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THE COURIER
ISSUED WEEKLY
VOLUME L
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN
Asheboro, North Carolina, Thursday, December 10, 1925
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ja
il ) A YEAR IN ADVANCE
NUMBER 49
CIVIL COURT TO
BEGIN FRIDAY
Cases in Criminal Docket Com
pleted Wednesday Morning
, —Court Adjourns.
Having disposed of the eases on
the criminal docket the regular De
cember term of Randolph county Su
perior court which began its sessions
Monday with Judge Henry P. Lane
presiding adjourned Wednesday
morning. Court will be resumed Fri
day morning for the trial of cases on
the civil docket.
When court convened Monday morn
ing, Judge Lane made one of his us
ual excellent charges to the grand
jury which was composed of the fol
lowing citizens of the county: L. M.
Cranford, foreman, C. L. Luck, A. S.
i Cox, O. M. McDaniel, H. D. Jennings,
' A. H. Crowell, Ivey Hoover, Oscar
Allred, H. D. Allred, A. A. Way, R.
L. Garrett, Carl W. Lohr, Floyd Red
ding, L. T. Smith, G. P. Snider, Dill
Hill, O. L. Hughes and W. J. Sapp.
The following were sworn in as
petit jurors: J. H. Craven, B. W.
Nance, W. G. Kinney, C. B. Cox, W.
A. Bunch, Isaac W. Allred, J. A.
Hix, Murphy Allred, R.' J. Barker, S.
H. Spoon and K. R. Craven.
Monday’s Session
Business was disposed of as follows
at the session Monday:
State vs C. C. Isley, defendant
through his counsel pleaded guilty of
larceny of less than $20 in value, and
was fined $50 and costs.
State vs Nears Writzel, defendant
pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and
costs. He was given until March
term, 1926, to pay fine and costs.
State vs Clarence Thornburg, re
manded to juvenile court.
State vs Dan Briggs, defendant
pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and
costs.
State vs Rqy Hill, defendant plead
ed guilty and was fined $50 and costs.
State vs Manley Presnell, defendant
pleaded guilty and was fined $75 and
costs.
, Tuesday’s Session
State vs Thomas Henley, fined $50
and costs.
State vs Thomas Henley, prayer
for judgment continued for three
years, costs to be paid at this term
of court, arid defendant to give bond
to appear each April and December
terms of court to show that he has
not operated a motor vehicle of any
kind upon the public highways and
&**■***» been of good behavior.
State vs Tom Henley, fined $25 and
costs.
State vs Floyd Routh, prayer for
judgment continued for three years,
defendant giving, bond in the sum of
$100 for his appearance at each term
of court to show good behavior.
State vs. C. F. Lambeth, defendant
pleaded guilty. Prayer for judgment
was continued until next term of
court.
State vs Amos Kearns, defendant
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
the roads for four months.
State vs James Evans, not-guilty.
State vs Ernest York, defendant
pleaded guilty and a suspended sen
tence of 8 months imposed, condition
ed on his good behavior for three
years. Bond in the sum of( $200 was
required.
State vs Ernest Linthicum, de
fendant pleaded guilty and judgment
was suspended upon payment of the
costs.
Wednesday’* Session
State vs L. J. Wood, guilty, <. lined
$25 and costs.
State vs Jethro Gray, defendant
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to
the roads for ninety days.
State vs Morris Boggs, pleaded
guilty, prayer for judgment continued
on payment of costs.
State vs Boo be Jarrell, guilty, 6
months on the roads.
State vs E. L. Lambeth, pleaded
guilty, fined $50 and costs.
Grand Jury’s Report
The grand jury made the usual re
port of the examination of the insti
tutions of the county, finding every
thing in good shape with a few min
or exceptions. Among the recom
mendations made were the building
of a smoke and tool house at the
county home, the selling of the old |
machinery piled around the county
home, repair of the ceiling in the of
fice of the county superintendent and
some improvements in the basement
of the court house.
with reference
ailing in the office
uperintendent of edu
cation has bean made by every grand
jury-for the past year and soil the
commissioners have done nothing
about it. Of course, it is a minor
matter, but several grand juries have
thought it of enough importance to
recommend that it be repaired.
MRS. NEWTON FARLOW
DIES IN TABERNACLE
Mrs. Sara Emeline Farlow, wife of
Newton Fallow, died at her home in
Tabernacle township, Monday follow
ing an Illness of a few days from
Mart disease.
iilow was 77 years of age.
irvived by her husband; a
A. Farlow, of High Point;
three daughters, Mrs. Flora
re. Florence Nelson and Mrs.
1-r, all of this county.
member of
THREE SPECIAL
TAX SECTIONS
Approved by Board of Education
on Petition of Interested
Citizens.
The regular meeting of the county
board of education in the office of
County superintendent T. F. Bulla, in
the court house in Asheboro Monday
afternoon was take up largely with
the hearing of petitions for special
school tax elections.
A petition was presented from
Randleman school district, signed by
30 patrons of the school, asking for a
special tax elections to be held on Jan
uary 12th to decide on the levying of
a special tax of 50 cents on the $100
valuation for school purposes. By
order of the board Worthville was re
moved from the Randleman district.
Another petition was one signed by
47 patrons of seven school districts in
New Market and Back v Creek town
ships asking for a special election for
school consolidation. This would af
fect seven districts, namely Glenola,
Marlboro, Sophia, Piney Grove, Cedar
Square, Flint Hill and Plainfield.
This petition also asks for a special
levy of fifty cents on the $100 valua
tion. This election will be held on
January 12th.
Still another petition was one
signed by 34 persons and requesting a
special election for that part of
Asheboro township lying north of the
corporate limits of Asheboro for a
tax levy to build a school house near
Bailey’s Grove church. This election
also will be held on the 12th, the
board having approved this petition
as it did the other two. [
The board of education instructed
the county superintendent tq adver
tise and sell at public auction the fol
lowing school buildings which are not
being used on account of school con
solidation: Millboro, White’s Memor
ial, Harden’s, Melanchton, Lineberry,
old Gray’s Chapel and Lena’s Grove.
The board instructed the cancella
tion of insurance policies on all one
teacher school buildings and instruct
ed the county superintendent to in
sure only school buildings having two
teachers or more.
OWNER OF ABANDONED
STUDEBAKER CAR FOUND
S. W. Marshall, real estate dealer
of High Point, came to Asheboro the
first of the week to get the Stude
baker car which was found by Chief
Steed abandoned on the road about
one and one-half miles west of
Asheboro last week. The car was
one supposed to have been used by
thieves who broke into the Red Star
Filling Station Tuesday night of last
week.
OTTO WOOD WAS CAPTURED
NEAR MOORESVILLE MONDAY
Mooresville Police Chief Arrests No
ted Prisoner While on His Way
To Charlotte.
Otto Wood, serving a term of 30
years in the State penitentiary for
the murder of A. W. Kaplan, of
Greensboro, and who made his second
escape from Prison about two weeks
ago, was captured near Mooresville
Monday by the chief of police of the
town. Wood was riding in a Dodge
sedan which bore a West Virginia li
cense number. He offered no resist
ance when confronted by the police
chief with a rifle, but submitted
peacefully to search and arrest.
Wood said that upon his escape
from prison he went to Florence, S.
C., then came back to Wadesboro and
fronn there went to Winston-Salem
and to Norfolk and to West Virginia.
Sunday he visited his old home com
munity in Wilkes county. He visited
his mother and children while free.
According to his statement, he was on
his way to Raleigh to give himself up
on the advice of his mother.
M. E. CHURCH MATTERS
(By W. H. Willis)
The painters are putting on the
finishing touches on the church in
terior.
The church lawn is being put in
condition.
Plans are far advanced for the
“house-warming" Friday night, the
18th.
Some of our women have volunteer
ed to visit every Methodist home in
town in an attempt to get all our
people out.
Rev. A. W. Plyler, of Greensboro,
and Mis. C. H. Ireland, conference
lay leader expect to be with us Fri
day.
People attending will be requested
to register. This book will be placed
apiong the archives of the church.
New members will be received on
the opening Sunday, Dec. 20th. Some
letters are in hand. The vows will be
administered, if desired, to others.
An historical sketch of Asheboro
Methodists will probably be read at
the “house wanning”.
Plates are being provided for 800
or more guests.
Would you like to dedicate your
«by to God on the opeping Sunday?
5ee
My feet have been under the follow
ig tables recently: Those of G. T.
lacon, W. J.. Scarboro, J. D.
oss, John Ingram, Rev. G. W. Clay,
nd Mrs. S. E. Rush, the latter in
slebration of her 78th birthday.
Sunday, next, is our last at the old
butch. The pastor will talk cm the
blowing topics: 11 A. M., "Expan
lon’^ 7 P. M-, “A Dwt Word, Before
She’s 100 Percent, Are You?
WILL SHIP A CAR OF
POULTRY AT LIBERTY j
Will Be Mixed Car of Turkeys
and Chickens—Loading Days
Monday and Tuesday.
For the third time this year a car |
of poultry will be shipped from this'
county under supervision of the i
county farm demonstrator and the '
State division of markets. This time i
the car will be loaded at Liberty so j
that farmers of three counties, Ran
dolph, Chatham and Alamance, can
take advantage of it. Loading days
are next Monday and Tuesday. I
The car will be loaded with both j
turkeys and chickens. Poultry will be j
paid for at the car door as is cus- j
tomary with shipments «>f this kind.
Twenty-nine cents a pound will be
paid for turkeys, 20 cents per pound
for colored chickens, 16 cents per
pound for leghorn chickens, 10 cents
per pound for roosters, 15 cents peT
pound for ducks and 14 cents a pound
for geese.
This will be the last opportunity to
sell chickens and turkeys on the co
operative plan before the ^holidays.
BAZAAR AT THE CHILDREN'S
HOME NEAR HIGH POINT
Invitaitons have been extended to
the many friends of the children at
Ihe M. P. Children’s Home, High
Point, to attend a baaaar and supper
which will be given Friday afternoon
and night. Refreshments will be
served and many articles which the
children have made for the purpose
will be sold, the proceeds to be di
vided equally between the children for
Christmas money and the institution.
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BAPTIST NEWS LETTER
It was indeed a pleasure fob the
pastor and family to have Dr. W. N.
Johnson in their home last week.
Those who heard his lectures on
“Christian stewardship were doubly
paid for their Efforts and we are ex
pecting’ good results from these lec
tures in the days and weeks to come.
Dr. Johnson is lecturing this week at
the First Baptist church in Wilming
ton.
The pastor in company with Rev.
W. A. Elam of Ramseur and Mr. C.
W. Scett motored to Greensboro Mon
day of this wedk to attend the execu
tive meeting of Baptist ministers of
the Piedmont Association.
These Who are sick of our congre
gation, of our town and those in the
hospital who are from out of town all
have our special interest and pray
ers.
We are to fhiiik and worship to
gether next Sunday on the following
themes: Morning, “How Much Owest
Thou Unto Sly lord?” Evening,
"Are There Few Saved ?”
RALEIGH TIMES EDITOR
HUNTS IN HOME COUNTY
Mr. O. J. Coffin, editor of the Ra
leigh Times, has been in Asheboro the
past week visiting his brother, Mr.
W. A. Coffin, and incidentally has
been hunting the hairy and feathery
tribe. Mr. Coffin was reared in
Asheboro and in the beginning of his
newspaper career was connected with
The Courier. His vigilant eye never
misses news from his home town and
county and he never fails to recognize
his childhood friends and to rejoice
in the county's progress and develop
ment. Editor Coffin’s many relatives
and friends read with interest his
pleasing references to his county folk.
GRAY’S CHAPEL SCHOOL
OPENED MONDAY WITH *00
Gray’s Chapel consolidated school J
opened last Monday with an enroll- :
ment of approximately 200 students. |
The school children and the patrons
of the school are well pleased with
the new school building and with the
outlook for a good year’s work in
spite of the late start.
Some time next week, probably
Tuesday, Dr. Adams, of the State de
partment of health, will conduct a t
dental Clinic at this school. Dr.
Adams has been engaged iij this work
for the past three months in the
county and <■ now at Asheboro school.
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D. PENDER GROCERY CO.
SOLD TO NEW YORK FIRM
ren Million Dollar Corporation
Pays Two Millions for Con
troling Interest.
Announcement has been made at
Norfolk, Va., home office of the D.
Pender Grocery Company, -which op
erates a chain of cash and carry re
tail grocery stores in North Carolina
and Virginia, that the controlling in
terest in the company had been sold
to a large chain store organization in
New York City having a capital of
$10,000,000. It is not announced the
price the D. Pender Grocery Company
got for the controlh'irg interest, bsit it
is estimated at $2,000,000, nor is the
name of the new owners given.
Mr. D. Pender, founder and presi
dent of the company, will still retain
his position as general manager of
the chain. The • transfer will be ef
fective January 1,1926.
The IX Pender Grocery Company
operates a chain of 247 sto*es, one of
which Is in A sheboro.
To Publish Special Edition
Prof. Fred Burgdss, of the Frank
linville high school, was in Asheboro
Saturday in the interest of a special
edition o'f his high school paper, “The
Faith Rns;k,” to be issued soon in the
interest of the Zeb Vance highway.
John W. Clark, of Franklinville, is
president of the association. Friends
of the highway and of the Franklin
ville school will await with interest
the publication of this special edition
of the enterprising school paper.
Bazaar At Randleman
The Ladies Aid of the Randleman
Baptist church will have its bazaar at
the Randleman high school building
Saturday night, December 12. Supper
will be served and fiancy work will be
on Airplay. Doors will be opened at
3 o’clock i the afternoon. Everybody
ir. welcome and" urged to come and
b.ing friends.
AVOID RUSOY
MAILING EARLY
If You Will Do This Your Gifts
Will Be Delivered in Time,
Otherwise Uncertain.
“Do Not Open Until Christmas”—
that is the notation that should be
made on packages containing Christ
mas gifts placed in the mails early
and which you do not want opened un
til Christmas day. Mailing your
Christmas gifts now with the pack
ages marked as above will greatly
assist the overworked postal em
ployes to get your package to the
person intended on time.
Postmaster Richardson in last
week’s Courier announced that no
deliveries would be made of mail on
Christmas day. This day will be a
holiday for the postal employes just
as it is for other people, except that
necessary mail will have to be dis
patched. But the mail that comes
into the postoffice for you on Christ
mas day will not be put up until the
next day. This same rule will apply
to all the postoffices. So don’t dis
appoint your friends in a distant city
or town by mailing their pres
ents too late to be. delivered until af
ter Christmas. It is better to mail
early and note on the package that
it is not to be opened until Christ
mas.
Christmas cards must carry two
cents in postage. Only the one cent
postals are sold at the postoffice win
dows. You will help greatly the post
office employes if you will remember
to put a two cent stamp on your
Christmas post cards and mail them
early.
Always there is a rush to mail post
cards and packages at the last min
ute. Many people wait until the day
before Christmas and then wonder
why the package does not reach the
person intended until a day or so af- j
ter Christmas. It the mailing was
done a week before Christmas the
package would be delivered and both
parties to the transaction pleased.
Bear this in mind this year and Jet’s
not only shop early but also mail
early.
COUNTY BOARD
FIRES MR. BYRD
Orders Him to Make Out Back
Bills and Turn Over the Keys
—Audit Is Accepted.
The feature of the regular meeting
of the county commissioners Monday
was the passing by a unanimous vote
a resolution declaring the office of
road supervisor for the county vacant
until December 15th, the next meet
ing of the commissioners. The road
supervisor, Mr. Byrd, was instructed
to turn over his keys to the clerk to
the board and to make out all back
bills. ' *.<.
Fred J. Phillips, of the Scott Charn
ley & Company auditing firm, present
ed the audit report for the county for
the period ending June 30th, 1925,
and it was approved by the board. ■
An order was passed to repair'
about 300 yards of road near Gray’s
Chapel so as to make it passable for
school trucks.
R. W. Kearns was appointed to re
pair the road leading by Tebe Mor
gan’s to Hal Kearns’ store.
The road supervisor was instructed
to send the engine now in Tabernacle
township to the road beginning at
John Morris’ and leading to Salem
school house arid to repair the road
where necessary.
It was also ordered that the road
supervisor go to Katie Meyers’ place
and “see what condition her road is
in going into Asheboro-High Point
State highway and report at the next
meeting.”
It was the instructions of the com
missioners that the engine be sent to
the road leading from Roscoe Bran
son’s to Science Hill church and ma
chine same up so that the citizens can
top soil same, their work to apply on
the part they are due the county.
The county by order of the board of
commissioners donated $300 towards
the completion of the road leading
from E. H. Byrd’s to J. H. Smith’s.
■ C. A. Byrd and J. H Smith to have
charge of said road
The committee appointed, consisting
of Talt Cox, J. B. Ward and Ben
Millikan, to look over the two roads
in Union township leading to the
Montgomery , county line made its re
port and recommended that the west
road be built leading by way of
Welch school house and church, on
condition that the citizens raise and
appropriate $1,060 towards the con
struction of the road. This report
was accepted by the ty>ard.
Ben Millikan was instructed to go
to Trinity township and lay off the
road leading from Davis shop to Pop
lar Ridge, notifying E. H. Hill, of
Trinity, Route 1, the day he will do
j the work.
The road supervisor was instructed
! to go to T. C. Frazier’s, at Liberty,
I and see about the road leading out of
liberty towards Payne’s school house.
The school election in New Hope
township was canvassed by the board
and it was found that the election for
J a special tax did not carry.
Inasmuch as the Trinity-Archdale
| road has been completed and accepted
| by the commissioners, the commission
ers instructed the clerk to turn over
j to A. A. Russell and Company the
check given as bond for the construct
ion of the road.
Little Everett Bulla Dead
—
On Saturday evening, December 5,
! the death angel came to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Worth Bulla and took
i their darling ten-months-old baby,
j Everette Worth.
| The funeral services were conduct
j ed at Charlotte M. P. church Sunday
f afternoon by Rev. C. H. Hill. A large
| congregation of relatives and friends
| gathered to extend their sympathy to
the grieved parents. The floral of
ferings were beautiful.
Although Everette was quite young,
he was always present at Sunday
school with his parents and was one
of our precious jewels. He will be
greatly missed, because we loved him
so much. May the Heavenly Father
bless and comfort the bereaved fam
ily. We commend them to the sym
pathetic Christ, who said, “Suffer
little children to come unto me and
forbid them not, for such is the king
dom of Heaven.”
ONE WHO LOVED HIM
THIS 290-POUND PIG BRINGS
FANCY PRICE FOR CHURCH
Miss Lula Andrews was in Asheboro
yesterday and gave an interesting
story about a pig which she gave
early last spring to the Randolph cir
cuit of the M. P. church. Tickets
were issued and Mr. A. B. Beasley,
of Randleman, was the fortunate per
son. The plan brought $106.50, which
was applied towards the church debt.
Mr. Beasley fattened the pig and
killed it. last week. It weighed 290
pounds and at the market price would
have brought $52.50, which added to
the purchase price mad^ the total
worth of the pig $169. Miss Andrews
is a good financier for her church.
BAPTIST LADIES AID WILL
HOLD A BAZAAR SATURDAY
The Ladies Aid of the Baptist
church will hold a bazaar in the
Brooks building on the west side of
the railroad next Saturday, Decem
ber 12th, from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. A
fish pond in connection with the ba
zaar will furnish amusement for old
and young. Refreshments to' be
served will consist of chicken salad,
hot coffee, cake, jello and cream.
Everybody is invited.
ATTEMPT NUMBfil
OF AUTO THEFJ i
Follows Wrecking of Chrysler
Sedan in Asheboro Early
Sunday Morning.
A wholesale car theft was undertak
j en in Asheboro early Sunday morning
! after the wrecking of a Chrysler sedan
j on the street near the Red Star Filling
| Station about 1 o’clock. The Chrys
j ler, making a speed of approximately
I 70 miles an hour, blew a tire and the
j car and the occupants, two young men
| and three girls, were left to shift for
| themselves in a strange town on a
| dark night. This the young people
j seemed able to do.
They left the Chrysler and proceed
j ed to walk down Salisbury street in
the direction of Franklinville. On
this street attempts were made to
steal the Ford coupes belonging to C.
L. Scott and Jesse Lassiter and an
Essex coupe belonging to Zeb Rush.
Neither attempt was successful. The
thieves next proceeded to Dan Hen
ley’s on Worth street and succeeded in
taking his Ford touring car. While
it is not known that the occupants of
| She Chrysler were the parties to the
theft and attempted thefts, local offi
I cers suspect them of the acts.
At any rate, early Sunday morning
two young men and two girls hired a
jitney at Franklinville to take them to
Greensboro. They were strangers to
the jitney driver, gave no names and
complained of having been out in the
cold.
The Chrysler car wrecked in Ashe
boro bore a Greensboro city license
plate and a Maryland state license
tag. This looked suspicious to the lo
cal authorities who began making in
vestigations. It was found that the
car belonged Jo T. M. Starr, of Greens
boro. and had been stolen Saturday
night.
Tuesday afternoon, at Greensboro,
A. H. Davis, young white man, was
arrested charged with the theft of the
car. Along with Davis three young
girls were held for questioning in re
gard to the theft. It is said the car
was taken from its parking place in
front of the Starr home on Mclver
street, Greensboro.
BRTHDAY DINNER IN
HONOR MRS. I. J. FULLER
The children and a number of the
grandchildren met at the home of I
Mrs. I. J. Fuller, on Thomasville,
Route 4, Sunday, Dec. 6, and surpris
ed Mrs. Fuller by giving her a birth
day dinner on the anniversary of her
82nd year. It is rare indeed to see
a finer or more tempting meal than
was spread on this occasion.
The children present were A. W.
Fuller and wife, of Fullers; Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Phillips, of Asheboro; Dr.
and Mrs: C. H. Phillips, of Thomas
ville; E. T. Kearns and wife, of
Thomasville; and Mrs. F. R. Fuller,
widow of the late F. R. Fuller, of Ful
lers; besides a number of grandchil
dren.
It was a pleasant day mingled, of
course, with thoughts of sadness for
those of the family who are no more,
! but who once mingled with others in
| this old and distinguished country
i home.
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| MR. RUSSELL ROY LAMBERT.
WORLD WAR VETERAN, DEAD
Had Been In Government Hospital
Since Close of War Suffering
Shell Shock.
W. F. Lambert, of Coles Store, re
ceived a telegram yesterday announ
cing the death of his oldest son,
Russell Roy Lambert, which occurred
that morning at St. Elizabeth hos
pital, in Washington, D. C., where he
had been a patient for the past four
years.
Mr. Lambert served on the Mexican
; border and in the world war. Shortly
! after his discharge, he began to suf
! fer from shell shock and was placed
in a government hospital for treat
ment.
Funeral services will be conducted
at Brush Creek church tomorrow at
11 o’clock by Rev. T. W. Siler.
Surviving besides his parents are
four brothers, Robert, who is an ex
service man and a patient at Oteen J
hospital; William F., of Winston-Sa
lem; J. C., of Greensboro; and Glen
Lambert, at home; six sisters, Mrs.
Edgar Beane, of Moffitt; Mrs. Jesse
Fox, Staley, Route 2; Mrs. Dewitt
Stout, High Point; Mrs. William
Brower, near Siler City; and Misses |
Mary and Virginia Lambert, at home.
MR. J. F. BURKHEAD ASKS
HELP FOR NEEDY CASES
, I have a few names on my helping
list who are in need. One is an old
man in 80 years and who has been
confined to his bed for 22 months and
his good wife, who has been at his
bedside all the time. If you would
like to help them by giving something
to cheer them, send to or see J. F.
Burkhead, Asheboro, N. C.
Little Miss Dorothy Hix Celebrates
Bier Fourth Birthday
Upon the occasion of her fourth
birthday, little Miss Dorothy Hix
was honored with a party to which
about twenty of the little girls and
boys of the town were invited. Games
were played and all of the little folks'
enjoyed the frolics, after which a
large birthday cake bearing four red j
and white candles was brought in. j
Cream and cakes were served. The
little lady was the recipient of &j
number of useful and attractive gifts.
69TH CONGRESS
BEGINS SESSION
Nicholas Longworth Speaker—
Republicans Have Big Ma
jority of Members.
The 69th Congress of the United
States got under way Monday with
the election of Representative Nich
olas Longworth, of Ohio, former Re
publican floor leader, to the speaker
ship of the House. Longworth was
elected in a three-cornered fight in
which the regular Republicans backed
Longworth, the Democrats Finis J.
Garrett, of Tennessee, and the insur
gent Republicans, Henry Allen Coop
er, of Wisconsin. The vote
Longworth 229, Garrett 173,
Cooper 13. ' . j
With the organization or.the H< use
over, the next test .of strenfhaa^rittp
on a proposal of the Republican load
ers to amend the rules ao as to nstiu
more difficult the discharge of a
committee from the consideration of
m
legislation referred to it. Here again
the Republicans won by a vote of
208 to 196, several of the insurgent
Republicans voting with the Demo
crats.
The first session of the Senate wa*
in sharp contrast to that in the House.
Vice President Dawes and young Sen
ator Bob LaFollette were the centers
of interest, but neither produced any
fireworks.
President Coolidge’s message was
read at a joint sessioii of the House
and Senate Tuesday. It was one of
the longest Presidential messages in
years, aggregating 10,000 words and
touching on 46 subjects.
In the field of domestic legislation
the executive urged further tax re
duction, giving general approval to
the bill drafted by the house ways
and means committee; recommended
action to strengthen aviation along
lines proposed by his air board; re
newed his advocacy of power to deal
with labor disputes in the coal in
dustry as proposed two years ago by
the coal commission; advised a cur
tailment of the shipping board’s
powers and control of the merchant
fleet by one executive and -toattaeft
again on the need for .encouragement
to co-operative marketing as an aid
to agriculture. •
Kenews stand
The President also appealed for ob
servance of the prohibition law by
the public and vigorous enforcement
with the co-operation of states, ffle
renewed his advocacy of railroad
consolidation, governmental reor
ganization and increased state and
local co-operation in reclamation
projects, opposed return for the pres
ent of property seized from aliens
during the world war and recom
mend sale of Muscle Shoals to the
highest bidder.
In a lengthy discussion of foreign
affairs, Mr. Coolidge appealed far
favorable senate action on the pro
posal for American adherence to the ■
world court, voiced gratification over
the Locarno security agreement and
expressed willingness for the United
States to take a lead in any feasible
plan for further reduction of land
and sea armaments.
In the preface of his message the
President set forth the view that the
country “does not appear to require
radical departures from the policies
already adopted so much as it needs
further extension of these policies
and the improvement of details.”
He also stressed anew the necessity
for government economy, insisting
that it is the pathway to further
lightening of the tax burden.
Tax Reduction Bill
After hearing the President’s mes
sage, the House took up the debate
on the $325,000,000 tax reduction bill,
while the Senate received- a flood of
bills that were not introduced Mon
day on account of early adjournment
Political Complexion
With so many questions and trou
bles and assaults ahead, the Repub
lican party is not happy. Happiness
is not on hand among Republicans
in spite of the fact that the political
make-up of the new Congress is far
more favorable to them now than in
the last Congress, when the balance
of power was held in the Senate and!
House by Progressive blocs. In the
Senate the Republicans have 56
votes, counting Nye, of North Da
kota; the Democrats have 39, and
Farmer Laborites 1. In the House
there are 247 Republicans, 183 Dem
ocrats, 1 Independent, 2 Farmer Lab
orites, and 2 Socialists.
GREENSBORO OFFICERS
ARREST SHIELDS DICKS
According to a news article in last
Friday’s Greensboro News, Shields
Dicks, young white man of this coun
ty, was arrested Thursday night by
Greensboro policeman on a liquor
charge. The report states further
that he is wanted in this county on
charge of bein& implicated in the
exposure and abandonment of a new
born baby last year.
Inquiry at the sheriff’s office of
this county discloses that Dicks ie
not wanted in Randolph on the charge
mentioned, but is wanted on charge of
transporting liquor, an offense sim
ilar to the one he was arrested for in
Greensboro Thursday night. Dicks
is already under sentence of nine
iponths on. the roads, having been
convicted in Guilford county court.
He, however, gave notice of appeal
and at the time of his arrest Thurs
day night was out under bond pend
ing the hearing of his appeal.
Muskrat is more popular
this year, 215,000 pelts hav
sold at autumn fur sales in