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ISSUED WEEKLY
VOLUME LU
PMN
Asheboro, N. C,
NOT MEN
nber *9, 1927
$2.00 A YEAR INfSDVANCE
NUMBER
Hayworth Gives
Some Interesting
Data About State
In The “Do You Know?” Pro
gram Put On At Weekly
Rotary Luncheon.
Dan Bums Speaks
He Discusses Relation Existing
Between Community And
Professions.
Dr. C. A Hayworth put on a "Do
You Know?” program at the regular
weekly luncheon of the Asheboro Ro
tary Club held at the Ashlyn Hotel
last Friday. In the course of the pro
gram, Dr. Hayworth brought out
many points of interest about the
State of which the average man sel
dom thinks and about which many
do not know. Here, in short, are
some of the points brought out by the
doctor:
Do you know
That North Carolina has approxi
mately 3,000,000 people and that agri
culture, forestry and fishing employ
1.400.000 men and 81,000 women; that
manufacturing employs 250,000 per
sons; trade, approximately 57,000
persons; professional service employs
15.000 men and 17,000 women. ,
That of the 76,409 babies bom in
the State in 1915, 6,808 died, and
that in 1925, 83,700 babies were bom
and 6,591 died; that medical science
reduced the death rate considerably
as shown by these figures.
That in 1915 there were 714 deaths
in the State from typhoid fever and
in 1925 only 277; 625 deaths from
diphtheria in 1915 and 310 ten years
later; that diphtheria can be wiped
out in the next three years by giving
toxin-antitoxin to children under
seven years of age; that deaths caus
ed by diphtheria are almost entirely
in children under seven years of age.
That fifty per cent of the children
in the schools of the State repeat
their first grade,. 52 per cent their
second grade and 67 per cent their
third grade; that a great deal of this
mental backwardness is due to phys
ical defects which can be prevented or
cured with a tremendous savings to
the State and untold benefit to the
children themselves.
That the number of deaths from
tuberculosis decreased from 3,710 in
1915 to 2,750 in 1925; that tl>e malaria
deaths decreased in the past ten years
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diarrhea in children decreased . from
1,730 in 1915 to 1,468 in 1925.
That the State will furnish, free of
charge health literature to every per
son in the State and literature espec
ially beneficial to prospective mothers.
That kidney disease, heart disease
and cancer are on the increase but
that all three are largely preventable
if they are discovered in their early
stages and treated in an intelligent
way.
That two per cent of the people of
the State are constantly sick and
that the average North Carolinian
loses one week each year from work
on account of sickness; that the peo
ple of the State are spending more
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Business Men Assure A
Creamery For Montgomery
Plans have been completed, says
the Herald-Montgomerian, for the es
tablishment of a creamery in Troy.
Sponsoring the new enterprise are
such men as J. G. Tomlinson, J. C.
Hurley and I. C. Nance. A lot has
been purchased and plans laid to be
gin the construction of the building at
once. In addition to conducting a
creamery the new enterprise will deal
in country produce of all kinds, in
cluding the buying and selling of
chickens and eggs. A cold storage
plant will be operated in connection
with the creamery.
James C. Varner, ?2,
Is Claimed By Death
End Cane Sunday From Effects
Of Blood Poisoning Coming
Mr. was bom July 4, 1906, and de
parted this life September 28,1927, at
the age of 22 yean, 2 months and 21
days. Ha spent all of his life on his
father’s faro about six miles ftou
Asheboro on the Parmer road. About
a week before his dbeth a small pirn
was done for him that could be done
until he was relieved from his suf
fering on Sunday evening. Clarence
Professed saving faith in Jesus Christ
Seventh Annual Randolph County
Fair Opens With Big Attendance
The seventh annual Randolph Coun
ty Fair opened yesterday morning
with the largest attendance in the
history of the local fair association.
The weather which threatened a
shower in the early hours of the
morning cleared away and before the
gates of the fair grounds had closed
last night there had passed through
the turn-stiles n record-breaking
crowd for a gathering in Randolph.
Yesterday was Educational Day and
the school children from various parts
of the county, many coming in school
trucks, helped to fill every available
space in the exhibit buildings and
around about the midway.
And this fine gathering of Randolph
county citizenship found to meet its
curious gaze the finest fair ever seen
in the county. Never before have the
exhibits been larger, better and more
varied. Exclamations of delight and
wonder were the order of the day
among fair visitors yesterday. The
folks knew, of course, that crops were
fine in the county, that manufactur
ing had increased during the year
within the confines of the county, that
Randolph is fast becoming the Guern
sey cattle county of the State, and
was cognizant of many other phases
| of constructive progress within the
county’s area. But it was not ex
pected that all this would be grouped
together in a panoramic view, as it
were, at the fair. Yet it was there.
People Return Thanks
After having viewed the exhibits
spread out before them and after
realizing in measure that for which
they should be duly thankful, the
people of the county were ready in
spirit to join in the thanksgiving ser
vice which was held in the main ex
hibit building at 11:30 o’clock yes
terday morning. The Asheboro Min
isterial Association some time ago
suggested to the fair management
that it would be fitting at this time
for the people of the county, repre
sentative of every walk of life and
Teachers Hold An
Interesting Meet
Hear Addresses By School
Workers And Outline Of
Health Program,
Much business pertinent to the
school work of the county was'tftna
aciea »acunia^«iormngr at a meeting
of public school teachers in the court
house in Asheboro. Prof. D. M
Weatherly, former clerk of the court
veteran teacher who gets back into
the harness again this year as head
of the Gray’s Chapel school, delivered
the opening address. His remarks
were, as usual, to the point and full
of interest for the teachers. He was
followed by County Superintendent T.
Fletcher Bulla, who spoke on teachers
training.
Dr. Russell Grunnman, of the Ex
tension Department, University of
North Carolina, then spoke on exten
sion work and at the conclusion of his
remarks organized two extension
classes. These classes will meet twice
each week on Friday afternoon and
evening and will be taught by a rep
resentative from the University.
Dr. George H. Sumner, County
Health Officer, then outlined his
program of work as it affected the
schools for the year. He announced
that beginning October 30th moving
pictures relating to the improvement
of health and sanitary conditions
would be shown in the various schools.
He spoke also of the examination of
school children during the year. Dr.
Sumner during the day had given
each of the teachers a physical exam
ination and had found that the gen
eral health of the teachers was good.
Each teacher in the public schools is
now required to take a physical ex
amination and to get a health cer
tificate.
A. I. Farree, president of the Ran
dolph County Fair Association, spoke
for a few moments with reference to
Educational Day at the fair and ex
tended an invitation to the teachers
to attend and to bring with them all
school children who desired to come,
all to be admitted free on Educational
Day.
Short talks were made by others
during the course of the meeting.
Supplies of various kinds were dis
tributed by the County Superintendent
and advice in general given with ref
erence to school supplies and their
relation to the work which will begin
with the opening of the public schools
on October 10th.
Jackson Creek News
Jackson Creek, Sept 26.—'The pray,
er service at Mt Tabor laat Sunday
night was well attended.
J. F. Delk is able to be out agaia
following a recent illness.
Walter Ridge and sister, Miss Ger*
vocation, to return thanks for the
bounteous crops, health and the many
other blessings of which they had
been benificiary during the year. The
suggestion met with immediate favor.
Por a short time at the appointed
hour all activity on the fair grounds
ceased for a few minutes while, with
Rev. J. E. Pritchard as master of
ceremonies, an appropriate program
of thanksgiving was carried out. Rudd
Newsome, formerly of Union town
ship, Randolph county, but now a res
ident of Lexington, led in the singing
of a number of hymns of thanksgiv
ing. The hundreds attending the
services joined in the songs with fer
vor. Rev. W. A. Elam, of Ramseur,
read a thanksgiving Psalm and Revs.
G. W. Clay, of Farmer, and S. M.
Penh, of Sophia, led in prayer.
Prof. P. E. Lindley, Dean of High
Point College, was the speaker on
the occasion. He congratulated the
people of the county on the fact that
they were willing to include a thanks
giving service in a Fair program. He
said that no class of people could
realize more what the providence of
God meant, or should be more grate
ful than the producers, such as those
about him who had brought their
best to the Fair. He spoke also of
the history of the county, naming
over a list of the illustrious sons of
Randolph, including Governor Worth,
Herman Husbands and others, whose
lives and deeds have made pages of
history not only for the county but for
the State as well. He touched brief
ly on the educational advantages of
the county, especially emphasizing
the present school system and told
of the great work done in Randolph
and in the State by Old Trinity Col
lege before it was moved to Durham
at which place its work has been en
larged and extended until now it is
one of the greatest universities in
the country. Mention was made also
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Opossum Season
Opens November 1
State Law Says Oct. 1, But
County Law Puts Opening
Day 30 Days Later.
Reference may be had to last
week’e dssae <jf,Jw- newspaper. Jot
dates of open seasons for game in
Randolph county and also for other
facts concerning regulations concern
ing hunting. There seems to be some
confusion with regards to dates of
open seasons. The fact is dates of
some of the open seasons are not the
same for Randolph county as for the
rest of the State. This comes about
from the fact that at the last session
of the general assembly a game law
for the county was passed. Direct
reference, is made to the open season
for opossums, minks and similar fur
bearing animals. The State law has
the open season from October 1st to
January 31st. The county law has the
open season for Randolph from No
vember 1st to January 31st, or the
open season for Randolph one month
later than for other counties in the
State.
Section 10 of the Randolph County
Game Law reads thusly:
“It shall be unlawful to hunt with
dog or gun or to trap, kill or destroy
any fur-bearing animal in Randolph
county between the fist day of Feb
ruary and the first day of November
of each year, provided it shall be law
ful for any person to kill a fur-bear
ing animal on his own premises when
found in the act of killing fowls or
doing other damage.”
This means that those who have
been in the habit of putting the
hounds after the ’possum the first
cool night of the fall will have to
keep the dogs at home for another
month, or until the first of November.
Those who hunt the opossum for the
fur will not be inconvenienced in the
least nor lose anything from the late
ness of the open season. Furs from
opossums, muskrats, minks and other
fur-bearing animals which exist in
Randolph are not good until the
weather turns cold. This, of course, is
a general fact and is not applicable
alone to game.in Randolph.
Wffl Cross
On Big Power Dam
ago the State highway
maintenance forces took over the ex
tension of Highway 82 from Asheboro
to Albemarle. This highway follows
the old Moore’s road to Fkrmer and
Bombay, Sexton’s shop, Alleghany
school house and church and to Stokes
Ferry bridge instead of the route by
New Hope, Pinson and Eldorado. The
road crosses the Yadkin at Stokes
Ferry bridge, a toll bridge built by
B> L. Smith and Amos Briles, of Al
bemarle. The owners of the bridge
propose to turn the bridge over to
the State after they are permitted to
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Athletic nm Is
Purchased For Use
Asheboro Hi School
The Asheboro city school board
has completed a transaction where
by the school comes into posses
sion of an athletic field which has
for years been one of the crying
needs of the local educational ins-*
titution. The purchase includes
five acres of land ' located just
south of arid adjoining Greystone
Terrace and was bought from Mr.
J. S. McAlister, owner and de
veloper of the Greystone property.
The field fronts for 200 feet on
the Greystone development get
ting advantage of • the street and
sidewalk for this distance. The
property consists largely of a field
which is well adapted to the pur
pose for which it was purchased.
The local school board intends to
begin immediately the laying out
of the grounds into a modem ath
letic field. If possible an expert
on playgrounds and athletic fields
will be secured trata the State
department of education to super
vise the development of the field.
It is anticipated that the field will
be ready for use by the football
team this fall and Mil be in excel
lent condition for baseball and
other sports next spring.
Walter W. Lindley
Called % Death
End Comes Suddenly Sunday
Following Attack Uraemic
Poisoning Friday.
Walter W. Lindley, who was sud
denly stricken with an attack of
uraemic poisoning last Friday, died
Sunday at the High Point Hospital at
the age of fifty two. While Mr. Lind
ley had been suffering a number of
years from high blood pressure and
other complications he looked well,
and his sudden illness and death was
a distinct shock, to IHs many friends.
He was bom in Chillicothe, Ohio,
and was educated in Chicago, 111.,
where he specialized in medicine. His
health would not permit his practic
ing hlb .profession. He later went to
New YoSk, engaging in business with
his brother A second physical break
down prevented his continuing in
business arid .he was sent to South
western Virginia wh**e he lived for
many years, spenftagymuch of his
time out -* A~—r* iVjfrP _t‘~ —*
members <sf tne taKB$ oTtne" late
Wiley Presnell, of the Seagrove coni
munity, who told him there was much
game in this section. Mr. Lindley
made a trip with them to Seagrove
and was so impressed with the local
ity that he decided to move to Ran
dolph county, coming here perman
ently twelve years ago.
He lived in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. T. Luck, Seagrove, Route 1,
each summer for a few weeks with a
friend, who died eight years ago. He
then came in to Asheboro living at
the Ashlyn Hotel until four years
ago when he purchased a home on
Park street. He has been a lover of
dogs and has made splendid kennels
for his dogs, two of which, Apple
Jack and Plum-Good-’Un, have bean
prize winners in many shows.
Mr. Lindley has taken great inter
est In the preservation of game in
the county and was instrumental in
the passage of excellent game laws in
the state and county. He was of a
most genial disposition, genteel,
considerate, and had the happy fac
ulty of at all times having time for
kind words for his friends, among
whom he numbered many of the rural
people and the children of the town.
He was unmarried and lived alone
except with a faithful negro servant
whose devotion and splendid care can
not be overestimated.
Mr. Lindley is survived by one
brother, W. O. Lindley,, of Pasadena,
California, a niece and nephew, Den
ver Lindley, of Princeton, N. J., the
later attended the funeral. Mr. H.
W. Bentley, a close personal friend
of Putney, Vermont, who has spent
several winters in Asheboro, was al
so present for the last rites.
The funeral service was conducted
from his residence by Rev. Cothran
G. Smith, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, after which the body was de
posited temporarily in the Redding
mausoleum in the local cemetery.
Health Officer’s Report
The monthly report of Dr. G. H.
Sumner, county health officer, shows
the following communicable disease
in the county:
Diphtheria, 10; typhoid fever, 1;
whooping cough, 7; venereal diseases,
1; cerebro-spinal meningitis, 1; scar
let fever, 4.
Oxford Orphanage Singing
Class Delights Our People
On last Monday evening a singing
class from the Masonic Orphanage, at
Oxford, gave a concert at the school
auditorium. While the programs
heretofore have been good this sur
passed any heretofore given. The
class was composed of fourteen bright
boys and girls, each of whom per
formed well. Hie class was under
the supervirion of Miss Myrtle Muse
and Mr. lTw. Alderman, both of
whom have mad* numerous trips to
Eight People Are
Hart In Car Wreck
Car Ran Into Parked Truck
Near Sophia Monday Night
With Disastrous Results.
Several Are Arrested
Eight persons, three men, two wo
men and three children, were injured
Monday night about 9:80 o’clock in
an automobile-truck wreck on High
way 77 about one mile north of
Sophia. The injured are Duffy B.
Benson, Joe Ward, Edward Loving,
Mrs. Walter Barton, Miss Ruth Hicks,
and Virginia Barton, 8, Walter Bar
ton, 4, and Ernest Barton, 2, all chil
dren of Mrs. Walter Barton, all of
High Point. The eight-year-old girl
was the worst hurt of the children,
receiving a dislocated arm and bad
cuts on the face. Loving was the
worst hurt of the others and is in
Guilford General hospital, High Point.
All the others were treated at the
hospital and returned to their homes.
Baxter McNeill, another occupant of
the car in which all the others were
riding, was not hurt.
The accident happened when the
Chrysler 70 sedan, driven by Benson,
and occupied by the others named
above, coming down 77 at a terrific
rate of speed, according to witnesses
of the accident, struck a Ford truck
loaded with furniture and standing on
the right of the highway and off the
hard surface on the sand-clay abut
ments of the road. The driver of the
truck, Rufus Yow, of Worthville, and
others with him were not in the truck
at the time it was struck by the
Chrysler, but were standing some dis
tance away engaged in conversation.
The truck was loaded with furniture
belonging to Mr. Yow’s brother and
which was being moved from High
Point to Wilmington by Mr. Yow.
When the Chrysler struck the truck
both the car and the truck were prac
tically demolished. Furniture was
strewn along the highway for seven
ty-five feet or mores The truck was
broken to pieces and the Chrysler se
dan was a complete wreck and strewn
all over the highway together with
the occupants.
Ambulances were called from High
Point and the injured rushed to the
Guilford General hospital.
Randolph county officers were no
tified and immediately went to the
scene of the wreck. Warrants were
sworn out charging reckless driving,
operating a car while under the in
fluence of w'Mskey ai\d for transport
ing whisky against Baxter McNeill,
Duffy B. Benson, Edward Loving,
Mrs. Walter Barton, Miss Ruth Hicks
and Joe Ward by Randolph officers,
who went to High Point Tuesday for
the purpose of making the arrests.
High Point police officers assisted in
taking those wanted in charge. Sever
al of those arrested already have po
lice records in the Furniture City, ac
cording to information reaching Ashe
boro.
This is quite the worst wreck that
has occurred on the highways in Ran
dolph county in some time and the
wonder is by those who saw the
wreck after it happened that all the
occupants of the Chrysler were not
killed.
Davidson Farmers Using
Large Quantities Lime
According to County Agent Shef
field, Davidson county fanners are
unloading cars of lime from almost all
railroad points in the county. They
are beginning to see, says Sheffield,
that lime is essential to a permanent
system of farming, not as a fertilizer
for grain crops, but to correct soil
acidity and to bring about a more fa
vorable condition for the. growth of
crops in general.
Foresees North Carolina
Largest Producer Cyanite
North Carolina in ten years will be
the biggest producer in the country of
cyanite, feldspar and kayolin in the
United States, is the opinion of Dr. G.
A. Boyle, professor of ceramic engi
neering University of Ohio, who has
just completed a survey of cyanite
deposits in western North Carolina.
Boyle says he has seen nowhere cyan
ite deposits equal to those in this
State. These deposits occur in the
vein paralleling the Blue Ridge
mountains and extend in a northeast
southwest direction almost across the
western end of the State.
Widow Of William Dennis
Burgess Dieid Thursday A. M.
Mrs. Jessie P. Burgess, widow of
William Dennis Burgtess, textile man
ufacturer, died at her home in High
Point Tuesday afternoon following an
illness of eight months. Sire was
bom 67 years ago in Chatham county
and was a daughter of the late Dr.
and Mrs. William Ledbetter. Fun
eral was held this morning from the
residence and the body later laid to
rest in Oakwood cemetery, High
Point. Her husband was a son of the
late W. H. Burgess, who lived in
Randolph county, and was for years
the principal wool carder in this sec
tion of the State.
Surviving Mrs. Burgess are four
daughters, Miss Blanche Burgess,
Mrs. C. H. Bass, Mrs. H. C. Harrox
and Mrs. H. L. Shuey; six sons, Don
M. Burgess, William W. Burgess, J.
Glenn Burgess, J. Harvey Burgess
ss, all of High
G. urges*, of Dur
one sister, Mrs. J. H. John
Stop Signs Must
Be Observed In 3
Places In County
Two Of Them Are Between
Asheboro And Seagrove And
Other At Liberty.
It has been so long since the gener
al motoring public has observed the
“Stop” signs at grade crossings that
it is doubtful if half the car drivers
know why the signs were placed and
what they mean. A survey was made
recently of grade crossings in the
State of North Carolina to determine
at which point these signs should be
observed and where they might be
ignored without violating the law. It
develops that there are just five grade
crossings in the fifth highway dis
trict, which includes Randolph, at
which motorists must observe the
“Stop” signs.
These crossings have been officially
designated and are as follows:
1. Norfolk and Southern crossing
near Ulah on Asheboro-Seagrove
road.
2. Norfolk and Southern crossing in
town of Seagrove.
3 Southern crossing at Glen Haven
on route 10.
4. Southern crossing at Haw river
bridge on route 70 between Greens
boro and Reidsville.
5. Southern crossing at Ruffin on
route 70.
6 Atlantic and Yadkin crossing just
west of Liberty on route 62.
Randolph, it will be seen, draws
three, or exactly half of these official
stopping places. It is stated by the
fifth district highway engineer that
new “Stop” signs will be placed at
these grade crossings. These new
signs will be different from the old
signs in size and in lettering and will
be placed only 52 inches from the
ground whereas the old signs are ten
feet above ground.
Sunday Is Date Of Third
Annual Trogdon Reunion
The third annual reunion of the
Trogdon family will be held at the
court house in Asheboro beginning at
10 o’clock Sunday morning. An inter
esting program has been arranged for
the reunion as follows:
Music, by Worthville band.
Invocation, Rev. Joseph M. Trog
don, Gastonia.
Business Session.
Address, by Congressman William
C. Hammer, of Asheboro.
Music.
Address, by M. F. Hinsfaaw, Rarr
dleman.
Basket Picnic Dinner.
Band Music.
Address, by Mrs. W. C. Tucker,
Greensboro.
Solo, by Mrs. C. R. Hinshaw, High
Point.
Address, by Judge Johnson J.
Hayes, Greensboro.
Benediction, by Rev. Joel Trogdon,
Stokesdale.
Plans Made For Putting
Spoon Mine In Operation
The Spoon gold mine has been taken
over by the West Virginia Mining
Company and will under the supervis
ion of Mr. R. I. Dickens, formerly an
Asheboro citizen but more recently of
Badin, operate the mine. Mr. Dickens
for many years was connected with
the Hoover Hill mine and has also had
other mining connections. He has
much confidence in the present proj
ect and says that the mine will in
the near future begin active opera
tions. Water is now being taken from
the mine. New machinery has been
installed and prospects are fine for
successful operations.
Chrysler Car Stolen
A Chrysler car belonging to Mr.
Guy Nolen, of Serimee, Va., was stol
en while parked in front of the Ashlyn
hotel Saturday evening. Mr. Nolen
had brought his sister, Mrs. Tiffany
Barnes, from their home in Virginia
and had gone to the hotel for supper.
He came out a half hour later and
found his car had been stolen. He had
new tires all around and the car tank
was full of gas. Mrs. Barnes had
been visiting her parents for two
weeks before her return Saturday
evening.
Improving No. 60
Highway No. 60 from Liberty to
Julian, Randolph county, is being re
graded and soiled. The contract for
this work in Randolph has been ex
tended for seven miles into Guilford,
aboVe Julian. The hard-surfaced road
extends within seven miles of Julian.
Revival Service*
A revival meeting will begin at
New Union M. P. church Sunday af
ternoon, October 2nd, at 3 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited to
come and help in the work. The pas
tor, Rev. Fred R. Love, will hold the
meeting.
Luscious Blackberries Are
Growing In September
__Cox, brother of the late A.
Carl Cox, says the Greensboro News,
exhibited in the News, office Friday
night a quart of luscious blackberries
which were picked on the farm of his
brother-in-law, J. B. Hockett, who
lives a mile south of Pleasant Garden.
The berries were similar to those
which are found in abundance in the
State during the summer berry sea
son and equal in flavor to the^sweet
Dr. Sumiif Tells
How IWrecent
Dread Diphtheria
The Disease Can Be Abolished II
All Children Are Vaccinated
With Toxin-Antitoxi;
Is Contagious Disease
And Is Responsible For Large
Percentage Of Deaths Of
Infants In The Country.
According to Dr. G. H. Sumner.
Health Officer for Randolph, there
are ten cases of diphtheria reported
in the county during the past month,
five of these are in Trinity township^
three at liberty, one at Ashebore,
and one in Back Creek township. la
order to prevent the spreading ef
this disease, Dr. Sumner gives a few
points for the information of the peo
ple.
Diphtheria is an acute eontageomr
disease, excited by the diphtheria
germ and characterized by the forma
tion of white to a gray membrane
fomed in the throat, nose and larynx.
It is associated with severe toxemia
(poisining) of the entire system. In
fection is mainly from the discharges
from the nose, throat and larynx ia
the form of mucus or pieces of mem
brane which may be thrown out in the
act of talking, coughing or sneezing.
Another source of infection is the
diphtheria carriers, or persons who
harbor the diphtheria germs in their
throat, but who do not have diphthe
ria nor are even sick. Statistics
show that one half of the healthy
school children are carriers of diph
theria and one per cent of the total
population. The greatest majority of
cases of diphtheria occur between the
ages of nine months and ten years.
Diphtheria stands first in the cause of
death in children between the ages of
three and four and between five and
nine. In 1925, eighty-six per cent of
the deaths were children under five
years old. Diphtheria develops within
two to five days after exposure.
The usual form of diphtheria is the
one which affects the throat, and it
starts from sore throat accompanied
with temperature. First the throat
is red, followed by a gray film and
later followed by a formation of a
gray membrane. If your child has any
of these symptoms, call the family
physician.
Nafial diphtheria produces an irii- '
tation discharge' which produces an ex
coriation around the nose. The dis
charge is usually bloody. When these
symptoms are present a doctor should
be consulted. Laryngeal diphtheria is
characterized by a harsh, dry, metallic
voice and cough. The child is cronpy
and if these symptoms gradually grow
worse in the day time, be on the look
out for diphtheria.
The dangers of diphtheria are main
ly heart failure, kidney trouble, par
alysis of the muscles of the throat,
palate and muscles of the respiration
and heart. The treatment of diph
theria is the early administration of
anti-toxin by a doctor. Anti-toxin
should be administered early as the
damage already produced cannot be
undone. To prevent or abolish diph
theria it is necessary to isolate cases
or diphtheria carriers until the germs
disappear from the throat, and to ad
minister toxin-antitoxin to all child
ren between the ages of six months
and five years.
Dr. Sumner strongly urges all par
ents to see that their children have
this toxin-antitoxin. It is necessary
to take this preventative treatment in
series of three doses until the child be
comes immune to diphtheria, which is
determined by the Schick test. Tox
in-antitoxin may be given at any age.
See your family physician or the
health officer and have your child
protected against this almost fatal
disease. The health officer will make
points in the county where sufficient
people will gather for toxin-anti toxin
to be administered.
Worthville Couple Married
Miss Nancy Tysinger, daughter of
Mr. Dan Tysinger, of Worthville, was
married Saturday to Mr. John Lam
bert, also of Worthville. The cere
mony was performed by J. A. Neigh
bors, Justice of the Peace, at his home
in North Asheboro. The young peo
ple will live at Worthville.
tllowship
WpM Friday
Springs
successful fellowship
meeting was held by the Asheboro
Chamber of Commerce at Holly
Springs school house on Friday
night, Sept. 23. The auditorium
was full to overflowing, some hav
ing stood throughout the meeting.
Music was furnished by a string
band from the Holly Springs com
munity. The music was greatly
appreciated both by the people
from Asheboro and the local peo
ple. Mr. C. C. Cranford,
of the Asheboro
merce, presided
Addresses
Moffitt, Dr. M. G.
ijpii.
Chamber
Millsaps, Jr.