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The Asheboro Coiuier PRICE ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Wm. C. HAMMER, Editor. WEntered at the Pot Office at Asheboro a; 'ecoud C.iss Mutter. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Railroad Commissioner: FRANKLIN McNEILL. For Congress Seventh District: ROBERT K. PAGE. For Solicitor Tenth District: Wm. C. HAMMER. For State Senate: J.R. 15LAIR. For House of Representatives: Wm. P. WOOD, W. T. FOUSHEE. For Clerk .f Superior Court: W. C. HAMMOND. For Sheriff: S. L. HAYWORTII. For Treasurer: 13. F. NEWBY. For Register of PeeJs: J. 1 BOROUGHS. For Surveyor: II. A. ALBRIGHT. For Coroner: DR. D. L. FOX. For County Commissioners: A. N. BULLA, H. G. LASSITER, J. W. COX. THE PURCHASE OF VOTES. The Democratic convention re cently held in Randolph county adopted a resolution condemning the purchase of votes or otherwise corruptly influencing voters. This is iD line with the desire of the nominees aud the Democratic managers in the county. A custom in a few townships has until the last election been encour aged by Republican leaders until a bad state of affairs existed. If names aud facts are desired, we can and will readily furnish them. The chairman of the Democratic i-uTutive in the last campaign de rided to break up and put an end to the purchase of votes wherever such practice ini.'lit exist, in the county, no mutter by whom practis ed. With that end in view Mr. W. J. Scarboro, the chairman of the Democratic county executive com mittee a few days before the election in I'JVi, sent the following circular letter'to the Democratic registrars and other leading citizens of the county: Asheboro, N. C. Nov. -I, 1!j4. Dear Sir. It has been the rule in many townships iu the past, for Federal office holders to go to the polls and use money and whiskey in elections to bribe aud debauch voters. It has beeu very offensive to decent people and we have determined to put an t-ud to it this year. I am having prepared blank affida vits and warrants, which I will send to the registrar iu your township before the election and 1 hope that yon will arrange with some good magistrate aud have him present on the day of election so that the war rant can be used. If necessary, without trouble. Select at least three good Democrats who have real gal courage, and physical courage in which every movement aud every action of every Federal office holder, his agent or employes who is as the bell of jour president on election dav. Under the law, every one wno makes any promise to buy or make say thrftat with the purpose of in ducing anyone to vote is indictable. I refer vou to section 54 of the election law. I hope you will look after this matter promptly and care fully and I assure you that I will etand by yon in your efforts to carry out this suggestion herein made and I promise you that the Demo cratic party in this county and in this state will sustain you in your every effort. Yours f ery truly, W. J. Scarboeo, Chairman. After mailing th above letter Mr, i .Scarboro decided to give more de Vfinite instructions and in order that his wishes might be carried out be ent another letter in which were - enclosed blank warrants carefully prepared with instructions to fill out and have every violator of the law arrested and bouud over to the Superior court. 'Quoting-"from Mr. Scarboro'; let-tW'-imder'flaie'o'f.Ndr; 3th heiadi "I r.m exceedingly anxious that there should be no money used in the election to buy votes with. "I enclose blank affidavits and warrants. I hope you will see that the warrants are sworn cut against any person w ho makes any promise t here or buys any votes . The Courier in its issue of No vember 3rd 1'JOd, the last, issue be fore the election iu 1904, publish ed the following article: It might as well be understoo : now in advance of the day of the election that no federal office holders in this couuty will be permitted to visit the polls with money or whiskey to debauch and corrupt voters, nor will anyone else be permitted to do so without the law being enforced against them. A United States Marshal for this district two years ago openly purchased votes iu a certain town ship in this county. His deputy marshal did likewise in another township. Law abiding citizens j will not longer tolerate this and . notice is given in this manner , that they may go to the e'ection this year like other people, but they must behave themselves and act as other people, and if they . have any money for campaign purposes they must apply and use it in a legitimate way and not for the purpose of purchasing votes. Of course, the editor of this paper knows that every federal office holder will try to make use of this editorial for political "fleet, but such use can be made as they may desire, though no amount of bull-dozing, braggadocia or threats will deter him or any other demo crats, who believe in honesty and ' a fair, free and full expression of the will of the people at the ballot ! box, from doing their duty. More than one of the "corruption-j ists" carried a copy of the issue of the Courier containing this article to the election to show to those who wanted "help," the reason why they could not be "hope up" in order to get them to vote -'right." It is enough to say that there was little money used on election day in the last election. Yet, the Republican convention which re cently met iu this county adopted BUTLER'S FIGURES His attention having beeu called to the recent speeches of Marion Builer at Heautfort aud Goldsboro, and of Spencer 15. Adams at Mocks ville in which thev stated that t'.t!S8,143.43 were spent for public schools in 198 and that $2,3K,oO were spent for the same purpose in 1905, aud also that the school term in 1818 was TOdays, and in 1!5 85 days; and that therefore, the present administiation of the public schools is extravagant, (superintendent of Public Instruction, Joyner yesterday made the following detailed state ment of facts, which had been grossly distorted by the Republican spielers mentioned. At the verv herjinuing it must lie renietu- liered that ex-Senator Hntler neglected to mention, thai all school statistics lielore l'.l'.il Uio.ure for rural schools oulv, and that iiv coiniwrisoii of present statistics with those of 1.S1IS must take that fact into con sideration, if it be made in a spirit of fair- . IW reference to the public school law of UU it will lie found that the citv chools were lirst required to report to the State Siiiieriiitt'iidenl that year. It will also be found that the hrst attempt to compile the citv school statistics was made in mv biennial n ort for 11101 and 11102. Since that year the State Siirintendent's report gives the statistics for both rural and city schools; prior to) that year, as 1 have said the reports contain statistics for rural schools only. au. I this lact should not I torgotten by any who desire to make a just comparison I statistics since then with those helore. I'.x-Senator Butler's Flmt r.rror. Suiierintendent Mebane's report for 1808 shows that $894,107.4.3 was the amount actually spent for rural schools, that year, lule in addition to this sum a small amount items. 1898 Teaching $740,480.40 Superris.on JI.JSJ.US Buildings 53,940.02 Administration 78,294.35 Tetat $894,107.45 School term in davs 70 Cost per day .'. $ 12,772 9ti Percentage spent tor teacn- ing 82.8 Percentage pent for Su- pemton ..2 4 Percentage spent for Build- ing 6.0 Prtcentage spent for Ad ministration 8.8 Enrollment 399.375 Average attendance 213,240 Precentage enrollment in average attendance 53.0 Number of teachers 8,000 Number houses built 205 Average cost of houses built, $263.12 Average annual salary paid each teacher $92.56 Things the Table Shows. 1 Tha above" table shows first of all ahat if the school? in' 1S98 bad been lent apen among other things the following resolution: "We heartily endorse that part of the resolutions of the Demo crats in their late coneentiou in this county in favor ot fair and lione.n el.ctions, and we hereby pledge ourselves to see to it that they cany out said resolution." Yes. they heartily endorse that part of the Democratic resolutions favoring honest and fair electious and pledged themselves and the candidates to see to it that the Democrats cany out said resolution?. They do not pledge themselves ai.d their candidates so far as is within their power, further than that they want the Democrats to do nice, and pledge themselves that wo shall be good. They are goig to see to it, yes, they are. And if ihey had con trol of the courts as they had a few years ago, they would be slipping round at night, like ihey did thtn piomising immunity to their own crowd and threatening to use the power of the courts against those who did not do their will. The truth about the matter is that the bosses have nominated some "money bags" for part of the coun ty offices Miid the intention is to tun a "boodle" campaign. The resolu tion adopted clearly indicates that as the intention of the leaders. We are not "resoluting" or inak ing threats, but the man who goes to the election product with money and uses it to buy votes on the 6th of November, will find that Chair man Scarboro is not talking for Buncombe, but is in dead earnest and means business. In this matter Mr. Scarboro will have not only the whole power of the Democratic party in the county behind him, but he will have tosustain him in his every effort the whole power of the State. The "resolution" and bluff aud bluster and "money bags" will not drive him aud those who stand by him from his position for honesty and fairness and against dishonesty and corruption. We realize that it will be said that nothing will be done. Time will tell. Those who desire to risk it w ill lind out when too late. FALSE TO CORE. I of the general fund, $37,075..3I. was ap ; iiitinued to the citicj, their per capita 1 shares. Ex-Senator ItiitTer says that S1I88. ! I4.1. M were spent fur public sc . ools in 18118. j He is in error, therefore, to the amount of i Sl'l.iKi'i.'.K It would be fair to say that j the statistics, compiled by a man who does : not take enough pains to learn that there were no city school statistics in 1811s and who makes the expenditures of his own j administration $0 1,037 OS too much, are not very valuable for comparative purposes. ! I'.x-Senator Butler's Scconil I'.rror j Lx-Senator Butler savs that i'.:il)S,000 I were spent for public schools in 1 110.3. The I total exenditure. for public schools in i 11MI.3 were $ l,0.3,3,77li.ltl. t if this ,um .3i".l,2l'4.3t! were s-iit fur city schools, ; 810h.7iJS.llli of which in- apportioned from i the general school fund, :.'tO.li'..3.70 In-ing i r.iied by the cities by local taxation. The ! it'imuut actually i-pent for rural schools iu I '.." was !l,ll'(i,7j."L' Tit. The comparison, therefore, ln tweeii the money spent in HHI5 ! and that spent in IsOS, must lie made lie ;tuvr:i . 1 .4i,i'.,.3.32.7i t and $S9 1,1 07.45. ; Thus it will lie seen that ex-Senator Bu ler's ! figures for 100.3 are 1,1-1 7. Iti too large, while those for 1S',)S are $0i,(KS5.1)H too i large 1 The rural school expenditures in ISflS I were SSOI.107.4.-., iu 11HI.3. tl.ev were 4l'ti. ."."C .31. an increase or -.3.h', H.3.00 for ' r.io.3 r 10S I i;.vSei,.i1, r Butler says that the school term in 1s0 was 70 days; in 100.3, S.3 dnvs ! Superintendent Mebane's report for 18118 j gives 70 days as the rural term for the ! unite school-and im dnvR as the term for Cii'ied schools. In 100.3 the white rural school term was 87 days, the colored rural school term was M) days. If, therefore, 70 days is t.. be taken for the rural term in l.S'jS, it is but fair to take 7 days as the term in l'.HiTi. The following table has lieeu compiled from the teport of Superintendent Me I jane for 1808 and fiom a recent bulletin issued from my ollice, and shows in detail the rural school expenditures for 1808 and 1003. 1905. Iscrevsr $008,775.43 $ 258,285.03 53,024.14 31,641. Ot! 273,814.73 219,904.11 100,908.34 22,613.99 $1,420,552.54 $532,415.09 87 17 $16,397.15 $3,624.19 70.0 12.8 3.7 1.3 19.2 13.2 7.1 1.7 422.028 23.153 246,203 32,763 58.0 5.0 8,673 673 440 235 $449.2!) $186.17 $11516 $22.60 (Decrease) 17 days longer they would have cost $217, . 1 140.32 more than the 804,107.45 actually 1 sit- In 1905 these extra 17 days cost )7.73l.M. an tnerwn ?f 011.33 In uilit-r ivm-iU !i id (lie .n-!t."l i l'J- lin k-it open 87 ilny insteiid i.f 70 niiyi iliey would luive e.'wt 1 .1 I'J.'J 17.77, u'l.ilo iii 1 110.3 tliev nctuu!lv di 1 c st a difference of 8c:'.Vl.77 J. Witli tl.ii i;U.3.30-l.77 tin. M-licnl ;mllioritiis in 'J'X kept ilie whooU open 17 more d.iys, paid sulu ics if 073 more tieliei limn in- 18!lf; pliioeil in school very !;iv oL'.TM more children than were in school in 80S; hitilt -!5 more Hchool houses than were luiilt in lN'.iS ut an in. eivned coHt fur each house of $18(1.17, Senator Butler surely will not contend that the salaries of our public scluol teachers, an average of $ 1 1.3.10 annually are extrava gant; nor can he say that the building of letter school Iiousps is a waste of the peo ple's money, when those houses averaged only $4M.:!9 each. .". The extravagance, therefore, of which he complains must come iu die uiluiinistni lion expense Vet, the uliove table, ac cepting the statistics of the report of Super intendent Meliane as correct, shows that (lis I'emocratic administration in 1 1)07) actually sieut a smaller er ceutnge of the school fund for this purpose by 1.7 per cent, than the Fusion administration spent in 18118 and this in spite of the growth of the public school system since 1S1IS. The Iieuiocratic administration invites a a fair comparison with the proceeding administration, but common justice demands that our oppoiieuts should base their com parisons upon the truth. THE ATLANTA RACE RIOTS. The recent Atlauta race riots started by a drunken negro man shoviug a white '.oman off the side walk. As a result of this, ten or a dozen negroes were killed, and forty or fifty were wouuded. For months there have been many assults on white women in Atlanta, and the blood of the white man has been boiling. It appears that there are negro dens and low dives in Atlanta, which are, in a laige measure, re sponsible for the depths to which many members of the negro race have fallen. Six times, during last week there were devilish assaults made by negro men on white women within sight of the State Capital. Orders have been issued for the closing of 22 low restaurants, which are places where criminals and vicious negroes con gregate. Many of them have tilth j pictures and other attach nieuts which make up the lowest dive. Trifling negroes, both male and female, who have for years lived a life of idleness in Atlauta, should be scut to the lock pile. They fchould be leached by the long arm of the law, aud not by the gun aud the ri lie- The law is strong euotigh to protect our women from the brutish lusts of the negro, aud white men should not take the law into their hands. We realize that every woman in Atlat'ta without a male protector, lives in absolute fear. It is piti ah le. All negroes are not bad, but as a rule, most members of that race fail to give any aid or assistance in prosecuting those who are charged with the nameless crime. All negroes who are not criminals should aid the courts and offi cers of the law iu prosecuting those of their race w ho are guilty of this feat fnl crime. TEACHER WAXTEI:-A first grade teacher to teach public school at lvel Cross, this countv. Can pav !;10.HO tthirtv dollars er month. Want teachtir that can keep jood order. Apply to ti. L,lw-ood Stanton. H. L. Causey or W. L. Adams. Committee, Kaudleman, X. C. 1!. F. D. .No. 1 G. E. Stash, Sec. NOTICE. 1 will oner fur sale to blithest hMiler, on Until day of i in. 1!hkJ. My jiersuiial proiierty, cou. bitting ot two Horses, one two horse Wauou. one one horse Waitoa, one Hukk. Harness Karuiiiu Tools. Lutol Wheat, Com. Keeil. one set Black Vmith Tools. Household mul Kitchen Furniture, aud other thing-!, not ueces-ary to mention. The sule will he at my resilience, known as the Coward KetUleuce. and will liesin at 10 o'clock m. terms uush. W.o. WRIGHT. Franklinrllle. S. C. CERTIFICATE OF MSSOIXTIOX. State of North Carolina. Department of State. To all to whom these presents may come Greet ing: Where a?. It appears to my satisfaction, by duly authenticated record of the proceedings for the voluntary deswilutios thereof by the unani mous consent of ail the stockholders, deposited lu my ollice, that the Engleworth Mills, a cor poration of this State whose principal office la situated In the town of kandltinau. County of Randolph, state of North Carolina, (T. 6. Sic Alister being the agent thereluv and in charge thereof. Un whom process may be served) has complied with the requirements of Chapter SI. Revisal of ldOft, entitled. -Corpora tl.ns'' to the Istuing of this certificate of dissolution. Now. therefore, I. J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of the State of North Corollna, do hereby certify that the said corporation did, on the Slat day of September, 1806, Hie In my office a duiy execut e 1 and at teted coment In writing to the disso lution of said corporation, executed by all stock holder thereof, which said consent and the record of the proceeding aforesaid are now on flle In my said office as provided by law. in testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my official seal, at Balelga, this ttst day of September. A. D , 1806. J. BRYAN GRIMES, Sec. of State. NOTICE. Z. A. Lewallen has this day entered the following land in Randolph Co., to wit: A tract of fifty acres more or less in Ce dar Grove Township, on the warters of Tay lor's Creek near a pond adjoining the lands of E. R. Hudson, the Barber lands, and Z. A. Lewallen; for which without objection filed within thirty days from this date,, he will ask for warrant of survey to the County Surveyor of Randolph County. This Sept. 26, 1908. : i . i J.J?, Boroughs.- , : . , , . Entry faker : Tames Hedrick, a young dement ed white man, an inmate of the Guil ford" county home escaped last week. Much uneasiness is felt by members of the family because of the threats nutde by the young man against their lives He is considered a dangerous man . ' At a meeting of the Guilford county executive committee held last week W. G. Ragsdale, of James town, was nominated as a member of the board of county commission ers succeeding J. II. Gilmer, re signed. Miss Ella Lambeth, of Thoinas- ville, has been elected Historian for the senior class of the Salem Femala Academy. Wm. Kowland, a negro boy 11 years old has been awarded $2,000 damages by Forsyth Superior Court for tbe loss of a hand while running a lump machine for the R. J. Rey nolds lobacco uo.,at Wnistou-Salem a few aionths ago. Col. B. W. Winstead, of Pearson county, died at his home near Roi boro last week. He was 85 years of age and belonged to the old regime of lawyers. Last week at Walkertown a negro boy, John Matthews, was instantly killed at the Walkertown Milling Co.'s plant. He became tangled in the machinery and had the top of bis neau torn on. It is announced that Prof. J. I. Foust, for years Dean of the faculty of the State Normal College, has been placed in temporary charge of the school. The board of directors will elect a successor to the late Dr. Mclrer at some later meeting. J. B. Whitaker, of Greensboro, has resigned his position with The South ern Mills at Greensboro, and has ac cepted the management of the Winston-Salem Journal. Mr. Whitaker was at one time editor of The Senti nel, published every afternoon at Winston-Salem. Revenue officers raided a blockade distillery near Foot ville, Yadkin countv last week, ou the farm of Sant Revis. One gallon of whiskey was found, and several hundred gal lons of beer. The plant was in the charge of a young man who ran when the officers approached. DIAMOND BRAND SHOES Last week we quoted a Ictt;r from Rev. Griffith of Texas, showing the superiority of Diamond Brand Shoes. One reason for this superiority is that we make Diamond Brand Shoes for every person and for every purpose. Making shoes of all kinds at all prices enables us to grade our leather properly and save all ate , for the benefit of the wearer. You pet 100 cents worth of shoe value in every dollar you pay for Diamond Brand shoes. ASK YOl'R WE MAKE MORE yl -AN OTHER MifJJJffJf!mt Sold by The asheboro Department Store. 15he DRUG Store next door The place for pure drugs Toilet Preparations. and everything usually kept in an up-to-date drug store We shall install next week a section of the well-known Tabard Inn Library which will have the latest books on its shelves. It will have a new lot of books every month. Call and see about becoming a subscriber. Asheboro Drug Company, J. D. Simpson, Manager. - Fall Goods Arriving Watch this space next week for announcement of Opening Display of Fall and Winter Goods. ilorris-Scarboro-Moffitt Co. Interior Decorations. I have a full line of attrac tive designs in wall papers and can hang same. Refer ence given. M. Hammond, Asheboro. N. C. MADE FOR EVERY PURPOSE DEALER WHOM BRASD FINE SHOES THAN Jk to the Bank J 4