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Aaheboro, N. C, Thursday, March 1, 1928
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Death Claims Eli Blown, Of The
Bom bar Section, While In
Town Yesterday.
fo Hold Funeral Today
At Oak Grove Church—Survived
By His Widow, 1 Children
- And Step-mother.
Mr. Eli Brown, who with his son, L.
Bar Brown, of the Bombay commun
ity of the county, had brought some
chickens to Asheboro for shipment in
the ear loaded yesterday by County
Agent Millsaps, dropped dead at the
caf about the noon hour while he was
loading his chickens on-the car; Mr.
Brown was apparently in his usual
health, and his death was a greet
shock.to all who knew him. A phys
ician was called, hut it was evident
that death was instantaneous.
The body was taken to the Fox
Furniture Company's funeral parlor
and prepared for bnrial. It was then
taken to Mn Brown’s home.
Mr. Brown was the son of the late
DanieigBrown, who lived east of
Ashebmro. He married Miss Alice
Vuncannon, daughter of Alfred Vun
camnm, of the western part of Ran
dolph. To this union there are the
following surviving children: Mrs.
Grace Johnson end L. R. Brown, both
of whom Bye with their mother; and
Fred Brown, of Asheboro, Route 1.
He leaves also the following brothers
and sisters: Mrs. C. EL Brown,
Kemp's Mill; Mrs. Jane Cagle, Sea
grove; Mrs. J. N. Cagle, Staley; John
Brown, Greensboro; Willie Brown,
Asheboro, Route 1, and Walter Brown,
of Florida. His step-mother, Mrs.
Sarah Brown, of Asheboro, Route 1,
also survives.
Funeral will be conducted today at
Oak Grove M. E. church, of which
Mr. Brown was a member.
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Play At Colored School
"Springtime,” -the gay music fes
tival, will be presented in the Aahe
boro polored high school auditorium
Wednesday evening, 8 o’clock, March
21st, 1928. This promises to be, one
of rite most entertaining plays ever
put on at the local colored school
building. Ah Invitation is extended
the public to.intend. p4- .
Mr. Thomas H. EUis
Passed Away At Bosk In Ram
sear At Age Of 71 Year*—
Loaf Active Citizen.
Thomas H. Ellis, 71, died Monday
afternoon at his home in Ramseur fol
lowing an iBness of one week. Funeral
was held yesterday afternoon from
the Baptist church, of which he had
been a faithful member for 80 years.
Rev. W. A. Elam, tbe pastor, assisted
by Rev. John Hoyle, also of Ramaeur,
and Rev. W. O. Johnson, of Richmond,
will conduct the funeral service.
Mr. EUis is survived by his widow,
seven daughters and one son: Mrs. W.
MTWilliamson, Mrs. G. M. Brewer and
Mrs. B. G. Leonard, of High Point;
Mrs. J. P. Stout, Sanford; Mrs. C. G.
Fonshee and Mrs. C. E. Highfill, of
liberty; and Mrs. C. L. Luther and
Joe Ellis, of Ramseur. He leaves also
27 grandchildren and one great grand
child.
Mr. RUi* had spent a long and use
ful life in the Ramseur community,
ever interesting himself in all mat
ters pertaining to the civic, apcial
and moral uplift of his community
and coufity. Although well along in
years, his interest in these things
never for a moment was dimmed. He
will be greatly missed by his family,
friends and the community in general.
Negro, Apparently
Crazy, Wanders Into
Randolph Co. Home
No Room For Him There Aid
Ho Is Brought To Jail—Try
To Locate His Residence.
A negro man, apparently about 86
years of age, aad seemingly eraiy,
wandered in to the Randolph . county
home, two miles south of Asheboro,
Friday night Superintendent Ben
formation which could be gotten from
him was that his name was RMif
Floyd and that he claimed Newberry,
S. d, as his home. Further than that,
he gave no information, when ques
tioning was continued would mumble
something about "looking up to
Asheboro Gets Another Mill For
Manufacture Full-Fashioned Hose
All rumors relative the location of
toother mill in Asheboro for the
manufacture of full-fashioned silk
hosiery were set at rest late Saturday
afternoon when site was purchased
and contract let for construction of
the first unit of the plant. The new
'mill will be owned largely by J. C.
Bossong, broker and financier of New
York City. Mr. Bossong is well
known to the business men of Ashe
boro, since he brokers a part of the
output of the Asheboro and Cranford
hosiery mills, and is often in Ashe
boro cm matters of business. His
brother, Charles Bossong, will be the
general manager of the new plant.
The new industry will be located on
the old ball park grounds in West
Asheboro, on lands purchased from
Arthur Ross, C. W. Shaw, Wm. C.
Hammer, J. A~ York, J. A. Holder and
Reid M. Hannah. It has a frontage
of several hundred feet on Highway
90 and extends back several hundred
feet. The initial outlay for site,
buildings and machinery will approx
imate 1150,000, with view to increas
ing the outlay to $250,000 within
three years. Of the initial outlay,
$30,000 will be loaned the new cor
poration by interested citizens of
Asheboro. This will be secured by
first mortgage on the buildings and
site and will be repaid at the rate of
ten per cent a year until paid. It will
represent two^thlrds of the cost of
the site and the first unit of buildings.
The first units of the plant will be
built under supervision of Lockwood
and Greene, mille engineers, of Char- j
lotte, and work will be started at
once. The plans call for two modem j
mill buildings, eath 80 by 137 feet, i
with dyehouse between. The con
struction will be along the most ap
proved lines so as to admit the maxi
mum of light and ventilation into the
plant. Construction of this kind is
called “saw tooth” construction, due
to the fact that arrangement of the
roof is made along saw tooth out
lines in order to admit plenty of light
at the right angles.
May Mean Silk Mill
The coming of the Bossong mill
for the manufacture of full-fashioned
silk hosiery may mean also the es
tablishment in Asheboro of a plant
for the’manufacture of Bilk yam. It
is stated on good authority that the
location pC » «ilfc yarn mill in Ashe
boro, has for several days been predi
cated on the location of the Bossong
mill. Now, since Bossong mill is a
is more than an even
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already use luge 'quantities of ailk
.yarn. There are already in the town
live hosiery mills, several of which
make semi-silk hosiery and one, the
McCrary, full-fashioned silk hosiery.
These mills are the Acme, Asheboro,
Parks, Cranford and McCrary.
Irvin Jackson Jailed
Irvin Jackson, brother of Nettie
Jaeluon, who ia held in Pittsboro jail
along with Grady Pugh on charge of
robbing the bank at Eton College,
has been arrested in Wentworth and
placed in jail in Chatham county’s
bastile. Jackson is being held on
charge of being a member of the gang
which looted the People!* Bank and
Trust Company, at Bennett, some
days before the Elon College robbery
was staged.
Most Cover Knees
An order issued by the minister of
the interior in Germany specifies that
women employes of the postal, tele
phone and telegraph services must
wear uniform skirts that come at least
eight inches below the knees. The
women object, holding that the order
is neither in accordance with the
times nor practice. It is anticipated
that the minister will have trouble en
forcing his order.
James O. Pickard Made
District Sales Manager
Mr. James 0. Pickard, of Randle
man, has been promoted to division
manager, in charge of fourteen sales
men, of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company, with offices in the Greens
boro Bank & Trust Company build
ing in Greensboro. Mr. Pickard
started with the Reynolds company
twelve years ago and has worked him
self up from the ranks to his. present
position. He is well known in Ran
dolph and adjoining counties.
W. A. Gregory To Open
Store In liberty Soon
W. A Gregory’s sixth 6, 10 anjt
26 cent store will be opened in Lib
erty in shoot two weeks. Hr. Greg
ory has been in liberty the past few
days emlring preparations for opening
tt# new link in his chain of stores.
Liberty has no store of the kind which
Mr. Gregory operates, and, since the
town i« one of the beet trading cen
ters in the Piedmont section of the
State, his enterprise wttMHl long
felt need in the liberty trading tar
Citisens’ Aid Committees, whose
eL^er^ta^TcomJg Kt
'tor dtisens, are functioning in 46
coon ties, according to Edwin B.
Bridges, Commissioner of Pardons,
who inaugurated the idea. Mr. C.
Thayer, president of the Asheboro Ro
tary dub, is ch^rmanofthe aid com
The McCrary Hosiery Mills, Inc.,
recently established, has several ma
chines installed for making full-fash
ioned silk hosiery, and other machines
have been ordered. These will be
{•laced and put in production upon
arrival. Starting a mill for the man
ufacture of full-fashioned silk hosiery
calls for more than capital outlay, for
the operators have to be trained in
the work. The machines are intricate
and delicate in operation. The plan
followed by the McCrary mill has been
to train the help in the mill as the ma
chines are installed instead of send
ing. out of town for workers already
skilled in this class of work. In fact,
such .operators would be hard to find
in the South, for those that are train
ed at such work are already employed.
Asheboro mills, of whatever nature,
have ever followed the plan of em
ploying local help and there is no' de
sire on tile part of any of the mill
owners to send outside for help.
37 Members Enrolled
In New Kiwanis Club
Formed Here Monday
T. A. Barns Elected President—
Other Officers And Directors
Are Also Named.
The organization meeting of the
Asheboro Kiwanis Club was held in
the court house Monday evening at
7:30 o’clock with approximately 35
representative business and profes
sional men of the town present. Col
onel Eltinge Elmore, field representa
tive for North and South Carolina and
general organizer for the Kiwanis
Club, was present and presided over
the deliberations of the meeting. He
went thoroughly into the history of
the Kiwanis Clubs and explained its
purposes and aims. His talk was
most enlightening as well as enter
taining.
Thirty-seven members were enroll
ed at the meeting, officers elected and
weekly meeting dates set. T. A.
Burns was elected president of the
club; John M. Neely, vice president;
J. M. Scarboro, treasurer; Roy Reaves,
secretary; I. C. Moser, district trustee.
The following board of directors was
named also: H. M. Robins, C. M.
Fox and W. S. Trickett, for term of
three years; T. F. Bulla and C. J,
Lovett, two years; and B. C. Reavis
anriE. H. Cranford, for one year.
wfc^f for 6:30 o’clock'in the dining
hall 3f the First M. E. church, South.
Members enrolled at the meeting
Monday evening were: G. W. Hay
worth, E. L. Hedrick, BL C. Jones, M.
G. Lovett, A. T. Lomax, N. M. Cran
ford, E. H. Cranford, C. J. Lovett, G.
H. Sumner, T. A. Bumes, Dr. Tiffany
Barnes, Lee M. Kearns, J. T. Pugh, J.
A. York, H. M. Robins, I. C. Moser,
W. S. Trickett, S. D. Story, Clarence
Cranford, S, N. Allen, E> H. Morris,
Jr„ T. F. Bulla, W. F. Redding, Jr.,
J. T. Lewallen, Dr. Derripsey Barnes,
John M. Neely, E..L. Ray, Roy Reaves,
D. L. Lomax, G. P. Pritchard, B. C.
Reavis, M. W. Parrish, C. H. Wood, C.
M. Fox, J. M. Scarboro, H. K. Moore,
B. C. Younts.
36 Hens And Two
Dogs Are Buried
In The Same Grave
A. 0. Ferree buried 36 bens and
two fox terrier dogs in the same new
ly-dug grave late Friday of last week.
Mr. Ferree left his two dogs and
chickens at his home in separate lots
Friday morning, as usual, when he
came from his farm north of town to
put in a day’s work at his grocery
store. When he returned late that
afternoon, he found that in his ab
sence the dogs had broken out of their
lot and had amused themselves by
killing his 36 blooded leghorn hens. To
make a day of it, Mr. Ferree decided
that it would be well to let the dogs
join the chickens in the long sleep,
and, accordingly, after the proper
death-dealing blows has been admin
istered to the living, he dug one grave
and placed 66 hens and two dogs in
it to rest together.
J. Elsie Allen Becomes
New Mayor Of Liberty
J. Elsie Allen has been appointed
mayor of the town of liberty to fill
the unexpired term of Dr. J. D. Gregg,
who resigned last week. Dr. Gregg
has moved his dental office to Siler
City, and this will prevent him from
giving the time and attention required
to the office of mayor. Mr. Allen was
of the lib
came
back to Liberty to make his home last
year, however, and is now a special
agent of the Jefferson Standard life
Insurance Company.
erty high school for several
later teaching in Virginia. He
T* Give Oyster Sapper
Hie Bence dace of the Methodist
Protestant church at Worthville will
give an oyster sapper in the Worth
ville school auditorium Saturday
night, March 3rd. The proceeds will
be used toward erecting the new P.
P. church building now under con
struction at Worth ville. Musk will
be furnished by the Leward mill band.
The public Is cordially invited.
Four cars of limestone were order
ed recently by a group of farmers in
Open Seasons For
Game Are Closed
In North Carolina
An Open Seasons, Except For
Muskrat, Cloned March 1st—
Fishing Season On.
The curtain has rung down on
the open seasons for game in
North Carolina for all game save
the lowly muskrat. Guns may be
oiled and put away, hunting dogs
given a rest, and various and
sundry personal paraphernalia
cleaned up and hung in the closet.
Open seasons for quail, wild tur
key, rabbits, grouse, fox and
pheasants, which bed survived un
til March 1st, are dosed. Hunters,
anxious to get in one more day of
sport, have been bfcsy this week.
Weather has bMp ideal and bird
hunters especially have taken ad
vantage of the few remaining days
to go out and get the hag limit.
Birds, which, have been scarce dur
ing the larger part at the season,
have been found the past several
days in goodly numbers, and many
hunters have taken the bag limit
allowed by law. Now, the sports
men will turn to fufcing. Should the
present ideal wewiler prevail for
any length of time, many are the
fishing rods and reels that will be
resurrected, oiled fand polished,
ready to match wits with the finny
tribe.
New Home Will Be Located On
Dr. W. J. Moore Home Place
(hi South Fayetteville St.
Get Plans This Week
It develops that Asheboro is to get
another garage-building. This will be
the new Ingram Pilling Station gar
age to be built on the old Dr. W. J.
Moore home place on South Fayette
ville street. Plans and specifications
for the new building are expected
from the architect in charge by the
latter part of this week. The Ingram
Pilling Station has for some years
past occupied the building on the cor
ner of Fayettevilfl|«nd Worth streets.
The lease on thifiweatkm, however,
expires in Septemifer, and Since this
building is. not large enough to take
fare of the growing business of the
ttmcern, new quarter? will have to be
gram Filling Station building will be
iem down and replaced by another
Structure, or. leased to other parties,
is not known. It is decidedly one of
the best business locations in Ashe
boro. There is a rumor going the
rounds that a new home for the Bank
of Randolph will be constructed where
the filling station now stands, but in
quiry at the bank reveals that this
is purely rumor and has no founda
tion in fact. The bank owns 38 feet
next to its present location, and, if
the building of a new home were in
prospect, it would most likely be on
this lot rather than on the ground on
which the filling station stands..
Liberty Folks Buy Out
Carolina Veneer Company
Effective today, the Carolina Ve
neer Company, at Liberty, will be the
property of V. H. Dameron, Cyrus
Shoffner and C. L. Bray, these men
having bought it from p. J. Cummins
and Charles Hayworth, of High Point,
former owners. Mr. Dameron, one of
the new owners, has been manager of
the plant since its beginning and is
experienced in the work and manage
ment of the enterprise.
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terday into the Stedman budding,
next door to Bank of Randolph, for
merly occupied by Hasty’s Cafe. The
Old Hickory, popular not only because
of its cuisine but because of its name
and the fact that it was operated by
two ex-service men, Reld'M. Hannah
and Eugene Chisholm, had occupied
the Caveness building on Depot street,
now Sunset avenue, since 1919. The
cafe, under the management of these
two genial proprietors, built up a
good business, which it has retained
until the present Thp new quarters
have ^een renovated, freshened with
ndwcoatings of paint, and present a
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Precautions Must Be taken To
Prevent An Epidemic Of Measles
County Health Officer Dr. G. H.
Sumner calls attention to the fact that
there are a number of cases of meas
les in the county. While the preval
ence of the disease has not reached the
stage which may be classed as an
epidemic, the health officer thinks
that unless great precaution is taken
such may be the ultimate result. The
larger number of cases, according to
Dr. Sumner, may be found in the Trin
ity and Archdale communities. This
is true for the reason that the dis
ease has spread from High Point and
other parts of Guilford where the dis
ease has almost reached the epidemic
stage. There are, however, isolated
cases of measles in practically every
part of the county.
In speaking of measles and other
contagious diseases yesterday, Dr.
Sumner called attention to the fact
that the law expressly states that con
tagious diseases must be reported to
the health officer and that all such
cases must be puarantined to prevent
spread. The list of reportable dis
eases, in addition to measles, include
whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet
fever, infantile paralysis, cerebro
spinal meningitis, chickenpox, German
measles, smallpox, typhoid fever, ven
eral diseases and tuberculosis.
The diseases which must not only
be reported, but also quarantined for
a specified number of days includes
whooping cough, measles, diphtheria,
scarlet fever, infantile paralysis,
cerebro-spinal meningitis, and Ger
man measles. Those diseases which
must.be reported and placarded, but
not quarantined, are smallpox, ty
phoid fever and chickenpox.
Prevalence of these diseases in
Randolph county should be reported
directly to Dr. G. H. Sumner, Ashe
boro, N. C.
Penalty For Not Reporting
Dr. Sumner calls attention to the
fact that the law expressly provides
that all communicable diseases named
above shall be reported. A penalty
of not exceeding a fine of $50 and im
prisonment for 30 days may be im
posed upon conviction on charge of
failing to report any one of the dis
eases specified as reportable. This
section, applicable to measles, reads:
Each parent, guardian, house-hold
er, and adult shall report to the quar
antine officer, giving the name and
age of every person in his or her
home that has measles, date of onset
and name of school district, within
twenty-four hours after he or she has
evidence to believe that the child has
measles, as specified in Section 7152,
Consolidated Statutes. —
The law requiring contagious dis
eases to be reported, placarded or
quarantined, or both, Dr. Sumner
Cedar Falls P.-T. A.
To Give Play Friday
Night, Franklinville
“The Old School House In Hick’
ry Holler” To Be Presented—
—Music By Band.
Cedar Falls, Feb. 28.—Rev. E. C.
Widenhouse preached an able sermon
at the M. E. church here Sunday
morning.
The play given Saturday night by
the Parent-Teacher Association was
attended by a large crowd, and seemed
to have been enjoyed by all.
Mr. and Mrs. Mebane Laughlin, of
Norfolk, Va., are visiting relatives and
friends in this community.
Mr. Rose York, of High Point, spent
the week end with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Allred and
Grady Skeen, of Asheboro, Route 3,
were among those who attended the
play given here Saturday night.
Mrs. J. M. Aldridge and son, Hal
Scott, and daughters, Mesdames Wil
liams and Wooten, spent a short while
at the home of A. L. Briles Sunday.
Mr. Clifford Routh, of Greensboro,
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Routh.
The Parent-Teacher Association of
Cedar Falls has decided to give the
play, entitled “The Old School at
Hick’ry Holler,” at the Franklinville
school building Friday night, March
2, at 7:45 o'clock. Music will be
furnished by a string band. The pub
lic fs cordially invited. Admission
fee will be charged.
Make Quick Settlement
The Atlantic and Yadkin Valley
.Railway Company made a quick set
tlement of a damage suit entered
against it by J. L. Welbom, father of
Edna Welbom, seven-year-old girl,
who was killed at a grade crossing in
Ramseur on February 7th by being
struck by a freight car. A cash pay
ment of $2,500 damages was made to
the little girl's parents. _
New City Directory
Mayor C. C. Cranford adviaes that
Asheboro is soon to have a new di
rectory. It will be prepared by the
Selders' Directory Company. Mr.
Selders will be in Asheboro the first
of March to begin compilation Of the
directory, and the Mayor urges the
citizens of the town to render all as
sistance possible that the directory
may be most accurate and complete
when finished.
•v! Fiddlers' Convention . .
An old-time fiddlers’ convention will
be held in the auditorium of Trinity
high school Friday night, March 2nd.
The proceeds will be used for purchas
ing school equipment. Prizes will be
awarded thd winners in the various
contests, and . there will be extra
‘ as clever sing
I points out, is meant to. be enforced,
not for the mere matter of enforcing
a law, but to protect the public.
Spread of contagious diseases cannot
be prevented where their prevalence
is not reported and where they are not
placarded and quarantined. The old
idea that every person, especially
children, should have every disease in
the long category of human ills, is a
fallacy. Back in the days when dis
ease was not scientifically fought
and when quarantine laws were un
known it may have been that every
child had to run the gamut of disease
for the simple reason that it could not
protect itself and the law gave no as
sistance. That day, happily, is gone.
Although he would regret having to
take such steps, the county health of
ficer has made it known that he will
adhere to the law relative to reporting
contagious diseases and must prose
cute in each instance where the law
has been violated.
Methodist Meeting
Boosts Rutherford
Jubilee Campaign
Held In High Point Tuesday
Night With Many Pastors
And Laymen Attending.
The Rutherford College Jubilee
Campaign for the raising of $300,000
for this Methodist junior institution
was given a boost Tuesday evening
at a meeting held in the Sheraton
Hotel, High Point, by representatives
of Group 2 of the District which com
prises all the churches and charges of
the M. E. church in Randolph county
and a part of those in Guilford. J Al
len Austin, High Point attorney, is
chairman of this group, and was host
at the meeting. The meeting was at
tended by leaders from all sections of
the group, both law and clergy. Ad
dresses were made by President Bill
ups,' of Rutherford College, and oth
ers.
The pastors in this group are:
B. C. Reavis, Asheboro; S. T. Bar
ber, Coleridge; E. C. Widenhouse,
Cedar Falls; G. D. Rowe, Liberty;
W. H. Rathbum, Eldorado; J. E.
Womack, Pleasant Garden;. J. W.
Hoyle, Ramseur; J. H. Brendall,
Jr., Randleman; W. - R. Harris,
Trinity; A. R. Bell, Farmer; R.
E. Hunt, Jamestown; J. W. Moore,
E. J. Harbison, W. D. Pavis and
E. M. Jones, High Point. i
Charge Chairmen: H. ’C. Wool
all, Asheboro; ~ •¥!*** ' Caveness,
Coleridge; A. L. Briles, Cedar Falls;
J. G. Coward, Liberty; G. O. Mullinix,
Eldorado; H. O. Coble, Pleasant Gar
den; I. F. Craven, Ramseur; Mrs. E.
P. Hayes, Randleman; J. W. Mere
dith, Trinity; A. H. Kearns, Farmer;
J. F. Hoffman, R. A. Wilson, J. R.
Peacock and O. L. Elder, High Point.
McLeod-Rush
At the home of J. A. Neighbors, the
officiating justice of the peace, Feb
ruary 25th, Miss Maude McLeod and
Mr. Lewis Rush were united in mar
riage. Mrs. Rush is the daughter of
E. McLeod, of Asheboro, and the
groom is the son of Mr. Brad Rush,
also of Asheboro.
Text Books Cheaper
North Carolina school children will
pay less for 50 of the 58 elementary
textbooks used in State schools next
eentn anonusecm z to mm hhm hmh
by the State Board of Education. Re
duction in prices range from 27 cents
on Book II of the Health Series to one
cent on a number of volumes. In all
the saving amounts to $2.60 on the
entire list, which in 1926 sold for
$33.98, as compared with the new
price of $31.29 for the entire set of
books for seven grades.
Grady Pugh And Nettie
Jackson To Face Court
Grady Pugh and Nettie Jackson,
Randolph young people who are
charged with having deviated from
the paths of rectitude and robbed the
bank at Elon College and later a jew
elry store in Reidsville, will probably
know their fate at the hands of the
law the latter part of this week. Su
perior Court is in session at Graham,
and after a sensational murder case,
first on the docket, is disposed of,
Pugh and Jackson will be given a
chance to tell their stories to the jury.
Both have been positively identified as
robbers of the Elon bank, and their
only hope appears to be by way of an
alibi.
State Prisoners
A total of 778 prisoners were re-,
ceived into the State prison daring
1927, or double the number five years
ago. The average age of the 778 pris
oners at time of incarceration was
2&95 years. The significant points
about the number received arti the.
yoothfulness of the prisoners and the
ratio of whites. These outnumbered
the colored toy 478 to 306. Five yafcra
ago, the number of white prisoners
incarcerated in State prison was 208
as against 188 negroes.
i Rwvival at Franklfaiville
Revival meeting will begin at the
Franklinville Pilgrim Holi*>ss church
Friday evening, March 2, at 7S30.1
Rev. H. B. Barger, district superin
tendent of P. H. C., Greensboro, and
Rev. F. R. Cooper, of Asheboro, will
sffjasef.&JWESUE
of High Point, will have charge of the
Young People P
Meet In Asfrffioro
For Conference
Meeting Tonight In First M. K.
Church Is Preliminary To
Conference In March.
Promotion Work
For General Conference Is lo
Hands Of Local Committee
Of Young People.
All young people who are officers
and registrars for the first RmuMpfc
County Young People’s Conference
are requested to meet at the Mel
odist Episcopal Church, Asheboro, on
Thursday night, March 1st, at ISM
o’clock. Township young peopled
superintendents and the county young;
people’s superintendent, Mrs. Horan
Ragan, of Archdale, are also urged Is
be present.
Miss lone Alverson, State Young
People’s Superintendent North Caro
lina Sunday School Association, wil
be present at the meeting to check op
on the work done and to help in mak
ing further plans for the Conference
work.
The meeting is preliminary for the
Conference, which will meet at the
Methodist Protestant Church, Ashe
boro, March 21-22. The promotion
work for the Conference is in charge
of a local committee' of young people
as follows: Secretary, Irene Kearny
general chairman, E. L. Moffitt, Jr.j
banquet, Dorothy Lewallen; registra
tion, Patsy Wright; publicity, .Clifford
H. Peace; entertainment, Joseph
Ross, Jr.; music, Arthur Ross, Jr.j
decoration, Annie Leigh Hall.
Juniors To Hold
Public Educational
Meet Here Tuesday
A public educational meeting, spon
sored by the Asheboro Council 199, Sr.
O. U. A. M., will be held in the
boro high school auditorium, next
Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Prof.
D. C. Holt, of Liberty, District Dep
uty, Jr. 0. U. A. M., will be the
chief speaker on the occasion. Miuie
will be furnished by the Ashebom
brass band. There will be no adm»
sion fee. The public in general is in
vited to attend this nieeting, which
will be both educational and enten
taining. All Junior Order councils in
the surrounding vicinity of Ashebor*
and elsewhere are invited to attend
en masse or send representatives.
Fletcher Chavis Arrested
On Charge Of Stealing
Fletcher Chavis, porter at the Ash
lyn hotel, and often employe# by
householders in Asheboro to do house
cleaning jobs, is out under $500 bond
following his arrest the latter part of
last week on charge of theft. A.
search of Chavis’ home in the north
ern part of town disclosed large quan
tities of table linen, blankets, iihiifs.
pillow cases, shirts, socks and waM
items of house furnishings, for which
Chavis failed to put a bona fide dun
as his own. The goods in question
have been put in trunks and carried
to the local jail for safekeeping and
identification by persons to ulwas
they may belong.
Bad Train Wreck
One of the worst wrecks in recent
years on the Danville division of tike
Southern railway was that Tuesday
morning when 22 freight can mem
derailed at Haw river bridge, 17 mScn
north of Greensboro. How die wreck
occurred is not known, save that An
start of it was when a car about mid
way of the long freight left fta
tracks, rolled down a high embank
ment, pulling 21 other cars with it
The track was torn up for aeiaul
dozen yards and in some places am
the road bed excavated for a distaaea
of several feet. The derailed can
were badly damaged. No one warn
I hurt.
Oakland And Pontiac
Car Agency Opened
At Old Fair Ground
Mr. W. G. Phillips, Of Bandfe
man, In Charge—Formal
Opening Wed., Mch, 7.
The old fair ground on North! Fhy«
etteville street is again the acne af
activity. For the past several
work has been going on, in :
the main building of the otd fair:
the installation of machinery anil,
equipment for an automhhSe agency.
When everything is' in
which will be by the latter part <
ttelbto* S^stL^y!
Oakland and Pontiac cars.
Fhillipi,!!
Motor Company,
manager of the agency,
prise will deal en
and Pontiac cam _
on these toah£ of 1
The formal opening
ice and service agency
Wednesday evening, March
4 to 6 and 8 to 10. At
the public is'invited,
will ba] * ‘ ‘