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NUMBER 3«
Three Randolph ConntyMen Died Last
Week From Injuries Received in Accidents
Jesse W. Copeland, Nath* *f
Ramseur, Died Saturday In
Sanford Hospital.
W.C. JONES DIED FRIDAY
Cioerofl. Thomas, Native of
Ramseur, Accidentally
Killed Friday.
Accidents took a heavy toll of life
last week unusual in the history of
the couijky. Seldom, if ever, has She
county sustained such a loss in so
short a time. Last Friday the county
was shocked to hear of the accidental
death of W. C. Jones, resident of
Franklinville and for years a prom
inent citfeen of the county. On the
same dps, Cicero H. Thomas, former
resident of Ramseur, met death in .a
railway ^accident near Greensboro.
The next day news came of the death
of Jesse W. Copeland, of Greensboro,
in a Sanford hospital, where he was
undergoing .treatment for injuries sus
tained in an automobile accident
about twoiweeks previous. Copeland,
although for several years a resident
of Greensboro, was a Randolph coun
ty man, a .native of Ramseur.
W. C. Jones
Wesley .C. Jones was fatally in
jured late Fr»iay afternoon white op
erating a stump puller on Route 76,
near the Thomas livery stables, at
Franklinville. He was having tinflaer
removed and» stumps pulled prepara
tory to (building a garage. The cable
to the atump^.puller becoming kinked,
Mr. Jones was endeavoring to re
lease the trip : catCh so as to release
the cable when. ,a crowbar caught in
the gear and was hurled with such
force against' the right side of his
head that it crushed his stall. Mr.
Jones was immediately taken to Mem
orial hospital, 'Asheboro, where his
wound was found 'to be fatal and he
. quietly passed away at 8 o’clock with
out having regained consciousness.
Mr. Jones was a son of the late
Mount and Mary Jones and was horn
Dec. IS, 1886. He -professed religion
-early in life and joined the Frsriklin
ville M. E. Church Of which he was a
true and faithful member. He took
much interest in Church and Sunday
school work, serving in the capacity
, of superintendent Of the Sunday
school and also as a teacher. He was
also a valued member Of the board -of
stewards of His church. His counsel
-in this capacity was always sought
and heeded by his fellow workers. He
had been Cor many years a member
A. *G»>"A ■
• ffliecTtheMghest offices Within the
gift of these orders. At the time of
'his death he was -master of the local
“Masonic Lodge. In the lodge as well
as in public and private life he had in
mind continually the lifting o“f his fel
low man to higher -and nobler things
in life.
He was a public spirited citizen, al
ways interested In the civic life of
"his oommunity and county. He was
"head of the Jones wayon and repair
shop, the FranklmVille Motor Com
pany, -and a director "in the Bank of
Franklinville. He was held in high
esteem 'by his friends and acquaint
ances and by his business associates.
He is survived by his aged mother,
his widow and six children, Mrs. I. M.
Allred, Jr., L. M. Jones, Vf. I. Jenes,
and Misses Olivia and Lillian Jones;
one brother, Charlie Jones, of fteids
ville; two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Kiric
man, of near Melanchton church; and
Mrs. Dora Cross, of Asheboro.
("Continued on page 8)
BAPTISTS HELD ANNIVERSARY
SERVICE LAST SUNDAY
and loyalty and spirit of cooperation
•which has been manifested during the
past year.
Remarks were made by different
members *i the church expressing ap
preciation of Mr. Morris’ faithful
leadership during the first year of
his pastorate and pledging their co
operation for the futqre. A splendid
musical program was rendered which
was greatly enjoyed.
Mr. Morris has endeared himself
not only to the members of the church
of which he is leader but also to the
people of the town and community as
well, who wish for him even greater
success in the years to come than
GOVERNOR PARDONS CAPTAIN
GREEN, OF A ft T. COLLEGE
Governor McLean last Saturday
granted full pardon to Captain W. W.
Green, negro officer and former mili
tary instructor at A. A T. College,
Greensboro. Green was convicted at
the March, 1923, term of Davidson
county Superior court on a charge of
assault with attempt to commit rape
and sentenced to serve seven years in
the penitentiary. Hundreds of leading
citisens of Davidson county, including
ten of the jurors, appealed to the
Sunday, September 6th, marked the
•close of Rev. B. E. Morris’ first
^year as pastor of 'the Asheboro Bap
tist church. A very fitting anniver
sary service was held on Sunday
morning with remarks from both
pastor and congregation. The pastor
gave a summary of the work that
had been accomplished during the
year, complimenting the members of
the church upon their faithfulness
Fair Edition
The Courier’s annual fair edition
will be published next week.
Thrangh cooperation of our illus
trated service, we have been able to
secure some very attractive cuts
for illustrating advertisements.
We Shall have also some interest
ing articles with reference to the
'fairrand fairs jn general which will
'be of unusual interest to our read
ers.
It will be of advantage to our
■advertisers to reserve space in this
edition as early as possible in or
t der toy get the best mechanical ser
vice .as well as good position. _
House Burned
'News'reaches Asheboro that the
two-story dwelling house occupied by
Ben Crowell in Concord township was
destroy*! by fire last Friday. Nothing
was saved, from the flames which or
iginated,lat is supposed, 'rom a de
fective flue, or a spark on the roof.
ONLY 12 DAYS TO
THE COUNTY FAIR
rime to Think of Exhibits—List
of Department Superintend
ents For The Fair.
Randolph -county fair will open
Sept. "22nd and will extend to and
including the\26th. This means that
the beginning Of the fair is but
i twelve days away and it is time to
begin thinking of and making ar
rangements for the exhibits which
you intend to bring this year. The dry
weather has seriously affected the
crops in all sections of the county,
"but it 'is the request Of the fair asso
ciation that you-bring the best you
have.
The following-are the department
superintendents:
Farm products, XT. Redding and E.
S. Millsaps, "Jr.; Horticulture, J. M.
Brown; Live Stock, Charlie Kearns
and E. C. Byrd; Swine,*E. C. Byrd
and R. W. Fuller} Sheep, A. C. Cox
and*W. J. IMacon; Poultry, Walter
DaVis, Fred Allred and E. L. Slack;
Home Economies,’ Mrs. J. L. Overman
and Mrs, W. C. York; School, Mrs.
Hal Worth and Mrs. 'Chas Redding;
Art, Mrs. a. rY. Underwood, and Mrs.
hire. C. A. "Hayworth, Mrs. J. K.
Wood aad Mrs. J. W. Banner; Curio
and Relies, W. ®. Poole; ’Fancy Work,
Mrs. G. L. Millikan, Mrs.F. G. New
som and Mrs. C. JB. Griffin;.Randolph
Bench Show, A. O. Ferree; Athletic
contest, Saturday, school day, Fred A.
Fiequet and D. C. Holt; Colored De
partment, J. E. Brower anti Myrtle
Waddell.
AMERICAN LEGION ELECTS
HENRY L. STEVENS, JB.
The American Legion, department
of North Carolina, in annual conven
tion at Fayetteville the first of the
.week, elected Henry L. Stevens, Jr,,
,of Warsaw, state commander on the
third ballot over Col. Jdbn Hall Man
ning, of Raleigh, and Captain I. JB.
Williams, of Dana, the other contest
ants. Dan B. King, of Sanford, was
elected one of the vice commanders,
Stevens succeeds Major Wade H. Phil
lips, .commander of the Legion the
j past year. The incoming and the re
! tiring commander* were elected dele
| gates to the national convention in
j Omaha and one delegate was elected
from each district.
i The woman’s auxiliary , of the Le
gion elected Annie Lee, of Monroe,
I president, and Mrs. John T. Lowe, of
Lexington vice president.
POUR CONCRETE
SOUTH OF TOWN
Find Water Supply and Change
Mixture So Work Can Be
Carried Out At Once.
Ziegler brothers, contractors, have
begun to pour concrete on Route No.
70 south of AsheboraTt was announc
ed last week that worl# would prob
ably be held up on account of lack of
water, but the contractors have run j
a pipe line from the MeGrew mine,
which is believed will furnish enough
water necessary for the work. In or
der to use less water the contractors
obtained permission from the state.
highway commission to use ealcium j
chloride in their mixture. Not only
is less water required in the mixture,
bat the concrete does not have fb be
sprinkled after it is poured.
Pouring of the concrete was begun
near the McDowell place and is pro
gressing towards town. It is the hope
of the contractors to complete this
short stretch in time for the fair and .
to also grade up the road from the;
McDowell .place to the fair .grounds •
so that it may be used by fair traffic. {
When this is completed it is stated
that the contractors will move their j
force over to Route 75 and begin pour- j
ing concrete on that project while the
fair is in progress.
The department of agriculture an
nounces that 660,000 farms in the
country have radios -against 866,000 j
last year.
Grief and Joy
A coincident -carrying a moral,
was the suspending of “Babe”
- Ruth from baseball and a line of
$5/100 for failure to observe train
ing rules—the same week in which
Detroit citizens staged a great cele
bration for Ty Cobb, marking his
20 years there—the greatest play
er the game has iCver produced.
Presents and cash amounting to
$10,000 were showered upon him.
CLAN ROSS GATHERS-IN
| GUILFORD CO. TODAY j
One of Largest Families In State ;
—A Short Sketch ®f The
Family
A call has teen Issued fttr a meet
i ing of the Ross family at '‘Pleasant
; Garden today. It is thought that, as J
j there is snch a large-number of Rosses
throughout North Carolina, Clan Ross J
may develop into one <of the largest !
Scotch organizations in the State.
Mr. R. R. Ross, of Asheboro, and
family will attend. Mr. Ross was the
son of Dr. Levan Gilmer Ross and a
grandson of Levan Ross who settled
near Pleasant Garden, Guilford Coun
ty, in 1800. Levan Ross was a de
scendant of the Ross Clan of Scotland.
| He was a recognized leader in public
affairs in the early development of
; Gpilford county. .'Mr- |L- R. Ro*s has
: lived in Randolph county since early
manhood. For many years he was
Sheriff of the county. He has always
taken an active interest in the up-1
building of the county and state. He i
has been indisposed for a few days ;
but has been greatly interested in the
organizing of his clan.
The United States census of 1790
lists Reuben and Henry Ross and:
Reuben Ross the second, as heads I
of the Guilford county branch of the
family. This report shows that in ,
Mecklenburg, George, William, Jo-1
seph and Francis Ross were the heads :
of the Ross family, with James Ross j
a bachelor and the owner of a single
slave. Anson county, embracing at
that time what is now Montgomery j'
and Stanly, had as its heads of the |!
Ross family, Andrew Ross, first and i
second, John Ross of Wake county and
Ann Ross of Warren are also listed, j
as heads of their respective branches
of the Ross family.
Most of the Rosses are Presby- ‘
tefians and Methodists, although quite '
a few who came from Pennsylvania in ’
1760 were Moravians and Lutherans.
Aside from the history made for j
the Ross family by Betsey when she
made the first national flag, and
George when he signed the declara- :
tion of independence, a Guilford j:
county- Ross, in 1840, hitched four j J
fancy stallions to a log cabin in the :
campaign of “Tippecanoe and Tyler,
too.” and drove the outfit from Lex- j'
ington to Hillsboro.
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CONVICT CLOTHING BEING
MADE AT STATE PRISON
George Ross Pou, superintendent
of the State Prison, has issued a letter
to the chairmen of the boards «of coun
ty commissioners In the State in ah
effort to secure orders for clothing
for counyt convicts, which is now be
ing manufactured in the prison, his
Is the second industry to be estab
lished at the State Prison. The first
was the weaving of chair backs and
bottoms. The prisoners do work of
this nature for plants in all parts of {
the State, including those at Ashe
boro. Another industry which will
soon be established in the prison will
be the making of concrete culverts,
which is expected to save the state
highway commission from forty . to
fifty thousand dollars a year. :-v |
EDGAR NEWS
J. D. Farlow is attending court at
Asheboro this week.
* Miss Blanche Davis, of_ Wilmington,
Del., arrived Friday night at the home
of her uncle, N. E. Davis, for a visit
to relatives 'here.
H. W. Robbins has accepted a posi
tion at High Point
George Farlow, son of the late John
Farlow, at High Point died of tuber
culosis, and was buried at Marlboro
last Sunday evening. ■ j
Walter Davis, who has been away
working in other states arrived Mon
a visit to his parents, Mr. and
is not very well at
COMMUNITY FAIRS BEGIN J
IN COUNTY NEXT WEEK
Thfw Community Fairs Next
Week—Flint Hill Has Been
Canceled.
;Community fairs in the county be
gin next week, starting with the fair j
at Seagrove Wednesday, the 16th. -j
Holly Springs fair will be held the
following day, Thursday, September
17th,' and Farmer fair, Friday, Sep
tember 18th.
The Flint Hill community fair was
canceled owing to several reasons, the
illness of the president of the fair and j
the lack of sufficient exhibits owing
to the prolonged drought.
A good program has been arranged
for the three community fairs in ad
dition to the exhibits. Picnic dinneT
will be served on the grounds at each
of the fairs. Those who come are in
vited ‘.to bring a well filled basket.
Music will be furnished by a local
string band. The Shiloh string band
will play at the Holly Springs fair.
The county demonstration agent
has arranged to have a man promin
ent in the agricultural interests of
the State present at each community
fair. These fairs will be w£tl worth
attending this year. While the .drought
has effected the quality of products
to be exhibited, there will he many
features of general interest to be
brought out for the entertainment
and instruction of those who attend.
WOMAN’S CLUB WILL
ENTERTAIN TEACHERS
Honoring the teaehers of the i\she
horo •graded school, the Woman’s Club
w entertaining in the school auditor
ium Friday night, September 11th, at
8 o’clock.
All parents who hare children in
the school are cordially invited to be
present.
There will be an interesting pro
gram, anti this being the only enter
tainment of the year of this kind, we
hope every parent will make it pos
sible to attend.
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county have gone to the various col
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writing them the happenings from
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reach them once *»ch -week as regu
lar as the weeks come.
You can said them The Courier the
duration of the school term for $1.00,
This is cheaper.than you can mail
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Don’t let them miss a single “letter
from home”. Let us put them on the
subscription list today before you for
get it.
FIRE DESTROYS
i RICHLAND MILL
i Started From Gasoline Engine—
Was One of the Oldest Mills
In The County.
Richland Roller Mill, owned by J.
iE. and F. P. Stout and D. E. Bean,
! situated on Richland Creek in Cole
ridge township eight miles south of
Ramseur, burned to the ground yes- ,
j terday about noon after catching on 1
fire from a gasoline tractor used in |
operating the mill during the present |
dry weather, Water in the' creek was |
so low it was impossible to obtain i
water with which to fight the flames
and the mill was a total loss. A large
amount of grain was also burned.
There was no insurance. j
j The mill building was three stories
; in height and of frame construction.
It was built in the Civil War period
by the late Hugh T. Moffitt and for
years was known as Moffitt’s Mill.
It was one of the oldest mills in the
county. It was operated for years as .
a burr mill. Alfred Brower - bought
the mill from the Moffitt family and
operated it for several years. He sold
the mill to C. J. Cox, at that time
j of Asheboro, but now a resident of
Greensboro, who operated it for a
number of years. Mr. Cox sold the
| mill to Dr. R. L. Caveness, of Cole- j
’ ridge. Mr. Caveness converted the
mill into a roller mill and operated it
for several years. He sold the mill
to C. M. Hayworth and Dan Thorn
burg and Mr. Hayworth operated the
mill until July 1909 when he sold his,
interest to Mr. Thornburg. Later Mr.
Thornburg sold the mill to Messrs.
Stout and Bean.
The mill had been in operation al
most continuously since its construct
ion, serving a largq territory. In late
years it marketed a large amount of
flour and feed in this section besided
grinding for custom. It was operated
by water power at times when the
creek furnished sufficient water and
a gasoline tractor was used as auxil
iary power.
MONDAY
LITTLE SON OF MR. WORH
GARNER *"TO'
Edwin Garner, the
son of Mr. Worth Gamer, of New;
Hope township, died* at the home of i
his parents Monday from meningi
tis. His illness had extended over a
period of two weeks. Besides the
grief stricken parents four sisters
and brothers survive. The funeral
f Rev. G. W. ;
at 4 o’clock. |
nding the!
Mrs. J. P.
Edward
GRADED SCHOOL
OPENED MONDAY
Enrollment First Day Was 64B—
Organizing For Year of Suc
cessful School Work.
Asheboro graded schools opened for
the fall term Tuesday with an enroll
ment uf 640. The enrollment increas
ed yesterday and is expected to in
crease each day during this week. The
full corps of teachers was present.
Orv account of the hot weather no
chapel exercises were held at the
opening nor were any held yesterday.
The -pupils were marched into their
respective rooms by grades and each
teacher began immediately to organ
ize their classes for the first term’s
-work.
Superintendent McMahan and his
corps of assistants are optimistic over
the outlook for a most successful
year’s work. The school is fortunate
in having an experienced teaching
staff and maey of the teachers have
taught in the Asheboro schools last
year and several years before, and
are, therefore, familiar with the sys
tem carried ant in the local school un
der the supervision of the superin
tendent.
Already the football squad under
Prof. Boone, -who iis directing the ath
letic activities ef the school, is at
work. Practice was begun the first
day of school and will continue all
along. The latter part of the week
will see some real activity among the
aspirants for berths on the. regular
team. The first game of the season
will be played one day during the
fair, probably with some team from
a high school in the county. A lot of
new equipment has been purchased
for the team.
The colored school of the town
opened Tuesday also with an enroll
ment of 214, with the number increas
ing yesterday and today. Prospects
of the colored school for the year are
bright.
CLARENCE CHAIR CO. MADE
FIRST CHAIR LAST MONDAY
Employs Force of Thirty and Will In
crease This Number of Employes
—Makes Porch Rockers.
The plant of the new Clarence Chair
Company, on South Fayetteville
Street, Asheboro, made its first porch
rocker last Monday. When operating
at full capacity the plant will have a
capacity of ten carloads a week. A
force of 30 men is now employed at
the plant and it is the intention of the
management to increase this number
gradually as expansion of business de
mands. Messrs. C. C. and E. D. Cran
ford are the owners' of the plant and
Iffr. E. S. Burkhead has charge of the
office.
The buildings of the new chair com
pany were put up in record time and
the machinery installed as fast as it
came from the factories. The plant
is well-equipped with the most modern
woodworking machinery and is com
plete in every detail. Steam power is
being used- It is just another addition
to the fast developing industry of
the town and will furnish employment
for more people and thereby help the
entire town and county from an eco
nomic standpoint.
UNITED STATES LEADS IN
GASOLINE CONSUMPTION
Production in This Country In
creases Nine Fold in Past
Ten Years. .
Gasoline consumption is far more
extensive in the United States than
anywhere else in the world. A com
merce department survey made public
recently showed per capita consump
tion in this country to have reached
69.3 gallons a year, while England
was second with an average of 11.6
gallons. One year’s consumption in
China would not keep automobiles in
the United States running eight
hours.
To supply the demand, American
production of gasoline was increased
from 1,600,000,000 gallons in 1914 to
nine billon gallons in 1924. The United
States accounted for 79 per cent of
the world’s total consumption last
year while at the same time exporting
$160,000,000 worth of the commodity.
The commerce department also an
nounced that in June the United
States produced 360,657 passenger
automobiles and 36,096 automobile
trucks, compared with 214,332 and
28,117 respectively in June last year.
HEIRS OF MARK HOPKINS
ESTATE START PROCEEDINGS
_ i
The 65 heirs of the Mark Hopkins
estate have started suit in the Cali
fornia courts to recover the property.
No estimate has been made of the
actual value of the property, but it
is supposed to run into the millions.
There are a number of heirs of the
estate in this and adjoining1 coun
ties, who are interested in the suit.
Full details concerning the claims of
the heirs and a sketch of the life of
Mark Hopkins have apeared in pre
vious issues of the Courier.
• Forecast 13,740,000 Bales
The department of agriculture Tues
day forecasted a cotton crop of 13,
740,000 bales, about the sam^ size of
last year's crop, but a quarter of a
million bales less than the govern
ment’s forecast two weeks ago.
Guilford College will be onen for
registration of new students Friday,
September 15th. A freshman class of
140 is expected.
MRS. JAMES S. FL».REE
PASSED AWAY FRIDAY
. j
Was 60 Years of Age—Funeral
Held at Brower’s Last Sun
day—Highly Esteemed.
Mrs. Civil Harrelsom Ferree, widow
of the late James S. Feme, died at
High Point hospital after several j
weeks’ treatment and finally an oper-!
ation, last Friday. Mrs. Ferree was,
born and reared in South Carolina, j
She was married about thirty-five.
years ago and was the mother of the
following sons and daughters: Mrs.
Hugh Brown, of Asheboro; Mjp.
Mabel Hinshaw, of Randleman;
and Messrs. Ernest and Gurney
Ferree, of Asheboro; Marvin and
Stanton Ferree, High Point; Eugene
Ferree, of South America; and James
Ferree, of the State of Washington.
Mrs. Ferree was sixty years of age.
She was a thoroughgoing, unpreten
tious, lovely woman whose many ad
mirable qualities will linger in the
memory of her children, relatives and
friends.
The funeral service was conducted
Sunday morning at Brower’s at elev
en o’clock, after which her body was
laid to rest by her husband who had
preceded her to the great beyond
more than twenty years ago. The
many floral offerings and the large
number attending the funeral and
burial services attested the high es
teem in which Mrs. Ferree was held.
CHAIR COMPANY
ERECTS BUILDING
Piedmont Chair Company Builds
j New Brick Plant To Replace
Old Building.
The Piedmont Chair Company has
! under construction a two-story, brick
i machine room, the main building being
60 feet by i20 feet. A sawmill annex
and a boiler room are also under con
struction. The building is of the latest
type mill construction and when fin
ished will be the most complete chair
factory building in town and one of
the best of its size in the State.
Upon completion of the building the
machinery from the old machinery
building, which is of frame and iron
clad construction, will be moved over
into the new building along with some
new machinery which has been pur
chased. The old building .will be tom
down to make room for the lumber
yard.
The mill is closed down now for the
reason that in order to make room for
the new structure it was necessary
to tear down the boiler room of the
old buildinjr. It is planned to begin
operations in the new building just
as early as it can be finished and the
machinery installed.
The Piedmont Chair Company, with
W. C. Page secretary and treasurer,
makes a cane bottom chair and has a
capacity of 600 a day. With the com
pletion of the new plant it is planned
to put on a new pattern or two in ad
dition to the pattern now made. A
little additional help will have to be
employed.
This is not the first improvement
j the company hap made in its plant,
j Last year the old storage warehouse
was tom down and a brick warehouse
built in its place.
HOLD CALL MEETING OF
INSURANCE ASSOCIATION
Mr. S. S. Cox, president of the
Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance As
sociation, called a meeting last Mon
day of the executive committee and
other officers in Asheboro for the
purpose of considering some impor
tant matters pertaining to the asso
ciation. Mr. Cox said that the losses
by fire in the county this year was the
greatest in the history of the associa
tion and asked that each member use
all precautions possible against fire'
as man is the greatest safeguard
against fire.
NEW MAIL ROUTE
IS IN OPER ATION
_
Three Automobiles Required To
Carry The Mail on First
Trip Last Monday.
I
Asheboro’s new mail route, twice
daily from High Point, began last
Monday. The mail truck, driven by
Earl White, of Glenola, arrives at
Asheboro at 10 a. m. and at 4 p. m.
and leaves within ten minutes of ar
rival. It leaves High Point at 8:30 a,
m. and 2 p. m. and arrives at High
Point at 11:40 a. m. and 5:40 p. m.
The truck carries mail for the post
offices along the route, namely, JJan
dleman, Spero and Archdale. Mail
for Trinity is put off in closed pouches
at Archdale and is carried to and
from the Trinity office.
General satisfaction is expressed by
the people of- the town and county
over the new route. It was a mail
service badly needed by the county.
Since the establishment of the route
no mail is handled on the Southern
train operating between High Point
and Ashebofo.
The volume of mail was so large the
first trip Monday that Mr. White had
to use three trucks. He went to the
High Point postoffice with a new
Dodge truck expecting to carry all
the mail in this one truck. He later
returned home after his touring car
and after loading it found several bags
over and Postmaster York of High
Point had to come to his assistance
with another car in order to carry all
ONE WEEK TERM
SUPERIOR COURT
Judge Oglesby, Presiding, Make*
Able Charge To Jury—Num
ber Cases Tried.
Randolph Superior court for the
trial of criminal cases only convened
in the courthouse at Asheboro last
Monday morning, with Judge John M.
Oglesby, of Concord, recently appoint
ed judge in this district to succeed the
late Judge B. F. Long, presiding, and
Solicitor Zeb V. Long prosecuting the
docket. Court will continue through
out the week.
One of the largest crowds ever at
tending a session of court in this
county was present Monday morning
to hear the charge delivered by Judge
Oglesby to the grand jury, and it is
conceded to be one of the best ever
delivered in this county. His charge
was clear, clean-cut and comprehen
sive and left no doubt in the minds of
his hearers as to his position in re
gard to maintaining law and order at
all times and at all places..
Judge Oglesby's Charge
After explaining to the members of
the grand jury their duties and tha
process to be followed-in their delib
erations, he discusses infractions of
the law, the causes for these infrac
tions and the remedy. He pointed out
that the large number of cases on the
criminal docket in this county fog
this term of court, more than 2S0,
did not indicate that Randolph was a
lawless county and one that had lost
j respect of the law. Only a small per
| cent of the population of Ranolph
| county and the State Comprises the
lawless element, yet this small per
cent is a burden on the taxpayers of
the county as well as upon its general
| welfare.
He classed the people in general in
; to two main divisions, the righteous
l and the unrighteous, the former rep
I resenting the large majority who had
! respect for law and constituted au
thority, and the latter, the smaller
part* representing the lawless ele
ment.
One of the big reasons for congested
dockets, according to Judge Oglesby,
is due to lack of respect for law in
the home, church and school. Teach
ers and ministers, said the judge,
should take more of their time to
teaching and preaching this respect of
law and less time discussing some
thing about which they know littiew
evolution.
In calling the attention of the grand
jury to violations of the law ttftnfc
should be looked after, he mentioned
the compulsory school attendance law
greatest laws ever put on the statute
books of North Carolina. Every
school child in North Carolina should
have the right of an education and
those who .violate this law should be
dealt with in order that th^ child may
not be deprived of education.
(Continued on page 4)
RAIN BRINGS SLIGHT
RELIEF FROM DROUGHT
Showers in Parts of This County
Monday Night—Rain in
Other Sections.
Rain Monday brought some relief
from the long drought in some of the
parching areas of the Carolinas and
Georgia while rairjs were general
over Texas. Rain fell Monday night
over a considerable area west of Ashe
boro while South around Michfield
there was a good rain extending over
a small area. Some other parts of
the county had light showers, but not
enough to bring any real relief.
Several areas in South Carolina •
were visited by rain. Sunday was
set aside in South Carolina to pray
for rain.
Points in North Carolina visited by
rain include ' Charlotte, Gastonia,
Maiden, Rowan county, Wadesborot,
parts of Anson county and a section
of Catawba county. Laurinburg was
visited by a severe electric storm
which put the town’s lighting system
out of commission.
Only in Texas and in parts of Geor
gia were the rains heavy enough to
make any real break in the drought.
Showers in other sections brightened
up the land and toned up the morale
of the people. However, most of the
people are hopeful that the showers
of Monday are only the forerunners of
heavier rains to come later in the
week.
and characterized it as one of
Farm* School Opens
Farmer high school opened for the
| fall term Monday with an enrollmes
[ of 240. Of this number 74 were er
rolled in the high school department
SHOULD MAKE PROVISION
FOR AIRPLANE LANDINGS
Anticipating the rapid
air travel in the South, Governor Mc
Lean thinks North Carolina should
make early provision for setting aside
suitable areas for establishing landinr
fields for airplanes.
In a statement in this regard n
Monday he sets out no definite
for the creation of these lai
fields, but suggests that It is a
ter that should claim the attenti
the«people of the State and i
should be done either by ■'
state; action.
The Govern
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