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k+*m% W. C. ThWjjhr, M«y 26> 1927 ~
$2.00 A YEAR
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Randolph Co. Farmers
Purebred And t
Although Buyers Here From
Distance Randolph Farmers
Get 40 Per Cent of Cows.
Cattle Auctioned By
Breeders Association
Asheboro Business Men Show
Friendly Spirit Of Coopera
tion In The Sale.
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Randolph county farmers bought
28 head of the purebred and grade
Guernsey cattle sold at auction at the
fair grounds in Asheboro Thursday
afternoon of last week. Thirteen of
this, number were purebreds while 15
were grade cows. All told, 43 pure
breds were sold at the sale and 27
grade cattle, bringing the total to 70.
The purebreds brought a total of
$5,560 and grades $2,438.50, making a
grand total of $7,998.50. Prices
ranged from $25 for a calf to $300 for
a purebred registered Guernsey cow.
TJie cow which brought this latter fig
ure was Queen Marguerite of Easter,
consigned by W. C. Fleming, of
Greensboro, and which won second
prize at the Central Carolina Fair, at
Greensboro, in 1926. This cow was
purchased for the Forsyth county
home.
Following are the names of the pur
chasers of the purebred Guernseys
and the number of animals bought by
each: J. T. Bowman, Liberty, 2; J. K.
Wilson, High Point, 3; D. F. Allred,
Asheboro, 1; Klondike Farms, Elkin,
7; F. W, Sharp, The Plains, Va., 4;
C. H. Gilliam, Woodleaf, 2; R. W.
Zimmerman, Lox, 4; S. L. Adams,
Randleman, 3; Mendenhall brothers,
High Point, 2; R. W. Fuller, Farmer,
1; B. S. Lawrence, Seagrove, 2; R. R.
Auman, Steeds, 1; Geo. Sockwell,
Gibsonville, 1; H. F. Bolden, Mocks
ville, 2; Madison Hammond, Farmer,
1; A. M. McClamrock, Mocksville, 1;
A. Auman, Seagrove, 1; Arthur Ross,
Asheboro, 1; O. W. Hines, McLeans
ville, 1; M. L. Hanes, Lexington, 2.
It will be noted from the names and
places of residence of the buyers that
the buying was not confined alone tb
Randolph county farmers. Prospect
ive and actual buyers were here from
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Union Song Service
In Asheboro Sunday
Number Of Prof. Fentriss’ Stu
What is to be known as the Central
Union Song Service will be held in
the court house in' Asheboro Sunday
afternoon, beginning at 2 o’clock, un*
der the direction of Prof. A. M. Fen- j
triss, of Pleasant Garden, one of the
best known teachers of singing in the
Piedmont section of North Carolina.
Those who will take part in the pro
gram include the students at the
Asheboro Holiness and Friends
churches that have been taught by
Prof. Fentriss; the Fentriss Ran
dolph male quartette of about 80
voices; male quartette from the Glen
wood M. EL church, Greensboro; choir
of Marlboro Friends church; Coltrane
brothers quartette, of near High
Point; class from a church four miles
north of Julian; Worth Reynolds, the
six-year-old boy alto singer; Joe Col
trane, age 16, first bass of the Col
trane brothers quartette; duet, "whis
pering Hope,” by Misses Eula Hockett
and Resa Marley, of near Pleasant
Garden.
The public is invited to attend this
singing. No admission fee will be
charged. Piano which will be used
will be furnished ,by the Freeland
Piano Company, of Greensboro.
Union Township Man Is
Severely Cut In Fight
According to news reaching Ashe
boro, Ben Bean, of Union township,
was severely cut about the face and
body in an altercation Sunday night
at the home of Ezekiel Lucas, near
Pisgah, with Jonah Lucas and Bernice
Lucas. Bean suffered a broken nose,
several stabs in the back, cuts on the
body and a finger almost severed. Ber
nice Lucas is said to have wielded the
knife. Warrants have been sworn out
against both Bernice and Jonah Lu
cas, but whether any arrests have
beat made is- not known at this time/
York And PresneU Give
Calf To Children’s Home
Dr. Allman and Mr, Dixon accom
panied by four boys of the Methodist
Protestant Children’s Home, of High
Point, were in Asheboro for the cat
tle sale last week. While here they
purchased from PresneU and York
two splendid milk cows and were de
lighted to have these gentlemen give
The Home a beautiful Holstein heifer.
Through the courtesy of Mr. Lacy S.
Lewis the cattle were delivered by
truck direct to the Home.
W. A. Gregory Is Opening {
Carthage Store This Week
Mr. W. A Gregory is adding an
other link to his chain of stores by
opening a store in Carthage this week.
The new store will be the fifth store
in the chain of stores, the others be
ing in Asheboro, Randleman, Troy
and Siler City. Mr. Gregory moved
to Asheboro from Smithflek), where
his brother has a store which is one
. of a chain of store.
East AmI West Is
The Game Played
By This Apple Tree
An apple tree which bears fruit
one year on its west side and the next
on the east side is the curiosity on
the farm of J. W. Johnson on High
Point, Route 5. The tree has been
bearing fruit in this unique manner
ever since it has been of bearing age.
This year the fruit is on the east
side. The tree is of the York Imper
ial stock, and aside from the novelty
of bearing fruit first on onfe side and
then on the other is normal in every
way and the fruit is of the usual size
and flavor. Many have seen the tree,
as did The Courier representative last
week, but none have been able to ex
plain its peculiar way of bearing
fruit.
Mr. Johnson, by the way, is a suc
cessful truck farmer. He has realiz
ed this year $300 from an acre of
cabbage alone and has sold already
this season $600 worth of plants of
different varieties. These activities
are in addition to his other truck
projects and represent only a small
part of the returns from his fanning
during the span of a year.
Carolina Alumni
Form Association
Met Here Friday Night And Or
ganized Randolph County
Alumni Association.
Officers Are Elected
A dozen or more alumni of the
University of North Carolina met in
the court house in Asheboro Friday
night and organized the Randolph
County Alumni Association of the
University of North Carolina. J.
Harper Erwin, Jr., of Franklinville,
was named president; H. M. Robins,
of Asheboro, vice president; and T. A.
Burns, of Asheboro, secretary and
treasurer. Local dues were fixed at
$1 pier year and $3 per year general
alumni dues.
A constitution was adopted at the
meeting Friday night, setting out the
purposes and aims of the association
and laying down the rules by which
JaaiMi>*g«g
ear'mrfMPMnMQ induce
the perpetuation of the friendships
formed in collegiate days, the pro
moting of the welfare of the Uni
versity and the general alumni asso
ciation and the promotion of educa
tion in general..
The time for the next meeting is
October 12th, subject, however, to a
call meeting in the meantime on the
pleasure of the president. The exe
cutive committee of the association
will be composed of the officers and
five other members of the association
who will be selected by the president.
There are 60 alumni of the Univer- .
sity in the county. „
Funeral of an Infant
Funeral services for Elma May
Edwards, infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Elma Edwards, who died early
Saturday morning, were conducted
from the home of its grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Glasgow, on lib
erty, R. F. D., by Rev. M. B. Stewart,
Sunday. Interment was made in the
Shiloh church cemetery.
Crops
In East Almost
Ruined By Dry Weather
J. M. Deaton, of Liberty, has reoent
ly returned home from a trip to Wil
mington and other points in the east
ern part of the State. He states that
from his observation truck crops in
eastern Carolina are practically
ruined by the dry weather, it hot hav
ing rained in that section for nearly
two iponths. He saw acre upon acre
of lettuce that had dried up, and
bean vines that had turned yellow
from the drpught Mr. Deaton on his
trip Went through several counties in
eastern Carolina and also those along
the Carolina-Virginia State lines. In
these counties along the State line
he found the wheat crop damaged and
very much less promising than the
crop, in Randolph and adjoining
counties. ■ 11
Legion Auxiliary Will
Enterttin Legionnaires
On next Monday afternoon the
"Dixon Post" of American Legion
will be honor guests at a-picnic it the
city park. The Legion Auxiliary will
be hostesses upon this occasion. If
the weather is inclement
ments have been made at the
Hotel. The grfcves of the war
ans in the local cemetery will be dec
1 be of
orated after the program will
interest
Mrs. Nona Cameron, of Liberty, is
in a hospital in Greensboro under
sickness,
going treatment for sleeping i
skill. Latest report! that* there
is no change in her condition. She as*
yet shows fo signs of awakening from
the sleep which began lkst Saturday.
The new hard surface highway be
tween Greensboro and High Point was
opened to the public with appropriate
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Gray’s Chapel fiost
To Asheboro C. of C.
Second Good Fellowship Meeting
Held There Tuesday Night.
With Large Crowd.
Several Talks Made
Cooperation Between Town And
Country Stressed.
The second of the “Good Fellow
ship” meetings to be held in the
county by the Asheboro Chamber of
Commerce was held Tuesday night in
the auditorium of the Gray’s Chapel
consolidated school. Despite the hot
weather, the auditorium was filled to
capacity by citizens of the community
together with several of the Asheboro
people who accompanied the speakers
from town for the occasion.
C. C. Cranford, president of the
chamber of commerce, called the meet
ing to order and presided over its de
liberations. He explained the purpose
of the “Good Fellowship” meetings,
stating that they were in main for the
purposes implied in the name and in
no sense were held to boost Asheboro
but for the welfare of the county as
a whole.
Mr. Cranford was followed by Dr.
M. G. Edwards, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, who discussed
the relation of the town with the
rural sections. He pointed out that
the welfare and growth of the one
was dependent upon the other.
E. S. Millsaps, Jr., county agent,
was the next speaker. He spoke
chiefly on the relation which should
exist between the business men of
Asheboro and the farmers of the
county. He stressed some of the
phases of farming which in his opin
ion are best for the county. He urged
upon his audience that the program
which he set some time ago for the
county was the best and that when it
was consummated the farmers of the
county would be financially independ
ent. This program has for its goal
two brood sows, five dairy cattle and
100 hens on every farm. To show that
Randolph ranks high among the coun
ties of the state in different phases of
farming, Mr. Millsaps quoted some
interesting and instructive statistics.
Rev. J. E. Pritchard followed Mr.
Millsaps and spoke for several min
utes on the relation that should exist
between the people of the town and
country, showing that both had inters
ests in common and that the one could
not exist without the.other. \
Music for the occasion wsb furnish
ed by the string band from Gray’s
Chapel and by . the Asheborq.. orches
tra. These two delighted the large
crowd present with several selections.
Little Jack Byrd
Severely Injured
Sustained Internal Injuries In
Automobile Wreck At Siler
City Tuesday.
Jack Byrd, three-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. 0. Byrd, formerly of
Asheboro, but now of Siler City
where Mr. Byrd is mdhager of the
W. A. Gregory store, is suffering
from internal injuries, and Douglas
Crotts, 4-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Crotts, of Siler City,
had his leg broken Tuesday when a
touring car owned and driven by
Percy Morgan, of Farmer, Randolph
county, collided head-on with a Ford
truck driven by a negro, in Siler City.
Indications are, according to the
report from Siler City, that the Mor
gan car was not being driven at a
rapid rate of speed. The truck driver
in front of Mr. Morgan's car made a;
left turn and failed to indicate his
action, throwing his car directly in
front of Morgan's car. The impact
forced the car into an adjoining yard
where the Crotts child sat on a box
several feet from the road.
Mr. Morgan and his sister and Mrs.
Byrd in the car also escaped with
minor bruises. Both cars were badly
wrecked. v
Poppy Sale Saturday
In commemoration of the great
World War the American Legion Aux*
iliary will sell poppies on the streets
of Asheboro Saturday, May 28. Every
body is urged to purchase a poppy,
thereby contributing to the auxiliary.
The fund will bp sent to Oteen for the
support of a soldier who has been
adopted by the local auxiliary.
Merchants First Auction
Sale, Monday, June 6th
The Merchants Association of
Asheboro is planning to conduct to
auction sale for the farmers of the
county every first Monday in Ashe
borft Entries for the sale are being
made at the office of the Asheboro
Printing Company on Depot street.
Under the arrangement, any farmer
in the. county may enter any article
on the farm which he has to sell,
bring the article entered to Asheboro
on each first Monday and it will be
auctioned off to the highest bidder for
him without any charge whatsoever.
Already such articles as cows, furni
ture, and the like have been listed for
the auction! It is stated that next
week. an. advertisement will appear in
these columns listing the articles to be
sold gt the auction, and also giving
the hour and place of sale. The first
sale will he on Monday, June 6.
The week ending May 20, there
were 1,618 cases of measles in North
Carolina, 582 of whooping cough,« 44
of smallpox, 18 of scarlet fever, and
9 of typhoid fever.
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AsheboroSchool Wins C
Gating On List
After seven* twm of strenuous en
deavor the Aidiahnrn elementary
school has «t last received the distinct
honor of becoming a State accredited
school and being placed n the list of
first class schoote in the State.
The following is the State grouping:
of accredited “Schools: Group I,
Class A; Group I, Class B; Group II,
Class A; Group II, Class B.
Previous to this year the ele
mentary school of Asheboro was not
even recognized as an accredited
school due to the fact that there was
lacking certain kinds of school equip
ment required by the State Depart
ment of Education. A few weeks
ago the State Inspector of .Elementary
Schools inspected the Asheboro ele
mentary grades, Following her ex
amination the Asheboro elementary
school was placed on the accredited
list. Due to the fact that the equip
ment which was gotten this year had
not been used for the full school year,
our rating for the balance of this
year is Group I,f Class B. At the
opening of school next fall our school
will be recognized *8 a Group I, Class
A. school. This is the highest-rating
that is given to 'apy school in the
State. There ar$ only about 35
schools in the entire State that have
complied with the requirements of
the State for Group I, Class A.
The requirements for an accredited
school Group I, Class A are:
Given Hearing On '
Charge Of Assault
Grows Out Of Auto Accident In
Which Little Ridge Girl
Was Injured.
May Drop Charge .
Harold D. Phillips, instructor at
Catawba College and organist at
Pinehurst, was bound over to Superior
Court in a hearing before Justice H.
M. Worth Monday morping on a
charge of assault .with deadly weapon
as the result of an automobile accident
on South Fayetteville street near the
First National Bank building in Ashe
boro, Friday afternoon about 4 o’clock.
Bond was fixed at $400 which the de
fendant readily gave.
The accident happened when Mr.
Phillips started to change gears on
a new Chrysler, cy-ja which he was
riding and whidW^Was not accust
omed to driving. In attempting to
shift from low to second, he put the
gears in reverse and backed into a
Ford coupe in which little Frances
Ridge, four-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Ridge, was riding
with her grandfather, Mr. J. S. Ridge,
and his wife. The little girl was
thrown against the windshield and
suffered a severe cut on the face from
the broken glass. She was immedi
ately rushed to Memorial hospital
where the wound was dressed.
Charge of reckless driving against
Mr. Phillips was dismissed when he
agreed to pay cost of repair to Mr.
Ridge’s car and to pay the hospital
bill of the little girl. It was explained
to Mr. Phillips that there Was no ill
feeling toward him on the part of thei
parents or grandfather of the child
and that there was no disposition on
their part to prosecute him. Assur
ance was given that ini case the child
recovered nicely the matter would not
go to Superior Court but would be
dismissed. The bond was made only
as a precautionary measure in case
serious developments should arise in
the condition of the little girl.
Mrs. Fruza Spencer Dies
At Her Home In Richland
Mrs. Fruza Spencer, widow of Jor
dan Spencer, died at' her home in
Richland township last Wednesday at
the age of seventy-five years. Mrs.
Spencer was originally from Union
township. She was twice married, the
first time to Mr. Nathaniel Steed, of
Randleman. She was married the
second time to Mr. Jordan Spencer
about two years ago, There are jio
children by either marriage. Mrs.
Spencer was of sturdy, honorable
parentage and was a conscientious
Christian woman. She is survived by
no immediate relatives except the
following step children: Rev. Charles
Spencer, of Halifax county; Thomas
Spencer and Miss Fearle Spencer, of
High Point; Mrs. C. C. McNeil,' and
Mrs. Oscar Lawrence, Seagrove; Mr.
J. L. Spencer, Gibsonville.
The funeral was conducted by Rev.
D. I. Gamer at Why Not church, after
which burial followed.
Asheboro Lease Game
Last Saturday at Central - Falls
Asheboro lost an eleven-inning game
of ball to the Central Falls nine by
the score of 11 to 10. Hoffman and
G. McDonald did dm heavy stick
work for Central Falls, while J. Cox
and Cranford hit hard for Asheboro.
Batteries were, Asheboro, Kivett and
Cranford; Central Falls,-Alfred, Mc
Donald and Poole.
Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, assistant
secretary of the treasury in charge of
prohibition enforcement, resigned last
Friday and was succeeded by Seymour
Lowman, former lieutenant governor
of New York. At the same time, Roy
A Haynes, acting prohibition com
missioner, resigned and was succeeded
by 'Dr. J. M. Doran.
!o veted Goal In
Of Accredited Schools
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1. Sevan year course of study.
2. Length of term 9 months or 180
days.
3. Number of teachers at least 14
whole time teachers.
4. Qualifications of teachers—Ma
jority must hold primary and gram
mar grade certificate*. No teacher
shall hold a certificate lower than an
elementary class A.
5. Attendance—At last 460 pupils
in average daily attendance. The
number of pupils per teacher should
not exceed 40 in average daily at
tendance.
6. Requirements for completion of
a standard elementary school must
include satisfactory completion of the
prescribed seven year course of study
in Reading, English (including
Language and Spelling) and Arith
metic, Geography, Grades 4-7, History
grades 6-7; Civics grade 7; Elemen
tary Science grade 7. The suggested
minimum amount of time must be de
voted to health and physical educa
tion, Writing, Music and Drawing in
all grades.
7. Equipment—
A. At least three sets of supple
mentary readers (20 copies in a set)
for each grade.
B. Required number of maps and a
globe at least 12 inches in diameter.
C. Dictionaries owned by all pu
pils in grades 4-7 or at least two
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Philip E Hammer
Dies In Iredell
Born In Randolph County July
12, 1850—Moved Away
While Still A Boy.
Buried At Concord
Philip Madison Hammer died at the
home of his son, J. Tildon Hammer, at
Stony Point, in Iredell county, on the
night of May 20, 1927. He was bom
July 12, 1850. He married Miss Gil
ley Christerpherson in 1875, who died
four years ago next August.
The living children are J. Tildon
Hammer, Stony Point; George Milton
Hammer, Mocksville; Thomas Gib
son Hammer, Taylorsville; David Wil
son Hammer, Alexander county; and
Lillie Hammer Meisemore, wife of
William Meisemore, of Alexander
county.
^rhe*funeral and burial services
were at Concord Baptist church, the
funeral sermon having been preached
by Rev. Jeff Bumgarner, who was
bom the same year of the deceased
and went to school with him when they
were both boys.
The deceased ^was bom in Randolph
county but when a small boy he went
with his father to Johnson county,
Tennessee, where he lived in 1855 and,
1857, when the family moved to Ire
dell county, North Carolina, where he
has since lived. The deceased was a
farmer all his life but was interested
in the industrial development of Alex
ander county and he was one of the
first stockholders in a cotton mill and
roller flour mill in Taylorsville.
Young Aviator Flies
Across Atlantic Ocean
Makes Distance Of 3,600 Miles
In 33 Vi Hours, Average 113
Miles Per Hour.
Captain Charles Lindberg, young
American aviator, who hopped off in
a monoplane from New York City
Friday morning, landed in Le Bourget,
France, Saturday night, having flown
across the Atlantic ocean in 33 1-2
hours. The route he took was about
3,600 miles in length and his average
speed was 113 miles an hour. This
was the first non-stop flight ever
made between the two continents,
North America and Europe, and the
longest non-stop flight ever made in
the history of aviation. Lindberg was
given an ovation in France as great
as any man ever received for any
achievement.
' Lindberg’s successful flight came
about ten days after the unsuccessful
attempt of two French fliers to cross
the ocean, flying from Le Bourget to
New York. These aviators have not
been ihwuxi from since their take-off
in France and the general opinion is
that they were forced down some
where in the sea and were drowned or
died from exposure.
Build Warehouse For Veneer
What is said to be the largest and
most modern warehouse for the -stor
age of veneer in the South is the one
just completed in High Point for
Harry Raymond by Lyndon and
Frasier, building contractors, of
Sophia. Besides fumishitig room for
tiie storage of large quantities of ve
neer the building furnishes space for
six offices.
Hurt In Car Accident
Raeford Robbins sustained several
cuts And bruises Sunday when he was
thrown through the windshield of a
car in which he was riding with sev
eral others on the Farmer highway
when one of the front wheels ran off.
In connection with the accident,
Robert Keeling, young Asheboro
white man, was put in jail after^ a
hearing before Justice Hal M. Worth
on charge of operating a car while
under the influence of whiskey.
Rev. J. E. Pritchard
To Deliver Sermon
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Will Preach Commencement
Sermon In Auditorium Sun*
day Night.
Churches To Cooperate
Graduating Exercises Are Fri
day Evening, June 3.
The commencement season of the
Asheboro city schools, which began
last) week with music recitals Thurs
day evening and Friday evening by
the music classes of Miss Bertie May
and Miss Nannie Bulla, will be con
tinued in the commencement sermon
Sunday evening, May 29, in the high
school auditorium, by Rev. J. E.
Pritchard, pastor of the Asheboro M.
P. church. There will be no services
at the 8 o’clock hour in any of the
town churches in order that the peo
ple may have an opportunity to at
tend the exercises at the school audi
torium.
Following the commencement ser
mon, on Thursday evening, June 2,
will be the class exercises, and on
Friday evening, June 3, will be the
graduating exercises. The graduat
ing class this year numbers 32.
The annual literary address will be
delivered June 3 by Dr. W. A. Harper,
president of Elon College. A large
crowd is expected to hear Dr. Harper
on this occasion.
Small Child Of Prof.
Mactdbx Killed In Wreck
The small child of Prof, and Mrs.
D. E. Maddox was fatally injured
Tuesday afternoon when Mr. Mad
dox's car was wrecked on Highway
No. 10, near Connelly Springs. Mr.
Maddox had been driving his car only
a short time and in some way lost
control of his machine which left the
road and turned over. His wife and
two'other children escaped with minor
injuries and Mr. Maddox was prac
tically uninjured, but the baby, which
suffered a broken jaw bone, diemwhile
being taken to a hospital in Gastonia
for special attention.
Prof. Maddox, formerly superin
tendent of the Asheboro schools, is
head of the Morganton school, and
has been elected superintendent of the
city schools at Thomasville for next
year.
Alfred Thomas Coble, 68,
Dies At Home Near Liberty
of Liberty, Thursday morning: after
an illness dit several months. Mr.
Coble was a prosperous farmer of his
community.
Surviving: are his wife, Mrs. Ida
Coble, and the following children: P.
W. Coble, Miles City, Mont.; Mrs. C.
B. Cox, Liberty; Mrs. J. F. Allred,
Staley; Mrs. James Shepard, Lib
erty; Mrs. Lee Staley, Liberty; Clar
ence Coble, Troutman; Miss Edna
Coble, Staley; Floto Coble, Clay to
Coble, Miss Jessie Coble, Millard
Coble, Herbert Coble and Elvin Coble
residing at home; three brothers, H.
M. Coble, Broken Bow, Neb.; John
and Lillie Coble, of California, and
three sisters, Mrs. Ella Welch, Pitts
boro; Mrs. Callie Byrd and Mrs. Al
fred York, Randolph county.
Filling Station Owner
Victim Of Hold Up Men
Sherman Harrelson, who operates
a filling station on Highway 77 just
north of Sophia, was held up and
robbed of $100 in cash by three uni
dentified young men traveling in an
automobile about four o’clock Monday
morning. Harrelson was called out
of bed early Monday morning by the
young men on the pretext of a gaso
line purchase. When he reached the
car in which the young men were a
pistol was shoved in his face and he
was relieved of the money which he
had in his pockets. No clue has been
obtained as to the identity of the
robbers. '
C. H. Horthcutt Dead
C. H. Northcutt, 37, native of Ran
dolph. county, died in a sanatorium in
Western North Carolina Monday
night. Funeral was held Wednesday
morning at the home of Mrs. North
cutt's father on High Point, Route 4,
and the body taken to Christian Un
ion church, Randolph county, for in
terment. Mr. Northcutt lived in High
Point some time after leaving Ran
dolph county, but nine years ago
moved to West Virginia where he re
sided until he entered the sanatorium.
A report comes from Julian, Ne
braska, which tells of the efforts to
kill out a horde of African ants that
live on wood. The report says they
eat away the sills of rite houses leav
ing hollow shells. Ceynidp gas, pois
on, kerosene and other weapons have
been unsuccessfully used in a fight
to exterminate yiese African ants.
Mrs. William J. EHis Dead
Mrs. Dolly Lowe Ellis, A, widow
of William J* Ellis, who died at her
home in Winston-Salem Monday, was
a native of Virginia. Her husband,
who died nine yean ago, was candi
date for Congress against John H.
Henderson in the Seventh North
Carolina district, Ellis living in Davie
county at that time Surviving Mrs.
Ellis are three sons, W. B. Ellis,
Winston-Salem, T. J. Ellis, of Davie
county, and R. Lee Ellis, of Asheville;
and one daughter, Mrs. Ralph Ramer,
of Anderson, S. C.
Assessment Is On
An Equitable Basis
List Takers Are Tnrteg T» Get
AD Property OnBooks At
Fair Value.
No favors Are Given
Appears All Classes Are Base
Treated Alike.
In view of the fact that various t
sundry statements have been at
with reference to the tax listing >
reassessment of real estate in pe
ress in every township in the
this newspaper has taken it upon it
self to look into the matter in as ef
fort to arrive at the facts. As far as
can be ascertained, the tax 'aeaean
ment in Randolph is proceeding on s
fair basis with reference to all el
of property. No favors should
given any one class over another
the valuing of personal property
real estate, and investigation i
that this is not being done any
in the county.
It is the expressed purpose
those in charge of the
of property in the county to gc
real estate on the books on an
able basis. It has been eight
since real estate was assessed in
Randolph. Four years ago the as
sessment put on four years prior to
that time was retained. It wiM fca
recalled that after the reassessmoA
eight years ago a flat cut of 30 per
cent was made on real estate
as shown by the tax abstracts,
cut was not made by several
counties in the State with the
that Randolph found her valuei
er than several counties which she 1
previously led in value of real estate.
This reassessment eight years age
was carried out with the purpose of
fairly and honestly arriving at values
in the county. There.may have been
some inequalities as there alwaps are
in matters of this kind. Where in
equalities seemed to have existed in
many instances they have been er
will be righted and it is one of
purposes of the present
as far as this newspaper can
tain, to.-right any that may now i
It may be that in some
town lots were not assessed as high
as they should be. But the present
reassessment as far as Asheboxe in
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Randleman Finals
ju BegjnN^t.J|Bndar
Dr. R. Murphy Williams WiH de
liver Commencement Ser
mon, 29th.
The commencement exercises at \
Randleman school will begin
afternoon, May 29, at 2:30 «’dadc
with the annual sermon by Dr. JL
Murphy Williams, of Gaeensbam.
Tuesday evening, May 31, the primary
department will present an mrirtln.
“On Midsummer Day." On Wafam
day, June 1, at 8 o’clock the inter
mediate and grammar grades wiM
render a play, “The Merry Mix-np.*
On Monday night, May 30, at S
o’clock, the recitation contest in i
ten high school girls will take
will be held. Thursday night, 'HI*
End of the Lane,” annual
play will be presented. This p
the only part of the finals for
an admission fee will be cha
The debating contest will be hell
at 10 o’clock Friday morning. 1* fl*
afternoon of the same day, Dr. S. HL
Turrentine, president of
College, will deliver the annual j
ary address. Graduating
will be held Friday evening .at M
o’clock. The graduating am
bers 15, ten girls and five boya. 1k
ercises will be held in the new
torium.
Official Recognition For
Extension Of Highway €2
the
Randolph county people were ;
the assurance several weeks
the extension of Highway G2
Asheboro to Albemarle would W As
next State highway project for the
county. Last week official
zance was given this route by
definite decision of the State .
commission to extend the route,
road will probably cross the Ta
river at or near Stokes Feny
and will run between Denton and
dorado instead of turning north
going through Denton,
will probably be made with the
proposed Thomasville to Troy
way, another project definitely
upon at the State highway cor*
meeting last week.
Tdwnslup S. S.
Brower Township Sunday
Convention will he held atilt. _
church on .Sunday, June 1, 19X7,
ginning at 2:00 o'clock. An
ing program is being prepai
all Sunday schools of the
are urged to have-J
tion present.
—■WALTER COX, Ptea.
FLETCHER HAYES,’
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Card of
Wo wish tl
The Courier tc
of Randleman
many deeds
during the
our dear father, G. F.
God’s richest blessings
and everyone.-—Iff*
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