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Asheboro, North Carolina, Thursday, January 15, 1925
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NUMBER 3
Angus Wilton McLean Inaugurated
Governor ot N. C. Wednesday at Noon
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Oath of Office Administered By
Chief Justice Hoke—Itnpres
sive Ceremonies.
THE OTHER STATIJ OFFICIALS
Brummitt and Grist Are the Ne,w Of
ficials—Lacy In Office Since 1901
Pell Next In Point of Eervice
Angus Wilton McLean, of Lumber
ton, was inaugurated Governor of
North Carolina yesterday at noon in
the city auditorium at Raleigh. The
oath of office was administered by
Chief Justice W. A. Hoke. Following
the ceremony the Governor delivered
his inaugural address.
Departing from the usual custom
the Governor’s party was not met at
the railway station by troops, but by
the legislative committee and a com
mittee of citizens of Raleigh. From
the station the party was conducted
to the executive mansion where the
party met Governor Morrisdn and
other State officials and proceeded to
the city auditorium for the exercises.
Following the exercises at the audit
orium a buffet luncheon was given at
the mansion in honor of the new Gov
ernor. In the evening there was the
usual reception and inaugural ball at
the mansion.
Other State officials who took oath
of office yesterday were J. Elmer
Long, of Durham, Lieutenant-Gov
ernor; W. N. Everett, of Richmond
county, Secretary of State; Baxter
Durham, of Wake, State Auditor;
Benjamin R. Laey, of Wake, State
Treasurer; A. T. Allen, of Wake,
State Superintendent of Public In
struction; Dennis G. Brummitt, of
Granville, Attorney-General; Frank
D. Grist, of Caldwell, Commissionei
of Labor and Printing; W. A. Gra
ham, of Lincoln, Commissioner of
Agriculture; Stacey W. Wade, o.
Carteret, Commissioner of Insurance,
R. A. Doughton, of Alleghany, Com
missioner of Revenue, and George P.
Pell, of Forsyth, member of Corpora
tion Commission.
Chief Justice W. A Hoke, of Lin
coln, and Associate Justice Heriot
Clarkson, of Mecklenburg, were
elected at the same time as the other
officials, but took the oath of office
January 1, before Associate Justice
W- P- Stacy.
Angus Wilton McLean becomes
Governor of North Carolina after
a prominent career in public affairs,
both national and state. He was
assistant secretary of the Treasury
under the Wilson administration; was
a member of the War Finance Cor
poration, and fo^ twelve years was
the North Carolina member of the
Democratic executive committee.
He was elected Governor bv the
biggest majority ever given h can
didate for governor in North Caro
lina, his vote being 294,441, and
that of his Republican opponent 185,
O Zl.
Benjamin R. Lacy, who succeeds
himself as State Treasurer, has held
office since 1901, being the only sur
viving State officer of the Aycock ad
ministration, which was the first to
be elected by the Democrats after the
populist regime.
Corporation Commissioner George 1
P. Pell comes next in point of serv- j
ice among those to take the oath on;
Wednesday, having been in office
twelve years.
Secretary of State W. N. Everett,
Superintendent of Public Instruction
A. T. Allen, Commissioner of Agricul
ture W. A. Graham and Commission
er of Revenue R. A. Doughton have
distinction of succeeding themselves,
and yet starting in their first elected
terms. All four were appointed by
Governor Morrison to fill vacancies. I
Dennis G. Brummitt, Attorney
General, and Frank Grist, Commis-;
sioner of Labor and Printing, are the 1
only new officials, Brummitt succeed
ing Judge James S. Manning, who
was not a candidate for renomination,
and Grist having defeated the incum
bent M. L. Shipman, in a contest that
required two primaries.
Sun Will Be In Eclipse
Saturday, January 24
An eclipse of the sun, total in some
places and partial in others will oc
cur in the United States Saturday,
January 24th. The eclipse will be
partial in this section. Scientists tell
us that there will not be another
eclipse of the sun for more than a
hundred years, so this will be the- last
chance for anybody now living to see
an eclipse.
The eclipse in New York, parts, of
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the New
England States, and those states ly
ing along the Great Lakes will be to
tal. Partial eclipse will extend on a
large scale as far south a# New Or
leans. The total eclipse will take
place about 9 o’clock in the morning.
The partial eclipse will begin about
8 o’clock in the morning and will be
over by 10:30,
State Treasurer Benjamin R. Lacy,
who is 70 years old, is'confined to his
room in a New York City hotel suf
fering from pulmonary congestion.
Treasurer Lacy has been in New York
several days attaching his signature
to a 11,000,000 bond'issue of the State
GOV. MORRISON DELIVERS
HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS
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Pledges Self To Always Be
Ready To Break a Lance
For State.
Governor Cameron Morrison deliv
ered his farewell address to the Gen
eral Assembly in joint session at Ra
leigh last Friday noon. The Govern
or spoke extemperaneously for only
twelve minutes. He made no recom
mendations to the lawmakers. He did
not discuss his administration. To
defend it would be unnecessary, and
to glorify it would be bad taste, he
said. But he left the promise that
in private life or public he “would al
ways be ready to break a lance for
North Carolina and her people
against any foe which may beset
them.”
He declared that he had no further
commission to speak to the General
Assembly since Mr. McLean had been
duly elected and that he was occupy
ing the Governor’s chair only through
customary courtesy waiting for the
inauguration of his successor.
“I want to say to those with whom
I have seriously contended”, said Mr.
Morrison, “that I hope they will for
get whatever bitterness there was in
these contensions and place them on
the high plane of manly debate. I go
without bitterness against any man,
with whom I have differed and with
a deep sense of gratitude toward
those who have sustained me.”
He had concluded his brief ad
dress with, “goodbye, God bless and
use every one of you for His glory
and for the glory of North Caro
lina.”
Maxwell Boosted For
Place on Commission
The name of A. J. Maxwell will be
presented to President Coolidge for
membership on the interstate com
merce commission, according to Sen
ator Overman. A vacancy is soon to
occur oh the commission and it is
stated on reliable authority that a
man from the southeastern part of
the country will be named to fill the
vacancy.
It is difficult for the Southern Sen
ators to reach an agreemienf on the
man to be put forward for the place.
Practically every state delegation has
a favorite son for the place. Maxwell,
however, is considered a good man
for the place and his friends will :
urge his name for the vacancy.
Kearns and Cox Buy Out
Lovett Brothers Grocery
A. Carl Cox and Lee M. Kearns
have bought out the retail grocery
which has been conducted by Lovett
Brothers on Depot street. The new
owners plan to move their meat mar
ket from its present location on De
pot street just across the railroad to
the Lovett stand. The Lovett grocery
has enjoyed a good patronage under
the past management and has been
one of the leading retail groceries of
the town. The new owners are well
known in Asheboro and have already
built up a good market business.
FARM CENSUS BEING MADE
IN ALL PARTS OF COUNTRY
In every township of North Caro
lina there is a census enumerator
asking farmers for much detailed in
formation about their last year’s farm
ing operations. For fear some do not
understand this, some explanations
are offered herewith:
This information is being collected
from every farm in the United States.
It is required by law. Each farmer is
expected to tell the enumerator as
near the truth as he can all the infor
mation asked for. A penalty is provid
ed for those who refuse. It has nothing
to do with any taxation. It is for sta
tistical purposes and use only. It is
strictly confidential. The records are
burned, only unidentified data is left.
It is solely for the benefit of the farm
ers’ interests.
Every farmer, whether landlord, ten
ant or cropper, should be interested
because it gives facts that lead to a
proper understanding of real. conditi
ons, provided farmers answer truth
fully—under estimations and omis
sions work to their disadvantage.
This census is being taken primarily
for the benefit of the farmers. The
information is used for statistical pur
poses and is confidential. Farmers
should be willing and glad to give the
information completely, fairly, and
Accurately.
June Peace of Glenola Injured
In An Automobile Accident
June Peace, of Glenola, is in the
High Point hospital suffering from
wounds about the head inflicted when
the automobile in which he was rid
ing Saturday afternoon overturned
on the hard surface road near Trin
ity. B. Boyles, of Trinity, who was
in the car with Peace, sustained a
severe cut on one of his hands.
The car in which Peace and Boyles
were riding turned over on the road
near Trinity when struck by a car
driven by an unidentified negro. A
scalp wound about four inches long
was sustained by Peace when his
head struck some sharp object when
the car turned over. ,
HON. A. W. McLEAN, GOVERNOR OF NORT^H CAROLINA
ASHEBORO BANKS ENJOY
GOOD YEAR OF BUSINESS
Hold Annual Meetings and De
clare Usual Dividends—Re
sources Large.
The three banks in Asheboro en
joyed good business the past year in
spite of the general depression that
has existed in business for the past
twelve months.
The annual meeting of the Bank of
Randolph, the oldest bank in the
county, and in fact the oldest bank
between High Point and Rockingham,
was held Thursday of last week. The
usual semi-annual dividend was de
clared. All of the old officers and
directors were re-elected. They are
D. B. McCrary, president; J. D. Ross,
vice-president; W. J. Armfield, Jr.-,
■cashier; R. G.-Ferree, teller; and
Miss Rilla Spoon, bookkeeper. The
directors elected are D. B. McCrary,
P. H. Morris, Hugh Parks, W. J.
Scarboro, Troy Redding, W. J. Arm
field, Jr., and J. D. Ross.
The Bank of Randolph has a capi
tal and surplus of $120,000, and re
sources of $640,674.07.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Bank,
the second oldest bank in Asheboro,
was held Tuesday. The usual divi
dend was declared. This bank has re
sources of $886,026.06.
Officers re-elected at this meeting
are J. S. Lewis, president; W. F. Red
ding, viefi-president; John M. Neely,
cashier; James B. Neely, assistant
cashier; and E. C. Garner, teller. Di
rectors elected are C. C. Cranford, I.
N. Cox, A. M. Ferree, J. S. Lewis,
John M. Neely, Hugh Parks, W. F.
Redding, W. L. Ward, and J. T. Wins
low.
The stockholders of the Asheboro
Bank and Trust Company held their
annual meeting also on Tuesday. All
the old officers were re-elected. They
are S. B. Stedman, president; J. M.
Caveness, vice-president; E. H. Mor
ris, cashier; and Geo. T. Murdock, as
sistant cashier. Directors elected are
J. M. Caveness, C. L. Cranford, Dr. J.
G. Crutchfield, R. C. Johnson, J. H.
McDowell, E. H. Morris, Geo. T. Mur
dock, I. C. Moser, W. C. Page, C.
Rush, S. B. Stedman, and J. A. York.
The usual dividend was declared.
This bank is the youngest bank in
town, but has enjoyed an excellent
growth. It has resources of $215,000.
The combined resources of the
banks of the town are more than one
million seven hundred thousand dol
lars, and the deposits are approxi
mately $1,388,000.
Prizes For Solution of
Cross-Words Puzzles
Courier Offers One Prize Each
Week For Correct Solution
of Cross-Words Puzzle.
The Courier has been for several
weeks publishing the popular cross
words puzzles and our readers have,
no doubt, familiarized themselves
with these puzzles. They are educa
tional as well as entertaining.
To make these cross-words puz
zles still more interesting The Cou
rier will offer prizes each week for
the correct solution of the puzzle ap
pearing in each issue of the paper.
» To die first young lady who sends
in a correct answer to the puzzle ap
pearing in this week’s issue will be
given a string of La Perfection pearls.
If the first correct answer is sent
in by a boy or young man the prize(
will be a dictionary; or if the first'
correct answer should be sent in by a
married woman, the prize will be a
shopping bag. For the men the prize
is a book, “The Life of Charles ' B.
Aycock”.
Only one prize will be given each
week, and this prize only for the cor
rect aifswer received. You may mail
your answer or bring it to The Cou
rier office in person. ~
ROADS OF COUNTY BEGIN
TO SHOW LACK OF CARE
Unable to Use School Trucks at
Farmer On Account of Bad
Roads—Other Reads Bad.
The recent rains and freezes to
gether with neglect have done con
siderable damage to the county roads.
Failure to keep the roads dragged and
the side ditches open has left the
roads prey to the ravages of the
weather.
Our Farmer correspondent reports
that the road from Farmer to M. C.
Bingham’s place is almost impassa
ble and that the school truck which
travels this road cannot be used. This
road was graded a few months ago
preparatory to being top soiled. The
gravel has never J>een put on the road,
consequently,;:': has become almost
impassable. School at Farmer was
suspended Monday on account of bad
roads. Two of the trucks that serve
the school are standing because the
unfavorable condition of the roads
makes it impossible to use them.
From Franklinville our correspond
ent reports bad roads on account of
lack of attention. From Union town
ship and from other parts of the
county the reports are in the same
tenor.
The township system of keeping
roads in repair seems to have been
abandoned by the county administra
tion that came into power in Decem
ber, last. As far as can be ascertain
ed no other system of keeping the
roads in repair has been worked out.
For several weeks in December fa
vorable weather conditions tended to
keep the roads in repair. However,
when the first bad weather set in the
| lack of attention to the roads became
manifest. It would appear that un
less some steps are taken to look af
ter the roads what few good roads the
county has will go to the bad.
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Former Asheboro Teacher
i In Trouble In Raleigh
Mrs. Elizabeth Cranford Dowdy
was bound over to Superior Court at
a preliminary hearing in Raleigh end
ing Saturday after a two days’ con
tinuous session on the charge of em
bezzling funds of the Mills Tire Com
pany by whom she had been employ
ed up to a few months ago. The
shortage was first estimated at $4500,
but after a careful audit it was re
duced to $200. The case was strong
ly contested by the defendant.
Mrs. Dowdy will be remembered in
| Asheboro as Miss Elizabeth Cranford,
of Louisburg. She taught in the
! graded schools in Asheboro during
the 1920-21 term. She was elected
; December 30th, 1,920, to succeed Miss
I McKenzie, who resigned, and taught
out the term. She was not re-elected
for the next year. Mr. Maddox was
superintendent of schools at the time.
An Explanation
Last week we advised our readers
that the disbursements of the county
commissioners made at their regular
meeting the first Monday in this
month would be published in this
week’s issue. However, we are ad
vised by the Register of Deeds that
the disbursements will not be entered
and ready so that we may get a copy
of them in time {or this week’s paper.
The list will be published just ah soon
as a representative of this paper is
able to obtain it.
To Issue Bonds
The Randolph county board of
commissioners is advertising for bids
on bonds in the amount of $500,000,
ito be known as refunding bonds, the
bids to be opened Monday, February
9th, next. The bonds are to be in de
nominations of $1,000 each and 60 of
them will be made payable each year.
The interest rate will be either 4 £-2,
4 3-4, or 6 per cent.
TOWN TO INSTALL
DIAPHONE ALARM
Town Board Purchases Modern
Fire Alarm System—Will
Be -Installed Soon.
The board of town commissioners
in a meeting held last Thursday made
another step forward in the matter of
lire protection for the town. The
commissioners closed a contract for
n complete. Diaphone lire alarm sys
tem complete with 20 alarm ho-.es.
This equipment will cost approxi
mately $7,500 installed. The instal
lation will be made, according to the
terms of the contract, within ISO
working days. This system is of the
latest type and is modern and up-to
date.
The fire alarm boxes will he placed
at convenient points within the town
limits. One will be placed on the
square in the main business section
of the town, others will be placed at
the various manufacturing plants in
town, and still others will be conven
iently located in the residential dis
tricts. The diaphone or central part
of the'equipment will be placed near
the power house. When an alarm is
turned in the diaphone automatical
ly sounds the alarm indicating- the
part of the town endangered.
The installation of this system will
do away with the necessity of the
town’s having to keep a boiler fired
up at all times in order to blow the
fire whistle and to heat the fire truck
house. The commissioners anticipate
a savings in this regard which will in
time offset the cost of the new sys
tem, besides the greater facilities af
forded for the immediate reporting of
the outbreak of fire.
Mr. England Will Be
McLean’s Secretary
Mr. McLean has announced that
Charles L. England, of Greensboro,
will be his private secretary. Mr.
England has been with Mr. McLean
the past year and took an active part
in the campaign.
Mr. England is peculiarly well
equipped for the duties of that re
sponsible position. He was secretary
to the late Governor W. W. Kitchin
from 1904 to 1909 and at the same
time was secretary during sessions of
Congress to the late Congressman
Claude Kitchin. From 1909 until his
death in May, 1923, he was secretary
to the latter. During that time he al
so was secretary to Major Chas. M.
Stedman, Congressman from the
Fifth district, for a few years, and he
was chief clerk in 1918 to the Ways
and Means committee, the most im
portant committee of either branch of
Congress, of which committee Hon.
Claude Kitchin was chairman.
May Take other Trains Off
Asheboro-High Point Line
J. W. Fletcher, superintendent of j
the High Point, Randleman, Asheboro
and Southern Railway line, was in
Asheboro Tuesday. Mr. Fletcher was
very much interested in the an
nouncement of a star route mail ser
vice from Greensboro to Ramseur, via
Randleman and Asheboro. This
route will probably enable Mr. Fletc
her to take off additional trains on
the Southern short line from Ashe
boro to High Point. Mail that is
routed to Asheboro via High Point
may be sent on to Greensboro and
reach Asheboro by way of the new
service. The early morning train
from Asheboro to High Point and the
train from High Point reaching Ashe
boro at night will be the trains most
likely to be taken off.
Lee Wood of Trinity
Injured In Accident
Lee Wood, aged about 18, of Trin
ity, was injured in a peculiar accident
Thursday afternoon of last week
when a dead limb off a tree fell on
his head. The impact of the limb
fractured his skull and he is now in
the High Point hospital in a serious
condition. The circumstances attend
ing the. accident have not been learned
here.
The young man remained in an un
conscious state for several hours af
ter he was taken to the hospital.
Former Randolph Citizen Dead
Reuben D. Royals, aged 77 years,
died suddenly Sunday morning while
sitting in a chair at his home in
Thomasville. His daughter, Miss
Della Royals, was with him at the
time of his death. Funeral services
were conducted Monday afternoon at
Hopewell church, in this county.
Mr. Royals formerly lived in Trin
ity township. He is survived by a
sister, Mrs. Joe Welbom, of Trinity, i
and by two brothers, Lum and Jake
Royals, of this county.
Would Retire Lacy
It is said that a bill, will be intro
duced in the General Assembly after
Mr. McLean takes the oath of office
providing for the retirement of State
Treasurer Ben R. Lacy providing for
a salary of $3,000 a year to be paid to
Mr.,Lacy. The plan contemplates the
appointment of a new treasurer by
Governor McLean.
Tom Tarheel says he knows now
why the old folks believe that finding
a four-leaf clover was lucky. Any
body is lucky who grows clover on the
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Retires From Cabirf*
Charles j E. Hughes, i
Secretary of State Charles Evans
Hughes has resigned from President
Coolidge's cabinet, effective March
4th, next. The President has named
Frank It. Kellogg, Ambassador to
Great Britain to succeed Mr. Hughes.
LAST WEEK WITNESSED
MANY CABINET CHANGES
Secretary of State Hughes Lat
est Member of Cabinet To
Resign. Kellogg Succeeds.
Last week witnessed changes in
high places of the government which
perhaps never has had its equal ex
cept at a change of administrations.
Joseph McKenna resigned after 27
years on the Supreme Court of the
United States. Harlan F. Stone, At
torney General, was named by Presi
dent Coolidge to succeed Mr. McKen
na.
Charles B. Warren, Michigan law
yer and former Ambassador to Japan
and to Mexico, was appointed Attor
ney General to succeed Stone.
Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary
of State, Saturday forwarded his
resignation to President Coolidge, to
become effective. March 4th, next.
Frank B. ^Kellogg, Ambassador to
Great Britain, was immediately nam
ed by the President to succeed Mr.
Hughes. The President has not in
dicated who will be named to succeed
Mr. Kellogg.
Friends of Oliver Wendell Holmes
state that he will retire from the
Supreme Court bench before next
March. '. .
Appoints Houghton
President Coolidge has selected
Alanson B. Houghton, of New York,
now ambassador to Germany, to suc
ceed Ambassador Kellogg at London.
STAR ROUTE MAIL
CONTRACT SS LET
Affords Double Daily Service to
Asheboro, Ramseur, Frank
linville, and Other Towns.
Double daily star route mail service
from Greensboro via Randleman,
Asheboro, and Franklinville to Ram
seur starts'next Monday, January 19,
according to advice received from the
fourth assistant postmaster general.
E. D. Landreth, of Greensboro, has
been awarded the contract for car
rying the mail on the new route.
The route is as follows:
Leave Greensboro at 5 a. m., thence
via Greensboro Terminal R. P. 0.,
thence to Randleman and Asheboro
and thence to Franklinville and Ram
seur, arriving by 7:15 a. m., and
leaving at 7:45 a. m., for Greensboro
via Franklinville, Cedar Falls, Mill
boro, Climax, Pleasant Garden and
Greensboro terminal ,R. P. O., at the
station, arriving there by 9:30 a. m.
The . afternoon trip will leave
Greensboro at 2 p. m. and travel over
the same route and reach Ramseur
at 4:15 p. m., and leave at 4:45 p. m.
and reach Greensboro by 6:30 p. m.
Parcel post will be handled as well
as first class and newspaper mail to
all points, except Randleman and
Asheboro. Only first class mail and
newspapers will be handled from
Greensboro for Randleman and Ashe
boro but parcel post may be dis
patched from either of these offices
to other points on the line.
Mail from all points accumulating
at Greensboro 'up to 5 a. m. will go
out on the morning trip, and all mail
coming in on the noon trains, in
cluding Nos. 45, 36, 21, 4 and 131, will
go out on the 2 p. m. trip. The ru
ral route schedules will be so arrang
ed from all offices that mails can be
advanced to rural route patrons ear
lier in the day.
On Sundays the Greensboro to
Mount Gilead route will continue to
serve Asheboro and Randleman, but
no Sunday service is provided Tor
Ramseur and Franklinville.
This new star routes service has
been needed for some time. Before
the railroads began to take trains off
the line between Asheboro and High
Point and between Greensboro and
Ramseur, the service was slow enough
at the best. Since the trains were
taken off there has been more delay
than ever in the mail service. . Al
though Ramseur and Franklinville
are only a matter of twenty or thirty
minutes drive from Asheboro, yet
with the service that existed more
than a day was required to get a let
ter from Asheboro to either of these
towns or any other postoffice on the
road from Greensboro to Ramseur.
SENATOR ROSS ON
GOOD COMMITTEES
Is Well Placed In Appointments
—Representative Ferree Al
so Taken Care of.
Randolph county's senator and
representative fared well in the ap
pointment of committees both in the
Senate ami* the House. Senator Ross
is a member of important Senate
committees, including the committees
' on finance, roads, banks and currency,
Caswell Training: school, Congression
al districts, senatorial apportionment,
propositions and grievances, public
health, and manufacturing. He is
chairman of the committee on insti
tutions for the deaf.
These appointments place Senator
Ro.-s in a position of great influence
in the legislative body, more prestige
than this county lias enjoyed in
years.
Representative Ferree also was
well placed in the appointments.
Among the house committees on
which he was placed are agriculture,
education, penal institutions, roads,
election laws, journal, privileges and
election, and public welfare.
Davidson county’s representatives
were also well placed. Senator To\vn
send is on the important road com
mittee. Senator Grant, Republican,
of Davie, is also on this committee.
Representative Raper was made
chairman of the congressional com
mittee and he is also on a number of
other important House committees.
It is understood that the member
ship of the road committee in the
Senate are in favor of an additional
bond issue of $35,000,000 for good
roads.
The Legislature has been doing, lit
tle more than marking time for the
past week. Now with the inaugura
tion of Governor McLean it is ex
pected to get down to business.
Few measures of state wide sig
nificance have found their way into
the legislative hopper. Senator
Squires introduced a bill prepared by
the legislative committee, selected by
the special session last August, en
titled an act to control bus traffic in
the State. It would regulate, super
vise and control persons, firms,, cor
porations and associations, owning,
controlling, operating, or managing
motor vehicles used in the business of
transporting persons or property for
compensation on the improved public
highways of the State which are, or
hereafter may be declared to be parts
of the State Highway System, or
any of the country highways, pre
1 scribing and imposing license fees,
1 and providing for the disposition of
the revenues raised by the same. The
i bill was referred to the committee on
Public Roads, and ordered printed in
> pamphlet form for the convenience of
the members.
Representative King, of Guilford,
! seeks to repeal the act passed by the
last regular session of the General
1 Assembly exempting from taxation
! stocks owned in foreign corporations.
The 1923 session wrestled over this
: amendment to the Revenue Bill for
days and the vote on its adoption was
| very close. The question of taxing
foreign stocks was an issue in the
primary campaign for Governor and
has been much discussed during re
j cent months. The King bill is like
1 ly to provoke a lively fight before
! the Finance Committee, to which it
j was referred by the Speaker.
Senator Simmons Leads Fight
To Defeat Underwood Bill
Senator Simmons, who has made a
thorough study of the Muscle Shoals
bill as introduced in the Senate by
Senator Underwood, of Alabama, has
I led a great fight in the Senate against
! the bill and Tuesday saw the bill de
I feated and the Jones amendment
which Senator Simmons favored sub
stituted. The Underwood bill, which
. had the endorsement of President
Coolidge, provided the leasing of the
famous Muscle Shoals property, in
Alabama, to the Alabama Power
I company for a period of fifty years.
This company is said to be a member
j of the great power trust headed by
the General Electric company. The
Jones amendment provides that the
President shall appoint a committee
of five to study the situation and re
port to Congress in a year.
Senator Simmons’ speech last Fri
day opened the eyes of the members
of the Senate. He displayed a thor
ough knowledge of the situation and
showed without a doubt that the pro
posed lease was not for the best in
terests of the country.
United States Will
Collect on War D"1
The United States under the func
tioning of the so-called Dawes plan,
and pursuant to an agreement enter
ed into between England, the United
State, Belgium, and France will be
gin in September, 1926, to collect war
damage claims and cost of the army
of occupation from Germany at the
rate of $25,000,000 yearly until the
total claim of something like eix
hundred millions of dollars is paid.
The amount due on the cost of the
army of occupation is about two hun
dred and fifty million dollars and the
damage claims have been reduced to
a like amount. ®
Special Meeting Jr. O. U. A. M.
There will be a special meeting
the Junior order next Tuesday
to consider important business. r
member is urged to be present.