North Carolina Newspapers

THE COURIER ; Leads in Roth News and Circulation * * THE COURIEB Advertising Columns Bring Results I —. I ISSUED WEES}# $2.0(1 YEAR IN ADVANCE I 1 VOLUME LI 18, 1926 ht*n NUMBER f Work T»B* Worth In the Year Its That sand day highway No. <2 from the King Tut filling station, two miles north of Aaheboro, to Liberty wfll be treated with oil tins year is the statement made by John D. Wal drop. fifth district highway engineer. This road will be a part of the 600 miw of highways to be oH ..HHI dressed this year, according to Mr. Waldrop. Sand day highways can be treated with oil top dressing at a cost of about $2500 per mile, according to Waldrop, and to this amount must be added a thousand dollars every two or three years for ten years for ad ditional dressings. This type, of Mad' has been tried out successfully in the State and is considered almost as good as concrete. ■ , ■ OQ treatment has been given Route 70 south of Seagrove for quite a dis tance down in the Sandhills section. People in that section of. the State and travelers who use the road are very well pleased with the wearing qualities of this type of road. The news of the proposed oiling of 62 together with the letting of con tract for paving Route 70 from the county home to Seagrove and the as surance that 76 will be built from Aaheboro to the Davidson county line during the year is all pleasing to Randolph county people, especially to those who have worked so diligent ly to get something done in the coun ty in the matter of State highways. • __ Pneumonia Claimed little Jemima May Hughes Friday Jemima. May, the seven-day-old daughter of John Harrison and Julia May Hughes, of Randleman, route 3, died Friday following an illness of on ly three days with pneumonia. Funer al service was conducted at Plainfield church Saturday by Rev. Allred and interment made ip the church ceme tery. Little Randolph Parka Died of Pneumonia Attack n«wA>lpti, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hurley C. Parks, of Coleridge, died at 10:30 o’clock Sun following an illness of brothers, Hayworth and H. C., Jr., and one sister, Henrietta. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock at the Parks Cross Roads church by Rev. H. F. Starr and interment was made in the church cemetery. CONTRACT LET FOR THE STOKES FERRY BRIDGE Contract has been Tet fbr a bridge over the Yadkin at Stokes Ferry. The bridge will be 58 feet long and 12 feet wide. It will be lo cated at a point where Stanly, Rowan, Davidson and Montgomery counties It will connect through highways f ninn Albemarle to Lmdngton and fson Albemarle to Ashcfeoro. It will also connect a through road from Ti«y to Salisbury. When it is com pleted the nearest road from ' Ra leigh to Charlotte will he through Ptttaboro, Asheboro and Albemarle. The bridge will furnish a connection between Asheboro and Albemarle whkh will shorten the distance about 20 miles. The distance from Albe marle to Greensboro will be shorten ed about 12 mOes. Average Price of Weed Staring January $18-57 Officii* figures of the sales of to bacco in warehouses in North Carolina for the month of January show an average price of $18457 per SCO -pounds. This is less Shan the average tor January, 1925, which was $21.18. Sales for the month totaled 2&87MD1 pounds, as ogoto* ltm,102 feKjfcwy. ia& y Mortal sides for the season so far aw 829,7*2,til pounds, while for the last season through January the sales ed^from* Fuquay6 ^Springs, $29.67. Others high in the list wore Wilson, $27.21; Robersonville. 125.96; Rocky RAMSEUR MINSTREL PLEASES AUDIENCE Played In Asheboro Before Big Crowd Thursday Afternoon of Last Week. The “Hotiy Totsy” Minstrel of the Ramseur high school came over to Asheboro Thursday night of, last week and gave in the local school au ditorium one of the most entertaining performances that has been seen or heard in Asheboro hi a long time. Asheboro people had heard much of the minstrel, its splendid program and the excellence of its rendition and were not disappointed. It would be difficult to decide which was the bast part of the program or the best individual actor or number. All of it was good, growing better as the performance shifted from one part of the program to another. Music throughout was furnished by the Ramseur orchestra. The bevy of chorus girls furnished color to the program and if any part of the per* formance was better than the other it was the part played by the chorus girls, thirteen in number. The entire cast of characters show ed evidence of having been highly and efficiently trained: v Zeb Rush Accepts Position With Homey Realty firm Mr. Zeb Rush, for the past two years city tax collector for Asheboro, has resigned and left Monday through the country to accept a posi tion with the Homey Brothers, real estate developers, in Florida. Mr; Rush was an efficient member of the city office force and conducted the business in a most satisfactory man ner. His many friends n Asheboro and the county will regret that he has accepted work elsewhere. Thank Offering Service Held The Annual Think Offering Ser vice held by the Women’s Foreign Missionary society at the M. P. church was held Sunday. This event was in celebration of the forty-second anniversary of the organization. At this time the ladies of the society had charge of the morning service which was largely attended. Mrs. Wm. C. Hammer, who is president ftf the State Missionary Society, made mis sionary address on this occasion. This address featured the mission work which has been carried on in the for eign fields, and stressing the great . ___was sponsored by Miss Esther Ross, and was most appropriate for the occasion. Special music was also an attractive feature of the program. Brace Russell, Injured in Auto Wreck, Is Improving Brace Russell, son of L M. Russell, if Sophia, Who was seriously injured when the ear. in which he was riding collided with a fiord coupe several days age, is xestiag more comfortable to-day ia the High Point Hospital, and hope for Ms recovery is entertain ed. Young Russell who was one of a large number of school cMbtorn joy riding in a Ford touring ear was thrown fnem the oar, fracturing his skull, knocking out most of Ms teeth, ind receiving other painful injuries, rhe young people in the Feud were attempting to go around a truck and soHBded srith the coupe. Several lathers in the car were injured rather painfully, but none so seriously as young More Money In North Canttfeft Banks Than Ever Before In Their History. I North Carolina's 501 tasks, mend ing their <7 branches, shattered all former records *f State tanks in the matter of total resource* during 13®, according to Chief Bank $Bnamlpar Clarence Latham. The total resourc es «T*n the State basks at the dose of the last calendar year were $307, 169.781.36. With the $199406/000.00 in the na tional banks, the total smotmt of money in the banks of the State at the end of the past year was $506, 246.781.36. This amount xepmsenta the largest sum that has war been in the State banks. The surplus fund at the dose of the year Showed an increase of $1, 214,767.01 over the compilation for 1924. The surplus fund December 81, was $12*09,789.88, - The notes and bills rediscounted at the end of the year were $2*75, Wm Active in Church Werk r unerai services were item Satnrrlav at- Randleman. C. A. Hughes, aged 58 yean, died from heart dropsy at his home in Randleman Thursday afternoon of last week. He is survived by his wife and four children, Grady, Cyrus and Lacy Hughes, of Randleman; and Mn. James Arnold, of near Farmer. He will be > missed greatly in the Sun day school and church and by the Deep River Mills., Inc., of which he was an employe in the shipping de partment. ' Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:80 o’clock at St. Paul’s M. E. church, of which the deceased had been long a member, by Rev. L. T. Barbour, pastor, assist ed by Rev. W. H. Neese, of the Mt Lebanon M. P. church. Interment was made in the local cemetery.. The pallbearers were S. E. Kirk man, W. M. Kirkman, C. C. Miller, J. R. Brown, J. A. Lamb and J. H. Hinshaw; all members of the Bible class of which Mi*. Hughes was a member. Flower girls were Valley Hunt, Mary L. Pugh, Mabel Varner, Maude Richardson, Edith Underwood, Mary Lassiter, Bessie Cooper, Myrtle Hughes, Hazel Hughes and Sallie Kearns. i i TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OF THE WEEK IN SOUTH Traffic accidents in 11 southern States last week took a toil of 35 lives and 272 injured, according to the Associated Press survey. Louis iana, with six deaths, took a short lead over Georgia and North Caro lina, her nearest competitors, which had five persons each to be killed. Mississippi had no deaths from traf fic accidents during the week. Florida, which has been leading for the past few weeks in the num ber of deaths, had only three last; week and 30 injured. North Carolina had 35 injured. Georgia, however, led in this respect, with 47 injured. M. P. CHURCH 9:45 A. M. Sunday school, Mr. W. L. Ward, Superintendent. 11:00 A M. and 7:30 P. M. preach ing by the paltor. [ 6:45 P. M. Christian Endeavor, k 7:30 P. M. every Wednesday even-. MyfTItjiin' maiilllif -rz*"*.?** Notice has already been given that our revival will begin April 4, this being Easter Sunday. Rev. R. A. Hunter, of Henderson, N. C., Will be present to do the preaching and to assiatin the meeting. At the conclusion of the service last Sunday morning the congregation voted to carpet the church and put in the permanent pews as quickly as possible. A strong committee was appointed to have the oversight of the work. A very fine missionary service -was held by the women td the church last Sunday morning. The hymns were missionary in spirit and -were inspiring. Mrs. W. C. Hammer made a splendid address on the missionary work in the Methodist Protestant <Church. A splendid missionary pag eant under the direction of Miss Es ther Ross was,given sad a liberal of fering was taken. TO PRESENT TRAVEL STORY AT AUDITORIUM S E. “Fic Wonder wiil be made a a “house On March 2nd at 7:45 o’clock in the evening at the Asheburo graded school auditorium, the Charles E. Buck tourist party will tare Stories of American lands.” The admission fee 25 cents and 50 cents. Mr. and Mrs. Back have journey of -80,000 miles in on ’wheels” throughout Western won derlands. Xhey will exhibit all of the tourist and camp equipment used dar ing their journeys and will- display unique trophies from rod and gw. They have taken thousands of or iginal photographs from which they have oriented picture stories. About these pictures Mr. Back has woven “tales of the read,” stories of adven ture that thrill, of campfires built on ice-dad mountain peaks or burning sands. There will be picture stories of the “house on wheels” as it travel ed from the cactus-covered desert of the Mexican border northward to thb glacier-strewn peaks of the Canadian line. Then, eastward rolled the house through the laurel-dad mountains of vv © ‘mMM J. S. Reddick, who died at his home in High Point Wednesday afternoon of last week following several weeks illness from*. heart disease, was born in Trinity township, Randolph county, June 24, 1847. He spent practically his entire life.in this county until in 1922 when he moved to High Point and engaged n carpentry work until he was compelled to retire on account of ill health. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Nettie Tomlinson, who died in 1900. la 1904 he married Miss Mary Reaves. Mr. Reddick was a member of the Springfield Friends Church. In addition to the widow, he is survived by four sons, Ernest, R. T., Chas. and Clarence Reddick, of Trinity. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Springfield church by Miss Clara I. Cox, assisted by Rev. E. J. Harbison. Has Accepted Invitation Ho Ad dress Members of Chamber of Commerce at Banquet. Angus Wilton McLean, 'Governor of North Carolina, has accepted invita tion to speak at the chamber of com merce banquet to be given the mem bers by C. C. Crarford March 12th. The banquet which Mr. Cranford is to give has been postponed from time to time. The first pesfeonement was far the reason that .Mr. Cranford was in Florida. Since ibis return the date has been held up waiting for i advice item the Governor as to what date it would he convenient for him to be here. At the banquet, Mir. Cranford wfil entertain the 100 o» wiore members of the chamber wf commerce and also officers of various Uther chambers of commene in nearby ttowns. 1 Martin V- Robin*, aged 83 years, died at Ms famine fear Glenola last Saturday from heart <£ropsy. He is survived by his widow, one son, F. G. Robbins, and one daughter, Mrs. D. S. Ingrain, all of this county. He was a prominent farmer md a leading mem ber of Springfield Fridhds church. The funeral serrice was conducted at Ebenner M. E. church Sunday af ternoon by the palter, Rev. W. R. Harris, pastor, assisted by Miss Clara I. Cox, of High Pont, and interment was unde fli the c|urch cemetery. native of rIndolph DIES IN HIGH POINT Mrs, W. C. Dai, Who Died Sunday, Had Malty Relatives 1 68, who Point Sim an illness ndleman, and of Asheboro, COUNTY HAS LOW TENANCY RATE Only 18.9 Farmers Out of Every tOO Id County Are Tenants —State Average Higher. ■ Randolph county stands‘14th among the 100 counties of the State with reference to the per cent of tenants operating the farms in the county. In other words, only thirteen other counties have a smaller percentage of farm tenants among its farm popu lation than Randolph county. Figures given out by the University News Bureau show that 18.9 per cent of the farmers in Randolph county are tenants, an increase of 2.8 per cent since 1020. Dare county has the lowest farm tenant farm population of any county in the State, with 7.6 per emit, altho tenants have increased 4 per cent dur ing the past five years. Edgecombe county has the highest percentage of farm tenancy, with 88.3, and a 30 per cent increase during the past five years. The rate in Davidson is 20.4; Montgomery, 36.6; Chatham, 330; and Guilford, 23.6. In the State as a whole, farms op erated by tenants represent 46.6 per cent of all farms. The rate in 1920 was 43.6 per cent. In 44 counties the tenant rate decreased, while it increased in 65 counties, mainly cot ton and tobacco counties. One coun ty showed no change in 1925 from 1920. LITTLE RALPH PUGH BURIED MONDAY P. M, Funeral services for little Ralph Pugh, 13-month-old and only child of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pugh, of Julian, were conducted Monday afternoon from Gray’s Chapel Church by Rev. A. O. Lindley and W. F. Ashbum. The little fellow had not been well for a couple of days but his condition was not considered serious until Sat urday afternoon at which time he was removed from the home of his par ents to a hospital in Greensboro, where he died a short time after reaching the hospital, pneumonia be ing the cause of death. The services were largely attended by friends and relatives from both Julian and Greensboro. There were many beautiful floral designs which were carried by Mesdames Arthur Staley, Toni Coble, Mozelle Coble, and Marvin York. «re: John Devin T. Manner, and The pallbearers \ % Tom W. Luther Whitaker. Card of Thanks Wa wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to our friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and death of our little boy. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Parks Mews in brief Violet Smith, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Smith, of Denton, is in the hospital at Thomasville suf fering from a broken leg. The Thomas ville Bottling Works, at ThomasriQe, has been sued by D. J. Lamb, who contends that a bottle of drink which he drank made at the plant contained poison. Will Foust is suing the same company alleging that n bottle of dope which he drank contained impurities. Hie Watson dormitory of the Bap tist Orphanage, Thomasville, burned two weeks ago, is being rebuilt Shock occasioned by news of the marriage of her 72-year-old daughter is said to have been the cause of the death the first of the week of Mrs. White, aged 102 years, in McDowell county. Reduction in salary of State em ployes by the salary and wake com mission created by the last general assembly has affedted a saving of $15,000 a month to the State in re duced salaries, or $180,000 a year. Dr. William A. Lambeth, of Wash ington, D. C., son of Col. and Mrs. F. S Lambeth, of Thomasville, has accepted invitation to deliver the commencement sermon at the closing exercises of the Reidsville high school on May 30th Such is the demand for soybeans by Davidson county fanners that county agent Sheffield has had to order the third carload for them. This e will make 2600 bushels placed with Davidson farmers this season. Wilson and John Quinn, Lex , men, have bee 14 arrested charg with assault on Frank Tysinger ay afternoon on a highway In Hill township, Davidson tarn men are said to have in their attack. Mss: Ask 48 years AUTHORIZES A SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX ELECTION To Be Held March 23rd In Dis tricts in Back Creek Town Ship—For 50c on $100. A special school tax election for certain districts in Back Creek town ship has been called by the board of county commissioners upon recom mendation of the county board of education by petition of a number of citizens living in the territory affect ed. This election will be held on Match 23rd, next. On another page of this issue will be found an adver tisement of the election giving the boundaries of the district. The election will be to decide on the levy of a special school tax of fifty cents on the $100 valuation for the support of a consolidated school in the district. Registration books will be open from February 20th until March 13th, inclusive, Sundays ex cepted. The old county home has been fixed as the polling place. Wins low S. Walker is thb registrar and Sam Lowe and Jesse Robbins are judges of election. MRS. MARY ANN HILL DIES AT AGE OF 70 YRS. Mrs. Mary .Ann Hill, wife of Sid ney T. Hill, of Trinity township, Ran dolph county, died Monday morning following an illness from pneumonia. She was bom in this county May 6, 1856, and was the daughter of Elisha and Rebecca Osborne Davis. She was a member of Springfield Friends church from which the funeral ser vice was held Tuesday afternoon by Miss Clara I. Cox, of High Point, the pastor. Surviving are the husband, four sons, Addison, Frank, Ben and Thom as Hill, all of Randolph county; two daughters, Mrs. Annie Gray and Mrs. Ruth Tuttle; and two brothers, Addi son and Sidney Davis, all of Ran dolph. Series of Meetings At The Local Presbyterian Church Dr. Charles F. Myers, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Greens boro, will conduct a series of meetings at the Asheboro Presbyterian Church, beginning next Monday night, Feb 22nd., at eight o’clock. Dr. Myers will bring musicians from his own choir to lead the singing. The Pres byterian will hardly be large enough to accommodate the crowd so it is likely that we will have to move to larger quarters after the first night H. E. MATTERS V * <W. H. Willis) Rev. L. T. Edens, Rev. G. W. Clay and the writer attended the district laymen and pastors meeting at Greensboro Tuesday. Mrs. J. P. Meador, of Fayetteville, sang for us at both services Sunday to the delight of her many friends. In the Nashville Advocate of last week was a, reference that will be of interest to many Randolph people: A pair of saddle bags belonging to the late Rev. Chas. Phillips were used in which to take an offering for the superannuate fund at one of our churches. When the saddle bags came back, they contained cash, checks, and subscriptions amounting to $4,000. The pastor preaches at both hours Sunday. Trinity Defeats Thomasville Trinity high school basketball team last Monday defeated the Thomasville high team by a score of 17 to 13. The game was featured by the excel lent pass work of the Trinity team. Lot of Speculation as to Which Faction the 10-County Club Belongs—Suspicious of it. There is much speculation in Re publican ranks just as to the status of the 10-county Republican chib which met in Asheboro February 3rd. The opinion in many high places in the Republican organization is that the club is behind J. J. Jenkins, Siler City banker, for State chairman to succeed Bramham. But Jenkins is referred to as the “Butler candidate” and that “cooks his goose” among many of the higher-ups. That the State Republican leaders are looking with suspicion on the doings of this 10-county club is evi dent. Some months age Butler was accused of being “daddy' to the or ganisation of Republican dubs in North Carolina. He denied it, but at the same time he took occasion to make a few sharp remarks about the msuagemsnt of the party in the State. This 10-county club is said to be composed of Randolph, Guilford, Ala 5 BBE EFFECTS OF 'iffi HKH lAHff Dollar Worth Only 61 Cento Due to Evil Effects of the Republican High Tariff. (G. Hunter Osborne, Washington Correspondent of The Courier) Washington, Feb. 15.—The purchas ing power of the farmer’s dollar foe the past three years has averaged approximately sixty-one cents. This is twenty cents less than the lowest value of his dollar since 1890. This startling information was giv en to the House last week by Repre sentative David H. Kincheloe, Ken tucky, Democratic member of the ag riculture committee. Mr. Kincheloe backed up his figures with official da ta furnished by the Department of Agriculture. Tlie Kentucky Congressman point ed out that while the Underwood tar iff act was in effect, the value of the fat mere’ dollar rveraged "more than a hundred cents” and that there was a sudden drop following its repeal. This situation, he contended, was the direct result of the Fordney-Me Cumber tariff which forces the American farmer to buy his goods in a protected market and sell his pro ducts in a world market. * Contrasting the burdens and bene fits of the existing tariff laws, Mr. Kincheloe pointed out:— On every plow, binder, hoe, rake, wagon, truck, bridle bit, harness buckle that the fanner buys he has to pay either a direct or an indirect tar iff. He pays a tariff on the knives, forks, spoons, dishes for his table. A tariff on his tablecloth and on the crockery for his kitchen. If he wants to build a home, he pays a tariff on all the brick, slate, glass, and nails that go into „ same. If he decides that he wants some mu sical instrument for himself and fam ily, he pays a tariff on that. If he has his horses and mules shod, he pays a tariff on the horse shoes and nails. When he buys a pocketknife, a shotgun, an automobikv he pays a tariff on that. If he writes a letter, he has to pay a tariff on his pen and penholder. If he wants to go fishing, he pays a tar iff on his fishhooks and line. And if after a meal, he wants a toothpick, he pays a tariff on that. When his wife does a washing,' she has to pay a tariff on her galvanised washtub, washboard, and soap. She pays a tariff on clothesline, as well as the clothespins. If his wife and girls —~ brella or paresol, they pay a tariff oa it. If they need some books and eyes for their dresses, they pay a tariff os them. If they need pins, even safety pins, they pay a tariff on them. If his wife needs some wi shades or curtains for the home, pays a tariff on them. If the farmer or laborer has __ children and wants them to enjoy the Christmas toys of the mysterious Santa Claus, he has to pay a tariff on them. If the fanner or laborer has to he operated on, the instruments foot surgeon uses have a tariff on them, and even the anaesthetic used to pet him to sleep has a tariff on it. When he dies, the shroud and cas ket that inclose his lifeless form have a tariff on them; the material ""H1 to make the hearse which carries his remains to the grave has a tariff on it; the wooden box which incloses his casket has a tariff on it; the screws which go into the box have a tariff on them; and the spade which digs his grave has a tariff on it “What a sweet- consolation,” Mr. Kincheloe exclaimed, “it is for a men to go from this world into another conscious of these facts.” He added: The farmer and consumer can get some consolation out of paying tariff, though, by reason of the fact that some articles are on the free list under the Fordney-McCumber tariff law. Agnates, unmanufactured, anti mony ore, and arrowroot in its nat ural state are on the free list; blood (dried), bones, bristles, burgundy pitch, cryolite, and cuttlefish bone are on the free list, bird, fish, and insect eggs are on the free list; joss sticks, old junk, oakum, asafoetida, cudbear, indicus, osmium, kieserite pulu, tur tles, whalebone, witherite, and last, but not least, spunk are on the free list under the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act. ' lP® ‘“Bunk to the farmer* is not on free list under this tariff law, it is on the free list under this publican administration”, he ed.