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VOLUME LI
18, 1926
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NUMBER f
Work T»B*
Worth In the
Year
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.