THE.COURIER Advertising Cohunns Bring Results i ■ -r TH Leads ISSUED WEEKLY VOLUME UV PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN Aahriwrn, K. C. TfcorwU,. October 17, 1929 $2.00 A YEAR IN SANCg LJMBER 49 Randolph Schools Get Total $28,000 From State Fund Shares To This Extent In Two Distributions Made From The Equalizing Fund* Big Sum Is Split Third Installment Of State Aid Will Be Distributed In De cember And In January. Raleigh, Oct. 14.—The sum of $1, 214300 ia to be sent out on October 15 to the 94 counties participating in the State Equalizing Fund of $6,500, 000 appropriated by the last Legisla ture as an aid in the operation of the public schools, it was announced at the office, of the State Superintend ent of Public Instruction today. Of this amount, $14,000 was sent to Ran dolph county. This amount represents the second installment of this Fund distributed to the counties and applied to this school year's business. On September 5, the sum of $1,156,300 was mailed to the custodians of the county school funds. Randolph shared to the extent of $14,000 in this distribution. With this installment a total of $2,371,100 -will have been set to these officials by the State. The State Superintendent also an nounces that the State Treasurer is making such provision as is necessary in order that a third installment of $1,270,800 may be sent out on Decem ber 10. Before January 1,1930, there fore, it is expected that $3,641,900.00 will be distributed and applied to the cost of the six months school term. As will be noted this total sum exceeds the entire amount of $3,250,000 appro priated for the six months school dur ing 1928-29. Under the law the distribution of that part of the Fund applicable to the six months school term is limited to four installments. The fourth in stallment of over a million dollars will be sent out in Feburary or March of next year. After this payment is made, the $1,250,000 fund set aside to sud the public schools running more than six months will be made. Intensive Training Offered Workers In t*_ ocnooi nere Next Sunday marks a new day to the history of the Asheboro Baptist church. At that time an enlargement campaign will begin in the Sunday school. The Piedmont Baptist Asso ciation, composed of 44 churches in Guilford, Rockingham and part of Randolph counties, is entering into this Enlargement Campaign. Sunday school specialists will be in each church for a week’s intensive training of all church, and Sunday school offi cers and teachers, and all others over fifteen years of age who will come. The local church will make a relig ious survey of Asheboro next Sunday afternoon, and each evening of that week, at 7:30 o’clock the class will meet and study under the specialists the book, “Building a Standard Sun day School’’. The week following the Sunday School Campaign’s study, the pastor, Dr. O. G. Tillman, will conduct a re vival. These services will also begin at 7:30 P. M. and will be held each evening of the week of October 27 November 3. All are invited to unite in these services. SINGING CONVENTION AT SHILOH LARGELY ATTENDED A large crowd attended the singing convention held at Shiloh church last Sunday. All churches in. Coleridge township were represented and sever al visiting choirs took part in the ex ercises. Following the convention a township organization was effected with the following officers: T. A. Cox, president; F. D. Brady, vice presi dent; O. C. Brady, secretary; and F. P. Stout, E. W. Brown and J. C. Cox, executive committee. The next con vention will be held at Deep River church, Coleridge, the first Sunday in November. There will be a preaching service by the pastor at the 11 o clock hour, while the singing convention will start at 1:80 in the afternoon. New High Mark Tobacco prices reached a new high mark on the Winston-Salem maAet rfaen the avenge price paid >1841 cants per pound. Tot£ m reached 908,218 pounds, bringing $164,481.49. Better prices were, re jected for the day at the other man keto in the Old Belt. . At The First M. E. Church Next Sunday marks the close of an other conference year in the M. E. .South. We are hoping to ; one of the vary best days of e year at the local First- M. E. Church. The pastor will preach a ^__J_i.V, sermon to the young people at 11;00 a. m. Sunday. At the evening sermon for the be preached, by the Thousands Are In Attendance At 9th Annual Randolph County Fair Here Gates of the ninth annual Randolph County Fair opened Tuesday morning, and at first glance Fair visitors were impressed with the fact that this is the best Fair in the history of the county. Tuesday was Educational Day and the teachers and school chil dren of the county took advantage of the day set aside for them, for there were thousands of them there. By the noon hour the grounds were com fortably filled, and at 2:30 in the af ternoon when devotional exercises were held at the grand stand there was a large crowd on hand. The devotionals were conducted by Rev. J. E. Pritchard, of Asheboro, as sisted by Rev. S. M. Penn, of Sophia. The audience joined in singing “My Country Tis of Thee,” and Miss Ger trude Feme sang a solo, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. James Burns. A. I. Feme, president of the Fair Asso ciation, made a short talk welcoming the visitors to the Fair grounds. On Tuesday night, it has been es timated there were 10,000 people in side the Fair Grounds, the largest crowd in the history of this local ins titution. The crowds were well en tertained too, by the number and qual ity of exhibits, their attractiveness and general excellence. The free acts in front of the grand stand were un usually good. Capt. H. H. Kennedy’s team of 50 “square” dancers from Rockingham copnty outshone all other free attractions of the evening. These dancers were applauded frequently and loud and long. Seldom, if ever, has there been such exhibition of the old-time dances as those given by Capt. Kennedy’s team. He had sent down warning that he had collected some of the best dancing teams in the State and he made good. Last night the Asheboro "square” dancing teams held the center of the stage, and held it well. These teams Mrs. J. T. Underwood Hurt Hi Automobile Accident On Route 10 Mrs. J. T. Underwood, of Liberty, is a patient in St. Leo’s hospital, Sreensboro, suffering with injuries received in an automobile accident Saturday night. She sustained a broken nose and a bad cut on the knee when the car driven by Mr. Under wood turned over on route 10 about Sve miles east of Greensboro ____I on the side o? the hf£h my, and Mr. Underwood, in order to void striking this car, had to swerve is machine quickly, causing it to vertum. With Mr. and Mrs. Un lerwood at the time were their tit le daughter, Katherine, and Leland Whittle, of McLeansville, who is em iloyed in Mr. Underwood’s drug store ,t Liberty. The Underwoods were aking Mr. Whittle to his home for he week-end. Mrs. Underwood was he only one to receive injuries. 2 High Point Men Must Face Court On Charge Of Assault Lawrence Elmore, 19, and Henry Fields, middle aged married man, both making their homes in High Point, were bound over to Superior Court under bonds of $1,000 each at a pre liminary hearing in the court house in Asheboro Monday morning before Magistrate Earl White, of New Mar ket township. They were being tried for a capital offense, which simmered down to a lesser offense during the course of the trial. Elmore Mid Fields were originally charged with criminal assault on the person of a 13-year-old girl, but the evidence did not bear out the charge. Fields fur nished bond Tuesday, while Elmore is still in the Randolph county jail. Ralph Humble Is Injured In An Automobile Accident 0. R. Eason was bound over to Su* perior Court Monday at magistrate’s hearing on charges growing out of an automobile accident on highway 62 Saturday night in which Ralph Hum ble, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Humble, of Asheboro, was injured. Young Humble suffered a fractured jaw bone and several minor cuts , in the mishap which resulted in the overturning of his car in which were riding with him a Mr. McLeod and Dock Klvett. Eason was driving the other oar' involved in the accident ■ +? Surface Road With Tarvia Says the Lexington Dfsbatch: An nouncement is. made by the district .state highway engineer that the stretch of Highway 109 between Tbomasville and the crossing of No. 90 has been surfaced with tarvia and is open to traffic. This section of road is about 12 miles long. No fur ther steps have been taken so far as learned here, on the effort to have the state extend this surfacing south ward to Denton, a^ distance of about seven miles. FIRE DESTROYED HOME OF W. C. PIERCE ON MONDAY A Ere occurring at the home of Mr. W. C. Pierce, in Concord township Monday totally destroyed the house, all the household property and per down confined themselves exclusively to the old-time dances, whereas Capt. Ken nedy’s team injected some of the more modem to enliven and add variety to the program. Farmer and Coleridge dancing teams will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their jdancing ability on remaining nights of the Fair, while Capt Kennedy’s teams are expected to repeat The fireworks program is unusually good this year, as are the free acts given nightly in front of the grand stand. Members of the local Nation al Guard unit are assisting in ushering at the grand stand and making them selves helpful in general at the request of the Fair management The Exhibits Upon entering the main exhibit building the Fair visitor is immediate ly impressed with the number of the exhibits and their excellence. The field, garden and horticultural exhib its are more numerous than those of (Please turn to page 4) Ramseur School Attendance High The First Month 152 In High School And 192 In Grades—Entitles School To Another Teacher. Birthday Dinner Given Sunday Celebrating Mrs. Steed’s Birthday—Folks Are Attending The Fair* Ramseur, Oct. 14.—Ramseur high school had a high average attendance the first month, 152 in high school and 192 in grades. Attendance en titles us to one more teacher with twelve surplus. Sixteen members of the family en joyed a sumptuous birthday dinner at Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Steed’s last Sun day, celebrating Mrs. Steed’s birthday. Out of town guests were: Mr. E. B. Steed and family, of High Point, Mr. and Mrs. Y. L. Busbee and child, of Greensboro, Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Thompson and son, of Winston-Sa lem. Mrs. M. C. Ferree was also pres T*. E. BurgeSs and family spent Sunday with friends at High Point. Messrs. J. C. and W. E. Johnson and family and Mr. and Mrs. Cletus (Please turn to page 4) Deaths Daniel Albright Daniel Albright, 79, prominent fanner of Chatham county, died Thursday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. B. Reece, in Liberty, with whom he had made his home since the death of his wife a number of years ago. Funeral was held from Pleasant Hill Christian church Satur day afternoon. He leaves two sons and four daughters. Mrs. L. T. Wood Funeral services for Mrs. L. T. Wood, 71, of Asheboro, who died Mon day following a prolonged illness, were conducted at the Presbyterian church in Asheboro with Rev. Cothran G. Smith in charge, assisted by Rev. B. C. Reavis, Tuesday afternoon. Immediately after the service, which was held at 2:00 o’clock, burial fol lowed in the Asheboro cemetery. The family, who have lived in Asheboro since 1922, having moved here from Hemp, have made many friends in the town and community. Mrs. Wood was known as a staunch member of the Presbyterian church. She is survived by the follow ing children: Mrs. W. B. Poole; Misses Lola and Eula Wood, of Asheboro; one sister, Mrs. E. V. Mc Leod, of Asheboro; and one brother, M. L. Morris, of West End. Mrs. T. Kelly Pugh Funeral for Mrs: T. Kelly Pugh, who djed Sunday morning lit the home of he? daughter, Mrs.. C. W. Hockett, near Climax, was held Monday after noon from Gray’s Chapel church by Rev. W. F. Ashbum. Mrs. Pugh’s husband died in April, 1927. She leaves three sons, Bgscom and Charles Pugh, of New Salem, and Alf Pugh, of Climax, and five daugh ters, Mrs. Toy Wilson, of Asheboro; Mrs. H. F. Kirkman, of Millborp; Mrs. J. G. Brown, of Randleman; Mrs. G W. Hockett and Mrs. C- P. barker, of the Climax section. Prior to' her marriage she was Miss Mattie Julian. She was a member of Gtay*s Chapel Methodist Protestant church. Mrs. Pugh was widely known as a woman of strong character, of congenial tem perament and unselfishly interested in the welfare of others. Her attrac tive personality was recalled by many yesterday. She had an unusually large number of devoted friends. A new international rail and air service combined has reduced the time it takes to travel between New York City and Mexico City, Mexico, to 48 hours. Special Term Of Superior Court To feegin Monday For Trial Of Civil Cases Only, With Judge Cameron F. Mc Rae, Asheville, Here. Calendar Prepared Heavy Dodet Faces The Court And Calendar Is Full—Court To Mst Two Weeks. The special term of coart, called re cently for Randolph county by Gov ernor Gardner, for the trial of cases on the eiviji docket will convene in the court house in Asheboro next Monday, Otflpber 21. Judge Cameron F. McRae, o^ Asheville, will preside over the cou^t sessions. Calendar for the term has been agreed upon and calls for the trial of specific cases up to and including two days of the sec ond week. Court, however, will last the week, and should the cases calen dared be disposed of in order other cases will be taken up from the heavy docket. Following is the calendar for the court: Mondav, October 21, 1929 54 Teter, In. Re. 856 Leslie Jessup vs Randle Jessup. , 753 Ella mil vs H. A. mil. ; 648 Joe Phillips, by Mrs. Globiner Phillips Elliot vs Southeastern Hotels Co. I j 694 Asheboro Wheelbarrow Co. vs A. B. Caudle et al. 703 C. G Cheek vs J. J. Harper et al. 707 Mary E. Long et al vs City of Randleman. 711 J. A. Leach et al vs Alvis M. Vestal et al. , 736 Colon Lassiter et al vs Phillip Garner et aL 738 3-4 Locke Motor Co., vs Alex Rogers. 741 Ethel Woodel vs Causey Brown. 750 John L. Raines vs W. B. Kiker et al. f Twenty (Please turn toj>age along: with 14ft violent deaths li month' on which figures were com piled by the bureau of vital statistics of the state board of health. The re port also showed 10 burned to death, seven dead from accidental gunshot wounds and and additional seven from gunshot wounds of a doubtful nature. Twelve persons were drowned and one killed in an airplane accident. Tuberculosis took a toll of 172 lives in the state, while pellagra which was listed as causing the second largest number of deaths, was responsible for 100 deaths and 75 die