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NUMBER M
Will Wit.
ginning of real activity in the peach
section of the Sandhills of Nbrth Car
olina. For the past several weeks
there have been -peaches in the peach
belt, but not in co large quantities as
now. There is a large crop despite
reports to the contrary stating that
the cold weather in April severely
damaged the crop. It was damaged to
a great extent in some places, but
plenty of fruit was left.
Georgia peaches, which ripen a lit
tle earlier than the Sandhills peaches,
have been flooding the market, but
tiie peak of the Georgia shipments
has been reached and is on the wane.
This affords an opportunity for the
shipment of fruit from the Sandhills
peach belt and it js beginning to go
out in carloads. However, many of
the peach growers are depending on
the local market to absorb the fruit;
For the past several years thousands
of bushels of peaches have been
bought by persons making trips to
the Sandhills by car or truck. These
buyers, the teach growers say, get
the best peaches. They get those that
are a little too ripe to stand railway
shipment, but not too ripe to be haul
ed in cars and firm enough to be used
for canning and preserving.
The Georgia Belles will be the main
peach in the market in the peach belt
this week and the peak' of the pro
duction and sale of this popular va
riety will be reached next week. About
the third or fifth of August will find
the Elbertas on the market. Both
the Elbertas and Georgia Belles are
peaches of the highest excellence, the
Belles a little higher in flavor, per
haps, arid the Elbertas a little better
keepers. Later when the Hales come
in they are very good fruit, but not
so abundant as the other two varieties.
The peach belt in the Sandhills ex
tends over a fairly large area. The
nearest center of production and sale
to the greater number of Courier read
ers is Candor, but a little farther on
is Hamlet, Hoffman, Ellerbe and a
half dosen other peach centers. Good
roads, either paved or sand day wind
those portions of 70 below Asheboro
which are under construction. The
hard surface may be traveled to Ulah,
but the detour from Ulah south is not
intended for through traffic use and
the detour which begins near the end
of South Fayetteville street in Ashe
boro should be followed. This detour
is in excellent condition and, unlike
most detours, does not increase the
distance.
Scores of cars may be seen each
day going to and coming from the
peach section. The latter part of
this week and for days to come will
find a larger number of such cars'
making the southward journey to the
peach centers. Roads are good and
those who desire to make the trip to
the orchards will find that the State
highway construction work on 70 wOl
not hinder progress.
'Controversy Still On Over
Routing of Highway 75
It Is understood that no definite de
cision has been reached on the way in
which highway 76 will be routed
through the town of Asheboro. Sur
vey was made out Salisbury street
' along the route of the Old Salisbury
*road and h part of the right of 'way
cleared. However, district commis
sioner Cox, of High Point, was down
Sunday and looked over the routing
of the road, and, it is understood, ex
pressed himself as favorable to a
different note. The matter is still
pending and nobody seems to know
which of the streets the road will foi
One of the routes favored by -many
the citizens of the town is. Sunset
renue, while many others are for
» old Salisbury road route. Argu
ents are being advanced for each
ute and H will be probably a knot
problem for the highway commig
CLOSE
AL MEETING
Piedmont Baptists Held Mr
Days’ Session in Ramsetxr,
.Ending Yesterday P. M.
The SSrd annual convention of the
Piedmont association of Baptist
churches, composed of churches locat
ed in the counties of Randolph, 'Guil
ford and Rockingham counties, came
to a close ,at Ramseur yesterday af
ternoon with the reading of obituaries
for the year by Rev. S. A. Rhyne, of
Greensboro. The conventiori*had been
in session since Tuesday morning in
the Raimseur Baptist church with Rev.
J. M. Hilliard, of High Point, serving
as moderator. Splendid attendance of
ministers, laymen of the Baptist
church and visitors was registered at
all the sessions.
In addition to the reading of obit
uaries yesterday afternoon there was
an address by Rev. Q. E. Lee on B. Y.
P. U. work. Rev. H. E. Howell de
livered a most interesting and inspir
ing address on Sunday school work,*
while Rev. E. E. White spoke on
Christian stewardship.
At the morning session yesterday,
Dr. 3. T. Battle, of Greensboro, spoke
on ^ministerial relief; Mrs. D. K. Ma
son, of Greensboro, on auxiliary work,
while Rev. W. E. Goode, of Reidsville,
used Christian‘education as his sub
ject for an interesting speech. Rev.
B. E. Morris, pastor of the Asheboro
Baptist church, spoke on orphanage
work and handled his subject with
credit to himself and instruction to
the members of the convention.
Following the devotionals Tuesday
morning, Rev. W. A. Elam, of Ram
seur, delivered the address of welcome,
and the response was given by Rev.
Benjamin F. Clark, of .Gibsonville.
Christian stewardship was then dis
cussed for some time before the roll
call of churches at 10 :JMP o’clock. Dr.
Lloyd T. Wilson, of High Point,
preached the opening sermon, a
strongly delivered and most timely
message. Discussions during the great
er part of the day centered on home
and foreign mission work and were
led by Dr. Wilson, Walter If. Gilmore,
of Raleigh, Rev. H. P. Stevens, of
High Point, and A, Wayland Cook, of
Greensboro.
Mr. Cook’s address was devoted
r^ being done by the
i Winston-Salem,
.that the
in support nor in practise. Each
Mothers Day In May the Churches in
the entire State take up contributions
for the hospital in which manner the
funds for treatment of charity pa
tients are received. Last year more
than 860 charity patients were re
ceived at the hospital and on an aver
age 20 per cent of the institution’s
patients are in this class.
The people of Ramseur regardless
of church membership joined in en
tertaining the ministers and delegates
to the convention. The congregation
of the Ramseur Baptist church served
dinner in picnic style each of the
two days of the session.
Local Methodist Protestant'
Pastor Wins In Tennis Match
Rev. J. E. Pritchard, pastor of the
local M. P. church, who was last week
at the joint session of the Young Peo
ple’s and Pastors’ Conference of the
Methodist Protestant church held in
High Point made director of tennis,
was one of the winners in the tennis
toumameiit held during the confer
ence. In doubles, Rev. J. E. Pritch
ard and Rev. H. F. Surratt were the
winners, eliminating in the finals Rev.
Johnson, of Mebane, and Rev. Surratt,
of Lexington. In the singles, Rev. H.
F, Surratt, of Charlotte, was the win
SL. ’ • - >i
FOR MRS STEUDER
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Conducted at Bit. Lebanon Sun*
day Following Her Death At
Bougemont Last Frida:
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Strider,
of Shelton Strider, formerly resident
of Pisgah, Union township, but for
the past several months living at
Bougemont', died last Friday in a hos
pital in Durham following an illness
of two weeks with typhoid M
Mrs. Strider was a daughter
and Emily Jane" Rose, of !
She was a consistent membe
Missionary Baptist $hut ~
teen years and lived
Christian life'.
Surviving besides he
two small children.
Despite her want appendicitis
operation which forced her out of
EunpMB play, Helen Wills, Amer
ican Tennis Champion announces
aha will defend her crown next
month fa National play at Forest
Hills, N. Y.—and is here shown as
OJt te to. (MIC. 1.
PLANS MADE FOR
S.S. CONVENTION
Miss Flora Davis and Miss Daisy
Magee and Others Will Take
Pfcrt la Program.
Plans have been made for holding
the annual Randolph County Sunday
School Convention at the Baptist
diurch, FranklinviHe, N. C., on Tues
day and Wednesday, August 17 and
18. Arrangements for the convention
are in the hands of Mr. E. C. William
son and Miss Hope Hubbard, Presi
dent and Secretary M the County
Sunday School Association,
These officers have announced that
they have secured as outside speakers
for tiie convention, Miss Flora Davis,
Raleigh, Associate Superintendent
North Carolina Sunday School Asso
ciation; and Miss Daisy Magee, Ra
leigh, Children’s Division Superintend
ent of the North Carolina Sunday
School Association. Besides these
outside speakers, a number of prom
inent pastors and Sunday school work
ers of .the county will take part on
the program.
-'The program for the convention
will include addresses and discussions
of various phases of modern Sunday
School work, the object being to make
it possible for workers in all depart
ments of the Sunday School to get
help from the convention. A request
is being made to the Sunday school
workers of the county to present to
the convention any special Sunday
School problem that should be discuss
ed.
Announcement is also made by the
officers in charge of the convention
that, following a custom started three
years ago, a pennant will be presented
to the Sunday School having in the
convention the largest number of rep
resentatives, sixteen years of age and
[over, according to the number of
miles traveled. Any Sunday School in
the county can compete for the pen
nant, except the Sunday School with
which tiie convention is held and
others within one mile of the conven
tion church. /
Sunshine Class Circle Held
Services At The County Jail
Approximately forty or fifty wo
men of the Sunshine Class Circle of
Asheboro met yesterday at the county
jail and held services with those in
carcerated in that county institution.
Many of the inmates requested the
■prayers of those attending the meet
ing. Watermelons tvere served the
prisoners following the services.
WEST BEND ENTERTAINS
TOWNSHIP S. S. MEETING
Interesting Reports Aye Heard
And Instructive Speeches
Delivered—New Officers.
hshehoro township Sunday
invention met at West Bend
tat Sunday, beginning the
at 10 o’clock in the morning
[lining throughout tan
ill well, widow of J. W.
["uesday afternoon at
* the home of her ais
B- Johnson, in Ramseur,
illness of eight weeks
of paralysis. Mrs. El
tars of age and the old
udren of the late Mr.
and Mrs. A4B. Covington, or Ram
seur, and wftf the first to follow her
parents in deith.
During the life of her husband,
Mrs. Elwell Ifved with him in Maxton,
and after his death she made her
home with /her parents and fol
lowing their death with Mrs.
Johnson. An only son of Mrs. El
well died several years ago. She was
a member of the Baptist church at
Ramseur and was held in high esteem
and affection by both relatives and
friends.
She is survived by eight brothers
and sisters, who are: W. C. Covington,
Asheboro; W. P. Covington, Red
Springs; Mrs. S. D. Townsend, El
lerbe; Mrs. J. A. Marsh and D. A.
Covington, High Point; J. E. Coving
ton, Mrs. E. B. Leonard and Mrs. M.
E. Johnson, Ramseur.
Funeral was held yesterday after
noon at 3 o’clock in the home of Mrs.
Johnson by Rev. W. A. Elam, pastor
of the Ramheur Baptist church, and
the body laid to rest in the Ramseur
cemetery. The pallbearers were A.
H. Thomas, V. C. Marley, J. R. Lam
bert, C. E. Baldwin, I. F. Craven and
Elwell.
R. B. Finison. Flowers were borne
by Mrs. C. A- Graham, Mrs. John W.
Foust, Mrs. Joe Parks, Mrs. Woosley
Marley, Mrs. C. D. Baldwin and Miss
Sudie Baldwin.
The Curb Market At Candor
Offers Variety of Products
Those who have in mind that Can
dor conducts its curb market for the
sale of peaches alone have something
to learn. True, peaches are the main
attraction and the largest single
product offered for sale on the curb
market, for Candor is in the heart of
the peach belt of North Carolina. But,
aside from peaches, the Candor curb
market affords watermelons and can
taloupes and other products of the
SandhiUaJMMjq^ -
Fruit, cantaloupes, watermelons,
loads of them, may be had on the
Candor market. As evidence that the
people throughout this part of the
State are taking advantage of the
variety offerings and attractive prices
is the large number of cars and trucks
loaded with peaches and melons which
may be seen daily passing through
Asheboro.
REITZ EL FAMILY TO
HOLD REUNION AUG. 19
Will Meet at Richland Church
Near Liberty—Picnic Dinner
Will Be Served On Grounds.
The eighth annual reunion of the
Reitzel family will be held at Rich
land church, four miles east of Lib
erty, on Thursday, Augst 19th, ac
cording to annoncement made Mon
day by. Boyd Reitzel, of Liberty, pres
ident of the reunion, and T. T. Staf
ford, its secretary, of Burlington.
All persons related to the Reitzel
family by blood or marriage, as well
as all friends of the family, are re
quested to be present at the reunion
which will begin at 10 o’clock. Re
quest is made for well-fiUed baskets
for the picnic dinner which will be
served.
The committee on arrangements for
the reunion is composed of Chas. A.
Moser, Charles Reitzel, F. E. Clapp,
Henry Allred, Wm. A. Kime, George
W. Reitzel, Floyd Amick and J. Rom
Smith. ,T?' 8
Celebrates Birthday
On last Sunday the 55th birthday of
Mr, Charles U. Burrow was celebrat
ed at his home jp this county by more
than eighty relatives and friends who
gathered to pay him honor on this
occasion. Mr. C. C. Broughton, of
Troy, made a short but interesting
address. A picnic style dinner was
enjoyed by all piresent.
lit Summer
isses Resolutions
The summer conference of the
late Farmers’ Union in meeting at
uilford Battleground this week pass
to safeguard elec
against the State
an eight-months’
mion also went on
ay increase in the
of farm land, haV
opposed the
d the proposal
ry. Free text
and the pri
weather a
» from on
Rev. Charles M. Fillmore, of In
dianapolis, Indiana, national secretary
of the No-Tobacco League of Amer
ica and a member of the Arm Fill
more Music House, of Cincinnati, O.,
gave an interesting program at the
Asheboro Friends church Tuesday
night, consisting of songs and a lect
ure. Among the songs which Mr.
Fillmore sang was ‘Tell. Mother I’ll
Be There,” which was based on Pres
ident McKinley’s telegram sent to his
dying mother. He told interestingly
of the history of the song. Other
songs which were sung by Mr. Fill
more included “I’ll Wear a White
Flower for You, Mother, Dear” and
"Beautiful Garden of Prayer.”
Mr. Fillmore’s lecture in the
Friends church was a part of his
tour of the country under aspices of
the Committee on Alcoholics end
Narcotics of the Friends church. He
said he believed in using tobacco in
the way God meant it to be used,
that is as a spray for killing bugs
and other insects. He declared that
most of the men who use tobacco use
it because they have become slaves
to the narcotic poison, nicotine, which
is the characteristic element of the
tobacco plant. In proof of his as
sertion, he quoted Charles Itichet, of
Paris, acknowledged to be the most
famous physiologist in the world.
The greater part of Mr. Fillmore’s
address was devoted to proving that
the tobacco business is unpatriotic.
This was shown, he said, by the World
War in the way in which the cigaret
habit was thrust upon our soldier
boys, a habit that weakened them
physically and prevented them from
being most accurate in their mark
manship. The unpatriotic manner of
the tobacco business today, he stated,
is shown by the way ' in which the
igaret habit is being cultivated among
the very young boys and girls.
But the most unpatriotic conduct
of the business today, according to
Mr. Fillmore, is shown in fhe special
efforts that are being put forth to
make cigaret using common among
the women of America. No intelli
gent man, said Mr. Fillmore, will
claim that cigaret slavery will make
a better wife or mother of any wo
man, and no greater curse can come
to America than the wholesale nicotio.
ization of her women.
Asheboro Gets $139.34 Front
State Firemen’s Relief Fund
Commissioner Stacey W. Wade of
the State Insurance Department has
distributed *33,579.70 among 118 cit
ies and towns in the State of the Fire
men’s Relief Fund, which represents
one-half of one per cent of the tire
insurance premiums paid by the peo
ple of the town or city qualifying for
the fund. Asheboro gets of , • this
amount $139.34. Charlotte heads the
list, followed by Winston-Salem,
Asheville and Greensboro.
Davidson G. 0. P. For Sink
Fred C. Sink, former sheriff of Da
vidson county, has been endorsed by
a large number of Davidson county
Republican precinct meetings for the
nomination for sheriff to make the
race against R. B. Talbert, incum
bent. Talbert is candidate for a
third term. He is a native of New
Hope township, Randolph county.
On Farm Tour
Approximately 50 farmers of
Montgomery county left last week on
a tour of several counties in the State
to observe and study farms and farm
conditions. Following the State con
vention at Raleigh which they attend
ed in a body, they will tour counties
in the eastern part of the State. They
will also visit some of the best farm
ing sections of South Carolina be
fore returning home.
MANY COUNTY FARMERS
ATTEND STATE MEETING
Many of our farmer reau«a «m
looking for the regular farm depart
ment in this issue of The Courier and
will be disappointed that it is not to
be found. The reason there is no
farm department this week is that
county agent Millsaps together with
several scores of farmers and farm
women of the county are in Raleigh
attending the State farmers’ and farm
women’s convention which began
Tuesday. The trip to Raleigh was
made by truck and by private cars.
Many of the farmers journeyed to the
convention by means of Randolph
county school trucks which were lent
youthful Canton, (0)
Usher; ia thought to have been tin
result of the strenuous vice crusadi
he carried on in his city. Reward*,
of $30,000 are offered and search
for the murderer is nation widr
ta uata nlAirr
FOR CHILDREN
Begins Tuesday, August 10th,
and Lasts Four Days—Pre
liminary Arrangements.
Beginning Tuesday, August 10, and ,
continuing for four days, the State !
Board of Health will conduct a tonsil- I
adenoid clinic for school children be
tween the ages of 6 and 12 years in
clusive.
Miss Buchan, state school nurse,
who made the.health survey in the
county schools last fall, is now here
to make preliminary arrangements for
the clinic.
A complete traveling hospital unit
is in the field., This includes a truck
for the transportation of the necessary
equipment, such as cots, bedding and
hospital supplies.
A full-time physician, an anesthet
ist, eight nurses, and an orderly com
pose the regular staff. An experienced
throat specialist is employed to pre
form the operations.
Over 2,5QQ children have been suc
cessfully1 operated on in these clinics
the pest year. Only one hundred
children are operated on in a county
during a season.
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by both physicians to deter
mine the actual need for the operation
and whether or not the child is in
proper physical condition to be treat
ed at that time.
The children are kept over-night in
the hospital, where a nurse is in con
stant attention. Children are served
ice cream and milk following the op
eration. Parents can remain with the
child if they desire to do so.
A nominal fee of $12.50 will be
charged for each child able to pay.
Free treatment will be gjven needy
cases. Make application to County
Superintendent or State Nurse.
Madison Phillips Buried
At Mount Lebanon Saturday
Funeral services were conducted at
Mount Lebanon church Saturday af
ternoon-for Madison Phillips, aged 44
years, who died Thursday at his home
near Mechanic following a lingering
illness. Rev. Eli Lawrence, of Ran
dleman, was in charge of the services.
Mr. Phillips was the son of Eli and
Elizabeth Phillips. He was married
and leaves his widow and ten children,
who are, Ola, Bertie, Etta, Katie, Dof
fie, Millard, Baxter, Fred, Charlie and
Stanton Phillips. Mr. Phillips was
converted in October, 1925, Joined the
church and lived a Christian life.
HEAVIEST RAIN
OF THE SEASON
Total Rainfall Saturday in Ashe
boro Was 3.45 Inches—More
in Other Places.
..... heaviest rain of the season and
one of the heaviest that has fallen in
Asheboro in recent years was that of
last Saturday which measured a depth
of 3.45 inches. This was the heaviest
rain that has been measured since
Asheboro has had a weather observer.
The rain Saturday was general
throughout the greater part of the
State, some parts having a heavier
rainfall than others. Albemarle, for
instance, had more than fou
while the rainfall in counties
was appn
Randolph
It is a
urday an
has hr—
crops,
fa
CM. Albeit L. Cox, of RdMgh, vet*
eran of the World War, long active
in Democratic party affairs in North
Carolina will deliver the keynote
speech at the Randolph county Demo
cratic convention which will convene
in the court house in Asheboro at 1
o’clock in the afternoon of Saturday,
August 14th. Col. Cox is a speaker
well worth hearing.
At the convention on the 14th, a
Democratic county ticket will be nom
inated together with a candidate for
the House of Representatives of the
General Assembly.
On Saturday, August 7th, at 3
o’clock in the afternoon, one week
prior to the county convention, tho
Demcratic voters of the various pre
cincts in the county will meet at the
different polling places for the pur
pose of selecting township tickets and
also to select delegates for the coun
ty-convention. It is important that
•very Democratic voter in the county
attend the precinct meetings and take
i part ;n the affairs of the party.
Mr. Ferree Expects To Put
Peaches on Market Next Week
Cranford Himself Is Not
On Sta»»d—State Has
Inning Today.
While Mr. A. M. Ferree, owner of
the Highland Peach Orchard in the
southern part of the town of Aahe
boro, does not expect an unusually
large crop from his trees this season,
he does anticipate a crop of 1500
crates or more of fruit. His crop
will consist of Georgia Belles and El
bertas and will be ready for the mar
ket next week. The peaches in his
orchard appear to be of excellent
quality. Mr. Ferree, of’ course, will
depend largely on the local market for
the disposal of his peaches thiB
son. Many who have been
annual pilgrimages to the l
will be able this year to have
needs supplied at their doorsteps.
EVIDENCE IN CRANFORD
CASE FINISHED
All the evidence in the trial ot |
Nevin C. Cranford, former Stanly
county convict boss, charged with the
will not be completed before this af
ternoon, according to reports from Al
bemarle where the case is being heard
in Superior court before Judge Fin
ley. The defense rested its case short
ly before noon Tuesday after having
consumed several days in introduction'
of evidence .to contradict the web
which the State had previously woven -
around the former convict superin
tendent. Cranford himself was not
placed on the stand.
The State began the introduction of
rebuttal evidence as soon as the de
fense closed. More than a hundred
witnesses in all have taken the stand,
and seldom has evidence introduced in
a criminal case in the State been more
at variance than that which has been
presented to the jury which is hearing
the case.
The trial Fas reached its peak and
while interest is still keen over it in
Stanly county and elsewhere in the
State it is on the wane. Small crowds
are hearing the evidences whereas the
first week the court house in Albe
marle was packed to the limit de
spite the hot weather. The jury will
probably not get the case before next
week.
M. E. MATTERS
(W. H. Willis)
The writer is attending an inter
denominational conference of minis
ters near Asheville this week. The
Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist
churches will have 60 representatives
each. ; '^s|
Rev. T. A. Sikes, one of the Advo
cate editors, will preach for us at
11 a. m. next Sunday. J
This scribe enjoyed his first Pree- •
byterian dinner Sunday since coming
to Asheboro. It was with Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Willis.
About twenty people have
fessed conversion at the
ing held at West Bend this
Messrs. Sharpe and Edens.
Two dinners, one at Mr. and
W. H. Moring’s, the other at
Mrs. W. A. Coffin's, were
preachers Sharp and
pastor was included.
I wish t»
ticket for the careful <
the Democratic voter*