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1 56 COURIER j I Leads In. Both News and . Circulation. C3t -..I. iiK- me COUR.IER " J Bring Results. g BBued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Par Year VOL XXX11. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1907. N0 2? Local Taxation for Public Education Popular in North Carolina. J. . JOYNER, Superintendent ot Public Instruction of Xorth Carolina. What It is, And How to Get It. Under section 4115 of the Public School Law of North Carolina, upon c petition of one-fourth of the free holders residiug tbeieiu, a special tax district nuy be laid oft within any definitely tixed boundaries, aud upon approval ot tbe said penton by the County Board or education, an elec tion upon a pecial tax fur the sup port ot BfUocls within that district, not to exceed thirty cents on the huudied dollars valuation of proper ty and ninety cents on the poll, must be ordered by the Board of County Commissioners. It a majority of tne qualified voters vote for the special tax, s.iiJ tax must be annually levied and the funds arising from it must be placed to the oreilit of sal i special tax districts, and be subject to the order of tfce school committee of said special tax di iriot, for the beuetit o the public schools of the district. An ele. tion, therefore, up on local tax atiuu tor ihe improve ment of its public schools is thus placed within easy reach of auv school district in .North Carolina. The fuuus raised fioin this source are, of course, in auditiou to all funds apportioned to the district from the geweral Stale and county fund. . Blanks for petitions and election returns will bt furnished upon appli cation to the State or County Super intendent of Public Iustructbu. The Keed of It. This business of public educatiou is like any other great business. For successfully conducting it, enough capital must be invested in it to sup ply the necessary equipment and to employ the necessary number of com petent, trained men and women to carry on the business i c ording to modern, progressive business i.nd pro fessioual principles. Comparative sta tistics show that North Carolina is still behind most of her cister States in teacher ' salaries, in length of school term, in value of school house and equipment, aud in general ex penditures for school purposes. The average school term i" the rural school of North Carolina is 86 days. The average monthly salary of rural white teachers is $30.24; the average annual salary is $130.07. For better houses and equipment, better teachers and more of tbem, bette-r supervision and longer school term, more money is the fundamen tal need. The constitutional limit of general Stnead county taxation has already been reached in all the counties of the State but one. A special annual State appropriation of $200,000 has already been made by the General Assembly to provide a four months school term. It is evi daut, therefore, to any reasonable man, that the only practical -neans of further increasing the school fund of auy local school is special local taxation. Practically all other States and all the communities of this State that have provided educa tional facilities adequate in bui'dings and equipment, length of term, number of teachers, salary and qual ideation of teachers nnd course of instruction to meet the demands of the age for the education of all the children, have been compelled to re sort to special local taxation to sup plement the funds leceived from general taxation. More than 69 per cent, of all the funds raised tor pub lic schools in the United States is raise I by local taxation. Iu some States, like Massachusetts, having the beet equipped public schools, more than 95 per cent, of the funds is raised dy local taxation . Iu North Carolina,the only cities, towns and ratal communities that have suc ceeded iu providiug a system of schools, open eight or ten months in the year, adequately equipped with houses and teachers, have been compelled to supplement their State and county school funds by local taxation. The experience of other States and of these communities in our own State compels, therefore, the conclusion that the onlv hope of largely increasing the present avail able funds for rural schools, and thereby making these schools equal to the demands of the age for t he ed ucation of 82 per cent, of our pop ulation dwelling in th' country is to be found in the adoption of local tax ation. Co.ilimieii ou next page. CHICAGO TO WASHINGTON. 'Little Wolf", A Sioux Indian Chief. Riding His Broncho From Chicago To Wahington. Norfolk, Va., May 25th. Among all the shows on the War Path at the Jamestown Exposition on Hampton Roads, near Norfolk, Virginia, it may be safely said that, while they are all good, none will excel! the '101 Ranch" Wild West Show.Much has been, written and said of this wonderful Western production on the shores of Famous Hampton Roads but the half has no': been told, nor could it be comprehended if told. It must be seen to he appreciated. To bring the push, vim, dar-drv.l escapades of the plains into t ht midst of the staid, old, aristocrai.ii East, and. show them as they are be yond the Mississippi, is in itself ii daring feat. By wav of further exploit'n? this Wild West Show, "Lit'le Wtlf" a full blocd Sioux Indian Chirf, left Chicago ou horseback Monday morn ing May 5tn. and h now riding to Washington to extend a personal in vitation to President Roeevelt to be present at the opening of the "101 Ranch Wild West Show on the after noon of May 20th. The buffalo is just one of the fifty or more features with the big show. Five hundred cowboys, cowgirl", lu diai.a aud Mexicans engage in this chase. FRIENDS IN RANDOLPH. Board of Church Kxtenslon Planning to Do F.vangeliatlc Work In Randolph. While in Ashehoro Monday Rev. Eli Reece, of High Point, talked in terestingly of the work of the Board of the church of Friends in Ran aoipn. inis section is reeeing special attention at the hands of the Board of Chnrch extension and plans are being laid for advancing tne work in the county. For some time the matter of erect ing a meeting house in Asheboro bas been under consideration and it now seems that iu the near future Asheboro will be made a central meeting point for a large territory which has no church but with a large membership. It is learned that the Board of Church Extension has decided to elect an evangelist to take change of the work in the State and Asheboro will be made the principal poit of development. The name of the evangelist to take charge of the work will be announced at a meet ing of the board to be held within the next ten days. WILL CELEBRATE. Big Time at Worthviile Julv 4ta Hon. W. w. kitchen Invited Boat Rae iug Will be a Feature. The people of Randolph county kno 'S what it means when Worth ville people say thev are going to cele brate the fourth of July. It has been jus five years since wo held our last celebration. The occasion this year promisee to be the best we have ever had. Hon. W. W. Kitch en has been invited to deliver the address. The exercise will he held in the Beautiful "River View" Park, North of town. This park contains 50 acres of beautiful timber land, is about one mile in length and has a nice river view of o e mile and a half. The generous manager of the Worth Mfg. Co., has placed one half dozen nice steel oar boats, on the mill pond, and among other things, there will be boat racing which will be very interesting and exciting. Everybody is invited to attend. I here will be a crack game of base ball in the afternoon. Hon. J. R. Llewellyn Very 111. News comes from Surry that Hon. J. R. Llewellyn, a leading lawyer of Dobson, is critically ill. He is a member of the state Democratic Ex ecutive Committee and member of the State Board of Elections. His many friends throughout the State will hope to soon hear of his recov ery. WHY NOT ACADEMY. Closing Exercises of Academy and Business Institute. ADDRESS BY CHAS. L. HOLTON OF ASHEBORO.. Medal Awarded to Three Student lor Kfficiency in Work During the Part Sear Prof. Weatherly Delivered Young Ladies' Address. The closing exercises of Why Not Academy aud Business Institute were held last Thuisdav. The lny was beautiful aud clear, ana thr ciowd in attendance was simply in mense; some estimating the number at tiiri e thousand or mnie." There w?re three cnites's for gold medal?; th children's m-da-l w.s won by M:ss Ethel King, of Mii-hlifld. The young ladies' medal giv n by Mr. E. L. Auniiiu was won by Miss Stl lie S ack, of Srugruw; th- yinii men's tiled! was won t v M J. K. Morgan, of Swiu'on, N.O. ' The students acquittnl themselves well, tnua reflecting ere lit on 'hem selves and teachers, Thi: was the best i otiMtieneeuieiit in tbc history of til- sell io! as was also the term jest cl'iS' d. Chas. L. ll.d-.on E-., if Asht bot' deliveled the adU'eSS. lie spoke of educatiu u a gneial wav. lie gave good advice, an.', handled his subj-ct in a mask-rly planner. Prof. D. M. Weatherly, of Frank liiioville, delivered the young 4adies' medal in a speech of well chosen words. He said that the committee wished Misses Justa Yow and Mary Branson to have sp cial mention in this contest, but decided that Miss Sailie Slack whs entit ed to the medal. Mr. Holton delivered the other two medals in short, but ap propriate speeches. NEW RULING IN GREAT $4,000 CON1 EST JUNE 1. Contestants Should Begin Subscribers Premium Premium on SPECIAL PROPOSITION During the month of June we will allow 400 votes for every new sub scription and 300 votes for subscriptions and renewals. And for every club of six new subscribers sent in first 15 days of June we will give 500 extra votes for the club. ALL CAN GO TO JAMESTOWN In order to erive everv one an otDortunitv to so with "THE COURIER SPECIAL" to Carolina week at the great all expenses for any person new subscriptions for one The above propositions are of mu tual advantage to both The Courier and the contestants. We want dur ing June to add one thousand names to our subscription .list. This may sound large, but theie are now sev-enty-dve names regis'ered in the con test, and if each one will send in fif teen new names we will overstep this number by a hundred and twenty five names, Three clubs of six will give you 8,700 votes. See how fast it counts! The past week has shown greitly increased activity and it will take hard work from now on to carry off one of the first prizes. And it should be remembered that no such oppor tunity as the one offeied during the fir6t fifteen days of June for new Bubsciibers will be repeated during the contest. CLIP COUPONS. Arrangements should be made to vote all tne coupons possible printed in The Courier each week, and care should be taken in clipping them so that no part is cut away. No coupons can be counted after Railroad Rate Battle. The State has selected Hon. R. D. Gilmer for attorney general; Hon. J. E. Shepard, ex-chief justice; Hon. F. A. Woodard, of Wilson: Winston & Bryant, of Durham, and Hon. Walter E. Daniel, of Weldon, to de feud the rate law passed by the last General Assembly. The Corpora tion Commission will tight the at tempt of the Southern to defeat the rate legislation to a finish. MASONIC RALLY. Big Celebration At Ramseur Tues day July Fourth. CONGRESSMAN W. W. KITCHEN, OFROXBORO, WILL DELIV ER THE ADDRESS. The Kntire Citizenship of Randolph County Invited to llnjoy That Day With The Masons. Big Masonic Pro cexsion to be line of The Features it The Occasion. On the fourth of July the Masonic Fraternity v,ill 8seuibieat Ramseur for a fourth of July celebration. The Masons fr'tn this section are expected to be there in g eat num bers, and Kiimseur will make prep arations f r the comfort and pleas ure of all who attend. Congressman W. W. Kitchen will deliver a Masonic address. Mr Kitchen is one of the ablest speik ers in Xorth Corolina and his ad dress will be a treat to everybody present. The i-pe- ker will be escorted to the speaking place by the largest procession of Masons ever seen in in thi comity. Full pa titulars aud the program will be published later. Everybody is initel io take their baskets and enjoy the dav. lousing Oil mollis t Jackson Springs. Aberdeen, X. C, May 24 J. W. Barry, of Pittsburg, representing Pennsylvania oil interests, is at Jackson Springs, leasing oil rights. He says he had an expert here some time ago, and discovered seepage oil near the springs. He says he will drill immediately. Jno. T. Brittaiu returned Monday morning from a business trip to Texas. Active Campaign for New on New Ones; Special Clubs of Six. every dollar paid on old at one time during the Jamestown during North exposition, we will pay who will get for us 1 00 year at Of J. UU eacn. the date printed on the bottom, and none will be voted that have the date clipped off. THE SPECIAL JUNE OFFEK. This special inducement is indeed liberal, and one of which ever con testant in the race should take ad vantage. It was made to give the young ladies a chance to increase their vote totals and to allow those whoenteieJ the coutest during the past week an oportunitv to secure a few extra votes as well as increase the number of Courier renders. The subscriptions are coming iu more rapidly every day and the number of votes that are going out plainly shows many hard workers in the field. The interest is greater now than any time since the contest began, and every one of the contest ants are taking more interest than ever before. The time from now on until the end of the contest is comparatively short. This means that it has become imperative that every oue interested in the race should get down to fcolid work. New N ormal College President. Prof. Julian I. Foust who for the past year has acted president of the btate iN ormal at Greensboro, since the death of the late Chas. D. Mc Iver, has been elected to that office. Prof. Foust has held the chair of pedagogy for five years. The best reformation in the world is the sort that Legins by reforming turf elves, one by oue. Adams Painted in Lurid Colors Butler Deals Out Heaps of Red Hot Stuff. By THOMAS J. PENCi; ABOUT LISTING TAXES. Should Every Citizen do His Duty Ran dolph Would be one of the state's Wealthiest Counties. It has been asserted. by many that Randolph is a "beggar county." A citizen who had heard these reports wrote to the St;;te, Auditor, Dr. B. F. Dixon to ascertain the facts, and the following extracts are taken from Dr. Dixon's leply: ' 1 he total cost to the State for Randolph county last vear, includ ing the appropriations to the hos pital?, disabled soldiers, pensions and public schools, amounted to $14,100.55. Ihe total amount received by the State from Randolph county was fll.sgl.rO. so that the State paid into Randolph county $3,0T8.85 more than wa leceivpd. Does anybody believe that Ran dolph county is so poor as to be a beggar: If every citizen will list his real estate as required by law, Kanuolph countv would not ask the State for one cent and we could have a six months' public school term, build a new court houte with out issuing bonds or making a long standing debt of any kind, and we could soon have every biidge we need and plen'y of good roads. List takers should do their 6worn duty. WELBORN-DAVIS. Surprise Marriage of Randolph Young People at Greensboro. J. S. Wei born, of Burlington, and Miss Jennie Davis, of Asheboro, were united in marriage Friday after noon at the home of F. G. Spear man, at Greensboro. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. H. W. Battle, pastor" of the Fiist Bap tist church. It was a surprise marriage and witnessed by none but a few intimate friends of the young souple. Mrs Welborn is a daughter ot Stanton Davis, one of Randolph's best citizens living on Randleman R. F. D. No. 1. For several months she was the popular saleslady with Morri8-Scarboro Moflitt Co., Mr Welborn is a member of the Burlington House Furnishing Com pany, of Burlington and fomrerly lived near Archdale. Roller Mill Changes Hands The Salisbury Roller Mill Co. has been reorganized with the fol lowing officers: T. G. Williamson, president; D. E. Gueirant, vice-president and gen eral manager; W. F. Snider, secre tary and treasurer. The capital stock of the company is $15,000 with privilege to increase to $50,000. Ou the 1st of June Mr. D. E. Guerrant, for twelve years manager of the Dan Valley Roller Mills at Danville, becomes manager of the miils. A Case of Leprosy! Ic is reported in Goffney that a well-defined case of Leprosy has been discovered at Ninety-Nine Islands. 13 miles from there, where the Southern Power Compauy is building a barn for the installation of an electric power plant. It is supposed that tne man is one of the workmen. Will Move to Reidsville. A. T. Julian, who lives near Climax, iu Randolph county, was in Reidsville this week trying to secure a house for his family, which he desires to biing here to reside. Mr. Julian is a representative of the Raleigh Medicine Co., of Illinois. Reidsville Review. Carthage Negro Arrested Clay Tyson, a negro wanted in Carthage for asstult with a deadly weapon and various other offenses, was arrested last week at Greensboro. He has a bad reputation. Assistant Commissioner of Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman an nounces his canadidacy for the Dem ocratic nomination to succeed Com missioner II. B. Varner, who will not run for re election. In News Observer. The Huckleberry Statesman Wields The Big Stick in North Carolina on the Republican State Chair man A Political Obituary A Hint About Indian Territory. Washington, D. C, M y 18. Ex Senator Marion Butler added another contribution today to the controversy between the Republican, Chairman Adams and himself, and it conies nearer being of the as bestos variety than any th'it has yet been submitted ty the public con sideration. In this rejoinder to Judge Adams, the former Populist Senator employs the most approved White House language, using such expressions as "unqualifiedly false," "cowardly and base falsehood," "wholly false" "the methods of Satan," "guilty of ingratitude" "treacherous," etc. This sounds very much as if the President ws proposing a new name for "the Liar's Club," but such is not the case. It ouly 6hows that Roose veltism lBvective is being read and employed by statesmen of less lum inary powers. Ex-Senator Butler does not mince wordi. He goes into the history of recent patronage disputes, and gives the inside story of the fight over the Raleigh postmastership. xne Sampson statesman ret uses to be read out of th party and charges Judge Adams with an effort to wreck the Industrial News. He declares that he has the endorsement of his own county, refers to the de fect of the State Chairman in his own ward primary during the Butler-Adams-Blackburn fight. The Ex-Senator who has just returned from the South says in his state ment: "A Few Alleged Facts" Noticed. "I do not care to notice that part of Mr. Adams' personal abuse which is simply an aggregation of course epithets, but he attempts to give some color aud excuse for his tirade by referring to a tew alleged facts. These 1 will briefly notice. "First, I understand that he claims that I have interfered to ho:d up the Jefferson. (North Carolina) postof&ce appointment. This matter I have never mentioned to him nor to the postoffice depart ment, nor to any other official of the government, from the President down. This Mr. Adams knows or could have known. "He, i o doubt, has one real griev ance against me abont a postoffice matter; I refer to Hickory, N. C. In that case, after much duplicity and false promises, be refused to recommend for appointment a man that the county committee and nine-tenths if not a larger propor tion, of the patrons of the office wanted. "His false and trtacherous con duct in this matter raised such a storm of protest, io which I joined, that be was forceu to withdraw his first recommendation and make the proper 3ppointment. Here is his real grievance so far as postoffice matters are concerned, but he bas not the couiage nor truthfulness to state it. One of the "luqualilipd" Nailed. "Second, I understand that he charges that the first difficulty be tween hiuuelf and me dates back to the time when the Republicon mem bers of the legislature were select ing their caucus candidate for the Senate. The reporter says that he was informed in Greensboro that I desired the. nomination and though Judge Adams, who made no efforts to secure votes, received all of them but one. This is unqualifiedly false in every respect, and Adams knows it. I never epoke one word to a member of the legislature about the matter and never permitted any of my friends to do so. I received letters, however, saying that Mr. Adams or his friends were solicit ing members of the legislature to vote for him, and wantirg to know if I would permit the use of my came. 1 answered these letters, and in one of them (a copy of which I kpt) to Representative Kennedy, of Sampson county, 1 ask- Coutinued on next page.
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