Funeral Yesterday,
for Sirs. Vuncannon
Held At
By Rev. J. E. Pritchard, Of
In High Point
Sjiif?
„ In This Section
The State, r
, ■». Tfummer Vwneannon,
daughter of A® late John wad Vina
T$ammer wtfl widow of Peter Vun
cannon, died in High Feint Monday
and the body -was brought to Ashe
boro Tuesday to the home of her
daughter, Malt A L. Davis. Mrs.
Vancsnnon was one of the best known
i hi'Diis section of Randolph
r and her passing will be moum
, targe number of friends and
She was born near A*he
boro, Nov. 1, 1889, thus being 87
yean, 7 months and 9 days old. She
was united in marriage to the late
Fitter Vuncannon, March 28, 1856,
and had spent all of her life in Ran
dolph county with the exception of
about fifteen years spent in Moore
and Montgomery counties.
• tin Vuncannon was a faithful
member of Charlotte Methodist Plot-?
estant church, four miles west of
Afcheboro, and the funeral was held
there Wednesday morning at eleven
ofcleck, -conducted by Rev. J. E.
Pritchard, of the Asheboro Methodist
Protestant church, assisted by Rev.
Fred'Love. #>/.fit' -• * • ;-r
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JLs a Christian woman, friend,;
neighbor, cititen, Mrs. Vuncannon
among the foremost of her time.
_he is survived by five children:
i A. Vuncannon, of High Point; Mrs.
Ji .Pritchard, of Asheboro; Mrs. C.
T. Luck, of Seagrove, Route 2; Mrs.
Addle Tucker, of High Point; and
by -Mrs. R. L.. Davis, of Aahriwro.
She has two living brothers, W. A.
. Plummer, of Greensboro, and Robert
Plummer, of Asheboro. She Is also
survived by 30 grandchildren, 35
at grandchildren. Om great-great
ndchild, the daughter of Mr. and
. Clarence Luck, of Ashebwo, died
jday a few hours after the death
Mrs. Vuncannon. c$#. :
J: W. Stowe, one ef the.. idi*t;
ministers of the Methodist
■ in.. friend - of
the family, made a hriif talk at the
funeral service. He spoke especially
of the good woman that Mrs. Vancaa
non was, of her happy deposition, her
ideal home, her deep spirituality and
her ever abiding fHfii 3n the Bmai
Father £bove, Her year^rf exj*r
her life and her
vorithy of emulation. The _
of Mrs. Vuncannon acted Us pall hear
ers, while her granddaughters acted
as flower hearers. i
Sandhill Pesetas Goan*
Out In Hurry By Express#
Peaches sent from the Sandhills
peach section by express this season
are handled on fast Seaboard Air
line through passenger trains from
Aberdeen, and the quick delivery to
'Consignee at destination by the ex
press company causes the shipper to
get fancy prices. This quick service
has increased the express' shipments
from the peach belt this season. W.
A. Stephenson, route agent for the
American Railway Express, who Is on
the line dally arranging for express
can and looking after the handling
of the express shipments, reports that
S3 solid carloads moved this season
up to June 20th, as against 5 cars by
the same date last season. - * : f .
Surprise Birthday Diunar „•-*
At Hone Of Mr. W. H. Wert
•R surprise birthday dinner one
given June 19, at the home of Mr. W.
H. West, in South Asheboro. The
honor guests were Mr. W. H. West
and Hn. Winborn Varner; his mother-,
in-taw. Rev. B. E. Morris paetor of
the Asheboro Baptist church, made
the address and led the prayer. The
crowd, estimated nearly a hundred,
was well pleased with his address.
The table, which was placed on the
Opposite side of the ..-ett * va^ ’
cant lot, under some large shade trees,
nj twenty Jfeet lopg and filled with
matty good tfaiugs to eat
itton Officers L:
Made Big Haul Recently
prohibition officers with the
_, ofa Guilford county deputy
I*. Bi»shaw,ef liberty, Ran
_T.. deputy sheriff, struck the
“moonshine" industry a smashing
bio# Thursday evening of last. week
when tlwy;4pSftaT|4^fcwo "'j
»hd2,tf
the
gallons of
beeir 'just
and j. e. wSgmmffimim
theftwo men caught at the still, They
confessed that the still had been in
operation a §$gp Given a hearing
before a United States Commissioner
in Greensboro, the two operators of
the Ktill were. bound over to federal
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Ashebord Fi
Address By Dr. D. W. Daniel
a confined his remarks to
which he had chosen for
. -av-l _2_Uf.
humor, gleaming with the grace of
brilliant, magnetic -presentation, his
speech Tuesday night provided an all
marks The speaker did not hold his’
nndkfw. with one of ^those^ long,
Uve, or the individual’s responsibility
and duty with reference to his com
munty rand to his fellow citizen. He
rather impressed it upon his audience
jasket ball, and the like
«ction of Bunn Hackney;
nature Study course ar
Sharles Noble; arebery;
d many other features
every
■which will be of interest to
boy. s&jimmmi
The head cook at Guilfbrd College,
Laura Kellaih, has been secured to
supervise the kitchen. ' ,
Everything points to a most success
ful camp season, and every scout who
has not already done so should im
mediately make plans to attend.
w^uld
or
or
at which to
or strive man- |
, .. '■-*» «**“ 1*9“ \
to see that son or daughter it*
tain those things which had been de
nied the parents on account of limi
tations over which they had no con
trol. . “
Be happy, this was the theme on
which the speaker expounded from
the moment he began until the end.
He gave no panacea for righting the
wrongs of the world, but felt that
whatever was wrong could be righted
by the happiness of the individual.
During the banquet, which had been
prepared most excellently and served
tastefully by the ladies of the M. E.
church, music was furnished at the
piano by Misses Linnie Burkhead,
Bertie May and Louise Swaixn. Mrs.
I. D. W agger delighted those present
with a violin solo, and Miss Elyer
Richardson sang a couple of solos
much to the delight of the audience.
Messrs. J. A. Spence, O. L. Presnell,
C. Q. Smith and J. 07 Redding brought
down a roar of applause with the
singing of & quartet.
The banquet Tuesday night was
one of those periodic get-together
meetings of the membership of the
chamber of commerce. This time the
occasion was enlivened by the pres
ame of the ladies, some the wives and
daughters of the members of the
chamber of commerce and the others
invited guests of the members. Many
of the leading men and women in the
county were present as guests «# sev
eral members of the chamber af com
merce.
Rev. B E. Morris
Resigns Pastorate
Has Accepted
—Win Be G
To Statesville
has enjoyed an enviable growth during
the nearly three years he has served
it. The best wishes of the people
of Asheboro will follow Mr. Morris
to his new charge in Statesville.
City Auto License Tags
Must Be Obtained By 1st
Grady R. Gamer, who succeeded
Walter Grfegson as city treasurer, is
calling on Asheboro automobile and
truck owners to purchase their city
license tags before July 1st. These
tags come at the same'price as- last
year, $1, and are good for one year
from June SO, 1927. The law requires
that these tags be obtained and put
on cars on or before July 1st
Miss Kearns Pttsentf/, w ,, ,. J
.Her- Class la Redial
•:Olr% (Greensboro ReeordbS ' - i
Miss Clyde Kearns presented the
members of her piano class in a re
cital Friday night at her home oh j
Adams street. A large number of
friends interested were present, i
Misses Ruth Watson gad BlUa
beth Phillips were awarded prises
for harin* excelled in Contest for
greatest number of bourn practice to
their credit during the term,
f Miss Ruth Watson, in behalf of,
the class, presented ;Mlss Keams
with a beautiful handmade headed
bag. '•
P After the program a social hoar
was bold, and ice cream and cake
were served .to the
%j:3(|ibK;Keams,hi frem Farmer, Ran
dolph bounty, but has been teaching
; in Greensboro ttfo or three years. ihSj
la a daughter of Mrs. Sam Rearna . |
-action* For
Of Bar.
s Offered
ade Arid Win*
attests.
a Fourth of
boro on Hoi
iof
gram co:
program for
booked a A
will be wall
The celeb:
parade h«
ing on South
10 o’clock
route of the
Depot street,1
north on
to Fayett
ettevllle street
inhere the
parade will
business hi
cars, clowns i
tion to the
several si
parts of the
furnish music
being made for
in Ashe
4th. The pro
arranging the
and has already
attractions which
begin with a
band, start
street at J
U morning. The
(pjjft be north to
church street,
on Salisbury
south on Fay
business section
disband. In the
the various
>wn, decorated
like. In addi
there will be
Is from various
present to help
day.
Prizes
follows:’
second be
tomobile,
niest clov
five prett
car in pi
car, $3;
e will be as
id float, $5;
decorated *u
Bt, $2.50; fun
54; auto with
worst looking
niest looking
ar driven' by
tg band, $5;
best girl h
Other pr
business hi
orated resl
In the s
be distribu
ous contest
race, $2.50
100 yard c
?2.60; roll*
ler skate r
test decorated
$5; best dec
1, $5.
in spoon,
3rd. Beginning
School At Local
With Great Success
The Daily Vacation Bible School of
the Methodist Protestant church
started last Monday morning and so
far it is proving a great success. No
particular effort ha^^been put forth
to reach large numbers but on the
very first day thereto were 112 pres
ent and on Tuesday* the second day,
there Were 130 present. In fact the
school was so large Tuesday that an
E. Pritch
rimary de
» Lowder
rinners de
several
Store Breaking And Automobile Thefts
> Spell Trouble For Trio Of Young Men
Frank Hall, yong white man giving
his address as Greensboro, and Percy
Lineberry and Edward Cranford,
young white men of Central Falls,
are in the toils of the law. The for
mer is charged with breaking into
and robbing the store • of W. P. Con
nor at Central Falls early Sunday
morning, while lineberry and Cran
ford are charged with the .theft of
automobiles. The young men were
arrested by Rural Policeman W. F.
Carpenter Sunday morning.
Hall was arrested when the Essex
coach in which he was attempting to
make his escape from Connor’s store
developed motor trouble. The night
watchman at the mill had heard a
noise at the store and had summoned
the officer, who arrived in time . to
arrest Hall while he was attempting
to start his car. Another man with
Hall escaped. A quantity of cigar
ettes, shoes, shirts, hosiery, neckties
and jewelry, identified by Mr. Con
nor as having come from his store,
Mr. Hammer Speaks
At Fields Reunion
Stresses Importance Preserving
Church And Family History
—Other Speakers.
The reunion of the Fields family
was held yesterday under the arbor
of the camp meeting grounds of Beth
lehem M. E. church, South, just
across the Randolph line in Guilford
county. Bethlehem is one of the
fine country churches in the State and
the camp meeting ground one of the
oldest in use in North Carolina. Sev
eral hundred members of the family
were present.
Rev. A. R. Bell, pastor of the
church, presided over the services. In
the forenoon Rev. W. F. Kennett made
a short and interesting talk. He was
followed by C. C. Broughton, former
mayor qf Troy, whose mother was a
Fields. ' •
In the afternoon the principal
speech was made by Congressman
William C. Hammer, of Asheboro. Mr.
gammer spoke on the importance of
preserving history, especially that
relating to church and family. In the
jarly days the Presbyterians, the
Lutherans and to a less extent the
Quakers made records of their meet
ings, quarterly and otherwise, and in
this way much history of the early
lays and early settlers has been
landed down to the present
He urged the Fields family to or
ganize, elect officers and to,continue
the reunion of the family annually,
ge emphasized the importance of
ieleghting one or more members of
the family to trace the early history
ind records of the family so that the
History of the Fields family might be
preserved.
Mrs. John Jordan Douglas, wife of
Rev. J. J. Douglas, formerly pastor
of the Presbyterian church at Wades
boro, died recently at her home at
Jackson City, Mo., at which place Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas moved about 15
months ago. Mr. Douglas is the son
of lawyer W. C. Douglas, who for
merly lived in Asheboro but now lives
in Raleigh.
school but it is predicted now that it
will become a permanent part of the
church programme.
Among the very efficient helpers
that are making the school a success
are Misses Althea Presnell, Hazel
Hughes, Mabel and Thyra Wright,
Lucy »Davis,
Virginia Lm
was found in the car. A small sum of
1 money had been taken from the cash
| drawer and an unsuccessful attempt
' had been made to open the safe.
| * Lineberry and Cranford were ar
rested later in the morning by Mr.
| Carpenter who found them riding in
! a Ford coupe about which they failed
to give a satisfactory story of owner
ship.
The three were taken to Greens
boro Tuesday evening where they are
wanted on charge of stealing cars.
‘ Hall is wanted for the alleged theft
of a car from Felton Garner, of
Greensboro. Cranford is charged
| with stealing a car from the Morrison
Neese Furniture Company, Greens
boro, while Lineberry is charged with
the theft of an automobile belonging
to Ernest Garner, of High Point.
At a hearing in Greensboro yester
day Hall was bound over to Superior
Court under bond of $10,000, while
Lineberry and Cranfdrd were bound
over under bonds of $2,000 each.
Interesting Meetings
Held By The B. Y. P. U.
Each Union Reports Election Of
New Officers For The Next
Six Months.
The B. Y. P. U's. of the Asheboro
Baptist church held their several bus
iness meetings at the church in their
respective meeting places last Mon
day evehing at eight o’clock.
These meetings were all well at
tended and some constructive plsuming
for the future was done as was re
vealed in the reports of the presidents
and leaders of the various unions when
they were called together in a general
closing assembly.
In addition to other business trans
acted each union reported the elec
tion of new officers for the next six
months and the adoption of a worthy
goal toward which to strive in making
their own particular union a better
one.
After reports were heard the di
rector called on the pastor, B. E. Mor
ris, to speak for a few minutes. The
young people as well as the pastor
realized that this would be the last
time he would appear before them in
a business meeting as their pastor
and it wds a aolemn moment for all as
he spoke for a'hhort while in appre
ciation of the faithfulness and loy
alty of bis young people.
Alter this a social hour was en
joyed in the hut.
iip9
Jurisdiction
This
The trial of persons arrested for
violation of the law against seining in
| the streams of the county does not
'come within the jurisdiction of a
i magistrate, according to information
| received in Asheboro from the State
I Fisheries Commission. The law does
not confine the penalty upon convic
tion to a fine of not more than $50
and imprisonment for 30 days, there
fore the matter is not within juris
diction of magistrates. Such viola
tions must go to the Superior Court.
The State law with reference to
dynamiting fish provides a penalty of
$100 fine and 30 days imprisonment.
There have been reported recently a
few isolated instances of dynamiting
fish-in the streams of Randolph. The
county game warden and the members
of the county game commission would
welcome any evidence that Would lead
to the detection and conviction of
those who are guilty of this offense.
Miss Pomona Johnson
Bride Of Aubrey Amide
Cutehin, Mary Ward
[ Blackwelder, Lelia
ie May Baxton. They
dresses and carried
ith daisies. Mrs. John
I Friday morning at the
Methodist Protestant church in Gib
sonville, Miss Pomona Johnson was
married to Mr. Aubrey Amick, of Bur
lington, Rev. W. M. Loy officiating.
The ceremony was beautiful and im
pressive and the bride was most at
tractive in a wedding gown of white
satin and veil with M - -gs—
She carried a bouquet
She entered the chur<
brother, Talmadge Johnsc...
Attending as bridesmaids
Laura Thompson, of GibsonviUe, am
Misses Spencer Cutei”
Johnson, Ethel Bi
Wagoner, Minnie I
wore
basket
Sharp
wore a
gandie.
The bride is the
T. M. Johnson, who
in a series of revival
M. P. church at Asheboro, of
he was pastor for floe years a
of years ago. The groom is anente*
pristegyoung business man of Bu
Mr.
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Candor and 1
The
tion
and early spring
be about as
from that section of the ]
was shipped last year,
more. It is also claimed
more peaches shipped frw
Carolina than last year and i
from around McBee. The
immediately around
Marston is where the most
was done by the frost
have very few peaches,
more than 20 per cent, i
were shipped from McBee
year there will be about 1
ton shipped 119 and this
the maximum estimate,
shipped about the same last
Marston and the estimate is
this year. One of the
Marston that produced 20,(
last year will produce less
bushels this year it is
adjoining orchard shipped
this .year it will ship
and 6,000. The same
yail around Hamlet The
Carolina orchards have 10
cent of a crop while Dr. Wfi
has more than a half crop,
the large orchards will not
enough to make any shipments.
The'strange thing about the
of the peach crop in the
Marston section is that
chard
while
same altitude and same soil
a fairly good crop. v
As published in The Courier
than a month ago, a large
the peach crop, especially in i
dor-Eagle
moved by trucks. It is
truck loads will be i
dor alone to ’
Baltimore,
York.
•*$§& MWm
Parks, of ^Younga^ Island, S. C.,
_ And refined
woman, while the groom is an
getic and promising young ms
Dickens is the son of Mr. and
R. I. Dickens, who have for
years Resided in Asheboro but :
to Badin a few week ago. He
responsible position in Green
where he and his bride will resi
An Oake Ridge program was
served by the Rotary Club at its n
ular luncheon Friday. President
E. Whitaker of Oak Ridge was 3
principal speaker on the program. ?
spoke briefly, giving a history of 1
institute and detailed some of
work in the State. In addition
the members of the Rotary Cl
some of whom are former students
Oak Ridge, there were several ahn
of the school other than Rotary me
bers present. Among the alumni
the school, some members of 1
club and others not, present for J
luncheon were the following: Artl
Ross, D. B. McCrary, M. W. Parri
A, F. Parrish, J. D. Robs, Ed Gri