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Asheboro, North Carolina* Thursday, September 24, 1$25
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Exhibits At Randolph County Fair
Are Varied And Most Interesting
Exhibits Show Little Effect of
* the Long Drought—Many
Fims-Have Booths.
CHILDRENS DAY SATURDAY
Barge /Crowds Attending As In
terest in the Exhibits In
creases—Co-operation.
The fifth annual Randolph County
Fair opened Tuesday morning at 9
o’clock at the new fair grounds two
miles south of Asheboro with exhibits
from every section of the county and
from many surrounding ‘ counties.
The new location and new buildings
afford ample space for the display of
the exhibits which are full and varied.
The crowd the opening day was un
usually good, hut many more people
were present Wednesday than Tues
day, and the crowds bid fair to in
crease daily until Saturday, which is
Children's lDay,.and a record breaking
crowd is being prepared .for.
In the center of the fair grounds
is the .Main Exhibit building filled
with general exhibits. Down the cen
ter of the immense room is the flower
display, which in spite of the dry
weather is lovely. To the right of
this is the fancy work display which
needs little comment in Randolph
county where the fame of ladies,
handiwork has gone all over the state.
This department is not only full this
year, but is “running over.” The qual
ity of the work is said by the ladies
in charge to be superior to any year
previous. Next to the fancy work
come the Art and Pantry depart
ments. These are both noteworthy ex
hibits and command their just due
of admiration.
The educational department is a
most interesting feature of the exhib
its. Here samples of the work one by
the children of the schools of the coun
ty are displayed in a most attractive
manner. This booth is one of the most
interesting in the building showing
the achievements of the children in
drawing, sketching, weaving and mak-1.
ing fancy articles, map drawing and
other interesting things. In this same
section of the building the Bland Piano
Company, of High Point, have a booth
which attracts attention not only on
account of their music, but the booth
is decorated in a most unique manner
with long leaf pine needles strung
like fringe and surrounding the booth.!
In' this are displayed the fisher, Ara
pico, ,which Is a piano reenacting the
playing Of the great artists; the Ad
ans Schaaf; and the Starr Studio
piano. Mr. and Mrs. Bland are present
and welcome their friends to rest in
this attractive rest room and hear the
music.
Next is the Maxwell House Coffee
booth which tantalizes the visitors
with the arotna of freshly brewed cof
fee, and generously offer a cup to all
who agree that it is "good to the last
drop.”
The plumbing companies, furniture
(Continued on Page 4.)
RATTLESNAKE IS CARVED
ON TOMB IN IREDELL
A rattlesnake Arved delicately on
a marble stone marks the resting
place of the first white man buried in
4>now Creek Methodist church ceme
tery in Sharpsburg township, Iredell
county, according to G. Wright Lank
ford, writing in Sunday’s newspapers.
The tombstone with the unique carv
ing marks the grave of A. McArmond,
who died from the bite of a rattle-.
snake in August, 1780. The marble,
tombstone is only ten years old, but
the grave has been there 145 years.
There are more than 1000 graves in j
the cemetery. It was not the inten
tion of McArmond’s relatives to bury
him in this spot, according to the ar
ticle. The destination of the remains
was a cemetery across, a river, but
when the funeral procession reached
the river it was swollen by recent
rains and could not be crossed. There
fore, the funeral party buried Me- j
Arnold on a hill near the river and j
started the present cemetery.
SEAGROVE MEWS
The Seagrove Community Fair,
which was held here last week, was
well attended and enjoyed by all pres
ent Mr. H. C. Bates, of Atlanta, Ga.,
made a very interesting speech, and
we hope to have him with us again.
The Seagrove high school opened
Monday, September 21, with an en
rollment of 134. Following are the
teachers: Mr. A. E. Poston, principal,
assistants, Misses Lillie O’Quinn,
Grace Auman, Mary Tysor, Alta Hud
son, and Maude Lee Spoon, music
teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hendricks, Mr.
and Mrs. Manly Williams and children
and Mrs. Frank Cole, of Asheboro,
Mrs. -W. C. Brewer and children, of
Bennett, attended Mr. E. B. Cole’s
sale last Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Frank Leach returned Tuesday
to the deaf and dumb school at Mor
spending the summer
Sle and family left
, where
1th the
connected
avor at the Christian
UNCLE SAM BEATSnTHE
FARMER FIVE TO'ONE
Uncle Sam gets five times as mnch
out of each pound of Eastern North
Carolina tobacatj as the grower gets
for producing It. If the average price
should slump a little lower the gov
ernment would get six times as much
afe the grower.
It comes about in this way. It takes
three pounds of tobacco to make 1,
000 cigarettes. The present stamp tax
on this number of cigarettes is $1.00.
Out of ever dollar paid by the smoker
for cigarettes, the tobacco grower has
been getting 8 cents, the government
40 cents, the jobber, wholesaler and
retailer 52 cents. 1
MILLIKAN, FARLOW AND BULLA
FAMILY REUNION OCT. 4TH
On Sunday, October 4th, there will
be held at the old home of Benjamin
Millikan, now owned by Chester Far
low, a reunion of the Millikans, Far
lows and Bullas. A special invitation
is extended to all the relatives to at
terid and bring with them baskets
filled with something good to eat.
Dinner will be served in picnic style.
Some prominent people have been in
vited' to make short talks.
Fishing Party Return and Remember
Friends
Upon the return of the fishing party
composed of Messrs. W. A. Coffin, E.
L. Hedrick, L. L. Whitaker and Clyde
Wood from Jacksonville last week
there was considerable excitement and
interest, not in fish stories, but in j
real fish—fish which were distributed
in numbers equal to the tastes of the
larger families of the town. The Cou
rier is grateful for having been re
membered with- soitte extra fine ones.
MEETING AT SOPHIA IN THE
INTEREST OF SCHOOLS
The Courier has been requested to
announce that a meeting of the citi
zens will be held in the school building
at Sophia tomorrow, Friday, night in
the interest of school affairs of the
district. Prof. T. Fletcher Bulla, coun
ty superintendent of schools, will at
tend the meeting. One of the reasons
for the meeting, it* is understood, is
for the purpose of discussing the pos
sibilities of the establishment of a con
solidated school at Sophia. Patrons
living "itTIKe scfibof district are urged
to be present. *’ *' *»>■
MILLSAPS WINS
SECOND HONORS
Stands Second in Number Pure
bred Bulls Placed Last Six
Mo.—First in Guernseys
Mr. E. S. 'Millsaps, Jr., county larm
agent, is the winner of second place
i in the statewide contest among the.
I county agents of the State in placing
purebred registered bulls. Mr. Mill
saps placed from Majch 1st, this year,
pntil the close of the contest August
31st, 30 purebred bulls. He won first
place in placing {Juernsey bulls. W. K.
Scott, county agent of Alamance
coupty, won first place in the state
wide contest - >
Mr. Mill saps by virtue of winning
! second place in the State will have
half of his expenses paid to the Na
tional Dairy Show, at Indianapolis,
1 Ind., the week beginning Jtoitober 12th.
! His winning of first place in placing
Guernsey bulls entitles him to a silver
• trophy.
This contest which lasted six months
was sponsored by the dairy extension"
division of the State agricultural ex
I tension service. There was much
friendlv rivalry between the various
Other phases of agricultural extension
work, stressed purebred livestock
every chance he had. In fact, during
the contest he was instrumental in se
curing two auction sales of purebred
and grade cattle in the county. These
sales were well attended and as a re
sult much interest was created in
purebred live stock.
VISITS RELATIVES AND
FRIENDS IN THE COUNTY
Mr. John R. Hancock, a native df
Randolph county, but for the past 26
years a resident of Dallas, Texas, has
been in the county several days on a
visit to relatives and friends. Last
week he and his cousin, Mr. George
T. Murdock, of the Asheboro Bank A
'bust Company, visited thd old home
place in New Hope township. Mr. Han
cock is a son of Calvin H. Hancock,
who married Cynthia Lassiter, daugh
ter of the late Micajah Lassiter, of
this county. They lived in New Hope
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Mis* America
for 1925
Miss Fay Lamphier, of Alemeda,
California, sent by Oakland and as
the State’s first choice was crown
ed America’s most charming girl
at the annual Atlantic City Beauty
Show last week. She is nineteen
years old—described as an ash
blonde. She is 6 ft. 6 inches,
weighs 188 and is a stenographer.
She helps psupport her mother and
five younger brothers. She studied
art and wants to be a cartoonist.
-VToo busy for love,” she says.
DR. GREGG INTERESTED
IN FOREST CONSERVATION
Has In Mind Bill He Would Like
To See Passed By Congress
-Believes it Would Work.
Dr. J. D. Gregg, of Liberty, was a
visitor in Asheboro last Friday. The
Liberty doctor as usual had something
interesting on his mind and did not
hesitate to express himself about it.
He is interested in forest conservation.
He would like to see a bill introduced
in Congress the sense of which would
be that the government would grow
and furnish free to the fanners ot the
entire couatry young hardwood trees
for planting and set aside one day in
each jfcar for the planting of these
trees. When the farmer had planted
one acre in trees, he would report the
job to the national government which
would give him a certain percentage
of reduction from his income tax for
his work in reforestry, or remunerate
him in some other way. The, trees
should be, planted to the memory of
sorqe person who has been active in
forest conservation and the day named
in his honor.
Dr. Gregg pointed out that there I
are 265,000 farms in North Carolina, j
On these farms there are hundreds of
acres of waste land that should be.
set out in trees. There are also j
thousands of acres of land that have
been cut over for timber which is be- j
ing allowed to grow up in underbrush !
which will not be for years large I
enough - for marketable timber. If j
this land was cleared and trees plant
ed on it and cared for in the course of
ten years the value of the timber in
the State would be increased many
fold. Waste land that is being allow
ed to grow up in sedge could be plant
ed in trees furnished by the govern
ment, according to Mr. Gregg, and
made a source of profit to the owners
and a source of wealth to the State.
Mr. Gregg in speaking further of
the creation of wealth ia the State,
recalled the bill whiah he introduced
in the general assembly some few
years ago while he was a member of
that body. This bill, which failed to
pass', in short provided that if a man
cleared ten acres of land and build a
house on it, or built a house on land
that had not been in cultivation for
ten pears and improve the property,
he should be exempted from taxes for
a period of ten years. He should also
plant 50 fruif trees on the land and
100 reforestry trees.
Mr. Gregg’s idea was that the th
ere ase in taxable property during the :
ten years would more than offset any!
[ loss in taxes. It would also furnish
an incentive for creative citizenship. !
It was argued against Mr. Gregg’s
bill that it was unconstitutional and
this was one of the reasons and prob
ably the main reason it was defeated.
HOLD FUNERAL OF
L. D. MENDENHALL
Died From Paralysis Last Week
—Buried at St. Paul’s, Ran
dleman, Sunday.
Interment was made Sunday after
noon at 5 o’clock in the cemetery tjf
St. Paul’s M. E. church, Randleman,
of the remains of L. D. Mendenhall,
a former resident of this county who
died Thursday night of last week in
St. Leo’s hospital, Greensboro, fol
lowing a stroke of paralysis the Satur
day previous. Tine of the largest
crowds evgr in attendance on a bur
ial service in this county was present
at the churth in Kandleman Sunday
to pay respect to the deceased.
The pall bearers were P. A. Hayes,
P. B. Bostic, C. 'W. Lewis, L. P.
Phelps, N. L. Eure and R. T. Thomas.
Prior to the interment at Randle
man, the old home of Mr. Mendenhall,
funeral services "had been held at the
West Market Street Methodist church,
in Greensboro, Bee. John F. Kirk, the
pastor being in charge. The Greens
boro church was died to overflowing
with men; women and children from
widely divergent fields of activity
who had gathered to pay their last
respects to the dead. Members of Mr.
Mendenhall’s Bible class were present
in a body as were also representatives
from several fraternal orders in which
Mr. Mendenhall had been prominent.
L. D. Mendenhall was bom in 1870
in the Tabernacle section of Guilford
county. When he was only a boy his
parents moved to Randleman where
Mr. Mendenhall continued to make
his home for many years. He later
moved to Ashe'boro but for a matter
of little more than a year, when he
moved to Greensboro. He was at one
time postmaster at Randleman. He
was at another time candidate for
Congress against Robert N. Page. Mr.
Mendenhall took an active part in
politics, being identified with the Re
publican party. During his active po
litical life he ihade many speeches in
every township of this county and
spoke for his party in various sections
of the State.
His chief rise to prominence in the
State was due to his activity in con
nection with the Jr. 0. U. A. M., of
which he was at one time State coun
cilor. He had organized scores of
lodges in the State and was ever act
ive in promoting the interests of
the fraternity,' He was an ardent
worker for the establishment of the
Junior Order orphanage near Lexing
Mr. Men<le$lfclivwa3 a traveling
salesman by profession, representing
the Old Buck Guano Company, and
was a member of the United Commer
cial Travelers. He was well known in
practically all parts of the State.
He is survived by his wife, who,
before her marriage, was Miss Anna
Leadwell; three children, J. E. Men-)
denhall, of Indianapolis, Ind.; Robert
Mendenhall, of Augusta, Ga.; and
Miss Mary Mendenhall, of Greens-1
boro; and one brother, E. E. Men
denhall, of Greensboro.
BAPTIST NEWS LETTER
The pastor was not present for the j
pageant last Sunday evening but the'
comments are very favorable and
those who attended say they enjoyed
its presentment. Thanks to all those j
who labored to make it a success.
Pastor and family took dinner in j
the home of air. W. L. Foust last j
Sunday.
The series of revival services at!
Star Baptist church in which the writ-1
er is aiding has a good incline for the!
first three services. From this van- |
tage point a good meeting is expected. I
Large crowds are attending and extra
interest is being shown.
The following members were re
ceived into our church last Sunday:
Mrs. G. D. Andrews and Miss Junie
Andrews.
The pastor was out on picnic trips
last week with the Sr. B. Y. P. U., the
Jr. B. Y. P. U., and Miss Lola Beck’s
Sunday school class. These outings
were very much enjoyed and they were
helpful.
Watch for announcements concern
ing our Sunday school campaign.
Plans are being completed and much
interest is being shown.
The pastor will be at home next
Sunday. Are you hungering and
thirsting after righteousness ? Come j
hip with us.
ouj Elam Cook Drops Dead
v Guy Elam Cook, aged about > 35
years, dropped dead at the plant of
the Continental Furniture Company,
at High Point, Monday afternoon from
a heart attack. Cook had been mak
ing his home with his mother, Mrs.
Flora Wager, at Trinity. In addition
to his mother and wife, he is survived
by six. brothers.
M. E. CHURCH MATTERS
(W. H. Willis)
Almost fifty people attended our
prayer meeting Wednesday night.
The wnter with a few of her rela
tives attended the celebration of the
66th birthday of Mrs. W. B. Lassiter
at her home on the 16th.
Rev. J. E. Thompson, a pastor be
loved of other days, made a short vis- j
it to Asheboro recently.
The Methodist women are serving
a bountiful dinner at the low price of j
the fair ground this j
hould take no- j
the direct
will render
ROAD MAN MEETS
INSTANT DEATH
Dynamite Explosion Blows Road
Worker to Pieces on Route
70 Above Ran die man.
A Mr. Tuck, of Virgilina, Va., was
instantly killedby an explosion of dy
namite yesterday morning about 9
o’clock near the road camp four
miles north of Raiidleman on Route
70 while engaged in blowing out rocks
in the construction of the sand clay
abutments to the hard surface road.
His body was literally blown to bits,
pieces of human flesh and clothing
being blown as far as seventy yards
from the place of the explosion.
■There were no witnesses to the
tragedy, Mr. Tuck having sent the
members of the negro crew at work
with him up and down the road to;
stop traffic while he fired the charge
of dynamite placed under a large rock, i
The negroes, after hearing the explos- j
ion, uetumed to the scene to begin j
clearing away the debris. They failed
to find Mr. Tuck and getting no re
sponse to their calls, instituted search
whereupon they began to find bits
of flesh and' clothing strewn for
yards around the place. The sup
position is that Mr. Tuck, having
waited a reasonable length of time
for the blast to go off, decided that
the fuse had gone out and went back
to investigate and while in the act
the explosion occurred.
Mr. Tuck was a man apparently
about fifty years of age, and was
married, having a wife and ten
children. He was at home on a visit
the past week end. The remains were
shipped to Virgilina, Va., his home,
on the afternoon train yesterday.
Churchland-Tyro Pair
The Churchland-Tyro fair was held
last Saturday at Churchland in David
son county. Although the weather has
been extremely dry and cut short field
crops of all kinds; the exhibits at the
fair were excellent. A large humber
of entries were made by the people
of the community Afrho took much in
terest in the fair. A number of prizes
were given for the winners. Congress
man Hammer delivered an address in
the afternoon along agricultural lines.
COMMUNITY FAIR AT
FARMER WAS A SUCCESS
Farm Exhibits Most Creditable
—All Departments Attract
Favorable Attention.
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! Farmer Community Fair, held on
Friday, the 18th, was a success, al
though it w^ feared that the con
tinued drought would make it hard
for the farmers to find anything in
the way of field crops worth exhibit
ing. The farm exhibits were very
■creditable indeed, but there were few
er articles in each class than at for
mer fairs.
It was held in the new consolidated
school building, and more people
from over the entire district attended
and brought exhibits than ever before.
This contributed much to the interest
and success of the fair.
The fancy work exhibit, under the
care of Mrs. M. F. Skeen and Mrs. J.
H. Kearns was excellent. One table
was filled with work done by children
under fifteen, and attracted much at
tention throughout the day.
The exhibit of posters, maps, and
drawings by pupils in the grammar
grades of the school was especially
fine, as well as the toy furniture and
other articles made by the children.
Many curios and old articles handed
down by former generations were of
special interest to the school chil
dren. A collection of money and in
signia in use during the World War
was Very interesting.
The room in which the pantry sup
plies were shown was of special in
terest to the ladies. The many kinds
of canned fruits and vegetables, pre
serves, jellies, and pickles showed
that the farm women are skilled in
storing up summer crops for winter
use. A table filled with cakes, pies,
candies, etc looked very appetizing.
This room was in the care of Mrs. W.
E. Kearns.
When the work of the judges was
finished the crowd gathered in /the
grove where a long table was filled
wjth dinner furnished by the ladies of
the entire district.
In the afternoon Mr. Kirby of the
State College at Raleigh, spoke on
standardization of field crops, Mr.
Milner, of Charlotte, on the proper
feeding of dairy cattle, and Mr. Bates,
of Atlanta, on the care of dairy cat
tle, and the financial prospects of
dairying in the South. Miss Elizabeth
Bridge, home demonstration agent for
Harnett county, spoke for a few min
utes about the benefits of community
fairs and the home demonstration
work. These talks were good, and
will, no doubt, be helpful to all who
heard them.
The music by Messrs. T. L. Miller
and C. G. Nance, and Mesdames H. S.
Kearns, T. E. Luther, and Worth
Kearns Was especially fine, and enjoy
ed by all.
Take Out Telephones
Due to the fact that' telephone rates
were raised in Ramseur effective Sep
tember 1st, about 60 of the town’s 76
telephones have been taken out, the
subscribers refusing to pay the in
creased rate which they claim was not
justified. There has been considerable
dissatisfaction over the telephone ser
vice in Ramseur some time culminat
weeks ago in four persons
.throwing water on the
The damage was re
and the switchboard
1 Paris towliw York
These tw« Frenchmen, Garolaire
and Torascon, are al! ready -f* a
trial at a non-stop flight from r'aris
to New York. There win be no
fane of ships to pltk them up
should their olane^fail them. They
are expected to hop-off any day
nob.
DAVIDSON WILL HAVE TO
GUARANTEE RIGHT-OF-WAY
The board of commissioners for Da
vidson county last month singed a con
tract with the state highway commis
sion to loan $400,000 for the construc
tion of certain state highways in the
county, among which was Route 75.
The commissioners, however, struck
out that part of the contract specify
ing that the couflty would guarantee
the right-of-way for the road; to be
built. The commission refused to ac
cept the contract with this clause
stricken out. A
Commissioner J. Elwood Cox tells
the Davidson county commissioners
that it would not be fair to make other
counties guarantee rights-of way for
roads and not require the same of
Davidson. The Davidson board will
have to reconsider the matter at its
meeting the first Monday in October.
It is generally believed that the board
will make fhe satisfactory guarantee.
LARGE NUMBER IN
THE HIGH SCHOOLS
Enrollment Largest in History
of County—Rural Schools to
Open October 12.
All of the high schools of the county
are open, some of them having been
open for two or three weeks and others
since last week. Initial enrollment in
both high school and grammar grades
in all of the schools is large. Ashe
boro school has the largest enrollment
of any school in the county, enroll
ment the first day being 640 and this
has grown to over 700.
Ramseur school opened with an
enrollment of 360 with this number
increasing. Franklinville opened with
approximately 260 enrolled. Farmer
high school enrolled 284, 77 in the
high school and 207 in the elementary
and primary grades.
Farmer school is under the direction
of Prof. Fred A. Ficquett. He is as
sisted in the high school by Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Lank and by R. F.
Brackin, instructor in vocational ag
riculture. The instruction in the other
grades is in the hands of Mrs. Fred
A. Ficquett and Misses Vera McLeod,
Tula Morris, Linnie Dorsett and Vir
ginia Dixon.
Trinity high school opened Tuesday
morning of last week with a record
breaking enrollment of 400. Prof. R.
D. Marsh, formerly superintendent of
the Ramseur school, is head of Trinity
school. He is assisted by an able corps
of teachers. Short talks were made at
the sehool opening by County Super
intendent T. Fletcher Bulla, Professor
Crowell, of High Point, Bruce Craven,
of Trinity, and Prof. Marsh. Mrs.
Crowell, music teacher at the school,
had charge of the special music at the
opening. Prospects arfe excellent for a
most successful year’s work.
Liberty high school, with Prof. D.
C. Holt as superintendent, opened
Thursday of last week with an enroll
ment of about 450. Liberty school
this year is making use of its new
brick building recently completed. It
has ample room and facilities and the
faculty for the conducting of an excel
lent school.
Randleman school, which opened
Monday of last week, has an enroll
ment of about 550. C. C. Carroll, of
King, is superintendent of the school
and teaches mathematics in the high
school. He is ably assisted in the high
school department by Prof. J. W.
Wheeler, who tflfaches French and Lat
in; Miss Elsie Strong, Science; Miss
Etta Saunders, History and Civics;
and Miss Louise Brown, English.
Teachers in the grammar grades are
Misses Ellen Barker, Emily Holt,
Hazel Auman, Lena Thornton, Grace
Cooper, Flossie Armfiefd, Ruth Hunt
MORE THAN 900 IN
THE CITY SCHOOLS
Supi. McMahan Gives Some In
formation of Interest To .
Pupils and Patrons.
Over nine hundred students are at
tending the Asheboro city schools, the
white school having an enrollment of
over seven hundred and the colored
more than two hundred. We believe
the enrollment will reach a thousand
daring the year.
Pupils who attend the white school
march into the building at 8:25 in the
morning. All who can possibly be on
the school grounds at 'that time should
be in line. Those who cannot possibly
get there by 8:26 will be given a mar
gin of ten minutes or until 8:35 to
be in their rooms before the tardy bell
rings. All who are not in their rooms
by 8:35 are tardy after Friday, Sep
tember 25.
At 11:30 all first grade pupils will
be dismissed to go for lunch and will
return to their classes at 12:26. AH
other grades will go to lunch at 12:0®
and return to their classes at 12:56. ,
At 2:00 first grades p and C will be
dismissed. First grade A will be dis
missed at 2:30. Second, third, fourth,
and fifth grades will be dismissed at
3:00, and sixth and seventh grades at
3:20, and high school grades at 3:3®
except those who -are studying chem
istry who may have laboratory work
until 4:00 on Tuesday and Thursday.
Chapel exercises will be held at 8:36
in the morning instead of 8:40 as wax
announced the first of school
Parents are urged to have their
children at school on time and try to
avoid their being tardy in the morning
.and at noon. On investigation it is
found that some of the children stop
on the way to school and on the way
home. We are glad to notice that our
good parents are becoming interested
in seeing that their children do not
loaf on the way. I receive calls near
ly every day from parents »slri«g
about their children who have not
gone directly home. I suggest that
others might find it valuable to them
to know just when school doses and *
when it opens so that they may know
where their children are. Some chil
dren who fail to come directly to
school or to go directly home get into
trouble, and I ajn sure every parent
will be interested to avoid such a ca
lamity. If eaeh mother will urge
her children not stop on the way to
and from school it might save her
some embarrassment that children
loafing on the way have caused them
selves and their parents. Some of
our good people would be glad that the , <
children go directly home instead ot
stopping on their premises.
I am giving this information for the
benefit of all parents who are interest
ed in the welfare of their children and
who wish to make them the best of
citizens. As teachers we are inter
ested in your children and want to co
operate in any way we can for the
best interests of the children and the
community. I hope this information
regarding school hours will aid the
parents in their efforts to know where
their children are. Any child who does
not get home at the proper time may
be detained on account of poor les
sons, improper conduct, or may be
stopping on the way home.
In case of extreme weather or other
necessary cause, school may run on
one session and hold the children un
til 1:00 or 1:30 if it is considered for
the best interest of the children
Sometimes when it is raining hard
at the time of dismissal the children
may be kept until the shower is over,
otherwise the parents may depend
generally on the regular hours.
. W. H. McMAHAN, Supt.
SCHOOL BOARD WILL SELL
HOUSES ON BULLA PROPERTY
I The town school board has adver
! tised for sale, for removal from the
| premises, the two residences and out
| buildings on the Bulla property, which
constitutes a part of the graded school
property. Elsewhere in this issue of
The Courier is the advertisement of
the sale of the property giving the
manner in which the buildings will be
sold.
I It is understood' that the school
board has in mind the extension of
the school grounds to cover the prop
erty on which the houses are located.
The ever increasing enrollment makes
it necessary to increase the size of tbs
playground at the school building. t
Celebrates 68th Birthday
The childrdfi and a few friends
gathered at the home of Mr. B. S.
Moffitt, near Moffitt’s MiH, last Sun
day to celebrate his 6Sth birthday. Mb
J. P. Boroughs made an interesting
talk after which a sumptuous dinner
was served on a long table which had
been erected under the trees at the
spring. Mr. Moffitt was the recipient
of a number of useful gifts. A de
lightful afternoon was spent in talk
ing over old times, .taking picture*
and singing familiar songs.
All of Mr. Moffitt’s children, with
i the exception of Mrs. Ina Davis, of
Canada, were present with their fam
ilies and are as follows: Obert Moffitt,
of Ashley Heights; Mrs. Lent Dixon, .
of Greensboro; Mrs. Bessie Lineberry,
of Charlotte; Mrs. Mattie Moffitt, of
Franklinville; Mrs. Alleen Boroughs,
of Kemps Mills; Carl Moffitt, of High
Point; Willie Moffitt, of Coleridge;