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J i LA- 1 V. UED WEEKLYT: PIUNCLPLES, NOT IIEN 12.00 A YEAB IN ADVAKC3 ; UME XLH Aalfckore, North Caroliaa, Thursday, Muck 50, 1922 KUMBJkX t 3) HIE NEWS IN BRIEF; re. : fclten. vuane: ajclih. rem iddaughtoT'of- Benjamiir Franx has". announced -- her candidacy the Democratic - aorninatiori for resa from the setxmd Pennsytvcma net. At first-. Mrs; -Mrs. Davis e of running for. the Senate, but husband persuv-ded her; to- wttle . tv. n congress thintogjhe eeM 7JrZI' iT.,. -tf ffcSl nxl iohn. Duval Lr veo a sentence m me nouso 01 coi tion for violation . of --thay traffic 'B in Detroit, Michigan! vV The lumber pLvnt at Reeve's siding, ntgomery county, was destroyed by 9 March 24th. " The origin of the b is unknown unless it eaaght aaft 3: twice previously. .eparta I mediate fcmily wlll.be allowed! to a. Cofederate reunion at Richmtod-j The members of the Bar of Union unty, Mown loaroima,- nave enaors-j 1 Honorable' A, M. 1 Stack J for the H ar .ri a.i sition of - Judge of the -Superior ?urt of the Thirteenth-: Judicial Pis-; ict f -V;-V- " 1 Federal. .'Prohibitioa Director.. Koh-i ss, 'of North Carolina, recently subi itted a import to the head:, of, the "ohibition' bureau at Washington 'in hich lie- stated that North' CaroUna oonshiners are using" hog manure in leir whi8key. io i give it . the peeper IcX. Publication of the reperta. is iid to have lowered the madset price f the product considerably. - 7---? Two automobiles "were burned'Jft the arn on the property of . Mrs. T.' E, 'elborn 211 Sycamore street, Greens oro, last , week The two ears burned elonged to B. F. Harrell and Dr. H. T. Vydelett? two others in the same barn vera saved. They belonged to Mrs. .Volborn and W J. Halliday. Ihe. Are is thought to ha ve started from a pile of trash in a wood ahedjnear the build ing. , Mrs.,Welborn is formerly, of thia county and is, well knows through out the county. ; , ? rAmong the high schools xhat Were winners in the.. preliminaries"' of the high school triangular 'debates, ia'thu section of the state are- Lexington; Troy, Pleasant; Garden and. Sanford. ; ? Mr. . J-. C. jSpach, proprietor- of the Spach ; wagon works of Winston-Salem,, died last-week. - - ' A: demented woman patient Jrt an insane ' asyluM' in Washington - City, took refuge in the top of a large tree the' first of the week and would, not come down,' and threatened if any one tried to rescue her to Jump into -a 60 foot ravihe below."",;' A yscafrold, was builtf mattresses and. life' nets used and she was finally rescued by .e hos pital attendant; ':&$'!!U'& 'U--' -Lieutenant Vance" Havnea..a son of Former Sheriff. Haynes, of 1 Mt Airy, has made a record flight Jtrom, Jay ton jOhioj to-Washington, making, the flight , in -three hours, a distance of 440 rmles, ' - Lieutenant - Haynes . .Has been5 sUtioned.at the , Wilbur Wright field in Dayton; Ohio., He is a grand Rnn " at - th famftuB RiAmitM Twtnit. The. flight wa made .February 2 but was not confirmed until March IL''--'...- The eligibles ' for Thomasville post- office are Frak Dv Jones, Keifer Long and Fester Sigman Although Sig- man .is the lowest, he : is to .oe post master.. . ' . vc.!... ' "1 . - Representative' Fordney' more than tent days; ago" said on the floor of thei House ' that .arrangements, had been made to get rid of all Pemocrat- io employees in the Treasury-Department , Fordney and Senator Watson, "of Indiana,, are, 'fighting J)ave Blair, commissioner Of internal revenuesand want hm discharged from1 office ,be causehe does not. get rid of more Democrats. . Assistant Secretary El mer. Dover Is co-operating with Ford ney and Watson, in holding up some of the appointments. ". He claims that Blair has made no endorsements . of members of Congress in the district where these appointees resides, Grady Wilson a well-known white boy of Salmbury has been arrested n a charge of assalting a young white woman of that city -with intent to com mit rape. Unable to make a bond or 52,000.00 he was placed in the Kowan county jail. - Wilson claims te be m norent. ' . '. . '' ' The Odd Fellows nifcting will be held t Winfiton-Salcm May , 1618th. All hies point to the ,be:-.t and bi"'CHt 1 ' ing evrf hfl by thin oraniiation Cvclone Mark", tlid noted evangelist, .1 (Ii'Iiver a fr:itcrnal aluryss the "ond day of the meeting. ,..,' .".'npncrouH improvements and B'ldJ- iii are jroing forward at the Ijtate in ICaicitrh. Additions have liuililinjrn .1 I ..I, r rst'-'lutnu and '. en- going rnpiilly. ' adveil ir.i for .i.ing hall,. Thi" ,1 " ; '-mrtit f)f- tl'.e if Ji!:lit, M 1 '- ''X l--Mry, I i in C. - i : -1 V ' 1 T n ,V JUUUS RO DOUBLE AOATN '.-v .. '- Fights and 'Resists . steers and Landa Jail With His Tee Sone - Julius "-"C-Bobbins; who- was ' born and reared in Back. Creek township, a son of Rev. Alex. Robbing, who liveq at Randleman -until a-few years ago when he moved to Guilford and now lives on the Battle1 Ground read near me oh.h! .vrruuiiu rvu, near toortle... '("s,n w county.: officers .. wno ) the Guilford county jail, i thVcterKeditS bms the . other son is char (red with the larceny of an automobile.-- When the officers approached the house, of Robbina the old man refused them ad mittance and he attempted -to shoot thenV where , they .'undertook to enter ; the house. v-There were four ; of the SlTrtJrZ.: TJ&J&L ;8" , . - . .Shpriir -tffnprt - " V. . jam t ui at u uuuuica . ku uinii liih door declaring- that it . would-be knocked -down. if . he did not onen it. The old man -said -that he -would' not SSSiST n ;rJ2HMrdith' Peace for .IViih;" fjS5fltWt1.d the State College for boys, you will-open it now.4 He walked no. tfi the. floor tn frnnrV H 1nrt 1 I it Twm T.rf.,&i.i ,inw.,-it, fcni ' HtK . mtstrA .a w-u itu looking revolver in his hand. ' The sherilf. realizing that should -he gam r th. MV f. . the raidire : o.itv , miffht Jhe nIted. dashed through theyppen -' VVs Vi -111 ana stopped- to open a door I- eaamg te ms room-bnenrc ,s.raTtcavtj : . . ..1 . iu. -JT aT Jt i bounded upon iiim. The .nee .f. the i impacr tnre-.v wie aoor, opc.i wui fl.0 -Cer wlfTP,?! vi ju a- j Mrs. Bobbins wasjn tM bed, and both jnen J landed upon .' hei, tShe screamed like a - wildcat, said Xhe sheriff, who: however, .-waa vtrv huavl holdne his- man and endeavoring te Iteep Wrafrom shoottoghdVfln.an,BOt, bar has shied; his hat into the fWce, was plunge te the Ho.'Second Judicial-JDistrlcte' Judge' -Geo. (The shenft and Robbirrs writhed and Wi Connor, now ridinr the -circuit, -is 5?HTO,t,,-, s"ioMi a -noia.Mifligo a candidate,-and1 it ia -said that KOOD.-.S; gun ana orn were airu ;o release his hold. . The sheriff has several, bumps where his prisoner-crashed him with hs.iist Kobbins has mar bruises where t.r sheriff hammered i him. X-The sheriff lost his hat. - Mrs. Robbins, who is a daughter of the late, Dan Millikan. 01 Jtsacic t;reeit township, kept up - her fmnmlnip .'whlta :)iai.- ninnv fniicmr ' with the venom and strength of a devil, according to the sheriff. : . ' ; The mother of Julius Roublns,. n good old woman-aged 87 years, wa buried ia'this county, yesterday as published elsewhere in thir paper. . ' MR. FINCH MAKES STATEMENT -ft FOR BANK OF THOMASVILLE ; -v-Tl . i.i '1 .' ', ' ,- . VvMr.'T. J, Finch, who was appointed receiver of the Bank of Thomasville several months' aire stated last week that he is how in a position to pay the depositors ten per cent of the' amount they had on-deposit when the. doors of the bank ' were closed 'August 22nd- 1 he people are much. , gratified . with the statement throughout Thomasville ana me surrounaing communityo, PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL. ... t;TO. CLOSE APRIL.8TH The iCoUrier' is in recelpt'of- nek See that Pleasant Hill , school - will close April 8th. r.The teachers, v 'are Isabella 'Luther, or llsgah, and ailss Flada Kearns. Thev, , have - arangeu f ore-most attractive comehcement ex ercise. The.-r program , 'consista . 01 speeches, dialogues, muhic. and on ao- dress. The reople of the county ere cordially invited to attend . these ex- . Mr.;Villiam T. Breeden Dead V' Mr. Wm. T. Breeden died almost suddenly in Greensboro Monday, - lie was 'only ill three hours, having sul' fered a broken blood " .vessel- "in his head Mr. Breeden married Miss An nie Cameron,' of Randolph' county. She was a Mater of Mrs., M. S. Davis, who formerly lived in Asheboro, . ',,' . Died ' ' Mrs. Jodie Murray, wife of . Mr. Frank Murray, died at her home at Henhett, March 28, of pneumonia, sg about 85 years. , ., ' .' :. ' '' . - In Tlcasant Grove- townnhlp, Ran dolph county, near Ilennett,' Mrs. Caroline Cor, wife of Lvi Cox, dien. of pneumonia March 28,' aged ,70 jeiiru. Xhfl (InreaBed leaves a,hun hand, two dautfhtors, -Mr. H. I'llll- hps ami sirs. C. J. Mendman,' 01 I r unc't, and five iti, Kobort, John,? th, Charles anil llonry X:or, hip. 1 lie ilrre.-n-rnicd Oiipfl:tn ,f tl, C t . : i;tn v -i 't roil-!.., "-I n liit-hly e-i :m, a n r'i,lr i r. r WEEKLY ; RA1IIGH LETTER CAPITAL CIT TO VOTE Oft . SCHOOL BONPS CONSOLIDA - HON OF STATE'S EDUCATION AL INSTITUTION S. ; ,,v j E. J. Coltrane, Former Bandolph CU- .isen. Secretary of North Carolina '. ;Vv ' Teachers' Assembly XfyL Maxwell GrnMrV- r, vEaleiglir March 28Ral3igb; people are all stirred nr over the imminence of the million-dollar school bond elec tion, 1 which i comes off. next. Tuesday, April 4.' Oyer 4,000 voters,' male: end female, have blaced their names' on the new tv registration- books for this special election,.; and ' as. the law. re quires the proponents to poll' a major ity of the names tegietered, it is np to over 2,000 ' citizens ; to - go", to , the polls, and, vote Tuesday ,in order to save the situation, which is about the worst in the '-state ea far- as the need of 'more adequate and better schoor- houses is concernecU Those opposed to the bond issue do not have to vote to defeat it. If they can -keep 'One more than half - of 4 those ' registered from the polls they can accomplish the defeat of the bonds just as well as . if i tkv maioritr actually vr voteo against the schools and the children. But it is entirely nrobable that a con- sidera'ble majority e the voters, reg istered' will vote xoc better school fa cilities and that- Saleigh- will , at last be able to "point with pride", to sev eral new public : school n buildings in theinear" futute.i This eity has long oeen a mecca lor college- Biuueiitsy'v and' King's Business College for boys and girls. ' T " . . Governor Morrison having appoint- a , very - composite commiKce j f81 to $11 W,?! u '"" " T"'" wre system;- of county government fei North Carolia-with .Josephus- -pan- WW-S on It, be iaHow said "to be eonsid- V11K M1V VVU0VUURMV1I enng the - consoiraation 01 tne tnree --t 8.- educational- institutions. namely, the University of North Car- oUna. the A. it State College w Raleigh, and the , State College tor Women at Greensboro J.t IS thought by that representatives from -o-k naHtution consulted about the matter would havei. gome trouWem Ui t .l : .?-.,. twt-' wnnA w tr. T T f jRocky Mount, will be in the race also, , ' F H Fries,' of Winston-Salem, has been, appointed new national council lor for the. North .Carolina Bankers Association to represent ft - in the Chamber of .Commerce of the United States.' . ".' : The February term of the United States DistrictviCourt, which convened here on February 6. hdiourned witn the docket of the court less congest ed than it has been in years. "I do not .recall', ever transacting such a large volume of business in the same length of time during all of my ser vice on the bench," stated Judge Con nor, after adjournment of court. State Teachers Elect and Set Date At a meeting of the executive com mittee in Raleigh of the North Caro lina Teachers' Association, JJ. i, Col trane, superintendent of , the Roanoke Rapids schools, was named full-time eecretary. , of the North Carolina leacnerr Assembly, at a , salary ox 14,000 per ' year, and Raleigh and Thanksgiving named as" ihe place and tberlme for. holding the "next meet? inar of the 'orirantxatibn. ?): '. - ,' The: election of Mr. Coltrane, -while coming without Vprior- knowledge to me general, public was accomplished without opposition 'or discussion, . He will assume his new duties July 1st, and will have offices with the State department or. Education. - In. ' addi tion to his salary,'-he-will be given ciencu help and traveling expenses; .Selection of Raleigh as th4 place and Thanksgiving as the time for the next meeting .' ef A.tha ,, teachers was achieved through - a 4 referendum r in which 90 of the 150 focal association voted 1.74J to-141.- October, Novem ber and December were months votea on, but one- organisation'. -voted' 15 strong for August. October got-1424 votes. and December 218." ,- , t i:, Conaiderable. . sentiment fof'chan- ing the time and place, of .meeting was generated .dunnir the-aesion here lant Thanloigiving, Many of the tfttcners exprexsed the opinion tbet the one fall holiday ought to be left open -to thrm to go home Jnrtesd or coming to Raleigh, or elsewhere, to ttend to professional buaineds. - The Jpntimcrit, from the vote, aDoeara o have bn ovef-estlmnted.-. . , ' Further thn the election ,of Mr. Coltrane, and the ratiflcatiort of the plcblncite of the teachers, no business uiulertaken by the commitf. Tohscco Growers to l!uy Wsrrhounee Organheil tobaro rrower - Intend to koep faith with, all lwarehoiii.e Irv lerxst( and will oirr owners of ware- house property an opportunily tj spII or lf'e their hohlint-s to the ToTmo- o (irowors Co-opcr;tt iv Ao-lati"n, ei"rnt.!inir to. announcement from the I:.-t!ri;-ri ical'itini1rs of the a -x-i- 1 ) - ,-n. 7 1- . - -' -n 1 1 ' 'y 1 PERIQR COURT; The cast .'Sef J. A.'- Presnell : ana others against J.-S. "Lewis arid other County - Fair Asoaation -March iZrd, lor recovery of land in - Union town- plM - were begun for ; the jtair ship, hicl'was being tried whea the' this fall, the date being set for Sep Courier, wehtto press in its last lasue,.tember 20-23rd. yi,;'' : -x?: resulted in a verdict in favor iot the de-1 - President, Dr. J - G. : Crutchfield, iendant. - i V?M-&7---:si..l (Asheboro; Vice President J. B. Hum--The case1 of j. E; Brady against jtlble, Asheboro; Vice Presfdent,; Hugh r Xlntnn uiA Vlm..'M.. umifut a, niistnab the crounds juror beins withdrawn,' lork,4 i Asheboro; treasurer, K. V- for which beinir based on'J. D. Ross. Asbeborev't,. J- an anadavit that ne,H)f . the JurorT The Board of Director? are: Messrs. rode with other in a truck from court J George Murdock,- J.Try Redding,' of a part cf, the way heme. -i. -The Jujge' Caraway;. T. F. Bulla, C L.: Hasty, J. held that while there was no r idencelM. Allen, Dr Roy T.Hodgin and tho of anr communition :txtween v -thai President Dr. 1-G. Crutchfield. ' The 'juror nd the part of the action' yew' wne ia.t tnainw-were truck 'en rf ith ;-othert. aI6rtg, impropey'-?.;.'c:..V--?:-i r a ai VfVt .TmiiibA imi nut IrV VllBr HI the tru was r The c e. ofcfll nnedvairain8t Adams-L vans Company for wages and,fronr"Uncie George? McCain and Wnl pay ,for his teams .which the plaintiff! Skeen for fair grounds. r The . work claims had. not been paid, resulted in'on the exhibitr poultry, and agricu- a verdict of 1200 and costs for the piaintm. i t . -..V- -, . ;Mttie LiWood 'was granted, a vorce from) Arden F, Wood. Gertruo Burrta obtained a -divorce from -C.-B. Burns.i Pearl . Mr Coltrane " was atse granted. aT divorce from her hufband. Chester GftrfieJd -Coltrane. .'The case; - of W.-; . JKobinSon' and trial as we go to press - v 4 j - The ease'of J. E, McDowell agams the Norfolk Southern Railroad, C. N. Royals ana L. R,. Ingram, and. Wag ger , against Burns .'and JSulin agaisnt the telegraph : compay 4 and v several other ;)ases were" continued, '. - s ' '- Judtre Rav: who "in ' riTealfliniir nnd Will also-hold the Criminal court necc week, is: a -fine judge. : and has most' favorably impressed, .court, officials and "the public -as Aetna? an able and mpartial judge, a f ?t r: ,- 1 pRn:niyi BAPTist;s'ERvicES The Prim'tfveiraptists willjiold two services in . the tourt -house Jiext Sun- Iday..-I lder 'If W. Keenewilt preach at a..jrund 2:30 in -the.fter- noon.. The public M Invited lo attend riARRY S1IUFORD 'Harry 'Shuford, prominent thill man,1 and a brother-in-law of Solicitor G. W Wilson, was found dead in his room in Bes; ne'r Crry-hotel; last Saturday. Con lerble mystery- eurrounds the death . ! the yeung man. The opinion of physicians who examined the bod; is that death: -was caused by severe mow on me.neaa, me SKuuieing ttirackei - W - at ah point nisned.Jft As money was found orfhto pezsen and the room door locked front the in side, robbery is hot contiidtrei atlrong the possible-mothes. ' The autopsy reveals .hat a ?5 cali ber steel jacket pawed, through the head and such a pistol was found be side the body. -The Coroner's jury has not yet completed it's investigation. sured the "use of a large number of properties .at a majority of impor tant marketing centers in the Caroli nes and .Vireinia and has secured- as surance 'of ample financing to carry, out us program 01 constructing re ceiving points, wherever necessary. Sixty-five; thousand Carolina and Virginia growers who co-operate to gether to market their tobacco are inviting' the co-operation of the ware housemen Of the three states through this otter pf their leaders which af fords an equal chance to all who at tend these" meetings. This announce- ment was: made by T. C. Watkins, Jrthe package with a cotton string, and director of warehouses, who, with the placed it in the pocket of his overalls. committees .'on warehouses, composed In some way the money was lost from of directors from three states, will atte nd ell r meetings. Meet With Warehousemen Warehousemen and . owners warehoua. in. Nntk r-ana wm notified of the opportunity to confer I tl Highway Just outside the town, with official of the Tobacco Growers)Th1e whole a vf1 bv, the Cooperative Association regarding "'man at $4,000 and it was re final terms for the leasing or sale ofi"1!0 ",r by f1 woman who their warehouse facilities, as agreed, 8W dvertisement in the - paper upon by directors f the association. J"grding the loss. . Thew- meetings of North Carolina' '.1.1 .' : ' ' wareh0UBmn with . iUrMs,m .e ,..1K1 INAllUIMAL BANK Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Asso ciation., will teke place in Greensboro in tne rooms ot the Chamber of Com- merce, st tl n Thi,.1 , and in the Raleigh .Chamber or' commerce the next day . at the same Letters mailed . to ovet. four hun dred , warehousemen In-' the tnree states and signed, by T.rC.M(ratkm, Jr,' director of: warehouses J.-r t. Joyner, chairmen - of the varheouse committee. N. H, WUllamrs and T B. Young, of Virginia and South Caro lina,! respectively, sUte that the as sociation experts to offer an accepta ble "proposition to warehousemen. covering . their physical properties. The association will need the services Of a number of efficient . warehouse men upon acceptable terms aceoritmi- te this letter. ' ..' . . . j Present Contract "f i v At these conferences in lha Caro lina! end Virifirila, the asaoclallon will prpent to ihe warehousemen a contract genera lly' 1 offering to. lease or purrhas all warthoune at their actual tnarket. .value, a determined by atrrot-mnnt or arbitration, -payable long th lines Iniljrated in the asso clath -rt'ii standard Sfrrwrnetit , which Ci.O' 1 t ' imi growers ami many' wn 1 n 1 n have $ieneL PLANS X'NDEBVf AY TOB-" ; ' i, . .; RANDOLPH COUNT! FAIR At a meeting of ' ' the Randeipn IPirlii. FVanVlinvllla! Svnvtarv. W. t". Board - of Directors are to appoint an ber from each township in th county. J' Property. hari:!-.been purchased'- tn 'North Ashehnm "m th Kanhalt frt V -J VVMV y. V I.U lire, 'North Asheboro on the asphalt etreet .tural v buildings , will ; begin soon. StaiiB are to erected Zer the cattle and nlaeM fnthe hnira ftlim. - . . - v. It Is announced that atock is stilt for saler-and any one who wishes it is 'invited to apply te any member of thei association. The price of the stock is $25.00 per share, the payments may be made in two installments, one-half down and the other at a later date. - SOLDIER BONUS iflLL PASSED HOUSE THURSDAY The soldier- bonus bill came to a vote in. the House of-Representatives last Thrusday and passed bv an over whelming majority,, party lines being eliminated. The measure was opposed by 42: Republicans: and 28 Pemoerats, As" the bill now -stands, its provi sions are as follo-yvs: , -k. ; v. 7 A choice ef. four. plana. . Provision is" made for ian immediate cash' pay. ment to the soldier; , whose adjusted service .pay .does not exceed J50.00. ; ' Other veterans ma accent adjust ed service certificates, with provisions authorizing loan - by banks during the first three years' after "October i, next;, Jind -thereafter by the govern menV'Bv'vertificatesVto run for: 20 years and -te -have a -face 'value at JmatQxrty .ef the; amount of the adr juatad eeniue eieuit-fctthe rate of SI 4pex ; day for - domestic service .and 12 per d&y-for. foreign service, In creased Jby 25 per cent, plus interest at the rate of 4 -1-2 per cent com-. pounded; anhualty. ; . ; v " I - Vocational training ad. .after - Jan uary 1; 1923, at the rate of f i.YP,per day, the total payments not to exceed j MO' per cent of the-adjusted service wis r ' ; t -r - vr ann ana nome vraiai unaer wnicn VeteiahrhtfvouJdrehaae' eJm prove farms or homes would,-'be -paid after July 1, 1923, 8 sum equal to their adjusted service credit increased by 25 per cent. Land settlement, under which lands would be reclaimed under "the super vision of a special' board and farm units established for sale to the vet erans, at a price, fixed by the board less the amount-of the adjusted ser vice credit due the purchasers. The bill, from present indications, will be defeated in the Senate, or' if not, certainly vetoed by the . Presi dent TWO LOSSES AT LEXINGTON LAST WEEK I fight witti the House for loD.OW a Cyrus W. Pickett, a well known j in the army but the House wrote lHj farmer of Wtelcome, near Lexington, 00O men into the bill and said to the lost $400 while on his way to the Banx President and his Secretary cf Wax, last week.- Mr. Pickett had wrapper "There it is. Make the best of it inr the bills with some brown paper, tied his pocket on the way Another ease of losing property oe- cuwed at Lexington last week also. A 'traveling salesman from Marion, Ohio,1 0vlost his sample case with a fuller of solid gold cuff links in it oh Ihe CeiY MOTES INTO NEW QUARTERS , The First National Bank, which has been located in the building on VW otreet opposite the nostofnee for ft number of years, moved the first of this week into their new quar ters on N the corner of Depot and Fayetteville Streets. The building is oe of the handsomest In the county, and to tnodernly equipped in every de tail.,' On the first floor is' the .bank, with directors room St the: rear and one office which is occupied by Mr. T. J. Winslow, On' the second floor, ar seven omcet wan . hardwood - xbpors, running water, and all art occupied. The heating plant for the entire build ig la of the latest type, being;, the vapor plant,- - j ; ' ; In the bank, th J couipment is of the very best. The floor ! tiled, the wood work of 1 mahogany finished birch, and the fixturea of. Alabama marble. The vault is reinforced concrete and n what U known In banking, world as burglar pron. The door to the vault Is the-latest rm proved time lock and is said to be burglar proof alao. Thl bank is thi second oh lent of the town, the Hank of Randolph being the first established, the First National, econd; with the Anheboro Brnk and Trust Company the Ifltept banking ei ' tihli- hn.ent. ' PRESIDINTiFLOuTED, ' AKD IGNORED BY & "IDESFE'COKGSES ' '(By David F. St, Clair) ; . Washington, March 28. No Exatg pen can do justice to what is timgmm in . Washington. The President a been reduced to a figure head. Sis body in Congress hardly' knowa er cares that there is such on official 'fee ing as the Presient; of 'th CaiUBt . States at this time. At the rate 1 are now moving the mas Vzmn Mr, Harding will soon becama as potent as George V-in the actual 1 duct of government. . , ; -The President's friend's Jen n that it is hot his fault that he i I ing ignored and flouted as the : oz his party which la now iiia a'm for the conduct t of the jgsvaxmeril. He was elected, they say, as a protest against the "autocracy of his pamA ecessor" and he is keeping itridlx ac cording 0 the. constitution be lis eavm side of the fence. He is not mnktlimc he is scrupulously ' obseninjr" Ae boundary of .the executive hzandk iaf the government . Un the other hand the leaders 01 Baa party in Congress . are openly- aaytiqc that thi president is meddling, Uxatiae is crossing the line between .the ex ecutive and legislative, branches jeat as often as . ever Roosevelt 'r VSmm did, but the difference is these pnde cessbrs of his took a stand and main tained it, whereas Mir. Hardin-hreake and runs at the first rustle ef ttss reeds.: Here evry body speaks-of Bit. Hardin; as" the White House ioBt- naaiwr. '..'' : '. L ' '"' The-" government of .- the Hetlaai States , is triangular in organixatiaa. It, is based upon will, intelligence aaWI justice... The greai mob on. Qqdsi. Hill does possess a certain amanat af , collective intelligence but it haa the will to rat. that' intelligence. action. It is a sheer impossibility i a, duet body of more than five rtaai men torn by partisan political -; 8ions. to- lead the country. The C tution givee the President that and . the people look te Jbim ;te 1 cise it , ,s ---i. r When3th President -refusesto ae -sume the: responsibility of Jeaderafcp the Congress . must attempt tie .tari' or chaos will f olio wt Chaos JhaafiA- lowed;:'' : ''--v--' t?r:ii : Take the bonus bill. -. the tlBspac&t - T, . Av.,i . 'i 1 : 1 - ; xl rr , iwyiuiiwui ieauera "in ut Benched every angle of. the TMgiW t dent's mind and every; , jornt ef Baa backbone to, find out where be stcAU ' v . , OBAihat '4ilL When rthey ,Mta' " . iney xumeu m opeaaem.-uiin is w the name of the president had tBreaa ened not to recognize - the nran-s would take the floor te move the sus pension of the rules so as to abut mS amendments on the bill and force ftn passage, they s.iid to rdm,K jjtsm dare do this, we will drive yea trtws the chair and elect another speakw."1 Now it is alleged the President teal advised the Speaker to take tfcat stand but when it came to a dtosjp down the President failed to staid Vy him and he was compelled .to jidd 'ts save his position. It is also reported that the Presi dent assured Secretary of War Weeks that he would back him up in -kfe ,11,0 WOrst of it a3 you please. Mr, Harding is hoping that fee Senate will save his face in the bow ami army bills but the Semite iln '&- eign affairs has flouted the ' 1 . 1 1 .1 1 .-1 1 - Pnst- dPnt with as much humiliation as Die 1 House has in these bills. When the treatv of pence with iiarjMKiw vvrer. sent to the Senate, Senator BoniS iacked on a reservation that the Cat ted States should not be repTesenle on the reparation commissi. Xat na if y the treaty without. this reservja tion called for a fight between tlfc . President and the Senate. r The reservation went tru The oCMr day Secretary Hughes demanded the allied governments allow Ouuafly e pay to the United States $2SWi835 for the maintainance of America; troops on German soil since the ar mistice under clauses of the Tacafi- . les treaty. .The United State isTsse1 a party to that treaty, th HtrpuUi-v. can Senate having failed te yaUfy ft " because it was negotiated cm Ihe pare -of the United States by -Weodrew Wilson and so the . United State ing no representative on the' tien Commission must go hat in baat to get ita money..- -.-.y . M. , Harding,, it is'sald, U r trw thinking of making a fight, but it to too late to flght after the bltUa lostc Ws.'V'H''-i.;. t y. . '. :-. '- COUNTY ELECTION "BOARDS V HAVE -BEEN SELECTEtt One hundred county board of esse tirni, of three members each, were ap pointed by the State Board ef FVfe-e-t Ions' last week. Appointee win haU . office for two. years and will cemtort the June 3 primary and the $t 1 JL election to be held . next Novroiaac The .county eIvtlon boards are posed of two democrats and on publican. Messrs. I. C Moser S. W. Presnell, democrats, and 3. K. Humble, republirnn, of Awln'T, eomnoxe the election board of lcn dolpli county. ; . , I
The Courier (Asheboro, N.C.)
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March 30, 1922, edition 1
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