THE COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results 0. THE COURIER Leads in Both News and Circulation f*Linnnnmiiniiinmiimiii I Mill Mll£j | ISSUED WEEKLY PIUN^PLES, NOT MEN $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE YOLUMEL Asheboro, North Carolina, Thursday, January 8, 1925 NUMBER 2 LIBERTY SCHOOL CONTRACT IS LET i . - , Will Build Standard Building: at Liberty—-J. R- Owen Gets General Contract. The county board of education at the regular meeting held in the office of T. Fletcher Bulla, superintendent of schools, Monday at Asheboro let contracts for the new Liberty high school building at Liberty. This building will be of brick construction, two story with basement and will have 11 class rooms. It will be a standard building in every respect, equipped with water, lights, and steam heat. It will cost in the neighborhood of $53,000 when com pleted. The general contract was awarded to J. R. Owen, of Ashehoro and Greensboro, from a list of 17 bidders on the contract. Heating and plumbing contract was awarded to the Burlington Hard ware Company, of Burlington, for $7,715. There were four bidders for this contract. The Burlington Electric Company gets wiring contract for $495. Bids on this contract from four bidders ranged from $885.00 to the contract price. Under the terms of the contract the ' building must be completed by Au gust 15th, next, in order that it may be used for the fall 1925 term of school. The contractors, according to information received from the Asheboro office, plan to begin work on the building at once. It will be Situated on the present school grounds within about twenty feet of the present school building. The board in its meeting passed on a number of other matters relative to the schools of the county. The matter of building an addition to the school house at Gravel Hill was left to the county superintendent. Lebanon school house building will "be advertised and sold. This building is located in Cedar Grove township. The board declined the request of patrons of the Holly Springs school to pay expense of the transportation of high school students of the dis trict to Ramseur high school unless the Holly Springs school should be entirely or partly abolished. Other school districts in the county had pre viously made such requests which were turned down. Members of the board present at the meeting were L. F. Ross, chair man, J. A. Martin, and J. F. Hughes. was in past ,_e.of'Uhd.llth^ khuxfchtf M*v 'Gregory is aipj^u^ to «learn. sopjp 'thing ’of his ancestors Who chine fr6m 'this (ioiwity. " flSB 'fjrthfcr was Omar /Gregory |yhow jrifp .before Ji^ ■ her mar locfeett, of #riage"was‘ Mfes'Retfeceh Ho ♦the ypper Bf«*> t)f '/Randolph. Mr. ,ty nfore ^haij ^W: yyqff af>- ^ .Grandiather’swife before her mar riage '‘was BfefifeSsci t Wllen/1 i ElifeHst 'Gregory,Jr , waa^^e* amUemjed. a grjsr. mill at some place in this ^county, • His left hand wSMiActfilderit-*' ger #Ford&$*f.Large Payrcfl'rt.ifbhrlotfn - lotte 8.1# Q3HIT: yna >/Jj sV^Jl capacity tlnjm*oll .urea 'employees #the workers ♦workers and __ to^acXainilffon The SHWdKBas«ft* #ceive >‘ea^ * ...if t i^wJSa j -i.ooi: oo ' Pleasant Ga^in^mprd <$£ 'ty, is to .have electric lights fumish 'ed by. thh* North Carolina Public Ser 'vice Company from Greensboro. Jit "*t0 to “ ^ co:l£2St£t! ♦the people of the cot 'stock in the enterprise. Archdale and 'Trinijjr, i# Randolph co ♦Triniter, j* Randolph caujttty,’arejfijp 'plied with electric lights by the same ^fcomifaty on a similar plfeiV diiiicMAisi ♦proviso be quite a suffrjfrj ; t}U' 'STAt® REVENUE COLLECt&Ms ' SHOW SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE „ ««£ Softer f>oughten i mti a ''total of $6,391,074.83 as against $5, *760,076.78' in 1928, an increase of »*ca-i nnn ft ** *" r nue *$641,007.10. , ■■■■ ' Incom tax receipts weTe^ncretoed 'to $4,276,336.74 from $3,975444.68 in. #1923. Inheritance taxes show an in crease $505,435.42 from $410,492.80. ♦LiceiliB llRf llllUUgffttWplill "111 ♦creased from $418,029. to $685,967.74 ♦and the commissioner UtopoAMT to ^double thfa amount. g . Franchise taxes yielded «a|>proxi jmately $1,000,000 each year’And the ♦mmnjissioner would let the Into re -where it is. 1 * In addition to the $6,400,000 raised at qf Revenue, the collects over other TAKES OUT GROUP POLICY FOR BENEFIT EMPLOYEES Home Building and Material Co. Provides $1,000 Insurance for Each Employee. The Home Building Material Com pany, of Asheboro, has taken quite a step forward on behalf of its em ployees. This company has provided life insurance protection for its em ployees through the acquisition of a group policy in the Metropolitan Insurance Company, of New York. The total coverage amounts to $65, 000, with „each employee who has been with the company three months or more being issued for $1,000. In case of partial disability which pre vents the insured from preforming his regular duties at the plant he draws $50 a month until the face value, $1,000, of his policy is ex hausted. In case of death, of course, the face value of the policy is paid to the beneficiary. The insurance was issued on a co-operative basis whereby the em ployees pay 75 cents a month on the premium from their wages and the company paying the remainder. Supplementing this insurance pro gram is a service for the distribution of educational health bulletins and booklets. The insurance company j does not have the nursing service in I Asheboro that it maintains in larger towns, but will install thfe service la ter should other corporations in town provide this insurance protection. In addition to this life insurance protection, the Home Building and Material Company has a mutual j benefit insurance service maintained jointly by the company and the em ployees. The employees pay in to ! this fund one per cent of their wages while the company contributes a like amount. This is used to pay the wages of any regular employee who is incapacitated on account of ill ness and is not able to work at his job. v . Miss Merritt Bennett Joins Local Graded School Faculty Miss Merrill Bennett, of Holly Hill, S. C., has been employed and has assumed a position in the faculty of the Asheboro graded school, succeed ing Miss Katherine Pickett, of High Point, who has resigned. Miss Mer ritt will have charge of what is known as home room work of the fourth Mid fifth grades. Miss Bennett has recently re turned from a trip to Europe. She is a graduate of Winthrop College, and has taught for several terms in the Winston-Salem schools and in the Miss Lemma Kimery and J. R. Amick nvra.r >•:>»*** )‘“Mistf LdfeimaJ'Kftfilry and Mr. R. Amick' were married in Melancnton church, Liberty towqship, on Decem ber 31, ReV. D.fL'iOffman officiating. , Mr»: ^.ijjick is .ther daughter of Mr. Jas. Kimery, or near White’s Chapel, atni is an^excellent: ^oung lady. Mr. Amick is the youngest son of Mr. W. 'Cv Amick; of Melanchton, and is a progressive young nfan. *’• "• One Reason ! . Chairman John W.-Clark, of Frsthk HnVilfeJ of tiie- organization to pro the :hs)rd, surfacing of State highway “Kb. 75, never misses themp pfcjftuiritjr t» ihhPfVl?16 Pr°ject the correspondence .he sends out^he ihkldUs la' Vrkp vf the highway and an-tjm. Uthar. sfdA ofIJthe map he util Solne^orthewmfe space with this “htteboro was 34 miles ,w„. bjrttiexild country r6p$h i is 42 miles . " , ! l *— 0i-te Highway. in why through JwlO&frest doesn’t pass id Randolph RfWlfl. ( t » - - - - - night bringing with him Melvin Beck erditff of .pear Sophia^ wtar wm heic by the Florid*. autMritiel foil th< Randolph county ah' skipped a thousand iltln oAiiniir ' A« this county two or three year* am under change of violating §>e pjohibi tion Taws. He had been convicted of a like offenoe in Florida and had served a term on the county roads, At the expiration ofhis terwr he *fca Annual Conference of Farm thL E'ihlf ; f KgMrts Is In Sesstyf [i(L| 1 'fimtt&H" , ,, . JTRe annual conference of the firm idSmoflstlratidATagtfhW of the State and Otherj agricultural .extension workfets coAtehed ht »tatb College, West rv i0tiJ saps oft Randolph coun ''se8*‘w find somemte •nm villi' HBUUIII1 Brigham walked in and was intro duced *io Ewing he found that tis six-feet was shoftlF ifi jpnfpaffioqi^to Mr.'Brigham’* Jut fee* jive. mcJjes. “It’s not often I have to look up to a man,” commented Ewing. &ieriff Cranford^ V* Prisoner-FronLFlorida' Free Cranford retum ■VMMf m iS&r’ THE LEGISLATURE NOW IN SESSION Many Important Matters In Way of .Appropriations To Be Considered. Senator Arthur Ross and Represen tative. A. I. Ferree left for Raleigh Tuesday to be present at their re spective party caucuses before the formal opening of the General As sembly at noon yesterday. The organization of the General Assembly was completed Tuesday night and everything in readiness for the formal opening at noon yesterday. The Democrats in the lower house of the Legislature number 100, while the Republicans have 20. In the Senate 47 of the 50 members are Democrats. Among the chief matters to come before the General Assembly will be the appropriations measures for schools, colleges, hospitals, and other institutions and various departments of the State government. From the statements that have been made by leaders of the lawmakers it may be assumed that this Legislature will be a conservative body anil will probab ly shave down some of the large sums asked for by some of the insti | tutions. The body will probably au thorize a $35,000,000 bond issue for the carrying on of the good roads program. As usual a number of bills of purerly local concern will come up before the assembly. Governor Morrison has announced that he will not address the Legisla ture, leaving this for Governor-elect A. W. McLean, who will be inaugur ated January 14th. Governor Mc Lean in his message is expected to outline clearly his policies and will make recommendations to the law makers. Owing to the reputation Mr. McLean has built up as a business man and executive his message is expected to be a strong document. The State in general is expecting a great administration under the guid ance of the new Governor. The revenue bill will occupy the most attention of the General Assem bly. Commissioner R. A. Doughton has indicated that additional revenue must be gotten if the appropriations made are to come within the amount of money-collected to run the State’s affairs. According to Doughton, the State has been spending more money than it collects and some method must he employed to make the income and outgo balance, if nothing else. The Courier has arranged through M. L. Shipman, retiring Commission er of Labor and Printing, to have a letter each week of the doings of the fGenerar Assembly. In &his letter the idoings of the Legislature inj^e rrat* ter of State-wide legfefefiorrwill 4>C noted in detail and also all legislation'' relative to this county wjll ^receive special attention. ‘ * 1 -• / /> Takes Lot of Help, For General Assembly Clerical hire, pages,; apd laborers attendant upon the 192j3-General As sembly were paid $64,200 while the !-members drew $40,800 for tf)eir sixty .(lays’ work. While the members .of the 1923 General AssetnOlV gftb $4 Lper day, the clerioal porkers Jdrpw $6 a day, Pages $2.50, and those listed 'as laborers $4 per day. « It took 113 employees to take care of the Senate composed pf 50 mem bers while 92 were f&piired to Ihbk after the vee^pf-the, 120 houfj^jnerfi bers. } fjThe clerical force of the 1913 Gen-! eral Assemtyy,.,dre«,$2&l180| fo^^aer-J vices. The ’ dumber^ employed was Jl|6. as against 205 in 1923. Hale and Ijleijftjjjyc^rocftted land John :«uted in th« -gfoate P?sp% ^Tuesday morning fqr tha murder .of ^Charlie Gaihfe'did, JLeitiffeton -4tmeab* ad river, pa jAug^ty Stty laptyyffi [ X Sheriff K. 'B. Tplberl;, "of Davidson r]co,unty, bdfc.Cormeii# Of) residfehl' 'at! Randolph, and,,Mrs.j ' > T Certain’ changes in th'6_ interior Construction of the State' Prison which, wilt cost around $5ervised. \ Provisions for greater ^outdoor ac tivities for the women at-the Central PHsohslJpp'inore definitely provided £qv orwl ennorvi r ^nd supervised. qkF%ovision for greater/,Outdoor ac tiyj^iesjfw^the women at the Central Prison wilT also be recommended. .V'/Dhe members of the committee are: Major W. C. Heath, of Monroe, chairman; D. P. McKin*mp, of Lum berton, secretary; D. F, > Giles, of Mark>rw; ^V-,W. Neal, of Marion, and Mnefleiary f aff anj-tpriA ,. } . r . { .} Theamount of the ^policies vary witht titeihib 'of.ih£ vef=f eran. Those who were members of Compftrt*3IJ ySDftkllnft., and served from tJ)4jjpitdf | seiAobe. fi‘f The final date for making 'Applica tion for adjusted xconpensaftion ' is January 1st, 11 Ha^pver, the sooner the application is-, made the earlier the polic^tfeyns Mtd* matures; The face value, ri be paid to the veteran ip, cash at the end of 20 yeaifil if'liviSlp. In’-eVeht of the death pf, ^lle v^tjeran f- before that date the face ,val pais paid to the veterans’ “feenhscialyh ■ ■ '1' -t—Hf f - ’ t > r Draw Extra Jurors For Bailey Case '1, In Federal : Otfurt ■Jstyj; a V‘ -S' •’ j * •' Twenty-four additional^ jurors f for the special ifeVtrl tef tRe*-United States 4 f :’i1 district court; Stm of isbOt'O- beginning & ;rlal of acase in which 49 persons, including the officers of Bailey Brothers, Ipc.4 l^insto^-Sal^m, .and thos<#iihp sold stock in the ^lefun^t organisation. - •*—■ Among those from Randolph select ed for the jury are: M. E. Brown, T. W. Bingham, T. L. Sikes, Charles W. Stalky, J.-flC. Yow, J. TUxa^Smlth. and Colon A. Bird. *.«* Justice McKenna Retires ■seph McKenna, Supreme, Court fjiii ac^ve bench since January 26th, 1898. His retirement deprives the Pacific coast pf a representative on- the •Supreme COUNTi MUTUAL HAS ‘(,000 YEAR Report Shows $2,500,000 Insur ance In Force, With 1800 ■ Members. The regular meeting of the Ran dolph county branch of the Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Association, of jNorth Carolina, was held in the court j house at Asheboro Monday. The ' president, S. S. Cox, presided over the meeting, which was opened by prayer by Rev. H. F. Fogleman, pas | tor of the Asheboro M. P. church. The annual report of the secretary ' and treasurer, C. E. Allen, was read, showing that the past year’s record of the association had been a good ! one for the association. No large , losses were sustained during the year, j The association has g membership of | more than 1800 persons in the county. The amount of insurance now on the books amounts to two and a half mil lions of dollars. The president, S. S. Cox, was elect ed delegate from the association to represent this county at the State meeting to be held in Raleigh Tues day, January 20th. Officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows: President, S. S. Cox; vice president, C. M. Ferree; sec.-treas., E. T. Wal ton; directors, S. S. Cox, W. R. Ham lin, W. M. Coble, G. H. Cornelison and T. S. Bouldin; agents, J. F. Routh and J. M. Allen; appraisers, A. J. Luck, Trinity; R. E. Macon, Grant; E. W. Brown, Coleridge; Har ris Kearns, Concord; J. T. Thornburg* New Hope; Elihu Vuncannon, Union; W. G. Kinney, Cedar Grove; Troy Redding, Back Creek; J. A. English, New Market; W. A. Wood, Provi dence; W. C. Hinshaw, Randleman; J. W. Rich, Franklinville; J. M. Wil liams, Liberty; C. C. Cheek, Pleasant Grove; C. M. Tysor, Brower; Marcus Wood, Tabernacle; Carlie King, Rich land; J. O. Forrester, Columbia; W. F. Redding, Asheboro. BAPTIST NEWS LETTER On Monday evening, the regular time for the meeting of the board of deacons, it was the good privilege of the pastor and wife to have in their home the deacons and their wives. Miss Islie Scott, president of the Fidelis class, entertained the class Tuesday evening at the regular time for the business meeting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Scott. Next Sunday morning’s lesson will be given over especially to the installment of church officers and ■Sunday School^ teachers for the year ^925. Mr. Srrrltfl, of High Point, pres ident of the Phldmont association, will Ispeak at the aleven o^ql.ock; gefrvicel parents, fathers, and"-mothers are urged to be present at this service to hear the reports and the , message, of Brother Smith. Reports crf^tnd differ-’ At organizations will be given. These reports will .set forth in grief the ’Work done ir5'lD24. Names of officers •nSul teachers,- (and a suggestive* pro* ^ram_^for each .department of our or ganized work will be given for the .jfear 1925. j The pastor will speak at thfe; ev<5h-‘ 'ing service: The subject: ‘“Heart’ .Relief”. Baptizing at the close ,yf, t*hc, service. The public is welcomed.- J * 1^eath of C^pt. Lovell Recalls „ Facts J of Local #nf^restJ i f .. i j_ It { .^Captain E. Jff. Lovell, who died at ids home at Boone Saturday, wlis tan laspirant for ^^pointment as Statej Auditor in 1910 to succeed Dr. Dixon, but the Stat^ ^Democratic Executive! Committee recommended Col. W. P. Wood, of Asheboro, to the Governor kvho appoint^-Col. Wood. He served [ifhtil four yefts Ejjgo wfi^n^he decfjf^d to become a candidate again. I ■ Captain Lovell was it'V:df‘#H® .<|bnfederacy. (He Served three terms in the State Senate*And under the Clave- j d administration was depiffc|> sadkarj , irflfH rounder of the Appalachian Training J dflr of internal revenue. Hj ’ rounder of the Appalachian 1 School for teasers and was chairman ,o^ the board o^ trustees. N IncomV TsiKes Decrease ■v Federal incbme' taxes in the United (Slates for 1924 gimounted to $1,773, 609,732, or about $21,000,000 less man the amount paid in 1923. Customs jrewenaie, however, in creased nearly $200,000,000 over 1923, clearly indicaliug'that business in the ^untry is looking up. iV Julius! Cl Frazier Dead ^Funeral sefuieds were held at Ebe mmnwmiiujm iiwmp the county Sunday afternoon for Ju lius C. Frasier, aged" 64~years, who died at his home in Vus county* Fri day afternoon. Miss Clara I. JCpxK of High Point, was in charge of the services. Mr. Frazier was bom in this county and had spent his entire •life ^iere with the exception of nine ygars during which time he lived in Greensboro. * ~ He is survived by his widow, who daughter of the late Ashley whard #of under revenue ^fc %r, %4&Pres*nt session of the General (Assembly, gave tf&'SlPA&Mite mimtU' of Jhe ^sc*i ;bwW^p#i/J>y p* State for he next two years. r Commissioner DoiiJ|lftoh is in fayor of approximately $^1, in revenue instead >of ,000,000 on the basi^of lfe jkmJwv 4*i0 present approjjrijvtigns to meet any afidrtionfil appropriations. The bulk of tjje? picr^ase^ccprding to the commissioner, mpst VvV ’ G,ivft * ■ htth tt.ii nWttit. , At the home of the grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. C. Richardson, re cently^ the writer administered the ritrf 'of infadt baptism to Ann Rich ardson Lewtdlor.— ' ” The writer sympathizes with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Russell in the lostfaf th£ir bjiby.,David Russell, aged Wo months*. The funeral was held Sfen day hftemoon. t At a recent church conference Aha