The Asheboro Couoier
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Win. C. HAMMER, Editor.
THE BELL PERFORMING IN
ROWAN.
"Recently an iffort was made by
the independent telephone compa
nies t into Salisbury. The
plea was for e Statesille and
Concord nes o meet the High
Point, Asheboro, Randleman and
other connecting lines and give a
better long distance service.
The Bell company is playing to
the galleries. Until recently the
Bell would not connect with tb
farmer's lines on any terms. During
the last two months the Bell hat
fixed up some Kind ot a propositioi
that ia said to be a temporary expe
dient to curry favor with the rurm
communities. The Bell when ii
close quarters proclaims loud am
long that it has repented of its sinr
and has recently inaugurated .
system of phones for the benefit oi
farmers. When sifted down it re
sults in something like this, thai
the Bell will permit rural commu
nities to buiid connecting lines b
paying handsome tribute 10 th
Bell for the privilege. The inde
pendent companies not only permit
rural phone lines to connect witl
the phoue systems in the towns am
cities, but permit all rural phonei
to have all funds they collect. Tht
Rowan farmers would do well to di
as most other rural commu nitie?
have said ,tojJfie"Bell:" "Get jthe.
behind me, Satan."
PROHIBITION IN ASHEVILLE.
The untiring efforts of all classes
of both men and women who advo
cated prohibition in Asheville "r?
suited in'an overwhelming majority
at the election last week, abolishing
saloons in their last abiding place
beyond the mountains.
The mothers, wives, daughters
iui listers gath..-r-ljround the polls
aid plead far ,; -ranee"" and so
oruty and f r ;m ? and happiness
H':lillit tlli.v I'j aauilcohol.
Liquor is practically outlawed in
North Carolina. The limit of its
operations become less and less each
year.
Nowhere in the State west of the
Yadkin river except at Salisbury
and at one hotel atToxaway can
liquor.be sold.
ASHEBORO'S ADVANTAGES.
Asheboro offers many advantages
tohome seekers and home"b"uiiders.
Those who contemplate a change of
residence would do well" tocohie'to
Asheboro and look around. We
should ba united in an organized
effort in planning for the upbuild
ing of the town. We should make a
united pull to get more people to
move toJAsheboro. An Jinvestment
in land Jand enterprisesin Ashe
boro is always good and safe. jjfjfijt
An Immenae Dally Fortune.
The Standard Oil Company un
der the strong arm of the law was
compelled by the Supreme Court in
1892 to wind up its offices and dis
solve in Ohio. It changed its name
and went right on without any real
change until 1899 as shown by the
recent investigation.
It now develops that the Stand
ard owns nineteen other independent
corporations and has stock in fifty
four others. The earnings of the
company have been shown to be
remarkable bv the recent investiga
tion. The Indiana Company alone
has been making 1,000 per cent for
the last year. A Philadelphia
paper says: "if it were to pay thr
fine of $29,000,000 imposed b
Judge Landis upon its subsidiary
company in Indiana, there would
still be a surplus of about $14,000.
000 for that Bingle year. As Th
Courier has published before thf
earnings or the total profits tor th
past eight years wefe $490,315,734
or more than $61,000,000 a yeat.
The capital stock of the company i
$98,338,382. During the last year
the profits were over $83,000,000, of
which less than $40,000,000 were
paid out in dividends.
Asheboro should organize a "Ten
Thousand Club" having for its ob
ject the securing of 10,000 popula
tion within the next five years.
Asheboro is full of people and
they are coming almost every day.
AT PEOPLES EXPENSE
Campaigning of Roosevelt, Taft
and Root.
OUTLOOK FOR TARIFF REFORM
Indication That Congress Wilt At
tempt Readjustment of Schedule.
Repeal of Duty on Paper Likely to
Be Opening Wedge Improvement of
Waterway! Tho Navy and the Tax
payer. By WILLIS J. ABBOT.
Three possible cnndlJates for the
Republican presidential nomination are
traveling about the face of this earth
at public expense. Mr. Koosevelt after
a triumphant progress down the Mis
sissippi river plunged into the caue
brakes of Louisiana In search of bear;
Secretary Root Is in Mexico exchang
ing courtesies with I'resldent Diaz,
whose cleverness In getting himself re
nominated for term after term may
possibly have afforded certain sugges
tions to President Roosevelt; Mr. Taft
after visiting Japan is In Manila.
Sometimes one wonders what we could
do with the Philippines if we did not
have Taft to send over there every six
mouths to placate their people; also
it's worth considering what we could
do with Taft If we did not have dis
tant colonial possessions to which he
might be sent As secretary of war he
is knowu least in the big building of
French architectural design to the
north of the White House which har
bors his office. These three distin
guished candidates for the presiden
tial nomination find excuse for wide
travel at public expense. There are
others whose work In awakening pub
lie sentiment in either their own be
half or lu support of the doctrines In
which they believe must be paid for
out of their own pockets or through
their own earnings. Curiously enough,
there is a tendency on the part of the
American press to ridicule the public
man who does this and to bow down
In worship before the one who has the
keys of the treasury.
For example, let us take Senator La
Follette. lie Is not a rich man. To
bis needs the treasury Is not open, ei
ther by specific appropriation, as In the
case of the president, or by a con
tingent fund, as in that of the secre
tary of war or the secretary of state.
But he believes that he has a mission,
lie holds that he has a doctrine to
preach which will be for the good of
his party and of the people of the Unit
ed States. It so happens that today
more than ever before a statesman with
a message must deliver it personally to
the people that is to say, he must
travel and address those whom he de
sires to Influence. The pressure of
news upon the newspapers Is too great
So many men are striving to influence
their fellows by speeches that the press
Is luadeiiiate to give to its readers all
that the politicians would like to have
said. Even the president's speeches,
which have naturally the greatest
news value, have been printed In full
in but few newspapers. What Mr. La
Follette illicit have to say, or on the
Democratic side what Mr. Hryan might
have to say, will inevitably have to be
"cut down" and not always cut with
friendly intent. So it becomes neces
sary for these gentlemen, one on the
Republican and one on the Democrat
ic side, to go out and speak to the peo
ple and In so doing earn the money
necessary to pay the expenses of their
joumeyings. They might do It by be
coming trust lawyers. They prefer to
do It by lecturing for a price, thereby
accepting no obligation to any corpora
tion or to any individual. I happen
to know of Senator La Follette that
while bis income from bis lectures is
large he devotes most of It to the sup
port of the political organization In
Wisconsin with which he is trying to
fight political and commercial corrup
tion. I happen also to know of Mr.
Bryan that the greater part of bis earn
ings Is devoted to the advancement of
the cause for which he and bis friends
stand.
When you come to think of it, is It
not better that men striving to make a
fight for what they believe right,
whether they happen to be Republican
or Democrat, should carry on their
struggle without cost to the taxpayers
r without appeal to the monopolistic
corporations? And, if so, is there left
any excuse for the shallow carping of
newspaper critics against the men who
lecture at Chautauquas or write maga
zine articles for their own support
while they are pleading the public
cause?
Elihu Root as a Candidate.
Many of the newspapers ore full of
the magnificence of Elihu Root's enter
tainment in Mexico. They discern in
his visit there a new bond of intimacy
between Mexico and the United States.
Indeed, every time a cabinet officer of
this administration goes to any foreign
country be la supposed to have ce
mented a few new bonds. Mr. Root
however, seems to have been au ex
pert on bonds of a different sort. For
some time the public service commis
sion of New York has been engaged
In investigating the affairs of the Met
ropolitan Traction company, a concern
which, with the richest territory in the
world to draw from, has been allowed
to go into the hands of a receiver. The
indications are that millions have been
seized by the promoters-of the various
details which ended in the creation of
the monopoly that now holds the trans
portation system of Greater New York
outside of Brooklyn in its grasp.
And the attorney who advised them
t every stage of their consolidation
and stockjobbing game was Elihu
Root, Mr. Roosevelt's secretary of
state, who Is now traveling In Mexico
is the finest exainplnr of American pa
triotism and statecraft which thia ad
ministration can offer to our south
western neighbors.
Opening Wedge For Tariff Reform.
Some w eeks ago I commented upon
the action of the American Newspaper
Publishers' association in demanding
the immediate repeal of the duty upon
pajer, wood pulp or any of the mate
rials entering Into the manufacture of
paper. Since then I have learned from
correspondence that there will be much
rivalry among both Democratic and
Republican congressmen at the next
session of congress to see wtoleh one
will be able to first present a bill giv
ing effect to the desires of the news
paper community. Furthermore, I have
found that Republican newspapers in
their editorial columns are pleading
guilty to the apparent Inconsistency
of demanding free trade Immediately
In .substances needed for their own
business while accepting the proposi-
tlon that as a whole the tarftt should !
not be touched until after the next I
presidential election. I note that a
Republican newspaper in Ohio has this
to say:
We confess that Mr. Abbot has tho Re
publican newspaper men who voted for
that resolution In New York on tho hip.
It was left to a Canadian news
paper publisher to call attention to the
fact that paper was as hiich In Canada
under a purely revenue tariff as in the
United States under a high protective
tariff and that the Canadian paper mak
ers. If tii ;re Is a conspiracy, are In the j
conspiracy with the American paper mak- :
era.
It Is probable that the international
conspiracy is a fact. But, mark, if the
Canadian paper makers are kept out
of the United States by a tariff, how j
easy it is for them to say to the Amer-1
lean paper makers: "iou keep out of
our territory and we will make our
rates equal to yours. If you invade
our territory and we must cut rates,
the object lesson to your people will
make trouble for you when the matter
of tariff comes to le discussed." This
Is obviously the policy which would be
adopted In the present methods of
business combination. But, more than
that, if paper and pulp lu Canada and
the provinces are as dear as in the
United States, why Is all the influence
and power of the paper trust being em
ployed to prevent the reduction of the
tariff?
I am Inclined to believe that within
one week after congress assembles the
paper trust will be put on the de
fensive, and the first stroke will be
dealt at the tariff as It is now con
stituted. Either the Republican pros
will have to be satisfied wltb the
statement that to touch one part of
the tariff means to destroy It all or
else it will have to meet the argu
ment that if free pulp from Canada is
good for newspapers free lumber from
Canada might Iks good for the fanner
who wants to increase the size of his
home or build another barn.
Rivers as Highways.
IIow much Tresident Roosevelt's trip
down the Mississippi and his enthusi
astic speech ou the subject of the iui
provenieiit of our waterways may af
fect congress In the next two or three
sessions is yet to be determined. Cer
tainly, however, it is a good thing for
the country that the chief magistrate
should even thus belatedly discover
that the rivers of the west form great
natural highways which, if properly
improved and conserved, might do
more to correct railroad discrimina
tions and extortions than any legisla
tion carried through with the aid of a
big stick. It Is curious to one who re
niemlers political history to recall that
back In 1802, when Mr. Bryan was a
member of congress, he was a regular
attendant at the meetings of the In
land Waterways association and that
very much of his strength in the mid
dle west came from his warm advo
cacy of the views which the president
is at this late date expressing. That,
however, is merely a matter of an
cient history. All of the country, even
remotely tributary to the Mississippi
and the navigable streams which flow
into it Is glad today that the presi
dent has found occasion to look for
himself Into the problems of waterway
transportation and has declared that
the rivers deserve the same attention
from congress that the railroads now
have. It Is believed in Washington
that be will make a strong recom
mendation for larger appropriations for
the Mississippi.
And as to ths Navy.
And, as to naval appropriations, look
out for surprises In the president's
message and in the report of Uie secre
tary of the navy. Some timorous peo
ple, mollycoddles perhaps or milksops,
I expressed a fear that when the Atlan
tic fleet was ordered to the I'aclfic
ocean there would instantly arise a
cry for the building of another fleet
equally strong to guard the Atlantic.
This was strenuously denied at the
time by the spokesmen of the admin
'stration. But the demand has already
feen voiced. Admiral Evaus, the pet
nf the navy department, printed with
in two days a two column Interview ic
a New York newspaper In which he in
sisted that the American navy should
be the greatest In the world, greater
even than England's, and you Mil re
member that It Is the fixed policy ot
England to make its navy superior in
strength to those of any two continen
tal nations combined. One bundredand
fifty million dollars was the figure
which Admira' Evans fixed as a fair
appropriation tor shipbuilding within
the next two years. It will be surpris
ing indeed if with the main fleet on
the Pacific coast and the Atlantic sea
board stripped bare tremendous pres
sure will not be brought to bear upon
congress for naval appropriations
which If they do not Btagger humanity
will certainly stagger the taxpayer.
Meantime the price of all foodstuffs
to the retail purchaser in the United
States has gone up 30 per cent and is
still ascending.
BULLA LAND ENTRY.
A Historic Tract of Land in Old
Randolph.
To The Courier: While on a trip
to my old home in Randolph Co., I
found some reminiscences of the
pwt that were very delightful to me.
1 do not know how to express my
appreciation in any better war than
through the medium of the Courier,
so that my relatives and dear friends
may all hear froui me.
1 visited the home where my
great-greatgrandfaiher, Tho mas
Bulla, once lived. The place is now
occupied by his great-great-grandsons,
George Bulla and his brothers,
sons of Squire Alfred Bulla,(de
ceased). I had a pleasant visit with
tbem. We found the papers where
Thomas Bulla had entered the land
on February 10th, 1793, and there
was an indenture transfer paper
dated 17C5 under the reign of
King George, of England. Our
great-great-grandfather came from
Englaud. lie died in the year 1809.
tie is buried on the farm. And,
many thanks to John W. Bulla, of
Newport News, Va., and Charl s
Bulla, of Alexandria, Va., who have
erected a beautiful monument to
his grave, as the Magennitor of the
Bulla family in America. We
found a copy of his will. It is re.
corded in the year 1808 in the
Clerk's effice at Asheboro. It gives
a description of the lands owned by
him. He must have owned about
four hundred acres. It describts a
tract of land where the town of
Johusouville was laid out, and the
court house was at that place. The
court house was built by Thomas
Bulla, and it is said that Andrew
Jackson was sworn in to practice
law there. The place is now known
us Brown'i X Roads, and the build
ings are all gone, I think. The old
court house was made into a resi
dence, and was occupied by UDcle
vuani lurk, 'il years ago when I
eft the State. Not far from this
place was a tract of land known as
ue Quaker Tavern tract. 1 visited
be place. It is near the home ol
ii V cousin, Mr. 1). W. Bulla, near
Sophia. It is a lohg ledge of neks
between two hills and sheltered by
leautiful trees, with a good spring
f water near. It is said that the
Quakers used to camp there and stop
to feed and water their horses, ou
their way to and from the yearly
uieetinos, then held at New Garden,
(Guilford College). During the
tievolution and following the war,
it certaiuly would have been a pret
ty place to camp. Both the beau
tiful' shade and rocks to feed the
norscs on, to spread out meals and
mild camp Hies on. Now, that is
the wav it earned its name. It is
located on the old Salisbury Road
I would like to have a picture of
this place. As I stood there, l
pictured iu mr mind the white cov
ered wagons, old time carriages and
the quaint costumes of the pioneers
and ancestors who stopped there,
I cannot find words to express my
delight at being permitted to travel
over the old Carolina hills once
more and meet so many dear friends
of the good old times.
Cordially yours,
AddieCoppoch.
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until January 1st, for only 15 cents,
nearly three months, and stop the
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scribers to send us at least one new
trial subscription for The Courier
fro"i now until January 1st, 1908,
foi o:ily 15 cents.
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.acts like a poultice ia drawing out inflam
mation and poison? It ia antiseptic. For
outk, burns, eczema, cracked liaads it is im
mediate relief. Sold by Asheboro Drug
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The Civil Service Commission at
Washington is concerned over the
few hite persons who stand the
civil service examinations in the
South. Seven-eiehths of those
standing examinations in the South j
for the past few montns nave oeen
colored.
Buy a lot in Asheboro and build
with building and loan stock.
Asheboro, N. C.
Mr. L. Richardson,
Greensboro, N. C.
This is to certify that I
1 have been using Vick's
Croup and Pneumonia Salve
in my family for three yrs,
and have always found it
to be a certain cure. I al
ways keep it on hand in
case of an emergency.
Yours truly,
C. C. Cranford, Prop.
Crown Milling Co.,
Asheboro, N. C.
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