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The Asheboro Couoier PKICE ONE DOLLAU A YEAR Wm. C. HAMMER, Editor. ' -"WON'T LET IN BELL." 'Oar good friend, the editor of the Greensboro Daily Record, in a recent issue of the Record says he does not understand why it ia the Bell -Telephone Company has a franchise in High Point and can come in with a local line at any time, but does not care, to , da bo, jpref erring to make some arrange ment with the local company where by its long distance line can be used to better advantage amL,with .this end in view proposes to furnish the proper instruments and pay the lo cal company for looking after the woik a handsome bonus, and yet not interfere in anv way with the - local service. But from some cause i the home concern ha3 not yet agreed, ; evidently fearing a negro in the ; wood pile. Two thiugs about it are inexplicable why the North : State does not accept the cou tract and why the Bell ever made it; why it does not put in a line of its own. If- the Record will call on Mr. Hay den and ask him to show the propo sition the Bell made the North State, the editor will lear.i that the Bell does not offer to change the instruments, but does require all phones connecting with the Bell to take ott and throw away the trans mitters and receivers and use the transmitters and receivers furnished by the Bell Company for whicy the Bell charges $2.50 a year rental. The actual cost of the transmitters and receivers for each phoneys $1.50. Ho it is clear that the amouut the Bell wants to charge is a bonus and not a rental. It is true that the Bell suggests that the Independent lines connecting with the Bell can raise the price of service $5.00 a .".'year after connecting and by this means get back the increased paid for using transmitters not a fcrwhit better than those the Bell 3Neeks to displace by theirs A Take the city of High Point with something like 500 phones. By Vsconnecting with the Bell Compuny, I 'the High Point company would have to pay $2.50 a year for the use of transmitters and receivers -which cost the Bell onlv Jil..r)(i. j l ne way the, ueii uesires .to re- ? ward the Independent lines , is to charge their patrons' an increased 'Sisrice for their service Talk about the Southern Express FtJompany and unfair freight rates "'Tia all well and good" but there lis nothing operating in this State hich charges such exorbitant rates ffs the Southern - Bell Telephone (Company. t The Greensboro Record would do St great public service if it would in feugurate a campaign requesting the gjermisBion of the Bell to permit the porth State lines to enter the Cen tral office of the Bell in Greensboro. She North State has a line to reensboro from High Point. Why not -permit the wires to connect -with the switch board of the Bell? The Bell could let the connection Jre the Bell cgnjd be, permit.! its wiflftTinlp thf-ic Kilt Ceitf tral office upon 8ucji terms as could be easily agreed on bince the disclosure lrX regard to regard to Kaibrd.tcr.SetPtoJc)lDWwyt of the Italeiali vemugTlmeirffiel attorneys for oustomakea nnsiveM&& anxi tutiinart,-iii"'TfIiTEii4J,K.'4 the 8ti e ! i tiifl,fa'ttc: 1 ai e. ceptiof fi thig,jralii was taken Ptitcji irdsy.! to be i ard in d fore JJt It irf' laitn,' J 'by those b3.00Kit "to know-Mf HrSr PtaTBfrhUt he is frank and candid and you can telfwhere he stands on all pmblic questions, that tie. i8.,honesT"and has no taint of graftabbut him; Peo ple in these days rote for men they can trust, and they will trust ho man who is afraid of them. A man must have moral courage and must not slip and slide rouud. In short he must not be of the gum shoe variety. While many do not agree with Mr. Hearst on his political ideas, yet all must admire these traits. Governor Comer, of Alabama, has called the legislature of his state together for the purpose, he says, of determining who controls the state, the people or the railroads. John Sharpe Willianls, the Demo crats leader in the House of Rep resentatives, recently having been selected in a primary in Mississippi, to succeed Senator Money, and whose term does not begin for more j than two yea -s yet, has decided to take two years off before entering on his Senatorial duties. He will not run for the House uext fall. He says he is behind and will take two years off to read the stores of literature, which have accumulated j since he entered the House of Rep resentatives. Duriug this time Mr. Williams will take time to write a life of Thomas Jefferson. CONDENSED NEWS. A new brick block is being built in Thomasville by Mr. E. W. Cates. The Misses Hearn, of Norwood, have been . assumed charge of the Central Hotel at Albemarle. Alberta, the 2-year-old daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Ki Ingold. died at Albemarle last week. Mrs. Mary Beeson, aged liO years, died at her home near Pleasant Garden recently. C. L.Bagby, a prominent mer chant of Yadkin County, has moved to Winston-Salem. The Glenn Anna Milling Compa ny is the name of the new, roller mill iu Thomasville. A. M. Vamer and others are erecting a large brick Ibuildfog at Troy for the manufacture of bug-gi'-s- .'" . :-V ' . All childreu under twelve yerirs old will be admitted iree On the fitst day .of tue.Salisbijrjj f$ ; j One of the largest fcaira" in ,'the State will be held at Salisbury (Jft. 2!), 30, 31 and Nov. 1. "At Mt Airy 130.000 poundsiDf dried apples haw been mark this season, bringing only 02 cents. Iky.- At tt.'Moniei.t,D.D., pasj r of the First Presbyterian OhurcUfiit Raleigh,, died Saturday. He was born in Canada in 1852. A The new rate law in Virginia tits gone into ,effect; the fare there ,:js two cents a mile, the legislature having reduced it to this amonnt during the session last winter.' , A High i'oint citizen has proposed to take $2o,000 in a cotton niirt that place. The business mencif that town are called upon to rally Jfo the catue. . The . Bailey Whiskey Co., r& eaii8onry, was chartered list wBek wim a capirai or $3,000, by C. If Bailey, J. R. Bias and S. B. Wat lace. ! It is said that there is a orohabilC ty Of most of the mills in OreenfiWn and at Proximity contracting with the Whitney Co. to furnish power iur operation dDehefl o rnjnJndsome new brick building jast it una aa enrollment Of BO ytung;Jadie8.- ' " ' ; " ) JolytPeebles, 5"e8leeiacitfeen npraettsboto, age & ye&rift aiei at B x "tfPP?. n.i!Bboroi of TX TXiafu A r- Up"d - Banks, formerly of tiurCharfc leHelTnasbeen en- L'"jm .... . paper 4uriqg.,then .pronibitSoo' fiebi i4i;A6hCilIe.v0 H imA,,u ,v..iM:i ail-. 'I IT L1' I I n K 9HfilI lO llli- ft J.'J 9'tl---Jllnl' v, urgbwo-rdbbexl thfi tic Vole1 sKwr, ?r.gwiuvWauiBes.,Bevrai. mstpafid,gaKeral 5fWM,!!of M tldgetjo) aoil iex'J sni'i .aitrruif;n- Mrs. M. L. AnfeHu3g4,''ttiii'tyl-'8ii yearaodledOSt beYCMIMfoth afeiStreeHtilligh Point F1apdp4 lexy ou euneBuay uctooer 2nd. She leaves a hnsbsnd and ten chiliM n-..' f ? '7i .. '1 f : Rob AiJoncoWed, of th Amity neighborhood of ; Iredell County, charged with whipping his wife, who died three days thereafter, is still in jail in Stateevillc under charge of murder. OF Cause of Antiliquor Legislation In the South. THE NEGRO IS RESPONSIBLE. White Fear the Drunken Black Man. Frea Accesi to Intoxicant Cai'se of Racial Wars Haarst and Hi Liague. Th Oklahoma Contitutlon. By WILLIS J. ABB0T. In tbe October Jtevlew pf Reviews appears nil article by the 'Wash ington eorrespontlout of the A'uita Constitution, putting for the first time into complete form the record if the ' spread of prohibition, local or Mate, tnroghmit the south, The articie is too Ions to summarize., but it is wen worth the careful attention of the peo ple who still cling to the old concep tion of the south as the home of the toddy and the julep. Aa a malice of fact, by far the greater part of the south is now under stringent pr ibibi- tory laws, I'nder local option W per cent of the counties of Virginia are now dry, and a prominent editor la Richmond (old uie there only a few weeks ago that that city would be car ried for prohibition If the matter were brought to a vote something that I do not believe could be said for any city of equal size iu the north. The polit ical foundations of Senator Tillman's emlneuce were laid upon his dispen sary system in South ' Carolina, but only recently the governor of that state told me that the dispensaries would have to go, not because they regulated too strictly the sale of liquor, but be cause complete prohibition' was de manded by the people. The greater part of Texas Is "dry" under local op tion, and the editor of one of the most prominent newspapers In that state told me that the lime is near nt hand when it will have state prohibition. Meantime its lawmakers amuse ilieni- selvcs with tn-h a statute as oae innk Injr it a misdemeanor for a nuui to take a drink on n railroad, train, and only within a week or two, the sheriff of a county Iu another state wh un wittingly committed this offense was drugged off a train and fined by a country squire. Georgia of course has state prohibition, adopted by a vote so Iflrpe that Governor Hoke Smlth. per sonally disapproving the bllffoit him self "obliged to sign It Kentucky, which unlives more whisky for the de-. lectation of its sister states tha a any other commonwealth, permits lis sale in barely a tenth of Its own counties. Moreover, state laws adopted iuauy of the southern coiunmnltlos prohibits railroads, under severe penalti , from carrying lienor's of any sort 1m. ia local option comity. "This ''applies only ' to freight originating 'wltlifn tlio' state, but this year a Irtll in congress will be , n , lCZ pressed for. national-'legislation '-which interstate.- railroads from g Iniuois Into prohibit n in states. It is to be supported by southern con gressmen, who In this cause seem ready to forgef their hnclcrit stae rigifts'con vlctlous. - - i . I Tha Explanation of Thio Phenotninon. Curiously enough, while the south has paade this: prodigious: advance id "the means temperance whkh somaubt uuiui UK. i'lUJLCQ.-Hf -liUlB, '1,1 ttl an. Since Maine led off with ccmstitu tloual prohibition and Kansas follow ed there has loen "an almost entire ces sation of 'agitation for state temper ance 111 Ibe north. Why should' the eouth, whone tniblle men are alwivS preaching IndivMlisi liberty and-stats' rights, have been so ready to wink? it violations of both when tho suppression of the liquor trarjic is involved t-.ilerS is the answer ns given to me the 6(be1 day by. tluj .um;ur of one f the 4argest eiues of Virginia. J If s-tt-nrnraTrr-ire.--"''Ttic'.Tlg1it of the negro t( vote aftdJliis use of bis' vote have kept southern white, man, voflBg tus Penioerattc tjeket fio twerty-TOiVtirtcr'H6'eyJbaa t'oniB Bttfi sympathy fr(h lpnseau ; policies. Now the black men are turning the Democratic jmrty of the south Into a prohibition party.' Every man who has lived lung-in the south knows that in dteti'Jtftir.-wHh a large colored popula tion the whites live in constant dread of riotous outbreaks. They dislike the negro Bol)er; they fear him drank. Mucb. f. tbe great trfajority given to prohibition in the city of Atlanta, a majority that could not have been ob tained iu anyotirtbern city of like cnarao.terssmAMiH., was due to the At ,auto.fa;e .riots of a year or more ago. These riots hardly woufd-4ave occur red except for the free access'to Intox icants phwe4;.ly7!i4tnttnits an(j nsjoog as tlf pejtrofls fjjirfrtjrfsl "J",v"' uuiiiei-icaiiy ja iUe life of the soiitn ns it J?,uqw(rflbRW!WIl n ddre and wffl snded,'. Heant'a National Programme. preparation for national activities, does no read hlstarjvty h,nd hough be stands a chnnt!ofaMakWfomo hls- iMHt week he held a meeting of na tional sympathizers coming to New York from nearly half the states of the Union and aned with BucTf enthusi asm that, as his own newspaper said naively, "many even' paid Mielr own expense. .Who'pald the expenses, of the remainder can only be Conjectured; But in explaining hts reasons for making a . national . organization out of the Independence, league, which; in turn be bad made a state organisa tion out of tha Municipal Ownership league. Sir. Heart through bU news paper had this to say: "It was Lincoln who in the early stages of the Republican party ad vised against submerging the move ment In each locality to mere local is sues." The Republican party was a national organization before Lincoln appeared as Its prophet. It was founded on a national Issue, that of slavery, and was tbe outcome of the prolonged Agi tation of the abolitionists, the de cadence of the Whig party and . the general breakup of all party organiza tions opposing the historic Democracy. It was not originally organized locally to nominate a candidate for, mayor, nor was ,lt made a state organization to. nominate the same candidate for governor. Nor indeed did It enter the national field to nominate but Mr. Hearst says he will never again be a candidate for elective office. The Republican party had its first inception in the minds of a number of members of congress. They, after long discussion, called the convention which met under tbe oaks at Jackson, Mich., and created the party which has been the only successful opposition to the Democratic party since the days of Jefferson. It sprang from a popular unrest and a popular agitation, not from tbe ambitions, the mind and the money of one man. How far tbe In dependence league falls short of either the Republican or Democratic idea of self government Is fairly indicated by tbe fact that the state leagues are all Incorporated, control of the corpora tions being vested in Mr. Hearst him self. As for tbe national league, it is enough to call attention to the fact that the committee in providing for a national organization authorized Mr. Hearst personally to select nli, of its members, to appoint all of its officers and ' even to determine whether it should or should not call a convention and put a ticket In the field. That is hardly the ' American method of pro ceeding toward a popular political movement' 1 ' Th President and Oklahoma. It is matter of official and newspaper etlquetta, not to say rule, that the president Is not to be Interviewed un less he Invites tho interview.. Indeed, a goodhnitfty -iinfortuaiita -persons, both political and Journalistic, have had eaase to bitterly repent the promulga tion of m interview which was offered. but repudiated when It was fonnd not to touch the right point In the public mind. ' Yet presidential ; opinions ' do leak jowt from the White i -House, Some of these were given me tbe other day by a gentleman who spent much time In Oklahoma during the recent eanipftlyn and who saw the president almost Immediately after its close. ' It IS proper to say that he was not ia ac cord with' the endeavor' of the admin istration to'. deny statehood .to. the'peo pie 'of !the territory.. Tbe. fnterylew. was hiid'on the day that the news bad .been, given' out .that, Uie president would , is sue(the proclamation of statehood and not, asjhad been expected, veto the ac tion .of lic people who adopted the con stitution. ,by, ;tW,Q()0.-majorlty.; . In view of tiie fact that Secretary Taft was sent to OlUalwnia to jght the constitu tion and that. every territorial official ( lioliljiH? l)is;p(Sc4 by grace of the power .In tbe White, Uoupe had fought W, one may be permitted to wonder wheCfaer.lt , was notiUie size: of the majority- more .than any other consWaratioa that led : Mr. lioosevell to abandon bis supposed nrocrnmm However; toy InfdruinhHoid the tlikt , fot strongly opposed td the initlii- tive and 'referendum' feature In" the constitution. 1 'He thought thatr for counties and cities the system of direct legislation nas Deen snown, to be prac ticable. '"Tie; doubted whether it would work out, successfully, in a state and was "a Dsottltejy ' certain that , It . would fall If Jrled as i tifltlonat device. .Yet the people of Oklahoma hfld S right to test it, in, tielr.cpn?monwealtn.,W they so des,'li:ed,!l:Kar; did bfl bitterly Attttek the bo, called, gerrymander .wfadeb has hi'cn tbe staple argument. Of Bepublic an- opponents of tbe constitution. .-In fact, be remarked with philosophical humor that.be had. had some experi ence in Kwv .York soHtc and had seen Republican gerrymanders - there and Mas reliably informed. that they existed id other states, of whatever jxK liwcali completion.! ibis -end the sys tem of : taxatloti adopted" be .thought matters ferine people of the. state to pass uppn.ii . ..'in . i i.-. i:u". l .--.i-i Curiously enougb( not one M tttr ar gumeDtS! advanced by Mff Tsft W hig speech baa been' upheld by- frfestdetrt Uo.' velt tn the numerous liitervfews he lir.lttuKwiUt puWlc men since' tile1 Oki. h ma vote. As the story of 4hoe interviews psases'fvom one to another Washington is buzzine : with rinornl tlon. as. ito. whether the i faithful 'Taft (was not onef those trl balloons serit !out to test the cunfenS of Tpular1 seti' mejit.miTaft:wob, tb hdmlnleration .wottliHieiln a -position to bac him and jto claim the gl0ry;':foe alt dto1Bcelh jwere repeatlng-Ws -argument to the ople of Okialrah0 ButiTaft lost 'qdnjftrth illstlnqtly -Roosevelt' -paperW t rinuna-eaitoriam' tariptatuJlng'tbe rewtientnieB wpildilatliig-' w4t'i rbev aU ,tbD oouBpiracy' bfofederSl ! offlcfeL' ojjiem to defeat the will of OktaBomaf eeple. Cbe . Washington iposti 'foV' et ravtet flhdinui. tils laotiote tgnound for: eqpdUng-i bxm'fas tb nx 'pesldht! 'he.,-l;Wln(Jfriphi!!!.iNorthiv"Amertchii' tbIksvAt Oklaliomaj otveS lts' statO hood;stft,TajCt,-itJjftistti Taft tbat -was' BeniiAhew-tp ifightiAgalnstirt Ainpa' pers of the kIndithflt,in.au.eor!er.'ftdl ministration were called 'cuckoos" are applauding Mr. IloosYrt for dolne What p., 4,0K .majority.! of 'tbe tieoplef Qt the territory asked blm to do.-The' appjause'ls sweet to him, but how must it ound. to Secretary Taft, wh6 did only what be i was sent to the southwest to dol . Washington, D. c. , A New Orleans woman was thin. . Because she did not extract sufficient nourishment from her food. She took Scott's Emulsion, Result: She gained a pound a day hi' wei4ht All DRVCCUTSt SOe. AND $1.00 ' If NEXT GENTRAL FA WILLUM J. BRYAN. Special Excursion 1 '-" ',: Gov. R. B. Glenn Will Introduce Mr. Bryan. Will. J. Bryail, World's Greatest Orator, rtn VI n of ti H)j Don't Fan 4gear Wednesday Oct. 16. v They Are CoiriliRrom All Over the State and Adjoining States. Kempilfeh Will Be There With Their Great Wild West Show. cairor jvrie for,Prcmiunijis,; Garland Daniel, Secretary, 3S Sight ii.i;,; . . t ... i-w. i Ln. ..(opposite Poftpffiti.j :;.,;;'',;;ji; ilu'p$$Ws Largest Department fore. .fIT I-., r Catering' 000 Stock. One Price. Money refunded L"Mwtim:tBoys, Girls ' Dri$ Goods,: Silks, Linens Everything for home and beauty'; .iioinn-jll y.ll u Curtaihsl Crockery, n ra Hi! auw o t rltiidw l'')lii')iii xyununs mm 1 1 AwkuM: o o o o WEEK CAROLINA BIGGEST! GREATEST! GRANDEST! 'Fair Held in the State GREENSBORO, Oct. 15. 16, 17. 18. $5,000 IN PREMIUMS! $4,000 IN PURSES! We Give Larger Premiums, . Larger Purses and More Free Attractions than All Others. This Will Be the Largest and Best Fair Held in the State This Year. rains from All Points. i to See! to all with a for any purchase. f l l:'.HU, PQl ' I' 'II -j! l;.U:-.l iA I, tDftfpit iJntSctititlf- N!IMENT '(Tormarl. Yi. . LARGEST AKD BEST FOB. 25c : HJSALS WITHOUT SCAR , ladamatlon, Pain, fonuMt MONEY SAVEB IN BOMB AND BTABLB U BJCHABCSbM. Mfr. ChcnM 111 . oauNssosq, u. c.
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