~ ' ...!>■—1 ’ THE r. Leads in Both News and Circulation mm } <... THE COURIER Advertising Cdiumns Bring Results I ISSUEDWEE^LY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ■\ ; K* 12.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE T Aaheboro, North CuoHiu, ThurwUy, December U, 1M5 — li Ml j feme Of tWO one of which wot » o’clock and the «th cr _ „eighbori>ood of 1 o-dp*. Both explosion* brought people *0m their homes out Into the streets end both caused no little excitement. pSctiodly svery perwm who heard the explosion was sure that the blasts were near }ii$ home, hat investigation disclosed the scene of no explo#««« and the people are yet iF“>" the place of the occureno Both of the explosion property damage, breaking dow panes in a number of homes ana cracking the plaster In others. The force of one of the explosions broke out panes of glass in the court house and caused several square yards of plaster to fall from the eeiling to the floor in the solicitor’s room. The explosions were similar to that which occurred last February. It broke oat several window panes in the homes in town and caused no end of excitement. Several days after • that explosion the place of occurence was located just outside the western corporate limits of Asbeboro. There is considerable speculation over those which occurred Christmas night. Same are at the opinion that dynamite was used while others claim that it was a more powerful explos ion. Tfhastever was used and ,by whom, tbs explosions were of such a serious nature as to cause people worry. Hundreds of citizens of the town in addition to the officers of the law would like to know who is setting off the blasts. The explosion several months ago was set down as being done by some person for a practical joke, although number of people were unable to see any joking matter about it. This time, however, nobody has any inclination to put the matter down as a practical joke. There may be not danger to human life' because of the Temote spots selected for the blasts, but there is danger to prop erty and actual damage done to it. This is not taking into consideration the fright which it gives to the pop ulation which has no way of knowing when and where the next explosion may take place. Ed Iseley, tanked up with liquor and celebrating Christmas, went around the village of Stokesdale Sat urday poking a loaded pistol into people’s ribs until some of the braver of the town’s citizenship knocked bim down and stamped on him and called the police. Iseley is now in jail *in default of a $10,000 bond and will do his next celebrating in court. MRS. BONNIE HUMBLE DIED NEAR LIBERTY LAST WEEK Mrs. Bonnie Humble, aged 65 yean, wife of Preston Humble, died at her home six miles west of Liberty Wed nesday evening of last week after an' illness extending over a period of three years. Before her marriage Mrs. Humble was Miss Bonnie Black, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Black. She was married tp Mr. Humble about thirty years ago and to this union were born two children who survive. They are Cart Humble, of Liberty, Route 1; and Mrs. Arthur Smith, also of liberty, Route I. She is survived also by two brothers, A. F. Black, of Norfolk, Va„ and D. T. Black, of Tbomasville, and one sis ter, Mrs. Rosa 0. Burke, of Frank lin ville. . ~:V!: She was a consistent member of '*'r' MARTENDALE ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGES fW • '_ Wanted on Warrant Charging Abandonment of New Bom Infant and liquor Charge. Jade Martlndale, young Randolph oounty man, wanted on charge of making liquor and of abandoning a new-born babe on Highway 70, near die Randolph-Guilford county line last March 7th, was arrested Satur day night about 11 o’clock at the home of a relative near Julian. The arrest was made by Sheriff Cran ford and deputies Mack Lewallen, T. j A. Brookshire, W. A. Underwood and I Fletcher Humble, who had been no tified that Martlndale was in the! county and were on the watch forj him. Martlndale was lodged in jail at Asheboro Sunday morning and waiv ed preliminary hearing on both { charges. He will be tried at the next term of Randolph county su perior court It-is rumored that Martlndale is wanted in South Carolina on soipe charge of violating the law and that there is a reward for his capture. The most serious charge, however, is that of abandoning a baby on the Asheboro-GreensBoro highway. The baby was placed in a sack and drop ped in the road so that any passing vehicle would run over it Happily it was discovered by a rural mail carrier in making his daily route. He took it to a nearby farm home where it was dressed and cared‘for and no tified the officers. The baby was then taken to the North Carolina Children’s Honfe, Greensboro, where it was liter adopted. A picture of the baby in a recent issue of the Greensboro News has caused much comment in the county owing to the interest in the matter and the inno cent beauty of the child. BAPTIST NEWS LETTER Sunday is our regular time for the observance of the Memorial Supper. Wednesday evening of next week is our regular time for church business meeting. Deacons will meet at the pastor’s home Monday evening of next week 7:30. Our annual convasrf continues this week and until all members have had an opportunity to make pledge for 1926. We are now almost in three fourths of our budget for the next year’s expenses. The average pledge to the present is above thirty-five dol lars. The co-operation among our members is good. We will close the r BtTr. M«W meets with the Asheboro Baptist church next Sunday afternoon 3:00 o’clock. The writer will preach at the Cedar Falls Baptist church next Saturday evening 7:00 o’clock. More than fourscore of our good friends graciously remembered pas tor and family dpring the Christmas season with substantial gifts and cards of thanks. For all these our hearts are grateful. We took dinner Christmas day with our good friend J. C. Pearce and family. Next week is the W. M. U. week of prayer for Foreign Missions in our church throughout the South. Subjects for Sunday: Morning, "That New Year’s Resolution”; even ing, “The Man, Sent from God." LOSES MONEY ,‘ According to a news story in the daily newspapers, R. A. Deaton, of Liberty, had the misfortane of lowing nine hundred dollars in cash during a trip made last week. He doesn’t know whether he lost it all at xme time from is pockets or whether he lost it on route 62 or 10 or both, since he traveled on both highways on Ins trip. , SITE FOR THE NEW NEGRO , SCHOOL BUILDING SELECTED; in Eastern Part of ~ wn Co* in Neighbor hood mt fl$J500. The town school board, after con sidering several proposed locations, hps definitely selected a site for the new school building for the colored race in Aaheboro. The building win be located on a beautifully situated plot of land about 400 feet square in the eastern part of town, a few hundred yards north of Route 75. It is reached by a street which inter sects 75 just west of the Carolina Power Company’s sub station. It comprises the lots of George and Oaud McLamb, and seventeen small lots lying- north of these lots. The ‘ of the land was in the of the new building which ted at some time soon is be in the neighborhood of will be built without any *for "yie ^ buUd sub of uT----;—■ — COLD WAVE HIT NATIONSUNDAY Thermometer Drops to 5 Above Zero in State—Water Pipes Freeze and Burst. People living in the South and in the Northern States, especially those along the Atlantic seaboard, awoke Sunday morning to find themselves in the grip of a cold, icy wave of Weather, the most severe of the win ter and worse than any weather for several years. Asheville reported four degrees above zero, Greensboro and Charlotte 5, while in other places the thermom eter went ahywhere from these fig ures to 10 above. In the northern states temperatures were as low as 24 degrees below zero. Asheville was the coldest point in the South. In the states farther South the temperature averaged 10 above zero. In Charlotte the thermometer'was reported as be ing the loweft since 1014 and in other points lowest since 1917. The temperature in this section probably averaged about like that in Greensboro, although 8 to 10 above zero was the general estimate of the temperature here. At any rate, it was the coldest in the county Sunday and Monday it has been in years, probably since the winter of 1917-18. There was plenty of ice on Deep River and on other streams in the county. Garland Lake, in Asheboro, was the scene of skating parties Monday and Tuesday. The rising temperature brought a number of householders in Ash^boro the first certain information of dis aster in the freezing and bursting of pipes Sunday and Monday. Many of them were aware that the water pipes were frozen for the reason that they had been out of wrater for two days, but were hoping against hope that the ice had not cracked the pipes. Since Tuesday afternoon plumbers in .town have been busy. The work is so heavy that the preliminary work is t«f get a part of the pipes mended so that the householders can get water, letting other burst pipes go until this is done. It will be several days before plumbers will have the damage repaired ail over town. Automobile owners suffered also. The garages have been busy repairing radiators of cars which were frozen during the two days of cold weather. A number of deaths from the cold wave has been reported from states farther north and in the middle west. mi .j.inmw s'.M '«■'-V DR. J. J. BUNN LOCATES IN RAMSEUR TOR PRACTICE Dr. J. J. Bunn, of Concord, has lo cated n Ramseur for the practice of his profession. Dr. Bunn was edu cated at the University of North Carolina after which he complete! his medical course in the North Car olina Medical College, in Charlotte. He has practiced in ML Pleasant for thirteen years. Dr. Bonn comes to the county highly recommended ami will find Ramseur a most delightfal location. He will move his family to Ramseur early in the spring. MOORE COUNTY MAN IN UOCAL HO SPIT All RESULT INJURIES Mr. Leon Bums, of Eagle Springs, is a patient in Memorial hospital as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile wreck Sunday night near Ulah. Mr. Burns and Mr. Dosj.le Gamer were repairing a puncture In the car In which they were traveling when a car driven by a High Point man ran into them, knocking both of them down cutting Mr. Burns on Ms head, bruising Mr. Gamer and dam aging the car which was "being re paired. The occupants of the High Point man’s car were thrown through the wind shield hut none -of them were seriously injured. It was claim ed the lights of two approaching cars blinded the driver so he could pot see the car standing by the road. CHURCH SOCIAL AND WATCH NIGHT SERVICE TO BE HELD church this evening. The social u(iU be held from 7:30 to 9:30 and the watch service will begin at 9:30 and continue until 12 o’clock. All Meth odist Protestants whether members of the local church or not are invited. Friends who either attend the Sunday school or who are in any way affil iated wife the church are also invited. Arrest Young White Man For ; ; Passing Worthless Checks W. H. McLean, young white man, is in jail at Asheboro having been arrested at Franklinville on Decem ber 21st on charge of giving worth less cheeks at Tarboro while engaged in construction work there with the Roanoke Iron and Bridge Company, with which company he was associat lURANT Opal Code, froA Fort Worth, Texas, has plowed fteT Bell County farm for four year*, making a liv ing for six members of her family. Now that her youfig brothers and sisters are provided for she is working her way thru Baylor Col lege, serving as waitress. * AN EXPL ON It is customary" with many weekly newspapers to issue no pa per Christmas week or the week after. However, The Conner does not forgo an issue either of these weeks. This issue, however, con tains only four pages for the rea son that it has been impossible to get up enough type for the full eight pages. Our force’came back to work Monday morning after the holidays, but due to the fact that on Monday the operation of our typesetting machine was ham pered by the cutting off of power by the Carolina Power end Light Company in the rebuilding of its lines in the part of town in which our office is located little type was set Monday and the time lost coaid not be made op by Wednesday af ternoon... Next we»k there will be the regular eight-'jage issue. DR. WELLONS TO PREACH 01} HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY An unusual event will occur at, Elon College Friday morning when' Br. J. W. Wellons will preach on the occasion of his 100th birthday, some thing which has been the long cher ished hope of his during 70 years of service as a minister of the Christ ian church. He has been a trustee of Elon College since its establish ment in 1889. “Unde” Wellons, as he is familiarly known in Randolph county, has scores of Mends in this section who will be interested in bis anniversary and probably will be present for this service. _ DEATH CUT A WIDE SWATH IN IHXIE DURING PAST WEEK Death cut a wide swath in . ten States in the South last week, 70 persons being killed in traffic acci dents and 377 injured. North 'Caro lina for once did Dpt lead in the number of deaths, but yielded , to Florida which had 13. There were twelve deaths each in Virginia and Georgia, while in North Carolina there were seven. Tennessee had the largest number of injuries, 220. There were -31 injuries in North Carolina. In a fight which started over a dog, Taylor McCracken, 38, Haywood coun ty fanner, is dead and Howard Mes ser, 32, farmer of the same county, is held in jail without bond charged with McCracken's murder. William Hammond, Pres., and Miss Thyra Wright, Sec. of Student’s Organization. Upon invitation of the Randolph Comity Club at the State university, sixty-four college students of the county met in the court' house in Asheboro last Wednesday evening. A permanent organisation was formed with William Hammond, of the Uni versity of North Carolina, president, and Mbs Thyra Wright, of Elon Col lege, secretary. Mr. Paul Routh, of Franklinville, a member of the senior class at the university presided. Among those speaking of the bene fits to be derived from such meetings ----- n ■■ - ■ —. REV. ELWOOD COX KILLED BY AUTO . ■» l Was Struck and Killed at Mars ton While Crossing Road— Formerly lived in Co. Rev. Elwood Cox, about eighty years of age, was killed Tuesday af ternoon by an automobile at Marston. Mr. Cox formerly lived near Ulah but after the death of his wife about five years ago went to Marston to reside with his son, Mr. Irvin Cox. The deceased was a. minister and had preached in the Friends churches at Asheboro, Back Creek, Science Hill, Hopewell, and other churches in this section. He Was a faithful, conscien tious Christian citizen and his many friends in this county will be grieved to hear of his tragic death. Mr. Cox was hit by a car driven by a man from Syracuse, N. Y., as he was crossing a street in Marston. on his way to his son’s home and was dragged more than a hundred feet. The driver of the car i& being held under a bond of $3,000 on charge of manslaughter. # His body was brought to Hopewell yesterday where the funeral and bur ial service was conducted by Rev. C. L. Gregory, pastor of the local Friends Church. Surviving are three sons: Irvin Cox, Marston; Tom Cox, Rockingham; and James Cox, Kan sas. A number of Ashsbbro people attended the funeral. MOORE’S MOTOR EXPRESS TO EXTEND LINE TO ASHEBORO Next Monday Moore'fc Motor Ex press Company will put in operation a line to Asheboro. The company has operated a line from Greensboro, High Point and Winston, making two ,trips daily, for the past four years. One trip daily will be made, the stop ping point being the Ingram Filling Station. " INTERESTING SERVICES AT JOHN WESLEY STAND 26TH The Stevens High Point club, known as “The Gang”, was at the John Wesley stand last Sunday and par-' ticipated in a most interesting and inspiring service which was under the direction of Rev. J. F. Burkhead, pastor. There will be another service a’t the place next Sunday at 2 p. m. to which the public is invited. , RANDLEMAN M. P. NEWS “^OrTThSc. 8,‘m*' sawslt- Tfinsta^ and Miss Myrtle Adams were united m marriage at the parsonage by Rev. W. H. Neese, and on the 19th, Mr. Charles Frazier and Miss Mary Cox : were married. Misses Helen and Kathleen Amick, of Asheboro, spent the week-end in Randleman with their cousin, Sara Marie Neese, at the parsonage. TRINITY NEWS Another Christmas has come and gone, a very pleasant Christmas here indeed—the holly and cedar in evi dence, happy faces, children’s joyous shouts, everyone jolly and happy—no evolution in the atmosphere here on the 25th, all "knowing and believing that the world had a beginning, and, that Christ was born 1925 years ago, and all the world redeemed. “Joy to the world the Lord has come!” Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ballance vis ited Mesdames Ballance and Carpen ter Christmas day. Mr. Murray Ballance visited rela tives in town Saturday after Christ mas. Mr. Blake Adams, of Four Oaks, Johnson county, was in Trinity Satur day. He came, he said, to take one rgore good drink of water from the old Parker house well. Mr. Adams had been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Alderman, in High Point. Miss Ritchie Johnson and sister, Elizabeth, with their little brother, Dougan Clark, visited relatives on Johnson street during the holidays. Mrs. Mary Paul Parkin had a bar rel of Irish potatoes sent her from Northern Maine. They came from Caribou, a town way up toward Can ida, where the Caribou used to roam. They are the finest ever seen in these parts. We ought to get this variety to plant. f' Miss Lela McDowell spent Christ mas at home. Lela is training1 for a nurse in the High Point hospital. Rev. and Mts. J. B. Craven, of Greensboro, spent Christmas day in town the guest of home folks. Mrs. Wade Leach, who has been spending some time at Climax, is in town now. She with her little,daugh ter, Bettie Hampton, are at the Leach Mis^festelle Webster, of the high school, spent Christmas in High Point. Miss Jennie Redding spent Christ mas at her home, and among relatives around Mt. Vernon. TRIBUTE PAID TOtBe MEMORY PRES. WILSON Josephus Daniels, Speaking at Charlotte, Said League of Nations Not Dead Five hundred towns and cities in the United States last Monday paid tribute to the memory of Woodrow Wilson on the occasion of his 69th birthday anniversary. Appropriate exercises were held and glowing tri butes were paid to the dead President. At Charlotte, Josephus Daniels, ed itor of the News and Observer, and Secretary of the Navy during the Wilson administration, was the chief speaker. “The League of Nations,” Mr. Daniels declared, “will never die. It had its inspiration at Bethlehem. Its light guided the Locarno pact. Its very terms foreshadowed the Wash ington conference.” This is not time, said Mr. Daniels, for mourning or eulogy or elegy, but rather a time for rejoicing over, new life, in the birth of a noble nature in carnating a new ideal. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Miss Margaret Macon, of Los An geles, Calif., is the fcuest of Miss Elizabeth Parks. Miss Macon is a student at Washington Cathedral, Washington, D. C., and a school mate of Miss Parks. Mr. W. G. Lewallen of Okeechobee City, Florida, is with his family dur big the holidays. Their holiday sea son has been saddened by the serious illness of Mr. Lewallen’s mother who is in their home.'* Mr. arid Mrs. W. L. McCord, of Shelby, have been the guests of Mrs. McCord’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.' M. W. Parrish. Mr. McCord returned Monday, while Mrs. McCord will re mahTfor several days. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McDaniel, of Wilson, are visiting W. S. Steed’s family and other relatives in the community. Mr. and Mrs. McDan iels are formerly citizens of Randolph county. Miss Thelma Ritter returned Mon day from Pleasant Garden where she Visited relatives during Christmas. Miss Ritter holds a position in the office of the Carolina Power and Light Company. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Porter and children, of Charlotte, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Craven and Mr. Louis Craven and daughter, Mary, of Ral eigh, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moring during the holidays. State War and Navy Department in Washington, has been visiting home folks during the holidays. Her mother will return to \ Washington with her for an extended visit. Mr. Arthur Presnell, of Charlotte, has been in Asheboro on business for the past few days. Mr. Presnell jnoved to Charlotte from Asheboro four years ago and has been engaged in contracting in which he has been most successful. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hendricks, of Newton, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Warren, of Gastonia, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Phil lips and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McGuinn, of High Point, and Mrs. W. S. Davis, of Glenola, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Phillips Sunday. Mrs. Sallie Henley Michaux, of At lanta, Ga., was the week-end guest of Mr. L. D. Bulla’s family. She re turned Tuesday to resume her du ties as nurse in Atlanta. Mrs. Mi chaux is the daughter of the late Dr. Samuel Henley. She has many friends in Asheboro. Mrs. Nancy J. Forrester was in Asheboro yesterday on her way to Raleigh where she will spend some time with her daughter, Mrs. Tom Cox. Mrs. Forrester has been at her home near Ramseur during the holi days. She was accompanied by her son, Lane Forrester, who is principal of the Bennett school. Mr. Louis Aaron, of Boston, Mass, is the guest of Harris Coffin. Mr. Aaron is a college mate of several of the Randolph boys at Duke Univer sity. He and Mr. Coffin joined a party of college mates in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Craven, at Ram seur, Saturday as guests of their sons. Mrs. Sarah J. Lewallen is seriously ill at the home of her son, W. G. Lewallen. on North Fayetteville St. She was apparently in excellent health and enjoying the holidays when on Christmas day she suffered a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Lewallen is well and favorably known in this community and her many friends will regret her illess. Life of special officer Kemper, in High Point, was saved Sunday by a brother officer when he grappled with a negro who pointed a gun at Kemper’s breast when an effort was being made to arrest the negro for carrying concealed weapons. The Edward J. Lawrence, the last six-mast ship on the seven seas, was destroyed by fire Sunday while at anchor in the harbor at Pbrtland, MEETING OP FARMERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY That the Bell Telephone Company,' ♦hich under akflful management has become the greatest business in Ite nation and the gieatest? monopoly; eclipsing the steel trust i»si|p, faces the prospect of drastic investigation by'the Federal Trade Commission and the interstate Commerce Commission oh charges of existing exhorbitant rates, is the news that came'out- of Washington Sunday. It is alleged that the Bell system exacts exhorbitant rates through its contracts with subsidaries, by which it-Receives 4 1-2 per cent of their gross revenues in payment of ser vices, which do not increase in propor tion that gross revenues increase. In asmuch as it owns the subsidiaries, this contract, critics say, operates as a continuing incentive to rate hoist; ing, since every hoist means a gain at both ends. Its use of the non-regulated W< era Electric subsidiary as a cost purchasing agency for its other sidiaries, whereby it imposes additi al costs upon phone 'us'hrs, and ceals the profits. Its excessive charges for dep tion, only a part of which are used replacements, the remainder fo an immense reserve, collected from rate payers and then used invested capital,” as basis for further rate increases. Padded .pxpenses, especially making locaS1 . equipment higher than, necessary for local the benefit going to the long " toll department, used by relati few. „ , An inequitable division parent and subsidiary of from long-distance business, wl local phone users are made to an undue part of toll costs. The loading of capital expense reasonably by the sale of 9 pei stock when bonds could be carrii 5 per cent or less. A connected feature ty> which the attention of Congress has heen called is the monopoly’s growing practice^ flouting state regulatory bodies said state Courts by jumAg at will into federal jurisdiction. The effect of this, it will be pointed out, has been to pyramid costs of : 'Si rate payers or taxpayers; state authority impotent and to pile up excessive valuations, which phone users must carry. Congress will be asked to take note that while it tries to hold the railroads to an average return of approximately 5 3-4 per cent, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Bell monopoly parent, is paying 9 per cent dividends and earn ing at the rate of more than 11 per cent. The telephone, like the railroad, Is an indispensible public utility. Con gress is to be asked why the telephone company, not subject to as severe competition as the railroad, should enjoy so much higher profit than the railroad. The American Federation of La bor, at its recent convention in Atlan tic City, accused the Bell system of being “practically uncontrolled in its treatment of labor. Other critics de clare it is practically uncontrolled in its treatment of everybody else, and are preparing to press for effective regulation. M. E. MATTERS (ByW. H. Willis) U Matrimonial business has been good during the holidays. Six coup les have been united in the bonds of holy wedlock. Since some of them do not like to have their names in the paper, I do not give them. In each case, save one, the officiating minister gave the bride a Christmas gift—that in addition to a husband. Does anybody know the proper number of Christmas cards that a pastor of average popularity in a small town should receive? The writ er has oodles of them, each of them pretty and highly appreciated. At the Sunday evening service the Rev. J. E. Pritchard, the pastor of the M. P. church, was present with his people. We appreciate this c« tesy. Notwithstanding the then meter stood at 14 above, the «hn was quite comfortable. Rev. L T. Edan hau ®u» perience in performing the m ceremony, Saturday of last Web, At the home of G. B. Hasty day afternoon an interestinir riage was perfo Carmen Van W< became the brie Trogden, of

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