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THE COURIER
Two Sections, 16 Pages
SECTION ONE
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ISSUED WEEKLY
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PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN
AafctiWrn, N. C, Thursday, September 16, 1926
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
NUMBER 37
Was Mr. Bird Paid Salary As Road
Supervisor After Relieved of Duties?
Records Show That On Month
of Discharge He Drew Sal
ary For 3 Months.
THESE MONTHS WERE
' DEC., JAN., AND FEB.
In January Millikan Was Made
Supervisor At Same Time
Bird Was Being Paid.
The attention of The Courier has
from time to time been called to the
action on the part of the board of
county commissioners in paying L. E.
Bird salary as road supervisor for
three months after he was relieved of
his duties. These months, it was
stated, were December, 1925, and
January an* February, 1926. In order
to get the facts straight, a represen
tative -of this newspaper made a care
ful investigation of the records and
found the following facts:
On page 142 of the Minute Book in
the office of the register of deeds of
Randolph county there may be found
among the minutes of., the meeting of
the board of county commissioners on
Monday, December 7th, 1925, the fol
lowing entry:
“It is moved and seconded and
passed unanimously that the super
visor’s office be declared vacant un
til the 15th Decetnber and that Mr.
Bird tuni over his keys to the Clerk
to the Board and that he make out all
back bills.”
Thus was L. E. Bird removed from
office of road supervisor. Care was
taken to state that “it was moved and
seconded and passed unanimously.”
Apparently, there was po dissenting:
vote.
On page 154 of the same Minute
Book in the office of the register of
deeds among the minutes of the meet
ing of the board of county commis
sioners on Monday, January 4th,
1926, is the following entry:
“The office of road supervisor be
ing vacant, W. Ben Millikan of Back
Creek township was duly elected to
fill said vacancy.” ‘
From these entries it .may be
that the
cember, 1925, stated that the office of:
supervisor was “declared vacant un
til the 15th December” and that Mr.
Bird make out all hack bills. There
was no entry made in the minutes of
the called board meeting on December
15th, 1925, of any election of a suc
cessor to Mr. Bird and no reference
was made that he had been reinstated
in office. He was not.
Now, a reference to page 15 of
Journal Docket No. 1 in which are re
corded the expenditures charged to
the Road Fund of the county may be
found the following entries:
“Dec. 8, 1925, Voucher No. 2330,
L. E. Bird, supervisor, salary for No
vember, $125.00.
Dec. 8, 1925, Voucher No. 2331, L.
E. Bird, supervisor^ salary for Dec.,
Jan., and Feb., $375.00.”
The 'canceled vouchers indicate
that they were duly endorsed and
cashed by L. E. Bird.
On page 20 of the same Journal
Docket No. 1 in which are recorded ex
penditures charged to the Road Fund
may be found the following entry:
“Jan. 30, 1926, Ben F. Millikan, sal
ary supervisor, $126.00”. This was
voucher 2479.
Subsequent entries show that W. Ben
Millikan was paid as road super
visor and it is assumed that this
voucher was intended for W. B. Mil
likan. However, a road supervisor
was paid.
The records, therefore, show that
although L. E. Bird was relieved of
his duties as road supervisor on the
first Monday in pecember, 1925, he
was actually paid for three additional
lonths as supervisor. These months
ere December, 1925, and January
and February, 1926. A road supervis
or, L. E. Bird, was paid for December,
1925, during a month in which the
office was vacant, according to state
ment made on the official minutes of
the board- meeting. Two road super
visors, Messrs. Bird and Millikan, ac
cording to the official records, were
paid for the months of January and
February. According to the records,
Mr. Bird was paid for three additional
months work at the same time he was
paid for his work during the month
of November, 1925. The two vouch
ers, the one for $125 for November
Da
ily.
Da
America In tte Air
Upper photo shows Major Her
bert A. Oargue, veteran pilot of
the Army Air Corps, who has been
named Commander of the air ex
pidition the army • will send out
from Kelly Field, Texas, to circle
the South American continent,
t Below is Lieut. T. Cuddihy, who
established a record from Phila
delphia to Washington. The dar
ing bird man made the trip in
thirty-two minutes.
Thieves Break In
Grocery
Front Dow* and Take Truck
Load of Goods.
The Randolph Grocery Company,
wholesale grocers, of Randleman, was
robbed Tuesday night of several hun
dred dollars worth of merchandise, in
cluding sugar, cigars, cigarettes and
other items of trade. Entry was made
to the building by the cutting out of
a plate glass in the front door of the
building. No clue has been gotten as
to the identity of the robbers, the
only indications bring that the goods
were hauled away in a car or truck.
A screwdriver was left by the thieves
as the only clue.
Frank Talley, manager of the com
pany, was sleeping in a building ad
joining the grocery, but was not
awakened by the noise made by the
robbers, who are thought to havd en
tered some time late in the night.
Randleman High
School Has Opened
More Than 500 Pupils Enrolled
First Day—Prof. E. L. Shel
ton In Charge.
to the teacher^ and children. Mr. E.
L. Shelton, who has taught in the
Gaston county schools, is principal of
the school this year. Mr. Shelton
comes to Randle man highly recom
mended, and he has a splendid staff
of teachers to support him. Many of
the teachers who taught in the school
! last year are again at their post of
duty and warmly welcomed by. both
parents and children. Between five
and six hundred children are enrolled
in the school at, present. Work, is go
ing forward on the new wing of the
building and it is hoped that part will
soon be finished as conditions are vety
much crowded. Work has begun
well, however, and in spi$e of carpen
ters and contractors, everything bids
fair to be a successful school term.
i County Hunters
Front Successful Chase
Randolph Creamery
Selects Location
Buy Lot On- Salisbury Street
and To Begin Erection of
Plant Soon.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Mr. A. R. Winningham, secretary
and treasurer of the Randolph Cream
ery, Inc., is in Salisbury for a few
days looking over .the plant of the
Rowan Creamery and familiarizing
himself with its operations prepara
tory to launching the creamery in
Asheboro. The creamery company
has purchased the Mary Jane Sluder
lot, near the office of the old Cox
Lumber Company, on Salisbury street,
and will begin soon the erection of a
modem plant, on the premises.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the creamery last Friday night offi
cers were elected and plans made for
going ahead with the work. The of
ficers elected were:' Arthur Ross,
president; J. S. Lewis, vice president;
A. R. Winningham, secretary and
treasurer; and J. S. Lewis, Arthur
Ross, A. C. Cox, M. G. Edwards, A. R.
Winningham, W. F. Redding, Sr., J.
A. York, W. J. Armfield, Jr., and
Hugh Parks, directors.
Rev. E. Lester Ballard To
Give Lecture At M. P. Church
Rev. E. Lester Ballard, of the West
End Methodist Protestant church,
Greensboro, will give an illustrated
lecture on the Holy Land in the Ashe
boro M. P. church Friday evening at
8 o'clock. Mr. Ballard has recently
returned from a trip abroad where
he visited nine different countries.
He made pictures in the. Holy Land
and will illustrate his lecture with
these. He comes to Asheboro under
the auspices of the Woman’s Home
Missionary Society in the interest of
a scholarship loan fund which will be
used in the High Point College. Tick
ets are: Adults, 35 cents; children,
20 cents. A large crowd will most
likely be present for Mr. Ballard’s lec
ture since he comes to Asheboro high
ly recommended. 4
M. E, CHURCH MATTERS
It - ” <W. St! Willis)
Fayetteville street has more of our
members residing on it than any
other. Sunset avenue comes next.
There are forty members of the M.
E. church living in the city, who eire
not affiliated with the local church.
Sixty-eight of our members are
non-resident. They have removed to
other localities and have not taken
letters.
Rev. J. B. Craven will hold quarter
ly conference Wednesday night of
next week.
The writer returns from a pleasant
and profitable week's visit to Farm
ington.
The matter for the new church di*
rectory is In the hands of the printers.
It will show 590 names. It will have
the following features: Calendar of
church meetings; organizations; al
phabetical directory of resident mem
bers; of non-resident members; di
rectory of Methodist homes by streets;
directory of Methodists having mem
bership elsewhere; pictures of church
and present .pastor.
Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Stalker
Died At Randleman Friday
Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Stalker, aged
71 years, wifd of George "L. Stalker,
died at her home in Randleman Fri
Stalker’s
day of last week following an illnfess
of several years from a complication
of diseases. Mrs. Stalker was bom
in Rockingham county. She was a
member of the Holiness church at
Randleman and while able was active
in church work.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
Hal Allred, of Randleman; and two
sons, Daniel Stalker, of Randleman,
and Robert Stalker, of Orlando, Fla.
Funeral was conducted at Mt. Leb
anon church, Randleman, Sunday by
Rev. W. H. Neese, pastor, and Rev. A.
R. Sink, pastor of the Holiness church.
The pallbearers were: Messrs. George
Saunders, Benjamin Hill, Madison
Brown, C. L. Heath, M. F. Hinshaw
and W. H. Dean. The flowers were
borne by a number of Mr
most intimate women friend
Aaheboro laundry Has Been
Sold To Trio Of ^
Of Business Mm
The Aaheboro Dry Cleaning Com
pany has changed hands recently and
is now owned and operated by G. F.
Brown, d* A. Bonkemeyer, and ]L T.
Brown, all of Aaheboro. The business
viously owned by Mr. Jess
head of th|8 Coco-Cola Bot
Brown and Bonkemeyer
yean been operating
Laundry, which they re
works.
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time
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SYSTEM
Telephone
its lines'
1 is constantly
Hoover Family .
Has Its Reunion
Hear Speeches By Rev. George
H. Crowell and Congressman
Wn. C. Hammer.
BASKET PICNIC DINNER
Sunday, September 12th, the third
annual reunion of the Hoover family
was held at the home of Latta E.
Hoover in Tabernacle township, who
lives near Ihe old home place of Jo
seph Hoover. The meeting was held
on the lovely lawn of the Hoover
home, and it was here that the speech
es were enjoyed as well as a musical
program. The first speaker of the oc
casion was Congressman Hammer,
who spoke in a happy vein. His
speech was chiefly of a reminiscent
natur^jnd in conclusion Mr. Hammer
introduced Rev. Qeorge H. Crowell,
of Arehdale, who was the first prin
cipal of the Asheboro graded school.
Rev. Mr. Crowell’s subject was “Moth
er, Home and Thereafter.” This
talk was most timely and was en
joyed by all present. Rev. Crowell
also brought in reminiscences in an
interesting manner. Following these
two talks, Mr. Gurney Hoover, of
Asheboro, who acted as toastmaster,
announced that the Unity church
quartet, of near Thomasville, would
sing. TJiis quartet is composed of
Mr. and: Mrs. Cephas Hepler and Mr.
and Mrst Eugene Swaim. They sang
“Close To The Cross,” “A Child At
Mother’s-Knee” and “My Mother’s
Prayer.”
.AH- the brothers were present at
this delightful occasion except Joseph
Hoover who is 70 years old and lives
in California. Among the family con
nections are the Gaddis and Plummer
families.-^
After the program one of the most
delightful'features of the day was the
sumptuous basket picnic which was
served 0u; the table in the yard. The
table, ovyr 100 feet long, was well
filled wiJB delicious food prepared by
the ladies of the family. Mr. Tom
Finch contributed ice cream for the
dinner.
,:r It is ho^eci by the fkmfiy that the
fouij^anraal reunkm^next year wfll
Thanksgiving' Service
At The Fair Grounds
For 2 Minutes Fair Will Pause
To Return Thanks and Grat
itude for Bountiful Crops.
A most impressive thanksgiving
service will be held at the Randolph
county at 11 o’clock, neon, next Wed
nesday when 'pause wfll be made for
two minutes to return thanks for the
bountiful crops with which the county
has been blessed this season.
At a signal given at 12 o'clock
sharp everything in the fair grounds,
every person, .show, ot concession, will
remain perfectly quiet for two min
utes while ministers of the town and
county will return thanks from their
different stations within the grounds.
This service win be in keeping with
similar services held in various
parts of the State this year. Much
has been said about a similar service
in this county and it has been deemed
that one day during the fair would
be an appropriate time in order that
the people of the entire county could
join in the expression of gratitude
and thanksgiving.
M. P. CHURCH MEMBERS
ENTERTAIN TEACHERS
Held In Social Room of Church
Friday Evening—Number
Talks Made.
the school,
The members of the Methodist
Protestant Church entertained in the
reception rooms at the Church Friday
evening honoring the teachers of the
Asheboro school and the members of
the local board. The pastor and his
wife, Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Pritchard,
stood at the door welcoming the peo
ple as they arrived. The teachers
then were grouped in several informal
receiving lines to meet the people. As
soon as everybody had become ac
quainted, Rev. Mr. Pritchard, acting
in the capacity of toastmastw, asked
all to join in singing “America” which
was led by Miss Honeycutt, director
of public school music. After a few
words of welcome by Rev. Mr. Pritch
ard, Congressman Wm. C. Hammer
made an informal talk. His talk dealt
with education, telling several inter
esting facts relative to starting the
present graded school. ]Mr. Rammer
spoke briefly of the splendid educa
tional school system of Wisconsin, the
state from which Mr. Hilker, the new
school superintendent comes. He
ended htoi talk by complimenting the
present achool faculty.
Mr. J. D. Ross, a member oi
school board, was then sailed upon for
a few words of welcome, as was Mr.
J. O. Redding, chairman of the board.
Both men responded with a timelv
he maae »
talk, and
ilcome and
Mr. Moser Wants A
Reply From Mr. Cox
Asks For Answer To His Letter
of Aug. 31 Requesting a
Joint Canvass.
WANTS TO NAME DATES
On August 31st I. C. Moser, Chair
man of the Randolph County Demo
cratic Executive Committee, wrote C.
N. Cox, the Republican county chair
man, asking for the arrangement of a
joint canvass of the county by the
Democratic and Republican candidates.
Having received no reply to this let
ter, Mr. Moser has again written the
Republican chairman as follows:
Hon. Clifford N. Cox,
Chairman of the Randolph, County
Republican Executive Committee,
Asheboro, N. C.
Dear Sir:
Please refer to my favor addressed
to you under date of August 31st, and
advise me whether your candidates
will join the Democratic candidates
this fall in a joint canvass of the
county as therein requested. I want
to arrange speaking appointments for
the Democratic candidates at once
but would prefer not to do so until af
ter I hear from you either accepting
or rejecting our proposition 'for a
joint canvass.
Awaiting your rebly and with kind
est regards, I am •
Yours very truly,
I. C. MOSER,
* Chairman of the Randolph County
Democratic Executive Committee.
Copies to The Randolph Tribune and
The Courier.
Old Dominion Box Company
Plans To Start Work Soon
The Old Dominion Paper Box Com
pany, which several months ago de
cided to locate in Asheboro a branch
of its Lynchburg, Va., plant, has be
gun the installation of machinery in
that part of the Home Building, Inc.,
warehouse on Salisbury street leased
from Arthur Rose for the purpose.
Work will begin on the making of pa
per boxes chiefly for the hosiery
trade as soon as the installation of the
machinery is completed.
Highway No. 75 Has Beat
1 Oiled To Town Of Asheboro
The force at work on oiling Route
75 east of Asheboro towards Chatham
county have completed the pouring of
one coat of oil to Asheboro. It is un
derstood that the oiling process has
been completed on the eastern end of
the highway. On the western end of
highway toward the Davidson coun
ty line the work of grading the high
way is continuing unabated with ex
cellent progress being made. Many
of the structures have been completed.
DR. MARVIN SKEEN DIED AT
HIS HOME IN NEW MEXICO
Dr. Marvin P. Skeen in ill liealth
for several months after being in bed
only a few days died at his home in
New Mexico July 19th and was bur
ied at Monrovia, Calf., the home of
his daughter.
Dr. Skeen was the son of the late
James S. and Martha Thornburg
Skeen, of Farmer, Randolph county,
having been born at the old Skeen
homestead in a house now replaced by
that in which Dr. C. C. Hubbard
lives. Dr. Skeen was educated at
Farmer Academy and afterwards at
Jefferson Medical College, Philadel
phia, and was at the time of his
death about fifty-five years of age.
As a, young man he was a model in
character, habits and behaviour, stu
dious and industrious, honest and
sober. He went to New Mexico more
than thirty years ago and was a
member of the first constitutional
convention and one of the leading
members who adopted the Constitu
tion of the State of Mexico when it
came into the union.
New Mexico is a Democratic state
and both Senators and the one mem
ber of the House from that State are
all Democrats. Senator Bratton of
New Mexico told the editor of this
paper last winter that the next Gov
ernor of New Mexico would be Dr.
Marti? T. Skeen in the event that he
would accept the nomination. But his
health was such that Dr. Skeen could
not make the sacrifice. The invita
tion sent to him for the Home Coming
at the Randolph County Fair was re
ceived by him and he expressed deep
regret that he could not attend.
His death was sudden and unexpect
ed although it was understood that he
had a lingering disease which in the
course of & few years would end in
his death. Dr, Sk<*m had dne brother
who died in' Oklahoma several; years
ago, a sisteKWho wds the first wife of
B. F. Newby, who now lives in
Greensboro, and another unmarried
sister, Minnie Skeen, who died several
years Ago.
Dr. Skeen was a student at Fanner
Academy during the school year 1888
and 1889, of which the editor of The
Courier was. principal. He then gave
promise of his future eminent career.
REVIVAL MEETING AT
CHARLOTTE CHURCH ENDS
The series of meetings, which have
been in progress at Charlotte Metho
dist Protestant church, four miles west
| Next Wednesday Will Mark Opening Of
The Sixth Annual Randolph County Fair
“Queen of Wheat” *
No woman and few men have
reaped more wheat than Mrs. Ida
Watkins—who has an estimated
yield of 50,000 bushels from her
big 1950 acre farm in southwest*
ern Kansas. At the prevailing
prices, the “wheat queen”, as she
is called, will salt away about
$00,000 from her bumper crop.
Yojith Is Arrested
For Stealing Car
Came To Asheboro To Attend
Court and Got In Jail For
Auto Theft.
j
Tuesday morning officers from Dan
ville, Va., came to Asheboro and iden
tified an automobile which was taken
by the Randolph County officers in
front of the courthouse in Asheboro
Thursday. Last week was court week
and a large number of cars were park
ed in front of the courthouse during
the entire Week, but on Thursday the
officers became suspicious of the ac
tions of James Gambell, of near
GmSlroOPO wno was BuOpoenaea xo
court It turned out after taking
young Gambell into custody that he
had been put in Jackson Training
school when he was 14 years old and
was there until last October when he
was twenty-one years old. At first he
refused to tell anything about where
he got the Ford touring car he drove
to Asheboro, later on told that he got
the car at Bennett. Investigation
proved this untrue, and he was re
tained in jail overnight. The next af
ternoon young Gambell decided to tell
the whole story and admitted that he
got the car in Danville, Va., in front
of Patterson’s Drug Co. The Ran
dolph officials took the matter up with
Danville officers and found that the
car belonged to Sheriff Hodnett, of
Chatham, Va. Tuesday the officers
from Danville came to Asheboro with
the title to the Ford, took car, Gam
bol and all-to Danville.
Colored School
Opened Wednesday
Two Hundred Pupils Enrolled—
Five Teachers Have Charge
of the York This Year.
The Asheboro school for colored
children opened Wednesday morning1,
September 15th, in the old building in
North Asheboro. A few weeks ago
announcement was made that the new
building would be ready for occupancy
but for several reasons, it was impos
sible to open school in the new build
ing this week. The old building is in
a bad state of repair, but it is hoped
that within a month the colored chil
dren of the town will be in the new
building and things running smoothly.
The school opened with about 200
children enrolled and five teachers.
Prof. E. E. Grant, who was last year
assistant to Prof. J. E. Brower, is
principal of the school, and has some
well made plans for the year’s work.
Among his plans is a Domestic
Science Department when the school
gets into the new building. This will
mean much to the children and to the
town as a whole, and Prof. Grant has
the good wishes of the town people in
his undertaking. The other teachers
are, Elsie E. Jones, of Red Hill, who
has charge of the Primary Depart
ment; Susie A. Hoover who is physic
al director, and teaches some subjects
in the 1, 2, and 3rd grades; Mary J.
Rodgers, of Burlington, teaching the
4, 6, and 4th grades; Katie B. Massey,
of Salisbury, who will do High School
work.
Rev. N. M. Harrison, formerly dean
of men in High Point College, bat for
the past two years pastor of a church
in Chteap>, wa®"i visitor'iiTAsheboro
yesterday. Mr. Harrison went to
Chicago University to take post grad
uate work and later accepted a pas
torate of a Methodist Protestant
Promises To Be Biggest and
Best In The History Of The
Fair Association.
MANY NEW FEATURES
HAVE BEEN ARRANGED
Something Interesting Has Been
Planned or Every Day From
Opening To Close.
Next Wednesday morning will see
the opening of the Randolph County
Fair at the fair grounds on Route 70 '
just south of the corporate limits of
Asheboro. According to the fair of
ficials and those in charge of the de
partments, this fair will be the big
gest and best ever held in the county.
Ample space is afforded in the exhibit
buildings for the products of the
county which will be on display and
plenty of room is found within the
fair grounds for the accommodation
of the large crowd that is sure to at
tend.
From one attraction to another, the
fair will begin Wednesday morning
early and will continue throughout
the week. No one day can be pointed
out as the best, all of them being
scheduled to hold attractions worthy
of the time, attendance and attention
|of every citizen.of Randolph county.
However, as a matter of conven
i ience to the exhibitors the days of the
fair have been designated as follows:
Wednesday, Educational Day; Thurs
day, Manufacturers’ Day; Friday,
! Home Coming Day; Saturday, Every
body’s Day.
On Wednesday every school child
under 16 years of age in Randolph
and adjoining counties will be admit
ted to the fair grounds free of charge.
This will mean that the fair grounds
will be taxed to the limit opening day.
Friday has been designated as
“Home Coming” Day, and, while the
entire fair might be called a “Home
Coming” Fair, this especial day has
been designated for the convenience of
those-who will be unable to attend
for more than a day. It is. likely 1
a special program will he
foT this day.
in the county and
“Made in Randolph
department of the fair will occupy one
third of the space in the main exhibit
building and will be in charge of Mr.
Hal M. Worth. The response which
Mr. Worth has gotten to his efforts
indicates that success will crown the
attempt to display samples of every
thing manufactured in the county is
order to let the people know what is
made in Randolph.
The agricultural, educational, live
stock, poultry, art and every other de
partment of the fair will be, accord
ing to all indications, bigger and bet
ter than ever before in the history of
the local fair. Those in charge of
the various departments have taken
especial care to develop their possi
bilities and have been able to succeed
beyond expectations.
Crops are good in the county. In
fact, they have never been better and
this assures that the agricultural in
dustry in Randolph will be on dis
play at the fair in no uncertain man
Among the many interesting fea
tures which will serve to entertain
the fair visitors will be the “Hog
Calling” and “Cow Calling” contests.
The “watermelon Eating” contest
j will also furnish fun. Free acts will
jbe given each day in front of the
grandstand. These will include the
! Funny Ford Act, Trapeze Act and
1 Wire Act. The slow mule races to
ibe held each day will also furnish en
tertainment for fair visitors.
Miss Mamie Lackey Becomes
Bride of Mr. Van Cranford
A wedding of interest to many peo
ple in this and other parts of the
state was solemnized at the home of
Mr. Milton Lackey, at Jackson Creek,
yesterday evening, when Miss Mamie
Lackey became the bride of Mr. Van'
Cranford. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. G. W. Clay, the bride’s
pastor, and only a few immediate
relatives and friends were present.
After the ceremony a bountiful wed
ding supper was served and Mr. and
Mrs. Cranford left for the western
part of the state, where they will
spend their honeymoon.
Mrs. Cranford has been a popular
teacher in the schools of Randolph
county for the past few years, and
Mr. Cranford is a prosperous young
farmer, a son of the Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Cranford. The couple will
make their home near Fanner.
GEORGIA-CAROLINA
WILL OPEN AN<
Caroline
another five