ISSUED WEEKLY VOLUME LU PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN Aaheboro, N. C„ Thursday, July 14, 1927 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 28 Some Facts About Randolph Schools County Superintendent’s Statis tical Report Gives Some In teresting Figures. 99 School Buildings Valued at $749,583 — Much Spent In New Construction. The statistical report of County Superintendent T. Fletcher Bulla dis closes some interesting figures rela tive to the schools of the county for the school year 1926-27. His figures show there are 99 school districts in the county, 80 for white and 19 for colored, and that there are 21 local tax districts. Invested in rural school property in the county is the sum of $749,583, of which $730,033 represents the value of s white rural schools and $19,550 the value of rural school houses for the colored school children. These build ings number 99 and contain a total of 192 classrooms. There are in the county 48 one-room school buildings, 36 for white children and 12 for the colored. The cost of new school houses built during the year amounts to $179,268.42, of which all with the exception of $400 was ■ for school' buildings for white children. There are 48 libraries in the rural schools, 46 in the white schools and 2 in the colored. Total number of volumes in these libraries is 4,750, only 200 of which are in the two col ored libraries. Four hundred volumes were added during the year. The report shows 48 one-teacher schools in the county, 13 of which are colored; 33 two-teacher, 3 being for colored; 5 three-teacher, 3 for colored and two for white; and 13 more than 3-teacher all for white children. The number of consolidated schools reaches 10, of which five have more than seven teachers, two have seven teachers, and the other three have four, five and six teachers re spectively. Ten schools in the county are served by 34 school trucks, which trans ported on an average of 1,104 pupils daily to and from school. The»average daily mileage of these trucks was 676 and the average number of days the trucks were operated was 145. The average term of all schools was 126 days. In the rural local tax districts the average term was 136 days and in consolidated schools 145 days. The school census showed 16,416 persons in the county from 6 to 21 * years of age, of which '£,039 were * colored and 14,377 white. *The white* males between these ages In the county led the females by 7,308 to 7, 069. Asheboro had 1,138, both white and colored, between the ages of -6 and 21. The total rural enrollment be tween the ages of 6 and 21 was 8,019, of which 748 were in the high school grades, 8 to 11, inclusive. The average rural daily attendance was '5,839, and that ih the high school grades 632. Total number of teachers in the schools numbered 243, of which 26 were employed to teach high school grades. Four thousand, three hundred and twenty white school children were promoted to higher grades at the close of the school year, and 519 col ored. Improvements Being Made On Local School Grounds Improvements are being made on the school grounds under the direction of the town board and the town board of education. The grounds about the building are being plowed up and will foe sown in .peas and later in grass. The town school board has obtained the services of a landscape gardener in an effort to beautify the grounds by the sowing of grass and planting of shrubbery. ____________ Attempt At Robbery Foiled An attempt was made to rob the home of Tod Edwards, colored, at Si ler City, Monday night. Presence of the robber in the house frightened one of Edwards’ daughters so that she jumped from h second story window and would probably have suffered se rious injuries had not a neighbor ar rived on the sfcene in time to catch her as she leaped. Evangelistic Services At Neighbors Grove Church A series of evangelistic services be gan at Neighbors Grove last Sunday with Rev. Cook, of Asheville, preach ing. The services will continue through two weeks. On next Sunday Horning Rev, Cook will use as his subject, “Why I Believe and Preach Scripture Holiness,", the text being found in 1 Phillipians 3-15. The sub ject for the afternoon's sermon will be "Multitude of Words of God”, Psalms 11: L2. Sunday evening’s subject will be “A Skeleton in the Closet", the text to be used will be found, in Numbers 32 : 23. The pub lic is invited to attend all services. Community Singing A community singing will be held at Cane Creek church, seven miles east of Liberty, Sunday, July 17, be ginning at 10 o’clock and continuing throughout the day. There will be a 'full day of music by some of the lead ing singers in the State such as the Higgins sister, High Point quartette, Lexington quartette, two quartettes from Greensboro, one from Graham And also ringers from other places. Edsel B. Ford •T»n A rr-narkable good "close-up" of EdsWAr department of China. Miss Car son was located at Soochow, China, where she has been superintendent of the George C. Smith Girls’ school.' While Miss Carson was a refugee she was not alarmed over war conditions.1 She was accompanied home by Miss Helen Most, who has been engaged in Young Women’s Christian Associa tion work in Soochow, China. She will spend some time with Miss Car son before going to her home in New Jersey. It Is understood that Miss Carson will speak to the Women’s Missionary societies of Asheboro on conditions in China when she has rested from her trip. She would have had her furlough next year but was granted her furlough a tear earlier on | account of the revolution. ,, | Good Fellowship Meet At Seagrove Was Attended By Large Crowd —Several Interesting Talks Made During Evening. Purpose Of Meeting The third of the series of Good Fellowship meetings of the Asheboro chamber of commerce was held in the Seagrove school building at Seagrove last Friday night with about 100 of the people of the community present. Attendance would have been larger had it not been for the threatening weather. The program carried out was sim ilar to those which have obtained at the previous meetings at Farmer and Gray’s Chapel. Short speeches were made by Rev. J. R. Comer, of Sea grove, and Dr. M. G. Edwards, E. S. Millsaps, Jr., Dr. E. L. Moffitt and Rev. J. E. Pritchard, all of Asheboro. The theme of the speeches was good fellowship and the relationship which should exist between the people of the towns and the rural sections. Especial stress was laid upon the ways by which business men of the towns may be of help to, the farmers, and attention was called to the bene fits which would accrue from a closer relationship between business men and farmers in general. All the speeches made were most enjoyable and highly instructive. Music was furnished for the meeting at Seagrove by a string band and sev eral piano selections were rendered. It is the intention of the chamber of commerce to hold other meetings similar to the one at Seagrove in various parts of the county. An nouncement will be made soon of the next such meeting to be held. Miss Craven Delivers An Interesting Address The Asheville Citizen gives an in teresting account of the luncheon held in Asheville Monday evening by the business girls’ club of which Miss Het tie Craven, daughter of the late R. S. Craven, of Randolph county, who now holds a position with the Asheville Mattress Company, is a member. Miss Craven made an interesting talk at the luncheon on “Practical Sugges tions for Ambitious Youth," dividing her subject into three parts, ambition, courage and determination. The Cit izen states that the direct and intelli gent manner in which she handled the subject was highly commendable. Judge T.B.Fiiiicy To Preside Over Court Begins In Asheboro Monday and Will Continue For Term Of Two Weeks. Judge T. B. Finley, of North •Wilkesboro, will convene Randolph Superior Court for the trial of casps on the civil calendar in the court house in Asheboro next Monday morn ing. Court will last for two weeks and only civil cases will be tried. The calendar was printed several days ago and contains a number of cases set for trial. Effort will be made to ex pedite the work of the court and clear it of as many cases as possible during the term of two weeks. Following this term there will be another week of civil court, beginning on Monday of the last week in Au gust. This term has been called by the Governor upon request of local at torneys in order that the long list of cases in the civil docket may be dis posed of without further delay. The two weeks of court beginning Monday and ttie week Of cotirt in August should go a long way toward clearing the docket. Revival At Holiness Church A series of revival meetings will begin Friday evening, July 15th, at the Asheboro Holiness church. Rev. W. R. Cox, of Greensboro, will assist the pastor, Rev. F. R. Cooper, with the meeting. The public is cordially invited to attend these meetings. Two Young Women Make Long Trip In Automobile The fact that Miss Jewell Slack lived in Caro, Michigan, and her un ! cle, Tom Slack, lived down at Pisgah, in Union township, Randolph county, North Carolina, some 1,250 miles by highway, didn’t deter the young Mich igan woman from cranking up her Ford coupe and setting out on the long overland journey in company with one of her friends, Miss Eirnita Faedie. These young ladies made the trip without mishap, having started from Caro on June 19th and arriving at pisgah on June 24th. On their journey they visited many places of interest along the route, including the national capital. They stayed several days in North Carolina with kinsfolk of Miss Slack and only a few days ago started on the return journey, arriv ing home safely. Mayor Cranford Wants Weeds Cut All persons owning vacant lots hi the town of Asheboro on which rag weeds and like forms of vegetation are growing are earnestly requested to have them mown during the next few days. This request .is made in the in terest of hay fever sufferers and also .looking to the general improvement of the sanitary condition of our town. | —C. C. CRANFORD, Mayor. Property Values Show Small Gain Increase From Revaluation Will Not Run Much Over Million And a Half Dollars. Will Total 26 Millions Figures presented to the board of commissioners by the tax supervisor Monday indicate that the increase in valuation of real and personal prop erty in the revaluation in May will approximate only about $1,400,000 over the total last year. The valua tion in 1926 was slightly in excess of nineteen million dollars. To add to this increase will be the valuation Of the Hunter Commission Company at Ramseur, whch is expected to be ap proximately $5,000,000. This will make the total valuation in the county in the neighborhood of $26,000,000. Fig ures from two townships had not been compiled by the supervisor and esti mates were made of these in order to approximate the total assessment for the county. Figures were not at hand from the Corporation Commission showing the valuation of the corpo rations in the county, and these, like wise, were approximated. Children’s Day Service At M. P. Church Sunday The annual Children’s Day service will be held at the Asheboro Metho dist Protestant church next Sunday I evening at eight o’clock. Miss Esther Ross has charge of getting up the service and she is being assisted1 by Miss Cleta Rich. The service will consist of songs and recitations by the children and a short pageant will be given. The offering will be used for foreign missions. Dr. M. G. Edwards Is Honored By Veterinarians Dr. M. G. Edwards, veterinary sur geon and Asheboro's live-wire secre tary of commerce, was signally hon ored at the meeting of the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Associa tion in Durham last week when he was elected president of that organiza tion. Dr. Edwards has for several years been one of the outstanding vet erinary surgeons in this section of North Carolina and is well deserving of the honor bestowed upon him by the veterinarians. The 1328 meeting of- the associat&n will be held in Greensboro in Jane. Dr. E. Le«n Dameron Dead . Dr. E. Lee P^arou*35, propunent physician of Sta^ y?as killed instantly Saturday night wfien his automobile was struck by a Norfolk Southern freight train at a crossing in the heart of the town of Star. His five year-old son, with him in the car, was seriously, if hot fatally, injured. Dr. Dameron was answering a call when the accident occurred. Surviving Dr. Dameron are his widow and three children. During the past fiscal year 2,103 automobiles were reported stolen and 1,305 recovered in North Carolina, according to the motor vehicle de partment of the department of revenue. \ssault Charge Against Mauney Candor Professor Is On Trial At Troy On Charge Of Crim inal Assault. Professor T. B. Mauney, principal of the Candor high school, is on trial in Superior Court at Troy this week on charge of criminal assault on Mrs. F. F. Sauncfers, formerly Miss Myrtle Pool?, who alleges that the school professor made the attack on her when she met him by appointment at his office two days after her mar riage to a Candor barber to secure permission to continue her studies. Mrs. Saunders was a pupil in the high school department of Candor school. The newspapers have not contained the facts as they come to this office, but it remains to be seen what the evidence discloses. It is alleged that another young Candor girl, also a student in the Candor high school, is to become a mother and that Professor Mauney is father of the unborn child. The case, which alleges a capital of fense, is creating much attention in Troy and the whole of Montgomery county. A special venire of 100 men was called from which to select the jury and the venire was practically exhausted before twelve men were chosen. A day or more was consumed in selecting the jury. First evidence in the case was taken this morning. Commissioners Hold Meet To Equalize Land Values —•— The board of county commissioners and the county tax supervisor, Hal M. Worth, met Monday in the court house to hear any complaints with reference to inequalities in listing property for taxes last May. Several complaints were registered with this equalizing board, but no definite action was taken. The supervisor was in structed to list all the complaints with view to setting some day in the future for a hearing on whatever in equalities, or alleged inequalities, that may exist in the listing of property last May. Must Enforce Dog Ordinance, Says The Town Board “It shall be unlawful for any person to permit his or her dog to run at j large, day or night, in the town of Asheboro unaccompanied by its own I er,” reads an ordinance passed by the I Asheboro town board at a meeting held May 22, 1926. Penalty for the violation of this ordinance has been fixed at a fine of $5 and costs, dis cretion being left up to the court as to the imposition of the fine. Like a number of ordinance, this relative to'dogs has been somewhat neglected by the citizenship of the town. Some have forgotten it and others have been negligent and dogs are again running at large on the streets. The present town board, taking cognizance of the situation, in its meeting July 12th ordered the ordi nance published and put in force. The police officers have been instructed to keep a watch for stray dogs and im pound those that are caught on the streets unaccompanied by their own ers. Piedmont B. Y. P. U. To Meet At Trinity Two Day Session, Monday and Tuesday Of Next Week— Good Program Arranged. Trinity Baptist church, at Trinity, will be host Tuesday and Wednesday, July 19 and 20, to the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Piedmont Bap tist Association. There will be four sessions during the meeting, one each afternoon and one each morning of the two days. Rev. J. H. Haynes, pastor pf the Trinity church, will preside over the sessions, and R. C. Lambeth, as clerk, will record the transactions. A number of addresses will be made during the meeting and atten tion will be given to missionary work, hospitals, social service and Christian education. Election of new officers will take place at the Tuesday morn ing session. Commend Rev. B. E. Morris For Services Rendered Whereas, Bro. B. E. Morris, one of our fellow pastors has accepted a call to a new field, and whereas as chair man of our Asheboro Ministerial As sociation he has rendered such val uable service, and whereas his life has been of such usefulness in the town be it resolved-; • - ' First, we shall miss'Bro. Morris. His life as a member of our Association has been such as becomes a minister of the Gospel. Second, his work and co-operation with us as his fellow-workers has been such as to cause us to regret to see him go. We assure him that we wish for his great success in his new field. Our sincere prayers shall fol low him. Third, that we send a copy of these resolutions to Bro. Morris, that a copy be published in each of our coun ty papers and a copy be spread on the minutes of the Asheboro Ministerial Association, Asheboro, N. C. —B. C. REAVIS, J. E. PRITCHARD, Committee. BAPTIST NEWS LETTER (B. E. Morris) Thanks to the churches of Ashe boro for closing their services last Sunday evening for the final service of the writer. Our church building was filled beyond its normal seating capacity. We appreciate more than we can say with words the many invitations extended to us for meals in the homes of our many friends. Thanks many times. It was indeed an appreciation to have present it our last service so many of our good friends from other towns and communities of the county. It has been an inspiration to work as pastor with the Asheboro Baptist church. Much thorough consecration has been well demonstrated by the membership. Loyalty to the pastor _ and his leadership has been very good indeed. Such loyalty has been deeply appreciated by the pastor and his wife. We desire to express our good feel ing to those of our many friends other than our own denmination who have made it pleasant for us to live in the city of Asheboro. Our stay has indeed been pleasant ahd we have en joyed the fellowship of our neighbors and friends. A letter has just come to our hand from our new work, saying that a special recognition service will be giv en us Friday evening of this week in the basement of the church. Friends, we will be happy to hear from you. Remember when writing, visiting or passing our address is 507 Western Avenue, Statesville, N. C. FINIS. Randolph Ranks Thirtieth Randolph ranks thirtieth among the 100 counties in the State in the aver age value of ■personal property on the tax books, with $189. This, of course, does not include the $300 exemption. Forsyth county leads all other coun ties with an average of $852 worth of personal property per person, while Dare is the lowest in the list with only a $63. average. Davidson is 33rd with $184; Chatham, 53rd with $136; Guil ford, 6th with $326; Montgomery, 8rd With $373. Funeral Held For Mrs. M. W. Presnell At West Bend Church Yesterday Afternoon AtvFour O’clock —Died Tuesday. Consecrated Christian Mrs. Martha Wrightenberry Pres nell, widow of the late Daniel Presnell, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. B. Lambert, in East Asheboro Tuesday noon. Mrs. Presnell had been in declining health for the past three years but had been totally help less for two weeks prior to her death. Mrs. Presnell and her husband were charter members of the West Bend church, of which the deceased has con tinued a faithful and devout member. Her husband preceded her to the great beyond more than seven years. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Presnell has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Lambert. When there was sickness or sorrow in the com munity, it was Mrs. Presnell who was always ready to lend a helping hand. She was indeed a consecrated Chris tian woman who put her religion into every day practice. It may truly be said of her as Mary of old, “She hath done what she could.” Surviving are two daughters, Mes dames L. B. Lambert and Amick Lamb, and two grandchildren, Louise and .Harold Lambert, all of Asheboro, i and one sister, Mrs. Fields IJpton, of High Point. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews who at- < tended the funeral at the residence and burial which was held at West ; Bend church, at four o’clock yesterday. 1 State Takes Third Place In Number School Busses North Carolina ranks third in the nation in the number of busses used 1 in transporting children to consolidat ed schools, and also third in the num- j ber of children so transported. In ■ this State are operated 2,317 busses ' which carry each school year 87,283 1 children. Indiana ranks first in the ] nation with 4,000 busses carrying 100,- 1 000 children, while Ohio comes next with 2,550 busses, carrying 90,000 J children. No other State is anywhere - near these three in number of busses 1 and number of children transported. 1 Mississippi ranks fourth with Cali- 1 fornia and Louisiana following in or der. Rhode Island is at the bottom of the list with 30 busses carrying 450 children. Funeral At Glenola For little Adjer Bulla White Funeral was held Friday afternoon from the Glenola Baptist church for Adjer Bulla White, three-year-old son 1 of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. White, of the i Glenola community, who died in a 1 High Point hospital Thursday mom- • ing. Rev. H. C. Byrum was in < charge of the services. Pallbearers 1 were Garrett Tillotson, Emery Tillot- 1 son, Robert White and C. B. White, f Flowers were borne by Mabel Tillot- 1 son, Helen Overcash, Pauline Frazier, ( Ruby Frazier, Mozelle Frazier, Kath- 1 lee Frazier, Betty Overcash, Cleo ! Barnes, Iris Barnes, Frances Hart- ( grove and Hassell McTeer. i A Freak of Nature < Some weeks ago mention was made 1 in The Courier of an apple tree in j Randolph county which bore fruit on ] one side one year and on the other t side the next. Nothing like this had t been heard of before in this section of North Carolina. However, a ( freak of nature like this seems not to be confined solely to Randolph. Mrs. Cora Totten, of Yadkin College, has an apple tree which produces fruit on j the southeast side one year and on j the northeast side the next year. The , tree in Randolph, mentioned in these , columns previously, bore fruit on the \ west side one season and on the east ( side next season. < County Has ,10 In State Prison During the twelve months ending ■ June 30, 1927, North Carolina State \ Prison received 630 inmates, 10 of j whom were from Randolph county. , Montgomery furnished one during the ] year, Chatham 8, Davidson 5 and , Guilford 27. Ages ran anywhere , from 13 years to 76. Increase Shown In Fair Premiums New Catalog-Is Out And Shows Some Slight Changes In Premiums Offered. The new Randolph County Fair premium catalogs are off the press and copies may be had by writing to . or seeing Mr. C. L. Scott, the secre tary of the Fair Association. The | premium list this year is larger than j in previous years, and .in many ins ' tances individual premiums have been | increased. Total premiums offered will reach approximately $3,000. The fair this fall will be held Sep tember 28 to October 1st, inclusive, four days and five nights. Those in charge of the various departments of I the fair and the officers in general : are putting forth intensive effort to ! make an even better fair than that of last jrear. Crops in the county are good,'and the indications are that the farm exhibits will far surpass 'those of the fair last fall. Livestock and poultry exhibits should be larger | and better also. In fact, effort is | being made to make improvements in every department as well as in the ' fair as a whole. Westerns armers Demi sing Relief Threaten Ov| istration Is Given irow Of Adnsm iss At ten tins teir Needs. Condemn [l )ie President For His Veto of McNary-Huga Farm Relief Bill. President Calvin Coolidge is ing his summer vacation in Sonth Da kota, and every day readers of i papers are regaled with long with reference to the pleasure em farmers are having in calling cm the Chief Executive to congratabAs him on having vetoes the UeNny Haugen Farm Relief Act during the last session of Congress. The goMk^ however, isn’t swallowing this propa ganda, hook, line and sinker as ex pected to do. From St. Paul, Minn., in which the Northwestern Agricultural Confer ence is being held, there comes an en tirely different note. It is a word at warning to the Coolidge Administra tion that unless satisfactory farm re lief legislation is passed at the next, session of Congress, the administra tion is marked for an overthrow. In every case speakers have endorsed the McNary-Haugen farm bill, whieh the President vetoed, and the farm ers are being called on to continue their campaign for remedial measures until “some President” signs a MU embodying possible relief. In an address Monday night, Con gressman Charles Brand, of Ohm, himself a Republican, warned his party that failure to pass satisfactory legislation might “enable opposition to avail itself of this great opportun ity.” “The President,” said Senator T. i. Caraway, of Arkansas, in an address, “says to enable the farmer to get m, fair price for his pigs would be claas legislation; therefore, he vetoed tfae bill designed to aid them, and the same pen signs a declaration that raised the tariff 50 per cent on pig iron.” Congressman Gilbert N. Haugen, at Iowa, co-author of the McNary Haugen bill, stressed the condition of the farmer and urged the principles of the vetoed bill as the only satis factory solution offered. Randolph Tennis Association Formed Will Sponsor Tennis Tournament In Asheboro Next Month— Officers Named. The Randolph Tennis Association was effected at a meeting held is the chamber of commerce rooms last Friday afternoon. Rev. Cothran G. Smith was elected president; Mr. Ki Cranford, vice president; and Charles M. Fox, treasurer. The purpose oE the organization is the getting up «f a tennis tournament which will begin Monday, August 15th, and which is open to all citizens of the county. Mr. Hugh Parks has offered a silver loving cup to the winner of the singles championship. The cup may be heM for a year and if the winner holds the cup three years in succession it be comes his or her property permanent ly. The tournament will be held m Asheboro and it is expected that all private courts will be turned over te the organization for use during the tournament. County Commissioners Must Publish Budget Estimates Under the State law, as soon as budget estimates for the county era prepared and adopted by the board off county commissioners, the figures must be made public. Estimates here to be made of what each depaitrneut of the county government experts to spend during the year ending June % 1928. The published figures urasfc show at least the total appropriation recommended for each department off the county government. This uriK give the taxpayers an opportunity 4E seeing how their money is spent. The budget estimates for Randolph tone not been completed save that for the schools. It is anticipated, however that the estimates will be in the hands of the commissioners within the next few weeks. No More Powdering Of Noses Orders posted in many English fac tories and business houses forbid* girls powdering their noses during; work hours. It is estimated that the average English working girl porr ders her nose four times during tm hour and that it requires two minutes each time, making a loss of minutes during an hour. Stenograph ers are said to waste 15 minutes out of each hour in powdering their bhi. Where a large number of girls axe employed the loss of time taken out to powder noses would be considerable!. SMITH AND PROHIBITION SOUTH (Biblical Recorded) But even if there were no danger that the Roman Catholic Church w3£ ever gain control of this country, hour can the prohibition South so stulifp itself as to vote for a man who la am avowed opponent of the greatest piece of temperance legislation that has ever been enacted? Mr. Smith ie trying to nullify the Const!tutnue. which he says he took an oath IS times to support, How this caa lu