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.. J THE COURIER Leads in Both News and Circulation ISSUED WEEKLY Towna u Asheboro, K. C, Thursday, August 19, 1926 HE COURIER Ivertising Columns I Bring Results IN ADVANCE NUMBER S3 "m Randolph County Democrats Met Saturday and Named Strong Ticket Nomination For Sheriff and • Register Contested, Others •By Acclamation. GENERAL ALBERT L. COX MAKES PRINCIPAL SPEECH Resolutions Adopted Condemn The Present Wasteful Repub lican Administration. Randolph county Democrats gather ed in the court house in Asheboro last Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock, or ganized their convention, heard an in spiring address by General Albert L. Cox, of Raleigh, and nominated a win ning ticket for the fall election. In terest and enthusiasm prevailed throughout the deliberations of the convention in spite of the sweltering ■ heat. Following the preliminaries in which Rev. B. E. Morris led in prayer And John W. Clark, of Franklinville, was called to the chair with W. A. Lovett an<LD. C. Holt as secretaries and T. A. Burns clerk, Congressman William C. Hammer was called upon to introduce the speaker, Mr. Cox, •In the course of his introduction, Mr. Hammer presented to the convention D. A McDonald, of Carthage, and Neal Salmon, of UUington, candidates for the State senate from this the lgth senatorial district. Then came the speech of the afternoon. Nominate Ticket Getting down to business flowing Mr. Cos’s address, the convention nominated I. C. Moser, of Asheboro, for representative in the general as sembly from the county. The next in order was W. A. Lovett, present deputy clerk, for Clerk of the Court. D. M. Weatherly brought the conven tion to a high pitch of enthusiasm, in his speech nominating Mr; Lovett. • Two ballots were required to name the candidate for sheriff. Three can didates were placed before the conven tion, They were A. N*. Bulla, of Rindleman, J. T. Lambert and J, M. | Brown; both of Coleridge. There was j no nomination on the first ballot and Mr. Brown withdrew from the race, leaving the field to Bulla and Lambert i The result of the second ballot was', ination for register of deeds. E. A. j Routh, of Franklinville, and M. F. j Talbert, of Pinson, were the contes- J tants. Two billots were necessary to j declare the winner, Routh winning by a vote of 114 1-4 to 104 3-4. The other nominations were made by acclamation. First, Dr. T. L. Helms, of Randleman, was named for I coroner, then H. A. Lucas, of Pisgah, | for surveyor. The commissioners i were E. B. Leach, of Seagrove, E. C. { Watkins, of Ramseur, C. C. Bray, of Coleridge, W. C. Grimes, of Concord township, and B. M. Brower, of Lib erty. • 111 1-8 for Bulla tambert Mr. gest round and 107 2-3 drew the ination unanimous. Tka nfkaw snntact nreo am* fka nnm. (Please turn to page 4) v TONSIL AND ADENOtD CLINIC COMES TO END The tonsil and adenoid clinic con ducted in'Asheboro last week by Dr. John B. Wright, of the State Board of Health, came to a close Friday af ter 100 cases had been treated. The clinic began Tuesday and handled an average of 25 operations each day.' At this rate it was impossible to take care of all applications for treatment. Dr. Wright was ably assisted by Dr. Lois B. Gaw and a staff ofejg&t nurses. Rooms in the school building were fitted up for the clinic and the Woman’s Club of the town rendered all assistance possible to make com fortable the stay in the temporary quarters the little folks who were treated and their mothers Who stayed .with them as much as possible. Car Wreck , Put* woman, sustained severe cuts and bruises about the body in a ear wreck near the Hopldns filling station south of Asheboro Sunday evening when the Ford ear in which she w»s riding with -three other girls struck a truck which stipvr&ifcraas demolished. Besides a few minor scratches and bruises the other occu ware not injured. Miss Madison’s hurts were treated at the. Memorial hospital, where she was taken ftp mediately after the accident. Her injtttee necessitated her staying in th* New Prohibition Head? It is rumored that Brig. Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, present dry chief will resign on his return from abroad.; If he does, Roy H. Haynes, who is strongly bached by the Anti-Saloon League, is pointed out as the most likely successor to Died Sunday After Eight Weeks—Is Survived By A Large Family. Funeral services for Cora Elizabeth Overman, wife of S. S. Overman, who died and her home two .miles south of Staley Sunday afternoon were con ducted from Mount Pleasant Baptist church Monday afternoon at three o’clock. ReV. W. A. Elam, of Ram seur, was in charge of the services assisted by Rev. James Edwards. Mrs. Overman was the daughter of the late John Wright and was thirty-. years ago and from that time until eight weeks ago when she was stricken three brothers, Jake, Henry and John Wright, of Staley, R. P. D.; six sis ters, Mrs. Dora Foust, Mrs. Bessie Foust, Mrs, Martha Kivett and Mrs. Clyde Martin, of Staley, R. F. D., Mrs. Otis Lindley, Liberty;. Mrs. Flor ence Langley, Staley; three half brothers, W. M. Wright, Staley; F. M. Wright, Aeheboro; and G. P. Wright, of Staley, R. F. D. Pallbearers were, Arthur Patterson, J. N. Zeigler, William Hicks, R. W. Stuart, J. W. Kixett, anct L D. Poe. Flower bearers were, Misses Grace, Alice and Inez Wright, and Wil ma Williams. Interment was made in the church cemetery. Miss Juanita Gregg Has Honor Swimming White Lake Miss Juanita Gregg, of Liberty, has the honor of swimming White Lake at a point three miles wide, making die distance in one hour. This feat was accomplished Saturday morning, August 7th. Miss Gregg is said to be the only woman to have accomplished that feat. Liberty folks are not sur prised at Miss Gregg’s accomplish ment. She has quite an enviable rep utation as an athlete. Besides her skill in athletics, she has won honors as dramatic student as w«l as in elo cutionary ability 1 as a student at Greensboro Allege, Greensboro. She is the* daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Gregg, of liberty,' , ^ gs, and a woman of. ;ian character. She 'rove church twelve Jr., Evelyn, and Maxine, all.at home; Toms Out 60 Doaen Chaim Dally and Will Sota Reach Capacity of 100 Dozen Each Day. Some week* ago, an article in The Courier told of how a new chair plant at Liberty had arisen from the ashes of the old. Reference was had to the Liberty Chair Company, at Liberty. This new plant is of tile and steel construction, with machinery, all elec tric drive of the individual mite* The main building is 67 by 262 tth additional space for finishing warehouse, office and dry kiln, istructed along most modern Airplane CAR OF POULTRY August 24th and 25th Are Oates and Ashebpro Is Place For Loading Car. A car of live poultry will be loaded at the Southern depot next Tuesday and Wednesday, August 24th and 25th. The prices are not what we had ex pected to get, but I have watched the market and am now convinced that we had better let them go. Moulting tiifle is now here and the hens will not be worth much more dntil the first of the year and they are eating all this,tilde. The young roosters will soon be classed as cock birds and the price dropped on them, so everything considered I believe we had better let them go. Prices are as follows: . Heavy hens 18 cents per lb; leghorn hens 15 cents per pound; Heavy chicks 21 centp per pound; leghorn chicks 18 cents per pound; roosters 11 cents per pound. The car will probably be placed at W. C. Cox’s fertilizer house as in the past. Let’s turn out with our chick ens and fill this car. This will prob ably be the last car shipped until late fall so let’s take advantage of this opportunity/ E. S. MILLSAPS, Jr., County Agent. Piedmont Section of State Home of Fine Box Bushes The Lexington Dispatch tells of tohat is perhaps the largest box bush in Davidson county. It is located in the yard at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Sowers, in Boone township. The circumference of the shrub is forty feet. Mrs. Sowers has refused a handsome price for the box bush. There are a number of fine box bushes in the Piedmont section of North Car olina,, many of them being in Randolph county. Over at Pittsboro, Mrs. Exe line recently sold the box bushes about her hotel for $1500. BAPTIST NEWS LETTER Oar Sunday school is going on a picnic to Thomasville Baptist Orphan age, Thomasville, N. C., Friday of this week. Mrs. M. I. Abenethy, pastor Morris and Virginia and Frances Morris en MmMm*rn ***&*■ The W. M. S. of our church net in the home of Mrs. B. E. Morris Mon day afternoon of this week. Mrs. W. A. Gregory had arranged avery help ful program. Our young people are doing a thrilling work in their B, Y. P. U’s. It is a joy to the pastor to work with and see them work. The pastor will use as a subject next Sunday morning, "The Pearl of Great Price.” The text is found1 in Matt 13:46. Co-operative services continue, for two more Sunday even ings. Pastor Morris will be out to town next week with Rev. B. F. Clark, at Gibsonville, N. C., in an evangelistic campaign. M. E. CHURCH MATTERS (W. H. Willis) Millicent Martin, an infant, died at the home of its mother in this city Sunday and was buried at Randleman Monday, the writer officiating. We have been a guest for dinner at the following places recently: Mrs. C. J, Clarks, the Central Hotel, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Hasty’s. Those who are considering the mat ter of joining our church are urged to do so at once, that their names may appear on the printed directory goon to be issued for general distribution. The following have taken letters of removal recently: Mr. and Mrs. Reid Hannah, Harold P. Moore. * After about two months of “let up”, the/writer is again hard at work. He is calling on his people possibly for the last time. Conference convenes in about two months. Wade Tells Firemen That Fire Kills One Each Day Flie takes a toll of a life a day in each state in the union, Commissioner Stacey W. Wade told the State fire men in meeting, at Motehead City the first of the week. The property dam age in the country from fire averages $1,500 per minute, continued Mr. Wade in quoting figures on fire losses. Seventeen thousand lives are lost an nually and more than a half billion dollars worth of property. While Johnson J. Hayes, Republi can candidate for United States Sena tor against Overman, has been shelling the woods during the hot summer months, Chairman John 6. Dawson, of the North Carolina Democratic exe a complication Mrs. Mary E. lewallen, aged 62, widow of Mack (L Lewallen, died at th<s residence of Jjer daughter, Mrs. A. A. Ridge, in 1 gh Point, Monday morning after an lness of six months with heart trouble and of diseases. ' Mrs. Lewallen w is bon,UanUUipu county, a daughter of Dennis and Elisabeth Jane Richardson. In 1883 she was married to Mack C. Lewallen and to this union Eleven children were bom, nine of whom are living. They are: Mrs. A. A. Itdge, Mrs. Mattie Gibson, Mr. W._Jiurley Davis, Mrs. Grace Hamlin | Hurlock, Misses Blanche, Berta aSid Eulah Lewallen, all of High Point: Turner Lewallen, High Point, and J|ack Lewallen, Jr., of Georgia. A brother and two sis ters also survive. They are U. C. Richardson, postmaster at Asheboro; and Mrs. Alfred Cox and Mrs. Walter Vuncannon, bom Of Seagrove. Mrs. Lewallen was well and favor ably known in Randolph county and also in High Point where she had made her home for 28 years. She was . a member of Spri^igneld Friends church and took an active interest in relig ious matters. Her husband before his death was prominently connected tiie real estate business in High Point and was interested in other business. At one time he operated an undertak ing establishment. Until Mr- Lewal len’s death he and’ his family Archdale. 1 in Funeral services were cunuucwu tu Springfield Friends church Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock by Miss Clara I. Cox, assisted by Rev. W. B. Davis and Rev. 0. L. Ruth. Burial was made in the family plot in the church cemetery.' sff* Active pallbearers were: Hubert O. Hayworth, W. W. Preddy, J. E. Foust, Ernest Davis, Gray Brown and Roy Hutchins. Honorary pallbearers were: Horace Ragan, Jake wppbom, Edward Ragan, Edward MflHkaa, Joseph Cox, R. R. Ragan, S. O. jfchaub, Ralph Parker Died In High Point. Tuesday Morning—Was Born In Randolph County. Funeral was held yesterday after noon at 3 o’clock at Marlboro Friends church, Randolph county, for Mrs. Sarah Ellen Robbins, 46, wife of Al bert A. Robbins, of High Point, who died Tuesday morning after a short illness from nephritis. The services were in charge of Lewis McFarland and Miss Clara I. Cox. Burial was made in the church cemetery. Mrs. Robbins was bom in Randolph county, a daughter of the late Nathan and Clarissa Bulla Farlow. She and her husband moved to High Point 14 years ago from the Back Creek sec tion of Randolph county, five miles west of Asheboro. She was a birth right member of the Friends church. Mrs. Robbins is survived by her husband, two sons, McKinley and Na than Robbins, four daughters, Mrs. Florry Fulton, of Atlanta,, Ga., and Misses Notra, Belva and Georgia Robbins, all of High Point, a brother, Arch Farlow, High Point, and two sisters, Mrs. I. N. Pierce and Mrs. Ben Millikan, both of Randolph county. RANDLEMAN M. P. NEWS On next Sunday evening, Rev. Robt. Lloyd will fill the pastor’s pulpit at Worthville. The pulpit at Level Crofts will be provided for at 3 p. m. The writer will begin a special meet ing at Flint Ridge M. P. church, east of Liberty, next Sunday. —W. H. Neese. We wish ta extend our heartfelt thanks to our many 1 neighbors and friends for the kindness they have shown us in the sickness and death of our dear mother, Mrs. Lou Elma Brown. —The Children. Mother Sees Son fin Reads Like Fiction, But Is True i Mothers In 1 years last week for a visit to mother. Mrs. PresneR moved Asheboro to High Point when children were very small. She in the home of a family who b< very much attached to young E( who was about six yearn of age. family **nted to adopt the littl hut Mrs. Presnell did not thi could give her conperd, the f moved away and Mr** Fresnell not know the whereabout* oi family or her littl* bey. Abo ROSS CLAN MET LASTTHURSDAY Held Second Reunion In Pleas ant Garden M. E. Church— Elect Officers. Two hundred descendents of Lev en Ross met in the Methodist Episco pal church in Pleasant Garden on August 12th for their second annual meeting. Mrs. Lalah Ross Perkins, of Greensboro, presided and an inter esting program was carried out, all participants being members of the clan. Mr. Charles Hunt welcomed the clan to Pleasant Garden, which is the original home of this branch of the Rosses, and where a number of them live now. Mr. Ross Ashby, of Greens boro, responded to this address and also paid tribute to those who had gone to their reward during the year. Scotch songs, “Annie Laurie” and “Auld .Lang Syne,” by Elizabeth, Lu cy Clyde and Annie Gilbert Ross, of Asheboro, and “My Ain Countree,” by Miss Irene Perkins and Mr. William Hunt, were much enjoyed. Mr. Charles Ross, of Lillington, traced the history of the Ross clan from the highlands of Scotland to the eastern section of the United States and spoke of many of the family traits. Much merriment was added to the occasion by the Scotch jokes told by Mr. Gurley Coble. A sumptuous dinner was served on the church grounds and during this other Scotch songs were sung by a quartet of young men. Pleasant Garden was selected as the place for the annual meeting and the second Thursday in August as the time. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Lalah Ross Perkins, Greensboro; Vice president, Jos.. D. Ross, Asheboro; secretary, Lynn Ross Hunt, Pleasant Garden; treasurer, O. L. Ross, Pleasant Gar den; historian, Miss Esther Ross, of Asheboro. Mrs. W. B. Hodge, 70, Died Last Monday, August 16th Mrs. W. B. Hodge died at her home north of Asheboro Monday, August 16, at the age of 70 years, following an illness of several months. Mrs. Hodge was a consecrated Christian woman and practiced her religion by her everyday life. She was held in high esteem by all who knew her. Funeral services wen-conducted by Rev. R. Y. Putman and Rev. Jones, of High Point, at Giles Chapel Tuesday afternoon at 3 p. m. The deceased is survived by four children, Mrs. Ella Hinshaw, of Cen tral Falls, Mrs. Harvey Bulla, Messrs. Willie and John Hodge, all of North Asheboro, and two brothers, Mr. Haywood Glasgow, of Candor, and Mr. Floyd Glasgow, of North Ashe boro. . Large Number of People Take Advantage Free Fruit Throngs of cars passed through Asheboro' Sunday going to Candor to get peaches. Many were attracted by the invitation issued through the State newspapers by Mr. C. L. Steed to come and get peaches Saturday and Sunday free of charge. Mr. Steed says that cars arrived during the night and came and went until his supply was exhausted anh his brother, Mr. H. N. Steed, then issued ah invitation for those who had come for peaches to go to his orchard. There is no way of knowing the number of peaches hauled away without charge but the number of bushels would prob ably extend to ten thousand. The people were lavish in their expres sions of gratitude to the Messrs. Steed who preferred giving the peaches away rather than having them go to waste. • -— MR. WILEY RUSH. FORMER ASHEBORO MAN, MARRIES The following announcement will be of interest to many of the Randolph county people. Mr. Rush is the son of the late Wiley and Mrs. Jean Rush. Mrs. Rush and her children moved to Greensboro a few years ago. „ Mr. Rush is a promising young business man. His bride is a popular and at tractive young woman: “Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Preddy an nounce the marriage of their daughter, Irene Mary, to Mr. Wiley D. Rush on Saturday, the 31st of July, 1926, Wil mington, N. C. it Time In 17 Years Story—She Is One of Happiest *he County. he did not know his own brother, hav ing left the family too young member his own name or thr of other members of his family. Woodell has been corresponding his mother for the past year and has been planning ting his famllj prosperous bus foreman in the Inspections in Richmond, Vs. Presnell is probably one of the piest mothers in Randolph over the fact that her son has her a visit after teen years. M' twenty-four jn and has * 80s County Sunday School Association Had Interesting Meeting At Franklinville —-1 — There’ll Be a F~ ' New York is marshalling its forces for one gala reception when Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle comes home from her record breaking swim of the English channel. She sails for home Aug. 21—leaving a record, (the first woman) of 14% hours across the channel—a mark which bids to stand for many years. Moonshiners Using Sandhill Peaches Estimated That They Will Make 50,000 Gallons Brandy From Soft Fruit. That Sandhill peaches are being used by many old-time distillers and many of the new ones too for making brandy is the gist of an interesting news story sent out, from Raleigh Saturday. The growers themselves are not using the surplus peaches for this purpose, of course, and no intima tion is made of it. Bqt so large is the volume of peaches, that sales are not made Tast enough to take care of them and thou&adr of bushels get soft before they are sold and are un fit for the market. The story is that thousands of bush els of these unfit peaches are shoveled sons who oould have no other use for them than to make brandy. These peaches are sold as low as ten cents a bushel and sometimes cheaper: The lot includes not only the soft peaches, but the culls and those that are wormy. All of this makes good ma terial for the brewing of brandy. And brandy sells at top price regardless of the price of peaches. Peaches may go for a few cents a bushel and the growers lose money or manage to break even, but there is no over supply of the sparkling liquid called peach brandy. 'That peaches enough to make 50,000 gallons of peach brandy have been hauled away from the orchards is a conservative estimate. ed without a shadow of a doubt is the belief of Chairman Oldfield of the Democratic congressional campaign committee. Opposition in no North Carolina district will be serious, thinks Mr. Oldfirid/^ho thinks that the Republican national committee will not waste money by sending it to North Carolina this year. Oldfield thinks the Democrats have a chance to win a congressman in Texas by beating Wurzbach, the Re publican boss of the state, who is a candidate for congress, and by win ning out in one Kentucky district. . Prof. D. C. Holt Again Heads School, Assisted By Number Experienced Teachers. Liberty, Aug. 16.—The Liberty school board, composed of T. A John son, chairman; C. G. Foushee, sec retary; Dr. F. A. Shephard, R. B. Staley and E. C. Williamson, an nounces the following faculty for tiie comihg school session, which is expected to open on Monday, Sep tember 6: For high school—D. C. Holt, prin cipal and teacher of arithmetic; J. Otis Burke, of Graham, science and director of athletics; Virginia Tins ley, of Marion, mathematics and his tory; Selma Watt, of Du* West, S. C., Latin and French; j Mrs. J. P. Cox, of liberty, English and spell ing, and Jewel Sumner, of Randle man, home economics. Has No Fear Republican Gains In North Carolina That every one of the Democratic candidates for Congress in the ten North Carolina districts will be elect Miss Magee afhd Miss T«ok Large Part In Two-Day Program. WILLIAMSON RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT Old Union Is Awarded Banner 1927 Convention At Mt. Vernon. The Randolph County Sunday School Convention was called to order Tuesday at 2:30 o’clock in the Baptist church at Franklinville by E. C. WilliamSon, president of the coun ty association. After the choir had sung “He Included Me,” the Reverend W. A. Elam led the devotional using the Parable of the Sower for, scripture lesson. The welcome was made by J. H. Fentriss L__ response given by E. C. Williamson. Miss Flora Davis, associate super intendent of the North Carolina Sun day- School Association, then spoke on “Adults in the Sunday School.” She brought out the fact that it was nec essary for the adults to be in Sunday school because they furnished the building and that if the grown people attend Suhday school others will come and that the way to get them is thru the organized Bible class. She em phasized the fact that the class would do better work if men and women were organized separately; that the purpose of the organization was to get the class to study the Bible and that the business side was of a minor importance. She said that the way to get them to study was to make special assignments and use special courses in which they were interested; that the class should not only be organized for study, but also for service. The service should consist in doing per sonal work, getting men and women to attend preaching service and then for missionary work. After singing “There’s Power in the Blood” and recording the dele gates in attendance, Miss Daisy Ma gee, of Raleigh, spoke on “Young People and Their Work.” She said that the young people should grow in the four-fold manner in which Jesus grew: (1) physically, (2) mentally, (3) socially, (4) religiously. She Figures compiled by the Depart* ment of Rural Social -Economics of the University of North Carolina, show that the average expenditure on teaching and supervision per child en rolled in city schools in North Caro lina is $33.07. The average per rural child is $17.98 and in this respect Randolph county with an expenditure per child of $15.80 ranks 68th in the list of counties. New Hanover has the highest average, $35.85 per child, followed by Durham, Currituck, Bun combe Transylvania and others. Montgomery county ranks 15th with an average expenditure of $21.46, while Davidson comes in 39th place with $18.30. ’’WO MORE PHYSICIANS SHrotnnn Barnes «*..« v>. miaiijr parnes, Both of Robeson C ‘ Asheboro this week has two physicians. They are Drs. Dempsej Barap and <S||fany Barnes, of Proc torvTlle, Robe^an county. Both wiere graduated from Wake Forest college with a B. A degree and both studied at Virginia Medical College, Rich mond, Va., where they were graduated in 1924. Mr. Barnes served as interne at Johnson Willis hospital, Richmond, while Dr. Tiffany Barnes had his in terne work at Memorial Hospital, with which the late Dr. John Wesley Long, of Greensboro, was long connected. The two physicians have rented of fices over the Fox-Richardson Drug Company for practice of their profes sion both m Asheboro and anywhere ip the county. They have rented the lower floor of Miss Minnie Hoover’s residence on South Fayetteville street and will make their home there. Reitzels Meeting In Annual Reunion At Richlahd Church The annual reunion of the Reitzel family will be held today at Richland church, four miles north of Liberty. The address will be delivered at 10:30 o’clock by Congressman Hammer, pf Asheboro. He will be followed by Dr. W. T. Whitsett, who will speak on historical matters. Dinner will be served on the grounds in picnic style. In the afternoon Rev. D. I. will present some interesting the family history. Davidson TS7 J] 1/nuKnm was lightning