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24, 1927
[M i; NUMBER 47
Clarence Lovett
fakes Brother’s
Place As Qerk
Appointed By Judge Oglesby
, Saturday And Is Sworn In
Office Monday A. M.
Appointment Popular
New dierk Is Ex-Service Man
Clarence J. Lovett was sworn in as
Clerk Superior Court for Randolph
County Monday morning by Hal M.
Worth, justice of the peace, and im
mediately assumed the duties of the
office. Mr. Lovett was appointed
Clerk Saturday afternoon by Judge
John M. Oglesby, judge of the fif
teenth judicial district, holding court
at Marion. He succeeds his elder
brother, W. A. Lovett, who died Mon
day afternoon in a Hamlet hospital
from injuries sustained a short time
before in an automobile accident.
The new Clerk is a veteran of the
World War, having served as First
Lieutenant in Company K, of the
120th infantry, and as battalion in
telligence officer. Prior to his ser
vice in the World War, Mr. Lovett
was a member of the National Guard
and was First Sergeant in K Com
pany. He was promoted to second
lieutenancy at Camp Sevier and later
elevated to First lieutenant. Mr:
Lovett rendered distinguished service
to his country during the war. Since
his return he has been connected with
the Acme Hosiery mills in executive
capacity and upon the organization of
the Parks Hosiery Mill went there
and served in a position similar to
that, at the Acme Hosiery mills.
The selection of Mr. Lovett to suc
ceed his brother, who, during his
short term in office demonstrated
that he was one of the most efficient
officials the county of Randolph ever
had, seems to have met with universal
approval throughout the county. It
was the consensus of opinion that
Mr. Lovett should have the position
made vacant by the death of his elder
brother if he decided to take the
place. After careful consideration he
decided to accede to the wishes of his
many friends and assume the duties
of the office.
High School Heads Limit
~ Number Basketball Games
At a meeting of the high school
principals of the county, held recently
in the office of County Superintend
ent T. Fletcher Bulla, resolutions were
drawn and adopted regulating the
number of games of basketball to be
played. The gist of these resolutions
is that no school in the county shall
play more than one game of basket
ball a week and this preferably on
Friday. It was ^resolved also that not
more than one game at night should
be played during any one week. No
school bus shall be used to transport
either players or pupils to and from
games- Qualifications of players on
the high school teams, according to
the resolutions, shall be the same as
those of the State athletic association.
Franklinville Boy Victim
Of A Hit-And-Run Driver
On last Saturday evening, Charlie,
sixteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. Stutts, of Franklinville, was
struck by an automobile and knocked
to the ground, receiving injuries on
his head and suffering internal injur
ies. Mr. Stutts and a party of young
people had started o\it on a weime
roast and, it is said, the young man
was near the edge of the road when
he was struck by the car which was
running rapidly and was not stopped
when the accident occurred. The driv
er of the car is unknown. The acci
dent occurred near Jones service sta
tion in Franklinville. While Mr.
Stutts’ injuries are painful and seri
ous, his recovery is expected.
Trust Company Resources
In Country On Increase
Trust Company resources in North
Carolina total $197,767,088, as com
pared with $186,815,868, last year,
to the 25th annual edition
of “Trust Companies of the United
States,” for 1827, just issued by the
United States Mortgage * Trust
Company of New York.
Combined resources of the* 2781
trust companies of the country report
ing as of June 80th, the date of com
pilation were $20,481,000,000, a gain
of $1,145,000,000, over the previous
' —- of
Time Drawing Near
For Purchase Of
Car license Plates
Most Get Them In December
For Full Year-Will Handle
Them At Ingar Again.
It will soon be time to buy automo
bile license plates again. The plates
bought last June were for the half
year, June 30 to Dec. Slat, and it is
only a little more than five weeks un
til these plates will be out of date.
New plates will be for a full year,
Dec. 31, 1927, to Dec. 31, 1928, and
will come at the full annual price.
Change in the fiscal year was made
by the last North Carolina general
assembly, the new fiscal year corres
ponding to the calendar year.
These automobile license plates
will again be handled in Asheboro by j
tile Ingar Garage on North Fayette- j
ville Street. They will be sold in J
what is known as the Ingar Garage!
annex which is the room adjoining
the Ingar garage in which Hasty op- J
erated a cafe for some months after
the Ingar building was erected. ’Li
cense plates may be had at this
place any time after December 1st,
next.
Virginia Tragedy
Affects Randolph
Husband Of Dead Woman Lives
In Qur Totvn—Was It Sui
cide Or Murder?
The tragic death of Mrs. Elsie Holt
Snipes, 28, pretty music teacher, in
Steward Circles Hospital, Richmond,
Va., last week, had its echoes in
North Carolina. Mrs. C. A. Holt, her
mother, lives at Princeton, N. C., and
her divorced husband, I. A. Snipes,
lives in Asheboro where he works in
the veneer plant. Mrs. Snipes was
found in her apartment in Richmond
with a bullet hole in her head. John
W. Faison, secretary and manager of
the Richmond Hermitage country club,
was held for investigation following
her death. He claimed to have been
in her apartment at the time, but con
tended that he was in another room
when he heard the shot fired. It was
his contention that she killed herself.
Faison will be given a preliminary
hearing Nov. 80th.
Mrs. Snipes was divorced from her
husband several years .ago on account
of tempermental difficulties. Mr.
Snipes has married again since, but
his former wife remained single. It
Is stated that Faison had declared MS
intention of marrying the pretty di
vorcee after he had divorced his wife.
Mr. Snipes once lived in Liberty,
but several years ago moved to Ashe
boro.
Western North Carolina
Conference Shows Growth
The Western North Carolina Con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, has had a wonderful
growth since its organization as a
separate unit in May, thirty-six
years ago. At that time the confer
ence contained 130 pastoral charges
with nearly 60,000 members. Church
property was valued at $600,000. Sun
day school pupils numbered 40,943.
Since that time the conference has ex
panded until it contains 303 pastoral
charges with 914 organized churches,
having a membership of 138,812.
There are 396 Epworth Leagues with
a membership of 11,932; 865 Sunday
schools with an enrollment of 9,021
teachers and 133,022 pupils. And last
year contributions for all purposes
aggregated $2,402,951, as against $21,
000 thirty-six years ago.
Orlando R. Hill Dead
Orlando R. Hill died at his home in
Thomasville Saturday morning fol
lowing a short illness. Mr. Hill once
lived in New Hope township, Ran
dolph county, later moving to Denton
and then to Asheboro. He had resid
ed in Thomas ville, however, for some
time prior to his death. Funeral was
held at Pine Hill church Sunday after
noon. Surviving Mr. Hill are his
widow and four daughters, Mrs. Lu
cian Foust, Mrs. Lindsay Loflin and
Miss Juanita Hill, of ThomasviUe,
and Mrs. Grace Petrokas, of Green
ville, S. C.
Health Pictures
Are Attracting
Public Attention
large Crowd Are Greeting The
County Health Officer On
His Hounds—Schedule.
Approximately 1600 peoplt^over the
movies which Health Officer Dr.
George Sumner and Dewey Sappen
fleld, of the educational department of
the State Board of Health, are show
ing in various school houses in the
county. Large numbers of parents
are coming out to the school build
ings with their children to see these
educational pictures. Great interest
Is being shown in them in the com
munities which have been so fortun
ate as to bare arranged a data for
showing.
Following is the schedule for the
next several days, all showings to be
gin at 7:80 in the evening unless
otherwise specified:
Monday, Nov. 28, Farmer.
Tuesday, Nov. 29, Trinity, ,
Wednesday, Nov. 80, Coleridge.
i. *
Aged Veteran Is
Death
Y«t«* *
Last Sun
t. '
Funeral Tuesday
Another of Randolph county's Con
federate veterans passed Sunday
night, when John Hilliard Hill ans
wered the call. Mr. Hill had been in
reclining health for several years and
had been confined to his bed for the
past three weeks. He was at all
times interested in the cause of the
Confederacy, having been a wearer of
the gray during the war between the
states. By his side had walked his
widow, aged 86, who has shared his
joys and his sorrows. Mr. Hill had
engaged in farming until around four
teen years ago when his health for
bade the continuance of his activities
on the farm, so he consequently came
to the home of his son, E. G. Hill, two
miles north of Asheboro, where he
and his widow have since resided. Mr.
Hill was a member of the Baptist
church at Worthville and was a man
who believed in serving God and in
dealing fairly with his fellowmen.
The funeral service was conducted
at the home of his son, E. G. Hill,
Randleman, Route 2, Tuesday at 2 p.
m., after which the body was taken
to Worthville for interment. Surviv
ing are the widow, three daughters,
Mrs. W. J. Wood and Mrs. Rosa
Brown, Randleman, Route 2, Mrs. Cor
nelia Royals, Lexington, and two sons,
E. G. and Cicero Hill Randleman,
Route 2. There are also a large num
ber of grandchildren throughout this
section, all of whom attended tlie fun
eral. *
Randleman N ews
Miss Margaret Lineberry Be
comes Bride Of Mr. Brown.
Randleman, Nov. 22.—Misses Thel
ma Lamb and Erma Lassiter, of
Greensboro, were week-end guests of
their parents.
Mr. Tabor Wood returned to his
home Saturday from High Point hos
pital, and is getting along nicely.
Mr. George Jennings, of Greens
boro Commercial School, is spending
this week at his home.
Messrs. Keith Pugh and Robert
Wood, of Greensboro, were visitors
here Sunday, »' r4 3~
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Talley and
Mrs. Jim EUington spent Monday in
Greensboro.
Mrs. Corbit Wall and Mrs. S. A.
Stevens spent Monday in Greensboro
on business affairs.
Miss Flora Sink returned home
Saturday after undergoing an opera
tion at the High Point hospital. She
is recovering nicely.
Miss Mary E. Harrell returned here
last week after spending some time
in Winston-Salem, where she was
taking a rest.
Mrs. R. E. Allred and son, Robert,
spent Monday in High Point attend
ing business affairs.
Mr. Ray Burgess, of Winston-Salem,
was the week-end guest of his par
ents.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Holland, of
Burlington, were the week-end guests
of Mrs. S. E. Holland.
Mrs. Norman Keith, of Raleigh,
spent last week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Carlisle.
Mrs. Ethel Yow, of Concord, spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. N. C. Trogdon.
Mrs. Basel Lamb and daughter, of
Burlington, spent last week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Carlisle.
Miss Dorothy Curtis spent the
week-end at her home in Liberty.
Mr. Paul Brown, of Greensboro,
spent the week-end at home.
Mrs. John Council and Mrs. E. N.
Wall spent Monday afternoon in
Greensboro on business.
Miss Lucile Robinson, of Greens
boro, spent the week-end with Miss
Helen Barber.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Talley spent
Sunday in Greensboro.
Miss Marguerite Neal spent Sun
day in Greensboro.
Mr. Clark Marsh, Jr., of Chapel
Hill, was the week-end guest of his
parents.
The book club met with Mrs. John
Council last Thursday evening at
eight o'clock. Rook was played at
six tables. Everyone spent an enjoy
able evening.
On Saturday night, Nov. 19th, Rich
ard Brown and Miss Margaret Line
berry were united ip marriage. The
ceremony was performed at the M. P.
parsonage by Rev. . Wm. H. Neese.
Mrs. Brown is a v«y attractive ^and
bride and groom - were prominent
young of Randleman and had
numerous friends. Mrs. Brown is a
public school ' teacher. Mr. Brown
holds a position with the Johnson
Philips Motor Company here. They
will make their home in this city.
Should Be Licensed
Bams failed miserably in trying to
pat the onus on public officials. A
detective agency, which is engaged in
the performances that caused the mis
trial in the Fall-Sinclair cases, ought
not to he allowed to operate in this
country. Under the guise of being
detectives almost any band of crooks
can open up business and become the
foes of justice. Therefore no detec
tive agency ought to be allowed to
oprate without a license by the gov
"'■« .
i 25th
ry Baptist
ext Sunday
Has Been Ar
Day—Dr. Me
Fittiag
Next Sunday, November 27th, the
local Baptist chuteh will celebrate its
twenty-fifth anniversary with^fitting
services throughout the day. Follow
ing is an outline of the day’s program:
At 11 o'clock Dr. John Arch McMillan,
a former pastor and new alumin sec
retary at Wake Forest College, will
preach. In the afternoon, beginning
at 2:30, Mr. C. G. Frazier will give
a history of the church and its work
during the past twenty-five years,
and Rev. Hermain Stephens, of High
Point, will deliver an address.* An
nouncement will be made later as to
who will preach the evening service.
There will be special music during all
three of the services. All former
members who have moved, away from
town, and the public in general are
urged to attend the services during
the day. >
Randolph Ranks
High In Number
Of Automobiles
There Is One Car In County To
Nearly Every Family—Guil
ford Leads.
Randolph county ranks a little
above the State average in ownership
of automobiles, according to figures
compiled by Paul W. Wager and pub
lished in a recent Issue of the Uni
versity News Letter. In Randolph
there are 5,475 cars, or one for every
5.8 people, and in this respect Ran
dolph ranks 17th among the 100 coun
ties of North Carolina, Since five
persons constitute the average fam
ily for statistical purposes, Randolph
has nearly one car per family. The
State average is one car for every
6.8 people.
Guilford heads the list with one
car for every 3.9 persons, followed
closely by Mecklenburg, Moore and
Buncombe, each of which has one car
for every four and a fraction persons.
Davidson, with 7,625 cars has one for
every 6.3 persons and stands 7th in
the list of counties. Montgomery has
2,290 cars, or one for every 6.4 per
sons; Alamance/6,575, or one for
every 5.4 people;*. and Chatham has
3,170 cars, or onagfor every 7.7 peo
T* -
Carteret stands at the bottom of
the list with one car for every 32 peo
ple, while Yancey has only one for
every 24.7 persons. One of the rea
sons for Carteret’s low rank, perhaps,
lies in the fact that Carteret is on the
sounds in Eastern Carolina and motor
boats are used there to a large extent
for transportation.
News Of Week In
Brief Paragraphs
Short Mention Of Important
Happenings In State And
Nation For Busy Reader.
Thirty-six fine cows of the Guern
sey, Jersey and Holstein breeds were
shown at a street exhibition in Golds
boro recently.
The sheep population of Ashe
county has been increased 33 per cent
during the past year and the animals
are high in price and hard to buy.
Diphtheria is showing a substantial
decrease in North Carolina, only 129
new cases having been reported last
week as compared with 225 the week
before. Measles also showed de
crease, 448 new cases having been re
ported last week as compared with
499 the week before and new cases of
whooping cough dropped from 161 to
109 in a week’s time.
Between four and five million feet
of valuable timber has been made
worthless by nailing roadsigns to
trees along the public highways of
North Carolina during the past two
years.
J. C. Bivens, 22, native of Union
county, died at the home of his par
ents in High Point Sunday following
an illness of two weeks with infantile
paralysis.
The fropse Ways and Means Com
mittee, in conference in Washington,
has decided upon a tax reduction plan
of $235,820,000, or a hundred million
less tji an is recorded by the Secretary
of the Treasury.
In North Carolina last year 2,769
persons died from tuberculosis. Of
this number 1,277 were whites, 1,479
negroes and 13 Indians. It is estimat
ed that there are in the State a total
of 24,903 people who are infected with
tuberculosis in one form or another.
T. M. Allen, 64, of Gulf, Chatham
county, committed suicide Friday by
hanging himself to a tree. Worry over
financial matters is said to have caus
ed the rash act
According to figures given out by
the bureau of census, sawmills in
North Carolina in 1916 cut 2,100,000,
000 feet of lumber, but last year, ten
years later, cut only 971,000,000 feet
Lumber cut in the United States in
1926 was 8.7 per cent less than that
alt the year Worn, while in North
iCaroliau the dedine wes IT per cent
Find Conway’s
Abandoned Car
Near Coleridge
Stolen At Fayetteville Saturday
' Night And Owner Assaulted
By Two Men.
Thieves Are Unknown
Two unidentified white men beat up
Ead Conway at Fayetteville Saturday
night when he went from his room in
the Bosemont hotel to see who was
trying to start his car, a Chevrolet
coupe, which was parked on the street
directly behind the hostlery. Conway
was given a severe drubbing by two
husky men who were attempting to
get away with his car, put in the au
tomobile, carried out on the highway
several miles and kicked out. He was
picked up later and taken to a hospit
al for treatment.
This would be of little interest lo
cally save for the fact that the Chev
rolet car belonging to Conway was
found near Ben Moffitt’s place, at
Coleridge, Monday, parked by the side
of the road with the lights burning.
It was in good running shape and had
been abandoned apparently for no ob
vious reason. The car was brought to
Asheboro and identified as Conway’s
from the description which had been
given. Conway was notified and on
Tuesday sent one of his friends for
the car. The identity of those who
assaulted Mr. Conway and drove his
car away is not known.
Cox Gets Blue Print For
Proposed Road In County
J. Elwood Cox, of High Point, fifth
district highway commissioner, has
received from the engineering de
partment of the State Highway Com
mission a blue print of the proposed
road from Julian across the northern
part of Randolph county to Thomas
ville, a distance of approximately 20
miles. The proposed road, beginning
at Julian, comes by way of Climax,
across Deep river just above Col
trane’s mill, entering the Fairfield
road, to the old Hoover place, thence
to Archdale, Trinity and on to Thom
asville.
Old Fiddlers’ Convention
At Balfour Next Wednesday
Wednesday, Hov. 30,, befinning jat
8 oelock p. m. is the date of the Old
Time Fiddlers’ Convention to be held
at Balfour school, two miles north of
Asheboro, on Highway 70. Admission
will be 15 cents for children and 25
cents for adults. Prizes will be of
fered for violin, banjo, Hawaiian
guitar, dulcimer and mandolin. Prizes
will be given also to the winners of
the Charleston dancing contest and
for buck and clog dancing. The prizes
have been donated by Asheboro mer
chants and business men.
Milk by the Carload
Shipment of milk by tank-car in
stead of in ten gallon cans loaded in
to express or special cars has increas
ed in the last five years. More than
sixty tank-cars handle milk into Chi
cago. Each car includes two steel
tanks of 3,000 gallon capacity, glass
lined, cork insulated, and protected by
a steel jacket. One tank car will
transport more milk than two of the
more common milk cars.
With The Churches
Services At The M. E. Church
Rev. B. C. Reavis, pastor. Sunday
school at 9:46 a. m. Mr. L. D. Wil
liams, superintendent. Preaching at
11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the
pastor.
Morning subject: “The Grateful
Heart”.
Evening subject: “Where Do You
Live?”
The Junior, Intermediate and Senior
Epworth Leagues will meet at 6:45
p. m.
Mid-week service Wednesday at
7:30 p. m. i
Special music at our services. You
are cordially invited to come and wor
ship with us.
Flint Hill Service
All who are interested in the build
ing of the new church at Flint Hill
are requested to be present next Sun
day afternoon, Nov. 27, at 2:30. Sub
scriptions will be solicited for the
building. This will save some person
al soliciting.
The Sunday school will open 2:30
and preaching service at 8:30.
After the service the church will
decide when and where the church
council will meet to recognize the
new church.
—S. M. PENN, Pastor.
Union Service Today
As is the custom on Thanksgiving,
there will be an union service of the
churches of Asheboro at noon today.
This service will be held in the Friends
church and the sermon will be deliver
ed by Rev. O. G. Tillman, pastor of
the Asheboro Baptist church. It is
the first time that the union service
has been held in the Friends church,
and Rev. Mr. Tillman’is selected to
preach the service owing to the fact
that he 4s the only new preacher in
town, and it is the custom to call on
the latest arrivals on Thanksgiving
occasions. Mt. Tillman is a forceful
speaker and will have a message of
worth for those who attend the ser
vice today.
Filling Stations
Becoming The Prey
Of Highway Robbers
Getting Te Be Common Thing In
Randolph—Latest Robbery
At Franklinville.
Gasoline filling: stations are rapidly
becoming the prey of highwaymen
driving in high powered cars and car
rying with them the persuasive ele
ments of automatic pistols. Several
weeks ago the Gap Service Station
| below Seagrove was robbed and not
[long since Wister Williams flushed a
. couple of men in the act of robbing
' his filling station and store at Ulah.
Just across the Randolph line in
Guilford not many weeks since, a fil
ling station was robbed. Tuesday
night of last week Clarence Marley’s
place of business near Staley was
entered and robbed, and on Thursday
evening, Thomas N. Jennings, who
operates Uncle Tom’s Filling Station,
at Franklinville, was held up and
robbed.
In previous instances of robbery of
this nature, the victims have merely
been blindfolded and tied while the
highwaymen have gone about their
business of looting, but in the case of
Mr. Jennings rougher methods were
used. Jennings, who is a man of
about 72 years of age, was attacked
by the two highwaymen who drove
up to his place about 6 o’clock Friday
evening and badly hurt by blows on
the head inflicted with the butt of a
revolver. The robbers escaped with
about $40 in money. They drove in
the direction of Greensboro in a
Studebaker sedan.
From the meager description avail
able, the highwaymen who robbed Mr.
Jennings are the same who held up
and robbed Marley’s station near
Staley Tuesday night before the
Franklinville robbery.
Preston H. Coble
Is Killed By Fall
Accident Happened Monday At
Newberry, S. C.—Brought
Home For Burial.
Preston H. Coble, 27, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Eli Coble, of Liberty, was
killed Monday near Newberry, South
Carolina, where he was engaged in
work with the Roanoke Iron and
Bridge Company in bridge constrict
ion. Coble met instant death when
he fell a distance of 36 feet and land
ed on a concrete-bridge “pier. He had
been with the company eight years
and was considered a valuable em
ploye.
The body was brought to Liberty
for funeral and burial, the funeral be
ing held at Richland Lutheran church
this afternoon by Rev. G. F. Millow
ay, assisted by Dr. A. G. Dixon. Mr.
Coble is survived by his parents, six
brothers and three sisters. They are
A. A. and Jim Coble, Liberty; John
and C. C. Coble, Greensboro; Bryan
Coble, Norfolk, Va.; and Mesdames
W. H. Smith, Charlie Bunting and
Clyde Pike, all of near Liberty.
General Motors Big Dividend
General Motors Corporation cut a
big melon for its stockholders last
week when it paid to its shareholders
a regular quarterly dividend of $1.25
per share and a cash extra of $2.50
on the common stock, bringing the
year’s total dividend payments on that
issue to $136,650,000. Regular six
and seven per cent dividends on pre
ferred stock increased the year’s div
idends on all outstanding shares to
$145,894,000.
School Holiday
The Asheboro graded schools
closed yesterday afternoon with the
end of the day’s work for the Thanks
giving holidays. The teachers whose
homes are out of town left yesterday
to spend the holidays with homefolks.
School will open Monday.
Too many farmers depend entire
ly on one or two cash crops for their
farm income. Some of the smaller
crops may also pay well.
Deaths Caused By
Automobiles Are On
Increase In State
Figures Compiled By Paul Wag
er Show One Death In 1925
For Every 905 Cars.
Paul W. Wager, over at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, has com
piled some statistics relative to the
number of automobile fatalities over
the country. Wager uses the 1926
figures for the reason that when he |
began his survey all the 1926 figures
were not available. There was in,
1926, according to Mr. Wager, one au
tomobile fatality in North Carolina to
evety 905 automobiles registered in
the State. This ratio, Mr. Wager con
siders high for the reason that North
Carolina is primarily a rural- State,
having no large cities like many of
the other states. His figures show
that automobile fatalities are in
creasing in the State. The nun ber of
deaths caused by automobiles in
North Carolina in 1925 was 376, and
in ratio of deaths to cars this State
stood 28th among the 48 states in
the union. Nebraska made the best
showing with only one death to every
2,710 automobiles, followed by North
Dakota with one for every 2,467 cars
registered. Florida led in the number
of deaths per car, having had one for
every 638. New York showed one
death for every 770 automobiles.
Farmer Nils No
License To Rant
On His Own Land
Reference To Law Win Show Ho
Needs License Only When Ho
Hants Elsewhere.
Law Protects Farmer
Any Man Can Forbid Hunters
To Take Game From His T-nnH
If He Wants To Do So.
Randolph county folks should by
this time be fairly well posted on the
provisions of the State Game Law,
the chief provisions of which were
published in this newspaper on Sep
tember 22', last. However, it is un
derstood that several things have
been told about the new law which do
not track the facts. One of these is
that a farmer must obtain a hunting
license before he can hunt on his own
land. This is in error as the exact
wording of the section of the game
law relating to this particular phase
will show. It is quoted here for in
formation of those who do not know
or are uncertain and also for those
who have been spreading misinforma
tion:
“Any person who is a resident of
this State, and any dependent mem
ber of his family under twenty-one
years of age, may take game birds
and wild animals in the open season
for the same, and not contrary to
the provisions of this act, on lends
owned by such resident, without a
license; and a minor member of a
family resident of this State, under
sixteen years of age, may hunt un
der the license of his parent or
guardian; but such minor must
carry said license when so hunting,
unless accompanied by said parent
or guardian; and a non-resident
minor child of any resident of this
State may lawfully procure and use
the same license required of a resi
dent, when such non-resident child
is actually . visiting such resident
parent: Provided, that a party who
leases a farm for cultivation shall
not be required to obtain a license
to hunt''thereon.”
Quoting the exact wording of the
law with reference to the license we
find that “Each license shall be void
after the first day of April next suc
ceeding the date of its issuance. Each
license shall have his license on bis,
person at all times when, he is tak
ing game animals or birds, and shall
exhibit the same for inspection to any
Warden or other officer requesting to
see it. No person shall alter or loan,
change, or transfer any license issued
pursuant to the provisions of this act,
nor shall any person other than the
person to whom it is issued use the
same.”
While all hunters must obtain li
censes before engaging in the sport of
hunting wild game, the mere posses
sion of a license does not give the
hunter privilege to hunt on every
man’s land. The State Game Law did
not change the law with reference to
hunting on another man’s property.
Any land owner can forbid hunting on
his land just as he did and had the
privilege and right to do before the
game law was enacted. It is still un
lawful to hunt on posted and leased
land, except, of course hunting by the
owners and lessees.
Bag Limits
Possessing a license the hunter can
not kill at will. Bag limits are set.
No person may kill more than 10
squirrels in a day. Only two deer
any one day nor more than four dur
ing an entire season may be killed
and neither may be a female deer.
There is a closed season in Randolph
on the wild turkey, but in other coun
ties in which there is no closed sea
son only two may be killed in any
one day and only five during a season.
There is no bag limit on the rabbit
and this, perhaps, will delight the
heart of many a Randolph youth. The
bag limit on quail is ten in pne day.
Open Seasons
Open seasons for game in Randolph
county are as follows:
Squirrel—Sept. 15 to Jan. 15.
Rabbit—Nov. 1 to Mar. 1.
Deer—Oct. 1 to Jan. 15.
Mink—Nov. 1 to Jan. 31.
Otter—Nov. 1 to Jan. 31.
Opossum—Nov. 1 to Jan. 31.
Wildcat—No closed season.
Muskrat—Nov. 1 to Jan. 31.
Quail—Dec. 1 to Mar. 1.
Wild Turkey—Closed Season.
Death Of Colored Woman
Adeline Asbill Cheek, 65 years of
age and a highly respected colored
woman, died at her home at Ulah,
November 16th. While she had been
indisposed for some time, her death
came ad a shock to her family and
friends. Deceased was converted in
early life and was known for her
conscientious religious life. She waa
married at the age of fifteen and waa
the mother of the following child*
ren, who with their father, A. B
Cheek, survive: Peter Cheek, Sea
grove, Anna Brower, Ramseur, and
Charles and Carson Cheek, Ulah. In
addition to her children and 24 grand
children, she is survived bjr a sister,
Emeline Chrisco, of Asheboro. F
husband, A. B. Cheek, with whom (
has lived 49 years, expresses
tude through The Courier
many acts of kindness o
and friends during the i
death of his wife.