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The Asneboro Courier PRICE ONE POLLAK A YEAR Wm. C. HAMMER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Asheboro a Second Class Matter TIME TO CLEAN UP. Cleaning up time is here and has been here for some time. The san itary conditions of this town are not what they should be. Almost any waste matter carelessly thrown out at the back door will decay and mit an uuwholesome odor. This can be easily proven by examining the back doors of most stores aud other buildings. Every person should appoint him self a committee of one to see thai everything aroiiud his store or res idence is perfectly clean, aud noth ing left to decay. The old cans, boxes and other rubbish in the back .yards should be gathered up aud burned. Cleanliness is next to Godliues. There will be some sickness the best we can do, but it is certain that sanitary conditions have a great deal! to do with the health of the peo-1 rle- A BELL TELEPHONE TOWN. The following was published in a I recent issue of the Winston-Salem Journal: "LOST, STRAYED OH STOLEN" A proposition to giveJWinston Salem a modern, up-to-date tele phone system. Liberal reward fot return in usable shape to the board of trade or board of aldermen." Ths Bell Telephone Conipauy has a system at Winston-Salem and the citizens of that good city have the experience of all other towns where the Bell has the public in it3 clutches. The editor of , The Courier will go to the Jamestown Exposition next week as a delegate to the Na tional Editorial Association. The programme will be an interesting one. President Roosevelt, John Temple Graves and half dozen or anore of the distinguished men of the nation will deliver addresses. On Friday of next week will be the election of President of the associa tion. Editor Varner of the Dis patch is a candidate and we sincere ly hope he will win. His chief apponent is Mr. J. P. jBumgartner, of California. The Courier repre sentative while at the Exposition will make an arrangement for Jthe entertainment of those who go as guests of the Courier during North Carolina week, beginning August 12. The "Courier Special" expects to have about forty in the party. T he increase in the number is due 'to the fact that quite a number of .'yonng ladies have recently deter mined to take advantage of our datest proposition, to give a free trip all expenses paid to all contestants who secure for na one hundred new subscribers. The announcement that The CeCBlEB will take a car of j people to Jtweefown Exposition has created enthusiasm among hundreds of 'the friends flf The Courier. Those who have heard of the plan and know what it means are delighteJjwith it. It is for the benefit of our readers. The approaching exposition at Jamesfcown, to celebrate the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of the Srst colony English settlers on our shores, will be one of the most magnifi cent and at the same time one of the most instructive ever held in the United States. It will be a liberal education in itself. The Southern and Western, Thomas F. Ryan's new road which is now being built from Elkhorn City, Ky., into and ' through Western North Carolina, and to connect with the Carolina Central, a division of the Seaboard Air Line, will do much for Wilmington and will make that eity oce of the great seaports of the South. A coaling station i to be established there and foreign vessels from Southern parts will make Wilmington instead of Portsmouth nd Norfolk, their coaling station. 3. R. Godfrey has closed contract with President J. W. Cannon to erect 100 houses for the latter at Kannapolis, where two large new cotton eailla are being erected. The Iiuty of Tax Asssessors. Tax listeis and tax assessors are at work, each has taken an oath that he will obey the law and not only has each taken an oath that he will obey the law but he will also be compelled when their report is made to take a solemn oath, "that we have assessed every tract or parcel of land or other real and personal pro perty at its true value in money aud have endeavored to do equal justice to the public aud to the tax-payers coucerued." Before entering upon the duties of the office each takes the following oath "do solemnly swear that I will discharge the duties devolving upon me as list-taker (or assessor) accord ing to the laws in force governing said office; so help me God." Section 14 1-2 of the machinery Act follows: The intent and purpose of the tax laws of this State is to have all property and subjects of taxation fairly assessed at their true value in money, in such manner as such property and subjects are usually sold, but not by forced sale thereof, and the words" market value" or "true value," whenever in the tax laws, shall be held and deemed to mean what the property aud subjects are usually sold. Commenting on which the Winston-Salem Journal says: If the tax listers and assessorsf tail to list all property, and a ts true value according to the above definition, he violates his sol emn oath and is punishable un der the statutes. And he is not only guilty of violating his oath, but he violated his public trust, he fails in his duty to the public and i3 amenable before the bar of his conscience. The tax payer is required to take an oath to return every ar ticle of taxable property in his possession at its true value and for a violation of this he is guil ty of a misdemeanor. If his property is assessed at a higher rate than he thinks just he has recourse to the board of county commissioners.'"' We might say in this connection that many list-takers and assessors either forget these solemn oaths they are required by law to take or totally disregard and ignore them. Some liBt-takers ar bo negligent or indifferent that they fail to swear each person as to the actual cash value of his personal property. Every list-taker is required to swear each person on the Bible, or affirm, where the person has con scientious scruples as tobeirg sworn on the book. This is important and administering the oath in sol emn manner should never be omited, and the oath should be administered in every case before any question is asked as to the value of any article of personal property. In some townships in this county the list-taker has acquired the habit of not properly swearing each per son. In other townships there is a custom of making out the list for each tax-payer and after all the values are fixed then the oath is ad ministered. Discussing the duties of list-takers the Sanford Express says: We take it that the men who are acting as tax assessors are willing to dojusticelo the State and to every man in the county, and we trust that they will be very careful to do so. True patriotism and a sense of right ought to impel every citizen to do the same thing. The Statesville Landmark Jin a recent editoral talks sensibly: An active list-taker can un cover much property and put it on the books, and it is his duty to do so. But it is amazing how many men who are other wise correct, who bear good rep utations, prominent in the com munity and in the Church, will disregard their oaths when it comes to listing property. They of oourse salve their consciences by saying that others do the same thing and if they .make full return they would pay more than their just proportion. Of course it is no answer to say that one person's wrong-doing is no excuse for another, but this and other similar subterfuges are made to do duty in taxlist ing. The truth is, it is the hard est thing in the world for any of ms to render unto Ceasar the things that are Ceasar's ThiB being the year for the reassessment of real estate and all land values having increased greatly in four years the assess ors will have an arduous task if they do their full duty. We in cline to the opinion that more real estate th in personal proper ty is under valued, or unequally val"ed. If this is true it is the fault of the assessors, for the citizen has no say so iu the matter. As a ruie the assess ors want to do what is right but they haven't the nerve to put real estate to its ctual value as the law requires. This at least has not heretofore been dene in a majority of cases. It is argued that if we iu this township in- -crease values, other townships will not and we will pay more thaii our justproportion of taxes; or if this couuty increases values others will not. and we will not and we will pay more. etc. In other townships and counties the same argument is made. Another argument is au increas ed valuation increases taxes, which is true: that the tax rate will not be lowered aud the in creased taxes which the people will have to pay will be wasted. The answer to this is the only thing to do is to do right anil let the future take care of its self. Value property as the law lequires. The law is eaislv un derstood aud it is not so dilicult, iu these dys of active trading in real estate, to find the value of a piece of property. The as sessment will be increased and if the increase brings in more taxes than are needed the tax rate can be easily lowered. The people coutrol those who levy taxes and the latter will respond to public demand. It is better as an advertisement, better every way, to have a high valuation and a low tax rate, thau a low valuitiou and a high tax late. NEWS IN BRIEF. A new dormitoi v will be erected at Clemonsviile for demons Mora vian school. John Matthis, a negro, was hang ed at Clinton Friday last for the murder of his Iter -father, Tom Mer- rut. lie severed Merritt s head from his body with a single blow with an axe and theu burned the house to conceal his crime. The world's automobile racing re cord was broken at Bennington, D. C, Thuriday last making a hun dred miles in two hours, twelve min utes and forty-three seconds. A sixty-horse power machine was used. Thursday, Union Memorial Day was celebrated at Salisbury. In the morning 11,700 graves of Union soldiers were decorated. A traveling man from Fox, Grey eon county, Va., spreads the news that a nine-days-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Leflwich Brewer, of that place startled the neiborhood by calling relatives by name and fol lowing each with" an exclamation "Heaven!" The Peoples' Grocery Co. has been incorporated with $10,000 capital to do business at High Point. Lawrence Harrison, a former clerk at the Elwood Hotel at High Point, who has been in Charlotte for sever al months, has been made manager of iligb. roint hostelry. Dr. J. W. Petty, of Greensboro, has been appointed veterinary in spector by the U. S. Bureau of An nual Industry and assigned to duty at Nashville, Tenn. The new bridge across the Yad kin Kiver to accommodate the Southern double track has been completed. Double tracking is completed from Ureensooro to Thomas ville, and from Lake to Spen cer. At Greensboro last Thursday morning Thomas B. F. Bright, of Moore County and Mrs. Laura Bam, of Guilford County, were married by Justice D. H. Collins. The Guilford Building & Loan Association was organized at High Point Friday uight. W. H. Ragan is presideut and H. A Millis secre tary and treasurer. The company begins with a good patronage. The Smallpox scare at Spencer w enlivened last week by ;the refusal of several citizeus to be vaccinated. Several arrests were made. J, W. Rogers, a Jamestown mer chant, has sold his property, includ ing two stores and several acres of land to W. G. Ragsdale and will en gage in other business as soon as he decides upon a location. The department of commerce it Washington has decided that the Japanese cannot become citizens of the United States. The truckers of Eastern North Carolina will realize only 50 per cent, of the strawberry crop this year. It is reported that Commissioner of Agriculture, S. L. Patterson, will soon retire on account of his health. A retr-end collision of two trao tion cars at Elyria, Ohio, Friday caused the death of seven, and seriously injured seven others. Failure of motorman to observe rules was the cause. LIST TAKERS AND ASSESSORS. Met M Ith Hoard of County Commission ers at Courthouse Monday Address ed by Mr. Keridingtield. The list takers and assessors for the townships in Randolph County met at the courthouse Monday to take the oath of office aud ieceive instructions. In compliance with a request from Chairman Bulla, of the Board of County Commission ers. Mr. E. C. Beddingfield, of the Corporation Commissiou, was present, aud addressed the board. The list takers and assessors for each towuship are: Ckd.vk Gkove W. S. Gatlin, list taker: W. T. Taut, assessors. Cost oiii S. M Lewis, list taker; II. C. Nance, I). G. McMasters, assessors. Tahkkn'aci.g L. C. Phillips, list taken J. C. Hoover, 11. 11. Delk, assessors. Tkixitv W. N. Elder, list take-; Stanley Redding, J. G. Dorsett, assessors. Nkw Makkgt R. L. White, list taker; R. L. Causey, J. A. Wall, assessors. Back Ckekk C. L. Robbins. list taker; W. H. Redding, B. F. Bulla, assessors. Ashehoko M. W. Parrish, list taker; R. R. Ross, S. E. Lowder milk, assessors. Fhaxklixsville D. M. Weather- lv, list take ; R. W. Jordan, E. L. York, assessors. Coi.umiua Y. M. C. Johnson, list taker; G. R. Williams, R. W. York, assessors. Liherty H. C. Causey, list taker; W. r. .box, C. It. Curtis, as sessors. Providence W. R. Julian, list taker; P. A. Routh, J. M. Hin shaw, assessors. Randlemax Frank Prevo, list taker; J. T. Bostick, N. T. Groce, assessors. New Hoi'E Arlendo Hill, list taker; J no. N. Kearns, C. C Shaw, assessors. Union A. S. Callicott, list taker; D. A. Sikes, Lee Parks, asses sors. Richland E. F. Cagle, list taker; M. J. Presnell, T. W. Lawrence, assessors. Bkower E. B. Leach, list taker; J. E. Albright, L. O. Sugg, as sessors. Pleasant Grove--J. P. Phillips, list taker; H. B. Lambeth, B. M. Caveness, assessors. Coleridge W. R. Craven, list taker; Thos. Graves, L. E. Brady, assessors. Grant S. S. Cox, list taker; A. S Pugh, K. L. Winningham, as aessors. Mr. Reddingfield spoke iu the court room for two hours, lie went into many detail defending the duties of the boards, and clear ed up many matters about which thev were in doubt. lie declared their position to be unpopular and without thanks, but one important to both county and State. He urged them to do their duty, no matter who they offended, but be careful to conduct their in vestigations in such a manner as to avoid unpleasantness if possible. The State has provided that tax payers who think the assessors have overestimated the value of their property, may appeal to the board of county commissioners and still higher to the corporation commis sion, in an effort to straighten oat such matters, bence as the action of the assessors is not necessarily final, they shonld not fail to as sess property at its fall value. The assessors appointed by the board are, however, better qualified than any one else to fix the value, as they are familiar with the location and con dition of the property. He declared the purpose of the State, not to be to oppress the peo ple, bat to collect the taxes in equity. If there is a doubt about the value of the property the tax payer should be given the benefit of the doubt. THIS COUPON ENTITLES Miss or Mrs. TO FIVE VOTES IN THE Piano and Jamestown Contest Not Good After June 16, 1907. THIS COUPON ENTITLES Rev TO FIVE VOTES In the JAMESTOWN CONTEST. Not Good After June 16, 1907. CANNON AT GUILFORD. Large Crowds Heard Speaker ot the House at Commencement lst Wed nesday. Guilford College Commencement wa3 especially notable last week by the presence "of Jos. G. Cannon. Speaker of the house of representa tives. Large crowds were in attend ance from every part of the Mate. After the address of Prof. Venable, president of the University, Presi dent Hobbs introduced Mr. Cannon who spoke at leugth. He can not be characterized as a typical orator. There wasuoattenip whatever at oratorical flights, the ad-1 dress being in a plain but earnest manner. To see him and hear him speak it is easy to understand how he has such an immeasurable influence on the floors of the House. His whole being is thrown into his re marks. The speaker took any position on the stage that best suited him. At times he would be seen leaning over the desk. Then again out in the middle of the rostium on his tip-toes, wringing his hands and jerking his.head vigorously, at other time his feet struck the floor in such a manner as to lead some to remark that he would make a tine dancer. After paying flattering compli ments to the school; to the state of his birth, he confined himself to the dis cussion of the progress of the South since the Civil War. The speaker contrasted the condi tion which prevailed in the North and South prior to the Civil War, citing the many advantages the North had over the South. He gave some very interesting statistics, showing the growth of the South for five years between 1900 and 1905. In the five years North Carolina's manufactured products increased one hundred and forty million, live thousand dollars. This he declared was the result rf the efforts to labor co operating with capital. The increase in the United StaUs during tbe period referred to was 50 per cent., in the South alone 52 per cent, and in North Carolina 57 per cent. "In 1905 the two Carolinas and Georgia manufactured a little more cotton than they produced, and in thus using it you cause! an advance in the price of the staple." In reply to the charge often made that the world was growing too rich the speaker said that be had good authority for the statement that if all of the wealth of all the world was converted into the mere sub sistence of life that it - would last only three years. Taming to the youbg men and young ladies who a short time be f ore'. had received their diplomas the speaker urged them to be practicable and develop their minds to the fullest extent. In conclusion the speaker said "let your motto always be, 'Go For ward." Theie was hearty applause when the speaker concluded. Cures Blood and Skin Dlseases.ltrhlng, . Humors. Send no money slmDlr write and try Botanic Blood Balm at our expense. If you sutler from ulcers, eczema, scrofula, Blood Poison, cancer, eatlnic sores, itching skin, pimples, boils, bjne pain, swelling, rheumatism, catarrh or any blood or skin disease, we advise you to take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) 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Kodol is guaranteed to give reliof. Sold by Standard Drug Co, anil Ashelioro Drug Do. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The Bank of Ramseur, At Ramseur, in the State of North Carolina, at the close of business May 18th, 1907. RKSMC'KCK. Loans and iliscounts 7,t.W Overdrafts I .as BankiiiK Houses, furniture, fixture 3,152.2 Demand I'Win ll.tfOO.DO Due from Hunk ami Hunkers 17.104.56 Cash items 7N1.04 Gold coin 110.U0 Silver coin. Including all minor coin currency S30.86 Xatiunul bank notes nu t other lT. S. notes :1,1m Do Total 4A, IM'ja LIABlLITlKS. Capital stock li.0OO.00 Undivided frofits. less current exneiises and taxes paid Protits 215 !, Kxin-ni-es 81.798 Ml.! (minus) Dejmsits subject to cheek 25.0T.1 50 Demand Certificates of Detosit 7,040.) Cashier's Checks outstanding 1N8.SM TMtnl 44,15M. SUite of North Carolina. County ot Randolph. B.si K. 1. Smith, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that thejitsive statement is true to the best of mv knowledge and belief. k. I. SMITH Cashier. Correct Attest: I K. CRAVES H. B. CARTKR Directors. Sulwerllwd anil sworn to before me this 27th day of May, 1 I. F. CRAVKN Notary Public. Any Young Man Or woman, or Husband or Father, earn ing a fair salary con become a Club mem lier and secure our NEW SCALE f 400 LUDDEN & BATES PIANO ot Club price to members of $287, on very easy terms of payment a little at a time. LUDDEN & BATES CLUB PIANOS cott club members f 287 ins-'ead of $400 which is the regular price, just a little more than ordinary $250 and $275 pianos, in five or tea years they cost much less because they are still good. They are built to last A LIFETIME, and are guaranteed to do so. You can buy other pianos at or abou t $287, but you don't get Ludden A Bates TONE, Ludden & Bates ACTION, Lud den & Bates LASTING QUALITY, Lud den & Bates reputation, and in all, Lud den & Bates satisfaction. Our Ludden lib Bates Piano Club in connection with our inexpensive Mail Order department aflves you nearly $125 worth investiga ting besides, we do not collect balance due on piano in case of death of parent joining we give you a receipt in full you keep the piano in the home. For particulars send for booklet No, 42 Do it today. Ludden & Bates S. M. li. SAVANNAH, GA. , High time for low-cuts. Sa clean stoco Our groceries present a clean, j fresh, appetizing at ray. YoaM t want the best? You can getC it here. Phone your orders. J ffVfe are willing cateters to your M B pleasure at all times. Perfect h system of free delivery. 3 Rich & Moffitt, ) Phone 34. Asheboro. j But no time for high-priced low cuts. The CROSSETT is moderate ly priced, but is more than a moderately good shoe. It is positively the largest value for the money in this town. Below this price $4.50 quality balks; above it, quality adds only fads and frills. But for sound, solid worth, the CROSSETT Li your shoe. It fits it feels good it walks and wears well and it's natty. What more can you ask for leather. This new Blucher Oxford has dull kid tops, patent vamp, mili tary heel. - A CORRECT. COOL. C0MFR0TABLE SHOE. Company.
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