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R 15he COURIER Leads inBoth News and Circulation. i She COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results. i mmmmmtmmmmmmmm EE Em. eeued Weekly. ' PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. ' $1.00 Per Year VOL XXXII. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1907. No" MONTGOMERY TRAGEDY. Young Man Kills Brother In Fit Of Anger. VICTIM ABUSED CHILD UNDER PROTEST. Alter Firing Fatal Hhotlat Hp (tlicr He Turned Weapon Upon Himself Uitli I-esn Fatal Kesults. News was received here list Fri day of a fatal shooting affray which oscurred at Grassy Island, iu Mont gomery county Thursday, March 21st. Will Ingram, sou of Ibe Ingram, shot and ki'led his brother Ben, with a pistol. After the shooting his brother, Will then shot himself but is not dead, though he is seriously injured. The story ot the shooting is told as follows: Ben was talking roughly to his little daughter, and Will appearing on the scene told him not to do it. Th'y began to quarrel ad finally Ben declared he would go home and shoot him. Suiting his actions toils words he went home and in a few minutes returned with a shot gun. Seeing Will standing in the door at his store, about forty yards distant he fired at him." Will quick ly stepped back inside the store and when he re-appeared it! was with a 45 calibre Smith & Wesson pistol. Shooting with a deadly aim be killed bis brother almost instantly, and then turning the weapon on himself attempted to take Lis own life. WAS NINETY YEARS OLD. Mr. Hammer Died at Merhanlcsvllle Last Week. Mrs. Melinda Hammer, relict of the late Mr. Isaac Hammr, died one day last week at the home of her son, Mr. E. A. Hammer, Mechan icsvilleat High Point. The remains were interred atAbbott's Cieek, the burial sei vice tobe conducted the first Sunday in May, at which time like honors will be paid to her aged husband who preceded her to the other world 8 years ago. Mrs. Hammer is survived by three sons, Messrs. A. 11. Hammer, High Point; E. A. Hammer, Mechan icsville; and Charles A. Hammer, of Abbott's Creek. Mrs. Hammer was a native of Davidson county and was a Miss Swaim. She was a woman whose walk and life was always of the strongly Christian type. She was devoted and consecrated and made and retained friends in all circles. Her husband was a brother of the grandfather of the editor of this paper. ' Mr. Carr Injured In a Runaway. Mrs. Lnla 15. Carr, was seriously wounded in a runaway at Greens boro Sunday afternoon. Besides breaking her leg just above the ankle, she was badly bruised. Mrs, Carr is a daughter of Prof. J. M. Bandy and formerly lived at Trini ty. Mrs Carr is one of the State's beat business women and highly intellectual. Since the death of her husband she has successlully conducted the insurance business of O.-W. Carr & Co., at Greensboro ana is sole owner and proprietor. Rev. J. R. Brook. The Rev. John R, Brooks, a Methodist minister, died at Wilson Monday morning from pneumonia He was seventy years old and had held many important assignments The funeral takes place tomorrow afternoon at Reidsville. . The deceased was a brother of W. P. Brooks, who was fornieJv post master at Randleman under the Cleveland administration. Uwar-Honct. Statesville, N: C, March 26. Yesterday afternoon in -the parlor of Hotel Iredell, E. 0. Garner and Miss Florence Honeycnt were united in marriage, the Kev r rank Siler of ficiating. Mr. Garner was for some time steward of the El wood Hotel at High Point, but. is now 'in the mercantile business in Randolph county. Miss Honeycut is a native of this county, her home being near Elmwood. Miss Marion Moring left Satur day morning for Freemont to re sume her duties as instructor in music. i RURAL SCHOOLS. Interesting lOxercises at Providence Graded SchoolOther Notes. The rural schools of the couuty are closing, having completed most successful terms. The reports show an encouraging increase both in at tendance and efficiency of the pupils. Friday the rroviuence graded 6chool with Miss Pearl Chaninees as prin cipal and Miss Mable Stuart, of franklin vule, as assistant, closed with an excellent program. Piof. Frank H. Curtis, superin tendent of the Burlington Graded School, deliveied the address. His subject was "the value of an edu cation" uud his effort was earnest and well received. Nearly a thou sand people heard the ddre3s which greatly stimulated the cause of edu cation in that section. The pro gram by the pupils, consisting of recitations and declamations, and music did creiit to the participants. The trustees awarded four prizes for the Lest ucitatious and declamations which were presented by County Superintendent J. M. Way. Mi3S Alleue White and Mihs Winnie Jul. ian were awarded the lecitors prizes and James Beeson aiid Hobart Neece the declatners prizes. Herr Roy and a companion, of the West Market M. E. '"r-urch choir of Greensboro furniebed the music. Mt. Pleasant school in Taberna cle, closed Friday night with appro priate exercises. Prof. Lewallen Farlow was piincipal. A large crowd attended the clos ing exercises of Poplar Ridge school Saturday .night last. The school in charge of Miss Birdie Roy als, had a most successful term. The Trogdon school in Brower Township taught by Miss Evelyn Moffitt, will close Friday of this week. SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. Work llegun Last WeekA Credit to the Town. The Atlas Construction Co., of High Point, has a large force of hands at work putting down the granolite pavement on Depot Street. The pavement is of crushed granite and ceneut, and is a credit to our town. It is hoped that this work will be carried on in our midst un til we shall hve pavements over all the principal streets. It is learned that the sidewalks on the east side of South Fayetteville St., from Depot to Academy streets, will be graded by the town, and that the property owners will place this pave ment there. It is a matter of congratulation that Aebeboro has such an enterpris ing, pnblic spirited citizenship, and that they are without hesitation joining in the work of town im provement. Nothing will more rap idly promote the interests of the town, and nothing will so enhance the value of real estate, as good streets and side walks. Asheboro has grown steadily for the past five years and the hearty co-operation of the citizens in permaneut improve ment work will produce even greater development during the next five GANG INTERNATIONAL IN ITS SCOPE. One Hundred and Twenty-five Pieces of Mail Stolen From Pouch Which Left New York City ou January 11, Say Authorities. Paris, JMarch 25. The man named Butloss, arrested here recent ly with $42,000 American securities in his possession under the suspic ion that he was an accomplice of the thieves who stole a mail t onntninincr fthnnt flftfl nn tVio fFrench line steamer La Providence, which arrived at Havre Maich 6 from New York, has made a con fession, implicating a gang of inter national robbers as the result of which other arrests are expected im mediately. Revenue Office Leaves Asheville, The Fifth district internal revenue office, for fifteen years located in Asheville, will be removed shortly to Statesville, the hrtne of Collector Georgd H. Brown. An order to this elect was made at Washington by Commissioner of Internal Revenue lerks Drlday. It is announced that a revenue stamp office will be opened at ABhe- rville similar to present office in Statesville, and one clerk will remain there inicharge. MR. JUSTICE ON THE LEGISLATURE. Speaker's Views as to What the Body Did. ACCOMPLISHED MORE GOOD THAN ANY OTHER. There Wan ftint In Ills Opinion the Mlglilrht Danger of Any Crazy or Wild Law Ueing iamied--l)lcuiise (lie Panitenger and Freight Rale lllll and the Autl-Truat Rill The Greensboro Telegram i has ob;uined from Speaker E. J. Justice the following statement of his views as to what was accomplinhed by the recent Legislature in which he was so notable a figure: While there were a majority of the members of the Senate, who were notinaccoid with my views as to whjt the Democratic: party stauus for and what Democratic principles are, yet ou more than one occasion, under streess of circumstances, they voted with the people s against the special interest of the favored few, and tne net result of the action of this Legislatuie, is a source of great gratification. I believe that more good has been accomplished bv thi Legislature just adjourned tha'n by any other wnich I have been a mem ber of, and indeed by any. other that has been held siuce I have known anything about public life. Not only is this true because the freight rates and passenger rates have been reduced, and the power of the Corporation Commission has been enlarged and the insane of the State and the schools have been taken care of, and the pensions of the old 6oldiers have been increased, but the lines between those who called themselvea Democrats but yet voted with the special interests and for the favored few, and those who believe that the Democratic platforms mean what they said, have been more clearly drawn than ever before, and it has been demon strated that the former class is in the minority. NO CRAZY LEGISLATION'. "Of course there was not the slightest danger of any crazy or wild legislation being enacted into law. Very few people in the State apprehended that there was danger of this kind. Quite a number pre tended they apprehended and feared it because of the effect they hoped to have on others by charging it, and not because of any real fear. Few unjust or extreme measures were even introduced, and none were re ported favorably by the committees in either House, so far as I know. The railroad and trust lobbyists have hollered wolf as long as" the people will listen to them, and they will have difficulty in giving the alarm again. PASSENGER RATES. 'When the passenger rate bill was up, the Senate, after weeke of labor passed a bill which was utterly worthless, and within twenty-four hours after it was passed those who supported most strenuously attempt ed to recall it. Fortunately the con ference committee on the part of the Senate, as well as on the part of the House, stood for real and sub stantial reduction, and when the re port came in and senators bad to vote aye or no upon the rate bill, and were cut off from amendments, it was pleasing to see those who had so strenuously opposed a 2 1-4 cent rate, vote in the affirmative. I pre dict that those very senators will be referring to their vote on this meas ure with pride before two years have rolled by. FREIGHT RATES. 'The freight rute bill'Jpaased the Senate after an hour and a half's discussion, and it would therefore, be surprising if many senators knew the extent of the reduction provided for by this bill. It came to the House and was on the House calen dar when the House bill was sent to the Senate, so that the Senate was in the position of having to pass the House bill or their bill would be passed in the House. The House bill did not reduce freight rates quite as much as I felt should be done, but the reduction was 15 per cent on all freight charges be tween two points on the roads of different companies, that is to say, the present rates are the combina tion of the locals less 10 per cent, and under the House bill the rates will be the combination of the locals less 25 per cent. "As to the anti-trust bill, it has several very desirable provisions in it. Under its terms a trust cannot destroy a competitor in business by underselling him for the purpose of destroying him. The important feature which should have become a part of the law is the rrovision to make it unlawful to combine to put down or prevent the increase in the price of what the parties to the com bination expert to buy. Every trust that is organized and success fully carried ou, must of necessity, by an agreement to dj so, depress the price of what it buys. The law a gi'.ins; this practice prevents organ izations and associations of persons and corporations from encasing in ihe practice of the trust robbing those ft om whom they buy the raw products, jind it punishes those trusts which have already effected such oigani itions. The chief argument against this section of the bill was that it would drive the American Tobacco Company out of the State. Auother way of stating the same thing is to say that unless the Amer ican Tobacco Company can effect a combination with purchasers of tobacco aud keep the price of leaf tobacco down, it will leave the State. In my opinion, it will do no such thing, but if it will, then we had better have independent factories and competition among the buyers than to have the American Tobacco Company here robbing the farmers. The Senate on three different occa sions voted against a provision in the law that protects the farmers against the combination of the American Tobacco Company and the subsidiaiy organizations which it represents. The section ''A" which the Senate three times defeat ed and the House three times de clared for is in substance a declara tion against any corporation or person making any contract or en tering into any combination, express ed or implied, to depress or keep down the price of any article which such person or corporation intends to buy." "A minority of i he Senate who stood for substantial relief agains the practice of the trusts were true and loyal to the people, and as able as the people Leed wish their repre sentatives to be. The Republicans in the Senate saved the day for the trusts. They voted solidly against sub-section "A" of the House bill and on the last vote a change of one vote would have caused a differ ent result." BANK OF RAMSEUR. Doors Will Open For Business April 10 New Bnlldlng Completed. The new Bank at Ramseur wi 1 open its doors for business April 10th. The new building next to the hotel, which is nicely designed, and of brick, has just been com pleted. It presents a handsome ap pearance, and supplies the bank with attractive and commodious quarters. W. H. Wat kins, Sr., is the president of the institution and R. I. Smith, of Greensboro, is cashier. Ramseur citizens are to be con gratulated for this addition to their thriving little town. STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION. itandolph Dental Surgeon Appear on the Program. The 'state Dental AeBOciation will meet at Morehead City Jane 26th and continue through the 28th. The official program has not been issued though an outline Jhas been announced. The two members of the Associa tion in Randolph will take part. Dr. W. K. Hartsell, of Randlema-, is preparing an interesting aud in structive paper on Chemistry. Dr. D. K. Lockhart, of Asheboro, will give a clinic on bridge work. Both Dr. Lock hat and Dr. Hart sell will attend. Race Trouble In Alabama Columbus, Ga., Match 23. Five. persons have been wounded, two per; haps fatally, as the result of trouble between whites and negroes in Inrard, Ala. tonight. The trouble started wheh a negro butcher. West Freeman, cut two young white men, sons of a minister. A negro was cut at the same time. Later on the trouble was resumed, and the two negroes were shot down in the street. G. 8. Bradshaw, of Greensboro, attended court here this week. FIRE AT HIGH POINT. Ten House In Colored Settlement lie- titroyed By the Flames $15,000 Dam age. Ten buildings in the colored settle-- rnent in the eastern part of High Point, were desuoyed by lue Sat urday ni'ht. The tire originated iu a negro's nonse, caused by a lamp exploding. The Haines rapidly pread bwrnuii.' over an aria or about three acres. Lje Flake's hall, the Odd Fell )ws hall an I the M. E. Church are Hinong the buildings destroyed. For nearly two hours the tire gained rapid ueaihvay over the areinen, they being handicapped by the intense heat. By heioic work, however, the progress was halteu but not until 15,000 damage had been done. There was only about $5,000 insurance on the buildings. Another Fire TneHday. Fire broke out in the lear of Pen ny Bros, grain shels at High Point Tuesday eveuing. The flames rap idly spread to the livery stable of Smith Bros, completely destroy ing both. The origin of the fire is unknown. Mr. 1'enny s loss is sev eral hundred dollars on his sheds, aud the building occupied by Livery man Smith about $io0. DEATH OF MR. WRIGHT. Aged Minister of Christian Church Died Xear Asheboro Last Week. Rev. Jackson H. Wright died at his home two miles south of Ashe boro last Wednesday night after an illness of about three weeks. His illness at first was not thought to be serious but in the last few days he suffered a turn for the worse and his death soon followed. Mr. Wright was a retired minister of the Christian Chrnch and an ex cellent Christian gentleman. II w is twice married. His second, wife, who survives him with three children, a is da-ighter of the late John Burrow. R-v. Wright has made his home at Asheboro for many years, having com" here from Indiana in the year 1886. He leaves a widow and three children. Ollie. Ruby and Willard, and three children by a former wife. They are Wm. S. Wright and Eva. Wright, of Indian apolie, Ind. and Mrs. Dora G. Brown, of Central Fall, this couuty Wm. Wright could not attend his father's funeral on account of ill ness. The daughter, Eva, arrived Friday morning; she will return to her home in Indianapolis next Mon day. The family wishes to thank the friends and neighbors for all the kindness shown them during the sickness and at the death of their father and husband. PAINFULLY INJURED. Will Slier Narrowly Escaped Death at Randleman Saturday Afternoon. Will Siler, son of Luther Siler, of Providence township was painfully injured in a runaway at Randleman Saturday afternoon. He was sit. ting on top of a heavily loaded wag on of wood being drawn by two spirited horses. vYhile descending the steep hill toward the Iron bridge at Naomi, the brake cavd away, frightening the team. Young Siler was thrown under the wagon, the wheels passing over his body. Miraculously he was not fatally ii jured, though his body was painfull bruised. No bones were broken. The team ran for more than a mile through town at a break-neck speed before they could be stopped. WALKER WOULD END LIFE. Xegro Mnrdrrer Attempted Suicide On Eve of Trial. The trial of Tom Walker for the murder of two policpmen at Fayette ville a short time ago, was begun there Tuesday morning, but could not proceed uu til yester.dav. When the sheriff went for the prisoner to take him to the court room he fouud the prisoner lying in a pool of blood with four or five lacerations of ihe scalp and depressed fracture of the skull, two contusions on the fore head and two on the back of his head. The prisoner was absolutely unable to attend court. It is thought that at the dinner hour Walker must have in some way got to the top of the cell and hurled himself head first to the stone floor below. Henry S. Morrow has been ap pointed postmaster at Whitney, Stanley Uounty. IN SUPERIOR COURT. Docket Will Consume Most of Week. PARRISH AWARDED $600 AGAINST THE SOUTHERN. Mnny Other Cime Finally Settled-Suit Over fw street at Itanilleniau C oin liroinUeil ( rlinliiiil Canes t The Civil docket of the Superior Com t tor this coiintv will probably occupy the time of the court most of this week. The jurors for this week are: E. 'V. Mcffitt, H. T. Brown, W. M. Cox, J. M. Rmth, J. L. Cran ford, L. II. Bean, A. F. Stalev, Jno. Beny, 15. K. Steed, W.T. Crauford, Allen Trotter, J. M. Scarboro, Ellis Jordan, W. E. Kearns, B. F. Kidge. The inry in the case of Parrish vs the Southern Railway yesterday afternoon returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, placing the damage at $000. Mr. Parrish asked damages for injuries sustained by an accident on the train at High Point about a year ago, which greatly impaired his health. In the case of Mrs. M. C. Dicks, t-t al vs the town of Randleman, for damages in opening a new street a compromise was affected and the court passed judgment allowing the plaintiffs $350, and that the portion of the street involved be vested in: the city of Randleoian. D. II. Burrell, et al, was given a judgment of $25.85 with interest from Aug. 14, 1905, against the Randolph Creamery. In the case of W. L. Stutts aud wife vs J. E. Harper, et al, being a suit for damages to timber by fire, the jury gave the plaintiff a verdict of $25.00 damages. In the case J. A. Stalev vs. M. T. Sugg, et al, the judgment of the court was in favor of the plaintiff, making him owner in fe i Jsimple of 60 acres or land in question. A ludgtnaiit in favor of the de fendant was entered in the case of S. S. Cox vs W. T. Brooks, which was a suit for possession of 20 acres of land adjoining that of Alfred Cox, et al. Compromised and open for judg ment: Stanley S. Cox vs W. Thos. Brooke; Geo. W. Bowden vs Wm. Reitzell. et al: Walter Johnson bv his next friend, W. C. Johnson, vs Noveltv Wood Works; Z. A. Cran ford vs Farmers Mutual Fire Insur ance Co, of North Carolina; JD. E. Davis vs J. F. Sumner, et al. Brief News Items. Rev. C. W. Blanchard, of Clay ton, will succeed J. W. Bailey, as e litor of the Biblical Recorder at Raleigh. Miss Annie Wbiteh ad, a student at Salem Female Aca emy and Col lege, died Monday aftv-i an operation for appendicitis. Her h)me was at Wilmington. Annie Hall, a white woman, liv ing near Charity, Va., was shot to death and her sister, Jane Hall was seriouslv wounded by a mob Sun day night. The mob is supposed to have been made up of illicit distil lers, who sought revenge for al leged betrayal of their woik to reve nue officers by the womeu. No ar rests have been made. While sitting in a crowded train at Danville, Va., Monday, J. F. Bradburn, prominent citizen of. Bridgewater, Va., attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a pocket knife. When an attempt was made to stay the rash act' by passengers and ofticeis at the station he fought furiously. No cause is given for the deed. Joseph Ralph Burton, who until his conviction in the federal courts was United States senator from Kansas was released from the coun ty jail at Ironton Friday, having served his sentence of six months imprisonment for violating the fed eral statute by appearing before tha departments at Washington while in office. Ha will start a news paper at Abiliue, Kans. The famine situation in China is becoming more desperate. Hun dreds are dying daily fiom s ana tion and disease. The Christian Herald, of New York Saturday re mitted $50,000 to the State De partment fur the relief fund, which makes a total of $150,000 remitted to the Red Cross during the past few days. I.