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ASH
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VOL XXIX.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18, 1904.
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S Brnot, Prukleat J. I.Cole, Cttfeier
Z5he
Dotiik of Randleman
Randleman N C
Capital paid in.
Protection to depoiitors.
$20,000
40.000
niRROTona: S. XI. Newlin, A. N
Bulla. W. T. Brvant. C. L. Lindsey
N. N. Newlin, J. H. Cole, S. Biynnt
H 0 Barker and W K Hartsell.
BRITTAIN & QREQSON,
ATTORNEYS- ATL AW,
Asheboro, - North Carolina.
Court. Prompt attention to buauwaeot all kiwi.
HAMMER & 8 PENCE,
Attorneys -.at Law
E. MOFFITT,
Attorney - at Law,
ASHEBORO, N. C.
PRACTICE In nil tlie Court. special attention
given to iott lom.-m ni cMatea.
Office mar Court flora. 'Phone SB.
0.L.8APP, X
Attorney-at-Law.
hm la BUt u JTal Ooarta
Oatvotaliaa. 0. Total and Pra
fcatfUV. All b- sr.saptl'
MMb.
, B. Cox, Pridal
H. i. Armflald. Vler-Prtdr,l.
W.J. Armflald, Jr., Cutler.
1811 Of RANDOLPH.
Asheboro, N. C
CAPITAL
.125.000 00
Wa art mow prepared to do a geaaral
backing boataaaii aad w. aolisit th
tMOBDla ot flnu, corporation aod
LadiTidaaU of Randolph aad adjoiuiaa
,' Dir actor
t M Worth, W P Wood, PHMorrt.
0 0 HaAliator, 0 J Cos, W If K4
dia, A M Bankia. W H Watkiu. Hofh
Park Bani Hofflti, ORCn, A W t
atPK Ajbary. JahP.ril.
II You Want
The Best Laundry
net Your Laundry to th.
OU RellabL
Charlotte Steam
Laundry.
They are bettor prepared to do
yonr work right th.tn any Laundry
in the State; and do it right, too.
Leave your buudles at Wood &
Moring's store. Bankets leaves
Tuesdays and returns Fridays.
W. A COFFI N. Agent.
WINTER HE80RT8 ' SOUTH
REACHED BY
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
The Southern Railway unounopt the sale "(
round-trip Winter KicurMon tli-kel to all the
principal ranrta ol llw Knulh. beginning O"'!'
th winter rraurta of North and Smith Onrc.lrna.
flenrgia and ttcn.te are ei-lally IiiviiIiik u.
thaw In ererrh ot Iwath or ileuure. In th"e
hum. are "ix Ih noted itwrtt a. Hm-hun. N C,
Camden, Aiken, immervUle, 8. C, Charleston,
a C. Airwtt. Savannah,, Braiuwlrk. Jekly I
land and ThuroaKrtlle. (i... Jwknrllle, St.
Auf uetlna. Urnvmn. lvutn, raim nracn.
rr.oficrateil through bclwocn principal flit
and remirtt, elrmtut Dlntn Car arrvtec. ami
CTerrthlu tor lha cwnlurt and pleaaur ot the
Aak. nearest Ticket Au nt lor further Inform
ton and MnpU Utmwre.
Balloon Soap!
For 6c. you get a pound
-package of our Balloon
; Soap. You get one third
more soap than of any
, other brand on the niark
' ft, besides it takes less to
do yon it has the lasting
qualities. Try it.
. White Eagle,
.The best all-wheat
. straight flour on the
market, kept constantly
on hand.
. T. tLASSITER & CO.
Askebora N. C
We are greatly pleased to have
oouipleled aa arrangement, special
announcement of whio U made i
this issue, wherehf our readers may
olitain "Farm J.,ifti'' for one year ab
late!y free. I ml our offer in
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WHY DON'T DEPARTMENT COMMERCE
AND LABOR MAKE REPORT ?
Secretary Csrtelyos bas Beea Over One
Year Investigating and not Heard
From Yet Loss of Fonr and
One-Half Million to the '
Louisiana Purchase
Exposltlsa Etc,
Special Conwpnndenoe Courier.
Washington, Februarv 15, 1904
The (iiestion is being asked here
why the new Department of Com
merce and Labor naa not succeeded
better in its quest for "bad" trusts
which it purposed to scare off the
lace ot the carta by getting the facts
concerning the doings of those trusts
and giving them publicity. That
department lias been doing business
now for more than a year and not
one Hue nas been printed about
trusts. Secretary Cortolyou has
been told" times innumerable where
to fish to catch a nice long string of
trusts, but be jwrusts in ignoring
the suggestions of democrats. If be
really meant business and it ever
was inienuca umi.iiB suuuiu nroceea
aguinst the trusts and print the facts
about them, be could bave collected
all the data necessary for a report
that would have made the trusts siz
zle like a wet cat flung into hades,
but the new department bos been as
idle concerning the trnsts as has
been the Department of Juatico. It
simply shows unmistakably that the
Republican party has concluded tq
"stand pat" on the trust question as
well as upon the tariff question and
all other questions that will enter
into the campaign this year as the
vital issues. If the people of the
country want anything done on any
of these questions they must vote
tue uemocratio ticsei and elect a
Democratic president and a' Demo
cratic House of Representatives, or
they will have the same vicions laws
left on the statutes and will exper
ience no relief from the present tax
exactions and the present license of
the criminal trusts ot the countiy to
rob tin people. In electing A Demo
cratic president aud a Democratic
House or Keprcsentatives, the people
need not be alarmed lest tariff reduc
tion and trnst-busting under Demo
cratic auspices, will disturb busi
ness, x he leaders of the party are
not going to jump in and teai things
to pieces. They are not going to
blow up the tariff wall with dyna
mite, they are going to begin gently
to lft he rocks off one by one until
the wall is not so high that tho peo
ple cannot see over it and see the
tariff protected industries of this
country selling goods to foreigners
beaper than they do to Home con
sumers. 1 am rather close their
policy is conservative aud not radi
cal. They may not be radical
enough to suit some tariff to some of
the party louden here and I know
that reformer, but we are all travel
ing the came roiul and if all will go
together, then' we will accomplish
something in the end which will be
f real benutit to Die t.ix payers of
the country. If we do not then the
same old game will continue and the
Republicans will laugh in their
rleeves at the split between the con
servatives aud the radicals which
continues to let them have their own
way. When will the voters of the
country who really want reform learn
some sense r
Ibo Louisiana Purchase Exposi
tion or St. Louis World's Fair is be
ginning to occupy considerable at
tention of the people here who make
the laws. They are beginning to
Gnd out that the Fair is to be a bitr-
ger thing than they anticipated.
They bave lately ascertained this
fact because the. builders of the Fair
bave come here and produced the
evidenoe of the wonderful outlay of
each that has been expended on the
Fair, which far exceeds that of any
previous Fair in the world's history.
This great expenditure has compell
ed the Fair management to ask for
the loan of fonr and a bait million
dollars from the general government
to be paid back to the treasury by a
lien on the gate receipts. Such a
measure baa been introduced and un
doubtedly will pass the House as it
has passed the Senate. It will meet
with some opposition trom the men
who are the strict constructionists,
but it will pass just the same and
the Fair management will not be
crippled in it endeavor to give to
the people of the world the Dost ex
position of the world's progress that
nas occurred in an oistory. xaia
hum a the case, and so manr of the
interesting things sbout the Fair
emanating from and finding their
source here in the national capital it
is meet and proper that the fair and
the things concerning it which are
of interest to the people should hud
a place in this letter occasionally.
tot -nstance, i 'earn from jar. r.
V. DeQraw. the eastern press repres
entative of the Exposition located
here, that the World's Fair Automo
bile Transit Co., which has a conea-
sion for automobiles on the exposi
tion ctounds, baa ordered 109 elec
tric broughams and hansoms, seating
from two to four persona each. These
carriages are to be rented by the
hour, day or week to private parties,
families and individuals. The occu
pants twill be permitted to enter the
rounds in the vehicles, it is ex
pec ted that the automobiles will be
engaged lika hotel rooms, in advance.
for instance, a chauffeur lr an auto
mobile will meet a party of ladiea at
Umon Station noon their arrival.
taking them first So their hotel or
stopping place anu then to the ex
position grounds, entering without
leaving the rehicte and viewing the
beauties of the exposition witbou
leaviug it. This is a convenience
that the people of the country should
Know.
Another item of interest to peon
is that an order for the first issue of
the new Louisiana Purchase Expoei
tion KMtage stamps, which are to be
placed on sale at all post omces in
the United States, Muv 1, has been
sent to the Bureau of Eugraving and
Printing by Third Assistance Post
master General Madlon. It calls
for the printing of 90,000,000 of the
1 cent stamps, bearing the portrait
o itouert it. Livingston; 225,000.'
000 of the 2 cent stamps, bearing
me portrait of Thomas Jefferson
7,000,000 of the 3 cent with Mou
roe's portrait; 9,500,0Q0 of the 5 cent
with McKinley's portrait, and 6.500
uuu of the 10 cent stamps, with
miniature map of the United States,
showing the territory acquired by
iuc jjuuibiuuu rurcoaae.
One political topio that has been
discussed hero this week is the edi
tonal in a recent edition of the New
York Bvenme Journal aud the manv
favoralie comments thereon. As is
well known, the Evening; Journal
and Morning American, Mr. Hearst's
papers, were the only ones in the
city of Ureater New York that sup
ported the Democratic ticket in the
ate mayoralty contest, thereby win-
uig a oiguai. viuwrjr ior luut uciet.
It was some surprise, then, that the
readers of Mr. Hearst's papers here
in me political maelstrom ot tne na
tion, noted the editorial in Question
which was a red .hot roast on the
new Mayor McClellan because he
said he had no authority to get after
tue yiciuu gas trust 01 mat city, it
was not a surprise, however, to the
friends of Mr. Hearst who know his
love for the plain people of the coun
try and how jealously he safeguards
their interests and how he will get
dock at any one who shoots at those
interests, no matter whether the
shooter wears the Democratic or Re
publican uniform.
They recall his fight on Mayor Van
Wyck and the ice trust of New Y'ork
and what happened to Van Wyck.
They know that although he was
instrumental in putting McClellan
in the Mayor's seat, he will not hesi
tute to knock him out of it unless
he takes up the cudgel for the peo
ple and gets after the trusts who are
robbing them when it comes within
the purview of his power to do so.
The leaders of the party here are
saying that while Mr. Hearst is a
true blue Democrat, and always sup
ports the ticket and does much to
elect it, his action in this case, as in
the case of the ice trust, proves that
he will not stand by the Democrat
after he is elected unless he remains
Democratic and stands for tho- p
pie who elected him. It is taken
here as an earnest of what he would
do if he were elected President of
the United States and that his tight
on trusts is not hot air nor dress
parade. It is making friends for
him among the real Democrats in
Congress.
Charles A. Edwards.
THE FIRST AND LAST STEAL.
South Dakota May Have State's Interest
la Butler and RuiseH.
"Governor Russell and ex-Senator
Butler wer sharply condemned at a
meeting of (be stockholders and di
rectors of the North Carolina Rail
road in Charlotte last week: And
one party recalled the incident under
Uovernor Unssells administration
when $3,000 was voted to Russell's
henchmen by Republican members
of the Board of Directors, which
called forth the well-known exclama
tion from our lamented Mr Henry W
Fries. . This was spoken of as the
first and last steal that had ever been
witnessed in the directory of the
North Carolina railroad.
"An amusing incident was the
offer of a promiuent Charlotte lewyer
to draw a deed to the state oi south
Dakota conveying all our right, title
and interest in two heads of live
stock, towit: Marion Butler and
Daniel L. Russell, in consideration
of a pepper corn."
Nothing Succeeds Like Saccess.
Some idea of -the vast proportions
of the business done by the Greens
boro Fire insurance Companies can
be gotten from tke following figures.
These companies have received in
premiums since the business was in
augurated nine years ago, (in 1895)
$714,672.00 and have paid out in
losses $225,997.04). Tne business oi
these companies has increased until
they are now leceiving over $200,000
a year in premiums. Their net sur
plus to policyholders was increaseuvL
ast year from $423,408 to f0U4,uti.
These companies have made an en
viable reputation for the promptness
with which they have paid their
losses and met all other obligations.
The following letters are acknowl
edgments of their prompt settle
ments of losses sustained in recent
fires in Greensboro:
Mr. A. W. McAliater Manager,
Greensboro lire Insurance (Jom
panies. Greensboro, N. C.
My Dear Sir: I have just received
from your five Greensboro Fire In
surance Company' checks payable
to B. It. Lstcy, treasurer of the state
of North Curolina, aggregating $15,-
624.60 on account of insurance on
property of the State Normal and
Industrial College recently deatory
ed by fire, aad it affords me much
pleasure to state that these home
companies have settled their losses
on tots promptness and so far as we
are advised are the first companies to
make a settlement.
Very truly yoors,
CHARLES D. McIVER,
i President.
World's Fair Contest.
This contest is 0eu to everybody except salaried employees of Th
Cockier. '
Our object in giving the free
present large and growing circulation.
Rule I. Every subscriber you
subscriber. . i
Rti.g II. You must collect one
scription you take und forward one hundred cents for each name to tli
subscription department of Thk Cocrikr, as no commissions will 1
allowed anyone, iu this contest.
Rl'LR III. You will have from
1904, to get these subscribers, so if
a handsome 42-pieoe dinner set for
Rclb IV. You must secure
before credit will be given you for a
two six months subscriptions will bs.
Or after you have secured 35 yearly
months siibcriptions will be counted
count as one Yearly subscriber.
We want Tub Coi rier in every
contest will not be limited to this county, as we want this to be a fair
and impartial contest.
Manager Svb. Dkit. Coi rieb, 'Asheboro, X. V.
Dear Sir: I want toentr yonr contest for a free trip
to the Wo -Id's Fair at St. Louis, and return.
My n-n
Address
, This is a great opportunity to tro
above and address it to Manager Sub.
WHO IS SHE?
THE MOST POPULAR LADY.
Thfi" Voting Contest Now on. Pay $ 1 .00 and
Vote for the Lady of Your Choice.
THF COURIER'S Qdpa- EST OFFER YET!
Wen Elegant and Costiy Pivmi.rni iu o.
Given to Seven of Host Popular
Lad' ers.
Within the last eighteen months The Courier has
doubled its circulation, and within the next three
months we hope to double its present circulation. With
'the help of our friends we can do this and for their in
terest we are going to give the following seven handsome
presents.
FIRST PRIZE A $65.00 Wheeler & Wilson ball-bearing
Sewing Machine to the lady receiving the greatest number of
votes. This machine is ou exhibition at the store of Morris-Scarlwro-Moflitt
Co. and you are axked to call and examina it.
SECOND PRIZE A handsome $40 Superb Steel Range
which cun bo seen at the salesroom of the Hollady-Pool
Ilardwuie Co. on depot street. It is one of the best mude.
THIRD PRIZE To the lady receiving the next highest
vote will be given a handsome Silver Cup with her name en
graved thereon. This cup is of Rodders make and costs $10.
Ou exhibition at McCrary-Redding Hardware Co.
FOURTH PRIZE I a beautiful forty-two-piece Dinner
Set, worth $12, and can be seen at the editor's office.
FIFTH PRIZE Is a handsome Black Skirt Pattern, worth
$8.00 at W. J. Miller's store.
SIXTH PRIZE A handsome ten-piece Water Set, worth
$7.00, on exibition at the editor's office.
SEVENTH PRIZE Will be given by Wood & Moring, and
w ill be announced later.
In this contest all who pay $1.00 will be entitled to vote,
whether new subscriber or in payment on old account. The
prize will lie awarded to the seven ladies receiving the highest
number of votes whether morriedor siugle.
' Go see theee valuable prizes at the places nlwve mentioned
and tell your friends about them.
R.VLES GOVERrJING CONTEST.
Only actual uitarrlbora.or Ui wlte or daughter ftf an actual wiWnher n
enter the eonttt.
Three ju.!gi will count the ballot, and decide the winners.
Only one name call lie written on a oouinhi.
Th. vote of one candidate cannot he tntnurerred to another.
Ballot, a lll he placed In the hallot buz onlr nv the puhllflherot The Courier. or
uy nu rmoa-aeewr.
A coutNin like the
A emit
d nmiierl
printed Th.
No coupw
11 .00 will he irtven a coupon, which will
1, pafe before tne Hint nay ni narcnt i ri. u nam oeiween Marcn .in and April
SnthV and Tote. II raid between April SUUl and May Hint at 1 o'clock sharp
when the content cloeee.
The vctex will he placed In a mtalcd bus a. they come In and the official Tote
pjlcci are valuable
Hurry up aim iay your miownimon
I handMHne and wortii hmttun for
THE COURIER VOTING COUPON.
This Coupon is Good for One Vote for
As the Most Popular Lady
FEBRUARY
Cut out and depostit in the ballot box at Courier office.
This coupon is void uulees voted within ten days.
Da AaytbJaf far a Deflar.
Of course it is business, but any
thing is business which will give D.
L. R - '11 a dollar be it solicitinr a
postvffioe job for a woman, or a suit
against his own neighbors. And
Marion Butler is an able assistant in
the same pursuit of the dollar. New
Bern Journal.
ronud trip ticket is to increase our
get must be an actual boun fide new
dollar in cash for each yearly mil)
February 15th, 1004, to July l.Mh
yon get one each week yon w ill secure
yof r work.
85 yearly cash in advance subscribers
six months subscription, after which
counted as one yearly subscriber.
cash in advance subscribers thiee
in the contest, four of which will
home in Randolph county, but the
to he World's Fair. Cut out. the
Dept. Col rikr, Asheboro, N. C.
Courier each week, when rut 'out
riher i
old MuhM'rilier pavlnf
entitle the holder to 00 row if th. dollar
.iki ti mr in uuiy oi your eotnc.
The
Reader of The Courier.
18th, 1904.
Three Killed ia Wreck. -In
a bead-on collision near
Florence, 8. C three men were kill
ed on the Atlantic Coast Line, Satur
day. The collision was due to a be
lated train, which the conductor had
overlooked. The engineer, Bruce
Taylor, who was killed was a real
dent of Wilmington, N. C.
!;:. 2UND MATTER.
A Cnvers3!ii:n Wilh "Rev
Decayed
Uiylus ' Recalled.
Col. OMr- Corr.iun.li n
Today ex-Slate Librarian Elling
ton shed a nil her linrht light on one
fsatnrc of the ionlh Dakota bond
Bint., jio saiu mat in tne Riiinmer.
1901. .It Mui lu ad t-itv that be u;,u
Rev. Dr. ISuylus Cade," wiio had been
Uov. iiiifsell pnvatc secretary lell
ing all about examinations in I In
State treasury which led to t lie (lis
covery that ill, io were hik Ii bomb
and that. Scha fer.of New Yui k.hr-l,
them. The intimation was that l)r
Cade and Governor Kucsrll were go
ing to on ,t t the money for the
bonds out of the slate. lr C'de slat-
iug that over half a million dollars
was involved mm the Democrat i
party would hae to : i.iTer whatever
odium there was. The suggestion
now is where did lr Cade come in.
In tho heariiiL' of t lie bond matter
before a referee here, Governor rtiis-
Sell was linked some questions, but
many which were not asked him
were realty iinpirtant. He acknowl
edged however, thai he had been
monkevinr, fn lo speak, with the
matter. Tim state had n witness,ex
Clerk Denmark, i f the treasury, on
hand ready to put on the stain, but
he was not on. A good manv per
sona have never understood why
more que.sj ions nere not asked ex
Governor Russell nt that hearing.
As nearly ns thf trite treasurer
can figure, about 2'iii,tiU0 of the
bonds issued July 1st, 1607, are out
standing, nil of live being in the
hands of SchaT-r, except the, I (1,000
which he piit in the hands of South
Dakota, thoiitrh It is agents. There
are outctaiiding notv enough bonds
to reqiaire .f Clti.dun of 4 per cent
bonds to lake them up under the
scale of 15 cents, 25 cents and 40
cents. There are also 22 bonds of
the 6 per cent class which nre sup-
osed to be lost, as these are redeem
able at their face value.
GUILFORD COUNTY NEWS.
OreemliM Pntn.,t.
Mrs Cox, of Randolph county, sis
ter of Dr Fox, is now visiting at his
home.
Mr Edgar 1 Kuvkendall, of tin's
city, was on" of the thirl ysix success
ful applicants lor law license before
the Supreme court last week. Of
the seven ho failed l pass the ex
amination four were negroes. Otic
negro passed.
Another golil mine is being open
ed near Greensboro with excellent
prospects A teii-sliiinp mill aud
corresiMjiuin: t'otui-nriit has. been
oruereu bv the . ifiajenieni, oT
hich Mr M .1 K '. is the execu
tive head, ng interest t of
the county h.iie im. r icccivcd the
consideration ih-y deserve and we
are glad lo see tho pivots t develop
ment. The siicee-st'iil operation of
the Fentress mine should long ago
have Etimululed similar ventures.
Architect K P Milburn, who fur
nished the plans ir remodeling the
county court house here, is charged
with being a pain-to a "monstrous
swindle" in South Carolina in con
nection with a company of contrac
tors making inpro.emotits in the
state capitol An expert govern
mcnt constructor pronounced the
ork "a parody upon the science of
arehitectmv." Mitlcirn has not vet
succeeded ia straightening out un
tangle hole which leaves the metal
furniture in the county vaults in a
useless condition. The commission
ers are about out of patience with
m.
There was a beautiful home wed
ding at Mrs M S King's on the evon-
ncr of thetwcniyseventh of .January
at six o'elock, Miss Mary L King be
coming tlie wife of Mr James L Bar
ge!. Rev .I IS II nt ton pertormeil
the ceieuiony. J h wniters were
Miss Annie' Tfns snd Mr Krnest
King and Miss Klsie Field and Mr
Percy King. The wedding march
was played by M:ss IVrtha Gray.
After the (ereuionv nil repmreit to
the diuing room, licit a sumptuous
supper awaited. Mr. and Mrs. Bur-
ess starteil the next ilav tor vtusn-
ington, where tin y will make their
future home. Wo wish the coup
much huppiii"ss.
Society's New Game.
"Trail" has taken society bv storm.
It is something new. something dif
ferent. Trail" as the name implies, is
founded on a popular hunting sport,
is played with liny-three line cams
iu four colors, representing a fox to
be chased and caught, unit four
pack of hounds of thirteen each.
"Tntil" has a constantly recurring
interest for players as they prefer
their playing from evening to even
ing, in marked contrast to certain
recent boistrous games that bore the
players at the end of an hour.
With the one pack six other
splendid, new, copyright games, and
two games of Fun, making it suita -
ble for all niemiirrs oi a t.nnnv.
"Trail" can be had of dealers or
sent post-paid, T."c gilt edge, plain
50c. Rules for the seven games free.
CovmiXAHox Cum 'o.
Atlanta. G,i.
NEW I.Ki!
-- i Mayor Williamson ordered a family
Smallpox ia Davids. r'f ""t? limdj, mem-'
. , . ' bers of the family having been cx-
Davidson county is getting over puSpJ ,0 inmipox. The wife resi.t
the smallpox trouble and the entire t.j nd it w- wi,n difficulty
cost to the comity is said to be not j tll,t the ofIWri .uooeeded i carry
over $5000. Th. s a remarkable j at he mayor's order,
showing for tli" p.blic officials ofi
that county. No countv in the .
State has been so afflicted and yet! ' ' Died.
the f50U wouiu cove- half th. ex
penditure made by mora than one
(other county.
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
HAPPENINGS AT STATE CAPITOL.
Democratic Committee Meets March 17
AnlhJu Law Low Price of Cotton
Not Permanent.
Raleigh, X. C, February 15.
Chairman Simmons having called the
Democratic f-'mtc Committee meeting
for March 17th, at Raleigh, the tune
anil place for the as.-embling of the
next State convention will then be
d' ter ifd. The time will probabl
be set foi some date in May or June
either at Iiali igh or Greensboro. A
the Democratic National convention
will be held on July 12th, it is really
not necessary to hold the State con
vention before about the first of July
but there is apparently u demand fo:
an earlier date than that, and it may
he held in May.
The Supreme court will this week
nami uown us iiecision in the anti-
lllg law C,1e, COIlBtnitllf: url Icku.
ed one year ago and which has been
"construed'' bv, two Superior
coin t judges iCook and Itrown)
xactly opposite ways. I he lawyers
employed to light in lavorot uphold
the construction is Judge l-ook
(limiting the new law to the four
counties specified in the act,) now
say that the Watts law is uncutisti
tuiioiial, because it discriminate!
against brandies made outside of
North Carolina and in favor of the
North Carolina product. Hut the
ot her side says there is nolliin
that contention.
Another proposition to lease the
Atlantic and N. C. Railroad is in the
hand of Governor Aycock, but none
of its provisions has yet been made
public, except that V. E. McBceund
W. J. Kd wards are interested. It is
safe to say, however, that there will
lie no lease of this road during the
present State administration, unless
a mighty good offer is received
much better than tho last one.
And now brother "Hill Hailey,"of
tin- Biblical Recorder, and Anti
Saloon League gets after Capt. Bob
Glenn for making Sunday school ad
dresses w hile he is seeking the nomi
nation for governor.
Well posted business men tell inc
that the present decline iu cotton is
only transient. Them is only a 9
million bale crop, and as sure as the
lie tv Orleans bulls and the New
York bears settle the present struggle
the price is certain to go up and be
yontl l." cents anain for spot. Hut
if you've got any left, don't hold on
too long again 10 cent is a mighty
good price.
Drummer boy Spencer Blackburn
'. to terJH nAtMI bi M. 111"?
Congress in "de ate" district this
J ear, judging by his conduct in seek
ing a job iu Washington. Wonder
if his efforts to injiiic Judge Boyd
have proved a boomerang already?
The execution committee of the
North Carolina Teachers' Assembly
nu t here Sat unlay and selected the
uck beginning June Oth as the
time for the annual assembly this
Year. The place will be selected
later.
Trinity College will this year have
it's commencement Jim 5 to S. Mr
Augier H Duke has been elected by
the two literary societies chief mali
nger, and Mr Julian Blniichnrd as
chief marshal. The orator smlected
to deliver tlieconimencrnieiitaddrcss
will be announced soon.
LLEWXAM.
MONTGOMERY NEWS.
Miss Ethel Low, of Randolph, is
visiting her ,-ister, Mrs Ivy C Nance.
Mr N M Thayer was surveying
land near town for Sheriff Clark
yesterday.
Miss Ethel Tyson has accept 1 a
position with the Troy Supply Coin
nan v.
Ni r A W E Capel, is looking after
business in Richmond county this
Week.
Miss 1 mi Pool, who is teaching
near Mt Gilrad spent Saturday night
with relatives in town.
Miss Lee Warner sjient Saturday
aud Sunday with her parent, return-
1 1 1 r lo her school near .Mt itilcau
Monday.
Mr V V Frnzier mid .laughter of
IheMtGitead section spent Satur
day nicht with his brother Sum
Frazier, of this place.
T J Parnfll died February the 5th
at it o'clock at Portland. N. C, of
bronchitis, in his bStli year. He was
buried Sunday at 11 o'clock, at
Liberty Hill church.
Mr and Mrs S V Blake, formerly
of liOiidon, raiirlanil. spent from rri
day till Monday at the Central. Mr
Blake is investigating the mining
entr rest of tins section.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs
Mai uin Hruton, of Wadcville, was
severely burned yesterday tho Oth
inst., at 1 1 o'clock. Hut little hopi
! 0 ,.'e(.0vry.
, About two
dozen negroes are
iiiatantined for smallpox in the pest
, house between Mt Gilead and Wade
' iile. It seems that uuuibe. of
iiegr.K-s are having the disease, but
I .1.:.. r 1. l..n o,w,ef
ed.
- ; Mri sidne Hughes, in Back
(eek 'fov9thi (AJ 10th, after
1 illuess of seyerVl day.
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