North Carolina Newspapers

4 s -f ♦*v. THE COURIER Leads In Both News and Circulation PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN <# A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOLUME L < Aaheboro, North CaroHaa, Thursday, January 22, 1925 iI; ' J ' ; F * •* NUMBER 5 Located On South Fayetteville —Will Be«* Two-Story Of Elrlek and Granite. Wark has been started on the new * postoffice building On South Fayette ville street. The footings have been poured and the work will be-pushed along as -fast as the weather permits. The building is to be' ready for occu pancy by the first of April, next, or \; as soon thereafter as- is possible. The building is located on the west side of South Fayetteville street, be tween Mr. E, L. Hedrick's dwelling and the new Buick station now under construction. It will be 36 feet , in width and will have a depth of 70 feet. The front of the lower floor which .will be occupied by the Ashe boro postoffice will be of plate glass. The building will be constructed of . red tapestry brick, trimmed in gran ite. The upper floor will be used for office rooms. Latest equipment for the postoffice has been purchased. It is all steel and of the most modern type. Five hundred and five lock boxes will be afforded for use of The patrons of the office. The office space will be ample to take care of the needs of the postoffice for years. Mr. E. L. Hedrick, the owner of the new postoffice building, the brick block under construction for some - time, and the W. J. Moore place, be sides the residence and lot which he 1 occupies, intends as soon as the prop erty is developed a little further to erect another brick block adjoining, the postoffice building. In the block now under construction will be the home of the Buick sales agency which Mr. Hedrick handles and a store loca tion in addition to the postoffice. , , Texas Inaugurates Its First Woman Governor Mrs. Miriam Amanda Ferguson, of Temple, Texas, was inaugurated Tuesday Governor of Texas, and the second woman governor in the Unit ed States. Mrs. Ferguson read a brief speech after taking the oath, of office. Mrs. Ferguson succeeds Gov ernor Neff, who has made a popular executive. -1---i. CONGRESS PAUSES TO PAT RESPECTS TO GENERAL LEE Than, Democrat, representative from the 5th North Carolina district, deliv er a brief tribute to General Lee. The veteran North Carolina legisla tor, the sole suvivor in the House of the army that Lee commanded, de clared that he regarded his command er of the early sixties “as not only one of the greatest military com • manders but as one of the most stain less whose fame belongs not to Vir ginia alone but is the birthright of every'American citizen.” Mr. Stedman said that he had re ' turned only recently from an inspec tion of the battlefields around Fred erickburg and Spottsylvania Court House in Virginia. This trip, he add ed, was made to inspect the battle -fields aa to the feasibility of preserv ing marking them for historical purposes. ; * V ' “My estimate of General Lee, he said, “both as to his moral attributes , and military ability, was formed in my early days more than half a cen tury ago and never has changed since, I regarded him as one of the greatest military commanders^who lived, not < only in the era which witnessed his greet' achievements but at any time and in any land, and such is my opin ion to-day.” y Mr. Fred J. Phillips Resigns .As Auditor Mr. Fred J« Phillip's,' county auditor for the past two years, resigned his position some weeks ago effective January 1st, of this year. However, he remained on the job for a" few days longer in order to finish some work already started. Mr. Phillips has accepted a position with Scott, Charnley ft Company, of Charlotte, a conmpany of certified public ac countants. He is now engaged in some work for the company at Siler City and will be there for several days yet. ;Mr. Phillips is an efficient account ant and kept the books of the county in excellent shape. He will retain Asheboro as his residence. Rev. W. M. Gilmore, Publicity Di rector, Baptist State Board of Mis sions, Raleigh, occupied our pbilpit last Sunday evening, “lw High Cost Of Loving” was bis appropriate sub ject. The line of thought proved to be an excellent discourse on Christian stewardship. Those of our number •who were absent missed a treat *1n Pastor, mother, wife and children to her -/ (Tuesday), t but we were bap following ingt “In MOTHER OF "MRS. ERWIN DIES AT FRANKtlNVILLE Death Came Suddenly While On Visit to Daughter—Funeral Held In Durham Today. Mr. Clinton W. Toms, Sr., of Dur ham, died suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy Tuesday morning shortly after 10 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. Harper Erwin, Jr., at Franklinville. Mrs. Toms with her mother, Mrs. George D. Newby, of Hertford, had been visiting Mrs. Er win, who was Miss Mary Toms, for several days. The remains were taken to Durham Tuesday evening and lay in state at the family home until today when interment was made in Maplewood cemetery. Mrs. Toms was bom in Hertford, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Newby. She was married to Mr. Clinton W. Toms, now vic^p resident of the Liggett Myers Tobacco Com pany, and moved to Durham in 1891. When Mr. Toms went to the New York offices of'the company, Mrs. Toms has divided her time between her New York and Durham homes. Surviving the deceased are the husband, C. W. Toms, Sr., two daugh ters, Mrs. J. Harper Erwin, Jr., and Mrs. John A. Buchanan; four sons, Clinton W. Toms, Jr., Edgar Shelton Toms, of Philiadelphia; Zack Toms, of Richmond, and George Toms, of Durham, now a student at the Univer sity of North Carolina; her mother, Mrs. George B. Newby, of Hertford; one sister, Mrs. Simon Rudenberg, of Hertford and three'brothers, Ernest Newby, of Philadelphia; Dr. Edgar Newby of Hertford and Bruce Newby, of Long Beach, Cal. Much Interest In Our Cross-Word Puzzles John K. Wood Sends In First Answer To Last Week’s Puzzle—Two Sets of Prizes. Mr. John K. Wood, of Asheboro, sent in the first correct answer to the cross-word puzzle in last week’s issue of The Courier. The second correct answer was re ceived from Miss Dick Fogleman, of Liberty. She was awarded a prize also, a string of pearls. It has beat decided since the peo ple Of Asheboro have the advantage over those living out of town in get ting their answers in earlier to give an additional prise for readers living outside of Asheboro. In this connec tion Miss Fogleman was awarded a **The prises witt be' lhe sarnie Sr those living in town and out of town. To the first young lady sending in* a correct answer to the puzzle in this week’s issue will be given a string of LaPerfection pearls. The prize for a boy or young man will be a dictionary and for a man a book, "The Life of Charles B. Aycock”. If the first cor rect answer should be sent in by a woman the prize will be a shopping bag. If you live outside of Asheboro in sending in your answer please be sure to indicate at what time you mailed the answer to-the paper since several answers are sometimes received on the same mail and it is impossible for us to tell which was mailed first. Several answers were received to last week’s puzzle. The answer ap pears this week. Look it over and see if you had the correct solution. This cross-word puzzle contest will last until February 16th. _g M. E. CHURCH MATTERS / By W. H. Willis A district meeting of pastors and laymen in the interest of the “Carry On” movement will be held at Greens boro next Monday. Married at the conrtiiouse on Jan uary 16th, Frank Saferite and Annie Hanner, both of Climax, the writer officiating. Rev. W. F.'Womble, presiding el der, will preach Sunday evening, next, and hold the second quarterly confer ence. "Regeneration”, one of the Christ ian fundamentals, will be the pastor’s subject Sunday morning. For the Sunday evening services in February, the writer will preach a series of sermons on “The Lost Para dise”, using as a basis the flrst three chapters of Genesis. The subheads are as follows: Feb. 1—Paradise and its People. Feb. 8—The Tempter and the Tempted. ‘ ; Feb. 16—The Sin and the Sorrow. Feb. 22—The Curse Cured. Will Develop Old Mine South of Aslieboro The McGrew Mining Company, of Philadelphia, Pa., has purchased from O. L. Sapp, of Greensboro, the old Bingham mining property two miles South of Asheboro, near the Clark Hooker jflacC. Mr. Edmund G. Mc Grew, a member of the company and an experienced mining engineer,, is in Asheboro looking after the devel the property. A force is the property prospecting ready for the sinking of the most profitable part tan be ascertained. "ortoerly owned by and many r 40, the mine was *— the years PROTEST TAKING OFF MAIL CLERK Would Have Mail Clerk Restor - ed To Asheboro-High Point Train—New Star Route. The double daily star route mail service from Greensboro via Randle man, Asheboro, and Franklinville, to Ramseur, and return to Greensboro via Franklinville, Cedar Falls, Mill boro, Climax, and Pleasant Garden to Greensboro went into effect Monday, the lpth. Mr. E. D. Landreth, of Greensboro, has the contract. The mail from Greensboro and Randleman reaches Asheboro in the morning at 6:30 o’clock and Ramseur at 7:15* In the afternoon the mail reaches Ashe boro at 3:30 o’clock and Ramseur at 4:J5 o’clock. , f As a result of this new star route mail service the mail clerk has been taken off of train No. 141 reaching Asheboro*in the morning at about 9:30 and train No. 134 leaving Ashe boro about 3:60. Mail to Randleman, Spero,'Sophia, Trinity, Glenola, and other points on the railway from High Pointito Asheboro is handled by clos ed pouches. Train No. 142 leaving Asheboro at 5:10 in the morning now carries no mail, nor does No. 143 reaching Ashe boro from High Point at 8:50 p. m. The taking of the mail clerk off trains No. 141 and 134 is meeting with opposition from the' High Point people and also from a number of Asheboro business men. The High Point chamber of commerce held an extraordinary session Monday after noon and passed a resolution protest ing the discontinuance of the mail clerk service between Asheboro and High Point. The resolution iwas for warded to Postmaster General New and copies to Senator Overman, and Representatives Hammer and Sted man .' A committee will go to Washington about the matter. A del egation from Asheboro is also expect ed to accompany the High Point com mittee to Washington. Frank B. Phillips, Forme* Citizen of Asheboro, Dead Frank ft. Phillips, a native of Chatham codnty, but for many years a citizen of Asheboro arid employed by the Asheboro Coffin and Casket Company, died' Friday night at the JTohn Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, where ha had gone January 4th for treatment. His death followed an opentUoaLior tumor of the brain. flie body was sent to Bear Creek and the funeral,was held Monday af ternoon at the Fall Creek Baptist church of which Mr. Phillips was a member. The funeral sendees were conducted by the pastor, Rev, J: C. ■Kidd, assisted by Rev. G. T. Lassiter and Rev. C. C. Cummings. The pall bearers were John Hill, C. H. Lam bert, Z. B. Burke, J. W. Brewer, S. Hill, and J. R. Powers. Mr. Phillips is survived by his wid ow, who before her marriage was Miss Eva Scott; one daughter by his first wife, Mrs. Madie Bandy, of .Bath, S. C.; four brothers, E. E. Phillips, of ftear Creek, and Charles Phillips, of Putnam, Hayes Phillips, Spar, Will Phillips, of Bear Creek, and five sisters, Mrs. M. T. Brady, of Putnam, Mrs. J. A. Tally and Mrs. W. R. Jones, of Bennett, Mrs. L. J. Brewer and Mrs. Ada Brewer, of Bear Creek. Dedicate New M. P. Church At Greensboro Dedication exercises were held last Sunday afternoon at the new Calvary M. P. church, at Greensboro, of which Rev. L. W. Gerringer is pastor. Dr. A. G. Dixon, president of the North Carolina Methodist Protestant Con ference, preached the dedicatory ser mon. Rev. H. F. Fogleman, pastor of the Asheboro M. P. church, at tended the exercises. Mr. Gerringer was formerly pastor of the M. P. church at this place and has many friends in Asheboro who congratulate him and his con gregation on the completion of the new church building. Dr. J. F. Miller, formerly or Asne Boro Opens Hospital In Marion Dr. J. P. Miller, who for several years practfced medicine in Ashe boro and later opened a hospital here, has recently moved to Marion.’ Dr. Millar moved from Asheboro to Wil mington'where he and his wife and their brother-in-law have had a hos pital. Representatives of the Kiwanis Club of Marion went to Wilmington a few months ago and tendered the supervision of the hospital to Dr. Mil ley, whereupon he went to Marion and established a modern hospital with all, kinds of up-to-date equipment. Dr. Miller’s many friends in Asheboro will not be surprised to hear of his success. RANSOM ALLRED DEAD Ransom Allred, aged 88, died at the home «f his brother, Sam Allred, at Spero, Tuesday, from pneumonia. He was a son of the late John D. Allred. The funeral was conducted at Neigh bor’s Grove church yesterday by Rev. R. Y. Putnam. Interment was made in the church cemetery. , Mr. Allred is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Walter Richardson, of Lexington, Mrs. John Hinshaw, of Central Falls and another sister who Sam and Millard Allredv of Spero and Sophia reapeetively. \ MR. MILLSAPS WINS QUITE AN HONGS AT STATE MEET Was One of Three To Win State Wide Prize In Swine Feed ing—Poultry Specialist. County Farm Demonstration Agent E. S. Millsaps, Jr., is back from the meeting of the state demonstration agtents and agricultural workers held in Raleigh. Mr. Millsaps ie very en thusiastic over the work accomplished at the meeting and encouraged over the great good the agricultural dem ' onstration work has done in the State. A number of agricultural leaders in the State and. nation were present in addition to the 77 county farm demonstration agents, and ma ny interesting demostrations were held, and also a number of educational and instructive speeches and lectures. Mr. Millsaps was one of three re- j cipients of quite in honor during the course of the faceting. Three prizes, attractive watch fobs, were awarded to the three county agents of the State who had done the best work in the swine feeding department of agri cultural extension. The other two were C. M. Brickhouse, .agent in Le noir county, and R. W. Graeber, coun ty agent in Iredell. Mr. Graeber is a’brother-in-law of Mr. Frank Ridge, of Asheboro. Before leaving Raleigh Mr. Mill saps arranged for Mr. E. G. Warden, poultry specialist, to be in Randolph the first week in February. He is anxious to give culling demonstra tions in various parts of the county. Mr. Millsaps would like to hear from ; farmers who have flocks they would like to have culled by this expert. There is considerable interest in the j county in poultry raising, and the farm demonstrator is always on the | look out for anything that will tend ' to forward this phase of farm life. TRINITY CITIZENS DEMAND ACTION Want Trinity-Archdale Road Maintained—All Soil Roads In County In Rad Shape. Reports reaching Asheboro are to the effect that citizens of Trinity and Archdale beh$ a meeting Saturday af ternoon to discuss the question of im proving the! wad fro™ Trinity to' Archdale. This short stretch of; road is alnUNri? impassable. It is al most impossible to drive an automo bile from TWritty to Archdale during the kind, of weather that has been prevalent for several weeks. For some time previous to this bad weath er the road has been in bad condition. The citizens of the community have appealed to the county commissioners, j according to the report, from time to time with reference to the mainten ance of this road, but have failed to get any relief. The county has the j machinery for the maintenance of the highways, but have made no attempts to improve the road from Trinity to Archdale. It is stated that the citizens in their meeting Saturday severely crit icised the board of county commis sioners and threatened indictments. The Trinity-Archdale road is not the only road, in the county that is in bad shape, according, to reports. All soil roads in the county are in bad condition, probably the worst they have been in years. Little or no work has been done towards main taining the roads already 'built in the county and if the condition exists many of the roads will be almost ruined and in many instances will have to be topsoiled all over again. Marriage of Popular Young People In Lynchburg The following announcement will be of interest to relatives and friends of Mr. Hammer, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Hammer, who were originally citizens of the county. Mr. Carl Hammer has "visited rela tives from time to time in Asheboro. The announcement follows: "Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Robinson announce the marriage of their daughter, Mary Frances, to Mr. Wil liam Carl Hammer on Saturday, Jan uary the seventeenth, nineteen hun dred and twenty-five, Lynchburg, Vir ginia.” 1 ' -fA-* Thfi three children of the late John M. Hammer have been honored with positions in * their hometown of Brad enton, Florida. Mrs. Hammer moved to Bradenton about six years ago on account of her oldest son’s health. She put them in school and has since resided there. Miss Josephine, the youngest of the three, is president of her Sunday School class. John Mil ton, the oldest son, is captain of the school baseball team, and Jennings, ,ttfe second sen, is patrol leadtor of the scout troops. Their friends will read with interest of the honors ^Con ferred upon them. Taylor, of Lenoir to the b< in favor ORGANIZE PARKS HOSIERY MILL, INC Elect Officers and Purchase Site For Mill Buildings—Will In stall Latest Machinery. At a meeting of stockholders held in Asheboro Wednesday night of last week the Parks Hosiery Mill, Inc., was organized. Directors elected were D. B. McCrary, J. D. Ross, Hugh Parks, Dr. J. G. Crutchfield, A. H. Thomas, and W. J. Armfield, Jr. Officers elected were D. B. Mc Crary, president, J. D. Ross, vice president, and Hugh Parks, secretary and treasuref. The company has a number of stockholders in the town and county. J A lot for the site of the mill build I ings on the comer of Church and Sal isbury streets has been purchased. This lot lies between the town prop erty on which is located the town of fices and fire station and Salisbury street and extends back to the rail way tracks. The construction of the buildings wijl be started as soon as the weather permits. The buildings will be of brick and of latest type for hosiery mill manufacture. Latest model knitting machines will be in stalled. Messrs. D. B. McCrary and Hugh Parks are on the Northern markets this week looking after the purchase of knitting machines and other ma I chinery for the plant. Just what kind of hosiery will be made has not been I definitely decided, but it is likely that ; it will be a class not now made in I Asheboro. The new company has an authoriz ed capital stock of $200,000, with $75, 000. subscribed. — Twice As Many Births As Deaths In Asheboro Last Year j The records of W. A. Bunch, reg j istrar of vital Statistics for Asheboro I township show that for the year 1924 j there were twice as many births in the town of Asheboro. as deaths. The .number of births was 108 and the deaths about half that number, 59. The township, outside of the town limits although not showing as many births and deaths in total as the town proper had a higher percentage of gain in births over deaths than the town. The number of births was 47 and the number of. deaths 20. This makes a total of births 155 155 and 1 deaths 79 for the entire township. STATE DEFICIT WILL \ REACH NINE MILLIONS Major Part of This Deficit Was Incurred During The Last Four Years. An unofficial estimate of the State deficit places the figures at between eight and nine millions of dollars. All I of this deficit, with the exception of about one .million dollars, was incurr ed during’ the last four years, it is understood. Heads of all State institutions met with the budget commission yester day, but their findings are to late to be reported in this week’s issue. Gov ernor McLean will meet with the budget commission. It is understood that the commission will cut recom menced maintenance appropriations to the actual needs of the plants al ready built. Payment of the huge State deficit, which will be done over a period of ten years, will necessitate the use of nearly a million and a half of the revenues coming into the State dur ing the next year, a million the sec ond year and lesser sums each year until the entire amount is paid. Governor McLean is determined that the deficit shall be definitely determined before it 'is announced in order to prevent a recurrence of the controversies on the subject dur- . ing the last two years. All State of ficials will be heard on the amount determined and their differences from the sum as stated will be ex amined and if valid embodied in the sum when it is reported.^ The great size of the deficit has instilled a determination in members of the commission to make it im possible for such a situation to arise again in the finances of the State. FRIENDS QUARTERLY MEETING The Southern Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends will convene at Holly Springs church next seventh-day, the 24th, and continue through the 25th. Those who de sire to worship with us are cordially invited to attend. J. C. ALLEN. Mrs. Martdshia Lineberry Dead Mrs. Martishia Lineberry, widow of George H. Lineberry, died at the age of 67 years, at her home nine miles west of Liberty last Thursday morn ing. Mrs. Lineberry was one of the most highly respected and esteemed women of hey community. She is survived by one son, Ross Lineberry, of Greensboro, and fjur daughters, Mrs. 0. E. Routh, of Asheboro, Mrs. R. E. Routh, of Cli max, • Mrs. J. D. Harwell, of Mill boro, and Miss Eth41 Lineberry, who lives at the'late residence. Funeral services wer4 held from Gray’s Chapel Methodist Protestant church at ll o’clock Friday morning with Rev. W. F. Ashburn officiating. Interment was made in the church bemetery. - STATE SHOWS GAIN IN FEDERAL INCOME TAX Figures Made Public Show That State Made Good Gain Over 1921.Few Large Incomes. According to information made public Sunday by the Internal Reve nue Bureau the total taxable income of the American people, personal and corporation, subject to Federal in come tax, amounted in 1922 to $28, 300,023,673, and of this amount the government collected taxes of $1, 644,833,576. There were 6,787,481 in dividual income tax returns and 382, 893 returns form corporations. Maryland led the Southern states in the total amount of income tax paid, the amount being $22,719,135. North Carolina was second with $16, 374,568. The next State in the amount of taxes paid was Virginia. North Carolina led in the amount of taxes paid by corporations. The aggregate net income reported by the 58,009 returns filed by North Carolinians was $171,929,259, and average income per return of $2,964, and t1ie average tax was $85 per re turn. The income tax on these re turns totaled $4,908,611. This was an increase in the amount of t?x paid in 1921 of $1,148,112. For 1922 the number of corpora tions in North Carolina was 5,714 and of these 3,486 reported net taxable in comes. The income tax collected from these corporations in 1922 was $11,410,349, or more than twice the amount collected for the year 1921. In the personal tax returns one person reported an income of between $700,00 and $500,000. Only 86 re turned incomes of above $50,000. The largest number of returns was for incomes of between $2,000 and $3,000. The largest number of personal re turns from the counties of the State came from Mecklenburg county, 5, 956, Guilford being second with 4, 810 and Buncombe third with 3,930. Clay county reported but five, while Allegheny and Graham counties re ported 10 each. Camden county re ported 20, Wake county reported 3, 750. By cities, the largest number of personal returns came from Char lotte, 5,860, with Winston-Salem, sec ond with 3,715 and Asheville third with 3,510, Greensboro close to it with 3,000, and Wilmington 3,415 and Raleigh with 3,440. WONDERFUL STATE PROGRESS UNDER GOVERNOR MORRISON State Has Built Large Mileage of Roads—Value School Property Has Increased. During the four years of Governor Cameron Morrison’s administration the State and counties have built 5, 400 miles of good roads. The State with the money remaining from the $65,000,000 bond issue has under con tract 131 additional mileage of hard surface roads and 479 miles of gravel road under contract. The total mil eage of hard-surface road completed to date is 1,434. The highway com mission is maintaining 6,000 miles of roads. The total cost of these State built highways completed and under construction is $76,827,557. The cost of bridges is over $3,000,000. Progress in other directions can be best gauged by the use of figures. In the four years of Morrison’s Adminis tration, the value of public school property has increased by $36,456, 292; the school expenditures have increased by $23,787,750. There has been an increase of 4,544 in number of teachers employed and of 101,797 in number of pupils enrolled in public schools. Quoting from a biographi cal sketch by Associate Justice Clark son, in the last four years our school teachers have increased from 16,854 to 21,403. Of these 5,037 were ne gro teachers. In 1920, in the Tuber culosis Sanatorium and other charit able institution of the State, we cared for 5,142. In 1924 to July 1, we cared for 6,489—an increase of 1, 347. In the State educational schools— the University, State College, College for Women, and others, including the negro schools, in 1920 we had 9,826 students, in 1924 we had 13,864. In the charitable instifiutibns of our State—deaf, dumb and blind, cripple children, tuberculosis hospital, Ox ford Orphanage Asylum, wayward boys and girls, and others, we spent in 1920 $1,217,270; in 1924 $1,985,142, year ending June 30. The Stonewall Jackson Training School in 1920 cared for 130 boys, and in 1924 it cared for 345 boys, giving them a chance to come back. All this has been done without a cent of tax on. real prop erty. Masons Hold Grand Lodge Meet at Raleigh The 188th communication of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina con vened in the lodge rooms of the Ma sonic temple in Raleigh Tuesday evening. Grand Master LeGrand Ev erett delivered his address at the con vening of the Grand . Lodge in which he reviewed the progress made by the craft during the past year in North Carolina. \ Grand Secretary W. W. Wilson re ported a membership of 40,064 in the 461 lodges affiliated with the Grand Lodge, a net gain of 1,237 for the year. \ The report of the Oxford Orphanage showed a most satisfac k^ED ROADS NOW fiV 66 COUNTIES Randolph Has 20.89 Miles—Fif teen^ Counties Will Get No Hard Surface. At the last spending1 of the $65, 000,000 bond issue for state high ways hard surface roads totaling 1, 478.79 mites will have been built. More than half of this mileage has been built. The paved highways extend into every county in the State, except 15, although in 34 counties no hard sur face has been completed. Guilford county with 54.47 miles, Pitt with 54.33 miles, Pender with 51.19 miles and Mecklenburg with 48.39 miles, lead all other counties in the number of miles completed and under con struction. Forsyth with 38.31, Guil ford with 35.70, and Pitt with 35.55 miles lead in the number of miles al ready constructed. Pender with 30.22, Iredell with 24.78 and Sampson with 22.62 miles lead in the number of miles under construction. •The counties in which no hard surface roads have been built or are being built out of the present funds are: Bladen, Caldwell, Chatham, Clay, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Gra ham, Hyde, Madison, Northampton, Scotland, Stokes, Tyrrell and Wash ington. In practically all of these counties roads of other types have been constructed and in some of them costly bridges have been built. The total of miles of hard sur face roads already constructed is 785.19 miles while 693.59 miles are under construction or under con iraci. In the accompanying table all pro jects under contract have been placed under the head of under construction. The paved highways are divided among the nine highway districts as follows: first district, 226.58 miles; second district, 180.78 mjles; third district, 182.96 miles; fourth dis trict, 139.59 miles; fifth district, 68.97 miles; sixth district, 232.65 miles; seventh district 123.05 miles; eighth district, 118.72 miles; and ninth district, 105.48 miles. Randolph eounty has had ' 20.87 miles of hard surface completed. Montgomery has had completed 2.01 miles of paved roads, with 3.07 addi tional miles., under construction. Da vidson has had 25.05 miles completed with .93 miles under contract, a total of 25.98 miles. The contract for that part of Route No. 70 from Randleman to the Guil ford-Randolph line has not been let, although the highway commission states that the contract is ready to be signed by Ziegler and Dalton if this company will contract for it at the same price per mile that that part from the county line to Greensboro was built. Simmons Observes His 71st Birthday Senator Furnifold M. Simmons, senior member of the United States Senate from North Carolina, and con sidered one of the most able men in Congress, Tuesday received the con gratulations of his many friends up on his 71st birthday. Senator Sim mons is >in excellent health and is taking an active part in the delibera tions of the Senate. Fox Furniture Company' Now Building Addition To Store The Fox Furniture Company has let contract for an addition to its brick store building on Worth street. The addition will be built of brick to the rear of the building and will be 45 feet in length, two stories high, with basement, the same height as the present building. This addition now under construction when com pleted will give the company a store 135 feet in depth and will enable it to take care of its business to better advantage. mm Supper at M. P. Church January 30 The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of, the Asheboro Methodist Protestant church will on the evening of January 30th beginning at 6 o’clock serve a supper in the base-, ment of the church building consist- i ing of oysters, chicken salad, ice* cream, etc. The proceeds will go to foreign missions. Mrs. Hedden Wins Prise For Story Writing Mrs. Walter Page Hedden, a sin ter of Mrs. L C. Moser, of Asheboro, has recently won second prise in • story writing contest for Pearson’s magazine for which she received $350. Mrs. Hedden has visited Mrs. Moeer and has many friends who win reac^t; with interest the norice of her mw»g cess. She and her husband are in New York City. Mrs. Hedden write* ! under the name of “Worth Heddan”. * The annual meeting of holders of the Bandolp Company was held To meeting of the board of postponed until a later < the past year the comj