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COURIER me COURIER L&ds in Both Nwa and Circulation. - Ghe COUIUER Advertising Columns Bring Results. ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN - ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL. XXXVII ASHEBORO, N. C, MAY 16, 1912 No. 18 Republican County Convention-' The smallest attendance at a lie pnblioan convention ever assembled in the county met ii Randolph's new court bouse on last Saturday. Tbe season was in part tbe reae-; for the slim attendance and ' ; were so unkind as to say t1" causes contributed to tb- utive assembly. Probably , jnrth or maybe more of the p. jCtncts were represented. It was claimed by a representative Republican present that there were primaries field in only three precincts. How trne true tbiB statement is The Courier is, not prepared to say. Another said the party had come to a poor ebb, that it was on its last legs, and the future was full of gloom aud disaster And little did he care if such was the case. The resolutions reported oontained a paragraph endorsing the adrmnis tration of President Taft. This was stricken out by a vote of all present except J. a, Lawis and three others. D. W. Barrow made a spirited speech in opposition to laft and told about how he bed insulted North Carolina Republicans and that he had appointed Judge Con nor a Federal circuit judge, an old line Democrat, who ref usedto accept the nomination of asuociate j a nice of the supreme court at the Hands of Mr. Burrow's party in this state in the days of fusion and famine, J. S. lowiB returned a Row. land for every Oliver. He cited ho taut that. R-inanvolt. Viarl an.1 pointed in Alabama and other Son them states jiat as many Demo crats as Taft hud appointed. He did not refer to the appointment of federal Circuit Judge Jones in Alabama by Teddy in the terms that some others did in private, a man who was wearing a red shirt when be received his commission for the bench. There were only- two votes cast in opposition to the resolution endors ing Roosevelt, J. S. Lewis and Seth W. Liughlin. JNot a word from Hayes of the Bulletin, who has been publishing laft literature ana at tacking1 Roosevelt in his newspaper. L. D;' Mendenhall nominated J. T. Winslow as a delegate to Chicago convention, and J. M. Williams seconded the nomination. J. . M. Allen put W. F. Tallv. the chair. man of the convention, in nomina tion. A rising vote was cilltd for. About half of those present voted ior wiEBiow ana none ior xauy. While the present convention .did not nominate a county ticket, yet a resolution was passed endorsing sal aries for county officials. It is claimed by one of the faith ful that it was done to get ahead of the Democrats, who are said to favor it by a large maj jrity in tbe county, the placing of public officials on a salary basis. VI course the Demo, crats will not act on this matter un. til the convention convenes to nom inate county officials, and it may not ' then, but it is believed a raahrity have favored and will continue to favor salaries until the Bame is en. acted in law. So pronounced is the agitation for the question that two or three different bills have been discussed in more than one part of the county. The suggestion that no mcneys or other thing of value be used in elec tions should be lived up to by all parties, and vigorous . prosecution should be against those who violate . the law in this particular as well as in all other matters so seriously af fecting society and the best inter ests of the public. This resolution is entirely proper and those respon sible for it are to be commended for their action.. . ' Tbe clause favoring the actual construction of "good roads" is in definite and amounts to little toward advancing tine cause of good roads. Resolution Adopted by the Convention The Republican party of Ran dolph, count? in convention assem. bled, May 11th, 1912, recommend the able management of . the party by State Unatrman Morehead. We are in favor of a better and more friendly feeling letwcei the individuals of both parties in the county . We believe the time has arrived when good men of all patties should condemn the use of money in cor rupting tte electorate. We there fore pledge the people that we will Dot use money in any campaign but will vigorously watch and prosecute any person who uses cr attempts to use mosey or other things of value J during the campaign. ;'' , We favor and pledge to the peo ple that if elected "we will put the officers of ths county on a salary thereby saving the county a large sum o money psr year. . vor a better system cf that shall be above partisan ,..ics. We favor the actual con. etruotion of gojd roads in the county. We favor the establishing, under proper provision of law, a depart ment of agriculture and forestry for the county. Furehermore, we reeommend the instruction of delegates to the state convention to cast their votes favor ing the nomination of ex-President Roosevelt to our National conven vention. . J. M. Williams, C- J. Cox, Chas. H. Redding. Additional Resolutions on Salaries For County Officers Whtreas, the present antiquated system of paying the cffioerB of Randolph county ft neither business like nor just, and usually results in compensation entirely disproportion ate to the services rendered ; and whereas, it is estimated upon the beet of authority and shown by the records that several thousand dol lars a year can be saved to the tax payers of the county and, at the sime time pay each officer just and proper compensation for hm public services by the adoption of the more modern, business-like and more cor rect system of mVcs f:r err offi. cers ; therefore be it ResolvoJ, by the Republicans of Randolph in convention aesemblrd. wur iueuiuervoi me uouBe or Representatives and the Senator of this senatorial district in the next general assembly be and are hereby nquested to secure the enactment for Randolph county of a law plac ing the treasurer, ' sheriff, clerk cf the court, and register cf deeds upon . salaries Buch as may be determined to be just and reason, ble, with such additional sums for deputies and assistants as shall be deemed necessary and proper by the uuara oi county commissioners. (Signed) 0. J. Cox, C. H. Redding, ' J. M; Williams . i The following delegates were re. ported by a committee composed of J. M. Allen, A. B. O-ltrarie, and they were elected unanimously by the convention Dr. J. D. Gregg, R. E. Johnson, J. M. Williams, O. C. Marsh, Wiley Ward, J. J. Allen, Dr. S. W. Caddell, John B. Humble, Clyde Ellison, Ed Spence, W. H. Plckard, W. F. Redding, J. S. Lewis, J. H. McCane, S. W. Laughlln, J. T. Winslow, J. F. Hughes, N. C. English, Joe Spencer, A, M. Ferree, Horace Ragan, A. -B. Coltrane, J. M. Allen, It, D. Mendenhall, W. F. Tally, G. Elwood Stanton and N. M. Ferguson. Official Vote in Bond Elections The result, of the bond elections for the Randolph & Cumberland railroad last week ' in Cedar Grove, Concord and New Hope townships is i ven below; Cedar Grove Township Registered vote 131 For bonds.. : 40 Against bonds 35 Majority against bonds 26 Concord Township Registered vote 234 For bond? 93 Against bonds.,. . 0 Majority against bonds 24 New Hope Township j Registered vote... HO For bonds 103 Against bonds 27 Majority for bonds..... 7 . 1 Kill Via awn from tha ahnira that in Cedar Grove township that the advocates of tne bond issue lack ed twenty-six votes of getting a ma jority of the registered .vote, and the bond issue therefore failed in Cedar Qrove. In Concord township the. vote for bonds lacked 25 votes of receiving a majority of the registered vote. In New Hope the 'votes for bonds were seven more than a majority of the registered vote and the propo sition carried. ' ( ' Lutheran College at Mt. Pleasant. The -North Carolina Lutheran Synod in Charlotte May 30th, deter, mined npon a location for their Wo. man's College. Mt. Pleasant was decided to be tbe - most suitable plane., Salisbury forfeited its claim with regret, but South Carolina has made a proposition to North Caro lina to help build-a large college. Therefore, Salisbury will help with this. ' Sensational Railroad Rumors'. What is called by some as sehaa, tional railroad rumors about ithe building of a great trunk line rail, road through this section of North Carolina across and connecting five great systems of railroads with a deep water terminus at Southpprt. This great railroad movement is of tremendous significance to this sec tion. v There is no doubt about the fact that wors will soon begin in the construction of a great trunk line from Abingdon, a station on the Southern Railway, or some, other point in Virginia or from some point, say St. Paul, a station on the u, x v. in west Virginia. One report jays the Southern and the Carolina and Olinchfial will unite in building the road via Winston-Salem, thence through Randolph county via Asheboro, con necting with the Randolph and Cumberland to Cameron, thence an air-line to Southport via Enzibeth town in Bladen county. y . j Another report connects the Chesapeake and 0 aio with the build ing of this new road. , , ' Is has not been aTraoath ago since a party of . "ClinchfMd" railroad officials went to Wilmington ar.d chartered a Bteamer to take the part; to Southport where the "Clinch field" road owns water) front at Southport. One report is that theC. & 0 has taken over the "Clincbfield," which is really a coal road. Tne Wilmington papers publish tt;at the 0. & 0. has purchased and will ope. rate the road from Wilmington tc There may be or may pot be some alliance between the Southern and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroads, bnt there is no doubt about tbe fast that something important is going on m railroad circles, it is certain that some sort of railroad deal is on tapis."' Another report is that the At. lantic Coast L'ne has purchased a well constructed lumber railroad from Whiteville to : Reaves' ferry, having only sixteen miles to build from that point to Southport. It is said that the A. 0. L. purchased I the timber road to get ahead of the "other crowd." The C. & 0. is one of the greatest railroad systems in the United States and controls a transconti nental line to the Pacific coast. These are no doubt big railroad movements with Southport as their objective. It is said the entire line from the coalfields to Southport-will be com. plefeil within two years' in time for the ODeninsr of tbe Panama (Janal. O ie other femor is that the road would be built on the north side of Deepriver, a straight line to Wil-? mingtou, connecang with - the Bruuswick and -South ra Rail road from Wilmington to South- port, a distance of more than thirty miles, but that the Randolph and Cumberland has interfered and ie making preparations to build a road on the southside of the Deep river, not crossing the river until at orJ near Wilmington. One suggestion is that all this ao tivity by the C. & O. and Southern is because of the fact that the Ran dolph & Cumberland is making such heroic efforts to get a road from the mountains to tbe sea connecting with all five of the great railroad systems, penetrating the South and connecting witn tne u. A u. at at, Paul, WeBt Virginia. One other rumor is that the Sea board Air L ne wants to get into Greensboro and contemplated build iug an air line from Southport, but that some millionaire capitalists who are connected with tbe Seaboard, conceived the idea of buiiding a road tb rough the progressive section south of Deep river provided that sufficient encouragement could be obtained in the way of bonds to aid in grading the road. It was also de termined that the charter of the road should be North Carolina corporation for the reason that all tbe other trunk lines operating ex cept the Raleigh, Charlotte and 8i u -hern, and it can hardly be called a trunk line yet, are foreign corpor ations, having their prinoipal offices in other states. There is much railroad talk in the air. This much is trne: The Courier feels sure it is in possession of infor. matin that the Randolph & Cum ber lnd will be build provided the small bond issue asked is carried in the territory through which it is pro posed to go. If these bond issuee BIG WILSON CLUB. Bruce Craven Speaks for "The Next President" in Asheville- A big and enthusiastic Woodrow Wilson Club was organizsd in Ashe, ville last Thursday night, and Bruce Craven was one of the principal speakers. His speech was described in the papers as "full of fun and good humor but at ,the same serious and even hot." 'Mr. Craven said that if there were no other reason, he would be for Wilson because of the money that is being used against him. Wherever you seethe influence of much money in politics, it4is sure to be for the wrong side, for tbe right does not have to' depend on money, Wilson has not sent a dollar into thie state for the simple reason that he basu'o it to send and has no moneyed special interests backing him as the others have. It is a plain principle of common sense that corporation before election means corporation af terwards. Wilson is for reform now and will always be. He is the only candidate who even claims to stand for the common people and for even Jig the burdens of taxation. He will be nominated if the nnterrified and nnpurchasable Democracy does its duty. He is the only Democrat wbo can win over .either Taft or Roosevelt, and either of the other Democratic candidates would be de. feated by either Taft or Roosevelt, ind this is why Wall Street and the monopolies generally are putting up the money to . defeat Wilson, and having done that, they have no choice Wween the other?. The papara msntioned the fact that the name of Bryan evoked the greatest applause of the evening, and tt was freely predicted that Bryan will be the nominee if Wilson is not. Tb.9 people of Randolph county are at heart for Wilson and ought to be sure to send solid Wilson dele gatiens to the State and Congression al conventions. Bulletin Changes Hands Mr. 0 A. York and Mr. L. D Mendenhall (have purchased the Randolph Bulletin and will assume the management after this week's issue. M". xork will be fie editor nd Mr. Mendenhall will be asso ciate or contributing editor. Mr. Mendenhall, who has been editing the Randleman News under lease from the owners,will suspend its publication, and it is understood that the unexpired subscription list will oe tilled out by the bulletin under tbe new management. It is not given out what Mr. Hayes will do in the future, but it is said he will remain with the pa per in some capacity. We welcome the new proprietors and editors to our town and hope to co-operate with tbem in a united effort to make this section better and th people happier. Windstorm's Damage Considerable damage resulting in the uprooting of trees blowing ovei two houses and injuring two men who had sought shelter in one of them near Spero last Saturday after noon. are not carried the road will not bs built through Rtndolph county. There are many reasons for -the building of this new sys'en through this fine agricultural and timber section from the deep water con nection to the coal fields. The Wilmington Star, referring to th9 matter, says: Careful inspection will settle the fact that as an ooean gateway for Panama canal trams no port has such peculiar and emphatio advantages as the ocean outlet afforded by the lower OapoFear. Not only does that ad vantage consist of a large land-locked harbor and immense anchorage basin extending for miles inward, but it specially involves the fact that the port offers a direot gateway to the Panama canal, making it, in sailing distance, the nearest available deep water port on the South Atlantic coast. r Added to all that are the possibili ties for securing still deeper water as it is needed, while the geographi cal position of this ocean outlet logi. cally makes it uneqaaled as a dis tributing center foi a wide scope o territory extending to the Mississippi and beyond the Ohio to the Great Likes. If these railroad . rumors have no foundation they ought to have, si nee a tremendous opportu nity is to be found hera for develop. ing th) greatejt port on the South Atlantic. NOTES FROM AN OLD .NEWSPAPER. Bridges Built (A Years Ago Still Standing Interesting: Items. Mrs.--T.--E.- Andrews of Pekin Montgomery county, has sent The Courier a copy Of tbe Randolph tier aid. dated March 29, 1848. it beins Vol. 2, No. 47, of that publication, edited by R, ii. Brown, who was also proprietor. The Herald was. Whir in nolitlcs and advocated Charles Manly for governor. la this issue is a notice of a meet ing to be held in the court honse for the purpose of appointing delegates to conventions at Greensboro and Carthage.' la another column there la an ar ticle about a new cotton factory at Franklin ville, just beginning opera tions, under the firm name of "Is land Ford Manufacturing Com pany," and the capital is $14,000, which is to be increased in a short time to $20,000. The building is de scribed as making a handsome ap pearance, 61 feet long and 30 feet wide, has three principle stories and an attic; and stands immedia'ely on the bank of the river in full view of the cotton factory by the "Randolph Manufacturing Company," The number of spindles given as running then was five hundred and twenty eight, the company expecting to double the number soon. Thirty looms were also to be put np. To show the spirit of enterprise at Franklinville then it was stated that the, building was commenced on April 23 i in the previous year. Be siche- a neat storehouse had been erected, a large assortment of goods brought on, and a nnmber of commo dious build'cgs erected for opera. tiveB, ' "- The Bridge. It is also noted that the new bridge ai Franklinville had also been finished and was then in use. It is described as follows: "It is built on the plan of. the improved Truss bridge, and is 210 feet in length. The -abutments rtqiired a , great amount of labor, the one of the' left bank being over 100 feet in length. It is composed of the best materials, ind is 'unquestionably a good and substantial bridge. We like it better than any we have seen in this section of country. The factory and bridge were both built under the direction and superintendence of Mr. Rice, whose reputation as a master builder bas been long established." , The elitor of the Herald in clos ing the foregoing article stated that all the manufacturing interests o' the county will be noted at greater length hereafter. - The bridge referred to is stili standing and doing service for the public, although it was built more than sixty.four years ago. Oje oi two new floors hive been put in and, ideational framework. Mr. Rice, the builder referred, to, was the late Capt. Thorn is Rice, who lived some two miles west or. Farm ers. He also built Dunbar's bridge about the same time. Ii was washed away some ten or more years ago. Mr. Rice also built Trinity College soon after that time and designed ana ouin tne oia west Market M J Church, South, Greensboro, B. F. Hoover was clerk of the Court of Piens and Qiarter Sessions, and in the issue ot tbe piper re. farred to Alfred H. Marsh and Dan ldl Bulla, executors of Nathan Wins, low, had a notice to non-resident heirs in a suit wherein petition was filed to sell real estate to make as. sets. Another -notice to non-resident heirs was signed by B. F. Koocce as clerk in a proceeding by Isaac SpinkB and others against Dud's Wellett and others sought by petition for an account aid settlement of the estate of Each Spink e, Jr.'s estate. Jonathan Worth was a merchant at Asheboro; Randolph Mfg. C. at Franklinville; John R. Brower at Privilege; Ncvlin & Farlow at New Market; Gorge Makeoeace. Frak- linville; A. Brower at Liberty; E. D. (Josand at Caraway and Wm. Clark at New Market. Craven & McCain and J. M. A. Drake were also mer. chants at Asheboro. ' Jonn u. lroy was the manager. then called ".igen V'of the Randolph Manufacturing Company. A. S. Orowson has a card aa a fds'aionable tailor, while Mrs. E. S. Askew in a card begs leave to in- form the ladies that she would be happy to serve them in millinery and dress-making. v . G. Worth, merchant at New Salem, advertises sole leather, also Swede and English iron. 1 , i Why Not Commencement The closing exercises of Why Not Academy and . Business Institute will be held on Thursday, May 23rd. The exercises will begin at 10 o'clock a. m. There will be three contests for gold medals, one by the children, one by the young ladies, and one by the young men of the school. The children's medal will be given by Miss Essie Cox,, a former student the reciters' medal to the young ladies ' will be given by Seagrove Council No.. 327 Jr. 0. U. A. M.; the declaimers' medal will be given by the Principal. - Mr. Bruce Craven, of Trinity, who is a grandson of Rev. Braxtcn Graven,who was the founder of Trin ity College, will deliver the address. The address will come eff aboutl 1:30 p. ro. ine Franklinville. Riverside Band will render the music for the com. mencement exercises. 'he pnblic is cordially invited to attend these exercises and eDjoy tke occasion. . ' The following are tbe marshals: J. W. King, Chief; E. R. Auman. Hobart Deaton. Grady Garner and Clyde King. Mrs Hearne Dea i Mrs. Haarne, wife . oL Mr. G. M. Hearne, died suddenly at her home near Troy on Monday of th s-week. Mr. W.K. Harris, -a brother of Mrs. Hearne, spent Monday night it Asheboro, the guest of Mr. VV. J. Scarboro. He was on his way to the old home in Montgomery to attend the funeral of his sister. Taxes Must All be Paid" Th's . Month The County Commissioners have extended the time for one month for settlement of taxes to Sheriff Birk head. Oi the "first Monday in June be will have to make final settlement -md will be compelled to advance all delinquent taxes- out of his own pocket. This he cannot do, but will be compelled to leyy and advertise after J ane 1st,' as the law requires. His notice appears elsewhere in The Courier and applies to every body. -There will be no exceptions Rural Delivery Carriers' Day. . Oa May 20 the free rural delivery carriers will meet in Asheboro. All the carriers in the county are invited, and expecttd to be preseof . ' Prominent speakers win address the meeting, and matters of import ance to every carrier will be consid ered. An enjiyable and profitable Jay is expected, . .. . Church Memorial Service?. On next Sunday, May 19, mem orial services will be held at Fair' Grove M. P. church at Why Not, int this county Tbe exrroises will begin at 10 o'clock p.m. Everybody in invited t be present and to briag fLwer;, Sunday-School Convention Program. . Following is the program for the Sn nrinv.flfthnnl onnvonMnn t u L.u y --- "u m uo ueiu at Neighbors' Grove 8unday, May 10:00 a. m. Devotional exercises. school lesson by Rev, Amos Gregson, jlv.ou aepona irom Sunday. schools. ... - 11:00 Address by Elijih Moffitt. 1:30 p. in. Round-table Discus aion. 2:30 Address by Rev. J. A. Mc' Millan. ... store in Asheboo.ro English and Swede iron, also a great variety of hand r.irl hmm n A 1 1 1 ' r ' """r bucbii iron. , One marriage- is given in the ' news column wfceiwn Tt tw.a4 Esq., united in wedlock Mr. Joseph Reddick to Miss N O Sann nf ,!. ford county. . , Marsh & Moffitt call for collection of all accounts on their books for tne xoiiowing year. The Jonathan Wirth nftmil t. afterwards bmamn -..VMW Us. stUO state, and B. G. Worth, the New oaiem mercnant, - died vny two or three years ago in Wilmington, where he had lived for mnr than foriy -years. Both Jonathan and BraziUa, as B. G. was familiarly known, were brothers of the lata us. ni. iu. norm.
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