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c &e COURIER J I Leads In Both News and I Circulation. j J 6 COURIER a Advertising Columns Bring Results. I H i TWIR ecu RI fhf Issued Weekly. ' PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 pfir Year VOL XXX11. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 . 1907. No41 CHR YSANTHEMUM SHOW TUESDAY. Bihibl t Will Be Opeaed Tuesday li plays Hunt Be At Asheboro Graded School Moudavof Next WeekHxhibt Will Include Flowers from AH Over Randolph County. The ladies of the School Improve ment Association are making final Preparations for the Chrysanthemum how to be given in the Graded 8chool Auditorium Tuesday of next week. Those who have flowers are urged to send them to the Auditor inm Monday. The entries are epen to the entire county, and il is understood that 1 plants and cut llowers will beeuter- i ed from Itaudlcman, Kamseur and possibly other communities in the connty. The list of premiums is as fol lows: 1. Best general collection of cut flowers si I k u in hrella Morris Soarhnro Moliitt Co. 2. Second best geueral collects n of cut flowers 1-4 gross toilet soap Lexington Grocrv Co. 3. Largest bronze flower on potted plant oak table Asheboro Lumber Co. 4. laurirtst white flower on potted plant solid gold brooch N. P. Cox, Jeweler. 5. Largest yellow flower on potted plnt net of six 1847 Ilogei 's Table poons The Bulletin. 6. Largest red flower on potted plant rocking chair Randolph Ohair Co. 7. "Largest pink flower on potted plant a clock Standard Drug Co. 8. Finest plant ostrich plume with six hloornR or more $5.00 in gold Bank of Randolph. Finest, plant one dozen blooms white rocking chair Wood and Moiinsr. k t0. Finest plant one dozen blooms, y, yellow toilet set The Courier. 11. Finest plant one dozen blooms, red rocking chair O. R. Fox. 12. Finest plant one dozen blooms, pink glass water Bet Rich and Mrffitr. 13. Finest plant one dozen blooms, white rocking chair Asheboro Chair Co. 14 Finest lant one half dozen blom. vellow alarm clock Lewis & Win3low. 15. -Finest plant one half dozen blooms, nink hnmhoo dress suit case poon & Redding. 2 16. Finest plant one half dnzn blooms, red Wheelbarrow Wood , ft Iron Works. ';? i t...i. : -t it .J ..11- rug Cox Lnmber Co. 18. Shi ond best general collection' of potted plants one sack 48 lb. Cmwti Patent flour 0. L. Cran- ford. 19. Plant, with most flowers daisv arietv broom .1. L. Noamati. 10 7ase of .twenty largest blooms, white lurge jardiniere Asheboro Drne Co. 21. Vhw of twenty largest blooms, yellow piece fme china McOrary Rddm r 'n 22. Second finest plant one dozen dooms i broom W. D. Stedman h Co. 23. Second finest plant one half 4vn 'looms, red cedar water iwkket W. W. Jones, i 24. Second finest plant one half job n blooms, white. rocking chair W. Jolly. ; i K Sv.nit fin. of nlanf nno half " ... . dozen blooms, pink sack of flonr Cro"n Milling Co. 26. Plant with most flowers but ton vaiiety, any color pitcher Mr. Hamilton. Wireless Telegraphy. ;J At lai-t Marconi,'. aided and en. emmgwl by the Italian government, J bas-'ompieted his wireless system of I telegiaphv A few day ago f everal messages passed b"tween I Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, and Clif- den, Ireland, and were transmitted thfure to other destinations. Vlar t corn's first, message across the At ' latino whs sent across from Paldhn I in C.rnwill to a point near St. Johns, Newfoundland, in Drcciiihei, 1901. MHrcnrii has worked long urn! hard and patiently. He is now only 33 years of age. M. P. CONFERENCE. Same at the Most Prominent. Meu of ttie Denomination Will He Preseat A HympoMinm ou Church literature to lie Presented. The Methodist Protestants of Greensboro and community are busy making arrangements for their annual conference, which meets with Grace Methodist Protestant church in that city, Wednesday November 20, and lasts through tin following Monday. Tin laymen and ministers who will oe in attendance upon the cou feience will i umber something like 150 or 200. Among other inviting features of the program will be a course of lectures bv Dr. T. II. Lewi-!, of Western Maryland College, West minster, Md. Dr. Lewis is regard ed as one of the ablest uieu in the Methodist Protestant church. There will be a symposium oh church literatuie, those participat ing being Hev. Dr. F. T. Tag', of Baltimore; Uev. Dr. M. L. Jennings, of Pittsburg, Ph.; and Rev. J. F. McCulloch, editor of '"Our Churcti Record" of thiscitv. Dr. C. E Wilbur, of Pittsburg, Pa., editor of the Sunday School literature of the denotuinaticn, will deliver one or more lectures on Pal estine, he having paid a visit to the Holy Land and gathered at first baud the information on which his'1 remarks will be made. NEGROES ARRESTED MURDER. FOR Two In Jail at Troy Charged With The Murder af Mary Harper. Two negioes have been arrested in Montgomery county charged with the murder f Mary Ann Harper, who was fouud dead at her home be tween Trov and Pekiti last week. Her body was lying across the hearth of her bed room, with her clothing burned off and her body badly charted. Two holes were found in her head and bio, id on the lied clothing. A hammer was fouud :n the room, and circumstances showed con clusively that this instrnni' nt was nied in murdering the victim foi the purpose of lobbeiy. One of the negroes arn-s ed was employed by Marshall ariiet. ot Troy. Mr. Vainer retnenitn re I that the negro borrowed his mule a, id buggy Sunday night and did not let urn until the next moiuing Mule tracks were seen near the Hat per h me. The negroes are in jail at Ttoy. Biirkhorn Dam Repaired. Thex break in the dam a Buck limine. which occurred several ' mop t ha ago, has at last been repair ed and the electrical machinery is being conveyed down the river from Moncuie and installed. It required five days for the river to fill up afier the dam was repaired, the water being backed some distance up Haw and Deep rivers whose con fluence form he Cape Fear nearly ten miles above the dam. Chatham Record. Fry e Green. Wednesday worning, at ten o'clock at the home of the bride's father, Robert Green, at Ramseur, N. C, i .C. Fry, a prominent merchant of Klise. Moore county, was married to Miss Alma Green. Mr. and Mrs. Frye are visiting - Northern enies on a bridal tour. The Courier joins their many friends in extending congratulations and best wishes to the young couple. leath at Star. David Freeman, of Steeds, aged 65 or 70 years, died sud(k?nly at the home of Calvin McLeod 1 mile from Star Saturday morning. He had just eaten breakfast audi was ippar eutly in good health in the early morning. Death of Elsie Iloyd Ashley. Died, Mt 11 a m., Oet. 28' h, nt EiLar, lldnd'.lpli county, Elcie Boyd Ashley, HgeU 19 years, wife of Will . Ai-hl-. 'I hf rein. 11 us were 111 terrtd at Gieensboro. NEWS IN BRIEF. A new tribe of the Improved Or der of Red Men was instituted at Graham last week. It is estimated that High Point manufacturers use 313,000,000 feet of lumber a year. The business men of Statesville haveorgauized a new bank which will begin business with $25,000 capital paid in. S. F. Wade fell down an elevator shaft of a cold storage plant at Winston, N. C. last week aud was killed. Capt. M. L. Jones took another gold brick from the Iohi mine . t. Thoma.sville valued t flS.HOO the tesiiK of a wei k's work. M. A. Iloleo:nbe( prominent fanner of Footeville, Yadkin county committed filicide last week. Kii, ancial worry was the cau.-e. One day last week S. W. Byerly, of near Lexington, had 100,000 feet; of lumber burned at his home. The origin of the lire is unknown. j W. II. Hughes, who operates a sawmill five miles from Tu.niias viile, lost. 40,000 feet of lumber by 1 fire one day last week. The Gieu Anna Milling Company,) of Thonn.sville, began operation lusti week. It. is a roller mill with a 75 barrel capacity. Col. D. A. Tompkins, of Char lotte, was one of the speakers at yesterday's session of the National Civic Federation in Chicago. Earth(uiikes in lower Italy la6t week has thrown the inhabitants iutiia panic. It is reported that nearly 1,000 people lost their lives in demolished houses. F. S. Starrett, is editing the Mitchell Observer, at Bakersville. lie was educated at Old Trinity, this county and is a native of Guil ford. The Ute Indians, of Utah, have agat'i left tneir reservation aud threaten to take tin warpath and raid the ranches of Colorado and Wyoming. Troops have been order ed out. Preparations are daily proceeding at Washington for the 14,000 mile voyage of thj gi eat fltet of b;itt.le ehips; Presideut Roosevelt expects to order the return of the fleet to the Atlantic at a practical time. Ernest Temple, son of W. S. Temple, of Sunford, died last Thurs day from injuries received y a fall list November. The boy fell from a tree, a distance of 20 feet wkile out 'opossum hunting. II. W. Leonard, of Lexington, R. F. D. 3, has a cow on (xhibit at tie fiiir at Salisbury, which gives rive gallons of milk a day and 2 lbs. of butter a day is made from the cream. John W. Baker, while cleaning out a well seventy feet deep one day lust week at German ton, Forsyth county, the rope broke and he fell to the bottom. He died later from in juries received. Money was subscribed in Phila delphia yesterday to defray the ex penses of a great convention to be held there November 19 20, in the interest of the inland waterway pro ject, from Cape Cod, Mass., to Beau, fort N. C. The large soal shnte at Pelham, N. O, property of the Southern Railway, whs destroyed by fire Thursday. The loss was $65,000 Five thousand tons of coil were stored in the shute. 15 CENTS. The Courier from now until January 1, 1908, for only 15 cents. Send us a club of 12 trial subscriptions at H cents each and we will send you an excellent foun tain pen. You can get a dozen subscrib ers in an hour or two. We guarantee to discontinue the paper promptly on Jan. 1st unless renewed. 1 President Roosevelt was 49 years old Saturday. The Benefit Building and Loan As sociation, of SilerCity was organized last week to begin business Nov. 1st. Miss Beiilah Hardison, of Mocks ville, and Dr. It. B. Beckwitb, of Lumberto", were married at Lum bertou yesterday afternoon. W. D. Wh'ii ton, one of Greens boro's wealthiest citizens, died Sun day afternoon at his home, agel sixty -seven jears. President Roosevelt has isned a proclamation naming Thursday, Nov., 28th as a day of Thanksgiv ing in the UniteJ Sutes. Chits. Wood, of Thoinasviiie, and Miss Kthel Ueeee, of High Point, were intrrit'l Tuesday moinin ar. High Point. Mis. Jane Smk, aged sixty seven year, died at her home near Lexing ton; -Wednesday, after an illness of several years. Margaret J. :st ice, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. und Mrs." E. J. Juniice, fell from a tr." while gatn eiing hickory nuts To 'sdav, bann ing her leg just a love the ankle. Injuries are not. serious. Paul Mane-s a. id family have rc1 t.urned lo their home at Frankli.i ville fiom a vi-ir u Greensboro to See Mrs. Maaess' father, who was biidly burned at the fair. Tie case agai isi U. S Marshal J. M. Miliikii ail his deputies onarged with shooting John B..nie, an illicit dinller near Creeusboro 0:t. 9th, will be investigated at Greensboro Saturday. Mrs. Am is Ragan, of High Point, announces the marriage of her daughter Miss Annie English, to Mr. Davis Armfieid. The mar riage vm solemnised last night at High Point, FINANCIAL CRISIS. 110,000,000 Wan Keqiilreil to Improve The Situation Suxpeuded llankn are Solvent. The financial crisis iu New York is believed to nave been passed, $110,000,000 having been dumped in the Stock Exchange to ease the situation and prevt-nt further dis aster; John D. Rockefeller furnish ed $t;i).OO0,OOO cash, J. Pierpont. M irgan heded a pod with 25,000 000, the National City Bank and others fl 0,000 OOti, and the Nation al Treat ury $25,000,000; the Trust Company of America sto.id at two days continuous run, but three small hanks, the Hamilton, the 125th Ward Batik, and the Empire City Savings Bank suspended, though it. is believed that they are solvent; money on call went up to 100 per cent, bur, dropped to 10 per cent, ..ud stocks took a raise when the cl si;il relief fund came to the rescue. Bankruptcy proceedings against the Southern St el Company, Ala., is the result of the tight, mo iey market in Ntw York; the company owus and operates steel mills, coal mines and coke ovens, and while its assets are large it could not get the cash to keep its debts paid. Hearts and Diamondr. Hearts and Diamonds" will be presented at the audieoriinn Friday night by Mr. and Mis. D. M. Weath erly and party from Frai.klinville. The performance is a good one and the fact that the company of ania teurs is directed by Prof, and M's, Weatherly guarantees success. The play is given for the benefit of Ashe boro Band. Admission 15 and 25c. A good crowd is expected. 15 CENTS. CREW ON DUTY FOR 23 HOURS- PICKETT-PAYNE. I'rctly Home Weddiag Near Julian Many Presents Received. At the home of the bride's paren's, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Payne, near Julian, on Sunday evening, Oct. 27th, at 2:30 P. M.. Mr. James P. Pickett and .Miss Alma E. Payne) were united in the holy bonds of! matrimony by luv. O. P. Routh, of! Randolph Circuit. The home was beauiif ullly decorated with ferns, lvscs, chrysanthemums and Oi hei j pot flowers. The bride wore white; silk and catrieda beautiful h.iinpief j of whiU'chiysonthetnuiii and r se; and the groom, a suit of bluet, j The attendants weie Willie I'avne, and Misi Bessie Hinshaw, Willie' Heiideison and Miss Lou Isley ami ' Russell Pickett and Mths Amanda Laniard. Prjf. Fentriss,-of Pleas '. ant Garden, played the wedding march, and during the eeniuonva sacred hvinn was played very softly After congratulations were extended the bridal party attended chinch at Shiloh, and on their return a in -sumptuous supper was served whic all enjoyed very much. The hupp couple are among the most popula" of their community and the me. presents attet the high esteem n which they we held by their friends PRIMARY TEACHERS. Associatiuiial Meeting Held at Axhevillc Last Week. Misses Laura Stimson, Maggie Irwin aud Merrie Ri3hardson and Prof. E. J. Coltiane have returned from the Noit.h Carolina Primary Teacher's Association at Asheville last week. The meeting, was held for the purpose of discussing snigect of practical use in the class rooms, and was of inestimable vnlne to the teachers of the State. The at tendance was good and the program interesting thnmghout. O dicers for the ensuing year were chosen as follows: Miss Mary 0. Grab tin, of Char lotte, president; .4is Ann Meade Vlichaux, of Greensboro, vice-president; Mrs. Edgar Johnson, of S.ilis bury, corresponding secretary and treasurer; and Miss Eva Stewait, of Gastonia, recording secretary. The ciMiimittee on programs is composed of Mrs Elizabeth Bernard, tii grade; Misj Mary Ward, second grade; and Mis8 Pickens, tnird grade. Notice to Teachers. All teachers who nave not pn viously been examined are urged to come to the last ptibl.o examination which will be held in the eounty court house Thursday, November 7th. Some of the besr, schools iu tin county are still o en, and good teachers can easily hud some excel lent places. Colored teachers are asked to ob serve the regulations announced before, and come Friday, Nov. 8. The first teacher's m.ing prom ises to be worth while, aud no teach er, who 8eks the best for the caust of education, can afford t miss it unless unavoidably pi evented. The Association will be called to oider at 10:30, and will close in time for teachers living iu remote par s ol the County to return to their h'-mes The program in full will be an nounced iu next week's Courier, Very truly, E. J. COLTKAKK. Will Sell Building LatK. The American Realty & Auct on Co., of Greensboro, has beu given a contract to sell 100 hits on ttie old Frazier property in the Sou hweai ern part of Asheboro, and Wednes day, Nov. 13th has been fixed h 1 he date. The lots will be 50 x 200 feet. Read the announce unit in the advertising columns ot ti e Cou rier. llanfrs llimselt In Jail. John Monuette, an insane man of near Julian, who was conlined in Guilford couuty jiil anu ti Mt'" mission to the liospit.l, cotnioitt'd suicide Tuesday ty h.iiiunit! Iiim- self in Irs cell bv his susp.ml.-is-He was 5(1 years old. lie l aesa wife and two dtiiigliteis. Kolicitor Reciici-tfd to Investigate KalW road Leonard Arrested The Itrake. man held Keipoiisible tor the M reck at It ud d ant) Charged With Manslaugh ter. Greensboro, V. C, Oct. 28. The coroiie:'s jury of investigation of the railroail wreck at Rudd Ut week examined a lot of witnesses this morning. Among them were Freight Conductor Davidson. Engt titer Sunders and Brukt nn.n Letnuir of the freight crew, hi d Mr. C. D. Ben bow, one of I he atfccngcis. Tht heating was piivat" ai.d in ne t f the evidence has been given nut. The coroner's jury returned a ver dict thai BriAcm iti II. C. Leoiii id. of the freight, crcv, was guilty of negligence and was respot.si'de for the wreck, and farther f.unil thai the entire fieight crew, of wlnuh Leonard was one, had been on con tinuous duty for tweu:y. three hours, aud recommended that i he Solicitor investigate as to whether the South ern Railway was criminally responsi ble or ot. lmm dia ely aft.'r th remlitioti of the verdict Coioner i'urner swore out a warrant for ooiii.-luughiei" against Leonard be fore Justice oi the Peace 1). H. Collins. GR HATER ASHEBORO Kvorv Citizen Will Be Udielited By the Asheboro ladUHtrlal Associa tion. A meeting of the Asheboro Indus tsial Association is called for Fnday n;ght at 8 o'clock. It is important that every business man and property owner in Asheboro be preseuC Many masters of importance in th development of the town will be presented. Asheboro will nevnr develop until there is united effort upon the part ot our people. 1 he associa tion htis been started and f-h-'i Id I in come the most thritty organ zatmft' in the town. The eo-operation , every citizen is demanded aud tK success or failure rests upon eaon individual. The success of the organization, means "Greater Asheboro", "Greater Merchants", "Greater Mauiiiaetur ers", "Greater Values in Rej-tatu and Greater Income" for every one and above all 10,000 population in five yeais. Do you want to mb Tln'n come and co-operate iu the wrk of town building. QUESTION r6vP0 WER . May Secure IClectric Power l-'rua Whituey lioral Plant has Capacity. The Asheboro Elect; ic ' otnpauy. it is learned, has receutiv i,.'ailed lights to cover ltscapaeity mi'l I hj piestiou of enlarging is beins; con nidered. Mr. Ross recently visi ed Win ney f r the purpose of inve.stta'ing tti advisability tif securing power fiota uiat point, and thi lncii Power Company now has this under con sideration. It has Ven suggested that th& mills along the river will tintl ttie Whitney powvr a great conven ience and an effort is being mane to interest them n the project vVhafr will be the outcome cannot be deter mined at. this time, but assurance 19 gien tnat unless satisfactory aiv raligenienis Can be made with Whit ne, the loeal company will enlarge its plant. I he matter will be pushed ft something definite as earlv as jio siole. To Poulsh Rich Thieves. Lud wig Nissen, Chairman ofthfe Piamond Itnportera' A-s ciatiofc Custonis Committee, says smuguliii by rich peo, le who visit Europa, lias assumed colos-l propot lions. He declares that as much j nelry ai:d pii-ciiius stones are smnutelea every vear a- is brought in legiti mately. T he value of the tier class is between $2,000,01)0 nn4 if 4,000,000. Maiden Lai e 1 input ft ers are Mart ng a movement in bavfc smugglers punished more evetelv Too much leniency is now ex ended, lo smugglers caught It. is a sad eoiiiui-niaiy on liie Ki publican cus toms officers, the Ktd.ral court! and the wealthy tomi-o cl i-s Anieiicaus, who are ge. eia Iv sup port is of the present Administration.
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