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THE C0URIE1 SECOND SECTION POURPAGES /. fnimmitni THE COURIER TWO SECTIONS THIS WEEK ISSUED WEEKLY VOLUME L PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN Asheboro, North Carolina, Thursday, Jane 4, 1925 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBQt B CWSS EXERCISES ASHEBORO HIGH Number of Papers Read At The Final Exercises Are Repro duced in This Issue. An account of. the commencement exercises of the Asheboro high school appeared in last week’s issue of The Courier. However, at that time this paper was unable to get copies of the various papers read by members of the class in their exercises held Tues day evening, June 2nd, in time for publication last week. This week we have been able to obtain the most of them and reprint them herewith. Pictures of the senior class and another containing most of the mem bers of the faculty arrived too late for last week and these are published in this issue. The people of the town were well pleased with the commencement exer cises following upon a most success ful school year and demonstrated their appreciation by their large at tendance at the finals held at the school building. STATISTICIAN’S REPORT — (Walter Hammond) In the' days of Ancient Greece peo ple could, by traveling weary miles, consult the Delphi. The Romans trust ed with implicit faith their Sibyleine books. Saul consulted the witch of Endor for information; and today our poet may listen to the inspiring voices of the Muses, and enrapture his list eners with songs of poetic frenzy. Our prophet can dip qito the future farther than the human eye can see, and while we breathlessly listen, tell us all the wonders that will be. I, the statistician of the class of ’26, am denied all this, and must deal with facts alone. Facts are prosaic things; reports, an abomination; as, sdme of this class will testify; but we have agreed that this last report concerning the class should be made. Our class number# 27, 15 girls and 12 boys. The boys of this class have been noted for their interest in athletics. Out of 16 members on the football squad this year, .8 were from our class. Out of 16 members on* the basketball squad this year 6 were from our class. Out of 16 members on the baseball squad this year 6 were from our class. Thus there was at least half the boys of our class on Tb*Jax«of our class a total of 17 baseball and a total of 11 seasons of basket ball. Our girls prefer the gentler arts, only two of them going out for ath letics; Mabel Ingram making the girls basketball team and Henrietta Under wood Wiring the track team. Our class also starred in the track meet, winning a total of 22 points for Asheboro Hi. In a class of so many pretty girls it was hard to select the prettiest but it was put to a vote of the class and de cided that Frances DeMarcus was the prettiest girl. Not content with this honor, however, she also captured the prise of being the most popular girl in class. , Wallace Moore was voted the best looking boy in the class. He was also voted the most popular boy. When we voted for the most origin al Worth Parks was chosen for the boys and Lois Smith for the girls. These two are famous for their nu merous original sayings, which are the delight of the students and the vexation of the teachers. M»h«l Ingram was voted the home liest girt in the class. The reason for her homeliness is probably due to the worry over trying to get to school on time. In spite of all this endeavor, however, Mabel was late 47 times; the total of all the time she was late be ing 4 hours, 23 min., and 42 sec. Besides this dubious honor Mabel was voted the most athletic girl hi her class. Theron Willis was elected the homeliest boy by acclamation. It is rumored, however, that the boys vot ed him the homeliest boy because of pure envy of his good looks. Out of»27 in the class Anne Lesley Feme was voted the wittiest girl and James Cox the wittiest boy. Although James is an excellent student it is probable that if he had sprat some of the time in study that he haa in comb ing his hair in school he would have been the star of the class. Anne Les ley was also given the honor of being the most attractive girl in the room. Troy Gaddis was also vot ed the most attractive boy. Troy also claimed the honor of being the most athletic boy in the class. “ it comes to the best aD y, however, John T. Humble - Davis was voted the best AN IMPORTANT AGENCY IN HOME OWNERSHIP Building and Loan Associations Help To Cut Down Number Of Rented Homes. Fifty-two per cent of the homes of North Carolina are rented. In this respect North Carolina ranks 28th among the states of the union. But the State ranks above all the states south of her. In Georgia 69 per cent of the homes are rented; South Caro lina, 68; Maryland, 60 per cent; and Virginia, 49. • North Carolina made some improve ment from 1910 to 1920. During this period the State was one of three in the union showing . a decrease in rented homes. An Important Agency One of the most important agencies in helping people build their own homes is the building and loan,, and the growth of this agency in North Carolina during this ten-year period had something to do with the decrease in the number of rented homes. From a small beginning in Phila delphia less than a century ago, the building and loan has grown until to day there are more than 10;000 asso ciations with assets of over three bil lion dollars. Nature Of The Building And Loan There are two outstanding charac teristics of the building and loan: first, they are local in scope,. There are no national building and loan as sociations, Second, they are purely co-operative. There are no stockhold ers to make profits. The associations are usually administered economical ly. Functions of Building and Loan TheSe associations perform two distinct functions. They afford a convenient method for people to make small systematic savings at intervals of a week or month> A “member” may elect to pay in an amount most convenient to him. They are usually in multiples of twenty-five emits. These payments—or deposits— ^are credited to him and interest is paid on them. At the end of ^.stipu lated time, the member draws out what he has paid in plus the interest thereon, usually at six per emit. The other function is lending mon ey to those who have bought a lot and wish to build a 4iome. The as sociation will lend the money secur ing themselves by a mortgage on the property. At the time the loan is made the borrower becomes a member of the association and begins making weekly payments into a savings fund as previously described. This consti on them will amount to the loan by tie time the loan is due. Interest in the meantime is paid on the loan and this is paid in monthly installments also. FARMER NEWS Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Skeen and daughter, Mary Lewis, and Miss Lon nie Dorsett spent Friday in Greens boro. Miss Jaunita and Mr. Alton Kearns are attending the commencement exer cises at N. C. C. W., this week. Rev. G. W Clay returned Friday from a visit to relatives at Lenoir, and will go this week to Duke Uni versity to attend a summer school for ministers of the M E. church, South. The cottage prayer meeting at Mr. J. R. Hammond’s on Wednesday night last was well attended. It trill be held this week at Mr. A. L. Hill’s. Miss Mamie Lackey, of Jackson Creek, spent the week-end with Mrs. F. A.* Ficquett A group of Farmer young people spent Tuesday evening of last week picnidng at Willamoore Springs. They were chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hammond. Miss Sue Morgan spent last week in Asheboro as the guest of her sis ter, Mrs. Colin Byrd. Mrs. Z. V. Wright was called on Friday of last week to the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Freeman, who lives near Central Falls. Employes to Become stockholders The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Com pany, which has a chain of 12000 stores and operates 27 warehouses, has given its employes an opportunity to become stockholders, in the corpo ration. Those who have been with the company for five years are eligible to participate in the purchase of stock. The corporation has a store in Asheboro, opened about a month ago. Mr. P. D. Buck is the manager f the Asheboro branch. The company does a business of more than $360,000,000 a year. In one year the A. and P. sells 67 million pounds of coffee, 226 million pounds of flour, 39 million dozens of eggs, and 90 millions cans of milk. For Winter Eggs The poultry extension department of State College in answering inquir ies as to how to get more eggs this winter advises that the heavy breeds should be hatched in February, March and April so that they will begin laying by the first of October. Proper care and feeding of the growing .-hirka is necessary during the sum mer months. The smaller breeds may be hatched totween Marsh 20th and April 20th, since they mature earlier 1925 Senior Class Asheboro High School Left to right-top row: John T. Humble, Siebert Lynch, Troy Gaddis, W. J. Faucetf, high school principal; Joe Parrish, Hardy Moore, Theron Willis. Second row: Early Hughes, Eugene Lewallen, Worth Parks, Wallace Moore, Walter Hammond, James Cox. Third row: Henrietta Underwood, Grace Burrow, Annie Lesley Ferree, Frances Shel ton, Bon Phillips, Mabel Ingram, Lois Smith, Lucy Davis. Bottom row: Aleta Presnell, Carrie Cranford, Elizabeth Bulla, Ada Shaw, Frances DeMarcus, Nell Moore, Fannie Tyson. » CLASS POEM OF ’25 (By Theron Willis) Here’s to us who have reached the goal, Who’ve climbed^ the rocky road, Who’ve here at last attained a' scroll That pays for all our load. Blest be the members of this class. Fine were the times we’ve had. Now. that we are parting at last It makes our strong hearts sad. We have but lived the best of life, Enjoyed its bubbling youth, Right soon we go into the strife Of upholding honor and truth. “Vincit qui se vincit”, “He conquers who conquers himself’. Our motto, may we keep it . t Always next to our hearts till deaths May we very happy be In any task that we perform. May each his duty see And to all of life’s rules conform. May each of us be true To our colors—light blue and gold. Goodby, Goodby, Adieu, There’s work for all the true and THERON A. W. WILLIS, Class Poet. CLASS PEPIGREE “25” (By James Cox) Everything in the world worthy of mention or consideration has a pedi gree, but the class of 1925 of the Asheboro High School is worthy of more than a mere consideration. Then why should we, the class of ’25, not have a pedigree ? As all of you know the pedigree of a person or thing starts at the very beginning. But who of us is able to trace events back to their origin of who knows just how and when things happen to be? If we could look back into the ages past, we might see the Gods as they met on Mt. Olympus placing the des tinies of the human race. We might even see the day being planned when in this hall, characters as we, should meet to graduate from this High School. We might trace ourselves in our constant changing of environ ment; from Primary school to Ele mentary; from Elementary to High School; from High School to College and on. On the other hand w» might con sider each individual member, com pile a Family tree that would reach to the vertex of the heavens, of which each might boast and be proud. But this is very small to us who can trace our antecedents back to the Garden of Eden and write ourselves the sons and daughters of unpedi greed progenitors of the human race, Adam and Eve. Nevertheless we, the class of ’26, have our pedigree and in the reve lation of characters that come to light from day to day, it would be easy to compile a class tree if we felt so inclined. Our grain through High School has been much like the progress of the human race from the pastoriai age to the age of commerce and industry. In ur debating and oratory we are like smen of ancient Rome; in sci like philosophers of Athens. The maidens of the class as you tit see, are as fair as the goddess of eauty herself, yet there seems to be few with barbaric blood flowing in teir veins who take great pleasure in ;eing rough games of football as id the maidens in medevial limes ike pleasure in seeing the knights i tournaments. We started into High School fresh ad verdent but willing to be molded ito something that would be an as it to the school and country. As we passed upward through the of this school, we have come °* nibalistic tastes which often assert themselves. We leave you to figure this out by your own personal obser vations, as modesty forbids our being more explicit. Many different ancestral nationali ties are represented in this class, in fact, so many that we have not at tempted to trace all. Five of this group seem to be descendants of Rom ulus, the founder of Rome, whose lan guage was Latin. These five persist ently continued the use of this lan guage of ancient Rome through their course. Others have attempted this language for a while and then «Kscard ed it. Still others indicated for a few years that they were ' Spaniards, and most of us have tried to use the lan guage of sunny France. The greater number have indicated a Greek an cestry by an interest in science. Yet, our ancestry doesn’t mean that we are what they were because we are plain ordinary AMERICANS of the reddest blood. * So, however widely the branches of our class tree Ippy Je spread, we as ; sure you that they’ate not there to con ceal the faults and mistakes of our antecedents, but to be broad and high enough for the aspirations and ambi tions of all. We can boast of Big B’s— Birth, Breeding, Brawn and Brain, and if we give the greatest attention to the lahfc two, we speak not in vain terms because this is the keynote of American spirit. It matters not what we were, but what we are, that writes the Big record upon the scroll of Life. Our history along through High School has been one of which we might be well pardoned for boasting. The brightest entry of all will be in the years to come, perhaps through out all our lives. The four years we studied in Asheboro High School, an'd the triumph of passing out of her doors to work in the world for the Glory and Honor of her shall extend to the very shores of Eternity. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SENIOR CLASS ’25 (By Bon Phillips) Ladies and Gentlemen, Board of Education, Superintendent, Teach ers and Friends: Upon behalf of my client, the Class of 1925, of Asheboro High School, of the City of Asheboro, State of North Carolina, U. S. A., I have called you together upon this solemn and serious occasion, to listen to her last will and testament and to re ceive from her dying hand the few £ifts she has to bestow in her last moments. Cutting so rapidly from life and finding so many things of such gigantic proportions to be at tended to before the end should come upon her, realizing at the same time that she had no longer any time left to spend in cultivation of her own virtues) she did collectively and in dividually, deem it best to leave these mementoes to those friends to whose needs they seem best fitted. As a result of this announcement a wild scene took place amidst most frantic pleading and scrambling among her friends for this or that so long covet ed glory; but she has tried to be just as well as generous and impartial; and distribute wisely unto those who will make the best use of such gifts as she has in her power to bestow, the talents that have served her so faithfully fliese four years. These are her decisions as at last definitely reached through very deliberate con sideration. Owing to the flighty con dition of her brain and the unusual disturbance in its gray matter, she begs the to state for her that she may individual idle hour. First: We do direct that our funeral services shall be conducted by our friends and well-wishes, our superin tendend and his all-wise faculty, who have been our guardians for so long, only asking, at the last injunction of the dying that the funeral be carried on with all the dignity and pomp that our worth, our merit, our attainments and our position as Seniors of “Grave and reverend mien”, most certainly have deserved. As to such estate as it has pleased the Fates and our own strong hands and brains to win we do now dispose: Item 1: We give and bequeath to jthe dear faculty who have been our 'instructors in all the wisdom of the | ages, a sweet and unbroken succes sion of restful nights and peaceful | dreams. No longer need they lie awake | thru the long watches of the night to ’ worry over the uncertainty of whether : this one is doing her night work, or that one will have his mathematics in morning class, or the other one will remember every iron-clad rule of com position at technique in the prepara tion of an essay. It has been a hard strain on them, for Seniors are said to be at all times and under all con ditions difficult to manage. But they have done their duty, and verily now shall they have their well-earned re , ward. Item 2: We give and bequeath to t our beloved superintendent, Prof. W. iH. McMahan, our sincere affection, | our deepest reverence, our heartiest i gratitude, and the whole unlimited | wealth of our eternal memory. In an {attempt at partial payment for all | that he has done for us during our long years at Asheboro High. We | make over to him, here and now, a ! heavy mortgage on our future in the i Great Unknown beyond. It shall be his to watch every step of our up ward and onward flitting—to note each trial, each attempt, each victory, each success and honor that we may achieve in the arena in the world—and to accept for himself, as interest in our deathless debt, every ounce of the praise knowing that it is all due to his faithful guidance. Item 3: We likewise give and be queath to the Junior Class as a stu dent body, our knowledge of langu age, economics, mathematics, philos ophy, art science, and universe in whole or in part. We trust the class may be able to survive it. Item 4: The following may seem but trifling bequests, but we hope they may be accepted not as worth less things lavishly thrown away be cause we can no longer keep them, but as valuable assets to those who may receive them, and a continual remind er of the generosity of heart displayed in our free and full bestowal: *1. Anne Lesley Ferree bequeaths her attractiveness and wit to Ellen Presnell. 2. Joe Parrish bequeaths his ability ”to get along with his teachers to Henry Armfield. 3. John T. Humble wills to Dick Mc Daniels, his conceit. 4. Walter Hammond leaves his wie ny eating ability to Monk Phillips. 5. Theron Willis bequeaths his wit to Pauline Birkhead. 6. Mabel Ingram wills to Eva Cran ford her contempt for men. 7. Elizabeth Bulla leaves her schol arship to S&rouel Miller. 8. Grace Burrows will leave for science to Louise Swaim. ». Wallace Moore bequeaths his pop ularity as a class officer to Odell Mathews. WILL MOVE OLD YADKIN BRIDGE DOWN THE RIVER Old Toll Bridge Being Disman tled—Was Dividend Paying Investment Recently. The steel work of the Yadkin River (toll bridge, near Spencer, which went i out of business overnight some months ago when the new state high way bridge over the Yadkin was opened to the public, is to be disman tled and moved to Reeves island, in the High Rock section of the river, j where it will become a toll bridge again, according to news from Salis bury. * In the new location it will be the only span over the Yadjcin river, ex cept railroad bridges, between the state highway bridge near Spencer, and the Swift Island state concrete bridge about 40 miles down the stream. This old toll bridge was installed over the Yadkin, near Spencer, twen ty years ago with fear and misgiving. The $11,000 investment in the bridge in the days of slow horse-drawn traf fic looked as if it had a poor show for dividends. Then the day of the automobile came and the bridge be gan to do a business which yielded a dividend on the investment which probably has not been exceeded in North Carolina for pure profit. The people who traveled the road were joyous when the new state highway bridge just above the old toll bridge was opened. No longer would the automobilist have to fork out twenty-five cents every time he drove over the bridge, and the farm ers in wagons were relieved of having to go down in their jeans for the dime which was collected before the gate at the end of the bridge was opened. * Annual Old People’s Day Exercises Well Attended The annual old people’s day exer cises at the Worthville Union church, at Worthville, last Sunday were well attended and an interesting program was rendered. Old songs that were sung forty years and more ago were sung during the song services in the morning and afternoon. Rev. 0. P. Routh, pastor of the churches at Worthville, Central Falls and West Bend, preached a most helpful sermon from the text, “Seek 'ye first the Kindom of Heaven and all these things shall be added unto you.” Dr. J. D. Gregg, of Liberty, made a splendid address at the morn ing meeting on “The Faded Leaf.” In the afternoon, Wm. C. Hammer, the Courier representative, made a speech on the Bible. Following his speech, Rev. G. R. Brown, pastor of the First M. P. church,' High Point, made a very informative address which was well received by the con gregation. The volunteer talks were also interesting. Hot Weather Causes Total of 450 Deaths in Nine Days’ Time The death toll from the nine days of hot weather and storms from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic sea board had Sunday night caused 450 deaths. In addition to the 324 deaths up to Saturay night, the following were among the deaths reported Sun day: Philadelphia 71, New York 30, and Baltimore, St. Louis and Wash ington 3 each. Slimmer showers and local wind storms somewhat relieved the heat wave Monday. Hundreds have suffer ed serious prostrations on account of the heat. Several have committed sui cide and others have become crazed. Senator Charles C. Curtis, of Kan sas, chairman of the senate commit tee on rules, and the Republican whip in the senate, predicts that Vice President Dawes’ campaign for a change in the senate rules will fail. Dawes, says the Kansas senator, has set out to attack the only rule where by unlimited debate can be shut off. Senator Curtis says that it would have been better had Dawes attacked the evil that obviously exists, that of letting certain senators deliberately and ruthlessly kill time. 18. Troy Gaddis bequeaths his bashfulness to Jack Hamlet. 19. Fannie Tyson wills her piety to Annie Lee Hall. ‘ 20. To Claude Phillips, Early Hughes bequeaths his good nature. 21. Eugene Lewallen wills to Henry Armfield his wooden leg. 22. To Jack Hamlet, Siebert Lynch wills his Grecian God Pose. 23. Frances DeMarcus leaves her don’t-care attitude to Pauline Elliot. 24. Carrie Cranford bequeaths her demure ways to Charlesanna Fox. 25. To the Freshman Class that is to be, we leave any overlooked cubs of gum we may have left adhering to the underside of desks, banisters, as sembly seats, or any other likely or unlikely places. We have sometimes had to rid ourselves of these in too much haste to be able to pick and choose the most desirable means of disposal. 26. To the Sophomore Class we give and bequeath all of our excess knowl edge which the Juniors do’not need. OPPORTUNITY TO GET $20 IN GOLD Refer to Special Notices on .An other Page of This Paper And See How It Is Done. Today and next week The Courier offers to its readers an opportunity to win $20 in gold for just a little ef fort expended in telling what they know about Asheboro. Attention is called to the special page of notices, each one of which refers to some bus iness firm. The Courier reader who comes near est to giving us the complete answer* to the questions asked or implied at the bottom of each notice will be awarded the handsome cash , prize offered. No reader will be required to guess at the answers. Any one who desires to win, may ask the -va rious advisers for the correct answers. Plenty of time—full ten days—is allowed readers to assemble iflnm answers and send them in to The Courier, This page in a large meas ure reflects the business life of Ashe boro. Every single notice contains valuable information about loehL af fairs that every person would i»h» to know. Every notice is worth read ing, whether one cares to try for the prize or not. Notice the rules ait top of the column on this speodi page. 'VALEDICTORY (Henrietta Underwood) Dear Friends, Parents, Teachers: Four years ago, when we eritewl this High School as inexperienaei Freshmen, we looked vaguely for ward to the far-off day when we should receive our hard-earned diplo mas; as graduation day grew tnssei^ we joyfully anticipated the termina tion of our school days; "but now tat we stand at the threshold, ready to step forth into a bigger and broader life, we sadly realize for the first time that it is a time for parting; and that the four years have been only too short. There are a great many univewrii laws which govern the lives of roe* and women, countries and kingdoms. Many people are ignorant of the ex istence of these laws, and drift iufiy through life, not knowing the reason for their actions or for the experienc es which they undergo, but all the while they are being subtly moved ani influenced by the greatest of laws—the Law of Compensation, haps we are ignorant of the of this law in our own lives. We not be conscious of the influence exerts or realize that for every perience through which we pass is some explanation. It may have occurred to us that for every effect there necessarily musft "have been some primary cause. But know ingly or unknowingly, we have all the while been signing lifers promis sory note—“for value received I prom ise to pay”—which is the key-note of human existence. Superintendent and teachers^ we fully realize that it is you who Rave enabled us to stand here tonight. Yoc have- laid the foundations for this hour, and as we linger at the port aft of our High School we recognize your right to ask us, “What are yon going to get out of life anyway?”. We respond frankly with the only possible answer—“We shall get out of life just exactly what we put into it.” For it is the Law of Compensation which, compels us, far every advantage or advancement obtained, to pay the fuK price for value received. Our life will be what we make it We shall pay for our mistakes and be rewarded for our adherence to the right. Thus to you, wise teachers, d» we feel our debt of gratitude t» weigh heavily upon us, until we re member that the Liw of Compensa tion is a scale that is always accur ately balanced and that yon have re ceived your reward in doing your duty. We are not able to express our heartfelt gratitude and thanks to yon, O teachers, so we will only say, “God bless you.” Classmates, how big is the uioag«fc that w6 now have the moulding of our fates in our own hands! Thus ” we have earned only a portion what we have attained, for we Is been showered with life's best gi We now stand, prepared by the wat ful vfgflance, the careful guide? and the wise instruction of our ents and teachers, ready for our test with the more active life wl awaits us. We can look back and our “value received”, we m™®* fulfil our “promise to pay”. So, classmates, let us there is much expected us not forget that we hav assets at our disposal wit! meet every obligation. Ai endeavor to keep such a clea, to maintain such high ideals, keep our account with life balanced that “for value promise to pay” may remain ever-delightful reminder of duties. And may our hearts spond to the divine “Freely ye have received, J