THBCOUKIBl Advertising:. Columns Bring: Results $2.00 A 'EAR IN ADVANCE r 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. ' * * * ASHEBORO HIGH LIGHTS * • » • • • * * . * * " • ’ 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 - 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. *<* BL 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."

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