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fow were pres
?. White was
i reason that he ra
il. S. Ragan, of
_ had been
place. G. Elwood
_was elected temporary chair
man of the hoard and after Mr. Ra
gan was sworn as a member, Mr.
Stanton was made permanent chair
man. ’ , : \\
Mr. White gave hs his reason for
bad health and the press of
matters.
of the first orders of the
board was that in the future meet
ings should be started at 9 o’clock in
the morning.
Another act of the board was to
order the clerk to the board to bor
row |60,000 for school, road and bond
interest purposes.
It was an order of the commission
ers that the Giles Chapel road, lead
ing from Highways 62 to 76, be pre
pared by the citizens living along
the route for'grading. The citizens
agreed to build abutments for the
necessary bridge on the road, the
county agreeing to grade the road
and build the bridge and to furnish
culverts. The citizens agreed to do
the necessary topsoiling.
v The road supervisor was instructed
to advertise and sell the bridge across
Polecat Creek just above the new
bridge on the Red Cross road.
The road supervisor was ordered to
pul! up the road from New Union
church to the widow Rush'place on
the Ulah road..
The matter of locating a bridge eh
Sandy Creek was left open until a
future date.
Another matter left open was that
A of a road leading west from the con
crete road No. 70 at Will Underwood’s
pimce. ,, ■ ' 4
The commissioners agreed to do
nate $160 towards topsoiling the
road leading from Highway 70 to the
Cox road at Jim thomas’, the people
agreeing to furnish an equal amount.
Topsoiling on the Red Cross road
was ordered discontinued until fur
nntiaa - ■ &' W v •• '
w»er notice.
The county commissioners agreed
pat the county put up one half of
DEATH ROW IN THE STATE
' PRISON NOW NUMBERS £BX
Six man are now in death row at
the State Prison, Raleigh, awaiting
electrocution. They are Robert Lump
kin and Booker T. Williams, Robeson
county negroes, who slew Chief BUyd
M. Rogers, of Rowland; Jim Ballard,
Gates county negro, .sentenced to die
Feb. 19th, fsr murder; Fred Jones,
Forsyth county negro, sentenced to
die for murder; Alvin Mansel, Bun
combe county negro, who is under
sentence to die for criminal assault;
and Rory Matthews, Harnett conaty
white man, sentenced to die for mnr
STATE SPENDS LARGE
SUM ON ITS HIGPWAYS
oat by the State
isafoa show that dar
were completed V
the State highway
a total mileage com
4 miles. Last -year,
spent on road con-;
tab heels spend a
. LABSE SUM FOR CARS
North Carolinians spent $71,661,
m in haying automobiles during
which covered the pqffcyf of
G6JSW care valued at $64,116,700 and
4*A4* need care valued at $17,444.
m, according to figures made public
by the automobile license bureau of
the department of revenue. •
' This brings the total registration
m January 1st to 864,260 ears in'the'
State. An additional 11,883 ears
■grin ii iiiifinct ^f5-»
W™™ ''' ' w-iff»*eS£l!B*!>'jFg l"j
btiagtolc the February 1st total' to]
367.BM cen, whiehiaone automobile
to every 6.8 persons' to the»State.
Hie CatawbacOonty commisaionera
voted last Monday to loan the State 1
jRgtow Commissioi) $200,000 for the
estopietion of Route 10 from States
v®* to Hickory.
During the night he became de
lirious and inflammation of the brain
developed. His condition continued to
grow worse until the end came Tues
day morning.
Mr. Johnson was bom and reared
in Trinity township. He was the son
of J. D. and Elisa Johnson. He was
married to Miss Lona Dorsett, daugh
ter of John G. Dorsett, of Trinity
township, and to this nnion were five
children, four of whom with their
mother survive. They are Rebecca,
Doc, Nyal and Feracoi S*
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have lived
in Asheboro for six years, having
moved here froth Kansas where they
resided a few months. Upon moving
to Asheboro they united with the M.
E. church under the pastorate of Rev.
A. C. Gibbs. Deceased has many
friends who will be grieved over his
death. He was a man of quiet, un
assuming nature and was kind-heart
ed and true.
The funeral service'was held from
the M. E.» church yesterday at 2
o'clock in the afternoon by Rev. W. H.
Willis, the pastor, assisted by Rev. C.
L. Gregory. There were many floral
tributes, attesting the high esteem in
which deceased was held. Those at
tending the funeral from out of town
were: Mrs. J. D. Dorsett, Trinity
township; Mr. C. L. Luck and Mrs.
Turner Davis. High Point; Miss Hat
tie Royal, Thomasvifle; and Miss Sy
bil Dorsett and Mr. Grady Johnson,,
of Trinity.
RAMSEUR MINSTREL TO
PRESENT PROGRAM HERE
“Hotsy Totey” Minstrel to Give
Program for Benefit of Local
School Tonight.
glee dob and athletic assodation of
the Ramseur high school. The exer
cises will be under the direction of
Miss Elizabeth Smith, a well-known
and moot successful director, and the
program promises to be most inter
esting and entertaining.
An admission fee will be charged
for the benefit off the AAeboro high
school. Details may be had by read
ing aa advertisement in another part
of this issue of The Courier.
The Ramseur students have given
this;program as various other schools
in the county and everywhere it has
been most enthusiastically received.
Those who attend the program to
night 'will not he disappointed. -
WILL" HOLD FAIR
WEEK OF SEPT. 20
f Sea Hero
Roosevelt directed the rescue of
crew from the disabled British
freighter Anttnoe, recently. For
three days Commander Fried
fought mountainous seas to take
the sailors off the doomed ship,
two of his own men were washed
overboard and drowned. '
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* ASHEBORO HIGH LIGHTS *
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’ Basketball Game Feb. 12th
The Asheboro high school basket
ball team will play the Ramseur high
school team at 4, o’clock tomorrow
(Friday) afternoon on the local court.
This is the first of a series of elim
inating contests/ in the State-wide
basketball contest between high school
teams. -
These two teams haye played each
other twice before, each winning a
game. The game tomorrow promises
to be hard fought throughout. The
admission fee will be fifteen cents
for any school child and thirty-fitfe
cents for adults.
The school is anxious that a num
ber of the people of the town come
out for the game. The team is play
ing good ball and welcomes any en
couragement it can get from the peo
ple *f the town.
Asheboro Hi Defeats Ramseur
The Asheboro high school basket
ball team won a hard-fought game
from Ramaeur on the local cosrt last
Monday evening by a score of 22 to
14. Carl Rush was the star for Ashe
fasBomnhflo .yisiting
team in the number of points.
MR. HORACE S. RAGAN
SUCCEEDS JOHN P. WHITE
John IF. White, of Trinity town
ship, chairman of 'the Randolph coun
ty board of commissioners since De
cember 1st, 1924, who resigned the
first Monday in February and then
withdrew his resignation, tendered his
resignation again last Friday. It was.
accepted by the Clefk of the Court,
who appointed U. S. .Ragan, of Arch-'
dale, "Trinity township, to fill the va
canv.
RANDOLPH STANDS 21ST
IN DAILY ATTENDANCE
In average (daily attendance in the
runfl schools, Randdtph during tthe
school year 1824-26 stood 21st among
the 100 counties or the State, with an
average daily attendance of 79.5 per
cent, or 4,573 students out of a total
of 5,753. Tte colored students dfid
nett do as wdl, the county standing
48th among the counties in average
daHy attendance in -colored schools
with 68.8 per cent, er 648 attending
out of a total -enrollment of 962.
Carteret meaty ranked first among
the counties an average daily attend
ance with 882 per cent. Montgomery
ranted 44th with 743 per cent; Da
vidson 25th vtith 78,6 per. cent; 43*11
foid 81st with 77.2 per cent; .mid
Chatham 57th With 72.6 per cent.
Scotland comity was at the bottom
with an avenge daily attendance of
642 per cent.
ng Fore
down on
roaches.
Clair)
—Congress now
over prohibition,
t has intro
bill to take
it out of the
u and to make
A separate bu
enfo;
internal revenue
it a Separate bureau.
reaUj it is argued, will greatly im
prove the chances of \ enforcing the
law. There is also st bill which has
been reported out favorably placing
all employes of the prohibition bureau
under civil service regulations.
These two bills are being pressed
the administration and they will
"acted into law as both houses
„.erwhehningly dry. But the
wets are preparing to make a desper
ate fight so as to M able to carry the
war on the Volstead act to the coun
try in the fall campaign for congress.
A political showdown on prohibition
after six years of trial appears to be
approaching. Both parties are badly
divided on the issue. The Northern
Democrats are we*: the Southern
Democrats are dry. The Republicans
in the East like Senator Wadsworth
of New York and Senator Edge of
New Jersey want to modify the law
while their party fa the Middle West
and Far West are unalterably opposed
to any change unless the change
makes the law more drastic.
A few days ago'the wets were re
cruited and greatly heartened by the
statement of Dr. Empringham, Sec
retary of the Church Temperance So
ciety of the Po^ceptant Episcopal
Church, who expresses his conviction
that the Volstead act should be mod
ified as he declares it cannot be en
forced. Dr. Empringham’s statement
has raised a storm of protest from
his own church in the West and South.
He is being challenged to furnish the
facts on which he bases his state
(Continued on Page 4.) '
STOCKHOLDERS GET A
PAYMENT* OP 50 PER CT.
A chapter in the history of the ill
fated Al'abama-Georgia Power Com
pany, in which many people of Ran
dolph and Davidson counties invested,
has been written which brings hap
piness to many homes in these coun
ties. It is the feet that these stock
holders have received qr will re
ceive this week dudm -representing
30 £Sr cent -cjf?tJEf^mvgstmiSht' m
this company, less a 59 per cent re
duction on each stock «s a fee for the
trustee handling the matter.
The other fifty percent will be paid i
with 6-year-notes hearing interest
The fifty per cent paid out this week
represents half of the purchase price
of the Georgia-Alabama Power flom
pany by the Columbia Fewer and
Electric Company.
Dermwtt Shenvrell, of Lexington,
former president of the company,
succeeded in haring the preferred
stockholders plared on par with the
bondholders and common Ptodk hold
ers of the defanct company. Many
had given Up hopes of eoer.usalizing
anything from %he stock.
UBERTY MADE GOOD
PROGRESS DURING 1925
Chair Company Doubles Output
mid Lumber Plants Build
New Quarters.
Liberty, Pdb. 8.—J. W. Curtis and
B. H. Brower left last wedk for a lien
days’ trip to Florida.
Kisses Mary Tyaor and Alta ’Hat
son, members of the Seagreve school
faealty, spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. O. h. Hutson.
A survey wf the year 1925 discloses
that Liberty has had a wonderful
of growth. One hundred or
residences have
built in the
town during the past twelve months
and nil of them
A shirt and ove
oping a large for
is operated “full i
spied,
factory, an
has been hailt
Company has
Staley Lmn
new quarters
Company has
An ad
te the grad
the new
of the
houses
Liberty
output
its
»l»nt.
that Ymrn
dumber of
dub. Lib
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MAJOR TJ. WOOD
DIED LAST WEEK
Death Follows Stroke of Paraly
sis—Brother of Late Col. W.
P. Wood, of Asheboro.
Major Thomas Jones Wood died
Thursday night of last week at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. A. T. Wis
hart, at 113 Steele street, High
Point, from the effects of a stroke of
paralysis suffered a week before,
from which he did not regain con
sciousness. •
Major Wood was bom at the old
Wood home place in Randolph county,
March 1, 1840, and . was the third
child of the late Penuel and Callistia
Wood. He was one of ten children
and was a brother of the late Col, W.
P. Wood, of Asheboro, and of the late
Dr. Frank H. Wood. Major Wood
was the last of the ten. children. He
enlisted in the Confederate army at
the age of 17 years, served under Gen
eral Lee and was with him at the
surrender at Appomattox.
In 1875 Major Wood was married
to Miss Sarah Christian, of Mont
gomery county, who died several
years ago, and to this union were
bom nine children, six of whom sur
vive. They are Mrs. A. T. Wishart,
of High Point; Mrs. W. -J. Harris, 6f
Oklahoma City, Okla; and E. F., J.
P., W. M., and H. E. Wood, all of the
State of Texas,
For several years following his
marriage, Major Wood lived in Mont
gomery county. He later moved / to
Trinity, Randolph county, where he
resided for several ypars and then
moved to High Point where he had
made his home for the past seven
years with his daughter.
For a number of years he was
commander of the High Point camp
of Confederate veterans and was lov
ed and honored by his comrades and
by all who knew him. He had been
appointed recently quartermaster gen
eral on the staff Of the brigadier
general of the State organization of
Confederate veterans with the rank
of major. ♦
In early life Major Wood joined the
Methodist church at Trinity and
for many years was a member of the
board of stewards.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Wishart, in High Point, Rev. W.
R. Harris, pastor of the Trinity
Methodist church, and Rev. E. K.
McLartym, pastor of the "Wesley
Memorial Church, High Point, being
in charge of the services. Interment
was made in the cemetery at Trinity,
Major >ei«S>u-ifid Jn hi?.£on
federate uniform.
Major Wood was an uncle of Mr.
3". K. Wood, Mrs. W. A. Underwood
and Mrs. 3. (X Redding, all of Ashe
boro.
WHERE AMD WHEW YOU MAY
PAY STATE INCOME TAX
W. C. Hammond, deputy collector
of revenue, advises ^that he will be at
Ore following places and dates for the
■purpose of collecting income tax:
"Eandleman, Feb. T7th; Ramseur, Feb.
18; Astadboro, Fek. 20 and 27, and
March S, 13, and 16.
CONTRACT IS LET FOR
PAVING ROUTE 70 SOUTH
Contract was let by the State
Highway Commission, at Raleigh,
Monday for mure than a million dol
lars worth of road construction.
Aipong the contracts let was one for
hardsurfacing Route 70 from the end
of the pavement at the county home
to Seagrove, a distance of 10.27
niiles, to R. C. Wright and Son, of
Bryson City, for $273,037. .
There were 160 bidders for the
State contracts, more bidders than
had before been seen at a State con
tract letting.
Must Provide School
Judge Stack ruled last week in a
case in Stanly county that the coun
ty hoards of education must provide
six months of school for every child
in their respective counties. The
' case at issue was the refusal of Oak
boro special district school refusing
to take school diildren outside of the
district unless tuition was paid. The
charging of tuition was held legal, but.
the judge ruled that the county board
of education must pay the tuition for
six months or provide a suitable
school with tuition free, and that the
school children living outside of the
special taX district must pay the tui
tion for the additional two months if
they desired to attend the full eight
Thirteen Month Year
Dr. George W. Davis of Ottawa,
Kas^ has worked out a ” Calendar
of Nations” which has 18 months
of 28 dags each, the new month
"T™»» beta* nlaV>*H hMw«m Imu
MRS. SARAH F. ALLRED
LAID TO REST FRIDAY
Had Been in Failing Health for
Several Months—Woman of
Christian Character.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
Frances Allred, wife of Mr. P. B. All
red, were conducted Friday morning
at eleven o’clock at Gray's Chapel
church by Rev. A. O. Lindley and
W. S. Ashburn.
Mrs. AU»d was bom July 4th,
1854, in Randolph county, being at
the time of her death 71 years, 7
months of age. Twenty years ago
she joined Gray’s Chapel church,
where she has been a faithful and
active member until ill health and
death overtook her. She was a wo
man of beautiful Christian character
being ever thoughtful of her friends
and neighbors, during sickness, weath
er never being too bad or nights too
dark for her to visit and offer her
assistance.
For the past eighteen months she
has been in failing health but not
until Saturday morning when she suf
fered a stroke of paralysis was hpr
condition considered serious.
In addition to her husband she is
survived by one daughter, Mrs. Wil
liam Johnson; two sons, J. G. and A.
T. Allred, all of Millboro, R. F. D.;
eight grandchildren and nine -great
grandchildren. . '
The large crowd attending the fun
eral attested the high esteem in which
#he Was-held.j~ ,
Pall bearers were: J. P. Lineberry,
Mack Lineberry, Joe Lineberry, Mack
Coble, G, W. Pew and J. T; Hayes.
Flower bearers were: Catholine
Pew, Edith Lineberry, Jessie Line
berry, and Annie Slurron.
Interment was made in the church
cemetery.
SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICE
Rev. R. Y. Putnam announces a
special missionary service at Neigh
bors Grove Wesleyan Methodist
church next Sunday morning at 11
a. m., in charge of the Ladies’ Mis
sionary Society. There will be
preaching at High Pine church, in
Union township, Sunday at 11 a. m.
TO INVITE THE
GOVERNOR HERE
Want Him To Make Address at
C. of C. Banquet—Executive
Committee Hold Meeting.
A meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Asheboro Chamber of
Commerce was held in the commis
sioners' room in the court house Tues
day night, with Arthur Ross presid
ing.
The committee appointed to select
quarters for the office of the body
reported and the vacant office over
the Wood Cash Clothing Company
was voted on favorably. This same
committee was instructed to confer
with the Merchants’ Association with
reference to the purchase of the of
fice furniture which was at one time
used by that body.
A reception committee was ap
pointed to welcome to Asheboro the
players who will tonight present a
play at the local graded school build
ing. . . Y
Mr. C. C. Cranford, who had prom
ised to give a banquet to the chamber
of commerce, announced that he was
trying to get Governor McLean to
speak on the occasion. Nothing def
inite has been heard from" the Gov
ernor as to the date he can be in
Asheboro, bat it is the expectation
that it wit! be possible to get him
about the first of March. Officers of
L |IAW JURY LIST
r OR MAIJCH COURT
Will Be a Three Weeks’ Term
Presided Over by Judge
T. D. Bryson.
Randolph county will have a three
weeks’ term of court beginning Mon
day, March 16th, with Judge T. D.
Bryson, of,Bryson City, presiding.
The first two weeks will be for the
trial of cases on the civil docket,
while the last week, beginning March
29th, will be for criminal cases.
The county commissioners in reg
ular ses&ion Monday drew the
lowing jury list:
First Week.
Asheboro: I. O. Hamilton.
Back Creek: W. C. Millikan.
Cedar Grove: W. F. Newsom.
Columbia: Joe W. Stout, G,
Lineberry, D. W. Williams, G.
York, C. L. Stewart.
Franklinville: H. C. Burrow, J. M.
Harden, A. R. Cox, W. T. Julian, A.
A. Hinshaw.
Grant: W. F. Luck.
Liberty: P. C. Kivett, Janies R.
Brown.
Pleasant Grove: G. W. Hussey.
Randleman: S. W. Connor, W. M.
Providence: E. L. Garner.
Hinshaw.
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Ed
Kicmana: u. j. jonnson.
Trinity: C. F. Floyd, J. C. PayiMfc
J. P. Collett.
Second Week
Asheboro: Z. L. Keever, Leo Bar
ker.
Back Creek: T. F. Wall, E. D.
Stillwell.
Brower: J. M. Asbill, W. B. Mc
Kinnon.
Cedar Grove: Clarence Kearns.
Columbia: A. L. Jones, John W.
Allred.
Concord: T. W. Bingham.
Franklinville: Nathan Sheffield,
Lee Wright, S. F. Lovett, T. M. Jen
nings, Cicero L. Trogdon.
Liberty: H. A. Staley, .
Pleasant Grove: A. W, Leonard.
Randleman: W. T. Ferguson, W. H.
Dean, B. M. Hinshaw, J. M. Allred.
Richland: W. it. Macon.
Tabernacle: C 6. Skeen.
Trinity: S. R. Arnold.
Third Week
Asheboro: J. A. Way, Sulon B.
Robbins, Robert Hancock, Selvin T,
Brown, Farley J. Hopkins.
Back Creek: G. T. Curtis, W. B.
Fulton, A. C. Rich, D. T. McCain, W.
C. Trotter,
Brower: Barney Chriseoe.
Cedar Grove: J. M. Luther.
Columbia: H. C. Chisholm, J.
Johne*afe®. .11,11 I.II.H, i— „i ~~__
Franklinville: D. H. Hinshaw, BL
G. Redding, Charles C. Harrelson.
Liberty: T. M. Coley.
New Hope: N. G. Loffin.
New Market: O. P. Gardner.
Pleasant Grove: C. H. Brown.
Providence: E. L. Hancock, R. H.
Hockett.
Randle man: James M. Kirkman, W.
F. McDonald, B. M. Frazier, J. E.
Allred.
Tabernacle: Reed Hughes, A. W.
Fuller, Walter Gearan, Joe Hancock,
L. W. Pi&rce, T. M. Small, Jess Sum
mey, J. S. Spencer.
Trinity: J. T. Myers, T. O. Marsh,
A. M. Spencer.
DOCTOR HILLIARD HILL, A
CONFEDERATE VETERAN, DEAD
Doctor Hillard Hill, aged 85 yean,
9 months and 27 days, died at his
home at Randleman January 27th
from bronchial pneumonia and pleur
isy after an illness of fifteen days.
Funeral services were held by Rev
Allred on January 28th.
Mr. Hill was bom April 27, 1840,
in Randolph county and was a son of
the late Hinton Hill. He served
throughout the Civil War. Mr. Hill
was a good citizen and will be missed
in his community.
Surviving are six children: Mrs. W.
T. Holland, Mrs. W. T. Pugh, Mrs. J.
W. Holder, of Greensboro; and Miss
Ella Hill, Mrs. Charlie Allred and
Mr. J. A. Hill, all of Randleman.
COOUDGE LAYS ASIDE HIS
“ECONOMY PROGRAM” ONCE
Some more Coolidge “Economy*
was practiced last week in the loca- .
tion of a government hospital for the
treatment of disabled veterans of the
world war. Massachusetts, the Pres
ident's home state, and New Hamp
shire each wanted the two million
dollar proposition. The site in Mas
sachusetts would cost |150,000 more,
but Massachusetts got the buildings
When it comes to preaching economy,
the President and his propaganda m»
of » <iiffer.nl color."