THE COURIER i jeaxte in Both News and Circulation THE COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ■: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE --—_____-i- . ' t VOLUME L Asheboro, North Carolina* Thursday, September 24, 1$25 — number tt Exhibits At Randolph County Fair Are Varied And Most Interesting Exhibits Show Little Effect of * the Long Drought—Many Fims-Have Booths. CHILDRENS DAY SATURDAY Barge /Crowds Attending As In terest in the Exhibits In creases—Co-operation. The fifth annual Randolph County Fair opened Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock at the new fair grounds two miles south of Asheboro with exhibits from every section of the county and from many surrounding ‘ counties. The new location and new buildings afford ample space for the display of the exhibits which are full and varied. The crowd the opening day was un usually good, hut many more people were present Wednesday than Tues day, and the crowds bid fair to in crease daily until Saturday, which is Children's lDay,.and a record breaking crowd is being prepared .for. In the center of the fair grounds is the .Main Exhibit building filled with general exhibits. Down the cen ter of the immense room is the flower display, which in spite of the dry weather is lovely. To the right of this is the fancy work display which needs little comment in Randolph county where the fame of ladies, handiwork has gone all over the state. This department is not only full this year, but is “running over.” The qual ity of the work is said by the ladies in charge to be superior to any year previous. Next to the fancy work come the Art and Pantry depart ments. These are both noteworthy ex hibits and command their just due of admiration. The educational department is a most interesting feature of the exhib its. Here samples of the work one by the children of the schools of the coun ty are displayed in a most attractive manner. This booth is one of the most interesting in the building showing the achievements of the children in drawing, sketching, weaving and mak-1. ing fancy articles, map drawing and other interesting things. In this same section of the building the Bland Piano Company, of High Point, have a booth which attracts attention not only on account of their music, but the booth is decorated in a most unique manner with long leaf pine needles strung like fringe and surrounding the booth.! In' this are displayed the fisher, Ara pico, ,which Is a piano reenacting the playing Of the great artists; the Ad ans Schaaf; and the Starr Studio piano. Mr. and Mrs. Bland are present and welcome their friends to rest in this attractive rest room and hear the music. Next is the Maxwell House Coffee booth which tantalizes the visitors with the arotna of freshly brewed cof fee, and generously offer a cup to all who agree that it is "good to the last drop.” The plumbing companies, furniture (Continued on Page 4.) RATTLESNAKE IS CARVED ON TOMB IN IREDELL A rattlesnake Arved delicately on a marble stone marks the resting place of the first white man buried in 4>now Creek Methodist church ceme tery in Sharpsburg township, Iredell county, according to G. Wright Lank ford, writing in Sunday’s newspapers. The tombstone with the unique carv ing marks the grave of A. McArmond, who died from the bite of a rattle-. snake in August, 1780. The marble, tombstone is only ten years old, but the grave has been there 145 years. There are more than 1000 graves in j the cemetery. It was not the inten tion of McArmond’s relatives to bury him in this spot, according to the ar ticle. The destination of the remains was a cemetery across, a river, but when the funeral procession reached the river it was swollen by recent rains and could not be crossed. There fore, the funeral party buried Me- j Arnold on a hill near the river and j started the present cemetery. SEAGROVE MEWS The Seagrove Community Fair, which was held here last week, was well attended and enjoyed by all pres ent Mr. H. C. Bates, of Atlanta, Ga., made a very interesting speech, and we hope to have him with us again. The Seagrove high school opened Monday, September 21, with an en rollment of 134. Following are the teachers: Mr. A. E. Poston, principal, assistants, Misses Lillie O’Quinn, Grace Auman, Mary Tysor, Alta Hud son, and Maude Lee Spoon, music teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hendricks, Mr. and Mrs. Manly Williams and children and Mrs. Frank Cole, of Asheboro, Mrs. -W. C. Brewer and children, of Bennett, attended Mr. E. B. Cole’s sale last Saturday afternoon. Mr. Frank Leach returned Tuesday to the deaf and dumb school at Mor spending the summer Sle and family left , where 1th the connected avor at the Christian UNCLE SAM BEATSnTHE FARMER FIVE TO'ONE Uncle Sam gets five times as mnch out of each pound of Eastern North Carolina tobacatj as the grower gets for producing It. If the average price should slump a little lower the gov ernment would get six times as much afe the grower. It comes about in this way. It takes three pounds of tobacco to make 1, 000 cigarettes. The present stamp tax on this number of cigarettes is $1.00. Out of ever dollar paid by the smoker for cigarettes, the tobacco grower has been getting 8 cents, the government 40 cents, the jobber, wholesaler and retailer 52 cents. 1 MILLIKAN, FARLOW AND BULLA FAMILY REUNION OCT. 4TH On Sunday, October 4th, there will be held at the old home of Benjamin Millikan, now owned by Chester Far low, a reunion of the Millikans, Far lows and Bullas. A special invitation is extended to all the relatives to at terid and bring with them baskets filled with something good to eat. Dinner will be served in picnic style. Some prominent people have been in vited' to make short talks. Fishing Party Return and Remember Friends Upon the return of the fishing party composed of Messrs. W. A. Coffin, E. L. Hedrick, L. L. Whitaker and Clyde Wood from Jacksonville last week there was considerable excitement and interest, not in fish stories, but in j real fish—fish which were distributed in numbers equal to the tastes of the larger families of the town. The Cou rier is grateful for having been re membered with- soitte extra fine ones. MEETING AT SOPHIA IN THE INTEREST OF SCHOOLS The Courier has been requested to announce that a meeting of the citi zens will be held in the school building at Sophia tomorrow, Friday, night in the interest of school affairs of the district. Prof. T. Fletcher Bulla, coun ty superintendent of schools, will at tend the meeting. One of the reasons for the meeting, it* is understood, is for the purpose of discussing the pos sibilities of the establishment of a con solidated school at Sophia. Patrons living "itTIKe scfibof district are urged to be present. *’ *' *»>■ MILLSAPS WINS SECOND HONORS Stands Second in Number Pure bred Bulls Placed Last Six Mo.—First in Guernseys Mr. E. S. 'Millsaps, Jr., county larm agent, is the winner of second place i in the statewide contest among the. I county agents of the State in placing purebred registered bulls. Mr. Mill saps placed from Majch 1st, this year, pntil the close of the contest August 31st, 30 purebred bulls. He won first place in placing {Juernsey bulls. W. K. Scott, county agent of Alamance coupty, won first place in the state wide contest - > Mr. Mill saps by virtue of winning ! second place in the State will have half of his expenses paid to the Na tional Dairy Show, at Indianapolis, 1 Ind., the week beginning Jtoitober 12th. ! His winning of first place in placing Guernsey bulls entitles him to a silver • trophy. This contest which lasted six months was sponsored by the dairy extension" division of the State agricultural ex I tension service. There was much friendlv rivalry between the various Other phases of agricultural extension work, stressed purebred livestock every chance he had. In fact, during the contest he was instrumental in se curing two auction sales of purebred and grade cattle in the county. These sales were well attended and as a re sult much interest was created in purebred live stock. VISITS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS IN THE COUNTY Mr. John R. Hancock, a native df Randolph county, but for the past 26 years a resident of Dallas, Texas, has been in the county several days on a visit to relatives and friends. Last week he and his cousin, Mr. George T. Murdock, of the Asheboro Bank A 'bust Company, visited thd old home place in New Hope township. Mr. Han cock is a son of Calvin H. Hancock, who married Cynthia Lassiter, daugh ter of the late Micajah Lassiter, of this county. They lived in New Hope •i Mis* America for 1925 Miss Fay Lamphier, of Alemeda, California, sent by Oakland and as the State’s first choice was crown ed America’s most charming girl at the annual Atlantic City Beauty Show last week. She is nineteen years old—described as an ash blonde. She is 6 ft. 6 inches, weighs 188 and is a stenographer. She helps psupport her mother and five younger brothers. She studied art and wants to be a cartoonist. -VToo busy for love,” she says. DR. GREGG INTERESTED IN FOREST CONSERVATION Has In Mind Bill He Would Like To See Passed By Congress -Believes it Would Work. Dr. J. D. Gregg, of Liberty, was a visitor in Asheboro last Friday. The Liberty doctor as usual had something interesting on his mind and did not hesitate to express himself about it. He is interested in forest conservation. He would like to see a bill introduced in Congress the sense of which would be that the government would grow and furnish free to the fanners ot the entire couatry young hardwood trees for planting and set aside one day in each jfcar for the planting of these trees. When the farmer had planted one acre in trees, he would report the job to the national government which would give him a certain percentage of reduction from his income tax for his work in reforestry, or remunerate him in some other way. The, trees should be, planted to the memory of sorqe person who has been active in forest conservation and the day named in his honor. Dr. Gregg pointed out that there I are 265,000 farms in North Carolina, j On these farms there are hundreds of acres of waste land that should be. set out in trees. There are also j thousands of acres of land that have been cut over for timber which is be- j ing allowed to grow up in underbrush ! which will not be for years large I enough - for marketable timber. If j this land was cleared and trees plant ed on it and cared for in the course of ten years the value of the timber in the State would be increased many fold. Waste land that is being allow ed to grow up in sedge could be plant ed in trees furnished by the govern ment, according to Mr. Gregg, and made a source of profit to the owners and a source of wealth to the State. Mr. Gregg in speaking further of the creation of wealth ia the State, recalled the bill whiah he introduced in the general assembly some few years ago while he was a member of that body. This bill, which failed to pass', in short provided that if a man cleared ten acres of land and build a house on it, or built a house on land that had not been in cultivation for ten pears and improve the property, he should be exempted from taxes for a period of ten years. He should also plant 50 fruif trees on the land and 100 reforestry trees. Mr. Gregg’s idea was that the th ere ase in taxable property during the : ten years would more than offset any! [ loss in taxes. It would also furnish an incentive for creative citizenship. ! It was argued against Mr. Gregg’s bill that it was unconstitutional and this was one of the reasons and prob ably the main reason it was defeated. HOLD FUNERAL OF L. D. MENDENHALL Died From Paralysis Last Week —Buried at St. Paul’s, Ran dleman, Sunday. Interment was made Sunday after noon at 5 o’clock in the cemetery tjf St. Paul’s M. E. church, Randleman, of the remains of L. D. Mendenhall, a former resident of this county who died Thursday night of last week in St. Leo’s hospital, Greensboro, fol lowing a stroke of paralysis the Satur day previous. Tine of the largest crowds evgr in attendance on a bur ial service in this county was present at the churth in Kandleman Sunday to pay respect to the deceased. The pall bearers were P. A. Hayes, P. B. Bostic, C. 'W. Lewis, L. P. Phelps, N. L. Eure and R. T. Thomas. Prior to the interment at Randle man, the old home of Mr. Mendenhall, funeral services "had been held at the West Market Street Methodist church, in Greensboro, Bee. John F. Kirk, the pastor being in charge. The Greens boro church was died to overflowing with men; women and children from widely divergent fields of activity who had gathered to pay their last respects to the dead. Members of Mr. Mendenhall’s Bible class were present in a body as were also representatives from several fraternal orders in which Mr. Mendenhall had been prominent. L. D. Mendenhall was bom in 1870 in the Tabernacle section of Guilford county. When he was only a boy his parents moved to Randleman where Mr. Mendenhall continued to make his home for many years. He later moved to Ashe'boro but for a matter of little more than a year, when he moved to Greensboro. He was at one time postmaster at Randleman. He was at another time candidate for Congress against Robert N. Page. Mr. Mendenhall took an active part in politics, being identified with the Re publican party. During his active po litical life he ihade many speeches in every township of this county and spoke for his party in various sections of the State. His chief rise to prominence in the State was due to his activity in con nection with the Jr. 0. U. A. M., of which he was at one time State coun cilor. He had organized scores of lodges in the State and was ever act ive in promoting the interests of the fraternity,' He was an ardent worker for the establishment of the Junior Order orphanage near Lexing Mr. Men 35 years, dropped dead at the plant of the Continental Furniture Company, at High Point, Monday afternoon from a heart attack. Cook had been mak ing his home with his mother, Mrs. Flora Wager, at Trinity. In addition to his mother and wife, he is survived by six. brothers. M. E. CHURCH MATTERS (W. H. Willis) Almost fifty people attended our prayer meeting Wednesday night. The wnter with a few of her rela tives attended the celebration of the 66th birthday of Mrs. W. B. Lassiter at her home on the 16th. Rev. J. E. Thompson, a pastor be loved of other days, made a short vis- j it to Asheboro recently. The Methodist women are serving a bountiful dinner at the low price of j the fair ground this j hould take no- j the direct will render ROAD MAN MEETS INSTANT DEATH Dynamite Explosion Blows Road Worker to Pieces on Route 70 Above Ran die man. A Mr. Tuck, of Virgilina, Va., was instantly killedby an explosion of dy namite yesterday morning about 9 o’clock near the road camp four miles north of Raiidleman on Route 70 while engaged in blowing out rocks in the construction of the sand clay abutments to the hard surface road. His body was literally blown to bits, pieces of human flesh and clothing being blown as far as seventy yards from the place of the explosion. ■There were no witnesses to the tragedy, Mr. Tuck having sent the members of the negro crew at work with him up and down the road to; stop traffic while he fired the charge of dynamite placed under a large rock, i The negroes, after hearing the explos- j ion, uetumed to the scene to begin j clearing away the debris. They failed to find Mr. Tuck and getting no re sponse to their calls, instituted search whereupon they began to find bits of flesh and' clothing strewn for yards around the place. The sup position is that Mr. Tuck, having waited a reasonable length of time for the blast to go off, decided that the fuse had gone out and went back to investigate and while in the act the explosion occurred. Mr. Tuck was a man apparently about fifty years of age, and was married, having a wife and ten children. He was at home on a visit the past week end. The remains were shipped to Virgilina, Va., his home, on the afternoon train yesterday. Churchland-Tyro Pair The Churchland-Tyro fair was held last Saturday at Churchland in David son county. Although the weather has been extremely dry and cut short field crops of all kinds; the exhibits at the fair were excellent. A large humber of entries were made by the people of the community Afrho took much in terest in the fair. A number of prizes were given for the winners. Congress man Hammer delivered an address in the afternoon along agricultural lines. COMMUNITY FAIR AT FARMER WAS A SUCCESS Farm Exhibits Most Creditable —All Departments Attract Favorable Attention. — ! Farmer Community Fair, held on Friday, the 18th, was a success, al though it w^ feared that the con tinued drought would make it hard for the farmers to find anything in the way of field crops worth exhibit ing. The farm exhibits were very ■creditable indeed, but there were few er articles in each class than at for mer fairs. It was held in the new consolidated school building, and more people from over the entire district attended and brought exhibits than ever before. This contributed much to the interest and success of the fair. The fancy work exhibit, under the care of Mrs. M. F. Skeen and Mrs. J. H. Kearns was excellent. One table was filled with work done by children under fifteen, and attracted much at tention throughout the day. The exhibit of posters, maps, and drawings by pupils in the grammar grades of the school was especially fine, as well as the toy furniture and other articles made by the children. Many curios and old articles handed down by former generations were of special interest to the school chil dren. A collection of money and in signia in use during the World War was Very interesting. The room in which the pantry sup plies were shown was of special in terest to the ladies. The many kinds of canned fruits and vegetables, pre serves, jellies, and pickles showed that the farm women are skilled in storing up summer crops for winter use. A table filled with cakes, pies, candies, etc looked very appetizing. This room was in the care of Mrs. W. E. Kearns. When the work of the judges was finished the crowd gathered in /the grove where a long table was filled wjth dinner furnished by the ladies of the entire district. In the afternoon Mr. Kirby of the State College at Raleigh, spoke on standardization of field crops, Mr. Milner, of Charlotte, on the proper feeding of dairy cattle, and Mr. Bates, of Atlanta, on the care of dairy cat tle, and the financial prospects of dairying in the South. Miss Elizabeth Bridge, home demonstration agent for Harnett county, spoke for a few min utes about the benefits of community fairs and the home demonstration work. These talks were good, and will, no doubt, be helpful to all who heard them. The music by Messrs. T. L. Miller and C. G. Nance, and Mesdames H. S. Kearns, T. E. Luther, and Worth Kearns Was especially fine, and enjoy ed by all. Take Out Telephones Due to the fact that' telephone rates were raised in Ramseur effective Sep tember 1st, about 60 of the town’s 76 telephones have been taken out, the subscribers refusing to pay the in creased rate which they claim was not justified. There has been considerable dissatisfaction over the telephone ser vice in Ramseur some time culminat weeks ago in four persons .throwing water on the The damage was re and the switchboard 1 Paris towliw York These tw« Frenchmen, Garolaire and Torascon, are al! ready -f* a trial at a non-stop flight from r'aris to New York. There win be no fane of ships to pltk them up should their olane^fail them. They are expected to hop-off any day nob. DAVIDSON WILL HAVE TO GUARANTEE RIGHT-OF-WAY The board of commissioners for Da vidson county last month singed a con tract with the state highway commis sion to loan $400,000 for the construc tion of certain state highways in the county, among which was Route 75. The commissioners, however, struck out that part of the contract specify ing that the couflty would guarantee the right-of-way for the road; to be built. The commission refused to ac cept the contract with this clause stricken out. A Commissioner J. Elwood Cox tells the Davidson county commissioners that it would not be fair to make other counties guarantee rights-of way for roads and not require the same of Davidson. The Davidson board will have to reconsider the matter at its meeting the first Monday in October. It is generally believed that the board will make fhe satisfactory guarantee. LARGE NUMBER IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS Enrollment Largest in History of County—Rural Schools to Open October 12. All of the high schools of the county are open, some of them having been open for two or three weeks and others since last week. Initial enrollment in both high school and grammar grades in all of the schools is large. Ashe boro school has the largest enrollment of any school in the county, enroll ment the first day being 640 and this has grown to over 700. Ramseur school opened with an enrollment of 360 with this number increasing. Franklinville opened with approximately 260 enrolled. Farmer high school enrolled 284, 77 in the high school and 207 in the elementary and primary grades. Farmer school is under the direction of Prof. Fred A. Ficquett. He is as sisted in the high school by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lank and by R. F. Brackin, instructor in vocational ag riculture. The instruction in the other grades is in the hands of Mrs. Fred A. Ficquett and Misses Vera McLeod, Tula Morris, Linnie Dorsett and Vir ginia Dixon. Trinity high school opened Tuesday morning of last week with a record breaking enrollment of 400. Prof. R. D. Marsh, formerly superintendent of the Ramseur school, is head of Trinity school. He is assisted by an able corps of teachers. Short talks were made at the sehool opening by County Super intendent T. Fletcher Bulla, Professor Crowell, of High Point, Bruce Craven, of Trinity, and Prof. Marsh. Mrs. Crowell, music teacher at the school, had charge of the special music at the opening. Prospects arfe excellent for a most successful year’s work. Liberty high school, with Prof. D. C. Holt as superintendent, opened Thursday of last week with an enroll ment of about 450. Liberty school this year is making use of its new brick building recently completed. It has ample room and facilities and the faculty for the conducting of an excel lent school. Randleman school, which opened Monday of last week, has an enroll ment of about 550. C. C. Carroll, of King, is superintendent of the school and teaches mathematics in the high school. He is ably assisted in the high school department by Prof. J. W. Wheeler, who tflfaches French and Lat in; Miss Elsie Strong, Science; Miss Etta Saunders, History and Civics; and Miss Louise Brown, English. Teachers in the grammar grades are Misses Ellen Barker, Emily Holt, Hazel Auman, Lena Thornton, Grace Cooper, Flossie Armfiefd, Ruth Hunt MORE THAN 900 IN THE CITY SCHOOLS Supi. McMahan Gives Some In formation of Interest To . Pupils and Patrons. Over nine hundred students are at tending the Asheboro city schools, the white school having an enrollment of over seven hundred and the colored more than two hundred. We believe the enrollment will reach a thousand daring the year. Pupils who attend the white school march into the building at 8:25 in the morning. All who can possibly be on the school grounds at 'that time should be in line. Those who cannot possibly get there by 8:26 will be given a mar gin of ten minutes or until 8:35 to be in their rooms before the tardy bell rings. All who are not in their rooms by 8:35 are tardy after Friday, Sep tember 25. At 11:30 all first grade pupils will be dismissed to go for lunch and will return to their classes at 12:26. AH other grades will go to lunch at 12:0® and return to their classes at 12:56. , At 2:00 first grades p and C will be dismissed. First grade A will be dis missed at 2:30. Second, third, fourth, and fifth grades will be dismissed at 3:00, and sixth and seventh grades at 3:20, and high school grades at 3:3® except those who -are studying chem istry who may have laboratory work until 4:00 on Tuesday and Thursday. Chapel exercises will be held at 8:36 in the morning instead of 8:40 as wax announced the first of school Parents are urged to have their children at school on time and try to avoid their being tardy in the morning .and at noon. On investigation it is found that some of the children stop on the way to school and on the way home. We are glad to notice that our good parents are becoming interested in seeing that their children do not loaf on the way. I receive calls near ly every day from parents »slri«g about their children who have not gone directly home. I suggest that others might find it valuable to them to know just when school doses and * when it opens so that they may know where their children are. Some chil dren who fail to come directly to school or to go directly home get into trouble, and I ajn sure every parent will be interested to avoid such a ca lamity. If eaeh mother will urge her children not stop on the way to and from school it might save her some embarrassment that children loafing on the way have caused them selves and their parents. Some of our good people would be glad that the , < children go directly home instead ot stopping on their premises. I am giving this information for the benefit of all parents who are interest ed in the welfare of their children and who wish to make them the best of citizens. As teachers we are inter ested in your children and want to co operate in any way we can for the best interests of the children and the community. I hope this information regarding school hours will aid the parents in their efforts to know where their children are. Any child who does not get home at the proper time may be detained on account of poor les sons, improper conduct, or may be stopping on the way home. In case of extreme weather or other necessary cause, school may run on one session and hold the children un til 1:00 or 1:30 if it is considered for the best interest of the children Sometimes when it is raining hard at the time of dismissal the children may be kept until the shower is over, otherwise the parents may depend generally on the regular hours. . W. H. McMAHAN, Supt. SCHOOL BOARD WILL SELL HOUSES ON BULLA PROPERTY I The town school board has adver ! tised for sale, for removal from the | premises, the two residences and out | buildings on the Bulla property, which constitutes a part of the graded school property. Elsewhere in this issue of The Courier is the advertisement of the sale of the property giving the manner in which the buildings will be sold. I It is understood' that the school board has in mind the extension of the school grounds to cover the prop erty on which the houses are located. The ever increasing enrollment makes it necessary to increase the size of tbs playground at the school building. t Celebrates 68th Birthday The childrdfi and a few friends gathered at the home of Mr. B. S. Moffitt, near Moffitt’s MiH, last Sun day to celebrate his 6Sth birthday. Mb J. P. Boroughs made an interesting talk after which a sumptuous dinner was served on a long table which had been erected under the trees at the spring. Mr. Moffitt was the recipient of a number of useful gifts. A de lightful afternoon was spent in talk ing over old times, .taking picture* and singing familiar songs. All of Mr. Moffitt’s children, with i the exception of Mrs. Ina Davis, of Canada, were present with their fam ilies and are as follows: Obert Moffitt, of Ashley Heights; Mrs. Lent Dixon, . of Greensboro; Mrs. Bessie Lineberry, of Charlotte; Mrs. Mattie Moffitt, of Franklinville; Mrs. Alleen Boroughs, of Kemps Mills; Carl Moffitt, of High Point; Willie Moffitt, of Coleridge;