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QlllHIIIIIIIIIilMHtlialMtlllllltlimltlUlilllMItlll. THE COURIER i Two Sections, 16 Pages SECTION ONE : PiiiiiiHMimiimiHiimHiuMiiiiK THE COURIER Two Sections, 16 Pages SECTION ONE . ISSUED WEEKLY - ' .VOLUME LI ■ 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. VE time A 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