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Aatoboro, N. C, Thursday, January 28, 1926
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$2.00 A YEAlt IS ADVANCE
NUMBER 4
7
BE SECRETARY
Was Elected At Meeting Of
Chamber of Commerce Last
Monday Night.
The adoption of a constitution, the
election of four additional directors,
an executive secretary, a recording
secretary, the enrollment of members
and plans for a membership cam*
paign were the high lights of the
first regular meeting of the Asheboro
Chamber of Commerce Monday night
in the commissioners’ room in the
court house. Arthur Boss, president,
elected at the initial meeting January
15th, presided.
The constitution drawn up by a
committee of the directors selected
January 16th reported a constitution
which was read and adopted. It de
clared the purpose of the organiza
f’u to be “to acquaint the public
h the possibilities of Asheboro, to
orm them of its natural resources,
ideal climate and the excellency of
its location for manufacturing and
industry and other enterprises, to
build Randolph county and to foster
all worthy movements calculated to
make this a more prosperous and
desirable county in which to live.”
The membership, according to the
constitution, shall be divided into two
classes, sustaining members and in
dividual members, the former to con
sist of corporations, firms, partner
ships and business houses. Sustain
ing members will pay $20 a year
membership fees, while individual
members will pay - $10 a year, all
membership dues to be paid in equal
serti-annual installments.
- Dr.- M. G. Edwards was elected exe
cutive secretary of the organization
by acclamation, while Dan Burns
was elected recording secretary in the
same mapner.
In addition to the board of fifteen
directors elected at the meeting held
January 16th at which the chamber
of commerce was formed, four other
members were added Monday night,
the constitution having provided for
24. These new members are J. S.
Lewis, C. M. Pox, Dr. C. A. Hayworth
and C. C. Cranford. Rev' J. E.
Pritchard was unanimously selected
for chaplain. ' '.k^'. ..
A. I. Ferree, E. D. Cranfqgd, Fran
cis White, James B. Neely and Dr.
Waite Lambert were selected as
membership committee, while C. C.
Cranford, E. L. Moffitt and James
.Bums werWappointed as membership
Icommilteo to wait upon the corpora
mww^ipip
town.
xne next regular meeting oi
members of the chamber of com
merce will be held,- according to tha
provisions of the constitution, Friday
night, February 6th, in the court
house.
Seldom has there been a more en
thusiastic meeting of business men
held in Asheboro than that Monday
night. If anything, it eclipsed .the
initial meeting on January 15th. The
business men came out Monday night
prepared to put over the organizallon
in an efficient manner and admirr.bly
succeeded. They also came with c?ld
cash and check books and practicr.'ly
every person present paid initial dues
for the year. Even at the first meet
ing it was brought to the attention of
the newly organized body that at
least three business firms were in
terested in getting a location either
in Asheboro or in the county. Plans
were made to gfo after this business
at once.
At the meeting in February should
the enthusiasm evidenced Monday
night be maintained there should be
at least 100 persons and business
houses enrolled as members of the
chamber of commerce.
S. S. COX IVfEMBER OF
. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
This County Has Largest Single
' Branch Farmers' Mutual Fire
i Insurance Association.
▼ At the State meeting of the Far
mers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Associa
tion held in Raleigh January 19th,
last, Mr. S. S. Cox, president of the
Randolph county branch, was elected
one of tlje members of the State exe
cutive committee. T. B. Parker was
elected president; W. C. Manning,
vice president; and A. P. Bauman,
secretary and treasurer.
All but two of the 28 branches in
the State were represented, some of
the branches comprising from three
to five counties. Reports from all the
branches showed that Randolph coun
ty branch led in the number of mem
bers and the amount of insurance in
force in any single' county. Granville
county led in the matter of finance,
having.a sinking fund of $14,000.
Northampton branch, comprising
three counties, had a sinking fund of
$30,000, this branch’s rate being fifty
cents on the $100. Randolph county
sh has the lowest rate of any in*
0 State association with $88,000,
ef insurance in force showed a
of three iniUion dollars over
MPanish Dead , •
Parrish, 84, native
ong a prominent
^R|w section of
SCHOOL TRUCK
DRIVERS MEET
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Hear Discussions on Safety and
Eoonomy in Transporting
County School Children.
Thirty-one bus drivers and school
principals met in the court house
Saturday at 11 o’clock together with
county superintendent T. Fletcher
Bulla, Ferree Ross, member of the
county board of education, and motor
organization officials to discuss safety
and economy in connection with
transporting children to school in
trucks owned by county. The meet
ing'lasted until 1:80 o’clock in the
afternoon and at the noon hour the
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
of the Asheboro M. P. church served
dinner.
The truck drivers, high school
boys, more than a score of them,
heard talks delivered by J. H. Allen,
superintendent of education in Rock
ingham county; H. F. Bell anger, a
master mechanic; L. F. Ross, chair
man of the Randolph county board of
education; T. Fletcher Bulla, superin
tendent of schools of Randolph coun
ty; ‘Coleman W. Roberts, Greensboro,
vice-president of the Carolina Motor
club, and C. T. Matthews, director of
accident prevention for the Carolina
Motor club.
Constantly caution the pupils rid
ing in the, busses, was the advice of
Mr. Matthews to the truck drivers,
when entering or leaving the trucks
or walking upon the highway. He
told of the constantly increasing ac
cident toll.
“One half of the 25,000•auto acci
dent deaths last year were school
children—1,000 a month,” he said.
♦‘There were more than 2,000 school
busses in North Carolina last year
and more have been added to carry
more than 80,000 children to school
daily. The bus has been responsible
for North Carolina setting a world’s
record for building and consolidating
rural schools. There is no such thing
as an unavoidable accident and it is
a crime to be careless.”
A high compliment to the high
school boys who are driving the
schoph busses of Rockingham county
was paid by Mr. Allen. He cited sta
tistics showing better records by the
youngsters than by adult drivers. ,
Mr. Roberts was the first speaker
and he impressed on the audience his
belief that the school truck drivers
daily haul the most valuable cargo in
li nnH—children. He cautioned
to load and uni'
passengers.
Curtis Brower Gets
Penitentiary Sentence
Curtis Brower, negro, head of the
Moore county ring engaged in whole
sale receiving and selling automobiles
and parts, was sentenced recently in
Moore county court to serve a term
of from four to seven years in the
penitentiary.
Brower's brother and four other
negroes caught in the garage at Ea
gle Springs where the cars were re
ceived and disguised were given
terms ranging from 12 months to 18
months.
B. Y. P. U. TO MEET IN
GIBSONVILLE IN APRIL
Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Buck arid Misses
Allie and Rilla Spoon, of Asheboro,
attended a meeting of the executive
committee of the Piedmont Associa
tional B. Y. P. U. held in the First
Baptist church, Greensboro, Sunday.
The meeting was held for the purpose
of mapping out a program for and
the selection of time and place for
the next convention of the associa
tion. Gibsonville was selected after
several other places had been con
sidered and the date set for the meet
ing was the second Saturday and
Sunday in April.
A number of prominent workers in
B. Y. P. U. endeavor have been se
lected for the program and their
speeches together with many other
good features assure the convention
of being one of the best held by the
district B. Y. P. U.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ORGANIZED
AT CENTRAL FALLS SUNDAY
*A Sunday school was organized at
the Baptist church at Central Flails
last Sunday, with Mr, Calvin Frazier,
of Asheboro, as superintendent. There
will also be preaching every fourth
Sunday morning and second Sunday
evening of each month. Mr. P. D.
Buck, of Asheboro, will have charge
of these services. Mr. Buck has had
a great deal of experience in this
wbrk and the people of Central Falls
are to be congratulated upon securing
him. ^
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Joseph Strayhorn Dead
Joseph Lee Strayhorn, - bom in
Randolph county March 4,' 1873, son
of Mr, and Mrs. J. M. Strayhorn. died
at his hoino in High Point Sunday
‘ * ‘ following an attack of pneu
had been foreman of the
ent of the Southern
for 27 years. He is
widow and four sons.
Miss Helen Wills, America’s ten.
ids queen, is boot in Europe to
study art bat friends say she will
bran Mile. Lenglen for the world’s
net crown before returning to her
native shores.
MRS. ELIZA J. THOMPSON
DIES AT AGE OF 71 YRS.
Death Comes Following Short
Illness At H$r Home in Lib
erty—Funeral Sunday.
Mrs. Eliza Jane Thompson, aged 71
years, died at her home in Liberty
Saturday afternoon following an ill
ness of several years duration. She
was a member of the Bethlehem
Presbyterian church and a consecrat
ed Christian woman.
Surviving besides her husband, J.
H. Thompson, are two sons, W. H.
and E. H. Thompson, of Liberty; one
daughter, Mrs. C. J. Fox, of Liberty;
two sisters, Mrs. John Wood, of Lib
erty, and Mrs. Daniel Beeson, of Dur
ham; and one brother, Albert Murray,
of Durham. . v
Funeral services were held at Rock
Creek church Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock by Rev. A. G. Crutchfield.
FUNERAL HELD AT BETHANY
MONDAY FOR MRS. REDDING
any church Monday morning- at 11
o'iitock for Mrs. Clara Ward Redding,
who died at her home in lone, Wash.,
January 17th, from pneumonia. The
body of the deceased arrived at the
home of her father, Mr. Mike Ward,
of Millboro, Route 1, Saturday night
Mrs. Redding marrjted Mr. McCulla
Redding about five years ago and he
together with two small children sur
vive.
Real Estate Investments
The American Bankers’ Association
is authority for the statement that in
1925 one-sixth of all the private cap
ital invested was in i;eal estate se
curities. The reason given for this
were: the converatism and safety of
real estate as an investment, the care
in making real estate loans assuring
safety, and the constant demand for
land.
A Distinct Falling Off Of
Traffic Accidents Last Week
Traffic toll in eleven Southern
states for the past week was 33 per
sons killed and 257 injured, according
to the Associated Press survey. The
figures show a distinct falling off in
the number killed.
Florida led in both number killed
and also in number of persons in
jured, with 8 of the former and 49 of
the latter. South Carolina reported
the fewest injuries, 5. Alabama re
ported no deaths. There were in
North Carolina during the week six
killed and 32 injured.
The Select Class
Since Lexington is State headquar
ters for the P. O. S. of A-, it is a mat
ter of loeal interest that the camp at
Asheboro is putting on a drive tflHm
crease its membership to 500. The
camp there has what is said to be
one of the most efficient degree
teams in the State and already is
strong in membership. Should it reach
the 500 mark it will be among the
leading camps in North Carolina in
point of numbers. Lexington, States
ville and Salisbury have been among
the camps maintaining a membership
of around 500 for several years.—
Lexington Dispatch., * .
Storm Raging On Atlantic
Ocean Delaying Ocean liners
The worst
the Atlantic
week. Three
storm in years raged on
ocean the first of the
steamships were in
lay and other ships
by to go to their an
as the waves and
Trans-Atlantie Kn
wav oh, earn ii»y
two to
8U1
WILL ENLARGE
RAMSEUR PLANT
Ramseur Furniture Co. Lets
Contract For Brick Addition {
To Cost $100,000.
Mr. E. C. Watkins, secretary and
treasurer of the Ramseur Furniture
Company, Ramseur,' announces that
contract has been let by his plant for
a brick addition to cost approximately
$100,000. This addition, together
with other improvements, will double
the capacity- of this furniture factory,
already one of the largest in the
county.
The Ramseur Furniture Company
makes high grade furniture and sells
its products on the markets of the
east, New England states and in the
western states. Waanamaker, of
Philadelphia, and B. Altman, of New
York, are large buyers of the output
The plant has enjoyed a successful
season of business during the pest
year and looks forward to better bus
iness in 1926. Mr. Watkins estimates
that the output of the plant this
year will be a million ^pOers.
Mr. Watkins states that he is prac
tically assured of a contract with
Harvard University to furnish 1300
rooms of that institution. This order
would call for 75 cars of furniture
and would be one of the largest or
ders of the kind ever placed.
CLOSE TO TOFN
MATTER OF DEBT
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State Auditor’s Figures Show
^Randolph Ranks 40th Among
Counties of State.
According to the University News
Letter, which takes its figures from
the June 30, 1925, report of State
Auditor Baxter Durham, Randolph
county ranks 40th among the 100
counties of the State in per capita
indebtedness for' county government
purposes with $40.15 for each of the
more than 30,000 people in the coun
ty. In the matter of total debt per
inhabitant county and municipal in
debtedness reaches $61.28, which
places Randolph in sixtieth place in
this respect.
In the following counties per capi
ta ‘ indebtedness for county purposes
is as follows* Buncombe, $90.75; Guil
ford, $49.65; Alamance, $48AO; Da
vidson, $2J.94; Moptee^gk ,_$,90.2p;
'me;“$34.60; Rwhmontf, Stab
ly, $29.81; Scotland, $16.93; Moore,
$21.68; Wilkes, $34.30; Union, $28.97;
Hoke, $9.20; Anson, $8.13; Chatham,
$12,50.
The total bonded debt of the 100
counties for county purposes on June
30, 1925, was $102,181,874. On per
inhabitant basis Swain has the larg
est, $100. Buncombe has the largest
total debt, the amount being over 6
million dollars.
Winston-Salem has the largest debt
of any city in the State, it being $11,
716,577. Next in order is Greensboro
with $9,856,000, followed ' by Ashe
ville with $8,163,700.
Funeral Service For Mrs.
Susan Miller At Hopewell
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at Hopewell
church, in Trinity township, for Mrs.
Susan Miller, aged 82, who died Sat
urday afternoon at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. A. L. Kennedy, at
Fuller’s Mill, Tabernacle township,
Randolph county.
Mrs. Miller is survived, by three
daughters* Mrs. T. E. Walker, Mrs.
A. L. Kennedy, and Mrs.'J. E. Milli
kan; two sons, E. T. and George R.
Miller, both of Trinity- township;
forty grandchildren andj 18 great
grandchildren.
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Prospects Bright For Highway No. 75
As Activity In Road Work Increases
B and
county
Not long since Frank Page and J
Elwood Cox assured the people of the
county through Arthur Ross that
Route 70 from Asheboro to Seagrove
would be hard surfaced, and that
highway 75 from Asheboro to the Da
vidson county line would be rebuilt.
News from Raleigh Tuesday is that? a
part of the assurance is being carried
out. Lettings for February 8th in
clude the hard surfacing of Route
70 from the county home to Seagrove.
Contract for 75 was not let, but it is
the presumptioh that it will be, ac
cording to .promise, some time during
the year. * V
Prospects are bright for
been rebuilt from Asheb
Chatham county line,
that it will get the
from Asheboro to the
Over in Davidson there ht
suranee that if the county
tment
line.
the State fit
structioA of a
km river,
mission
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the
Youngest Aviator
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
t
Tomorrow (Friday) is the day j
\ set by the Chamber of Commerce
for its membership drive. Efforts
will be made to get 75 or 100
members and more if they can be
had. Every member who paid his
dues at the meeting Monday night
or since is urged by the president
and officers of the body to make
of himself a member of the cam
paign committee. Definitely se
lected as members of the commit
tee are A. I. Ferree, E. D. Cran
ford, Francis White, James B.
Neely, Dr. Waite Lambert, C. C.
Cranford, E. L. Moffitt and James
Burns.
Membership dues payable semi
annually are as follows: Individ
uals, $10; Corporations, partnerr
ships and business houses, sustain
ing memberships, $20.
SOUTH HAD A LARGE
BUILDING BOOM IN ’25
i The South experienced doling the
past year the greatest building boom
in its history. The gain in buildng
construction last year over 1924 was
45 per cent, the total value of new
buildings last year reaching $919,
460,375.
Florida led all the Southern Stares
in the number and value of new
buildings erected during the year.
Other States showed material gains
' over records of 1924, but none such
phenomenal gains as Florida. In
North Carolina, the gain was en
couraging. And in addition to the
actual building, many programs of
construction were launched in North
Carolina last year which will be con
summated this year to swell the fig
ures for a big gain over 1925.
The World Court
Only a flood of oratory stands in
the way of the vote on the United
States’ entry into the World Court.
Amendments or reservations propos
ed by Senator Swanson have all been
adopted by a record vote. Senator
Borah is leading the “battalion of
death” against the court, but he and
his few followers seem to be beaten
and it is »nly a question of hours be- j
fore the Senate will vote the United
States into- this international court.
join 50, which is being paved by Wake
county. This would give a more di
rect route across the State to Ra
leigh.
From Salisbury comes news that \
highway engineers are busy survey
ing Route 76 from Mocksville to
Statesville. Two routes are proposed,
one of which is 27 miles in length ;
and the other five miles shorter. The
shorter of the two runs through part
of Rowan county. No indication has
been given as to which route is fa
vored. In faet, it will be several
weeks yet before the survey is com
pleted, but Rowan is getting hopeful
that the shorter of the routes will be
chosen.
Now the question arises in the
minds of those interested in this
central highway across North Caro
lina as to whether the topsoiled por
tions of the route will be treated with
oil top dressing. The State has tried
out this new process of treating the
surface of roads and has found it
our
durable
BREAK LOOMS IN
RANKS OF G. 0. P.
Mellon and His Crowd Are Said
To Be At Loggerheads With
Butler and the President.
News comes out. of Washington
that a break between the two big
factions of the Republican party is
looming. The Republicans have been
so busy during the past two years
talking about the factions in the
Democratic party that the rank and
file of the G. O. P. probably had got
ten it in its mind that such a thing
as a break between their own leaders
was an impossibility. It was easy to
forget Roosevelt and his Bull Moosers
while talking of Smith and McAdoo.
Now looming on the horizon is a
break between one faction Of the Re
publican party headed by Andrew W.
Mellon, multi-millionaire Secretary of
the Treasury, and his banker associa
tes and another faction headed by
Chairman Butler and President Cool
idge. Mellon’s crowd, the one that
has been floating the big foreign
loans, is interested in free trade,
whereas the crowd headed by Butler,
a cotton manufacturer, is for a high
protective tariff, one like that which
is now in force. Coolidge seems to
be siding with Butler.
The interests of Mellon and his as
sociates is tied up in the prosperity
of the debtor nations. Free trade
I would keep their industries going,
this crowd argues. A high tariff is
detrimental to the debtor nations’
growth. Mellon has aligned the big
bankers on his side, Butler the manu
facturers. Mellon owns controlling
interest in 47 large corporations. He
controls in a financial sense three of
| the largest banking institutions in
| the country, the Mellon National
| Bank, the Union Savings Bank and
the Union Trust Company.
Butler is tied up with a number of
large textile plants in New England.
He and his crowd were able to put
over Harding for President in order
to get a protective tariff that would
enable them to line their pockets
with gold. In 1922 all of Butler’s
properties paid a 200 per cent stock
dividend in addition to the regular
cash dividend. The protective tariff
for which these interests unloaded
Harding on the country justified it
self in the experience of Butler and
his associates.
Butler so far has held the whip
hand over Coolidge. Not only were
tariff rates boosted to the skies un
der Harding, but the Peresideat wajs
given power to boost them still fur
ther if necessity demanded. Coolidge
has not failed to exercise his author
ity when necessary.
This impending rift in the Repub
lican party is said to be one of the
reasons why the propaganda of a
third term for Coolidge has cooled
off in the past few months. Butler
and his crowd naturally want a third
term and four years more of high
tariff after the next two years. The
banking crowd headed by the cabin
et multi-millionaire, it is said, is
quietly throwing cold water on the
third term propaganda.
In the meantime the American peo
ple are footing the tariff bills to
swell the pockets of the protected in
terests. And whether the Mellon
gang or the Butler crowd wins out
the public may rest assured that- it
will be jumping from the frying pan
into the fire. Nobody ever accused
Mellon of having the interests of the
people at heart no more than Butler
jand his gang. Mellon may figure
that Butler’s crowd after having had
a long spell in which to enrich their
pockets at the expense of the people
should stand aside while he; and his
crowd can take some of the pickings.
TO LET CONTRACT FOR
PAVING RT. 70 FEB. 8
One hundred and thirty-seven miles
of road building will be let February
8th by .the State Highway Commis
sion, of which 58 miles will be hard
surface. Fifteen counties, (including
Randolph, will share in the letting.
One project to be let is the hard
surfacing of Route 70 from the coun
ty home below Asheboro to Seagrove,
a distance of 10.27 miles.
! Richmond county will get 9.87 miles
| of grading on Route 50 from Rock
ingham to the South Carolina line.
SNOW AND COLD SNAP
HIT COUNTY AT ONCE
nrst lew days of this week
Asheboro and Randolph county ex
perienced the second coldest weather
of the winter up to the present time.
Snow began falling early Monday
morning and continued most of the
time until noon, the ground being cov
ered to a depth of about two inches.
During Monday night the temperature
went down considerably.
According to the official figures as
given out by Rev. J. E. Pritchard the f
lowest temperature was sometime1
during Monday nigl
mometer registered
FUNERAL HELD
FOR MRS. HORNEY
Buried at Concord Church, Far
mer, Sunday Morning—Was
Widow of J. F. Homey.
Farmer, Jan. 25.—The funeral of
Mrs. Margaret Homey at Concord
church, on Sunday morning was at
tended by a large crowd of friends
and relatives of the family. Mrs.
Homey was the widow of Mr. Julius
F. Homey, and had lived at Farmer
ever since her marriage until about
two years ago, when she moved to
High Point to make her home with
her daughter, Mrs. J. T. Morgan. She
was well known throughout this sec
tion of the county. A modest, home
loving woman, a good wife and moth
er, and a faithful friend has gone tf>
her reward. She was a genuine
Christian, living her religion day by
day. Surviving her are two daugh
ters, Mrs. J. T. Morgan, of High
Point, and Mrs. Walter Scotten, of
Liberty, and three sons, Messrs. Jef- '
frey, Eugene, and Raymond, all of
High Point. She also leaves one
stepdaughter, Mrs. H. W. Smith, of
Louisiana, Mr. C. C. Homey, of Far
mer, and Mr. William Homey, of
High Point. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev. J. M. Hub
bard, of High Point, assisted by Rev.
G. W. Clay.
Miss Alma Midgett, of N. C. C. W.,
Greensboro, spent the week-end with
her sister, Mrs. F. A. Ficquett.
Farmer basketball team played two
interesting games last week. Denton
and Farmer played at Denton the
first of the week, Denton winning, the
score being 34 to 23.
On Friday afternoon Pleasant Gar
den and Farmer played an interesting
game on the Farmer ground, Farmer
winning in a score of 18 to 16.
The roads in Concord and New
"Hope townships are becoming very
bad, as they have not had any atten
tion this winter. The recent rains
and snows have made it hard for the
school trucks to bring in the children
through the deep mud.
Franklinville Man Is
Robbed in Greensboro
Dewey Kelly, Franklinville man,
says the Greensboro News, was
knockefl down and robbed Tuesday
evening by a tall negro who made the
attack as Kelly approached the cor
ner of Bilbro and Railroad streets,
Kelly,' 'acSSrSiiig to. his51 statement
to the police, had no more than time
to see his assailant before the negro.
hit him over the left eye with a pair
of iron knucks. He fell to the ground;
unconscious. This was at 8 p. m..
When he came to his senses he was.
lying on the ground, his money and
assailant both gone.
He was given medical treatment,
the physicians finding it necessary to
take several stitches to close up the
wound made by the blow over the
left eye. His assailant has not been
found. .
Dog Prevented Robbery
Barking of a dog early Monday
morning saved the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Don P. Harris, of Lexington,
from being robbed. Mr. Harris,
aroused by the dog, found a man in
the house. The burglar fled before
he could ascertain his identity.
In Trouble Again
Troy Fitgerald, identified as one
of the robbers of the Bank of Efland
in December, is in trouble again. This
time he is bound over to court under
$2,500 bond on charge of store rob
bery at Kemersville Thursday of last
week.
Cotton Ginnigs
Up to Saturday, January 23rd, lr
117,984 bales of the 1925 cotton crop
had been ginned in North Carolina,
as against a total of 822,060 bales
for the 1924 crop. In Randolph coun
ty, 2,146 bales of the last year’s crop
had been ginned, as against a total
■ of 1,772 of the 1924 crop. Johnston
I county leads all counties in the State
• with 73,280 bales ginned, or 22,000
j bales more than the total 1924 crop.
MRS. DAVID C. STALEY
DIED THURSDAY ^IGHT
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Funeral Services Held at Flag
Springs Church Friday by
. Rev. J. E. Pritchard.
Mrs. David C. Staley died at her
home about four miles from Asheboxo
on the Cox road on Thursday night,
Jan. 21, at the age of 66 year*, one
month’ and thirteen days. Mrs. Sta
ley’s name before her marriage was
Hannah Lowdermilk, being the
daughter of Elkanah and Mrs. Low
dermilk. In 1884 she was united in
marriage to David C. Staley with
whom she lived Hie remainder of her
life. She had been in failing health
for the past several months but bos*
her suffering with a patience that
was remarkable. Mrs. Staley is sur
vived by her husband and six tfcflk
dren. They are, John Staley, Mrs.
Berta Cox, Will Staley, Raymond
Staley, Charlie Staley, and Mrs. Min
nie Boggs, She is also survived by