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I mm* THE COURIER Lead# k* Both News and Ctrtnlnthni ISSUED WEEKLY VOLUME rlII $2.00 A YEAR Elected To Represent Presby tery -In General Assembly At iEUJorado, Ark. Presbytery Is Having Interesting Sessions :Moch Business Is '.Transacted And Forceful Sermons And AddressesIIIelvrered. The; presbytery of Orange in session .at the'local. Presbyterian church for the past two days heard last night an address by TRev. H. M. Woods, D. D., j of China, a missionary of this denom ination . in thatcountry. He has re cently translated and edited a new - edition of; a BiUe Dietionary, the first to be: isaned in that country. His . address was in connection with a pop ular meeting on Foreign Missions led ■ by; Rev. W. R. Potter, D. D., of Bur lington, who-presented the report of this work. Outstanding-features-of the work of * the Presbytery, thus far, include the ■election of. Rev-.C.G. Smith, pastor of the local church, to represent this I Presbytery; in ..the General Assembly, the highest court of the . Southern j . Presbyterian Church, which meets May 19th, in El Dorado, "Ark. This is regarded as a high honor in this .denomination, and Mr. j Smith was' highly spoken of-as. a nominee for the . office on the floor of presbytery. In addition to this feature, the pres bytery reported through Rev., R. E. McClure,' Secretary of Stewardship, ; that the Benevolent Askings < of the Presbytery which amounted to over .‘$97,000 has been oyer subscribed by . nearly $20,000. 'This is the first time such has- been the' case and sq far as . can' he learned, this: is the first pres bytery Synod to 'do this. The; presbytery met. for its f first sessions’'Tuesday night at 7;80'P. M. and- heard the opening sermun by Rev.:S.: M. Babkin, off Greensbono, the • retiring moderator, an the text; "My grace is sufficient, for thee. ”,2^ Cor. 12-9. hi Ms HieaoagO he spoke a* the • grace Of God in its workings in * I the lives*of Christians as*well as onbe-, ‘ lievers. The-moderators sermon was one \ Of hopeibased upon JBs conception ^ot the grace of God, Which he de fined as "tire unmertteti ‘ favor *f • God.” In this connection he de clared tb«t this; grace ^ unlimited in his riches and avaflehte to all who ^ are in the right : frame ef mind h ; measure sufficient" for ertxy need. (Please turn to page '*) -V CorrectionlOf Error fci Junior-Senior Wf Ike Up ’ In -giving the account of the local .Junioi^ Semor banquet las* week, the reporter made the mistake of leading out-two important paragraphs,-dWcli J •were-as follows: 1 Throughout the banquet, music-was Tumished by theiAsheboro orchestra, •composed of Miss Ruby Honeycutt, director, *nd Messrs. Colin Wsy,' Ed ■ .gar Thomas and CL L. Cranfaud, Jr. ‘Six youag ladies from the Sopho more class, Misses 'Margaret Ham mond, Emnja Rice, Dorothy WMteker, -Flora Paige Davis, Eetsy Anroeld, and ‘Elizabeth Ross, daintily dressed in lavender ted white,‘the Senior col ors, served - throughout 'the evening. ^ —Reporter. Asheboro To Have “Kiny Cotton” Day - Commmlity Sinking Then will be * community singing next Sunday beginning at 10 o’clock and continuing throughout the day at Nathaniel Green school aumtorium, o miles north of liberty. de noted Higgins sisters, Palmer sisters, Pied mont Chorus, Graham mixed ^mis, Pleasant Hill choir, Prof, T. 0. ^®d er, Mt. Pleasant M. P. dioir. Mon netts choir, and others ■will take part in the program. Sunday night the Higgins sisters and Palmer sirters will render a musical program at Pleasant Hill church beginning at 7 o’clock. The public is invited to at tend both service* New Dye House The Asheboro Hosiery Mill has un der construction on Church street a SSSitoSitfSWS feet by 70 feet in dimension. The Woman’s Club, with the state-wide movement to place BSm&g*1 boro have agreed to display all eottof* fabrics suitable for clothing and also wooMevin «w town -j ^th this cotton move will Fri 1.1.. —. .-—ft Game Commission At War'On Hawks ^ 1 The County Game Commission has declared war on hawks. An-; nouncement was made yesterday by members of tMs commission that a bounty of fifty cents per' head would he pad for every hawk, head delivered this season to A. O.. 'i Ferree at his store on Depot street. Mr. Ferree is a member df ‘the game commission. The hawk ia one of the species of bird outlawed by the State Game Law. The hawk may be killed at any time any-i ! where in the State. Complaint has, j been made reeeitUy of the 'large j number of these hards of prey in’ i Randolph county. The 'Game 'Com- j mission is determined to help -out I in their destruction by -putting :a » price on their heads. ; j J. Evan Presnell Dies from Stroke End Came Suddenly Triday .Af ternoon After in Health For Year. Funeral At West Bend John Evan Presnell died Friday j afternoon at his home in West Asbe boro from the effects of a stroke of paralysis suffered the morning of the same day. He had been in ill health for about a year, but his death was unexpected and came as a sur prise to his relatives and friends. Mr. Presnell was bom in Randolph county March 1, 1863, a son o'f the late Nathan Presmell and his 'wife, Nellie Presnell. He was married sev eral years ago to Miss Maggie 'McIn tosh, of Moore county, and to this union were born three 'Children, two of whom, John Presnell and Miss Al jna Presnell, both of Asbeboro, .‘sur vive, together with them mother. Mr. Presnell joined the M. P. church -at ,Why Not in 1967, he being a resident of the Why Not community at that time. About fifteen years ago he I moved to Asheboro and opened up a blacksmith shop which he-mainttiined until ill health forced him to discon tinue the work. ; Funeral was held from West iBend rehurch by the pastor Sunday dfter aioon and the body laid to rest .in the (Church cemetery. Among those ffrom a distance attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Presnell, -of I'XUdeigh; Phil Presnell, of East Send; 1 W. W. Presnell, of Pilot Mountain; aadsS. L. Presnell, of Guilford ©61 , l«we ! Worthyille School Finals Begin Friday Prdf.lP. E. Lindley To Deliver Literary Address—Play Sat Commencement exercises of Worth school ' -held in the new school building. "Prof. P- E. Iindley, of High Point College, will deliver the literary address on Friday night, the 22nd. He *e an entertaining speaker anddt is worth the while of any per son tp hear Mm. ' The annual commencement play will he given on Saturday night, April 28rd. The play is entitled ■"That’s One On Bill,” arfd is a com edy-drama in three acts, it promises tow hours of interesting ^entertain ment. A .small fee will b^ c!iarffd for fliis play and will be used for the beoeSt o/dfae school End Came At Home jOf Hie Daughter In Franktomlle After Illness of < "Weeks. Funeral Yesterday At Giles Chapjj^ Chnreh 3y s., Rev. M. Wfllartl. William Trogdon, aged 82 year* died Tuesday at the, home ofMs daughter, Mrs. Jbhn linville, after an illness lasting 4* vaeks. Mr, Trogdon had been for i SS S5'!3iS^stBipSSnlS«*h “Dewdrop” Bntter Is Asheboro’s Own This Is Name Of Product Of Randolph Creamery, Inc., —First Made Saturday. Placed On Market And Asheboro People May Have Home Product. "Dewdrop” butter may be had from local;: grocery stores. This is the new Ibrand of butter, Asheboro’s own, made by the ^Randolph Creamery, Inc., the first churning of which was made Saturday. The creamery was opened for business earlier in the week, but :it was not until Saturday that enough cream had been collected to make a sizeable churning. T^e butter at pres*, ent is wrapped in regular stock car tons. However, within a short while cartons bearing the name of the new product will be on hand and the ■creamery product will be wrapped in most attractive cartons to be found anywhere. Drawings of the new carton have been approved by the management-of the local creamery. Cartons will be made up in colors. A picture of a part of the herd of Mendenhall Brothers, of Trinity township,, will adorn one side of the carton. The Mendenhall herd of Guernseys is one of the finest herds in the State as the cut on the butter carton will show clearly. The local plant has been pronounced by experts in the dairying lihe as one | of the best equipped in the South. It is not as large as many creameries, of course, but is splendidly equipped and there is Sample room for further growth. Mk "O. "J. 'Hill is the superin tendent in charge. He is a man of wide -experience in the creamery busi ness, having had charge from time to time of leading plants in North Caro lina and Tennessee. A. R. Winning ham'is the secretary and treasurer of the new enterprise. Four creamery routes have been put in operation at the creamery. Roughly these two routes are two east of the railroad and two west of the railroad which runs across the county ''from north to south practically di viding the county'into two-equal parts. [The itinerary of the routes will prob ably'have to be changed from time to ! time in order to'get into the commun ities wliith "furnish the most cream. Wew Phone System For Ramseur Soon local Company Advisee That New System WillT^e €ut'Jn First of Netft Week. "The installation of the automatic -telephone -exchange at Ramseur is -completed and the Randolph Tele phone1 Company will cut over to th^ new equipment the first of next week. This was -the announcment made late yesterday afternoon by K. D. Cox, secretary and treasurer of the local telephone company. Cars Collide On Highway Three Miles North Sophia The work on the new Kamseur ex change has been held up for some time on account of delay in getting some keys for the'board at Asheboro and 'which had to be -rea<$y before the new Ramseur system -could be oper ated. The factory from which these Treys were ordered has advised that the "keys are ’being forwarded by •mail. Upon their arrival they will be put into use, -and each telephone subscriber on the Ramseur exchange will he notified when the new system is cat an.. Sophia, Route 1, April 18.—Two cars collided on Highway 77 three miles north of Sophia -Sunday mom- I ing. Both ears were badly damaged, J but none of the occupants suffered, any serious injury. Wesley Cox, of Lynchburg, Va.,; spent Saturday night with his parents, Dir. and Mrs. J. M. Cox. William Stanley, of ITriendsvais, and Jeremiah Allen, of High Point, attended services at New Hope laat Sunday momipg. ' The State Board of Health in jcutow ing at Durham Tuesday elected Dr. Charles O’H. Laughinhouse secretary to succeed Dr. W. S. Rankin, who ne ' recently. i; - Moflfitt Loses Out In Ugh Point Contest rom Mayoralty Of Guilford 1 Address plete 7th Perfect At ificates. ; consolidated school with the eommence irtterday. Dr. E. C. jjord College, deliver pdrfess, speaking most ■££' convincingly on Seventh grade dip icates of attendance hr Congressman Wil ls of Asheboro, who sts of the school he seventh grade [warded certificates, rPugh, Helen John ; Mae Nixon, Al icott Aldridge, Ruby Plummer, Shirley ine Gamer, Margie dwin, Joe Pugh, Til Kivett, Ryth Milli t and Zelma Kivett. the 225 enrolled irtificates of perfect iving been neither during the session, its had each missed i during the school j Profc'fe. A. ^arringer has been in charge 6f tfc$. ichool the' past year and had the a^dstance of a corps of able teacheiKHe has accepted church work In Virginia for the com ing year and fray’s Chapel and the county will bef deprived of his ser vices in the school room. The school board, hwever,fbus selected in his place a veteran teacher and one of the best in theiState, Prof. D. M. Weatherly, of Franklinville, former I Clerk ;$f Court of Randolph county. He is ohf of the outstanding educa tors offiahdeti&i county and the State of North Carolina. Cantata Pleases It Win Be So That Render The which dist that many reqgBits^have come for repeating it. In response to this re quest it will be repeated next Sun day evening at 7 ?30 and will take the place of the evening church service. "iddlers’ -Convention n old time fiddlers’ convention will be given at Parks Cross Roads school house Saturday night, April 30th, be ginning at 8 o’clock. Substantial prizes will, be given on a number of musical instruments. Little Rainseur Girl In Hospital Is Undergoing Treatment For Injuries Received In An Auto Accident. Other Hospital News Julia, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Curtis, of Ramseur, is in the local hospital undergoing treatment from injuries received sev eral days ago when hit by a car on the streets of that town while she was sliding down an embankment in playing. Her injuries are not of a serious nature and, she will recover. E. 'N. Howard returned to his home at Mt. Gilead Saturday after under going treatment in the local Memorial hospital. T. V. Kinney returned to his home at Eranklinville Saturday after un dergoing treatment and an operation at Memorial hospital, Asheboro. Edna Maness, of Asheboro, was operated on at tbe local hospital Mon day night. G. W. Harper returned to his home at Bennett Saturday following an operation At the hospital here. Mrs. Edith Harrelson, of Asheboro, is undergoing treatment in Memorial hospital. ' . Mrs. A. W. Millikan returned to her home in Asheboro Sunday after an operation and treatment in Memorial hospital. Mrs. Edwin Morris is taking treat ment in Memorial hospital, haying been there since last Wednesday. Mrs. C. Rush, of Asheboro, under went an operation for appendicitis at Location Of Extension Of Piedmont Northern Electric Railway Line Is Still “Up In The Air” Latest news from Washington is that the location of the proposed ex- ■ tension of the Piedmont and North-1 era electric railway from Charlotte, to which place it has already been ex tended from Spartanburg, S. C., is still up “in the air." From all appear ances, it was evident only a few weeks ago that the extension would be made from Charlotte to Salisbury and to Lexington and thence to Wins ton-Salem. However, some ten days ago, the petition presented to the | Interstate Commerce Commission by attorneys for the road asking for j such extension was withdrawn. i Yesterday’s news dispatch from ! Washington stated that the informa tion coming from the Interstate Com-. merce Commission’s offices was to the effect that it was not known in what direction the road would be ex tended. It was intimated that the road was in the market for the best bid. It is understood that the officials of the road are trying to get into Dur ham or Raleigh eventually. In order that this end may be ac complished, local men are of the opinion that the best possible route for such extension would be from Charlotte by way of Albemarle and Asheboro across by Ramseur. Frank- [ linville and Pittsboro to Raleigh or Durham. A mass of (lata can be fur- j nished by local men interested to show that the amount of shipping available along this suggested route would war- j Father Of Waters Is On A Rampage Mississippi River Breaking Over Levees And Is Flooding Surrounding Country. Thousands Homeless The Mississippi River has been on a rampage during the past several days. Floods along its course have raised the waters of the river to the highest peak within the recent mem ory of man. Levees, built to hold back the flood waters of the stream from overflowing its banks, have in several places and the sur flooded longings having been swept away in the swirling waters. More than 3, 000,000 acres of land have been flood ed. Thousands of persons are laboring along the levees bringing up sand bags and placing them to strengthen them. Hundreds are engaged in re lief work. To understand the situation along the Mississippi Valley one must un derstand that along the lowlands from Tennessee southward when the river is spoken of it is “going up to the river,” instead of down to the river as in this State. This is true for the fact that the surface of tire river is higher than the adjoining land, for years the bank of the river having been built up with earth, stone and sandbags to prevent the over flowing on the adjacent land. Along these levees, as they are called, there is ever a force of men, each gang having in charge certain length of levee for attention. United States engineers are generally in charge of the work. Their business is to keep the levees always in good repair. Of ten in ordinary times there are small breaks, which are usually mended be fore any serious damage is done. Any changes in the regular flow of the river are always kept tab on. Warnings are flashed from station to station along the river so that con stant attention may be paid to the flow of the stream. These last floods along the river, however,' have been so large that it has been humanly impossible to take care of the abnormal rise of the wa ter, hence levees have broken and been pushed aside like so many piles of straw. The only hope seems to.be in the receding of the flood waters. Bazaar Saturday The Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist church will hold a bazaar Sat urday, April 23rd, in the building for nerly occupied by the Asheboro Printing company, back of the Stand ard Drug company from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Lingerie, dresses, aprons and lib kinds of fancy work will be on sale. The ladies will also serve sal ids and iced tea. - Ramseur School To Close First Of May lev. R. Murphy Williams Will Preach Commencement Ser mon May 1. Ramseur, April 20.—Closing exer ises'of the Ramseur high school will •gin May 1st with the eommence nent sermon at 3 o’clock in the hf emoon by Rev. R. Murphy Williams, astor of <the Church of the Covenant, n Greensboro. On Monday, May 2, t 2 p. m. class day exercises will be eld. The literary address will be lelivered by Dr. W. H. livers, of N. . G W., Greensboro, at 10:80 on the of Tuesday, May 3rd. In the i of the same date, recitation “beheld. rant the extension o)t the P. & N. through this territory. It will be recalled by those con versant with the facts that the orig inal North Carolina railroad survey across the State was from Raleigh through Chatham and Randolph counties, but that through the influ ence of Governor Morehead and the late Frank Caldwell the survey was changed and the road surveyed by Greensboro instead of by Pittsboro and Asheboro. This northern bend in the road to reach Greensboro made the rail distance from Greensboro to Raleigh a matter of 81 miles. The distance from Asheboro to Raleigh by highway is 75 miles, or six miles nearer. Since the location of the proposed extension of the P. & N. is up “in the air” Randolph people feel that they have an opportunity to realize the materialization of something which they have long wanted, a road run ning practically east and west through the county. Such road would shorten shipping distances and would serve varied industries along the route, be sides giving an impetus to the estab lishment of new business enterprises along the route which would be served by the road. While little expression can be got ten from the officials of the road rel ative to its proposed expansion, local men have not given up hope that eventually the P. & N. will be oper ating trains through Asheboro. Miss Lowdermilk Is Hurt In Wreck Sustains Severe Cuts About Face And Neck When Car Leaves Highway. In Hamlet Hospital Misis Lucile Lowdermilk is in the Hamlet hospital at Hamlet undergo ing treatment for severe cuts and bruises about her face and neck sus tained in an automobile accident Sat urday afternoon when the Ford sedan in which she and her father, S. F. Lowdermilk, at Asheboro, were riding turned* down an embankment on the highway about six miles north of Mr. Lowdermilk- suf ies were dressed able to return so, but after his inji at the hospital was home. Mr. Lowdermilk, who was driving the car, lost control of it when he at tempted to kill a> wasp which had gotten into the front seat. In reach ing over to knock the wasp from his daughter’s clothing, he turned the steering wheel and the car ran off the road down an embankment and came to a stop only when it plunged into a tree. Both Mr. Lowdermilk and his daughter were cut by the glass from the broken windshield. Displaying unusual presence of mind, Miss Lowdermilk, though blinded by the blood from her injur ies, made her way back to the road way and stopped a passing car, which carried her and her father to Rocking ham from which place they were im mediately taken on to the Hamlet hos pital. Latest reports from the young lady are that she is recovering nicely from her injuries. Card of Thanks We wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the many deeds of kindness shown us and for the words of sympathy spoken to us during the illness and death of our beloved child, Oceanna. May God’s richest blessings rest upon each one. —Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Frazier and family. I _ I Town To Get New Bottling Plant To Occupy New Ross Building Next To Creamery On Sal isbury Street. j r John Overman Owner ! Work was started Tuesday mom 1 ing on the construction of a plant to house Asheboro’s newest industry, an other bottling plant. The building is being erected adjoining the Randolph Creamery, Inc., on Salisbury street. It will be of brick, one story in height and about thirty feet wide by eighty J feet in depth. The building is owned i by Arthur Ross. I When completed the structure will be occupied by an up-to-date bottling plant owned and operated by John Overman, brother of Jesse Over man, owner and operator of the local coca cola bottling plant on Sun set Machinery will be of the latest model for battling purposes. 'Soda water of various flavors will be bot tled. Youth Ph One 0v<P0n Officer Claimed To Be Man Wanted Far Theft At Ramseur, But Turn* Out To Be Brother. Put In Jail, However And Finds He Isn’t So Smart After AIL' The general store of Marley and Caveness, at Ramseur, was robbed Sunday night of goods valued at ap | proximately $200, the robbers making their getaway safely although a cit izen living near the store saw the car drive away in the early light df the morning. Officers immediately got on the job and set machinery in motion to catch the thieves. v On Monday morning following the robbery, neighbors of Charlie Henson, who lives just east of Ramseur, re ported a find of some suits, shoes, shirts, etc., stored in a vacant house and in a shuck pen near the Henson home. They were identified as being a part of the goods stolen from the Ramseur store. Henson was deputised an officer by Sheriff Brady and be gan to watch for the return of the thieves to their cache. Acting on in formation which he had, Mr. Henson arrested a youth purporting to be Ramond Kennedy, of Greensboro, who was suspected of the theft of the goods. It developed that the youtk arrested was Lester Kennedy, broth er of the man wanted, and that be represented himself to be Raymond Kennedy in order that his brother might make his escape. Lester Kennedy was given a hear ing at Asheboro Tuesday morning and bound over to superior court on charges growing out of thfe misrepre sentation which he made in order to throw the officers- off the track of the man wanted. He is in jail ia Asheboro. Coleridge Boy Married To A High Point Girl A wedding of interest to Randolph county people was that Monday even ing at the home of Rev. Samuel T. Hensley, pastor of the West End Bap tist church, High Point, when Misa Dorris Louise Near and H. Alfred Moffitt, both of High Point, were united in marriage. Mrs. Moffitt is the daughter of Mrs. Florence Neal, HighPmnt, whileMr. Moffitt « the son-of Mr. and Mrs. Homer E. Moffitt, of Coleridge .township, Bah* dolph county. Mr. Moffitt is employ ed by a manufacturing establishment in High Point They will continue ta live in High Point. Mrs. William Cox, 25, Died Friday At Hospital Mrs. William Cox, aged 25 yean, died at Memorial hospital Friday fol lowing an illness of two or three months. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albion Roach. She was married about a year ago ta William Cox, and they made their home in Asheboro. She leaves, be sides her husband, a brother, Aeneaa Roach, also of ASheboro. The funeral was held from Flag Springs church Sunday by Rex. D. L Garner, pastor, and the body laid ta rest in the church cemetery. Prof. Fentriss Conducting Singing Classes In Townr Mr. A M. Fentriss, of Pleasant Garden, is conducting a singing daaa in the Friends and Holiness churehea in Asheboro. Classes are held in the Friends church on Thursday and Fii day nights and on Monday and Tuea ay nights in the Holiness church. Thursday night, April -28th, will be visitor’s night at the Friends churdi and the public is cordially invited ta attend. A number of good singere from out of town including the Col trane Bros., quartette, of near High Point, will be present and* take part in the exercises. About fifty relatives and friends Mr. Iredell Robins gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Davidson, at Spero, last Sunday to celebrate Mi Robins 82nd birthday. Jtev. Ton. Harris, of Greensboro, and Mr. 7, P, Burkhead made short talks and a sumptuous dinner was served on the lawn after thanks had been returned by Mr. Lewis Hill. The day was pleasantly spent in talking over times. Mr. Robins was the red of a number of useful gifts. Cars For Good Fellowship All of the Ashd are to furnish cars pit held 22, thr buildii pie hi Celebrate 82nd Milestone Of Mr. Iredell Rob
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