The Asheboro Cornier
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Wm. C. HAMMER, Editor.
Wintered at the i"ost Office at Ashe bo 10
econd C.ua Matter.
THE THAW TRIAL.
Seven of the Thaw jurors have
eaid that it is not safe to commit
murder in New York. The Thaw
trial should be a warniDg to all
yourjg men threatened with brain
storms.
The unwritten law had its origin
in this country in the trial of Dan
iel E. Sickles for trie killing or. uar-
ton M. Key, General Sickles being
defended by John Graham, Edwin
M. Stanton and James T. Brady.
The Sickles case was a precedent
and was followed by the acquittal
of Gen. Cole for the killing of His
cock, and followed soon after ly the
"clearing" of Macfarland for mur
der of Kichardsou. Mr. Graham
appeared in all these cases.
The Washington Tost calls attri
tion to the fact that under the un
written law Thaw had as good a de
fense as did Sickles, Cole or Mac
farland. While there was a
mistrial in the Thaw case yet the
ote for conviction by seven jurors
that there was a great ado by many
who clainie i that the business
houses, mills and factories were not
assessed high enough, when in truth
and fact property in this class was
assessed nearer its true value than
farming and timber lands.
The gentleman to prove his posi
tion, called names and places, which
we omit, stating that he knew of a
persou recently who wanted to pur
chase near one of our towns a tract
of land partly in cultivation
and the remainder in woods and
timber. An offer of $S,000 was re
jected without hesitation. The
land was assessed four years ago at
$1,000. Does any one contend that
this land should be assessed at $G,
000 to $8,000, yet if our assessor"
were to put it at $4,000 when they
meet in June, there would be 'some
high old times in that township.
Another instance was giveu where
another gentleman refused to sell
for a few dollars less than $4,000 a
tract of land which is now assessed
on tbc tax books at the low price of
only $350. Suppose this tract of
land were assessed at $4,000 or
$5,000 its true value, there would
be a hotter time than when the
dewl and his angels were cast over
the battlements of heaven. Another
gentleman came along and said I
until the eud is a healthy sign for
the public eooJ. Three Dresideuts I have sold the timber off of my land
have been assassinated and in each
case it is highly probable that the
killing was done by an insane man.
The Post says, "that the gallows is
a very good place for such criminals
insane though they be." And fur
ther, that "under the law the pri
vate citizen's life ought to be as sac
red as the chief magistrate's, and it
is as wicked murder to assissinate
one man as another. That is the
way they order it in the Old WorlJ,
and it must come to that here."
Viewing the matter from one
stand point it is clear that a person
who will deliberately plan an exe
cute murder is insane; but society is
entitled to some protection and
jurors are beginniug te real'z it,
and it is not putting it too strong
to say that the galbws or an insane
asylum is the place for those afllicteJ
with a homicidal mania, call it Am
erica dementia or what vou please.
and its assessed value should be re
duced instead of increased. Some
one standing near said, but the
timber left on land after all the
sawable pine and oak are oil is worth
more than all of it was four years
ago, and further, my brother, a
great big wealthy county like
Randolph oughi to get tired some
day of being a "pauper" county and
drawing from the State moie than
$3,000 every year than is paid by
the county into the State treasury.
Let us pay our just share of taxes
and we will be more happy and
prosperous, we can have better
roads, more bridges and better ones.
While land may uot be assessed
at its true value for some years, yet
there should be a great reformation
in the assessment of property and
there should be a general increase
all along the lines. Think about
it, brother.
THE GROWTH OF ASHEBORO.
Never has there been so much
growth in Asheboio in any two
years as during the last year. New
life is seen everywhere. The Graded
School is the oue thing in which
everybody, both old aud young, take
the deepest interest. Manv families
have moved here to take advantage ; tinuously with Co. "K." ;Tth Regi
of the superior school advantages. ! ment of J"falltry .sh 1191'.nd
,, -.. , nas seen active service in tne I'nunp
small. in the i r 1
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from
Sergeant LkihouiIh lteturiis.
Sergt and Mrs. Andrew G. La
nionds, of the 27th Regt. of Infan
try, arrived in Asheboro on Thurs
day for a few days visit with his
sister, Mrs W. M. Hooker.
Sergt. Lamonds is the son Mr. N.
A. Lamonds, of Star, N. C. and
left on Sutidiy for that place where
he expects to make his home for
the present.
Sergt. Lamonds has served con-
CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS
was sent
Illinois,
Fort Sheri-Decemler
superior
Tin rV, lortrn r,v
' ""o" pines
State, has a better Graded School: Jje
than we have at Asheboro. The dan,
new
at a
oeen uuiit witn a nowar oi craii m i f , h. i- , .
it. The school board has built the , that place. On June 10th 1904.
Sergt. Lamonds married Miss
Oleveya M. Smith of Columbus,
Ohio. His many friends in Ashe-
m building will soon be completed10. to Hot Springs, Ark., to the
i cost of $15,000, and in has not!Arn,y and Nay ,Ue,ier,al Hospital
. .... ... , , f. . ! for treatment for Articular rheuma-
house in their own way by letting
the contract for one part to one per
son and another part to someone else
The lowent offer made by any one
contractor to erect the entire build
ing was some twenty-three thousand
Joilars.
The new school building will be
lully completed for the beginning cf
the fall session.
We have htard that there are a
"number of good families in this and
surrounding counties that will move
to Asheboro within the next few
months. Desirable building lots
can be purchased at reasonable prices
and your own time can be obtained
for a home through the People's
Building & Loan Association.
Those who want to move to a
town where superior educational op
portunities are offered would do well
to come to Asheboro and investigate
the oppQrtunties offered here.
There was aD increase of 50 per
cent, in the population of Asheboro
last year and we expect e larger in
crease this year. j
boro and Star have
warm welcome.
given him a
SubHt rlptlonn PhIiI.
Vance Wall, P. K. Brewer, Mrs.
Mary Yow, Holland Frazier, Mrs.
Ivy Clark, G. H. Luther, 15. F.
Reynolds, W. X Barker, Ivey C.
Nance, H. P. Poole, G. T. Atkins,
W. B. Uogan, Richard Thompson,
G. M. Hearne U. B. Jordan, W. J.
Baldwin, F. King, N. W. Newby,
G. B. Morris, R. W. Frazier, G. B.
D. Reynolds, A. W. E. Capal. J. II.
Harrison, J. F. McNeil, C. M. Allen,
J. W. Skeen, J. F. Cameron Dr.
Chas. Daligny, L. A. Sheets, W. B.
Spivey, A. F. Saunders, E. B. Slack,
V. F. Coltrane, Margaret Lucas, A.
R. Auman, Mrs. 1. L. Cox, H. W.
Scott, J. A. Stout, T. E. West, Mrs.
Bettie Manets, John A. Cox, Law
rence Albright, Geo. Cagle Joel
Presnell, J. A. Ward, W. C. Tippett,
W. C. Slack. Connie Allred, W. R.
Cox, E. A. Routh, C. II. Julian, S.
L. Welch, G. II. Jones, Isham Jones.
II. J. Parks.
Card of Thuukg.
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to our friends of Asheboro.
TAX ASSESSMENTS TOO LOW. ! atul most, especially our friends at
ijucKson springs, ior me Kindnesses
Several days ago we were talking
with one of our enterprising and
public spirited citizens discussing
the inequalities of assessment of real
property for taxation. This gentle
man owns some real estate, in one of
the towns in this county, assessed at
$3,000, and for which he recently
refused to take $10,000. He did
not deny the statement, but said
shown us during the sad hours,
caused by the sad death of our sis
ter, Mrs. J. A. Redding.
May the Lord's richest blessings
rest upon each and every one.
Very sincerely,
Air. and Mrs. J. S. RiiIce.
There are many tonics in tbe lane',
Ashy the papers you can see;
But none of tliein can equal
Ilollinter'a liocky Mountain Tea
Watkins-Leonurd Co, Ramseur, K.
The internal revenue office was
moved from Asheville to Statesville
last week.
The First National Bank, of Bur
lington, has beeu chartered with a
capital of $50,000.
A macadam roid is to be built
from Piuehurst to Southern Pine so
that tourists may engage in automo
bile races.
Dr. McKanna, of tit Reidsville
Three-Hay Liquor cure Hospital,
has decided to establish a branch in
Oklahoma.
N. B. Mills "of Statesville, is or
ganizing. a new Cotton Mill Co. The
capital stock is to be $110,000.
$100,000 has been subscribed
Tuesday of last week citizens of
Wadesboro voted a special tax for a
graded school. A building will be
erected at a cost of $20,000.
The New York General Assem
bly last week adopted the bill es
tablishing a Hat rate cf 2 cents i e
mile on all lailroads in the state.
A race Riot at Byran, Miss., Fii
day resulted in the death of two
negroes aud one white nun. The
riot was in a railroad camp, of the
Great Northern railroad.
The Statesville Safe aud Table Co.
to manufacture safes, tables ai.d
kitchen cabintt has beeu organized
at Statesville. A building will be
erected as soon as possible.
The senate of Florida has by a
vote of 25 u 5 diclared the four
teeuth and fifteenth uuieudnidaie to
the Ft del al constitution voict, and
disfianchised tl.e negro in thatetate
The cold weather of the past few
days and heavy frosts leduoed the
eistern crop of strawberries to about
half. The frozen fruit is rotting
on the vines.
High Point has voted $50,000 to
secure the entrance of the Randolph
and Cumberland railroad to that
lowu. This will give the town three
railroais.
F. G. Thompson who was shot by
Arthur N ail at the Revolution Mills
at Greensboro Match Kith, died at
the hospital Friday night. Vail has
uot beeu seen since the trouble.
Mrs. Sallie Newlin, widow of the
late Oliver Newlin, of Burlington,
died Sunday. Mrs. Newlin was a
member of one of Alamance'- most
prominent families'
The Elkin and Alleghany rail
way Company was permanently or
ganized at Elkiu last week. A linj
of 40 miles will be built from E kin
to Sparta. Work will begin about
Juie 1st.
D. B. Smith, a native of Gres
boro, now a member of the Churlotte
bar has beeu appointed referee iH
bankruptcy, succeeding J. B. Smith,
rtceutly appointed postmaster at
Charlotte.
A coach containing 22 passengers
overturned on a trestle on the S. A.
L. near Oxford last Friday. It was
running at 15 miles an hour. Only
oue person was hurt and his injuries
are slight.
High Point will make a creditable
exhibit in the manufactuers build
ing at the Jamestown Exposition, the
Manufactuers Club, of that city hav
i g secured 1000 feet of lloor space
foi the display.
The auditing committee investi
gating the books of the board of Coni
missiouers of Surry County, finds
that the board has collected $G,000
by mistake, which it will pay back
toMt Airy.
The bridge of the Norfolk &
Soutiern railroad over Albemarle
Sound will be one of ,the longest
bridges in the county. When com
pleted it will be live and a half
miles long.
C. L. Scruggs was killed at Ral
eigh last week by guards at the peu
ieatiary when he aud two pals at
tempted to escape from tbe stockade.
He was sentenced to two yeais from I
Guilford for forgery.
A young man by the name of t
Moore, employed in the Pipe Found-1
ry, at High Point, was painfully
burned Saturday by molten metal j
spurting over his foot iiom a cruci
ble which he was handling.
Gus Lee, the negro captuivd at
Salisbury, for the murder of a negro
boy at Chester, S. C, in Jaiiuai v,
was last wet k eonvicttd aud s n
tenced to be hanged on Friday, June
7.
Just before committing suicide a
few days ago chief of police Adam?,
of Newark, N. J., gave the detective
bureau facts about i plot by anar
chists to assassinate President Roose
velt. The secret service men are
pow developing the facts.
The Bronze statue of Jefferson
Davis, to be unveiled at Richmond,
June 3d, was drawn through the
streets of Richmond by 3000 I
where the monument is to stand
children. The line was two or three
squares long.
The reconstructed board of county
commissioners of Sampson county
appointed a committeato investigate
the accounts of A man the absconded
sheriff, and having only checked a
part of the records have found
fraudulent entries to the am out of
more than $2;300. This is in addi
tion to the large sum which the of
ficer was short in accounts.
The wife of James Rucken, color
ed, applied to an insurance company
at Asheville last week for insurance
on the life of her husband. James
is condemed to death for criminal
assault upon his step-dan ghter. The
application was rejected. .
Officials from the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture are in Forsyth
county investigating the appearance
of a smal' green insect that is de
stroying wheat. The insect has
done much damigein many sections
of the country.
W. N. Alberty, a prominent farm
er of Forsyth county, was thrown
from his wagon In a runaway at
Winston-Salem last wesk, his head
catching between the spokes of the
wheels. His presence of mind in
holding the wheel tightly locked
saved his life.
While a negro youth Jesse Lopp,
was carelessly handling a pistol at
Salisbury Saturday, the wempon was
discharged, the ball taking effect in
the shonlder of Richard Robertson,
an employe of the Southern railway
at Salisbury. The wound is not
serious and the boy was released.
Assistant Po3'master General
Frank II. Hitihcock is generally be
lieved to be in the South for the
purpose of keeping the delegation
for Nutioual Convention in line for
Rwsevelt and See. Taft. lie is
conferring with all the leading re
publicans "enroute to Jacksonville,
on postal business."
Fred Hitchcock, of Orlean. N. Y ..
wis sentenced to serve six months in !
the penitentiary und to pay a fine of
$50 for violating public decency jn j
permitting his 14-year-oid daughter:
to-" marry a negro. The colored !
minister who officiated when arrested !
said he obj?cted"toJ performing the I
ceremony, but the father insisted!
that he proceed.
Buy Timber I.aml.
II. B. Caldwell, of Pennsylvania,
who has made Asheboro his head
quarteres for several months buying
ties for the Pennsylvania Railway
uas purciiHseu a large tract of tim- i
ber land in eight miles southeast 1
of Asheboro and will put a saw mill !
in operation at once. He will con-1
tinue to represent the railroad and
will push the mill business in addi- j
tion. Mr. Caldwell is a wide awake
and energetic young business man ;
auu nas njaue a host ot friends since
he came mto our midst.
Morris-Scar boro -Moffitt
Go.
Has some of the Newest Things to offer for
Ladies' Shirt Waists
This is ahe zge. of embroidery, and embroidered
shirt waists, skirts, collars and belts of artistic design
are permissible and admired upon all occasions.
A new and attractive line of
Embroidered Patterns in Shirt
Waists, Collars and Belts has just
arrived and quick sales have fol
lowed the display.
One of the most popular fads
and one that is creating much
comment in the fancy work circles
is the
"EMBROIDERED COLLAR BELT"
Come early and see the line
and secure the choicest patterns.
MORRIS-SCARBORO-.MOFFITT CO.,
Asheboro, N. C. Phone No. 7.
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AUCTION SALE
:OF:
Benton Ms
PirTY GHOIGC LOTS
In blocks Nos. 32, 33, 40 and 41 will be sold at auc
tion to the highest bidder
w ?? ? -8 ,te,rmmus ofuthe. Carolina Valley Railway, is surrounded by a fertile coun
try and is destined to become a business centre of much importance. Those who buy these
ots will make a big profit on their investment. We believe you will double your money in
less than a year. Andrew Carnegie says:
"There is no doubt that real estate is the very best investment for small
savings It will grow and grow into money. More fortunes are accumulated
Irom the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined. To
speculate in stocks is risky and even dangerous, but when you buy real estate
yoi are buying an inheritance. "
Governor Glenn will speak at Denton High School on this date. Come out to
hear the Governor and at the same time make a profitable investment by buying
some ot these loU. Sale begins at:30 o'clock A. M., sharp.
TERMS: $10 down and $10 per month lor balance, or 5 per cent, off for cash.
J. EARL VARNER, Aflt., DENTON. N. C.
Davidson Insurance & Trust Co.,
J. W. NOELL, Pres't. S. W. FINCH, Sec. & Treas.