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Aaheboro, N. C„ Thnraqty, September 22, 1927
NUMBER 31
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Next Wednesday
Marks Opening
Of Randolph Fair
Extensive Preparations Have
Been Made And Pair Is Ex
pected To Be Best Ever.
Four Days, Five Nights
With Something Interesting On
The Program Every Hour
Of The Entire Event.
Next Wednesday morning will mark
the opening of the seventh annual
Randolph County Fair at the fair
grounds on Route 70 just south of the
corporate limits of the town of Ashe
boro. The fair will last through four
dayo and nights, coming to a close
Saturday night, October 1st.
According to the/ usual promise,
this seventh annual fair will be the
largest and best in the history of the
fair association. This promise for
the fair next week, however, should
be no idle boast nor advance propa
ganda. Crops have been good gener
ally in the county this season, the
poultry industry has increased by
leaps and bounds, the livestock in
dustry has made wonderful strides
and at the same time the industrial
life of the county has been expanded.
Fair officials and department man
agers have for the past several
months been putting forth intensive
effort to surpass anything they have
done at previous fairs in their par
ticular lines of endeavor.
Ample space is afforded in the fair
buildings and indications are that
every inch of this space will be re
quired to take care of tjie exhibits
which will be brought in the days be
fore the fair. And it is promised that
these exhibits will be larger and bet
ter than have ever been seen at Ran
dolph county fair in previous years.
Perhaps no cne day can he singled
out as the best day of the fair. It
ail depends on which most interests
the individual. There is School Day
on Wednesday, the first day of the
fair. This means that all school chil
dren will be admitted free to the fair
grounds that day. Thursday is set
as Moore and Montgomery
county day and on these days school
children from these counties may en
ter the fair grounds without charge.
Home Coming day is Friday of the
fair. This was one of the biggest
days of all last fair and promise? to
be a feature next week. Saturday is
Everybody's' pay and it means just
what the name implies. Special pro
daypf^he*Whfchever day the
fair visitor attends he will see some
thing of interest And he will be en
tertained with free exhibitions each
day. Entertainment may be had in
the large midway, of course, by the
payment of admission to the shows.
There will-be a free band concert
twice daily during the fair by the
Worthville brass band. A gor
geous display of fireworks at night
and balloon ascension, each day are
some of the free attractions.
Made In Randolph Exposition
Not the least of the attractions at
the fair this year will be the Made in
Randolph Exposition. This is the
second year of this department of the
fair. It was one of the main attract
ions last year, and, no doubt, will re
peat next week. Those in charge have
put forth strenuous effort to enlarge
this department this year. In this
exposition will be exhibits from the
manufacturing industries in the coun
ty to show what Randolph is accom
plishing in the way of shaping the
raw product into the finished article.
Last year there were in the exposi
tion some of the most interesting and
-gnique exhibits to be found anywhere
in tile broad expanse of the fair floor
space.
Prizes To Be Given
Prizes to be offered to the winners
in the various departments of the
fair this year amount to practically
$3,000, which is a large figure for a
county fair, and much larger than the
total value of the prizes offered last
year. There will be keen competition
in the various departments this year,
and the fair management feels that
ihe winner should at least have some
thing in the way of compensation for
his efforts in addition to the pride
and satisfaction of being a winner.
Competent judges, some' of State
wide note, have been secured for
Local Church Plans
For Entertainment
Annual Conference
Which Will Be held Here Early
In November—L. F. Ross
Chm. Committee.
A meeting of the congregation of
the local Methodist Protestant church
looking to the entertaining of the
North Carolina Annual Conference
was held last week and committees
were appointed and plans set in mo
tion for making the stay of the min
isters and delegates pleasant. The
conference will open on Wednesday
morning, Nov. 2, at 9:30 and close at
about noon on the following Monday.
There will be a welcome service con
ducted by the local church on the
evening of the first day of conference.
Hon. W. C. Hammer is asked to make
the address of welcome on behalf of
the local church, Dr. E. L. Moffitt
will welcome the conference on behalf
of the business interests of the town
and the Ministerial Association will
be asked at their next meeting to ap
point some one of their number to
represent them.
Mr. L. F. Ross has been elected
chairman of the Entertainment Com
mittee and he is surrounded by a
competent committee of several per
sons. Mr. James Bunch was made
chairman of the committee to arrange
the rooms of the church for commit
tee work.
William M. Moffitt
Is Dead At Age 70
Enid Come At His Home In
Brower Township Thursday
Morning Of Last Week.
Funeral was held Friday morning
at 11 o’clock from Pleasant Grove
Christian church by Rev. D. R. Mof
fitt for William M. Moffitt, who died
at his home in Brower township
Thursday morning from heart trouble
with which he had been a sufferer for
a period of about two years. Mr. Mof
fitt was seventy years old at the time
of his death. He had long been a
leading citizen of the Moffitt Mill
community and for fifty years was a
member of the Christian church.
Besides his widow, who was Miss
Ellen Leach, Mr. Moffitt is survived
by two daughters and four sons, as
follows: Mrs. J. T. Teague, Moffitt;
Mrs. J. C. Gunter, Bear Creek; B. T.
Moffitt, High Point; J. W., W. G. and
F. L. Moffitt, all of Moffitt H® leaves
also three sisters, Mrs. J. A. Brady,
Of Asheboro; Mrs. Martin Gardener
and Mrs. H. H. Brady, all of Greens
boro.
Red Star Bus line
Assumed Charge Of The Busi
ness Monday—Bought It Of
C. L. Pierce.
The Red Star Bus Line which has
been in operation for the past five
years has changed hands. Mr. J. R.
Hinshaw who has successfully oper
ated the Dude Service Station for the
past three years has purchased the
franchise and two busses of Mr. C. L.
Pierce and took over the business
Monday. Mr. Hinshaw will continue
the service station with the assist
ance of his brother. Mr. Pierce put
on the bus line between Asheboro and
High Point five years ago, and has
not only successfully operated it but
has done so without having an acci
dent of any consequence. Mr. Hin
shaw will operate under practically
the same schedule, the only change
being the arrival of the last afternoon
bus from High Point at seven o’clock.
Walker-Matthews ,
Miss Evelyn Walker, of Millboro,
and O. R. Matthews, of Lake view,
were married Thursday evening at
College Place M. E. church parsonage,
Greensboro, Rev. Mr. Rawlings, pas
tor of the church, officiating. Mr.
and Mrs. Matthews left immediately
aftfrthe ceremony for a motor trip
through the eastern part of the State.
Upon their return they will make their
home in Greensboro.
M. P, Sunday School
To Hold Rally Day
Next Sunday At 10:30 O’Cloek—
Program Of Songs, Talks,
w Etc., Prepared.
N«ct SundajMvgi be known as Ral
ly Day at the
ant church and
the services are
day. The goal
of the Sunday a
At 10:30 A. M. all
Protest
for
„ _ a *«teat
every member
present at 0:45.
of the
Sunday school will assemble in the
•hurch auditorium where a service of
me hour in length will be held. This
tervice will consist of songs and a
ihort address and a promotion exer
ase wherein those completing the
vork in any one department of the
Sunday school will be transferred to
mother. Those who expect to attend
he morning church services will
,lease bear in mind that the service
tor next Sunday only will begin at
en-thirty and dose at eleven-thirty.
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At 7:30 P. M. Rev. J. Clyde Auman,
i returned missionary from_ T
will preach. Mr. Auman is a
Box Plant Began
Work Yesterday
Started At About Half Capacity
And Expects To Be In Full
Swing Soon.
Capacity Enlarged
^Tie Old Dominion Paper Box Com
pany began operations yesterday af
ternoon after having been closed
down since the fire on August 9th
which practically wiped out the plant
on Salisbury street and badly dam
aged the Ross building in which the
industry was housed. Operations yes
terday began at about half capacity
and it will be a week before full ca
pacity is reached. It is anticipated
that when full capacity is reached the
output will be considerably larger
than that prior to the fire. In fact,
in addition to the machinery which
was damaged by the fire and which
has been repaired and renovated sev
eral new box making machines have
been installed and others have been
shipped for further enlarging of the
plant.
The industry is now located in the
Randolph Chair Company building
where the machinery was moved from
the Ross building immediately fol
lowing the fire. Extensive remodel
ing has been done to the building in
order to fit it for the use of the box
plant, there is a large floor space
and adequate warehouse room in the
building.
During the six weeks which have
elapsed since the fire local customers
of the box plant have been supplied
from the parent factory at Lynch
burg, Va. This plant, however, run
ning night and day was not able to
take care of all the needs of the cus
tomers of the local branch for the
reason that the Lynchburg factory
had a large clientele to serve and' at
the same time had to.ship out boxes
for the Burlington branch, which had
started to move in its new location
about the time the fire destroyed the
Asheb'oro branch. The Lynchburg
plant found itself called upon to
serve the entire clientele of the
three plants, and, of course, could not
fill orders in full.
The Asheboro plant, however, will
now be able to serve local needs and
at the same time expects to ship out
from its central location in the
State boxes to various parts of the
country, opening up a field which it
had not heretofore touched.
Strange Animal Running At
Large In Union Township
Some sort,.of CTimnl wmiIiHm a
Wog is rimming & largTiTWon
township according to reports coming
from that seetiOn of the county, Sev
eral persons have reported seeing the
animal in the dim light of the early
dawn and in the twilight, but none
have seen it closely enough to form
an opinion of its species. It is said to
be the size of a large dog and to have
a shaggy' appearance similar to that
of a shepherd dog, save that its legs
are longer. Apparently it is not
harmful to human beings, or at least
it has made no attempts to harm any
person. Dogs will not run the ani
mal, however, and some of the bolder
of the dogs in the community have
turned tail and left when attempt was
made to put them on the trail of the
strange visitor to the community. That
it is an animal which has escaped at
some time or another from a show is
the explanation natives make of its
presence, or that it is an animal
strayed down the Appalachian range
of mountains and finally found itself
in the foothills of the Uwharries.
:
Local Laundry Gets Good
Business From Greensboro
The Asheboro Laundry is being
patronized by sufficient number of
Greensboro patrons for their truck
to go up for laundry. Since Mr. and
Mrs. McHuron have been in Asheboro
they have purchased new equipment,
moved into more adequate quarters
and -have improved the laundry in
general. The fact that the McHurons
are experienced laundry people is
demonstrated in the quality of work
which they are doing. While their
work is equal to that of other towns
they have not had the patronage of
all the people which should have been
accorded them. In order for good
people to make good with any busi
ness, they should have the patronage
of the dtizenB.
Not Native Of Randolph
Irvin B. Tucker, U. S. Attorney for
the Eastern North Carolina District,
was net bom in Randolph county as
has been previously stated in this
newspaper. L. D. Bulla is authority
for the information that Mr. Tucker
first saw the light of day in Guilford
county and that he did live with his
parents in Randolph county for a
brief period of three years. Tucker’s
father lived in an old dwelling house
where the county home now stands,
and since it was in the days when dis
tilling was done under government
supervision, the elder Tucker operated
a distillery some distance west of his
Thieves Steal Chevrolet Truck
Randall Hurley, of Union town
ship, is less rich by one new Chevro
let truck than he was a week ago.
Hurley went to the fair at Star
Thursday night of last week and
drove his new truck. Thieves took a
lilting to it also and made a clean
'• ® 7 with it. No trace has been
either the truck or the
District Sunday
School Meeting:
Hell In Asheboro
Workers From AH Over The
Greensboro District Were
In Attendances
A meeting for 'pastors, Sunday
school superintendents and workers of
the Greensboro District of the M. E.
church was held at the First M. E.
Church, Ashebtfre, Monday. Hie meet
ing was called to order by Mr. I. F.
Craven, of
Rev. J. W. Hoy
tional service,
pastor of the local -
address of welcome j
the meeting. Mr. i
General Superintendent of
day school work in , 'fljjg_
North Carolina Conference of the M.
E. Church then stated the object of
the meeting and <
for the day.
Miss Corinne
of Elementary Work
schools of the
interesting and helpf
interest of that
Paul F. Evans, Sup
rural work in the cenfe
;then introduced and led ii)
discussion .regarding^ Ijjte
work and outlined soli
future. The work <
pie was well pre
] Tuttle, who'is su
(work in the conf
1 esting aiid helpful
The churches of the
represented. Wesley]
High Point, had the
tion outside of As
liras
sjplendid
of the
for the
, peo
'LeRov
pintendent of that
Other inter
alks were made.
TIstrict;-were well
rch,
?a
At the noon hour h splendid .lunch
was served in the dining room by the
ladies of the church. After an hour
of refreshment, departmental meet
ings were held in the interest of spec
ial work in the several departments
of the Sunday school endeavor.
Among the factors discussed were an
organized school graded according to
ages, the regular meeting of classes,
the guidance of a 1
the use of graded 1<
lishment of defbu
work in evangelism ai
the observance Once a _
dren’s Week an&Sunday
_&L.
council,
estab
ms of
©ns, and
of Chil
100I Day.
Short
Happei
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Chatham county commissioners
have authorised the issuing of $68,000
in bonds to fund indebtedness incurr
ed prior to July 1, 1927.
News Of
Bri
During the first six months of this
year 249 persons died in North
Carolina from pellagra as against
199 for the same period last year.
One hundred and fifty cases of
measles were reported in North Caro
lina last week, 113 of whooping cough,
101 of diphtheria, 73 scarlet fever, 60
typhoid fever and 3 of smallpox.
Violence took a tott of 18 lives in
North Carolina over the past week
end. Automobiles snuffed out six
lives, lightning 9 lives and three per
sons were murdered.
An A1 Smith for President club was
formed at Charlotte last week with
125 members. Judge Tam C. Bowie
was the chief speaker at the organiz
ation meeting of the club.
Dewey Martin, 29, son of Mr. and
Mrs. N. A. Martin, of Candor, died
Monday morning from blood poison
ing and diabetes. Funeral was held
from Macedonia church Tuesday by
Rev. A. L. McDuffie.
Paul Monroe, aged 6, Lumberton
school child, was fatally injured Tues
day afternoon when struck by a car
while alighting from a school bus on
the highway three miles from Lum
berton. The driver of the car which
struck the child is being held for
trial.
North Carolina high schools last
ear graduated approximately 12,500
tudents. With 115,00® children en
olled in the schools this year it is
ntidpated that the 1928 graduates
rill far outnumber those of 1927. Col
>ges of the State are crowded with
tudents.
One hundred and eighteen fires in
orth Carolina during the month of
ugust caused a loss in property of
9®,093, according to Insurance Com
moner Stacey Wade. This amount
as in excess of the logs in the State
a gust, 1926, By eleven thousand dol
Dates Are Set For
Special Court Term
'The special term of Randolph
Superior Court for the trial of
on the criminal docket
will begin Monday, October
10th, and trill last for one
week, according to Information
received in Asheboro from the
State capital yesterday. The
two weeks of court for the
trial of cases on the civil docket
will begin Monday, October
31st, and will continue for two
“ the deft and the
*sts are crowded
and the court will find plenty of
work ahead of it at. both ses
Seagrove Enrolls
177 OnFirst Day
School Opened Monday With
: Prof. White In Charge—Short
r Talks Made.
Many Patrons Present
Seagrove, Sept. 20.—The Seagrove
morning with an enrollment of 177, of
which 126 were in the grammar
grades and 51 in the high school. A
number of the school patrons were
but for the opening. Opening exer
cises were held in the auditorium. The
gudience stood for the song, “Amer
ica.” Rev. J. R. Comer opened the
.•Xercises with reading and prayer and
made fitting remarks to patrons, stu
dents, and teachers. Short talks were
Baade by Prof. White and others.
Messrs. O. D. Lawrence and L. A.
King spoke in behalf of the patrons
and citizens of the community, giving
the members of the faculty a hearty
welcome in our midst.
Prof. Harvey White, the principal,
is ably assisted by the following
teachers: Mr. Charlie O’Quinn, Miss
Lillie O’Quinn, Miss Lena Russell,
'Miss Morgan, Miss Thyra Wright,
Miss Marie Wrenn and Mrs. J. B.
Slack, wjth‘ Mrs. Hdl Walker music
! teacher. The present indications are
all for a good school year.
| Miss Hazel Auman, who is teach
ing at Randleman, spent the week-end
j at home. She had as her guests Miss
| Ruth Hunter, of Randleman, and
! Miss Jennie Fry, of Eagle Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hulin and chil
I dren, of High Point, visited at Mr. H.
j D. Smith’s during the week-end. Mrs.
Hulin will remain for the week.
Miss Eva Spencer, of Liberty, who
is a student at High Point College,
visited her cousin, Miss Maple Law
rence, Sunday.
Mrs. A. C. Harris and son, Wade,
spent last Tuesday in High Point.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Spencer, of Lib
erty, spent last Friday at Mr. 0. D.
Lawrence’s.
Mr. D. A. Comelison spent Sunday
with Mrs. Comelison at High Point
Hospital. We are glad to say that
Mrs. Comelison is much improved and
is expected home sometime this
week.
Mr. O. ,D. Lawrence went to Ashe
boro on business Monday.
Mr. Amos Farlow, after spending
some time with homefolks, returned
to Spencer Sunday where he holds a
position.
v MictfiPd Wnlf.. nf Sfjftr apa via
where he will teach the coming year.
, Mr. W. D. Lemons, of Philadelphia,
Pa., is visiting homefolks here.
ited school opened Monday
Shiloh News Letter
Surprise Birthday Celebration
For Mrs. Rumley.
Ramseur, Route 1, Sept. 19.—Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Moffitt and son Colon,
of High Point, spent Saturday night
and Sunday at B. S. Moffitt’s.
Miss Dorothy Allen, of Greensboro,
visited homefolks Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Moffitt, of
Philadelphia, Pa., spent Sunday at
S. T. Moffitt’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlan Craven, of
Greensboro, were guests the week
end of Vester Caveness.
We regret to learn that Mrs. J. E.
Stout is very ill at her home near
Shiloh.
Rev. and Mrs. G. R. Underwood, of
Pittsboro, visited at B. S. Moffitt’s
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Allen, of Ashe
boro, spent Saturday night and Sun
day at W. B. Moffitt’s.
The Ladies Missionary Society will
hold its regular monthly meeting at
Shiloh church Saturday, Sept. 24, at
2:30 P. M.
Miss Vera Moffitt returned home
Saturday after spending two weeks
with her brothers in High Point.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Boroughs and
family visited at Franklinville Sun
day afternoon.
A large number of friends and rel
atives gathered at the home of Mre.
M. B. Rumley Sunday and surprised
her with a birthday dinner. Short
talks were made by Rev. G. R. Under
wood and Rev. J. C. Cummings, af
ter which a sumptuous dinner was
enjoyed by all under the shade of
the trees.
Providence Consolidated
School Opened Monday
Providence consolidated school
opened Monday morning with a satis
factory enrollment. The opening ad
dress was made by Dr. E. C. Perisho,
of Guilford College. He was followed
by County Superintendent T. Fletcher
Bulla and Rev. W. R. Neece, both of
whom made interesting short talks.
Members of the Providence faculty
are: Miss Myrtle Cox, of Climax,
principal; and Miss Lalah Cox, Cli
max; Miss Alice Thompson, Rich
Square; Miss Jessie Thomas, Guil
ford College; and Miss Doris Tew,
Goldsboro.
Staley Poetoffice Examination
It has been announced that a civil
service examination will be held at
Siler City on October 19th for the
selection of a postmaster for the of
fice at Staley. Application blanks
may be obtained from the Staley
postoffice or from the United States
Civil Service Commission, Washing
ton, D. C. Form 1753 is the number
of the application blank required.
Nobody Seems To
Want Randolph’s
Thirteen Boarders
How Can They Work At “Hard
Labor” When Nobody Cares
To Furnish Jobs?
Boarding in the county bastile un
der the watchful eye of Jailor Tommy
Brookshire are thirteen prisoners
with which the county is through but
of which it cannot rid itself. These
are persdhs sentenced at the recent
term of Superior Court to hard labor
on the county roads. Now, Randolph
'has no county chain gang and hasn’t
had for many pears past, and Rowan
usually obliges by clearing our jail
at frequent intervals of its guests.
But the rub is that Rowan doesn’t
want any more prisoners for its chain
gang. It has enough.
Several other counties which main
tain chain gangs have been approach
ed but these counties are in the same
fix as Rowan. They have all the en
forced road workers they want, and,
in fact, some of them are seriously
considering getting rid of those they
have. They can get all the prisoners
they want. Some counties even of
fer to deliver prisoners to these chain
gangs free of charge just in order to
get rid of them.
Unless there is some way of get
ting their sentences changed, county
authorities will have to look about
some more in order to find a new
boarding place for the thirteen in the
county jail. The sentences designate
“hard labor” and hard labor isn’t
considered languishing in jail, but is
usually thought of in terms of break
ing rocks on county road work. Down
East there are some counties with
chain gangs which have not yet been
approached with offer of the prison
ers, so it may be that within the
course of a few days Randolph’s
thirteen will have the opportunity of
taking a free trip down in the cotton
belt.
Oxford Orphanage Class
To Be Here Monday Evening
The singing class of the Oxford
Orphanage will make its annual visit
to Asheboro next Monday evening
when it will give a concert in the
graded school auditorium beginning
at 7:30 o’clock. Admission of 25
cents for children and fifty cents for
adults will be charged. Asheboro al
ways looks forward with pleasant an
ticipation to the visit of this class to
town and always greets it with a
large and appreciative audience. It
is expected that the visit Monday
will, be no exception.
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Rev. B. C. Reavis, pastor. Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m., Mr. Hugh Parks,
superintendent. Preaching at 11:00
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the pastor.
There will be special music at these
services.
Morning subject: “Reaching The
Goal”.
Evening subject: “The Face At The
Window.”
The Junior, Intermediate and Sen
ior Epworth Leagues will meet at
6:45 p. m.
Mid-week service Wednesday at
7:30 p. m.
The public is cordially invited to
these services.
Miss Anna May Perry Is
Bride Of Mr. Sidney Wood
The following announcements have
been received in Asheboro:
“Mr. and Mrs. Hal Brown Perry
announce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Anna May, to Mr. Sidney Badgett
Wood, on Saturday, the sixth of Au
gust one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-seven, Graham, North Caro
lina. At home, 407 South Mendenhall
street, Greensboro, N. C.”
The announcement came as a sur
prise to the many friends of the bride
and groom. Mr. Wood is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wood, of Ashe
boro, and has for some time past been
with the Holland Radio and Appli
ance Company in Greensboro. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hal Brown Perry, of Lancaster, S. C.
School At Gray’s
Chapel Opens Oct. 3
Prof. D. M. Weatherly Will Be
In Charge—Good School Is
Expected.
The consolidated school at Gray’s
Chapel will open Monday, October
3rd, foT the fall term. Prof. D. M.
Weatherly, one of the best known
educators of this section of North
Carolina, will be in charge of the
school. Mr. Weatherly has for the
past four years up until last Decem
ber been Clerk of Court of Randolph
county and since that time has been
deputy clerk. He has, however,
taught school practically all hiB ma
ture life save the time spent in the
cleric’s office. Assisting Prof. Weath
erly will be Mr. Mike Sherwood, Mrs.
Albright, Mrs. Lucy Davidson, Mrs.
Van Cranford, Mrs. Linda Coble, Miss
Bertine Shepard and Mrs. R. S.
Ferree, the latter to teach music.
The session which opens October
3rd will be the third year of school in
the new brick building at Gray’s
Chapel. The school has in the past
had the undivided suppprt of patrons
and pupils and it is anticipated the
same conditions will prevail this year.
A large attendance is. expected from
the very beginning of the school year
and the expectation is that this will
be the banner year in the history of
the school.
ebred Cattle
ve Scrubs On
un In Randolph
In Three Years There Have Bern
Placed In County 392 High
Grade Cattle. !
76 Registered Bulls
109 Registered Guernsey Corn*,
207 Grades And Number
Still Growing.
Three years ago there were only
two purebred Guernsey bulls in ser
vice in the county and few, if any, of
any other breed. Today there are
more than 80 purebredS in service and
of this number 76 are purebred
Guernseys which have been placed tm
Randolph farms through the efforts
*f County Agent Ewing S. Millsaps.
Jr. This accomplishment, the placing
of 76 purebred bulls in the county
within three years, is a remarkable
achievement, and something of which
the farm agent and the county as well
might justly be proud. But it didn’t
end there. For during the same
length of time there have been placed
on Randolph farms 109 registered
Guernsey cows and 207 grade eows.
This makes a total of 392 cattle of
the better grade placed in Randolph
county in three years.
Getting down to more definite facta
and figures, it was three years ago
that County Agent Millsaps started
this purebred bull and cattle program
for Randolph. During six months of
1925 Mr. Millsaps placed on Ran
dolph farm 30 registered bulls, 3S
registered Guersey cows and 46 grade
cows. For this achievement he won
second place in the State in the con
test among county agents for the
largest number of purebred bulle
placed in any one county in six
months. He won first place in the
number of purebred Guernsey bulls
placed in any one county in six months
among all county agents in the union.
In 1926 there were 18 registered
Guernsey bulls bought and put in ser
vice on Randolph farms. In addition
to these there were 32 registered
Guernsey cows and 53 grade cows.
Keping up the work which was
started in 1925, the fiscal year ending
August 31st, 1927, found an addition
al placement of 28 registered Guern
sey bulls in the county, 39 registered
Guernsey cows and 108 grade cows.
The increased number this year over
last year was probably due in large
measure to the establishment of a
, creamery in Asheboro last April. This .
[creamery will make approximttffely .
10,000 pounds of butter during the
month of September, which mean*
that its production has grown by
leaps and bounds since its inception.
Without putting any frills on it or
unduly boasting it would appear that
the placing on Randolph farms within
a period of three years a total of 392
cattle is an achievement not to be
sneered at, and one which has not
been surpassed in many instances, if
any, in the State. It means that the
farmers of the county are waking up
to the realization that the salvation of
the entire farming industry in Ran
dolph lies in livestock, especially im
that phase of it appertaining to dairy
ing. It means that in placing 76
purebred Guernsey bulls in service on
Randolph farms several scrub bnll*
have been replaced and that the fu
ture generations of cattle in Randolph
have a much better chance to have
been sired by a purebred. It mean*
that the entire livestock industry^ la
Randolph has been placed on a high
er plane and that in years to come—
years not far distant—Randolph may
be looked upon as the leading Guern
sey county in the South. It may mean
also, and the creamery is helping
wonderfully along this line, that Ran
dolph may at some not far distant
date be referred to as one of the lead
ing dairying counties among the 10#
which make up the Tar Heel State.
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Trogdon Reunion Galled
For Sunday, October 2nd
The Trogdon family re-union w®
be opened in the court house in Ashe
boro, at 10 o’clock, A. M., the first
Sunday in October, which will be the
second day of the month, with prayer
by Rev. Joseph M. Trogdon, of
Gastonia, followed by addresses by
Congressman W. C. Hammer, Mrs. ML
C. Tucker, of Greensboro, M. F.
Hinshaw, of Randleman, and Judge
Johnson J. Hayes, of Greensboro, aid
others.
Music will be rendered by the
Worthville brass band and singing by
all. Then will follow a good old
fashioned basket picnic and a genenft
get-to-gether good time. Tables wfll
be prepared for the picnic. All Trog
don and Trogdon kin are cordially in
vited and begged to come. RespeeU
fully,
W. F. TROGDON, President.
Two K Company Veterans
To Enter U. S. Hospitals
Messrs. Eugene Chisholm and Colon
Bunting, who were members of Com
pany K, Thirtieth Division, left lad
week for hospitalization in the Unite!
States Government hospitals at lets
City, Florida, and Portsmouth, Vir>