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adults will be 60 and 76 cents. It
must be remembered by those wishing
to see the play that they will have to
purchase tickets calling for certain
seats in order to be assured of getting
Taken In Fire Drills
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Darid M. MiltqnTyoung lawyer of-moderate means fa N.
his bfide, whoVss Mbs Abbey Rockefeller, coneeeded t
.1 _a a +V> ah oailn/l f^r K!ni*nno nn
end
World’s richest
moon fast week,
feller
bers of
lew Yo.k,
—-.r-w.—, - ._W -.B mM the
brider—ss they sailed for Europe on their honey
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D.
Rocke
VI WccR, out* is Lnr UaUKHVCi Ui tui> atiu •
, Jr The wedding was a simple one and attended by only mem
the families. Grandpa Rockefeller was there.
_ Miss
«»< Ashe*
.general interest
It came off May
—-ghly enjoyed by
and numerous friends of
__pt the class. Twenty
four of the future musicians of the
community participated in the contest,
which opened at the beginning of the
year and was a stimulus for splendid
work.
Miss Louise Swaim won the prize
in the high school department and was
especially complimented on account of
having been the winner last year.
Miss Frances Hughes was the suc
cessful competitor in the elementary
department. Misses Frances Foust
and Louise Lambert received -hon
orable mention, whflevevery member
of the class was especially com J‘J
for improvement by the Judges.
The prises will be awarded during
commencement. Miss May and her
very interesting class are to be con
gratulated upon the co-operative spir
it and the marked improvement Which
Another oarloed of poultry on the
OS3i&'Z?J£!2J£
in* to a letter rechmd Hurt Friday by
“ " feSTSZS"™
be in Aehebero all day and
and method of payment
*at be practically the
seed in loading the car
■June 9th
rMefrawe,
Star,,
The ]
'people
to the sale to
es where
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vas %&va a
' the day of the
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That North Carolina in recent years
has declined in importance as a lum
ber state is shown in an article in the
current number, of the University
News Letter. Practically every year,
according to the article, in the last
decade a new state has forged ahead
of North Carolina in the amount of
lumber cut. Until ten years ago the
state ranked among the first three' or
four in the value of the lumber cut.
However,' with the present decline
North Carolina in a feW^Sears will be
unimportant as a lumber state. Re
ports show that North Carolina cut
18 per cent less lumber in 1924 than
in 1923, and the amount cut was about
half that cut one year ten years ago.
Among the greatest of North Caro
lina’s resources, according to the Uni
versity News Letter, are her poten
tialities jn the production of timber.
The clliriate of the state is conducive
to the qtdiek growth of trees, prob
ably no state in the union has a more
favorable climate foT tree production.
There are 23 million acres of land
in North Carolina not used for agri
cultural purposes. Of this area it is
said that at least 19 million acres are
potential forest lands. It is estimated
that an average acre of land in the
could grow six billion board feet of
timber annually, whereas we cut only
1,000,000 feet a year.
A few million dollars spent in for
est conservation in the state, says the
article, would yield enormous divi
dends. The state is now spending on
ly a few thousand dollars a year for
conservation and little can be 'done
with this small amount available. We
are doing very little to conserve our
timber supply and in the years to
come if something is not done, the
piople of the state will be sorry for
their negligence.' ' ,/v
Has Good Record
Mt. C. L. Pierce has conducted a
ia line between High Point and
sheboro for the peat three years and
-
(By Rev. W. H. Willis)
A* an unexpected guest, the
enjoyed attendance at
meeting of the “Idle A ...—- -
at the home of Mrs. F. W. Newsom
one day last week.
Their children
W. H. Moring a .
coming from their
celebrate theirpat
niversary on Saturday, last.
There will be no service at the
Methodist church Sunday morning on
account of the commencement sermon
at the auditorium. The pastor preach
es at night.
The M. E. church is represented in
graduating class of the Asheboro
ol by the following: Sarah
Bulla, Mabel Maria Ingram,
-«, Frances Lee
Inderwood, Wal
Siebert Arthur Lynch.
Card of Thanks
representing the
on Growers’ Co
» will begin a
Sjrship in Ran-,
eek. Messrs,
ySullipSj^field
by
the cam
campaign for
dolph county
B. Swain ant
represents tire
other field sei
paign. -
It is signlflc
the work of t
Carolina for t
ers by the hu
tracts every
1,500 new mei
association sn
ary, represenl
about 15,000 t
Popular i
have recently
ion, Stanly,
counties, resul
to the membei
Cotton acre!
is being incre
reviewing
in North
proximate!;?
joined the
of Febru
ts covering
ship campaigns
wnducted in Un
, and Davidson
large accessions
these counties.
Randolph county
rery year. Many
__ ! county '-are ah.
ready members of the cotton growers’
co-operative association.
A list of the appointments of
Messrs. Phillips and Swain appears on
the first page of the second section of
this issue of The Courier.
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Mrs. Mary Bryan Dead
;t Bryan, widow
iry R. Bryan, for
)r Court bench
ler home in Mew
ling of last week
5he was widely
ced interest in
Mrs. Mary Nc
of the late Judge
years on the Su]
in the State, died
bem Wednesday i
in her 81st year
known for her j
socigfc ^religious
fairs. ■*. '
8 At
Church
Revival
The
A series of
ducted by the
ris will begin
11 a. m., and
days, or longe
Music will b
Mrs. E. A. Ly
N. C.
They have I
ing evangelis
years and eon
The music w5
On last Saturday, May 23, 1926,
Miss Mattie Belle Smith became the
bride of Mr. Theodore Ridge. The
ceremony teas performed in Lexing
ton by Rev. C. E. Ridge, pastor of
Davidson circuit
Mrs. Ridge is a highly respeeted
Christian lady. She is a member of
a prominent family of Moorsville. Mr.
Ridge is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N.
C. Ridge, of near Denton and is held
in high esteem by all who knew him,
and-a leading member of Canaan M.
P. church.
Shortly after the ceremony the
bridal party motored from Lexington
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. C.
Ridge where a bountiful wedding sup
per was served.
Those present were Rev. C. E.
Ridge and family, of Handy, N. C.;
Mr. Otis Ridge and family, of Thom
as ville; Mr. Roscoe Ridge and family,
of Salem.
The many friends of this young
couple wish for them many yfears of
peace and happiness.
At Work On Seagrove Road
Contractors having contract for
grading Route 70 from Asheboro „ to
Seagrove arrived Sunday bringing
■with them a force of men, machinery
and mules. The force is camped at
the old Press Williams place, below
Ulah. Grading will ha pushed for
ward rapidly on this route.
Hands “Mash” Note to Girl
.. . l-", ■
gustus Lasane, negro, is in the
ison county jail; following the
ing of a “mash" note to a young
> girl clerk in a store at Leadng
The negro is sajtelo have come
sdngton from Virginia some time
uy Number
Jeijif Cattle
f milk cows
gublic auc
at the old
last Thurs
d attending
the reason,
£ not well
ehty cows
following
famNe (3),
&A£
f “Howdy Kin^* "|
M I
“Howdy
can style,
handshake from King Georg*
England for John Cownie of
Moines, la., who was seeing
sights in London. "Meet my
King!" said the srfuling touris
His Majesty advanced to ac
the outstretched hand.
Park Street and Church Streets
Completed—Work on Old
Main and Cox.
The construction of quite* a lot of
paved streets in Asheboro is nearing
completion. Park street from Salis
bury street to the old Uwharrie road
has been paved and will be opened
for traffic in a few days. The con
struction of concrete sidewalks along
each side of this street is now being
pushed. The opening up of .this
street will divert the traffic from the
Uwharrie road from South Fayette
ville and turn it up Sunset avenue on
to Depot street. !.
Grading of Cox street is going for
ward rapidly and concrete is being
poured on parts of the street. Pour
ing of cement on Old Main was begun
yesterday mid if the weather permits
this street will be hardsurfaced by
the last of the week.
The pouring of sidewalks on the
east side of North Fayetteville street
has been completed. On Salisbury
street between Old Main and North
Fayetteville the contractors on mute
has been paved and' the sidewalks
laid.
The completion of the street im
provement program now in progress
will afford Asheboro a network of
improved streets in almost every part
of the town.
16,631 CIVIL WAR VETERANS
- HAVE DIED IN SIX MONTHS
The pension roll of the Government
was decreased in the past six months
by the death of 10,681 civil war vet
erans and 6,016 widows of civil war
veterans, according to a tabulation by
tjie Interior Department.
Only eighteen veterans who fought
in the Mexican war remain in the pen
sion roll, as compared with six months
ago, when there were twenty-four.
Widows of Mexican war veterans al
so decreased during the period from
1,391 to 1,296. There are still twenty
two widow pensioners of the war of
18ft on the roll.
The total number of all pensions,
not including the world war, now on
the pension roll, is 615,543, a reduc
tion of 6,464 since six months ago.
AUCTION SALE JUNE 27TH
Messrs. Wm. C. Hammer and J. A.
Holder will offer for sale at public
auction to the highest bidder on Sat
urday, June 27th, the Bailey and Un
derwood property on state highways
62 and 70. This property has been
attractively and conveniently divided
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EDGAR NEWS
‘•s'
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Davis,
May 24th, a son.
Dorothy, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Cox, had the misfor
tune of falling from a wagon and get
ting badly hurt recently.
Quite a number of Marlboro peo
ple attended the quarterly meeting at
Holly Springs Saturday.
Several from this section attended
the home coming exercises at Ebenez
er last Sunday.
Rev. R. R. Melvin preached an ex
cellent sermon at Marlboro last Sun
day morning. ^.V'.
w NEWS IN BRIEF
Commissioners Call For New
Bids on Hard Surface Pro
ject At Trinity.
The county commissioners met in
called session Thursday of last week
for the purpose of letting contract for
the construction of a hard surface
road from Trinity to Archdale, which
had been previously advertised. A
number of bids were made on the
project, but all were rejected by the
commissioners. The board ordered
that the project be re-advertised and
called for bids to be submitted Mon
dajnat the regular meeting.
The petition for the road submitted
by the citizens of the community calls
for a special assessment district as
pays one-thirjLpf the^ee^af con
structing a roaTd in the specialist**
laid out . and the citizens of the dis
trict pay the other two-thirds in pro
portion to the apKmpt If property and
of the road.
In the instance of the hard surface
road from Trinity to Anchdale, the
county pays the total cost of the
bridges and culverts and one-third of
the cost of grading and hard surfac
ing, the qjtizens in the district payiiig
the other two-thirds. The road when
built will extend from the end of the
present hard surface road at the Guil
ford county line at Archdale to Trin
ity and from Hassell’s store to the
hard, surface road at B. T, English’s
store' on the Asheboro-High Point
hard surface road. The road is to
end at the comer of the ball park in
Trinity. The road is to follow the
present main road and the pavement
at the entrances of the school building
in Trinity is to be made wider than at
other points. The assessments on the
property in the special district are to
be paid in twenty years.
Other matters coming before the
board included a delegation asking
that the county loan to the State
$115,000 for the hard surfacing of
Route 70 out from Asheboro towards
Seagrove. Action on this matter was
deferred to the regular meeting Mon
day.
. The road supervisor was instructed
to take his force now near Liberty and
grade the road from - the Alamance
county line to the corporate limits of
Liberty, this road to lead by way of
It has been six days since the two
airplanes carrying the Amundsen-El
Isworth North Pole expedition started
from Kings Bay, Spitsbergen headed
for the pole and no word has been
received from them. The expedition
planned to explore the regions about
the North Pole by airplane. There
was considerable speculation over the
practical side of the plan, many de
claring that it was not practical to
explore the far north'With a lighter
than air plane. However, there were
others who were sure it could be ac
complished and among this number
were the members of the expedition.
However, hope is still held out for
hearing from the party.
Tills Is The Provision of State
Law Passed By The 1925
Legislature.
A State dog law passed by the 1925
session of the General Assembly, the
provisions of which are not generally
known, provides th%t no dog over six
months old shall be permitted to stray
around at night without making its
owner a law-breaker.
There is said to be considerable sen
timent in parts of the State against
stray dogs that destroy young game
and endanger both people and live
stock. The law in regard to stray
dogs at night reads as follows:
>. “Section No 1680. Permitting dogs
to run at large at night; penalty;
Liability for damage.
“No person shall allow his dog over
six months old to run at large in the
night tithe unaccompanied by the
owner or by some member of the
owner’s family* or some other person
by the* owner’s permission. Any per
son intentionally, knowingly, and wil
fully violating this section shall be
guilty ot a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined not exceed
ing fifty dollars or imprisoned not
exceeding thirty days, and shall also
be liable in damage to any person in
jured or suffering loss to his property
or chattels.” • >,*»
FIRE LOSS IN APRIL
s?£t.3T,\
Conference V
(By David F. St. Clair)
Washington, May 28.—Much can
vassing of senators is now going on
over the question of the world court
that is set for consideration in the
senate on December 17th. Senator
Borah, chairman of the foreign
lations committee, is out on a ]
form opposing the court and advo
cating the suggestion of the Inter
Parlimentary Union that President
Coolidge call a conference of the
Hague Tribunal for the purpose of
codifying international law as a sub
stitute for the court.
Heretofore the opponents of the
court have had no practical substi
tute they could offer to the nations of
the world in the place of the court,
the nations, however, belong to
could not re- ■
fuse to attend a conference of that
body called by President Coolidge and
that in Senator Borah’s mind ,
give the United States a just excuse
for not joining the world eourt till it
knew by what international rules the
court would be governed. Senator
Borah has( been to the White House
a number of times urging the Presi
dent to drop the court proposal for
the Hague proposal.
At the same time an active group
of both Democratic and Republican
senators are canvassing the senators
individually and are endeavoring to
prove to the President that the world
court proposal is certain to be accept
able to the senate when it is taken up
next winter. This group, has told the
President that if he takes up the codi
fication of the international laws first
that because of a certain number of
lukewarm court senators the court
proposal may be laid aside indefinite
ly.
Some of the codification substitute
advocates have reminded the Presi
dent that under the most favorable
circumstances the election of a Re
publican senate next year is extreme
ly doubtful and that if
maintains his present position
keeping the court before the
Senator Hiram Johnson may
a progressive Republican
succeed Senator Stockbridge in Cali
fornia and Senator Borah may op
pose the re-election of Senator Good
ing of Idaho
world
to be long drawn out and may
last for months, preventing the much
desired tax reduction and realization
of other important features of the
administration’s program. They con
tend that a protracted discussion of
the court makes the election of a
Republican senate absolutely impos
sible.
The codification substitute advo
cates also claim to see in the move of
the Pan-American Union to codify
the laws now existing between the
states of North and South America a
practical reason for proceeding with
the codification of all international
laws before the United States should
take part in the world court This
Pan-American move is for the purpose
of setting up a Pan-American court
of justice designed to peacefully ad
just all difficulties that may arise
among the American states in either
continent. The Pan-American move
seems to strengthen the hands of the
Hague conference substitute advo
cates.
But the President has given ne
hint that he has changed his mind ou
the world court proposal. He has twice
urged the senate to adopt the propos
al and the friends of the court think
he is more-likely to endorse both prop
ositions than to abandon the court
for the Hague conference for codifi
cation.
The friends of the court
admit that its enemies are
in their'prognostication that
trance into the court on the
the United States is the first
step to the joining of the league
nations. The opponents of the
have found that no court!
independent of the league
set up. That is why they have i
the “ *