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Two seen m more of the members
of the Asheboro Chamber of Com- |
mew* to* * delightful thirty-minute
ride Wv*r a good highway, which
after June 1ft will be officially known
as Swrt* IB, Friday evening of last
week, and at Farmer high school
bunding met with two hundred or
more residents of Concord township
in the first of the "Good Fellowship”
meetings staged by the Asheboro or
'Dttly Mrs. C. C. Hubbard, her
^daughter, Miss Hope, and Rev. G. W.
<Glay and Mias MeLeod, one of the
teachers in the Farmer school, were
on hand to greet the Asheboro dele
gation. And for fifteen minutes it
looked as if the first “Good Fellow-,
ship” meeting would have to content
itself with this small, though appre
ciative, audience, But those who en
tertained these misgivings little knew
the Spirtt of the people who make up
the solid and progressive citizenship
of one of the richest agricultural sec
tions in North Carolina. For by the
time the Asheboro orchestra struck
up its first air in the spacious school'
auditorium was well filled with people.
C. C. Cranford, hmself a native of
the community in which the meeting
was held, as president of the chamber
of commerce, opened the exercises of
the evening with a short talk on the
purposes of the "Good Fellowship,,
meetings. This purpose, Mr. Craa
ford stated, was well enough explained
■ «« tke'noma WivAft fit A mMttillM Ml*.
in the'name given the meetings. Mr.
Cranford introduced Dr. E. L. MuKitt,
who was scheduled to make a fifteea
minute talk on the "History of Band
^The Mississippi River is stm <m a
rampage and prospects are that flood
• waters will continue for many flays
yet even should the incessant rates
^ c cease. The crest of the high venters
is said not to. have been readied und
that gties,and towns as far north as
Memphis, Tennessee, are still In peril.
More than 150,000 people are beam
less 4n Arkansas, Mississippi said
Louisiana. Property loss has rcmftefl
Kpuona of dollars as town
n have been flooded by the
mt Coolidge, Governor Me
■ law iwgovtmors of many states in
the union have issued calls on the
people of tho country to give all they
esanft© assist the stricken people in
'•the flooded regions. It is estimated
that |6jQOO,DOO will be needed by the
'National Red 'Gross to carry on the
•reli*f work. Already more than $2,
So great has beeonje the ^ g
Charlie Lemmonds
Killed In Wreck
wMehlSeWiw Riding'
Turned Over.
^-lions Left Car Aftt.
Accident,
Charlie Lemonds, of Star, ■was in
stantly killed early Sunday evening on
Highway 70 just north of Candor
■when the car in which he was riding
with Robert Smith and Alex Russell
tamed over. Russell and Smith im
mediately left the scene of the fatal
accident, and Smith, who is said to
have been driving the car, has not
been heard from since. Russell later
returned to bis home aft Star.
Lemmonds Is a man about 'SB years
of age and is employed by the main
tenance departmertt Of the State High
way OommSsEion. He is a son-in-law
of James McDaniel, of Seogrove. He
leaves a widow and three ohildmn.
two yean ago Tjenmnonds sus
tained a hrohen neck in an accident
and since that time had worn a yoke
his neck. ’Whether his neck
Sunday ^evening in
known, but the
it was since there
jus******
Donahey Par President
SB ftjgflgc, tfhe celebrated humor
America’s greatest, iff for Dick
my, Oaks's popular Governor, for
Hegave a-performance :in
1 Point tWs we^k. He told the
j point ^Enterprise that !Mr. Smith
tm -met mad that his Catholicism
Id greatly hamper him and -that
ould net be (elected.
In Winston-Salem Journal
Spelling Bee.
Randleman Girls 2nd
In a preliminary contest in the
1927, provides that the she
collector shall report to tbt
commissioners taxes due for the pre
ceding year and all lands on which
taxes are' unpaid shall be advertised
for sale on the first Monday in
June following. The machinery for
foreclosing provides for advertising
by order-of the county commissioners
for four weeks in a newspaper pub
lished in the county.
The sheriff must file his list next
Monday in every county in the State
aag advertise and sell, but the law
requires the notice of sale to run for
four weeks- and need not be published
until the day of publication of the
second week in May in order to give
four weeks newspaper notice before
June 6, this year.
The sheriff shall report
county commissioners what ..—
done and make affidavit that he has
made diligent effort to collect out of
personal property of the taxpayer or
by other means all taxes from those
ud10 have no real estate, and shall re
port such other facts with respect to
such taxpayers as may be of informa
tion to the county commissioners.
The county commissioners shall then
make a minute of the list of such per
sons who have no land, and by reso
lution declare them to be insolvents.
Bot this order cannot be made with
out the report of the sheriff Is made
under oath. These Insolvent taxes or
such part as remains unpaid are to he
deducted in'settlement with the sber-.
m.
local Alumnae Of
N. C. C. W. Have Meet
MiggChra S. %d< Sec. Gen
eral Alumnae Association
Was JOme Present.
The local alumnae and former star;
w^ihMra. W.'S*- ?£»mbert, at. her
home ton Wainnran Avenue, last Fri
day afternoon.
Miss Clara B. Byrd, secretary of
.the general alumnae association of
:North Carolina College For Women,
was present and made an interesting
talk, in-which she explained the plans
for the commencement exercises of
her institution in Tune.
At that time
ihe beautiful new auditorium, seating
three thousand people, will be dedicat
ed. A special Effort is being made
to have as many -alumnae and former
students attend as possible.
Plans .were put on foot to have a
piciiic in ASheboro, on Friday, May
13, at whkh the ASheboro Alumnae
and former-Students will be hostesses
to the daughters of their college living
in Other parts Of the -county.
Assisted ’by Mrs. TL Alexander, the
hostess served hot tea -and cakes to
the ladies attending the meeting.
Miss Eva Sugg And T0r.
Tray Pate Axe Married
Of interest to many Randolph
county people -was the marriage Sun
day afternoon, April 13, utTxraisburg;
"N. C., of Miss T3va Sugg -and Mr.
Troy Tate, both of Goldsboro. Mrs
Tate is an accomplished young wo
man, a graduate of Atlantic Christian
College, and for several years a val
ued employee of the Southern Rail
way company at Goldsboro. She is a
daughter of the late Claud Sugg and
a granddaughter of the late Taylor
Sugg, of Ereet, Randolph county. Mr.
Tate is an excellent young business
man, being in the employ of the S.
& L. Tire Company, at Goldsboro.
Mrs. Pate was the recipient of
many social courteiies in Goldsboro
before and after her marriage. The
honeymoon was a motor trip to in
teresting points South. . _
Store of retired Admiral
EG. Bullard, Chairman of
redteral Radio Commission
it the U. S. from China to
i new joli, control of radio.
Funeral was held from Parks Cross
Roads church Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock by Rev. T. J. Green, of El on
College, assisted "by J. W. Stout, lay
man, of Sanford, who paid a beauti
ful tribute to the life of Mrs. York.
The large number of people in attend
ance at the funeral and the floral at
ferings attested**!* high esteem in
which Mrs. York -was held hy her
neighbors and friends.
Pallbearers were Arthur Parks,
Ray Reitxel, Glenn Frazier, Claud
York and Roy York. Flowers were
carried by Misses Bertie Allen, Gladys
Allen, Jfeumie Griffin, Rosa Ward,
Pauline Moffitt, Lena Caudle, Edith
Stmt, Jessie Craven, Etha Williams,
Frances Saunders, Bin Shaw, Gladys
Felder, Lucy Burgess, Forma Vestal,
Mamie Church, Battle York and Mes
dames George Griffin, BDl French
Rt ,75 Will Follow
Old Salisbury Road
11 1 1
Commissioners Page And Cm
Decide On This Route As
Against.Sunset Are.
The route to be taken by Highway
75 through Ashebciro was definitely
settled Thursday of last week when
it was agreed that it should follow
the course of the ald Salisbury road
through town. This decision was
made by State Highway Commis
sioner Frank Pago, of Raleigh, and
Fifth District Commissioner J. El
wood Cox, of High Point. Two routes
were possible for the road and each
Make Good Sale
Of County Bonds
They Bring Good Premium And
The Interest Rate Is Most
Satisfactory To Board.
Are Funding Bonds
To Take Up All Short Term
Notes Outstanding.
The board of commissioners of Ran
dolph county met yesterday at noon
in the court house and sold $646,000 in
bonds for the purpose of funding the
floating indebtedness of the county,
which amounts to $644,228.40. These
bonds were bought by the Bankers’
Securities Corporation, of Durham,
which made a bid of 4.76 per cent in
terest and a premium of $5,350. This
means that the net interest rate on
the bonds will be 4.43 per cent. The
next best bid was 4.46 per cent in
terest.
Fourteen bidders were present.
Financial corporations in New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Toledo, and Durham were represented.
Sealed proposals were first received
by the commissioners. None of these
bids being satisfactory, however, the
board put the bonds up at auction,
which resulted in a mote satisfactory
sale.
The rate of interest at which the
bonds were sold is considered unusual
for county bonds. Few counties in
the State have been able to make . a
more satisfactory sale at so low an
interest rate.
These bonds were issued by the
commissioners to take up outstanding
short term notes existing when they
came into office in December, 1926.
It represents a saving in interest rate
since the commissioners have been
paying from five to six per cent on
these short term notes. The bond is
sue in no way makes an increased in
debtedness, but is merely the' taking
care of at a cheaper rate of the debt
which existed. December 1, 1926.
Under the law, the proceeds of the
bonds can be used for no other pur
pose than the-paying off of the short
term notes.
Chicken Thieves Are
Active, Is The Report
Thieves Said To Be Using Cars
And Trucks In Wholesale
Thefts Of Fowls.' ^'
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r From all. reports coming la/ chicken
[thieves are active in certain parts of
the county. It is stated that in var
ious places in Union and Cedar Grove
townships during the past several
I days wholesale thefts of chickens have
been made by thieves traveling in
cars or trucks. At some places nearly
the whole of the farmers’ flocks have
been taken, while in others only a few
chickens.
Nobody seems to have any clue as
to the identity of the thieves, or
where they are taking their haul for
sale.
There have been some instances of
theft of chickens in Asheboro. Lee
M. Kearns not many nights ago took
a pot shot at a thief who carried off
some of his chickens. He had been
missing a few each morning and was
on the look out for the thief. The
thief escaped unhurt, but Mr. Kearns
recovered the chicken which the thief
carried away.
Randolph Federal Cases
Still Tried In Greensboro
Caaes originating: in Randolph
county for trial in federal court will
be tried as. usual in Greensboro, ac
cording to announcement made Fri
day by Judge Johnson J. Hayes, new
ly appointed judge of the middle
North Carolina district of which Ran
dolph is a part. Randolph has been
placed in the Greensboro division of
the new district which includes seven
6ther counties besides Guilford and
Randolph. These cdunties are Ala
mance, Chatham, Lee, Person, Rock
ingham, Caswell and Orange. Court
will convene in Greensboro on first
Mondays in June and December.
Annual Convention Woman’s '
Missionary Society Meets
The annual convention of the Wo
man’s Missionary Society of the
Western North Carolina M. E. Con
ference is in session at Greensboro
tills week. More than 350 delegates
are in attendance at the sessions. One
of the biggest days of the entire ses
sion will be that of today when the
program will be featured by the dis
cussion of young people’s work.
yiVt'y' ‘ ::V—r -0
“King Cotton” Week
King Cotton Week begins May 2nd,
lasting through May «th.
Every woman hi the city is asked
to wear cotton dresses and hose dur
ing the week, and the men are urged
to cooperate by wearing cotton shirts
and socks. This is a part of the en
deavor to bring the South into her
own. We in this section of the South
can not realize conditions in the cot
ton growing sections where men are
out of employment and banks closed.
On Friday afternoon. May 6th,
King Cotton in all his glory will ap
pear on a float on our streets show
ing a bevy of beautiful girls who have
entered the contest in full cotton cost
ume. You must not miss this.
Friday night there will be a picture
on at the Capitol Theatre Shown for
the benefit of our school at which
time the girls winning prizes in the
contest will appear on the stage
wearing their prize dresses and will
be introduced by the King.
The high school girls entering the
contest will please bring their dress
es to the school auditorium Monday
morning, May 2nd.
The local Woman's Club offers
prizes: First prize of $3 for best
spprt; $2 for best sport dress and cot
ton stockings for best house dress.
The Woman’s Federation which
meets at. Durham May 2nd offers
fpur prizes. First prize, $25; second
$15; third and fourth will be cotton
products such as bed spreads, sheets,
pillow cases, towels, hose and dress
goods.
The merchants are cooperating by
showing cotton fabrics of every de
sign, and hosiery during King Cotton
Mrs. John K. Wood
Mrs. Claude Hayworth
Mrs. Chas. Fox, Chm.
Dedicate Church
At Springfield
Next Sunday Is Date Set For Of
ficial Opening Of This New
Friends Church,
Oldest In Community
.
Next Sunday, May 1st, the new
$50,000 building of Springfield
Friends church, one-half mile south of
High Point, and not far distant from
the Randolph county line, will be
dedicated. The day will mark ;jjfe
the church. Samuel A. Hayworth, of
Guilford College, will deliver the
morning message, Dr. Elbert Russell,
of Duke University, and John C.
Thomas, of Baltimore, will speak in
the afternoon. At the evening ses
sion, Rev. Lewis McFarland will
preach.
A meeting for worship was held at
Springfield as early as 1773, but it
was not until 1790 that a regular
meeting place was established there
by authority of the New Garden meet
ing, now Guilford College. Sunday
school was started at Springfield in
1820. Springfield has been called the
“mother of meetings” for from it
have been set off Archdale, Oak For
est, Oak Hill and High Point Friends
meetings.
Springfield has numbered among
its members some of the leading men
and women of North Carolina. Many
of the leading business men of High
Point still hold membership there,
and there are many Randolph county
people who are members of the
church and attend services at the
church.
One List Taker And Two As
sessors For Each Township
Plan To Be Followed.
Worth Co. Assessor
list takers and assessors will be
appointed at the regular meeting of
the board of county commissioners
next Monday, it being the first Mon
day in May. Mr. H. M. Worth was
about a month ago named county as
sessor and will have general super
vision of the work. The plan to be
followed will be the appointment of a
list taker in each township and two
assessors to assist, him in his work.
This is revaluation year and more than
ordinary attention must be given to
A C. Jackson, former sheriff of
Pitt county, is being tried in Super
ior Court at Greenville on charge of
embezzling some $20,000 in county
funds while he was in office.
List Takers Will
Mass
Name
Called Saturday Night For_
Of Naming Candidatea
For Town Offices.
Heavy Registration
More Interest Than Usual
Town Affairs.
Mayor D. B. McCrary has issued a
call for a mass meeting of the citi
zens of the town of Asheboro to be
held in the court house at 8 o'clock
Saturday night, April 30th, for On
purpose of nominating a citizens?
ticket for mayor and town aldermen.
The candidates named at this meeting
will be voted on Tuesday, May 3rd, ia
the municipal election.
It has been the custom for several
years past to name a citizens’ ticket ‘
at a mass meeting of citizens of the
town. These mass meetings have been
held as this one will be, on Saturday
night before the election. Generally,
the chief interest is in the mass meet
ing and very few have paid any at
tention to the election the following
Tuesday.
Many towns and cities in the-Stabs
hold primaries for the nomination of
the municipal candidates, and some of
them hold mass meetings,
mass meetings, however, are
times held two weeks or a week i
of the election.
Registration for the town election
this year has been heavy, probably
the heaviest on record for a munic
ipal election. Whether this predicts
a contest in the mass meeting or ia
the election, or both, is not known.
No announcements have been made as
to who is seeking either the office of
mayor or membership on the hoard
of aldermen. Street talk hsa It that
there will be at least two candidates
for mayor, if not more, and that there
will probably he a contest for seats
on the town council. Some say that
the decision of the mass meeting Sat
urday night will settle the matter,;
while others hold that It will not be
settled until the day of election.
However £his may "be* 'the mayor
has called a mass meeting for Satur
day night and all indications are that
the court house will 1st packed >
§
occasion.
Invitations Are Received
To Farmer School
meet exercises of the Fanner high
school, at Funner, on Thursday, May
6th, at-11 o’clock, in the high school
auditorium. The senior class roll
includes Madge Johnson, Hal J. Bing
ham, Elgie Hopkins, Sallie Pickett,
John W. Morgan and Edna Walker.
Class motto is: “Root, little pig, er
die.” Class colors are blue and whiter
and the class flower is the white reae.
Miss Spivey Entertains
Senior Epworth 1
Randleman, April 25.—The Naoni
Senior Epworth League had a social
at the home of Miss Alise Spivey
April 21st. Many interesting games
were played. Miss Spivey, assisted
by Miss Grace Wright, served delic
ious ice cream and cake. Those pres
ent were: Misses Alise Spivey, Vertio
Upton, Jewel Dennis, Eula Dennis,
Bernice Frasier, Grace Wright, Mary
Russell, Edna Yow, Ruth BryanU
Thelma McElhannon and Measrs.
Philmore Upton, Millard Frasier, Ar
gus Lineberry, Dennis Fox, Format'
Matthews, Kenneth Nelson, Horaear
Lineberry, Charles Cranford, Robert
Wflliams.
Military'Training Camp
Any citizen between the ages of it
and 31 can spend a month at a citi
zen’s military training camp, with
every expense paid by the govern
ment, including railroad fare, clothes
while in camp and every other ex
pense in camp. Comfortable quar
ters are provided, and the experience
is about evenly divided between hard
work and a fine vacation. Mornings
are given to drilling, target practice^
etc; afternoons to athletics, and even
ings to various public meetings, mov
ies, etc. Anyone desiring information
should address Citizen’s Military
Training Camp, Fort Bragg, N. G,
or Major Bruce Craven, Trinity, N. C.
Veteran Methodist
Minister Is Dead
ill
Rev. J. A. Bowles, Former Pa
tor At Randletnan, Died
Monday At Age 69.
—
Rev. J. A. Bowles, aged 60
veteran in service in the tl
North Carolina Methodist E]
Conference, died Monday mot
his home in Greensboro.
Mr.I H " ‘ i H m
at Randleman. This was abi
years arne-ST