....-FI f the courier Leads in Both News and Circulation i ISSUED WEEKLY volume u _ PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN Ashebero, N. C, Thursday, November 25, 1926 $2.00 A yb8r in advance NUMBER a Great Interest Is Being Aroused In The Courier’s $3,000 Holiday Gift Wonderful List of Prizes and Cash Awards Await Delivery On Dec. 31st. “EVERYBODY WINS” IS SLOGAN OF CAMPAIGN Surprise Present for Each Cou- i rier Subscriber Paying Dur ing This Gift Campaign. If anybody thinks that COURIER contestants are not going after the $3,000.00 List of Prizes to be given away by The Courier on Dec. . 31st they are badly mistaken, because some mighty fine people are covering Randolph county and surrounding ter ritory collecting subscriptions and votes in one of the shortest and snap piest Circulation Booster Prize Cam paigns every inaugurated by a North Carolina paper. Several contestants called at The Courier office last Saturday with their first reports and others came in Mon day and Wednesday, however, it is not too late to enter the campaign as no one has taken a big lead and sever al sections of the country are not rep resented in the campaign so far. NOW is the best time to make a start as this is such a short, snappy cam paign that it will be over before one can realize the magnitude of the grand offer being made by The Cou rier. , Contestants can turn in their sub scription reports any day at The Courier office, but all who can are asked to send in their reports every Saturday if possible. Everybody .Wins The fact that everybody who ac tively takes part in the campaign will win a prize or a cash award in pro portion to the amount of votes earned on the subscriptions obtained is grat ifying indeed. The ihagnifieient prizes are sore worth working for and the 12% per cent cash commission to those who do not win one of the six grand prizes is not to be forgotten. There are prizes and cash awards enough for ail the contestants and a surprise gift for each and every new or old subscriber who pays any con testant before Dec. 24 th. The campaign department is located at The Courier office, where Mrs. Wm. C. Hammer will be glad to explain details af the campaign te those U[$>o are just starting. Mailing lists and sample copies together with the little subscription receipt books are fur nished those who enter the campaign. Nov. 3* Prize The special period prize, a 26 piece Chest of Community Silver Ware (25 year guaranteed), furnished by the Standard Drug Store te be awarded on Nov. 30 to the contestant turning in the most NEW yearly, subscribers between the dates ef Nov. 10 and Nov. 30th at 6 P. M. will be announced in The Courier on Thursday, Dec. 2nd, and another special period prize will be awarded Dec. 11, the close of the first period of the campaign after which the vote credits will be sub stantially reduced. Enter Your Name Today Send in your nomination today. A blank appears on another page of this week’s issue, and when received (Please turn to page 5.) MARLBORO SINGING TO CLOSE SUNDAY EVENING The dosing exercises of the singing at Marlboro Friends church, conduct ed by Prof. A. M. Fentriss, of Pleas ant Garden, will be held next Sunday, beginning at 1:45 ©’dock in the af ternoon. Rev. Robert Melvin, of Greensboro, will preach at 11 o’clock in the morning and special music wiR be rendered-by the choir. Those who wish to attend both preaching service and the exercises in the afternoon should take lunch. Choirs and quar tettes from other places are expected to take part in the exercises. Asheboro Weather State Average During October The bulletin gotten out by the branch office of the U. S. Weather Bureau, at Raleigh, for the month of October says: ‘The monthly mean temperature for the state as diown by the records of 69 stations was 61.8 degrees. The highest monthly mean temperature was 688 degrees at Southport and the lowest was 44.7 degrees at Mount MttchdL” It is of Interest to the people of Asheboro to know that the record as kept here by Rev. J. E. Pritchard was 618 degrees, or exactly the average for the state. Asheboro is not only the geographical center of North Carolina but is also near the center of temperature for the 264*4 Miles Per Hour i t-' Major Mario De Bemadi, Italian: aviation ace who established a new world speed record of 264.4 mile* per hour to win the Schneider Cup at Norfolk, Va. Democrats Should Nominate McLean Atlanta Paper Thinks He Would Make An Excellent Candidate For The Presidency. In a leading editorial in its issue of November 23rd, the Atlanta Cons titution, published at Atlanta, Ga., suggests Gov. A. W. McLean, of North Carolina, for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency. The Constitution sees In the Smith McAdoo fight the death of the Demo cratic party, and calls upon the Dem ocrats to nominate a man from the south, from which 80 per cent of the Democratic electoral votes come. Sec tional lines have been obliterated, ac cording to the Constitution, and there is no reason why a candidate should net he selected from south of the im aginary Mason and Dixon line. Mc Lean, argues the Atlanta paper, is! one of the best fitted men in the coun try for the Presidency. The south could hold up its head with pride be hind such a man as the Governor of North Carolina, says the Constitution. This is not the first time North Carolina’s popular and able Governor has been mentioned for the Demo cratic Presidential nomination. In practically every State in the south his name has at some time or another been mentioned, and in many north ers States, the mention of his name has found a ready response. No Governor of any State is attracting more attention nationally than the business executive of the “Fifth Stated i* the union. Asheboro Evangelists To Help At Mt. Carmel The Ariieboro 'Evangelistic Club will hold services for Rev. V. B. Stanley at Mount Carmel church, eight miles east-of Ashdboro, for a period of ten days, beginning Novem ber 26th. Services will be held each evening at 7:15 o’clock with the ex ception of Sunday, when services will he at both 7:15 p. m. and 2:30 p. m. —J, F. Ruikbead, Group Director. People Reminded To Return Thanks Governor Issues Annual Thanks giving Proclamation Accord ing To Honored Custom. Governor Angus W. McLean, fol lowing a time-honored custom and in accordance with the laws of North Carolina, on Monday issued to the people of the State the annual Thanksgiving Proclamation, setting aside Thursday, November 28th, as a day of public thanksgiving and pray er. With progress and prosperity on every hand, it is most fitting that the day be set aside upon which we should call to mind, according to the Governor, the fact that this progress and prosperity may be transitory and ephemeral unless “we realise the virtues that made out prosperity pos sible." ’ , “Our blessings,” said the Governor, “have been manifold. We have pro gressed along all- lines. We* have placed the ban of our disapproval up on ignorance and arp sincerely work ing to rid our state of its evil in fluence. The , development of our great highly system, the progress made in industry, agriculture and so cial service, all of these are causes for thanksgiving; honesty* patience hud reverence for God, coupled with a will to work, have made us a great Otto Woods Effects His 3rd Escape From Prison C. H. "Otto,” Wood, serving 30 yean in Stefe-prison for murder of A W. , *aphto Gnensboro pawn “ escaped Jtad is still at large is a rewa& of *260 Ms head. This was State Highway 70 Is Open To Seagrove Is Now Hard Surfaced From Virginia Line To Randolph County Town. The twelve-mile stretch of hard surface road from the county home, two miles south of Asheboro, to Sea grove was opened to traffic all along the route Monday. For some time the road had been completed save for a small stretch just north of Sea grove, . forcing a short detour just outside the corporate limits of the town. This, however, has been com pleted and is ready for use by traffic. Work is going forward on the con struction of the shoulders to the road. The completion of the hard sur- i facing of this twelve-mile stretch of road completes the paved length from ! the Virginia state line to' Seagrove. I Seventy-five per cent of Route 70 is ! now hard surfaced or oil treated. From Seagrove on through Mont gomery county the highway is of sand-asphalt or catchinite construc tion and from the Montgomery line to Pinehurst is of sand clay construc tion. From Pinehurst to Raeford Route 70 is hard surface and is being built of concrete from Raeford to Lumberton. According to J. W. Mills, fifth district engineer, pros pects are good for the concreting of the entire route at no distant date. The completion of Route 70 from the Randolph county home to Sea grove brings to an end all hard sur face road jobs in the fifth district ex cept the High Point-Greensboro high way. It is anticipated, however, that new hard surface projects in this district will be let about the first of the year. M. P. Children’s Home Class Here Next Sunday A class of children from the Metho dist Protestant Children’s Home, at High Point, will be at the Asheboro M. P. church next Sunday morning. These children have a program that is appropriate for a church service and have given it at many other places. The people of the local M. P. church wilt have an opportunity next Sunday morning of seeing and hearing the children whom they have helped to support. The public is cordially invited to attend the service. J. R. Wall, Farmer Of Freeman’s Mill, Is Dead J. R. Wall, prominent farmer of the Freeman’s Mill section of the county, died at his home Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from heart failure. He was born in Randolph county and had lived here almost all of his life. Mr. Wall is survived by his widows Mrs. Ida Wall, and eight children, Ed, James, Jasper, Percy, Frank, Rosa, William and Mrs. Ed Hayworth. The funeral was conducted at Mount Vernon church Monday morn ing at 11 o’clock and the body laid to rest in the church cemetery. SERVICES AT M. E. CHURCH Rev. B. C. Reavis, pastor. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Mr. Hugh Parks, superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the pastor. Morning subject: “If We Knew?” Evening subject: “The Tragedy of the Empty Dish.” The Epworth Leagues will meet at 6:45 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. A warm welcome awaits you at all of our services. Come. Chevrolet Roadster Put To Novel Use In N. Y. Tie novel combination of a covered wagon and a Chevrolet roadster mounted in front on skids and in the rear on snowmobile caterpillar trac tors, is the strange-appearing vehicle irondack Mountains and involves the maintenance of service throughout a chain of 20 exchanges. This type of vehicle, which will travel over the most formidable snow drifts, was assembled by H. 0. Peeb les, a mechanic in the employ of the telephone company, used by the Black River Telephone company of Lowville, N. Y., for win ter “trouble-shooting” on its lines in the heavy snow belt of New York State. The difficult winter territory for the company’s linemen extends from Lake Ontario to Baguette Lake in the Ad JACKSOJTS CREEK NEWS Jackson’s Creek, Nov. 28.-r-Mr. W. C. Grimes, who lies been very ill with pneumonia,-is very much improved. Bora to Mr. and lire. Frank Pierce, a daughter. Player service at lit. Tabor was very well attended last Sunday night. The service was led by. Miss Hughes. ■ -Mr. Allen Garner hfjd the misfor tune of getting his aim broken last Saturday while cranking a Ford truck. There has been some nice porkers killed in this community. Willie Pieree killed one that weighed 599 pounds; Mr. C. C. Ridge killed one that weighed 298 pounds; Mr. . J. C. Ridge one that weighed 825 pounds. The road graveling from Jackson's Creek to Parker's Mill is getting along nicely. • - ; There will be prayer services i «t Piney Grove next Sunday night. Hie -•'* - — - w.. ... rm.AW.a from inoma is expected to have charge of the Wilson Henley Killed In Wreck Young Man, Formerly of Ashe boro, Meets Death in Train Automobile Accident. Wilson Henley, better known as “Snooks,” 4.8 years old, widely known and popular young man of High Point, son of Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Hen ley, was killed in a train-automobile wreck near Palm Beach, Florida, Sat urday night, according to long dis tance telephone messages received by his father in High Point Details of the accident are meagre, but it is known that young Henley was mak ing the rounds of the highways checking up on some lights for the | State highway commission of Florida i by whom he had been employed for ! some time. j Young Henley’s mother was on her : way to Florida to visit her son when | the untimely accident occurred and probably did not know of her son’s death until her arrival at her destina tion. “Snooks” Henley was bom in Ashe boro and lived here until his parents moved to High Point some 12 years ago. He was popular in .Asheboro where he was well known and as a child was greatly loved by those who knew him. He was of cheerful dispo sition and in every way a clean-cut young man of excellent character. He went to Florida some two years ago to obtain employment, but was handi capped on account of his youth. Young Henley, it is said, added some years to his age when asked how old he was and obtained a job with the Palm Beach Paper Company. -Later he secured a position with the State highway commission, in whose service he was at the time of his untimely death. He leaves besides his parents, three brothers, Frank, Arthur and Allen Henley, of West Palm Beach, Florida; two sisters, Mrs. Rodney E. Snow, of High Point; and Mrs. C. Murchinson Walker, of Fayetteville. Mrs. Robert Burns, of High Point, is an aunt of the young man. The body of the young .man was shipped from Florida to High Point, where the funeral will be held. North Circle M. E. Church To Open Gift Shop, 6th The of the M. E. church will Qperf- a Gift Shop Monday, December 6th. Articles will be sold for ten per cent commission. Those having articles which are to be offer ed for sale are requested to get them to the Gift Shop as early as possible after the 6th. Location of the shop will be announced later. Miss Sue Hicks, 17, Died Tuesday End Came After Illness of Five Weeks—Funeral at Lowe’s Chapel Yesterday P. M. Miss Sue Hicks, aged 17 years, died Tuesday morning at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. . F. Hicks, seven miles east of Ramseur, follow ing an illness of five weeks. Miss Hicks was one of the most popular young girls in her community, active in social, church and Sunday school circles. Funeral was held at Lowers Chapel church yesterday afternoon "by Rev. W. A. Elam, of Ramseur. Pallbearers were young men members wff the Sun day school at Lowe’s Chapel and flow ers were borne by the girt members. Miss Hicks is survived hry her par ents,. one sister, Dbrothy Mae, and five brothers, HiHery, Ernest, Denver, Eugene and Paul Hieks, all of the home place. Mr. James Wesley Pearce, A Chatham Farmer, Dead Funeral for James Wesley Pearce, 69, prominent Chatham county farm er, was held Wednesday afternoon of last week at Hickory Grove church, near Liberty, by Rev. D. A. Highfill, of Liberty, and Bev.. JT. F. Andrews, of Liberty, assisted by several o.ther members. Mr. Pearce was ttwice mar ried. His first wife was Miss Emily Caroline Hinshaw, who (tied 18 years ago. On August 12,1925, Air. Pearce was married to Mrs. Louise Staley. Surviving are the widow, two daughters, Mrs. H. L. Blair, of Harrell, Pa., and Mrs. F. R. Thomp son, of Staley; four sons, W. W. Pearce, of Farrell, Pa. G. R. Pearce, of Burlington; A. O. Pearce, of Siler City, and O. Z. Pearce, at home; • sister, Mrs. Mary E. Pearce, of Hear Siler City, and 15 grand children. COURIER SUBSCRIBERS are invited To Share in The Courier $3,000.00 Holiday Gift Distribetioa Dec. Slat Every Active Participant Wins a Prim or Cask Award A Surprise Gift hr Bvsry Bah A Changed Man Above—Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior as he is today, this photo being taken at, Washington last week, as he ar rived from New Mexico to defend l himself.' Below, Mr. Fall*as he looked before being indicted on the' charges of alleged conspiracy to de fraud the government in granting oil leases. Water And Sewer Works At Liberty Town Spending $125,000 For Im provements—First Contract Almost Completed. Liberty, Nov. 22.—The water and sewer works of Liberty is nearing completion as to the first contract. The first contract included about three miles of sewer and four miles of wa ter lines, also a 250,000 gallon elevat ed steel tank to be used for fire stor ! age and for the purpose of regulating 1 pressure; in addition to this there is also a sewerage disposal plant cap ! able of taking care of the entire town; j also the necessary pumping equip ment, wells and pump houses. The recent contract has been ex j tended in order to sewer and water the, entire town. The town being lo cated on a plateau and sloping off in several directions it becomes neces sary to pump some of the sewerage while the remainder flows by gravity into the central disposal plant. The complete expenditure amounts to about $125,000, making Liberty the best watered and sewered town in this State, of the same size.. Miss Dewey Coble Bride Of Mr. John B. Mimms In the presence of a few relatives and intimate friends, Miss Dewey Coble, of Greensboro, Saturday even ing at 9 o’clock became the bride of John B. Mimms, prominent young man connected with the Greensboro Bank and Trust Company. The cere mony was performed by Rev. B. K. Mason, pastor of the Asheboro Street Baptist church, Greensboro, at the church parsonage. The bride was very attractive in her wedding gown of Elizabeth crepe with gold trimmings. She wore a corsage of sweetheart roses shower ed with Talley lilies. For traveling, she wore a taupe coat of Kashmir toga cloth with elaborate mink trim ming. Accessories were of tan. The bride is the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Coble, of near Liberty. She has made her home, however, in Greensboro the past nine years. The bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. ■Mimms,