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PRjNfflP N. C, TlMIMlsy LES, NOT MEN y, March 3, 1927 $2,00 A YEAR IN ■) VANCE ’'.1 Vf Randolph Blanketed With Heaviest Snow Fall Recorded In A Long Time Business Suspended As Citizens Face Task Of Clearing Streets And Sidewalks* Snow Reached Depth Of 24 Inches Here Few Mishaps Recorded, Only Part Of Two Roofs Faffing In With Little Damage. Randolph county people awoke Wednesday morning and lookfed out upon -the deepest snow that has fallen in this section of North Carolina witftbi the memory of living men. Snowy flakes had ushered in Tuesday, the first day of March, and the windy month was making good its reputa tion of coming in like a lion. But few people expected the lion cub to grow into a full grown animal with a 24- | inch snow Wednesday morning. This j is what happened and there was three ; inches of water in the bottom of the vessel used by the weather observer to measure the snowfall thrown in to make a full pot. All Tuesday night the snow fell and the wind howled among the tree tops and around.the booses. Snow appeared to be coming from every di rection and covering every spot which could be reached. Folks caught nap ping the afternoon before awoke to find their ears left on the street al most .covered with the fleecy flakes. Those '.who hadn’t gotten' enough coal and wood to last during the day were out Wednesday morning digging it out from under the biggest snow their eyes had ever witnessed. The snow and wind continued until shortly after noon Wednesday when .it ceased as suddenly 'as it began and a few stray beams of sunlight began to break over the snowy whiteness of the earth. Folks began to take, stock of what had happened and snow tog gery was donned by those who had it, and the work of the hand shovels was begun. A few of the hardier souls had ventured out to the morning but it was not until about noon that there was more than a sprinkling of pedes trian traffic along 'the snow covered streets and sidewalks of the town. Cars could not run during the morn ing, nor were thtere many Wednesday afternoon save a few caw that had been dug out of the snow in an effort made to get tfcemiom* the street comndttee of the town board got Into action Wednesday af ternoon and until ’late in the night battled to dear the main streets of the snow. Thursday the work was kept up until narrow routes had been cut through the Streets for the use of those who cared to venture out in their caw. Very Tew automobflists could get out their caw, however, be cause the ears could not be gotten from the private garages to the streets. And even Thursday the caw on the streets of ficsheboro could al most be counted on the fingjers of the hands. (Please torn to page 4) J. P. Hughes Again 'A Member of School Board J. F. Hughes, already member of the Randolph eourlty'board of educa tion, was reappointed‘in the omnibus bill passed through the general as sembly last week, for-another term of two years. Hughes’ “term was the on ly one of the members of the present board to expire. Other members of the board-of education-are L. F. Ross, of Asheboro, and J. A. Martin, of Liberty. Mr. Hobson Johnson, Of Denton, MarriW Saturday > A marriage of Interest to relatives and friends in this and adjoining coun ties occurred last Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A, Michael, of Southern Pines, when their daughter, Mtts Daisy, became the bride of Mr. Hobson Johnson. Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J< A. Michael, or Southern Pined, and is an accomplished and at tractive young lady. Mr, Johnson is * yotmg man of sterling qualities and business ability. He Is the son of Mr, and Mrs. R. B. Johnson, of near -Farmer. Mr. Johnson Is manager of the Chevrolet Garage, at Dedtoa. Mr. and Mre. J<*nso* left iaune dlately after their marrbtge for At lanta, Ga., and otter pointa uf luOw Shot To Death Monday When He His Weapon On Officers I * charge from a s aide at the heme of - liberty. Field., it te ing for hi* gun in a* to resist arrest when Harley HI fatal .hot Deputy Sheriff 3. L. Hinahaw, of Liberty, and Graham Mariey, whom Hinahaw had deputised to asaiat him, had gone to the Overman home to af reet Fields, whoi had ransacked m “ Overman home the day before and a. the act of doing the same again Monday. Fields was drunk, it is said, pnd when in that condition was considered a dangerous man. Ae “ to statements made hy those nan :* Courier Delayed Account Of Heavy Snow Wednesday The heavy allow of Tuesday night interfered with The Courier just as it interfered with practic ally every other business in West ern and Piedmont North Carolina. Our shipment of newsprint for this Issue was stranded in 4 box car on the railway sidetracks, and after j it was gotten into the depot diffi culty was experienced in getting it to our shop. It was not until Thursday noon that this was ac complished. Then to “cap the cli max” when the first forms were at on the press, this piece of ma in ery made its first breakdown in many months. Repairs to the press consumed a half day. It was hoped by the management that The Courier could be gotten to its sub scribers in the rural communities on the first mail after the big snow, but the breakdown of the press prevented this, and The Courier will not reach the majority of its 'subscribers until Saturday. Big Snows Of Past Years Are Recalled During One Deep Snow Thirty Deer Died In Randolph Co. —Other Snows. The snow which fell Tuesday night in the recollection of many of the older inhabitants of the town of Ashe boro is the largest in a hundred years, but there are some who can remem ber snows which they think Were as large as this one in average depth and in depth of drifts. For instance, W. R. Hamlin recalls a snow 53 years ago which in depth was about equal to the one now on the ground. To make this snow still more disagreeable, a light crust of ice froze over the top of it. He re calls that thirty deer died in the county during the snow, many of them killed when their throats were cut by the icy crust while they were floundering about in the snow after they had broken through the ice. Carson Burgess recalls that 57 years ago while he was living at Sta ley there was juhkr snow, end by the drifts. B. R. Ross recalls a large snow seventy years ago. Gulleys and ditches were covered over level and considerable difficulty was experienc ed by people in getting about. Fences were also covered by the drifts. S. E. Lowdermilk recalls that many years ago there was a snow of similar depth to the present. Law With Reference To Hunting Of Foxes Unlawful To Hunt With Gun Or Dogs From Jan. 15 To liar. 1st Of Bath Year. Upon request of one of our sub scribers, ’Section 1, Chapter 78, Public, Local and Private Laws bf the State of North Carolina, passed at the sesi skm of the general assembly in 1919, is quoted: See. 1. That any person who shall hunt with dog or gun or chase with dog or dogs, or shall trap, loll -or de stroy any fox in Randolph -county be tween the 15th of January and the 1st day of November of each pear, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the court. Provided that it shall be lawful for any person to boll a fox on his own prehiises -When found in the act of "killing fowls or other domestic animals. Weather In February Was Unusually Mild According to the information given out by the official weather observer here, February was an exceedingly warm month. The mean temperature this year was 49.3 degrees as com pared to a normal of 39.9 degrees, or almost ten degrees above normal. The highest temperature was 78 on the 18th and the lowest was 25 on the 28th. The rainfall for the month amount ed to 4.07 indies m compared to a normal of 3.92 inches. There were 13 dear days, 7 partly, doudy and eight cloudy. V ’ Pr. Butler m DEBATE r April 8 The nation at large, Republican leaders in partkular, will watch with interest the reaction of, sentiment following tHfe debate between Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler and Senator William A. Borah at Boston April 8 o'.' Prohibition enforcement. Dr. Butler’s recent tatements about President Coolidge’s third term hopes; the importance of facing the wet ami dry issue; and things in general about his party, brought Senator Borah into thd picture, with a challenge for debate. Randolph County Ranks Second lit Stat Production Of Poultry; Twelfth The 1925 United States Farm Cen sus of Randolph county released by the bureau of census, Department of Commerce, gives some interesting facts relative to the farms of the county. The figures given are as of January 1, 1925, and, of course, cover values and operations for the year 1924. There are in Randolph county, ac cording to this farm census, 4,241 farms, of which 1,245 are from 50 to 99 acres in size, 1,059 from 100 to 1.74 acres, and the others anywhere from five acres to 5,000. By far the larger number of farms in Randolph are small and 81.2 per cent of them are operated by owners. There was, however, an increase of 2 per cent in farm tenancy from 1920 to 1925. The approximate area of Randolph county is 513,920 acres and 409,119 of this acreage is represented by farms, or 79.6 per cent of the total; acreage. Of this immense acreage /in farm lands, only 126,288 acres is’lis^ as. wKfr lendr 'AlWiniit hnunma -buira ings are valued at 314,125,038, while all farm property, including land, buildings, machinery and livestock, is valued at 319,332,748. Land alone is worth more than 9 million dollars, while buildings are worth 34,354,910. The average value of each farm is 33,851. Only 18 per cent of the farms operated by owners report any mortg age. T. Wood was notified yesterday of the death of ber uncle, Robert Adderton, ii> Pan Handle, Texas. Mr. Adderton was the son of Stephen and Temperance Johnson Ad derton, of Jackson Hill. He was sixty years of age. Before leaving this State thirty years ago, Mr. Ad derton was engaged in fanning. He went to Oklahoma where he has been in hotel business until early In 1926 when he went to visit his nephew, Fred 'Surratt, also a native of this section of North Carolina, who is in terested m oil in Pan Handle, Texas. Mr. Adderton remained there and has been associated -with his nephew in business. He married a Texas lady and Is survived by two sons. Mr. Adderton was well and favorably known in this section and his friends wRl be grieved his death. Interested In Education Of The Orphan Children News comes from Raleigh that Mr. J. F. Burkhead, of Asheboro, has been there endeavoring to get a bill through the North Carolina General Assembly which would permit chil dren in orphanages to share in the school equalising fund. Under the provisions of the bill in which Mr. Burkhead has interested himself, children in the orphanages in each county shall be enrolled in the school census and their education provided for by the county and state boards of education. One-fourth of the expense would be borne by the county and the three-fourths by the state board. The expense borne by the State Is to come oat **'**-“' The value of livestock in the county is $1,196,761. Cattle number 8,510 valued at $28(^535. Mules, 4,459 * in number, are Valued at $442,996. Cows milked! in 1924 numbered 5, 717 arid these produced 2,206,762 gal lons of inflk. The total value of dairy products during the year amounted to $273,587, and in respect to value Randolph was, ranked by only 11 counties. In Mother words, Randolph was in 1924 t&B 12th dairy county among the 100 in the entire State. In 1924 the|p were produced in Randolph county 602,371 dozen of eggs valued at $186,735, and chickens raised in 1924 munbered 255,576 which were valuedTak $184,015. In value of poultry pruOnOife Randolph was rank ed by only onaSeounty, Guilford. The value fk rill crops in Ran dolph countym 1924 amounted to $2,403,541. Tip farm population of the county tw iame year was 21, 649, of whkhflnS8 were negroes. Infant m 'At Trinity Forrest Dillon, seven-months-old son of Rev and Mrs. E. C. Roach, died at the home of his parents in j Trinity Sunday morning following an I illness of two weeks with whooping cough. Surviving are the parents and 1 a aster, Pauline. Funeral was con i ducted at the home Monday afternoon by Rev. Samuel T. Hensley, pastor of the West End Baptist church, High Poiat, and the body! taken to Jersey Baptist church, near Ianwood, David son county, for burial. imam T. Bowman Shot To Death By Negro, Frank Simmons, Tuesday Night. Deputy Sheriff William T. Bow man, of Guilford county, was shot and killed late Thursday night by Frank Simmons, negro, near Tabernacle church. Simmons is still at large with reward of $400 offered for his capture. Perry White, another negro in company of Simmons at the time of the shooting, is in jail irt Greens boro, killed when Deputy Bowman was he and Other deputies and ^ number ofeitli ' - ~ ”* -* is of Clay township, Guilford county, were watching a cache- of chickens secreted near Tabernacle chuTeh. Many of the residents of the community had been missing chick ens and haring found these hidden determined to watch them and catch the thieves when they came after them Thursday night. When the ne groes appeared, the officers attempt ed to arrest them. It was then that $imtnons threw Ms flashlight on Bowman and shot him dead. White was captured, but Simmons escaped tin the darkness. Funeral for Mr. Bowman was held Saturday afternoon by Rev. J. F. Milloway from Pleasant "Union M. P. church. Mr. Bowman was about 35 years of age. He Jeaves his widow and two small children and his moth er, Mrs. John J3own»an. His father, Rev. John Bowman,, well known in this section of North Carolina, died suddenly on the Sanford highway about a year ago while en route from his home in Guilford county to Staley Guilford Deputy Sheriff Is Killed N.W. Newby, 82, Died Tuesday A. M. Death Cranes Following Illness For Fast Two Months—Born •In Randolph. Was Active In Business Funeral To Have Been Held At Farmer Postponed. Mr. N. W. Newby, a former citizen of Randolph county but for the past twenty-five years a citizen of Mt. Gil ead, died in Memorial hospital, Ashe boro, Tuesday morning. While Mr. Newby had been remarkably vigorous for his age, 82, he had been indis posed for the past two months, suf fering from influenza and complica tions. He was brought to Asheboro from Biscoe where he was stricken and was recovering satifactorily un til Tuesday morning when death came suddenly. Mr. Newby was bom and reared in Concord township and resided there until twenty-five years ago, when he moved to Mt. Gilead and opened a mercantile business, operating same until a few years ago when he sold his business and took up insurance, acting as district representative for the Mutual Benefit Insurance Com pany, of Winston-Salem. Mr. Newby began his business career at Farpier where he operated a successful mer cantile business. He was also asso ciated with the late W. J. Miller, in Asheboro, thirty-five years ago. Mr. Newby was one of the promoters of Farmer institute from which the pres ent Farmer school is a result. With Mr. Newby, Prof. W. E. Fentriss and the late Callier Kearns and the late Gideon Macon were also leading spir its in this educational undertaking. Mr. Newby was a member of the M. E. church at Farmer until he changed his residence to Mt.' Gilead, taking his church letter with him to the church of his faith. He was quiet and unassuming in manner and a man who was interested in all forward looking movements. Notwithstanding the accumulation of years he was young in spirit and genial in disposi tion. His activity and energy made his friends forget to associate old age with him. He married Miss Nannie Lewis, who was also a resident of Concord township, and who preceded her hus band to -the great beyond about twenty-five years ago. To this union are three surviving children, a daugh ter, Mrs. Harris Stanback, East Or ange, N. J.; two sons, Walter and Carl H. Newby, of Thomasville. He is also survived by one brother, B. F. Newby, of Greensboro. The funeral which was to have been held at Concord M. E. church, at Far mer, yesterday afternoon, has been postponed indefinitely on account of the heavy snowfall. Finch Damage Suit Is On Trial In Lexington One of the most notable civil trials in the history of North Carolina be gan in Superior Court in Lexington Tuesday when the damage suit insti tuted by the executors of the estate of Brown Finch for $252,000 against jthe Southern Railway Company was started. Upon agreement between counsel for the defense and the plain tiffs and approval of Judge Oglesby, who is presiding at the term, a jury was selected from Guilford county. Brown Finch, son of T. J. Finch, of Trinity, was killed at a grade crossing in Thomasville some months ago by a Southern train. It is for damages for his death that the suit is being brought. Tis Said Mr. Bowman Wants Marshal’s Place He Is Understood To 'Be One Of The Many Candidates For Middle District Job. The creation of the new middle fed eral judicial district has brought out many Republicans who are receptive to the “lightning strike” of federal appointment. Randolph, of course, could not be left out in this list of the faithful receptives. Cephas Bow man, now deputy income tax collector, is said to be not only receptive but also active in his efforts to obtain appointment as marshal for the new middle district. He has against him Clarence Call, of Wilkes, T. E, Mc Crary, of Davidson, and Heenan Hughes, of Alamance. Whether the coming days will bring out others re mains to be seen. One of the best mains to be seen. But Mr. Bowman is in the race. Whether he will have the backing of the Randolph Republi cans for the place is not known by this newspaper. Special Bible Reading Mr. J, W. Wolff will give a special Bible reading on the coming df Christ and the judgment day at the Friends church, here, next Sunday, March 6, at 11 a. m. The public is extended an invitation to hear Mr. Wolff. - Former Sheriff FailsTo Pay Up Neither Cranford Nor His Bondsmen At Meeting Of Commissioners Saturday. County To Enter Suit Cranford Cost The County Many Thousand Dollars. Last Saturday afternoon was the date set by the county commissioners for final and complete settlement with ex-Sheriff J. Free Cranford of the more than $21,000 due by him to the county for taxes collected while he was sheriff of Randolph and which he had not accounted for. However, neither the ex-sheriff nor his bonds men was present. The commissioners, therefore, adopted a resolution calling on the county attorney to enter suit against Mr. Cranford and his bonds men, the Fidelity and Casualty Com pany of New York for the collection of the shortage. According to the audit made by Mr. F. J. Phillips of A. T. Allen and Company, Mr .Cranford is due the county a little more than $21,000 in taxes collected and not accounted for, over $1,100 in bad checks in the hands of the ex-sheriff and some $12,000 in uncollected taxes, making a grand total of more than $35,000. An attorney for the bonding com pany was in Asheboro several days last week fcoing over the audit with Mr. Phillips. It is understood that no fault could be found with the audit and that the attorney expressed him self as well pleased with the accur ateness of the audit and the manner in which it was gotten up. This at torney is quoted as stating that he would have to take the matter up with the home office of his company in New York and would not be able to make any report of the decision of the company until late this week or next week. The resolution was passed Saturday authorizing the starting of a suit against Mr. Cranford and the bond ing company in order that if settle ment was not made by Mr. Cranford’s sureties no other formalities would have to be gohe through with before steps could be taken to bring the matter to a head. The county has been out of this $35,000 due it for many months and needs the money. Mr. Cranford,has cost the county not only the salary paid Kim for the dis charge of his duties but interest on this $35,000 balance for months and also interest on the large sums of collected taxes which he was from time to time late in turning over to the county commissioners. County Depositories Will Furnish Bonds Commissioners At Meeting Last Saturday Designated Banks To Hold County Funds. Banks designated by the county commissioners as depositories for county funds at their meeting last Saturday were the Bank of Ramseur, Bank of Randolph, Asheboro Bank & Trust Company and the First Nation i al Bank. These banks will be requir ed to give bond for an amount equal to the largest sum which the county will have deposited with eatch at any one time. TTiis matter was discussed at the meeting Saturday afternoon and bond required as i a matter of form. The banks themselves have no objections to giving these bonds for the further safeguarding of the pub lic money, and officers of some of them are said to have suggested it to the county commissioners. SHILOH NEWS LETTER , Fourthteenth Birthday of Reece Stout Celebrated February 27th. Ramseur, Route 1, March 1.—Last Sunday, Feb. 27,’ Miss Stout, teacher of the junior class in Shiloh Sunday ' school, invited the members of her : class to her home to celebrate the 14th birthday of her brother, Reece ; Stout. The young people spent a pleasant afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Norma Rumley visited ’ relatives in Winston-Salem last Sun day. 'Miss Vera Moffitt, of Qreensboro, spent the week-end with her parents, 1 Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Moffitt. Prevalance of whooping cough in | this community is reducing the aver 1 age daily attendance «t our school. If Provisions Of This Bill Are Carried Out No No sheriff, who serves Randolph county in the future can be short any such amount as was ex-sheriff J. Free Cranford if the provisions of a bill enacted into law by the General As sembly are carried out. This bill, in troduced by Representative I. C. Moser, provides that the sheriff of Randolph county must make settle ment with the county each week of the 'funds collected by his office. In addition to this settlement, which will consist of the de-. positing of all collections in banks designated as county depositories to the credit of; the various funds, the sheriff must make a detailed monthly report and submit it to the J. Wesley Welbom Buried At Gilead Died Friday In High Pomt1» pital Following Illness flf Four Iteys. ) Born In Randolph Gbl John Wesley Welbom, aged SE I years, died Friday afternoon is a j High Point hospital following am ® ness of only four days. He was ban in Randolph county, near the ill Hoover Hill mine, February 22, lSffi, a son of the late John and Mattie Welbom. On Nov. 11, 1886 he warn married to Miss Mary Hanes, alaa Randolph county. He spent the ea>^ years of his life on the farm in Ham ' dolph, and several years ago muni ’ to High Point. Three months ago he and his family moved to ArrWilf. but Mr. Welborn continued to week ha ; High Point, where for 20 yean he had been an employe of the Sunr Lumber Company. Mr. Welbom is survived by Mr ■ widoW, Mrs. Mary Welbom, of Aitb | dale; a son, Ralph Welborn, at Auk ; dale; two brothers, R. Clark and Wei 'ter Welbom, of Lawrence, Kansas; ■ and two sisters, Mrs. Robbert Pkaa j mer, of Asheboro, and Mrs. Ma ! Briles, of Randolph county. Funeral was held Sunday after noon from Emma Memorial Wesleyan Methodist church, in High Point; aC which Mr. Welbom had long beea a member. Following this service ttm body was brought to Gilead chand^ near Glenola, Randolph county, view last rites were conducted by Rev. K. W. Jones, and burial made in ttm church cemetery. Mrs. Mary Christine Smith Died Last Week Death Came In a Hospital After An Lasting Three Weeks. Mrs. Mary Christine Smith, wife i Carl D. Smith, of Ash'eboro, died ; | a hospital - in Greensboro last day after an illness of about \ weeks. Miss Smith was a daughter < : Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. East and v* i bom in Asheboro July 13, 190*. 9 | was married to Carl D. Smith tember 8, 1925, and to this unioni | bom a gon, Carl D., Jr,, on Jam . ! 4,1927. Mrs. Smith was a member rf ! the local M. P. church arid was a con sistent Christian wompn. | She leaves her husbaiid and m, i her mother, now Mrs. K. W. and one sister, Miss Gertrude’’ Asheboro. Funeral was held from "nensartfc Hill church in Moore county ¥\nd«y afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and made in the church cemetery. ! ' Miss Flora Brewer And Mr. Wilbur Martin Wei Miss Flora Brewer and Mr. "Wit bur Martin were married Sunday, Ftdt ruary 27th. at, the Baptist parsenage. in Marshville, bv Rev. Little. Mrs. Martin is the daughter of fc and Mrs. John Brewer, of MaTshvtltav and is an attractive young worm. Mr. Martin is a young business man and the son of Mrs. Emma Martin, Asheboro. He is owner and proprietor of the Capitol Cafe. 1 Meeting Of Township S. S. Convention Is On account of the "heavy siwdftflR. the township Sunday school ' which was to have been held "Mfe night at the M. E. church In AsttAnm. has been postponed until nerft ”WdS nesdav evening. March 9th, at V o’clock, according to announcement made by Lee M. Kearns, tuwndfip president. The program which wan to have been rendered last night w9 be given next Wednesday night, fWnv being no change except in the Ate. All persons interested are urged An attend the institute. Hill Veneer Company Buraei ' The entire plant of the Hill Vcuaer Company, occupying an entire rifep block in the heart of the city of KrA Point, was destroyed by fire of unde termined origin Tuesday night. Ibn loss, which is partly covered by et surance, will reach more than $2B*r 000. The owner of the plant, "Mr. XL C. Hill, is a native of Randolph uu tv. having been born and reared eg Hill’s Store. report against the records sheriff's office. The auditor his findings to the each month. The law carries with !t -» for violation of, any of The sheriff is liable if he charge the duties imposed, auditor, and if the com to Bee that the sher ' perform their the act*.