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THE COURIER Leadk in Both News and Circulation HE COURIER £ Jvertising Columns | .Bring Results ISSUED WEEKLY VOLUME L PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN Asheboro, North Carolina, Thursday, August 27, 1925 $2.00 A YU "UN ADVANCE NUMBER 34 DECIDE TO HIRE WELFARE OFFICER Decision Reached at Joint Meet ing Between Boards of Edu cation and Commissioners. The board of county commissioners met in the courthouse last Thursday for transaction of the business of the county. During the progress of the meeting, a joiht session was held with the board of education. At this joint meeting it was deeided to elect at- a later meeting a county welfare offi cer. County Superintendent of Schools T. Fletcher Bulla will get all the information he can about the mat ter to present it to the meeting at which the election of the welfare offi cer will be considered. A number of matters relating to the roads of the county were taken up. The road supervisor was instructed to go to E. P. Trogdon’s place and look over the Hillsboro-Re^ Cross road and make arrangements with the citizens to repair the road from Pdlecat Creek to Red Cross. The supervisor tvas given instruc tions to plow and pull up the road leading from the Ann Craven place to the John McLeod place, southeast of Seagrove. The road leading from the High Pine road to the Montgomery county line in Union township near Causey Parks’ place is to get attention, the road supervisor having been instruct ed to lay out a road from the High Pine route to the county line. Provided it is satisfactory to the town of Asheboro, the commissioners agreed to let the Hopkin’s Filling Station south of Asheboro tap the water line running from the town to the county home, the rate of charge being the same as the city rate. The board finding that seven head of cattle belonging to J. M. Gibson were bitten by a mad dog belonging to A. P. Sexton, of Davidson county, it was ordered that H. S. Ragan, W. G. Greenway and T. H. Woodall be appointed a special committee to as certain the damage and report to the commissioners as provided by Section 1681 of the Consolidated Statutes of North Carolina. It was ordered by the board'that the public cartway, being the same as hereby condemned, from Bethel Lu cas’ to intersect with the Seagrove Troy road at Loy Auman’s, and it was further ordered that Lindon Brown appear before the board the first Monday in September to show cause, if any he has, why said road should not be a public cartway. It was fur ther ordered by the board that the citizens lay out and maintain said road. Copy of this order was sent to Mr. Brown. The board ordered that men and teams be hired to tophoil a part of thd' road that turns off at Tom’s Creek towards Lassiter’s mill. A donation of $200 was made by the commissioners to help topsoil the road leading ^pst from Liberty to. the Chatham county line via the Frazier place. Reid R. Mendenhall, of Trinity township, was appointed rural police man, the appointment effective upon execution of bond in the amount of $1000 as prescribed by law. R. W. Thayer, of Trinity, was re leased of taxes on real estate in Back Creek township, listed in the name of Virgil Hill, and paid by Hill in 1924. J. A. Breeze, of Trinity, was releas ed of paying taxes to the amount of $9.13 on account of Mr. Breeze^living and paying taxes in Davidson county. The board deemed it advisable to purchase the bridge now across San dy Creek between Ramseur and Franklinville from the state highway commission and took steps to take the matter up ‘With the commission to see at what price the bridge might be had. Miss Fuller Entertains MR. W. N. ELDER, FORMER RANDOLPH CITIZEN, HERE Mr. W. N. Elder, of Hopewell, Va., is in the county visiting relatives and •his many friends. .Since Mr. Elder’s moving to Hopewell, Virginia a few years ago, he has reserved the privi lege and pleasure of returning to his home county at least once a year, and 'his many friends and relatives look forward to his annual visit. He visit ed his son in Richmond before com ing to'Spencer wher^he spent a few days with his daughter and then came to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Redding, in Trinity township. Mr. Elder enjoys Hopewell , and has made many friends there. An evi dence of thjs was his having been pre sented recently with a handsome ebony walking cane with gold handle, on which was engraved his initials. This was a gift of a Bible class of ladies of which Mr. Elder is teacher. While Mr. Elder likes Virginia, his love for his friends, his county and state does not wave and he keeps in touch with the activities of the peo ple and the progress which is being made. Neat Fuller charmingly a few of. her friends last at her home at was lively hostess JUDGE OGLESBY WILL PRESIDE AT SEPT. COURT Will Make . First Appearance In This County—250 Cases On , The Docket. Randolph" County Superior Court for the trial of cases on the criminal docket will convene in the courthouse in Asheboro September 7th and will continue for one week. There are 250 cases calendered for trial at this term of court. ' Judge John M. Oglesby, of Concord, appointed by the (governor to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge Long, will preside and in doing so will make his first appearance on the bench in this county. Judge Oglesby has already established an enviable reputation as a judge and our citizens are eagerly awaiting his ^initial ap pearance in this county. The prosecu tion will be in the hands of Solicitor Zeb Long, of Statesville, as usual. Judge Henry B. Lane, who yas to have been the presiding judge at this term of court, will hold court in Bun combe county. I _ YORK’S BLOODHOUNDS TRAIL NEGROES AT CHAPEL HILL _ W. C. York’s bloodhounds were call | ed into service at Qiapel Hill, Orange county, Monday morning to ascertain the guilty party ox parties who en tered a dormitory at the University I in which two girl students were sleep ing Sunday night. The dogs followed : the trail to the home of three negroes, j William and Button, Norwood and Sol Gear, who are now held in jail pend ing a preliminary hearing and the ! gathering of other evidence. One of | the girls occupying the room was awakened by'a noise and upon investi gating found a negro crouching near a window. She screamed and the negro pushed her back and jumped out the window. FORMER CITIZENS WORSHIP AT CHURCH OF CHILDHOOD Visit Old Home Town and Worship At Presbyterian Church—History of Central Hotel. On last Sunday morning Mrs. James H. Pou, of Raleigh, Mrs. Charles Worth, of Wilmington, and Mr. James Walker, of Randleman, wor shiped in the Presbyterian, church, the church in which they worshiped as children in Asheboro. 4 After the ser vice they dined at the Central Hotel in which they were ■born. ■>■■■-. Tlie Central Hofei has some history which only the older citizens o? the town and county know. It was moved Ifrom Cedar Falls by the late Henry B. Elliott, grandfather of H. M. j Worth, of Asheboro. The building in ! Cedar Falls was tom down by Mr. Elliott's slaves under the direction of i Wash Elliott, a slave and carpenter. I It was hauled to Asheboro and rebuilt i by them. The material was the best I that could be bought and much of it was mortised and pegged together. ! Mr. Samuel Walker, the older brother [ of our townsman, Col. J. E. Walker, and father of Sunday’s distinguished visitors, bought the colonial home and resided there. He married Miss Mol lie Millis, who was the mother of | Mrs. Pou, Mrs. Worth and Mrs. Walk i er and an aunt of Mrs. W. J. Armfield, jthe first time, and later married Mrs. Elvira Jackson, now Mrs. E. E. Mof fitt. of Richmond, Va. The visit of the former citizens of the town emphasizes the love they have for the church and home of their childhood and fills the present day citizenship with pride of past history. It is always a pleasure to meet those whose loyalty and friendship extends back to the days when Asheboro boundaries extended from the Penn Wood branch on the east to the Methodist church on the west and the Solomon Bums home on the north and the fair grounds, now the school build ing, on the south. The Courier joins in welcoming these and other natives back home. SPECIAL SCHOOL • TAX LOST BY 311 Only 68 out of 379 Registered Cast Their Votes For The Proposition. ' ' ” ■. ' M: The election held Tuesday in all of Asheboro township lying outside the corporate limits of the town for the purpose of voting a special school tax of 60 cents on the $100 valuation was lost by 311 majority. At the poll ing place, Frank Lowdermilk’s resi dence, in the southern part of the township, the registration was 183. Of this number 23 voted for the special tax and 111 actually voted against it. In the north precinct, the polling place being W. A. Underwood’s resi dence, the total registration was 196, with 45 voting for and 189 against The total vote cast for the proposition in the two precincts was 68. Those actually casting votes against the special tax numbered 250. However, each vote registered unless actually voted for against it, 311. Had the purpose of ' ’ care of take NEGRO IS KILLED ! NEARRANDLEMAN ._ Killing Follows Quarrel at Road Construction Camp—Slayer Not Caught. A negro, whose name -we have been unable to learn, was hit over the head with a stick of wood in the hands of a negro by the name of Hunter about 8 o’clock Tuesday night at a road construction camp two miles north of Itandleman and died within thirty minutes after the assault. County officers, headed by Sheriff Cranford, are on the trail of Hunter. A negro woman, who claims to have spent Tuesday night in the woods with Hunter, is in jail at Asheboro. According to the information gath ered from the negroes In the camp, a quarrel led to the killing. It started between the negro now dead and a negro woman. He wanted to charge the woman for going after a doctor for her and after several minutes of argument over the matter, Hunter took it up with the result that the argument was ended in the negro’s death. According to statements made to the officers, who went to the scene of the murder about 9 o’clock that night, Hunter, another negro man and two women, presumably their wives, packed their clothes and left camp about an hour before the officers ar rived. York’s bloodhounds were put on trail and followed it several miles up the Greensboro-Randleman road, but finally losing it a place where car tracks showed evidence of a car’s hav ing stopped and turned around. However, the woman now in jail, who claims to have spent the night in the woods with Hunter, tells that Huntdr did not escape by automobile, but left her about daylight this morn ing walking. Officers are now work ing .on this theory. Tuesday night while the officers ac companied by a posse organized at the road camp were on search of the ne gro were "walking up the Greensboro road just across the line into Guilford were fired upon with a shotgun in the hands of some citizen living on the road who became alarmed over the commotion. Two or three members of the road construction force were hit by several birdshot, but none were seriously injured. The name of the man doing the shooting has not been learned. The dead negro is said to have been ..from Bluefield, Vf. Va., but little is known of him in this section, except that he has been in the employ of the road force for some time as has the negro charged with, his murder. INTERESTING 1 CONTEST BY MEMBERS OF BAPTIST CHURC H 1 The members of the local Baptist chtirch have been in an interesting ! contest for the past two months, the ! object being to raise $2000, the pur I chase price of the new church lot near i the city reservoir. The church roll was divided into two groups w*ith Miss jlslie Scott captain of one group ami | Miss Rilla Spoon captain of the other. iThe winning group, which was Miss ! Spoon’s, raised $1,079.50, and was en tertained at a watermelon feast Mon ! day evening on the new church lot by j Miss Scott’s group. Rev. B. E. Morns, pastor of the church, and others made j interesting talks, and songs were en joyed. 0APTIST NEWS LETTER The watermelon slicing Monday evening on the recently purchased lot was an enjoyable occasion for all present. The “feast” was the result of a friendly contest in our church, so liciting funds for the church lot. The two divisions were abundantly suc cessful and the loosing party served well. The writer and family visited in the | home of Mr. <5. W. Berry, at Staley, ! Friday of last week. Thanks to |drs. Chas. Wichard for the beautiful solo rendered at the | morning service last Sunday. | It was delightful to at the “water i melon,feast” given by the Ashebcro i Hosiery Mill at Garland Lake last Friday evening. Thanks for the invi tation. The pastor and family were delight fully served dinner last Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Millsaps. There will be no morning and even ing services- in our church next Sun jday, due to the fact that the pas'.or : has been granted the privilege of vis I iting the Home-coming Day at the old home church, Stanley, N. C. Let no one ,forget the Sunday school hour Sunday morning and the special “ra dio program” of the B. Y. P. U. Sun day evening, 7 o’clock. Series of Meetings In Friends Church Will Continue Two Weeks A series of meetings began in the Friends church last Sunday evening. Rev. John Kitterman and Miss Merle Huff, of Indiana, are assisting the pastor, Rev- C. L. Gregory, in the meetings. Mr. Kitterman is a bank er and business man who gives two or three months each year to evangel istic work. He has been in North Carolina upon numerous occasions. Miss Huff is an ordained minister in the Friends church. She is directing the music, and her services are ad ding to the meetings. The meetings will continue for two. weeks. Large •‘The Gospel” “ "iVi~ 1 '^1 r Bessie M. Randell, 22, of Ft. Worth, Tex., grew tired of “the pace'’ and was converted. At San ta Anna, Calif., she organized and built a church — and took to the pulpit. So great was her success that now she is on world tour as an evangelist. F. T. FINCH, NATIVE OF COUNTY, DIED SATURDAY Funeral Services Conducted At Pleasant Hill Church Mon day—55 Years Old. Franklin T. Finch, aged 55, farmer and sawmill operator, died Saturday afternoon after a lingering illness at his home in the suburbs of High I Point. He was bom in Randolph coun ty in 1869 and had spent a part of ' his life in the county of his birth, I later moving over into Guilford. He \ was a member of Pleasant Hill M. E. church. He was married in 1894 to j Miss Mary Elizabeth Jackson. ! Surviving besides the widow are j two daughters, Misses Ima and Annie Lee Finch; a -wm, Charles Finch; a brother, H. L. T?Snah; a sister, Mrs. 'Nannie Tuck, of Atlanta, Ga.; and | his mother, Mrs. Hannah Finch. Funeral services were conducted at Pleasant Hill church Monday morning at 11 o’clock by Rev. J. E. Woosley arid interment made in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were G. L. Younts, Al len Jones, Charlie Snider, J. W. John son, Carl Lohr and W. E. Younts. The floral offerings were carried | by Mrs. Fred Payne, Miss Blanche Younts, Miss Florence Younts, Miss Bessie Johnson and Miss Virginia I Johnson. JOSHUA KING DIES TUESDAY FROM STROKE Joshua King', aged 78, dlecT at his home in Union township Tuesday morning following a stroke of paral ysis which he suffered Saturday morning. He was the son of the late Zeno King. Mr. King married Miss Francena Graves, daughter of the late Randolph Graves. To this union were horn the following sons and daughters; 'Zeno King, Ashebero; Pet King and Mrs. Laney Hodge, Union township; Samuel King and Mrs. John Green, Richmond county; Ed ward King and Mrs. Relford Auman, High Point; and Calvin King, Mont gomery county. The funeral and bur ial services were conducted at New Hope church yesterday. — Kills Large Rattlesnake Kemp Smith killed a large rattle snake which he found lying in the road near Kemp’s Mill last Saturday morn* ing. After he had driven over the snake with his truck he alighted and killed the rattler with rocks. The snake was about four feet long and had nine rattles and a button. Commissioners Said Concrete Cost Too Much, But They Spend Same on Top Soil A gentleman from Trinity town ship was in Asheboro Monday and asked the Courier to look at the rec ords in the courthouse relative to the bids on the new highway that was; originally to be built from the hard surface road at Archdale.to the W. E. Gannaway residence on the outskirts of Trinity. He stated that the orig id on the contract for this road 7,249.40 for hard surface and for a top soil road, provided soil should not have to be nailed over 800 feet, the county agree ing to build the bridges and culverts at an Estimated cost of $3,500. Our Trinity citisen then subtracted $3,600 from $67,249.40 which gave $63,749.40, one-third of which the county was to pay under provisions of the law under which it was proposed to build the road*5 This third would have amounted to $21,249.80, repre '' :<tb the county Archdale.to ibtract from ANNUAL REUNION REITZEL FAMILY Held Last Thursday at Richland Church—Boyd Reitzel Elect ed President. The annual reunion of the Reitzel family was held at Richland church, near Liberty, Thursday of last week. A. large number of people were pres ent on the occasion. A string band furnished music for both the morning and afternoon sessions. J. H. Bow man opened the reunion with prayer, after which, R. W. Kime, of Salem, Va., president of the association, in troduced the speakers for the morning, Prof. D. C. Holt, of Liberty, and Con gressman William C. Hammer, of Asheboro. In the afternoon speeches were made by Dr. J. W. Long, of Greensboro, and Rev. D. I. Offman. A number of others made short and in teresting talks. ■ A picnic dinner was served on the church lawn. Dr. C. E. Reitzel, of High Point, Thomas Stafford, of Burlington, and Roy C. Reitzel, of Liberty, were ap pointed a committee to work with similar committees from the Coble, Al bright, Sharpe, Isley and Lutterloh re unions with view to publishing records of the families interested in one vol ume. Boyd Reitzel, of Liberty, was elect ed president of the association, suc ceeding R. W. Kime, native of this county, but for many years a success ful banker and lawyer of Salem, Va. Thomas Stafford, of Burlington, was elected secretary and treasurer. Rev. D. I. Offman, historian of the associ ation, has perhaps more knowledge of the county around the Liberty section and parts of Guilford and Alamance than any other man in the three coun ties. He has written a history of the Coble family and is preparing a his tory of the Reitzel family and will most likely write a history of the Smith and Lutterloh families. MRS. NANNIE WEAVER NANCE DIES AT HOME OF MRS. HASTY Mrs. Nannie Weaver Nance died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ar thur Hasty, Tuesday following sev eral months indisposition. For the past week Mrs. Nance had been se riously ill from a tumor in her throat, from which the end was inevitable. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Nance had lived with Mrs. Hasty, who was her youngest daughter. Prior to moving to Asheboro, Mrs. Nance liv ed in Gaffney, S. C., where her body was taken for burial yesterday. Dur ing her stay in Asheboro, she has made friends and admirers. She was a consistent Christian whose influ ence will live after her. She is sur vived by Mrs. Arthur Hasty, Ashe boro, Mesdames Scruggs, Hickory, Swafford, Woodruff, S. C., Taylor, Gaffney and Durham, Greenville, S. C. . MR. ROSS IN FLORIDA ON BUSINESS MATTERS It Is Understood He Has In Mind a Florida Selling Agency for Building Material. Arthur Ross of the Home Building and Material Company is in Florida this week it is understood for the pur pose of looking over the situation with view of establishing a selling agency for the products of the com pany at some point in that State. Florida, according to statistics, is undergoing a building boom. Demand for building material in the State is said to be great. The Asheboro company manufac tures a high grade of building mater ial and has built up a large business for its products. However, the capac ity of the plant has been enlarged n til with a full force working it is more than able to meet the demand in this section at this time. A selling agency in Florida doing good business would enable the plant to operate at full capacity. Mr. J. W. Maxwell, of Asheboro, is in Florida with Mr. Ross. The fall term of Oak Ridge Insti tute will begin September 7th. Over 200 boarding students have already 1 registered for the term. proposed, the cost to the county would be less than $500 more than to build a top soil road, provided the top soil should not have to be hauled over 800 yards. Since it has been determined by the commissioners to build a top soil road, according to the Trinity citizen, they stop short of the Gannaway place by 1600 feet The shortest distance any of (he top soil has been hauled so far has been more than one-fourth of a mile and the top soil used in construction this week has been hauled more than one-half mile. Much of the top soi{ used will have to be hauled upwards of two miles, it is claimed, j Our Trinity citizen informs us that j top soil for this road is difficult to obtain and is at best k poor grade and not such that will stand up under heavy traffic. He states that soon after leaving the Gannaway place go ing west the character of **■“ THIS PERFORMANCE IS RIVAL OF WOODEN KEY Captured Car Packed In Front of Jail Stolen Monday Morning —Leaves License Tag. One subject cannot stay in the lime light all the time. Today one subject creates a great interest and tomor row another supplants it. So it is with wooden keys. Not so many months ago a simple thing like a wooden key lent itself to the imagination of a class of people in this county. Writers made it a favorite subject of long, drawn out themes. Speakers extolled its virtues from every stump in the coun ty. ' But the wooden key has a rival. It is an automobile key, the switch key to an Essex roadster. It has come into the limelight somewhat in the following manner: Last Sunday Deputy Sheriff Mack Lewallen and other officers made a raid at the home of Mack Cranford, near Ulah. Cranford, seeing the offi cers approaching, took to his heels and soon lost himself in the woods lalng with two others who are said to |be strangers to the county officers, j But when they fled an Essex roadster, bearing evidence of having been used 1 for transporting liquor, was left. 1 This the officers seized and brought | to Asheboro, parking it in front of the jail. But its stay there was short, for Monday morning some person, said to be known to the officers, ap peared with a key to the car and drove it off from under the nose of the of ficers of the law. Nothing was left save the odor from the exhaufet pipe. Investigation discloses that the li cense tag on the car had been stolen. Maybe the car had been stolen too. Nobody seems to know. Wooden keys are a small matter when compared to gross negligence on part of the officers of the law. MRS. NANCY LOWDERMILK DIES AT THE AGE OF 80 Passes Away At Home of Her Son—Funeral At Flag * Springs Church. Mrs. Nancy J. Lowderpiilk, widow of the late E. L. Lowdermilk, died at the home of her son, R. D. Lowder milk, Saturday night, at the age of eighty years. For several years Mrs. Lowdermilk had been in declining health and she had been confined to | her bed for the past few years. The deceased is. survived by the following ;children: Mrs. June Frazier, James town; Mrs. Mamie Cox, High Point; Mrs. Joel Hammond, Dewey; Mrs. William Graves, Seagrove; Mrs. Win i field Rush and U. T. Dawson, Ashe boro, Route 1; Mrs. Charles Edward, I Norfolk, Va.; A. A. Lowdermilk, Mar tinsville, Va.; W. C. Lowdermilk, Mamer, N. C.; R. D. Lowdermilk, Asheboro. The funeral service was conducted i by Rev. Paul Kennett, at Flag Springs church, of which the deceased had been a faithful member. A large | crowd assembled to pay the last trib j ute to respect to Mrs. Lowdermilk. SILER REUNION The annual reunion of the Siler family Was held August 16th at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Siler, at Millboro. A table was spread with good things to eat and after a bles j sing was asked by Ivan S. Siler all j partook of the good eats. Another nice feature was the large boquet of i flow’ers presented by the children to their aged parents. More than fifty people were present, including all the children and grandchildren except two. There were seven grandmothers pres ent to enjoy the day with us. We hope to all meet again next year if it ! be the will of our'Heavenly Father. One Present. SMITH COUNTY CHAIRMAN OF NEAR EAST RELIEF E. C. Garner, Sec. and Treas.— Executive Committee and Sub-Chairmen Named. The personal representative of Mr. J. B. Ivey, state chairman of the Near East Relief, Rev. H. Conrad Black well, field director for North Carolina, was in the city on Tuesday interview ing friends of the cause here. Mr. Ralph G. Smith will be the chairman for Randolph county for 1926 and Mr. E. C. Garner of the First National Bank will be the treasurer. Twenty five orphans have been allotted to the county for support, which means that the good people of the county will be asked to contribute $1,486 to this worthy cause. It is earnestly hoped that this amount will be readily sub scribed to enable the Near East offi cials to carry on their work of love and mercy. The following have been named on the Executive Committee for Ashe boro: J. V. Wilson, Mrs. Hal Walker, Miss Esther Ross, Rev. W. H. Willis, Mrs. Wm. C. Hammer, Rev. C. G. Smith, Hugh Parks, Rev. B. E. Mor ris, Rev. C. L. Gregory and W. D. Stedman. The sub-chairmen for the county are as follows: Mrs. Bruce Craven, Trinity; Mrs. Ty$or, Erect; L. H. Smith, Jr., Liberty; Charles Smith, Ramseur; Miss Maude Lee Spoon, Seagrove; Mrs. R. P. Deal, Randleman; Mrs. S. A. Cox, Pisgah; and Charles Luck, Seagrove. Novem ber 1-8 has been set as the date for the special appeal. Gov. Angus W. McLean is ho PUCES 30 BULLS IN THE COUNTY Millsaps Has Placed This Num ber of Purebreds in County Since March 1st. Beginning the first of last March, a campaign was inaugurated among the farm demonstrtion agents of the State for the placing of purebred registered bulls in the various counties of North Carolina. The contest comes to a close September 1st. There has been much interest manifested in the contest by the farm agents and the State agricultural extension division has watched it with keen interest. County farm demonstrator Mill saps of this county entered this con test, not so much with the determina tion to win out for winning’s sake over the other farm agents, but for the benefit of the livestock industry of the county. That his efforts have been rewarded is shown in the fact that he has place 30 purebred regis tered bulls in the county since the be ginning of the campaign. Unless some of the other farm demonstra tors have placed a number of bulls recently and not reported at this time, Mr. Millsaps stands a fair! chance of leading the demonstrators in the State. Some of the banks of the county interested themselves in the campaign by offering prizes of $10 in cash t* the first farmer in each of several , . ' townships in the county who pur-/ chased a purebred bull. All this moi/ ey has been won with the exception of the offer extended to Trinity town ship. The Bank of Randolph and the First National Bank, both of Asheboro, jointly offered $50 in prize money for the campaign. All of this has been won by the farmers in five townships for which prizes were offered, as fol lows: Concord, D. F. Allred; Cedar Grower Levi Henley; Grant, A. C. Cox; Union. Sam Trogdon; Back Creek, J. F. Pow ell. The Bank of Franklinville, at Franklinville, offered a prize for Franklinville township and this was won by C. E. Henson. The Bank of Ramseur, at Ramseur, offered prizes for Columbia and Cole ridge townships and has paid the prize money to C. L. Kivett, of Columbia township, and T. A. Craven, of Cole ridge township. The Bank of Seagrove, at Sea grove, had its prize won by E. L. Slack, of Richland township. David Kivett, of Liberty township, won the $10 prize offered for hia township by the Bank of Liberty. W. S. Davis, of New Market town ship, won a like prize offered by the Commercial National Bank of High Point. The prize offered by the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, of High Point, for Trinity township remains I to be won. The entrance of the banks in the county into the spirit of the campaign i was helpful, according to Mr. Mfll j saps, in his efforts to interest the I farmer of the county in purebred cat j tie. The farmers were not so much interested in the prize money, altho it came in nicely toward paying for the cattle purchased, but were im pressed with the moral support the bankers lent to the development of the livestock industry in the county. Mrs. Charles Cross Died In Lexington Formerly Lived At Worthville—Moth er of W. F. Cross, of Asheboro— Aged 64. Mrs. Charles Cross, aged 64 years, died at her home in Lexington Sat urday, August 21st, following a year’s illness from heart dropsy. Mrs. Cross was a former Randolph coun ty woman, having lived at WorthviUe for a number of years. She was a | consistent member of the M. P. churek at Worthville. Funeral services were conducted at Worthville Monday afternoon and in terment made in the church cemetery. The deceased is survived by her I husband, Charles Cross, of Lexington, | three sons, Gurney Cross, of Statea , ville, John Cross, of Randleman, and W. F. Cross, of Asheboro; two dau ghters, Mrs. Walter Robbins and j Mrs. D. E. Tesh, of Lexington; one ! brother, George E. Pierce, of Salis ! bury; and a number of grandchildren. MRS. WALTER BLAKE IS INJURED IN AUTO. WRECK Sustains Broken Limb And In Confined to Memorial Hos -Mr. Blake Hurt. Mr. Walter Blake is in Memorial hospital, Asheboro, suffering from a broken limb as a result of the car in which she was riding turning over on a curve in the road near Sunday night. Mr. Blake af fe fractured rib and several 1 about the body. The car was damaged. Mr. and Mrs. Blake were north on their way to when the accident < familiar with the failed to !