THE COURIER Leads in Both News and Circulation THE COURIER THE COURIER Advertising Colam— Bring Resufp 3 •i ■ ISSUED WEEKLY VOLUME LA PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN Aaheboro, N. C„ Thursday, December 22, 1927 $2.00 A YEAR IN A^|ANCB ------ ' ^^yjseala. State Will Locate Large Game Preserve On Part Of Randolph County Home Tract Decision Reached Friday At Meeting: Of Game Commission In Asheboro* x To Raise Pheasants Turkeys And Quail First Cost To Be Nearly $20,000 And Annual Expenses About $8,000. Randolph -is practically assured of a State Game Farm to be located on one hundred acres of the county home tract and that part of the Hammer lands lying between the old plank road and Route 70 fronting the county home lands. The unanimous recoin*, mendation of the State Game Com mittee to this effect was made Friday in Asheboro after an inspecion of the site offered by the county commis sioners and Mr. Hammer had been made. It only remains for the De partment of Conservation and Devel opment at its meeting January 5th to approve the project. The game raised on the farm will be distributed throughout the £>tate just as fish are now being distributed from the five State hatcheries oper ated by the Department of Conserva tion and Development. The establish ment of the farm will be one of the acts in carrying out the provisions of the State Game and Fish Law passed by the last session of the North Carolina General Assembly. In ad dition to the propagation of turkeys, quail and pheasant on the farm and exhibit will be kept of every species of wild game in the State. This will be an attraction which will bring thousands of visitors each year to Randolph county. The tract of land on which the Game Farm will be maintained lies on the west side of Highway 70 and is admirably suited for the propagation of wild game. That part of the coun ty home tract was offered to the Game Commission by v the Randolph board of commissioners for a period of 99 years without charge. The small Hammer tract was offered un der the same terms and conditions. The farm will be easily accessible from all parts of the State, since it will be situated on one of the arterial highways of the county, State and nation. The estimated cost of permanent equipment and of stocking the new game farm is $19,155. The estimated . jgMt of operating it in $8)000 a year. To oi offset this expense it is conserva tively estimated that the revenue de rived/from the sale of game raised on the farm will, at the present market prices, amount to about $16,000 a yean Within a few years the farm should not only be sfelfsupporting but paying a profit. Only fancy breeds of quail, pheasants and turkeys would be sold, game that it would not be prac ticable to release for hunting in the State. The decision to establish a State Game Farm on the county home tract in Randolph county was made at a meeting of the State Game Com mission held in Asheboro Friday, at which time the members of the com mission were guests of the Asheboro Rotary Club at their regular weekly luncheon. Members of the Commis sion present were J. Q. Gilkey, of Marion, Santford Martin, of Winston Salem, and E. D. Cranford, of Ashe boro. Meeting with the commission also was Major Wade H. Phillips, Di rector of the Department of Conser vation and Development. Major Phil lips assured the members of the com mission that he thoroughly approved the project. ' (Please turn to page 8) ft Jack Wright Is In Jail Charged With Car Theft Jack Wright, young Randleman white man, well known in Asheboro where he has at different times been employed in some of the local cafes as a waiter, was arrested Sunday morning by Deputy Sheriff- T. A. Brookshire and lodged in the Ran dolph county jail on charge of steal ing a Ford touring car belonging to Van Upton, also of Randleman. The arrest was made in a local cafe, where, it is said Wright came after he had run the car into a ditch north of town and couldn’t get it .out. Mr. Upton missed his car Sunday morning when he went to the garage to get it out, and found a hat identified as be longing to young Wright. Native Randolph Woman V Is Dead In Greensboro Mrs. Lillie Cheek Cox, 55, wife of E. A. Cox, superintendent of the Greensboro city convict camp, died at her home on Battleground avenue, Greensboro, Monday night following an nine— of only four days. She was a native of Randolph county, but had lived the last thirty years of her life in Greensboro. She was a mem ber of the First Presbyterian church of the Gate City. Surviving, in addition to her hus band, are four sons and four daugh ters, John, Don, Henry arid Mary Jane Cox and Mrs. J. R. Washington, of Greensboro; Leslie Cox, of Wins ton-Salem; Mi-SkN. B. Phillips, of Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Bussell Cock man, of Richmond, Va., and the fol lowing brothers and sisters: -John Cheek, of Worthville; Ranold Cheek, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. J. M. of Coleridge, and Mrs. Louilla of Worthville. Ross Plans White Way F*om The Twin City To Pinehurst Would Stretch Distance Of 90 Miles, Coming Through The Heart Of Ashejwro. A “Great White Way” stretching ninety miles from Winston-Salem, to bacco metropolis of the world, on down through Asheboro, the “center of North Carolina,” and to Pinehurst, the playground of America, ia-in the offing. Such is the dream of Arthur Ross, of Asheboro, who would make travel on this ninety miles of white ribbon of State highway as safe for night driving as in the daylight. Mr. Ross believes that highway lighting on the main routes in the State will soon become a necessity; then why not the first to be through Asheboro from the Twin City to America’s* playground? Big electric lights, 5t)0 feet apart, would mark the route, make one long boulevard for the mo toring public. Mr. Ross won’t talk much about his plans. It is usually his custom to do the deed and let the result speak for itself. But enough has gotten out until it can be put down as a certain ty that Mr. Ross is working out his plan. Financing the big white way will be no little matter. But Mr. Ross has a plan in mind which ought to work out sufficiently to make the lighting project self-supporting to say the least. He hasn’t got his plans up to the point of making them pub lic, but he believes they will work. In fact, he has sounded it out enough tp be sure that the great white way, ninety miles in length, is on the road to a certainty. Motoring through the center of the State with the same ease and facility as driving a car through the lighted main streets of North (Carolina’s largest city will be something new for North Carolina, but there are few days which do not bring out some startling innovation in this country of ours, and this project may be soon numbered among the number which at first startle—and then please. Mr. Ross had no notion that the project' he had in mind would slip out. But he was down Raleigh way some ten days ago and Tom Bost, versa tile newspaper scribe, got on to the purpose of his visit and heard enough of Mr. Ross’ conversation with his brother, Charles Ross, attorney fbr the State Highway Commission, to give him a line on the big scheme in mind. Bost says Charles Ross is to 'draw up the charter for the project while Randolph’s ex-senator is to at tend to the financing of it. Merchants Plan “Red Letter” Day Saturday Will Mark Close Of Big Trade Campaign Since November 5tli. Big Crowd Expected Next Saturday should be a “Red Letter” day in the history of mer chandising in Randolph county. This day will mark the end of the big mer chandising campaign inaugurated by the merchants whose names are listed on the page advertisement on page six of this issue of The Courier. The big sales event was started on November 5th. The merchants at that time be gan to stock heavily for the fall and holiday trade and the trading public confirmed the confidence of the mer chants by buying heavily during the past six or eight weeks. Specifically, the big sales cam paign closes at 3:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Through cooperation of Lewallen and Bums, local Hudson and Essex dealers', the merchants have been able to make the trading event ; more attractive to the people of the : county. These automobile dealers have made it even more attractive < and profitable for the people to do ,! their fall and holiday buying in Ashe- : boro. 1 It is expected that Saturday after- < noon will find more people in Ashe- : boro than have been in town in a long : time, if ever before. There will be i hundreds who will have to do some last-minute shopping. Some shop- i pars always put this off until the i last minute, and many others who : have done the major part of th^ir holiday buying will thing of some thing they had forgotten to purchase and will be on hand to get that. Local 1 merchants are prepared for these | late shoppers just as they have been . prepared all during the fall season to take care of the needs of the buying : public. ' Stocks may be a little de- ; pie ted due to the heavy buying dur ing the past Jew weeks, but there will be enough left to satisfy the most ex acting customer. The values will be < as great or better than they have ! been during the entire season. BENNETT, ROUTE 1, NEWS There will be a Christmas tree at i Pleasant Grove church Saturday af ternoon at 2:00 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Presnell were visitors in Bonlee Sunday afternoon. Miss Esther Cheek, of Asheboro, spent the week-end with homefqlks. Mr. Roy Cheek and Howard Ham mer spent a few days in Greensboro last week. Of the Christ child asleep in the manger Dreams the girl on her Grand-dad’s knee, And the vision is fairer and stranger Than her picture book ever can be. Grand-dad nods, and-his dreams go a-straying Back' through years that have rolled away. Boyhood games once again he is playing— Christmas dreams—it is childhood’s day. Mrs. W. E. Brock Dies In Asheboro Death Follows 111 Health For Some Time—Had Lived Here Short While. Buried At Wadesboro Mrs. Elizabeth Brock, 40, wife of, Ex-Judge Walter E. Brock, died at j her home on Park Street, in Ashe-! boro, Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock j following ill health for two years due to an incurable disease of the heart and spleen- In spite of her illness, however, Mrs. Brock was optimistic at all times and was ever active in church and civic activities. She had lived in Asheboro only since August when she came here with her husband and family from Raleigh to make her home, but in this short time had made many friends in the community. Mrs. Brock was bom July 12, 1887, at Wadesboro, the daughter of Mrs. at Wadesboro, the daughter of Mr. Ashcraft. She was married about eighteen years ago to Walter E. Brock, former solicitor in his dis trict and also later a Judge of the Superior Court. Mrs. Brock was es pecially active in church, social and civic matters during her long resi dence in Wadesboro and in the in fluenza epidemic during the war ren dered especially distinguished service to her community. Besides her husband, Mrs. Brock is survived by the following children, Mary Helen, Betsy, Flora Anne, Wal ter, Jr., and Alexander, all of whom are making their home in Asheboro with their father; her father, K. W. Ashcraft, of Wadesboro; four sisters, Mrs. R. G. Martin, Raleigh; Mrs. J. A. McDowell, Scotland Neck; Mrs. Buren Shaw' and Miss Myrtle Ashcraft, all of Wadesboro and two brothers, W. L. and T. S. Ashcraft, both of Wades boro. Funeral was held from the First Baptist church, Wadesboro, Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by Dr. B. S. Bray, assisted by Rev. B. C. Reavis, pastor of the First M. E. Church, Asheboro, of which Mrs. Brock was a member, and Dr. C. L. Jackson, a former pastor of Mrs. Brock. During the funeral service music was ren dered by the choir which sang Mrs. Brock’s favorite hymns, and Mrs. H. W. Little sang a solo, “Have Thine Own Way, Lord.” At the grave a quartet of Mrs. Brock’s close friends sang, “Some Time We’ll tfnderstand.” Interment was made in the church cemetery. S ■ Among the large number of friends of Mrs. .Brock and the family attend ing the services were several persons from Asheboro. Fair Officers Elected At a meeting of the directors of the Randolph County Fair Association held in the office of W. A. Bunch yes terday afternoon the following offi cers of the association were ejected for the ensuing year: A. I. Perree, president; A. B. Beasley, E. C. Wat kins and J. D. Ross, vice presidents; C. L. Scott, secretary; and W. A. Bunch, treasurer. All of these offi cers were re-elected except Mr. Wat kins who is a new vice president added this year. Walker-York At the home of J. A. Neighbors, the officiating justice of the peace, who lives just north of Asheboro, on last Saturday, Miss Ruby Walker, of Sophia, was married with Mr. Cletis York, qf Randleman. Mr. York is the son of W. T. York, of Randleman, while his .bride is the daughter of A. H. Walker, of Sophia. 'The young people will make their home in Ran dleman. Mistrial Ordered In The Snipes Case Jury Fails To Agree After Sev eral Hours Deliberation In Richmond Court. Mistrial was ordered in the case of John Wesley Faison on trial for mur der of Mrs. Elsie Holt Snipes in her apartment, in Richmond, Va., in No jvember, by Judge Matthews, holding i Superior Court in the Virginia cap ital. The case had gone to the jury i which found itself unable to reach a j verdict after two or three days de liberations. Second trial,, will probab ly be held in January. \ .it developed-uSOe-evMjpnce brought out in the trial that Mj^jSnipes was low spirited at times ..cl longed for i her two young sons here at Asheboro with their father, I. A. Snipes. It was brought out also, although not ad mitted to go to the jury, that some time before her tragic death Mrs. Snipes and Mr. Faison, who is charged with shooting the woman, wrote a joint letter to Mr. Snipes at Asheboro asking details of the divorce which lie had secured from his wife. His reply was also found. Little new was brought out in the hearing of the case than that which has already been stated. Mrs. Snipes was shot late at night in her apart ment, or committed suicide as the de fense contends. Faison was in the apartment at the time, but claims not to have been in the same room with the woman. He took her to the hos pital after the fatal shooting. The trouble with a rosebud mouth is that it remains neutral and expects you to do all the kissing. Liberty Policeman Foils Big Robbery By Engaging Thieves In Gun Battle Fires On Gang While They Are In Act Of Robbing John Curtis’ Store. Thieves Return Fire As They Make Break For Car And Get Away—Nobody Was Hit In Battle. Policeman J. L. Hinshaw, of Lib erty, frustrated a bold attempt to rob John W. Curtis’ store on the main street of Liberty Sunday morning about 3 o’clock when he opened fire with his pistol on five robbers who had forced the front door of the store building and were helping themselves to the contents of the shelves. Hin shaw noticed a roadster parked in front of the Curtis store with a man sitting in the seat apparently watch ing. He went to investigate and ob served that the door of the store building had been forced open. He opened fire with his gun and the four robbers in the store made a break for the parked car, returning Mr. Hin shaw’s fire as they ran. Hinshaw emptied his gun of the six shots it contained, but is not certain that he hit either of the thieves. Neither was Hinshaw hit by the return fire of the robbers. When the ear was gained by the four men who dashed out of the store, the machine was started and ■ made away at a terrific rate of speed. Hin shaw was unable to identify the make of'the car. The robbers left in such a great haste that they left behind them a full kit of burglar’s tools, some of which had been used in forc ing-open the front door of the store. Although nothing was taken from the store, men’s shirts, clothing, hos News Of Week In Brief Paragraphs Short Mention Of Important Happenings In State And Nation For Busy Reader. It is estimated that stockholders in American corporations will receive during the Christmas season dividends from their holdings amounting to at least 400 million dollars. The Gener al Motors Corporation alone will dis tribute among its 57,000 stockholders a total of $43,500,000. The DuPont corporation will distribute more than eleven millions. - -V— An average of more than 300 per sons' a day visited the State Prison at Raleigh, according to Superintend ent Pou. During the past six months 15,160 persons have visited the cen tral prison. R. W. H. Stone, of Greensboro, past president of the North Carolina Farmers’ Union, died in a hospital at Raleigh Sunday morning following a stroke of paralysis suffered Thurs day afternoon in the lobby of a Ra leigh hotel where he was attending a meeting in the interest of North Car olina farmers. Directors of the defunct Bank of Wilkes, at North Wilkesboro, are on trial in Wilkes Superior Court this week on charge of violating the State banking laws. These directors are officials of the bank of which Clem Wrenn was cashier, and who has gor^e on the witness stand and made a clean breast of his default. iery, etc., were piled up neatly by the robbers ready to be removed to the car when their job had been com pleted. Season’s Greetings Sent For Courier “What Shall I Give For Christmas,” an. article on the front page of The Courier last week, has evidently help ed some of our subscribers to solve the “Gift Problem.” The suggestion has resulted in entering on our books some former Randolph citizens who have not heretofore been receiving Tiie Courier. One of our subscribers not only sent in his subscription but burst out into most appropriate poetry which we trust will bear fruit. The poem is as follows: “What shall I give for Christmas?” Was a front-page headline, I did see; Still it was the words which followed headline, Which most appealed to me, “A subscription to The Courier,” Caused me, for a moment, to ponder; 'Are we all paid up to date ? . Now are we? I really do wonder? My Christmas gift to The Courier Is a check, which is, long past due, I wonder, too, if there are others Who, the same, probably, could do ? ' If it’s possible, let’s be giving A year at least, paid in advance Always boosting dear old Randolph And the Editor’s happiness enhance. I —A Native of Randolph. Many New Angles To The Shooting Of Albert Culler Mystery Still Shrouds The Mat ter Though Officers Are Working Hard. Culler In Jail Removed From Hospital For Safe Keeping—Other Arrests Have Been Made. The alleged shooting of Albert Cul ler, young white man native of Wilkes county, Monday night by Ben Presnell is still shrouded in mystery as regards many aspects of the sor did affair. Presnell is still in Ran dolph jail without privilege of bond, while Culler is occupying a cell in the same place, having been removed to the jail for safe keeping Saturday afternoon. Culler was getting too lively to be kept in the hospital and fear was expressed that some of his friends might spirit him away. It is expected that he will recover from the effects of the shotgun wound which tore a hole in the side of his head and knocked out one of his eyes. Larkin Presnell, brother of Ben Presnell, was arrested the latter part of last week and lodged in jail at Car thage. Another arrest made in con nection with the affair was that of J. B. Powers, of the Bennett com munity, who was released under $2, 000 bond yesterday for appearance here in January for a hearing. It is rumored that other arrests have been made, but officers working in the case are not giving out any informa tion. .Behind the affair, which was brought to a head when Culler was shot, runs the thread of automobile thievery organized to perfection. In spectors from the State automobile bureau working out of Asheboro last week brought in a number of cars which are thought to have been stolen. But the truth of the matter will not be brought out for several days yet. .As to the circumstances surround ing the shooting of Culler there are different stories. Presnell’s conten tion was that he shot Culler when he I was attempting to break into the for mer’s home at Seagrove. Other stories of the affair are that Culler was shot at' a rendezvous in the woods near Sam Hancock’s place in Union township, and that the shooting grew put of a dispute oyer the proceeds from the sale of .ft atoleh ear. • s. • However this may be, officers are saying nothing and are busy at work. When the matter is wound up there will likely be some surprises in-store for the people of the county and State. Meeting of College Students There will be a get together meet ing of the Randolph county college students at the court house in Ashe boro tomorrow (Friday) night at 8 o’clock. Mr. Hal Johnson, president of the organization, urges ■every col lege student in the county to be pres ent. An interesting program has been arranged. Local School Closes For The Christmas Holidays The Asheboro city schools closed yesterday afternoon for the Christ mas holidays and the teachers who live outside of Asheboro left or will leave tomorrow to spend Christmas with their relatives in various parts of the State. Classes will be resum ed on Tuesday, January 3, 1928, and about a month thereafter fall term examinations will be started. The local school has been moving along smoothly during the past fall and much has been accomplished. The spring term should be one of the most successful in the history of the local educational institution. Little Chance Yet For Extension Of Route 77 Another move was made in the in terest of the extension of State High way 77 from Asheboro to Carthage via Seagrove and High Falls last Friday when a number of interested citizens from Asheboro and along the route of the proposed road went to Raleigh to present the matter to the State Highway Commission. It develops that at this time neither Moore nor Randolph has any mileage cortiing to it for the present and lit tle can be done with reference to more road building in these counties until another allotment of funds is made. However, interested Asheboro folks have not lost heart and are just as confident of the ultimate extension of the road as they have ever been. Hard Surface Mileage According to the State Highway Commission, the mileage of hard sur face roads in North Carolina at the dose of 1927 will be 3,388. Total mileage of State highways will reach 7,416 by the end of the year. In this system of roads there will have been invested by the first of next year ap proximately $140,000,000. Near East Relief Rev. J. E. Pritchard, of Asheboro, is chairman of the Near East Relief campaign ,which will seek to raise $1,000 in Randolph county for use in the Bible lands. The money raised in the campaign will be used in the Near East largely for educational purposes, all efforts being bent toward making the inhabitants of the region self supporting. Bold Robbe Of Friday Excite The Tom No Less Than Six Business Places Are Entered By Tin Gang Of Thieves. Few Clues Are Left Johnson’s, Penders, Reaves’ and Hurley’s All Are Heavy Losers. a nan aozen A.sneooro onsmi men came up town Saturday morning to open up their places of business only to find that somebody had done the job ahead of them. True, some of the stores were opened from the back side, but they had been opened, never theless. ■ During the night a whole sale robbery had been committed im the town, and after having loaded their car down with merchandise the thieves were wise enough to fill op the gas tank to make a safe depart ure. Stores entered included R. CL Johnson’s, Reaves Pharmacy, Pen der’s, J. H. Hurley’s grocery, and Wil lard Rich’s blacksmith shop and the gas tank at the Piedmont'Chair Com pany. R. C. Johnson was probably the heaviest loser. Goods to the amount of approximately $200 were taken from his store on Sunset. En trance was made by prizing up one of the windows in the back wall of the store. Fourteen empty shoe box es were found, indicating that the shoes had been taken out by the thieves, a suit or two of men’s cloth ing was gone, practically the retire stock of ladies’ silk lingerie bad been taken, shirts, hats, caps and some smaller articles of merchandise. The thieves had evidently changed headgear in Johnson’s store, for an old hat and a cap were found *.«&* carded. Pender’s store, which seems to be a magnet for thieves same as John son’s, was entered by the front doom Whoever robbed Pender’s store stood on the sidewalk’ in front of the store on Depot street long enough to file through a lock. There must have been a contemptuous smile on the face of the thief who was bold enough to perform this feat righrin the busi ness center of the town. Taken out of Penders by the front door were boxes of eats of almost every description. J. H. Hurley’s grocery, oh North Fayetteville, was entered by the side window ind groceries valued afcjpdjt,.. about $10 were taken. At Reaves Pharmacy, next to the postoffice, entrance was made at a side door in the back part of the building and only a few steps front the rear entrance to the postoffice by prizing off the lock which held the ■ door fast. Here the thieves took m liking to narcotics and made away with about $50 worth. Out of the front part of the store, the crooks satisfied their taste for sweets and to bacco by taking several large boxes of candy, boxes of cigars and cigar ettes, and, to cap off the successful raid, took a toilet set. The gas tank at the Piedmont Chair Company was broken open and it is thought that the thieves here filled the gas tank of the car or care in which they were riding. —— When Willard Rich went to look ing around for some of his tools to repair some of the damage done to store buildings by the thieves he found that the unwelcome and ue heralded night prowlers had pre ceded him and had taken off a hunch of his most useful .tools. In fact, he is certain at least one of there mm used in .breaking the lock on the doer of the Reaves Pharmacy. Just which robbery took place firdt nobody knows, for the thieves ctaam. did their work which must have re quired some time, and left wiflarefc anybody’s seeing them or getting inkling of what was happening i the cover of night. It is thought likely that the thieves came from the north and made their first stop -A Hurley’s, then on through the bare ness section of town, and broke the gas tank at the Piedmont Chair Company open as their last act of vandalism. However, this is only conjecture. At least three people heard a high powered automobile speeding oa tbs streets of the town some lame after midnight Friday. It was heard speed ing along Park Street and also oa North and South Fayetteville. t whether this car was the car rontam-.i ing the thieves is not known. The circumstances attending fi» robberies leads to the suspicion tU whoever committed them were : iar with the town. A stranger ■ not have known where to find 1 lard Rich’s blacksmith shop, would have driven over town to a gas tank situated in an uous place in the manufacturing t trice. There are other angles to case which leads to the bdlief whoever pulled off the robbery ' local conditions. Few robbers e strange town would- stand oa main street long enough to through a lock as was the cat night %t Pender’s store. - Finger print experts were In Saturday from Greensboro and eral photographs were made in effort to trace the robbers r means. It was the opinion expert, however, that who mitted the series of thefts ing gloves. No clues were less the expert, is able, picture of the

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