THE COURIER Leadk in Both News and Circulation HE COURIER £ Jvertising Columns | .Bring Results ISSUED WEEKLY VOLUME L PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN Asheboro, North Carolina, Thursday, August 27, 1925 $2.00 A YU "UN ADVANCE NUMBER 34 DECIDE TO HIRE WELFARE OFFICER Decision Reached at Joint Meet ing Between Boards of Edu cation and Commissioners. The board of county commissioners met in the courthouse last Thursday for transaction of the business of the county. During the progress of the meeting, a joiht session was held with the board of education. At this joint meeting it was deeided to elect at- a later meeting a county welfare offi cer. County Superintendent of Schools T. Fletcher Bulla will get all the information he can about the mat ter to present it to the meeting at which the election of the welfare offi cer will be considered. A number of matters relating to the roads of the county were taken up. The road supervisor was instructed to go to E. P. Trogdon’s place and look over the Hillsboro-Re^ Cross road and make arrangements with the citizens to repair the road from Pdlecat Creek to Red Cross. The supervisor tvas given instruc tions to plow and pull up the road leading from the Ann Craven place to the John McLeod place, southeast of Seagrove. The road leading from the High Pine road to the Montgomery county line in Union township near Causey Parks’ place is to get attention, the road supervisor having been instruct ed to lay out a road from the High Pine route to the county line. Provided it is satisfactory to the town of Asheboro, the commissioners agreed to let the Hopkin’s Filling Station south of Asheboro tap the water line running from the town to the county home, the rate of charge being the same as the city rate. The board finding that seven head of cattle belonging to J. M. Gibson were bitten by a mad dog belonging to A. P. Sexton, of Davidson county, it was ordered that H. S. Ragan, W. G. Greenway and T. H. Woodall be appointed a special committee to as certain the damage and report to the commissioners as provided by Section 1681 of the Consolidated Statutes of North Carolina. It was ordered by the board'that the public cartway, being the same as hereby condemned, from Bethel Lu cas’ to intersect with the Seagrove Troy road at Loy Auman’s, and it was further ordered that Lindon Brown appear before the board the first Monday in September to show cause, if any he has, why said road should not be a public cartway. It was fur ther ordered by the board that the citizens lay out and maintain said road. Copy of this order was sent to Mr. Brown. The board ordered that men and teams be hired to tophoil a part of thd' road that turns off at Tom’s Creek towards Lassiter’s mill. A donation of $200 was made by the commissioners to help topsoil the road leading ^pst from Liberty to. the Chatham county line via the Frazier place. Reid R. Mendenhall, of Trinity township, was appointed rural police man, the appointment effective upon execution of bond in the amount of $1000 as prescribed by law. R. W. Thayer, of Trinity, was re leased of taxes on real estate in Back Creek township, listed in the name of Virgil Hill, and paid by Hill in 1924. J. A. Breeze, of Trinity, was releas ed of paying taxes to the amount of $9.13 on account of Mr. Breeze^living and paying taxes in Davidson county. The board deemed it advisable to purchase the bridge now across San dy Creek between Ramseur and Franklinville from the state highway commission and took steps to take the matter up ‘With the commission to see at what price the bridge might be had. Miss Fuller Entertains MR. W. N. ELDER, FORMER RANDOLPH CITIZEN, HERE Mr. W. N. Elder, of Hopewell, Va., is in the county visiting relatives and •his many friends. .Since Mr. Elder’s moving to Hopewell, Virginia a few years ago, he has reserved the privi lege and pleasure of returning to his home county at least once a year, and 'his many friends and relatives look forward to his annual visit. He visit ed his son in Richmond before com ing to'Spencer wher^he spent a few days with his daughter and then came to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Redding, in Trinity township. Mr. Elder enjoys Hopewell , and has made many friends there. An evi dence of thjs was his having been pre sented recently with a handsome ebony walking cane with gold handle, on which was engraved his initials. This was a gift of a Bible class of ladies of which Mr. Elder is teacher. While Mr. Elder likes Virginia, his love for his friends, his county and state does not wave and he keeps in touch with the activities of the peo ple and the progress which is being made. Neat Fuller charmingly a few of. her friends last at her home at was lively hostess JUDGE OGLESBY WILL PRESIDE AT SEPT. COURT Will Make . First Appearance In This County—250 Cases On , The Docket. Randolph" County Superior Court for the trial of cases on the criminal docket will convene in the courthouse in Asheboro September 7th and will continue for one week. There are 250 cases calendered for trial at this term of court. ' Judge John M. Oglesby, of Concord, appointed by the (governor to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge Long, will preside and in doing so will make his first appearance on the bench in this county. Judge Oglesby has already established an enviable reputation as a judge and our citizens are eagerly awaiting his ^initial ap pearance in this county. The prosecu tion will be in the hands of Solicitor Zeb Long, of Statesville, as usual. Judge Henry B. Lane, who yas to have been the presiding judge at this term of court, will hold court in Bun combe county. I _ YORK’S BLOODHOUNDS TRAIL NEGROES AT CHAPEL HILL _ W. C. York’s bloodhounds were call | ed into service at Qiapel Hill, Orange county, Monday morning to ascertain the guilty party ox parties who en tered a dormitory at the University I in which two girl students were sleep ing Sunday night. The dogs followed : the trail to the home of three negroes, j William and Button, Norwood and Sol Gear, who are now held in jail pend ing a preliminary hearing and the ! gathering of other evidence. One of | the girls occupying the room was awakened by'a noise and upon investi gating found a negro crouching near a window. She screamed and the negro pushed her back and jumped out the window. FORMER CITIZENS WORSHIP AT CHURCH OF CHILDHOOD Visit Old Home Town and Worship At Presbyterian Church—History of Central Hotel. On last Sunday morning Mrs. James H. Pou, of Raleigh, Mrs. Charles Worth, of Wilmington, and Mr. James Walker, of Randleman, wor shiped in the Presbyterian, church, the church in which they worshiped as children in Asheboro. 4 After the ser vice they dined at the Central Hotel in which they were ■born. ■>■■■-. Tlie Central Hofei has some history which only the older citizens o? the town and county know. It was moved Ifrom Cedar Falls by the late Henry B. Elliott, grandfather of H. M. j Worth, of Asheboro. The building in ! Cedar Falls was tom down by Mr. Elliott's slaves under the direction of i Wash Elliott, a slave and carpenter. I It was hauled to Asheboro and rebuilt i by them. The material was the best I that could be bought and much of it was mortised and pegged together. ! Mr. Samuel Walker, the older brother [ of our townsman, Col. J. E. Walker, and father of Sunday’s distinguished visitors, bought the colonial home and resided there. He married Miss Mol lie Millis, who was the mother of | Mrs. Pou, Mrs. Worth and Mrs. Walk i er and an aunt of Mrs. W. J. Armfield, jthe first time, and later married Mrs. Elvira Jackson, now Mrs. E. E. Mof fitt. of Richmond, Va. The visit of the former citizens of the town emphasizes the love they have for the church and home of their childhood and fills the present day citizenship with pride of past history. It is always a pleasure to meet those whose loyalty and friendship extends back to the days when Asheboro boundaries extended from the Penn Wood branch on the east to the Methodist church on the west and the Solomon Bums home on the north and the fair grounds, now the school build ing, on the south. The Courier joins in welcoming these and other natives back home. SPECIAL SCHOOL • TAX LOST BY 311 Only 68 out of 379 Registered Cast Their Votes For The Proposition. ' ' ” ■. ' M: The election held Tuesday in all of Asheboro township lying outside the corporate limits of the town for the purpose of voting a special school tax of 60 cents on the $100 valuation was lost by 311 majority. At the poll ing place, Frank Lowdermilk’s resi dence, in the southern part of the township, the registration was 183. Of this number 23 voted for the special tax and 111 actually voted against it. In the north precinct, the polling place being W. A. Underwood’s resi dence, the total registration was 196, with 45 voting for and 189 against The total vote cast for the proposition in the two precincts was 68. Those actually casting votes against the special tax numbered 250. However, each vote registered unless actually voted for against it, 311. Had the purpose of ' ’ care of take NEGRO IS KILLED ! NEARRANDLEMAN ._ Killing Follows Quarrel at Road Construction Camp—Slayer Not Caught. A negro, whose name -we have been unable to learn, was hit over the head with a stick of wood in the hands of a negro by the name of Hunter about 8 o’clock Tuesday night at a road construction camp two miles north of Itandleman and died within thirty minutes after the assault. County officers, headed by Sheriff Cranford, are on the trail of Hunter. A negro woman, who claims to have spent Tuesday night in the woods with Hunter, is in jail at Asheboro. According to the information gath ered from the negroes In the camp, a quarrel led to the killing. It started between the negro now dead and a negro woman. He wanted to charge the woman for going after a doctor for her and after several minutes of argument over the matter, Hunter took it up with the result that the argument was ended in the negro’s death. According to statements made to the officers, who went to the scene of the murder about 9 o’clock that night, Hunter, another negro man and two women, presumably their wives, packed their clothes and left camp about an hour before the officers ar rived. York’s bloodhounds were put on trail and followed it several miles up the Greensboro-Randleman road, but finally losing it a place where car tracks showed evidence of a car’s hav ing stopped and turned around. However, the woman now in jail, who claims to have spent the night in the woods with Hunter, tells that Huntdr did not escape by automobile, but left her about daylight this morn ing walking. Officers are now work ing .on this theory. Tuesday night while the officers ac companied by a posse organized at the road camp were on search of the ne gro were "walking up the Greensboro road just across the line into Guilford were fired upon with a shotgun in the hands of some citizen living on the road who became alarmed over the commotion. Two or three members of the road construction force were hit by several birdshot, but none were seriously injured. The name of the man doing the shooting has not been learned. The dead negro is said to have been ..from Bluefield, Vf. Va., but little is known of him in this section, except that he has been in the employ of the road force for some time as has the negro charged with, his murder. INTERESTING 1 CONTEST BY MEMBERS OF BAPTIST CHURC H 1 The members of the local Baptist chtirch have been in an interesting ! contest for the past two months, the ! object being to raise $2000, the pur I chase price of the new church lot near i the city reservoir. The church roll was divided into two groups w*ith Miss jlslie Scott captain of one group ami | Miss Rilla Spoon captain of the other. iThe winning group, which was Miss ! Spoon’s, raised $1,079.50, and was en tertained at a watermelon feast Mon ! day evening on the new church lot by j Miss Scott’s group. Rev. B. E. Morns, pastor of the church, and others made j interesting talks, and songs were en joyed. 0APTIST NEWS LETTER The watermelon slicing Monday evening on the recently purchased lot was an enjoyable occasion for all present. The “feast” was the result of a friendly contest in our church, so liciting funds for the church lot. The two divisions were abundantly suc cessful and the loosing party served well. The writer and family visited in the | home of Mr. <5. W. Berry, at Staley, ! Friday of last week. Thanks to |drs. Chas. Wichard for the beautiful solo rendered at the | morning service last Sunday. | It was delightful to at the “water i melon,feast” given by the Ashebcro i Hosiery Mill at Garland Lake last Friday evening. Thanks for the invi tation. The pastor and family were delight fully served dinner last Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Millsaps. There will be no morning and even ing services- in our church next Sun jday, due to the fact that the pas'.or : has been granted the privilege of vis I iting the Home-coming Day at the old home church, Stanley, N. C. Let no one ,forget the Sunday school hour Sunday morning and the special “ra dio program” of the B. Y. P. U. Sun day evening, 7 o’clock. Series of Meetings In Friends Church Will Continue Two Weeks A series of meetings began in the Friends church last Sunday evening. Rev. John Kitterman and Miss Merle Huff, of Indiana, are assisting the pastor, Rev- C. L. Gregory, in the meetings. Mr. Kitterman is a bank er and business man who gives two or three months each year to evangel istic work. He has been in North Carolina upon numerous occasions. Miss Huff is an ordained minister in the Friends church. She is directing the music, and her services are ad ding to the meetings. The meetings will continue for two. weeks. Large •‘The Gospel” “ "iVi~ 1 '^1 r Bessie M. Randell, 22, of Ft. Worth, Tex., grew tired of “the pace'’ and was converted. At San ta Anna, Calif., she organized and built a church — and took to the pulpit. So great was her success that now she is on world tour as an evangelist. F. T. FINCH, NATIVE OF COUNTY, DIED SATURDAY Funeral Services Conducted At Pleasant Hill Church Mon day—55 Years Old. Franklin T. Finch, aged 55, farmer and sawmill operator, died Saturday afternoon after a lingering illness at his home in the suburbs of High I Point. He was bom in Randolph coun ty in 1869 and had spent a part of ' his life in the county of his birth, I later moving over into Guilford. He \ was a member of Pleasant Hill M. E. church. He was married in 1894 to j Miss Mary Elizabeth Jackson. ! Surviving besides the widow are j two daughters, Misses Ima and Annie Lee Finch; a -wm, Charles Finch; a brother, H. L. T?Snah; a sister, Mrs. 'Nannie Tuck, of Atlanta, Ga.; and | his mother, Mrs. Hannah Finch. Funeral services were conducted at Pleasant Hill church Monday morning at 11 o’clock by Rev. J. E. Woosley arid interment made in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were G. L. Younts, Al len Jones, Charlie Snider, J. W. John son, Carl Lohr and W. E. Younts. The floral offerings were carried | by Mrs. Fred Payne, Miss Blanche Younts, Miss Florence Younts, Miss Bessie Johnson and Miss Virginia I Johnson. JOSHUA KING DIES TUESDAY FROM STROKE Joshua King', aged 78, dlecT at his home in Union township Tuesday morning following a stroke of paral ysis which he suffered Saturday morning. He was the son of the late Zeno King. Mr. King married Miss Francena Graves, daughter of the late Randolph Graves. To this union were horn the following sons and daughters; 'Zeno King, Ashebero; Pet King and Mrs. Laney Hodge, Union township; Samuel King and Mrs. John Green, Richmond county; Ed ward King and Mrs. Relford Auman, High Point; and Calvin King, Mont gomery county. The funeral and bur ial services were conducted at New Hope church yesterday. — Kills Large Rattlesnake Kemp Smith killed a large rattle snake which he found lying in the road near Kemp’s Mill last Saturday morn* ing. After he had driven over the snake with his truck he alighted and killed the rattler with rocks. The snake was about four feet long and had nine rattles and a button. Commissioners Said Concrete Cost Too Much, But They Spend Same on Top Soil A gentleman from Trinity town ship was in Asheboro Monday and asked the Courier to look at the rec ords in the courthouse relative to the bids on the new highway that was; originally to be built from the hard surface road at Archdale.to the W. E. Gannaway residence on the outskirts of Trinity. He stated that the orig id on the contract for this road 7,249.40 for hard surface and for a top soil road, provided soil should not have to be nailed over 800 feet, the county agree ing to build the bridges and culverts at an Estimated cost of $3,500. Our Trinity citisen then subtracted $3,600 from $67,249.40 which gave $63,749.40, one-third of which the county was to pay under provisions of the law under which it was proposed to build the road*5 This third would have amounted to $21,249.80, repre '' :