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Courier Holiday Gift Distribution Is
Announced; Prizes For Active Workers
New Hudson Conch—5 Other
Prfees, and Cash Awards For
Courier Subscribers.
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prise or Cash Award In
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give away a brand new Hudson
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prizes and many cash awards in shape
■of cash commissions to those who
'enter and take part in a gigantic prize
circulation booster campaign to start
next week. In fact, every active par
ticipant, who joins the campaign and
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or cash award. “Everybody Wins”
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John H>y» Hammond
This well known engineer and
banker, who is Prtsident of the
National Press Club, is financing
the erection of their new 14 story
home and office building in Wash
ington. It is to cost $10,000,000 and
will be the largest privately owned
buildintC in the Nation’s Capital.
little 1926 Cotton Is
Ginned In This County
According to report made by J. S.
Ridge, of Asheboro, special agent of
the Bureau of the Census, Depart
ment of Commerce, there had been
ginned in Randolph county up to No
vember 1st of the 1926 cotton crop
only 705 bales as compared with 1,
306 bales up to the same time last
year.
Thieves Broke In Store Of
W. W. Jones & Son Friday
Thieves entering the store of W. W.
Jones and Son, in Asheboro, Triday
night of last week took several suits
of men’s clothing and overooats, val
ued at several hundred dollars. En
trance was gained through the back
door by breaking out the glass at
the top. No clue has been obtained
as to the identity a* fl» robbers.
Mrs. B. G. Fox Urea At
Her Home In Siler Cfty
IMrs. T5. 'G. Tox, who 'Hied rit her
home in Siler City last Thursday, was
born in Fandolph -anility. "She was
| the mother of Mrs. T.H. "Elkins, of
"Siler "City, and an aunt of'Mrs. J. "E.
Tritchard, nol Ashdboro. 'Funeral was
| held Friday at the First Methodist
! cbureh, Filer TDity, by "Revs. W. X.
THaness and Tt. S. Fountain, ;«aid ’ Rev.
W.'V. (Qnmen, off HhiAcm.
Regular Meeting
Of County Board
Time IsLargely Taken Up'With
Attention To Matter Rektt
ing To 'County RoaHs.
"The regular monthly meeting of the
bear'd .of county comirtiafcioners Mon
day-was taken «p'largely in the ecn
siderafion Of raid matters. H. F.
BisCher was allowed'bythe'board M»
sell W. IT. RaWlOigh products Without
•paying license fee, same'being-waived
-on aeceiKit Of BiaCher’s' infirmities.
R. M. iGamer, .welfare officer, re
•ported to <the board that helhsd rent
ed GmTOTenGoxideweryrigfct to T.
*V Pugh-far *25.
The road ;*opervisor was instructed
%> trade irnthe old‘‘"Thirty" Itractor
teSE. F. "Graven for ithe same kind
and eapaeity ‘tractor.
The county agreed - to build t he road
leading from the -Goltaane mill sroad
to -the Guilfonl .county line by way of
G. Rlmood Stoaton’s ami -Giles -fSol
trane’-e mlaee.
the roadhleitfting’fromi). A.<€i>x place
to the Mary Mtaley place be machined
dip, and the >rpad supervisor- W place
a 30-foot atari flmdge -over Bachelor’s
creek on the same road, the «Hizens
to build the cdaftments and fimnrish
flooring.
it was ordered Mart the <ounty h*»y
the mixer now being used by the Boad
form from Fred Lofto attbe price <ef
$140. ."
The Mock Fence read w«f %e, by
order of the board, be topsefled from
the Mountain road to Poplar Midge
school,-E. E. HOI to have charge of
the work. * . „ M
the road leading from the railroad
crossing at Trinity to the Guilford
county line will be topsoiled, work to
begin as soon as possible.
The road from Franklinville by way
of Patterson's Grove church to the
Rameeur-Julian road, a distance of
three miles, will be graded « "
The Aaad leading fre»«oute TO jpt
Balfourfem, north of Aahaboro, over
to Boole <$2 at the Ida Jordan place
was ordered made;* public aoad.
It was ordered by the ’board that
Asheboro To Have
New Hosiery Mill
Cranford Will Equip Randolph
Plant With 200 Knitting Ma
chines—Employ 100.
Asheboro is to have a new industry
in the form of a hosiery mill. To
bring this about the plant of the
Randolph Chair Company is being
changed into a knitting mill to be
known as the Cranford Hosiery Mill.
Two hundred most modem knitting
machines will be installed, according
to announcement made by Mr. C. C.
Cranford, to produce 1,400 dozens pf
ladies’ mercerized hose daily. Addi
tional machinery will be installed as
the business demands. One-hundred
hands will be employed in the new
industry. It will be modemly equip
ped throughout and operated by
electricity. Ed Fuller, of High Point,
graduate of State College, and for
mer Randolph county boy, has been
employed as superintendent of the
plant.
The machinery of the Randolph
Chair Company is being placed in
the Cranford Chair Company, which i
arrangement will double the capacity
of the latter and enable the plant to
produce 1,000 rockers each day. Prac
tically all of the employes of the
Randolph plant will be employed in
the Cranford Chair Company. Addi- j
tional room is being added to the:
Cranford plant to accommodate the j
additional machinery.
It is planned to have all the
changes made and the' new hosiery
mill in operation by the first of the
new year.
Ben Sharpe Loses Job At
The Federal Pie Counter
Ben G. Sharpe, prohibition enforce
ment director for the Carolinas and
Georgia, has lost his job, and Char
lotte loses division headquarters.
North Carolina and Virginia have been
put in a district with R. Q. Morrick,
of Chicago, m charge with headquar
ters at Norfolk, Va.
Sharpe may be given a job under
Morrick, but this is by no means cer
tain, Lincoln C. Andrews, head of the
prohibition enforcement In the nation,
having declared that this is up to
Morrick. "Whether Andrews js dis
satisfied with results produced by Mr.
Sharpe or whether Mr. .Sharpe is being
punished for his political inactivity
In the -recent yantpalgn is" tot .teewstf
All that is Certain is that another
North Carolina Republican has lost
his seat at the federal pie counter.
Randolph Represented On
Queen Marie’s Special Train
North Carolina is represented on
'the'special'train which is carrying
Queen 'Marie of Rpumania and her
party on a tour of the western states
in the person of Samuel Hill, mil
Ihmaire Of Maryhlll, 'Washington. Mill
was’horn at Randternan 'May 13, 1867,
the son of Nathan 'Branson Hill and"
’Eliza Lenora Mendenhall 'Hill. HTFPs
■ rows with other members of the roy
al party, however, Tire causing some
-concern. Two others are laying claim
to'being the boss cff the special train
besides Hill. Hill, however, is using
some <ff his native North Carolina
language in expressing his rights of
bossing the train and seems to have
the upper hand.
W. N. Elder Serially HI
At Home In Hopewell, Va.
Mr. 'W. N. Elder is seriously ill at
' his home in Hopewell, Va., having
suffered a second strdke of paralysis
about tour weeks ago, following a
alight stroke about a year ago. Fol
’ lowing the first stroke, Mr. "Elder im
proved in health until recently and
came to Randolph county to visit his
daughter, Mrs. Charles Redding, at
tHenOla, Mr. Elder lived in "Trinity
until about seven years ago when he
moved to Hopewell.
New Machine Gun to Combat Bandits
Recent robberies of U. S. Mail have moved the post office depart
ment to take drastic precautions. Photo shows Col. R. N. Cutts of the
Marines demonstrating gun that can fire 400 aimed shots per minute.
Postmaster General Harry S. New is watching. The new machine gun
will be used to protect valuable mail.
Negro Boy Victim j
Of Murderer’s Gun
Thought To Have Died of Pneu
monia, But Investigation
Discloses Foul Play.
Mystery shrouds the death of Les
sie Patterson, 18-year-old negro
youth, who died some two weeks ago
at the home of his parents several
miles east of Seagrove, Randolph
county, from what was termed pneu
1 monia. White men called in to pre
| pare the body for burial told of holes
in the negro’s back apparently made
by gunshot. News of it reached the
county officers Who had the body ex
humed. Examination disclosed that
a load from a shotgun had penetrated
the negro’s back, some of the shot en
tering the spinal column.
' Patterson’s brother and two other
! negroes were arrested on suspicion,
;but were released at a preliminary
' hearing in Asheboro before Squire J.
! S. Ridge Tuesday. The three negroes
denied any knowledge of the dead ne
gro’s wounds, h iding to the version
of death f|pm pneumonia. Officers
are st£r investigating the case.
mj- AfV dPT» '.'i* ill':
Far State's Orphanages
Annually for a number of years
the North Carolina Orphan Associa
tion has made appeal to the people of
the State for contributions on
Thanksgiving Day to the orphanages
•of the State. There are 25 orphan
ages in North Carolina and the con
tributor may name any one of these
orphanages to which he desires his
contribution to be sent. These con
tributions may be made direct to the
•orphanage of your choice or through
. -church, Sunday school or lodge.
The contribution usually asked for
is equivalent to one day’s earnings
in your regular work or business.
However, contributions of any size
will be taken and forwarded to the
orphanages designated by the doners.
Mrs. Bertha Davis Died
In New Hope Township
Mrs. "Bertha Davis, -wife of Roose
velt Davis, died at her home in New
Hope township November 3rd. Mrs.
Davis was 22 years of age. She was
the daughter of W. X. and Lizzie HflL
She was married seven months ago
to Mr. Davis. In addition to her par
ents and husband, Mrs. Davis is sur
vived by two sisters, Misses Annie
and Mary Davis, -and one brother,
■William Lee Davis, all of New Hope
township.
The funeral was conducted at Lib
erty church November 4th by Rev. C.
E. Ridge, assisted 'by Mr. Van Cran
ford, and the body laid to rest in the
church cemetery.
Dr. F. L. Townsend, j
73, Died Sunday
First Wife Was Miss Crissie
Lassiter, of Randolph County
—Funeral Tuesday.
Rev. Franklin LaFayette Town
send, aged 73 years, for 47 years a
member of the Methodist Conference
of North Carolina, died Sunday night
at Brevard, where he and Mrs. Town
send had been spending the summer
with their daughter, Mrs. H. E. Mar
tin. Mr. Townsend was placed on
the superannuate list of ministers
five or six years ago. Funeral was
held at Brevard Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Townsend was twice married,
the first time to Miss Crissie Las
siter, only sister of Mrs. G. P. Mur
dock, mother of Mr. George T. Mur- j
dock, of Asheboro, and daughter of
Jonathan Lassiter. Mrs. Townsend
died and was buried in Hickory as
was also her oldest daughter, Sallie.;
Three children of the first marriage
survive. They are Herbert, who is
i in a veterans’ hospital; Frank, who
j lives in Massachusetts; and Roy, of
White Oak, Greensboro.
I Mr. Townsend’s second marriage
was to- Miss Metta Yountr Folger. of
Surry county. Four children survive
that marriage: Paul, of Waynesville;
' Folger Townsend and Mrs. H. E. Mar
tin, Brevard; and Miss Mary Town
send, a student at Duke University.
Nat L. Townsend, jnember of the gen
eral assembly from Harnett county, is
a brother of Rev. Mr. Townsend.
New M. E. Pastor Gets A
Warm Greeting In Asheboro
I Rev. B. C. Reavis, new pastor of
(the local M. E. church, arrived in
j Asheboro late Thursday afternoon
from Franklin, where he was pastor
j the past year. Mr. Reavisand his
j family were greeted by a number of
the members of his Asheboro charge,
' who, besides extending a most cordial
■ greeting, took with them to the par
sonage many packages of pantry
supplies.
Mr. Reavis preached his first ser
mon in Asheboro Sunday morning
at 11 o’clock to a large congregation
[ which packed the spacious new church.
;The service was chiefly a get-ac
quainted meeting. The pastor assur
1 ed the congregation that he had come
to AsheboTo to assist in every way
possible the upbuilding of the church
which he was to serve and also the
town. He spoke briefly on service
and on giving, not giving of money,
but service.
No evening service was held Sun
day for the reason that Mr. Reavis
had been called to Franklin to preach
the funeral early Monday morning of
a friend of his who died Saturday.
I
i First Grand Prize
This brand new Hudson Coach, 1927 model, valued at $1,325.00,
purchased from and to be on display at Lewallen & Burns, Hudson
Essex Dealers, Asheboro, to be awarded by THE COURIER as
Grand Prize to the contestant receiving the greatest number of
votes at the dose of the contest op Dec. 31,1926.
Chairman Moser
Thanks The Voters
Democratic Victory Due To As
sistance of Rank and File
and liberal Republicans.
Asheboro, N. C.
* November 10, 1926.
As Chairman of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee for Randolph coun
ty, I desire, on behalf of myself, the
other candidates and all other persons
interested in the success of the Dem
ocratic party in Randolph county, to
express our deep appreciation for the
fine co-operation which we received
from the rank and file of the democ
racy of this county in the campaign j
which has just come to a close. We :
never could have realized the splendid
victory which we won had it not been
for your hearty assistance and faith-1
ful service.
We are not forgetful to those
broad-minded Republicans in Ran
dolph county who for the first time
disregarded party lines and placed
their trust in the Democratic party.
It shall be our earnest endeavor to
conduct the affairs of the county in
such a manner that as time goes by
they will be more strongly impressed
with the wisdom of their choice, re
gardless of what our political affilia
tions have been. We are all citizens
of Randolph county and who love our
county. Therefore let every one join
hands in the spirit of true democracy
and work together for the upbuilding
of a better and finer county.
This the 10th day of November,
1926.
I. C. MOSER,
Chairman of the Randolph County
Democratic Executive Committee.
Work Going Forward On
Three New Brick Schools
Work on consolidated brick school
buildings in the county is going for
ward at a rapid rate. The brick work
on the Randleman building is almost
completed. Balfour and Providence
schools have had brick laid to the
first floor. Seagrove building was
completed some weeks ago and school
is being held in the new building.
Funeral For C. H. Fields,
Veteran of Confederacy
• Funeral was held Sunday morning
at Bethlehem church by Rev. A. R.
1 Bell for Christopher Glenn Fields, 79,
who died Friday evening at his home
near Pleasant Garden. Mr. Fields
had been a member of Bethlehem
church since the Civil War. He was
steward in the church for a number of
years and was active in church work
until his sudden death Friday. He
volunteered in the Civil War when on
ly 17 years old.
He is survived by his widow, who,
before her marriage, was a Miss
Hackett; one brother, Roddy Fields;
two sisters, Mrs. Jane Hockett and
I Mrs. Bell Teague; two daughters,
Mrs. Minnie Lindley and Mrs. Clara
* Hackett; and seven grandchildren.
Jurors Drawn For
December Court
Two Weeks’ Term Convenes
First Monday In December
—McElroy Presiding.
The December term Randolph Su
perior court convenes the first Mon
day in the month, December 6th, with
Judge P. A. McElroy presiding. The
first week of court will be for the
trial of cases on the criminal docket,
while the second week will be taken
up in hearing cases on the civil
docket.
Jurors were drawn Monday at the
regular meeting of the board of
county commissioners, as follows:
First Week:
Asheboro: W. R. Brower, J. A. Hill,
K. D. Cox, J. M. Rich, T. D. Sykes, O.
W. Rich, G. L. Frye, A. R. Hix.
Back Creek: A. C. Bulla, T. A. Dor
sett, Sam Hoover.
Brower: G. F. Gatlin, W. M. Bax
ter, Frank Auman.
Cedar Grove: W. H. Briles.
Concord: B. Frank Bingham, J. M.
Trotter, W. T. Cashatt.
Coleridge: W. A. Brower, Sr., D. S.
Craven, L. E. Wright, C. L. Davis.
Columbia: Carl L. Kivett.
Franklinville: W. A. Bean, Gurney
L. Craven.
Grant: H. P. Cox.
New Market: W. C. Farlow, Clark
York, W. E. Ingram, J. Ernest Davis,
W. R. Boyles, T. A. Nance.
Pleasant Grove: Robert Brady.
Randleman: Guy Boling.
Richland: B. F. Richardson, D.
Graves.
Tabernacle: D. L. Hill, A.
Younts, W. R. Myers.
Trinity: S. J. Beyers.
Union: P. L. Hall, C. H. Luther.
Second Week:
Back Creek: A. H. Walker.
Brower: J. T. Hayes.
Columbia: M. E. Johnson,
Kearns, E. A. McMasters.
Concord: L. R. Brown.
Coleridge: A. K. Scotten. *
Cedar Grove: A. H. Kearns.
Franklinville: Alvis M. Underwood,
G. D. Pugh, G. S. Julian, W. C. Bur
row, W. H. Jennings.
New Hope: W. H. Loflin, M. W.
Garner.
Providence: Peter Fields, G- P. Bar
ker, B. P. Allred, Fred Melds.
Randleman: J. A. Ivey, H. C. All
R.
W.
R. L.
Tabernacle: J. 1C. Tysinger, H. A.
Asheboro Gets
1927 Conference
So M. P. Gathering Decided At
Greensboro Meeting—Minis
ters Are Located.
REV. PRITCHARD RETURNS
The Methodist Protestant annual
conference, which had been in sessioW
at Grace church, Greensboro, since
Wednesday morning of last week,
came to an end with the Monday af
ternoon session. It was one of the
most successful and harmonious gath
erings held by the Methodist Protest
ants in North Carolina in many years.
The next session of the conference
will be held next year in Asheboro,
the conference having decided on this
following an invitation extended by
Rev. J. E. Pritchard, pastor of the
Asheboro M. P. church. Mr. Pritch
ard pointed out in his invitation the
central location of Asheboro and the
good roads leading into the town fur
nishing an easy access to the “center
of North Carolina.”
Rev. J. E. Pritchard was returned
to the Asheboro church as its pastor
for another year. This, will be the
second year of Mr. Pritchard’s pas
torate at the local church, which will
assure a continuation of the progress
of the local church for another year.
Some of the other appointments
were: Denton, M. C. Henderson; Flat
Rock, J. B. Trogdon; Granville, H. F.
Fogleman; Jerusalem, C. B. Way;
South Lexington, Atlas Ridge; Lib
erty and Siler City, F. L. Gibbs; Mt.
Pleasant, G. F. Milloway; Porter, CL
H. Hill; Randleman, W. H. Neese;
Randolph, A. O. Lindley; Richland,
W. M. Pike; Tabernacle, W. F. Ash
bum; Why Not, D. I. Gamer.
H
In the list of superannuates are
included J. H. Stowe, D. A. Highfill,
J. F. Dosier and D. M. Loy. Secre
tary of the General Board of Young
People’s Work is L. C. Little; editor
Methodist Protestant Herald, J, F.
McCulloch; president Higr Point Col
lege, R. M. Andrews. Missionaries
loaned to the Board of Foreign Mis
sions include J. C. Auman and J. F„
Minnis.
The sessions of the conference were
featured by a good number of good
sermons and the reading of interesting
reports. During the conference mes
sages were heard from Dr. J. Clyde
Turner, J. B. Hicks,, Esq., Dr, J. H.
Straugbn, Dr. G. C. Taylor,, Dr. H. I»
Elderdiee, Dr. Lynutn E. Da-vis, Rev*
M. T. Plyler, Rev. Lawrence Little
and Mrs. H. W. Maier.
The ordination service was held
Sunday morning by President A. G*
Dixon, assisted by Rev. J. E. Pritch
ard, of Asheboro, and others. The fol
lowing candidates were ' ordained:
Rev. Joseph L. Trollinger, Thomas
ville; Rev. Maney P. Chambliss, Hen
derson; Rev. David I. Gamer, Sea
grove; and Rev. J. Herbert Short,
Matthews.
The ordination service was preach
ed by Rev. J. R. Hutton, who serves
a church in High Point. It was s
strong discourse, urging the young
men to high ideals in the service of
the master.
The memorial service, which was
held at 3 o’clock was directed by Dr.
Dixon, the president of the confer
ence. Rev. J. T. Sisk, of Mocksville,
led the song service, and Rev. G. F.
Milloway, of Kimesville, led the
prayer. t
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Obituaries were read for four de
ceased members of the teaching force
of the Children’s Home at High.
Point. i
Rev. W. T. Totten, of Jennings, -
read the obituary for Rev. George
E. Hunt; Dr. R. M. Andrews, of High
Point, presented the obituary for Dr.
C. L. Whitaker; Rev. J. E. Pritchard,
of Asheboro, read an obituary for
Rev. J. H. Bowman; Rev. J. T. Sisk;
of Mocksville, read the obituary for
Rev. J. W. Quick. For the deceased
wives of ministers, Rev. C. W. Bates;
of Asheville, presented the obituary
for Mrs. Harriet Swain; Rev. N. G.
Bethea, of Lexington, read the obitu
ary for Mrs. W. D. Fogleman; H. A.
Garrett, of High Point, read an obitu
ary for Miss Millie Bowman.
Brief talks were made concerning
the lives of the deceased by the fol
lowing: Dr. A. G. Dixon, Greensboro;
Rev. W. F. Kennett, of Hender
son; Rev. G. F. Milloway, of Kimes
ville; Rev. J. H. Moton, High Point;
Rev. W. F. Ashburn, Liberty; Rev. G.
R. Brown, D. D., of High Point; Rev.
J. R. Hutton, Greensboro; Rev. C. M.
Compher, D. D., and Hon. William
Porter, of Winston-Salem; W. L.
Ward, of Asheboro. * 1
Three Election Officials In
Philadelphia Are Indicted
Three precinct election officials, all
negroes, were bound over to court
under bonds of $1,000 each Tuesday
for falsifying returns in three Phila
delphia voting places at the election
November 2nd. The reports made by
the officials disclosed that not a sing
le vote was cast in either of their
precincts for the Democratic candi
dates, all votes being certified far
Senator Vare and the entire Republi
can ticket. The judge ordered
ballot boxes to be brought into
and a count made. This
ed that the Democratic
ceivd several votes in the
The count of ballots in
is being watched hy a
independent voters who
trying for years to put