North Carolina Newspapers

THE COURIER - - j Advertisis CsJaasTsl Brinj Result V $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT B1EN ' ' 1 u " - 'r ' . - 1 ' : . f . 1 . i r i ' J ' i r r r i tolcxs XUXH LARGE flAJOIUTYi: WITH S5IALL VOTE McLa Carried State Bj Over M0Of.Ttal-Vt-tM8 ' - Taaa FoorTcara AfL Prasttady snosbMs unofficial ' rs- tnitks maw that Angus Wilton Mc Lean, TJarsecrstie snndidats for Gov enter csnM ths Stat by ever 100,- 00 Is ths eteetteoi on November 4, while Jobs W. Davis, ths Democratic candidate for Ftssidsnt (waived majority Upwards 1 80,000 CoolMge LeFolIette combined. With only of ; ths 1,730 precincts aliasing, the combined vote-for Pres ident aggregates only 458000, jrhich is short Vy 70,000 of the toUl of 638, 000 which u east 4 yean ago. The LsFoUette -rote aeenm to hare alraokt completely evspomtedV not a"sing sonnty m the State easting as many as 60S wotes for the 'Wisconsin Sen ator. Wits one exception, ' later re tarns have only served to strengthen trends 'established by the first figures available. However, the constitu tional amendment increasing the nay of legislators from four to ten dol lars on day received heavy majorities in the cities but as returns from the rural precincts Vegan to come the "majority was reversed and with WfrednttS ' mraibrg Ow -measure has an' adverse majority of 74.00 snd the amendment has met the fate M every' like proposal sinee 1868 -when the present scale was .adopted. For another two years at least the legislators will centbioe to dmw less 'compensation than their clerks and swill have to snpplemerit their ' pa; with personal funds in order tc meet their hotel bill. The vote shows that of 9B comities reporting, forty were tfor the mea sure and fifty -six against 3t with nearly all ths 78aleVmnties tomainmg targe towns. The larjrerf favorable majority was 28. regis tered in Mecambnrg xrtiito the hig- gest niajeritylsgainet- the sneasnrei'l'.B tS ite" credit In 1922 Oslford was ZfiSl, wjqch was rolled up m Surry. t . - i .ui.ui XLVA j"H" ees wMvuibMHtj .wmsssissm MeLeaa 27312; ' Veekms 119,695. - The vote for Freeslent is 1380 precincts was Datfis .270,221;; Codl idge W2S2j lAFdUette BS9. Based on the vote thus Jar re ceivedi it -was estimated that La Follette, who bad 'been expected to poll ;,a comparativftl .large -vote, would sot receive a, siany rjjs-.stea. , iiw coiiniiesf -w h had l-.Tnsw 4M.ihsV: stissrgth, jdreaily . have :ben 'r- Orted asdiihe Oareest .vote"Oms ian recewea m any r county was -m mo wafl wberen'ihe receiwd v53 'votes. Meckttnhnrg gave iaFollette 437; New Hanover 405; Wale 485. For syth 460; Guilford 317; Bunaombe 467; and Dnrham 221. A peculiarity of the returns for governor was that Meeting carried Tyrrell county lor governor while all of the other Republican candi dates in the county, on the Slate ticket, were defeated. Tyrrell is Mr. Mee kins' birthplace. MRS; L. D. ANDREWS DEAD Mrs. Martha Pemberton Andrew, widow of the late Major L. D. An drews, died November 13th at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Ashcraft. at Monroe, after a week of severe Illness. Mrs. Andrews came from an old and distinguished family, the Pemhertona, and was born in Montgomery county August 23rd, 1839, and was therefore s little more than 86 years old. Her great grandfather, Edmund Lilly, was granted s large tract of land in Montgomery comity by the Crown of England, and this property embraced the country rosnd Meant Gllead and long reaches on the Pee Dee river. Many of his ancestors still . sws homes throughout that section ef the state, ' ''.' Major and Mrs. And news were married in 1864, and went to Monroe in 1889. Major Andrews, who .died ahoat 16 years ago, was superintend dent of the Monroe high school for s number of years, resigning that position in his declining years, Their home life was ideal and for many years tree Southern hosptality ob tained is thetr home in Monroe. Survivisg Mrs. Andrews are two sonsy CoL W. P. Andrews, of Atlanta, and Mr. W. H. Andrews, of New York, and four daughters, Mr. J. R" Ash craft, Mrs, Llxtle Covington, Mrs. Ernest Heath ef Monroe, and Mrs. H. r3srrier. of Knoxville," Tens. nilam Hosks of Fsyetteville; sn: il.. . t f Mrs. Amos 8tsck of Monro, are .'; grknddanghters, besides there are ' several younger grand child1 ran. - r Major Andrews taught school at i Kew Hops Acldemy, this county, . ia ,18S7.', The winter of 18S7 was ex- (Meult) utl t ii iss ii fm I asmIs nn:il SJT'IIJ sutes sV . ISIITH' WW! W-IS1 V-f J w . by th oTileat eitisens. This was bs-1 for Major Andrews was" married. Wfenff? '' Ucd CrosiKoUCaU On , ' rii lil Director Amertesa Rd Cross, . . Charirs J, Bmith, ef Fort Bragg, was in AshsWo t-trrU hi bitrt of. the Bd Cm J'.oll CalL Miss Esther Rass h as eons-Uvd to art as' ehalr nan end all ri''-rii.ttnr sho14 . be sent to her. I H win fat torn amd tr pt and but ton. Brryhody la the eoenly'ls eligllile sad la SontHbvUnf ie dnlnr ,spledkl servise (oMtly and t!fliiy, WINTER HITS STATE IN ryU, FORCE TUESDAY SnowIn Man Places Coldest Day ( Year Witk Tenpcr tores Below TiMy. Toesday was the eeMeat day of the year in North CaroHaa. Cold, cteady weather with light sssw was report- ed general tkroogheat the State. Snow that made roofs white began failing in Ashebere and is ether parts of the State early Tteeday morning, y Greenvule, Gu iwboro, Henderson, and Wilson reported light snows.' Low temperatures wen reported at various parte of the State. Winston-Salem re porting the leeest, 26. t Taeeday's seewfaU was the earliest by two days Swing the 89 years rec ords save been kept by the weather baresm at BaMgh and the first to fail in November since 1914. The. fall measured two-tenths of an inch, v Snow ue swing the ground suffi eiently to track rabbits was reported in the western part of the State. The snow, bewail er, melted quickly and in many places as fast as it fell. The tkuerr here is believed to be the tax sntl of the storm which has been prevalent in the northern states for the ipast several days. Marriage and Divorce In North Carolina According to the figures recently made public by the United States De partment of Commerce there were m North Carolina In 1923 marriages numbering 24,028, while the divorces bgnurted in the same calendar period numbered 1,447. : For ' the calendar year 922, there .were 22,267 marriag es and 1,817 divorces reported. The increase of the numher of mar- triasres for 1923 ever 1922 was 7tL : or T-9 'per cent increase, while the di vorces reported for 1923 shews an tacrease of 180, or 18.7 per cent er Jne uiber reported for 1322-i: . nuaaber -of 'marriages is ISZll with also' led with 915. Foraytt tedk sec omd place and Wake thirds HeeWen- fsarg eonnty was fooiO "There were nine ieoasties which reported no divorce for 1923. Bun- icombe esnate topped the rust with M divocces 1923,,. asd S3 in 1922. Chffl&r4 took secWplaee an Foi u. t.it i i T ..c uast-yeafcC;: .. ,andotph eeoatr com 23Z marriages Pul.1923 as compared ts 224 in 1922. On.tha matter et dnwees these were lb 1 is 1S23 as sigeiast. 12 is mtfoinett had 1 .manumit- m 1S2S sad imfSi 1322. There Lflivbrckk la that eaamtv ia I92B suid 'S fW yer '-before. DavSdaon had 343 marriages is 1923 and 285 in 19X2. In rthe matter of ifa'vsrceB IDsvidsaa had it in: 1923 against U) in 1122. .DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS JEllen Clyde Connor, -wife of Thom as Connor, was bora August 26, 1889, in Xandolph county nd died Novem ber ,10th, 1944. She is survived by her . husband, seven children, 6 boys and 2 girls; 3 sisters: Mrs. David Harsnon, of Seagrwe ; Mrs. Will Hooker, of Greensboro,; Mrs. Bam Hooker, of Asheboro; and one brdth er, George Ogle, of JJorwaod; he sides l number of other relatives and friends. She professed faith in Christ about fonsr years ago and a short while beare her .death she .stated that she was trusting is Jesus. Mrs. "Connor was a kind mother and bore her suffering with never a word 4)f complaint. M. C CHURCH MATTERS W. H. Willis Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Isley, of Nrth street, Joined our eharch Sun day. H is expected that the contracts for art gJass, and seating, and lighting for our new church will be let Friday. The writer preached at Wert's Chapel to a small congregation. Son day afternoon, there being but ne of the members present Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Ridge were hosts to ths writer and Eev. and Mrs. a P. Buth for dinner on Sunday. . "Things to think about" will be ins pastors subject ft subject Sunday morning. chaH,-, 0f the board of county com nlng "The Praying Church'', miuion.ri. but it u .hiw th.t In the wis oeuig ins jwira oi mr series on the efficient eharch. Sunday venine services will ba held hereafter at 7 p. nt FAMOUS PICTURE TO BR ", -.T.ho il( , -.rv in a furniture store in America's' first super film ipefl tecle, The Birth ef s Nation", will appesr St thsCspitol ThMfrS, Ashs boro again for one day only, Friday, November 18th, AH who havs seen It seem to untWi., fnnin .h. .n with one eUlm-r-that nothing sube-'in yjgg Ustlrg stverst days. soenUy placed on eellaloM baa ear-1 Ha was a nstlvs of WoTthvills, but psssed The Birth Of A Natiol," In f,fttfl shout two months ago bad son. power to portray S terrlfle naUmalldoctol or, ra m,, poUt , He la ' withf lbs agonies of 1, arrived by his widow and mother, vlduals taught is the fnaetstorm of Its violence, ami la iu ability to tarry ferwsrd both ths nsUonal siS Indi vidual stories with s dash and vfghr ef dramatle unity ; vTbt two families, the Southern CameroM snd the Norte era SVmemans, with ths cross ewrenu that nmh them, and rar - vtvs the War KJf eves when the, j-wgsr sen. of tht i two r.mUie. reeleav Asbebord st t s. m, sad arrive otter en ths fl.ld ef UtU. snd , Itockingh. at 12 e'c4rl and will fw; " - r.w,.nn so grot a factor is ths story, fliailsn. MEMBERSHIP IN NEW LEGISLATURE Densnts Have Bit Majority la General Assembly Reduce f , JRepnbfieaji Canities. -t Witk the number sf Bewshlicaas Is the Senate remaining si three est of total ef fifty, the Dessotrsts save this year red need the ssssbsr ef ensetestly Eepablkss counties to six oxrt of 100, although sustaining a net. loss of eleven seats is she Hones of Representatives. lathe General Assembly of 1926 there win be 47 Democrats and three Republicans in the Senate and 100 Democrats and 20 Republicans In the Hones. The representation In 1923 was the same in the Senate while there were 111 Democrats and nine Republicans in the House, How ever to obtain the proper signifi cance of the new figures it is neces sary to go back to the General Assembly of 1921, which followed the last presidential election. In that body 11 of the 50 Senators were Republicans, while there were 92 Democrats and 28 Republicans in the House. In the off-year election of 1922 there was general apathy among the Republicans while the Democratic majority in the Senate was enlarge' 1 by a new gerrymander effected in 1921. The 1923 Republican repre sentation of nine in the House was considered "to be almost an irreduci ble, minimum but this year, even with s presidential election on three of those counties, Polk, TyreTl and Surry were carried over into the Democratic column. - To more than offset this loss the Republicans carried the following counties, which went Democratic in 1922' Brunswick, Catawba, Chero kee, Davie, Johnson two members), LincoJn, Madison, Randolph, Hender son Swain, Alexander, Avery and Clay. Johnston .is normally Demo cratic, the flop- this year being due to purely local conditions, while Brsnswick,' Catawba, Lincoln Randolph always funash- fighting, ground for feh parties. 'The other, cosaaes are regarded as- normally Republican although some of them are slways siite close. ' Miss Julia Alexander, of Char- Wtte, will e the only woman in the 1925 GenexEl Assenibhr. Mrs. Giles UObeell, the Semocraiie nominee or the House 'in Cherokee county having seen defeated by her .Republican op ponent. These are two changes in the "T923 Senate, olSaetting each other. "The lswyithTrd: of the counties wf Stows and -Sorry went Desaomnatie for the first iime is its history while 'the thirty.third district, eornpaeed of "Cherokee, iQay, .Graham, Majum and 'Swain, returned to its usual custom -this yearsnd elected a Republican -after having named a Democrat two .years ago. Fifteen members of the last Senate were re-elected. Among this number was Senator 6l E. Macdenhall of Guilford. Thirty-one members of the last House of Representatives were returned. Senators from the tswlfth district are Arthur Ross, of Asheboro, -unci W. B. McQueen, of Rcaford. A. I. Ferree, of Asheboro, wfll be Ran dolph's representative in the Houw;. Moatgomery will be represented ry B. S. Hurley, and Davidaan by Paul R. Baper. Who Will Hold The Randolph Co. Offices? It is rumored that J. Fran ford dops not want to hold the sffice i . i sneroi oi itandolph county Ui which a i .b . ... ... be was electad November 4th. It is ; also rumored that Everett T. Walton , will be made chief depaty of the sher- , "' " .,,J "7,r . : York Tribune says it is "A Ccanford lo resign and aUo u to l TriH an( Tefltp1 comed c ,T,M U wnr " m. Rcpo,n7 f-H." It will he presented by an ex thatManly Willu.nu.wll lma.h.jni-, ional, eommt cast ' l. - i A i , .: jailor, and a candidate in the prim n r - tnw ilw v. -,:..!-.- ----!-.;- . i ... ..... ... .,, sheriff, but it Is presamed that he will vs taken care ef : it is riul tkt n ni.WV win be the deputy register f deeds. I , Mt known .h.ffll., mi. J. Klwood Stentoa will be chairman as he received ths highest vote bi (he general election and is a successful farmer and business man. No ether member of ths incoming board pre- Ii.-..!. Ia lav -itatm -A t-ftlna, a Ki,vi man and Is not so regarded, save one! another county. TOM ARNOLD DEAD, '. Tern C Arnold, aged 84 years, died ia a Ittofc . Point Siwnll.l rAI Mr, CIS Arnold, sf WerthvOle. - v I i AsMtere-R-Kkiitf Hs Jltssy Lies Mr, Casper Warner, ef Troy, 'was la Asheboro yesterday arranging to put en a jitney line btso hsr ' and Rotklaghsm. , lis will vwtre bis fanv l to Ash bo re and give the builneee bis personal suDervUios. tie will i m m snwxis Hinn ume p.s eosner wr.a ins uigs rsrnt Isey. ' . , .. North Ctrvltfii Tksreday, November DR. J. H. mqiiSMITH MEETS WITH IL ?6. PRINCIPALS Discusses -Condition of High Schoob-iC'sTanize Athletic Association. Dr. J. Henry Hijrhsmith of the State Departiaast-of EducatioiL- mat ( with the hlgn- ecbool principals oi 1 Randolph county m top. offiea of the County Superintendent at Asheboro , last Wednesday to discuss wiui them the condition of our high schools at the present thne and how to make them more efficient in the future. Mr. Highsmith made- it plain that an eight months, school 160 days should be taught exclusive of holidays, and nine months .schools 180 days exclus ive of holidays,' and that 45 minutes should be given: to each classperiou. In order for schools to become accred ited it will require 160 days, 45 min utes to the dasS, an average of 45 pupils, 300 vofaaies in the library, lab oratory equipment, and a room for teaching it Each principal made a report giving the number is'isttendance, number of teachers teaching high school sub jects and it was gratifying to learn that an increased enrollment occurred in every high school in the county. It was suggested -In this meeting that schools will Have to raise the average daily attendance in the high schools from 45 to 100, pnd that five high school teachers will be required to teach academic subjects. At this meeting an Athletic Asso ciation was organized, and plans for carrying on athletics in the future. This fall basket ball will be the ma jor game, the schedule having been adopted. Those attendme were: D. C. Holt, Liberty; Ed B.; Carroll, Randleman; R. D, Marsh, Ramseurl Fred A. Fic quett, Farmerj.yB. H. McCam, Sea grove; W. H. McMahan and Mr. Fau- eett, Asheboro,! and J. R. Weaver, Trinity. Mr. Highsiriith is visiting all the counties in Nirth Carolina meeting with high school principals endeavor ing to assist fliev counties in working out high school Courses of study and 'to assist in any way he can4to help tne mgn scnpois to meet more nearly the needs of the various communities. 1 Mr. Garland Pritchard Purchases " Stedtsun's Grocery Mr. Garland, Pritchard has pur chased Stedraan's Grocery, the oldest grocery buslhftss in Asheboro, and will consolidate- the two grocery stores. Mr. Stedmah began the gro cery business $t&Ajgheboro . more than twentjt: BV.,yeai.Jsfe and has , been most -euecessfohf fet : ths past few years Mr. Stedmah andxson, S. B. Stedman,, have been paying much of their attention to the wholesale .de partment which is now one of the biggest wholesale establishments in this section. At the same time the retail grocery has expanded. Mr. fntchard began the grocery business in Asheboro vtour years ago and he has built up an excellent busi ness. With the consolidation of the two stores, Mr. Pritchard has one of the biggest retail trades in the coun ty. Mr. Pritchard continues the en tire corps of assistants in both con cerns and will appreciate the ipatron Bige of both nia and the Stedman'B friends. 'The Bubble" At Court House Satur day Night "The Bubble", an effective play of dialect, humor and pathos, will be presented at the court house Satur day evening, November 22nd. This is the second lyeeom attrnc-Cran-i,;., , ,l , ..... iiwu uui iiic uaiaiiiuin uikc uiul r.ri.nuu. III AMiruillU ULICIKJ. It II, n...,kA.l.. 1 A U.I -41 i T, fc. t. , . . i above exponses, in order that the whool may profit thereby. This at- ,...n,..u ",l ,nB,hl h Klin a 11.,. ir, .mi. k.-i.i- ok- t. : m t , , w nK" Bcnooi pupils rnLeren in i m .... ... , ' J; . ., tickets before the presentation of the first attraction and many of the peo ple of the town have season tickets. Rev. KG. IiOwdermilk SupL Children's Home Mr. H. A. Garrett, who for the east 11 years' has served 'as superintendent of the North Carolina Metho,IIst Pro- "'1, High Polnt, recently tendeied his resigna tion to the board of trustees, and has become field aa-ent for the High Point uin una win miu near tne col- of ths trustees made Associate Sup srintoncleat snd will still be connected with the Children's Home. Hs will be succeeded by Rev. E. 0. Lewdermnk, new of Greer, 8. C, but for seme Urns a member of the North Sr 1 MlCoi tblldiyn, MnL, Bertha f1"' hrh- , Mr- Lwdrmi'k Glassmeyer, Monroe, W. A-, Oscar L taformerlyof Randolph county, ths c, Greensboro,T W ,1- i . - . LzlZ .'17 w ,Z ! Smith snd sf 8. AshebofSt ' F. Lowdermllk ef Dr. Whit sher Te Prearb litre Sunday j Dr. C L. Whltaksr, s former Ashe- to.i tt s- i it. u bers pastor, will preach to the Meth- W1H rrotosUnt church Sunday tsors- lag ans errnlr. Dr. Whltsker has. Jit-jwsny friends In Aj 'tIM U wt aim. ro whs wID be - ' r i 20, 1924 APPEAL MADE FOR HELP OF ORPHANS Campaign On To Induce North Carolinians To Give Day s Income To Orphans. The . "One-Day-For-The-Orphans" campaign to induce every citizen of North Carolina to give his income of one day to the orphanages of the state will end on November 113. . The closing day of the campaign will be known as "Orphanage Sun day" and every church in the state is expected to make an appeal for the children. The campaign has been under the direction of the committee compesed of Mr. Shipman, Miss Annie Travis, Mary G. Shotwell, J. W. Bailey, Sta cey W. Wade, J. R. Young and W. A. Graham. The fund to be raised will be dis tributed among the orphanages which are members of the North Carolina Orphanage association. The distribution will be on a budg et basis with the needs of each in stitution considered. Any person, however, may, if desired, name the institution to which the contribution is to go. In asking aid for the orphans Mr. Shipman said that the member insti tutions of the state association for the innocent and helpless children, ed ucating them and making them self supporting and self-respecting. "A few dollars used on the basis now worked out by the institutions will go a long way toward taking care of a young boy or girl until he or she is able to do alone," Mr. Shipman said. "We are making the appeal to the mind as well as the heart of those who wish to see kindness and justice given to all and have a desire for the progress of the coming generation of the state." The following is a list of orphan ages and superintendents: Baptist Orphanage Kev. at. u Kesler, Thomasville. Methodist Orphanage Rev. A. S. Barnes, Raleigh. Presbyterian Orphanage Jos. Ju. Johnson, Barium Springs. Methodist Orphanage Rev. u A. Wood, Winston-Salem. Thompson Orphanage Rev. W. H. Wheeler, Charlotte. Methodist Protestant Home H. A. Garrett, High Point. Christian Orphanage Charles D. Johnston, Elon College. Oxford Orphan Asylum R. L. .Odd Fellows Home-Charles H. Warren, Goldsboro. ' Eleids Orphanage Rev. Lucius B. Compton, Asheville. Pythian Home C. W. Pender, Gay ton. Children's Home Society -J. J. Pheonix, Greensboro. Nazareth Orphan's Home W. H. McNairy, Crescent Falcon Orphanage J. A- Culbreth, Falcon. Free-Will-Baptist Home C. G. Pope, Middlesex. Naiareth Orphanage Rev. George A. Woods, Nazareth. Mountain Orphanage R. D. Bed inger, Balfour. Grandfather Orphanage J. M. Hol- combc, Banner Elk. St. Anne's- Home Sister Mary Claire, Belmont. ' Alexander Home Mrs. L. Brown McKoy, Cor. Sec, Charlotte. Wright Refuge Miss Alice Pirie, Durham. Juvenile Relief Home Mrs. George Norfleet, Winston-Salem. Memorial Industrial School Rev. W. J. Poindexier (Col.), Winston-Sa- Orphan Home Oxford. (Col.) Henry I. Cheaham, Union Services At Presbyterian Church There will be a union service in the ! Presbyterian church Thanksgiving day at 10 a. m. An offering will be taken for the various orphanages in the state, each person contributing to the orphanage of their preference. It is urged that each citizen in the State contribute the sum equal to one day's ' Income. Rev. B. E. Morris will nrench the Thank'lnf ; tt,- ... - , c . ' .. ou,"M,y avening l6 of U,e A"h,,no churches . P m? bolnninf Sunday, i November 2:ird. DEATH OK MRS. EMILY C,0X Mrs. Emuy Cox died at her home , Mllllw,- n-t-i ,c,L . of 67 years. Mrs. Cox was a loving wife and mother and held in high esteem by all who knew her. She was a con sistent and faithful member of Provl. dsnce Friend church. Ths deceased Is SimHlMkl litt k. 1... .k - J . , l? brother, Nereus , Gs, three sisters, Mrs. 1. II Skeen, Qlmax. Mrs. W. A. Wood and Mrs! W. dTw. I Ur, who was s twhvalster. of Cllmst; snd s numbef ef other relatives ') I Ths funeral serricea wwre nAnM by Rev. Henry Wrens, a former sss Is sa ,i .. o. . . . tor, at Provides Friends ehsreh.Af. tor which interment was made , 0.s church eemetery. ful floral deslrns atlest the too. -mS W"wv(sjsisss4 Mrs held.. TWELVE HUNDRED MILES OF HARD SURFACE ROADS Highway Commission 1 ushing Forward Mighty Program of Road Construction. One thousand, two hundred and ninety miles of hard furfaced high I ways have been constructed in North Carolina since the present highway I commission took charge of the ad ; ministration, according to informa tion made public last week by of- ficials of the commission. In ad jdition to the hard surfaced high ways 1,425 miles of new top-soil, sand-clay, gravel and graded roads I have been constructed in the same period. Under construction at present are 183 miles of hard surface roads and 333 miles of the other types of roads. Another letting of contracts j on November 16 will just about wind up the construction work under the sixty-five million dollar bond issues authorized by the legislatures of 1921 and 1923. This letting will take care of the construction of approximately 13 miles of roads, of which 15 miles will be hard surfaced. Taking into account the roads al ready constructed, the roads under construction and the roads for which contracts will be let North Carolina will receive for the sixty-five million dollars spent 1,488 miles of hard surfaced roads and 1,843 miles of other types of roads, or a total of 3,331 miles of all types of roads. Dividing the number of miles of roads of all kinds constructed into the amount of the bond issue it is seen that the cost of an average North Carolina mile of road con structed under the present highway commission is $19,213. This figure is not as high as might seem at first glance as the high way commission has . acquired con siderable road" building machinery, office buildings, garages, office fur nishings, and other things incidental to launching and carrying on a gigantic enterprise, as well as hav ing devoted large sums to highway maintenance. These assets will probably lessen the cost if highway construction in North Carolina in the, future if the next legislature votes to continue the road building program, or if the legislature does not sq vote they main assets to be applied against the i . i . i; -1. il. V T i i liquidation uac uie qoua iiuHie. Chair Claims Nineteen Under Gov. Morrison M , ... ..... 1: .... .' ..' i f . uunnK ins wre 'y1 " j.j U i months ' of " to"'uuuiu.Mt.oTj of Governor CanK Morrison, ,Jx.hjji teen men have gone to their death in the electric chsir,; is; Vyment fcr crimes of rape Slid murder alleged to have been committed by them. Fifteen more men are waiting on "death row" under sentence to die while seventeen have escaped the death chair during Morrison's ad ministration either through execu tive clemency or through appeal to the Supreme Court Eight of the men electrocuted went to the chair in 1921, the first year of Morrison's administration. The other eleven were executed dur- ing the years 1922 and 1923. There has not been an electrocution in 1924. Of the nineteen under the present men electrocuted governor, seven paid the penalty for of the crime rape and twelve for the murder. There were no tions for burglary or arson the other crimes this State. punishable by death in NEWS IN UK I El' H. M. Curran, fore.iter with the United States Department of Agricul ture, hns been in Davidson county making some investigation of the pos sdiility of the manufacture of pulp. He predicts that Davidson will be con sidered an excellent location for a pulp mill. A. A. Hill, for manv vears eno-no-ml in the hardware business at Denton has movei to High Point. It is un derstood' that he will engage in Tome kind of business inthat city. W. W. Cecil, aged 75, died at his home in High Point Saturday morn ing following an illness of more than yr,lT- He wa" 8 nativo of Davidson county. The body of s male negro infant was f()uml by payln(r footbal, nWdim In a barrel in a vacant lot near me i ickett warehouse Tuesday afternooa. inenuy neen strangled to death and n oei rtea.1 only a short while when the body was discovered. Funeral service, for Narcotic In spector K. B. Meniios, who died sud denly at Charleston, W. Va., Ust Friday, were held at Hickory last Sunday. Meniles was wsU knows In the State. . The dead body of s man. bslUli 1 A- Button, of Ashevilky Rte i was discovered Is th.8Tl? lunr! Tbout ii,n TfJ1,""h tm, b JS, "1 Southern rtTr! ' th 5! y.TLl?! tmtng. iot .several sndj desU i ta thought to have reeulted ..vM.i nuiocaMon ST neart trouble; AOvembeT'. 17th. ccoMinff to wsatbsf reperto was Uie n.l.kni dnv encerd in New Tork C!(y for u . Ume of year. KUMBE2 a WILL BE A BATTLE FOR SPEAKERSHIP rth and Madden Hava Announced Condidaey Maj lie Long list of Others. (By David F. St. Clair.) Washington, November 18tlL The only affair of personal interest is -sight at this moment is the battle for the speakership in the house of ths Sixty-ninth congress Two of. the candidates are already actively ia the field with their battalions entrenched although the actual election at s. speaker may not come off within ths next twelve months. Kepresewauvs Nicholas Longworth, majority floor leader of the house and son-in-law of the late Colonel Roosevelt, and Rep resentative Martin B. Madden of Chicago and chairman of the house appropriations committee, have an nounced their candidacy. .' If Repre- ... v sentative John Q. Tilson of Connecti cut is not elected to succeed the late ' . ; Senator Brandegee, he will also be a i candidate and the friends of Repre sentative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio are urging him to enter the race. The La Follette group in the house is ex- i pected to cast its votes for Represen tative Henry Allen Cooper of Wiscon sin ind of course the Democrats will honor their floor leader, Representa tive Finis J. Garrett,, by voting for j ' him though he has Sot a ghost of a chance of being elected. - ,' ,t At this stage the choice appears te lie between Longworth and Madden. The Longworth forces .are being ma- , neuvered and entrenched by the Cap ital's great social lobby . headed by Mrs. Alice Koosevere riiongworuu Every woman in Washington who is f able to bring a scintilla influence on ., any Republican member of ths new house is being appealed to by Mrs. ' " Longworth to" join her ranks. Mrs. , , Longworth is the leader, of social , Washington and the Longworth. fam- ' ily millions are backing her ftt; this fight i ' But Longworth himself 'is lacking in the aggressiveness of his spirited .' -wife and if he wins it will be largely 1 ' , due to her pushfulness. ' On tht other ' hand Martin B. Madden, formerly known as "the of ,. ths f Chicago city council, has acquired ths? " reputation in eongress' of "S-nsssty r'? . " fighter". His opponents charg that , . . . . 1 . V ne sorneumesx nils, toeiow us f He is s millionaire snd his Meads ssv thai he generally gste what hs goes after and that he hss never gone sf- ter foythinig with more determinsuott. t! " I the speskemhip efv the fifty jw,.js eesgssss. -y".fa. .A'sr W m, Tin. i .rr.. u -, - - . , . . tie nunc uwuMi i ajnH.iK v irf.' inclined to favor Ixsigworth for -tts-speakership. It is said that' Mrs. ? Longworth has Jislreadyy conferred . with Uie President and Mrs. Cool idge on the subject sad has told her friends that the White House could be counted on, -which,' if it is a fact, , shows that tfomeir have become a greater power' in the government hers than ever before.- During the sessions of congress Mrs. Longworth is slways in her seat rain or; shine not in ths house gallery 'but In the .senate gal lery and there is nearly always one or more Republican senators at her ! side. If not a senator S representor tive. She is a more, potent force at i the Capitol than her amiable and , would be "intellectual" husband. The selection of either Longworth or Madden will make necessary the crime of ""Kaniiauon oi a numoer oi im-electrocu- I,orUnt committees in the house and ' y 50me nleasur affect the post tion of the Democratic minoritv. Sinc"e the election the Republicans are ' talking of abrogating the rule adopted at the last session empowering ISO -members b petition ty takf S bljl from thej-ules CommJte am bri-tt. liroctly ut'ore the house for consid eration. The autocrat rules committee was ' thus shorn of a great deal of its tyt- ' ramc power and organized labor was -able to bring into the house the How " ell-Harkley bill whose purpose ! ta to ' eliminate from the Esch-CummlniUw ' ' U)e railroad labor board. This bill U still on the house calendar and -will eomo up for consideration on ths first and third Mondays, in every '; month '' at the approaching short session ot v congress if it U not disposed f soon- X t. Whatever may be the merits sf 'l this bill it I, causing ths Republicans ' considerable inconvenience. It brought v ' to the Capitol a great lobby last win tor. t . , n,. d..i.u . '...' i i. i : J . "oir now ma Jority in the house wast to glvo back to the great rules committee ths pow 6r tth siunrinfestsi a. 11 ...v i . V K"iicns wiu ueir new ma- i . u son snouJd be elected I spesker ths majority may' have ths nerve to undertake this r. actionary course. ' - i. ;. , sBswsBBSssjt.sai--- ' H " Federal Court Jurors Federal &art - m.m . Asheboro y, j, BuJta Bpf j , ,?' Uorrows, Asheboroj H, J. Whlteh-mi, Mechaniei J. H, Cox Jlsnnett, - Tsntyvn producers "M en ths WadKhoro rurb 170 try r, 19 pwndt ef tt er, 67 dozens of ejrfrs, and v- fruit. tr-Vrs sn, .i ,r "!'' ?.'ri. j - S'l-'-T ' Ml' , t4 t 4 J v..