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PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN frJt'limilimillimillfMllltllHIHIMMHIttlllMIMUMIIIIHHtI: THE COURIER z -V. .. Advertising Columns 2 .,„Vf ^ring Results »IN ADVANCE NUMBER It county wm do oi v»w» tion. The Catehinite rood, t by engineers to be the moot twuuuu cal hard surface in the> highway field, [ consists of a sand and tar condition process, with subsequent applica tions of specially prepared asphalt nd sand. The total cost to the State (for this type of road has been less (than $2,500 per mile for the actual } construction, and a total annual cost [ of $650 per mile for maintenance over (a period of ten years. This compares [favorably with an annual upkeep cost ’ $1,000 per mile for sand day high ay. Approximately four hundred miles _f Catehinite road has beep built in ■die state and with few exceptions has through the testing stage in fa most satisfactory manner. High [ way engineers are enthusiastic over i this kind of construction and it is ex i pected that it will be used largely 4n the state in the future. I This news that the> DaviHson end of 75 will be built of Catehinite con struction and that the Randolph end | of 75 from Asheboro to the Chatham j county line will be treated with an oil : top dressing, coupled with the an nouncement that 62 will be oiled al ii so, all makes good news for Randolph 1 county people. Road enthusiasts are I hopeful that when Route 75 is let [ from Asheboro to the Davidson eoun [ty line it will be hard surfaced in ome manner or at least treated with i oil top dressing. [LITTLE FOLKS WILL GIVE ENTERTAINMENT What promises to be an entertain jment of unusual interest is the Muff Fett wedding which wiU be given by members of the primary and elemen [ tary grades of the Asheboro school on the evening of March 18th. The f following are the invitations: “Mr. and Mrs. Fuffett invite you to be present at the marriage of their daughter, Little Miss Muffett, to Lit tle Jack Homer, at the .Asheboro school auditorium Tuesday evening, March 18th,' 1926, 8:00 o’clock. Cards for admission 10 and 20 cents. Bride, Blandie Clayton Allred. ' ., Bulla. Groom, Preacher, _r, Samuel Walker. Violinist, Hal Hammer Walker. Pianist, Betsy Bulla. Soloist, Annie Gilbert Ross. Chorjis, Hilda Cranford, Frances Griffin, Frances Foust, Hazel McMa han, Margaret Wood, Martha Kearns, Margaret Wilson, Frances Robbins, Nellie Allred, Betsy Dickens. Bride’s maids, Mary Rollins, Kath ryn Cranford, Cornelia Hedrick, Re becca Hedrick, Virginia Morris, Elaine Pritchard. Groomsmen, Jack Hayworth, Har old Lambert, Edward Steere, John W. Ridge, James Lowdermilk, James Cox. Ushers, Frank Burkhead, Frank Swaim, Hoyle Lowdermilk, Tom Wood. . Guests, Wiley Whitaker, Elizabeth Phillips, James Fox, Thomas Bulla Marianna Redding, Maxine Gamer, Jack Dickens. Proceeds for the entertainment will go toward purchasing song books for the schools. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hamlin Gave Enjoyable Dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hamlin gave l very enjoyable dinner last Sunday Kfheir children and a few invited Kids. The occasion was in honor Ke homecoining of Mr. and Mrs. R. Bamlin, of Greensboro, who were ■fed recently, and the birthday of Hr son, C. W. Hamlin, of Winston Km. The children and friends ■Stored at the Hamlin home and at he noon hour sat down to a well pre tared and appetising dinner, a short irayer having been offered by Rev. f. E. Pritchard, pastor of toe family. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Hamlin, Mrs. Maude England tnd son, Edward, of Asheboro, Dr. roe Hamlin and two «ms, of High »oint, Mr. and Mrs. John Brown and ’mit children of Asheboro, Mm. J. E. Vebb and four children, of Green s toro, C. C. Underwood and son, of Ireensboro, Mr. and Mm. R. C. Ham In, of Greensboro, Mr. and Mrs. C. N, Hamlin and Miss Lucy Hamlin, if Winston-Salem, Mm. E. L. Hay rorth, of Asheboro, aid Rev. and Mrs. of Asheboro. O.Y«k ANOTHER CAR OF POULTRY SHIPPED Fifth Car Shipped From County Loaded In Asheboro Tues day and Wednesday. Twenty thousand pounds of poultry were loaded into the cooperative ear in Asheboro Tuesday and Wednesday for which the farmers of the county received a good price. This makes the fifth carload of poultry that has been loaded in Asheboro in the past twelve months under the supervision of the county farm demonstrator, E. S. Mill saps, Jr. Another car will not likely be loaded until broilers are ready for market. The Southern Produce and Commis sion Company, of Greensboro, loaded several thousands of pounds of poul try in a car in Asheboro last week. The fact that the farmers of the coun ty have had these two opportunities to dispose of their surplus chickens leaves their flocks well culled out for the hatching season. There is an increased interest in the poultry industry in the county, due, no noubt, to the fact that mar keting of chicken by the carload under supervision of the farm demonstrator, and the Division or Markets has en abled the farmers of the county to make out of poultry raising a paying business. TWO IMPORTANT EVENTS AT LOCAL M. P. CHURCH Two events which will occur in the Methodist Protestant church will be of interest- to many of our readers. On Sunday everting a musical pro gram consisting of the^ singing of favorite hymns, will be rendered. Re quests have been made for many old songs. The public is invited to at tend and take part. On Tuesday evening at seven o’clock, a Father and Son Banquet will be given in the basement of the church. Rev. Lawrence Little, as sistant pastor of Grace Methodist Protestant church, Greensboro, will be present and address the gathering. The- ladies of the church will serve the banquet. Guilford College Glee Chib At Randleman Tonight . The Guilford College Glee Gub will be in Randleman at the school audi torium this evening at 8 o’clock. Mr. JJ. Grady; Millet wiUrd» present and will sing. He has instructed the Glee Gub during the winter. Mr. Miller has done this work in addition to his work in the public schools and choir directorship in Greensboro. M. P. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS 9:45 A. M. Sunday school, W. L. Ward, Supt. Primary, Junior and Senior Departments meeting sepa rately. 11:00 A. M. Preaching by the pas tor, Rev. J. E. Pritchard. 6:45 P. M. Christian Endeavor, both Senior and Intermediate. 7:30 P. M. A musical program un der the direction of the senior choir. There will be some old hymns that you have not' heard in years. The best musical talent of the church will be used and the public is cordially invit ed to come out and enjoy the evening. Tuesday evening, March 16, there will be given at 7:00 o’clock in the basement of the church, a banquet for men and boys. The women of the church will serve this banquet. Rev. Lawrence Little and Rev, L. W. Ger ringer, of’Greensboro, will make short addressee. _ The second quarterly conference will be held in the church on Thurs day evening of this week at 7:80. LEGION HELD MEETING , LAST SATURDAY NIGHT Discussed War Risk Insurance Will Have Another Meeting Next Sat Night At a meeting of the American Le gion in the old F. E. Byrd stand on Depot Street,' west of the railroad, in Asheboro, Saturday night the matter of converting' War Risk term insur ance into one of the forma of policies provided for by the government was discussed at length. As the War Risk insurance acts stands unless this term insurance is converted by July 2nd the .insurance lapes and cant be re instated on any terms. Quite a num ber of those present signified their intention of converting some of this term insurance carried or dropped by them before the expiration of the time. Should there be others interested who were not present at the .meeting they would do .well to get in touch with the local legion post so that they may receive assistance in this important matter befofe the time of securing a perma place for-the legion and ■emr°i<rn were diseuss ind a committee' ap ate a satisfactory club immittee is to report at ing of the legion to be irday night hi the Byrd Will Speak At Chamber of Commerce Banquet HON. ANGUS WILTON McLEAN, GOVERNOR |)F N. C. FIRE BURNS COMER’S STORE AT SEAGROVE Building and Stock of Goods Are Total Loss, Estimated At $10,000. Fire thought to have been of incen diary origin beginning at about 3 'o’clock last Monday morning eom ; pletely destroyed the store building > and stock of goods belonging to J. R. ! Comer, at Seagrove. The loss is es timated at $10,000, with only $5,000 insurance. The fire was first discovered burn ing on the outside. The flames quick ly spread up the frame struc ture and had gotten such a headway when discovered that it was impos sible to extinguish the fire or to save any of the merchandise in the build j %ie Comer^store was the Irst store 1 on the left-hand side of Route 70 go ing south from Asheboro. The build ing had been built several years, but was in good state of repair. FUNERAL IS HELD FOR MRS. CAROLINE HARPER Widow of J. E. Harper—J. R. Comer’s Store Is Burned To Ground—Personals. Seagrove, March 8.—Mrs. Caroline Harper, widow of James Harper died at her home near Seagrove Saturday from the infirmaties of old age, being eighty-four years. Mrs. Harper had been an unusually strong woman in her early life and was always ener getic and industrious. Her husband died about twelve years ago and since that time Mrs. Harper and i daughter, Miss Wincy, had lived at the old home, a grandson living with them. The deceased is survived by three daughters and two sons, viz: Miss Wincy Harper, Mrs. M. E. Farlowe, Seagrove, Mrs. C. M. Spencer, JBea grove, Route 2, Messrs. Jimarian Harper, Asheboro, and Jethro Harper, Bennett. Miss Lucile Graves, of High Point, was the guest of Miss Vada Graves Saturday and Sunday. . Mesdames C. M. TVsor, A. B. Cox, Mr. Joe Tysor, Misses Avis McLeod, Mary, Maude Lee, and Ruby Tysor were the guests of Mrs. C. B. Hill Saturday evening. The Parent-Teacher Association will hold its regular meeting next Wednesday night, March 17. All pa trons of the school are urged to at tend. The concert to be given at the school house next Saturday night promises to be very entertaining. Ad mission fee will be reasonable and we are sure every one will get the fill his regular appointments at/ the Mrs. Jnarper was a ianmui ana conscientious member of the Baptist church at Maple Springs, from which the funeral and burial service took place Monday morning at eleven o’clock, Rev. Will Garner officiating. The Christian Endeavor Society will present "Tableau of the Virgins” next Sunday evening at 7 o’clock, af ter which there will be preaching. RAND0LP1 NEW COUNTY IN 2DERAL DISTRCT Bill Passed ih Senate Places This County In Middle District— Thrse Districts. Randolph ties comprising Carolina fedei cording to a bi United States' viding for the make a total ot| in the State, over by Judge lican, and the II be one of the coun the new middle North judicial district, ac which passed in the te last week pro ew district. This will three federal districts Eastern, presided M. Meekins, Repub presided aver by Judge E. Yatts Webb, Democrat. Should the bill,Which was introduc ed by Senator Overman, pass both houses and become a law, there will be a big scramble a<wng North Caro lina Republicans foiripr position of Judge. In anticipation of the passage of the bill, many names\ have been mentioned for the place.' The middle district would include the counties of Alamance, Alleghany, Ashe, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Granville, Guilford, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stan ly, Stokes, Surry, Vance, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin. THREE WEEKS TERM OF COURT BEGINS 15TH Randolph county Superior court convenes in the court house in Ashe boro next Monday morning. The first two weeks of court will be for the trial of civil cases, of which there are many on the docket. The third, or last week, beginning March 29th, will be for the trial of criminal cases. While there are several cases on this docket, the special term held last fall made a great headway in clear ing it up. Judge T. D. Bryson is scheduled to hold this term of court. However, best information is that he may exchange with Judge Shaw perhaps for the first week anyway. Asheboro Party Returned Yesterday From Bermuda Misses Adelaide Armfield, Messrs. Charles McCrary and John Hunter, of Asheboro, Mr. and Mrs. Albion Mfl lis and son, of High Point, and Miss Sarah Carson, of Charlotte, returned yesterday from Bermuda where they have had a most delightful visit. They landed in New York Monday, noon, after a pleasant voyage. The party was impressed with the quaint ness and primitiveness of Bermuda, as well as with the beauty of the country. Bicycles and carriages with horses are used instead of automobiles. Flowers are blooming everywhere and easter lillies in profusion. Sea sick ness is the only thing hat keeps the trip from scoring number one, and upon reaching Now York, the-tourists FOR RANDO FAIR t (Us bo lll| Pilf Associa afternoon for t a president McLEAN WILL BE C. OF C. SPEAKER C. C. Cranford Host To Chamber of Commerce Members To morrow Night. Tomorrow evening at eight o’clock in the Ashlyn hotel, Asheboro, Mr. C. C. Cranford will be host . to the, members of the Asheboro Chamber of Commerce and a few invited guests. This will be the banquet which Mr.; Cranford at the organization meeting! of the Chamber of Commerce prom-; ised to give should the membership | of the body reach seventy-five. It passed this number quickly and is now about one hundred and twenty-five. Hon. Angus Wilton McLean, Gov ernor of North Carolina, will be the chief speaker at the banquet. Govern or McLean will come to Asheboro Fri day from High Point, where to night he will speak at a meet ing of the American Legion. He will be escorted to Asheboro by a committee selected from the Asheboro Chamber of Commerce. The Govern or will be introduced at the banquet iqmqnww evening by Mayor D. B. McCrary. Dr. E. L. Moffitt will be toast master of the evening and those who will respond will be E. B. Jeffries, Mayor of Greensboro and president of the Greensboro News Company, Hon. A. J. Maxwell, Corporation Commissioner, of Raleigh, Mr. I. F. Craven, manufacturer, of Ramseur, Mr. J. W. Clark, manufacturer, of Franklinville, and Mr. Arthur Ross, president of the Asheboro Chamber of Commerce. The invocation will be by Rev. J. E. Pritchard, pastor of the local Methodist Protestant church, and chaplain of the Chamber of Com merce. , Music will be furnished by the Craven Brothers string band, which is famed over the State for the qual ity and class of music which it makes. Among the guests invited for the occasion, in addition to the out of town speakers on the programs, are E. B. Leach, Seagrove; J. C. Hill, Charles Amos and S. L. Davis, Jr., all of High Point; George Ross Pou, Raleigff; A. B. Beasley, Randleman; J. A. Martin, Liberty; Chas. A. Hines, Greensboro; and T. J. Finch, Trinity. A number of other prominent men of the state have been invited and their acceptances are expected to be re ceived before Friday evening. This banquet, which will be attend ed by approximately 150 men, will mark a red letter day in the history of the Asheboro Chamber of'Com merce. FUNERAL SATURDAY FOR MR. M. C. WILLIAMSON Died At Home of His Daughter In Greensboro Thursday of Last Week. Worthville, March 8.—Mr. N. T: Gross, of Lexington, visited his daughter, Mrs. Henry Burrow, last week. Mr. Elzevan Ingram, of Sophia, was the guest of his sister, Mrs. Ella Arnold, last Friday night. Miss Josie York, of Ramseur, spent the week-end with Miss Mabel Line berry. Mr. A. E. Hilliard, of Sophia, and Mrs. A. G. Hilliard, of Greensboro, spent Sunday afternoon with their mother, Mrs. Julia Hilliard. Mr. Dale Gross is recovering from a recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Rogers and two children, Anna and C. P., Jr., and Mrs. Rogers’ mother, Mrs. Anna Culberson, of Sanford, attended the funeral of Maderson C. Williamson here Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ward, of Greensborq, spent Sunday with Mrs. Ward’s mother, Mrs. Adeline Spivey. Miss Thelipa Jennings and Mr. J. A. Ferfee entertained their Sunday school classes in the auditorium of the school building at a social Satur day night, March 6th. Games were played and refreshments served. AH report a nice time. A large crowd attended the funeral of Maderson C. Williamson at the Worthville Union church Saturday af ternoon at 2 o’clock. Mr. Williamson died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. M. Meredith, 746 West Lee Street, Greensboro, Thursday evening, March 4th. He lived at Worthville 30 odd years, bu£ since the death of his wife 5 years ago has made his home with his daughtter in Greensboro. Surviv ing are four sons, E. C. Williamson, Liberty, J. W., C. J. and R. Y. Wil liamson,' all of Greensboro; three daughters, Mrs. D. M. Meredith, of Greensboro, Mrs. J. M. Trogdon, of Gastonia, and Mrs. C. B. Wise, of Worthville. . North Carolina For Once Does Not Lead In Deaths North Carolina for once stands low on the weekly list of traffic acci dents. Last week, according to the Associated Press survey, only two persons were killed in North Carolina in accidents and three injured. In fact, the nujnber of accidental deaths and injuries in the entire south showed a decided falling: off. The total for last week was 87 deaths and 268 injuries. Georgia led the states in the num ber of accidental deaths 'with 10. Florida came nert wHh 8, while none oi the other states had over 4.- Flor ida, with 58, led in the number of persons injured, with Georgia next with 46. Arkansas and Tennessee each reported no deaths from ted FEDERAL PIE IS IN GREAT DEMAND Bieniiial Patronage Pilgrimage To White House Is In Full Swing. Washington, D. C., March 6.—Out side of votes, Republican members of the Senate and House are craving patronage more than anything else in the world these dark, dreary pre-pri mary and pre-election days. The bi ennial patronage pilgrimage to the White House is in full swing. Repub-, lican Senators up for reelection are leading the procession. Republican Representatives are stepping oh their ! heels, shouting loud and fervent “me j ttoo’s.” Patronage, properly defined, is the right of Congressmen to name the postmasters and other federal officers for their districts and states. It is the greatest primary vote getter they have had, and in many instances, is a fine a money maker as an Admin istration Republican couid want. It wins delegates to county, state and national conventions. It furnishes President Coolidge with a big, sharp axe to hold over the heads of mem bers of his party, who have a tendency to jump off the reservation at odd and extraordinary moments. The President holds all patronage strings in the palm of his hand. He knows exactly how to pull them. Re publican Senators and Representatives are well aware of this fact. They think they know, also, but they recog nize that President Coolidge is their master in more ways than one. So the patronage pilgrimage is on. The daily list of White House callers contains an increasing number of Administration followers in both branches of Congress, who are known to have tough primary or general election fights. Meanwhile, Mr. Cool idge sits back, twiddles his thumbs, says nothing and does nothing about patronage or other things, but that which he thinks might give him added strength in the next Republican National Convention. Administration Republicans, who are saying nice, patronage producing things to the President’s face, are telling different stories behind his back. Frequently one hears a disap pointed disgruntled son of the G. 0. P. insinuate that his leader is “hard boiled.” Sometimes they say worse. In fact President Coolidge seems to be losing his popularity with the Repub lican members of Congress. (Continued on page 4) M. E. MATTERS (W. H. Willis) The district league union meets at our church Thursday, (tonight) at 7:45 o’clock. Let the League have 100 per cent attendance. The League’s monthly social Friday night at R. C. Johnson’s was fea tured by a “kitchen shower” given to a recently married couple, Mr. and Mrs. John Burkhead. The following were elected dele gates to the district conference to be held in April: J. M. Caveness, D. B. McCrary, Mrs. W. H. Moring, Hugh Parks. Ex-officio delegates are W. J. Armfield, L. M. Kearns. A fellowship of prayer to continue eight weeks, consisting of forty per sons was formed Sunday. A booklet is furnished each to grade his devo tions. A “Win-one” circle of 20 volunteers has been formed. Other persons may join either of these groups next Sun day. "Sowing to the Spirit,” at the morning hour; and “Sowing to the Flesh”, in the evening, will be the subjects of the pastor’s sermons next Sunday. ANNOUNCE BIG MERGER OF POWER COMPANIES Said To Be For Better Financing of Large Power Develop ments Ih The State. The Carolina Power and Light Company has announced that an agreement has been reached whereby j j consolidated with it will be the Yad ; kin River Power Company, Carolina ; Power Coippany, Asheville Power and Light Company and the Pigeon River Power Company. These consolidations ; are a part of the plan of enlarge ment of the Carolina Power and Light j Company undertaken several months . ago. The consolidations have been made, it is stated, for the better financing of developments which are contempla ted by the Carolina Power and Light Company. These proposed develop ments, it is estimated, will cost $20, 000,000. One of these developments will be at Norwood on the Yadkin River and another will be a huge de velopment near the Tennessee state line. North Carolina Continues To Lead In Textile of 630,896 ajjuiuTOi umfacturing statu, _I__ —own by a survey com pleted by David Clark, editor of the Southern Textile Bulletin, Charlotte* The total number of spindles in the South on Jan. 1, 1926, was 17,720, Aite* xt_it s%__i.j .11 with 6,106,779. South second and Georgia thi: The largest percental by North il< """ i Mi wmk \ m WEEK W1 IN BR1 Happenings of Interest In Vari ous Parts of the State and Nation for Busy Reader. New York and London held their first telephone conversation last Sun day on the fiftieth anniversary of the day Alexander Graham Bell received his patent for the telphone. Over the 3,500 miles of sea the voices were dis tinct, even more than local telephone calls, it is said. A number of cases of smallpox have been reported in High Point ani While the disease has not reached, the stage of an epidemic every precaution is being urged by the city physician. A branch office of the Federate* Fruit and Vegetable Growers, Inc, which has handled the sale of hill peaches for the past two has been opened at Candor for th convenience of the peach growers. Mrs. Carl Pickard, aged 30, died dt her home in Siler City Satard^ morning following a short illneae. Deceased was formerly Miss Daisy McPherson, of Chatham county. Rumor has it that Internal Revenue Commissioner David H. Blair will re sign in a few months. Blair is * North Carolina man, having left Ids business interests at Winston-Salese to accept his present position. A generous rain last Saturday, night extinguished forest fires wfckfh had been raging for several days la parts of Moore and Hoke counties. Fifty-eight miners were entombed in a coal mine in the Bluefield, W. Va, district Monday when a double gas explosion caused walls of the mine to cave in. The number rescued to data is 26. Squabbling over 50 cents alleged t* have been due him on a gambling debt, Henry Barbour shot and bla tantly killed John Flowe, a fellow workman, at Kannapolis, Monday. J. T. Hedrick, chairman of the in dustries committee of the> Lexington chamber of commerce, has announced that Lexington will have in the near future two new furniture factories with a combined capital stock of $375,000. the Tomlinson Chair Company, J* High Point, has let contract for the construction of a new building to cort $200,000. ‘This addition will give the company 750,000 square feet of floor space and will necessitate the em ployment of 200 additional employe®, making at total force of 1200 men. Forsyth county has issued 1£525,<XW in bonds, $250,000 of which will he used in the construction of school buildings and $275,000 to enlarge the court house. The High Point city council has passed an ordinance forbidding a hog pen within 300 feet of any residence. The ordinance formerly permitted them at a distance of 200 feet. A. V. Varner, 84, Civil War veteran, native of Davidson county, but since 1910 a resident of High Pointy died aft the home of his son, J. A. Varney Saturday. Tobacco sales on the Winston-Salem market last week totaled 398,42C pounds at an average price of $16.69. This hpought the total sales of the season on the Winston market up ha 42,089,733 pounds. During the past two weeks there has been an epidemic of robberies of dwellings in Greensboro. From one to three homes have been robbed al most every night since the thefts be gan. Many articles of value, mostly jewelry and wearing apparel, have been taken by the thieves. No clue* have been obtained as to the identity of the thieves. Robert L. Hilliard, farmer, aged 52, died Saturday night at his home in Chatham county following an Al ness extending over two years. O. R. Carrithers, originally of Ken tucky, but for some time principal of the Country life Academy, at Star, has taken up duties as full time coun ty farm agent for Montgomery county. The people of Moore county «9 vote April 27th on the proposition of a uniform school tax rate for the en tire county to provide a school term of eight months in length. News from Raleigh is that Mm. P. H. Elkins, of Siler City, is taking a course in embalming at Raleigh ant when she completes it will Join hm husband in his profession. W. J. Parker, register of deeds for Davidson county since Dec., 1922, has resigned to enter private business and Roswell B. Robbins, sen of Capt F. C. Robbins, has been appointed m dollars.