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Asheboro, N. G, Thursday, August 4, 1927
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVAN
Asheboro In Midst
Of Building Boom
Factories And Brick Business
Buildings Are Among The
I New Construction.
Many New Residences
Aside from the number of new res
idences which are under construction
in'Asheboro, work is being pushed on
a number of business building proj
ects. On Sunset avenue work is going
along nicely on the construction of
the large brick garage building, being
built by Ernest Kearns, for the new
home of the Nance Chevrolet Com
pany, Inc. When completed this will
be one of the largest garage buildings
in this part of the State.
The new hosiery mill building on
North street, adjoining the Acme Hos
iery mill building, is being rapidly
pushed forward to completion. This
building is being constructed by D. B.
McCrary and associates and will house
a modemly equipped manufactory for
full fashioned ladies silk hosiery.
An addition to the dye room of the
Acme Hosiery MilThas been completed
on Salisbury street. This addition is
of brick construction and is in keep?
ing with the general architecture of
the main building.
Farther down on Salisbury street is
the one-story brick building under
construction to house the Way Broth
ers grocery. This building is just
across the street from the Asheboro
Ice and Coal Company’s plant.
On Church street and adjoining the
Asheboro Hosiery Mill is being con
structed a one-story brick building
which will be used as offices for the
Cranford Hosiery Mill and the Ashe
boro Hosiery Mill.
With these new buildings under con
struction and the large number of
new residences in process of being
built and those built recently, Ashe
boro is nearest jto being in the midst
of a building boom than it has been in
a long time.
Two Judges For Smith
Judge Tam Bowie and Judge A. M.
Stack, both of the North Carolina
Superior Court bench, have come out
in the advocacy of the nomination of
A1 Smith for President on the Demo
cratic ticket. Judge Stack, like some
of the local enthusiasts for the New
York Governor, goes ap far as to de
clare that Smith is a “greater man
M. P. Sunday School Had
Picnic At Ritter’s Lake
The Sunday school of the Asheboro
Methodist Protestant Church had a
very enjoyable outing and picnic on
Thursday afternoon of last week at
Ritter’s lake. Those who,were dis
posed to do so went swimming while
others spent the time in various ways
until five-thirty when a bountiful
supper was spread. After a brief
prayer by the pastor all partook to
their heart’s content. The weather
was ideal for the occasion and all
seemed to enjoy the afternoon.
M. P. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
9:45 A. M. Sunday school, Mr. W.
L. Ward, Supt.
11:00 A. M. Morning worship with
sermon by the pastor.
7:00 P. M. Senior and Junior Chris
tian Endeavor.
8:00 P. M. An echo meeting of the
Young People’s Summer Conference
recently held at High Point College.
The young people who attended will
occupy most of the time with a> short
talk by the pastor. All the young
people of the church are urged to be
present.
6:30 P. M. Tuesday evening, Inter
mediate Christian Endeavor.
The public is cordially invited . to
all the services.
Family Reunion Held
At Home Of Mrs. Nance
The home of Mrs. Margaret J.
Nance, on Asheboro, Route 2, last
Sunday, was the scene of a family re
union. A table, loaded with good
things to eat, was spread much to the
delight of the several people who
were present to share the occasion
with Mrs. Nance and her daughter,
Miss Dorothy. Amoftg those present
were Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Harris and
children, Maxine and Fred, of High
Point; Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Kearns and
little son, of Caraway; Troy and Cal
lie Nance, of Sophia; George W. Clay
and family, of Farmer; and Miss Del
la Atkins, of Troy, sister of Mrs.
Clay. Mrs. Nance is nearing her 82nd
birthday and is still young in spirit
and active of body and mind.
Time Short To Enter The
Local Tennis Tournament
Tennis players living in Randolph
county who desire to take part in the
tennis tournament to be held by the
Randolph Tennis Association August
15th have only until tomorrow night
at 12 o’clock, Friday, August 5th,
which to file their ""applications and
send in the $1 entrance fee. Ten en
tries have been made, but it is felt
by those interested in the association
that these represent only a small part
: total number of tennis plajters
county. Those who still wish
tournament should
and
Rumored That Gold
Will Be Mined In
County On Big Scale
But News From Raleigh To This
Effect Isn’t Causing Any
Excitement Here.
News dispatches from Raleigh are
that application will be made shortly
to the Secretary of State for a char
ter for a mining enterprise organized
for the purpose of conducting mining
operations in Randolph county. No
details are given as to the capitaliza
tion of the business nor the names of
the incorporators. There is a rumor,
say the Raleigh dispatches, that the
capital stock may be $300,000, but
nothing is certain about this.
It is stated that the industry will
operate a mobile placer mining out
fit, which may be moved from place to
place as the deposits are worked out.
Herman J. Bryson, State Geologist,
says there is gold in Randolph, ore
that will assay more per ton than that
of Alaska, but the difficulty is that
these deposits are “scattered and ex
ist chiefly in clay and shale, making
it unprofitable to attempt to mine the
gold with a big mining outfit at each
deposit.
There are several isolated mines in
Randolph county, some of which in
time have been operated a short while
at a profit. It is the general opinion
of local men interested in mining and
mine experts from other States who
have come to Randolph county that
Bryson is right about the deposits
existing in widely scattered areas.
There are miners, however, who feel
that gold exists in- “pockets” in sec
tions of Randolph and that these in
dividual deposits when found will yield
a large quantity of gold. The greater
number of these miners feel that
finding one of these pockets is more
luck than anything else.
The State Geologist has 14 samples
of gold-bearing ore from Randolph in
his possession, and if these samples
show that this will assay as much as
$10 to the ton of ore, a charter will
be granted to the company which de
sires to exploit Jhe mines in the
county. Southern mining congress of
ficials say that ore must assay from
$0 to $7 per ton to he profitably
mined.
However, the news from Raleigh is
interesting to say the least, and local
folks are on the lookout to see what
the next developments will be, though
nobody is getting very much excited
over these reports from the State
Capital.
Commissioners to Meet
Again, Wednesday, Ang. 10
The board of county commissioners
will meet again Wednesday, August
10th, for the purpose of going over
the county budget which is expected
to be ready at that time, and to act as
board of equalization. It is probable
that the tax rate for the county will
be fixed at that time. Complaints
which have been registered with the
board with reference to alleged ine
qualities in assessment will be passed
on at this meeting.
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Denton Woman Burned
Mrs. H. C. Grubb, of Denton, is in
the High Point hospital suffering
from bums which may prove fatal re
ceived when she tried to rescue a
grandchild from her home while it
was being destroyed by fire. Mr. and
Mrs. Grubb were awakened Saturday
night by the fire consuming their
home. Two grandchildren on a visit
to their grandparents were sleeping
in another room. Mrs. Grubb carried
out one of the children and on re
turning for the other was painfully
burned and collapsed across the bed
in which the child was sleeping. She
and the child were both rescued by
Mayor E. E. Hardy, of Denton, who
had arrived on the scene.
June 30 Hottest
Day Of Year Here
Thermometer Registered 95—
Hottest Day In July Was 94
On 30th—Month Normal.
Lowest 61 on 5th
That July was practically a normal
month from the standpoint of rain
fall and temperature will be seen by
the report of Rev. J. E. Pritchard, ob
server here for the Weather Bureau.
The mean temperature here was 76.2
degrees as compared to a normal of
77 degrees. The rainfall amounted
to 6.61 inches as compared with a
normal of 6.69 inches. The greatest
rainfall in any twenty-four hours’
period was 1.95 indies on the 8th.
There were 18 days with as much as
.01 inches of rainfall. There were
19 clear days, 10 partly cloudy and 2
cloudy. The highest temperature for
the month was 94 on the 80th, while
the lowest was 61 on the 26th.
That Asheboro has a fine summer
climate is evident from the fact that
the temperature here does not run
high as it dees at other places in the
state. This year so far there have
been only six days with a tempera
ture of 90 or more degrees. Those
who have studied the situation are of
the opinion that the mountains around
Asheboro hold the temperature down.
Last year while two others places in
the state registered 108 degrees
Asheboro registered only 101 as the
People Are Urged j
To Be Vaccinated
County Health Board Earnestly
Requests Randolph Folks To
Attend Clinics. »
Clinics On This Week
The county board of health met in
regular session in the court house in
Asheboro Monday afternoon with all
members present. Dr. G. H. Sumner,
county health officer, who assumed
his duties daring the day, was pres
ent to meet with the board. The
schedule previously arranged and
published in The Courier last week
for the typhoid clinic in progress in
the county was approved by the board.
In view of the slight epidemic of
typhoid fever in the county, the health
board earnestly requested that the
people of the county take advantage
of the typhoid clinics which are now
in progress. The people of the
county are urged also by the board to
clean up their premises and keep their
drinking water purified the best they
can in order to stamp out the epi
demic in the county. Dr. G. H. Sum
near, it was pointed out, will gladly
render all assistance possible in this
regard.
It was ordered by the board that all
road construction camps in the county
build sanitary pit privies aj their
camp and in general keep the premis
es about the camps in a sanitary con
dition. Any camp foreman or con
struction foreman who fails to com
ply with this order of the boarcl will
be subject to a fine ranging from $25
to $100, in the discretion of the court. |
Winningham Family To
Hold Reunion Next Sunday
The annual reunion of the Winning
ham family will be held at the K. L.
Winningham farm, one mile east of
Asheboro, Sunday, August 7th, ac
cording to announcement made Mon
day by J. L. Winningham, of Thom
asville, president of the reunion. This
farm has been in the possession of
the Winningham family nearly two
hundred years, James Winningham,
great grandfather of J. L. Winning
ham, having first settled on the place.
At one time the Winningham family
owned a large portion of the north
eastern part of Randolph county.
Folks Take Advantage
Of Typhoid Clinics
Good Attendance Is Recorded At
Each Clinic—People Should
Be On Time.
This week and including Monday of
next week typhoid and diphtheria vac
cination clinics are being held in sev
eral parts of the county by Dr. G. H.
Sumner, county health officer, who
assumed the duties of his office Mon
day. Reports from the clinics so far
held indicate that the people of the
county are taking advantage of this
free service. It is anticipated that
several hundred citizens of the county
will have taken the vaccinations when
Dr. Sumner has finished his round.
Three treatments are necessary to
immunize the patient from the dis
ease, and after the round has been
completed Dr. Sumner and the health
board will announce the dates and
places for the next two. These will
be held at the same places as the
first and one week apart in each ins
were announced in last week’s issue of
The Courier and reference may be
had to that issue to ascertain the place
nearest your residence. Each Satur
day during the clinics vaccination may
be had by calling at Dr. Sumner’s of
fice in the court house in Asheboro.
This office will be the one next to
that of T. Fletcher Bulla, county sup
erintendent of schools.
Rumored That Staley
May Get A Big Industry
Rumor has it that Staley is in a
fair way of getting a $76,000 talc min
ing industry. While nothing official
has been reported, the rumor is cur
rent that it will not be many days be
fore work will be started on the con
struction of a plant at that place. It
is estimated that the payroll from
the industry will reach $1,000 a week.
St. Leo's Wants Funds
Unless St. Leo’s hospital, Greens
boro, can obtain funds from some
‘source on which to operate it may
cease to be a hospital and be turned
into an orphanage, according to a
statement made by a representative of
the institution to the Greensboro city
council Tuesday. Out of 2,400 pa
tients a year it is said that over 900
are charity patients who come to the
hospital exclusively from Greensboro.
Little Boy Dead
Wade Franklin Lowe, Jr., six-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Lowe,
of near Liberty, died Saturday of
heart trouble. Funeral was held Sup^
day afternoon at Macedonia church by
Rev. T. H. Williams, of High Point
Surviving besides his parents are
two brothers, Vemie and Pharrj four
tance.
tance. Dr. Sumner especially urges
that the people who attend these clin
ics make it a point to be on hand on
the hour designated for each parti
cular place. The schedule is so ar
ranged that there must be no delay at
any place.
The dates and places of the clinics
Ready To Begin
Pouring Concrete
On 75 West Of City
Machinery and material is being
placed preparatory to the pouring
of concrete on Highway 75 from
the Harvey Dougan place to Ashe
boro, a distance of a little more
than four miles. Work on this
project was to have been started
the first of the week, but it was
held up on account of the delay in
obtaining a large mixer. It is ex
pected that this mixer will arrive
by the latter part of the week and
that work may be stared within
a few days. The construction work
is in charge of the Noll Construc
tion Company, Which was the suc
cessful bidder on the project. At
present the road bed is being made
ready for the pouring of concrete
which will be started at the Dou
gan place and continued towards
Asheboro.
Jurors Drawn For
September Court
This Was Main Business Trans
acted By Commissioners At
Meeting Monday.
,
Little busineSs other than the usual
routine came before the board of coun
ty commissioh&rs in session in the
court house ft Asheboro Monday.
Road Supervisor Presnell was instruct
ed to investigate the road leading
from Flint Sill to G. H. Ferguson’s by
way of G. H. flip’s and G. W. Wat
son’s with vief# of taking "over same
as a county hfthway.
F. H. Coble was released of having
to pay peddlef’s license by order of
the board.
E. B. Leach .and Supervisor Pres
nell were appointed to investigate a
road in Grant township and to report
their findings tit a later meeting of
the board.
The report of the activities of T.
Fletcher Bull%ln welfare work in the
county durfng^the month of July was
made to the board and the report
adopted. It indicated that practically
all needy cases fai the county had re
ceived attention during the month.
Jurors for ^September Court
Jurors fortt#jweek’s term of crim
Sil court begiaftiRgTihe first Monday
September wefiftdrawn as follows:
Asheboro: H. H. Bunting, John R.
Wood, D. M. Williams, M. G. Edwards,
Sam Allred, H. D. Scarboro, W. B.
Poole J. M. Brower:
Back Creek: W. C. Causey, O. E.
Parrish.
Brower: J. W. Brower, J. A- Hicks.
Cedar Grove: J. M. Vuncannon, J.
W. Varner.
Concord: E. C. Bell.
Coleridges C. L. Gardner, J. H.
Lowdermilk, B. F. Kearns, W. E.
Stout.
Columbia: A. F. Vickery.
Franklinville: John Q. Pugh.
New Market: J. C. Frazier, J. M.
Spencer, B. J. Whitehead, John Mc
Ghee, M. L. Yates, L. S. Davis, I. N.
Farlow C. A. Bristowe, W. B. Lane,
V. F. Allred.
Pleasant Grove: C. J. Stedman.
Providence: G. W. Hix.
Richland: L. C. Cole, T. J. Bean,
Isom Bean, J. W. Bean, L. F. Cagle.
Tabernacle: R. W. Meyers.
Trinity: A. A. Carter.
Union: E. C. Shaw, W. P. Strider.
Railway Crossing
Improvement Gets
A Hearty Welcome
One of the most needed and the
most notable improvements made on
the streets of Asheboro in a long
time is that just completed of the
Southern railway crossing on Depot
street. The spaces between the rails
have been filled with hardwood strips
securely spiked down and in turn the
spaces between the strips have been
filled in. The approaches to the
crossing on either side have been
treated with a tar and concrete prep
aration so that there is no jar when a
car or other vehicle strikes the cross
ing as was formerly the case.
This crossing, before it was im
proved, was one of the abominations
of the town for the motorist. There
was a bump when the ’ crossing was
reached and a continuous senes,, of
bumps, jars, shakes and shimmies
while the car was negotiating the
crossing proper. This condition called
forth remarks from motorists which
would be unfit to print, and groans,
creaks and rattles galore from tor
tured cars. .
But the crossing is improved now,
and one can almost hear a sigh of re
lief from an inanimate car itself as
it passes over the rails.
Kearns-Wood Reunion To
Be Held Sunday At Park
The annual reunion of the Kearns
Wood families will be held at the city
park in Asheboro Sunday. For many
years these two large and prominent
families have been coming together
in annual meeting, and each year a
large number of people have attended.
The park is an ideal location for
gatherings of this kind and tables and
seats are ready for the noon hour
Coolidge Not A
Candidate In 192$
Made Statement That He Does
Not Want To Run For Pres
ident Again. -
Does He Mean It?
“I do not choose to run for Presi
dent in 1928,” was the short, terse an
nouncement made by President Cool
idge to newspaper reporters Tuesday
at the summer White House at Rapid
City, South Dakota. The announce
ment was made on the fourth anni
versary of his taking office following
the death of President Harding, and
came as a distinct surprise to the
people of the country.
For the past several months spec
ulation has been rife as to whether
j President Coolidge would be a candi
date to succeed himself. Each con
tention had its adherents, and many
of those interested were sitting on
the anxious seat. Mr. Coolidge had
opposition for the nomination in 1928
within the ranks of his own party, but
it was generally agreed that if he
really wanted the 1928 Republican
nomination nothing could prevent him
from getting it. There are those,
however, now who say that Coolidge
is not entirely eliminated from the
race. Chairman Butler of the Re
publican National Committee, feels
that the President will be a candidate
to succeed himself if he is drafted by
his party. But the political signs do
not indicate that there will be many
in the party ready to issue the draft
call for the President. There are too
many other Republicans who want the
nomination.
Now comes the speculation as to
whom the Republicans will nominate
in 1928. Herbert Hoover has a large
following. Former Governor Lowden,
of Illinois, is mentioned, so are Nich
olas Longworth, Charles G. Dawes,
Senator William E. Borah and dozens
of others. It is too soon yet to make
an attempt to pick the next Republican
nominee. The G. O. P. leaders and
Presidential aspirants will have to
adjust themselves to the new condi
tion created by the President’s an
nouncement before they begin to plan
definite steps to obtain the coveted
nomination of their party.
District B. Y. P. U.
Had Good Meeting
Good Representation From Each
Union In The District—Miss
Spoon Presided.
The Randolph District B. Y. P. U.
met at Liberty, Sunday, July 81, with
a good representation from each Un
ion in the District. There were many
visitors, also.
Miss Rilla Spoon, president, pre
sided over the meeting. After the
business was disposed of the Liberty
Union gave a very interesting play
let, “The Spirit of Missions.”
Rev. W. A. Elam, of Ramseur, gave
a very inspiring talk to the young
people on the B. Y. P. U. work which
the Unions are now doing and the pos
sibilities for further work in the
county.
After Rev. Ellington, pastor of the
Liberty Baptist church, led in prayer,
the meeting adjourned to meet in
Asheboro October 30, 1927.
Want Road From Climax
Across To Highway No. 77
to obtain the establishment of
sion
the route.
State Pays More Federal
Tax Than All New England
North Carolina last fiscal year paid
into the federal treasury in taxes a
total of $205,648,000, or more than
three. Carolina paid more 'federal
tax by 25 million than all the New
England states and 45 millions more
than all the Pacific Coast states. All
the Southern states paid into the fed
eral treasury $638,284,000, or an in
crease of 51 millions over payments
in 1926.
Card of Appreciation
We wish to express to all our
neighbors and friends in any commun
ity where we have lived, our very
deep appreciation of the many kind
sympathies and the many flowers sent
us at the death of our son.—Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Hilliard and Kenneth.
Barnyard millet or i Billion dollar
grass makes a fine non-legume hay
crop for the cotton farmer of eastern
Carolina. Yields of 8 tons of hay per
A petition, signed by fifty land
owners of the Climax community, was
presented to J. Elwood Cox, fifth
district highway commissioner, last
Friday,, asking for a hard surface
road from Climax to Highway 77. The
proposed road would start from the
hard surface road at Climax, cross
70 on the K. G. Coltrane property,
and would intersect Highway 77 be
tween Archdale and High Point It is
pointed out that there is no first class
bridge over Deep River anywhere be
tween Randleman and Jamestown,
and that people living in the Climax
community and along the route which
would be served by the proposed road
have to make the long trip by Greens
boro in order to reach High Point.
Mr. Cox has promised to use his in
fluence with the Highway Commis
Rev. U. S. Crowder Is
Impressed With The
Growth Of The State
No State In West Equals North
Carolina In Progress In Last
30 Years.
Rev. U. S. Crowder, who was bom
at Cedar Falls and reared in the
Spoon’s Chapel section, six miles
southeast of Asheboro, is a minister
in the Methodist church. He was in
Randolph on a visit last winter. In a
letter to the editor he writes:
“I regret very much that I did not
have the pleasure of seeing you face
to face and shaking your friendly and
victorious hand on my visit there last
January. It was a revelation and a
real inspiration to visit my native
State after more than 30 years abs
ence, and to see the wonderful growth
and progress which has been made
during that period under the guiding
hands of the noble citizenship of that
great commonwealth. I was especial
ly impressed with your good roads,
your schools and your manufacturing.
I have just returned from a trip cov
ering all the Pacific Coast States and
some of the Rocky Mountain States.
While I found economic conditions
generally good, yet I found no State
in every respect up to the standard of
North Carolina. I earnestly hope I
can attend your fair this fall and tell
the people of my native county how I
view your growth during 30 years of
absence. It was quite a pleasure to
meet Mrs. Hammer and to spend a
few minutes in The Courier office
with her. The Courier reaches me
weekly and I read it with interest and
profit. Several other Tar Heels here
and I pass the paper on to some of
them. Kindly let me know the date
of your county fair.”
Meeting Of Baptist
Missionary Societies
Asheboro Group Held An Inter
esting Meeting At Franklin
ville On Tuesday.
The Baptist Missionary Society of
the Asheboro group met Tuesday af
ternoon in the Franklinville Baptist
church with the Franklinville society.
A number of ladies Were present, most
of the churches represented and all'
societies of the Baptist churches ex
cept Ramseur were represented. The
devotional exercises were led by Mrs.
E. C. Williamson, of Liberty. Mrs.
Nettie Hoge, of Greensboro, superin
tendent of Woman’s Work, of the
Piedmont association, was present and
spoke on “Enlistment”. Mrs. A. Lee
Gibson, of High Point, made an inter
esting talk on “Personal Service”.
The Young People’s Worker, Miss
Mary Moon, of Franklinville, discuss
ed the importance of organizations
for the young people. The discussion
of problems and the ways and means
of solving them was interesting and
helpful. During the business ses
sion, Mrs. W. A. Gregory, of Ashe
boro, was elected secretary of the
Asheboro group and Miss Annie Lee
Spoon was elected assistant young
people’s worker. An invitation from
the Liberty society to meet at Lib
erty for the next quarterly meeting
was extended and accepted.
Miss Dora Bean Married
Miss Dora Bean and Mr. Arlie Bon
kemyer were married Saturuay, July
30th, at the home of J. A. Neighbors,
the officiating justice of the peace,
north of Asheboro. Mrs. Bonkemeyer
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Bean, of Cedar Falls, and Mr. Bon
kemyer is the son of Mr. Chas. Bonke
myer, of Randleman. Mr. and Mrs.
Bonkemyer will make their future
home in High Point.
Tom Tarheel says he is going to
have the family reunion at his house
this August as he wants to look into
the faces of all the boys and girls
that have left the old home communi
ty.
Friday Of Fair
Home Coming Day
Committee In Charge Is Phut'
ning An Elaborate Program
For This Occasion.
To Make It Best Yet
Friday, September 30th, has been
designated by the fair management as
Home Coming Day for the Randolph
County Fair. The committee in
charge of the work and which is ar
ranging an elaborate program for the
day is composed of Mrs. N. M. Cran
ford, Mrs. W. A. Underwood, J. D.
Ross and Hal M. Worth. Every ef
fort is being made by the committee
in charge to obtain the names and
addresses of every Randolph citizen
who has moved away in order that a
personal invitation may be extended
to each one to be present on Home
Coming Day this fall.
It will be recalled that Home Com
ing Day at the fair last fall was one
of the biggest days of the entire fair.
Hundreds of former Randolph citi
zens came back that day, and many
who had not been back to their native
heath in many years marveled at the
progress and improvements which
their native county had
which was evidenced by
exhibits at the fair. **
Petitions Asking
For School Trucks
But County School Board Hasn't
Money To Put On Additional
| Conveyances.
Other School Matters
The Randolph county board of edu
cation in meeting in the office of
County Superintendent T. Fletcher
Bulla Monday gave attention to a
number of matters relative to the
schools of the county. Walter Lone
and Carr Kivett were appointed
school committee for Cedar Grove
district in Liberty township.
Upon petition of patrons living in
the district the board ordered Marley’a
school discontinued and authorized
the transportation of the school chil
dren in the district to Staley schooL
A number of petitions were pre
sented to the board asking for the
transportation of high school pupils to
various high schools in the county^
but on account of lack of funds for
i the purchase and operation of the
! trucks, the board was compelled te
j turn down the requests,
j It was ordered by the board that
I the truck in' Kildee district be oper
I ated to Ramseur school instead of te
j Staley, provided the change is satis
factory to the Ramseur school trus
tees.
It was ordered that Franklinville
school house be moved nearer to the
town of Franklinville another year
and that in the meantime a suitable
site is to be designated and provided
by local school authorities for the
relocation of the building.
It was ordered by the board that
the school house in Level Cross dis
trict be moved from its present site
to a more suitable location provided
such other location may be had at a
reasonable cost. William B. Victory
and D. M. Routh were appointed a
committee ■ for the school.
Roy Cox, of Asheboro, was des
ignated by the board as county his
torian and authorized to work in con
junction With the State Historical
Commission in preparing historical
data of the county.
The board decided that the eleventh
grade pupils in Providence district
be carried by truck during the schodl
year to Liberty and that the remain
ing grades attend Providence school.
Application for a loan for Ramseur
and Liberty colored schools were ap
proved.
The statistical report of
j superintendent of schools was ae
' cepted by the board of education.
This report has been published pre
viously in this newspaper.
The Asheboro colored school was
' designated by the board as the county
j training school for high school chB
| dren. This was done at the request
J of the State department of education
in order that the county may receive
from each the General education board
and the Slater fund $500 to operate
the school.
Mrs. A. B. York Dead
Mrs. A. B. York, 81, died at her
home five miles west of Liberty
Friday morning after an illness df
more than a year. Funeral was held
at Melanchton church of which the
deceased was a member Saturday af
ternoon by Rev. D. I. Offman, assist
ed by Rev. F. P. Caudle. Surviving
besides her husband are three sons,
Alfred and A. L. York, of Liberty, B.
F. D., and John York, of Smithfield.
Membership Drive Adds
125 To Sunday School
On last Saturday night a barbecue
and fish stew was given the Central
Falls Sunday school and many invited
guests, approximately numbering
three hundred, by Mr. W. M. Rodgers,
a member of the Sunday school. A
few weeks ago a membership drive
was suggested by Mr. Rodgers with
the understanding that the winning
side should be honor guests of the
losers. As a result of the drive 125
new members have been added, mak
ing a total membership of 200. There
were around 100 guests in addition to
the membership present for the cli
max occasion which was a barbecue
and fish stew at the ball park. Music
was furnished by the Worthville band.
Mr. S. G. Arthur
is superintendent
and he, with his splendid corps of
teachers, are indebted to the scheme
carried out so splendidly by Mr.
Rodgers.
Children’s Day At
Flag Springs Sunday
All Churches Of Why Not Cir
cuit To Take Part In Rendi
tion Of Program.
The annual children’s day exercises
of the churches of Why Not M. P.
circuit will be held Saturday, August
6th, beginning at 10 o’clock in the
morning at Flag Springs church. Ex
ercises will last throughout the day,
and those who attend are invited to
prepare lunch to be served in picnic
style on the church grounds. Four
speakers from each Sunday school in
the circuit will take part on the
program, which will consist of recita
tions, readings, songs and the like.
This is the eighth consecutive year
the children's day exercises have been
held for the Why Not circuit as a
whole, and each year the service la
held on the first Saturday in August.
These exercises are usually entertain