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Aahebor*, ». C, Th«mUy, June 9, 1927
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Dr. Jay Delivers
Literary Address
^‘MyWodaJtaa My Place In
This World” Subject Of In- y.
spiring Speech.
27 Are Graduated
While Three Students Are Pre
sented Certificates. ‘
The commencement exercises of
Asheboro High School came to a close
last Friday evening with the grad
uating exercises.
On Thursday evening the class ex
ercises were held in the auditorium.
On this occasion the program was as
follows: President’s address, “Thp
Value of a High School Education,”
Lawrence Hammond; Class History,
Jtene Kearns; Class Statistics, Mar
garet Shelton; Class Poem, Kat§.
Whatley; "Class Will, Virginia Hen
dricks; Prophecy, Beatrice Lowder
milk;.and song, "Our Old High,”
class. /
The exercises Thursday evening
were opened with the singing ef
"America” by the audience, followed
by .titte invocation by Rev. B. Ig. Mor
ris, .pastor of the .local Baptist church,
.after which Miss Pauline. Steed deliv'
•ered the Salutatory. Dr. E. L. Mof
fitt then introduced the speaker of the
evening, Dr. W. ,M. Jay, of Elon Col
lege, who, in a pleasing manner, de
livered an interesting and instructive
address on the subject, “My World
and My Place In This World.”
Dr. lay said that the worlds of dif-!
ferenl people vary in size to an amaz- j
ing degree. He told a jeke of a young;
fellow who had never been more than j
a few miles from home until the
World War came and he hoarded the
train for an army camp. As the cars
sped over miles and mites of territory,
the young soldier was amazed and ex
claimed, “Well, if the world is as big
’tother as it is this way, it is a whopp
er.” That young man’s world had
been small indeed. Very different,
thought the speaker, is the world of
young Charles Lindbergh, utoo recent
ly crossed the Atlantic'in a non-stop
air flight. Dr. Jay told the graduates
that tee achievements of their gener
ation will consist in performing the
seemingly impossible, feats such as
Lindbergh has performed.
Following Dr. Jay’s address, Super
intendent R. J. Bilker presented dip
lomas to twenty-seven young people
I certificates to
the completion Uf sixteen units of
Work and entities the student to enter
any college in the state without ex- j
amination. The certificate is riven
for the completion of fifteen units of
the required subjects. Those receiv- j
ing diplomas were as follows: Misses .
Johnsie Adkins, Hazel Boling, Ruth
Cooper, Mae Cooper, Jacksie Brooks,:
Lola Briles, Edna Holder, Virginia]
Hendricks, Margaret DeMarcos,
Gladys Hall, Irene Kearns, Esther
Lowdennflk, Beatrice Lowdermilk,1
Lola Luck, Althea Presnell, Margaret
Shelton, Pearl Sykes, Pauline Steed,
Kgte Whatley, and Grace Wright, and
Messrs. Henry and Albion Armfield,
Lawrence Hammond, Ralph Humble,
Robert Johnson, Wiley Jones, and
Carl Rush. {
Those receiving certificates were
Misses Christine Miller, Pauline Phil
lips, and Avis Stout.
Following the presentation of di
plomas, the class sang “The Last
Goodbye”, and Miss Jacksie Brooks
delivered the valedictory.
All the exercises were attended by
large audiences.
The term just dosed has been one
of the most successful in the history
of Asheboro school.
Graduates At Oak Ridge
Mr. Jack Aldridge, son of Mr. and |
Mrs. J. M. Aldridge, of Millboro, was j
a member of the graduating class at
Oak Ridge Institute this spring. Mr.;
Aldridge graduated with highest hon
ors, making the highest grades t
throughout the year of any student in
the college and being the only one in
the entire school who got on the honor!
roll every month during the school
year. Mr.
Two Members Of Class Of 1861 Meet For
First Time In Many Years At Class Reunion
township, Ban*
i. Molly White
representatives
Bonding Company Makes A Fall
Settlement Cranford*s Shortage
Representatives of the Fidelity
and Casualty Company of New Yorkr
surety for J. Free Cranford, default
ing sheriff of Randolph county, came
before the board of commissioners in
regular session in Asheboro Monday
ar-l made settlement of Mr. Cranford’s
shortage. The check which the bond
ing company presented the board of
commissioners was for $20,857, mad
included the following items: Short
age of 1924 tax settlement, $3,854.26;
suurtage of 1925 tax settlement, $15,
907.44; interest on both items from
the date on which these should have
been settled according to law to the
present; $250 to compensate the coun
ty for the collection of the taxes un
collected by Mr. Cranford and which
are now outstanding.
Settlement was made on the basis
of the audit made last January by Mr.
Fred J. Phillips, representing A. T.
Allen A Company, which audit was
officially accepted by both the county
commissioners and by the bonding
company. There is no truth in the
rumor that settlement was made by
the bonding company oh basis of
their own figures. Representatives of
the bonding company have stated
from time to time that the audit
made of the defaulting sheriffs ac
counts was one of the best prepared
of any audit they had been privileged
to see anywhere at any time.
The settlement made Monday
brought to an end the series of ne
gotiations which have been in process
some time between the county com
missioners and the Fidelity and Cas
Hearty Response
To Prize Offers
Several Randolph Folks Send In
Large And Small Eggs To
Compete.
Three Freak Eggs
The three cash prizes which were
offered by G. P. Pritchard, A. O.
Ferree and Covington and Prevost
groceries for eggs and cabbage last
week brought a good list from which
the judges made their decisions.
Mr. A. 0. Ferree offered $2.00 for
toe Urgestc^M»ge. ^frhis was «ward^
bage.’ Mr. G. P. Pritchard offered two
dollars for the largest egg. Miss Let
tie Cheek, of Franklinville, and Cur
tis Lineberry, of Ramseur, sent in
the largest eggs which weighed ex
actly the same and the owners were
consequently presented with one dol
lar each.
Thirteen small eggs were sent to
Covington-Prevost, twelve of which
totalled a weight of one-fourth of a
pound, the other egg being larger was
thrown out of the contest. The aver
age weight of a dozen eggs is 26
ounces. The smallest egg was sent in
by Miss Donly Spinks, Randleman,
Route 2, and she was the successful
winner of the prize. The second and
third smallest eggs were sent in by
Mr. S. A. Pickett, Asheboro, Route 3,
and Gordon Hall, Asheboro. Two
freak eggs are worthy of note, being
in the shape of twin eggs. One of
them was exhibited by Mrs. Horace
Edgerton and was the product of a
Rhode Island red hen. The other
freak egg was brought in by A. 0.
Ferree.
Congress To Convene In .
Special Session In Fall
Congress 'will be called in special
session some time between October 1st
and October 16th, next, according to
Senator Smoot, of Utah, yesterday
afternoon following a conference with
President Coolidge. Among the mat
ters which will be considered at the
special session, according: to Senator
Smoot, will be the deficiency bill, tax
legislation and flood control measures,
and a running start generally gotten
on legislation before the beginning of
the regular session in December.
detents of their achool life.
The modern methods of transporta
tion end light offer to the two elass
the greatest contrast to their
days at coilesre. Candles, carriages
and tiny grates as former methods of
light, transportation and heat aid still
fresh in the memory of these aluijmae.
They tell intereeting stories of the
that each gW had made at
for her study at Greensboro
i College, and also of the tiny
in their rooms, lighted ; eiaeh
tog up at the enrhof * the college
even a devoted sweetheart f-~.
Today at an age of 87 years, their
affection and loyalty to the college
IfW
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ualty Company of New York. Offers
of settlement had been Jnada at pro
| vious times, tut these offers carried
1 with them seme terms of oompnomise
to which the hoard of commissioners
| refused to agree. Thus settlement in
chaties a fell and complete satis fiae
' tion of any and all liability of any
nature or kind whatsoever of J. Free
Cranford arising out of or connected
with duties imposed on him by law as
'sheriff of Randolph county for Ms
■ term of office beginning December 1,
; 1924, and in foil for all moneys com
ing into Ms hands in Ms official du
ties.
I Uncollected taxes, amounting to
' some twelve or fifteen thousand dol
lars, will be collected by Sheriff J. A.
i Brady, the bonding company having
1 provided for the expense of the col
1 lection. The uncollected receipts will
he placed in the hands of Sheriff
Brady within the next few days and
he will proceed to make collection of
taxes due the county.
It will be recalled that Sheriff J.
Free Cranford resigned Ms office at
: a meeting of the commissioners on
January 12, 1927, an office for which
he had not qualified after his election
in November, 1926. The commission
ers made several attempts prior to
Ms resignation and afterwards to ef
fect settlement of the money due the
county, money which the audit showed
had been collected and not accounted
for. The commissioners were unsuc
cessful in their efforts, and then call
ed on Mr. Cranford’s surety to make
good on their bond.
Mrs. Pearl Yowls
DeadAtSeagrove
Passed Away Tuesday Following
Short Illness With Double J
pneumonia.
Funeral Yesterday
Mr?. Pearl Russell Yow, aged 33,
wile of John C. Yow, died at her
home in Seagrove Tuesday from dou
ble pneumonia following measles.
She was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Russell, both of whom
survive. Mrs Yow was a most esti
mable Christian woman. She was the
see<w* wife «f hkr husband, her sister
She was the aunt and stepmother
of the following: Frank, Robert,
Worth, Henry and Billy Yow. She
had one son, Ray, who, with his
father and the above named stepsons,
survive. She is survived also by the
following sisters and brothers: Misses
Mattie, Bertha and Lena Russell, all
of Seagrove; Mrs. Della Auman, Sea
grove; Mrs. Ina Ingold, Henderson,
Va.; and Messrs. Charles, Cecil, Clyde
and Lane Russell, Seagrove; and Carl
and Romie Russell, of Indiana.
The funeral service was conducted
by Rev. Mr. Davis, of High Point, at
the family burial plot in Seagrove
yesterday morning. A large crowd
of sorrowing relatives and friends
assembled to pay the last tributes of
respect to * this beloved and conse
crated woman.
Babies For Adoption
Mr. John J. Phoenix, of the Chil
dren’s Home Society of North Caro
lina, at Greensboro, advises that the
society has ready for placement in
approved foster homes, ten beautiful
baby boys from. a few months to 3
years of age. The society has also a
few larger boys and girls up to ten
years old. Correspondence is invited
i by the society with responsible peo
ple desiring to adopt children.
State Wilt Soon
Begin Maintenance
OfRt 62 Extension
State highway engineers have been
over the proposed route of Highway
62 from Asheboro to Albemarle this
week. Coincident with the coining of
the highway engineers Is the authen
tic information that orders have been
issued by the State Highway Com
mission for taking over and main
taining this route by July 1st, next.
The route to be taken over and main
tained by the commission’s mainten
ance department is from Asheboro out
tiie Farmer highway, thence to Bom
bay, Eldorado and New London, and
from the latter place to Albemarle.
State Highway signs giving the
route the official designation as High
way 62 will be placed between now
and July 1st
Definite promise had been made
previously that the State would ex
tend «& from Asheboro to Albemarle,
and Randolph county people will not
be surprised that the route is to be
taken over. That which will carry
with it the element of surprise is the
quick action in taking step* to offi
cially designate the rente.
Back Creek township Sunday school
convention will be held at Flint Hill
next Sunday, June 12th. Services wifi
begin at 10:80 and continue all day.
An interesting program has been ar
ranged. Tho public is cordially in
vited. ’
hptes
n ■
Report Is That 4
Miles On Route 75
Will Ab Payed Boon
Authentic farformation m the poo
«Mk* of this newspaper is -that
in the Jane lettings of the State
Highway Commfcwion contract will
be awarded for at leapt four miles
fhway 75 beginning
p hard surface on
jt and extending
(or has had it for
jt that a portion of
laid be concreted,
ben little on which
■mors. Work con
rading of the road
[little attention has
|e report that a
I Would be pared,
hr information has
F fact and there are
(no interested in
b will not be sur
nuncement is made
the contract some
many fat Jap
this highway
prised when"!
of the lettinjc
time this aril
To
way No. 90
Re-Numbering To Be Carried
Out Soon—Will Stretch From
Manteo To Lenoir.
2nd Longest Highway
Authentic information reaching
Asheboro is that Highway 75 from
Apex to Lenoir lifill be re-numbered
in the next few jreeks, beginning bj
July 1st. at any rate. The new num
ber will be Route 90, which means
that the original 75 will be an easl
and west connection from Manteo, ir
Dare county, on the coast, to Lenoir
The only part of the present 75 rout*
that will retain its original designa
tion will be that part of the highway
from the Virginia State line in Or
ange county -to Pittsboro. Whethei
53 which runs south from Pittsboro tc
Fayetteville will be renumbered re
mains to be seen.
Route 90 as now designated on the
State High'
bia, in
far west as
built from
ing a coas
The re-desis
,p begins at Colum
ty, and comes as
The road is being
to Manteo, giv
e route will
mean that No. 90 Will be the second
longest State Highway in North Caro
lina, only No. 10 being longer. The
third longest will be No. 20.
County Boards In Joint Session
Decide To Employ A Health Officer
State Will Contribute Half Of
Salary And Expense Of
This Service.
Officer
»signs Position
Mooifi, Officer To Be Selected At
ting June 16th.
uiaolph county is soon to have a
whole time health officer instead of a
full time welfare officer. This was
the decision reached at a joint meeting
of the board of education and the
board of county commissioners in the
court house Monday afternoon. To
defray the expenses of the health of
ficer’s office and to pay his salary the
State will contribute $2,100 and the
county a like amount, making a total
expense of $4,200 a year. The county’s
part, $2,100, is the same which is be
ing paid now for the maintenance of
the welfare department in the county,
and therefore the county health offi
cer will cost the county no more than
the welfare department has been cost
ing.
Mr. B, M. Gamer, who has been
welfare officer in the county for the
past year, tendered his resignation at
the meeting of the boards, the resigna
tion effective July 1st. This
cepted by the boards:
Prior to the joint meeting of tne
two county boards, these and the
boards of welfare and health were in
joint session to consider the matter of
employing a health officer Appear
ing before this meeting e^as Dr. C. N.
Sisk, of the State Board of Health,
who explained the guties of a health
officer and made known the assistance
tile State would give in
expense of the office.
Dr. Sisk pointed out that of tne av
counties in the State having whole
time health officers, 24 have less pop
ulation than Randolph’s 80,800, and
18 have more. Of the' 82 that do not
have health officers only seven have
more population than Randolph. He
explained that the State would bear
half the salary of the health officer
ie of his office which
be maintained in the coart house,
of the health officer will
to take ear* of the health
of the iimafaw of the county institu
tiom^toexamine attachool children
di
intervals and
campaigns
and other
diseases.
the work now done by the
the lot of
»t deal
during
' me by
Much Interest Is Manifested In
Simultaneous Revival Services
.
Probably no church services held in
Asheboro in recent years have been so
favorably received and so largely at
tended as the simultaneous revival
services which are being conducted in
the churches of the town this week.
Services are being held in the ifidi
vidual churches each evening at 8
o’clock, and each morning at 8:30 a
union service is being held in the
Methodist Episcopal church.
Assisting at the Baptist church
during the services, which started in
all churches Sunday, is Rev. J. Lewis
Price, of Pendleton, pastor of the
church at that place. Singing is being
directed by W. Furman Betts, of Ra
leigh.
At the friends church, Mrs. Angel
Cox, formerly of Ulah, but for sever
al years resident of Marston. is as
sisting the pastor, Rev. C. L. Gregory,
in the services.
Rev. T. M. Johnson, pastor at Gib
sonville, and for five years pastor of
the Asheboro M. P. church, is assist
ing Rev. J. E. Pritchard &t the
Methodist Protestant church. Singing
is being directed at this church by
Rev. E. P. Ballard, pastor of the First
M. P. church, High Point.
At the Methodist Episcopal church,
Rev. B. C. Reavis, the pastor, is do
ing the preaching, while Prof. T. E.
Stough, principal of the high school
at Gibsonville, is directing the sing
ing.
In charge of arranging the pro
grams and schedules for the meetings
are Rev. B. C. Reavis, Rev. B. E. Mor
ris and Mr. W. F. Betts.
Dedicate Orphans
Home In Davidson
Several Thousand Junjors From
i All Parts Of The United
. States There.
J. W. Stout, Builder
Several thousand members of the
Junior Order American Mechanics
| from various parts of North Caro
I lina and delegations from a score or
'more of other states gathered at the
Junior OrphanSHome near Lexington
last Saturday to celebrate the open
ing of this national institution for, the
carti-of orphan children. Among the
thousands present were national of
ficers of the Junior Order.
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tion in like manner as it was done
prior to the employment of a welfare
officer.
It was following the talk of Dr.
Sisk that the commissioners and board
of education met in executive session
and decided on the matter of employ
ing a health officer.
The health officer must be a physi
cian licensed to practice medicine in
the State. Just who .will be selected
is a matter of conjecture, more or
less. The board of health, composed
of E. C. Watkins, chairman of the
board of commissioners, T. Fletcher
Bulla, superintendent of public in
struction, C. C. Cranford, mayor of
Asheboro, Dr. C. S. Tate, physician, of
Ramseur, and Dr. J. V. Hunter,
physician, of Asheboro, constitute the
board of health which will make the
selection of the health officer at a
meeting to be held on June 16th.
Special Services
Will Be Held As
Part Of Revival
The committee in charge of the
programs for the simultaneous reviv
al services in progress in the churches
of the town announce that on Satur
day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock there
will be held on the vacant lot between
the two railway stations in Asheboro
an outdoor service, the sermon to be
delivered by Rev. J. E. Pritchard, pas
tor of the local M. P. church. Mr. W.
F. Betts will direct the music and
singing for the service. The public
in general is invited to attend this
service.
On Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock there will be a special service
for men in the M. P. church, Rev. J.
L. Price, one of the visiting pastors,
will be in charge of this service, and
Mr, T. E. Stough will direct the
music.
On Sunday afternoon at the same
hour as the men’s service in the Bap
tist church will be a service for wo
men only. This service will be in
charge of Mrs. Angel Cox, of Man
ton, and the music will be directed by
Mrs. C. W. Scdtt, of Asheboro.
There will be no services at any of
the other churches in town at the 2:80
hour to conflict with these special
services. -
Tom Tarheel says he didn’t mind
paying for that box at the supper last
week when he found the girls were
going to -tend a delegate to the dub
No union service was held Mon
day morning, each church holding ser
vices Monday evening. On Tuesday
morning at 8:30 the union services
were inaugurated at the M. E. church
! with all churches and all ministers of
the town as well as the congregations
of all the churches taking part. The
Tuesday morning sermon was preach
ed by Rev. T. M. Johnson, who deliv
> ered a most inspiring discourse on
“Being Alone With God.” Mr. W. F.
Betts directed the singing at this ser
vice.
Wednesday morning at the union
service, Mrs. Angel Cox preached
most forcefully on “Knowing God.”
Singing at this service was in charge
of Mr. T. E. Stough.
This morning the union service will
be preached by Rev. J. L. Price, and
Mr. W. F. Betts will direct the sing
ing.
Friday morning, Rev. B. C. Reavis
will preach the sermon at the union
service, while Mr. Stough will again
direct the singing. Mr. H. Grady
Miller will be present at this service
and will sing “The Holy City.”
Rev. Cothran G. Smith, pastor of the
local Presbyterian church, will deliver
the sermon at the M. E. church Sat
urday morning, while Mr. Betts will
have the singing in charge.
Saturday afternoon will be the un
ion service on the vacant lot between
the two railway stations in Asheboro
with Rev. J. E. Pritchard in charge.
The public is invited to this service as
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Veteran Minister
Claimed By Death
Rev. D. A. High fill, 79, Oldest
Minister In N. C. Conference,
Passes.
Native Of Guilford
Rev. D. A. Highfill, aged 79 years,
oldest minister in the North Carolina
Methodist Prates tagtConference, died
at his home in Liberty yesterday af
ter an illness of only a few hours
from paralysis. Mr. Highfill was a
native of Guilford county but had
made his home in Liberty for several
years. He was active h thBMuinistry
until six years age. He was well and
favorably known throughout the
State and numbered his friends by the
hundreds.
Surviving, in addition to his widow,
Mrs. Emma Homey Highfill, are two
sons, D. E, Highfill, of Ramseur, and
C. S. Highfill, of Liberty; three daugh
ters, Mrs. J. E. Welbom, High Point,
Mrs. D. H. Coltrane, Norwood, and
Mrs. J. Allen Marshall, of Winston
Salem.
The funeral will be conducted from
Liberty M. P. church Friday afternoon
at 2 o’clock. Rev. W. F. Aslibura will
be in charge of the services and will
be assisted by several other ministers.
Hudson Car Crashes Into
Hasty’s Filling: Station
Mistaking the concrete driveway at
George Hasty’s Filling Station just
north of Asheboro on the High Point
highway for the intersection of 62,
Harvey Home, of Burlington, late
Sunday night drove his Hudson coach
into the pump house near the filling
station inflicting heavy damages to
the building and the pump and slight
ly damaging his car. Home escaped
without injury. So loud was the
crash that persons down town in Ashe
boro heard it. Mr. Home’s presence
of mind in putting on brakes when he
found he was mistaken in the route
taken probably saved himself from
serious injury. He was driving north
from Asheboro on his way home when
the accident occurred.
Ramseur Wins 6th Straight
Ramseur baseball team won its
sixth straight game Saturday after
noon when it defeated Burlington by
the score of 11 to 4. Hamlet, pitch
ing for the Ramseur team, allowed
Burlington but four hits during the
nine innings. He secured three of his
team’s hits, one of which was a home
run. The Ramseur team made 14
hits off of three Burlington pitchers,
neither of whom could hold the Ran
dolph boys in check.
Randolph Commissioners Agree To Change
In Routing Highway In Fuller’s Section
H Another step was taken in the in
terest of Highway 75 Monday when
Fifth District Commissioner J. El
wood Cox, of High Point, came before
the Randolph county board of com
missioners in regular meeting and
asked the county to take over, topsoil
and maintain one and one-fourth mile
graded on Route 75 from near Mrs.
Fuller’s place at Fuller’s Mill to the
Davidson county line in the general
direction of Hannersville. This the
commissioners agreed to do, the Da
vidson board the day before having
agreed to build the link of road from
Hannersville to connect with this
Randolph county highway and to im
prove the highway fsom Lexington to
Hannersville.
This request was made to the Ran
dolph board for the reason that Da
vidson county people ware not satis
lied with the new survey for Route 75
through their county and asked for
Attempts Sonde
By Shoopg Self
Len Hancock, Randleman, In De
spondent Mood, Fires Shot
Through Head.
Attempt May Be Fatal
In High Point Hospital Not Ex
pected To Live.
In a despondent mood, probably
brought on by excessive use of intox
icants for the past several days, Lea
Hancock, aged about 45 years, fore
man in dye room of Deep River Mills,
No. 2, attempted suicide at his home
in Randleman Tuesday evening about
6 o’clock by firing a 32-caliber pistol
ball into his right temple. The bul
let, fired from an old pistol of the old
rim fire type, and long unused, did
not have sufficient force to crash its
way through his head, but lodged
somewhere inside. He bled profusely
before being taken to the hospital at
High Point. Little hop$ is entertained
for his recovery.
Hancock was alone in the hall of
his home at the time of the rash act,
his wife and children being outside in
the garden. He had been in despond
ent mood for several days, away from
his work, and feeling that he had for
feited his job at the mill. He had
threatened a day or so before to loll
himself, but his threat was not taken
seriously.
Plan Celebration
Of 4th In Asheboro
A movement is on foot in Asheboro
to stage a Fourth of July celebration
for the town on Monday, July 4th. A
committee has the matter in charge
and, it is understood, has made ar
rangements for several parts of the
program for the day. Various corn
tests will be staged during the exer
cises and prizes will be awarded the
winners. Events already announced
are a big parade, headed by a band
from Fort Bragg, baseball game, and
airplane stunts. Prizes are to be
awarded the winners of the athletic
events. Those in charge of the pro
gram for the day state that a full
program for the day will be a«r
nounced next week.
Everett Kendall In
County On A Visit
Everett Kendall, of Havana, Cuba,
was in Randolph the first of the week
visiting his cousin, Allen McDaniel,
who lives west of Asheboro on the
Farmer highway. Mr. Kendall stopp
ed over in the county on his return
from the reunion of the class of 1917
at the University of North Carolina
Saturday. Mr. Kendall is with a bank
in Havana. He was bom and Teaied
in Randolph county, graduated from
the Asheboro high school and later at
tended the University of North Caro
lina from which he was graduated ia
1917. He has been engaged in the
banking business since that time. Hia
wife, a native of Switzerland, whom
he married five and a half years ago,
was with him on his visit to his na
tive county.
Tax Listers Are Busy
Transcribing Abstracts
The work of listing the property ia
the county for taxation is almost com
pleted, and list takers are busy tran
scribing the individual abstracts. It ia
too soon to know whether there have
been any gains made in property val
uations in the county. Some of the
purely rural townships probably have
done well to hold their own while ia
some others it is likely small gains
have been made. It is anticipated
that gains have been made in those
townships in which there are incor
porated towns.
In instances in which adjustments
may be asked in the valuations a hear
ing may be had before the county
equalization board which will meet is
the court house in Asheboro the sec
ond Monday in July.
To Pay For Distilleries
The board of county commissioners
in session Monday passed a resolution
to the effect that $20 would be paid
by the county for the capture of a
complete distillery by officers, and $2S
for the capture and conviction of the
operators of the still.
the road to be routed by Holly Gm%
practically along: the original route of
tiie road. The State Highway Com
mission had already contracted and
had built a mile and a quarter of Toad
in Randolph on the new route and th
change to the original route from tin.
Fuller place towards Davidson left
this stretch of road “up in the air."
It will now v
highway.
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surrey Of 75 brought the road
three miles of No. 10 aad tin
‘changing to the original surw
Holly Grove, the roads wool
widely separated, a t
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