ISSUED WEEKLY ToiljiHUJji,.,-' v ■ axssjg ' vft &;5&aSdfef* ir-'-v •&. . >'.v—•-• • i :j Asheboro, Jf.'Ci,,, ■ in /"iu.ijiM j.' j. Hi ■«—liai LES,NOTMEN 1«27~ »»■■■ $2.00 A YEAR ■ .■■■■..■■ ■ .■■■■.. Union Singing Largest Nunriyer Of People Ever * Assembles fa Court House u! Program Part From AS The County. ' fgM W3m The Urgent crowd of people ever assembled in the court house in Ashe boro was that which filled every nook and corner of the spacious court room Sunday dftemoon loir the union sing ing held iindir the direction of Prof. A. M. Fentriss. Enough people to make a Urge audience, for any oc casion were turhed away forlack of room. AU the seats in the court room and dozens of ektra chairs that had been brought in for the purpose were occupied and scorea stood in the aisles during the two. hours- and a'half of splendid singing. S w ' ' i ^ V Mayor C. C. Cranford welcomed the singers to Asheboro bn behalf of the people of the town, and made a few aspy remarks on the occasion. Short ks were made by others during the program. And at the conclusion Mr. J. D. Ross, made a few remarks U which he gave praise to the work which Prof. Fentriss has been doing in teaching singing in Randolph and adjoining counties. Me spoke also of the value of such instruction in old time hymn singing. ’ i-V ' , • I The program throughout Was in formal, but, nevertheless, interestirfg, delightful and instructive. Seldom, if ever, nas there been heard jn the county M so short time as much good singing of old-time hymns. Quar tettes, solos, duets and congregational singing prevailed throughout. All singers were accompanied .on the piano by an accomplished pianist. f Included in the piogram were class es from the Asheboro Friends church and Holiness church at which Prof. Fentriss had conducted very success ful singing schools Others were the Glenweod quartette, Marlboro choir, Fentriaa male chorus. of Randolph county, Monnetta choiy> from seat Guilford county, Coltrane quartette and soloist, duet >b* Misses Euja Hoekett and Rosa Marley, of near Pleasant Garden, Sophia iheir^mm quartette, quartette, from High Point, Worth Reynolds, six-year-old _ boy singer, Joe Cottrane, Id, -first baas of 1ha Coltrane brothers quartette, and others. 'm-\ - -Si; f. ***** It wodld he impossible to sekset ary' number S§_the expectations of the' niost optimistic of musk and song lovers. JsfeSg - * ■ ' ■; Sea grove, May 31.—Miss Lucy Brown, of Ramseur, visited her unde, Mr, J. E. King, recently. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jason Boone, mm % and Mrs. B. H. Point, and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. of Trinity, attended ,$he com visited friends ‘ IS ■f ,, .. xl. * m yy. f| V for tne .summer Point College. Bar. Q. L. _ 1 visited his sister, Monday night way toHj M daughter, Mrs. ■ " |lr. Jl. B. Leach s county on |frs,<* m Mrs. Crisp’s father, Mr last week. ;:,;:gyg|jg| Williams, of few days with Stutts, L Harris, who son, Mr, A. C. Harris, f ■ . Y. P. U. fr oAfA111 *-*> f1 TWeets At Ramseur Ai 1^11 Imam ' Uriunpi Are . AH II* —Rev. ; •': dO>t last Sunday afternoon the Rand olph District.!}. V.'f, U. held a very successful meeting it Ramseur Bap tist church. Every union in the' coun ty was represented with not leas than five of its members present. UfMrtjr senior anion was represented by 18 of its members, this being the great est number from any one onion. V The FranUiitville intermediate un ion won the district efficiency happier, the Asheboro seniors taking^;second place. Officers for the. next year were elected at this meeting. Miss Rilla Spoon having been re-elected associ ational vice president again becomes president of thii district. Other of ficers elected were as follows:; Secre tary-treasdfer, Miss Grace Bedding, Asheboro; Junior leader, Miss Margie VegtplrRamtiwbtan; Intermediate lead er, Mias Mary Moon, Franklinville; Chorister, C. C. Freeman, Ramseur; Pianist, Mrs. J. G. Reitzel, Liberty. After the transaction of business, Rev. B. S. Morris introduced Rev. Walter M. Gilmore, of the Stijjte Mis sion Board, Raleigh, who brought to his hearers a wonderfully inspiring -message. v~; The next meeting will be held with the Liberty unions on the fifth Suh day in July, • . V.-^ ' j J. M. Marley, 72, Is § Oead :At Ramseur End Comes Following Extended Illness—Faithful Member Of The Church. Funeral Held Tuesday *> \ Ramseur, June l^J. M. Marley, aged 72 yean, died at-his home here Monday afternoon after an extended illness. He had bean ill for several years, but had not been confined, closely until a few days ago. Mr. Marley had been- a faithful Christian for several years, having been a con sistent member of Ramseur Christ -*• *s-*-Tto joining the Ram j9Jp . ty years ggo, he was a member of Pleasant Grove church in J. C. Ellis, both of jtamsenr; one sister, Mrs. Rosa Kidd, Siler City; and (me brother, A. V. Marley, of Fi-anklinvflJaK» &W } Funeral was held Tuesday after noon at Raxhseur Christian church by Rev, Tom E. White, of Eton College, a former pastor of the church, as sisted by Rev. W. A. Elam. Mr. White preached from the text, “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be-Hie name of the lord.” A large crowd and the many beautiful florkl offerings attested the-high esteem in which Mt. Mar ley's life had been held. Interment was made hi the Pleasant Grove cem etery where Mr. Marten's first wife, Mfs. Emily Marley, was buried in 1894. ipr- V >y-"/t* !r-v V; '"V : Mother Of Mrs. ffintwr Dead Bandlema%tiied In t Point Monday illness of sev was a native that State ui—.. she moved with her Point. Burial will be MINIMA ’ * meroe, ua. _ until iowm l and I when High 32C1 Rock Rm Efird’s Store . r--.';. # chain of atoms, located cities in North Carolina Carolina, the newest to tisement of the aale which they are putting on have the picture* of the t the various store* The the Rock HiU.S. C., .tom bom and ;; ■ "■ *■' -i" ithem by the high school grad Scripture was read by Rev. B. | irris. Prof. R. Jf. Hilker sang of Ages,” Mrs. Hilker accom lg him on the piano, presenting his sermon, Mr. ard divided his subject into divisions, namely, the privileges ith, the perils of youth and the tions of youth. As a prelimin- j he stressed the value of | C. Rush Will Fayetteville street. Mr. Bush is the accredited representative of the Caro lina Motor Club and is distributing licenses in this section. License plates must be obtained on or before June 30th for the six months period ending December 31, 1027, but they j must not be used before July 1, this . your. g| ■; * ■/-] According to the new State law,1 these license plates will be issued for, the half year at half price, This is, done in order that the future the fiseai year may end with the calendarj year. In the past the State fiscal, year has cjoeed June 80th and U-] cenae tags for ««ra have been used on for optimism. It free from worries, m every care, ding his congre y privileges of pointed out some »uth. Youth is shard, “it is rest conducted by the t! American Legion rday was a markad dred poppies were tions amounted to each was paid for » disabled soldipra n. The remainder of go for rehabilitation a disabled soldier at m to one in our own Other Farmer News Farmer, June 1.—Rev. G. W. Clay and family spent a few days last week with relatives near Lefcoir. ,; 4 Mr. R. W, Dorsett spent last week withhis mother, Mrs. Roxana Dor sett. Mr.jHpSett recently underwent M' 8erioute«M|tion in a hospital in Columbia, S. C. He has been engag ed in ' eMpftuction work in South Carolina mr several years. Mrs. Z/V. Wright left last week for Sanatortym, where she is taking treatment in the state hospital. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Kearns, of Greensboro, spent Sunday with rela tives here. Miss Hope Hubbard ac companied them home for a few days visit. Mr. N. C. Ridge, who lived a few miles from Farmer on the Denton read, died last Friday, and funeral services were at Canaan church on Saturday. Mr. Ridge was 68 years old, and had been ill for sixteen years. Mr. Ridge had the misfortune of hav ing his foot torn off in a threshing machine several years ago and an exposed nerve had caused him much trouble. For the past four years he had been a confirmed invalid. He was a son of Penuel and Mary Ridge, of Concord township, this county. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Martitia Ridge, and six children, C. Edmond Ridge, of Handy; Ira Ridge, of High Point; Theodore Ridge, of rhomasville; Roscoe Ridge, of Badin; Otis Ridge, of near Fanner; and Mrs. Emma Surratt, of Jackson HilL Mr. Bert Copple is quite ill at his borne near Farmer. Mr. and Mrs. J.-W. Lank, of Ram seur, spent Sunday with Mrs. Flora Morgan^ They left Monday morning, accompanied by Miss Sue Morgan for Canada, where they will spend the vacation months, after which they mil be at Bonlee where Mr. Lank is elected principal of the school. Mrs. Lank will teach in the high school. Worthville People Looking Forward To “Old People's Day” Worthville, June 1.—Mr. J. W. Jen kins and family attended the Jenkins, Elkins and Hilliard reunion in Chat ham county Sunday. - Misses Florence and Rozelia My rick and Mr. R. W. Giles spent Sun day afternoon at Central Falls. town Sunday afternoon. v Mr. J. W. Williamson, of Greens boro, was a visitor in town Sunday. Mr. Williamson is a former citizen of Worthville, and we are always glad to see him return. The people of our town are looking forward to “Old People’s Day” next Sunday. This is an occasion when everybody is welcome to Worthville. So, come Sunday and see all your old friends. Dr. C. C, Hubbard, of Far mer is the "daddy” of “Old People’s Day,” and the people are very anxious for Dr. and Mrs* Hubbard to attend this year, because they always have something interesting to tell. Dr. Hubbard declined to have his name qn the program this year. . However, he is expected just the same. SERVICES AT THE M. E. CHURCH Rev. B. C. Reavis, pastor. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m., Mr. Hugh Parks, superintendent. Preaching at II a. m. and 8 p. m. by the pastor. Morning subject: “The Living Test imony.”; Evening subject, "Busy? At What?” , The Bpworth Leagues will meet at 7:15 p.m. :,4 • -'V*- • * Our revival meeting begins next Sunday. Each morning next week (except Monday) at 5:30 o’clock un ion services will be held at this church. Services will be held-here at 8 p. m. each day also. The public k cordially invited to attend these ser vices. * - Mr. T. E. Stough will direct the music for us. Those-who have heard him say that he k fine- .Mr. H. Grady Miller will $e with us also. These, with our splendid choir, will make a great contribution to the sen ■ Omw Brady for a lift* to Asheboro. They gGt it, for they wore the very two men the Randolph sheriff and his deputies wanted in connection with the wreck 'at Seagrove of a car loaded with li quor. The two then now have a berth in the county Jail, Tuesday afternoon in response to a phone call, Sheriff Brady went to Seagrove to take charge of a Lincoln touring car which had been wrecked just south of the depot. The car had been running at so rapid a rate of speed that it couhfti’t make the curve in the highway at the depot. Barely missing the corner of the depot, the car struck an embankment to the right of the road on the south side and crashed. liquor from nine five gallon tin containers began to pour down file ditch, while the men in the car made a hasty departure. When the sheriff arrived on the scene, about an hour later, two of the containers were found intact and these and the ear were confiscated. It was while the sheriff was towing the wrecked car back to Asheboro that the two men suspected of being in the car came out of the woods and asked for a ride to Asheboro. Hie car bore a Maryland license number. Light Rainfall |f In Month Of May Only About Half The Normal Amount Fell, Making Deficit For Year Large. Temperature Normal The monthly report of the weather observer shows that the month of May, like the most of the months for the past two or more years, had a deficit in rainfall, the amount the past month being 2.93 inches as against a normal for this section of 4.36. The heaviest rain recorded! for the month wus .86 of an inch on May 1, though the ilabt, actually fell after the read ing time dHh»-{lst day of April. The deficit for the first five months of this year is now 5.7$ inches. - fori# the was 41 on the first and second. There were fourteen clear days, fourteen partly eloudy days and three cloudy. ASHEBORO (M. E.) CIRCUIT The people of West Bend were de lighted to have Mr. John H. Hurley of Asheboro speak to them last Sun Say night. The people of White’s Chapel are planning a Memorial Exercise for next Sunday, June 5th, and have se cured Messrs. I. C. Moser and C. N. Cox, of Asheboro, as speakers for the occasiop. The pastor of Asheboro Circuit is planning to attend the Pastor’s Sum mer School at Duke University. For this reason the schedule of appoint ments have been somewhat irregular. On next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock services will be held at West Chappl, and at 7:30 at Pisgah. John A. Lindsay, 81, Confederate veteran, died suddenly on the streets of Thomasville recently from a heart attack. Many Young Men To Training Camp At Fort Brae? Beginning June 15th For One Month’s Mil t . itary Training. >v>-; pMMMMin, L'.'; 7-C July 9, The Big Day ’;--Vi ¥(* i\ _ - ' t *'• i-:- . >~. ; Capt J. JL Connelly, of Greens boro, was in Asheboro Thura4ay of last week in the interest of the citi zens’ military training camp at Fort Bragg this summer. Several days ago, while in town, Capt Connelly made a talk at the local high school with reference to the training camp, which created much interest among the beys.' tv- tt - -t v v _ Asheboro high school vMdl been in process daring the past eral days will come to a clow fa row night with an address bjr D M. Gay, of. Eton College, who come to Asheboro in the place c W. A. Harper, who had been sd ed to make the annual liteiaqr dress. Dr. E. L. Moffitt will i duce the speaker of the evening i local school auditorium, the end beginning at 8 o’clock. The a) tory will be given by Miss Ri Steed and the valedictory by Jacksie Brooks. Following the address, Apt and certificates will be presented R, 3. Hilker, superintendent of school. Tonight at 8 o’clock will be class exercises. The program fie evening will be as follows: Prajfl address, by Lawrence Ham* whose subject will be “The Vmh a High School Education”; 1 History, Irene Kearns; Stall Margaret Shelton; Class Poop, Whatley; Prophecy, Beatrice lei milk; Class Will, Virginia Headld The various programs which been given at the high school di the commencement exercises held year have been most excellent, lpj ing credit upon students and ten alike. The patrons of the ached the people of the town in general cooperated by their attendsan large numbers at these varfoos grama. Former Rando Woman Died Mrs. Sophroitia Farfcw ed Away At Her 1 Guilford C# Mrs. Sophronia Farlow, David Fallow, died at her Guilford CoUege, Monday n lowing a brief illness. She tive at Johnson county, ha' born there Sept. 2B, 1844. F years ago she was married Farlow, of the Flint Hill « lege. Mrs. Farlow’s husband wj public school teacher for mows forty years in Randolph county. The deceased is .survived by husband, and four sons. Theg E. E. Fallow, of Guilford CM L. L. Fallow, of High Point; | Farlow, of Camden, N. J.; T| Farlow, of California. Four d ters, Mrs. J. M. Rush and -Mm L. Skeen, of High Point; Mn L. Welbom, of Thomasville; Miss Gertrude Farlow, of Gtoi College. The funeral services were cor ed at the residence Yesterday i ing by the Rev. Joseph Peeks, p of the Guilford Friends church, lowing the service, the funeral; left for the Marlboro church, i further rites took place, the Ren Peele and the Rev. 7m Aide Sykes, minister of the Central R church officiating. Burial was at the church cemetery. The annual Montgoma Sunday School Convention June 11 and 12 in the church at Candor. Mrs. Lula Loflin Chandler, of Mr. John Chandler, died home in Albemarle on Satuzd 21. Besides her husband, lln ler fa survived by five dough six brothers. Dr. W. R.Lofl port, Ark.; Mozelle Loflin, A lin and Hoke Loflin, of Charlie Loflin, C. B. Loflin, , To Ooae Hour In Moraine For Uaioii Service The ' merchant* Of \Arieboro w« i i in the atatultaneeiii which will fceshH Tuesday.. ■«f Hm ■■ •aciatiOB voted to do** thairi |j§