TO SPEND A MILLION.
Facta- About Ibe Double Tracking
Operation on Bon tliern Between
Greensboro and Spencer.
By January let, 1907, the South
ern railway will have a double
track between Greensboro and
Spencer. In addition to the work
already done, thirty one miles will
be finished. The undertaking will
cost the Southern about one million
doHarr-. It is in the hands of con
tractors who will employ from 1500
to 2000 laborers. At present 10' 0
art- at work. In this section live
hundred thousand dollars will be
expended for labor alone and this
large amount of money will doubt
less rind its way into the business
channels of the towns along the
route.
The Lane Brothers Company, of
Esmont, Virginia, is the princip.il
contractor. Various smaller con
tractors, however, have sublet the
work. The Lane Company is a
large concern domg extensive rail
road work in many place?. It is
now engaged in work in Viigiuia
on the C. & O. and the Tidewaiei
that will foot up several millions.
It recently completed an eightein
months job at Atlanta for the
Southern. On this immediate job
the Messrs. Lane are associated
with T. Barton Jones, the firm
name being Lane Brothers Company
and Jones.
The work now being done on each
side of Lexington, extending two
miles, baB been 6ublet to Lane ar:d
Thurmon. Stuart and Jones have
three miles between Lexington and
Limvood. Lane Brothers and Jones
will do the work from the city
limits to Abbott's creek, and from
Abbotts creek to beyond Lake the
Sturm and DiUiard Company has
the contract. J. M. Colvin and G.
McDonald have the contract between
Lake and Thomasville, aud Stuart
Brothers from Thomasville to High
Point. Last year some work was
do.n" between High Point and
Gieensboro, but part of this has
been abandoned, and a new route
fhosen, necessitating additional con
etruction. All together thirty-one
miles of double track will be built
during the remaiuing months of
this year. , 'v
The principal contractors have
the masonry work to do, also, that
at the Yadkin Kiver, notably, which
will cost $00,000. They have also
opened a quarry at the river, to get
rock for ballast, and this part of
the construction will require three
year's work. Two hundred thou
sand yards of ballast will be placed.
The Southern lets the contracts
for this double tracking in spots.
Last year the Lane Company com
pleted the section between I'elham
aad Danville, and it is now in use;
but between Greeuboro and Pelhani
is a gap of forty miles for which no
contract has as yet. been let.
Nr. J. E. Lane, vice presidjnt of
the Lane Company, has charge of
the work here aud is assisted by Mr.
T. Bell, who is making Lexing
ton h's ht-td quartets. Speaking
with Mr. Bell atout the matter of
labor, he said his company paid
$1.50 a day and paid off moiunly,
an I ir. soriujinstancfs semi-monthly,
Th-re is a ecu -city of labor, too, and
it mav be that Italians will be
brought; down from the north
Davidson Dispatch.
PROFITABLE INVESTMENT.
Randolph Citizen Writes troin Mlsom I
a boat the Importance of Good
Roadi.
Editor Courier: Enclosed Had
N. Y. Exchange for $2.00 in pay
ment for your valuable paper to
'July 30th, 1907.
Through your paper I get all the
news from my old native county
Randolph, which is always a great
pi ajur to me. I notice that you
are advocating a noble work in the
way of good roads, which is it grand
wot k for any paper to do for any
state. I certainly endorse the move
ment as I know it is a good one from
personal experience.
Joplin, the city in which I live,
contains 40,000 inhabitants, found
ed in 1871. We started about six
years ago to build good roads in all
directions leading out from our city
and we have built eo far 98 miles of
road at a cost of $250,000 which
makes about $2,500 per mile. We
think it is the best investment for
the city that we could have made.
The roads are built under the su
pervision ol a civil engineer and a
compeiant road builder, and we are
still building and extending the
roads in all directions. I also want
to compliment your people on what
they are doing in the way of educa
tion in your state.
Very truly yours for good
roads and education,
Z. II. LOWDERMILK.
Joplin, Mo.
HJBecause of the developments in i
me railroad coal investigation which
has been in progress at Philadelphia
tor several days, President A. J. j
Gassatt, of the Pennsylvania rail-J
road wilt resign his position as soon j
as the investigation is concluded.
Montgomery News.
From the Montgomrian.
Mrs. Wm. Atkins is an early
gardener. Notwithstanding the re
cent cold weather, she has young
beans, Mrs. A. B, Moore is also an
early gardener. She has young
beans and other vegetables a little
unusual in this section at this early
date.
May, the youngest child of Mr.
and Mrs. A. L. L'tthatn of the
Martin's Mill community, died on
May 8th, 1906, and was buried at
Troy on the 9th.
The frost last Thursday morning
played havoc with early vegetables
ana cotton through this section.
Gardens had to be replanted, and a
number of farmers planted their
cotton again. There are a few
places, however, that seem to havf
escaped any serious damage.
There has been a change in the
management of the Uwharrie hottl
within the past week. Mr. G. W.
Morris, who has been in charge for
the past several months, has been
succeeded as manager by Mr. J. K.
Saunders whose former home was
in the Ophir community. Mr. Saun
ders took charge Monday. Tha
plan of management has undergone
no change.
Mr. Kufus Hunsucker, an esti
mable citizen of Uwharrie township,
died at his home last Sunday morn
ing. May 13, 1906, and was buried
at Zoar in the afternoon. His death
was caused by a cancer, from which
he had been a sufferer for some
time. The deceased was about sixty
years old.
The chairman of the Democratic
executive committee finds that, un
der the plan of organization, the
various precincts in the county will
be entitled to 40 votes in the county
convention. The plan of organiz
ation allows one vote for each twenty-five
votes cast in the last guber
natorial election. This division
gives Troy 9 votes. Uwharrie 2,
Pee Dee 2, Mt. Gileud 5, Wudeville
2, Cheek's Creek 2, R c'(y Springs
3. Holliug8worth 3, hnl 6, Little
Kiver 2, Eldorado 1, and Flag
town 1.
Dirt bu1 Danger In the Market.
Writing on the tooU question in
the June Delineator, Mary Hinman
Abel makes the statement tht.t
' Dirt in contact with focd is doirw
more harm than all the preserva
tives ami coal-tar colors, for in the
popular understanding of that word
dirt covers dust and all that is in
it; and all that results from contact
with insect or other animal life,
and whatever is breaking up into
simpler compounds under the action
of bacteria, or what is decayed and
diseased. The tubercle bacillus is
known to exist in street dust. The
the tetanus or lock jaw bacillus is
also found, aud many others of
local origin. How many cases of
'sporadic" typhoid fever are due to
infected food, is not easy to say.
The sources of disease aie very often
diflicult to trace, but fruit that has
been gathered by dirty hands, cart
el through dirty streets in open
baskets or brought long distances
in open freight cars, stored in mai
ket cellars, repeatedly sorted by the
bucks ti r aud exposed for s ilc, aft ;r
a pilishing on a dirty coat sleeve,
has had at least a chance of danger
ous germs gathering, for in all diit
are countless organisms, and some
of them are hat mf til to men.
"What is to be done to remedy
thete conditions that exist to great
er or let-s extent in all our cities
and towns?', Mrs. Abel asks, and
an. we : ' We must ha- e 1 . Bet-!
t.T market inspection and cleaner I
stree s. 2, Better irjteeiini for
food in transit and when on salr, j
wan carerui screeuing v Ktep oi t
dusc aud insects. 3. The consumer
must be better instruct) d as to the
dan er of infected food a il come
to fed a citizen's responsibility for
improving conditions. 4. Fruits
and vegetables must be properly
cleansed in the kitchen."
Chamberlain's Co-gh Remedy the Very
Best.
''I have been using Chamberlain's
Cough Keniddy and want to say it is
the best cough medicine I have ever
taken," says Geo. L. Chubb, a mer
chant of Harlan, Mich. There is no
question about its being the best as
it will cure a cough or cold in less
time than any other treatment. It
should always be kept in the house
ready for instant use, for a cold can
be cured in much less time when
promptly treated. For sale bv
Standard Drug Co., Asheboro, W.
A. Underwood, Randleman.
Mr. C. B. Wainwight of Lemon
City Fla., has written the manufact
ure! 8 that much better results are
obtained from the use of Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy in cases of pains in the
stomach, colic and cholera morbus
by taking it in water as hot as can
bedrank. That when taken ine ;
this wav the effect is double in rap- J
iditv. ""It seems to get at the right
spot instantly, he says, for taie ny
Standard Drug Co.," Asheboro, W. j
A. Underwood, Kaudleman. j
SOUTHBOUND GOSSIP.
President Fries of the Company Soys It
Is no Speculative Ventare Work
ing from Lexington to Albe
marle. Replying to a coriei-pondent from
Anson county Col. F. 11.
Fries, president of the Southbound
railroad company, says it is no
speculative venture.
He says:
"The road is being built in good
faith and there is no disposition to
change the line if the parties interest
ed obtain the rights-of-way, as they
promised to do. Two engineering
corps are now on the line for the
purpose of securing a better grade,
the plan now being to make it six
tenths of one per cent. One force
is working between Winston-Salem
and Lexington aud the other be
twien Lexington and Albemarle."
It is understood that the South
bound will run via Midway, if the
owners of land in that township will
grant rights of-way. The engineers
sty that grading on this line will be
less expensive than ia Arcadia.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The National City Bank of New
Yotk Rockefeller highly approves
f the interposition of Secretary
snaw with the Treasury gold to
facilitate the the banking process of
drawing gold fiom abroad. As that
favored corporation according to its
own statement, ''secured a total of
some twenty-four millions," with
out having to pay interest during
transit, it is n t wonder that the
Republican favoritism is approved.
Hon. John S. Williams, the
Democratic leader of the House of
K -piesentatives, is very properly
c 'inpelling the Republicans to keep
a quorum, as a club to force them to
ayree on the statehood bill to admit
Oklahoma and Indian Territory and
allow Arizona and New Mexico to
vote on the question of joint state
hood. Kissing is evidently becoming an
important part of the political game,
for two of the most eminent oscula
tors: llobson, of Alabama, and Ilocb,
of Kansas, have received" nomina
tions from their respective par lies.
But there is a vast difference be
tween the Hobson, or Democratic
b:and, and the Hoch, or Republi
can grade. In the case of Hobson,
many women seem anxious to be
kissed, while in the latest reported
attempt of Hoch, although he is
governor of Kansas, the lady in the
case repulsed him. That should set
tle Hoch'e case with the voters.
The Republican ritv of Omaha
has given the G. O. P. the grand
bounce by elentiug a full set if
Democratic officials. This itnln-u'es
that even Nebraska R public.ui ue
bound to have retr.-iiehm.-nt ai.d in
form, which their own paity will
not furnish.
Congress seems determined to cut
down the salaiy of chairman Kl on',
although President Roirjeu-I? '
clared ue Was cheap ar the p !.
$30,000 a year.
The soft yarn spinners, if wh'u-h
J. W. Cannon, of Concord, is presi-
dent, will meet in Mr. Airy, (la.,
June 15 and 16. The Association j
was in session at Asheville last week.
Our Big Clubbing Offer.
By special arrangement with the
Southern Agriculturist, the pojw- j
lar 8emi-mouth!y farm paper of j
Nashville Tenn,we are able to give ;
our readers the advautage of a club- j
bing offer which we believe 38 the;
most liberal ever made by any news
paper in the South.
In the lirst place, we ivill send !
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year free to any new or old subsciib
er who pays us for a years subscrip
tion to our own paper.
This great semi-monthly farm pa-1
per goes twice every month iuto 50. 1
000 southern homes, and the regu
lar price is 50 cents per year. It is
edited by southern men and wome i
to suit southern conditions, ml is
just what our farmers need. If
HnKwers free of charge ai.y question
a subscriber may ask, and it" advice,
is given in a plain, practical way !
which any farmer can understand, j
All departments of farm life are;
covered, including delightful home!
and children's pages. Sample cop
ies free at our office. !
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These papers are all southern
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its particular field. Order , this
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The Cockier,
Asheboro, N. C.
AN OLD-TIME MELODY.
Angelina Baker.
Way down on the old plantation dali's
where I was born:
I used to lieat the whole creation lioeiu' in
le corn:
Oh! den 1 work and den 1 sing go happy all
de day,
Till Angelina Baker came and stole my
heart away.
Chorus:
Angelina Baker! Angelina Baker's gone
She left me here to weep a tear, and beat on
de old jawlmr:.
I've seen my Angelina in de springtime and
de fall,
I've seen her in de cornfield, and I've seen
her in de ball,
And eliery time I met hor she was smiling
like de sun,
But now I'm left to weap a tear eayse
Angelina's gone.
Angelica mn eo tall she neltler sees de
ground.
She liab to take a wellumscope to look
down on de town
Angelina like de Imys as far as she can see
detn,
She used to run old Massa round, to ax him
for to free dem.
Early in de morning of a lubly summer
day
I ax for Angelina, and dey say "she's gone
away"
Don't know wha to find her, cayse I don't
know wha she's gone,
She left me here to weep a tear, and beat on
de old jawbone.
Stephen Collins Foster.
Last week in London, England,
Miss Florence Nightingale, the fa
mous Crimean War nurje. celebrated
her 68th anniversary, She was re
cipient of personal messages of
felicitation from King Edward and
Queen Alexandria.
, -NOTICE.
Having Qualified as Executor on the
estate of Hannah Robbing, deceased, lie
fore V. C. Hammond, Clerk of the Superior
Court of Randolph county, all persons hav
ing claims against said estate are notified to
present them to the undersigned, duly
verified, on or before the 1st day of June
11107, or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their jecovery; and all persons owing
said estate will come forward and make
immediate settlement.
This 3rd day of May, 1900,
J. F. Jarrf.i.i., Executor,
of Hannah Rob! ins deed.
LAND SALE.
By virtue of an order of the snpci ii;i i-ourt '
of Randolph county in the special prra-eeiliug j
entitled Lewis 1' York Adini- et al Vs J M i
York et al, I wili on the -Hi day of Jiiiii
RlOli, at 12 o'clock M at the the court hou.-e
door in Asheboro, N t at public minimi
to the highest ladder ilie following desuiibed
tract of land: i
A Tract udjoining the IuimIn of Alfred j
William and oilier, bejjniiing nt n post oak, j
original r. thei re Eau -S chains to a
stone. Tui'iilia i.!i;on' i-, i o- r: theneel
N'diiIi wi h her li .'.I 1") ehui .sio a (.lake in
te iniddiH ill' in- creek, -aid Williams' ir
ner; ihem e i,m- i the vari"ix course of the
creek to a suite: tiiem-e La-i 7 .VI chains to
a stake; ih nee n'!i L'.'i.'ll i !i:ii is to the I
giuiiin en r-iuii J.' ai re-, i.i .re or less
Terms ,,f -ule. ca-h. I .1 ill three i
iiinii'ii-. a 'I I i i ix months, the purrhascr
to give a lu d mid approved -eciiri'.y for II e!
deferred paymei.ts.
Ei.i.iMt Mo! Fii r, CoiiiinissioiH r.
This Mavl, I'.KMi. !
xutici::
having i Nililied as Exeeuti
of .lames Ij-dMler. deeeas,
II; .mil, Clerk of -the Sup
Kii'mIuI ill county, all pen.ini
agiiiiist said estate are i milled
to i lie utiilersiifiieil. i'iiIv veri:i'
u- i ii the estate !
d. More W C;
nior Cmii t of '
having claims !
to present them j
d. on or U-fore
the.'kdday of May. 1:107, or this notice will he Carolina
pleaded in liar of their recovery; and all per
sons owii.ir saifl estate will couie forward
aud make itnniedia'p e: tlement.
.1 l; III' 1 1 1 iN. Executor.
James i.ed'ietter, .h e'd,
This 27th day of April, MIOti.
e Sell the Earth!
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If you are interested in the
proposition, in or near Asheboro,
we think we can please you as to lot,
prices and terms. Office in Bank B'ld'g.
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RalslgK, M. C. or Ch&rlott. N. C.
Legal Advertisements.
North Carolina I rn tie Superior Court.
Randolph ( ounty I
Will Coltrane et al
vg v Notice.
I'eter Coltrane et al
The defendents, I'eter Coltrane, Fletcher
Gray, Fenley Coltrane, Tom Graham and
Maitie Graham, in the above entit'ed action
take notice that an action entitled as above
has Iwen commenced in the Superior Court
of liaudolph County to sell for division a
certain parcel of land situated in said county
descrilied in the petition in said cause; and
the said delendents will further take notice
that they are required to appear at the ollice
of the Clerk of the Supeiior Court, for the
County of Randolph on the 21 clay of May,
I'.ioo, nt tne cotirtnouse oi said county, in
Asheboro, N. C, and answer or demur to the
pe.ition in said action r the petitioners will
applv to (he court for the relief demanded in
said petition.
v . L. ii uiMoxn,
Clerk Superior Court.
North Carolina. 1 , s .
liaudolph County, f '
It L Coltrane Ys S L Coltrane, R L Gard
ner and her husband A 13 Gardner.
NOTICE.
The defendants above named will take no
tice that an action entitled as above has been
commenced in the superior court of Randolph
county before the cle k to sell a certain parcel
of land situated in New Market township, in
said county, for division among tenants in
common; and the sai l defendants will further
take notice that they are required to appear
at the ollice of the clerk of the snperior court,
for the county of Randolph, on the fourth
day of June lUOli, at the court house of said
county in Ashelmro, N ( ', and answer or de
mur to the petition in said action, or the pe
titi mer will applv to the court for the relief
demanded i'i said petition.
W v llASistoxr,
v.'lerk of the Superior Court,
This 7th day of May, l'JUIi.
L.VXD SALE!
By virtue of an order of sale granted by
the Superior Court of Randolph Countv on
the petition of Bertha C Luther against j
Urover c l.ox and oil era l shall sell at the
posiofuoe in Raniseur, N C, at 12 O'eloi k
M on the Kith day of June I'JOli, the follow
ing Real Estate, to-wit: Three tracts of land
in Columbia township in said county.
Tract No 3; Being a lot in Raniseur, be
ginning ut a small black gum, John 11 Jones'
corner.and runs X 'J6 degrees E with said
Jones' line 1 ch to n stone, thence S 5S de
grees, E. 2 chs and 1)8 Iks to a stone, thence
S 10 degrees, W ch to a stone, thence X
58 degrees, W 2 chs anil 58 Iks to the lie
ginning, containing 1 4 acre, more or less.
Tract No 5: Being a lot in Ram-eur, ad
joining the lands ol J W Allied, J M White
head and others, beginning at 11 irks' earner,
and runs with his line to J V Allred's line,
thence with Allred's lino to Hicks' corner,
tl.ence with Hicks' line aliout North to the
public roud, thence with said road to the lie
ginning, containing about 1-4 of an acre.
Tract No (i: Heing a lot in Raniseur, lie
ginniiigat J W Allred's corner on the side
of the public road, and runs thence with said
road to Hicks' own corner, them e with his
own line to Allred's line, thence with All
red's line to a stake, Allred's corner, thence
wi:h the Allied line to the beginning, con
tabling 11 acre, more or less.
Terms; One-third cash, the remaining
two-lhirds on a credit of six months, the pur
chaser givinp bond and approved secuiity
therefor, and the title reserved till the fur
ther oriler of the court.
I i i v T Bim h ix, Commissioner.
This 7'h day of .May, RKHi.
Fine
Poultry lor Sale
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
s. c.
Brown Leghorns.
$1.00 per 15.
Eggs
Stock & Poultry
Farm.
C. U. Hinshaw, Proprietor,
t? F. D. No'. 6, Greensboro, N- C
Laighlin.
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ill give just the deuired auiountj , dbh,
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burnt or charred felloe surfaces to wear
way and loooen the ti re
We Set Them Cold-
No steam and water soaked felloe surfaces
to shrink away and loosen the tire, no burnt
paint to replace. We do not OVER DISH
nor UNDER DISH.
We guarantee work and refund your money
if not satisfactory. Come and see the ma
chine in operation.
HUGH J. BURNS,
The Blacksmith.
WANTED
25 good check or box
loom weavers. Good
weavers can make $30
$40.00 a month. Cheap
house rent or good board
can be had for $2.50 per
week. We run only 10
hours per day and stop
at noon on Saturday's.
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country to live.
Come at once or ad
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I manufacture Timber Wheels',
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back of McDowell's livery stables.
Yours truly,
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