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VOL XXXII. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY. December 5. 1907. No 46
EDUCATION A
FOR
Writte For The Curler,
Having recently given some Btudy
to the subject of child labor, and
having seen the condition of the
children in North Carolina of our
own County, I have decided that
child (labor is the greatest menace to
the growth of our institutions.
Our era can boast of humanity and
intelligence, but there is one blot
upon the page of our civilization
the wholesale employment of
children.
According to the best authorities
on the subject, childhood should be
a period of growth and education.
It should be the stage in whicn tlie
youth is trained so that whpn he be
comes a mau he can face any situu-
. tiou which may aiii?e. Therefore,
with each advance in civilization,
with each improvement of mankind,
the pert d of childhood should be
extended in onler that the men and
women of future geLeratiolis shall
be m it n re aud developed.
At the present time we can scarce
ly conceive of the conditions exist
ing among the children. The policy
of the system of chiid labor, not
only on a bread scale, bu right here
in our own county, is that o: ex
trading work from children and
trafficking in their slow growing
strength. In speaking of child labor
generally, we ar acousto.ned to
- think of the hundreds of thousand
of children employed in manufac
turing industries, in shops ..nd
mines, and in other establishments.
We think of these children as
employed in tobacco factories, hau l
' ling the cigar and the deadly cigar
rette; in the saloons and alums of
the great cities there are many thou
Band small children. But it is nec
essary to think about this thing in a
more practical way. Almost any
one will admit that city conditions
are bad, but we must also realize
that here in our midst there are
woefnl conditions. The children
who today are working at hard labor
in the CouDty of Randolph, whtn
they should be in school, number in
the hundred. And another sad
feature of the situation is that there
are hundreds who are out of school,
and are not even at work. But the
saddest of all is that the children
themselves and their parents are not
keenly alive to the conditions. I
find children who are simply loafing
their time away, and their pareuts
are setting the example. A state
of the family might be conceived in
which poverty was so iutense tbat
even the little children wouiu ueecis
be compelled to work iu order that
tne lamuy mignt exist. cut mere
can be no reasonable excuse tor
children to stay out of school when
they do absolutely nothing to sup
port the tarmiy.
Let us see some of the bad effects
of these conditions. Any student
of childhood well knows that dras
tic work in our younger days will
cut the sphere of usefulness short
either by an early death or by a
complete physical wreck. We are
daily seeing the spectacle of chil
dren taken out of school and thrust
into employment with the result
that a few years of ineffectual work
are added aud a 'great many years of
prodoctive and effective work are
lost. We cannot expect to increase
oar wealth and advance in civiliza
tion, if we ruin the lives of the chil
dren aid thus produce a weak man
hood. This crushing out of the
strength of the children and there
by rendering men unfit for service,
remind me of the fable of the woman
who had the goose, which laid a
golden egg each day. The womau
began to believe that there was a
mass of gold concealed within the
goose and therefore killed it only
to find in this goose what was to be
found in other geese. No more
golden eggs were received. This
analogy holds good in our daily life.
We are so desirous of wealth that
we rush children into work without
sufficient preparation to face ;he
battles of life, thus destroying all
hope of future greatness, and losing
the litt'e that we have.
Let us look at another effect.
The keeking of children from school
suggests the possibility of their be
coming vagrants. Thousands of
men who tramp about over this
county, living solely by begging,
are the product of such a But m.
We are not exporting beggars irom
our own boys, but we may expect
NECESSITY
USEFULNESS
a poorly prepared, yes a listless life,
from tbs child, the spring of whose
life snaps, and the apint is complete
ly broken, because of failure to in
stil an invincible ambition in the
heart. Unless the ambition came
from the privileges of school life,
the outlook is hopelessly blank. If
the boy 8 and girls of this generation
do not become strong and useful
men and women, it will not be be.
cause of poveity; it will not be be
cause of ill health; but rather because
of failure to take of advantage of the
opportunity now afforded every one
Hiving; thus seen that hundreds of
the children right iu our midst are
out of school, and having seen the
disastrous results of such a policv
should not the people stand for laws
prohibiting the employment of chil
dteu below the age of sixteen. The
should al.-o insist upon tkc estab
hshmeut of a strong educational
system, whereby every boy and girl
may attend school at least six
mouths iu the year. This can be
done in two ways: by local tax and
by compulsory education. The
first has been tried and has proveil
successful. At the present 1 would
not advocute a compulsory educa
tion law for the State but I believe
the time has come when towns, cit
ies, local districts aud townships
should vot.i it lust as the local tax
is voted. When such laws are
enacted they should be rigidly.
strictly, and impartially enforced,
and ttie various evasions, which
might arise from the deliberate
filsehoods of parents and employers,
should be carefully guarded against,
there muy be a few cases in which
such laws would work great hard,
ships, but these cases could be pro
vided for without opening the door
to numerous evasion and the prao
tical nullification of the laws.
Whatever th) specific measures
taken by the people, their policy
mast be based upon the fixed deter
mination to keep the children in
school. The prosperity aud devel
opment of our institutions depend
upon the ruining aud protection of
the child, depend uuon ihe freedom
of the young life, and not upou tr.e
oppression and aggression of the
strong and unscrupulous. N
American is loyal to the cause of
liberty, who is not solicitous for the
welfare of the little children. No
permanent results can be achieved
until all well, intentioned members
of society are united in a common
effort to protect children aed to
guarantee to them the means by
which they mav build up strong
ana nsetul characters.
LYCEUM COURSE
A large and Well Pleased Audience
heard the Days Thursday Night.
The second number of the Ly
ceum Course at the Auditorium
last Thursday night was attended
by a large and delighted audience
The program was not long but was
fall ofiuterest for old aud youn
Air. Lay a characterizations were
instructive as well as entertaining.
His impersonations wvre fine a"d
the work of Mrs. Day iu the little
was accorded appreciative applause
Thd next attraction, Ross Crane,
the famous cartoonist, is one that
will interest all. This is also oue
that is educational in character and
is well worth double the price of
admission if reports are continued.
A visitor iu Asheboro recently
when told of the Course and the
attractions 'composing it declared
that few towns of three times the
size of Asheboro afford such select
attiactionB. The three attractions
to follow are all h'gh class.
Conference Hcliool at Liberty.
Cue of the most important acts of
the Methodist Protestant conference
at Greensboro last week was the
offer of the conference to adopt the
Liberty Normal School, aud the
officers of the institution were made
the following proposition: If Lib
erty and the community will donate
fourteen acres of lanu aud $2,000
the conference will assume to raise
$2,500 and haveja churoh school to
begin next September. J. his with
the Denton High School makes two
high schools the Conference has
practically located.
CONDENSED NEWS.
George Gould and party of New
York, are hunting oa Mr. Gould's
preserves near High Point thi8aweek.
The Cape Fear Lumber Co. has
closed its mills near Wilmington.
Wages have been decreased 25 per
cent.
Mrs. Fannie M. Long died at her
home iu Fairmont, Davidson county
last week. She was 86 years oi l.
Prof. W. II. Swift, of the Greens
boro public schools, will deliver an
address at Siler City tody.
A. A. Uinton, postmaster at. Po
mona, died Thursday after i linger
ing illne-s of Bright's disea&e. He
was buried at Guilford College.
The Stfel Trust says it will not
reduce prijesin spite of the business
depression. Well the tariff pro
tects it in chargi, g high prices.
Salisbury is making a strong pull
already for the Methodist Orphan
age recently provided for ry the
Western JNorth Carolina Omter
euce. It is announced that Ashley
llorne, a candidal tor trie jrno
cratic nomination for the Governor
of North Carolina, will open head
quarters at Raleigh in January.
It has been given out on author
ity that the Federation of Labor
will strongly oppose the re election
o' Jos. (1. ' '.-miiioii, as speaker of
tnu House in the 00th congress.
Nanav Hanks, the famous trot-
tin mare, now 21 years old, who
huld the trotting record of 2:04 in
92 3 and 94, was sold in New York
last Thursday for $1,500.
II. C. Grubb aud J. J. Bailey, of
Booiie Towiiship, Rowan County,
have decided to operate a dairy near
Salisbury. They will begin with
ninety cows. ,
Six persons escaped from the
county jail at Kmston last Thurs
day by picking tne lock to the cill
and prizing apart the bars over a
window.
Thursday night of last week W
r. Clegg, or lireensboro, was mar
ried to Miss Minnie May Bruton, of
Reidsville. The marriage took
place in the parlor ot the Clegg
Hotel.
An Old Fiddler's Conveution will
be held at High Point about the
middle of December. W. T. Parker
and J. E. Kiikm m are interested
in the event aud wi.l be glad to re
ceive the names of all ho will en
ter the contest.
Rev. Jos. T. Watts, of Ashland,
Va., has een called to become pas
tor of the baptist Church at Lex
ington. He visited Lexington last
Suuday and preached two excellent
sermons to the congregation.
In the Supreme Court last week
the decision of the lower court in
the case against Major Guthrie, col.,
of Durham, tor wife murder was
sustained and the prisoner will pay
the penalty with bis life on a date
to be set later by the Uovernor.
Three large barns on the Oak
Grove farm, owned by L. Banks
Hlt, were burned lat Wednesday.
Some Due cattle perished iu the
flames. Tne fire caught from
sparks fioin an engiue running
shredding machine.
Work has begun on the big dis
tributing station of the Whitney
row r tompauy at Salisbury, irom
it 40,000 horse power will be sent to
the manufacturing centers of the
piedmont sectiou ot North Carolina.
The building will be 150 feet high,
90 feet wide aud 260 feet long.
The executive committee of the
State Normal and Industrial Col
lege met at Greensboro Wednesday
of last week. It was decided to
erect a $100,000 science building
and the architects were nstructed
to prepare p lua at once to be sub
mitted at a full one ting of the
committee to be held later.
At a meeting of the National Y
M. C. A. Convention at Washing
ton last week, the Piedmont Indus
trial School of Charlotte, which
was founded a few years ago by Rev
J. A. Baldwin, was made an lustitu
tiun of the association, an cduca
tional department being added this
year to the work of the National
Association.
The Croatan and Bates Talc
mines at G tendon have suspended.
A new R. F. D. Route has been
established at Cameron running in
the direction of Carthage.
Tbe State Council of the Jr.
O. U. A. M. will hold its annual
sessions at Winston-Salem in Feb
ruary. There will be over 400
Juniors iu attendance.
At a caucus of he Democratic
members of the House held Saturday
afternooula Washington, it Was
decided to continue Hon. John
Sharp Williams iu the position of
minority leader f jr tiie Sixtieth Con
gress.
The Vice President of the Tobacco
Trust tesuiit.'d lately tha; it cost a
million dollars to effect its European
consolidation, That amount is a
trifle comp ired to what the trust
cost the psople through the tar ff
prutect.on the Republican
persists in stauding pat upon.
party
The President is beginning to
feel real criticism from his own
party. J mle Brewer, of the United
Station Supreme 'Joust, sivs he is
playing a gallic of hide and &eek with
the American people, and Senator
Spooner declares', no oue cau tell
what he will do next.
WhatudJ. Pierpout Mor,'an,the
boss of wall Street, say to the Re
publican boss iu the White House
when he visited there some ten davs
agr? and if so , what per centage of
the profits it to find its way into
the Republican campaign fund next
)eai."
The officers and stockholders of
the Dry Fork Distilling Co. of
Danville a, twelve in nuuibe:,
have been indicted on warrauts
charging that the company has de
frauded the government out of $200,
000. J. L. Casper, formerly of Win
ston-Salem is among the number,
but denies his couuuectiou with
the Company.
ACCOUNTS CONFUSED.
Trouble W ith tbe Former Republican
' Officials In Stanley
The accounts of the Sheriff of
Stanley are in very bad shape, says
En ;ei prise, and the expert account
ants who have been at work on tie
books iu an effort to put them in
shape that Sheriff Green may make
settlement, are placing much of the
blame for the confusion upon the
former administration.
Investigating ihe condition of the
county's affairs when the republican
officials retned shows that grievous
errors were mad and the abstracts
i.y which the settlement with the
republicans Sheriff was made do not
in any way compare with the records
of the official acts.
The commissioners have notified
the bondsmen of Ex-Register of
Deeds Van Hoy that they will be
held responsible for the cost in
curred in straightening out -the
record.
HON. ASHLEY HORNE.
Farmer aud Business Man Candidate
Fur Gov. of North Carolina.
The following has been baud
Tin: Oouriek with the request that
we publish:
lion. Ashley uorue, wno was
expected to be iu our midst this
week, for tbe purpose of addressing
our people on the issues of the ,dv,
is unfortunately detained at home
on account of serious illness of a
inemoerof his family. Mr. Home
is not a politician; a plain unassuui
ing christian gentlemau; absolutely
free from demogoguism and hypo
crisy. We have the assnrauce that
a vi6it will be paid us in the near
future, a notice of which will be
given through this paper.
A Pleasant Social Invent at Liberty.
At thhe hospitable Home of Mrs.
Vance York, on JNov.27, 1907,
social event was greatly enjoyed, in
honor of Miss Annie S tailings, the
occasion beiog her twenieth birth
dav.
The young ladies piesent were,
MissesAddie Kiger, r hence Sullivan
Villa Coble, Cathline Pike, Mana
Bowman,Dollie Mojre and.Lizabe
Foust.
The young men were, Messrs
W. M. Smith, T. S. Stafford, II. V.
Clark, J. 11. lroxler and Prof,
J. C. Lassitei.
The guests were received by Misses
Dolhe Moore, and Latah Stalimgs.
RAILR OADS AND STEEL
TR UST RESPONSIBLE
SUPERIOR COURT.
Convened Monday, Judge Justice Pre
sidingDocket Light.
The December term of Rtndolph
Superior Court convened Monday
wiih Jud.e M. II. Justice Presid
ing. Court convened at 11 o:lock.
The following gentlemen were
draw n aud sworn asaCrand Jury:
Milton J arret r, J. A. White, Geo.
T. Murdock, E. A. Led well. A. F.
Nidge, B. F.Frazier, L. T- Moon, W.
E. Poe. Jno. M. Presueli; C. 3.
Davis, Chas. Brown. M. F. Skeen,
R. C. Hanner, D.T. Black, Geo. W.
Reitzell, B. B. Brady, W. G. Pat
terson, J. N. Kirk man.
Geo. T. Mm dock was svorn as
foreman, with T. W. Andrews, at
tending officer.
The Petit Jurors were II. J. Up.
ton, W. T. Taut, Jas. Calliott. C.
C. Brown, Z. A. Cranford, J. M.
Kouth, B. F. Kt-arns, D. M. Ronth,
Jim Hill, S. R. Ferguson, W. L.
Among the cases" tried Monday
J
State vs Garfield Tombs, affray,
plead guilty, judgment $5.00 aud
costs.
State vs Jas. A. Hughes, a. w. d.
w. plead guilty, judgment suspend
ed upon payment of costs.
State vs Shufe Russell, et al.,
affray, verdict guilty.
State vs Graham Aldridge, a. w.
w., plead guilty, judgment sus
pended upon payment ot costs.
State vs Emery Smith, injury to
building, plead guilty, judgment
suspended upon payment of costs.
State vs Henry Lewallen and
Lum Gray, disturbing congrega
tion, plead guilty. '
State vs Nathaniel Macon and
John Macon, hunting turkeys oat
of season, plead guilty. Verdict
guilty as to Nathaniel Macon, John
Macon, not guiltv. Judgment sua
pended upon payment of costs.
State vs Iho9. Allred, disturbing
congregation, pleads not giilty, ver
dict guilty. Defendant appeal1.
State vs Hoyd Redding, c. c. w.,
pleads guilty, judgment $10.00 and
costs.
State vs Rich Smith and Cbas.
Langley, disturbing congreg itioa,
pleads guilty, judgment $10.00 each
and half colts.
State vs Licy Trogdou, a. w. d.
w, plead guilty, judgment suspend
ed upon payment of costs.
State vs lorn Allred and Harris
Saunders, a. w. d. w., Allred pleal
guilty. Verdict not guilty as to
Saunders. Judgment that Allred
pny all costs.
Tuesday the following cases were
disposed of:
State vs. Jno. Hanner a. w. d. w.,
verdict guilty, judgment suspended
upon payment of costs.
State vs. V. W. E. Boling, a w
d. w., verdict guilty, judgment
$5.00 and the costs.
State vs. Fannie Brown, et al.,
judgment of J. P. affirmed, and
Sarah Russell prosecutrix taxed
with costs.
State vs. J. M. Ilinson and Chas.
Patterson, a. and b., continued for
Patterson. Verdict guilty as to
Hinson, judgment $25.00 and costs
State vs. Chas. Linens, Tom and
Ike Jordan and Josiah Frazier, dis
turbiug congregation' plead guiltv,
judgment suspended upon payment
of costs.
' lee County O Hirers.
The election iu L county l.nt
week resulted in the Tollowing offi
cer being electeJ: T. N Campbell,
clerk of the Superior Court; B. C.
Pierce, treasurer; J. F. Wonible
J. F. Jones, J, L. Godfrey, J. J
Edwards and J . li. Jones, commis
sioners. J. C. Watson and C. G.
P tty tied for sheriff and T. M
Cross and W. S. Murchison tied for
register of deeds. Another election
will be held this week to decide the
ties.
National Hank Open For Business.
The First National Bruk, of
Asheboro, opened its doors for busi
ness yesterday morning. G. G.
Hendricks &0o., was the first de
positor. The bank has handom;
quarters in the new building on
De wt Street, opposite the station.
Washington, D. C. Dec. 2, 1907
There was a series of gieat battles
last year between the railroads and
the people, and the defeat of the
people was accomplished with hor
rible slaughter, and 5000 dead were
found on tbe battle fields and also
76.2SC maimed and wounded. The
Interstate Commerce Commission,
bulletin on railroad accidents dur
ing the year ending June 30th last
gives this alarming list of casualties,
which are vastly more than for the
previous year. Can nothing be done
to prevent this appaling loss of life
and Uiiib by the railroad? Defect
ive rails is said to be responsive for
much of the slaughter, aud the
Steel Trust in its' anxiety to make
big piofits is selling defective steel
rails and t Inn fore, to blame as
much as the railroads which accept
these defective rails.
The Republica i tariff which pro
tects the Steel Trust virtually offers
a premium on defective rails by pre
venting cjm petition. The tariff
duty on Steel rails is $7.84 per ton,
and on tne small quantity imported
!ast year' which 8t $23 5 ' : r
in the country where manu.actn
ten
ntry where manu.'acta:ed.
was equ il to an ad valorem tariff
tax of $33.44 per cent. Win the
tariff tax added to the cost, uving
ou t the fieight aud other exoetiset)
of importation, the cost, was i;:31.36
per ton eu imported rails. At the
same time the price the Steel 1 - rst
chaiged was $28 per ton at Pi'ts- .
burg. The difference of $4 53 or
ton b tween the price of steel r..il
abroad and here represents the ext.a
tax the tariff protects the trust iu
collecting, over and above, the good
round profit the trust would make
without the tariff protection. There
is no .complaint that English and
Belgium steel rails are defective;
and the fact that comparatively no
accidents from defective rails is at
tributed to that cause abroad, shows
the criminal rapacity of the Steel
Trust here, bl though President
Roosevelt views that corporation as
a "good trust" aud takes counsel cf
the Steel Trust magnates Gary, and
Frick and Carnegie. That there is
a bond of sympathy an interlock
ing directory between the railroads
and the Steel Trust that leads to
the purchase of these imperfectly
constructed rails is indicated by the
railroad managers paying the trust
price without a murmur. If the
tan tt tax was abolished on steel
rails there would be the incentive
offeied to the railroads of buying
better rails at a much reduced
price, riobably not another ton
of foreign rails would be imported
under tree trade in rails, tor the
trust would either have to improve
the quality aud reduce the price of
tne rails it manufacturers to meet
the foreign competition, or lose the
enormous rail business. As it is
officially recorded that the trust
could produce steel rails for $12 a
ton, when labor and raw material
was perhaps 33 per cent lees than
now, it will be seen that the present
cost does not exceed $16, or may be,
$18 a ton. The present price being
$28 a ton. As some people may
urge that the price of rails hardly
effect the price of travel or goods,
although in the end the people pay
the cost whatever it is, it may be
well to remember that all Bteel pro
ducts are protected by the tariff and
the tariff tax ou most steel products
greatly exceeds the 33 per cent on
rails, and on some steel articles ex
ceeds 90 per cent. And yet the
Republicans have determined to
stand pat on the tariff until after
the next election aud then we may
expect them to continue to stand
pat if that party succeed -, as such
success will be considered an en
dorsement of the policy of protect
ing the trusts, with no protest
against the slaughter of the unpro
tected people.
Rohert Miller.
Death of Mrs. I . 11, Watson.
Mrs. Amelia Heuly Watson, wife
of Cyrus B. Watson, of Winston
Salem, died Friday nijht, after a
brief illness. Mrs. Watson was
the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs
W. P. Henly, and was born in Lex
ington iu February, 1847,. She is
survived bv her husband and five
childten. Mrs. Peter Brame, one of
the children, is well known in
Randolph.