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THE iOUllER XShe COURIER Lad In Doth Nwa aad Circulation. 66 COURIER Advartialnc Cokomna Bring Results. ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN , ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR " VOL. XXXVII ASHEBORO N. C. MAY 30, 1912 ; . No. 20 ' COUNTY The Democratic county convention to send delegates to State and Con gressional conventions met In the court house In Asheboro last Satur day. ' J. A. S pence was chosen chairman and J. Rom Smith and B. Craven were the secretaries. I All state officers received solid vote except Lieutenant-Governor not instructed. For Corporation Com missioner Pell received seventy-one votes, Maxwell seventeen, Justice seven, Travis seventy, Daniels eigh teen. For Presidential preference, Wil son seventy, Harmon five, Under wood eight Page endorsed for Congress. . . ' The convention named J. A. Spence, a Wilson man, as a candi date for district, delegate from tils district to the national convention. The following delegates were nam d to the State Convention. Delegates J. A. Spence, A. N Bulla, C. H. JuMan C. K. Curtis, H. C Causey, R. h. Ross, E. Moffitt, T. J. Redding W. H. Watkins, Sr.; T. J Finch, W. C. Hammer, W. C. Hammond, J. M. Caviness, Geo. T. Murdock, D. B. McCrary, C. C. Cran ord and Walter Presnell. Alternates J. Rom Smith, Hughes; Moore, G. H. Humber; Rich Parks, J. E. Williamson, David Cor nelison, Capt- J. Parkin, R. L. York, W.,.D. Stedman, L. C. Phillips, J. M. Whitehead, B. Craven, C. . E. Everhart, L. H. Smith, Jr.; Dr. W, J. Sumner,- J. F. Cameron, W. R. Julian, Ben j. Morgan and. W. J. Scarboro. r Delegates to Congressional Conven tion Seventh District Frank Cameron, Marvin Kearns, Jnt Rush, C. T. Luck, S. S. Cox, K. L Wlnningham, A. S. Pugh, Dr. R. Ll Caviness, Tom Graves, John Ward, II. W. Bray, Tom Ingram, H. C. Lassiter, G. T. Murdock,' C. H. Lu cas, S. A. Cox, O. M. Yow, D. A. Cornelison, E. B. Leach, T. B. Ty tor, W. L. Bouldin, Sr.; H. A. Tom lmson, W. N. Elder, B. Craven Dr. C. H. Phillips David Thomas, Troy Redding, Geo. Bulla, Orlando York,' Toushee.S. E. Bostlck.John Woollen, John Fields, Augustus Parker, S. E. Kirkman, J. W. Birkhead, R. R. Ross, E. L. Moffitt, C. C. Cranford, John McDowell, S. L. HJtyworth, R- j. neny, joe reiis, j. o. xviuge.cn Brown, Ell Prltchard, T. H. Redding,1 W. C. Hammer, J. A. Spence, J. A. Wall, R. L. White, R- L. Causey, S. E, Coble, Ed. Frazier, Bub Pugh, R. D. Patterson and Man J. Right sell, C. H. Julian, i.,f. craven. Alternates to Congressional ConvenJ. . tion D. M. Ballance, John Brame, Joe Wall, W. C. Cannon, Kelly Pugh, Will Wood, J. Rom Smith7 "Ben Mor gan, Dr. R. W. Myers, Vane e Bulla, David McCain, Ed York, Lude Wln ningham, L. F. Fentriss, Clarence Parks, E. C. Watkins, Amlck Thomas, Sam Cranford, Marvin Kearns, E. Whatley, Will Allen, J M. Caviness, Thomas Cox, Brack Caviness, M. Ward, J. M. Sh Wal ter Lyndon, J. M. Luther, aVr- Cal I'cott, Frank Auman, William Yow, Geo. Cornelison, Charles Tysor, Jos McDowell, W. A. Underwood, Walter Bunch, W. W. Jones, T. J. Hoover, Sulon Stedman, C. Rush, P. Z. Clasp Chas. Everhart, D. L. Fox and J V. Hinshaw. . , Miss Bunch Hostess Miss Lillian Bunch delightfully era tertained a number ofl friends at a thimble party last Friday afternoon. Mrs. Kemp Alexander met th guests at the door and received Iheir work in a basket. Then all were seated in- the cozy parlor, and each one present drew a piece belonging to someone else, after which the needles flew busily and he ladies chatted merrily for an hour or more. One of the most in teresting features pf the afternoon was a humorous poem which was begun by Mrs. Alexander and finish ed by Miss Laura stimgon, then read aloud to the party. After the sewing was finished, dainty refreshments consisting of iced tea and sandwiches were served Those enjoying Miss Bunch's hos pitality were Misses Laura Stlmson, Esther Ross, Marion Moring, Bessie Tant, and Mesdames T. H. Redding, Elijah Moffitt, L. L. Whltaker, H. B Hiatt, J. T. Underwood, J. T. ErIUian. M.' f" Rnonn. ' J. B. Web ster, W. a, Scarboro, Chas. Howell and Keidp Alexander. feveatfei OoHmwioBMl District ' Go , The convention of the Seventh, con grssional district convened In Ashe bi ro on Tuesday of this week,' May 28th. Hon. Robt. N. Page was renomi nated by acclamation for Congress from the seventh district. On motion four delegates were sent from the district to represent th district and cast the two rotes at th national Democratic convention at Batimore to convene June 25, 1912. D. E. Mclver of Leev county J. R. Slair o Mntgomery counfty; L. D. Robinson of An son county and T. B. Bally of Davie were selected as the rie legates. . Mr. Mclver and Mr. Robinson are for Wilson for president, Mr. Blair for Underwood and Mr. Bally has noi decided, but Is not counted in the Underwood column and Is not en couraging the Wilson' forces. It is )olleved that Mr. Bally has decided not to make up his mind until after U.e nomination at the Chicago con vcnlon. The executive commtte from the various counties were chosen as fol-' lows: Davidson, Wade H. Phillips; Davie, Jacob Stuart; Montgomery, J. V. Steed; Anson, ; Scotland, (j. H. Russell; Lee, ; Union, Yadkin, J. W. Pass; Randolph, R. R niond, R. L- Steed. No resolutions were offered and no instructions made. Hon. D. M. Reese" of Yadkm was elected as presidential elector for the district,. This convention was the largest field, in the district since the Mon roe Convention twelve years ago. It was a fine body of Democrats Every one of the counties In the dis- trict except Davie, Wilkes, and Yad- kin Is Democratic. Davidson has been mixing up the last two or :'iree elections, but "will go Demo cratic this year beyond a doubt. Lightning killed Miss Margaret Curtis at Newton last Saturday, se riously paralyzed her brother war ren, burned a farm hand right bad ly and set the barn on fire destroy ing it with four cows. Beulah Redmon, the 17-year-old daughter of Sam Redmon, a grocer of North Ashevllle, made an unsuc cessful attempt to commit suicide by taking laudanum one day last week, later giving as a reason the fact tha her father scolded her so much that it made life miserable for her. tllntial additions. So great is his Mrs. A. M. Scales, of Greensboro, died in a Philadelphia sanitarium last Saturday. The remains were brought back to Greensboro for bu rial. Fifty-five young men were gradu ated from the A. & M. College at Raleigh this week. Judge Howard A. Foushee sen tenced Charles Underwood, at Hen deroonville, last week to the State prison for ten years, for the killing of Will Fletcher. Nick and Joe Blake, "brothers, were sentenced to the chain gang for twenty months each as accessories to the murdur. All are negroes. As a result of a dispute over some trivial matter, Dr. Fred Mi senheimer, a well known veter inarian, was stabbed in the chest and seriously wounded by R. B Beckham, of Lancaster, South Car olina, in the Buford Hotel at Char lotte last Saturday. " Robert Cureton, colored, shot and instantly killed his wife at Char lotte last Tuesday, and then turned the gum on himself inflicting serious but not necessarily fatal wounds. Jealousy and religious frenzy were the troubles. He was taken to a hospital from where be will be tatren to the county jail when able. You know how your neighbor ought to live, but can you show him? .Asheboro Route 1 News Mrs. Mllner Angel Cox will preach at Bethel next Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock and again at night. A number of oub- young people at tended quarterly, meeting at Holly Springs last Sunday. D. L. Smith, who Is staying near Denton, visited his family recently. Misses Genevle and Leone Wsonlcrty. It pays well; and you I of Asheboro have been vigitlng in tlio home of their uncle, Mr. A, S. Fugh, the past week. . . ; Died ' iA . Ernest . Richardson, .- the;. flfWen year old son of Mr, and Mrs. Botlver Richardson", died at the home of his parents near Ramseur last Sunday Eight. ' , , ' : 'w The highest price since 1882 was paid for beef in the New York mar ket last Monday, when it was sold in bulk at 13 1-2 cents a pound. The scarcity of cattle is said to be tne cause of the high prices, Spero News C. J. Cox," of Asheboro, was in Spero a few hours last Friday af ternoon ' D. W. Mlnikan has been very ill, but is now improving. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hill spent Sun day in Randleman. Mr. Will Lamb has been very ill for some time. Carney Milllkan, who has been at work in Montgomery! county for some time, returned home last Sat urday. Miss Annie Bulla attended Why Not Commencement last Thursday. Mr- Mood Lamb spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives here. " Mr. Farlqw, of Flint Hill, spent a few days here last week organizing a singing class. Walter Mlllikan went to Asheboro last Saturday on business. Gurney and Walter Millikan vis ited Frank Cox on Back Creek last Sunday. A Town Building Agency Every citizen is, or should be, vi tally interested in every potent agency for building up the town. S-jme of these agencies do not get the attention their merit deserves; and one, in particular, is neglected at the greatest loss. That is the building and Loan Association. In this connection an editorial from the Rockingham Post is timely: ' For building up a town and com munity nothing better , can be found than the building and loan associations. Nothing speaks tetter Itr a community than a col ony of home owners, nothing ties cnf to a place like owning one's own home, and the way to do it is through a building and loan associa tion. It is an institution that helps both ends and the middle. It helps the stockholder, the borrower, and the town and county. A building and loan association is a mirror in which is reflected the pride and tnigressiveness of a community. The more shares issued, the greater arc the benefits derived. There are towns without number throughout the state that have suc successful building and loan assocl tii.ns that have been running for years, and by which fully half the tomes in these towns have been built, and there is no reason why Rockingham and Hamlet both shoul net have successful associations wit from three to four thousand shares each. " j Every man, woman and child 'in the county should have some stock in one of the associations. For tome reason, more poss'bly be cause people don't understand the benefits to be .derived than to any thing else,' the tw associations have not been what they should. Talk to your officers and ' get on the books. The success of the plan, where- over tried, should encourage every community where it has not been given a full and fair test. By the building and loan co-operative meth ods thousands of wage earners have erected for themselves comfortable homes, which they paid for and now own; and which they never could have paid for unaided. It requires but an investigation for a provident man to become convinced of the ben efits to be jjerived. More men should make the investigation- More men should adopt this sure method of paying for homes with rent) mon It is the safe and certain route for a wage earner to follow to make sure of an easier living when he grows older. It is an undisputed jfact that the average renter accu mulates little of this world's goods; but when a man owns his home he is entering the pleasant walkway that " leads up to "Ea6y Street." Take stock in a building and loan rssociation and learn the secret of saving money and accumulating prep Boon be drawing dividends on ' money that you are now actually.' waiting. ' ' - Detractive Storm at Frsaklinville y.-The worst storm -in years visited FranklinviHe and surrounding coun try last Saturday evening- The wind blew a cyclone, and a flood of rain followed accompanied by hall and terrlffic thunder and lightning. Large trees ' were uprooted and twisted as if they were but toys. the roofs of several buildings were either blown off or badly damajed, quite a number of outbuildings were blown down, and chimneys and flue scattered in every direction. Many buildings were literally flooded with water, all crops and fruits were bad ly damaged, one cow and a number of chickens were klled. Fortunately no person was seriously hurt. Al though the path of the storm was only about half a mile wide, the damai e will probably run up into the thousands of dollars. Moore County Park Association The last legislature passed an act creating the Moore County Park Association with right to take over land for the association along the Hghways of the county. . Under the act the . officers , of the association are asking for tracts of land sixty feet wide on each side of the road for the purpose of im provement. The land owners along the way are donating the land lib erally; their purpose is to cut out the undergrowth and prune the trees' and later expect to plant shrubbery along the highway. In some places park elevations are being asked for and the. proposition is meeting with favor, more than half the land hold ers have made donations along the highway. H. A. Page Is president of the association, J. B. Vuncannon is vice-president, Leonard Tufts is secretary and treasurer. Randleman Route 2 News Misses Annie Bulla, Eva Hill, and Dora Neighbors attended commence ment at Why Not Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hill attended tho sale at Randleman. Saturday, been visiting her ' daughter at Greensboro, returned home recently. Miss Rosa McLeod is visitingr her parents this week. Mr. and Mrs- L.V. Spinks attended commencement at Why Not. Miss Lela Clapp, of Spero, went to Worthville Sunday. Mr. M. U. Canoy visited his pa rents last week. Mr. E. M. Farlow will commence his singing at Neighbors' Grove next Thursday. Mr. Robert Stevenson, of Randle man, was married to Miss Ila Neigh bors oh May 23, at 4 o'clock. Mr. Stevenson is a son of K. F. Steven son, a prominent contractor of Ran dleman. Mrs. Stevenson is the beautiful and accomplished! daughter of E. P. Neighbors, a prominent merchant of Central Falls. J. A. Neighbors officiated. Mr. E. W. Jones will fill his reg ular appointment at ' Neighbors' Grove next Saturday and Sunday. The Sunday School at Bailey's Grove is progressing nicely with an enrollment of 41. Fairview News Miss Bertha Meredith is visiting her sister, Mrs. I. J- C rouse, at Ce dar Lodge. Miss Lida Kennedy has returned from an extended visit to Siler city. Gurlie C rouse, of Thomasville Rt. 3, recently visited friends here a few days. -" Mr. Sam Wall and family. of Trinity Rt. 7 1, visited at H. I White's Sunday. Miss Clara Blair, of High Point, is here to spend the summer with her grand-parents. Little Miss Maude Lee, of High Point is visiting her grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Blair. j Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wall, of Gler- ft1n r1nlAl 1,o Ami ,titor VTra rt. K 'Myers Sunday. . ' . We are sorry to note the illness of Mrs. Emily Blair A storm passed over this section Saturday doing considerable damage. Randolph Boy Wins Prize Among the prize winners? announc ed in the dental department of the Univensity of Maryland at the re cent commencement was Mr. J. J. Hamlin, of Asheboro, who did the best combination gold filling in the Si nlor Class. Mr. Hamlin Is a wor thy young man, and friends at home will be glad to learn of his success. The Titanic Agaia ' , Blame for the Titanic disaster' la charbeable directly to the failure tbo dead Captain smith to' repeated warnings of icebo" but responsibility tot'jt ..-"life must be shared by Capv ,.d,of Wie steamship Californian, through his disregard of distress signals. This is the finding of the Senate com mttee which investigated the sink lng of the Titanic, as appeared in a comprehensive speech delivered by William Alden Smith, of Michigan, chairman of the committee. Senator Smith declared that re' sponslbillty also rests upon the Brit lsh board of trade, "to whose !ax- Ity of regulation, and hasty inspec tion are due the awful fatality, In denouncing captain Lord, of the Californian, the senator said the Ti tanlc's distress signals were plain ly, seen from the deck of his vessel a short distance away. No Recess Unless Senate Acts on Tarlf Question Congress will not adjourn nor even take a recess for the big Na tional conventions this summer until the Senate has acted upon all tariff bills passed by the Democratic House. , The question of adjournment was started because of an editorial in the Washington paper which stated tWa.1 the Democrats were not sincere in the revision of tariff bills, that they would consent to adjourn befor action was taken and already they had decided to pigeonhole the cot ton bill. "The statement In this paper is absolutely false. There is not the slightest foundation for such a state ment," said Senator Simmons. I wunt to again give notice to the gentleman on the other side of this chamber that If adjournment of this Congress is expected betweeni now and the November election a vote must be taken on all Democratic tariff measures." Why Not Commencement. The commencement exercises of Why Not Academy and Business In stitute were held -last Thursday. Probably 1,500 people attended. The literary address was delivered by Mr- Bruce Craven, of Trinity, on the subject "Vox Popull, Vox Del". Prof. G. F. Garner, the principal, has built up an excellent school.and has just closed a most successful ses sion. The Oldest AVoman In Prussia today there lives a woman who has completed her one-hundred-and-twenty-flfth birthday. Census officials have been interested in her case for the last fifty years, first on account of her marvelous memory, and more lately because of her longevity. She is now almost blind, and bent fairly in two with rheumatism. She has been transferr ed, within the last year, to a Cath- f lic institution, where she will be cared for, her children having all died, one son recently at the age of eighty-nine. Another was a Jesuit priest, who died in 1910 at the age of one hundred. Her daughter died the very day the mother attained ber one. hundred and twenty-fifth year, aged ninety-four. She had had, in all, ten children, three dying in infancy. Her descendants number, nearly three hundred, counting mantf greai'grauacnuuren. nw uiorrieu life extended over eighty-five years, and she has been twenty-five years a widow- She was married in 1801 at the age of fifteen. . Harper's Weekly. Reception at Ool. McAlister's The ladies of the Presbyterian congregation are vfery anxious that the people of Asheboro meet their new pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Pbipps, and they will be at home to the people of the town next Saturday afternoon from five to six, at the residence of col. and Mrs. A. C. McAlister. It is hoped that every one will take advantage the oportunlty to become acquain ted with these people, who are to be frequently among us ini future. ' Subscriptions Paid . N. W. Davis, Mrs. Mattie Morris, C. J. Seabolt, Nathan Burrow, W. A. Grimes, Ed. F. Phillips, T. J. Hoover, J. H. Klvett, R. D. Cox, J. M. Howell, 8. F. Wall, J. W. Se chrest, J. R. Davis, A. E. Wall, J. R. Long, J. L. Welborn, J. a. Hol der, Mrs. Jethro Jarrell. i . ' y JNGTON LETTER ' Special correspondence of The Courier. Washington, D. May 29th There is going to be a Democratic victory and a Democratic president in the White House after the 4th of next March, if there is not, then Thomas Jefferson's opinion of the honesty of the people of this coun try who vote at the polls, will have been declared a fallacy that the American electorate is not worthy of the ballot; that they do not un derstand Republican institutions, are tot fit to govern themselves and the sooner we have an empire the better off will be the people. 1 honestly believe that is Roosevelt's idea and that he understands the Idiocy of a whole lot of people in this country because they continue to support him in the face of all of the infamous lies he told and all of the sculduggery he has practiced not only in this campaign but while he was President of the United States. There are a lot of Democrats in this country who affect to believe whether they do or not, that Roose velt would be absolutely Invincible as the Republican candidate for President and that no Democrat could defeat him. ThoSe men are merely superficial observers. They have not dug under the surface suf ficiently to find that in every state Roosevelt has carried In a pre8iden tial primary less than 50 per cent of the Republican vote In that state has been polled for both him and Tafn. What became of the other 60 per cent? They stayed at home where they will continue to stay if rtrosevelt should be nominated, but regardless of that fact there Is an other that is significant. With what little ' political experience I have had I made the assertion a few days ago when some Democrat said we could not defeat Roosevelt, that there -were two million patriotic Republicans in the United States who would refuse to support any man for a third term". Almost as In corroboration.. of my statement the next morning's papers stated, in a " ' telegram from St. Lous that Judge Rombauer had organized a Repub lican anti-third term club and that he had obtained the signatures of nearly one thousand leading Repub licans in St. Louis the very first day he started out. A lot of newspapers in this coun try, whose editorial writers know nothing of Missouri or Missouri pok itics, immediately laughed' at the Idea. Well, I happen to have lived in St. Louis a long time, and I knew that Judge Rombauer is not only one of the ablest lawyers in St. Louis but one of the leading Re publicans in the state of Missouri. He is, perhaps, the strongest man Intellectually in St. Louis in the Re publican party. He announces that this is only a starter and that he will have over a million signer as pomebr8 of his anti-third term club beiore he Is through with It. Aside from that the most Influential and p.blest German newspapers In the I'uited States is the Westliche post which has announced that if Roose velt is nominated, they will support tha Democratic nominee. That means tliaf ntlA hnndral thou an nH P.Prman RepuDllcans ,n mlnols ftnd Miaa0url will vote just as the Westliche post tells them. I This whole campaign between Roosevelt and Taft and the aliena tion of hundreds of thousands of good Reupbllcans from the Repub lican party because they believe that the crimination and recrimina tion betweeni Taft and Roosevfclt has -proved absolutely that the Repub lican party is rotten and absolutely unfit to administer the affairs of this government in the Interest of the people, they have not only con cluded to stay at home in these primaries, but concluded to vote for a Democrat at the next election, pro vided that Democrat is a sure enough Democrat who Inspires their confidence, in his ability, his Integ rity, his manhood and American pa triotism. This sort of a thought hat also come to the millions of Demo crats in this country and they have been doing their own. thlnkinfe. A severe rain and wind storm did considerable damage to houses and timber at Rockwell, Rowan county !il8twwk- .u.jJi'
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