- mi. * ' T H E C O U RI E Leads i* Birth News and r Circulation ■■h..hiihhhihh«hhmhhh» 0 ISSUED WEEKLY VOLUME LI mm m r i f r« n I T I 1 7 I ■ i 1 1 I V J r J I V . 1 I PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN Ashe boro, JJ. C, Thursday, January 14, 1926 THE COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results $2, _.j LOO A Si £ 'fEAR IN ADVANCE 5 NUMBER 2 SPECIAL SCHOOL TAXES ARE VOTED District North of Asheboro Votes 25c Tax—Randleman ' Votes 50c Rate. Two special school tax elections held in the county Monday were car ried by .substantial majorities. One of these elections was in a district lying north of the incorporate limits of Asheboro. It comprises that ter ritory bounded on the east by the Carolina Power and Light Company’s power line, on the west by the South ern railway, on the north by Randle mmi township and the south by the corporate limits of Asheboro. The registration in this district was 140. Of this number 93 voted for the spec ial tax, while 22 actually cast votes against it. -~ The tax voted is a special levy of twenty-five cents on ^he $100 proper ty valuation for the purpose of build ing a school house near Bailey’s Grove. No part of the money derived from the tax is to be used for main tenance of the school. Mrs. W. A. Underwood was the registrar and J. A. Neighbors and J, C. Hill judges of election. Another special tax election car ried the same day, although the of ficial figures are not available, was that held in Randleman township, exclusive of the town of Worthville. This election was for the purpose of votmg a special school tax of 50 cents on the $100 valuation for a ^ school building and also for the main tenance of a consolidated school. The supporters of the two special tax elections and those who have been working hard in the interests of bet ter school facilities are elated over the results of these two elections. MISS COX’S FIANCE KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE WRECK The many friends of Mias Cather ine Viola Cox will be disturbed to know that she has received a cable gram from Berlin, Germany, an nouncing the death of her fiance, l)r. Charles Bryan Ruskin, of Baltimore, Md., and Sheffield, England. Dr.„Ruskin had been taking a spec iical course in Berlin since 'August of the past year. His en gagement to Miss Co* was announc »ber 8th and plans were being for "their marriage HV'4he Bee1 J automofcile accident in which he died on Sun day, Dec. 27th. The accident occur red on one of the main streets in the suburbs of Berlin when he made a sharp turn to the right in order to avoid running over a little child which was playing in the street. The car went over an embankment of several feet and Dr. Ruskin was pinned un derneath. He received a fracture at the base of the skull, right arm broken and an artery was cut from which he bled profusely. His body will be carried to Sheffield, England, for burial. Dr. Ruskin was 32 years of age and an alumnus of Harvard and also Johns Hopkins medical college. He was a man of whom the profession might well be proud and had many admirable qualifi«"which were traits of real strength of character. Miss Cox, who is a nurse, is the daughter of Mrs. Dennis C. Cox, of Seagrove, but far the past several years has lived in Charlotte, where she was a student nurse at Mercy hospital. She has been in Asheville for the past several'months and has made many friends whose sympathies go out to her. „ She will sail for Sheffield, England, in the spring where she will visit Dr. Ru skin’s fam ily and later tour Europe. HELD FUNERAL SERVICES AT PISGAH FOR JOHN W. PARKS Died at Age of 75 Tears—Was Far Many Years Union Township General Merchant. Funeral services were held at Pis* gah M. P. church in Union township Wednesday afternoon of last week for John W. Parks, aged 75 years, 3 months and 7 days, who died the day previous at his home near Star. The services were conducted by Rev. Jor dan. Mr. Parks was bora at Page’s toll house, near Seagrove, t|iis county. He was a pioneer merchant of Union township. He closed out his store several yeafs ago and moved td Lex ington where he lived for some time and later moved to a small farm near Star. He married Marthsf Allen, daughter of the late Daniel and Sarah Allen, who survives, together with seven children, Charlie Parks, of All reds; Early and Grady Parks, of Star; Mrs. Walter Slack, of Winston Salem; Mrs. Elsie Saunders, of Far mer; Mrs. Early Easter, of Lexing ton; and Mi?s. Floyd Bates, of Lexing ton. ■ j DEMOCRATS HAVE TAX PLAN TO SAVE PEOPLE 4M MILLION The Democratic members of the senate finance committee, under the leadership of Senator F. M. Sim mons of North Carolina, have agreed upop a program of tax reduction which they will propose as a substi tute for the plan passed by the House df Representatives and sent to the Senate. The substitute bill calls for an ad ditional tax reduction of $70,000,000, making a total reduction of 400 mil lion dollars. The Democrats will seek BROWER TELLS OF MORE CAR THEFTS Says Grady Pugh Brought Four To His Garage—Pugh f and A. H. Davis in jail. If there is truth in statements made by Curtis Brower, colored, mainspring in the Eagle Springs crew engaged in wholesale disposal of stolen automo biles and accessories, Grady Pugh, of this county, has a him! row to hoe. Brower was the chief witness at a hearing in Greensboro Tues day in which Pugh was on trial for stealing a Ford sedan belonging to R. F. Haddon. Brower testified that Pugh had brought four stolen cars to his place of business at Eagle Springs for sale, among which was the Ford sedan. Pugh was bound over to Superior court. Brower also named Pugh as the man who had brought a lot of stolen automobile parts to the Eagle Springs rendevous. A. H. Davis, also of this county, will be given a hearing: Friday. So will Ethel Fox and Nettie Jackson, all held on charges ot stealing cars for sale to Brower’s organization. Pugh will also be given a hearing on addi tional theft charges Friday. Pugh will also face charge of attempting to bribe an officer to turn him loose af ter arrest. .. Brower himself, together with his accomplices, will be given a hiring at Carthage today. The more the officers delve into the ramifications of the Brower or ganization at Eagle Springs the wid er do they find the range of its deal ings. The cars disposed of at the garage and the parts taken and sold by the organization are almost num berless. The management of the or ganization itself finds it hard to re member all the cases of theft. Indications are that the Eagle Springs garage was the place of sale and concealment of a gang of thieves operating in Piedmont North Caro lina. It was "being operated on a wholesale scale until ..the officers stepped in and broke up the arrange ments. The Red Star Filling Station has recovered from the garage a numbeT of tires, tubes and accessories, iden tifying them by the cost mark as a part of the loot taken from the gar age in Pecember by thieves. A large number of the tires stolen had been t® the filling station only a short while and ted hot* baeh cost marked. These, Messrs, tewallen and Burns are positive were included in the loot stored at Eagle Springs, but on account of the absence of the cost mark they could not bring them back to Ashe'boro. I Gets In Bad Basil Hedgecock, High Pqint banker serving a sentence in the penitentiary with only one week more to complete his sentence, slipped up last week when he was caught with 12 pints of liquor at the Caledonia farm. As a result, his time off for good behavior has been .taken away and he will stay in prison several months more yet. FOR WELLS TO GO DRY IN MIDWINTER IS UNUSUAL For wells to go dry in'midwinter In this section, according to the Lexing ton Dispatdh, is most unusual, but such appears to be the case in many instances in Davidson county. These wells that are going dry stood up un der the drought of the past summer and fall, but have been unable to withstand the dry months of Novem ber and Decerrtber. A number of wells in this county have gone dry since the drought and those that failed during the dry weather are still dry. Streams that went dry during Hie draught are generally running, 'but with decreased volume of water. Hie snow of last week brought hopes of recovery of the wells, springs gnd strearps in this section. ' MR. JOHN LINCOLN COOPER DIED OF PARALYSIS JAN. 5 John Lincoln Cooper, better known as “Babe” Cooper, died at his home in Randlem&n Janaary 6th, 1926, fol lowing an illness of several months from paralysis and complications. Funeral service was held at the Holi ness church near Randleman last Thursday, January 7th, by Rev. John Dosier. Mr. Cooper was bom Jfine 22, '1856, and was, therefore, 69 years, 6 months and 13 days of age at the time of his death. He was married to Miss Annie Gamer in early manhood. She preceded him in death several years ago. The following children survive: Emery Cooper, in the U. S. army; Reynolds Cooper and Mrs. Do vie Richardson, of Randleman; and Mrs. Maggie Sprinkle, of High Point. R. P. Harriss, writing an article to the daily newspapers of last Sunddy, suggests that General Joseph E. Johnston probably was able to secure favorable terms from General W. T. Sherman on the occasion of the sur render of the Confederate forces April 26, 1865, at the Bennett house, near Durham, because of a bottle of North Carolina com liquor that sat on the table between the two gener als. The table and the empty bottle used by the opposing generals are Duke University, heeler of Anti-; Bryan’s Widow^ Writes For the first time In years Mrs. Wm. Jennings Bryan, widow of the great “Commoner5’ permits herself to be photographed. She is work ing on the diary of her late hus band—assisted by her son Wm. Jennings Brvan. * SETTLE CASE GROWING OUT OF THE KILLING OF REV. COX A settlement was reached out of court in Rockingham Friday of a case growing out of the killing at Marston on .Dec. 29th of Rev. Elwood Cox, for merly of Ulah, this county, by a car driven "by Walker Edwards, son of D. M. Edwards, a capitalist of Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. Cox, aged 78, was run Over in the road at Marston by the Pierce Arrow driven by young Ed-, wards, who, wijh a party of people,’ was enroute _iJo\Miami, Fla. Edwards" pleaded guilty to simple' assault and was fined '?1 and costs, while the civil action was settled by the payment of $6000 to Rev. Cox’s heirs. • O . ; > ‘ A Misunderstanding Long Stand ing The people of Asheboro end vicinity continue to do some trading awaj from 'home, thinking their wants can not be supplied by their home town merchant. Mr. Graham, manager of the local Western Union Telegraph office, has supplied each merchant in Ashehoro with a display card reading “Goods always available. If not in stock we will order by telegraph.” This with prompt service answers the customer. MR. JAMES MONROE WRIGHT TJIES AT AGE OF 67 YEARS Funeral Service Conducted At Mt. Tabor Church Yesterday—Highly Respected Citizep. James Monroe Wright, aged 67, died at his home in Grant township Monday following ill. health for some time. He was a consistent member of Brower’s Chapel church and an honest, upright citizen, held in high esteem by all who knew him. Funeral services were conducted at Mt. Tabor yesterday at 11 o’clock by. Rev. John Allred and interment made in the cemetery. ;j Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. C. C. Smith, of Asheboro, Route 1; Miss Vella Wright, of Asheboro; and two sons, Ed Wright, of Asheboro, Route 1; and Raymond Wright, of Fnanklirerille. Found Farm Life Dull G. C. King, fanner of Faison, found farm life dull and monotonous. So <did Betty Ezrell, pretty 18-year-old girl. So they ran away together af ter Faison had sold his hogs and wound up his farming affairs so that his wife and children would not be in want for money. King and the EzzeH girl stopped in Greensboro and were arrested for violating the hotel law. His wife read about it and wrote the sheriff that she wanted her husband back, that die would forgive him of his transgressions. Now die man and the girl have gene hack home, having had their fling at the bright lights, wjser and sadder from the experience. COLLEGE FUND A campaign to taise 926,000 neces sary for the proper-continuance of High Point college at this time and to collect old pledges was launched by the High Point chamber of com merce Tuesday. Electric Line To Summ^rfieM The Public Service Company, of Greensboro, is building a line from that city to Summeriield and will ex tend it to Stokesdale if some of the powdr consumers along the way will buy some of the stick in the venture. This is one of several rural electric lines operated by the Greensboro company. One runs from Gibsonvflle to Whitsett and the Broadhurst dairy farm, another runs from Greensbero to Pleasant garden and another is built out of Burlington into a ASHEBORO BANKS HAVE GOOD YEAR Hold Meetings and Declare Reg ular Dividends—No Change in Officers and Directors. Although the year 1925 was not in all respects a good* business year in this section of North Carolina due to economic reasons and partly to the drought, the three banks in Asheboro enjoyed a year of most satisfactory j business. This is disclosed in the an-! nual statements or the banks for the period ending December 31, 1925. The banks at thte regular meeting of their boards of directors have each declared usual dividends. No changes were made in ths personnel of the boards of directors, officers and em ployes of the ban! j. The total capita ization of the three banks in Ashebcro, the Bank of Randolph, the First National and the Asheboro Bank aid Trust Company, reaches $121,400, while capital and surplus totals $211,000. Total depos its of the three t mks, checking, sav ings deposits anc time certificates of deposit, total nea-ly one and a half million dollars. Total resources of the three banks ire $1,784,087.67. The three bank i have been able to meet at all time; upon them for the proper condii the town. They time through f; abled many hun aside money for management of ble, courteous, partial in their public. Perhaps and city in the more confidence than there is in tne demands made legitimate loans for :t of the business of have at the same deilities offered en c -eds of people to lay a rainy day. The the banks are affa tjisiness like and im dealings with the in no other town Itate is there any in bank management ^sheboro. Congressman Congressman Will Go To Prison ohn W. Langley, Re publican of Ken Joky, has lost his ap peal to the Suf eme court and will have to serve tv > years in the federal penitentiary foliwing conviction on ;He has resigned his seat in the Hou t of Representatives. Friends of Laniley are planning to nominate and el ;t his wife, daughter of the late Repi sentative James M. Gudger, 6f Npr > Carolina, Deni., to fill Langley’s vs ant seat. ; 4 b M. E. CHURftl MATTERS (By W. 1. Willis) The General Boird of charch ex tension has agreed jo assist in financ ing our church debt by lending us a large sum of monej at a low rate of interest to be repaiq in five equal an nual installments. Rev. C. H. Caveniss, of Elizaheth ton, attended the funeral of his brother, S. M. Cavemss, who died at his home here Firidjy. The writer held the service at his late residence. The first funeral t) be held in the new church was tha of Mrs. Eliza Johnson, Friday afternoon. Mrs. Johnson was one of|our.aged and honored members. At the home of Mr Macon, along with tieir son from Mount Airy, the writer dined Sunday. The dinner was in h i Macon’* birthday. Subjects at the m w Sunday will be: 11 a. Hath Not Seen”; 7 p Corner”. A third attempt tf> hold quarterly conference for the Dtep River charge at Cedar Falls \rill be made at 2 p. m. next Sunday. Slick roads was the cause of the tasl failure. It is proposed to organize a new young men’s Bibfe ilass next Sun day with Mr. J. j>. Redding teacher. If interested be oi hand. and Mrs. G. T. nor of Brother church for m„ “What Eye m, “The Amen H. P. CHURCH fOUNCEMENTS ©:45 A. M. Surflay school, Mr. W. 1* Ward, Supt. dashes for people of alt ages, goed sfjging, a friendly school. j 7:00 P. M. preach Rey. J. E. Pritch “Flowers for 1 music is under Junior Choir with as leader, every Wednesday 11:00 A. M. ancj ing ’by the paste ard. Morning su the living”. Fp the direction of t Miss Ellen Presm Prayer meeting evening at 7:30. The public is cordially invited to •11 the services. suit of another award tnis weeic the study coarse, studying Dr. Van Ness' book, “Training in Church Membership." Classes are well at tended. The B. Y|F. U.’s are going at the task this new year with a “will to win." ' ||v The week of prayer services in the home of the pastor three a temoons of last waffc were very help ful and inspiring, was well arranged, good information missionary work. Considering the day school and hold up well In a It was a pleasu Islie Scott in our 1 ing for supper. Sermon subjects Morning, “Baptists Ages” Each program | 1 of interest and | it our foreign j ther, our Sun- j ng services ■ ce. to have Miss m.—j— even- ’ a good at our inday are: Plan of the Idle in the DEATH CLAIMS S. M. CAVENESS j End Comes Following Stroke of Paralysis—Operated Store in Asheboro Many Years. Funeral services were held at the j residence Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock for Stephen Milton Caveness, aged 49 years, who/died at his home in Asheboro Friday night at 8:30 o’clock from the effects of a stroke of paralysis after having been in ill health for the past several years. The services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Willis, pastor of the Asheboro i M, E. church, and Rev. B. E. Morris* pastor of the local Baptist church. In terment was made in the local ceme tery. Mr. Caveness was bom in^Pleasant Grove township, Randolph county, and was a son of the late B. S. Cav eness. He was married to Miss Ida Poole, of Fayetteville, who survives him. He lived for some time near Fayetteville and about twenty years ago moved to Asheboro and opened a retail grocery store which he operat ed until ill health incapaciated him from work several years ago. He was a member of the Concord M. E. church, at Coleridge. Surviving are four brothers: H. T. Caveness, of Asheboro; B. F. Caven ess, of Greensboro; Rev. C. H. Cav eness, of Elizabethtown, a minister in the North Carolina M. E. conference; and A. W. Caveness, of Ontario, Cali fornia; one sister, Mrs. Callie Poole, of Fayetteville; and two half broth ers, B. M. Caveness, of Coleridge township, and I. F. Caveness, of Greensboro. MRS JULIA SWANKY DIES AT HER HOME IN HIGH POINT i --— Mrs. Julia Sw&nev, aged 73, native j of Randolph county, died Tuesday j morning at the home of her grand son, W. T. Swaney, in High Point, following an illness of several days. She was born in this county Oct. 10, 1852, and lived in Randolph until about three months ago when she moved to High Point. In addition to the grandson, she is survived Toy one son, B. E. Swaney, off Randolph county, and one daugh ter, Mrs. R. E. Gray, of High Point. The funeral service was conducted at Mount Shepherd church, this coun ty, yesterday. Oppose This Bill Riipresentatives Hammer and Lind say Warren, of the North Carolina Congressional delegation, are opposed to the proposed public buildings bill which provides for a lump sum at the disposal of the Postoffice and Treas ury Departments for public buildings throughout the United States. These 'Congressmen hold that if such a bill is passed no towns in North Carolina, with the possible exception of Greens 'twro and Asheville, will get any ap propriation for post off ice buildings, i although many other towns and cities ft re badly in meed oaf new buildings, SHARP DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC DEATHS ; Forty-eight people were killed and 1225 injured in traffic accidents in the s South last week, according to figures t gathered by the Associated Press at ^Atlanta, Ga. This is a sharp de crease from 61 deaths the week pre , vious and 70 Christmas week. North Carolina and Florida tied for first place with 14 deaths each, an increase for these two states over [the previous week. At the same time 1 19 people were injured in North Car- ! olina and 52 in Florida. Virginia ,and Mississippi reported no deaths. ' Mexican Bandits on Rampage Last Saturday night a passenger j train in Mexico was held up by a! party of bandits and fifty persons i were killed. Two Americans on the [ train were not molested save being robbed. The persons killed were soldier guards on the train and Mex ican passengers. Four thousand picked federal troops are on trail of | the bandits with orders to bring them j in dead or alive. CAMPAIGN MANAGER BOUND OVER TO SUPERIOR COURT L. J. Lowe, circulation campaign manager for a High Point newspaper, was bound over to Superior court Monday at a hearing at which he was charged with obtaining $836 un der false pretenses. Mrs. J. J. Gar land charged that she was promised the automobile, the big prize in the circulation campaign, if she woujd pay the manager a sum of money. She failed to get the car. Mrs. Roy [ Ingram, of Trinity, also has similar charges against the campaign mana ger. He will-be given another hear ing this time in Randolph county. The owner of the newspaper is in no wise implcated n the matter. He merely hired Lowe to conduct the campaign on a commission basis. Card of Thanks We wish to express our gratitude and appreciation to our many friends and relatives for the many acts of kindness and sympathy extended dur ing the illness and bereavement of our beloved mother, Mrs. James Ivey Johnson. * The Family. Floods in the state of Nayarti, Mexico, have caused the death of 2, 000 persons by drowning and an im mense loss of property. Berlin’s Bride Ellen Mackay, daughter of Clar ence H. Mackay, head of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company, startled society by suddenly becom ing the bride of Irving Berlin, song write?, last week. MRS. HALE EXPRESSES INTEREST IN NEW CHURCH Mrs. Ed E. Hale, of Springdale, Ar kansas, writing to The Courier, ex presses interest in the new M. E. church building, a picture of which was contained in a recent issue of The Courier together with an account of the opening exercises. She says in part: It is a grand building and I am sure you are all very proud of it. I have been in Asheboro many times. I am »b years oi age ana nave Deen | away from N. C. 47 years.. I lived j near Thomasville and attended church | at old Tabernacle a few hundred; yards from where I was born and j raised. I am a granddaughter of old j Captain Sampson Glenn, long since i dead, and I have always been proud j of the name Glenn. Gov. Glenn was a relative of mine and also Dr. Rob ert Glenn, of Greensboro. My hus band, Edward E. Hale, was a son of Esq. John Hale, of Randolph county. He died in 1923. E. J. Hale, of Fay etteville, who was a missionary to Korea at one time, was a cousin of my husband. I wish for your paper the greatest possible success. In closing, Mrs. Hale says: I am proud to tell you I am a Methodist and have been from childhood. I\had an uncle, Sampson M. Glenn, of near | Asheboro, who was a Methodist min 1 ister and died during the Civil War. — Lifts Ban -The Southern Power Company, which has during and since the drought of last summer and fall been compelled to place a ban on power consumption, last week lifted the ban and now factories using Southern power may run full time. Old Negro Wanders Away - Tom Hopkins, 100-year-old negro, was found Thursday of last week in a patch of wood south of the home of S. E. Coltrane, at Guilford College, wandering about, with no shoes on, feet frost-bitten and bleeding. He had started to walk from his home at Hillsdale to the home of his son at Brown Summitt and had become lost. He was taken to jail at Greensboro for medical treatment. MRS. ELIZA JOHNSON DIED LAST WEEK AT AGE 76 Was Widow of the Late J. Ivey Johnson, Native of Concord Township—Loved by all. - i Mrs. Eliza Johnson, aged 76 years,; widow of the late J. Ivey Johnson,| died at her home in Asheboro Wed- j nesday night of last week following an illness of several months. Mrs.1 Johnson was bom and reared in Da- j vidson county, being the daughter of 1 the late Travis and Mary Daniel, j She was the last member of her im- j mediate family. She was married in , 1868 to J. Ivey Johnson, of Concord township, Randolph county, and to mis union were tne ioiiowing chil dren: Mr. R. E. Johnson, Mrs. Bessie Rice and Mrs. J. T. Winslow, of Ashe boro; J. H. and H. C. Johnson, of Liberty; and Mrs. J. N. Goode, of j Melbourne, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson lived in! Concord township until several years ago when they moved to Asheboro. j Mr. Johnson died eight years ago. j Upon moving to Asheboro, Mrs. John son united with the M. E. church and continued until her death an active, faithful and consistent member. She was known throughout the commun ity as a pure, consecrated Christian woman. In her home, she was a mother of the old type, sweet, unassuming and considerate. Truly her “ways were ways of pleasantness and her paths the paths of peace.” In the hearts and minds of her friends her memory will linger and her tf"" ~ call her blessed. According to Mrs. __ quest, the funeral service was con ducted from thq. new M. E. church, in which she had manifested intense interest, the pastor, Rev. W. H. Wil lis, conducting the service, interment following in the local cemetery. Flow ers were borne by the members of the Sunday school class of which the deceased was a member. Pallbearers were Messrs. J. 0. Redding, F. S. Phillips, C. ' risl GROUND COVERED WITH FIRST SNOW Snow and Sleet Accompanied With Drop in Temperature Hits the County. With a sudden drop in temperature accompanied by sleet and snow, Ran dolph county received its first winter coating of the year last Thursday night and Friday. There was little snow at the beginning but a contin uous bombardment of hail and sleet during Thursday night and Friday the snow and sleet both put the ground under a white blanket. Although the snow and ice made traffic disagreeable and kept a lot of people indoors, it was welcomed by the people of the county who had been longing for a good snow or a season of wet weather to relieve the wells, springs and streams that have been slowed up or made entirely dry by the past dry weather. It was welcomed by the farmers who have' been a little gloomy over the proa pect for crops next year with the scant moisture that had been in the ground up until the coming of the snow last week. Especially will the town of Asheboro benefit from the snow which has come to revive the city ponds which have had a hard time trying to stand up under lack of rain. The children were made glad by the white blanket on the ground Fri day morning. New sleds were bought from the stores and old sled* which have been out of use a long time were brought forth from the at tics or outhouses and put into use in convenient places. urn ana young joined in the merriment. The white blanket of snow and sleet was general throughout North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia and Alabama and in other sections af the South which were not covered with snow there were chilling rains accompanied by snow which melted as fast as it fell. Friday and Saturday the snow and sleet extended up the Atlantic sear board through New Jersey^ New York, Pennsylvania and the New Eng land States. The snow in these States was accompanied by high winds. Eight deaths were reported, five in New York and three in Massa chusetts. Gales at sea were reported which did much damage to small craft. NEWS IN BRIEF Charles Ross, attorney for the State highway commission, addressed the Sandhill Kiwanis Club, at South ern Pines, yesterday on occasion of the celebration of good roads week throughout the country. _ x* Young women teachers of Spartan burg county, S. €., will have to be more circumspect in conduct and more modest in attire, according to the county grandjury, which con demns short skirts and night riding in automobiles. The grandjury went on record as being opposed to danc ing. Durham is striving for 1,000 mem bers for its chamber of commerce. Al ready 559 members have been gotten and the workers are optimistic over securing the number wanted. That 5,515 persons died in North Carolina in 1924 without any medical attention whatsoever, is the state ment made by M. L. Townsend, di rector of education of the State Board of Health. The estate left by the late Judge W. P. Bynum, of Greensboro, is es timated at $200,000, which he left to his wife, relatives and friends. The people of Littleton have voted to sell their local power plant to the Carloina Power and Light Company for $40,000. Trapped on the second floor of a frame hotel in Ferriday, La., Tuesday night when the hotel caught on fire* eight men were burned to death. Oc cupants of the hotel were not aware of the fire until the walls began fall ing in. One compartment of the J. P. Tay lor Tobacco Company’s re-drying plant at Henderson was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. The loss is es timated at $150,000. In a Senate contest over the legal ity of appointment by North Dakota governor, Senator Gerald P. Nye, in surgent Republican, was seated _ day by a Senate committee, the being 41 to 39. Democrats and in surgent Republicans put him in. Three Newbem young their teens have admitted robbfaw two stores at Oriental Monday ing. Most of the Cash and

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