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' » • - . 'i*r- 'irif '.iy-"*' *v i. wr- ,***.. 1 *.ii I ... 1' ■ I 111"»j'«y If THE COCKIER H Advertising Columns ferine Results - THE C0UEI1B ' ' u i * 4 ,lV( { ' ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN $2.00 A Yj^fc lN ADVANCE volume LfV " rtAalw V. C. Thursday, May 23. 1929 NUMBER 2% Asheboro School Commencement To Open Friday Night First Program Of The Scum Win Be A Music Recital By Music Gass Pupils. Will Graduate 28 Class Exercises Will Be Held Saturday, June 1—Graduat ing Exercises June 3. The commencement season of the Asheboro schools will open tomorrow evening at 8 'dock, with a recital by music pupils of Misses Ethel John son’s and Linnie Burkhead’s music classes. The program will be by high school students who take music. T^ien, on next Tuesday evening, there will be another redtal given by the pupils from the elementary grades who are studying under Misses Burkhead and Johnson. The next event will be on Saturday evening, June 1, at 8 o’clock, when the members of the graduating class erOl give their class exercises. There will be 28 graduates. On Sunday evening, June 2, at 8 o .clock, Rev. C. G. Smith, pastor of the Asheboro Presbyterian church, will preach the baccalaureate sermon in the high school auditorium. The graduating exercises will be held on Monday evening, June 3, with Dr. Elbert Russell, of the School of Religion, Duke University, making tin address. On this final occasion of the commencement exercises, the sal utatory will be delivered by Miss Emma Rice; and the valedictory, by Miss Margaret Hammond. J. M. Neely Is Chairman Of The City Council The newly-elected Asheboro town council in a recent meeting designated the following committees for looking after affairs of the city Street: John M. Neely and J. H. McDowell. Finance: J. M. Neely and J. F. White, Jr. Water and Lights: S. F. Phillips and C. J. Lovett. Auditing: J. H. McDowell and, 3. F. Phillips. Health: S. F. Phillips and Cl J. Lovett .'v-ffi-.V "tin ' , i:.,■*' Large Congregation v Hears Mrs. Clarke At Local M, P. Church Sunday evening a large congrega tion enjoyed hearing Mrs. Ivy Clarke, of Compton, California, at the Meth ods* Protestant church in Asheboro. Mrs. Clarke, who is a native of Ashe boro, is the daughter of the late Rev. W. C. Hammer, for many years a pastor in the Methodist Protestant church serving in this section of the State. For twenty years, Mrs. Oarke has been serving as a missionary to tin Indiana and some of her exper iences were interwoven in her talk Sunday evening. Mrs. Clarke made the trip from California by motor with her husband and son, who are now in Washington on business. Mrs. Clarke visited her brother, Congress man Wm. C. Hammer, in Washington for a week before coming to Ashe boro where die will visit other rela tives for two weeks. R. V. Caudle Accused Of Violating Liquor Laws R. V. Candle was arrested Satur day afternoon at his home at Level Cross, Randolph county, on a warrant charging him with possession and sale at whiskey. The arrest was made by Federal Prohibition Agent W. T. Neal, accompanied by L. G. Trader and J. F. Ratledge, federal officers also, and C. M. Miles and Mike Caffey, deputy ahsdffta Mr. Caudle gave $500 bond for appearance at preliminary hear ts* before the United States Commis r, in Greensboro, Saturday af at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. B. C. Younts, who carafe to Aahe boro from the High Point Enterprise, High Point, and operated the Rand olph Tribune for seventeen months, some days ago severed his connection a position in the mo tment of the Journal Mr. Younts has been [ on he Tribune by Mr. W. L ' with the Asheboro , and also a former Woman Nearing Century Mark Tells Of Life On Old Southern Plantation . An interesting visitor in Asheboro j this week is Mrs. Mary N. Leach, of\ Pulaski, Va., who is visiting her granddaughter, Mrs. Herbert Spies, on Park street Mrs. Leach, who is 94 years old, is a most unusual wo-1 man not only “for her age”, but for any age. When the reporter from | this paper visited Mrs. Leach, she' laid down her sewing and came in with a sprightly step. While Mrs. j Leach is making.her home at present; in Virginia, she was a resident of .Randolph county for more than fifty .years, living at old Trinity. A Georg ian by birth, Mrs. Leach moved to Randolph with her father, John F. Jones. It was here that she met and married J. Clarke Leach at the age of fifteen. Her husband was the son of Lewis Leach, of Farmer, Randolph county, and was a farmer for many years. A smile flitted across Mrs. Leach’s face when she said, “My hus band was really a dentist, studying for this profession and buying all the necessary instruments, but he never had the heart to practice so he was just a farmer”. Having lived on a large plantation in Georgia made the life of a rather poor farmer a .hard one for Mrs. Leach. She told of having been reared by her grand mother who owned,a large number of Birthday Dinner Is Given Aged Couple Near Randleman The children, grandchildren and near relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Den* ids Curtis surprised them Sunday, .May 19,'by gathering: at their home near Randleman in honor of their birthdays, which were within the month, Mr. Curtis’ being the 6th and Mrs. Curtis’ the 16th. Under • the shade trees a table was erected and at the noon hour was laid with tempt ing food. In the center of the table was a large white birthday cake trimmed in pink, with the inscription: “Father 77; Mother 71”, which was the gift of a son. Bowls of sweet peas, snap dragons and roses, which were gifts, were used on the table. An appropriate talk was made by Wesley Curtis, * nephew, of Greens boro. Me spoke of the useful life JMj. Curaf had lived and stated that .he was the onto living member of his familjr. Mr. Murphy Burros, of Ram 92 years partner of-the bountiful afteSnon was pleasantly spent in con versation, music and singing of oil hymns. The honorees were recipients? of many useful gifts. Mrs. Emma Winningham, of Central Falls, the Only living sister of Mrs. Curtis, was present The late Ed York, of Central Falls, was a brother. There were about 60 guests present upon this occasion. All went away wishing Mr. and Mrs. Curtis many more happy birthdays. Many High School Heads Re-Elected In Randolph County Commencement exercises of all the schools in the county, except Ashe boro, have been held, and thoughts are turning to teacher? fpr. the school year 1929-30. R. J. Hilker has been re-elected as head of the Asheboro school. In the county there are few changes in superintendents, except probably at Fanner, Providence and Seagrove. Principals or superintend ents already re-elected for the 1929 30 term are as follows: Trinity, R. D. Marsh. Liberty, D. C. Holt. Randleman, H. H. Hamilton. Ramseur, J. W. Lank. Franklinville, D. M. Weatherly. Gray's Chapel, W. H. Albright Staley, Floyd R. Garrett Balfour, S. B. Wilson. Another Congress man? News from Washington is to the effect that Congress is almost cer tain to pass tomorrow the reappor tionment bill which will give North Carolina another congressman, mak ing eleven instead of ten as at pres ent. It will then be up to the State legislature to iw-district the State in order to provide for the extra Con MANY FRIENDS GATHER TO HONOR MR. W. M. SPOON enjoyed by slaves, and it was after she married that die learned the art of making those massive feather beds. And not only did she have to learn to sew, but daring the war she made her hus band’s clothes, and even making their hats, plaiting the straw in summer and cutting the hats and caps from cloth in winter. Her ready wit and keen insight to human nature make Mrs. Leach an interesting conversa tionalist. She suddenly remarked “It does make me tired to hear the young (Please turn to page 4) Theatre Building To Be Constructed On Sunset Avenue Although some of the material is being placed, it is not anticipated that actual construction work on the theatre building, on the lot next to R. C. Johnson’s store on Sunset avenue, will be started for at least ten days yet. Plans and blueprints have been made for the structure, but several minor chang es have been made necessitating a change In the spedfieati|ns. These changes will be made <fi correct ed blueprints in the haitds of Mr. K. D. Cox, owner of the lot and proposed building; within the next few days. The theatre when com pleted will be occupied by J. F. White, Jr., owner and manager of the Capitol Theatre; who will op erate both the new movie house and the old. Advance information is that the new theatre will be a structure of architectural beauty, constructed along the most ap proved lines and sufficiently large to serve the show-going public of the city of Asheboro for many years to come. Large Number Quail Eggs Are Obtained At State Game Farm W. C. Grimes, manager of the State Game Farm two miles Bouth of Asheboro, gathered 450 quail eggs from 175 pairs of birds Monday morning. These birds had only re cently been transferred from their winter runs to the breeding pens. Eggs are gathered once a week to pre vent disturbing the birds any more The.re wild static rarely ever start laying: before the firm er Jane. In many instances, ^specially if weather conditions are adverse, as they have been of late, ; the birds ip the wild state do not lay , before the middle of June. Many hen I quan at the game farm last summer laid from 60 to 75 eggs, and Mr. Grimes is of the opinion that since they have started unusually early this year, many of his birds will beat this record. Man Who Skipped Bond Here AJrested In S. C. Deputy Sheriff T. A. Brookshire went to Conway, S. C., Friday and brought, to the Randolph county jail, Paul Smith, who skipped bond here about 18 months ago, following pre liminary hearing after arrest on charge of violating the prohibition laws. His bond was fixed at $1,000, which he has given and is again at liberty. Vincent Green, who was ar rested with Smith, was brought back (last week from Danville, Va., and (lodged in jafl. The two men were ^arrested about 18 months ago at Sea grove by Sheriff J. A. Brady follow ing an accident in which they figured, 75 gallons of liquor being found in their Lincoln car. Surgeon Left Pair Scissors In Patient Tallahassee, Fla.—The story about the physician who left his scissors inside a patient came to the Florida Legislature in new guise. A bill introduced in both Houses asked $5,000 recompense for /dim Roberts, 28, Bagdad, a former State prisoner who had for six and a half years carried a pair of physician’s forceps, left in his body after an operation for appendicitis. jThe bill recited that Roberts had .submitted to an appendicitis opera tion December 15, 1922 by Dr. J. L. Chalker, physician at the State rison at Raiford. The physician pair of forceps inside the wound! the bill asserted, adding that vthe instruments were not removed untB March IS, 1929, after Roberts had been pardoned front serving a sentence for murder. S' ; - Marries la Oklahoma The marriage of Miss Bemadine Bell, of Welch, Oklahoma, to Mr. Joe Steed, formerly of Asheboro now a in Dallas, Texas, was at the home of the bride last week. The bride is the daughter of l>r. Bell, of Welch, Oklahoma, and the groom is the acm of Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Steed, formerly of Asheboro now of Trinity, and has numy friends whio will extend congratulations. . We wish to express our many friends and their fundi death of our for the many 1 Wire Fence Stolen From Ernest Kearns Is Returned To Him D. K. Rouse* In Whose Posses sion Pence Was Pound, Re turns It To Escape Roads. D. K. Rouse, Chatham county farm er, was tried in ^Superior Court at Pittsboro the fbft of the week on charge of receiving end concealing stolen property end was sentenced to serve 8 months eft the roads. He was given an Alternative, however, being allowed to pay a fine of $100 and costs and returning to owners that part of the stolen property which could be identified. A part of the stolen goods consisted of a quantity of wire fencing stolen some time during the spring or past winter from Ernest Kearns, Caraway farmer. This fenc ing had been pod up about the Rouse farm, a part of it about the front yard. Rouse took: this down and de livered it to Mr.’jjAarns yesterday and obtained receipt' tor same, which he must turn over rathe Chatham court. It will be recalled that when Rouse was arrested several weeks ago hun dreds of dollars^aprth of stolen prop erty was foud&wncealed about his place. This pflmerty consisted of wire fencing, gaining tools, dry goods, groceries ad notions of almost every conCeivi^M description. The elder Rouse, fcamver, disclaimed any knowledge of property, stating that it was his ami, L. C. Rouse, who brought the pnofwty to the place and stored it. lie afjricd that he did not know it had hi# stolen. The son es caped the offices! who went to arrest him and has Mpen apprehended. Memori AtM. OitS Memorial services for the forty seven deccased^tombers and seven deceased formed pastors will be held at the Asheboto Methodist Protestant church next-Sfbday morning at 11 o’clock. The ifervice will consist of appropriate music and a sermon by the pastor. Following the sermon the roll of the hbnored dead will be called and a whit$ carnation will be placed on a memorial wreath for each deceased person. i alias Elizabeth Ross has been dtotfeMjKto place the car nations on the wrotth. All relatives ted pastors be present to invited. s«S»fc Is Noted What seems to have been an alt time record for attendance was made by the Sunday school of the local ^fethodist Protestant Sunday .school last Sunday morning when 241 were present. This was without any. con test or special effort being made. The attendance for the past three Sundays has been 212, 223, 241. It is hoped that the attendance may reach 250 next Sunday. In the church- service last Sunday morning seven more boys and girls were received into church membership, making twenty-eight for the past two Sundays. Respected Colored Minister Died Near Sophia On Thursday * Sophia, Rout* 1, May 20.—Rev. William Lindsey, colored, aged about 70 yean, died at his home at Edgar Thursday night, Mhy 16, after one day’s illness. He had been in the ministry 40 years also doing mission ary work among his race. He was married three times. His last wife, Essie Iindsey. aurvives. The funeral was held at High) Point Sunday af ternoon. He was -held in high esteem among both white and colored. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lowe last week, a son. Herb Lamer, of Poplar Ridge, had charge of the service at Marlboro last Sunday morning. J. D. Parlow left last Sunday morn ing to spend some time with his son, A. D. Farlow, and family at Bahama. Mrs. Althea Brown is able to be ,out after being confined to her home some time with bronchial trouble. Mrs. L. J. Davis and children vis ited Mrs. A. E. Loflin last Sunday evening; Eli Barker and Mr. and Mrs. Mc Rae, of Greensboro, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Brookshire last Sunday week. Mrs. B. J. Whitehead delightfully entertained a number of little folks last Thursday afternoon week in hon or of the 4th birthday of little Hen ry Crotts, Jr. Several games were played, after which Mrs. Whitehead served refreshments. The birthday cake bearing four candles was used as the centerpiece of the table. Tariff Issue May Heal Rift In The Democratic Party Offers Finest Opportunity At AU For All Factions Of Party To Get Together. G. O. P. On Defensive Issue Cannot Be Quieted And Will Be A Deciding Factor In The Next Election. (David F. St Clair) Washington, May 20.—The Demo crats are coming back. They have now got an issue on which they all can stand and every one can fight with his face to the front That issue is the tariff, the issue on which the party has so often triumphed in the past. That issue wipes the slate clean tof Romanism, “wettism” and all the ,isms that have divided the party for nearly ten years and have brought on our government a horde of Repub lican thieves and scandals. The Amer ican people have been afflicted with and disgraced by this reign of politi cal corruption because Democrats fought among themselves. The Republican leaders in Wash ington now realize that it will be im possible to revise the tariff at this extra session of congress without placing their party on the defensive at the polls in 1930 and 1932. The conflict of interests is so terrific that it cannot be stilled in the near future. The farmers will receive no benefit from the revision nor will some of the manufacturers and the great mass of consumers will be hard hit in the in creased cost of living. In view of the damage to the party that is almost certain to follow the revision of the tariff the hope of the Republicans in North Carolina to dis place Senator Simmons in the senate is about as vain illusion as they have ever cherished and they are just about as certain to lose Representa tives Jonas and Pritchard out of the house. The new tariff—and that means any revision the Republicans can now possibly accomplish—is go ing to get under the skin of 90 per cent of the people of North Carolina. When Senator Wheeler of Montana introduced his resolution to investi gate the textile industry in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennes see because some of the mill'men in (Plea* tmkto8) Two Randolph Towns ••;* Are Represented In New Baseball League Randleman And Ramseur Will Have Teams In Central Car olina Association. At a meeting held in Burlington on Monday, May 20, the Central Caro lina baseball league was organized with Bob Doak president. The league is composed of teams representing Randleman, Ramseur, Mebane, Bur lington, Sweepsonville and Travora. Dr. C. A. Graham is the manager of dhe Ramseur team; “Rube” Eldridge and “Shorty” Frazier, Randleman; ,Mr. Rimmer, of the Mebane team; Mr. Robertson, of the Burlington club; and Mr. Phillips, of the Sweps onville team; manager for Travora has not been announced. The season will open May 25th and will close the first Saturday in Sep tember. All games will be played at 4 p. m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The complete schedule of games will be announced later. There will be no xsplit season, and at the end of the season the two teams standing in first and second places will play a series of games to decide the championship in the league. Opening games will be played Saturday, May 25th, as fol lows: Ramseur at Randleman; Bur lington at Mebane; and Swepsonville at Travora. C. C. Woodell, Veteran Mining Prospector Finds Unusual Rock Formation In County “There are strange things done in the mid-night sun, by the men who moil for gold”—and in Randolph C. C. Woodell, veteran miner, comes in with interesting “finds” every few days. This time it is a most unusual rock formation that Mr. Woodell came up on while prospecting for gold in Ran dolph. The rock is to be found in abundance, according to Mr. Wood ell, who has not told the exact loca tion of the rocks. Considerable in terest was aroused when the rock was displayed, many people thinking .that it was a section of petrified tree, and that is what it looks like more than anything else. Mr. Wood ell is now confident, however, that it is not a tree, but a most unusual rock formation and is found in such abund ance that he is planning to make table tops, for is resembles marble in qual ity, and says it will make lovely walks, similar to flag stone. The samples of the rack are about the sise of a tree, irregularly round, with a rather dark brown center, formed in circles and shading to a light tan. then on the outer edge, there is an inch band of very dark brown border looking as if a potter had daubed day around a section of tree. The rock looks soft, almost like talc rocks or crystals, but when tapp ed with a metal instrument sounds like a marble slab. Mr. Woodell says he loves te trace the forms of various flowers in the Confessed Slayer Of Southern Pines Chief Known In Asheboro Prospected For Several Months At Spoon’s Mine, But Gave It Up As Bad Job. Granville A. Dietz, confessed slayer of J. C. Kelly, Southern Pines chief of police, on March 20th when the of ficer attempted to stop Dietz’s speed ing car, was placed on trial in Super ior court, Carthage yesterday. Dietz originally from West Virginia, was captured in the State of Maine sev eral weeks after the shooting. He was traced by a photograph and other per sonal possessions which he left in his car when he abandoned it not far from the scene of the shooting and escaped in a stolen machine. Dietz, who is about 27 years old, is known to several of the citizens of Asheboro. He and W. S. Holmes, both from Charleston, W. Va, came to Asheboro on September 22, 1927, and interested themselves in the old Spoon mine. They started operations there after Dietz had put up a thous and dollars to pay expenses. Dietz made several trips to Charleston, W. Va, in an effort to interest men there in the organization of a company for exploiting the Spoon mine, but failed | in his endeavors. He and his part ner left Asheboro in January, 1928. While it was supposed Charleston, W. Va, was the home of Dietz, a letter written to him there after he left Asheboro was returned unclaimed. Dietz boarded with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Scott while in Asheboro, and appeared to be a most honorable and congenial young man. County Board Buys 4 Chevrolet Trucks For Road Purposes The Randolph county board of com missioners in called session Friday purchased four Chevrolet trucks use in road work in the county greater part of the time of the ing was taken up in examining ous makes of trucks and listening to arguments of salesmen on the merits of their offerings. Other business transacted was the borrowing of $20, 000 oh slh^rt term notes, $10,000 each from Mrs. Sallie M. Armfield and the First National Bank. This money will be used for school purposes^: It was voted to accept the Mother’s Aid appropriation tt to. from are Former Asheboro Girl la Delightful Piano Recital Miss Jacksie Brooks, talented young pianist, gave a piano recital last even ing at the Country Club, High-Point, assisted by Mrs. John R. Peacock at the piano. Both Miss Brooks and Mrs. Peacock are pupils of Dan W. Smith, who was the accompanist for the recital. The regfltal was sponsor ed by the Woman’s Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian church, High Point. Miss Brooks is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Brooks, native of Randolph county, and former resi dents of Asheboro, where Mr. Brooks , was for some time engaged in the i mercantile business. He is now man \ ager of the Acorn Store, at High Point. A white man, N. G. Romeo, Lake City, Fla., grocer, was lynched Thurs day by a mob after he had shot and ! fatally wounded a policeman follow j ing an altercation over some trash on (the sidewalk in front of Romeo’s store. Mrs. James McNeil, of Lumberton, was killed and five others injured in an automobile collision near Fayette ville Sunday. Two soldiers from Fort Bragg are being held to await inves tigation as to whether their careless ness was responsible for the collision of the two cars involved. different roelcs and finds pansies, roses, violets, iris, and many other fantastic designs. When asked for a name he answered, “It’s just a pe culiar rock, or I like to call it my flower rock.” Not only was the sample of "flow er rock” shown, but another rock that on first glance seemed to be just a Randolph county rock, later showing "chunks” of gold. Mr. Wood ell says that soon he expects to. have an interesting story about his mine, but just now he is not ready to give the information as to the location or anything else. He did advance the in formation that the gold at his place was running about $40 to the ton, and that Randolph was “rich, rich,” in gold. It eras "hinted” that soon there will be some interesting infor mation about the Randolph mining business, gold and other metals. Mr. Woodell is a native of Ran dolph, having been bom and reared in Asheboro, and has spent the moat of his life here, ^with the exception years iMUgh Point. Be was mostly Move Toward j Mwe Economy In School Operations Randolph County Board Will Comply With Schedule For Teachers’ Salaries. t Cut Insurance Cost By Reducing Amount Insurance On School Buildings—Cut Truck Cost Too. The Randolph county board of ed ucation in called meeting Saturday moved toward complying with the provisions of the new school law in the matter of further economy in school operations. It was recom mended by the board that one teacher be allowed at the State salary sched ule for the year 1929-30 where tbe average attendance has reached as high as 35; from 35 to 40, one teacher with a 10 per cent increase in salary over the State schedule; from 40 to 45 average attendance, 2 teachers allow ed with a reduction of 10 per cent in salary; and from 45 to 75, two teach ers with a salary conforming to the State scedule. In a three or four teacher school where the teacher is drawing a maximum salary of $133.33 per month, it is recommended that ten per cent not be allowed. Complying with recommendations made by the committee on transporta tion of the recent School of County Superintendents held in Raleigh re cently, the board of education went on record in favor of a central garage and a whole-time mechanic for the operation of the county school trucks. A proposition submitted by the Ingar Service Station, of Asheboro, to fur nish storage and tools for the repair work, at $75 per month, was accepted for the school year 1929-30. The board also went on record favoring a uniform signaling device to be placed on all school trucks. It was recommended by the board that all insurance on wooden school buildings be cut in half for the year 1929-30, and a considerable reduction: made in the amount of insurance bn brick buildings and all contents. It was ordered that in a school op erating 8 months in the year that two-eights of the cost of all fuel used by the school be borne by the ■ Hawkins-Way A marriage occurring April 7th. that has been announced this week is that of Miss Margaret Hawkins and Mr. Amos Way of Asheboro. The f bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hawkins, of Lynchburg, Ya., hat for some time has made her home with her sister, Mrs. J. W. Landrum, in Asheboro. Mr. Way is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Way, of Asheboro, and is one of the foremost young mer chants of the town. ------ Jjj Fire Loos Heavy 3 North Carolina’s fire loss the first four months in 1929 amounted to $2,491,601, as against $1,945,250 last year, according to report made by Dan C. Boney, State insurance com missioner. Why Not Newi Many Visitors Over Week-end At Home Of Mr. C. E. Stuart SeagTove, Rt. 1, May 21.—Mrs. T. W. Lawrence and daughter attended preaching in Montgomery county Sunday. Mr. Henry Gillard has accepted a position in Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Monroe and sons, Joe Dixon and Charles, of Lil lington, were recent visitors at' C. EL Stuart’s. Misses Della McNeil and Marie Wrenn, of Franklinville, visited friends at Fayetteville recently. Miss NcNeil taught there last year. Miss Clara Mae Cagle has gone to Star to spend the summer with Mr. and Mrs. E. Wright. Mrs. L. A. King as visiting friends at Star this week. Mr. and Mrs. V. EL Stuart, of Golds boro, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Cox and children, Fred, Jr., and Ella Stuart, of | Lexington, and Mr. and Mrs. R. K. . Tarbert and Mrs. S. EL Tarbert, of Greensboro, were week-end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. C. EL Stuart. |