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SUPERIOR COURT
T COMES TO AN END
Held Over Monday Morning For
A Verdict—Many Cases are
Disposed of.
Randolph County Superior Court
which was scheduled to have adjourn
ed Saturday was held over until Mon
day morning in order that the verdict
in the cans State against C. T. Spoon
could be returned. Spoon was found
guilty on three counts charging false
and fraudulent entries, but not *ulty
on the first fourteen; counts charging
embezzlement He was sentenced to
serve not less than two years and
not more than five years in the peni
tentiary. Appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court and appearance bond
fixed at $5,000, which the defendant i
gave.
A number of cases were disposed
of during the term and many were
■ continued for various reasons. Among
those disposed of were: ;
State vs. B. M. Anthony, defendant
withdraws appeal to Supreme Court,
and was sentenced to 8 months on the
roads of Guilford county.
State vs. Melvin Beckerdite, during
progress of trial defendant plead
guilty and sentenced to roads for 1
year. In another case the defendant
drew three years.
State vs. Joseph Bud Underwood,
judgment suspended two years upon
payment at the costs and good be
havior.
State vs. Stephen Belo, Sr., and
Stephen Belo, Jr., judgment suspend
ed as to the elder, and suspended as to
Stephen Belo, Jr., for two years con
ditioned on good behavior.
' State vs. Joe Hunter, alias Joe
Shoffner, not guilty.
State vs. John Allen, suspended
sentence of 6 months to roads, capias
to issue on order of the court at any
time within three years.
State vs. Garfield Bolton and Leon
ard McClaffey, not guilty.
State va John Spinks, judgment
suspended two years upon good be
havior and payment of the costs,
t State vs. Ernest Franks and Jack
Siler, fined $20 each and the costs.
Sentence of Siler was changed later to
three months on the roads, prisoner
not to wear stripes.
State vs. Marshal Chriscoe, sen
tenced to three months on roads, pris
oner not to wear stripes.
pl£?^trShsSteS to /years
on the roads, maLao***- to
issue any time in two years upon or*
der of the court '
State vs. Alvin gwaney, J. A. Hold
er and B. F. Morgan, discharged up
on payment of the costs.
State va. Claud Routh, Virgil Hill
and B. F. Morgan, discharged upon
payment of the costs.
Thomas Alexander Burns was
mitted to pratice of'law before
court Thursday morning.
Following is the report of
Grand Jury for the term.
Grand Jury Report f
We, the Grand Jury for the term,
beg leave to submit the following re
^We have completed the business be
fore our body and have returned all
bills submitted to us for action and
have acted on all except a few cades
which are continued for lack of evi
dence. ...
We lave visited all the institutions
of the county in a body.
On examination of the jail we found
white males, 4 colored males and
te colored female prisoners. The
Q is in good condition, the prisoners
ifiw well fed and well Cared for. We
the screens be placed in
windows on the first
the plastering in the
jailer he repaired,
at once.*
examined the
found
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Womaa’s Club Wants To Open
School Library To Public
This Summer.
At tite meeting of the Woman's
dob Wednesday afternoon, April 1st,
it was the unanimous opinion of those
present that ft would be very benefi
cial to have our school library open
to the readers of Ash&boro through
the summer months. The matter was
left to the judgment of our school
superintendent, Mr McMahan, and
the school committee.
Our town, needs a public library
and we feel that this beginning may
prove the first steps towards one.
One afternoon could be given to
the school library each week, and we
believe this would be the means of de
veloping readers both among young
and old. -
We trust you have not forgotten
your donation of a booh or books to
the library this week. Should you not
have the books to give, we would
'gladly accept money to buy some of
the many books required.
We are anxious to devote one sec
tion of a shelf in this library to'the
history of our own county, and would
appreciate literature on this subject.
mrs. j. o. redding;
MRS. C. B. GRIFFITH,
MRS. L. L. WHITAKER,
MRS. CHAS. FOX,
The School Committee.
Number Improvements Being
Blade At Standard Drug Co.
The Standard Drug Company is
having made extensive improvements
in refinishing the interior of the
store and in rearranging and install
ing furniture and fixtures. A late
model Green Frigidare fountain has
been installed together with a new
bade bar behind the fountain.. Among
the other new fixtures are a new can
dy case, window display and new
seating arrangements for the Store’s
customers. The rear of the store in
side has been extended and made at
tractive with a canopy top. A new
finUh on the interior walls and ceil
ing together with the new lighting ar
rangement and new fixtures gives the
store an added attractiveness and
'charm, that is seldom seen in a drug
store in a town the si«e of Asheboro.
Guilford and Randolph counties
nominees as delegates to choose di
rectors for the Tri-State Growers Co
operative Marketing Association were
elected at a meeting in the courthouse
in Greensboro last Saturday.
They are John W. King. Monroe
Chrismon, C. C. Huff, R. O. Gamble,
J. M. Michael, Z. L. Groome, S. E.
Coletrane and W. L. Mitchell. The
last name is a Randolph county man;
all the others .are Guilford members
of the Co-operatives
A ballot containing ■ these names
will be mailed to all members of the
tobacco association in Guilford and
Randolph counties and they Vote for
four. They may write other names
in if they wish. These ballots are on
addressed cards and the cards will be
mailed back here. The four getting
the highest number of votes will be
the delegates to attend a meeting in
Raleigh or In Reidsville and elect di
rectors for fee association.
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W. H. Barton,
GIVES SOUND ADVICE
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__, county agent for
wwnn county, has resigned effect
ive April 16 to accept an offer of the
extension department of Clems on Col
lege. In his farewell address-to the
farmers of the county published in
last week's issue of the Rockingham
Post-Dispatch Mr. Barton leaves the
admonition to plant legumes
summer and winter. It is the salvation
of the soil of tiie sandhills and of ev
Mias Julia Alexander, lawyer
and member of the North Carolina
legislature, wants to be governor
of her state. She has announced
her candidacy, for the Democratic
nomination.
JOHN E OGLESBY
NAMEDAS JUDGE
Succeeds Late Judge Long—As
sumes Duties Next Week—
Number of Candidates.
John M. Oglesby, of Cabarrus coun
ty, was Saturday afternoon named
judge of the fifteenth judicial district
by Governor McLean to succeed Judge
Benjamin F. jxmg, who died suddenly
three weeks ago in Statesville. Ogles
by is 37 years of age, an ex-service
man, a lawyer of marked ability, a
former newspaper man having been
for a time city editor of the Concord
Tribune, a nephew <jf the late Judge
William j. Montgomery and also of
Judge Oglesby, of Virginia.
Judge Oglesby will assume his du
ties next week. He received the
appointment over a number of aspir
ants. including our townsman John T.
Brittain; Prank Armfield, of Con
cord; R. Lee Wright, of Salisbury;
and former Lieutenant Governor W.
D. Turner. . , . .
COATJTION WfLL-WMTE-^--'^
TAX BILL, WALSH BELIEVES
A combination of Democrats and
'Independent Republicans will write
the bill to cut taxes $300,000,000 next
year, is the prediction of Senator
Walsh, Of Montana.
Walsh believes the Mellon plan, to
be-presented to Congress under a new
name, will be rejected in the Senate, if
not in the House. He indicates there
will be no material reduction in the
'surtax.
» Of the propaganda to discredit Con
gress, especially the Senate, he said:
“That propaganda is being largely
'inspired by big business in an effort
to put over the Mellon plan. The psy
chology calls for general disapproval
‘of Congress as the public will lose con
fidence in the legislative branch of
the Government, so that when the ex
ecutive branch comes along with the
proposal for tax reduction we would
not. have the temerity to oppose it.”
Walsh said Congress “ is what the
people have made it and it is truly
rep meditative and responsive to the
people.”
To Occupy Old Pootoffiee Stand
The interior of the old postoffice
stand on the corner of Depot and
North streets is undergoing repair
and remodeling preparatory to its
'use by Frank Byrd for the location, of
his store, now on Depot street, across
the railroad. This is an excellent lo
understood that Mr. Wilson
duties of
xne conn
Tar session
Eugenia
boro, tax
county and
each of the
cbunty.
oners in regu
’ appointed Mrs.
eiwsotn, of Ashe
r for Randolph
a list taker for
townships of the
listing of property
the
for taxes begins Tuesday
first Monday in May.
In addition to the J_
listing taxes «Mh list taker is
Machinery Act of
assembly to make
retofore in many
has been some
ce it was more or
Undertaking of the
•it is a requirement,
be exercised in
inted out, in order
luht and value of
the county may be
ig of matters re
lating to the fajtm as required in the
farm report has> nothing to do with
the information of
department. Each
his taxes would
r on the list taker
also the agrieul-*
if he would have
in his mind so
quired under 1
the recent
a farm census,
instances this;
what neglected s
less a volant
list taker. No
Great care sho
this matter, it i
that the true a
tiie crops raised|
found. The
taxation, but is
the agricul
farmer before
confer a great
and on himself
tural de
the info
that it may
with dispatd
Following
the list
ships:
Asheboro,
Back Creek,
* 'ly and
_names df
various town
Brower, W. G. Moffxtt.
Cedar Grove, W. G. Kinney.
Coleridge, /. C. Cox, Jr.
Concord, C. C. Horney.
Columbia, D. H. Frazier.
Franklinville, W. P. Connor.
Grant, C. E. Brown.
Liberty, G.
Level Cross,
New Hope,
New Market
Providence,
Pleasant
Randleman,
Richland, A.
Tabernacle,
Trinity, E. C.
Union,
ck.
Rockett.
Adams.
Edwards.
Neece.
Powers,
alley.
avis.
Spencer.
The will of the.lftte State Sena
tor R. E. fattll, of Wadesboro,
stands by' the Verdict of a Moore
county jury who heard the case
at Wadesboro in a trial lasting over
two weeks. Members of the fam
ily contested the will that left $100,
000 to a hospital and the balance of
the estate, valued as a whole at about
$300,000, to the family from whom he
was estranged for several years be
fore his death. The caveators moved
to set aside the verdict and the motion
will be argued before Judge T, D.
Bryson this month.
New Furniture Store
Mr. T. E. Lassiter will on April 20th
open for business a retail furniture
store in the building on Depot street
across the railroad now occupied by
the Burt Shoe Company. The retail
shoe store is conducting a closing out
sale and expects to vacate the build
ing by the 18th of this month. Mr.
Lassiter intends to carry an up-to
date line of furniture and make his
store moderA in every respect
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Guilford Officers Elected
At a mass meeting of the Women’s
Student government association at
Guilford College, Miss Hazel Col
trane, of Salisbury, was elected presi
dent. Miss Coltrme is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Coltrane who
formerly resided af Trinity, Randolph
county. Miss Ina Mixon, of Golds
boro, was named vice-president; Miss
Annie Wagoner, of Gibsonville, sec
retary; and Misa Ruth Lane, of
Tyner, treasurer.
Asheboro High School
Baseball Schedule
for all the games
for children and
lose wishing sea*
[. McMahan. ^
l that the com*
p our team and
Seriously HI
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e.
Secretary of War
Secretary of War John Wingate
Weeks, of Massachusetts, taken
suddenly ill at his home in Washing
ton with thrombosis, or a blood clot
on the brain, affeeting the muscles of
his left arm, has forgone his official
duties and is confined to bed. Weeks
is 67 years of age.
Former Asheboro Man
Dies In High Point
' Mr. H. K. Bush died Thursday,
April 2, at his home in High Point,
following a long illness at the age of
'53 years. Mr. Rush was an honest,
upright citizen and held in high es
teem by all who knew him. He was a
resident of Asheboro until about a
'year ago when he moved his family to
High Point. The deceased is survived
by his wife and seven children and a
brother, Mr. A. S. Rush, of Caraway,
Route 1.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. G. W. Clay, of Farmer, at Mt.
Shepherd M. E. church, April 3rd, and
interment made in the church ceme
tery.
TO REBUILD ROAD FROM
CHATHAM THROUGH LIBERTY
Road projects agreed upon at the
meeting of the state highway com
mission in Raleigh Thursday include
rebuilding a road from the Chatham
line through liberty, to eliminate ,
all, grade crossings. Oil treatment
will be given this road through the \
town of Liberty and some oiling will
be done at Julian.
Alfred Peacock Dies Suddenly
Mr. S. T, Hill, of Trinity township;
brings us the news of the death of
Alfred Peacock, aged 75 years, 11
months, and 15 days, a highly re
spected citizen of his township, on
Monday, March 30th. Mr. Peacock
was stricken with heart trouble while
on his way home from a saw mill be
longing to a Mr. Farlow, which was
located about a quarter of a mile
from Mr. Peacock’s home, and died
before help could reach him. He is
survived by his wife. The funeral
services were conducted March 31st
at Old Caraway by Mr. Hill, an old
friend of the deceased.
Thief Gets Mr. Belk’s Car
A Ford coupe belonging to Mr. J.
L. Belk, foreman of the mechanical
department of The Courier, was
stolen late last Thursday night from
the garage at his home about one
mile north of Asheboro. Officers be
gan a diligent search for the car and
the thieves. .The car was located Sat
urday morning on an unused road
near Mill boro. It had been stripped
completely, tires, rims, generator,
spark plugs and everything detach
able was taken.
C. J. Seabolt’s Home Destroyed By
- Fire
The home and all household prop
erty of Mr., C. J. Seabolt in New
Hope township was totally destroyed
by fire last Thursday evening. Mr.
Seabolt and his son, Paul, lived alone
and had gone into the woods after
supper to saw wood. When they re
turned home they found it in ftantes
and beyond control. The origin of
the fire is not known.
MtflSgMt*
McCrary Member College Board
Governor McLean last week named
D. B. McCrary, of Asheboro, a mem
ber of the board of trustees for the
State Teachers’ College for Negroes.
Others named on the board were A.
D. Pogler, of Durham; Gordon Hack
ett, North Wilkesboro; J. D. Humph
reys, Danbury; and N. C. Newbold,
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Decrease In dumber Animals
On Randolph County Farms
Randolph county, according to the
census of 1924, has 4,813 farms. On
these farms are 2,600 horses and 4,
es, 4,437 milk cattle, 4*39
tie 8,600 hogs 1,677 sows of
age, 900 sheep, and 118,486
of laying age. "rf
was a decrease of 348 horses
the census Of 1923 and also ha
of mules by 29. In fact
SIMMER SCHOOL
BEGINSJULY 1BTH
Decision Reached At Monthly
Meeting of Board of Educa
tion—New School.
The Randolph county board of edu
cation met in regular monthly session
Monday in the office of the county
superintendent of schools and trans
acted the routine of business. All
members of the board were present
and in compliance with the school law
took the oath of office before D. M.
Weatherly, Clerk of the Superior
Court.
The board ordered that $2 per
month be paid to the trustees of An
drew’s Grove colored church for the
use of the church building as a school
house, it appearing that the church
was used for school purposes eighteen
‘months before the new house was
built. A voucher was ordered made
to the trustees.
It was ordered that an amount not
to exceed $200 be appropriated1 out
of the operating and equipment fund
to erect a school room near the Da
vidson county line on the Denton and
Parmer road to take the, place of the
house which was recently burned. T^he
exact location and design of the build
ing to be agreed upon by the county
superintendent and the patrons of the
school.
The county superintendent was au
thorized to make arrangements for
the county summer school to be held
for the teachers of the county in
Ashefeero beginning Monday, July
13th.
On the first Monday in May the
board will appoint all school commit
teemen whose terms have expired. All
racancies caused by resignations will
be filled and all appointments made
for vacancies from whatever cause.
FURTHER REPORTS ON
SHOOTING IN MOORE
Former Randolph Boy Charged
With Shooting Man Named
Phillips—Will Recover.
Mabry Richarson, son of George ]
Richardson, who lives in the Gray’s ]
Chapel section in Franklinville town
ihip, and who lives in Moore county, J
s in jail at Carthage on chargee pre
erred in connection with the shooting j
>f a man by the name of Phillips '
which occurred Saturday night two ,
week ago, in Moore county, near Rich- ■
irdsoftVhbme. ’ From the information
which has been obtained Richardson i
ind his brother-in-law, a Mr. Walker, ,
who was visiting at the Richardsou
lome, were out riding at the time of '
;he affray.
One version of the shooting is that '
Richardson and Walker a mile and a
lalf from Richardson’s home were
ixing their radiator when Phillips and '
four other men drove up and got out
>f a car and started towards Rich
irdson and Walker, whereupon Rich- 1
irdson opened fire, but the details of
;he shooting are not given. Another ,
version is that Phillips drove up to
where a car was being worked on ,
when Richardson went up to Phillips
stnd pointing a pistol at him said,
‘Look in this looking glass”, where
upon Phillips said, “Go away”, and
the shot fired.
Phillips, was taken to a hospital at
Sanford, but has sufficiently recovered
to return to his home and it is said
will recover, although the bullet is
said to have gone through some part
of his head. , ’
Senator Overman To Run Again
Senator Lee S. Overman has put a
quietus on rumors that he would not
be a candidate to succeed himself in
1926. In a statement made in Salis
bury Tuesday he said he was in the
pink of condition physically. He sees
no reason that he should have any
opposition and does not anticipate
any.
Mr. Overman was first elected to
the senate in 1903 and has been con
stantly re-elected since that time.
George Ross Pou Is Re-Elected
Superintendent of State Prison
The board of directors of the State
prison Tuesday afternoon announced
the re-election of George Ross Pou,
superintendent at a salary of $400
per month. Hugh A Love waa re
elected assistant superintendent and
chief cleric at a salary of $266.76 a
month and the office of warden and
prison physician were combined and
the place given to Dr. J. H. Norman
at $300 a month.
H. H. Honeycutt was re-elected as
sistant warden at a salary of $160 a
month. . V V- '■*<:';
The board voted to require that all
prison officials furnish their own
food and household furnishings. They
said in a statement following the
meeting that this would, in their
opinion, effect a saving of at least $4,
BOARDS AGREE ON
SCHOOL NATTERS
County Will Furnish One-Half
Cost of Building ConsoikMr
ed School Houses.
A joint meeting of the board of ed
ucation and the county board of com
missioners was held in the auditorium
of the court house Monday afternoon
at 1:80 o’clock for the purpose of dis
cussing the advisability of the taking
over by the commissioners the build
ing program for school houses for
the entire county. This is to apply
only to consolidated schools approved
by the state and county boards of
education. Mr. Howard, representa
tive of the state department, was
present and explained thoroughly the
law permitting the county commis
sioners to take over the future build
ing program and assume the indebt
edness for buildings in the past. Del
egations were present from various
sections of the county. A number of
people made short talks in favor of
the building program outlined.
After a thorough discussion of the
matter between the members of the
two boards the board of commission
ers went into executive session. Af
ter consideration of the matter the
commissioners decided not to make
the building program a county-wide
matter, but did agree to furnish one
half the funds for any consolidated
school which may be built in the
future, provided the people vote a tax
furnishing one-half of the funds. The
commissioners further agreed to fur
nish the people’s half of the building
fund when they have voted taxes ta
support it. In the future it will be
the policy of the commissioners to ge
fifty-fifty on any building project as
»utlined and agreed.
Under the provisions of this
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ment between the two county boards
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special school elections for Providence
uid Gray’s Chapel districts were au
horized for the purpose of raising,
’unds for the building of consolidated
schools. Notices of these elections
vill be published later.
All members of the board of com
nissioners were present for the meet
ng Monday and besides the matter of
he school program which was con
id ered jointly with the board of edu
ation, a number of other matters
tertaining to the business of the
ounty were disposed of.
It was ordered by the board that a
tridge be
(ranch,
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dghway north of
ridge is to be
irvision of J. W|
;ier.
The road supervisor was instructed
;o investigate the road leading from
iVill Carter’s to the Montgomery
sounty line by way of Eleazer church
md report as early as possible. An
ther road to be looked over by the
mpervisor is the road leading from
resse Shaw’s to the Montgomery
county line by way of Burney’s bridge,
rhe supervisor was also instructed to
nvestigate the road from J. E. Da
vidson’s to the Spero-Sophia road and
;o report his findings as to this road.
It was ordered by the board that in
the matter of the road running from
Liberty to Kimesville factory. Horner
Stuart, Walter D. Staley and C. P.
Smith, be, and are hereby appointed
to stake off and locate said road
from near Milliard Fogleman’s to the
Alamance county litre, a distance of
something over a mile, and to report
their findings to the commissioners
for approval.
The attention of the commissioners
having been called to the report of
the grand jury of the last term of
court with reference to two children
aged 7 and 11 years at the county
home, the board upon investigation
found that the children were some
time ago placed with the Children’s
Home Society, of Greensboro, where
they remained until the authorities of
the home advised the county to move
the children for medical treatment.
Upon such advice the children were
brought to the county home where
they are now under treatment. Ef
$
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forts are being made to get
children in some home.
Those placed on the outside
list by the commissioners a» as
lows: Mrs. Eliza Callicutt, $2
month; Julia C. Kindley, $2; Lee
lin, $5 per month.
The board adjourned to meet'
16th.
cept asfc appointment and
James E. Lambeth, of th
Chair Company, Thomas
named in his place. The
member ia J. Rowan Rape
wood, M. A. Earp, road a
ent for the county for se\
has resigned and his plac