linMHMtMUUI THE COURIER Leads In Both Hows and Circulation ISSUED Wl VQLUB|B LI LY =3= COURIER ing Columns f Results $2.00 A ADVANCE NUMBER 38 erm More Than **'"* The Asheboro graded and high school opened-Wednesday morning, September 8th, at 8:30 o’clock with chapel exercises in the auditorium. More than 800 children were enrolled on the opening morning. Besides the large number of children, maqy of the parents were also present and a large number of the citizens of the town who had no children in the school, as well as the school board, who came to lend encouragement to the teachers and children and assure them of their sincere' interest in the school. All this, and the splendid corps of teachers who have been se lected with unusual care this year, indicate a splendid school year. After the children were assembled in the chapel the visitors filled the gallery, many having to stand through the exercises on account of the crowd. Mr. Bilker, the new superintendent, opened the exercises with a few ap propriate words, and called on Rev. J. E. Pritchard, pastor of the Meth odist Protestant church, to lead in prayer. Miss Linnie Burkhead then played a piano- solo which was appre ciated greatly. Following this, Mayor D. B. McCrary mad$ a short talk on cooperation on the part of the child ren, parents and teachers. Mr. Rob ert White, leader of athletics, repre sented the teachers with a few well jphosen remarks, and spoke of his hopes and plans for a successful year in the athletic part of the school life. Miss Virginia Redding then sang a lovely song. Mr. Hilker closed the ex ercises with a brief talk, asking the cooperation of all toward making the school year.both pleasant and profit able. He did not give a long list of dont’s, only asking that each child consider “the 6ther fellow,” thereby being unselfish, and cooperate with the teachers cheerfully. A few in structions concerning . the rooms to which each grade was assigned ended his remarks. Before the children marched to their rooms, Mayor Mc Crary made a request for all the teachers to stand, which they did, and wen greeted with hearty applause. Many of the teachers for the year are new, and several of the ones who have taught here before are returning and are receiving flattering ‘ - In# wSfif tSBfp come each teacher personally, their presence-was sufficient evidence of their good will toward the teachers, children and school as a whole. The Courier wishes to add best Wishes for the best school year in the history of the town, and say that school news, in cluding athletic notices and everything of interest to the school will receive a welcome in our columns. >> M. E. MATTERS The writer this week 1b assisting in a meeting at Farmington, in Davie county. Rev. H. C. Byrum, of Calvary church, Righ Point, vgill preach for ua at 11 a. m. Sunday and probably at night. The following were added to our membership Sunday: Mrs. Mabel Byrd, Giles Willis, Misses Maude Lee and Hazel Spoon, Mrs. Ethel Cranford, Prof. R. J. Hilker, Mrs. Kathleen HQ ker, Allan Hughes, Mrs. H. E. pan cock, Mrs. Caudle, letters for the last two having bedh applied for., Our membership is now 590. Miss Ethel Johnson’s organ recital and Mr. Miller’s singing delighted a large audience of Asheboro people Thursday evening. Rev. Lacy T. Edens is visiting rela tives in Robeson this week. B. Y. P. U. HAD GOOD MEETING AT RAMSEUR Ramseur Union Entertains With Playlet—Asheboro Juniors Win “ On huji triet B. Y. P. U. Baptist ion allowed friends to became the bride The altar was orations afternoon the Dis it the Ramseur un and . charming P. G*. Spirit B. Y. P. U. J. P. Boroughs, 75, Claimed By Death , -..- v Died Suddenly From Heart At tack—Was Register of Deeds For Efelit Years. . J. P. Boroughs, aged 75 years, died suddenly Saturday evening at 6:30 o’clock from a heart attack. Mr. Boroughs had left his home at Kemp’s | Mill Saturday morning to visit his niece, Mrs. J. J. Harper, near Ben nett. In the afternoon, the Harper family and Mr. Boroughs started to Bennett, Mr. Boroughs seeming in his usual good health. As they were riding along, Mr. Boroughs was seen !’to fall over in his seat and the car was [stopped. Investigation disclosed that he was gasping for breath. He died in a few minutes. Mr. Borough's was bom and reared in Randolph county. He had fpr years been ope of the empty’s most prominent citizens. He was register of deeds for the county from 1900 to 1908 and made a most efficient offi cer, always being elected by’ large majorities and retaining the full con fidence of the people of the county re gardless of political affiliations. He retired from office voluntarily. While register of deeds, he lived in Ashe boro and became interested in town affairs as well as those of the coun ty. He taught school for several years and later for some time was bookkeeper for the Enterprise Manu facturing Company, at Coleridge, un til 1924, when he again taught school. Mr. Boroughs is survived by one son, Mr. E. P. Boroughs, of Kemp’s Mill, with whom he made his home. His daughter, wife of Thad S. Ferree, of Asheboro, died some years ago. Mr. Boroughs has no brothers or sis ters living. He was a member of the Methodist Protestant church, at Why Not, from which the funeral was held Sunday afternoon and interment made in the church cemetery. As evidence of the esteem in which he was held by the people of the county was the large congregation which gathered to pay last tributes of respect to a life that had been fall of service to his fellow men. .So large was the crowd that only a small part of it was able to get in the church during the services Sunday afternoon.k Rainfall For Month of August Below The Avenge compand to an average of 5.04 indies. The rainfall for the year so far has been 20.08 inches as against an aver age to Sept 1 of 35.31 inches. The mean temperature for the month was 78.7 as compared to an average of 75.4. The highest temper ature for the month was 94 on the 13th while the lowest was 83 on the 20th. The heaviest rainfall in any 24 hours was .88 on the 24th. - There wen 21 clear days, 7 partly cloudy and 3 cloudy. SERIES OF MEETINGS AT GILE’S CHAPEL CHURCH A series of revival meetings will beg|n Sunday, Sept 19, at Gile’s Chapel M. P. church. Sunday will be home sortiing day and then will be two services with picnic dinner on the grounds. All former members of the {church who have moved elsewhere an invited to attend the services on Sun day especially. The Hi|h Point evangelistic club and others will as sist the pastor, Rev. C. H. Hill, in the meeting. The four Higgins sis ters, of Oak Ridge, will he present on Sunday and will sing several quartets. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend these services. MB8DAMES PARRISH AND INGRAM WANT FAIR EXHIBITS Mrs. M. W. Parrish and Mrs. John T. Ingram, who are in charge of the Home Economies Department at the Fair this year,are asldngthat every, housewife in Randolph county con tribute something to their booth at the fair. This has hoe* an abundant season for fruits and vegetables and it is possible for this department to have a greater variety of exhibits than ever before. It is hoped that every person contributing to this most interesting as the Randolph comity have a tion for canning fruits ai According to, the Rev. J. here, there was a deficiency in rainfall for the month of August. The precipita tion for the month was 1.98 inches as Claims Messiflshlp I yjttssiif! wi uAi...sws'2-:i:^aPr. youthful Jeddu K.».‘7hnflir murti of, India ts now in th Contract fog the Providenci ing was let to? Burrow and Lamb, Asheboro, for $18)626.00, this bid b ing the lowest of (ten, ranging from $23,111.62 down to the price at / which the job was let. This building also wilFbe brick: veneer and one story ; for the heat ncn>, in height with basem ing plant. This bi equipped with water, contracts fog Which It will contaisjsix brary, offii Water will bd: well. The building that at B wing out f building. once 1927. dito V the ig will be its and heat, be let lat§r. rooms, li and toilets. >xa a in the Providence in the center while will be built in a center of “ #;P. — The Ladles* Aid t-ive of lath and as aj and his wife are a new living room suli a^aew and a new on North being suit been very ac ' the pastor the use of a new bed room suit ’She house mat is . _ looking very much tfflh 7. S. Lewis* donated shades for the win dows and Mrs. Earl F. Bulla gave nice curtains for the windows of a room. Then to add to the generosity of the Ladies’ Aid, the church gave a very generous pounding oi tnmgs needful for the pantry. The pastor and his wife greatly appreciate all of these favors. The pastor will leave Saturday for Brinkleyville, in Halifax county, to assist in a revival meeting. This is the church where this pastor began his work as a pastor in 1912. The pastor of the church at Brinkleyville is a Randolph county man, Rev. C. L. Spencer, and was brought up near Why Not in the southern part of the county. , The Methodist Protestant Church in Asheboro will give a reception to the faculty of the graded school and the school board on Friday evening of this week at eight o’clock, in. the social room of the church. In the absence of the pastor next Sunday, Rev. Paul S. Kennett, of High Point College, will preach at the morning, service and Rev. Robert Lloyd will preach at 7:30 P. M. The public is cordially invited to all the services of the day; BOARD MEETING The regular monthly meeting of the board of county commissioners for the county was held Monday, but ow ing to the delay in getting the min utes of the meeting on the records in the office of the register of deeds, The Courier is not able to give its readers an account of the business transacted. A. X Staley Dies At The Age Of 62 Native of Randolph County, But Hold lived in High Point Some Time. A. J. Staley, aged 62 years, died ^t his home in High Point Monday night following an illness extending over many months. Mr. Staley was a native of Randolph county, a son of Abraham and Mary Kime Staley. He was married to Mica Martha L. Cox, also, of Randolph comity, in October, 1901, and to this union one son waa born, who died in infancy. Mr. Sta-, ley wen* to High Point to live from Randolph county several years ago. Ha was a member the office of Coun ty Superintendent T. Fletcher Bulla, with L. F. Ross, J. A. Martin and J. F. Hughes, members of the board, present, accepted the proposition made by the Asheboro city school board allowing one hundred pupils living in the community adjacent to the Asheboro" district to enter the school at Asheboro. The city school board proposes that each pupil be charged $3 per month for three months and that the county pay the tuition for the other six months. The patrons who live outside of the dist rict and who send their children to the town school will, therefore, have to pay in advance $9 tuition fee for each pupil. This entitles the pupil to every advantage of the regular nine months term of the Asheboro school.- This arrangement holds good for the school year 1926-27. It was ordered by the school board that the pupils in the Red Cross dis trict, Providence township, go to Liberty school for one month begin ning with the September term, the same transportation to be furnished as last year. . „■_ Parks Cross Roads school was granted another teacher provided that an average attendance is tnaintained to justify the" employment of an ad-! ditional teacher. The teacher shall be withdrawn at Christmas if the at tendance is not kept up. It was recommended by the board that all the schools in the county hav ing a six months term be£in Oct. 11, which is the second Monday in the month. The old colored school house and lot near Edgar was ordered sold to Wil liam Nazareth for $80. The matter of electing a teacher at 'Julian’s Grove was left to the local committee at Providence. Grant Parks and Alfred Davis were appointed as . committee for the col ored school at Red House. The county superintendent was in structed to see if a truck could be put on to advantage at Shiloh to car ry the pupils to Ramseur, provided there is room at Ramseur and one^ teacher can handle the rest of the school at Shiloh. ASHEBORO LAUNDRY, INC* IS DOING FLOURISHING BUSINESS The AsheboTe Laundry, Incorpor ated, is an enterprise which was re cently bought by a party of Greens boro men composed of the following: Dr. H. C. Wolff, M. S. Younts and A. S. Myers. Dr. Wolff is a promin ent physician in Greensboro being ah eye, ear send nose specialist. Mr. Younts is a member of the firm Younts-Dubose Clothing Store and Mr. Myers has for sometime been adver tising manager of Odell’s, Incorporat ed. These business men see a future for the laundry business in Asheboro. It will probably be a matter of in terest to "know that the Asheboro Laundry washed more than 200 blankets last week and each week do family laundry for about 260 families in and around Asheboro. Mr. G. W. Willis, who has had several years ex perience, is manager and is announc ing special prices on blankets in or der to take caTe of the trade for young people and teachers who are going away to school. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES OF ASHEBORO EVANGELISTIC CLUB Following are schedules of services to be held at Salem and High Pine churches by the Asheboro Evangelis tic Clubs under charge of J. F. Burk head, group director: Salem Church Sunday, Sept. 12th, No. 4 gang, at 2:30 and 7:30 o’clock; at 7:30 o’clock only, Monday, gang 2; Tuesday, gang ; Wednesday, gang 3; Thursday, gang 4; Friday, gang 2; Saturday, gang 1; Sunday, 2:30 and'7:30, gang 3. High Pine Church Sunday, Sept: 12th, gai^g 2, at 2:30 and 7:30; at 7:30 only, Monday, gang 3; Tuesday, 4; Wednesday, 1; Thurs day, 2; Friday, 3; Saturday, 4; Sun day, 1, at 2:30 and also at 7:30. Randleman Defeats Amazon Thomasville, Sept. 4.—Randleman staged a rally in the ninth inning which enabled them to overcome a two run lead and to defeat the Amazon Cotton Mills team of Thomasville by a score of 4 to 2. McDonald knocked in three runs with a long three-bag ger; Parker followed with a double. Both Dennis and Beasley pitched good ball. 8 R H E. Randleman 000 000 004 4 6 1 Amazon 100 100 000 2 7 6 Batteries: Dennis and Frazier; Beasley. Euless and Pitman. Two-base hits: Frazier, Parker, Gibson. Three - To Visit Our State Beautiful Queen Marie of Rou toama sails next week for our shores and has plans perfected for of the United States that will bring her to our state. Plans foj her reception will be made as soon as dates of her tour are an nounced in New York. Funeral For Mrs. Ada Cameron Smith Held From liberty Baptist Church Sunday Following Her Death in Greensboro Friday. Liberty, Sept. 6.—Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Cameron' Smith, who died in a Greensboro hospital Friday night following declining health for three months, were held from the Liberty Baptist church Sunday after noon at 3 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. R. P. Ellington, assisted by Rev. F. L. Gibbs, pastor of the M. P. church. Mrs. Smith was very popular in lib erty, having a wide circle of friends and relatives. The pallbearers were J. A. Martin, Dr. F. A. Shepard, Ed Williamson, J. E. Cox, Cyras Sboffner and T. C. Frazier. Flowers were borne by Misses Marie Cameron, Julia Cameron, Fran ces Wayne, /Louise Waller, Annie Mrs. Organ Recital At M. E. Ctfurch Pleases Audience The organ recital given by Miss Ethel Johnson and Mr. Grady Miller at the Methodist Episcopal church Thursday evening -was a decided suc cess in every ■way. The variety of the program from the heavy numbers of Bach and Ma quaire to the lighter and better known numbers, such as Schubert’s much loved “Serenade”, and the dain ty “Gavotte” by Martini brought out the variety of tone of the instrument and artistic rendition of the player. Special mention of the traditional Russian number, “The Volga Boat Song”, should be made because of its descriptive nature, having been writ ten to interpret the song of the chained galley slaves as they piled their oa^s on the Volga, singing in their minor tones, the weird intona tion coming faintly from the distance, when first heard, then gaining in vol ume, and finally receding. The selection from Handel’s masteo'' piece, “The Messiah”, was eminently fine, and through Mr. Miller’s inter pretation, it conveyed to the audience something of the dignity, reverence and beauty of this wonderful classic. America first heard this complete Oratorio in 1771 when it was first per jn Philadelphia, a year be was first sung in Germany, composer’s native country. Mr. Miller’s second selection, “Come Ye Blessed”, was deeply satisfying, and was sung with much feeling. The entire program was a high class musical treat with which Ashe boro has never before been favored, and as the artists belong to Asheboro we are all distinctly proud of them. Community o Be Held enthusiastic community fair meeting was held at Farmer Tuesday night in which it was decid ed to hold the fair at Farmer oh Fri day, September 13th. A large crowd was present and County Demonstra tor Millsaps aay« he has never a more interested group of eitf gathered together for any community project. Mv F. Skeen is president of the Fanner Community Fair, while Alton Kearns is vice pres Besides her mother,' Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Smith is survived by four sisters, Miss Lizzie Cameron, of Liberty; Mrs. J. L. Henderson, of Graham; Mrs. W. H. Hardin, of Jul ian; and Mrs. A. A. "Wagoner, of San ford; two brothers, S. H. Cameron, of Broadway; and C. F. Cameron, of Liberty, R. F. D. Superior Court Convened Monday Judge P. A. McEIroy, presiding, Delivers An Able Charge— Cases Tried. Randolph Superior Court for the trial of cases on the criminal docket convened in the court house in Ashe* boro Monday morning with Judge P. A. McEIroy presiding and Solicitor Zeb V. Long prosecuting for the State. The following named men were chosen, charged and sworn as grand jurors: J. W. Rich,*Roddy Fields, W, E. Luck, A. C. Harris, J. W. Eurk head, J. E. Spence, C. A. Farlow, J. R. Richardson, J. B. Butler, J. E. Hockett, C. W. Hudson, R. N. Surfj ner, W. E. Rollins, J. T. Kivett, J. H. Joyce, Joseph Culler, S. E. Nelson and W. L. Cranford. The following named men were sworn as petit jurors: A. E. Pritch ard, C. W. Small, John Hicks, W. J. Barker, J. T. Hayes, Joe H. York, A V. Fesmire, H. L. Bean, A. C. Rich, E. Osborne, J. C. Spencer, C. H. Lineberry, W. H. Garner, Oscar Wil liams, T. L Glasgow, H. D. Smith, K. D. Smith, K. G. Coltrane, N. C. Wil lard. Following the selection of the jur ors, Judge McEIroy made one of his usual able charges, as follows: The Judge’s Charge Charging the grand jury, Judge McEIroy laid particular stress upon the necessity of enforcing the prohi bition laws and the traffic laws and I regulations of the State. He called [attention to children under sixteen [years of age driving cars and made the statement that the parents of these minors should be indicted for violation of the law. Every day, said the judge, this law is violated and nothing seems to be done about it. The drunken driver, according to Judge McEIroy, is a potential mur derer. Too often we are prone to do noth ing in regard to violations of the au tomobile laws of the State until some tragedy has happened and then it is too late to save a life. In order that the increasing number of auto mobile fatalities may be lessened, the traffic laws must be enforced. In speaking of the violations of the prohibition lanes, Judge McEIroy said that the courts would have to NEW GROCERY AND Mi OPENS IN SOUTH ASHEBORO Messrs. R. F. Cheek and Hi S. Cox' have opened a'grocery store and meat market in the brick building next door to the Methodist Protestant church, in South Asheboro, which was-' formerly occupied by Spoon’s Service Station. Mr. Cheek is an experienced grocer having been in business in West Asheboro for several years. Mr. Cox is well known throughout the county. He will conduct the market department separately from the gro cery store. Mr. R. E. Betts, exper ienced meat market man, will be con nected with Mr. Cox in the market business. MR. C. B. WAY NEW EDITOR IN CHARGE OF THE TRIBUNE Mr. C. B. Way, who for a number of years was connected with the Bur lington News and was later with the circulation department of the Lexing ton Dispatch, has become editor in charge of The Tribune. Mr. Way will move his family to Asheboro' and will reside in the Clifford Cox resi dence on Park street. Mr. Way is al so a minister of the Methodist Prot estant church and has a largo circle of friends and acquaintances who will be glad to hear of his com ing to Asheboro. A World Record A world's egg-laying record for both quantity and longevity is claimed for “Comhusker Queen,” a White Leghorn hen at the Nebraska State Agricultural College, at Lincoln, Ne braska. The hen is nine years old and weighs four and one-half pounds. Her total was 1,186 eggs on Sept. 4th, the weight of which is 80 times her own weight. FUNERAL HELD FOR JOHN GATLIN, AGED 40 __ Thursday Died In Greensboro ollowing An Operation For Appendicitis. _ John Gatlin, aged 40 years, died at the Clinic hospital in Greensboro Thursday of last week folio operation for appendicitis, ll bom and reared in here practicall the past two years he in the