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r S Ghe COURIER j Leads in Doth News and -Circulation. ! . Advertising Columns f J Bring Results. 1 I Istaed Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Par Year VOL XXXIII. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, February 20, 1908. No 8 THE COURIER. DAVIDSON 'COURT. Two Interesting tare, w to ""-- The ShoarTrlal. ; Davidson county Superior Court I will convene at Lexington on the I :4th, with Judge Couucil presiding. I Iff is believed that the criminal I dacket is very heavy. An important 1 case on this docket is the one in I- which II. 3. Shoaf and his wife are r 'charged with having maltreated the t small child of Mr. and Mrs. P. O. f Fields, of High Point.' Th victim 5 i also a little grand-daughter of J. 1. Fields, of Randleman After remaining in jail several weeks the Shoafs gave bond aud have had '.their liberty. During the pitinble ;'co( tion of the child Solicitor ' Ilaifimei, who will prosecute the I $ Shqafs. had pictires taken of it. j A Bv far the most importan; case f on the civil docket is the $23,000 J damage suit against Dr. J. II. Mock i i in which Winston Fulton alleges f that the defendant alienated the af " feetions of his wife. The case conies f from Thomasville, where Dr. Mock i lives and the former home of Air. Fulton. LOSS TO I HE STATE. Death of T. K. Hi-inu-i---Twenty-One Tears In Department of Agriculture. Mr. T. K. Bruuer, for twenty-one years Secretary of the State Depa:t meat of Agriculture, died at Ha'e gh Sunday morning after a lingering illness with Bright's disease. His death is a distinct loss to the State. He has been a recoguized factor in farthering the industrial interests of North Carolina. Mr. Bruner 'vas 52 years oil and was a son of J. J. Bruuer, of Salis bury. Hi is survived by a wife, who is a daughter of J. A. Boydcn, of Salisbury, and three sons, Thos. K., Stephen and Brandon. BOLD ROBBERY. Masked Men Rob Hank of 'i,TO() and , Lock Cashier lu Vault. The Bank of Grai.its Falls, six miles from Hickory, was robbed by three msked men about 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The Sceu was equal to the wild inl woolly West, when this - masked n en entered the bank and at the poiut of their guns Cashier V. T. Whisnant was held at bay while they secured $2,700" from his desk. Then, locking him in a vault, the robbers hied away. The alarm was not given until Sunday morning when Che cashier was found in the vault. ANOTHER FACTORY BURNED. Lindsay Chair Factory Destroyed at High I'oint Saturday. The Main luildiug of the old Lindsay chair factory at Hi :h I'oiut was destroyed by lire early Saturday morning. All t.h machinery, lum ber and a lut of chairs and stock were destroved. Loss, about $23,01)0. The lire was discuver.'d in a dry kiln abiv.it 1 o'clock ami it spread rapidly. The plant. wax recently pu, chased at a nci'iV 'i 'is (iilc bv S. L. Davis and.). J'. Kirkiiia'i, if llij.li Point. I'iir-iiii'-I.HUc. The foii,wiig car ! have lnen is sued: Mr. ami Mix. JamiM I,,hvi iHim i!'' in.i ii mi of lli-ir il in filler I!. Minna t.i y r I'.ivi l t ii'iiry I'm ionm On Wp'lui'Mlaj- l i l'iuiiiy iIih tnvlft'i nineteen him Iri'.l u "1 ouht Hij,'1' Point, North ' ni-.iliii i. Jim Smith Arrested. Jim Smith, the third blockader of Smithtown, Stokes county, clnrg ed with being implicated in the murder of Deputy Collector J. V. Heudiix, was arrested at Madison last week by Deputy Sheriff II. T. Pratt. He is in confinement in the Forsvth county jail. A reward of $1,000 was offered by the govern ment for his arrest. Robt. Lee Durham, f Charlotte, has written a novel, " The Call of the South," which treats of the race problem, aud it promises to be a "laker." It is now on the presses of L. C. Page & Co., of Boston. J. S. Patterson has been appointed postmaster at Spray. DEATH OF MRS. CROCKER. ' Interment Sunday Mother of Mr. H. M. Worth, of Aaheboro. . The many friends of Mrs Lizzie E. Crocker were grieved Saturday to learn of her death, which occurr ed at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Collins, at Greensboro. Tha body was brought hero Sunday and interred by the side of her first hus band, Capt. Shube Worth, a son of the late Dr. J. M. Worth, who was killed during the Civil war. The deceased was for many years a resident of Ashebor and is highly esteemed. Mrs. Crocker was 08 years old and is survived by three children. 11. M. Yor:h, of Asheboro; a id !n. D. H. Collins, of Greensboro. R. v. C. A. Wood, pastor of the Al. E. Church, conducted the burial service, which wa3 a tended by a Urge number of friends, many from a distance. Mr. and Mrs. Albright, Mr. and Mrs. Collins, Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Worth, Misses Sallie and Lina Boyd, and Fred B.yd, accompanied the re mains from Greensboro. Itnok Club Meeting. Mrs. J. D. Koss delightfully en tertained the Randolph Book Club at the home of her father, Mr. P. H. Morris, riiday afternoon. The program for the afternoon and the decorations were symbolic of the the day St. Yaleutiue's. Ked beans prevailed. A contest, in winch each person was required to aus'w.r questions, written on heart-shaped cards, witb the names of varieties of roses, was an inteiesting number on the pro gram. Miss-. goes Aloring won the prize and Miss May McAlistir was awarded consolation. lied carna- tioi.s were presented to each one present and dainty refreshments weie served. SlIir-McArthur. Miss Anni'" McArthur, of Staley, was recently married to Mr. Shelly Siler, of Staley 11. F. D. The bride is one of Staley's most charming and talented young ladies and is a daughter of A. L. McAr ther, a p onnneut merchant of that place. The groom is a son of M. A. S;ler, a leading farmer of Chat, hiim county. The uiariiHgc took piace at the home of E. W. York. Only a few relatives and intimate friends knew of the nff.iir before the ceremony. Mr. aud Mis. Slier hkve many friends who extend to tiiem con gratulations. Fire in School Ifulliting E E. Clapp. of Uandleniaii, was in Asheboro, Monday afternoon. lie reported the narrow escape of the Itaudlemnn (i luded behool building from being burned about noon Mon nay. Fire was discovered in the basement Ui-ar the furnace, and was promptly put ut. Ihe damage was small. Chiiiio'i Supporters Ev-Jud-e V. P. P.) mm;. 0. S. Br.nlsluiw, ('. 1) Henliow, J . KUoml Cox and oilier prominent Cniltori! Republic ins are oo.'iily dedal :n,r tilting' les for I'ui'lo Joe Cannon for I Yctiiienl. Hi'., r.lair A-fiiTh. The-iM-engninst Mrs. E'lid ilbiir, clia"L''''l w i ' li the minder ol her Inl? b .lid. i H iigain bieu I li'.l in the Coin! of (it-neral Sc-'siotm ai Columbia. Il will bo lenieiiibi'ie'! that after a verdict of manslaughter had been retuniod by the jury tin court granted liei a new tri.n. The solicitor, m.t being satisfied wilh the action of the Court will appe:i to the Supreme Court. Death ol .Mrs. Itivlus, Mrs. Grace Bivens, wife of Editor J. D. Bive'is, of Albemarle, died at her home Saturday after a lingering illness. Mrs. Biveus'wasa com paratively young woman, being about d0 yeais old. Temperance Meeting. The Anti Saloon League of Ashe boro tequests the friends of Temper ance in the county to meet with them on Tuesday, February 25th, at the courthouse to confer in regard to the coming Prohibition campaign. THE RATE BILL AND, STATE'S RIGHTS By HOS. E. J. JUSTICE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Delivered January 3(Hh. Those who give me ciedit for can dor understand from my course lu the Legislature of 1907, aud n the litigations which ensued because of the conflict between the State and Federal tiourts, that I have fell there was a great principle of gov ernment involved in this conl roversy. 1 bat principle is of such immense importance that 1 tu now oppressed witn the apprehension that it may be lost sight of, aud a blow Ut struok at our tree institutions and government by the people, from which we may not easily or quickly lecovei. The question of whether the pas senger rate qji railroads uiiug busi ness lu North Carolina ahail be 11 1-4 cents, us fixed by the Legir la'ure of 11107, or 2 1-2 cents and a i cent mileage-book, us is uow proposed by the compromise effected uetwieu the Governor and jritain railroads, is important, but is iiisiguiticaut wuen computed with the outer question tj be determined by this laiuie, which is, whether the control by tOe people of one class of citizenc, towit, the railroads, shall be by the gra. e of the r'edeial Courts. When the 2 1-4 cent rati was es tablished it was predicted by the railroads that a loss in their revenues would result, if it were pat in.o o eratiuii, aud on this prediction au injunction was issued to prevent the operation of both the freight and passenger ias or" 1607. Because of iudictuieuts iu the State Courts the railroads were forced to put the passenger rate lav into effect ou Auguut 8, 1907, aud experience has shown that the in come of each of the railroads from the sale of iir.ra state tickets, be tween the dates of August 8th, 1907 and December 1, 1907, was greater instead of less than for the same period iu the year 1906 Having been convinced from the testimony taken iu the equity suits before the Standing Master that the loss to the riiilio.ids, which they pn dieted when the suits were brought, has not been realized, but on tbe contr ry, that their receipts from the class of business affected by the 2 1-1 ceut rate has been incieas ei. I cannot support a proposition to raise the rate. I shall, therefoie, vote for the bill which strengthens j Morgan and oMier like stock gam the laws we already have, and leaves j biers have brough; upm the rail the rate at. 2 1-4 cents. roads doing business in North Caio- The trouble that the raihoads ate lmu, or pen.iic theai, by ih false now having, together wilh all other u.-seriiou thU the rale legislation in business n.terst.8 in this time of pju?, in a iy way contributed to the panic, is not due in uuv degree to troupes of tlu railroads, to sveep the rate legislation of 1!I07; but if me off mv feet. If ibis Mouse, they are suffering more acutely than iio.v. ver, should thi'ik that a 22 cent other business eir.crp! i.es, ic i div ra'c lor tickets and 2 ceil'; mileage to the fact that the policies of the bo. k-, is better than the 21 cut ra'e, larger railroads doing business iu or t b-.it. in view of the linancial dis North Carolina are eon'rolleu bv tin biiiue that i'. is i c:.u :' lo settle men in Mew York wh oju raie in th l:tiga;iou betwc.'ii tl.e St.ito an I slocks iu Wall Sl.rci!, ali'l wlloith' l Ltl.'nuris by udop'iug tile 22 have builds and clocks id liiiso great Ic-'ii'. Kl'C, 1 h-g iliit tile memoirs of fHiiioids vl-icli njffseiit water only, ' ti.e lion.-." i f llepr ;:' it ives iv-i'l-d for w hii'h tl.ev have not pa.d I nt in'ier t ;,:t, if tiiti is t ic J me. ii (lolUir. Th" t'oo puny, for in ol gai itimi is stociv of Aloi';.:an ;:n 1 l . prokss :o bold ii liit'li a! lloV'-ii I !: South'.'! u l'-ii: i il(A n, p:V- ' a.!- m'I VICc, Ikuiill-v Nut them Ki i .nee, issued .:' iii entire coiiiln",! il.illM 00 to ,1. 1'. O! in r men, who Hi tni.-tee . Th-.'s ' p opo'tv of the ' I'l.OIO.MlV t i on 1, IS flle.'.p t.i t.l so, and charge l.ih rales, expectation id iVoeus tl Ne.v Yoik s ock 11:11. lie: watereij stocks and bon lilll'liose of -elliut; these ii v'ii'n 'i,!k , upon tile ti.e price of s, v. U!l t lie stocks and bonds for their own personal einieh nient, and not for the improveliueut of the railroad property. Tneve n.is beeu a timj when the common stock of the boutheiu Railway Company would bring ou the market forty cents on the dollar, aud if the $120, 000.0ii0.00 of stock had been sold at this price it would have placed in the pockets of Mr. J. P. Morgau and his two associates $58,000,000.00, but not a dollar from the atle of the common stock would have gone in to the treasury of the Southern Rail way Company. As long as these methods prevail in railroading the necessity for State control is all the greaier. We are told by some of the olli is of these great railway corporations that they are going to retire from, politics in the t'u cure. They do not! t deny their participation in the poli-'c tical affairs of the state in the past. They have found it to their advant tage to control judges and legisla tors, and polling political parties under obligations to them by con tributing to campaign funds. I ti list they a." sincere now iu their professions of reformation, but as long as they play politics with theii employes by intimating or pet mining them to believe that the fa'lnre of this legislature to lix passenger rates at 21 cunts instead of 21 cents per mile will cause a reduction of wages, I doubt the sincerity of their pro fessicn. It Mr. Finley, the Presi dent, and Mr. Thorn, the .'e:ieral counsel of the Southern Railway Company could have their way about this corporation retiring fiom politics, 1 am persuade I they think it the wiser policy for it to retire, and t!i it it would do so 'i ll y tell me t h.i-. this' is true, and I have found the m both to be truthful men, but it the New York holders of the HON'. E. 4. JUSTICE. watered stock and bonds of this i jipora'joii want, it to go nto politics, then it must go iu tor toe omcer8 win lose tneir posi I tions if they do not carry out the policies of these stockholders What Morgan is to the Southern Railway, Thomas F. Ryan is D the Seaboard Air Line Sys'ein. These men Ji not, build railroads, they wreck them, and theti gamble on the stock which they vote to give themselves upon ro organiz ttion. I decline, therefore, to close mv ' eyes to the troubles which Ryan and mid ! "incii Oi.e w ll of (Ma US il' it i riliein. :i.U. p JYit. 'pillion in Sou! hern I JO! ! o.t!i -: jOi.V niiiin.s o wit ! .:.V 1' Ml,; n'cxp.-,- Ill.".t:'i till lo i '"on i:io t , for, i, i ihat th s: ill Shall h mill lllg l'.lleS Ol" en '' n i il U pehiil' ic-' for t h i d.ii ton oi them. Mfsunie jir iMlielioii .i;li re.-pe.'! to pasaenei- rales in North l'.itoi;u.i when the 'orpo'. ut ion Cunnings, on is sued iu his court. What is known as the Manning liill merely strengthens the present law and declares that the Corpora tion Commiesiou shall have no pow er with respect to rates. What is known as the Weaver Bill provides expressly that the present rate of 2 cents may be raised to 2J cents by the railroad companies, pio vided they put on sale mileage books at 2 cents, and inter-state tickets at 21 cents and also under an amend ment which I have offered to the Weaver Bill, if the railroads put into effect the freight rto law passed by the Lcgislatuie of 1907; and the Weaver bill also expressly provides that 'the CoriHiiatiou Coinmis- son thail b ive nothing to do wilh ie muking of passenger rates or ifor.?in$ peiialties, and thereby takes the jurisdiction from the Federal courts. Each of these bills also makes the railroads and their higher officers indictable, instead of their ticket agent j. The bill introduced by Mr. Dougbton, which is like the Senate Bill and the Senate Bill, as it passed the Senate, have conferred jurisdic tion upon the Federal Courts, and in case of coullict of jurisdiction takes from the State the right to fix rates and to try in the State Courts tbe violators of state laws. I will, therefore, supjyirt the Manning Bi'l. Oumluileil en 1'uge l ive. CONDENSED NEWS. 11. II. Jordan, a prominent citi zen and druggist of Charlotte, died last Thursday. Little Clifton, infant of Mr. and .ilrs. C.N. I'lue, of Aberdeen, died Fi idny. Mrs. S. A. Freeman, aged GO yrs., died at Greensboro Monday. The remains were ta!en to Rockingham. Mrs. J. Thomas Leonard, died at her home 3 milet from Lexington Saturday afternoon. She is survived by her husband and several children. The entire outfit of the offices of the Southern at Danville has been moved to Greensboro, where the oflL-es iu the future will be located. Mrs. Angtline Foust, died at her home in South Alamance county last wiek. She was the mother of Mrs. Sam McPherson, of Liberty. All woik on the power plant at Whitney has been suspended, pend ing. ihe settlement of tbe affai's of of the Whitcey Reduction Co. The plant of the Southern Car Co. which was destroyed by fire re cently at High Point, will be re built at once. Ex Gov. Voorhees, of New Jersey, has been indicted for perjury in making reports on the defunct Bank ers' Life Insurance Co. Gov. Glenn has finally commuted the death sentence of Frazier Jones, the colored wife murderer, of Guil ford county, to life imprisonment. The High Point Manufacturers' Club has been notified that it will not have for a guest at the annual banquet in the spring ex President. J. C. Gravely, a merchant of Madison, has been declared batik rupr. His liabilities are $0,000 and his assets $4,200. Republicans cf North Carolina are getting under way a revolt against Mr Taft for president, fav oring Uncle Joe Cannon. After another trtal tbe new citiis cr North Carolina is pronounced the best of her class in the whole ivvy. The speed is C2.4S knots, or a li'tle more than 2d inihs an hour. James A. Butlei, a prominent cit of lrei.ell county, died Tuesday morning near Sut'svillc. Mr. Sut ler tt';:s lo years old and v.i. u i..i live of i ic couiny. Toe iu. nil lmi! !!iu of t!ie Ind.i:--' I rial 1,'liloii T;ah:i,g .Voo i:i;i! I '"lihaii'lT", .It o i', ! cell, u.i-: I i .! I 'l hl iv 1 1 1 r i , i : i : r . i'i'.c l.iss is it!a.'--il a: i I.O..H. R. A. V.'lle d !'. of 1 I I I'.eu! h.i- consuminat",! a iiei.1 w In :v! v i'id his ii-seci,ili i !iei!iii ii.nuil aciis id' laud near Pinehiirsi. '! 'o v Ape.'l. to convert, it, in'o one of I h" li'i- st resorts in the South. The falling of if heavy tiin't er on the roof of the new mill building'of the Union Point Lumber Co., at. New hern one Jay last w eek caused the frame to collapse, seriously in juring six workmen who were in the lower part of the building. A tornado swept, over a part of Mississippi Friday leaving death and great loss of property in its wake. The towns of Mossviile, Ser vice and Laurel, in Mississippi, and Mindeti, La., suffered most. The number of fatalities cannot be esti mated. Industrial reports from all over the country show improved condi tions. Cotton mills in New En gland are resuming operation, and banks are being re opened. Indica tions point to more prosperous markets. JURORS DRAWN. List of Juror For the March Term et Randolph Superior Court. The County Commissi iners at a call session held at the courthouse Monday, drew the following jurors for the March term of court which convenej on the third Monday: FIRST WEEK. E. A. Nelson, Ratidleman township. O. J. E. Frazier, " " Robt. W. Dorsett, Concord " J. A. Kennedy, New Market " D. A. Kivett, Columbia ' Bethel Lucas, Union li W. R. Smith, Richland " T. H. Ellis, Columbia J. P. Marable, E. Fran- linville " II. B. Presriell, Richland W. N. Elder, Trinity W. F. Mix, New Hope 0. W Brady Pleasant Grove " J. F. Ke.trns, Concord " Jas. Arnold, " M. R. Moflitt, Cedar Grove " C. L. Winninghan, Asheboro " f. M. Baldwin, Grant " T. A. Parker, Trinity " R. C. Hoover, Concord " J. W. Lt - il i n. New Hope " T. M. York, E. Frauk- liuville " S. II. Walker, Back Creek, " J. M. Gray, New M trket W. B. Hix, Pleasant Grove " T. W. Ingram, New Hope " A. L. Asbill, Brower " G. W. Owe,., " " Ilarland Prevo. Ratidleman " W. D. Freeman, " ' I. A. Biik head, Concord v G. II. Jones, E. Franklinville " J. H. Graves, Raudleman " M. M. Rodgers, Asheboro " John M. Marley, Pleasant Grove " Alfred. Jones, Liberty ' SECOND VEEKr J. W. Birkhead, Union township. J. W. Stout, Columbia " J. L. Hodge, Asheboro u Isaiah Parks, Union " J. B. Slack, RichJaud J. W Arnold, New Market " J. A. Holder, Asheboro " A. F. Ward, Raudleman " John T. Lowe, Cedar Grove " W. C. SlacK, E. Franklinville " Hugh Parks, Jr.. " C. S. White, New Market " W. C. Johnson, Back Creek " Milton Kiudley, Tabernacle " J. V. Free, W. Franklinville " E. W. Callicott, Uniou " W. A. Underwood, Handle man " Jas. Brady, Cedar Grove " ' - VALENTINE PARTY. I'l-antit ICteniiis Spout nt Hie Home of Mr. ami Mrs. W. II. Muring. The Valentine oartv at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Monng lust Friday evening wis Attended by lifty young people, ho were happily enlert.iit!?,!. The partv was given fot the bemtit of the M. H. church ii'stu'.'ini'e fund. A .-mall admission f". -was char-e I from .v icli ;i neat siMo was ,-;h':'.el. A : nniijiie came ktio-:i as -foot lull" and played nilii-L:'--:, i, -ii p.ti-- :n: ! ..t h,-r games '.I'.-, ;,',;,; fnrni.-iiing ;!mi)!c aimtSO iii' -lit dip i.-i ; ih v.'i.i IJefresh- lll"ll!. l "I ' .-. V : -i i . NEV EriTEPiffSES. t ' 1 5i-ii:; 4'.i:-:i;, iij i'.,r ii.ui KniKWl 'I'he S e; tul i of V. V lias issued a r! . ':. v lo the K K-m m Drug Co. id' l!:i :d!eiii.,i , t i carry uti a t holesale and retail drug business. The chi it r pi-rmils the company to begin business with ijl.l'ou but may increase to $2."i.0tH. P. A. Hayes, J. H. Walker, E. F. Redding and others are incorporators. Other charters issued are: The Bethiimc Drug Co., of Aber deen, capital $4,500, by A. C. Be thuine and others. The Health aid Home Commun ity Co., of Aberdeen, capital $50,000 for developing real estate. W. C. T. I'. M-ctlng. A meeting of the Woman's Christ ian Temperance Union will be held at the Academy Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. All members aud fiiends of the Union and to the cause of temperance are urged to be present. New members will also be received. An interesting meeting is, expected.
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