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Randolph To Get
Three Weeks Of
Court Next Month
One Week Will Be For Trial Of
Cases On Criminal Docket
And Two For Civil.
Definite Dates Later
Jurors For Special Terms Drawn
Saturday By The County
Board.
Beginning sometime in October,
dr*inlte date to be set later, Ran
dolph county is to have two special
| terms of Superior Court, one week of
criminal and two weeks of civil. These
special terms have been granted by
Governor McLean, but the dates have
not been definitely determined, nor
has any certain judge been designated
to preside. The term of criminal
court last week disposed of few cases
other than the 35 jail cases which
were taken up first. All the cases
tried were submissions, no case being
contested to the finish.. It took some
time, however, to hear the evidence in
the casts submitted, and although
court moved along swiftly, little head
way was made toward clearing the
docket.
The commissioners In meeting Sat
urday drew the following jurors for
the term of criminal court:
Asheboro: Claud Robbins.
Brower: J. C. Hayes, Enoch (Jins
1 co.
Coleridge: H. M. Gee, Rufus Brown,
O. C. Brown, Thomas C. Cox, C. R.
Siler.
Columbia: E. C. Williams.
New Market: Gharles Coggins.
Providence: C. B. Vickory.
Randleman: A. B. Beasley, Dolph
Heath, J. C. Trogdon, E. L. Hayes,
E. L. Wood, Jesse G. Lamb, W. R.
Lassiter, F. W. Russell, A. A. Hin
shaw.
Richland: E. L. Tucker.
Trinity: Bow Hill, Gaither J. Red
dick.
Union: E. A. Shaw. . *
Civil Court
Jurors for civil court drawn Satur
day are as follows:
First Week
Asheboro: A. R. Kemp.
Back Creek: P. R. Linthicum.
Brower: Q. O. Garnet, R. D. Kyser.
Cedar Grove: B. F. Nance, J. V.
Cranford, A. Luck.
Coleridge: H. O. Parks, L. G.
Brown, J. A. King, R- W. Bray.
Concord: R. W. Fuller, Allen Utr
nier,: ‘
Grant: C. C. Smith, Isa Luther, T.
F. Pugh, S. S. Richardson, B. G. Glas
gow, John Lambeth, J. A. Wright,
J. H. Smith.
New Hope: E. 0. Kearns, N. R.
Thornburg,
Randltfnan: Roby Richardson.
Second Week
Asheboro: C. C. Yates, Luther Nel
son. . „
Back Creek: C. B. Marsh, Ross
Linthicum, T. L. Chamlin, John S.
Johnson.
Brower: A. S. Asbill.
Columbia: H. S. Brady.
Concord: J. M. Yates, P. R. Yates.
Franklinville: J.-W. -Routh.
Grant: D. A. Gamer, R. J. Macon,
A. J. Wright, Z. S. Moffitt.
Level Cross: Willie Beeson.
New Market: O. H. Spencer.
New Hope: J. F. Hill, Sr.
Trinity: John H. Brown, D. M.
Walker, D. L. Hill, L. P. Cagle, A. C.
Meredith, A. M. Smith.
Executive
- Qivnrl
Committee Of
Sunday School Assn. Meets
The executive committee of the
Randolph County Sunday School As
sociation met last Sunday afternoon
at the Asheboro Baptist church for
the purpose of laying- plans for the
coming year. Eighteen of the offi
cers and workers were present and
all seemed to be very much interested
in the work.
The officers for the coming year
are: President, L. M. Kearns, Ashe
boro; V. Presidents, J. W. Coggins,
Sophia) j. Rom Smith, Liberty; P. M.
Wright, Asheboro; J. C. Cox, Ram
seur; Sec. and Trees., E. C. Gamer,
Asheboro; Asst Sec. and Treas, Miss
Bertha Presnell, Asheboro; Divisional
Superintendents: Children’s, Miss
Hope Hubbard, Parmer; Young Peo
ple’s, Mrs. H. S. Ragan, Archdate;
Adult, E. C. Williamson, Liberty; Ad
ministrative, W. L. Ward, Asheboro.
—E. C. Gamer, Sec.-Treas.
Third Annual Moae
The third annual reunion of the
Moser family will be held Sunday at
Melanchton church, near liberty. All
members of the family, related either
by blood or marriage, are extended
an urgent invitation to attend. A
basket picnic lunch will be served on
the church grounds, and those who
attend are requested to bring well
filled baskets for this feature of the
reunion. Officers of the association
include 3. M. Moser, of Greensboro,
and Mrs. R. C. Troy and Mrs. J. Rom
Smith, of liberty.
County Attorney
Given Authority
To Foreclose Liens
The county intends to realize
on the tax liens which it holds.
Year after year real estate has
been sold at public auction for
non payment of taxes and the
county has become the possessor
of many acres of real estate.
None of the tax liens have been
foreclosed, however, and in
many instances the same piece
of property has been sold from
year to year. At the meeting of
- commissioners held Saturday,
however, a move was made to
secure title for the county of
real estate auctioned off to the
county at tax sales. On motion ,
of E. 6. Leach seconded by W.
L. Ward the following resolu
tion was passed: “The county
attorney is hereby authorized
and directed to take such action
as is necessary to foreclose tax
liens in all cases where land has
been sold for taxes and bid in
by the county.”
Asheboro’s Brass,
Band Progressing
Nicely In Practice
Will Soon Be Ready For Public
Appearances—Has 22 Inter
ested Members.
Little has been said about the brass
band which was organized in Ashe
boro several weeks ago by several
persons interested in music apd es
pecially in band music. But the band
has been practicing right along and,
according to its instructor, is making
most satisfactory progress. Lessons
are taken twice each week under the
instructor. Great interest is being
manifested by the members of the
band, some 22 in number, so much so
that none ever miss the practice
hours. Progress has been made to
the point that the band is able to
play several slow marches and it will
not be long before Asheboro will have
a brass band ready to play in public
concerts.
The members of the band have in
vested quite a great deal of money in
instruments and equipment. In fact
the investment in musical instruments
represents approximately $900, most
of which has come from the pockets
of the individual members. Donations
were made to the band by the Cham
ber of Commerce and the Merchants
Association at the time of its organ
isation and the monajr so received was
used in helping pay for some of the
larger and costlier instruments.
Otherwise each member purchases
and is the owner of the instrument
which he plays,
It is pointed out that while the
Junior Order sponsored the organiza
tion of the band that it can in no
wise be classed as a strictly Junior
Order band nor does the Junior coun
cil desire that it be looked upon in
that light. Not that the Junior Or
der hasn't several of its members on
the band and would be proud to claim
it as its own, but that the Juniors and
the members of the band want the
organization to be considered an Ashe
boro band and belonging to no one
individual, organization or society.
Revival At Ulah
A union revival meeting will be
started at the Central Falls Baptist
18th, at 2:30 p. m. Rev. D. I. Gamer,
Rev. Mr. Lawrence and Rev. J. C.
Clubb will have charge of the meet
ing. All other preachers are invited
to come and take part
Tobacco Prices High
Tobacco markets in Eastern North
Carolina opened Monday with large
sales. The first two days the average
on the Wilson market was 18.60 cents
per pound. Average price at Green
ville was higher than for the same
days last year. Prices on the Ahoskie
market were from $3 to $7 higher
than usual opening prices.
Rev. 0. G. Tillman
Becomes Pastor Of
Asheboro Baptists
Talented Young* Minister Conies
To Asheboro With Highest
Of Recommendations.
Rev. O. G. Tillman, of Wake For
est, has been called to the pastorate
of the Asheboro Baptist church to fill
the place made vacant by the resig
nation several weeks ago of Rev. B.
E. Morris, who is serving a church in
Statesville. Mr. Tillman preached at
the local church September 5th and
the congregation was delighted with
Mr. Tillman personally and with the
sermon which he delivered. He will
move his furniture to the Baptist
parsonage this week, will preach at
the local church next Sunday and
next week will bring his wife and
child to A&eboro to make their home.
Mr. Tillman is a graduate of Wake
Forest College and also of the Bap
tist Theological Seminary at Louis
ville, Ky. He holds his doctor’s de
gree also from the latter institution.
For eighteen months Mr. Tillman was
professor of Biblical history in one
of the Christian colleges in Burma, in
Asia. He returned to Wake Forest.
church feel
having se
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Public Schools
To Open Oct. 10th
Date Set By County Board Of
Education—Other Important
School Matters.
School Truck Ruling
The county board of education in
meeting last Saturday ruled that all
of the six months schools in the coun
ty should begin on Monday, October
10th. Another matter among the
many of importance passed on was
instructions issued to the attorney to
the town board authorizing him to
prdceed with the collection of all aci
fa judgments now existing on the
docket in the office of the Clerk of
Court
Complying with the school law, the
board passed an order to the effect
that all deputy sheriffs and police
men are truant officers for the county
and that their duty shall be to assist
1 in carrying out the provisions of the
compulsory attendance law. All prin
cipals and teachers in the county
should report the non-attendance in
their schools to the nearest officer.
A fQrmer order transferring Cedar
Square school to Trinity was made
permanent and children from this dis
trict will be transported by truck to
Trinity.
It was ruled by the board that in a
district in which a truck operates that
one and one-half miles from the build
ing is the distance at which the
truck will stop picking up children
for transportation to school. In dis
tricts where a track is operated and
the entire school is not transported,
i transportation will be furnished to
high school pupils and for such other
grades as may be designated by the
County Board of Education, and in no
case will a part of a grade be trans
ported at the county’s expense and
the other left in the district. For
instance, where a small school is op
j erated in connection with a central
school the entire seventh grade may
be transported or the sixth grade, but
1 a part of the sixth or a part of the
seventh will not be transported and
I the other part left.
Come
From Maryland
To Attend Family Meet
Rev. P. F. Bean and family, of
Cambridge, Md., have arrived in the
| county for a reunion of the Calvin
Bean family, of Seagrove, Route 1,
next Sunday, September 18. All of
| the family connections, friends, and
' neighbors are invited to join in the
ivunfon -which will be held at the
i home of Mr. Calvin Bean.
Rev. Bean, a son of Mr. Calvin
' Bean, is pastor of the Pilgrim Ho!in
! ess church in Cambridge, Md. He and
| his family have driven through the
country for the last several years
making annual visits home. Mrs.
Bean was before her marriage Miss
Dinah Reynolds of the Lovejoy com
! munity. Mr; Bean is a brother of
Mrs. W. W. Redding, of Asheboro.
Randleman High School
Opens With 650 Enrolled
Randleman high school opened for
the fall term Monday morning with
an attendance of 660 pupils, of which
number approximately 600 are in the
grammar grades and 160 in the high
school. This is by far the largest en
rollment in the history of the school.
Opening exercises were held in the
auditorium of the spacious new build
ing. Devotionals were conducted by
the local pastors, while short talks
were made by Mayor Talley, County
Supt. T. Fletcher Bulla and others.
Prof. H. H. Hamilton, of Fayetteville,
is superintendent of the school this
year.
Old Johnson Frame Store
Building Being Torn Down
The frame store building on Worth
street occupied for years by R. C.
lohnson’s general store and from
which Mr. Johnson moved his stock of
goods several weeks ago to the Cav
•ness building on Sunset avenue is
!>eing tom down this week. Mr. D.
B. McCrary bought the building and
[ot on which it stands from Mr. John
son some time ago. Whether a mod
srn brick store building will be erected
in its place is not known. But rumor
has it that there may soon be two
modem store buildings erected in
Asheboro for the use of two depart
ment stores, one of which is already
istablished in Asheboro and another
which is desirous of coming to the
mwn.
The Johnson .building which is be
ing torn down was one of the land
marks of the town. Built many years
ago it was at one time one of the
most pretentions store buildings in
Asheboro. It was occupied and used
»y B. F. Newby for several years as
a store building and then for several
rears by the late Will Miller. Mr.
lohnson succeeded Mr. Miller in the
iperation of a store in the structure.
M. P. Church Services ’
Rev. J. E. Pritchard, pastor. 9:46
u m. Sunday school, W. L. Ward, supt.
Sunday 11 a. m. preaching, subject,
'Voyage on Sea of Life;” 7:30 p. m.,
ivening subject, “The Great Invita
ion.”
6:30 p. m. Senior and Junior Chris
ian Endeavor.
6:80 p. m. Tuesday. Intermediate
Christian Endeavor.
The public is cordially invited to
tU the
Examination Of
Teeth Of School
Children Complete
Discloses A Situation That Is
Alarming And Which Should
Be Remedied.
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As previously stated, the Asheboro
Graded School started its health pro
tection Monday, September 12th,
1927. The dentists with the help of
the Woman’s Club examined the teeth
of every child in the school except
the first grade.
The results were very alarming
with such a condition existing in the
school and progress can not help but
be retarded.
The parents are requested to have
these defective teeth of their chil
dren treated at once. When this
work is done the dentist will give the
child a card showing that these de
fects have been corrected. This card
is to be brought tofthe school teach
er in order to keep^a complete esti
mate of the work d<ibe. ,
It is urgently requested that all
parents give' theiH whole-hearted
support in remedying these defects at
once. ;
The results obtairipd are as fol
lows:
No. with No. With
Defective Sound
Teacher Teeth Teeth
Miss Farmer, 6th ! 14 21
Miss Loflin, 4th . 12 28
; Miss Presnell, 5th 19 19
Miss Bulla, 2nd j 11 9
Miss Lovett, 4th 22 24
Miss Krider, 2nd t 12 19
Miss Barker, 2nd * 10 80
Mrs. Newlin, 7th 1. .18 12
Miss Lamb, 5th § 14 24
Miss Lambert, H. S. 18 9
Miss Pa*, H. S. 14 9
Miss Lowe, H. S. 18 12
Mr. White, H. S. 20 11
Mrs. Rice, H. S. 24 16
Miss Lassiter, H. S. 21 13
Total 293 296
—h- .
High School Athletics
On Friday, September 9th, Mr.
White spoke to the high school on the
fundamentals of good athletics. Plans
were drawn up to organize an Ath
letic Association in High School.
On Tuesday, Sept. 13, the highf
school students elected the following
officers: President, John Hammer;
Vice President, Davis Cranford; Sec
retary, Nettie Wood; Treasurer, James
York. ':'pr
It was agreed that the dues should
be 25c per season and 3 seasons per
session. This fei entitles the mem
bers to all games^$to$fcdon home
grounds.
On Wednesday Dr. Sumner exam
ined thoroughly the members of the
football squad. Several of the bgys
were advised to have their teeth
treated. As a whole, the doctor stated
that they were fine, healthy boys.
The squad was given a few pre
liminary scrimmage drills by the
coach.
The first part of the week this work
will be stiffened as the boys become
accustomed to it. Games are being
scheduled with nearby towns. The
first game will he played away from
home because the plans for the new
athletic field have not been com
pleted.
children must be entered not later
than Tuesday, September 20th.
No beginners will be allowed to
enter in the first grade after Sep
tember 20, 1927.
Squirrel Season
Opens Today, 15th
And Wffl Not Close Until Jan
uary 15th—Must Have Li
cense To Hunt Them.
County License $1.25
Open season for squirrels in Ran
dolph county starts today and will not
end until January 15th. The open
season is nothing like that in days
past, however, when he who chose
might shoulder his trusty shotgun pnd
fare forth to bring the squirrel from
the tree top wherever the tree might
stand. To accomplish this feat now it
is required that the hunter be in the
possession of a hunter’s license. Any
man may hunt squirrels or other
game during the open season on his
own land without license, but if he
hunts on lands of others license must
be obtained. These licenses, good for
the hunting of any kind of game in
season, cost $1.25 for the county resi
dent who wants to hunt only in the
county in which he lives. .To hunt
anywhere in the State a license cost
ing $5.25 must be obtained. A per
son residing without the State of
North Carolina and who wants license
to hunt game in the State must buy a
license which cost $15.25. This li
cense is good in any county in the
State. ;/ ■
At present licenses in Randolph
may be obtained at
following places: I
Hardware Co% Ramsei
Store, Gray’s Chapel;
Filling Station, Fame
ing Station and Cler
fice, Asheboro. It is
lerwood’s
Garner’s
am Fill
All children becoming six years old
befdfe January 1st, 1928, may enter
school now provided that he furnishes
a doctor’s certificate of health. These
Meeting Held In
Interest Of Road
Coleridge Folks Interested In
Getting 77 Extended By Way
Of Their Town.
To Circulate Petition
Now that the State Highway Com
mission has taken over No. 62 from
Asheboro in the general direction of
Albemarle and since everything
seems to be moving smoothly on No.
90 west of Asheboro, good roads peo
ple in Asheboro and other parts of
the county are turning their atten
tion to an effort to obtain an exten
sion of 77 from Asheboro to Car
thage. Several routes from Asheboro
have been proposed for the road. One
of the routes is to continue down 77
from Asheboro to Seagrove and thence
across to Carthage. Another is from
Asheboro down through the Erect
community to the Moore county cap
ital. Still another route proposed is
from Asheboro to Coleridge to High
Fafls and thence to Carthage.
A meeting was held Tuesday af
ternoon at Coleridge in the interest
of the Coleridge-High Falls route.
Interested persons from Asheboro,
; Coleridge and community, High Falls,
: Hemp, Bennett and other points were
present at this meeting. Dr. R. L.
Cavenegs, of Coleridge, presided over
the deliberations of the meeting while
Mr. Edd S. Phillips, of Bennett, acted
as secretary. There was much dis
cussion over the proposed routing of
the road. It appears that all present
at the Coleridge meeting were not i
in harmony over the route which the
extension of the highway, if extended,
should take. But the majority favor
ed the Coleridge-High Falls route.
! Committees were appointed to draw
! un resolutions to be sent to the. State
Highway Commission and others were
I appointed to draw up and circulate
petitions among the people living
along the route to be presented to
the highway commission at the proper
time.
It appears to be the general feeling
among those in the county interested
jin good roads that the next State
highway Randolph should get out of
the State system should be a route
from Asheboro to Carthage. Which
ever route the road would take would
open up a splendid section of Ran
dolph and Moore counties and would
jbe in keeping with the original pol
I icy of the highway commission to
connect county seats of every county
in the State.
From the various discussions over
the refute and the steps which are
being taken by those interested it ap
pears that it will not be long before
| the matter of the extension of 77 to
! Carthage will be taken up with the
| highway commission with some defin
ite plan of proposed routing in view.
Hoover Family Met In
Fourth Annual Reunion
The fourth annual reunion of the
Hoover family was held at the home
of L. E. Hoover in Tabernacle town
ship last Sunday, with the largest
crowd present in the history of these
annual meetings. Mr. J. O. Redding
was to have delivered the address on
the occasion, but was prevented from
doing so on account of illness. There
was no formal speaking, although
short talks were made by some pres
ent, including Mr. G. E. Hoover, of
Asheboro, president of the family as
sociation. Rev. A. R. Kearns, of High
Point, led in the devotionals. A pic
nic dinner spread on tables placed on
the lawn was enjoyed by all in at
tendance at the reunion. Officers of
the association were re-elected, in
cluding G. E. Hoover, president;
Frank Plummer, vice president; Lu
cile Kearns, secretary; and R. A. Gad
dis, historian. The fifth annual re
union will be held at the same place
as the one Sunday and will be on the
second Sunday in September, 1928.
Plans Being Laid For
Annual Trogdon Meeting
Plans are being made for the Trog
don family reunion which will be held
in the court house in Asheboro the
first Sunday in October. W. F. Trog
don, of North Wilkesboro, president
of Hie Trogdon Historical Society,
advises that he will make a report of
the names and addresses of three
thousand Trogdons and Trogdon kin
living in 39 states in the union at the
meeting. Mr. Trogdon was unable
to attend the reunion last year, but
states he will be here this time. Those
who attend the reunion, and all Trog
dons and their kin are invited, are
urged to bring well-filled baskets for
the picnic dinner which will be spread
on the court house lawn.
Large Pond To Be Built
For Use Local Fishermen
Thirty-five men of Asheboro who
belong to the cult of Isaac Walton
have entered into an agreement to
lease a pond to be built by W. F.
Redding on his place two miles west
of Asheboro. The pond is near the
old Redding home place on Route 90
and when completed the water will
cover approximately 15 acres of land.
It will be fed by clear mountain
springs and creeks and will be ideal
in every respect for the propagation
of fish. Thousands of black bass and
trout minnows will be placed in the
pond when the waters ate impounded.
Asheboro fishermen are of the opin
ion that for a small pond this will not
be surpassed anywhere in the State
for fishing. , , ..
J. A. Higgins New
Chief Of Police
Town Of Asheboro
J. A. Higgins, young married
man of Winston-Salem, has been
elected policeman for Asheboro
to assume the duties incident to
the office Saturday, September
17th. Mr. Higgins, while not
serving as a police officer at
this time, has in time past serv
ed two years on the Winston
Salem force. A letter from the
captain of the squad in which
Higgins served recommends the
new officer very highly. It is
pointed out that Higgins left
the police service in the Twin
City of his own free will and
accord and that his resignation
was regretted on account of his
ability and efficiency as an of
ficer of the law. Higgins is by
trade a skilled worker with
wood-working machinery. He
will move his family to Ashe
boro within a short time. To
enable him to more efficiently
serve the town the town com
missioners have voted to pur
chase a motorcycle for his use.
Mr. Higgins succeeds Mr. C. W
Steed, who has served the town
in capacity of police officer for
a number of years.
(Jounty Hoard Asks
State To Take Over
Highway In Trinity
Short Stretch Of Road Leading!
From Archdale To The Da
vidson County Line.
For some time past there has been
agitation on the part of a number of
citizens living in the northwestern
part of Randolph for the State High
way Commission to take over and
maintain as a part of the State sys
tem the highway leading from 77 at
Archdale to the Davidson county line,
and thertce to Thomasville, only a
short distance away. Petition request
ing this had been circulated in the
Trinity and Thomasville communities j
and a large number of names had j
been secured in advocacy of this move
on the part of the highway com
mission.
The Randolph board of commis
sioners took this matter under con
sideration at a meeting held Satur
day and drew up resolutions request
ing the highway commission to take
over this highway. Specifically the
highway begins at B. T. English’s
comer on 77 at Archdale, running to,
and through Trinity by way of the j
Gray place to the Davidson county J
line; thence to the city limits of j
Thomasville.
This road, the resolution adopted
by the commisatoners pointed out,
serves a large section of Randolph
county, and certain parts of the road
are constructed of good material,
particularly that part of it from Arch
date to Trinity three miles in.length
which is of grade A sand clay and
was constructed only a few years
back at a cost of $25,000. This sec
tion of the road is provided with good
concrete bridges and culverts where
needed.
Farlow-Bulla-Millikan
Family Reunion Sunday
The annual reunion of the Farlow
Bulla-Millikan families will be held
Sunday. October 2nd, at the old Ben
jamin Millikan home place in Back
Creek township, which is now owned
by Mr. N. C. Farlow. Arrangements
are being made to have an interesting
speaker for the occasion. The public
is extended a cordial invitation to
come and bring basket dinner.
District Sunday School
Meeting At M. E. Church
There will be a meeting of the
pastors and Sunday school superin
tendents of the Greensboro District
here at the local Methodist Episcopal
church next Monday, September 19,
at 10:00 a. m. It is in the interest
of the Sunday school work in the dis
trict. An interesting program has
been prepared by Mr. 0. V. Woosley,
who is General Superintendent of
Sunday school work of the Western
North Carolina Conference of the M.
E. Church, South. All who are inter
ested in Sunday school work will en
joy the program. The ladies of the
local church will serve lunch in the
dining room of the church at the
noon hour.
Randolph County Bench Show
The Randolph County Bench Show
will be held on the first day of the
fair this year which is Wednesday,
September 28th. The number of fine
dogs to be exhibited is expected to be
much larger than at former fairs.
Ribbons and prizes will be awarded
to the winners in the show. No en
trance fee will be required nor papers
required for the entry of a dog in the
show. The bench show will begin at
10:30 o’clock Wednesday morning and
all dogs are expected to be placed by
10 o’clock.
To Furnish Music For Fair
The Worthville brass band will fur
nish music for the Randolph County
Fair beginning {September 28th, which
is just a few days less than two weeks
distant.* The Worthville band has
•laying over the State and is
' one of the best bands in
•n. It will
free acts and during the - per
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Former Sniff
A. Carl uox Is
Called By Death
End Came Tuesday Morning Fal
lowing An Illness Of Sev
eral Months. ,
Was Popular Officer
No Man Who Ever Served Peo
ple Of County Was More
Highly Regarded.
A. Carl Cox, sheriff of Randolph
county for two years and long a prom
inent and influential citizen of the
county, died at his home on Route 71
about seven miles south of Asbeboro
Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock fol
lowing an illness of seven months
from Bright’s disease and complica
tions. His death followed one of the
bravest fights man ever put up
against death. Several times during
his illness hope had been given np by
friends and relatives, but the suffer
er was always cheerful, hopeful and
confident that he would come out vic
tor in the end. Only the day before
his passing he expressed the opinion
that he would win in his struggle for
health.
The death of A. Carl Cox marks
the passing of one of the most popu
lar sheriffs who ever held office in
Randolph county. While he served
only one term and was defeated in
the Republican landslide in 1924, be
was ever popular personally with the
citizenship of the county regardless of
political affiliation. He was a man
who easily made and held friends, and
a man who ever stood with his friends
to the end whatever may have been
their station in life. Mr. Cox was
not only popular while he held the of
fice of sheriff but was ever one of
the best liked men in the county be
fore and after his term of office.
He was born 47 years ago in Prov
idence township, Randolph county, s
son of the late Milton and Margaret
Cox. He was educated at Shiloh
Academy under the late Prof. John
R. Miller. He taught singing school
when he was only 15 years of age. Hie
was married to Miss Ada Miller,
daughter of Prof. John R. Miller, and
for some years after his marriage
made his home at Shiloh. Later be
and Mrs. Cox moved to Asheboro and
it was then that Mr. Cox entered the
railway mail service. He lived here
several years during which tame be
was employed on the run from Ashe
boro to High Point and from- Azhfi .
boro to Aberdeen. Later he tea*
transferred to the run from Star to
Charlotte and moved his family to
Biscoe. He later returned to Ashe
boro where he was dark in the loeal
postoffice for three years and then
transferred to the job of rural mail
carrier. He was engaged in the post
al service when in 1922 he was nom
inated for sheriff and elected in iho
fall on the Democratic ticket.
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Fellowship Meet
For Holly Springs
To Be Held In School House
There On Friday Night,
September 23rd.
The fourth Fellowship meeting to
be put on by the Asheboro Chamber
of Commerce will be held at Holly
Springs school house on Friday
September 23 at.7:30 o’clock. A'
number of people from Asheboro
expected to go down that night i
splendid array of speakers will
there. It is expected also that an
Asheboro Orchestra will be present to
furnish the music. These Fellowship
meetings were started with the meet
ing at Farmer in April and since then
one has been held at Gray’s Chapel
and one at Seagrove. Wherever they
have been held the people have ap
preciated them greatly. The purpose
of the meeting is to bring the town
and country people closer together
and to make each realize that each
is dependent upon the other.
Asheboro Sends Several " * ’«
Young Folks To College
The following Asheboro girls sal
boys have entered the various col
leges for the next session. Misses
Grace Wright, Elon College; Edna
Holder, High Point College; Gladys
Hall, Kings Business College, Char
lotte; Grace Ashworth, Charlessnna
Fox, Eva Cranford, Esther Lowder
milk, Pearl Sikes, Johnnie Adkin^
Nannie Adkins, Fanny Tyson, Mar
garet Tyson, Linnie Burkhead, Dor
othy Lewallen, Virginia Barter;
Irene Kearns, Kate Whatley, «JI to
N. C. C. W., Greensboro. Lomas
Swaim, Salem College, Winston-Sa
lem, Ruth and May Cooper, Richn
Medical College, Richmond, Vtu,
sy Ross, Salem College,
lem; Henrietta
sity, Chapel Hill;
Hammond, to A.
ris Coffin, Jack i