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happy remarks. Dr. Moffitt told the
home comers of the tilings which make
Randolph great and reviewed her
progress in agricultur*, industry, edi
tion to the large number of fine school
buildings and churches in the county
and the prospects for the erection ef
others.
He told the home comers that while
Randolph is ninth among the 100
Asheboro and opposite the fair
grounds, will net be sold next Satur
day, October Sad, at auction, as pre
last week of the owner of the proper
following hours with.the f$l
groups in charge:
lay, Oct. 3, 2:30 and 7:46
ftwp 3* Tuesday, group 4, Ww
, group, 1; Thursday, group 3;
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county
host
The officers and members ef the
Randolph County Pair Association
have delegated to me the happy privi
lege of thanking you, collectively and
Individually, for your generous re
sponse to the invitation for an exhibit
of your wares and handiwork at; the
fair Just closed. They bid me express
to you their deep appreciation of the
spirit that moved you to assemble
goods in the “Made in Randolph" di
vision of such variety, so fine in make
y advertising the big- business
uper citizenship of old Randolph.
HAL M. WORTH, Manager,
Made in Randolph Division.
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r Hearty Response.
JL C. Dowdy, in High Point, Friday
night. She ia survived by four sons,
C. C Chriscoe, WaU» Walla, Wash.;
Harrison and Norman Chriscoe, Sea
grove; Carl Chriscoe, High Point; and
one daughter, -Mrs. A. C. Dowdy,
The funeral was held Sunday. at
Christian Union church, Randolph
county, by Rev. O. L. Ruth and inter
ment made in the church cemetery.
The pastor is to begin a series of
meetings next Monday evening with
Kev. W. A. Elam at the Franklinville
Baptist church.
The Memorial .Supper will be ob
served Sunday morning at the eleven
o'clock service.
The pastor will speak Sunday morn
ing on this theme: "Our Lord’s Mem
orial.” '
In place of the Regular time—Mon
day evening after the first Sunday—
the board of deacons met Monday
evening of this wOek to hold their
quarterly meeting and to transact es
sential business.
The church holds quarterly business
meeting this week on Wednesday
evening in place of next week, the
regular time, for the convenience of
the pastor who is to be at Franklin
ville next week, conducting revival
First Photos
. ' ^w,® ho.u1's aftier the tornado had
airplane, the first from the
Fifth Street and Washington Ave. N
west across the peninsula—tropical ti
shown in that lH-ton motor car’s position
the East coast of Florida these photos were northward
fd wave torn districts. No. 1, Miami Beach front. No. 2,
“LgS* Mh'Ch. 8rpt *rom to north
to earth. No. 4, The force of the storm
the bull dinar. Loss of life not vet known.
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At Fair
More Than 300 Former Citizens
Return To County To See
Its Progress.
Nearly three hundred former resi
dents of the county registered at the
home comers booth in the main build
ing of the Randolph county fair Fri
day of last week, which was officially
designated as home comers week.
This did not include, however, many
other formers residents of the county
who visited the fair other days dur
ing its progress.
The home comers were unanimous
in their praise of the exhibits and all
expressed surprise’at their quality and
size. Many of the home comers had
not been back toJRandolph since their
leaving several years a*>, while oth
were those who.have been fortun
fc* return jp .the
. .The people of the county turned
out kt large numbers at the fair last
Friday to welcome the home comers
back. With the exception of Satur
day the attendance Friday was the
largest of any day of the fair. The
Saturday night crowd, of course,
brought Saturday's attendance ahead
of that pf Friday.
The home comers came from several
states and from many different coun
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TEA POT DOME LEASE
OBTAINED BY FRAUD
So Says Federal Judge, Who
Says Sinclair Must Return
It To U. S. A.
William S. Kenyon, presiding judge
Of the United States circuit court of
appeals, Tuesday handed down a de
cision which reversed. the district
court at Chyenne, Wyoming, and de
clared the govenment lease of the Tea
Pot Dome oil preserves to Harry F.
Sinclair to have been obtained by
fraud and enjoined Sinclair and his
oil companies from further trespass
ing on government property.
“A trail of deceit and falsehood,
rabtofcfoge, bad faith and corruption
ruaa-through the entire transaction,”
iMtod the decision, which also
miary considers
which caused him to lease the
mment oil lands to Sinclair,
fomenting on toe decision which
mean that the oil,will, be turned
to the government, the News and
rver spjrs, “Thank God for Judge
>»n- and his associates on the
’l." The Tea Pot Dome oil lease
lal was one of the several scan
which toe Harding adiftinistra
produced. No sooner had the Re
cans taken oyer the government
• the end of President Wilson's
than the grafters began to pour
Washington. The investigations
(ring toe scandals, investigations
fid by Senator Walsh, a Democrat,
td three cabinet members to re
and ended in their indictment in
Court House In
The se
Trogdon
court hou
October i
Tables wi
ioned pie
of the fa
well fillet
In the
sion will
anmial reunion of the
ly will be held at the
Asheboro next Sunday,
dginnittg at 10 o’clock,
spread for an old fash
inner and the members
are requested to bring
mom the business ses
1 promptly at 1 o’clock.
I be made by Cohgress
C. Hammer and others,
f the Trogdon historical
i expected to make re
i is expected to bring .a
William Trogdon, foamier of the
family, who dime to America long be
fore Revolution and settled on
Sandy Creek, Randolph County. His
grave was recently marked by his
great great grandson, W. F, Trog
don, of North Wiikesboro, who is
president of the Trogdon family as
I sociation.
Fewer Dogs ShoWft This Year,
ButQuality Best In History
Of Local Show.
Hie sixth annual Randolph County
Bench Show was a great success.
Eighty-nine dogs were benched, 30
Pointers, 18 Setters, 28 Fox Hounds
and 13 Beagles, with the following
winners:
Pointer Dogs
“R. J. Prince”, owned by Dr. C. M.
Williams, Winfton-Salem, First;
“Ben's Ben”, owned by Mr. W. W.
Lindley, Asheboro, Second; “Senator
Frank,” owned by Mr. Simmons, High
Point, Third.
Pointer Bitches
“Ruby, owned by Mr. Fred Page,
Asheboro, First; “Hedrick’s Madge”
owned by Mr. Harvey Hedrick, Lex
ington, Second; “Pat” owned by Mr.
C. Rush, Asheboro, Third.
Pointer Puppies
“Camel City Frolic”, owned by
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5 FROM
RANDLEMAN
Turned On
Investment
new pow<
• Carolina
extending
additioi
Pays Tribute To
Capt B. F. Dixon
O. Max Gardner Said Leader Of
Company K Was An Out
standing' Hero of War.
Speaking recently before a Kiwanis
Club meeting in Shelby on the move
ment which has been launched in
Cleveland county to provide a suit
able memorial for the' soldiers who
served in the world war, O. Max
Gardner took occasion to pay tribute
to Captain Ben F. DixOn, native of
Cleveland county, who commanded
Company K, 120th infantry, made up
largely of Randolph county boys dur
ing the war. Mr. Gardner declared
Captain Dixon to be one of the out
standing heroes who went overseas
from North Carolina.
Captain Dixon, said Mr. Gardner,
had in him the stuff of which heroes
company Into a dangerous _
Captain Dixon Went without fear and
was mortally Wounded in the side.
With this deadly wound, he crawled
along with his men against their ad
vice until he was at last stricken
dead. When the news of his death
reached his twin brother, Wright Dix
jon, Wright searched for his body un
til late in the night. When it was
discovered on the field of carnage and
bloodshed, Wright sat there with the
head of his dead brother in his lap
until morning.”
WORTHVILLE STORE CO.
HAD UNIQUE CONTEST
Seven Persons Out Of 697
Guessed Correct Number of
'Yards Cloth on Display.
The Worthville Store Company, of
Worthville, conducted a very interest
ing guessing contest at the Randolph
County Fair last week. Several pieces
of cloth were put in a show case and
the fair visitors who desired were
asked to guess the number of yards in
each piece. This contest was put on
to advertise the cloth made by the
Leward Cotton Mills, of Worthville.
It was found that seven persons guess
ed the exact number of yards, 33.
These persona were: Clay McCain,
Mrs. Earl Osborne, Florence Brittain,
W. Baxter Allred and D. C. Bulla, all
of Asheboro; and C. E. Jones, of
Bennett; and A. D. Richardson, of
Randleman.
It was found that 697 persons made
guesses of the yardage in the pieces
of cloth, ranging all the way from
one yard to 6,000 yards. Some cards
were in the box without any mention
of the yardage,, containing only the
name of the persons who placed them
there, while others contained guesses
of the yardage, but had the names of
the persons left off. People from
Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina,
Indiana and New York and also from
other counties in.North Carolina oth
er than Randolph made guesses.
The Worthville Store Company, ac
cording to letter sent to this news
paper, is very grateful to the peeple
who attended the fair for their inter
est in the matter, and is sending each
person who made a correct guess a
dress pattern of five yards of cloth as
a mark of appreciation.
jv JiL'E. CHURCH MATTERS
first Appointments Are Satur
day Night With Others Fal
lowing Monday Night.
L C. Moser, Chairman of the Ran
dolph County Democratic Executive
Committee, has announced the follow
ing speaking dates in the opening of
the campaign in the county this fall:
Saturday Night, Oct. 2nd
Thomas English, at Julian’s Grove’
school house, 7:30 o’clock.
B. F. Brittain, Welch school houses
at 7:30 o’clock.
T. A. Burns, Kildee school house, at
7:30 o’clock. **
I. C. Moser, Pleasant Grove school
house, at 7:30 o’clock.
Monday Night, Oct. 4th
T. A. Burns, Piney Grove school
house, at 7:30 o’clock.
B. F. Brittain, at New Hope Acad
emy, at 7:30 o’clock.
Thomas English, at Flint Hill school
house, at 7:30 o’clock.
An invitation Is extended to the
public to come out and hear the issues
of the campaign in Randolph county
discussed intelligently hy men who
are informed of the facts.
Democratic Headquarters
Open In Allen Building
Randolph county Democratic head
quarters have been opened in the Al
len building formerly occupied by W.
A. Gregory’s store on Worth street.
Miss Bera Scarboro will be in the of
fice at all times and the chairman, I.
C. Moser, will either be in headquar
ters or within easy call at his office.
MISS VELNA WALKER BRIDE
OF MR. W. M. GARNER
At the-home of J. A, Neighbors, the
officiating justice of the peace, Sat
urday, September 25th, Mies Velna
Walker was married to Mr. W. M.
Garner. The bride is a daughter of
Mr. Joe Walker, of Climax, while the
groom is the son of Mr. J. L. Garner,
of Climax. The young couple will
make their home at Climax.
PRIDE
5DONIS
MR. ROY LEMMONS
Hallie Trogdon end Mr; Roy Leu*
mons, both of Stokesdale, were united
in marriage. The vows were spoken
by Rev. Mr. Edwards in the presence
of only a few intimate friends of the
bride and groom.
Mrs. Lemmons is the accomplished
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. B.
Trogdon, formerly of Randolph coun
ty, but now living at Stokesdale. She
is a most attractive young woman. Mr.
Lemmons is a son of D. P. Lemmons,
a prominent merchant of Stokesdale,
and is a young man of sterling quali
ties and fine business ability.
A wedding supper was served fol
lowing the ceremony at the home of
the bride’s parents. The home was
artistically decorated with pot and
cut flowers and in the dining room
the color scheme of pink and green
was carried out.
After a wedding trip to Blowing
Rock and other points in Western
North Carolina Mr. and Mrs. Lemmons
will be at home at Stokesdale.
MISS MYRTLE COX AND MR.
SCOTT LAMBERT MARRIED
Miss Myrtle Cox and Mr. Scott
Lambert were married at the home of
Mr. J. A. Neighbors, the officiating
justice of the peace, Sunday, Septem
ber 26th.
Miss Lambert is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cor, of Seagrove,
R. F. D., and a popular young lady in
her community. Mr. Lambert is a
prosperous young farmer and the son
of the late Sam Lambert, of Asheboro,
Route 8. The happy young couple
will make their home at Seagrove.
M. P. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
The new carpet for our church has
been bought and it is expected that it
will be put down this week. The new
pews are being made and we are ex
pecting daily to receive notice of ship
ment.
On Wednesday evening, Oct. 6, we
will begin a revival meeting in our
the Sunday school out that day.
Next Sunday the regular services
will be held both morning and evening.
The pastor has ho more engagements
fistti
J. 8^,-S
Called By .Mr. Andrews,
ber of State Educatie
T. Wingate Andrews, of High
a member of the State Educi
Commission appointed by * Governor
McLean tq study the educational sit
uation in the State, has called a meet
ing to be held in Asheboro in the court
house on the 9th day of October, 1926,
beginning at 11 o’clock in the morn
is requested by Mr- Andrews
that the county superintendent, county
school board, school committeemen,
patrons of the schools, and all other
taxpayers who are interested in edu
cational matters be present at the
meeting.
This meeting will -be held as a part
of the plan of the State Educational
Commission in making a compresen
sive study of the public school system
of the State. It is desired by the
commission to place itself in most •
intimate contact with the local school
authorities and the public generally to
ascertain their viewpoints, problems
and needs in connection with the
school system. sg
Matters which will be discussed at
the Asheboro meeting will be ques
tions of the rate of taxation, the pro
posed eight months school term, the
consolidated schools and transporta
tion of pupils and other matters with
reference to the schools which will be
of public interest.
It is desired by the Educational
Commission and the county superin
tendent of schools T, Fletcher Bulla
that a lalge number of the taxpayers
of the county attend this meeting to
confer with-authorities in the matter
and to make known their views on
school problems.
Democrat Leaders Predict
Majority in Next Con
Democratic leaders after a 4
Rally Day will be observed at the
Presbyterian Sunday school Sunday
morning at ten o’clock. A program,
“Who Is Thy Neighbor”, will be pre
sented by members of the Sunday
School. A special offering will be
taken for mission Sunday schools.
The pastor will preach at the morn
ing service at 11 o’clock and at 7:30
in the evening.
Rev. H. T. Stevens Will
Speak To B. Y. P. U. Sunday
Rev. H. T. Stevens, known through
out North Carolina as a very forceful
and inspiring speaker, will speak at
the meeting of the District B. Y. P. U.
to be held at the Asheboro Baptist
church next Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock. It will be recalled that Mr.
Stevens held a very successful re
vival here a little more than two years
ago, and at no time would the tent
take care of the crowds anxious to
hear him.
The members of the B. Y. P. U. in
this county are bringing him again to
our town for a short while and they
extend to the public a most cordial
invitation to hear him at this service.
Gibraltar Prominent Again
Near the Rock of Gibraltar new
evidences has been found of the evo
lution of man. Human bones or re
nants indicating they belonged to
a race that uihabited the earth 25,
000 years ago have been found. The
discovery is regarded as important
by anthropologists as bearing out
previous evidences of a Neanderthal
race.
MISS WARD ENTERTAINED
PHILATHEA CLASS FRIDAY
Liberty, Sept. 27.—Mrs. Ross Ward
delightfully entertained the Philathea
class of the Methodist Protestant
church at her attractive home Friday
evening from 8 to 10 o’clock,
home was lovely with cut flowers,
as the many guests arrived, pi
music, smiles and merriment prevs
throughout.
All of the officers and the teac
Miss Bertine Shepard, were pre