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f:' THE COURIER Lead* in Both Nowooad Cfrculatioa ISSUED WEEKLY VOLUME LID " Ashe boro, N. C„ THE COURIER PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN y, January 19, 1928 THB COURIER IN ADVANCE NUMBER S Bold Highway Robbery Staged Four Miles North Of Town Tuesday Night B. C. Comer, Moore Cmwty Farmer, Held Up And Robbed Of Car And Cash. * . i Give Victim$4.00 To Pay His Way Home Then Speed Away, Taking Comer's Car And $400 In Cash—No Trace Found. Held up by four highwaymen with drawn pistols, robbed of his Buick touring car and four hundred dollars in cash, given four one dollar bills from his own roll, and left afoot four miles north of Asheboro, on Highway 70, at nine o'clock Tuesday night, was the experience crowded into a brief space of time of R. C. Comer, Moore county farmer, who was enroute home from Winston-Salem. The. bold robbery, one of the most daring in recent times in this section, was staged at the bridge across the four-mile branch, the distance the name indicates north of Asheboro. The highwaymen driving in front of Mr. Comer drove their car squarely across the entrance to the bridge over the branch, and hardly had Mr. Comer stopped his Buick to keep from crash ing into the standing car than four men with drawn pistols* confronted him and demanded that he crawl out and deliver up what money he had on his person. Take Car and $400 in Cash Quickly searching his pockets, the highwaymen, four of them, one de scribed as a mulatto and the other three white, found only a few dollars. Not satisfied with their finding, the mulatto took, his knife and slashed open Mr. Comer’s boots, in one of which he had concealed the larger part of the $400 in cash which he had received in the afternoon for a load of tobacco which he had sold on the Winston-Salem market. This, the robbers confiscated also. Leaving Mr. Comer, two of the highwaymen climbed into their car, a Chrysler sedan, while the other two took the wheel of Mr. Comer’s car. Asked by Mr. Comer if they intended to leave him stranded on the highway, one of the highwaymen asked him where he lived and how far he was from home. Comer advised them that he lived near Carthage and was many miles away from home, and, of course, .... .. 3S73** - ~ ' part of the loot, one of the highway men handed them to Mr. Comer and told him that would serve to pay his way home. The highwaymen then drove both cars away in the direction of Asheboro. Mr. Comer came to Hasty’s filling station, just above Asheboro,. and turned in the alarm. Officers imme diately got busy and notified author ities in nearby towns and cities. How ever, so far no trace has been ob tained of those who staged the bold holdup. Followed Comer From Winston The highwaymen in their Chrysler had followed Mr. Comer all the way from Winston-Salem. The car would first be driven behind Mr. Comer’s car for a short distance and then it would slow down, permtting Mr. Com er to pass. This kept up all the way to the -place of the robbery. Mr. Comer stopped at White Hall filling station at the junction of Highways 70 and 77, about three miles north of the scene of the holdup, and stayed about fifteen minutes with the hope (Please turn to page 8) Two Shipments Of Quail Arrive For Game Farm Two shipments of quail have ar rived for the new State game farm on the county home tract, two miles south of Asheboro. These quail were trapped in Wilkes and will be used at the farm for propagation purposes. At present they are at the Tip Top lodge, in the western part qf the county, and will be kept there un til provision is made for them at the game farm. Work is being pushed on the new farm, and on March 1st; W. C. Grimes, a member of the board of county commissioners and superin tendent of Tip Top lodge, will take active charge of the work. Death Claims Mr. Braxton N. Allen Was One Of Three Elderly Citi zens Of His Community To Mr. Braxton N. Allen, 78, familiarly known as “Bad”, died at his home rjswssttsws stroke of paralysis, and for the last three days of his life constant hic coughs. He had lived for more than fifty years at the old Allen home place. Mr. Allen was the last of a family of six to pass to the great be To Form Guernsey Breeders Association At Meeting Friday The aeries of meetings being held in the county this week in the inter est of dairying by County Agent E. 8. Millsaps, Jr., assisted by A. C. Kim rey, State College specialist, will come to a close with a meeting in the court house in Asheboro Friday af ternoon, Jan. 20th, at 2 o’clock. Prior to this last meeting, eleven such gatherings will have been held in as many different places in the county. Large numbers of farmers have at tended these dairy meetings, and much interest and enthusiasm has been shown in the discussion of dairy ing. At the Asheboro meeting to morrow afternoon it is the purpose of the County Agent to assist in the or ganization of a Guernsey Breeders Association. Those interested in this are especially urged to attend. Mrs. Eunice Smith Died Sunday A. M. From Infirmities Of Age—Fun eral Held At Home Of Her Daughter Monday. An Industrious Woman Mrs. Eunice Smith, one of the el derly citizens of the community, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Will D. Dickens, Sunday morning, fol lowing several weeks of indisposition from the infirmities of age. She was bom and reared in Asheboro and had spent practically all her life here ex cept for the past few years when she made extended visits to her son, Amos Smith, in High Point. Mrs. Smith was an industrious, honest and considerate woman, always considering how she could save her family, friends and neighbors. While not a possessor of vast worldly goods, she was of the type of woman who invest in the affairs of benefit in the great hereafter. She had been identified with the local M. E. church for many yean. Hie funeral was conducted by her partoi%^v^R^R^^a^ehge Monday at 10 a. m., after which burial followed in the plot of her son in the High Point cemetery. Mrs. Smith was the mother of several children, only the two whose names have been men tioned survive. Mrs. Will Thompson Dies From Pneumonia Was Member Of West Bend Church From Which Fun eral Was Held Monday. Mrs. Will Thompson, aged 33, died at her home at West Bend, Saturday night, January 14, following an ill ness lasting ten days with pneumonia. Mrs. Thompson was a conscientious Christian woman and a faithful mem ber of West Bend Methodist Episco pal church. She leaves besides her husband, four children, Worth, Cline, Edith and Elmer. Wade, the seven year-old son of the deceased, died four weeks ago also with pneumonia. Funeral services were conducted at West Bend M.- E. church Monday morning at 11 o’clock by her pastor, Rev. E. C. Widenhouse, assisted by Rev. F. R. Cooper, pastor of the local Holiness church, and interment was made in the church cemetery. Staley Wins Three Contests The Staley quintet defeated Ashe boro at Ramseur Monday by the score of 20 to 16, Franklinville on Wednes day, 38 to 12, and Pleasant Garden on Thursday by the score of 15 to 14. Staley is second in scoring in Ran dolph county, with 87 points for the i season. Mrs. Sarah Phillips Died Friday Morning At Home Of Her Son, A. V. Phil lips—Funeral At Union Cl rove Saturday. Mrs. Sarah J. Phillips, 71 years of age, widow of Eli C. Phillips, who died 18 years ago, passed away at the home of her son, A. V. Phillips, five miles south of Bamseur, Friday morning after an illness of two months. She leaves three sons, B. B. Phillips, Greensboro, S. F. Phillips, Asheboro, and A. V. Phillips, Ram seur, R. F. D., and one brother. John Allen, who lives at Panna, Illinois. Mrs. Phillips was a woman of quiet, unassuming faith, considerate of her friends and neighbors. She was at all times resigned to the will of the Di of diphtheria 25 years ago when she nursed her children through the dread disease, saw three of them die within a week and two of them buried in the same grave. J.Gyde CoxDies After deration Peritonitis Following Operation Fatal To Popular Young Funeral Wednesday J. Clyde Cox, 2d, native of Randolph county, and one of the most prominent young business men of High Point, where he located in 1919 following his graduation from State College, Ra leigh, died in a High Point hospital Monday night at 7 o’clock following an operation for appendicitis. The operation was performed Friday night and peritonitis set in shortly after wards, resulting in his death. His death came as a distinct shock to his many relatives and friends through out the State. Especially was it a shock to Asheboro people who had known the young man from child hood and with whom he had been as sociated from boyhood. Asheboro people were especially solicitious of the condition of his health from the moment that he entered the hospital iri High Point. Mr. Cox was the son of the late 0. R. Cox and of Mrs. Sarah Whitley Cox, the latter of whom makes her home in Asheboro. He was bom at Cedar Falls, in Randolph county. Shortly after the birth of his son, Mr. Cox moved to Asheboro, where he made his home until his death. Clyde Cox grew to manhood in Asheboro and made many lasting friends among the people of the town, who appre ciated the sterling qualities of his character and mind. In 1919, Mr. Cox went to High Point to make his home. In 1921 he was married to Miss Juanita Moffitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Moffitt, them selves native of the Moffitt Mill sec tion of Randolph county. Mr. Cox became associated with his father-in-law in the Moffitt Under wear Company, High Point, one of the largest underwear manufacturing establishments in the south. He serv ed as secretary of the company for five years. Surviving are his widow and a small daughter, Sarah; his mother, Mrs. Sarah Whitley Cox, of Ashe boro; one brother, Lewis Tagg Cox, of Asheboro; and four sisters, Mrs. Tom Wiles and Mrs. Clarence Cranford, of Asheboro, Mrs. James O Walker, of Charlotte, and Mrs. T. V. Rochelle, of High Point. The funeral service was conducted at tlie residence at 605 Parkway Wed nesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Dr. George R. Brown, of Reidsville, for mer pastor of the First Methodise Protestant church, High Point, and Rev. E. Lester Ballard, present asso ciate pastor of the church, officiated. Burial followed in Oakwood ceme tery, in the Furniture City. Mrs. E. E. Moffitt Enjoys Weekly Visits Of Courier In season and out of season Mrs. E. E. Moffitt, formerly of Asheboro but for many years a residents of Richmond, Virginia, reads The Courier. During the Christmas holi days a North Carolina relative went to Richmond to visit Mrs. Moffitt and on her arrival found her reading The Courier. She has Jbeen at all times a loyal supporter of The Courier and never misses an opportunity to show interest in her native county. Mrs. Moffitt was on her way to Asheboro for “Home Comers Day” at the fair last fall but contracted cold and de cided it was best to deny herself the pleasure of continuing her journey here. Mrs. Moffitt has within the past two years made substantial do nations to the school library. Automobile Wreck North Of Town Sends Several To Hospital. An automobile accident occuring seven miles north of Asheboro on the High Point-Winston Salem road Wednesday morning resulted in the injury of several members of the party and a badly wrecked car. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Whitlow, a six year old son, Miss Burtner, and Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Ryan were riding in Mr. Whitlow’s Nash car from their home at Winston-Salem to Southern Pines where Mrs. Ryan was going for treatment, when the car swerved on a curve and'tumed over. A slight rain fell early in the morning making the concrete slick. Mr. Whitlow and Mr. Ryan secured the Memorial Hos pital ambulance from Asheboro and took Mrs. Ryan on to Southern Pines, leaving the other members of the party who received rather painful, but not serious injuries, at Memorial Hospital for the day. The entire party were able to return to their homes at Winston-Salem late in the afternoon. Pritchard Opens A Cash And Carry Grocery Store Mr. Gk P. Pritchard, of the G. P. Pritchard Grocery and Market, has rented the front space in the building occupied by the Purity Bakery on South Fayetteville street and has opened a cash and carry grocery store. He will soon open the M Randolph B. & L. To Open Ijlew Series Of February 1 Is One of : tions 4500! Strong Associa I County, Having In Force. The Randolph County Building and Loan Association, with central office fit Asheboro, has announced the open ing of a new aeries of shares on February 1st, next. The association has approximately 4,500 shares in force at this tiAe. It is one of the two strong associations in the coun ty, the other being the People’s Build ing and Loan Association, of Ashe boro. Mr. Lee^M. Kearns is secretary of the Randolph association, while W. A. Bunch is secretary of the People’s. Both associations have been great factors in the growth of the town and county. Those who have been desirous of subscribing to building and loan shares will welcome this opportunity to take shares in the new Randolph series. These shares are payable $1 per month per share, one share ma turing $100 at the end of approxi mately 84 months. Any number of shares from one on up may be sub scribed in the new series. Mr. Kearns’ office is located in the Asheboro Hardware Company’s building, the entrance door being in the side of the building next to North Fayetteville Ashlyn street and just opposite the hotel entrance. Husband Of ‘ Mary L. Parker Died Recently Sidney Allan Poe, who was married on Sept. 31, 1927, to Miss Mary L. Parker, formerly of Ramseur, Ran dolph county, died suddenly on Jan uary 6th, 1928, in San Diego, Cali fornia. Mr. Pbe had felt for several months a slight' depression in his chest, but thought little of it until two months before his death when he consulted: a pgysician and found ig artery of the himself under the in and thought he but was suddenly i 5th and died shortly after being stricken. He was a 32nd degree Mafton, a man of strong character and of many friends. that he had heart. He care of a ph; was out of taken worse Colon G. Spencer Heads Big Carthage Corporation Colin G. Spenc®-, spn of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Sp«nc jr, former residents of Asheboro, haP&en made president of the Tyson & Jones Company, at Carthage. Speaking of his elevation to this position, the Moore County News states that Mr. Spencer is known all over the Sandhill section as a business man and executive of marked ability. Spencer, says the News, is essentially a builder, and stockholders and friends of Tyson & Jones feel that the company will make great forward strides under the di rection of its new president. Ruthless Slaughter Of Robins Stopped By Prompt Action Of Deputy Warden Lisk Turns Back Those Who Would Kill Thousands Of Robins On Back Creek. Federal Wardens Here To Protect Birds Which Have Congregated Five Miles West Of Asheboro. Ruthless slaughter of robins in the Back Creek section of Randolph coun ty, five miles west of Asheboro, dur ing the past few days has brought both federal and state game wardens into action. Today, federal game wardens arrived on the scene and will patrol the Back Creek section as long as the millions of robins which have come to the section remain. Last night W. C. Lisk, of Richfield, district game warden operating under State laws, was on the scene of the slaughter of the birds and turned back some thirty or forty persons who had come under cover of dark ness to bag the game. For the past few days literally mil lions of robins have come to the reed thickets along Back Creek. They have blackened the skies with their comings from every direction. At night they roost in the reed thickets, in tree tops, practically everywhere they can find lodgment. From whence they came or whither they are headed local folks are unable to say. But th$y are there. Hardly had the rooms settled in, the reed thickets before their slaugh- j ter was begun. The news spread that | there was fresh meat for the taking, j and scores of folks the last few nights are said to have raided the thickets with lights and- clubs and have killed and carried away thousands of the .feathery tribe. The ground is strewn with the corpses of the birds which the killers have not taken time to pick up, so large was the supply and so great was the slaughter. It was a great temptation, gad many folks fell for it. But those who were slaughtering the birds were violating a federal statute and didn’t know it. Those who have been enjoying robin pi* past day or so have been eatii that was taken illegally and know it. county >t Mrs. Sallie Rush Died Gariy Sunday Heart Attack Is Fatal—Was One Of Most Highly Respect- > ed Women Of County. Widow Of Z. F. Rush Mrs. Sallie Elizabeth Harris Rush, I widow of Z. F. Rush, died at her home on Salisbury street at six o'clock Sunday morning following an illness of less than a week of heart trouble. Mrs. Rush was one of the oldest cit izens of the county, having lived a little more than four score years. She was a most active, energetic and highly conscientious woman, never failing to enter into religious, civic and political affairs. She knew the history of her county, knew her people and never lost interest in them. She had the happy faculty of giving “hon or to whom honor was due,” and had the courage to stand by right in face of opposition. Her keen interest and alertness was manifest to the end of her long and useful career. She was the daughter of Jason and Lucinda Harris, of Concord township. She was educated at the New Garden Quaker school, which is now Guilford College. She was married in early life to Z. F. Rush, of Concord town ship, where they resided until thirty years ago when they moved their family to Asheboro. Mr. Rush was connected with the old Ross and Rush livery stables, which stood on adjoin ing lot and in the rear of the old court house which was replaced by the present temple oi justice Duut in 1908. During the life of Mrs. Rush many changes have taken place in the coun ty, all of which have been interesting to her. She remembered people and incidents, many times refreshing the minds of younger people. She is survived by one daughter, Miss Rose G. Rush, of Asheboro, and one son, Zeb Rush, also of Asheboro, and the following grandchildren: James, Gordon and Helen York, of Asheboro, and R. E. and R. M. Las siter, of Detroit, Michigan. Mrs. Rush was a faithful member of the First M. E. Church, South, of Asheboro, from which the funeral was conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. B. C. Reavis, assisted by Rev. Cothran G. Smith, of the Presbyterian church. Card of Thanks We desire fo express our foiling of obligations' and thanks to our neigh bors and friends for the many deeds of kindness and expressions of sym pathy and love during the sickness and death of our dear mother.—B. B. Phillips, S. F. Phillips, A. V. Phillips. Poultry club members from Cataw ba, Anson and Lincoln counties are exhibiting 18 selected birds at the Madison Square Garden Poultry Show this week. busy and communicated with the fed eral biological bureau, which in turn got in touch with the federal game warden at Newbem. This warden with a number of deputies will arrive today and will take the situation in hand. The robins have come from various parts of the country and rep resent a large part of the nation’s robin population. Robins are scarce enough at most and what few there are must be preserved. The strong arm of federal protection has been thrown around them. Just why these large gatherings of birds nobody seems to know. Perhaps this gathering of millions at a select ed rendezvous is one of the secrets of birdom and of nature. The fact is that the birds are over in the Back Creek section by the millions. Indi cations are that thousands of them have been killed by scores of persons who have raided the robin haven. The bird killers have come from long dis tances, for the news spread. But the slaughter is at an end. The per son who is caught at it. now is in danger of the long arm of Uncle Sam. With The Churches Methodist Protestant Church (Rev. J. E. Pritchard, Pastor) 9:45 A. M. Sunday school, Mr. W. L. Ward, Supt. 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. preaching by the pastor. 6 P. M. Christian Endeavor, Senior, Interme diate and Junior. Prayer meeting, Wednesday at 7:30 P. M. The public is cordially invited to all the services. Services At The M. XL Church Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Mr. L. D. Williams, superintendent. “The Sympathy of Christ” will be the subject of the sermon by the pas tor at 11:00 a. m. Dr. S. B. Turrentine, President of Greensboro College for Women will preach for us at the evening hour. | There will be special music at both services. The Sunset Reading Circle will meet with Mrs. A. M. Ferree, 113 N. Church street, Monday dt 8:00 p. m. Mid-week service Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. The Boy Scouts will meet Thursday at 7.-00 p. m. The public is cordially invited to Randolph Ranks Low In Property Value Per Capita Stands 76th Among Counties Of State In Per Capita Wealth, , Figures Show. Figures compiled by Paul W. Wager at the University of North Carolina show that , the taxable property val uations in North Carolina in 1926 reached the total of $2,798,208,601, or $980 per capita. Forsyth county has 'the greatest Aggregate wealth, $178, 709,494, with Mecklenburg and Guil ford rivals for second place. Bun combe has the most taxable wealth per capita, $1,938. Clay county oc cupies the lowest place among the counties in taxable wealth and per capita wealth, with $2,240,518 and $436 respectively. Randolph ranks 76th among the 100 counties of the State in per cap ita wealth, which is $650, or $30 be low the State average, while total as sessed valuations in the county in 1926 reached $20,566,515. Davidson ranked 36th in per capita wealth with $894, and a total valuation of $35, 203,509. Montgomery county was 17th in per capita wealth, $1,043, with a total valuation of $15,250,903. Chat ham’s total valuation was $18,789, 780, with a per capita average of $765. Delay In Placing Traffic Signals Engineers Claim Type Ordered By The Town Board Would Overload Posts. Suggest Other Designs It was announced some weeks ago that Asheboro was to have at least three automatic traffic signals located at three important street crossings in the town. These locations were the street intersections at Bank of Ran dolph, Asheboro Hardware Company and Red Star Filling Station. Order was placed for signals of the type which hang overhead directly above the center of the street intersections. They were to be placed with approval of Carolina Power & Light Company engineers. These engineers have looked the situation over, however, and will not permit the placing of the signals in these desired positions due to violation of soma engineering principle which would mean the over loading of the present light poles. The engineers recommended four signals at each intersection, which would cost more money, both for the signals and the wiring, than the one center over head signal device. The town board is not out any money on account of the controversy which has arisen, the signals having been ordered subject to approval of their placing by engineers. Several interested citizens of the town have been asking about the signals for several days past, wondering why they have not been placed. The town board still has hopes of reaching an agreement satisfactory to both the board and the power company with 'reference to the placing of the sig nal devices and have not given up hope of having them installed at some time not far distant. Find Stolen Car Parked On Streets Of Asheboro An abandoned Ford touring car of late model, which had been left park ed near, the Hedrick Motor Company, on South Fayetteville street, for sev eral days a few days ago was brought into the Hedrick garage by Bob Lew alien. One tire was flat and the gas oline tank was empty. Mr. Shore, of the motor vehicle bureau of the De partment of Revenue, was called in Tuesday to look the car over. He identified it as belonging to Melvin Rich, of Brown Summitt. It develops that the car was stolen from Mr. Rich several days ago and no trace had been found of the car until it was lo cated in Asheboro. The theory is held that the theif ran out of gas in Ashe boro, and perhaps being short of funds or fearing detection abandoned the Ford. The sixth annual short course for practical poultry growers will be held at State College during the week of January 23 to 28. Pender’s To Make It Hard On Thieves Robbers Will Have Hard Time Carrying Off These Larger Money Boxes. Pender’s cash and carry grocery stores have been victimised so many times in recent months by the acts of thieves who invariably carry off the small safes in the stores that the management of the D. Pender Gro cery Company has decided to install larger iron safes in their many places of business. The safes which have been in use are small enough and suf ficiently light for two men to carry. The new safes will weigh approxi mately a thousand pounds and no two men will be able to carry Jthem away. It has been the custom of thieves robbing these stores to carry the safe away a safe distance and break the lock with sledge hammers, take the contents and leave the safe. This happened in Asheboro once and in many other towns and cities in the State, the latest haviiur been at Lex Rand Ah Banks Mane Good Gain During Past Year Gain In Resources Alone Over $300,000—Surplus Funds Increase. 8 Banks In County Three Are Located In Asheboro And Five At Other Points In Randolph. Annual meetings of the stockhold ers of the eight banks in Randolph county have been held and the usual dividends have been declared. Re ports of officers of the banks to their stockholders indicate that the banks in the county have passed through a year of steady growth. Seven of the banks in the county are State banks, operating under supervision of the State banking laws, while one, the First National, in Asheboro, is a na tional bank, the only institution of its kind in Randolph. Three of the banks, First National, Bank of Randolph, and Asheboro Bank and Trust Company, are located in Asheboro. The First National has passed the million mark in total re sources. The Bank of Randolph is the oldest of the eight banks in the coun ty, while the Asheboro Bank and Trust Company is the latest arrival in banking circles in Asheboro. The other five banks are located at the following places: Bank of Liberty, at Liberty; Bank of Ramseur, at Ramseur; Bank of Seagrove, at Sear grove; Peoples Bank, at Randleman; and Bank of Coleridge, at Coleridge. The total capital stock of all eight banks as of December 31, 1927, amounted to $222,500, while surplus funds reached 206,700, or about equal to the capital stock. Resources of all the eight banks amounted to $3,576, 170.71. Deposits of all kinds amounted to .$3,018,504.23, while loans amounted to $2,227,908.05. Figures the same date last year 'show: Capital stock, $218,900; sur plus, $203,400; total resources, $3, 239,955.32; loans, $2,072,216.35; and deposits approximately two and three quarters of a million dollars. These figures in themselves indicate a steady growth of the county’s banks in every department during the past twelve months. Deposits in creased a quarter of a million dollars and there was corresponding growth all along the line. Perhaps in no other Section of the State do banks and bankers enjoy the confidence of the public as in Ran dolph. Banks in this county, while not as large as banks in the larger ’ cities, perhaps, have always been able to weather financial storms and have been bulwarks of safety and stability whatever conditions of business have been. The stability of the banks ha* reflected itself in the steady growth and prosperity of the county as a whole. ;''i 5 •V* Ernest W. Trogdon, 48, Died Last Week Was Born At Ramseur—Moved To North Wilkesboro 20 Years Ago. Ernest W. Trogdon, 48, native of Ramseur, Randolph county, but resi dent of North Wilkesboro for over 20 years, died Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 10, following a brief illness. He had been in ill health for more than a year. Mr. Trogdon was bom in Randolph county on July 21, 1880, a son of Stephen Trogdon and his wife. Twen ty-six years ago he was married te Miss Elsie Jane Brady and to this union were born five children, who, with their mother, survive; They are E. H. Trogdon, Bob Trogdon, Misses Blanche and Mary Trogdon, and a small son whose name this newspaper is unable to learn. Mr. Trogdon leaves also two brothers, Clifford Trogdon, of Ramseur, and George Trogdon, of Toccoa, Ga.; and two sisters, Mrs. James Caveness, of Ramseur, and Mrs. Stephen Willett, of Bear Creek. Mr. irogdon was a faithful mem ber of the M. E. church, a Pythias and a Mason. He was highly en gaged in manufacturing and closely identified with the business life of his adopted town and county. Those from Ramseur attending Mr.. Trogdon’s funeral Thursday morning at the North Wilkesboro M. E. church were Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Trogdon, Mrs. James Caveness and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Leonard. Mrs. Willett, of Bear Creek, also attended the funeraL Honor Gavin And Jen kina Citizens of Jonesboro and Sanford* mostly Democrats, joined together ia a banquet Monday evening at the Wilrik hotel, in Sanford, in honor of E. L. Gavin, fellow townsmen of tho Sanfordites, who was recently ap pointed U. S. Attorney for the middle N. C. district, and J. J. Jenkins, ai Siler City, new middle district mar shal. Joe Stout, former Randolphian, was one of the speakers. He stated that he had never attended a meeting; before to honor a Republican, hut wae glad of the opportunity to pay tribute to his fellow townsmen. . Mrs. Ada King and niec< Greensboro, were in Asheboro S visiting relatives and friends. King left Monday for Texas.
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