THE COURIER Lead* in Both New* and emulation THE COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ft .00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOLUME L Asheboro, North Carolina, Thursday, July 9, 1925 *_,_ - - NUMBER V. CALL AN ELECTION FOR SPECIAL TAX Asheboro Township Will Vote On 50c Tax August 25th— Doesn’t Include Town.* The board of education in session Monday with all members present au thorised a local school tax election for all of Asheboro township lying utside of the corporate limits of Asheboro to be held August 26th for the purpose of voting special tax of fifty cents on the $100 valuation for the mainten ance of schools. It is proposed that all the school children in Asheboro township attend the ychool in Ashe boro, the town to furnish the building and the outlying districts pay their proportionate cost of maintenance with the special tax levy. Trucks will be furnished by the county for trans porting the children to the Asheboro school. The township for convenience of the voters has been divided into two pre cincts, one includes all of that part of the township lying north of state highway 75, with the polling place at W. A. Underwood’s, Mrs. Underwood being the registrar, and the other precinct includes that part of the township lying south of highway 75, with Frank Lowdermilk’s as the poll ing place and Will R. Smith, regis trar. The registration books open July 18th and remain open until August 15th. ’A detailed notice of the elec tion appears elsewhere in this issue of The Courier. A number of citizens of Cedar Grove school district in Liberty town ship presented a petition asking for a truck to transport children from the district to the Liberty high school. The matter was deferred until a later meeting. It was decided by the board that the schools in Providence township be conducted as formerly next year, pending the erection of a school build ing as provided for in a recent elec tion. Children desiring to attend high school will be transported by truck to the most convenient school. The board allowed $200 toward the building of an additional room to the Randleman colored school building, the patrons of the school having rais ed and deposited in the bank $275 for the purpose. Two trucks were allowed for the Miller school district for the purpose children in the dis ' the lot for the site of the Gray’s Chapel consolidated school, the board allowed Mrs. Cates $290, Mr. J. M. Underwood having donated the other part of the site. The location of the site for the new Seagrove building as selected by John J. Blair, of the State department of education, was confirmed by the board. This site is at the old George Parks' place on the old plank road and is about half way between the point near the Lewis Paries’ place where the old plank road leads off from Route 70 to the point of intersection with Route 70 just below Seagrove. The site is ideal, being on a knoll and away from the main line of traffic on Route 70. The following special tax for the year 1026-26 for the various districts of the county was recommended by the board to the county commission ers: Rate On Poll 30 27 North Carolina, Randolph County, To the Commissioners of Randolph County: The Board of Education of Ran dolph County recommends the follow ing Special School Tax be levied in the various districts of Randolph County for the year 1926-26. The following districts and rate have been determined in accordance with the Public School Law of North Carolina: District Township Rate $100 Val. Charlotte, Back Creek 10 Cross Roads, Richland 9 Farmer, Concord 30 F’ville, Fville 25 Julian, Liberty 20 Mt. Shepherd, Tabem’le 10 Mt. Pleasant, Columbia 10 Oak Shade, New Market 15 Pleasant Hill, Talmrn’le 10 Ramseur, Columbia Spero, Asheboro Staley, Columbia Liberty, Liberty Walnut Grove, Liberty White Hall, Randleman Central Falls, F’ville Seagrove, Richland Worthville, Randleman Trinity, Trinity 16 20 60 10 16 10 60 36 60 10 26 76 60 30 30 46 30 90 46 60 30 45 30 Trogdon, Brower Gray's Chapel, F’ville Fanner Bonds, Concord 30 Ramseur Bonds, ColTna 60 30 espectfully subn his 6th day of ‘.ssv gj LARGE CROWD OBSERVES FOURTH IN ASHEBORO Exercises Exceptionally Well Carried Out—Parade and ». Contests Feature Day. Several thousand people from Ran dolph and adjoining counties celebrat ed the Fourth of July in Asheboro Saturday. The exercises, which last ed all day, were exceptionally well carried out to the enjoyment of the many present. The program began at 10:30 o’clock in the morning with a parade led by the town officials and a band, followed by decorated cars, floats, and stunts. Following the parade a number of contests were held on Depot street, which had been roped off for the pur pose. In the afternoon the Firemen’s Tournament was held together with a number of other contests. Fire Company No. 1 was the winner in the contest. At night the street dance, which was to have been one of the features of the celebration, was rained out. The people, while disappointed over this, were well pleased with the pro gram rendered anjd apparently all en joyed the day. OPEN AIR SERVICE TO BE HELD NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT The churches of Asheboro will unite in an open air service on the lawn of the Presbyterian church at 8 o’clock Sunday night. Special music will be presented by the Young People’s Choirs and every effort will be made to make the hour cool and interesting. Rev. W. H. Willis will be the speaker. This is the first of a series of out door union services to be held during the hot weather. EVOLUTION TRIAL IN TENNESSEE TOMORROW John T. Scopes, Tennessee school teacher indicted for teaching the theory of evolution in the schools of the State in violation of the law, will go on trial Friday morning. Scopes' attorneys applied to the court the first of the week for a restraining or der, but the judge refused to grant the request. Columns have been written in the newspapers about the trial of Scopes. The law provides if he is convicted that the penalty is a fine of from $100 to $500. Yet, some of the country’s ablest lawyers have been retained on and Bainbridge Colby, of New York. William Jennings Bryan will also be present to assist in the prosecution of Scopes. Robbers Blow Safe Robbers early Saturday morning forced their way into the garage of the Gate City Motor Company, at High Point, and blew open the safe, escaping with $350 in cash and a package of valuable papers. Later in the day two negroes en tered the store of G. L. Beck on East Washington Street, High Point, and at the point of a pistol held up the clerk then in the store and rifled the cash drawer of about $100. Two Killed By Lightning Two men, one identified as Thomas C. Burns, of the U. S. army at Camp Bragg, were killed Monday by a bolt of lightning while walking along the highway near Locust in Stanly coun ty. FAMILY GATHERING An unexpected number of relatives were visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lambert last Sunday. Besides all the children and grand children of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert, the following were present: Mrs. Nancy Furr, Miss Esther Furr, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Whitley, Grady Whit ley and little Horace Whitley, all of Stanly county; Mr. and Mrs. John Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. Gray Lam bert, Miss Viola Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker and three child ren, all of Asheboro, Star Rt.; Mrs. Ernest Ferree and three children, of near Asheboro, making thirty-three family relatives present. Elder F. W. Keene, of Raleigh, was present and preached to the family circle and a few other friends. TELL US THE NEWS We do the best we can at attempt ing to cover alt the news in our ter ritory and other news in a general way, but to get all the local news we need a great deal of help. We can’t “sense” things without being told and are very appreciative of any information given us that will furnish us with local news-items. Do not hesitate to telephone or write us when you know anything that should go in the paper. All items, “point ers” and suggestions gratefully re ceived. — Bridge Over Bear Creek Youf Friend? A. If your income is under (6,000 a year—this fellow is your friend. He is U. S. Senator Harris of Georgia, who plans to put through a measure exempting ~ married folks with incomes under $6,000. MISS PAULINE SMITH HURT IN AUTO WRECK Miss Pauline Smith, of Troy, re ceived several cuts about the face in an automobile wreck late Sunday af ternoon on the curve on Route 70 about three miles south of Asheboro. Miss Smith, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morris who were en route to Graham, was riding in a Ford touring car going north when the car collided with a Ford coupe from Ashe boro headed South. As far as has been ascertained none of the other oc cupants of either car were injured be yond a few bruises. Miss Smith was taken to her home at Troy, while Mr. and Mrs. Morris were brought to Asheboro and con tinued on their way to Graham. M. E. CHURCH MATTERS (W. H. Willis) Mr. I. C. Moser and your honorable servant addressed the Concord town ship Sunday school convention at Salem Sunday afternoon. At the home of R. I. Dickens, the Epworth League enjoyed a water melon feast Tuesday evening, the oc casion being the League’s monthly social. Rev. J. M. Green, of Gaston church, is assisting Rev. O. W. Routh in a • meeting at West Bend this week. Rev. W. A. Barber, of Greensboro, will assist Pastor Clay in a meeting at Oak Grove, next week. The Concord church has a new piano. About forty of his friends and rela tives, including the writer, enjoyed a dinner with Mr. T. Winbum An drews Tuesday, occasion being his 93rd birthday. . Our church and Sunday school will picnic at Kemps Mills Friday of next week. We are expecting to make it a most enjoyable occasion. The whole church membership is urged to go. Methodist congregation will unite with the other congregations of the city in Sunday evening open air ser vices for some weeks. The Presby terian church lawn will be the place. Sandhill Peach Show The people of Hamlet and the entire peach section are enthusiastically backing the show. Hasn’t Cited Anderson The first of the week the news papers of the State carried under large headlines news to the effect that Governor McLean had cited Dr. Anderson of the State hospital to give an account of the expenditures at his institution which had exceeded the ap propriations made by the last gener al assembly and approved by the di rector of the budget. Governor Mc Lean states that there is no truth in the rumors, that he has not called upon Dr. Anderson to make any ex planations and that his relations with him have been at all times and now are very cordiaL Mr. Underwood Working For Two Degrees Mr. William Underwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Underwood,' of Ashe boro, student at Duke university, is in school this summer taking extra work in order that he may be able to obtain both his A. B. and M. A. degrees next spring at the annual commencement. Mr. Underwood has taken extra work ail along during his course at Duke keeping in mind the goal for which he is striving. After the completion of his course at Duke it is Ifr. Underwood’s intention of en tering Princeton for his Ph. D. de gree. He is specializing in political Guilford The Carolinas Sandhill peach show will be held at Hamlet July 23rd, and 24fh. An attractive program has been arranged for the two days. Gov ernor McLean has signified his inten tion of attending the show the 23rd. NEWS OF WEEK TOLD JN BRIEF Happenings of Interest In Vari ous Parts of the State and Nation for Busy Reader. Mrs. Louise Jane Hiatt, aged 80, died at her home in Friendship town ship, Guilford county, suddenly Mon day morning following a stroke of apoplexy. She is survived by five children. « Announcement has been made of the merger of the truck division of the General Motors Corporation with' the Yellow Cab Manufacturing Com pany in order that the former com pany may enter the omnibus field. The new concern' will have assets of more than $16,000,000. Over 300 people from Rockingham and Guilford counties attended the Highfill family reunion at Guilford battleground Sunday. Samuel F. Patterson, of Roanoke Rapids, was elected head of the North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Asso ciation, at its meeting in Asheville last week. 15th of this month, Dr. Edmund D. Soper, professor of the history of religion of Northwest ern university, at Evanston, Ills., has been elected head of the new school of religion training which is being de veloped at Duke university, Durham. Mrs. Caroline V. Brummitt, mother of Attorney General Dennis G. Brum mitt, died at her home in Granville county Monday morning at the age of 74 years. She had been in declining health for several months. The funeral m Mrs. Thomas C. Linn, wife of * prominent Salisbury lawyer who die# Sunday night, was conducted Wedrfijsday morning at the South Fulton staet church, Salisbury, of which she waf a member. Julius Peeler, jfcged 75, retired far mer of Rowan].w>unty, died at hit home in Salisbury Monday morning. Mrs. Margarefj. Corrther, of Row an county, *gcd*Hryekrsi?'lS in a Sal isbury hospital badly injured, follow ing an attack on her with a hatchet by her son, who is in jail and has been ordered taken to the insane asylum at Morganton. Mrs. Corrther is expect ed to recover in spite of the handicap of her age and serious wounds about the head. News from Scotland county is that the cantaloupes for which the county is famous are ripening and will be placed on the market by the 10th or The United States Lines, bus con cern operating between Raleigh and Greensboro, has been sold by the re ceivers to J, W. Elliott, of Norfolk, Va., who will continue the operation of the service. Horace R. Dowell, aged 45, promi nent insurance man of Richmond, Va., was killed instantly at Gibsonville Monday afternoon when his car in which he and his wife were riding skidded off the wet pavement, turned over and pinned Mr. Dowell beneath it. His wife before her marriage was Miss Mary Lola Loflin. John M. Oglesby, who was appoint ed judge of the Superior court of the 16th judicial district succeeding Judge B. F. Long, deceased, will preside over the July term of Superior court for Montgomery county. Misses Mary and Grace Smitber man, of Troy, left last week on a tour of Europe. They expect to be gone two months. Dr. A. F. Thompson has received architect’s plans for the remodeling of the Thompson building at Troy in to a hotel of fifty rooms. Work will begin in a few days. Miss Pearl Teague, of High Point, was injured late Saturday afternoon on the Asheboro-Highway, at Arch dale, when the machine in which she and two other young women were rid ing was Btruck by an automobile driv en by Robert Smith, of High Point Smith was arrested for driving a car while under the influence of liquor. Luther Hull, white man, was ar rested in High Point Tuesday on charge of setting fire to a dwelling house early Sunday morning on Wil lowbrook street, High Point., The tobacco crop a the western part of the State has been severely damaged by dry weather. The plants have been stunted in their growth and many fields have bloomed so small that they resemble flower gardens. -— Mrs. Mary Anne Rickard, aged 88 years, died at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Lizzie Clodfelter, in High Point, last Friday. Funeral services Robert L. Ward, of Thomasville, but a former resident of Denton, died at a hospital in High Point Sunday morning following an illness lasting several months. He is survived by his widow and nine children. Mr. Ward was nearly 54 years of age. | Wante 70,000,000Dimes [ Doris Meteor Kresge, wife of‘the Chain Store Magnate, has sued for $7,000,000 of stoek in the stores, which she says her hus band promised her—before they ^rsre married. REV. GADDY CONDUCTING REVIVAL AT RANDLEMAN Began Last Sunday—Preaches Sermon To Men Only Next Sunday Afternoon. A series of revival services were be gun Sunday afternoon in Randleman conducted by Rev. Carl E. Gaddy, evangelist. The services are being held in a large tent on the graded school grounds. All of the churches of the town are co-operating in the meetings. The attendance is encour aging. Services are held at 9 o’clock in the mornings and 8 o’clock at night. Next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, Mr. Gaddy will deliver a sermon for men only, Entitled “Shoot a Natural or Crap Out”. A large attendance is an ticipated for this service. Rev. Gaddy, from all reports, is an able evangelist, a native of Hamlet, who has been pastor of churches in Indiana and elsewhere and has been engaged in evangelistic services in jnany states of the union, Annual Bible Federation Conference The seventh annual meeting of the Western North Carolina Conference Wesley Bible Class Federation will be held at Lake Junaluska July 13, 14 and 15. A number of good speak ers have been secured to take part in the program. Both morning and evening sessions of the conference will be held. Guilford Tax Rate The Guilford county board of com missioners at their regular meeting Monday raised the county tax rate from 80 cents to 85 cents on the $100 valuation. On account of the special school tax of 25 cents, the rate out side of High Point and Greensboro will be $1.10. Benefit Lawn Party At Mr. C. A. Shoffner’s At Climax The Philathea class of Bethlehem church will give a lawn party at Mr. C. A. Shoifner’s at Climax, next Saturday night, July 11th. The pro ceeds will be used for the benefit of the church. There w-ill be free enter tainment given by the Junior Phila theas, consisting of charades, panto mines, etc. Everybody come and en joy it. Locals Split With Tomlinson Hitting the ball at a lively clip when hits were most needed the local ball team Saturday afternoon on the home grounds defeated Tomlinson Chair Company, of High Point, by a score of 15 to 4. The morning game between the two teams played in High Point was won by Tomlinson Chair Company team by a score of 8 to 4, although they were outhit by the Asheboro team. However, the Tomlinson hits came at opportune moments and this accounts for the score. School Consolidation The Union county boards of educa tion and the commissioners got to gether last Monday and put over a plan of school consolidation in the county. The boards reduced the number of school districts from 80 to 30 and made plans to take care of the larger districts with larger and bet ter schools^ Everywhere in the State among the progressive counties, the consoli dation of schools is going forward. It is going on gradually in this county. Before many years one-teacher and two-teacher schools will be things of the past in this county and in all the State. Want To Cut School Appropriation The board of commissioners for Johnston county, elected by the Re publicans at the last general election, wants to cut the school appropriation in the county down to a figure that will not enable the schools to run the six months required by the school law. It is pointed out by the State depart ment of education that the commis sioners whether they want to do so or mm BIG INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF AUTO TAX Shows an Increase of Nearly Four Million Dollars While General Tax Falls Off. While general taxes were dropping off about $300,000 from the figure the year before, automobile and gaso line taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1925, increased by nearly four million dollars, it is announced by the State Department of Revenue. General taxes for the general fund dropped from $6,526,304.73 to $6, 246,816.20, but the automobile and gasoline taxes, all of which go to the highway fund, mounted from $6,200, 248.16 to $10,117,587.61. Both gaso line and automobile license taxes showed big increases. License tags during the past year netted $4,710, 000 as against $2,214,000 the year before, while gasoline taxes increased from $3,979,000 to $5,277,000. During the past year title fees amounted to $130,259.23. Control of the automobile bureau passed from the Secretary of State to the Department of Revenue on Apr. 1 and during the last quarter the rate of the gasoline tax was four cents instead of three cents, the former figure. BAPTIST NEWS LETTER Our church is now effecting an organization in, among and for its membership whereby a greater amount of service can be offered to all communicants and they in turn will be able through such an organi zation to offer better service for the cause of Christ. The Fellowship Coun cil is the name of this organization. The town and community are divided into sections and each section has its representatives who keep in touch with the needs in that given district. The objects of this organization are four, namely: better church attend ance on public worship, adequate church social service, efficiency in evangelism and the promotion of the Gospel plan of financing the church and Kingdom. More publicity will be given to this organization in the near future. The writer and wife were glad to have members of the Fellowship Council meet in their home Monday evening. The purpose of the meeting was to form plans for financing our recently purchased lot. This lot is situated in the center of Asheboro. It is in close proximity to the largest residential section of the town. Ample space is here provided for both church building and pastor’s home. The elevation of this lot provides a commanding view of the greater part of Asheboro and furnishes a scenic background surpasssed by no other geographical position in town for picturesque beauty. The pastor and family will be out of town next week and probably the following week. The writer will be assisting Rev. J. U. Teague of Hen derson in a series of revival services, while his family will be visiting friends in Wake and Franklin coun ties. Bro. P. D. Buck, manager of the A and P. store, will occupy our pulpit at the Sunday morning and evening services. The public is invited to hear him speak. Dies From Heat The first death from heat reported in this section this year was that Mon day afternoon of J. G. Hamlet, an aged resident of Chatham county. Mr. Hamlet was in the yard at his home when stricken and died before medical aid could reach him. John R. Thom, aged 78, died at his WEEVIL Lexington Firemen Win The Lexington fire department won second and fourth places in tourna ments staged ,in Hickory Saturday by the American Legion. The hose team of Company 1 took fourth place, while the team from Company 2 won second place. These teams will attend the State firemen’s tournament in Asheville July 13th. HAS DONE SERIOUS *,aMAGE TO COTTON CROP Frank Parker, statistician of the joint crop reporting service, expects the boll weevil to damage between 50 and 75 per cent of the cotton crop in North Carolina. The boll weevil, according to Parker, has hit the State earlier this year than ever before. Dry weather will lessen the damege done by the weevil. Hot weather has no effect on the weevil. Parker says that the Government estimate of the crop is based on plant growth, which this year has been excellent, and does not take into consideration the damage done by the weevil, hail, and the like. The Citizens’ Military Training Camp at Fort Bragg has opened and among the candidates were the fol lowing from Randolph county who were assigned as follows: Joe D. Bow man and Howard A. Hamlin of Ashe boro to Battery E; Carl A. Browne, Marion L. Cranford and John B. Ward, Jr., of Asheboro to Battery F; Noel A. Neal, Boyd G. Clapp and James EL Johnson of Liberty to Bat tery F; Carl A Rush of Caraway to Battery F. ' ROAD MATTERS GET ATTENTION Board Takes Action on Roads in Union and New Hope and Other Sections. The board of county commissioner* met in regular monthly session at the court house in Asheboro Monday. The greater part of the meeting was given over to the attention of various road matters in the county. It was ordered by the commission ers that the road leading from Me chanic to Lassiter’s Cross Roads be pulled up by the county road machine as early as possible, road to be wid ened and any necessary changes made that will better the service of the road. The road supervisor was instructed to go over the Hoover Hill road and investigating the building of bridges across two streams on the road and report to the commissioners. The citizens on the road leading from Lassiter’s Cross Roads to the Montgomery county line in New Hope township were instructed to proceed with the clearing of the route far the road in order that the county toad machines may do the grading. The county agrees to send a man to do the blasting while the citizens are i* furnish labor and all work prepara tory to grading. The county agreed to furaisn am ber for the construction of a bridge across Russell Creek on the road near Center Cross Baptist church at a cost not to exceed $20 per thousand feet, the citizens agreeing to build the bridge and furnish all labor without cost to the county. The road supervisor was instructed to go to Welch Arbor in Union town ship and look over the road leading to the Montgomery county line and re port to the board at the-next meeting. A road by the most practicable route was ordered built from Worth ville to Millboro as soon as the road force can get tb the project. The road force was instructed to top soil the road leading from Randle man to Brown’s Cross' Roads as soon as practicable. The road supervisor was ordered to go to Johnnie Gamer’s and investigate the builcdng of a bridge over Bache lor’s Creek and make a report at the next meeting. It was ordered by the/board that the road leading from T. W. Bingham’s near Fanner to the Winslow p’ distance of about two miles, be up by the county road machine after the citizens living along the route have prepared the road for grading.^ The following special school tax dis trict elections as heretofore granted and advertised were canvassed and de clared legally carried: Gray's Chape*, Provience and Seagrove. It was ordered that Judson Evans and Jane Hinshaw be admitted to the county home. The commissioners approved the petition of a number of citizens Hash® in Asheboro school district No. 2 for a special tax election to levy a tax of 50c on the $100 valuation to supple ment the funds for a six months’ school term and ordered the election held August 25th. Notice of this elec tion appears elsewhere in this paper. NUMBER OF FATALITIES ON FOURTH REACHES 250 The toll of holiday fatalities throughout the country has reached 250, with automobile accidents and drownings at the head of the list. •Tore than 400 persons were injured. There were remarkably few accidents and deaths caused by firewerks on the fourth, but the abnormal automo bile traffic accounted for hundreds of injuries. Illinois alone reported 57 dead and 100 injured. Massachusetts came next with 49, New York 26; and other States smaller numbers,'all making a total of 250 dead. 38 ' • •<: Health Worker for Negroes A colored woman health worker, Florence C. Williams, of Raleigh, has been employed by the North Carolina Sanatorium and the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association to do tuber culosis educational work among the colored people in North Carolina. Mrs. Williams has done this kind of work in the south for several years. This summer she will teach hygiene an«fc tuberculosis treatment and- preven tion among the colored teachers’ stitutes in the various counties the State. \itiM Negro Accidentally Killed Henry Smith, negro, said to be 1 Alabama, was beheaded at mountain quarries in Davidson i Thursday afternoon of f an 80-foot pole attached to in loading cars with stone T caught his head on the steel gondola car. The I most severed from the I R. B. Talbert, who was for another