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GOUR T5he COURIER 1 c t i ir Doth News and I Circulation. J3he COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results. !- Mued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year VOL XXX1VI ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY July 15, 1909. No 27 FARMERS' MEETING Institute to Be Held at Asheboro Saturday, July 24. INTERESTING PROGRAM IS ARRANGED. Prominent Speakers to Attend Every Parmer In Randolph St.ouM Attend, other Institute! In this Section The Farmers' Institute for Ran. dolph county, held uodei thf State jjepartmen. ox Agriculture win ue held at the courthouse in Asheboro Saturday, July 24th, 1909. The morning session begins at 10 o'clock sharp, aod the afternoon session at 1:30 o'clock. The object of a Farmers' Institute is to bring together the farmers in order that they may discuss and study the subjec a relating to their bQiBoe3S, such as the best methods of using fertilizers on various crops, the preparation and cultivation of the soil, stock raising and stock feeding, diseases of stock, grain and grass growing, trucking, fruit grow ing, improvement of worn soils, etc. In addition to local speakers, J. L. Burgess, Agronomist, State De partment of Aencultuie; Dr. W. G. Cbrisman, State Veterinarian, and T. E. Browne, of Bertie Oounty.will discuss questions of interest. An interesting program has been ar ranged. Other inscitntes, to be held in this section art: Sanford, Monday Jnly 26; Cameron, Tuesday' 27th; Sourhern Pines Wednesday, 28tb; High Point July 19th; Lexington, July 20. July: Mou., 19, Carthage; Tue., 20, Raeford; Wed., 21, Star; Thur., 22, Elsie; Fii., 23, Mt. Gilead; Sat, 24, Asheboro -.-.a., 26. Denton Tue., 27,Thomasville; Wed., 28, China Grove; Thur., 29, Albemarle; n., 30, Salisbury; To Cancel Sfatnrallftatlon Papers District Attorney A. E. Holton is instituting suits for the cancella tion of a number of naturalization papers in hi destrict on the ground that the requirements of the law were not carried out by the clerks of the court who administered the oaths. At present he has two cases in Kowan county, one in Ashe, one in Transylvania and fifteen in Hay wood. Masonic Picnic at Thomaavllle, The Thirty-First annual Masonic picnic will be held at Mocksville August 12th. lne annual address will be delivered bv Rev. J. E. Abeniathv, D.D.,of Winston-Salem. An elaborate program has been ar ranged including a .concert bv class of orphans from the Oxford Orphanage. New Hank and ttallroad. The Bank of Broadway, Lee coun ty, has been chartered with an auth orized capital of $50,000 with $5,000 Dm in. J Jones ana others of Broadway are the incorporators. The Sanford and Glendon Hail . road Company filed an amendment with the secretary or fctate chang ing its name to the Sanford and Troy Railroad Company. Mr. Juyner Honored. Prof. J. Y. Joyuer, Superinten dent of Public Instruction for North Carolina was elected Presi dent of the National Educational Association at Denver, Cor., Thurs day. The election of Mr. Joynet is a complement to North Carolina as well as Mr. Joyner. To Stop Ttiear Heer ale. Tbe Winston aldermen have pass ed an ordinance which may si p J. Dannenberg from selling "Near Beer" in the city without license. The new ordinance imposes a tine of $50 every day for sale of near beer withont license. Prohibition at (ireenville. Since the establishment of probi bition at Greenville only 74 cases have been tried, since January 1st. For thesix months prior when Green Tillehad a dispensary 238 cases were tried. The fines and costs were $23.15 and $210.88 respective- ty-' , tiuaiio Plant Iturned. The guano plant of the Southern Chemical Company, at Winston was damaj el $25,000 by fire Satarday. The plant will bg immediately re paried and buisnesa continued. MR. COWLES' ELECTION BILL. Measure Introduced y ta isr neei R epresentatlve Provldl ng For the Re Enactment of the Reconstruction Stat ute. Democrats have become interested in a bill introduced by Representa tive Charles H. Cewles, of North Carolina providing for Federal con trol of elections. Mr. Cowles would re-enact seven sections of the "re vised statutes" passed in reconstruc tion times to perpetuate Republican ism in the South. The purpose of the measure, the author declares, is to apply to citizens of his district who paid up their poll tax, b A were not permitted to vote. This bill will be vigorouBlv opposed when it comes up for consideration. South erners will not let it pass if they can prevent it. INDIANS PLAY TO DAY. Unusual Feature of Baseball Tonight at at t O'clock. The famous Cherokee Ba-eball Team will play the Asheboro team at the baseball park this afternoon at J o clock and tomgat at 8 o clock. ihe Indians carry an electrical equipment of fifty 1,000-candle power arc lights, illuminating every corner of the field. The local team is in tine trim and will put up a good game. Admission 25 cents. Killed Wlfe.Brother aod Tkea Suicided On Tuesday Walter Williams, colored, 35 years old, living near Burgaw, snot and instantly killed Henry Hayes, his brother-in-law, his wife, Maty Williams, and then himself. Williams and his wife had not lived happily and three weeks ago agreed on peaceful separa tion. Sunday he returned and accusing Hayes of the trouble he committed the' murders. Veteran's Lonely Death. Col. Marcellus Pointer, a gallant Confederate veteran, die ' it. his apartments in a Bowery Hotel in Ne York Saturday. He had with him personal letters from Gen. Joe Wheeler, McKinh-y, and other prom inent men commending him for his gallantry. He was pennilees and is supposed to have died from hunger. The Confederate Veterans Camp, of New York, too the oody and buried it with bounrs. Hush Creek Lumber t o. Tuesday a charter was issued by the Secretary of State to the Bush Creek Lumber Company, of (Frank liuville, Randolph county, with an authorszed capital stock of $20,000, and will begin buiBness with $4,000. The incorporators are: C. H. Black, T. I. Fox, and D- S. Sumner, all of Frankliuviile. Bristol Vs., Declares For Saloons. By a majority of 32 out of a total of 844 votes polled, the anti-prohi bitiomsts won the local option elec. tion at Bristol, Va., last Thursday. Prohibition has prevailed tor two years. The liquor ineu are already preparing to -pen both saloons and wholesale houses. Morrison Trial Begin?. Walter Morrison, oilored, was on Saturday placed on trial ..t Lumber ton for an llleged criminal assault on Polly .Rogers, a Croatan womaa. The scene of the crime was a few miles from El rod, about one month ago. ew N. C. Railroad President. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the North Carolina Rail road was held at Greensboro last week. Mai. Chas. M. Stedman was elecred president; A. H. Eller of Winston-Salem, Secratary-Treasurer andJ.W. Ihompson, of Raleigh, Expert. Policeman Shot. Policeman Willet Miller was shot three times through the lungs, on Wednesday of lasu week at Blowing Uock, N. C. by a man named Bald win who the officer triedto arrest for selling liquor. Miller cannot li?e, Pasted I!) Day!. Hoping to overcome an ill nes by fasting Mrs. Lillian O. Hoag, of Los Angeles, Cat., broke a fast of 49 davs last Tuesday. Daring that time she took no food and her first meal was a slice of cantaloupe. Reports of tax listers shows an increase of$500,000 in tixable prop erty in Wiuston-Salem this year. WHITNEY WORK TO RESUME. The End of a Long Litigation Now in light. Argument was concluded on last Friday at (Salisbury by Messrs. Bur ton Craige and T. J. Jerome before Special Master, A. H. Price, in the remainder of exceptioas in the noted Whitney case. On the 27th of this month before Judge Pritchard at Asheville the final argument will be heard after which his decision is soon expected and it is said that un less something unforeseen turns up work on the great' power plant at Whitney will be resumed within a very sho -t time alter Judge Pritch ard's decision is rendered. It is also said that the plans for resuming work have been perfected, including the financing of the project. Loral Tax Campaigu. Mr. Charles H. Mebtne, of the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, made a report on the local tax campaign" in the State for rural public schools for the year which ended July 1. July 1, 1900, there wisre 402 local tax districts; July 1, 1907, 504, and July 1, 1908, there were 784. aod now there are 900. In the 98 coun ties m the State 4 have no local tax districts; 94 have them, one or more, 6 having only o-ie, 33 havingtwo,16 having six to" 10, 11 having eleven to fifteen, 14 having eighteen to forty-seven. The total school fun'' for the fiscal year 1900 7 was $2,863,- 218, and for the tisca. year 1907-8 was $3,294,232, the increase being $431,014. Death of Mr. Mile. Mrs. Louise A. Wile?, mother of E. A. Wiles, who is we 1 known in Asheboro, died Saturday at the Twin-City Hospital, at Winston Salem where she had been a patient sufferer for several week?, she is survived by five children. The de ceased was a loveable lady and num bered her friends by the score. Blind Tiger Gets Seven Years. Walter Hobbs, the notable "blind tiger" of Durham has been convicted and sentenced to seven years on the public roads of Luham county, 116 pints of whiskey were recently found in his possession. Burned Town Records City Treasurer C. S. Mv, of Rock Hill S. C, is found $18,000 short in his accounts. Betore ne coniessea his shortage he burned check .stub books, paid checks aiad vouchers as well as mutilating the cash book. The shortage covers two yers and a half. Death of If. M. Eflrd. Hugh M Etird. a prominent busi ness man of Charlotte, died at Salis bury at the Whitehead Stokes Sani tarium Sunday following an opera tion for appendicitis. The body was interred at his old home in Stanly county. Guilford to F.rect Guide Posts The Commissioners of Guilford county have decided to erect iron guide posts at crossings along the principle roads nf the county. Be sides directing the traveler the guide posts will give the distances to the principle cities in the county. NEWS IN' BKII'.P, Wadesborois competing with Lex ington for the offices and shops of tne new south noun d nail road. The Imperial Tobacco Company a foreign syndicate, has purchased the leat bus'ness ot Uoleman broth ers, at Winston-Salem. It is estimated mat tne increase in taxable proterty in Guilford County will reach $'2,500,000 over last year. Joe Heaton, aged 12 years, was instantly killed by lightning at Hendersonville Tuesday morning here were no scars left on the body ot tne ooy. Walter Morrison was convicted and sentenced to be executed Sep tember 1 0th. This is the first sen tence to electrocution, passed in the State. A terrific storm passed over Jones boro Tuesday afternoon, doiug mucb damage. The lightning struck the Cotton Mill firing the building. The flatne3 were extinguished before great damage wa done. A fine pair of mub a belonging to W. F. Lloyd was Lille J. - MURDERED STEP-FATHER. Twelve-Year-Old Girl Commits Terri ble Deed Near tielma. Marie E. Pnlley, aged 12 years, vine three miles from Selma. mur dered her step-father, Joe Pulley, nonuay morning. Ihe coroner a iorv said "Joe Pnl ley came to his death by blows in- icted with an axe in the hands of Marie E. Pnilev under srreat prov ocation and fear of perial injury." She is being held for investigation by the grand jury. 1 be jury based its verdict npon the followiag statement by the girl : mat she bad been for a coonle of years treated unmercifully by her siep-iMner ana was in in rtal fear that he would kill her, and Sunday night after he had told her that he would whip her half to death next morning and then drive her from home, she planned to kill him, and Monday morning, while hi was sleeping on a pallet, she went into tne yard, got an axe and struck him twice, crushing his skull. Joe Pulley has been engaged at various times in his life iu illicit distilling, daughter-beating, and haa to his credit the killing of four men. Stlra Up The Town. Detep. ivp. II Tt. Thnmnnn nf Hiirh IV nt.. Df-tooti returned from North Wilkesboro, where he was the means of turning that town upside down, lie went there to work on Blind Timers anil iu a Utile over a week he caused the arrest of 23 men, many of them the most prominent men in the town, in cluding two magistrate'. Some of the men are wealthy and are raising a racket. A Bneriil tprm nf ennrr. has !wn ordered to try the cases and no doubt Wilkesboro will have ne of the largest crowds in us history, when court meets. 1 State P.lection Board. Governor Kitchin has appointed the members of the State Board of Elections, these being: Messrs. Wilson G. Lamb, of Wil liamston; J. D. Elliott, Hickory; J. C Uncord, lunn; A. ii. Ibreeman, Hendersooville; and Clarence Call, of Wilkesboro. The first three are Democrats, the last two being Re publicans. The new members are Messrs. Clifford and Elliott, who succeed R. T. Claywell, of Idorganton, and It L. Smith, of Stanly. Killed While at Play. While nlavin? around an old llv wheel at the Charlo'ttj Pipe and roundry Lu8 plant rndy George firadv. a 15 vear ol'i bov full, strik ing his dead on a rock and died in stantly. The pathetic story of his Ueatn was told by a playmate who was with him. George Hall Is Taken. George Hall, ot Salisbury, who was convicted in 1906 of particip.it nig in the triple lynching that oc curred there that year and who es caped from the penitentiary last October, was arrested in bpartiu burg, S. C, last week and whs n turned to Raleigh Saturday to serve out hia unexpired term. Head of Soutli Carolina Aririiltura College lirsigns. Dr. P. H. . Mel!, for five yeaie president of Clenison College, boutb Carolina Agricultuiai Institution, has tendered his resignation. Ur Mell's, action is tbe result of a clash between the president and the niili tary commandant, which assumed disturbing proportions. t'lieraw ( ade-lmrc. The Atlantic Coast Line will build a line from Cheraw to Wales boro, a distance of 25 miles. The work will be completed as rapidly as possible. Eighty live pound rail will be laid. Met De-ali by a Pall. Satnue' Sarratt, a prominent farnur of Cherokee county, Sou h Carolina fell from the portico of the second story of his residence last week breaking hia neck. He slept on the portico and at some time during the night he fell, the body being found in the morning. Lee Angel, a negro employee of the Southern, was rundown and killed by an engineer at Asheville Thurs day. With au arm full of bolts he at.temted to cross the track, not no ticing the approach of the engice. NEWS IN BRIEF. Raleigh now claims 29,000 inhabi tants. Tbe Winston Salem Journal has purchased the Starbuck building at Winston-Salem and will move into its new home about August 1st. Mrs. Coulter, sister of Junius Gray, of High Point, died at her home in Kentucky Saturday. The deceased was reared near High Poiut.. Judge Boyd has re-appointed J. II. James U. S. Commissioner at Yad kinville Yadkin county. Messrs. Penry Thompson and Grimes are preparing toerecra mod ern hotel at Lex'ngson on the a te of the March Hotel which was re cently burned. A ma s meeting for the citizens of Lee county will be held at San ford for Jnly 20, to take immeuiate steps for improving the public roads of the conaty. Mrs. James Jones, of Kuril Hall, was bitten by a snake Saturday, and Sunday the spelling covered her whole body. Her condition 13 criti cal. Tbe announcement of the engage ment J. El ner Long, son of Mr. and Mrs J. A. Long, of Giaham and Miss Le8aie Ernine Peary, was made at Durham Friday. The Lexington Dispatch says that teven tniaa No. 36, passed Lexington Sunday laden with wa termellons, and peaches being ship ped to North n markets. Julian Price, manager of Greens boro Life Insurance Company, Greensboro, was last week indicted among others in Norfolk, Va. for being a member cf a hrm dealing in futures. Joseph C. Stephens shot and kill ed E. K. Shield at Wilmington Friday. These men were rivals in business and the homicide is the re sult of this rivalry. W. C. Hamlinton, a prominent citizen of Cordele, Ga., comuited sucide Sunday by shooting himself, Domestic troubles is the supposed cause. E. J. Johnson, a well known horse dealer, fell from his buggy near Littleton last week and was killed. His head was dragged over a rocky load for several hundred feet. Mrs. Samuel J. Springer, of Wil mingtjn, attempted suicida at Wil mington last Thursday, by stabbing herself with a pair of scissors just below the throat. Extreme nei vious ness was the cauje. The etock of goods bc-longiug to W. L. K lkmin, Warburg, David son county, wi 8 destroyed by lire Thursday, The stock was valued at $5,000. A huge boiler of the Southern Cotton Oil Company, at Charlotte exploded Thursday. John James, a colored workman was seriously hurt. twoothers were seriously injmied. Miss Mary E. Morgan, daughter of Senator Morgan, of Alabama, died Monday ut tljwing Rock, where she and a sister haa come to spend tne summer, the remuius were taken to Selma, Ala. for inter ment. Sum (!;bsoii, a Concord 1 egro, thot mid killed hi si wife Sunday n:!it mistaking her for a burg'ar. She unable to open the door, had gone out of the house through a window and was returning w hen be tired. Chester Hughes a voung buisness man of Elon College nd Miss Lula Kudu, of liurhiigton surprised tilth friends Saturday by quietly stealing to the home of Kev. j. 1). Andrews where they were mariicd. Both are popular in their respective homos. B. V. W. B-y:'.nt,cr V,$Un, Mass has b'-a el.c ed giueml n.anac-.'r of the T-iouusville Light u:d j.ovre Co. C. E. Lpiik,of (Jrn-Dsbui o. i Secretary un 1 Treasiiier. The com pany 'n rend-.'iiMg goud service V) its pa.ioi.s. 'i w prisoners escaped ?from th Fr uikiiu c ia:i y j iil at Louisburg. MonJ.iy m iniMii early. A crow-luu 'pf 1 by some workmen wi.s u..id ii forcic.' thecMo 0111. One utgro, 1 el Ey fin ai iu'v. THE SCHOOL YEAR. Great Progress Shown in Superin tendent's Report. FISCAL YEAR THE BEST YET. More Xew BallluB - Larger Salaries Enrollment and Average Attend ance HigherGreater Progress In A.H Lines. The school year ending June 30 was unusually successful in many respects. The reports comj iled by the County Superintendent will show that more money has been spent for rural school houses, sala ries have been better, the enrollment and average attendance higher, and more progress made in other lines. 1 be total amount of the county school funds from nil sources was $31,840.14. Of this amount $16,- 937.4lJ was received from the regu lar county property and poll taxes and $1,388.11 from finep.foifeitures, penalties, etc. Tne total local taxes in rural school districts was $2,337. - 77. rrom the Mate the echocls received $8,661.37 1,401.95 from the first $100,000 mid $2,174.42 from the second $100,000 ; $85.00 for libraries, $1,000 for high schools and $4,000 from loan fund for build ing purposes. Tb private donations amounted to $570.00, and there were small amounts received from private examinations and other sources. In addition to the money paid out of the county treasury $7,300 was raised by private donations for buildings and increasing the school term. The amount of revenne de rived from local taxation in Ashe boro, Randleman, Franklinville and Bamseur is not included in this re port, and is not cone dered a part of the general county school fund. in. -re was sieut for teaching ai.d supervis:on $16,394.19- $13 980.38 paid to white teacheis. $1,644.56 to colored teacheis, and $769.25 as the expense of supervision. For build ings and supplies $9,571.10 were spent. Of this amount $285.49 was for fuel ; $580.8 for fur niture, desks, etc., $187.00 for libraries, $23.00 for insurance, $1, 682.20 as installment on loan fund, $6,577.61 for new bi ildings, Jetc. (waite), and $233.52 for tbe same purpose (colored). The total spent tor administration was $1,290 21. Of this amount $013.64 was the treasurer a commission, $111.80 for mileage and per diem of County Board, $222.78 for expenses of board, $66.94 for' taking census. $245.00 for institutes, and a small balance of about $30 00 for other expenses, including attorney's fees, recordiug deeds, etc., $2,000 was the amount of tbe apportionment for public high Bchools. Of this amount $1 ,00u was appropriated to Trinity, $500 to Liberty, and $5,00 to Farmer. The amount paid to city schools was $2,039 42, all of which makes a total of $31,295.82 for expenditures, leaving a balance of $544.32 at tbe close of the year. The statistical report shows the value of the mral school propeity to be $48,200.13, the white school prcpe ty being at $46,102.61 and the colored at $,1 03.52. During the year 7 new houses hav been built at a cost of 13,933 52. Fifteen houses are now t'urnisad with pa tent desks. The average length of the school term in da pa was M'.03. The aver age term in the local tax districts was 112 84 days. Randolph now has 32 rural libraries', the total number of volnmis being 4,027. Eight new libraries ha e beon added, this last year. The increase in looal lax districts is striking. Two years ago there were i districts under spe cial ti x, one year igo there were 14, and iiinv there are 24. Ot this number 7 are operating under spe cial eharur and 17 under the gen eral law. The total number of white school children iu the rural districts of the county is 7,5923,912 biys and 3,GS0 gills. Of this number 5.412 wcro e:;ra'.!c(l v:.rh i;n peerage at t?nd".n erf 3.S!.4';. It is a pleas ure to '..i.i'W ;h .,c . 1 the white chil dren between the a-s of 12 and 21 iu the county only 42 are reported as illiterates (cua neither read or write i, 25-of there being boys and 17 girlf. There are 1,190 colored children in the mral districts of tna county 60S boys and 582 air's. The rural enrollment wus fi t 394 boys and 439 girls, and the average attend ance 501. 4;i number of color el ilbter tes is 71-51 boys, 20 girls.
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