« THIS cfrunifft ' TWO SECTIONS^ [GHT PA< ISSUED WEEKLY VOLUME L $2.00 AYE &'-Vv 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 'X 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 ^pgpsci vas %&va a ' the day of the <%— —■— 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. —*-5- ' 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 ■yc 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 “ *