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County Convention In j
April 24th To Elect
gates
Randolph county Democrats, will
meet in the courthouse in Asheboro
next Saturday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock in convention. Delegates se
lected at the various precinct meet
ings held last Saturday afternoon will
be present for the county meeting.
At the convention Saturday, delegates
will be elected to the State convention
which meets in Raleigh next Thurs
day. The matter of selecting a coun
ty chairman to lead the fight in the
county this fall will also be taken up
along with any other business that
may be properly considered at the
convention.
Delegates were elected as follows in
the ward meetings «f the Democrats
in Asheboro Saturday afternoon:
South ward: S. W. Presnell, J. S.
Ridge, Jesse Pugh, W. A. Bunch, W.
Hammond, Mrs. Win. C. Hammer,
Ruth Allred, R. J. Hopkins, Zell
wn, R, J. Pierce, Mrs. Claud In
gold, J. D. Ross, Elmer Rich, T. F.
Bulla, W. J. Scarboro and Isaac
Brown.
West ward: J. T. Wood, A. R.
Johnson, H. L. Ingram, W. A. Lovett,
J H. .McDowell and L. F. Ross.
North ward: Arthur Ross, j. V.
Wilson, C. M- Fox, R. F. Cheek, W.
F. Hunsucker, E. D. Cranford,' J. A.
Holder, W. H. Rogers, A. R. Hix, R.
C. Johnson, Dr. W. L. Lambert, Geo.
W. Saunders, T. B. Wood, J: M. Cav-’
eness, J. A. Neighbors, C. L. Cran
ford, Mrs. A. R. Hix, Mrs. M. M. Rog
ers, Mrs, S. B. Stedman, Mrs. J. N.
Bennett, Mrs. W. G. Lewallen, Mrs.
C. T. Loflin, Miss Lucile Steed, Mrs.
G. W. Hilliard, Mrs. C. A. Shelton,
Mrs. J. L. Johnson, Miss Kate Bulla,
Miss Nell Leach, Wm. Jethro Jarrell.
East wand': 'Mrs. W. A. Underwood,
Dan Burns, C. M. Hayworth, J. O.
Redding, James Bums, Mrs. J. K.
Wood.
OH Fiddler's Convention
r
An Old Fiddlers' convention will be
held in the Playhouse Theatre build
ing, at Raltdleman, Friday night,
April 23rd, beginning at 7:30 o’clock.
The convention will open with a free;
comedy act. Prises will be given the
winners. An admission fee will be
charged.
M. P. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
’ Sunday school, W.
Classes for people
L;
ofc
9*5 A. ■
Ward, Snpt.
all ages.
11:00 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Preach
ing by the pastor.
At the eleven o’clock service an
opportunity will be given for people
to unite with the church.
Sixteen members were baptised and
received into church membership last
Sunday. Their names are: Cart D.
Smith, Mrs. G. W. Hayworth, Eunice
Hayworth, William Hayworth, Arthur
Way, Jr, Frank Burkhead, C. E. Da
vis, Jr, Wayne Henry, Clarence Hen
ry, Kadfcel^ Luck, Gladys Ingram,
Catherine Fresnell, Lima Allred, Car
rie Way, Lula Ferree, Robert Ward.
RUSHWOOB PARK LOTS TO
BE SOLBON LIBERAL TERMS
Residential lota in Rushwood Park
on the Fanner-Denton highway, lo
cated within a few minutes drive of
the Aahebore -graded school, the
chorehes and Easiness enterprises of
the town, will he sold at public auc
tion to the highest bidder Saturday af
ternoon, May 1st, according to an
nouncement made by the Southern
Development Company. These lots
are elevated and Ideally located for
homesites. They am located in a fast
growing section of the town. New
bungalows are going up in this sec
tion and it is assuming the air of a
real surbuxban development.
Lots will be sold torts down and $5
a month until the purchase price is
paid. These are the most liberal
terms that have ever keen offered in
real estate purchases in Asheboro and
those who want to buy property for
investment or home building will find
this a most convenient and profitable
plan of investment.
JOHN T. POOLE DIED
APR. 13 IN SILER CITY
Funeral Held At Pleasant Grave
Church April 15th—Married
• .Thrice,
lAyrocACTC^n
Here are the big1 guns of the baseball world who gave a good
account of themselves in the drat battles of the season. Many rookies
made gallant bids for fame, but fandom continues to idolise the
names of Ruth, Johnson. Cobb and HornSby, veterans tried and true.
ELWOOD STANTON HAS
UNIQUE OLD LANTERN
Was Used By His Great, Great
Grandfather and Is 150
Tears- Old.
Mr. G. Elwood Stanton, of Randle
man, Route 1, was in The Courier of
fice Monday morning and had with
him a very old lantern which his
great great grandfather, Christopher
Vickory, brought with him from his
home near the Chesapeake Bay when
he moved to Level Cross township,
Randolph county, more than. 160 years
ago and settled on.a tract of land on
Polecat Creek now owned by Emery
Bullard.
The old lantern is a most unique
one, being made of perforated tin
and having a door on one side which
opens and a tallow candle furnishes
the light. It is about the size of a
gallon measuring pot and has a cone
top on which is a small tin ring for a
handle. Mr. Stanton values this
keepsake very much and expects to
have it made into a modern table
lamp. Mr. Vickery used this lantern
oh the cape grounds as he journeyed
from Chesapeake Bay to Randolph
county.
Mr. Stanton says this is the latest
spring he has ever seen-and he recalls
that on the 26th of March, 1912, when
th« fruit trees and vegetables were
much further advanced than they are
now. He alse says that there are
still peaches, pears and apples in his
section and that as a rule when the
fruit is killed it is usually killed first
along Deep River, on which he lives.
M. E. CHURCH MATTERS
(Rev. W. H. Willis)
Large congregations are_ hearing
Rev. Geo. B. Clemmer, who is preach
ing for us daily at 8 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. Mr. Clemmer has made a fine
impression, and the outlook is good
for a successful revival.
Sunday school attendance on last
Lord’s day was 293. This is the best
since the opening day.
The following joined Sunday by
certificate: A. B. Caveness, Mrs. A.
B. Cavenebs, Clifford Caveness,
Grace Caveness.
The visitors to the district confer
ence wore loud in their praise of our
new church. Mr. C. H. Ireland said
he hadn't seen a prettier church in
ten years.
About 176 guests took dinner In
bur church dining room. Our ladies
as hostesses,, did their work with
credit to themselves. Only about 25
spent Thursday night with us.
Splendid Reports of Work in tke
District Past Year—-Hears
tJ PvvVHCo*
Members of the Junior Order ' of
American Mechanics of the thirteenth
district met in the courthouse in
Asheboro Saturday afternoon. J. D.
Hughes, of Greensboro, district de
puty, presided over the sessions.
Invocation was offered by Rev. J.
E. Pritchard, of Asheboro, and Prof.
D. M. Weatherty welcomed the dis
trict meeting* The response was de
livered by Col. D. H. Milton, of High
Point P. G. Hammer, of Gibsonville,
was elected secretary and the min
utes of the last meeting were read
by W. C. York.
, District Deputy Hughes made a
splendid report of the work in the
district and at the roll call of coun
cils reports were received from 26
of the 34 councils in the district Tha
reports revealed steady growth
throughout the district.
Guilford council No. 28, High Point,
will be host to the next district meet
ing fchich will take place the first
Saturday in August Many items of
twhwa*. were .discussed at the af
ternoon session, following which
Asheboro council No. 199 served sup
i at the even
lar initiatory
was exempti
on picked from
ves. A vote
ed the local
m reception
JUNIORS HOLD
DISTRICT MEET
DOUGAIiD CLARK SUES
- FOR $20,000 DAMAGES
Alleges That Red Star Bus Line
Refused To Accept Govern
ment Transportation. _
Suit has been filed in the Randolph
county Superior court by Dougald
Clark, of Asheboro, against the Red
Star bus line asking for damages in
the amount of $20,000.
The complaint filed with the clerk
of the court by Brittain and Brittain,
attorneys for the plaintiff, alleges
that on April 13, 1926, Clark, .who is
an ex-service man undergoing treat
ment in a Charlotte hospital, came
home after receiving a telegram that
his wife was seriously ill. Government
transportation was furnished Clark
and he used this on the train between
Charlotte and High Point. Arriving
at High Point, late in the evening of
the 13th and there being no tram to
Asheboro until the next day, Clark
sought to use his government trans
portation to pay for his passage to
Asheboro on a jitney of the Red Star
bus line. The bus line refused, it is
alleged, to accept the transportation
and Clark was forced to walk home
that night.
S. Garter Williams Will
Make The Race For Congress
3. barter WIfiiams, ofYadkjoviUe,
Was nominated for Congress on the
Republican ticket to make the race
in the Seventh District this fall. The
nominating convention was held Mon
day in Yadkmville. J. S. Xewis, of
Asheboro, was elected one of the four
members of the State executive com
mittee from this district.
BASIL BRITTAIN IS IN
SOUCITORSHIP RACE
Mr. Basil Brittain, of Alheboro, has
announced Ills candidacy for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Solicitor of
the Fifteenth Judicial District to be
voted on ih the June primary. The
district is composed of the counties of
Cabarrus, Iredell, Montgomery, Ran
dolph and Rowan.
Mr. Brittain is a son of Mr. John T
Brittam, of Asheboro, and is a part
ner. of his father In the practice of
law. Mr. Brittain was educated in
the Asheboro high school and at the
University of North Carolina, obtain
ing bis license to practice law at the
latter institution.
Fruit and Vegetables Bring
Large Sum to N. C. Farmers
North Carolina growers realized
$11,103,237 from 15,555 carloads of
fruits and vegetables and 6OOJW0 ex
press packages shipped during the
1925 season, according to complete
figures checked by the State Depart
ment, of Agriculture. The figures
show that sweet potatoes brought the
most money, $2,800,000, followed by
strawberries which brought $1,892,
000, and peaches which brought 11,
366,200.
Duplin county made the most ship
ments, followed by Pasquotank mid
Moore. Candor was the on standing
peach shipping center of the state.
Approximately 21,201 acres are plant
ed in the sandhills section Af the
State'in peach trees which now num
ber nearly three millions.
Deaths From Violence In The
State Increased During March
Fire snuffed out forty-six lives in
North Carolina during the month of
March, according to a report made
last week by the State Board of
Health. In all thews were 112 violent
deaths in the State during the :month
is against 108 for February. Deaths
from automobile accidents numbered
21 for the month while deaths re
sulting from railway accidents totaled,
oply » as against 15>for the preceding
SENE COLE
ASHEBORO APR. 28
Gene Cole, Junior
Ivor Secretary for the
>, will be in Asbeboro
w Presbyterian church
waning, April 28th, at
opie and every one in
Car
merai services for Eugene G.
Foust, aged 65, who died at the home
of J. 0. Overman, at Liberty, shortly
after noon Saturday after drinking
two ounces of carbolic acid, were held
Sunday afternoon at 8 o’clock from
Staley Methodist church. Members
of Monroe Lodge 244, A. F. and A. M.,
of which he was a member, had
charge of the services, assisted by
Carolina Lodge 546, with Rev. J. H.
Brendall, pastor of the church, offi
ciating minister.
Mr. Foust was bom and reared in
the Rocky Creek section ox Randolph
county, near Liberty, but for the past
27 years had made his home in Mon
roe where he conducted a barber shop.
He was a member of the Central
Methodist church, at Monroe, a Knight
Templar Mason and it Shriner. He
was especially active in Masonic
work, being Past Master of the Mon
roe Lodge and for the past 20 years
was official coach for the lodge. For
the past year his health has not been
good and thinking ' that a change
would be good for lftm, he came to
Liberty Wednesday of last week and
purchased the barber shop of J. F.
Willard and took charge, and was
making arrangements to have his
wife to join him. Saturday about 11
o’clock he purchased'two ounces of
carbolic acid from a drug store in Lib
erty and was last seen alive at noon.
A half hour or so later he was found
dead in his room at Mr. Overman’s.
Death from suicide was so
that no inquest was held.
In addition to his widow,
zie Foust, he is survived by
Lacy S. Foust, of Charlotte,
daughters, Mrs. William Larrison, oi
Charlotte, and Miss 'Mary Elizabeth
Foust, e*“*,“"* °* “5®* ”
bow
The funeral or mr..roust was large
ly attended by local citizens and many
from Monroe and Charlotte, including
a large number of the members of the
Masonic fraternity. There were many
beautiful floral offerin
The Courier has been requested to
announce preaching at Old Sandy
Creek Primitive Bagtist church on
Sunday, May 9th, beginning at 10
o’clock, a. m. Two or more preachers
will take part in the JMWviir This
service will be held in honor K the
old church, which is ona of the oldest
in the State.
TB
ESE MEN WILL
HOLD ELECTION
Registrars and Judges af Elec
tion Are Appointed For
Voting Precincts.
At a meeting of the county'board of
elections held in Asheboro Saturday,
April 17th, the following registrars
and judges of election for the various
voting precincts in Randolph county
were named. The first named man is
the registrar for his precinct, the
second ifs the Democratic judge of
election and the last named man is
the Republican judge of election. The
list by townships follows:
West Asheboro: W. D. Spoon, E. H.
Cranford, E. E. Lewallen.
North Asheboro: W. F. Hunsucker,
W. I. Burrow, O. R. Blalock.
South Asheboro: J. S. Ridge, J. T.
Pugh, J. H. Kivett.
East Asheboro: Jim Bums, C. M.
Hayworth, C. T. Richardson.
Back Creek: Winslow Walker, W. S.
Walker, T. W. Millikan.
Brower: T. Herbert Tysor, C. E. G.
Sugg, W. G. Moffitt.
Cedar Grove: J. W. Rush, R. L.
Tant, G. C. Boling.
East Columbia: Herbert Staley, -C.
P. Fox, L. H. Wright.
Cedar Falls: Arch Briles, J. F.'
Luck, J. B. Trogdon.
Concord: Claude Dorsett, Cleveland
Grimes, E. L. Woods.
Central Fails: Albert Williams, F.
L. York, J. C. Allred.
Coleridge: C. H. Caviness, T. A.
Cox, E. C. Allen. ’ ^
Franklinville: C. H. Julian, Irwin
Jones, J. Q. Pugh.
Grant: S. S. Cox, A Clark Cox, C.
A Bird.
North Liberty: H. C. Causey, P. P.
Jones, W. R. Pickett.
South Liberty: Aaron York, C. G.
Foushee, O. P. Brower, i .
Level Cross: Clarence Adams, T. C.
Adams, L. E. Rockett.
New'Hope: J. B. Allen, Grover Lof
lin, M. H. AdajM. _
New Market: J. A WaU, Walter
Coltrane, H. C. Beeson.
: W. J. Pttgk, Ed
Grove: J. M. Brown, M. E.
J. T. Powers. Hf
ier, A
M. EL CONFERENCE
COMESJO CLOSE
Number of Good Sermons Mark
ed Sessions—Elected Dele
gates—Many Visitors.
The conference of the Greensboro
district of the Methodist Episcopal
church held in Asheboro last week
was largely attended by ministters
and delegates from the various
churches in the territory. On Wed
nesday night before the business of
the conference was entered into on
the following morning, a able sermon
i was preached by Dr. E. K. McLarty,
of the Wesleyan Memorial church,
High Point, who spoke on, “What wilt
thou that I shall do unto thee?” He
developed his theme along evangelis
tic lines. A large congregation of
the people of the town and numerous
visitors and delegates heard Dr. Mc
Larty.
On Thursday morning ■ the confer
ence proper opened with Presiding
Elder J. B. Craven in the chair. Reg
ular routine business of the session
was taken up. During the morning
Rev. W. A. Jenkins and Rev. J. F.
Kirk spoke on evangelism. Among
others who spoke on different phases
of church work were Rev. C. A. Wood,
of the Children’s Home, at Winston
Salem, and Dr. S. B. Turrentine, pres
ident of Greensboro College for Wo
men.
The main feature of the morning
session, however, was the address by
Dr. W. P. Few, president of Duke
University, who spoke on “Practical
Religion.”
During the afternoon session the
laymen’s cause was ably discussed by
A. C. Davis, of Greensboro. The Rev.
W. A. Barber spoke on behalf of the
Epworth League and Mr. O. V.
Woosley in behalf of Sunday school
work. Rev. Walter Patten, of Chapel
Hill, told of the work of the Metho
dists among the students at the Uni
versity. An important report made
at this session was one by C. H. Ire
land, of Greensboro, in regard to the
Loan Fund which was established
three years ago to assist young men
in the district in preparation for the
ministry.
The following delegates were elect
ed to the annual conference to be held
in Gastonia: C. H. Ireland, A. C. Da
vis and Fred C. Odell, of Greensboro;
I. F. Craven, of Ramseur; Fred N.
Tate, of High Point; and D. B. Mc
Crary, of Asheboro.
On Thursday night an able sermon
was preached by Rev. R. G. Tuttle, of
Greensboro, on the "Outgrowing of
the Kingdom”, which was heard by *
large congfegatiOn. On Friday morn
ing Rev. J. H. BrendaU, of Liberty,
preached an inspiring sermon on
“Life, its vision, opportunities and
the power of prayer.”
Among those attending the confer
ence most interesting to Asheboro
people for their association with our
citizens were Rev. A. W. Plyler,
editor of the North Carolina Chris
tian Advocate, -Greensboro, and for
four years pastor of the Methodist
church in Asheboro. Rev. S. T. Bar
ber, also pastor in Asheboro for a
number of years, was present as was
Rev. J. E. Woosley, who not only has
served the Asheboro church as pastor,
but also Ramseur, Trinity and other
charges in the county. He was accom
panied by Mrs. Woosley. Dr. George
W. Crowell, who was head of the
Asheboro schools for a number of
years, was an attendant at the con
ference sessions, as were Mr. C. H.
Ireland, of Greensboro, one of the
leading Methodist laymen in the
State, and Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Glas
cock, of Greensboro. Mrs. Glascock
was born in Asheboro, being a daugh
ter of the late J. W. McNairy.
Another interesting character pres
ent for the conference was Mrs. Cris
sie Clark, who is a member of the
local church, perhaps its oldest, and
who for many, many years lived in
Asheboro, but now makes her home
with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Finch, in
Trinity township. Mr. and Mrs. Finch
were at the conference also. 0. V.
Woosley, for several years head of
the Asheboro graded schools, now for
many years active In Sunday school
work, was at the conference also as
was J. M. Gibbs, a prosperous farmer
of near Reidsville, son of W. K.
Gibbs, the only living graduate of
Trinity College-bf the class of 1869
and one of the few remaining students
of that great educator and founder of
Trinity College, Rev. Braxton Craven.
Rev. J. E. Thompson, a much beloved
pastor of the local church of years
past, was in attendance.
List Takers For Townships
In The County Are Appointed
The list takers for the various
townships of the county have been
appointed, although acceptances of
the appointments have not been re
ceived by all the appointees by Mrs.
Newsome, county tax supervisor. A
complete list of the list takers will
be published, according to Mrs. New
some, for public information as soon
as all acceptances are in, which is
expected by next week. Mr. J. B.
Ward, list taker for Asheboro town
ship, has accepted his appointment
and has put out notices of listing
Zimiri F<
Eddie
fourth
Seay on the Farm
A
Ejnerson Tftsworth,
President of Washington Colleo*
of Chestertewn, Md., who is spon!
soring a movement to keep young
u"™** on. <*« farms, where life
Is worth while, instead of having
m1™^ <* gold and fame draW
them cityward. »
COUNTY BOARD v WILL
PROVIDE SCHOOL MONEY
At Meeting Thursday Commis
sioners Decide to Live Up
To Agreement.
The board of county commissioners
met in special session in the court
house Thursday of last week. Little
business was taken up outside of the
consideration of school building mat
ters. An order was issued providing
that the county should furnish half
of the money as previously agreed for
the construction of school houses in
Seagrove, Randleman, Bailey’s Grove
and Providence special tax districts,
the money to be paid when called for
by the board of education.
It was ordered that the car driven
by the road supervisor be traded in
to the Randolph Motor Company for
a new Ford roadster with a steel
body.
Missionary Conference
Joint sessions of the Woman’s
Home and Foreign Missionary socie
ties of the Methodist ^Protestant
church were held' ?in / Community
church, at ThomasviUe, Wednesday
and Thursday of this week. Mrs. Wm.
C. Hammer, presidents the confer
ence, .presided over the meetings.
Cotton Co-Op Members Get
Spring Distribution Cheeks
Checks amounting to one million
dollars will be in the hands of the
members of the North Carolina Cot
ton Growers Cooperative Association
this week. These cheeks will repre
sent the spring 1925 distribution on
the 1925 crop. The final settlement
will be made as early as possible, ac
cording to announcement made from
the Raleigh office.
The management of the association
closed its pools for receiving the 1926
crop on April 15th. The total re
ceipts for the season to that date
were 160,661 bales, which is 44,000
bales more than handled last season.
The 1926 crop will be the last crop
handled under the old contarct New
members are signing up a six-year
contract.
The village of Hoopuloa, on the
southwest shore of the island of
Hawaii, was completely wiped out
Sunday morning by an avalanche of
lava from the volcano Manua Loa.
Houses were engulfed by fifty feet of
the molten liquid and the water in
the ocean for several hundred feet
out in the bay at Hoopuloa was heat
ed to the boiling point.
RAMSEUR B. Y. P.
U. WINS BANNER
At Annual Meeting Held In Gib
sonvilie—Asheboro Makes
Good Showing.
The Sixth Annual Convention of the
Baptist Young People’s Union of the
Piedmont Association was held in
Gibsonville April 17 and 18. This
was indeed better than all previous
meetings. Much interest and en
thusiasm was shown throughout the
meeting. The entire program was
unusually interesting. Mr. Perry
Morgan, State B. Y. P. U. Secretary;
Miss Winnie Rickett, State Junior
Intermediate Leader; and Mrs. C. S.
Green, State President, were on the
program and each one brought a
splendid address on different phases
of B. Y. P. U. work to an attentive
congregation of young people. Many
other interesting speakers and lead
ers in the work brought soma very
helpful messages.
There was a splendid attendance
from all districts of the association
with Greensboro District being Ant
and Asheboro second although Ashe
boro District was handicapped by a
greater distance than any other. H>e
Associations! Efficiency Banner was
brought to the Asheboro District kg
the Ramseur Union. Excellent re
ports were given from all unions.
The convention closed Sunday af
ternoon with a very inspiring and up
lifting message from
WORLD RHIRT IN
H THE LIMEUGHT
Votes of Republican Senators
Giving Them Trouble When
They Go Home. i
(By David F. St. Clair) ~
Washington, D. C., April 19.—The
defeat of Senator McKinley at the
recent primary in Illinois for nomina
tion as a candidate on the Republican
ticket to succeed himself as senator
has brought some comfort to the anti
world court forces. McKinley voted
for adherence of the United States to
the world court on January 27th, last,
when the protocol was adopted in the
senate. The anti-court people im
mediately trained their guns on Mc
Kinley in the Illinois primary with a
view of making a test of the court as
an issue in the campaign.
But the court people regard the de
feat of McKinley as an event of very
slight significance so far as the court
is concerned. McKinley’s vote for
the court undoubtedly lost him some
votes in the primary but the court
issue was subordinated to other is
sues and McKinley was doomed to
slaughter before his vote had raised
the court issue in Illinois.
There are two other senators whose
votes for the court may help to de
feat them for nomination in the Re
publican primaries, Lenroot of Wis
consin and Cummins of Iowa. Len
root like McKinley is certain to be
defeated, it is believed, without re
gard to his position on the .court. He
has, however, made the court issue
conspicuous in his case by serving as
the administration leader of the pro
court forces in the senate. Senator '
Brookhart, an insurgent Republican
of Iowa, who has been unseated by
the senate in favor of D. F. Steck,
a Democrat, has returned home for
the purpose of defeating Cummins in
the June primary for the Republican
nomination for senatorship. Brookhart
is using Cummins’ pro-court vote as
an issue against him.
But aside from the three instances
named above there is no probability
that the court issue will figure as an
influential factor in the campaign for
the senate this Fall. There are thir
teen other states where Republican
senators are candidates to succeed
themselves. All these senators voted
for the court. If any of these Repub
lican senators are defeated, it will
probably be by pro-court Democrats.
The anti-courters will have to win IS
seats in the senate before they can
ever hope to change the vote on the
court so as to withdraw the adher
ence of the United States to that
institution.
But what is perplexing1 the pro
court people just now is not the
strength of the opposition in this
country bdt the critical attitude as
sumed by the league of nations and
some of the 48 signatory nations of
the court to the reservations the sen
ate tacked on its adherence to the
protocol. The league requested Presi
dent Coolidge to send a representative
to Geneva to explain, these reserva
tions. The President refused to do so
on the ground that the reservations
are clothed in plain English and speak
for themselves.
Some of the nations which are
members o£ the court, It* is under*
stood, have raised serious objections
to the reservations, and it is inti
mated that when the league meets at
Geneva in September these objections
will be presented to the United States
government and modifications will be
requested. If that happens of course
the United States will not become a
member of the court The Democrats
m the senate will object as emphat
icaUy as the Republicans to having
tfie United States change its reserva
tions which were held to be absolute
ly necessary for the protection of
this country as a member of the court
Without these reservations the sen
ate never could have been induced to
TOnfu for A^eriea to join the court
The anti-courters are of course
jubilant over such an outlook and are
saying, “I told you so." They are
claiming that they forced these dras
tic reservations on the senate, know
ing they would never be accepted by
som® t^e other members of the
court. Their opposition without doubt
did to some extent influence the adop
tion of these reservations but the pro
courters with their knowledge of what
has recently taken place in Europe,
are not at all sorry that the reserva
tions were adopted.
The fiasco of the recent league
meeting at Geneva has made Wash
ington realize that intimate co-opera
tion with Europe at this time has
become more difficult If the court
adherence on the part of the United
States fails, this country is not likely
to make any more adv
N^HApr. 15
MA Mai^ Jane ItobbiM, 7*.
h#,Be ThuMd»y right i»
the Mt Vernon section following an
extended period of ill health. Funeral
wrvfce was conducted at Mt Vernon
M. E. church of which she was a
member Saturday morning by Rer. W.
E. Harris, pastor, assisted by Key. J.
E. Woosley, former pastor of the
church. *
Mrs. Robbins was bora near Ran
dleman and was the widow of Nathan
B. Robbins. She is survived by
daughters, Mrs. J. J. Marsh, 0
Kans.; Mrs. C. N. English, Coin
S. C.; and Mrs. P. E. Albertsm
Davidson county: two amis, A. 1
G. L. Robbins, of Randolph cc
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