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The Roiial Families of England. CONTRIBUTED. Elizabeth was the last oft he Tu dor family. By birth James Stuart, oily son of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotts, and a great grandson of Margaret, sister of Henry VIII, was the nearest heir to the crown. He was already king of Scotland under the title of James VI, he now by choice of Parliament became James I of England. By his ac cession the two countries were unit ed under one sovereign, but each retained its own Parliament, its own Church and its own laws. James was uufortunate in his birth, neith er his father, Lord Daruley, nor his mother ha'l high qualities of charac ter. The murder of Mary's Italian secretary in her own palace and al most in her own presence gave the queen a shock which left a fatal inheritance of cowardice to her son (murdered by her husband because of jealousy, and he was murdered the following year; believed to have been done by Mary and the Earl of Bothwell, whom she married inside of a year). Throughout his life he could not endure the sight of a drawn sword and his personal ap pearance was by no means impress ive. He had a feeble rickety body, he could not walk straight, his tongue was too large for his mouth and he had goggle eyes. He died in 1625, a victi-ii of confirmed drunkuess and gluttony. The chief event of his reign was the es tablishment of permanent self gov erning colonies in Virginia and New England, destined in time to unite w ith others and become a new and independant nation. On his death his son Chailes I ascend ed the throne. Unlike his father Charles was by nature a gentleman, but like his father he was a firm believer in "The Divine Kight of Kings" which was the cause of his many troubles and eventually his death. The whole of his reign must be regarded as a prolonged struggle between the king and the nation, which aided in his being tried and beheaded in 1649. from then until 1660 England was a Re public. In 1653 Oliver Cromwell was made Protector and at his death in 1658 his son Richard Cromwell succeeded to the Protectorate. His goverment though existed in name only, never in tact and in 1660 the Convention, including 10 members of the House of Lords, met and in vited Charles Stuart, then in Hol land, to return to his kingdom. Charles was a man with no love of country, no sense of duty, no belief in man, eo respect for women.1 For twelve years he had been a wander er and at times almost a beggar, now the sole aim of his life was en joyment. He died in 1685 after having wsated the revenue, robbed the excheque and cheated the navy, ; secretly sold himself to France, j made war on Holland and ehame-1 fully deceived both Parliament and people, all in order to get money j with which to gratify his inordinate love of pleasure. James II, Duke of York, brother of the late king, now came to the throne. His daughter Mary, who had married William, Piince of Orange and resided in Holland was the next in succession until the king announced the birth of a son. This however was believed to be an imposition (thought he smuggled a child in) and William of Orange was asked to come over with an army to protect his wife's claim to the the throne. Upon his coming James II fled to France. The crown was then tended to William and Mary with the understanding that the actual administration should be vested in William alone. They ac cepted and William reigned 13 years. His was a brave soul in a feeble body and although never popular in England, he helped more than any one man of the 17th century, Cromwell alone excepted, to make England free. He also founded the Bank of England, by far the largest and most important financial instution in the world. As he left no children the prin cess Anna, a younger sister, of the late Queen Mary, now came to the throne. She was know as "Good Queen Anne" Daring her reign the union of England and Scotland toot place. They were united in 1707 under the name of great Brit tian and adopted a new flag, the Union Jack. With Anne's death In 1714 the Stuart power came to an end. All of her children died in infancy except one nnfortnnate sickly son who lived just long enough to awaken hopes which were buried with him. According to the terms of the Act of Settlement the crown now passed to George, Elector of Hanover, a protestant decendant of James I, of England, The new king, however, was in no haste to leave the quiet little Ger mnn Court where he had passed his fifty-fourth Birthday and where he would have gladly spent the rest of his uneventful life. He was a self ish, coarse old man who neither knew nor cared to know anything about England, nor could he speak a word of the English language. Laboring under these disadvantages his majesty wisely, determined not to try to take any active part in the affairs of the nation, and the present method of government dates from this reign. His was the first cab inet formed and Sir Robert Walpole the first prime minister. George died in 1727 and his son, George II, ascended the throne. He was much like his father, but couli speak broken English readily. His wife Queen Caroline was an able woman who possessed the happy art of rul ing her husband without his suspect ing it. At his death in 1760 his grand son George III came to the throne. The new king was a man of ex cellent character, who prided him self on having been born an eng lishman. The close of his reign marks the beginning of the present age. It was indicated in many ways and among others by the change in dres. His long reign covering over 60 years was in every way eveutful. During that time England lost her possessions in America. During that period also Ireland was united to Great Brittain. He died in 1820 at the age of 78, after having been blind, deaf and insane for 10 years George IV, the eldest son of the late king now came to the throne, though, owing in V. o fathor'a in c . .1 1 f o lio had virtually been king since 1811. His habits of life had made him a selfish, dissolute spendthrift, who like Charles II, cared only for pleas ure. In 1785 he had, contrary to law, married Mrs. Fitzherbert, a Roman Catholic lady of excellent character and possessed of great beauty. Ten yeais later, partly through royal compulsion and part ly to get money to pay off some of J, his numerous debts the prince mar ried bis cousin, Caroline, of Bruns wick. This union proved a source of unhappiness to both and he separated from her in a year's time. He tried to obtain divorce on the ground of infidelity but failed. It was decided, however, that she could j not claim the honor of coronation, i She presented herself at the entrance j to Westminster Abbey as the coro-1 nation ceremony was about to begin, j but by order of her husband ad mission was refused and she retired to die heart-broken a few days later. George IV died in the summer of 1830. During his 10 years' reign he had squandered enormous sums of money in gambling and dissipa tion, and had done his utmost to block the wheels of political Dro- gress. How far this son of an insane father was responsible it may not be for us to say. Sir Walter Scott was the only one to say anything in his praise. In a whole nation, the rest are silent, or if they Bpeak, it is neither to commend nor to defend, but to condemn. As George IV I left no heir, his brother, Willram, a man of C5, now came to the throne He had passed most of his life on shipboard, having been placed in the navy when a mere lad, and was fa miliarly known as "The Sailor King." His reign was short, lasting only seven years, and at his death in 1837 the Princess Victoria, daughter of his brother Edward, Duke of Kent, ascended the throne. In her lineage the queen represents nearly the whole past sovereignty of the land over which she governed. The blood of both Cerdic, the first Saxon king, and of William the Conqueror, flowed in her veins. The new queen was but little over eighteen when called to the throne, 2 years later she was married to her cousin, Prince Albert, of Saxe Cobnrg Gotha a duchey, of Central Ger many. He was about her own age, of fine personal appearance, and had just graduated from one of the Ger man universities. Late in 1861, af ter 21 years of happy married life, the piince consort died suddenly. In time the nation lost an earnest promoter of social educational and industrial reforms, and the United States a true and judicious friend. After his death the queen held no court, and the feeling that generally existed was that real queen died with her husband, and that only her shadow remained. In the summer of 1887 Queen Victoria celebrated the 50th year of her reign, ten years later, in June i 1897, the nation spontaneously rose to do honor to her diamond jubilee. The speendid military pageant which marked that event in London was far more than a brilliant show for it demonstrated the enthusiastic loyal ty of the English people and of the English colonies. Victoria died on Tuesday nfernoon, January 22, 1901, after a long and glorious reij.Il of 64 years, ami her eldest son, Al bert Edward, Prince ot Wales, can e to the throne, assuming the title of Edwar'r VII. He is said to be afflicted with heart disease, and it is not supposed that his reign will be a long one tnougn He baa now reign ed for five years. He was married March 10 1863 to the Princess Alexandria, eldest daughter of the late King Christian, 9th of Den mark, and has four children, and whether his reign be short or long, it is to be hoped that he will follow in the footsteps of his noble mother, Queen Victoria, the greatest sover eign that ever ruled over England. CEDAR FALLS. Making , Extenilve Preparation for Commencement Entertalamrnl to Be (ilven During the Evening of April 14th. Mra. Elias Hurley, the oldest lady in this section is critically ill. Mr. O. R. Cox went to Greensboro Monday. Mr. W. T. Greco is here with a forceover- hauling the telegraph line which has been temporarily repaired since the sleet. Airs. J. J. Ulass nas jusi received ami opened up a beautiful lot ef ladies hats. Mrs. Glass is an up-to-date milliner. Pnm In nnr rnmmencement. Lion t lor- get the date, April 14, and at night there will be nn entertainment. Lome and en courage the school workers. Mr. Craven is working up a good string uana :or uie oc casion. S. C. Glass went to Park s Cross Roads to commencement. Mr. D. J. Allred and Mr. Rouse are pre-1 paring for spring. Died In Ka Saturday evening after illness, Pauline, tue little four-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Smith. The remains were interred Sunday evening at Pleasant Ridge cemetery, Revs. J. W. Calder and pastor. 1'atton, ot the unristiun : church, conducting the burial ! services. There was something very reniartaOie ttOOU 1 illUC A UU I1UO. kJHC loved to attend her Sabbath school at the Holiness church. She kept all of her Sunday school cards and often spoke of going to live witn Jesus. A few days before being taken sick she was lying on the bed and her mother who thought her asleep heard her talking and she was calling Uoil, Willi eyes wide open, looking upward. Her home is now far above the sky Where loved ones will meet her by and by; Dear Pauline, we miss you every night and day, But we would not call you back to stay. Your little tracks we yet can see Hade by no one only thee, But that sweet voice we hear no more Until we meet on the other shore. Kniloy Happenings. There was quite a commotion in this section last Sunday. Three convicts escaped from the camp at Moffitt's Saturday night and two of them made their way in this direction, crossing the liver iu a boat at Waddell's Ferry. The guards tracked them there but as the river was past fording, they had to go around by Enterprise, a dis tance of some 25 miles. In the meantime two men living on the other side of the river captured them at High Falls and carried them back. This shows the great need of a bridge across the river at this place. If they had not been caught ly oth er parties they would surely have gotten away before the guard could have caught them. Mrs. Jesse Young was on the sick list last week. We hope for her a speedy recovery. Several of the men from this neighborhood attended commission ers court last Monday. Ralph Items. Rev. E. G. Lowdermilk visited his brother, Mr. S, F. Lowdermilk, last Friday evening. Mr. Horton Vestal and children spent Sunday at Mr. Albert Smith's. Messrs. S. F. Lowdermilk, A. C. Cox and J. M. Allen have entered Humbles pond. Rev. J. H. Stowe will preach at Brower's Chapel next Sunday even ing at three o'clock. Mr. C. C. Winningham killed a halk last Friday that measured 43 inches from tip to tip. Miss Ethel King, of Michfield, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. S. F. Lowder milk. Mrs. Carolina Moffitt, of Brown, is spending this week at Mr. Staley's. tinr'i Chapel Items. Mr. W. M. Routh, after a two weeks' stay at his old home, returned to Montgomery county last week. Horace Lineberry, aged seventy four years, died suddenly at his home near here on last Friday. Heart failure or apoplexy was the supposed cause of his death. Mr. Emsley Allred celebrated his ninety-fourth birthday on the 13th of March. He lives with his son. Mr. Bethel P. Allred. County Medical Society. There will be a meeting of Ran dolph County Medical Society in the court house at Asheboro, N. C, on Tuesday. April 10, at 10: 30 a. n. Same program will be followed as before announced. A delegate and an alternate to be elected to attend the State Society Meeting. Annual dues mnct be paid at this meeting $2.25 being the amount. S. A. Henley, Pres. C. C. Uubbakd, Sec. THE COURIER APPRECIATED. Kind Word! From Ob f Oar Reader Level the Came. The Cottbier has recived the following letter from one of its readers, which is highly appreciated by the editor. 'I don't want you to stop my paper when ray subscription is out Jan. 1 1907 send it on and also a "dun" and I will remit the first chance. I am your friend and at any time I can d J yon a good turn demand it ana it wjU be gran ed with pleasure. I thoroughly appreciate your paper and will be glad to helpyeu at any time in this locality. This letter Beems a little "uncalled for" but I do waut to do just a little something for your paper when I have a chance, for it is doing eo much for public schools and for the administration of good government in the good old county. It's a deep satisfaction to know that we have such good men in the county offices thorough breds, instead of a set of theivincr radicals a poor improvement on the old rascally Carpet-Baggers. And vou are undertaking another bis job too Good Roads but may God bless you in it. We Burely need them. 1 want to help you all I can. I know the need of better public schools and any one can see the need of better reads. May your efforts be finally crowned w ith brilliant success. With best wishes for 11' of j the coi iuer office from "Devil" to Kdi tor V .,,! nl,i;n u,.l.nla onrl ihmn t'n I am your friend , j Sugg Creek IteinN. i The receat rains havengaia forced open the eyes and ears of those op a short ! posed to good roads. 1 he epidemic ot measles in this section has about spent itself. Mrs J. S. Sugg, who has been sick for some time, is able to be out again. Mrs. Theny Freeman is very sick at her home here, Some time ago she dislocated her hip from which she has suffered intensely since. Rev. Mr. Ingram, of Star, preach ed an able sermon at, Maple Springs church Sunday. You cau get blauk deeds, blank mortgage deeds, chattel mortgages and magistrate blanks at the Cou rier. All members of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Associations of Randolph County who have not paid their January assessments are requested to do so at once. V. S. Hayes, Sec. & Treas. WE WANT To help every person striv ing for a musical education to secure an Artistic Piano. For that reason we open our own warerooms and sell direct to the home, thus elimi nating all in between profits. Write Stieff if you are thinking of buying. Southern Wareroom, No. 5 West Trade Street, CHARLOTTE, NC, C. H. WILMOTH. Mgr. Some Fabrique de Paris Light Woollen dress goods in lat est shadow effects, in black, navy, sage green, and pearl gray. From 50c. to $1.50 a yard. Linens in white and brown for dresses are a great fad. Other beautiful patterns are shown in dotted swiss, mulls, and flowered and plain Persian lawns. And then for trimmings, delicate laces, and insertion will be largely worn. Our line is the most select and prices range from 25c. to $2.00 per yard- W. W. JONES .56. Grocer can furnish you the best in sea sonable edibles. Jf it is for din ner, supper or breakfast consult him. He always has fine flour, fresh butter, as well as variety of delicacies. The Busy Store. Our Messrs Carter and Craven have just return ed from the Northern markets where they bought one of the largest and handsomest stocks of goods ever shown in Ramseur. All up-to-date and prices right. A fine line of silks from 50 cents to $1.50 per yard Millinery Department Our Millinery Department will be in charge of Mhs OiaMay-Cox, the accom plished and clever milliner from High Point. The ladies hats are beautiful this spring, Come and see them House Furnishings Mattings, Rugs, &c. A full line of Groceries al ways on hand. Guano and Acids. Come and see us and we will do you good. Ramseur Store Company, If. B. CARTER. Me.ne.ger. Furniture y T5he Car. In buying this 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 be found at this store. Easter Advice- Not a month before you will be ready for your Easter dress or your Easter Monday shirtwaist suits. The latest showing in Dress goods, embracing all of fashion's spring fancies can be found at our store. Our buyer has visited the fashion centres and has purchased the most desirable fabrics, in the most popular shades. Popvxlar Materials: WE ask your attention to our large and most comprehen sive display of newest models in Spring and Summer Footwear for ladies, misses, children and men. The assortments embrace the richest qualities for ladies and gentlemen, in all leathers, for all occasions. Wood L Moring.- Does Your Hat Match Your Face? If not, wear one that does. Go to Mrs Blair's Millinery where you will find the new est and most desirable shapes for spring1. More goods expected daily. Mrs. E. T. Blair, Asheboro, N. C. Clothing Department Our clothing department is complete and we can fit all from the four-year-old boy to the Jarge man. We have a nice line of Shirts and Neckwear right from the manufacturer. way we secure the best at the of Coffins and Caskets can Our iine of spring cloth -ing is without a rival. We can furnish you the best of either custom or tailor-made suits, in the latest spring cuts. In our stock can be found the best goods made by the now famous Griffon merchant and custom tailors. You should furnish your self with the most nobby a r t i c 1 es in neck-wear bats, and other furnishings: We have them at popular prices.
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