ISSUED WEEKLY
VOLUME UI
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN
Aaheboro, N. C„ Thursday, November 10 1927
$2.00 A YEAR IN AD||nCB
Conference Is In
Fa?or Enforcing
18th Amendment
Methodist Protestants Go On
Record For Prohibition In
Strong Resolution,
Closed Monday P. M.
Many Strong Sermons Were
Heard And Encouraging Re
ports Read—Appointments.
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The one hundredth annual session
of the North Carolina Methodist Prot
estant Conference, in session in Ashe
boro since Wednesday morning of last
week, came to a close Monday after
noon with the reading of appoint
ments of pastors to the various
churches and pastoral charges in the
conference. The final session was de
voted to reports of various commit
tees and adoption of resolutions ex
pressing appreciation to the local
church for the entertainment given
and to the noted speakers making ad
dresses and also to the press of the
state for publishing reports of the
conference proceedings.
Before adjourning, the conference
adopted a resolution which expressed
the sentiment of the conference con
cerning the prohibition laws and went
oft record favoring the enforcement of
the 18th amendment and opposing the
election of any public official not in
sympathy with the enforcement of
the prohibition laws. No place was
selected for holding the next confer
ence and a committee will determine
the place at a later date.
Features Qf Sunday’s Session
The ordination sermon, a meinorial
service and the masterful. sermon of
the new president of the conference,
Rev. S. W. Taylor, of Burlington,
were features of thfe conference Sun
day. Dr. Taylor, choosing as his
theme “Evangelism”, declared that
Christ’s one and only mission to the
world was evangelism. He discussed
the text, “The Son of Man is come to
seek and save that which was lost,”
His sermon in full will be published
in next week’s issue of The Courier.
In the ordination service that fol
lowed the sermon, four young men
of the conference were ordained as
elders of the Methodist Protestant
church. Rev. C. E. Ridge, of Handy;
Rev. C. H. Hill, of Albemarle; Rev. G.
W. Andrew, of High Point, and Rev.
F. L. Gibbs, of Westminster, Md.,
““'-i laying on' of
1 ’-r, president
re
tiring president; Rev. J. E. Pritchard,
of Asheboro, and Rev. L. W. Gerrin
ger, of Greensboro.
At the afternoon session, a memor
ial service was held and obituaries
were read concerning the lives of the
deceased members of the conference
and deceased wives of ministers. Rev.
D. A. Highftll, of Liberty, and Rev.
J. H. Stowe, of High Point, were the
two ministers who died during the
past year. The ministers’ wives who
had died during the year were Mrs.
J. H. Bowman, Mrs. D. A. Braswell
and Mrs. D. L Garner. Rev. S. W.
Taylor, the conference president, con
ducted the service. Rev. W. F. Ash
bum, of Greensboro, presented obit
uaries for Rev. D. A. Highfill and Mrs.
D. A. Braswell. Mrs. A. G. Dixon of
Greensboro, read the obituary of Mrs.
J. H. Bowman; Rev. G. L. Curry of
Winston-Salem, presented the obit
uary for Mrs. D. I. Gamer and Dr. J.
F. McCulloch, of Greensboro, read the
paper in honor of the memory of Rev.
J. H. Stowe.
Dr. F. W. Stephens, of Pittsburgh,
Pa., executive secretary of the board
of education of the general confer
ence, delivered an inspiring sermon
Sunday night as a regular preaching
service of the local church.
Reports
Friday’s sessions were featured by
reports from the various churches and
pastoral charges. A number of min
isters spoke briefly of the work being
done in their fields. Rev. C. L. Curry
made an appeal for a special fund to
be applied to the regular conference
fund for building new churches and
additions. More than $2,000 in pledg
es was received.
Many Splendid Sermons
The sessions of the conference
throughout were featured with splen
did addresses and sermons. Among
these was the address by Dr. T. H.
Lewis, of Washington, D. C., presi
dent of the general conference; Rev.
J. H. Straughn, of Washington, D. C.;
Dr. Roberta Fieagle, Rev. J. Clyde
Auman and Rev. S. W. RosenbergeV,
who spoke during the session which
considered foreign missions; and Dr.
E. G. Forlines, of Westminster, Md.
tiifi worm
of the Woman’s
Raeford Williams
Injured In Wreck
Suffers Broken Leg And Other
Hurts When Car Collides
With A Truck.
Accident Friday Night
Raeford E. Williams, 18, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wister Williams, of Ulah,
is in Memorial hospital suffering: from
injuries received Friday night about
9:30 o'clock when the Ford roadster
in which he was riding with Howard
Auman, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Auman, of Seagrove, with Auman
driving, ran into a truck parked by the
side of Highway 70 near , the McDow
ell place in South Asheboro. Young
Williams suffered a broken right leg
below the knee, dislocated knee cap
and knee joint, severe cuts about the
iface and head and injuries about the
chest. Young Auman was unhurt
save for a few cuts about his wrists
and one of his legs.' The injured boys
were brought to the local hospital
where Auman’s wounds were dressed
and Williams placed for treatment.
The young men were on their way
home in a Ford roadster which young
Auman had borrowed from his uncle,
Ivey Luck, of Seagrove, Route 2, af
ter a trip to town. The truck which
their car hit struck the rear of a two
ton moving van loaded with furniture
which had become stalled on the
highway near the McDowell place due
to a broken feed pipe. The truck was
from Roanoke, Va., and was headed
for Dillon, S. G. The accident is said
to have come about as a result of
lights from a car coming north blind
ing the driver of the Ford. There is
some difference of opinion as to
whether the truck had its lights burn
ing. Young Auman is said to have
observed no lights on the truck, while
it is said by others that there was a
very dim rear light on the machine
but that it was focused towards the
ground and would have been hard to
see under ordinary conditions. The
Ford in which Auman and Williams
were riding was practically demolish
ed, and the wonder expressed by those
who have seen it is that either of the
boys escaped alive.
Addition Being Built To
Pennsylvania Textile Mills
Excavations are under way for the
building of a new addition to the plant
of the Pennsylvania Textile Mills,
Inc., at Central Falls. ' The comple
tion of this addition will mark the
third enlargement of the plant since
the present owners boughtit a few
years back Awn. and. Irvin
Cox. It is understood that a number
of looms will be installed in the new
addition for the weaving of a kind of
plush doth, which is now being made
in northern mills owned by the same
company from yam spun at the Cen
tral Falls plant.
J. J. Harper To Move His
Chair Plant To Randleman
Information received in Asheboro
is that J. J. Harper, who has for the
past several months operated a chair
plant near Bennett, will the first of
the year move his plant to Randle
man. It is understood that Randle
man has offered Mr. Harper a free
site for the plant which he proposes
to build to house his plant and ^ that
local citizens have signified their in
tention of subscribing $5,000 in stock
in Mr. Harper’s plant. Mr. Harper
makes a good grade of cane bottom
chairs at his plant and has built up
an excellent trade in his line. Those
who saw the chairs he exhibited in
the “Made in Randolph” department
at the Randolph Fair last fall were
particularly impressed with the qual
ity of the chairs Mr. Harper is mak
ing.
Sunday School Rally
The Union township Sunday school
rally will be held at Pisgah church
Sunday, November 13th, beginning at
10 o’clock in the morning. Services
will last throughout the day, a picnic
dinner to be served on the grounds at
the noon hottf. The public is cordial
ly invited to attend an especially rep
resentatives from the various Sunday
schools in the township.
Funeral At Marlboro For
William Blake Hinshaw
Funeral was held at Marlboro
Friends church Tuesday afternoon at
8 o’clock for William Blake Hinshaw,
20, who died at his home in . the
Marlboro community Monday after
noon following an illness of several
days with pneumonia. He was bom In
Randolph county November 12, 1907,
and was a son of the late J. W. and
Nannie Davis Hinshaw. Since the
daath of his father, young Hinshaw
had had charge of the farm in which
he lived. He was a member of Cedar
Square Friends church. ^_
Surviving are his mother and four
brothers, Jasper and J<*n Itoa^w,
of Randolph county; and T. W. Hin
shaw and J. Boyd Hinshaw, of
Greensboro; and five sisters, Mrs.
Pauline Beeson, Mrs. C. L. Coggins
and Misses Ethel, Aucy and Nora Hin
shaw, all of Randolph county.
Thieves entered the Lexington Gro
cery Company at Lexington late Wed
Local Business Men
And Mf’g Rights
In a deal consummated the first of
the week, a company of well known
business men of tne State, headed by
Mess re. Arthur Ross and W. J. Arm
field , Jr., of Ashdboro, became sole
owners of the formula, copyrights,
patent rights and whatever else ap
pertains to the manufacture and sale
of JUrame'8 Vapomentha Salve, a
Household remedy in North Carolina
and a score of other States in the
union for the past thirty years. The
deal was made by Arthur Ross with
1 Dr. R. M. Brame, of North Wilkes
boro.
Excavations have been started on
the lot west of the Randolph Creamery
building on Salisbury Street to house
the plant for the manufacture of the
salve. This building will be of mod
em design and equipment and of
brick construction. It will front 50
feet on Salisbury Street and have a
depth of 126 feet. It is planned to
have the buildiifg ready for occupan
cy and the plant in operation in
Asheboro by the first of the new
year. The new industry will bring to
Asheboro a payroll of no mean pro
portions and will furnish employ
ment for a number of persons both in
the plant and in the office.
Although the incorporation papers
have not been filed and there has been
as yet no organization meeting of
Jurors Are Drawn
For Regular Term
Of December Court
Which Will Convene In Ashe
boro Monday, Dec. 5th, And
Continue Two Weeks,
Beginning Monday, December 5th,
the regular term of Randolph Super
ior Court for the trial of cases on the
criminal docket will begin with Judge
T. B. Finley, of North Wilkesboro,
presiding. Criminal court will last
one week only, while the second week
will be for the trial of cases on the
civil docket. The county commis
sioners in regular meeting Monday
drew the following jury list for the
two weeks of court;
First Week
Back Creek: Claude M. Hix, L. E.
Hoover.
Brower: Hugh Poole.
Columbia: Jas. I. Lambert, Madis
on L. Hix, E. B. Leonard.
Coleridge: C. C. Brower, J. T. Ma
con, W. E. Scott, C. H. Craven, Jr.,
W.-T. Caveness, J. C. Moffitt, W. J.
Macon.
Concord: E. B. Johnson, W. A.
Tysinger.
Cedar Grove: J. D. Craven, C. M.
Briles.
Franklinville: R. M. Julian.
Level Cross: James Hunt, C. B.
Toomes, Clarence Bischer.
New Market: Ed Swaim, June
Peace, J. W. Bristow.
New Hope: J. M. Morris.
Providence: N. S. Lineberry, C. P.
Barker.
Randleman: Gaither Wright, A B.
Jarrell, J. M. Hinshaw, B. F. Henley.
! Richland: J. S. Hancock.
Tabernacle: S. M. Delk, G. A.
Pearce, M. L. Wood.
Trinity: E. S. Harmon, T. H. Hill,
F. M. Underwood, S. T. Hill, Sr., J. C.
Pepper, C. L. Kindley, W.' H. Ken
nedy.
Second Week
Asheboro: J. W. Jackson, J. F.
Burkhead, A. C. Pugh, C. C. Macon,
T. J. Hinshaw.
Columbia: J. P. Kivett, W. E. Poe,
L. H. York, J. F. Pugh.
Grant: W. M. Albright, Gray Lam
bert, J. C. L. Cox, W. A. Wright.
New Market: J. S. Davis.
Providence: J. C. Teague, A. E.
Goley, J. H. Skeen, C. W. Gregson, J.
P. Routh, W. M. Greeson, C. A. Nel
son.
Randleman: W. H. Winningham.
Trinity: C. H. Burton.
Union: R. M. Hurley.
Gray-Craven
Mr. David N. Craven and Miss Ev
elyn Gray, both of Coleridge, were
married at the home of T. A. Cox, the
officiating justice of the peace in
Coleridge township, Saturday eve
ning, November 6th. Mr. Craven is
the son of the late L. P. Craven,
while the bride is the daughter of
J. T. Gray. The young people will
Irinka their home at Coleridge.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to thank the many friends
and neighbors for the kindness shown
us during the sickness and death of
our dear son and brother, and for the
beautiful floral offerings. May God
bless each and every one.—R. I* Moff
itt and family.
Marriage Of Miss Regan To
Mr. Julian Garner Announced
The announcement which follows
will be of interest to their many rel
atives and friends throughout North
Carolina: . ,
Filmore
the stockholders, it is stated authori
tatively that Arthur Boss will be
president and treasurer of the com
pany and W. S. Armfield, 3rd, will be
the secretary, R. M. Brame, Jr., of
North Wilkesbono, will be superin
tendent of the new Asheboro plant
Brame’s Vapomentha Salve had its
beginnings thirty years ago when Dr.
R. M. Brame, who was bom and rear
ed in Trinity fbwnship, Randolph
county, began the; manufacture of the
remedy on a small scale while he was
employed in a dnjg store in Winston
Salem. There was a ready demand
for the remedy and Dr. Brame soon
found himself compelled to devote his
entire time and inergy to the busi
ness and to erect a plant for its man
ufacture. He located in NortH Wilkes
boro. Since beginning the manufac
ture of the salve he has added other
medicines to his line. These he keeps,
parting only with| Brame’s Vapomen
tha Salve.
Brame’s VapotiMtatha Salve is for
external treatment of all diseases of
the respiratory organs, including
pneumonia. It has a characteristic
that is not found in other salves—it
will not stain the clothes. It is used
and recommended by druggists and
general stores If practically every
state in the union- The name is
copyrighted in the United States,
Cuba and 45 other countries.
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Superior Courtis
In Its Second Week
Moves Along- Rapidly In Dispos
ing Of Oasis On Docket—
Ends Saturday.
The special term of Randolph Su
perior Court for the trial of cases
on the civil docket, with Judge John
H. Harwood presiding, entered <its
second week Monday. Indications are
that court will last throughout the
week coming toia close Saturday af
ternoon. Case* disposed of since last
week’s issue of this newspaper in
clude the following:
Gus T- Burge vs T. F. Baker, et
als, mistrial ordered by court.
M. E. Allen vs W. F. Brown, plain
tiff to recover aum of $300 from de
fendant. • *
J. L. Graves vs R. H. Wright and
son, compromise confirmed by the
court whereby the plaintiff is to re
cover of‘the defendants $50 and costs
of the action.
Ada J. Yow vs B. F. Brown, admr.,
J. F. White vs Carolina Power and
Light Company, compromise confirm
ed by court whereby plaintiff recov
ers $625 from defendant for damages
to his car caused by a collision with a
Carolina Power and Light Company
truck on Highway 70 on January 5,
1926.
Hattie E. White vs Carolina Power
and Light Company, for claim grow
ing out of collision noted in the above
mentioned case, compromise confirmed
whereby plaintiff recovers $625.
G. T. Barker vs E. L. Cox. matters
in controversy referred to W. A. Lov
ett, as referee in the controversy.
Home Building and Material Com
pany vs R. S. Underwood, et al, plain
tiff entitled to recover $377.90.
S. E. Coble vs Anbury Wood, pend
ing the trial of this case a member of
the jury was withdrawn, and the court
ordered a mistrial.
Invitations Received To
Marriage Of Miss Carson
The following invitation will be of
interest to the many relatives and
friends of the bride, Miss Maude
Craig Carson, daughter of Mrs. J. E.
Carson of Asheboro and Charlotte.
She spent much of her time the last
few years in Asheboro, before going
to China where she served as a mis
sionary. The groom was also a mis
sionary in China and with his fiancee
and many other missionaries was
refugeed in Shanghai for some, time
before being ordered out of China on
account of the revolution. The in
vitation follows:
Mrs. James Edward Carson re
quests the honor of your presence at
the marriage of her daughter, Maud
Craig, to Rev. William Cooper Cum
ming on Tuesday evening, November
twenty-second, at six o’clock, First
Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, N. C.
At home Henderson, N. C.
County Financial
Statement To Be -
Published Later
Health Pictures
Will Be Shown In
County 3 Weeks
Furnished By State Board Of
Health And Will Be In
Charge Of Dr. Sumner.
Dates Announced
For Showing Of The Pictures In
School Houses In The Coun
ty—No Charge.
Beginning next Tuesday evening,
November 15th, the mobile moving
picture outfit furnished free by the
educational department of the State
Board of Health, Raleigh, will be in
Randolph county at the disposition of
County Health Officer Dr. G. H. Sum
ner for a period of three weeks. Dur
ing this time free moving pictures on
different phases of health will be giv
en in designated school buildings in
the county. These pictures consist of
a number of short reels, all of them
interesting and instructive. There
will be no admission charge to the
showing of the pictures and the public
in general in the communities in
which the pictures will be shown are
urged to attend.
Dates and places for the showing
of these health pictures have been
designated for several days in ad
vance. Should there be a change in
the schedule outlined below due no
tice will be given of it, and if any of
the dates set conflict with some other
school or community activity already
arranged for, the health officer should
be notified immediately. Schools in
the county desiring the pictures to be
shown should advise the health offi
cer at first chance and make arrange
ment for the free showing of these
pictures.
Schedule of Showings
Following is a schedule arranged
yesterday by the county health offi
cer and the superintendent of schools,
all showings to begin at the school
buildings designated promptly at 7:30
o’clock in the evening:
Tuesday, Nov. 15, Farmer.
Wednesday, Nov. 16, Seagrove.
Thursday, Nov. 17, Providence.
Friday, Nov. 18, Ramseur.
Saturday, Nov. 19, Gray’s Chapel.
Monday, Nov. 21, Staley.
Tuesday, Nov. 22, Randleman.
Wednesday, Nov. 23, Franklinville.
Thursday, Nov. 24, Trinity.
Friday, Nov. 25, Balfour.
Saturday, Nov. 26, Worthville.
The Chrysanthemum
Show Decided Success
Held Tuesday Under Auspices
Of Woman’s Clul>—Many
Flowers On Exhibit.
The annual Chrysanthemum Show
which was held under the auspices of
the Woman’s Club in the building for
merly occupied by Brady-Hughes
Hardware Company, Tuesday, was a
great success. Eleven of the ladies of
the town had flowers on exhibition.
In addition to chrysanthemums, which
wenT considered especially fine this
year, beautiful ferns, begonias and
cut flowers were on exhibit.
For many years the people of this
section have looked forward to the
Chrysanthemum Show in Asheboro
and there were a number of out of
town visitors in attendance this year.
As has been the custom heretofore a
bazaar booth and refreshment depart
ment was in connection with the
flower show as a means by which
the treasury could be replenished.
Proceeds from the flower show goes
into the general fund of the treasury
of the Woman’s club.
Friday Afternoon Club
Mrs. Ed Cranford entertained the
members of the Friday Afternoon
Club and a few other guests at her
home on Sunset Avenue. Miss El
liott, of N. C. College, gave a most
interesting lecture on Lobbying in
Washington. Miss Elliott was able to
give first hand information, having
spent several winters in Washington.
The club has been fortunate to secure
Miss Elliott to lecture once a month.
Mrs. Cranford served tea and sand
wiches.
Mn| Ferree Hostess
Mrs. Shatter Ferree entertained her
Bridge Club and one .extra table at
her home on Park Street Saturday
afterneon. The home was decorated
with chrysanthemums and autumn
leaves. At the conclusion of the
games the club prize was awarded to
Mrs. J. T. Lewallen, and the visitor’s
prize to Miss Ethel Lovett. A salad
course was served.
Nobody Asks Anything
Of Board Of Education
For the first time in recent years,
if not in its history, the county board
of education meeting in regular
monthly session in the office of
County Superintendent T. Fletcher
Bulla, in Asheboro, Monday, had be
fore it no committees nor individuals
from any section of the county asking
for anything in the way of school
matters. There was, therefore, little
business for the board to transact
save making arrangements for the
financing of Providence, Randleman
and Balfour school houses, which are
completed and in use this fall for
school purposes. ,
Grass roots make poor feed for
fattening hogs; as a substitute for
pasture for mature sows, the roots
are not ae bed.
Diphtheria Is On
Increase In County
Says Health Officer
Nine New Cases Reported Dar
ing The Month-Several
Cases Scarlet Fever.
The report of County Health Offi
cer Dr. George Sumner for the month
of October, made to the county board
of health in meeting in the court
house in Asheboro Monday, disclosed
that Dr. Sumner had quarantined by
mail during the month one case of
whooping cough, ten of scarlet fever,
one of diphtheria and 2 of typhoid.
Quarantine by visit included 7 cases
of scarlet fever, 8 of diphtheria and
2 of typhoid. The doctor made a total
of 48 visits in connection with these
cases.
During the month four visits of
instruction were made to schools in
the county, eight smallpox vaccina
tions were given and 240 vaccinations
for diphtheria were finished. Treat
ment was made of 7 cases of veneral
diseases prevalent in indigent persons.
One home in which there was a case
of tuberculosis was visited.
Under the division of school hy
giene, fifteen children were treated
for dental defects and 280 children
stopped temporarily from school on
account of various contagious dis
eases.
Fifteen visits were made to the
jail and five to the county home during
the month to attend sick persons. Ex
aminations included those of 3 pris
oners, 1 for marriage, 8 teachers, 2
food handlers and one person for
lunacy.
In the performance of his duties
the health officer traveled during the
month a total distance of 1,145 miles
by car. Expenditures during the
month amounted to $491.02, bringing
the total since the beginning of health
work to $939.86.
Greensboro College
Glee Club Will Be
Here Tuesday, 15th
The Greensboro College Glee Club
will come to Asheboro next Tuesday
evening, Nov. 15, and will present a
musical program in the school audi
torium at eight o’clock. The Glee
Club has visited many towns through
out the state and has received notor
iety. Two soloists who are members
of the club are prominent soloists in
Greensboro churches, Miss G. C.
Mitchell singing in West Market
Street M. E. Church, and Miss Eula
Transeau in the Presbyterian church.
Another soloist of note will accompany
I the club to Asheboro. The city school
in Asheboro was fortunate in secur
ing the Glee Club, having made spec
ial arrangement on this an off night
with the club. The gate receipts will
be upon a fifty-fifty basis with the
local school and the Glee Club par
ticipating. It is to be hoped that the
people of the town will patronize the
school and the Glee Club of Greens
boro College and avail themselves of
the opportunity to hear a fine music
al program.
Fine Attendance Records
Made In Asheboro School
Following is the attendance report
for the Asheboro elementary school
for the month of October, 1927:
■ Group I
Miss Lovett . 97.7
Miss Bulla.95.
Miss Krider... 93.7
Miss Julian.92.3
Miss Blair.92.3
Miss Barker.. 81.5
Group II
Miss Bertha Presnell .98.5
Mrs. Garner . 97.6
Miss Enolia Presnell . 97.
Miss Loflin.96.4
Miss Lamb . 95.5
Mrs. Rice.94.1
Miss Keel .. 94.
Group III
Miss. Farmer.97.7
Mrs. Moffitt ..97.5
Miss Vuncannon .. 97.2
Miss Park.91.4
Below is the highest percentage of
attendance for each group:
Miss Lovett, Group I Grade 1 .. 97.7
Miss B. Presnell, Group II, G. 6, 98.5
Miss Farmer, Group 3, Grade 6 .. 97.7
Annual Appeal Is Made
For Orphans Of State'
The North Carolina Orphans Asso
ciation is making an appeal to the
people of the State to contribute on or
near Thanksgiving day at least one
day’s income to the orphanage of his
or her choice. For a dozen or more
years this appeal has been made and
the people of the State have made
generous donations to the 25 orphan
ages hi North Carolina. These con
tributions are usually taken up in
the churches on the Sunday nearest
Thanksgiving and are forwarded to
the orphanage to whose support the
contributors designate their donations
be sent. ■ < ■'
1 Want To Run Unney
According to an article in a recent
issue of the Asheville Citizen, the
Republicans are planning to run U. S.
Attorney Frank A Linney, of Boone,
for Governor of North Carolina in
1928. Should he be nominated it will
mark his second race for the office,
he having opposed the late T. W.
Bickett in 1916. It is si
Republican State conven
heltf early next year and
S. W. Presn
Resigns As
Of Own
Resignation Effective
ber lsfc—Has Been Road Sup
ervisor Nearly Year.
Succeeded By King:
Who Will Take Up Doties First
Of December—Auditor Re
ports On Finances.
At the regular meeting of the board
of commissioners held in the court
house in Asheboro Monday, November
7th, S. W. Presnell, of Asheboro, resi
supervisor since the first of the ytmx,
tendered his resignation to become ef
fective some time before January 1,
1928. The resignation was acceptet
and the commissioners named C. X.
King, of Seagrove, supervisor to «*
sume duties December 1st, next.
The county board ordered the sum
of $200 to be paid to R. L. Ward an
compensation in full for the injuries
to his eye sustained while engaged in
work with the county road forces.
It was ordered by the commission
ers that a road be staked off leading
from Ellison’s ford to intersection of
Ramseur and Melanchton highway;
also a road from Route 90 to colored
church and across the lands of G. M.
Kinney.
Walter Millikan was ordered admit
ted to the county home by the board.
It was ordered that the one and ona
half miles of highway from J. B. Mor
ris’ place to the Chatham county linn
be made a public road and maintained
by the county road force.
Hie budget statement submitted by
the county auditor was accepted by
the commissioners as was the audit
of the county finances for the period
from Dec. 6, 1926, to June 30, 192%
made by A. T. Allen and Company.
The audit was ordered published in
one of the county papers by the board.
The commissioners approved of rim
borrowing on short term notes by tbs
board of education the following
amounts for school building purposes:
Providence, $14,000; Randleman, $38*
000; and Balfour, $12,000.
Flood Gates At High
Rock Dam Are Closed
The flood gates at High Rock dam
have been closed and the water Is
now filling the basin of what will to
the second largest artificial lake in
the South. The water will cover ap
proximately 25,500 acres-of land in
Davidson and Rowan counties and tto
lake will have a shore line of approx
imately 366 miles. The dam which
impounds this mighty lake is 1,200
feet long and is equipped with a series
of large flood gates to enable the ex
act control of the water below it
Forty-four thousand horsepower will
be generated at the dam when the
lake fills. It has been just 13 months
since work started on the High Rock
project and in engineering circles it is
considered that the work has been
done in record-breaking time.
Fiddlers Convention To Be
Held At Seagrove, On 19tk
Seagrove, Nov. 8.—Mr. and Mis.
Frank Auman went to High Point an
business last Friday.
Misses Mary, Ruby, Golda and Eu
genia Tysor and Miss Ola Wrenn, d
Erect, visited at Mr. E. B. Leach’S
and 0. D. Lawrence’s Sunday.
The box party here last Saturday
night proved to be a success and a
neat sum was realized.
Mr. J. C. Lawrence, of High Poin^
visited at the home of Mr. 0. D. Law
rence Saturday.
There will be an old time fiddleri*
convention in the school auditorium
here Saturday night, Nov. 19. An
admission fee of twenty and thirty
five cents will be charged, the proceeds
to go for the benefit of the school.
Mr. Arthur Presnell and little son,
of Asheboro, were in town on busi
ness Monday.
Messrs. O. D. Lawrence and Mr.
Farlow are attending the Western
North Carolina Christian Conference
at Pleasant Hill church, near Liberty
this week.
Mrs. Ella Dunlap, of Carthage, ani
son, Mr. William Dunlap, of Wash
ington, D. C., who is in the navy, vis
ited Mrs. Dunlap’s daughter, Hh.
June Brown, last Thursday night.
They were accompanied by their
cousin, Mr. J. D. McKenzie, also of
Carthage.
Rev. D. I. Garner has been at
tending the M. P. Conference at
Asheboro the past week.
Little Miss Louise Brown is visit
ing her grandmother, Mrs. Ella Dot
lap, near Carthage.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Comelison •'Su
ited Mr. and Mrs. Worthey Brown, St
Eagle Springs, Sunday afternoon.
Mias Elyer Richardson Married
Announcements of interest to the
many friends of both parties came
this week when, the wedding of Mi*
Elyer Richardson to Mr. Arthur
Mahlon Cox was announced by Me.
and Mrs. U. C. Richardson. The mar
riage took place at Pittsboro October
15th. Mrs. Cox is the daughter of
Postmaster U. C- Richardson, and
holds a position in the postoffice at
Asheboro. She is a popular young
woman and has a great many friends
in the town who are interested in 0*
announcement of the wedding. Ms.
Cox is also well known in the tow*