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P 1 FT URIE me COURIER Leads inBoth News and T5he COURIER Advertising: Columns Bring Results. Circulation. .JLJLJ !- CO asued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. " $1.00 Per Year. VOL. XXXI. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1?, 1906. NogSO STALEY MFG. CO. Baltimore Starch Mfg Incorporated. Company HEADED BY RANDOLPH BOY. Augustus Staley. llrother of Mrs. S. K. Coble, of Providence Township, at The Head of Big Italtimore Company -Began Business Mile Years Ago. The Baltimore Sun says: There has been incorporated a concern which will probably add largely to Baltimore's prestige as a starch market. The A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company, with an authorized capi tal of $3,800,000, has been or ganized to takeover the large busi ness of the Staley Manufacturing Company, conducted as u private enterprise by Mr. Augustus h Staley, and to operate a largt starch and glucose plant. Mr. Augustus E. Staley started started in business here under- tin firm name of the Staley Manufactur Company about nine years ago. Ihe business has grown to be one of the large.t cornstarch houses iu the United States. The president of the new com pany is iMr. Staler, the vice pre eident is Mr. Kichard II. Bond, also of this city, and the general counse is Mr. Edwin J. Farber, who in corporated the norm any. It is the purpose of the company to start with a plant the minimum capacity of which will be 10,000 bushels of corn a day. As soon as the plant is tunning smoothly the intention is to double the capacity and add a glucose plant. The location of the company is a: 437 439-441 North street. J Mr. Staley formerly lived in this county and is a brotber or Mrs. 6 E. Coble, of Providence township. THE NEW SCHEDULE. In Eflect December 16th Vestibule Passes t Night. Official announcement for the change of schedule for the vesti bule has been received. It passes Asheboro going north at 11:20 p. m. and going south at 5:50 a..r". It will connect at High Point with No. 40 to Washington and with No. 39 going south on the main line. It will conuect with the Seaboard at Aberdeen going and coming. The mail car will be' dropped on the this train and all mail will be haudled by local freights on both the A. & A. and the Asheboro divi sion of the Southern. There is already much unfavorable comment upon the change. So far as known the Southern will remain the same. This gives Asheboro only one mail a day. The people of Asheboro will insist on this early morning train carrying mail, so that we can have the News and Observer before breakfast. SPECIAL WRITER. Mrs. Ida Ingold-Masten of Indiana Has Been Added to The Courier Stan". Itf r Tdi Insoid Masten. formerly of Randolph county, but now of' Frankfort, lnd., nas become a weekly contributor to the Courier. Mrs. Masten is a writer of ability, and her articles, will be found of ' deep interest, and we bespeak the appreciation of our readers. At this tiuir when question of unitiug various denominations is being agi tated her article on Church Feder ation will be interesting. Good Koad Meeting, At the meeting of the Randleman Good ltoad Association held Decem ber 8th, it was decided to hold a county convention at the courthouse Monday January 7th, for the pur pose of organizing the county into a good roads movement. Let every township be well represented. J. L. Fields, Piesidentof Kandle man Good Roads Association. At a rec ut meeting of the M. P. Baraca Class, the following ofli cers were elected and installed. President, 1$. A. Yergan; Vice President, Wiley Ward: Secret-try, J. Bunch; Treasurer, W. II. G .. gow. These officers compose tie execut've committee. FRANKLINVILLE GLEANINGS, Occurances of Interest From Our Neighboring Town. Messrs. Hugh Parks, Jr., II . A. Knssell, and Dink Hughes made a business trip to Greensboro Monday. Mr. W. B. Cox, who has had charge of a saw mill at Jonesville, La., came home one day last week and will spend some time in our city. Messrs. Neal McCorquadale, Mon roe liurrow, and Miss Fannie Kin ney went to Asheboro last Tuesday It. W. Jordan attended the Bap tist State Association at Greensboro last week. S. L. Welch, who has been on the sick list for a few days, is im proving. The largest porkers killed in our community this season weie butch ered last week by Messrs. James Martiudale and 11. W. Jordan. Mr. Martiinlale's weighed 414 pounds, and Mr. Jord.in's largt st weighed 400 and the (smallest nearly 4UO pounds. K. A. Uouth is the happiest man in town and hs'S been grinning for several days. It's a line gi'l. Little Yelna, the infant daughtei of Mr. and Mrs. J. (J. Burrow, died last Ttnsday morning, of diphtheria, and was laid to rest iu the Baptist cemetery Wednesday even ing. The funeral service was con ducted by Rev. C. A. Wood. She was a bright child aud will be sadly missed by her loved ones. The be reaved family have the sympathy of our people. James Buie has been moving ma chiuery for the last few days from the card room of the Frankliuville Mfg. Co. to make room for new ma- chinery which will be installed iu a few weeks. Peter Allred, one of our sports men, has the houor of bringing in the first wild turkey this season which he raptured while out prac ticing with his Sure Shot early Motday morning. James Craven and family, of Hillsnoro, spent Saturday night and Sunday in the city with relatives and friends. CARY QUICK IN JAIL. TWo of Those Charged With Killing Line Blind Tiger Combs are Dls charged and One Jailed. Rockingham, December 6. Cary Quick, Eh Quick and Lovely Knight, charged with the murder of Ju'e Combs, the notorious line state blind tiger, surrendered themselves and were given a hearing before 'Squire W. F. Long last Friday. The cases agaiust Lovey Knight and Eb Quick were dismissed. Cary Quick was committed to jail. The evidence tended to show that he was being assaulted by the deceased when he tired the fatal shots. Holiday Trade. It is the time of year now when there will be much patronage of the stores and the shops, and it is the time when we should remember our local merchants, those who have in vested their money and directed their energy toward the building up of our community. Before go ng awy from home to purchase goods and gifts for the holidays, it would be well to examine the splendid stock of merchandise carried by the home merchants. And while doing this do not forget the grocers and the other merchants who keep a general line of merchandise. They, too, aie entitled and worthy of your patronage and support. Archibald Johnson to Deliver an Ad dress In Asheboro. Mr. Archibald Johnson Editor of "Charity and Children," the Bap tist Orphanage paper at lhomas ville,N.C, will address the peo ple of Asheboro on orphauage work, next Sunday afternoon in the Pres byterian church, at 3 o'clock. A cordial invitation to be present is extended to all, to hear this dis tinguished Bpeaker, Rev. Hexry Sheets. Death of a North Caroliati. Ex Judge William Shepperd Bryan w ho was for 11 years a mem ber of th? Court of Appeals of Mary laud, and the father of the .i.i-eut Attorney General, W. S. IV an. of Maryland, died in Balti- . e December 9th, aged 79 years. ' ige Bryan was born in Raleigh, . '., and is a brother of II. K. i i iii., of Newbei n, N. C. NEGRO BOY KILLED. Hun Over by Trains at Plnehurst Tues day Night. Tuesday night, a negro boy, Frank Miller, aged 15 years, was killed by a freight train at Pine hurst. He was beating a ride, when seen by the crew and told to go back to the caboose. He was not seen any more uuil several hours later when his body was found badly mangled on the track. Three trains are supposed to have passed over his body during the time. He is supposed tc have fallen from the freight train about 7 o'clock. Kastern North Carolina CimlcrcUce. The annual conferei.ee of tin M. E. Church, South, known as'' the Eastern Conference, convened in Rocky Mount on Monday. Some tit the appointments are us follows: Presiding Eluer of the Newbern District, Uev. M. ISradshaw; Rev. D. A. Futrell, formerly stationed at Asheboro, is on the Stanley circuit; Uev. W. O. Davis goes to Spiyng liope in the Washington district; Uev. J. C. Humble goes to North tlanipton; Uev. V. F. Craven back to Conway in the Warren ton Dis trict; Uev. 1). L. Earnhardt to Jam- den in the Elizabeth City District; Rev. B. F. Buinpass to the Edeutou Street Church, Raleigh; Rev. N. E. Coltrane to F'ranklintou; Rev. W. M. Sham burger to Oxford; Rev. T. A. Smoot to Durham; Rev. W. R. Royal, who was stationed at Troy last year, is stationed at Chapel Hill. We give the Fayetteville aad Rockingham Districts as follows: FAYETTEVI.LE DISTRICT. J. T. Gibbs. Presidihg Elder. Hay Str jet, G. F. Smith. Fayetteville circuit, W. A. Royall. Hope Mills, J. A. Sutton. Coksbury, N. II. McMonald. Roseboro, M. D. Hussey. Bladen, E. B. Craven. Buckhorn, J. H. Buffalo. Dunn, J. A. Lee. Duke, J. M. Daniel. Newton Grove, N. H. Ouytou' Pittsboro, C. P. Jeroma. Haw River, E. E. Rose. Goldston, C. O. Durant. Carthage, H. M. Eure. Elize, J. W. Hoyle. Sanford, R. W. Bailey. Jonesboro, L. A. Joyner. Lillington, to be supplied by L. Pattishall. Siler City, E. R. Welch. ROCKINGHAM DISTRICT. W. A. Moore, Presiding Elder. Rockingham, J. E. Underwood. Roberdell, A. J.jGroves. Richmond, N. L. Seabolt. Mount Gilead, S. T. Moyle. Pekin, W. A. Jenkins. Troy, J. W. Bradley. Montgomery, to be' supplied by N. S. Webb. Aberdeen, D. H. Caviness. Hamlet T. A. Sikes. St. Johns aud Gibson. F. B. Mc Cftll. Laurinhnrg, R. A. Willis. Maxton and Caledonia, E. Mc Whorter. Rod Springs, R. II. Broom. Rowland, R. M. Ashby. Lumber ton, P. L. Kirton. Elizabeth, E. J. Poe. Robeson, T. J. Dailey, R. W. Townsend, and W. H. Townsend, supernumeraries. Carolina Institute, S. D. Mercer, agent. Koyall-Mmltherman. Invitations have been received by frienJs reading: "Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Smitherman request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Ilia to The Iievereml M illiain Richard Iioyall on Wednesday evening the nineteenth of Icember nineteen hundred and six at six o'clock Trinity Methodist Church Trny, North Carolina." Miss Smitherman is a most at tractive aud accomplished young woman, a daughter of Mr. S.- T. Smitherman, who is a leader in industrial enterprises, president of the Smitherman Cotton Mills. Mr. Rovtkll is pastor of the Methodist church nt Troy and is a young man of talent, greatly esteemed and with a large circle of friends. Rowan county is to have a fair net- year. CONDENSED FOR BUSY READERS. Mr. Carnegie is to give High Point $15,000 for a public library. The Clara Mill, at Gastonia, be gan operation Monday and by January 1st will be running at full capacity. Century M. E. Church, of New bern, has given to the Greensboro Female College a $3000 pipe organ. Howard Moser, aged 23 years, was instantly killed near Farming ton, Davie county last Wednesday, by a tree falling on him. He was cutting timber for Geo. Ilanser's saw mill. Richard P. Mendenhall, son of the late Cyrus P. Meudenhall, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. NioliUuii, at Guilford College last week. The North Carolina Case Associa tion wis iu session at Winston-S.-iletn last week. The Association declared for an increase in the price of furniture January 1st, due to the advuitce in the price of raw ma terial and labor. W. W. Fin ley, of Washington, has been elected to succeed the late Samuel Spencer, as president of the Southern Railway. Mr. Fiuley is one of the best railroad men in this country. It wis James J. Hill, who recently wrote to him and said "come to the Great Northern and name your own salary." 1. is claimed that oysters in bulk in some sections of the country are treated with formal .ehyde, a poison ous preparation used with the oys ters to preserve them and to keep them from spoiling. W. II. Lancaster, 21 years of age, living in McDowell county, stole $1600.00, all the money his father had, one day last week and ran away. John H. Tate, of High Point, and Miss Harriett Gar fin, of Newton, were married last week. Mr. W. T. Parker, of High Point was married to Mrs. Annie Dnpree, of Baton Rouge, La., December 11th. Mr. W. T. Parker left Tuesday for Baton Rouge, La., where on December 12th, he will be married to Mrs. Annie Dupree, Mr. J. Elwood Cox will act as best man and the ceremony will be performed by Rev. E. L. Siler who accompanied Mi. Parker. Miss Daphiue Williams, of Asheboro, visited friends this week. High Point Times A celluloid collar button, acci dentally placed in a pipe with to bacco explode! when lighted by R. M. Curtis, at Leomister, Miss., last week. His eye was badly burned and it is thought he will lose his sight. Representative M. S. Griffin, of Nam county, has been arrested upon a true bill found by the Federal Grand Jury at Raleigh charging him with taking an illegal fee for handling the pension funds of Mrs. C. V. Follensber, who drd"-s a pen sion from the government. The High Point Hosiery Mills Co. is enlarging its building prepar atory to increasing its capacity. R. G. Campbell, of Greensboro, recently purchased what is known as the llilliard lands, north of Lex ington. Th tract whs sold under ord. r of court and brought $13,700, there being in all annul JU acres. The Springs Hardware Co., of Lexiugton, has purchased the pres ent site and buildings occupied by the National Bank, the consider ation being $5,000. The new own ers will enlarge the building and remove their hardware business into the same. The National Bank will occupy its new quarters on the pub lic square. George Bittings, a 17 year old white boy, w hile walkiDg on the railroad track near Pomona, was held nit by a negro and robbed of $47.00 last week. Claud Parrish, a negro, fell off a house at Louisbnrg, one day last week and w i" instantly killed. Salisbury has spent $20,000 in side walk improvements, which rep resents about one-third of the amount expended. The property owners bore two-thirds of the ex pense. Salisbury is making rapid strides m municipal development. High Point is to try municipal ovnership of elictiic lights after Janiaury 1st. High Point Plaining Mills is a new concern for High Point, with Robert Laughlin am. J.G. Garland as owners and operatives. There is to be a new divison of the Southern Railroad, with head quarters at Spencer, with P. L. Mc Mnness as Div:si m Superintendent. The recent Baptist State Con tention held in Greensboro, adopted rosolntioiis favoring a reform school. The Southern1, depot at Advance, Davie county and all its contents were destioyvd by lire Wednesday night. Agent Wouible says there was no lire in the building all day and he is confident that the tire was of incendiary origin. Mayor J. R. Watson, of Jones boro, died suddenly about seven o'clock Thursday morning. He was one of Chatham's best business men aud a member of the conuty board of education. Cal Hnghes, a young white man, caught his arm in a cog wheel at the Lindsay Chair F'actory at High Point a few days ago, lacerating it very badly. The malicious wrecking of a log ging train of the Rowland Lumber Co., ar. Bowden, N. C, last week resulted iu the death of James Bis sett, engineer. He was scalded to death by escaping steam. The Alliance cotton gin, in Bald win township, Chatham county, was burned last week. One. man lost 18 bales of cotton and 1000 bushels of seed. The origin of the fire is unknown. The old Mansion Hotel property at Salisbury has been sold to E. C. Gregory and W. C. Strachan for $32,000. The purchasers propose to erect a steel frame sky-ecraper upon this si te at an early date. Misa Cora E. Cox, the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cox, at Greensbor.-, who has for many years taught in the graded schools of Greensboro, and is a grad uate of the State Normal and after wards took a special course in the University of Chicago, will be married on December 27th, to Rev. Crawford Jacksou, of Atlanta, A recent issue of the Atlanta Con stitution published pictures of both the contracting parties. TEACHERS' MEETING. Meetings W 111 be Held In Different Parts of the County During Janu ary and February. The Randolph County Associition of Public School Teachers met at the school building in Asheboro last Saturday, December 8th. There waiahrge attendance of teachers and the discussion of the different subjects on the program was very interesting. Several instructive papers were read, and it is our aim to publish them. New officers were elected as fol lows: President, Prof. Chas. Staley; Vice-Presideuts. Piof. D. M. Weath eily, Ferree Rosf, Miss Merrie Rich aidsou, and Miss Rolela Frazier; Recordiug Secretary, Miss Pearl Leonard; Corresponding Secretary, County Supt. J. M. Way. It was decided to have five teach ers' meetings in different parts of the county during January and Feb. ruary, these meetings to take the place of the regular township meet ings. Perry (iray Dead. Capt. R. Percy Gray died in a Richmond hospital on December 8th. He was unmarried and aged 43 years. He was a son of Gen. Julius A. Gray, and grandson of Gov. J. M. Morei.eaii, and was born on one of (Jen. Gray's plantations in Randolph county. It has been oflieially fuinounced that the Southern mil way will es tablish a new d'vision with Salis bury as headquarters. The divisi n will be superintended by Capt. P. L. McManus. of Charlotte. FOR GOOD ROADS. County Convention to be Held At Asheboro. JANUARY 7TH IS THE DATE. Movement Started Inutile Interest of Jtaudolph's Public High Ways Will Ask Legislature to Be Al lowed to Hold Good Hoads I '.lection. Agio I roads meeting is so m to be held iu the courthouse, to take definite action looking to the better ment of the roads of the county. At u meeting of the Randleman. loo I lloa l Association held Satur day night a cotii'iiit'.e.; on arrange ments, to provide tr hi meeting, aud secure a d legation frjiu each township, was appointed. Messis. S. B -yant, J. L. Fields, W. F. Tally, J. D. M ndenhall, and Dr. McFayden eoimiuue the com mittee. Tnis committee will secure facts bearing on the possible means of providing funds to improve the roads, and present them to the con vention to be held in the courthouse the liivt Monday iu January. Every citizen of Randolph, aud es pecially those who own farming lands and other property in the county, should attend this meet ing. The importance of this move ment can be readily realized, and since the deplorable condition ,of Randolph's roids has been discuss ed for years, and since every one agrees that "something must be done" it is assured that a good roa Is as sociation for the whole county will be organized aud steps taken to im prove present conditions. Various means are being discuss ed over the. county bondPj special tax, township bonds, etc., provid ing funds for the work as well aa the manner in which the work shall be done. All these will be dis cussed at the meeting and a bill drafted to be presented to legisla ture asking permission to hold an election 9 provide means to per manently improve the roads. The county is expending each year over five thousand dollars for roads and bridges, afid the convict force and road subjects find it im pos ble to cope with the washing raits. The demand for permanent road work is such that Randolph must act, and act at once; and at the meeting in January definite action will be taken. Development Spion Co. Percy E. Elliott, of New York city, has purchased what is known as the Spoon Mine Property and 540 acres of land about six miles south-east of Asheboro, on the Mof fitt's Mill3 road. Mr. Elliott has organized the Spoon Development Companv, a corporation consisting of New York capitalists. He was in Asheboro yesterday with Capt. W. Cochran, the Superintendent of the Hercules Gold and Copper Co., W. U. Chander, of New York City, Secretary of Spoon Development Co., goiug down to the Spoon Min iog property, prospecting with a view of making preparations to de velop the property. The intention of the new ownership is to operate the mine on a large scale. The corporation has a large capital and abunda.it lesourees with which to make the developments. Asheboro Circuit Appointments. Thejfollowing appointments have been announced for the Asheboro M. E. Circut: Tnird Sunday, 11 o'clock a. m., Union aud at Pisgah at 8 p. m. Fourth Sunday. 11 a. '.m. at Le banon, and at West Chapel at. 3pm Fifth Sunday, 11a m. at Shepherd and at night at Wrtliville. R. L. M elton', Pastor. Ciray's Chapel. Quite a number of our farmers are hauling lumber eros3-ties, etc. since they finished sowing wheat. Cicero Redding is on the sick list. Mrs. Ella Coble is confined to her bed with a Bevere nervous attack. A new boarder recently arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Walker. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. IVJh f Millboro, visited her Sunday. ' Mr. Elmer Julian, of M ililxi'.i. i . teiching fdiool here.