North Carolina Newspapers

v-.COU:RIEl es covaiGR Lakdala DothNwaa4 Circulation. COUIUEF Advarttelnt Cotpqrin Bring RmuJIciA a; PREICmAS, NOT MEN ON3 DOLLia PB ttflAR Tamm ASIX2BORO, N. C, DECEMBER 5, 1912 WASHINGTON LETTEB Distribution of Patronage. )By Clyde ' H. Tavenner, Special' Washington Correspondent ot The ! Courier. ( . Washington, Not. . Everybody wants to know about the distribu tion of patronage under the new ad ministration. Every meember of Congress of Democratic faith Is re ceiving Inquiries and applications by the hundred. SI came on to Washington at an earlier date than I Intended, to try to discover the prospects; of what will be done In a general way, but have found out nothing valuable or tangible. There Is much guessing' and newspaper talk, but that Is all. All things concerning the distri bution of patronage are up In the air, so to s'peak. President-elect Wilson, who is resting in Bermuda, has not so far as is generally knowr given any information of his Inten tion on this subject- Nothing defi nite will be known until he speaks. The only things certain at this writing are: 1. ' President Taft has by eecu tlve order placedallthe fourth-class postmasters under the civil service, that Is all postmasters drawing less than $1,000 per annum. This mea I that the .present fourth-class post masters will hold for life,. or dur ing good behavior, unlees President Wilson revokes President Taft's order. Whether he will revoke it . nobody knows. , i 2; Most of the places worth hav ing except those which have to' be confirmed by the Senate have been foi some time undec civil service. This greatly lessens the number of positions formerly available. 3. For twenty years custom has ' been for federal officials' appointed "y tor four years, such as postmasters, . TT. S. marshals, .etc-, to serve out their terms unlees they took part In politics during their terms. Whether this custom will be coa- ' tinued it 4s impossible to say. r 4. President Taft is said to have declared his intention to fill all vacancies as soon as they occur. But whether the Senate will con firm, la appointees, or hold up their nominations, it is impossible to even guess. 6. The custom has been for the patronage of any particular State to be distributed througt the Senator., are of the sameolltical persuasion as the administration, if any such there be, and If none such, then through the national committeeman or some dependable friend or friend Under that arrangement Representa tlves are depended upon to recom mend postmasters in their own dis tricts while Senators are depended upon to recommend postmasters in congressional districts- not repre sented by Congressmen of the same political faith as the President Senators are also depended upon to recommend tor marshaliihln n (ices of that kind, Including de partmental positions and places In ana diplomatic ser vice, and m fact all offices not lo- ..ai. Of course, as a rul tit. d... tors 'consult with. Representatives ,-w matters, all. trying to do . most possible for, their con fttuents. '' 6, What scheme for selecting postmasters, etc. President Wilson ana jus Cabinet may adopt Is whol V conjectural. Boms advocate one flan and some another. Consequent ly migni oe nest ror tnose intend n to be applicants) 'to let mat ten rest until the situation clears up somewhat; but where one or more aspirants for a particular place start in to secure signatures to pe titions, recommendations, etc-, It might be wise for all aspirants to do so too. f f-sIt has been figured out bv soma i ortne newspaper correspondents In the national capital that, Mr. Wll son, when be enters the White House on March 4, will find that he has the power to fill directly 10,839 government positions. Th - declare the appointive places re quiring confirmation are divided as follows: Departments State, 441; Treas ury, 736; War Excluding army( 6; Justice, 883; Postoffloe, 7,B3r Navy Jexcludlng offloers( 11; Interior. X72; Agriculture, 3; Commerce and Parcels Post. The new parcels post law becomes leuecuv 4an. i, xvis. me oiucia( notification sent out. Irom the av yanuieuv ms m part; "That parcels will be mailable ony at postoffjces,- branch poetof - ncee, lettered ana iocai-c&mea sta- ttons, and such numbered stations as may do seeignatea nytne post- master. "That H parcels must bear the return card of the sender, other wise they will not be accepted ' for mailing. Further instructions include thej following: Mali matter which may be sent by' parcel post will Include all fourth class matter such as mer chandise, farm and factory prod ucts, and all matter not now em braced in the first, second and iuiru ciMna nm uuwaiug 11 pounds Jn nor greater ,n 8lze than third class not exceeding 11 pounds 72 Inches in length and girth com bined. The United States will be divided into cones, the rates of postage . in creasing according to distance from a given office. For instance, the first one will cover an area having a mean radial distance of approxi mately fifty mjks from the office. fhe second lone an area of one hum dred miles, and so on to the eighth zonewhlch will cover the entire Utltfed States, the rates of postage increasing according to distance. The, rates on parcels pest matter mailed at the office for local deliv ery by city carrier or on- rural route emanating foni the office will be ijlve cents for- the first pound or fraction cf a pound, and one cent for each additional pound or fraction of a pound. Rates for th first zone covering radial diis- isnce or nrty miles will be five cents for the first pound or frapHnn of a pound, and three cents for each additional pound or fraction of a pound. The postal rales under the new law, unlike the present rates, will vary according ot dlntAn.. m. Us a "local rate, applicable) to par cels intended for delivery at the of fice of mallng or on a mr.i ,,,1 starting therefrom," as follows: Cents One pound .-r. . 5 Two pounds g Three pounds s, ..... .1 7 Four pounds g Five pounds 9 Six pounds , 10 Soven pounds '. , u Bight pounds . . ,. , . 12 Nine ppounds. . . . t . . . . . 13 Ten pounds ' j4 Eleven., j Distinctive parcel post stamps must 1e 'used on all fourth-class mat ter in which Is Included parcel post matter and if deposited In the post- office bearing ordinary postage stamps the package will be "leld for" postaage." Teachers' Assembly. The State Teachers' Assembly, af ter being In. session four days, closed at . Greensboro Saturday. Among other business It approved, progres sive leglsation to provide for a six-months minimum school term by tax levy, to examine school teach erg, s to require compulsory educa tion, rna to limit labor of children to day work. A. c. Reynolds, oi Buncombe county, was chosen pres ident and V- C. S. Noble, of' the State University, vice-president. jOool Spring Items. Mrs. Frank Jones spent last Sun day at Mr. Q.Mn Jones'. Mr. R,P.Fpust attended the an nual M. P- Conference at Burling ton. ' ' -' Rev.D.F.Vuncannon attended'' the annual M. E.Conference at Marshall- burg and was assigned to the Beth any charge . I Labor )excludlng census 2i:-Civ il Service Commission, 4; Govern ment Priming Office. 1: Interstate Commerce Comlsslon, 7; and Libra ry of Congress, 1. The places not requiring confir mation by the Senate are thus dl dlded: ' Departments State. 94: Justice. 84 6; Intrelor, 44; Commerce,' Civil Service Commission, 1 New Presiding Elders Two new men go Into the work of .,-tjn- vi. . mi men ape among the 01 equipped fc effective service In our conference. Rev. ' Cliarlea . Wnnri la th'j ..nn jof the late Rev. Dr. M. L. Wood, one of our first miurinnnrto. t China, and for many years prominen m tne North Carolina Conference. Brother Wood was born in Shanghai about fifty years ago, and came to North Carolina with his father on his return from China Immediate' after the Civil War. He was edu cated at TrinltyCollege.. and entered business life in Winston. After some years in busines, feeling the call of God to the ministry, he gave up his position and joined the Western North Carolina Conference at Salisbury in 1896. He has, dur ing these sixteen years, served cir cuits and stations with good suc cess, and has made a special study of the mission work of the church. In many ways Brother Wood gives promise of very efficient work as a presiding elder Greensboro Pre siding Elders. FINE BIRDS. First Show of the Intercounty Poul try Association. The first annual show of the In tercounty Poultry Association open- . . . . ., er here Monday under favorable "uo""-c- lu" u"tc"-u'" """ Us Contes De Hoffman. The cer- of the weather. Over 700 birds areLmon . .. ?n.e.cer entered and the rlvaly is keen, the quality ot the exhibited fowls be ing of a high order. Among the we'.l-known exhibitors are the Mapleton Farms ot Greens boro, strains of White Leghorns an Barred Rocks; 0- C. Wood, of Elm City, White and Brown Leghorns and Barred Rocks; P. A. Dewey, AI-, wn- n mv ., bevlle S. C, Black and Buff Or pingtons; Ramseur Poultry Farms. Ramseur, Cornish; G. S-' Julian, Mill boro, Buff LegUoms; B. C. Routh, Randleman, Black Minorcas; Ran dolph Poutry Farm, White Leghorns and Rocks; Oak!ey Home Poultry Ranch, Wyandottcs and, Anconas; North Asheboro Poultry Yards. Rho Island Reds; Waveland Farm, Or pingtons and White Leghorns; Mid- niht Poultry Farms, Orpington and Minorcas; Curry Loflin, Euff Rocks The show as it stands Is largely the result of the earnest efforts of President Hammr and Secretary Sharpe o htis city, vho have been giving the better part of their time for the past month to insure Its suc- cses. Judge Taylor of West Ral eigh is making the awards. NO COURT THIS WEEK. Jlirin-a P M rnnb-a- la til ot hi. homo atT,iirinhiiro- n Mndnv morning of this week Judge.Cooke telegraphed he would open court on Wednesday morning. He came to Greensboro Tuesday night and was so 111 he returned to Laurinburg- A telegram Wednesday afternoon from member of Judge Cooke's family ataed he was too 1U to come now. but that as soon as he was able he would communicate further with hte Sheriff Btrkhead discharged all defendants, witnesses and Jurors njwaa caI, j' "' H- Kennedy Ul further noUce. Under the l7Z. . Tuefldar ffiJ"K to ute the sheriff will adjourn court at sundown tonight unless Judg. Cooke orders him to fix a certain da either this or next week to open court; , . Owing to Judge Cooke's physical condition it is not believed that he will be here either this es.next weekj All effort will be'made to get a special term of court for one week beginning Monday, Dec. 80. Carolinians Met Defeat. I Last Thursday was an eventful yl uou uuf iur tne university or N. C and the A. and M. football teams. The University met a crushing de- teat at the hands of the University of Virginia. Score 66 to 0- At about the same hour the A. and M. of Raleigh was defeated by Wash ington and Lee, score 16 to 6. The games were devoid of notice able features. ' The four-months-old child "of Mr- Oliver Harper, of Seagrove, died early Tuesday monlng. Wedding at Covington- The most hrHltant Affo4 nt tha season in Rlchmod"coTnt; oa evening of November 20th, when Miss Ina Rebecca Parsons daughter of one ot our foremost citizens, D. A. Parsons, became the bride of n arm, T ,, Dn William Lawrence Howell, a , promising young physician. To the Strains of Mendelssohn' weddlnar 1 . . - march beauUfully rendered by Miss ' ""7 vUUB.u Ul the bride, the wedding pary march- . . 1 - ed to the altar. First came the'nte. Th total enrollment In nil da- usher., r.n, tw. ... . . X " ... mnmeuw mr me Kuira i DJxon. Mr. Barnes was as despalr ry Grace Baldwin, of Charlotte, in'ia i 8l. nnlv K2 nt th nnmhor.. - upBir- . . . . llt a dainty white frock with blue rib- bons carrying the ring in a huge chrysanthemum. (On the right en tered the groom with his best man. Dr. Pressly R. Rankin, of Mt- Gil- ead. On the left the bride and her maid of honor. Miss Rosamond Lu- cag,one of Charlotte's most charm ing young ladles, entered the church The maid of honor wore a blue silk marquisette over messailne with chrystal t trimmings, . carrying; a bouquet of magnificent white chrv. anthemams. The bride was attired in 'an exquisite white crepe media with in train princess lace anil pearl trimmings, carrying a shower bouquet of Bride's Rosea .nH t 11. ies of the Valley. The only ornament wore was the o-ifV l girt or the groom, a diamond brooch, nnj.,(l. . ... . rj11it. . oeicuiuiiy miss isruton 8Weetly KndeTei Barcoroble from unc,:' ZT T " . 8 uncle, Revs'J. A. Baldwin nri dent of Southern Industrial' Insti tute, of Charlotte, assisted by! the bride's pastor, N. L. Sebolt. The bridal party 'left the church to the strains of - Lohengrin's wedding march. ' The church was artistically decor- ed with fiZiT . r" wltl1 Southern Smllax and white chrysanthemums. In front of me altar was an arch studdedl wltjh, ' candies from, whicl was suspended al huge bufshoe and a sprig of mis tletoe. N An elegant supper was served the Immediate family and outMNtown guests after which Dr. and Mrs. How5ll tet1or an extended trip to v..u ana onter points South. uulcr points SOUth. The out-of-town guests wpr- Mioa Rosamond T.uxna rt Siiss Carrie,, Derrick, Leesville, S. C; Miss Virginia Stanback, Man gum, S. C; Mrs. Hamer and Miss Eloise Hamer, Tatum, S. C; Misses Fannie, Louise,. Emma and Jennie Bruton. Mt. Giad. N. C-; Misses Callie and Fannie Covington. Root. ingham, N. C; Miss Alba McG. . u.; mi 88 Alba McGee, Charlotte, N. C; Rev. and Mrs J A. Baldwin and daughter, Charlotte" m. U.: Mr. unit M.. xr . - . lumroB, Asne- btro, N. C.;Dr- P. R. Rankin, Mt. Gilead. N. C; Mr. Armon Bm,tn Mt. Gilead,. N. C-; Dr. R. E. Martin,' ..... xi. a. martin, Candor, N. C; Mr. Herbert Parsons ... w..i-v,. bua-notte, N. C Mr. James Covington, Rockingham v.. Mr. and Mrs. J, a. McAuley, .uBnam, n. c- Dr. Tho. !.. md. of Charlotte, will be in charge owens practice during hU absence. Chief of Police Bhoots Ffeeing Man. uV ume none blanketa which were missed br nti tii. - P'C'nd "a certain clue, tke officer was fed to a wagon on th outeskirts of th. tw. v. ther weas a ffatt by the nkm. of CUrle. Johnsons, toy, aamed The boy. was taken in custodriand wuiw mey were getUng out the hile they Were getting out the I blankets it is stated Johnson mn and the officer ordered him to stop and upon the failure of Johnson to slow up Mr. Kennedy shot him. the -"uu6" uio suiaui or the Dack and coming throuirh th- obji passing through the small of riht Bideofthe abdomen. Tbe wounded man was put on the roon train to go to the hospital at High Point frtreamen. Reports from that place state that he Is getting n long nicely.' Hookworm is an old disease, but , we have not known much about It ,dv t.vi- J - Y , .jV 7 I ready taking wonderful strides - In ... j, , . i Its eradication, tat there is a tre- mendou. amount of work ani edu- cation yet to be done- I Univerelty Letter. I i i ttiu n. a nt .-l. LZ7ZZV.K .'VfT th . U year U the annual reptf th J Registrar f hte University of North Carolina setting forth . a general statistical survev of the 800 or more I ' student, of the Institution with ref- erence to he counles that they large - i tK. nt f j. denU from the State, occupants of me parents ot tne stuoents, ana we religious affiliations of the student. I I " "T. , r; , r coming from other States and 'countries, The State of Florida contributes 13 to this list, and far-off Persia sends two students to this institu tion. The remaining 40 from for eign territory hall from scattering districts of the country, embracing a wide scope of territory from the Jty. factories working overtjlme and Stafe.of NewYork to the Lone Star a great unBatisfled demand for la State. Relative to the representa- bor. . ,There is no hint anywhere of tion from the various counties In fBR, or despondency or chill On this . State sending ten or more the contrary, there ate buoyancy, student to the University," are hope and confidence, the following: Mecklenburg heads it i, eagy to attach too much' the list with the figures 38: Or- (ninn. mi., .v . ange is ael.se second with 35; Gull- ford and Wayne counltes tie for hoa ors with 33 eath; Johnson is nev, in rank with27; Forsyth 23; Rowan . ' """"" 22; ake f 6; Robeson and Kocklnr- . , - 7' "u " eacn: "'"nam if; make ready to profit by its remov- Alnma.Mce 'rd Buneomfe lie with al. Probably that is what has hap .0 each; Beanfort and unvWw. Ha ened ln thlB ,n9tance with . ea-h; Iredell, N,w Ra,cvr ; Most of the terrors o? tariff re- id .r.B,,.l .have 1 MA. Un' ductIon8 which neve? took place , ,T" , I ' T FJ? Were 8neered by intersted per- combe 12 and Cumberland ,2 There B0B8. Now that eometh, are ten count. In the tut. un- fa, , pretty tQ do represented Lyany students this year lhe ,mournf r8 and croalcer8 According to church affiliation the . A.ini . . , , ... . . x . j. . are admitting that only good will division of the student body Is as T , , . , . ' , result. New York World, follows: Methodist, 27; Baptist, . 218; Presbyterian, 143; Episcopal Tavenner Will Continue as Wash- l1Z4; Christian, IB; Hebrew, 12; Lutneran H Moravian, 8; Quakers' 5 Prman RGformed. B; Disciples, J ; i nHOi uatuouc nrsiran, ouieuuui, 2; Armenian, 1; euincs, Holiness. 1: no church affiliations, 9- The distribution according to who has been acting for some t'lme' the occupation or profession of th past as our special 'Washington cor fathers of the students at the Un!- respondent,- and who was elected to- I rei'UJ u u luiiuno. laimiuB, merchandising, 166; law, 65; medl- , cine and surcerv. 55: manufacturing cine and surgery, 55; manufacturing 38; ministry, 32; teaching, 23; pub- "Clyde H. Tavenner goes to Con 11c 8ervlce,18; railroad andi ship- gress from the Fourteenth Illinois ping, 18; banking, 14; contracting, . distrcit. Tavenner is a talented 14; lumber dealing, 14; mechanics, young man, and a progressive Demo 13; real estate, 13; traveling, 13; crat. ,As a newspaper correspondent tobacco, 10; bookkeeping, 7; broker- at the national c.pltal, he earned a age, 6; engineering, 6; Insurance, 6; r ' ' """6 . leilt'8rty 3; architecture, 2; chem- j18417'"1' mlnlnK' 1 photography, 1; Randolph' county Is represented .cpii. uuro uvt. contain Randolph because there are I n0t a8 many ten- 86 assured I ' ful,y rePpe8nt1 Lecture by Dr- Gndger. On Saturday morning Dr. E. W. Gudger, of the State Normal and Industrial College, will lecture at school auditorium on "Yeasts, and Molds, Frlneds and Enemies of the HmiiiAkAAnAfi ' Kwrvhnftv la fnvft- led to attend.- ArraDgemeDtBi ar a ted Clubs of North. Carolina wtthlL the Normal and Industrial College send lecturers out monthly during me winter to tnree towns in jNorw Carolina Asheboro Is one of tbe three and her Deoole and 'r th people of Randolph are fortunate la having opportunity of getting these .navln opportunity of gettl lecture- The arrangement was mad . ....uQ-ouroyt , wm III Ml by the Woman's Department Club of Asheboro under whose - aasDicea the lectures will be given from ftlme to time. The idea lot having this course of lectures is to benefit the people and they are given free 'to everybody with the request htat the public school teachers partic ularly take advantage; of them. Dr. Gudger will be the guest of the health department of the Woman's Club while in Asheboro. Detls-Luthcr. Harris Luther and Miss Julia . "euueauay mgr.i of last week at tha hnma nt t. John M. Harkey In Lexington. Miss Belts Is a daughter of Albert Betts cf Asheboro. " . : 1 :-. , Not a Soup-Honse fca Sight- In view of the reports, or short 'lTn "-. 'that ,eM Ujan a th n , 8tncB s,9fc wlng8 of Rfplll ....t ,' fnmi..ng 1QI ,res IB- prCMlon and hardBi, e ' 0f Democratic victory ... .. . . -j 1.1s was tno only thing on whicbi the Republican factions were la : agreement. Mr. Taft was no more :...v..i .v w .i-i'irwuNw i.uAu irir. ituuseveiw .,n, ""' "u,eB wtt8 " Pamcxy as Mr. lua M mr. rerains or Mr. Munsey. ,B,v.ery mDOrtant RenuhiWn B mmt, ter what his label, saw soup-houses aud bread-lines! from sea to whenever the possibility of Gov Wilson's electionwas touched upon. . From all important Industrial centers there now comes the same wurai mere now comes tne same '.inn r nnAon,r.i,j ..,t rr-. i (juiii-iuai uuarges ana policies In a country so resourceful as this, but sometimes when at corrupt and outworn system is seen, by everybody to be near Ha down- "f Bt?ryoouy to De near SU 6 full th T,ni 4v ' j...., iun vuurgtw ana and Ington Correspondent . of the) Asheboro Courier. LaFolletU s Magazflne, edited by ygttdy utesSeBator Kouert, . . jo. javouette mepuD'ican payu irai comnllmpnt to Clvdt H- Tawuner. luutrt:K nvm iu o"-- nols district. Senator LaFollette, ed. itorlallv. says: itorlallv. savs: reputation for integrity, industry '6"v ' ernment. Given the choice of tww progressive candidate to represent We "believe this confidence In. Ts.v cuuer m nut. uinipiaueu. nis pasir. performances give assure nee ofl ypredUtable record . In the House. against machine dcminatlon and for- progress'ive princlp'es.''. ; I .. .This endorsement may be accent- ed as unprejudiced .because Senator LaFollette's magazine Republican. The .fact is. Tavenner won almost solely on the meri'a of his Washing- ; ton letters which have aave appear- ed In thin imvomtumi j ! will continue to publish1 exel. m, . ih n.niKu. tribute paid to his work as a writer lean be best understood when It la considered that newon out by 1.20ft j In a district which is normally from 6,600 to 12,000 Republican, and which has not been represented in Congress by a Democrat in in 22. years. . '11 : Tavenner did not have both ft Republican and Progressive candl date against him, a condition which.1 prevallde In many districts and" which would have made success eas ier. His opponent' was the regular Republican nominee, who also had the advantage of the strong endorse ment und support of the Progres sive party, ' The little eighteen-year-old chUJ of Mr. and Mrs. Arlege King, of Seagrove, was badly burned Tuesday morning of last week and died from the effects early Staurday morning; at 4 o'clock. The child was left in . coiion naicn wnue tne mother ' nt to fight a fire. While Mrs. Ring wgas one the' fire reached ta l.vn, , , ...