WASHINGTON LETTER.
low Special Courier Correspon
dence on Affairs at Wash
Ti ington.
' Washington, D. C. March 24th-
wnat threatened to be an invasion
on the sacred rights of the Ameriean
people was averted last week, when
the benate removed Arizona and
New Mexico from the statehood
Bill. It looked very much for a
time as though these people were
going to be forced into a shotgun
wedding, as everv offort of the
Administration was being put forth
to bring them in as one State,
whether they liked it or not, and
this would have been brought about
had it not been for the Hon. Mark
Smith, Delegate from Arizona.
Just after the smoke of the
Statehood fight had cleared away a
diminutive messenger boy was rush
ing wildly around, looking for
Mark;, whom he hnallv found in
the midst of a group of statesmen,
still talking about the fray. He
carried a telegram from Mark's con
stituents in Arizona, ana this is
what it said: "Are you drunk yet,
If not you ought to be. We all
are." And Mark wasn't.
SENATOR BAILEY ON RATE REGULA
TION.
Senator Bailey's speech on the
rate regulation question has excited
considerable comment, and is pro
nounced by men of legal lore to be
equal in clearness and force to any
thing ever penned by Chief Justice
Marshall. The oenator advanced
the apparently simple proposition
that the Federal Courts, having
been created by Congress and not
by the Constitution, had no greater
powers or jurisdiction equitable or
legal, than Congress chose to confer
upon them. Therefore if Congress
fixes the duty upon the Inter-State
Commerce Commission of imposing
rates and provides that such rate
shall stand until the final order of
the courts, the Federal Courts have
no authority or jurisdiction to in
terfere by injunction. This is so
clear and apparent that it is a won
der no one ever thought of it be
fore, and if correct, it is a very
serious blow to the railroad.
TO PUSH AMERICAN COTTON GOODS.
Important Bill Framed by Senator Overmim
To Pentrit the Orient.
A revised bill to extend America's
Cotton Trade to the Orient has been
framed by Senator Overman and the
Secretary of the Department of Com
merce and Labor which provides for
a commission of five expeits who
will act under direct supervision of
the Department.
They will travel foreign countries
in the interest of American cotton
trade exhibiting goods and securing
information and reporting trade con
ditions, and the kind of goods being
purchased in the various markets of
the world.
The department of commerce has
ordered sent to Alamance county,
where there are xl mills engaged in
making colored cotton goods, sani
pies of all the cloth which English
ana otner manntacturers are now
landing to China. Photographs will
be sent to the mill centers giving
the patterns, while the samples of
goods will afford an exhibition of
the texture. It was stated some time
ago that these samples of cotton
goods would be sent to Charlotte,
Gastonia, and other points at the
instance of .Representative Webb,
N Up and Oown Squirrel Creek.
Mr Ezra Cox has gone to Greens
boro with a load ef produce.
Mr Capsey Pugh 19 ill with meas
les.
Mr W M Trogdon has built a
new store at the old Glasgow place,
Mr Thomas S Keeling, of Mill-
boro, spent Tuesday with his father,
J b Heeling.
Snnday school is held every Sun'
day at Spoon's Chapel at 10 o'clock,
a m.
Mr Robert Cox caught two owls
last week, one measuring 56 inches
from tip to tip and the other 47
inches from tip to tip. X.
Parks' Cross Roads.
The closing exercises of the school
at Park's Cross Roads will be held
to-day at 10 o'clock. Prat J M
Wav will deliver the address during
the afternoon. During the evening
the pupils will give an entertain
ment to which the public as well as
the patrons of the school are invited.
Prof G O Weatherly, the principal
of the school, was in Asheboro Mon
day and reports that the exercises
were postponed last Saturday on ac
count of the very bad weather.
Venerable Minister Dead.
Rev Thos Howard Pegram, well
known in Randolph county, died at
his home in Winston-Salem Sunday
morning 6: 30 o'clock. He has been
in declining health for two years.
Mr Pegram lived an energetic life,
which was crowned with great minis
terial success. He leaves a wife and
twosons. L W Pegram, of Louisana,
and T II Pegram, of Mooresvillf.
Cedar Falls Note.
Miss Maggie Leonard, of Greens
boro, is visiting here this week.
Messrs D 0 Cox and W R Trogdon
started to Parks' Cross Roads com
mencement Saturday but owing to
the inclinency of the weather they
only got to Franklinville. We have
learned later that because of the
weather the exercises were postponed
until Thursday 29th.
Mr G 0 Weatherly and Mrs D M
Weatherly passed through enroute
to Asheboro Monday morning.
Mr 0 R Cox made a business trip
to Greensboro Friday.
We were glad to see it noted in
The Courier last week that Mr
Jennings of this place, is going to
increase his chair making capacity.
Mr Jennings makes the very best j
that years of experience and the
best selected material can make. It
il to be regretted that his out put !
hasn't been increased ere this. He
has been offered a nice sum for the
right of name to the "Jennings
Chair" but refused to sell.
The commencement at the Aca
demy, will be held April 14th.
Everybody invited.
JVlr (J a Jiirkman is eick again
after having measles. He attended
court at Aeheboro last week and
suffered a relapse upon his return
home.
Mr 0 T Welch is visiting his
father near Siler City.
Little Hattie McMasters is quite
sick with whooping cough.
We regret to learn that Mrs John
Stout does not improve very rapidly.
Miss lhelma Kirkman has re
covered from an attack of measles.
Mr B G Campbell visited Mr W
A Kirkuian Sunday.
Mr David Kivett is all smiles
a boy.
Guilford Notes.
The County Commissioners of
Guilford have let the contract for
the construction of an iron bridge
across Miller's Creek, near Blair's
Dairy, to the Oswego Bridge Co., of
New York. The bridge is to be
ready for the public by June 1st.
I he Guilford county work house
is about ready for occupation. Mr
Hackett is busy getting things in
shape and says he will be ready to
begin work in a few days.
Mr O IS Richardson has lust in
stalled a new dynamo at High Point
which carries 2,300 vottage.
At the meeting or the uuiltord
county Sunday School Convention I
held at High Point last week the
following officers were elected;
L F Johnson, president.
J W Case, secretary and treasurer.
Miss Venie Truitt, superintendent
of the home department.
Mrs L li Michaux. superintendent
of the primary department.
Trinity Items.
The Missionary Conference of the
Greensboro District will convene in
the College Chapel on Friday
There will be preaching on Thurs
day night by Rev J W Moore, of
Greensboro.
J R Reddick, our progressive road
supervisor, has done tome work on
the streets that has long been needed
He has fixed up several sidewalks,
bridges et2, and now is making an
effort to gat enough mouey to ma
cadamize the Boone hill.
Dr Parker has returned from a
two weeks' visit in Florida.
Miss Melita Parkin who has been
visiting at her grandfather's in
Faison returned home last week.
Mrs R E Pepper, who spent the
winter in Bladen Co is at home
again, to the delight of her many
friends.
Miss Rose Johnson, who taught
school at Okeewemee, returned home
on Saturday.
Mrs Peacock and Mrs Carr, of
High Point, were in town one day
last week.
Geo Wilson, of Wilmington, has
been spending several days with his
parents, Rev and Mrs James Wilson.
Erie Scaroi orongh was at home a
few days this week.
Cards are out announcing the
silver wedding reception of our Pas
ter, Rev and Mrs Hargett, on April
7th from 6 to 10 p m.
While attempting to ford Reber
son's Creek near Pittsboro last week
Dr J N Taylor narrowly escaped
drowning. The rushing torrent
carried his horse and buggy several
feet out of its course, liis buggy
was submerged in the stream.
Competition is tbe bent seller when vou
Dave a gooa article to otter.
Several years ago, the I roxunity Mills.
Greensboro, N C, the largest cotton mills in
the South, wanted s large quantity of paint
for their mills and bouses.
After testing samples eubmited from al
most every paint house in the country, they
decided upon using Stag Brand Senu-Paste
Paint, made bv Hirshberg, Hollander & Co,
Baltimore, M,'l, which is the best paint monev
can buy.
In the last three years tbey have used
over 6,000 gallons of this paint, and are
continually u-ing more. Doesn't this look
as though they were satisfied with Stag?
JNeit time you are in the market for paint,
will pay you to bear in mind Stag Semi-
Paste I'aini
"One coMon maknB two." For sale by
Lewis & W icrtlow Ildw Co, Asheboro, K C.
CALL FOR COURIER CLUB RAISERS.
Enter Your Name On Our List
Premiums Offered. Hundreds of Dollars will be Distrib
uted in Presents During the Next Few Weeks.
In arranging this contest we have
endeavored tc offer a reward to
workers sufficient to make them en
thusiastic and at the same time make
the work of securing subscribers
easy, so they could not fail to win
prizes Every one who pays one dol
ar IN ADVANCE will get free with
The Courier one of these papers
oneyear, the Woman s Magazine, Ihe
Metropolitan ana iturai iiome, me
Southern Agriculturist, or the
Farm aud Fireside for one year.
This contest begins NOW and will
close July 1, 1906. The person
who sends us tbe largest number or
subscriptions during that time will
receive as a prize a handsome Na
tional Sewing Machine, which sells
for $65.00.
To the person who sends in
the second largest list of subscribers
we will give a Champion New Home
Sewing Machine, price $65.00.
To the person who obtains for us
the third largest list of subscribers we
will give one Carolina Cook Steve
with "B" list with pipe, including
full and complete cooking outfit
which sells everywhere for $18.00
This stove is on exhibition at the
Lewis & Winslow Hardware Com
pany.
To the person sending us the
fourth largest list we will give a
genuine American movement ladies'
vatch made by the New York Stan
dard Watch Company, fitted in a
gold hlled hunting case, warranted
for 20 years. It is a stem-windei
and stem-setter, and in every way a
reliable time keeper. Each case is
handsomely engraved.
To the worker who sends us the
fifth largest list we will give a watch
with movement like the foregoing
description except a ten year gnara a
teel case.
To the penon sending us the
sixth largest list we will give
a pair of Queen Quality Shoes
worth $3.50. These shoes are on
exhibition at Messrs Wood & Mor-
ing's Store.
Jhe person sending us tne
seventh largest list will receive
a pair of the celebrated White House
ratent ijeatner ciucner tuies
Shoes worth 3.50. These shoes can
be . seen at anytime at the Morris-
Scarboro-Moffitt Co's Store.
The person sending us the eigth
largest list will receive a pair of
the popular woman s uonege
Walking Shoes, worth 3.50. It can
be seen at Mr W J Miller's store.
The worker sending us the ninth
largest subscription list we will give
free a beautiful 52-piece porcelain
breakfast set.
To the person sending us the
tenth largest subscriptions we will
give a handsone water set worth
$6.50.
The person sending us the eleventh
largest list of subscribers will re
ceive a 14-piece combination Ameri
Frankllnvlllt Items.
A heavy sleet visited this section
Saturday night and it is feared that
the peach and pear crop is destroyed.
Mr Fred N Day, of Winston,
preached in the Baptist church Sun
day morning and evening.
Messrs U G Russell and L F Fen
tries attended a Masonic meeting of
Balfour .Lodge, at Asheboro, Tuesday
night.
Mrs Harvey Maness is visiting her
parents at Big Falls, Haw River,
and will probably be away several
weeks.
Mr Thos Harvel has moved bis
family from Montgomery county to
this place where his children have
positions with the Randolph Mfg
Co.
Mr Peter Allred has greatly im
proved the appearance of the tenant
house on Parks Creek farm by a
new coat of paint and in a few
weeks Mr J G Williamson will move
into it and superintend the farming
interests.
Mr Geo H Kinney is having his
dwelling house repaired on West
Church street.
Preparatioas are being made to
cover and make other repairs on the
Masonic Lodge building at this place
in the near future.
Mr S Greene Phillips has resigned
his position with tbe Franklinville
Mfg Co, and will move his family to
eaniora where be has secured a po
sition with the Sanford Cotton
Mills.
Mr Fred n White, who represents
the Saco & Pettee Machine Shops,
spent one day in town last week.
The new good for Franklinville
and Randolph Store Company's have
nearly all arrived. 1 hey have on of
tbe nicest lines of upnng aud sum
mer goods that can be found in the
county.
at Once and Win One of the
can Beany Rose silver set, consist
ing of 1 dozen Tea Spoons, Sugar
Shell and Butter Knife to match,
pure coin silver plated over nickel
plate on hard metal base, packed in
fancy box.
Every dollar Bent we count one
subscription. It will take two fifty
cent subscribers to count one sub
scription in the contest.
Now here are the "sure things"
prizes those you KNOW you can
get wnemer you win one oi me om
er prizes or not. . j
To every person sending us twelve
subscribers at one time with twelve !
dollars, we will give a handsome
water set the best made, or, if yon
prefer, a set of genuine Rodgers
knives and forks, either of these sell
anywhere for $5.00 to $6.00. Or to
any person, who will send us 18 sub
scriptions with $18.00, we will send
both theee premiums.
But that is not all, we
make another offer that every
body can get and that is that
every worker, who will send us six
subscription at one time accompani
ed by $6.00, we will give a
fine porcelain, .30 piece breakfast
set or for five subscriptions we will
give a handsome stereoscope and
48 colored scenes from all parts of
of the world. This breakfast set
never sold for less thau $4.00
and it is worth $6.00 anywhere
and the stereoscope and views
are worth fully as much as the
breakfast set, or if any worker will
send us 10 subscriptions accom
panied by $10, we will sei d both
these handsome premiums.
We know you will wonder how
we can make such a remarkable
offer. To be frank with you we
couldn't if we did not know from
experience that three-fourths of the
new subscribers obtained in this
way will be turned into regular
subscribers at the end of the year.
We are paying you handsomely
simply to get them started for us.
The merit of the paper itself will
do the rest and in the long run we
will make a profit and you will be
doing your community a good turn
by inducing the people to read a
paper which teaches them how to
make more mouey from their farms
and in various occupation.
To everyone who sends us as much
$100.00 for subscriptions and job
work together we will give a Cham
pion New Home Sewing Machine.
Any young man who wants a pair
of "Keiths Konoueror" shoes, or a
pair of celebrated King Bee shoe,
or a pair of Crossett's best shoes,
each and every pair sells for $5.00
the world over, or if you want free
the best railroad watch ever made
ou can learn how to get them free
y getting subscriptions or job work
for The Courier.
Now the facts are all before you
id the contest is on. DON'T
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BEGIN WORK. Start now and
keep it tip, ifyou want one of the
big prizes. We will Bond you sam
ple copies, if yon ask for them, but
we do not furnish receipts and sub
scription blanks except direct to the
subscribers upon recaipt of the list
and amount enclosed. , An ordinary
peice of paper will do. Don't send
stamps. Pnt the silver dimes in an
envelope and fold it tip and put in
another envelope which bears the
stamp and address and they will
not be lost. Address all letters to
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Asheboro, N C.
TrinKyvlNnaiiiMinint.
The commencement of Trinity
High School will begin on Sunday,
March 27th, with the baccalaureate
sermon by Key 'Frank Siler. The
season lasts through March JJ30th.
The exercises will be very interesting
and a large crowd of visitors is ex
pected. The Spring
Miller '5 is the Place-
Something to please all. New goods already here,
more coming.
Merchandise bought at this store stands for style
and quality, bears inspection and is offered at prices ,
that invite most rigid comparison. Our line of new
spring dress goods, and trimmings eclipse anything
ever shown in our store. The latest fads in furnishings
for ladies, gentlemen and childrens boys and girls can
be found in our immense stock of goods.
W. J. MILLER,
Furniture
y 15he Car.
In buying this way we secure the best at the
lowest prices.
Just Received,
a large line of Furniture embracing Bedroom
Suits, Couches, Iron Beds, Dining Chairs, Rockers,
Hall Racks, etc. We carry a nice line of jewelry;
also handle a full line of heavy and fancy groceries.
See our prices and inspect our stock and you are
sure to be our customer.
The Crescent Furniture Company,
Ramseur, N. C.
N. B. A full line of Coffins and Caskets can
be found at this store.
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because they are made
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