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W. H. Moring Rounds Out 50th Year In Business In Asheboro P Mr. W. H. Moring, one of the town’s elderly citizens who is an / , nouncing his seventy-first birthday and fiftieth anniversary in business, is receiving congratulations and good wishes from his many friends. Mr. Moring was bom on the same location on which his residence and business now stand. His father^he late W. H. Moring, Senior, was one of the owners of the Moring-Bums-Worth Buggy Shop, a two-story structure which stood where the residence of Mr. John K. Wood and the Presbyterian Manse now stand and was adjacent to the old Post Office property. Dr. Crowson, an eminent physician of his day, and father of the late W. S. and T. W. Crowson, lived where Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Morris now reside. The Morings then lived where Dr. J. V. Hunter now lives. Mr. Moring began his business career in the buggy shop spending two years in the Old Shop before it was consolidated with the Burns Shop which operated on the present site of the Red Star Service Station. The next three years rounding out five years in Shop apprenticeship was spent in the new shop, his salary be ing $2.60 per day (after a strike among painters raised wages). Mr. Moring seemed especially gifted in jfche line of painting buggies and on one occasion when a painter of long experience lift six buggies painted tmd decorated on one side, he com-, pleted the half dozen conveyances so: skillfully that even the proprietors coaid not tell the difference. Many who read this will not be surprised that Mr. Moring in his painting days won a premium on fancy painting at one of the Randoph County Fairs, which was held on the present school property. The next business venture came in the life of our esteemed townsman when he went in the store of W. P. Wood and Company, succeed ing Messrs. John W.' Bulla and John Gunter as clerk, at the munificient, salary of $175 per year. Mr. Samuel Walker, a brother of Col. J. E. Walk er, was the associate firm member. The location will be known by the old er citizens as the old Marsh comer, | which was between the old Jail and! Court House. Mr. Moring clerked in the store in the day time and roomed, there at night to protect the store and stock. Upon the reorganizaion of the firm, Messrs. Henry Millis, W. H. Ragan, of High Point, and John H. Ferree, of Randleman, took stock. Upon the decision to erect a new building, the stock of goods was moved into a part of the Hamlin Ho tel, known as Hamlin bar room, on the northwest corner of the Court House square. The new building was erected in thirty days and business took on a new interest. After two years, Mr. Moring bought the interest of Mr. Ferree and five years later, the late Col. Wood and Mr. Moring bought out the other stockholders and oper ated under the firm name of Wood and Moring until 1923 when Mr. Mor ing bought the interest of Col. Wood and ran under the name of W. H. Mor ing. Soon after the death of Col. Wood in 1924, his son, John K. Wood, who had been associated with the firm, bought stock and the business took the name of Moring and Wood, under which it is today being suc cessfully operated. About the time the railroad came to Asheboro, in 1889, a new store was erected on the present site of the First National Bank building. The store was a big building in that day for Asheboro. It was painted yellow and was known as “Billy Moring’a big yaller store on the corner." A part of thfl stock of goods was moved up to the new store building with new stock. The fourth and last building which has housed this, the oldest mercantile establishment in the town, is the present handsome brick building which was subdivided a few year* ago, and is now being used by W. A. Gregory as a 5-10 & 25 cent store. There is another side of the life of Mr. Moring which will be of interest upon celebration of his business and personal anniversaries and that is the approaching, forty-fifth anniver sary of his marriage to Miss Mary ThOms, a daughter of Mr. Frederick Thoms, who came to Randolph coun ty in search of gold, (and Mr. Moring says his daughter, Mary, found a diamond in the rough and has ever since been applying polish.) The mar riage occurred in Brooklyn the same year as the opening of the Brooklyn bridge. With Mr. Thoms cam Mr. This is Why They Lse it .. Year After Year! Because it makes money for them. The expe rience and care that goes into every bag make3 ROBERTSON'S a producer cf quality crops. “ Quality crops ” mean more money for tne farmer. That’s why so many farmers in Vir ginia and North Carolina are changing over to ROBERTSON’S. Give ROBERTSON S proven Fertilizers a trial this spring and see what they can do for you. For information about ROB ERTSON’S “Crop Producers,” see our local . dealer or write us direct. ROBERTSON CHEMICAL CORP. “Producers of Crop Producers** NORFOLK, VIRGINIA m $ New Speed Champion • « Photo shows: .Captain Malcolm Campbell, British ace, just after he ;stablished a new world’s speed record. He drove his huge Napier Blue Bird Special over the hard beach course at Daytona* Beach, Fla., at an average speed of 207 miles an hour, breaking all rec ords. A. M. Smith, who was joint purchaser of the 1,000-acre Jones Mine tract, which lies southwest of Asheboro. Mr. Thorns sold the mine to a Mr. Stout enburg, of New York, who later sold it to the Winchester Arms Company, the price being 115,009, five thousand dollars caeh being_paid. A ten stamp mill was put in, which ran two days, and after the cleanup Mr. Houston, engineer, died, it was thought, from disappointment, believ ing the mine was salted. His body was brought to Asheboro and buried north of the old M. E. Church. A law suit was started by the Winchester Arms Company against Stoutenburg and a New York Judge ordered a new test of ore. The celebrated John Hayes Hammond came to Asheboro for ore, from which test was made, and which showed better than original test. A compromise was made by which Stout enburg took back the property, ma chinery, etc. Two years later, the Jones mine was purchased by W. H. and Mary Thorns Moring and it has been divided and subdivided many times - since this purchase was made. The County Home and the new Game Farm are now a part of the original tract. A sawmill was operated many years ago on a part of the tract by Messrs. Moring, Millis and Wood. Mr. W. F. Redding at the age of seven teen was manager and under his supervision the lumber which is in Mr. Moring’s present home was sawed. A matter of interest concerning the original Moring property which ex tended from the old Porter place, (where Tom Winslow’s residence and the Hedrick building now stand) to the First National Bank on the north and west to and including the home of W. A. Coffin, was purchased by Mr. Moring from his father for $600. Mr. Moring has sold from it $59,000 worth of property which includes the rights of way of both the Southern and Norfolk Southern railways within the original tract. In addition to the material success of Mr. Moring, he and Mrs. Moring have been closely identified with the M. E. Church of Asheboro. Mr. Mor ing has been a steward and a member of the M. E. choir for forty-eight years, he says under the strict super vision of his wife who has been or ganist of the M. E. Church ever since coming to Asheboro. Not only has Mrs. Moring served her own but other churches in this capacity. He has assisted in the building of three M. E. Churches. As Mr. Moring is round ing out his activities as a business man of fifty years, he says that his experience is that when hfe was mar ried the salary of annually went as far as many times that of today. In the beginning of their married life they bo aided in the home of his par ents and the family of J. A. Blair. He later rented the present Central Hotel from Mrs. Elvira Walker Mof fitt at $30.00 per year; the lot ex tended back to Cox street and South to C. C. Cranford’s home. Next they lived in the Dr. J. M. Hancock home where M. E. Allen now lives and later moved to the old Moring home where the Norfolk Southern station now stands. The home in which Mr. and Mrs. Moring now live stands on the original Moring property. Mr. Moring expects to continue in business—spend much time with . his four daughters and twelve grand children and enjoy fishing. He says that at the end of the next twenty years he will make another partial re port and when the next fifty years have passed he expects to give a fin al, full and complete report of his social, civic, religious and business experiences. Davidson Farm Activities (Lexington Dispatch) Extension Farm News for February contains two interesting Davidson County farm activities pictures. One of these shows Mrs. B. T. Atkins, of Denton, and her flock of ninety White Leghorn hens that made a total net profit of $207.66 last year, a profit of $2.31 per hen. Mrs. Atkins now has 200 pullets, it is stated. The other picture shows Billy Hall and his championship Guernsey cow, Harvest er’s Olympia, which set a State Guern sey record by yielding 6^01.3 pounds of milk and 808.2 pounds of butter fat in 277 days. County Agent Shef field ban a good camera* and often illustrates successful farm projects by Ramseur Walks Off With Championship In Checker Playing Asheboro Club Not In It When It Comes To Winning Games —Get Severe Drubbing. (Reported) Ramseur checker players came over Thursday night to play Asheboro a round of checkers. Players from Ramseur were Walter Lindley, Dr. C. S. Tate, Walter Dixon, Frank New som and Dr. C. A Graham. These were pitted against Dr. W. J. Moore, R. C. Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Clifford Hammond, Walter Robins and R. L. Paisley. Asheboro players were not in it Paisley, Hammond and Kelly Johnson did the best playing, winning two out of five games, while the oth ers lost four out of five and-one lost i all five games. Seems that Ramseur got their “goats” upon arrival. Wal ter Robins hasn't gained enough cour age yet to show himself about the streets. The “touch” system was in use Thursday night Touch a man on the board and you must move him, even though it loses the game. Walter Robins "touched” three moves, so he says. The only Asheboro player to get the “goose trot” that night was R. C. Johnson on Dr. Graham. Walter Robins had Mr. Dixon three to two, and it had to be called a draw. Of; course, Mr. Robins said it was an overlook, for he had time to do this and that, but seems he didn’t. The umpire for the night was Hen- ! ry Ingram, and the two referees were 1 Dr. J. V. Hunter, of Asheboro, and; D. T. Williams, of Ramseur. There1 was.not a kick registered and every-1 thing went off smoothly. Asheboro Is just waiting for a return trip to ; Asheboro to ' try and even this af fair up. Asheboro will have Ramseur over here again soo'n. Asheboro extends an invitation to any of her sister towns for a checker tournament. Anyone wishing to tackle Asheboro, please "notify Mr. Lacy Lewis and a date will be arranged for a tournament. The local checker club is not in as good shape as it will be soon, but they are hard at work | learning how to put over the game, i and soon “they can’t be beat.” The' local club has 25 members enrolled.! In the club are two preachers, two | lawyers, painters, clerks, two doctors, ■ presidents of different business con cerns, and last, but not least, a I Brame’s salve man who has promised to give the players salve should they be out of fix before any important battle. Asheboro is well fixed for checker boards. The Friends minister, -Rev. C. L. Gregory, is making some nice inlaid boards which he sells at a most reasonable price. The board contains five thicknesses and contains some seventy-odd pieces of inlay work on the top. These boards are the “talk of the town.” They may be seen at the Cox-Lewis Hardware Company, which is checker-playing headquarters j in the town. Ramseur at present holds the checker championship of the two towns, Asheboro and Ramseur, but on the next report, we hope to have the winners exchanged. Ladies’ Aid Meets Handy, March 5.—The regular monthly meeting of the Ladies’ Aid Society of Siloam church was held with Mrs. W. I. Cranford Saturday. Devotional service was conducted by Mrs. Talton Elliott, of Winston-Salem, who read the 86th Psalm, followed by the Lord’s Prayer repeated in unison by the society. Money was collected for the union social which met with Mesdames. T. W. and John Mitchell last December. After the business session, a social hour was enjoyed. Mrs. Van B. Wood and Mrs. Charlie Tysinger were winners in an inter esting Bible contest. Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Charlie Tysinger the first Saturday afternoon in April. Visitors at the meeting were Mrs. W. A. Frank and Mrs. Talton Elliott. Irvin B. Tucker For Governor Irvin B. Tucker, U. S. Attorney for the Eastern North Carolina District, is prominently mentioned for Repub lican candidate for Governor of North Carolina next fall. Gilliam Grissom, federal internal revenue collector, also often mentioned in connection with the Governorship race, says that Tucker will have an open field for the nomination if he wants it. Thomas J. Harkins, of Asheville, it is said, woald like to run for Governor, but his health will not permit. Contractors and Builders Should Know This Before any building is completed crumbs of Rat-Snap should be liberal ly used in all parts of the woodwork near the foundation, in the walls and between floors and ceilings. It never diminishes in efficiency and is one of the surest ways to prevent rats and mice from invading the building. Special quantity prices upon request. The genuine Youells Original Rat Snap is one of the Y-PECOR brand exterminators owned and manufac tured only by Youells-Privett Exterm inating Corp., of Plainfield, N. J. 86c., 60c. and $1.00 sizes. Sold and guar anteed by Liberty Drug Co., Liberty, N. C. Miss Elizabeth Pratt Hurt In Car Accident Miss Elizabeth Pratt, Guilford county nurse, and sister of Miss dahe Pratt, secretary to Congressman Wil liam C. Hammer, of Asheboro, sus tained a broken hip in an automobile accident which occurred Thursday near Ulah. Misg Pratt was brought to Asheboro where her injuries were dressed and then taken to the Wesley Long Hospital, Greensboro, and later to her home. At the time of the ac cident, Miss Pratt was returning from her old home at Raeford. The car which she was driving collided with, another driven by J. M. Brfles, of Ulah. Both ears were badly damaged. Mr. Briles is said to have stated that the accident was due to his failure iit watching the road ahead of him. _:- ! State Sunday School Meet The annual North Carolina Sunday School Convention will be held in Concord on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 10, 11 and 12. 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