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the courieb Leeds in Both News end Circulation «o THE COURIER Advertising Bring Results! Cl* 4 it mi i vi i ii i ii it i ii 11 ii in linn |lt mini IKIES c,»|. suits p iimMimiL , ihmiiwwJ | issuedweekly VOLUME LI PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN Asheboro* N. G, ThurwUr, December 23, 1926 CE $2.00 A YEAR IN Increased Activity Is Being Displayed In Courier’s Holiday Gift Distribution A Little More Effort In the Clos ing Lap of the Campaign May Count For Much In End. BONUS FOR EVERY $20 SENT IN THIS WEEK Only Three Changes in Standing of Candidates This Week— No Bonus Next Week. During the past two weeks every one has been naturally and happily interested in the coming of Christ mas, but they have not been too busy to show a marked interest in THE COURIER CAMPAIGN and the ten fine prises to be given away Dec. 31. Activity should increase from now until the end, as the opportunities of winning are too great to be over looked by the ambitious contestants. You can be a winner—and edtdly so, j by increased activity without delay. | Next week affords yfr last oppor tunity. What advantage will you take of it? One more subscription or one more Job Printing Card sold majf move you up one step nearer the top or one subscription lost, may lose for you the prize you hoped to get Campaign Comment A Merry Christmas. Tell your troubles to Santa Glaus. * * • * Wonder if Mrs. Santa Claus ever objects to her old man being out Christmas night. * * • * The Courier office will be closed all day Christmas. * • * • All reports must be mailed Satur day if not turned in at the office be fore 8 P. M. Friday. * * * • Office will remain open until 8 o’clock Friday to accommodate the late ones. . *. * • * The weather man predicts a large crowd in Asheboro’Friday. Come early and avoid the rush. A bonus of 50,000 votes on every $20.00 tuned in ibis week. No bonus at all next weak. Ing up a lot of votes. Are you get ting yours? e • * •• * Only three changes in the standing this week. .< • • • * Mrs. D. A. Comelison, Miss Kate Whatley and Mr. Causey Pugh each move up one step. • • • * Some shifting around is certain for next week. • • • • Wonder why someone doesn't give a party this week. • * • * Several have expressed their wil lingness to attend. • * • • Don’t lose your printing cards. IW v • * • The following is the correct stand ing up to Saturday night, the clow of the second period, and includes the bonus: Mrs. Geo. Burkhead .., Mrs. D. A. Comelison Mrs. G. H. King. Miss Ruby McElhannon Mr. Causey Pugh ... Mrs, Etta Martin .... Mrs. R. P. Clark. Miss Rebecca Johnson . Mrs. B. H. McCam ... Miss Madge Craven .... Miss Pauline Cox ..... Mrs. C. W. Craven ... Miss Merle Callicutt .. Miss Kate Whatley — Mrs. Flossie Poole .... 5,911,600 5.869.300 5,592,200 3.740.300 2,625,500 2,335,700 1,334,000 1,216,900 1,026,100 614.800 611,700 354.000 330,400 273.800 209.000 College Students Are Home ' For The ^hristmas Holidays The following students who have been attending various colleges are home for the holidays: Misses Betsey Ross, Randolph Macon Institute, Dan ville, Va.; Ellen Presnell and Anne Iesley Feme, Greensboro Commer cial College;' Henrietta Underwood, \ KEEPING CHRISTMAS There ia a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas. Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people, and to remember what other people have done for your, to ignore what the world owes you, and to think what you owe the world; to put your rights in the background, and your duties in the middle distance, and your chances to do a little more than your duty in the fore-ground; to see that your fellow-men are just as real as you are, and try to look behind their faces to their hearts, hungry for joy; to own that probably the only good rea son for your existence is not what you are going to get out of life, but what you are going to give' to life; to close your book*, of com plaints against the suuwgement of the universe, and look around you for a place where you can sow a few seeds of happiness—are you willing to do these things even for a day. Then you can keep Christ mas.—Henry Van Dyke. Cotton Gin Does A Big Business. Has Ginned Cotton From Sever al Counties—Local and Per sonal Mention. Franklinville, Dec. 20.—Mrs. G. K. Reaves made a trip to the Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, last week. The cotton gin has been kept very busy this season. This has been a great convenience for the farmers throughout this section. They have also ginned several loads of cotton from Chatham, Moore and Mont gomery counties. Misses Glennie and Bonnie Grose and Magie Shane, of Greensboro, sprat Sunday with hoptefolks. Miss Myrtle Hudson, who has been teaching school at Greenville, N. C., is at home for Christmas. jamat*** Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Hill, of Ran dleman, visited Mr. R. B. Stotts Sunday. Mr. T. J. Steed and son, Tom, of Jamestown, were the guests of W. S. Buie Sunday. | Mr. and l$rs. E. B. Moss are vis iting relatives this week at Vance ' boro and Henderson. Prof, and Mrs. M. L. Neal are spending the Christmas holidays with relatives in Georgia. Mr. L. T. Parks and son, Lacy, of Parks’ Cross Roads, were visitors here last week and gave the bleach ery a call. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes Rawlins, of Greensboro, were the guests of Hay wood Parks Sunday. Mr. Garland Slack and son; Capel, of High Point, visited the . home of W. C. Slack Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Craven, of Cedar Falls, visited Mr. Graham Cra ven, Sunday. Misses Coleen and Pauline Cox spent Saturday night in Asheboro. Clarkson Trotter, Veteran Of Confederacy, Is Dead Clarkson Trotter, aged 80 years, 4 months and 7 days, veteran of the Confederacy, died Monday at his home at Spero following an illness of one year from dropsy. He is survived by seven children. His wife, who was Miss Louzena Yates, died some years ago. The funeral was held Tuesday at Davis church by Rev. Thomas Hill, of Colfax, and the body laid to rest in the church cemetery. State Ranks Low InFurmtiireWage State Stands Seventh In Value of Preduct, But Dewn in the List In Wages Paid. The' value of North Carolina’s manufactured furniture laat year was 851.208J88, which ranked the State seventh in this respect among tbr<88*in the Union. New York. Du. mchi—a, fcdhwsi Wiecon 2rSd JESlvataia ranhwl North Funeral For A Beloved Woman Last Rites For Mrs. Martha A. i Moffitt At Presbyterian Church Sunday. Mrs. Martha A. Moffitt, aged 82 years, died at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. J. R. Parks, Jr., on Walker avenue, in Greensboro, Saturday morning at 1 o’clock after an illness of three months. The news of the passing of Mrs. Moffitt was received in Asheboro with profound regret, for she had for years been one of the most familiar and loved women of the town and county. She had been , making her home in Greensboro with her daughter, Mrs. Parks, for the past ten years, but her acquaint ances and interest in Randolph coun ty, where she had lived the greater part of her life, were of the closest and deepest kind. Mrs. Moffitt was bom in Chatham county July 28, 1844, and was the daughter of Rev. and Mrsv J. W. Hatch. She was married on January 18, 1886, to Elia A. Moffitt, of Moffitt’s Mill, Randolph county, and lived there with her husband until he was elected sheriff of the county in 1884, when their residence was moved to Asheboro. Her husband served eight years as sheriff of the county and after retiring conducted a mercantile business in Asheboro. He was in the revenue service during the second Cleveland administration and was killed while on duty December 4th, 1896, in a raid in Montgomery county. Mrs. Moffitt Continued to live in Asheboro until about ten years ago. Mrs. Moffitt was a woman of a quite, unassuming disposition. She made her home attractive for her own family and for others who chanced to dwell therein. She reared a large family of her own but nearly all the time during her active life others were in her home and under her care. She was a member of the Christian church and her interest in her church work never lagged. Her interest in the establishment of Elon College and its welfare after estab lishment was ever keen. .Rich and poor alike were delighted to call her friend. She is survived by two sons, E. L. Moffitt, of Asheboro, and Herbert E. Moffitt, of Winston-Salem; 9»d three daughters, Mrs, E. H. Morris, Ashe boro, Mrs. J. R. Parks, Jr.; Greens boro, and Mrs. C. C. Howell, Jack sonville, Fla. Five children had al ready preceded Mrs. Moffitt to the grave. They were John T, Elijah, Samuel, Paul and Lucile. Funeral was held from the Pres byterian church in Asheboro Sunday afternoon by Dr. C. H. Rowland, pas tor of the First Christian church, Greensboro, Dr. J. O. Adkinson, of Elon College, and Rev. Cothran G. Smith, pastor of the Asheboro Pres byterian church. Pallbearers were Messrs. J. D. Ross, John K. Wood, M. G. Lovett, Cliff Morris, Clarence Rush and W. A. Coffin. Flowers were borne by members of the Ran dolph Book Club and Mrs. Sam Walk er, Mrs. L. C. Phillips, Mrs. H. C. Luther and Mrs. W. A. Coffin. In terment was made in the local ceme tery. I Among the large number of rela tives and friends from out of town attending the funeral were: Mr- and Mrs. J. R. Parks, Jr., J. Rankin Parks, III, Mrs. C. O. Burton, Mrs. Roy Moffitt, Miss Louise Brooks, Miss Stuart, Miss Fitzgerald, Mrs. Anthony, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Col trane, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Rowland, Mr. Tom Graves, Robert Cox, Mr. Caveness and family, Harrison Simp son, C. A. Ledbetter and Mrs. Ada King, all of Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Moffitt and family and several of Mr. Moffitt’s friends, from Winston-Salem; H. K. Trogdon and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dark, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Ray and Miss Bonnie Hatch,, Liberty; Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Farrell, Mrs. Roscoe Farrell, Mrs. Hinton, Mr. and Mrs. Atlas Farrell, Mrs. Jester Griffin and Robert Farrell, all of Pittsboo. _ , H. A. and Alpheus Moffitt, Clyde Cox and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Auman, all of High Point; Dr. J. 0. Atkinson, Mrs. Paul Kennett, T. W. Trogdon, Mias Mary D. Atkinson and Presi dent W. A. Harper and Dean Hook, all of Eton College; Mrs. C. C. How Mi, Jacksonville, Fla.; Dean D. B. Bryan and Mrs. Bryan, of Wake For est College; Baird Moffitt, Richmond, Va.; Mr. apd Mrs. J. W. Russell, Matthews; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bteed, Candor; Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Coraelison, Seagrove; J. B. Opaaand family, Greensboro; E. B. Parts, Ker nersville; Mrs. J. R. Parts, fcr «nd Jfr. and Mrs. Effis, of Parts Cross Janes Oaron# Crutchfield Died Monday in Greensboro James Clarence Crutchfield, aged 39, member of the firm Rowe and Roach, in Greensboro, died Monday night following an illness of nine months «t his home in the Guilford county seat Crutchfield was bom in Renddfeh county, but moved td Greensboro when a boy. He is sur vived by his widow who was Mias Dom Hall; three sons, Frederick, William and J. C Crutchfield; four daughters,* Helen, Virginia, Mary and Dora Crutchfield; two brothers, F. C. Crutchfield, of Hemp, and A. A. Crutchfield, of Greensboro; two sis ters, Mrs. J. M. Allred and Mrs, A. B. Pennington, both of Greensboro. Funeral Held For Calvin E Ferree _ » Died Friday Night Following Illness of 2 Years—Funeral At Giles’ Chapel. Calvin ML Feme, aged 72 years, died at his home on Old Main street Friday night at 11 o’clock following and illness from heart trouble and complications extending over a period of two years. Mr. Ferree was born and reared in the eastern part of the county and was a son of the late Sam uel Feme and his wife. He was one of twelve children, only two of whom are living. Mr. Feme was engaged in farming all his life until about ten years ago when he came-to Asheboro to make his home. He was public administrator for a number of years. Mr. Ferree joined Giles’ Chapel M. P. church, two miles east of Ashe boro, when a boy and remained a con sistent member until the last. It was from Giles’ Chapel that his funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. J. E. Pritchard, pastor of the Asheboro M. P. church. The largest congregation ever gathered at this church witnessed the last rites. Surviving Mr. Ferree are his wid ow, who before her marriage was Miss Mary Lamb, and the following child ren: Lindley Ferree, Greensboro; Ed gar, Fletcher, Hobart and Melford Ferree, all of High Point; Tyson Fer ree, student at State College, Ral eigh; Mrs. W. B. Lamb and Miss Bertha Ferree, of Asheboro; and two brothers, John Ferree, Randleman, Route 2; and Mashall Feme, Aber deen. Among those from out of town at tending the funeral were the follow ing: Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Ferree, of Greensboro; Messrs. C. E., L. F., and Hobart Ferree and their families, Messrs. Melford and Arthur Ferree, Mr. and Mrs. C. Ferree, Mrs. Ed Johnson and Mr. Sid P. Childress, all of High Point;'Messrs. R. R. Ragan, A. A. Mooree, Edgar Whitener, L. Floyd Wilson, W. J. Frasier, E. A. Frazier, R. C. Gabriel, L. B. Miller and Grady Newton, representing Beeson Hardware Company, of High Point; Messrs. Thomas Elder, A. K. Bowles, Jonah Tuttle, Herman Bur row, Misses. Essie Worthington and Novie Comer, and Mr, and Mrs. B. F. Hayes, representing the High Point Silk Mills;' Mr. Marshall Ferree, of Aberdeen; Mr. plages Ferree and family an&*MISp|MSM9g. and Lade Maie Ferree, of Greensboro; Mrs. Mary Ferree, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hil liad, of Worthville; Rer. and Mrs. J. B. Trogdon, of Stokesdale, and Mr. and Mrs. Jones, of Whitsett. ASHEBORO (M. E.) aRCUIT We filled our regular appointments j at Randolph, White’s Chapel, and West Bend last Sunday. At West Bend we received into church mem bership by vows Mrs. Mettie J. Col trane. West Bend is preparing for a Christmas tree which will be given on Friday night, Christmas Eve. We are able to report that approx imately 40 per cent of the Conference claims have been raised on the Ashe boro Circuit. The following is the approximate per cent that each church has paid of its assessment: West Chapel, 50 per cent; Randolph, 60 per cent; White's Chapel, 40 per cent; West Bend, 40 per cent. Two of the church will come up with their as sessment which have not been heard from. We will not be at our appointments at Pisgah, West Chapel, and White Hall next Sunday, December 26 but will give these churches the fifth Sunday in January. General Assembly Faces Hard Work Stands Little Chance of Being1 “Do Nothing” Body—Diver sity of New Problems. Raleigh, Dec. 20.—The 1927 gen eral assembly stands little chance of being a “do-nothing” body. More than two weeks before its opening the air is full of discussion of bills and measures—state, county and local—hundreds of matters to flood the legislative hoppers. For weeks the budget committee has been in session outlining finan cial proposals. State department heads have been working late at night making up requests and rec ommendations. Organisations of every variety have framed their de mands. A multitude of individuals have let it be known they will be on hand to press for passage of some pet piece of legislation. Indications are that the 170 mem bers making up the ho.use and sen ate convening here January 5 will be faced with a diversity of new problems. Consensus has it that finance will monopolise the spotlinght during the entire session. There an two major angles to this issue regarded likely to bring bloody battles. They are appropriation and taxation. In one rill be that of all hands to possible and in the ' 4 affected. "he slate The nsti dur Basketball * - Different — »> - The “Arcadians,” a girl's basket ball team of Washington, D.C., which plays only boy teams, com pels its members to train strenu ously for the winter campaign, road work being part of the con ditioning. Leah* Shafnos, guard, (above) doing her daily bit.jh p capitol park. Rev. J. W. Wellons Nearing Age 101 Grand Old Minister of • the Gos pel Looks Forward To Reach ing Another Milestone. There is no man probably in the entire confines of the State of North Carolina who is looking more hope fully forward to the New Year than Rev. John W. Wellons, minister of the Christian church and chaplain at the Masonic Home at Greensboro. For the New year will usher in the lOfst. imtestohe of this veteran and venerable minister of the Gospel. Mr. Wellons, or “Uncle Wellons” as he is kmwm affectionately to thousands of North Carolinians, is in his usual good health and his room at the Masonic Home is still the mecca of the hundreds who visit that institu tion annually. His mind is clear, his amiability, patience and real conse cration of this servant of God are striking. It will be recalled that last New Year he journeyed 20 miles to Elon College to preach a sermon on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Dozens of the State’s notables were there that day to do honor to “Uncle Wellons.” Scores of the people in his audience that day were from Randolph county. The venerable minister suffered no ill effects from his exertions in realizing the goal of his ambition, to preach a sermon on the day he reached his 100th mile stone. “Uncle Wellons” will not preach a sermon on the occasion of his next birthday if living. While he is still in his usual health, he could not stand the strain it would take to prepare and deliver the message. And his voice is not as strong as it was a year ago. Mr. Rash Recalls Death Of George Mendenhall Mr. A. J. Rush, of Farmer, one of the county’s few remaining: Confeder ate veterans, was in Asheboro Mon day and gave The Courier a call. Mr. Rush read the letter of Mrs. William Coval, of Indianapolis, Ind., in The Courier recently concerning the drowning of her uncle, George Men denhall, in the Uwharrie as he was returning to his home in Guilford county from Stanly county court. Mr. Rush was present a few minutes after Mr. Mendenhall’s body was found and said that the body was not in a tree, but on an island and beside him Was the buggy cushion, a small tin and his hand bag which contained a large sum of money. Mr. Rush does not think that Mr. Mendenhall was drowned as he was in a sitting posture with one elbow on his knee and his . bend on his cb*n, hut does think that , he was so chilled in the water that he. froze while sitting on land. ljf{. Rush is now in his, 86th year, is active and happy and is in terested in all kinds of progressive moveipents.. His interest in the war continues and his memories of friend ships and hardships are fresh. NORTH CAROLINA LEADS * IN TOBACCO PRODUCTION Kentucky has yielded first place in tobacco production to North Caro lina, achdkding to department of ag riculture figures, which show that the past season the Old North State grew 888,19b,080 pounds, valued at $103,802460, While Kentucky grew 874,880,000 pounds, Worth $42,786, 320. Average price for tobacco in North Carolina the past season was 26.4 cents per pound as against 14.4 cents per pound for the Kentucky m.Hm Randolph Co. B.&L To Open New Series February 1st Is Starting Date, Although Payments Will Be Received In January. At a meeting of the directors of the Randolph County Building and Loan Association December 16th it' ■was voted to open a new series of stock February 1st, 1927. It was also voted that the secretary to the association, Mr. Lee M. Kearns, be empowered to receive subscriptions on this new stock beginning January 1st, 1927. This was done for the convenience of those who desired to get in on the new series at the ear liest possible moment. Payments so made, of course, will be credited to the February payment on the shares subscribed. This new series promises to be the largest in the history of the associa tion. The secretary has received many inquiries as to when a new series would be opened and this interest ex pressed leads him to conclude that now since the opening has been form ally announced there will be many to take advantage of it. The Randolph County Building and Loan Association was organized in 1917, and began business with only a few shares of stock subscribed. It has grown with the opening of each new series since that time until now it has 3,672 shares of stock in force. It has now on its books loans on first mortgage real estate amounting | to $203,964. During the past twelve months the association has assisted in building and remodeling 36 homes in the county. This association operates through out the county, not confining itself to the town of Asheboro alone. Shares are accepted from any person in the county, and out of the county as for that matter, but loans are necessarily confined to property within the confines of Randolph coun ty. During the past few years people in the county have learned to use the building and loan as a means of saving money in a systematic man ner. This association has many shareholders who have no intention of borrowing money for a home, but interested themselves in the building and loan to save money and at the same time help upbuild the county. Christmas Pageant At The M. K Church Sunday At the Methodist Protestant church next Sunday evening at 7:00 o’clock there will be given a Christmas Pageant entitled, “Gifts to the King.” The music will consist largely of the old familiar Christmas hymns and there will be some beautiful readings. It is taken for granted that a large audience will be present. R. W. Fuller Makes Good Record With Litter of Pigs A litter of pigs belonging to Robert W. Fuller, of Concord township, have just finished putting on 2,265 pounds in an 180-day feeding period. This litter was entered in the ton-litter contest put on by the swine extension bureau of State College, and is the first in the county to make the weight. No special attention was given the litter other than the feed ing of proper mixtures and amounts of feed. By completing the demons tration, Mr. Fuller qualified for a special medal offered to farmers ob taining a ton of meat from a litter of pigs. Hard on Moonshiners Sheriff Brown, of Buncombe coun ty, in office only two weeks, is set ting the pace for breaking up the il licit liquor traffic. So far, he has captured 250 gallons of liquor, sever al men and a half dozen automobiles. As a result of his activities, the li quor trade is said to have been cut in half in Asheville during the past two weeks. Funeral Saturday For H. D. Overman Held At Liberty—Died Friday Morning Following an Ex tended Illness. Funeral was held Saturday morn ing at Christ church, Liberty, by Rev. F. L. Gibbs, for Hiram D. Over man, aged 72 years, who died at his home in Liberty Friday morning fol lowing an extended illness. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Martha Ann Overman; one son, W. E. Overman; two daughters, Mrs. Allen Cook, Liberty, and Mrs. Frances Jones, Greensboro; four brothers, J. W. Overman, Burlington; A J. Over man, liberty; T. F. Overman, Siler City; J. 0. Overman, Liberty; two sisters, Mrs. Isabella Sullivan, of near Liberty; and Mrs. Annie J. Way, of Burlington. According to the department of commerce 375 persons were killed by automobiles in North Carolina dur ing the year 1926. In New York more than 2,000 persons wore killed in auto accidents. In the entire United States during 1026 there were 17,571 accidental deaths charged to automobiles. Friday The Big Day In Asheboro Brings To a Close The ‘Trade m Asheboro” Campaign Waged The Past Three Months. When the hands of the clock p™* to the hour of 3 on Friday afternoon, December 24th, there will be ushered in an hour for which the Merchants Association of Asheboro and the people of Randolph county have kmc awaited. It will be the culmination of the “Trade At Home” campaign staged by Asheboro merchants back in October. On Friday afternoon to 3 o’clock, the members of the Mer chants Association are planning to meet the people of the county in Asheboro. The exercises will be beM on the vacant lot nertt to the Baptist church, and it will be well worth the time of every man and woman in the county to be on hand at that hour and place. The merchants of Asheboro launch ed their “Trade At Home” not with any desire to take business away from any legitimate merchant in any other city or town. Asheboro merchants hold no grudge their fellow merchants anywhere. But they did set out to bring the attention of the people of Randolph county the importance of trading at home, provided what was wanted could be found here. The association realizes that in i other way could there be built a big ger and better Randolph county Asheboro. The Asheboro merchants knew that every want of the people in their trading territory could he found in their stores. It was need less to go elsewhere. They kmtm. too, that the quality and price of their goods would compare favorably with those anywhere in North' Caro lina. Feeling that the people <5f the county would respond, the merchants of Asheboro laid in stocks of sea sonable goods as never ’before to their long history of successful ns chandising. As confirmation of tt*w feeling, the people of the county sponded heartily and the past months has witnessed a merchandis ing carnival in the courtty seat of Randolph. Now, to show their appreciation the patronage which they have re ceived from within their trading ritory, in addition to selling qua merchandise atlow*- priees, th Asheboro merchants have invited people of the county to meet in Asheboro Friday afternoon, day promises to be without parallel in the history of merchandising to Randolph county. M. P. CHURCH NEWS Rev. J. E. Pritchard, Pastor. 9:45 A. M. Sunday school, Me. W. L. Ward, Supt. 11:00 A. M. Christmas Sermon by the pastor with Christmas hymns dnd special music by the choir. 6:15 P. M. Christian Endeavor. 7:00 P. M. There will be given a Christmas Pageant by the Sunday school. The public is cordially invit ed to attend all the services of the day. Last Sunday Morning: Was Coldest Weather Of Year Those who think we never have any cold weather until after Chviet mas were very much disappointed when on last Sunday mornings the official reading here was 13 degrees above zero. This was the coldest weather of the winter so far and the second coldest since the establishment of the Bureau here Feb. 1, of this year. On the morning of March 14 of this year the temperature was IV degrees above zero. On last Sunday ponds in this community were frozen over in regular winter style. A great many people had difficulty 'getting cars started and some had to vallc church. However, during the day the weather moderated and Monday morning the temperature was only down to 28. NEWS FROM EDGAR Sophia, Route 1, Dec. 20.—-Miaa Clara Davis, a member of Spencer high school faculty, arrived here Fri day night to spend the holidays her father, A. W. Davis. Mrs. H. W. Robbins is her home by illness. J. C. Loflin, who has been ill throat trouble, is slowly improving. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Taylor aril little son, W. D., Jr., of Sigh Point were the guests SundSy of Mrs. Tay lor’s mothfer, Mrs. Sarah Osborns and family. ' . _ . . ' We afe' glad to note that Philip, the little son of Mr. and M«.. Pw!qr Farlow, friio'had diphtheria son|e time and was ViSry ill,' is slowly improving. —_ RANDOLPH CIRCUIT The parsonage table was 'load* down with good things from Tri ity church Monday night. We do n know how to thank these good enough for the many things have done' since we have been in Trinity. > -v ~~ The people • at Mt. 1 finished pkying their The good - ‘ church is school is that it