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A YEAR IN ADVANCE
NUMBER 11
SUPERIOR COURT i
NOW IN SESSION
Convened Tuesday With Judge
Thomas J. Shaw Presiding
—Trying Civil Cases.
Randolph county Superior court,
slated to open a three weeks’ term
Monday for the trial of civil and
criminal cases, did not get started
as scheduled owing to the funeral of
Judge B. F. Long, at Statesville, who
died Saturday. The funeral was at
tended by Judge Shaw and a number
of members of the Asheboro bar. «
Court convened Tuesday morning
for the trial of cases on the civil j
docket which will continue through
this week anct next. The last week of
court, beginning March 30th, will be
for the trial- of cases on the criminal
docket.
A number of cases were disposed of
Tuesday. M. R. Langley was granted |
a divorce from Adeline Langley; Jule
Rook from Elizabeth Rook; and Snow
die Spencer a divorce from Shuford
M. Spencer.
In the case, M. C. Yow against Mc
k Canless Motor company, the plaintiff
recovered $25. Isaac J. Kidd, et al
against M. E. Brown was non-suited, j
the plaintiff excepting.
The two actions brought by the
Standard Paint and Lead Company
against Dr. L. M. Fox were non
suited, the plaintiff failing to ans
wer when called.
Cases continued Tuesday were An
nie L. Hill against Ellis Hill and C.
E. Cranford et al against F. R. Steed
et al. The action brought by R. C.
Williams against Thomas Williams et
al and L. B. Davis against D. Davis
et al were heard before the judge,
who has not announced his decision.
The case of B. S. Lawrence against
C. C. Cheek in which the ownership
of a saw mill is in dispute was being
tried yesterday afternoon as The
Courier went on press.
Senate Overhead $33,830.43
Overhead expenses amounting to
$33,830.43 for the North Carolina
State Senate and the pay of senators
amounting to $12,000 brings the cost
of the 60-day session of the upper
chamber of the General Assembly to
$45,830.43, exclusive of printing ex
penses. Figures on House expenses
are not available. There were 111
employes during the session and 77
* were on the payroll at dose of the
session. -
Delegation To Raleigh
A large delegation of the business
men of Asheboro left this morning
for Raleigh to appear before the Cor
poration Commission to protest the
petition of the Southern asking to be
permitted to discontinue trains 141
and 142 and 1 and 2. The delegation
is headed by Mayor J. A. York.
“Center of North Carolina”
The new Asheboro automobile li
cense tags tell the world that Ashe
boro is the center of North Carolina.
These tags have arrived at the town
office for distribution on or before
June 30th. The tags are more at
tractive than the license plates now in
use. The background is green and
the lettering is white. Underneath
the name of the town is the wording,
“Center of North Carolina”.
Rev* Leland W. Fogleman
Dies At Home Near Liberty
Rev. Leland Walker 'Fogleman,
aged 37, minister of the Christiarf
church, dropped dead at his home
four miles east of Liberty Monday af*
ternoon at 4 .o’clock, while out walk
ing with his wife. Death resulted from
heart failure.
Mr. Fogleman’s death was a severe
shock to the community in which he
was very popular. He is survived by
his wife, who before her marriage
was Miss Emma Andrews; four chil
dren, Ersula, Glenn, Olivia and Max
ine; his father, Paylor Fogleman, of
Alamance county; eight brothers, Pal
ton, Cicero, Acy, Clarence, Jerry and
Lester Fogleman, all of Alamance
county; two sisters, Mrs. Will tngold
and Miss Eva Foglemaii, both of Al
amance county.
The funeral services were held at
Pleasant Will church Tuesday after
noon by Rev. Joe McCauley, of Elon
College.
Will Present a Bible
And Flag To School
Washington Camp Number 41 of
the Patriotic Order Sons of America
will hold a public meeting in the
Asheboro graded school auditorium
Friday night, March 27th, at 8 o’clock,
for the purpose of presenting to the
school a Bible and a flag. An able
speaker wjll be on hand for the occas
ion. Music will be furnished by a
string band.
The public is invited to attend this
meeting.
The Patriotic Sons of America or
der has a large and active member
ship in Asheboro. The order was
founded 77 years ago. It is an organ
ization devoted to patriotism, frater
nity and the benefit of its member
ship.
Edrly H. Holmes, aged 50, former
city tax collector of Lexington for a
number of years, and prominent}^
SCHOOLS AND VETERANS I
GET A SQUARE DEAL
Senator Ross Gets Important
Amendment To Pension Bill
—Schools GetvLarge Sam.
> It has been charged that the recent
General Assembly did not deal fairly
with the public schools of the State
with reference to appropriations. A
careful perusal of that section of the
appropriations bill providing funds
for maintenance of educational insti- i
tutions for the two fiscal years end- :
ing June 30, 1926, and June 30, 1927,
reveals that the public schools got
$1,975,250 for maintenance each year.
Of this amount $1,500,000 is for the
equalization fund. Rural high schools
get $110,OOO each year.
On the other hand, the State edu
cational institutions, including the
University, State A. & E. College, N.
C. College for Women, and the nine
others, together get $2,035,500 each |
year for maintenance. This is only
$250,250 more than the public scjpdols
get. ' _
For Confederate veterans and wid
ows of Confederate veterans the ap
propriation bill provide $1,000,000
annually. It was over this section of
the appropriations bill that a hard
fight was waged in the Legislature.
Senator Frank Dunlap, of Anson
county, with the support of Senator;
Ross, of Randolph, who seconded the
amendment, and others succeeded in I
amending this section to the effect
that the $1,000,000 should be divided
equally between veterans and veter
ans’ widows. Heretofore the appro
priation has been unequally divided,
$429,000 for veterans and $571,000
for veterans’ widows.
Senator Ross succeeded in amend
ing the bill to 'provide ’that pension
money not distributed shall, when
returned by the clerks of the court of
the counties of the State, be returned
to the pension fund instead of going
into the general fund as heretofore..
This amendment will increase pen
sions considerably, for instance, week
before last the clerk of the court of
Randolph county returned to the
State $2,500 in pension money that he
could not distribute on account of the
death of the pensioners. It is esti
mated that this fund will reach
$150,000 to $200,000 a year.
Already A Demand In The
County For Purebred Bulls
County farm agent Millsaps advis
ee that there is already a demand in
thupounty for purebred bulls. He is
in position now to £lace ten in 'the
county. At the auction sale, April
24th, twelve purebred bulls will be
sold. Indications now are that the
bidding on these cattle will be brisk.
Since the announcement last week of
the sale a number of inquiries and
quite a number of farmers have ex
pressed their intention of bidding on
the cattle to be sold.
GAME LAWS OF THE
COUNTY_AMENDED
Introduced In General Assembly
By Representative Ferree
—License Charges.
Following is the text of an amend
ment to the consolidated statutes con
cerning the game laws of Randolph
county introduced in the recent Gen
eral Assembly by Representative A.
I. Ferree and passed. It is now a
part of the game laws relative to the
county.
A Bill to be Entitled an Act to amend
Section 2085 of the Consolidated
Statutes concerning the Game'Laws
In Randolph County.
The General Aaa/mhly of North Caro
lina do Enact:
Section 1. That Section 2085 of the
Consolidated Statutes be and the same
is hereby amended by adding at the
end of said section the following
words: “Provided, that in Randolph
county any non-resident of the State
of North Carolina who desires to
hunt, shoot or trap birds or other an
imals in Randolph county shall pay a
license fee of twenty-five dollars; and
any resident of North Carolina, non
'resident of Randolph county, shall pay
a license fee of fifteen dollars, except
he owns land in Randolph county:
Provided further, it shall be unlawful
for any person to kill in any one day
more than fifteen quail or partridge
in Randolph county.”
Section 2. That any person yiolating
the provisions of this act shall be.
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction fined not more than fifty
dollars or imprisoned not exceeding
thirty days;
Sec. 8. That all laws and clauses of
laws in conflict with the provisions of
this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. That this act shall be in
force from and after its ratification.
WHERE NORTH CAROLINA’S
COLLEGE GRADUATES GO
Mora than three-fourths of the
graduates from colleges in North
Carolina become school teachers and
teach in rural high school^ In 1923 of
650 college graduates, 849 went into
rural high schools and 201 went into
city high schools. In the past the
subjects and the manner in which
they were taught in rural schools dif
fered but little from the city schools.
Now with the large number of schools
in which vocational agriculture is
taught and other schools with courses
in one or more branches of agricultur
al subjects, the rural pupils are being
given^training more nearly suited to
fitting them for the lives they are to
live than ever before in the history of
in North Carolina,
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STOP WORK ON THE
COLERIDGE ROAD
Commissioners Take this Action
Friday After Inspection of
Part of Road.
The outstanding feature of the
meeting of the board of county com
missioners in the court house at Ashe
boro last Friday was the ordering of
the suspension of work on the road
under construction from Asheboro to
Coleridge. All of the members of j
the board with the exception of the
chairman, John F. White, who was
not present at the meeting, made a
tour of inspection over the road.
Their recommendations were made in
the following report. t
"The following members of the
county board of commissioners have
made an inspection trip over the
Asheboro-Coleridge road and about
one mile beyond said grading and
find that the original road bed is
in reasonably good shape. It is
found that in the new' construction
the original road bed is being done
away with largely and that this;
method of construction is resulting in
a heavy expense to the county as'the
construction is being carried on with
out any practical survey having been ,
made.
“In view of the foregoing facts the
undersigned members of the board of
commissioners for Randolph county
do recommend, that the present
been made and that the construction
(Continued on page 4)
VIMERY WILLIAMS DIES AT
HOME NEAR LIBERTY TUESDAY
Vimery Williaips, aged 85, died at
the home of Mrs. Jim Williams, near
Liberty, Monday morning at 4 o’clock.
Funeral services were conducted at
the M. P. church near Red Cross
Tuesday afternoon by Rev. F. W.
Shaw. Mr. Williams is survived by
his wife and one sister, Mrs. Jennie
Swift, of Liberty. He was a member
of the Sandy Creek Baptist church.
Will Hold Series of Drills
Between Fire Companies
At a meeting of the members of the
fire department held Wednesday night
of last week it was decided to hold a
aeries of competitive rills between the
two companies, 1 and 2. A silver cup
will be awarded to the winning team
in the series. ?
' In tfie'future'meetings of the mem
bers of the department will be held
the first Wednesday night following
the first Monday in each month. The
meetings are for the purpose of cre
ating efficiency in fire fighting.
NORTH CAROLINA RANKS
HIGH IN KNIT GOODS
Third In Industry, But Seventh
In Value of Production and
Number of Wage Earners.
North Carolina ranks third among
the States in number of establish
ments for the knit goods industry, but !
has dropped to seventh place in total
value of products with a yearly out- j
put of $29,058,000, and to seventh
place in average number of wage
earners in the industry, according to ■
an article by Prof. Walter J. Math- '
erly, of the School of Commerce in
the current number of North Caro
lina Commerce and Industry, pub
lished monthly by the University of
North Carolina Press for the Exten
sion Division.
Regarding the present status of
the knit goods industry in the State,
Professor Matherly finds that “the
131' active mills now in operation
have a total capital stock of $33,
994,485, consume annually 34,062,705
pounds of raw materials, and em
ploy 208,946 spindles, 19,898 knit
ting machines, 2,417 sewing ma
chines, 2,543 loopers, 2,948 ribbers
and 1,040 cards. . The number of
employes showed an increase during
the biennial period, the number now
being 12,402.” .
Describing the types of product
turned out by the knit goods in
dustry in North Carolina, the fig
ures for which are not complete for
the early years and for 1921, Pro
fessor Matherly finds that in 1919
the value of hosiery products formed
about 65 per cent of the total for
the industry in the State, while in
1914 and 1909 the corresponding pro
portions were about 70 and 80 per
cent, respectively. In 1921 the pro
portion of hosiery to other products
remained about the same as in 1919
Professor Matherly finds that the
rapid development of knitting mills
in North Carolina is a logical step
in the "Evolution of the Southern
cotton manufacturing industry. The
present trend as well as the trend
in the immediate past has been
“toward diversification.”
“In general, the growth of the in
dustry has been very gratifying. In;
spite of the depression through
which the whole textile industry in
North Carolina has passed since
1920, the future of knit goods manu
facture as well as for other types
of textile production promises great
er and greater progress.”
Sargent is Attorney General
following the refusal of the senate
Tuesday for the second tillle to con
firm the President’s appointment of
Charles B. Warren for the post of
Attorney General of the United States
the Presiden sent the name of John
»G. Sargent, of Vermont to the senate
and the appointment was immediately
W. P. STACY SUCCEEDS
HOKE AS CHIEF JUSTICE
McLean When Hoke Resigns
—Varser Succeeds Stacy.
Chief Justice William A. Hoke of
the North Carolina Supreme court
resigned Monday and Governor Mc
Lean appointed Associate Justice W.
P. Stacy to be chief justice. At the
same time the Governor appointed L.
R. Varser, of Lttmberton, to be asso
ciate justice succeeding Justice Stacy.
The retiring chief justice is 74
years of age after 33 years of active
service on the. bench. He was bom
in Lincoln county October 25, 1851.
He was admitted to the bar in 1872
and practiced in Shelby and Lincoln
ton until 1891. 'He was a member of
the general assembly in 1889 and
was judge of the Supreme court from
1881 to 1904, when he was elected
an assistant justice of the Supreme
court. He was appointed chief jus
tice in 1924 by Governor Morrison to
succeed the late Walter Clark and
was elected in the fall election.
The new chief justice, W. P. Stacy,
was bom in Ansonville December,
1884. He practiced law in Wilming
ton after graduation from the Univer
sity. In 1915 he was elected to the
General Assembly from New Hanov
er county. The following year he was
elected to the Superior court bench of
the eighth judicial district and serv-;
ed in that position until 1920. The
following year he was elected to fill
a vacancy on the Supreme court.
L. R. Varser, who succeeds Justice
W. P. Stacy, was bom in Gates coun
ty in August, 1878, the son of W. H.
and Emily T. Varser. He graduated
from Wake Forest College in 1899j
and completed the law course in 1901. j
He later became associated with the
law firm of which Governor McLean
was a member, at Lumberton. He
is a member of the Baptist denomin
ation, being a deacon in his local
church. He is also a Mason, an Odd
Fellow and a member of the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics.
Named
Governor
TO SUCCEED JUDGE LONG
Quite a number of names are men
tioned in connection with the appoint
ment of a successor of Judge Long
as judge of the fifteenth district.
Among them are J. T. Brittain, of
Asheboro; Frank Armfield, of Con
cord; R. Lee Wright, Walter H.
Woodson, and Hayden Clement, of
Salisbury; and former Lieutenant
Governor, Wf©.'Turner, of Stateville.
The members of the Asheboro bar
and a number of citizens of this sec
tion of the State have endorsed John
T. Brittain, Esq., of the Asheboro
bar, whose ability, experience, and
long and varied practice at the bar
enables him to make a capable judge.
The names of Zeb V. Long and H.
P. Grier, of Statesville, have been
suggested also, but it is understood
that neither will permit his name to
be presented to the Governor.
Dr. Crowell Locates At High Point
Dr. George H. Crowell, formerly
principal of the Asheboro graded
school system in 1897 and superin
tendent for eleven years, has located
in High Point, engaging in the life
insurance business. Dr. Crowell has
been located at Martin, Tenn., the
past several years. He will bring his
family to High Point March 23rd.
A. L. Manley Held for Superior
Court Under $1500 Bond
A. L. Manley, young white man of
Leaksville, who was arrested Sunday,
March 8th, on a charge of rape of a
fifteen-year-old Seagrove girl, was
given a hearing last Friday before
justice of the peace G. H. Comelison,
at Seagrove, and was bound over to
Superior court under a bond of $1500.
The charge of rape against Manley
was dismissed and he was held for
operating a car for immoral pur
poses. Manley immediately furn
ished bond and left for his home.
“DOLLAR DAY” TO
BE A BIG EVENT
Friday and Saturday Are Days
Set By Asheboro Merchants .
—Expect Large Crowds.
“Dollar Day”, this spring event
heraled by the merchants of Asheboro
and looked forward to by the public,'
is expected to bring a great crowd of
buyers in the Asheboro stores from
early next Friday morning to late
Saturday night. Automobiles headed
toward Asheboro will be found in
abundance Friday and Saturday
bringing shoppers here for “Dollar
Day”.
The stores of the merchants taking
part in this big trade event will be
open early to take care of the early
shopper in search of bargains and
late to take care of those who have
been detained until the last minute.
The merchants advertising “Dollar
Day” bargains have taken extreme
pains to provide the very latest things
the market affords and will sell these
goods at rock bottom prices. With
such an array of seasonable merchan
dise and such attractive prices offered
the merchants are confident that
their stores will be crowded. Not only
have the cheaper articles been marked
down drastically, but also reductions
JUDGE B. F. LONG
DIED SATURDAY
Death followed Stroke of Paral
ysis—Was One of Ablest
Judges In State.
Judge Benjamin Franklin Long,
recognized as one of the ablest judges
on the Superior court bench of North
Carolina, died at his home in States
ville Saturday afternoon from the
effects of a stroke of paralysis which
he suffered about 10 o’clock Saturday
morning.
Judge Long was bom in Graham,
Alamance county, March 19, 1853,
being nearly 72 years of age. He be
gan the practice of law in 1878, form
ing a partnership with Maj. W. M.
Robbins, of Statesville. He was elect
ed solicitor in 1886, serving with
distinction in that capacity for eight
years.
He became Superior court judge
January 1, 1903, and was for 22 years
on the bench, serving in every sec
tion of North Carolina. He has
shown himself to be a jurist of a
high order.
In December, 1879, he was married
to Miss Mary Alice Robbins, daugh
ter of Maj. W. M. Robbins. He leav
es his widow, a son, Rev. E. R. Long,'
of Macon, Ga., and two daughters, j
Mrs. E. M. Land, of Statesville, and
Mrs. Franklin Ricker, of New York.
Judge Long was pre-eminent as a
trial judge, the peer of any lawyer
or jurist of his time in this state.
In his 22 years on the bench he bore
the distinction of not having missed
a court on account of sickness.
One of the cases which gave Judge
Long reputation beyond the borders
of the State was in connection with
the crime of lynching. Punishment
of lynchers was almost unknown up
to August, 1906, when several negroes
were in jail at Salisbury to be tried
for a murder with but little doubt as
to their guilt. The case was in one
day of trial when a crowd of white
men came into town at night and
notwithstanding the careful precau
tions that had been taken by the coun
ty officials, broke into the jail, took
out the prisoners and put three of
them to death. On the next day the
court met for the trial of the pris
oners who had been lynched. When
Judge Long opened the court the
town and the surrounding country
were convulsed with excitement. He
sent for the grand jury, and in de
livering his charge, made this an
nouncement:
‘“God Almighty reigns and the law
is still supreme. This court will
not adjourn until this matter has
been investigated.” Proof was diffi
cult to obtain, but Judge Long held
to his position. He had the support
of Hon. W. C. Hammer, the solicitor
of the district. Determined to sus
tain the majesty of the law, he per
sisted until the crime was fastened
upon one Hall, a leader of the mob.
A few days, after the crime was com
mitted Hall was put on trial, found
guilty and sent to the penitentiary
for fifteen years.
Judge Long was well known in
Asheboro, as he was throughout the
State. He held many terms of court
in this county and made many per
sonal friends among the people of the
county. A number of people from the
county attended the funeral services'
at Statesville Monday afternoon.
PEOPLE OF STATE SPEND
LARGE SUM FOR CARS
Spend Over $42,000,000 for New
Automobiles In Seven Months
—Average 181 A Day.
The people of North Carolina spent
approximately $42,420,000 for new
automobiles from July 1, 1924 to Feb
ruary 4, 1925, according to statistics
kept in the office of Sprague Silver,
title registrar of the North Carolina
title registration department. Accord
ing to these figures the people of the
state spent an average of $202,000
each day during the first seven
months of the fiscal year for new au
tomobiles.
The records of the department
show that a total of 38,149 new
cars were purchased during the
seven month period, and, according to
the estimated expenditures, cost ap
proximately $1,111.70 each. The av
erage number of new cars purchas
ed each day during the period was
181.
The purchasers of these automo
biles, 38,490 in number, paid for
automobile licenses a sum of ap
proximately $500,000, figuring each
license at $12.50. This is an aver
age of $2,000 per day for automobile
licenses for new cars.
The sum expended for automobiles,
would, if spent for other purposes, do
some of the following things:
Meet the entire appropriation budg
ed of the state of North Carolina dur
ing the administration of Governor
McLean.
Would pay the operating expenses
of 5,891 schools employing six teach
ers at an average salary of $200 per
month for six months.
Would build approximately 1,000
miles of hard-surfaced highway.
w>uld enable 14,140 families of
six or less to live in comparative com
fort for one year.
Would enable 42,420 people to vis
it London, Paris, Berlin and other
European cities.
Would send 2,121,000,000 letters
first class mail from New York
Francisco.
M. C. S. Noble, dean of the
dty of North Carolina, cele
his 70th birthday Sunday,
i was born in Selma.
! DISASTROUS CAR WRECK
NEAR ASHEBORO SUNDAY
Two Fords In Head-on Collision
Three Miles South of Town
Sunday Morning.
A head on collision early Sunday
morning at a curve on the highway
three miles south of Asheboro resulted
in slight injuries to the occupants of
the cars and almost demolished two
Fords. The wreck occurred when Nu
ma Isley, of Burlington, accompanied
by Ira Clapp, in a Ford touring car
attempted to pass a car in front of
him on the curve and ran into a Ford
roadster coming north driven by Mil
ton Carpenter, of Ellerbe, accompa
nied by two girls.
Carpenter sustained slight cuts and ,
bruises about the face while his two
companions received minor injuries.
Isley was more seriously injured re
ceiving several severe gashes on both
legs. Clapp was slightly bruised. The
two Fords were almost completely
wrecked and had to be pulled in to
Asheboro.
Mrs. Ursula Allen Dies In Ramseur
Mrs. Ursula Allen, widow of the
late S. E. Allen, died at her home in
Ramseur last Thursday and was bur
ied at Pleasant Ridge Friday. She
was the daughter of William Mastin.
She was bom and reared in Indiana
and was married to Mr. S. E. Allen, ]
later moving to North Carolina with
him. To this union there are three
sons, namely, W. H. Allen, Hope Mills,
S. E. and C. E. Allen, of Asheboro.
During the seventy-three years of her
life Mrs. Allen has been an energetic,
consecrated Christian woman. Her in
fluence in the community in which
she lived and served will be long felt.
Her husband preceded her to the
great beyond one year and two days
prior to her death. The funeral was
conducted at Pleasant Ridge Chris
tian church Friday, Rev. John Allred
officiating.
M. E. MATTERS
(By W. H. Willis).
Along with Pastor Morris, the
"writer dined Sunday with Mrs. H. C.
Luther. Other dinings recently at
tended were at Harris Rich’s (his
birthday), E. D. Cranford’s, The Cen
tral Hotel, and Mrs. Chrissie Clarks.
We are planning to begin revival
meetings about April 26th. The
preacher will probably be Rev. G. T.
Bond, of Morganton.
At the Children’s Service Sunday
night, last, about 165 were present.
We hold another service for children
'Sunday' evening, next. Subject, “The
Ten Commandments”, object lessons
'will again be used. The pastor
preaches at 11 a. m.
Pastor Ruth begins revival servic
es at Central Falls Sunday. Rev. |
Joe Green will assist him.
Some beautiful work is being done
by the plasterers in our new auditor
ium. The carpenters have about fin
ished the interior of the Sunday
school department.
LAWMAKERS PASS
ON 1,173 NEW LAWS
Largest Number In History of
General Assembly — Kill
468 Bills Introduced.
The Legislature made and passed
1,173 new laws and adopted 52 reso
lutions. The House handled 1,805
bills and the Senate 1,566, making
a total number of introductions of
1,683 or an average of 10 for each
member, which is the largest num
ber of bills ever brought in at one
session of the Legislature.
The number- of bills killed was 468,
’more than one-fourth of the total
number introduced. The majority of
the 1,173 new laws relate to local
matters, the larger number having
to do with bond issues. As the Leg
islature made a record in number of
bills, so it did in the number killed.
| It was determined to be consistent.
After having adopted a constitu
! tional amendment to limit the number
of local bills, the Legislature has
again gotten around to the point that
it passes on more bills than ever be
fore in its history. Notwithstanding
the special session of last summer,
| the number of bills this session was
greater than ever before in its his
tory.
The State constitution forbids the
legislature to make laws providing
for local courts, but specifies that
courts must be established under
statewide laws. This has resulted in
such a multiplicity of statewide court
laws that nobody, not even a lawyer,
can possibly know under what limit
ations to establish a county court. The
only remedy is to frame a statewide
law that will include limitations con
sidered and have the legislature pass
upon it.
At a hi
Asheboro
M{°° Gladys Trogdon Bound
To Superior Court
aring in the court house at
last Thursday before J. S.
Ridge, Miss Gladys Trogdon, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Tyson Trogdon, of
the Level Cross community, was
bound over to Superior court under
bond of $800 on the charge of con
cealing the birth of an infant. The
charge of prostitution against Miss
Trogdon was dismissed.
Miss Trogdon was arrested about
two weeks ago, her arrest growing
out of developments incident to the
finding a new born infant on the
Greensboro-Randleman highway just
"Ilford lilMMlii
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LW.LINEBERRY’S
STORE IS BURNED
— —
Randleman Store Destroyed By
Fire Saturday Morning—
Big Loss.
Fire of unknown origin starting in
the back part of the building com
pletely destroyed the stock of goods
and store furniture and fixtures be
longing to L. W. Lineberry, at Bao
dleman, Saturday morning between
3 and 4 o’clock. The flames were weB
under way when the fire was discov
ered. Randleman having no water
works system, the only method of
fighting the fire was by means of
buckets of water.
Mr. Lineberry’s stock of goods and
fixtures probably were valued at $12,
000, with $9,500 insurance. The build
ing, owned by O. C. Marsh, a one sto
ry brick structure, was damaged to
the extent of about $2,000. Located
in the same block is the Coca-Cola
Bottling company plant and the
Western Union office. Fire walls be
tween the rooms saved these build
ings arid contents.
Mr. Lineberry has been in the mer
chandising business in Randleman
practically all his life. He is con
sidered one of the most progressive
merchants of the county and has al
ways enjoyed a good business. Prior
to locating in the Marsh building,
two years ago, he conducted a store
for years next to the Randleman
postoffice building. He has not an
nounced plans for the future.
Senate Refuses Second Time
To Confirm Appointment
The nomination of Charles B. War
ren to be attorney general of the
United States was rejected for the
second time Monday by the Senate,
46 to 39, as compared to the 40 to
39 vote a week before. The vote
came after four hours of debate. All
of the senators answered to the roll
call and Vice President Dawes was
in the chair.
President Coolidge has under ad
visement, according to his secretary,
a recess appointment which the Pres
ident announced Saturday would be
offered Warren in event the Senate
failed to confirm the appointment.
Mrs. Sallie Winslow
Died At Age Of 90
Was Wife of William Winslow—Was
Quaker Minister For Years—
Taught School In Ind. and N. C.
Mrs. Sallie Winslow, aged 90 years
and 4 months, wife of William Wins
low, died at her home on Asheboro,
Route 3, Friday afternoon at 2:30
from the effects of injuries received
in a fall Monday when she broke her
right hip. Mrs. Winslow had been
ill with influenza for several weeks
and in her weakened condition was
unable to overcome the effects of the
fall. She was the daughter of the
late John and Amelia Wilson, Penn
sylvania Quakers, who moved to
Ohio and later to Indiana where Mrs.
Winslow was born, reared and educat
ed. She taught school in Indiana for
several years and then came to North
Carolina where she taught for a num
ber of years before entering the min
istry of the Friends church which
she served for more than 50 years.
She was ordained at Cane Creek
church. For twenty years she served
the Science Hill Friends church, this
county, of which she was a faithful
member.
In 1879 she was married to William
Winslow, a successful farmer of
Asheboro, Route 3, and to this union
was born one son, Claude Winslow,
who survives.
Mrs. Winslow was a broad-minded
intelligent Christian woman interest
ed in all things pertaining to progress
and uplift. Her influence upon the
lives of those who have had the priv
ilege of being her neighbors and
friends is incalculable.
The funeral services were held . at
Science Hill church Sunday morning
at 11 o’clock.
LARGE NUMBER AUTOMOBILES
REGISTERED LAST YEAR
Over 300,000 Registered In North..
Carolina, 22.5 Per Cent Increase
Over Previous Year.
In North Carolina last year 302,
232 motor vehicles were registered, an
increase of 22.5 over the previous
year. The registration in the United
States reached a total of 17,591,881,
one motor vehicle for every 6.4 per
sons, one passenger car for every 7.8
persons and one motor truck for
every 69 persons.
The 48 states.show a net gain in
registration of 2,501,045 for the year,
or 16.6 per cent.
Passenger cars increased 14.7
cent in number, while motor
increased at more than double
rate, or 32.9 per cent, indicating i
id development of commercial
of the" highways.
The greatest increase in
istration is shown in the south .
tic group of states, where
crease was 21.5 per cent,
minimum is shown in the
central group amounting to
cent.
The total gross
cense fees