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NUMBER 10
ROSS’ ROAD BILL'
LOSESJN HOUSE
Lower House Totes To Table It
By Large Majority—Will
Not Be Revived.
j The bill providing a non-partisan
road board for Randolph county intro
duced in the General Assembly about
ten days ago by Senator Ross after
passing third reading in the Senate
was tabled in the House by a decisive
vote. The bill after leaving the Senate
was referred to the House committee
on roads and turnpikes and was fa
vorably reported to the lower house.
Upon being brought up injhe House
a motion to table the bill was made
by Representative A. I. Ferree, of this
county. The House voted to sustain
the motion.
, . The measure can be revived only
by a two-thirds vote in the House. In
the closing sessions of the General
t Assembly there is always a rush of
legislation and it is not often that a
bin is revived after once being tabled.
Considerable opposition to the act
developed in the county and a number
6f those opposed to the measure wired
the chairman and other members of
the House committee on roads and
tUrnlpkes voicing their opposition.
* On the other hand, there was quite a
sentiment among another element in
the county in favor of the bill.
MINISTERS OF ASHEBORO TO
EXCHANGE PULPITS SUNDAY
For several years it has been a cus
tom of the ministers of the town to
exchange pulpits. The announcement
was made last Sunday in all of the
local churches that the exchange of
pulpits would take place next Sun
• day. The pastors determine the
churches which they will occupy at
the meeting of the ministerial asso
ciation. There is always conjecture
as to who will be the visiting minis
ter. The ministers have urged that
the various congregations be large.
Native of Randolph County
Dies at HortsonsviUe, Indiana
Simeon Macon Fesmire, who died at
his home near Hortonsville, Indiana,
February 18th, at the age of 72 years,
was born in Randolph county May
|| 28th, 1852. When he was eighteen
years old his parents moved to Kansas
F
and to this union were born three
“ children, Clarence, Deborah and Iva.
The two boys and their mother are
dead. His second marriage was to
Amelia Barker, who lived only eleven
months. Later he married Miss Par
then a Robbins, a daughter of George
Robbins, of Randolph county. To this
union four children were bom. y
Surviving are his widow and five
children, Deborah Crooks, of Parsons,
Kans.; Carl Fesmire, of Long Beach,
Cal.; Bertha, Ethel and Clayton Fes
mire, of Hortonsville, Ind.; also eight
grandchildren and six brothers and
sisters.
Ann Jay on October 24th, 1878,
Dwelling Burned At Sea grove
The residence at the old J. B. Slack
place at Why Not, on Seagrove,
Route, 1, caught Are last Thursday
night and burned to the ground. The
residence was occupied by E. L.
Slack, a son of J. B. Slack, of Sear
grove. There was insurance on the
place in the Farmers’ Mutual to the
extent of $1,200.
Floyd Cox Climax Boy
Has Skull Fractured
Received In Fight With Albert Smith,
Who Has Been Placed Under
Bond—Cox Not Critically Hurt,
Floyd Cox, 10th grade student in
Pleasant Garden high school, and son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. U. Cox, of near
Climax in this county, sustained n
fractured skull as a result of a fight
with Albert Smith, ninth grade pupil
in the same school, which took place
Monday night in front of the Carolina
warehouse, at Pleasant Garden.
Smith is held under $600 bond and
will be given a hearing March 21st
before /udge D. H. Collins, at Greens
boro.
Dr. A. C. Whitaker, of Julian, who
dressed young Cox’s injuries, stated
that the boy is not critically hurt in
spite at the serious injury. No com
plication* have arisen, according to
the physician.
It is understood that the fight took
place as a result of a le ““J“
quarrel between the two
admits using a pair of '
fight and the three wo
face attest it. The fracture is just
above the left eye.
State To Get Lower
Rates On Cement
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
NEAR GLENOLA SUNDAY
Ford Coupe Driven By John
Cooper Collides With Track
—Miss Cooper Hurt.
Miss Ethel Cooper, who lives on
the Farmer-A^ieboro highway, sus
tained a scalp wound in an automobile
accident near Glenola Sunday. Misa
Cooper was riding in a Ford coupe
with her uncles Clel and John Cooper
coming from High Point when the
car collided with a truck driven by
G. C. Deaton going toward High
Point. The accident occurred south
of Glenola near the Ridge place on
the hard surface highway.
According to the best available in
formation Mt. Cooper was trying to
drive around a car in front of him
when he collided with the truck
which he did not see when he started
to pass the! car before him. Both
cars were badly damaged, the Ford
coupe having to be hauled in to Ashe
boro, while the truck was taken to
High Point.
None of the occupants of the cars
were injured outside a general shake
up except Miss Cooper, who was
brought to Memorial hospital,
at Asheboro, where her wounds were
dressed. The Coopers live west of
Asheboro on the Farmer road.
Senate Fails .To Confirm
Warren As Attorney General
Charles Beecher Warren, of Mich
igan, failed to become attorney gen
eral of the United States in the Sen
ate Tuesday by a vote of 41 to 39.
Vice-President Dawes rushing to the
senate chamber in a taxicab, failed to
reach the chamber in time to cast his
vote.
Mr. Warren’s nomination is the
sixth in the history of the country
that has failed of confirmation for a
cabinet portfolio.
M. E. CHURCH MATTERS
at
(By W. H. Willis)
The writer visited relatives
Statesville last week.
Probably 160 persons heard the
balk to children Sunday night, last.
The writer visited our church at
>dar Falls Sunday afternoon in the
interest of centenary collections.
“Straight Edge, and Crooked Lines"
will be the subject of the pastor’s
alk to children next Sunday night.
All Methodist and their friends
ire urged,to hear the visiting minister
*■—*- next Sunday—This, re
Five Bills That Women
Supported Were Beaten
The Trinity high school girls ere
lampions of Randolph county by vir
te of their victory over Asheboro
SKUKaSSSSWR
i Xi I?-? 'S£?S
Five bills seeking to provide great
er safeguards for child, home and so
cial life, sponsored by the legislative
council of North Carolina women
were beaten in the last' Legislature
which has just adjourned.
Two of the bills dealt with remov
ing objectionable persons from so
ciety by providing a reformatory
school for colored girls and an
establishment of a farm colony for
women offenders older than those re
ceived at Samarcand. A bill re
quiring marriage banns to be pub
lished two weeks before marriage,
and a bill limiting the working day
of children under 16 to eight hours
in industrial and mercantile pur
suits were also included in the pro
gram, and a State-wide Australian
ballot law. ,
The council is composed of the
State Federation of Women’s Clubs,
the State Federation of Business
and Professional Women’s dubs,
the North Carolina League of Worn
Voters, Women’s Christian Tern
en — ^ ^
perance Union, North Carolina
Parent-Teacher Association, State
Nurses’ Association, Woman’s Auxil
iary of the Episcopal Church, and
co-operating is the Young Women’s
Christian Association.
RANDOLPH COUNTY SUPERIOR
COURT .CONVENES MONDAY
1 Randolph county Superior court
will convene Monday for the trial of
civil and criminal cases. There is a
large docket ahead for this term of
court Judge Thomas J. Shaw will be
the presiding judge and Zeb Long, of
Statesville, is the solicitor.
Trinity Highs Win In County
But Lose In District Game
dtiring the
each
COUNTY TEACI
HOLD A
RS
Discuss Matters of Professional
Interest—Places Named For
Examinations.
A meeting of the teachers of the
county was hald in the court house
at Asheboro Saturday morning with
seventy-five or more present. Mrs.
John S. Cunningham, of the State
Insurance Department, of Raleigh,
made an interesting address to the
teachers on fire prevention.
County Superintendent T. F. Bulla
made a short talk stressing the im
portance of keeping the attendance in
the schools during "the spring up to
normal. Other matters relating to
school duties were dealt with.
The teachers were in agreement
with the dates previously set for
county seventh grade examinations
and field day exercises. The seventh
grade examinations will include the
following subjects: reading, arithme
tic, spelling, grammar, geography,
history and civics. The examinations
will be held Friday, April 3rd, at 12
places in the county. These places are
Trinity, Randleman, Liberty, Staley,
Ramseur, Coleridge, Mount Olivet,
Seagrove, Asheboro, Farmer and Tab
ernacle. The principals of these
schools will conduct the examinations
and they will be given to pupils from
schools in the neighborhood about
the twelve places mentioned as des
ignated by the county superintendent.
Mr. Bulla will mail to each teacher in
the next few days the point at
which the pupils in his or her
school are to go for the county exam
ination.
County field day exercises, as pre
viously announced, will be held on
Friday afternoon, April 17th. No plans
have been for the morning. If exer
cises are arranged for the morning
announcement will be made later. For
the high school boys there will be
contests in the 100 yard dash, 200
yard dash, running high jump^ run
ning broad jump and standing "road
jump.
The high school girls may compete
in the 60 yard dash, 75 yard dash,
high jump, baseball throw, 200 yard
relay race, potato race, and bean bag
throw.
For the grade school boys there will
be contests in sack race, three leg
ged race, basket ball under relay, 50
yard dash, standing broad jump, and
100 yard dash. , v
legged race, potato race, and bean
boy throw.
In addition to these contests any
School in the county may enter a
group in any athletic feat of special
skill or strength. Each stunt will be
limited to ten minutes. No points
will be given for this special stunt.
Sheriff Cranford Captures
Three Stills In Jericho Section
Sheriff J. F. Cranford and prohi
bition officer Moore have captured
three stills in what is known as the
Jericho section in the northwestern
part of the county. One of the stills
was taken Saturday and the other two
were seized Monday.
In the raid Mpnday two barrels of
beer were found at the still site. In
dications were that two stills had been
in operation recently at the place.
Upon conducting a search, the officers
found a small still hidden in a stump.
They then began the hunt for the oth
er still, but after going a few hundred
yards decided to return and destroy
the beer. Upon approaching the scene
of their find they saw a man standing
near the barrels of beer and gave
chase. The man haying a start of a
hundred yards or more on his pursuers
succeeded in making good his escape
after a long race. -
Continuing their hunt for the other
still the officers located it hidden in a
stump several hundred yards from its
former location. The cap of this still
was found in a nearby meadow. *
PIERCE ARROW TOURING
CAR CATCHES ON FIRE
James Burns, Driving Car, Has
-Narrow Escape, As* Flames
Break Out.
A Pierce Arrow touring car* owned
and driven by Mr. Janies Bums, of
Asheboro, caught on fire Sunday
morning about 7 o’clock while Mr.
Bums was entering the town of
Ether on his way to Rockingham. The
fire originating probably from a short
circuit in the wiring started under the
hood on the right-hand side and
biased up through the footboard be
fore Mr. Bums could stop the car
which was traveling at a lively rate
of speed.
When he discovered the fire Mr.
Burns cut off the gasoline and, put
on the emergency brake and jumped
from the car in order to save himself
from the flames. The car under . its
own momentum rolled down the road
several yards running to the right
hand side of the road and stopped
near a small branch by the side of
the road. Mr. Bums with the help
of Eli Freeman, who came to the
with a bucket, succeeded in
fire under control.
J, ine wiring system of the car was
burned out, as worn the windshield.
Off Hie Perch
Gntzoa ' Borglum, American
sculptor, employed to carve a great
Confederate Memorial on Stone
Mountain, Aflanta,. Ga., has been
discharged by the committee. He
is charged with destroying paodela
after being discharged.
YOUNG MAN HELD
ON GRAVE CHARGE
Arrested Fer Rape of Girl At
Seagrove—ft Young Married
Man of Leaksville,
A. L. Manley, young white roan of
Leaksville, is held in jail at Asheboro
without privilege of bond enlarged
with the rape of a girl under sixteen
years at Seagrove last Friday after
noon. Manley was arrested at his
home at Leaksville Sunday by Deputy
Sheriff Scotted and was brought to
Asheboro Monday, A preliminary
hearing wilt, bortield tomorrow.
Manley, who has" a wife and two
children and is apparently about 25
years of age, had been conducting a
special sale for the Seagrove Cash
Store, at Seagrove, for two weeks. It
was while engaged in this business
that he met the girl. The alleged as
sault is said to have occurred in a
copse woods just north of Seagrove.
BAPTIST NEWS LETTER
at our services last Sunday evening
by Miss Treva Beck.
On Monday afternoon the pastor
assisted in the funeral services of
Mrs. A. C. Cagle. He Was happy to
do this bit of service. We herewith
extend our sympathy to all the be
reaved.
Our churches are to have a general
exchange of pulpits next Sunday
morning. The pastors will meet Sat
urday at the noon hour to decide by
lot just where they will render ser
vice Sunday morning. “Where do we
go from here ?"
The subject for discussion next
Sunday evening, 7:80, will be, “Don’t
Park Here.”
Case Against Harris Non-suited
David Harris, High Point merchant,
was exonerated of a charge of incen
diarism Tuesday afternoon in Guilford
county Superior court when the pre
siding judge ordered a non-suit in the
case against him. Harry C. Zeban, ar
rested for the same offense, will ho
tried. Harris and Zeban were arrested
on a charge of burning the H. Harris
store, at High Point, on the night of
January 22nd.
J. T. Lambert, of Moffitt, Sells Place
It was a good privilege to have as
a noon-day guest last Sunday, in the
pastor’s home, Dr. and Mrs. M. G.
Edwards and son, M. G., Jr.
Our Sunday school moves forward
with pleasing results Last Sunday’s
attendance exceeded the previous en
rollment. Another increase is expect
ed next Sunday, for some of the class
es, on pur imaginary trip from Flori
da to New York* will in all probabil
ity pass through the city of Asheboro,
N. C„ at that time. Those passing
through will be parked at the Baptist
church 9:45 a. m. Come, “see-’urn.”
“Will the Circle be Unbroken” was
the special selection, splendidly given
AUCTION SALE OF
GUERNSEY COWS
Td Be Held In Asheboro Friday,
April 24th, By Guenbey
Breeders Association.
Several weeks ago it was announc
ed that an effort was being made to
get the 'North Carolina Guernsey
Breeders association to put on am
auction sale of pure bred Guernseys.
The matter was taken up with the as
sociation by county agent Millsaps
and H. C. Bates, dairy specialist, who
recently spent a week in the county.
Mr. Millsaps announces that ef
forts to secure a sale of this kind for
the farmers of Randolph county have
been successful and that on Friday,
April 24th, there will be held in
Asheboro an auction sale ef pure bred
Guernseys by the state association. A
letter to this effect has been received
from the association by Mr, Millsaps.
The association announces that it
has secured a number of splendid an
imals for the sale, and a class of cat
tle of which the association is proud
of and well represents the superior
qualities of the Guernsey breed. Some
of the animals secured for the sale
are a bull about ten months old con
signed by F. H. and J. L. Beall, of
Linwood, and sired by a bull which
recently sold for $1,000, and three
bulls from the herd of S. W. Mffler,
at Mt. UDah, one a calf 6 months old
and the other two 2 1-2 to 3
years old. H. Arthur Osborne, of
Canton, probably the biggest Guern
sey breeder in the State, will consign
three bulls sired by his famous Bon
Ayre bull and out of registered cows.
In addition to these superior bulls
the association has secured a number
of other animals representative of the
breed. There will also be a nice line
of open heifers, breed heifers and a
few mature cows. /
The county agent and a number of
farmers interested in pure bred dairy
cattle are enthusiastic over the pros
pects of the sale. Interest in pure
bred dairy cattle is growing every
day as the farmers are realizing these
are the only cattle to keep. Every
farmer in the county should keep in
touch with the county agent for fur
ther announcements Relative to the
sale.
Start Teapot Dome
(HI Lease Inquiry
i The government has at last started
-suit to annul the famous Teapot Dome
•oil leases handed out so freely by
Secretary Fall, of the Interior De
partment. The hearing is being held
in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The specific
lease being investigated just now is
the lease of government oil reserves
obtained by Harry F. Sinclair. The
government charges the lease was ob
tained through collusion and fraud be
tween Sinclair and Albert B. Fall,
former secretary of the interior.
A number of depositions are being
taken which show that others besides
Sinclair were trying for the leases.
Sinclair seems to have been the high
est bidder.
Supt. McMahan Writes
About City Schools
Asheboro City Schools Almost Reach
1200 Mark—Tuition Charged For
Outside Pupils.
Many of our citizens are not aware
of the fact that the Asheboro City
Schools now enroll eleven hundred
and sixty-eight students and that our
town has become a real city. Nine
hundred sixty-nine students have
been enrolled in the white school this
year and two hundred seventeen in
the colored. K
A number of children attending
these schools live outside the incorpo
tenth or eleventh grades) three dol
lars a month. Parents are requested
to see that tuition for their children
be paid in advance or not later than
the tenth of each month. Those who
have not paid for the month of March
from being promoted to lose the last
three months of school. Sometimes
we become frantic over paying two or
three dollars tuition.for our child and
don’t think what it means to the child
to receive an education. Someone in
estimating the value of an education
to the average person has stated that
each day spent in school is worth
about ten dollars to the child in the
long run. I am paying four dollars
and a half a month myself for my lit
tle girl to take music, and I consider
that very reasonable. In many places
it would cost me six or seven dollars.
Ip some places the tuition for high
school is six dollars or so a month.
Before we stop our children from
school and ruin the year's work for
them, let us think the matter over
Iwf** W. H. McMahan, Supt.
RANDOLPH RANKS 56TH
IN INCOME TAX RETURNS
People Filed Total of 280 In 1922
Or One For Every 111.4 In
habitants— Average.
"North 'Carolina in 1922 averaged
one federal income tax return for
every nine families upon an average.
"Randolph ranked 56th among the 100
veonties of the State with 280 returns,
or one for every 1114 inhabitants.
New Hanover led the State with the
smallest number of inhabitants per
return, "haring 3,430 returns or an
average Of one return for every 12.4
inhabitants. Clay county ranks last
with one return for every 967.4 in
habitants.
Mecklenburg county led the coun
ties in the unmber of returns, 5,956,
or one for every 14.1 inhabitants.
Buncombe, Guilford, Edgecombe, Dur
ham, Wake, and Forsyth follow in
the order named.
Davidson county ranked 27th with
640 returns, or one for every 57.3 in
habitants. Montgomery people filed
160 returns or one for every 91.2 in
habitants. Chatham ranked 80th with
110 returns, this being one for every
219.2 inhabitants. Moore county came
28th with 390 returns, or one for
every 57.7 inhabitants.
As a rule, the urban industrial
counties, with a sprinkling of combin
ation cotton-tobaceo counties, lead
while the tidewater, mountain, and
rural central state counties lag in
the payment of income taxes. It is
.estimated that not more than a hun
dred farmers of the State paid fed
eral or state income tax. Practically
all of the counties that lead in 1922
contained large towns or factories or
both. Exactly two-thirds of the
ineome tax payers lived in 27 towns
and cities of the State with more
than 5,000 each.
Governor McLean Appoints
New Prison Board Trustees
Governor McLean, Tuesday, ap
pointed the six new members of the
newly constituted prison board and
four members of the state board of '
agriculture. The appointments were
confirmed by the senate.
Hie members of the prison board
as named by Governor McLean are:
Richard Chatham, Elkin; James A.
Leake, Wadesboro; A. E. White,
Lumberton; John M. Brewer, Wake 1
Forest; Preston Wilson, Warsaw, 1
and Ben Everett, Palmrya.
The members appointed to serve
on the state board of agriculture
are as feUowp: Dr. Clarence Poe,
Raleigh, , reappointed; Fred P.
Latham, Belhaven, reappointed; T.
J. Finch, Wheatmore, to succeed C.
C. Wright; E. Grover Robertson,
Leicester, to succeed Mrs. Vander
bilt.
MRS. A. C. CAGLE DIES AT
HOME IN ASHEBORO SUNDAY
Mrs. A. C. Cagle, aged 70 years,
died at her home in Asheboro Sunday,
March 8th, following an illness of
about three months. Mrs. Cagle was
before her marriage Miss Velna
Leach, of Montgomery county. She
was married to Mr. Cagle January
15, 1873. To this union 11 children
were bom, three of whom are dead.
Mrs. Cagle was a conscientious Chris
tian woman and a member of the
Asheboro M. P. church. The funeral
services were conducted by Revs. B.
E. Morris and H. F. Fogleman in the
Baptist church at Star Monday after
noon.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, A. C. Cagle,'seven daugh
ters, Mrs. I. M. Thomas, Asheboro,
Miss Corina Cagle, Raleigh, Mrs.
Ira Harris, Charlotte, Mrs. A. A. Mc
Caskill, Candor, Mrs. W. C. Wooley,
Asheboro, Mrs. Martin Leach, Greens
boro, one son, W. L. Cagle, National
City, Calif., two sisters, Mrs. J. L.
Stuart, Star, Mrs. Eli Green, Biscoe,
one brother, Mr. Martin Leach, High
Point, and a number of other rela
tives.
Next Thursday Is Date Set For
Hearing By Corporation
Commission.
Mayor J. A. York is in receipt of a
letter from the Corporation Comission
advising that next Thursday, March
19th, is the date set for the hearing
on the recent petition of the Southern
to discontinue trains on the Asheboro
High Point route. The notice has also
been sent to the mayors of Randleman
and High Point and to the High Point
Chamber of Commerce. Mayor York
is anxious for the business men of the
town who are opposed to the petition
filed by the Southern to bear in mind
the date set for the hearing and make
it a point to be present at Raleigh on
the date specified armed with the facts
in the matter.
' The petition of
Randleman, Asheboro ana oouinem
railway company is for permission to
discontinue the operation
mixed freig
142 and 143
trains 1
GIVEN CHANCE TO
OPPOSE PETITION
McLEAN LEADS IN
PATH OF ECONOMY
Legislature Has Enacted Legis
lation For Governor In Every
Instance Asked.
(By M. L. Shipman)
Raleigh, N. C., March 9.—The 192S
General Assembly goes down in his
tory as one which followed the Gov
ernor more than any other in recent
years. Other Legislatures have been
influenced by Governors but scarcely
to the extent that the one just ended
has been led around by Governor Mc
Lean. The 1921 General Assemblies
were led “up the hill” by Governor
Morrison and the 1925 body was ‘led
down the hill”, in the path of econ
omy, by Governor McLean. And as
if to atone for the action of its pred
ecessors in following Morrison, the
present body went even further than
any before it had gone and gave to
the Governor greater powers than
any executive in North Carolina has
ever had enacted measures at his bid
ding which will revolutionize the ad
ministration of the State government.
Governor McLean sponsored or en
dorsed 23 measures which were pre
sented to the Legislature. Most of
these were enacted into law as orig
inally written, one or two were slight
ly amended but all of any importance,
except one, got through during the
last two days of the body and those
'which came up this week were expect
ed to be put across before adjourn
ment Tuesday night.
Chief among the Governor’s rec
ommendations were the creation of an
executive budget system placing all
departments and institutions on a
budget basis and making the Govern
or the head in fact of the State’s fin
ancial policies; transferring the auto
license bureau and the insurance de
partment revenue collecting powers to
the Revenue department in order .to
co-ordinate the revenue collecting
agencies of the State and to eliminate
unnecessary employes; creating a
Estate department institution out of
state prison hitherto operated as a
private corporation; creating a state
department of conservation to take
over the functions of the economic
land geological survey; appointing an
officiaf executor to relieve the warden
of state prison of that duty; deposit
daily with the State Treasurer of all
funds instead of monthly as hereto
fore so as to obviate to an extent
short term financing and save inter
est; creation of a pardon attorney to
assist the Governor jin investigating
clemency cases; an educational com
mission to investigate the education
al system of the State; a wage inves
tigation commission to go into the sal
aries paid state employes, eliminate
useless employes, bring salaries into
(Continued on page 4)
Legislature Came To
An End Tuesday Night
The North Carolina general assem
bly adjourned sine die Tuesday night
at 11:30 o’clock with the hoppers as
usual filled with legislation. The
House passed the revenue bill in its
final sessions, but killed the Nettle’s
pension bill to increase pensions of
Confederate veterans.
The Courier will publish either
next week or the next a summary of
the State-wide legislation passed and
also the acts relating to Randolph
county.
Only Nine States Had
Fewer Auto Accidents
North Carolina Made Good Showing
In Auto Fatalities In 1923—
California Highest.
Nine states had fewer automobile
fatalities in 1923 than North Carolina.
There was an average of 9.6 deaths
per 100,000 of population. The au
tomobile density was 90 per 1,000 of
population. Such are some of the
facts brought out by E. T. Thompson
in the leading article of the current
issue of the University News Letter.
Nebraska, it is shown, with a low
er fatility rate than North Carolina
has over twice as many automobiles
per 1000 of population. California
ton-Salem with 14 had the n
tomobile fatalities and A
with 10 had the most railroa
ities.
The number of deaths from i
bile accidents were as follows:
ville, 12; Charlotte, 12; Dur
Gastonia, 5; Grconsboro, 7