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BOd Weather Monday Delayed It
While, But Court Has Been
Moving Since. ,
Few Road Sentences
Daniel Hogan Gets Year For Car
Theft—Most Sentences Sus
pended With Fines. *
Judge A. M. Stack, of' Monroe,
opened the December term Randolph
Superior Court |h Aaheboro Monday
morning. Solicitor Zeb V. Long, of
Statesville, was on hand to prosecute
for the State. Though the inclement
weather caused the court to get off
with a belated start, any time loBt
lias been made up in disposition of
• cases in quick older. Judge Stack
made one of his usual brief and point
ed charges to the grand jury, con
fining his remarks to some of the
specific duties of that body instead
of a lengthy generalisation of the
law and the procedure involved in
grand jury action.
The entire term of this court will
be taken up with the trial of criminal
cases. -s' .
The grand jury selected is com
posed of the following: J. It. Ham
mond, foreman, and W. C. Covington,
John Gibson, Auda Brown, C. R.
Hinshaw, C. D. Laughlin, Sam T.
Jones, John D. Scott, J. E. Ward,
J. M. Spencer, P. P, Fentriss, D. L.
Burgess, W. H. Gregson, R. A. Ste
vens, L. E. Redding, Fred B. Hen
dricks, W. J. Oates §nd A. J. Blair.
Among the cases disposed of, not
including those continued for one rea
son or another, include the following:
State vs Richard Covington, judg
ment that sentence of 4 months to
roads be suspended on payment of
costs.
State vs Dolphus Hunter, defend
ant entered plea of .guilty to charge
of driving a car while intoxicated, and
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The faculty of Farmer high school
will on next Saturday night repeat
“The Byes of Love,” which was splen
didly presented two weeks ago for the
«r there was net aimrg
sequently numerous
come for arei>egtianef
is hoped* a large assem
present and will thereby
library fund.
Farmer Faculty To
Present A Play On
Saturday Night, 7th
DHEP SEA MUSEUM SEEN
IN ASBEBORO THIS WEEK
One of the best collections of deep
sea specimens ever seen in this com
munity is that being shown in the
Allen building on Worth street this
week by Capt. Jack Vera, under aus
pices of the Asheboro Boy Scouts.
Capt. Vera has been 37 years in mak
ing this collection in which will be
found specimens of deep sea fish,
shells, coral, ferns, and the famous
crucifixion fish. Other specimens in
the Collection include a giant octopus
and porcupine fish. The museum .is
open from 10 a. pi to 10 p. m.», and
only a small admission fee is charged.
w ■ - *
Sophia, Route 1, News
ing was a beautiful day and very
quietly spent in this section. A num
ber of the men enjoyed hunting and
some visiting. .
Clyde Loflin, son of Mr. and M™‘
J. CL Loflin, recently had his tonsils
removed at High Point. ’ * *
Tine hogs have been killed during,
the cold weather, among which was
one of B.F. Bifte's which tipped the
scales at 400 pound!, ... - v; :
Waiter Davis, of Stuart, Fla., re
cently spent a few days with Ms par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Davis, here.
He Is nqw a, patient in the High
Point Hospital.
We are glad tp report that J. C.
Newlin, who has been indisposed with
erysipelas, is .now able to be out again.
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Parker.and Miss
Griffin, of Kihston, spent the holi
Only Sixteen More
Shopping Days Until
Christmas Is Here
Time are bet 16 more shopping
dajrs before Christmas. This means
you will hare to get busy with your
holiday shopping. No need to wait
.until the last minute and then hare
to take what everybody else has
picked Oder. Just now you will find
Christmas stocks of goods in the
stores in Randolph county selected
for your needs. There is little need
for you to look elsewhere than
right here at home for your holi
day goods. Your homo merchants
hare prepared for you; have laid
in stocks of goods that are equal in
quality' and correctness as any
stocks of goods in the country, and
yon will find the ' prices just as
reasonable, and ih most cases, >
. .more reasonable than those else
where. Watch this newspaper next
week and the next for advertise
ment# of these live Randolph coun
ty merchants. They will let you
know in this newspaper what they
have to offer you and you may rely
on what they say. By all means,
try at home first for yonr holiday
goods. If you can’t find what you
want here, then you will be justi
fied in going elsewhere, but not
before.
Flrstlieai Touch
Winter Weather
Experienced Here
For Two Consecutive Week Ends
Community Has Suffered'
Freezing Temperatures. .
Only Few Mishaps
J. B. Ward, Jr., Hurt When He
Fell On Steps—School Bus
Turns Over On Rt. 62.
For the second successive week end
winter held North Carolina and the
rest of the South in its grasp. Ashe
boro citizens awoke last Saturday
morning to find the temperature had
dropped to §bout ten degrees above
zero. The thermometer hovered about
freezing through Sunday and the
Weather has be$p cold since.' The
previous wfok and this section had
witnessed the first snow and sleet of
the winter. On Monday of this week,
it appeared for a while that there
wopld be a heavy sleet as the first
While several deaths and sej
accidents Were reported in various
parts of the State and South, there
were none serious in this vicinity. J.
B, Ward, Jr., part owner of the
Ashebpro Laundry, was most serious
ly injured of any person in- this com
munity, though several slipped and
fell on the ice covered streets and
steps on Monday. Mr. Ward slipped
and fell on the steps at EL H. Cran
ford’s home, hitting the back of his
head. He was rendered unconscious
for an hour or more.
The bridge over Deep River at
Randleman was the scene of . some
near-accidents. A car from' Hamlet
going north skidded across the bridge
and turned over on the north side.
None of the occupants of the machine
was hurt, however. A mule pulling
a delivery cart dipped and fell on the
bridge, and traffic was held up quite
a while until the animal could be got
ten off the bridge.
Considerable difficulty was experi
enced by motorists on the newly
graded 62 highway from Asheboro in
the direction of Bombay and Farmer,
but no serious accident were reported.
Walsh Reminds Senate
Of Fight On Wilson
Washington, Dec. 2,—Senator Walsh
of Montana in « statement issued
through the Democratic National
Committee criticised those critics of
the Democratic' and Progressive Re
publican Senators who are opposing
the tariff said, in the Hawley-Smoot
bffl for their silence in 1919 when the
same reactionaries behind the tariff
bill were wrecking the great recon
struction program of President Wil
son. He outlined the war President’s
program to get from a war basis to
a peace basis as follows:
“The establishment of conditions of
permanent peace, early disarmament
by aU important nations, ecpiUble
tax reduction and readjustment from
| a war time to a peace time basis, be
ginning with the excess profits tax
and grading down to the Smallest tax
payer; economic cooperation with our
European customers to maintain
County Gained 62
Purebred Cattle
During Past Year
And All These Were Registered
Guernseys, And In Addition
64 Grade Cows.
Large Hay Acreage
Sown In County—Poultry Ship
ments-Large—AH Shown In
• Millsaps’ Report.
The animal report of E. S. Millsaps,
Jr., county farm agfent for Randolph,
was presented the board of commis
sioners in session yesterday. This
report contains an exhaustive and
comprehensive record of the farm
agent’s work during the put year and
is a document well worth the time and
study of the citizens of the county.
It is not possible to give in detail
many of the outstanding accomplish
ments of the farm demonstrator and
farmers of the county working under
his Supervision in this issue. But a
brief resume of the report discloses
some interesting natter, which will be
later taken up by this newspaper.
The report shows that Mr. Millsaps
spent 66 days of the past year in his
office and 237 out in the county with
farmers. He made 1,026 visits to
farms during the year and held office
conferences *with 1,604 farmers. He
wu rather busy with the telephone,
for he held a total of 1403 telephone
conversations with various farmers
relating to their work for the year,
prepared 42 articles for the press.
wrote 1191 official letters, mailed 830
farm bulletins, prepared 23 circulars
himself and mailed 8,405 eopies of
same. He traveled 12,266 miles in
pursuance of his duties. v
Forty-nine farm meetings Were held
during the year with an attendance of
3,634. farmers, and 736 definite farm
field demonstsations were carried out
in the county during the year under
his supervision.
Work In Dairying
A brief summary of the work Mr.
Millsaps assisted in in the dairying in
dustry iridicates he' placed 20 regis
tered bulls with as many Randolph
farmers in the year, 24 registered
Guernsey heifers with as*many club
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Fanner SchoolBus
Over On 62,
One of toe school , trucks serving
theFartaer consolidated school at
Rirmer tamed over Monday after
noon on one of ihe bad places on
Highway 62, recently graded, though
no injury was done to either truck or
driver. The truck^which is used to
make two trips dauy, was returning
from the first of these trips .when it
tamed over. The other trade, sent
to carry the last load of pupils home,
nfiired in a bad place on the same high
way, and residents of the Farmer
community had to be called on to con
vey the pupils to their homes. High
way 62 has been graded recently by
contractors on the route, and has not
been top soiled. This places the road
in a very bad condition, and with win
ter setting in the route is likely to be
come impassable except during short,
intervals of good weather. The high
way, aside from being used by general
traffic, is used by school tracks and
by the rural free delivery route car
rying mail from Asheboro to Farmer*
and is used for similar purposes in the
direction of Bombay.
Temporary Basketball
Court Being Prepared
Several boys of the local schools
have been busy at their spare time'
this week unscrewing the seats from
th^ floor in the auditorium so they
may be slipped to one side and the
floor used for a temporary court on
the occasion of basket ball games
with neighboring schools. The first
game of the season to be played on
the new court will be the one between
the girls* team of Farmer and the
Asheboro team of girls. This game
is scheduled for next Friday after
noon at four o’clock.
The boys of Asheboro are, also,
practicing the game'and will be ready
to play neighboring teams in the
near future.
Mutual Potato Storage
The Mill Springs Mutual Potato
Storage House in Polk county was
opened recently and 170 bushels of
sweet potatoes were brought in on
the opening day. It is expected that
the full capacity of the house, 4,700
bushels, will bonsai by the co-operat
ing fanners this whiter.
o$ce
anges In
• For Court
next week lurfb
np to Monddy',
and Friday's a
moved up to Tv
ed up should tal
change in pufa^:
ready for eouifv
specified. Thifei
court will closed
means, but th«lf
ing ahead of t
Judge Stuck is i
as many cases *
this court. *
Sheriff AEllikan
Collects p>,000
Of Ne| Tax Levy
its To $326,
his Amount
Balance
Small
All 1928 Taxes Except $2,658.39
Collected By Sheriff Milli
kan, Report Shows.
Sheriff Milli&atff report made to
the Randolph country board of com
missioners in regular meeting Mon
day disclosed that he had collected all
1928 taxes with the exception of $2,
675.32. Of this amount, $2,658.39 rep
resented the insoljmht list and $16.93
releases ma4e during the month.
Of the new tax levy of $326,110.25,
Sheriff Millikan has collected a total
of $20,197.80, leaving a balance of
$305,912.45. Discounts allowed tax
payers for early payment of taxes
amounted to $14tt59.
Only a few minor matters came be
fore the board of commissioners. Road
work is not being pushed in the coun
ty due to the inclement weather and
there were few requests for road im
provement,
the road le
via of Arnold’s 1
iq Trinity
a drag for
Bill Dorsett’s.
Another road -j
,rd_ ordered that
m Clay Dorsett’s
: T. J. Finch place
i left at
atter was the order
ing of same top soiling to be done on
the road leading from Mary Jane
Barker’s to Kemps Mill, and a drag
be left at Charlie Allen’s place for use
in that vicinity. A number of drags
will be made for use at various points
in the county, it is said, by authority
of the board of commissioners.
Comfnunity Gub
Orders $5frJVorth
Books For library
Decision Made To < Help School
Library At Franklinville At
A Recent Meeting.
Next Meet Dee. 18
Musicians To Make Records For
Victor—Already At Radio
Broadcasting.
Franklinville, Dec. 2.—The Com
munity Club met in regular session
Wednesday evening at the school au
ditorium with a good attendance, Mrs.
E. S. Thomas, pres., presiding. For
the first half hour they were delight
fully entertained with a program, a
playlet by grammar pupils in charge
of Miss Pearl Spence, music teacher.
During the .business session it was
decided that the school children
,should have charge of the sale of Red
.Cross Seals. It was also ordered that
fifty dollars worth of books be added
to school library to meet the needs of
the different grades. Next meeting
will be Wednesday evening, Dec. 18.
Friday evening, Dec. €, the Ladies’
Aid Society will hold its regular
monthly and talent meeting in the
class rooms of the church. Every
member is asked to bring a friend, the
friend to bring a silver offering. Re
freshments will be served.
Mr. Carson Smith has moved from
the Hayes’ residence to house on Sun
rise street recently occupied by C. T.
Henson. Mr. Harvey PUkenton has
moved his family from near new
school building to the Hayes residence.
Miss Winnie liavis and Mr. Jesse
Tariff Seen As
Paramount Issue
Ofl930Campaign
Therefore, Action Of Present
, Session Of Congress Will Be
Of Great Importance.
Long Session Ahead
Simmons Thinks It Will Last
Until Next September, Jnst
Before The Campaign.
(By David F. St Clair)
Washington, December 3.—The 71st
congress begins its regular long ses
sion facing a long pull and bitter
friction. The extra session which
ended on November 22 has left the
senate in a worse mood than it has
been in since Senator Simmons became
a senator on March 4th, 1901. The
death of Senator Warren of Wyoming
last week makes Sipimons the senior
member of the body in point of ser
vice. The North Carolina senator if
he serves out his present term will
have been in the senate thirty years
and if he should be re-elected to suc
ceed himself and lives out that term
he will have been consecutively a sen
ator longer than any other man in the
country’s history,
That thd senator will succeed him
self seems now to be as practically
assured as any personal event could
be a year in advance of its actual
realization. Those opposed to him in
the Democratic party in the state have
thus far been unable to find a candi
date who would have a ghost of a
chance of defeating the senator in
the June primary and the Republicans
have openly confessed that they can
not defeat the senator jn the election.
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Suffers Broken Right
Leg While Practicing
Football At School
Wade Brookshire, 14, student in the
Asheboro city schools, and son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. A. Brookshire, suffered
a broken right leg Tuesday morning
while engaged m football practice at
the school. Tne break was a clean
one and was about midway between
knee and thigh. The young man was
taken immediately to the High Point
Hospital, High Point, where his con
dition is reported as satisfactory. It
is probable that he will bp in the hos
REV. W. H. NEE8E AND HIS
FAMILY MOVE TO SEAGROVE
Pastor Takes Up New Work On Why
Not Circuit—Personal Items Of
Interest In Sea grove Section.
Seagrove, Dec. 3.—Misses Mary and
Alberta Auman and Maple Lawrence,
of Elon College, spent from Wednes
day until Sunday with homefolks.
Miss Lena Russell, who it teaching
at Attamahaw, spent the holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Russell.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W Auman spent
last Thursday night and Friday with
Mrs. Auman’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. W. Bingham, at Farmer.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Farlow, of
High Point, visited Mrs. Farlow’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Lawrence,
the past week end.
Rev. W- H. Neese and family moved
into the M. P. Parsonage here last
Wednesday. Mr. Neese is pastor of
the Why Not Circuit for the coming
year. A crowd of the neighbors and
friends gathered in and gave them a
"pounding" Wednesday night. We’re
glad to welcome Mr. Neese and family
to our community.
Miss Edith Lockey, who teaches
music here, spent the holidays with
friends at Burlington.
Messrs. Howard and Leslie Auman,
who are in school at Chapel Hill,
spent the holidays with homefolks.
Prof, and Mrs. H. E. White visited
relatives at Greensboro during the
holidays.
F. Maxwell Has Good ^ ^
There is a strong belief prevailing
in North Carolina and among the
North; Carolina delegation in Congress
that A. J. Maxwell, revenue commis
sioner for North Carolina, will be
named by President Hoover on the
interstate commerce commission to fill
the vacancy of Richard V. Taylor,
whose term expires on Dec 31st. Mr.
Maxwell has long been considered one
of *the greatest rate experts in the
United States. His long service in
North Carolina as corporation com
missioner has demonstrated his abil
ity in this regard. There is consider
able interest in Mr. Jfaxwell’s candi
dacy in Aaheboro, where Mr.:
Conduct Campaign
To Improve Health
Of School Children
The Aaheboro schools are now
conducting a campaign to try to
improve the health of the pupils.
All the boys and girls are carefully
weighed once a week, and their
height measured «sn every three
months. Measures will be taken to
improve the condition of the under
nourished children.
Health la one of the great prob
lems being studied by the civics
department, Hr. G. H. Sumner,
county health officer, visited the
school one day last week and talk
ed to the civics pupils on the nued
of more effective quarantine and
other means of preventing the
spread of disease.
Dr. M. G. Edwards, local veter
inarian, has also been s visitor in
the school recently and made an
address to one of the civics classes
on the importance of pure milk and
water, careful inspection of meats,
and other matters pertaining to
healthful foods and drinks.
Two of the civics classes are
taking part in a contest to see
which can sell the more Christmas
health seals. To the winning class
will be given some kind of prise.
Hoover Neglects
One Major Matter
In Long Message
Touched On Nearly Everything
Else In Discussing Country’s
Problems Tuesday.
Only 2 Dark Clouds
Seen By President, These Being
Disrespect Of Law And The
Stock Uaxicet Crash. (
.
Congress convened in regular ses
sion Monday. On Tuesday, President
Hoover transmitted to the assemblage
a 12,000-word message, giving an an
alysis of the country's problems. His
message mapped out a comprehensive
program for Congress to follow.
The President, touching gn both
foreign and domestic problems in a
detailed way,'Jxgfefesed hope of suc
cess of the London navSl conference;
urged adherence by the Senate to
the Root World Court protocol; ad
vocated early adoption of the $160,
000,000 tax reduction proposal; ap
adequate; urged ratification of the
$4,000,000,000 French war debt agree
ment, and reduction of expenditures
for national defense, among major
projects.
Short On Tariff
The message was regarded as in
adequate in one major particular,
and thpt a pressing and immediate
issue—the tariff. Many members
were disappointed that the Presi
dent did not elaborate in a specific
way upon what sort of a bill he
wanted.
He did not indicate any further
what he mean by "limited revision,”
but confined himself largely to a re
statement of the general principles
enunciated at the outset of the spe
cial session. There was general ac
cord with his plea for speedy action
on the tariff, however.
The President, in Jus survey, saw
only two dart clouds on the horizon
at present—the stock market crash
and the growth of organized crime
and general disrespect for law.
He expressed the belief that meas
ures he initiated to stabilize busi
ness have re-established confidence,
find that this situation growing from
the stock market slump will be ad
justed.
Down To Business
The House of Representatives will
get down to business of considering
tax reduction, while the Senate will
dispose of the case of Senator Vare, of
Pennsylvania, whose seat is contest
ed, and then turn to a continuation of
the tariff fight left over from the
special session.
G«t Voting Booths
150 new voting booths to be used
.under the new secret ballot law have
been obtained by the board of elec
tions for Davidson county at a cost
of $1,350 delivered.
Announcement
Nothing preventing and the weath
er permissible, there will be preach
ing at High Pine Wesleyan Methodist
Church this coming Sabbath at 11:00
a. m. and 7:16 p. m. by the pastor;
Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.
The prayer meeting at Neighbors
.Grove Church has been changed from
Tuesday night to Saturday night, 7:16,
We trust all will take notice of these
announcements and a goodly atten
dance will be had at all these services.
A cordial welcome is extended to all.
■ —Bey. E. D. Packer, pastor.
Nine persons, five whites and four
negroes, were killed and forty others
injured when eight coaches of an ex
cursion train, Norfolk toNew York,
jumped the tracks at Oiney, Va., 8m
day morning early. A broken rail Ja
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p. C. Painter, city manager for
Had Long: Been One Of The
Leading Citizens Of His Coni*
munity And The County.
Head Farmers Mutual
And Growth Of This Association
Largely Due To His Guidance
—35 Years A J. P.
Randolph conuty lost one of its
most highly esteemed and most sub
stantial citizens Monday about IQ
o’clock in the death at his home on.
Asheboro, Star Route, of S. S. Cox,
aged 68 years,'who passed away al
most suddenly hut quietly. He had
been in ill health for several months,
but recently had taken a turn for the
better and was able to be out to greet
his friends and attend to business
matters. His complete recovery, how
ever, had not been hoped for since the
beginning of his ill health.
Mr. Cox was president of the Ran
dolph county branch Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance Company for 17 con
secutive years and served the asso
ciation in other capacities. His wise
leadership and counsel is held lar
gely responsible for the steady and
healthful growth of this co-operative
business enterprise, affecting every
part of the county and numbering
hundreds of farmers in its member
ship. He was justice of the peace in
his community for 35 years and his
decisions were ever tempered with
mercy, though he held true to the
course of justice as he ftiterpreted it.
Mr. Cox was a high-toned Christian
gentleman, a man with the problems
and welfare of his community, county
and country at heart
Funeral was held from Union Grove
church, Wednesday morning by Rev.
Joel B. Trogdon with the assistance
of Rev. J. E. Pritchard, of Asheboro.
Mr. Cox had been for many years a
member of Pleasant Hill Christian
church.
He is survived by his wife, who
before her marriage was Miss Mary
E. Lowdermilk; five children, Mrs.
,J. C. Allen and Mrs. J. W. Phillips,
High Point; Mrs. H. P. Lindsay, Win
ston-Salem; Miss Flonnie Cox, Ashe
boro, Star route; and Carl L. Cox,
Rockingham; and five grandchildren.
A daughter, Mrs. S. S. Allen, died
nearly 20 years ago. Mr. Co.x is also
survived by one sister, Mrs. E. R.
Yow, of A*beboro.
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County Board Buys
Voting: Booths For
Use Next Election
' The county board of commissioner*
in meeting yesterday placed order
with a Laurinburg manufacturer for
voting.booths to be used in the next
general election under the Australian
ballot law passed by the last general
assembly. Thirty master booths were
purchased, one for each voting pre
cinct in the county and one additional,
and 105 units made up the order. The
SO master booths cost a total of $965,
while the cost of the units amounted
to $787.50, a grand total of $1,042.50.
The booths are to be delivered May 1,
1930.
The booths are simple in construc
tion. They are made of canvas on
steel frames and are collapsible. When
not in use they may be folded up and
packed away in a very small space.
Being collapsible and tight they are
easily carried and erected.
The only other business before the
board was the acceptance of the an
nual report of the county farm agent
and the renewal of several thousand
dollars in tax anticipation notes com
ing due this month.
Weather Report Shows That
November Warm Arid Wet
According to the monthly report of
the weather observer here the month
of November was wanner and wetter
than the normal November. The mean
temperature this year was 60.1 de
grees compared to a normal of 47.1
degrees. The highest temperature
for the month was 78 on the 3rd while
the lowest was 12 above aero on the
30th.
The precipitation was 3.96 inches
as compared to a normal of 2.08
inches. The heaviest rainfall during
the month was 1.44 inches on the 4th.
There were nine days that were
classed as clear, sii as partly cloudy
and fifteen that were cloudy. The
minimum temperatures for the month
of November here so far as the rec
ord dates back are: 1926, 20 on the
12th; 1927, 25 on the 7th; 1928, 19 on
the 26th. The twelve on the 30th this
.year was by far the lowest on record
here for November and tras six- de