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m ‘j]Wf ':i7' r->. ," 1 ' "M*1. •T H-E- COURIER Bring Rdralta •« 'E-v'" J ISSUED W1 VOLUME LTV PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN - »jA4-r- »■■■»■■*— 1 Aahabm. ft. C. Tlrewday, April 4, 1929 -—■-- |‘*11 — $2.00 A YEAR IN i»VANCE r NUMBER 14 Most Brutal Crime In history Of The County Committed Near Erect Young White Matron Victim Of Assault By Negro—Beaten And Left For Dead. Assailant Brazenly Confesses His Crime Captured After Long Hunt And Taken Away For Safety— —Comity Aroused. Ferdie Wfley, rT-year-old negro, confessed rapist of Mrs. Lexie L. McKinnon, 83, of the Bract commun ity, about twenty miles southeast of Asheboro, was brought to Randolph county Jail yesterday morning about 10:80 o’clock by Sheriff W. B. Milli kan, an hour after he had been appre hended in the woods near Bennett by a posse beaded by the sheriff and com posed of approximately 600 armed men, who had scoured the community in the vicinity of the scene of the crime since early Tuesday morning looking for the black. In the after noon the negro won taken to a Jail in another county for safekeeping. So brutal was the crime he committed and confessed so brazenly that feeling in the Xhect community was running high, and a wave of indignation had swept over the county. No trouble Was anticipated, for Randolph county people are respectful of law and or der, but all concerned felt the wise course to pursue was to take the negro elsewhere'to await trial. m The victim of the assault, Mrs. Lex ie L. McKinnon, highly respected young married woman of Erect, lies in Memorial hospital, here, in a crit ical condition. She is suffering from nervous shock and from' the brutal attack made on her by the negro with a chair and later with a club. Her scalp is cut into ribbons, her face is gashed, her neck blue and bruised from the severe choking which the negro gave her to render her insen sible. Her skull is eracked and there la concussion of the brain. Mom than 150 stitches were required to close tne lacerations on her head and face. Attacked Monday Afternoon The assault was made on Mrs. Mc Kinnon Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock while die was- alone at her home, her husband being employed at a sawmill near Seagrove, usually staying away from home the entire week, Mia. McKinnon meanwhilejitey the McKinnon home to leave a basket of eggs for sale to the transient egg truck which passed there during the day. She found Mrs. McKinnon in a semi-conscious state, covered with her own blood and suffering intense pain. She was able to tell Mrs. Asbill that she had been attacked by Wiley. Mrs. Asbill notified a number of men work ing at a nearby mill and the sheriff ■tiH county health officer were called. (Please turn to page 8) Friends Annual Missionary Meet Here Next Week The Annual Missionary Convention of the Friends Yearly Meeting in North Carolina will he held in Ashe boro next Tuesday at ten o'clock with Mian Elisabeth Weaver, of High Point, president, presiding. Among the interesting addresses will be an Illustrated address on Africa, by Miss Clara I. Cox, of High Point, Tuesday evening. Miss Evelyn Haworth, of Guilford College, will on Tuesday morning give a review of the new study book. Mrs. Elisabeth Sykes, of Greensboro, will give a series of addresses on the church and mis sions, and Mrs. Hinkle, also of Greensboro, will speak on the work of the Blue Bidge Conference. Mrs. C. L. Gregory, president of the local society, expects one hundred and fifty delegates to attend the meetings, which will continue two days. Can’t v For Breeding Purposes Hie law passed at the recent session of the North Carolina general as - sembly relating to fosse in Bandolph county provided that it shall be un lawful to liberate foxes here for breeding purposes. It is not in vio lation at the law to release the ani mals in preparation for afox race. ed out of season only when caught in tiw act of destroying domestic fowls or animals. Is reality the ^ provides only a old fox law colored man, was ar in the colored section ip Best Asheboro Konday night dhasged with drunkenness avid an attempted as * seult vrtth a Aei ghh. ®ewas*plaeed In the Randolph comity Jail np and in ~»r» oKv^ttMir irfam i> Carolina Motorists Now Paying 5-Cent Tax On Gasoline Probably only a few North Cun lino motorists wore aware of it, but last Saaday they bought their last gas in this State with the four cent tax on it. Effective Monday the gas tax went to Are cents a gallon. Had the law been in ef fect Sunday the extra cent tax would have piled up a sizeable amount of revenue, for the high ways of North Carolina were crowded with ears—a veritable Easter parade. Fur four years Tar Heels have been paying a gas tax of four cents on the gallon, the proceeds having been used tor the construc tion of North Carolina’s splendid system, of highways. The last legislature added the extra cent, and there was scarcely a kick. Revenue, estimated at $2,500,000 a year, will be produced by this ex tra cent tax, and this will be .di vided among the 100 counties in the State on basis of area and pop ulation as an aid to rood main tenance. It is estimated that Randolph county will get approximately $40, 000 of this amount each year; the amount, of course, should get larger each year as non cars are Greater Rainfall Th^n Usual During The Month Of March Was More Than Two Indies Over Normal For The Month— Hotter Than Usual Too. According to the monthly summary of the local Weather Observer the month of March was hot and wet. The mean temperature for the month was 68.8 degrees as compared to a normal of 48.6 degrees or 'Just' five and two-tenths degrees warmer than the average. The highest temperature for the month was 87 degrees on the 26th while the lowest was 23 degrees onthMMh. .if The rainfall for the month was 6.87 inches as compared to 'a normal of 4£8 inches. The unusual thing about the ratjfaJl was that it was so nearly te. Jh* ponih fan «f . _Jmm days that were classified as clear, 10 that were partly cloudy and 8 that were cloudy. The month was marked by strong winds on the 6th, 6th, and 7th and by thunder storms on the 22nd, 23rd and 26th. A hail storm of moderate in ,tensity was recorded for the 22nd, though no damage was done owing to the fact that crops were not advanced far enough to suffer much. Extensive Improvements Bring Made At A. & P. Extensive improvements are being made at the local branch store of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Com pany of which Mr. E. T. Walton is in charge. Petition in the Lewis build ing occupied by the store has been moved back several feet, and more shelf space added as well as addition al floor room. Paint is being used freely to make the interior of the store more attractive, and an entirely new lighting arrangement installed. .The local A A P. store has enjoyed a large and growing business since it was established here, and the enlarg ing of quarters is for the purpose of taking care of increased business. Mr. Welbom Speaks To Larffe Audience Over Radio Hook Up Mr. R. C. Welbom, of Lawrence, Kansas, selected in 1927 as Master Fanner of Kansas, and a native of Randolph county, has recently delight ed a large radio audience with a talk an “Elimination of Waste Will Help Solve the Farm Problems”. Mr. Wel bom's talk was highly praised in a recent edition of a Kansas farm paper. County Board May : Go Slow On Selling Bonds For Schools Money Market Is In Unsatisfac tory State And Bonds Might Go At High Interest. Short Term Notes May Be Resorted To In Order To Get Money For Buildings : —$100,000 Wanted. The board of county commissioners may not borrow the $100,000 authoriz ed tor schools, ordered at a call meet ing about ten days ago, on bends, but may resort to short term notes. Few bonds are being issued now because the money market is in an unsatis factory state and favorable rates are hard to get It may be cheaper and easier to raise this amount on short term notes by borrowing what is needed instead of the full amount authorized. The bond issue was authorized to provide funds for building the consol idated high school at FranklinvQle, work on which is already under way, and for grammar grade school build ings at Archdale and Cedar Falls. The Archdale grammar school would serve as a sort of feeder for Trinity high school, while that at Cedar Falls would be a feeder for the Franklin ville school. It is estimated that ap proximately $100,000 will be required for these projects, the Franklinville school alone costing approximately $60,000. The county school debt is now $3284126.00, including money bor rowed and owed for all purposes, and the additional indebtedness of $100, 000 will run the total to $428,225.00. little Business Comes Before The County Board Little was done by the board of commissioners in regular session in the court house in Ashe boro Monday for the reason that the chairman, W. I* Ward, was engaged in court Bills were allowed, three persons ordered admitted to the county home, and O. D. Lawrence refunded 17.60 in special school taxes imposed and collected in error. One road matter was decided, this being the ordering of machine' work on the highway from Frazier’s nldfag by way of the Bouldin place to the hard surface of 77. Hie board will meet again on Tuesday aftemoog^ April 9th. . v Continue Showing ’ Free Health Movies In Randolph County Further Schedule Announced By County Health Officer—Large Crowds Attending. Dr. G. H. Sumner, county health officer, announced yesterday after noon that he would continue the show ing of State Board of Health free motion pictures the next several days at the following times and places, all showings to start promptly at 7:80 o’clock in the evening: Worthville, Friday night, April 6fh. Trinity, Monday night, April 8th. Providence, Tuesday night, April 9th. Staley, Wednesday night, April 10. All school children and school pa trons are invited to attend the show ing of these pictures, which are en tertaining as well as interesting. At ^Trinity, the Parent-Teacher associa tion has been invited in a body to see the pictures. These free health pic tures have been shown at several places in the county, according to schedule published last week, and at each place large crowds have been out to witness the showings. The pic tures are brought to Randolph through cooperation with the State Board of Health. Improvements Made On School Grounds Now 4 Beauty Spot, Made So By Planting Of Shrubs And Car • ing For The Lawn. Several improvements have been made on the local school grounds un der direction of the class In biology with the assistance of individual stu dents from all the high school grades. The chief of these improvements has been the roping off of the walks on the school grounds in an effort to keep the grass unmarred by pathj ways. An improvement in prospect is a flower bed on the south side of the school grounds. The school yard, once a sand-covered space, hantaned by I«in end the tramping of many feet, unsightly end unattractive, now 'comprises ene of the most beautiful teens in Jiheboro. The green of the Criminal Term Of Randolph Superior Court II Postponed week Civil coart ended only yes terday, after a» entire week had been take* up in the trial of a aait brought by Lewald Cotton Milk, of W«rthrilH against & & Alex $12,000 in damage*. Trial of the ease waa atartei Wednesday of last week and after ill the evidence was in, yeaterday tbe defense at torneys pleaded the statute of lim itations on aeveralofthe counts in the complaint, add die lodge up held die contention, practically throwing the litigation oat of court. The plaintiff however, gave notice of appeal ftffo the decision. Quite n number <# people from va rious parts of tbe£ county came Monday expecting criminal court to begin, and aevetnl more returned Wednesday, whan it had been thought trial of criminal eases would begin. Ifte generally thought that the Governor will be petition ed to grant a special term of court Randolph School Officials To Study New School Law Supk T. F. Sofia And L. F. Ross, Chm. Of Board, Will Take A Five-Days’ Course. County Superintendent of Schools TV, Fletcher Bulla and L. F. Ross, chairman of the board of education for Randolph county’, will go to Ra leigh on Abril 22nd to attend a five days’ school 'for county superintend ents and board chairmen from all counties in the. state for the purpose of studying the provisions of the new school law, Mr. Bulla attended a dis trict meeting: of county superintend ents held in Carthage yesterday. This ing the machinery of the new school Umr also. Tha-jattomey general and the equalization board have threshed little in doubt. Every effort is being made on the part of the school peo ple to ascertain the purposes, intent and provisions of the new law in an ef fort to follow it to the letter. While there was severe criticism of the new act in several quarters immediately after its passage, it has been remark ed by several high in authority in state school matters that the law may be better than they first thought. At any rate, school folks are going to give it a fair and impartial trial. Mr. Mitchell And Party Of Friends At Tip Top Lodge Mr. J. R. Mitchell, owner of Tip Top Lodge in Concord township, is en .tertaining a party of his northern friends at the lodge this week. Mr. Mitchell is from Trenton, New Jer ,sey, and has been interested in the development of Tip Top Lodge for, more than seventeen years. Mr. W. C. Grimes, who is now in charge of the State game farm in this county, formerly had charge of Tip Top, but upon connection with the State, was .succeeded by Mr. R. JT. Woods. While the lodge has not aa much game as heretofore there are sufficient birds and beautiful shrubbery at the lodge to warrant a visit there and this is the season at which the grounds are most beautiful. Mr. Mitchell visits the lodge frequently and is much at tached to his Randolph county de velopment. Ajsheboro Senior B. Y. P. U. Wins The Efficiency Banner Til* Baptist young people of the Randolph district enjoyed an inter eating program at Randleman Sunday Joint Meeting Of Mission Societies Here April 9 To 11 No. C. Branch of Woman’s Home And Foreign Mission Socie ties Of M. P. Church. Three Days’ Session More Than 175 Delegates Ex pected Here For Meeting At Local M. P. Church. The North Caroline Branch of the Woman’s Home and Foreign Mission ary Societies of the Methodist Prot estant Church will meet in Asheboro April 9th to 11th, inclusive. Dele gates from all the churches in the State will be present, and those in charge expect to have around 175 present for this three-days’ meeting. Mrs. Wm. C. Hammer, of Asheboro, is president of the Home Mission Work, and Mrs. George R. Brown, of Reidsville, president of the Foreign Work. Prominent speakers who will be present will be Rev. J. Clyde Au man, returned missionary from Japan; Rev. J. F. Minnie, returned mission ary from India; Mrs. A. G. Dixon, who will present the work of the Home Missions; Rev. Homer Casto, pre sents the work of Bethel Tubercular Home; Dr. A. G. Dixon presents the work being carried on at the Chil dren’s Home, at High Point; Mrs. Marie Thompson, of Baltimore, asso ciate secretary of the General Board of Missions; and several other speak ers. Tuesday afternoon, April 9th, the meeting will open with a joint ses sion of the Home and Foreign Work, presided over by Mrs. C. W. Bates, of Greensboro, chairman of Districts. Dr. S. W. Taylor, President of the North Carolina Conference, will ad dress the meeting on the subject of “New Century Service—Every Mem ber Co-operating”. In the evening the Community Church, of Thomasville, will present a pageant, “Broken .China”. Throughout the three days, visitors will be welcome at all ses sions. Easter Cantata At Local M. P. Church Splendid Program The Easter cantata, "The Resurrec tion Song”, given at the local Meth odist Protestant church last Sunday evening, was one of the finest musical programs ever given by the choir of this church, „ Mrs. 'll. W, Walker was the director and each member of the choir gave the very finest coopera tion. Mrs. G. P. Pritchard was the very efficient pianist The story of the cantata followed the life of Christ through the Garden of- Geth semane, through the trial and the cru cifixion and then with one great tri umph declared his resurrection. The large congregation present was high ly pleased with the rendition of the story as well as the story itself. New State Game Refuge Established In Davidson Establishment of a State game refuge, containing from 1,000 to 1,600 acres of laftd in the corners of Mont gomery and Davidson counties, just north of the town of Badin, has been announced by the State department of conservation and development. The main body of the land taken over is a tract belonging to the Tallahassee Power Company. Restoration of the Wild turkey and the propagation of quail and pheasants will be under taken on the refuge. The land is said to be ideal for upland game. ^Unique Contest Is Announced For F. E. Byrd’s Store Here The dressmakings contest which has been opened for participation at F. IS. Byrd’s store on Sunset Avenue is arousing unusual local interest, 'al though the contest has been on only a short while. The contest will close May 15th, so there is still plenty of time to enter it if you are so minded. The contest hinges around Borden's fabrics, which Mr. Byrd handles, and fifteen of the best dresses made lo cally from these fabrics may be en tered in the contest. Cash prizes amounting to $3,500 are offered the winners. Dresses submitted to the local store for1 entry in the contest will be sent to the show rooms of the manufacturers of Borden’s fabrics in New York and there the national judging contest will be held June 15. Prize checks will be mailed the win ners in care of the store at which the dresses were submitted for presenta tion. The prise-winning dresses will be worn at a gigantic pageant at Uni Closing Exercises Of Asheboro School To Be Held June 1-3 Thirty-One Members Of Grad uating Class—Four Girls Av erage Highest Grades. Announcement was nude yesterday by Superintendent R. J. Bilker that the commencement exercises of the Asheboro school would begin on Sat urday, June 1, at 8 o’clock in the evening, with class day exercises. The sermon will be preached on Sunday evening by a minister to be selected later. Graduating exercises will fol low on Monday evening at 8 o’clock, June 3. Commencement speakers will be selected in the meantime. There are 31 members of the senior class, all of whom probably will graduate. This is an unusually large gradua ting class for the Asheboro school. Miss Margaret Hammond will be valedictorian of the graduating class, she having averaged the highest grade in the high school during the past four years. The next highest average has been made by Miss Em ma Rice, and consequently she will be salutatorian of her class on gradua tion day. Next in order in high grades during the past four years are Misses Dorothy Whitaker and Virgin ia Henry. It is significant that no boy is included in the four highest. Eugene J. Coltrane Gets Important Post At Guilford College Was Former County Supt. Of Schools In Randolph—Heads School Of Education. Eugene J. Coltrane, superintendent f the Roanoke Rapids public schools ince 1919, has resigned to become lead of the school of education at }uilford College. Mr. Coltrane grad ated from Guilford College in 1907 ad received his master’s degree from Columbia in 1925. He has almost ompleted his Ph. D. degree at Co umbia also, having studied the past everal summers at Virginia, Cornell, larvard and University of North Carolina. Mr. Coltrane was honored >y the North Carolina Educational Association last week when he was lected vice president, This means te will automatically become the text president of that body. Mr. Coltrane was bom and reared n the Coltrane’s Mill community, Randolph county. He was superin endent of schools for Randolph coun y in 1908-09, bring succeeded by Sherrill Lassiter, of Farmer, who in ira was succeeded tar ' " T. Fletcher Balia, Jn Mr. Coltrane i# a brother of . S. Coltrane, of Greensboro, for ierfy county farm agent for Ran >lph, and is also an uncle of Miss ucille Coltrane, daughter of Mr. and [rs. A. B. Coltrane, of Trinity, who is sputy Register of Deeds under Mr. . C. Fraxier. Mr. Coltrane has wide unity connections in the Glenola and rinity communities of the county, nd is well and favorably known in all arts of Randolph. Birthday Party Is Given In Honor Of Mr. Jesse Crotts Trinity, Rt 1, April 1.—Young peo ple of the community surprised Mr. Jesse Crotts with a party and cake supper Saturday night in honor of his 21st birthday, which was Wed nesday. Those present included Misses Liszie Grade, Effie, Radie and Ruby Skeen, Ida and Lois Crotts, Made Hunt, and Edna and Clara Coble, and Messrs. Robert, Troy and Ralph Skeen and Dave Crotts. Seventh grade pupils of Poplar Ridge school, taught by Misses Ruth Spencer and Bertha Bullock, will prob ably go to Tabernacle school this spring to take the county-wide seventh grade examinations. A nice program was given at Gil ead church Easter Sunday. Several recitations and songs delighted the large congregation present Every part of the program was most en joyable. An increased attendance has been noted recently at Poplar Ridge Sun day school. Church attendance is al so on the up grade. Young People Go To South Carolina To Wed Announcement is made of the mar* riage of two of Tabernacle township's youthful citizens, who motored to South Carolina Good Friday and re turned to the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Sunupey, Saturday evening. Urn parties are Miss Evelyn B riles, teen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Brflee and Mr. lewis Summey, fourteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. HL Summey. Board Rejects T. F. BuliCounty Supt. Of Schools Succeeds Himself At Expindu Of Present Tent June 30— Supt. Since 1913. L. F. Ross, Chairman Luther Smith, Of Tabernacle Township, New Member Of Board, In Meeting. The Randolph county board of edu cation in regular session in the coart house in Asheboro Monday elected L» F. Ross, of Asheboro, chairman for a term of two years, upon motion of Mr. J. A. Martin, member from Lib erty, seconded by Luther Smith, of Tabernacle township, newly appointed member of the board. T. Fletcher Bulla was re-elected county superin tendent for a term of two years be? ginning at the expiration of his pres ent term on July 1, 1929. Mr. Bulla was first elected county superintend ent in 1913. An application was made to the board by several pdtrons of White’s Chapel school asking for a new build ing. The county superintendent whs authorized to make an investigation of the needs of this district and report at a later meeting of the board. A petition for the re-establishment of the school at Lena’ a Grove, in Back Creek township, was deferred for future action. This school was aban doned several yean ago. Patrons of the Central Falls dis trict presented a petition asking that the special school tax for the year 1929-30 not be levied and collected. After careful consideration, it was agreed that this petition should go over for future action. It was ordered by the board that a deed be made to John Harris to old Prospect school house and lot, he hav ing bought same for fifty dollars. It was requested by the board that bids be submitted by interested parties the first Monday in May for the old school house at Locust Grove, in Con cord township. The school house lot reverts to the Skeen heirs. Bids were asked also for the old Robbins school house in Tabernacle township. School committeemen for the vari ous districts in the county will be ap pointed by the board at the May meet ing. „ ':1 I - V. j '£ V m V Tom Dougan Held On Charge Steal Tom Dougan, who was arrested about ten days ago for the laneny of automobile license tag, and meat, and giving worthless checks, but who was out on bond, was re-arrested Tuesday afternoon charged with the larceny of 12 fine hams, 4 shoulders and 1 middling belonging to Mr. Win. Winslow, of Asheboro, Route 3, on .the night of March 4th. Sam Bunting was also arrested with Dougan and has not given bond, so the same charg es are for both men. Dougan has con fessed to the theft before Chief of, Po lice R. A. Gaddis and told where he sold the meat. Juniors Entertain ^ Asheboro Hi Seniors At Pretty Banquet The Junior class school entertained the Senior class at library and study hal building last Friday halls were effectively pine, the flowering Ju crepe paper in raintx colors of the graduati three-course meal was squeaking balloons and as favors. Miss Louise ident of the Junior cl toastmistress and welcomed the iors and faculty as ouests. E. L. fitt, president made the response, toasts were given To the Seniors—Miss rish. Response—Art To the Senior Johnson. Response—Miss Pi To ihe School—Bu ResnonBe—Sunerix payers are on bond b M111 ?
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