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VOLUME LI
$2.00 A
day received bids for the construction
of the new consolidated' school build
ing at Seagrove. Contract was not
let but was deferred until a later datd.
Burrow and Lamb, contractors, of
Asheboro, were the lbw bidders for
the building at $29,895., Bids, several
in number, were from $37,800 down to
the bid of Burrow and Lamb.
There were a number of bidderh
for the heating and plumbing con
tracts. The Harding Heating Com
pany, with a bid of $8,747, were low
est bidders* for the heating contract,
trhile Kirkman Plumbing and Heating
Company were the lowest on the
plumbing contract with $1900.
The board voted to call in the spec
ial school tax election already set for
New Hope township and recommend
ed this action to the county commis
sioners at their regular meeting next
sent to either Trinity
The location of the proposed new
school building in Providence town
ship was discussed by the board mem
bers and patrons of the district. No
definite location of the new building
was decided upon.
From Union township a delegation
came before the board asking for
some relief in school matters in that
township. Welch, Pisgah, and High
Pine were the districts f represented
before the board. The citizens of
these districts who came before the
board are anxious for the provision
of better educational facilities for
the children in these districts. There
are three school buildings which are
_presented by a number
from Charlotte, Belvidere,
and Shepherd school# dis
presented asking fbr a
election. The board rec
„ to the commissioners the
of this election,
of New Market township
i appeared before the board
--deed for some provision to be
maHo for the high school pupils of
the township. The board took the
' * ' * ' at and will
Returns from the Randleman spec
ial school tax election were canvassed.
It developed that there was a regis
tration in this district for the election
541 persons, 290 of whom, or a 'ma
jority, voted for the special tax levy.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO
MEET ON NIGHT OF 12TH
The regular meeting of the cham
ber of commerce will be held Friday
night, February 12th, instead of Fri
day night, February 5th. Change in
date of meeting was made on account
of the absence from town of Mr. C.
• C. Cranford, who will entertain the
members at a banquet at its first
meeting.
Can Trade Almost
Anything For a Car
It is easy to own a car. Any make
of car, according to the advertise
ments, can be bought at so many dol
lars down and the rest payable in
monthly installments. Fact is, one
is advertised
you can save
money at that rate and make first
payment when you have deposited a
certain amount. But not all cars are
bought altogether with cash as a
fanner in a neighboring county will
testify.
This man wanted a Ford, most
everybody wants one, and there are
few who haven’t gotten them, al
though Henry makes them at the
rates of millions a year. He didn’t
have the cash equivalent of the pur
chase price so he looked around to
see what he had for stock in trade.
Here is what he found and gave for
his Ford: 100 bushels com, unshelled,
50 irallons home made molasses. 3
' ‘ calves, 1 bull yearling, 6
3 bushels sweet potatoes, 1
og, 1 second hand ice cream
balance in eash.
DEATH CLAIMS AN AGED
CONFEDERATE VETERAN
Jesse Shaw,-Last of ‘Lost Cause’
Followers in New Hope
Township, Dead.
Mr. Jesse Shaw, New Hope town*
ship’s oldest citizen, died. Sunday at
the age of eighty-three years. Mr.
Shaw was the last Confederate veter
an of the township in which he lived.
He was a member of Co. H. 8$ N. C.
Regiment.
His life had been long and useful
and his record both in his private
life and in the Confederate army had
been worthy of emultation. To all
who knew him he was “Uncle Jesse”
and was highly esteemed and respect
ed. T ;
He is survived by the following
sons and daughters: Mrs. Chris Shaw,
Lexington; Pearl Shaw and Mrs. San
dy Hopkins, Thomasville; and Mrs.
Frank Shaw and June .Shaw, New
Hope township. c
The funeral service was held Mon
day at 2 P. M. at New Hope church.
A .large crowd of relatives and
friends assembled to pay the last
tribute of respect to a highly hon
ored citizen.
MRS. JULIA HOLLIDAY
/ DIES IN GREENSBORO
Mrs. Julia Ann Holliday, 66, wife
of D. M. Holliday, of Climax, died
Monday at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. E. A. Woodell, in Greensboro,
following an illneSs of two months.
Besides her husband and Mrs. Wood
ell she is survived by one daughter,
Miss Lula Holliday, of. Climax; -two
sons, Hugh and David Holliday, Jr.,
of Climax; three brothers, Carmie
Kivett, of Liberty; J. D. Kivett, of
California; and Foust Kivett, of
Iowa. ' ' j
The funeral whs held at Mount
Pleasant church Tuesday afternoon
by Rev. S. K. Spahr, of Greensboro.
SPECIAL SERVICE
Rev. R. Y. Putnam announces that
there , will be a special service at
Neighbors Grove church next Sunday
at 2 o’clock in the afternoon conduct
ed by a band of workers from the
Stevens organization of laymen from
High Point. The public is invited to
this service. „
Carl Cox Hurt In Accident
Carl'M. Cox, salesman for the Clin
ard Milling Company, High Point,
well known in Randolph county where
He was bom and reared, sustained a
South Main Street, High Point, by an
automobile.
TRAVELSTORY
OF CALIFORNIA
Mrs. Swanna Lowdermilk Cog
gin, Native, of Randolph,
Writes of Motor Trip.
The Courier is indebted to Mrs.
Swanna Lowdermilk Coggin, former
ly of Seagrove, Route 1, this county,
now a resident of California, for a
story of automobile travel in her
adopted 'state. Mrs. Coggins’ letter
follows:
I am wondering just at this time if
the people of Randolph county would
enjoy a trip with me through beauti
ful California. From Jonesville in
the northeastern part of the state
where we had lived for a little more
than two years we drove almost a
.day over a wonderful mountain road
to Red Bluff, having a fine view of
Mt. Lassiter, the only active volcano
in the United States. We must, re
member as we start out that Cali
fornia has its rich, productive val
leys, that it is by no means devoid of
mountains. This mountain road con
nects two v very important valleys,
Hanfey Lake valley and the -great
Sacramento valley. Red Bluff is a
typical California town sitjuated at
the head of Sacramento valley. Our
first night out was spent in this beau
tiful little town. ,
From here we drove a day through
the great wheat fields for which this
valley is noted and it was in this
valley part offcthe time we drove
through a dense fog. W* must re
member also that California has its
fogs as well as its sunshine. '
We enjoyed a fine stop in Sacra
mento, California's beautiful capital
city. From here we drove to Stocton
Here
over the Stocton boulevard,
especially is where the raisin g:
grow. From here we drove»to
land. There we enjoyed a three
ride on boat across the bay to
F0^'fost place of interest in
Bay City was, of course, the
house. Here the sun was sh
brightly and we had a fine view
the ocean, saw many seals bn
rocks. We had hoped to see somi
SOME RANDOLPH
CO. FARM FACTS
Farmers of County Cultivated
400 Acres In Tobacco Last
• Year—987 Tenants
A summary of the agrcultural
fact#; taken from the farm census re
ports made from the tax listing in
Randolph county in 1925 as compiled
by the Division of Markets, North
Carolina Department of Agriculture,
of which Mr. Georgg R. Ross, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Ross, of Asheboro,
is chief, discloses some interesting
features. v
Twenty townships in Randolph
county report 987 tenant farmers,
who are cultivating 25,500 acres of
land and that 97,000 acres are culti*
vated by the owners. Trinity town
ship leads in the number of tenant
farmers, the number being 105; New
Hope has 87; Level Cross and Union
have a dozen each. Coleridge and
Columbia townships cultivated more
acres by the owners than any other
townships in the county. liberty and
Trinity cultivated more acres by ten
ants than any other townships in the
county.
Back Creek and Trinity have the
largest number of acres lying out.
Although Randolph county has not
been listed as a great producer of cot
ton and tobacco, the census shows
that the county had last year about
4,000 acres in each crop. Trinity
township'alone is represented as hav
ing 1160 acres of tobacco. New Mar
ket township 383 acres of tobacco;
Back Creek, Brower, Coleridge, Co
lumbia anji Grant all had more than
200 acres of tobacco. Liberty raised
926 acres of cotton. Columbia 805;
Coleridge, Concord, New Hope, New
Market, Providence, Richmond and
Trinity all having from 200 to 400
each.
Coleridge and Columbia led in the
acreage of" com for grain;, Concord
arid Tabernacle in the acreage of
wheat for grain; New Market and
Trinity in the acreage of rye for
grain. Franklinville, Tabernacle,
Coleridge and New Market produced
cowpeas for seed with 75 to 100
acres to each township. Soybeans
were grown more extensively in
Back Creek, Liberty and Providence
townships. No township in the coun
ty shows as much as 100 acres of
either cowpeas or soybeans inter
planted with corn. Tabernacle and
Trinity townships cut more than 100
acres of small grain or cowpeas for
hay. New Market township and
/Trinity township raised 500 *p, TOO
acres each of soybeans for hay. CloVer
apparently is very generally grown,
and cut for hay in Randolph county.
Coleridge township alone shows 7S3
acres; Providence 629; Union, Frank
linville, Columbia, Cedar Grove each
have listed more than 500 acres. Lib
erty led with 581 acres.
Of vegetable crops Trinity town
ship leads with 68 acres of Irish po
tatoes; New Market 72 acres in sweet
potatoes; New Market has 183 acres
of berries and melons. Trinity and
Union townships show the largest
number of acres devoted to home gar
dens. Back Creek township has list
ed 197 pecan trees of bearing age.
Trinity township uses more commer
cial" fertilizers than any other town
ship in the county, although there
are several townships that use 5C0
tons or more.
Productive livestock in Randolph
county is represented largely by 1400
sows of breeding age; 6000 milk
cows; and more than f25,000 hens of
laying age. Columbia township shows
a large number c of each. Trinity
township has more than 10,000 nens
and 580 milk cows. _
ASHEBORO ROLLER MILL
SOLD TO MR. CRANFORD
Mr. W. J. Scarboro has sold the
Asheboro Roller Mills, one of the
town’s oldest business institutions to
Mr. C. C. Cranford. It is understood
that Mr. Cranford will dismantle the
mill and take care of the mill’s cus
tomers at the Southern Crown Milling
Company, which will be under the
management of Mr. W. F* Redding,
Of the old Asheboro Roller Mill. Mr.
W. F. Redding, Jr., traveling sales
man for the Asheboro mill, will be
secretary and treasurer of the South
ern Crown Milling Company.
The sale of the Asheboro Roller
Mill leaves the Southern Crown the.
only roller mill in town. It has had
a good business sines its establish
ment several years ago and has
grown into one of the town’s largest
business enterprises. Mr, C. C. Cran
ford is president of this institution.
COMMUNITY SINGING HELD
AT LIBERTY LAST SUNDAY
A community singing in which
from several churches par
was held at liberty last
directed
<MEi
Flying
Hath
Lester P. Barlo
Conn., is in Wa
stratdng his anu
He is shown here
Stamford,
ton demon*
inventions,
his marine
Central Falls, has urar way the con
struction, of a SRO.lwSdiStion to the
present mill building vrich will af
ford 4500 additional sdare feet of
floor space and enable le mill to in
crease its capacity 30 pr cent. The
new construction will bebf brick and
one-story in height. I
In addition to the ne\i mill con
struction, twelve tenant buses have
been built or under consruction.
The Central Falls brai h of the
Pennsylvania Textile Mil; is under
the direct management o Mr. W. S.
Trickett, who makes h* home in
the
Asheboro. The home of ce of
company is in New York City.
TRINITY NEV1
Mr. Henry Royals, wh has been
confined indoors for so* 5 time, *is
improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott am little son,
of West Virginia, have pen visiting
Mr. and Mrs. McDowell. .
Mr. and Mrs. Browe i, of South
Trinity, are moving or ej lect to move
soon into the Elias Loh: place near
here.
Mr. Lee Royals was c< ifiend to the
house for a day or so 1st week but
is out again.
and aerial torpedo*
r tifte latter can
NEW IND
Carl Page, for
and treasurer of
Chair company, ai
nell, building conti
lotte, former resid«
are planning the c
new furniture plat
the Asheboro Rolh
Plans are being pe
new organization <
will be given in <
columns next wee!
STRY
«rly secretary
the Piedmont
Arthur Pres
rtor of Char
t of Asheboro,
struction of a
on a lot near
Mill building,
ected for the
which more
ta|l in these
•- C- -Lr. U
CENTRAL FAI
TO INCREAi
Building $50,000
Mill Building a
structed Ne
The Pennsylvania
& MILL
S CAPACITY
Addition To
1 Has Con
Homes.
ixtile Mills, at
New Chambetjof Commerce To Stage A
Building aid Loan Drive Next Saturday
merce'ls beginning to prjve its worth
to the town. Each manjfacturer ip
the county has been as»d to devote
Saturday to a special efflrt to inter
est his employes in takijkout shares
in either of the two HMing and
loan associations in the Bounty with
the purpose in view of ] aking home
owners out of these emj »yes.
Every other business nan and all
who will assist in the v >rk are re
quested by the chamber f commerce
to assist in this buildin and loan
to every
ne money
order to
rwner or
rater him
either as an investm
help some man be a
wants to become, a hi
self.
There are two good
NO MEETING OF
COUNTY BOARD
_ . t -
Only Two Commissioners Show,
Up For Regular Meeting—
Others Fail To Come.
i • ■■ _ I
' No meeting of the board of ceunty
commissioners was held Monday for
reason that not enough members of
the body could be gotten together for
the purpose. Only Elwood Stanton
£nd John Yow showed up. C. M. Lof
lin was sick, so word was sent. Chair
man White was sick too. and had sent
in his resignation from the board. T.
H. Hornaday had sent in his resig
nation and didn’t show up.
Both White and Homaday, however,
for some reason withdrew their res
ignations during the day. Just why
they resigned or what caused them to
change their minds is not known.
However, a condition somewhat like
chaos reigned in Republican circles
Monday. Dozens of people from var
ious parts of the county were in
Asheboro on business with the board,
a body which had ceased to function.
Republican leaders from different
parts of the county were here too.
There were several in town probably
hoping that they would be selected
for the places which were to have
been made vacant by the resignations
of White and Homaday. At any rate,
some of the war-horses seemed to be
hoping that the lightning would strike
them.
A regular meeting of the board, so
the register of deeds states, will be
held next Monday. A lot of people
are wondering if enough of the mem
bers will come out to hold the meet
ing.
MR. AMOS HARVEY MACON
DIES AT AGE OF 46 YEARS
Amos Harvey Macon, aged 45
years, 8 months and 22 days, died at
his home 12 miles south of Ramseur,
in Randolph county, last Thursday,
January 28th, following an illness of
two months. Funeral services were
held at Holly Springs church by D. R.
Moffitt.
Mr. Macon was a son of James
and Eleanor Macon and was bom
May 6, 1880. He was married to
Miss Della Moffitt Dec. 21, 1906, and
to this union were bom three children,
who', with the widow, survive. They
are Mrs. Cleveland Burgess, Miss
Nellie Louise Macon and James Rus
sell Macon. Surviving also are three
brothers, Jeremiah, Foster and Hym
eli\i3- Mapon, .all of Benpett, Route V,
his mother, Mrs. Eleanor Macon; and
four sisters, Mrs. A. R. Fesmire and
Mrs. J. N. Newell, both of Ramseur;
Mrs. J. T. Low.dermilk, of Greensboro;
and Mrs. J. A. Hicks, o'f Bennett,
route 1.
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Death Rides Rough
Shod In Southland
During the past week traffic took
a terrible toll of death in Dixie.
Forty-seven persons were killed dur
ing the week in automobile, train,
trolley and motorcycle accidents
while 240 were injured.
Florida led the list in number of
deaths with 9 and in injured with 59.
Georgia followed as a close second
with 8 deaths and 42 injuries. Mis
sissippi reported no deaths, but 20 in
jured. Alabama had 3 deaths and 2
injuries. . North Carolina had 7
deaths and 35 injuries.
The ideal time for pruning orchard
trees is in early spring, as wounds
made then are not exposed so long
before the healing process begins.
only on first mortgage real estate,
recognized by business men, finan
ciers and people in every walk of
life as the safest investment.
Persons who signify their intention
Saturday of taking shares in a biuld
Jng and loan association have a choice j
of either of the two associations. The ;
Randolph Building and Loan Associa
tion has a new series open this month.
The People’s will open a new series
Mafich 15th. The only difference be
tween the two associations is that the
Randolph loans money on real estate
anywhere in the county, while the
People’s confines its activities to the
town of Asheboro.
The business men of Asheboro and
throughout the county are behind
the movement to increase the assets
of the building and loan associations
in order that more homes may be
built in the town and county. Both
TWO COUNTY SCHOOLS
GET A BUILDING LOAN
Seagrove, Liberty and Gray’s
Chapel Each Get Loan From
The 5 Million State Fund.
During the year 1926 there were
248 applications for loans from the
$6,000,000 State school building fund
set aside by the general assembly.
Of these applications, 197 were ap
proved by the committee having the
appropriation in charge. The appro
priations affect the building of* 1,
627 school rooms in 77 counties, at
an estimated cost per room of $3100.
This loan fund carries the total of
State loans to counties for school
building purposes up to $15,000,000.
Loans were approved and made as
follows to schools in Randolph coun
ty: Liberty, $30,000; Gray’s Chapel,
$16,000.
State Ranks Fifth In
Payment Federal Tax'
North Carolina ranks fifth in the
nation in the amount of taxes paid
into the federal treasury in 1926.
North Carolina paying $180,272,389
led every State in the union save New
York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Il
linois. Tar Heelia was first in theT
South, no other Southern State get
ting in the hundred million dollar
class.
North Carolina and ten other states
showed increases in federal taxes last
year over 1924, but none as large an
increase as this State. Tobacco taxes
form the larger part of the State’s
federal tax.
James D. Patterson Dead.
James Davis Patterson; 75, .prom
inent Chatham county farmer, died
Friday morning from blood poison
ing. He is survived by his widow,
who before her marriage was Mrs.
Emma Hammer, wife of the Jrfte
(Jalvin Hammer; and several children.
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State Collects Big
Sum in Auto. Taxes
Already for the fiscal year which
began July 1st, 1925, and will not
end until June 30th, next, the State
has collected more than nine million
dollars in automobile taxes, including
license plate fees, gasoline tax and
license taxes. Indications are that
total collections will pass 13 million
dollars, or 3 million more than was
collected the preceding year.
The bulk of the collections comes
from the gasoline taxes and goes into
the sinking fund for the retiring of
bonds issued for road building.
DEATH CLAIMS A
WORTHY CITIZEN
Calvin G. Frazier, Sr., Who Died
Last Week, Was For Years
Valued Asheboro Resident.
In the death of Calvin G. Frazier,
Sr., early last Thursday morning,
Asheboro lost one of her most highly
esteemed citizens, one, who, since he
moved to Asheboro from Staley in
1908, had been actively identified with
the civic, business and religious life
of the town until ill health forced him
to retire several months ago. Mr.
Frazier had been in declining health
for several years and for a week
prior to his death his condition had
been critical. The end was not un
expected.
Mr. Frazier was bom in Columbia
township, Randolph county, August
31, 1852, a son of the late Pleasant
and Carolyn Frazier. On October 12,
1876, he was married to Miss Rachel
C. Barker, of the Providence section
of the county, who survives. To this
union were bora ten children, seven
of whom are living. They are: Cal
vin G. Frazier, Jr., June E. Frazier
and Miss Grace Frazier, all of Ashe
boro; Mrs. M. R. Cox, of Staley; Mrs.
F. G. Whitehead and M. E. Frazier,
or Greensboro; and I. P. Frazier, of
Statesville. Another son, James
Clyde Frazier, was killed in France
in September 1918 while serving in
the world war as a member of Com
pany K, 120th infantry. Two other
children died several years ago in
Greensboro and are buried there.
Surviving also are two brothers,
Thomas Frazier, of Burlington, and
Newton Frazier, of Ramseur; and
three sister^, Mrs. Sallie Burgess, of
Ramseur, Mrs. Lucinda Kivett, of
Liberty, and Mrs. Bell Cox, of
Greensboro.
Mr. Frazier resided for many years
at Staley where he was engaged in
farming and operated a general
store. In March 1908 he and his
family moved to Asheboro where Mr.
Frazier engaged in the mercantile
business, conducting his store suc
cessfully until 1916 when he was
forced to cldse out his business on ac
count of ill health. He actively iden
tified himself with the business and
religious life of the town, being a
faithful and active member of the
Baptist church and chairman of its
board of deacons. He was until the
past summer a member of the town
WOODROW WILSON
NOW VINDICATED
America’s Entrance Into World
Court Is Evidence of Triumph
of Wilson’s Ideals.
(By David P. St. Clair)
Washington, February 2.—The pub
lication of the personal letters of
Woodrow Wilson to Col. Edward ML
House during the years embracing
the world war period reveals the
I war President in a morefintensely in
timate spot light than anything else
'that has been written by him or
about him. Col. House is said to
have hastened the publication of Wil
son’s letters to him because of the
impression produced by the recent
publication of Ambassador Page’s let
ters written to the President during
the war. Page wrote many letters
but Wilson answered very few of
them for he is said to have regarded
the U. S. ambassador as too modi
under the spell of his British envir
onent. Mr. Page chaffed In his ef
fort to persuade the President to trfke
America ftto the war before he de
cided to do so, and he hints that the
delay was due to the influence of CoL
House on the President.
Col. House was Woodrow Wilson’s
ambassador at large to Europe before
America entered the war. He incar
nated the President’s ideal of “peace
without victory*’ and was sent to Eu
rope to inculcate all the governments
engaged in the war with that ideal.
But Germany so long as she held the
sword over the heads of the allies was
never disposed to entertain the idea
of a settlement without victory and
the allies feared such a peace, and
Great Britain rather than accept it,
determined to bring America into the
war if possible. She succeeded and
one of her agents was Ambassador
rage.
After the first few letters from
Page, Wilson ceased to read them and
turned them over unopened to House
who wrote to Page and also con
ferred with him but House in his
prefatory note to the Wilson letters
reveals the fact that the United
States without a great army and
navy was not in a position at that
moment to ask Europe to cease fight
ing without victory. Wilson was not
convinced that he could persuade the
American people to submit themselves
to the training of a great army with
out an actual declaration of war in
advance. But House believes that if
this country had been prepared for
war, it could have been the arbiter
oT a single man.
House was sent to Edrope to per
form a most difficult task as the Wil
son letters reveal, an undertaking,
had it succeeded, would have made
the President the arbiter of the world,
a role he sought to play at Versailles.
It would have made America the
very heart of the league of nations.
House was selected for this mission
because Wilson trusted him more
than any other man he had* ever
known. The two men met for the
first time in 1911 at a New York
hotel. Col. House writes:
“From that first meeting and up t»
today (1916) I have been in as close
touch with Woodrow Wilson as with
any man I have ever known. The
first hour we spent together proved to
each of us that there was a. sound
basis for a fast friendship. We found
ourselves in such complete sympathy
in so many ways that we soon learned
to know what each was thinking
without either having expressed him
self.
«:#1S
“A few weeks after we met and af
ter we had exchanged confidences
which men do not usually exchange
except after years of friendship I
asked him if he realized that we had
known one another for so short a
time. He replied: ‘My dear friend, we
have known one another always’.
And I think that is true."
As Colonel House sees it, it was
the action of Wilson’s bitterest ene
mies that has done more than his
best friends to assure his undying
fame! Had the Versailles Treaty
been ratified by the senate, Col. House
thinks Wilson would have been only
one of a number to share in the glory
of that event, But w'hen Wilson was
compelled to make the fight for the
treaty and it was defeated, he at
once became the central figure in
the battle for the league of nations.
The world has now come to know the
league of nations as the creation of
WoodroV Wilson. The adherence of
the United States to the world court
so «Anr Vioila/] Ivtr tt/ilonn'o onomioD on
is now hailed by Wilson’s enemies as
his vindication.