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’LB IN ASHEBORO AND H COUNTY READ THE RIER—IT LEADS « MB :■ "C M *-. r; , > M i%B • 1 B. Jf ^B |l :4B Irfjj B w k fl ipH-; tfl Imb. 5,021 PEOPLE WELCOME YOU TO ASHEBORO, “CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA” SUED WEEKLY MEN $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE UM£ LV T— try 8, 1931. NUMBER I s board of eoramimionen for olph county, in regular monthly ing in the court house in Ashe Monday, instructed A. N. Bulla, iy tax assessor, to postpone re Huation of real estate until farther ■Kice from the board. This matter Hs been discussed pro and eon in Hkhdoiph as well as in other counties ■ the state for the pest several Ksks, but it was not until Monday ■at the Randolph board took any of Ehl action. The county assessor was ■pointed in December, and he, in Km, had appointed list takers and Kaesflors in the several precincts of Be county. These officials, in most ■stances, had already posted their jWces, and were making ready to go ■had with the work. Those who be ■sve postponement of the 1930 quad ■tliiiisl revaluation would be wise at ■a time hold out hope that the gem Kti assembly, which convened yester Ky. Will pass a law making the post Element state-wide. ■The board abolished the office of Bjsistant clerk 6f the Superior Court, Kfective December 31, 19S0i The Bard had served notice on December B to the Clerk that this office would B abolished, but the employe was con Eued on the Job. f it was ordered by the board that ■tills for all turkeys killed in the coun Sy by dogs be presented the game wommissipn, which receives half of the dog tax collected in the county. The ether half goes to the board of edu cation. It is from this dog tax fund that such payments for killed turkeys have been made in the past The road supervisor, J. C. Kirkman, was instructed by the board to investi gate the building of a new road from Mew Hope Academy in a westemly direction to the Davidson county line. Tax refunds from the 1980 levy mere made to the following: Fred Mo lections of $21,020.50 during the mon ■ of December, leaving a balance due ad the 1930 levy of $245,538.42. The board adjourned to meet again at 10 a. m. on January 20. All mem bers of the board were present at Monday’s meeting, these being E. C. 'Williamson, chairman, H. S. Ragan, A. H. Thomas, Ed Frazier and W. C. Borrow. Wood Makes Exit From Front Page— Enter Dick Croker And His Pal, Biff Payne, Who Have Been At large From Prison For Some Time. Exit Otto Wood from the limelight and the columns of the doily press— enter Richard Oroker and BQl Payne. A news story in the Greensboro Daily Hews of Sunday indicates that the two were seen in Greensboro early Saturday morning when they staged a little nonsensical by-play in two small Greensboro hotels. They made escape from the gate city by of hurried exit it an automo bile, and hare not been seen In those officers "know shout (broker and Payne, they are keeping * to tfcemaeHea It 1s thought that tee nrndi talk shout this pair has al ready resulted in their Staying out side prison weJle too long. It was re ported not long that Jack Borden and his wife, nee Essie Foster, were at large, but Jack stopped this talk in short order by writing an egSstie to the papers from a State prison camp. But neither the papers nor the officers have been taken into the con fidence of Richard Croker and his pal, Big Bill Payne. They are at large, and have not denied it They are r say good to George Ross PouoVer at r Prison, or mayhap kiss old mother earth a la Otto Wood. ommjumBT * , Jtt 5.—The pUy, * Population Shows A Decided Trend To Incorporated Towns Net Increase Of 47.4 Per Cent Of Incorporated Towns And Cities In The State. The movement of population from the rural districts to the incorporat ed towhs and cities, marked the peat twenty years in the northern section of the United States, is no less no ticeable in the South during the past ten years. In North Carolina, the 1930 census shows 1,072,309 people living in towns and cities, a net in crease of 47.4 par cent during ten years. During the same period the increase in population in the rural or unincorporated communities of the State increased only 14.5 per cent, giving the incorporated places of more than three to one. The population of all incorporated towns in Randolph county as Shown by the 1930 census reached 11,634. This total population in towns in Randolph is not more than enough to make one fair-sized town, "but it rep resents an increase of 43.6 per cent in ten years, which, of course, was many times larger than the rural po pulation increase. Drift to cities was more noticeable in 33 other counties than in Randolph. Only four coun ties in the State showed a decrease in .rural population, according to the 1980 census, these being New Han over, Washington, Caswell and Alex ander counties. Quail In County Befriended During Recent Cold Spell By Game Commission Over Two Thousand Pounds Of Grain Put Out During Snow In Various Parts County. Which Has Also Encouraged Killing Of Hawks And Crows That Prey On Wild Game, Daring the recent siege of had weather and snow, the Randolph coun ty __„_v, commission for the last two years has been striv ing to bring about .better hunting con ditions, and better understanding and closer cooperation between the sports man, , farmer and land owner. The county commission works with, and is encouraged and helped by the State Department of Conservation and De velopment. The State department recognizes the value of such a com mission, and urges every county to have one. The Randolph county commission is composed of three members, Ferree, of Asheboro, chairman; Dr. M. G. Edwards, of Asheboro; and A. W. Craven, of Ramseur. The activi ties and accomplishments of j these commissioners over the past two years is highly gratifying, considering the fact that ftands for carrying on work are limited. Over the past two years approximately 5,000 hawk heads have been bought, and thousands of crow heads, the commission paying twenty five cents each for hawk heads, and fifteen cents each for crow heads. In addition to this, thousands of pounds yt lespedeza seed have been bought and given to farmers, this plant fur njrfUng food for quail and rabbits at a time when other food is scarce, hnd at the same time is an asset to the fanner in that it is a soil improver, waking a fine pastors, and preventing be washing of land. Number Marriages In Randolph Showed Decrease Past Year A total of 166 marriage licenses was issued dozing 1990 from the office of E. A. Booth, Register of Deeds for Randolph county. This number was 80 less than that of 1929, whkh ran up a total of 246. The year 1929 was more prosperous than 1930, • but whether this had anything to do with the number of marriage licenses is sned, nobody is saying, merely letpng the figures speak for themselves. The of December topped the pro popular month of June by 26 more than two to one. In race, more licensee were issued in Dec ember than in any other month of the year. Totals by months were January, 8; March, 8* April, 14; MayT 1U Jto» Uj 18; August, 14; September, 19; Octo b^Tf 11; Wnwwh*n‘. IS; and Dwwdow, 26. * nmfA/tD A*rc anAPT RIfi MTWt^ of the Democratic na _ during 1930 «d to 6612,647, whDe ths “ Ramseur Suffers Heavily In Death Of Jas.M. Brewer Served Town* As Marshal For Many Years, And Was A Bal ance Wheel In Community. Business Hopeful Stocks Of Goods Down, And Factories Running Part lime Hope To Get To Normal. Ramseur, Jan. 5.—In the death of Mr. Ja>. Madison Brewer, whose pass ing' was recorded in last week’s Chari er, oar community lost a good man and one who has served the town in the useful capacity of marshal and de puty and as a loyal citizen years ago and up to a ripe old age. When the town was young as an incorporated unity of government he was a faithful deputy who was effective when he faced the duty of office. When he went after his man he brought him in. We well remember when the late John Calder was mayor of the young city he had no favorites, but prosecut ed violators of the law, and when J. M. Brewer served as deputy for years he upheld the good record of.the town by helping to keep law and or der. Those were the days when there was more to keep the incumbent of this office awake than there is now in this town, in spite of the oft-repeat ed statements of this Awful crime age and drink, consuming populace. This is not by any means saying that we have Utopia here, but violations of our ordinance are so infrequent (or so well covered up, it may be) that it is hard to keep a deputy interest ed. However, we would be unfortu nate to be without men who fill this almost thankless position, and as a community should commejid all who have served so well and support those who now fill the places. Ramseur industrial plants are, like most all manufacturing industries of this and,other nations, running on less than fill time. But we are told that the outlook is not a hopeless one, but that this year holds promise of fair business. The writer knows that many stocks of merchandise are well deleted by selling down purposely, up obligations to wholesalers ..easarily will uprchase new for the coming season, all of ia certain to help in the de he products of the nation’s Our community is blessed life* Is Re-Elected Health Officer For Randolph The Randolph county board of heal th met Monday in Asheboro and re elected Dr. George H. Sumner as county health officer for another term »f two years. Prior to the election of Dr. Sumner, the board met and re elected Dpi C. S. Tate, of Ramseur, end Dr. J. V. Hunter, of Asheboro, is the two professional members. Dther members of the board, by vir tue of their other positions, are E. C. Williamson, chairman of the board of commissioners, who is also chair nan o fthe health board, T. Fletcher Bulla, county superintendent of edu cation, and C. C. Cranford, mayor of Asheboro. Report of Dr. Sumner covering bis activities for 1930 was presented the board and adopted. TRINITY, ROUTE 1, NEWS Little Margaret Magee Improving From Illneee. Trinity, Route 1, Jan. 5.—Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wall and little son, Jack Benson, spent Christmas with Mrs. Wall’s parents at Proctorville. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wall, a son, Troy Lee; weight 5 1-2 lbs., on December 20. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Kennedy, ol Hillsboro, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Briles Christmas. Misses Moselle Crowson, of N. G. C. W., Greensboro, and Jewell Crow son, of High Point collage High Point, spent their vacation with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Crowson here. Little Margaret Ruth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Magee, who has been ill for the past week, is slowly improving. _ ' 1 Misses Luna Morris, Elizabeth Red ding and Mozelle Crowson left today, for N. C. C. W., Greensboro. LEGITIMATE USE MADE OF A CAPTNRED STILL At least one popper still is being put to legitimate use in Randolph county. TVs is a large cooper out fit which prisoners in the Randolph county Jail are using to boil their clothes on wash days. A fire was go ing merrily under this still Monday morning, with steam coming from top of tiie outfit scented with soap ratter riuiwith the odors of the anti-Vol stead concoction. Needless to my, this novel washing device attracted the at tention of dozens of those in Ashe-; boro Monday for mootings of the School Boa Furnish Truck Trinity Very little bi the Randolph cc tion at its regt in the court hoi day, January I Trinity consolidi other truck was extra expense < extra teacher a Grove school wa a two-teacher at ment has incn teacher is neede appointed meml mittee for libs place of E. C. of the county be All members of were present, i chairman, L. C. •quest from hod for an | provided the inanced. An 1 by Pleasant anted. This is which enroll intil another e Luther was s school corn 'll school in ibn, chairman isioners. of education L. F. Ross, d J. A. Mar Of Hender dec ted By Work On t Of March Weeks. aittee of the Ran imeeting on Dec nuke a final de qtion of an archi jlderatioTi, it was jiavote to employ annagan, Hender f D. B. McCrary $. were appointed h Mr. Flannagan. raa held January tdry agreement i is to draw plans and supervise the The building dolph Hospital ember 31, 1930, 1 cision as to the. a tect. After due < decided by an anil Architect Eric G.; son, North CaroH and N. M. CranJ to go into detail i This consultation 1st, and a satisi reached, whereby for the new hospt construction.' ; 4 The architect J would be d&mpWl weeks, after whl r within about six :tiine the contract ||| let. It is ex it'the building will Sidle of March, wmes well. recom feigned and super rbeveiral hospitals, 1 the Lee Cotaty Escaped Prisoner Taken At Tobacco Bam By Hendricks Joe Branson, one of the four prison ers who escaped from the Randolph county jail about midnight Tuesday of last week, was captured Thursday night at a tobacco bam in the north ern part of the county by Fred Hen dricks, deputy sheriff of Trinity town ship. Branson offered no resistance and was brought bact to Asheboro and lodged in jail to complete his sentence of about nine months. Although the Sheriff and his depu ties have been on the look out for the others who escaped at the time Bran son made his break, no trace has been found of them. They are Bill Burns, J. T. Parks and Melvin Hill. Search For Meat— Find Five Gallons Of Forbidden Fluid About ten days ago, Deputies Pearl Barnes and Ben Morgan, searching the residence of Walter Moon, near Franklinville, for meat alleged to have been stolen, found five gallons of whiskey put up in half-gallon fruit jars. Moon was brought to Asheboro and released under ‘$400 bond on ehargd of possessing the forbidden fluid. ANNUAL MEETING* OF THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT The annual meeting of the Ashe boro volunteer fire department will be held at the Ingar Service Station, on North Fayetteville street, this evening (Thursday), January * 8th. After the business session, an oyster roast will be enjoyed. Annual Me Chamber I General Assembly Begins Sessions In State Capital Democratic Qaucos Selects Wil lis Smith, Of Wake County, As Speaker Of House. Pew G. O.. P. Members Only Two Are In Senate And Five In House, One Of Whom Is From Randolph County. The North Carolina general as sembly convened in biennial session in the Capitol at Raleigh yesterday at j noon. Willis Smith, of Raleigh, a I member of the legislature from Wake county, presided as speaker of the | House, while Lieutenant Governor R. T. Fountain wields the gavel in the State Senate. The Democrats have a '■ tremendous majority in both the j Senate and House. There are only two Republicans in the Senate and five in the House. The Democratic caucus Tuesday night selected Representative Smith as Speaker, and his election at open ing of the legislature was only a matter of form. Thad Ifure, of Hert ford, was named principal clerk of the House over Alex Lassiter, of Bertie, who had held the job since 1917. Bas com L. Lunsford was elected House reading clerk, while Miss Rosa Mund, of Cabarrus, was named engrossing clerk. Dr. C. H. Higgins was select ed as sergeant-at-arms for the House, with J. F. Burkhead, of Randolph, as his assistant. The caucus of the. Senate Demo crats resulted in the selection of Rivers Johnson, of Warsaw, as presi dent pro-tempore of that body. Le Roy Martin was unanimous choice for principal clerk, while Fritz Smith, of Raleigh, was named xyading clerk. O. P. Shell was named sergeant-at-arms. The Governor’s biennial message to the legislature will be delivered Fri day. The legislature will use the in tervening time in organization and ap pointment of various and sundry com mittees. It will not get down to real business before Monday of next week. Randolph county is represented in the House by W. L. Ward, of Ashe boro, one of the five Republicans in that body, and in the Senate by John R. Baggett, of Lillington, and Mur doch M. Johnson, of Aberdeen, both Democrats. Recent Heavy Snow Ammonia And Other Necessary Chemical Agents burnished Crops By Coat Of Snow. Benefit of the recent heavy snow to farmers is said to have been large, especially benefit to small grain crops. While the snow was blocking traffic in the towns and cities, cutting down the Christmas shopping to the re sultant loss to merchants, it was at the same time filtering ammonia and other chemicals from the atmosphere, warming and fertilizing the soil and giving the newly sown grain and oth er crops a new lease on life. Snow collects much more chemi cal substance from the atmosphere than does ordinary rain, it remains on the ground longer and thereby gives the soil more time to absorb in leisurely fashion the moisture and richness. Ammonia, one type of fertilizer, is found as the carbonate in the atmos phere, having been produced by the putrefaction of nitrogenous animal and vegetable matter, or by Other processes, and as an ammonium salt, is collected hr rainwater or snow. A young grain crop, it is said, grows very fast while under a blanket of snow, with the result that after a snowfall of the proportions of the last one has disappeared a field of wheat or grass can hardly be recog nized for having grown eo rapidly. So when the Old Woman of the Sky begins to pick her geese in earnest, the farmer may sit down by an open fire with the assurance that he is being benefited. K. P. Darby Badly Hurt In Accident On New Year’s Day K. P. Darby, of Aberdeen, well known in Asheboro, is in the Moore county hospital at Pinehurst in a pre carious condition as the result of in juries sustained on New Year’s day when the cat in which he was riding was strode by a Seaboard Air line train at the main crossing in Aber deen. Mr. Darby suffered a fractur ed skull and a concussion of the brain, the injury being at the base of the skull. He has been unconscious since the time of the accident Mr. Darby’s car was shoved up the track abut 200 yards before the train was stopped. Mr. Darby is the husband of the form er Miss Mae Presnell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Presnell, of Ashe boro. Pastures Pay Well . The average feed cost ,to produce 100 pounds of milk for three herds while off pasture ' was $2.51 and while on pasture was $1.82, reports county agent Hope Elias of Mecklen burg county. , Thieves entered the home of David Barger in Catawba county one night recently and stole $880 fa in a tin box. the man’s A gagasiii ' . sXsSA Randolph Parent Teacher Council To Hold Meet March 20 At Liberty High School With Delegates From All Local Organizations. The executive committee of the Randolph Parent-Teacher council met at the court house Saturday, January 3, for its first meeting since the or ganization of the council on December 6. The following officers were pres ent: L. A. King, of Seagrove, presid ent; Mrs. D. C. Holt, of Liberty, vice | president; Miss Carrie Cranford, of| Trinity, secretary; L. H. Mitchell, of Franklinville, treasurer; and T. F. Bulla, county superintendent of schools. The committee made plans for the council to have a dinner meeting at Liberty high school on March 20. All schools which have Parent-Teacher association will be invited to send delegates to this meeting. It was decided that as a project, the council will attempt to bring: about the affiliation of all locals with | state and national associations. It is hoped that this central unit will create more enthusiasm among the existing associations and will sell the idea to those communities which have no such organization. Series Of Chapel Programs Planned For Local School Monday And Tuesday For Grammar Grades, Wednes and Thursday Hi SchooL Definite Aims Of The Programs To Develop The Best Character Traits Possible In The Pupils. The superintendent and faculty of the local schools have planned a seri es of programs for home room and chapel programs with definite aims. The two principal aims are as fol lows: (1) To form a climax to the class room work, which leading edu cators say should culminate in the as sembly; (2) To develop the best character traits possible. ' On Monday and Thursday of each week, the grammar grades hold their assembly in the auditorium; on Tues ; on Wednes Yesterday morning the Rev. A. P. Brantley, Pastor of the First Metho dist Episcopal Church, South, address ed the high school in the auditorium. This morning the Rev. R. C. Stub bins, Pastor of the Methodist Protest ant Church, talked to the grammar grades at the chapel hour. The vari ous pastors of the town have kindly consented to address the school from time to time on topics vital to charac ter building and successful living in the twentieth century. This week the home programs in the high school center around topics hav ing to do with “National Better Speech Week.” On Friday a short play exemplifying some of the bene fits of “better speech” will be presen ted in chapel. Next week the general topic for home room and chapel pro grams will be “Development of Character Traits Through Mathema tics.” The grades also give programs on the same topics.' * All patrons and friends of the >school are invited at all times, I _ Women’s Federation Launch Movement To Beautify The Roads The State Federation of Woman’s Clubs has launched a movement to beautify around the rural mail boxes along the highways of the State. Mrs. J. D. Ross, of the local club, is chairman of the committee and hopes that the owners of the boxes along the Randolph county highways will cooperate in this movement. Her sug gestion is that shrubbery be planted and probably an attractive mound of rocks be laid at the base with suf ficient soil around to enrich flowers or shrubs to be planted later. A coat of paint, some bright color, would also add. This will greatly improve the highways. Andrews Residence In Hoke County Is Destroyed By Fire The Hoke county residence of R. R. 'Andrews, of Asheboro, a deputy sheriff under Sheriff King, was des troyed by fire of undetermined origin. The house, a one-story frame struc ture, had been occupied by a tenant until three or four days prior to the fire, and was, therefore, not occupied at the time of the blaze. The loss was partly covered by insurance. Mr. Andrews moved his family to Ashe boro several months ago. C L. Allred C. L. Allred was bom November 6, 1929, and died January 1, 1981. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. duties Allred; one brother, Ervin; and three sisters, Etta Mae, Mary Lois and Horn Maxine. Fanners Mutual Fire Insurance Meeting Is Held With Large Attendance—Asso ciation In Better Financial Shape Than Usual. 40 Ct. Levy Made On Nearly Three Millions Of Insurance In Force—All Of* ficers Were Re-elected. The annual meeting of the Randol ph county branch of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Association of North Carolina was held in the court house in Asheboro Monday morning, beginning at 11 o’clock, with a large number of policy holders present. T. S. Bouldin, of Trinity, president of the county association, called the meeting to order and presided over the session. Feature of the meeting was the reading of the secretary and treas urer’s .annual report and the making of the 1931 assessment. This annual assessment was fixed at 40 cents on the $100 insurance. The regular as sessment in 1930 was 30 cents, but an addition special levy of 20 cents had to be made during that year to offset heavy fire and wind storm loo ses in the disastrous year of 1929. The 1931 assessment will prevail on insurance in force amounting to $2, 735,240 among nearly 2,000 policy holders, and on all new business writ ten during the year. The report of the secretary and treasurer indicated that the associa tion had realized a very good year during 1930, in which conservation was the keynote, and during which time' insurance on some of the risks had been cut down, and during which time the association found itself more than $5,000 better off financially than it was a year ago. Much of the heavy loss of 1929 had been paid dur ing the year, though a part of it is (Please turn to page 4) Bank Situation To Emerge With Profit From 1930 Failures The IT. S. will emerge from the 1980 depression with the “strongest bank ing situation we have ever enjoyed,” according to Rome C. Stephenson, president of the American Bankers’ Association, in a statement in trued Monday from New York City. Bean- - serted that most of the closed banks will pay in full or in large part tan amount lost by depositors in their closing. Most of the failures are the result of unsound banking practice, he declared, and that the disasters of 1930 will have a beneficial effect on the whole banking structure of the. country. Rev. Brantley To Conduct Series Of Studies Of Bible * Beginning Wednesday evening at 7:30 Rev. A. P. Brantley, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Ashe boro, will conduct a series of studied of the Bible through pictures. The pictures used in these lectures west made by Bible students in the Holy Land, depicting true conditions of various sections of the Holy Land thus presenting the traditions which have come down through the centuries Ja a vivid manner. These studies will greatly increase the knowledge ef those who hear the lectures and en hance faith in the scriptures. The subject for this first lectors Wednesday evening was “Creation and Fall of Man.” MRS B. F. BRITTAIN IS RECOVERING FROM HURTS Mrs. B. F. Brittain is recovering satisfactorily from injuries received Friday night, December 26, when the car in which she was riding with her husband and Misses Virginia and Florence Brittain and Mr. and Mn, Ervin Harrington was struck at the intersection of North Fayetteville and Salisbury streets by a car driven by W. H. James, of Lexington. Mrs. Brittain suffered a bad cut over the I eye and two cracked ribs, while Mn. Harrington suffered a shoulder in jury. Miss Virginia Brittain suffer ed bruises. ICE CREAM MEN SEE PROSPERITY FOR 19S1 The North Carolina ice cream manufacturers’ association in meeting at Pinehurst this week are optimistic over outlook for the immediate fu ture, and expect business in 1931 to be well on the way back to normal. A strong note of optimisim was sounded by all members of the asso ciation who have suffered along with other business men during the period of depression in 1930. The general theme at the meeting was that In order to help promote good business, all members of the association should talk it. NOTICE TO PARENTS