. NOTICE.
AS persons interested In the
bplldjng f a od road from the
BatMs on acuity line ..by way of
Bombay, Farmer, MeoliaPlq Gray's
X Roads tr Asheboro are request
ed to mmeet the Board of County
5om ml sa toners on Tuesday, Jan. 6,
1914. to hi.cisJCei the question of
H location, etc. ,
BY ORDER OP THE BOARD.
Geo. T- Mui doi.k. clerk..
Notice of Sale of Personalty.
Qn Saturday, the third day '.of
January, 1914, at 10;30 a. m., at
the home plae of the late W. J.
iWIer, de eased, I will sell at publl
Auction lj.tr .eh to the highest bid
der, the! iollowiajg personality, the
same being the property at the late
Jane Alb e Milled, deceased, fc.-wit;
Ona store and .fixtures (M&Jestl:
aoge), dishes and dining room
ware , various tables and sideboards
Tarkus) i hairs, suits oS bjlrnom
trSUiture, sowing maCMre raking
airs and various. dining room
chairs ' bed furnishings,) carpets,
rtalos, rugs, 1 Stietff piano, 1
w. 1 fine hirge, 1 pra.tli eilly mew
i-passengeri Oole automobile, varl
bs garden Implemena and other ar
titflas tx tod nis to mentlcn.
ay of the property majy be In
spaied and examjnled before sale
fcj applying tJ the undersigned- ,
This Da 15th, 1913..
J. T- WOOD.
A$.mr. f Jane Alii Miller, deed.
NOTICE,
ffavkig qualified as administrator
sa the estate of D. A. Hopkins, d
eaed, before the Clerk ..a tci Su
nrlor 0-rt for Randolph, county,
this Is to notify all persons havlag
sftatana agafott said . estate tft pre
ent them to the undersigned on or
Store the first day ct Jamuary,
15. or this not e -will be plead
ed la bar oat their recovery. Ail
BSOebled to said estate are expe.eed
te make immediate payment aud
settlement.
-.IThii Der 15, 1913.
i ' r: ' - ' ' R. J. HOPKINS, Admr.
NOTICE.
Haying qualified as administrator
a the estate of Jane Alice Miller,
eased, before W. C. Hammond,
Clerk of the Superior Qjurt of Ra.n
aV)lp ipunty, all persons haWng
lajms agalnfct said estate are no
led to present them to the uader
aed. duly verified, on "r before
s 18th day of Da. ember,) 191.
or thla noti will be pleaded :n
fc cZ t1ili recovery; and all Per
seus owing said estate will i.ome
ferw&rd and make immediate settle
aent. rhis 18th day oif D... 1913
J. T. WOOD,
Aflmr- ot Jane All e Miller, deod. ,
Koloe of Sale of Personally.,'
On Monday, the 5th day of J.a
viHry, 1914. at 1 o'clo.fc P. M. n
the town of Randleman, N. C at
the store rooan eff L. A. 3P9M er,
Mar Randlemaa bargain stone build
Ing I will sell at publl auction for,
vterfh to the highest bidder the fol
Mwing peraou-Jty, beiag the prop
erty of the late Nam.yl Jcfrdcvn, ty
wjit; One graphphou, 92 rei orf
til two naces for same, xertaln.
bads bureaus,, bed f uiwlshlngs
glassware, dining room ware, farm
tag impplementsi, 1 mtile, 1 wagon,
barness, plu-ws,, carpenters 'tools, t n
books ana oiner xuiuo iwm -ii"-"
te mentlutn.
This Dec. 15th, 1913.
J. T. WOOD,
Admr. of Nancy Jordan, dej.d.
Hammer and Kelly, AttyK
NOTICE.
NORTH CAROLINA.
fatndolth County.
Oaken up and eered on the Book
ef Strays Book No. 52, page No- 22,
f Randolph ijounty., according to
Hfw. by J. A. Wall, living about
kOufle of eaald ounty tn New Mar
ket township, a certain stray black
aOTsei mule about 15 years old; no
ssarks.
This tefri 9th day of Dec.. 1913.
twelve miles northwest of the court
GEO- T. MURDOCK,
Register of Deeds.
NOTICE.
Having qualified as Admr. on the
sal at o of Mary J. Hlnshaw, des'd,
setoie W- C- Hamrn .na, Uerk of
Superior Ccurt of Randolph
eanty, all persons having claims
against sa d estate are notified te
present them to the undersigned,
dly vert. led, on or before the 18th
cay of November, 1914. or ti ls ao-
UU sill 1 n I nA In Ii9l Af th&lP
jrfB3fvery;and all prrsons cwirg said
'state win come iorwara ana u
AJnedl&te settlement I
C. U. HINSKa". Adsar.
VreeDsboro, N. C, R. F. D. .
NOTICE.
TRTH OAROLINA. ;
8,aaJlpih County. .'
la (he Sop tior Omrt, Befdrs W. 0.
HatttoBond. Cleilr. '
4 A. Carver. 1 Administrator, t l
W. Mary Swing, i Jane' Ovsrmu,
; ffm. 8taley Sarah: Turner, non-
ikarriett Record,' lai ol Randolph
wwtmy. , , , .... . .-,,: .:
9Th defsndanita aboys named will
ttt notice that ah actios entttlad
at above has been cojmtnsoscd be-.
sqre the Clerk of th Superior Oanr
of Randolph- county to divide VM
jMpd held as tenants in som-mtnoa
fcf Caroline Staley and Harriett
Hseord, lats of Randolph county,
situate In Liberty tijiwnshlp in
said county) and to sell thai ,blf
wtJoh may. be aUotted to Harriett
Rseard, deceased, for assets; and
tl said, defendants will further
talcs lattice that they are reoulred
tf appear before the Clerk of th
Superior Court of said county! on
til KOrfh An-a-nt nuiomhor, ISIS fi
a court boas At said oanty In
Raadolph county, N. O.. sod an
swer kr demur to th complaint in
erti or the plaintiff will apply to
h court for the release demanded
i said complaint.
Cals the 22nd day -of fjov-, 1913
, W. C. HAMMOND,
Clerk of th Superior Court.
M sale.
By virtue of an orcei) of sale
granted Ly the judge of the fcnptr
rior Court -t Randolph county in
535 itu at1 'th. coSn SZl in
AsheboirOi Nurth Caroilaa, ljn Mon
day, the tta uay of Januajh l14,:
scribed In tne complaint la thi.
causa. Said Hand decreibed as fol
lows. Said laod uelng In Randolph
oouniy,, Ashcb-ro tow.iea.ip;
Beginning at a stone a ithe east
aide ef Mill street where bald
street Intersects with a street
ruanlga abt and wett, and running
thence south alone f aid Mill street
43 feet to a etoae; thence about ea
801 feet to a ttone in Bean's line: men. Lawyers, ministers, teachers,
thence with Bean's line 4 2 feet te a physicians, literary folk and busi
stonc 5n Phillip' liiis; thence west nm. mn and women may now
-ioo .sdjiimd Buojs o jeoj 01.
on Phillip line 26 fett to his cor
netf; thence north on Phillips' line
aer: thence weet 284 feet tk the
beginning, enfainlngg en acre
tore or less.
TERMS CASH.
This the 29th day ef Nwa 1913
JOHN T- BRITTAIN. Commr-
Adnidnistnitor'sl Notice.
Having qualified as administra
tor of Nancy Jordan, deed-, I shall
sell at the residence of R.M. Brown
in Randleman, N. C, to the highest
bidder at public auction on Satur
day, Nov. 29 1913, at 1 o'clock p.
m., the following articles it persona
property; One mule, one-half Inter
est ifi a mowing machine, one hay
rake, one 1 -horse wagon and har
ness, one set blaeksmith tools, lot
of bedding, on phonograph, and
household and kitchen furniture an
one saddle, and other articles too
tedious to mention.
All persons owing said estate are
requetested to make immediate pay
ment, and all persons Indebted to
Bald estate are notified to present
their claims, duly verified, to the
undersigned on or "before hi 14th
day of November, 1914, or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their
recevery.
TQiis November S. 1913.
JAMES T. WOOD
Admr. Nancy Jordan
CertifiicaOe of Dissolution.
STATE OF KORTH CAlROLINA,
Duartmeiit of StHf e.
To All to Whom Tnece Presents
May Come e ivwG reetln g ;
Wrts, It appeins to my satla
faction, by duly authentloate ra -ord
of the proceedings for the volun
tary dUsolutioni thereof by the uuaa
imous consent Of all stockholders
deposited In my office, that the
Asheboro Electrcl Company, a ior
poratBou of this State, whose pnm
clpal offlioe is situated: in, th town
of Asheboro, ..ounty of Randolph
State of North Carolina (M., W. Par
jrish being tl 9 age at therein and
In charge thereof, uponi whom pro
cess may be sertved), has complied
with the requirements of Chapter
21 Revisal of 1965, entitled "Cor
porations," preliminary to the issu
ing of this Cortifi te of Dissolu
Uoa; Now, therefore, I, J.Bryam Grimes
Secretary of State of the State of
North Carol toe, do hereby certify
that the said corporation did, on
the 6th day of De leimber, 1913, file
in my oifioe a duly executed and
attested consent in writing to the
diselUitioA of said; i nporatlon, exe
cuted by all the stockholderel there
of, which said nent and the rec
ord of the proceedings aforesaid are
now on file In my said ounce as
provided by law.
In Testimony Whereof, I have
hereto set my hand and affixed my
ffi al seal, this 6th day of Decem
ber, A. D., 1913.
j. brtan Grimes,
Secretary of State
KsHc.
The policyholders of tb Ran
dolph counrty bra An of) thie Mutual
Fire Insurance AssoeiatktRj is here
by called to meet in th -.curt hous
ia Asheboro an fh first Monday in
January for the transactioa. lo its
business. All members are earjneet
ly requested to be present. The loss
the past year from windstorm has
been the heaviest to tlhe history of
the associatlcD ni lb all probabllit
it will be ne isssary toj atajke an1 as
sessment og 20 oenU onNthah,un
dred djAl&rss of Unsuramee in, torse.
B. 8. COX, Pres
J. M. ALLEN, Se!...-Trfis.
LAND SALE.
. Bs virtue ol as rdt Wile
superior ourt of RaaoojpJt aonnty
La the special proceedings entitled
Jerry Langley et al vs. Myrtle Lang-
ley et al, I will ba the- Stht day of
Jaffnary. 1914.' at 12 oVlock M-.eell
at pupUc auction to ths tilghest .bid
der, at the oourtfr cns aoov oi Ran-
doiipii county, at Asneboro, N- C,
ths foilowing dessrises ial estate,
to-wlt: ' --
Beennoiag on the east side ot tine.
oneraw roadk T. Fl rrasiera . brner
thence nearly south with salt read.
42 ehalns and 60 liaks to a sto.se;
tihfnee west 10 clialnB aid 41 Hake
to a stake; thence north if chains
and. 60 links to a stake la Joel
Kivett' line: these cast 9 shalns
and 41 links to a poet oak, Joel
Kivett's coroer; tineni aorta
etialns to a sourwood, 9 lottea's cor
ner; theni ie east 6 ehalas and 60
links to, th beglnnlga comer, son
talning 46 aires, lees S acres sold
for school lot and 3 era sold to
Abijah .Brown, all being sold sus-
le t to the life estate el Jennie
Langley.
Terms; One-third each, n4hlrd
la thTee months, .one-thh-d in, six
months; title to be retained until
the purchase prii m is paid.
This December I. 1913. -
; J. A. SPBNCI, Oommr.
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SlKTSOIOOl
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Kvenln
Department, The Moody Bible lunlHuU.
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR JANUARY 4
JESUS AND THE CHILDREN.
LESSON TEXT Mark 8:30-41; 10:13-1.
GOLDEN TEXT "Gird yourselves with
humility, to serve one another; for God
resi8teth the proud, but giveth grace to
the humble." I Pet. 6:6.
We now return to the New Testa
ment, and during thlB year finish those
studies on the life of Christ which
were followed during the year 1912.
Almost as though it were an answer
to the question, "who are for him, and
who are against him?" that was asked
in the last lesson for that year, we
have presented for our study today,
the relations of Jesus with children. In
his teachings about children, as about
so many other things, Jesus stands
unique among all religious teachers.
The events of thlB lesson occurred
during the summer of A. D. 29, dur
ing the time of his Perean ministry,
which extended from his final depart
nre from Galilee until his triumphal
entry into Jerusalem.
Lust for Power.
I. A Wayside Dispute, vv. 30-37. As
though by way of contrast, the lesson
committee has given vs this side-light
as to the effect, up to this time, upon
the hearts of the disciples of those
great truths Jesus had been teaching
them, about the method whereby he
was to establish his kingdom. The
disciples lusted for power, a wrangling
which had not yet ceased. Jesus wait
ed nntil they had arrived at Caper
naum, and ther heat had cooled some
what before taking any notice of the
dispute.. In response to his question
ing they held their peace, for, after
reflection, they were ashamed of what
had taken place, v. 34. Jesus then pre
sented to them a concrete example of
what is to be required of all of those
who shall seek to enter into this new
kingdom. That was a more pertinent
question than the one they had Just
been discussing. (Luke 18:15-17) tells
us that these disciples desired to send
the children away, hence the words,
Suffer them to come." Ever after,
when this mean, low, ambition to be
"the greatest" came up, there must
have arisen before them, in memory,
this picture. His appeal to children
meets a well nigh universal response
in the hearts of men. The fact that
the child was so near at hand is sug
gestive of the attractiveness of Jesus.
The disciples were seemingly afraid
of him (v.. 32), not so, however, the
child. For us to receive one who per
fectly trusts him is to receive Jesus
himself, and to receive Jesus is to re
ceive the Father, for he came as the
representative of the Father, the full
revelation of God, Col. 2:9. To en
ter the kingdom is of course prelim
inary to any question of precedence
in that kingdom. Jesus taught thees
disciples that as a little child. 19
teachable (Matt 18:3), so must all be
Who are to follow him.
Thus Jesus contrast the spirit of
humility with that of pride which they
had Just shown. The lower we put
ourselves the higher God will exalt us,
Phil. 2:6-11. Jesus rebuked his disci
ples and taught them that rather thaa
seek the place of authority and leader
ship, they ought to take the place of
a child, that they may be taught and
be ruled.
II. Authority Denied, vv. 38-41. Th
spirit manifested by these disciples
(v. 38) is far from having been re
moved from the earth after all of these
years. The ability tu cast out devils
in the name of Jesus was evidence
enough in his mind that such persons
were for, and not against, him, vv. 39,
40. It is not, however, the ability to
cast out the devils, but rather the
fact that a service had been perform
cd "in his name," which bulked large
in his mind. Such is the service that
has its reward, v. 41 and Matt 12:30.
8et Good Example.
III. Angels In Disguise, 10:13-16.
This attitude of Jesus towards those
children about him (9:36) led others
to bring their children to him, and
among these were the babies, Luke
18:15. Try and picture the scene as
Jesus, extended his hands in blessed
benediction. What effect this blessing
nay have had upon a baby's heart we
are not told, but we can imagine
that a sense of responsibility for Chris
tian nurture must have remained with
these parents, Eph. 6:4. Those in
charge of these children have set us
a good example in bringing them thus
early to Jesus. To allow children to
reach the "years of undertanding" be
fore teaching them the way of life,
la as unreasonable as Is neglect teach
ing children the habits of physical
cleanliness, until they are old enough
to understand sanitation, hygiene, or
the laws of medical science.
As w look back over these inci
dents . we are impressed by the fact
that those who engage in such a silly,
nay, even wicked a discussion as to
the matter of pre-eminence whether
It be that they had a spiritual or tem
poral idea of that kingdom stood
dumb before him when called upon tc
Justify, themselves. Those who fain
would send the children away are re
buked, and It is revealed to them that
these stool nearer to the Christ than
did the disciple themselves. Even
those not socially nor personally at
tractive may be received "in my
name," L ., for his sake,
DIVERSIFICATION All
50UTHEiFl5
Everybody Should Join in the
! Universal Farm Uplift
FARM METHODS ARE LACKING
Farmers Can Easily Grow Twlc Aver
age of Staple Crops Many Great
Industrial Corporations of
Country Are Interested.
(By G. H. ALFORD.)
We have between the average and
the best In farming in the cotton belt
an attainable 1,000 per cent. This dif
ference of 1,000 per cent, against the
average farmer is due wholly to con
ditions which he can easily control
with the necessary knowledge. Every
corporation and business man interest
ed in the welfare of the country should
join forces with the United States de
partment of agriculture, agricultural
colleges, -experiment stations, state de
partments of agriculture and other
forces and conduct great educational
campaigns until the foolish and crim
inal waste that is going on every year
by reason of unscientific methods of
farming is a thing of the past.
Our farmers can grow easily twlc
the average yield of our staple crops.
This increase would pour many mil
lions of dollars annually Into our
industrial channels. Such an addi
tion could not be made without touch
ing every corporation, every banker,
every storekeeper, every doctor, every
lawyer, every editor and, in fact, every
person in the country.
Many of the great industrial corpo
rations of the country have already
joined forces with national" and state
institutions and are helping the farm
ers to larger production and to larger
life, and are thereby contributing to
the prosperity and uplift of the whole
people. Some people may attribute
this to pure selfishness, but from out
of that selfishness will evolve a better
condition among the farmers, greater
comforts in living, and more luxuries
of life and better opportunities for the
farmers to educate their sons and
daughters thus the presumed selfish
ness contains within it a resulting
philanthropy.
During the last ten years our acre
yield increased, but not half as much
as the Increase of population. There-
UTILIZE THE CORNSTALKS.
SILAGE INCREASES VALUE OF
CORN CROP 40 PER CENT.
1 Ton Clover Hay $15.00
175 Lbs. Cottonseed Meal at
$30 2.63
Value 22 Tons Silage. .. '.. . .$12.37
1 Ton of Corn Silage 4.94
1 Acre Corn 10 Tons Silage. 49.40
1 Acre Corn 50 Bu. Corn at
50c 25.00
$24.40
Cost of Filling Silo at 75c
Per Ton 7.50
Value 1 Acre Cornstalks $16.90
fore, there is every inducement to do
good farming, and to do good farming
we must decrease the number of the
acres of cotton and increase the num
ber devoted to pastures, forage crops
and live stock. We have all heard the
old Dutch proverb quoted before, but
we cannot quote it too often: "No
grass, no stock; no stock, no manure;
no manure, no crop." Holland is al
most entirely a grass and stock coun
try, and lands are worth on an aver
age of $500 per acre. These people
have found that they can make more
out of land from grasses and live
stock than they can by cultivating it.
Unnumbered acres of hill land in
the cotton belt are making less than
one-third bale of cotton per acre, and
at the same time making poverty for
those tilling them. The cost of com
mercial fertilizer applied annually is
appalling. The razor-back terraces,
covered with weeds, grass and briars,
and the circled and short rows pre
vent the use of labor-saving imple
ments. Millions of acres of poor hillside
land now producing less than one
third bale of cotton per acre should
be plowed deep, well fertilized with
acid phosphate and some nitrogen and
some potash, when needed, and plant
ed in summer and winter legumes for,
say, two years, and then sodded in
Bermuda grass, lespedeza, crimson and
burr clovers. Only by this method
and stock raising can our wornout,
gullied cotton lands be restored to fer
tility and only in this way can the
people of our southland become pros
perous and contented.
We have worn out our lands in the
quickest possible time by growing cot
ton and rigidly excluding grasses,
clovers and live stock. We have de
pleted the soil of vegetable matter
and it has washed away. This poor
soil means a poor people, and the poor
people means bad roads, uncomfort
able homes, poorly equipped farms,
very little education, the credit sys
tem, and all that retards civilisation.
The last census shows that our pop
ulation Increased 21 per cent in the
preceding decade, while our meat- pro
ducing animals decreased more than
10 per cent. We are facing a very
serious situation. The meat-producing
animals must be grown on the farm.
The farmers will not long continue to
grow stock at a loss. The conditions
must be such that stock raising is
profitable or the farmers will sooner
or later go out of the business en
tirely. The cotton belt has an overwhelm
ing advantage over every other sec
tion in live stock rajsing. We bav
great climatic advantages that per
mit outdoor pasturing and feeding dur
ing the whole, or the greater part of
the year. We can obtain large yields
of oats, leguminous crops, Johnson
and Bermuda grasses, sorghum case
hay and an abundance of corn lor
making silage, the most economic
form of carbohydrates. The keep
ing of good cattle and the intelli
gent use of thoroughly good, perman
ent pastures and grazing crops, aad
Farm Ownership and
Tenantry.
Perccatsse of Farme in the U. S. Opemted
by Owners er by Tenuis.
"Census 190V
Cotton
Tobacco
Sugsr
Hsy and Grain
Rice
Vegetables
Miscellaneous
Dairy Products
Live Stock
Fruit
Flowers-Plant
Nursery Prod's
Classified by Source of Income.
the economic use of the silo and cot
tonseed meal will make our lands rich,
keep millions of dollars at homa thai
are now sent to the north and west,
and make our people prosperous.
The calamity howler says: "What
about the lack of lime in the soil?" Dr.
Tait Butler, probably the best-posted
man on southern agriculture, says, In
summing up a most excellent editorial
on "Lime in Southern Feeds:" "We,
have shown: (1) That our soils are
not deficient in lime as regards the
plant food requirements of our crops;
(2) that plants grown in the south
have as much ash as the same plants
grown elsewhere, and that the feed
crops of the south, especially the
legumes peculiar to the south, contain
as high a per cent, of ash as the
feed crops of other sections; (3) that
typical southern rations are those
made up of typical southern feeds and
contain more ash than typical north
ern feeds. The conclusion is, there
fore, that while our animals fail to
get the mineral matter they need, it
Is not because this material is de
ficient in our feeds, but because our
animals do not get sufficient ot our
feeds." 1
In the cotton belt, live stock farm
ing has been avoided mainly for two
reasons: (1) Because all-cotton farm
ing paid better until the soil became
poor; (2) because of the cattle tick.
Now, millions of acres are too poor
to grow cotton profitably, and we caa
easily eradicate the cattle tick. Slnoe
the work of eradicating the tick was
inaugurated, nearly 200,000 square
miles have been cleaned for all tints:
this is an area over three times ft
large as Alabama. The tick injures
the hide, reduces the milk flow at
least ten per cent, makes it very dif
ficult to fatten cattle, prevents the in
troduction of good cattle to breed up
our native cattle, lowers th-s price of
our cattle on the markets and destroys
more than enough cattle every year
to pay for its eradication.
The invasion of the boll weevil and
the consequent reduction of the profits
of cotton growing is forcing many
farmers to grow crops which must of
necessity be marketed through the
agency of live stock, and it is the func
tion of live stock on the farm to fur
nish a market for the crops that are
grown, enabling the farmers to con
vert grasses, forage crops, cow peas
and soy beans, and so on, into higher
priced finished products and to retura
to the soil the plant food taken front
HOW PLANT FOOD CAN BE
RETURNED TO SOIL
1 By Barnyard Manure.
2 By Growing and Feeding
Clover, Alfalfa, Etc.
3 By Plowing Under Green
Crops.
A By Plowing Under Corn
stalks, Stubble, Straw, Etc.
5 By Applying Commercial
Fertilizers.
it The greatest need of th farmers
of the cotton belt at present is mors
grass and more live stock, and those
who assist in eradicating the cattle
tick and in otherwise helping ts
create conditions that will enable
farmers to grow two good animals la
the place of one scrub is surely as
great a benefactor as those who cause
two blades of grass to grow where
only one grew before.
Live stock should certainly be gives
a prominent place in the agricultural
development of the cotton belt Next
to having good and intelligent people,
in a country, geod live stock is
probably ot the most Importance, This
being true, every state in the cottoa
belt should encourage better live
stock by eradicating th tick and fcr
teaching Improved methods of took
breeding and raUlng. 1