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Aaheboro* N. C, Thwoday, October 18, 1927
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADmNCE
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Parents Given A
Hearty Welcome
At Local School
Last Thursday, Visitor’s Day,
17& Parents And Patrons
Visit The School.
Observe Work Done
Entire Faculty And Student
Body Gave The Visitors A
Most Hearty Welcome.
Thursday afternoon the parents and
patrons of the Asheboro graded school
were invited to come to the school to
meet the teachers and to familiarize
themselves with the work done there.
The entire building was open and the
. visitors were taken to> any room they
^ cared to visit. Two representative
pupils from each room acted as ush
ers directing the visitors to various
rooms.
Some of the high school boys pre
pared! a banner “Welcome to Our Par
ents.” This was the spirit that pre
vailed thoroughout the afternoon. Mr.
Hilker and his entire faculty most
heartily welcomed everyone who
came, showing that they were indeed
glad to have the parents and to be
assured of their interest in the school.
The visitors were delighted with
the general appearance of the build
ing and the grounds as well as the
work that was being done in the dif
ferent grades and departments of the
school. On every side one could hear
favorable comments on the condition
of the rooms, the good behavior of
the children, the interesting work be
ing done in the separate grades and
other remarks tending to prove each
person felt gratified and glad to have
the opportunity of meeting the teach
ers and seeing the school during
“working hours”.
Mrs. Chas. Fox kept the register
and at the close of the afternoon more
than one hundred and seventy-five
persons had registered.
In speaking of visitors’ day at the
school, Superintendent Rt J. Hilker
has the following to say:
This occasion was made possible
only by the work of the Woman’s
Club. An attempt was made to call
on every patron of the school. Some
of the members of the Woman’s Club
spent as much as one fufl day in call
ing on the different homes and invit
ing them to attend. A short time af
ter school closed the visitors were
served refreshments by the members
of the Woman’s Club in the teacher’s
rest rdom and in one of the" high
school class rooms.
In behalf of the members of the
faculty I wish to express a note of
thanks to this organization for the
splendid work which it did.
Although this was considered visi
tor’s day we would not wish it to be
implied that there is only one day set
aside during the year when visitors
are welcome. We would like to have
visitors come to school' real often. 'In
> fact, any day of the school term is
visitor’s day. If more parents would
visit the schools they would be in a
better position to see various diffi
culties which their children face from
time to time. Likewise, such visiting
on the part of the parents will serve
to inspire the pupil and teachers to do
better work.
Woman’s Club Plans
Annual Flower Show
To Be Held Some Time Between
Nov. 1st and 10th—Other
Club Matters.
The Asheboro Woman’s Club held
its regular monthly meeting in the
library of the school house Wednes
day, October 5th, at 3:30 P. M.
The chairman of the Educational
Department presented the plans for
the Parent-Teacher reception which
was held in the school house last
Thursday afternoon.
Ihe annual flower show will be
held sometime between November 1st
' and 10th, the exact date to be deter
mined by the maturing of the flowers.
Mesdaraes J. K. Wood and O. L. Pres
nell wili have charge of the tables.
Mesdames W. A. Underwood, M. W.
Parrish and A. M. Ferree have been
appointed as the refreshment com
mittee. Light refreshments other than
the special dinner and supper will be
served. In connection with the flower
show, the Educational Department
will have a bazaar for the benefit of
the library and all club, qaembers and
parents of school children are request
ed to contribute something to this
bazaar. The flower show is always
given in the autumn when the chrys
anthemums are at their best and it is
the earnest desire of the club that
everyone will try to make it a sue
Drinking Fountain
For Horses Has No
Longer Use To Serve
It Cannot Vend Gasoline, There
fore There Is No Need For
It In Age Of Gas.
As a newspaper records the birth
of a person or enterprise, it records
the end. As relates man, the end is
certain. As regards an enterprise it
may die and it may not. These may
carry oh from generation to genera
tion.
Specifically, this newspaper record
ed in 1915 that Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Armfield, Jr., had donated, in spirit
of public benefaction, a drinking
fountain for horses to the town of
Asheboro. This week, in the month
of October and year of 1927, is re
corded the end. Workmen have tom
down the fountain. It has not ' out
grown its usefulness. It has no use
to serve. Placed on the street in
front of the Bank of Randolph, a most
convenient location, for years its
sparkling waters quenched the thirst
of many a thirsty horse. It made the
long, hard grind of a day’s work in
the traces a little easier to bear for
many a dumb animal. But, noW
hardly one animal passes it a day
whereas at its beginning there were
scores.
The fountain is relegated to the
scrap heap to take its place with the
buggy. The difference is that
whereas the buggy may decay, the
rust eat into the last piece of iron in
its ancient frame, the fountain may
rise again. But not to give drink to
horse or mule. Some day it may on
a grassy spot on a welbikept lawn be
renovated, be surmounted with the
figure of a swan or some other appro
priate work of art, and made to
serve to beautify its surroundings and
to furnish water and baths for birds.
This fountain gives way to the mo
torised age. Where once was the
creak of the loaded wagon and the
jangle of the trace chains is now the
swish of the rubber tire and the
shrill honk of the automobile horn.
In its place are the red and yellow
tanks that vend gasoline, for the
horse of the present age is the auto
mobile, equipped with a gas tank
which must be filled to quench the
thirst of a much-cylindered gasoline
engine.
If dumb animals could speak, they
would arise to call the fountain
blessed and also its donors. If it
could have been followed to its rest
ing place in Mr. Armfield’s back lot,
its funeral train would have been a
long line of horses Mid mules of
every, age and condition. But it was
carried in no horse-drawn bier and
there was no long line of animal life
behind it It was hauled on a truck,
on one of the family of motors which
helped to deliver the death blow, and
its funeral train was the scent of
burned gasoline.
Transportation And Sale
Of Malt Products Illegal
The transportation and sale of malt
products for the manufacture of
“home brew” was declared illegal by
Judge A. M. Stack, presiding over
Wake County Superior Court yester
day. The judge was issuing particu
larly a warning to merchants and rail
ways which have been handling and
hauling respectively malt to be used
in the making of “home brew.” He
emphasized especially that in Wilkes
county the Southern railway was
hauling in malt in carload lots and
that the merchants were doing a big
business with it. Both the merchants
and the railway companies are liable
to indictments, holds the judge, and
he has asked solicitors to bring in-*
dictments against those guilty of
these acts.
Mrs. Mary Kanoy Dead
Mrs. Mary Kanoy, aged 29 yeara,
died Friday afternoon at her home in
the New Salem community, following
a short illness. Funeral was held
from New Salem church Sunday af
ternoon by Rev. W. H. Neese, of Ran
dleman, and the body laid to rest in
the church oemetery, Mrs. Kanoy was
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hin
shaw, of the New Salem community,
who survive together with her hus
band, Roby Kanoy, and an infant son.
Seagrove News
Entertainment To Be Given By
School Friday Night.
Seagrove, Oct. 11.—Mrs. Charlie
Fields and Mr. and Mrs. Hal Fields,
>f Pleasant Garden, visited at Mr.
Frank Auman’s one day last week.
Misses Leta, Alberta and Mildred
Human Visited their sister, Mrs.
Worthy Brown, at Eagle Springs last
Saturday.
Rev. W. L. Maness, of Siler City,
vas in town last Thursday on busi
There will be an entertainment
in the school auditorium here
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Training Course
ForS. S. Workers
To Begin In First M. E. Church
Next Sunday With O. V.
Woosley In Charge.
Outline Of Program
The standard training school for
Sunday school leaders and workers,
with Mr. O. V. Woosley, Conference
Sunday School Superintendent, in
charge, will begin at the First M. E.
Church, in Asheboro, next Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock. Certificates of
credit will be awarded tv those who
satisfactorily complete the course,
provided he or she is over 17 years of
age and otherwise complies with the
conditions which are set forth. The
program for the school is outlined as
follows:
Sunday Afternoon, Oct. 1©
3 p. m. opening session, worship
period, opening remarks, report of
enrollment by schools, organization of
classes.
3:25 to 4:15, First Class Period.
4:15 to 4:20, Recreation Period.
4:20 to 5:10, Second Class Period.
Monday, October 17, to Friday, Oc
tober 21—Nightly Schedule
7:30 to 8:20, First Class Period.
8:20 to 8:40, Worship Period.
8:40 to 9:30, Second Class Period.
Sunday, October 23, 11:00 A. M.
Awarding of Certificates at Various
Churches by Pastors in Charge.
Statement By Committee
With reference to the school, the
publicity committee gives the follow
ing information which will be of in
terest to those who are contemplating
taking the course:
The Randolph County Training
School holds its first session Sunday,
Oct. 16, at the First M. E. Church in
Asheboro at 3:00 P. M. Each and
every Sunday school worker should
take advantage of these courses.
Each student should secure the text
book designated for his class. These
can be obtained from Edward Cran
ford at Asheboro.’
Those enrolling for the course are
expected to attend if possible all
twelve of the sessions in order to re
ceive credit. There will be no cost
attached to this school save the cost
of the text books.
Classes will meet each night at
7:30 from Monday night until Friday
night, inclusive. Courses have been
selected to meet the needs of every
Sunday school worker, and each in
dividual is asked to choose the course
best suited to his or her needs.
The courses are as follows: A Gen
eral Course, “The Church and Its
Work,” taught by Rev. H. C. Sprinkle;
Intermediate Senior Department,
taught by Miss Edna Wilkins; The
Primary Department entitled “The
Primary Pupil”, taught by Miss Cor
rinne Little; The Cokesbury Course,
“The Sunday School Worker”, taught
by Mr. Paul Evans.
Each Sunday school worker in the
county is urged to make his or her
plans to attend this school.
—LEE M. KEARNS,
DONNIE LEE LOFLIN,
MRS. T. H. REDDING,
Committee.
Improvements Made On
Town’s Streets And Walks
Decided improvements have been
made on the streets and sidewalks in
Asheboro during the past several
days. The street force has been busy
cleaning the grass and dirt from along
the sidewalks and also from along the
sides of the streets. This cleaning of
the sidewalks and streets has added
materially to the good appearance of
the town. Clean up week was gener
ally observed and there is a decided
improvement also in back lots and in
vacant lots all over Asheboro.
Wife Of Judge James E.
Boyd Dies Sunday Night
Mrs. Sallie Holt Boyd, wife of
Judge James E. Boyd, died at her
home in Greensboro Sunday night af
ter an illness of a week. She had
passed .her 82nd birthday, having
been born in Alamance county on Jan
uary 22, 1846, a daughter of Dr.
Michael Holt and Mrs. Anna Webb
Holt. Surviving Mrs. Boyd in addi
tion to her husband are two nephews,
Frank M. Holt, of Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Isaac Foust, of Ramseur; and
three nieces, Mrs. W. D. Lane, of
Ramseur; Mrs. R. B. Finnison, of
Troy, and Mrs. Fannie Webb Holt, of
Jacksonville, Fla.
Revival At Neighbors Grove
A series of revival meetings will
begin next Sunday, October 16th, at
Neighbors Grove Wesleyan Methodist
church. The meeting will be in
charge of Rev. J. C. Clubb assisted by
other workers. The public is cordially
invited to attend these meetings.
North Carolina Produces
Bumper Crop Of Tobacco
The North Carolina Department of
Agriculture estimates that the tobac
co crop in the State this year will
reach 417,648,000 pounds, which will
be 81 million pounds id excess of the
crop last year. The next heaviest
crop will be that of Kentucky with
226,866,000 pounds.
Other crop estimates made by the
department include: apples, 1,761,000
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Hunters Pay More
Than $700.00 For
Licenses In County
More than $700 has been col
lected by the Clerk of Superior
Court, Game Warden Jess Garner
and deputy Wardens in various
parts of the county for hunters li
censes since the hunting season
started. County licenses have been
by far in the majority with State
licenses coming next and a sprink
ling of non-resident licenses. The
county license costs $1.25, State
$5.25 and non-resident $15.25. Any
person who hunts off his own
land must have a license. The
county license gives permission to
hunt anywhere in the county, ex
cept, of course, on leased land or
posted land. The State license ap
plies to anywhere in the State,
other oonditions being favorable.
The non-resident license also is
State-wide in application.
Following are the names of per
sons and places where licenses may
be obtained in Randolph county:
A. M. and J. M. Spencer, Trinity;
Winslow Walker, Asheboro, Route
2; C. A. Gamer, Farmer; J. B.
Lanier, New Hope Academy;
Leach Motor Company, Seagrove;
Grady Foushee, Liberty; R. H. Un
derwood, Gray’s Chapel; J. M.
Brown, Coleridge; Ingram Filling
Station, Asheboro; and office of
Clerk of Court, Asheboro.
Asheboro Honor Roll
For The First Month Of The
School Year.
Following is the honor roll for the
first month of the Asheboro graded
school. In order for a pupil to be on
the Honor Roll it is necessary to meet
the following requirements:
Number 1—He must receive as
much as one on deportment.
Number 2—He must receive at least
two in scholarship.
Number 3—Must be on time every
morning and noon.
Number 4—He cannot have a half
or a full day absence during the
month.
The following is a list of the pupils
that are on the Honor Roll for this
month:
Second Grade: Edward Allred, Billy
Bulla, Joe Bunting, Jim Henry Crutch
field, Rex Ellis, Calvin Hughes, Ever
ett Wright, Howard Brown, Helen
Hill, Louise Lloyd, Lois Pritchard,
Ola Yates, Kermit Jordan, John Mc
Cormick, James Hendrix, Mary Eliza
beth Bunch, Agnes Cox, Femko John
son, ^r'-Trr'Trr tWftftMr~, Margaret
Pritchard, Dorothy Burrow, Blonde!
Chriscoe, Helen Hill, Mildred Mill
saps, Mary Wolfe, Gertrude Brady,
George Maner.
Fifth Grade: Clifton’ Brown, Ema
gene Kearns, Ruth Prevost, Ruth
Ledwell. .
Sixth Grade: Edith Allred, Frances
Robins, Evelyn Harrelson, Frances
Griffin.
Eighth Grade: Colvin West, Waldo
Cheek, Eldon Cox.
Tenth Grade: Margaret Hammond.
Eleventh Grade: Blanch Spencer.
Mrs. Almond Wins Prize
Mrs. David Almond, of Asheboro,
was one of the winners in the $30,
000 Coca-Cola prize contest which has
just closed. Mrs. Almond was one of
those who was presented with $25 for
best answers submitted to questions
relative the six keys to the popularity
of Coca-Cola. Miss Mabel Millspaugh,
a stenographer of Anderson, Indiana,
was winner of the first prize, a check
for $10,000.
Football “Dope” On
Asheboro Hi Team
The boys of the Asheboro high
school are developing one of the
finest school spirits possible in any
high school. Last Friday the foot
ball team played the second team of
Greensboro at Greensboro. Although
losing by a small margin of 7 to 6
the boys did not lose heart. It would
be impossible to say who played the
best. Red Ogbum of Greensboro
kicked the extra point that gave his
team the one point margin. It was
noted that Ogburn played a good
game the next day, Greensboro first
team vs Winston-Salem first team.
Last Friday at the Pep Meeting,
Coach White made a call for new
men as the squad was composed of
only nineteen men. Tuesday the
squad consisted of twenty-six men.
There are a few more men who said
they would report at once. New
equipment, will be bought for these
additional members of the squad.
This Friday the squad journeys up
to Thomasville to play the Thomas
ville high school team. Thomasville
is a new team on the locals and is not
to be under rated. Scrimmages are
in order for Wednesday and a light
drill for Thursday.
If possible the boys will do some
work on the new athletic field this
Saturday. They would like to know
if this outside support is really be
hind them. The boys are laying
News Of Week In
Brief Paragraphs
Short Mention Of Important
Happenings In State And
Nation For Busy Reader.
One hundred and eighty-four new
cases of diphtheria were reported in
North Carolina last week.
A four-inch snow fall in Alberta
Province, in Canada, last week is de
laying the wheat harvest.
Lexington’s tax rate has been
fixed at $1.40 in the $100 valuation,
an increase of 15 cents over the 1926
rate.
Ruby Pauline, aged 8 years, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cox, of
near High Point, died Tuesday morn
ing after an illness of five weeks.
Marriages in England in 1926 were
fewest in 40 years save in 1917 in
stress of war. The most popular
marriage months of the year in Eng
land are July, August and September. :
Charles A. Lindbergh, young Amer
ican aviator who was first to fly ,
across the Atlantic, will be in Greens- ,
boro tomorrow, Friday. He will visit 1
also Winston-Salem and High Point ,
on his itinerary.
Rain and the boll weevil have con- 1
siderabiy damaged the North Caro- ]
lina cotton crop, according to gov
ernment forecasts, and a crop of only 1
845,000 bales is predicted. Estimate
September 1st was for 911,000 bales.
Dr. C. A. Owens, for four and a
half years pastor of the First Baptist
church, Lexington, has resigned to ac
cept pastorate of the leading Baptist
church in Monroe, Georgia. Dr. Owens
is considered to be one of the leading J
ministers in the Baptist church.
Fire originating in five separate .
places Sunday afternoon in the ]
Greensboro postoffice building did ,
several thousand dollars worth of \
damage. Little damage was done to (
the first floor of the building and the (
chief damage to the other parts of ,
the structure was caused by water. ,
Julius Frenz, of Hickman, Ky., :
feared robbers would steal the $8,0C0
in cash and bonds which he had ac- '
cumulated, so he hid them under his
house. He went to get them the other
day to clip the coupons from the
bonds and found thy had been stolen.
The bonds were not registered, lend
ing difficulty in recovering them.
John Q. Finch’s damage suit against
T. J. Fineh, P: D. Pinch, Walter D.
Finch, Frank Hunsucker and Sheriff
D. B. Stafford of Guilford county for
$300,000 for alleged illegal committ
ment to the State insane asylum was
dismissed in federal court at Winston
Salem last week by Judge Hayes,
who held that the commitment was
legal.
Thieves entered the lobby of the
March hotel, Lexington, in the early
hours of Friday morning and while
the clerk and bellboy were taking a
nap in the comfortable upholstered
chairs in the lobby carried out the
cash register and its contents, amount
ing to about $275. The cash register,
with lid broken open and contents
missing was found Friday by the side
of Highway 66 just across the David
son line in Forsyth county.
Erecting New Home For
W. W. Jones & Sons Store
Mr. W. J. Armfield, Jr., has under
construction on the lot between the
Morris building and the Caveness
building on Depot Street a struc
ture which, when completed, will
be occupied by W. W. Jones & Sons
Department Store. The building will
be of brick construction, two stories
in height, with both a front and back
entrance. It will have an inside width
of 23 feet and a depth of 100 feet.
In addition to the space afforded by
the first and second floor there will
be a balcony forty feet in length in
the back part of the building. This
will be directly over what will be oc
cupied as the bargain basement of
the Jones store. The new building
will afford the additional space which
is badly needed by W. W. Jones &
Sons on account of their rapidly ex
panding business.
Revival At Archdale Friends
A revival is in progress this week
at the Friends church at Archdale,
Rev. Tillman Hobson, evangelist, do
ing the preaching. In charge of the
singing is Clarence Cosand, the “sing
ing evangelist,” whose music is at
tracting many people. The Spring
field gospel team is also assisting in
the services which are held each even
ing at 7:30 o’clock. The public is
extended a cordial invitation to at
tend. A . .
Play To Be Given Tonight
At Local School Auditorium
“Mr. Bob,” a play by the members
of the Pleasant Garden high school,
will be presented in the Asheboro
graded school auditorium tonight at
8 o’clock. Admission will be 25 cents
and 50 cents. The proceeds from the
play will be divided equally between
the two schools. Aaheboro’s share
will be used in buying extra equip
ment for improvement of instruction
in high school subjects. This will be
a fine opportunity to obtain an even
ing of profitable enjoyment and at
the same time help the local high
school to better equip its classroom
Them will be music between acta <
theplay.
Jail Geared When
Mecklenburg Takes
County’s Prisoners
Twelve Of Them Taken To
Mecklenburg Tuesday, One
Goes To Co. Home.
Brookshire has room for thirteen
more boarders at the county jail.
This has been made possible by the
removal Tuesday of twelve of the in
mates of the county bastile to the
Mecklenburg county roads and the
hiring of one out to the county home.
When September term of Randolph
Superior Court was over, the county
found itself with 13 prisoners on hand
sentenced to the county roads with
nowhere for them to go. Rowan
county had been in the habit of taking
Randolph’s road prisoners after each
term of criminal court. But Rowan
found herself with as many or more
members of her enforced road force
as she can well take care of. In fact,
the county has found that it doesn’t
pay any big thing to work prisoners.
So Randolph was up against it to
find work for. those who had been or- ;
dered by Judge Finley to do time for
the State. Several counties which ,
operate road gangs were approached :
with offer of Randolph’s thirteen, but ,
there was no county but that had all
such workers as it wanted. Finally, ;
Mecklenburg assented to work them,
so Tuesday twelve of them were sent
to that county, and one who had but ,
twelve months to serve was hired out ,
to the county home.
Purity Bakery Opens
New Enterprise Began Business
Last Saturday.
The Purity Steam Bakery, owned
and operated by J. R. Parks and his
family, formerly of Melbourne, Fla.,
opened for business Saturday. Only
a small amount of bread, rolls and the
like was baked the first day since
several adjustments had to be made
on the oven and other equipment, but
this was taken quickly by those who
called to see Asheboro’s latest busi
ness enterprise. The bread made at
the bakery may now be obtained from
local stores. Those in Asheboro who
have eaten some of the first bakings
of the new bakery are enthusiastic
over it and the product promises to
find a ready market in the town and
county. Hot rolls, pies and various
other delicacies of the baking art are
being made by the new enterprise and
are tempting those who pass the
sidewalk by the bakery. Mr. Parks
and his family are experienced in
their fine efbtrshreg^Savfn^ had con
siderable experience in Florida, and
before that Mr. Parks was connected
with a bakery in »A.sheboro.
Mrs. Sallie Brower, Of
Ramseur, Died Sunday P. M.
Mrs. Sallie Brower, aged 34 years,
died at her home at Ramseur Sun
day afternoon following an illness of
two weeks. Funeral was held at Re
hobeth M. E. church Monday after
noon at 2 o’clock by Rev. T. J. Green,
of Elon College, assisted by Rev. D.
R. Moffitt, of Coleridge.
Mrs. Brower is survived by her
husband, C. C. Brower; three daugh
ters, Inez, Marjorie and Dorothy;
three sisters, Mrs. W. H. H. Brown,
Mrs. S. D. Smith and Mrs. R. V.
Spoon; and seven brothers, Emmett, L.
G., C. L., W. L., H. B. and O.
L. Brown.
Short Term Schools In
County Began Monday, 10th
The six months’ term schools began
in Randolph county Monday morning
with good attendance opening day at
each and every school. County Sup
erintendent Bulla is confident that the
average enrollment this year will sur
pass all other years and that there
will be a record enrollment of pupils
in the county. Teachers have been
secured for all the schools and every
thing is in readiness at the very be
ginning for the operation of the
schools successfully during the year.
Little Robert Jarrell Dead
Robert, the eight-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Shube Jarrell, died at
the home of his parents in Asheboro
township, yesterday morning follow
ing an illness of two weeks. The
funeral will be held this afternoon at
2 o’clock from Giles Chapel church
and the body laid to rest in the church
cemetery.
D. B. Presnell Died
In Rockingham, 9th
Was Born And Reared In Ran
dolph—Brother Of M. J. Pres
nell, of Seagrove.
D. B. Presnell, 71, died October 9th
at Rockingham. He was twice married,
the first time to Miss Emeline Curtis
and the second time to Miss Martha
McLane, of Rockingham. To the first
union were born three children, one
of whom, Mrs. Lawrence Albright, of
Coleridge, survives. To the last un
ion was bom one daughter, Mary, who
also survives.
“Doc” "Presnell, as he was generally
known, had lived in Randolph county
all his life until a few years ago when
he moved to Rockingham. He was a
member of Riverside Baptist church,
at Coleridge. Besides his widow and
two children, he leaves one brother, M.
J. Presnell, of Seagrove, and two sis
Tragic Death Sf
Dr. Walker Casts
Gloom Over Town
Was Run Over By A Car Ani
Fatally Injured Saturday Oa
Street In Randleman. j
Died In Hospital
Funeral Conducted Monday T»
Asheboro—Was Member Of
A Prominent Family.
The tragic death Saturday of Dr. T.
Carl Walker has cast a gloom over his
large family connection and wide cir
cle of friends throughout the State.
Dr. Walker and his aged father, CoL
J. E. Walker, while residents of Ashe
boro had been spending the summer
with Misses Mary and Lena Bostick;
nieces of Colonel Walker, at the old
Bostick home in Randleman. Dr.
Walker had gone to the mail box,
across the road from the residence,
had purchased stamps of the rural
carrier, and had gotten to within twe
feet of the edge of the road when the
car driven by Norwood A. Heath, a
real estate dealer of Greensboro,
struck him and dragged him fifty
feet before the car could be stopped.
Dr. Walker’s body was badly man
gled, suffering two skull fracture*,
one at the base of the brain and the
other in the forehead; a broken leg
and internal injuries. He was taken
immediately to a physician’s office in
Randleman and while his condition
was considered virtually hopeless, he
was taken to a High Point hospital,
where death came a few hours later.
According to reports, when Mr.
Heath sounded the horn of his car.
Dr. Walker instead of proceeding for
ward, jumped backwards in front of
the car which the driver had swerved
to the left near where the mail car
was standing. Mr. Heath, after ren
dering all the assistance he could,
surrendered to Mayor Talley. Inves
tigation was made of the accident by
Mayor Talley and Chief of Police
Brindle and Mr. Heath released.
Dr. Walker was bom and reared in
Randleman. He was the son of Col.
J. E. and the late Mrs Frances Birk
head Walker who died only a few
months ago. His grandfather, Jesse
Walker, was one of the poineer cot
ton mill men of this section and the
family has long been associated with
the development of Asheboro 'and
Randleman. He received his early
education in private schools in I&n
he went to New Salem, where Dr.
Brooks, a splendid educator taught.
He later went to Trinity College
which was then located in Randolph
county but later moved to Durham;
taking the name of Duke University
instead of Trinity College. Upon fin
ishing his education at Trinity Col
lege, Dr. Walker returned to Randle
man and was made secretary of the
Powhatan Cotton Mill of which his
father was president.
His unusual talent for medicine led
him to go to Richmond, Virginia,
where he entered the Virginia Medi
cal College. While in Richmond, Dr.
Walker lived with the late Dr. J. W.
Long with whom he was closely as
sociated during his educational career
and in later years as a friend. After
completing his medical education Dn.
Walker returned to North Carolina,
locating at Thomasville where he
was when the Spanish American war
was declared. He enlisted in the army,
went to Cuba and was later sent te
the Phillipine Islands. During his
26 years of army service he was sta
tioned at Fort Slocumb, N. Y., at
Presido, California, and also visited
various countries. He retired from
the army about seven years ago when
his eyesight had become impaired and
returned to Asheboro to be with has
parents, after having made an en
viable reputation as an army physi
cian and surgeon.
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Improve School Grounds
Improvements on the Asheboro
high school grounds are being pushed
forward rapidly to completion. A near
and wide sidewalk has been laid the
entire length of the school house lot
and a walk from the sidewalk to the
school building completed and alse
walks at right angles to this walk
have been constructed of concrete. The
grounds about the building have been
improved during the past several
weeks. It is understood that tike
beauty of the building will be en
hanced further by the planting of
shrubbery.
Sunday Is Home Coming
** Mt. Lebanon Churdi
Jext Sunday is home coming dor
at Mount Lebanon M. P. churdi, Raa
dleman. All former members of tho
church, former residents of the lowt^
their friends and the public in general
are invited to attend. Exercises wfll
begin in the forenoon with Bev. W. 1
Neese, the pastor, in charge,
in the afternoon, Prof. P. E.
of High Point College, will,
address. Another
ternoon will be selections 1
Worthville M. P. choir.