THE- ASHEBORO COURIER.
( SUPPLEMENT.
VOL. XXXII.
ASHEBORO, N. C, JUNE 6, 1907.
NO. 26.
DEPTHS OP DEGRADATION.
tnierirnii ;irs Bought A !ln e l-'or
Pnol Int'rtiiiy On The lthnius.-Mui'-l
Conditions l iiprintahle.
President Roosevelt will soon be
.ailed !iuii to clear up the fear
ful condition of morals on trie Isth
mus of Panauiu, aud late'- Congress
will beusked to take. a hand The
Miooking moral condition is being
told hv Uev. Wm. P. Ferguson, of!
York, who has just returned!
f nan the Isthmus. He hope the
government will he aroused to elt-inue ;
the moral sinkhole which he says;
tvas creat-d and is being sustained ,
by American ofl-iculs in Panam i. j
Some of the things whi"h were ;
seen on the isthmus by Mr Ferguson
:tre almost past belief and are utter
jy le ond the telling in punt.
He makes the direct cha'ge that
tliei'e IS u regnla- slave trade m
young American girls from th" at s
nd gives an instance where he saw
Twoyounggirls not more than seven
eeli VealS, who had been bought in
ehorclv before. Due of them v.asj
from Joiu-tboio, Ark., and :he othei
from Memphis, T-n i. Three weeks
!ater he saw them physical, mental,1
.tin' moral wrecks.
He cl a-ges that one of the most;
vicioin rtsorts in Pmiihum, is oper-
at d by one ofthe former (Am ic u )
g Hii,orsoi tin-i-iii.iii zone.
F;rmnl Central Avenue,the lea I-j
ihg street of the city, was thronged
with the infamous houses. '
.Mrs. Theodoie Roosevelt, when
she visited this city with herhus-;
band, last November, rode down ;
Central Avenue, howing right and
'eft to women, whom she doubtless '
supposed to be ladies of the city and ,
wives of American gentlemen, but
who where, in point of fact, one of:
the most remarkable aggregations of
base women ever a-sembled.
The sight seemed to shock the
powers that be, An rd nance was ;
passed by the Paiiamaiiin govern-;
rnentof the city, locating all vice1
dens on side streets. I
Upon the return of Kev. Fermi-1
son to New York, evidence will be
placed in the hands of the Pres'dent. i
Monti-ornery Notes, j
f rum the Mnntgnmerian
Rev. H. M. Ingram, of Star, will I
preacti at Sulphur iprings the 4th
Sunday in J on. .
Col. 13. F. Slum. o is has le urnedi
t Tiov after spending the wiuier in ;
Florida. j
The Endicott correspodeut to the!
Montgomeriau says:
Alessr. W. D. and Neil Clark and i
families, Mrs. W. F. Wooley and j
daughter, of Troy, and Mrs. Joe!
Kauoy and fa inly, of liiscoe were
picnicing at Siinthennan's mill
Friday.
Court adjourned Saturday, ai.d j
the Sheriff was instructed by the)
judge to notify the jury f r th s eeK
not to attend. There were ucv-ral
trials and a number of ca-es went
off the docket by compromise an I
otherwise. The damage suit of'
Hillard vs A. & A. Railroad wa- i
finished Friday, the plaintiff gettug!
a verdict for $800. This was for j
injuries sustained by pltiutiff in a
wreck near Troy a year or two ag , j
when a car turned over and lolleu j
down a high embankment. Moore;
County News. i
Mrs. Amos Cludfelter died at her!
home in Mie lilain section last Fri
Jsy, aged about 82 years, she was
a goul woman. She leavrs a huo
naud, to daughters aud one son
be.-ides other lelatives and friends
to mourn her deHih.
Injured In a Kunaway.
i'r. J. T. Reeves and Dr. lioyles,
of Greensboro, both well known in
Randolph, were paiufully in j urea
in a runaway Friday while tetuiuing
from a visit to a patient in the
c u try. Both were thrown from
the buggy, Dr. lioyles receiving a
severe outusion on the bead.
NEW RULING
$4,000 CON!
Contestants Should Begin Active Campaign for New
Subscribers Premium on New Ones; Special
Premium on Clubs of Six.
SPECIAL PROPOSITION During the month
of June we will allow 400 votes for every new sub
scription and 300 votes for every dollar paid on old
subscriptions and renewals.
six new subscribers sent in at one time during the
first 1 5 days of June we will give 500 extra votes for
the club.
ALL CAN GO TO JAMESTOWN In order to
give every one an opportunity to go with "THE
COURIER SPECIAL" to Jamestown during North
Carolina week, beginning August 12, at the great
exposition, we will pay
who will get for us 1 00
year at SI. 00 each.
Th? above propositions are of mu
tual advantage to both The Conner
and the contestants. We want dur
ing June to add one thousand
names to our subscrin'io i list. Thij
may SHind large, but there are now
seventy-live names registered in th
coutesr. and if each one will send in :
fifteen new names we will ov Tstep j testant in the race should tak ad
this number by a hundred an J j van tageof. It was made tithe the
twenty the names. Three clubs of i voung ladies a chance to increase
six will give you tvuu votes,
if collected during first 15 days.
See how fast it counts'.
The pa-t week has shown greatly
increased activitv and it will take
some woik Iroin now on to carry off
one of the first prizes. And it
should be remembered that no such
opportunity as the one offered du ing
the first fifteen davs of June for
new subscribers will be repeated
during the contest.
CMP COlPoXS. em. bpfore Thfc tim(, flom now
Arrangements should be made to Ion until the end of the contest is
vote all the coupons possible printed i comparatively short. This means
in The Courier each week, a care ! that it has become imperathe that
should be taken in clipping tnem! every one intrrested in the lace
so that no part is cut away.
ARRANGEMENT
OK
Courier Gontrst.
Prizes.
To avoid any misunderstanding '
about the arrangement of the prizes
to be awarded at the close of the con- j
test, AuguRt 1st 1907, we publish j
the list below.
The capital pi ize is a $400 Kim-j
ball piano, to the person anywhere j
who secures the largest number of
votes during the contest, j
The next is a $150 piano certifi- j
cate, worth its face value in part pay
ment of a new piano of the Kimball '
makf-.
The third and fourth prizes are :
scholarships in King's Business
College at Raleigh. The fifth and j
sixth prizes are scholarships in the j
best fchools in the state, given to the!
two persons who leceive the next
highest votes.
These are the grand prizes. Then
come the Jamestown Exposition
trips.
To equalize the territory and to
give every section a chance to be re
resented in the pirty, we hive ar
ranged the trips in the following,
districts.the person getting the larg
est vote in each district, will be
awarded the trips, provided, however
ht they hive not won one of the
IN GREAT
EST FOR JUNE
And for every club of
all expenses for any person
new subscriptions for one
No coupons can be counted after
the date printed on the bottom, and
none will be voted that have the date
elippea off.
THE SPECIAL .ITXE OFFER.
The special inducement is indeed
liberal, and one of which every con
their vote totals and to allow those
who entered the contest during 'he
past week an opportunity to secure
a few extra votes as well as incr-ae
the number of Courier readers.
The subscriptions ar- coming in i
more rapidly every day and tie:
number of votes that are going out!
plainly shows many good workers in
the field. The interest is reaier now j
than anv at time siii3e the contest
began, and every one of the con 'est
ants are takin? more interest than
I should get down to solid work.
first six prizes mentioned above. The
districts are shown in the big adver
tisement on the thud page of this
issue.
The seventeenth to the twentieth
inclusive will each be awarded a
piano certificate valued at $100.
The twenty-first and twenty
second each a New Home Champion
sewing machine.
The twenty-third and twenty
fourth highest will be awarded lad
ies' hunting case told watches,
warranted for 20 yeirs, and valued
at $25.00.
To the next four piano certificates
valued at $75 each.
Then there are forty five certifi
actes valued at fifty dollars each for
those below the twenty-eighth.
Persons who win the piano certifi
cates of one hundred aud fifty dol
lars, or the four one hundred dollar
certificates, or the scholarships who
desire to do so may exchange them
foi either a sewing machine or a
Indie's gold watch.
We have arranged tq secure some
sewing machines and watches for
this special purpose, so that every
one may be satisfied.
LIBERTY NEWS.
Improvements Being MadB at The
Liberty Normal College Personals
And Other Items.
Libertv has been somewhat dull
since the close of the Liberty Normal
College. The school seems to be
one of the greatest factors in th?
place.
Mrs George Wrightsell his beet,
very sick, but we are glad to know
that she is improving.
The proprietors of the Liberty
Normal College have contracted for
quite a lot of work to be done on th-?
Liberty Normal College buildings.
It was necessary to have this work
done to accommodate the increased
attendance thai is expected.
Miss Hassie May Jones is visiting
her grandmother, Mrs. Alfred Jones.
She has been away from town for
some time visiting her friends and
relatives.
Prof. L. M. Foust was in town
last week to the pleasure of his many
friends. We hope to have him per
manently located here and connect!
witn the Liberty Normal College.
He would be a valuable addition to
ituy town.
Mr. Oscar Williams is again in
Liberty after being away for some
years at his home iu the west. His
many friends are glad to Bee him.
Prof. T. C. Amick will deliver an
address before the Newlin Township
Sunday School Convention of Ala
mance County at Center on next
Sunday.
Mrs. Bessie Lee Amick is visiting
her father in the country.
The District Conference of the M.
E. Church, South, Greensboro Dist
rict, will con eue in Liberty the last
rf this month. We are expecting a
good time and a feast of good things
then.
W. M. Hanner and Dr G. A. Fos
ter are repoited to have bought
quite a felice of the stock in the Lib
erty Chair Factory. We Wish them
the greatest success.
C. P. Smith, Jr. 6pent some time
at home recently. He has been
away to Mississippi.
The proprietors of the Liberty
Normal College have decided that
the fall term will open on the 20th
of August. The prospects are that
the school will be the fullest that it
has ever been.
We are glad to stite that our ex
press agent, Miss Pearl Teague, who
has been sick for some time is able
to be out again.
Some say that the weddiug tells
are about to ring. Can you guess
who?
It is rumored that some new
buildings are to go up in Liberty
soon. It would be a wis thing if
some of our people who have capital
would invest in buildings here.
There was never such a cry for
buildings to rent as there is now.
Prof. J. M. Way, Supt. Pub. In
struction of Randolph Couuty was
in our town last Friday on business.
In Memorlam.
Little Ruth, infant daughter of Mr ;i d
Mrs Walter Hc.sc.her, rf view Sa'em, the!!
May 2lith. after an illness of three weeks ngt-d
nine een months
She was so bright and loving, and so dear
to their home, and all that knew her knew
nothing but to love her She had a sweet,
laugh for all she saw; although young it is
so hard to give ber up, but God ki ow liest,
Her IkxIv was laid in the crave at new Salem
cemetery; she is living with Jesui", looking
this way with beckoi ing hands calling ti e
dear ones to heavenly lands. No aiore on
earth will we hear e lo 'ing little voice hut
we look forwarl with an evr sir n aliening
faith o the tiuie when we ahull see the tWr
one shining with brightness around the
throne of Uoit, where many ungels stand.
A Frif.sd.
Mill at Stony Point.
M. K. Steele & Son, who operate
cotton mills at Turnersburg, twelve
miles from Statesville, and who have
beeu looking about in this and other
counties for a location for another
mill, have about decided to build at
StonSPoiufc.: Alexander county.
They hid at first thought of locating
their new mill in Yadkin county.