Southern Railway, who went with Mr. Mills.aps to many places in the county to conduct meet ings in the interest of pure bred cat tle. NOMINATE MR. J. R. COMER FOR MAYOR OF SEAGROVE Citizens Held Meeting Last Thursday Night—Boosting Committee Named. A meeting of the dtzens of Sea grove was held in the school building April 24, for the purpose of nominat ing a town ticket for the election to be held on May 5th. Mr. E. B. Leach was elected temporary chairman and B. H. McCam temporary secretary. The following officers were nominat ed: J. R. Comer, mayor; for commis sioners, Frank Auman, O. D. Law rence, W. D. Lemons, D. J. Johnson and J. S. Richardson. A boosting committee for Seagrove was elected consisting of the follow ing business men: D. A. Comelison, J. R. Comer, E. B. Leach, D. J. John son and Carl King. The prospects for the growth of Seagrove are very en couraging, and it is hoped that this committee may be successful in per suading some interested manufactur ing firms to locate here. The town is assured of electric lights in the near future and this will be a great entice ment for manufacturers contemplat ing location here. Several interesting speeches were made showing that the citizens of Seagrove are interested in the better ment of our little town and we fed sure that there is going to be a mark ed improvement within a short time. B. H. McCARN. Miss Nell D. Arm field Dead Miss Nell D. Armfield, principal of the South school in Statesville, died Sunday night from the effects of kid ney trouble. She was the daughter of the late C. H. Armfield and a grand daughter of the late Judge R. F. Arm field. She is survived by two broth ers, Frank Armfield, of Statesville, and Alfred Armfield, of Seattle, Washington. the Pavia Motor Company in Ashe boro and will sell Studebaker cars. Mr. Long is pie son of Dr. J. W. Long, of Greensboro, and a native Randolph county man. He has many friends throughout the county and he is to be congratulated upon com mas popular as is the Studebaker. .._■ GERMAN PEOPLE ELECT HINDENBURG PRESIDENT Famous Field Marshal Wins Election by Huge Majority —Causes Uneasiness. Field Marshal von Hindenburg, 78 years of age and life-long soldier, was last week elected president of Ger many by a majority of over 860,000 votes. Hindenburg is the first presi dent' of Germany to be chosen by a popular vote. His adherence to the cause of the exiled Emperor Wilhelm and his monarchist tendencies causes some uneasiness among many of the nations of the world. He is, how ever, the idol of the German people, who look upon him as the great war hero. His name is familiar in America if for no other reason than its associa tion with the famous Hindenburg line, which the soldiers of the 30th division broke on September 29th. Hindenburg first saw service in the war against Austria in 1866, again in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and again in the World War. He con quered the Russians at Tannenburg and at Masurian lakes and was made a marshal of the German Empire and transferred to the Western front. MRS. MARTHA E. RAGAN DIED MONDAY NIGHT Mrs. Martha E. Ragan, widoifr of Amos Ragan, who died in 1902, died at her home three miles south of High Point on teh Asheboro-High Point hard surface highway Monday night following a sudden attack of heart disease. Mrs. Ragan was bom near Trinity February 18, 1837, a daughter of Thomas and Mildred Tomlinson English, and one of a family of six children. On November 17, 1869, she was married to Amos Ragan. To this union were bom thirteen children, eight of whom survive. She was a woman of unusual quali ties of mind and spirit. As a Chris tian she was' loyal to high ideals of conduct and devoted to the interests of Springfield church of which she was a member. Surviving her are three daughters, Mrs. Exum T. Harmon, Mrs. G. H. Kearns, and Mrs. Annie Armfield, all of High Point; five sons, E. L. Ragan, R. R. Ragan, and J. L. Ragan, of High Point; Horace Ragan, of Arch dale; and A. H. Ragan, of Thomas ville; and two sisters, Miss Verne English, of Trinity, and Mrs. Robert Harden, of Greensboro. Funeral services were conducted yesterday morning at the Springfield Friends church. Music Contest At School Building A music contest in which thirty nine contestants were enrolled was enjoyed at the school building Tues day afternoon. Mrs. W. H. Moring, in order to encourage Hymn Playing among the music pupils in the Ashe boro school, has offered prizes for two , consecutive years. The contest ants were divided into two groups, high school pupils and those in the 'lower grades. Miss Blanche Spencer won the prize in the high school group while Waldo Cheek won in the group of younger pupils. The former played “Onward Christian Soldiers” and the latter “Have Thine Own Way Lord”. The entire list of contestants ac quitted themselves with pride and reflected credit upon their teachers, Misses Bertie May and Nannie Bulla. Series of Meetings In Methodist Episcopal Church A series of meetings is in progress in the Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. A. Burgess, of Greensboro, is lassisting the pastor, Rev. W. H. Wil lis, in the meetings. There are two services each day, in the morning at ■8 a. m. and in the evening at 7:30 p. m. The services are well attended and the ministers are preaching the real gospel. Everybody is invited to 'attend. list of Bodes Now In The Asheboro Library Library Committee of Local Graded School Library Furnishes Names of Books. - As promised we are naming: you a few of the books which are in our li brary at present: The works of Mark Twain. The Pansy books. Kate Douglas Wiggins books. The Waverly books. The Books of Knowledge. The Hom6 and School Library. Last Days of Pompeii, Lytton. Scottish Chiefs, Porter. Little Lord Fauntleroy, Burnett. The Mansion, Henry Van Dyke. The Pinochio books. Poems of Scott, Tenyson, Byron, and Emerson. The lives of Stanley, David living ston, Sir Frances Drake, Lord CHv and Columbus. A splendid nutn histories. Mn. D. B. M( NAMED AS MAI Citizens Meeting Tuesday Night Names Non-Partisan Ticket —Town Election May 5th. Agreeable to, custom a citizens mass meeting was held in the courthouse Tuesday night for the purpose of nominating a citizen’s ticket for may or of Asheboro and five members of the board of town commissioners. Mr. J. 0. Redding presided over the meet ting and W. A. Lovett and Shafter Ferree acted as secretaries. The bus iness of the meeting was conducted smoothly and there was no opposition to any of the candidates nominated. D. B. McCrary was nominated for mayor by acclimation upon motion of Arthur Ross. Mr. McCrary succeeds J. A. York, who has been mayor of the town since the resignation of Mr. Ross, who relinquished the office to become State Senator. Mr. York de clined to allow his name to be brougth up for nomination to succeed himself. Two members of the old board, E, T. Walton and C. M. Hayworth, were nominated to succeed themselves as'-, commissioners. It being understood that the other members of the old board would not permit their names to be considered for the places, S. W. Presnell, George T. Murdock and Wi ley Ward were named and their nomi nation as well as that of the other members was made by acclimation. The town election will be held next Tuesday, May 5th. No opposition is anticipated to the ticket nominated Tuesday night. ■3 CONVENTION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS AT PINEHURST Twenty-Third Annual Conven To Be Held May 4,5, and 6—Conferences. The 23rd Annual Convention of the North Carolina Federation of Wo men’s Clubs will meet at the Carolina hotel, in Pinehurst, May 4 to 6, in clusive. The executive board, trustees and directors will meet on Monday. The opening session will be in the ball room of the hotel Monday even ing. The keynote of the convention will be “The American Honie.” Sev eral breakfast and luncheon confer ences appear on the program, among' which are: Tuesday, 8:00 a.m.—District Presi dents—Mrs. Thomas O’Berry presid ing. s H Tuesday, 8:00 a.m.—Presidents Literature Clubs and Chairmen of erature Departments—Mis*.’ Blair, presiding. Luncheon 1:00 p.m.—Household onomics—Mrs. Rosalind Redfern, ; siding. Luncheon 1:00 p. m.—Art, Mu Joint hostesses—Mrs. R Mrs. E. E. Randolph. Wednesday, 8:00 a.m—x Departmental Clubs—Mrs. Whitaker presiding. Wednesday, 8:00 a.m.—Education Civics—Joint . hostesses: Mrs. H. 1 Chase, Mrs. R. N. Page. Luncheon 1:00 p. m.—Health, Pul lie Welfare, Joint hostesses—Mrs. 1 L. Allen, Mrs. W. T. Shore. Luncheon 1:00 p. m.—Press—M J. Henry Highsmith, presiding. Wednesday at 6 p.m. there will lx 0| : Federation dinner at the Carolina 1 » tel, to which all delegates and visiti ij' dub women are eligible. More Generally Observed Th Ever Before In History oi The Town. The clean up campaign which v put on last week in Asheboro was outstanding success, and the town to be congratulated upon it. 5uU town trucks and trash wagons haul ed trash for four consecutive days and were barely able to finish the job. The town officials say that clean up week this spring was mote generally observed than ever before in the history of the town. Many back lots, vacant lots and side streets were cleaned up and these present an en tirely different appearance this week. The citisens and property owners of the town should always endeavor to keep their premises clean and by M> doing not only enhance the value of the property but also assist in safe guarding the health of the people of the town. However,, if there are those who did not take advantage of clean up last week have plenty of timeto do itml clean before summer sets in. Thaat |M|l>)W|i(MwphwiBi • ^