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Asheboro, N. Cn Thursday, July 1, 1926
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NUMBER 26
Free City Mail Delivery Inaugurated
In Asheboro Today With Two Carriers
Two Deliveries Dally Within
limits Specified by Post
office Deportment.
GAIL HUSSEY AND EDGAR
MABE ARE THE CARRIERS
Must Have House Numbered and
Box in Place Before Mail Will
Be Delivered.
Free city mail delivery will be in
augurated in Asheboro this morning.
The town has been divided into two
routes, each served by a carrier with
two mail deliveries daily. Gail Hus
sey, son of George Hussey, of Ulah,
and for some time employed by the
Ingram Filling Station, will be one
of the carriers and will have in charge
route 1, which includes the eastern
part of the town. Edgar Mabe, of
Randleman, Route 8, native of Stokes
county, but for the past several years
a resident of Randolph county, will
carry the mail on route 2, including
that part of the town roughly lying
west of Fayetteville street.
The first delivery during the day
will be started at 8 o'clock a. m., which
will include thejnoming mail coming
in from Greensboro at 6 o’clock and
the mail from High Point arriving at
4 o’clock in the afternoon before. The
next delivery will be at 3 o’clock in
the afternoon and will include mail
arriving at 10 a. m. from High Point,
2:40 p. m. from Greensboro and 1:40
from Aberdeen.
At 11:50 a. m. a collection of mail
will be made in the business section
of the town.
The boundaries of the city delivery
will be roughly as follows: Beginning
at the postoffice, north of Fayette
ville to Miller; retrace to Salisbury
and west, op Salisbury to Park; south
on Park to Sunset and west on Sun
set to the end of the asphalt; retrace
to Dixon and south on this street to
Dixon avenue to Park; south on Park
to Wainman ave.; east on Wainman
avenue to Fayetteville and south on
this street to Uwharrie; east on Bulla
to Cox and south on Cox to Richard
son; north on Cox to Academy and
east on this street to Main; north on
Main to Worth and east on Worth to
Elm; north on Main to Salisbury and
west on Salisbury to Fayetteville and
back to the postoffice.
It should be borne in mind that
these, limits arenas set by the postof
fice department and- while there we
good sidewalks farther on some of
the streets, on account of the fact that
file property along the streets is not
fifty per cent built up, delivery was
not extended to include people living
outside the set limits. When such
property is built up to this require
ment, the local postoffice authorities
may extend the delivery upon permis
sion of the Postoffice Department.
The requirements for free city de
livery are good, permanent sidewalks,
houses numbered and mail receptacles
placed, and the property at least 50
per cent built up.
It was stated at the local postoffice
yesterday in connection with this free
delivery that all patrons who desire
their mail delivered by the carrier
must notify the carrier on the route
passing their homes-of the fact, have
their houses numbered and mail boxes
in place. No mail will be delivered
where there is no number and no
resceptacle provided for the reception
of mail.
Parcels post packages weighing not
over four pounds will be delivered.
One change which if borne in mind
• and observed will save considerable
inconvenience and delay to both the
local postoffice authorities and the
y„ patrons is that drop letters will in the
future require two cents postage in
, stead of one cent
Patriotic Service At Local
M. P. Church Next Sunday
On next Sunday, July 4, tftere will
be a patriotic service at the Asheboro
Methodist Protestant church. The
pastor, Rev. J. E. Pritchard, announc
es that there will be appropriate
music and a sermon suited to the oc
casion. A large attendance is desired
atdwUs.
upper house is Senator Warren of
Wyoming. He is 82 years old and
has spent 84 of them in the Sen
ate. His recent birthday was cele
brated by his associates who' cut
a huge cike in his honor.
UNION SERVICES
TO BEGIN SUNDAY
On Lawn Presbyterian Church
—Evangelistic Club in Charge
First Evening.
Union church services will begin in
Asheboro next Sunday evening at 8
o’clock on the Presbyterian lawn and
will continue each Sunday evening
during the slimmer, as last year. In
charge of the service next Sunday
afternoon will be the Asheboro evan
gelistic club, and the- members of the
various churches in-the town as well
as thq.general jpublic are cordially in
vited to
Each Sunday afternoon a different
pastor of one of the local churches
will have charge of the services. Pro
grams will be varied from time to
i time. There will be no evening ser
j vices at any of the churches, but the
j Sunday morning services will continue
, as in the past.
Mrs. J. M. Johnson, Former •
Resident of Trinity, Dead
Information has reached Asheboro
of the death in Knoxville, Tenn., Sat
urday night *of Mrs. J. M. Johnson, for
11 years resident of Greensboro, and
until nineteen years ago resident of
Trinity, Randolph county. She was
active in Methodist church work and
in the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs.
Johnson, her husband and three chil
dren moved to Knoxville eight years
ago and have resided there siiice'that
time. .
CAN GET LICENSE PLATES
FROM HEDRICK MOTOR CO.
For convenience of the automobile
owners of the county, the Hedrick
Motor Company, at Asheboro, is is
suing North Carolina automobile li
cense plates for 1926-27. The .time
for securing license plates has been
extended until July 10th, and no
longer, but it is requested that they
be gotten as. early as possible in or
der to avoid dplay.
Widen High Point-Greensboro Road
One of the projects let by the high
way commission Tuesday at Raleigh
was the contract for widening the
highway between Greensboro and
High Point at a cost of approximately
a half a million dollars, work to be
started at once. One of the reasons
for this road building work fe said
to have been the loan of $260,000 to
the State by the Guilford county com
missioners for the purpose.
Review of Week’s Events In Washington
Notable Speeches Made In Congress by Senator F. M. Siqimons
and Congressman Wm. C. Hammer. - .
(By W. E. Christian)
Washington, D. C., June 27.—Com
mander David Worth Bagley, now
executive officer of the Naval Acad
emy, has been selected by the Pluck
teg Beard fbr promotion to captaincy.
He will receive his commission in the
fall, and will then be Hie youngest
Captain in'the United States Navy.
REPUBLICANS TO
MEET SATURDAY
Will Nominate County Ticket—
Johnson J. Hayes To Deliver ,
The Address.
The Republican convention for the
nomination of a ticket to present to
the voters of Randolph county at the
November election will convene in the
court house in Asheboro Saturday
morning at 11 o'clock. Johnson J.
Hayes, Republican candidate for
(Jnited States Senator, will make the
principal speech of the meeting. His
speech, however, will probably not be
delivered before 2 o’clock in the
afternoon.
Judging from the long article in
lpst Week’s Tribune, official organ of
the Republican party, the Republi
cans plan to nominate Saturday an
almost new ticket. Ralph O. Smith
announced last week he would not be
a candidate to succeed himself as
register of deeds. The party, how-!
ever, is not lacking in aspirants for
this nomination. The same issue of
the Tribune carrying Smith’s state
ment contained announcements of
the candidacies for register of J. W.
Meredith, of Trinity, D. H. Frasier,
of Ramseur, and H. F. Allred.
In the same article in the Tribune,
it* was stated that in all probability
none of the present members of the
board of county co/nmissioners would
be candidates to succeed themselves.
Sheriff Cranford'seems to be the only
one of the present administration who
has not expressed himself as not
wanting to run again.
Precinct meetings wdre held by the
Republicans Saturday in the various
townshjps, delegates were named to
the convention and candidates for
township offices nominated. At the
Asheboro township meeting, J. B.
Ward, W. C. Hendrix, C. W. Allred,
,N. P. Cox and E. E. Lewallen were
nominated for magistrates and W C.
“Robbins for constable.
Delegates from the North ward se
lected wefe A. I. Ferree, W. L. Ward,
Cephas Bowman, R. O. Smith, W. L.
Foust, W L. Clark, Mrs. Cephas
Bowman, Mrs. J. B. Ward, Mrs. C. L.
Amick, J. W. Smith, A. M. Ferree
and Frank Miller. *
j The South ward selected J. S. Lew
is, C. N. Cox, L. T. Williams, Mrs.
|A.,R. Lowe, Kate Briles, R. E. John
son, J. M. Bunrow and W. C. Hendrix.
West ward delegates included Miss
Nannie Bulla, W. C. Robbins, Mrs.*
Fess Newsom, W. F. Redding, Mrs.
Lagy Lewis, F. M. Wright, J. - B.
Humble,'Enoch Roach, E. E. Lewal
len and Shafter Ferree.
East ward delegates are A. C.
Jenkins, U. C. Richardson, B. C. Scot
ten and George Hasty.
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP S. S.
CONVENTION NEXT SUNDAY
The Sunday school convention for
Richland township will be held at
Union Grove church next Sunday, be
ginning at 10:30 o’clock and lasting
until 3:30 in the afternoon. Dinner
will be served in picnic style on the
church grounds. An interesting and
instructive program has been ar
ranged. Among those who will have
a part on the program are Rev. H. F.
Way, W. H. Chrisco, S. G. Richard
son, E. L. Slack, Rev. J. C. Kidd,
Rev. D. I. Gamer and W. L. Ward.
M. C. Auman is president of the
township organization and Miss Liz
zie Lawrence is secretary.
SOPHIA, ROUTE 1, NEWS
Rev. Lewis W. McFarland, of High
Point, will attend monthly meeting at
Marlboro the.first Saturday in July.
llr. and Mrs. Fred Leonard and
the Misses Leonards, of High Point,
visited Miss Cora Edwards recently.
Mr. W. B. Lowe returned home
Wedneday after spending a few days
with his sister, at Bataria, Ohio. ''
Miss Clara Cox, of High Point,
spent the week-end with homefolks.
New Market township S. S. Conven
tion will be held at Cedar Square
Friends church the first Sunday in
July.
Misses Eva and Virginia Davis are
spending the week with homefolks.
Mrs. Eliza Williams spent Monday
in High Point shopping.
more, it seems that the same conclus
ion must be arrived at touching re
cent elections in other states.
In Oregon the dry gubernatorial
Candidate beat the wet man two to
one; same for the senatorial candi
date. The Drys didn’t have a look-in.
Pennsylvania had a stand-off be
tween west Vare and Scholl against
dry Fisher and Wilson, in spite of
greater supply of wet money. Both
of the Indiana senatorial nominees
were drys. In Iowa the Brys pat it
over two to one for the Senate in
both parties.
Was not Kansas, too, wet in the
newspaper vote? Why, the throat of
inan “the morning after,” just after
a spree, is no dryer than Kansas, and
it The fallowing
that the writer makes
Junction City,, the
army-post town, the
they say, be
bell. He
W a new
LOCAL COMPANY
BUYSBUSLINE
Franchise at Royal Blue line
From Greensboro to Asheboro
Changes Hands.
The Fayetteville-Greensboro Bus
Line, of Asheboro, L. L. Whitaker,
general manager, has bought out the
franchise of the Royal Blue Transpor
tation Company for its route from
Greensboro to Asheboro, the transfer
having been made yesterday. The
same excellent service which has
been furnished by the Royal Blue will
be continued by the new owners.
The Fayetteville-Greensboro line
now has exclusive franchise and is
operating routes between the follow
ing named points, making connection
at intermediate points: Greensboro to
Asheboro; Greensboro to Fayetteville;
Durham to Fayetteville; Rockingham
to Sanford.
Coincident with the announcement
of the purchase of the Royal Blue
franchise, comes the information that
Asheboro is soon to have a union bus
station, something which has long
been needed in fhe town for the con
venience of the traveling public.
Commencement Exercises Of The Daily
Vacation Bible School Tomorrow Night
Daily Attendance at the School Has Averaged One Hundred Out
of the 417 Enrolled—Much Instruction Has Been
Given The Little Folks.
“An angel paused in his downward
flight,
With a seed of truth and love and
light,
And he said, where must this truth be
sown
To bring most fruit when it is
grown «
The Master heard and said 'as He
smiled
Go, plant it for me in the heart of
a child.”
This is the principle of the Daily
Vacation Bible $chool. For the past
two weeks the Workers of the Ashe
boro Presbyterian church have been
teaching Bible stories, Scripture mem
ory work, singing, games and handi
craft to a happy of youngsters.
One hundred ai&3Srenteen have been
enrolled in the school. Ih addition to
the enrollment a number of the little
folks have brought their out-of-town
visitors. The daily attendance has
averaged one hundred.
It has been a great privilege to have
Miss Nannie Bulla direct the music
of the school. Her work has been not
only to teach the singing of the great
hymns of the church but also the
children a history of these hymns.
Mrs. Charles Fox has superintended
the Junior-Intermediate Departments.
The Bible in this department has been
Children’s Day* Exercises
At M. P. Church Last Sunday
The Children’s Day service at the
Methodist Protestant church was
largely attended and was a success in
every respect. Misses Bertha Pres
nell, Nan Lewis and Kate Bulla had
done splendid work in training the
children and the audience was quick
to recognize the splendid training the
children had had.
MR. AND MRS. McMAHAN WILL
MOVE TO WINSTON-SALEM
Mr. aijd Mrs. W. H. McMahan have
arranged to move to Winston-Salem
tomorrow. Mr. McMahan taught in
Winston-Salem before moving here
three years ago. During their stay
in Asheboro Mr. and Mrs. McMahan
have made many friends. Mr.
McMahan has decided to leave the
school room and enter the real estate
business. Mrs. McMahan has been
active in religious, civic and social
affairs since moving to Asheboro.
Their many friends will follow them to
their new home with their good
wishes.
Revival At New Union
The revival meeting will begin at
New Union Sunday, July 4th, at 3
o’clock, P. M. The evangelistic peo
ple of the different teams will assist
in these services from time to time.
Everybody is invited to attend these
services.
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Joseph De
avia, Ohio.
W. B. Lowe has rei
visit to his sister, If
Crap, and family, a*
CONTRACT IS LET
FOR ROUTE NO. 75
To Make Sand Clay Highway
From Asheboro To Davidson
County Line. ,
Randolph county shared in th# let
ting of two million dollars worth of
highway contracts at Raleigh Tuesday
and Route 75 from Asheboro to the
Davidson county line, a distance of
15.81 miles of sand clay road, was
the beneficiary. J. F. Mulligan Con
struction Company was the low bid
der for the road work for $147,367.40,
while J. S. Bowers was the successful
bidder for bridge work for $69,186.73.
This same company was successful
bidder on a number of other projects.
A stretch of road over in Davidson
county, 3.11 miles between Lexington
and the Yadkin river, was let for $24,
544.50 to C. B. Hester. This work is
to be of sand clay construction also.
The letting of the contract for
Route 75 from Asheboro to Lexington
is in line with promise made some
months ago by the highway authori
ties and forecasted in The Courier.
When the work is completed, 75
across the county will have been com
pleted, that part of it from Asheboro
to the Chatham county line having
been built several months ago.
taught by Mrs. C. G. Smith. The Pri
mary Department has been under the
direction of Miss Kate DuBose, as
sisted by Miss Charlesanna Fox. One
of the most interesting and attractive
groups has been the Beginner or Kin
dergarten Departments under the di
rection of Miss May McAlister and
Mrs. C. N. Cox. The curriculum of
the school is centered around the Bible.
The Handicraft work, in which the
children are taught to do things with
their hands, has been one of the most
popular departments. The girls have
made sewing bags, scarfs, organdy
corsages, blotters and various other
things. Under the direction of Rev. C.
G. Smith the boys have made bird
houses, book troughs, flower stands,
battleships and airplanes.
Each day at the close of the work
a speaker has been present to give
them a Habit Talk. Wednesday morn
ing Dr. Hayworth came in gave them
a demonstration of bandages for
wounds in the head, arm, finger, eye,
leg and ankle.
The commencement program will be
held Friday night at eight o’clock. At
this time the handwork will be dis
played, and a most interesting pro
gram will be a very beautiful pageant,
! “The Message” which will be given by
the Junior-Intermediate Departments.
The public is invited to be present.
Double Wedding At Local
M. P. Parsonage Saturday
On Saturday afternoon, June 26,
there was a double marriage at the
parsonage of the Methodist Protestant
church when Mr. Charlie Tucker, son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Tucker, of
Seagrove, and Miss Grace King,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. King,
of Asheboro, Star Route, were united
in marriage. At the same time Mr.
Orva Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
M. Brown, of Asheboro, Star Route,
and Miss Gertrude King were united
in marriage. The brides in these mar
riages are sisters and have made their
home in Asheboro for the past several
months.
Mr. and Mrs. Tucker will make their
home in High Point while Mr. and
Mrs. Brown will live in Asheboro.
MADE IN RANDOLPH” IS
SET FOR SECOND DAY
Manufacturers of County Will
Have Exhibits At Fair And
Have Charge Program.
“Made in Randolph” day at the
Randolph county fair this fall will be
held on the second day of this annual
event. The various manufacturing in
dustries of the county will have exhib
its in the fair building on that day
and the program for the day will
probably be turned over to them.
These manufacturers will be asked to
close their plants on the occasion so
that their employes may attend the
fair.
This day promises to ]m one of the
most interesting of the entire fair.
It will be the first time in the history
of the county that an effort has been
made to get before the people of the
county in one grand review a sample
of everything manufactured in the
county. It will be instructive as well
as entertaining. The "Made in Rand
olph" exposition will be in line with
the "Made in Carolina" exhibits
which have been held at different
nlacea in fla State during the neat
Dry Chief Tells .
of present
A bomb was exploded
Senate investigation of Pennsyl
vania primary expenditures, when
Sen. James A. Reed (D) Mo., (be
low), obtained ' from ' Wayne B.
Wheeler, Anti-saloon League coun
sel, (above), the testimony that
several U. S. Senators and Con
gressmen had received sums of
money from the Anti-saloon league
for speeches opposing modification
prohibition laws.
SOCIETY FRIENDS
LODGES PROTEST
Want Words “Let’s Go, Citizens
Military Training Camp”
Stricken Out.
During the past several weeks, sev
eral protests have been registered at
the Postoffice Department in Wash
ington agaipst the advertising of the
citizens’ mjji}#ry trailing camps on
postage stamjfsi Most of these pro
tests have come from the Society of
Friends or form organizations whose
objects are to promote peace rather
than war or preparations for war.
The monthly meeting of Friends
held June 12th at Holly Springs, Ran
dolph county, also registered its pro
test in the following resolution sent
to the Postmaster General and other
officials of the Government:
To the United States Post Master
General:
At Holly Springs Monthly Meeting
of the Religious Society of Friends,
held at Friendsville, in the County of
Randolph, N. C., the 12th of the
Six Month, 1926.
A concern having been expressed in
our meeting in regard to the use of
the words, “Let’s go, Citizens Military
Training Camp,” in the cancellation
of postage stamps, it was decided that
we should express our disapproval of
the same, and respectfully request our
officials who have the authority, to
prevent the use of these words on
mail matter, which we are sure is
the desire of many who believe their
use inconsistent in a professing Chris
tian nation, and who believe the safe
ty of any people is in their maintain
ance of the principles of the Prince
of Peace.
Signed on behalf of the meeting,
i HORACE J. EDGERTON, Clerk.
Route 1, Ramseur, N. C.
North Carolina Second In
Deaths From Accidents
From January 1st, 1926, to last
Sunday, traffic accidents in eleven
Southern states had killed 1,127 per
sons and injured 6,675. Fifty of the
accidents were at grade- crossings.
Figures by the month show that Jan
uary was the most deadly month, 233
having been killed and 1,271 injured.
April was the next high month
220 deaths and 1,156 injuries.
Florida led all the eleven
the number killed, 205, and of
total 105 were killed during
first three months of
Carolina came
and 433 injured.
that
the
North
killed
RANDLEMAN WILL HAVE -
CELEBRATION SATURDA*
Only Town In County To Cele
brate 4th of July—Many
T~*““"ting Features.
andleman is the only town in the
county which is planning to have a
fourth of July celebration. Instead of
celebrating on Monday, the 5th, date
set by many towns for observance of
the fourth, Bandleman has planned
her exercises for Saturday, the 3rd,
and invites the public to come and
join in.
The program begins with a parade
beginning at 10 o’clock in
ing at the White Hall :
the mayor of the town wiH
of welcome. This
an
befol
by the
EVELYN CURTIS
BURIED MONDAY
Funeral Held at Liberty Follow
ing Her Death Saturday Night
. in a Greensboro Hospital.
Funeral services for Evelyn Curtis,
13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Curtis, of Liberty, who died
Saturday night in the Clinic hospital,
Greensboro, from a complication of
diseases, were held Monday afternoon
from the Methodist Protestant church,
at Liberty, of which she was a loyal
member. The services were conduct
ed by her pastor, Rev. F. L. Gibbs, as
sisted by Rev. J. D. Williams, former
pastor of the church; Rev. L. W. Ger
ringer, of Greensboro; Rev. M. F. Mil
loway; Rev. J. E. Pritchard, of Ashe
boro; and Rev. A. O. Lindley. The
choir was composed of members of
the Junior Christian Endeavor society.
Little Miss Mary Bowman Shepherd
and Katherine Underwood sang a
duet, “In the Garden,” and Rev. Lester
Ballard, of Greensboro, sang the “Old
Rugged Cross” and “Asleep in Jesus.”
The surviving relatives are her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Curtis; three
sisters, Misses France, Dorothy and
Cladoro; one brother, John W. Curtis,
Jr.; and her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. M. Jones. She was a niece of
Dr. John W. Swaim, of Asheboro.
The pallbearers were Frank Shep
herd, Tom Stuart, Howard Swaim,
Donald Stockard, Benjie Ward and
Fred Allred. The large crowd pres
ent and the many beautiful floral of
ferings attested the high esteem in
which she was held.
FUNERAL YESTERDAY FOR
MRS. ROY PUGH, AGED 24
Wife of Roy Pugh, Born and
Reared in Grant Township—
Died at Sanford.
Funeral was held yesterday after
noon near Eagle Springs for Mrs. Roy
Pugh, aged 24 years, who died early
Tuesday morning in a Sanford hos
pital. Mrs. Pugh had been ill for
some time, her death following an op
eration. She was treated in the hos
pital in Asheboro several days some
weeks ago.
She was the wife of Roy Pugh,
farmer of near Eagle Springs. He is,
however, a native of Randolph county,
having been bora and reared in Grant
township. He moved to Moore county
some five years ago.
PROPERTY IN STATE
SHOWED GAIN IN 1925
A tabulation of the 1925 tax lists
shows that property in North Carolina
last year was valued at $2,751,276,
000, a gain of 39 million dollars over
1924. This is the highest value of the
property in the State since 1920,
when, under the revaluation act, the
total jumped to approximately three
billion dollars. The authorized cut in
these revaluation figures in 1921
lopped off about a billion dollars
from the real estate values in the
State.
Four counties last year listed val
ues in excess of one hundred million
dollars. These counties in, order of
standing were Forsyth, Guilford,
Mecklenburg and Buncopibe. Dare
had the lowest valuation, approxi
mately two million dollars.
Forsyth county had the lowest tax
rate, 55 cents, while in some counties
the rate was over $2.
OLD TIME REVIVAL NOW ON
AT THE OLD FAIR GROUNDS
Rev. J. T. Harris, of Greensboro,
has been in Asheboro for the past ten
days conducting an old time revival
at the old fair building in North
Asheboro. Ur. J. T. Jackson has been
leading the singing and Mrs. Jackson
accompanying. The services have been
well attended and considerable inter
est has been manifested. A number
have been converted and several have
reconsecrated their lives to Christian
service.
METHODIST MATTERS
(W. H. Willis)
The writer went to New Bern Sat
urday to attend the burial of a name
sake and nephew, Walter Willis Wood.
Thomas Walton Hunsucker and
Nellie Kinney were baptized and re
ceived into our church Sunday.
The writer preached to ten people
at Tabernacle, on Uwharrie circuit,
Sunday afternoon.
The choir entertained at the church
Monday evening in honor of one of its
esteemed members, Mrs. W. H. Mc
Mahan, who is soon to make her resi
dence elsewhere. In behalf of the
choir, Mr. J. O. Redding presented
Mrs. McMahan with a valuable token.
(hi Friday the pastor visited par
ishoners in High Point and near
Thomas ville.
The sacrament of the Lord's sup
per will be administered Sunday morn
ing. This church will unite with the