t always abreastwith
THE CHANGING TIME
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY
THE COURIER LEADS
THE COURIER
THE COURIER AND
ASHEBORO MARCH
IN STEP—AHEAD
BOTH ARE LEADERS
tri.weekly
TolUMF. LX
Est. As The Regulator
February 2, 1876
Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN
ASHEBOROTn. C., SUNDAY, DEC. 13,~1936.
Changed To The Courier
September 13, 1879
PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUNDAY
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
NUMBERlW
Former English
King Edward VIII
Makes Radio Talk
✓
Tells World He Found It Im-1
possible To Larry liurden |
Under Conditions
His Own Decision
Former Queen Mary And New
lung ueorge Stood iiy As
He Prepared 10 Leave
Creating almost as much world
wide interest and exeitment as the
actual abdication ot tlte King oi
England, was his message to the
hngnsh people and the world on
Friday afternoon as he'spoke over
the radio at o:tt() o’clock. As his
mother, Queen Mary, stood by him,
jrjward uavid Windsor, in a broad
cast farweli to the British empire
he once ruled, told the world he
laid down the scepter of his fore
fathers only because he could not
carry on without “the woman I
love '—the American-born, twice
divorced, Wallis Warfield Simpson.
The greatest radio audience that
ever listened to the words of one
man heard these words carried to
the end of his former “Dominions
Deyoiul the Seas”—to the corners
of the globe:
“You must believe me when I ttll
you that 1 have found it impossible
to carry the heavy burden of re
sponsibility and to discharge my
duties as King as I would wish to
do without the help and suport of
the woman I love.
“And 1 want you to know that
the decision I have made has been
mine and mine alone.”
To the 495,000,000 subjects-^of
the far-flung realm over which he
reigned until but a few hours be
fore. Edward David Windsor said
slowly and clearly:
“This was a thing I had to judge
entirely for myself.
“The other person most nearly
Concerned has tried up to the last
to persuade me to take a different
course.
"1 have made this, the most ser
ious decision of my life, only upon
the single thought of what would
in the end be the best for all,”
• 1h a voice as slow and strong a*
the words he was speaking, the
man who had been Britain’s K,ing
pledged heartfelt allegiance to his
younger brother, the new King
George VI. >
■ Ke sought to dispel for all til %i
the last vestige of reports of bit
terness between himself and Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin, the man
who told his King he must not
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One Country Has
But Ten Jobless
One country which does not have
to worry about the problem of un
employment relief is the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg. In the
whole of this tiny principality
there are only 10 jobless persons,
and their support costs the gov
ernment but $45 a week.
Luxembourg is bounded by Ger
many, Belgium and France. It
formed part of the Germantic Con
federation, 1815-66, but in 1867 the
Treaty of London declared it a
neutral territory under the sover
ignty of the Netherlands.
It was invaded by the Germans
during the World War. but liber
ated in 1918.' By the Treaty of
Versailles it was declared free of
all ties with Germany. The Duchy
is rich in iron ore. Luxembourg,
the capital, has a population of
64,250.
By Clement Cbrke Moore
XVIII
His eyes—front they twinlfled!
his dimples hor» merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his
nose like a cherry!
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Wednesday Is Date Set]
Assembly Adjournment
As Plans Now Indicate
I
Studies Her Own
i Kidnaping: Case
June Robles, now 9 years old, >s
interested in newspaper accounts
of new efforts to bring to justice
the person who kidnapped her,
April 24, 1934, and held her prison
er for 19 days in a crude cage in
the desert near Tucson, Ariz. The
case was placed before a federal
grand jury at Tucson after the
only previous indictment, against
Oscar Robson, Tucson night club
owner, was dismissed.
Sanitary Survey
To Be Made Soon
Contract Will Probably Be
Let Thursday For Survey
Of Town Of Asheboro
Purchase Hose
Work On New Pipeline Pro
gressing Well Despite
Unfavorable Weather
The city commissioners met in
a regular meeting Thursday nigiit
at which time several matters were
discussed but no decisions made on
any important matter. The board
will meet again Thursday, Decem
ber 1", to consider points left
open.
A. C. Linberg of Burlington ap
peared before the board seeking
the contract for the sanitary sur
vey of the Asheboro sewer and
water system decided upon at the
last meeting. The contract will
probably be let Thursday. There
have been several other applicants
who have not appeared before the
board.
The plans which have been
drawn up for the laying out of the
new city cemetery were approved.
A. E. Taplin of High Point is the
engineer in charge.
The commissioners authorized
the purchase of 300 feet of tire
hose. All other business was of
routine nature.
Despite the handicaps of the
weather work on the new 12 inch
pipe line is progressing well. The
last load of pipe has now been re
ceived, and the line has been com
pleted to the edge of town.
Community News -
Of Seagrove Rt.
Seagrove, route 1„ Dec. 12.—
Mrs. Debbie Boroughs and daugh
ters, Miss Bettye Boroughs, have
moved to this community from
near Ether. They are occupying
the P. L. Boroughs house.
Mrs. Jerry Cox, who has been a
patient at the Randolph hospital,
has recovered sufficiently to be at
the home of her sister, Mrs. W. P.
Russell, in this community.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Lawrence,
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Cagle, D. R.
Graves, Clyde Graves, G. W. Hunt,
M. C. Auman, G. W. Hunt, Jr.,
Mrs. E. C. Stuart, Miss Nancy Au
man and Miss Aubrey Hunt at
tended the funeral and burial of
Henry Gilliland at Providence
church on Sunday. Mr. Gilliland is
a former resident of this coip
munity.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. H. K.
Wright, on December 1, a son.
M. C. Auman was in Raleigh
Wednesday and Thursday.
Why Not church Sunday school
will present a Christmas pageant,
“The Light Shineth,” on the even
ing of December 20th.
Extra Session Is
| Near Happy End
! --
Solons Said To Be Following
Leaders Blindly In Social
Security Legislation
Another Chance
Will Have Opportunity To
Amend This Hasty Action
At Next Regular Session
Headed for adjournment Wed
nesday, members of the state’s
general assembly blindly followed
their headers, like sheep or, as
some newsmen described the group,
“(tog-trotted” behind their leaders.
The matter before the group is the
enactment of a state’s unemploy
ment insurance law. Whether the
measure is definitely understood by
the lawmakers is problematical,
but there will be time for amend
ing it in regular session before it
becomes operative.
Approving at the rate of a sec
tion a minute the 13,000-word mea
sure drawn by the Attorney Gen
eral’s office and Federal authori
ties, the house, sitting as a com
mittee of the whole, Friday re
ported the bill favorably without
amendment and, then, passed it on
second reading by a roll call vote
of 112 to 0.
\ At midnight, the House was pre
paring to place the bill on its third
and final reading, pass it quickly
and send it to the Senate for i:s
first reading there Monday. If no
amendments are made in either
house, the bill can become law up
on its final passage in the Senate
Wednesday. Any material amend
ments in the House now would de
lay adjournment two days.
A measure, identical to the house
bill, was presented to the Senate
yesterday by Senators Gravely of
Nash and J0.hns.t9n of Buncombe
for consideration in "the committee
of the whole. After hearing Attor
ney A. A. F. Seawell and Assistant
Attorney General Harry McMullan
explain the measure, the Senate
adjourned until noon Saturday and
planned to receive the bill from the
House Monday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock.
The schedule of the House, after
its early7 morning session Saturday,
calls for reconvening at 8 o’clock
Monday evening.
Grade Parents Of
School Meet, 11th
A meeting of the grade parent-*
of the Asheboro schools was held
at the high school Friday night
with 37 grade representatives pre
sent.
Mrs. George Burkhead, chairman
of the grade mothers, was the first
speaker, talking on the objectives
for the year. Mrs. Burkhead said
that the greatest thing for the
grade mothers to do was take the
teachers to visit the parents of all
children in their classes so that a
better understanding between the'
school and the home would exist.
Miss Alma Lassiter, high school
principal, spoke of the need for re
gular attendance. The Asheboro
high school lost a teacher this year
because of its low attendance re
cord, Miss Lassiter stated. She al
so discussed the library system and
told how much more effectively the
library could be used if the school
had a regular librarian.
The matter of attendance was
also brought up by Superintendent
Reginald Turner, who stated that
at the last session of the legisla
ture Clyde Erwin, state school
superintendent, had pointed out
that a large proportion, approxi
mately 15 per cent, of the children
of school age in North Carolina do
not go to school at all, although
a compulsory attendance law has
been in effect for a number of
years.
Mr. Turner, warning mothers
that epidemics of several diseases
threatened Asheboro, advised them
to keep sick children at home, even
though the illness did not appear
serious, to prevent the spread of
disease. Among the diseases he
mentioned were chicken pox, scar
let fever, measles, and scabies.
An interesting and significant
fact was the every case of these
diseases noted among Asheboro
has occurred in the old school. The
new school, completely sanitary
and clean, has not had a single
case.
ELECTRIC POWER
OFF THIS AFTERNOON
The Carolina Power & Light
Company has announced that the
power will be turned off Sunday
afternoon December 13th from
1:30 to 2:15, and'again from 3:30
to 4:30.
North Carolina’s i
Robt. L Doughton
As House Leader
Doughton’s Name Mentioned
As Compromise Upon
Agreement Possible
Not Interested ,
Might Like To Have Speaker
ship If Vacancy Should
Arise In That Place 8
North Carolina’s, Representative i
Robert L. Doughton, chairman*; of I
the house ways and means coin- *
mittee, is pgain in the national
limelight as his name was pre
sented as one of the candidates
for majority leader. Representative
John E. Rankin presented Atr.
Doughton’s name as a compromise
candidate upon whom all colqd
agree. Mr. Doughton is quoted,1
saying,, he was not interested
the house leadership, however: *^f
the Speakership were in contest,: I
should certainly get into the fight” 1
That declaration means, in al 1
probability, that if there should h»,J
another vacancy in the speakershig |
during Mr. Doughton’s service ip'j
the house, that the North Carolina )
veteran certainly will be a candi-T
date. {
How long Mr. Doughton will re
main In the house will probably
depend upon his final decision as
to whether or not he will become
a candidate against Senator Robert
R. Reynolds in the 1938 Democratic
primary.
Mr. Doughton said that he ex
pected to reach a final decision on
whether or not he will run for the
senate “not later than March of
next year.”
Mr. Doughton was one of three
members of the North Carolina de
legation who did not express a
choice between Representative Sam
Rayburn of Texas and John J.
O’Connor of New York, at a
caucus which the delegation held
in Raleigh yesterday. The other
two North Carolinians still un
decided are Representatives Cooley
and Weaver.
Representative Clark, a member
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_;_ Ct
Officers Elected
At W. 0. W. Meet
Meeting in the Lodge Hall Fri
day evening the Woodmen of the
World reelected Robert L. Lloyd as
consul comander for his third term.
A delicious oyster supper featured
the meeting.
Initiation ceremonies were heid
for a class of 17. Clyde Threadgill
won the brotherhood award for
obtaining the most members in the
past month, about 30, and was
presented with a gold brotherhood
pin.
Other officers elected were: ad
visory lieutenant, C. 0. Allen;
banker, E. N. Morgan; recording
secretary, V. U. Pulliam; financial
secretary, J. T. Pugh; escort,
Henry Rich; watchman, Raeford
Gaddis; sentry, Elvin Lee; auditor,
Clyde Threadgill; assistant re
cording secretary, Colon Welch:
past consul commander, John
Hamilton; physicians, Dr. J. T.
Barnes and Dr. Dempsey Barnes;
and captain of the degree teams,
Albert Aiken.
COTTON CROP DOWN
RANDOLPH COUNTY
According to Z. L. Keever,
special agent for the department
of commerce bureau of census,
Randolph county shows a decrease
f in the cotton crop this year. The
report reveals that there were 217
^ bales ginned in the county during
1936, prior to December 1st as
compared with 519 during the same
period last year.
Honorable Mention For E(1
Armfield On All-American
i
Climaxing the many honors he
has won this fall, during which he
played the most brilliant football
of his career, Ed Armfield of
Davidson college has been awarded
honorable mention on Grantland
Rice’s All-America team for 19dt>,
which was published in this week’s
Collier’s.
A glimpse at the record shows
how deserving Armfield is of such
a place. He topped Southern Con
ference scorers with 54 points,
leading Duke’s Aee Parker by two
points according to final tabula
tions. He not only made one of the
season’s longest scoring runs, 95
yards, but turned the trick twice,
running kickoffs by both Furman
and Wake Forest back for touch
downs. Though no official report is
made on this feature of the game,
he is the only player who has been
mentioned in press dispatches as
making more than one scoring dash
of any such length.
These are the facts which pro
bably brought Ed to the attention
of Grantland Rice and Collier’s Ad
( RASH PERILS PLAN FOR ARMY SUPER-BOMBER FLKi «ji |
When this 16-ton “Flying Fortress” nosed over in landing after a test flight in Seattle, Wash., th?
1. S. Army program calling for construction of 13 of the enormous bombers appeared to be threatened.
Nose of the craft was caved in and the four propellers were damaged because, preliminary investigation
indicated, brakes were locked when the wheels touched ground. Pilots of two-motored bombing planes now
in use believe the “Flying Fortress” is too bulky and complicated.
I _
Sudden Death Of
Mrs. Hugh Parks
A Semi-Invalid For Several
Years Made Her Death
No Less A Shock Fri.
i^neral Sunday P. M.
widow Of The Late Hugh
Parks, Prominent Manu
facturer Of Randolph
'Despite her several years of in
vjlidism, the sudden death of Mrs.
Hugh Parks was a distinct shock
tocher family and many friends in
tte town and county. Mrs. Parks,
wfe of the late Hugh Parks, Jr.,
; a prominent manufacturer of trr
cointy who died five years ago,
Idi® at 2 Friday afternoon at
Y^v'ark-s home on Sunset avenue,
. v>.death was due to a sudden
helrt attack to which she had been
sulfject for the past few years.
Moving to Asheboro a number
of years before Mr. Parks’ death
he operated a hosiery mill at this
place, which business he had grown
upi in at Franklinville where his
father was one of the pioneer
manufacturers of the county. The
Parks family lived at Franklinville
im the old Parks home until their
reinoval to Asheboro. This home,
one of the handsomest country
places in the south, burned last
Christmas.
Mrs. Parks was Miss Kittie
Makepeace of Sanford. She was fit
years old. Her association in
Asheboro with the civic, social and
religious life of the town was well
known, especially interested was
she in charitable projects. She was
a membbr of the First Methodist
church of Asheboro from which the
funeral will be conducted Sunday,
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. 11.1
P. Powell, pastor of the church,
will be assisted by Rev. D. C.
Reavis of Greensboro, a former
favorite pastor. Interment will
take place in the Parks plot in the
Asheboro cemetery.
Surviving are three daughters:
Mrs. Ryan Killian, the former
Miss Elizabeth Parks, of Wellsley,
Mass.; Miss Carrie Parks of Ashe
boro and Miss Mildred Parks, a
student at Salem Academy. One
son survives, Russell Parks, ti
well known business man of Ashe
boro, operating the Asheboro
Hardware Company, one of the
oldest business concerns oT the
town.
visory Board, whose All-America
selection is regarded as the most
authentic, being as it the successor
| to the original All-America 01'
Walter Camp. However, those who
have followed his play closely all
season could list a multitude of
other reasons for his selection. He
has carried out every assignment
of a good backfield man, not flashi
ly, but well, As quarterback he has
called plays with uniformly good
judgment. He punted, blocked,
passed, and received passes. While
not the brilliant runner his team
mate Lafferty was, he has been
hard to stop when he got under
way, as his 54 points and two 95
yard runs prove.
Possessing these attributes as a
player, it is only fitting that he
should have become the first Ashe
boro boy to receive All-America
recognition. In state circles his
ability was also realized, as he
made; the second team on the
second team on the Charlotte
Observer’s All-State selection.
News Flashes
I
-from
Everywhere
MARTIN MOORE DIES
IN GAS CHAMBER
; Raleigh.—Martin Moore, 22 year
old negro hotel employee, was pro
nounced dead after 12*2 minutes
in the state’s gas chamber Friday,
paying with his life for the murder
of Helen Clevelnger in an Ashe
ville hotel in July. Before enter
ing the chamber he affirmed his in
nocence, although he is said to
have confessed on several occasions
previously.
STRIKE MOB HURT
BY FIRE ENGINE
Chester, Pa.—Fire engines tear
ing through a narrow street in
Chester Friday killed one and in
jured .'id of a crowd of 100 strikers
who were picketing their plant and
had overflowed into the street.
When the call turned out to be a
false alarm, strikers asserted that
the engines had been called out
merely to scatter them, and many
of the injured said that the trucks
made no attempt to avoid them. j
NORTH CAROLINA FOR
RAYBURN AS LEADER]
Raleigh.—Nine members of the j
North Carolina delegation to con- j
gress ,caucusing in Raleigh Thurs-1
day, revealed a decided majority in
favor of Sam Rayburn of Texas as i
Democratic floor leader in the next
congress. The vote was Rayburn
G, O’Connor 2, undecided 3.
BRUTAL SLAYING
IN NASH COUNTY
Nashville.—Jesse IJissett, 35
year old Bailey man, is being held
in the Nash county jail without
bond after a coroner’s inquest on
the axe slaying of his mother re
sulted in a verdict that he was i
responsible. Mrs. Maria Bissett j
was found in her home at Bissett |
Thursday with her head crushed in j
by the blade of an axe which lay j
beside her.
GERMANV SURPRISED
AT KING’S ABDICATION
I Berlin.—The German public,
I kept in the dark by strict Nazi I
J news censorship about the English
crisis surrounding Edward, learned
of his abdication Thursday with
amazement. Only a mere reference
to Mrs. Simpson has been made
even now, and Germans who read
the bare statement that “a Mrs.
Ernest Simpson was believed re
sponsible for the King’s decision”
are eagerly seeking information
about her.
More Deaths Than
Births During* Nov.
For the first time in many
months deaths in Asheboro have
topped births in the statistics com
piled monthly by the county health
office. In November there were 12
deaths, 8 white and 4 colored, and
only 7 births, all of which were
white. There were two white still
births.
Reports for the county are not
yet complete, Franklinville, Liber
ty, and New Hope not having re
ported. The total in the com
munities listed shows births and
deaths as exactly equal, there be
ing 36 of each. There were 33 white
births and 3 colored, and 29 white
deaths and 7 colored. There were 3
white still births.
The sale of Christmas seals in
the county, which is directed by the
county health office, seems to be
better this year than ever. More
interest has been shown in the
schools especially, many schools
having already sold their quotas
and having asked for more.
'
Funeral Held For
Mrs. J. T. Brittain
Well Known Woman Dies
After Illness Of Twelve
Weeks In Hospital
Service At Home
Wife Of John T. Brittain,
Dean Of Asheboro Bar;
Five Children Survive
Funeral service was held Satur
day afternoon from the Brittain
home on South Fayetteville street
for Mrs. John Brittain, who died
early Friday morning in a Greens
noro hospital. Mrs. Brittain had
been ill for twelve weeks and while
her malady was incurable, the im
mediate cause of her death was
pneumonia. She was 08 years oUi,
born July 28th, 1868. The maiden
name was Miss Virginia Lanier, a
daughter of the late James F. and
Caroline Dennis Lanier a well
known Guilford county family,
living at Guilford college.
The funeral service was con
I ducted by Dr. Cothran G. Smith of
! the Presbyterian church and Rev.
J H. P. Powell of the First Methodist
j church of Asheboro. Burial follow
| ed in the local cemetery.
Mrs. Brittain was a home lov
ing woman and a devoted mother
| to her several children, five, of
whom survive. She was a member
' of the Randolph chapter U. D. C.,
the Woman’s Club and various oth
er affiliations, She was a member
of the Presbyterian church.
Among the survivors are her
husband, John T. Britain, dean of
the Asheboro bar; two daughters,
Mrs. Curry Lofiin and Miss Carrie
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Conference For
Farmers Dec. 18
North Carolina farm and home
agents, white and colored, are at
! tending the annual staff conference
1 of the State College extension ser
| vice in Raleigh this week.
I The 298 agents, including assist
ants, are meeting with district
I agents and extension specialists to
review the past year’s work and
study plans for improving the ex
tension program in 1927.
The conference, opening Tuesday
morning and continuing through
Friday, December 18, is featuring
addresses by state and national
authorities in the fields of agricul
ture and education. Among them
are:
Dr. Frank 1’. Graham, president
of the University of North Caro
lina, speaking on “How Extension
Workers Can Expand the Services
of the University System.”
J. 13. Hutson, director of the east
central region in the soil conserva
tion program, and J. E. Thigpen,
administrative assistant, in a dis
cussion of 1937 agricultural pro
blems of the AAA.
Dr. C. W. Warburton, of Wash
ington, national director of agri
cultural extension work, speaking
on the development of extension
work.
Dr. Carl F. Taeusch, chief of the
program study and discussion sec
tion of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, and members of his
staff in a study of discussion group
methods.
Miss Madge J. Reese, of Wash
ington, field agent in home demon
stration club work; Mrs. Evelyn
Toby, of New York< nationally
known stylist; J. H. Stallings,
state coordinator of the soil con
servation service in North Caro
lina; and W. Kerr Scott, State
Commissioner of Agriculture-elect,
in discussions regarding their re
spective fields of work.
Needy Children
Of County Given
i Christmas Cheer
1
■LS. W. Taylor, Ministerial
'^Association President,
IjP^ Heads Committee
Post Card Plan
Robert Lloyd, Welfare Officer,
Proposes Fund For Un
derprivileged
A plan devised by Robert T.
Lloyd, Randolph county welfare
officer, to provide Christinas cheer
for the underprivileged children of
the county has been put in opera
tion this week. Dr. S. W. Taylor
l is chairman of a committee which
is assisting the welfare depart
ment in this effort.
The money to bring the happi
ness of holiday time to these chil
dren is being raised by a fund
known as the Post Card Christmas
Cheer Fund. The plan is for each
person, whenever he buys Christ
mas cards, to contribute an equal
sum to the fund. Boxes have been
placed in all drugstores, cafes, and
banks for this purpose.
Thus when anyone buys a card
to send as a token of Christmas
to a friend he is asked to think of
those who are unfortunate and
help them. To most .this will not
cause any hardship. Those who are
in the habit of sending a great
I many cards might well send less
expensive ones this year so that
they will be able to bring joy to
some Asheboro or Randolph child,
j The boxes were placed in Ashe
boro Thursday evening and have
already received many contribu
tions, Mr. Lloyd said. Mr. Lloyd
has a list of deserving cases
among the children of the county,
and Dr. Taylor has stated that the
funds collected will be distributed
by a duly appointed committee
selected from the churches of the
town.
Issues Statement
Dr. Taylor, who has generously
given his time and effort to direct
ing this campaign, has issued the.
following statement in support of
Mr. Lloyd’s plan:
1 want heartily to . §ndp®a,, ,
Robert Lloyd’s “Post Card Christ
mas Cheer Fund” plan. The idea
is to give the cost of a few Christ
mas cards and the postage to this
fund. Millions of Christmas cards
are sent every year. This Christ
mas will be no exception. If the
cost of only a few cards, with the
cost of mailing, was given to the
many thousands who can not send
even one card there would be for
them a Christmas gladness " that
they may not have othenvise, and
those who make that gladness
possible for them will likewise
have their Christ joys made
sweeter.
Robert told me just this morn
ing of a mother who told him just
a few days ago of her hard fin
ancial straits and the gloomy
prospect of her children for any
Christmas cheer. Just a few
Christmas cheer post cards, and
the darkness of that home will
take wings and fly away, and hap
piness and hope will fill the heart
of that mother and her children.
This is only one of the many such
cases where help is needed.
Robert tells me that the need is
far beyond the funds at his dis
postal. This “Post Card Christmas
Cheer Fund” may seem a small
thing, and it is. That is, it is a
small thing to give the cost of one
or more post cards and the post
age. But its appeal is in the very
smallness of it. Many of us could
! not give big amounts. But we can
give small amounts, and the ag
j gregate of these small amounts
given by many will make a sum
total that will be big in the Christ
mas cheer that it will bring to the
less fortunate children and moth
ers and fathers on Christmas morn
ing
Let’s give Robert’s Post Card
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! Farmer Items Of
Recent Happening
Farmer, Dec. 10.—Yancey Hitch,
who lives about 3 miles from
Farmer a well known farmer of
the section, fell from his barn loft
on Tuesday morning and broke his
hip. He was taken at once to Ran
dolph hospital. He is reported to
be doing" very well.
Miss Bessie Morris, technician
in St. Vincents hospital, Staten Is
land, New York, has been visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jbu
Morris for the past three week3.
She spent one day last week here
with her brother Virgil Morris.
Mrs. Worth Parks was called
home last week-end because of the
death of her brother Carl McMil
lan. His Death was caused by an
automobile wreck, which occurred
near Brown’s Summit. Mrs. Parks
will return to Farmer on Sunday.
Mr.-and Mrs. Dewar, A. M. Primm
and Miss Sarah Holman attended
the funeral, which was at Ruffin on
Sunday afternoon.