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THE ISSUED WEEKLY v PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR VOL.39 ASHE30R0, N. C, APRIL -30, ! 914 . No. 18 FOREIGN POWERS ADVISE HUERTA TO ACCEPT Germany, France and Great Britain Recommend Such a Course The Mexican crisis now Is cen tering" in the istiue between those who are seeking through- the pod offices and JuU-i mediation of Lutiu- Anierica to find some middle groui 1 for pacific adjustment, and those who tgard a revolt to arms as an Inevitable ctntseyuiiice of- what has occurred. 'ihroiighout the 28th two distinct branches of activity were manifest that of the envoys of Argentine, Brazil and Chile in formulating a to the United States and the Hu eita regime and that of the niili plan of adjustment to be submitted tary and naval forces pf the United rtatesi which continue to go for wai steadily in preparation for any eventuality which, may develop The arrival' of General Funston and a brigade of 5.000 troops at Vera Cruz was one of the notable mili tary developments of the day. Chief interest was directed to the sessions pf the South American envoys, lasting through the day and Sate into the evening. The meet ings were held at the Argentine le gation, where, seated about a long liiahogany table, the three envoys land tniiy are tlie people who re deliberated much as an internatioiw' nn.r.:! r jutis' urcne while ck al couit fcould weigh a case of su preme importance. At the White House President Wilson inrt his cabinet advisers lield a lengthy meeting devoted Cisfly to the Colorado situation, 'although 'he .Ma'can crisis contin ued in :le fo'u'ound. To a large extent, however, it was felt tht the Mexican situation was njw be fore these, who had undertaken to exercise their good offices and care was taken not to embarrass the ef forts of the envoys by any an nouncement cf conditions ol settle ment which the United States would (insist vpc.tJ. A spirit of optimism over the progress of the negotlaticn was apparent in executive quarters. Rebels to Kelt i a in Spectators. Carranza and Villa have reach on an agreement, according to Mexican newspaper man whq arrived from Chihuahua the 28th that tne rebels will remain mere spectators bo Ictg as there is no invasion of lebel territory. Small detachments of federal so Iters crowed to the United States the 28tht for protection. Twenty. Xive federals, including several of ficers. are detained in the 17th in fantry camp. Other detachments bave been captured by the cavalry t.nrrter natrol. General Murgla did not execute vnv of the federals captured at ai lende. He said he had no Interest in Hueita 8 Quarrel with the United States and declared all Americans i hie district would be protected. Later General Hueita has called on Japan for aid which has been re fused. The South American govern ment has asked the European pow era to bring about' such pressure upon President Wilson to cause mm to make terma thatMexico can ac cept. Wilson stands for Huerta's elimination Mr. S. C. Cranford of fr'fcruict- Finds Minnie Ball of Much lnWerewt. Mr. S. C. Cranford of Farmer was In town laet Saturday and nrougnt With him a minnie ball which was nreDared for use in the civil war. In repairing the house owned by the late Harris Johnson, -now owned tiy Mr. Webb Bingham, Mr. Cran ford found seven minnie balls. The ball Is oblong in shape, hae a hole in Ana end. The powder s in Baner and stuck in the end of the ball. During the war persons who had good, sound teeth were wanted on account of biting off me ena of paper which had the powder. The powder Is good after an tne years which it has been since it was a prepared. The supposition is that " sons of Harris Johnson, brought Messrs. Ivy and Clark Johnson, these balls from the war. Mr. Ivy Johnson is a resident of Asheboro. His father's home -was In Concord township about two miles from , Farmer. Dr. Joyner Honored. The Conference for Education in the South and the Southern Educa tional Association, which have this week closed their meetings in Louis ville, Ky., each elected Dr. Jamey Y. Joyner its president, and he will pre side over a joint meeting of the two bodies at their next tfnnual meeting, when they will be consolidated. A large number of North Carolinians were at the meetings. It is. said that perhaps 5,000 delegates attended the meetings from all parts of the coun try. Other North Carolinians who were elected to official positions were Prof. W. A. Blair and Prof. Robert H. Wright ' iaai Mr. V. H. Picked Married. Mrs. E. G. Morris had a telegram last Saturday saying that her brother, W. H. Pickard, had been married to Mrs. Cowenhoven, for merly Miis Frances Leach of High Point. The couple were married in Greensboro and left immediately for Hoffman where Mr. Pickard has re cently engaged in business. INTEKKSTIXG ITEMS. ricked Up liy 0i- FHeUl (.VU'-im -'lnt lmihiji travel TUliugh tl Rural Districts. The new church at Pleasant Cross is about completed. Mr. J. A. Stout of Ramseur Rt. 2 lias our thanks for a renewal of his subscription this week. Mr. Stent is a big man, speajiing in a say that he is a big-hearted man. term of avoirdupois; his friends As to the iforiner charge he admits himsel thet it takes a pretty good pair of scales to wrt6tle with him. fne trip to Washingtcn City as a Mr. H. li. Vurner .editor ct the Le.xington DispUch, Is 'offering prize to the boy making the larg er yield cf ctrn per acre in Da vidson cour.ty this year. This will be a very interesting trlp. for the Rir.ner ard euiite a number o! beys will make a try for it. The field corropeidner.t cf The Couiier has traveled over a part of several townlifips for the last few days, and saw improvements of a substantial nature n many farms. Neat tenant and out-houses huve been built and reralrs made cn old ones. Prrvidence has the ereatest putlook for wheat we have seen. Mr. Qiilnto'.j N'.'xon, the eldest nerson in tht Llneberry Station sec tion, passed over the river March .21. 1014. For some time he had been in feeble health and for a few weeks leicre his death it was known l.e rty.ili ret live. He was a good man and always ready to minister to tlit t'ck ata distresse'l or in rctil,'i. J, 'a? cne o old soldiers who so bravely fought for Lis envse in the civil war. He was 82 years old when he died. He 's survived by six children. The writer spert a few days in High Point recently. Hig.h Point';; growth for the last few years has been remarkable, and the opinion among real estate men, merchants, financiers and all classes of C'tizens is that the future is rich in prom ise.! High Point is indeed an in-vitir.e- field for either a residence, business or an investment. The seascn of the year Is now at hand when the average boy that is too poorly to chop an armful of wotd cr spade a littel patch of ground in the garden, thinks noth ing of turning tfpslde down all the ground in the back yard in search 0 fish bait and walking five miles to go fishing and thinks it fun. The ycung lady that can walk up and down the streets from ear.ly morn till evening-, celling on friends and gossiping about her beau while her other does the cooking and washing at heme, is just as smart as fhe average bey, and no better. Both are at par with the man who spends his time idling around the stores, talking politics because his wife is cleaning houfe. All this, however, are necessary evils and have to be tolerated. Famous rVwVef.pnl( fht I head. George Alfred Townsend, a fam ous war correspondent, died week before last in New York at the age of 73. He went through the Cival War as a correspondent of the New York Herald, and risked bis fe as much as any soldier did. He1 began with the battle of Bull Run and continued until after the assas sination of President Lincoln, when he as one of the reporters who followed the trail of John Wilkes 'Bocth the assassin. He also "cov ered" the war between Austria and 'Prussia for the New York World. H4s newspaper writings, if collected in volumes, would almost till a library. Most of his articles were signed "Gath." a name suggested by his initials. There Is talk of the New York Progressives nominating Col. Roose velt for Governor of that State. His return from South America is anx iously awaited, to see if he will ac cept. 1iir Naval Fufrce in Sltexjco. When the Atlantic fleet wasi or dered to Tampico last week we al ready had three battleships, two cruisers, a scout cruiser and a dis patch boat at Tampico. We had one battleship and a transport at Vera Cruz. President Wilson's order sent seven more battleships, a cruis er, a gunboat and a transport to these ports. Ten other battleships have been laced within easy dis tance of the Gulf coast of Mexico. Why was such a tremendous force deemed necessary? The entire Mex ican navy would not be a match u one of our larger cruisers. Mexio Ihas'o battleships. She has ..but three sniaui cruisers ana two gun boats. We already had at Tampico and Vera ,Cruz battleships enough to blow those c'tie off the map. tio-s. I One is that the great demonstra tion was Intended to overawe Hu- erta and keep him, if possible, from There pre two possible explana- the folly cf prtoking war with so powerful a nation as ours. Amer icans will undertake this war, if but with resolute purpose to end it Quickly. Tne other explanation Is that the administration is convinced, that war must come, and that lit may.be take the City of Mexico. In this necessary to land a large force to v'ew. the battleships are really sent as transports, for the thousands of "bluejackets' and marines tney carry. There la not mucn use ior the heavy guna. HOOKWORM CAMPAIGN Only 3.08 per cent of the peo ,ple of Randolph cour.ty have so Jar taken auvantiise if the oppor tunity to be examined free of charge for hookworm disease and treated if infected. Two weeks yet remain of this campaign which is fll.e last one erf Its kind that will ever be held in Randolph county. If yenr are wine you will derive the benefit to your -health which can be gained with so little effort. Why let that bey cr gill of yours ?o through life with poc.r health 'when it can be otherwise so easily? Do you realize tl at to be rf greatest use to this community and the Mt.te. he tmift have good health? Many pecpl) In this State and the whole South f c r that .ni'iitter have become county charges because tlxy; were so badly infectipu by hook worm disease tint they were phys ically and nientally unable to gain a living. Dr. Bailey Ash fol d, who discovered hookworm distasia in Fo to Kleo has cited several cases of aiien who, beginning-life comforta bly fixed, had fallen a victim to luc'lii.iim disease and lost 1 lealth and prcsipeTity ard sank to the life of beggars, drunkards and been criminals. Dr. Rose, the administiative sec retary of the Rockefeller Sanitaiy Commission, tells of a visit to the coliiee plantations of Pcito Rico. He enquired of the plai.ttis how much coffee the average well man could tick in a day and was told that about six measures. He them read ed a gitup of aiitJin'c looking labc-idB and enquired "How much can thete pick in a day"? He was 'tolid that they could pick about A tc 2 measures only. Then au infected man can do one-fourth to .c-ne-tDiiTd cf what a well man can e'.o.' In our mills and other large plants therefee in Noith) Carolina ;ou can se what an economic loss the State is mstaii.il. g. In Poito Rico 90 per cent of the population were found to have hookworm dis ease. Three hundred tnousand pa tients v.ere treated and cured by Drs. Aghford and King of United States Awy service. The value of tBiiti work in the island of Porto Rico is hard to estimate: achoews 'and churches have sprung up as if by magic and tanltary cciiuitionB have improved wonderfully. Of course the conditions here de iiicted are not found In Randolph county, but why allow the condi- end health at ail when we can. ghav? affair ground, enclosed, of rid of it? A pennaner.t and lasting good is the real oLjct to be attained and curing hockorm disease la of little value U e do not. offer somt means cf preventing reinfection, jhifi mi ears v.e have and the only illitecle Is to get each and eveiy homie, schccl. factory and a'll public institutions to follow instructions. 1 Preventive medicine te the cry of the aige; curative medicine is slow ly going out of fashion and pro verting the disease before it gains a foothold will be the method used in a not very dittatt day. We ) ave found tat how to control ty phoid and can now vaccinate a person and render him Immune for three cr four years; we can i control yellow fever by killing the mosquito and'screenlng our houses; we can control 'malaria, smallpox and so cn through the whole cate tory of preventive diseases. And w can also control hookworm dis ease and stamp it out entirely if we . the necessary neip from tho people in the various communities. This is dtne, first, by prev-enting reinfects n through the skin by wearing shoes; o crd, by the aa.i.'J tion of k tanltary privy in each tiome end each public institution, f r if we .an prevent the ova of the worm from getting into the soil we can prevent hookworm disease tikitirely. The results of the work in the week just ended follows; Liberty No. examined, 106; in fected, 12; per cent 11.3; school chil dren examined, 67; infected 12; per cent 17. Randteman No. examined, 106; in fected 4; per cent 3.7. School chil dren examined, 57; infected, 7; per cent 7.01. Seagrove No. examined, 85; in fected 22; per cent 25.8. School chil dren examined, 39; infected, 19; per cent 48.7. Ramseur No. examined, 84; in fected, 7; per cent 8.33; School chil dren examined, 37; infected, 7; per cent, 18.9. Asheboro No. examined, 29; in fected 4; per cent, 13.79; school chil dren examined, 17; infected 4; per cent, 23.5. Total examined, 410; infected, 59; per cent. 14.39: school children ex amined, 217; infected, 46; per cent, 21.19. As before stated, the disease is no respecter of persons, rich' as well as poor can be infected. So it is hoped that all will be examined In the two weeks remaining. It coats you nothing but a little effort and is nothing to be ashamed of If you are found i.lfected. The shame is In being in poor health and not be ing examired to see ,if this Isn't your trculle and 'if 1 infected, treated and thus sent on the sure road to good health. The Pasquotank Hosiery Mill of Elizabeth City will purchase and erect its own buildings. FOUND OLD HISTORY Interesting Local History In Wall of Old Building M'orkmen engaged in pulling down the old court house last week found a bottle containing quite a bit of interesting history, which ap pears to have been written in 187G oy Thomas McGhee Moore, Justice of the Peace. It reads as foUowa; Asheboro 'a the county seat of Randolph cou-.ty Randolph county was fr.n;l from Gud ford and Rcvvan counties in 1779. Asheboro at this writine: con tains a population of about 200. it has two churches, Presbyte rian and Methodist, South. The Rev. Mr. Dalton occupies the pul pit in the Presbyterian church and the Rev. Mr. Craven in the Methodist church. Both church es unite in a Sabbath school and it is held in the Presbyterian church, it numbers about 75 students from the town and surrounding neighborhood. The cemetery is at the Methodist church. Asheboro has two academies of learning, male and female. The colored people have also a church in this town. Asheboro is incorporated and no intoxicating drinks of any kind or character is aloud to be sold in two miles of the court house. Trinity College is situated in this county. The Rev. Braxton Craven, D. D., L. L.D., is presi dent and is in a flourishing con dition, 20 miles from Asheboro. There is a Masonic Lodge in Asheboro, Balfour Lodge No. 188. The Independent order of Good Templers have a lodge in this town, Good Shepherd lodge No. 41. The Randolph County Agri cultural Society, hold their an nual fairs in this town, they lour acres. The Court House was covered with tin this year and painted by Benjamin F. Moore. The ladies of this town is, a. id always have been remarkable for their beauty, industry, in telligence and virtue. There will be found deposited in this wall another bottle or other Dottles containing an ac count of the different employ ments of the inhabitants of this town with their names, or a portion of the more prominent who is doing business. The grain crop is quite abund ant this year and of good quali ty. There's much complaint among the people on account of the scarcity of money to pay their taxes owing to the county administration of government. There is published in this town a weekly newspaper called the Randolph Regulator, Demo cratic in principles and an un flinching advocate of retrench ment and reform in the admin istration of the government, Hon. Marmaduke S. Robins, editor. The Hon. John Kerr is judge of the Superior Court. October 16th, A. D. 1876. The above named, Trinity College is the property of the Methodist church, South. Thomas McGhee Moore, Justice of the Peace. Col. Thomas McGehee Morre was a prominent figure in Asheboro for many years, and his memory Is rev ered by many of our older citizens who recall his familiar figure upon the streets, and remember him as the foremost Justice of the Peace of his time. He was a cultivated, polished man, a gentleman of "the old school", being closely connected wit the Mumfort and McGehee families of Person and Caswell counties, prominent and wealthy citizens in the old days. Col. Moore lived, with his son Frank, for many years in a resi dence then across the s.treet and op posite the present residence of Mrs. M. S. Robins. He was entrusted with the drawing up of many of the most important contracts.deeds. mortgages, etc.. during his day and time. He was well posted In , the law. and wrote a most attractive hand, his work being much in de mand in those days long before the general Introduction of type- writer 8. CLUB RECEPTION CLllJ KKti.l'TIOX. llundolpli Uiriuk ( Iiil ( ate Ileoep lion at (lie Home of Mr. and rY1,rs. W. A. rnderwiMid lYiday Mlit. In celebration of the fifteenth an niversary of the Randolph Book Cub, the members gave a reception to their lnitLands and all former members, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Underwood, corner of Worth and Elm streets, last Fri day night. The home was a sr-ene of beauty In its decoration of preen and whit-, the eclors ft the club. logwoods were used all over the house; white added greatly to the beauty. White and green tissue paper festoons spirea aided in carryiiiK out the loolor scheme. The guest were received by Mr. and Mrs. Underwood, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Ross and Mr. and Mrs. ". C. Hammer, officers of the club, with their husbands. Misses Irma Whitfield and Marievn Moling pre sided over the punch bowl which was wreatltd in apple blossoms. Miss Annie Morii g pinned white carnations on the lapels of the men's coats. .A -plendid program was render ed. Mrs. E. I a Moffitt read two selections which were much enjoye'V .vuss .Marlon Morlng with her vio lin delighted the guests. Instru mental music, solos and duets in terspersed the literary program. A nuaitet by Messrs. T. J. Redding, George Bradshaw, E. L. Moffitt and W. H. Morlng was especilly fine. A very pleasing feature of the even ing's entertainment was impromptu speeches by the men. Subjects were passed in sealed envelopes num bered . On opening each man was asked to make a two minutes' speech. Subjects ranged from the American Xavy, the Mexican Situa tion, the Bachelor. Styles of Wo man's Dress and Woman Suffraae to the House Fly. Following came the refreshments which consisted of black cream in the club colors, white cake, green and white mints. This rather unusual but most enjoyable meeting came to a close anna tne spontaneous singing of "y oiu-iune songs under the leadersh jj of Miss Nannie Bulla The Randolph Book Club now in its iffteenth year. Is of as much in terest to its members as at anv time during its existence. it use fulness, its benefits, its pleasures are even more vigorous than in its earlier ycuth and each member is tun of enthusiasm. The following a the history which was prepared for this occasion: 18!).1!U. The Randolph Book Club is a child of t1:e brain of Mrs. C. C. McAlister. who brought about the organization at the home of Mrs. Adlie H. Worth in the spring of 1899. The object b.eing to derive mutual culture and profit from the world of literature and to add to social enjoyment. Mrs. McAlister was ele.-ic its first president and served as such durine tile vears that followed until 1908. when she moved to Fayetteville. Mrs. W. C. Hammer, vice-president, was elected president. Airs. J. D. Ross elected vice-prtsideiit. Beth of these have served since their election. Mrs. J D. Simpson was the first secretary uutii 1910 .l-.e changed her resi dence to Greensboro, and was succeeded by. Mrs. W. A. Under weed' who still holds the ofiice. It is rather a remarkable fact that in a body of ladies of this number who love ten organized lcr 15 years, that only two changes have been made In tlie D'ireR rf the nrpnni. zation. In the beginning there wia twelve . members, viz: Mesdauies C. C. McAlister. Annie Robins. AMie Worth, O. L. Sapp, W. C. Hammer and Misses May McAlister. Ida Mor ris. Allle and Pattie Walker. Nannie Bulla. Blanche and MabU Wood. Five tf te above charter mem bers have remained n the club con tinuously. Mesdames J. D. Rcs Annip Robins. J. O. Redding, T. K. Redding and W. C. Hammer. There are seven of the Charter members active members at ureseut. The five just mentioned and Mesdaiv.es D. Bv McCrary. W. A. Underwocd. There"' have been 27 persons active members from time to time during the exlster.ee of the club, namely; Mesdanies C. C. McAlister. Annie Robins. Allle iWorth. O. L. Sapp. W. T;. Hammer. J. D. Ross. D. B McCrary. T. H. Redding. J. O. Red ding. W. A. Underwood, E. L. Mof fitt. J. D. Simpson. W. J. Armfield. H Moffitt. E. Moffitt. Grace Kep hart. W. C. Hammond. J. V. Hun ger. E. H. Morris. E. G. Morris. W. D. Stedman, W. H. Moring, R. C.Kelly: M's.es Flcierce Blair-Nan-nie Bulla, .May McAlister and Julia Thorns. The teachers in the Ashe boro graded school were lionorary members up until a few years agi. The grim reaper has not called one of the active members. Mrs. New bold, who was a teacher and an hou orary member died af!er leaving Asheboro. During the first few yeai.s of the life of the club the oresidei t anarged cor.tests for e tftrtainmer.t and the members dis cussed the books and their auf'iors. The president, who was the only of ficer ln the beginning.' purchased the books. A fine of ten cents was in,osefl upon each member who retained any book ln its circuit Ion- Farmer Commencement The commencement at Farmer was one of the best in the history of the institution. An unusually good pro gram had been arranged and all of the participants did their parts well Five youg ladies graduated from the High School department. Misses Jaunitu Kearns, Lena Steed, Myrtle Barnes, Mittie Russell and Alice Thompson. Twelve girls and boys graduated from the seventh grade and received certificates. A large number of the children were called to the platform and introduced as per sons who had been neither tardy nor absent during '.he school term. The Farmer school shows the best average attendance of any school in the coun ty. It is in a splendid community among the very best citizens of tho county and in a nourishing condition. It is the only high school in tne coun ty which has a lady principle. Miss Linnie Shamburger, with her assist ants, Misses Pearl Gordon, Nettie Highfill and Esta Horney have done excellent work and given general satis faction. A proof of this is their re election for the next year. Rev. C. A. G. Thomas, of Salisbury, who was to deliver the address, was unable to be present. In his absence, Mr. T. F. Bulla, Superintendent of Public In struction in the county, addressed the audience. He was followed by Mr. S. E. Coble, Rev. Stedman and Mrs. W. C. Hammer, who made impromptu speeches. The Farmer Band furnished the mu sic for the commencement which was especially fine. The commencement closed last night with a play given by different members of the school. There was a large crowd present, perhaps the largest in a number of years. An Old-Time Printer. The Madison Herald notes that Capt. J. M. Cress, an employe of that office, was forced to give up work the past week and go to the homu of his brother In Randolph county to recuperate. His address is Liberty, N. C, R. F. D. 1. and he would appreciate a letter or card occasionally from his friends, capt. t'ros3 set type in Raleigh and Pe tersburg. va., during the civil war and is one of the oldest active nriut m the statu. Capt. Cross wai formerlv an m- ployes ..t The Courier. ger than the period of two weeks, its allotted time. V-y little money was collected fmm this source. It the winter of 1903 and 1904 the study of Shakespeare as begun with the reeding "As i'ou Like It." 1904 and 1905 found us studying England, her crowned heads, com mon people, and the country. States. 190C-0T. cur own beloved State. 1907- 08, music and sculpture. 1908- 09. literature and art.. 1909- 10. Italy. Sicily and Greece. 1910- 11. Norway, Sweden. Hol land and Spain. 1911- 12. England. Ireland. Scot land and Wales. 1912- 13. Russia and Jup; 1913- 14, South America and Jl ico. In purchasing the books we have tried all of tle modern writers, both at huv.e and abroad and have covered the country in researches ccnceixing the authors as well as .-tudjing their works. We have followed the W'Mti'n son through The Canals el H:'. Holland and on other Journeys ' automobiles and bicycles over roadl in the eastern hemisphere. Wti have gone with Rex Beach frcm. the frigid climee of Alaska tin The Sil ver Hcrde to ''The Ne'er Do Well'" ln the torrid zones of Panama; we 1 ae lived ever again the days of the Reconstructon with, Thomas Nel son Page and Tl.-,nias Dixcn: and sympathized vIth Hellen Keller in Out of the Dark; we have laughed ard cried with Miss Minerva and William Green Hill; our hearts lave gone out through John Fox to the Little Shepherd of Kingdom, Come; we have envied the person ality of Eleanor Porter's IVUyanna; and reviewed The Pioneer days through Mary Johnson from To Have and to' Hold down to more re cent years including The Long Roll. All periodicals and magazines aftr serving their purpose in the club have been donated to the graded schccl Iitraiy. A town library was established several years ago un cier ti e auspices of tl.e club, over Hendricks' store. Later it waa moved cer the lank and still later to schorl building. We have played flinch, forty-two and rcok for amusement, read the papers and magazines fcr rurrer.t events; we have painted with the artists, chis eled with the Eculptors. played with the musicians, sung with the sing ers, studied wlthi the scholars and lunched with the epicures; we have through the aid and assistance of the Bay View Magazine this1 year, been digging the Panama Canal and have been standing cn the qui vive for the war in Mexico which 4: itv, l ien us. In every way we have striven to keep apace with th9 age In which we are living and the current events thejreof. Ve have not- however, come out on the side of woman auffrge for all believe in the doctrines of odr mothers that the old-fashioned life i the ultimata of hai dv woman hood. ,