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Ashe boro, JJ. C, Thursday, January 14, 1926
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NUMBER 2
SPECIAL SCHOOL
TAXES ARE VOTED
District North of Asheboro
Votes 25c Tax—Randleman
' Votes 50c Rate.
Two special school tax elections
held in the county Monday were car
ried by .substantial majorities. One
of these elections was in a district
lying north of the incorporate limits
of Asheboro. It comprises that ter
ritory bounded on the east by the
Carolina Power and Light Company’s
power line, on the west by the South
ern railway, on the north by Randle
mmi township and the south by the
corporate limits of Asheboro. The
registration in this district was 140.
Of this number 93 voted for the spec
ial tax, while 22 actually cast votes
against it. -~
The tax voted is a special levy of
twenty-five cents on ^he $100 proper
ty valuation for the purpose of build
ing a school house near Bailey’s
Grove. No part of the money derived
from the tax is to be used for main
tenance of the school.
Mrs. W. A. Underwood was the
registrar and J. A. Neighbors and
J, C. Hill judges of election.
Another special tax election car
ried the same day, although the of
ficial figures are not available, was
that held in Randleman township,
exclusive of the town of Worthville.
This election was for the purpose of
votmg a special school tax of 50
cents on the $100 valuation for a
^ school building and also for the main
tenance of a consolidated school.
The supporters of the two special
tax elections and those who have been
working hard in the interests of bet
ter school facilities are elated over
the results of these two elections.
MISS COX’S FIANCE KILLED
IN AN AUTOMOBILE WRECK
The many friends of Mias Cather
ine Viola Cox will be disturbed to
know that she has received a cable
gram from Berlin, Germany, an
nouncing the death of her fiance, l)r.
Charles Bryan Ruskin, of Baltimore,
Md., and Sheffield, England.
Dr.„Ruskin had been taking a spec
iical course in Berlin since
'August of the past year. His en
gagement to Miss Co* was announc
»ber 8th and plans were being
for "their marriage HV'4he
Bee1
J automofcile accident in
which he died on Sun
day, Dec. 27th. The accident occur
red on one of the main streets in the
suburbs of Berlin when he made a
sharp turn to the right in order to
avoid running over a little child which
was playing in the street. The car
went over an embankment of several
feet and Dr. Ruskin was pinned un
derneath. He received a fracture at
the base of the skull, right arm
broken and an artery was cut from
which he bled profusely. His body
will be carried to Sheffield, England,
for burial.
Dr. Ruskin was 32 years of age and
an alumnus of Harvard and also
Johns Hopkins medical college. He
was a man of whom the profession
might well be proud and had many
admirable qualifi«"which were traits
of real strength of character.
Miss Cox, who is a nurse, is the
daughter of Mrs. Dennis C. Cox, of
Seagrove, but far the past several
years has lived in Charlotte, where
she was a student nurse at Mercy
hospital. She has been in Asheville
for the past several'months and has
made many friends whose sympathies
go out to her. „ She will sail for
Sheffield, England, in the spring
where she will visit Dr. Ru skin’s fam
ily and later tour Europe.
HELD FUNERAL SERVICES AT
PISGAH FOR JOHN W. PARKS
Died at Age of 75 Tears—Was Far
Many Years Union Township
General Merchant.
Funeral services were held at Pis*
gah M. P. church in Union township
Wednesday afternoon of last week
for John W. Parks, aged 75 years, 3
months and 7 days, who died the day
previous at his home near Star. The
services were conducted by Rev. Jor
dan.
Mr. Parks was bora at Page’s toll
house, near Seagrove, t|iis county. He
was a pioneer merchant of Union
township. He closed out his store
several yeafs ago and moved td Lex
ington where he lived for some time
and later moved to a small farm near
Star. He married Marthsf Allen,
daughter of the late Daniel and Sarah
Allen, who survives, together with
seven children, Charlie Parks, of All
reds; Early and Grady Parks, of
Star; Mrs. Walter Slack, of Winston
Salem; Mrs. Elsie Saunders, of Far
mer; Mrs. Early Easter, of Lexing
ton; and Mi?s. Floyd Bates, of Lexing
ton. ■ j
DEMOCRATS HAVE TAX PLAN
TO SAVE PEOPLE 4M MILLION
The Democratic members of the
senate finance committee, under the
leadership of Senator F. M. Sim
mons of North Carolina, have agreed
upop a program of tax reduction
which they will propose as a substi
tute for the plan passed by the House
df Representatives and sent to the
Senate.
The substitute bill calls for an ad
ditional tax reduction of $70,000,000,
making a total reduction of 400 mil
lion dollars. The Democrats will seek
BROWER TELLS OF
MORE CAR THEFTS
Says Grady Pugh Brought Four
To His Garage—Pugh f and
A. H. Davis in jail.
If there is truth in statements made
by Curtis Brower, colored, mainspring
in the Eagle Springs crew engaged in
wholesale disposal of stolen automo
biles and accessories, Grady Pugh, of
this county, has a him! row to hoe.
Brower was the chief witness
at a hearing in Greensboro Tues
day in which Pugh was on trial for
stealing a Ford sedan belonging to
R. F. Haddon. Brower testified that
Pugh had brought four stolen cars
to his place of business at Eagle
Springs for sale, among which was
the Ford sedan. Pugh was bound
over to Superior court. Brower also
named Pugh as the man who had
brought a lot of stolen automobile
parts to the Eagle Springs rendevous.
A. H. Davis, also of this county,
will be given a hearing: Friday. So
will Ethel Fox and Nettie Jackson, all
held on charges ot stealing cars for
sale to Brower’s organization. Pugh
will also be given a hearing on addi
tional theft charges Friday. Pugh will
also face charge of attempting to
bribe an officer to turn him loose af
ter arrest. ..
Brower himself, together with his
accomplices, will be given a hiring
at Carthage today.
The more the officers delve into
the ramifications of the Brower or
ganization at Eagle Springs the wid
er do they find the range of its deal
ings. The cars disposed of at the
garage and the parts taken and sold
by the organization are almost num
berless. The management of the or
ganization itself finds it hard to re
member all the cases of theft.
Indications are that the Eagle
Springs garage was the place of sale
and concealment of a gang of thieves
operating in Piedmont North Caro
lina. It was "being operated on a
wholesale scale until ..the officers
stepped in and broke up the arrange
ments.
The Red Star Filling Station has
recovered from the garage a numbeT
of tires, tubes and accessories, iden
tifying them by the cost mark as a
part of the loot taken from the gar
age in Pecember by thieves. A large
number of the tires stolen had been
t® the filling station only a short
while and ted hot* baeh cost marked.
These, Messrs, tewallen and Burns
are positive were included in the
loot stored at Eagle Springs, but on
account of the absence of the cost
mark they could not bring them back
to Ashe'boro.
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Gets In Bad
Basil Hedgecock, High Pqint banker
serving a sentence in the penitentiary
with only one week more to complete
his sentence, slipped up last week
when he was caught with 12 pints of
liquor at the Caledonia farm. As a
result, his time off for good behavior
has been .taken away and he will stay
in prison several months more yet.
FOR WELLS TO GO DRY IN
MIDWINTER IS UNUSUAL
For wells to go dry in'midwinter In
this section, according to the Lexing
ton Dispatdh, is most unusual, but
such appears to be the case in many
instances in Davidson county. These
wells that are going dry stood up un
der the drought of the past summer
and fall, but have been unable to
withstand the dry months of Novem
ber and Decerrtber.
A number of wells in this county
have gone dry since the drought and
those that failed during the dry
weather are still dry. Streams that
went dry during Hie draught are
generally running, 'but with decreased
volume of water. Hie snow of last
week brought hopes of recovery of the
wells, springs gnd strearps in this
section. '
MR. JOHN LINCOLN COOPER
DIED OF PARALYSIS JAN. 5
John Lincoln Cooper, better known
as “Babe” Cooper, died at his home
in Randlem&n Janaary 6th, 1926, fol
lowing an illness of several months
from paralysis and complications.
Funeral service was held at the Holi
ness church near Randleman last
Thursday, January 7th, by Rev. John
Dosier.
Mr. Cooper was bom Jfine 22, '1856,
and was, therefore, 69 years, 6 months
and 13 days of age at the time of his
death. He was married to Miss
Annie Gamer in early manhood. She
preceded him in death several years
ago.
The following children survive:
Emery Cooper, in the U. S. army;
Reynolds Cooper and Mrs. Do vie
Richardson, of Randleman; and Mrs.
Maggie Sprinkle, of High Point.
R. P. Harriss, writing an article to
the daily newspapers of last Sunddy,
suggests that General Joseph E.
Johnston probably was able to secure
favorable terms from General W. T.
Sherman on the occasion of the sur
render of the Confederate forces
April 26, 1865, at the Bennett house,
near Durham, because of a bottle of
North Carolina com liquor that sat
on the table between the two gener
als. The table and the empty bottle
used by the opposing generals are
Duke University,
heeler of Anti-;
Bryan’s Widow^ Writes
For the first time In years Mrs.
Wm. Jennings Bryan, widow of the
great “Commoner5’ permits herself
to be photographed. She is work
ing on the diary of her late hus
band—assisted by her son Wm.
Jennings Brvan. *
SETTLE CASE GROWING OUT
OF THE KILLING OF REV. COX
A settlement was reached out of
court in Rockingham Friday of a case
growing out of the killing at Marston
on .Dec. 29th of Rev. Elwood Cox, for
merly of Ulah, this county, by a car
driven "by Walker Edwards, son of D.
M. Edwards, a capitalist of Syracuse,
N. Y. Mr. Cox, aged 78, was run
Over in the road at Marston by the
Pierce Arrow driven by young Ed-,
wards, who, wijh a party of people,’
was enroute _iJo\Miami, Fla.
Edwards" pleaded guilty to simple'
assault and was fined '?1 and costs,
while the civil action was settled by
the payment of $6000 to Rev. Cox’s
heirs. • O . ;
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A Misunderstanding Long Stand ing
The people of Asheboro end vicinity
continue to do some trading awaj
from 'home, thinking their wants can
not be supplied by their home town
merchant. Mr. Graham, manager of
the local Western Union Telegraph
office, has supplied each merchant in
Ashehoro with a display card reading
“Goods always available. If not in
stock we will order by telegraph.”
This with prompt service answers
the customer.
MR. JAMES MONROE WRIGHT
TJIES AT AGE OF 67 YEARS
Funeral Service Conducted At Mt.
Tabor Church Yesterday—Highly
Respected Citizep.
James Monroe Wright, aged 67,
died at his home in Grant township
Monday following ill. health for some
time. He was a consistent member
of Brower’s Chapel church and an
honest, upright citizen, held in high
esteem by all who knew him.
Funeral services were conducted at
Mt. Tabor yesterday at 11 o’clock by.
Rev. John Allred and interment made
in the cemetery. ;j
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
C. C. Smith, of Asheboro, Route 1;
Miss Vella Wright, of Asheboro; and
two sons, Ed Wright, of Asheboro,
Route 1; and Raymond Wright, of
Fnanklirerille.
Found Farm Life Dull
G. C. King, fanner of Faison, found
farm life dull and monotonous. So
<did Betty Ezrell, pretty 18-year-old
girl. So they ran away together af
ter Faison had sold his hogs and
wound up his farming affairs so that
his wife and children would not be in
want for money. King and the EzzeH
girl stopped in Greensboro and were
arrested for violating the hotel law.
His wife read about it and wrote the
sheriff that she wanted her husband
back, that die would forgive him of
his transgressions. Now die man and
the girl have gene hack home, having
had their fling at the bright lights,
wjser and sadder from the experience.
COLLEGE FUND
A campaign to taise 926,000 neces
sary for the proper-continuance of
High Point college at this time and
to collect old pledges was launched
by the High Point chamber of com
merce Tuesday.
Electric Line To Summ^rfieM
The Public Service Company, of
Greensboro, is building a line from
that city to Summeriield and will ex
tend it to Stokesdale if some of the
powdr consumers along the way will
buy some of the stick in the venture.
This is one of several rural electric
lines operated by the Greensboro
company. One runs from Gibsonvflle
to Whitsett and the Broadhurst dairy
farm, another runs from Greensbero
to Pleasant garden and another is
built out of Burlington into a
ASHEBORO BANKS
HAVE GOOD YEAR
Hold Meetings and Declare Reg
ular Dividends—No Change
in Officers and Directors.
Although the year 1925 was not in
all respects a good* business year in
this section of North Carolina due to
economic reasons and partly to the
drought, the three banks in Asheboro
enjoyed a year of most satisfactory j
business. This is disclosed in the an-!
nual statements or the banks for the
period ending December 31, 1925.
The banks at thte regular meeting
of their boards of directors have each
declared usual dividends. No changes
were made in ths personnel of the
boards of directors, officers and em
ployes of the ban! j.
The total capita ization of the three
banks in Ashebcro, the Bank of
Randolph, the First National and the
Asheboro Bank aid Trust Company,
reaches $121,400, while capital and
surplus totals $211,000. Total depos
its of the three t mks, checking, sav
ings deposits anc time certificates of
deposit, total nea-ly one and a half
million dollars. Total resources of
the three banks ire $1,784,087.67.
The three bank i have been able to
meet at all time;
upon them for
the proper condii
the town. They
time through f;
abled many hun
aside money for
management of
ble, courteous,
partial in their
public. Perhaps
and city in the
more confidence
than there is in
tne demands made
legitimate loans for
:t of the business of
have at the same
deilities offered en
c -eds of people to lay
a rainy day. The
the banks are affa
tjisiness like and im
dealings with the
in no other town
Itate is there any
in bank management
^sheboro.
Congressman
Congressman
Will Go To Prison
ohn W. Langley, Re
publican of Ken Joky, has lost his ap
peal to the Suf eme court and will
have to serve tv > years in the federal
penitentiary foliwing conviction on
;He has resigned his
seat in the Hou t of Representatives.
Friends of Laniley are planning to
nominate and el ;t his wife, daughter
of the late Repi sentative James M.
Gudger, 6f Npr > Carolina, Deni., to
fill Langley’s vs ant seat.
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M. E. CHURftl MATTERS
(By W. 1. Willis)
The General Boird of charch ex
tension has agreed jo assist in financ
ing our church debt by lending us a
large sum of monej at a low rate of
interest to be repaiq in five equal an
nual installments.
Rev. C. H. Caveniss, of Elizaheth
ton, attended the funeral of his
brother, S. M. Cavemss, who died at
his home here Firidjy. The writer
held the service at his late residence.
The first funeral t) be held in the
new church was tha of Mrs. Eliza
Johnson, Friday afternoon. Mrs.
Johnson was one of|our.aged and
honored members.
At the home of Mr
Macon, along with tieir son from
Mount Airy, the writer dined Sunday.
The dinner was in h i
Macon’* birthday.
Subjects at the m w
Sunday will be: 11 a.
Hath Not Seen”; 7 p
Corner”.
A third attempt tf> hold quarterly
conference for the Dtep River charge
at Cedar Falls \rill be made at 2
p. m. next Sunday. Slick roads was
the cause of the tasl failure.
It is proposed to organize a new
young men’s Bibfe ilass next Sun
day with Mr. J. j>. Redding teacher.
If interested be oi hand.
and Mrs. G. T.
nor of Brother
church for
m„ “What Eye
m, “The Amen
H. P. CHURCH
fOUNCEMENTS
©:45 A. M. Surflay school, Mr. W.
1* Ward, Supt. dashes for people of
alt ages, goed sfjging, a friendly
school.
j 7:00 P. M. preach
Rey. J. E. Pritch
“Flowers for
1 music is under
Junior Choir with
as leader,
every Wednesday
11:00 A. M. ancj
ing ’by the paste
ard. Morning su
the living”. Fp
the direction of t
Miss Ellen Presm
Prayer meeting
evening at 7:30.
The public is cordially invited to
•11 the services.
suit of another award tnis weeic
the study coarse, studying Dr. Van
Ness' book, “Training in Church
Membership." Classes are well at
tended. The B. Y|F. U.’s are going
at the task this new year with a “will
to win." ' ||v
The week of prayer services
in the home of the pastor three a
temoons of last waffc were very help
ful and inspiring,
was well arranged,
good information
missionary work.
Considering the
day school and
hold up well In a
It was a pleasu
Islie Scott in our 1
ing for supper.
Sermon subjects
Morning, “Baptists
Ages”
Each program |
1 of interest and |
it our foreign j
ther, our Sun- j
ng services ■
ce.
to have Miss
m.—j— even- ’
a good
at our
inday are:
Plan of the
Idle in the
DEATH CLAIMS
S. M. CAVENESS j
End Comes Following Stroke of
Paralysis—Operated Store in
Asheboro Many Years.
Funeral services were held at the j
residence Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock for Stephen Milton Caveness,
aged 49 years, who/died at his home
in Asheboro Friday night at 8:30
o’clock from the effects of a stroke
of paralysis after having been in ill
health for the past several years.
The services were conducted by Rev.
W. H. Willis, pastor of the Asheboro i
M, E. church, and Rev. B. E. Morris*
pastor of the local Baptist church. In
terment was made in the local ceme
tery.
Mr. Caveness was bom in^Pleasant
Grove township, Randolph county,
and was a son of the late B. S. Cav
eness. He was married to Miss Ida
Poole, of Fayetteville, who survives
him. He lived for some time near
Fayetteville and about twenty years
ago moved to Asheboro and opened a
retail grocery store which he operat
ed until ill health incapaciated him
from work several years ago. He
was a member of the Concord M. E.
church, at Coleridge.
Surviving are four brothers: H. T.
Caveness, of Asheboro; B. F. Caven
ess, of Greensboro; Rev. C. H. Cav
eness, of Elizabethtown, a minister in
the North Carolina M. E. conference;
and A. W. Caveness, of Ontario, Cali
fornia; one sister, Mrs. Callie Poole,
of Fayetteville; and two half broth
ers, B. M. Caveness, of Coleridge
township, and I. F. Caveness, of
Greensboro.
MRS JULIA SWANKY DIES AT
HER HOME IN HIGH POINT
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Mrs. Julia Sw&nev, aged 73, native j
of Randolph county, died Tuesday j
morning at the home of her grand
son, W. T. Swaney, in High Point,
following an illness of several days.
She was born in this county Oct. 10,
1852, and lived in Randolph until
about three months ago when she
moved to High Point.
In addition to the grandson, she is
survived Toy one son, B. E. Swaney,
off Randolph county, and one daugh
ter, Mrs. R. E. Gray, of High Point.
The funeral service was conducted
at Mount Shepherd church, this coun
ty, yesterday.
Oppose This Bill
Riipresentatives Hammer and Lind
say Warren, of the North Carolina
Congressional delegation, are opposed
to the proposed public buildings bill
which provides for a lump sum at the
disposal of the Postoffice and Treas
ury Departments for public buildings
throughout the United States. These
'Congressmen hold that if such a bill
is passed no towns in North Carolina,
with the possible exception of Greens
'twro and Asheville, will get any ap
propriation for post off ice buildings,
i although many other towns and cities
ft re badly in meed oaf new buildings,
SHARP DECREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF TRAFFIC DEATHS
; Forty-eight people were killed and
1225 injured in traffic accidents in the
s South last week, according to figures
t gathered by the Associated Press at
^Atlanta, Ga. This is a sharp de
crease from 61 deaths the week pre
, vious and 70 Christmas week.
North Carolina and Florida tied
for first place with 14 deaths each,
an increase for these two states over
[the previous week. At the same time 1
19 people were injured in North Car- !
olina and 52 in Florida. Virginia
,and Mississippi reported no deaths. '
Mexican Bandits on Rampage
Last Saturday night a passenger j
train in Mexico was held up by a!
party of bandits and fifty persons
i were killed. Two Americans on the
[ train were not molested save being
robbed. The persons killed were
soldier guards on the train and Mex
ican passengers. Four thousand
picked federal troops are on trail of |
the bandits with orders to bring them j
in dead or alive.
CAMPAIGN MANAGER BOUND
OVER TO SUPERIOR COURT
L. J. Lowe, circulation campaign
manager for a High Point newspaper,
was bound over to Superior court
Monday at a hearing at which he
was charged with obtaining $836 un
der false pretenses. Mrs. J. J. Gar
land charged that she was promised
the automobile, the big prize in the
circulation campaign, if she woujd
pay the manager a sum of money.
She failed to get the car. Mrs. Roy
[ Ingram, of Trinity, also has similar
charges against the campaign mana
ger. He will-be given another hear
ing this time in Randolph county. The
owner of the newspaper is in no wise
implcated n the matter. He merely
hired Lowe to conduct the campaign
on a commission basis.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our gratitude
and appreciation to our many friends
and relatives for the many acts of
kindness and sympathy extended dur
ing the illness and bereavement of
our beloved mother, Mrs. James Ivey
Johnson.
* The Family.
Floods in the state of Nayarti,
Mexico, have caused the death of 2,
000 persons by drowning and an im
mense loss of property.
Berlin’s Bride
Ellen Mackay, daughter of Clar
ence H. Mackay, head of the Postal
Telegraph and Cable Company,
startled society by suddenly becom
ing the bride of Irving Berlin, song
write?, last week.
MRS. HALE EXPRESSES
INTEREST IN NEW CHURCH
Mrs. Ed E. Hale, of Springdale, Ar
kansas, writing to The Courier, ex
presses interest in the new M. E.
church building, a picture of which
was contained in a recent issue of
The Courier together with an account
of the opening exercises.
She says in part:
It is a grand building and I am
sure you are all very proud of it. I
have been in Asheboro many times. I
am »b years oi age ana nave Deen |
away from N. C. 47 years.. I lived j
near Thomasville and attended church |
at old Tabernacle a few hundred;
yards from where I was born and j
raised. I am a granddaughter of old j
Captain Sampson Glenn, long since
i dead, and I have always been proud
j of the name Glenn. Gov. Glenn was
a relative of mine and also Dr. Rob
ert Glenn, of Greensboro. My hus
band, Edward E. Hale, was a son of
Esq. John Hale, of Randolph county.
He died in 1923. E. J. Hale, of Fay
etteville, who was a missionary to
Korea at one time, was a cousin of
my husband.
I wish for your paper the greatest
possible success.
In closing, Mrs. Hale says: I am
proud to tell you I am a Methodist
and have been from childhood. I\had
an uncle, Sampson M. Glenn, of near
| Asheboro, who was a Methodist min
1 ister and died during the Civil War.
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Lifts Ban
-The Southern Power Company,
which has during and since the
drought of last summer and fall been
compelled to place a ban on power
consumption, last week lifted the ban
and now factories using Southern
power may run full time.
Old Negro Wanders Away
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Tom Hopkins, 100-year-old negro,
was found Thursday of last week in
a patch of wood south of the home of
S. E. Coltrane, at Guilford College,
wandering about, with no shoes on,
feet frost-bitten and bleeding. He had
started to walk from his home at
Hillsdale to the home of his son at
Brown Summitt and had become lost.
He was taken to jail at Greensboro
for medical treatment.
MRS. ELIZA JOHNSON DIED
LAST WEEK AT AGE 76
Was Widow of the Late J. Ivey
Johnson, Native of Concord
Township—Loved by all.
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Mrs. Eliza Johnson, aged 76 years,;
widow of the late J. Ivey Johnson,|
died at her home in Asheboro Wed- j
nesday night of last week following
an illness of several months. Mrs.1
Johnson was bom and reared in Da- j
vidson county, being the daughter of 1
the late Travis and Mary Daniel, j
She was the last member of her im- j
mediate family. She was married in ,
1868 to J. Ivey Johnson, of Concord
township, Randolph county, and to
mis union were tne ioiiowing chil
dren: Mr. R. E. Johnson, Mrs. Bessie
Rice and Mrs. J. T. Winslow, of Ashe
boro; J. H. and H. C. Johnson, of
Liberty; and Mrs. J. N. Goode, of j
Melbourne, Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson lived in!
Concord township until several years
ago when they moved to Asheboro. j
Mr. Johnson died eight years ago. j
Upon moving to Asheboro, Mrs. John
son united with the M. E. church and
continued until her death an active,
faithful and consistent member. She
was known throughout the commun
ity as a pure, consecrated Christian
woman.
In her home, she was a mother of
the old type, sweet, unassuming and
considerate. Truly her “ways were
ways of pleasantness and her paths
the paths of peace.” In the hearts
and minds of her friends her memory
will linger and her tf"" ~
call her blessed.
According to Mrs. __
quest, the funeral service was con
ducted from thq. new M. E. church,
in which she had manifested intense
interest, the pastor, Rev. W. H. Wil
lis, conducting the service, interment
following in the local cemetery. Flow
ers were borne by the members of
the Sunday school class of which the
deceased was a member. Pallbearers
were Messrs. J. 0. Redding, F. S.
Phillips, C. '
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GROUND COVERED
WITH FIRST SNOW
Snow and Sleet Accompanied
With Drop in Temperature
Hits the County.
With a sudden drop in temperature
accompanied by sleet and snow, Ran
dolph county received its first winter
coating of the year last Thursday
night and Friday. There was little
snow at the beginning but a contin
uous bombardment of hail and sleet
during Thursday night and Friday
the snow and sleet both put the
ground under a white blanket.
Although the snow and ice made
traffic disagreeable and kept a lot of
people indoors, it was welcomed by
the people of the county who had
been longing for a good snow or a
season of wet weather to relieve the
wells, springs and streams that have
been slowed up or made entirely
dry by the past dry weather. It was
welcomed by the farmers who have'
been a little gloomy over the proa
pect for crops next year with the
scant moisture that had been in the
ground up until the coming of the
snow last week. Especially will the
town of Asheboro benefit from the
snow which has come to revive the
city ponds which have had a hard
time trying to stand up under lack of
rain.
The children were made glad by
the white blanket on the ground Fri
day morning. New sleds were
bought from the stores and old sled*
which have been out of use a long
time were brought forth from the at
tics or outhouses and put into use in
convenient places. urn ana young
joined in the merriment.
The white blanket of snow and
sleet was general throughout North
Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia
and Alabama and in other sections af
the South which were not covered
with snow there were chilling rains
accompanied by snow which melted
as fast as it fell.
Friday and Saturday the snow and
sleet extended up the Atlantic sear
board through New Jersey^ New
York, Pennsylvania and the New Eng
land States. The snow in these
States was accompanied by high
winds. Eight deaths were reported,
five in New York and three in Massa
chusetts. Gales at sea were reported
which did much damage to small
craft.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Charles Ross, attorney for the
State highway commission, addressed
the Sandhill Kiwanis Club, at South
ern Pines, yesterday on occasion of
the celebration of good roads week
throughout the country.
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Young women teachers of Spartan
burg county, S. €., will have to be
more circumspect in conduct and
more modest in attire, according to
the county grandjury, which con
demns short skirts and night riding
in automobiles. The grandjury went
on record as being opposed to danc
ing.
Durham is striving for 1,000 mem
bers for its chamber of commerce. Al
ready 559 members have been gotten
and the workers are optimistic over
securing the number wanted.
That 5,515 persons died in North
Carolina in 1924 without any medical
attention whatsoever, is the state
ment made by M. L. Townsend, di
rector of education of the State Board
of Health.
The estate left by the late Judge
W. P. Bynum, of Greensboro, is es
timated at $200,000, which he left to
his wife, relatives and friends.
The people of Littleton have voted
to sell their local power plant to the
Carloina Power and Light Company
for $40,000.
Trapped on the second floor of a
frame hotel in Ferriday, La., Tuesday
night when the hotel caught on fire*
eight men were burned to death. Oc
cupants of the hotel were not aware
of the fire until the walls began fall
ing in.
One compartment of the J. P. Tay
lor Tobacco Company’s re-drying
plant at Henderson was destroyed by
fire Tuesday night. The loss is es
timated at $150,000.
In a Senate contest over the legal
ity of appointment by North Dakota
governor, Senator Gerald P. Nye, in
surgent Republican, was seated _
day by a Senate committee, the
being 41 to 39. Democrats and in
surgent Republicans put him in.
Three Newbem young
their teens have admitted robbfaw
two stores at Oriental Monday
ing. Most of the Cash and