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NUMBER 47
Late News
State, National and International
Happenings Briefly Told
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FIGHTING IN SPAIN
shifts to north
Madrid.—Spanish revolution
ists arc delaying their expected
advance upon the capital, Mad
rid until they have routed loy
alist forces in the north and
insured against an attack from
the rear when they start their
march. Rival forces are drawn
up in anticipation of a large bat
tle at San Sebastian, an im
portant government stronghold
in North Spain, and rebels claim
the capture of two cities con
trolling the vital mountain pas
ses. This left Madrid compara
tively quiet, and most of the 74
Americans still in that city Mon
day elected to remain, although
the American embassy urged
them to leave for Valencia while
the railway was still open.
ALARMS COURT DURING
TRIAL OF ATTACKER
Anniston, Ala. — Joel Hill,
Alabama farmer, created a sen
sation Monday in the militia
guarded courtroom where a negro
was being tried for attacking
Hill’s wife when he jumped up
and threatened the negro with a
pistol. A state highway patrol
man seized the gun before it was
tired, and militiamen hurried
the negro from the room until
order was restored. The trial con
tinued uneventfully and the
negro was found guilty and sen
tenced to be executed September
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SECRETARY ICKES NOT
ENTIRELY COMPLIMENTARY
Washington.—Secretary Ickes
made a pub'ic statement Tues
day to the effect that there is a
“deadly parallel” between the
past and present statements of
Governor Alf Landon. Secretary
Ickes says he “has gone A. W.
0. L. from the war against pov
erty and want and the exploita
tion of the weak in which he en
listed in 1933.” The Secretary
cited several instances where
public statements were made by
Landon, as liis illustrations.
CAMPAIGN OUTLINE IS
APPROVED BY LEADERS
Hyde Park.—President Roose
velt’s approval of the immediate
beginning of an “aggressive
campaign” for the reelection of
President Roosevelt and the en
tire Democratic ticket in the
coming November election. A
two-hour roundtable discussion
of current political conditions
was held, according to a press
report given out by Chairman
James A. Farley, after the meet
ing. Chairman Farley added,
“We are ready to go.” The
drought situation is said to have
consumed a great deal of time
during the meeting.
FAIL TO DISCOVER ANY
VOTING IRREGULARITIES
Raleigh.—Word was sent on
Tuesday to the state board of
elections of the failure to find the
alleged voting irregularities by
the Cleveland county board of
elections. The Cleveland board
sent word that the charges had
been probed and the allegations
brought by McDonald men after
the second primary were found
to be without merit.
GOVERNMENT BEGINS
CATTLE BUYING
Washington.—The government
began its program of buying up
cattle in drought areas Monday,
purchasing 4,793 head of cattle
from a $5,090,000 fund just
made available. The cattle will
be turned over to the Swift,
Arm«mr, and .Cudahy packing
companies for processing, and
will then be distributed through
relief agencies to persons on re
lief. The drought committee
pledged support of present
prices, the purchases now being
practical since rising feed prices
and shortage of pasturage and
water are forcing cattle on the
market at the uaual rate for
September and October.
hopes fade fob
labor peace
Washington.—Monday,"for the
first time since troubles within
their own ranks began to disturb
the nation’s labor organizations,
William Green, president of the
American ' Federation of Labor,
expressed doubt as to the amic
able settling of differences. After
an all day session of the federa
tion’s executive council, which
net to punish 12 union leaders
accused of insurrection, pros
pects for peace looked dark, as
no basis for compromise could be
reached. Moreover, the men on
trial, led by John L. Lewis and
his committee for industrial or
ganisation, defiantly refused to
appear before the executive
hoard and seamed willing to be
expelled, the punishment threet
«nd by Green.
Native Randolph
Man With Family
Visiting Friends
Mr. And Mrs. Fred Burgess
And Sons Spending Ten
Days At Old Homestead
Is Teacher-Writer
Author Of Randolph County
History; Recently Return
ed From Monticello
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burgess of
New Bern are in Randolph county
for a week visiting Mr. Burgess’
relatives at the old Burgess home
stead near Franklinville. Mr. Bur
gess, a native son of Randolph, is
the author of the second Randolph
county history assembled in book
let form, the first having been
done by the Hon. J. A. Blair many
years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Burgess have re
cently returned from a stay at
Charlottsville, Va., and Monticello.
While Mr. Burgess is a writer of
unusual talent in addition to his
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Henson Family Ls
Together Sunday
For Annual Meet
F. M. Wright Of Asheboro is
Guest Speaker; Sumptuous
Dinner At Noon
Personal Mention
Staley Wins Baseball Game
On Saturday; Radio Rang
ers Give Program
Franklinville, Aug. 3. — There
was a family reunion and dinner
at the home of C. E. Henson Sun
day in honor of Mr. Henson’s
birthday. All the children were
present and enjoyed the occasion.
At the noon hour a sumptuous
dinner was spread and served in
the grove. An interesting talk was
made by F. M. Wright of Ashe
boro. It was decided to make the
reunion an anrihal affair and that
the next meet, next year would be
at the home of C. E. Henson.
The annual reunion of the Poole
family will be held at the home of
William Poole, Saturday, August 8.
Dinner will be in the grove, west of
the residence.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Grimsley
and son, Walter, left Saturday for
a week-end visit with W. C. Grims
ley of Galax, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Austin of
Greensboro were visitors Sunday
at the home of Mrs. M. L. Buie.
Mrs. W. C. Caveness of Raleigh
spent the w’eek-end with Mr. and
Mrs. G. H. Patterson.
Several of our people attended
the revival meetings at Pleasant
Grove and Pleasant Cross churches
on Sunday.
The baseball game, on the local
diamond Saturday afternoon be
tween Franklinville and Staley re
sulted in a score of 9 to 11 in
favor of Staley.
The Radio Rangers of Franklin
viile, gave a concert, Saturday
night at Needom’s Grove school
building, Moore county, for the
benefit of the school.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Spoon and
children, Grady and Clara Jean,
left Friday for Washington, D. C.,
where they will visit Paris Spoon,
who is a patient in St. Elizabeth’s
hospital.
Mrs. Emma Cox of Seagrove,
who has been spending some time
with Mr. and Mrs. Burgess Allred
has returned to her home.
Sherman Benner, W. H. Welch,
Paul and Dewey Prevo and Irvin
Allred left Friday for a week-end
stay at Wrightsville Beach.
Mrs. Douglas Midkiff and Harry
Midkiff are visiting this week in
Gretna, Va.
Asheboro Fixture
Company Part Of
Albemarle Merger
Plans are being made for mov
ing the Asheboro Fixture company
to Albemarle soon where it will
be joined with the Albemarle Man
tel company and chartered as the
Piedmont Fixture and Mantel com
pany. Principal stockholders in the
new firm will be Dwight L. Cro
well and Kermit L. Young of Albe
marle. Mr. Young has been in
Asheboro for the past two years
operating the Asheboro Fixture
company.
This latter firm has been build
ing fixtures for department stores,
cafes, drug stores, 5 and 10 cent
stores, banks, beauty parlors wd
offices of various kinds. It has been
very busy, Mr. Young said, for the
past eighteen months, and the new
arrangement will offer opportuni
ties for a still greater volume of
business in the same line.
District Masons Will Meet In
Asheboro Tuesday, August 11,
Many Prominent Speakers
All Lodges Of Twenty-Fourth District Will Be Represertted
At This Meeting Which Conies To Asheboro For
Second Consecutive Year
On Tuesday, August 11th, Bal
four Lodge of Ancient Free and.
Accepted Masons, will entertain all
lodges in the twenty-fourth Ma
sonic district of North Carolina in
Asheboro. This meeting has been
contemplated for some time and
the fact that it has been designated
for Asheboro speaks well for the
local lodge as well as for the
people of Asheboro. It will be re
called that last year this same
meeting was held in Asheboro and j
we are advised on good authority i
that by reason of the splendid1
meeting of a year ago, the fine'
neighborliness, spirit of comrade-1
ship and hospitality extended by i
the Asheboro people, that the of- ]
fleers of the Grand Lodge have ]
been lavish in their praise and
anxious to return for a second
visit.
Randolph county has been for
tunate to have one of the grand
officers of the lodge foj^ many
years. Dr. C. A. Graham of Ram
seur is the past deputy district
BOUND OVER TO COURT
UNDER $300 BOND
Robert Hunt was bound over to
the next term of Randolph Superior
court charged with driving drunk
and assault with deadly weapon,
after a preliminary hearing before
A. N. Bulla, J. P. in Randleman
on Friday. The bond was set at
$300 but was not met, so Hunt
went to jail in Asheboro. The case
grew out of a collision of the
truck driven by Hunt and a car
driven by Rev. Kiffis Green and
Louis McNair, both Greensboro
colored men.
Asheboro Schools
Need Nine Months
Terra, Supplement
Federal Study Reveals Ashe
boro Spends Least For
Each School Child
$20.52 Per Pupil
Other N. C. Cities In Survey
Also Near Bottom Of
Rating
It is the opinion of Reginald
Turner, Asheboro school superin
tendent, that the best way to bet
ter the standing of North Caro
lina’s schools, which in a recently
completed study by the federal of
fice of education stood at near the
bottom in their groups with regard
to per capita costs, is to bring back
local supplements and the nine
months’ term.
In this survey Asheboro ranked
79th among 79 towns whose popula
tion ranged from 2,500 to 10,000
in the amount spent per child each
year, spending $20.52 compared to
the average figure of $69.25. With
the return to a nine month school
year and the resulting increased
appropriations Asheboro’s stand
ards would rise accordingly. In
this respect, Mr. Turner said,
many towns in the state have al
ready moved to improve their con
ditions. About 25 communities have
voted a ninth month and local sup
port, and to his knowledge only
one election has gone against the
schools, and that by but a few
votes.
The conclusions reached by the
federal office of education were
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State Health Department Leads Cheek Of Town
And County Eating Places With Ratings Given
A sanitary survey of all the eat
ing establishments of Asheboro
and Randolph county has just been
completed by J. N. Johnson of the
state board of health and J. H.
Wylie of the county health depart
ment.
Each establishment was rated on
a basis of one thousand possible
points for a perfect score. All
cafes rating seven hundred or more
points were given a sanitary rat
ing, as this figure is determined
by laiw as a passing mark. Those
establishments having a sanitary
rating of less than seven hundred
points were given thirty days in
order to comply with the provisions
of the law and raise their ratings
to the required passing mark. In
the event that any places preparing
food for sale should have failed to
comply with the aforesaid provi
sions, or should have failed to dis
continue the preparation of food
for sale it shall be the duty of the
grand master and is succeeded by
J. R. Hinshaw of Asheboro as de
puty district grand master. The
meeting of the eleventh will be in
charge of Mr. Hinshaw, who ad
vises that in the afternoon a meet
ing will be held in the lodge hall
at which time John H. Anderson,
grand secretary of the Masonic
Order in North Carolina, of
Raleigh, will speak to those pre
sent. In the evening at six-thirty,
supper will be served to the
visitors after which Hon. J. Giles
Hudson, grand master, of Salis
bury, will deliver an address. Mr.
Hudson is reported to be a most
forceful and pleasing speaker and
a large attendance of Masons is
anticipated at this meeting.
All members of the fraternity
will be welcome at both meetings
and the local lodge is very hopeful
that a large delegation will respond
to this opportunity in making this
one of the most successful of dis
trict meetings.
| Fix September 10
Opening Date For
Schools In County
Board Of Education Expects
New Schools To Be
Ready By Then
Fire Inspection
Award Contracts For All New
Furniture Except Audi
torium Chairs
Opening date for the Randolph
county schools was set for Sep
tember 10 at a meeting of the
county board of education Monday
afternoon. By this time it is ex
pected that all new school build
ings will be completed so that
classes can begin.
The largest part of the time of
the session was taken up with
awarding of contracts for furniture
for the new schools. The contract
for pupil’s desks was given to the
Flowers Seating company,
Hickory; shades, Southern Desk
company, Hickory; primary tables
and teacher’s desks, C. A. Reap,
Albemarle.
No contract for auditorium
chairs was awarded Monday, but
this will be taken up at a meeting
of the board Monday, August 10.
The county superintendent, T.
Fletcher Bulla, was authorized to
arrange for additional transporta
tion for schools recently consoli
dated.
Mr. Bulla announced Tuesday
that fire inspection for three of
the new schools, Archdale, Ashe
boro and New Market, will take
place Monday.
ASHEBORO CONTRACTOR IS
INJURED IN FALL TUES.
S. E. Trogdcn, well known local
contractor, was injured quite pain
fully Tuesday noon when he fell
through the elevator shaft of the
Cranford building. The elevator
had been taken down from the top
floor since Mr. Trogdon stepped
off it a few minutes prior to that
time, causing him to fall to the
first floor. The chief injuries were
to his ankle which is dislocated and
perhaps otherwise injured. He was
taken to Randolph hospital where
he is receiving treatment.
inspector to issue a warrant for
the violater.
The law requires that the pro
prietor of those establishments is
sued a rating must post that rat
ing in a conspicfous place where
it may be easily observed by the
guests and keep that rating posted
until a subsequent rating is given
or for a period of one year. It is
the privilege of any cafe already
given a sanitary rating to request
a re-inspection any time within
thirty days of the date of the first
rating. This request should be
made in writing either directly to
the state board of health in Raleigh
or to Dr. G. H. Sumner, county
health officer.
Inspections took place Thursday,
Friday, Saturday and Monday. Mr.
Johnson will return in about a
month to check up on those es
tablishments which are not now up
to standard. These sanitary stan
dards are administered on a state
Legion Commander
Calls Attention To
Campaign For Hut
Good location Secured; Large
Sum Raised For Build
ing Hut
Wants Action
Legion Will Open Hut For
Use Of Other Civic
Organizations
R. A. Briles, commander of Ben
Dixon Post 45 of the American
I<egion wishes again to remind
anyone who is desirous of either
subscribing to the fund for the
Legion hut or of paying his
pledge to see James B. Neely,
treasurer of the building fund. The
lot for the building has already
been secured, and between $500
and $1,000 has been subscribed for
the hut, and Mr. Briles is anxious
to push the project ahead so that
actual construction can be started
early this fall.
He plans to bring the matter up
at the Legion meeting tonight
(Tuesday) at 7:30 in the Legion
hall. The campaign for the hut,
which began in the spring, has been
progressing steadily, but Mr.
Briles thinks that it is time that
definite arrangements were made
so that there will be no unneces
sary delay in erection of the build
ing.
The situation for the hut will be
just outsid- the city limits on high
way 00, where the Legion has a
350 foot lot on the north side of
the highway. The hut itself will
be a one story, red brick building.
Plans for the layout of the interior
have not yet been drawn up, but
among the rooms planned are a
large assembly room, a smaller one
for ordinary group meetings, and
a kitchen where meals for the
meetings can be prepared.
Mr. Briles emphasized the fact
that the hut will be open to the
town’s various civic organizations
as well as to the American Legion.
Consequently the success of the
campaign is a matter which affects
the whole community and in which
every citizen of Asheboro should
take a personal interest.
lExtcnsMtDept.
Plans Courses
For County Boys
Boys who have completed a high
school courses and are interested in
taking extension work in agri
iulture or along technical lines
should see Reginald Turner, sup
erintehdent of the Asheboro
schools. Mr. Turner has received a
letter from North Carolina State
college stating the eagerness of
the extension department of that
institution to provide boys with the
opportunity to take work of college
standing through extension cour
ses.
Various classes may be formed,
dependent upon the number of
those showing interest in any
particular field. In this way young
men who are not able to attend
college at this time may continue
their education, both for their own
present advantage and to keep
their schooling fresh in their minds
in case they are enabled to go to
college later.
Mr. Turner is sure that enough
boys from the graduating classes
of the county high schools during
the past two or three years can be
found who would be interested in
taking such work. He will be glad
to answer any questions pertaining
to these extension courses, and to
help in the formation of such
classes.
C. A. Vuncannon of High Point
visited his sister, Mrs. C. T. Luck
at Seagrove, route two, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
basis, not merely for Randolph
county.
While Mr. Johnson said that the
conditions in Asheboro’s eating
places were only fair, as the report
discloses, Dr. Sumner said that
they can all reach a Grade A rat
ing by installing the proper eguip
ment .handling food properly, and
buying all their milk products from
Grade A dairies.
The following are lists of the
rating of the eating establishments
in Asheboro and in Randolph
county.
Old Hickory Cafe, 80.5; Ashlyn
Hotel, 79.5; Sunset Cafe, 77.5; Sun
set Diner, 72.5; Hasty’s Quick
Lunch 72.5; City Lunch, 70.0;
Tom’s Place, 67.0; M & M Cafe
66.5; Hasty’s Cafe, 64.5; White
Spot, 64.5; Little Castle, 50.5;
North End Cafe (col.), 47.5;
Sanitary Lunch, 46.0; C & L Cafe,
(col.), 45.5; East End Cafe (col.),
40.5; Red Pig Bar-B-Cue, 26.0;
Commissioners Of
Randolph Select
Jurors For Court
Fifty-Two Citizens Of County
Chosen For September
Term Of Court
Criminal Term
All Sections Of Randolph
County Will Be Represent
ed By The Jury
The jurors for the two weeks’
term of Superior Court in Ran
dolph county which will begin on
Monday, September 7th were
drawn by the commissioners at
their regular August meeting, held
on Monday.
The list of names of the Ran
dolph jurors follows: C. F. Over
man, J. L. Ferguson, F. L. Lowe
and A. L. York, all of Liberty; W.
W. Cole, H. C. Strider, L. C. Calli
cutt, all of Union township; R. W.
Pugh, James F. Pugh, A. B. Greg
son and Claud Baker, all of Pro
vidence township; J. A. Leach, N.
C. English, Roy Fulp, all of
Trinity; R. W. York, E. B. Leonard,
John W. Dixon, E. B. Chriscoe, Roy
H. Reitzell, E. S. Caviness, Wesley
Thompson, C. T. Lane, Chas. H.
Craven, John W. Coward and W.
E. Burgess, all of Columbia town
ship; T. D. Craven, F. L. Stout,
O. C. Brown, of Coleridge; J. D.
Prevost, E. M. Curtis, B. E. Pres
nell and D. C. Hinson, of Franklin
ville; T. K. Allred, G. L. Millikan,
D. W. Canoy, of Back Creek town
ship; J. Arthur Parks, Ernest
Moody, R. A. Andrews, Colvin
Bunting, Grady Elliott, R. L.
Paisley, E. G. Morris, Claud Baker,
Harvey Cox, all of Asheboro; L.
W. Lambert, Pleasant Grove;
Alston Kearns, C. R. Kindley,
Tabernacle; R. P. Johnson, C. F.
Hill, New Hope; A. B. Caudle, J.
H. Frazier, Randleman; T. F. Pugh,
Grant township.
Ramseur May Get
New Bridge Over
Deep River Soon
State Highway Representa
tive Recommends Improved
Type Bridge
C. Of C. Meeting
Part Of Machinery On
Ground For Ramseur
Coleridge Highway
Ramseur, Aug. 4.—Representa
tive Scott of the state highway de
partment spent Monday in Ram
scur and has recommended an im
proved bridge for Deep River. The
new bridge will be located near
the depot and railway crossing to
replace the present one-way bridge
that spans the river. The proposed
bridge will be constructed of steel
and iron and will be a two-way af
fair.
Dr. and Mrs. L. R. Thompson and
son, Roy, Jr., and Mrs. Lula Steed
of Winston-Salem were visitors in
Ramseur recently.
E. A. Riehm left Monday for a
business trip to New York City.
Part of the machinery is on the
grounds ready for the work on
highway number-22 to be finished
to Coleridge. The project has been
in the hands of the contractors for
several weeks and is to be com
pleted in a short while. This will
give the two communities a link of
road that will make it a pleasure
to use and bring these points clos
er together in every way.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cox spent the
past week-end with friends at
Wendell.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Trogdon of
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Elliot’s Barbecue, 21.5, all in Ashe
boro.
Rural cafes of Randolph county:
Shell Cafe, Liberty, 84.5; White
Hall, Randleman route, 75.0; C. L.
Hasty’s Cafe, South Asheboro,
68.5; Five Points Service Station,
Liberty, 63.5; Brown’s Cafe, Ran
dleman, 62.0; Routh & Kirkman
Service Station, Randleman, 60.0;
Young’s Sandwich Shop, Randle
man, 55.0; Adams Cafe, Ramseur,
53.5; Green’s Service Station, Sea
grove, 48.0; Pine Crest Service
Station, North Randleman, 47.0;
Soda Sandwich Shop, Liberty, 46.5;
City Cafe, Seagrove, 40.0; Red
Bird Service Station, Seagrove,
38.5; Central Service Station East
Asheboro, 35.0; Franklinville Cafe,
Franklinville, 34.5; Wright’s Ser
vice Station, North Randleman,
29.5; Tommy’s Place, Liberty, 29.0;
B & Y Cafe, Ramseur, 28.0; New
Gap Service Station, Seagrove,
14.0.
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County Commissioners
Hold Regular Session
At Court House Mojriay
Sheriff C. E. King
Makes Statement
About 1935 Tax
Sheriff Carl King announces
that any payment of 1935 taxes
made prior to August 12th will
carry no extra costs. After that
date, however, the delinquent
list will be published in this
newspaper and extra costs will
be necessitated.
The date of the sale of the
land for delinquent taxes has
been set at September 7th and
the Sheriff asks cooperation of
all who plan to prevent the sale
of their property by paying the
tax as far in advance as is pos
sible.
Two Aviators Of
Prominence N. C.
Aviation Locate
Seldon Hunn.s And Ed Mc
Lean Have Leased Ashe
boro Municipal Airport
Beginning Work
Formerly Expended $25,000
PWA Funds; Extensive
Terracing Is Necessary
Seldon Hunns and Ed McLean,
two well known aviators, have
leased the local airport from the
Randolph commissioners and plan
to begin work of setting the place
in order immediately. It will be re
called by county people, that ap
proximately $25,000 of PWA funds
have gone into this project which
will require a vast amount of work
to be 'put in shape now' for use.
Mr. Hunns and Mr. McLean plan
to grade and fix the runway so it
may be for the original purpose
of starting the airport. Gullies five
or six feet deep are said to have
become washed down by erosion
and it will be necessary to do con
siderable terracing before the place
can be used for a landing field. It
is the plan of the two men to start
this grading and terracing within
the next few days and rush it
through to completion by the mid
dle of August.
The plan is to operate a general
airport with student instruction,
and commercial flying. The servic
ing of planes will eventually be
worked into the plans since Mr.
McLean is a licensed mechanic and
assistant inspector for the aero
nautic division department of com
merce. The four McLean brothers
are pioneers in North Carolina
aviation.
Mr. Hunns is a native of South
Carolina, but is a licensed pilot
who is well known in Asheboro. He
has been flying for sometime and
has done commercial flying in this
state for the past several years.
Definite plans for their future
work at the local airport will be
given at an early date. The two
men are completing a few press
ing engagements before coming to
Asheboro to locate permanently.
Sunday Shooting
At Randleman Has
Serious Aftermath
A Sunday afternoon shooting af -
fair in Randleman caused consider
able excitment in the town and re
sulted in the hospitalization of two
men and the landing of another in
the local bastile. According to re
ports from Chief of Police R. A.
Wike of Randleman, Glenn Burgess
of Randleman is facing charges of
assault with intent to kill and op
erating an automobile while drunk.
The affair is said to have oc
curred at Jack Wright’s filling
station on the Randleman-Greens
boro road following a poker game
earlier in the day by several men
of whom Burgess was one. Burgess
is said to have got out of the car
at the filling station while the
other members of the party went
to turn around. As they returned,
Burgess is alleged to have procur
ed an automatic shotgun and open
ed fire on the car.
Raeford Graves of Asheboro and
John Spivey of" Greensboro are in
the Randolph hospital with a num
ber of shots about their bodies as
a result of the affair. At first it
was thought Graves was in a
serious condition, but he is said
to be recovering in a satisfactory
manner.
Burgess is held without bond in
the county jail.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Winningham
have returned from a visit to re
latives and friends at Greenville,
S. C.
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delegations
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Lease Airport To Aviators
Who Plan To Begin
Work Immediately
At the meeting of the Randolph
board of commissioners held on
Monday, August 3rd, several mat
ters of importance were transacted.
Among these was the execution of
a lease to M. E. McLean and
Seldon Hunns for the airport,
formerly set aside to be used as
a municipal airport.
A large delegation of leading
citizens came from Liberty asking
that the commissioners recommend
some needed improvements on the
Liberty-Julian road. This petition
was forwarded to the state high
way department for investigation.
Several matters relating to the
taxes of private individuals and to
the county in general were dis
cussed and disposed of in a satis
factory manner.
Upon recommendation of Robert
Lloyd, county welfare officer and
Dr. G. H. Sumner, health officer
for Randolph, three tubercular
patients were allowed funds for six
months’ treatment at the state
sanitorium. These patients are
John Taylor of Randleman; Olin
Miller of Asheboro; Clarence
Bisher of Randleman.
Jurors were drawn for the
September term of court which will
convene in Asheboro on Monday,
September 7th.
This meeting was unusually
brief, chiefly because several pre
vious meetings have been held dur
ing the month relative to the fixing
of the county tax rate, also be
cause the board of education did
not complete their recommenda
tions in time for an action of the
board of commissioners at this
meeting. It was decided, therefore,
to adjourn and meet in special
session on Monday, August 10th.
Former Ashe boro
Minister Dies At
Greensboro Sunday
Rev. James William Rose, 75,
retired Baptist minister died on
Sunday night in Greensboro at the
home of his grandson, J. T. Smith
and his daughter, Mrs. Rella Smith
with whom he had been making his
home during the past decade. He
had been in ill health several years,
although confined to bed only three
weeks.
Rev. Mr. Rose is a former pastor
of the Asheboro Baptist church and
has a great many friends in Ashe
boro who will learn with regret of
his death.
Surviving Mr. Smith are two
daughters, Mrs. Rella Smith and
Miss Lala Rose, of Greensboro;
four grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. His wife, Mrs. An
nie Batton Rose, died about 10
years ago.
Mr. Rose was born in Wake
county. At the age of 25 he entered
the ministry of the Baptist church
and he continued to serve, with
fidelity and effectiveness, in the
active pastorate of the denomina
tion about 40 years. He served
many charges, located in various
sections of the state, those having
included High Point, Asheboro,
Burlington, Graham and Gibson
ville in this general area and Pine
Level and a number of other com
munities in the eastern part of
North Carolina. He retired ap
proximately 10 years ago. He was
a devout member of the First Bap
tist church, Greensboro. Mr. Rose
was a member of the Masonic ord
er. He had many friends in Greens
boro and elsewhere in the state.
Funeral service was conducted at
the First Baptist church at 6
o’clock Monday afternoon by the
pastor, Rev. J. Clyde Turner, D.
D., interment following in Green
Hill cemetery.
WILBUR BURROW ARRESTED
ON A FORGERY CHARGE
Miss Robins Improved
Miss Margaret Erwin Robins,
who is a patient at the Charlotte
hospital, is much improved and is
expected home Sunday.
Wilbur Burrow was placed in the
Randolph county jail at Asheboro
on Sunday afternoon by county de
puty, Pearl Barnes. Burrow is
charged with forgery having given
a check with Arthur Ross’
for a small amount about
weeks, ago. Officer Barnes
Burrow in a car on highway
Sunday afternoon and
warrant that has been
since the check was given
time ago.