V, "... , OTHER - ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES!, $OT MEN $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE TOLUHXXLYI asheboro. North CaroUaa. Thursday, July 21, 1921 NUMBER 29 1 WASHINGTONXETTER! Present Congres a Failure. Democrats First For Disarmament The present Congress has so rai'1909. A long debate is expected in been such a failure and has sjet In the Senate. such a jam that the Senate wanted tot Representative Frear (Rep., Wis.) run away lor a vacation to gel away from voting for the soldier beims bill ""a o JffW w.ioi n and some other legislation. On vne vote to adjourn the opponents had on ly a majority of three. Senator Sim mons made a vigorous fight to remain in session until some relief measures to aid the farmers are enacted. While Senator Simmons may not ex pect much if Congress, remains in sos sion for the experience of -the past few months is not encouraging. It is true the Emergency Tariff v.as Dassed. but everybody jiow knows it was a fraud, a sham, humbug and pre tense. It does nobody any good and , never will be anything but a '..tuu and humbug, A Budget Bill, called for by the last Administration has been enacted, but Congress has gone right ahead mak ing extravagant appropriations with out regard for the budget. Not a thing that amounts to any thing has been done that was not done in pursuance of the principles and policies of the Wilson Administration. We were to have .a peace resolution, and after three months we have a fake that everybody ought to be ashamed of. Republicans in the House want tne permanent tariff .passed first, while the Republicans in the Senate want tax legislation to precede tariff legis lation. The army appropriation bill was upJ and while both the House ana isenaie wanted a big army, .yet the Senate wanted a larger army than the House onj w iniiM n simw in conferences.,,. .-v n -1 -.1 i nn rV,An kii 1 v- .w, tv, AAimtra o-nt, 76 laSaaoJto ttat wMA suits' nobodv They had the same trouble about 4-It ah hnira m-.i. tne nayy um, j5j v . liraKffiJEK - SmSifi" emeoi- Jnrt pffort bv conference w SI foTKSiS am beS iroine 'S LSn ut Se nival SS&US' SL bileTe wJfKmtin to enact tne1 Here we are attempUng t enact vae SS trS whenWvbodyibut onJthe contrary rfiat,y com- known at a feme wnen , ewryDoc tt ,. th ih ,tjn tupv Tar m jTSLAf-'T ft. TeL.fj or ZZiil. rm::erc,8e nis own Prerogative to negoti- i JSh Thirh rDtotaetive and mmunit1o?,.BO a high P' SME trV" ZTS co'n- rtT thl K n en f d It i. .tMBM f manv that the Re- LTr" "fr" Tm" . instead of in- J.v.Di - tu. , rt rediicA taxes ?l"JSLXv uio ncpuuuuui w iwi their political souls, they are tied hand and foot to their masters, the big interests. Senator Fletcher said In a speeen one Hat last week in referring to the tcritt bill under conaiietaUon: KTL. J.: ... - K.r tl.A Va. publican majority an .the Jttouse to pass a tariff bill a .high protective tariff bill. Every manufacturer, ev ery merchant, every banker, every business man, every producer, every man engaged in industry of any jort, knows that there ia no seed At this time for any high protective duties n this country. He knows that there is no demand for that kind af legisla tion. - He knows perfectly well thai If yon want a tariff bill to raise revenue all you have to do is to get around a table and in hall an hour you can ' write a bill imposing 60 per cent du ties en- coffee cocoa, tea, silk, rubber, ivory, precious stones, and on other thin ira not nroduced in this country and raise 1500,000,000 of revenue, if that I what you want But, no; you went protection protection! A great giant: here, with all the gold in the world and all the credit in the world, demanding protection against the weakly cripple on the other side of fie sea protection against the cripple and protection to such an extent that you do not propose to allow the crip ple to be strong enough to pay you what he owes you. - So that U about what we bare accomplished so far.";? - k. ..t -' The tariff bill referred to was laid before the House July . A House Jtepubucan conference fixed July xlst as the date for a Vet and agreed to, permit', only five schedules to bo amended from the floor; the other are cloned to amendment under a gag rule. furthermore, tinder the special ksk rule n) one but the Ways and Means Committee can offer an amendment on the few schedules that can be amended, i - . , In imrl terms the bill Is to return tn the old Payne-Aldrich tariff tatt- ik, ntrh resulted disastrously for IUpublksns after its passage if tiled a minority report criticising ' necessarily high duties and saying tne ,-!KiH n iLnZ th Kwf0 f ti,a bill will increase consumer, The Cart Before the Horse The Porter-Knox "peace resolution" declares peace before a treaty is made a new way of going about to get peace. Some say we will not have a; eace treaty; others claim we will ar- arange an independent peace treaty with Germany to suit the German- Americans who voted like the colored brother as a race in the last electron,! Decause ttiey believed riarding would not be as hard on the Germans as Wilson. I Manv believe that Hardinir is irfit- ting ready to resubmit the treaty ol Versailles and that Secretary of State Hughes, who aided hv Kprretnnr nf Commerce Hoover, is the dominant influence in foreitrn affairs, has al- most completed the draft of the treaty the administration will favor. Havina- formally declared nearn with Germany, however unconstitu- tional the method, manv IVmnnj-nvw leaders hold that, we can tin linn Ar nrc. tate peace as a victor; that our hands are tied? that. Rormnnw now hnlda the "whip hand," and she being now a "friendly power" that we cannot in- the vacant lots in front of her resi sist upon anything she is not willing dence on Asheboro street. to crant. T v-ij ii i. j.i is aiou uem uiai uie peace resutv- ,riito0 ,u tice, which we made Jointly with the allies and that it is a snrrondmr nf 1 ...... "n! 'rVTu ri ' "f" . owxMso. uiiucr urs termaoIXhe peace resatation tJiijs proper must be held until sattsnw- "liege of. ow9 courts ; America. clu ?tn auns against Germany. thr e P! W for "t" deda8tion or peace. Pemocrats are 8ny agreed that the 8ettles nothin.r, P8 Harding,, failing to ex- 8tea peace treaty Tsd tc Congwss vhkh pwsai the peat "?: and. , DU1K t0 lne The more critical among them as- sert that it is only another illustra - tion of the inability of the present Bepublican adrninistxation to W stand or to solve any of the great Problems with whiciit is eonfroXl. ingress Violates, the Constitution an a tUnte f ollows Suit Whether the Republican legislature I of Illinois was influenced to diBregand the Constitution of the United States bv the exam Die set bv Congress io passing the peace resolution or wheth- ah fa ni.a o MAniWaHnn f xact mat we are in we midsummer silly season is a matter of opinion, bui )V ir rL ..JC JIZTimVi .ZJZ.r i: " t" fin " T 'V 01 the best arld the cleanest ball games ASSSZViBrtihua. The boys from wn p rtSftSS 'iPittsboro were a nice buach and were Wi 2?5? JEl "nv!f J? .1UH:i.h! also hard to win a game from. In the JTil.Tv,? rZZ JST" j "JSKS31 i a?d ??HnC? f Jk . ' eppofatment, attention is nevertheiees called Ju 7? il-V i ir T 1, ef the Constitution of the Unit- cle ed States, which says "When vacancies happen in repres entation from any state, the Execu tive Authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacan cies." However, If the Constitution is to be abandoned to its fate, it Is potntert out, that a Renublican state legisla- tare has as much right in the matter as a Republican Congress. To Vote on Tsriff Bill sm a tm Ltil I it .1 t . ine new win 0111 i weii-nomeu uintf roraney ciu, xor -uncie - . i. .v. n I B....Jr,,n nfha' . LIT m iff Tu Ji t . --.-T.; tariff. To him the tariff is a panacea t it eurea corns, warts, bunions andi chilblains J pnnnU ifalHng out of the'cnurch' peached at the school hair, strengthens the kWneys, clean-. b )ldln - mornine and the M. es the liver, ana is good lor wnai aur you whether anything is the mattei hg don4 on tbe' church which wil! i?!7?1 JT!i - u,. f vJ,rMt'y Improve their church plant tJtUft?J!!S,,th.-0-1i!!'!ftl Mr. and Mrs. George Allred, ,f ,w.u. v... .v. is being passed under a gag rule, which prevents amewhwnts pt on a few scneouies, us nouse oeiegaung leglalattW fonction to the Weys and Mesne Committee, The "Joker" In the bill is the -American valaatkm ealuse' by which the value of the article is (Continued en page 4) franklinville news J. L Jor.es and family, J. M. Jen nings, G. H. Jones and family went to Jackson Springs Sunday. Mrs. Clifford Slack, of Greensboro spent last week at It. S. Craven's. Miss Nettie Cox, of Pleasant Gar den, is visiting at Miss Pattie Lutter loh's. Mrs. Kate Makepeace, who has been spending some time with her daughter,' Mrs Preddie at Rocky Mount has re turned and is the guest of her daugh ter, Mrs. Hugh Parks and Mrs. H . S. Edwards. I Mr. Bob Kinney spent Saturday evening and Sunday with his son, H. B. Kinney. Mrs. G. C Russell entertained the the M. E. church at her home last Saturday exening. Refreshments con sisting of ice cream and cake were served. Banks Thomas and familv visited the family of W. C. Thomas, of Sancy Creek last Sunday. I Mrs. J. C. Grimes, who has been spending some time at Greensboro, re- turned Sunday evening H. H. Slack and Glenn Butler, of Liberty were in town last week, Professor and Mrs. D. M. Weatherly and Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Garrison spent Sunday at Burlington. The members of the Epworth Leaeue of the M E. church went on a picnic trip to Shiloh Saturday evenim;, Miss Mary Moon entertained the Sun Beams, of the Baptist church las,. Saturday evening, ice cream was served. Messrs H. L. Jackson, of Richmond Va., and W. S. Russell, of Gulf, attend- ed the stockholder's meeting of Frank linVille and Randolph Manufacturing Company last Thursday. Mr. Joe JNance nas Dougnt tne a. D. Thurber truck farm south of Frank linville. Mrs Jennie Brower has purchased C. E. Henson is working on our streets tnis weeic ,T, , . . vi, Walter Miles has moved back from ttSSSif0 has moved from Grimes Grove to residence va- cated bv Mr. Miles. I Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Tippett, Herbert Caviness, and Miss JBerta Tippett, of Revolution scpent Saturday evening an(j Sundav in town. Mr. David Holladv. left last week for ,jRaleigh where he will take a business Worth Wrenn and Sam Ryder, Greensboro, were in town last wee of Mr. 0scar Lamb died at his home Masonic Hall Friday evening and Cadar Falls M- P- cemetery Saturday evening. Rev W. M. Stnlth conducted the funeral service. He was 6 years old and was a son of Jefferson and Rebecca Lamb flnri . irwivpii hv hi wJfe anH sewPH! biWren who have the sympathy of i , Mr", and Mr, W. C York, of High p0int, spent Saturday night and Sun day with the family of J. H. Fentress, Josiah and Thomas Keaton. of Winston-Salem, who have been visiting tore the past week returned home last Monday. ' Franklinville and Shiloh Base Ball teames orossed bats on Shiloh' diamond last Saturday evening with a score 11 to 4 in favjor of Shloh. ..Owing to the hdt weather, Rev. W, l iiSTS Tn" S Z I da.y evenings. RAMSEUR NEWS Kamaeur Baae Ball dub Wins From I I PittStliink Pittsbore T , o UBeur '" PUtsboM teams last Saturday was one rpV. VA.M.K. T 1 xai-h Inning the teams tied and had , to ten innings which fesulted in Our boys hope to plajr with the Chathamites again, , M Thomas Bowdin. an ,! ,.f Mrs. J. a Wkitehead ia spending a few tiav. with th. owriin left this part of the country 47 years ago and has been in the west since then most of the time. Texas is hi home now. Pat King, of Washington, D. C, is spending the week with Mrs, and Mrs. W. H. King. hofl.pita at Greensboro is improving, Mr. M. K. Johnson, who is in the E. C Watkins went to norfolk Sun day night on business . G. E. York is making a considerable improvement in his residence . -mi.. w.mu nM.. nf nn t. -"- .-.Svo, r ...... spending a few days with her friond n j r. - . n. n .i v -K oi.. .1.1, 1. w. Grefwoor0 were visitors at J. W. jujred., Sunday. pTOUne Allred spent a week Rmfonl KMntlf " BnIoM nnu' v. cmt Kmtt wk . ;N trrt Ww! Wk There will be no court next week. Jurors knd witnesses summoned . for second week used not attend. M- u' ? beJ.1 e A.f,t,, nf members of the Ladies Aid society of WEEK'S SOCIAL EVENTS Mrs. Hammond Honors Guests Mrs W. C. Hammond entertained the members o fthe Friday Afternoon clubQomplimentinf her house guests, Mrs Whitfield and daughters, Misses Irm and Elizabeth, of Lumberton. Misa Irma Whitfield was a member of this .club during the time she made her noma in Asheboro several years ago. The; guests were served refreshing punch at the steps by Mrs. Clarence Rush. Tables were arranged for cards on the porch for those who cared to play, while others sewed. At the con clusion of the games an iced course waaaerved. Rook Party Mis Carrie Brittain gave a delight ful Rook party Wednesday afternoon complimenting Miss Vivian Cranford and her house guest Miss Lula Daly, of Danville, Va., Tables were arranged for progressive Rpok on the shadeed veranda, and iced punch was served be tween each progression. The top score prize Jtent to Miss Vivian Cranford and the guest prize to Miss Daly. Boths-were presented with boxes of Azurea powder. The hostess served cream and cake. The annual business meeting of the Randolph, Book club was held at the homeof Mrs. J. V. Hunter Friday l aivrouwn iiuiu lour w six uciucn. The 'meeting was called to order by the president and the election of offi cers Was held. All the old officers were.jTeelected for the coming yeai. They were as follows: . President Mrs. witt-U Hammei, vice rresiaent, mrs. Joe D.f Ross, Secretary and Treasurer Mrs. W. A. Underwood. A program committee was named to make out the prograpi for the coming year. They weres ! Mesdames. J. D. Ross, W. A. Underwood, and D. B. McCrary. At the .conclusion of the business the hos tess assisted by Mrs. Henry Robins and Mrs. Dixon, served tomatoes stuff ed with potato salad, wafers and iced tea. ; J Party (or Miss Adelaide Armfield The following clipped from the High Point Enterprise of last Friday will be of interest to friends in Asheboro: OnThursday afternoon Mrs R. T. Pickens; gave a rook party at the Armfield residence on Broad street and honoref.JiaK; dagbteilfefcXucilc Holiei&ttraef Armfield of Asheboro, Miss Pickens wore an afternoon gown of green organdy, embroider ed, and Miss Armfield was lovely in lavendar organdy over ink taffeta. Kook was played at seven tables, set on the wide Veranda, and through- out the drawing room, reception room and hall of the home. Yellow was the afternoon's color motiff, snapdragons forming the chief decoration for the card rooms. An orange ice, with yellow , mints and salted almonds, further sounded the note. Punch was served during the game. Between 35 and 40 :guests enjoyed the occasion. Delightful Entertainment The entertainment given by the teachers of the county summer school, under the direction .of Miss Madge Moffitt, last Tuesdajr .night, was en joyed by a large audience. Those tak ing part showed both superior talent and excellent training. The entertainment was given at the front of the graded school building, the audience being seated in the campus. Mc and Mm Cranford Entertains Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cranford gave a delightful party at their beauti - tul home on Sunset Avenue, last rues- day evening, in honor of Mr. and Mr. Arthur Bulkhead, a bride and groom of recent date. Miss Vivian Cranford and Mr. Hun ter Irving served punch on the front porch as the quests arrived, A feature of the evening's .entertainment was a puzzle contest in which Miss Annie Wiles was the winner. A ball throwing contest also afforded much amusement for the guests.. Each person was given a ball, which was to be thrown at a bell hanging from the coiling of the porch. All who hit the bell the first time were suppos ed to be married within a year; thosa v.ho hit the bell the second time, with in two years; and those the third time, within three years. The contest in dicated that there will be a number of weddings in Asheboro in the near future. Cream and cake were served to sbout 76 guests. After the refresh ments haa been served, the host an J hostess appeared on the front ve rendu caryinff a small table literally heapei with beautiful gifts for the guests ct honor, who opened the packages aiu rraciously received them. The Cranford home was tastefully decorated with cut flowers. Crowded Colnmia this Week On account of unusually crowded columns this week, much of ourcountry correspondence sad other valuable matter Is unavoidably left out of Tha Courier this week. .- Died Mr. Robert B. White died at his borne in High Point One day last week, after a lingering Illness of diabetes, sged 64 years. He is survived by his wife and eight children, and two brothers. Mr. White was ft promlntt end Highly respected citizen ef High Point HOOVER AND SIMMONS The Efforts of These Great Leaders to Help Farmers and Other Citizens In his letter to North Carolina week-'ing lies David F. St. Clair, one of the the doleful picture of a .Senate ex t right Washington correspondents, hausted and in a state of coma by has the following to say about Hoov- September if it remained in sessioa er s activities and the efforts of ben- during the heat of July, ator Simmons to prevent adjournment I The wheat grower Republican Serta before anything was done, and other tors of the West began to fidget an matters: i turn in their seats with anxiety. Nor- Hoover's Vain Effort A few days ago the Harding admin- 'tte fanned his florid face and tola istration sent Mr. Hoover, secretary e Senate how much he enjoyed the of commerce, before this Senate com-1 w?un,S? .Vimato . JuIy- 7 mittee to prevent a favorable report brilliant Williams, of Mississipp, hM on the Norris bill. Mr. Hoover told spoken, but had sad nothing worthy the committee that the bill was un- of himself. Had the poor cotton farm wise, that it would involve the govern- er 'am down beaten between the rows ment heels over head in engaging in 111 their cotton fields sick unto death private enterprise, and besides it was ! under a torid sun and surrendered wholly unnecessary-at this time, as witn Underwood to Wall Street! private banners, under the direction ot geea Farmer's Betrayal the government, were organizing the: capital needed for marketing the crops ' Behind the Alabama Senator, whe abroad. But the farmer's groups in is as honest and as able a man ax the Senate are taking no stock in Mr. there is in that body, sat a small, ob Hoover's assurances, for a few weeks scure looking man, a man whose face ago the Harding administration had betrays the fact that his stomach a given assurances that private not always good to him. As Under bankers would organize a $50,000,000 wood's words rolled out from behind live stock association on this line. It his beaming face this nttle man's body now turns out that this was only an 1 seemed to rise and swell and grow in empty promise to keep Congress from ' stature, and his eyes flashed with fire doing anything to help the farmers. j His friend had been caught before hi Big Business, seeing that it could ' eyes by the snare of the enemy. He not prevent the Senate from consider-' ing the billion dollar Norris bill to aid ' the farmers and the soldiers' big bo- nus bill, decided that the only way to ' sidetrack these bills and thus kill them J was to induce the Republican leaders! of the Senate to suspend its sessions during July. A recess of the Senate during July would operate to side track all proposed legislation except tariff and taxation, and that is the on ly sort of legislation Big Business wants or will permit to be enacted if it can have its way. This was the situation when' , the Senate the other day attempted to re cess for three weeks. The Eastern Re publican Senators, under the direct control of Bitr Business, were eacrer to i close the Senate doors and ero home. The cries of the bankrupt farmers of the South and West have never enter ed their ears. Senator Underwood, the leader of the Democrats, walked right into the trap by making a ring- MISS ELBIE MILLER BRIDE OF MR J. B. SLACK A marriage of unusual interest oc curred last Thursday at 5:30 p. m. at the suburban home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cox when their sister Miss Elbie Miller was married to Mr. J. B. Slack, will deliver the address of welcome, of Seagrove. Only relatives anl and Archibald Johnson, editor of immediate friends were present. j Charity and Children, will respond for The home was artistically decorate: the association. Thursday morning, in potted plants, ferns and Queen Josephus Daniels, editor of the Ral Anne's lace The west parlor especi- eigh News & Observer, will lead off ally presented a scene of loveliness with an address on, "Seeing anl with the punch bowl beautifully deco- Knowing North Carolina." After him rated and Mi9s Mabel Cox, the attrac- in succession R. H. Graham, district tive niece of the bride serving the passenger agent of the Southern safi guests upon their arrival. way, will speak on the subject, "Tae The ceremony was performed on the Railroads Will Help You See and east veranda, by Rev. J. R. Comer, an Know North Carolina;" Wade Harris, intimate friend of the groom. Miss editor of the Charlotte Observer, wil Nannie Bulla presided at the piano, discuss "North Carolina in the Edito playing Mendelssohn's wedding march, rial Page," and Santford Mattiu, Following the ceremony a buffet tor of the Winston-Salem Journal, luncheon was served consisting of will explain the problem Of "Carrying; fried chicken, hot buttered biscuits, the Story of Our State to Our Bead cold sliced ham sandwiches, block ers." cream, and cake. A delightful musi-1 An unusual event, also en Thursday cal programe followed in which manv morning, will be' the addressrof jLouia of the friends and relatives participat- Graves, .newly-elected professor of ed. The bride wore a traveling suit of ' journalism at the University of Nortk blue with accessories to match. She is Carolina, on the subject of "Journtlis one of Randolph county's formost tic Talent for the Future in Nortk women saving been educated ut the Carolina." Mr. Graves, a native Tar N. C.C. W. She has taught for a Heel, has been engaged in newspaper number of .years, ten of which were 'ji and magazine work in New York for the Asheboro graded school, Mrs. Slack is the daughter of the late John Miller, who was an educa tional leader in his day The groom ia a prominent farmer. Harder in Burke County Sidney A. Kincaid, farmer and mer chant, worth 130,000, and one of t! e county commissioners for Burke cou ty, is in jail at Morganton, charged with stabbing his wife to death, while in a drunken fit last Monday night After committing the horrible deed, it ir said that Kincaid, became sober ani bitterly repented of the act, even threatening self destrucion in hU misey, suggested that the sheriff be sent for, and willingly going with the officers when they arrived. After be fog taken to jail, he begged piteously to be allowed a last look at the face o his wife before she wss buried. The officers considered allowing him to at lend the funeral. Ramsear School Building Began Ground was broken for the new school building in Ramseur Monday. Seventy-five thousand dollar In bonds have been issued and the new building will be modern and uptodate in every teepectv :-. - f - t v.- The citizenship of Ramseur are to be congratulated upon , their pre speech holding rap .to the Senate iris had spoken. Kenyon had pleaded to keep the Senate in session. LaFol- saw the Democrats betrayed, though not consciously, by their leader. He heard the interests of his beloveS Southland misrepresented or ignored. He saw 47 per cent of the American people about to be denied their last opportunity for obtaining 'ususe m the greatest crisis through which they have ever passed. Senator Simmons never makes pre tense to oratory. He has never been shaken by the divine fire, but now be arose and the Senate was startled aol ehtrified with-m iiOTatsiftn so- tetWblv earnest in lh. depths of its' " I K meaning tnai some oi nis imiuauc friends looked terrified. There were about fifty members of the Senate present and all but about a dozen hai made up their minds to take a vaca tion, but when they heard the plaia implication from the lips of this stai, conservative, unemotional, cautiws Senator of a conspiracy, and were in vited to behold it in action then aijd there, and with their consent and co operation, they had a second thought. PRESS ASSOCIATION TO MEET AT MOREHEAD CITY The North Carolina Press Associa tion will meet in Morehead City, July 27 28 and 29. Mayor T. C. Wade of Morehead Cits, several years. Earle Godbey, editor of the Greens boro Daily News, will speak on "Know ing North Carolina Intimately," Thurs day afternoon, and a discussion on "Marketing Problems," will be led by "W. C. Dowd, Bion Butler, H. B. Varner and T. R. Wade. The "Made in Caro lina Exposition" will be presented by Captain W. J. Squires, H. P. Deatpn, M. E. Murray and W. C. Dowd. -At the roll call Friday momln every member will be expected te answer with a single sentence tellln some new and unusual fact about hie part of the state, with five minutes each granted to Miss Harriet Berry, Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt, and Frank Page, for a word on highway wag ress, Representatives of the western, central and eastern parts of the its e will describe industrial ami wnnnmi. development in their section. The problem of advertising Nortk Carolina to the rest of the worki wHt take ud the malor nortinn ?. day, with N. Buclmer, John A. Park, a E. Kestler, H. Gist Bract, r4 i. A. Sharp leading the discussion. ,- President Hurley ha .arrange! a " number of social affairs, indudinf fshing, bathing, and dancln for tWa editors. , v.,. v v, gTesstrtnesa,