North Carolina Newspapers

CO -LL ! ! ( ISSUED WEEKLY ; ' PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL. w. ASHEBQRO, N. C, JANUARY 29, 1914 No. 5 V If ' 4 H GLENN ACCEPTS JOB; NOT RUN FOR SENATE -littler No ClrcnmsUnciea, the Win-tton-SalenrMan Announces, Will He Contest for the Seat of Sena tor Lee S. Overman. S ormer Governor Robert Bi Glenn announces that he will under no cir cumstances contest for the seat in Senate now Oiled by Lee Overman, Ho Mates that he is well satisfied with the place tendered by Presi dent, Wilson on the Boundary Com mission, and that he will accept it This action of Mr.Glenn causes .no surprise since It' has been felt for some time that the ex-jGovernor would land a good Job without hav ing to scuff fie for it. The place on the Boundary Commission is expect d to be ready for him between now and March 1, the date until which the incumbent desires to hold it, -"Charged With Burning House (Jet Insurance.. . to W. O. Jones, a well known young .man was arrested last Wednesday -evening In Winston on a warrant -sworn out by Deputy Insurance Commissioner Scott, alleging that o .December 24 Jones set fire to dwelling In which he had furniture : stored. It la alleged that he insure! goods of little value In two compa zines, toe policies aggregating 1,- 750, claiming he was living in the '.house, and a few days . later the dwelling lented by him and valued at $4,c('0 was with Its contents de stroyed by fire. Commissioner Scott claims a clear -aee of fraud , Jones was formerly in the mercantile business. He U .aow in jail. WEDDING AT TRINITY i MIsb Meltta Parkin of Trinity the Bride of Edgar 'Fletcher Pepper r of Thomasville. A wedding of unusual Interest -was solemnized at Trinity January 21, at 8 o'cltck, when Miss MeJita Parkin became the bride of Edgar ' : Fletcher Pepper of Thomas ville. Th ceremony was a, very quiet and sim- pJe one, there being present only 'the hear relative of the bride and groom and a few Intimate friends, It took place at the home of the bride's, parents, Cap, and Mrs. Jo seph Parkin, at Trinity. The cere- jmonyf was performed by Rev. A.-S, "Raper, of the Methodist church at Trinity. The bride Was attended by - : ler three attractive sisters. Misses Be. Nell and Jewell Parkin and the groom was attended by Mr. D, C. MJcRae of Thomasville. To the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march, played by Miss Bain Hender son, the bride entered with her sister. Miss- Bess Parkin, after which followed Misses Nell and Jewell Parkin, followed by the groom and his beet man. The Im pressive ceremony of the Methodist church was used. Immediately after ' the ceremony the brid and groom wenfl by automobile to Thomasville - where they will reside. The bride Is the popular and at -tractive daughter of Cat. and Mrs. Joseh Parkin ,of Trinity. She Is well known here and in other parts of the State, having taught school In both, Gibsonville and Asheboro She goes to Thomasville with a warm welcome from a number of admiring friends. The groom is a native of Trinity, and now occupies a responsible po sition with t,he Standard Chair Co., of Thomasville, where he has made good :. and his numberless friends wish him well In bis new venture A Irvst Company for Aberdeen. - The Pages are. It is said, to or ganise the Aberdeen Bank and Trust Company at Aberdeen. : All the stock it is claimed Is to be subscribed and owned by Henry A. Page, J. R. Page, Robert N. -Page and Frank Page and their two sisters and the --capital stock Is' to be one and one quarter million dollars. This will to one of the largest and richest bank r and trust' companies In the State. It is said that one of the " Page Drotners and probably others are r stockholders in the American Trust Company at Charlotte and one of themia a director In that large- Q- :tancal lnetl'niion. .-- v V . It la repotted that .all the Page brothers are to move . to Aberdeen ,-vr where they will In a large measure control their great wealth Prominent Winston Man Die, Alderman A, Dowdy, a resident of Winston for thirty years, died last! Friday night after a lingering Illness. Mr. "Dowdy was one of the popular cltlaens of Winston and his at g mourned by many friends. JOHN REEGE BLAIR, OF TROY. DEAD Democrat, in Montgomery county, to the Legislature of North Carolina, in which he served, both as Representative and Senator, m successive years. His marked abili ty there gained him the distinction f being the first Democratic mem ber of the State Executive Committee from bis county, upon which he served for many - years, being also representative and delegate to State and National Conventions, notably the last Baltimore Conven tion, but aside from all the worldly honors, so justly bestowed upon himw it should be graven upon his tomb that; "Herein lies a man, just and forgiving to his enemies, merciful to the erring, loving his friends." - iMr. Blair was prominent not only locally, hut State-wide, for in the convention that named Hon. Robent N. I Page for Congress in this District when Mt. Page was first nominated, Mr. Blair came within fortyelx one-hundredths of one vote of securing the nomination. Mr. Blair wad well-known, respected and loved by the people of our town and county. He was a frequent visitor here, and was popular and esteemed by all who knew him, and his death will be widely regret ted. He was known as one of the most enthusiastic patrons of , all charitable deeds and Institutions, notably, by reason of his appoint ment by the Governor, as Trustee of the Montrose Sanitarium for the cure -of Tuberculosis, upon which board bo served, with devoted In terest, to the day of hisi death, His geniality, his love of his fellow man, is well-known, he was a rare man and we bend to the bow of fate, in questioning his taking off, but find much comfort in knowing that "his deeds will reward him." - Mr. Blair was married in 1904 O. V7. Allen, of Troy, a nrominent brothers and skiers in both Charlotte and Monroe, Mr. R. K. Blair, of isuarunie, ut. jonn m. JBiairMKfosepn A. Stewart, Mrs. E. C, ASh- cron or Monroe, pang among his A -mighty oak In the -forest of mjuwnuusiy peeir vprooieo, ana nss iaae nis ptase, , Graded School and M. K, Chttrch at . Troy Bum. The old Troy academy building at Troy, in recent years used by the graded school of Troy, Was burned on Thursday night of last week, "a several an re rent occasions re cently the building has caught on fire and had been extinguished. The building had caught on fire on last Thursday morning and it was thought the fire was all put out When the fire was discovered It near a flue. was too late to control or put it out The big engines and pumps at .the Smltherman Cotton Mills only some two hundred yards away were put In action throwing water on the buildings and cotton bales In the yard between the mill and school house. Several times the trash and cotton were ignited, but the water soon put it under control. The fire was so hot, however, that the brick Methodist Episcopal church near the school building had caught on fire notwithstanding the fact that roof of the church was of metal. The window frames and blinds were of wood. The church was a wreck, the wooden floors, rafters and ceil ings being an easy prey to the' con suming flames. When the hose turn ed the water from the cotton mill after the cotton mill was saved and out of danger it was too late. A large new modern brick graded school building at Troy is nearing completion. It will be necessary for the school to suspend until the new building is completed and that will be two months or more . Norflok Southern to be Extended There is talk of building the Nor (oik Southern " from Asheboro to Deep River near Central Falls and thence up the river to High Point and thence to Winston - Salem or Greensboro. The business men. of High Point are much Interested in this under taking and it may be .that in the near . future the Norfolk Southern may be extended from Asheboro to the north' going up the rijh and progressive vaiiey or ueep itiver la this and Guilford conties. . W. G. Jones, a well known young man of ' Winston-Salem, was arrested last week for alleged burning of his stock ot merchandise on December 24th last. The stock was ensured for. 1750, valued at f 4000. While in service of his fel low man, and in line of duty "with his armor on," John Reece Blair was stricken with appoplexy in the court room at Troy, and died at his home on Monday night , at 8 o'clock. "Reece" Blair, as he was known not only to his friends but the public of the Stato, wfo- born in South Carolina In 1861, but removed, with his. father, to Monroe, N. C, Where he'Spent his early boy hood. He moved to Troy in 1896 and soon became, by force of his intellect and personality, a leader, not only at the bar of hie' county, but became Identified with all the in dustrial, educational,, uplift ing and political interests of his adopted county. He was the first man. In many years, to secure the election, as a to Miej Ada Allen, daughter of Mf familv of the county. -and leaves surviving relatives'. industry, progress, education, ' has rauen. May- ood give ua one to C. C. McAlister of Fayetteville; Set Moosiy injured. C. C. McAlister, treasurer and general manager of the Southern Timber and Lumber Company, and one of the most prominent lumber men in North .Carolina, was run down and seriously injured last Friday morninsr in Fayetteville. where he now lives when attempting to avoid a bicycle on Hav Street, he stepped before the motor car of Malcomb McNeill of Raeford. When Mr. McAlicter was knocked down Mr. McNeill lost control of his machine, and the car. lunging to one side, followed Mr. McAlister, passed over his body, and crashed with Its four passengers Into the show window of W. E. Kindley's store. Mr. McAlister was taken up unconscious from scalD wounds and carried to the hospital where he later recovered consciousness. The accident Is said to have been caused by poor regulation of traffic while Mr. McNeill who came from Hoke county had no license number. Mr. McAlister Is recovering his many friends in this county will be glad to learn. John Maynor Killed by Train at Thoanasvillei. John Maynor. of Thomasville was instantly killed when a freight train struck his automibile in that town last Friday morning. - Maynor, it is said, had had the machine only about a week. On the morning of-the tragedy he took sev eral friends for a ride, and attempt ed to cross the railroad tracks at the crossing just south o? the pass enger station. The track at that point is clear for 200 yards to the north, and it Is Inexplicable why he failed to see a southbound freight. which was bearing down Upon him. At any rate he drove directly up on the track, and there the machine stopped; the others jumped and es eaped without Injury, but the driver stock to his seat. The train was running at a rapid rate, and when it hit the machine the auto was ln stanty demolished. Maynor's neck was broken and he must have died almost instantaneously. ' The dead man was In the employ of D. F. Connelle, a merchant of Thomasville. Chas. E. McCnllors of Raleigh Dead Mrs. O. E. Stedman of Farmer received news Saturday of the sud den death of her brother, Mr. Chas. MdOullers Of Raleigh. He was 70 years of age ' and . - went to the country to visit his farm and next day was found dead by the . road side. He had died suddenly . while walking from his farm to the rail road station to take the train back to the city. Mrs. Stedman did not get the news . of -her brother's death In time to get to Raelgh for the funer- Vi .J;,4ii.ii.juti-kiiwJ-i.( FIRE AT MT. GILEAD. More Than Two Hundred Baloa Cotton Threatened on Sunday. ' Shortly after noon Sunday fire was discovered in the Mt. Gilead Store Company's cotton yard, near the Norfolk-Southern station at Mt. Gilead, where more than 200 bales of cotton had been placed in. readi ness for shipping. In the absence of a sufficient force to separate the flew burning bale from the remain der of the cotton about 40 bales caught before the flames could be checked, some of which were badly damaged. The loss Is estimated at about, $1,000, with no insurance. The origin, of the fire is not known. It isj thought, however, that, it is the result of ec-me careless boys who may have gone there to smoke. Organized Gamllers at Work. It is claimed that a gang of gam blers are working in this State and Vlrlnia.) The Greensboro News hears about this and tells in substance the plan as understood to be going on. Their routes said to be included between Lynchburg, Roanoke, Dan ville, Greensboro and Charlotte, and possibly up the ABheville line, anl along the coast to Wilmington. It seems that In the towns they" operate in they have members, and that these members keep posted and they find some one who Is ready for a game take him off with them and through divers means get his money at a ""little" game of po ker. I These gamblers are said to follow their routes for some one who has been spotted. Occasionally a man from one town consents to make a trip to another town with an osten sible friend-the two find their way into the hospitable graces of some fellows, or maybe there Is a two-handed game going on, and two more will make it four handed-the more the tmerrier, and the pro cess of extraction after a possible indulence la whiskey that has been, doctored wKh choral or something else as effective. Is then begun un til a reasonable Quantity of the cein is extracted. An experience said to have been .undergone gives Information bearla out this- scheme and relates the depth of the methods which are sometimes employed by the organ- nation. As the story goes a man who was worth considerable money was ap proached by one whom, he thought he knew. During their conversation it developed that this well off man is in one of hid moods, and an in vitation is extended to take trip to a certain town Lynchburg for instance where the alleged friend says he knows several fel lows. It is ascertained that twen ty-flve or thirty dollars will be enough for the trip and back and board and a few drinks. They arrive at their destination and take a stroll down the street The friend issues an invitation to f o to the club. Within, seated at a table, they find a couple of men in a quirt geme of cards. The friend decides to join and the well off man In stead prefers a drink. At the buf fet he is served, and when a feel ing of unusual grogginess comes, a slightly tired feeling, he takes hand in the game and invests some cf the traveling, money,' which even tually goes 1 lllier. He is informed by his friend that across the street a check can be cashed with the friend's recommen d at ion and a few hundred are se cured. These, too, go the way of the smaller amount and the mind Iz 81111 somewhat heavy. Another checjfc for a few more hundred is ciished and the total amount goes toward , the $1,000 mark, all of which ' somehow finds its way out of the hands of the well off man. To cut short what might be made a longer, story it is later learned that before the well off man and up alleged ' filend started on the trip the latter evidently had wired someone to the effect that he hal a good one, that they would arrive at a certain time, and that every- thing shoulJ bo ready. A etll) ' further light on the scheme is declared to be the fact that most of the packs of playing cards have beer marked In some definite way by the manufacturers, and' that for a sum of something like fifty Collars' It is possible to get the key te these cards which makes easy' the effective carrying out cf any such plans as the illustratively given. one ... .i ,,1.1.1 !. lll-f Till. WILIHAM A. BROWN Who will deliver an address in Asheboro Tuesday, February 3rd, at the Graded School Auditorium, at 2; 30 p. m. Farmer's son, messenger boy, printer's devil, worker at 7 trades, student, leader in reform, city pas tor, missionary to Pampangans, field secretary of the missionary ed ucation movement, and a friend for everthis, in short, is the biogra phy of Dr. William A. Brown, mis sionary superintendent of the In ternational Sunday School Associa tion, with headquarters at Chicago. While the Filipinos were causing the United States army considera ble trouble by their guerilla war fare, Dr. Brown served in the Phil lipines as a soldier of Christ. He had enlisted in foreign missionary service for life, but was muttered out with an honorable discharge af ter three years of fruitful service. Through being poisoned be was forced from the Islands, and can never again live continously in the tropics. Dr. Brown is enthusiastically mis sionary. Because of his personal ex periences on the foreign field, for. eign missions has become the pas sion of his life. . He, flttd great Joy in the work to which he has deal cated his Hfe, and is- seeking to enlist men &hd women In active missionary work at home and abroad. Dr. Brown belongs to the church militant. As pattor in St. Louis in 1900. he fought In the campaign for law enforcement, which develop ed the sentiment that later enaNed Joseph E. Folk to carry through his program of reform. As a pastor in Kansas City, Kansas, he led in the fight for the closing of the liquor joints and helped in the campaign which freed the city from lawbreakers. As missionary In Man ila he participated in moral re form movements and aided in pass ing the Two mile Limit Law,which made elective the anti-canteen leg islation of Congress. Dr. Brown is a rapid-fire speaker and convinces his audience that he knows what he is talking about. He is cheerfully optimistic, and is pos sessed of a pleasing personality, is chock full of sunshine and good na ture. While ushering as a youtn in a big city church, it was said of him, "that if Jeremiah the prophet had gone to Grand Avenue church and shaken hands with the head usher in the gallery, he would have gone away to write 'Canticles instead or Lameniuiona Dr. Brown is an alumnus of Ba ker University,, class of 1897, and of Drew Theological Seminary .class of 1900. he International Sunday School Association, of which Dr. Brown is the missionary superintendent, com prises nearly 16,000 state, provln cial, county, township and city as soclations, covering ilie entire con tinent of North America. These as sociations hold about 20,000 con ventions every year, and are offi cered by more than 190 000 volun teer workers. In the 173,000 Sun day Schools served in the Interna' tional field, there are 1.800,000 of ficers and teachers, and nearly 16, 000.000 scholars. The program for Mr. Brown's vis it-is as follows; conference for Sun day School workers 1:30 to 2; 30 In tenth grade room graded school building. Ten minutes intermission 2;40 to 3;30 Mr. Brown will deliv er an address in the auditorium of the graded school building to the public. It is especially urged that all officers and teachers attend the conference. For further Information telephone or write any of the undersigned. Col. A. C. McAlister, O. G. Fraaier, W. L. Ward, D. M. Sharps. ' " Cephas Bowman, ' l. . F. Rosff, Committee. George li. Russell, a native of New Hope township, Randolph comi ty- has been confirmed as postmas ter at Lfiurtntirg, N. C. Mr. Rus sell was formeily Register of Deeds of Scoiland County and is now County Superii.tendent of Public In struction ,aiid a practising attorney. Ho was for several years editor of the Laurinburr? Exchange. Mr. Rue- sell ling tecu most successful and is Teputd t. be wealthy. A. M. and G. M. PrefeneU's Store) Robbed. On last Monday night the store of Messrs. A. M. and G. M. Pres nell on Salisbury Street was enter ed and flour, cnaned goods, snuff and tobacco was taken out. Mr. Geo. Presnell took out a search warrant for one Floyd Tork and his two brothers, of whom he was suspicious and searched Floyd York's house and found part of the goods that Mr. Presnell had missed, also snuff and tobacco that Mr. Presnell does not claim. Owner can get same by applying to J. S. Ridge, J. P. Old Chatham County Home Burned The home of Joe W. Womble, 6 miles south of Pittsiboro, was total ly destroyed by fire, together with practically all the household good. The fire was caused by a defective atove flue from the cook stove an-i when discovered had made such headway that it was Impossible to save anything. Womble' sustained painful burns about the head and face. T he loss is estimated at sev eial hundred dollars with no Insur ance. The house that was burned was known as the Sam Womble hou and was probably one of the oldest houses in the county. The Ramblers Book dub. ' The Rambler Book Club had a moat delightful meeting Friday af ternoon with Mrs. Ferree Roes at her home on Walnman Avenue. As the guests arrived they were served with hot coffee, marguerites and wafers. The meeting was pre sided over by Mrs. D. B. MoCrary. Two very interesting papers on 8. America ..were read by Miss Marion Morirfg and Mm L. L. WhUaker. Roll called with current events. At the conclusion of the program, delicious fruit salad and cake was served by the hostess, assisted by Miss EBther Ross. 'Mrs. Milton Hill Passes Away. Mrs. Milton Hill died at her fcoffls, near Science Hill on Monday. Mra'.' Hill had been in poor health for some time. She was a daughter of the late Nathan Win&low. She is survived by a husfcad and several children, also a brother, Win. Winsw low. Mrs. Hill Was a consecrated christian woman having been a mem ber of the Friends, church at ScleJQft Hill - Miss Margaret Wilson for Sorh4 Center Movement. Washington, Jan. IB. A plea to have the school houses of the coun try opened to the public as "social centers" was made tonight by Mar garet Woodrow Wilson at the clvvio Improvement meeting. "The' social center movement in its final an alysis,'' she said, "is the funda mental principle of democratic gov ernment." Following alleged pranks in which a new student at Bingham, Ashvllle, had his head shaved and was whip ped by other students, three Bing ham cadets were fined for assault ;and four were expelled. The name of the victim of the alleged hacera is Louis Reed of Horse Cove, Ky. Ilie Goggin Mine. The Coggins Mine in Montgomery county, three miles from Burney's mills and one mile below the Rus sell Mine is one of the richest gold mints in this State. It is owned by Mr. J. P. Rich ardson, of Reidsville, N. C. Mr. Richardson purchased the mine something like a year ago paying twenty-five thousand dolars for it. He has expended in equipment anl developement something like fifty thousand dollars. A. shaft 250 or more feet deep has been sunk and cross cuts have been made and "winds" made. 'Winds" are new shafts sunk at the ends of cross cuts or tunnels. In one of these "winds" a rich vein eight feet wide has been struck re cently it is claimed which is wortu more than $200 a ton. This more than 250 feet below the surface. . It is claimed that this mine is ; richer than the Iola or any other mine that is now or ever has bee.i operate in this State, Intends to Regulate Agents ' Insurance Commissioner Toung of North Carolina has called attention to the action of the legislature which requires him to pass upon the qualifications of general and lo cal agents, and which those who know him believe he will enfore with that firmness -and fairness which has always characterized his conduct of his office. Recently two agents from different parts of the State were called before the Com missioner for bad practices and re bating, by complaint of some of their associates with the result that one prominent firm in the Stats has been practically put oa proba